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CLEARWATER — If the trees shading the Francis Wilson Playhouse could speak, they might whisper "deja vu."
On June 24, 1935, the Francis Wilson Playhouse's cornerstone dedication ceremony took place in the sultry summer heat. On Thursday, the theater's board members, volunteers, city officials and supporters celebrated the 75th anniversary of that day with a re-enactment of the event.
"We're very proud to celebrate the diamond anniversary of our cornerstone dedication on the same day and same hour that Francis Wilson did 75 years ago," said Sam McClelland, a theater volunteer who was given credit for re-creating the day. "We're so pleased with the community that has supported us all these years."
While the dedication began in the air-conditioned lobby, the group stepped into the sunshine for a special flag raising by the Marine Color Guard, Morris Dixon Chapter.
"We always enjoy doing a flag presentation," said Commander of the Marine Corps Color Guard Wayne Morgan of Largo, Military Order of the Devil Dogs. "We do a lot of memorial services, so it's really a treat to be able to participate in this dedication."
Board members donated the pole and U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis donated the flag, which was accepted by board member Babs Michael and her daughter, Julie Byrd.
Michael is the great-granddaughter and Byrd is the great-great-granddaughter of Dr. Bernard J. Cigrand, credited by many historians as the father of Flag Day.
"This is a great honor," said Byrd, 38, of Tampa. "This is my first flag-raising ceremony involving my grandfather. He did so much work and gave so much time to his country for people to recognize the importance of the symbol of our country."
In June 1886, Cigrand made his first public proposal for the annual observance of June 14 as Flag Day in a story in the old Chicago Argus newspaper. He continued his campaign as editor in chief of American Standard magazine in 1888 and later wrote hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles advocating for Flag Day.
He died in 1932, but President Harry Truman signed legislation in 1949 making June 14 Flag Day.
In addition to the flag, Francis Wilson Playhouse was in the spotlight Thursday. And Clearwater City Councilman George Cretekos acknowledged the importance of the facility in the city, calling it a gem.
"We're so proud of the work that is done," Cretekos said. "Not only for the residents who come to see the plays, but proud of the educational programs that get our youth involved with the theater and to appreciate history."
Back in the old days, Mary Bok's endowment of $5,000 completely built the playhouse.
In recognition of current times, theater officials plan to bury a time capsule with the most recent happenings of the theater. It will include pictures of Thursday's event, a Norman Rockwell drawing of Mary Bok, McClelland's Vietnam War medal and his father's World War II and Korean War medals. Also, St. Petersburg Times articles on the event and two copies of Tampa Bay Magazine listing the playhouse as the 2009 and 2010 pick for Tampa Bay's favorite community theater.
"We can't lay a new cornerstone, so this is the creative way to celebrate and share the day with the community," said Rand Smith of St. Petersburg, 45, the theater's new artistic director.
Another creative touch was having actor Rick Kistner dressed in the garb of 1935 walking around the lobby portraying Francis Wilson.
"The theater will serve two great purposes," Kistner said. "To give an opportunity to gifted people who think they are gifted and are and not-so gifted people who think they are and are not, to express themselves."
Even though the day honored and celebrated the theater's past, some in attendance stayed keenly focused on the theater's future.
Andy Rufo, the theater's newly elected president, spoke of renovations being made to the lobby. He talked of the lease being up in 2034 and instead of looking for a new home, bringing the building into the new century.
"We want to be thought of as Broadway south," Rufo said. "I think we're already at that point, but we want people to know we're here and we've been here for 75 years. Right here in Clearwater, just a little south of Broadway."


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Gravity Friday, Oct. 4 Multiple Locations Director Alfonso Cuaron's last major American feature, 'Children of Men', was a masterpiece both in its technical ability and in its dysotopian story. The early buzz on Gravity, Cuaron's new movie that opens in theaters this weekend, appears to build on his previous work's foundation. We'll let the trailer speak for itself:
FBS Football No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State Saturday, Oct. 5 Noon EST, ESPN
A few years ago, if you were a fan of Maryland athletics, there was an interesting contrast to watch between how two new program coaches, football's Randy Edsall and lacrosse's John Tillman, approached their respective jobs. Edsall's initial tenure was a "my way or the highway" routine, undercut by players talking to the media and upset alumni. Tillman, meanwhile, transitioned much more smoothly, letting the seniors do their work while he provided guidance. Terps lax, in response, made two NCAA Tournament championship games, and Tillman slowly added his imprint over multiple years. Edsall's approach took some time, but he has the team ranked No. 25 in the nation heading into this weekend's matchup. Happy times in Terp Town.
WWE Battleground Sunday, Oct. 6 Buffalo, N.Y.
Pro wrestling and lacrosse aren't exactly kindred spirits, but there's a ton of crossover. Taz. Mick Foley. Bobby Roode. So, if you care about the squared circle, you'll know that WWE's latest PPV Battleground is this Sunday. Current WWE Champion Randy Orton goes against underdog challenge Daniel Bryan for the title, but our highlight match will be Cody and Dustin Rhodes versus the Shield for a right to work. Their father, The American Dream Dusty Rhodes, is one of the best wrestlers to ever cut a promo. Hard Times!


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Justin Bieber arrested for DUI and drag racing
Justin Bieber was arrested early Thursday morning for drag racing and DUI in Miami Beach. The only official detail is he was in a rented Lamborghini. Bieber has now gotten in trouble with the law on countless occasions now in addition to saying and doing stupid things not against the law. We have compiled a list of five previous Bieber stories that we deemed the worst.
He was filmed sleeping in bed by a Brazilian prostitute
The Egg Incident
In Australia he was detained and searched for drugs
He attacked paparazzi
He said he thinks Anne Frank would have been a 'Belieber'
Which story do you think is the worst, and do you think he will be deported back to Canada?
UPDATE: TMZ recently released the police report for Justin's arrest and there's also a video!
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So Cal Sriracha factory looking to move after complaints
After months of battling with the City of Irwindale, the founder of a popular hot sauce now says he is considering moving his factory.
The City Council passed a public nuisance resolution against the Sriracha factory after several complaints about the strong smell.
The factory location needs to be within two hours drive time of where the peppers are grown. Lucky for the company, it has several other areas clamoring for its business.
Several other California cities and even various other states are looking at ways to entice Huy Fong foods, where Sriracha is made, to relocate to their area.
"Sriracha is all the rage now. We went from ketchup to salsa to now we're at Sriracha as being the number one condiment," said Richard Chapman, president and CEO of Kern Economic Development Corp.
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LAKELAND, FL (April 15, 2014) - Red Trail Racing of Lakeland will host the City Challenge Urban Mountain Bike Race in downtown Lakeland on Saturday, April 19, 2014 from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. The registration and head table for the event will be in front of City Hall on Lemon Street. Registration for the event will start at 5 p.m. with a practice session starting at 6 p.m. before the racing starts around 6:30 p.m.
Ray Wells, promoter of the event said, "I'm excited and we have almost 150 racers that will be participating in this very unique urban mountain bike format. In fact, I am not aware of any other urban mountain bike race in the nation and we started it all right here in Lakeland."
The urban criterium is a mountain bike race on asphalt and stairs that winds through the Iowa Street Parking garage and along Lemon Street in front of City Hall. Spectators are admitted free and can view the outlined course along Iowa Street and the Iowa Street Garage from designated positions.
The Iowa Avenue Parking Garage will be closed because it is part of the race course. The portion of Iowa Avenue between Lakeland's City Hall and Lakeland Electric will be closed and a portion of Lemon Street will be closed for through traffic at Massachusetts Avenue.
Wells said, "This year we've added a cyclocross event where participants race their bike on the course backwards having to carry their bikes up the many stairs in the course instead of riding down them."
Visit www.redtrailracing.com for more information and to register for the Lakeland Urban Mountain Bike Race .
Teacher Arrested After Having Sex with Student
LAKELAND, FL (April 15, 2014) - On April 14, the Lakeland Police Department received information from the victim's mother that her son was engaged in sexual activity with his English teacher who is employed at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy, 4141 Medulla Road, Lakeland, Florida. The English teacher has been identified as Jennifer Christine Fichter, 29 years of age. It was discovered that the victim, 17 years of age and Fichter had been texting each other with Fichter using two different alias' and later meeting in the early morning hours for sex in the parking lot of the Reserve Apartments, 4920 State Road 33, Lakeland. The sexual encounters occurred in Fichters vehicle.
The victim's mother discovered this relationship after reviewing text messages from her son and she asked that Fichter respond to her residence to talk. According to the victim's mother, Fichter admitted to the sexual encounters and professed her love for him.
The victim admitted to his involvement with detectives saying that they met for sex a total of 3 times at the Reserve Apartments and 3 times at another location off of New Tampa Highway within the city limits. In addition, the victim admitted to sex numerous times outside the cities jurisdiction and within the jurisdiction of Polk and Hillsborough County. These incidents are currently under investigation by both agencies.
Jennifer Christine Fichter was arrested at her residence at 11:40 p.m., and later transported to the Polk County Jail. Fichter has been charged with Unlawful Sexual Activity With A Minor (6 counts).
Media inquiries should be directed to 863.583-2357.
LAKELAND, FL (April 10, 2014) - City Manager Doug Thomas recently completed the internal investigation associated with retired Police Officer Jimmy Mock's complaint against Chief Giddens and Lisa Womack. The allegations made by Mr. Mock against Chief Giddens were determined to be unfounded in two instances and Chief Giddens was exonerated in the third allegation. Lisa Womack was exonerated in the sole allegation made against her by Mr. Mock.
Thomas said, "We fully investigated the allegations made by Mr. Mock through the Police Department's Office of Professional Standards and after complete review, the findings prove to be unfounded on two of the allegations and Chief Giddens was exonerated in the third allegation." He added, "We take these allegations very seriously and we continue to push the Department to be the best that they can be. We are in the final stages of completing the other internal investigation involving a complaint against Chief Giddens and that investigation is expected to be concluded and released to the media next week."
Please find attached a copy of the Investigative Report Summary, as well as the related Findings and Recommended Action Forms to Chief Giddens and Lisa Womack. Also attached is a copy of the transmittal letter to Mr. Mock informing him of the findings of the investigation.
LAKELAND, FL (April 7, 2014) - The Lakeland City Commission voted to increase the fuel charge for Lakeland Electric customers $2.50 cents per 1,000 kWh effective for meters read on or after May 1, 2014. The new fuel charge will be $43.35 per 1,000 kWh.
After listening to a presentation at the Monday, April 7th Utility Committee meeting, staff recommended an increase to the current fuel charge based on fuel forecasts that indicates growing natural gas prices for the upcoming year.
RESIDENTIAL RATES BASED ON 1,000 kWh
Current New Rates – Effective May 1, 2014
Base Charge $ 59.64 $ 59.64 (includes environmental charges)
Fuel Charge $ 40.85 $ 43.35 (includes fuel increase)
The base rate includes environmental compliance charges that are directly related to federal and state initiatives regarding clean air and water mandates. Most of the expenses are related to energy production and include air emission controls, water quality monitoring and capital spending for equipment necessary to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Act.
Lakeland Electric bills are broken out for customer convenience in detail to show the base charge, fuel charge and appropriate taxes and service charges. The fuel charge on a utility bill is exactly that, the actual costs for fuel used to generate the amount of electricity used within your residence. Most utilities subscribe to the same billing practice and break out the base rate and the fuel charge for their customers. There is no mark-up in fuel. In fact, fuel is a straight pass-through charge to customers.
Based on Florida Municipal Electric Association data, Lakeland Electric's residential rates after the May 1, 2014 fuel charge increase will be the continue to be the lowest in the state. Visit www.lakelandelectric.com for more information and to see a residential rate comparison.


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A yearly ritual I partake in on my birthday around the middle of May, is to complete Earthbound in it's entirety over again.
Sure, I've done it many times before, but this game holds a special place for me and it really is one of the best games I've ever played.
With recent news of the Virtual Console release of the game, it's definitely sparking renewed interest in the gaming community. What can I say? Earthbound is beloved by many people, so when Japan got Remakes of Mother 1 + 2 on GBA, an actual sequel, Mother 3, on GBA as well as it's own Virtual Console release, the crowd began to get louder demanding more EB Love in the Americas and Europe.
Heck, even when Shigesato Itoi had a live playing of Mother 2 direct from Japan on March 22nd to celebrate it's Virtual Console release (Which, by the way, had a HUGE advertising campaign in Japan including Mother themed iPhone cases), there was a huge following of English watchers (myself included).
I was hoping that the Virtual Console release of Earthbound would be around for my Birthday, but it seems like it may be just in time for the Holiday Season instead. :)
Ah well, here's Nintendo President Iwata (who was also a programmer for Earthbound apparently) discussing this marvellous event.


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A shrinking global economy has many at the International Monetary Fund worried, as economists project that 2009 will see a decline of 1.3 percent in world economic output—the first global recession since World War II.
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The global economy is set to decline by 1.3% in 2009, in the first global recession since World War II, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says.
In January, the IMF had predicted world output would increase by 0.5% in 2009.
But other major economies are predicted to shrink even more, with Germany declining by 5.6%, Japan by 6.2%, and Italy by 4.4% in 2009.
The prospects for the advanced economies are not much brighter in 2010, with an overall forecast of zero growth.
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Fulmer denies contact with Razorbacks, calls Arkansas 'a great place'
Former Tennessee assistant coach Doug Matthews told a Nashville radio station Arkansas has reached out to Phillip Fulmer to replace Bobby Petrino.
UPDATE: Phillip Fulmer officially denied contact with Arkansas on Wednesday afternoon, but told the Knoxville News Sentinel that he considers the program championship-ready and "a great place."
"I have not been contacted by Arkansas," Fulmer said. "But I think Arkansas is a great place."
But it was Fulmer's next statement that left the door open, should the Razorbacks decide to officially contact the former Tennessee head coach.
"When I left Tennessee, I was asked if I would coach again, and I said I would consider it if it was at a place where I could compete for a championship," Fulmer said. "Arkansas does qualify as that kind of place, as there is a very solid foundation there."
Former Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer has been in contact with Arkansas regarding the open head coaching position, according to a former assistant coach.
Doug Matthews, an assistant coach at Tennessee for 10 years, told the 3HL show on 104.5 in Nashville that the Razorbacks have reached out to Fulmer, who has not coached since his 17-year tenure at Tennessee ended in 2008.
"I know Phillip has had conversations with them," Matthews sad on the air. "And when I say them, all that is going to take place behind the scenes."
Matthews went on to suggest that Arkansas is waiting for the completion of spring practice - the spring game will be held this Saturday - and then an evaluation will be made. If the administration feels comfortable promoting from within, Matthews said, that would be the first choice.
"But I think they'll either go with a guy that they've got on the staff or they'll bring in someone to be - caretaker's the wrong word - but bring someone in who has been through it all before."
After reports that he had interest in replacing Bobby Petrino at Arkansas, former NFL and college coach Steve Mariucci told CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd on Sunday he had not heard from the Razorbacks.
"I just had a few phone calls from my son and a few friends asking what's going on and to be honest I hadn't heard about it," Mariucci told CBSSports.com. "It comes as a complete surprise to me.
"I haven't ruled it out [coaching again]. I enjoy what I do now. If something comes up that makes sense, but I've had no contact with Arkansas."
If the Razorbacks do decide to promote from the current staff, many believe that current interim Taver Johnson or running backs coach/recruiting coordinator Tim Horton are the likely candidates.
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Mike Gundy and the Cowboys know there's one monster they have to contend with in their own...
You can stay in a Mizzou dorm for games
The initiative has been put forth to offset the burden of declining freshman enrollment
Big 12 win totals: Oklahoma leads
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Iconic ASU coach Frank Kush dies at 88
Kush went 176-54-1 in 22 seasons at Arizona State
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GlaxoSmithKline to Buy ID Biomedical
ID Biomedical (IDBE ) agreed to be acquired by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK ) for C$35 per share, or about C$1.7 billion (US$1.4 billion).
Electronics for Imaging( EFII ) said it sees better-than-expected 30 cents to 32 cents third quarter earnings per share (pro forma), $0.21 to $0.23 (generally accepted accounting principles), on revenue of $137 million to $139 million. The digital imaging company cited strong performance of its Fiery controller business.
Altera (ALTR ) said it sees 66% to 67% third quarter gross margin as a percentage of sales vs. earlier guidance of 68% to 69%. The logic devices manufacturer said high-margin and low-volume businesses thus far in the quarter have been less than anticipated.
Albertson's (ABS ) posted 29 cents vs. 28 cents second quarter earnings per share on unchanged sales. It reaffirmed guidance of $1.37 to $1.47 earnings per share for fiscal year 2006 from continuing operations.
Pepsi Bottling (PBG ) said it's likely that its third quarter earnings per share will reach the high end of previous 76 cents to $0.78 guidance. It sees $1.82 to $1.88 2005 earnings per share on 3% worldwide volume growth.
Hibernia (HIB ) and Capital One Financial (COF ) renegotiated their acquisition purchase price, which is now valued at about $5 billion, or $30.49 per Hibernia share; the deal represents a reduction of 9% relative to previous terms. The companies cited the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY ) said that the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended approval of ORENCIA, which is being developed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Korn/Ferry Intl (KFY ) posted a 27 cents vs. 20 cents first quarter earnings per share estimate on 19% higher fee revenue. The recruiting firm saw $118 million to $124 million in fee revenue during the second quarter, or 22 cent to 27 cent earnings per share.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY ) and Novartis (NVS ) are in an alliance to discover innovative therapeutics. Novartis will make initial payments of $56.8 million to Alnylam, but collective payments could exceed $700 million, not including royalties.
ADTRAN (ADTN ) revised its third quarter forecast to between 38 cent and 40 cent earnings per share on $143 million to $147 million in revenue. For 2005 it sees between $1.18 and $1.22 earnings per share on $503 million to $511 million in revenue. Legg Mason upgraded the network access product maker to buy from hold. S&P reiterated its hold opinion.
Spectrum Brands (SPC ) said it sees lower-than-expected fourth quarter earnings per share (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) of between 2 cents and 5 cents. The company cut its fiscal year 2006 earnings per share (GAAP) forecast to between $2.20 and $2.35.
Symbol Technologies (SBL ) and UNOVA( UNA ) agreed to settle their RFID (radio frequency identification) intellectual property dispute.
World Wrestling (WWE ) posted 16 cents vs. 11 cents first quarter earnings per share on a 15% revenue rise. The company raised its fiscal year 2006 forecast to between 46 cents and 50 cents in earnings per share from continuing operations on $360 million to $375 million of revenue.
International DisplayWorks (IDWK )posted 3 cent vs. 1 cent third quarter earnings per share on a sharp revenue rise. The liquid crystal display product maker said its revenues were negatively impacted by an inventory issue with its largest customer. International DisplayWorks is expecting fourth quarter revenue of $22.5 million to $25 million. Roth Capital downgraded the company to buy from strong buy.
Macrovision (MVSN ) named James Budge as its executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately. First Albany upgraded the stock to buy from neutral.
Mikohn Gaming (PGIC ) said it agreed to acquire EndX Group, a British gaming software maker, for $27 million.
ADE( ADEX ) posted 20 cent vs. 35 cent first quarter earnings per share on a 14% revenue decline. The semiconductor company sees its second quarter sales in the range of $23 million and $24 million (vs. the first quarter's $24.3 million), and earnings per share of 15 cents to 20 cents.


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If they are asking you to pay a tax liability of $2,99.84 then they have most likely audited the return and they would have told you in the notices why.
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Progress Software Lowers Its Sights
Posted by John R. Rymer on April 29, 2012
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Clay Richardson, Mike Gilpin, and I collaborated on this blog post.
I don't normally blog in response to news events, but I feel obligated to blog about Progress Software's strategy shift, announced last week (April 25, 2012). The reason: Before the shift, Progress was an independent alternative to the top-tier vendors of enterprise application platforms (Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and SAP); after the shift, it is not (see the figure below). Progress will now be a much more narrowly focused, specialist vendor.
Henceforth, Progress will provide its established OpenEdge application development platform (including OpenEdge BPM and a cloud-based version), its DataDirect Connect database drivers and integration tools, and its Apama (complex event processing) and Corticon (business rules management) platforms primarily for financial trading. Progress will no longer provide the following products, seeking to either sell them to other vendors or spin them out as independent companies:
- Savvion BPM
- Sonic ESB
- Actional services management
- Artix object request broker
- DataXtend data integration server
- FuseSource object request broker
- ObjectStore database
- Orbacus object request broker
- Orbix object request broker
- Shadow host integration products
That's a long list of products to divest. Progress isn't falling apart; rather, the company is making a second attempt to grow into an integrated enterprise vendor — this time with less baggage. In its first 25 years, Progress was a portfolio company selling technical components to other vendors. There was no "whole greater than the sum of the parts" for the company. The first attempt to weave Progress' portfolio of products into a set of high-value enterprise solutions collapsed under the weight of all of those products, many of which were commoditized and not growing. Now Progress will focus on just three areas.
The transformation strategy is the same: Use products that generate strong revenue and profits but grow slowly (Open Edge) to fund investment in products with strong growth potential for the future (Apama with Corticon, DataDirect). The focus is just tighter this time.
The catalyst for Progress' shift: activist investor Starboard Value LLP. Starboard's public letter to new Progress CEO Jay Bhat laid out the ugly financial picture the company had become. PRGS rose substantially after the announced strategy shift, as you'd expect from the promise of a cleaned-up balance sheet. But the hard challenges of future growth remain. First, there's still no value greater than the sum of Progress' parts. Second, OpenEdge remains the core of the company's revenue (and culture), and it is an old platform. Yes, Progress has added BPM and a cloud-deployment option to the OpenEdge platform. But the product remains primarily interesting to long-time Progress ISVs, not the broader market. Persuading the wide world of developers to even consider OpenEdge will be an immense task.
We see three major avenues to igniting long-term growth at Progress, none of which will be easy:
- Invest in rejuvenating OpenEdge as a modern enterprise platform. Progress faces tough competitors here, including Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and upstarts like salesforce.com. Technical excellence isn't enough to win in most of these competitive situations. Invest to sustain DataDirect for profitable growth, and use whatever resources are left to allow Apama/Corticon to continue to mine the fast-growing markets in trading automation and surveillance.
- Invest for sustainability in both OpenEdge and DataDirect while seeking hypergrowth by Apama/Corticon in a broad set of markets, including financial services, telecommunications, eCommerce, gaming, and security.
- Invest in sustainability for OpenEdge, DataDirect, and Apama/Corticon while acquiring new growth businesses.
Progress' journey reminds us of the risks even successful enterprise software products and companies face. Corporate transitions are difficult, investors impatient. The thousands of customers using Savvion BPM, Sonic ESB, and the other products Progress is divesting now must hope and pray the products they depend on find stable homes. Most of these products were commercial successes in their day. Now each is a risky bet, despite its maturity and technical strengths. The situation reminds us of a key benefit of selecting a top-tier enterprise vendor: IBM and SAP rarely kill established products, and the same can be said of Oracle in recent years. Microsoft is . . . well . . . getting there. The leading second-tier vendors — Tibco and Software AG — also have good track records for sustaining products.
Now, approach Progress as a specialist vendor with three distinct products, not an enterprise platform provider. Progress has good products, but clients must include in their evaluations of those products the continuing business execution risk that the company will face during the next year. Progress is still in transition.
Comment from Tom Debevoise (not verified) on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 08:07
Hi John,
Great post. This seems like a needed move for Progress, yet what will happen to all the customers of products like Savvion? Projects and ambitions were impacted by this manover. There is going to be many plans disrupted and that will affect the opinions of the public for a long time to come. As you pointed out in the last line, "clients must include in their evaluations of those products the continuing business-execution risk the company faces during the next year".
Tom Debevoise
Comment from Neil Ward-Dutton (not verified) on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 16:19
Great post guys. I hadn't spotted the role of Starboard Value - makes a lot of sense.
Great post but maybe there is another endgame ...
Comment from David Brakoniecki on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 18:14
Love the analysis but can't help thinking that this is a plan more likely to release value by systematically selling the business in logical steps rather than building a lasting technology platform.
I reblogged this perspective, here:
Don't enterprise applications require middleware?
Comment from Chris Haddad (not verified) on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 09:55
I'm not quite sure what type of IT infrastructure provider Progress will be after the transition. Based on my application platform strategy engagements with hundreds of enterprise clients, middleware is inextricably linked to application development, and SOA+integration is a cornerstone of Cloud.
WSO2 is a 100% open enterprise platform provider with a dedicated focus on delivering a complete, composable, and cohesive middleware platform spanning data to screen. Our WSO2 Enterprise Platform enables SOA, BPM, API management, web application development, and Cloud. WSO2 desires to assist Progress Sonic ESB and Progress FuseSource customers choose a viable, stable, and supported middleware platform.
We are offering free Evaluation Support to current Progress Sonic ESB and Progress FuseSource customers, and would be pleased to demonstrate how our market leading WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus and WSO2 SOA Platform meets your evaluation criteria. Feel free to contact us via our contact form ( http://wso2.com/support ) or send us an email note (mailto:email@example.com).
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Comment from Ganesh Prasad (not verified) on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 22:37
You are taking a welcome example of commoditisation and instead of advising customers to consider Open Source products that align with this trend, you are trying to scare them into the arms of big, expensive product vendors. I believe this is highly dishonest and my blog post elaborates on this:
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Comment from Steven Ericksons (not verified) on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 05:06
Your post is so interesting. and it is more useful and helpful for me. Thanks for share this valuable post.
Horrified, Sonic is at the CORE of our architecture!!
Comment from John ONeill (not verified) on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 09:45
What the hell is Progress Software thinking?! We have an OpenEdge ABL based Core Banking System developed in Australia, a few years ago we decided to make SonicMQ the focus of all our external interfaces to 3rd party services and applications, ATM/EFTPOS, online banking, interbank transfers and so on... All run through SonicMQ.
MILLIONS of dollars per day in transaction turnover are handled by SonicMQ brokers in our business.. this news has really shocked the Melbourne Progress development community.
Now, we do not know what will happen to SonicMQ, who will buy it? Will it survive? Will Progress continue to provide a Sonic adaptor for the ABL to use?
Middleware is centre stage in my mind when I think of I.T, and one of OpenEdge's great assetts 'in my humble opinion' was the integration of SonicMQ.
I am not the only manager who has over the last few years become heavily reliant on SonicMQ to allow my Open Edge based systems to interact with the outside world...Now I see risk, risk with remaining on OpenEdge...
Some very, very tough decisions commig soon I think...I am not comfortable with the direction Progress are taking, they are indeed... taking the low road.
Will be happy to work with
Comment from Rajesh Rao (not verified) on Wed, 11/07/2012 - 01:18
Will be happy to work with you and help find an effective alternate/solution.
Progress unloads Sonic, Savvion, and Actional
Comment from Chris Haddad (not verified) on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 10:58
Will Sonic's new owner best-serve current customer's integration and SOA requirements?
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"OK listen, kids. Get a little closer. Your parents and your grandparents are going to die," Banner points out. "So just by default you are going to be running things. So you might as well start early and get prepared for it." He also adds the voting process "only takes 5 minutes." With smear campaigns ruling TV sets as the Nov. 2 poll date looms, the lighthearted, in-your-face Rock the Vote PSA is a fitting departure. Check it out after the jump.


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Below all this, the touchpad is a good one with a wide aspect to match the screen and an ideal matte textured surface. It's a pity that after all this praise, the touchpad's buttons have to go and spoil things somewhat. While they're large and well-positioned, they're still too stiff. Their chromed surface together with their rounded shape also makes them unpleasantly slippery, as well as showing off the slightest fingerprint.
Of course the internals of Toshiba's latest budget notebook have also seen a bit of an overhaul, most significantly from the A300-177's Centrino 1.83GHz T5550 to Intel's Centrino 2 chipset and a T5800 Intel Core 2 Duo running at 2.0GHz. Memory has also doubled to 4GB of 800MHz DDR2, though a 32-bit version of Vista Home Premium won't take full advantage. However, it's the perfect excuse to upgrade to the 64-bit edition of Windows 7 when it comes out. For storage you now get a 250GB hard drive (split into two roughly equal 115GB partitions), which is a modest increase but adequate for everyday use. Though there is no built-in Bluetooth, wireless is well up to scratch with Draft-N included for improved Wi-Fi range and faster data transfer.
Intel's new Centrino 2 chipset also brings with it a new graphics chip, the GMA 4500M HD, which is fine for everyday use but will struggle with most games and only managed 15.5fps at Medium Quality in TrackMania Nations Forever at the screen's native 1,366 x 768 resolution.
Speaking of the screen, this is probably the biggest change as Toshiba has switched from 16:10 to 16:9; a more film-friendly aspect ratio. Unfortunately, aside from putting the weight up from the A300's 2.7 to 2.94kg, the reflective display is not the best example we've come across. Text is sharp, there's barely a hint of banding or backlight bleed and it even did fairly well in our greyscale testing, but this mostly good performance is ruined by poor viewing angles, where watching at a slight angle introduces severe contrast shift.
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A quarter of the way through the season, we are starting to see some trends developing. Here are the top 15 story lines as we take an early look at the Week Five games:
1. So many story lines this week with Broncos-Patriots. Dan Koppen vs. Vince Wilfork, practice battlers for parts of eight years, going head to head again. Josh McDaniels facing his old team, with some scars still likely raw. Brandon Lloyd, too. Gronk (Rob) vs. Gronk (Broncos FB Chris). A rematch of the playoff destruction from January, sans Tebow. And, oh yeah, Tom Brady-Peyton Manning. It's the first time they have faced each other when it's not Colts-Patriots, but that might only make it more intriguing. The Patriots jumped back into the contender fray after that unseemly 1-2 start, and given the dregs in the rest of the AFC East, they are the unquestioned favorites until further, unexpected notice. The Broncos might be in the same boat at 2-2 in a middling, unsettled AFC West, but their two losses — and a brutal remaining schedule — loom as worries.
2. Manning, who has thrown for more than 300 yards in each of his four Broncos games, will attack two safeties, Patrick Chung and Steve Gregory, who were pretty bad in the win at Buffalo, and of course, Manning will be locking mental horns with his old nemesis, Bill Belichick. Brady gets a rematch with the Broncos' defense he tore up in the playoffs for six TD passes, but it's a new coordinator in Denver, with Jack Del Rio replacing Dennis Allen. Interesting side note (on that note): The last time Brady faced a Del Rio-coached team in a meaningful game was against the Jaguars in 2009. If you are forgetting the game, Brady was maybe as on point as he ever has been: 23-of-26 passing, 267 yards, four TDs, untouched by the Jags' defenders. Wes Welker was targeted 13 times that game, and he caught 13 passes for 138 yards. Yeah, now back to the present — and reality — here. Welker was supposed to be on the outs? He has now caught 22 passes for 366 yards the past three weeks. Cut that guy, will you, please?
3. The Eagles have three wins by a combined four points. Their one loss was by 21. They're the first NFL team to win their first three games by a combined margin of four points. So do we make that much of Sunday night's victory over the Giants? Well, we do in this regard: They were patient. They set a game plan and stuck with it. When the run was shut down in the first half (19 yards on 12 carries), they still went back to it. Result: LeSean McCoy was electric in the second half, the Eagles didn't turn the ball over for the first time all season and they squeezed out a big divisional win over a measuring-stick rival. On top of that, they have a stout defense, which should make Sunday's game in Pittsburgh so interesting.
4. The Steelers have had an extra week to ponder what happened to them defensively in Oakland. The secondary was a total mess, and once more we have to play the will-they-won't-they game with Troy Polamalu and James Harrison. It sounds like Polamalu might be more likely of the two to go against the Eagles, and they'll have their chances against Michael Vick and the Eagles, who had 12 turnovers in the first three games, even if they didn't give the ball away against the Giants. On the other side, it's the best sack-and-tackle-breaking quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger (sacked nine times by the Eagles the last time they played in 2008), against the Eagles' electric wave of pass rushers (who need a nickname, collectively, by the way). Ben's incredible strength against the speed of Trent Cole, Jason Babin and Co. What a fun matchup. It could also mark the season debut for RB Rashard Mendenhall, who could start.
5. So the Jets are back to being sad again. Forty-eight points feels like two months ago. Coming off the embarrassing 34-0 loss (and it easily could have been worse) to the 49ers, the Jets draw maybe the other best defense in the NFL in the Texans. Is this the low point in Rex Ryan's tenure? QB Mark Sanchez struggled, WR Santonio Holmes suffered what might be a season-ending foot injury, the defense was gutted for 245 rushing yards and several of them came on "Wildcat"-type plays that the Jets were supposed to unleash on the NFL with Tim Tebow. What a mess. Now Ryan is facing questions about when to bench Sanchez and go to Tebow — all before the unbeaten Texans come to town. Have fun having the castle be stormed.
6. The Texans are not perfect. Yeah, their record is 4-0 for the first time in franchise history, they rank first defensively in yards and points allowed, their quarterback only has been sacked three times in 128 dropbacks and they have perhaps the most disciplined team in football (42.8 penalty yards per game, two turnovers total). There's still stuff they'd like to, you know, clean up. Steady-as-she-goes head coach Gary Kubiak is on the cold seat these days for his ship guidance, though, and he considers the Jets to be just the next tough opponent on the schedule. "You just keep playing," Kubiak said. "I think we understand every week is a new week. … We had a good month, good September. It's a new day. … We're just focused on each opportunity we have to win. The next one is in New York so we'll have to go on the road and play very well." One thing, Coach: Anything you can do to lighten Arian Foster's load? He's on pace for a Jamal Anderson-esque 412 carries, and you do have Ben Tate (even if he's a bit nicked up right now) and all … "He looks fine to me," Kubiak said. "He's holding up fine." So there you have it. It's good to be on top of the NFL world.
7. The Saints might not be on the very bottom, but their record certainly says they are. Sunday night will be their fifth chance this season to win their first game, but even if they can't take down the Chargers at home, a very special league record — NBC promo alert! — is on the verge of falling. With a TD pass against San Diego, Drew Brees would take down the mighty Johnny Unitas and his record of 47 straight games with a touchdown pass. And here's a nice item: Unitas' son wrote a letter to Brees (posted on the team's Facebook page) wishing him well and that his father, who passed away in 2002, would have wanted Brees to break the mark. That's cool. And how about this? It appears that Sean Payton will not request to the NFL to see his QB break the mark. Sunday, Gregg Williams, the other suspended principle in the Bounty scandal, was able to attend the Rams game as a fan to watch his son coach. Payton told the Times-Picayune that he's "kind of got a full plate here." Payton continued, "A handful of people texted me that. Right now, I'll be able to watch it, and shoot, just being able to watch it on TV is no different than being there in person. It's just an honor to be connected to this." NBC appreciates this, Sean, and our guess is that the NFL does, too.
8. Who are the Chargers? Are they the team that whisked their way to margins of eight and 17 points in two road victories and 28 in one home win, or the one that was smoked at home by the Falcons? They'll head to New Orleans confident after their six-turnover barbecuing of the Chiefs in Kansas City, but are they perhaps ripe for the upset? The Saints bounced back with their best four-quarter effort of the season, losing by a point at Lambeau. Scary for the Chargers is that Brees got way hot (446 passing yards) and the defense, perish the thought, actually created multiple turnovers. But the Chargers are talking confidently ahead of their trip to the Big Easy, and the returns of OLT Jared Gaither and RB Ryan Mathews should make them better over time. The last time the Chargers and Saints met, it was in London's Wembley Stadium in 2008.
9. Anyone remember a barnburner of a game between the Bills and 49ers just over 20 years ago? It was 1992 when the teams met in Candlestick and it was the first NFL game with zero punts. For the Bills, it was Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed. For the Niners, it was Steve Young, Jerry Rice and John Taylor. The final: 34-31. So why the history lesson? Well, besides it being a cool side note, shame on you if you so quickly dismiss the scoring potential of an Alex Smith-Ryan Fitzpatrick tilt as these teams meet again for only the fourth time in San Francisco since that famed contest. The Niners dropped 34 (and Colin Kaepernick's charity, going down before the endzone, spared the Jets of having 41 hung) on them last week. The Bills rolled up 28 points and 438 yards against the Patriots. So what if the offenses are best when they keep it on the ground and that, at least in the case of the 49ers, the defense is a big reason why they scored that much? The Bills come in battered and they were battered the last time they traveled to the West Coast (a 37-10 dusting by the Chargers in Week 14 last year). The Niners are 3-1 and haven't lost at regular-season game at home since Week Two of a year ago.
10. Thursday's Cardinals-Rams game is suddenly more intriguing following the Rams' upset of the Seahawks and the Cardinals BP-raising overtime win to remain perfect. The Rams had been knocking on the door with a close loss at Detroit and a win over the Redskins in which they were the more composed team before last week's special-teams-led victory over a Seattle team coming in from a charter flight on Cloud Nine. Although the Rams have not moved the ball well consistently, and the Cardinals have brandished a good defense, that unit took a step backwards against the Dolphins, allowing Ryan Tannehill and Brian Hartline to bring back memories of Dan Marino and Mark Duper. And this was the same "D" that confused and harassed Tom Brady and Michael Vick? Odd. The Cardinals go for 5-0, but it will not be easy against the Fighting Amendolas.
11. Our thoughts go out to the family of Colts head coach Chuck Pagano, and all of us at PFW will be behind him as he battles leukemia. The Colts will have to soldier on Sunday with a tough matchup against the battered Packers, who emerged from a grind against the Saints with a one-point victory, the referees and Graham Harrell be damned. Aaron Rodgers might have to attack the Colts' secondary without WR Greg Jennings, whose groin is said to have not improved. Still, it should be an entertaining QB battle with Andrew Luck, despite the rookie's tepid start. He has had two weeks now, coming off the bye, to study the Packers' defense, which had started strong the first three games but took a big step backwards against the Saints on Sunday. This one could be close in what should be an emotional Lucas Oil Stadium.
12. The Dolphins have suffered back-to-back overtime losses and head to Cincinnati a bit battered from the experience. They had the Jets on the ropes and couldn't finish them off. They had the unbeaten Cardinals dead to rights and folded in the fourth, despite some fireworks from the rookie quarterback. Tannehill and Andy Dalton have been mostly terrific this season, and they'll each have a chance to score some points this weekend provided that the pass rushers — Cameron Wake for Miami; Geno Atkins, Michael Johnson and others for Cincy — don't take over. But take note of the Bengals, please, folks. They are getting better defensively, and their slew of talented wide receivers is quite the tough bunch to defend. Win this one and the Bengals will move to 4-1 with two division games ahead of them.
13. Could Robert Griffin III be the one to end the Falcons' unbeaten run? The Redskins have their share of warts for sure, but Griffin has been mostly magnificent. Here's a great point passed on from esteemed friend of the program and PFW Redskins correspondent John Keim: In four games, Griffin has completed 12-of-14 passes (not counting two spikes) for 126 yards and has run four times for 55 yards in his final drives of the game. As Keim notes, that's heady stuff. We saw quarter-pole NFL MVP Matt Ryan drive his Falcons from their own 1-yard line into (game-winning) field-goal range on Sunday against the Panthers. Could Griffin pull a reversal of fortune against these Falcons at Washington on Sunday? He has taken a beating almost every game but has given the 2-2 Skins a legit chance to be 4-0 at this point, despite the occasionally putrid play of the injury-riddled defense.
14. Flashpoint game in Charlotte this weekend. The 2-2 Seahawks head to Carolina for a game against the 1-3 Panthers on Sunday, and there's a good chance we'll be coming out of this one talking about one of the quarterbacks needing to be better. Cam Newton has been off to an up-and-down start, even with a decent game Sunday against the Falcons, and Seattle's Russell Wilson has shown that he's not fully developed yet. Could a Seahawks loss lead to a change to Matt Flynn? It's not out of the question, although the blame clearly also lies with an offensive line that has started four different combinations in four games and a WR group that has failed to make plays on a regular basis. Yes, the Fail Mary is what we would consider an outlier.
15. Could the Vikings be 4-1, ladies and gentlemen? Hang on a moment. First, Chris Johnson no longer is subject to cute variations on his CJ2K nickname, having ginsu-ed the Texans' talented defense for 141 rushing yards on Sunday. The Titans mixed in a lot more sprint draws in favor of the zone series, and it seemed to work. But what will the passing game look like? Jake Locker almost certainly is out for this one with a left shoulder injury, and WR Kenny Britt (ankle) also could be out. Matt Hasselbeck would then be left to attack a Vikings defense that battered around Lions WR Calvin Johnson Sunday and rattled QB Matthew Stafford with five sacks and four additional QB hits. He never looked comfortable. Hasselbeck threw for two TD passes in relief of Locker but also accounted for three turnovers. The Vikings are 6-1 against this franchise, going back to the Houston Oilers days.


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Tawfik who lets spiritual strains seep into his music, confirmed that he would like to record a recitation of the Holy Quran in his own voice. Since the idea has been playing on his mind for a couple of years now, he is hoping to begin and execute the project as soon as possible. He ultimately plans to pave the way to retiring from the genre of romantic and social-themed songs.


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In September, 1980, angry at being thrown out of Downtown Vancouver's Palace Hotel tavern, 34-year-old Steven LeClair got his handgun, returned to the establishment and began firing indiscriminately.
Within seconds, pub manager Anthony Dutkiewicz, 50, waiter James McDonald, 35, and patron Frieda Kradepohl, 72, lay dying and two more lay wounded. LeClair then walked into the street, hijacked a car, and ordered the driver to Richmond RCMP headquarters, where he shot and killed the front desk officer, Const. Tom Agar, 26, and wounded another officer before he was taken into custody.
At trial, LeClair threatened surviving bar staff from the stand, saying they were lucky to be walking. He applied for early parole in 1998, but was rejected in part because — just as was the case the night he killed them — LeClair did not know his victim's names.
But this week, 34 years after his rampage, LeClair is finally getting his first taste of freedom. The Parole Board of Canada acknowledged it cannot be sure the 68-year-old will not reoffend, but deemed it safe enough to grant him 72 hours of freedom per month to shop, go to the movies and be with his wife, whom he appears to have met from prison via a personal ad.
"I don't think it's OK for people to commit those kinds of horrific crimes, where there's significant impact on families and loved ones, and then you're incarcerated for a very short period of time, released, and then you get to enjoy all the same privileges enjoyed by law-abiding citizens in this country," said Tom Stamatakis, the Vancouver-based president of the Canadian Police Association.
"I just think that's wrong."
In the last three years, the Harper Government has eliminated the much-maligned "faint hope clause," closed the long-standing loophole that allowed murderers to rack up multiple victims without adding to their sentence and, just last April, backed a Manitoba MP's private member's bill to hand 40-year minimum sentences to those guilty of the triple crime of abduction, rape and murder.
Now, the Conservatives are readying what will likely be the final plank in that tough-on-murderers campaign. By this time next year, for the first time in history, Canadian judges could well have the power to put "heinous offenders" away for the rest of their natural life.
In last October's Throne Speech, amid pronouncements about cable-TV bundling and free trade agreements, a single 45-word passage promised to dramatically shape Canadian criminal sentencing.
"Canadians do not understand why the most dangerous criminals would ever be released from prison," Governor-General David Johnston told the Senate Chamber.
"For them, our government will change the law so that a life sentence means a sentence for life."
Few details were released, aside from an October press conference at which Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the proposed law would target "the worst of the worst, the most violent, repeat offenders."
In a statement to the
National Post
, Mr. MacKay continued to remain brief, and curiously guarded, about the proposed law: "Our government is currently reviewing options to ensure that a life sentence actually means incarceration for life."
Currently, any Canadian convicted of both first- or second-degree murder is indeed given an automatic "life sentence," but the provision rarely puts an offender in jail for longer than 25 years, the time at which first-degree murderers are first eligible for parole. The minimum parole eligibility for second-degree murderers, meanwhile, is only 10 years.
Early parole skews the incarceration time even lower. In fact, between 1976 and 2002, the average incarceration time for first-degree murderers was 22.4 years, according to the Correctional Service of Canada.
Ultimately, the "life" part of "life sentence" merely refers to the fact that, post-incarceration, a criminal's parole period never ends.
For particularly worrisome criminals, there is the Dangerous Offender designation, a rare measure that hands indeterminate prison terms to any convict threatening the "life, safety or physical or mental well-being of the public." But even then, a dangerous offender is eligible for day parole after only four years, and full parole after seven.
"Our system is based on the premise that everybody gets a chance at parole," said Steve Sullivan, the former federal ombudsman for victims of crime. "We don't have anything in our law that says 'Once you go to prison, there's no chance you'll ever get out.'"
Mr. Stamatakis said it all adds up to a justice system that often releases violent offenders before their debt to society is paid.
At least when they're talking to pollsters, the Canadian public would seem to agree with Mr. Stamatakis that Canada is too soft on its violent killers. For decades, Canadian polls have repeatedly revealed U.S.-levels of support for sending certain murderers to the gallows.
In the late 1990s, Gallup found that between 1978 and 1998, Canadian support for reinstatement of the death penalty had never once dropped below 55%. More recently, a 2010 Angus Reid survey found 62% support and a January, 2011, Abacus Data poll found 66% support.
It was a March, 2013, Angus Reid poll that might be the most telling. When respondents were told that they could give offenders a "life without parole" (LWOP) sentence rather than kill them, death penalty supporters immediately dropped from 63% to a Sweden-esque low of 39%. Canadians, it seems, may not want their murderers dead so much as they just don't want to see them free.
Despite this, unlike with previous sentencing reforms, LWOP sentences have never been particularly high on the "wish lists" of Canadian victim's rights groups.
It is "not something our agency has really advocated for," wrote Heidi Illingworth, executive director of the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime, in an email to the National Post. "Since we do already have life sentences for first- and second-degree murder in Canada this means convicted killers can be kept in prison for life," she added.
It is not clear that LWOP sentences would ever have any measurable effect on crime, particularly as it only targets, in Mr. MacKay's words, the "most heinous" offenders.
While murderers of any severity do indeed have the right to regular parole hearings after their minimum sentence is complete, critics note that even the most bleeding-heart parole board is unlikely to set free the country's most notorious criminals.
They weren't releasing Olson and I don't think they're going to be releasing Bernardo
"They weren't releasing [child serial killer Clifford] Olson and I don't think they're going to be releasing [rapist and serial killer Paul] Bernardo," said Irvin Waller, author and expert on violence prevention and victim's rights.
"This is incredible overkill … overuse of incarceration doesn't give you safety, and it doesn't make victim's lives come together," he said.
Recidivism rates among paroled murderers are, arguably, low. A 2012 Correctional Service of Canada study looked at 1,129 "lifers" released between 1995 and 2005 and found that only 3.5% committed any kind of re-offence.
Sean Casey, the Liberal party justice critic, said the Tory drive for "life means life" sentences was driven by little more than a sense that "revenge is justice." Any toughening of sentencing is driven by "fear and stigma rather that facts, evidence and reality," he said, noting that such a measure could easily prompt a constitutional challenge.
"Life without parole is a form of mandatory sentence, which courts have struck down in certain instances as constituting cruel and unusual punishment, in addition to being grossly disproportionate, manifestly unfair, and in some cases, overbroad," he said.
Nevertheless, paroled murderers are indeed known to kill again. According to a study by the Correctional Service of Canada, between 1998 and 2008, 10 convicted murderers committed another homicide following their release from prison — an average of about one a year.
In all these cases, the study found, the offenders had been paroled despite a "significant history of violence," a "lack of remorse," a "complete lack of empathy for the victim" and other warning signs.
Regardless, LWOP sentencing may not really be about public safety. In the end, the measure may be guided by the simple notion that when a Canadian commits a sufficiently heinous crime, they do not deserve to get their freedom back.
"It is only natural to feel that a person who takes a life should repay society by losing their freedom for the rest of their life," wrote Ms. Illingworth, adding "it is the idea that the punishment should reflect the gravity of the crime."
Naturally, the PR value of such a law cannot be beat. When Canada is inevitably faced with its next Russell Williams or Robert Pickton, news reports will abound with speculation over whether this new killer will be the first to face life without parole.
Only five months ago, the Conservatives saw the much-celebrated debut of their other major murder reform, the 2011 Protecting Canadians by Ending Sentence Discounts for Multiple Murders Act.
The message that this sends out to the families is that things have changed
The offender was Travis Baumgartner, the armoured car guard who coolly shot four colleagues in a 2012 robbery. At Baumgartner's September, 2013, sentencing, an Alberta judge used the new Act to put the multiple-murderer behind bars for a minimum of 40 years. Pre-2011, the worst he could have received was 25 years, since he would have been serving his multiple murder sentences concurrently.
"The message that this sends out to the families is that things have changed," Crown prosecutor Steve Bilodeau said at the time.
The same debate is currently raging in the United Kingdom. Under current British law, English judges can hand out "whole life tariffs" to child murderers, multiple murderers and repeat offenders. But in July, that policy was called into question when the European Court of Human Rights ruled that, if the U.K. did not give its convicted murderers a possibility of release, it was tantamount to "inhuman or degrading treatment."
In response, the government of Prime Minister David Cameron is reportedly drafting a workaround. Soon, rather than being explicitly condemned to die in prison, the worst British offenders may instead be granted unsurvivably-long prison sentences spanning hundreds of years.
Whatever legal challenges may assail Canada's attempt at life-without-incarceration, it is entirely likely that once LWOP sentences are in the Criminal Code, it would be very difficult for any subsequent government to remove them.
"For a new government to come along and say 'Hey, we're going to make it easier for the worst of the worst to get parole,' that's probably unlikely," said Mr. Sullivan.
"And, to be quite blunt, if it's targeted towards the worst of the worst, nobody's going to care."
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By Elizabeth Pineau
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - It's closing time at a market in Belleville, a working-class neighborhood in Paris, and a young woman in a black parka and white cap is rummaging through the abandoned crates.
After a thorough inspection, she slips a cauliflower and some slightly squashed oranges into her shopping bag.
"That's going to be my dinner," says the woman, who will only give her name as Yng.
Nearby, an old man with a black beret selects two mangoes from the bottom of a battered cardboard box. He earlier bought a bag of apples, then filled his basket with discarded fruit and vegetables.
"Glanage," or gleaning, is a French tradition that reaches back to the Middle Ages, when people would go over the fields after the harvest and gather any crops that remained.
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We've had one version of the trailer for the new Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy mismatched buddy cop comedy The Heat already, but now a swearier alternative is ready to whack itself into your eye sockets and earholes. Take a look below.
Bullock plays Sarah Ashburn, an ace FBI agent who is seen as far too much of a stickler and not enough of a people person by her colleagues in the Bureau.
So naturally the last person she'd want to be partnered up with is Boston PD detective Shannon Mullins (McCarthy), a loud-mouthed, uncouth, brash and brazen officer who thinks nothing of threatening her suspects and tries to run down drug dealers. The pair have to find a way to work together when they're paired to take down a ruthless drug lord.
With Bridesmaids' Paul Feig directing from a script by Parks And Recreation writer Kate Dippold, The Heat certainly appears to promise a sweary good time, with plenty of laughs from the pairing of McCarthy and Bullock. We just hope it can pull off the trick of getting the usual emotional beats in there (you know they'll be part of it) as smoothly as Feig's last film managed the trick.
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Smoke, sparks and pops from ceiling fan - need assistance on proper wiring
Hi there..
I installed a harbor breeze springfiled fan about 1.5 years ago..thought i did it right but things always seems amiss :)
Wall switch was a GE speed control unit and the "dimmer" on it controlled motor and light speed/brightness and it made a loud hum at low speeds until it was turned up a bit..
Anyways 2 weeks ago out of nowhere with just the fan running and lights off got some popping noises, a little smoke and a little shooting blue flame out of the fan..was quite a way to wake up..
I don't want to write the fan off just yet - it seems fine upon taking it down and looking at it.
Pretty sure that either the speed control should not have been used with the motor and/or it was miswired in the ceiling..
I don't hve pics of how it was wired..not enough arms/hands to take a pic when i was taking it down.
But you can see in the pic here that something was def wrong..got some partially fried wire housings..if you cant make out the pic there's 3 wider guage house wires in the box with a smaller guage white and black wire attached to the center house and the right house wire.
Already bought a simple on off switch and want to try rewiring for switch = light turn on / off and chain for the motor..
Can you please tell me what you think might have gone wrong and what would be the correct way to go about wiring in the fashion i just mentioned? I know this is bordering on "get an electrician you dummy" but i really do think there was a basic improper setup that be quickly fixed.
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There is a multi part capacitor for starting the motor, in the canopy. That can be the problem, they occasionally go poof. Little, usually square part with 2-4 wires sticking out. But running a motor on the wrong type of dimmer can damage the motor. The hum you hear is a cry for help, wrong type dimmer control. Use only a dimmer rated for fan motors.
it was a GE "spped control" until apparently for fans but i dont know yet if even a legit fan control was acceptable for this fan, or voltages etc for that matter.
If you're saying that there was a "dimmer" control on the speed control which simultaneously affected both the fan speed and light brightness, then it was wired wrong and that probably contributed to damaging the fan.
Motors don't run on electricity, they run on smoke. :huh:
The electricity is only required to keep the smoke in. :yes:
Once the smoke gets out, the fan is no good. :(
Hi there,
just knocking this out today. Ok so:
The fan innards seem ok, at least visually so I'm going to proceed or try to see if I can correct all of this with a basic switch and proper wiring in the ceiling. I think both sides of the equation were wrong..
Outlet just has 2 wires, both black and i cant seem to find a ground. i have a new single pol switch im going to install. Both black outlet wires are reading as hot. Does it magtter which one goes to the top or bottom screw on the new switch?
I bought a rated ceiling fan box for the ceiling just in case the exsisting wasnt...is there a proper way to diagnose if the exsisting is or is not rated. I think my tester is indicating there might be some current going through the box itself due to poor wiring up there maybe..
As for the wiring up there it looks like i have 3 total feeds coming into the box: 2 of them (each with 2 sets of wires, both black and white i believe) are defintately older and a thicker gauge and don't look to be in the best of shape, and also one pair of newer, skinnier gauge...it seems as though all 3 pairs are connected or looped together somehow...all feed are hot too..
Should i take off the box anyways for inspection and then i'll be able to take and provide a better picture or the setup or do you think you have enough info? Thanks!
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here's a diagram of the situation in my ceiling box. I know I tied the fan into the uncapped whire at location C but dont remember what i did with the fan's black and blue..when i took it off i didnt have enough slack to leave wires in tact.
Seeking to have wall switch turn on/off light only and have pull chain operate fan.
If the attachment is too small, save to desktop and open with paint. ty!
So, Zstopa, kudos for trying to figure it out. But..... you've got a couple problems:
1. You are burning a lot of calories for a ceiling fan that could be replaced for $75. Part of DIY is learning/playing/taking things apart. But part of DIY is also knowing when to call it a day, park your ceiling fan on your tool bench, and walk away. I've pried apart many a defective item for fun, but some things don't merit fixing.
2. Your plan to have a switch control the light and chain control the fan is going to fail unless you have the right combo of wires in your switch box. If you only have a switch loop at the switch or if you only have the old wiring (shown in the picture) at the switch - then your plan will likely result in a switch that can turn the both fan and light on and off. But not independent action, unless you futz around with the control boxes inside the fan canopy. There are other ways to accomplish what you want to do, but pending confirmation that the fan isn't destined for the dump.... See #1 or #3
3. The problem with cheap things (like your made-in-china fan from the big box store) is that when they fail they tend to end up costing you more than a better quality item would have in the first place (how's that for one convoluted abuse of the english language :wink:). You will have to find out what part of the fan failed - something BROKE - hence the sparks/smoke/etc.
Rewiring or reconnecting your jBox and switch is not going to fix whatever went poof.
And, if one thing went poof, it may not have been the only point of failure.
And, just to be a REAL stick in the mud... are you renting? able to do electrical work in your jurisdiction? do you have HOer's/renter's insurance?
There are REAL SAFETY ISSUES at stake here. Old wiring + inexperience = MAJOR FIRE RISK.
Don't let our flippant comments discourage you. Just know that most on the best part of the forum (electrical) are just trying to help you do it right or to save you from the same mistakes we have made.....
The uncapped wire at 'c' is a pigtail. The 'black' wires may not all be hot (often with old wiring it is impossible to tell by appearance what is hot and what is neutral).
You are going to have to let us know what is going on in the switch box before we can start making guesses as to what is going on in the ceiling.
And lastly, Zstopa, please please please tell me that you have switched off the breaker that controls this circuit and confirmed that the power is off with some sort of voltage tester. If you do not have this basic tool, then it is time to step away from the wiring.
there are 2 black wires at the switch, resembling 3 out of the 4 pairs in the ceiling box (a 4-2wire box).
The fan isnt the issue..its completely fine. Total wattage from the bulbs was greater than the fixture allows, the wall switch was improper for the fan and the wiring was not correct in the ceiling - resolved 1 and 2 and seeking help on 3.
You really think the fan is just fine??? :laughing:
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Item clarification
- Full Heal: Hidden between third and fourth tree from the stair to the underway.
- PP Up: Hidden behind a tree on the right, which can be cut down. It is located a short distance before the river bridge when heading north.
Both of these seem to be referring to the same location. If this is the case, since I just got a Full Heal there in Pearl, is the PP Up there instead in Platinum? If someone could confirm and note it, that'd be great. Capsule Computer 06:35, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
In my game the archways look purple not blue, and shouldn't it be "blue transparent archways are" not "an blue transparent archway is".
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I was on cycling road traing my Prinplup and got the hiker below to respond. But if you do that you can't get to him without caneling the request. I would haved it straight away, but it would have gotten reveted, due to Site ruling. But I know that if It is noteable then it can be added. Truthseeker4449 11:45, 6 October 2011 (UTC)


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