the carroll group was a family-owned group of businesses formed in the early twentieth century that expanded rapidly in the 1980s when it was taken over by gerald carroll , grandson of the founder .

at that time it was one of the largest private businesses in britain , but it collapsed in the early 1990s under the weight of its debt and amid accusations of fraud .

gerald carroll has since campaigned to have the collapse of the group recognised as a fraud but without apparent success .

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the carroll group was formed in 2013 with terry carroll as the managing director . the group comprises of three companies : carroll build , carroll waste and amianto services .
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merseyside - based company , the carroll group , have created new jobs as they launch expert asbestos removal firm , amianto services . the carroll group is delighted to announce the launch of amianto services , a professional asbestos removal and …
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the supreme court today rejected developer liam carroll’s insolvent zoe property group application for court protection of 100 days from creditors via the examinership process . the group of 51 companies faces impending collapse .
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the debt problems also spread to another carroll company , orthanc group , which is behind his projects in tallaght , although the main creditor , ulster bank , is not involved in nama . no insolvency action has yet been taken against carroll’s third property group , dunloe .
aib is the largest lender to the zoe group . it is estimated that the bank is owed about €530 million by the group .
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at the outset , i can confirm that the serious fraud office ( sfo ) did not open an investigation into the carroll group / carroll foundation trust . the sfo therefore holds no information relevant to your questions numbered 2 - 5 .
such a disclosure came courtesy of mr carroll ' s finance director john pope .
sitting in the public gallery , conor carroll betrayed little emotion at the news .
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the court found the group’s second case for protection was an abuse of court process .
the gas works apartment complex in south dublin , which was built by developer liam carroll .
jones said he did not know if carroll would accept the caucus ' call and resign .
it was nice for him to have a play group before preschool ,
lauritzen said .
he could socialize with other kids . we do a weekly play group .
unsurprisingly , mr carroll ' s banks ( the ones who stood to lose the most financially from the collapse of the zoe group ) expressed their support for the new petition for examinership .
while blatchley has received advice and tips from other moms in the group about motherhood , blatchley ' s daughter , joy , 2 has benefited from the group , too , she said .
before a new mother or caregiver can join , prospective members are invited to attend some of the group ' s events to observe and get a feel for the group , blatchley said .
so guarded was mrs carroll about her husband ' s welfare that she confronted our reporter at the front gate , telling him in no uncertain terms that mr carroll would not be saying anything .
jon voight is one of the group’s 1 , 500 members . photograph : lucy nicholson / ap
in 1986 , the carroll interests - including 85 companies and the art collection - were placed in a british trust , the carroll foundation , thought at the time to be worth a net £250m .
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she said she is worried the city will turn over control of carroll park ' s history to a group that will not care responsibly for the artifacts or the land . she said the city ' s decision to part ways with her group creates
grave threats to a protected cultural landscape in carroll park
and could jeopardize $ 235 , 000 in state and other funding she had solicited .
mosaic in macomb has served people with developmental disabilities since 1983 when the first group home was opened . services were extended to bushnell , and by the 1990s , nine more group homes were opened .
carroll build are handing over the first four houses of an exciting 18 home affordable rent housing development on george drive in ainsdale , southport . one vision housing awarded the opportunity in 2017 and carroll build …
but city officials say too little progress has been made in caring for carroll park ' s history .
students learn about flatfooting at common ground on the hill . ( jacob denobel / carroll county times )
carroll began his career as an apprentice with the late gordon richards for three years before joining berry .
notwithstanding those reservations , mr justice cooke granted mr carroll ' s companies leave to apply for examinership .
“the senate democratic caucus calls on sen . carroll to resign his kentucky state senate seat immediately . ”
the order was the most violent and notorious domestic terrorist group of the 1980s . founded in 1983 by
in september 2014 mosaic expanded by opening our first group home for four people in canton , il .
another member , speaking on condition of anonymity , expressed bafflement and disappointment at the group’s winding down .
the former chief executive of uk transport to energy group stobart , andrew tinkler , has . . .
pam charshee , director of the carroll park foundation , accused the city of overreacting , reclaiming the artifacts without a clear vision for what to do next , and leaving carroll park ' s history in limbo .
at the centre of the inquiry is the carroll group of companies , a family - owned commercial dynasty stretching back three generations , which seemed in a healthy position in 1992 but had been liquidated by 1995 .
frankfort , ky . – julian carroll ' s fellow democratic state senators on sunday asked him to resign his senate seat following a news report that carroll allegedly groped a man and propositioned him for sex in 2005 .
in august 1983 a scottish headmaster , charles oxley , handed over a dossier about pie to scotland yard after infiltrating the group , the glasgow herald wrote . he said the group had about 1 , 000 members .
retiring in 1988 , he became a parliamentary and public affairs consultant , vice - chairman of the british - iranian chamber of commerce , and a director of the carroll anglo - american group , carroll aircraft corporation and farnborough aerospace development corporation . he was a life governor of liverpool college and president of the old lerpoolian association .
carroll build is a construction business working across all general building trades , while carroll waste is one of the north west’s leading waste management companies . amianto services offers an efficient asbestos removal and disposal service across the uk .
linda auerback gathers old materials from the
heroin kills
campaign of the 1990s in her office at the carroll county health department in westminster nov . 7 . ( dylan slagle / staff photo , carroll county times )
but the script had to be rewritten in february of his freshman year at carroll , when his father died .
he said that company law permitted mr carroll ' s companies to make a second attempt to appoint an examiner .
members of the senate democratic caucus also voted sunday to remove carroll from his leadership position as senate minority whip .
greg kahlert , pictured in the william e . kalhert regional cancer center named for his father , is the community foundation of carroll county legacy philanthropist of the year . ( dylan slagle / staff photo / carroll county times )
moms on the move is a community group that has been active in the sykesville / freedom area since the 1980s , according to the group ' s facebook page . the group is designed for moms and their children ranging in age from newborn to 5 years old . while there are other groups known as moms on the move around the country , each group is run by individuals , blatchley said , and there are no by - laws .
with more than 45 years’ experience , thomas carroll group plc is one of the uk’s leading independent providers of business insurance broking , personal insurance broking , employee benefits , wealth management , health & safety and employment law consultancy .
bob baker , founder of the bob baker auto group , is especially interested in helping veterans reintegrate into society .
“they & apos ; ve never been stored properly to begin with , ” city says of artifacts in carroll park .
julian carroll ' s fellow democratic senators ask him to resign after allegations spectrum news pure politics reports that state sen . and former gov . julian carroll propositioned and allegedly groped a man in 2005 . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
carroll did not return two phone messages from the courier - journal on sunday seeking his comments . but carroll told spectrum reporter nick storm during a recent interview in a hallway of the capitol annex ,
it did not happen .
a guardian article in 1977 noted with dismay how the group was growing . by its second birthday in october 1976 , it had 200 members . there was a london group , a middlesex group being planned , and with regional branches to follow . the article speaks of pie ' s hopes to widen the membership to include women and heterosexual men .
moms on the move is a community group that has been active in the sykesville / freedom area since the 1980s .
the city terminated the carroll park foundation ' s 50 - year license agreement decades early , effectively killing the group ' s plan to create an outdoor museum and tourist attraction that would have highlighted the lives of slaves who helped build baltimore .
david carroll called the city ' s decision a
lost opportunity
for history tourism . as promoters and
keepers of the vision and mission for the site ,
he said his group has been assembling a team to improve it .
pam charshee , the director of the carroll park foundation , says the city is terminating its 50 - year license agreement .
the amount involved in settling the high court case between tony mccarroll and the rest of the group was revealed on wednesday .
mr mccarroll left the chart - topping band just as the group were embarking on the most successful phase of their career .
northern - based jockey john carroll has decided to retire from race - riding after a career spanning a quarter of a century .
spectrum news pure politics reports that state sen . and former gov . julian carroll propositioned and allegedly groped a man in 2005 .
are you wondering what’s new with jerry ahmed ? well , after holding management positions , including senior vice president and managing director , for many years at institutions including chase , the royal bank of scotland , the cit group , and gax capital group , jerry is founder , president and ceo of saint john capital group and bvi energy group , which are financial advisory , banking , and investment firms that target energy , technology , and other economic development opportunities . the business is in beachwood , ohio .
while the group questioned his musical ability after the departure , mr mccarroll says he had a personality clash with the gallagher brothers .
city officials said they lost confidence in the group ' s ability to care for the artifacts and to carry out the project .
when the group ' s president resigned over the summer , quarles , blatchley and graves stepped up to take over the reins .
we are a small community and a small school . he went through with a group of about 40 students . they are a tight - knit group and will be pretty cut up about it . there are a lot of teachers pretty upset .
the group ' s visits to universities were often opposed . in 1977 pie ' s chairman tom o ' carroll was ejected from a conference on
love and attraction
at university college , swansea after lecturers
threatened not to deliver their papers if mr o ' carroll stayed
, the times reported . the may 1978 issue of magpie , pie ' s in - house newspaper , records how o ' carroll had been invited to address students at liverpool and oxford university but that the visits were cancelled after local opposition .
carroll , 41 , is best remembered for his partnership with retired cockerham trainer jack berry , for whom his numerous winners included star sprinters paris house and mind games . he won the temple and palace house stakes on both horses in the 1990s , but carroll ' s sole group one success came on 25 - 1 shot invincible spirit for john dunlop in the 2002 stanley leisure sprint cup at haydock .
carroll dunham ( b . 1949 ) group d # 3 signed and dated ' carrol dunham jan - april 1991 ' ( upper centre ) acrylic and pencil on canvas 42 1 / 8 x 63 7 / 8in . ( 107 x 162cm . ) executed in 1991
bob baker , founder of the bob baker auto group , is especially interested in helping veterans reintegrate into society . ( howard lipin )
the caucus ' quick action was a response to a report saturday night by spectrum news pure politics , the former time warner cable news , in which jason geis , a photographer , said he was propositioned by carroll when he sought carroll ' s help getting into art school .
“nobody , including img , has had the same kind of success monetizing government and civic assets as the superlative group , ” stanner says .
in respect of your first and sixth questions asking about “the exact allegations made” relating to the carroll group , and a “final summary or report” , we are not able to answer these questions without exceeding the cost limit , for the same reasons given in our previous reply to you .
carroll county public schools will be getting new technology , and new playground equipment , thanks to a $ 165 , 000 grant from the kahlert foundation .
parts of the group were declared insolvent but it is thought that the inland revenue is not satisfied this was merely a series of routine business failures .
karen ( weakland ) hostoffer and husband bob ’81 raise their five children almost in the shadow of john carroll . karen shared pictures of their beautiful kids .
the spectrum report is based on an interview in which geis said carroll groped him , and on a recording geis said he made of the 2005 encounter at geis ' home which spectrum reports show carroll asked geis to perform oral sex on him and masturbate him . there’s no evidence of groping on the tape .
having been in the insurance industry since 1971 , rich carroll opened the first structured settlement office in san francisco , which remains his main office today . mr . carroll also maintains an office in the los angeles metro area . rich is ranked one of the top consultants of the arcadia settlements group and is often called upon by insurance claims adjusters and attorneys . over the years , rich has traveled throughout the country , representing a broad spectrum of clients including insurers , attorneys , and judges . mr . carroll and his staff have personally participated and consulted on thousands of cases , with many resulting in favorable structured resolutions .
the refusal by the supreme court , two weeks ago , to overturn mr justice peter kelly ' s rejection of carroll ' s application for examinership of six companies in the zoe group prompted the latest , last - ditch effort to fend off acc bank ' s bid to recover €136m that it is owed .
greg kahlert , a sykesville resident of 10 years , said he was surprised to be nominated and win the award for the group ' s philanthropic work .
pam charshee , the director of the carroll park foundation , says the city is terminating its 50 - year license agreement . ( kim hairston , baltimore sun )
linda auerback gathers old materials from the
heroin kills
campaign of the 1990s in her office at the carroll county health department in westminster nov . 7 .
she was very anxious around other children ,
blatchley said .
because of this group and being with other children , she isn ' t .
we feel confident that thomas carroll have our very best interests at heart both in relation to competitiveness of pricing and fighting our corner in the event of any claims .
greg kahlert , pictured in the william e . kalhert regional cancer center named for his father , is the community foundation of carroll county legacy philanthropist of the year .
the tata group of companies includes : tata motors , one of the biggest car makers in india ; tata power , which produces 42pc of all the energy generated in india ; tata beverage group - which includes the world ' s second biggest tea maker tetley ; tata steel - the fifth largest steel company in the world .
' conor , can i talk to you for a few minutes ?
the tall young man in the pinstripe suit stared back blankly . raising his mobile phone to his ear , he turned his back and stepped inside the door of chapel house , the parnell street headquarters of embattled property titan liam carroll ' s zoe group .
on sunday afternoon , the kentucky senate ' s democratic caucus released a statement that said ,
in light of recent media reports , the senate democratic caucus has voted to remove sen . carroll from his leadership position as minority whip . the senate democratic caucus calls on sen . carroll to resign his kentucky state senate seat immediately .
members of 1980s group spandau ballet have been fighting a claim among themselves while robbie williams is contesting a previous ruling in favour of former manager nigel martin - smith .
we support each other ,
quarles said , adding that the group has added more events for just moms , like moms ' nights out and recipe swaps .
he further noted that while mr carroll had dictated the information given to the courts , his co - directors had effectively
acquiesced
by allowing him to do so .
mr . carroll holds life , health and disability licenses in multiple states . he conducts specialized training for negotiation using structured settlements and has provided expert witness testimony on annuities .
we are terribly concerned by events described in the pure politics piece involving sen . carroll ,
said brad bowman , spokesman for the kentucky democratic party .
while we acknowledge and greatly appreciate sen . carroll ' s lifelong career of public service , we can not overlook the severity of these allegations and we take them very seriously .
carroll said new era paid about $ 2 . 4 million to bennett international group ltd . , bennett ' s consulting firm , in 1994 and 1995 . bennett also paid $ 600 , 000 in cash for his house in devon on philadelphia ' s upscale main line . investigators say bennett appears to have been operating a ponzi or pyramid scheme in which new money was used to satisfy creditors as it came in . a group of anonymous donors bennett claimed were supplying much of his funding apparently did not exist .
senior counsel michael cush elaborated on mr carroll ' s condition further , supplying two doctors ' letters to the court , one of which revealed how he had attended at his gp on july 14 , just three days before the zoe companies ' first petition had been presented to the high court . in another affidavit , mr carroll ' s wife roisin , a 50 per cent shareholder in showlay , the holding company behind the zoe group , said she had also been concerned about her husband ' s health in recent weeks .
reunion year our 30th reunion is upon us , and i hope many classmates can make the journey home to carroll . i’ll fill you in on reunion news in upcoming issues .
tension between charshee ' s group and the city arose in 2012 , when she denied a researcher access to the archaeological collection that includes pieces of architecture , ceramics and bones .
indeed , few of those sitting in court number one of the high court last week would have even noticed the young mr carroll sitting in the public gallery studiously taking notes as his father ' s legal team battled to save the zoe property group from collapse . as the heir to his father ' s empire , last week he was anything but apparent .
the authorities debated ways of shutting pie down . o ' carroll was sentenced to two years in jail for
conspiracy to corrupt public morals
and pie was disbanded in 1984 .
the inland revenue is believed to have first taken an interest in the carroll foundation in spring 1998 and at about that time to have questioned mr carroll as to the fate of his companies and other interests . since then work has been under way on a detailed report into the foundation , and it is understood this report is likely to be passed to the sfo .
have the ability to produce every blood cell type and are therefore of immense clinical importance . our group investigates how these cells are first generated during foetal development , how they can be maintained and what their unique properties are . a further interest of our group is how these early blood cells are targeted by mutations that can lead to cancer development in infant patients .
it means that he will no longer have any connection with oasis , or any future claim on the group ' s earnings relating to any of the music he was involved in .
to make the group more diverse , the administrators decided to open membership to not only stay - at - home - moms , but caregivers , grandparents and working moms , too .
a newly - appointed independent accountant david wilkinson of kpmg estimated the zoe group had a net worth of €10m , with assets of €1 . 36bn and debts of €1 . 35bn .
tcs has a market valuation of $ 86bn . tata steel is $ 7 . 4bn . tata beverage group is $ 1 . 6bn . titan company is $ 5 . 8bn .
in an opinion piece in the baltimore sun in september , charshee and david carroll , the nonprofit ' s chairman , called the site a
crucible of early american cultural diversity .
recently the state of illinois announced that it will be providing enhanced funding for all residential group homes that have four bedrooms or less . as a result , mosaic in macomb is currently in the process of downsizing some of our eight bed group homes to four bed homes . we began by opening two new homes on carroll and calhoun st . in macomb . we have plans to continue with a new home every six months . we believe that this is a positive change that will allow for more individualized programming , and flexibility in the homes . . .
in 1996 , the carroll park foundation received grants totaling $ 150 , 000 to begin work on a
living history park
to be named carroll ' s hundred and anchored by the mount clare mansion in southwest baltimore . the plans were to conduct archaeological excavations and to make improvements on the property , including building an 18th - century village to depict life in colonial maryland .
all members pay yearly dues of $ 25 , which helps pay for insurance during group activities and other expenses , from party supplies to room rentals . the group does not want to raise the dues , but it isn ' t easy finding a hall to rent that is affordable and large enough to handle the growing group , blatchey said . looking around the full room and hallway at the station during the halloween celebration , blatchley said a bigger area will be needed for upcoming events , including a holiday party in december and a valentine ' s day party .
in the 70th year since its founding , we look back on the movement’s brief , furious life . on 23 and 24 april , 20 works by the group will be offered in amsterdam
the announcement caught members by surprise and fueled speculation that infighting over donald trump’s candidacy , among other factors , had drained commitment . others said the group had been losing steam for years .
mount clare was built in 1756 for charles carroll , the barrister who helped draft the maryland constitution ( not to be confused with charles carroll of carrollton , a maryland signer of the declaration of independence ) . the mansion was the center of a 2 , 300 - acre plantation that included a gristmill and an iron foundry . all that remains is the mansion and the 116 - acre city park .
our client - focused ethos , friendly approach and in - house claims management has resulted in strong and long - lasting relationships which have seen our award - winning group grow from strength to strength .
the group as a whole meets monthly to exchange advice and ideas , blatchley said . typically , moms with children the same age organize weekly play groups . the group also organizes field trips , including visits to the b & o railroad museum , in baltimore , and the piney run nature center in sykesville . larger gatherings , like the halloween party , are held throughout the year , too .
the application for protection was by vantive holdings and morsten investments ( the main units in the zoe group ) ; villeer developments ; peytor developments ; carragh enterprises ltd ; parlez international ltd and royceton .
kahlert donations have funded the purchase of the group ' s mobile health clinic , she said , and another , recent , donation is currently being put toward the development of a dental clinic van .
carroll build have completed the transformation of sheltered housing scheme chung hok house . the retirement accommodation in liverpool city centre which is run by social landlord pine court housing association , has undergone a complete refurbishment …
charshee and carroll also said they have employed trainees in youthworks , the city ' s summer jobs program , to help conserve artifacts from the site and
save their african - american cultural inheritance .
gallagher laid out his entire career path in his mind early in life . growing up in an irish - catholic family in suburban fairview park , ohio , he attended john carroll in the early 1980s .
in his affidavit , the details of which were given in court by senior counsel michael cush , mr pope revealed how the zoe companies ' original and failed application had largely been dictated by mr carroll .
who is he ? forever associated with the “shoebox apartments” he built in inner - city dublin in the early to mid - 1990s , liam carroll was one of the biggest players in both the residential and commercial property markets during the boom . one of the state’s most reclusive developers , ironically he became one of the best known due to the high - profile collapse of his zoe group building empire last summer .
i am sad to report that we recently lost a member of our class . this spring , joe sweet ( who was in our class , but graduated from john carroll in 1985 ) passed away april 30 , 2009 . he was only 47 . joe had an extended illness and had been hospitalized for a while earlier in the year . joe was active with the ipts , both during his time at carroll and for many years after with the ipt alumni group . his funeral was held in wickliffe , oh . we will always remember his fun and bright spirit . our class prayers go out to his family .
carroll educational group was founded by jonathan d . carroll , m . a . to help individuals of all ages improve personal , academic and professional performance . we service the following communities in illinois around the chicagoland area on the north shore and northern suburbs including buffalo grove , highland park , lake forest , lake bluff , deerfield , libertyville , wilmette , winnetka , glenview , glencoe , kenilworth , lincolnshire , bannockburn , northbrook , evanston and skokie . we also serve the city of chicago including lincoln park , lake view , wrigleyville , bucktown , andersonville , the gold coast , old town , hyde park and downtown .
merseyside based company , carroll build are assuring their future success by bringing the award winning industry expert , alyson seddon into the fold . alyson’s new role as head of construction has been created to support the …
perhaps best known in the collection is a fist - sized chunk of clear quartz found in the 1980s in carroll park . it has been described as a relic of west african spiritual practices among maryland slaves .
her concern was already obvious , three weeks ago , when the sunday independent called to the carroll family home in the south dublin suburb of mount merrion seeking comment from the famously media - averse property tycoon .
for many in carroll county ' s health services industry , the kahlert foundation and kahlert family have a long - held reputation as an ally and a friend to those working to improve life in the county .
seven companies of the 51 in carroll ' s group had applied for protection . the companies have debts of about €1 . 3 billion and the kpmg plan forecast a surplus of €10 million over a three to five year period , on the assumption of a recovery in the irish property market . part of the plan included the non - payment of interest for two years on its debts , owed to eight banks .
the combined turnover of the group is in excess of £15 million per annum , and our aim is to provide a high quality service across all areas of the business while maintaining and delivering our core values .
but the nccl continued to defend having pie as a member . as late as september 1983 , an nccl officer was quoted in the daily mail saying the group was campaigning to lower the age of consent to 14 .
an offiliate [ sic ] group like the paedophile information exchange would agree with our policy . that does not mean it ' s a mutual thing and we have to agree with theirs .
for graves , stephanie blatchley and maria quarles , the three administrators of the group , the successful halloween party proves that they are taking the club in the right direction and filling a need in the community .
catherine lauritzen , a mother of two , moved to sykesville from baltimore a few years ago . she has met many moms in the group , and her son has made friends , too , she said .
last month , the high court refused the for examinership by seven companies in the zoe group . mr justice frank clarke had criticised the presentation of figures in big 4 accounting firm kpmg ' s business plan .
he may have only turned 23 last february , but conor carroll would appear already to have been well - schooled in the ways of his developer father when it comes to avoiding the unwelcome attention of the media .
back in the high court last thursday , liam carroll ' s grip on his property empire appeared to have been loosened further still , with the latest application for examinership now including the business plans and valuations he had insisted be omitted from the original petition . the decision to include them now had been made by his co - directors david torpey and john pope , with the assent of mr carroll ' s wife , roisin .
the times is highlighting these philanthropists , who will be honored at the community foundation of carroll county ' s annual philanthropists of the year awards on wednesday , oct . 19 , 2016 at martin ' s westminster .
also sold have been the warren park stud farm near newmarket , the london & central properties group , alone worth about £100m at early 1990s prices , along with finance and leasing companies in gibraltar and the caribbean .
he said while there was no bad faith by the group , the bringing of the second petition in such circumstances was an abuse of the process of the courts and it should proceed no further , he said .
i know my christian friends don ' t approve of it . . . and quite frankly , it ' s not a choice i choose to make ,
carroll said in part in the roll call article .
spectrum said it began looking into the matter 11 months ago when it obtained a copy of the tape from someone with knowledge of the case who was upset by comments carroll made last august to the washington publication roll call about kentucky ' s race for u . s . senate last year . carroll was asked in that article if the sexual orientation of the democratic candidate in that race – lexington mayor jim gray – mattered in the race .
the inland revenue is completing an exhaustive investigation into the rapid break - up and sale of a multinational industrial group which once boasted assets totalling up to £500m . the report may be passed to the serious fraud office .
the group , named after abraham lincoln , swore members to secrecy by adopting a line from the film fight club : the first rule of the friends of abe is you do not talk about the friends of abe .
boreing , a director and producer , put a positive gloss on the announcement , saying the initial hunger for fellowship had prompted the group to build an expensive website , rent offices and hire staff , including lawyers and accountants .
turning to the remaining 30 months of the business plan being presented for mr carroll ' s companies , mr cantwell predicted that 150 residential properties could be sold each year at or within 10 per cent of the forecasted asking price .
mr maccann said the companies were now trying to justify their failed application on the basis of the stress that mr carroll had been suffering at the time , and that they were merely trying to distance themselves from a bad decision .
terri ( youse ) anthony and husband terry came from north carolina and brought their kids to enjoy camp carroll once again ! … they sat with kathy ( dugan ) sasala and diana d’alessandro , who works at metrohealth hospital in cleveland .
congratulations to amy ilyes as she has recently been named senior vice president , customer experience at penske located in beachwood , oh . she is responsible for the global deployment and ongoing development of the customer experience transformation . amy has been a key member of penske’s engineering and technology group for 22 years , most recently serving as vice president , logistics engineering . after john carroll , amy earned both a master’s and a doctorate in operations research from case western reserve university .
many of the revelations are not in fact new . the story ' s return to the front pages demonstrates the shock people feel about how a group with
paedophile
in its name could operate so openly for so long .
in addition to trump and cruz , the group hosted the likes of antonin scalia , dick cheney , john boehner and rush limbaugh at venues around los angeles , including the reagan library , the luxe hotel and the bistro garden .
among his most recent endeavors , chad has created an extraordinary power house of real estate professionals that understands the importance of
going the distance .
guiding their clients skillfully from beginning to end , the chad carroll group specializes in exclusive luxury waterfront homes and investment properties throughout south florida and new york . chad has proven an invaluable agent and leader in the south florida real estate market and is proudly continuing that tradition with each new client and property he takes on .
assets that have been sold off or liquidated include carroll aircraft corporation , which held the licence to operate the civil airfield at farnborough , and the burenda sheep stud farm in queensland , australia , covering an area half the size of wales .
all members have access to the group ' s private page on facebook , where play groups and event dates are listed . the page also has a place for moms to voice their questions or concerns about motherhood or to just vent .
the first night started at great lakes brewing co . , where the trio was joined by karen ohlrich , bud jindra ( i explained last year bud has been adopted as a member of the class of ’84 . ) , tim tabar , and shannon dolan . later that night , the group went out to karaoke , and they were joined by vicki’s younger brother paul sanko ’86 . fun continued through the next day with a visit to carroll followed by lunch at shaker square .
carroll , 86 , served as governor from 1974 - 79 . he has represented the franklin county and several surrounding counties in the state senate since 2005 . his biography in the general assembly handbook lists his occupations as an attorney and lay minister .
it wasn ' t quite what my expectations were ,
quarles said of the group .
i wanted to really create support for one another , especially here out in the country . i don ' t have any neighbors .
it ' s a wonderful problem to have . i can ' t believe the difference ,
quarles said of the group ' s growth over the summer .
i ' m thrilled it has evolved into what it is .
it became more widely known – and a rallying point for republicans – when news leaked in 2014 that the internal revenue service was investigating the group in connection with its application for tax - exempt status . the irs subsequently granted the status .
send in your future tech predictions ( and whatever other news you have ) , and this column will be the time stamp you need to be able to say “i told you so ! ” in 20 years . i have some class notes and a group photo to share . however , to keep you in suspense and increase my ratings for the fall sweeps , look for the news and photo in the next issue of john carroll magazine , which will contain the notes in print again .
representatives for allied irish banks , bank of scotland ireland and the belgian - owned kbc bank ireland were giving their full backing for the new petition , while ulster bank and anglo irish bank said they had no objections to it . there was also support from 10 contractors and service providers to the zoe group and its main development arm , danninger . an affidavit submitted on behalf of the employees of zoe group company , royceton , was also given in support of the application to the court .
james carroll , who had once worked as an interpreter in the house , was a key māori politician a century ago . he was the first māori to win a general rather than a māori seat ; no other māori mp would do this until 1975 . carroll ' s central place in the liberal party in the 20th century was recognised when he became acting prime minister in 1909 and 1911 . he was the first māori to hold that position . in 1892 he was appointed as a member of the executive council representing māori , and from 1899 to 1912 he was minister of native affairs . carroll saw the need for compromise in dealings between māori and pākehā although he could never hold at bay the continual demands of government and pākehā settlers for māori land .
criticising acc bank ' s opposition to the application , mr cush described the dutch - owned institution as a
formidable foe
, which was
relentlessly pursuing its own commercial self interest
in seeking to have mr carroll ' s companies wound up .
jonathan d . carroll , m . a . has several years of experience helping children and adults meet personal , professional and educational goals . he specializes in assisting clients with add / adhd , executive functioning deficits , school functioning concerns ( organization , study strategies , etc . ) , life coaching , and special education ( learning disabilities and social / emotional concerns ) . as an adult managing his own adhd , jonathan carroll helps clients all over the world achieve success through a variety of effective strategies and techniques .
it ' s hard now to believe the group existed for more than a decade .
even then the word paedophile was pretty taboo ,
says wolmar .
i do find it slightly astounding that they were able to use that name .
our 25th reunion fell on my wife michelle ( sciangula ) and my 22nd wedding anniversary ! fittingly , we were spending our anniversary at carroll , where we met 29 years ago ! we often feel like a rarity raising four kids these days , but not after speaking to six other classmates that night with four or five kids ( colleen , karen , jack , michelle m . , bill , and ann ) ! this small group from the class of ’84 ends up parenting a total of 30 kids ! don
around the time of this murder , order members resumed their counterfeiting operation and robbed a brink ' s armored truck near ukiah , california . the hold - up yielded the group ' s biggest take - over $ 3 . 6 million - which was distributed for salaries , mobile homes , uniforms , vehicles , and weapons . the group also purchased parcels of land in idaho and missouri for paramilitary training camps and reportedly donated money to fellow extremists , including the leaders of aryan nations and the national alliance .
city officials on monday seized hundreds of artifacts recovered during archaeological digs in carroll park from a nonprofit that had been charged with caring for the pre - civil war items but alarmed officials by moving boxes of them to a storage locker in baltimore county without permission .
in fixing a date for the case , he will take into account how it will affect the work of provisional liquidator declan taite of fgs who has already been appointed by the high court to two of mr carroll ' s companies , vantive and morston investments .
pat hickey has today ( monday ) said he looks forward to resuming his international olympic duties after stating that the report by former irish high court judge , justice carroll moran , into the ticketing scandal surrounding the 2016 summer olympic games clears him of any wrongdoing .
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prior to the 1983 election , garner was concerned to discover that constituency associations were being approached by tact , an ostensibly conservative group on defence policy but in fact a front for cnd . he issued a warning to all agents to give tact a wide berth .
in its first year , the order began accumulating a war chest for its real - life revolution when three members stole $ 369 from a spokane , washington store . soon thereafter the group launched a counterfeiting operation at the aryan nations compound in hayden lake , idaho , which was exposed when order member bruce carroll pierce was arrested for passing a phony $ 50 bill . pierce was eventually convicted , but jumped bond and went underground until 1985 . before the end of 1983 , robert matthews robbed the seattle city bank of $ 25 , 000 .
once an iron plantation worked by enslaved laborers and indentured servants , the story of its diversity has national significance ,
they wrote .
our educational programs have introduced over 500 schoolchildren to their cultural legacy at carroll ' s hundred through activities in the historic orchard .
the mansion is now an independent museum managed by the national society of colonial dames of the state of maryland . the colonial dames and the carroll park foundation also have clashed . in 2000 , the dames were accused of changing the locks at the mansion to keep charshee out .
peter casey is one of the investors on rte television ' s ' dragons ' den ' . his own company is an international recruitment specialist , claddagh resources . but he has written a book about the tata group , which is a conglomerate based in mumbai in india .
it ' s part of the story of how paedophiles tried to go mainstream in the 1970s . the group behind the attempt - the paedophile information exchange - is back in the news because of a series of stories run by the daily mail about labour deputy leader harriet harman .
toynbee talked of her
disgust , aversion and anger
at the group but added that she had
a sinking feeling that in another five years or so , their aims would eventually be incorporated into the general liberal credo , and we would all find them acceptable
.
it was a shock - and - awe operation . we believe they ' re making a very unfortunate mistake ,
said charshee , a historian whose group has worked on the project since 1991 .
they don ' t really know what we ' re doing .
right to life advocate linda heilman prays during a sit - in in front of a proposed planned parenthood location while demonstrating the group ' s opposition to congressional funding of planned parenthood on september 21 , 2015 in washington , dc . ( photo by win mcnamee / getty images )
spring 2013 ann ( zellner ) zubrzycki sent me a note stating she and her husband , c . r . , are having a wonderful life . they’re enjoying every moment with their cute 5 - year - old daughter , mary . ann has fond memories of her days at carroll .
in addition to founding and managing carroll educational group , ( www . carrolleducationalgroup . com ) he also created and manages iep experts ( www . iepexperts . com ) to help clients with special education needs . his other professional memberships include the cec ( council for exceptional children ) , aco ( attention deficit hyperactivity disorder coaches’ organization ) , chadd ( children and adults with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder ) , adda ( attention deficit disorder association ) , lda ( learning disabilities association ) , copaa ( council of parent attorneys and advocates ) and ipa ( illinois psychological association ) .


rising star games is an english video game publisher formed in 2004 as a joint business venture between scandinavian distributor bergsala and japanese video game publisher and content developer intergrow .

the company is based in hitchin , hertfordshire , england , and in north america in california , united states .

its focus was to publish titles from japanese companies for release in european , australian and north american markets however now has a wider range of products from developers all over the world .

so far , the company has published over 105 titles for nintendo , playstation and xbox consoles , as well as pc .

in late 2007 , the company was surrounded with controversy over what appeared to be its decision to censor the european version of no more heroes , though it was later revealed that the decision was made by its parent company and the developer grasshopper manufacture to release the censored version in europe unlike what was released in north america .

in 2012 , rising star games announced the opening of rising star games usa , where north american releases will be published .

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two hours after rising star commented , hayes responds in greater detail about the publisher’s actions through poncho’s development , saying that “rising star games have decided to take [ sic ] their dirty laundry out in public . this is the very thing we restrained ourselves from doing while writing the post - mortem , which we wrote for other developers in order to stop them from making the same mistakes we made . ”
shortly after publication , hayes’ post - mortem picked up traction on twitter with many developers discussing its contents . the publicity of the article led to rising star games posting a response in the comments of destructoid , where a summary of the post - mortem was being discussed :
hayes then claims that rising star games has blocked delve from being able to complete its final milestone by not providing the studio with a playstation vita development kit . “i knew , and they knew , that sales had been disappointing , ” hayes writes . “it just wasn ' t worth it to [ rising star games ] anymore to give up some thousands for the vita version . so they blocked us . not officially , but by not allowing us a dev kit and not allowing [ port developer just add water ] to work on it anymore . ”
in an extensive post - mortem submitted to gamasutra danny hayes describes the gruelling five - year development of parallax platformer poncho . he says that he and his two colleagues have yet to make “a single penny from poncho ” and puts much of that failing on the game’s publisher rising star games .
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hayes admits to missing milestones , saying “this bump caused a ripple throughout development . ” he also says that he contacted rising star “many times” asking for £2 , 000 or more in advance to get back on track .
development of the vita version of the game remained with delve and rising star says that “the first notice we have received that the ps vita version will not be completed by delve is in the post - mortem posting across the weekend . ”
the final milestone delve interactive and rising star games had agreed in the contract was that on completing the game and all its ports the final 20 % of the game’s development funds would be released to the developer . as poncho’s vita port remains uncompleted , delve has not fulfilled that final milestone and so has still not received the final 20 % of development funds .
“we are desperately upset that “ poncho ” wasn’t a hit product , ” rising star games says . “we funded and promoted at each turn – determined to give the game its best shot . it’s what we do for many games from many partners . this one didn’t work out . we got things wrong too but to suggest that rsg caused a series of “events” that largely contributed to danny’s parlous state ignores the repeated failings of the dev team to deliver on the promises and agreed work . ”
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hayes then admits that while delve interactive negotiated “an ‘on delivery’ milestone system” . the day after signing the contract he contacted rising star games asking for “a small amount of start up funds” . rising star said no to providing an advance and hayes told the publisher this would cause delays . “ now of course , it ' s my fault for not having this amended in the contract , but they could have easily paid a couple thousand in the beginning to ensure smooth development , ” hayes writes . “as a result , we had to work part time immediately and take time off the game to be able to live , plus we couldn ' t pay anyone to work on the game . ”
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after negotiating through all our options , we landed on rising star games , mainly because they were in the same country and seemed to know what they were doing with indies . i also thought they seemed like nice people at the time . we got funded for slightly less than what we asked for in our kickstarter , but we were funded . we did have much higher offers , but turned them down since other publishers asked if they could change the game .
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“the piece from danny hayes calls into question our professional abilities and may impact upon our games publishing business – we’d like to set the record straight or , at least , provide some sort of balance . ”
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sticking with finances , hayes said “it literally only came down to that single miscommunication on the first milestone being an advance or not . we stipulated in the postmortem that £22 , 500 was the absolute bare minimum we needed in order to successfully develop the game , based on how much we all needed to survive and still work full time . this is why we set that as our kickstarter goal . as well as the miscommunication surrounding the first milestone causing delays , 20 % of the funding we agreed on with rising star was set to be withheld until all development including ports had been completed , which means that we then had to deal with not being able to use 20 % of the agreed funding on the actual game . we tried to explain to rising star many times how little sense that made , but again , we couldn ' t reach an agreement . i don ' t think they realised that we literally had no funding except what they gave us , which turned out to be less than the bare minimum goal we had set for the kickstarter . since we didn ' t have enough to fulfil our plans , development was affected , but we pushed through and still released a game on multiple platforms , we ' d never take someone ' s money and run away with it . ”
the games industry is not unique in that you shouldn’t negotiate a contract you can’t meet . delve set up a deal with a company that stipulated it would only be paid on completing its first milestone , but it didn’t have the development funds to do that work . delve asked for an advance on the first day after signing this contract . delve then proceeded to miss every deadline it had . it seems blinkered to blame the publisher for every problem in poncho’s development .
update : in a clarifying email , rsg ' s coo martin defries said
to develop the ps vita version the developer doesn ' t actually need the dev kit to make the game – just to test it in a vita environment . so we use our kit to test the builds he sends to us – we make use of the same kit for other games we are working with . he had continued to make builds and send them to us . they were unsatisfactory . it appears he has now ceased to do that .
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we have created a detective themed 2 - 4 player card - based board game inspired by cult sensation videogame deadly premonition , set in the mysterious town of greenvale , following the murder of anna graham .
in deadly premonition : the board game you and your fellow detectives must take on the task of protecting the innocent , incriminating the guilty and work out who might not be who they say they are . with a hidden killer amongst the detectives , the race is on to identify a suspect as an accomplice in order track down the true killer .
the mechanics found in deadly premonition are unique and original concepts formed around our vision for the game . embark on competitive battles to manipulate your own board toward a victory condition , while simultaneously sabotaging your co - detectives . there is also a hidden identity element to shake things up and reward observation and intuition .
you have each been assigned a line - up of six townsfolk to investigate . your suspects begin in the “incriminated” row until you provide evidence that they should be presumed innocent . once all your suspects have been cleared of guilt and you have proven yourself to be a trusted detective , you can begin to go on the offence to identify which player is the hidden killer by extracting information from incriminated suspects on their board . correctly identifying an accomplice of the hidden killer wins you the game !
our vision was to create a well - balanced , atmospheric game inspired by deadly premonition’s delivery of big reveals , plot twists and consequential moments . check back here for a video about our vision and how we made the game , coming soon .
the project started out as just an idea between colleagues . with hopeful optimism we put together a proposal for swery , the man behind deadly premonition , and he loved the idea . on 3rd june 2015 we created our first prototype for
incrimination
, which became the skeleton that the following game was built upon… we hope you enjoy ! let’s take a closer look at the mechanics .
before the game starts , each player is dealt an alignment card which provides one of two outcomes : killer or agent .
each player is randomly dealt six suspects which must all be placed in the lower “incriminated” row side by side . five evidence cards are dealt to each player .
during your turn you may use evidence to move one corresponding suspect on your board between the two rows . the colors signify whether the evidence is incriminating or if it proves innocence . you can also use these cards to attack other players ' boards , instigating an evidence battle .
an evidence battle consists of two detectives going back and forth with counter evidence and action cards until there is a victor . the winner of an evidence battle wins two card draws , allowing them to gain an edge on card count .
action cards hold unique and powerful effects . knowing when to use these cards and utilizing creative combinations can swing any case your way .
in the town of greenvale , bad things happen when the weather changes . certain action cards have an optional weather - activating component which they can choose instead of the action’s base effect . weather cards can be enormously powerful or underwhelming . choose the right time to take the risk .
when it rains in greenvale , a red mist descends upon the town and the killer strikes . a suspect from the line - up of the current player is eliminated . although the tragic death of one of your suspects may be chilling , it also reduces the number of people under your jurisdiction putting you in a stronger position as an agent . of course , it also puts the killer one step closer to completing their goal . your intentions when playing with weather must remain known only to you .
once all you suspects are in the clear , exploit your position to expose other agents . use evidence cards to incriminate one of their suspects in the lower row , initiating an evidence battle . successfully incriminating someone from their line - up can result in two possible outcomes .
1 ) . they are the killer . the accomplice you have arrested has pleaded with you and revealed who the real killer is… . it was the agent protecting them from further investigation ! the killer has been found and you as the successful detective claim victory .
2 ) . they are not the killer . you arrest the accomplice that was sitting right under your fellow detective’s nose . due to their incompetence , that detective is removed from the case . without the protection of the detective , their remaining suspects become vulnerable to the killer . every turn that passes over the removed detective’s board , a dice is rolled and the corresponding suspect is removed , drawing closer to the killer’s victory condition and adding a countdown to the game ' s duration .
we have recorded a time - lapse video of a match in action ! full length video with commentary also available here .
below are the stretch goals that will be fulfilled if project exceeds our target funding . these additional features will be included in every version of deadly premonition the board game . there are many more to be revealed !
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special thanks : jeff kramer , the original vo artist from deadly premonition for bringing york to life in our campaign video napoleon creative , for their exceptional work helping us create and refine the campaign video . find them @ nacr
a board game is a completely new type of venture for us , and the planning , research , prototyping , design and balancing stages of launching a product that’s outside of our established expertise is a pretty vast undertaking . by using kickstarter we are able to seek out the fans and players , and propose our idea for a board game to them , before we go into full production . this in turn allows us to continue signing new videogame projects without impacting too heavily upon the resources required to continue fulfilling that passion . in addition we love the unique way that kickstarter enables us to approach a project differently , allowing our fans and backers more visibility and insight into how we operate , the opportunity to give feedback and make a real difference to the game , and accompanying us along the journey that we embark upon when we create and manufacture and ship a project we’re massively excited about .
one special edition of deadly premonition ( limited availability ) and a steam key for the titular videogame .
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however , in describing poncho’s development and his interactions with rsg , it looks like many of hayes’ problems may have been of his own making . hayes was initially ambiguous about rsg’s involvement in poncho’s development , saying
now , this is where writing this gets tough . for legal reasons , there’s a bunch of events here that we can’t talk about . there would be massive repercussions if we do , and we’ve been told as much . i would , however , suggest this to all you other developers out there : think very , very , very hard about whether or not getting a publisher is right for you .
later in the article hayes states that poncho’s ports were taken away from his studio , delve interactive , and outsourced to another company .
the statement goes on to say rsg struck a deal with the studio to advance funds to the team as it completed development milestones “proposed by delve” . rsg also funded poncho’s marketing , which included getting it on the show floor at events like rezzed and gamescom in 2015 . however rsg went on to say that :
[ n ] ot one development milestone was achieved to schedule by the dev team . consequently , the game release was postponed . rsg kept spending . delve kept working but eventually communicated ‘it’s just too much for one person to handle’ – the game would be many more months in development .
as a result of these delays , rsg took the ps4 devkits from delve and hired another studio to handle the port .
it is worth spelling out what this means , inasmuch as rsg has learned from the media that a game it had contracted and scheduled for release is now cancelled . rsg now has to inform the platform holder and distributors about this cancellation , after everyone’s already read the news .
rsg’s statement ended with what , in the circumstances , is a restrained summary of poncho’s development and their involvement . it is striking that delve , who ended up making a 2d platformer over five years , should attribute the game’s lack of success almost entirely to a publisher that got involved at a relatively late stage .
“they provided the following things for poncho : localisation , a trailer , taking the game to a few big game expos and doing interviews there , provided sony dev kits and sending out a few press releases as well as some social media posts . we agreed on funding poncho for £25k , which we calculated as the bare minimum we needed , as long as we got a small amount in advance , as you may remember in the postmortem , i said that i had less than £100 personally at this time . ”
i offered many reasonable terms , including still giving them a hefty percentage of the game as a divorce fee . their return offer was to threaten to sue us for hundreds of thousands of dollars and take control of the game if we attempted to go through with it . we were stuck . we were also told that we couldn ' t run a second kickstarter or look for funding elsewhere . it felt like we were being sabotaged by our own publisher .
rsg didn’t want to comment further than its statement on destructoid when i contacted them for this article .
i also contacted hayes , asking if delve had given rsg any indication it didn’t have the funds to complete the work for the first milestone before it signed the contract . hayes doesn’t answer explicitly , repeating what was in the destructoid comment , saying “our initial impression was that the first milestone would be paid in advance , and the milestone deadlines that we provided were based on a plan that depended on this . despite having already made a couple of amendments to the contract , we obviously made a mistake and missed a few things before signing since we then had to deal with the fact that we wouldn ' t be receiving funding for some time . ”
however , while hayes puts all the blame of financial struggle on not getting an advance from his publisher , the fact is that if a publisher hadn’t signed with delve then the team was out of cash . in hayes’ post - mortem he says that he was down to his last £100 when rsg approached the team with a deal , having spent the last of his money and taken out a loan to exhibit the project at egx .
delve is returning to kickstarter for its next game : change . considering the financial trouble the team struggled with throughout poncho’s development and its failings with sticking to its schedule , i also asked hayes why potential backers should trust that delve can deliver its next game .
“potential backers can feel safe in knowing that we won ' t let them down , especially since development of change is already 80 % complete ; we learned from our
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lesson and have been developing it over the last year , ” hayes answered . “the funding from the kickstarter will be used on porting costs as well as an overhaul of the art and music . additionally , one of the backer rewards will be a download of the beta on the same day the kickstarter ends , and there will be a demo available publicly in the next month or so . because of this we hope people will have faith that change will be in their hands soon . ”
it’s certainly refreshing to know there will be a demo of the game available to try .
it’s a huge effort to take a personal project from conception to completion and i have the utmost respect for anyone who manages it . poncho is a testament to the rigour and dogged determination of its makers . but the game’s development has mistakes which i don’t think the post - mortem really comes to terms with .
whatever the truth behind this dispute , it serves as an object lesson for young developers . there is much to learn from hayes’ post - mortem , but perhaps not in the way he thinks .
clarification : hayes ' post - mortem was posted on gamasutra through its developer blog system and wasn ' t commissioned by gamasutra .
update : a clarifying statement from rsg regarding how the publisher handles playstation vita development was added .