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I have been hurt and away from the ring for almost 2 months now. In that time period I have already come to the conclusion on two things. 1) Lots of time think and reflect and 2) Even more time to think and reflect.
I recently received a facebook post from a friend of mine in KY. Her name is Phyllis. She mentioned how I changed her life forever in so many ways by using my motto of having a "No Fear" attitude. As we all know life has it's way of throwing many jabs, punches or even an uppercut every now and again towards our way. She used all of it as fuel to even push through the hardest and roughest days. I sat back and thought about it for a while. When I look in the mirror I honestly don't see anything special. I look at myself as just like the guy walking down the block. Never in my wildest dreams would I ever think that "Mike Mondo" with his outlook on life and his way of living would change a persons life forever for the good. Ladies and gentlemen, that feeling is something that words cannot explain. It's simply AMAZING!
After I was done reading Phyllis's post I sat back and reflected even further back from past text messages, tweets, FB comments and posts that I received in the past. I have heard that word "inspiration" and "thank you" said to me more times that I can count on both hands in one way or another. Still it's overwhelming for me to think such a thing. Again I am just "Mike Mondo". I breath the same air as everyone, have the same organs like everyone and pump the same blood as everyone. I am honored, privileged and thankful that I could have such a positive effect one way or another on my friends, family and my fans lives. Again AMAZING!
Wrestling is my life. It's my passion and in my blood. I am 100% positive it will never leave as long as I am on this earth. I have always dreamed that one day I will check my bank account and see one million dollars staring back at me. All because I earned it in this great sport called Professional Wrestling. I hate to say "if" and "doesn't" because I don't want to put the negative vibes out there. But if it doesn't ever happen. The fact that their are people in this world who look up to me and their lives have changed for the GOOD and were able to live a better/healthier life because of it, well in my opinion that is just as good and rewarding as seeing a million dollars staring back at me in my bank account.
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The Arkansas Beef Herd Improvement Project Workshop (ABIP) will be Jan. 29-30 conducted by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and the Pope County Extension Office.
The sessions will begin at 6 p.m. with a light dinner and held at the Pope County Extension Office building, 105 West "B" Street, Russellville. All presenters are with the University of Arkansas division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension.
The cost of the workshop is sponsored by Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas which includes dinner and all workshop materials. Space is limited, call (479) 968-7098 for reservations.
ARVAC announces Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (HEAP) opened on Jan. 7. This a heating program that is a one-time payment based on family income and household size.
Households or individuals must have proof of income for the previous month for all adult (over 18 years of age) members of the household and a copy of their heating bill.
Persons in Pope County wishing to apply should visit the ARVAC office located at 104 S. Rochester on Monday through Friday between 9–11 a.m. and between 1–2:30 p.m.
Further information may be obtained by calling Joyce Cunningham in the office at (479) 968-5756.
AARP Tax-Aide to volunteer assistance
AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will provide free assistance with federal and state income tax returns at the Hughes Center, 1000 E. Parkway in Russellville beginning Monday, Feb. 4. Hours are 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday in February and Monday through Wednesday thereafter until April 10. The Hughes Center will be closed Feb. 18. Large numbers of taxpayers traditionally take advantage of this service during the first weeks of operation resulting in long waiting times. Taxpayers who do not have a need to complete a tax return immediately are advised to wait until later in February or until March to come in.
Tax assistance will not be available in Dover this year. Persons who have been served in Dover in the past are invited to come to the Hughes Center for help with their tax returns.
For further information contact O.D. Smith at 968-3287.
Arts Center to host student exhibitions
The River Valley Arts Center, 1001 East B Street, Russellville, is sponsoring two separate art exhibitions/competitions for student artists. The first will open from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, February 3, with a reception and awards presentation. Any college student in the state of Arkansas enrolled in a fine arts course is eligible to enter up to two works. There is a $5 charge for each entry.
The High School Art Competition and Exhibition opening reception and awards presentation is Sunday, March 3 from 1–3 p.m. This competition is open to all high school students in grades 9–12 in any school in Arkansas and high school aged home schooled students. Students may submit their own works or teachers may submit works for them.
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For the fourth straight week, there is very little change in RecruitingNation's class rankings. Thirteen of the 14 SEC teams are ranked in the top 40, including nine of the top 16, and top-ranked Alabama is holding a big lead over any and all pursuers.
Trending up: While Missouri still remains the only SEC team not ranked in the top 40 of the team rankings, the Tigers received big news on Tuesday night as two three-star prospects wide receiver Nate Brown (Suwannee, Ga./North Gwinnett) and athlete Thomas Wilson (Buford, Ga./Buford) made their pledge to the Tigers.


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Am I the only one to note that they use too many characters in describing Sony? AFAIK, Sony was never involved in gambling (well other than taking stupid business decisions, but that's not regulated that way). Methinks there is a "bl" too much, unless I really need more coffee before I read things..
I'd go further than that.
Make sure your site has no live third party content. And not just for gambling sites, but for any site that ought to be expected to have respect for its customers.
No scripts hosted on third party sites, no third party supplied feeds, no adverts, no google analytics, no ... absolutely nothing whatsoever that isn't being served from your *own* dedicated servers.
You may trust google, your ad server and the company that has given you some free widgets, but your customers probably don't. And even if they do, they probably shouldn't.
Just remember to NOT email your U.S. customers telling them that their online gaming info may have been disclosed.
When I worked in Gib for a gaming company, there was a 'well known' black market in player data - the going rate was about £4 per person I believe. The interesting thing was that even as someone only loosely classed as a technical role (more process management) I had full access to the production databases. And that wasn't uncommon across similar non technical roles in our and other companies out there (everyone socialised together, played cards together etc). Having come from a stricter background, I obviously locked this down for our company fairly quickly and set up proper segregation of roles, rights, access levels etc etc
Then there's the well publicised Absolute Poker / Ultimate Bet fiasco where a cunning developer introduced a nice loophole straight into the production environment and they defrauded people of millions. It's basic stuff, but frightening how little it gets done.
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From Ken Rosenthal's latest posting. It mentions the Braves, Royals, and Nationals as interested. Griffey blurb leads the piece with Kearns section a few paragraphs down.
From Ken Rosenthal's latest posting. It mentions the Braves, Royals, and Nationals as interested. Griffey blurb leads the piece with Kearns section a few paragraphs down.
then maybe they ought to play him instead of Rich Aurilia.The Braves remain interested in Reds OF Austin Kearns, who also is on the Royals' and Nationals' wish lists. The Reds, however, don't want to trade Kearns until he increases his value to the point where they will get a quality pitcher in return.
what and use common sense?Originally Posted by pedro
of course is AK a gamer like RA?
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There's a thought...Originally Posted by pedro
The Braves have some bad OF's.
Here are the guys with the worst Runs Created Vs the League in the NL so far.
Code:WORST 1 Jack Wilson -12 T2 Marquis Grissom -10 T2 J.J. Hardy -10 T4 Royce Clayton -9 T4 Cristian Guzman -9 T4 Quinton McCracken -9 T4 Yadier Molina -9 T8 J.D. Closser -8 T8 Brian Jordan -8 T8 Raul Mondesi -8 T8 Tike Redman -8 T8 Ty Wigginton -8
I hope for Austins sake the A's come calling for him.
Go Gators!
Hmmm...interesting stuff, if this has any validity at all it seems that Kearns will not be a Red by the end of the season assuming he plays to his potential. While moving him may or may not be good for the team he is my favorite player, and I for one would miss him.
Benzinger backing and calling! And the 1990 world championship series belongs to the Cincinnati Reds!
Yeah, I'd love for the Reds to make a run at one of the A's young guns such as Blanton or Haren. But I highly doubt they'd give up either one.Originally Posted by KronoRed
I don't like trading with the Braves it seems we get burned everytime we trade with them.What do you think we would get in return from the Nationals?? JB always liked Kearns.
Jimbo has nothing we want, the pitchers he has that are good make too much money for us.
Go Gators!
The Braves have been after him for some time now. Perhaps we could aim for position prospects too - Brian McCann perhaps as part of it.
Honestly, we need a pitcher out of the deal but that shouldn't be the only focus.
I will say this, the Braves outfield is getting to be atrocious with Brian Jordan and Mondesi running out there. So the value Kearns could possibly bring to them is probably very enticing to the Braves brass. That being said, I agree that I don't like our team trading with the Braves, we always seem to get shafted whenever we deal with them. I say, and some may argue, that if he returns to the rookie Kearns form we don't deal him for anything less than a SOLID number two.
Benzinger backing and calling! And the 1990 world championship series belongs to the Cincinnati Reds!
trading one of the young OFs isn't going to do anything to help in the short help. The Reds need at a minimun of 6-7 new pitchers. The farm system is also devoid of OF prospects for the most part. The only one at the moment is Dickerson who is 23 at High A.
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The Bong jokes ran for a while...isnt that worth something in the Reitsma deal???
That and exBraves dadOriginally Posted by smith288
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The unknown voters behind the MLS Power Rankings have FC Dallas up three spots for its 2-1 comeback win vs Montreal in the Week Six rankings. FCD was at No. 13 last week. Here's what the voters had to say:
It's not great when you need a furious last-minute comeback in order to get full honors at home against an expansion team. That said, it's nice for Dallas to know they can do just that. Still, they've got to be counting the days until David Ferreira gets back.


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Farina warns Sydney FC after Jets victory
A furious Frank Farina warned his players to either shape up or ship out after Sydney FC suffered a 2-1 loss to Newcastle on Saturday night to remain anchored to the bottom of the A-League ladder.
With the Jets plummeting down the ladder after five winless rounds and Sydney propping it up on only 10 points, both teams were desperate to revive their season at Hunter Stadium.
But while the Jets moved up one place to reclaim a top-six place, the Sky Blues remain last after slumping to their eighth loss this season.
Craig Goodwin and Emile Heskey put the hosts in front with Yairo Yau getting one back for Sydney - all in the first half.
When the two sides met in their much-hyped round-two encounter, the Jets produced a thrilling 3-2 win in an entertaining clash in which both marquee men Heskey and Sydney star Alessandro Del Piero scored.
But while Heskey was a present force in Saturday's match, Del Piero barely featured.
"When you have to rely on a 38-year-old player who's just come back from a hamstring injury it's a bit of a worry," Farina said.
"We got what we deserved today and we didn't deserve to win."
Despite an ill Brett Emerton getting subbed off after 30 minutes and missing injured pair Pascal Bosschaart and Jason Culina, Farina was making no excuses saying the side should have the depth to cope.
"There will be a lot of nervous players after that," he said.
"They won't like me when I get angry.
"I'm a fighter and I'll go down swinging in terms of the fight to make it off the bottom and I expect the players that will be with me will have that same attitude.
"If they don't, they won't play."
The Sky Blues face two tough matches in the next nine days going up against frontrunners the Central Coast on Thursday and Adelaide on New Year's Eve.
A win against the Mariners will bring them just a point away from the top six.
"We're running out of games," Farina said.
"So it would be nice to make them a turning point."
Gary van Egmond by contrast was full of praise for his charges saying it was just the result they needed to get their season back on track.
The two goals on Saturday were the Jets' first since round eight.
"Tonight I thought we had two full-backs who had real intent getting past people, we had midfielders who really wanted to work, we had wide players who wanted to take people on, and strikers who wanted to win their duels and score," van Egmond said.
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(NNPA)—As long as most of us can remember, Black communities have taught and believed that a college education is the key to social and economic advancement. But according to a new research and policy brief by Brandeis University scholars, that long-held belief is only one of several factors affecting Black America's ability to build wealth.
After Brandeis University's Institute on Assets and Policies traced 1,700 working Americans households over 25 years, the researchers found that the wealth gap between White and Black families nearly tripled, increasing from $85,000 in 1984 to $236,500 in 2009. For each dollar in income increase during these years, White wealth grew $5.19 while Black wealth growth amounted to 69 cents.
"Our analysis found little evidence to support common perceptions about what underlies the ability to build wealth, including the notion that personal attributes and behavioral choices are key pieces of the equation," said the report by the Brandeis' Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP). "Instead, the evidence points to policy and the configuration of both opportunities and barriers in workplaces, schools, and communities that reinforce deeply entrenched racial dynamics in how wealth is accumulated and that continue to permeate the most important spheres of everyday life."
The report ranked the biggest drivers of America's racial wealth gap:
Years of homeownership;
Household income;
College education and
Inheritance/other financial support
On average, White families became homeowners eight years earlier than Black families. Oftentimes inheritance and other financial support favored families with pre-existing wealth. With more White families able to receive family financial assistance, make larger up-front payments for home purchases, they benefited from lowered interest rates and lending costs.
By contrast, Black homeowners were more likely to have high-interest, risky mortgages even when income and credit scores were comparable to those of Whites. As labor market instability tended to affect Black more negatively than Whites, accrued monetary assets became the vehicle to withstand the lack of income and eliminated many opportunities to invest to build wealth. As a result, Black mortgage borrowers became more than twice as likely to lose their homes to foreclosure.


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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Apparel, Inc. (NYSE MKT: APP), a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel, announced preliminary comparable sales for the period November 1, 2012 through November 26, 2012, and reported that comparable store sales increased 12%, including an 8% increase in comparable store sales for its retail store channel and a 39% increase in net sales for its online channel.
"November represents our 18th consecutive month of positive comparable sales"
"November represents our 18th consecutive month of positive comparable sales," said Dov Charney, Chairman and Chief Executive of American Apparel, Inc. "This very solid performance was achieved in all our businesses: retail, wholesale, and online with sales growth across almost all major markets and product categories. Black Friday was particularly strong and we more than doubled our Cyber Monday volume when compared to last year. We also saw further improvement in store productivity as we achieved record sales in terms of average sales per store in November. We think this reflects positively on our expectation that we will continue to increase comparable store sales next year, paving the way for additional profitability gains."
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American Apparel is a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel based in downtown Los Angeles, California. As of October 31, 2012, American Apparel had approximately 10,000 employees and operated 251 retail stores in 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and China. American Apparel also operates a global e-commerce site that serves over 60 countries worldwide at http://www.americanapparel.net. In addition, American Apparel operates a leading wholesale business that supplies high quality T-shirts and other casual wear to distributors and screen printers.
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O's win challenge on safe call at first base
Rays' Zobrist called out after originally reaching safely in the seventh inning
By Ben Raby / Special to MLB.com
BALTIMORE -- The Orioles got their second out of the seventh inning on an overturned play at first base in a 5-2 loss to the Rays in Game 1 of their day-night doubleheader on Friday.
With one out and Tampa Bay leading, 5-1, a dribbler from Rays shortstop Ben Zobrist was played by O's first baseman Chris Davis. Davis tossed the ball to Baltimore reliever Evan Meek, who was covering the bag on the play.
Zobrist was initially called safe on the play, but Orioles manager Buck Showalter came out to contest the call, and it was overturned.
"It's like I said to [first-base umpire Gabriel Morales], 'He's looking at the ball, he's looking at the bag, he's looking at the glove,'" Showalter said. "The eyes just can't [keep track].
"It's one of the reasons why we have replay. It's just impossible for the human eye to see all of those factors at one time. A lot of them are educated guesses. … [Sometimes] you have to see replays three or four times before you decide to overturn, obviously with this one they didn't need to see very much [before overturning the call], but that's no reflection on the umpire. You can understand how they can miss some of them."
The replay review took 43 seconds.
Ben Raby is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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'Dancing With The Stars' Elimination Shocker: Sabrina Bryan Sent HomeAn elimination shocker on 'Dancing With The Stars' sent one of the leading scorers and judges' favorites home Tuesday night.
Melissa Rycroft And Kelly Monaco Share Top Spot On 'Dancing With The Stars'The celebrity dancers got a chance to take creative control. Plus the show announces two big bombshells that will effect next week's episode.
'Dancing With the Stars: All Stars' - Week Two Is UnderwayWith week one nerves behind them, the remaining twelve All Stars swung back into gear, learning new routines in only one week and proving to America why they should remain within the competition.


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DETROIT - For the most part, the furnace is one of the most reliable things inside your home. It's generally good for about 20 years.
"Most people forget that they have a box in the basement that heats their house, until there's a problem and then it's a big issue," said HVAC technician Jarrod Beach.
However, this year, you may need to think about your furnace, ready or not! New federal regulations will go into effect in May. They require any furnaces installed in the northern United States to be 90 percent fuel efficient instead of 80 percent, which is the current standard.
For consumers, the more fuel efficient furnace will cost at minimum a few hundred dollars more. Even worse, installation can be trickier.
"The new 90 percent furnaces cannot vent into an existing b-vent flu or a chimney line or standard flu." said HVAC expert Don O'Brien.
Interior condo units and some apartments could be even more of a challenge.
"By the time you figure out all the dry wall repair, the carpentry, the soffiting, the painting and finishing, and stuff like that," said HVAC technician Jarrod Beach.
It could turn a three thousand dollar project into six thousand, but if you purchase before May, those extra costs can be avoided for now.
"Anybody who's got a furnace that's twelve, 13, 14 years old might want to think, might want to start thinking about this… it could save them a lot of money in the long run," said HVAC technician Jarrod Beach.
It will save you money because homeowners who install the current models will not be required to upgrade to 90 percent efficiency. So, if you buy a new furnace before May you could avoid those additional costs for another 20 years! But, you might not want to wait too long, or there could be a huge run for new furnaces in a few months.
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All my life when I've greased a bearing or a gear, I GREASE IT BIG TIME. I don't just put a dab on and call it good, I coat the whole bearing or gear and leave no part bare.
When I rebuilt the motor on my 1936 vintage 15-91 I really greased the motor drive gear. And I made sure that everything else was oiled well too.
Yesterday when I did my 201-2 I noticed there was very little grease on the motor drive gear and even less on the feed dog and bobbin drive gears. They are greased now big time.
I'm not worried about the wick grease getting into the motor housing, but from what I saw with the 201-2 even the little bit they had in there had been flung off all the way around the inside of the housing.
So my question is, how much is too much?


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With the July 4th announcement of the possible -- wait, make that probable -- no, actually, make that the almost certain confirmation of the existence of the Higgs boson, the so-called "God particle," physicists find themselves facing a fundamental question.
Does the discovery of the last member of the particle "zoo," the last piece of the puzzle of the fundamental nature of matter, mean that physicists have reached the end of their field's ultimate quest, time to pick up their lunchboxes and go home?
Or does the existence of the Higgs, although certainly an ultimate answer of sorts, just raise a thousand new questions, a thousand new avenues of research in quest of new, possible deeper answers?
First, a little history.
It was 1964 when British physicist Peter Higgs first proposed a theoretical model that predicted the particle given his name.
In that model, the existence of the Higgs boson and the associated Higgs field explain why the other elementary particles in the Standard Model of physics have mass, obtaining it by continuous interaction with this field.
The Standard Model lays out the theory of electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions which control the properties of the known subatomic particles.
The Higgs boson was seen to be the foundation of the model and the search for it the most important effort in the field of particle physics.
The search was conducted in the same way that had identified almost all other sub-atomic particles -- by using accelerators to propel charged particles to high speeds and guiding them to collisions, then examining the bits and pieces of ever smaller particle flung out by the collisions.
The search would be difficult as the theory of the Higgs held it would have no intrinsic spin, no electric charge, and would be very unstable, decaying almost immediately after its creation in a particle collision.
Accelerators around the world began the search at higher and higher energies in the hope that a collision would one day produce evidence of the Higgs at the extremely high energy levels where it was predicted it would show itself.
Enter the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European nuclear research center.
Two research teams, the CMS and the ATLAS collaborations, have spent years in the search for the Higgs and on July 4 announced that analysis of data gathered in their experiments was consistent with the Higgs boson, at the energy levels posited for it.
But having achieved the particle physics equivalent of scaling Mount Everest or putting a man on the moon, what now?
That depends on whether it is truly the Higgs that scientists believe has been discovered.
The CERN researchers have said only that the new particle is "consistent" with the Higgs boson, and that more data and analysis -- and perhaps even more experiments -- would be required before the particle could be positively identified.
In other words, it could be an impostor, or a Higgs "lookalike."
Not that physicists are particularly dismayed by the prospect, which would mean more questions, more research, and the knowledge that physics, as a field, has much more work to do.
"A Higgs lookalike would propel us into a new realm of experimentation and physics understanding," Caltech physics Professor Harvey Newman said.
"One of the most exciting aspects of this observation is that the road remains open for a vast range of 'lookalike' alternatives, where any deviation from the Standard Model would point the way to the existence of other new particles or forces of nature."
So whether the Higgs boson represents an answer or just more questions, particle physicists are ready to grapple with both.
Not time to put away the lunchboxes, it would seem.


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The first elimination episode of the season 12 finals mixed the new and the old:
A new format for announcing the results, a new low in product placement, the old tradition of the first singer going home and the old and unshakeable belief that the results shows are never going to be very interesting.
The shocker of the night was the new results format, which mimicked the system introduced by sister show "The X Factor." The singers were introduced by their rank in the voting, a surprising bit of insight from a show that has always been extremely secretive about its results.
The departure from "The X Factor" format was that the top three vote getters were not differentiated.
For a data fiend like the Watcher, this gift was most welcome, but I'm not sure it serves the show or the viewers well. Last season on "The X Factor," the same two singers never left the top slots, and their finale showdown was obvious by week two or three.
The results Thursday night didn't offer much of a surprise. After the judges beat the "a girl is going to win" drum all preseason and, in particular, pushed Candice Glover and Angie Miller as their favorites, the top three turned out to be Candice, Angie and Wednesday's top performer, Kree Harrison.
The lone surprise came in position 4, where Lazaro Arbos landed despite a shaky cover of Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway." As suspected, Lazaro, who received a ton of early-season coverage, has built up a large and sympathetic fan base.
Otherwise, the results largely stuck to the rule that the earlier you sing in the performance episode, the worse you will do in the results.
For the guys, whose performances were indistinguishable, this meant that – except for Lazaro and Burnell Taylor swapping spots – they finished in reverse order of their appearances.
So Curtis Finch Jr., who sang first, and Devin Velez, who sang third, were the bottom finishers on the night. And as required, Curtis was the first to go home.
He was allowed to sing for his life, of course, and did it well. But, despite Nicki Minaj's attempts to spare Curtis, there was no hope of the judges using their lone save of the season in the first week.
Curtis deserved a better fate. Early on, he looked like a potential winner, and despite the "girls, girls, girls" push of the show, he looked quite strong until Wednesday night. But singing first is a curse, and singing first while performing Ruben Studdard's season two coronation song is suicide.
The only thing worse than losing Curtis so early was the first annual appearance of the Horrifying Group Sing. Not only was it inevitably horrifying, it was used to promote a product-placed movie, hitting new depths for the show's "we'll sell anything" attitude.


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Chiropractic spinal traction therapy in West Tulsa is a method of stretching and mobilizing the spine using hands-on or mechanic force. Alleviation in pain is sought with therapeutic spinal traction by loosening tight and/or constricted muscles around the spine, and to help decompress intervertebral discs in order to relieve pressure on the spinal nerve roots, which is a major cause of back and spine related pain. As with other chiropractic treatments, spinal traction may or may not help alleviate your pain, often times with chiropractic treatment what works on one patient may not be right for others. Your chiropractor will evaluate your condition and determine if traction, and in what form, is right for you.
Yes, a chiropractor can help people with allergies. Next time you are feeling unwell due to allergies, you should consider visiting a chiropractor in West Tulsa . Chiropractic care is a holistic method of providing relief for the discomfort you feel when you suffer from allergies. Your chiropractor can successfully treat allergies by keeping your body healthy and less vulnerable to allergic reactions. A visit to a chiropractor, when you are suffering the symptoms of an allergic reaction, may help you to cope with your condition and make you feel much better. How can a Chiropractor help you? Allergic reactions are common immune disorders.
Best Sciatic Nerve Pain Relief in West Tulsa – chiropractor will find way to help you.Many people choose to seek chiropractic when they have a pain not only in their back, but any part of their body. If you are looking for an alternative to traditional medication and surgery, you may want to consider seeking help from a chiropractor. Throughout your life, you may feel some aches and pains. Many choose to go to the doctor who may then prescribe some medication or recommend over the counter remedies to mask the symptoms by relieving the pain. While others may choose to suffer through, hoping it will stop soon; many others choose to undergo chiropractic care, believing that the body can heal itself with the help of a professional. With proper alignment of the skeletal structure, the nervous system can function properly; relieve you of painful symptoms and health issues. The chiropractor uses his or her hands to restructure the vertebrae. Many people's bones on the spine are not correctly structured, thereby resulting in subluxation. This can cause pain not only in the back, but also in other parts of the body. Misalignment of the spine can interfere with the nervous and vascular systems, causing an array of issues including pain, digestive disturbances and weakness. More and more people are undergoing chiropractic care as an alternative therapy. It has become so popular that many times it is covered under some insurance plans. If you are interested in the procedure, contact your insurance company to make sure the procedure is covered. More and more people are using it for pain and problems in the spine and lower back. Others have even used it to cure ear infections or colic in infants, as well as headaches. During the first consultation period, the doctor will begin with a chiropractic exam. He or she will ask you questions pertaining to your medical history. The doctor will also ask the patient to explain where they feel pain and whether there are long lasting health problems and a history of disease. They may even ask you about your dietary habits and any medication you may take. If you know how the injury occurred, this is the time to tell the doctor so that he or she can properly diagnose the problem. Many professionals use x-ray machines during the initial visit also. They will then start the procedure by manipulating the spine, which may produce a painless popping sound. This will normally help the joints. The patient will lie on a special table when this is occurring, to help the practitioner place the patient in proper positions. They may also try some stretching techniques. Generally you will need longer term treatment if your pain is chronic or severe or attached to a health problem. If you are in poor health then the recovery time can be long also. The doctor will discharge you and will follow up with you to insure that there are not huge risks or complications. The doctor will also ask you to do some exercises and may have you to use heat or ice packs when you are at home. If performed correctly, chiropractic treatment can do wonders if a person is suffering from certain ailments. If you are interested in some alternative medicines, then why not try chiropractic procedures from a professional who you can trust.
Stiff Neck - How a Chiropractor Can Help You?If you suffer from reflux, or if your baby suffers from reflux, a visit to a chiropractor may help reduce the symptoms of this disease. Fortunately, babies often outgrow reflux once they have reached four months of age. The reason babies experience reflux is because they have immature sphincter muscles or because they have suffered trauma during the birth process. Chiropractic Treatment for Babies suffering from Reflux Babies, who are treated for reflux by a chiropractor in the first four months of their lives, respond very well to chiropractic treatment.The neck and back vertebrae of your baby can go out of alignment during the birth process. This is particularly true if your baby's delivery included forceps or a vacuum extraction, if the baby was delivered by a C- section, or if you needed to push the baby out for an extended period of time. If your baby suffers from reflux, chiropractic care can readjust any misalignment your baby may have suffered during his birth. Reflux is a common condition in babies under four months because the baby may have an immature or weak valve between his oesophagus and his stomach. Reflux occurs when milk escapes from the baby's stomach and flows up through the baby's oesophagus and back into the baby's mouth. When this happens the baby will vomit, often quite forcefully. The contents of a baby's stomach are acidic, so this can cause pain and irritation in your baby when he vomits.Chiropractic treatments can help your baby. The adjustments will help the nerves from the spine to have improved control of the upper valve of the baby's stomach and will correct any misalignment suffered during the birth process. The technique to adjust a baby is very gentle and you should see an improvement in your baby's condition within two or three visits to a chiropractor.A visit to a chiropractor is a drug free method of helping your baby to cope with the discomfort of reflux.Chiropractic Treatment for Older Children and Adults suffering from Reflux Patients who are treated by their chiropractor for upper back or neck problems may find the treatment will also help relieve reflux.If you have not considered chiropractic treatments for your reflux, you may be surprised to find spinal adjustments will ease the discomfort of reflux. Reflux may cause you to feel discomfort in your upper back between your shoulder blades. You may be helped by chiropractic adjustments to the spine. Chiropractic adjustments help to keep your nerve supply to the oesophagus and stomach in good condition. Patients with hiatal hernias may benefit from chiropractic treatment. A hiatal hernia occurs when the top section of your stomach herniates through your diaphragm. The diaphragm muscle may pinch the top part of your stomach and this can cause you to suffer from reflux.The holistic care offered by your chiropractor may help you to control the severity and discomfort caused by reflux. Chiropractic care may mean you can take fewer drugs or no drugs at all, to control your condition. Babies who suffer from reflux will benefit from chiropractic visits and parents will soon see a happier and more contented baby.
Can a Chiropractor Help People With Lower Back Pain?Many people today are opting for natural healing. And one of the most popular natural healing methods is chiropractic. Chiropractors are trained to provide relief to their patients as fast as they possibly can. A reputable chiropractic practitioner will recommend the smallest number of treatments necessary to help prevent the patient's condition from recurring. If it is your first time to visit a chiropractic clinic, here are the steps that might help you. - Before a patient is treated, the chiropractor needs to conduct an interview with the patient. This may be done face to face or over the telephone. During this interview, the chiropractor will discuss his philosophy and approach toward treatment. - You will be asked to fill out forms which will provide the chiropractor with the information he needs to develop your treatment plan. The questions on the form will revolve around the details of your condition. Additionally, you may be asked to provide details about your family's and your own medical history, past and current treatments, and other existing conditions. - You will then undergo a chiropractic exam. The chiropractor will conduct a few general tests followed by other tests designed to evaluate your range of motion, muscle strength and tone, and neurological integrity. In some cases, the patient may be asked to undergo further chiropractic tests. Some patients may be asked to undergo diagnostic studies after the chiropractic exam. Diagnostic studies can sometimes aid in enabling the chiropractor to make a more accurate diagnosis. These may include x-rays, MRI, and other lab tests. - Combining the findings from the patient's history, chiropractic exam, and diagnostic studies, the chiropractor can then proceed to make a diagnosis. Once a diagnosis has been made, the chiropractor will explain his findings, whether chiropractic can help you, the treatment plan, and the length of the treatment process. Actual treatment may start during the first visit or the following visit. Although treatment plans are tailored to each individual patient, most plans include adjustment of the joints, soft tissue healing techniques, pain control, strengthening and stretching exercises, advice on proper posture and movement, and treatments like massage, cold/hot compress, and nutritional advice. Treatment plans for patients are often divided into two parts. The initial phase is centered on providing immediate pain relief and restoring normal functions. The second phase is long-term in nature and is geared toward enabling the patience to achieve a good measure of functional independence which, in turn, should lead to the complete restoration of the patient's ability to enjoy his normal routines. These are the basic steps you should remember when planning to visit a chiropractic clinic for the first time.


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Case Concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America)
|International Court of Justice (ICJ)
|Publication Date
|9 June 1998
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|Type of Decision
|Reports 1998, p. 248, 266, 272, 426
|Cite as
|Case Concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America), 98/22, International Court of Justice (ICJ), 9 June 1998, available at: http://www.refworld.org/cases,ICJ,3ae6b6d014.html [accessed 21 January 2018]
9 April 1998
(PARAGUAY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
Present: Vice-President WEERAMANTRY, Acting President; President SCHWEBEL; Judges ODA, BEDJAOUI, GUILLAUME, RANJEVA, HERCZEGH, SHI, FLEISCHHAUER, KOROMA, VERESHCHETIN, HIGGINS, PARRA-ARANGUREN, KOOIJMANS, REZEK; Registrar VALENCIA-OSPINA.
The International Court of Justice,
Composed as above,
After deliberation,
Having regard to Articles 41 and 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Articles 73, 74 and 75 of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry of the Court on 3 April 1998, whereby the Republic of Paraguay (hereinafter "Paraguay") instituted proceedings against the United States of America (hereinafter "the United States") for "violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations [of 24 April 1963]" (hereinafter the "Vienna Convention") allegedly committed by the United States,
Makes the following Order:
1. Whereas, in its aforementioned Application, Paraguay bases the jurisdiction of the Court on Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court and on Article I of the Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, which accompanies the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ("the Optional Protocol")'
2. Whereas, in the Application, it is stated that in 1992 the authorities of the Commonwealth of Virginia arrested a Paraguayan national, Mr. Angel Francisco Breard; whereas it is maintained that he was charged, tried, convicted of culpable homicide and sentenced to death by a Virginia court (the Circuit Court of Arlington County) in 1993, without having been informed, as is required under Article 36, subparagraph 1 (b), of the Vienna Convention, of his rights under that provision; whereas it is specified that among these rights are the right to request that the relevant consular office of the State of which he is national be advised of his arrest and detention, and the right to communicate with that office; and whereas it is also alleged that the authorities of the Commonwealth of Virginia also did not advise the Paraguayan consular officers of Mr. Breard's detention, and that those officers were only able to render assistance to him from 1996, when the Paraguayan Government learnt by its own means that Mr. Breard was imprisoned in the United States;
3. Whereas, in the Application, Paraguay states that Mr. Breard's subsequent petitions before federal courts in order to seek a writ of habeas corpus failed, the federal court of first instance having, on the basis of the doctrine of "procedural default", denied him the right to invoke the Vienna Convention for the first time before that court, and the intermediate federal appellate court having confirmed that decision; whereas, consequently, the Virginia court that sentenced Mr. Breard to the death penalty set an execution date of 14 April 1998; whereas Mr. Breard, having exhausted all means of legal recourse available to him as of right, petitioned the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, requesting it to exercise its discretionary power to review the decision given by the lower federal courts and to grant a stay of his execution pending that review, and whereas, while this request is still pending before the Supreme Court, it is however rare for that Court to accede to such requests; and whereas Paraguay stated, moreover, that it brought proceedings itself before the proceedings initiated against Mr. Breard, but both the federal court of first instance and the federal appellate court held that they had no jurisdiction in the case because it was barred by a doctrine conferring "sovereign immunity" on federated states; whereas Paraguay also filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court, which is also still pending; and whereas Paraguay furthermore engaged in diplomatic efforts with the Government of the United States and sought the good offices of the Department of State;
4. Whereas, in its Application, Paraguay maintains that by violating its obligations under Article 36, subparagraph 1 (b), of the Vienna Convention, the United States prevented Paraguay from exercising the consular functions provided for in Articles 5 and 36 of the Convention and specifically for ensuring the protection of its interests and of those of its nationals in the United States; whereas Paraguay states that it was not able to contact Mr. Breard nor to offer him the necessary assistance, and whereas accordingly Mr. Breard "made a number of objectively unreasonable decisions during the criminal proceedings against him, which were conducted without translation"; and "did not comprehend the fundamental differences between the criminal justice systems of the United States and Paraguay"; and whereas Paraguay concludes from this that it is entitled to restitutio in integrum, that is to say "the re-establishment of the situation that existed before the United States failed to provide the notifications required by the Convention";
5. Whereas Paraguay requests the Court to adjudge and declare as follows:
"(1)that the United States, in arresting, detaining, trying, convicting, and sentencing Angel Francisco Breard, as described in the preceding statement of facts, violated its international legal obligations to Paraguay, in its own right and in the exercise of its right of diplomatic protection of its national, as provided by Articles 5 and 36 of the Vienna Convention;
(2)that Paraguay is therefore entitled to restitutio in integrum;
(3)that the United States is under an international legal obligation not to apply to the doctrine of procedural default', or any other doctrine of its internal law, so as to preclude the exercise of the rights accorded under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention; and
(4)that the United States is under an international legal obligation to carry out in conformity with the foregoing international legal obligations any future detention of or criminal proceedings against Angel Francisco Breard or any other Paraguayan national in its territory, whether by a constituent, legislative, executive, judicial or other power, whether that power holds a superior or a subordinate position in the organization of the United States, and whether that power's functions are of an international or internal character; and that, pursuant to the foregoing international legal obligations,
(1)any criminal liability imposed on Angel Francisco Breard in violation of international legal obligations is void, and should be recognized as void by the legal authorities of the United States;
(2)the United States should restore the status quo ante, that is re-establish the situation that existed before the detention of, proceedings against, and conviction and sentencing of Paraguay's national in violation of the United States' international legal obligations to place; and
(3)the United States should provide Paraguay a guarantee of the non-repetition of the illegal acts";
6. Whereas, on 3 April 1998, after having filed its Application, Paraguay also submitted an urgent request for the indication of provisional measures in order to protect its rights, pursuant to Article 41 of the Statute of the Court and to Articles 73, 74 and 75 of the Rules of Court;
7. Whereas, in its request for the indication of provisional measures, Paraguay refers to the basis of jurisdiction of the Court invoked in its Application, and to the facts set out and the submissions made therein; and whereas it reaffirms in particular that the United States had violated its obligations under the Vienna Convention and must restore the status quo ante;
8. Whereas in its request for the indication of provisional measures of protection, Paraguay states that, on 25 February 1998, the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia, ordered that Mr. Breard be executed on 14 April 1998; whereas it emphasizes that "[t]he importance and sanctity of an individual human life are well established in international law" and "[a]s recognized by Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, every human being has the inherent right to life and this right shall be protected by law"; and whereas Paraguay states in the following terms the grounds for its request and the possible consequences of its dismissal:
"Under the grave and exceptional circumstances of this case, and given the paramount interest of Paraguay in the life and liberty of its nationals, provisional measures are urgently needed to protect the life of Paraguay's national and the ability of this Court to order the relief to which Paraguay is entitled: restitution in kind. Without the provisional measures requested, the United States will execute Mr. Breard before this Court can consider the merits of Paraguay's claims, and Paraguay will be forever deprived of the opportunity to have the status quo ante restored in the event of a judgment in its favour";
9 Whereas Paraguay asks that, pending final judgment in this case, the Court indicate:
"(a)That the Government of the United States take the measures necessary to ensure that Mr. Breard not be executed pending the disposition of this case;
(b )That the Government of the United States report to the Court the actions it has taken in pursuance of subparagraph (a) immediately above and the results of those actions; and
(c) That the Government of the United States ensure that no action is taken that might prejudice the rights of the Republic of Paraguay with respect to any decision this Court may render on the merits of the case";
and whereas it asks the Court moreover to consider its request as a matter of the greatest urgency "in view of the extreme gravity and immediacy of the threat that the authorities will execute a Paraguayan citizen";
10. Whereas, on 3 April 1998, the Ambassador of Paraguay to the Netherlands addressed a letter to the President of the Court requesting the Court to fix an early date for a hearing on his Government's request for provisional measures, asking the Member of the Court who, in accordance with the provisions of Article 13, paragraph 1, and Article 32, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Court, would exercise the functions of President in the case to "call upon the United States of America to ensure that Mr. Breard is not put to death before the Court's ruling on Paraguay's request for provisional measures"; and indication that he had been appointed as Agent of :Paraguay for the purposes of the case;
11. Whereas, on 3 April 1998, the date on which the Application and the request for provisional measures were filed in the Registry, the Registrar advised the Government of the United States of the filing of those documents, communicated the text of them to that Government by facsimile and sent it a certified copy of the Application, in accordance with Article 40, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court and Article 38, paragraph 4, of the Rules of Court, together with a certified copy of the request for the indication of provisional measures, in accordance with Article 73, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court; and whereas the Registrar also sent the Government of the United States a copy of the letter addressed that day to the President of the Court by the Agent of Paraguay;
12. Whereas, by identical letters dated 3 April 1998, the Vice-President of the Court addressed both Parties in the following terms:
"Exercising the functions of the presidency in terms of Articles 13 and 32 of the Rules of Court, and acting in conformity with Article 74, paragraph 4, of the said Rules, I hereby draw the attention of both Parties to the need to act in such a way as to enable any Order the Court will make on the request for provisional measures to have its appropriate effects";
and whereas, at a meeting held the same day with the representatives of both Parties, he advised them that the Court would hold public hearings on 7 April 1998 at 10 a.m., in order to afford the Parties the opportunity of presenting their observations on the request for provisional measures;
13. Whereas, by a letter dated 5 April 1998, received in the Registry on 6 April 1998, the Ambassador of the United States to the Netherlands informed the Court of the appointment of an Agent and a Co-Agent of his Government for the case;
14. Whereas, pending the notification under Article 40, paragraph 3, of the Statute of the Court and Article 42 of the Rules of Court, by transmission of the printed text, in two languages, of the Application to the Members of the United Nations and to other States entitled to appear before the Court, the Registrar, on 6 April 1998, informed those States of the filing of the Application and of its subject-matter, and of the request for the indication of provisional measures;
15. Whereas, on 6 April 1998, the Registrar, in accordance with Article 43 of the Rules of Court, addressed the notification provided for in Article 63, paragraph 1, of the Statute to the States, other than the Parties to the dispute, which on the basis of information supplied by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as depositary appeared to be parties to the Vienna Convention and to the Optional Protocol;
16,Whereas, at the public hearings held on 7 April 1998, in accordance with Article 74, paragraph 3, of the Rules of Court, oral statements on the request for the indication of provisional measures were presented by the Parties:
On behalf of Paraguay: by H.E. Mr. Manuel María Cáceres,
Mr. Donald Francis Donovan,
Mr. Barton Legum,
Dr. José Emilio Gorostiaga;
On behalf of the United States: by Mr. David R. Andrews,
Ms Catherine Brown,
Mr. John R. Crook,
Mr. Michael J. Matheson;
and whereas at the hearings a question was put by a Member of the Court, to which a reply was given orally and in writing;
17. Whereas, at the hearings, Paraguay reiterated the line of argument set forth in its Application and its request for the indication of provisional measures;
18. Whereas at the hearing, the United States argued that Mr. Breard's guilt was well established, and pointed out that the accused had admitted his guilt, which Paraguay did not dispute; whereas it recognized that Mr. Breard had not been informed, at the time of his arrest and trial, of his rights under Article 36, subparagraph 1 (b), of the Vienna Convention, and indicated to the Court that this omission was not deliberate; whereas it nonetheless maintained that the person concerned had had all necessary legal assistance, that he understood English well and that the assistance of consular officers would not have changed the outcome of the proceedings brought against him in any way; whereas, referring to State practice in these matters, it stated that the notification provide for by Article 36, subparagraph 1 (b), of the Vienna convention is unevenly made, and that when a claim is made for failure to notify, the only consequence is that apologies are presented by the government responsible; and whereas it submitted that the automatic invalidation of the proceedings initiated and the return to the status quo ante s penalties for the failure to notify not only find no support in State practice, but would be unworkable;
19. Whereas the United States also indicated that the State Department had done everything in its power to help the Government of Paraguay as soon as it was informed of the situation in 1996; and whereas in stated that when, 30 March 1998, Paraguay advised the Government of the United States of its intention to bring proceedings before the Court if the United States Government did not take steps to initiate consultation and to obtain a stay of execution for Mr. Breard, the Government of the United States had emphasized inter alia that a stay of exclusively on the United States Supreme Court and the Governor of Virginia;
20. Whereas the United States furthermore maintained that Paraguay's contention that the invalidation of the sentence of a person who had not been notified pursuant to Article 36, subparagraph 1 (b), of the Vienna Convention could be required under that instrument, has no foundation in the relevant provisions, their travaux préparatoires or the practice of States, and that, in the event, Mr. Breard has not been prejudiced by the absence of notification; and whereas it pointed out that provisional measures should not be indicated where it appears that the Applicant's argument will not enable it to be successful on the merits;
21. Whereas the United States also stated that, when the Court indicates provisional measures under Article 41 of its Statute, it must take the rights of each of the Parties into consideration and ensure that it maintains a fair balance in protecting those rights; whereas that would not be the case if it acceded to Paraguay's request in these proceedings; and whereas the measures requested by Paraguay would prejudice the merits of the case;
22. Whereas the United States finally alleged that the indication of the provisional measures requested by Paraguay would be contrary to the interests of the States parties to the Vienna Convention and to those of the international community as a whole as well as to those of the Court, and would in particular be such as seriously to disrupt the criminal justice systems of the States parties to the Convention, given the risk of proliferation of cases; and whereas it stated in that connection that States have an overriding interest in avoiding external judicial intervention which would interfere with the execution of a sentence passed at the end of and orderly process meeting the relevant human rights standards;
23. Whereas on a request for the indication of provisional measures the Court need not, before deciding whether or not to indicate them, finally satisfy itself that it has jurisdiction on the merits of the case, but whereas it may not indicate them unless the provisions invoked by the Applicant appear, prima facie, to afford a basis on which the jurisdiction of the Court might be founded;
24. Whereas Article I of the Optional Protocol, which Paraguay invokes as the basis of jurisdiction of the Court in this case, is worded as follows:
"Disputes arising out of the interpretation or application of the Convention shall lie within the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and may accordingly be brought before the Court by an application made by any party to the dispute being a Party to the present Protocol";
25. Whereas, according to the information communicated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as depositary, Paraguay and the United States are parties to the Vienna Convention and to the Optional Protocol, in each case without reservation;
26. Whereas Articles II and III of the aforementioned Protocol provide that within a period of two months after one party has notified the other of the existence of a dispute, the parties may agree to resort not to the International Court of Justice but to an arbitration tribunal or alternatively first to conciliation; but whereas these Articles
"when read in conjunction with those of Article I and with the Preamble to Protocols, Make it crystal clear that they are not to be understood as laying down a precondition of the applicability of the precise and categorical provision contained in Article I establishing the compulsory jurisdiction if the Court in respect of disputes arising out of the interpretation or application of the Vienna Convention "(United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran, (United States of America V. Iran),Judgment, 24 May 1980, I. C. J. Reports 1980, pp. 25-26);
27. Whereas, in its Application and at the hearings, Paraguay stated that the issues in dispute between itself and the United States concern Articles 5 and 36 of the Vienna Convention and fall within the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court under Article I of the Optional Protocol; and whereas it concluded from this that the Court has the jurisdiction necessary to indicate the provisional measures requested;
28. Whereas the hearing, the United States contended, for its part, that Paraguay had not established that the Court had jurisdiction in these proceedings, even prima facie; whereas it argued that there is no dispute between the Parties as to the interpretation of Article 36, subparagraph I (b), of the Vienna Convention and nor is there a dispute as to its application, since the United States recognizes that the notification provided for was not carried out; whereas the United States maintained that the objections raised by Paraguay to the proceedings brought against its national do not constitute a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Vienna Convention; and whereas it added that there was no entitlement to restitutio in integrum under the terms of that Convention;
29. Whereas the United States moreover indicated to the Court that it had expressed its regret to Paraguay for the failure to notify Mr. Breard of his right to consular access, engaged in consultations with Paraguay on the matter and taken steps to ensure future compliance with its obligations under the Vienna Convention at both the federal and state level;
30. Whereas Paraguay asserts that it is nevertheless entitled to restitutio in integrum, that any criminal liability currently imposed on Mr. Breard should accordingly be recognized as void by the legal authorities of the United States and that the status quo ante should be restored in that Mr. Breard should have the benefit of the provisions of the Vienna Convention in any renewed proceedings brought against him, no objection to his continued detention meanwhile being made by Paraguay; whereas however the United States believes that these measures are not required by the Vienna Convention, would contravene the understanding underlying the adoption of Article 36 as well as the uniform practice of States, and would put this Court in a position of acting as a universal supreme court of criminal appeals;
31. Whereas there exists a dispute as to whether the relief sought by Paraguay is a remedy available under the Vienna Convention, in particular in relation to Articles 5 and 36 thereof; and whereas this is a dispute arising out of the application of the Convention within the meaning of Article I of the Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes of 24 April 1963;
32. Whereas the United States claimed nevertheless that prima facie there is no jurisdiction for the Court in this case as Paraguay has no legally cognizable claim to the relief it seeks nor any prospect ultimately of prevailing on the merits because no prejudice to Mr. Breard has occurred;
33. Whereas the existence of the relief sought by Paraguay under the Convention can only be determined at the stage of the merits; and whereas the issue of whether any such remedy is dependent upon evidence of prejudice to the accused in his trial and sentence can equally only be decided upon at the merits;
34. Whereas the Court finds that, prima facie, it has jurisdiction under Article I of the Aforesaid Optional Protocol to decide the dispute between Paraguay and the United States;
35. Whereas the power of the Court to indicate provisional measures under Article 41 of its Statute is intended to preserve the respective rights of the parties pending its decision, and presupposes that irreparable prejudice shall not be caused to rights which are the subject of a dispute in judicial proceedings; whereas it follows that the Court must be concerned to preserve by such measures the rights which may subsequently be adjudged by the Court to belong either to the Applicant, or to the Respondent; and whereas such measures are only justified if there is urgency;
36. Whereas the Court will not order interim measures in the absence of "irreparable prejudice to rights which are the subject of dispute " (Nuclear Tests (Australia v. France), Interim Protection, Order of 22 June 1973, I.C.J. Reports 1973, p. 103; United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Teheran, Provisional Measures, Order of 15 December 1979, I.C.J. Reports 1979, p. 19, para. 36; Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)), Provisional Measures, Order of 8 April 1993, I.C.J. Reports 1993, p. 19, para. 34);
37. Whereas the execution of Mr. Breard is ordered for 14 April 1998; and whereas such an execution would render it impossible for the Court to order the relief that Paraguay seeks and thus cause irreparable harm to the rights it claims;
38. Whereas the issues before the Court in this case do not concern the entitlement of the federal states within the United States to the death penalty for the most heinous crimes; and whereas, further, the function of this Court is to resolve international legal disputes between States, inter alia when they arise out of the interpretation or application of international conventions, and not to act as a court of criminal appeal;
39. Whereas, in the light of the aforementioned considerations, the Court finds that the circumstances require it to indicate, as a matter of urgency, provisional measures in accordance with Article 41 of its Statute;
40. Whereas measures indicated by the Court for a stay of execution would necessarily be provisional in nature and would not in any way prejudge findings the Court might make on the merits; and whereas the measures indicated would preserve the respective rights of Paraguay and of the United States; and whereas it is appropriate that the Court, with the co-operation of the Parties, ensure that any decision on the merits be reached with all possible expedition;
41. For these reasons,
I. Indicates the following provisional measures:
The United States should take all measures at its disposal to ensure that Angel Francisco Breard is not executed pending the final decision in these proceedings, and should inform the Court of all the measures which it has taken in implementation of this Order;
II. Decides, that, until the Court has given its final decision, it shall remain seised of the matters which form the subject-matter of this Order.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the Republic of Paraguay and the Government of the United States of America, respectively.
(Signed) Christopher G. WEERAMANTRY, Vice-President.
(Signed) Eduardo VALENCIA-OSPINA, Registrar.
President SCHWEBEL and Judges ODA and KOROMA append declarations to the Order of the Court.
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