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Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Yahoo
Wyoming Supreme Court maintains that convicted thief must pay thousands in restitution
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of a Cheyenne man who was charged with one count of theft over $1,000 and one count of aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon in 2023. Timothy Duke was one of five co-defendants arrested in connection with an investigation of the burglary of three Cheyenne homes in December of that year. Under a plea agreement, Duke pleaded guilty to the aggravated burglary charge and prosecutors dismissed the theft charge, according to court documents. The parties recommended a sentence of not less than five years and not more than eight years of imprisonment, and Duke agreed to pay restitution, jointly and individually, with his co-defendants. The homes that were burglarized — owned by Joseph Walsh — housed rare coins, police memorabilia and firearms. They were primarily used for storage. Walsh was the only witness called to the stand at Duke's restitution hearing. He described his properties, saying one house he had inherited from his late mother. He stored her coins, guns, collectibles and a 'substantial amount of cash' at the property. The second home held the entire unsold inventory from a coin shop Walsh had previously owned, according to court documents. The third home Walsh inherited from his father. He considered it a secondary residence. That property held cash, collectibles and personal effects. When Walsh arrived to pick up mail from one of his properties in December of 2023, he found the front door had been left ajar, and the place had been 'ransacked.' Household items were missing and piles of stuff had been left around the house, according to court documents. He later visited another property to find it in the same condition. He then called the Cheyenne Police Department to report the stolen items, including missing cash, collectible coins, silver dollars, more than 70 firearms, various trade tokens and antique Wyoming police badges, according to court documents. The entire restitution claim equaled $507,000. Walsh did not request restitution for the missing coin shop inventory, and prosecutors were only seeking restitution for 'calculable' items that had not been returned. In court, prosecutors presented a large binder containing 880 pages of receipts to demonstrate how much work Walsh had put into organizing the mess and assessing the loss. Walsh and his wife, Denise Parrish, had not kept a complete inventory of the items in storage and had to sort through their remaining belongings to determine what was stolen. Following the restitution hearing, the district court received an amended pre-sentence investigation report and victim impact statement from Parrish, which confirmed that only a small amount of the stolen property was recovered. The court ultimately ordered Duke to serve five to eight years in prison and pay the more than half-a-million dollars in restitution, along with his co-defendants, according to court documents. Duke appealed the District Court's ruling based on claims that 'Walsh never fully articulated what had been retrieved by police and what was still missing,' and that Walsh was only able to provide estimated values for the items stolen. Since Walsh adjusted his restitution claim to account for the returned items and had personal expertise regarding the remaining missing items, the Wyoming Supreme Court found that 'there was sufficient evidence to sustain the district court's findings with respect to restitution.' Additionally, the state Supreme Court ruled that the district court had not abused its discretion, which was the basis of Duke's appeal.
Irish Times
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Celebrating the Irish writer whose ghost stories still grip Japan
Expo 2025, the sprawling world exposition in the Japanese city of Osaka, is bounded by Sou Fijimoto's Grand Ring, the largest wooden structure in the world and designed as a symbol of unity in diversity. Just inside the entrance to the Expo is another ring, Joseph Walsh 's six-metre tall Magnus Rinn, a monumental sculpture made of bronze and oak. Walsh's sculpture stands outside the Irish pavilion, itself composed of three intersecting circular structures based on the Celtic triskele and clad in fir timber. The French pavilion features displays of haute couture and luxury goods and the American is themed on space, but the Irish one is notable for its restraint. The three spaces inside on the ground floor are dark and the first features an installation based on the sights, sounds and smells of Ireland, with some living bog at the centre. The second shows objects that connect Ireland and Japan, and the third is a performance space that looks at creative collaboration between the two countries. When Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited the pavilion on Thursday, he lingered over an exhibition upstairs of prints based on the Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese ghost stories. Once as famous as Mark Twain and Edgar Allen Poe, Hearn is still widely read in Japan, where he was also known as Yakumo Koizumi. READ MORE [ Lafcadio Hearn, a profoundly homeless world-class writer Opens in new window ] 'Japan and Ireland share a deep respect for the past and the love of culture, literature and music, along with a deep connection to nature. We are both storytellers, and in this pavilion, we tell the story of Lafcadio Hearn. Hearn came to Japan as a journalist in 1890 and wrote about life in Japan for a western audience, keen to know more about this wonderful country,' the Taoiseach told a reception in the pavilion later. At 8am every morning, millions of Japanese television viewers start their day watching the latest 15-minute episode of the current asadora, or morning drama. Each drama runs for six months with about 150 episodes on the national broadcaster NHK, where it has been among the most popular shows since 1961. Every series features a woman who overcomes adversity to find fulfilment, often inspired by the lives of real historical figures. The next series is The Ghost Writer's Wife, loosely based on the life of Setso Koizumu, who was married to Hearn. Patrick Lafcadio Hearn was born in 1850 on the island of Lefkada near Ithaca to an Irish father and a Greek mother. When he was two, his mother brought him to Ireland, where she discovered that Hearn's father had left her for another woman. Hearn's mother soon returned to Greece with a new partner and she left her son behind in Dublin to be raised by his great-aunt Sarah Brenane, a wealthy widow with no experience of bringing up children. She sent him to school in England but when she fell on hard times, he found himself in low company on the backstreets of London before gaining a passage to America. He moved to Cincinnati where he made an impression as a journalist who wrote vivid accounts of grisly crimes. But marrying a black woman led to his dismissal and he moved to New Orleans, where his accounts of the high life and the low life of the city attracted the attention of Harper's Monthly, which hired him and later sent him to Japan as a correspondent. Six years after he arrived in the country, Hearn became a Japanese citizen, adopted a Japanese name and took his wife's family name. His most famous book is Kwaidan, a collection of supernatural stories based on Japanese folk tales but he was also as a journalist a perceptive observer of Japan's modernisation. 'Unlike contemporaneous Western Japanologists, he understood that Japan was becoming westernised, not western: it would take what it required from the West but remain quintessentially Japanese,' wrote Hearn's biographer Paul Murray. 'His vision was double-edged, illuminating both Japan and the West, the latter seen as morally inferior to a Japan which embodied to him many of the virtues of ancient Greece. His scepticism about the civilising mission of the West, evident in his Cincinnati journalism, turned into downright hostility in his Japanese work.' A former Irish ambassador to South Korea, Murray discovered Hearn in a Tokyo bookshop when he was a junior diplomat in Japan. The Embassy's new home at Ireland House Tokyo, which the Taoiseach opened this week, has a library named after Hearn. Ten years ago, the Little Museum of Dublin staged an exhibition and a programme of events about Hearn's life and work . Now that he is about to become a star of Japanese morning television drama, perhaps it's time for this remarkable figure to become better known in the country where he spent his childhood.
Axios
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
'Frankenstein' returns to SF Ballet as a cautionary tale for the AI age
Frankenstein has returned to the San Francisco Ballet after nearly eight years since first premiering in the city. Why it matters: The production resurfaces at an important time and even more so as a cautionary tale as society navigates the widespread adoption and use of AI, said Joseph Walsh, a stager and principal dancer at San Francisco Ballet. "Where is technology taking us and how are we going to fit into the next few years as AI really starts to take over? We are in this super precarious place," he added. State of play: The story follows Victor Frankenstein — an ambitious young scientist whose obsession with scientific discovery eventually leads to his downfall. Driven by a desire to unlock the secrets of life, Frankenstein creates a monster who he later comes to regret following a series of tragic and violent events. The big picture: The performance's resurgence is part of a broader effort from Artistic Director Tamara Rojo to introduce and captivate new and younger audiences into the fine arts, Walsh said. The creative shift towards more contemporary performances has also drawn interest from donors and classical ballet enthusiasts, he added. "Through a bit of interesting programming and finding new voices and fresh takes on old stories, we're seeing a much younger audience come into shows," he said. Catch up quick: Choreographer Liam Scarlett's rendition of Mary Shelley's novel as a ballet first premiered in 2016 at the Royal Ballet in London, prior to debuting in San Francisco in 2017. Between the lines: Set in a dark and gothic backdrop, the show features special effects, pyrotechnics and a suspenseful original score meant to amp up the drama. What they're saying: For Walsh, who also performs as the titular mad scientist in the show, the creature's tragic storyline represents how "the othering of somebody can really just lead to the demise of that person and everyone around them." The intrigue: Sci-fi, gothic and steampunk lovers, fans of the film " Poor Things," true crime junkies and anyone who appreciates "where the eerie meets the edgy" will enjoy this performance, according to SF Ballet. If you go: The show, timed at 2 hours and 47 minutes, is running now until Sunday at the War Memorial Opera House.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Several Insiders Invested In Thryv Holdings Flagging Positive News
Generally, when a single insider buys stock, it is usually not a big deal. However, when several insiders are buying, like in the case of Thryv Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:THRY), it sends a favourable message to the company's shareholders. While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares. Trump has pledged to "unleash" American oil and gas and these 15 US stocks have developments that are poised to benefit. Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by Chairman & CEO Joseph Walsh for US$82k worth of shares, at about US$16.45 per share. That means that an insider was happy to buy shares at above the current price of US$15.12. Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. We always take careful note of the price insiders pay when purchasing shares. It is generally more encouraging if they paid above the current price, as it suggests they saw value, even at higher levels. Thryv Holdings insiders may have bought shares in the last year, but they didn't sell any. You can see a visual depiction of insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last 12 months, below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction! See our latest analysis for Thryv Holdings There are always plenty of stocks that insiders are buying. If investing in lesser known companies is your style, you could take a look at this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them). It's good to see that Thryv Holdings insiders have made notable investments in the company's shares. In total, insiders bought US$107k worth of shares in that time, and we didn't record any sales whatsoever. This could be interpreted as suggesting a positive outlook. Another way to test the alignment between the leaders of a company and other shareholders is to look at how many shares they own. Usually, the higher the insider ownership, the more likely it is that insiders will be incentivised to build the company for the long term. It appears that Thryv Holdings insiders own 6.2% of the company, worth about US$41m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders. The recent insider purchases are heartening. And an analysis of the transactions over the last year also gives us confidence. However, we note that the company didn't make a profit over the last twelve months, which makes us cautious. Insiders likely see value in Thryv Holdings shares, given these transactions (along with notable insider ownership of the company). So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. While conducting our analysis, we found that Thryv Holdings has 1 warning sign and it would be unwise to ignore this. Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies. For the purposes of this article, insiders are those individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body. We currently account for open market transactions and private dispositions of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned. Sign in to access your portfolio
New York Times
06-03-2025
- Automotive
- New York Times
An Irish Designer Blends Materials and Cultures at World Expo
This article is part of our Design special section about the reverence for handmade objects. One of the first things visitors will encounter as they enter the east gate of the World Expo in Osaka, Japan, opening on April 13, is a 20-foot-high balletic, ring-shape sculpture poised outside the Ireland pavilion. 'It's quite a complex piece in some ways, but I was trying to create one simple gesture that would have this sense of harmony,' said its creator, Joseph Walsh, a 45-year-old Irish designer known for wood furnishings and sculptures with dynamic, serpentine shapes. At a 150-acre farm near Kinsale, on Ireland's southern coast, he oversees a multinational team of two dozen people at his Joseph Walsh Studio. 'Magnus Rinn,' as the sculpture is titled, is his first work to use bronze and his first designed for the outdoors. It was also the product of several years of research. Mr. Walsh engaged in extensive studies with the engineering firm Arup, as well as materials testing with university labs in Dublin and in Stuttgart, Germany. The challenge, he said, was creating a form with his signature lightness and movement that could withstand the weather and seismic conditions in Osaka. 'Japan was actually the most extreme environment we identified on the planet,' he said, noting the threat of earthquakes. The result was a hybrid form in which a bronze lower portion serves as an anchor and laminated oak torques with a single twist above it. To make the wood more durable, Mr. Walsh and his team used a high-pressure autoclave chamber, a strategy inspired by a visit to the Italian studio of the automobile designer Horacio Pagani, who has used a similar technology for his carbon fiber hypercars. Increasing the atmospheric pressure 600 percent bonded the wood laminates, making them stronger and more weather resistant and producing a 'hyper-performing wood,' Mr. Walsh said. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
