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Societies devoted to sports and political activism, called turnvereins, formed in Germany in the early 1800s. When members fled to America because of political persecution during that era, they helped to establish similar societies in various parts of the country. But because no connection existed between physical trai... |
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), which began in Boston in 1850, also was a significant factor in gymnastics development in America. The YMCA established gymnasiums in San Francisco, California and New York City in 1869. The YMCA College in Springfield, Massachusetts, created in 1887, was geared toward teac... |
World Wars I and II stymied the growth of gymnastics because many young men -- both coaches and participants -- went off to fight for America. Poor economic times during the Depression also hurt gymnastics because families did not have discretionary income to pay for lessons or equipment. Gymnastics started to rebound ... |
Shannon Miller won seven medals -- two of them gold -- for the United States during the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. She is the most decorated gymnast in American history. Before Miller, the petite Mary Lou Retton won a gold medal for the United States in the all-around competition in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. She a... |
"Sunday Best" didn't really pick up the pace but it was still one of the more interesting episodes of Boardwalk Empire this season. The third has been a snail compared to the previous two seasons as the show sets up multi-city conflicts and the sprawling story while still devoting a substantial amount of screen time to... |
On top of Gyp and Gillian entering some kind of weird agreement, the trailer also shows some other interesting developments in Atlantic City (Richard out for more revenge? Margaret making out with Owen?) as well as a long-awaited return to Chicago. It seems like ages since we last saw Capone and this time, with Van Ald... |
Boardwalk Empire airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO. Created by Terence Winter, it stars Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Vincent Piazza and Michael Stuhlbarg. |
SEOUL, South Korea – A powerful typhoon that killed at least 10 people in South Korea hit the North early Wednesday, knocking down hundreds of trees, destroying power cables and causing blackouts in a country already struggling to rebuild from earlier flooding. |
Big rainstorms often mean catastrophe in North Korea because of poor drainage, deforestation and decrepit infrastructure, but the extent of wind and rain damage in the country wasn't immediately clear Wednesday. Pyongyang, the capital, saw strong winds but little apparent damage. Cars splashed through slightly flo... |
Typhoon Bolaven began pummeling the North late Tuesday, on the country's first Youth Day since new leader Kim Jong Un took over in December. Weather officials had warned that it would be the strongest typhoon to hit the region in several years, but its gusts in other parts of Asia weren't as powerful as predi... |
In South Korea, Bolaven left hundreds of thousands without power, canceled flights and temporarily halted joint war games by U.S. and South Korean military forces. The storm also churned up rough seas that smashed two fishing ships into rocks off southern Jeju island, killing five people and leaving 10 missing. |
Dangerous waves kept rescue vessels from approaching the wrecked Chinese fishing ships. The coast guard used a special gun to shoot rope to one ship so officers could pull themselves over and bring the fishermen back to shore, coast guard spokesman Ko Chang-keon said. |
The coast guard rescued 12 fishermen, and six others swam or were washed ashore. |
The storm killed at least five other people across South Korea. A large container box crushed an apartment janitor to death, a woman fell to her death from a rooftop and another person died after bricks hit a house, according to disaster and fire officials. An 80-year-old man died after a small makeshift building fell ... |
About 1.9 million South Korean homes and businesses lost power, the National Emergency Management Agency said, though all but about 34,000 had electricity restored by Wednesday morning. Nearly 100 families were left homeless Wednesday because of floods or storm damage. Nearly 200 flights were canceled Tuesday, but airp... |
The storm came as North Korea tries to help people with food, shelter, health care and clean water after heavy flooding in July, according to a recent United Nations situation report. More than 170 died nationwide, and tens of thousands of homes were destroyed in the floods, according to official North Korean accounts. |
Associated Press writers Hye Soo Nah, Foster Klug and Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul contributed to this report. |
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The Artist and Poet Books have been created as a unique form of creative collaboration for almost twenty years by Boston University's College of Fine Arts and the Graduate School. Each second-year CFA graduate art student creates a unique artist book which illustrates and prints a single poem by a Graduate School stude... |
The concept of a printed book is played with, and taken to its limit by these creative artists. Some books are portfolios of loose pages, specially bound; some are scrolls with text and artwork; some include video or audio artifacts of the original creation; and some are sculptural, with text incised on the sculpture's... |
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center has collected a limited number of these books, beginning in 2010. With this project, Boston University can honor its students' creativity, and develop a unique collection of these very special artist books. |
TORONTO, July 4 (Reuters) - Canada’s main stock index rose on Wednesday led by the energy sector as oil prices climbed, while shares of financial and materials companies also gained ground. |
* The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index closed up 41.56 points, or 0.26 percent, at 16,304.72. |
* Nine of the index’s 10 main groups ended higher. |
* Volume was much lower than usual with U.S. markets closed for the Independence Day holiday. |
* Energy shares advanced 0.6 percent, helped by higher oil prices. U.S. crude oil futures were up 0.3 percent to $74.33 a barrel. |
* Shares of Enbridge rose nearly 1 percent to C$46.84. The company will sell its western Canadian natural gas gathering and processing business to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP and its institutional partners for an enterprise value of about C$4.31 billion, the companies said. |
* Financials, which account for about one-third of the weight of the TSX, rose 0.1 percent. |
* The materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, gained 0.4 percent. |
* Gold futures rose 0.7 percent to $1,259.9 an ounce, while copper prices declined 1.4 percent to $6,401.59 a tonne. |
The perpetrators of three high-profile wrecks on Flagler County roads this year—two of which resulting in the death of two men, and another resulting in a man’s severe injuries—appeared before a circuit judge for their cases’ final disposition this morning. The drivers, who include a Flagler County sheriff’s deputy, we... |
The law provides for such penalties, but leaves them to the discretion of the judge. The sentences were imposed by Judge Pope Hamrick, who was sitting in for County Judge Melissa Moore-Stens, who is on vacation. Hamrick retired at the end of 2006 after 18 years on the bench in Volusia County, and was called in for the ... |
The brother of one of the dead victims and the still-injured victim of another wreck were stunned by the light sentences, which they heard as they sat in court this morning, after themselves speaking to the judge and asking that the stiffer penalties be imposed. |
“Accidents happen, but you have to be held responsible for your actions,” John Martinez, whose brother Frederick Martinez, 51, was killed the afternoon of March 19 when Little, 33, struck Martinez with a van. Martinez was in the bike path on 100, heading home to Flagler Beach. Little said he sneezed at that moment, cau... |
“He’s an adult, I’m an adult,” John Martinez said. “If I kill someone I’m responsible for it. I should pay something, to the state, something to the family. Nothing. I was told he should get $1,000 fine, 120 hours of community service at a trauma unit, and his license suspended for a year. That’s the max. The judge gav... |
The second case involved what the sheriff’s office initially termed the hit-and-run wreck on Palm Coast Parkway the morning of April 18 that left 62-year-old cyclist Terrance Conley severely injured. Marquis Norwood, a 19-year-old student at Daytona State College, was eventually charged with careless driving, but not l... |
The third high-profile case relates to the Feb. 13 wreck on the western portion of State Road 100 when Flagler County Sheriff deputy Christopher Crego, 31, who was speeding up to 122 miles per hour—according to GPS data gathered by the Florida Highway Patrol—to respond to a crash-with-injuries call further west, collid... |
Little and Norwood pleaded no contest. They were each found guilty and fined $500, plus $166 in court costs. Norwood has to take his driver’s exam again within 30 days. Crego changed his plea from not guilty to no contest. He got a $1,000 fine, and adjudication was withheld, after his attorney asked the court to do jus... |
The “may” leaves it up to the judge’s discretion. Hamrick opted not to impose the stiffer penalty. |
Hamrick did not explain the disparity between the sentences, nor their relative lightness. Crego alone was represented by an attorney, Mike Finesilver of the Fraternal Order of Police, who cited Crego’s “fine driving record” and the fact that he was on duty, answering a call, as reasons to go light on his sentence. Fin... |
Hamrick asked for a recommendation from a Florida Highway Patrol sergeant who was part of the investigation, and who was in court with one other trooper. The sergeant declined to give a recommendation, saying it goes against department policy. But he gave a detailed account of the investigation, outlining Crego’s speed... |
At the point of impact, when Crego is assumed to have began slowing down, the sergeant said the last recorded speed by the deputy was 76 miles per hour. |
Crego, who had been with the sheriff’s ioffice a year and a half at the time of the crash, was himself seriously injured. He was paid $33,000 a year. He was out on medical and workers’ compensation leave for two weeks, and was then placed on paid administrative leave from Feb. 27 to March 13. |
Crego appeared in court today, in a suit and tie, alongside his attorney, with family in the small audience. His was the last case heard in the morning session. |
Hamrick had earlier taken just 15 seconds to look at the report of the Little case before starting to engage Little, who stood appeared in a suit and tie. Little is married and has two children, he told the judge. |
“What would you like to say to me?” the judge asked Little. |
Little appeared surprised by the question. “I’m not sure what I’m supposed to say,” he said. |
John Martinez then addressed the court before sentence was imposed. |
Norwood’s case followed—after a few other, less high-profile cases. He described driving on palm Coast Parkway and hitting Conley with his car’s mirror, though Norwood said he was unaware that he’d struck the cyclist. |
“You say you continued on to school,” the judge asked. |
The judge said he did not understand why a leaving-the-scene of an accident citation was not issued. |
Conley then went to the podium. |
“I don’t know what happened, I just heard an explosion, and it was me getting hit by a car. Thank god for the witnesses on the scene that they obviously were able to track [Norwood] down. For someone to say that they did not know they hit me, that is beyond my wildest imagination, because the sound it made that morning... |
Speaking outside the courtroom after the sentence was handed down, Conley reflected on the coincidence of his case going before the judge at the same time as the Martinez case, which he had been following. |
Appalling! Shame on you Judge Hamrick, and these cops have the nerve to give a kid a $68.00 fine because he did not hit the “walk” button. Something is very wrong in this town. |
Interesting that these high profile cases are scheduled for when the regular judge is out of town. Sounds like political convenience to me. |
DISGUSTING!!!!!! I did notice that one of the defendents worked for the sheriff’s dept. |
What a kangaroo court system! We all have to be responsible for what happens when driving a vehicle. It doesn’t matter whether it is a policeman responding to a call or if someone accidentally sneezes. Leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury is totally inexcusable. How can this person even have the job of... |
Whats really happening is all These Pedestrians, and Cyclists NEVER use the Crosswalks or button , they just walk across when all is clear, it only takes 15 secs to hit a button and 1 sec to hit and kill someone, No wonder there are so many accidents in this town everyday ………………. |
Im Sorry that this happened, but i wasnt putting the blame on anyone in this case, just in general, I apologize to the Both Sandra and Tami. |
you are wrong. re-read or read for the 1st time what happened in each case. you have some nerve blaming the victim! |
excuse me–my brother DIED!! he was in the bike lane. |
That Judge should be held criminally responsible for his actions. What if it was his family? Then things would be different. I would still sue for wrongful death, if not criminally, at least a civil suit. Disgusting! |
And before these, let’s not forget about Kyle Forgie who was hit on his bike on Palm Coast Parkway near I95 last December. He remains in the hospital. His life is changed forever and, the last I heard, no one has been charged. |
IMO, there is a reason this judge is no longer on the bench! He showed it in court today! |
These should have been the appropriate sentences allowed by law. |
Medical Center’s Trauma Unit, and suspension of driving privileges for 2 years. |
Community Service at Halifax Medical Center’s Trauma Unit. |
Seeing as Deputy Crego was responding to an emergency scene with serious injuries, he was responding with lights and sirens at above normal speeds. However, 122 MPH is quite excessive even when responding with lights and sirens. The fact that the victim in this incident was attempting to pass a slowing school bus shows... |
If we have laws on the books, we need to consider eliminating MINIMUM and MAXIMUM sentences to be faced by those charged and convicted. THIS is the law, THIS is the penalty for breaking it. PERIOD. It is about time we figured out a way to change the criminal justice system to where it will actually work. Seems as thoug... |
The victim in the van was not trying to pass a school bus. The school bus was going in the opposite direction. In fact the van was slowing down to allow the deputy to pass him. However, to avoid hitting the school bus head on, the deputy rear ended the van. The deputy has a responsibility to keep his car under control ... |
Explain to me how you think Norwood should get by far the harshest sentence when he’s the only one of the 3 defendants that didn’t kill someone? Is it a coincidence he’s also the only minority in the group? |
And we wonder why so many minorities are locked up in our state’s prisons…. |
doesn’t matter, a smack on the wrist and he walks away (without needing a cane!) Fleeing the scene and leaving a person to lay there and die is no different than killing someone. Same outcome in the Florida Court system fine $666. . |
Hopefully they’ll be some justice if there is a civil case against him. |
Thanks to Flaglerlive.com for posting this type of information. Imagine the ripple effect it may have on the entire legal system. Judges may be more inclined to use the maximum authority given them by law, police officers may be encouraged to write stiffer tickets, witnesses may feel their testimony is worth listening ... |
I wonder how many of the injured victims feel like their out of court settlements (assuming there was some insurance) were fair compensation for what they have had to go through? |
Wonder what kind of civil cases the victims can bring against the offenders???? Thoughts? |
Act of God….let’s hope the civil case makes little understand it was his act that killed Freddy. NOT AN Act of GOD. |
no remorse in the whole court room. |
No matter how serious the CFS (call for service) is, there is no excuse for responding at 122 mph. Florida statutes require that the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle to drive with due regard for the safety of others. |
What a travesty these court hearings and that judge! Very peculiar that judge Moore was on vacation…smell also political maneuver. Pedestrians, Cyclist, Motorcyclist are very vulnerable and looks like they have no rights against careless, aggressive drivers that injure them or kill them. Shame. |
How about an apology LITTLE???? an act of GOD? how DARE you?? |
I am completely disgusting with the results of ROBERT LITTLE! My birthday was yesterday and to hear this news…. I am Fredrick Martinez’s daughter…. I am in Spain right now studying abroad with USF…..not only was my life changed and my father was suppose to be here in Spain with me now…..but march 19th changed my life f... |
I hope your resting in heaven dad and I miss you & love you with all my heart!!! |
I also think it was a “nice” maneuver to have the case involving the deputy at this time. |
I wish I could meet with everyone’s family and see what else we can do about this. Flagler county residents needs to be heard. I lost a loving family member by an individual driving 122 mph!!!! |
This is a great article, I was not aware of the outcome with the other victims. |
So disgusted with this judge!!! This system is corrupt!!! If this happened to someone else going that speed they would be behind bars on manslaughter charges with no bail. This was a family member who Deputy Crego murdered!!!! So it’s alright for deputies to speed to answer the call but kill someone on the way there. E... |
I hope he realizes that he has put us through so much with this loss. You took him away from us 1 day before Valentine’s Day, 2 days after his 40th Wedding Anniversary and 3 days before his Wife’s Birthday. He was an amazing man who is no longer with us because of some wrongful act of negligence on someone else behalf. |
Officer Crego was driving 122 mh.The police are not to endanger others going to a call. He was careless and seams like he has no remorse of what he did nor the police department. This Judge should be home and not even hearing cases anymore. Mr Pacheco was slowing down 31 mh he was getting of the road when he was struck... |
I hope the Flagler County Police Department is reading these comments and also Officer Crego. To see how his carelesses caused so much grief. I believe if there is enough out cry by the people of this city to show that we will not let Police officers get special treatment because they wear a badge and a patrol car. The... |
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A Co Mayo based chicken processing firm has been ordered to pay €17,000 to a woman it unfairly dismissed while off sick after suffering a miscarriage. |
In the case, it is alleged that a female payroll employee at Western Brand Group Ltd told 37-year old Bulgarian Aneta Petrova that she was “sick for too long” when dismissing her on December 29th, 2015. |
This was 12 days after Ms Petrova was diagnosed with having an ectopic pregnancy on December 17th, 2015. |
The night before, she was brought by ambulance to the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital after fainting at her home. |
On December 21st, a medical certificate was delivered to Ms Petrova’s employer, the Western Brand Group Ltd’s offices in Ballyhaunis, confirming that Ms Petrova had suffered a miscarriage. |
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