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A man who was shot by an intruder in Tazewell County is currently hospitalized at Bluefield Regional Medical Center, police said.
Deputies with the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office are still searching for the suspect who broke into the Springville residence and shot the man.
Tazewell County 911 received a call at 11:45 a.m. about a break in on Melrose Street in the Springville area. The homeowner told investigators that the intruder described as a male individual had found a .22 caliber pistol in the residence and shot him in the back, said Sheriff Brian Hieatt.
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College of the Year Award sponsored by Molten was taken from the West Midlands by Gateshead College in the North East who were the 2012 winners.
The runner-up for the award was Wyke 6th Form College, in the Yorkshire & Humberside region.
Both colleges received a trophy from Bob Hope, Chairman of Molten Sports, which sponsored the prestigious award.
They were selected from colleges nominated from around the country in recognition of their significant contributions to BCS in developing opportunities for students and/or staff through sport, developing college sport regionally or nationally, and working in partnership with other BCS member colleges locally, regionally, or nationally.
The National College of the Year Award was devised to showcase their work and the presentations were made at this year's BCS/ AoC National Sport Conference, held at the Aston Business School Conference Centre, Birmingham.
The shortlisted colleges for the award by region were:
John Hole said: "It has been fantastic for BCS and our sponsors Molten and O'Neills to award colleges and students for their hard work and achievements, especially as part of our annual conference which enabled us to showcase this in the format it deserves."
Bob Hope and Peter Kennedy were assisted in their presentations by BCS Student Council member Hannah Burgess who attends Hereford 6th Form College and Rebecca Knowles who attends Hills Road 6th Form College.
Bob Hope said: "British Colleges Sport Annual Conference at Aston University in Birmingham last week was a huge success. Not only did BCS host an excellent exhibition, enabling great networking opportunities for us, but the event cumulated culminated with a marvellous conference dinner at which Molten had the very great privilege of presenting The College of the Year Award. Thank you to British Colleges Sport and many congratulations to winners Gateshead College, North East and runners-up Wyke 6th Form College, Hull for their outstanding efforts in developing sport in their respective colleges."


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A few hundred times a day, I run across a Chinese character that I've never seen before. Or – quite frequently – one that I've seen and looked up a dozen times, but for which I can never remember the meaning. I make a point of getting off my butt once or twice a day to look it up again. On rare occasions, I will be rewarded with a character whose meaning is: itself.
My favourite two examples so far are:
- 崂 (láo)
- 兖 (yǎn)
The first is typically defined as "The 崂 in 崂山 (láoshān)". 崂山 is a national park / nature area near the city of Qingdao (青岛) in Shandong (山东) province. The 崂 character really has no other use apart from the occasional transliteration of a foreign sound
Similarly, 兖 refers to the Yan River and the major city which lies on it, Yanzhou (兖洲 – yǎnzhōu). That's it.
You know you've made it big in China when you get your own character (汉字 – hànzì) that a zillion Chinese kids have to study and memorise.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement on the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act:
"Creating jobs, helping small business people and ensuring that taxes aren't raised on middle class Americans are top priorities for House Republicans. The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act will help Americans still struggling after the failure of President Obama's economic policies. Our proposal helps businesses and job creators by extending pro-growth tax relief and includes bipartisan measures to create private-sector jobs, which will help get Americans back to work. The reforms added by Chairman Dave Camp modernize the unemployment system and boost job creation across this country.
"While this legislation doesn't have everything that either Republicans or Democrats want, it makes incremental progress and demonstrates that we can work together to deliver results. If the President is serious about his commitment to get the economy going and help small businesses create jobs in this country, he'll work with us and sign this bill."
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The new service, EA Access, will cost $5 per month or $30 per year and give access to downloadable games through "The Vault," a small but growing collection of EA games.
At launch, EA Access will have just four games: FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, Peggle 2, and Battlefield 4, with the promise of more being added in the near future.
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By Tim Krohn
Free Press Staff Writer
ST PETER — Internationally known prisoner rights and peace activist Angela Davis said her activism and notoriety escalated in 1969 when she was fired from her first teaching job at UCLA for being a member of the Communist Party, USA.
She told a packed Christ's Chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College that she had reservations about joining the Communist Party.
"Because I didn't think they were radical enough."
Davis, who calls for the abolition of the "prison industrial complex," said the prison system is not only racist and can't rehabilitate anyone, but fundamentally fuels other social problems, particularly violence.
"It's a system of imprisonment that is driven by racism that has its roots in the history of slavery," she said, noting that there are more black men in prison today than there were slaves in the 1850s.
The racist, violent nature of prisons, she said, creates a violent mindset that spills out to the streets and homes of American men and women. She said people view the victims of police brutality or racist violence as young colored men.
"But consider that in this country women are the most consistent targets of violence. Why can't we make the connection about violence in intimate settings, abuse, rape with the violence that's inflicted on the streets, inflicted by the police, inflicted by institutions?"
Davis spoke Saturday at the Building Bridges Conference. In its 18th year, the topic of this year's student-led conference was "Sentenced for Life: Confronting the Calamity of Mass Incarceration."
Davis' political activism began at a young age in Birmingham, Ala., and continued through her high school years in New York. But after being fired from teaching — by a board of directors that included ex officio member Ronald Reagan — her notoriety and influence grew.
"I went from absolute anonymity to being the focus of media attention from all over the world."
Her advocacy for prisoners' rights dates back to 1969 and her involvement in the campaign to free the Soledad Brothers, which led to her own arrest and imprisonment.
In 1970, she was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List on false charges, and was the subject of an intense police search that drove her underground and culminated in one of the most famous trials in recent U.S. history. During her 16-month incarceration, a massive international "Free Angela Davis" campaign was organized, leading to her acquittal in 1972.
The Soledad Brothers were three young black men falsely accused of killing a prison guard. One of the men was killed in prison in California, which sparked the famous Attica prison takeover in New York. At a later trial, the other two men were acquitted.
"This was the moment we started talking about abolishing prisons as the form of government punishment."
She noted that there were 200,000 people in prison at that time, but there are 2.5 million in prison now.
She said that like the financial profitability of the military industrial complex, the prison industry spurs huge profits for a broad category of private firms that operate and service the prison system.
Davis is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California-Santa Cruz, where she previously taught in the history of consciousness and feminist studies departments.
Gustavus senior and conference co-chair Jasmine Porter said the conference focused on the "voiceless" prison population — "people that many would not be willing to fight for because of the stigma.
"People think we are fighting on behalf of murderers, serial killers and rapists. But mass incarceration is incarcerating people for nonviolent offenses, and some are locked away for things that people even here on campus are doing," Porter said.


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Malcolm: The Life of a Man Who Changed Black America
Station Hill Press, 1991 - Biography & Autobiography - 542 pages
The first biography of the late black nationalist leader, based on interviews with his friends and associates, government files, and his own letters, offers a contrasting portrait to the one presented in his famous autobiography. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Everton boss David Moyes has hailed the progress of Tottenham under Harry Redknapp - but insists Spurs will find the Toffees no pushover in Wednesday's Barclays Premier League match.
Tottenham will move within three points of League leaders Manchester City with a win over Everton at White Hart Lane.
"He's got a really exciting Tottenham team and a team I'd pay to go and watch."
- David Moyes
Moyes saluted the positive changes that Redknapp had made at Spurs.
"Harry has got a team. They've kicked on and he has brought in some really good players over the years like [Rafael] Van der Vaart and Scott Parker," he said.
"He has got a really good team and yeah they are title contenders.
"We're looking at them going away from us. But football always comes around sometime and some day hopefully they will be looking at the back of us.
"Harry looks a really good candidate for the England job and deservedly so. He's got a really exciting Tottenham team and a team I'd pay to go and watch.
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MEDFORD, Mass. --- The Colby College baseball team got a grand slam home run from Kyle McKay, but Tufts University had three big innings to earn a 14-5 victory over the Mules in New England Small College Athletic Conference East Division play Friday.
Tufts moved to 15-12 overall and 5-5 in the NESCAC East, while Colby fell to 15-12 overall and 2-7 in conference play.
The Jumbos got five runs in the second inning, four in the fifth, and four more in the sixth. Tufts also had a lone run in the third inning.
McKay hit his home run with Ken Kaufman, John LaMantia, and Ryan Conlon aboard in the top of the sixth inning. John Lerner had a two-out triple and scored on a single by Kaufman for the Mules' other run in the seventh inning.
Kaufman had two hits, one run, and an RBI for Colby. LaMantia added a pair of hits and one run, while Conlon had the run and one hit.
Colby and Tufts play a doubleheader starting at noon Saturday in Medford.
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Program: Following Dreams
An uplifting documentary film about people who chose to pursue their own path in life despite all the obstacles and naysayers.
* Mari Morris, hobbyist turned entrepreneur who created the Tickles Collection of doll art.
* Ivan Gayler, real estate developer turned conservationist, founder of Nature and Culture International, a non-profit that works with native people in South America (Ecuador and Peru) to save rain forests.
* David Ippolito ("thatguitarman "),singer songwriter. plays concerts every weekend in Central Park in New York City.
* Bonnie St. John, An Olympic ski champion with one leg, author of "Live Your Joy."
* Mary Hicks, An 80-year-old big-band singer.
* Michele of Doggie Design dog clothes, A dog lover and entrepreneur.
* John and Janine Putnam,organic cheese-makers, Thistle Hill Farm in Vermont.
* David Kwong, a recent college graduate, struggles as he purses a career in magic.
"Following Dreams is an extraordinary tale inspired by the dreams of ordinary Americans... In this time of economic uncertainty, this documentary fills a void and will encourage viewers to look within for inspiration. -- Keith York, KPBS Director of TV Programming
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---- — The Court & Child Advocacy Group is hosting an information meeting for the Rush and Shelby County CASA Volunteer Programs at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 54 W. Broadway St., second floor conference room in Shelbyville.
The Rush County Program is growing fast and currently has seven active CASA's.
CASA is a court appointed special advocate and are the voices for abused or neglected children. Come and find out more about CASA, why we need CASA'S and how to train to become one. For more information call 317-932-1212. CASA program offices will soon open in Rushville at 126 S. Main Street.


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Yesterday I pointed to five dangerous myths about Steve Jobs. Here's another one. Apple doesn't listen to its customers.
Thus Alan Deutschman said yesterday in the New York Times about Steve Jobs: "He doesn't market-test anything. It's all his own judgment and perfectionism and gut…. Again and again, Mr. Jobs has gambled that he knew what the customer would want, and again and again he has been right."
Gambling? Instinct? Gut?
Not really.
The reality is that Apple listens very closely and systematically to its customers. Apple is one of the premier exponents of the Net Promoter Score for systematically listening to customers and managing its business in response to what they hear. Fortunately, with the wonderful new book being published in September 2011, The Ultimate Question 2.0 (Revised and Expanded Edition): How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World by Fred Reichheld with Rob Markey, we have a blow-by-blow account of exactly how Apple does listen to its customers. Listening to customers is at the center of Apple's business processes.
Fred Reichheld's The Ultimate Question, which was published in 2006, was a comprehensive account of best available expertise on measuring customer delight—the new bottom line of 21st Century businesses. It showed how asking a single question, "How likely is it that you will recommend this product or service to a friend or colleague?" on a 0-10 point scale, and tracking the ratio of "promoters" to detractors—the Net Promoter Score or NPS—was the best and most practical single measure of customer delight.
Now five years later, Reichheld and Markey share the experience with NPS of leading companies and show how this rapidly advancing sphere of knowledge is becoming the compass for business success in the 21st Century, in particular Apple.
Not surprisingly, Apple is one of the stars of the show, having some the highest NPS scores of any sector. But this didn't happen by instinct or gut feel or gambling. It was earned by Apple the old fashioned way: through careful listening to customer and responding to what they heard.
Take Apple's retail stores. It helped of course that Apple's mission was not to make money but to "'enrich the lives of customers and employees.' The stores would be places for people to gather and learn, not just to buy. They would be designed to encourage an ongoing relationship with customers, not merely a one-off purchase transaction. The delighted customers …would tell their friends and colleagues about their wonderful experience at the store." (p.129)
Apple opens an average of three to five stores somewhere in the world every month, and uses the NPS to follow how effectively each store is living up to the mission and make adjustments.
Listening to customers isn't something Apple does once a year or even once a quarter. NPS plays a central role in the daily management of Apple's three-hundred plus stores.
"Comments from customers help store managers prepare for service recovery calls with detractors to close the feedback loop. The outcomes of these calls, together with the customer comments, provide important coaching and feedback messages that are passed along to employees." (p.130)
Employees who create promoters are recognized by managers. In some stores, customer comments are scrolled across a large-screen TV monitor in in the employee break room.
Meanwhile Apple's central NPS team analyzes customer feedback from all the stores to understand the systemic reasons for promoter's enthusiasm or lack thereof.
At Apple, customer focus is thus not a vague slogan. It's at the core of the way the stores are managed. Employees know where they stand among their peers in terms of NPS and where their stores stands relative to the rest of the stores in the region. Each day, there is an opening daily standup (the "daily download") where the employees review the NPS feedback and discuss how to adjust their work accordingly. (p136)
At Apple, store managers call every detractor within 24 hours. Initially, they found there were some detractors they couldn't reach. Subsequent studies showed that detractors that they did reach purchased substantially more Apple products and services than the others. Further studies showed that every hour spent calling detractors was generating more than $1,000 in revenue or additional sales of $25 million in the first year, which was a good return on the investment. (p.156)
In traditional management, where customers are secondary, the expense of following up with customers would seem like the first kind of expense to cut in a crunch. With these numbers in hand, Apple's managers realize that this is one of the last things that should be cut.
Nor does Apple's focus on customers mean that it neglects its employees. Apple has been a pioneer in adapting the NPS framework to employees. Apple realized that only employees who were promoters themselves of Apple were likely to be able to turn customers into promoters. So they began surveying their own employees every four months to determine how likely the employees would be to recommend the store as a place to work. (p.131).
When Apple began measuring NPS in 2007, its 163 stores already had a very good NPS of 58%. In 2011, its 320 stores have an outstanding NPS of 72%. The best stores achieve a remarkable 90% NPS.
Is the primary source of customer enthusiasm Apple's amazing products or cool design? No. The most common reason for becoming promoters is the way store employees treat them. (p.130)
The reason Apple is so committed to NPS? It helps everyone to do the right thing—enrich the lives of the customers they touch.
The result is of course that Apple makes an awful lot of money. Where a typical electronics store averages $1,200 per square foot in sales, mature Apple stores exceed $6,000 per square foot—the highest productivity in retailing of any kind. (p.131).
What sometimes confuses people in thinking about Apple is that they see Apple making a lot of money, and they begin to imagine that making money must be Apple's goal.
On the contrary. If making money were ever to become Apple's goal, the whole approach would collapse back into the failing practices of traditional management.
Thus Apple practices radical management, where making money is the result, not the goal of the organization. The bottom line of its business is to delight the customer. We are indebted to The Ultimate Question 2.0 for showing us how they accomplish that on a daily basis.
The Ultimate Question 2.0 shows how many leading companies like Apple, such as Intuit [INTU], Philips [PHG], Southwest Airlines [LUV] and Allianz [AZ] are focusing on customer delight and using NPS to accomplish that. This book, which is essential reading for anyone interested in radical management, is being published in September 2011 by Harvard Business Review Press and is now available for pre-order at Amazon here.
See also: Myth #7: Why Steve Jobs Is Hard To Replace
And don't miss: Myth #8: Apple Just Makes A Better Mousetrap
Steve Denning's most recent book is: The Leader's Guide to Radical Management (Jossey-Bass, 2010).
Follow Steve Denning on Twitter @stevedenning
The iHaters like to say that Apple is just lucky enough to attract gullible people and that Apple has just about run out of suckers to buy their overpriced products.
You bring out a very good point. Too often companies focus on 'up selling' rather than customer service. Customer calls are recorded and measured for how fast they can turn you over.
Another company that has done very well in the customer service area is Amazon (note it's hard when you live in the States to understand the frustration of not speaking the local language)
Amazon Europe has several big customer service advantages over the competition. First off even though I live in Spain and they don't have presence here I can order from any of their European sites. Secondly all the web sites are identical (so often I have a co.uk and .de open) so it's easy to comparison shop. Thirdly regardless of country returns are the same. Simply fill out a form and it's either a replacement product or a refund (note they also reimburse postage).
Two examples, one time I had defective cable (cost 7€ filled out the form and before I knew it there was a replacement part on it's way. Didn't matter that I ordered it from the German store)
Second time I returned a defective product and received a refund not only of the purchase price but of the shipping costs.
But to me the biggest advantage is how easy they make it. I'm sure another online store might have better prices but then it means all the hassle of registering and who knows about refunds.
I am a loyal customer because Amazon Europe's customer service rocks.
I don't think "not market testing" is the same as not listening. They listen daily to customer feedback but do not rely on customers to help them up with the next big thing.
Just a quick question, but how does Apple identify who is happy and who isn't. As we know an unhappy customer is unlikely to say anything and more than likely to leave.
I think that part is the weakest part of your argument. How do you measure that.
Thanks, was discussing this very thing with a friend who has a mac book pro, bought it in the states and took it to the Apple store here in Madrid and had it repaired, (think at no cost).
Personally for me the Steve Jobs greatest feat has been to get people like me (only windows user) to serriously consider the switch to Apple, not just becuase the iPad is so good, but the service is outstanding.
Steve, if you would have had an LG Prada … you would have had an iPhony BEFORE the great sage Stevie Gods STOLE the design and GUI interface from LG at CeBIT.
Stevie's "gut" must have been "upset" when he barfed up (flopped) the AppleTV and the other MacTV, Mac Cube, iPud HiFi (speaker), Apple Pippin, Motorola ROKR (when he screwed Motorola), Apple Puck Mouse, Apple Lisa, 20th Anniv Mac, and least we forget the Newton.
Considering the actual few number of product catagories that CrApple has sold (but makes none of since ALL has been out-sourced since 1979), and updates or cosmetic revisions don't count, Stevie Gods has had a pretty dismal track history …. add em up FanBoys, you lose.
From the Classic Mac to the MacBook Pro, I've used both Mac computers spanning years of intuitive, enjoyable experience with the carefully crafted products Apple has been known for. It's all because of the leadership of one man.


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I received a review copy of the book Fresh Fabric Treats: Sixteen Yummy Projects to Sew from Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes and More from C&T Publishing | StashBooks.
Things I love about the book: The concept. The book showcases the projects from 15 Moda Bake Shop designers (chefs) – all have web sites or blogs that many of us already follow. Here's a list of the designers and where to find them when they're not baking.
- John Q. Adams - Quilt Dad
- Lissa Alexander - Moda Lissa
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- Vanessa Christenson – V and Co.
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- Jenny Garland – Jenny Garland
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- Amanda Jean Nyberg – Crazy Mom Quilts
- Monica Solorio-Snow – Happy Zombie
- Sweetwater – make life sweet
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I like the variety of projects offered in the book. There are several quilts and bags, a block holder book, table runner, pillow, sewing kit, jewelry wallet, laptop sleeve and pouch.
Things to note: You must start with fabric pre-cuts in these projects. So, if you want to use yardage you need to cut it to the pre-cut sizes called for in the recipe for the instructions to work.
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Social Media: Advertising Vs. PRMonday, April 19th, 2010
Most of us working for the media have taken note to the recent activities in the social media space in the last one year. Twitter grew more than 1500% in mid-2009, Facebook has almost caught up with Google in web traffic, while the once-popular social network Bebo is on the verge of shutting down. In the meanwhile, marketers and agencies have been coping to keep up with this fickle, evolving industry. The power of communication has landed in the hands of the consumer, and instead of a traditional business to consumer marketing model, we are now faced with consumer to consumer conversations, pondering what are the best ways to insert our brand in those conversations. In this shifting ecosystem, roles for agencies has changed and the question has surfaced – who will handle the social media marketing for a brand? Is the traditional advertising agency, the digital shop or the PR agency?
Traditional ad agencies are not competing for this business. Most Americans still watch TV and the need for TV advertising will continue. The real competition remains between the digital agencies and the PR shops. During the recession, marketing dollars were reduced and companies scaled back on building fancy websites and expensive online media buys, affecting digital ad agencies' business. Social media marketing factors accountability, measurement, monitoring, impacting the Share of Voice – disciplines that online public relations excels in and have been doing so for a while. Brands are realizing that. In industry movements – Starbucks assigned most of it's social media to their PR agency – Edelman. PR agencies are also welcoming those changes by staffing. To keep up with their client's creative demands, Edelman's Digital team bought David Armano on board, a creative advertising veteran, who created large scale web builds for ad agencies such as Digitas and Agency.com. We are going to start seeing these changes more frequently. And specific PR industry hires from the advertising field, brands rewarding their social media businesses to PR agencies are just the beginning of this change that has started to shake things up.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by SteveH Outstanding Staff The four staff members that I had interactions with were excellent. Starting with Dominique at the front desk, she was very professional and helpful when I checked in and recommended a great place for dinner. That evening when we received linens for the pull out sofa bed they were stained. The hotel staff member quickly brought up a replacement set and was very apologetic. Soon afterward Dominique followed up with a call to ensure that everything was in order. The next morning, we enjoyed the complimentary breakfast buffet. The food was very good. The waitress and chef were excellent. I apologize for not recalling their names because they should all be commended for their excellent attitudes and commitment to customer service. It isn't too often I have the pleasure to be able to write such a positive review. Unfortunately, I don't see myself staying that this property again as my business doesn't take me to Delaware December 31, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by NartinP Nice renovation I always stay at the Sheraton in Wilmington as it offers great value and location. The recent renovation is a great improvement and, I suspect, needed with the Westin coming on-line in the next year of so. The staff are always welcoming and the environment is always predictable. As a frequent traveller, predictability is a very good thing. This place feels like home! June 1, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by MamaSue A Great Find! Our stay at the Sheraton Suites in Downtown Wilmington was wonderful. The thing that attracted me, as I shopped online, was its proximity to our destination and the incredible value offered by the hotel. The price of $79 for this luxury suite was amazing. It induced me to sign up for the rewards program. We will certainly revisit Sheraton in our future travels. January 28, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Shinky0 Terrible Lounge This hotel is fine overall but the Club Lounge is really the worst I've seen on a SPG hotel. There isn't much things available, coffee machine is most often off, out of service, and unavailable late evening. This is definately not a place you would hang out after a diner I am giving a bad rating due to the lounge being way under usual Sheraton standard. October 12, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Matt77 Nice Hotel - Bad Breakfast Bar The Sheraton Wilmington has very spacious suites. The hotel meets Starwood standards. It's clean, the staff is friendly, great location for downtown Wilmington. The only negative thing I would say would be the Bistro Bar where they have breakfast. The breakfast bar hardly had any food, what was there was beyond terrible, with horribly poor presentation. October 24, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by LoriStar This hotel has great features and great customer service. Rooms are large and adequate. The only thing that could be improved is the check-in process and the parking unloading. It was a little lengthy due to volume of check-ins. But the staff was very friendly and efficient. The warm fresh baked cookies were a wonderful as well as complimentary bottled water. Great breakfast buffet. We'll definitely be back! July 31, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by EXECCORD1 GREAT STAFF,MAKES FOR A GREAT STAY!! FROM THE FRONT DESK STAFF,TO THE CAFE STAFF,TO THE SIMPLE THINGS,LIKE PARKING,THIS STAFF HAS THERE ACT TOGETHER!! THE ROOM WAS GREAT! QUIET,CLEAN,WITH A GREAT PICTURE WINDOW OF THE CITY! AND THE MEAL! BEING A VEGETARIAN,I CANT ALWAYS FIND A GOOD MEAL,YOUR STAFF WENT WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND ,TO MAKE NOT ONLY MY MEAL,BUT MY DESSERT A JOY!!! JOY JOY! November 27, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kia71 A Great Stay The thanksgiving holiday was great, but what made it even better was the comfort my family and I had at your hotel. The hotel was wondeful, the staff was very helpful and nice. The rooms were great and the view was amazing. I will highly recommend this hotel to all my friends and let them know if they want a great nights stay this is the place. December 1, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by MomOfGroom Great location and features The hotel was a hub for our son's wedding activities and we enjoyed many of the services at the hotel. Rooms were clean and comfortable. Parking spots VERY tight in the garage, but there were plenty. Front desk staff varied from lovely and helpful to downright rude. Eggs were powdered for breakfast and awful. Otherwise a decent stay. October 25, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by VBFD186 Great Staff Recently stayed over the Thankgiving holiday while in town visiting family and really enjoyed our stay. The staff was excellent and very helpful from those working the front desk to those working the restaurant. I would definitely stay again during future visits to Wilmington. Customer service well done! December 2, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jeff0427 If you're looking for great customer service The entire staff, from housekeeping to the front desk to the restaurant / bar, provided friendly, professional service that exemplifies a great hotel. No matter what the question or request, each person was friendly and attentive to details. On top of that, the accommodations were clean, comfortable, and welcoming. December 30, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by chris294 Great Staff due to a spelling error my reservation was under the wrong name but the terrific receptionist figured out the problem immediately and got us to our room quickly. Also called a cab later in the evening, very helpful. The porter was very helpful and assisted my husband with a car emergency. great Staff. October 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by ronster67 This hotel has great features, but... when we had checked in to the hotel...we were not notified of a potential small problem they were having...NO HOT WATER! we were notified about 30-45 minutes after we settled down, witjh a note slipped under our door. The manager had compensated us for the unfornate situation...outside of that...place was great October 4, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Mike23 Safe and secure traveler Arrived unexpectedly a day before my reservation arrival date/time. Staff worked magic to find me accomodations on busy Friday night. Stayed both nights. Room clean and well setup. Restaurant personnel were fantastic, food (especially am buffet) very good. I'd recommend this to my friends coming to Wilmington. October 30, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by lettie Great space. Very comfortable bed; love the suite set up, where we have a sofa and chair...place to sit and visit. I wish the food in the restaurant wasn't so expensive, although the servings were very generous. I opted for the yogurt parfait, and it was delicious! Location was great...easy access to so much in the area! July 15, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Guest255 lectureship Meeting The room and facilities were great and the value for the room rate was great. Good location to shopping and places to eat. But the cooks don't know how to prepare grits and oatmeal. I went to the Wafflehouse that was close to the hotel and the hotel cooks should go the Waffle house and learn to cook. June 30, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by whoot sauna did not heat up during 3 day stay We did ask front desk if sauna was out of order and was told should be working and house keeping would check and call room to confrim....no one called and the 3 days we stayed the sauna was never hot!!! Also parking fee is outrageous should be discount rate for guest staying at hotel or free parking June 24, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by SLG427 Nice hotel with comfortable and big rooms The room was comfortable, spacious and clean, and the staff were very kind and accommodating during our stay. February 3, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 Internet and SPG Recognition I was unable to connect to in-room internet. when I contacted 'guest services', I was given the 800 number for ATT, rather than being provided 'in-house' support. Front desk was unable to find my SPG account, using my name or address. Eventually, I was able to find an e-mail with my SPG#. August 30, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by clma1342 Great staff/sketchy neighborhood I stayed at the Sheraton Suites Wilmington Downtown on Saturday May 18th. The staff was very helpful and pleasant. My room was nice, clean and quiet. Some problems: I put the address listed for the hotel which was on my confirmation sheet, into my GPS. When my Navi told me that I had arrived at my destination, I was in the middle of a residential neighborhood in the suburbs. When I called to ask about it the woman at the front desk knew that I was in a residential neighborhood and told me to enter a different address. If the hotel is aware that they have an incorrect address listed, why have the not corrected it? Also, I had my small dog with me (the staff was very welcoming and kind to the dog). Therefore I went out into the immediate neighborhood several times. The street is very attractive and well maintained, however there were many people hanging about smoking, drinking and smoking pot. I did not feel safe after dark. I informed the front desk about this and they contacted the local police. May 20, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by dmd55 Excellent weekend Each year our organization has an event in Wilmington. Sheraton Suites is our hotel of choice, along with a majority of friends. I love the suites. The beds and bedding are to die for! God bless the staff for accommodating our very large group for the weekend. It's always perfect for me. August 8, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by kng90 Needs Improvement At checkin front desk host did not tell me the cost of the garage and when giving the room key he did not advise me the floor it was on. His sleeves were roll up and I did not feel as welcome as the other sheratons I have stayed in the past. The bath tub and sink drains were very slow. August 22, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by pensabfg Staff Your staff are outstanding. They are responsive to everything that is presented to them and on every occassion I have visited, I have left happy given that I usually take up residence for more than 10 days at a time. You are to be congratulated. December 5, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by travelernyc Great experience! The hotel staff was extremely helpful, friendly and professional. The room was even better than we had expected. It was extremely spacious for 3 of us and everything was clean, comfortable and well above average. Everything about our stay was fantastic from beginning to end. October 3, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by Fredro Needs a Makeover This hotel has potential, but it clearly is in need of a makeover. Room had an odd smell to it, air conditioning kept cooling away despite turning the thermostat up. Plastic cups in a $200/night hotel simply don't cut it. Overall, an average, mediocre kind of place. July 29, 2012
Rated 1 out of 5 by Irnaggie86 Avoid this hotel at all costs Half the elevators were out, the gate in the parking garage didn't work, couldn't find a working ice machine, got attitude from room service when asked for ice, had incoming phone calls misrouted or just not answered. Other than that, the stay was meh. NEVER AGAIN December 16, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by NewCanaanHector Excellent hotel, though it could use some help Although the fridge was not working when we got to the room and the corridors really need a better setup (lighting and carpet scheme). Hotel was great, Staff was top notch, and stay was a success. Restaurant has a really nice ambience and staff there is also great. November 21, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by marie358 Excellent Stay! This experience was wonderful! Great room, great service, wonderful time. The bartender in the restaurant was very pleasant and helpful. The only thing that would have made the facility outstanding was to have a hot tub in the pool area. November 18, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by bobc1029 a couple of problems Hi stayed at your hotel over a weekend. On Sunday morning I decided to have breakfast in the restaurant. The service was very slow, even though there weren't many people. the waitress seemed a little resentful that I wanted to order from the menu rather than spend the extra money for the buffet and more than I would eat. By the time my breakfast came, it was cold. I thought about sending it back, but thought that that might make her more resentful. I will probably stay here again -- my son lives nearby and just had a child -- but I won't come to the restaurant. Also when I left on Monday morning the clerk at the front desk must have checked me out before I could exit the garage. I tried the key card several times with no luck, so I backed up, reparked and went to the desk. Since I was backing up, I did not realize that he had finally opened the gate. When I got to the desk he was laughing. Maybe he was embarassed or nervous, since I'm sure my face should some anger, but it was hard not to feel like he was laughing at me. September 30, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by GB07 Sheraton Suites Wilmington Spacious rooms with nice Club Lounge. Unfortunately, the remote for the living room TV did not work, the room key reader worked most of the time, and when we left the room around 12:45 the first day, our room never got cleaned that day. November 11, 2013


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Shortly after 11 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2003, the 1980s rock band Great White came on stage at the Station Nightclub, an old roadhouse in the blue-collar town of West Warwick, R.I. Nearly 550 people were packed into the club, which had a legal capacity of 404 people.
The club owners had placed "soundproofing" foam on the club's interior walls, including a significant amount of polyurethane foam that had not been treated with any flame-retardant chemicals. It was the equivalent of "solid gasoline."
As Great White performed, a band employee set off several pyrotechnics. Within seconds, the polyurethane foam ignited, and within minutes, the fire consumed the entire building. People panicked as the lights went out. Highly toxic smoke filled the club. Most customers tried to escape through the narrow corridor leading to the front doors, through which they had entered, but this caused a pileup. First responders found rows of bodies, three to four people deep.
One hundred people died and hundreds more were injured. The Station Nightclub fire was the fourth worst fire disaster in American history.
The litigation that followed was unique: It involved 306 plaintiffs and 97 defendants. After seven years, the litigation resolved for $176,193,718, which required unanimous approval by all 306 plaintiffs.1 The defendants were divided into 20 different settlement groups based on the similarity of their conduct or products.
The plaintiff lawyers who handled the litigation learned important lessons that can be applied in other complex, multiparty, mass tort cases involving nightclubs and other similar premises. The litigation was complex: It involved hundreds of difficult issues that needed to be resolved. We quickly realized the value of approaching our proof development in small, incremental steps. It was only after we took the first step that the second step became clearer. That step-by-step approach became our way of operating throughout the case.
Very few "degrees of separation" exist in Rhode Island. The entire state was in shock. A few plaintiff firms came together to try to understand why this tragedy occurred and what could be done about it. We formed working committees to investigate
- claims against the foam manufacturers and distributors
- claims against the State of Rhode Island and the Town of West Warwick
- claims against the band and the owners of the club and the land
- claims against the event promoters
- claims against the pyrotechnic manufacturers and distributors
- claims against other product manufacturers
- medical causation issues
- insurance issues.
We hired close to 20 experts in the fields of fire investigation and reconstruction, materials science and testing, pyrotechnics and explosives, fire detection and alarms, toxicology, pathology, and forensic art (such as drawings of the building layout).
Along with our experts, we spent almost two months at the fire site sifting through the wreckage to find fire artifacts (such as residual foam) to examine and test. Eventually, 717 artifacts were identified, photographed, tagged, and moved to a warehouse for safe storage. What remained of the stage was deconstructed, transported to a warehouse, and reconstructed there.
We filed miscellaneous petitions in state court concerning both case administration and substantive issues. They included petitions to enter the fire site with our experts to identify evidence of the cause and origin of the fire, to establish testing protocols for that evidence, and to appoint a plaintiffs' steering committee to oversee the work performed at the fire site.
The defendants removed the case to federal court in Providence under the Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act,2 which became effective only 18 days before the fire. The act turned many years of jurisprudence regarding "diversity of citizenship" jurisdiction on its head in an effort to restrict the ability to file "mass tragedy" cases in state courts.
To get photographs and videos of the club as it existed before the fire, we placed advertisements in the media in southern New England. Through these materials we were able to reconstruct what the club was like before the fire: Flammable foam was on the walls in many areas of the club.
We interviewed hundreds of plaintiffs and others who either attended the event or lost loved ones who died there. We took numerous depositions to identify the manufacturers of the artifacts we found, particularly the polyurethane, polystyrene, and polyethylene foam that was layered on the club's walls.
Defendants and liability
The final complaint included 133 counts, involving products liability; strict liability; breach of warranty; civil liability for criminal acts3; and liability of the promoters, the government, the band, the realty and club owners, insurance inspection companies, and the cameraman.4
Polyurethane and other foam companies. In 2000, a local foam company sold untreated polyurethane foam to the club owners as "sound foam" to decrease the noise from the nightclub in the neighborhood. A video shot during the fire showed the foam in the stage area ignite shortly after the pyrotechnics were set off. This foam was highly flammable and created toxic smoke that caused serious burn and lung inhalation injuries and death to many of the victims.
The plaintiffs sued the local foam retailer and the manufacturers that supplied the foam to the local company. Legal claims included
- negligence in selling untreated foam for use in a nightclub
- failure to warn of the fast burn rate and lethal toxicity of the foam's products of combustion
- lack of product stewardship
- strict liability
- breach of warranty.
Pyrotechnic manufacturers and distributors. The undisputed precipitating event of the fire was the ignition of pyrotechnics. Discovery revealed who manufactured and sold the pyrotechnics and who transported them into Rhode Island. Claims of negligence included
- failure to educate and warn users
- failure to use due care in the pyrotechnics' manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale
- strict liability
- breach of warranty.
Promoters. Our investigation revealed that a local radio station (and its parent company) and Anheuser-Busch (and its Rhode Island distributor) had promoted the concert at the Station. Anheuser-Busch was also a sponsor of the Great White tour. As a sponsor, the local radio station played a role in planning the event, and one of its radio personalities was the master of ceremonies, who we alleged controlled the stage during the event.
The plaintiffs asserted negligence in sponsoring the concert with knowledge that the band customarily used pyrotechnics, and failure to make a minimal inquiry sufficient to discover the dangers of Great White's pyrotechnic performance, especially in a nightclub that had low ceilings and highly flammable foam on its walls.
Government. Our investigation revealed that the town fire inspector, who also acted as a Rhode Island deputy fire marshal, on two occasions had negligently inspected the Station and failed to rectify numerous violations, including failing to identify or order removal of the highly flammable interior finish on the wall. At the time of the fire, the nightclub's capacity was vastly exceeded, despite the presence of a Town of West Warwick police officer.
The plaintiffs alleged the town and state governments failed to properly inspect the premises and discover the highly flammable interior finish, enforce the fire safety laws, and enforce appropriate capacity and exit requirements.
Band. The band defendants, which included the individual band members, its touring company, and its tour manager (who ignited the pyrotechnics), failed to obtain a valid permit for the pyrotechnics display, as state law required. Claims included negligence in igniting the pyrotechnics and failing to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Realty and club owners. The nightclub's owners and operators leased the premises from a real estate management company. Ironically, one of the nightclub owners was also an investigative reporter for a local TV station and was filming an investigative piece on nightclub safety on the night of the fire.
Our investigation revealed that in addition to many safety violations, the main entrance to the club was only 36 inches wide and narrowed to 18 inches as the patrons proceeded to a "ticket counter" as they entered the club. It was in this narrow entrance area that numerous victims were recovered.
The plaintiffs alleged that the nightclub owners
- contributed to and allowed overcrowding that night
- installed and maintained defective materials, including flammable foam and other interior finishes
- failed to provide for prevention, detection, and suppression materials (fire extinguishers)
- failed to provide proper and safe means of egress.
Claims against the realty owner included failing to correct open and obvious building and fire code violations, including the flammable foam.
Insurance inspectors. Before the fire, various insurance companies had inspected the nightclub before issuing liability insurance to the club and realty owners. None of these inspections identified or warned of the premises' hazardous conditions.
The plaintiffs alleged that the inspectors were negligent in failing to identify multiple hazardous conditions on the premises and failing to warn of these hazards.
Cameraman. On the night of the fire, a cameraman—acting in the course of his employment—was filming within the Station for a piece on nightclub safety that one of the owners, also an investigative TV reporter, was working on. The cameraman was filming as the fire broke out. As distressed patrons tried to leave, he stood directly within an exit route and continued to film. Claims against him and his employer included negligence and vicarious liability for impeding the patrons' ability to exit and contributing to the backup of people attempting to leave through the main exit.
The big picture
We had to think creatively and proceed step by step. Conventional proof likely would have resulted in only a fraction of the recovery obtained.
For example, our case against the promoters of the Great White concert led to a substantial portion of our clients' recovery. We argued that before a promoter can promote an activity and invite the public to participate, it has to conduct at least a minimal investigation concerning safety issues surrounding the event or location.5
We asserted a novel claim against the polyurethane foam manufacturers alleging a lack of product stewardship. This stewardship refers to the manufacturer of a dangerous product being selective as to which entity it sells its product to and under what conditions. It also involved the manufacturer providing technical training to the purchasers of the foam.
Another example of a creative approach was proving that the cameraman prevented customers from getting out of the nightclub safely. We used his videotape and focused on one patron in the video. By timing her egress, it became clear how significant a backlog he created.
We knew early on that we had to show the many defendants and defense counsel that we had the commitment and wherewithal to prosecute our claims. Many defendants—including the insurance inspectors, the promoters, and the polyurethane foam manufacturers—filed Rule 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss our complaint, but only a few of these motions were granted. Detailed, thoughtful work in our prefiling investigation, our complaint, and our opposition to the Rule 12(b)(6) motions became even more important than usual.
Engaging the very best professionals in their respective fields was essential. We could never have accomplished what we did without the help of our scientific experts, special masters, neutral verification experts, and mediator.
We filed a motion to appoint Professor Francis McGovern of Duke Law School as a special master to develop a plan of distribution for any settlement funds eventually collected. He spent hundreds of hours working with us to formulate a distribution plan, and meeting and communicating with each of the 306 plaintiffs—all for no fee.
A special master was appointed for the minors who lost parents or whose parents were severely injured in the fire. We also sought and were granted court appointment of neutral verification experts. They spent weeks reviewing each claim filed to see whether and how each fit into the parameters of McGovern's plan of distribution.
Once settlements were reached, we sought approval of
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- the release we negotiated with defense counsel (including indemnification and the conditions precedent that had to occur before payment was made)
- the establishment of a 468B settlement trust
- the appointment of the 468B trustee and administrator.
Teamwork among plaintiff counsel was critical to our success. Our focus was on inclusiveness and sublimating ego for the greater good. No one lawyer or law firm could have accomplished this result.
Most important, we realized that this was all about our clients, the victims of this completely preventable tragedy. We clearly saw how our civil cases could give our clients—and, indeed, our state—an opportunity to heal and to obtain much-needed closure.
Mark Mandell and Yvette Boisclair are partners at Mandell, Schwartz & Boisclair in Providence, R.I. They can be reached at email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Gray v. Derderian, No. 1:04-cv-00312-L-DLM (D.R.I. Dec. 11, 2009)
- R.I. Gen. Laws §9-1-2 (2012).
- The Gray v. Derderian complaint and many of the orders, memos, and other documents from the case are on file with the authors.
- See also McElheny v. Trans Natl. Travel, Inc., 165 F. Supp. 2d 190 (D.R.I. 2001).


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East Central had all the tangibles necessary to extend its winning streak to four-in-a-row.
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