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ICOP Sponsors Fox's America's Most Wanted "Night of a Thousand Captures" in New York City
Today, ICOP, an industry-leading company engaged in advancing digital surveillance solutions, announced its sponsorship of FOX's America's Most Wanted "Night of a Thousand Captures." As part of National Police Week and in recognition of the powerful way that private citizens and law enforcement officers can work together through the use of mobile technology, ICOP, Sprint and Panasonic are hosting the event to celebrate America's Most Wanted and its host John Walsh for the successful capture of 1,000 fugitives from justice.
Dave Owen, CEO and Chairman
Laura Owen, President and COO
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 6:00 PM ET – 8:00 PM ET
Arena NYC
135 West 41st Street
New York City
ICOP Digital, a Sprint partner, is proud to sponsor this historic milestone for America's Most Wanted. ICOP Digital is one of the nation's leading providers of advanced surveillance solutions for law enforcement, which includes its innovative ICOP LIVE™ audio and video streaming solution. ICOP LIVE relays critical real-time information concerning a site or event to first responders before they reach the scene. The solution enables audio and video to live stream to and from a first responder vehicle – over the Sprint Mobile® Broadband Network, optimized by EV-DO Revision A, the nation's largest wireless high speed network - reaching more than 206 million people across the country. Law enforcement can live stream audio and video from the ICOP Model 20/20-W in their vehicles to police headquarters (to multiple web-enabled Windows® devices, such as smart phones, PDAs, laptops, desktops, etc.). The video can live stream to multiple viewers simultaneously, all using secure protocols. High quality images are recorded and stored on a local server for use as unimpeachable evidence in court.
To view the news announcement in its entirety, please click on the link provided below. In the event you have questions or desire to interview management, please contact John Morrison or Tiffany Korkis, Directors, Elite Media Group, at 407-585-1080 or via email at email@example.com.
About ICOP Digital, Inc.
ICOP Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICOP) operates on the core principle that 'without local security, there is no national security.' It endeavors to protect people, assets and profits for communities with innovative, mission-critical security, surveillance and communication solutions. The Company engineers, manufactures and markets mobile and stationary surveillance products for use in the public and private sectors, and facilitates the delivery of live video to first responders. (GSA Contractor)
The ICOP Model 20/20®-W, ICOP's flagship, award-winning product, is the leading digital in-car video recorder system for law enforcement. ICOP LIVE™ delivers live streaming video to and from first responder vehicles and headquarters, empowering first responders with enhanced real-time situational awareness and actionable intelligence, optimizing the outcome of a crisis. ICOP LIVE delivers live video wirelessly to first responders over any wireless network and to multiple internet enabled Windows® devices simultaneously. The ICOP Model 4000™, ICOP's newest advanced surveillance solution, is the next generation transit/rail DVR system. The ICOP Model 4000 uses less power than traditional DVR's, which means less heat and translates into a more reliable unit with less downtime. In addition, the ICOP Model 4000 boasts many advanced and innovative features and capabilities, such as wireless file uploading and wireless video streaming, among many others.
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - On Sunday morning, we sprang forward into daylight-saving time. Thanks to G.W., we are enjoying longer days, and along with longer days, rapid snowmelt begins. Downvalley and on southern exposures, green grasses are emerging in areas, trees are getting ready to show their leaves, golf courses are opening and bike paths are clearing, all of which revitalizes our spring spirit.
Winter has pretty much been as forecast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It missed the January cold snap and has predicted a dry March and April. Despite this, March has roared in like a lion with a couple of good accumulations. According to a map put out by Colorado meteorologists on Feb. 25, the Colorado River drainage needed 140 inches of snow before May to reach normal. We have cut into that a bit.
Nonetheless, we must be prepared for Colorado's very unpredictable spring weather. Daytime temperatures can be in the 40s and 50s, and nighttime lows drop below freezing, and then after or during a storm, we might be just under freezing during the ski day. We'll get a couple of very warm days, and then "wham," winter is back. March and April are normally (old normal) our biggest snow-producing months on average. We get a midwinter snowstorm one day, and then springtime temperatures are back the next few days. This really raises havoc with the snowpack and presents you with more than just the challenging snow conditions. You must adapt.
Dressing for the unpredictable weather creates another set of challenges. Layering with moisture wicking under clothes is best if you have different-thickness base layers, which is probably the only adjustment necessary from day to day. Add a fleece vest as an option and a breathable waterproof outer layer, and you are set. The outer layer must be able to resist wind and the wet spring snow. Pack two pairs of gloves, one heavy and a pair of lighter spring style. Keep the heavier pair handy. Add helmet and goggles, and you are ready for the changing springtime weather. Each night, be sure to dry your wet boots and gloves. With wetter snow and higher temperatures, your boot liners will get wet. Pull your liners more often, and invest in a travel boot dryer.
One of the most serious concerns of spring is the sun. Protect your skin with a superior, waterproof and sweat-resistant sunscreen for your face and lips. Your sunscreen should provide both UVA and UVB protection with an SPF of 30 or more. These days, sunscreens are made as high as 70 SPF. Sunscreens with atomized zinc or titanium dioxide work the best, and you won't have a white face. Don't forget your ears, and men, don't forget the thin spots on top of your head. The spring sun is higher in the sky, producing more reflected light, so put sunscreen on more than once a day. Even on a cloudy day, 80 percent of the sun's ultraviolet rays pass through the clouds. When applying, coat the skin liberally. Don't ruin your vacation by getting fried. Make sunproofing part of your regular daily routine year-round.
Spring sun generates a need for better eye protection on bright, sunny days. With the sun higher in the sky, there is more reflected light, which means goggles with dark or transition lenses or wrap-around sunglasses are recommended.
Another serious concern that increases as spring sets in is dehydration. Staying hydrated plays a paramount role in your personal safety. Experts recommend that travelers and locals alike drink one-half their body weight daily while limiting caffeine and alcohol consumption to reduce the risk of dehydration. Drinking alcohol can slow breathing, making it even harder for the lungs to get enough oxygen. Drink copious amounts of water. Drinking a six-pack of beer is not a substitute for good ol' H2O.
One of the most beneficial and lasting gifts you can share with your family is to get them involved in sliding on snow. March is the beginning of spring breaks, and there is an increase of children and adults making their way to the slopes. Families are engaging in a healthy activity that can help them build confidence, develop coordination, appreciate the outdoor environment and experience sheer joy. Thanks to recent improvements in equipment combined with the important benefits of instruction, learning to ride has never been easier - or more fun! Do not ruin these moments to remember by not being safe and having one of the high-altitude dangers ruin a vacation. Shop small. See you next run.
Don Jewkes is a 36-year certified PSIA-RM Level 3 teaching professional and local resident. Support your local independent retailers and restaurants.

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This idea for crafty fun is brought to you by Melissa & Doug, written by our Blog Ambassador Valerie Deneen.
Enjoy crafting with your kids!
Do your kids enjoy creating their own fashions? Are they always seeking out the latest trends? Do they have their own unique sense of style? Then this crafty activity is for you! Inspiration boards are commonly used among professional designers as a way to brainstorm their newest styles before any sewing takes place. Want to make an inspiration board of your own? (Of course, you do!)
First, you will need some fashion sketches. We love our Fashion Designer Kit from Melissa & Doug because it makes this so easy. The kit comes with 9 different rubbing plates that can be mixed and matched to make a large variety of different looks!
Once the rubbing has been made, remove it from the frame.
Next, it's time to mix and match fabric swatches to create your own unique style! Once you've chosen a fabric, try coloring in your designs with colored pencils or markers to see how they might look.
Lastly, attach your colored drawings to a poster board and include all of the fabric swatches that will be used in the design. You can attach them using a little masking tape.
Add other designs to create your own seasonal line of clothing. You'll be organizing your first fashion show in no time!
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Tommy Olivencia
1938 - 2006
by John Child (
John Child offers this discographic profile of Tommy Olivencia, in tribute to the renowned Puerto Rican bandleader who passed away on September 22, 2006. This is followed by a selected discography.
Tommy Olivencia
(b. Ángel Tomás "Tommy" Olivencia Pagán, 15 May 1938, Villa Palmeras, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico; d. 22 September 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico)
For nearly half a century, Olivencia's band acted as an incubator for various notable salsa singers, including Chamaco Ramírez, Paquito Guzmán, Lalo Rodríguez, Marvin Santiago, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Frankie Ruiz and Héctor Tricoche. Olivencia began as a singer, but preferred the role of trumpeter and musical director. After recording with a frontline of three trumpets and two saxes (alto and tenor) in the mid-'60s, he opted for trumpets and trombones in the mid-'70s, and used a combination of three or four trumpets and two trombones on most of his albums after 1978.
Tommy released his early recordings on his own Tioly label. He signed with Pedro Pai and Jorge Valdés' Inca Records label in the mid-'60s and remained with them until 1978. He switched to TH (Top Hits) Records (which became TH-Rodven in 1987, then dropped TH in 1993) and released eight albums on the label between 1978 and 1988. In 1990 Olivencia's band was one of a number of popular Puerto Rican salsa acts lured to the major record company Capitol / EMI Latin. He debuted with them the following year, but only made one album for the company. After a seven year hiatus he made one more album for Rodven in 1998 before celebrating his 40th anniversary with a live 2-CD set in 2001 on AJ Records.
He organised his own group, Tommy Olivencia y su Combo, with singer Luis Lebrón in 1957. The following year (though some accounts say 1960), he created his first band with Lebrón and Rafaelito Sánchez as vocalists. Around this time Olivencia recruited the revered sonero Chamaco Ramírez (1941-1983) and later replaced Lebrón with ex-Joe Quijano band member Paquito Guzmán. Chamaco did two stints with Tommy (1957-1971 and 1974-1976), his last recording with the band being 1975's
Planté Bandera
(Inca). Heavy drug addiction destroyed his health and Chamaco died shortly after releasing the 1979 solo set
Alive and Kicking
(Inca), which contained material that its producer and arranger Javier Vázquez had originally prepared for Ismael Rivera to record.
Apart from Olivencia's 1975 and 1976 releases, Guzmán was co-lead singer on 12 of the bandleader's albums between 1962 and 1979. During the same period, Guzmán issued several solo LPs on Inca Records, including
Paquito Guzmán
Escucha Mi Canción
Mintiendo Se Gana Mas
(1977) and the compilation
in 1980. He signed as a solo performer with TH Records and after releasing
El Caballero de la Salsa
(1983) and
Paquito Guzmán Con Trio
(1985), Paquito became one of the earliest artists to record in the salsa romántica style on his major 1986 hit
Las Mejores Baladas En Salsa
. So-called sexy salsa boosted the ageing singer's career and he continued in the same vein with
Tu Amante Romántico
(1987) and
Aquí Conmigo
(1989). In 1990 Guzmán defected to Capitol / EMI Latin for more of the same on
El Mismo Romántico
. Additionally, Guzmán recorded with the Puerto Rico All Stars in the '70s and has sessioned extensively as a coro singer. He returned to Tommy's band for recording dates in 1998 and 2001.
Olivencia made his first recordings in 1960 for the USA Records label with singers Luis Lebrón and Rafaelito Sánchez. The material was included in the album
Lo Mejor De Quito Vélez, Los Montemar Y Tommy Olivencia
. His first full album,
, was released in 1962 on his own Tioly imprint with Chamaco Ramírez and Paquito Guzmán singing lead vocals. He made one more outing on Tioly Records in the mid-'60s with
Jala Jala Y Guaguancó
before signing with Inca Records. His 1965 debut for Inca,
La Nueva Sensación Musical De Puerto Rico
, remade a number of the songs featured on
, including Chamaco's hit composition "Trucutú." The title track of his Inca follow-up
Fire-Fire / Fuego Fuego
was a cover of the jumpy calypso "Fire, Fire," a major hit for its composer Calypso Rose (McCartha Sandy Lewis) at 1967 Trinidad Carnival. The album also included the hit "Verdad Amarga."
Singing coro on
was Sammy "El Rolo" González, who had recorded with El Combo Moderno. González replaced Chamaco Ramírez on 1968's
A Todo Máquina
and continued to partner Paquito Guzmán until 1972's
, which was produced in New York by Ray Barretto. Chamaco returned on the next album,
Juntos De Nuevo
(1974), also produced by Barretto and featuring trumpeter Elías Lopés in the three trumpet / three trombone frontline.
Juntos De Nuevo
was the last album by Olivencia's first trombonist, Reinaldo Jorge. He relocated to New York, where he worked with Los Kimbos, Fania All Stars, Libre, Frankie Morales, Rubén Blades' Son del Solar and many others. In 1981 Jorge made his debut as a bandleader on
No Sufro
on Barbaro. Another notable early band member who appeared on a number of Tommy's albums over the years was master timbalero Ender Dueño. Young trumpeter / arranger Luis "Perico" Ortiz produced, performed on, and contributed some first-rate arrangements to Tommy's albums between 1975 and 1979.
Chamaco Ramírez sang a new version of "Trucutú" arranged by Perico on
Plante Bandera
(1975), his swan song with the band. In 1976, 18-year-old singer / composer Lalo Rodríguez, who catapulted to fame on Eddie Palmieri's Grammy winning
Sun Of Latin Music
(1974, Coco), joined Simón Pérez as co-lead vocalist on
Introducing Lalo Rodríguez & Simón Pérez
. The same year, Tommy won awards for the best band in Puerto Rico and best foreign band in Panamá. Rodríguez departed, but Pérez stayed on for three more albums with the band. The title track of 1977's
El Negro Chombo
was based on the song of the same name by Colombian bandleader Fruko (Julio Ernesto Estrada), originally sung by Joe Arroyo. In 1978 Olivencia won a Puerto Rican music industry Diplo award. Cuban Bernardo Hevia, editor of the salsa magazine
, which he founded in 1958, created the awards.
Tommy hired Marvin Santiago (1947-2004) to sing with his orchestra in 1978, but there were difficulties at the time about releasing the sonero's recordings with the band. Three numbers Santiago made with Olivencia, "Que Dichoso Es," "La Pela" and "Del Montón," later appeared on the compilation
15 Exitos De Marvin Santiago
'84 on TH Records ("La Pela" was also collected on
Marvin Santiago
Oro Salsero: 20 Exitos
'94 on Rodven / Universal). The same songs feature on
Sweat Trumpet Hot "Salsa"
, Olivencia's 1978 debut on TH, with Simón Pérez singing "La Pela" and "Del Montón" and Paquito Guzmán performing "Que Dichoso Es." Pérez was replaced in 1979 by Gilberto Santa Rosa on the band's TH follow-up,
Tommy Olivencia & His Orchestra
, on which he provided lead vocals to the album's biggest hit "Como Sube La Gasolina." Santa Rosa subsequently departed to join Willie Rosario's band.
Tommy recruited two new young lead singers for 1981's
Un Triángulo De Triunfo!
: Frankie Ruiz (1958-1998) and Carlos Alexis. Ruiz hailed from Paterson, New Jersey, and formerly sang lead vocals with the Puerto Rican band La Solución. Ruiz's monster hit "Lo Dudo" ("I Doubt It"), arranged by guitarist / arranger Máximo Torres, from
Celebrando Otro Aniversario
(1984, TH), his third and last album with Olivencia, was a salsafied version of a ballad by the Mexican star José José, and is now regarded as a milestone in the development of the salsa romántica style. Having garnered Diplo awards for "Best Salsa Vocalist" in 1984 and 1985, Ruiz departed to pursue a successful but ultimately tragic solo career.
Celebrando Otro Aniversario
went gold and also marked the debut of Héctor Tricoche as a replacement for Alexis; Tricoche had sung previously with Mikey Cora's Orquesta Cabala and La Terrifica.
Three of Olivencia's hits performed by Ruiz: "Primero Fui Yo" (from
Un Triángulo De Triunfo!
), "Como Lo Hacen" (from
Tommy Olivencia
'83) and "Te Estoy Estudiando" (from
Celebrando Otro Aniversario
), were written by veteran former heart-throb singer / composer Raúl Marrero and arranged by Máximo Torres. Marrero recorded his own interpretation of the first two compositions as part of a medley on his 1988 release
El Señor de la Salsa
on TH-Rodven. In the latter part of the '80s, Torres became the director and arranger of the Salsa Selection band, which accompanied his son, singer Max Torres, on the bestsellers
Sensualmente Tropical
(1988, Globo) and
(1989, Capitol / EMI Latin). These were followed by the less successful Max Torres releases
Peligroso Amor
(1990) and
From Puerto Rico
(1991), both on Capitol / EMI Latin.
In 1984 Olivencia handled the production, and his band provided the accompaniment for, the veteran Colombian singer Nelson Pinedo on
Desde Puerto Rico
(Audiorama Records). Paquito (Junior) Acosta replaced Ruiz on Olivencia's
Ayer, Hoy, Mañana Y Siempre !
in 1985. In 1987 Tommy celebrated three decades as a bandleader with the chart-topping
30 Aniversario
. The album contained the smash hit "Lobo Domesticado," performed by Héctor Tricoche and arranged by Máximo Torres, and an anniversary medley of past hits. Olivencia mixed salsa romántica flavoured songs with his usual searing salsa on
El Jeque
, his 1988 parting shot on TH-Rodven. The highly recommended 2-CD compilation
Oro Salsero: 20 Exitos
(1994, Rodven) spotlights the band's swinging 1978-1988 TH and TH-Rodven period, although the 1981 Willie Rosario track "El Antifaz" creeps in by mistake!
Tricoche left to pursue a solo career with TH-Rodven, beginning in 1990 with the release
Clase Aparte
, which spawned the Máximo Torres arranged hit "Hacer El Amor." That year, Héctor appeared at the second part of the New York Salsa Festival at Madison Square Garden. His 1991 follow-up
contained the hit single "Macho Pérez." Tricoche continued with
A Corazón Abierto
Ese Soy Yo
Aquí Estoy Yo
Nuevo Amanecer
(1997) and
Salsa Por Todas Partes
(1999). He returned in fine form in 2005 with
on DM Productions.
Tommy signed with Capitol / EMI Latin and released
Enamorado Y Que!
in 1991 with lead singers Acosta and Pichy Pérez (the latter on a brief sabbatical from Sonora Ponceña). Acosta resurfaced in 2003 with the terrific solo project
Implorando Tu Perdón
on Envidia.
Olivencia served a prison sentence between June 1991 and January 1996 for drugs trafficking and made a major concert comeback at San Juan's Convention Centre in March 1996. The comeback CD
Vive La Leyenda
(1998, Rodven / PolyGram Latino) was also a reunion with Guzmán, Pérez and Perico. His 40th anniversary as a bandleader was marked by the 2-CD release
40 Aniversario
(2001, AJ Records), a live celebration recorded in August 2000 at the Anfiteatro Tito Puente, San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring former lead singers and special guests. His 66th birthday and the 45th anniversary of his band was celebrated by a concert at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, on May 15th 2004 with Gilberto Santa Rosa, Osvaldo Díaz, Simón Pérez, Marvin Santiago and Lalo Rodríguez.
On September 22nd 2006 Olivencia died from cardiac and renal failure due to complications associated with a drastic drop in his blood sugar level, reported
El Nuevo Día
newspaper. He was diabetic and had been waiting for a kidney transplant.
The band continues to work under the direction of timbalero Tommy Olivencia Jr. and trumpeter, arranger and composer Edgard Nevárez.
Selected albums
Lo Mejor De Quito Vélez, Los Montemar Y Tommy Olivencia
(1960) with singers Luis Lebrón y Rafaelito Sánchez; album includes tracks by Quito Vélez y su Conjunto and the group Los Montemar
(1962) with Chamaco Ramírez and Paquito Guzmán
Jala Jala Y Guaguancó
(c. 1965/6) with Chamaco Ramírez and Paquito Guzmán
La Nueva Sensación Musical De Puerto Rico
(1965) with Chamaco Ramírez and Paquito Guzmán
Fire-Fire / Fuego Fuego
(1967) with Paquito Guzmán and Chamaco Ramírez
A Todo Máquina
(1968) with Paquito Guzmán and Sammy González
Cueros Salsa Y Sentimiento
(1971) with Paquito Guzmán and Sammy González
(1972) with Paquito Guzmán and Sammy González
Juntos De Nuevo
(1974) with Chamaco Ramírez and Paquito Guzmán
Planté Bandera
(1975) with Chamaco Ramírez
Introducing Lalo Rodríguez & Simón Pérez
El Negro Chombo
(1977) with Paquito Guzmán and Simón Pérez
La Primerísima
(1978) with Paquito Guzmán and Simón Pérez
Sweat Trumpet Hot "Salsa"
(1978) with Paquito Guzmán and Simón Pérez
Tommy Olivencia & His Orchestra
(1979) with Paquito Guzmán and Gilberto Santa Rosa
Un Triángulo De Triunfo!
(1981) with Frankie Ruiz and Carlos Alexis
Tommy Olivencia
(1983) with Frankie Ruiz and Carlos Alexis
Celebrando Otro Aniversario
(1984) with Frankie Ruiz and Héctor Tricoche
Desde Puerto Rico
(1984) with Nelson Pinedo
Ayer, Hoy, Mañana Y Siempre !
(1985) with Héctor Tricoche and Paquito Acosta
30 Aniversario
(1987) with Héctor Tricoche and Paquito Acosta
El Jeque
(1988) with Héctor Tricoche and Paquito Acosta
Enamorado Y Qué!
(1991) with Paquito Acosta and Pichy Pérez
Vive La Leyenda
(1998) with Paquito Guzmán, Simón Pérez and Melvin Martínez
Salsa Live Vol. 1 - Frankie Ruiz & Tommy Olivencia
(2000); the Ruiz and Olivencia orchestra's recorded live at La Clave Club, Miami
40 Aniversario
(2001) with Paquito Guzmán, Simón Pérez and Viti Ruiz; invited: Héctor Tricoche, Marvin Santiago, Sammy González and Melvin Martínez
Por Ti - Concierto Homenaje A Frankie Ruiz: En Vivo Desde Tenerife, Islas Canarias
(2004); a various artists tribute concert recorded in September 2003 at the Recinto Ferial de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, featuring Tommy Olivencia, Paquito Guzmán, Lalo Rodríguez and others
Selected compilations
Lo Mejor De / The Best of Tommy Olivencia
Fiesta De Soneros
(1978) compiled by Al Santiago
Oro Salsero: 20 Exitos
just in
La Herencia
New 16 track compilation.
Pa' Lante Otra Vez
Periquito Pin-Pin
Historia De Un Condenado
Sin Compromiso
Verdad Amarga
Lobo Domesticado
Cuero Na' Má
Tus Mejores Horas
Como Sube La Gasolina
Vengo Del Monte
El Negro Chombo
A Mi Pai Changó
La Fiesta De Soneros
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3.1-3 Vicarious Liability under Pinkerton
Revised to December 1, 2007 (modified May 20, 2011)
NOTE: In the following instruction, two offenses are referred to: the "conspiracy offense" and the "substantive offense." As an example, assume that during the course of a robbery an innocent bystander is shot and killed by one of three coparticipants in the commission of the robbery. The defendant, who did not commit the murder, is charged with robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and murder under Pinkerton. The "conspiracy offense" would be robbery, and the "substantive offense" would be murder.
This statute does not define a separate crime, but a separate theory of liability. It should be included in the instruction defining the substantive offense, following the elements of that offense. If the state presents alternative theories of vicarious liability, the jury must be unanimous. See Introduction to Vicarious Liability.
The defendant is charged in count __ with <insert substantive offense>, even though the state is not alleging that the defendant directly participated in the commission of the <insert substantive offense>. The defendant is also charged, in count ___, with conspiracy to commit <insert conspiracy offense>. There is a doctrine in our law, commonly referred to as the Pinkerton doctrine, that provides that once a defendant's participation in a conspiracy is established beyond a reasonable doubt, (he/she) may be held criminally liable for all of the criminal acts of the other coconspirators that are within the scope of and in furtherance of the conspiracy.
For you to find the defendant guilty of <insert substantive offense> under the principle of vicarious liability, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 - Conspiracy
The first element is that the defendant conspired to commit [one of] the following crime[s]: <insert conspiracy offense(s)>. Proof of this element will depend on your deliberations pertaining to count <insert the number of the count(s) charging the defendant with conspiracy>. The defendant cannot be found guilty of <insert substantive offense> unless you find (him/her) also guilty of conspiracy to commit <insert conspiracy offense(s)>.
Element 2 - Crime committed by a
The second element is that a member of the conspiracy, in this case <insert named of alleged coconspirator>, committed <insert substantive offense>. [<Include if appropriate:> <insert named of alleged coconspirator> is not on trial today, and you do not need to render a verdict as to (his/her) guilt or innocence. However, the state has presented evidence, which must convince you beyond a reasonable doubt, that <insert named of alleged coconspirator> and the defendant were members of the conspiracy and that <insert named of alleged coconspirator> committed the <insert substantive offense>, the elements of which I have already explained to you.]
Element 3 - Within scope of and in
furtherance of conspiracy
The third element is that <insert named of alleged coconspirator>, when (he/she) committed the <insert substantive offense>, was acting within the scope of and in furtherance of the conspiracy. The phrase "in furtherance of" imposes the requirement of a relationship between the underlying common design of the conspiracy to commit <insert conspiracy offense(s)> and the <insert substantive offense>. It means that the <insert substantive offense> was committed for the purpose of carrying out or achieving the object of the conspiracy.
Element 4 – Reasonably foreseeable
The fourth element is that it was reasonably within the contemplation of the coconspirators that <insert substantive offense> would be committed. You must find, depending on all the circumstances you find proved by credible evidence, that the crime of <insert substantive offense> was reasonably foreseeable as a necessary or natural consequence of the conspiracy.
In summary, you may find the defendant guilty of <insert substantive offense> on the basis of Pinkerton liability if you unanimously agree that the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant conspired to commit [one of] the following crime[s]: <insert conspiracy offense(s)>, 2) a member of that conspiracy committed <insert substantive offense>, 3) the commission of <insert substantive offense> was within the scope of and in furtherance of the conspiracy, and 4) the commission of <insert substantive offense> was reasonably foreseeable as a necessary or natural consequence of the conspiracy.
If you unanimously find that the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of <insert substantive offense>, then you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other hand, if you unanimously find that the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then find the defendant not guilty.
[<If also submitted under a theory
of accessorial liability:> As I have already instructed you, the state is
also claiming that the defendant is guilty of <insert substantive offense>
as an accessory. Your possible verdicts as regards this count would be not
guilty, guilty as an accessory, guilty as a coconspirator, or guilty as both an
accessory and a coconspirator. You must all unanimously agree which of these
verdicts will be returned.1]
1 See State v. Martinez, 278 Conn. 598, 619-20 (2006).
In Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640, 66 S.Ct. 1180, 90 L.Ed.2d 1489 (1946), the U.S. Supreme Court held that when parties are found to have entered into a conspiracy, each of them may be convicted of substantive crimes committed by any of them as long as the offenses were in furtherance of the conspiracy. This principle of vicarious liability was adopted by the Connecticut Supreme Court in State v. Walton, 227 Conn. 32 (1993). Under Pinkerton, "a conspirator may be held liable for criminal offenses committed by a coconspirator that are within the scope of the conspiracy, are in furtherance of it, and are reasonably foreseeable as a necessary or natural consequence of the conspiracy." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Coltherst, 263 Conn. 478, 491 (2003). There is no requirement that the defendant have the same intent as the coconspirator who actually committed the crime. Id., 493-98.
The court should not allow the jury to consider the Pinkerton theory of liability when "the nexus between the defendant's role in the conspiracy and the alleged conduct of a coconspirator is so attenuated or remote, notwithstanding the fact that the latter's actions were a natural consequence of the unlawful agreement, that it would be unjust to hold the defendant responsible for the criminal conduct of his coconspirator." State v. Diaz, 237 Conn. 518, 530 (1996).
A Pinkerton instruction is improper in a case in which the defendant was charged only with conspiracy and not with the substantive offense committed in furtherance of the conspiracy. State v. Liebowitz, 65 Conn. App. 788, 807-11, cert. denied, 259 Conn. 901 (2001).
Pinkerton and attempt
A person may be charged with attempted crimes under Pinkerton. State v. Diaz, supra, 237 Conn. 533.
Pinkerton and felony murder
Felony murder allows a conviction for murder when a death is caused by the defendant or another during the commission of a number of specified felonies, even though no one intended the death. Under Pinkerton, a defendant may be convicted of murder only if a coconspirator had the intent to cause the victim's death. State v. Diaz, supra, 237 Conn. 531.
Pinkerton and capital felony
A murder conviction pursuant to Pinkerton liability may be the predicate for a capital felony conviction. State v. Coltherst, supra, 263 Conn. 500-502; see also State v. Peeler, 271 Conn. 338, 364-65 (2004).


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|long drive short hike
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007
|Had an uneventful hike up the east ridge after the arduous drive to the east side. Nice weather but too hazy for much in the way of views
|Posted Jul 22, 2007 10:48 pm
|Super Dave
|West Ridge
Date Climbed: May 20, 2007
|This climb was an "instant classic" for me. Very cool peak, a ton of elevation gain, a fun challenging scramble, and a good climbing partner. Sean sums up our day pretty well in his entry below. Here's a write up and some photos.
|Posted May 23, 2007 4:01 pm
|West Ridge
Date Climbed: May 20, 2007
|Great day scrambling with SuperDave. We had to negotiate around loose rock and snowfields to reach the summit which was capped with snow. The day was cloudy with winds that were very strong near Leatherman Pass and we had a brief spritzing of snow. We descended the northeast ridge and down into the West Fork of the Pahsimeroi Valley and then back up over Leatherman Pass from the north. Total net elevation gain was over 7000 feet in about 12 ground miles.
|Posted May 21, 2007 12:45 am
|skunk ape
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|first time in the summer of 99, second, on March 12 2005 for a ski down on lame snow and worse weather.
|Posted Feb 27, 2007 12:03 am
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Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2001
|Beautiful Labor Day trip- not a soul around.
Had some wicked flat tire problems getting back to Mackay.
|Posted May 12, 2006 6:30 pm
|Route Climbed: Southwest Face Date Climbed: July 16,2005
|My first trip up Leatherman very nice hike. I took the Southwest route to the summit. The rock is very fractured, and had a very close call with falling rocks.
|Posted Nov 18, 2005 10:54 am
|pete parrish
|Route Climbed: NNE gulley route Date Climbed: 8/4/2005
|Great route. Great weather. Pete Parrish and Brandon Rich. 7hrs round trip. Please see my trip report.
|Posted Aug 9, 2005 12:30 am
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: September 2004
|Climbed this on a stormy September day. We barely climbed it before we were bombarded with rain and lightning. It is a great climb and very impressive from the West side.
|Posted Apr 30, 2005 8:22 pm
|mr kieran
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: September 2002
|Camped in Sawmill Gulch and climbed the ridge via Leatherman Pass next morning. Wish I had camped on Sawmill Pass...real beautiful spot. The ridge is very steep and very loose. Even solid-looking towers and walls can be easily disassembled. Very challenging scramble. The road up Sawmill Gulch is, of course, atrocious, and I ended up walking most of it.
|Posted Mar 19, 2005 6:21 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: 8/24/2002
|Nice climb here, with awesome stream filled meadows and a gentle ascent to the east ridge. Got snowed on a bit, but the day was near perfect before and after the squall that moved through.
|Posted May 7, 2004 3:28 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: June 8th, 2003
|This was my girlfriend's first snow climb. Camping at the trailhead was great, by the creek, cool at night.
Met two backcountry skiers that were loving the bowl.
The summit was probably covered with 10 feet of snow.
One of the best Idaho offers.
Here is the link for the trip report http://www.addictedtogear.net/leather.html
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Anita F. Helmreich 91 of Boonville passed away Monday June 18, 2012 at Cooper County Memorial Hospital.
Visitation for Anita will be Friday evening June, 22 from 6 to 8pm at Davis Funeral Chapel. Funeral Services will be 10am on Saturday, June 23 at St. John's United Church of Christ in Billingsville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Anita F. Helmreich was born April 4, 1921 in Boonville, MO. the daughter of Ernest F. Spaete and Ameila M. Modrow Spaete. She graduated from Boonville High School in 1939. She married Edward A. Helmreich on May 28, 1945 at St. John's United Church of Christ in Billingsville. Anita worked for Kemper State Bank for 8 years, McGraw Edison for 8 years until Anita and Ed purchased the family grain business. Anita was very involved in the daily operation of Ed Helmreich Fertilizer and Farm Supply until retirement her in 2009. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Billingsville and was active in the Womens Guild. She was also a member of the Business and Professional Womans Club in Boonville. Most of all she loved traveling with her children and grandchildren. Her family was the most important thing to her.
Anita was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ed in 2007, son, Glenn E. Helmreich, and daughter, Nancy K. Wilkerson. She is survived by her son, Warren E. "Mooney" Helmreich and wife Jill of Boonville. Her grandchildren: Dee Ann Riley of Chicago, IL, Shawn Riley of Columbia, MO, Melissa Hundley of Boonville, Amy LeCave of Kansas City, MO, Dawn Delgado of Virginia, Jason Helmreich of Boonville, and Jenna Helmreich of Chicago, IL. Also surviving are her great-grandchildren: Rachel and Cooper Riley of Columbia, MO, Garrett, Kamrynn and Derrick Hundley of Boonville, and Luke Delgado of Virginia.
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Cledith Earl "Clete" Davenport left this earth on Dec. 31, 2012 to join his wife Sue Davenport.
Clete was born in Janesville, Calif. on Feb. 28, 1921 and married Sue on Sept. 21, 1947. They became self employed as a logging truck driver and grocery store owners. After the sale of the grocery store, they moved to Fort Jones and created the Heart D Cattle & Guest Ranch. In 1976, he retired from the ranch and did some part time packing with horses and mules. Clete is survived by six children, 17 grandchildren and a foster brother.
At his request, there will be no services.
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International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) will acquire from Solvay Group Peptisyntha, a contract manufacturer of custom pharmaceutical peptides, for an undisclosed price. The deal expands ICIG's peptide-synthesis capabilities while enabling Solvay, an international chemical group, to exit from life sciences activities.
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DARTMOUTH — Martin Ferris, a former member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), later peace negotiator of the Good Friday Accord and current member of the Irish parliament, is presenting "Uniting Ireland: The Way Forward" at 6 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 13 at UMass Dartmouth.
His free talk, which is open to the public, will be held at the Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room. This will be Ferris's second visit to campus, and first in more than a dozen years.
According to a UMD news release, Ferris was part of the Sinn F�in party's negotiating team that ended the Troubles in Northern Ireland with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Prior to turning to peaceful means, he lived a life committed to the cause of "physical-force" republicanism to reunify Ireland, the release said. During this time, he was imprisoned in the Republic of Ireland for membership in the IRA, and went on a 47-day hunger strike to protest prison conditions.
Since 2002, he has served as a Teachta D�la (TD) — a member of the Irish parliament, or D�il — for Kerry North—West Limerick.
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In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings from heavy shelling in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
BEIRUT (AP) -- New United Nations figures suggest at least 60,000 people have died in Syria's 22-month conflict.
The toll is far higher than the figure of 45,000 given by activists opposed to the regime of President Bashar Assad.
The U.N.'s human rights office in Geneva says experts compared death reports from seven different sources including the government and came up with a list of 59,648 individuals killed between the start of the uprising on March 15, 2011, and Nov. 30, 2012.
In each case, the victim's first and last name, the date and the location of their death were known.
U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said in a statement Wednesday that because the fighting continues "we can assume that more than 60,000 people have been killed by the beginning of 2013."


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Legal Tender
Curated by Maiza Hixson
In her first solo exhibition at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts entitled Legal Tender, Philadelphia-based artist Emily Erb employs the ancient Indian technique of silk painting to reflect a global perspective on the history of American money. Winner of the People's Choice Award for her textile-based, iconoclastic interpretation of Picasso's Guernica (1937) from the DCCA's 2011 MFA Biennial exhibition, Erb's solo exhibition consists of new flag paintings depicting paper currency produced by the U.S. between 1862 and the present.
In 2012, concurrent with the Occupy Movement's protests against Wall Street, Erb began to examine the subject of money through her painting practice. Pulling a dollar out of her pocket and photocopying the front and back at 18 times its original size, the artist then layered silk fabric over the enlarged photocopy and trace-painted the two sides of the giant bill. The result was an enlarged replica that the artist hung like a flag in various public spaces throughout Philadelphia.
In her latest series of oversized silk bills, Erb ironically offers up representations of metaphorically counterfeit money as a luxurious creative medium of exchange in silk paintings installed from flagpoles in the DuPont I Gallery. The term "legal tender" is of Middle English and French origins and means to offer. Conflating American currency with patriotic symbols of national identity, the artist initiates a dialogue on what constitutes our collective value system in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis and recent financial industry collapse.
- Maiza Hixson
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I've done it before, you've done it before, and you've probably seen your friends do it before, too. The situation looks something like this: you're talking to someone new, or someone who you know as an acquaintance, and the topic turns to music. Now, there is an internal alarm that goes off, because you know that what band you mention listening to is going to define the rest of the conversation; one of you will claim musical superiority, the question is, who? The defining game is a musical elitist favorite: the one-up. You have a few options in band selection: 1.) Be honest about what music you like, 2.) Keep quiet about your taste until you find out what they like and then choose a band from that genre, or 3.) Talk about a band that they have probably never heard of. Now, you may really enjoy that new Taylor Swift album, or Nickelback, or something either deemed socially "lame" or only acceptable as an ironic fixation, but you want to impress, so you go with option two or three. There's nothing to be ashamed of, we've all done it before!
This cultural phenomenon seems to be universal for all genres, from rock to hip hop to classical. Now, you may actually like lots of bands that may be obscure, and I'm not saying that's a bad thing at all. I've just noticed that this structure of discussing music contains, as my Peace and Justice Studies professor would put it, a "structural violence" to its ideology. It means that music becomes a platform on which to judge people's character, their interests, their "label". Call me sentimental, but in my opinion that's not what music is about. From the first drumbeat in the Stone Age, music has been used to unite, not to divide. This practice of creating a musical hierarchy is contrary to the heart of the thing.
I'm a DJ for WMFO and I was putting together my playlist for my Friday show, when I came across the new My Chemical Romance album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys in my music library. I will state it here: I like this album. It's energetic, it's crazy, it's got a great narrative to it, but most of all it's fun. It makes me run around air guitaring and dancing and singing. But as much as I like the tracks on it, I hesitated before putting a song or two into my pool of music to make my radio playlist. Why? Because my first thought was that: "If I play that song, people would judge me." That they would think, "Oh, she listens to My Chemical Romance. That's so mainstream/emo/'insert judgment here'." And I would subsequently lose whatever "cred" I may have. It may sound like I'm just being self-conscious and superficial, and maybe even paranoid about people's opinions, but think back to the times you've talked to people about music. What did you omit? What did you say? Why did you do that? Wasn't there some instinctual decision about what would influence people's opinions about you?
Look, in an ideal world, anyone could admit they listen to Justin Bieber and people wouldn't judge. I know that's not very realistic, and I know that I'll end up going through this practice even after writing this article, but also now I'm aware of what I'm doing, and aware of the musical morals it implies. And hopefully, next time I find myself staring down the option to enter a one-up contest of musical elitist proportions, I'll be able to say with a big smile: "I listen to My Chemical Romance and Frightened Rabbit and Taylor Swift and Arcade Fire, and the Velvet Underground and the Beatles. And if you don't like that, I don't care!"
That, my lovely friends and readers, is part of the gospel of Rock and Roll.
People should be allowed to like pop music! I admit, I still judge a little when people ONLY like super-popular music. But, you know, a lot of the time there's a reason the music is popular…maybe it's good music!
To me, a person liking really popular music and really indie music has more music cred than someone who isolates themselves by only listening to "underground" bands.
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Where I stand on the Occupy movement
By Roger Ebert on December 7, 2011 12:07 AM | No Comments
slope.jpgI commissioned this chart to make my position clear. I've avoided the subject until now because, while I instinctively felt I must be in favor of it the Occupiers, I wasn't sure what the movement stood for. I support most populist uprisings on matter of principle, and would perhaps even support the Tea Party were it not demonstrating in favor of the very things that are wrong.
I believe the Occupiers are opposed to the lawless and destructive greed in the financial industry, and the unhealthy spread in this country between the rich and the rest. It is sickening to see how the rich and their pawns oppose desperately-needed Universal Health Care, and sad to see the Tea Party fall in line with their shadow masters to oppose something most of them will someday need.
I have also felt despair at the way financial instruments were created and manipulated to deliberately defraud the ordinary people in this country. At how home buyers were peddled mortgages they couldn't afford, and civilian investors were sold worthless "securities" based on those bad mortgages. Wall Street felt no shame in backing paper that was intended o fail, and selling it to customers who trusted them. This is clear and documented. It is theft and fraud on a staggering scale.
As we head into another election year, the Republicans actually oppose efforts at financial regulation and reform. They are against government measures that would introduce transparency and accountability into the markets. The GOP is owned by Wall Street. My litany could go on forever. Democrats try to punish the wrongdoers, Republicans shelter them, and the House GOP majority stonewalls. But you know that. And if the Occupy Movement stirs up awareness about it, I'm in favor of it.
My hesitation all along has come with uneasiness about the Occupy tactics. The idea of physically occupying public spaces--parks, plazas, malls and so on--is a bad strategy. The notion of pitching tents, running kitchens and maintaining libraries on a quasi-permanent basis would have Saul Alinsky tearing his hair out. If you set out to do something that will obviously not work, you're setting yourself up for inevitable failure. Very few people are mentally or constitutionally able to live in a tent for long, especially with the approach of winter. Young and strong people can. Soldiers do. But the Occupy movement is intended to be populist, and a great many ordinary people have children, families and income requirements that make it inconvenient to camp out.
It was a different matter during the Great Depression, when tent cities named Hoovervilles sprang up on the National Mall and elsewhere. Their inhabitants were actually unemployed and homeless men and women who were forced to such extremes. A few of the Occupiers fit that description. I believe most do not.
The beauty of the Tea Party is that it's a moveable feast. It doesn't require a lasting presence in Manhattan, Portland or Denver. It can gather, demonstrate, and disperse. Reports from Tea Party rallies last year indicated in some cases the very same people were moving themselves or being bused from one demonstration to another. The rallies were a recruiting device. They were fun. Occupying looks more like work that requires a radical change in lifestyle.
The fact is that Occupiers should belong to no political wing. Republicans as well as Democrats should be fed up with the rot in our financial system. It should be apparent to them that the Republican Party is the legislative wing of Wall Street theft. Populists are called socialists, but then "socialism" is always the term aimed at financial reformers. It would be more accurate to call them Law Enforcers, or Fair Shakers. Successful as it has been, the Occupy Movement should be much larger are encompass more different kinds of people. By its radical tactics, it has seemed exclusionary. Everyone should feel invited to join.
Let me give an example of its potential . A few weeks ago I read this in an op-ed column:
"How do politicians who arrive in Washington, D.C. as men and women of modest means leave as millionaires? How do they miraculously accumulate wealth at a rate faster than the rest of us? How do politicians' stock portfolios outperform even the best hedge-fund managers? I answered the question in that speech: Politicians derive power from the authority of their office and their access to our tax dollars, and they use that power to enrich and shield themselves.
"The money-making opportunities for politicians are myriad...accepting sweetheart gifts of IPO stock from companies seeking to influence legislation, practicing insider trading with nonpublic government information, earmarking projects that benefit personal real estate holdings, and even subtly extorting campaign donations through the threat of legislation unfavorable to an industry. The list goes on and on, and it's sickening.
"Astonishingly, none of this is technically illegal, at least not for Congress. Members of Congress exempt themselves from the laws they apply to the rest of us. That includes laws that protect whistleblowers (nothing prevents members of Congress from retaliating against staffers who shine light on corruption) and Freedom of Information Act requests (it's easier to get classified documents from the CIA than from a congressional office).
"The corruption isn't confined to one political party or just a few bad apples. It's an endemic problem encompassing leadership on both sides of the aisle. It's an entire system of public servants feathering their own nests."
End of quote. I agree with every word. The full column appeared on the Wall Street Journal on Nov. 18, 2011, and it was written by Sarah Palin. In a way that doesn't surprise me. I think Palin may instinctively be a populist when she's free of handlers, and although she toed the Republican line in 2008, she's not following it here. Those words would not inspire a standing ovation at a Republican National Convention.
A clear majority of Americans should be in sympathy with the Occupy Movement. That they are not is a tribute to an effective right wing propaganda machine given voice by Fox News, radio talkers like Rush Limbaugh, and financed by the Koch brothers among many others. The machine's audience is to oppose its own self-interest and support the interests of the rich.
"We are the 99 percent," say the Occupiers. Yes, but the ring wing propagandists say the rich are the engine driving the creation of wealth. While it is true that they create a great deal of wealth for themselves, in the current American financial universe they seem to be sucking that wealth from the pockets of the middle class, the working class and the poor.
There was a time in the not very distant American past when it was easier to support a family and buy a home. Now many college graduates find themselves moving back in with their parents. They're living off prosperity that was built up when the economy wasn't stacked against them.
President Obama went to Kansas on Tuesday to make the kind of speech I've been waiting and hoping for. It was billed as sort of a keynote for his campaign. He said, "This country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share and when everyone plays by the same rules." Isn't that true? Does everyone get a fair shot? When the Republicans try to exempt the financial industry from regulation, is that playing by the same rules?
crash wrote: voting and direct action are not mutually exclusive. you can vote for the lesser of two evils while protesting the entire system.
Captiv8 wrote: crash wrote: voting and direct action are not mutually exclusive. you can vote for the lesser of two evils while protesting the entire system.
Agreed. But voting for the lesser of two evils is like opting to kill yourself with a knife over a gun. Democracy shouldn't be reduced to choosing who will fuck things up less.


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Drafting well still top factor in winning
Eric Weddle did not want to hear it.
In a recent press conference, a TV reporter asked the Chargers safety about lowered national-media expectations for the team. Weddle cut him off — "the expectations aren't lower around here, " he said — but the question continued.
There once was preseason talk, heard it every year, about the Chargers being Super Bowl bound. All that talent. So much talent. Maybe, hype's absence can benefit them?
Weddle, a man whose book "No Excuses, No Regrets" gets released next month, still did not want to hear it. His response of ignoring outside chatter and his vows that "we're not rebuilding" and "we want to win" were consistent with an attitude he expects from every square inch of Chargers Park — be damned with what lies off its grounds.
But a truth is rooted in the reporter's topic.
This roster has changed. Thursday's NFL Draft is a reminder how.
Through the draft, the Chargers built arguably the league's richest assembly of talent. And through the draft, as that talent was lost to free agency or injuries, they struggled to find replacements and sustain production.
Over the five drafts between 2005-2009, San Diego selected 35 players. Of them, only four are on the current roster. Of the six first-round draft choices, one is still on the team, and that is 2009's Larry English, an outside linebacker with four career starts and none since 2010.
Weddle, a 2007 second-rounder, is the only impact player still on the team from the five-draft period. Right tackle Jeromey Clary, a 2006 sixth-rounder, is the only other current starter. Reserve quarterback Charlie Whitehurst, a 2006 third-rounder, rounds out the group.
That's it. No players from the 2008 class. No players from the 2005.
Given the Chargers' three-year playoff drought, a focus on this five-year draft period was applied to the 31 other teams with an eye on how unique San Diego's roster composition is and the relationship, if any, that drafting and retaining players has on a team in the standings. It showed that, while it is not a hard-and-fast rule, the teams that retain more of their draft picks win more games.
Tom Telesco said it in January at his first public address as Chargers general manager: He wants to build through the draft and keep his own players.
New coach Mike McCoy has been right on board.
"You always want to keep the guys you draft and re-sign them," McCoy said last week, "so it's not just a developmental for some other team. You want to try to keep your guys whenever you can. With today's salary cap, you've got to make tough decisions at certain times. We're going to do everything we can to draft the right guys and re-sign them and keep them long-term."
No one has drafted and retained better than Atlanta and Green Bay.
Their 36-game win total the past three years is tied for second most in the NFL, and their 13 draft selections still on roster is tied for first. The Packers won the Super Bowl in 2010, and the Falcons lost in January's NFC Championship Game to San Francisco, which located five starters for its Super Bowl team in the 2007 draft.
Thirteen of the Falcons' 43 picks, or an NFL-high 30.3 percent, remain in Atlanta. Ten of 17 choices in the first three rounds are among them, as are four of five first-round draft picks and the first six picks in the 2008 class, including first-rounders quarterback Matt Ryan and left tackle Sam Baker.
Thirteen of 51 Packers picks from 2005-2009, or 25.5 percent, are in Green Bay. That includes four of five first-round choices, like quarterback Aaron Rodgers, outside linebacker Clay Matthews and defensive tackle B.J. Raji, and seven of 14 selections from the top four rounds in 2007-2009.
At 39, New England owns the most regular-season wins over the past three years.
Its draft-day success is typically viewed as a key part of that, but for this five-draft period, the results, while solid, were not spectacular.
Seven of 46 picks are still on the roster, a 15.2 percentage that ranks 16th in the NFL. Zero of nine picks remain from the 2007 class. While the Patriots landed four second-round selections in 2008, none of those four are on the current roster.
Personnel acquisition also involves free agency and trades, and New England has success stories there. But its win total also underscores the importance of having a quality quarterback, like eight-time Pro Bowler Tom Brady.
Compare this to Kansas City.
It statistically had the AFC's best draft success from 2005-2009 while twice drafting in the top-five position. Nine of 43 picks (20.9 percent) are on the roster, including five of six first-rounders. Running back Jamaal Charles, wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, outside linebacker Tamba Hali, inside linebacker Derrick Johnson and punter Dustin Colquitt have been selected to at least one Pro Bowl.
Still, the 2-14 Chiefs had the worst record last season. Their team quarterback rating of 63.8 was the league's second lowest. Kansas City traded for quarterback Alex Smith last month and owns Thursday's No. 1 overall pick.
Elsewhere in the division, Denver has kept five of 36 drafted players (13.9 percent). Quarterback Jay Cutler, outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil and wide receiver Brandon Marshall were part of the 2005 class. Marshall and Cutler were traded, the latter in a deal that led to selecting defensive end Robert Ayers in 2009 and wide receiver Demaryius Thomas in 2010.
The Marshall trade helped the Broncos package a deal for Tim Tebow in 2010, but they'd solve their quarterback dilemma through free agency in 2012, courtesy of Peyton Manning.
Meanwhile, the Raiders simply struggled.
Despite picking seventh or higher in four of five drafts, only two of 37 draft choices are on the roster.
The Chargers' draft-pick retainment of 11.4 percent is tied for 22nd lowest in the NFL. Five teams ranked in the bottom 11 hired a new general manager this offseason. First-round draft choices come at a different quality, but from a quantitative standpoint, San Diego is one of 10 teams with one first-rounder still in their building.
Arizona, Chicago and St. Louis have zero.
It's clear hitting on prospects is easier said than done.
"It is a complete inexact science," Telesco said last week. "We try and prepare do all this work and all these numbers, testing and everything. But in the end, there's just a lot of things you can't grade. That's why it's hard to hit on every single guy, all seven guys or eight guys or nine guys."
In January, Telesco inherited a roster that has improved its draft fortune of late.
Defensive ends Corey Liuget and Kendall Reyes, inside linebacker Donald Butler, wide receiver Vincent Brown, outside linebacker Melvin Ingram, running back Ryan Mathews, nose tackle Cam Thomas and special teams ace Darrell Stuckey are part of a young core, although it's too early to tell what exactly will develop of their careers.
Not long ago, there was preseason talk, heard it every year, about the Chargers being Super Bowl bound.
Players like Weddle didn't need to hear it then, and they don't want to hear it now.
It is more important they be reminded what a successful draft can do for a franchise, and for that, there are seven chances this week.
U-T columnist Kevin Acee contributed to this report.


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Cleanup continues today at Joe Mallisham Parkway exit
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Liquid asphalt spilled during a truck accident Tuesday morning created a mess that won't likely be cleaned until later today.
An 18-wheeler wrecked as the driver was exiting the interstate onto Joe Mallisham Parkway around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The tank was damaged by the ramp's cement barrier. Liquid asphalt poured from the front end of the tank and valves at the top, said Lt. Andy Norris, Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office spokesman.
The Exit 68 entrance and exit ramps were closed for several hours Tuesday. Both lanes of the ramp from the interstate to Joe Mallisham Parkway were opened Tuesday afternoon, while one lane of the ramp from Mallisham to the interstate was open. Crews planned to work through the night and close both of the entrance ramps again after this morning's rush hour to complete the job.
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Liverpool Message Board
What the manager says in public
How can anybody doubt that Rodgers laid into the team after the final whistle?
He supports the team - people sl@g him off. He castigated them - people sl@g him off!!!
Do you think he doesn't know what's needed for this team in the summer? He's mostly sorted the attack out, the summer will be for muscle.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Feb 13, 2013 02:02 Flag
Loki, seems when it comes to BR for some people its "Heads I win, Tails you lose". No matter what he does its wrong! But I got a feeling he'll go ahead and do what he thinks he has to in order to get a reaction from the team. That might be a bit of yelling at some players, it might be a bit of handholding for others, but it will be based on what he thinks is needed, not what the press think he should do, and certainly not what a bunch of whiners on a message board think is the right course of action.
Last night was a huge disappointment. But I'd say the same thing about the Villa match not so long ago, and if we get the same reaction from the lads as we did from that home embarrassment I'd be quite happy. Some are found of the saying one step forward and two backward, but it seems to me to be the other way around, and maybe a couple more steps forward than just two at a time.
We get at a similar reaction from the lads as we did after the Villa match, then while top 4 is gone (as most who had a realistic view thought it was before the season even kicked off) then we'll more than do better than last term. We'll end on a high, and have momentum going into next season, when I still think we'll have a tough challenge to get a top 4 finish, but be in much better shape to go head to head with the 4 or 5 other clubs who are likely to place anywhere between 3rd and 7th, and feel they have a shot at a CL spot.
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Loki / Dave,
Not that I really had to say it, but I am in agreeance here, not only because I personally like and support Rodgers, but he simply cannot win sometimes.. A case of Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't..
This does not mean I agree with everything he's done, or every purchase ( I was so high at one point, now so low on Allen), but sometimes it seems he'd get the same reception if his mouth were taped shut, or if he spoke for an hour.
This loss against WBA, despite me absolutely feeling/seeing it coming, really knocked the stuffing out of me. I've been so positive and excited all year (barring Stoke, Villa), but as I've said in a few other threads, I just can't wrap my hands around this match. We played well, but we didn't, he made good choices, but he didn't.. I know it doesn't make sense, but that's why I can't figure out what happened apart from an absolute onslaught for 80 minutes on Foster's goal..
I will say, it seems alot of folks here after this game, seem to be raising more questions, rather than calling for his head, which doesn't mean much really until we see the finished article this season, but at least style, tactic wise, people seem like they're seeing quality product, lacking "consistency"..
At this point in the season, now 12 games to play, Coutinho, Borini and to some extent Sturridge aside, everyone in the squad knows what's what, and what their job is. There are several terrific leaders out there, Gerrard, Carra, Lucas and even Glen.. so the inconsistency in results bothers me, and makes me step back from being in BR's corner, and just view it as, I feel sorry for the guy..
18 shots to 0, and they get a corner, nobody marks the guy and it's in, game set match... Just like everyone here, at Anfield, watching around the world, I felt sick, and the look of horror on his face all took it out of me.
With Sturridge not available, I think Shelvey was a good choice, especially if Sterling is fatigued or having a dead leg, and when it wasn't working he went positive all the way with Sterling and Borini, and then Coutinho who's been at the club for 5 minutes.. So I felt he threw everything but the kitchen sink out there, and with the team playing ok, but not great, it just seemed destined not to be..
You've got to ask, at that point, regardless who it is, what more can you do? Especially after the performances at Arsenal and especially City. And, I agree, he knows what he needs/wants and will get it in the summer.. this team is not nearly the finished article. Some average pieces needing to go, youth needing to develop and better quality to come in..
It's a jigsaw puzzle right now.. not sure who'd even want to piece it together without having 200M to spend, care free.. Ironic of it all, if we get a result at Zenit, and beat Swans, we're up to 7th in the league and a great position to the next round of a very deep Europa pool.. We shall see, I guess..
"sorted the attack out" ??
Bar the headed goal we conceded followed by the "caught on the break" one which followed, our defense was hardly troubled all night. On the other hand, we make 19 scrappy and insipid attempts on their goal, penalty included, (keeper was good on four of them admittedly) whilst they have 4 attempts and score 2. We lost any impetus the moment we got within thirty yards of their goal and, the woefully wayward Suarez excepted, no-one seemed to know what to do - pass or shoot or dribble..
Our attack is far from sorted! If it was, we should have scored five or more with that ratio! We couldn´t hit a barn door last night let´s be honest!
Without Sturridge last night we looked like we did all last season and for most of this! Based on last night´s performance, next season is going to look much the same given that the competition will probably match us on signings and strengthening in the summer. It´s becoming clear to me we also need a good old fashioned tall, meaty bruiser with the ability to head the ball to complement our central strike force. This is the premiership and it´s against brawling scrapping heavyweight defenders in mid table that we need to take maximum points, not Arsenal and City and their flowing football. A draw against them, especially away from home, is not a problem at this stage in our re-build.
Anybody agree?
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Miguel - I am talking in terms of the players he's bought and the attacking options now at his disposal. I would actually like us to buy another striker, but why do you think Rodgers hasn't bought any defensive players yet? Wait til the summer!
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Feb 12, 2013 14:56 Flag
Well he slags them off as you say.. yet it seems to fall on deaf ears..
As we're still playing shit in the following game.
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Where did I say he slags them off? And have we played two sh!t games in a row as you suggest?


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First look: Nuheara IQbuds smart Bluetooth ear buds do more than just music
In the sometimes-iffy world of crowdfunding, getting your hands on a working prototype well in advance of the end of the campaign is the exception, not the rule. But I recently had an opportunity to see and hear Nuheara's Bluetooth IQbuds, which have garnered more than US$620,000 during their Indiegogo campaign (against an initial goal of just US$50,000). There are no sure things, but if the crowdfunders end up with nothing more than prototypes like I listened to, they should be happy.


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The family of murder suspect Merlin Elmo Bound believe he was in the wrong place with the wrong person and that a former roommate was the killer.
Bound, 34, was arraigned this afternoon on charges of murder, robbery and assault in the death of Frank Ronald Damiano, 62, also known as Tony Della Penna.
Damiano was found dead in his home in the Bear Creek Mobile Home Park on Corral Lane in Ashland at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 10, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department.
Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Tim Barnack ordered Bound to be held without bail. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Oct. 23.
Malinda Bound said her husband fell in with a "terrifying" roommate whom she believes committed the murder. The roommate has since left the area, she said.
"(Bound) didn't do it and we have to get him out of there," she said.
Police have not indicated that a second suspect has been identified in the case.
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WILLIAMSTOWN -The football programs from Magnolia and Williamstown meet on annual basis during the regular season.
Yet, it was sort of a culture shock for Yellowjacket coach Terry Smith to see coach Mark Batton's Blue Eagles occupying a slot in the Class A state football playoff bracket when they were released this past weekend.
For high school athletics, Magnolia made the move from Class AA in time for the 2012-13 school year.
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Williamstown's Trace Hart (22) runs for yardage against Roane County last Friday night.
The Blue Eagles are only two years removed from a 14-0 finish, which resulted in a state football title.
"In past years, you would always think 'Golly, thank you Magnolia for not being in the same class as us,'" Smith said. "We do play them every year, so we are used to seeing them. It will be a little different seeing them in our division."
After losing to Magnolia 24-7 in Week 2 of the regular season, Williamstown (6-4) returns to Alumni Field in New Martinsville for the first round of the state playoffs. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. on Friday between the 15th-ranked Yellowjackets and the second-ranked Blue Eagles (9-1).
Both sides have gone through changes since that warm August night. Williamstown eventually slipped below .500 at 3-4 but recovered just in time to secure its ninth straight playoff appearance under coach Smith by knocking off in succession - Parkersburg Catholic, Ritchie County and Roane County. Roane County and Ritchie County are both Class AA participants.
"We just figured a few weeks ago that we had to win on Friday night to get into the playoffs, and it was like that three or four weeks in a row," Smith said. "We did win, so we're excited and just glad to be here right now.
"With the last two weeks in particular, I don't think there is any formula. I've been asked that question a bunch of times as to what's the difference. I just think the kids were playing hard all along."
In the first meeting with Magnolia, Williamstown fell behind 17-0 by intermission then saw a glimmer of hope when fullback David Hastings took the second play from scrimmage 63 yards for a touchdown.
However, that was about the only mistake committed by Magnolia.
"(Magnolia wide receiver Stephen Rogalski) ran around us and their quarterback (Tanner Hanna) was just super," Smith said. "Do we need a better pass rush; do we need to cover better? Of course we do."
A major reason for Williamstown's recent surge is Hastings, who rushed for 101 yards on just six carries and scored two touchdowns in last week's 41-7 win at Roane County. The junior also made a huge impact on defense after finishing with 18 tackles, including four quarterback sacks.
Also figured to contribute on Friday are running backs Trace Hart (99-795, 6 TDs), Dakota Watson (105-713, 5 TDs) and Brad Meeks (45-338, 1 TD). Combined with last year's state championship appearance, junior quarterback Jake Tracewell (63-of-123 for 759 yards with 9 TDs) has 24 varsity games under his belt.
"After the win at Roane, just look at our guys' faces - they feel good about themselves," Smith said.
"They knew they were in the playoffs, when a week ago they weren't sure. That's what makes it great and that's just looking at those kids."


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Today is the last day for those who want to claim a state tax rebate for a special assessment charged on property insurance bills in Louisiana in 2008.
The annual assessment has been made since 2006 to pay off bonds issued to keep Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. — the state's so-called insurer of last resort — solvent after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
State Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says 52 percent of the $100 million in Citizens assessments for 2008 remains unclaimed.
Policyholders can visit www.revenue.louisiana.gov and follow a link to claim their rebates.
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