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Police chiefs in the area welcome the new publication of convicted sex criminals on the Internet but are wary the list will be used by self-appointed vigilantes.
The New Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry went on line on Thursday, Feb. 21 and is available for anyone to review.
The registry can be accessed on the Division of State Police's Web site at ww.njsp.org/info/reg_sexoffend.html.
It includes extensive information about convicted sex offenders who are considered either high risk , known as Tier 3 offenders or medium risk, Tier 2 offenders, to commit another sex crime.
"It will help," said Randolph Township Chief Michael Duell. "These people are pre-disposed to commit crimes against children. Mothers and fathers have a right to know about these people and to protect their children."
Duell said the potential for vigilantism is outweighed by the benefit of publishing the information about offenders. He also said he is confident authorities can deal with any attempts at violence against offenders.
"I don't condone vigilantism and there are laws to protect against it," Duell said.
Mount Olive Police Chief Edward Katona said he did not believe the listing would be of much help to law enforcement because of the potential predators who have not yet been identified or arrested.
"I don't think it reduces the threat to children because they have only identified people who we know are sexual predators," Katona said. "The threat is from people who have not been identified as predators."
Katona also said the listing could invite vigilantes to act.
"The concern has always been whether people will overreact and take action against these people (convicted offenders)," Katona said.
Addresses Restricted
There are 18 offenders from Morris County who are listed on the Internet as tier two or three. Information listed includes names, physical descriptions, photographs and the nature of their offenses.
However, the registry only indicates the county in which the listed sex offenders reside. Under law, the site was to contain the street address, town and zip code of sex offenders. However, further information won't be listed pending the outcome of a legal challenge to the listing which is now before a federal appeals court panel.
In December, a U.S. District Court judge permitted the state to make the Internet registry available to the public while the legal challenge was pending before the court, but restricted that information from being included while the court considers the case.
The Attorney General's Office has appealed the judge's ruling and the appeal is pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. In order to comply with the judge's order, State Police, which has responsibility for maintaining the site, had to reconfigure the registry's Web pages, according to a statement from Attorney General David Samson.
The Attorney General also noted that sex offenders are given a chance to seek review of their tier classification, and they may argue that they qualify under one of the exemptions. Thus, offenders have a chance to seek further review before they are included on the site.
While the street addresses or hometowns are not listed on the Internet site, Megan's Law requires residents to be notified of tier three individuals.
Under the law, in rural areas, any neighbors within a mile radius of the offender's home must be notified. In suburban areas, notification is within one-half mile.
Police also notify all schools and community groups within a half-mile of the offender's address and parents of all children who attend school within a half mile radius of the offender.
In addition to providing the name and picture of sex offenders, the web site discloses the offenders' race, height, weight, hair color and distinguishing marks, along with the offenders' tier designation. Other information includes the offenses committed, the place of conviction and the offenders' modus operandi.
The site also includes motor vehicle information, such as car make and year and color. The State Police will update the picture of each offender at the time the offender re-registers, which, depending on whether the offender was found to be repetitive and compulsive, is either every three months or annually under the law.
According to First Assistant Attorney General and Director of Criminal Justice Peter C. Harvey, as of Dec. 31, 2001, there were 7,903 registered sex offenders statewide for purposes of community notification.
Of those, 5,599 were placed in a final tier classification. There were 2,386 tier two, or moderate risk, registrants and 160 tier three, or high risk, registrants. The remainder were placed in tier one, for low-risk registrants.
"The Sex Offender Registry Web site is a work in progress that will ultimately provide critical information to which parents should have access," Samson said. "Armed with a photograph and other relevant information about a sex offender who is likely to commit another offense, parents will be helped in taking necessary precautions to avoid having their children placed in a dangerous situation."
The New Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry was created in response to an amendment to the State Constitution that was voted on by the public in the November 2000 general election. The amendment was approved by nearly 80 percent of the voters.
A legislative task force was formed to make recommendations as to the type of information and scope of the registry. Legislation incorporating the recommendations of the task force also was enacted on July 23, 2001.
The Sex Offender Registry allows users to make three types of searches: Geographical (by county only, pending resolution of legal challenge to the use of additional home address information); Individual (to search for offenders by full or partial name or alias); and Advanced Search (which allows searches based on general physical characteristics, such as height, weight, age or hair color).
Should the state prevail in the legal challenge, the site would be re-programmed to be geographically searchable by street, town and zip code as well as by county.
Each page on the Internet site contains a warning that any person who uses the information on the registry to threaten, intimidate or harass another may be charged criminally.
"We are counting on members of the public to continue to act responsibly in dealing with Megan's Law notifications in any form, as any untoward acts themselves violate the law," Harvey said. "Acts of vigilantism against a known sex offender will not be tolerated, and the vigilantes will be prosecuted to the fullest possible extent of the law."


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Schmotzer says he got things done in Baldwin-Whitehall job
Martin Michael Schmotzer said he made a big impact on the Baldwin-Whitehall School District in the short time he worked as special assistant to the superintendent, a $120,000 job the school board established and gave him without an interview.
Among the accomplishments he listed: getting a French drain fixed, hanging some pictures and calling district patrons back.
"I was starting to get things done," said Schmotzer, 57, of Whitehall.
He listed nearly 25 projects he said he completed in the last two weeks while working as supervisor of special projects for the school board and special assistant to the superintendent. "In two weeks, I accomplished a lot for this district."
Schmotzer resigned from his controversial post on Wednesday afternoon. Later Wednesday, Schmotzer was sworn in to a new, four-year term on the board, which he won in the Nov. 5 election. Schmotzer has been on the board off and on for 27 years. He resigned from the board on Nov. 19 just before the board appointed him to the position.
During his brief tenure, Schmotzer said he got email addresses of board members published online, posted job descriptions on the district's website, ensured the district's newsletter was sent to a printer and conducted a visual inspection of all school buildings.
Brian Rampolla, 56, of Whitehall suggested providing contact information for board members online, Schmotzer said.
Rampolla said he called the district the day after Schmotzer was hired as assistant to the superintendent to ask how he could reach board members to express his dismay.
He was told that contact information was private. Schmotzer returned Rampolla's call.
"Getting the emails up there, anybody could have done that," Rampolla said. "I don't give him any credit at all. That's not worth $120,000."
When Schmotzer resigned, he cited "personal and political attacks" on his family. It wasn't clear Thursday whether the board would hire someone else to fill the position. Superintendent Randal Lutz did not return calls.
More than 250 people showed up at Wednesday night's board reorganization meeting to express their dismay at Schmotzer's hiring, and pressed for him to stay off the board. A petition with more than 1,300 signatures seeking his ouster from the administrative position was presented to the board.
Schmotzer said Thursday that he has no plans to quit the board. He said his administrative job was important because the district has no director of operations, and the board has just a part-time secretary.
"It wasn't the job title. It wasn't the money. It wasn't the position," Schmotzer said of the controversy. "It was because the people couldn't see past that it was me. They could not see past somebody on the board getting a position."
Some residents questioned Schmotzer's hiring because of his background. In 1996, he was charged with the theft of $50,000 from public accounts in the Allegheny County Clerk of Courts office while working as chief deputy for then-Clerk Joyce Lee Itkin. He repaid the money. A judge tossed out one theft charge when Schmotzer pleaded guilty. Court delays prompted a state appellate court to dismiss his convictions on four other theft counts. His record was expunged in 2006.
The people who are rallying against him, Schmotzer said, are "losers of school board elections."
"They want to take the board over by bullying," he said. "If they want to be on this board, I suggest they learn how to run for office and propose some ideas."
He said he wishes his tenure had ended differently.
"I'm sorry that it blew up like it did," he said. "I will not put the school district that I love in the position that it's being put in."
Stephanie Hacke is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-388-5818 or firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Grab your last chance to see inside the famous Sun Hill police station where iconic drama, The Bill, was filmed for more than 10 years.
Wimbledon Studios have been running tours of Sun Hill's "hallowed hall of justice" since 2010, but have announced this spring will see the final farewell tour.
The popular tours had already been extended twice since 2010 due to demand from fans as far away as Queensland, Australia.
Clive Wedderburn, who played police constable Garry McCann in the long running soap drama, will join the studio team for the final tours.
He said: "It's a great honour to be asked to be involved in the tour again and especially as it's the last ever one.
"I spent eight great years on the show so walking around the place does bring back some vivid memories that I'm only too willing to share.
"I've had some great experiences that I won't forget, so this is my last opportunity to say thank you to everyone who made the show possible."
Piers Read, the managing director of the studio, said: "I'll be sad to say goodbye.
"I am immensely fond of our Bill heritage but the time has come to don the black cap." The final tours will run from February 17 to March 17.
The Bill Tours; Wimbledon Studios, 1 Deer Park Road, SW19 3TL; £35 adult, £85 family ticket; February 17 to March 17; 12 or 2pm; wimbledonstudios.com/the-official-bill-tour


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Some Ohio State student leaders said Ohio Gov. John Kasich's latest budget review's proposal for higher education, such as giving college credit for military experience and working to keep international students in Ohio post-graduation, are initiatives worth pursuing.
The mid-biennium review is intended to update last year's state budget and outline Kasich's proposals for legislation for the next year.
The review came out last week, and it included various pieces of higher education reform, including starting efforts to keep Ohio's international students in Ohio after graduation.
"To ensure that Ohio job creators can meet their workforce needs, the chancellor of the Board of Regents will create a globalization liaison to increase recruitment and enrollment of international students and to encourage them to remain in the state after graduation," the review factsheet on higher education said.
Miranda Onnen, vice chair of the College Republicans and a third-year in political science and economics, said the talent and skills acquired at OSU or other state colleges and universities shouldn't leave Ohio.
"Columbus was named the most intelligent city in the United States, and that trend of intelligence should continue. By encouraging college graduates to stay in Ohio, we can keep that intelligence going," Onnen said.
Columbus was named one of the top seven intelligent communities in the world for 2014 by the Intelligent Community Forum in January.
College Democrats President Vince Hayden, a third-year in political science, said there should be an effort to keep international students in state because "tuition is heavily subsidized by state taxpayers."
"If we're going to educate people from all over the world and all over the United States, it'll benefit Ohio's economy if those people stay here in the state," Hayden said.
International students, however, pay more tuition than in-state students. While in-state students pay $7,140 in tuition and fees for the academic year, international students owe $26,726 for the academic year, a sum that includes a $500 surcharge per term for international students.
That fee aims to provide additional resources for international students, according to the University Registrar website.
Giving veterans college credit for military training and experience was also a point listed in the review. A Military Transfer Assurance Guide would set the standard for granting college credit for that experience, according to the review.
Kasich addressed the idea in his State of the State speech Feb. 24.
"Whether it's engineering, heavy machinery, construction, auto and truck repair or advanced technology, the U.S. Armed Forces trains more people, in more sophisticated ways, than probably any other organization in the world. That training has prepared veterans for many of Ohio's most in-demand jobs, and letting them more easily put it to work helps ease their transition to the home front. It also helps make Ohio stronger," he said.
Onnen said she supports the idea because there are other things that can earn college credit as well.
"We already give college credit for high school education like AP (Advanced Placement) and IB (International Baccalaureate) classes. Veterans get equally excellent training and education from the United States military. Correlating credit should definitely be given to veterans who want to go back to school," Onnen said.
Hayden said, however, a lack of relevance of military experience to educational goals could be an issue.
"It all depends on what a person in the military is doing," he said. For example, if a military policeman goes into criminal justice, it would make sense "because it applies what you learned," Hayden said, but if that person was going into computer science, it doesn't make as much sense.
Hayden said, as a veteran, efforts could be focused elsewhere.
"It's a good idea, but I honestly think where Gov. Kasich could improve on veterans is having better opportunity for employment for veterans," he said.
The review also included mention of a new funding formula that links state funding to graduation rates, rather than enrollment, something Kasich also spoke about in his recent address.
"Today I'm proud to announce that 100 percent of state funding for undergraduate students will be based on how well our colleges and universities do in guiding them to complete their courses and get their degrees. This puts the right incentives in place to cement the partnership between students and institutions in pursuit of the same goals — success in college and in getting a job," he said.
Undergraduate Student Government President Taylor Stepp, a fourth-year in public affairs, said he agrees with that suggestion.
"Tying state funding to graduation just makes sense," Stepp said.
Kasich selected then-OSU President E. Gordon Gee to help lead higher education in enacting the reforms in 2012.
Gee said in a February 2013 statement the change would reflect a "renewed focus on student success" and would "establish a new standard for the nation."
Hayden, however, said there are good and bad things about the new system.
"The pro to that is the schools that do have great outcomes will be better off financially as far as state funding goes," Hayden said.
The matter could negatively affect community colleges, though, he said.
"Community colleges don't really have a good way of recording whether students just dropped out or whether they've transferred because it's all kind of self-reported," Hayden said.
Stepp said the review's suggestions would "help create jobs and improve higher education."
"It isn't just young people that this proposal can appeal to either. This is a win for Ohio, and when Ohio does better, we all do better," Stepp said.
Kasich said in his address the important thing is emphasizing lifelong education.
"We also think education is like, you know, preschool, and then it's high school, and then maybe the two-year school or the four-year school. We have a different philosophy in Ohio," Kasich said. "You must have lifetime learning."


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Recounting top 10 moments in Pitt's Big East history
No. 1. Champions at last
Having lost in the championship game the previous two years, Pitt arrived at Madison Square Garden in 2003 with a single-minded focus on doing something no Panthers team had done.
Anything short of winning the Big East Tournament title wasn't even a consideration.
"I didn't want to feel like the Buffalo Bills of college basketball," said Pitt assistant coach Brandin Knight, a former All-American point guard who was the 2003 co-Big East Player of the Year. "It was an opportunity to redeem those losses the prior years."
The No. 2 seed out of the Big East West, Pitt reached the championship game in dominant fashion after beating Providence, 67-57, and Boston College, 74-48, in the semifinals.
That set up a rematch with Connecticut, which beat Pitt, 74-65, in double overtime in the 2002 Big East final. Knight still had a sour taste in his mouth, after injuring his right knee in that game and missing a 40-footer that bounced off the rim with 1.7 seconds left in overtime.
Pitt led Connecticut by one point at halftime, but the Panthers held the Huskies to 19 points in the second half. Jaron Brown had 19 points and 10 rebounds, making 6 of 9 field goals and all six of his free throws, while Knight and Julius Page added 16 each in the 74-56 victory.
Page was awarded the Dave Gavitt Trophy as Most Valuable Player after averaging 13.3 points and 3.7 rebounds, shooting 47.1 percent (16 of 37) and playing lockdown defense in the three games.
"I was a man on a mission," Page said. "I don't remember looking at the scoreboard. My whole deal was to play as hard as I could. I had a different focus on that game. I was in such a zone, it's just like a blur."
This year marks the 10th anniversary of that victory, and Pitt's last trip to Madison Square Garden is a reminder of its finest moment in the Big East.
"Being there and tasting it a little bit and being so close to winning a championship, to cut down the nets knowing it's the last time you're going to be in that building as a Pitt player was very special," Knight said. "That was probably the greatest part about winning it, knowing that was my last Big East game and I went out a champion."
No. 2: Conquering Connecticut
Pitt had never before beaten a top-ranked team. The No. 4 Panthers pronounced themselves the beasts of the Big East, thanks to the tough play of DeJuan Blair, in a 76-68 victory over the No. 1 Huskies in February 2009.
Blair was dominant in a 22-point, 23-rebound performance that saw him toss Connecticut 7-footer Hasheem Thabeet over his shoulder. Thabeet, coming off a 25-point, 20-rebound, nine-block game against Seton Hall, was 1 for 5 from the field and finished with five points, four rebounds and two blocks against Pitt.
Sam Young added 25 points, and Levance Fields scored all 10 of his points in the final 3:09, making two 3s and four free throws. But Blair was the beast that broke Pitt's 0-for-13 jinx against top teams.
"DeJuan wasn't a preseason all-conference pick that year," Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said of the eventual first-team All-American and Big East co-Player of the Year. "I think that was what I remember about that game, people realizing how good he was."
No. 3: Toppling a tough trio
Pitt made its mark in its inaugural season in the Big East by scoring three upsets in an 18-day span in February 1983 at Fitzgerald Field House.
Clyde Vaughan and Andre Williams scored 24 points each, as the Panthers stunned No. 5 St. John's, 72-71, on Feb. 1. Six days later, Pitt beat Syracuse, 85-74.
Finally, on Feb. 19, the Panthers overcame a seven-point deficit in the final 4:25 to defeat No. 14 Georgetown, 65-63. Vaughan had 22 points and nine rebounds and outplayed All-American Patrick Ewing, who finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
The Panthers finished 13-15 but announced their arrival.
"That put us on the map, beating those teams," Vaughan said. "We just came into the Big East and weren't expected to do anything. The Big East was the best conference in the country. You had Chris Mullin, Pearl Washington, Mark Jackson, Ed Pinckney, Michael Adams. It was a Who's Who. It was unbelievable."
No. 4: 'Send it in, Jerome!'
When Jerome Lane caught Sean Miller's pass, took one step and cocked back for a tomahawk dunk on a fast break against Providence in January 1988, no one could have imagined what happened next.
Lane finished with such force that he tore the breakaway rim off a backboard that shattered and rained glass on the floor at Fitzgerald Field House.
The dunk was captured on ESPN's "Big Monday" national telecast and by Bill Raftery's enthusiastic exclamation, "Send it in, Jerome!" It was the most prominent play in a season in which the Panthers rose to No. 2 in the national rankings.
"It was a very, very unique play," Miller said. "You're dealing with a national television audience and the prime of a basketball season. You had an incredible player make the play. Jerome, the year before, led the nation in rebounding and was arguably one of the top five players in the Big East Conference. It was more about the stature of who he was and that it happened in front of the world."
No. 5: Another devastating dunk
A fearless 6-foot-3 freshman who could fly, Julius Page knew he wasn't going to draw fouls. So he decided he would dunk on whichever Georgetown player stood between him and the basket.
That it was Ruben Boumtje Boumtje was no deterrent.
Page elevated over the 7-foot center and threw down two of his 18 points, as Pitt beat No. 9 Georgetown, 70-66, at MCI Center. The Panthers held the undefeated Hoyas scoreless in the final 3:48, ending their 16-game winning streak.
"That's definitely, in my opinion, the second-best play in Pitt Panther history, behind Jerome Lane's dunk," Page said. "(Lane) dunked on a guy, made him fall and broke the glass. That's the perfect storm right there. It doesn't get better than that. If I would've broken the glass on Boumtje Boumtje, then mine would've been best."
To Page, Pitt's victory holds greater significance.
"Before that, we didn't slay any dragons," Page said. "That was our first quality win where we stood up against a team that was undefeated and did it at their court. ... That was a statement we could play with some of the better teams."
No. 6: Remember the Run
Pitt coach Jamie Dixon remembers when the Panthers served as a punch line at the Big East Tournament.
"The thing you remember was the jokes we'd hear about Pitt: The Big East ticket package was one game ticket and three theater seats," Dixon said. "How many Big East tournament victories did we have prior to (2001)?"
The answer is six in 18 years, but never more than one in any tournament.
In 2001, Ricardo Greer led the Panthers on an unforgettable four-game run to their first Big East tourney final.
Greer had 27 points and 11 rebounds, as Pitt beat Miami, 78-69. Then he had 17 points and eight rebounds in a 66-54 victory over No. 19 Notre Dame. Greer added 12 points in a 55-54 semifinal victory over Syracuse. Pitt's run ended one game short of an NCAA tourney bid, with a 75-57 loss to No. 10 Boston College in the Big East final.
"Ricardo was our leading scorer," Page said. "We just milked the kid."
No. 7: Big East champs again
Pitt entered the 2008 Big East Tournament as the No. 7 seed but did something accomplished by only one team before: The Panthers won four games in four days, matching the feat of Syracuse in 2006.
It was the seventh appearance in the Big East final in eight years, but the success at Madison Square Garden had yielded only one Big East tourney title, in 2003. Pitt lost to Syracuse and Georgetown in the final the previous two years.
The road to this title went through Cincinnati (70-64), No. 2 seed Louisville (79-69 OT), Marquette (68-61) and top-seeded Georgetown (74-65 in the final). The Panthers were led by Big East tourney MVP Sam Young, who scored 16 points in the final and had a tremendous blocked shot on Hoyas 7-foot center Roy Hibbert in the final minutes.
"We knew we were the seventh-best team going in, so we went in with that mentality and carried it through," Dixon said. "When we first got in the Big East, it was a little bit down. The last seven or eight years, all of a sudden you become the premier conference again. I think establishing the Big East as clearly the best conference and being a part of it — it was teams like us that had to step up to make it the best conference — that's what I think I remember."
No. 8: Pitt beats No. 1 UConn again
For the second time in February 2009, Pitt beat the nation's top-ranked team. Once again, that team was Connecticut.
This time, however, Sam Young stole the show.
Young scored 31 points to lead the No. 3 Panthers to a 70-60 victory over the No. 1 Huskies before a record crowd of 12,908 at Petersen Events Center.
After Connecticut cut a 14-point deficit to 52-50, the 6-foot-7 forward scored on a layup and then threw down a dunk on a pass from Levance Fields, who finished with 10 points and 12 assists.
"I see UConn jerseys, and my eyes light up," Young said. "I came ready to play."
No. 9: Hoya destroyas
A year earlier, the Pitt-Georgetown game was stopped with four seconds left and Pitt leading, 70-65, after Jerome Lane and Perry McDonald got into a fight that begat a brawl.
"Once again, it was just a reminder of how intense, how fierce, how competitive you had to be to play in the Big East Conference," Sean Miller said. "It was unlike any other conference because it was a physical brand of basketball and there was a lot at stake game in and game out, and Georgetown set the standard with that."
The Hoyas beat the Panthers, 76-57, in January 1989 in Washington, D.C. Pitt wasn't so hospitable when Alonzo Mourning and No. 2 Georgetown visited Feb. 11 for a game at Civic Arena.
Shooting guard Jason Matthews led the Panthers with 24 points. Center Bobby Martin, who sang the national anthem, added 16 points and 11 rebounds. And Miller had 11 assists with no turnovers.
"I was always on a quest to try and do better personally for my team when we played them," Miller said. "That was one of the games I felt really good about looking back at my own personal career. Having zero turnovers against Georgetown is one thing but having 11 assists, I think that was something that I think any point guard would be proud of. A lot of it has to do with how difficult it was just to play against Georgetown and how ferocious they were and how tough they were and how much they could really pressure you. It wasn't so much about how you played but who you played against, and, at that time, Georgetown was the pinnacle of the Big East."
10. Upset before the upset
Before Villanova pulled one of the most shocking upsets in NCAA Tournament history, the Wildcats were whipped by Pitt in the season finale March 2, 1985, at Fitzgerald Field House.
Trailing, 40-23, at halftime, Villanova coach Rollie Massimino threatened his starters that they had three minutes in the second half to start playing or he would sit them for the rest of the game.
And that's precisely what he did, at the 17:20 mark.
Pitt won, 85-62.
"From the start, we had all cylinders clicking," said Pitt forward Charles Smith, who had 18 points and nine rebounds. "I remember handling the ball a lot because they were running a three-quarters press, then a half-court press."
What was so wild about Massimino's decision to bench his starters is that it was the first year of the 64-team field in the NCAA tourney, so Villanova was worried about whether it would earn a berth at 18-9.
Five days later, Villanova won the rematch, 69-61, in the Big East Tournament. The Wildcats went on to beat Georgetown and win the national championship.
"I never thought they would win the national championship," Smith said. "I know we matched up against them pretty well. We just had guys that, size-wise, we matched up across the board very well. We didn't feel any intimidation. Not only were we surprised but everybody else. We kind of felt we were the trigger to ignite it."


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Council decides not to appeal
Council decides not to appeal
Bay of Plenty Regional Council has today decided not to seek leave to appeal the Court of Appeal's decision on the relocation of the Council's head office.
Council considered at its
meeting today the option of appealing the latest decision to
the Supreme Court as the window of opportunity to seek leave
expires on Tuesday 31 August 2010.
Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal upheld the appeal by Whakatane District Council of the High Court decision allowing the Regional Council to relocate its head office from Whakatane to Tauranga.
Council has also decided that any further decision on this matter will be held over to the first practicable meeting of the new Council following the upcoming Local Government Elections, which will be held on Saturday 9 October.
Until then, Council staff have been asked to gather information and seek legal advice for the report to be presented to the new Council on the options available to resolve the head office location matter.
Legal opinions received have indicated that the Regional Council must resolve this issue and that it cannot be left on the table.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Chairman John Cronin said council would take its time to consider and clarify its options. Council's vote at today's meeting on this matter was to pass the resolutions fully and without dissent.
Council's decision today and the Court of Appeal's decision will not result in any staff being relocated from Tauranga to Whakatane, as previously Council had determined that it needed to build capacity in the Western Bay of Plenty.


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When legends pass on it affects an immeasurable number of people who grieve in a variety of ways. When Phife Dawg, a founding member of A Tribe Called Quest and cornerstone of hip-hop, passed away this past week from diabetes, fans and colleagues did just that. A traffic reporter cleverly dropped Phife mentions in his broadcast, Scott Van Pelt told a tale of them performing together on his ESPN show and The New Day, a charismatic trio of WWE Superstars, even referenced "Can I Kick It?" while performing in Brooklyn on Monday.
While all of these surely tug at heartstrings, they can't really compare to the statements made by people who were close to Phife. While his Instagram currently holds multiple tributes to the Five Foot Assassin, Busta Rhymes posted a touching message about his relationship with Phife Dawg late last week.


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Safeway has had its share of publicity lately — but not the good kind. Since hedge fund Jana Partners bought a 6.2% stake in Safeway back in September, SWY has risen 20%. However, the WSJ reported that the firm announced a decrease in holdings to 4.1%; the stock slid 2% as a result.
After Jana Partners' initial stock purchase, it suggested to Safeway that it cut some stores and return capital to investors—which the grocer is doing. The company has since exited Canada and just sold the 72 Dominick's stores in Chicago to Roundy's (RNDY) for $36 million, which will be rebranded as Mariano's.
Safeway reported disappointing earnings on Oct. 10 for the third quarter 2013, and has also recently been under fire for voluntarily recalling many products. The latest were supplied by Reser's Fine Foods or Taylor Foods found in the deli department. In September, it took Angel Food Cake products off the shelves for labeling irregularities.
Neither instance caused illness or affected shares negatively, but Safeway cannot afford to have any more dings to its brand.
Unfortunately, Kroger's just-released third-quarter earnings report didn't help matters at Safeway. Its stock fell another 3.3% midday Wednesday when Kroger's earnings didn't meet Wall Street expectations.


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All of the 'n's in my terminal are replaced by 'l'. Why did this happen and how can I fix it? Seems to only happen in X, console terminal is still fine.
EDIT: This is really weird. After typing this thread out I had a look back at my terminal (using gnome/cinnamon btw) and all the n's were back. The moment there is any output on the console, though, the n's turn back to l's.
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I've been waiting this for a while. For the first time, the government is telling Americans to perform both aerobic and strength training exercises. Well….it's a start. I mean, I honestly don't agree with all the guidelines prescribed by the US Department of Health & Human Services in their 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Let me first tell you what their recommendations are, and I will then provide my own.
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- Perform muscle-strengthening exercises that involve all major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week at a moderate to high intensity.
Ok, so lets say we have a busy guy with a family, 30 pounds overweight who decides to follow the government's guidelines. He decides to perform 2 hours and 30 minutes of aerobic exercise per week,pluse two 30 minute sessions of weight training. That's 3 hours and 30 minutes of exercise per week. Lets say, for arguments sake, Mr. Busy Guy Newbie ( MR.BGN ) here wants to exercise 5 days a week. will have to spend 42 minutes for each day at the gym. For a guy who works 9-5, with an hour break for lunch and a family to take care of, MR.BGN isn't going to have time to exercise 42 minutes five days a week.
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Without a personal trainer or nutritionist or some sort of expert hovering around him, MR. BGN will burn out after the first three days on his amazing exercise program. Cutting back to 3 day a week schedule, MR. BGN will have to spend 70 minutes in the gym. Now that's a bit ridiculous. You can 't expect a beginner to just jump on such a rigorous training schedule. Naturally, I'm exagerating here. I'm sure somewhere in the government's report they talked about gradually progressing into a program, but I didn't read that part.
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That's it! That's my training program, right there. Now the word "intense" means different thing's for different people. For example, 10 kettlebell swings with 35lbs does not do anything for me. Doesn't even raise my heart rate. But for someone who has never trained before, 10 kettlebell swings will have a lot of positive effects on his body and will prove to be an extremely intense workout.
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This article titled "Inspections don't work: Can Tau help make ethical labour profitable?" was written by Marc Gunther, for theguardian.com on Wednesday 8th January 2014 16.00 UTC
After more than a decade of corporate investment in social responsibility programs, codes of conduct, teams of inspectors and public reporting – all of it intended to improve the working conditions of factories in poor countries – anyone paying attention knows the system isn't working very well. The Tazreen factory fire and Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh were poignant symbols of its failure.
Maybe it has failed because Western clothing brands and retailers – Nike, Gap, Walmart and the rest – have been behaving like regulators by writing rules and meting out punishment. At least, so argues Oliver Niedermaier, the founder and CEO of Tau Invesment Management. He advocates that businesses should instead try acting like capitalists, using markets and the potential of investment gains to reform their global supply chains.
Tau plans to raise $1bn to turn around factories in poor countries, beginning with the garment industry. Tau promises to deliver "improved transparency, greater dignity for workers, cleaner environments for communities, and enhanced performance and value for stakeholders".
Niedermaier, who has been talking to brands, retailers and factory owners, says: "[It's a] capitalist solution to one of capitalism's worst problems. We want to help them solve their problems with our money and expertise."
It sounds exciting, but it must be said that, so far, Tau is more talk than action. Niedermaier spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative and the BSR annual conference (video of his talk is here) and we talked afterwards by phone. But Tau isn't ready to disclose the names of retail partners or investors, and it hasn't invested in a factory, yet. Transparency indeed.
Still, Niedermaier, who is 43, is the well-to-do former CEO of a global investor relations firm called DF King Worldwide, and was anointed a young global leader by the World Economic Forum. It was there that he met Ben Skinner, the senior vice president at Tau Investment, and an award-winning author and reporter. Skinner's book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery exposed human trafficking and slave labour. Tau's advisory board includes respected names including Terry Mollner, the co-founder of the Calvert social investing group, and Bruce Klatsky, the former CEO of the apparel company now known as PVH Corp.
Niedermaier's plan is to bring capital, expertise and western-style management to upgrade garment factories. Bangladesh, which has about 5,000 factories that employ about 4 million people (in a country with 31m households), is an obvious place to start, and Niedermaier did say that Tau is working on a couple of pilot programs there.
His travels in the garment industry have persuaded him that turnaround opportunities are abundant. "You walk into these factories, and you don't have to be Jack Welch to understand how inefficient they are", he says. "The sewing machines are often from the 1960s … the lights are up about 25ft in the air, regular light bulbs, and they create a lot of heat." Some use wasteful diesel generators. At one of factory being monitored by Tau, the owner ripped out an outdated boiler system and replaced it for $100,000; it generated $500,000 in annual water and energy savings.
Niedermaier says: "We believe that with the productivity gains we can achieve, we can pay double, triple the wages." If Tau drives efficiency, creates safer workplaces (thus reducing the reputational risk for western buyers) and improves wages, its factories should be able to double their revenues and margins over time, he says. "Suddenly we have created a race to the top and maximum impact."
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This approach makes sense, says Dionne Harrison of Impactt, an ethical-trade consultancy that has studied factory conditions in India and Bangladesh and is working with Tau. Harrison says, "there's massive room for improvement" when it comes to quality, efficiency and human resources in the factories. "Tau can provide capital to take factories to the next level", she says.
Niedermaier says he's raising money from pension funds, high net-worth individuals and sovereign wealth funds. If he raises $1bn, that would be a minor miracle, given that his business model is untested and his experience in the supply chain business is limited. But he won't need that much to get started, and a few early successes should attract more money. We can only hope that he's onto something, because business as usual isn't getting us where we need to go.
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The Islanders will not have to travel far to help Telecare, the television station of the Dioceses of Rockville Center, during their 2007 telethon this Saturday and Sunday. Situated just minutes away from the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, more than half of the team will make an appearance at the annual Telecare Telethon held from 3-10 pm on Saturday, January 13 and from 12-10 pm on Sunday, January 14.
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Philoctetes (Greek; Φιλοκτήτης, Philoctētēs; English pronunciation: /ˌfɪləkˈtiːtiːz/, stressed on the third syllable, -tet-[1]), or Philocthetes, was, according to Greek mythology, the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War. He was the subject of at least two plays by Sophocles, one of which is named after him, and one each by both Aeschylus and Euripides. However, only one Sophoclean play survives—Aeschylus' Philoctetes, Euripides' Philoctetes and Sophocles Philoctetes at Troy are all lost except for some fragments. He is also mentioned in Homer's Iliad Book 2 describes his exile on the island of Lemnos, his wound by snake-bite, and his eventual recall by the Greeks. The recall of Philoctetes is told in the lost epic Little Iliad, where his retrieval was accomplished by Odysseus and Diomedes. Philoctetes killed three men at Troy.[2]
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Philoctetes was the son of King Poeas of the city of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was considered one of the lovers of the hero Heracles, and when Heracles wore the shirt of Nessus and built his funeral pyre, no one would light it for him except for Philoctetes or in other versions his father Poeas. This gained him the favor of the newly deified Heracles. Because of this, Philoctetes or Poeas is given Heracles' bow and poisoned arrows.
Philoctetes was one of the many eligible Greeks who competed for the hand of Helen, the Spartan princess; according to legend, she was the most beautiful woman in the world. As such, he was required to participate in the conflict to reclaim her for Menelaus in the Trojan War. Philoctetes was stranded on the Island of Lemnos or Chryse by the Greeks on the way to Troy. There are at least four separate tales about what happened to strand Philoctetes on his journey to Troy, but all indicate that he received a wound on his foot that festered and had a terrible smell. One version holds that Philoctetes was bitten by a snake that Hera sent to molest him as punishment for his or his father's service to Heracles. Another tradition says that the Greeks forced Philoctetes to show them where Heracles's ashes were deposited. Philoctetes would not break his oath by speech, so he went to the spot and placed his foot upon the site. Immediately, he was injured in the foot that touched the soil over the ashes. Yet another tradition has it that when the Achaeans, en route to Troy at the beginning of the war, came to the island of Tenedos, Achilles angered Apollo by killing King Tenes, allegedly the god's son. When, in expiation, the Achaeans offered a sacrifice to Apollo, a snake came out from the altar and bit Philoctetes. Finally, it is said that Philoctetes received his terrible wound on the island of Chryse, when he unknowingly trespassed into the shrine of the nymph after whom the island was named (this is the version in the extant play by Sophocles). A modern interpretation of the cause of his wound is that he was scratched by a poisoned arrow. Commonly tips of arrows were poisoned with a combination of fermented viper venom, blood or plasma, and feces. Even a scratch would result in death, sometimes drawn out. A person who survives would do so with a festering wound. [3]
Regardless of the cause of the wound, Philoctetes was exiled by the Greeks and was angry at the treatment he received from Odysseus, King of Ithaca, who had advised the Atreidae to strand him. Medôn took control of Philoctetes' men, and Philoctetes himself remained on Lemnos, alone, for ten years.
Helenus, the prophetic son of King Priam of Troy, was forced to reveal, under torture, that one of the conditions of the Greeks' winning the war was that they needed the bow and arrows of Heracles. Upon hearing this, Odysseus and a group of men (usually including Diomedes) rushed back to Lemnos to recover Heracles' weapons. (As Sophocles writes it in his play named Philoctetes, Odysseus is accompanied by Neoptolemus, Achilles' son, also known as Pyrrhus. Other versions of the myth don't include Neoptolemus.) Surprised to find the archer alive, the Greeks balked on what to do next. Odysseus tricked the weaponry away from Philoctetes, but Diomedes refused to take the weapons without the man. Heracles, who had become a god many years earlier, came down from Olympus and told Philoctetes to go and that he would be healed by the son of Asclepius and win great honor as a hero of the Achaean army. Once back in military company outside Troy, they employed either Machaon the surgeon (who may have been killed by Eurypylus of Mysia, son of Telephus, depending on the account) or more likely Podalirius the physician, both sons of the immortal physician Asclepius, to heal his wound permanently. Philoctetes challenged and would have killed Paris, son of Priam, in single combat were it not for the debates over future Greek strategy. In one telling it was Philoctetes that killed Paris, he fired four times, the first arrow went wide, the second struck his bow hand, the third hit him in the right eye, the fourth hit him in the heel, there was no need of a fifth shot. Philoctetes sided with Neoptolemus about continuing to try to storm the city. They were the only two to think so because they had not had the war-weariness of the prior ten years. Afterward, Philoctetes was among those chosen to hide inside the Trojan Horse, and during the sack of the city he killed many famed Trojans.
After the war, he returned home to Meliboea, where he found a revolt. From there he went to Italy where he founded the towns of Petilia and Crimissa in Calabria and established the Brutti. He also aided Sicilian Greeks. When he died, he was buried next to the Sybaris River.
Modern depictions
- The legend of Philoctetes was used by André Gide in his play Philoctète.
- The East German postmodern dramatist Heiner Müller produced a successful adaptation of Sophocles' play in 1968 in Munich. It became one of his most-performed plays.
- Philoctetes appears in Seamus Heaney's play The Cure at Troy, a "version" of Sophocles' Philoctetes.
- John Jesurun wrote the Philoktetes-variations in 1993 on Ron Vawter's request, it was the actor's last piece of work, considered his artistic testament, being performed while the actor was dying of AIDS. The play has consequently also become a metaphor for AIDS with Philoktetes as a plagued outcast.
- The myth of Philoctetes is the inspiration for William Wordsworth's sonnet "When Philoctetes in the Lemnian Isle," though here the thematic focus is not the Greek warrior's magical bow or gruesome injury, but his abandonment. The poem is about the companionship and solace provided by Nature when all human society has been withdrawn.
- Philoctetes being retrieved by Neoptolemus is the subject of the Greek poet Yannis Ritsos' long poem "Philoctetes" (1963–1965), a monologue in which the youth Neoptolemus convinces Philoctetes to follow him back to the war that will be won by the ruse of the Trojan Horse. Disguise and seeming are the subject of the poem:
- No one will comprehend your freedom's unmarred joy
- or be frightened by it ever. The mask of action,
- which I have brought you hidden in my pack, will conceal
- your remote, transparent face. Put it on. Let's be going.
- (Translated by Peter Bien)
- Philoctetes appears as a character in two Michael Ondaatje poems, entitled "The Goodnight" and "Philoctetes On The Island." Both appear in his 1979 book, There's a trick with a knife I'm learning to do.
- Derek Walcott's modern Caribbean epic, Omeros, includes a character named Philoctete; he receives a wound and clearly alludes to the Greek narrative.
- Philoctetes is mentioned in Poem VIII of "21 Love Poems" by Adrienne Rich:
- I can see myself years back at Sunion,
- hurting with an inflated foot, Philoctetes
- in woman's form, limping the long path,
- lying on a headland over the dark sea,
- looking down the red rocks to where a soundless curl
- of white told me a wave had struck,
- imagining the pull of that water from that height,
- knowing deliberate suicide wasn't my metier,
- yet all the time nursing, measuring that wound.
- Chapter 11 of Ursula Krechel's long poem Stimmen aus dem harten Kern (2005) focuses on Philoctetes. (Bilingual edition Voices from the Bitter Core, trans. Amy Kepple Strawser 2010.)
- The legend of Philoctetes was, in part, the inspiration for Robert Silverberg's science fiction novel The Man in the Maze.
- In the novel, The Division Of The Spoils, the last part of The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott, filmed as the TV series The Jewel In The Crown in 1984, "Philoctetes" is used as his pen name by Hari Kumar for his articles in the Ranpur Gazette.
- In Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, Hugh Firmin escapes his British upbringing by enlisting as a sailor on the ship Philoctetes.
- In the 1998 novel Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli, Philoctetes is included as a main character. The book focuses on the title character Sirena, a mermaid who falls in love with Philoctetes, during his stay on Lemnos. The main conflict of the book is overcoming the differences between species, and the differences in longevity, by his love she gains immortality. and Sirena's doubts of whether his love is true or a result of her enchanted song. She cared for him and tended to his wounds, caused by a serpent of Hera. They would heal during the day, and return at night. In the novel it is Achilles's son, Neoptolemus, who refuses to leave Philoctetes behind, but after having them returned, he leaves a single arrow with her, and returns to Greece.
- Mark Merlis features a version of Philoctetes in his 1998 AIDS-themed novel An Arrow's Flight.
- Philoctetes makes several appearances in the 2007 French novel/collection of linked short stories La chaussure sur le toit by Vincent Delecroix. In "L'élément tragique", Philoctète is a character who has been abandoned with a weapon and a festering leg wound on the roof of Parisian apartment building; a Ulysse and a young Néoptolème are also part of the story. In another related story,"Caractère de chien", a dog narrates the story of his master, a writer so obsessed with the story of Philoctéte and overcome by the notion of abandonment that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Philoctetes makes an appearance in the 1997 animated movie Hercules. In it, Philoctetes (usually referred to simply as "Phil") is a satyr and Hercules' trainer. He is voiced by Danny DeVito.
- The Torchwood episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts" has the alien serial-killer Mary (played by Daniella Denby-Ashe) refer to herself as Philoctetes, in reference to his exile on Lemnos. She was transported to Earth for crimes which she described as "political" but her testimony is probably untrustworthy. Unlike classical Philoctetes, she is not recalled to her home but, rather, consigned by Captain Jack to the center of the Sun.
- Sophocles' play forms the basis of an essay by Edmund Wilson The Wound and the Bow, in the book of the same name.
Modern art
- Philoctetes on the Island of Lemnos by James Barry, 1770, now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna (Image).
- The Wounded Philoctetes by Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, 1775, now in the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, which is also used as the front cover for the Penguin Classics edition of the novel, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. (Image).
- Philoctetes on Lemnos by Jean Germain Drouais, 1788, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Chartres (Image).
- Dying Philoctetes by Vincenzo Baldacci, 1807, now in the Pinacoteca Comunale in Cesena (Image)
- Wounded Philoctetes by Herman Wilhelm Bissen, now in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen (Image).
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- ↑ John C. Wells, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd edition (2008), entry Philoctetes.
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 114.
- ↑ Mayor, Adrienne (2008). Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs: Biological & Chemical warfare in the Ancient World. The Outlook Press. ISBN 1-58567-348-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=M_v57ETfcvQC&pg=PT71&lpg=PT71&dq=steppe+viper+venom&source=bl&ots=wfiIkIIJ7G&sig=dWAulk6T8lAIlerH6PNQHschncE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YRgVUNOaCZSM6QGN74GYBw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=steppe%20viper%20venom&f=false. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
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Looks like come 2009 he'll be suited up ready to play some football.
This sickens me, not because he doesn't deserve that time in jail..but because there are guys like Leonard Little who killed someone while driving drunk that have seemly gotten so much more slack. Leonard Little got 90 days in jail and a few years probation for freaking killing someone...and Mike Vick gets 2 years in jail for dog fighting. Both are horrible, but there is something seriously wrong there.
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I wouldn't equate what Jamal Lewis did to killing someone while driving drunk or animal fighting...however it was extremely stupid on Jamals part. If I remember, Ray Lewis somehow managed to prove he wasn't involved in that whole ordeal.
What really screwed Vick is the fact that he wasn't completely cooperative in court. I'm willing to bet he would have had at max 16 months in jail if he had been completely cooperative. With that said, I think he will definitely play again in the NFL. A good team will take a chance with him and he will probably reward them. He's definitely going to want to play again..I heard he isn't doing all to well financially.
I have mixed emotions. The justice system, confuses me sometimes. There are so much worse things that go on, then dog fighting. Pacman Jones incident is 1000x worse in my eyes. I think he should be locked up, he looked a bouncer in the eyes and told him "You are dead, I'm going to ****ing kill you tonight" then a shooting happens, and it's an incident guy that leaves paralyzed. That to me is way worse then dog fighting. I'm so confused on the Ray Lewis "i helped kill a guy thing" that it doesn't process why he isn't in a orange jumpsuit. I do think Vick hurt him self, if he would of just admitted it orginally, passed a drug test, left the gum and tied the shoes. He would of been respected more and mostly likely would of gotten a much lesser sentence.
Earliest he can be released is the summer of 2009. And if any suspension is handed out by the Commissioner...
I'd say he might be back for the 2010 season.
I am getting sick of seeing fools in the stands at the Falcons-Saints game. Vick jerseys galore. I'd be ashamed to own one of those rags. And to dress your child in one? Beyond ridiculous.
...where the playas play,Welcome to Atlanta.
And we ride on them things like every day.
Anyway, this is indeed a sad affair. I agree completely about the Leonard Little thing. It's crazy to me the way the media chooses who and who not to villainize. I'm a dog person, I love dogs, but I do realize that there are worse things in the world than fighting them.
Interesting hearing Roger Cossack on Mike & Mike this morning.
1) Vick had a tough judge
2) Vick promised to cooperate fully, and kept lying and concealing
3) Vick made an agreement to accept responsibility, then repeatedly made statements where he would not take any responsibility for actually killing the dogs
4) Vick failed a drug test while on probation, knowing he was susceptible to drug testing
The judge sentenced him at the high end of the guidelines, but Vick made it darn near impossible to justify anything other than that.
Michael Vick is an idiot and an *******. I know this from first hand experience with him on more than one occasion.
People that complain about the sentence need to remember that
he failed a drug test and did not cooperate with police when he said that he would. This man has such an inflated ego that he thought he was above the law.
It's not so much that he fought dogs, but also he made a profit from doing it and facilitated a huge ring of suffering while simultaneously generating a lot of income for himself and others.
And people wearing Vick jerseys is beyond disgusting. I am going to get panned for this but the black people that are supporting Vick would not be supporting him if he were white. I don't care if it's not the politically correct thing to say. I have a lot of black friends who I can frankly discuss race with and I asked them about this, and they said it was pretty much true.
Vick = trash.
Little = trash.
Lock them up and throw away the key. Any team that even considers signing Vick will lose a huge amount of fans. It'd be PR suicide. I'd boycott any team that even *talked* to him - including my beloved Bears.
I don't feel too bad for him but I dunno I still think it was a lot, but I wasn't even considering all the things he did, (lying to the judge, etc.)
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Some of the Altanta Players Monday night had Vicks name written on their jersey's and on the sticky things below their eyes. I find that disgusting. If I was Aurther Blank, I would fine the players for showing one thread of support for the guy when they are trying to repair the damage the guy did to their franchise.
I know thats not gonna fly, and would make matters worse, but its sickening to see the dumb asses supporting the guy.
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Players in the business aviation arena regularly tell their customers that they are improving product support and service by investing in assets and people. Now it's the customers' turn to have their say, and the results speak for themselves as AIN publishes its annual Product Support Survey Report. In this issue, we present the results for the aircraft OEMs; in the September and October issues we will publish results for the avionics and engine manufacturers, respectively.
Gulfstream continued its winning ways in this year's survey and captured the top spot for overall support of both newer and older business jets–the fifth consecutive year the Savannah-based manufacturer has done so.
This year's survey contains many of the same manufacturers that were rated last year. Some have been added and a few dropped because they didn't receive the minimum number of responses necessary for inclusion.
One important change this year was the rating scale.
Whereas last year readers rated manufacturers on a scale from one to nine, this year that scale changed from one to 10 to align with AIN's yearly FBO survey. A consequence of the change is that almost every manufacturer's score increased year over year. As such, when an increase or decrease in score is referenced, that number is relative. For example, most of the increases in score were approximately half a point in each category. When a manufacturer improved well beyond that number, it is noted. Thus, although it is not easy to ascertain exactly which manufacturers improved in which categories, the relative increase does tell the story of which OEMs made the most gains or slips.
For the second year in a row, Boeing took the second spot among OEM support for manufacturers of newer (10 or fewer years old) business jets, though the gap between it and first-place Gulfstream widened slightly from last year. The BBJ maker also took top honors for cost of parts, technical manuals and overall aircraft reliability.
Cessna dropped to fourth place this year for newer aircraft support but, thanks to General Dynamics Aviation Services' (GDAS) minor slip, moved up a place to second in the category for support of older aircraft. GDAS has responsibility for the GII, GIII, Astra SPX, G100 and, for most of the year under review, Westwinds. Although GII and GIII operators remained relatively pleased with GDAS' service, the old IAI operators had mixed opinions about how well the Gulfstream Aerospace sibling took care of their jets. Though operators rated Cessna's support for older Citations pretty favorably in almost every category, the edge was in both authorized and factory service centers, and in what operators saw as Cessna's less expensive parts. GDAS retained the edge in aircraft reliability, AOG response and technical reps.
Hawker Beechcraft (known as Raytheon Aircraft for almost the entire period under review) dislodged Cessna from the third-place slot in the newer business jet category with its support for the Beechjet, Premier and Hawker 400XP. Operators still rate the factory's service on older aircraft lower; Hawker Beechcraft came in fifth in that category for the Beechjet, and a lowly eighth for the Hawker line. A category-highest 12.23-percent increase over last year's numbers in the newer aircraft category was due mainly to a big boost from the factory service center, availability of parts and aircraft reliability categories.
But where Hawker Beechcraft really shone this year for operators was with its AOG response. The company's second place slot behind only Gulfstream, which is practically legendary for its AOG response, is a vast improvement over last year's fourth place in the category. Though most of Hawker Beechcraft's ratings in the older business jet category were stagnant, ratings did improve significantly in the factory service center and warranty fulfillment categories.
The numbers indicate that HBC's support for the Hawker is inferior to its care for the Premier and Beechjet in both newer and older models.
The company retained sixth place for its Hawker support in the newer business jet category and saw solid improvement in the authorized service center, parts availability and warranty fulfillment categories.
In the older business jet category, Hawker operators saw fit to decrease the company's rating in technical manuals, technical reps and overall aircraft reliability despite the expansion of the rating scale. The company was also eighth last year in the older jet category, though this year it was surpassed by out-of-production Sabreliner.
Dassault Falcon fell behind Hawker Beechcraft for fifth place in the newer business jet category and held strong at fourth in the older business jet category. Operators rated Dassault stronger this year in parts availability and cost of parts in the newer aircraft category, while the company's retention of fourth place in the older jet category can be attributed to a substantial increase in aircraft reliability. The comments reflected dissatisfaction among operators of older Falcons for the factory service center, and that is confirmed in a decrease in the category for this year's survey.
Embraer continued its improving trend this year, moving up one place to seventh, overtaking Bombardier in the process. Operators rated authorized service centers, parts availability and warranty fulfillment much higher than last year. They also saw a drastic improvement with Embraer's AOG response. The manufacturer jumped two spots in the category this year to sixth place.
In last place again this year for newer business jets is Bombardier. The Canadian manufacturer holds the last three spots with its Challenger, Global Express and Learjet lines. For older business jets, the company had mixed ratings–sixth for the Challengers and last for the Learjets. The biggest jump for the newer Challengers was technical manuals and overall aircraft reliability. For the Globals, operators saw fit to rate the company virtually the same (disregarding the scale expansion) in all categories except authorized service centers, which saw a modest increase. Operators of newer Learjets are still reporting service problems in a number of categories. Learjet saw the smallest overall increase from last year and operators lowered the rating in two categories–factory service center and technical manuals. The only category that saw any significant improvement was warranty fulfillment.
Bombardier continues to struggle to support the older Learjets and Challengers. Although the Challenger did gain one place to sixth this year among older business jets, the increase was due mainly to the fall of the Learjets, which had the distinction of being the only model to have an overall decrease from last year, despite the expansion of the ratings scale. Challenger operators gave Bombardier better marks for warranty fulfillment and authorized service centers. Learjet operators weren't as happy, however. Compared with last year, operators rated Bombardier lower in seven of the nine categories this year.
A surprise for the older business jet category, Sabreliner increased more than 11 percent and jumped from ninth last year to seventh this year. That's the most of any fixed-wing manufacturer. Operators gave improved marks for the factory and authorized centers. Cost of parts was also better this year.
Pilatus Takes the Turboprops
For the first time ever, Socata is included in the survey, debuting in second place. Operators rated the TBM manufacturer highest in seven of the nine categories. Cost of parts was a low point, however. The OEM's score in the category was the lowest single score in the entire survey.
Pilatus retained the top spot for newer turboprops this year by a slim margin. On a high note, Pilatus operators gave the company a large increase for the factory service center category. Parts availability hurt the company's overall rating, which decreased more than a third of a point from last year's number.
Hawker Beechcraft generally earned good marks from King Air operators for support of the aircraft, but the company remained behind Pilatus and newcomer Socata in the newer turboprop category. Though the OEM gained on Pilatus overall, it scored last in all but two categories. Cost of parts obviously remains a concern, as the score decreased from last year's number.
Twin Commander Aircraft remained in second place among older turboprops. Although operators were happy with the manufacturer's authorized service centers and cost of parts, there was a reduction in three of the nine categories.
Bringing up the rear again this year is Cessna with the Conquest and Piper with the Cheyenne. Piper gained ground this year and operators rated the manufacturer higher in every category (mainly thanks to the scale expansion). Conquest operators, on the other hand, felt Cessna did a worse job this year with the factory service center and warranty fulfillment. Mitsubishi operators did not provide enough responses this year for the company to be included in the survey–a surprise since they rated the Japanese company tops in turboprops last year.
Rotorcraft Ratings Down
With the exceptions of Bell and Eurocopter, rotorcraft manufacturers should take note: operators are not happy. Despite a scale that tops out higher this year, three of the five manufacturers received lower scores from operators this year than they did last year.
Bell retained the top spot for the second year in a row with solid overall marks. The manufacturer was tops in seven of the nine categories.
Survey newcomer MD Helicopters grabbed the second spot from Sikorsky, mainly due to top ratings in the categories of authorized service centers and cost of parts. Sikorsky was the first of the rotorcraft manufacturers to see decreased overall marks. In all, operators rated the manufacturer worse this year in six of the nine categories. Eurocopter retained fourth spot this year, thanks in part to a sizeable improvement in the authorized service center category.
Agusta and Aerospatiale placed fifth and sixth, respectively. Among the two, operators awarded lower ratings for 14 categories (six for Agusta and eight for Aerospatiale). MBB operators did not provide enough responses for the products of the company (now part of Eurocopter) to be included in this year's survey.


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Analysts and diplomats said recent visits to Morocco by top European and U.S security officials underscored the imminence of the threat. They pointed to repeated al Qaeda threats to hit the kingdom and other North African states, citing also the recent appearance on video of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahri, al Qaeda's number two, to urge the overthrow of what he called "corrupt" Islamic governments.
"This alert level indicates a serious threat of terrorist action and requires the extreme mobilization of the security organs," the ministry said. It cited "reliable intelligence information" but gave no details about any specific attack threat.
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CARL Heeley believes Worcester City are a match for anyone in the Conference North despite insisting the league is the strongest it has been since being formed a decade ago.
The Blue and Whites head to Brackley Town today (3pm) looking for their first win in five attempts having so far drawn against Tamworth, Oxford and Stalybridge and lost to Guiseley.
But manager Heeley has been pleased with how his players have acquitted themselves to date and says they are capable of mixing it with the best the division has to offer.
"This is probably the toughest ever Conference North since it's been formed," he said. "There are no easy games and I think we've seen that with the quality of the four games we've played.
"I don't see a weak team and it's going to be a tough season if you look at the sides that have gone out of the league and the ones who've come in.
"Tamworth have replaced Histon for example and Tamworth are a very good side. Chorley and Fylde have got decent resources and they've spent well.
"There's a few clubs spending money and having a go at it this season with the likes of Harrogate and Guiseley.
"We've always looked at four or five teams in the league and think they're going to be down the bottom but I'd struggle to tell which those are at the moment.
"I think we can achieve things in the league if we have that little bit of fortune which has probably deserted us in the first four games. Results will come for us, we're not going to be a struggling side on what I've seen."
Brackley's start to the campaign has been less than convincing with three defeats in four games, including a 2-1 loss at Leamington at the weekend.
City have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the trip to St James Park but Heeley hasn't ruled out making changes.
The Worcester manager said: "Brackley are another team that have been knocking on the door of the play-offs every year they have been in the division. They've made a few changes this summer but it's never easy.
"We go there with a little bit of confidence and a belief that we can win the game. With that little bit of fortune that you need in football, I think a win's round the corner."


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From portraying a killed girl in "The Lovely Bones", Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan makes a huge leap by playing a tough girl in "Hanna" which has been previewed in a trailer. Making its way out via Yahoo! Movies, the video gives a look at her hard training session with her father, played by Eric Bana, in the tundra.
Once she is ready, her father who is an ex-CIA man sends her into the world on a mission. Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett portrays the ruthless intelligence operative, with Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams and Jason Flemyng taking other supporting roles. Directed by Joe Wright ("Atonement", "Pride and Prejudice", "The Soloist"), action thriller "Hanna" is set for April 8, 2011 release in the U.S.


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- RSO's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 12.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 12.5%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP has outperformed in comparison with the industry average, but has underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500.
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