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“For us, our priority is the passengers,” Trudel said. |
Bus accident waiting to happen? |
According to an investigation by the American National Traffic Safety Board, driver-related problems were responsible for 60 per cent of bus crash fatalities between 1998 and 2008, and the number one cause of fatal bus accidents was driver fatigue. |
Although there has been no confirmation that driver fatigue was the cause of this accident, Larry Hanley, the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) that represents Greyhound bus drivers in North America, told Global News that bus safety and driver fatigue were a serious cause for concern. |
He suggested that deregulation and vicious competition between bus companies may be causing a decline in safety standards. |
Treasure Coast and St. Lucie West Centennial try to improve their playoff positioning. |
Series: Sebastian River leads 7-6. |
Worth noting: Sebastian River can clinch at least a .500 finish with a win ... Fort PIerce Central has lost six consecutive games for the first time since 2008 and are 3-12 since the start of the 2017 season ... The Cobras led Centennial 8-7 in the second quarter before the Eagles scored the game's final 20 points ... ... |
Last game: Monsignor Pace defeated Miami Edison 18-12; Treasure Coast lost to Vero Beach 34-31 in a District 8-8A game. |
Worth noting: Monsignor Pace scored 15 points in the fourth quarter to overtake Edison last week ... Treasure Coast was driving for the winning score against Vero Beach when it turned the ball over on downs at the Indians' 21-yard line with 1:17 to play ... Treasure Coast has scored at least 22 points in every game and... |
Worth noting: Centennial makes its first out-of-area trip this season, 131 miles to Central Florida ... Bishop Moore was a Class 5A regional semifinalist last season ... Centennial clinched a winning season last week and reached six wins for the first time since the 2003 Eagles finished 10-2 ... Centennial's Blayne Wat... |
Last game: Jensen Beach lost to Eau Gallie 48-21 in a District 14-6A game; Heritage defeated Sebastian River 27-6 in a District 14-6A game. |
Worth noting: Heritage can clinch its second consecutive dsitrict title with awin. A Jensen Beach win could create a three-way tie for first place with Heritage and Eau Gallie ... Heritage has won six consecutive games by a combined score of 189-47 after opening with a 21-13 loss to Lake Mary ... Heritage QB Nigel Scot... |
Last game: Eau Gallie defeated Jensen Beach 48-21 in a District 14-6A game; Okeechobee lost to Bayside 27-0 in a District 14-6A game. |
Worth noting: Okeechobee had allowed at least 41 points in its first six games before last week. The Brahmans pitched a first-half shutout before Bayside scored four times in the second half ... Okeechobee has been shut out four times this season, including each of its past three games ... Eau Gallie is averaging 41.6 ... |
Last game: Bayside defeated Okeechobee 27-0 in a District 14-6A game; Port St. Lucie defeated Pompano Beach 65-0 in a District 15-5A game. |
Worth noting: Port St. Lucie has not had consecutive seasons with five or more wins since 1991-92 (7-3, 5-5) ... Port St. Lucie set a school record for points in a game last week. The previous high was set in a 62-0 win against Palm Beach Gardens in 1997 ... Port St. Lucie's Montavious Yearby rushed for 219 yads and a ... |
Worth noting: South Fork missed a chance for its first back-to-back wins since the first two weeks of the 2016 season when Melbourne won on a field goal with five seconds to play ... South Fork is completing its first four-game road trip since opening the 2005 season with games at Okeechobee, Fort Pierce Westwood, Jens... |
Last game: John Carroll defeated Village Academy 42-0; LaSalle lost to Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale) 17-10 in a South Florida Conference game.. |
Worth noting: John Carroll is 3-0 when scoring at least 40 points this season ... LaSalle is 3-13 over the past two seasons ... John Carroll has doubled its win total of a year ago, when it finished 2-7 ... Golden Rams sophomore quarterback Jay Allen threw two touchdown passes, Savion Baker rushed for two touchdowns an... |
Last game: Lake Mary Prep lost to Windemere Prep 58-0; St. Edward's defeated All Saints' Academy 27-24 in a Sunshine State Athletic Conference FCS South Division game. |
Worth noting: Lake Mary Prep is coming off its worst loss of the season. The Griffins have lost four consecutive games and have been outscored 261-70 this season. Their lone win was 14-0 against Bishop Snyder (Jacksonville) on Sept. 7 ... Camden Desch has rushed for 313 yards and two touchdowns for Lake Mary Prep ... S... |
ANAHEIM – Dodgers left fielder Juan Pierre, whose value to the club has been widely questioned almost from the moment he signed his five-year, $44 million free-agent contract two winters ago, showed once again in the seventh inning on Saturday why he has managed to stick in the majors for eight-plus seasons despite pos... |
After using his speed to reach base on a momentary bobble by Angels second baseman Maicer Izturis, Pierre stole second by sliding headfirst into the back of the bag because the throw from catcher Jeff Mathis had beaten him badly. |
He then tagged and took third on Andre Ethier’s fly ball to deep center, after which the Angels intentionally walked Russell Martin. |
It was then, on a 3-1 pitch to James Loney, that Martin broke for second, only to have Mathis’ throw beat him there by some 45 feet. At that point, Martin engaged the Angels in a spirited rundown, and Pierre waited for his moment. |
When it took a second throw to get Martin – shortstop Erick Aybar to first baseman Casey Kotchman to Izturis – Pierre scampered home uncontested, scoring what turned out to be a critical run in the Dodgers’ 6-3 victory. |
At that point, the Dodgers clung to a 4-2 lead they had seemed destined to blow just a couple of innings earlier. But Pierre’s run, his second in a game in which he had no hits in five plate appearances, made it 5-2 and seemed to erase any doubt on an afternoon when the Dodgers finally found a way to win at Angel Stadi... |
Brad Penny, slated to pitch this afternoon’s series finale, has been pushed back to Monday night against Cincinnati after he experienced tightness in his right arm while throwing his side session on Saturday. Derek Lowe will pitch today on three days’ rest. |
Several arrests have been made in connection with a shooting last month at a west side apartment complex in Fond du Lac. |
The Fond du Lac Police Department issued a press release Friday night, reporting that four people were taken into custody Friday, Oct. 17, including a 22-year-old Fond du Lac man believed to be the shooter. Police also arrested two other 22-year-old Fond du Lac men and a 28-year-old Fond du Lac woman on charges of obst... |
The charges stem from a shooting that occurred during the early morning hours on Sept. 28 at Hometown Harbor apartment complex located at Seymour and Arndt streets. A 19-year-old Chicago man was taken to a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to the leg after he was found in the 300 block of North Seymour Street i... |
Assistant Police Chief Steve Klein said investigators took several individuals into custody for questioning. However, the investigation was initially thwarted by lack of cooperation from alleged witnesses. |
The Fond du Lac SWAT team and criminal investigation division were called to assist. |
Klein said the investigation remains ongoing. |
The presiding judge of Montgomery's municipal court on Thursday was suspended without pay for 11 months after agreeing that he had violated canons of judicial ethics regarding the jailing of poor people who couldn't pay fines. |
Judge Armstead Lester Hayes III was suspended under an agreement he reached with the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC). He will get credit for the amount of time he has already served under suspension since the original charges were brought in November. His suspension ends Oct. 1. |
The agreement was approved by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary on Thursday. |
Under the agreement Hayes is adjudicated guilty of seven charges of violating the Canons of Judicial Ethics as alleged in the JIC complaint. Hayes also will have to pay the $4,312 cost of the proceeding, including the amount incurred by the JIC, according to the agreement. |
"Judge Hayes, as presiding judge, not only permitted this system to operate, but actively participated in its abuses," the Judicial Inquiry Commission charges state. |
While the Montgomery city court made changes in 2014 to prevent poor people from being jailed without proper procedures and efforts to make sure other alternatives are considered, the Court of the Judiciary expressed concerns in its order on Thursday. |
"In considering the complaint filed in this matter, this court finds the allegations deeply troubling," the Court of the Judiciary stated. "In adopting the parties' proposed resolution, this court notes Judge Hayes's acceptance of responsibility in this matter; his apparent efforts, beginning in 2014, to remedy the pro... |
"This court also notes that Judge Hayes's current term as Presiding Municipal Judge is set to expire in January 2018, roughly four months after he completes his suspension in this matter," the court stated. |
Hayes' attorney responded Thursday with a statement regarding the suspension. |
"Judge Hayes is a good man. He was a good judge and he will be in the future," according to a statement released by Hayes' attorney Joe Espy. "He has been the driving force behind judicial reform in Montgomery and Alabama." |
"Judge Hayes has enormous respect for the Court and the process," Espy stated. "The problems that led us to today primarily deal with the administration and operation of the Municipal Court and the application of certain legal principles in that Court, most of which were addressed and resolved by Judge Hayes and the Co... |
"He accepts full responsibility as you would expect of a man of his character," Espy stated. Judge Hayes has received overwhelming support from the community and he sincerely appreciates the prayers an support of so many people." |
- On many occasions prior to 2014, Hayes incarcerated traffic offenders for failure to pay fines and costs without first, in compliance rules to make a making sufficient inquiry into the offenders' financial, employment, and family standing to determine if the offenders had the ability to pay court-ordered financial as... |
- On numerous occasions Hayes failed to permit a traffic offender to fully explain the reason for either the offender 's failure or inability to pay court-ordered financial assessments. |
- Judge Hayes ordered some defendants to a private entity called Judicial Correction Services, an entity which was commonly referred to as a private-probation company. Hayes delegated to JCS the judicial functions of ordering monitored defendants to appear in court to show cause why they should not be removed from Judi... |
JCS at one time had contracts with more than 100 cities across Alabama. The company was subject to a number of state and federal lawsuits that claimed it was responsible for continually adding on fees of indigent defendants and threatening jail if the fines and fees were not paid. The company late last year announced i... |
The JIC, however, stated that JCS was responsible for only collecting less than a quarter of the Montgomery court's collections. |
JCS was allowed to charge defendants a $10 start-up fee followed by a $40 per month "supervisory fee, according to the JIC charge. In 2010, for example, JCS remitted to the city $2.4 million and retained $1.15 million for itself. |
Collection tactics by the court had helped Montgomery's municipal court system collect millions of dollars in fees and fines that are three or more times the amounts collected in Birmingham and other large Alabama cities, according to the charges, according to the JIC's original complaint. |
Hayes' and the court system made changes in the wake of three federal court lawsuits against Montgomery regarding the tactics of the court and jailing of poor defendants for inability to pay. The lawsuits have been settled. |
Sam Brooke, deputy legal director at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said the suspension should serve as a warning. |
"Nobody, not even a judge, is above the law. Today's sanctions against Judge Hayes are a reminder that it is absolutely illegal to jail someone simply because they are poor. The good news is, we believe the Montgomery court has changed its practices," said Brooke. "The bad news is, for far too long, jailing those who c... |
"Any other judge who is still doing this should be on notice their practices won't be tolerated." |
LETHAL shark control methods are archaic and should be abandoned, an environmental group says. |
Environmental group Australian Marine Conservation Society have called for drum lines and shark nets to be removed. |
AMCS marine campaigner Tooni Mahtosaid the nets and lines were "unjustified and antiquated". |
"We have always been opposed to all lethal forms of shark mitigation," she said. |
"Yes there is a risk when going into the ocean - but it is infinitesimal. Every death is a tragedy, but they are incredibly rare despite the media coverage they get. |
Ms Mahto said public outcry over the Western Australian Government's short-lived introduction of drum lines showed how people's attitudes were changing. |
Houses of the future may be built out of polystyrene blocks and concrete if developments in the UK housing industry take off as hoped. Styrostone is a system of hollow polystyrene blocks that interlock like Lego. Concrete is then poured to fill the hollow chamber and a cladding of choice – from stucco to brick veneer –... |
The system allows fast construction and exceeds all government requirements on thermal and sound insulation. The Telegraph reports that it takes just 10 days to build the structure, excluding the roof, of a typical two-bedroom house at a cost of roughly £10,000. About 50 houses have been built in the UK using the metho... |
Cloudy early with some clearing expected late. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 58F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph. |
As I read the words, rays of light danced inside my head and then–boom! My heart sank into my gut. Like a trigger pulled back and then released, there was a click. It was as if the two hemispheres of my brain had collided for a mere millisecond and a light switch turned on in my spirit. What’s that called? Illumination... |
As I read these words, flashes of the varied encounters I have had with church politics raced through my soul. Church politics are a destructive dance to maintain a false sense that one person is more authorized than the other. It’s amazing how consumed we are with power, tradition and keeping up appearances while the ... |
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this passage of Scripture–hundreds of times, I’m sure. But it never range quite so clear until I considered them in the light of Seth Godin’s words. We don’t need any special privileges. We just need to care that people are dying and on their way to hell. I’m sure he didn’t in... |
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We focus a lot on gift ideas this time of year, but let's pause for a moment to think about the most sustainable choices we can make in life. At the top of that list: repair! |
A fix-it attitude applies both to shopping trips for new items as well as to giving renewed life to broken possessions before trashing them. |
Start with seasonal shopping: if a new gift must be bought, think about sustainability. Buy the appliance that is built to be repaired. Opt for the sweater that will hold its shape long enough to make it worth darning a hole or two. Choose the toy that a child can re-gift to their own child or grandchild someday. |
But consider this too: you can give the gift of repair. Rather than buying new to replace the old, you can make the old new again. Imagine sharing the joy of keeping that beloved item with all (or most of) its flaws fixed. Make a commitment in your secret Santa circle to re-purpose and let your creativity shine. |
Feeling insecure about your handyman (handyperson) skills? It is easier than ever to learn how to repair just about anything. You can start with a simple search like "how to repair..." to find videos, manuals, and links to how you can order replacement parts. |
If you already have a favorite fix-it site, share it in the comments (if you have to write it without the link we promise to add it to the links above as a reader favorite). |
So this season of giving: don't start over, overhaul! |
Before buying new this holiday season, think repair - even if you are buying new! |
What on Earth created this bizarre jellyfish-cloud outside the ISS? |
The astronauts on board the International Space Station saw a strange and unexpected view out their windows yesterday. “Saw something launch into space today. Not sure what it was but the cloud it left behind was pretty amazing,” tweeted NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins. |
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano also got a shot of the cloud, as well as another picture of a contrail left from the launch. |
So what launched into space? Of course, there was no launch from NASA because of the government shutdown, and I couldn’t find any other launches on the docket anywhere else, so I checked in with Robert Christy at the Zarya.info website, who usually knows of everything going up (or down) in space. |
‘A missile launch seen from space: an unexpected surprise!’ tweeted ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. Credit: ESA/Luca Parmitano. |
I had thought ICBM’s were a relic of the Cold War, but according to Wikipedia, “As of 2009, all five of the nations with permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council have operational long-range ballistic missile systems: all except China have operational submarine-launched missiles, and Russia, the United Sta... |
Another view of the cloud in space from the misled launch. Credit: ESA/Luca Parmitano. |
“An immense cloud forms outside the atmosphere after the disintegration,” Parmitano said via Twitter. |
Oh, the things you can see out your window in space! |
This post by Nancy Atkinson originally appeared at Universe Today. It has been republished with permission. |
At one time the world's best golfer, and arguably still golf's biggest draw has returned to The Memorial. |
The Memorial Tournament announced Tiger Woods would be playing the first weekend in June at the Tournament. |
Woods, a five-time winner of the tournament, who has been on and off the tour the last few years due to injury, played his best round ever at the PGA Player's Championship last weekend. |
Grab one and get out the door! |
1. A flattening coffee dripper so you'll never have to be without that sweet morning pour-over. |
Its coffee dripper is made of silicone, so it's completely dishwasher-safe! |
2. And a luggage drink holder to keep your ~very~ necessary coffee within reach when you're pulling a suitcase (plus, it'll stop it from spilling). |
3. Finger tongs for preventing your hands from becoming seasoned with sauce. |
These finger tongs are made from food-safe polypropylene, so you should hand-wash them only. |
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