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I'll see you on Friday. Can you please give them a call tomorrow? So i get more credit for it. Thank you so much again for an amazing artical. You and Mr.Bill have a wonderful night.

I decided to read this article because a man very recently tried to sexually assault me. Two judges gave me an Order of Protection but we all know that is only worth what the man feels it is worth. I want to press assault charges but most people are saying I need to let it go. My best friend is concerned this man might come after me if I make him mad. I have been so confused as to what I should do. He put his hands on me and that is not acceptable. I do not know him personally, he mowed my lawn for the past two summers. I believe God intervened or that creep would have raped me. After reading this fine article, I feel I need to pursue charges to keep him from doing worse to another woman. Thank you so much Sheri. You are a blessing.

You are so very welcome, Carol...I am so glad you are pleased with the article...and you should be proud of yourself!! :) See you on Friday!

Thank you so much Ms.jeanie. I am proud of myself appearing in this article. And thank you to everyone.

Ragtimelil: Ooo, there's a thought!

Actually, there were many huge, more recent floods at the end of the last Ice Age - -the filling of the Black Sea, the bursting of one of the Great Lakes which carved out New York City's harbor, the Missoula Floods through the middle of North America, and many others. I suspect some of those may have contributed to flood legends worldwide. :)

Excellent.

Isn't that the same section of the Bible that bans bowl haircuts, mixing different kinds of materials in garments (no wool/cotton blend for YOU!), touching (not just eating, touching) pigskin -- so much for football -- or tattoos? I can't remember if all of those are labeled as unclean, but I think they're all banned just about as forcefully in Leviticus.

The plea bargain itself is not at fault. If the victim was involved in the plea bargain and could veto the agreement, it could be a form of justice - saving the victim the added trauma of having to testify. Unfortunately, nobody asks the victim what he or she thinks.

Yup

Thank you :)

I'll happily take the blame for this one, on so many different levels; but the talent is all yours. <3

Oh! I didn't know that nuance of Dutch law. I just assumed that the boy's lawyer had decided to push it into a test case.

This puts a slightly different complexion on it. But only changes it from maverick lawyer making their name to accidentally testing to waters. I should imagine that this will be the first of many more cases like it.

I have the feeling that in ten years time, there is going to be a raft of legislation all over the world regarding virtual goods.

This is a legal case I've been very interested in. Some commenters have been wondering why the court of appeal was so interested in the runescape items. The reason is that in Dutch law, assault carries a lower sentence than assault and robbery. The defendants were appealing to try and get their punishment reduced from the higher 'assault and robbery' tarrif to the lower 'assault' one. Their 3 grounds for appeal were that they hadn't stolen "good(s) belonging wholly or partially to any other person", which is the relevant part of the law. They said that virtual goods are not 'goods', that the vitrual good were 'data' (there already being case law about data ownership) and that because there is a clause in the small print of the game's license that says all in-game items belong to the game's authors, they were not taken from the victim at all, as they were not in his possession, but in the possession of the game's developers the whole time.

Good for you! Glad to hear you're prepared. It really makes a difference.

We lived through 4 days with no electricity. Living in the city we depended on it for everything. That was an eye opener for sure. Now we have a generator backup, a wood stove, a coleman stove, lots of coolers and the BBQ. If that were to happen again, I think this time around it would be a little easier to cope. One thing I don't have is the non electric coffee maker - great idea!

I remember the olden days, when education was free...