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From a legal perspective, that makes sense. Bittorrent has always been about just "large file distribution" and was initially pushed as an alternative for downloading movie trailers, large Linux distributions, etc. It's gotten a fair amount of traction among a great deal of media sites as a fantastic way for distributing their work. It just so happens that it can be used for illegal purposes, like other technology.
That's a far cry from some p2p software's claims of "Find any song, any movie, any show, in seconds!" Bittorrent was introduced as a means for downloading big files. Plenty of other p2p software was introduced almost explicitly for downloading copyrighted material, and advertised as such.
So while the ruling initially sounds like a blow to p2p software, the wording shows that it's simply a blow to software made and distributed expressly for infringing copyrights. I can understand how "if you're encouraging copyright infringement with your software you're just as guilty" can lead to unanimous agreement.
Exactly correct. It's a pretty limited decision, specific to Grokster's business model. The next P2P company that comes along just has to do a better job of advertising their product for the purpose of exchanging legally exchangeable files.
In other words, the SCt weaseled out of a definitive ruling on the P2P question. They're good at weaseling out of such decisions these days - quite a shame. Maybe the next P2P company targeted by the AAs will push the Court to a clear ruling... maybe not then, either.
In short, this is a limited legal victory for the P2P community.
More importantly, it's a good practical step for the P2P community. If these decisions remain long, drawn-out, and in dire need of follow-up cases and mounting legal fees, then perhaps the AAs will decide that this battle isn't worth fighting. They've already made some recent noise about starting their own P2P services.
- David Stein
It has always been their policy to issue as narrowly worded a decision as can decide the case before them. It's not "theese days", it's the full history of the court.In other words, the SCt weaseled out of a definitive ruling on the P2P question. They're good at weaseling out of such decisions these days - quite a shame. Maybe the next P2P company targeted by the AAs will push the Court to a clear ruling... maybe not then, either.
It has always been their policy to issue as narrowly worded a decision as can decide the case before them. It's not "theese days", it's the full history of the court.
precisely... because it's not their job to make the law... just to be the final arbiter on how the law as it stands actually should be interpreted.
That's not quite right. The Court has always resolved cases by ruling on the most limited basis available. For instance, if a case can be dismissed either by an in-depth review of the First Amendment or by relying on a procedural legal error, it always relies on the latter.
This is different than issuing the most limited ruling possible. Every single case can be resolved on case-specific factors: "We find this way only because the activity occurred on a Wednesday, and the plaintiff was wearing red socks, and the defendant's first name is Homer. We decline to extend this ruling to any other combination of factors."
The Court shouldn't be doing this. This is the highest court in the land - it shouldn't waste time resolving questions that apply solely to the case at bar. When it rules, it creates precedent on which lower courts rely to dispose of similar cases. That is its job.
And this is why this decision is pointless. The ruling: "If you're going to create a P2P company, don't promote it for the purpose of violating copyright." Company response: "OK, we won't. Now are we legally in the clear?" This question is still open.
- David Stein
Exactly correct. It's a pretty limited decision, specific to Grokster's business model. The next P2P company that comes along just has to do a better job of advertising their product for the purpose of exchanging legally exchangeable files.
no, no, no!
Here's the problem. The Supremes didn't say "Grokster's advertising practice promotes the act of copyright infringement and any and all promotional materials and advertisements that do so are illegal." they said "making a piece of software that's marketed as a vehicle for copyright infringement is illegal."
The reason that's important is that a legal interpretation of some borderline ad-campaign could make X-brand software illegal (instead of making the company change the advertisement, pay a fine, etc).
The software and the advertisement are not the problem, the infringement is (although, seperately, the promotion itself is possibly illegal).
This ruling's reasoning is not far from "My kid played GTA and shot a cop, it's partly the game publisher's fault." No, it's not. It's the (hypothetical) kid's fault...you know, the one who actually did something wrong? I don't know what they're smoking in the court these days, but it must be good.
Unfortunately, it's not medical marijuana.
They're good at weaseling out of such decisions these days - quite a shame.
I don't think they weaseled out of anything this time. By framing it as "the P2P question" and complaining about "weaseling", you are suggesting that you want either a unanimous "yes, any P2P is fine, even if it blatently encourages infringing uses" or a unanimous "no, P2P is horrible, even for solely legal uses". Neither is okay: yes to all P2P is bad because, even if "music should be free, etc...", copyright law still exists; no to all P2P is bad because it gets rid of legitimate uses like torrenting Knoppix ISO's. They came up with the best possible outcome, which is a compromise, stating that pitching software as primarily a way to infringe copyright is not okay. This is good. You shouldn't be encouraging the Supreme Court to make extreme decisions just to avoid "weaseling"!
Bravo. What is it with our culture now? Making mature, considered decisions about something, decisions that require other parties to consider them outside the world of newsbites and so on, is now considered a sign of weakness, is it?!?
A moral person isn't someone who makes a confusion of rash, instinctive decisions about right and wrong. Moral people struggle to figure out what to do, and often their decisions are qualified by the stuff they've considered along the way. It's called being a danged adult.
The Supreme Court, for all the current right-wing majority's nascent authoritarian learnings, is not in the business of sweeping decisions that reach far beyond the cases brought before them. Their 10 Commandments decision's coming up, and they're not going to be extending it to cover "In God We Trust" and evolution in schools just because they want to take a stand. There's a process, and it's not weak or waffly to follow it.
How mature are we, anyway?
1. I suspect the majority of gun owners use their guns lawfully.
2. Guns are generally promoted for legal purposes (hunting, self defense, preventing the King of England from invading Massachussets, etc.)
3. Even if both or either of the above were untrue, Guns get a special exemption being, as they are, protected under the second amendment. The Constitution doesn't have anything similar when it comes to P2P clients:
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The reason being is because the justices of the Supreme Court (well some of them) don't judge on the basis of the constitutional text alone. The Constitution says nothing about Fair Use, filesharing, computers, the internet, or p2p. What they decide on is part constitution and part existing culture and similar law in otehr countries. When the Supreme Court struck down the death penalty for minors, one of the points made was that no other developed country allowed the death penalty for minors.
Direct contradiction of previous rulings are the norm. In it's history, the Supreme Court first upheld segregation (Seperate but Equal) and then struck it down (Brown vs. Board of Ed). The lawyers for the Brown side of the case didn't argue on the basis of the constitution or whether or not the Equal side of Seperate but Equal was being fulfilled (which it wasn't), but on the basis of the inethicality of segregation.
And finally, this case doesn't direct contradict a previous ruling (unless your referening someting other than the Betamax decision). In Betamax, the Court ruled that a device (or it's creators) isn't liable for copyright infringement if it has substantial noningringing use under the doctrine of Fair Use. It set a litmus test under which, if something is found to be primarily working within Fair Use, it is not liable for a non-Fair Use infringement, but if it is found to be primarily used to infringe copyright, it is liable. Using this litmus test, the Supreme Court found Grokster to fail.
How can they directly contradict a previous ruling? How is it possible that the constitution says one thing one day and another another day... Reform time? The supreme court is becoming more and more pointless every day IMHO....
I'll bite: first of all, the previous rulings could have been wrong (try Korematsu v. US [findlaw.com]). Secondly, a good part of the US legal community (especially on the so-called "liberal" side), believes that the meaning of the constitution does depend on time. For example, that a cit
I think the Supreme Court has made some really questionable decisions as of late. Precedent and politics rather than Constitutionality and liberty are the driving factors behind everything.
Thomas Jefferson opined in the Federalist Papers that we would not be in danger of losing our guaranteed liberties until all three branches of the government became united in their views and doctrines. It seems that we are moving in that direction, or perhaps we are already there.
I think we should wait for the text of the ruling to be posted online (to happen here) [supremecourtus.gov] before rushing to say "the sky is falling". We'll be much wiser after reading what they had to say.
AP has a story [ap.org]. It seems the ruling turned on the grounds that they distributed the software "with the object of promoting infringement of copyright", and that they may be liable for third-party infringement by their users, depending on how egregious this promition was. We'll only know had bleak the future is though after reading what the justices had to say.
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If a bank inadvertedly (and after taking reasonable steps to ensure it doesn't happen) launders money, they make money on it. They just can't go encouraging it's use or not taking reasonable steps to ensure that it occurs.
Unless there's some "interest paid to the state" rule in money laundering law that I am unaware of.
Is this decision the end of the sports car?
How are you supposed to read the minds of the developers to figure out if they "intended" to promote illegal use? Almost every designer of P2P software probably knew perfectly well that the service would be used to trade illegal copies, but they also believed that distribution of legal content is also something that would be promoted. Would it have to be "primary intent" to promote illegal use or just "secondary intent" is enough?
Also, in such "dual use" cases, it's strange to say that the service must be held liable only because the creator knew that illegal uses could be made of it and openly admitted it (equivalent to "promotion"). You end up cutting out all the legal uses too. This is the sort of "chilling efects" that we don't want to happen under the 1st Amendment.
I cringe at the mixing of the Chistianity with business, politics, and law; often, it can imply a Peter-esque loss of eye contact with the Great Commissioner.The case is considered so pivotal that 55 amicus briefs have been submitted. The National Football League, the Christian Coalition and various artists are among those weighing in on the entertainment side. AT&T, Intel, the ACLU and the American Conservative Union have filed on behalf of the tech side.
I'm waiting to see the decision, but from the sound of it the Court did about as well as I could hope: rather than address the technology point, they addressed the business model. For now, it seems, Bram Cohen [bittorrent.com] is safe.
This means that I can write and develop and research and use P2P software, so long as I don't promote the technology as a way to steal (sorry, "Copyright Infringement"). To me, this makes a lot of sense.
...developers of software violate federal copyright law when they... take "affirmative steps to foster infringement..."
To use an analogy: I can sell guns. I just can't sell them with a slogan like "Number 1 tool for killing your ex-wife!" And I can't sell a P2P app named "Most efficient piracy software for pr0n and anime!" But the technology is safe.
This is good because it means The Supreme Court found a way to see through the jerks who are abusing this stuff without stifling innovation.
Bram Cohen is not guilty. Tim Berners-Lee is not guilty. Settle down.
Read the opinion [ap.org].
We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties.
In sum, this case is significantly different from Sony and reliance on that case to rule in favor of StreamCast and Grokster was error. Sony dealt with a claim of liability based solely on distributing a product with alternative lawful and unlawful uses, with knowledge that some users would follow the unlawful course. The case struck a balance between the interests of protection and innovation by holding that the product's capability of substantial lawful employment should bar the imputation of fault and consequent secondary liability for the unlawful acts of others.
MGM's evidence in this case most obviously addresses a different basis of liability for distributing a product open to alternative uses. Here, evidence of the distributors' words and deeds going beyond distribution as such shows a purpose to cause and profit from third-party acts of copyright infringement. If liability for inducing infringement is ultimately found, it will not be on the basis of presuming or imputing fault, but from inferring a patently illegal objective from statements and actions showing what that objective was.
Justice Ginsburg's concurring opinion (The Chief Justice and Justice Kennedy joining in) argues for revisiting Sony at some later date in the direction that the content cartel want to, with 90% infringement being enough to ban a technology.
Justice Breyer's concurring opinion (Justices Stevens and O'Connor joining) rebuts Ginsburg and points out that the trial record from Sony also identified about 90% infringing uses! Rather changes the picture. More interesting, they also point to evolving positive uses of P2P for non-infringing distribution [1] and expect that, as with VCRs, noninfringing uses will grow with time. In other words, much what the EFF and others have argued.
This one ain't over yet. It looks like the Court is pretty evenly split and just ducked the question today.
[1] Notably, they cite Linux.
This won't be a problem for BitTorrent.The question is under what circumstances the distributor of a product capable of both lawful and unlawful use is liable for acts of copyright infringement by third parties using the product. We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties.
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MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) -- A law enforcement official says a 5-year-old has been safely released after a weeklong standoff between police and the boy's abductor.
The law enforcement official briefed on the situation said Monday that Jim Dykes, the man who abducted the boy from a school bus after fatally shooting the bus driver, is dead. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the situation.
It was not immediately clear how Dykes died.
Earlier Monday, officials had said they had been sending food and medicine to Dykes and the boy in the bunker.
The boy has Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama hostage standoff is entering its seventh day and more details are emerging about the suspect at the center of it.
Neighbors and officials are painting a picture of 65-year-old Jim Lee Dykes as an isolated man estranged from his family.
Authorities say Dykes, -- a decorated Vietnam-era veteran known as Jimmy to neighbors -- gunned down a school bus driver and abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property. The driver, 66-year-old Charles Albert Poland Jr., was buried Sunday.
The FBI says authorities continue to have an open line of communication with Dykes. The agency says the little boy requested Cheez-Its and a red Hot Wheels car, both of which were delivered to the bunker. Authorities say they also are delivering medicine and other comfort items, and that Dykes is making the child as comfortable as possible.
In the nearby community of Ozark on Sunday, more than 500 people filed into the Civic Center to pay a final tribute to Poland, who was being hailed as a hero for protecting the other children on the school bus before he was shot Tuesday.


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About that 'biggest' party February 11, 2013Posted by WorldbyStorm in Irish Politics.
I dislike the coverage of polls that starts as follows:
Fianna Fáil has recovered ground to become the biggest party in the State, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll.
Who wrote that? Why Stephen Collins on the front page of the IT website.
And in October he suggested that:
FIANNA FÁIL has bounced back to become the second-biggest party in the State for the first time in more than two years, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll.
In April of last year he wrote that:
Among the best-off AB voters Fine Gael is easily the biggest party with 46 per cent, far ahead of all other parties. It does even better among farmers at 68 per cent but among the least well-off voters it has dropped to 19 per cent.
THE LABOUR Party has become the biggest political party in the State for the first time in its history, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll.
Why do I dislike that? Well, because it's entirely incorrect. Fianna Fáil has not become 'the biggest party'. It is the party which in a single poll has drawn most support from a sample at a given point in time. Now it could be that FF is actually the biggest party in the state in terms of members. I don't know if the last five years has altered its ranking in that regard, and whether FG has snuck ahead of it. Perhaps, perhaps not. Or it could be that subsequent to the next election FF might be the 'biggest' party in terms of seat numbers. But as it stands, at this point in time, it is not the 'biggest' party.
I'm clearly not the only one who dislikes that term. For, lo and behold, by the time the next morning rolled around that piece had been replaced by this on the front page:
Fianna Fáil has recovered ground to become the best supported party in the State for the first time since the economic crisis struck almost five years ago, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll.
Good move.
- 1. Roger Cole - February 11, 2013
The Fine Gael / Labour government is as a matter of policy committed to "additional military fights" to Shannon Airport. It is about to send Irish troops to a "generational war" in North Africa. If support is moving from FGL to FF this could be read as a shift tot the left, it certainly not a shift to the right
- 2. Jim Monaghan - February 11, 2013
FF, FG and Labour are the Troika parties. Perhaps a Quinn party could be further to the right. FF are masters of deceit. FF were in power during the heyday of Shannon usage by the US military. I find the relative recovery of FF depressing. For me Cowan and Lenihan were the Laval and Petain of Irish politics. There is no difference between the 3 troika parties as regards politics. FF are now the reserve team. That between the 3 of them they retain so much support is a reflection of the failure of SF and more so ULA.
- 3. John Meehan - February 11, 2013
Excellent point – plus the current FF opinion poll score of 26 per cent is far below the range of vote-shares achieved by the Soldiers of Destiny between 1932 and 2007 – Mr Martin has achieved a very modest recovery for his party compared only with the catastrophe of 2011 – at the expense of his tweedledee twin Deputy Kenny – that's all. Could the anti-coalition/anti-austerity left perform better? Yes, but that is another story. Look at the glass as half-full. No need for depressed feelings!
- 4. CL - February 11, 2013
Socialized health care has taken a blow as Gerry Adams has availed himself of capitalist Bill Flynn's largesse and U.S. medicine to get his prostate fixed. Apparently it could not be done by the NHS in N.Ireland, nor by TDs health plan, nor by the Irish state medical system.
The names associated with Flynn's National Committee on American Foreign Policy, look like a who's who of American imperialism. This outfit played a key role in the peace process.
Perhaps its time for the Irish left to cosy up to American imperialism. Any aging male leaders could get their prostates fixed and their credibility would increase just as Sinn Fein's has with its poll numbers doubling in a few years.
- John Meehan - February 11, 2013
plus 1 – Ed Moloney reports on the Broken Elbow blog are worth reading. It may also be time for those on the Irish Left who voted Yes to the Good Friday Agteement to think again!
- JP - February 11, 2013
*rolls eyes* Gerry had some fancy Manhattan doctor fingering his hole so in retrospect an historic, imperfect compromise to end a savage conflict is worthless and regrettable. Do. Me. A. Favour.
- 5. ejh - February 11, 2013
I have a similar gripe about papaers in the UK saying that we "voted for David Cameron", or similar. You only voted for David Cameron if you voted for the Conservative candidate in the constituency of Witney: a UK general election is not a presidential election.
- 6. doctorfive - February 11, 2013
Bit like FF trumpeting they are allegedly the largest party at third level because they might have put the most people on their mailing list


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"The Standard-Speaker will reduce print frequency to three days a week."
If that were a headline, I hope that readers of this newspaper would greet it with shock, sadness and deep disappointment.
Sadly, readers of the Patriot-News in Harrisburg awoke to a similar headline about three weeks ago. The daily newspaper plans to cut distribution from seven days to three - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday - beginning on Jan. 2, 2013. The Patriot-News, owned by Advance Publications, Inc, joins the growing list of Advance newspapers in Birmingham, Mobile and Huntsville, Ala., New Orleans, and Syracuse, N.Y. to move to three-day-a-week distribution.
The announcements came like a punch in the gut to an industry in the midst of profound transition and still reeling from the Great Recession. Could these be the first in a long line of similar announcements from other newspaper companies? Is the long-predicted - but so far never correct - end of the daily print product finally upon us?
Reaction in our newsroom and executive offices can be summed up with one word: disbelief. How can our state capitol, ripe with political corruption, corporate tax breaks and budget cuts to education and charities, go without a daily print newspaper? Who will be the government watchdog following staff reductions in the Harrisburg newsroom (to be announced next week according to an Advance press release)? How can a paper with the great reputation of the Patriot-News, and on the heels of winning a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting into the Penn State abuse scandal, be reduced to this?
Perhaps the owners believe that they are ahead of the game in refocusing the majority of their efforts online. Maybe they hope to be held up as the model for the future of local journalism and they imagine future historians lionizing them for transforming the media industry. Maybe they're saddled with massive debt and grasping for ways to reduce expenses. Advance is a privately held company owned by the Newhouse family, so the details of their decision-making process may never come to light.
I can't speak for the Newhouses, but I can say that the Standard-Speaker and its ownership group, Times-Shamrock, have no plans to follow Advance Publication's lead. I can also say that neither the current state of our industry nor economic factors dictated the drastic moves that Advance Publications chose to make.
They must have their reasons for toying with the daily model but, in the end, they are doing nothing less than putting their individual newspapers' century-old brands and franchises at risk, while forcing hundreds of thousands of dedicated readers to lose the "daily habit."
While it is true that print newspapers have suffered some erosion in advertising and print circulation (most newspapers actually have more readers now than they did 10 years ago thanks to their online editions), this is nothing new.
All along, newspapers have had to adjust to a changing marketplace and to new competitors, and we've always been able to adapt and prevail. My great-grandfather, E.J. Lynett, entered the radio business in 1922 because he thought, as many did at the time, that radio could usurp print in providing daily news. Network TV news was allegedly going to do the same, and Ted Turner famously predicted the death of print within 10 years of launching his 24-hour cable news channel, CNN. That was 32 years ago.
Afternoon newspapers moved to morning publication as reading habits changed. News stories became more analytical as broadcast competitors provided more on-the-spot coverage. Newspapers re-entered the breaking news business through their websites, which also allow newsrooms to constantly update top stories.
A big part of the revenue problem for newspapers is that the size of the overall advertising pie has not increased much, but there are many more slices these days as the internet creates new ways for advertisers to get their messages to customers, and for readers to get their news and information.
Newspapers are still a strong investment, and, when you remove the big city newspapers and over-leveraged public companies, are generally doing well. That's not just my opinion. Ask Warren Buffett, the so-called "Oracle of Omaha" known for his history of successful investments which have made him one of the world's richest people.
A long-time owner of The Buffalo News and major investor in The Washington Post, he recently bought his hometown newspaper, the Omaha World Herald, and followed that in May with the purchase of 65 more newspapers. The group is now called BH Media and is one of the largest newspaper companies in the United States.
Buffett signaled that he's willing to buy more, saying that, "In towns and cities where there is a strong sense of community, there is no more important institution than the local paper."
Newspapers are strong investments so long as they are strongly connected to the local community and provide the kind of local news that the community wants and needs.
In other words, like the Standard-Speaker.
Thanks for reading ... seven days a week.
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Prosecutor-General Huang Shih-ming (黃世銘) should step down immediately following his indictment on charges of leaking classified information, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday, adding that President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) alleged intervention in judicial processes in violation of the Constitution should also be looked into once he leaves office.
Huang was indicted yesterday for allegedly leaking classified information to Ma by briefing the president on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 while an investigation into Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng's (王金平) alleged improper lobbying was still ongoing.
Huang said yesterday that he will resign if he is convicted of leaking secrets in his first trial.
"Although prosecutor-general is a position guaranteed for a set term, Huang should step down, as he has lost all credibility and is no longer fit for the job," Su told a press conference yesterday.
On Aug. 31, Huang allegedly revealed confidential information about a case still under investigation to the president at his residence Su said. Ma not only failed to stop Huang from doing this, but had even used Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) and then-presidential office deputy secretary-general Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) to disseminate the information, Su added.
Lo held press conferences to spread the information and used it to seek to suppress Ma's political enemies and cause a political incident, Su said.
"This was completely unacceptable," the DPP chairman said.
Although Ma has immunity from criminal charges while president, the judiciary should press charges after he leaves office, Su said, adding that Jiang should also resign.
Separately yesterday, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Liao Cheng-ching (廖正井) also said that the Executive Yuan should immediately demand Huang's resignation because his involvement in the case has led to the "loss of his credibility as leader" of the Special Investigation Division of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.
That the prosecutors at the Taipei District Prosecutors Office investigated the case regardless of Huang's position was admirable, Liao added.
KMT Legislator Lin Te-fu (林德福) said Huang should contemplate resigning, but when asked whether Huang should tender his resignation, Lin stopped short of replying in the affirmative.
KMT Legislator Lu Hsueh-chang (呂學樟), on the other hand, said the indictment did not necessarily require Huang's resignation or suspension because he should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, the Ministry of Justice should refer the case to the Control Yuan to determine Huang's administrative responsibility and Huang should definitely step down if he is charged with any wrongdoing by the Control Yuan, Lu said.
Deputy Legislative Speaker Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱), of the KMT, said she expected Huang to decide wisely whether he should stay or go.
"As a person who studies law, he should be able to make a judicious decision," Hung said.
When asked to comment, Wang offered a brief answer, saying only that he "believed in the judiciary and respected the judiciary."
Separately, at the legislature's question-and-answer session yesterday afternoon, Jiang, when asked by DPP Legislator Chiu Chih-wei (邱志偉) for comment, said nothing more than that he "respected the judiciary."
Unhappy with the answer, Chiu said the premier should have spoken up for the prosecutors at the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office and rebutted Huang's charge, as declared in his statement in response to the indictment.
Minister of Justice Lo Ying-shay (羅瑩雪) told Chiu that the ministry did not consider it necessary to suspend Huang at present.
"Huang has accused the prosecutors of bowing to pressure to indict him. As a premier and minister of justice, how can you have nothing to say about Huang damaging the credibility of the judiciary?" Chiu said.
Each of the two charges brought by the prosecutors against Huang under Article 132 of Criminal Code and Article 27 of the Communication Security and Surveillance Act (通訊保障及監察法) could lead to a maximum sentence of three years in prison, but for now Huang should not be suspended, Lo said.
KMT Legislator Hsu Yao-chang (徐耀昌) urged Jiang to ask Huang to tender his resignation, saying that he has become a "drag" on the administration.


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PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Bosch Healthcare, Inc., the market leader in evidence-based telehealth solutions, and a subsidiary of the Bosch Group, today announced new evidence that an integrated telehealth and care management program (the Health Buddy Program) can significantly reduce all-cause mortality in high-cost, high-risk Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure (HF).
In 2010, costs associated with HF were estimated to be $34.4 billion annually (direct and indirect costs).[i] In 2006, Medicare beneficiaries with HF accounted for 37 percent of all Medicare spending and 50 percent of all inpatient hospital costs.[ii] Developing strategies to reduce readmission rates and improve outcomes for patients with HF has become a national health priority.
Retrospective Medicare claims data for HF beneficiaries enrolled in the 2006-2010 Medicare Care Management for High-Cost Beneficiaries (CMHCB) Demonstration in the Pacific Northwest (intervention group) were compared to control HF Medicare beneficiaries. HF was identified by ICD-9 codes and intervention and control beneficiaries were propensity-score matched using logistic regression. The program's effect on all-cause mortality over three years was estimated using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards models. Data for 623 matched pairs of Medicare HF beneficiaries were analyzed.
The results showed that care management combined with the Health Buddy System was associated with a 25 percent reduction in all-cause mortality risk in beneficiaries with HF, who were offered the program and a 57 percent reduction in mortality risk for those HF beneficiaries who actively participated in the program.
Lead author of the study, Robert L. Page II, PharmD, MSPH, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy, stated: "Over the past five years, integrated telemedicine programs have become an emerging tool to assist providers in the complex management of patients with heart failure. What sets the Health Buddy Program apart from other devices is that this program engages the patient in all aspects of their care-signs, symptoms, health behaviors, and knowledge of these health behaviors. Our study found a significant reduction in mortality in patients with heart failure with the greatest benefit in those who actually engaged in the program. I believe that the key is motivating the patient to become engaged in their care."
According to Dr. Jasper zu Putlitz, M.D. and president of Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc.: "These data have once again demonstrated that the Health Buddy System can activate collaboration and inspire engagement among patients and their care team in ways that lead to better clinical outcomes. In this case, it has shown that for heart failure patients, use of the Health Buddy System can extend their lives."
The abstract of the study can be accessed at: http://www.abstractsonline.com/plan/ViewAbstract.aspx?mID=2974&sKey=b70822cd-ea79-4997-91cc-78f0ce4b8c6e&cKey=fdc55578-6d4e-497d-82d5-6720324ef0fe&mKey=%7B14145D5B-F96B-4354-8237-8F0937744BA4%7D
Background on Medicare's CMHCB Demonstration Project
The Medicare CMHCB demonstration was conducted at Wenatchee Valley Medical Center in Wenatchee, Washington and Bend Memorial Clinic in Bend, Oregon, from 2006 through January 2012. The care management teams at both clinics used Bosch Healthcare's content-based remote patient monitoring (the Health Buddy System) to improve the communication with patients, monitor their vital-sign data and increase patients' knowledge about their chronic illness(es). Previous analyses of the data showed lower healthcare resource utilization and costs among other positive outcomes.[iii]
About the Health Buddy System
Used by more than 150,000 patients since 2001, the Health Buddy System allows patients to take a more active role in monitoring their health and symptoms while at home. Each day, the Health Buddy System provides patients with a series of personalized questions, education and useful tips to help take better care of their health. Data generated by the Health Buddy System is sent via a telephone line, wireless modem or Ethernet connection to a secure data center and quickly analyzed, giving healthcare providers the opportunity to intervene before the patient's condition becomes critical.
About Robert Bosch Healthcare
Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of innovative telehealth systems. Bosch's product spectrum ranges from patient interfaces to comprehensive health management and patient evaluation software allowing healthcare professionals to efficiently evaluate the patient's health status. Bosch Healthcare strives to help improve diagnosis and treatment through systematic patient monitoring and involvement. The result is that health professionals are able to provide a higher quality of care for patients with chronic conditions, patients lead happier and healthier lives, and the cost of healthcare is reduced for payers. Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. is a fully owned subsidiary of the Bosch Group. For more information, go to www.bosch-telehealth.com.
About the Bosch Group
In the U.S., Canada and Mexico, the Bosch Group manufactures and markets automotive original equipment and aftermarket products, industrial drives and control technology, power tools, security and communication systems, packaging technology, thermotechnology, household appliances, solar energy, healthcare telemedicine and software solutions. Having established a regional presence in 1906, Bosch employs over 23,000 associates in more than 100 locations, with sales of $9.8 billion in fiscal year 2011. For more information, visit www.boschusa.com.
The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as "Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering." The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant up-front investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-two percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, an industrial trust. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by the trust. The remaining shares are held by the Bosch family and by Robert Bosch GmbH.
[i] Heidenreich PA, Trogdon JG, Khavjou OA, Butler J, Dracup K, Ezekowitz MD, et al. Forecasting the future of cardiovascular disease in the United States: a policy statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2011;123(8):933–944.
[ii] Page RL, Strongin KB, Mills RM, Hogan C, Lindenfeld J. The Magnitude of Health Care Resource Utilization by Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure. Circulation. 2007;116:II_600.
[iii] Baker LC, Johnson SJ, Macaulay D, Birnbaum H. Integrated Telehealth and Care Management Program for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Disease Linked to Savings." Health Affairs. 2011; 30(9):1689-97.
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INDIANAPOLIS >> Calvin Pryor says his dad instilled toughness in him at a young age.
�I used to fall to the ground, I thought I hurt myself, he told me get back up, keeping going. It caught up with me later in life,�� the Louisville safety said on Sunday at the NFL Combine.
�I love the game of football and I was brought up on toughness. For the game of football you have to be tough, it�s a thinking game,�� Pryor said.
He is considered one of the top safety prospects for the NFL draft along with Alabama�s Ha Ha Clinton-Dix.
If you ask Pryor, he�s the best.
�I�m very confident in my game and my film speaks for itself,�� Pryor said.
His versatility is key.
�All the different things I can do � I can play strong safety, free safety, I can come up and hit, I can cover, I�m a playmaker and a leader,�� Pryor said.
If you ask Clinton-Dix, different answer.
�I play fast, I�m very physical, I�m not afraid to line up against the slot, I can do it all,�� Clinton-Dix said.
�There�s a lot good, top prospects out there, but I think what separates me is the system I played in (at Alabama),�� Clinton-Dix said. �... It took me the whole entire freshman year to learn that system. I think that�s what separates me.��
He does give credit to Pryor for being a big hitter.
�C.P. is a great player,�� Clinton-Dix said. �He plays fast, he�s always around the ball, he can hit, he�s a physical person. If I compare myself I�m as quick as him I can�t say I can hit like him he�s a big hitter, a great guy.��
Safety is a position of need for the Lions. Pryor said e has not talked to them yet. Clinton-Dix said he thought he was scheduled to talk to Detroit.
Without Louis Delmas who was released, the Lions are looking for a starting safety whether in free agency or the draft. They also need safety depth. It�s definitely a position of need.
Florida State safety Terrence Brooks said he has not met Lions general manager Martin Mayhew, a former Florida State defensive back, but he has met with the team a couple of times.
�They seem interested so we�ll see where it goes from there,�� Brooks said.
Brooks said two of the NFL defensive backs he watches closely are Earl Thomas and Patrick Peterson.
He said he�s talked to several teams.
�The teams that need safeties you kind of get a gist of those guys that are interested in you. Any team that wants to take a chance on me won�t be disappointed,�� Brooks said.


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Fairfield, CT (PRWEB) January 03, 2013
Fairfield Theatre Company welcomes one of the elite tribute bands in the Northeast, U2Nation, to StageOne. U2Nation delivers breathtaking recreations of the sights, sounds and passion of a U2 concert. With their attention to detail in sound, showmanship, and overall production, U2Nation has earned praises from the most critical U2 fans and enthusiasts.
It is apparent that the chemistry between singer Albert "Bono" Saadi and guitarist Matt "The Edge" Dooley runs deep. Having played live music together since the third grade, both channel their respective rolls and have set the bar for tribute greatness that unquestionably achieves the hallmark U2 sound.
What makes U2Nation such an elite tribute band is the passion that all four members have for the music of U2, and how they demonstrate that same passion on stage. Not only do they look, sound, and play vintage equipment which was once used by the members of U2 on previous tours, they project an energy that audiences can't get enough of. Whether it's singing or dancing up on stage with the band, audiences become part of the show, which is why they have been called "one of the country's best U2 tribute bands" by The Atlantic City Press.
With the launch of their 2013 tour, U2Nation stops by Fairfield Theatre's StageOne in Fairfield County on Saturday January 12th at 7:30pm.
Date: Saturday, January 12th
Doors: 7:00 PM
Show: 7:30 PM
Venue: StageOne 70 Sanford St. Fairfield, CT 06824
Concert Tickets: $22 Advance, $26 Door, Member Discount: $3
Buy concert tickets online: http://www.fairfieldtheatre.org
About the company:
Fairfield Theatre Company is a highly-acclaimed nonprofit performing arts organization located in the heart of downtown Fairfield, Connecticut. FTC presents nearly 200 performances and concerts each year featuring outstanding national talent on FTC's StageOne in Fairfield and at The Klein Auditorium in Bridgeport. FTC's intimate 200-seat StageOne venue is widely recognized as being one of the best places to see a live entertainment and music in the region. FTC is dedicated to providing the highest quality arts, entertainment, and educational experiences to the communities we serve in Fairfield County.


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A few days ago, I referenced a sprouted quinoa salad I made that my family loved, which I've typed for you here. Our next chapter is PLANT-BASED MAIN DISHES . . . to be released June 1 to the January 12 Steps subscribers. And in it, I introduce you to quinoa (pronounced keen-wah), one of my favorite whole plant foods of all time. It's high in protein, yummy, ultra-quick to prepare. For this recipe, sprout it by just leaving the soaked/drained quinoa in a fine mesh strainer, and rinse it twice a day.
Sprouted Quinoa Salad
2 cups quinoa, rinsed well, soaked several hours, drained, and sprouted 1-2 days
Juice of 3 small or 2 large limes
1 small apple (pink lady, fuji, jonagold)
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 ½ tsp. dried mint leaves (or ¼ cup fresh, chopped)
1 ½ tsp. sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
3 cups sliced red grapes
6 stalks celery, diced
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
½ cup basil leaves, chopped
3 green onions, sliced (include most of the green part)
2 cups diced broccoli or 2 red peppers, diced
1 cup raw cashews, chopped
In BlendTec, puree lime juice, apple, olive oil, mint leaves, salt, and pepper. Toss dressing with all ingredients except cashews. Marinate a few hours in the fridge if time allows. Add cashews right before serving.


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By Gerry Fall, Santa Barbara News-Press Sports Editor
It was the early spring of 2010.
Dylan Hecht went home with his head down, saddled with the bad news that he did not earn the starting job as catcher for the JV baseball team at Foothill High in Pleasanton. His shoulder to cry on belonged to the man who had always been there for him in the past, his father.
"I came in and I was kind of whining and moaning to my dad ... and he said, 'Do you want to be a major leaguer?' And I said, 'Well, yeah.' And he goes, 'If Yadier Molina (St. Louis Cardinals All-Star catcher) is behind the dish, is he going to be starting?' And I go, 'Yeah.' He said, 'Well, then you didn't earn it.'"
His father's message then went from the baseball diamond to the playing field of life.
"He said if you go through life and make everything close, especially in baseball, if you give the coach the decision about who starts, then even if you do start, you're probably not that good," Hecht said. "The way he put it was, 'You have to be so good, that even if the coaches don't like you, they have to play you.' I took that to heart, and ever since then I've used that as my motivation."
Tragically, it was the final great piece of wisdom father gave to the son. Dylan's dad, Bill, passed away the next day.
"Every day I think about him, and every day I think about that quote," Hecht said. "I learned so much from him. He was such a great guy. I will always be pitching for him and I know he's always going to be helping me."
Heeding his father's advice, UCSB's sophomore right-hander made things a tad bit difficult on his coach, Andrew Checketts, by following his dream of being a starter. Hecht had a different job last season. He was the Gauchos' closer, where he complied nine saves, including a Big West Conference-best seven to help lead the team to its first NCAA Regional appearance in 13 years.
"A freshman that saved nine games is a big deal. It's a really big deal," Checketts said. "There's some uneasiness about pulling him out of that spot that he did such a good job in last year ... because the closing role is so huge. But Dylan has forced our hand."
Which is why he will think of his father's final words every time he toes the rubber as UCSB's starting pitcher today in its season opener against Cal State Bakersfield at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium at 2 p.m.
"I don't know if proud is the right word, I'm just happy to be getting the opportunity to go out there," said Hecht, who posted a 1.83 ERA in 341/3 innings last season with a fastball that topped out at 98 mph. "It's not like I've shown anything yet. You get your chance now, and (today) is the real test as to what you can do. My plan is to show everybody what I can do, and go out and win."
That plan has been in motion since the fall, when Hecht made it clear to Checketts what he wanted his new role to be. All he asked of the Gauchos' third-year bench boss was for a chance, which he got.
"I talked to him after the fall and I said, 'If you're not the best guy, or one of the two best guys, I'm not starting you. I'm not starting you on Tuesday, I'm not starting you on Sunday,'" Checketts said. "But he's forced our hand at this point and pitched well enough to be the best guy up to this point.
"I'm proud of him from that standpoint, and all the work he's put in, and all the things he had to change and adjust and learn from being a closer. He's gotten better at all of those things. He's worked hard and had to overcome a lot in his life. I'm proud of him."
So are his teammates.
"His desire is one of those things that can't be overlooked in an athlete, or any person with that kind of character that says, 'I want this, and I'm going to go get it,'" senior outfielder Joey Epperson said. "I want the best for him, I want him to be able to do what he needs to do. He has the kind of mindset that successful people have. I'm really, really proud of him."
Following the death of his father, Hecht went from being a catcher to a pitcher during his final two seasons in high school. His former Foothill coach Angelo Scavone remembers the difficult time in his player's life, and how determined he was to make his father proud.
"Dylan's always been internally driven, even before his dad died ... but I think this took him to the next level," Scavone said. "He's always had a passion for baseball, and I'm really proud of him."
As a closer last season, Hecht faced a number of pressure situations with the game on the line, as most ninth-inning specialists do. As for what he's faced in life at an early age, he'll always have his father's guidance, as well as the rest of his family, to get him through what real adversity is all about.
"Baseball is a lot like life, and life's going to hit everybody hard," Hecht said. "Everybody has a story and everybody has adversity, and it's whether you can get back up and fight, or if you let it hold you down.
"My goal has always been to be a major league Hall of Famer, and I'm not going to stop until I get there. Whatever happens, happens, but you have to focus on Day 1, and Day 1 is today."


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The House of Representatives on Friday passed a Republican-backed revision of the No Child Left Behind Act that would greatly reduce federal oversight of public education and give states and school districts authority once again over how to measure student achievement and fix failing schools.
The measure also would give local officials more control over how they use federal education dollars.
The bill passed 221-207, with 12 Republicans and all Democrats opposed. It's a reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the law that emphasizes equal access to education and provides federal funds to help disadvantaged students.
Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the author of the legislation, said his Student Success Act would increase state and local control over education.
"What states and school districts have been asking for is more flexibility and less federal mandates," Kline said.
The bill still faces obstacles to becoming law. Differences would have to be worked out with a Senate version. A version that passed with majority-Democrats' support in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee would give more flexibility to but wouldn't reverse the federal accountability requirements of the 2002 No Child Left Behind law, as the House version does.
The House bill would end the federally required accountability system, known as "adequate yearly progress," and let states and districts figure out their own accountability measurements. It also would do away with federally required interventions in poorly performing schools.
It would eliminate the "highly qualified teacher" requirement, which requires teachers to hold both bachelor's degrees and teaching credentials. Charter schools pushed for that measure, saying it would make it easier for them to hire.
One part of No Child that Kline's bill retains is the requirement that schools report each year on student achievement test results and show how the scores break down for subgroups, such as minority and low-income students.
Democrats argued that the House bill would fail to ensure improved learning and graduation rates and that it wouldn't provide enough funding to help students with extra needs or provide enough guidance on how that money was used. The Republican measure would freeze funding at the level of sequestration, the automatic budget cuts that went into effect earlier this year.
"Since 1965 the role of federal involvement in the schools has been to eliminate inequality in education, not just to provide additional funds to schools to use as they please," said Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J.
"This is a fight about equity," said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. "It is about every child in our country getting the education they deserve despite poverty, disability and other challenges."
Miller offered an alternative bill that outlined the Democrats' vision of education restructuring, but it was defeated on a party-line vote. That bill included more flexible standards and assessments, but it kept measures that would require schools to ensure that all groups of students are making academic progress.
No Child Left Behind included a requirement that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. When that proved virtually impossible, the Obama administration granted waivers to states in exchange for assurances that they'd adopt college- or work-ready standards for high school graduates and would evaluate teachers at least in part on the basis of achievement test scores.
Republicans objected. The House bill would ban the Department of Education from imposing conditions on waivers.
Among the House bill's supporters were the National School Boards Association and the American Association of School Administrators. Both of the major teachers' unions opposed it, as did advocacy groups such as the First Focus Campaign for Children and The Education Trust.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which often backs Republican measures, also called on House members to vote against the Student Success Act. A letter Thursday from R. Bruce Josten, the chamber's executive vice president for government affairs, said the business and free-enterprise group was concerned that the measure would "reduce school-level accountability, would not provide consequences for low-performing schools and would not require states to adopt college- and career-ready standards and assessments."
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story gave the wrong name for the law's system of measuring school performance, known as "adequate yearly progress."


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Monday, June 24th, 2013
David and Colby toast, Joe pays Billy Clyde a visit, and Pete learns about the sale.
In the hospital Cassandra insists she spoke to Jesse but he denies it. Angie stays with Cassandra while Lea questions Jesse with Zach outside. Dixie is sure Cassandra is hallucinating from withdrawal. Lea thinks whoever dumped Cassandra was making a statement.
Dixie meets Joe in the on-call room and tells him that Billy Clyde is back. Seeing him brought back memories of her kidnapping. Joe wishes Tad were here. There is no way to reach him so Joe is going to tell Billy Clyde to back off himself.
In the square with Zach Lea is haunted by Cassandra's insistence she spoke to Jesse. Her gut wants answers.
Back in Cassandra's room Dixie tells Angie that Cassandra will come back with all of their help. Jesse returns as Cassandra struggles with her memories of what they made her do.
Colby tracks Pete down at Jane's Addiction with dinner plans. He had fun but doesn't want a relationship. He offers a friends with benefits scenario instead and she agrees. Meanwhile, Jane leaves an urgent message for someone. David arrives and a jittery Jane is ready with his regular order. Pete dismisses Colby and alone David asks Pete about their status. Pete insists he is nothing more than a boy toy to Colby. David can tell she's ready to play. They get to work prepping for Brooke's questions – Pete knows she is going to be tough. David insists he's prepared for anything. Pete asks him to explain his jail stint. David considers is a sacrifice he made for someone he loves.
David joins Colby at a bar and she offers him a glass of Cristal Champagne considering he paid for it. He hopes the $30,000 helped and they toast to trouble.
Pete finds Opal packing up Cortlandt Manor. She tells him about the sale and that they are now neighbors. He doesn't like that she sold their family home and wonders how she got the idea. She tells him about the cash offer and shows him the contract. He is impressed but hopes she doesn't regret it. He asks who bought it but she doesn't know.
In his hotel room Billy Clyde sells the business to one of his girls. She hopes his life turns out how he wants. He's counting on it. There is a knock and she welcomes their first customer – a very nervous Joe. He wants to talk to the man in charge and Billy Clyde invites him in.
David and Colby make out in his room. He knows she is doing this to stick it to Pete and she knows he is doing it to stick it to her family but neither cares. He throws her on the bed.
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AJ and Hunter fight.
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Student becomes the teacher
Eat'n Park's Jamie Moore leads presenters at Farming for the Future conference.
Next week, when more than 2,000 farmers, food processors, students, environmentalists business people and chefs gather at Penn State University for the 21st annual Farming for the Future conference, one of the presenters will be one of our industry's most ardent supporters of sustainability.
Jamie Moore, the director of sustainability for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group, based in Pittsburgh, will lead a team of chefs who will present on various topics associated with sustainability and the foodservice industry. Contract management firms Parkhurst Dining Services and Cura Hospitality are part of the Eat'n Park family.
In pre-conference seminars Jan, 31 and Feb. 1, Moore will instruct a class on how to read and understand new food labels, as well as a session on the differences between raw, pasteurized and ultra-pasteurized milk. Mike Passanita, executive sous chef at St. Francis University in Loretto, Pa., will talk about partnering and building relationships with local farmers. Mike Galterio, Eat'n Park's food code specialist, will explain how to create HACCP guidelines when using home- or locally grown products. The conference itself takes place Feb. 1-4.
Moore is a member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, the organization that stages the conference. Last year, Moore conducted some training sessions for Parkhurst chefs in conjunction with the conference, and the buzz surrounding the sessions was such that PASA decided to expand Moore's influence and open the sessions to more attendees.
Moore has been a passionate student of sustainability and the local movement, and his efforts have influenced much of what Eat'n Park does in its own restaurants, in addition to the efforts made by Parkhurst and Cura. Now, he is sharing the knowledge he's gained with others. Later this week, in a web-only article, I will share with readers Moore's philosophy and why this conference is so important.


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Mousses are grand. Mousses are tricky. Mousses are complicated. Mousses are foolproof. All of these statements are true.
When is the last time you had a delicious, light, fluffy, tart and tangy lime mousse filled with flecks of citrusy zest? Or a rich, bittersweet chocolate one? They seem to have gone out of style, but they deserve a comeback.
Nothing could be better as the grand finale to a meal on a hot summer evening. You can tailor the mousse to the menu. Perhaps after some grilled striped bass, corn, and tomatoes you could have a blood-orange and lemon mousse. A mocha-flavored mousse would be perfect after a steak and potatoes feast. Best of all, mousses are inexpensive to make and give you an excuse to use those funny shaped glasses you inherited from Granny. You can layer various flavors and even create your own — coconut, raspberry, ginger, caramel, passion fruit, mango, lemon, hazelnut, and so on.
The name "mousse" comes from the French word for foam. It applies to dishes with a foamy texture, usually cold and often sweet, but also savory and sometimes hot. Cold soufflés are the same as mousses, but mousse is the word used to describe a broad spectrum of foamy confections thickened with egg white and/or cream, often with gelatin added.
A popular dessert in France for over 300 years, chocolate mousse became a huge hit at the Food Exposition at Madison Square Garden in 1892. According to The New York Times, 8,000 people showed up to sample exotic foods and listen to a lecture on lobster a la Newburg, Welsh rarebit, and chocolate mousse.
First, a few suggestions on the making of mousses. If using raw eggs is of concern to you, you can use pasteurized egg whites and yolks. I also recommend using sheet gelatin rather than powdered. You can order this from specialty food shops, buy it online . . . or just borrow some from me. Sheet gelatin produces a more clear and clean tasting product. Also keep in mind when flavoring your base or purée that it will be neutralized, or watered down, by the addition of egg whites and whipped cream. So make the base super intensely flavored.
Be very careful when melting your gelatin, it can't get too hot. If it boils, it won't work. As soon as it liquifies, whisk it quickly into your purée. But, before you begin the process, make sure you have your "mise en place," that is "everything in its place." Have three bowls at the ready, your egg whites at room temperature, and if you are making layered mousses, some pastry bags are helpful. You can substitute a Ziploc bag and just cut a small corner off so you can pipe your mousse into Granny's fancy glasses.
How does the magic of light and airy mousses work? Harold McGee explained it best in his book "On Food and Cooking." For a chocolate mousse, which begins with melted chocolate beaten into tempered egg yolks, you add three to four times this amount of beaten egg whites. "The watery foam walls are thus augmented with the thick, yolky chocolate, and much of the egg moisture is absorbed by the cocoa solids and sugar, which further thickens the bubble walls," Mr. McGee wrote. "While still warm, the mousse is spooned into serving dishes, and these are then refrigerated for several hours. As the mousse cools, the cocoa butter congeals, and the bubble walls become rigid enough to maintain the foam structure indefinitely. The chocolate thus strengthens the egg foam, and the foam spreads the stodgy chocolate mass into a gossamer structure that melts on the tongue." In other words, the egg white foam acts as a hidden scaffolding.
So play around with flavors and use your imagination. Try Nutella or caramel sauce whipped into a mousse. Coconut milk, Coco Lopez, and a bit of rum make a snowy white, subtly flavored coconut mousse. Purée raspberries with a few slices of fresh ginger for added zest and depth of flavor. Use extracts and food coloring if you want to punch it up.
Glamorous, ethereal, and almost obsolete, mousse is an easy and inexpensive way to impress your guests. Let's bring back this once popular dessert! Here are some tried and true recipes. Just remember to follow the directions carefully.
Chocolate Mousse Le Notre
Makes at least 12 servings.
1 lb. good quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped into small pieces
2 oz. butter
8 oz. egg yolks
7 oz. egg whites
3 oz. sugar
2 cups heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks
Place chocolate pieces and butter in bowl over pot of boiling water. Melt slowly, scraping bowl with rubber spatula occasionally. Remove from heat. Carefully whisk into egg yolks, tempering them.
Beat egg whites with sugar until soft peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture, being careful not to deflate. Then gently fold in whipped cream. Spoon or pipe into individual glasses or place in decorative bowl and refrigerate for at least four hours.
Mousse can be topped with berries, shaved chocolate, and additional whipped cream.
Lemon or Lime Mousse
Serves 8.
Lemon or Lime Cream
Makes about two cups.
5 lemons or limes
11/2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, cut into cubes
Remove zest from lemons or limes and place in bowl. Juice the fruit and add to bowl. Whisk in eggs. Add this to the butter in a heavy-bottom saucepan and bring to boil over medium high heat. Whisk constantly and boil for 30 seconds.
Remove from heat and pour through fine mesh strainer. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate.
For mousse:
1 cup heavy cream, whipped and put in large bowl in refrigerator
4 large egg whites
1/4 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. cold water
1 envelope unflavored gelatin, or 5 sheets gelatin
1 cup lemon or lime cream
Whisk egg whites with sugar until soft peaks form. Set aside.
Put a small saucepan with one inch water on to boil. Place gelatin and three tablespoons cold water in heatproof bowl. Let gelatin "bloom" for one minute, then place bowl over boiling water. Stir until just melted, making sure there are no lumps that would give mousse a yucky texture.
Whisk melted gelatin into lemon or lime cream. Fold in egg whites, then whipped cream. Pipe or spoon into serving dishes and chill until set, approximately four hours. Can also be frozen.


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BELLINGHAM, WA (RNN) – A private school decided to flip tradition Friday when administrators canceled classes "due to great weather."
"Yeah! It's a Sun Day today and everyone gets the day off from school," Bellingham Christian's website stated. "Enjoy your day and send me your creative pictures of you playing outside in the sunshine."
Principal Bob Sampson told the Associated Press he wanted to give the 205 students and 22 staff members time to enjoy the weather in often-cloudy Washington. The school never used any days off for bad weather during the school year, so he floated the idea and got the OK from parents and the school board.
"Kids just love the anticipation of sitting around see if school is canceled when it snows," Sampson said to the AP. "You know, we haven't had any snow days, so I thought, `How fun would it be to create that anticipation for kids when it's nice out?"'
The forecast predicts a sunny weekend for the city of roughly 81,000, with high temperatures in the mid-70s.
Sampson also told the AP he would be there Friday morning to make sure everyone got the notice. He said the pictures taken by the students would be used at a school assembly Monday.
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From a continuing series of articles, Who Can Vote?, a News21 investigation of voting rights in America.
By Ethan Magoc
African-American civic groups, politicians and church leaders are concerned that changes in Florida's early voting schedule will lower minority turnout, which could mean fewer votes for Democrats in November.
Discuss this series of stories on the Facebook page for Open Channel, the NBC News investigative blog.
Florida's early, in-person voting period almost certainly will shrink this fall. Since 2004, when the state began early voting, county election officials had to provide a minimum of 14 voting days, or 96 hours, of early voting opportunities, including limited weekend hours. Under a law passed in 2011, counties can still offer 96 hours of early voting, but those hours cannot be spread over more than the state-required eight days.
The 2011 law also eliminated voting on the Sunday before the election, which was offered by 10 of the state's 67 counties in 2008. African-American churches traditionally reserved that day for "Souls to the Polls" campaigns, in which voters went from churches to early-voting sites.
"We do believe it's a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise the voters," said state Rep. Barbara Watson, a Democrat from Miami Gardens, concerned about the law's effect on turnout in large counties such as Miami-Dade.
Rep. Dennis Baxley, a Republican from Ocala who sponsored the legislative change, said that eliminating Sunday hours was about timing.
"It seems like we had too tight a squeeze" before Election Day on Tuesday, he said. "You had to count the early votes and be all set up in the counties for a general election in two days. What's the big deal? It's just a scheduling issue."
Who can vote? A national News21 investigation of voting rights in America.
President Barack Obama won 96 percent of Florida's black vote in 2008. African Americans that year cast 22 percent of the state's early in-person votes, although they were only 13 percent of registered voters, according to an analysis by Daniel Smith, a University of Florida political science professor, and Michael Herron of Dartmouth.
Democratic turnout for early and absentee voting in Florida increased 5 percent from 2004 to 2008, while Republican early votes dropped 6 percent, according to data compiled by Michael McDonald, a political scientist at George Mason University.
"What we have to do is act like that old Florida chameleon that changes colors," said Elder Lee Harris, 68, pastor of Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church in Jacksonville. "We have to adapt to whatever our environment is."
Harris said his church and its 300-member congregation joined another 60 churches to encourage Sunday voting the weekend before the 2008 presidential election. He said the group will organize on one of the other weekend days this year.
State Sen. Chris Smith, a Democrat who represents Broward and Palm Beach counties, is encouraging churches in his district to hold services on Saturdays during early voting.
Voters like Anita Smith, 38, of Gainesville, enjoy the convenience of voting early.
"I didn't want to be in the long lines," said Smith, who voted early in the 2008 primary and general elections. "I went early and got it out of the way."
In Palm Beach County, Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher wants to keep turnout near 2008 early-voting levels. She plans to open two additional early voting sites, which she said will cost $52,000 for voting machines and salaries.
Rodney Long, a retired Democratic politician in northern Florida's Alachua County, said his group, the African American Accountability Alliance, will organize church and political leaders for early voting.
"If you tell me that there's a problem with that Sunday, there should be some evidence. There's 67 people in Florida who could provide it." Lawmakers "did not receive any testimony from the 67 county officials about Sunday processing. Everyone's voting electronically – no more chads, no delays," Long said.
Andrea Rumbaugh of News21 contributed to this story.
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Or send feedback to News21. News21 is a program of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that is helping to change the way journalism is taught in the U.S. and train a new generation of journalists capable of reshaping the news industry. It is headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Since 2006, nearly 500 top journalism students in the U.S. have participated in the landmark national initiative.


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Are any of these pics new?
I havent seen a few of those, but most of them I have seen.
The first two were in this thread.
However, I've never seen the third one before.
The rest are all old.
That third pic is... wow. That's unlike any other enemy seen in a Zelda game.
Yeah it seems like there are quite a few goblins and trolls and stuff.. from what we've seen in the trailer... chains n stuffOriginally Posted by TyBO
Yea, never seen that third pic. Good find man.
Yeah, the 3rd is new...is that even a enemy? If it is, it's very different.
third pics a great find.... nice work. The others we've seen but thats ok.
And you guys are right...that enemy looks much different than past enemies. but I guess it does sorta resemble a moblin
Dude that 3rd pic is new to me too, it looks dark and badass.
Are you sure that isn't Swell's editing? AHAHAHAHAHAHA Real or not when its this guy posting it its hilarious.
I've seen these before except for the third one.......but I think that one is a fake. Doesn't look natural........
Yea I think 3 is new. Looks awesome. Why would that be fake it looks in line with the other graphics. The other pictures were captured from a video.
I can't wait for this game. butI'm gonna have to though
Teh Flocke of D.I.C.K's Timekeeper!i!i!i
Argueing over the internet is like competing in the Special Olympics...Even if you win you are still fucking retarded
SHE HAS A PENIS!?- Carlos
thank you for showin the world those pics for the 5 millionth time
I dont think that third pic. is edited, it looks like Link will be fighting real human enemies this time...(or is it..Hylians?)
Dont cry over my mortal body, but rejoice in the eternity of my soul and my dreams who will keep on living for as long as you shall remember me.
thats edited. This is gonna be a T rated game. Any violent acts towards humans would make it an M rated game. ITs fake. Unless Link is a pimp
i wanna see some more pics of that pissed werewolf with the chains thats also on fire (thats his official name, as of now, anyways).
that pic of Link is exactly the same from here. it has to be a fake.
I used to be thecube_128
Wow! nice catch cube! cant beleive i didnt see that
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. - UC San Diego men's soccer standout Alec Arsht was chosen Monday to the 2013 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) College Division Men's Scholar All-West Region First Team.
The senior Oak Park native made the 11-player first team as one of four defenders. The NSCAA's College Division includes all NCAA Division II, III and NAIA programs.
The award continues an impressive list of postseason honors for Arsht. He previously earned NSCAA All-America Second Team, Daktronics All-America Second Team, Capital One Academic All-America Second Team, NSCAA All-West Region First Team, Daktronics All-West Region First Team, All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) First Team and Capital One Academic All-District 8 First Team distinction.
As team captain, Arsht anchored a back line that was No. 4 nationally in goals-against average at 0.52 after leading all of Division II in that category in 2012. He started all 21 games in which he appeared, adding one goal and an assist offensively.
In the classroom, Arsht maintains a 3.45 grade-point average through the 2012-13 academic year, and will graduate in June with a degree in political science.
To be eligible for NSCAA Scholar All-West Region, student-athletes were required to have a 3.30 GPA and significant athletic credentials, on par with all-region status. Only juniors and seniors in academic standing were eligible, meaning that Andisheh Bagheri, like Arsht a Capital One Academic All-American, was unable to be considered as a UCSD graduate student.
As a first-teamer at the regional level, Arsht may now be selected in the coming days to one of the NSCAA Scholar All-America squads.
Lee Nishanian of Cal State San Bernardino and Taylor Varnadore of Sonoma State, both seniors, also represented the CCAA on the first team. A total of eight student-athletes garnered honorable mention.


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