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PARK CITY, Utah - At the recent U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) Congress in Park City, Utah, the New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF) was named as a leading Gold Club Development Program.
Nationwide only eight clubs received this distinction. Clubs named in addition to NYSEF were Burke Mountain Academy (East Burke, Vermont), Killington Mountain School (Killington, Vermont), Stratton Mountain School (Stratton, Vermont), Waterville Valley (Waterville Valley, New Hampshire), Buck Hill Ski Racing School (Burnsville, Minnesota), Vail Ski and Snowboard Club (Vail, Colorado), Rowmark Ski Academy (Salt Lake City, Utah). Two additional clubs received silver certified club distinctions: International Snowboard Training Center (Frisco, Colorado) and Sun Valley Education Foundations (Sun Valley, Idaho).
During the past two Winter Olympic Games held in Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014, 10 NYSEF alumni competed for the USA in alpine, ski jumping, nordic combined and biathlon. The list includes alpine sensation Andrew Weibrecht, who took a bronze at Vancouver and a silver at Sochi in the super-G events and Bill Demong, who made history at Vancouver by taking home gold and silver medals in the nordic combined events.
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From left, Evan Bliss, NYSEF head ski jumping coach, Beatty Norton, NYSEF alpine U-12, U-10 development coach and development director, and John Norton, NYSEF alpine program director/head coach accept an award from Brian Krill (holding certificate) at USSA Congress in Park City, Utah.
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"This honor was possible as a result of the hard work and dedication of many NYSEF family members including coaches, athletes, volunteers and supporters since NYSEF's inception in 1973 along with the solid support that ORDA provides on a daily basis," said NYSEF Executive Director Jay Rand. "NYSEF's dedicated and professional staff is committed to raise the bar to the highest level possible in order to provide a means for athletes to reach their goals and dreams.
NYSEF is responsible for the administration and program activities at all Olympic venues in Lake Placid and Gore Mountain for competitive skiing in all disciplines, including alpine, cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, nordic combined and freeride skiing and snowboarding. In joint efforts with the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) countless numbers of events and training sessions at all levels are staged to promote the sport of skiing and provide a means for young skiers to achieve their competitive goals.


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It's good to be the balance that is Lake Oswego's offense.
With Jesuit focused on stopping dynamic running back Steven Long, the Lakers went to the air, as quarterback Alex Matthews threw six touchdown passes in the Lakers' 49-21 win over the Crusaders in a nationally-televised game Friday night at Jesuit High School.
Jesuit (2-2) made it clear from the outset it wasn't going to let Long, who ran for 424 yards and seven touchdowns a week ago against Skyline (Wash.), go off against its defense. The Lakers (4-0) tried to get Long going for a quarter, then went to option B: Matthews.
Matthews completed 16 of 22 passes for 335 yards and six touchdowns, four to Stevie Coury. Matthews also scored Lake Oswego's other touchdown, on a 12-yard run.
"Offensively we have some weapons. Our quarterback is playing unbelievable, Stevie is playing well and you've got a running back that's tough to stop," Lake Oswego coach Steve Coury said.
Lake Oswego had to show resolve to get this win. The Lakers trailed 14-0 midway through the first quarter and were unable to get Long going.
"The kids kept saying on the sideline, "We're OK, we're OK.'" They never panicked," Steve Coury said.
Stevie Coury said he, Matthews and receivers coach J.T. Coury huddled on the sideline after it became clear Jesuit was determined to stop the Lakers' rushing attack.
"We said we're going to have to pass to open up the run," Stevie Coury said.
As it turned out, no running game was needed. Lake Oswego beat Jesuit senseless with Matthews' arm and Coury's hands.
But first, Lake Oswego had to get Jesuit's offense under control. The Crusaders turned two early fumbles into short-field touchdowns. Jesuit wasn't finished, as quarterback Nick Rothstein ran 47 yards late in the first quarter to put the Crusaders within the shadow of the goal line and a possible 21-0 lead.
The Lakers' defense rose up and made as big a play as there was in the game, when Kyle Cameron recovered a fumble at the Jesuit 1.
"I don't think we would have panicked if they had scored there, but it probably would have made a difference," Steve Coury said.
The game was all Lake Oswego's after the first quarter. Matthews threw touchdown passes of 60, 35 and 72 yards to Coury during the second quarter to give the Lakers a 21-14 halftime lead.
Matthews helped lead the aerial assault during the second half, throwing touchdown passes to Coury, Grant Taylor and Zach Walen to increase Lake Oswego's lead to 42-14. Receivers on three of the Lakers' six touchdowns were wide open.
"We wanted to stop their run as best as we can," said Rothstein, who also plays safety. "We had a couple of mental breakdowns on passes."
Momentum was Lake Oswego's as long it needed to wrap up the game. The Lakers went on to score 49 unanswered points to turn what was starting to look like a long night into a win to remember.
Rothstein was Jesuit's offensive leader, rushing for 171 yards and two touchdowns.
Lake Oswego was careful to put too much significance on the win, but Stevie Coury acknowledged the national television exposure was a big bonus.
"This was a big opportunity to show who Lake Oswego is and what our program is all about," he said.

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A 16-year-old from West Bloomfield received his driver's license two months ago and police can be pretty sure he knows how the accelerator works.
The teen was pulled over at 7:15 a.m. Sunday by Michigan State Police for driving 123 miles per hour in a 70 mph zone.
He was driving a 2011 BMW on westbound I-94 near the Michigan Ave. exit, said Trooper Derrick White of the Michigan State Police Jackson Post. He told police he was heading to Chicago.
The boy was cited for speed, careless driving and improper lane use. His parents were also contacted. He was not taken into custody.
Under Michigan law, all new drivers enter a three-year probationary period where their driving activity is monitored. Graduated drivers who receive a violation during this time are contacted by the Secretary of State with penalties ranging from warning letters to entering a driver reassessment program.
"Because probationary drivers who receive tickets are at high risk of being involved in a crash, these contacts will be progressively more severe in response to continued unsafe driving," the Secretary of State's website says.


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One of the biggest issues facing Chautauqua Lake is the nutrients that make their way into the lake.
Too many nutrients and sediment worsen the potential for algae blooms and make conditions better for weed growth - two things that are bad news for tourism on Chautauqua Lake.
That's why it was important that the Chautauqua County Legislature approved a $50,000 allocation from the county's bed tax revenues for a stream bank erosion project on Goose Creek in Ashville. Massive erosion occurs on Goose Creek when hard rains hit, as has happened several times over the past couple of years. According to the Chautauqua Lake Dredging Feasibility Study by EcoLogic LLC, the subwatersheds with the highest percentage of highly erodible soils are Big Inlet (46.6 percent), Mud Creek (40 percent) and Goose Creek and Ball Creek (27.8 percent each). Stabilizing the Goose Creek stream bank is projected to eliminate 90 percent of the erosion from the creek.
"There isn't anything else like it in the Chautauqua Lake watershed that we're aware of," John Jablonski, Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy executive director, told members of the legislature's Planning and Economic Development Committee recently.
The county's $50,000 appropriation from bed tax revenue is the final funding needed for the $438,120 project. A $298,949 USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service grant provided the bulk of the project's funding along with $80,000 from the Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation and $10,000 from the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy. Give credit to the Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation board and Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy for stepping up to the plate on a project that could help treat a leading natural cause of silt and nutrients in Chautauqua Lake.
Best of all is that the money spent over the years on lake studies hasn't been wasted. The Goose Creek stabilization project has been identified in lake plans throughout the past four years before it was singled out, along with Dutch Hollow Creek, for a 2012 study by Barton and Loguidice that identified the root causes of sediment conveyance and ways to fix the problems.
The county was right to step in and provide the final piece of funding for Goose Creek. It should do the same when the Dutch Hollow Creek project comes along.


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SPRINGFIELD – For ten police officers here and another ten in West Springfield on Tuesday, the phrase "book 'em" could very well involve the scribbling of an order for crispy honey chipotle crispers or a Presidente Margarita
Ten of Springfield's finest will go head-to-head with ten of their counterparts across the Connecticut River Tuesday as they compete to see which police team provides better service.
The officers will trade their pepper spray for pepper mills as they see which of the ten men and women in blue can raise the most in tips at their respective Chili's restaurants.
Tip money, as well as ten percent of the restaurant proceeds during the good-natured competition, will benefit the Special Olympics of Massachusetts.
The event, a duel-fund-raiser if you will, takes place at both restaurants from 4 to 10 p.m. The West Springfield Chili's is at 1175 Riverdale St., and the Springfield Chili's is at 302 Cooley St.
The competition is clearly heating up. "If you want good service come to Springfield," said Sgt. John M. Delaney, one of the ten who will be working the Chili's on the eastern side of the river.
"That's baloney," said Officer Erica Ireland, organizer of West Springfield team which includes from other Western Massachusetts law enforcement agencies as well.
The event marks West Springfield's fifth Tip-A-Cop fund-raising event and Springfield's first, Ireland said. "We know the ropes," she said. "We serve the food, we sing 'Happy Birthday,' we clear the tables, it's a lot of fun."
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An SUV skidded off an Interstate 78 ramp in Greenwich Township today and, for a while, rescue crews believed the vehicle and its occupant were stuck in a tree.
The driver called police about 1:25 p.m. and said her maroon SUV had left the road as she exited Interstate 78 eastbound onto Route 173 near the weigh station, according to emergency reports.
Talking to emergency dispatchers by cellphone, the woman told police she was traveling from Easton to Phillipsburg when she hit a slippery patch and lost control of the vehicle. The woman said she closed her eyes when the vehicle began to skid, wasn't sure where she ended up and thought she might be in a tree, according to radio reports.
Warren County Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Wheatley said a dispatcher stayed in contact with the woman and advised her not to exit the vehicle while emergency responders scanned the area.
Officers attempted to use an air horn as well as the GPS navigation feature on her cellphone to get a general idea where she might be, he said.
"We were very active in trying to locate her," Wheatley said.
Shortly after 1:50 p.m., a paramedic found the car in the brush on an embankment near the Interstate 78 entrance ramp, emergency radio reports indicate. The woman was freed from the vehicle about 30 minutes later and taken to an area hospital, according to radio reports.
There were no other passengers in the vehicle. One lane was reopened on the highway shortly before 2:30 p.m. as crews worked to remove the vehicle from the embankment.
Police and fire companies from Pohatcong and Greenwich townships responded to the crash. A New Jersey State Police car was also at the scene, according to radio reports.


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Making huge leaps between memepool and Stanislaw Lem (all in one day), I stumbled upon an interesting connection. This link describes an extremely interesting phenomenon that I find tangentally represented in Solaris. Simulacra of all kinds in literature and film has always interested me, from Blade Runner, to A.I. As Halloween approaches, I'd like to know what other MeFiers have seen or read that has hit them in the deepest part of their 'uncanny valley'.
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UK: Murderer of 4 gay men told life sentence breaches his human rights
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For once I'm feeling decidedly anti-EU. If they want him out then they can take him and he can be barred from entering the UK. See how keen they are then.
This is the European Convention on Human Rights which is separate from the EU. They also haven't said that they want him out. All they have said is that banging someone up in prison for life without any chance of parole and no review of the siuation is wrong.
The judges have simply said that a periodic review of the sentence is required and I cannot see the problem with that.
what gobble he has no human rights he is a dog. we used to hang these ?????
Then we became more civilised.
they used to hang us too, remember?
Somebody who has actually bothered to investigate and read about facts. That's very refreshing, many people react before they bother to inform themselves on stories.
I agree bobbleobble, there must always be periodic reviews. But there should also be a minimum sentence – meaning life prisoners should not be eligible for parole hearings until they've served, say, 30 years.
I'm not sure if that means he should have 4 life sentences, i.e. 120 years before a parole hearing, or 4 life sentences running concurrently, still 30 years. Murder, prison, and sentencing aren't something I spend any time thinking about.
Bobbleobble…….Why should a periodic review of the sentence be required. The nature of the crime will not change, so why should the sentence?
The details of the crime never change, but the nature of the person changes over time. We all change over time.
My views are constantly evolving on all sorts of issues. Put me down the moment I am no longer able to assimilate, process and have new opinions and feelings based on new information, views, etc. As I said a minimum number of years should be served before any consideration of parole, and then there should be periodic reviews to see if the individual has a chance to return to society. If they haven't changed then they will never return to society.
Why shouldn't they have an opportunity to change themselves, rehabilitate their past life, and have the opportunity to return to society? You are saying they shouldn't, and you should make the case. Saying the details of the crime don't change is deflection and has no credibility. You have to make a better, logical, reasoned case.
Yeah, I have to agree… the bar for him to be considered rehabilitated and no longer a danger to society must be set extremely, extremely high, so that it's as absolutely certain as possible that he's no longer a danger… but if there's even the slimmest of chances that this vile man could absolutely turn his life around and become at least a decent enough human being that he would never even consider repeating his crimes… then merely on principle there must be the possibility of parole, even if it would be almost impossible for him to be granted it.
The criminal justice system is still a bit too imbalanced in favour of punishment/revenge than actually trying to rehabilitate those who are willing to change their ways, and society suffers as a result, as criminals just become more and more hardened, outcast, and resentful. "You are fully welcome back into society if you work hard to regain our trust" must always be the message we give our prisoners.
They don't want him out. They want him to have access to a review of his sentence. Nobody has said he should be released. This headline is tabloid rubbish.
This case isn't about one man either.
Also as others have pointed out the EU has nothing to do with this.
this issue apart, you hopefully will sort out the difference between EU, ECHR, and Europe as a geographical entity in your own good time. Try wikipedia. Please – it is important for your country that when and if you vote about issues, that the actual rather than assumed information is used.
My take on law courts is that even if some cases seem to allow odd outcomes, it is important that rule of law is above monarchy or parliament.
As far as I am concerned, we should leave both the EU and the EHCR.
The EU, for its tyrannical control over this countries law, and the farcical business over the expulsion of Abu Quatada should be enough to show why we do not need other courts to tell us what to do with our prisoners.
The ECHR is OUR court, we helped set it up. It helped many gay cases through the grim Thatcher years and is a protection for all Europeans against dictatorship and injustice.
This pertains to the Council of Europe, not the European Union. The UCHR is binding to all members of the CoE. All countries with European territory (except for Belarus, Kazakhstan and Vatican City) are members of the CoE, as are Armenia and Georgia.
What a shame so much ignorance is shown on here toward the EU. So much so that the people are so ignorant they don't even know what the EU is.
This ruling has as much to do with the EU as it has to do with the Kremlin. That is nothing. You have really just embarrassed yourself Bruno.
And what about his victims Human Rights?
What a boring response. His victim was brutally murdered… it's terrible that their human rights were flushed away like that by a horrible man – so the answer is for the state itself to stop caring about human rights?
How does that make sense?
What a stupid response from you. The State is still responsible for the Human Rights of the victim posthumously and for the Human Rights of decent , law abiding citizens in society ,which are best served by the appropriate sentencing to fit the crime not alternating sentencing according to character reports.
And you think your response is great? You think a man who killed 4 people desrves his human rights to be considered, but you think the human rights of his victims are boring?
How does that make sense?
It makes sense because no matter how vile this person or his actions may have been, he is ultimately still human. The very point of human rights is that they are applicable to all humans. This man violated four other people's human rights, and is just to give him a degree of correction – but the state is also required to respect people's human rights, and that obligation does not go away simply because some people wantonly violate the rights of others.
Let me put it more simply: Human rights are applicable to all humans, or they are not human rights. All or nobody.
Actually, I would disagree.
The man is most certainly inhuman, and what many would describe as an animal.
Rights are something you gain as part of a society. If you choose to opt out from that society, you forgo those rights. He is lucky they banged him up, had I had my way he would have had a long drop on a short rope.
That is a bit stupid Dermot. It means that if someone does not have those rights then they cannot be human. Given that these rights exist only in Europe and not necessarily in other democracies, by your own axiom those people cannot be human.
It's not stupid. It means if someone doesn't recognise human rights as applying to all people, then *that person* doesn't think all people are human. It shows up *their* lack of logic, not the defenders' of human rights lack of it.
Just because other countries don't always recognise their own citizens' human rights doesn't mean that the rest of us don't either.
It's such a shame that the victim haven't been considered or their families who have to live a life sentence in grief, yet, yet again, the Human Rights goes to the criminal.
It needs to change.
We need a Human Rights Law that protects those it's supposed to and not constantly abused by criminals.
I don't agree with the death penalty, I believe criminals should live with their crimes with reduced freedoms and rights but I think this in this case the EU is Very, Very wrong!
Human rights law is there to protect everyone including criminals. It is people who are at the mercy of the state who most require their protection from that state and that includes those who are incarcerated.
They have reduced rights and freedoms, all of these guys are in prison and are not likely to get out any time soon. The Court has simply said that locking someone up and throwing away the key is not allowed.
What difference will it make to the victims' families? If he's ever released it'll only be in the unlikely and very long-term event that he's deemed fit for it. What "rights" can be given to the family here? Is having someone else held in prison indefinitely a right any of us are entitled to? Should that be listed in the convention?
Human rights laws protect all of us. Murderers, rapists and other perpetrators of appalling crimes are all human beings. If they don't have their rights looked at too then what we're talking about aren't human rights are they? Committing atrocities doesn't mean that all their rights are automatically forever forfeited. Restricted as far and long as necessary, I can completely agree with, and in Moore's case likely a very long time to come.
Don't get me wrong, there are some sentences handed down for certain offences which are total jokes (endless sexual and violent crimes, death by dangerous driving etc.). But these are seldom due to Human Rights law.
When they murdered another human being they gave up any human rights or privileges of living in our free society.
They are different and to me should be treated as such.. Actions have consequences. These are not accidental deaths.
Doesn't that mean that either (a) you think he's not a human being, or (b) you don't believe that human rights are actually human rights since they don't apply to all humans?
You say he gave up any rights and privileges, but rights and privileges are two very separate things. A right by definition is an entitlement that can only be denied if it conflicts with another right. A privilege by definition is something you are not entitled to. In this case, his right to freedom is outweighed by other's right to security, but his right to humane treatment means that his sentence should be periodically reviewed so that if he ever stops being a threat then it's conceivable he'll one day be released.
His actions have had consequences. He is behind bars, where I hope he will remain unless fit to leave.
To me wilfully taking someones life has consequences above rights and I hope society is never so soft as to even consider that he has any remaining rights.
Spend UK's money on deserving people.
You and I simply see this differently.
No Colin, you just don't understand what 'Human Rights' are
So what about the Human Rights of the victim?
Do they not matter because they're dead? They didn't choose to be killed.
Why should the murderers Human Rights suddenly be respected and not the victim?
It's ridiculous. We stopped the death penalty because we know we were better people. Quite frankly I thought the death penalty was the easy way out. They should live with their crimes and the consequences of it.
49 people in the UK have Whole Life Sentences for one reason and one reason only… HUman Right do not come into it.
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How exactly do we respect the rights of a dead person? Apart from the right to have things like funeral related business in accordance with their beliefs when they were alive (and that's pushing it at best) how can a dead person have rights? When we lock up their killers, we do it to protect the rights of everyone else alive. It's too late to respect the dead person's rights.
"49 people in the UK have Whole Life Sentences for one reason and one reason only… HUman Right do not come into it."
So you don't believe that human rights actually exist then since they don't apply to all humans. An opinion I don't agree with but accept, but in that case stop calling them human rights.
There are plenty who would say that as gay people we are different and should be treated as such.
Human rights are not contractual. You cannot give them up and thank goodness for that. If even these most despicable people can have their human rights protected then maybe if I ever find myself in a situation where the state is interfering with my rights then I will be protected too.
Why are you somehow making a homophobic implication between this scenario involving murder and gay people to somehow subvert naïve people on here to your "reasoning"?
You and your ilk must be supportive of Paedophile Child killers who have reformed conveniently also.,to have a sentence review in hope of parole. Either you are a very sick minded, evil person or completely naïve.
I don't see why saying that criminals should have their rights restricted as far and as long as necessary makes me, sick-minded, evil or (worst of all) completely naïve. It would be useful if rather than simply insulting me you explain what's unreasonable about letting genuinely reformed people out of prison.
If a murderer is truly reformed and remorseful, they will accept their lack of freedom for their heinous crime. As for the parole board deciding who is reformed or not is questionable as on so many occasions, the alleged reformed who are released continue to commit crime. How do you propose certainty of the "genuinely reformed people"? or are you saying we take a dangerous risk with them enjoying freedom in society, unlike their victim and victims family..
I can't reply directly to Rapture's points below so I'll do it via here.
"If a murderer is truly reformed and remorseful, they will accept their lack of freedom for their heinous crime."
Why? As I asked below, what is anyone gaining from keeping them there? They should already have experienced an enormous lack of freedom, if they're no longer a threat to anyone then there is no reason to extend it except out of revenge, which should have no place in justice.
"How do you propose certainty of the "genuinely reformed people"?"
I would leave that to the experts which I am demonstrably not. If there is no sensible degree of reason then those experts should not let them out. The point is that there is a principle of prisoners reforming themselves and one day being released, not that it'll definitely happen for any or all of them.
What difference will it make to the victims' families?
Er well I guess the fact that the murderer took away any rights of the victim through violent means. Why in the most horrendous crimes must we say that as some stage that no longer matters.
It does.
What "rights" can be given to the family here?
Well I guess knowing that that person responsible for murdering a family member is living with the crime for the rest of their life. After all by the murders they should forfeit any idea of freedom for the rest of their lives.
Is having someone else held in prison indefinitely a right any of us are entitled to?
Yes… it protects society and it is called punishment for a reason.
Human Rights do protect us all but too many times it is used by criminals when they denied someone else the right to live, work, whatever the situation it's them that have denied.
This country should have it's own laws to protect society and that means Whole Life Sentences.
He'll be living with the crime for the rest of his life inside or out of prison. How do you even protect that right? What if he feels no remorse ever, won't that be a violation of the family's supposed right to know that he's living with the crime for the rest of his life?
If he is safe for release (this is all hypotheticals obviously, but the legal framework is essential) then it wouldn't be protecting anyone by keeping him in prison would it.
Punishment for punishment's sake is pointless, there has to be a reason for it.
This has nothing to do with the EU.
The Council of Europe is a much larger, rather older body.
Hi Tom,
I agree with your statement except – larger – is in terms of membership countries rather than extent of powers.
It seems the much confusion here concerning EU or ECHR or even UNCHR
no wonder the UK isn't ready for a direct democracy à la Suisse :-(
"The UK Government will now consider how it will respond to the ruling."
"Good morning, we're here to review the case of *insert name* in respect of his suitability for release. We find that this is not appropriate for *insert name* and they shall continue to serve their time in prison. This case shall be reviewed again in 25 years time"
Sorted. They've had their review, and they go nowhere
Perfect response Kris
When they murdered they give up their rights to living in society. What about the dead's human rights and the families left behind. Do they not count? Shouldn't they have a say in his punishment. They live the rest of their lives with the consequences of a murderers actions.
Yes easy to say Oh human rights when you have nothing invested in it.
I'm with the government. It's time for the UK to leave The European Convention of Human Rights. Actions have consequences.
Having read many of the responses above I realise very few people think at all.
And how much is this serial killer costing the UK tax payer with his appeals?
Tax payers are the people in the country and there are processes to try to keep society in balance. Things don't always work.
" A reversal occurred, however, in the 1930s when William Herbert Wallace was exonerated of the murder of his wife." is just one entry in the wiki page on – Miscarriage of justice (in England and Wales).
I am not suggesting the case in the article is a miscarriage of legal justice of UK courts, rather, that an appeals process is essential and is a cost that can and should be carried by a far and just society. Or do we want a lynch mob and dime driven society? Me not!
Someone appealing their case due to them contesting their guilt is different to a serial killer appealing his case because he doesn't want to spend as long in jail. The same happened with Brady recently. £250,000 spent on a court case for a convicted child killer who admits to his crimes but thinks he shouldn't have to do what the courts have decided.
I suspect you may think differently if 1 of the 4 victims were someone you loved.
And there's a big gap between a lynch mob, and stopping a convicted serial killer from appealing how long he stay in prison for.
As for a fair and just society. Do you think its fair and just that a man who has taken 4 innocent peoples lives away from them should ever have freedom? What about the 4 people, will they ever have freedom? Where is the justice in that? It's not fair to take anyone's life and then expect you should be able to live as a free man.
Has the serial killers/ian brady/paedophile killers" human rights" fan club invaded the comments section? The thinly veiled biased support for human rights of killers is grotesque.
Damn folks, we've been rumbled! Rather than believing in upholding human rights for all human beings, we've been outed as the child-murderer fans we all are!
Hehe, "thinly veiled biased support for human rights of killers", I don't know where to start with that. My support for their human rights is not "thinly-veiled", it is not veiled at all. Yes, I support them having human rights even though they have committed monstrous acts. And biased? Biased against what exactly? Yeah, look at us with our support of human rights, showing our clear bias towards… all of humanity.
It's not grotesque to believe that all humans have irrevocable human rights. Just because someone my violate someone else's human rights, doesn't mean that person loses his completely. He may be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced for it, but one of his irrevocable human rights includes a guaranteed review of his incarceration no less frequently than every 25 years. Capital punishment and life imprisonment without parole are human rights abuses with no place in a civilised society, because a society that respects rights has higher, better standards than people who would violate human rights. All inmates have a right to be reviewed up until the day they die, even if they killed 500 people and lived to be 500 years old – this is absolutely zero room for revenge in this equation.
These people that make these judgement should have NO say in the UK law, period.
What about the human right of the partners family and friends of the murdered victims.
How are their human rights being restricted?
You are missing the point.
Human Rights come with responsibilities….ie do not kill.
If you can't do one then you don't get the other. Actions have consequences.
You're missing the point. Human rights are not conditional, they apply to everyone but they relate to how the state interacts with its people.
And these guys are experiencing the consequences of their actions, they're in prison and are likely to be for the rest of their lives.
They are conditional. They have to be agreed with society. Those who operate outside society gave up their rights and thank goodness we still have a Parliament that recognises this.
It's always about rights but few thinking people talk about responsibilities. They go hand in hand in my opinion but we are free to disagree.
Not consequences…responsibilities. They are different.
When someone says "what about the rights of the victim's family?", I don't think it's missing the point to ask exactly how it is those rights are being affected. It's pretty much the entire point.
Their human rights to a family life have been affected by the murder of a loved family member.
(To rapture):
And how is that right affected by the possibility that one day the killer might eventually be released? What difference will that make to their family life either way?
Then someone who commits murder, can be charged, tried, convicted, sentenced and incarcerated for those crimes. But human rights can never be revoked from anyone, and all legal punishments must be compatible with human rights.
Whether you think so or not, human beings do not have a right to state-sanctioned revenge any more than they have a right to murder. I repeat, revenge is not a human right. The criminal justice system must first and foremost have a rehabilitative function, and not be used as some kind of permanent oubliette where they lock them up and throw away the key. Some people may never truly be rehabilitated, but they are entitled to regular review for the chance of parole, up until the day they die.
So human rights are conditional and dependant on the agreement of society?
So you will agree then that when society didn't view gay people as equal we were rightly denied our rights? We were rightly sent to prison and hard labour camps? After all society agreed about that and society has now changed it's mind about that.
So we are just lucky that society changed it's mind, because our gay human rights aren't a right at all. By your explanation they are a privilege we have been given by straight people. I am so grateful to them for that.
The ECHR hasn't actually said that he shouldn't spend the rest of his life behind bars, only that it's not appropriate to throw away the key from day one.
I think everyone should have the right of appeal and parole hearings. Of course, if he really is a nasty piece of work, he'll never be let out, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have the processes.
Wow, it's actually funny to see how quickly us traditional victims of the right wing daily mail propaganda machine buy into its narrative!
The entire point of human rights is that all humans are entitled to them, even the worst humans.
It's not like they are arguing to let them out – just that flatly denying them any chance at redemption/rehabilitation under any circumstances whatsoever is inhumane. And yes, before you say, I know what they did to their victims was inhumane thanks… but aren't we supposed to be better?
But no – read the words 'human rights' and suddenly we are all the front page of The Sun.
I guess the good side to it is that it proves that us gays are just like everyone else – equally capable of being right wing, spoon fed idiots.
Bring on the thumbs…
You are comparing 'us' (the traditional victims) with a serial killer? You need to get some perspective on life.
I don't care if he finds jesus, has his sins forgiven and changes. He's killed 4 men, he should be punished for taking 4 lives and its a small token I think that he should only spend 1 life in ]prison. If reincarnation did exist (which I don't think it does) then he should spend the next 3 lives in prison as well. That would be fair and just.
"You are comparing 'us' (the traditional victims) with a serial killer? You need to get some perspective on life."
And you need to learn how to read – no such comparison was made
You are comparing 'us' (the traditional victims) with a serial killer?
We should, because one law has to be designed to fit all.
You are a programmed, loony left , spoon fed idiot.
Touché my good man – I bow before your superior wit and logic.
I disagree with the death sentence, but not with full life sentences for murder. When they originally removed the death sentence in Britain it was done with the promise that 'life will mean life for murder' instead. Then they ended up giving murderers parole. I do see a difference with young offenders, as with those who killed James Bulger, no-one is the same when they're a kid as they are as an adult, and there is a chance for parole and rehabilitation there, but when an adult murders another adult, then life should mean life. They should be stuck in jail for the rest of their natural life and be able to listen to the world pass them by on the outside where all the free people are who didn't murder anyone. Why should they ever be free when they took another life and destroyed the lives of their family?
Very said, tom. Respecters of human rights must exercise a higher standard than those who violate human rights.
Fry the sumbag
Oh please. Don't be so cruel and stupid.
We have never used the electric chair in the UK.
We should just hang the bastard instead.
Are you f***ing kidding me?
It was a ruling by the ECHR that allowed gay people to join the British army, the UK government at the time (New Labour shamefully) tried to prevent it. No doubt this will lead to more Euro bashing by the Right. The Tories talk about a British bill of rights but you can be certain such a bill would vanish without trace once they'd abolished the Human Rights act.I think there was an attempt to introduce an EU-wide Human Rights charter in 2006 but it was vetoed by New Labour- the party that pretends to believe in equality but supports the status quo as much as any Tory.
And the thing is, what would a British Bill of Rights actually look like? Exactly like the convention we already have. I challenge anyone to read the convention and tell me which rights they'd take away to make it better.
To the person who thumbed my comment down, why not come on here and tell us which rights you'd have removed?
So that's (at least) 10 of you who are too gutless to argue the point – for fear of what I have no idea. At least give it a try – if I think you're right I'll change my mind. Easier to thumb the comment down rather than come up with a sensible response though, eh?
Until 2003 these sorts of sentences were subject to periodic review. This is not something that should be in the hands of a politician who will make a decision not based on facts or evidence but on public opinion and for political reasons.
This does not mean that these people will EVER be released.
Speaking as someone who has had a case before the ECHR. We as gay people would not have all the rights we have today without the intervention of the court.
The UK government changed the age of consent because they knew they were about to loose in the ECHR and a decision by the ECHR led to the eventual lifting of the ban of gay people serving in the military.
I lost my military career in the early 80's as well as spending time in a military prison for being gay.
We have human rights laws.The problem in this country is, any law is subject to political interference. especially from the right wing for their own sick ideology.
Furthermore. WE (the UK) practically wrote the convention!
Excellent post. The government would not have allowed people who are gay to serve openly in the military had it not been for the ECHR. We owe an enormous debt to them for the rights we have. And many of those rights apply across Council of Europe members.
But that doesn't mean they get everything right. And in this case, they got it wrong.
Oh, of course. Blame the right wingers as usual.
We have a perfectly good set of laws in the UK, without some foreign superstate imposing their own on us.
The ECHR is not a superstate, and they are laws enacted democratically by our representatives.
Which rights would you remove from the ECHR?
The court ruled that a fixed life sentence without review is against the concept of Human Rights. I agree, I also hope that on review, his freedom would not be allowed.
Such a ruling may seem crass, but its a ruling in principle not in act. It doesn't mean anyone walks free.
Or would people prefer incarceration for stolen Evian bottles? Courts should be above emotions of the moment, and superior to politicians and monarchs.
what the hell has stolen evian bottles got to do with a serial killer? get some perspective.
This story makes what the ECtHR did seem very negative – in fact, it's not. Anyone who thinks it is obviously does not understand the court's ruling.
The ECtHR merely said that you can imprison someone for life on the discretion of a single person; you have to have a set number of years and it has to go up for review after that.
That's not bad. That's a good thing. That's called 'the rule of law', which the UK legal system if founded upon; a single person cannot have arbitrary discretionary power and it not violate the rule of law.
The ECtHR is merely enforcing the rule of law and preventing arbitrary government power.
Please explain what's wrong with that to me
– From a human rights lawyer
The UK legal system has said this man, who took 4 peoples lives, and has admitted to the crimes, should be in prison for 1 life with no chance of appeal.
Please explain what's wrong with that?
This isn't about this one case in isolation, it's about the rights of all prisoners In the UK. If your only source of information for this story is this quite terrible article I can understand your emotional and passionate response Mark, however there is a bigger picture to consider.
The no chance of appeal bit.
Everyone can theoretically be fit for release at some point. In this guy's case it's highly unlikely that'll be any time soon, but he should have the same chance as anyone else.
What's wrong, is that if there is no change of release, then the life sentence is in effect no different to a death sentence.
In order to sign up to the EHCR Protocol 6 requires the restriction of the death penalty to war and t imminent threat of war.
I'm content with this.
I honestly like to believe that every human has the chance of redemption in their psyche.
Are you implying that the crime has lost it's importance over time? maybe there was another incompetent judge sentencing? in that case, the murderer should have appealed at the said time. The crime has not changed over time even if the criminal can easily manipulate a parole board into believing convenient remorse.
contrary to UK law in the present case, all legal systems in western Europe provide for a compulsive possible review of the application of the life sentence by another court (not a government minister) in the course of its execution, depending on the behaviour and situation of the convict.
that, and only that, is the meaning of this Strasbourg ruling.
If the UK wishes to comply, it will have to install a similar court and the problem will cease to exist.
The court made the right decision – there must always be the possibility of parole – however unlikely, and however horrible the crime. I don't feel happy saying that, it just happens to seem logical and humane to me. All too often we do not even attempt to rehabilitate, and if you're not going to do that then why not kill all murderers, rapists, etc. and put them out of their misery.
Over time I believe people can change – I won't say I understand how someone like him could change in to somebody we would accept back in to society, but I'm open to the possibility that a very, very bad person could become a good or acceptable person, to make up for the horrible inhumane things they have done. How do we know advances in medical science won't find some explanation and fix some day.
Having said that I don't know if people like this would be safe from harm on the outside when people discover who they are. Some people might want to take their own revenge. Difficult call.
Have you never heard of the expression "Throwing away the key"?
Well this is simply the legal realisation of such a saying.
What is the point of reviewing a case when the answer is a foregone conclusion? These people are a danger to society and will never be released, so if there is any complaint, it is that we offer this dim and futile hope of release when there will never be one, and if that is not cruel and inhumane, I don't know what is.
Because the answer should never be a foregone conclusion. Extremely unlikely in many cases no doubt, but it is theoretically possible that every person could one day be safe enough to be free. Therefore the ruling means that this just has to be checked on once in a while. In reality as you say many people will continue with whole life sentences. In which case, why worry about it?
Bring back the death penalty, a life for a life!
And if an innocent man was killed due to dodgy evidence, or any other factor, then who's life would be given up for that death?
Sick. I hear far too much of that mob rule crap here in the United States.
The court has quite rightly interpreted the human rights treaty. We have no more right to lock him up and throw away the keys than to kill him.
There is nothing whatever in the judgement that says that the person 'has to be released' except if a panel agrees that the person has reformed himself and is no longer a danger to the public.
There is a case for saying that he should not live in the same area as the family of the victim. As I understand it any release is on parole.
The moment he took another persons life he GAVE UP ALL his rights.
Human rights must apply to all humans, or else they are meaningless. Paradoxically this includes people who themselves violate other people's human rights. Human rights are never forfeit, or else they wouldn't be rights.
It's disturbing to read some of the misguided comments on here, debating that a murderer should have his/her sentence reviewed. Their sentence was fit for their crime and even if they do conveniently find god or become a reformed character in prison, that does still not change seriousness of the crime or the sentencing.
Some idiots on here seem to be so detached from the hideousness of murder until it affects them personally. And if it has , they should have more respect for the victims rather than playing the schoolboy devil's advocate .
It's nothing to do with devil's advocacy, at least give other people the credit to take their arguments at face value.
If someone serves many years and is eventually fit for release, you think they should be kept in… for what? What gain? Who wins out of that?
It's nothing to do with being detached from murder. It's to do with treating all people as human beings, even the ones who commit the most deplorable crimes.
Here here.
This man is too much of a danger to be let out of jail.
at the age of 90, would he still be too much of a danger?
You'd probably have to ask someone who knows him. I don't see how his age has a great deal to do with it.
Prison sentences are also there as a punishment.
I like the system that some states in the USA have. Where in the absence of specific whole-life sentences, people who are convicted of multiple crimes serve their sentences consecutively.
So in the case of murder, one murder would lead to, for example, 25 years in prison. Four murders would lead to 100 years in prison.
Such a policy should satisfy the ECHR requirement that some one convicted of a crime has the possibility of one day being released from prison, in so much as them being given a terminable sentence.
While at the same time, ensuring that the worst offenders remain locked up for, in want of a better word, life.
I don't see what difference it would make – the sentence would still require periodic review.
I lived in north Wales when Peter Moore committed these murders. They were not recognised as 'gay' murders until after the 4th despite similar traits. For about 20 years there was someone who would stop cars on country lanes and take a hammer to the occupants. It was generally thought that these could be attributed to Moore. It was a terrifying time here coupled with the reluctance of the Police to notify local gay men there might be an issue in the locality. Reports indicate that he still maintains his innocence. Whilst some may think the ECHR has reached the correct conclusion in law, some remember the significant impact he had locally………
Hard to believe. Then again….
Surely the issue is practical. A murder caused by an unhappy relationship – or even something reprehensible but rational like a robbery gone wrong – is unlikely to be repeated and does not require necessarily incarceration for life. Spree and serial killers are a different matter. They display compulsive and pathological behavior which makes them too dangerous ever to release. One-size-fits-all legal rulings are surely inappropriate here.
Nobody gets a full life sentence for a robbery gone wrong.
They are only given such a sentence in extreme cases where the person is considered a permanent danger to the public. This is almost always serial killers that committed premeditated killings at different times.
Yep – and that's why even with reviews the chance of a release in most cases is unlikely. But the ruling is for the possibility of cases where they are no longer considered a permanent danger to the public. It is simply the law accounting for people's rights in every possible outcome.
Is this a ruling against life sentences in principle, or against this man serving the harshest available sentence? The article isn't clear on that but IMO it changes the meaning completely if it was against life sentences in principle, although it would still have been by far the wrong test case
It is a ruling against life sentences without chance of parole on the grounds that they're against the inmate's human rights. The ruling doesn't mean anyone would be guaranteed release, but it does mean that prisoners should be entitled to a review after 25 years. The government is now supposed to implement some sort of framework to this effect.
Ok. In that case my only gripe is that they chose the wrong test case, tbh
I wonder what about the human right to live of those who had been murdered by that guy? Can we believe that it been breach as well? But it is quite unfortunate is it not that death is something we can't come back…
The violation of their human rights is repaid by this man being tried, convicted and sentenced. But that said, he's still human, and his human rights are not forfeit as long as he still lives. The system that respects human rights has an obligation to a higher standard than those who violate or deprive the human rights of others. The system must protect the human rights of all humans, or human rights are meaningless.
He may never leave prison. But his human rights entitle him to at least the possibility of parole within his lifetime, and this is achievable through regular review no less frequent than 25 years.
"The violation of their human rights is repaid" ? Go tell that to the parents of the soham schoolgirls or ian brady's victims families and how do you know it has been repaid ?maybe you have access to the murdered victims through a medium?
It's how people pay a debt to society for having deprived other people of their human rights, including the right to life. Human rights still apply to all living people and can never be revoked. Also, revenge is not a human right.
Taking a life is a debt that can never be re-paid, ever. He could serve a million life sentences and it wouldn't be enough.
This man has killed 4 people in cold calcuated murder. These people simply cannot be trusted. You'd have to watch them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
I think the risk of losing another life, and the pain of those lives already lost, is greater than his human rights
He is so lucky to be in the UK here in Texas we have an expedited death penalty even for killers of gay men. I don't agree with the death penalty as it is used to liberally in Texas. Later review has found it to be unfair at the very least.
Disgusting ruling!!!!!!!!!!!!
We as gay people owe a great deal of our freedom to the stock people and sovereign states put into human rights. Part of this includes that human rights can never be revoked from any living person. That guarantee ethically prohibits a system from violating the human rights of people later on, so that we as gay people (among others) continue to have the right to life and to equality, etc.
And here's the flip side of that. If we are to value human rights, they must be respected for the best of people, as well as for the worst of people. That means, that even vile serial killers like this man, are guaranteed human rights including right to life and the possibility of parole.
When people are angry, or disgusted, or hurt, they can be tempted to take revenge, or assert a supposed right to revenge. But such a desire for revenge cannot deprive any other people of their human rights. Because revenge itself is not a human right, and it should never be one.
Dermot, I think this reasoning is a bit beyond some of the Neanderthals on here.
They are discussing human rights without the slightest idea what they are talking about. What they are actually discussing is vengeance pure and simple. I would have more respect for their argument if they just came out and said that.
Actually it is probably an insult to Neanderthals.
I wouldn't call people opposed to this ruling neanderthals but there's definitely a widespread either misunderstanding of or outright contempt for what human rights are (and what makes them human rights).
I am sorry but once you deny others of their life and/or rights, you deny yourself of your rights.
The ECHR holds that human rights cannot be revoked by any living human. They can be punished by the legal system, but the one thing that can never be taken away from them is the human rights. Two wrongs don't make a right.
Just execute the bastard and be done with it.
Well all you bleeding heart pinko lefties can reap what you sew. You brought this crap upon yourselves.
Sorry, what crap did we bring upon ourselves? What will we reap? What did we even sow?
It's 'sew' with a needle and thread but it's 'sow' as in seeds.
And Miss Piggy is a 'sow'…
Funny old language, innit, English?
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In 2008, there were an estimated 7,200 births here. That number plummeted to about 5,000 births in 2009, according to the annual American Community Survey.
During those years, the birth rate among women aged 15 and 50 dropped to 41 per thousand from 58 per thousand.
"To some degree, that's an economic choice people make in hard times, as you have less resources, you may feel it's necessary to delay," said Jonathan Peters, a professor of finance at the College of Staten Island who tracks Census and demographic data.
The birthrate represents one of the more intimate aspects of a picture of overall economic decline here and across the nation: The median income on Staten Island went from $73,653 to $66,292, and borough residents slipped downward in socio-economic brackets.
There were also many more of the very poor here in 2009, especially poor families, as compared with recent years.
"If this is a trend, it's one thing; if it's a shift, it's more painful," said Peters, about the data. "You may be seeing some of the changes in the long-term structure of the economy."
The crisis in the financial industry may remake New York City's economy in the same way a drop off of manufacturing jobs in the 1920s and 1930s reshaped the job force, he said.
""The income impacts are largely related to the off Island job market," he said referencing figures that show the borough has about 90,000 jobs but nearly 200,000 people who go to work every day. "Over half the population of Staten Island can't work on Staten Island."
The American Community Survey -- released every year -- comes up with data on income, race, age, background, marital status, education level and other defining demographic characteristics by mailing out questionnaires to roughly 2 percent of the country's population, then performing statistical extrapolations.
While some data today was only available by state or country, other information was broken down for counties with populations over 65,000 (Richmond County has 491,730 people, according to American Community Survey figures released earlier this year).
And today's release of more detailed economic statistics hit home the impact of hard fiscal times on the borough's poorest and most vulnerable.
The percentage of families here whose income was below the poverty level in 2009 lurched from 8.2 percent to 9.3 percent -- nearly one in 10. Some 4.8 percent of Island families lived last year on less than $10,000.
"The gap between rich and the poor is so widened," said the Rev. Terry Troia executive director of not-for-profit social service agency, Project Hospitality, citing a 20 percent increase in the number of meals in the soup kitchen and food pantry from 2008 to 2009, and another 20 percent increase in this year's numbers. "It's joblessness, loss of safety nets. Many people don't qualify for benefits; we don't have an affordable housing solution. ; this underscores the need for everybody in the community to be involved and provide for the poorest among us."
The far-reaching impact of a business slump experts say technically ended in June 2009 was also evident nationwide, with a surging demand for food stamps, considerably fewer homeowners and people doubling up in housing to save money.
The new figures also show that marriages fell to a record low level in 2009, with just 52 percent of people 18 and over saying they were joined in wedlock, compared to 57 percent in 2000. Many young people, at the same time, struggled to find work and achieve economic independence.
Meanwhile, the top-earning 20 percent of Americans -- those making more than $100,000 each year -- received 49.4 percent of all income generated in the U.S.
-- Associated Press material was used in this report.


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ESCANABA - With winter quickly approaching, snow will soon fall and plows will be out and about clearing the roads for safe travel. For the Delta County Road Commission, this means prioritizing where to plow given smaller staffing levels and limited resources.
According to Delta County Road Commission Managing Director Rob VanEffen, many people don't realize there are three different jurisdictions of roads in the county - state highways, county roads and city streets - each with their own funding sources.
County roads are further divided into county primary roads, which are named by a three-digit number, and the county local roads, which are designated a letter representing a specific township and a number that follows it. County local roads are typically dead-end roads and those that lead to people's homes, he explained.
"The road commission is responsible, by contract, for the state highways for winter maintenance, as well as the county primary and county local roads," said VanEffen. "The way we plow snow is pretty much based on traffic volume. The first thing done is state highways."
The road commission's winter maintenance budget through MDOT for this year is approximately $680,000 to take care of 340 lane miles of state highway. They also receive a $790,000 winter maintenance budget to take care of 880 miles of county roads.
VanEffen said the road commission is down to 21 full-time employees available as plow drivers, as well as approximately eight part-time, on-call employees that come in as needed. He noted things have really changed in just more than 20 years. In 1991, there were six garages and 63 full-time employees. Now they are down to two garages and 28 total employees.
"For winter, we also have a night crew, which is covered from 10 in the evening to 6 in the morning," said VanEffen. "We've got a minimum of two people that cover the county. Their priority is the state highways."
He said the night crew watches the road conditions on highways, and as snowy conditions develop, they take care of it. As snow continues to fall and gets to a point where the amount is hard to handle, they call in the rest of the crew for assistance. Some employees work 12 to 14 hours a day during snowstorms.
"Everything depends on the storm itself, but the goal is to have the highways cleared by 6 or 6:30 in the morning," said VanEffen. "Sometimes we can reach that goal, sometimes we can't."
One common misconception people have about the road commission is where funding comes from, according to VanEffen.
"The thing that a lot of people don't understand is that here in Delta County, property taxes do not go to the road commission to support roads," he said. Instead, funding is provided via the Michigan Transportation Fund, with money coming from the motor fuel tax - comprised of 19 cents per gallon on gasoline and 15 cents per gallon on diesel fuel - as well as registration fees. When people use more fuel-efficient vehicles, carpool, or use public transportation, this can impact funding levels.
"With the funding being based on a flat rate per gallon, as gas goes up, people buy less, our money comes down," noted VanEffen.
In fiscal year 1999, the commission received $3,653,000 in funding from the MTF, a number that, more than 10 years later is relatively the same figure as FY 2012, $3,693,000.
Because of funding and staffing levels, VanEffen urges patience this winter.
"With winter maintenance, people are going to have to be patient," he said, noting it might take two days to get to some local roads when the area is hit by a two- or three-day storm. "We just don't have the people anymore," he added.
VanEffen said over the years, the road commission has increased efficiency with its snow plows. Some of these changes have included adding wings to plow trucks, so a local road can be plowed in one pass in and out, as opposed to two passes needed. They've also added certain capabilities to the plow trucks, such as having their own sander.
"On the state highway for MDOT, we use pure salt to melt the ice and snow as quickly as possible," said VanEffen. "Another thing we have done on the county system to try and stretch the dollar is we use pure salt on the high traffic areas, but as the traffic volume starts to drop, we use a mix of sand and salt, and will even use pure sand on some roads."
VanEffen also stated that motorists need to be aware that salt will generally not work with temperatures below about 19 degrees.
The road commission tries to get as much winter maintenance done with as little funding as possible, as they use the remaining money for construction and road improvements in the summer.
VanEffen said with winter maintenance, one issue is damaged mailboxes, the vast majority of which are not damaged by the plow itself, but by the snow coming off the plow.
When damaged, the road commission's policy is for a person to bring in their damaged mailbox to receive a voucher for purchasing a new standard box at a local hardware store. The road commission has also encountered mailboxes constructed with concrete block or bricks, which VanEffen noted is illegal and a safety hazard to plows and the motoring public.
With the funding the road commission receives and its limited staff, the plowing crew is an outstanding group, according to VanEffen.
"They have the know-how and the capability. They get as much done as they possibly can," he said. "As short-staffed as we are and as many roads as we have to plow, it's going to take time but they will get it done. I ask people to be patient and drive according to conditions. We're doing the best we can with what we've got."


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Shaikh, Alan (2010) Botnet analysis and detection. Other thesis, Edinburgh Napier University.
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Computers have become very useful tools for work, study and play. Computers can also be used in a more sinister manner; criminals can use computers to extract money and information out of businesses and computer users. They can use software known as Botnets to accomplish these goals. A Botnet is a collection of bots typically controlled by a bot master. A bot is a piece of software that conceals itself on a computer system acting on instructions received or programmed by the bot master(s). Botnets are becoming more elaborate and efficient over time and thus the use of Botnets is growing at an exponential rate, threatening the average user and businesses alike.
The aim of this thesis was to understand, design and implement a Botnet detection tool. In order to perform this task a thesis was produced which provides a detailed analysis and taxonomy of the current botnet threat. This includes botnet operations, their behaviour and how they infect computer systems. Ethical considerations were encountered in this thesis chiefly in relation to securing the virtual environment required for testing, evaluation and analysis of a real botnet. In response to this three Botnets were studied with the intention of creating a 'synthetic bot'. The Botnets studied were Zeus, Stuxnet and, in particular, the KOOBFACE botnet on which the synthetic bot was mainly based; this bot would then be used to evaluate the detection software.
The next stage was to investigate botnet detection techniques and some existing detection tools which were available. A prototype botnet detection software, called 'Bot Shaiker', was designed and implemented. This is in the form of an agent-based application capable of detecting specific botnet activity using network traffic and files located on the computer. Bot Shaiker is written in Microsoft C# .NET, it integrates Snort, an open source IDS, to look for botnet activity on the network and checks Windows firewall and computers registry for traces of botnets. These functions are implemented in an easy to use GUI application or can be a service running on a user's computer.
Using a sandboxed virtual network to evaluate Bot Shaiker and DARPA traffic, the results of the evaluation showed that the network signatures of Snort proved effective and efficient; however, the performance related heavily to the traffic volume. When receiving traffic greater than 80Mbps the performance of Snort decreases significantly which means packets can be ignored. As the application is primarily designed for an end user with access to an average Internet speed which typically falls well below this figure, this prototype would work well in most computer systems. The conclusions suggest that the prototype Bot Shaiker application is able to detect botnet activities from the network and host based techniques.
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SYDNEY — A Sydney woman is to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment before entering pleas on a host of offences.
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Danielle May Poulette, 21, of Charlotte Street, is charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon (a knife), possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and breaching a court order. The charges are the result of an incident at a Charlotte Street apartment between Poulette and a 34-year-old Glace Bay woman. Both received stab wounds requiring hospital treatment. The incident occurred May 31.
Poulette is also facing charges of assault with a weapon (a knife), assault and uttering a threat. Those offences were allegedly committed May 10.
The assessment will be completed at the East Coast Forensic Hospital in Dartmouth and will help determine whether the accused is fit to stand trial on the charges and whether she suffered from any mental illness at the time the offences were committed.
Poulette is now scheduled to return to provincial court July 30.


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Requirement: Students completing the 15-credit hour minor must fulfill the following minimal
requirements :
1) At least one three (3) hour credit required introductory course on African cultures:
- HIST-123: African History I
- OR HIST-124: African History II
2) At least one three (3) hour elective intermediate course on African cultures:
- ENGL-352: African Literature
- THEO-609: West African Religions
- OR other qualifying courses (see Excel list of courses)
3) At least one required introductory course on African Diaspora populations:
- PYSCH-330: Introduction to Black Psychology
- THEO-267: African American Biblical Interpretations
- OR THEO-322: Black Theology
4) At least one three (3) credit elective intermediate course on African Diaspora
- ENGL-484: African American Literature
- COMM-323: Race, Class, Gender and Media
- OR other qualifying electives (see Excel list of courses)
5) One 'rotating' exit seminar (3 credits) housed in the department of the professor teaching it that particular semester. This new exit seminar (paperwork submission contingent upon approval of the minor)will always be taught by a faculty member whose course(s) are required within the minor. Given the past frequency of how often these required and elective course have been offered, we anticipate that the first exit seminar would not be taught until three academic years (at best) after the implementation of the minor. This seminar will be taught as either an overload (with the approval of the faculty member's chair) or as part of a faculty member's regular teaching load (with the approval of the faculty member's chair). Faculty members initially* eligible to conduct the senior seminar are Dr. Tyrone Williams, Dr. Chris Anderson, Dr. Kathleen Smythe, Dr. Adam Clark, Dr. Indra De Silva and Dr. Cathy McDaniels Wilson.
Course Sequence
Students have the option of taking either the introductory and intermediate courses in African culture before taking the introductory and intermediate courses in African Diaspora cultures or they may take both introductory courses (in African and African Diaspora cultures) before taking intermediate courses. In either case, at least one introductory course in African or African Diaspora cultures must be taken before taking intermediate courses.
*As the minor evolves new required and elective courses may be added.


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For all of the cat lovers...this one's for you! There's one for Spring, Fall & Christmas...they look great hung on a year round primitive tree. They also make neat gift tags for that special friend!
This pattern includes all three designs & would make great gifts ... for you or a friend!
Here's a penny rug without the pennies! Made out of wool or WoolFelt®, it's sure to lend warmth to any home!
What a great way to use up those wool or WoolFelt® scraps! The recipe on the stitchery is one of our favorite cookie recipes! Yum!!! The table runner can be placed on a table, hung on a wall or draped upon an old cabinet. A great addition to any home.
The table runner measures 44"×25" and can be displayed year-round! The penny rug can be made using wool or WoolFelt®. Both designs are included in the pattern.
This stitchery combines some of my favorite things....stitchery, appliqué & quilting! The approximate size is 11"×14".
A 6" primitive fall pin & necklace! From his unusual head to his fun pumpkin basket, this is one you'll want to make! The pattern includes a piece of rusty wire for the basket & green wire for the stem.


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I started using Tria Blue Light Acne Treatment system a little over a month ago now. I have had some ups and downs with it, but overall I have been so happy with how soft and smooth it has left my skin!
My acne issues consist mostly of blackheads with twice monthly breakouts. I have always had some uneven texture to my skin, and no matter what I did, I couldn't get the soft, smooth skin that I wanted.
While my initial motivation for trying blue light therapy was to obtain a clear complexion before my wedding, I have had mixed results. I haven't really seen much of a change in my breakouts – I do still get them about twice a month. I have noticed that the number of blemishes for each breakout has gone down, and while they are still there, they don't seem as big or to last as long.
The biggest result that I have seen from using blue light therapy is in the amazing tone and texture of my skin. My face is super smooth looking and feeling.
Tria blue light acne treatment has given me the smooth skin that I have wanted for so long! Blue light therapy really and truly works to smooth out the surface of your skin, I have seen the results for myself… And I am very happy with the outcome! Best of all – it was done without any harsh chemicals, trips to the spa, or even long drawn out procedures. It took 5 minutes
How it works:
Rather than sitting on top of the skin, blue light gently penetrates the skin to eliminate bacteria that cause breakouts and dulls complexion. When you eliminate bacteria, you eliminate breakouts and improve the skin's tone and texture, leading to a superior overall complexion. The TRIA Blue Light is as effective as professional and prescription treatments yet gentle enough to use daily without irritation, dryness or redness often caused by other acne treatments. You can check out these real life acne treatment reviews about the Tria Blue Light Acne Treatment!
Have you ever heard of/tried blue light therapy? Do you suffer from acne? Any tricks to keep your complexion clear? I'd love to hear them!!
{I wrote this review while participating in a campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Tria and received a Tria Skin Perfecting Blue Light product sample to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and 100% honest}


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Here's one piece of technological design that's bound to divide opinoon. Jeffrey Stephenson's Project Ayr is a fanless home theatre PC encased in an art-deco style Mahogany shell. But would you let it inside your home?
Inside the wooden case — which itself houses an aluminium frame — there's an Intel Core i3-3225 processor, 8GB RAM, an Intel Cherryville SSD, 150W Pico PSU and Silverstone HE02 passive heatsink. Of course, it's a custom build so you won't be able to buy one — but would you want to anyway? [Jeffery Stephenson via Engadget]


text: Welcome to Randy's Fishmarket Restaurant, we'd like you to join us! Enjoy a bit of a traditional Old Florida Charm and the best seafood Naples has to offer! Have a frosty cold drink, some fresh scrumptious seafood, and our very own famous Key Lime Pie, the best this side of heaven! Randy's features the largest selection of seafood caught daily by our local fisherman or flown in fresh from the icy waters of New England. A fine selection of wine and beverages will compliment your meal, topped off with one of our delectable desserts. So come in, kick back and relax! Enjoy the Old Florida culinary experience that is Randy���s Fishmarket Restaurant!


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Boltage is part sociology and part technology. The sociology is really the important part - our real goal is to make walking and biking a way of life. That means we need to win over the hearts and minds of kids. So we put a lot of effort into trying to make Boltage cool and developing incentive programs that connect with kids. The technology makes the job easier by giving us the information we need to implement incentives that reward repetition, which we think is the key to changing habits.
We think that in order for rewards to work best with kids, they need to be frequent and they need to come as quickly as possible. These rewards do not have to be expensive "things" - their real value lies in the accomplishments they represent. In fact, research shows that simple public recognition of accomplishments can be one of the most more effective motivators. And recognizing accomplishments builds self esteem and shows kids that their personal actions can make a difference.
We have created a number of incentive items based on this philosophy, like rubber wrist bands, stickers, hand stamps and temporary tattoos. This provides program operators with easy, low cost access to a variety of items that can be used as part of any number of incentive programs. Click here to learn more about how to order these items.
In addition, Boltage provides reports and data downloads to support incentive programs. One such report supports an incentive scheme where kids can earn different colored rubber wristbands for reaching specific Zap Levels (number of trips). This program is designed so that all the kids can earn rewards, regardless of how long it takes them to reach certain milestones. Kids who participate more are rewarded with different colored wristbands that represent higher levels of achievement. As kids collect wristbands, not only are they recognized for their accomplishments, but they develop a sense of belonging to a group leading the way toward a more sustainable future.
Another type of effective incentive program promotes group efforts, where the whole school strives to reach a common goal, or competes with another school to reach a big milestone. We have developed posters and reporting that let schools track their cumulative progress toward a goal, which can be miles, CO2 saved, number of trips, etc. Simply measuring and posting these results in the school hallway can provide strong motivation for the kids. These posters can be downloaded here and customized to reflect the specific needs of individual schools.
Winning the hearts and minds of kids can be tricky business - big companies spend millions trying to figure it out. We study their techniques and are constantly learning based on the experience of Boltage schools - and pass on best practices throughout our network. Our goal is to create a "brand" around Boltage on par with the characters created by the powerhouse media companies, and utilize it to drive the effectiveness of our incentive programs.
The purpose of the wiz bang technology is to support the incentive programs by providing kid-specific information day in and day out. This is a key difference between Boltage and other walk/bike incentive programs that focus on only a few days a year. International Walk to School Day is great - but everyone seems to walk just one day, and the next day they are right back in their cars. You simply can't change habits without persistence.
Boltage solves this problem using a machine called the Zap, which is a solar powered, internet connected RFID reader (now that is a mouthful). RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification, which is an emerging technology used extensively in industry. Kids get a RFID tag that attaches to their backpack, and the Zap reads their unique number when they go past it at the school. The Zap makes a cool beep (the little kids love that part). Then the Zap connects to the internet, and uploads its daily counts. Each kid has an account on our web site where they can see all their trips, and the school can run reports to support their incentive programs.
Because the Zap is solar powered, no wiring is required in installation. It connects to the internet using state of the art internet security. The Zap is typically placed in an area where kids can easily walk past it, but where it will not accidentally count kids who don't walk or bike.
Of course, there are a few details - see the FAQ section or shoot us an email.
The Boltage program requires a strong local organization to engage with the kids and their families. A parent volunteer, often as part of a PTA/PTO, usually leads the organization. The program works best with the support of the school principal and a few teachers. We have also seen successful programs started by local health organizations, bike shops, and advocacy groups. The key is a group of people who can come together with enough time and energy to successfully engage the kids and support local logistics, like distributing tags and awards.
System Hardware $4,890 (plus $200 shipping)
Annual Maintenance $950 (starting in second year)
Additional RFID tags (100) $115 (system ships with 500 tags)
Schools have funded the program from a number of sources: PTA/PTO, local advocacy groups, individual donors, and grants from a variety of organizations, particularly Safe Routes to School (SRTS). For more information about SRTS, check these links:
National Center for Safe Routes to School
Safe Routes to School National Partnership


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