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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) James Michael McAdoo scored 19 points to help No. 21 North Carolina hold off East Carolina 93-87 on Saturday.
P.J. Hairston added 18 for the Tar Heels (8-2), who emerged from a weeklong break due to fall exams with their third straight victory. North Carolina shot 55 percent in the first half to build a 16-point lead at the break, but the Pirates - coached by former UNC guard Jeff Lebo - outplayed the Tar Heels through much of the second half and made it a tough run to the finish.
Akeem Richmond scored 17 points to lead East Carolina (6-2), an instate program making its first trip to Chapel Hill. The Pirates kept cutting into UNC's lead and got as close as four points in the final minute, though they couldn't overtake the Tar Heels on their home court.
The Pirates outscored the Tar Heels 61-51 after halftime.
Lebo played for Dean Smith and then-assistant Roy Williams at UNC from 1985-89, and even played in the first game in the Smith Center as a freshman in January 1986.
He had coached against his alma mater once before, losing 85-59 here while at Tennessee Tech during the 1999-2000 season. The Pirates made this one much closer after a slow start with a tenacious performance.
After trailing 42-26 at the break, East Carolina played more aggressively and got into the double-bonus at the foul line by midway through the second half. The Pirates kept trading baskets with the Tar Heels down the stretch and inching closer before Richmond knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in the final minute, the second bringing East Carolina within 89-85 with 26.6 seconds left.
Dexter Strickland answered with a pair of free throws to push the lead back to six. Then, after East Carolina's Marshall Guilmette's layup, Leslie McDonald had a slam with 10.5 seconds left that ultimately sealed the victory.
Still, there was plenty for Williams to feel frustrated about in this one - and some of that showed midway through the second half.
Less than a minute after the Pirates had pulled to within 47-40 with 14:26 left, Williams - who typically hoards his timeouts - burned one and spent the entire stoppage screaming at his flat team from one knee.
His team eventually responded with a burst, running off a 7-0 run to rebuild some cushion and later take a 71-53 lead on Reggie Bullock's layup with 7:16 left. But the Pirates didn't go away.
East Carolina shot 53 percent in the second half, including 6-for-13 from 3-point range.
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Put NCIC at your fingertips with new app for cops
Having NCIC information at your fingertips is not only crucial for patrol officers' safety, but it can prove incredibly useful for those street cops to apprehend criminals who are under active investigation
Every cop in America has chuckled at the adage, "In God we trust… All others we run through NCIC." It's funny because it's true. Well, mostly true. There are a number of officers on patrol whose access to NCIC is not as immediate as those who have got MDTs in their squad car, or even a direct line to dispatch.
Those LEOs include Park Rangers and Department of Fish and Wildlife Officers, as well as detectives, narcotics officers, and other specialty groups who sometimes operate without radios or handheld terminals for information access. Furthermore, even when NCIC is immediately available in your squad, breaking contact with the suspect vehicle to access that information gives a suspect an opportunity to prepare an attack.
A wireless solutions provider called Intellicheck Mobilisa seeks to bridge that gap with the release of a new mobile application for law enforcement that puts NCIC at your fingertips.
Fugitive Finder App for Law Enforcement
Fugitive Finder allows law enforcement officers to use iPhones to scan the barcode on a driver's license (or other government-issued ID), electronically submit the information to the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and obtain immediate, handheld access to information such as criminal history, fugitives, stolen properties, stolen vehicles, missing persons lists, and other LE-only databases.
"Fugitive Finder is a smart tool that enhances your ability to do your job more safely and easily," according to the company website.
Some of the benefits are:
• Communication: Improves contact with occupants of vehicles pulled over for traffic violations by eliminating the need to walk back to your vehicle
• Speed & accuracy: Instantly scanning an ID instead of manual typing increases accurate positive matches to NCIC databases and other lists and the speed at which you get this vital information
• Safety: Vehicle occupants are never out of view while checking IDs
• No bulky equipment: Using a smartphone app means there's no heavy equipment on your belt
• Photo display: Suspect's photo is displayed when returned from an NCIC query
• Vehicle license plate lookup: Officer may enter plate number for vehicle information
Having such information at your fingertips is not only crucial for patrol officers' safety, but it can prove incredibly useful for those street cops to apprehend criminals who are under active investigation.
Detective Ryan Menday of the Jefferson County (Wash.) Sheriff's Office used Fugitive Finder during the beta testing phase of the product's development.
Detective Menday said in a statement, "The Fugitive Finder app makes our job easier by giving us the ability to have quick access to databases in the field where most policing takes place. We don't have to go back to the (patrol) car. Furthermore, the app can return results much more quickly than calling in to dispatch. I believe in the benefits of the product."
"We've seen active use by detectives, patrol officers, and users at the Washington State capitol campus patrol using Fugitive Finder to check both personal information during encounters as well as license plate lookups," said Nelson Ludlow, CEO of Intellicheck Mobilisa.
"The data available using Fugitive Finder is the same data that is available using their in car terminals and their radios," Ludlow added. "The public should feel safer knowing that their ID is being scanned right in front of them instead of requiring the officer to take their license their patrol car or retain their license until they get information back over the radio."
Released in May 2014, Fugitive Finder is now available to credentialed law enforcement officers for a $49 monthly subscription. It is currently only available for iPhone, and while no specific date for release of an Android version is known, a company spokesperson confirms that plans are in the works and it'll happen soon.


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Tar Sands Blockade, NacSTOP, and Concerned Residents Host Vigil for Arrested Pipeline Protestors
TransCanada continues policy of intimidation, bullying, and bankruptcy for those who stand up to fraud and theft
WASHINGTON - Tar Sands Blockade, NacSTOP, and SFA Texas Environment Awareness Movement (TEAM) working in concert with other concerned Nacogdoches citizens are hosting a solidarity rally followed by a solemn candlelight vigil at the Cherokee County Jail in support of those arrested for standing up to TransCanada's threat to fresh water supplies and property rights. Many Nacogdoches and Cherokee County residents present at yesterday's actions will be in attendance.
"The outrageous escalation of violence against and endangerment of the lives of peaceful protesters has appalled the greater Nacogdoches community. In response, we remain resolved to stopping construction of TransCanada's toxic tar sands pipeline while continuing to support our friends and loved ones in Cherokee County Jail," explained Kim Huynh, a Tar Sands Blockade spokesperson. "Standing up for private property rights and access to clean water, land, and air through peaceful protest does not warrant such violent repression. TransCanada's continued transgressions against our friends and families only strengthens our resolve to be visible and prominent in our calls for justice. The pipeline must not be built.
Yesterday was one of the biggest actions yet when over 120 people rallied from across the Nacogdoches community to help shut down two Keystone XL construction sites for the day. The Mass Action resulted in 11 arrests including 4 people who locked themselves to KXL machinery and 3 others who climbed trees in the path of this toxic pipeline. The blockaders are facing unprecedented and trumped up felony charges. TransCanada is pushing hard for the escalated criminalization of civil disobedience and peaceful protest against its dangerous pipeline.
WHO: Tar Sands Blockade is a coalition of Texas and Oklahoma landowners and climate justice organizers using peaceful and sustained civil disobedience to stop the construction of the dangerous Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. NacSTOP is a long-dedicated group of East Texans organizing to stop tar sands oil permanently. SFA TEAM promotes sustainability within the community of Nacogdoches, Texas and around the campus of Stephen. F. Austin State University through action and public education. Many other members from the greater Nacogdoches and Cherokee County region will be present as well.
WHAT: A solidarity rally with signs, banners, speech, and song followed by a solemn candlelight vigil at sundown.
WHEN: Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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Suspect in bomb threats is a student at OLLU
Emailed bomb threats that prompted evacuations at Texas State University in San Marcos last month were sent from a computer in a dorm at San Antonio's Our Lady of the Lake University, according to a federal affidavit unsealed this week.
As of Oct. 15, Dereon Jayronne Kelly, 22, also known as Dereon Tayronne Kelley, was enrolled at OLLU and lived in The Providence Dorm, the affidavit says. A university spokesman confirmed he is a current student who transferred there in late August.
Kelly is accused of using a computer on the dorm's third floor to send three emails Oct. 18 and 19 to a Texas State employee who works from her home in Harris County.
"I will blow texas state up to small pieces starting with the admissions office today at three central time," said the initial threat, sent at 7:20 a.m., according to the document.
Over the next 17 hours, the employee received two more threatening emails, the last of which said, "I will not be arrested because they have no proof I did anything because I never brought the bomb on campus but I will tomorrow and they will not be able to find me because im at my house I hate texas state for life the police better not come back here to my house either my family will not tell them where I am at or whose desktop im on."
Kelly is also suspected in a bomb threat emailed to Texas A&M University in College Station the next day, officials said. It was sent via the same email account used in the Texas State threats but in this instance reportedly from Kelly's cellphone.
He was arrested on outstanding warrants Oct. 19 and charged with making a terroristic threat 10 days later. The Associated Press reported Kelly was also charged on Nov. 2 with violating the Federal Explosive Materials Statute for using the Internet "to convey a false threat involving an explosive device in order to intimidate individuals at Texas State University."
According to Brazos County records, Kelly remains jailed there on three Dallas County warrants, a Bryan Police Department warrant for assault by contact, and the terroristic threat charge. His bail totals $152,500.
Kelly allegedly used his girlfriend's email account to send the threats while the couple were in a fight, the affidavit says. Brittany Henderson, 19, was arrested in connection with the Texas State threat on Oct. 31 and remains jailed in Hays County under three counts of making a terroristic threat and three counts of making a false alarm; bail totals $40,500.
AP reported that Henderson was once but is no longer a person of interest in the A&M case, and that she's retained a Bryan attorney and will be "asserting her innocence" of any involvement.
The affidavit says that while allegedly emailing the threats to the universities, Kelly was feverishly sending text messages to Henderson. The first was sent at 7:08 a.m., 13 minutes before the Texas State employee received the first threatening email.
"You know what I am trippin hard baby I got pissd off now I gotta deal with it whenever you ready to talk to me I am sorry baby I love you," said Kelly's first text message to Henderson.
Ten minutes after Bryan police made contact with Henderson in response to the Texas State investigation, Kelly sent a third text: "I hav beat myself up all morning for last nite please talk to me." About eight hours later, he wrote, "And I logged into your email."
Minutes before he allegedly sent the second Texas State threat, Kelly texted his girlfriend, "Answer the phone I need to tell you something you gone hate me for it but hey."
Interviewed the day he was arrested, and hours after he allegedly sent an email to A&M's help desk that said, "Campus will be bombed at twelve this afternoon," Kelly admitted to using Henderson's email account. Later, he said the phone number traced to the A&M threat was for a cellphone for which he pays $50 a month, the affidavit says.
The incidents at both schools required responses from a barrage of law enforcement, although the cost of the evacuations has not yet been tallied. In San Marcos, the Undergraduate Admissions Building and two residence halls were evacuated; the A&M threat, which was more general, prompted the evacuation of the entire 800-building, 5,500-acre campus, AP reported.
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If you are having a country wedding, make it enchanted! There is something so special about being around nature and tucked away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Why not add to it with some creative charm? You can up-play earthy colors with shapes and texture. The save the date CD by tiny pine is such a clever idea! You can send your song or music to your guests and get the party started early.
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From the coolest recent invention to the biggest unsolved problem, here are Doug's picks.
Smartest thing Microsoft ever did: Writing NT, which launched Microsoft's
well-deserved server success.
The OS that should never have died: OS/2. If we stuck with this bad
boy, we'd have had multitasking and large memory addressing years earlier.
Best company makeover: Novell Inc. Goes from Netware to Linux -- rad!
Coolest recent invention: BlackBerry Internet tethering. My laptop can
connect to the Internet wherever I have wireless access -- which isn't nearly
as many places as I'd like.
Neatest thing I never use: Flash drives.
Most advanced dead computer ever: The Amiga. In 1985 this machine could
multitask, had multiprocessing, CD-quality sound a TV-compatible graphics card.
It crashed a lot, but was a hoot.
Favorite tech-savvy celebrity: Penn Gillette. The talking half of Penn
& Teller has always pushed his machines to their limits, especially when
it comes to desktop video. His column for now-dead magazine PC/Computing
was a welcome departure from all the writers who believe you have to be boring
to be taken seriously.
Awesomest tech-savvy author: Arthur C. Clarke. The renowned writer and
scientist has used computers (an Amiga if truth be told) to explore mandelbrots
(inspiring the book The Ghost from the Grand Banks). Clarke also argues
that satellites can bring Internet access to the third world, which is one of
the goals of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation.
Most important dead magazine: InfoWorld. I spent three years
there covering Microsoft, Lotus, Ashton-Tate, Borland and WordPerfect. These
five fought and gossiped more than a college sorority. Byte magazine
is runner-up. When I needed to learn a new technology, Byte was the place.
Best dead computer show: Comdex. This Las Vegas show was the
place to meet semi-inebriated executives, see hot new gear and hobnob with tens
of thousands of IT experts.
Worst decision Apple ever made: To stop licensing the Mac OS.
Best Apple decision ever: To hire back Steve Jobs, who unfortunately
decided to stop licensing the Mac OS.
Area I wish Microsoft would stay away from: Anti-virus and management.
Let the third parties that pioneered these areas prosper.
Biggest unsolved problem: Keeping multiple machines in sync.
Funnest interview: King Kong Bundy. In the late '80s this pro wrestler
was doing ads for a PC company so I asked him about the major tech issues. Best
line was when I asked him if he had a wife or any girlfriends. He said he "had
a lot of girlfriends, but only one wife." I actually convinced my editor
at ComputerWorld to run this interview.
What is your list? Send your thoughts to [email protected]
and we'll publish the best in an upcoming issue.
About the Author
Doug Barney is editor in chief of Redmond magazine and the VP, editorial director of Redmond Media Group.
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Over the next three weeks, MLSsoccer.com will take a look back at the 2012 season that was for all 19 clubs in Major League Soccer, starting with Toronto FC and ending with the Supporters' Shield-winning San Jose Earthquakes. You can find the schedule and comprehensive reviews for each team here.
2012 record: 11-19-4 (37 points); 44 GF / 50 GA (-6 GD)
2012 Colorado Rapids statistics
2012 in Review: Colorado Rapids
Q&A with Rapids head coach Oscar Pareja
Armchair Analyst: Pain, progress for Colorado
2012 Colorado Rapids Average Position
Take a long look and the Rapids' preferred 4-3-3 begins to take shape. Of course, you could also interpret this graphic otherwise (a 4-2-3-1 is hiding in there as well), which makes sense as Oscar Pareja tweaked things after Colorado's season started going downhill.
The positives? Martín Rivero's (10) positioning just behind the forwards and the clear dilineation of duties and space in the Colorado midfield. The not-so positives? Spacing on the backline. Luis Zapata (21) was barely in contact with his teammates, Drew Moor (3) and Marvell Wynne (22) were bunched far to the right and Hunter Freeman probably needed to provide a bit more width.
2012 Colorado Rapids Passing Matrix (Download HERE)
Dax McCarty (1,852) led MLS in successful passes, but Jeff Larentowicz wasn't far behind (1,636). "Big Red," Spanish-speaking announcers' preferred moniker for the midfielder, was clearly the link between Colorado's backline and attacking corps.
Illustrating that fact, Larentowicz completed more than 100 passes to every member of the Rapids defense as well as to Rivero and Jaime Castrillón ahead of him, relying on the two imports to hook up with the three forwards running alongside and ahead of them.
In turn, Rivero was the main source of service to Conor Casey, Omar Cummings and Kamani Hill, also linking up with Tony Cascio more than any other player than Zapata. That's both good and bad. Clearly, the Argentine can play the No. 10 role. Still, the Rapids need more than just his creative juices to flow.
1) Colorado need an injection of talent up top, especially centrally
Casey's time in Colorado is over, an injury-plagued season sending the big man out on a disappointing note. Cummings battled injury issues of his own, and is likely past the glory days of 2009 and 2010.
The Rapids weren't bad in terms of chance creation, finishing in the middle of the pack in most categories and trending toward the top half in many. There is one clear red flag, though: a propensity to miss the target.
Only Sporting Kansas City (261) racked up more shots that failed to threaten the goalkeeper than Colorado (223). If Pareja can bring in a few players who'll pepper the frame, the goal total should rise (and Rivero might have more to show for his efforts).
2) The 4-3-3 may not be the pipe dream it was made out to be midseason
Even Pareja admitted he might have been unrealistic to expect a Gary Smith-coached side to transition quickly and effectively from kick-and-chase soccer to a possession-based system in just one season.
Still, there are signs of significant progress from 2011 to 2012. Colorado were fourth in MLS in completed passes. They completed 900 more passes in the opposition half than the year before, missing the mark less as well.
And here's the kicker, after creating just 12 big chances during 2011, the Rapids logged 31 under Pareja, with big-chance assists going from four to 15. That's significant, and it's mostly becase of Rivero.
3) Colorado may have had the ball more, but they were more vulnerable without it
That last point about the 4-3-3 sounds pretty good, that is until you see the trade off. The Rapids allowed nine more goals last season than in 2011 (50 vs. 41), and most of that production came within the penalty area.
The backline often struggled, with Larentowicz forced to man the defensive midfield alone until the arrival of Hendry Thomas, and allowed 90 percent of goals scored to come within the 18-yard box. And that's not considering all the sure goals miraculously kept out by goalkeeper Matt Pickens.
Pickens' save numbers went up across the board – 111 vs. 75 overall, 65 vs. 44 inside the area, 46 vs. 31 outside the area – and that suggests things could have been much, much worse for Colorado.
Random nugget: Rivero created 79 chances during the 2012 season, good for third in MLS behind Graham Zusi (99) and Javier Morales (80)


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Day 27: Homer Simpson
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14 comments:
- KevinDeLuca1 said...
Joe I think I have a problem.....
Well I'm an idiot and do not how to use your Etsy site to find and download the pdf's. On my screen where it says, " OR GET THEM HERE " there is nothing but a large blank space under it!
Here is the direct link of what I'm seeing on my screen.
i love your work and would love it even more if I was able to enjoy it!!!
ps- love the Homer!
- June 15, 2008 at 10:23 PM
- Joseph Chiang said...
Hi Kevin,
Most of the PDF of the toys are available for download (just follow the links where it says "Download your free PDF files here" on the right). I will be adding new ones to it every few days.
As for the Etsy link, if you don't see anything there, it means they are all taken. However I will replenish them once or twice a day.
Please forgive me as I am doing this project part-time, and all alone. Besides trying to get a new toy out each day, I am working to get all the files out to everyone.
Thanks again for your understanding!
- June 15, 2008 at 10:44 PM
are you still taking suggestions? you should do the sex and the city ladies, seeing as they've been so popular. . . you've got a cool niche with your work
- June 15, 2008 at 11:13 PM
- Joseph Chiang said...
Thanks Zakstar, I am putting that down in my notebook, and will definitely consider them!
- June 15, 2008 at 11:57 PM
- Operator said...
It's Homer! He looks SO great, thanks for creating him!
At first, I thought that his head is maybe a little bit too wide, but this was only at first sight. Hopefully we can download him soon ;)
- June 16, 2008 at 3:07 AM
- Paola said...
Your work is very cute and funny.
I really would like if you could make a toy of Olimpic mascotte of Moscow 1980, the litte russian bear (here is an immage
Thank you very much... and please forgive my bad english
- June 16, 2008 at 3:52 AM
- Slugma88 said...
i love the homer, hey can i sponsor you on my blogs? and sorry if your getting annoyed by this,
but could you please make a megatron?:)
- June 16, 2008 at 7:20 AM
- Joseph Chiang said...
Hi Paolo,
That really is a cute mascot! I will write that down in my notebook for future consideration.
You mean to link this site on your blogs? And yes, there is a good chance I'll make Megatron one of these days.
Have a great week ahead!
- June 16, 2008 at 8:25 AM
- Slugma88 said...
thanks for ansewering. but i mean
to like tell poeple about your
- June 16, 2008 at 11:20 AM
- Nexus9 said...
I want this, please, please, please... post it. I want it on my desk. R2-D2 too
- June 16, 2008 at 3:11 PM
- Joseph Chiang said...
R2-D2 is now available for you to download.
- June 17, 2008 at 8:26 PM
hi joe! i would really love to download this pdf file. i can see all the 'Download the PDF here. " for all the simpsons except for homer simpson! i really would like to make this for my boyfriend! and i just found your site today and i need to make it by today :( is it ok if you can send me in pdf format of homer simpson as soon as you see this?
many thanks!!
- March 10, 2009 at 2:12 AM
hi joe! i've found it! anyway thanks for these! love it!!! great work! :D
- March 10, 2009 at 2:29 AM
- Unknown said...
I have a problem joe, the download link are not visible.
please mail me the download link please.
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While preparing a retirement plan for a couple a while back, I asked how long they planned to live in their current house. The husband said he would like to stay there as long as health allowed, about another 20 years, but his wife declared she wanted to move in three or four years.
Whether, when and where to move to are crucial aspects of retirement. We've all seen people retire to spots they thought were idyllic, only to get there and realize they miss their family or friends or the activities that had surrounded their working lives, or that it's just too expensive for a retirement budget.
Conversely, there's the chance that in retirement you'll find having 25C weather with no rain every day boring, that constant company with only your spouse or partner is stressful, or that you're just a lousy golfer no matter how many times a week you play.
While there are some things in retirement you'll have little control over, such as health, there will be other aspects you can prepare for in advance, by developing common interests with your partner and a plan to finance them.
A number of studies have been done about retirement destinations. EscapeArtist.com concluded that the best place in the world to retire in is Ecuador, mentioning Quito as "a well-preserved colonial city where you can enjoy a gourmet meal in a French restaurant, play golf on courses so free of crowds that you don't have to make tee times, and a climate that's (25 C) all year."
The country went through recovery and reform after a spate of economic, political and natural calamities, and a new beachfront home in the popular resort area of Punta Blanca goes for $40,000. Foreigners are greeted by no income or corporate taxes or foreign-exchange controls, and local residents welcome outsiders.
The website also lists Mexico, Honduras, Canada, Nicaragua, Malta, Panama, Belize, Hungary and Ireland as offering the top 10 retirement areas.
In the United States, AARP magazine examined retirement sites based on income, property and sales tax, weather and recreational opportunities. Its top five places to retire to in the U.S. are Atlanta, Ga.; Portland, Ore.; Chandler, Ariz.; Boston, Mass.; and Milwaukee, Wis.
The magazine's website, www.aarpmagazine.org, also offers a tool called Location Scout, which asks a series of questions about your retirement preferences for climate, housing, work and money, arts, culture and lifestyle, recreation, transportation, health and education. Questions range from how important is having Internet access, to having a hockey team in the area.
Based on my answers, it said my best place to retire in the U.S. would be Worcester, Mass., followed by Boston-Quincy, Mass. Who knew?
Money magazine also ran a story on the best places to retire, and its top pick was Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, which offers skiing, lots of golf and a growing population.
Some U.S. states are actively recruiting retirees, such as New Hampshire, which has a Free State Project trying to get 20,000 people to move there because it has no state income tax and no general sales tax.
Furthermore, you can avoid paying state income taxes on retirement fund withdrawals in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. Meanwhile, New Hampshire and Tennessee charge tax only on dividends and interest income.
Canadian Business magazine also ran a report on top places to retire in, with former California State University professor Warren Bland looking at Canada and the U.S., using criteria including landscape, climate, cost of living, transportation, crime and health care.
His top five places for retirement were Victoria, B.C.; Boulder, Col.; London, Ont.; Portland, Ore.; and San Antonio, Tex. Other Canadian places in the top 20 were Halifax, Stratford, Ont. and Kingston, Ont.
Of course, before asking where to retire to, the question is whether to move at all.
The AARP magazine quotes a U.S. Census Bureau report saying fewer than five per cent of people 55 and older move in any given year, and only 25 per cent of those moved to a new state, with the major reason given as wanting to be closer to family.
In Canada, the department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade says most retirees stay in the country, but many move to smaller regional centres.
However, as Canadians increasingly come from other parts of the world, family and cultural ties are luring people to retire in Lebanon, United Kingdom, France and Germany. It says the other main reasons people retire abroad is for low after-tax living costs and a warm climate, but these people often face cultural isolation.
It's suggested you visit the place you're considering moving to at different times of the year beforehand.
EscapeArtist.com concluded the best places in the world to retire are:
- Ecuador
- Mexico
- Honduras
- Canada
- Nicaragua
- Malta
- Panama
- Belize
- Hungary
- Ireland


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Access to The Champion archive is one of many exclusive member benefits. It's normally restricted to just NACDL members. However, this content, and others like it, is available to everyone in order to educate the public on why criminal justice reform is a necessity.
Rarely has any anniversary of a court decision, let alone one in the criminal justice arena, garnered more attention than last month's 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright. Rarer still has there been such universal agreement that a decision has so palpably failed to achieve its promise. Media coverage, including mainstream print publications, broadcast media and the blogosphere, was replete with anniversary stories that underscored the deplorable state of indigent defense in the United States.1 Two recent movies and a book also underscore how much work remains to ensure that every criminal defendant has access to qualified counsel.2 And on March 15, 2013, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder emphatically noted Gideon's failings and challenged the nation to rise to the unfinished challenge:
Yet despite half a century of progress, even today in 2013, far too many Americans struggle to gain access to the legal assistance they need. And far too many children and adults routinely enter our juvenile and criminal justice systems with little understanding of the rights to which they're entitled, the charges against them, or the potential sentences they may face. In short, America's indigent defense systems exist in a state of crisis. Like many of you, this is something I've seen firsthand. … I frequently witnessed the devastating consequences of inadequate representation.
Today — together — it's time to declare, once again, that this is unacceptable and unworthy of a legal system that stands as an example for all the world.
It's time to reclaim Gideon's petition — and resolve to confront the obstacles facing indigent defense providers. Most of all it's time to speak out — with one voice — to rally our peers and partners at every level of government and the private sector to this important cause.
It was gratifying to hear the attorney general issue this call to arms, and equally gratifying that he singled out NACDL as a leader in working to improve representation for the disadvantaged.3 Readers of this column know that NACDL was among the first national organizations to galvanize efforts to tackle the unfinished business of Gideon.4 As a final chapter in the celebration of Gideon's half-century anniversary, it seems appropriate to provide a report card on NACDL's innovative approach to the event, and to close with some final thoughts on the future of the right to counsel for the accused in this country.
Gideon's Golden Anniversary
NACDL launched a 15-month commemoration of Gideon in January 2012, commencing with the anniversary of the filing of Clarence Gideon's pro se petition with the Supreme Court, and has now established a concrete agenda for reform. Here is a look back at NACDL's Gideon at 50 initiatives:
January 2012 — NACDL partnered with the ABA's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants to convene a focus group of innovators who have employed thoughtful and exemplary ingenuity to alleviate pressure on indigent defense systems. Eighteen innovators from around the country described actual strategies and programs — many of which have been implemented. The following kinds of reforms were identified: reclassification and diversion; the use of performance standards and guidelines to limit caseloads; broader access to training; enhanced inclusion of the private bar in the pursuit of indigent defense reform; and innovative and unique collaborations among unlikely allies, including joint initiatives by prosecutors and the defense bar. The report produced by the focus group, titled National Indigent Defense Reform: The Solution Is Multifaceted, is available at http://www.nacdl.org/reports.
February 2012 — NACDL adopted a resolution that calls for the complete end to any detention or conviction without counsel. Building on numerous reports sponsored by the Foundation for Criminal Justice, including a recent report on misdemeanor courts in Florida (Three-Minute Justice5) that clearly establishes that detention is more likely without counsel, the policy commits the organization to work to pursue public advocacy and litigation to end practices that impede or deny the prompt appointment of counsel.
Additionally, the policy calls for a revolutionary step forward. It establishes as a fundamental goal the expansion of the right to counsel in every situation in which a plea of guilty to any criminal offense may be entered. The exponential growth of life-altering collateral consequences renders obsolete the "jail sentence" trigger for the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. No person should ever be placed in a situation in which he is induced to plead guilty to a criminal charge without the benefit of counsel. This conclusion is a logical extension of the Padilla, Lafler, and Frye decisions — and must be pursued as a matter of court rule, statute, and constitutional law.6
July 2012 — NACDL adopted a policy that commits the criminal defense bar to support evidence-based release determinations and eliminates reliance upon money bail. Specifically, the policy calls for the imposition of the least restrictive pretrial release conditions and reliance upon financial bond only as a last resort. It also calls for the abolition of commercially compensated surety. The policy recognizes that cash bail is a major contributor to mass incarceration and is often used as a form of ransom to coerce guilty pleas. It also results in longer prison sentences on the back end because so many receive enhanced sentences as a consequence of earlier guilty pleas that were taken to secure release from custody.
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July 2012 — The following additional steps were taken by NACDL to celebrate Gideon:
- NACDL published a commemorative edition of The Champion magazine entirely devoted to reflections on the 50th anniversary of Gideon. The magazine highlighted the great victories in the struggle to expand the right to counsel and identified the key challenges that lie ahead.
- The Foundation for Criminal Justice (FCJ) hosted a 50th anniversary Gideon Gala not only to raise funds to support Gideon initiatives, but also to celebrate the decision and the defenders who breathe life into it every day.
- As part of its State Criminal Justice Network Conference, NACDL screened Gideon's Army to infuse reformers with renewed enthusiasm to support indigent defense reform.
August 2012 — The FCJ provided funding for several indigent defense reform initiatives, including support for reform litigation and juvenile defender trainings.
September 2012 — With the support of the FCJ, NACDL conducted a second series of juvenile training programs to help defenders implement the Graham/Miller decisions banning mandatory life without parole for juvenile offenders. The programs, which built upon an earlier series of trainings conducted in 2011, covered legal, strategic, and practical considerations including instruction on cutting-edge research in juvenile development. The five segments covered the legal and practical challenges to secure implementation of the new decisions, and various aspects of juvenile advocacy including techniques to improve communication with juvenile clients, adolescent brain and developmental science, and strategies to improve bail and sentencing advocacy. These free programs have been watched by more than 1,000 viewers and continue to be downloaded regularly from the NACDL website.7
Throughout the Gideon celebration period, the FCJ supported NACDL's Task Force on the Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction. This project focuses on mass imprisonment on the back end. The mission of the task force is to identify the legal barriers that confront the formerly incarcerated. These barriers not only include generalized discrimination and social stigma, but also include a vast network of legal impediments that impede employment, licensing, educational opportunities, voting rights, parental rights, interstate travel, and even volunteer opportunities. The goal of the task force is to identify these barriers as well as laws and procedures that can ameliorate them. The task force has held hearings in Chicago, Miami, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Over 100 witnesses have already testified, including representatives of all three branches of state government, prosecutors, defense attorneys, convicted persons, leaders of faith-based communities, business people, bar association leaders, representatives of NGOs, corrections officials, academic experts, and parole and probation officials. Following one additional hearing slated for New York City in May 2013, the task force will develop a precise and ambitious agenda to tear down the legal barriers that have created an ever-growing permanent underclass in America.
Throughout the period, the FCJ and NACDL supported myriad reform efforts. These efforts included providing direct support for indigent defense reform in New York State (Hurrell-Harring), efforts to secure counsel at the first appearance in Maryland and Colorado, litigation and other reform efforts in Michigan, continuing reform projects in Louisiana, and an effort to secure independence of the indigent defense system in New Mexico.
Inspired by the resuscitation of the proportionality analysis in Graham and Miller, the FCJ has funded a national research project to develop a 50-state survey of proportionality or cruel and unusual provisions in state constitutions and related jurisprudence. The data will be made available in a user-friendly database and will be used to promote litigation reform strategies.
November 2012 — The FCJ and NACDL co-sponsored an academic symposium on Gideon at 50 in conjunction with the Washington and Lee Law Review. The program brought together academic scholars and practitioners to explore the right to counsel in criminal prosecutions now and in the future. NACDL Indigent Defense Counsel John Gross presented a paper at the symposium, NACDL President Steven Benjamin delivered keynote remarks, and I was privileged to moderate a panel on the state of Gideon in misdemeanor courts.
March 2013 — NACDL co-sponsored a forum with The Heritage Foundation entitled Gideon at 50: Fundamental Right, Ongoing Challenge. I was pleased to co-host the event with former Attorney General Edwin Meese III. The panel discussed the importance of ensuring access to qualified counsel, continuing challenges that have impeded the realization of Gideon, and innovative measures to achieve the goal of access to counsel. Speakers included NACDL President Steven Benjamin, former North Carolina Chief Justice Rhoda Billings, and Texas Indigent Defense Commission Chair Jim Bethke.
During this anniversary period, in a salute to the heroic lawyers who are the backbone of indigent defense in this country, The Champion profiled indigent defenders.8 These lawyers and their stories of dedication should serve as an inspiration to all.
March 2013 — Recognizing that reformers will need fresh data to propel reform efforts, NACDL Indigent Defense Counsel John Gross has undertaken a major three-part study of indigent defense in America. Part One was released on March 18, 2013 — the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright. The report, Rationing Justice: The Underfunding of Assigned Counsel Systems — A 50-State Survey of Trial Court Assigned Counsel Rates, provides the first comprehensive compilation of assigned counsel rates in more than a decade.9 It demonstrates the inadequate compensation rates and caps that reflect a betrayal of Gideon's promise.
Gideon's Future
NACDL's members and supporters can take great pride that the association commemorated the anniversary of Gideon with total commitment and resolve to continue the fight for universal access to qualified counsel for all accused persons. But it is a tough challenge. There are many obstacles — some institutional, some attitudinal, and some financial.
Indeed, as I write this column, cuts to federal defender services threaten to endanger the one bright spot in America's indigent defense system. A robust, hybrid system that relies upon a healthy mix of public defenders and private attorneys providing public defense pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act has thus far avoided the staggering caseloads that plague state indigent defense systems. Until now, the federal structure has not been afflicted by the internecine struggle between public and private defenders that so often results from chronic underfunding. But staggering cuts that will result in furloughs and layoffs endanger that harmony and threaten to undermine continuity of counsel that is a core aspect of the right to counsel. And so, even as we struggle to improve state systems, we may now have to fight to preserve adequate support for indigent defense on the federal level.
Defense lawyers, irrespective of whether they are privately retained or providing public defense, fight with tenacity to the best of their ability with all the tools at their disposal. They make no distinction in their level of commitment based upon how they came by a client. When defenders take on a case, they are indifferent to compensation or working conditions. They hold a fellow human's future in their hands and they rise to the challenge, every day, in courtrooms throughout the nation.
And so it must be in the struggle to realize the promise of Gideon. We will do it one case at a time. One issue at time. One reform at time. One innovation at a time. We will bring courage, dedication, and perseverance to the task. That is how we will reform indigent defense. That is how we will combat staggering caseloads and lack of resources. That is how we will end assembly line guilty pleas, "meet and plead" practices, and mass incarceration. Things will change. So now let us focus on Gideon at 51, 52, 53, and beyond.
- See, e.g., Jenna Greene, Gideon's Promise Still Unfulfilled, Nat'l L.J., Mar. 18, 2013; Jonathan Rapping, A Promise Worth Keeping: Restoring Fairness to America's Justice System, Huffington Post, Mar. 18, 2013; Paul Butler, Gideon's Muted Trumpet, N.Y. Times, Mar. 17, 2013; Carrie Johnson, 50 Years After Key Case, Problems Defending the Poor Persist, NPR, Mar. 15, 2013; Andrew Cohen, Eric Holder: A 'State of Crisis' for the Right to Counsel, The Atlantic, Mar. 15, 2013; Rick Hampson, You Have the Right to Counsel. Or Do You? USA Today, Mar. 12, 2013.
- Karen Houppert, Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice (2013); Defending Gideon, a film produced by The Constitution Project and the law firm of Arnold & Porter; Gideon's Army, a documentary to be broadcast on HBO in summer 2013.
- The text of the speech is online at http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/ag/speeches/2013/ag-speech-1303151.html.
- Norman Reimer, After Half a Century, Gideon's Promise Remains Elusive, The Champion, January/February 2012 at 7.
- Three-Minute Justice: Haste and Waste in Florida's Misdemeanor Courts is available online at http://www.nacdl.org/reports.
- Read the resolution at http://www.nacdl.org/resolutions/2012mm1.
- Go to http://www.nacdl.org/webcasts for more information.
- Bonnie Hoffman, Kindel and Williamson Defend the Indigent Accused, The Champion, November 2012 at 61; Bonnie Hoffman, Advocates Fight for the Indigent in Tennessee, The Champion, December 2012 at 49.
- Download the report at http://www.nacdl.org/reports/gideonat50/rationingjustice.


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CHARLOTTESVILLE — Lawyers for a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend are seeking a new venue for the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit against him.
Media outlets report that George Huguely's lawyers filed a motion requesting a change of venue Wednesday in Charlottesville Circuit Court. The motion argues that Huguely can't get a fair trial in Charlottesville.
Another defense motion filed Wednesday says the lawsuit doesn't present enough evidence to support its allegations.
In February, jurors in Charlottesville Circuit Court found the Chevy Chase man guilty of second-degree murder and grand larceny in the May 2010 death of Yeardley Love of suburban Baltimore.
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Press Release: President Yudof Launches Initiatives to Address Policing and Protests
University of California President Mark G. Yudof moved on two fronts today (Tuesday, Nov. 22) to address policing issues in the wake of the pepper spraying of UC Davis students and other incidents involving law enforcement officers and protesters.
Acting in response to a written request from UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, Yudof agreed to conduct a thorough review of the events of Nov. 18 on the Davis campus.
As a first step, Yudof reached out to former Los Angeles police chief William J. Bratton to undertake an independent fact-finding of the pepper spray incident and report back the results to him within 30 days.
Bratton, who also led the New York City police department, now heads the New York-based Kroll consulting company as chairman. He also is a renowned expert in progressive community policing.
"My intent," Yudof said, "is to provide the Chancellor and the entire University of California community with an independent, unvarnished report about what happened at Davis."
Assembly Speaker John A. Perez also had made a request to President Yudof and UC Regents Chair Sherry Lansing for an independent investigation.
Under the plan, Bratton's report also will be presented to an advisory panel that Yudof is forming, again at Katehi's request. The panel will consist of a cross-section of students, faculty, staff and other UC community members.
The advisory panel, whose members will be announced at a later date, will review the report and make recommendations to Chancellor Katehi on steps that should be taken to ensure the safety of peaceful protesters on campus. She will present her implementation plan to President Yudof.
On a second track, Yudof appointed UC General Counsel Charles Robinson and UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr. to lead a system-wide examination of police protocols and policies as they apply to protests at all 10 UC campuses.
This effort will include visits to campuses for discussions with students, faculty and staff, and consultation with an array of experts.
The review is expected to result in recommended best practices for policing protests across the 10 UC campuses.
"With these actions," Yudof said, "we are moving forward to identify what needs to be done to ensure the safety of students and others who engage in non-violent protests on UC campuses. The right to peaceful protest on all of our campuses must be protected."


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Italian stuffed chicken
Nutrition and extra info
- Gluten-free
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal332
- fat18g
- saturates9g
- carbs5g
- sugars4g
- fibre0g
- protein37g
- salt1.17g
- 2 tbsp chopped olives or sundried tomatoes - whatever you've got
Widely grown all over the Mediterranean, where they've been cultivated since biblical times…
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- ½ tsp dried mixed herbs
- 200g tub full-fat soft cheese
- 4 plump boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 4 ripe tomatoes, sliced
A member of the nightshade family (along with aubergines, peppers and chillies), tomatoes are in…
- olive oil, for drizzling
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Beat the olives or sundried tomatoes, garlic and almost all the herbs into the cheese, then season. Cut a slit along the side of each chicken breast, then use your knife to open it out into a pocket.
Stuff each breast with a quarter of the cheese mix, then press to close. Lift onto a greased baking tray. Season the top of the chicken, then overlap tomato slices over the top of each piece of chicken. Season, then scatter with the remaining herbs. Drizzle with olive oil.
Roast for 20 mins until the chicken is golden around the edges and the tomatoes look a little shrivelled. Serve with a green salad and crusty bread to mop up the juices.
Recipe Tip
TipTo vary this recipe, you can swap the soft cheese for a soft garlic and herb cheese.


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The Western notion of justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, equity or fairness.
There is no way to equally judge another human being or bring back what the violation has caused equally. The attempt will lead to mistakes and cruelty. More insidious is the notion someone can bring justice. I bring this up because the smart men and women I know (asked 40) all agreed this is why they still believe in the religion they believe in. Some cited fear of death as number 2 but all said they believe there has to be justice from higher power ultimatey. And that this is the only solace they have in this world. They believe someone who took so much life, like a Dahmer, would have to be judged by something eternal. I said someone in war may take 100's of lives but this is judged justice because they did it under orders or for a "just" cause.
Justice does seem to be hard wired instinctual.Most social mammals show different degrees of abhorrents to inequality.Especially primates.
But essentially isn't the pursuit of real justice not possible? Calling it necessary means this will make those who deem the power to wield it, to better humanity, unjust from the beginning? Isn't justice another way of claiming superiority? Doesn't a despot in the world use it to claim there power? If we agree justice is not a noble pursuit and clearly impossible (like following the word of god), what laws or punishments should be changed or updated? How would you feel if a mass murder or child molester was treated with a kind hand, rather than the visceral feeling of gutting them like a pig and dancing in the entrails as they slowing die. I am the first to admit this sounds more like justice at a primal level. But should we be smarter than that?
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I don't think justice in itself is hardwired, the thirst for revenge is.
Punitive justice is, as K0rsan says, thirst for revenge. At its simplest level, it is the assertion that two wrongs somehow cancel each other out to make a right. I punch you, so you punch me and everything is now resolved.
Restorative justice is more along the lines of making restitution, so the repayment of stolen money is the simplest example, whether that is contributed materially or by restorative labour.
Religion can only deal with punitive justice if it is to be in the "afterlife" as it is too late to apply restorative justice if the perpetrator is already dead (or floating around in the afterlife area).
Restorative justice is not always achievable, simple example being murder.
Justice itself is based on the assertion that life should be fair. Is life naturally fair? No. So we seek with justice to create an artificial situation of fairness, that probably isn't tenable as it is not actually feasible to create an objective definition of fairness itself.
Empathy normally develops at an early age. When kittens or kids play, they learn with immediate feedback when something they did caused pain, or when they can get away with things with certain other beings.
Play and other spontaneous behavior is not so linked to inter-personal encouragement or discouragement, now that we enculturate in a less group-managed environment (e.g. band or tribe), with tight relationships to one another. Bad behavior has less consequences at an immediate, social level in larger societies, and therefore more cognitively-based codes of behavior (e.g. "I should or shouldn't be doing this...") have to intervene, especially for humans who have typically been successfully resistant to social interaction, or psychopathic to a degree. This kind of social isolation and independence couldn't happen back in our band/tribal days, where often everything one did or didn't do had immediate recognition and (sometimes mortal) consequences from a range of social associates, from peers, to elders, and especially one's family who had even more, tribe-tied responsibility or shame to get their kin to conform.
We just assume that all our philosophies, religions, justice systems, social behaviors and so on are what humans "naturally" excel at, and that's what makes us different from other animals. When enculturated with customs over thousands of years, such cognitive, social consciousness takes the place of the more spontaneous, immediate social feedback we originally evolved with. We're now forced to deal with social interactions and consequences at a more abstract but formal level, in words, and now written down on paper in books... which also hardly existed only a few thousand years ago. Interactions and consequences have to be conducted now at less perfect institutional levels rather than at face-to-face levels, and these can become a huge burden at times, for several parties.
Damn, outta time to finish thoughts, but these ideas might sound too abstract or irrelevant, anyway? My main point would be that artificially constructed codes of behavior and consequences that "modern" society requires do not come perfectly and naturally, at isolated, institutional levels. Whenever justice is necessary to maintain order and security (how many people actually advocate for total anarchy?), we're constantly fighting against artificial processes, impersonalization, and errors in the system.
(I'm re-editing this a lot more than expected. Are you guys getting multiple copies of this writing, as I edit?)
I would at least like to add, however, that I think that the above also explains to a large extent the success of religion. Now that we've culturally evolved enough to learn the potential harm in various forms of "group-think", religions are outmoded. But back when we needed culture to appreciate cognitively expressed codes of behavior, god and church served an efficient way to add social controls, for better or worse, but possibly for the better, back in pre-scientific times.
I think this is a good explanation of cognitive understanding per social norms what justice is about and I appreciate that but what is it really good for? like kOrson are we really more hardwired for revenge or as strega puts it punitive justice or is there a different more natural response to justice that may be a path to least resistance? Are we really doomed to needing it written out to litigate something like murder?
Left without religious dogma and a higher power for ultimate judgement would stega's point of restorative justice be an easier path? I do not believe kOrsons point that revenge is more natural either because both puntive and restorative are more about power than justice. I honestly think Pope your on the right path. It isn't anarchy its trust and love. Please don't raise up the hippy flag on me this is really calling things what they are, people are ill. if they carry out acts that harm other people mentally or physically they are ill. If I am not trying to make you as successful as I am, or at least ignoring your life, I have a bad pattern of thinking. Not that I need medication, because we all have the thoughts of murdering someone who hurts us, or envy, but to act on that trigger is the same as a manic episode where we have trouble with our impulse control. when I think of my kids doing bad things I automatically think its my fault and discuss with them why they did such and such. I get a lot of I don't knows and so on but ultimately that is the right answer.I don;t know why at the time now its clear I shouldn't have.
They don't know why and without being told its ok everyone thinks those things, but they feel like they are the only ones so hiding it the temptation becomes too much. Kind of like priests in the catholic church.But if we love everyone like we love our kids maybe we can teach trigger point therapy to rapists and murders. Just the thought makes me sound soft on crime or not understanding of the effects of crime on others.Immediately that sounds like I am letting them get away with murder literally.
Theft is different too me. some can turn into the same problem above but a lot has to do with a living wage. They are just surviving.
Justice is in the mind of the beholder. Everyone has an idiosyncratic concept of what is "just."
Yep totally agree and the point I make very much less worded but more to the point thank you:) What is justice good for? Nothing...
The law was invented to circumvent revenge.
The laws are set up to allow revenge.They institutionalize revenge. And now with private prisons they make people rich from taking out their revenge successfully and in so doing perpetuate the institution.
Thanks Gallup this topic is been my obsession for almost a year now. Yes this is how we think justice should be, yes your are right this is how it isn't in american or really anywhere in the world. I just want to be thorough in my response. These are almost verbatim my position on justice and the point at which I realized this is not justice.
By deterrence, I mean the potential of being caught and punished prevents some crimes from being committed.
If this prevents crime from being committed the law must makes sense. But even when the law makes sense it is disobeyed. That is the part that is illness. No one in their right chemical balance and who are able to feed, clothe, and house themselves and family safely would disobey a law that is in their and everyone's best interest.
By punishment, I mean perpetrators of some crimes suffer some form of loss or unpleasantness (such as paying a fine or being incarcerated) as a result of committing the crimes.
This is where revenge is institutionalized. Civil courts are going to need to settle disputes recourse must already be available at a civil level to go forward. Whether the criminal is proven innocent or guilty. This is already the case in some instances but it always the well off who use it, which is not fairly distributed because you are given a court appointed attorney to sue someone. Yes fair access no matter what income level is mandatory for fair laws to exist.
By recompense, I mean some amends are made to the crime victim, preferably at the expense of the perpetrator of the crime.
You can't sue someone who is not in their right mind. this is punitive and therefore revenge. This is not justice.
By separation, I mean dangerous criminals are kept away from society to prevent them from committing more crimes.
Criminals are mentally ill. Recidivation rates on all crimes attest to this. If the law is understandable and created with the same access to question it's fairness then it is not in the persons right mind that they committed the act and they need treatment.
More crime does not mean more mentally ill it could be the laws are not fair or even understood. We do have to treat people like adults and explain the laws to them from time to time. No one in their right mind would disobey a fair and understood law.
Thanks for finding this interesting, There are more layers to this topic than my mind can handle. If just is what you say it is then its is not worth pursuing at all because it unfairly places the burden on those least to understand it or able to follow when its laws. You can give me any crime by anyone and using a scientific method you can deduce the moral reality and come to determine whether they are guilty or innocent and then if guilty why. but the question isn't just are the ill as I make it sound, its whther how old they are, their background, the situation at hand, then the motive, finally the laws fairness itself. The rest is even longer, about questioning the law itself. is the hypothesis we all need to either prove or debunk.
I worked briefly as a correctional officer in a state prison.
It was a terrible experience. It is dehumanizing for the inmates and the guards.
I dont know if justice was being served but I can say with 100% certainty I am glad some of those people were locked up. Although personally I would prefer death to counting down the days of my wasted life.
Part of our training was learning the history of the prison system, which began as a way for the south to reclaim freed slaves.
I think that sums it all up. At least for me.
But I do not have a better answer to this dilemma.
It's natural to want to make sense of things. It doesn't seem sensible that people should do wrong and receive the same treatment as someone who does right. It goes to an instantly understood primitive concept: deserts, as in "just deserts." Giving people what they deserve.
Trying to make things right is natural. Calling giving people what they deserve "revenge" is to apply a non-neutral term to something which is actually necessary. It's necessary not to stand around doing nothing when some sort of crime has been done. Various ways exist to describe everything.
For example, the word "porn" is a negative way to describe erotica. Likewise, "revenge" can be a negative way to describe an act of justice.
Call it revenge or call it justice, but don't criticize it unless you have a credible alternative.
Thats what I am discussing here. Would you hit someone with down syndrome in the mouth because they hit you first? And if you did would you think they got what they deserved? No one gets there just deserts. The pursuit of trying to give people what they "deserve" is exactly what religion teaches. And hasn't worked and won't work and now we know better and still do nothing to change that circle of violence. If you need a replacement for revenge, its treatment. This is the same for any vice like greed for giving or apathy for love. The good stuff is always a more powerful addiction.


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What is LNG?
LNG is liquefied natural gas (methane) that has been cooled to an extremely cold temperature (-260° F/ -162.2° C). At standard atmospheric conditions, methane is a vapor, not to be confused with gasoline, which is a liquid.
How is LNG shipped?
Specially designed ships are used to transport LNG to U.S. terminals. They have double hulls and are constructed of specialized materials that are capable of safely storing LNG at temperatures of -260° F/ -162.2° C.
Where do ships unload LNG?
Ships unload LNG at specially designed terminals where the LNG is pumped from the ship to insulated storage tanks at the terminal. LNG is also converted back to gas at the terminal, which is connected to natural gas pipelines that transport the gas to where it is needed. Specially designed trucks may also be used to deliver LNG to other storage facilities in different locations.
How is LNG stored?
LNG is stored in double-walled, insulated tanks that are designed to prevent any gas from escaping. There is also a dike or impounding wall around the tank that is capable of containing the entire volume of the tank, in the unlikely event of a spill. This would prevent any LNG from flowing off the site.
Is LNG explosive?
In its liquid state, LNG is not explosive. When LNG is heated and becomes a gas, the gas is not explosive if it is unconfined. Natural gas is only flammable within a narrow range of concentrations in the air (5% to 15%). Less air does not contain enough oxygen to sustain a flame, while more air dilutes the gas too much for it to ignite.
How is public safety addressed?
In the event of a spill, LNG vapors will disperse with the prevailing wind. Cold LNG vapor will appear as a white cloud. To keep the public safe, flammable vapor (gas) dispersion exclusion zones are established for LNG facilities.
If LNG is spilled in the presence of a flame, a very localized fire will result. Since this fire would burn with intense heat, thermal exclusion zones are also established. Flammable vapor and thermal exclusion zones are determined to keep the public at a safe distance from LNG facilities.
How are LNG tankers and facilities being kept secure?
Security measures for land-based LNG facilities and onshore portions of marine terminals, are required by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations. Examples of these requirements include security patrols, protective enclosures, lighting, monitoring equipment, and alternative power sources.
Interstate natural gas companies receive security updates and alerts on a regular basis from federal agencies, including the FBI. A Security Task Force has also been formed. FERC has also removed Critical Energy Infrastructure Information pertaining to LNG storage facilities from its website.


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surreptitious57 wrote:One does not have to believe any thing scientists say for two reasons. Firstly belief is an article of faith and has zero place in science
Secondly all scientific experiments can be replicated or explained. So it is not necessary to have to just accept the word of scientists
Regarding faster than light travel : objects of mass cannot travel faster than light because time would stop and start going backwards. Which would
violate the law of cause and effect so it is not physically possible. For even photons cannot travel faster than light and they do not experience time
But your text here just indicates that you seem to "believe any thing scientists say". I mean: You are told by scientists (namely by the current mainstream physicists), and obviously believe in their saying, that "time would stop amd start backwards", if "objects of mass" travelled "faster than light".


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