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Open Debate on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts
(New York, April 4, 2003)
Statement by Ambassador Luis Guillermo Giraldo, Permanent Representative of Colombia
Mr. President,
Colombia subscribes to the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Perú on behalf of the Rio Group. However, the Government of Colombia has decided to speak in this open debate of the Security Council, due to the importance of this issue for our country, which is carrying on a struggle without respite against terrorism and is seeking for international solidarity in it's undertaking.
I would like to thank the Chairman of the "Committee Against Terrorism", Sir Jeremy Greenstock, for the report submitted and the intense labor put into it.
Mr. President,
At the Session held past February the 20th, Colombia brought forward two inseparable aspects, the internal and the external, that exist today in our conflict. We said that in the internal aspect, we recognized the obligations under our jurisdiction. Colombia took on the fight against terrorism within a democratic frame, in accordance with its Constitution, the laws and the international treaties on human rights and of international humanitarian law. Our "Democratic Security Policy" seeks to protect all Colombians, civil society, unionists, ombudsmen, entrepreneurs, workers. Democracy in security equals security for all.
But there is yet an external aspect that is fundamental to confront our fight against terrorism. It is demonstrated that the international financial networks used by terrorists are similar to those used by the illicit drug and arms traffickers. Reasonably, on the 20th of January this Security Council, that met at the Ministerial Level, issued a declaration (Resolution 1456 (2003)) where it reaffirms that "terrorists must be prevented from making use of other criminal activities such as transnational organized crime, illicit drugs and drug trafficking, money laundering and illicit arms trafficking".
On this regard, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Government of Canada for introducing in their list of terrorist organizations, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), and the United Self-defense Groups of Colombia (AUC), illegal armed groups that practice their activities against the State and civilians in my country. This is an ethical, political and legal support, that sets a procedure that we hope will be taken into account by all of those countries that wish to assist us in our fight against terror.
The awareness of this reality is essential for Colombia, where terrorism is supported by these international criminal activities in relation with the global illicit drug problem fundamentally. Our experience has demonstrated that the fight of the international community against the global drug problem, which accepted the shared responsibility principle, is a determinant in our fight against terrorism. On the other hand, the success of the combat on terrorism depends in a great measure, on the effective implementation of the principle of shared responsibility. Combating terrorism is a responsibility of all. In this fight, every State has to assume a task that corresponds with their conditions and capabilities to fulfill it.
In order to apply this principle of shared responsibility, Colombia calls on the international community to develop a direct struggle against these criminal activities that fuel terrorism in our country. As the President of Colombia said "We have the moral authority to ask for international cooperation because we are committed with the respect of human rights, because our democracy is one that is governed by the rule of law and not by the fancy of it's governant. We have the moral authority to ask for international cooperation against terrorism because we have never denied dialogue or a humanitarian agreement. The international community knows our decision to defeat violence and also our infinite disposition for a sincere and peaceful reconciliation ".
Mr. President,
We reiterate our support to the work that has been done by this Security Council and it's "Committee Against Terrorism" in the fight against this universal flagellum. We also wish to express our gratitude to Ambassador Greenstock for the important labor that he has fulfilled and our assurance that the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain, Inocencio Arias, will continue to fulfill all of these important tasks in the Committee and in the Security Council. Both organs have the immense responsibility to respond to the expectations that our peoples have towards the role that they should play in the fight against terrorism in all of the regions of the world.
Finally, Mr. President, Colombia insists on the cooperation of the international community, in legal and policive actions, such as those imposed in resolution 1373, in order to successfully combat terrorism. The nature of the acts of terrorism should not only be determined by the place where they are committed, or by their global or national reach, but also by the activities that sponsor them and by the money that finances them. In this field of international cooperation, the United Nations has the capacity, the experience and the moral authority to assist all regions affected by the terrorist scourge.


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Item Person - Seumas Ailean
Summary - Verses about a man called Seumas Ailean with a response to the man who made them.
The contributor says that "Fionnlaigh Cìobair who lived in Grenitote" made these verses about a man called Seumas Ailean. The verses lampoon the man, telling of how he would go from door to door with a hump on his back amongst other things. Seumas then responds to Fionnlagh with a very scathing satirical verse of his own.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:00:41
Date Recorded - 1969.09
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Verse, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 52886
Original Tape ID - SA1969.082
Original Track ID - SA1969.082.B9
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Audio Format - R2R
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County - Inverness-shire
Parish - North Uist
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Item Notes - 2 verses recited. 1 verse in response
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TUESDAY, April 12, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- People with genital herpes can transmit the virus to partners even when they do not have lesions, new research shows.
Although this has been suspected before, "the data here looks really robust," said Fred Wyand, a spokesman for the American Social Health Association.
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, affecting some 536 million people worldwide. Sixteen percent of U.S. adults have tested positive for HSV-2, but only 10 percent to 25 percent of those infected recognized the disease.
Blood tests to detect HSV-2 became widely available in 1999, making it easier for people to find out if they have genital herpes even if the infection isn't active.
Still, previous large government surveys had found that some 80 percent of Americans don't know they have genital herpes, said study co-author Dr. Christine Johnston. The report appears in the April 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a themed issue on infectious diseases and immunology.
"Most people don't know they have it," Wyand said. They may even have symptoms, but not recognize what they are.
"They could be mild symptoms or they may attribute it to something else: chafing, jock itch, yeast infections," he explained.
Researchers had also known that people don't have to have symptoms to transmit the virus.
The current study is the largest yet to look at the issue and also used a sensitive DNA test to detect the virus "meaning we were able to give a much clearer estimate of how often people shed," said Johnston, who is acting assistant professor of medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Shedding refers to when the virus is replicating and therefore is transmissible to another person.
The trial involved almost 500 people who had tested positive for the virus. Each person took daily genital swabs for at least 30 days. More than 28,000 swabs were collected and analyzed.
The virus was detected on 20 percent of days in 410 people who had symptoms, compared with 10 percent of days in those who had no obvious symptoms.
But both groups shed about the same amount of virus on the days they were shedding.
"The main difference was the time," Johnston explained.
The findings argue for use of preventive measures as often as possible. Those include wearing a condom, taking the antiviral medication Valtrex (valacyclovir) every day and telling your partner about the infection.
"All of those three strategies have been shown to reduce transmission by 30 to 50 percent," Johnston said. "Thinking out all of those strategies and utilizing those should be considered."
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WALTHAM, Mass.- The Brandeis softball team swept the Framingham State Rams this evening with a walk-off win and a mercy-rule win at Marcus Field. The Judges defeated FSU 6-5 in eight innings in the opener before cruising to an 11-3 five inning victory in the nightcap. Sophomore shortstop Anya Kamber (Sammamish, Wash./ Skyline High School) led Brandeis offensively going 3-for-6 with two runs and three RBIs in the two games, including two home runs. The Judges improve to 13-8 on the year while the Rams fall to 4-12.
In the first game, it looked like it would be a pitchers' duel. Through the first six innings, the two squads were all tied up at 2-2. Senior starter Casey Ducinski (Duxbury, Mass./ Duxbury) was excellent in her six innings of work allowing two runs while walking one and striking out four. However, the bats woke up in the seventh. In the top of the frame, errors became costly for the Judges as the first two batters got on base. With runners on first and third, FSU's junior 1B Andrea Smith (Milford, Mass./ Milford) singled in the go-ahead run. The Rams would tack on two more in the frame to take a 5-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh. In the frame, two FSU errors would aid Brandeis as they advanced runners to second and third. With two outs, sophomore center fielder Amanda Genovese (North Haven, Conn./ North Haven) kept the game alive with an RBI single right up the middle to make it 5-3. Up next was rookie 2B Danielle Novotny (Milford, N.J./ Delaware Valley) who delivered with a clutch two RBI single to tie the game at 5-5. Still, with runners on first and second, sophomore catcher Cori Coleman (Burr Ridge, Ill./ Hinsdale South) flew out to center field to send the game to extra innings. After sophomore pitcher Nikki Cote (Shelton, Conn./ St. Joseph's) shut the Rams out in the top of the eighth, Brandeis had a chance to win in the bottom of the frame. With Coleman placed on second to start the inning, sophomore 1B Melissa Nolan (Windsor, Conn./ Loomis Chaffee) led off with a sacrifice bunt to move Coleman to third. Kamber was next and she drove home the game-winning run on her single to left field as the Judges walked-off, 6-5. Offensively five different players had an RBI as Genovese led the way going 2-for-4 with two runs scored, an RBI, and a stolen base. Cote (4-4) got the win after two innings in relief when she allowed three runs, none earned, and struck out three.
In the nightcap, the two teams were locked in another tight game until the fifth inning. With the score tied at 3-3, Brandeis came to bat in the bottom of the fifth. When the Judges were finally done hitting, eight runs had crossed the plate on seven hits including two home runs as Brandeis won by mercy-rule 11-3. Every batter in the Judges lineup had at least one hit in the contest, featuring five batters with multiple hits. Ducinski led the way with her 3-for-3 performance including a run scored while Coleman had a team-high three RBIs including a two-run shot to center field. Kamber also had a fine game going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs on two solo home runs. Nolan (3-2) earned the win going five innings and allowing three runs while walking three and striking out 12.
Brandeis returns to action on Sunday with a double-header against Lasell beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Marcus Field. FSU has a double-header at Westfield State tomorrow with first pitch scheduled for 12:00 p.m.


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Have you been wanting to improve your PowerPoint presentations and add a little something extra? Animations are a great way to smooth transitions between slides and keep your viewers engaged. The PowerPoint Skills Builder video series is a great way to learn more. Try out lessons one and two today.
Lesson 1: Animations and transitions
- Video 1: Learn how to quickly add an animation and set its options.
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- Video 1: Find out about the Animation Pane (previously known as the Custom Animation Pane). This pane is the key to getting fine control over your animations.
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The Raiders hired long-time NFL coach Bobby April to fill their vacancy at special teams coordinator.
April spent the past three seasons as the Philadelphia Eagles special teams coordinator. Overall, he has coached 21 years in the NFL, mostly special teams, and 13 in the collegiate ranks.
Twice, April was named special teams coach of the year, both times when he was with the Buffalo Bills.
Coach Dennis Allen fired Steve Hoffman last season to coach special teams. Hoffman was one of four coaches fired by Allen after the 2012 season.
On Friday, the Raiders filled the first of those four vacancies by hiring Greg Olson to be their offensive coordinator. Allen still needs to add an offensive line and linebackers coach.
The Raiders confirmed the hiring of Olson on Saturday afternoon. They also said that the coaching staff is on its to Mobile, Ala., to commence preparation for coaching in the Senior Bowl.
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A flat salary cap is highlighting the gap between football's haves and have-mores. And the Jets' current cap crunch shows just how bad the problem is.
Albert Breer of NFL Network points out that 10 players account for $110 million under the Jets' salary cap in 2013. Per Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, three men count for $38.3 million: quarterback Mark Sanchez, receiver Santonio Holmes, and linebacker David Harris.
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Sandgate's war memorial resembles Lutyens' Cenotaph in Whitehall, the site of Remembrance Sunday ceremonies in London since 1919. Governor Sir Matthew Nathan unveiled Sandgate's 91 tonne granite and concrete memorial on 24 February 1924.
Of the 330, mostly young, Sandgate men who went to war, 51 died. Australia-wide, about one in five of the 300,000 volunteer soldiers died in WWI.
War memorials were a matter of local pride, indicating a district's patriotism and wealth.
Sandgate Mayor WH Bowser not only presided over the memorial's organising committee which commissioned prominent Queensland architect George Gray Prentice to design the £850 monument, but also donated much of the granite from his Samford quarry.
Charles Lowther, of the masonry firm Lowther and Sons that built the cenotaph within a small island of parkland, was a returned soldier: he'd served in the Light Horse in Palestine during WWI.
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Don Tyler is a world famous film director whose work has brought him a lifetime of accolades. Now he's in Beijing shooting an epic about the last emperor of China's Qing dynasty. In the midst of shooting an intense scene, he suddenly realizes that he can't go on with the film. His self-confidence has deserted him; he hasn't the slightest idea what his film is about anymore. He turns to his cameraman, Yoyo, for advice, but the two end up in long discussions about Buddhism and death. Meanwhile, studio boss Tony is pressuring Tyler to complete the film on time to honor a contractual negotiation, with Japanese distributors, that is worth millions of dollars. Tyler's luck takes a turn for the worse when he gets sick and falls into a coma. With the help of his promoter friend, Yoyo grants Tyler his last wish--before he slips into a coma--to give him a traditional "comedy funeral" as a joyful celebration of a life well lived. But the funeral plans get way out of hand and turn into a media circus beyond control and beyond their budgets--all of which becomes quite a problem when Tyler miraculously recovers.
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While the Jets are reportedly on board with extending head coach Rex Ryan's contract, they are only willing to add one more year to his current deal.
According to Kim Jones and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Jets are amenable to signing Ryan through the 2015 season. His contract expires after the 2014 season.
Jets owner Woody Johnson announced Sunday that Ryan would keep his job for the 2014 season.
According to Jones and Rapoport, Ryan is "resigned" to getting just a one-year extension.
Including postseason games, Ryan is 46-40 as the Jets' head coach. The club has missed the postseason in each of the last three years.


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Not to Pump You Up, But to Pump It Right. Sioux Falls to Inspect Sump Pump Systems.
It's not like the Sergeant checking the Army barracks, but the City of Sioux Falls is coming to inspect.
Some areas of Sioux Falls had discharges into the sewer system that were too high during the wet June. Thus, Sioux Falls Public Works wants to inspect sump pump systems inside some homes. Ryan Johnson will join us at 4:30 CT to give details on the process.
Also the National Alliance on Mental Illness-South Dakota will have their annual educational conference October 2-3 in Watertown. Wendy Giebink will stop by at 5:30 to paint the picture of what will be happening.
In addition, Chad Haber wants to run for office. His aim is to be the Libertarian Party nominee for Attorney General. His visit will be 6:00 this evening.
Join us for the next installment of Viewpoint University.


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Self-care after finding that lost dog scare
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I am a monkey-hanging geordie-wife mummy vegetarian music-snob british canadian crooner filthy foodie practicing heathen football wife diarist culture-vulture loyal compassionate counsellor opinionated stubborn compulsive guitarist pianist adaptable handsome vain green-eyed confused committed freckly supportive dependable generous bookworm. This is my little corner of the web. Enjoy! Comment often!


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Budget Battles
Charts of the Day: The High Cost of Hospital Care
What Voters Really Want on Health Care
Chart of the Day: Medicare Part D Enrollees with High Out-of-Pocket Costs
Number of the Day: 18% of ER Visits End with Surprise Bills, Report Says
Employers Are Ready to Step Up Their Fight Against Rising Health Care Costs
Republicans May Understand 'Medicare for All' Better Than Democrats: Poll
Poll of the Day: What 'Medicare for All' Means
Growth of US Debt Slows, but Record Levels Still AheadBy Michael Rainey
The national debt will reach "unprecedented levels" over the next 30 years, according to the new long-term budget outlook released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office. Federal outlays will...
Is Big Government Making a Comeback?By Michael Rainey
Recognizing a growing hostility toward major social welfare programs, President Bill Clinton famously announced that "the era of big government is over" back in 1996. Twenty years later, Democratic...
Fact Check: Trump Defends Rising Deficit and Debt
In an interview with ABC News, President Trump — who as a candidate in 2016 said he could eliminate the national debt in eight years or at least reduce it in chunks — defended its continued rise...
Pelosi Says No Debt Ceiling Hike Before a Spending Caps Deal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that any deal to raise the debt ceiling will have to come as part of, or after, an agreement to raise spending caps and avoid automatic budget cuts set to...
How Washington Stopped Worrying About the DebtBy Michael Rainey
A major attitude shift has washed over Washington, The Wall Street Journal's Kate Davidson and Jon Hilsenrath wrote Thursday: "Political support for taming federal debt has melted away." Not so long...
7 Ways to Fix America's Fiscal Mess
Tackling the $22 trillion national debt can be done in very different ways. Underscoring that point, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on increasing...
Trump Blows Up Infrastructure Meeting with Pelosi, Schumer
Infrastructure was supposed to be one of the few areas with some potential for bipartisan action before the 2020 election. So much for that. Any potential now appears to be all but extinguished after...
Why the Federal Reserve Is Expected to Buy Trillions More in US DebtBy Michael Rainey
The Federal Reserve Bank is selling off about $1 trillion worth of mortgage-backed securities it acquired in the wake of the financial crisis as it brings its qualitative easing program to a close,...
How Trump Paved the Way for Democrats' Trillion-Dollar Plans
When the incoming Obama administration was looking to put together a stimulus package during the financial crisis a decade ago, the optimal size of the proposal was the subject of considerable debate...
Trump Budget Would Raise Deficits by $2.7 Trillion More Than White House Said: CBO
A Congressional Budget Office analysis of president Trump's proposed 2020 budget finds that it would lead to $9.9 trillion in cumulative deficits over 10 years — about $2.7 trillion more than the...
CBO Trims Its 10-Year Deficit Projections
The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday updated its 10-year budget outlook, making only small changes to its previous forecast. The nonpartisan budget scorekeeper now projects: The federal budget...
Why Rising Budget Deficits Don't Scare Wall StreetBy Michael Rainey
Some economists see America's large and growing budget deficits as a problem requiring urgent attention, but Bloomberg's Katia Dmitrieva and Liz McCormick say that to many investors, the fiscal gap...
Dem Economists Push Back Against Debt WorriesBy Michael Rainey
Just how worried should we be about the rapidly rising national debt? Last week we told you about a budget watchdog group's effort to raise the alarm over "debt denialism" that has taken hold in some...
Watchdog Group Warns of Dangers of 'Debt Denialism'
The Treasury Department forecasts that the federal budget deficit will surpass $1 trillion this year, adding to a $22 trillion national debt. Policymakers have been relatively unperturbed by the debt...
Why the Deficit May Not Be Such a Problem – for Now
The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center held a symposium Wednesday to discuss the new book titled "Fiscal Therapy: Curing America's Debt Addiction and Investing in the Future" by the Tax Policy Center'...
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The Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach has announced its 2013-14 season, which will include a typically eclectic offering of dance, music, cabaret and more. The center is located on the campus of Cal State Long Beach.
The season will feature an appearance by Garrison Keillor (Oct. 17); a performance of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" by the Aquila Theatre (March 15); and John Lithgow performing "Stories by Heart" (May 10, 2014), his stage memoir that has toured the country and previously performed at the Mark Taper Forum.
Dance performances will include the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company (Oct. 12); the Victor Ullate Ballet (Feb. 8); and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (March 22 and 23).
Concert offerings will include An Afternoon with Hal Linden (Oct. 20); Igudesman & Joo: And Now Mozart (Dec. 8), a mix of classical music and comedy; Oh, What a Night! A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Jan. 19); and Robin & Linda Williams (May 4, 2014).
The season will feature musical and stage performances from Kris Kristofferson (Nov. 23); Frederica von Stade and SONOS Handbell Ensemble (Dec. 7); "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with David Benoit (Dec. 21); Capitol Steps (Jan. 18); the Irish Rovers (Jan. 25); Stunt Dog Experience (Jan. 26); and the Glenn Miller Orchestra (Mar. 8).
Cabaret performances will include David Burnham in "Mostly Broadway" (Oct. 2 and 3); Rachel York in "Let's Fall in Love" (Dec. 18 to 19); Tom Rigney & Flambeau (March 19 to 20); and Livingston Taylor (May 14 to 15).
The center's season offerings will also include Jabbawockeez (Nov. 24), a hip-hop dance crew; The Peking Acrobats (Jan.11); and Siro-A: The Digital Experiment (March 16), a performance by a Japanese group that will include optical illusions and digital projections set to an electro beat.


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Altered Printer's Tray!
Happy New Year's Eve to you! It is hard to believe that 2010 is just about over. It must be a sign that I am getting older, because the years, months, weeks.....just seem to fly by!
I bought this printer's tray at Archivers ages ago and finally got around to altering it. I used lots of Cosmo Cricket, Circa 1934 paper as well as Theresa Collins Gratitude line. I used a few miscellaneous pieces I had as well as a flower I created using Provo Craft's quilling kit. I love these colors together because my living room is a golden yellow and my kitchen, that opens up from the living room, is a cranberry red. I plan on placing this on my fireplace mantel. They are all of my favorite pictures from this past year. My lil' family. Love them....and am so very grateful for them.
I love being able to add dimension to my projects! : )


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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Mer plays videos with MediaBox
Another milestone has been reached in the Mer project on its way to eventually replace Maemo on the N8x0 devices. It will be possible to play videos with Mer 0.13. The current SVN version of MediaBox supports Mer and uses the libxine backend for video playback.
After installing libxine and MediaBox SVN version on Mer, you will need to install the D-Bus-Xine service. D-Bus-Xine is a simple D-Bus service for embedding libxine in applications. It was originally written for enabling DVD playback
with MediaBox on PCs.
A version compiled for Mer-ARMEL can be found here. If you want to compile D-Bus-Xine yourself, you can also download its source code.
I haven't built deb packages for D-Bus-Xine yet, so you'll have to manually extract the tarball in the root directory (/) on Mer.
After having started MediaBox, you should enter its preferences view
and set the media backends to Xine for all filetypes that you want to be able play.
However, there is no sound support yet in Mer 0.13, so don't expect too much.
EDIT: see the comments for how to get sound
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Packers Woodson takes a load off
By Jason Wilde, ESPN Wisconsin
~GREEN BAY – It was hard to tell if Charles Woodson was aware of the pun or not, but the Green Bay Packers veteran safety wasn't laughing. He was speaking the truth, and it was unvarnished:
He was scared.
Having missed nine games with a fractured collarbone – the same injury to the same shoulder he'd suffered during the Packers' Super Bowl XLV victory two years ago – Woodson wasn't sure how the bone would react to the first collision, first fall to the ground, first awkward position during Saturday night's 24-10 NFC Wild Card playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field.
"That was the scary part – because you don't know," admitted Woodson, who was injured Oct. 21 at St. Louis. "I really went into the game scared, not really knowing what was going to happen. I mean, you feel good about your shoulder being healed, but being in that position where you've broken it before, it's a funny feeling."
Woodson was able to test the shoulder almost immediately. He came up and dove – and missed – at Vikings running back Adrian Peterson on the second play of the game. He dragged Peterson down after an 11-yard gain a few plays later. And when he came up on second-and-5 and met Peterson in the hole, dropping him for a 2-yard loss, Woodson knew: He was going to be OK.
"Getting in there, getting that first tackle, hitting the ground a couple of times, having people fall on top of me on the side where I broke it – and to get up with no pain?" said Woodson, who was credited with six tackles, including one for loss, while playing every one of the Packers' 63 defensive snaps. "Let me tell you, that was a load off my shoulder."
Pun intended or not, it was also a load off the Packers' minds. Woodson played safety whenever the Packers were in their base "Okie" defense, then was in his usual spot in the dime, most often covering the slot receiver. On the rare occasions the Packers played their nickel defense, Woodson stayed at safety rather than moving down to the slot, as rookie Casey Hayward had grown into that role while Woodson was sidelined.
"Charles is a rare guy from a physical standpoint. You saw him make some physical plays last night. He had a couple tackles of Peterson that most DBs just don't make on their own," defensive coordinator Dom Capers explained Sunday afternoon, as the Packers began preparations for next Saturday night's NFC Divisional Playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers. "I thought he showed up, like he always does, when we blitzed him and I think he'll be better this week.
"If you think about it, he hadn't played any football since that Rams game, so it's been an awful long time. He played all the snaps – he played in all three packages and played different positions in the different packages. It's nice to have him back. I think there's a confidence level there. He's obviously one of our leaders and it's hard to be a leader if you're not out on the field playing."
While Capers had said in the days leading up to the game that he would monitor Woodson, he apparently looked good to his coach from the get-go.
"I certainly didn't see any reason to bring him off the field. I thought he was doing all the things we'd asked him to do," Capers said. "I'd been asked how I (thought he'd) respond. You never know how a guy will respond. All you have to go off are practices and as you know our practices last week were basically geared toward more walkthroughs just because we were on a short week and you wanted to have the guys as fresh as they could be for the game.
"It's good to have him back. I think he is obviously fresh, probably much more fresh than he'd been had he played the whole year. I think as he goes through here, I think you'll see him work his way back into his form, the more practice he has and the more game time he plays. I thought last night was a good start having him back. I was happy to see him out on the field."
While Woodson wore bulkier shoulder pads than he'd worn before the injury that he confessed he "hated," he relished being back in the mix. As he left the field after the victory, he unleashed a guttural yell and wore an ear-to-ear smile that would've been visible even under his newfangled cage-like facemask.
"That was pent-up (emotion)," Woodson explained afterward. "Let me tell you something, man: That's the hardest thing for a guy like myself – to sit on the sideline and watch your team play. Win or lose, it's hard to watch. I've read a lot of things about me these last couple weeks about what I can't do anymore and those sort of things. I felt like I couldn't defend myself. To be able to get out on the field and remind people of what it is I do on Sundays, Saturdays or whatever, that felt good."
While Woodson might only begrudgingly admit it, he's not the same player he was in 2009, when he was named the NFL's defensive player of the year. But, at age 36, he's still a difference-maker who tilts the field. He's also the most well-respected player in the locker room, as evidenced by the way his teammates voted him as a team captain for the playoffs even though he'd been sidelined for 10 weeks.
"It says a lot for Charles Woodson and says a lot about the respect that he carries in the locker room," coach Mike McCarthy said. "He's here around the clock. He puts a lot more time in than I think people realize. There's not too many nights where the coaching staff is down in the cafeteria for dinner and he's (not) still here."
That said, Woodson isn't interested in just being an inspirational leader during what he's hoping is another Super Bowl run. He wants to have a tangible impact, not just an intangible one.
"Locker room leader is great, it's a great title to have, but that ain't who I am. I'm a football player. I want guys to feel me on the field between the lines. For guys to speak of me in that way, man, I'll tell you, it's very humbling. But I'm a football player and I need to be out there."
As for those doubting his importance to the defense given the unit's play without him, Woodson said: "It's upsetting a little bit because I feel like, especially people who are here locally that have watched me play for the last seven, eight years, know what I bring to the table. They're trying to push me out the door is what it seems like. When you're not playing, I think you're a little more sensitive because you can't defend yourself out there on the field. You can't play; you can't show people what you do. I think people are more willing to talk about what they say I can't do rather than talk about what it is that I do. I don't like it.
"To watch your guys suit up in the locker room every Sunday, put the pads on, put their cleats on, everybody's amped up and ready to go play and you're sitting there – you want to be a part of it but you just don't feel a part of it. It's hard not being able to suit up.
"I don't want anybody to feel like they're my motivation. My motivation is football, and that's what I do. Those things that are written about me are upsetting but they're not my motivation.
"The Super Bowl is always the ultimate goal. For everybody on this team, that's what we're shooting for and that's motivation enough. We feel like we have a really good team but we want to be considered a great team, so we want to keep on fighting."
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Saturday, October 02, 2010
What's going to happen to all our old, unwanted letters?
Well, do not fret. Because I have just found out that help is at hand.
They are being collected at the Museum of Letters in Berlin, the only collection of letters in the world so far.
I have to say that finding out about this, and looking at all the photographs of letters, has given me an enormous gust of pleasure.
And it means that I no longer have to feel quite so sad when I see pictures like this...
Labels: Berlin, The Museum of Letters, Unwanted letters
3 comments:
- joanne fox said...
It's amazing how practically any item you can think of now seems to have its own museum. Good that someone has the passion for saving such odd things, I guess.
- 11:54 am
- Alice Elliott Dark said...
i want to go there. unwanted is such a poignant way to think of it.
- 1:13 pm
- Holen Sabrina Kahn said...
I can say with out any irony that I will sleep better knowing this wonderful place is out there.
- 11:15 pm
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To start with, you need to exploit the creative power of your thoughts and your imagination.
Firstly, remind yourself that your 'mental attitude' is important since to a significant cant extent it determines the conditions of your life. It is with your thoughts that you will gradually create the life you dream of and truly become the master of your own destiny.
When for example you say to yourself: I'll never have enough money to do this or that, your subconscious mind will record your thought and this will reinforce your belief in your inability to attract wealth.
If, on the contrary, you think optimistically: I am going to have enough money to buy a new car or afford the house of my dreams, the energy given off by your conscious thoughts will create an environment favorable to the realisation of your wish. The universal cosmic energy will then respond to your needs.
Like a magnet, you will attract the right people and the right circumstances for it to become a reality in the material world. This positive thinking can be applied successfully to all spheres of life: love, money, health, luck, work, etc.
Then, using the repetition of positive affirmations, you are going to generate energy that is incredibly positive and will immediately start to 'work for you'.
On a practical level, what you have to do is repeat affirmations that articulate constructive ideas and are basically 'charged' with positive energy. This repetition has the effect of 'materialising' the invisible universal energy in a tangible form, which is why these affirmations really become creative affirmations.
What do you need to do? All you need to do is repeat these creative affirmations on a daily basis, as often as possible, out loud or in your head. Be very mindful of their meaning: speak them with all your heart, your determination, your emotion, your attention and your awareness. At the same time, imagine, visualise that the desired outcome is already in the process of manifesting itself in your life. You can do this at any time of the day: in the morning when you wake up, while you're going about your business, in the shower, while travelling, in the evening before you go to sleep, etc.
Lastly, Maria Duval recommends me to start of with the following affirmation: I (first name), open myself up to the wealth and riches of the Universe and I receive them in joy.
Wish you lucky :)
Maria Duval - Receive the Wealth and Riches of the Universe in Joy
To start with, you need to exploit the creative power of your thoughts and your imagination.


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Parents Get Competitive on College
May 20, 4:19pm, Topics: college choice, wait list, college admission, parents, competitive, college bragging, best fit
If bragging has a season, this is it. Sometimes the other parents strike before Lora Tarlin, a Sharon mother, has even started her day, when she's lying in bed scrolling through Facebook on her iPhone. "We're deciding between Northwestern and Georgetown," a proud parent's post might read. Some parents list every school that accepted their child.
"It's so annoying," said Tarlin, the mother of a son riding the Dartmouth wait list. "It's like, 'My kid just got into such-and-such a school and he's so great.' Blah, blah, blah."
With elite schools accepting record low percentages of applicants for the coming school year and so-called "safety schools" no longer the safe bets they used to be, getting into the "right" college has never been more competitive — a challenge not just for students, but for a certain type of overinvested parent.
"There are very few benchmarks by which parents can evaluate whether they're doing a good job," said Bruce Feiler , author of "The Secrets of Happy Families," and for a certain segment of parents, there's no better benchmark than college admission.
"You've got the Apgar score when you're born, and the US News [& World Report] ranking when they get into college, and then you're done," he said.
Colleges started sending out acceptances at the end of March, and by early April everyone had heard. And by now, the daunting facts are well known: SAT scores good enough in the 1980s probably meant rejection today. More students applied to more schools than in generations past.
Statistics on boasting are hard to come by, but Karen Arnold, an associate professor of higher education at Boston College, said "it's reasonable to assume that this behavior has escalated."
"Parents' bragging or sour grapes," she added, "comes out of being over-identified with their kids' success." And that can have a negative effect: "Students feel pressure that their success is reflecting on their parents."
The boasting bump in some circles comes at a time when many parents and students do not have the luxury to stress about prestige schools. With competition intense, financial aid limited, lower and middle-income families are scrambling to find a school that is affordable and a good fit—not one that wows on Facebook.
As BC's Arnold noted, financially strapped parents — unable to fly around the country on college tours, or pay for pricey college coaches or exotic volunteer opportunities — have the "opposite problem" of the status-seekers: They have not been aiming high enough.
A recent study found that high-achieving students from poorer families are much less likely to apply to top colleges, even though they would have a very good shot at getting in and qualifying for financial aid.
Money aside, parents can feel the sting of college admission season just because their child's college of choice is not on the East Coast status roster.
Emily Stavis gets a chilly reception when she says her son may go to Pitzer College in Southern California, his first choice. "They're like, "Oh, I've never heard of it," reports Stavis, a co-owner of Stavis Seafoods in Boston. "The conversation stops."
But it's the high achievers who are making the most noise. Parents are sending "happy news" e-mail blasts, holding forth at dinner parties, and, seemingly constantly, posting status updates.
"Parents are using Facebook as a bragging platform," said Mary Hanlon, a mother of five in Westwood. When her youngest was accepted to Smith a few years ago, she said, she did not consider posting. "That's her accomplishment," Hanlon said, "not mine."
In one upscale western suburb, Carole Hughes — the mother of a high school junior, and a senior associate dean at Boston College — has a mantra she repeats to herself. "I will not become that parent."
That parent employs many tactics. The most seemingly benign: rattle off a list of schools the student plans to visit during spring break of junior year. "They always mention the 'reach' schools," observed Laurie Cohen, a mother of three in Brookline, "but not the ones their kids would probably end up going to." She mimicked the monologue: "We're looking at Brown, we're looking at Penn, we're definitely going to Stanford."
But with the poor economy and student debt ramping up the importance of a marketable education, and a kid-obsessed society that makes parents take children's success and failure as their very own, a laid-back approach can be hard to find among competitive, goal-oriented families.
And this time of year, nowhere is safe, and even money, once taboo, is freely discussed. Julianne Bloom a nurse in Boston, was at a party on the South Shore when she asked another guest if his daughter had decided on a school yet. "From there came the laundry list of all the schools she'd gotten into," Bloom said, "along with the [scholarship or other] funds she's gotten."
The highly charged emotions of the season were captured by a Pittsburgh high school student who wrote a bitter op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal. Since it was published in late March, the piece, "To (All) the Colleges That Rejected Me: If only I had a tiger mom or started a fake charity," has gone viral, as parents e-mail it around.
"As the youngest of four daughters, I noticed long ago that my parents gave up on parenting me," Suzy Lee Weiss wrote. "It has been great in certain ways: Instead of 'Be home by 11,' it's 'Don't wake us up when you come through the door.' But my parents also left me with a dearth of hobbies that make admissions committees salivate. I've never sat down at a piano, never plucked a violin. . . . Why couldn't ["Tiger Mom" author] Amy Chua have adopted me as one of her cubs?"
Perhaps no one is better positioned to see the pressure those Amy Chua parents feel than Don McMillan, the president of Howland, Spence & McMillan, a Back Bay-based college-consulting firm with an international clientele.
"A lot of our work is managing expectations for parents, and getting them to understand the idea of a 'best fit,' as opposed to getting into the most selective college," McMillan said, describing a scene where teens roll their eyes at their parents' lack of understanding of today's college landscape.
Back in the 1980s, when many parents of now college-bound seniors went to college, Boston University and Northeastern University were primarily commuter schools, he said. Today students from around the world are vying to get in.
Along the way, the college coach business has gone from 1,400 consultants in 2005 to 4,500 in 2012, and constitutes a $400 million industry, according to the Independent Educational Consultants Association, in Fairfax, Va.
The growth is both a symptom of increased parental focus and pressure, and a trigger for more stress, as competition for admission to top schools grows.
In Amesbury, Brenda Rich, the mother of a well-rounded student who didn't get into any schools he's very excited about, traced a route many a parent has taken before, and will take again, as acceptance standards get ever higher:
"He's an editor of the newspaper. He's on the student advisory council. He plays tenor sax in the band. He tutors math. He's got pretty strong SATs," she said, as her son hopes to move up from the wait lists at Northeastern University and the University of Rochester. "He didn't find the cure for cancer while he was still in elementary school, but come on."
Source: http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2013/04/12/getting-into-right-college-has-never-been-more-competitive-for-parents/5iBnaisoOf85qJKOdACE6L/story.html


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Adobe has slashed certain product prices in Australia, following a Parliamentary inquiry into prices earlier this week.
In a statement, Adobe said the pricing on its Creative Cloud membership pricing in Australia for individuals has been reduced to $49.99 on an annual subscription per month for new and current customers, effective immediately.
An annual subscription previously cost $62.99 a month for an online version of its software package.
Month-to-month prices has been revised from $94.99 per month to $74.99; prices on individual software have been revised to $19.99 per month, Adobe confirmed.
"Adobe continues to attract membership to its Cloud offerings, it is evolving its product offering to provide increased value to subscribers, including new pricing for customers in Australia and New Zealand," it said in a statement.
News of the price was was first reported by the AFR.
Earlier this week, The House Committee on Infrastructure and Communications had summoned tech giants, Apple, Microsoft and Adobe to appear before the committee as part of its inquiry into IT Pricing.
The enquiry follows its deeper involvement in the impact of prices charged to Australian consumers for IT products.


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Kevin Jarre, a screenwriter steeped in American history who wrote the Civil War saga "Glory" and the western "Tombstone," died unexpectedly of heart failure April 3 at his Santa Monica home, said his aunt, Patty Briley Bean. He was 56.
Jarre had been a self-described "Civil War freak" since childhood, when he received toy soldiers from the era for Christmas.
His interest in the 54th Massachusetts, a regiment that was one of first black units during the Civil War, was piqued when a friend, Lincoln Kirstein, observed that a photograph of Jarre on horseback resembled a statue of Col. Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's white leader.
Moved to research the 54th, Jarre read the colonel's letters and two books, Kirstein's "Lay This Laurel" and Peter Burchard's "One Gallant Rush," which became source material for the 1989 film "Glory."
"I never thought I could interest anybody in it," Jarre told The Times in 1990. "A Civil War epic, about black people? But I'd got really attached to the story.... I'd end up in tears when I got through writing."
The script initially engendered controversy and was called racist, partly "because Jarre is white and partly because the language is outspoken and the characterizations not invariably idealized," Charles Champlin, then The Times' arts editor, wrote in 1990.
"Glory," which was directed by Edward Zwick, went on to win three Academy Awards, including one for actor Denzel Washington. The New York Times review praised Jarre's "good, lean screenplay."
His screenplay for 1993's "Tombstone" "was really the first time anyone has tried to present Wyatt Earp in his entirety," Kurt Russell, who portrayed Earp in the movie, told The Times in 1994.
Val Kilmer, who played Doc Holliday in the film, called the script "one of the greatest that he'd ever read," the Portland Oregonian reported in 1996.
Hired to direct "Tombstone," Jarre was removed as director six weeks into filming. His attention to detail "may have paid off in atmospheric detail" but also may have slowed him down as a director, The Times said in 1994.
The western garnered mixed reviews but was a hit at the box office.
"He was a fabulous raconteur," his aunt said, "and knew the history of just about everything."
Jarre was born Aug. 6, 1954, in Detroit and moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s with his mother, Laura Devon, an actress who made her film debut in "Goodbye Charlie" (1964).
His parents divorced, and for a time he lived with his father in Wyoming.
In the 1960s, Jarre had small acting parts in the TV series "Flipper," which starred Brian Kelly, then married to his mother. She subsequently married Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre, who adopted Kevin.
Among Jarre's other writing credits are "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985), "The Devil's Own" (1997) and "The Mummy" (1999).
He occasionally produced films and acted. In "Glory," he had a small role as a white soldier who picks a fight. As the regiment heads for battle, he yells, "Give 'em hell, 54th."
Besides his aunt, Jarre is survived by cousins.


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Major Section: MISCELLANEOUS
General Form of :hints: (hint1 hint2 ... hintk)Each element, hinti, must be either a common hint or a computed hint.
A common hint is of the form
(goal-spec :key1 val1 ... :keyn valn)
goal-spec is as specified in goal-spec and each
:keyi and
vali is as specified in hints.
A computed hint is either a function symbol,
fn, of three, four
or seven arguments or is any term whose only free variables are among
PSPV, and
The function symbol case is treated as an abbreviation of the term
(fn ID CLAUSE WORLD),
(fn ID CLAUSE WORLD STABLE-UNDER-SIMPLIFICATIONP), or
(fn ID CLAUSE WORLD STABLE-UNDER-SIMPLIFICATIONP HIST PSPV CTX)
as appropriate for the arity of
fn. (Note that
this tells you which argument of
fn is which.) In the discussion
below we assume all computed hints are of the term form.
The evaluation of the term (in a context in which its variables are
bound as described below) should be either
nil, indicating that
the hint is not applicable to the clause in question, or else the
value is an alternating list of
vali ``pairs.''
Except possibly for the first keyword, the
vali pairs
should be as specified in hints. That is, those elements of the
result should be hint settings as you might have typed in a common
hint. The first keyword is allowed to be
Its value should be
t, or a list of terms. If this
keyword is not present, the default value of
nil is provided.
The evaluation of a hint term is done with guard checking turned off
(see set-guard-checking); e.g., the form
(car 23) in a
computed hint returns
nil as per the axioms.
When a non-
nil value is returned, the keyword/value pairs (other
than the optional
:COMPUTED-HINT-REPLACEMENT) are used as the
hint for the subgoal in question. Thus, your job as the programmer
of computed hints is to generate the list of keys and values you
would have typed had you supplied a common hint for the subgoal. (In
particular, any theory expressions in it are evaluated with respect
to the global current-theory, not whatever theory is active at the
subgoal in question.) If the generated list of keywords and values
is illegal, an error will be signaled and the proof attempt will be
The purpose of the
:COMPUTED-HINT-REPLACEMENT keyword and its
chr, is to change the list of hints. If
chr is
then the hint which was applied is removed from the list of hints that
is passed down to the children of the subgoal in question. This is
the default. If
chr is
t, then the hint is left in list of
hints. This means that the same hint may act on the children of the
subgoal. Otherwise,
chr must be a list of terms, each of which
is treated as a computed hint. The hint which was applied is deleted
from the list of hints and the hints in
chr are added to the list
of hints passed to the children of the subgoal. The ability to compute
new hints and pass them down allows strange and wonderful behavior.
For these purposes, the goals produced by induction and the top-level goals of forcing rounds are not considered children; all original hints are available to them.
After a computed hint is applied to a goal and before the goal is
processed, the remaining applicable computed hints are applied.
For hint settings, such as
:USE, that modify the goal, the effect
of multiple applicable hints just compounds. But for hint settings,
such as
:IN-THEORY that determine the context of the subsequent
goal processing, only the last applicable hint is effective.
It remains only to describe the bindings of the four variables.
Suppose the theorem prover is working on some clause, clause, named
by some
goal-spec, e.g., "Subgoal *1/2'''" in some logical
world, world. Corresponding to the printed
goal-spec is an
internal data structure called a ``clause identifier'' id.
See clause-identifier.
In the case of a common hint, the hint applies if the goal-spec of the hint is the same as the goal-spec of the clause in question.
In the case of a computed hint, the variable
ID is bound to the
clause id, the variable
CLAUSE is bound to the (translated form
of the) clause, and the variable
WORLD is bound to the current
ACL2 world. The variable
STABLE-UNDER-SIMPLIFICATIONP is bound
t or
nil. It is bound to
t only if the clause
is known to be stable under simplification. That is, the simplifier
has been applied to the clause and did not change it. Such a clause
is sometimes known as a ``simplification checkpoint.'' It is
frequently useful to inject hints (e.g., to enable a rule or provide
:use hint) only when the goal in question has stabilized. If
a hint is provided, the processing of the clause starts over with
For some instruction about how to use computed hints,
see using-computed-hints.


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No. 88,534
1. The sentencing court has substantial discretion in determining the method and amount of any required restitution.
2. An order of restitution is dependent upon the causal link between the victim's damages and the defendant's unlawful conduct.
3. Where property has been stolen, the unforeseeable negligence of the police is not an intervening and superseding event that releases the defendant from liability for the stolen property.
Appeal from Wyandotte District Court; JOHN J. MCNALLY, judge. Opinion filed January 17, 2003. Affirmed.
Julia S. Spainhour, assistant appellate defender, for appellant.
Michael A. Russell, assistant district attorney, Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.
Before GREEN, P.J., MARQUARDT, J., and JOHN E. SANDERS, District Judge, assigned.
MARQUARDT, J.: Garry L. Sammons appeals from an order of restitution. We affirm.
In August 2001, Sammons was charged with one count of aggravated burglary. Sammons pled guilty as charged in exchange for an agreed upon downward durational departure. Sammons was sentenced to 42 months' incarceration, which was a substantial downward departure.
At Sammon's sentencing hearing, the trial court did not address the issue of restitution. Later, the trial court held a hearing to determine the issue of restitution.
At the hearing, the victim, Joseph Taylor, testified that he lost numerous tools during the burglary. The officers investigating the burglary at the time of Sammons' arrest noticed that there were many tools in the back of Sammons' truck and told Taylor about them. However, Taylor did not look in the truck and did not realize that those tools had been taken from his business.
After Taylor discovered the loss of his tools and reported it to the police the next morning, he was never contacted by the police about his missing tools. The tow report for Sammons' truck listed a red tool box and miscellaneous tools. The police did not prepare any property reports or take possession of the tools taken from Taylor's business. The truck was then sold, and the tools were not recovered.
The trial court found that Sammons took the tools--he admitted putting them in his truck; however, the trial court acknowledged that someone "dropped the ball" in dealing with the property removed from Taylor's business. The trial court commented that someone who admits to stealing is not "entitled to perfect police work or making sure that they get back to the victim." The trial court ordered Sammons to pay restitution in the amount of $1,935 and assessed "$400 or $500" towards the cost of the tools. Sammons timely appeals the restitution order.
Sammons contends that an order of restitution is dependent upon the causal link between the victim's damages and the defendant's unlawful conduct. Sammons argues that Taylor's loss was actually caused by the intervening negligent act of the police and he should not be required to pay restitution for the loss of the tools.
The sentencing court has substantial discretion when ordering the amount of restitution. State v. Hinckley, 13 Kan. App. 2d 417, 418, 777 P.2d 857 (1989). The method of determining the amount of any required restitution is a matter within the discretion of the trial court. State v. Wells, 18 Kan. App. 2d 735, 737, 861 P.2d 828 (1993).
Our case law is clear that the amount of restitution determined by the trial court must have a causal link between the victim's damages and the defendant's unlawful conduct. Restitution orders have limits. Not all tangential costs incurred as a result of a crime should be subject to restitution. See State v. Hunziker, 30 Kan. App. 2d __, ___, 41 P.3d 880 (2002), aff'd 274 Kan. ___, Syl. ¶ 9, 56 P.3d 202 (2002).
The precise issue raised by Sammons has not been addressed by the Kansas appellate courts. However, we did find a similar case from Utah. In State v. McBride, 940 P.2d 539 (Utah App. 1997), David McBride was stopped by the police while driving a stolen car. After making the arrest, the police erroneously transcribed the vehicle's identification number. As a result of the error, the police were unable to contact the true owner of the vehicle. An impound lot subsequently sold the car, and the owner was left without his vehicle. After a hearing, the trial court ordered McBride to pay restitution to the owner for the car. McBride appealed.
The court held that it was impossible to find that the negligence of the police was so unforeseeable as to supersede the fault of McBride in causing the loss. In addition, the court held that it was clear that but for McBride's criminal act, the loss would not have occurred. The court rejected McBride's arguments concerning intervening and superseding negligence. 940 P.2d at 543-44.
We find the reasoning of the Utah court persuasive. Where property has been stolen, the foreseeable negligence of the police is not an intervening and superseding event that releases the defendant from liability for the stolen property. Sammons admitted that he took Taylor's tools. But for Sammons' criminal act of burglary, the tools would have remained in Taylor's business. In addition, we do not believe that the negligence of the police was so unforeseeable as to break the causal connection between Sammons' act and Taylor's loss. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by requiring Sammons to pay restitution for the partial cost of the tools.
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This program provides the city a means of planting trees where in the past either the sidewalk was too narrow or overhead utilities were in the way. This program will allow the city to plant trees in more desirable growing conditions, making it likely they will survive and thrive. A typical sidewalk tree faces harsher conditions along the curb (such as oil or salt from roadway runoff). Soil conditions at the back of sidewalk are generally more suitable for plant growth. The improved environment, larger rooting area, and lack of overhead competition will help ensure a healthier tree canopy in Cambridge.
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The taxi rate was last fixed by the city of Erfurt in 2015 and published in the official taxi regulations.
The rate is binding for all resident taxi companies and for each individual taxi within the compulsory driving area Erfurt
The official taxi rate may not be exceeded or undercut. This is ensured by an officially calibrated taximeter installed in the taxis.
by day
Base fee : € 4.70
Kilometer 1 - 4: € 3.00
Each additional kilometer: € 2.10
Waiting time per hour: € 30.00
by night
Monday to Saturday from 10:00pm until 6:00am. Sunday all day.
Base fee : € 4.90
Kilometer 1 - 4: € 3.20
Each additional kilometer: € 2.30
Waiting time per hour: € 30.00
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