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Yesterday Bryan, 46, of Berllan, Rhuddlan, had his sentence increased to five years at the Appeal Court in London. Roberts, 37, of Abergele Towers, Llandudno, will have to hand himself in to police to resume a new sentence of three-and-a-half years. |
Mr Bennett’s mother Angela Witherspoon campaigned for the “pitiful” sentences to be reviewed, appealing to Attorney General Baroness Scotland. Yesterday Mrs Witherspoon, of Coast Road, Rhyl, said she was relieved and delighted by the decision. |
She and husband Eric said that on hearing the judge’s original decision at Caernarfon Crown Court in July they left the court disgusted at the short sentences. |
After taking advice from support group SAM, Mrs Witherspoon wrote to Baroness Scotland lodging an appeal. |
The court heard Bryan deliberately punched Mr Bennett twice with force from behind after a previous incident, started by the deceased, in the bar. |
CCTV footage showed Mr Bennett collapse to the ground without attempting to break the fall, suggesting that he had been rendered unconscious by the blow. |
Roberts, who had not struck Mr Bennett, was seen patting Bryan on the shoulder in “congratulation”. |
Earlier this month, lawyers representing the Attorney General argued that the sentences were “unduly lenient”. The sentencing judge had not correctly assessed the culpability of the men, it was argued. |
But lawyers said Roberts had earlier acted as a “peacemaker” and both had been of good character and shown real remorse. |
Organizers of the Empowerment Expo on Thursday hope it will build relationships with employers and residents. |
With unemployment in West Ocala in the double digits, including more than 20 percent in some areas, it is hoped that an Empowerment Expo will build relationships with employers and the community, and offer residents the skills they need to get hired. |
The event is free to attend and is set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the College of Central Florida Hampton Center, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. |
"I come in contact with a lot of employers that say they can't find employees. And we're over in West Ocala where unemployment is 13 and 14 percent. We're offering a bridge between the two," said Elgin Carelock, chairman of the Greater Ocala Community Development Corporation, which is sponsoring the event. |
But the event is more than a traditional job fair. In addition to employers such as E-One, Waste Pro, Chariot Eagle and Renasant Bank, the expo will feature community organizations including United Way of Marion County and R.A.M.A.L. Educational and Social Services, which offer employment skills such as resume writing ... |
"If you're not ready to apply for a job (that day), you can get some of the skills that are necessary through some of the other partners," Carelock said. |
He said some of the jobs available have salaries well above minimum wage. |
"A lot of the jobs we have are paying $15, $20 an hour. We have some serious jobs coming in there. This is open to everyone, but we wanted to give the people who live in West Ocala the chance to have an event in that area," Carelock said. "There are a lot of people looking for employees." |
The Greater Ocala Community Development Corporation started in 1994 with the objective of providing social and economic solutions to residents of West Ocala. In addition to helping with the unemployment issue, the corporation also focuses on improvement in high school graduation rates, identifying social services, help... |
Spain’s Joaquin Rodríguez lost some precious time to Canadian Ryder Hesjedal. He still managed to hold onto the leader’s pink jersey after stage 19 but only by 17 seconds. This was the first of two days in the Alps. Hesjedal closed the gap that was 30 seconds prior to this stage with an outstanding performance. Hesjeda... |
The 149-kilometre mountainous run featured five classified climbs and culminating in the category 1 summit finish Kreuziger crossed the line 19 seconds ahead of Hesjedal. |
Rodríguez finished in third spot 32 seconds back. |
What are the Mortirola? They are in the Italian Alps and part of the 219 km run Saturday. The dreaded Mortirolo, one of the toughest climbs in Europe, before reaching the Passo dello Stelvio summit, at 2,757m altitude the highest point of the Tour. |
It will all come down to this climb and the time trials. Hesjedal has a good chance of winning the Giro if he keeps burning up the Italian roads. |
I am a Firefighter and cancer survivor circumnavigating the globe by bicycle to fund research for a cure breast, prostate, and lung cancer. I have covered 1/4 of the globe. My next leg is cycling across the US continent from San Diego to Miami in September/October 2012.You can follow my journey here. |
With all of the record breaking projects going on over at Kickstarter, it seems like everyone wants in on the crowdfunding action these days. |
Since a lot of people are using YouTube to promote their projects and raise money, YouTube has announced today that it is now officially supporting the linking of annotation pages to both Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects. |
Over the past year, crowdsourced fundraising has exploded as great way to raise money for creative projects. We’ve seen lots of you using platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo to fund projects, and we want to make it easier for even more of you to use these tools. We’ve teamed up with these platforms so you can now ... |
Up until now, video creators and project owners had to stick their Kickstarter and Indiegogo links into the description of the video, which is easily skipped over. With annotations, static text and links can be placed on top of the video, which is absolutely impossible to miss. |
This is great news for those who are raising money for their awesome projects, as direct clicks from videos are a great way to raise more funds. It’s too bad that Kickstarter and Indiegogo can’t work out a direct deal with YouTube to embed widgets that allow you to participate by giving money right from the YouTube vid... |
In fact, the embedding of anything outside of YouTube is a feature that is sorely missing. Imagine if you could donate to a charity or project of your choosing right from one of its promotional videos. Until then, the annotation feature will definitely do the job. |
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Photo: a scan of the NPD hate mail in question. |
Police said on Wednesday they had raided the Berlin headquarters of Germany's neo-Nazi NPD party after it sent racist letters to ethnic minority candidates in this weekend's election, telling them to "go home." |
A spokesman for Berlin prosecutors confirmed they had launched an investigation over suspected incitement to racial hatred. |
The letters, signed by an "officer for the deportation of foreigners," were presented as a "notice" to candidates of Turkish origin ahead of elections on September 27. |
According to one recipient, Green politician Ozcan Mutlu, the two-paged letter contained a "five-point plan" for "moving foreigners gradually back to their home countries." |
The letters sparked outrage from mainstream politicians who called for renewed efforts to outlaw the NPD, which has no seats in the national parliament but is represented in two of Germany's powerful regional assemblies. |
The NPD is on the verge of bankruptcy and has next to no chance of winning a seat in Sunday's election, polls show. |
Concerned about possible delays in state funding of high-speed rail, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told California leaders Thursday that the Legislature needs to send a signal that it is committed to the project by including money for it in the state budget to be approved next month. |
LaHood traveled to Sacramento for meetings with Gov. Jerry Brown, legislative leaders and some lawmakers who are questioning whether to continue funding for the $68-billion project, for which the federal government has pledged $3.3 billion in matching funds. |
"What I have said to them is, 'We need a strong signal that you are committed to the money for the match, sooner rather than later. We can’t wait until the end of summer,'" LaHood recounted at a news conference following his meeting with state Senate leaders. |
LaHood said he was "reassured" by Assembly Speaker John Perez (D-Los Angeles) and Senate President Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) "that they are committed to high-speed rail and they are committed to making sure that California is able to provide the match that is needed." |
A Burbank police officer and detective look at a car driven by a man stabbed on Saturday. Police said a second man in the car had also been stabbed. |
Two men in their early 20s were stabbed multiple times in Burbank Saturday afternoon, police said. |
Police responded to the 1000 block of East Angeleno Avenue at 3:50 p.m. following reports of a possible stabbing, and found the two victims -- each with multiple stab wounds -- in a car outside one of the victim's home, said Burbank Police Sgt. Darin Ryburn. |
Both men were seriously injured, and one underwent surgery Saturday evening. |
The stabbing reportedly occurred a couple blocks away at Sunset Canyon Drive and Orange Grove Avenue, Ryburn said. |
Further details on the incident, including whether it was a targeted attack, were not available. |
No suspect has been identified. |
Ryburn urged anyone with information about the incident to call Burbank police at (818) 238-3000. |
The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. |
The 95th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting was held at The Ellipse, just south of the White House, on Nov. 30. The Beach Boys, Wynonna, The Texas Tenors and Craig Campbell performed. The same Colorado blue spruce has been used as the nation's tree since it was planted in 1978. |
A new poll reveals that there were no winners in the recent debacle over a government shutdown — only losers. And there was no disincentive to prevent another one from coming in a few weeks. |
Thirty-nine percent of Americans blame Democrats in Congress for the government shutdown, compared to 38 percent who blame Trump and 18 percent who blame Republicans in Congress, according to a poll by NBC News/SurveyMonkey. Although partisan politics played a major role in determining who blamed which side — Republica... |
Despite controlling all three branches of government, Republicans may have found that there's not much downside in another shutdown. Trump portrayed Democrats as obstructionists — and it worked. A Quinnipiac poll found that 32 percent held Democrats responsible, while 31 percent blamed Trump; only 18 percent blamed con... |
"But that shutdown . . . It's on the Democrats and President Donald Trump," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, in a press release. "And it was a big waste of time. " |
There was some good news for Democrats in the polls. When blame for Trump and congressional Republicans was combined, 56 percent wound up blaming the GOP in one form or another while only 39 percent blamed Democrats in Congress. Similarly, 60 percent of Americans thought Trump had failed to show strong leadership durin... |
A poll by Hart Research Associates taken last week had only 31 percent of Americans blaming Democrats for a possible government shutdown, with 42 percent blaming Trump and congressional Republicans. This means that they took a hit along with Trump and the GOP in general as a result of the shutdown shenanigans — an espe... |
"The government shutdown is a sign of just how broken the Republican Party is. Why are we on the verge of a government shutdown?" David Frum, senior editor of The Atlantic, told Salon Talks last week. "Well because there's certain, everyone just understands that there's a certain percentage of the Republican Party that... |
The Lake County Human Trafficking Coalition will host "Human Trafficking 101" training for first responders from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, at Waukegan's Genesee Theater, 203 N. Genesee St. |
The free program will cover the ins and outs of human trafficking, the connection between human trafficking and prostitution, and immigration concerns of human trafficking. It will also discuss services for victims, how to engage with victims, and relevant laws. |
Police officers, firefighters and all first responders are encouraged to attend. Attendees will receive a basic understanding of the various forms of human trafficking, skills for identifying situations which may be human trafficking disguised as domestic violence or some other crime, and basics as to how to respond, i... |
To register, visit Humantrafficking101.eventbrite.com, or contact Sandra Bankston at sbankston@lakecountyil.gov. |
It was a significant loss that suggests the state's next execution could move forward as scheduled on Dec. 6. |
A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to delay death row inmate David Earl Miller's execution while his lawsuit arguing for a firing squad is pending. |
It was a significant loss that suggests the state's next execution could move forward as scheduled on Dec. 6, as long as the state allows phone access for Miller's defense attorney during the execution. |
Miller is scheduled to die for the 1981 murder of 23-year-old Lee Standifer in Knoxville. |
Miller and three other death row inmates — Nicholas Todd Sutton, Stephen Michael West and Terry Lynn King — sued earlier this month, asking a federal judge to allow them to choose a firing squad as an alternative to Tennessee's lethal injection or electric chair execution methods. |
U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell did not rule on the broader questions in the case Thursday, but he denied multiple requests to stop executions until the case could be considered. |
Miller had asked Campbell to stop the state from giving him paperwork to decide between electrocution and lethal injection. Campbell denied that request. |
Campbell said the state could move forward with preparation for Miller's death — but only if officials gave his attorney phone access before and during the execution. |
It seems likely the state will allow phone access and move forward. Following a similar court order earlier this year, the state allowed phone access during the electric chair execution of inmate Edmund Zagorski on Nov. 1. |
Sutton, West and King do not have execution dates yet and had asked the court to block the state from setting them while the suit is pending. Campbell denied that request. |
In the suit, the inmates' lawyers argued the state's electric chair "is sure or very likely to inflict a gruesome and torturous death" since the state fails to take into account the difference between individual prisoners that include pain thresholds and the varying amounts of current required to cause unconsciousness. |
"The firing squad significantly reduces a substantial risk of unnecessary and severe pain when compared with" Tennessee's three-drug cocktail used in lethal injections, sparing the men the feeling of suffocating, burning and being paralyzed. |
Campbell did not mention the firing squad, which is not allowed under Tennessee law, but he suggested the plaintiffs were unlikely to succeed in challenging electrocution and lethal injection. |
The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the state's controversial lethal injection protocol in a ruling earlier this year. Zagorski fought in court to choose the electric chair. |
First, Yellen focused mostly on the labor market, not without some successes. We don’t attribute it solely to her, but the unemployment rate fell from 6.7 to 4.1% under her tenure. As a reminder, the Fed has a dual mandate: maximum employment and stable prices. Although many Fed officials used to worry about high infla... |
She, thus, believed that ultra-low interest rates could and should stay near zero for far longer than previously thought to combat unemployment. Yellen hiked them not earlier than in December 2015. Since then, she gradually raised them to the range of 1.25% to 1.5%, which is still very low. The gradual tightening was p... |
Jerome Powell is now the new Fed Chair. Analysts expect that he will continue Yellen’s stance. But will he? How you play depends on your opponent. Yellen faced a sluggish recovery. But Powell sees tax cuts, higher economic growth, very low unemployment and perhaps finally rising wages. He will have to deal with the acc... |
Actually, such a scenario scared some investors last week into deciding to sell their equities. As people weren’t sure what to expect of Powell, good economic data turned out once again to be bad news for the financial markets. Surprisingly strong payrolls make traders to worry that the Fed will tighten its stance more... |
As voice recognition finally hits parity with human performance, vendors are using vocal computing in more sophisticated ways. |
Mayfield's home robot Kuri only speaks in her own "robot language," but she does recognize and respond to voice commands. |
Amazon's voice-activated assistant Alexa made a splash at CES in 2016, and at this year's show, Alexa is just about everywhere you look. |
While Amazon has its own motivations for distributing its platform as broadly as possible, its momentum also represents a larger trend, according to Shawn DuBravac, chief economist for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). |
Speech recognition and vocal computing have reached an inflection point, he said at the Las Vegas conference, now that the word error rate (WER) has reached about 5 percent, effectively achieving human parity. In the mid '90s, the WER was effectively 100 percent. By 2013, it was around 23 percent. |
"We've seen more progress in this technology in the last 30 months than we saw in the last 30 years," DuBravac said. "Ultimately vocal computing is replacing the traditional graphical user interface." |
The CTA estimates about 5 million voice-activated digital assistants have been sold to date, and that this figure will double in 2017. |
There are other factors, along with better speech recognition, that are "ushering in a new era of faceless computing," DuBravac said. GUIs started to disappear with wearables and other non-traditional computing applications around 2010, he noted. That trend is expected to continue with "robots" like Mayfield's Kuri or ... |
Kuri may be a bit pricey now -- it will cost $700 once it launches in the US -- but ultimately, removing GUIs should help lower the price and battery requirements of such devices. DuBravac noted that GUIs themselves were initially far too expensive, with the Xerox Star hitting the market in 1981 at $75,000. It took jus... |
And as the technology advances, voice recognition features will become more nuanced and useful. For instance, financial services companies are already adopting voice-activated functions. Voice recognition will also drive a more sophisticated smart home market. The company Somfy, which has for decades made automatically... |
The Green Bay Packers are working out fullback Jonathan Amosa today, according to a league source. |
Amosa is a 5-foot-11, 247-pounder who was withthe Packers during training camp. |
Amosa played collegiately at the University of Washington. |
Amosa walked on at Washington, playing in every game as a senior. As a junior, he played in 11 games and caught one touchdown pass. |
>>> good evening. you never hear his name mentioned without the word "powerful" right there alongside it. as in the powerful chairman of the weighs and means committee, charlie rangle . charlie rangle of new york has been in office 39 years. he is a proud korean war combat veteran whose trademark phrase is, "i haven't ... |
>> reporter: good evening, brian. the timing of this is tough for democrats. charlie rangle is one of the chief architects of the health care legislation. any distraction could make it harder for democrats to lock in votes now. so feeling the heat building, today rangle tried to put out the fire . nearly 40 years in co... |
>> we will make this the most honest, ethical and open congress in history. |
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