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Gaza PM: We will never acknowledge the State of Israel
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
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No one hurt after camera falls at Insight Bowl (AP)
TEMPE, Ariz. ? Flying cameras have been providing unique perspectives on everything from golf to college and professional football for more than a decade, becoming so commonplace that fans rarely notice the whizzing remote-controlled devices.
At the Insight Bowl on Friday night, no one could miss the overhead camera when it came crashing down to the field late in the fourth quarter, nearly taking out one of the players.
The ESPN camera narrowly missed Iowa receiver Martin McNutt Jr., who became entangled in the guide wire but wasn't hurt.
"First, I looked: `What is it that fell from the sky?'" McNutt said after Iowa's 31-14 loss to No. 19 Oklahoma. "The next thing I know, the camera kind of scratched me a little bit. It was just pulling me and I knew I didn't want to keep going with it."
The camera at the Insight Bowl was supplied by SkyCam, a division of Winnercomm, Inc., a sports production and development company in Tulsa, Okla. According to the company's website, SkyCam is the only stabilized camera system in the world that can unobtrusively fly anywhere in a defined three-dimensional space.
The camera is 36 inches high, weighs 25 pounds and travels up to 30 mph across the guide wire, according to the company.
"We apologize for the accident," ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Saturday. "The independent company that operates SkyCam for us is in the midst of a thorough review to determine the cause of the problem. We will work with them and bowl officials to determine our future course of action. As always our primary concern will be the safety of fans and those on the field."
ESPN has consistently used the cameras for football coverage, making it a staple of "Monday Night Football." The cameras also have been used occasionally in the NBA, NHL, NASCAR, NCAA basketball, baseball and at the island-green 17th hole at the TPC Sawgrass during The Players Championship.
The cameras, despite flying over the playing field, have rarely interfered with the action.
In 2007, a cable camera was forced to make a controlled descent during an NFL game between the New Orleans Saints and the Seattle Seahawks from what was called human error.
At the 2009 Las Vegas bowl between BYU and Oregon State, the overhead camera reportedly had to be taken down due to wind gusts of around 40 mph.
The incident at the Insight Bowl occurred with Iowa trying to rally from a 10-point deficit in the closing minutes.
While lining up for a play near the 20-yard line at the south end of Sun Devil Stadium, two Hawkeyes had to jump out of the way when the camera fell when the wire appeared to snap with 2:22 left.
McNutt dodged the camera as it fell behind him, but became entangled in the guide wire after it thudded to the ground. McNutt suffered only a minor scratch, but the game was delayed for about five minutes as crews dragged the camera off the field and made sure the wire was out of the way.
McNutt was able to joke about the incident.
"I fell like somebody was trying to kill me on their (Oklahoma's) staff," he said. "If you are looking, I'm looking for you. No. It was lucky it didn't hit me."
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Police plan tight security at Times Square
Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins throws a handful of confetti from eight stories above onto the streets of Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 in New York. The airworthiness test is in preparation for the release of one ton of confetti by hand from various buildings in Times Square at midnight on New Year?s Eve.?(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins throws a handful of confetti from eight stories above onto the streets of Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 in New York. The airworthiness test is in preparation for the release of one ton of confetti by hand from various buildings in Times Square at midnight on New Year?s Eve.?(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Less than two weeks after graduating from the New York City police academy, more than 1,500 rookie officers have a daunting first assignment: helping to protect Times Square on New Year's Eve.
The deployment is just one of an array of security measures ? many visible, many not ? that the New York Police Department rolls out each year for the event that turns the "Crossroads of the World" into a massive street party that stretches 17 blocks through the heart of Manhattan.
Behind the scenes leading up to New Year's Eve, city police officials meticulously map out how to control crowds that can swell to 1 million. The yearly ritual also means worrying about potential terror threats.
"There will be several thousand police officers involved," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Thursday when asked about security. "I think we do this pretty well. We have a lot of experience in doing it."
Kelly said so far there are no specific threats against Times Square. But in the post-9/11 world, the department knows from experience ? especially a botched attempted car bombing in the summer of 2010 ? that Times Square is a potential terror target.
Backed by the Pakistani Taliban, Faisal Shahzad left a Nissan Pathfinder outfitted with a crude, homemade propane-and-gasoline bomb on a block teeming with tourists. The explosive malfunctioned, but the near-miss spread a wave of fear across the city.
Shahzad was arrested and, after a guilty plea, sentenced to life in prison. But he warned, "Brace yourselves, because the war with Muslims has just begun."
Since then, the NYPD has maintained a higher profile in Times Square, with mounted police and foot patrols outside hotels, restaurants and Broadway theaters. The department even elevated its neon "New York Police Dept." sign on West 43rd Street several feet so it's more visible.
The usual security is bolstered each New Year's Eve by an army of extra patrol officers who use police barriers to prevent overcrowding and for checkpoints to inspect vehicles, enforce a ban on alcohol and check handbags. Revelers will see bomb-sniffing dogs, heavily armed counter-terrorism teams and NYPD helicopters overhead.
What won't be as evident are the plainclothes officers assigned to blend into the crowd and other officers keeping watch from rooftops. Many officers will be wearing palm-size radiation detectors designed to give off a signal if they detect evidence of a dirty bomb, an explosive intended to spread panic by creating a radioactive cloud.
The bomb squad and another unit specializing in chemical and biological threats will sweep hotels, theaters, construction sites and parking garages. They will also patrol the sprawling Times Square subway station.
The NYPD also will rely on a new network of about 3,000 closed-circuit security cameras carpeting the roughly 1.7 square miles south of Canal Street, the subway system and parts of midtown Manhattan. In recent years, police stationed at high-tech command centers in lower Manhattan began monitoring live feeds of Times Square, the World Trade Center and other sites.
Times Square isn't the only show in town this New Year's Eve ? or the only security concern. Police also will be beef up patrols in Central Park, site of a midnight run, and at fireworks displays at the Statue of Liberty.
The NYPD harbor unit will keep an eye on 33 dinner cruises on the city's waterways. Add to the list the Phish concert at Madison Square Garden.
On a smaller scale in outlying neighborhoods, police are concerned about a phenomenon seen in past years: people who ring in the new year by firing guns into the air.
"We urge people not to do that," Kelly said.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
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Tough choices in 2012 will reveal Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's leadership style
By Jeremy P. Meyer
The Denver Post
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, front. (Denver Post file photo)
Next year will make clear one thing: how Denver Mayor Michael Hancock leads.
Is he a leader who reaches into his gut to pull out decisions based on his convictions? Or is he a leader who relies on consensus, committees and recommendations from task forces?
So far, Hancock has not been forced to make many controversial decisions; after being sworn in July 18, he has spent most of the past five months filling out his administration.
"We're calling 2012 'The Year of Decisions,' " Hancock said in a recent interview.
Matters on his plate for 2012 will be weighty, carrying with them political implications and possible controversy.
He'll be faced with choosing to impose a trash fee on Denver residents,
PUBLIC SAFETY: The city must negotiate contracts with public-safety unions. Hancock has already made some tough decisions ? including hiring Police Chief Robert White. White is transforming the department after a project that saves $8 million and increases officers in "line-of-duty functions." (Andy Cross, Denver Post file photo)
deciding whether to ask voters in November to support a mill- levy increase for city services, negotiating contracts with public-safety unions and figuring out what to do about a library system that has asked either to be given a dedicated revenue stream or to be carved off into a special tax district.He also must come to a decision about what to do about the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo, which last week responded to the mayor's request to deliver a business plan with a list of possible moves.
"The boldness and big decisions are looming for Denver, and we are going to have to prepare ourselves to make them," Hancock said.
He has yet to show that side, said Susan Barnes-Gelt, a former councilwoman and observer of Denver government.
Hancock, she said, must "decide what his priorities are, articulate them, organize his Cabinet and staff around them and fight for them.
"So far," she said, "he hasn't done that."
Echoes of campaign
It is the same criticism Hancock's election opponent, Chris Romer, lobbed at the former councilman during the spring's runoff campaign ? saying Hancock tends to legislate by committee rather than make gut decisions.
STOCK SHOW: The future of the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo is an open question, with ideas ranging from doing nothing to expanding current facilities to building a new complex. The mayor has already decided to pull Denver out of a state Regional Tourism Act application with Aurora. (Joe Amon, Denver Post file photo)
Hancock disputed that assertion.
"I feel that you have to do both," Hancock said. "If you look at some of the decisions I have had to make while in office, clearly I have been thoughtful to get advice from people who I trust.
"But as I said in those debates, this is not a cowboy kind of town where I can ride roughshod and make decisions without including people. This is a town that has a collaborative spirit. We have always been that way."
Hancock noted he has made some tough decisions ? including hiring Police Chief Robert White, who's only the second chief to come from outside of the Denver Police Department.
White came from Louisville, Ky., starting a few weeks ago.
Hancock said White is
BUDGET CHANGES: In late January, Hancock will be presented with a report recommending how the city can cut costs and raise revenues. Some recommendations already have been revealed: charging a fee for trash service, raising property taxes and cutting costs in the government. (Aaron Montoya, Denver Post file photo)
being tasked with transforming the department, following a strategic alignment project developed early this year that saves $8 million and increases the number of officers in "line-of- duty functions."Hearing "both sides"
Hancock also said he had to decide to pull Denver out of the Regional Tourism Act application with Aurora. However, he made that decision after Auditor Dennis Gallagher and the entire City Council urged him to act.
"There was no formal committee that told me to pull out," he said. "You also had people who were saying we ought to stay in. So we were hearing it from both sides. There have been decisions where there weren't committees recommending a certain route. It was just me taking (a look) at the totality of the information and saying, 'This is what my gut tells me.' "
Hancock said that in early January he expects to announce the final two positions in his Cabinet ? manager of public works and manager of planning and development.
And late in January, Hancock and the Office of Economic Development will announce the city's economic-development plan for the next four years.
Director Paul Washington said the plan calls for more than just adding jobs and buildings.
"It is a pathway to strong families, integrated communities and self-sufficiency," Washington said.
Washington recently returned from China, where he said he had successful conversations about creating an "inbound trade mission" with clean-energy-technology entrepreneurs from Chongqing ? a city of 35 million people.
Budget changes ahead
Also in late January, Hancock will be presented with a host of decisions in the form of a report by a task force looking at the city's long-term financial structure ? a list of recommendations of how the city can cut costs and raise revenues to permanently fill a persistent $30 million budget gap.
Some of those recommendations already have been revealed: charging a fee for trash service, raising property taxes and cutting costs in the government.
Hancock's chief financial officer, Cary Kennedy, said her office will analyze each recommendation and the City Council and public will have a chance to weigh in before any decision is made.
"Looking into the future, we can't continue the same service delivery without making changes," Kennedy said. "The mayor is fully committed to finding solutions and ensuring the city's budget is balanced and the city's long-term financial situation is solvent."
Hancock has vowed that his administration won't continue to "kick the can down the road."
"We are changing fundamentally the way we support and fund our city government," he said. "We can either do nothing, or we can make some tweaks. We are going to have to have a good conversation with the community about what that looks like going forward."
Jeremy P. Meyer: 303-954-1367, jpmeyer@denverpost.com or twitter.com/jpmeyerDPost
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