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Rams Fall in Season Opener to Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh State - 21, Farmingdale State - 7
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's lacrosse team fell 21-7 to Plattsburgh State today in the season opener. The Rams fall to 0-1 on the season, while the Cardinals improved to 1-1 overall.
Farmingdale scored first on a man-up opportunity, a goal by senior midfielder Mike Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) assisted by sophomore midfielder Joe Stroessenreuther (Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage). But Plattsburgh scored nine unanswered goals, including eight goals in the second period, to hold an 11-2 lead at the halftime break.
The Rams opened the second half with a goal by freshman midfielder Tim Gaskin (Hempstead, N.Y./Hempstead), assisted by sophomore attackman Eddie Rifice (Babylon, N.Y./Babylon) to make it 11-3 Cardinals, but could not complete the comeback as Plattsburgh scored six goals in the third and four in the final period to take the victory.
Senior goalkeeper Matt Billia (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) made 15 saves in his 48 minutes of play for the win, while senior goalkeeper Teddy Leone (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) made 11 saves in defeat.
For the day, Gaskin recorded four goals for Farmingdale State, while Stroessenreuther had three assists and seven ground balls. Freshman defender Bobby Lazos (Bellmore, N.Y./Holy Trinity) finished with a team-leading nine ground balls.
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The Vancouver Daily Sun, 6 September 1919 had these notes on deaths:
Deaths and Funerals, page 10
DARWELL—September 4, 1919, at the Vancouver General Hospital, Edythe Leslie Darwell, in her 23rd year, late of 1746 William Street. Funeral service from Center & Hanna's chapel this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery.
PHELPS—September 4, 1919, at the family residence, 2034 Thirty-sixth avenue west, Robert Louis Phelps, in his 43rd year. Funeral service from Center & Hanna's chapel this afternoon at 2:30. Rev. Mr. Wilson officiating. Interment in Ocean View Burial Park.
[The BC Archives Vital Events Index shows his name as Lewis, not Louis, and the place of death as Point Grey which was not part of Vancouver at this time.]
BAILEY—Inquest, page 7
An inquest will be held on the body of J. W. Bailey, a returned soldier, who fell dead in the Maryland cafe. The inquest will probably be held on Monday, according to Dr. T.W. Jeffs, coroner. No relatives of the deceased have been located yet.
[Identified as John Wright BAILEY, aged 52, in the BC Vital Events Index. Death date: 5 September, 1919.]
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From Paris – a brief report on a two train collision near Toulouse. 13 killed, 40 injured that morning.
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Ocean View Burial Park is in Burnaby, a neighbour city to Vancouver. The BC Genealogical Society has information on burials there and a CD for sale.
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Apple has reportedly pushed back the launch date of the iPad mini to 23 October, a week after the previous rumoured date.
The iPad mini is Apple's next big product launch. So far, we've seen specs, pictures and cases for the smaller iPad, but the one detail that has been elusive has been a definite launch date, with the invite to a launch event that was expected on the 10th failing to materialise.
However, according to All Things D, sources "familiar with Apple's plans" can confirm that the new Apple tablet commonly called the iPad mini will be announced on the 23rd of October. This would just be nipping ahead of the global Windows 8 launch date on October 26th, and more importantly, the slew of Windows 8 tablets that will be officially revealed running the OS.
The iPad mini is Apple's answer to increasingly popular small Android tablets like the 7-inch Google Nexus 7. It's rumoured that the iPad mini will have a 7.9-inch screen with a 1,024 x 768 resolution just like the Pad 2.
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It has also been rumoured that Apple has already ordered construction of 10 million iPad minis to meet expected demand… It's believed that the iPad mini will retail for around £250 when it launches at the end of this month – significantly less than the iPad but a fair amount more than the Amazon Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7.


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A Buckingham Branch employee sledgehammers slag off a new track weld between 1st and 2nd Street Northeast in Charlottesville. Dictionary.com lists no synonyms, but the word sledgehammer is derived from the Anglo Saxon "Slaegan," which, in its first sense, means "to strike violently," according to an Anglo Saxon dictionary cited on Wikipedia, which also notes that the English words "slag," "slog," and "slay" are cognate; that is, they have a common origin.
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I am no railroad worker but that looks like a maul to me, not a sledgehammer.
I'm with Ice, its certainly an non-typical sledgehammer.
Dear Misters Ice Dogg and Just sayin'-
You are correct, the tool depicted is not a classic sledgehammer, but it's in the sledgehammer family.
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Nov. 13, 2010
Complete Women's NCAA West Regional Results in PDF Format
Complete Men's NCAA West Regional Results in PDF Format
EUGENE, Ore. - The UC Santa Barbara women's cross country team placed three runners in the top-20 at the NCAA West Regional Championship in Eugene, Ore., and tied with Cal for fifth-place out of 31 teams with 159 points. The Gaucho men's team finished 11th out of 25 teams.
The UCSB women's team was paced by senior Amanda Moreno, the 2010 Big West Champion and Athlete of the Year, who finished eighth in the 6K race with a time of 20:20.70. Seniors Breanne Strenkowski (20:29.35) and Crystal Reed (20:32.09) finished 13th and 18th respectively.
"That was probably the best we could have run," said Gaucho assistant coach Bethany Nickless. "To have three runners in the top-20 big time."
Santa Barbara didn't stop with its top-3. Juniors Andrea Jacobs and Ashley Beechan also ran well. Jacobs clocked a 21:22.71 to finish 60th and Beechan ran 21:24.63 to finish 63rd.
"Our four and five runners ran huge," Nickless said. "Beechan ran the race of her career. She ran with Andrea (Jacobs) and had a great race."
Washington narrowly won the meet by a 73-77 margin over the host University of Oregon. Stanford was third with 86 and Arizona came in fourth with 90 points.
The fifth-place finish keeps the Gauchos in the mix to advance to the NCAA Championships as a team. Cal and the University of San Francisco, which finished seventh, both entered the West Regional ranked among the nation's top-25. Either way, Moreno and Strenkowski will advance to the national meet as individuals.
UCSB will find out its fate on Monday.
The Gaucho men's team, which didn't have a senior in the race, was paced by sophomores Juan Paredes (31:04.38) and Bhavik Kanzaria (31:05.55) who finished 45th and 47th respectively in the 10K race. Juniors Andrew Pilavjian (31:17.96) and Isadore Herrera (31:20.39) also finished among the top-70 at 66th and 69th.
"This was good experience for a young team," Nickless said. "Today's race will help as their careers progress. It's not necessarily what they wanted, but it was good experience.
Oregon won the men's race by a 63-65 score over Stanford. Cal (78), Portland (131) and Arizona State (179) rounded out the top-five. UCSB's 302 points placed them well ahead of 12th-place Cal Poly (351).


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Someone needs to revive this forum. It once thrived; however, for unknown reasons has died. Perhaps an article in the military times may do it some justice... and/or posting comments in the times like they used to.
That makes two of us, FLAPS.
Perhaps the reason is this is mainly a forum for military (active duty and retirees) and the Military Times is read/known to them so the subject matter would appear to be of limited interest to non-military civilians. How many people read their branch version of The Military Times. I know when I was active duty most people never read it. As SeaLawyer and Flaps pointed out, people are on other platforms like Facebook and Reddit. The other platforms are better known and utilized more leaving people little time to come to a smaller, less-know platform like this one.
BTW, like SeaLawyer and Flaps I don't do either of those platforms nor do I do Twitter. If people want to know what's going on in my life or my opinion then they can ask me.
That's a shame retiredAFcivvy; however, one should know better than to solicit advice from an open forum. Satire is sure to prevail.
First there was the "rep wars" which drove off many regular members. Following that, Gannet (who owns the forum) decided they wanted moderators, but not having anyone on staff, recruited 5 people to be moderators; IMO that was a few too many. A couple of the moderators had issues / bones to pick with a couple of members. Moderators did not always agree on what should be done, and a couple of times there was a pretty healthy discussion in the moderator section following an action.
Some members flat out didn't like the rules that they agreed to when they joined the forum being enforced. A few became very 'hostile' to any posting by a moderator; ironically at least two of these were very cordial and polite when I was on my user account (I stopped bouncing back and forth between accounts a few years ago.)
These members were advised that the rules / guidelines would be enforced and if they wanted a forum where they could have a more crude, rude, or raw discussion ... places like Reddit may be more to their liking. Over time three of the mods 'retired' and it was just me and UncaRastus.
We had one user (RobotChicken) who could be funny, could be rude. He went through a couple of temporary bans. One user asked if we could just ignore the swings in behavior and out of line comments since "he may not be in full control of his faculties"; which I interpreted to be a mental health issue. After a series of rude comments to a user, a couple warnings, he was again temporarily banned. It turns out he had a terminal disease and died a couple of days after that ban expired. I caught a lot of heat for that, which I have and will say ... if I had been told enough data to make a better informed decision ... I may have made a different one; but it is what it is.
We had one user in particular who posted a lot (Tak) and had previously been 'permanently' banned twice and that ban overturned. When he took to doxing a former forum admin, he was put on a short leash. Tak would do things like post something insulting to a mod, then 'soft' delete it so only the mods could see it, then feign ignorance when he was cited for it; to the other users it seemed like he was being picked on because they couldn't see the things he would delete. I talked the other mod and the admin into unbanning him, and he quickly went back to being rude and crude. I exchanged several message with Tak where he was negotiating:
-asking to have a subsection of the forum that was his to do what he wanted with; he would play by the rules in the other sections but the mods wouldn't go there.
-asking us to look at his post count as evidence of how valuable he was (many posts / new thread were one word); granted ... he also had a lot of good comments too.
Eventually he was permanently banned. He started a Facebook page page that seems to have quite the following;he is able to connect a lot of people, but I don't think necessarily thinks things through -- he was the one that publicized the video of the sock puppet reenlistment that got a USAFR MSgt kicked out and a LtCol retired.
One long time, formerly very logical poster took to discussions of raping my wife and (at the time) 6-year old daughter. When asked to stop he didn't and this made him even more hostile to any posting I made. Eventually after a vulgar tirade, he was banned.
When the previous admin left, he elevated my privileges to administrative but I have no connection to Gannet; I cannot update the forum software nor change the domain. I am purely functional.
Long story short, Bottom Line at the Bottom (BLAB): I don't think the mod wars are solely to blame, but definitely contributed to the slow down but you shouldn't forget that some grown adults couldn't abide by some very basic rules; first their behavior drove off many casual users, decided to kick things up a notch with the moderators which got them kicked off. This is not "banned for speaking ones mind" as you put it; but for frankly being an ass; and as much as it is someone's right to be an ass, they can also be banned from a private forum for going too far. Unfortunately the damage to the reputation of the forum was done (I once found a Reddit thread talking about the forum where active military described it as a bunch of retired, mostly Air Force guys bitching about the clouds). Reddit, Facebook and other forms of media are more popular ... I don't think MTF will really revive beyond the small crowd it has.
The most important six inches on the battlefield ... is between your ears.
The 'rep' system definitely didn't help. TAK (and perhaps others) would purposely vote down a comment with the intention of turning someone's positive rep meter RED. He and I ended up attacking either other's rep meters, then posting negative comments in protest of the other person's actions. This definitely got out of hand, resulting in my own temporary banning several times. It's been a while, but when I first joined in 2007 there were lots of participants and interesting discussions. This all changed when the rep system was introduced and arguments/attacking intensified. The forum never recovered after that, in my opinion. As for TAK, I've been visiting his Facebook "Air Force Amn/NCO/SNCO" site in off-line mode (I quit FB) and noticed that he was basically booted or otherwise turned over control of his page after posting (after the sock puppet thing) a disparaging and untrue comment/photo of an active CMSgt, who then (rightfully) threatened legal action. It's sometime after this incident that TAK relinquished control of his page. As for the man himself, he's actually made a lot of positive impact with his page/articles, etc. Unfortunately, all of this has been overwhelmingly overshadowed by several of his high-profile mistakes.
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Again, the argument of "look how many likes (or on Facebook: shares) I get / got" doesn't mean something is / was a good idea and the lack of judgement / impulse control was why despite his VERY high level of activity he was not asked to be a moderator ... which did rub him the wrong way.
I do hope the lawsuit doesn't get filed, based on what I had heard, he would likely be liable since the guy was not a public figure and there wasn't really any vetting / research before pushing the rumor to 300k+ people.
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Meanwhile, Holder is also calling for more gun control while attacking Congress for shedding light on the alleged government criminality. But Republicans and some Democrats are still pursuing the truth.
In May Holder testified before Congress — under oath — that he had learned about the gun-running scheme only "in the last few weeks." But last week, he changed his story after it became well known via the Justice Department's own documents that his claim was completely false.
"In my testimony before the House committee, I did say 'a few weeks.' I probably could have said 'a couple of months,'" Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 8. "I don't think that what I said in terms of using the term 'a few weeks' was inaccurate, based on what happened."
As it turns out, however, Holder is still not telling the truth. And the evidence that shows it was still available on the Department of Justice's own website by November 14.
"My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner," Holder boasted in April of 2009 at an arms trafficking conference in Mexico. Gunrunner, of course, is the very same operation being investigated by Congress after whistleblowers exposed it.
Holder also admitted that a letter sent to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) by Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich claiming that the ATF was not deliberately allowing guns across the border was "inaccurate." But, Holder claimed, DOJ was not lying on purpose — it was the field office's fault.
Still, Senators were outraged that they had been misled. "It's unconscionable that a federal agency would let such a misleading letter stand for more than nine months," Grassley said. "The head of the Criminal Division knew it was false, his deputy knew it was false, the whistleblowers knew it was false, the documents suggested it was false, and I discovered it was false — but, if Congress had relied on the department's official talking points, we still wouldn't know the truth today."
In his testimony last week, Holder pointed to an ongoing internal investigation of the program as evidence that something was being done. He promised it never should have happened and that he would hold lower-ranking bureaucrats accountable after the Inspector General concludes his inquiry.
But so far, officials involved in the operation have simply been transferred to other positions. And some have even been promoted, provoking a furor among critics.
In a slight change of tone, however, Holder finally admitted during his testimony last week that the gun-running scheme was "flawed in concept, as well as in execution." Similar operations must "never" happen again, he added.
"Unfortunately, we will feel its effects for years to come as guns that were lost during this operation continue to show up at crime scenes both here and in Mexico," the Attorney General said. So far the Obama administration's weapons have been linked to the murders of at least two U.S. federal lawmen and countless civilians.
Despite the acknowledgments, however, Holder also lashed out at congressional critics. More than a few have called for his resignation, saying he perjured himself and that he is "unfit" for office. One Republican even suggested Holder and other DOJ officials were an "accessory to murder."
Holder doesn't seem to think so, though. "I'd like to correct some of the inaccurate, and frankly, irresponsible accusations surrounding Fast and Furious," he told the Senate Committee. And as part of what analysts called his new "aggressive" strategy, Holder also recently sent an angry letter to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who has played a key role in the congressional investigation.
"I cannot sit idly by as a majority member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform suggests, as happened this week, that law enforcement and government employees who devote their lives to protecting our citizens be considered 'accessories to murder,' " Holder wrote. "Such irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric must be repudiated in the strongest possible terms."
According to critics, Holder is trying to deflect the uproar over the deadly scheme by blaming it on Republican politics. And early on during his testimony, he seemed to confirm that suspicion when he claimed: "I am determined to ensure that our shared concerns about Operation Fast and Furious lead to more than headline-grabbing Washington 'gotcha' games and cynical political point-scoring."
But the Attorney General, whose term has been clouded by scandals since he took office, still refused to accept any responsibility for the thousands of guns his department put in the hands of criminals. Instead, he laid part of the blame on the size of his bureaucracy.
"I cannot be expected to know the details of every operation that is ongoing," Holder told Senators. "As I look at the information as it was brought to me, I think that I acted in a responsible way by ordering the inspector general investigation, by issuing the directive to the field."
But according to law enforcement advocates and border groups, the DOJ cannot possibly be trusted to investigate itself — a special prosecutor and a formal congressional investigation are likely needed. And the calls for a real investigation — along with demands for Holder's resignation and possible prosecution — are growing louder.
Obama's top law enforcer also admitted that he had not apologized to the family of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, and refused to apologize when offered the opportunity to do so. Terry was killed close to the border late last year and several "Fast and Furious" guns were recovered at the crime scene.
"It pains me whenever there is the death of a law enforcement official, especially under the circumstances that this occurred," Holder claimed. "It is not fair, however, to assume that the mistakes that happened in Fast and Furious directly led to the death of Agent Terry."
Following Holder's testimony, however, the family demanded that he accept responsibility. "Mr. Holder needs to own up to Operation Fast and Furious," the slain agent's relatives said in a statement. "In the end, Mr. Holder may choose not to apologize to the Terry family for the role that ATF and DOJ played in the death of Brian Terry, but the Attorney General should accept responsibility immediately. It is without question, the right thing to do."
The President himself is also embroiled in the scandal. Obama claimed early on, for example, that he did not know anything about the gun-trafficking operation until it was exposed by whistleblowers. But he championed and signed legislation — the misnamed "stimulus" bill — which provided tens of millions in funding for the scheme. And the White House was briefed on several occasions.
But as the administration continues its futile efforts to downplay the growing scandal — claiming it was a simple mistake — critics are not buying it. In fact, National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre says it was a deliberate plot to undermine the God-given right to keep and bear arms.
Meanwhile, Holder attacked Congress for not violating the Constitution with even more gun-control legislation. He claimed a "lack of effective enforcement tools" — not the administration's gun-running program or the "War on Drugs" — was to blame for escalating violence in Mexico.
"We must be careful not to lose sight of the critical problem that this flawed investigation has highlighted: we are losing the battle to stop the flow of illegal guns to Mexico," Holder told the Senate last week.
But instead of more gun control, almost 40 U.S. Representatives are calling for Holder to step down. And because he has failed to resign voluntary, the NRA is calling for Obama to fire him immediately.
Related articles:
Calls Grow for Holder Resignation Over "Fast and Furious"
U.S. Taxes Bought ATF Guns for Cartels; Holder Lied
Holder Cites Lack of Gun Control on Mexican Drug Cartel Problem
White House Was Briefed About "Fast and Furious" Gunwalker Scandal
Holder, Issa Spar Over "Fast and Furious"
"Fast and Furious" Was Plot Against U.S. Gun Rights, NRA Chief Says
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Despite result, Detwiler pleased with start
TAMPA, Fla. -- Considering the fact that Monday was the first time left-hander Ross Detwiler had faced Major League players since going on the disabled list last July, he couldn't help but feel pleased with his performance, abbreviated and rocky though it was.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Considering the fact that Monday was the first time left-hander Ross Detwiler had faced Major League players since going on the disabled list last July, he couldn't help but feel pleased with his performance, abbreviated and rocky though it was.
Manager Matt Williams agrees.View Full Game Coverage
"It didn't go the way he wanted it to, but I thought it went well despite the outcome," Williams said. "The results aren't always going to be there in the spring."
"It's been a while. I got a little excited out there," said Detwiler, who threw the first 1 1/3 innings of the previously unbeaten Nationals' 4-2 loss to the Yankees. "I was a little amped out there."
Detwiler cruised through the first inning, retiring the Yankees in order and catching Brett Gardner and Brian McCann looking at called third strikes.
The second inning, however, was another matter, as the Yanks sent six men to the plate and scored four times before Detwiler could get anyone out.
When he struck out Gardner again for the first out, with runners on first and third and four runs in, Williams waved to the bullpen for Danny Rosenbaum, ending Detwiler's efforts for the sunny afternoon.
"I lost my command a little bit in the second inning," Detwiler said.
The addition of Doug Fister during the offseason pushed Detwiler into a competition with Tanner Roark and Taylor Jordan for the fifth spot in the rotation.
Last season, Detwiler, who turns 28 on Thursday, threw his fastball about 88 percent of the time. Coaches have suggested that a cutter would work well with his delivery, even though he has struggled when he has tried to throw it in the past.
"I'm out there competing, not just working on stuff," he said. In this outing he threw one cutter and one changeup, and he isn't sure how many curveballs he used.
"I have no idea -- at least four," he said.
But according to Williams, "He mixed in nine curveballs, which was good. I don't think he gave up a hit on his curveball."
"Det's going to do what Det's going to do," pitching coach Steve McCatty said. "He knows he's got to mix up his pitches more. A lot of times, it's tough to change your way of thinking. But he's got the ability. Det does a lot of things real good. He can do it, no doubt about that."
Detwiler, who missed the final three months of the 2013 season because of a back injury, and later underwent surgery to repair a herniated disk, went 2-7 in 2013, with a 4.04 ERA in 71 1/3 innings, and he definitely has an edge on the other candidates when it comes to Major League experience.
"It factors in a lot," Williams said. "He knows the league, and he knows the hitters."
"Last year was kind of an offseason for him," McCatty said. "He hurt his back early and battled through the pain. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore."
If Detwiler doesn't win a spot in the rotation, he will likely be moved to the bullpen.
Jim Hawkins is a contributor to MLB.com.


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I read this article with excitement but am a little skeptical because of the site's distance from the location of Cleopatra's palace near the harbor in Alexandria. Ancient sources mention that Octavian rushed to the tomb, where Cleopatra had imprisoned herself when Octavian's forces approached Alexandria, after reading a missive from her alluding to her death, that was sent to Octavian shortly before Cleopatra committed suicide.
One of the programs I watched that was produced by the Discovery Channel entitled "The Mysterious Death of Cleopatra" mentioned that the tomb and palace were only about 20 minutes apart. I realize the Discovery Channel is not the ultimate reference in such matters but the distance between the palace where Octavian was staying and the tomb were key to the theories being discussed in the presentation. However, I must admit that finding a bust of Cleopatra and coinage with her image is pretty convincing. I'll try to remember to ask Dr. Hawass when I attend the Archaeology Channel International Film Festival right here in Eugene, Oregon next month.
[Image: Fresco depicting Cleopatra meeting the god of the Underworld Roman 1st century CE, Museo Archaeologico di Napoli, Naples, Italy. Photo by Mary Harrsch]
An archaeological team may be closing in on the suspected tomb of Cleopatra thanks to the use of modern radar techniques able to "see" underground.
A CNN report, quoting a statement by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the team has been working for three years at a site in the temple of Taposiris Magna and its surrounding area, west of Alexandria.
The radar survey of the site was completed in March, said the Council statement, which also added that the radar survey had uncovered three possible site locations of a royal nature.
"The discovery of this cemetery indicates that an important person, likely of royal status, could be buried inside the temple. It was common for officials and other high-status individuals in Egypt to construct their tombs close to those of their rulers throughout the Pharaonic period," outlined the statement.
A number of important discoveries have already been made at the site, including an alabaster bust of the famous Cleopatra and a number of coins bearing her image.
"Among the most interesting finds is a unique mask depicting a man with a cleft chin. The face bears some similarity to known portraits of Mark Antony himself," said Council Secretary-General Zahi Hawass. - More: The Tech Herald


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Anibal Sanchez gave a performance against New York that the Detroit Tigers have come to expect from Justin Verlander.
NEW YORK (AP) ? Anibal Sanchez gave a performance against New York that the Detroit Tigers have come to expect from Justin Verlander.
The Tigers' ace is next in line for a chance to toy with the Yankees' suddenly dreadful offense.
Sanchez shut down a Yankees lineup minus the injured Derek Jeter, Detroit scored twice after a missed call by an ump and won without any extra-inning drama, beating New York 3-0 Sunday for a commanding 2-0 lead in the American League championship series.
"Sanchez showed what we know about our starters, that they're really good," Tigers outfielder Quintin Berry said. "A lot of people outside our clubhouse stop at Verlander when they talk about our starting pitching, but we just hope they all keep doing what they're doing."
Game 3 in the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night in Detroit, with Verlander, the reigning AL MVP, starting for the Tigers against Phil Hughes. Verlander went 2-0 in the division series versus Oakland, including a four-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts in the decisive Game 5.
Hitting .192 in the ALCS after putting up a paltry .216 average against Baltimore in the division series, the Yankees have a real challenge ahead.
"Obviously, he's a great pitcher," designated hitter Raul Ibanez said of Verlander. "We have to go out there and battle and compete and play the best that we can and do what we're capable of doing."
New York did little against Sanchez. He struck out seven and was never in any real trouble.
In the first inning when the Yankees put runners on first and second, he took care of it by reaching around his back to snare a grounder for the final out.
"He was terrific," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. "This is a tough place to pitch with a tough lineup and a short porch. And a whole bunch of left-handed hitters, it is not easy. That was quite a feat."
New York starter Hiroki Kuroda pitched perfect ball into the sixth inning to keep pace with Sanchez. But Robinson Cano and the slumping Yankees hitters were no match for the 28-year-old right-hander a day after their captain broke his ankle in the 12th inning of a 6-4 loss.
"I try to think backwards," Sanchez said. "If the count calls for a fastball, I throw a different pitch. If the count calls for a different pitch, I throw a fastball. I try to mix my speeds."
Making his second postseason start, Sanchez threw three-hit ball deep into the game to make Leyland's job easier. Closer Jose Valverde gave up four runs in the ninth Saturday and, only hours later, Leyland said the righty wouldn't close Game 2.
Delmon Young gave Sanchez his first run of support in the playoffs with a fielder's choice in the seventh. The Tigers then scored twice in the eighth after second base umpire Jeff Nelson missed a call on a two-out tag. Yankees manager Joe Girardi argued, and was ejected on his 48th birthday.
"The hand did not get in before the tag," Nelson said after seeing a replay. "The call was incorrect."
The Tigers led 1-0 in the eighth and had Omar Infante on first with two outs. Austin Jackson singled and when Infante took a wide turn at second, right fielder Nick Swisher threw behind him.
Cano made a swipe tag as Infante dove head-first back to second. Cano missed Infante's arm but caught his body, replays clearly showed. But Nelson called Infante safe.
"I think the umpire got confused 'cause he saw my hand, something with my hand made him think I was safe," Infante said.
Was he out?
"Of course," Infante said.
Cano and Girardi argued the call to no avail. Boone Logan replaced Kuroda and gave up an RBI single to pinch hitter Avisail Garcia to make it 2-0.
"It's frustrating. I don't have a problem with Jeff's effort, I don't, because he hustled to get to the play. But in this day and age when we have instant replay available to us, it's got to change," Girardi said.
"These guys are under tremendous amounts of pressure. It is a tough call for him because the tag is underneath and it's hard for him to see. And it takes more time to argue and get upset than you get the call right. Too much is at stake," he said.
Girardi returned to lift Logan for Joba Chamberlain, and then he remained on the field to resume the argument. Red-faced with neck muscles bulging, Girardi could be seen shouting at Nelson, "You were right there. How could you miss it?" He was tossed by Nelson for his first postseason ejection.
Miguel Cabrera added a run-scoring single after the ejection.
Cano had no luck at the plate, either. The All-Star's slump extended to a record 26 hitless at-bats in a single postseason, breaking the mark of 24 set by Baltimore's Bobby Bonilla in 1996, STATS LLC said.
"I feel good at the plate," Cano said. "So, all I can do is stay positive and play good Tuesday."
There were many empty seats near the foul poles, and a subdued crowd spent much of the day venting its frustration, booing the punchless Yankees. The 47,082 in attendance reserved its biggest cheers early for Jeter, who broke his ankle in the last inning of the Game 1 loss.
"I don't know what's going on here, it seems like something is going on here," Tigers reliever Octavio Dotel said. "I mean, I don't want to wake them, I don't want them to get loud. I don't know what's going on but I like it."
The "Bleacher Creatures" included the captain in their roll call and fans let out a modest cheer pregame when Jeter was shown in video thanking fans on the scoreboard.
While the Yankees are headed to Detroit for what they hope will be three games, their captain will fly to Charlotte, N.C., to visit a foot specialist.
Jhonny Peralta singled in the sixth for the Tigers' first baserunner against Kuroda, who was pitching on short rest for the first time in his big league career. Delmon Young then gave Detroit the lead with a forceout grounder in the seventh, a night after putting the Tigers ahead in the 12th inning with a double.
Sanchez has had quite the success in the Bronx. He made his big league debut at the old Yankee Stadium when it was across the street, and pitched 5 2-3 shutout innings for Marlins in 2006. The only player to notch two hits against him in that game was Jeter.
Pitching for the first time in this 4-year-old ballpark ? and in front of his parents ? Sanchez limited the Yankees to just three hits and three walks, one an intentional pass to Ibanez.
When Ichiro Suzuki reached on Sanchez's fielding error to open the sixth and advanced to third with two outs, Peralta was there to bail out his pitcher with another nifty play, bare-handing a slow grounder for the third out.
Leyland took Valverde out of consideration for the closer role on Sunday. Valverde gave up a pair of two-run homers in the ninth inning Saturday night and also blew a save in the division series.
Former Yankees reliever Phil Coke pitched two innings for the save.
"Jose Valverde will be an important part of this club in this playoff or we are going to have a real tough time," Leyland said. "I just hope that the people back home are, like I said, not too short-minded because this guy has been fantastic, and is an important piece in the scenario, in my opinion."
Kuroda did all he could to help keep it close for the Yankees' anemic offense.
Curtis Granderson went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts and a walk and Alex Rodriguez singled in the ninth for his third hit of the postseason and finished 1 for 4. A-Rod is 0 for 18 with 12 Ks against right-handed pitchers in these playoffs. When he lined out to left field in the seventh fans gave a mock cheer.
"We've been through stretches like this all year," Rodriguez said. "It's been a very volatile stock market for us this year."
NOTES: Cabrera reached base in all 18 playoff games with Detroit, matching Hank Greenberg for the longest streak in team history.


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Prepared by Francis Davey (link to homepage), 1 December 2009
This is an explanation and analysis of the "copyright infringement provisions" the Digital Economy Bill -- strictly speaking this means clauses 4 to 15 which amend the Communications Act 2003 to add new sections 124A to 124L, but I am also considering clauses 16 (definitions) and 17 (amendments to copyright law) as well.
These provisions are being popularly referred to as "three strikes" law directed against peer to peer file sharing. This is an extremely serious misconception. The bill gives enormous powers - exercisable with no Parliamentary oversight - to the Secretary of State to require the disconnection of individuals' internet access for any reason. Not only is there no requirement for such disconnections to relate to a number of "strikes" there is no need for disconnection to be linked to infringement of copyright.
The Bill's proposal goes far beyond what we have seen attempted in other countries such as France and New Zealand.
Furthermore, while these clauses are almost certainly intended to work against peer-to-peer file sharing in the first instance, the way in which the bill is worded is completely general. Those parts which do refer to copyright infringement at all do not limit it to any technology so that an "innocent" browser of a web page containing, unknown to them, an infringing image or text would be caught.
Stephen Timms is reported as saying:
so that it, in future, new communications technologies allow creative content to be unlawfully copied in new ways, remedies can be developed and implemented more quickly and flexibly than might otherwise be possible, so that emerging threats can be addressed in a targeted way.
This is clearly mistaken and there is no need for a power to change copyright law to do that job. The power (in clause 17) is self-evidently far too wide. It would allow future governments to restrict or extend the reach of copyright on the internet as they saw fit. Copyright law is much too complex and sensitive a law to be amended wholesale by secondary legislation. I will say no more about it.
The main thrust of the copyright infringement provisions comes in two parts:
notification -- a power to force ISPs to warn subscribers about apparent infringements
technical measures -- a raft of sanctions that may be used against an individual including disconnecting them from the internet.
The Bill makes no connection between the two parts which could operate quite independently. The exact details of their operation is partly constrained by the Bill, but a huge amount of the detail is left to be made by order or by codes of practice made or approved by OFCOM.
the key question of who will be disconnected from the internet and for what reason is subject to no democratic control and requires no consultation to be made
although the codes must be objectively justifiable, non-discriminatory, proportionate and transparent this most important question will be decided by order of the Secretary of State who is not required to be adhere to any principles of proportionality etc.
some decisions (such as whether there has been a copyright infringement) that affect individuals will not be subject to appeal; those that are may not have an adequate route of appeal
many of the important details are left to codes of practice which will not be subject to sufficient parliamentary scrutiny - in some cases there need be no scrutiny at all
the Bill has an inflexible and stereotyped view of the way in which access to the internet is provided which ignores many useful and important business models: many business from Weatherspoons and McDondalds to the British Library and local community access projects will be affected and may have to cease to provide internet access.
Three players appear on the stage (of whom, more later):
copyright owners (includes those authorised to act on their behalf, which is likely to include collecting societies)
internet service providers (ISP's)
subscribers - anyone else, including large corporations as well as individuals
The notification stage proceeds as follows:
copyright owners will be able to send a copyright infringement report to ISP's which will contain an IP address, evidence of an apparent copyright infringement and the time it took place
there is no provision to penalise copyright owners for inaccurate or careless reporting - the threshold requirement in the bill is that it "appears" to them that there has been an infringement of copyright, though the IOC could sharpen that, it is not required to do so
the ISP must then forward a notification to the subscriber identified by the IP address
it is immaterial whether the subscriber themselves is alleged to have infringed copyright or whether someone they allowed to access the internet via their connection was the alleged infringer
there is no requirement that a subscriber be able, at this stage, to object to the report or dispute its accuracy (as there is in the Digital Millennium Copyright Acts' take-down notice procedures for instance)
at a later stage a copyright owner may demand from the ISP a copyright infringement list that will group copyright infringement reports by subscriber, which can be used by the copyright owner to detect repeat infringement, particularly where a subscriber receives dynamic IP address allocation; the copyright owner may then use that information to seek a Norwich Pharmacal order to identify the subscriber.
The notification stage will be governed by a code called the initial obligations code (IOC). The Bill provides a most peculiar way for the/an IOC to be made. The/a code could be made in two ways:
A an "approved code" -- that is a code which has been approved by OFCOM but been made by someone else. Such a code may be approved any time after the act receives Royal Assent, but there may only be one approved code at a time. Such a code will not need to be laid before parliament or made by Statutory Instrument.
by OFCOM who may make a code if there is no approved code from 2 months after the bill receives Royal Assent and must do 6 months thereafter. Such a code may be annulled by Parliament and must be made by SI.
There is no good reason why any code should not be made as a Statutory Instrument and require some form of Parliamentary oversight.
Technical note: Nothing in the Bill appears to prevent a code being approved after OFCOM has made its own (so that there would be two codes running in parallel). There is no provision for withdrawing an OFCOM code (though it may be amended). The language in some places suggests that there may be two at once (for instance by using "an") in other places "the" code is referred to as if there could be only one.
The Bill appears to make unreasonable assumptions about the kinds of business model that is or may be used to supply internet access. There is a particular difficulty with the definition of the terms "ISP" and "subscriber".
Almost anyone who provides access to the internet by allocating IP addresses to individuals will be an ISP. The only restriction on this is that a "subscriber" must be:
supplied the service under an agreement - where "agreement" may be a broader term than "contract"
not receive the service as a communications provider
All sorts of organisations supply open "free" wifi. While they may restrict access to customers or those who have been given an access token, there is an increasing use of unrestricted wifi networks. The operator of such a network may or may not receive it as a communications provider (whether or not they could be said to be a communications provider).
For example Weatherspoons pubs provide wifi to those visiting the pub. Depending on how they buy in their internet access they may or may not be a subscriber of their ISP. If they are they risk being listed as a subscriber on copyright infringement reports.
Weatherspoons does not use access tokens and wifi is used by visitors who may not be customers (eg they may be guests of customers). It is quite possible that those visitors are not subscribers and therefore Weatherspoons would not be an ISP (for the purposes of the Bill) and be required to notify them of copyright infringement reports. But anyone who does allow internet access "under an agreement" would appear to be an ISP.
The definition of "subscriber" and ISP thus creates considerable uncertainty as to who falls into each category.
For example if I agree to let you use wifi in my flat to access the internet via my broadband, I appear to be an ISP and you my subscriber. Because I do not receive my internet access as a communications provider I am also a subscriber. I may be in a situation of double jeopardy: having to notify you of copyright infringement reports (which may be impossibly difficult for me) and turning up on them myself.
Notifications are required to give "advice about the protection of electronic communications networks that use wireless telegraphy" in which there is an implicit assumption that running an open wifi network is in some way reprehensible - an idea that is backed up by various political statements. Again it seems that the Bill may be trying to preclude certain forms of ISP operation.
The scope of these definitions has clearly not been properly thought out and risks making difficult or impossible many alternative business models that will increase digital inclusion (such as social enterprise projects) and business flexibility.
a copyright infringement list will only apply to that owner's notifications so that they are unlikely to be of practical use except to large collection societies and other rights organisations
the requirement to notify specifies that an ISP must send to a subscriber to their email or postal address this assumes that an ISP knows those things (or is able to identify its subscribers in that way) - again an unreasonable assumption that may restrict the kinds of feasible business models for ISP's in the future
a notification must contain information about the "purpose" of copyright. There is considerable political and academic debate as to the answer to this question. It seems entirely wrong that a code of practice should be able to determine so fundamental a question as this
the IOC may set a lower threshold number of infringement reports below which an ISP need not carrying out the notification procedures, but there is no requirement for the code to do this: such a de minimis limit is essential to protect small ISP's (which may be small companies or individuals as I have explained) from an onerous regulatory burden.
"Technical measures" include disconnection from the internet, as well as milder sanctions such as the choking of bandwidth. How, when and for what reason technical measures may be imposed will be decided by order of the secretary of state under s.124H. They need have nothing to do with copyright infringement. All that is required is that the Secretary of State "considers it appropriate". There will be no Parliamentary oversight of such an order which need not even be made by statutory instrument.
Thus technical measures could be imposed on individuals who can prove beyond any reasonable doubt that they are not guilty of copyright infringement of any kind and took all reasonable steps to prevent it. For example, the Bill's tone suggests strongly that technical measures will be taken against those who run wifi networks without properly securing them.
The way in which the technical measures are imposed will be governed by another code "technical obligations code" which OFCOM must issue if/when the secretary of state makes their order under 124H.
The initial obligations code requires that there is an individual (independent of OFCOM, copyright owners and ISP's) to whom appeals can be made. The scope of such appeals is not specified and there is no requirement for any right to an onward appeal. In the technical obligations code there will be two people who must be independent of copyright owners and ISP's:
an "enforcer" (under s.124J(2)(a) which could be OFCOM that will resolve copyright infringement disputes: there are no provisions for appealing any decision of the enforcer although any decision they make may be the subject of judicial review.
another person, which cannot be OFCOM, who resolves subscriber appeals (appeals about the imposition of technical measures): their decisions may be subject to an appeal to a tribunal.
appeals to the tribunal will be on grounds specified in the code including "on grounds that it was based on an error of fact, wrong in law or unreasonable"
The term "copyright infringement dispute" is misleading. It means a dispute between copyright owners, ISP's and/or subscribers involving any "act or omission relating to a technical obligation or the technical obligations code". That does not appear to cover (for example) whether copyright was infringed (or whether copyright subsists at all). There does not appear to be anywhere in the scheme of the Bill for the question of whether copyright has been infringed to be raised.
The wording of the subscriber appeals provision is suspiciously limited:
it does not permit an appeal against the exercise of discretion (eg whether it would be appropriate to impose a technical measure in these circumstances) except on the grounds that the exercise was unreasonable.
it falls short of giving the subscriber a right to have their case heard in full by the tribunal. As written it implies that (for example) the onus would be on the subscriber to prove that the person who made the decision had made an error of fact, rather than the matter being directly before the tribunal.
Many tribunals that oversee significant decisions affecting individuals are given the power to completely determine the matter before them, rather than being restricted to a review of the decision made below them.
The "telecoms package" - a series of amendments to existing EU directives - has, as a result of considerable argument and compromise in the European Parliament, an amendment to be inserted into Framework directive on Electronic Communications, that appears to be intended to protect end-users from arbitrary disconnection from the internet.
Note that an "end-user" is a user not providing a public communications network or publicly available available electronic communications services. A definition which might not cover individuals with open wifi and many corporations who use wifi to attract custom.
It is extremely difficulty to assess what impact the amendment will have on the implementation of the Bill, in particular there are aspects of the law which are developing as I write, but in my view the telecoms package amendment may have very limited impact on the Bill if any.
It appears to try to protect end-users in two ways: (i) by appeal to principles of human rights in the European Convention on Human Rights and general principles of community law; and (ii) by specifically requiring a "prior, fair and impartial procedure shall be guaranteed".
No oversight
orders setting the criteria and steps to be taken by which technical measures may be imposed
Laying before Parliament (but no possibility of opposition)
"approved" initial obligations code
directions by Secretary of State to OFCOM concerning technical obligations (eg a direction to prepare a technical obligations code)
Laying before Parliament (with possibility of opposition)
initial obligations code (annulment)
order amending the maximum penalty for failure by ISP's to comply with obligations imposed by the copyright infringement provisions (approval)
order amending the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (approval)


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This is one of my the most successfully tasty recipes I've tried in awhile. I'd give it multiple stars if I were that technologically savvy. I'm not. I'll give it verbal stars instead.
Recently, I looked up "Peach Orchards" in north Texas. I wanted to go pick my own peaches. Not because I love peaches, mostly because it sounded like the kind of thing I'd want to do on a Saturday morning. Backroads, new sites, new stops. Minus the gas, and work, and life, I'd find something like this to do every Saturday morning.
I didn't accomplish my goal of finding a pick your own place, but I did find Ham's out around Terrell, Texas.
Their backyard is an orchard, and inside are all the fresh peaches.
Peach products.
and much....much more.
I'm not farmer educated enough to tell you what kind of peaches these were, there are seasons, and new selections each week.
But they were in-credible. I think the slash helps, don't you?
I had a ton to toss down before they went bad sans the chemicals the regular stores through on these ladies to keep them 'fresh' longer. I think the quotation marks help, don't you?
I found a recipe for spiced peach muffins via King Arthur Flour. I'm a fan of the peach, and this recipe.
Spiced Peach Muffins Recipe
*This makes 16 VERY big muffins.
Ingredients: 4 1/2 c.flour, 1 t. salt, 4 1/2 t. baking powder, 2 c. brown sugar, 1/2 t. allspice, 1/2 t. nutmeg, 1 t. cinnamon, 2 eggs, 3/4 c. vegetable oil, 1 1/4 c. milk, 4 peaches, diced, leave the skin on, granulated sugar
1. Preheat oven to 400ºF. Line muffin tin with liners.
2. In a large bowl combine flour, salt, baking powder, brown sugar, allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon.
3. Stir in eggs, vegetable oil and milk, fold in fruit.
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Each sublingual tablet contains 100 mg of the patented PEAK ATP® form of adenosine triphosphate. ATP, the chemical compound (the "energy currency" of the cell) that provides the overwhelming majority of energy needed by your body, is generated during a long series of metabolic events in which a variety of substrates are transferred from the foods you eat, primarily carbohydrates. Under normal conditions, such as at rest, the body can produce all of the ATP it needs for a healthy existence. However, during stressful conditions such as high-intensity exercise, the body's ATP stores are rapidly depleted and cannot be replenished quickly enough by normal means, which can create a shortage.
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Reduces ammonia-induced fatigue for greater endurance
Whether you're doing short or long workouts and races, excess ammonia is considered a primary culprit - perhaps THE primary culprit - in premature fatigue. One supplement expert states, "Ammonia is toxic to all cells, reduces the formation of glycogen, and inhibits the energy cycle." One study examined the changes in blood ammonia levels in humans during exercise and determined that the higher the blood ammonia, the poorer performance will be.
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from the guilt-upon-accusation deptA few weeks ago, we noted that the first "three strikes" case of infringement in New Zealand was set to go to the Copyright Tribunal (an earlier case was dropped after the recording industry (RIANZ) realized it had screwed up). The Tribunal has now issued its first ruling, demanding that the accused pay a grand total of $616.57 NZ (about $515 US). The person was accused of downloading and sharing Rihanna's Man Down twice, and Hot Chelle Rae's Tonight Tonight once. The tribunal noted that the first song retailed for $2.39 and the latter at $1.79, so it doubled the first one, and started with $6.57 (all NZ dollars). Then it added $50 to pay for infringement notices being sent out. Another $200 covers the fee that RIANZ paid to bring the case, and then it tacked on a "deterrent sum" of $360 -- or $120 per song. Add it all up and you've got $616.57.
The full ruling is a bit odd, but highlights the ridiculousness of NZ's three strikes law. The Tribunal notes that, since this is the first such ruling, it was going to explain each point carefully, and it did. But the really crazy stuff is that it notes that, under the law, it basically has to assume that the accusations mean guilt. The accused responded by admitting only to downloading Man Down a single time, and guessing that the second time had to do with a problem with uTorrent. She denies entirely that she or anyone in her household downloaded the other song.
"The letter outlines three separate infringements recorded on an internet connection in my name. The first song downloaded was a song called man down by rihanna. I accept responsibility for this. I downloaded this song unaware that in doing so from this site was illegal. When this song was downloaded to my computer; a whole utorrent program downloaded onto my computer [W]hen I turned my computer on it said that the song was still downloading and maybe that caused the song to register twice as it being downloaded? l'm unsure if this is possible or not but don't know why it shows that I would try to download the same song twice.So, basically, of the three strikes, she admits to one, suggests the other one, if done, was completely by accident, and vehemently denies the final download. The Tribunal basically ignores all that and says that, under the law, an accusation is as good as guilt unless you provide evidence of innocence -- and then says she failed to do so. Think about that for a second. You need to prove a negative here -- which seems close to impossible, but that's what the law apparently requires.
l kept receiving a pop up notice saying it seems like utorrent is already running but not responding, please close all utorrent processes and try again ... I figured out how to delete the song that was still trying to download but still couldn't figure out how to delete the whole program until just recently when I got someone to look at it as after I received the letter, i assumed having this program on my computer was causing the warning regarding downloading?
When I received the letter warning me of the download and consequences and that it was illegal, I didn't challenge the letter as I took responsibility for my actions and realised I was in the wrong and took it as a warning and didn't do it again.
I would never intentionally do anything illegal and you can see this from my criminal record as it is clean. I didn't realise that it was illegal and I apologise sincerely for this mistake and have removed it from my computer.
In regards to the song 'tonight tonight' by Hot Chelle Rae being downloaded, I can't claim responsibility for this as it wasn't done by myself or anyone in this household but if I find the person responsible for downloading this through my internet then I will definitely enforce the consequences behind doing so."
The Act creates a presumption that each incidence of file sharing identified in an infringement notice constitutes an infringement of the right owner's copyright in the work identified. An account holder may submit evidence that this presumption does not apply, or give reasons why it should not apply. In this case, the Respondent has not provided any evidence that the presumption should not apply. In fact, she acknowledges that at least some manner of infringement has taken place and has apologised for this.You would think that admitting honestly to that single download might make the Tribunal wonder if perhaps the other two accusations were inaccurate, but instead it take it as proof that "some manner of infringement" has taken place, so it can assume that the accusations were all accurate. The Tribunal basically throws up its hands and says that since there is "insufficient evidence" it just assumes "guilty."
There is insufficient evidence before the Tribunal for it to make detailed findings on these factual issues. That is the nature of a decision being made on the papers. On the basis of the information available to it, however, together with the statutory presumption that each incidence of file sharing identified in an infringement notice constitutes an infringement of the right owner's copyright in the work, the Tribunal is satisfied that file sharing took place via the Respondent's internet account as alleged.In the normal world, "insufficient evidence" means that you're presumed innocent, not guilty. But this is copyright law we're talking about, where the normal rules don't apply.
If there's any silver lining to the ruling, it's that the Tribunal did not go as far as RIANZ wanted. It had argued that the accused should have to pay a lot more than the cost of purchasing the track for that initial cost, because (it argued) any upload could be shared multiple times. The Tribunal rejects that idea, saying that it is "not relevant" to the cost issue, though it may be relevant concerning deterrence. On the issue of deterrence, the Tribunal more or less sticks its finger in the air and picks $120.
RIANZ tried to argue that the deterrence fee should be high, because it insisted the downloading of three songs (really only two songs) was clearly "flagrant." Why? Well, because she used uTorrent! Therefore, she must be a serial infringer.
The fact that the account holder had BitTorrent protocol (uTorrent version 2.2.0) software installed on her computer. It notes that the locating downloading, installing and configuring of such software is a deliberate act and does not occur without direct action on behalf of a computer user.The fact that uTorrent is perfectly legal and has significant non-infringing uses is not something that the RIANZ cares to concede. RIANZ also claimed that three whole downloads proves "flagrancy." Oh, and they insist that she "took no action to alter her behavior" -- again as an argument for flagrancy. Of course, the woman argues that she did, in fact, change her behavior. Either way the Tribunal notes that these arguments have nothing to do with flagrancy, since they'll automatically apply to just about anyone who shows up in front of the panel.
On the whole, it seems doubtful that this is going to suddenly make people start buying music again, but why let that get in the way of shaking down some music fans?
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I took this shot out the window of the bus of the old harbor of Rhodes. According to legend the Colossus of Rhodes stood straddling the harbor entrance, marked by the two columns. Modern engineers and archaeologists have dismissed the idea saying that such a structure could not support itself in such a pose. They believe that it was either at the site of the medieval fort in the background or in town near the palace and main temple. We didn't stop as there is nothing left there.....similar to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos which also was one of the 7 Wonders.
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To the extent this implies that the government itself is hiding behind the Bill of Rights, this poster isn't quite right. An individual in the government, rather than the government itself, is pleading the 5th. Just because one works for the government doesn't mean one gives up ones rights as a citizen.
Nevertheless, I liked the poster because it's a reminder that we currently have an exceptionally corrupt administration in Washington. Should we be able to switch to a Republican administration, Lerner will be followed by a long line of 5th pleaders:
Hat tip: Caped Crusader