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Alex Sepkus designs do not go through the sketch pad. They are conceived in the designer's imaginative mind and are born straight in gold or other precious metal - no stop-overs in a sketch pad where a design team hovers over for long periods of time rearranging, conceptualizing, polishing inconsistencies. Perhaps this is just one more part of Alex's genius, which makes him a genre unto himself in the jewelry industry. "I stopped making sketches years ago," explains the award-winning artist from Lithuania. "I imagine the piece I want to make and my hands work by themselves. Sometimes, I am surprised at what comes out." And if he, himself, is surprised everyone else astounded by his never-ending shows of spectacular miniature works of art. They are simply unconventional and inimitable. Learn more about Alex Sepkus and his craft when you visit Shreve & Co. at Palo Alto – authorized dealer for Alex Sepkus.
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WASHINGTON - Money continued to pour into Sen. Ted Cruz's coffers after the controversial government shutdown last fall, with $1.5 million coming in during the final three months of 2013.
That pushed his annual total to $4,164,149, a combined tally that included his Senate reelection committee, a joint fund-raising committee, and a leadership PAC called the Jobs, Growth & Freedom Fund. (Elected in 2012, his next Senate race wouldn't be until 2018.)
FEC reports were due today but his weren't yet available. Those figures are self-reported summaries from Cruz aides. As of Dec. 31, Cruz had just over $2 million still in the bank - enough, certainly to continue testing the waters for a presidential bid.
Cruz's fundraising got off to a modest start in 2013, with just $364,000 coming in during the first quarter. It jumped to $1.13 million in the second quarter, and has risen steadily since then.
His third quarter haul, $1.16 million, including roughly $223,000 that came in during the week after the 21-hour anti-Obamacare talkathon that ended midday Sept. 25.
"Sen. Cruz's fourth quarter fundraising numbers are another indication that people across Texas and America are eager to rise up and make DC listen," Cruz's chief strategist Jason Johnson said in a statement. "Thousands and thousands of patriots are putting their money where their mouth is - they're the ones who are going to save our country, not the Washington Establishment."
The campaign didn't break out PAC donations but said it got support from 44,524 individuals during the year, and that all but about 3,000 of those donors gave less than $100.


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Not to be confused with anthrophobia, the fear of people.
Anthophobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of flowers.[1] The term comes from the Greek roots anthos, flower, and phobos, fear.
Though sufferers generally understand that they face no threat from flowers, they invariably experience anxiety at the sight or thought of them. Any genus or species of flowers can instill fear, as can any flower part, such as a petal or stem.[2]
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- ^ Doctor, Ronald M.; Kahn, Ada P.; Adamec, Christine (2009). The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 1438120982.
- ^ Sherman, Sondra; Metcalf, Bruce (2007). Anthophobia: Fear of Flowers. Sienna. ISBN 0977455963.
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High Tide: From Roiled Oil Markets To An Expected Guilty Plea
A roundup of corruption-related news from Dow Jones and other sources. You can also receive a newsletter version of Corruption Currents here.
A New York City lobbyist is expected to plead guilty in federal court in a case that has already ensnared a former Brooklyn lawmaker. That lawmaker, Sen. Carl Kruger, will still collect a state pension as he awaits sentencing. More here, here and here. (Wall Street Journal, NY Post, NY Times, NBC New York, WNYC)
The FCPA Blog, in a guest post, advises giving voice to compliance professionals, and has a list of nearly 80 companies it says are known to be under investigation as of the new year. The FCPAProfessor summarizes the last quarter of 2011. Mike Volkov is concerned about wiretaps. The FCPA Americas blog sees some third-party red flags flying in Latin America. Thebriberyact.com says there are no safe harbors to avoid Bribery Act enforcement.
A press freedom group is urging the freedom of a journalist arrested in Vietnam on bribery charges. More coverage of the arrest is here, here and here. (AFP, AP,
Gibson Dunn released its 2011 FCPA year-end update (pdf).
Hank Bond Walther, a top FCPA prosecutor who was reportedly leaving the Justice Department, has joined the law firm of Jones Day. (Just Anti-Corruption sub req)
Drug companies are reducing their payments to doctors as scrutiny over the practice mounts. (ProPublica)
The federal judge overseeing a corruption trial in Ohio banned blogging or tweeting from the courtroom. Jury selection was scheduled for Wednesday. (Plain Dealer, Plain Dealer)
A teacher was fired for allegedly badmouthing and bribing her students. She denied the allegations. (Huffington Post)
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Ghana continues to lag behind on policing money laundering, a central bank governor said. (Ghana Business News)
New U.S. sanctions that target the Iranian central bank, and the associated instability of handling oil payments, caused crude prices to rise to their highest level in eight months. Iran's oil minister said the sanctions will destabilize oil markets. More here and here. (Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg, Financial Times)
The U.S. sanctions are also causing turmoil in Iran's currency, the rial, which rose 21% Wednesday after a government intervention. More here. (AFP, AFP, Christian Science Monitor)
China expressed opposition toward what it called "unilateral" sanctions against Iran by the U.S. South Korea and Japan are considering the implications of the U.S. measures. Greece said again it won't stand in the way of further European Union sanctions. More here and here. (AFP, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Newswires, Voice of America, AP)
A gas pipeline project that Pakistan is negotiating with Iran could violate U.S. sanctions, and Washington is already talking to Islamabad about it. Turkish lender Halkbank, which is 75% state-owned, is handling trade transactions with Iran when few others will take the business. U.S. lawmakers said Huawei Technologies Co. violated sanctions by supplying technology to Iran. (Dawn, Reuters, Bloomberg)
The latest in the tit-for-tat between Washington and Tehran is available here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. (Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Al Jazeera, Reuters, AP, The National, National Journal, Reuters, BBC, BBC, NY Times)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will travel to China and Japan next week to discuss, among other things, increased pressure on Iran. (news release)
Activists accused the Syrian regime of misleading the Arab League monitors. The League called an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw the monitors. The U.S. said it's "past time" for the United Nations to consider sanctions. More here. (AP, AP, AFP, NY Times)
At Olympus Corp., the two men who allegedly masterminded the concealment of $1.5 billion in losses also controlled the company's whistleblower hotline, according to an independent report. (Wall Street Journal)
The National Whistleblowers Center submitted comments to the Department of Labor's proposed changes to rules governing corporate fraud informants.
Tom Fox takes on whistleblowers.
Maersk Line Limited agreed to pay the U.S. $31.9 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations brought by a whistleblower who alleged the company overcharged the military to ship items to Iraq and Afghanistan. (news release)
Lack of transparency thwarts Africa's mining potential. (The East African)
Vale's new chief executive is pushing an agenda of more transparency. (Financial Times sub req)
Arsonists set fire to part of Niger's Justice Ministry, destroying files used in anti-corruption investigations including probes into a number of judges. (Reuters)
General Anti-Corruption:
Anna Hazare is going to remain hospitalized, as his health hasn't improved. A background on why the independence of the Lokpal is so important to him. (CNN, Firstpost)
More coverage of a recent survey of perceived corruption in Pakistan, and its fallout is here. (Business Recorder, Express Tribune)
Uganda's Kabaka asked the public to reject corrupt leaders. (All Africa)
A South Florida eye doctor snared in a federal corruption probe will not stay out of prison while he appeals his four-year sentence, a judge ruled. (AP)
The Philippines approved a four-year anti-corruption action plan. (Manila Standard)
The latest on the trial against ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is available here and here. (AP, AFP)
Defense lawyers for Ukraine's Yuliya Tymoshenko said she's being kept under 24-hour surveillance with lights on in a bid to "break" her. (Reuters)
Jack Abramoff is now going to teach ethics lessons to lawmakers. (Bloomberg)


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NEW YORK — A prosecutor said Wednesday that Assemblyman Vito Lopez's behavior toward women on his staff was "alarming" and that Albany lawmakers were too interested in protecting their political careers with secretive, back-door dealings that encouraged inappropriate conduct.
Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan said his office did more than 50 interviews in looking into sexual harassment claims against Lopez but found no basis to conclude a chargeable offense was committed within Brooklyn, where he was tasked with the investigation.
Accusers said much of the harassment took place in Albany or in Atlantic City, N.J. Prosecutors in Albany declined to comment on what they called "an ongoing investigation." New Jersey officials didn't return a message seeking comment.
Donovan also found no criminal activity in the secret settling and confidentiality agreements of some of the complaints made against the Brooklyn Democrat but sharply criticized Albany's handling of it, casting blame on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the attorney general and comptroller's offices. He said the secretive process may have resulted in two more women being sexually harassed, sometimes to tears, by Lopez.
"Resolving the complaints in this secretive manner ... apparently encouraged him to continue the inappropriate conduct," Donovan wrote.
Even as the legal settlement for two women was being drafted, Donovan said, their two replacements "were quickly subjected to conduct similar to that which was the subject of the settlement."
Donovan's report comes as Albany is rocked by federal prosecutions of corruption and bribery involving rank-and-file Democrats, though his report admonishes those at the highest levels of state government. He and the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which also issued its report on the accusations Wednesday, said state officials violated the public trust.
The once-influential Lopez lost his job as Brooklyn Democratic party boss and was stripped of his Assembly leadership role last year after the allegations emerged. Protesters and some politicians urged him to resign, but he refused, saying his constituents should get to decide who should represent them.
They did, re-electing him in November to the seat he has held since 1984. Last month, he filed paperwork to run for a New York City council seat and has raised more than $30,000. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said New Yorkers should prevent him from being elected.
The 71-year-old denies harassing women. He issued a three-page statement on the ethics report noting he had been cleared of impropriety in the settlements and said there was an "all-out war" against him.
"Salacious and sensational claims in the JCOPE report are fallacious," he said, quoting communications with female staff members that he says prove their complaints were "unworthy of belief."
He also said many of the women were sending "provocative text messages" to him.
The ethics report claimed Lopez forced young female staffers to dress a certain way, speak in intimate ways to him and write him complimentary emails for his files.
"All right, OK, good," a female staffer said Lopez told her while he had her rub his hand with an electric massager, the commission reported. "Stop crying. All right, rub my hand, do my hand ... Good. I like that. That means that you have to rub it longer ... do you mind?"
The report said Lopez used his foot to touch the woman under a restaurant table in a way she described as "sexual in nature." She said she cried during her ride home and told investigators she "never wanted to be alone in a room with him."
That woman said Lopez later told her he wanted to "go get drunk" with her and "turn the corner" with her.
In another case, Lopez was accused of passing a note to one of the women staffers regarding a trip he planned to Russia: "One drinking partner, one train car, one bed — yes or no?"
On a trip to Atlantic City, one woman said, Lopez was angry she didn't comply with his instructions to not wear a bra.
"Maybe you shouldn't be working for me," Lopez said, according to the woman.
Victoria Burhans and Chloe Rivera, who filed complaints with the Assembly over Lopez's behavior, issued a statement Wednesday saying they came forward to ensure no other women "endure what we went through." They also said they hoped the JCOPE report would lead to reforms.
The Associated Press does not usually identify people who say they're victims of sexual harassment unless they agree to be identified or come forward, as Burhans and Rivera have done.
Two claims were secretly settled for $103,000, using taxpayer money, and Donovan said while it followed the normal route by which employee claims are paid, that overall method was flawed. He said Silver's chief concern was limiting damage to the Assembly.
"That goal outweighed any interest in investigating or disciplining Assembly Member Lopez or in preventing similar occurrences in the future," the report stated.
Silver had previously said the women who complained sought to avoid having the issue become public and he agreed to protect their privacy and regretted the deal.
On Wednesday, he renewed his call for Lopez to resign.
"The actions that were taken represented a good-faith belief that the Assembly was acting in the interests of the victims, and that has not changed," Silver spokesman Michael Whyland said.
He said "all actions by the Assembly were lawful and there was no basis for an ethics complaint against the speaker or his staff."
Donovan blamed the attorney general's office for failing to advise that the settlement conflicted with public policy and included confidentiality clauses that protected the bad behavior of elected officials. The comptroller's office should have been more concerned about how public money was being spent, Donovan wrote.
But neither Donovan nor the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found evidence that showed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman or Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli knew of the issue, although their top aides were involved.
DiNapoli said more transparency and review are needed for legal payments. He said he was working on modifying the policy.
Schneiderman's office said it was not asked to serve as counsel to the Assembly or to approve the settlement, providing only a limited response to an informal inquiry and a model settlement document that contained no confidentiality clause.
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Today on the blog…The founder of Just Play Toy Rental, Ottawa mom of three Delta Jones, answers my questions about her kids, play and what her company offers Ottawa families.
Basically, Just Play Toy Rental is an online toy rental service that allows parents to easily rent toys for a month at a reasonable price. The company will even deliver the toys and pick them up. So what makes this different from the neighbourhood toy lending library? The selection of toys is AMAZING!!!
What's especially great about Just Play is that the company focusses on open-ended toys and encourages unstructured and independent play, which we're really into over at casa PPP and are ideas worth considering this summer…
Tell us about your family.
I've got three beautiful, healthy kids. My oldest, Daniel, is 7. He's my thoughtful sensitive guy. Sam is 5, easy-going and pretty content most of the time. A bit wild…always ready to jump right in with both feet. And then there's Nina, who is 3. She is persistent and determined to keep up with her two older brothers. My husband works for the public service and somehow manages to come home from work with enough energy to wrestle and have tea parties with the kids.
Where do you live? What makes it a great place for families?
We live in the south end of the city. There are several parks within walking distance and many similarly aged kids in the neighbourhood. We love being close to everything…schools, activities, groceries, etc. but we occasionally dream about moving out to country where the kids would have more space to roam free.
You're a big proponent of unstructured or free play and open-ended toys. What do you mean by those terms and why are they beneficial?
Unstructured or free play refers to children playing without any guidance from adults. Free play is important because it allows children to be in the driver's seat. Throughout the course of the day, children are often told how to behave, what to do, how to do it, etc. Unstructured play gives them a break from being constantly monitored and corrected. It also encourages children to use their imaginations (because they are not being told what to do). Imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something that is not there. This ability to think abstractly is an important building block of creativity and intelligence.
Open-ended toys are often simple in design and are not usually electronic. The ways of playing with them are endless; children are able to create their own purpose for them (e.g. build blocks, sticks, boxes). Again, this encourages children to use their imaginations.
What is Just Play Toy Rental?
Just Play Toy Rental is an online toy rental service that delivers toys within the greater Ottawa area. We are a company with a strong philosophy. Perhaps surprisingly, our goal is not to add more toys to your probably already cluttered toy room. Rather, we encourage our clients to own/rent fewer but better toys. Children can actually get overwhelmed by too many toys, making it hard to concentrate on any one toy long enough to engage in meaningful play.
What kinds of toys do you offer?
We are fairly picky about the toys that we offer, preferring toys from higher quality brands. We offer a wide variety of toys: indoor/outdoor toys, educational toys, and toys that encourage physical activity and imaginative play. Most toys are for children 8 years old and under.
What type of family might benefit from your service?
Parents with young children who would like to spend less money on purchasing toys. Parents who would like to de-clutter their homes. And parents who would like some help determining which toys are developmentally most appropriate for their child.
What are some other things parents can do to encourage unstructured play?
Ensure that their days aren't too overscheduled and provide them with open-ended toys and materials that encourage them to use their imaginations. Often the best open-ended toys aren't toys at all (think boxes, rocks, sticks, etc). Also, step back. Resist the urge to offer ideas (this is hard for me). As soon as you help them build that tower, it's no longer their accomplishment. Not that you shouldn't play with them or help them create but be sure to fit in independent play.
What about independent play? Where does that fit in?
Playing and connecting with children is essential but it is also important that children learn to play independently. The ability to play independently fosters important lifelong skills such as problem-solving, resourcefulness, and independence. I believe that it's okay for children to experience boredom. Boredom encourages creativity and helps children to realize that mom and dad are not responsible for entertaining them (at least not always).
What toys are you and your kids really into right now?
My boys are really into Lego right now, Pokemon cards, and anything that can be turned into a light sabre. My daughter loves dressing up and having tea parties (so stereotypical, I know). Now that the warm weather has arrived, they've been spending a lot of time on their bikes and playing soccer with the neighbourhood kids. The boys are really into video games right now too. We're really struggling with how to manage their screen time.
What is your family looking forward to doing in the city this summer?
We enjoy hiking (Mer Bleue and Pink Lake are favourites), camping (Rideau Park) and going to the beach (Brittania Beach is a great beach for children). We also love doing tourist-y things like going up the Peace Tower and watching boats go through the locks.
Thanks Delta!
I wish I had discovered this service sooner, before my small home got infiltrated with brightly coloured plastic! I haven't tried yet but I can't wait to start renting toys as an occassional treat for the little one. It would be especially useful for downtown families that just don't have the space for a lot of stuff.
For more information visit the Just Play Toy Rental website or check out:
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University of Vermont
Understanding Youth Development
- Vermont 4-H
- Children, Youth, & Families Consortium
- CYFERnet
- National 4-H Council
- Journal of Extension
Roger Rennekamp, Ph.D.
In the his role as professor, department head, and state 4-H program leader in the College of Education at Oregon State University, Dr. Roger Rennekamp provides administrative leadership to a statewide youth development program that reaches 150,000 through approximately 120 paid staff and 5000 volunteers. As both an administrator and academic leader, Dr. Rennekamp oversees the day-to-day conduct of 4-H youth development practice in the State of Oregon and coordinates the academic and scholarly activities of faculty members who have appointments in the Department of Youth Development Education. Throughout his career, Roger has been a strong advocate for enhancing the professional status of youth work through professional development and scholarship.
Prior to coming to Oregon in 2005, Dr. Rennekamp held the rank of professor in the Department of Community and Leadership Development at the University of Kentucky. Roger's duties within the Department included serving as evaluation specialist for the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. Dr. Rennekamp earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Extension Education from the Ohio State University, his Master's Degree in Biology from Morehead State University and his Bachelor of General Studies from the University of Kentucky with an emphasis in Environmental Science.
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March 12, 2014, 7:30 PM
Please Turn Off Cell Phones During Meeting
1. Call to Order
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3. Invocation
4. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
5. Changes to the Agenda
6. Special Actions
7. NBA Featred Business
8. Public Comment
9. Minor Approvals
10. Reports of Committees, Boards, and Commissions
a. Committees
i. Planning Commission
b. Board Members
i. Chairman
ii. Other Board Members
11. Land Development
12. Reports of Officials
a. Engineer
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i. Public Hearing, Liquor License Transfer for 2817 South Eagle Road (Oishi) Tax parcel #29-3-24-6 - Proposed restaurant with alcoholic beverage license (KO)
c. Manager
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ii. Plan Expiration Report
iii. Approval of Sign Material & Post Bid
13. Minutes, Bills List and Reports
a. Minutes of February 26, 2014
b. Bills List March 12, 2014
14. Old Business
15. New Business
16. Public Comment
17. Executive Session
18. Adjournment
The Planning Commission typically meets the first and third Tuesdays.
A complete schedule available at Municipal Administrative Office (215-968-2800 ext.250).
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Reiterating his comments, Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez said today that he will approach his job no differently just because contractual negotiations resulted in the club setting his 2007 salary at $500 above the major-league minimum.
"It doesn't change the way I go about it," Gonzalez said today before heading over to Peoria Stadium, where the Padres will face the Mariners in their Cactus League opener.
Carrying his equipment bag late this morning after completing workouts on the team's main practice field, Gonzalez seemed eager to put the negotiations behind him. "I'm very excited to get the games going and start getting ready for the season," he said.
Still, another round of negotiations could await the 24-year-old, who won team MVP honors last year. After sitting out the negotiations that resulted in Gonzalez's renewal, General Manager Kevin Towers told Gonzalez on Thursday that the club would like to explore a multi-year extension with Gonzalez later in spring camp. "It's great that he said it," Gonzalez said. "It's not set in stone but...it's good to hear it."
It's a shame there aren't people in the Padres front office that have half the character of Adrian Gonzalez!
Let's just hope this front office pettiness ends soon. If the Pad's can't recognize the contributions of the team MVP with more than $500 over the minumum salary, and the Chargers can't see the importance of Dielman may the front office will go out and play first base, and block for LT.


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Holidays from the Deep!
Date:November 23, 2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:Cranbrook Institute of Science
Dive deep into fun and excitement this Thanksgiving at the Institute of Science. From Cartesian divers to resurrecting ages old artifacts from the briny depths, there's something for everyone this holiday season. Learn about electrolysis, buoyancy, remotely operated vehicles and more!
Can You Take the Pressure?
As a diver descends deeper and deeper into the water, the amount of water pressing against the diver increases dramatically. Try this experiment to see first hand the affects of pressure in a safe and visible manner.
Dancing Sea Stars
With a bit of kitchen chemistry, you can make your own miniature aquarium with pasta sea stars swimming up and down. We show you how it is done so you can reproduce the activity at home.
Divers sink in the water by increasing their density and rise by reducing it. We supply you with the parts to make your own toy diver to take home and the knowledge to make it work. All you need to add is your own bottle of water in which your diver can swim.
Float Your Boat
Everyone knows metal is so heavy it sinks instantly in water -- or does it? Discover the principle of floatation and the reason why a 10,000 ton ship can stay afloat on the surface of lakes and seas.
Great Lakes Puzzle
Try your hand at a word search designed around our Extreme Deep exhibition. Puzzle content will help you remember the various elements of the display and what you saw.
Deep Salvage
Why do we send robots instead of people into harsh and dangerous environments? Use a small tethered ROV and a short mission to explore this question.
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How cold can you stand it? Victims of the Titanic tragedy perished because of hypothermia. Sink your arm into our cold water chamber and experience for yourself the effects of extreme cold on the human body. Discover out how the invention of neoprene and other materials have enhanced human survivability in extreme temperatures.
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–, Monday, November, 19, 2012, (5:07pm)
(Now with UPDATES. Click 'n' scroll.)
Leftists typically ruin everything they get their hands on, from education and public broadcasting to art and Eastern Europe.
The latest victim is poor little Twitter, an ingeniously simple online publishing platform that ought be the perfect place for normal people to express themselves in posts of 140 characters or fewer. Naturally, leftists in Australia and elsewhere have turned it into a witless sewer of defamatory slurs.
A beautiful reckoning now looms, however.
In a move that should cause Twitter users worldwide to take stock, British peer Lord McAlpine is pursuing legal action against those on Twitter who linked the former Conservative government treasurer to accusations of child sex abuse.
It all began with a BBC program broadcast on November 2 that ran claims from child sex abuse victim Steve Messham, who said he'd been raped "more than a dozen" times in the 1970s by a Conservative politician. Although McAlpine wasn't named when the program aired, BBC producers were aware that he was the man under discussion. Vicious and erroneous online hints also suggested that the now 70-year-old ex-Treasurer was the guilty party.
These circumstances were compounded days later by stupid ITV morning television host Phillip Schofield, who live on air presented a list of alleged Conservative child sex offenders to British PM David Cameron. Due to what was later described as an "unfortunate camera angle", some names on the list – culled from the internet during three minutes of "research" – were revealed to viewers.
Twitter leftists, whose enthusiasm for the medium is closely matched by their ignorance of defamation law, rushed to their keyboards to associate McAlpine with Messham's accusations.
It didn't help McAlpine that he served as treasurer during the reign of Margaret Thatcher, hatred of whom still infects the left more than two decades after she resigned as Prime Minister. Among the hundreds on Twitter to name McAlpine were leftist climate activist and Guardian newspaper columnist George Monbiot and Labour Party supporter Sally Bercow, wife of the current Speaker in Britain's parliament.
Leftist celebrations continued for a time, until Messham was shown a picture of McAlpine and made a terrible realisation. He'd identified the wrong man. "This should never have happened," a distressed Messham said. "I am sincerely sorry."
By this point, Lord McAlpine had already begun taking legal advice. His solicitor, Andrew Reid, is the worst nightmare for Twitter leftoids. Besides being an adult, he's acutely aware of Twitter's inclination to publish vile claims that are unsupported by evidence.
Appreciating the hopelessness of its position, the BBC – which, incredibly, didn't bother seeking a right of reply from McAlpine prior to its November 2 broadcast – quickly folded. Following the resignation of director general George Entwistle, the organisation delivered a mighty $284,000 settlement (plus costs) to McAlpine.
Now Reid is hunting down those on Twitter who named his client. He isn't messing around. "We know who you are," he said last week, "and we know exactly the extent of what you have done." He continued, in terms that should resonate locally: "Twitter is not just a closed coffee shop among friends. It goes out to hundreds of thousands of people and you must take responsibility for it. It is not a place where you can gossip and say things with impunity, and we are about to demonstrate that."
Monbiot, for one, appreciates the gravity of the situation. He's now apologised several times for naming McAlpine. "I have done a few stupid things in my life, but nothing as stupid as this," he wrote on November 10. "The tweets I sent which hinted – as I assumed to be the case – that Lord McAlpine was the person the child abuse victim Steve Messham was talking about were so idiotic that, looking back on them today, I cannot believe that I wrote them. But I did, and they are unforgiveable.
"I allowed myself to be carried away by a sense of moral outrage. As a result, far from addressing an awful injustice, I contributed to one." It remains to be seen if those words get Monbiot off the hook. His newspaper has indicated that it won't be helping him: "The Guardian cannot and will not take responsibility for comments that were made by a contributor in a personal capacity."
And Reid remains on the warpath. "We have been inundated by the public who have wanted us to deal with this problem of Twitter," he said last week. "The public are fed up with it. We are being pushed and pushed to get on and actually end trial by Twitter … Let it be a lesson to everybody that trial by Twitter or trial by the internet is a very nasty way of hurting people unnecessarily and it will cost people a lot of money."
McAlpine has many supporters besides his lawyer. He reportedly was welcomed with applause when he appeared for lunch last Wednesday at London's Wolseley restaurant, where management "would not dream" of charging for his meal. McAlpine might be, wrote the Irish Independent, "just the man to put manners on the Twitterati."
"He deserves praise – and sympathy – for what he has done and said this week," the paper editorialised. "We can count ourselves lucky that the tweeters chose to libel a very rich man who does have such resources. His response will teach them a lesson: that the 'social media', like the rest of us, can be held to account."
Let his message be heard. Or re-tweeted, if you prefer.
UPDATE. Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger:
"This may be a turning point," Rusbridger said. "People have to understand that when they use Twitter they have the same ethical and legal responsibilities as with any other medium."
At last! The legal action set in train by Lord McAlpine against those who used Twitter to defame him looks set to achieve more than merely vindicating his unjustly damaged reputation.
This may be a watershed moment in which the mob rule that until now has been allowed to rampage unchecked on the internet may finally be brought to heel …
Lord McAlpine may not just be rescuing his own reputation, but doing the whole of society a very big favour indeed.
UPDATE II. The Guardian says it won't be paying George Monbiot's costs, due to him "tweeting in a personal capacity". But Monbiot's contentious tweets also appeared at the Guardian's website. Have a chat to your bosses, George.
UPDATE III. Lord McAlpine is "expected to sue at least 10,000 people." He's also "planning to sue ITV for a figure which could reach £500,000 after the broadcaster inadvertently made public false allegations linking him to child abuse."
UPDATE IV. Lawyer Rupert Myers:
Lord McAlpine's experience of being called a paedophile is probably the clearest example of the sort of statement guaranteed to satisfy the requirements of libel.
If Lord McAlpine's lawyers inject even a modicum of restraint into the way in which strangers talk to each other online, this will be no bad thing.
Andrew Reid, Lord McAlpine's solicitor, may well have changed the face of Twitter for ever. Reid has said that a team of experts has collated any offending Twitter messages on McAlpine – including tweets, retweets and deleted tweets – and plans to pursue every single person involved. "Let it be a lesson," he said, "to everybody that trial by Twitter or trial by the internet is a very nasty way of hurting people unnecessarily and it will cost people a lot of money."
To me, Reid's words felt like a social networking game-changer because – and wishing to sound the opposite of glib here – Reid actually sounded like he had a grip on that which he was spouting off about. Like he'd actually set eyes on a Twitter homepage, or had even sent a tweet, or was at least employing bright young things who had.
UPDATE V. An idea from Charlie Brooker:
Maybe it's time to start compiling a friendly "highway code" for social media to alert future generations to potential dangers:
Rule No 1 is: don't form a mob on the basis of anything you read less than a minute ago.
Rule No 2: accusations of child abuse don't go down very well, even if you try to "lighten the mood" midway through them by typing LOL.
And rule No 3 is: don't be a dick.
Brooker seems to be learning.
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"I allowed myself to be carried away by a sense of moral outrage. As a result, far from addressing an awful injustice, I contributed to one."
A sense of "moral outrage" is precisely the thing that has caused Leftists to install all manner of brutal dictators. Outrage at "bourgeois rightists" among the Chinese was used to install Mao and perpetuate millions of killings and brutal imprisonings. Outrage at the monarchy was used to install Lenin and then Stalin.
This "moral outrage" is no more sophisticated than pitchfork wielding villagers, and just as harmful. Yet rather than learn from this episode, Monbiot uses it as an excuse.
A more dangerous idiocy I can't imagine. I hope he goes bankrupt.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (05:33pm)
Tue 20 Nov 12 (02:59am)
That line jumped out at me, too. Although he is referring to his behaviour in this one case, I can't recall anything written by even the most eloquent conservative that so succinctly summarizes leftism's essence.
Tue 20 Nov 12 (07:25am)
Andrew C,
He'll now become the victim.
Tue 20 Nov 12 (12:12pm)
The Parliamentry Speaker's wife Sally Bercow must have a Tweeters 'death wish'. She is already one of those who did the 140 race to the bottom on the Tory Peer and now she has performed another hatchet job by breaching a court order and naming a runaway schoolgirl in a court case. She faces a £5000 fine. I think they should symbolise the Twitter '140', multiply it by one thousand as the dollar/pound penalty for this kind of arrogant witch-hunting type of offence. If I was McAlpine I would sue them regardless of their apologies.
Nice idea but can you really sue 200,000 people?
If so, Alan Jones, with all the hate bile that was spewed over him in recent weeks, will become a billionaire!
God, it would be good to see GetUp bankrupted by Jones!
Talk about karma.
So would Abbott.
Do it Tony ...
Mon 19 Nov 12 (05:35pm)
Mon 19 Nov 12 (07:43pm)
I think you can but the lawyers are going to be busy for a long time. At least the paperwork would be simple, just change the names.
Tue 20 Nov 12 (11:19am)
Yes you can sue that many folks if you've got a cause of action. And, even better, you don't need to find out who they are or where they live, can serve them via Twitter itself. Sweet!
Tue 20 Nov 12 (12:52pm)
Yes ... the is no upper limit on the number of respondents.
In fact, it could be argued that the bigger the lynch mob, the greater the damages and compensation.
I wonder if we might see subsidiary legal actions here from minor players.
That is, some non-entity who re-twitted Monbiot's Twitter may argue that Monbiot was a journalist and set great store by "facts and science" therefore the re-twitter relied upon Monbiot's reputation in re-twitting the libel, arguing to recover his/her losses from Monbiot.
Wouldn't it be great if the acolytes turned on the grand master?
I wonder how many of the nasty trolls who infest Australian blogs will be held to account? Surely they couldn't have resisted a baseless swipe at a conservative - it's what they live for.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (05:42pm)
about bloody time
Mon 19 Nov 12 (05:54pm)
Mr. Bus meet Mr. Monbiot. Please bear with us a few moments Mr. Bus as Mr. Monbiot is thrown under you. Thanks a million.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (05:56pm)
Mon 19 Nov 12 (09:00pm)
Too late to retweet ... er, retreat. Recant mightn't cut it either, if that solicitor is really on the warpath. Such fun.
It's about time someone took on the leftard twits.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (06:05pm)
The 140 character limit on Twitter means that it's generally only good for publishing insults or vapid slogans (rather than facts or logical analysis).
So naturally it's the perfect medium for the Left.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (06:12pm)
Mon 19 Nov 12 (08:46pm)
Spot on.
posts of 140 characters or fewer
I'd have thought you were describing the post so it should be "less".
Mon 19 Nov 12 (06:23pm)
Mon 19 Nov 12 (07:07pm)
You're wrong, Anthony.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (09:22pm)
Sorry, Tim is correct. The relevant noun is 'characters'. Being a countable noun it takes 'fewer'. (By the way, the same would apply to 'posts' even if that were the relevant noun. 'Less' goes with uncountable/mass nouns, e.g., 'less paint', 'less heat' etc.)
Sun 02 Dec 12 (07:45am)
Thank you simple I'm a granma in need of a grammarian for grandson hopefully starting school in about 2020.
Of course, if McAlpine were to win any damages from the twitterers (twits?), he would be portrayed in the media as a big bully who is using his wealth to attack little, defenceless people who were only trying to expose vile child molesters. How long, I wonder, before the hastily announced royal commission gets onto the story of Thatcher government people being involved with child molesters. Do they have 'activist' judges in the UK?
I really hope that these events will put a brake on the vile slurs and monstrous attacks so prevalent in twitter and other social media. Perhaps it will help to reduce the number of beautiful young people who are driven to suicide. One can but dream.
A word to the wise: don't post while pi**ed.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (06:41pm)
Tue 20 Nov 12 (06:31am)
Do they have 'activist' judges in the UK?
Denning J.
"Carried away by a sense of moral outrage", my foot. He fools no one. Carried away by a crude obsession against a Conservative ex-minister were the words which might have given him a microgram of credibility.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (06:53pm)
Tue 20 Nov 12 (07:49am)
The Meeja to its last hissy fit will defend its privilege to smear.
"Leftists typically ruin everything they get their hands on"
That would explain why they're always walking kinda funny.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (06:57pm)
Tue 20 Nov 12 (10:33am)
The BBC must have been so keen to nail a conservative that they didn't take 5 minutes to get a photo to check that they had the right guy. That's all it would have taken. Get a photo, show it to the accuser, "Is that him". "No". Oh well, forget that story then.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (07:04pm)
"I have done a few stupid things in my life, but nothing as stupid as this,"
That's debatable.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (07:15pm)
Tue 20 Nov 12 (08:50am)
Quite so.
Moonbat's entire pointless existence has been one unremitting cavalcade of stupidity.
Tim, I regret to advise that an obvious error was made in your headline.
You surely meant that the s as the final letter of the first word should rather have been the first letter of the second word.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (07:41pm)
Tue 20 Nov 12 (01:35am)
I do hope McAlpine's lawyer tracks down every last one of them and nails them in court. This would show the left that all the media is not theirs and there are limits to the tolerance of adults.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (10:12pm)
Ahhh ... who has not dreamt of such a situation?
On your instruction your lawyer delivers a message to your enemy that results in instant liquefaction of the nether regions.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (10:49pm)
It seems like a really bad law to me.
US law generally prefers the speech to the reputation, when it comes to public figures.
Mon 19 Nov 12 (11:19pm)
Tue 20 Nov 12 (02:11am)
Unless the speech is false, known to be false (or no effort made to verify) and is malicious.
I think Monbiot, et. al., would be in trouble even under US laws.
Tue 20 Nov 12 (03:02am)
I think Monbiot, et. al., would be in trouble even under US laws.
Lord Whatsit would have to prove not only that Monbiot and the other tweeters' published statements which met the definition of defamation, but that their defamatory statements were made with actual malice.
It's not enough to prove that the speech was false or even malicious or even that "a reasonable person" would have done more fact-checking.
"It should be noted that the actual malice standard focuses on the defendant's actual state of mind at the time of publication. Unlike the negligence standard discussed later in this section, the actual malice standard is not measured by what a reasonable person would have published or investigated prior to publication."
Tue 20 Nov 12 (03:22am)
In the US, publishing a false allegation about a public figure with malicious intent would indeed qualify as defamation. However, to qualify as malicious, you have to prove that the speaker, or the publisher, either knew the statements were false or acted in reckless disregard of the truth i.e., recklessly failing to investigate the underlying facts. Britain and Canada have rejected this line of reasoning re actual malice...Not sure about Australia. But still, some good advice to ill-mannered lefties: (paraphrasing Inspector Kemp from Young Frankenstein) Before we go around accusing people of pedophilia, we'd better make DAMN sure of our evidence!
Sat 01 Dec 12 (03:54pm)
US law generally prefers the speech to the reputation, when it comes to public figures.
True, but in this case the argument then becomes is someone who hasn't held public office for so many years still a public figure, or only a significant figure. If the latter, then he is entitled to the same considerations and protections as a private individual, eg ex Presidents are considered Public Figures whislt ex Vice Presidents aren't.
Sun 02 Dec 12 (08:04am)
All the perhapsing doesn't change the fact: Lord MacAlpine can sue under British defamation law.
"...Labour Party supporter Sally Bercow..."
Any relation to ManBearPig?
Tue 20 Nov 12 (01:37am)
Tue 20 Nov 12 (08:45am)
Gold star for Tex.
I've actually been wondering, since Big Al appears to be running out of catch phrases to pin the weather on resorting to "dirty weather" as his current incantation, if that fails to gain ground will he finally jump the shark and admit South Park got it right, it is all the manbearpigs fault?
This whole saga that's implicating the BBC sure sounds like the BBC has a close relative here in Australia. It has a few porno lookers and so on among its people.
Tue 20 Nov 12 (07:39am)
Reds under the bed, Muslims in the Attic ...
Now it's socialists on twitter.
Tue 20 Nov 12 (07:52am)
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During his recovery time, Derrick Rose had a lot of time to practice aspects of his game that didn't require quick stops and cuts. Things like long-distance shooting. Because of all that additional practice, Rose is expected to return to the Bulls with an improve 3-point shot.
Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports says Rose's knee is good, he's strong, and he's getting closer to a return. In his downtime though, Rose has practiced his jump shot. He feels a lot more confident in the shot and so does his coach.
"I see his improvement each and every day," Thibodeau said. "And as I've told him, we've waited this long and we don't mind waiting until he is completely comfortable to play. And if that means a couple more games, five games, whatever it is. And that would be for any player, we don't want to put someone out there that is not comfortable with being out there."Rose has shot a decent 31.0% from 3-point range in his career. In his career, Rose has averaged 21.0 points per game. If he improve his 3-point shooting percentage, we can expect his points per game to go up once he gets comfortable being back on the floor.
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Fedex's choice of a spot to leave Jason's package has its advantages and disadvantages. In the plus column, if anyone steals it, they will leave important forensic evidence in the form of footprints in the snow. In the minus column, it's an incredibly stupid place to leave a package, even if the front sidewalk isn't shoveled.
Fedex Carrier: Neither Wind, Nor Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor …Ah, Screw It
On a roll today…
No picture as of posting this.
Use your imagination folks.
It's there, but you can't distinguish the snow against the white background, like a polar bear in a snowstorm.
Hard to see what the problem is w/o some pictures.
Did Phil "borrow" Laura's account?
People always make jokes like this. It baffles me. Why is it impossible to attribute mistakes to any other member of the Consumerist team? Why is it when any mistake occurs, it MUST be through some series of events cause by Phil. Ben can't make a mistake? Laura can't make a mistake? Chris, Meg, Roz?
Please, leave credit where it's due. And criticism.
Well said, Loias…people seem to forget that Phil is a human sometimes.
he seems to be more "human" than the rest of us these days.
You meant that as a snark, but I would agree on a serious level – especially given the comments against him.
Every high school needs a Poindexter, I guess.
Except this is more like grade school here. Middle school at best.
Only schools with bullies.
Also I don't know if you noticed, but there are many of articles here that don't leave criticism and credit where it's due, and instead bends it just enough to make them seem to be in the right.
Your anti-Phil comments are annoying.
Grow up.
I had UPS and FedEx packages left in the snow yesterday rather than walking the extra 10 feet and putting it in my screen door. I wasn't upset though because both items were shrink-wrapped inside the box.
No picture? No links?
I just don't even anymore
I think you missed in your sentence
I think that he accidently the whole sentence.
Yeah!! I earned a free internet!
Just guessing: the package was left somewhere ridiculous? Could also be that the package was left somewhere fine, but Jason is a finicky donkey; guess we'll never know.
Did they leave it in the ether with this photograph?
So is the photo in the post the photo of Jason's box?
That lazy-bones should have shovelled his walk.
Perhaps he works during the day, when FedEx does their deliveries?
The mail person wont deliver if the sidewalk isn't shoveled here. So if the photo I see now is right, nothing was shoveled ( looks at least a foot deep) and the choice was made to throw it on customers walkway near the door. Both parties made mistakes.
Who says the OP had a chance to shovel before FedEx came. Given the snow looks calm, it's not the most likely scenario i'll grant.
Also, where does it say FedEx won't deliver to a snowy sidewalk? Not disbelieving you, but would like to see it in print.
I think it's obvious from the picture that FedEx WILL deliver to a snowy sidewalk. The porch beyond that sidewalk is a whole other story. ;)
UPS / Fedex are starting to resemble some of the Care Packages in Call of Duty lately, specifically when you call one in and it lands on you / in some unreachable location.
I LOLed, thanks. It almost never fails that I point immediately at my feet yet the marker bounces 76.9 feet across the open gap of the building I'm in, the care package landing neatly on the roof of the adjacent building. I did have one time, just once, on the Hanoi map where I dropped the marker at my feet and it stayed there. A team-mate tried to ninja my care package but it fell on his head and bounced off the map :(
Both of these comments are awesome as I watch (and listen to) my boyfriend complain about the same stuff with his care packages. Ever see the end of the Family Guy episode where Peter plays CoD? My boyfriend would be the guy yelling at him.
did he order a Fedex Van ?
It looks like they just tossed it from the van in the general direction of the front door. If it keeps snowing you might not find it until April.
Both Fedex and UPS perform this sort of "dumping". When I lived in Vegas, they would drop packages in plain sight – in the front yard – IN LAS VEGAS! I lost a few packages to theft, and had a delivery of hand made gifts for my newborn opened and strewn around when the thief decided the contents were of no value to them.
aww, this is horrible! I've had issues like this (not quite as bad as you though) when I lived in apartments. They would leave boxes near the stairs 5 feet away from the front door, leave them in a puddle after rain fell (the top of the box was never we so I knew they put it in the puddle after a rainfall), and even had a package dropped off with a neighbor I didn't even know. Fortunately the neighbor was nice enough to give the package to me…
Now I live in a house and the package deliveries we get when aren't home are always nicely tucked out of site behind a column by the front door. Your story makes me feel so grateful that I have thoughtful people delivering my packages.
Sadly, Jason's sister mailed him 8 kittens for Chanukah. Sadly, they all froze to death. Won't someone think of the kittens! Oh, the felinity!
Somebody that mails you 8 kittens isn't doing it because they like you.
Hard to tell by the pictures – but that "package" looks small / light – a strong wind may have blwon it out there – can't tell if that is a small "drift" around the package, or where it was thrown into the snow.
Without a better picture…. hard to say
Didn't shovel his walk. His fault. He'll get no sympathy from me. Despite USPS's unofficial slogan, you're supposed to shovel your walk for them too. You have one big liability problem on your hands if either the postman or the FedEx person slips and falls.
This. If your friend even slips on your front porch, you can be liable for any injuries. The same goes for postmen, etc. This is the "general liability" portion of your homeowner's or renter's insurance.
I would absolutely fight that in court, especially if the package was unasked for or the friend was uninvited. I'm not liable because it snowed while I was out of town/at work/handicapped and you decided to walk in a dangerous area. Take the package back, and leave a note in my mailbox, like the sane people do.
If it's not safe for the driver, they should attempt redelivery the following day…Just like if the package's destination were a business that happened to be closed for the day.
Driver is a royal DB for leaving it in the snowdrift.
If it's not safe for the driver, they should attempt redelivery the following day…Just like if the package's destination were a business that happened to be closed for the day.
Driver is a royal DB for leaving it in the snowdrift.
FedEx delivery people are NOT employess (according to the stupid Federal Judge) and as such your complaint is NOT with FedEx.
This is proof that things land where you throw them. :)
He couldn't even throw it all the way to the door?!?
Fed ex the company that could give a rats butt about what you buy on line or for business gets to you or not. They did the same to me. They left my packages on my unprotected steps out in the open, when I have a second set of steps that has a small enclosed porch. I called the main fed ex office to get the local delivery branch telephone number(unlisted), so I could let the driver for my area know not to leave my packages exposed to the weather and theft when I had a place to put them that was safer. They refused to give me the phone number as it was private, i.e. their number. I assume they did not wish to be bothered by the people they deliver to with a pesky phone call. I was also told that Fed ex has the right to leave packages any where they wished to. Unfortunately, most times, I do not have the say in who shippers use when delivering packages to my home. I do know I will never in my life choose them as a carrier, or if an option is available, even at a higher cost, have anything sent through them to me. PS they do not even ring the bell when they drop off items. USPS and Ups rule.
Am I too late to blame the OP?
Seems like they were doing him a favor by leaving the package at all, when they could just as easily have marked the address as "inaccessible" and tried again the next day.
"Let me do you a favor and deliver your package into the snow. That way you will have your package faster, right? A little snow never hurt a well-packaged electronic component."
FedEx Ground carriers are independant contractors. The ones in Houston are beyond retarded: Twice this year they returned packages to the sender for an insufficent address. Strangely, this is the exact address both UPS and USPS find and deliver to on a daily basis.
Yelling or e-mailing FedEx over this is like talking to a brick wall; they only say to "contact the sender". In both cases, I forwarded their response to the sender as ammunition to get a refund from FedEx along with a request to re-ship the item Parcel Post or UPS Ground.
I trust USPS the most. Missing, stolen or undelivered packages are subject to the wrath of Postal Inspectors and Federal Law. Every few months a story appears about a postal employee getting busted and jailed for dumping or theft of mail. When was the last time anyone heard a story about a UPS or FedEx employee being arrested or jailed over this?
Unlike the Military, I doubt either UPS or FedEx are going to repeal their "don't ask, don't tell" policy on employee negligence and theft.
I've seen plenty of packages around here get blown around in the wind, even more so in the winter. So as far as I'm concerned they delived it to the door and the wind. "they will leave important forensic evidence in the form of footprints in the snow" it's a bit ironic that joke is pretty true seeing as there are some partially covered footprints there, indicated someone had walked through (fedex perhaps…………………..).
Ok, so I'll own this. My house, my package. Yes, it would have been great if the sidewalk could have been shoveled. Unfortunately, I'm on vacation, left last Friday. On Saturday we got 18 inches of snow. I'm not there to shovel it. We have someone house/dog sitting for us, so the driveway was done – but not his job to do our sidewalk. I'd have been happy had FedEx 1) left the package by the garage door (shoveled) or 2) left a "couldn't deliver" notice in the mailbox. Not thrown it 25 feet into a snow drift.
I find it hard to believe that anybody that values their job would purposely leave a package 8 feet from the door. I'm guessing that the 40+mph winds during the STORM that dumped all of that snow moved it that short distance. A real stretch I know.
I had a UPS guy deliver a very thin package the other day, just a slightly padded envelope about the size of a paperback with a gift card in it. He came to the door and rather than leave it in the large wall-mounted mailbox labelled "PACKLAGES HERE PLEASE", he lifted up a cedar shingle directly next to it and slid it up about 3/4 the way up underneath so only about 3 inches of it was poking out. I happened to be walking past a window nearby that overlooks the door and saw him doing it or who knows if I would have seen it, manilla envelope on relatively new cedar shingles, more or less the same color…
Before everybody piles on, the mailbox next to the door is labelled "PACKAGES HERE PLEASE" so they know it is not our US mail box which I know they're not allowed to use — that's out at the street. For the record, nobody has EVER actually put anything in that mailbox in over two years, I don't know what the problem is. The gas delivery guy also won't — we've asked him a couple of times to leave the bill in there but he still pokes it into the door frame 18 inches away from the mailbox.
Okay, off topic, but isn't it way past time for the USPS to retire that 'neither wind, now rain, nor sleet…' crap? Because it's absolute crap. The USPS stops mail delivery or closes particular USPS offices due to weather all the time. ALL THE TIME. And they should, because it's not worth some poor mailman's life to keep mail delivery up in a blizzard. But once you've made that choice you don't get to post poems about how nothing keeps you from your appointed rounds in your post offices anymore….
okay, stepping off the soapbox now…
It really depends on the driver. I've used both companies both personally and professionally and had crappy pickups and deliveries with both. FedEx seems to have more problems with Ground, since it's subcontracted.
FedEx just left a brand new television that was shipped in its normal package (ie. "FLATSCREEN TV! 26″! DVD PLAYER" plastered all over it) on my doorstep in a highly visible position while the entire porch is fenced in and has plants obscuring most of it. Lazy?


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Leadership Council On March 17, 2005, the Regional Chief of the BCAFN, the Task Group of the FNS, and the political executive of the UBCIC signed the Leadership Accord. The purpose of the Accord is to: affirm mutual respect; formalize a cooperative working relationship to politically represent the interests of BC First Nations and develop strategies and actions to bring about significant and substantive changes to government policy that will benefit all BC First Nations; and focus on a range of issues and initiatives of common interest or concern among BC First Nations, including consultation and accommodation, national processes, and social and economic program and service issues. Work under the Leadership Accord is guided by the following principles: • The Parties recognize and respect each other's respective mandate; • The Parties will be mindful that they each represent a diversity of perspectives on issues relating to Aboriginal title, rights and interests; • The Parties commit to work to advance the interests of First Nations in political level discussions amongst themselves and with governments; • The Parties will represent their respective memberships in any discussions that directly involve government and industry. Through the Accord, the Parties commit to engage in an ongoing process of dialogue through regular leadership meetings to achieve the purposes of this Accord and, where possible, develop common understandings, strategies and/or positions on identified issues of mutual concern or priority. The Parties also agree to establish working groups on identified issues of concern or priority to advance those issues politically. The relationship established through the Leadership Accord remains strong. Although some successes have been achieved (New Relationship, Transformative Change Accord, New Relationship Trust, others), much remains to be done. The mandate of the FNLC is determined only through the mandates of each of its participating organizations – the BCAFN, FNS, and UBCIC – as established via resolution of their respective memberships. The FNLC is a political process, not a new organization. Its purpose is to generate political power through cooperation and collaboration between the existing provincial First Nations organizations. Although the FNLC works with governments to develop frameworks for issues such as shared decision-making and consultation and accommodation, these efforts are never to impede government-to-government discussions and negotiations between individual First Nations and governments. The staff of the three participating FNLC organizations are responsible for following up on resolutions passed at their respective Chiefs' assemblies, and work together on issues where all three organizations have a mandate. The BCAFN, FNS and UBCIC are committed to maintaining unity on matters of common concern to benefit all BC First Nations, as well as to respecting the autonomy of each organization in achieving progress on issues specific to their respective memberships. Xeni Gwet'in Court Decision On November 21, the Supreme Court of British Columbia handed down its decision in the case of Tsilhqot'in v. British Columbia. Chief Roger William, on behalf of all Xeni Gwet'in and Tsilhqot'in people, brought the suit forward in 1990. In his reasons for decision, BC Supreme Court Justice Vickers found that Aboriginal title does exist in the Tsilhqot'in territory. The First Nations Leadership Council fully welcomes and champions this decision - emphasizing that the Tsilhqot'in people have aboriginal rights, including the right to trade furs to obtain a moderate livelihood, that BC's Forest Act does not apply within Aboriginal title lands, that BC has infringed the Aboriginal title and rights of the Tsilhqot'in people and has no justification for doing so, that Canada has unacceptably denied and avoided its constitutional responsibility to protect Aboriginal lands and rights and finally that BC has been violating Aboriginal title in an unconstitutional and therefore illegal fashion ever since it joined Canada in 1871. UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples On September 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by an overwhelming majority of 143 in favour, 4 opposed and 11 abstentions. This Declaration, which has been in development for more than two decades, is intended to recognize the collective rights of Indigenous Peoples. Fundamental human rights which have been upheld in this Declaration include the inherent rights related to our traditional lands, territories and natural resources, our self-determination, our unqualified recognition as Peoples, our own cultures, languages and identities. The FNLC and the AFN will be hosting a conference on February 19-21 to raise awareness about the Declaration and counter the misconceptions advanced by the Canadian government. Federal Engagement On October 26, 2007, the FNLC met with the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, Hon. Chuck Strahl and the Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Hon. Michael de Jong in follow up to the August 21, 2007 meeting. The parties have committed to continue to meet with future tripartite sessions having a particular focus on improving policy (i.e. Comprehensive Claims Policy, Specific Claims Policy, Inherent Right of Self-Government Policy), processes (i.e. negotiations processes), and quality of life (i.e. education, children and families, housing, etc.) issues. New Relationship In the New Relationship, commitments were made to a new government-to-government relationship based on respect, recognition and accommodation of aboriginal title and rights and to reconciliation of Aboriginal and Crown titles and jurisdictions. First Nations and the Province also agreed to establish processes and institutions for shared decision-making about the land and resources and for revenue and benefit sharing. The New Relationship acknowledges that aboriginal title includes the inherent right for the community to make decisions as to the use of the land. On September 20th, the FNLC and the Province of BC issued a Joint Statement on the New Relationship highlighting that the Province and FNLC are undertaking work to develop frameworks and tools to assist the Province and BC First Nations to implement the New Relationship. The FNLC and Province respect First Nations autonomy and recognize that First Nations are the holders of Aboriginal Title and Rights. The purpose of the New Relationship is to bring about policy changes and set a course forward that will be of benefit to all First Nations. The New Relationship must not be used as an excuse not to engage with First Nations directly and the policy level discussions are not intended to impede upon or displace First Nations negotiations with the Crown. In fact, these community-level government-to-government negotiations provide valuable insights and guidance to broader discussions. Each First Nation has the right to a government-to-government relationship with the Crown, and the authority to enter into negotiations and agreements to suit the unique circumstances of the community. A joint FNLC-BC Recognition Working Group is tasked with the main deliverables from the New Relationship document – producing principles & mechanisms for: recognition & Honour of the Crown, consultation/accommodation, shared decision-making, revenue & benefit sharing, and other matters. This group is currently focused on Recognition legislation as the first priority. Other working groups achieving progress under the New Relationship include the Resolutions Strategy Side Table; Telling Our Stories Committee; Crown Land Allocation Framework Working Group; Aquaculture Working Group; Working Group on First Nations Heritage Conservation and the Ecosystem Stewardship Planning Working Group. For three days out of each month, the FNLC meets with provincial officials to set direction, review progress and have high-level discussion on progress under the New Relationship and other matters of common concern. Fisheries A key item in the BC First Nations Fisheries Action Plan is the establishment of a BC First Nations Fisheries Council. The FNLC was mandated, through resolution, to hold a province-wide meeting, open to all BC First Nations, to develop the First Nations Fisheries Council concept. This BC First Nations Fisheries Council Forum was held on May 29-30, hosted by Musqueam Nation. Delegates to the Forum developed a "BC First Nations Fisheries Council Concept Paper", which was adopted by resolution of the BCAFN, FNS and UBCIC. The FNLC then sent a call for nominations to the Fisheries Council, with a deadline of October 26, 2007. Appointments to the First Nations Fisheries Council will be made later this month. Aquaculture Working Group An Aquaculture Working Group has been struck to work with provincial representatives to make recommendations to Cabinet on aquaculture matters in BC, in the spirit of the New Relationship and guided by the BC First Nations Fisheries Action Plan. Housing and Infrastructure The FNLC is working with federal and provincial governments to develop a high-level Memorandum of Understanding on Housing and Infrastructure. This MoU will commit the Parties to work collaboratively to develop interlinked on- and off-reserve housing and infrastructure strategies. Economic Development The FNLC hosted a meeting in July to discuss BC First Nations economic development and human resource development. The meeting was attended by federal and provincial governments, First Nations representatives, and the business community. This group agreed to explore the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish an Economic Development Partners Group – an advisory body on First Nations economic development. A small working group has been struck to develop this MoU and a framework for a province-wide BC First Nations Economic Development Strategy. A draft outline of the BC First Nations Economic Development Strategy has now been completed, and BC First Nations are invited to review and discuss this draft at regional forums through the fall/winter. Chiefs, Councils and economic development officers are encouraged to attend these important sessions in order to provide input into the development of a province-wide economic development strategy. Based on the feedback from these sessions, a more comprehensive draft will be developed and reviewed by BC First Nations at an Economic Development Forum which will be held in February 2008. Health The First Nations Health Council is currently developing workplans and budgets pursuant to the Transformative Change Accord: First Nations Health Plan and the Tripartite First Nations Health Plan. Priority areas for this year include: community health plans; governance structure for First Nations health in BC; mental health and addictions (including healing residential school traumas); e-health; and chronic disease management (including a First Nations ActNow program). Community engagement is also a key priority, and dialogue sessions will be held throughout the province in the fall. Culture and Heritage The existing Heritage Conservation Act and associated management regime does not adequately address the needs and interests of First Nations as it relates to their culture and heritage resources. A Joint Working Group on First Nations Heritage Conservation has been created to work with BC to a) make recommendations with respect to amendments to the Heritage Conservation Act, b) identify culture and heritage site management possibilities within the existing legislative regime and c) improve the protection and conservation of First Nations heritage sites, cultural property, ancient human remains and sacred and spiritual sites. Frank Paul Inquiry In February of 2007, the Solicitor General of British Columbia announced that there would be a full public inquiry relating to the death of Frank Paul in December of 1998. Mr. Paul, a First Nations man of Mik'maq descent, died of hypothermia in an alley in the downtown eastside of Vancouver after being released there by a member of the Vancouver Police Department. Since the announcement of this inquiry, the First Nations Leadership Council has been in constant contact with both the Solicitor General and Attorney General of BC. At these meetings, the FNLC lobbied to have both the family of Frank Paul and the FNLC to be granted participant status during the proceedings of the inquiry. The FNLC has since been granted participant status and will be actively involved in the inquiry until its conclusion. The Frank Paul inquiry began on November 13, 2007 and is expected to run well into 2008. The final report and recommendations are to be presented to the Attorney General no later than May 31, 2008. The FNLC and their staff will continue to be actively involved during the proceedings and will attend the inquiry as frequently as possible. Updates on the Frank Paul inquiry can be found at the website www.frankpaulinquiry.ca. UBCIC ELECTIONS On November 21, UBCIC Chiefs in Council re-elected Chief Robert Shintah for his third term as Vice-President of the UBCIC. Chief Lynda Price was elected to serve as Secretary-Treasurer of the UBCIC. Both will serve a three-year term on the UBCIC Executive and be active members on the First Nations Leadership Council. FNLC Meeting Notes At the recommendation of First Nations, this section of the information bulletin is to describe FNLC discussion and meetings. • The FNLC is planning a "Child at the Centre" forum for sometime in January or February, 2008 to address Early Childhood Development and Children and Families issues. • The First Nations Forestry Council will hold a province-wide Forestry Forum on March 11-13, 2007. • FNLC met with UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing on Oct. 16th to present a formal written submission on the pressing housing issues facing our communities. • FNLC has developed a template Declaration / Protocol to sign with First Nations organizations to improve coordination and collaboration on all matters • FNLC participating in Cabinet Committee on Climate Change. Calendar of Events • November 26-29: First Nations Leadership Strategic Planning Session • January or February: Child at the Centre Forum • February 19-21: UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People Conference
The First Nations Leadership Council is comprised of the political executives of the BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit, and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs:
· BC Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief A-in-chut, Shawn Atleo;
· First Nations Summit Task Group members Grand Chief Edward John, Chief Judith Sayers, Dave Porter;
· Union of BC Indian Chiefs President Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Vice-President Chief Robert Shintah; Secretary-Treasurer Chief Lynda Price
The Council works together to politically represent the interests of First Nations in BC and develop strategies and actions to bring about significant and substantive changes to government policy that will benefit all First Nations in British Columbia.
UBCIC is a NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
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