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Local customers who lost cable, Internet and telephone services Wednesday can blame copper thieves, Suddenlink Communications officials said.
The cable service disruption "was very likely the result of copper thieves," who cut two lines in the Rich Mountain area of Beverly, according to a Suddenlink press release sent Wednesday afternoon.
"Our technicians arrived at the site to find two cuts to a 102-count fiber line, which is a major artery of our cable system," Michael Keleman, Suddenlink's director of government relations, said in the release. "We suspect that it was the work of copper thieves.
"However, cable fiber lines contain no copper," Kelemen added.
The outage-which began at 6:02 a.m. Wednesday morning and affected approximately 5,000 people in the Randolph County area-was expected to be fixed by 7 p.m. Wednesday, Kelemen told The Inter-Mountain. He said company officials used a laser to locate the two cuts.
Senior Trooper S.E. Hevener with the Elkins detachment of the West Virginia State Police, the entity investigating the incident, said they have no suspects or persons of interest "at this point."
Suddenlink employees stationed at the location told Hevener they believed the copper thieves first slit a fiberoptic cable line and after discovering no copper inside, sliced open a telephone line, which does contain copper, he said.
"We're looking at scrap yards to see if anyone turns in anything suspicious," Hevener remarked.
"Anyone who has seen any suspicious vehicles in the area is asked to call the state police."
The Elkins detachment may be reached by dialing 304-637-0200.
Kelemen also requested customers' assistance in pinpointing the perpetrators.
"We certainly thank customers for their patience during this service interruption, and we hope that anyone with any information that can help lead to the conviction of these copper thieves will contact the state police."


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A public relations battle over a proposed scrap metal business at Hertel Avenue and Military Road continued over the weekend in advance of a review by the city Planning Board on Tuesday.
Former Erie County Executive Joel A. Giambra is representing Ben Weitsman & Son, which wants to spend $7 million to open a scrap metal operation on the site of a former auto wrecking business. He said a mailing from an undetermined source that went to an undetermined number of homes inaccurately characterized traffic and other issues related to the project in a attempt to turn residents against it.
"It's an underhanded effort," said Giambra, a vice president with Park Strategies, on Sunday.
He said two people notified him about the mailings, but both lived in a section of Hertel closer to Colvin Avenue and not in the West Hertel neighborhood where the business is planned.
Ben Weitsman & Son is a sister company to Owego-based Upstate Shredding in the Southern Tier, which has 11 locations, according to the company website. The planned business would involve hauling scrap metal to the company's "mega shredder" in Owego to prepare it for international export.
The Weitsmans' plan in recent months prompted a public relations campaign from another scrap metal processor, Niagara Metals, that has included advertisements in the neighborhood paper.
Niagara Metals operates in the southwest corner of Elmwood and Hertel avenues, a half-mile from the former Auto City auto wrecking yard, where the other scrap metal dealer is hoping to open. Niagara Metals hired a lobbying firm headed by former Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello, according to a recent Buffalo News story that cited a contract on file with the state's lobbying commission.
The mailing shows a photo of vehicles lined up to visit Upstate Shredding's operation in Rochester, suggesting that the business planned for Buffalo will cause unwanted traffic congestion, said Giambra.
In an email, Kim Weitsman said the photo was taken from the company's website and was shot on the day of the business' Rochester grand opening, which attracted a large crowd with live music and a free barbecue. She said the photo did not represent the amount of traffic that will go in and out of the proposed Buffalo location.
Kim Weitsman will operate the Buffalo business if it is approved. Her husband, Adam, owns Upstate Shredding.
Traffic is an issue – and not just the number of trucks. Among other things, neighborhood groups disagree on vehicle flow into and out of the business.
North Council Member Joseph Golombek, who represents the area, said he was unaware of the mailing, though a resident did ask him about something he recently received in the mail. Golombek said he assumed the resident was referring to a Planning Board notice about Tuesday's site plan review but that the resident could have been talking about the lobbying effort.
Golombek said he has asked the Planning Board to postpone a decision on the project until questions about traffic and other issues can be better answered.
"I don't oppose the business, but I do have questions," he said. "I want the facts out there before we make a final decision."
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The diamonds (more than 1,000 carats!) shone as brightly as the stars themselves – almost. Here are some of the most gorgeous gems. By Melissa Liebling-Goldberg
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Listen up, Jennifer Hudson. You've now got an Oscar in your hand, but what next? For an idea of what not to do, check out Premiere magazine's gallery of the worst-ever post-Oscar career choices. Among the cautionary tales: Cuba Gooding, Jr., who followed up his win for Jerry Maguire with Chill Factor, Snow Dogs and – gulp! – Boat Trip. Helen Hunt also followed up her Oscar (for As Good As It Gets) with a trifecta of clunkers: Pay It Forward, What Women Want and Dr. T and the Women. And of course, Halle Berry, who, fresh from nabbing Best Actress for Monster's Ball, made Catwoman. On purpose. (At least she had a sense of humor about it, and good-naturedly accepted her Razzie Award.) J-Hud, you've been warned!
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Q&A With Head Football Coach Pete Lembo
Do you get to go on vacation with your family over the summer and if so what are your plans?
June is a busy month because of summer camps and the fact that almost our entire team is here for voluntary summer workouts. In addition to four summer camps on our campus, we are often traveling to other universities to work their camps and evaluate recruits in those locations. We also have numerous rising seniors visiting our campus on unofficial visits. Our freshman signees arrived for the second summer session on June 18th, so we wanted to be in the office to make sure they get settled in with the daily routine. When our last summer camp ended on June 22nd, our family did head down to Pawley's Island, SC for a week at the beach. It's a quiet spot that we really enjoy. It's a great combination of the beach, seafood and barbeque. After the week of the Fourth of July, the coaching staff will be back in the office getting ready for another round of summer camps. Jen and the kids will get out of town again in late July to see family, but I will stay behind as we prepare for the start of preseason camp. It is hard for me to relax as the excitement for the upcoming season builds around that time.
Explain your favorite thing to do in your spare time?
I tell people all the time that I have three kids at home and 110 here in the Fisher Complex. That does not leave any time for a serious hobby! Between coaching and my family, there truly is very little time for anything else. I golf once in a while, but that is usually at alumni events. When I am at home, I enjoy helping Jen out around the house and in the yard. It's somewhat therapeutic for me and I feel like I am contributing to the cause. However, this usually doesn't happen until the off season. I also try to take the kids to school or to other activities when my schedule permits. Jen, Sophia, A.J. and Victoria are real team players. They understand that being a Division I coach is a lifestyle, not a job. They have to share me with 110 student-athletes and countless other program constituents every day. I also try to exercise a few times a week in the off season. I enjoy a good meal from time to time, so you have to offset those calories with some time on the treadmill.
What has life been like in Muncie for you and your family since you arrived in December of 2011?
It has been a real whirlwind, but things are beginning to settle down as more and more pieces of our plan begin to fall into place. Jen and the kids are here just over a year, because they finished the 2011 school year back in North Carolina. They have made a very smooth transition thanks to the wonderful people in this community. The schools are excellent here and the kids have made some great friends in the neighborhood. We also have a lot assistant coaches with young kids, so the staff gets together from time to time as well. Sophia is our oldest and she has started to play volleyball at school and with the Munciana club program. I am real impressed with that operation. They have girls coming in from all over to participate. Our son A.J. recently attended basketball camp at Ball State. My wife Jen has gotten involved with some volunteer activities in Muncie and at the elementary school. We have also tried to take advantage of some of the theatre and musical productions here at the University. We have to support other programs on campus if we want people to support the football program. While my schedule is hectic, there are some real benefits for our family living around a college campus like Ball State.
What was the driving force that made you choose the coaching profession?
I believe that everyone has a true passion in life. It is just a matter of identifying it, committing to it and pursuing it. I have always loved the game of football. Not just the three hours on Saturday's in the fall, but everything that goes into it 365 days a year. I really enjoy helping our players grow up and get ready for life after football. This experience is a great preparation for a successful career. When I went off to college, I was surrounded by a bunch of future Wall Street money managers, entrepreneurs and corporate lawyers. 20 years later, I am still amazed at how bright and successful most of these people are. But the further I went into my education, the more I knew what I really wanted to do with my career. I was very fortunate to get an opportunity to become a graduate assistant under legendary coach Bob Ford at SUNY - Albany. Coach Ford has helped to produce some outstanding college football coaches in his 40 plus years at the helm. College coaching can be a very difficult profession to climb the ladder in, and I certainly had my share of adversity in my 20's. Now that I am a head coach, I am very grateful that I received my undergraduate degree in business administration. Overseeing a Division I football program is similar to being the CEO of a large company, so I use my education every day. At the end of the day, my role is to be a highly effective manager.


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6 Movies You Won't Believe Started Iconic Fashions
Every so often, a trend will take off with a force so powerful that consumer demand drives manufacturers to rush knockoffs into production, like how every person wore a "Thriller" jacket in 1983, no matter how ridiculous they looked.
Hollywood has always had a hand in shaping popular culture and taste, so it should come as no surprise that its influence on the fashion decisions people have made throughout history has been enormous. But with so much pop culture to consume and content being churned out at such a fast pace these days, it's doubtful these super trends will ever have as much sway as they did in the past. Unfortunately, that means we'll probably never again experience moments like when ...
#6. Tom Cruise Almost Single-Handedly Kept Ray-Ban in Business
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Back before he became a full-time shill for the world's most annoying cult, Tom Cruise was known more for his bankability as a movie star than his relationship with Xenu. His very first leading role as the privileged high school kid with an overabundance of First World problems in the hit teen comedy-drama Risky Business not only launched a 21-year-old Cruise into superstardom, but kept one of history's most iconic fashion brands from dying off.
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And gave lazy teens an easy Halloween costume for the rest of the decade.
In the film, Joel (Cruise) is super stressed about getting into his college of choice, but also overwhelmed by the newfound freedom of being left home with no parental supervision. Dilemmas ranging from "Should he drive his dad's Porsche?" to "Should he turn his home into a temporary whorehouse?" arise, and Joel deals with every single one in the exact same way: By doing adorable things while wearing Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses.
He most famously puts them on right before uttering the film's catchphrase (and the '80s version of YOLO), "Sometimes you gotta say what the fuck." That he dons those particular shades at that moment is no happy accident.
In the 1980s, sales of Ray-Ban's Wayfarer sunglasses had sunk to an abysmal 18,000 a year. In an effort to turn things around, the company offered the producers of Risky Business $50,000 to feature the Wayfarer model in the teen comedy and, just as importantly, on the movie poster.
Sales of Wayfarers immediately took off. By 1989, Ray-Ban had sold more than 4 million pairs of the now-iconic model, a pretty sweet return on their investment. But the Cruise promotional juggernaut had just gotten started.
Three years after Risky Business, Ray-Ban and Cruise struck product-placement gold again when he and Val Kilmer battled it out for king douche of the sky and the sand in the box office hit/Navy recruitment propaganda film Top Gun. Cruise, Kilmer, and co-star Anthony Edwards all sported Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses in the movie.
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"The Top Gun rules of fashion are for your style and for that of your team. They are not flexible, nor am I."
Once again, the partnership was a resounding success. Sales of Ray-Ban Aviators rose 40 percent in the seven months following the release of the film. To this day, they remain the eyewear of choice for anyone looking to inject a little "Hot Cop" flair into their wardrobe.
#5. Flashdance Made Everyone Want Collarless Sweatshirts
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Acid-wash jeans, parachute pants, leg warmers -- the '80s were chock-full of WTF fashion, and the collarless sweatshirt borne of the summer blockbuster Flashdance was no exception. Flashdance follows the story of Alex (Jennifer Beals), a young woman who spends her days working as a welder in a Pittsburgh steel mill and her evenings underneath the dance shower at her local dive bar performing elaborately choreographed routines, just like you'd see at your favorite blue-collar watering hole.
In one of the film's most memorable scenes, Alex carries on a conversation with a male suitor while reaching inside a ridiculously loose-fitting sweatshirt to remove her bra.
The sexy off-the-shoulder style apparently resonated with the masses, because the "ripped apart and ready to dance" casualwear look has been with us in one form or another ever since.
Interestingly enough, it all happened by accident. The gray sweatshirt, which Beals had brought from home, shrank in the dryer, so she cut out the neckband to make it fit more easily over her head.
That's not nearly as interesting as the story of how Beals landed her breakthrough role: According to Hollywood legend, executives at Paramount Pictures wanted to cast an unknown. After a nationwide search, producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson and director Adrian Lyne had narrowed it down to three actresses: Demi Moore, Leslie Wing, and Jennifer Beals. Unable to decide, Simpson reportedly showed pictures of all three women to a group of teamsters on the studio lot and (in a move that most likely wouldn't pass HR muster today) asked them "Which of these women do you most want to fuck?"
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This method was last used when Maggie Smith beat out Judi Dench for Downton Abbey.
Flashdance became one of the highest grossing films of 1983, leaving a pile of torn sweatshirt collars in its wake.
#4. Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier Stole Coonskin Caps from the Indians
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Walt Disney, famed animator and communist hunter, was one of the greatest marketing geniuses and revisionist historians of all time. So it's no surprise that when Disney decided to open an amusement park in the '50s, he used these skills to great effect. Disneyland was a huge success, and the effort ultimately resulted in one of the biggest (and stupidest) fashion fads of the 20th century.
At the time of the project, Disney was low on cash, so he struck a deal with fledgling television network ABC. In exchange for financially backing the new park, ABC execs were given the rights to Disney's first weekly television series.
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"How about something with a kooky pirate?"
"Eh, no one's gonna watch that shit."
Because national pride moved lots of units during the Cold War, Walt and company wanted an all-American historical hero to kick off the first season. They found one in Davy Crockett, the Tennessee congressman who died at the Battle of the Alamo.
Predictably enough, Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter was wildly popular.
As they always do when they have a hit on their hands, Disney marketed the hell out of every piece of Davy Crockett merchandise possible. One item in particular, the coonskin cap worn by actor Fess Parker, surpassed all others. Although it originated with Native Americans, thanks to the magic of Disney marketing the coonskin cap now belonged to a newly minted legion of armchair "Indian Fighters."
Fortunately, the replica smallpox comforter set never made it out of marketing.
If your grandparents had the foresight to invest in raccoon hide at the show's inception, your family is probably still living off the resulting financial windfall. At the height of the show's popularity, an estimated 5,000 coonskin caps were sold each day, driving the price of raccoon fur from 25 cents a pound all the way up to $8.


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"Hey I had an "All Pro" seaon last year. This contract doesn't compare to the other All Pro receivers. I'm being dissed by the Packers. My buddy T.O. says he agrees & his agent will make it right."
Walker's/Rosenhaus' logic is bizarre. One good season in the middle of a contract isn't justification to demand a new deal. I hope the Packers don't cave like they did with last year with Mike McKenzie. Let the peckerhead sit out for the whole season.
As for the argument that clubs release vets all the time before the end of their contracts, so why should the players feel obligated to honor the contract?: Most of those deals were written with a bonus to jack the salary of the player for the immediate future. The last years of those deals are inflated dollar values to make the agents look cool when the "total package" is announced to the media. I'll bet that most of the players never expect to receive the salaries stated in the last several years of their contract.
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LISBON - New drilling permit applications are on the rise again in Columbiana County after a brief lull, with five news applications and/or permits issued in the past several weeks.
The following is a list of the new permits by township and location, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the county engineer's office. All of the applicants are Chesapeake Exploration:
-Fairfield Township: Lehman unit, accessible from state Route 7.
- Franklin Township: Milltree unit, accessible from Foundry Hill Road.
-Middleton Township: Benner unit, accessible from Justison Road.
- Salem Township: Roy D unit, accessible from Winona Road.
- Salem Township: Mueller unit, accessible from McCracken Road.
This brings to 49 the number of separate drilling sites. The number of permitted wells is 57 because each site can have more than one well, most of which are in various stages of development.
Two of the wells have been fracked and another dozen are waiting to be fracked, according to the ODNR activity report. The only producing well in the county as of mid-September was the Sanor Farm unit in Knox Township.
Hanover Township still leads with the most permitted drilling sites in the county, with nine. The following is the list of the other townships and permits and/or applications: Butler, five; Center, three; Elkrun, five; Fairfield, three; Franklin, three; Knox, four; Madison, two; Middleton, five; Salem, four; Unity, two; Washington, two; and West, two.


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(MONTVALE, NJ—JANUARY, 2012)—Benjamin Moore & Co., America's premier paint and coatings manufacturer, has moved its advertising account to Mullen following an agency review. In making the announcement, Benjamin Moore senior vice president for marketing Ed Klein did not disclose the ad spend but did say the company will continue to rely on traditional media as well as aggressively pursue digital, a platform that has been effectively leveraged for the brand. Mullen will be responsible for creative development and media planning and buying. The creative is still in development and will be launched at the end of the first quarter of 2012.
"Benjamin Moore offers a superior paint product, period," said Alex Leikikh, president at Mullen. "Our job is to bring that differentiation to life in a fresh way. This is a great opportunity to work with an iconic brand in a category that inspires creativity."
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Trade Liberalization and Embedded Institutional Reform: Evidence from Chinese Exporters
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Does Corporate Governance Risk at Home Affect Investment Choices Abroad?
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The Role of Intermediaries in Facilitating Trade
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Domestic Institutions and the Bypass Effect of Financial Globalization
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Do External Interventions Work? The Case of Trade Reform Conditions in IMF Supported Programs
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Collateral Damage: Capital Controls and International Trade
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The WTO Promotes Trade, Strongly but Unevenly
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Transparency and International Portfolio Holdings
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China's Growing Role in World Trade
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The mystery of Chinese savings
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Two main things have been taking up a lot of Michael Bennett's time the past six weeks: Practicing and waiting. The Calvert senior has been in the gym since the first day the OHSAA allowed boys basketball teams to practice Nov. 1. But he didn't have much company.
Bennett and a handful of teammates had to wait for the Calvert football season to end for the bulk of the team to join them at practice.
"It's been hard waiting six weeks, practicing with six guys, waiting on these football guys," Bennett said. "I want them to do well, but I want them here. It's hard at the same time, but it's been good."
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Calvert's Mike Bennett converts a layup in the first half of Thursday's game against?Seneca East in Tiffin.
Six weeks of waiting came to an end Thursday as Calvert finally tipped off its season at home against Seneca East.
It turns out Calvert may have been a caged animal, just waiting for a chance to let loose. The Senecas erupted out of the gates, building a 68-13 halftime lead and cruising to a 95-42 opening-night victory.
Calvert coach Ted Willman admitted he wasn't sure what to expect from his team opening night. But his players answered any questions he may have had early, scoring the game's first 16 points while forcing Seneca East into 15 first-quarter turnovers.
"I didn't know what to expect. (Assistant coach Don Frank) asked me last night 'What do you expect out of those guys?' I said 'To be totally honest I have no idea what to expect,'" Willman said. "We got some guys that came back from last year's team, but we don't have near the stuff in that most coaches have or would like to have in at this time. So we've kind of basic. We're going to play a lot of kids. I said earlier we're going to play a lot of kids 'cause we don't know who's going to play where and what positions and everything. Tonight we played everybody.
"I saw a lot of good things at both ends of the floor. I was pleased defensively with our effort. I wanted to see effort out of our guys, consistently, for 32 minutes. And communication. ... I thought tonight they did a pretty good job of talking for the most part, and that kind of helped us at both ends of the floor. They were looking for one another. First game out after getting kind of a late start, I was pretty pleased with it."
Austin Ball came over from the football team, so his wait to play wasn't quite as long as Bennett's, but that didn't mean he wasn't just as anxious to get the season started.
"We've been waiting for this," he said. "Mike here, he's been practicing six weeks, he's been waiting. I've been here for three. We've been able to put some things together, had a couple scrimmages. Doesn't get much better than that."
Seneca East had little answer for Calvert early, as turnovers kept mounting and the hole the Tigers were in kept growing.
"That wasn't necessarily what lost it by so much for us. Definitely didn't get off on the right foot," Seneca East coach Joe Nowak said after his team fell to 0-5. "As young as we are, I still kind of feel like that's uncharacteristic of us, with the amount of time that we spend on working on pressure situations like that, getting trapped and stuff in practice."
Bennett, Ball and Drew Ritzler showed they could be a pretty potent offensive trio for opposing defenses to stop. The three of them keyed the early run, combining for 18 in the first quarter alone. All three hit the 20-point mark in the game. Ritzler led the team with 23 while Bennett and Ball each tallied 20.
Even with some new pieces to the puzzle in the lineup this year, Bennett said it he felt the team coming together on the floor.
"It feel like we did," he said. "We got four seniors coming back who've all played, some pieces coming back. Drew Ritzler playing point guard did a nice job. Practices have felt like all five of our starters have really meshed."
Willman said he knew the team was close off the court, but was pleased to see them come together so well on it as well.
"Everybody in the locker room, all 20 of our guys in our program get a long so well," he said. "You don't know as players, but I know in general, from our freshmen to our seniors, they all look out for one another. And so I think that kind of carried over tonight ... I knew they would have a camaraderie amongst each other as team members. Just 'cause you have that in the locker room doesn't mean you'll necessarily have it on the court. It was good to see that."
For Nowak, he hopes the game can be a wake-up call for his team moving forward.
"To be honest, the way that we played tonight is the way that we've practiced the past couple of days," he said. "If it takes outcomes like this to get the guys to understand that you go to show up every day in practice to work hard and get better, then so be it. But, I don't like it anymore than I think those guys do. It's a lesson we got to learn."
Calvert's big offensive night wouldn't have been possible without the defense stepping up. Calvert forced Seneca East into 41 turnovers.
"Our press in the first half, they couldn't handle it," Bennett said. "We were getting layups in transition. We didn't settle for jump shots, kept attacking the rim."
"Our defense held up pretty well," Ball added. "They had some freshmen playing ... Our pressure, they couldn't handle it."
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State Regulation of Sexuality in International Human Rights Law and Theory
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William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 50, 2008
In Part I, this Article presents the first published, worldwide survey of international practice in interpreting and applying various international human rights norms to the issue of sexual freedom, with a special emphasis on the rights to privacy, family life, and freedom from arbitrary discrimination based on sexual orientation. In Part II, the Article analyzes the rationales adopted by state elites for accepting or denying equal rights to sexual minorities and discerns a trend toward a complex approach of sometimes applying libertarian theories of human rights law, sometimes applying increasingly nuanced nondiscrimination norms, and sometimes using both approaches at once. Countervailing pressures, especially widespread religious opposition to the recognition of equal human rights, as well as the problems of using libertarian theories, are explored. The Article further discusses the limits of the role that international human rights law has played in the evolution of state practice on this subject and explains how international human rights law is balanced unstably between the incomplete application of human rights to sexual minorities and the disadvantages of logical and theoretical inconsistency in human rights doctrine. It concludes by observing how the case of evolving human rights in this field illustrates the potential power of ideational norms in shaping state expectations and behavior.
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While Kellie Pickler says she had no sense she would win the mirror-ball trophy Dancing With the Stars, her fellow contestants said there were clues all along the way that she would be a star on this season's show.
Country singer Pickler, 26, who rose to fame on the fifth season of American Idol, said her ballroom strategy was to focus on being in the moment each week, not on the long-term outcome.
"I just tried to take it one week at a time, one dance at a time," the North Carolina-born Pickler told PEOPLE after her victory, with her partner Derek Hough at her side.
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The Buffalo Bandits were 7-9 in 2012, their first losing season since 1999. The year included a six-game losing streak and a painful last-second playoff loss to the Toronto Rock.
That didn't go over well in Banditland.
When the Bandits open the 2013 season tonight in Philadelphia (7 p.m., nll.com, Radio 1520 AM), they will give their fans their first look at a rebuilding effort that changed half the roster and an executive.
The biggest switch was at the top. Darris Kilgour will stick to coaching in 2013. Steve Dietrich, the former Bandits' goaltender, was named to replace him as general manager. After a great career, Dietrich spent two seasons as an assistant coach with Toronto. He also has been a general manager for five seasons for a Canadian league team.
"I've been thinking about this job since probably before I played here," Dietrich said. When Kurt Silcott was the Bandits' GM, Dietrich "was lucky enough to be almost a confidant of his. He'd bounce things off me. This is something I always wanted to do. This is the place I've always dreamed of doing it."
Dietrich and Kilgour left much of the nucleus of the team alone, but familiar faces are gone. The biggest surprise in that category was the departure of captain Chris White, who signed as a free agent with Toronto.
"Losing Whitey was a huge loss to us," Kilgour said. "It's very disappointing that we couldn't get him signed. He was one of my favorite players."
Roger Vyse, Ian Llord and Tom Montour were released before the start of training camp. Kevin Buchanan and Jeremy Thompson were traded. Mike Thompson and Darryl Gibson retired. Angus Goodleaf, Brandon Francis and Travis Irving didn't make the opening night roster.
The replacements are a blend of veterans who are well-tested in the National Lacrosse League and rookies who usually have had to sit and wait to play in Buffalo.
"I still think we have a championship-caliber team," Kilgour said. "There are only nine teams in the league, so there's enough talent out there. We have to put things in place."
Here's a look at this year's team:
The starting point, as always, is John Tavares. Last year at the age of 43, he led the team in goals (41) and points (80) and was a second-team All-Pro. On the subject of retirement, Tavares said with a laugh, "I kind of feel like my career's going to end in the middle of a season. They're probably going to have to cut me."
Not much chance of that.
Luke Wiles was a great addition last year (39 goals), but the unit still needed more consistent scoring from others. The Bandits hope that comes in the form of Shawn Williams, acquired in a trade. Williams had 68 points to lead Edmonton in scoring last year. The 38-year-old has more than 1,000 points in his career and is a sure Hall of Famer.
Aaron Wilson also was with the Rush last season, while Mike Hominuck was with Philadelphia. Top draft pick Dhane Smith will play on offense, and he'll be joined by second-rounders Carter Bender and Hayden Smith.
They'll be in the mix with the reliable Chad Culp and Mat Giles. Tracey Kelusky has had two disappointing seasons since coming to Buffalo, and may have trouble getting playing time.
White played most of the important minutes for the Bandits, and he'll have to be replaced. One obvious candidate is Derek Suddons, who was signed as a free agent from Edmonton. He was a big part of the Rush's surprising playoff run last year. Glen Bryan came over from Toronto in a trade, and he should help, too.
"Not one of those guys will play the Chris White role, but we'll divide it up," assistant coach Rich Kilgour said. "It's not going to be an easy task."
Billy Dee Smith, who will miss the opening weekend with a league suspension, and Scott Self are back for another season, and they rank with the best in the league. Past that, Steve Priolo is tough and Mike McNamara is young, so depth could be a problem.
Mark Steenhuis played hurt last season, and the Bandits have struggled to figure out whether to use him in transition or on offense. He's still a threat no matter where he plays. Jon Harasym will be back as a transition player, and he'll be joined by newcomer David Brock (Philadelphia). Dhane Smith may figure in the mix at times.
Jay Thorimbert is the only returning faceoff specialist with Francis gone.
The trade that brought Anthony Cosmo to Buffalo last year became much more important when Thompson retired. On a given night, Cosmo is as good as anyone in the league.
He needs to stay healthy. Kurtis Wagar, signed as a free agent, is an unproven backup. This is his seventh year in the league, but he's played a total of only 195 minutes in that time and has a career record of 1-1.
On paper, the Bandits don't look as strong as Eastern rivals Rochester and Toronto. It's certainly possible that the addition of veterans like Williams, Wilson and Suddons could give the rookies time to develop, and the Bandits would then be a handful in the playoffs.
The Bandits also could suffer some key injuries and have their problems making the postseason. If the breaks even out as they usually do, something around .500 seems likely.
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Anti-Jewish sentiment in France
Ø The data indicate that 22 percent of French respondents answered "probably true" to at least three of the four anti-Semitic stereotypes tested.
Ø Their responses to the four statements are as follows:
1) 39 percent of respondents think that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to France.
2) 28 percent of respondents think that Jews have too much power in the business world.
3) 28 percent believe that Jews have too much power in international financial markets.
4) 40 percent believe that Jews still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust.
Ø 14 percent of French respondents agree that the Jews are responsible for the death of Christ.
Ø 15 percent say that their opinion of Jews is influenced by the actions of the State of Israel. Of those, 48 percent say that their opinion of Jews is worse as a result of actions taken by Israel, while 30 percent say there opinion of Jews is better as a result of the actions taken by Israel.
Ø 33 percent believe the source of the current violence directed against French Jews is a result of anti-Jewish feelings while 26 percent believe that the source of the violence is a result of anti-Israel sentiment.
Ø By a margin of 64 percent to 19 percent, respondents think that the French government is doing enough to ensure the safety and security of its Jewish citizens.
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Ø 81 percent of respondents are either "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about Iran developing nuclear weapons.
Ø 42 percent of those surveyed in France believe that Iran's nuclear program is being developed for military purposes. 18 percent believe that the nuclear program is being developed for nuclear energy. 17 percent say both.
Ø 51 percent support imposing economic sanctions against Iran until it agrees to suspend its nuclear program, while 34 percent oppose imposing sanctions against Iran.
Ø 38 percent of respondents say they have been following the coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict "a great deal" or "a good amount."
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Ø Regarding the current conflict, 20 percent of those surveyed say they sympathize more with the Palestinians, 9 percent sympathize more with the Israelis, 51 percent say they sympathize with neither side, and 11 percent say they sympathize with both sides.
Ø 45 percent of respondents consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization while 26 percent consider it a legitimate nationalist movement.
Ø 43 percent believe that Hamas wants to destroy Israel.
Ø 24 percent believe that Israel wants to destroy the Palestinian people.
Ø 57 percent of those surveyed either "strongly" or "somewhat" support the European Union's decision to stop all foreign aid to the Palestinian government until Hamas renounces the use of violence against Israeli civilians, agrees to recognize Israel's right to exist and accepts all past agreements signed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Ø 46 percent of respondents believe that now that Hamas has agreed to form a unity government with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the international community should lift its boycott of the Palestinian government and immediately resume the flow of foreign aid.
Ø Conversely, 43 percent believe that despite the formation of a Palestinian unity government, the international community should continue to boycott the Palestinian government and withhold foreign aid until Hamas agrees to renounce the use of violence against Israelis and recognizes Israel's right to exist.
Ø 65 percent agree with the statement that "Israel truly wants to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians."
Ø 63 percent agree with the statement that the "Palestinian Authority truly wants to reach a peace agreement with Israel."
Ø 31 percent agree with the notion that Israeli treatment of Palestinians is similar to South Africa's treatment of blacks during apartheid.
Ø By a margin of 60 percent to 27 percent, French respondents agree with the statement that Israel is an open and democratic society.
Ø 52 percent of those surveyed do not think that Israel had a right to use military force against Hezbollah forces in Southern Lebanon last year while 33 percent believe it did.
Ø 53 percent consider Hezbollah to be a terrorist organization while 21 percent believe it is a legitimate nationalist movement.
Ø 47 percent of those surveyed believe that the French government's Middle East policies are unbiased toward the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Ø 38 percent of respondents in France agree with the statement that "American Jews control U.S. Middle Eastern policy."
Ø A quarter of those surveyed in France believe that European media coverage of the current conflict in the Middle East has been either "balanced" or "fairly balanced."
Ø 59 percent believe that the media coverage has been "fairly" or "very" biased. Of these respondents, 39 percent say it has been biased in favor of the Israelis, 19 percent believe it is biased in favor of the "Arabs" and 34 percent answered "don't know."
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It is the aerator (the screw-on tip of the faucet nozzle) that ultimately determines the maximum flow rate for water. Typically new kitchen faucets will be equipped with a 2.2 gpm aerator while bathroom faucets usually have aerators that restrict flow to 1.5, 1.2, or even 1.0 gpm.
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Six big Erie County projects, including plans for a shoreline trail in Evans and a proposal to expand the county's auto bureau in Orchard Park, will be put on hold as County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz scales back county borrowing for the year.
Poloncarz has cut $9.3 million from a $38.9 million list of projects that the county had planned to borrow for this year, prompting questions from county legislators about why they weren't told that some projects would be eliminated when they authorized the borrowing last month.
"The county did not make this decision lightly," Budget Director Robert W. Keating told legislators in a letter Thursday. "We would have preferred to be able to conduct all the work in 2013."
Poloncarz told the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority last month that he planned to reduce borrowing during the next few years to help make up for budget gaps he has forecast for 2013 and beyond after legislators blocked a tax increase he had proposed late last year.
The decision to scale back on borrowing is expected to save $1 million to $2 million a year in debt payments, said Deputy Budget Director Timothy Callan.
Projects that will be pushed into future years include:
• $1.1 million for design, land acquisition and construction services for the Evans Shoreline Trail.
• $95,900 for improvements to the county auto bureau at Erie Community College's South Campus.
• $500,000 for window and door replacements and $200,000 for code compliance on ECC campuses.
• $200,000 for design and construction costs for safety and preservation work on county-owned dams.
• $1.5 million to reconstruct the Girdle Road bridge in Elma.
• A reduction in funding for road preservation from $9.35 million to $4.8 million and a delay in a project to reconstruct Brighton Road in the Town of Tonawanda into a future year.
The county also will trim borrowing for a list of countywide projects and purchases, including new vehicles, roof replacements and parks improvements.
Members of the County Legislature's minority caucus object to the way Poloncarz made the cuts to the capital borrowing without consulting legislators. The Legislature approved the full list of projects in December and authorized the county executive to move forward with borrowing for the projects last month.
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Following in your dad�s footsteps when it comes to career choices is a noble, if not respectable notion. Especially if your dad has made his living doing something cool, like playing music for his entire life, becoming a cultural icon and a recognizable face, name and voice when it comes to your art.
Ok, so it hasn�t worked out so well for Julian Lennon. I guess �Vallotte� was a noble effort, but matching and exceeding the accomplishments of your Beatle Dad is all but impossible. Same with Bob Dylan�s son, Steve Earle�s son and countless other offspring of musicians who have set the bar pretty high for anyone to follow.
John Lee Hooker�s son, John Junior, may not reach the heights his dad did, but the son of the legendary bluesman is seeing some musical success in his own right. His early years were plagued with a handful of drug-related ins and outs with the law, resulting in some arrests, some jail time and some kneeling down with the Good Book looking for forgiveness. But since 2004, John Lee Hooker Jr. has released six albums, been nominated for two Grammys and toured internationally.
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�All Hooked Up� is not a pure blues album, but rather a collection of jazz, straight-ahead funk and pop, all with a hint of blues influence. It�s a result of Hooker not only being influenced by his father, but also by Stevie Wonder, Sly Stone, Etta James, James Brown, Prince, Johnny �Guitar� Watson, Michael Jackson and loads of other musicians Hooker rattles off like items on a grocery list.
�It reaches all audiences. We got some for young, some for old with all kinds of genres. Jazz, funk and hip-hop-style funky beats. We�re excited about it,� Hooker said last week from his home in California. �I came from a multigenre environment. You hear all types of influences from musicians. But everything is original.�
Choosing his dad�s path has always been what he wanted to do. The Motor City native absorbed the rich musical culture of 1950s-era Detroit, resulting in a love for all kinds of music and the want to follow in his father�s footsteps.
�I was always leaning toward becoming a musician because of the town I grew up in,� Hooker said. �I saw how (my dad) made people happy and how he treated everyone the same, no matter what creed, color, sexuality or religion. He treated everyone fair, and he made people happy. That�s what I always wanted to do. To make people happy, and to make them dance. What a great job to make that happen. It�s music.
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All Duncan Whitley and the Durango High School boys lacrosse team needed was a little home cookin� to pick up their second victory of the season. Durango beat Pueblo West 15-9 on Saturday in its home opener at DHS Stadium to run its record to 2-6. DHS will try for its first winning streak of the season when it hosts Mountain League opponent Telluride at 4 p.m. today at DHS Stadium.
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I'm working on an Application Architecture,layerdiagram for a project that also includes a User actor (webclient) and an Administrator actor (WindForm application) similar to the example you used in the videos. However I would like to fully include the administrator as part of my solution because many of his Business and data Access layer components are the same. The question is, I'm not sure how to represent this in my Application layer diagram. In your example you simply connected the administrator (outside of the grey webserver layer) directly to the database layer. In my case, I was thinking off connecting the pink administrator layer to a blue administrator presentation layer, and connect this into the business layer of the webserver. Would this be considered bad practice?
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NEW ORLEANS – There are currently five African-American general managers running NFL teams. One of them, the Ravens' Ozzie Newsome, won the Super Bowl two nights ago. Another, the Giants' Jerry Reese, saw his team carry away the Lombardi Trophy a year ago.
There were two black offensive coordinators in the league this past season. One, the Bills' Curtis Modkins, was the coordinator in name only. It was Chan Gailey who called the plays.
The other offensive coordinator was Baltimore's Jim Caldwell, who was elevated from quarterbacks coach when the Ravens fired Cam Cameron in December. Caldwell became the NFL's only African-American playcaller. He called the plays for Joe Flacco in the Super Bowl the other night.
So it's easy to understand why the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group of minority coaches, executives and game-day officials, were up in arms over the league's most recent spate of coach and GM hires.
There were eight openings for head coaches (including Buffalo) and seven for general managers.
Not one was filled by a black man. The NFL teams were required by the Rooney Rule to interview at least one minority candidate for each position. But all the hires were white.
Lovie Smith, who went 10-6 with the Bears and has coached in the Super Bowl, didn't get a head job. There are now three black head coaches: Mike Tomlin of the Steelers, Leslie Frazier of the Vikings and Marvin Lewis of the Bengals. Carolina's Ron Rivera is Hispanic-American.
Robert Gulliver, the NFL's vice president of human resources, understands that the loss of momentum in minority hiring is an issue in a league whose players are roughly 70 percent black.
Gulliver, while acknowledging that teams had satisfied the Rooney Rule, characterized the overall hiring outcome as "unexpected" and "reflect a disappointing lack of diversity."
The disappointment has to be even more profound when you see how successful minorities can be, given the opportunity. All they want is a chance.
Newsome is regarded as one of the finest leaders in the game, a man whose gift for recognizing and nurturing talent has made the Ravens one of the most consistently competitive teams in the league.
Caldwell took over a struggling Baltimore offense and produced stunning results. He put in a more fast-paced, aggressive attack, which gave Joe Flacco more freedom to attack down the field. The Ravens averaged 400 yards and 30 points a game during the playoffs.
Of course, it shouldn't have been any great surprise that Caldwell got results. In his first season as a head coach, he guided the Colts to a 14-2 record and a Super Bowl appearance three years ago. He was fired after the Colts went 2-14 without Peyton Manning last season.
You could argue that Caldwell was a product of Manning's success. Of course, there's a long line of coaches who did it with a great quarterback. Anyway, Caldwell didn't get a single call for any of the eight head coaching vacancies.
Caldwell was gracious about the snub during Super Bowl week. He didn't betray disappointment in his personal situation, but agreed the NFL might need to refine the Rooney Rule in the future.
"It has been a great rule and it has worked in the past," Caldwell said. "Just like anything else, after a certain period of time, you have to revisit it and take a look and see if it needs a little tweaking. I think it does in this particular case.
"I know for a fact," he said, "that there are a lot of people interested in making certain that it works across the board, not just for coaching, but also front office jobs. I think they're trying to work out a way to make it a little bit more effective."
The Pollard Alliance wants the NFL to expand the rule to include offensive and defensive coordinator positions. I'd like to see them expand it for all assistant coaching hires. The lack of black "offensive gurus" is especially troubling. For some reason, minorities have been far more prominent on the defensive side.
Is that because they're not regarded as innovators who direct strategy at the game's most important decision? Whatever the case, when teams are looking for top offensive minds to run the show, there aren't any trendy black offensive coordinators.
John Wooten, chairman of the Pollard Alliance, said they're "very, very conscious" of the dearth of minorities in offensive leadership positions. Wooten said they will make a more concerted effort to get blacks into the pipeline for offensive coordinator positions.
The last two times the Bills searched for a head coach, they were looking for an offensive guy. I've wondered if I might have pushed harder for a minority candidate. If there were a hot black offensive coordinator on the market, maybe I would have.
When a retread like Chan Gailey gets a second shot at a head job, the Fritz Pollard crowd rolls its eyes. There's a sense that white coaches are more likely to get a second shot. Caldwell is almost exactly the age that Gailey was when he went to the Bills.
Maybe it's a matter of getting more blacks in prominent front office jobs. Newsome, who has done a masterful job putting together a Super Bowl roster, was smart enough to grab Caldwell after the Colts fired him.
Reese, the Giants' general manager, brought in Perry Fewell to run his defense when Fewell left Buffalo after a tryout as head coach.
Fewell's defense contained Tom Brady in the Giants' Super Bowl win over the Patriots last year.
Fewell was a hot head coaching candidate at the time. I didn't even hear his name mentioned for jobs this time around. His Giants defense slipped this season. Still, it makes you wonder.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
I'd thawed a huge turkey carcass with lot of meat on it, planning to make soup. Then, last minute appointment changes meant we'd be leaving early and be gone most of the next day, when I'd planned to cook. The crockpot was the obvious answer, but turned out to be much too small for the carcass and everything else I was planning to put into it. So, thought I, why not bake it in the oven?
I consulted my primary culinary source and excellent cook, my sister Cynthia, who bakes her holiday turkeys overnight and has done so for a couple of decades. They always come out beautifully. Why not adapt this for soup? She advised me to set the controls on 225 degrees, and put it in the oven when I went to bed. If it worked for raw turkey, why not for cooked?
My husband said he hoped the soup would taste like our own holiday meals, so I added his favorite vegetables and my favorite flavor accents. I know you'll say it's not the economical way to prepare an economical dish, but Jim and I will get at least eight meals out of it and it was easy and good – and fit our schedule.
So whether you're in a time crunch with too many ingredients for your crockpot – or you just want to try this out, in general, here's what I did. Like all soups, each one is individual. The ingredients are dictated by what you've got, what you want, how much room you have and how you want it to taste.
Put a turkey carcass in large stockpot with a colander insert.
Add 4 large celery stalks with leaves and 2 quartered onions, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper.
Cover with chicken broth. I used store bought. (You might have to break the turkey breast bone if it sticks way above the rest of the carcass.)
Cover and put in the oven at 225 degrees when you go to bed.
Take out stockpot in the morning and drain insert into another pan. Discard the bones, celery and onions. Add a bit of cornstarch and water to the broth and bring to a boil if you want a thicker soup.
Cut up the turkey and return to the broth in the stockpot.
Add chopped onions, chopped celery, corn and butter beans, fresh or frozen -- or a couple of your own favorite vegetables. Green beans and mushrooms would be good too. (I prepped these veggies the night before.)
My special touch is to add cranberry sauce and smoked oysters. And this is where "to taste" is so important. I added one can of the sauce and then decided it needed another one. Whole berry sauce is especially good
The smoked oysters are a staple of my holiday dressing so I started with two drained cans of those, which I mushed up, and eventually added two more.
Then, depending on your schedule, return to the oven and go about your business, until lunch – or supper. It'll be ready when you are. Both my grandmother and my mother kept soup simmering for a couple of days and it was always delicious.
This turned out beautifully. I froze some and it was just as good the second time around.
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The blogger meetup on Saturday was so much fun and I am sure it would have been even better if I hadn't been blowing my nose the whole time. I just started coming down with a cold right before we were to meet, and as everyone ate their yummy Don Pablo's entrees, I sipped soup. It felt better on my throat. And then I had some fried ice cream (testing the food allergy boundaries with success lately!) And of course that felt better on my throat, too!
All of these great bloggy gals are just a hoot. Time totally flew by and I couldn't believe that I'd been there for four hours. It seemed like 20 minutes! My nose grew redder and my fever became muy caliente as the night went on, and it wasn't from my drink of ice water & lemon. I thought I better get home while I was still able- the cold was coming on fast. I just wanted to go to sleep. But, those crazy girls stayed way late and I hear some didn't get home until midnight!
I am recovering nicely this weekend. I stayed in bed all day yesterday. And although I dream about being able to stay in bed all day, it is not fun when you are sick. I am so thankful that hubby has today off, too. As I type, he is drying the last of the mountain of dishes that he just washed to surprise me. I probably should get a shower or something and try to look less like a zombie (uh, kinda like that freaky picture above)...
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A Cogan Station man was sentenced on summary criminal charges Tuesday for shooting, killing and dumping a German shepherd into the Susquehanna River near Jersey Shore late in 2010.
Kevin Michael Neff, 22, was sentenced in Lycoming County court by Judge Marc F. Lovecchio to 90 days' electronic monitoring and ordered to make $600 restitution to Richard and Deanna Boehart, of 322 Bobst Mountain Road, Cogan Station, owners of the white shepherd that was found floating in the river on Jan. 6, 2011, according to investigators.
Neff's sentencing was in accordance with a plea arrangement he made with the Lycoming County district attorney's office.
According to arrest records filed Nov. 7, 2011, by Lawrence D. Woltz, Lycoming County SPCA humane officer, Neff shot the dog and hogtied a clothesline rope around its muzzle, attached it to a cinder block and threw the carcass in the river.
Woltz said Neff shot the dog because it was interfering with his hunting and trapping on his property.
The Boeharts initially reported their two dogs - the German shepherd and a Labrador retriever - missing from their home. The Labrador was found with a steel trap on its leg on Neff's property. Skippy, the German shepherd, did not return.
A witness heard Neff talking about killing the dog at a Linden bowling alley, according to Woltz's affidavit. The witness said she heard Neff say he shot the dog and had the remains in the back of his truck. She also confirmed Neff's anger about the dogs interfering with his trapping.
Asked if he was content with Neff's sentence, Woltz said, "Our job is to present the facts to the courts, and the decision of the judge, we accept those decisions."
"He has admitted he did what he did," added Woltz. "Even though it may be a plea bargain, there are some consequences to it. It's not going to bring the dog back; it's not going to make the family feel better."


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May 11, 2016: Hutchison Road, Wallis and Dewey lots to close after Commencement
As part of Phase 2 of the Science & Engineering Quadrangle project, starting Wednesday, May 18, Hutchison Road, Wallis Lot, and Dewey Lot will all temporarily close through Aug. 15, 2016. All parking accommodations as part of these closures are on the University Parking & Transportation website (http://www.rochester.edu/parking). A temporary accessibility ramp will be installed in the front entry of Wallis Hall to accommodate the closure of the east entry. The walkways going to Hutchison/Hylan halls coming from the east entry of Wallis Hall, west entry of Hopeman, and from Gleason and Schlegel will not be accessible until after Aug. 15. Pedestrian traffic will be relocated around the north and east end of Hopeman Hall, and around north and west sides of Wallis Hall to reach Hutchison Hall, Hylan Hall and the Computer Studies Building. For questions, please call the University Facilities Customer Service line at 273-4567.
April 14, 2016: Science and Engineering Quadrangle Update – Phase 1 and Phase 2
As part of Phase 1 of the Science & Engineering Quadrangle project, the current construction site at Wegmans Hall will expand south toward the Computer Studies Building. There will be no sidewalk closures as part of this first phase, which will be in effect through Commencement Weekend. Immediately after Commencement Weekend, on May 16, Phase 2 of the project will begin, which will require the lower stairs and sidewalk to be closed from Hutchison Hall to Hutchison Rd. As part of Phase 2, Hutchison Rd. and Dewey Lot will be closed until August 15, 2016. More details to follow.