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So the employees monitoring things can work from home
Shitters full Clark.
The control system at our power plants are physically disconnected. There are no external communications boards, the one USB used for upgrades is phycially cut and has to be repaired each time, and there are only a few people with keys to the control system computer room that is connected to the 24x7 manned control room.
The over the air stuff is motorolla handhelds. The wired plant communicatiins is GAI-Tronics. Pronounced in a way that should offend Iranians. They maybe could see what people are surfing the web on PCs.
Hopefully it holds up on the likely appeal. The standards of journalism have completely disappeared in the last 20 years, and it's nice to see some accountability for their sloppy-gossip-posing-as-journalism. There have been a few good libel/slander verdicts lately, and I hope they lead to getting back to true journalism. It's horrible to have "journalism" with a bias skewing public opinion to the point that it affects just about everything we do in everyday life.
Longest-serving US prisoner dies at 101 after escaping death penalty 8 times
https://www.foxnews.com/us/longest-serving-us-prisoner-dies-101-escaping-death-penalty-8-times
Francis Clifford Smith avoided the death penalty eight times over 76 years behind bars for a 1949 murder++
A man believed to have been the longest-serving prisoner in U.S. history has died at the age of 101, having his execution scheduled and postponed eight times as he maintained his innocence despite a murder conviction in Connecticut.
Francis Clifford Smith died in his sleep in late June at 60 West, a secured Connecticut nursing facility that cares for older people in the justice system, according to the facility.
Smith, who was just months away from turning 102, was cremated without a funeral.
"Essentially, he died of old age," 60 West spokesman David Skoczulek told the BBC. "He had very limited family involvement around his passing, but we assured it was appropriate, met his wishes and was dignified."
Smith was 25 when he was first sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of Grover Hart, a 68-year-old night watchman at a Connecticut yacht club, during an attempted robbery on July 23, 1949. Smith was one of two men arrested in connection with the killing. The other man, George Lowden, took a plea deal and initially implicated Smith, although Lowden later said authorities had beaten him into making the statement and refused to testify against Smith at trial.
Over the next 76 years, Smith was scheduled to be executed eight different times, but he was spared on each occasion, according to the Boston Globe.
He continued to maintain his innocence up until his death, his friends told the BBC.
"I’m in here on no evidence at all," he told the Boston Globe in 2023.
Over the years, questions about the evidence against Smith emerged as a witness recanted, Lowden repudiated his earlier statement implicating Smith, and another man claimed responsibility for Hart's killing. Those developments contributed to repeated efforts to prevent Smith's execution and obtain a new trial.
"I'm not even sure he was present at the murder," Major Leo Carroll, one of the officers who had interrogated Smith after his arrest, testified to the Board of Pardons right before his eighth planned execution, according to the Boston Globe.
A key witness later recanted her account linking Smith to the crime, while Lowden repudiated his earlier statement implicating Smith. Another man serving time in Alabama later claimed that he, rather than Smith, had been involved in Hart's killing.
Smith nevertheless never received a new trial. A judge who reviewed the other man's confession rejected it as not credible, and Smith's murder conviction remained intact.
Smith’s death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1954.
He served 76 years behind bars, except for three short stints of freedom, including 12 days on the run after he escaped in 1967.
Then, in 1975, he was granted parole and remained free for about 10 months before he was arrested on larceny and weapons charges and returned to prison for violating parole. The Boston Globe reported that he was not ultimately convicted of those charges.
Records indicate Smith declined or refused to participate in several later parole efforts, although he later disputed that characterization and said he could not remember. But in 2020, he agreed to go on supervised parole to the nursing facility where he recently died.
He reportedly had dementia at the end of his life. Connecticut’s Department of Correction has not confirmed this diagnosis but said Smith was struggling with issues associated with old age.
"He was 101 and a half," Andrius Banevicius, the public information officer for Connecticut’s Department of Correction, told the BBC. "He did pretty well as far as longevity is concerned."
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Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan hit with lawsuit claiming he STOLE idea for show starring Kevin Costner... days after highly anticipated spin-off was scrapped
Taylor Sheridan is being sued by Lauren J. Salkin, a television writer who has claimed he stole her idea, turning it into his hit show Yellowstone.
Salkin filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sheridan, 56, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Friday.
In the complaint, Sheridan, his management company Elevate Entertainment, Paramount and NBCUniversal are all named defendants, alongside several others.
Salkin alleges that she presented a pilot, concept, storylines, and pitch deck for a show called Sovereign Nation to Sheridan's representatives at Elevate Entertainment in late 2016 and early 2017.
Elsewhere in the complaint, obtained and reviewed by the Daily Mail, she describes the show as a 'dramatic television series centered on tribal governance, casino-driven economic power, and a modern war over land and development.'
Salkin's lead attorney, Paul B. Lackey, said in a statement to the Daily Mail on Saturday: 'This is a classic David versus Goliath situation. She spent years putting together the specific and multi-layered framework for a story that has become the biggest streaming success of all time. She has watched the vast commercial success of this story that was stolen from her and decided that enough was enough. We will do everything in our power to get her justice.'
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Sheridan, Elevate Entertainment, NBCUniversal, and Paramount for comment.
Salkin alleges that on February 1, 2017, the company informed her that Sheridan had passed on her idea.
According to her lawsuit, the correspondence specifically stated: 'Taylor thanks you very much for your interest. Unfortunately, he’s unavailable for TV projects.'
The complaint further alleges that Paramount greenlit Yellowstone 'within months' of rejecting her pitch.
In her complaint, Salkin highlights plot devices, character functions, and story mechanisms in Yellowstone that she claims are parallels to Sovereign Nation.
Additionally, she alleges that Yellowstone cast several of her proposed recommendations for key roles in her series.
Salkin claims a senior creative executive at HBO who reviewed both her materials for Sovereign Nation and Sheridan's for Yellowstone later told her he recognized the similarities between the two projects.
Per the complaint, the executive said he immediately 'terminated Sheridan's project at HBO for that reason.'
The complaint points out that the Yellowstone franchise – including 1883, 1923, Marshals, and Dutton Ranch – 'has generated billions of dollars' and Salkin 'has received nothing.'
Salkin (pictured) filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sheridan, 56, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Friday
While no total amount is listed in the filing, Salkin is seeking damages and profits related to the alleged copyright infringement, plus an injunction to prevent the defendants from continued use of her copyrighted material.
This comes just days after Sheridan shocked fans when he revealed that the prospective Yellowstone spinoff 6666 has been scrapped.
The show was initially announced in 2021.
In Yellowstone, Jefferson White's character Jimmy Hurdstrom leaves the show's Montana setting to work on the real 6666 Ranch in Texas.
Sheridan acquired the property after its previous owner's death, sparking rumors a new series could be set there.
He has now confirmed that the project will not proceed because he does not want to 'trivialize' the lives of the real people he employs on the ranch.
On an episode of the podcast Rodeo Time, he stated, 'I would never fictionalize that ranch,' noting that 'people thought that that was gonna be,' but 'that's never gonna happen.'
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Taylor Sheridan is being sued by Lauren J. Salkin, a television writer who has claimed he stole her idea, turning it into his hit show Yellowstone.
Salkin filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sheridan, 56, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Friday.
In the complaint, Sheridan, his management company Elevate Entertainment, Paramount and NBCUniversal are all named defendants, alongside several others.
Salkin alleges that she presented a pilot, concept, storylines, and pitch deck for a show called Sovereign Nation to Sheridan's representatives at Elevate Entertainment in late 2016 and early 2017.
Elsewhere in the complaint, obtained and reviewed by the Daily Mail, she describes the show as a 'dramatic television series centered on tribal governance, casino-driven economic power, and a modern war over land and development.'
Salkin's lead attorney, Paul B. Lackey, said in a statement to the Daily Mail on Saturday: 'This is a classic David versus Goliath situation. She spent years putting together the specific and multi-layered framework for a story that has become the biggest streaming success of all time. She has watched the vast commercial success of this story that was stolen from her and decided that enough was enough. We will do everything in our power to get her justice.'
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Sheridan, Elevate Entertainment, NBCUniversal, and Paramount for comment.
Salkin alleges that on February 1, 2017, the company informed her that Sheridan had passed on her idea.
According to her lawsuit, the correspondence specifically stated: 'Taylor thanks you very much for your interest. Unfortunately, he’s unavailable for TV projects.'
The complaint further alleges that Paramount greenlit Yellowstone 'within months' of rejecting her pitch.
In her complaint, Salkin highlights plot devices, character functions, and story mechanisms in Yellowstone that she claims are parallels to Sovereign Nation.
Additionally, she alleges that Yellowstone cast several of her proposed recommendations for key roles in her series.
Salkin claims a senior creative executive at HBO who reviewed both her materials for Sovereign Nation and Sheridan's for Yellowstone later told her he recognized the similarities between the two projects.
Per the complaint, the executive said he immediately 'terminated Sheridan's project at HBO for that reason.'
The complaint points out that the Yellowstone franchise – including 1883, 1923, Marshals, and Dutton Ranch – 'has generated billions of dollars' and Salkin 'has received nothing.'
Salkin (pictured) filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sheridan, 56, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Friday
While no total amount is listed in the filing, Salkin is seeking damages and profits related to the alleged copyright infringement, plus an injunction to prevent the defendants from continued use of her copyrighted material.
This comes just days after Sheridan shocked fans when he revealed that the prospective Yellowstone spinoff 6666 has been scrapped.
The show was initially announced in 2021.
In Yellowstone, Jefferson White's character Jimmy Hurdstrom leaves the show's Montana setting to work on the real 6666 Ranch in Texas.
Sheridan acquired the property after its previous owner's death, sparking rumors a new series could be set there.
He has now confirmed that the project will not proceed because he does not want to 'trivialize' the lives of the real people he employs on the ranch.
On an episode of the podcast Rodeo Time, he stated, 'I would never fictionalize that ranch,' noting that 'people thought that that was gonna be,' but 'that's never gonna happen.'
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Embarrassing details of 49ers owner Jed York’s $140 trailer park prostitution arrest emerge
https://nypost.com/2026/08/24/sport...-140-trailer-park-prostitution-arrest-emerge/
San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly tried to pay a woman a little over a hundred dollars for sex.
Court documents obtained by the California Post on Monday state York responded to an ad on a known prostitution website in Columbiana County, Ohio and “arranged to have sexual activity with the female in exchange for $140.00.”
York then went to a meeting location, a trailer park in East Palestine, Ohio, where he was taken into custody after an agent from the Mahoning Valley Human trafficking Task Force found York had “in his possession his cellular device which was used to arrange the criminal act,” according to the court documents.
The documents show York was booked into county jail on two separate charges — one count of engaging in prostitution and one count of possessing criminal tools.
On Monday, however, York cut a plea deal with prosecutors, according to Columbiana County Municipal Court records. York pled no contest to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct as well as no contest to one count of possessing criminal tools, the records show. He was sentenced to one day in jail, though he was given credit for time served. He was also ordered to pay $1,150 in fines. A court filing also shows that York’s attorney stated he completed an online course.
York, 46, is from Youngstown, Ohio. He’s been married to Danielle Belluomini for over a decade. They share two sons together, Jaxon and Brixton.
He is worth $3.8 billion. He and his wife.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/24/sport...-140-trailer-park-prostitution-arrest-emerge/
San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly tried to pay a woman a little over a hundred dollars for sex.
Court documents obtained by the California Post on Monday state York responded to an ad on a known prostitution website in Columbiana County, Ohio and “arranged to have sexual activity with the female in exchange for $140.00.”
York then went to a meeting location, a trailer park in East Palestine, Ohio, where he was taken into custody after an agent from the Mahoning Valley Human trafficking Task Force found York had “in his possession his cellular device which was used to arrange the criminal act,” according to the court documents.
The documents show York was booked into county jail on two separate charges — one count of engaging in prostitution and one count of possessing criminal tools.
On Monday, however, York cut a plea deal with prosecutors, according to Columbiana County Municipal Court records. York pled no contest to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct as well as no contest to one count of possessing criminal tools, the records show. He was sentenced to one day in jail, though he was given credit for time served. He was also ordered to pay $1,150 in fines. A court filing also shows that York’s attorney stated he completed an online course.
York, 46, is from Youngstown, Ohio. He’s been married to Danielle Belluomini for over a decade. They share two sons together, Jaxon and Brixton.
He is worth $3.8 billion. He and his wife.
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