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Prosecutor Jason Pitter QC said: "What happened in the interim? He had armed himself with a kitchen knife and murdered Poppy in an unprovoked attack fuelled by his raging jealousy. |
"There were no witnesses to the attack other than the defendant." |
There was no evidence that Atkinson, a maths graduate with a First Class honours, had ever been violent to anyone before. |
When he finally confessed to the killing he told police: "I did not know how many times I stabbed her. I just didn't stop. |
"I only stopped when it all went calm and she stopped moving." |
Atkinson was assessed by a forensic psychiatrist after the killing but the precise reasons for his behaviour are still unclear. |
The court heard that the attack may have been triggered by jealousy and the breakdown of his relationship with Miss Devey Waterhouse, leading to a "sense of loss of control and low self esteem which engendered powerful feelings of anger". |
Atkinson's barrister, Richard Wright QC said it was "quite inexplicable to any observer" how an otherwise good-natured and high-achieving person could commit such a grave crime. |
He added: "That is a conundrum Joe Atkinson will have to wrestle with for the rest of his life. |
"He can do no more than what he now has done and admit this offence, put aside the lies that he has told, say sorry and hope that those whose lives have been utterly wrenched apart by his behaviour will find some peace." |
Bands in Basque brings a series of free musical events which, each month brings a different musical performance to the beautiful environment of Basque Park. |
Bring the family, bring a picnic, bring a blanket/chair and watch/listen/dance and sing for 90 minutes with the band performing in the natural amphitheatre in Basque Park. |
A perfect way to relax and enjoy music! |
RAMAPO - Spring Valley Deputy Mayor Bernard Charles lost his Ramapo recreation job after failing civil service exams and soon afterward was hired by Ramapo to promote the town's financially beleaguered baseball stadium. |
The consultant's position will pay Charles $27.14 per hour for a 40-hour work week — about $5,000 per month — without benefits, Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht said. It is not a civil-service job. |
Specht said Charles sought employment and has been given a three-month tryout to show he can bring additional business to the Pomona stadium. The independent league Rockland Boulders play at the stadium during spring and summer months. The team controls the facility's scheduling, offering open dates to be booked by oth... |
Charles is married to Councilwoman Brendel Logan-Charles, who sits on the Ramapo Town Board as deputy supervisor. His wife's position was not a factor in the decision to hire Charles, Specht said, and that Logan-Charles abstained from the vote to do so. |
"He's got a background in doing promotions for radio and theater," Specht said. |
No one else was interviewed for the job. |
Charles, an appointed Spring Valley deputy mayor and elected East Ramapo Board of Education member, got hired by the Ramapo Local Development Corp., the town's economic development arm. The Ramapo Town Board comprises the LDC board so there is no longer any separation between town government and the agency. |
The agency's financial practices stood at the core of the federal corruption trial that led to former Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence's conviction of securities fraud in May, 2107. St. Lawrence is serving a 30-month federal prison sentence. |
Charles, known as "Chipper," is the son of the late former legislator and Ramapo councilman Bernard Charles. |
Ramapo hired Charles in 2014 for a position left vacant for five years. He previously had worked as parks and recreation director in Spring Valley. At the time, his hiring forced him to leave his Ramapo public affairs consultant's position. |
His position as a Ramapo assistant recreation activities coordinator with the Parks and Recreation Department paid $45,973 annually. He lost that job in late 2016 when he failed to take the civil service exam. |
The town then rehired him as a program director in January 2017. He failed the civil service exam in April 2018 and received a 30-day extension before being terminated. |
His duties had included diversifying the use of the Cultural Arts Center on Main Street in Spring Valley, operating the town's food bank, and increasing community participation in the town's recreational programs. |
Charles didn't respond when sought for comment. His wife also didn't respond when contacted. |
Specht said officials have made it a priority to increase revenues from the ball park. |
The town has attempted to raise revenues at the Pomona-area stadium by booking concerts, such as the Beach Boys and other acts, allowing college and high school baseball games and installing an ice-skating ring, among other strategies. |
The town has been concerned about losing revenues from the $58 million stadium, including a debt of $25 million in municipal bonds. The stadium financing became the core of the federal corruption case against St. Lawrence. The jury found St. Lawrence fabricated revenues to show a healthy fund balance to get better inte... |
Town officials estimate Ramapo is several millions in debt following St. Lawrence's 17-year reign as supervisor. |
Officials say they are awaiting completion of audits on the town books going back to 2014, as well as audits on the ballpark revenues and the LDC, to learn the exact amount of the debt. |
Town officials have promised the results for more than a year. They say the auditors had to start from scratch after the previous accountants admitted to improprieties during St. Lawrence's tenure. St. Lawrence acted as the town finance director, though the Town Board has hired a director. |
COLLEGE STATION, Texas A Nebraska native will be leaving for Rio in the coming days to compete in an event that’s still relatively new to her. |
Nebraska high school track and field programs don’t offer the javelin throw. Neither does Iowa. In fact – most states don’t because of safety concerns. |
Maggie Malone never thought it would be the javelin that would set her apart, since Nebraska high schools don’t offer the event during track and field season. |
But athlete is in her DNA. |
Her father Danny Malone was a part of Nebraska’s 1970 national championship football team. Her mother, Nancy Kindig was a track All-American at Nebraska in 1982. |
Malone graduated from Fillmore Central High School in Geneva, Nebraska. |
She followed her parents’ college path by going to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After they moved to Texas though, she switched schools to Texas A & M. |
“I want to take every moment in because these are fleeting. I’m blessed,” said Maggie. |
2016 has been a whirlwind for her. For someone who came into javelin late in life, Maggie Malone developed a short learning curve. |
She set a collegiate record this summer throwing more than 62-meters – or 204 feet, and then posted the best throw at the Olympic Trials to qualify for Rio. |
Maggie Malone’s event is scheduled for Tuesday, August 16 in Rio. The finals will be two days later. |
East Lindsey District Council’s budget, which includes a 3.62% increase in its part of the tax bill, is set to come under scrutiny. |
The authority’s audit committee will examine its finances including its 2019/20 budget and five year strategy next Wednesday (January 30). |
A foreword by the executive councillor for finance Richard Fry says: “The council’s budget this year remains focused on the commitment made in 2016/17 to ensure it was financially able to deliver the services it has to by law, provide support to the district’s most vulnerable residents and focus the remaining available... |
The District Council, which says it continues to be faced with “significant final challenges”, equates the increase to £4.95 a year for average ‘Band D’ homes – around 9.5p a week. |
The authority’s budget estimates this could bring in more than £6 million. |
The council said it needs to make around £3.7 million of savings by 2023, however, that could rise by an additional £1.3 million due to a drop in the amount it retains in business rates. |
It says its Transformation Programme has so far delivered almost 89% of the savings required. |
The budget also looks at creating additional income from commercial activities, further capital investment in its assets and protecting against the business rates changes. |
EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. -- The 288th Operations Support Squadron congratulated their new chief during a Feb. 2, 2019, promotion ceremony at the Red Horse Training Center, here. |
Lt. Col. Gregory D. Johnson, Commander of the 288th, presided over the ceremony for Chief Master Sgt. Nathan E. Harrell, superintendent of the 288th Operations Support Squadron. Johnson spoke highly of Harrell and his accomplishments over his long military career. |
“Chief is a title given to those that lead the way and you have gained so much wisdom in 36 and a half years,” said Johnson. |
Harrell began his military career in 1982 enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. After three years Harrell left the Marine Corps and enlisted in the Arkansas Air National Guard with the 188th Fighter Wing in September 1985. Harrell's first job with the Wing was in aircraft maintenance and worked with the F-4, F-1... |
During the ceremony, Harrell spoke highly of the men and women of the 188th Wing. |
After 28 years in maintenance, Harrell volunteered to become a charter member for the newly-formed 153rd Intelligence Squadron. Harrell has continued to lead the charge in his new job, eventually moving into the superintendent role at the 288th. |
Harrell concluded his promotion ceremony by reflecting on his career and his wish for the Airmen under his charge. |
Shares of Coach soared as much as 11 percent Tuesday after sales rose for the first time in 10 quarters. Bobbi Rebell reports. |
Coach is on a comeback. The handbag maker posting its first sales growth in 10 quarters. Its acquisition of luxury shoe brand Stuart Weitzman is helping, and its sales in China are still growing despite that country's economic challenges. But there is still a ways to go, says Telsey Advisory Group CEO Dana Telsey: SOUN... |
Tali is your voice-enabled productivity assistant, powered by artificial intelligence. With Tali, users can eliminate the administrative burden of time entry by seamlessly tracking time throughout the day, using nothing more than their voice. Tali works with any Amazon Alexa-enabled device, including mobile phones, mak... |
Objectives are the principles that guide a business, and policies are the rules that embody these objectives. When policies align with objectives, a business operates in service of an overall idea that unifies its products and its protocols. When a company's policies do not support its objectives, employees may feel di... |
A company's objectives can be as practical as earning a profit or as noble as improving the environment. A business that clearly identifies its objectives can make choices that further these objectives regarding everything from where it banks to what it sells. Having clear objectives enables a business to focus its int... |
Policies are specific rules and guidelines. Businesses create and implement policies in order to achieve consistency and outline protocols. Well thought-out and clearly articulated policies serve as a baseline for day-to-day decision-making as well as guidance for unexpected situations. Policies may be formally written... |
Both objectives and policies are expressions of a company's vision. Both represent guiding principles that embody broad ideas with enough specificity to be useful. For example, a company founded with the objective of creating jobs for inner city youth defines its objective with enough specificity to communicate that it... |
Policies are more practical than objectives, addressing situations and possibilities rather than ideas and goals. Policies are based on objectives, which offer unifying themes and long-term visions. Objectives are not based on policies, which offer relatively narrow insights tailored to specific situations. A company t... |
Violence erupted over the weekend at several Venezuelan border crossings as the country’s socialist dictator, Nicolas Maduro, ordered that humanitarian food and medical aid be blocked from entering the country. One of the more dramatic incidents took place on the Simon Bolivar bridge between Colombia and Venezuela, whe... |
Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to meet today with Guiado and the regional Lima Group of nations to offer further support and help decide what actions should be taken to increase the pressure on Maduro to step down. President Donald Trump has not ruled out military intervention, although it appears that the imme... |
What is truly interesting — and almost comical if the situation weren’t so dire — is the attempt of leftists such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to distance themselves and their socialist ideology from the socialist-created disaster that is Venezuela. On Saturday, Sanders, who has long praised the socialist takeover of... |
For the sake of the Venezuelan people, we hope for an end to the Maduro dictatorship and the socialism that precipitated his rise to power in the first place. |
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Meanwhile, the Valeant Pharmaceutical quest for Allergan took another interesting turn as the Paulson & Co. hedge fund now has a $1 billion stake in the Botox drug maker and supports the takeover bid. The FDA has given a controversial Houston doctor permission to resume administering experimental cancer treatments. And... |
By David Skolnick | December 29, 2008 at 12:00a.m. |
Scandal, presidential candidate visits, an ethics investigation and Valley leadership in the state Senate top the 2008 list of political stories. |
Scandal at the attorney general’s office that led to the resignation of Marc Dann, of Liberty, and area visits by the presidential candidates and their supporters were the top Mahoning Valley political stories of the year, as chosen by the staff of The Vindicator. Dann’s term as attorney general was short-lived. |
Also, Dann admitted an extramarital affair with his former scheduler. |
Among them was the controversy surrounding Mahoning County’s purchase of Oak- hill Renaissance Place. |
The Cafaro Co. unsuccessfully sued the county to rescind the purchase. The company is the former landlord for the county’s Department of Job and Family Services, which moved from Cafaro’s Garland Plaza to Oak- hill in 2007. |
December 29, 2008 12:04 a.m. |
A Southport mum says she is delighted at news that Lego is set to sell its first ever mini-figure in a wheelchair. |
Vicki Cunningham’s 12-year-old son Noah Cunningham suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy which means he needs to use a wheelchair to get about. |
Visiter.co.uk reported earlier this month how the Meols Cop High School pupil celebrated his 12th birthday by watching his beloved Everton FC beat Dagenham and Redbridge 2-0 . |
And now Noah is delighted by news that Lego is making a figure that children who use wheelchairs can enjoy playing with. |
His mum Vicki said: “So Lego produced a wheelchair for the people. To me this is fabulous. |
Vicki unfortunately has been taken back by some of the negative reaction to the news about the new Lego mini-figure. |
A company spokesman for Lego has confirmed that the firm will sell its first mini-figure in a wheelchair later this year. |
The addition follows online petitions and calls for Lego and other major toymakers to provide positive depictions of those with disabilities. |
Photos of the new Lego figure emerged online following the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany. |
The wheelchair mini-figure will be included in a Lego City set that will go on sale in June, according to Lego spokesman Michael McNally. |
I viewed “The Daily Show” episodes in question — so can you, right here. Were they funny? Sure. Even some of the parents of the Eureka sophomores in Rhett Felix’s class agree. |
The biggest issue the parents had involved the sexual content and the language. Granted, it’s nothing 15-year-olds haven’t heard or seen before. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it should be sanctioned officially by being part of a high school curriculum. |
Were the parents upset because of the political bent of Jon Stewart’s show? Yes. Eureka is a conservative place, and it’s difficult to argue “The Daily Show” doesn’t skew liberal. |
If Felix is airing episodes of Sean Hannity’s Fox News program in class, too, then I don’t think showing Stewart’s clips — free from adult-oriented content — is a problem. If Felix isn’t giving equal time to liberal, conservative and moderate viewpoints, then I think it’s a big problem. |
The Eureka parents I’ve spoken with about this case don’t appear to be right-wing reactionaries. |
Exactly. When I was in school, back when polyester was in vogue, I didn’t recall knowing what the political leanings of my teachers were, by and large. That certainly was true in social-studies classes. Maybe those teachers loved Jimmy Carter and despised Ronald Reagan, or vice versa. They seemed more focused on educat... |
Now more than ever, with political polarization running rampant in other areas of public life, that still should be the case in the classroom. Whether it’s a liberal-leaning community like New York, or a conservative-leaning one like Eureka. |
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has unveiled the new search engine, which is a portal to an archive of 1.7 million US diplomatic cables. |
The search engine named PLUS D (The Public Library of United States Diplomacy), includes 250,000 leaked State Department cables that were made public during Cablegate, the time in US history where memos of Henry Kissinger's time as US Secretary of State were made public. |
Over 251,000 of those cables relate to events or communications between 2003-2010, News.com.au reports. |
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