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In part two of our Cowboys & Aliens set visit report, we interview director Jon Favreau and writer/producer Roberto Orci to take a deeper look at the otherworldly title characters of the film, their origins and design, and most importantly, why they're on Earth causing havoc with the cowboys and natives.
Let's start by going back to the beginning when we first arrived on the set of Cowboys & Aliens. Favreau took time out of his busy shooting schedule and chatted with for a good hour or so to start off the day. But before we got talking about the production, the aliens and the characters, he told us the story about the challenge coins he gave during the production of Iron Man 2.
The coin, which in military tradition is a sign of respect and membership, sparked an interesting discussion about the origins and designs of the aliens and their technology in the film as he handed a Cowboys & Aliens-themed one to each of us. We'll use it as the intro to our look at the concept of the aliens, their origins and most importantly, their motivations and how it'll fit into the framework of the film's genre crossover.
This was the one real memento we could take home from the set. It's approximately the size of a silver dollar and on the one side it reads "Cowboys" with two crossing six shooters. On the flip side, it reads "Aliens" and features a detailed satellite-looking UFO craft, the one that can be seen in the Cowboys & Aliens trailer as Daniel Craig's character shoots it out of the sky with his alien wristband. Favreau explained that these are just the smaller craft that rope the people in, so to speak, as shown in the trailer.
Click here for Favreau's explanation of the Cowboys & Aliens challenge coin and why it's now a tradition for him to give out for his films.
Alien Technology
About designing the look of the alien craft, Favreau talked about researching historical reports of UFO sightings and local lore.
"We tried to look at – you know, there was that first photograph of a spaceship was from I think the 1870s, not far from here… And you know, they had the first shot of a UFO was like a cigar-shaped silver thing in the air. And there have been certain recurring themes and sightings and – and then the way film has treated them, UFOs."
Using other alien genre films as a reference point for presenting the alien space ships and creatures in an appropriate manner for the serious and more horror-oriented tone of Cowboys & Aliens, Favreau continued by explaining that it's not all about revealing the aliens and their tech because they can, but slowly as if we're experiencing this first encounter as the characters are in the film.
"I'm more of a fan of the alien movies from – you know, I guess I grew up around the time of "Close Encounters", "E.T." and then "Alien" I like a lot, and "Predator". So we're definitely going for more of the horror side of the alien movies – and although we have quite a bit of CG – I like the way they told stories before – before you could show everything with CG. And it was a real unveiling of the creature, little by little, and using lighting and camera work and music to make it a very subjective experience. And so we tried to preserve that here, even though we have ILM and we could show everything from the beginning, it's nice to let things unfold, in a way – especially because you're seeing through the eyes of these people in this Western milieu."
As we know already from the Cowboys & Aliens Comic-Con footage, Daniel Craig's character unwittingly sports some alien tech on his wrists. This device, reminiscent of Iron Man, is of course a weapon. How he gets this tech, what it's capable of and if there are other devices similar to this remains a mystery.
Alien Designs
Ship designs and horror elements aside, what about the alien creatures themselves? Favreau explained that they are biological in design, quipping that it's not like the 50s with "walking robot" extraterrestrials.
"It's definitely more in the tradition of like 'Alien' and 'Predator.' You know, that's what's compelling. And then that allows for – you know, you could create the biology of the alien that feels the most horrifying and reveal it slowly over the course of the film, as opposed to just form these columns of aliens marching out... You know, it's not 'Mars Attacks.'"
After nearly half a day of shooting and returning from lunch, Favreau chatted with us again a few hours later and this time we spoke of the designs of the aliens themselves. The aliens, as mentioned above, are meant to be scary and are slowly revealed throughout the movie. They're large, bipedal and will be CG-rendered. To help gauge their size and look on screen, they had prop arms and heads as well as a funny-looking helmet with a ball that stood approximately two feet above it to simulate the height of the aliens as a focal point for the actors during scenes. Favreau had actually used marker to draw a "scary" face on the ball, if you could call it that.
We didn't get to see concept art of the full creatures at the time and Favreau mostly joked with us when we asked details, but he did show us a cast of an alien arm and discussed how they used it to help film. They also have full bodies to represent dead aliens (we didn't get to see these) but having something like an alien limb allows them to figure out and gauge the lighting and look of certain scenes and angles to they get a better idea of the finished product and how the CGI affects need to be applied. Remember, Favreau's mantra is to film practically, "using CGI to enhance."
The arm we saw was almost reptilian or frog-like, with plenty of detail and color. Take into consideration that they stand approximately ten feet tall on average, you can start piecing together an image in your head of what Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford are up against.
Developing Aliens That Are New & Different
With there being so many depictions of aliens and UFOs out there, even from the films mentioned to the onslaught of upcoming alien invasion movies, how much of a challenge is it develop something unique in their offering with Cowboys & Aliens?
"Yeah, it's very hard. You know, but thank – you know, actually Steven Spielberg was very involved at that point. And it's hard to have a brainstorming session with Steven Spielberg because he'll start talking about, 'Well, in E.T. I did this, and then in…' You know. And then you're just – it's hard for you to – it's hard to not be distracted by that, you know."
And it's not just Spielberg who Favreau along with writer/producers Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman could draw knowledge and ideas from; Ron Howard and Harrison Ford offer invaluable industry experience and insight on the subject as well.
Alien Backstory
Will Cowboys & Aliens delve into the mythology of the otherworldly characters and explore their history and purpose of being on Earth?
"They do. I mean, we have an internal logic to it. But definitely, in again, the movies that I like, it's not like you're going to be cutting to the bridge of the alien ship like in the 'Treehouse of Horror.' It's more like you can infer certain things. Again, to me once of the best examples is 'Alien.' There was a logic to it, but the way it unfolded, you didn't really know it. And there was enough logic to it that you could accept it. But all I knew when I watched it is, 'Oh, my God, what's that? There's eggs; it's on his face. It's coming out of his stomach… And they're all over the place, you can't kill them; they have acid blood.' Those were things that were pulled together, saying what they were colonizing. But I really liked the experience, and how the actors, and how Sigourney Weaver was going through it, and how much it was affecting her – the nightmares she was having. And then as you – and the more I learned about the aliens, the less I enjoyed them."
Favreau used Predator and Cloverfield as examples to explain that he could easily walk audiences through why each part of the movie's plot happens and what the aliens are doing off-screen but that would take away from the dramatic impact and experience. If a sequel were to occur, like in other alien-based franchises, the horror and shock of the alien introduction will have passed and it makes sense to answer more detailed questions and dig deeper into the mythology of the aliens.
Producer/writer Bob Orci later expanded on the motivation behind the aliens being on Earth and why in the trailer we can see them rounding up human captives, Old West style (with tractor beams instead of a lasso). So, why are they abducting people?
"It is to figure out what the resources are here. They are – someone said the other day – I hadn't made this connection – but they are like a modern day multi-national corporation. They study the resources of whatever new place they find, to find out what's exploitable, what's usable, what's conquerable, and what's returnable to their planet."
If you wish to analyze the story of Cowboys & Aliens, looking deeper into potential parallels or metaphors, the obvious comparisons can be made to expansionism and how the aliens are a form of settlers, a common theme of the Western genre. But that's not the goal or what the movie is about. It's about cowboys and aliens.
Share your thoughts in the comments and with us on Twitter @rob_keyes and @screenrant.
Cowboys & Aliens is directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. It opens in theaters July 29, 2011.


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Imagine something along the lines of "Kiss my hard drive!"--but with a bucket of bile thrown in for good measure.
Seems that the former vice president drives a bunch of you into a tizzy just by showing up. And awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Gore simply sent a lot of folks straight over the ledge.
The depth of their anger is hard to fathom. But it's there on display each time one of our headlines carries Gore's name. Perusing the reactions left on our TalkBack forum, I came across this post from "tech_junky48" in a CNET News.com blog a colleague posted after the Nobel Committee's decision:
"Global warming = more drought and more severe weather in some places. No, No, NO! There has not been any more severe weather in the last century then in the century before. The climate is changing, because, by definition, it is unstable. We are not causing it...More (global warming) scams --> gullible alarmist people --> exploitable people --> more pointless money drain."
Travis Ernst offered a similarly pungent critique.
"(Gore) is full of hot air and has a following of worshipers. He did NO research on his own, deserves no award other than for scaring people and causing undeserved panic."
I came across hundreds of similar dismissals of Gore as another blowhard populist out to score easy rhetorical points at the Bush administration's expense. Obviously, Gore is a career politician and former standard-bearer of his party. And I'm sure he's not naive about the political weight this issue might carry into the 2008 presidential election.
But at what point does the growing body of peer-reviewed and published scientific literature on the subject trump the snarky put-downs? The latest report to examine the causes and potential effects of climate change was the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change study. Check it out in your spare time. It makes for sober reading.
Speaking with News.com last month, Lorraine Bolsinger, who runs a group inside General Electric to make environmentally conscious products, said, "People who say, 'I don't believe it' or 'I don't see it,' they kind of are outliers at this point. I think it's much more mainstream," she said. "We're past the point of debating the science."
Unfortunately, it's great sport to deride "Al Boring," the man who nurses an eternal grudge because the world forgot that he invented the Internet. Pardon my sarong, but it turns out that Gore has a legit claim to the mantle, according to both Vint Cerf and Newt Gingrich. In this month's edition of Vanity Fair, they credit his legislative spadework for creating the right preconditions.
Here's what Gore actually said in 1991: ""During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative"--politico-speak for leadership--"in creating the Internet."
But as the magazine recounts, Gore received a bum deal from an unforgivably lazy media, which retailed the bogus "I invented the Internet" claim to the point where it became parody.
That past was prologue for the unyielding criticism directed at Gore for attacking official indifference to evidence connecting man-made carbon emissions to global warming.
Some of this no doubt is related to antipathy left over from the 2000 presidential race. The election's outcome and all that followed in the subsequent years widened our left-right divide to the point where any attempt to examine this issue turns into a mosh fight.
You saw the same thing happen after An Inconvenient Truth won an Oscar for best documentary of the year. The grumbling about what some saw as Gore's pseudo-science and bent for popularizing turned into a full-throated roar after a British High Court ruled that there were nine inaccuracies in his documentary.
"Ah ha--gotcha!"
Actually, there was less here than the headline suggested. Claiming that Gore's film contained "serious scientific inaccuracies, political propaganda and sentimental mush," the father of two students filed a lawsuit because he objected to the showing of the film in schools. But a British High Court judge refused to go along. In his decision, he instead said British schools should show the documentary along with guidance notes to prevent political indoctrination.
Lost in the mushroom cloud of instant outrage was the judge's more significant conclusion that Gore's film was "broadly accurate" and built a "powerful" case that human activity causes global warming.
Let's see: nine errors over the course of a 100-minute documentary. I'll leave you to make the call.


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Reilly wants more musical roles
Wreck-It Ralph's John C Reilly has revealed that he would like to star in more musicals.
The Oscar-nominated actor and musician, who previously appeared in Chicago and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, would like to show off his musical talents more on screen.
"I'd love to do another musical. That would be really fun," he said.
"I've been involved in music my whole life. There isn't a certain musical I wouldn't like to be in. I did a lot of them when I was a kid. I really enjoyed Brigadoon - that was a really good story. I love them all. There are a lot of great musicals."
John, who voices a video game bad guy in Wreck-It Ralph, said he had previously turned down other opportunities to star in animated films.
The 47-year-old had previously lent his voice to Nine, because he wanted to be more involved in the creative process, but director Rich Moore convinced him to give this one a go.
"I have been offered a lot of animated stuff in the past but I let them go because it just seemed like an empty suit of a job - you go and read something, then they do the fun part, which is turning it into something creative," he recalled.
"But Rich explained to me that the way he wanted to do this movie was much more interactive with the actors and have us there in the same room when we're recording, which most animated movies don't do.
"So I got to improvise a lot with amazing people like Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch. Rich encouraged me to be a big part of the creative process of this movie, which was very attractive," he added.
:: Wreck-It Ralph is in cinemas now.
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Covington health center brings health care to both sides of parish
With health care seeming to change just about every day, a health center in Covington is just what the doctor ordered.
"It's the most cost effective way to do it in the primary care office in their home in their neighborhood, so we refer to this as a neighborhood health center," said Mark Keiser, CEO of Access Health Louisiana.
This wasn't just another ribbon cutting. Work to open the St. Tammany Community Health Center in Covington goes back years.
"The idea obviously started before Katrina. We had a little upset, but now we're where we want to be with one on either side of the parish," said St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister.
"It's a medical home. We truly want to make it a medical home for people as well, so we will have a lot of resources here for people to take advantage of," said Liz Teague of Access Health Louisiana.
The center will provide medical, dental and behavioral health care. It is not a free clinic but provides affordable care through sliding scale cash pricing. All Medicaid plans, Medicare and commercial insurance are good there.
"They really have comprehensive care, and it's the most cost effective place to do it in a primary care office, in their home, in their neighborhood. So we refer to this as a neighborhood health center," said Keiser.
"It adds affordable health care to those who need it most in an area where those who most need it can easily get to this medical health care," said Covington Mayor Mike Cooper.
A key part of the operation is behavioral health. The much publicized need on the Northshore reflected already here.
"We had a soft opening for behavioral health about two weeks ago. We've got over 300 patients already," said Teague.
"It will keep the people that need those services out of the emergency rooms, so this will help the hospitals also," said Brister.
So now Access Health Louisiana has clinics on both sides of the parish. There is one in Slidell and one in Covington, and they'll start seeing patients Wednesday.
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The sizzling world of asteroids
From new space mining venture to causing the end of the world, asteroids are a hot topic
Asteroids have been big news this year. The week of April 23 Google execs Larry Page and Eric Schmidt joined with filmmaker James Cameron and others to bankroll an asteroid mining venture called Planetary Resources. And then a huge piece of space debris exploded in the skies over California. Asteroids too have been the center of the oft-controversial doomsday for Earth in 2012 scenario. Here we take a look at the recent history of asteroids and what scientists are learning about them.
Chris Lewicki (R), president and chief engineer of Planetary Resources, and Peter Diamandis, co-founder and co-chairman of Planetary Resources. Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and filmmaker James Cameron are among those bankrolling a venture to survey and eventually extract precious metals and rare minerals from asteroids that orbit near Earth, the company said. Planetary Resources, based in Bellevue, Wash., initially will focus on developing and selling extremely low-cost robotic spacecraft for surveying missions.
Why mine asteroids? Planetary Resources said: There are over 1,500 asteroids that are as easy to get to as the surface of the Moon. Asteroid resources have some unique characteristics that make them especially attractive. Unlike Earth, where heavier metals are close to the core, metals in asteroids are distributed throughout their body, making them easier to extract. Asteroids contain valuable and useful materials like iron, nickel, water, and rare platinum group metals, often in significantly higher concentration than found in mines on Earth.
Charles Simonyi, an investor in Planetary Resources, speaks during a news conference at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, April 24, 2012.
The Planetary Resources Arkyd Series 100 space telescope will be the company's front line spacecraft supporting the critical structures, avionics, attitude determination and control, and instrumentation that enable low-cost asteroid exploration.
The avionics module is pictured in the mockup of the Arkyd 100-series telescope at the Planetary Resources introduction.
Planetary Resources Rendezvous Prospector will conduct missions to more distant asteroids. Orbiting the asteroid, the Rendezvous Prospector will collect data on the asteroid's shape, rotation, density, and surface and sub-surface composition. Rendezvous Prospector also results in the creation and demonstration of a low-cost interplanetary spacecraft capability, of interest to potential customers such as NASA, scientific agencies, or other private exploratory organizations, the company says.
Also in the news this week, a bright ball of light traveling east to west was seen over the skies of central/northern California Sunday morning, April 22. The former space rock-turned-flaming-meteor entered Earth's atmosphere around 8 a.m. PDT. Reports of the fireball have come in from as far north as Sacramento, Calif. and as far east as North Las Vegas. Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., estimates the object was about the size of a minivan, weighed in at around 154,300 pounds (70 metric tons) and at the time of disintegration released energy equivalent to a 5-kiloton explosion.
Doomsday 2012 scenarios have abounded in the news for a long time it seems and this year NASA shot the theories down – including one of a world ending asteroid. "The Earth has always been subject to impacts by comets and asteroids, although big hits are very rare. The last big impact was 65 million years ago, and that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. We have already determined that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs. For any claims of disaster or dramatic changes in 2012, where is the science? Where is the evidence? There is none, and for all the fictional assertions, whether they are made in books, movies, documentaries or over the Internet, we cannot change that simple fact. There is no credible evidence for any of the assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012."
Asteroid 2011 AG5 got a lot of attention early in 2012 because of a very unlikely scenario which would place it on an Earth-interception course 28 years from now. "In September 2013, we have the opportunity to make additional observations of 2011 AG5 when it comes within 91 million miles (147 million kilometers) of Earth," said Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "It will be an opportunity to observe this space rock and further refine its orbit. Because of the extreme rarity of an impact by a near-Earth asteroid of this size, I fully expect we will be able to significantly reduce or rule out entirely any impact probability for the foreseeable future."
Astronomers say they had found an asteroid, dubbed 1998 DK36, in a place where they have never been found before, orbiting entirely between the Earth and the sun, and warned there may be more out there.
Here NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took a look at Earth's closest neighbor in space, the Moon. Hubble was aimed at one of the Moon's most dramatic and photogenic targets, the 58 mile-wide (93 km) impact crater Copernicus. (Upper left) The Moon is so close to Earth that Hubble would need to take a mosaic of 130 pictures to cover the entire disk. This ground-based picture from the Lick Observatory on Earth shows the area covered in Hubble's photomosaic with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. (Center) Hubble's crisp bird's-eye view clearly shows the ray pattern of bright dust ejected out of the crater over 1 billion years ago, when an asteroid larger than a mile across slammed into the Moon.
NASA's Deep Space 1 experimental spacecraft, shown in this artist's conception, successfully flew close above the surface of asteroid 9969 Braille at about 35,000 mph.
Radar images of 1999 JM8, an unusually large asteroid with a slow rotation rate, reveal the object's bizarre shape as it streaked past Earth in late July and early August 1999 at a close approach of 8.5 million kilometers (5.3 million miles), about 22 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon in 1999.
NASA spaceship found the mysterious heart of Eros just in time for Valentine's Day 2000. Shortly before the orbit began, NEAR detected a curious feature on the 21-mile (33.6 km)-long asteroid's surface: a narrow heart that looks like a beauty mark at the lower end of the space rock.
The surface of the asteroid 433 Eros comes into view at 250 meters (820 feet) as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft descends to the surface Feb. 12, 2001.
An asteroid strike is believed to have set about events that caused the extinction of dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. Though scientists believe they have mapped all of the 6-mile-wide objects that could cross Earth's path and annihilate life here, dozens of research centers are searching the sky for moderate-sized asteroids or comets in the half-mile-wide range that might one day collide with the Earth and kick up enough dust to cause a 'nuclear winter' that would wipe out crops and might cause tsunamis to swamp coastal areas.
The Gusev Crater area on the planet Mars, is pictured in this undated photograph from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Scientists believe an asteroid or comet impact as much as 4 billion years ago dug Gusev's 150 kilometer diameter (95 mile) floor.
The 548-metre long asteroid, "25143 Itokawa", is seen nearly 300 million km (186 million miles) from earth in this picture taken Nov. 20, 2005 by the Japanese unmanned Hayabusa and released by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The probe's shadow (tiny black spot seen on center) is made out on Itokawa's surface.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is shown in the clean room at Astrotech in 2007. Dawn launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to investigate two large asteroids, Ceres and Vesta.
The asteroid Vesta is seen in this image obtained with NASA's Dawn Spacecraft framing camera from a distance of 3200 miles in 2011. Dawn is the first spacecraft to orbit an object in the main asteroid belt.
An artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft orbiting the giant asteroid Vesta. The depiction of Vesta is based on images obtained by Dawn's framing cameras. The spacecraft is circled Vesta at an altitude averaging about 130 miles (210 km) in the phase of the mission known as low altitude mapping orbit.
An image of Mercury is seen as taken by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft at a distance of approximately 17,000 miles (27,359 km) after the spacecraft's closest approach to the planet in 2008. The image shows features as small as 6 miles (10km) in size. Similar to previously mapped portions of Mercury, this hemisphere appears heavily cratered. It also reveals some unique and distinctive features. On the upper right is the giant Caloris basin, including its western portions never before seen by spacecraft. Formed by the impact of a large asteroid or comet, Caloris is one of the largest, and perhaps one of the youngest basins in the solar system.
This Hubble Space Telescope picture shows a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus of the object and trailing streamers of dust. Astronomers have found a comet-like object they believe was created by the collision of two asteroids, possible siblings of the rogue rock blamed for killing the dinosaurs millions of years ago. The object, known as P/2010 A2, was circling about 90 million miles (144 million km) from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Particle debris in Jupiter's atmosphere is seen after an object hurtled into the atmosphere. The image on the left was taken July 20, 2009 and the image on the right was taken August 2009. A hurtling asteroid about the size of the Titanic caused the scar that appeared in Jupiter's atmosphere on July 19, 2009.
A picture shot by ESA's Rosetta mission's OSIRIS instrument shows asteroid Lutetia at a distance of 3,162 km (1,964 miles) its closest approach. The images show that Lutetia is heavily cratered, having suffered many impacts during its 4.5 billion years of existence. As Rosetta drew close, a giant bowl-shaped depression stretching across much of the asteroid rotated into view. The images confirm that Lutetia is an elongated body, with its longest side around 130km.
This infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) showcases the Tadpole Nebula, a star-forming hub in the Auriga constellation about 12,000 light-years from Earth. As WISE scanned the sky, capturing this mosaic of stitched-together frames, it caught an asteroid in our solar system passing by. The asteroid, called 1719 Jens, left tracks across the image. A second asteroid was also observed cruising by.
NASA image shows an artist's concept of a broken-up asteroid. Scientists think that a giant asteroid, which broke up long ago in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, eventually made its way to Earth and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Data from NASA's WISE mission likely rules out the leading suspect, a member of a family of asteroids called Baptistina, so the search for the origins of the dinosaur-killing asteroid goes on.
A big dog bone-shaped asteroid named Kleopatra is the featured attraction in images released by NASA. As asteroids go, Kleopatra is a monster, measuring 135 miles (217 kilometers) long and about 58 miles (94 kilometers) wide.
In the not so scientific world: Onlookers watch in horror as a comet prepares to crash into the earth in a scene from the film "Deep Impact."
In the not so scientific world part 2: Actor Bruce Willis stars as "Harry S. Stamper" whose expertise as the world's top deep core driller is tapped to be part of a team of astronauts who tried to blow up an asteroid headed towards Earth in the 1998 film "Armageddon."


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Keith Alexander: I'm Worth $1 Million Per Month Because I'm Patenting A Way To Stop Hackers (Which I Didn't Tell The NSA)
from the say-what-now? deptThe Keith Alexander story just keeps getting more and more bizarre. Almost immediately after retiring from the top position at the NSA, where he oversaw the total failure of the NSA's supposed "100% auditing" system, allowing Ed Snowden (and who knows how many others) to escape with all sorts of documents, Alexander announced that he had set up a cybersecurity firm -- with the ridiculously Hollywood-ish name of IronNet Cybersecurity. A month ago, it was revealed that he's going around asking banks to pay him $1 million per month for his "expertise." That caused a few to wonder if he's selling classified info, because really, what else could he offer?
Alexander has a new answer: Patents! Yes, Keith Alexander is claiming that he has an amazing new anti-hacker technique that is brilliant and wonderful and deserving of at least nine patents. According to Shane Harris over at Foreign Policy:
Alexander said he'll file at least nine patents, and possibly more, for a system to detect so-called advanced persistent threats, or hackers who clandestinely burrow into a computer network in order to steal secrets or damage the network itself. It was those kinds of hackers who Alexander, when he was running the NSA, said were responsible for "the greatest transfer of wealth in American history" because they were routinely stealing trade secrets and competitive information from U.S. companies and giving it to their competitors, often in China.Of course, this leads to all sorts of questions. If Alexander had such a brilliant, patentable solution for stopping hackers, why didn't he, you know, use it while he was at the NSA. His response? He and an unnamed "partner" just came up with it in the last couple months after leaving office:
Asked why he didn't share this new approach with the federal government when he was in charge of protecting its most important computer systems, Alexander said the key insight about using behavior models came from one of his business partners, whom he also declined to name, and that it takes an approach that the government hadn't considered. It's these methods that Alexander said he will seek to patent.The report also notes that Alexander is a named inventor on seven patent applications filed while he was at the NSA (the US government keeps those), but that these new ones are totally separate.
Now, it is entirely possible that Alexander and his partner magically came up with some new way to deal with cybersecurity -- though I'm skeptical. Cybersecurity work involves an awful lot of trial and error in the real world, and Alexander is insisting already that his "fundamentally new approach" will "jump" ahead of existing technology. That's a bold claim for someone who hasn't ever actually done work in the commercial field. One thing that we've pointed out for years, is that people who have no experience in actually building a technology business almost always overvalue the idea, and undervalue the execution. It certainly looks like Alexander is doing exactly that. He thinks that based on the idea alone -- which is totally unproven -- he's worth $1 million per month. He claims three companies have already paid up, though he doesn't say who (or how much they're really paying). It seems likely that any actual payments are more because of Alexander's connections, rather than his brilliant "idea."
Harris spoke to another expert who notes that the approach Alexander is talking about (behavioral modeling) is one that's been talked about and tried for years without success. In other words, it's a perfect example of where ideas sound good, but execution matters. And yet, Alexander insists that his ideas alone -- which haven't been proven yet (and on which he hasn't even filed these supposed patents) -- are so amazing that they will change the nature of cybersecurity?
When Harris asks for more detail about the solution, Alexander wouldn't tell him any more "given the sensitive nature of the work." Except, of course, if he's filing patents on it, the details are supposed to be revealed the public in fairly short order (18 months at most). And, really, if the solution is so great, they should be getting it out there and testing it. Security by obscurity is not the best proving ground. Actually having your solution tested is.
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Latch on the Thule Traverse Foot Pack and rest assured that the gear attached to your roof will be safe and sounds when you reach your destination. The Traverse's simple design and super-secure attachment mechanism make it a solid choice for hassle-free racking. Select your compatible 480 Fit Kit, toss on a box, bike, or boat, and hit the road.
- Secure gear to your roof with a handy foot pack
- MaxClamp Technology provides 25% stronger attachment
- AcuTight tensioning tool indicates when rack is secured
- Simple design features fewer parts for fast, easy installation
- Locks to roof with Thule One Key System (sold separately)
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Bought these for my Honda HRV. Fit great with fit kit. Stable on the roof with my 2 kayaks. Wound definitely recommend for a much more cost efficient option than getting roof rails and another foot pack. After driving 8 hours and back from the Black Hills with 2 kayaks strapped onto J-bars, these held on perfectly.
Great product, easy to install and sturdy enough to hold all the gear.
easy to install
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
They fit and hold great on my Subaru
Work well, a bit fiddly to install
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These took me a minute to get lined up and locked into place on my little honda fit, but now that I have, they work great. There is a bit of wind noise, but it is not that noticeable at highway speeds, especially if you have music playing.
Had to return
Had to return because it is not compatible with the aero blades. I repeat. NO COMPATIBLE WITH AEROBLADES
No Bueno
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I bought these for a 2013 Ford F150 and I'm wishing I would have stayed with Yakima. I have the correct fit kit and everything (I even called Thule) but my doors will not seal and water leaks in. Plus the extra noise doesn't help either. I've tried mounting them in different spots but nothing helps. I'm super disappointed.
Does it's job!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These hold the cross bars in place very well. Super easy to install, just don't forget to buy the fitkit for your car.
Still Holding Gear Well Over 5 Years Now
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I couldn't be happier with this purchase 5 years ago when I got my new Subaru. This set up has lasted and I haven't taken it off my car yet.
I do wish I got the AeroBlade's as they are quieter and dont eat up as much gas mileage but, the square bars get the job done.
I cant recommend putting over 50lbs on the square bars but, I can tell you that I have done it and not had an issue. I have had a fully loaded cargo box and a mountain bike at the same time on the square bars and drove across the country without an issue. If you look at my bars now though you can see a slight bend in them but, it has not hurt the performance of them at all.
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Great Product!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
These are awesome they worked well with my car. It looks great and has enough weight load for my skis and bike.
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I ordered the Traverse foot pack and fit kit 1511 for my 2014 Tacoma and they work great. The recommended weight limit is only 110 lbs total but that's plenty. This performs exactly as expected. This foot pack was used for the bars on the cab, not the shell. This foot pack came with the Thule bar ends for the cross bars, so you don't have to order those separately.
Totally worth the money.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
The 1210 is the correct foot bed for a 06 WRX without a factory rack(there isn't one for that year btw). These and the Traverse Foot Pack will give you a great base to put a box or a set of ski racks on. It looks great and at least for my car doesn't make that much noise even with boards on the roof. It beats trying to fit four people and boards in the car to go boarding.
Totally recommended.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Probably after a year this things are still like new. Very secure! You can put a lot of weight in your roof without compromise your car.
A lot of weight
I drive in bad roads because of my work (tour guide) with extra weight. Probably total over 60Kg. on the roof. 4 bikes + the steel frame to support the bikes. Super secure.
very easy to install in 30 minutes
It comes with all the tools. I installed alone.
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Excellent system! I was always a Yakima fan...new Dodge Ram, no Yakima parts available! Thule Rules! Still use my Yakima 'Dry Dock' for the rear end. There is a wind fairing available from Thule and in my opinion it is a must have! It greatly reduces wind noise and looks cool too!
Nice and easy
I was able to fully install this as well as the foot kit and bars I had already in less than an hour. SUPER clean and easy install didn't take much work what so ever. You will need to purchase the fit kit (specific to your car which you can find the one you need on Thule's website) in addition to these bad boys. You will also need to then buy the bars and last but not least whatever attachments you want on top of the bars. Now that it's installed these things aren't budging at all, look super clean and with the One Key Lock which I also purchased was able to complete the setup nice an securely.
Foot Packing
With the correct Fit Kit the Traverse Foot Packs are easily installed and very secure. My personal view regarding the one key system is that if someone wanted to take your rack they still could. The overall performance of this Foot Pack has been satisfactory.
It was a cake to install on the car. Easier to do it with two people. They stick to the car. Thule made a great product. Simple.
Does this come with everything needed to install other then the load bar
how many are in a pack, two? or four?
how many are in a pack, two? or four?
One pack includes four feet.
There are two pack kits available....just purchased one this last weekend.


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First up, Yee Old Wash bin. You can mount this puppy on painted metal legs to match the wash bin or maybe a repurposing of old table legs or staircase spindles is in order. Notice the Drawer pull fastened to the side. You can never go wrong with an additional hand towel.
Cause we all have a Vintage CocaCola cooler laying around right? Well maybe your "found item" isn't a cool vintage cooler, but that doesn't mean it can't be red and shiny. Gloss it over with a nice thick coat of paint. Handy dandy is the bottom shelf, good for your "super posh" water... or cases of Kraft dinner... its really your choice.
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Bauer Hockey Seeks To Help Young Athletes 'Own The Moment' With New Ad Campaign
By Barry Janoff
October 26, 2012: Bauer Hockey, a leading manufacturer of ice hockey equipment with deep roots in the NHL, has unveiled what the company is calling its first campaign in more than 15 years to focus solely on the brand itself.
According to Bauer, "Own the Moment" is a fully integrated global initiative "showing special moments between players and hockey that make the sport truly unique and special."
The effort will initially focus on youth and amateur hockey, but will then expand to include such NHL players and Bauer Hockey endorsers as Steven Stamkos, Alex Ovechkin, Claude Giroux, Henrik Lundqvist, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews.
The first phase of the campaign will be anchored by print and Internet, including dedicated social media destinations at Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The campaign will also ask consumers to submit videos of their hockey moments for a chance to be featured in an upcoming Bauer Hockey TV spot.
Bauer said that Stamkos, Giroux and Kane would be among those judging the entries. (Full details here.)
Bauer said the commercial would debut during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Junior Championship in late December and is also scheduled to run nationally during the 2013 NHL Winter Classic in both the U.S. and Canada.
Due to the current NHL lockout, however, the Winter Classic is in jeopardy of being postponed or called off. It currently is scheduled for Jan. 1, 2013 at the University of Michigan between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Some 135 games of the 2012-13 NHL season through Nov. 1 have already been cancelled due to the lockout.
In an introductory trailer to the campaign, we see shots of young hockey players in the locker room and on the ice. A voiceover relates, "Hockey is defined by moments and players are defined by what they do with them. Moments to better themselves. Moments to come together as a team. Moments to shine."
"The 'Own the Moment' campaign connects to our consumers on a personal level because those special moments in hockey are universal to players around the world, regardless of age," Kevin Davis, president and CEO for Bauer Performance Sports, said in a statement. "By focusing the launch of the campaign solely on the youth players, we have definitely struck a chord because those kids live these moments each day and can envision themselves in each and every moment."
"This campaign connects to our consumers on a personal level because special moments in hockey are universal to players around the world, regardless of age."
Bauer was founded in 1927, and in 1995 its then-parent company, Canstar, was acquired by Nike. Nike in 2008 sold Bauer Hockey to Quebec-based Roustan Inc. and Kohlberg & Co., a U.S.-based private equity firm.
According to Steve Jones, director of global marketing and brand strategy for Bauer Hockey."[This] is much more than an advertising campaign, it is a culmination of nearly two years of brand refinement and consumer research to develop a campaign that not only connects to players of all ages but also clearly defines what Bauer Hockey stands for as a brand. This campaign . . . will be an important element of our overall marketing mix for years to come."


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In less time than it takes to order Chinese food and have it delivered, cooks can now easily prepare their favorite Chinese dishes at home. Minneapolis-based General Mills rolls out Wanchai Ferry Frozen Entrées to satisfy Chinese food cravings in the comfort of home kitchens.
From skillet to plate in 14 minutes, the entrées contain all the ingredients needed to prepare a complete Chinese meal for two. They include battered chicken or shrimp, aromatic jasmine rice or classic lo mein noodles, large cuts of premium vegetables and flavorful sauces.
Wanchai Ferry Frozen Entrées cater to any Chinese craving: sweet, sour and even spicy. Entrées are available in five favorite restaurant flavors: Orange Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Spicy Garlic Chicken, Shrimp Lo Mein and Sweet & Spicy Shrimp. Home cooks can unlock the distinctive taste of Chinese favorites with specialty ingredients such as golden pineapple, baby cob corn or crunchy water chestnuts. And there is no added MSG.
"Chinese food is the most frequently eaten ethic cuisine in restaurants, yet people avoid its seemingly complicated preparation," says Liz Abate Mascolo, marketing manager. "Wanchai Ferry Frozen Entrées introduce a convenience factor to the market and offer the perfect meal solution for any two people wanting to bring delicious variety to their home dining experience."
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Taylor Swift is known for her emotional lyrics, her insane songwriting skills, her heartfelt connection to fans … and her unbridled love of cats!
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If you need any proof of the 'Shake It Off' singer's absolute devotion to cats (aside from her Instagram, of course), Taylor even explained how happy the animals make her. When asked what puts a smile on her face, she responded without hesitation, "Oh, my god, so much! Mostly, like, cats and … mostly cats."
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Jesse Hasek is one of the most creative and intellectual people you will ever meet. Though his name may not ring an instant bell, his voice and work does the job. The Knoxville, Tennessee native is the vocalist for Universal Republic recording artist 10 Years that have released several singles including "Through the Iris," "Beautiful," "So Long, Good-Bye," "Actions & Motives" and "Wasteland," which reached atop of the alternative rock chart.
Hasek's unique voice backed by the blend of a tight-knit band gives 10 Years the separation from the rest of the field.Aside from his on-stage abilities, Hasek is a sharp, well spoken and has plenty of opinions.
He also has an inquiring mind and once did some ghost hunting. Years ago, he and a friend traveled to the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, which is an old hospital that opened in 1910 and closed some 50 years later. The facility has become a very popular location and has been featured on network shows such as Ghost Hunters.According to a 2008 interview with The Examiner, Hasek said he really didn't believe in the paranormal until experiencing it for himself.
"I was in a room and one of those old triangle door wedges wizzed by my head (with no one in the room) and you could hear it on camera. It was unexplainable," he said. "It turned me into a believer."
The band has released three national albums and their latest, Feeding the Wolves, was released last summer and produced by Howard Benson, a two-time Grammy nominated producer who has worked with the likes of Seether, Papa Roach, Three Days Grace, Relient K, Hoobastank and Flyleaf.
Enjoying time off before hitting the road with Saving Abel, Hassek spoke about a variety of subjects including Feeding the Wolves.
I last saw you perform on the Carnival of Madness Tour last summer. You had a message written on you chest that read 'I have swallowed the poison feed me.' Any hidden meaning behind that?
I've written several different messages on my chest throughout different shows. Usually I take them from musicians and artists that I admire. I take one-liners that I have put my own personal meaning to. There is always a battle whether you are an artist or musician — a battle with integrity and your job or your profession and making something commercially viable. Sometimes it can discourage you and other times it can be inspirational. I used to write on my chest 'what I am to you is not real.' It's cool to keep people guessing and be mysterious. Going out on stage with one bold statement will get people's attention. With that tour, we were on so early and with so many bands playing, I wanted to make a statement.
Playing a tour like that in large amphitheaters to playing and headlining smaller venues. What changes or preparations are made to adjust?
The big festival or arena shows, the goal is usually try to win over those who have never heard of you or those that may have heard of you but never seen you perform live. The headlining shows are the ones where people are coming to see you and you get to experiment with the live shows and add much more to it like playing remixes or different versions of songs to shed new light on old stuff.
The new album 'Feeding the Wolves' is brilliant. It's a little heavier with more aggression. Was that a specific goal heading into this project?
Honestly it was just natural. When we first started as a band, we were these kids who had these huge dreams and goals. Once you reach them, you realize once you get on the other side, you can't look at them through innocent eyes anymore. By the time we got through the success with our first record, we hit the classic sophomore slump with our second. On our second record, I think what happens to a lot of bands, the success you get on that first album you get it on your own for the most part. After success happens, people naturally try to change what you do and tell you what is supposed to be successful. The thing I don't understand is, you get where you get by being you. We got signed and became successful with that first record that we did entirely on our own. The second record we had all these cooks in the kitchen. This record we kind of closed the doors a little more. It's a little bi-polar and there are some very heavy songs and heavy attitude we've never done but then once the aggression is out, there is some lighter stuff.
I read somewhere that you guys actually rehearsed next door to Rage Against the Machine. That true?
Yes and that might be some of the reason why there is more aggression on this album. There are all kinds of things that go into a record including the environment.
Heading into the creative process of making a record, do you create songs that please the band or maybe what will please rock radio?
I can sugarcoat it or lie about it and say everything is done for yourself but when you step back and realize this is a business and know this pays your mortgages, you start to look at things differently. Going into it, we didn't want to over think it and do what comes natural but there are a handful of songs on the record that sound like singles that were created for radio.
There appears to be songs that deal with addiction. Is that something that you have dealt with personally?
Thankfully, I have never been addicted to anything chemically or emotionally where it consumed me but unfortunately I've seen a lot of friends and family fall from it and I was able to learn from it and what not to do. I feel like I have to tell their story especially the ones that lost their lives to that battle.
'Fix Me' is the second single off the album, which follows the more aggressive 'Shoot It Out.'
The song has a good message. It's not as aggressive as 'Shoot It Out.' We came right out of the gate with 'Shoot It Out' to get people's attention. With 'Fix Me' coming out next, it does show the diversity of the record.There are plenty of Internet rumors about new material.
There's no real time table. When it becomes drudgery or a job and repetition, it's really hard to fake authenticity and inspiration so more than anything you have to find and keep inspiration. It keeps us going as a band and keeps us as a unit.


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B.A., 1987, Williams College
PhD., 1992, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J.D., 2000, Yale University
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Edward Stein is the founding director of the Family Law, Policy, and Bioethics Program. His scholarship focuses on legal and philosophical topics related to families, sexual orientation, gender, reproduction, cognition and science. His publications include The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory and Ethics of Sexual Orientation and Without Good Reason: The Rationality Debate in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, both published by Oxford University Press. He has also been a contributor to the Huffington Post, Findlaw (The State of the Same-Sex Union Part One, Part Two, Part Three), and the American Constitution Society Blog.
Before joining the faculty at Cardozo, he taught in the philosophy departments at Yale University, Mount Holyoke College, Williams College, and NYU. He has been teaching at Cardozo since 2000.
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Articles and Essays
Sexual Orientations, Rights, and the Body: Immutability, Essentialism, and Nativism, 78 Social Research: An International Quarterly 633 (2011) PDF
Looking Beyond Full Relationship Recognition for Couples Regardless of Sex: Abolition, Alternatives, and/or Functionalism, 28 Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 345 (2010) PDF WestlawNext
Marriage or Liberation?: Reflections on Two Strategies in the Struggle for Lesbian and Gay Rights and Relationship Recognition, 61 Rutgers Law Review 567 (2009) PDF WestlawNext
The "Accidental Procreation" Argument for Withholding Legal Recognition for Same-Sex Relationships, 84 Chicago-Kent Law Review 403 (2009) PDF WestlawNext
A Functional Approach to the Spousal Evidentiary Privileges, 5 Episteme: A Journal of Social Epistemology 374 (2009) PDF
Past and Present Proposed Amendments to the United States Constitution Regarding Marriage, 82 Washington University Law Quarterly 611 (2004) PDF WestlawNext
The Admissibility of Expert Testimony About Cognitive Science Research on Eyewitness Identification, 2 Law, Probability and Risk 295 (2003) PDF WestlawNext
Queers Anonymous: Lesbians, Gay Men, Free Speech, and Cyberspace, 38 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 159 (2003) PDF WestlawNext
Précis of The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory and Ethics of Sexual Orientation, 21 Law and Philosophy 305 (2002) PDF JSTOR
Evaluating the Sex Discrimination Argument for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 49 UCLA Law Review 471 (2001) PDF
Choosing the Sexual Orientation of Children, 12 Bioethics 1 (1998) PDF
Ethical Implications of Medical and Biological Research on the Causes of Sexual Orientation, 5 Health Care Analysis 136 (1997), with William Byne PDF
Can We Be Justified in Believing That Humans Are Irrational?, 62 Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 545 (1997) PDF
The Ethics of Genetic Research on Sexual Orientation, 27 Hastings Center Report 6 (July-August 1997), with Udo Schüklenk, William Byne & Jacinta Kerin PDF
The Relevance of Scientific Research about Sexual Orientation to Lesbian and Gay Rights, 27 Journal of Homosexuality 269 (1994) PDF
Rationality and Reflective Equilibrium, 99 Synthese 137 (1994) PDF
Cordoning Competence: A Reply to Cohen, 99 Synthese 177 (1994) PDF
Why Sexuality Matters to Philosophy, 67 Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 81 (1994), with Morris Kaplan PDF
Evidence for Queer Genes, 1 GLQ: The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies 93 (1993) PDF
God, the Demon & the Status of Theodicies, 27 American Philosophical Quarterly 163 (1990) PDF JSTOR
The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory and Ethics of Sexual Orientation (Oxford University Press, 1999) Amazon
Without Good Reason: The Rationality Debate in Philosophy and Cognitive Science (Oxford University Press, 1996) Amazon
Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy (Routledge, 1992) (edited and wrote introductory and concluding chapters) Amazon
Book Chapters (selected)
Sexual Orientation, in The Encyclopedia of Ethics (Ruth Chadwick, ed., forthcoming)
Spousal Secrets, in Secrets of Law (Austin Sarat, et. al, eds., Stanford Univ. Press, forthcoming)
Seeing Sexual Orientation Through the Lens of Gender, in Queer Philosophy: Presentations of the Society of Lesbian and Gay Philosophy, (Raja Halwani, ed., Rodopi, forthcoming)
Miscegenation, in 3 Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States 305 (David Tanenhaus, ed., Gale / Macmillan, 2008) Amazon
Same-Sex Marriage and Domestic Partnerships, in 2 LGBTQ America Today 717 (John Hawley, ed., Greenwood, 2008) Amazon
Biological Determinants of Sexual Orientation, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 475 (William Darity, ed., 2d. ed., Macmillan, vol. 7, 2008), with William Byne Amazon
The Gay Gene, in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology 1830 (George Ritzer, ed., Blackwell, 2007) Amazon Online Access
The Story of Goodridge v. Department of Public Health: The Bumpy Road to Marriage for Same-Sex Couples, in Family Law Stories 27 (Carol Sanger, ed., Foundation Press, 2007) Amazon
The Ethical, Legal, Social and Political Implications of Scientific Research on Sexual Orientation, in The Health of Sexual Minorities: Public Health Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations 135 (Ilan Meyer & Mary Northridge, eds., Springer, 2007) Amazon
Reviews, Short Articles, and Commentaries
Commentary for 'After Gender' Conference, 31 Pace Law Review (forthcoming 2011)
"Cut Religion Out Altogether," New York Times online (June 29,2011) debate on religion and marriage NY Times
Symposium on Abolishing Civil Marriage: An Introduction, 27 Cardozo Law Journal 1155 (2006) PDF WestlawNext
Wide Reflective Equilibrium as an Answer to an Objection to Moral Heuristics [comment on Cass Sunstein, Moral Heuristics], 28 Behavioral and Brain Sciences 561 (2005) PDF
Introducing Lawrence v. Texas: Some Background and a Glimpse of the Future, 10 Cardozo Women's Law Journal 263 (2004) PDF WestlawNext
Reply to Martha Nussbaum and Ian Hacking, 21 Law and Philosophy 349 (2002) PDF JSTOR
Review of Simon LeVay, Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research on Homosexuality, 35 Journal of Homosexuality 107 (1997)
Review of Andrew Sullivan, Virtually Normal: An Argument about Homosexuality, 3 Constellations: An International Journal of Critical & Democratic Theory 261 (1996), with Morris Kaplan
Blog Posts
Are Religion and Marriage Indivisible?: Cut Religion Out Altogether (NY Times, June 29, 2011)
Dramatic Victory for Same-Sex Marriage in California…But What's Next? (American Constitution Society, August 5, 2010)
The State of the Same-Sex Union, Part I (FindLaw, with Joanna Grossman, July 7, 2009)
The State of the Same-Sex Union, Part II (FindLaw, with Joanna Grossman, July 21, 2009)
The State of the Same-Sex Union, Part III (FindLaw, with Joanna Grossman, August 4, 2009)
What Changed in Five Days: Gay Marriage in Iowa, Vermont and the Rest of the Country (Huffington Post, April 10, 2009)
Eulogy for "Marriage Evasion" in Massachusetts: 1938-2008 (Huffington Post, August 1, 2008)
McCain's Gay Adoption Cant (Huffington Post, July 30, 2008)
Four Reasons Not to Get Married in California (Huffington Post, June 17, 2008)
Getting Used to Gay Marriage: Why Californians Won't Reject Same-Sex Marriages Come November (Huffington Post, June 10, 2008)
Divorce: A Missing Piece of the Gay Marriage Debate (Huffington Post, May 26, 2008)
The Confusing State of Gay Marriage in New York and Elsewhere (Huffington Post, May 14, 2008)
Contact Information
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As a homeowner, you have rights during the foreclosure process, but those homeowner's rights can vary a great deal depending on your jurisdiction and situation. Your rights during a redemption period can also vary depending on the state where you live, whether you stay in the home or abandon it, and even the size of the parcel of land on which your home sits.
Questions to ask during a foreclosure
You should ask questions of someone in your area who can answer them, preferably an attorney who has experience in foreclosure law. Here are some of the questions you may need to have answered:
Does my area have a redemption period? If so, how long is it? Ask your attorney to explain any specifics.
How long after the sale do I have to move? If you live in an area with no redemption, can the buyer kick you out the next day, or do you have some time to move your belongings?
How does the bank have to notify me of the pending foreclosure? If the bank fails to notify you in the proper way, you may be able to file a suit to buy yourself some more time.
How long do I have prior to the sale to reinstate my mortgage? If you want to catch up on payments prior to the sale, make sure you do it before the deadline.
If something happens to the property prior to the expiration of the redemption period, who gets the insurance money? Do you get the money, or does it go to the bank or the investor who purchased your home?
Many of your rights and responsibilities are spelled out in your mortgage and promissory note. You also have rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and under the Truth In Lending Act.
The redemption period — buying back your home
Redemption is like a do-over. You lose your home at the foreclosure sale, but then you have an additional period of time to buy back your home from whoever purchased it at the sale. The only hitch is that you have to come up with the cash to cover what the buyer paid for the property at auction, plus interest and expenses that the person paid and filed an affidavit for having paid.
Not all states have a redemption period. Redemption periods range from a few days to up to a year, depending on the state and on your particular situation. In Michigan, for example, the redemption period is six months for most residential properties, 30 days if the property is abandoned, and a year for any parcels of property 3 acres or larger or any original mortgage that has been more than 50 percent paid off.
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