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The asterisk below, by the way, refers to the fact that I'm excluding outright novelties, jokes, games, themes and utilities specific to Android OS. And picks are from the UK-accessible Android Play Store - local highlights may be different in other parts of the world.
The top 10 Android commercial applications* as at January 17th , 2013:
|App name
|Windows Phone 8
|SwiftKey 3
|Replacement keyboard with extra prediction ability
|The Belle Refresh and FP2 keyboards are pretty good. Swype available too, though nothing as polished as SwiftKey.
|No replacement keyboards are allowed, but the default one is very good.
|TuneIn Radio Pro
|Internet Radio, comprehensive world directory
|Used to be available for Symbian but presumably withdrawn because of compatibility issues. The free Nokia Internet Radio gives access to 20,000 or so world radio stations though.
|Available and free for Windows Phone.
|Poweramp Full
|Music player, with gapless playback and many EQ options
|The Symbian Music player is very high quality, with EQ options/customisations. No gapless playback though.
|At least two music players built-in, plus dozens of third party, some with gapless playback etc.
|Camera ZOOM FX
|Camera application with plenty of options and integrated effects suite
|Many equivalent third party camera FX options, both as standalone apps and with camera functions built-in.
|An abundance of third party camera and FX apps, plus Windows Phone 8 has 'Lenses' built-in, which is fully extensible.
|OfficeSuite Pro
|Document viewing and editing suite, PDF viewing and integration with Dropbox, Box.net, SkyDrive and Google Drive
|Depending on device and firmware, various combinations of Quickoffice and Microsoft Office Mobile built-in. Some units have both, somewhat confusingly! At least two other third party office suites available for purchase, too.
|Pocket Office built into Windows Phone 8 and well integrated in terms of sharing/SkyDrive etc.
|Tapatalk Forum
|Allows easier browsing of Internet forums, replying to messages, etc.
|Nothing available.
|Board Express for Tapatalk is a full client for all compatible forums.
|Smart Tools
|Collection of small real world utilities (measuring aids, converters, magnifiers, etc.)
|As you might expect, hundreds of similar utilities and collections.
|Ditto. Lots of available options.
|Flightradar24 Pro
|Shows air traffic around the world in real time
|FlightAware is free and roughly equivalent, though not as polished.
|FlightAware again, quite slick on Windows Phone.
|Endomondo Sports Tracker
|GPS and acclerometer-driven sports stats, uploading and sharing system
|Available, along with Sports Tracker, the original app that kick started this whole genre on smartphones, and both free.
|Ditto and free again. Endomondo, plus Sports Tracker, plus other options too.
|Accuweather Platinum
|Glossy and comprehensive weather forecasting
|Available in limited form, but Nokia Weather, qooWeather and several other free options impress far more.
|Available, plus a dozen other free, polished alternatives.
No major holes to be seen here, other than Tapatalk for Symbian. Let's look now at the more numerous (and arguably higher profile) top 20 Android freeware applications* as at January 17th , 2013:
|App name
|Windows Phone 8
|Facebook client
|Serviceable Facebook is built-in, plus four other polished third party clients.
|Basic Facebook support built into the OS and People hub, plus a Microsoft-written full Facebook client and a number of third party offerings.
|Instant messaging, sharing facilities
|Instant messaging, VoIP, video calling
|Available, though no video calling support.
|Available and fully functioned, though note that integration with the OS isn't yet perfect. Microsoft own Skype and are 'working on it'.
|Optimised eBay client
|No client, reliant on the mobile web site.
|BBC iPlayer
|TV/radio catchup client for the BBC in the UK
|Available, with full DRMed downloads for offline watching, etc.
|Not available. Yet.
|Facebook Messenger
|Instant messaging to Facebook friends
|Not available, some IM clients allow access.
|Not available, though many third party chat clients allow access. And some support built into platform.
|Twitter client
|Serviceable Twitter client is built-in, plus a number of excellent third party clients, some free.
|Available, plus basic Twitter support built into the OS, plus a number of excellent third party clients.
|TV Catchup
|UK TV client (dubious legality?)
|Not available.
|Not available.
|Adobe Reader
|PDF reader
|Built into the OS.
|'PDF Reader' free and supplied by Microsoft. Hopefully built into the OS in future versions.
|Low resolution photo sharing social network client
|Not available.
|Not available.
|Instant messaging and VoIP
|Available, though only messaging and sharing, no calling support.
|Available, though only messaging and sharing, no calling support so far - it's 'coming soon'.
|Gumtree client
|Not available.
|Not available.
|Met Office
|Weather forecasting
|Several free weather forecasting applications, including one built into Nokia Maps Suite.
|AntiVirus Free
|As it sounds. Should it even need to exist?
|Not needed. Though a number of companies have tried to make a quick dollar on the idea(!)
|Not needed. Again. Sigh...
|Amazon Kindle
|ebook reading, cloud-synced
|Not available.
|BBC News
|Optimised client for the BBC News web site
|Widget and feeds built into Symbian OS.
|Calorie Counter
|Keep track of diet, etc.
|Numerous third party applications around this name and theme.
|Tiny Flashlight
|Use your phone's LED flash as a torch
|Built into the OS.
|Numerous third party apps available.
|Google Play Music
|Play Music client to access all your uploaded music
|Not available.
|No official app, but the free CloudMuzik is a full Play Music client.
|Sky Sports Live Football
|Client for Sky's football news service
|Not available.
By my reckoning, I make that around a quarter of the top 20 Android freeware applications aren't available for Windows Phone 8, of which the highest profile are BBC iPlayer and Instagram. Personally, I remain scornful of the latter (though I know many like it), but iPlayer would certainly be handy.
The Symbian freeware app scene is somewhat bleaker, with 8 of the top 20 not available in any form and, with the current state of the Symbian ecosystem, perhaps not much chance of updates and new applications arriving.
However, overall, I still reject the assertion that "There are no apps for Symbian/Windows Phone" [delete as applicable] - there clearly are quite a lot for each, with Windows Phone 8 having the greatest future proofing, of course.
Notable too is that the table above is starting from the point of view of an Android bestseller list - there are, for example, a number of Symbian applications (Profile Scheduler springs to mind) for which there's no Android equivalent, so 'Not available' labels would be present in the Android column for a reverse table. Not to mention core OS functions (again, see profiles as a good example).
Of course, when people talk about 'lack of apps' for a platform, what they really mean is that their favourite store or niche online service isn't represented yet. I've written many times about there being a 'bookmark for that' (article update coming soon!), i.e. using HTML5, mobile-optimised web pages is arguably just as valid an approach and one that works well on any platform. Whatever store or service is involved, they'll usually have a mobile web presence.
Comments welcome. Have you come across any showstopping app 'holes' in your chosen smartphone platform? At what point would Symbian stop being a viable app ecosystem for you? And has Windows Phone 8's application availability reached the tipping point for you yet? - Instagram aside, I can't see many major omissions....


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A few years back the Daily Mail reported on the BBC's "impartiality summit." The story discussed the political correctness that suffocates the BBC. Only a few years earlier, the BBC was publicly disgraced in the Hutton Inquiry. The Hutton Inquiry failed to prompt the kind of historical examination of the BBC that it richly deserves. The institutional rot at the BBC is generations old.
Biographies of Winston Churchill note mostly in passing, for example, that the BBC systematically barred Churchill from discussing his defense and foreign policy views during the 1930's. Sir John Reith was head of the BBC at the time. Reith was something of a fan of Hitler. After Czechoslovakia was invaded by the Nazis in 1939 he wrote: "Hitler continues his magnificent efficiency." In the second volume of his Churchill biography, William Manchester states that "Reith saw to it that [Churchill] was seldom heard over the BBC…" Reith confided to his voluminous diaries regarding Churchill: "I absolutely hate him."
The old animus seems to have carried over to Israel. Among the beneficiaries are enemies of Israel including Hamas.
The death of the young son of the BBC Arabic picture editor Jihad Masharawi in the course of Operation Pillar of Defense this past November, allegedly at the hands of Israel, sent the BBC into paroxysms of grief indistinguishable from hatred. This time it was personal.
BBC Middle East editor Paul Danahar, whom we will get to tomorrow, happened to be on hand with Masharawi in Gaza at the time and tweeted a continuing stream of observations that seemed to me supportive of Hamas and hostile to Israel. At the Washington Post, foreign affairs blogger Max Fisher picked up Danahar's tweeted photographs of the damage done to Masharawi's dwelling by the munition that killed the young Masharawi, including the one below.
The munition that killed the young Masharawi has been described by news outlets and human rights organizations as a missile, as Isabel Kershner noted in the New York Times this week. BBC West Bank man Jon Donisson so described it just this week in his story on the advance copy of the UN report attributing responsibility for the munition to Hamas.
Masharawi's son was widely reported to have been killed in an Isareli airstrike, as in the headline of the Independent's story on the incident and in the text of the Sun's. For good measure the Sun ran its story on the death of young Masharawi with the famous photo of Masharawi holding the body of his shrouded son as well as a photo of one of the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza (not the one below, which the Sun has disabled from copying, but one like it).
Did anyone bother to notice that the hole in the roof depicted in Danahar's photo hardly looked like the damage done by an Israeli missile? So far as I can tell, no one did.
In his plaintive broadcast report on the death of the young Masharawi — "What did my son do to die like this?" — Donisson had filmed Masharawi attributing the death of his son to shrapnel. Hamas rockets, packed with metal shards to inflict gruesome injuries on their victims, make holes passing through roofs and inflict damage by shrapnel. Did anyone bother to notice? So far as I can tell, no one did.
Least of all Donisson himself, who had forgotten about "shrapnel" and moved on to the "missile" in his BBC story arguing with the observations and tentative conclusion of the UN report earlier this week. (Donisson also transliterates the first name of Masharawi as Jehad rather than Jihad. One senses that Donisson is not exactly an honest broker.) Donisson writes:
[Jihad Masharawi's son] Omar was killed, along with an aunt and an uncle, after a missile hit the family home in Gaza City.
It happened only an hour after Israel launched its operation with the killing of Hamas's military commander.
The family, and human rights groups, said that the house was hit in an Israeli attack.
The Israeli military made no comment at the time of the incident but never denied carrying out the strike.
Privately, military officials briefed journalists that they had been targeting a militant who was in the building.
Now, though, the United Nations says the house may have been hit by a Palestinian rocket that fell short.
This is despite the fact that the Israeli military had reported no rockets being fired out of Gaza so soon after the start of the conflict.
UN officials visited the house four weeks after the strike.
They said they did not carry out a forensic investigation, but said their team did not think the damage was consistent with an Israeli air strike.
However, the UN said it could not "unequivocally conclude" it was a misfired Palestinian rocket.
A UN official said it was also possible the house was hit by a secondary explosion after an Israeli air strike on Palestinian weapons stores.
Jehad Mashhrawi dismissed the UN findings as "rubbish".
Let's just say that the BBC is still with Jehad, or jihad, and will not be reexamining its reportage any time soon.

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AMHERST, Mass. – Six area women will be honored for their achievements in the arts, politics and social justice advocacy on Friday, Feb. 22 when the Center for Women & Community (CWC) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst marks its 40th anniversary with a gala from 7-10 p.m. in the Amherst Room of the Campus Center.
Janet Aalfs, former poet laureate of Northampton, is receiving the Arts award in recognition of the enormous positive impact that creative contributions have on the local community. Aalfs is a poet and writer, movement artist, community educator, performer and international peace activist. A seventh degree black belt, she is a founding member and the artistic director of Valley Women's Martial Arts: Institute for Healing and Violence-Prevention Strategies, now in its 36th year. She has been a featured poet at the Dodge Festival in New Jersey and a teaching artist in Cape Town, South Africa. Her poems and essays have been published widely in journals and anthologies, including A Fierce Brightness: 25 Years of Women's Poetry(Calyx). Her most recent book of poems is Bird of a Thousand Eyes (Levellers Press).
The Politics award, which honors local, state or national political leaders who have been working for positive social change, is being presented to Mary Kociela, director of domestic violence projects for the Northwestern District Attorney's Office since 1997. In that role, Kociela has developed and overseen numerous prevention and intervention programs, most recently the High Risk Assessment Team for perpetrators of domestic violence. From 1984-1997, she worked at the New England Learning Center for Women in Transition, (NELCWIT) as the sexual assault counselor/community educator and for 12 years as the agency's co-director.
Arlene Voski Avakian is receiving the Pioneer in the Fieldaward for being one of "the first" who paves the way for others, both on a societal and individual level. Avakian is professor emeritus, former chair and one of the founders of the women, gender, sexuality studies program at UMass Amherst. Until her retirement she was an active member of the UMass community serving on many advisory boards including the UMass Amherst's Women of Color Leadership Network, social thought and political economy program, University Without Walls, Asian American studies committee, and the Five College Women's Studies Research Center. She lives in Northampton.
Three women will receive Social Justice Advocacy awards for their work to enhance diversity, social justice awareness and understanding, and creates social change.
Lisa Andrews works tirelessly for social justice at the intersection of motherhood and incarceration through the organization she co-founded, the Prison Birth Project (PBP). After learning that the women's regional jail in Chicopee did not have any services for pregnant women, Andrews and her co-founder Marianne Bullock began meeting with women who were incarcerated. As a result, two support programs for incarcerated mothers were started and have been maintained at the Chicopee Women's Jail: Mothers Among Us and the Doula Program. Andrews is also raising two children and maintaining a garden that feeds her family.
Vira Douangmany Cage is a 38-year-old Lao-American, mother, wife and Amherst resident. She recognizes what is wrong in America and her solutions always entail organizing on the strengths of its people. Cage believes in the innate desire, sheer will and determination of Americans to come together when there's a need and take collective action. She has experience with community, campus, labor and youth organizing. Most recently she successfully organized with the community, friends and family members to free her nephew from a wrongful murder conviction.
Linda Scott is a clinical psychologist and the assistant director for consultation and education (outreach) at the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health at UMass Amherst. A graduate of UMass, Scott remains committed to giving back to the campus community, especially women and underrepresented populations through efforts such as training interns. She believes that she can help make change by providing support, guidance and hope to those in need. Scott is also a longtime summer volunteer in the kitchen at Camp Takumta, a camp for children with cancer.
Formerly known as the Everywoman's Center, CWC is one of the oldest continually operating women's centers in the country. The Everywoman's Center was officially launched in the fall of 1972 as a project of the university's Division of Continuing Education with two paid staff and a focus on assisting "mature" women in obtaining their educational and career goals.
Today, the center employs 12 professional staff, has nearly 50 volunteers and interns, and offers a broad range of programming, including events that focus on women of color and the local Spanish-speaking immigrant community. Counseling services are available to men, women and transgender people. More than 50 percent of the operational funding for the center comes from outside the university in the form of grants from the state and federal governments and private foundations.
Speakers at the gala will be state Rep. Ellen Story, who will relate her experiences as a female legislator, and UMass Amherst alumna Valerie Young, who will discuss the imposter syndrome and sign copies of her new book "The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women." Jean Kim, vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life at UMass Amherst, will introduce the speakers.
State Sen. Stan Rosenberg is also slated to present a legislative citation recognizing CWC for its 40 years of service to the community.
The event will feature hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar, raffle and a silent auction. For more information, visit the CWC website, www.umass.edu/ewc, or call 413/545-0883.


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With 58 homicides, Stockton set a grim record in 2011.
With 58 homicides, Stockton set a grim record in 2011.
And 2012 was worse. The number of homicides investigated by Stockton police hit 58 in October, and it continued to rise, reaching 71 as the year's end approached. That's not counting the six other killings that happened in unincorporated areas in and around Stockton.
Devastating to the families of victims and the communities where they occurred, the violence continued throughout the year, across the city and seemingly any time or place, be it in a crowded area by daylight or on a lonely street in the dead of night.
As the violence mounted, the public noticed. It was likely on voters' minds when they took to the polls in November, when three of four incumbent City Council members, including Mayor Ann Johnston, were unable to hold onto their seats.
And the public also met with each other and city leaders to try and break the grip of violence in their hometown while law-enforcement agencies formed new partnerships to tackle violence.
Hope remains, too.
A program known as Operation Ceasefire is credited in helping Stockton knock down homicides in the 1990s, which had been another violent period in the city's history.
Operation Ceasefire is back, and it's in its first phases of implementation.
Readers of The Record picked the homicides as the top story of 2012.
But there was an anomaly in the voting that is worth noting.
More votes were cast for the story of a federal civil court awarding more than $2 million in damages to the family of Joey Pinasco Jr., the 21-year-old who was shot and killed by California Highway Patrol Officers in 2008.
An investigation by the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office and Sheriff's Office found the two involved officers were justified in their actions.
But a jury found the CHP liable for battery and wrongful death, and a federal judge ordered the state to pay.
The verdict and award for damages was one of the year's big stories.
The number of votes for this story exceeded votes gained by the next three top-vote getters combined, an anomaly that could be explained by an online campaign to garner votes for the Pinasco story.
The year's homicides, and the impact on the Stockton community, reflected a broader representation of the votes.
To discourage tampering in the future, The Record and recordnet.com will discontinue use of the ballot system used for this and previous years.


text: I agree. The fact that the JSR has not moved an inch on the JCP page in a years time (Expert group is being formed) speaks for itslef. JSR's have known to be abandoned in the past... so I wouldnt put too much weight behind this. ./s bob mcwhirter wrote: > > > The fact JDOM is going through the JCP process as an official JSR isn't > > mentioned either. > > I thought we'd gone over this a few times, and decided that the JSR status > was basically meaningless? > > Am I wrong, or is the fact JDOM is a JSR only means that JDOM will be using > the JCP for its own development, but implies nothing regarding the "Java > Standard". If/when JSR 102 reaches maturity, will org.jdom.* become > a part of the JDK or JAXPacks? (or, renamed to javax.xml.tree.*, or > whatnot?) > > > Looking just at the facts on the page, JDOM now has integrated XPath (as > > of the latest CVS code) and we've had integrated JAXP/TRaX support for > > quite a long time. Both of those bullet items should be updated. > > > > The "Massive documents" and "event-based processing" items probably > > refer to dom4j's feature to only build parts of the tree. Laurent wrote > > similar code for JDOM. Look at the "spanner" code in jdom-contrib. If > > it becomes popular and people like the API, we'll make it core. > > I think, in both cases, he's comparing out-of-the-box with out-of-the-box, > ignoring contrib'd projects. I think. I could certainly be wrong. > > > Hmm, dom4j says "built on Java interfaces". What that probably should > > say is it's built on its own interfaces. Both dom4j and JDOM support > > standard interfaces like java.util.List, Cloneable, and so on. > > Interface-based as opposed to concrete-class based, is the point he's > trying to make, I think. > > > Hmm, other interesting features that aren't mentioned are whether the > > API can *output* a document. DOM L2 doesn't even support that in a > > standard manner. I suspect there's a lot of features that could be > > added to a list like this. Perhaps we should write a comparison chart > > on the JDOM site. > > There's been quite a few charts/tables comparing JDOM to DOM in many > regards. But typically, the folks constructing the charts/tables > ignore dom4j completely. dom4j hasn't gotten nearly the press > attention as JDOM. > > -bob > > _______________________________________________ > To control your jdom-interest membership: > http://email@example.com


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I'd bet cash money that it's all just a coincidence, driven largely by Romney's comparative chumminess with Paul Ryan on the trail and Rob Portman's role in helping him win Ohio, but rumors of a whisper campaign against Rubio inside the Beltway have been bubbling for months. Is this another case of the whispers? If so, who's doing the whispering?
From George Will, who wants Romney to wonk out with either Ryan or health-care whiz Bobby Jindal:
Faux realists will belabor Romney with unhistorical cleverness, urging him to choose a running mate who supposedly will sway this or that demographic cohort or carry a particular state. But are, for example, Hispanics nationwide such a homogeneous cohort that, say, those who came to Colorado from Mexico will identify with a son of Cuban immigrants to Florida (Sen. Marco Rubio)? Do these realists know that, according to exit polls, Nevada's Hispanic Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, won only about a third of the Hispanic vote in 2010?
Michael Crowley at Time agrees, arguing that Rubio's appeal to Latinos could be vastly overstated. I've wondered before myself whether Rubio might pass on VP even if it's offered because he doesn't want his future presidential ambitions to be tainted if Romney ends up underperforming with Latinos and losing. Even if Rubio nets the ticket 10 points with that group, it's at least possible that other factors unrelated to him will cost them 15 — and he'll be blamed for that failure, which will haunt him if he runs in 2016. If he's going to risk his reputation as the GOP's savior among Latino voters, I would guess the only reward worth it is the presidency itself.
Meanwhile, without mentioning Rubio by name, Major Garrett argues that you can take it to the bank that Portman will, in fact, be Romney's VP:
Portman is vetted, more so than any other potential pick. He's been confirmed not once but twice to cabinet posts — U.S. trade representative in 2005 and Office of Management and Budget director in 2006. The files are ready and, by Washington standards, spotless. Romney knows his pick must get off to a good start and any "surprises" after the rollout will deprive his campaign of precious time, energy, and momentum. Portman is a known commodity among Washington reporters and is regarded as both knowledgeable and accessible (and as a dispenser of well-timed leaks). In the frenzied environment that will accompany the prelude to Romney's pick, the Portman choice may land with a thud on the charisma meter, but it won't set in motion a wave of "guess what" stories and will allow Romney to focus on the campaign, not thorny revelations that must be ritualistically turned into an us-against-them media meme. In fact, Portman might actually talk Boston out of its hypertensive and allergic reactions to reporters.
Portman is ready for the job and, more importantly, primed for the obligations that will fall upon Romney if he's elected. In the transition, Romney will need skilled and quicksilver advice and guidance on the magilla lame-duck session that's coming. In those precious few weeks in November and December the nation will have to decide the fate of the following: the expiring Bush tax cuts, the expiring payroll-tax cut, unfinished spending bills, the expiring Medicare "doc fix" that shielded physicians from a 27 percent premium cut, extended unemployment benefits, the scheduled $1.2 trillion across-the-board discretionary spending cut (sequester), the farm bill, and quite probably, a transportation bill. Oh, and one other thing. A $3 trillion debt-ceiling increase will come up then or right after Inauguration Day. A lame-duck Congress with a president-elect may decide to punt these tough issues to the new administration. If so, no governor or minty-fresh Tea Party senator will suffice. Portman knows the West Wing like few others (he also served in the White House Counsel's Office and the Office of Legislative Affairs under President Bush the elder). He knows the House and Senate and served on the super committee. He knows what the numbers are, what they mean, and how the politics of budget, taxation, and trade work. Romney will have to govern and govern quick. The headaches will be immediate and the choices difficult. If governing matters, Portman prevails.
Yeah, as impressive as Rubio is, I'd prefer to see him show some chops on policy for a few years. So far in the Senate he's distinguished himself in my mind chiefly for being hawkish to a McCain-esque degree on foreign policy. I'm no dove, but I want to see how that impulse plays out over time before installing him one heartbeat away.
More media Rubio skepticism? There's also National Journal's poll of "insiders" that Tina wrote about earlier showing his odds dropping precipitously since October among Republicans and Democrats — although he's still the VP frontrunner among both groups. Like I say, I think the Beltway rethink on him is all coincidence driven by the fact that we're now thinking hard about veeps and that Ryan, in particular, is more of a star than ever thanks to Obama's hatchet job on him this past Tuesday. But you never know with that whisper campaign. Are Rubio's VP rivals nudging friendly columnists about his stock being overvalued? Are Democrats doing it to plant seeds of doubt about the guy in case he does, in fact, end up on the ticket? Or are Romney's people doing it because they don't want voters — especially some Latino voters — to get their hopes up only to be disappointed later? Further to that last question, read this BuzzFeed piece from a few days ago. Exit quotation from an unnamed GOP strategist close to Rubio: "[I]f Sen. Rubio is passed up, or not even asked, in favor of someone that is uninspiring or 'safe' I think there will be a lot of tough questions."


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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says he will feel "stupid" if reports that he will be sacked and replaced by Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini turn out to be true.
City lost 1-0 to Wigan in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday following speculation that the Italian would be sacked following a difficult season in which the club failed to retain the Premier League they won last year.
Mancini insisted he was unaware whether there was any substance behind the reports but criticised the club for failing to respond to the stories surrounding his future, which first surfaced at the turn of the year.
|Manchester City are 11/5 with BetVictor to win the Premier League next season
"If it's not true, you wrote a lot of stupid things in the last six months and especially in the last two weeks.
"The only thing is you've been speaking about this for six months and too much in the last two weeks. And I don't know why the club didn't stop this because I don't think this is true.
"I don't think [I will be sacked] but I know football and in football anything can happen.
"I don't need to talk about this with the club. For me, there's no reason to do so. I have four years on my contract, not one."
City have ended the campaign without a trophy but Mancini again insisted it had been a successful season, claiming the club were hampered by poor dealings in the summer transfer market.
Mancini added: "I think our target when we started the season was to try to win the Premier League again, but our mistake started in the summer transfer market.
"We didn't improve our team enough. After you win a Premier League, the second year is more difficult. We had a lot of problems this season, we had some problems because we lost players in key moments like Yaya for one month.
"I am personally disappointed because I play to win every year but I know football enough to understand why we didn't win this year. I'm the manager and I take all the responsibility.
"I don't think when Manchester United lost the Premier League last season they had all this chaos that we've had. If we get second position, I still think it's a good season for us.
"How many clubs did better than us this season? One - Manchester United."


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Warship's namesake, Zumwalt, fought racism, sexism
BATH, Maine (AP) — Bud Zumwalt took what he learned during the tumultuous 1960s with him when he became the nation's youngest chief of naval operations, earning a reputation as a reformer who fought racism and sexism and worked to improve the lives of sailors.
After retiring, the admiral dedicated his life to ensuring that veterans were compensated for illnesses linked to Agent Orange, an herbicide he had approved in Vietnam and he blamed for the death of his son.
Zumwalt's two daughters will christen a new ship that bears his name on Saturday at Bath Iron Works. Joining them will be his surviving son, who is a retired Marine, and other relatives.
In this image provided by the U.S. Navy the Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer DDG 1000 is floated out of dry dock at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard Oct. 28, 2013. The ship that bears his name, the first of three Zumwalt-class destroyers, will be christened by Zumwalt's two daughters on Saturday April 12, 2014 at Bath Iron Works. Joining them will be his surviving son, who's a retired Marine, and other relatives.(AP Photo/U.S. Navy)
The young leader turned the establishment on its ear, helping to create a modern Navy that embraced equal rights, said Larry Berman, who wrote a book about him.
"Zumwalt came in and smashed that entire system," Berman said. "He thought it was a racist system. He felt it was appalling that the Navy had only three black captains."
Like its namesake, the new ship is modern, innovative and potentially game-changing, with a stealthy shape, composite superstructure, wave-piercing tumblehome hull, electric propulsion and new radar and weaponry. Thanks to unprecedented automation, it will set sail with a crew that's nearly half the size of the complement on existing destroyers.
At 610 feet long and 15,000 tons, it is the largest destroyer built for the Navy.
In World War II, Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt Jr. earned the Bronze Star while serving on a much smaller destroyer during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. After the war, George Marshall, the Army general and statesman, persuaded him to stay in the Navy.
In Vietnam, his command included small boats that patrolled the Mekong Delta. It was during that time that he approved Agent Orange to remove vegetation that provided enemy cover.
His leadership during the 1960s helped to prepare him for changes he felt were necessary when, at age 49, he became chief of naval operations in 1970. His memos, dubbed Z-grams, altered the Navy's course.
He eased restrictions on hair, beards and sideburns, allowed beer machines in some barracks, mandated that black barbers and beauticians be hired to help cut the hair of black sailors, and required that hair products for black sailors be sold on bases. He also created an ombudsman to give Navy wives a voice.
But the biggest changes eliminated barriers for women and minorities to advance. By the time he retired four years later, the Navy had its first black and female admirals, and women were soon serving aboard warships and flying Navy aircraft.
He "bent the institution of the Navy toward justice," said Capt. James Kirk, commanding officer of the Zumwalt.
While some in the Navy establishment fought Zumwalt, sailors loved him because he listened to their concerns and tried to make their lives better. Zumwalt liked to joke, "I have a long list of friends and a long list of enemies, and I'm equally proud of both," said Berman, author of "Zumwalt: The Life and Times of Admiral Elmo Russell 'Bud' Zumwalt, Jr."
Former President Bill Clinton, a friend, described him as "the conscience of the Navy" after his death at age 79 in 2000.
After retiring, Zumwalt learned chemical companies had lied to him about the safety of Agent Orange, which he blamed for the death of his firstborn son, Elmo R. Zumwalt III, a swift boat skipper. His efforts on behalf of sickened veterans and their families helped earn him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
To see Zumwalt's legacy, one needs look no further than the new ship's crew. Department leaders include two women, one who is black and another who is of Hispanic descent.
"The single most important legacy that he left behind is that he brought the Navy into the 20th century," Berman said.
Even on his tombstone, the author said, there is the word "reformer."
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FILE - In this May 28, 1996 file photo, retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr., salutes President Bill Clinton, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, after the president announced expanded benefits to veterans suffering side effects from exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Zumwalt lost a son who died from diseases related to Agent Orange and was an avid supporter of increased benefits for veterans. A Navy destroyer bearing Zumwalt's name will be christened by his two daughters during a ceremony Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Bath, Maine. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)
FILE - In this April 1999 file photo, retired Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., right, talks with old foes, Vietnamese Lt. Gen. Nguyen Dinh Uoc, left, and Senior Col. Vo Dinh Quang, center, at a symposium hosted by the Vietnam Center of Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas. A Navy destroyer bearing Zumwalt's name will be christened by his two daughters during a ceremony Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Bath, Maine. (AP Photo/Neal Ulevich, File)
FILE - This undated file photo shows Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., in Washington. A Navy destroyer bearing Zumwalt's name will be christened by his two daughters during a ceremony Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Bath, Maine.(AP Photo, File)
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CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple stockholders will get a chance to grill CEO Tim Cook about the company's product strategy, acquisition plans and money management at the iPhone maker's annual meeting.
Friday's gathering, scheduled to start at 9 a.m. PST, isn't expected to be as dramatic as it was shaping up to be until recently. Activist investor Carl Icahn had been promising to spice things up by pushing for the passage of a nonbinding proposal urging Apple Inc.'s board of directors to spend even more money buying back its own stock.
Icahn, though, abandoned his high-profile campaign earlier this month after Cook revealed Apple that had spent about $14 billion on its own stock after the shares plunged following the Jan. 27 release of the Cupertino, Calif. company's latest quarterly results.
With that buying flurry, Apple has spent more than $40 billion of the $60 billion earmarked for stock repurchase as part of a program unveiled shortly after last year's annual meeting. That was enough to satisfy Icahn, who had been campaigning for Apple's board to set aside an additional $50 billion for buying back the company's stock.
Icahn, who has valued his holdings in Apple at more than $3.5 billion, contends the company should be buying more of its stocks to help rebuild some of the shareholder wealth that has been lost during the past 17 months.
Since peaking at $705.07 in September 2012, Apple's stock has fallen by 25 percent amid concerns about intensifying competition in the mobile device market and a perceived lack of innovation. Apple's shares closed Thursday at $527.67.
Although that price is 19 percent above where the stock stood at Apple's annual meeting last year, many stockholders could still be feeling short changed because so an ever-growing list of other technology companies, including rival Google Inc., are hovering around all-time highs.
Cook, who became CEO shortly before the October 2011 death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, has consistently tried to assure Apple shareholders will be rewarded in the long run. He has been hinting Apple intends to expand into new technology markets later this year, without providing any specifics. Speculation has centered on a high-tech watch could monitor the user's health and a television set that would include the same software that powers the iPhone and iPad.
Apple's handling of its nearly $159 billion in cash also tends to be a hot-button topic, as Icahn vividly illustrated with his theatrics. Cook has already said Apple's board is examining whether the company might wait to raise its dividend or raise its commitment on stock repurchases.
Some of that money could be used to buy other technology, although Apple so far has always focused on deals costing less than $1 billion. Recent reports that Apple's representatives met with electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. has raised the possibility of Apple diversifying into automobiles. A Tesla acquisition would be expensive, given the car maker's current market value of $31 billion.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has publicly confirmed that he met with Apple last year, though he wouldn't say if there would any discussions about a potential sale. Apple so far hasn't commented about Tesla, making it a potential matter of intrigue at Friday's annual meeting.
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I just moved here in Canada a year ago.....................
It is hard to "fit in" because their culture is different from ours.......
The way the kids here of my age act is quite different, so, I am having quite a hard time right now . But I do have friends
Everyone in my school thought that I was Chinese on the first day of school, but I kept explaining that I was Filipino.......
Well, a year has passed and nothing has really changed in the way I act..........
My mom cooks sinigang, adobo, nilaga, etc, (I just had mechado hehehehehe) for lunch and for dinner.....
Me and my family still keeps our values in mind..........
I'm in Singapore now studying... Staying here is giving me a major restraint... I didn't bothered to fit it as I believe it was totally pointless... Luckily I come back to Phils once in awhile to feel that filipino vibe....
History isn't history...
Naiinis ako sa mga ganong tao. Iibahin nila yung sarili nila para sa iba. Yung iba ang aarte!
uhhmmm.........i've been living in vietnam 4 4 years now...
i dnt change my ways or personality jzt 2 fit in cuz i'm jzt happy 4 what or who i am....
b4 i used to hate vietnam..but now i realized it's like my own home...(but of course i luv phils the best!!..)
other teenagers dnt need to change anything...(unless it's necessary)
other people would like u jzt 4 who u r.....if they dnt like u then so what?..u've still got ur family and ur friends (or new frends) there w/ u......
it's better to stay that way u r or else u'll end up regretting it........
i think you should be kind,honest,friendly,caring,luving and nice if u wnt to hve new friends without changing a behaviour.......
so...,never change that filipina/filipino attitude!!!....
luv others and they will luv u....
well some try to act cool where i live but some can be too much that it gets annoying.
UP UP Here we go!!
Well all in all i guess it all depends on who it is. Some Filipinos here in america are just really trying to fit in and change themselves so they won't be different from everyone else (yeah some filipino's in my school) but some are proud to be a filipino like they dont care, because being a filipino makes them unique and sets them apart from everybody else. It's fun to run on some random filipino at the mall/ restaurant whereever and say "Kababayan!!! Musta na???" XD (well, my parents do -.-")Philippines is the best country ever! i wanna come back there and be surrounded with my peoples XD, for the filipino's that are living in the philippines right now be thankful cuz you could eat in jollibee/ chow king/ goldilocks or the deliciousness of the street foods XD.
Well anyways some filipinos here tries to fit in (or they already fit in -.-") not just the teenagers but adults too. They're trying to hide and just change themselves. Sadly.
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uy, hindi aku ganun ah. I've only been here in NZ for 2 years but i don't think I'm gonna change just to fit in. my best friend is pinoy and i still eat rice and adobo not mashed potatoes and grilled lamb or something like that. and i embrace my asianess unlike that korean in my class who keeps saying he's not asian when he obviously is. i'm like the weirdo in my class and i have no intention of blending in cuz im perfectly happy of who i am. and i still keep my hair in asian hairstyles even if the people in my class think that i look so weird.
one may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.
it depends with the people you hang out with
I can understand that...
Pero pag Nasa-Pinas o kinakausap nila ang ibang Filipinos in a bad manner and very proud of him/herself is unacceptable.
Hindi rin ako ganun.... I've been in NY for about 2 Years now.
i was listening to the radio show on iTunes i forgot the name but Charmagne Cutler was on it, shes pretty known in the Bay area here in California, shes filipino and salvadorian.. she used to live in the philippines..
she said that when she was in the philippines girls in her school used to bully her and pick on her, she was not one of the popular kids and she just always felt different.. she said when she came to america she just blended right in.. on her hs graduation she got voted most popular..
she also said a lot of people think she's changed , she said "i havent changed at all, my personality is the same i never try to blend in i tend to stand out. The personality that got me always feeling indiifferent is what got me to the top"
this is her:
It's not trying to fit in if you adopt to another culture. It's about accepting that your traditions and beliefs isn't relevant to that particular culture. My parents are both mixed and apart from my family I don't know a lot of filos so obviously I never grew up in a typical filo household so I find it highly ignorant and arrogant for filos to come up to me and start commenting on why I don't act filo. When we lived in Filoland we were brought up as americans and when we moved to Sydney we lived in a predominantly Italian/Australian neighbourhood. I believe that you become what you are exposed to. And no I'm not sad that I'm not typically filo, I'm proud of who I am as a person. I may not belong to any cultural group but it's terribly boring trying to fit in anyway.
And if you love, if you really love, our guns will wilt
I still think it's better to try in fit in... of course, not including the bad stuff that other people do. That's much better than trying to speak in Tagalog when your Filipino friends speak in English, right?
I'm from in Canada. Sad to say as a Filipina I do not speak fluently in any other language other than English. I know some Japanese words, French words. But for Tagalog or Bisaia. it's almost zero. I know like only 5 words!!! T_T It's so sad my other filipina friends know tagalog and can speak it but I always feel left out!!
stiil cant believe Caramelldansen is swedish
I've never gone abroad...but you shouldn't try to lose all those values our culture teaches us, I know its going to be scary and its going to feel different. But as Jose Rizal says," Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinangalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonan."
Back and as weird as ever...Love u are a fish!
heh, i've been in the states for 5 years now, and I can tell, I changed almost everything about me, dress, manners, talk, etc. pero syempre in the insides, pinoy pa rin ako ( eventhough I look like an asian now ) so yeah, go pinoys! ung mga kakadating lang pala sa states, san kayo sa states? gala tayo! add me pala kung nagustuhan nyo ung speech ko
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I'm Slagathor (yeah, that's kind of sad) and I'm really into classical studies...
I enjoy languages and I think learning Latin and Ancient Greek(not at the same time, of course) will be really fun and helpful, because I usually try to read texts in their original language.
I'm studying at home and if someone can recommend books, sites and study methods I'd be very grateful.
Also, if someone can tutor me personally (online, of course) that'd be great. I'm a really quick learner and fun to be around so... (;
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By The Time You Read This, Another Woman Will Have Claimed To Have Had Sex With Tiger Woods
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While everyone has their gaze fixed firmly on Europe, with a Spanish bank crisis reaching a climax perhaps today, I wonder if we aren't neglecting the risk from an economic crisis in China. What would happen if China's economy hits the wall the way Japan's did at the end of the 1980s? Barron's gloomy Gus "Up and Down Wall Street" columnist Alan Abelson wonders the same thing this morning after looking at the breakdown of the Shanghai Composite stock index:
Lacking even the most rudimentary knowledge of Mandarin, we've nonetheless found the Shanghai Composite a pretty reliable prophet of the true state of China's economy and a harbinger of sorts of its future course. Ben Bernanke may think otherwise, rating as he did last week Europe as a bigger worry than China, but our own conviction is that the latter, despite its abundance of monetary reserves, is headed for a hard landing as its extraordinary boom metamorphosis into bust.
If we're right (there's a first time for everything), the impact is destined to put a huge dent in the global economy, which is plenty banged up already. And as much as anything, we suspect, the noteworthy weakness in a number of key commodities, particularly oil, affirms this decidedly glum outlook.
It's always possible, of course, that our own less than robust economy and easily spooked stock market somehow prove immune to what happens in China. It's always possible, too, we suppose, that the Chicago Cubs will win the pennant this year.
Here's the chart that has Abelson worried:
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WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, Jefferson Smith, now that we need you? A naïf sent to the U.S. Senate on a fluke in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Smith (played by Jimmy Stewart) discovered that his mentor had slipped a provision into a "deficiency bill" to construct a dam on land secretly purchased by the
home state's political boss. The boss stood to make a killing, and Smith's former hero figured to get a piece of the action.
But Smith would have none of it. He knew graft and corruption when he saw it, so he made a courageous stand, nearly destroying himself in the process and etching into the American psyche a fable so beloved that no member of Congress, out here in the real world, would ever try such a thing.
Instead, Capitol Hill pols are outdoing even the movies with bills and deals that rake in big money for themselves, their families and their political friends.
In one of the latest instances, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is under fire for not reporting part of a complex real estate transaction that led to the sale of some of his Las Vegas property. After a little government land swap here and some rezoning there, Reid received $1.1 million. Now that the deal has made the newspapers, Reid has seen fit to amend his ethics report retroactively.
But Reid has nothing on House Republicans, who appear to be perfecting the art of "earmarking" money in federal spending bills to boost their real estate interests. Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) earmarked funds for construction of a parkway near land he owned, which he later sold for a $2-million profit. Rep. Charles H. Taylor (R-N.C.) directed $11.4 million in federal funds to a highway-widening project that just happened to make it easier to get to resort acreage and subdivisions that he owns. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Corona) directed federal money to projects near his Riverside County property that he later sold for about twice the purchase price. Earmarking in another highway bill put $1.28 million to work improving land near a development owned in part by Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-Diamond Bar).
Elected officials insist that, in earmarking funds, they are only doing what politicians have done for years: directing pork back to the home district. But that doesn't mean they should be allowed to use the federal purse to do favors for themselves or their political donors and friends who happen to own chunks of land near projects Congress approves.
Earmarking used to be done in virtual secrecy. But the House recently approved a rule drafted by Rep. David Dreier (R-San Dimas) that requires bills and reports to include a list of earmarks and the names of members who sponsored them. It's still not enough. If Congress is to repair its reputation, it must go beyond merely admitting that its members engage in self-dealing. It has to change. Jefferson Smith would demand no less. Neither do we.


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On Oct. 17, 2011, Douglas Cooper of Bristol, R.I., was at the controls of his Aeronca Champ when it crashed upside down and nose-first at Myricks Airport in Berkley.
On Oct. 17, 2011, Douglas Cooper of Bristol, R.I., was at the controls of his Aeronca Champ when it crashed upside down and nose-first at Myricks Airport in Berkley.
"When I woke up in Mass General, the first guy I saw was Rolly," Cooper recalled while sweeping out a hangar at the Taunton Municipal Airport Monday morning. "He told me it could've happened to any one of us."
On Sunday morning, it happened to Rolly.
Roland "Rolly" Deslauriers, 61, of Bridgewater, was killed when a 1946 Aeronca 7AC crashed on takeoff at Taunton's airport. His friend John Schmouth, 69, of Brockton, also died in the crash. According to pilots at the airport, Schmouth owned the plane and had just recently returned to flying.
Cooper lost a leg in his crash two years ago. Deslauriers lost everything.
"It was an almost identical plane," Cooper said. "These things just happen. Rolly was just a big tough teddy bear. He never walked by without stopping to talk."
Mike Dupont, of Berkley, owner of American Aero Services Inc., repairs and inspects planes in a hangar he owns on leased land at the Taunton airport.
He's known Deslauriers for about 30 years.
"Rolly attended my daughter's birthday party three weeks ago," he said.
They flew together many times. The pair rode motorcycles together.
"Rolly was into muscle cars," Dupont said. "And he was a builder. He was a great builder."
Deslauriers did contracting work at Dupont's 1850s-era home.
"He was good with old houses," Dupont recalled. "There's not a straight angle in the place. But Rolly was the type of guy who when I pictured something, I'd tell him, and he could do the work at the price he quoted and it looked the way it did in my mind."
In 1986, Dupont, Deslauriers, Schmouth and a few friends caravanned three planes to Sun and Fun in Lakeland, Fla.
Dupont flew his Super Chipmunk. Deslauriers and Schmouth flew a Skybolt. Their late friend Russell Gage flew an old Stearman.
The old, small planes required five fuel stops and the journey took two full days. The group of pilots spent many hours getting to know each other.
Dupont said Schmouth had been away from flying for a few years. On July 31, he purchased the Aeronca from a Plymouth man and was reacquainting himself with the cockpit.
"John just started coming back out to the airport," Dupont said.
Dupont and Deslauriers were members of a group he calls the "Breakfast Club." They get together every Sunday for breakfast and to talk aviation. If the weather's nice, they fly to breakfast, like one recent trip both men attended to Katama in Edgartown, on the south shore of Martha's Vineyard.
If it rains, they eat locally.
"We're all friends and pilots," he said.
Dupont said Deslauriers was "good as anyone in the air."
He guesses Deslauriers and Schmouth "were just practicing" when they attempted to take off at 6:15 a.m. Sunday.
Luke Schiada, senior air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board's office of aviation safety, said the investigation into the crash has revealed a still-engaged gust lock on the aircraft's rudder may be at least partially to blame.
The lock is typically removed prior to takeoff so the plane can steer while in flight. Dupont said it's possible the lock came loose and jammed between the rudder and the tail, forcing the plane into what Shiada described as a "gradual right turn," before it hit the ground and burst into flames.
If the lock had stayed in place, Dupont said, there's a good chance they would have been able to land safely.
"All it takes is a break in routine," Dupont said, inspecting the tail fin of a PA-18 Super Cub in his hangar. "I figure they had between 5-7 seconds to unravel the mess they were in. That's not much time."
Dupont, a Fall River native, has logged more than 10,000 hours as the pilot of more than 141 different types of aircraft.
He and Cooper shared memories of their lost friend.
"The last time I saw him he was right there, on Saturday," Cooper said, pointing to a large sign full of white arrows pointing toward destinations all over the globe. "He came over to talk to me. But I can't remember what we talked about."
It took some time, but after Cooper's 2011 crash, he returned to flying. He wore shorts Monday. His prosthetic right leg was visible between the cuff of his shorts and a sneaker.
He helps out around Dupont's shop as an assistant and handyman. He still loves to be around airplanes.
"I wouldn't give it up," he said. "There's nothing else you can do. You just carry on."
He hopes to get re-certified as a pilot in the near future.
Cooper and Dupont pointed out that every crash can and should serve as a lesson for other aviators.
"As unfortunate as crashes are, serious injuries and death, it all actually helps other people," Dupont said.
"All of aviation is based on learning from other people's mistakes," Cooper added.
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Camarillo - Traffic Bureau Offering Senior Citizen Driver's Education Class
Nature of Incident:
Senior Citizen Driver's Education Class
Camarillo Police Department
3701 East Las Posas Road, Camarillo, CA 93010
Date & Time:
Wednesday, July 2nd at 2 PM until 4 PM
Unit Responsible:
Camarillo Traffic Bureau
The Camarillo Police Department will be hosting a Senior Citizen Driver's Education Class.
The Senior Citizen Driver's Education Class is a cooperative effort between the Camarillo Health Care District, Camarillo Police Department, Department of Motor Vehicles, and senior drivers.
In an attempt to remain proactive and not reactive, the Senior Citizen Driver's Education Class is designed to help senior drivers understand how age related issues could affect a person's ability to drive safely. The Senior Citizen Driver's Education Class will offer lecture on issues related to senior citizen drivers, advice on how to be a safer driver, information for caregivers, alternate forms of transportation and community resources available to seniors. Our goal is to raise awareness and reduce the number of senior-related injuries and deaths due to traffic collisions.
To date, we have held thirteen classes since August of 2010 with approximately 300 students attending.
Senior Drivers and / or their caregivers are encouraged to attend the class. For reservations, call MaryGay San Jose at the Camarillo Police Department at (805) 388-5155. There is no charge to attend the program.
Deputy Preparing Media Release:
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Media Release Date:
May 27, 2014
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Joe McQuaid - Publisher's Notebook: Veteran newsman Toole returning to fold
John Toole is coming back.
If the name sounds familiar, it is probably because John was associated with the Union Leader, Sunday News, and UnionLeader.com in several news editing and reporting capacities spanning more than 20 years. He has been a general assignment reporter and our Manchester City Hall reporter. He took over as our State House Bureau chief when the late Donn Tibbetts retired in 1998.
John was back in the newsroom in 2000 as our City Editor and served as Sunday Editor later in the decade. He has overseen crime, education, and election coverage for us. He is a veteran news guy who also is on top of the new media that more and more people are using to get their news and information.
I am glad he has had all those roles and experience. He will be coming back as our Managing Editor, the top newsroom job.
He knows the state well and will be of especial help to our coverage of Manchester. After all, he once received the key to the city from then-Mayor Ray Wieczorek.
A University of Maine graduate, John has worked in Maine and New York and most recently for the Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Mass. He has received awards for his reporting on the environment and mental health issues.
I am particularly pleased that John is coming back now. He replaces Amy Vellucci, who has done a fine job for us in several daily and weekly positions and will now try her luck and considerable skills in Knoxville, Tenn. She may need work on a southern accent.
John will be back at the end of this month. If you have any complaints about the new comic we have been trying out in the daily, John's your man. If you like the new comic, I'm your guy.
One reader wondered whether we changed the comic in order to save money. Don't tell my financial department, but that hadn't occurred to me. (Note to self: Look up that cost.)
We are also looking at possibly changing another comic or two. Nominees for replacement include Apartment 3G (detested by some, loved by others) and For Better or Worse. The latter is strictly repeats and at times shows its age. But it, too, has its fans. If you like or dislike either of these two, please let me know.
One strip we haven't carried for years is Archie. In light of the announcement that "grownup'' Archie is about to die, I think it was prescient of us to drop him.
Seriously, Archie lost its zip for us when its talented creator, Bob Montana, died. Bob was a New Hampshire man who lived in Meredith and drew on his years, experiences, and acquaintances as a student at Manchester High School Central. He never would have let them bump off Jughead, let alone Archie.
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10 U.S. Code § 8743 - Distinguished-service medal: award
The President may award a distinguished-service medal of appropriate design and a ribbon, together with a rosette or other device to be worn in place thereof, to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Air Force, distinguishes himself by exceptionally meritorious service to the United States in a duty of great responsibility.
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July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (10th par., less words after 1st semicolon, under "Ordnance Department"), 40 Stat. 870.
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It's exactly 'nine' days until the season opener against Montreal Impact on March 10, at BC Place, so to add to the excitement we'll be doing a countdown themed 'Caps Chronicle for each day leading up to First Kick. Today, we're left with 'nine' days to go.
Sebastian Le Toux wore number 'nine' last season in Philadelphia. He's changed to number seven with the 'Caps, but he hopes to keep producing goals like he has the past two seasons. "We are happy with our performance but we know we can still progress a lot," Le Toux said after scoring the first goal in the 'Caps 3-0 win over Sporting Kansas City at the Disney Pro Soccer Classic. (Simon Borg - MLSsoccer.com)
Three goals against Sporting Kansas City, plus clean sheet number three, plus win number three at the Disney Pro Soccer Classic. What does that add up to? 'Nine' of course. In preseason matches against MLS squads so far, the 'Caps have outscored their opponents by a total of '9'-2. Davide Chiumiento has been a large part of the offense so far this pre-season and he hopes to continue to contribute to the 'Caps offense for the upcoming 2012 season. (Bruce Constantineau - The Vancouver Sun)
Head Coach Martin Rennie took over the Carolina RailHawks in 200'9', where he kept all but three players from the previous year's roster. One, of those players was midfielder Matt Watson. Rennie has shown faith in Watson at every step, and in turn Rennie has been rewarded by his play, now signing him to an MLS contract with the 'Caps. Read all about Watson playing career and his history with Rennie in Marc Weber's article. (Marc Weber- The Province)
Whitecaps FC women's alum Robyn Gayle was only '9'-years-old when Canada first played in the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1995. Now she's playing on the national team, and today she helped her country to another triumph at the Cyprus Cup with an injury time goal. The 2-1 victory over Italy gives Canada top place in their group, with one group match left on Sunday versus the Netherlands. If they capture even a draw over the Dutch, the Canucks will play for their third straight Cyprus Cup championship on Tuesday. (Canada.com)
Last but certainly not least, former 'Caps women's player Randee Hermus has been named one of 'nine' athletes to be inducted into the Simon Fraser University Athletics Hall of Fame. Read all about Hermus story and her rise through the ranks. (Gary Ahuja - The Langley Times)
'Whitecaps FC Daily' with Peter Schaad is back in its usual 3:00 p.m. timeslot on TEAM 1410 sports radio! For those of you who may have missed past episodes, you can find them HERE!
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You can always get your soccer fix every Sunday night from '9' p.m. to 11 p.m. PT by tuning into 'Full-Time: Vancouver's Soccer Show' with Tyler Green and Mike Martignago on TEAM 1040. HERE!
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Whitecaps FC wrapped up the round robin portion of the Disney Pro Soccer Classic with a three to nil victory over Sporting KC. If you take that three to nil score line multiply it by the three wins the 'Caps have claimed in sunny Florida, and you have our magic number of 'nine'. "It's always nice to win, but I thought we played well," said Head Coach Martin Rennie. Check out the story along with video highlights HERE. (Simon Fudge - whitecapsfc.com)
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - doctors Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in doctors Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ucklesJoined: 18 Jan 2003 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 7:47 pm Post subject: doctors hey---was wondering if anyone could recommend a good English speaking doctor in Seoul (preferably in the Gangnam area). Not looking for anything special, but just someone who can give a check up and answer questions without booting you out in five minutes... thanks! Back to top mokpochicaJoined: 21 Jan 2003Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:11 pm Post subject: I don't have a specific doctor to recommend, but I found this on another site that shows medical services for foreigners. Maybe you will find it useful: http://english.metro.seoul.kr/residents/medical/hospitals/index.cfm You can also check out this site for a shorter list with phone numbers: http://www.indokorea.com/columns/colpnview.php?colid=128&tit=Living&Cpage=1&cat=Living Back to top Lost SeoulJoined: 10 Jan 2003 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:35 pm Post subject: Doctors Here are some previous posts about English speaking doctors. http://english.metro.seoul.kr/residents/medical/hospitals/index.cfm ========================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=104801 Re: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! Posted By: Elizabeth Date: Sunday, 3 February 2002, at 8:14 p.m. In Response To: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! (anthony) Try the international clinic at Kangnam CHA Hospital located at Yeoksam Sation (green #2 line, exit #7). Walk all the way down to almost the end of the road and you'll see an angular building on your right-hand side, it's cream colored and not very high, maybe five stories? Go in the main doors and up the stairs. Go up the next set of stairs you'll see on your lett and then turn right. You'll see a sign that says International clinic. It's run by Dr. Lee Jung-no, who speaks perfect English. He's trained as an ob/gyn but he does everything, very professional and he'll take good care of you. You can call him at 02)3468-3111. Good luck! He's expensive but if you have insurance from home, you can use that. If not, be prepared to pay in excess of \50,000. ========================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=104754 Re: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! Posted By: dianne Date: Sunday, 3 February 2002, at 2:41 p.m. In Response To: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! (anthony) The doctor at the International Clinic at Itaewon is really good. I think he is even better than my own doctor back home. If you don't have medical insurance yet I think it costs about 30,000, but the fee depends on whats wrong and what has to be done. I have seen this doctor myself several times and so have my friends. You should go see him as soon as possible. The International Clinic is down the street and on the same side as the Hamilton hotel. Its on the 5th floor of some building going away from the main shopping bit of Itaewon..get to outside the Hamilton Hotel, and face the Burger King across the road. Then turn to your left and walk up the street...and you'll get to it after 5 or ten minutes..I t hink its above a Buy the Way, or some kind of convience store. The doctor speaks perfect English, with no trace of an accent, and understands EVERYTHING!!! ========================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=104800 Re: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! Posted By: tinkerbell Date: Sunday, 3 February 2002, at 8:10 p.m. In Response To: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! (anthony) Hi - I think yongsai university has a clinic with english speaking doctors. - hope this helps and hope you feel better! ========================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=104783 Re: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! Posted By: J [email protected] Date: Sunday, 3 February 2002, at 7:20 p.m. In Response To: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! (anthony) Go to the Samsung Hospital in Seoul. it is, from what i was told before i left Canada, the only hospital in Seoul that meets interenational medical standards. Good luck. e-mail me and i will send you more info. i don't have it on me right now. ========================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=104850 Re: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! Posted By: Steve Date: Monday, 4 February 2002, at 1:43 a.m. In Response To: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! (anthony) Go to the Ansan Medical Center near Songnae subway station. It's the station on the green #2 line just after Chamsil and before Kangbyon where the Techno-Mart is. You can take a taxi when you got out or walk. Go out, turn left, and walk past the taxi rank, go toward the river bank through the streets, you'll see a grassy bank, find the set of stairs, go up, cross over the small stream, and the hospital is right in front of you, a big grey and white building. Ask for the international clinic. Good luck. ========================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=104833 Re: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! Posted By: beenieweenie Date: Sunday, 3 February 2002, at 10:46 p.m. In Response To: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! (anthony) The Korean Times has listings of international clinics, particualarily in Itaewon. ========================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=104870 Re: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! Posted By: sick as a dog Date: Monday, 4 February 2002, at 3:48 a.m. In Response To: Help me!! I need a doctor ASAP! (anthony) Mate, look for the large green cross on a building. This is a hospital. Go on in and ask to see a doctor or someone who can speak English. There WILL be someone. A checkup should cost you about 10,000 won. Most doctors speak a little English. ========================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=109682 Posted By: ****** Date: Wednesday, 27 February 2002, at 6:57 p.m. In Response To: English Speaking Doctors (Limpy) Soon Chun Hyang University hospital has an international clinic. The doctors are not native English speakers, but they speak English fairly well. The number of the International clinic is 709-9158. The hospital is located in Hanam-dong, a 15 minute walk from Itaewon. ========================================== http://126.96.36.199/korea/index.cgi?read=123003 Re: DERMATOLOGISTS IN SEOUL? Posted By: Ian Thomas [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 7 May 2002, at 9:17 a.m. In Response To: Re: DERMATOLOGISTS IN SEOUL? (chiaa) If you want a good dermatologist you may wish to contact Dr. Hea-shin Chung. I know her personally and I had her give a number of lectures to my students on skin care when I was teaching at Sookmyung Women's University. She will not rip you off and she speaks excellent English. A couple of my friends have been to her and they are very happy with the results. Her clinic is near Ehwa Women's University. You can contact Chungdam Leejiham Skin Clinic at 02-296-3600 or e-mail your questions to her at [email protected]. She writes articles for the Korea Herald every Friday on skin care. I hope this will help you. Best of luck, Ian. ========================================== http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=132710144552 Re: I need a dermatologist !!!!!! Posted By: Yaya Date: Monday, 30 September 2002, at 8:58 p.m. In Response To: I need a dermatologist !!!!!! (SaraSmith) Try Wooskin Clinic. The doctors are fluent in English there and the founder is one of the most famous dermatologists in Korea. To get there, get off Sookmyung Women's U. subway station at exit 1. If you need a map, click below. http://www.wooskin.co.kr/hospital_all/hospital_7.asp ========================================== http://126.96.36.199/korea/index.cgi?read=123249 Re: LOOKING FOR A HOSPITAL OR A CLINIC IN PUSAN OR Posted By: Roy [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 8 May 2002, at 5:19 p.m. In Response To: LOOKING FOR A HOSPITAL OR A CLINIC IN PUSAN OR SEO (info please) Hi, Go to the Wallace Hospital Foreigners Clinic at Namsandong Subway. It is about a 3 minute walk to the hospital from the subway. Ask for Dr. Lee. He speaks good English but his secretaries do not so you have to insist to speak to him. Be prepared to wait a while. He respects confidentiality but will more likely examine you and talk to you in front of his nurses, making no effort to keep anything from them. You will need your foreigner's card, passport and your medical insurance if you have it. If you don't, expect to pay around 40,000 W. Good luck. Email me if you need any more help. ========================================== http://126.96.36.199/korea/index.cgi?read=123601 Re: Encephalitis Alert in Newspapers Posted By: schatje [email protected] Date: Friday, 10 May 2002, at 3:45 p.m. In Response To: Re: Encephalitis Alert in Newspapers (Still in Canada) Please see the Center for Disease Control website on travel for a professional opinion on immunizations: www.cdc.gov/travel/eastasia.htm I would get all you shots before you go. Why would you risk foreign health care? Check to see if you have a travel clinic in your home area, sometimes they are tied in with hospitals. If not, the local Health Dept. office in the US gives all the immunizations. I don't know about Canada. If you are going to be traveling to neighboring countries as well as around Korea, the following is the complete list...it's your body, your choice: adult polio booster (good for life) tetanus/dyptheria (good for 10 yrs.) typhoid (the oral dose is good for 5 yrs.) hepatits a (2 shot course, good for 20+ years) hepatits b (2 shot course) Japanese encephalitis (3 shot course) If you don't have time to get all the shots completed for the mulitple course immunizations, you have quite a bit of coverage from just getting at least the first one done. Better than nothing. The hepatitis shots are cumulitve, so you can even get the rest of them completed after you return home for future travel. ================================================ http://22.214.171.124/korea/index.cgi?read=125601 Re: chiropractic medicine Posted By: Dimple Gamgee of Bree Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2002, at 7:16 p.m. In Response To: chiropractic medicine (Cryptonomicon) I have two herniated discs in my neck that continually cause me pain if I sleep in the wrong position etc. I sought out chiropractic help in Korea (via listed chiropractors in Canada) and got three names. That was about 6 years ago. At that time, I could only track down one of those doctors. He was fantastic. He was also really old and has since passed on. His daughter was raised (mostly) in the States and is also a liscenced chiropractor there. The problem, as she explained it to me, is that chiropractic medicine is not recognised by the Korean Medical Association (why?? Who knows, it is Korea) and thus all chiropractors are illegal. Here is her information. I still visit her when necessary. She is very good, uses modern techniques and speaks English fluently. Su-hee Katrina Song D.C. Sillim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul (02) 852-1122 Dimple ================================================ http://126.96.36.199/korea/index.cgi?read=125791 Re: chiropractic medicine Posted By: Tess Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002, at 6:06 p.m. In Response To: chiropractic medicine (Cryptonomicon) You're in luck! I've been to see Dr. Yoo, a Korean-American now living in Korea. He's an excellent practitioner, hi-tech and fully bilingual, of course. I believe he is now in Itaewon near the Hamilton Hotel. He sees people on Saturdays, and charges a reasonable rate. He advertises in the Seoul Classifieds. Cell number: 016 727-1446 ================================================ http://220.127.116.11/korea/index.cgi?read=125646 Re: chiropractic medicine Posted By: Lone Wolf Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2002, at 9:52 p.m. In Response To: chiropractic medicine (Cryptonomicon) This has been my biggest concern on returning to Korea! I did a search online and found a list of chiropractors. Some of them have been trained at the best US schools, Palmer and Life College. Try doing searches of their names online. I think the last one on the list speaks English and studied in the USA. Good luck! Here is my list: Yong Duk Byun, DC WooSung 3 1st Dong #905 Khepo Dong Kang, * NOT ON FILE * Republic of Korea Cheol-ho Son, DC 323-2 Cheonho 2 Do Kan Dong Seoul, * NOT ON FILE * 60_ Republic of Korea Kim Dong-Wann, DC Donggu Shimam 4 Ding Deagu South Korea, * NOT ON FILE * Republic of Korea Byun Yong Duk, DC 58 Hyo Ja Dong Chong Ro Ku, * NOT ON FILE * 110033 Republic of Korea Lee Hwang Bok, DC Myungil-dong Jukong #901-501 Seoul, * NOT ON FILE * 134070 Republic of Korea Kim Ilhwan, DC 102-302 Amsung At Juksung-dong Seosan, KO 356090 Republic of Korea Pard Jin-kyung, DC 1691-8 Seocho=dong Seoul, * NOT ON FILE * 137070 Republic of Korea Jinhwan Jo, DC 716-21 Banpo-1-Dong Suhcho-Gu, * NOT ON FILE * 137041 Republic of Korea Seonghwan Kim, DC Seocho-gu Jamwon-dong 26-3 Seoul, RO 137030 Republic of Korea Joo Kang Lee, DC Dong Hyun #2 Dong 405 Ho KangNamKu Seoul, * NOT ON FILE * 105 Republic of Korea Seung Won Lee, DC 142-39 Sam Sung Dong Kang Nam Seoul, * NOT ON FILE * 135090 Republic of Korea Jin Kyung Seo, D.C. 593-82 Bangbe 3-Don Suhcho-Gu, * NOT ON FILE * Republic of Korea Young-Serb Song, DC 1635-118 Shinlim #1-Dong Kwanak-Ku, * NOT ON FILE * 151011 Republic of Korea Phillip Yoo, DC 1 Nonhyun-dong Kangnam-ku Seoul Korea, * NOT ON FILE * ___ Republic of Korea Phillip B. Yoo, DC 1 Nonhyun-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoule, * NOT ON FILE * 135010 Republic of Korea ================================================ http://220.127.116.11/korea/index.cgi?read=125863 Re: I don't know that I'd trust these doctors... Posted By: Ben [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002, at 10:56 p.m. In Response To: I did it in a Hospital (Eagle Eye) One slip up of the scalpel and your eye sight is history. You want to make damm sure the doctor is EXPERIENCED with HUNDREDS of procedures having been done! I know two teachers PERSONALLY, who went in for the surgery, one in Busan and one in Seoul during 1991 and each is seeing impaired in one eye permanently and 50-60% impaired in the other thanks to the korean expert doctors. Yeah, they settled out of court. What good is money when you can see? ======================================= http://22.214.171.124/korea/index.cgi?read=125966 Re: I don't know that I'd trust these doctors... Posted By: intergalactic Date: Thursday, 23 May 2002, at 4:07 p.m. In Response To: Re: I don't know that I'd trust these doctors... (Ben) When I was having a pterygium removed in Australia last year my surgeon, having heard I live in Korea, told me about his city colleague who routinely works on the results of Korean eye operation stuff-ups. In fact I have been warned by three Australian doctors, "Korea!! Don't ever get anything done there!" I'm not denying that things get done and many procedures turn out fine, but it seems Korea's medical reputation precedes her. ======================================= http://126.96.36.199/korea/index.cgi?read=129505 Online Pharmacy Posted By: Bob Burns Date: Wednesday, 12 June 2002, at 4:06 p.m. Hi guys, I remember people asking about getting medicine here etc. I found an online pharmacy that will ship to you. No hassles and most of all it is discreet. I ordered some of those little blue pills from them. I'm thinking about trying propecia too. Anyway, the address is http://www.epharmacyonline.com ======================================= http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=132710135667 Re: go-it alone health insurance? Posted By: dan Date: Thursday, 1 August 2002, at 2:32 a.m. In Response To: Re: go-it alone health insurance? (me) Check out this web address: http://www.imglobal.com/provider This is an american company that will provide comprehensive international insurance to people from any country and their rates are very reasonable. I pay only 50,000 won per month for an insurance plan that covers me for health care costs of up to a million dollars. Non-US citizens will have to pay a little bit more, but the rates are still reasonable. This kind of insurance won't cover you for basic doctor's visits, but it will protect you against catastrophes. I think it's pretty foolish not to pay 50,000 won per month to protect yourself against a disaster. ======================================= http://www.eslcafe.com/korea/index.cgi?read=132710144617 Vitamins Anyone? Great Resource Posted By: Eric Gabriel - [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 1 October 2002, at 6:11 a.m. I've been teaching and traveling for 4 years. If you need Vitamins abroad go to: www.longevitylabsdirect.com You will find anything you need, plus they will ship and receive a phone call to change address to anywhere in the world. A great company and service. Back to top ucklesJoined: 18 Jan 2003 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 12:45 am Post subject: great, thanks everyone! Back to top jcm87Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:18 am Post subject: Are these open on Sundays??? I sprained my ankle a few days ago and it's starting to look pretty bad, I don't want to wait until Monday and I need to see an English-speaking doctor. 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Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson Gets His "Dream Job" on Law & Order: SVU
I suppose it's very nice for Mike Tyson, who was convicted of rape in 1992, that he's getting what he calls his "dream job"—acting on Law & Order: SVU. The show's fans aren't quite as happy about it and have started a petition to ask NBC to cast someone else in the upcoming episode's role of a man with a troubled childhood who's now on death row.
Tyson's casting on a show that revolves around advocacy and justice for assault victims has sparked a debate about what opportunities people deserve after serving time for a violent crime and what constitutes an attempt at restitution. We probably won't get good answers to these questions with a debate over SVU. But if showrunner Warren Leight really wanted, as he said on Twitter, "to provoke discussion and awareness" by casting Tyson, it's useful to think about whether this is the best route to that goal—or to good television.
Tyson's paid his debt to society and deserves a chance to work in his chosen profession, which is acting. But it's not as if the man lacks for opportunities. The director James Toback has featured Tyson as himself in his features When Will I Be Loved and Black and White, and he examined Tyson's life in a documentary that premiered at Cannes in 2008. Tyson's been in both Hangover movies, and Spike Lee produced Tyson's one-man show, Undisputed Truth, which got a Broadway run—an exceedingly rare opportunity. I don't really think there's any question that Tyson has gotten a fair shot to pursue work in the entertainment industry, even if we're applying a heightened standard to compensate for the idea that there's employment discrimination against people who have been incarcerated.
As for Law & Order, the franchise has a rich history of famous guest stars. Generally, when celebrities play themselves, it's to integrate the events of the show into the real world of New York, as has been the case with cameos by the city's mayors. Otherwise, major actors are normally cast in roles that shake up our conception of their talents, as Cynthia Nixon did by playing a woman faking mental illness as part of an elaborate vengeance plot in 2007.
As a potentially sympathetic killer, it doesn't sound like Tyson will be bringing local cred or fading into an out-of-the-box role—and the worry is that the character's proximity to Tyson's life story will somehow whitewash his crimes. Without having seen the episode, none of us can really say. But Leight better hope that casting Tyson in this part really does lend life experience to the show and deepen the episode. Otherwise, it's SVU handing over its credibility to someone who still hasn't earned it.