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Samsung has been decently quick with the Android 4.3 rollout to their current and previous flagships. The Galaxy S4 is already getting the update in many places, with the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II scheduled to get them within the next two months, along with a few other phones. With the Galaxy Gear only being compatible with the Note 3, and the Android 4.3 update bringing compatibility to older phones, Samsung has a good reason to get these updates out. More supported devices equates to more Galaxy Gear sales.
Last years giant flagship, the Galaxy Note II, has had no sign of an update coming aside from the schedule leaked a while ago. And while the device isn't yet updated, it may be soon. It's being reported that Samsung service centers have access to a build of Android 4.3, build N7100XXUEMJ9, that they can install on devices that they get. Someone already had their device updated at a service center.
Considering that this update is done and ready for release, we may be seeing an OTA very soon. Hopefully it'll come earlier than expected, because Note II users have been stuck on 4.1 for quite a long time and deserve a nice, new version of Android. Plus, the new S Pen features from the Note 3 would be a fantastic addition. Do you own a Note II? Are you excited for this update? Leave a comment!


text: whalenburns wrote:Hello...my first post, but i'll keep the questions coming as they come to me. I am wondering why some nouns (dux, ducis; lux, lucis) are not i-stems while others with the same form are (arx, arcis). I had thought that those three words were not i-stems because they didn't take -tis in the genitive (nox, noctis; ars, artis), but arx, arcis defeated that rule. Can anyone clear this up? Also, if anyone has a list of the 3rd declension nouns like dux, ducis that aren't i-stems (assuming there aren't too many exceptions), i would appreciate it.

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Both these girls LOVE FAIRY TAIL ~ !!!!
I'M THINKING, would you guys like Fairy Tail merch instead ?!
Please PM me - SailorBee - and let me know what you'd like as well as the address I should send it to !!!
Thank you to everyone that participated !! Unfortunately, I could only choose users that followed the rules ! <3
Hey everyone ~ !!! This is Victoria, but I'm not alone ~ !!
This contest is actually being hosted by two very special Crunchyroll Ambassadors ~ !!
CharmieSweets and WindoftheStars
These two Mr.J lovin' dolls want to give ONE LUCK USER A MR.J LOVIN' DOLL. Well, more like figure ~
Crunchyroll and Kotobukiya would like you give away this beautiful Harley Quinn figure ~ !
- Make a 30 second video - it can be anything - but it has to convey your HARLEY QUINN-LIKE LOVE for a character from a title that is part of our NEW FALL LINE-UP~ !!! http://www.crunchyroll.com/lineup
- Do you love an entire SERIES, then make a 30 second video telling us why you love the ENTIRE SHOW, the same way Harley Quinn loves Mr.J.
Tip: looking obsessive will gain you big points with these girls, they like anyone that appears a little more crazy than they are (and that's hard to come by.)
Our runner up will receive a Kotobukiya figure of Asuka Kazama from the Tekken series ~ !
Here they both are side-by-side ~
You have until MIDNIGHTM NOVEMBER 22ND, 2012 to submit your video in this thread.
How ? Simply link us to the location in a post here ! Usually, you want to upload it to youtube.
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Ah?! Harley Quinn!!! Awesome!!! Definitely entering this contest! !
You know something's epic when as soon as u finish it, u want to re-watch it
so, I got to find myself a batman tie him upside-down above a tank of piranha, need a skin tight suit, blond wig or hair dye, a giant hammer lots of makeup and possibly a mental breakdown cause love makes ya crazy.
I once tried to pitch a "Harley Quinn, Medicine Woman," TV series to all the major networks ... but you know how it is ... after you kidnap and torture one TV exec they scatter like bugs under a rock and it just gets to be soooo much work. This looks to be much easier... however, I would need to put my plans for total world domination on hold. ... mmmm ... I'll have to think about it.
So I can make a vid for btoom! right?
It's been soooooooo long since I did anything on this site damn ps3 app :P
oh god... i dont think im entering this.... not that obsessed with it.
I'm more intereted in the runner up prize..
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so, I got to find myself a batman tie him upside-down above a tank of piranha, need a skin tight suit, blond wig or hair dye, a giant hammer lots of makeup and possibly a mental breakdown cause love makes ya crazy.
Yea, I think that pretty much covers it, but I think bat shit crazy is a prerequisite. (pun intended) = )
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Lilydove: Even if you aren't the obsessed with it, you can still enter. Just tell us why you love/enjoy a character or series and just make it crazy and off the wall. Remember the crazier the better! We want to see your creative crazy entries!
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Asukas panel from TTT2.. Kool. I play everyday.
AHHH! Harley! So I may or may not have gotten super excited, and may or may not have gone a bit over the time. I'm sorry! But I love her! My apartment is pretty much plastered like Harley's cell in arkham Asylum, but I managed to hoard and bunch stuff together. Hoarder and proud! And I mean it! If you pick me as the owner of that beautiful statue, I will shave, tuck (Ouch!), tape, airbrush and squeeze my way into the costume and give you the biggest, wettest Harley Quinn thank you kiss. MWAH!
Here's my video :D :D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=937qr4F1eLA&feature=plcp
<3 Harley Quinn and her crazy, obsessed ways!
Love you too!
Well, I'm not a fan myself, but I just wanna say it's awfully nice of you two to host this for everyone!
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Give the statue to MischievousHarlequin. I don't think anyone wants it more than him, even if his video was about a show from the fall lineup. Also, that second prize does look better anyway.
Next time Lee is the Eggplant.
Haha! Whoops, I saw this, and thought it meant that I could proclaim my love for Harley:
"Lilydove: Even if you aren't the obsessed with it, you can still enter. Just tell us why you love/enjoy a character or series and just make it crazy and off the wall. Remember the crazier the better! We want to see your creative crazy entries! "
I don't know much about Tekken tbh, except that there's a guy with a leopard head.
......There IS a guy with a leopard head, right?
wow thanks


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 16 Jul 2009
What do visitors want from their museum visit?
Research has shown that visitors have the following wants when visiting museums:
What do you think?
Thnx for your comment. As mentioned earlier, there is not one that is most important for visitors - it depends on a range of factors.


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Actress Lucy Lawless has been charged with burglary and released from police custody after she was arrested for staging a protest onboard an oil ship docked in her native New Zealand.
The former Xena: Warrior Princess star was among a group of Greenpeace campaigners who climbed aboard the vessel in Taranaki, New Zealand, on Friday and chained themselves to the ship's tower to protest against oil drilling in the Arctic.
They spent four days onboard before they were removed by police on Monday and subsequently arrested.
Lawless and her fellow protesters were charged with burglary and bailed to appear at New Plymouth District Court on Thursday.
In her final posts on Twitter.com prior to her arrest, the actress wrote, "We stand in solidarity with all who love the earth – let's Save the Arctic from Shell!… Seven of us came up the tower on Shell's drillship but 4 days later 130,000 will come down. In solidarity we can Save The Arctic."


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You belong to an elite force fighting against global counter-terrorism. Your team is made up of two crack agents poised to react to any threat. Stealth Owl is an infiltration expert, whose skills are accuracy and skydiving. Raptor uses weapons of mass destruction and favours close combat. Your main objective is to dismantle the NEMESIS network and retrieve the stolen technology. But by changing the chemical properties of certain proteins, the terrorists have made their fighters much more aggressive...
Hip Games shows off the latest chapter in this tactical shooter franchise. Read More »
Also known as: Nemesis Strike, CT Special Forces: Fire for Effect (original working title)
Release Region: United States
Release Date: March 31, 2005
Publisher: Hip Interactive
Also available on: PC, PlayStation 2
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NEW YORK (AP) - Verizon Wireless is phasing out nearly all of its existing phone plans and replacing them with pricing schemes that let families and other subscribers share a monthly data allowance over as many as 10 devices.
The revamped plans, available June 28, are meant to encourage customers to connect their non-phone devices, like tablets and PCs, to the Verizon network. Calls and text messages are unlimited. Subscribers pay for two things: the pool of wireless data they use every month, and the devices they add to the plan. Prices start at $90 for one smartphone with a 1 gigabyte per month minimum amount of data.
Q: Will Verizon convert me to a new plan, or can I keep my old plan?
A: Verizon won't switch you over to the new plan unless you ask. You can keep your old plan, even if you trade up to a new phone after that date and extend your contract. But for new customers, Share Everything will be the only alternative, with a few exceptions, starting June 28.
Q: What type of customer should move to the new plan?
A: If you already have unlimited calling and texting plans, the new plans are likely to save you money, especially if you have a family plan. If you have a tablet, the new pricing scheme could be a good idea too. Even if your tablet doesn't have a cellular modem, you may be able to take advantage of the plan, because it lets you create a "mobile hotspot" with your smartphone, so you can go online with your Wi-Fi-only tablet.
Q: What if I have an "unlimited data" plan? Can I keep it?
A: Yes, you can. But -and there's a big "but" here- Verizon will no longer let you move the plan to a new phone after June 28, unless you pay the full, unsubsidized price for it. For most smartphones that will add hundreds of dollars to the price. A subsidized Verizon iPhone 4S costs $200. The price you'll pay if you keep your unlimited plan: $650. (Verizon stopped signing up new customers for unlimited a year ago)
Q: I'm a current Verizon customer with a 3G phone, but I need faster data downloads. Do I have to go to a new plan if I upgrade to a 4G phone?
A: No, you can keep your old plan. However, if you have an unlimited data plan, you'll be paying full price for that spiffy new 4G phone, as mentioned above.
Q: I have a phone and tablet, but they're on different carriers. Can this plan work for me?
A: Probably not. The plan encourages you to use only Verizon-compatible devices. But if you have a Verizon smartphone and an AT&T iPad, you could cancel the AT&T service and use the hotspot mode mentioned above. It's just not as convenient as having direct cellular access on the iPad.
Q: I don't need a fancy data plan. I just want a regular phone, with no frills. Are the calling-only plans going away?
A: Almost. There will be only one plan for basic phones. It costs $40 per month and gives you 700 minutes of calling. Texting and data will cost extra. For this type of phone, there are cheaper, no-contract alternatives from many companies.
Q: I'm single and I just want a smartphone, that's it. The cheapest Shared Everything plan looks pretty expensive at $90 per month, and that's with just 1 gigabyte of data. Is there no alternative?
A: There's one cheaper plan, intended for first-time smartphone buyers. It gives you unlimited calling and texting, and just 300 megabytes of data per month. If you're frugal with data usage, that will get you by. It costs $80 per month.
Q: Is this the future? Are all phone plans going to be this way?
A: For its part, AT&T is likely to go in this direction as well. It makes sense for phone companies to meter only the data usage. They can easily provide unlimited texting and calling, but data usage stresses their network. They also want to get as many new, non-phone devices as possible on their networks, and, for customers, shared data plans are cheaper than putting each device on a new plan.
That said, there's likely to be a wide variety of phone plans in the industry.
Q: How do data plans work in other countries?
A: They mostly limit data usage per device, the model Verizon is moving away from. Contract terms are often more flexible overseas, however, and more phones and Internet devices are pay-as-you-go rather than bound by contract.
Q: Does this mean I can drop my home DSL service or cable modem?
A: Maybe, if you're a light Internet user. Adding a data stick or Verizon-connected "hotspot" device to your plan will cost just $20 per month. But home PCs often use a lot of data, especially if you like to watch Internet video. Many households use more than 10 gigabytes per month, the maximum allotment under Verizon's plan. That much data costs $100 per month.


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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 29 Aug 2010
The Frill Shark normally lives in oceanic waters at depths from 120 m to 1500 m. This fish was filmed alive (although most likely moribund) by Japanese divers.
Specimens in the Australian Museum Ichyology Collection have been taken in trawls off the New South Wales coast.
Tags fishes, ichthyology, Frill Shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus, Chlamydoselachidae, brown, eel-like, six pairs of gill slits, terminal mouth, three-pronged teeth, single dorsal fin, wide mouth, adult, marine, > 1m,


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Allen & Heath Releases The Revolutionary Xone 4D controller
Improving on the revolutionary Xone 3D wouldn't be an easy job, but Allen & Heath have done it: the Xone 4D is an even more stunningly versatile combination of a sophisticated 4-channel DJ mixer, a totally new high quality multi-channel usb 2.0 soundcard and a very comprehensive MIDI control surface, packaged together in sleek but rugged Allen & Heath style.
The Xone 4D has your typical Allen & Heath mixer layout, so it brings you the DJing experience only found in the Xone series - vcf filters, lfo's et al. The featured MIDI control surface has a total of 225 mappable controls, spread across two layers.
The mixer comes with drivers for both pc & mac operation, and offers amazing dj style control over pro-tools, ableton, traktor and pretty much any MIDI compatible software out there. Dedicated faders and jog wheels for software use, mean you can control track in a very natural manner for the dj. The impressive usb 2.0 audio interface has 4 stereo inputs, and 4 stereo outputs with digital in and out too.
Of course, the most noticeable visible element about the Xone 4D is the new style. The Xone 4D has been developed in response to many people's requests for panels which are easier to read in low light (all the white screening is in Ultra Violet sensitive paint, which glows when exposed to UV light), and for the Xone design to become more stylish and representative of contemporary design.
Not only will it deliver 24bit / 96khz quality audio and recording, it is suitable for use with digital vinyl systems, such as mixvibes. With a newly refined bpm counter and 8 extra soundcard configuration switches and a unique real-time LFO waveform edit function, 12 faders, 2 jog wheels, 50 switches and a Xone style four channel mixer in the middle, all on top of the aforementioned specifications, the Xone 4D is without doubt a superb piece of gear and the most revolutionary dj mixer yet!
- Totally new USB2 soundcard
- 24bit/96kHz capability
- Drivers available for both PC and Mac
- 4 stereo outputs plus digital out
- 4 stereo inputs plus digital in
- 8 extra soundcard configuration switches remove the need for the desktop configuration utility of the :3D
- Ability to switch FX2 RCA sockets to be recording outputs
- Unique real-time LFO waveform edit function
- Dual layer control surface with control snapshot allows 225 mappable MIDI controls across the two layers.
- Updated mixer circuitry
- Improved BPM detection system
- Heavy duty chassis and front panel


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OAKLAND, Calif. —The Nuggets were there and then they were gone, disappearing under a snowfall of golden confetti. The Warriors won 92-88 on Thursday night, closing out Denver in Game 6 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series.
"We didn't lose this series tonight. This was a proud loss," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "This series was lost in Games 1 and 2. … And that's on me."
The Nuggets lost Game 2 at home, and with it the home-court advantage they'd worked all season to secure.
Denver trailed Thursday by 18 points with 9:11 left, the gold, bold crowd rattling the Oracle Arena rafters. But the Nuggets clawed back and had a shot to tie the score in the final seconds.
In a crazy sequence, the Nuggets' Andre Iguodala hit a 3-pointer with 1:52 left, cutting the Warriors' lead to 88-82. Denver scored the next basket on a layup by Wilson Chandler with 1:14 left after he stole the ball under the basket following a Ty Lawson miss.
With Golden State up 88-84, Harrison Barnes made two foul shots for a six-point lead, but Iguodala was at it again, swishing a 3 with 1:02 left. After another Golden State turnover, Denver's Kenneth Faried hit 1-of-2 free throws to make it 90-88. After Iguodala stole the ball with 22 seconds left, Denver had a chance to tie or take the lead, but Chandler couldn't make a layup under heavy pressure with 11.5 seconds left.
Golden State's Jarrett Jack was fouled with 7.3 left and he made two free throws to seal the win.
"We played our hearts out and never gave up, just fighting and fighting," Faried said.
The Warriors turned the ball over 10 times in the fourth quarter, but made their last 22 free throws. Denver, by contrast, missed 5-of-10 free throws in the fourth quarter.
"We showed some guts down the stretch, but you've got to give them a lot of credit," Iguodala said. "I hope we learned a lot from this series. You can't wait until your backs are against the wall before you have that desperate activity."
The Nuggets were abysmal from the foul line all season and naturally they were abysmal in the biggest game of the season. Denver was 13-of-21 for the game while Golden State was 23-of-24.
Asked after the game what the younger players might have learned from this series, veteran Nuggets guard Andre Miller said: "Nothing, nothing. We got outplayed, we got outcoached, out-toughed."
After a humdrum Game 1, Lawson emerged as Denver's best player in the following four games, as well he should have, for he'd been the best dude on this team for months. In Games 2-5, Lawson averaged 24.7 points and 9.5 assists, but he didn't have that Ty spark in Game 6, finishing with 17 points and six assists. He was unable to get the offense in sync.
Asked about walking off the court for the final time, point guard Lawson said: "It's tough man. It's been happening too much. It's the fourth time in a row for me, I'm getting kind of sick of it. But it just motivates you for the summer."
Entering the game, Golden State's Stephen Curry averaged 30.7 points and 10.3 assists in the three Warriors wins — 17 and 8.5 in the two losses.
Just like in Game 4, when Curry went "video game," the third quarter did in Denver. The Nuggets led 42-40 at halftime, but the Warriors sliced and diced Denver in the third quarter, taking an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter, led by Curry.
When Curry hit a 3 over Lawson, Golden State took a 47-44 lead with 9:33 left in the third quarter, the Warriors' first lead since 3-2. On the next possession, Curry hit a 3 again, this time after Lawson lunged past him, giving Golden State a six-point lead and forcing a Denver timeout.
"Every third quarter, Curry got loose against us," Karl said, "and when you miss shot after shot, it creates a frustration."
The Warriors continued to separate themselves due to the careful penetration and passing of Curry, who made things happen all quarter. He finished with 14 third-quarter points and three assists. When he dished it to Carl Landry for an up-and-under layup with 5:22 left, it proved to be a three-point play of its own, because Landry was fouled by Chandler and hit the free throw. That gave Golden State a 64-53 lead.
The Nuggets, as if they were down 50, kept hoisting 3s in the third quarter, even though they were the league's best at in-the-paint scoring. Denver was 1-for-9 on 3-point attempts.
Nuggets guard Corey Brewer was 0-for-4 in the third quarter, airballing one wide open 3-point attempt. He finished 1-of-8, the one make a layup.
The third-seeded Nuggets won a franchise NBA record 57 wins in the regular season, but the question still looms: Was this season a failure?
Faried called it a failure.
Basically, the Karl era can be divided in two — with Melo and without Melo. With Carmelo Anthony, Denver made it to the second round once. Since the February 2011 trade of Melo, the Nuggets lost in the first round to the Thunder and Lakers with their rebuilt, star-less squad. Now you can add the Warriors to the list.
This season, Denver was supposed to take a big step forward. Instead, the Nuggets were tripped up in the postseason, sputtering another great regular season away.
"I think this series showed we were young — they out-executed us in many areas," said Iguodala, who finished Thursday with 24 points, nine rebounds and six assists. "We were known for our rebounding and to be able to push the tempo in the regular season, and they kind of saw that and beat us in that area."
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The Denver Post's Christopher Dempsey revisits three questions raised before Game 6.
1. How physical will Game 6 be? After all that postgame talk Tuesday, and Mark Jackson getting fined $25,000 by the league for his remarks, there were just two fouls called in the opening quarter. The game was not nearly as chippy as Game 5.
2. Will the supporting cast show up again? Other than Andre Iguodala's 24 points (including 5-of-8 from 3-point range), Nuggets guard Ty Lawson again took the offense in his hands with 17 points. But he shot just 7-of-21 from the field. The biggest trouble was Kosta Koufos and his minus-21 while on the court.
3. Can the Nuggets force a Game 7? For the first half, it looked as if the series would be coming back to Denver for a finale Saturday night, but the Warriors blew open the game in the third quarter. But it was far from over. After 10 turnovers by Golden State in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets got within three points with a minute left after a big run. Denver had a chance to tie it at 90 with 11 seconds to play but missed two shots on the possession and the rally fell short. The sixth-seeded Warriors will open the conference semifinals on Monday at San Antonio. The Nuggets' next game will be in the fall.


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Commercial real estate firm Marcus & Millichap, with an office in Elmwood Park, announced Friday it has arranged debt on two properties for different sponsors totaling $15.2 million.
According to the announcement, Joseph Belgiovine, an associate director in the firm's New Jersey office, arranged the retail and multifamily loans. The first transaction totaled $10.2 million for a 94,000-square-foot industrial property in Carlstadt. The 12-year loan amortizes over 20 years at 4.1 percent, with 70 percent loan-to-value. The second transaction totaled $5 million for a 108-unit garden apartment complex in Passaic. The 10-year loan amortizes over 30 years with a 65 percent loan-to-value.


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Today's Daily Word is dedicated to occupying regrets! If this was Family Feud and we surveyed 100 people and asked what was the biggest deterrent of success, the number one answer would be fear! Number two? Regrets from the past!! Many of us spend so much time living in yesterday, that we waste our todays while ruining our tomorrows. Having regrets is one of the worst things you can do!! It's a waste of time because of the lack of ability to go back in time! The only thing you have and ever will have control of is TODAY!!!
Spend your time wisely and always remind yourself of that! Anytime when you feel sorry for the past, tell yourself these five words...IT IS WHAT IT IS!!!! Everything happens for a reason, so instead of regretting what happened, figure out what lesson lives in that mistake! Learn from it and vow to never repeat it! That advance knowledge of what not to do will put you ahead of the game all the time!!! It is imperative to make sure you never give energy to things that don't matter!! Today is all that matters!! Do everything you can to make it the best TODAY that you possibly can, then repeat daily!!! The World is Yours, and NOTHING can stop you!!
"He who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future." -Quevedo
"Have no regrets in my life. Everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person." -Rita Mero
"Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart." -Basil Rathbone
"Accept everything about yourself--I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end--no apologies, no regrets." -Henry Kissinger
"If we fill our hours with regrets over the failures of yesterday, and with worries over the problems of tomorrow, we have no today in which to be thankful." -Unknown
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So these verbs can have two objects: a direct and indirect? Interesting.
I. 4. Cum navigia insulae adpropinquarent barbari terrore commoti pedem referre conati sunt.
-When the boats were approaching the island the barbarians, moved by terror, tried to retreat.
5. Galli moleste ferebant Romanos agros vastare.
-The Gauls were very annoyed that the Romans were destroying (their) fields. (Is that right?)
6. Caesar sociís imperavit ne finitimis suis bellum inferrent.
-Caesar ordered the allies not to make war against their neighbours.
(is the reflexive possessive "suis" here referring !ah ferre is everywhere! to Caesar or the sociis who are the subject of the subjunctive clause...)
I didn't know imperare was +dative ???
7. Exploratores qui Caesari occurrérunt, dixerunt exercitum hostium vulneribus defessum sese in alium locum contulisse. (se conferre in/ad - to go to -i.e retreat lit. bring oneself together towards...)
-The scouts who met Caesar said that the tired enemy army, due to wounds, had gone to another place.
8. Hostes sciebant Romanos frumento egere et hanc rem Caesari summum periculum adlaturam esse.
-The enemy knew that the Romans needed grain and that this would bring the greatest peril to Caesar.
9. Impedimentís in unum locum conlatis, aliqui militum flumen quod non longe aberat transierunt.
-The baggage having been collected into one place, some soldiers went across the river which was not far off.
10. Hos rex hortatus est, ut oraculum adirent et res auditas ad se referrent.
-The king urged them to visit the oracle and report back to him the things that they have heard.
11. Quem imperator illi legioni praefecit? Publius illi legioni praeerat.
-Whom will the general put in command of that legion? Publius was in command of the legion.
12. Cum esset Caesar in citeriore Galliá, crebri ad eum rumores adferebantur litterisque quoque certior fiebat Gallos obsides inter se dare.
When Caesar was in hither Gauls, frequent rumours were being brought to him and also by letters was he informed that the Gauls were giving hostages to eachother.
II. 1. The Gauls will make war upon the allies of Caesar.
-Galli bellum Caesaris sociis inferent.
2. We heard that the Gauls would not make war upon Caesar's allies.
-Audivimus Gallos Caesaris socciis bellum inlaturos non esse.
3. Publius did not take part in that battle.
-Publius illi proelio non intererat.
4. We have been informed that Publius did not take part in that battle.
-Certiores facti sumus Publium proelio illi non interfuisse.
5. The man who was in command of the cavalry was wounded and began to retreat.
Homo qui equitatui praeerat vulneratus est ac incepit pedem referre.
6. Caesar did not place you in command of the cohort to bring disaster upon the army.
-Caesar te non praefecit cohorti ut calamitatem exercitui inferres.
I should add all this to the Key! But there are no macrons


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Flames snap franchise road skid with win over Avs
Denver, CO – Mike Cammalleri scored the game-winner late in the second period, as the Calgary Flames ended their franchise-record road skid with a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday at Pepsi Center.
Roman Cervenka and Alex Tanguay each scored once, while Joey MacDonald made 39 saves to help the Flames snap a 13-game road losing streak (0-12-1).
"It's been a long time," MacDonald said of his team's road woes. "We kept possession of the puck and did the small things we had to do."
Brad Malone's first career goal stood as Colorado's lone marker, while Jean- Sebastien Giguere gave up all three goals on 34 shots for the Avs, who have lost five straight and sit last in the NHL with 29 points.
After a scoreless first frame, Colorado broke through early in the second when Tyson Barrie fired a shot from the right point that Malone got his stick on in front and re-directed high over the shoulder of MacDonald for a 1-0 lead at the 1:45 mark of the stanza.
Calgary pulled even just past the midpoint of the period when Mark Giordano flipped a shot on net from just above the right circle that deflected off Cervenka in front and slipped past Giguere to make it 1-1 at the 10:36 mark.
The Flames then jumped in front with just over three minutes left when Roman Horak recovered a loose puck below the Colorado goal line before finding a cutting Cammalleri and the Calgary center pounded home a one-timer from in front to give the Flames a 2-1 lead at the 16:53 mark.
A hooking penalty against Cervenka at the 15:24 mark of the third gave the Avalanche a late power-play opportunity, but Tanguay buried a short-handed marker just over a minute later to end the Avalanche's comeback bid.
MacDonald made 14 saves over the final 20 minutes to keep the Flames in front.
"Give their goalie credit, he played a great game," Colorado center Matt Duchene admitted. "We had chances all night long and we just couldn't convert."
Game Notes
The Flames hadn't won on the road since defeating the Stars in Dallas on Feb. 17 ... Calgary had lost five straight overall, with its last win coming on March 27 against the Avalanche ... Calgary has just 32 points this season ... The teams combined to go 0-for-10 on the power play.


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Festival of Scholars covers range of work
Photo from the 2013 Festival of Scholars
By Gazette Staff Writer — Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
CLU event features student research, performances
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - The Eighth Annual Festival of Scholars at California Lutheran University will showcase a range of work by undergraduate and graduate students from Monday, April 28, through Saturday, May 3.
This scholarly work includes a variety of traditional research, creative work and the application of theory to real-life situations. The projects reflect months or even years of focused work with faculty mentors.
For example, biology major Tori Dahl from Anoke, Minn., created a poetry collection to serve as an interdisciplinary resource to be used in elementary classrooms to increase awareness about the aims of the environmental movement. Los Angeles resident Shannon Taylor, a doctoral student in the Graduate School of Education, studied the relationship between spiritual formation and leadership development in higher education, focusing particularly on women who are entering and graduating from college in record numbers. Psychology student Aaron Waters of San Anselmo measured the expression of gratitude for a good deed as a predictor of resilience and thriving in undergraduates. Annika Weber, a biochemistry major from Denver, Colo., investigated a compound called pentachlorophenol that is used as a pesticide and disinfectant to better understand its possible toxic and carcinogenic effects.
Faculty members will present brief summaries of recent sabbatical projects. Psychology students will present their research into advances in the understanding of brain function. Sociology and criminal justice students will present results of their research on the influence of religious and gender differences regarding attitudes on homosexuality and capital punishment and discuss the subculture of street basketball and people's attitudes towards government surveillance.
The Piano Quintet, Saxophone Quartet and Clarinet Quartet Honors Ensembles will present a concert representing the culmination of their work for the academic year.
Multimedia major Gustavo Youngberg from Thousand Oaks will show "Edgar Allan Poe Seen Alive," which features animations of famous literary figures that he created by colorizing and transforming old photos.
Political science students' presentations on perspectives on global citizenship and civic engagement will include discussions on obesity in America, government transparency and the public trust, and how members of Congress engage with their constituencies through social media.
For a complete schedule of events, go to callutheran.edu/fos. CLU's Office for Experiential Learning, Research and Faculty Development is presenting the free festival. For more information, call 805-493-3795.


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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Rose Petals and Saffron
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Oh, wow, temptation pure, and then Saffron yogurt ice cream to top all these other delights off! *floored*ReplyDelete
The addictive combination of saffron and yogurt was first introduced to me by Ilva of Lucullian Delights. Would Louisa share her ice cream recipe, perchance?Replies
Next Spring I will reveal ALL when the book comes out.Delete
Unless I make it at the chateau in Chinon in a week or so...
cross your fingers/croisee les doigts
I LURVE savoury food more than sweetReplyDelete
And Persian to boot! Oh yum
You're killing me here ;) Looks positively divine. I believe that ancient Persia had the oldest cultivated rose gardens and winemaking.ReplyDeleteReplies
Very interesting Fr ♥Delete
I've been looking at material on the Ispahan rose of late...
Oh, how I would love to take a class like that! Those ingredients! Lunch looks fabulous. and I'm not a dessert person, but do adore saffron, so I'm pretty sure I'd be in heaven there too.ReplyDelete
I think my tastebuds just went on an adventure. Great post.ReplyDelete
The salad & stew look great. So do your sketches and watercolor.ReplyDelete
I've never eaten anything like this - but it looks like something I'd try in a second!Replies
Persian cuisine is perhaps a well-kept secret next to the popularity of Mexican and Japanese food but it is such a tastebud pleaser.Delete
And easy to make too.
- Sage3:57 PM
The pretty and delicate waffle 'cookies' in the photo appear to beReplyDelete
from a Chef's Choice or similar Pizzelle Maker.
Such a great idea since the size is just right for ice cream sandwiches and it makes two
at once. Waffle cones are too big and I've always disliked using real
cookies as they tend to be so thick that you end up with a lot of cookie and not much ice cream in each bite.
This is the perfect solution!
I've not been to Saffron and Rose but look forward to going soon to try their rose water scented version since I live in the Los Angeles
The saffron yogurt twist sounds yummy to
It must be genetic! I am a huge fan of sumac and pomegranate syrup, but I admit I'm not so keen on things rose....perhaps because of a bad bottle of rose oil when I was in college....perhaps time to re-investigate! The Shirazi salad is to die for! A young lady from Iran taught it to me a long time ago when she was visiting the US and somehow I invited her to dinner at our house. I'd totally forgotten that! Waiting for the cookbook with bated breath! Well, anyway, waiting!ReplyDelete
PS- what must be genetic is discerning taste - yours and your nieces!Replies
Very sweet comment JDelete
I don't care much for eating rose petals either but here they were added to a stew not a sweet.
Shirazi salad is great & no oil, just lime juice
Saffron yogurt ice cream sandwiches?! Mon dieu...ReplyDelete
Carol, gorgeous and delicious. Your drawings & photos, her cullinary delights, what a lovely collaboration of talented family members!ReplyDelete
Having reached the age of never having to eat escargot again (I'm over 20 and not trying to impress anybody, least of all myself, with my gourmet credentials) I haven't been much interested in exotic food. Even in France, pate is as far as I go. But rose petals....now that is something that even I am intrigued with.ReplyDelete
Do different rose colors have different flavors? Is pink the most vivid? Or will white roses do? I happen to have some white roses in a vase near by and it's almost lunchtime...I'll let you know who they taste in a tuna salad.
PLEASE DO NOT PUT ROSE PETALS IN YOUR FOOD FROM A NEARBY BOUQUET!!!ReplyDelete
Very likely there are PESTICIDES on those petals.
*They HAVE to be 'organic' FOOD GRADE
amazing food and your delicious photographs and illustrations, such a gorgeous visual journey. thank youReplyDelete


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BLACKSBURG — With his dad spotting him Friday in Virginia Tech's football weight room, Chase Ringler desperately threw every ounce of his 54-pound body into trying to bench press the 45-pound bar above him. At first, the bar barely budged, but he slowly got it to raise a few inches above his chest before locking his arms.
It was just a small measure of Chase's strength, but he doesn't have much to prove anymore. Good luck finding an 8-year-old tougher than this kid.
"Most adults wouldn't be able to go through what he went through with the same mentality," said Whitney Ringler, Chase's mother, who like her husband Richard is a 1993 Denbigh High and a '97 Tech graduate.
More than three years later after being declared free of the insidious disease that threatened to take his life, Chase is learning what it really means to be the son of Hokie parents. He received the royal treatment from Tech's football program this weekend, thanks to Tech running backs coach Shane Beamer and contributions from Tech message board readers.
In 2007, Chase complained of pain in his knees and in his neck. Tests in Charleston, S.C., where the Ringler's reside, initially revealed nothing, but doctors were at least able to rule out meningitis. Doctors were in the process of evaluating Chase for rheumatoid arthritis, before CT scans showed something more suspicious.
A cancerous tumor about half the size of a golf ball was discovered on his left adrenal gland. As devastating as the news was that Chase was dealing with stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer at the age of 3 1/2, the situation took on an even more grave tone when the cancer was found to have spread to his bone marrow and skull.
"I realized his whole life is changed," said Richard Ringler, Chase's father and a chemical engineer. "You don't get better from this and just go on with the rest of your life. Your whole life is going to be affected by this. Then, it starts to sink in that he could really die. That probably took a year before I really realized, 'He might not make it through this.' That was the scariest point."
Neuroblastoma is a rare malignant cancer in infants and children that develops from nerve tissue. In most cases, the disease is found to be high-risk, meaning it has spread to other parts of the body. Survival rate for high-risk patients is 30 percent, but it can be less for children diagnosed after the age of 2 1/2 years old, like Chase. For children that experience relapses, there is no cure.
Chase underwent immediate surgery to remove the tumor. He also had an affected kidney removed.
In the next 2 1/2 years, he underwent a constant stream of tests, scans and treatments that included 14 rounds of radiation, eight rounds of high dose chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant and six months of Accutane treatment. That's not to mention countless biopsies and scans.
As brutal as the treatments were for Chase, they also took an emotional toll on Whitney, Richard and Erica, Chase's now 11-year-old sister. During the 2 1/2 years of treatments, most of which were administered at the Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital in Charleston, Whitney estimated the family spent 300 of 365 days a year in the hospital.
"It was rare that we were even home," Whitney said. "When I'd say we'd have to go back to the hospital, I didn't want to go, but he'd say, 'Can we have the play room? Can we have the room with the blue walls?'
"He knew he was sick, but he wasn't thinking like that. It was kind of his 'normal.'"
Nothing was more painful for Whitney, Richard and Erica to watch than the 11 monoclonal antibody treatments Chase underwent.
The monoclonal antibody treatments, which involved medicine that attached itself to every nerve ending in Chase's body, took place at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. The Ringler family traveled 11 times to New York for one-week stays, with three weeks of breaks in between each round of treatments.
"I've never seen anything like it, and I hope to God I never see anything like it again," Whitney said. "It was the most intense treatment I've ever seen. Every kid in that place is just amazing."
Every morning before he'd have the treatments, Chase heard screaming outside the door of his room in the pediatric day hospital at Sloan-Kettering — the terrified wails of children as they received the treatment in a real-life house of horrors.
Waiting for his own treatments to begin, Chase processed the reactions of other children the only way he knew how.
"He'd call it 'trouble,'" Whitney said. "He'd say, 'It's time for trouble.'
"For a parent to watch it, it's just excruciating."
Whitney said Chase would show pained expressions when he had the treatments, and he broke out in hives all over his body, but he gritted his teeth through it all.
Chase had his last treatment in July 2009, and every scan since then has come back free of cancer. Though the treatments are over, the fight against neuroblastoma continues.
Adam White, a native of White Stone who is an alumnus of Christchurch School, met the Ringler family about five years ago at a hospital fundraising volunteer walk in Charleston.
Chase had just undergone his bone marrow transplant and was wearing a Virginia Tech cap, which immediately caught White's attention. White, 31, is a big Tech fan. His father is a 1960 Tech graduate, and his grandfather is a former assistant commandant in Tech's Corps of Cadets.
After becoming friends with the Ringler family, White got involved. He's now director of development for chaseafteracure.com, a non-profit group that has raised more than $300,000 for childhood cancer treatments, and raises awareness for neuroblastoma treatment.
"It makes a big difference to me to know I'm so connected to the family when I do the work," White said. "It's awesome."
White has been active for years on the HokieHaven.com and VTScoop.com message boards. He went to the message boards to share Chase's story. White said about two dozen Tech fans have responded by chipping in with donations, and by contributing to a weekend of surprise events in Blacksburg for Chase.
Chase only knew he was going to Saturday's game, not that he'd get to run through the weight room where he strained to bench press that 45-pound bar.
He didn't know he'd get a guided tour of the locker room, players' lounge and coach Frank Beamer's office from Shane Beamer, whom Tech fan Kyle Linegar reached out to via Twitter to see if he'd mind getting involved. Shane jumped at the opportunity.
"I really admire how strong Chase's parents are, and how strong Chase is," Shane said.
"He's full of life and he's strong and full of positive energy. It was awesome to see. I'm glad Kyle reached out to me. I probably got just as much out of it as they did."
Chase also got to watch Tech's final walk-through practice Friday afternoon in Lane Stadium, where he met quarterback Logan Thomas, his favorite current Tech player.
Of course, Thomas is no substitute for Chase's all-time favorite Hokie, David Wilson. So, one of the highlights of the day came for Chase when he was presented with a Tech mini-helmet signed by none other than Wilson himself.
Why is Wilson his favorite player?
"He does backflips," said Chase, who once saw a video online of Wilson turning nine consecutive backflips.
Chase also was given a personalized Tech jersey signed by several players and coaches, pants, gloves and several other pieces of memorabilia. He and his parents got to tailgate Saturday with Thomas' parents, before getting a prime viewing spot for the pregame team walk to the stadium.
Then, Chase and his parents got to watch the game from indoor club level seats in the south end zone of Lane Stadium — a particularly welcome gift given the fact temperatures dipped into the low 30s at game time.
"They set up quite an experience for us, and we're very, very thankful for that," Whitney said.
Chase always will have reminders of his struggle. In addition to living with one kidney, he has hearing aids, and he may not be able to have children of his own. His blonde hair fell out as a result of all the treatments, and it has been slow to return.
Otherwise, Chase is living the life of most normal 8-year-old boys. Despite all the treatments, he's on track academically as a third-grader in Charleston at Reeves Elementary School, where he's a straight-A student.
He's one of the fastest swimmers on his swim team. He's an accomplished soccer player, and for the first time Monday, he'll get to play for a flag football team.
He wants to play tackle football. Mom is a little reluctant, but if anything, Chase has shown he's tough enough for just about anything.
"He's amazing to me," Whitney said.


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MILI Introduces New Resource for Health Economy Data
The open source platform contains the latest data on today's most pressing health issues
The Medical Industry Leadership Institute (MILI) has launched a free, web-based resource for educators, policymakers, students, and professionals to gain a better understanding of the most pressing health care issues in the United States today. The Medical Industry Leadership Institute Open Education Hub offers primers, presentations, and raw data describing the core forces and trends in the current economy.
"Introducing this platform provides a critical component for health care leaders to study best practices," says MILI Director Stephen Parente. "At a time of dynamic change in the health economy, the demand for access to expert analysis and industry data has never been greater."
The platform also allows users to collaborate on creating and sharing content, then publish materials that users can later access. The Hub aims to generate and share knowledge around health care issues ranging from the government's role in health care to health and poverty. Anyone can create an account on the site.
The resource was developed by Dr. Christopher Conover of Duke University and the American Enterprise Institute in cooperation with the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Duke University, and the Carlson School.


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Friday, May 31, 2013
Kaye on the Debate over Familial Searching
David H. Kaye (Penn State Law) has posted Associational Privacy, the Presumption of Innocence, and 'Corruption of Blood' as Constitutional Metaphors in the Debate on 'Familial Searching' (American Criminal Law Review, November 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This essay analyzes three constitutional claims about the emerging practice of trawling DNA databases for "near misses" to crime-scene samples that might reflect the fact that the DNA came from a first-degree relative of the nearly matching (but excluded) individual. These claims are that this type of "outer-directed" trawling (which casts suspicion on individual outside the database) is an infringement of constitutionally protected familial privacy, an affront to the presumption of innocence, and an unconstitutional "corruption of blood." Upon inspection, the relevant constitutional provisions lend no more than metaphorical support to these objections to "familial searching."
May 31, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Antolak-Saper on Directed Verdicts in Australia
Natalia Antolak-Saper (Monash University - Faculty of Law) has posted The Role of Directed Verdicts in the Criminal Trial ((2012) 21 Journal of Judicial Administration 146-167) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In Australia, the right to a trial by jury is central to preserving the liberty of an accused against oppression and injustice. A right that is typically retained for serious criminal offences, it is accorded protection at a federal level through the Australian Constitution. Where the right to a trial by jury is exercised, the jury acts as the trier of fact, and the judge acts as the trier of law. However, in limited circumstances, a trial judge is permitted to direct the jury to return a particular verdict. Although such a direction undermines the clear demarcation of judge and jury, it is currently permissible under Australian law. This article discusses the purpose, regularity and practice of judicially directed verdicts in Australia. It primarily draws upon recent developments in the United Kingdom and Canada for the purpose of considering relevant policy arguments and reform options. It is suggested that judicially directed convictions should be abolished in Australia, whereas judicially directed acquittals should be appropriately reformed, in order to establish an appropriate framework for directed verdicts.
May 31, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Morrison on Negotiating Peremptory Challenges
Caren Myers Morrison (Georgia State University - College of Law) has posted Negotiating Peremptory Challenges (Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 2013, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Peremptory challenges enable litigants to remove otherwise qualified prospective jurors from the jury panel without any showing of cause, and accordingly are often exercised on the basis of race. In Batson v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court tried to remedy the most obvious abuses by requiring that strike proponents give a "race neutral" reason for the strike, and directing trial courts to assess the credibility of the explanation. But the Batson regime has proved spectacularly unsuccessful. It has not ended racial discrimination in jury selection, nor does it adequately safeguard the rights of the excluded jurors.
May 31, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Stern on Third-Party Doctrine
Simon Stern (University of Toronto - Faculty of Law) has posted The Third-Party Doctrine and the Third Person (New Criminal Law Review, Vol. 16, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
According to the Third-Party Doctrine, a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy in information that has been shared with others – including a bank, a phone company, or a credit card company. The doctrine got its start through an appeal to a locatable observer who corresponds, in literary terms, to a narrator with a limited perspective. This is the kind of perspective that courts have traditionally emphasized when explaining how to assess probable cause. The Third-Party Doctrine turns the limited perspective into an omniscient one. The doctrine takes apparently private conduct and classifies it as public, effectively treating the perspective of the "arresting officer" as if it could encompass large quantities of information, widely distributed in space and time.
May 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
"Thompson Sees No Need to Bar a Police Tactic"
From the New York Times:
The aggressive era of stop-and-frisk policing in New York City is, in every sense of the word, on trial: the subject of a high-stakes federal court case, scorching denunciations from civil rights leaders and emotional calls for its dismantlement by liberal lawmakers.
But in a stand that is surprising black leaders and worrying some allies, William C. Thompson Jr., the sole African-American candidate for mayor, is steadfastly unwilling to join the tear-it-down chorus.
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Mr. Thompson is now bucking the left wing of his party on three fronts: by pledging to keep stop-and-frisk operations as a crime-fighting tool; proposing an inspector general who operates within the Police Department, rather than outside of it ("I don't want to create additional bureaucracy," he said); and opposing a City Council bill that would open state courts to legal claims of racial profiling by the Police Department. (He said it would divert precious city finances to endless legal bills.)
May 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Implementation issues regarding to drug legalization
From Reuters, a look at some implemention issues related to legalization:
Governor John Hickenlooper on Tuesday signed into law measures to regulate the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado, including blood-level limits for motorists and setting up a voter referendum to impose a tax on the non-medical sale of cannabis.
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In Washington state, the Liquor Control Board is required to establish regulations for the state's recreational marijuana industry. Earlier this month the agency released a set of draft rules that said marijuana must be grown indoors and tested for contaminants and potency. Licenses to grow, process and sell the drug would each cost $1,000 per year on top of a $250 application fee under the proposed guidelines.
From TalkLeft, more on the Colorado law:
The "driving while stoned" bill: Instead of 5 nanograms being per se against the law, or even a rebuttable presumption, it's now just a "permissible inference" which can be challenged. Blood tests can be refused, although a refusal will result in revocation of driving privileges.
May 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Bibas on Focusing Prosecutors' Scarce Resources
Stephanos Bibas (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted Sacrificing Quality for Quantity: Better Focusing Prosecutors' Scarce Resources (Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, Vol. 106, Pg. 138, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This short essay responds to Adam Gershowitz's and Laura Killinger's article The State (Never) Rests: How Excessive Prosecutorial Caseloads Harm Criminal Defendants. The authors rightly argue that prosecutorial overwork harms justice in any number of ways: it delays cases, frustrates victims, makes it harder to spot and free innocent defendants, and impedes lowering punishments for sympathetic defendants. The root problem, however, is less about underfunding than about skewed priorities and metrics of success. Too often, prosecutors do not think strategically about using their discretion to proactively set priorities and focus on system-wide tradeoffs. Throwing money at the problem would only pour fuel on the fire, encouraging prosecutors to widen their nets in the inexhaustible sea of potential cases. A surer solution is to refocus on making the best use of limited money, to change from worshipping quantity to prizing quality. Prosecutors need to focus not just on what to do but also how to do it: fairly, respectfully, and effectively.
May 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Salo on Queer Criminology
Carvalho Salo (Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM)) has posted On the Possibilities of a Queer Criminology: Homophobia as the Object of Study in the Criminal Sciences -- A Perspective Based on the Brazilian Reality on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The purpose of this article is to approach queer theories and the critical perspectives of criminology in Brazil by analyzing both the conditions of possibility and the implications of a queer criminology. Homophobic violence is seen here as the object of study of a queer criminological perspective, whose ambition is the construction of a qualified perspective that is aware of diversity, concerned with human rights and, above all, non-discriminating towards the (positive and negative) political demands of social movements represented by gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals.
May 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Backhouse on a Feminist Remedy for Sexual Assault
Constance B. Backhouse (University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law (Common Law)) has posted A Feminist Remedy for Sexual Assault: A Quest for Answers (Sexual Assault Law, Practice, and Activism in a Post Jane Doe Era, pp. 725-739, Elizabeth Sheehy, ed., University of Ottawa Press, 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In this final chapter (chapter 28 of "Sexual Assault Law, Practice, and Activism in a Post Jane Doe Era"), Constance Backhouse returns to the very questions posed by Jane Doe's activism and the Garneau Sisters who followed her: what is a feminist response to sexual assault? As a historian, Constance looks back at harsh sentencing laws for convicted rapists, revealing how embedded they were and remain in racial fear of and hatred directed at Africans and African-Canadians. She argues that feminists should not support prisons and should continue to explore restorative justice options, advocating more, not less, delegation of self-governance to offenders, in contrast, perhaps, to the directions identified by Gillian Balfour and Janice Du Mont. Constance points to a 1974 Ontario decision that awarded compensation to the complainant as a criminal remedy as an example of how to ensure restitution for women. She urges us to divest from criminal law responses and instead invest in the creative possibilities for recognizing and reimagining the harm of rape that feminist artists and authors can offer.
May 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Clough on Child Pornography and the Age of Consent
Jonathan Clough (Monash University - Faculty of Law) has posted Lawful Acts, Unlawful Images: The Problematic Definition of 'Child' Pornography (38 (3) Monash University Law Review, (2012), pp. 213-245) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Recent decades have seen increased national and international efforts to prosecute child pornography offenses. This increasing criminalization has been given greater urgency by the advent of digital technology, which allows offenders to produce and distribute such material with relative ease and anonymity. The interconnected nature of the Internet means that this is a global problem, and many jurisdictions have moved to strengthen their laws to punish each link in the chain, from production and distribution to possession. Central to these offenses is the definition of 'child'. While internationally 'child' is generally defined as a person under the age of eighteen, the age of consent to sexual activity varies considerably between jurisdictions.
May 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
O'Hear on LWOP for Adults
Michael M. O'Hear (Marquette University - Law School) has posted Not Just Kid Stuff? Extending Graham and Miller to Adults (Missouri Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The United States Supreme Court has recently recognized new constitutional limitations on the use of life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences for juvenile offenders, but has not clearly indicated whether analogous limitations apply to the sentencing of adults. However, the Court's treatment of LWOP as a qualitatively different and intrinsically more troubling punishment than any other sentence of incarceration does provide a plausible basis for adults to challenge their LWOP sentences, particularly when they have been imposed for nonviolent offenses or on a mandatory basis. At the same time, the Court's Eighth Amendment reasoning suggests some reluctance to overturn sentencing practices that are in widespread use or otherwise seem to reflect deliberate, majoritarian decisionmaking. This Essay thus suggests a balancing test of sorts that may help to account for the Court's varied Eighth Amendment decisions in noncapital cases since 1991. The Essay concludes by considering how this balancing approach might apply to the mandatory LWOP sentence established by 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)(A) for repeat drug offenders.
May 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Johnston on Humane Punishment for the Seriously Disordered
E. Lea Johnston (University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law) has posted Humane Punishment for Seriously Disordered Offenders: Sentencing Departures and Judicial Control Over Conditions of Confinement on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
At sentencing, a judge may foresee that an individual with a major mental disorder will experience serious psychological or physical harm in prison. In light of this reality and offenders' other potential vulnerabilities, a number of jurisdictions currently allow judges to treat undue offender hardship as a mitigating factor at sentencing. In these jurisdictions, vulnerability to harm may militate toward an order of probation or a reduced term of confinement. Since these measures do not affect offenders' day-to-day experience in confinement, these expressions of mitigation fail to protect adequately those vulnerable offenders who must serve time in prison. This article argues that judges should possess the authority to tailor the conditions of vulnerable, disordered offenders' carceral sentences to ensure that sentences are humane, proportionate, and appropriate for serving the intended aims of punishment. To equalize, at least in part, conditions of confinement for this population, judges should consider ordering timely and periodic mental health evaluations by qualified professionals, disqualifying facilities with insufficient mental health or protective resources, specifying the facility or unit where an offender will serve or begin his sentence, and mandating certain treatment in prison. Allowing judges to exercise power over correctional conditions in this way will allow judges to fulfill better their institutional function of meting out appropriate, humane, and proportionate punishments, subject prison conditions to public scrutiny and debate, and help reform the image and reality of the criminal justice system for some of society's most vulnerable individuals.
May 29, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Commentary on yesterday's "innocence exception" case
At ScotusBlog, Jordan Steiker has a post titled Innocence exception survives, innocence claim does not.
At The Wrongful Convictions Blog, Mark Godsey has a post titled Why is Scalia So Angry About Protecting the Innocent?
May 29, 2013 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
"Judge in Trayvon Martin Case Puts Limits on Defense"
From the New York Times:
MIAMI — Lawyers for George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, will be barred from mentioning Mr. Martin's marijuana use, history of fights or high school suspension during opening statements in Mr. Zimmerman's trial, which begins June 10.
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Mark O'Mara, Mr. Zimmerman's lawyer, argued that Mr. Martin's drug use could have made him aggressive and paranoid, which the defense said might have prompted him to attack Mr. Zimmerman, 29, a neighborhood watch volunteer.
"All of that fits in squarely to what the defense is going to present: that George Zimmerman was put in the position that he had to act in self-defense," Mr. O'Mara said. "How could you keep us from arguing that?"
Judge Nelson replied, "The rules of evidence keep you from doing it."
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Smith on the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Chauncee D. Smith (Fordham University School of Law) has posted Deconstructing the Pipeline: Evaluating School-to-Prison Pipeline Equal Protection Cases Through a Structural Racism Framework on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This article posits that a wide range of U.S. education and criminal justice policies and practices -- such as zero tolerance regimes, academic sorting, and school district financing methods -- collectively result in students of color being disparately pushed out of school and into prison. Vast empirical and qualitative research indicates that this dynamic process, known as the "school-to-prison pipeline", wreaks havoc upon today's minority population. Both anti-pipeline legal scholarship and equal protection case law tend to examine school-to-prison pipeline problems through an isolated, or perhaps overly-restricted, lens which inhibits the development of a jurisprudence that allows the pipeline's systemic invidiousness to meaningfully redressed. This article attempts to advance normative viewpoints and legal doctrine by deconstructing the pipeline through a structural racism framework.
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"Online Service Is Accused in Laundering of $6 Billion"
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The operators of what the authorities described as one of the world's largest online money laundering organizations, a central hub for criminals trafficking in everything from stolen identities to child pornography, were charged in an indictment unsealed by federal prosecutors on Tuesday.
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The business operated with even more anonymity, law enforcement officials say, than Bitcoin, a payment network started in 2009 to offer a decentralized way to create and transfer electronic cash around the world. Bitcoin transactions are stored in a public ledger, making it possible to trace Bitcoin transactions even years after the fact.
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Once an account was established, a user could send or receive money to other users.
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Plaxton on the Challenge of the Bad Man
Michael Plaxton (University of Saskatchewan - College of Law) has posted The Challenge of the Bad Man (McGill Law Journal, Vol. 58, No. 2, 451) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
H.L.A. Hart's insight, that some people may be guided by an offence provision because they take it as authoritative and not merely to avoid sanctions, has had an enormous influence upon criminal law theory. Hart, however, did not claim that any person in any actual legal order in fact thinks like the "puzzled man", and there is lingering doubt as to the extent to which we should place him at the center of our analysis as we try to make sense of moral problems in the criminal law. Instead, we might find that our understanding of at least some issues in criminal law theory is advanced when we look through the eyes of Holmes' "bad man". This becomes clear when we consider the respective works by Hart and Douglas Husak on overcriminalization, James Chalmers and Fiona Leverick's recent discussion of fair labeling, and Meir Dan-Cohen's classic analysis of acoustic separation. These works also suggest, in different ways, that an emphasis on the bad man can expose the role of discretion in criminal justice systems, and the rule of law problems it generates.
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Today's criminal law/procedure cert grant
Issue summary is from ScotusBlog, which also links to papers:
- Rosemond v. United States: Whether the offense of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A) and 2, requires proof of (i) intentional facilitation or encouragement of the use of the firearm, as held by the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, or (ii) simple knowledge that the principal used a firearm during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime in which the defendant also participated, as held by the Sixth, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits.
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Opinion permitting actual innocence to excuse expiration of AEDPA's statute of limitations
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Opinion applying Martinez v. Ryan to system where "virtually impossible" to raise ineffectiveness claim on direct review
Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Trevino v. Thaler. Chief Justice Roberts filed a dissenting opinion in which Justice Alito joined, and Justice Scalia filed a dissenting opinion in which Justice Thomas joined.
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Ask anyone who drives our 2013 Dodge Dart long-term car and you'll usually hear that technology is one of its strong points. The reason is simple: Even in our affordable compact sedan, we're spoiled with an easy-to-use infotainment system that boasts navigation, Bluetooth, app integration and one of the best user interfaces around.
However, one of our staff members recently took the Dart home for a few days and had trouble playing music through his iPhone using Pandora. This may not be a big deal to some shoppers, but for drivers who enjoy Pandora -- and especially for those who subscribe to the music-streaming service -- it's a big problem. After all, many people use Pandora as their primary music source.
According to our staff member, the car's infotainment system would play Pandora for a few seconds before stopping entirely. Then it would play a song from iTunes instead. Even after repeated attempts, the car wouldn't play more than a few seconds from Pandora before switching back to the iPhone's music library. It's a problem we've never seen before. But a quick Google search reveals it's a problem other users are also reporting with Chrysler's otherwise excellent UConnect infotainment system.
It's a frustrating issue -- and we'll provide another update on the eventual fix, assuming we find one. It could be that all the car needs is a quick system restart, just like a broken computer or an office printer. Consider it a downside of all the technology we're so happy to have in our 2013 Dodge Dart.


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In a report titled When the Going Gets Tough, HSBC said that it favoured investment in wind farm developers over wind turbine manufacturers.
It forecast 35.3GW of new wind power during 2010, less than the 36.9GW installed during 2009.
HSBC's report, Becalmed? Is it All Over for the Global Wind Markets, forecasts 36.3GW to be installed during 2010.
The HSBC report said: "Weak electricity demand resulting from energy efficiency measures and recessionary forces have made national wind installation targets easier to achieve. This is bad news for wind turbine demand."
Barcap's report agreed, saying: "The current surplus in power generation, coupled with weak economic growth and uncertain or revised regulation, made for a tough operating environment in the global wind sector."
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One of my readers recently tipped me off about some 3D rendered drawings they found on one of the forums. A user by the name of Grid has come up with several 3D renderings of what he thinks the new STi should look like. And guess what? I agree with him. The car's stance is […]
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Beneath a hazy nearly full moon on a warm dry summer evening, a small crowd of the young and old, veterans with scars and babies holding flags, boys scouts and girl scouts, new and old, gathered for a salute to what America means.
If you weren't there, then you missed a special treat. Laurens County's own and highly talented Clay Young, entertained the audience with a concert of patriotic and spiritual songs.
And then, there were the fireworks which illuminate the darkness of the night into a glorious splendor, much as America does in its role as the light of the world. From the vantage point of the bowl, the fireworks appear to descend upon you from a far superior vantage point than anywhere around.
If you dream of the patriot's dream, then I invite all of you from the land of America the beautiful to fill the Shamrock Bowl every Independence Day evening for all the years to come.


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Our Final Accountability Will Be to Our Maker
By A. W. Tozer
So then every one of us shall give account of himself
to God. --Romans 14: 12
It was the belief in the accountability of man to his
Maker that made America great at one time. One of our
great leaders was Daniel Webster who confessed: "The
most solemn thought that has ever entered my mind is
my accountability to my Maker!"
Men are free to decide their own moral choices, but
they are also under the necessity to account to God for
those choices. That makes them both free and also
bound for they are bound to come to judgment and
give an account of the deeds done in the body.
You have probably heard the concept that every man
stands only before the bar of his own reason and of his
own conscience.
This is the infamous relativity of morals that is taught
in many of our universities and colleges. Our young
folks are taught that each man is a law unto himself and
that good is whatever brings social approval and that
evil is whatever brings social disapproval.
If that were true, there would be as many moral codes
as there are human beings, and each one of us would be
our own witness, prosecutor, judge, jury and jailer!
No, God is not going to make man accountable to
himself; neither is He going to make you and me
accountable to the law, finally; nor to human society, finally.
We are accountable to the ONE who gave us being.
We are accountable to the ONE out of whose heart we
were loved, and who laid HIS laws upon us. The idea
of man's accountability only to himself is so silly as
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A tactical action-adventure game, Enslaved centers on the complex relationship between the two main characters and challenges players to employ a mix of combat, strategy and environment traversal. With influences and contributions from top music and film industry talent, Enslaved combines beautifully rendered graphics and captivating music with seamless animation and engrossing gameplay.
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Players must make sure both Monkey and Trip work together as they skillfully navigate through the world and survive against the dangerous enemy obstacles that lie in wait. Monkey will deftly wield his trusty staff weapon to attack and defend against enemies, using a combination of melee attacks, blocks and counters. He will also be able to perform spectacular takedown moves, allowing him to rip an enemy apart piece by piece, take its weapon for his own use or destroy it in one final blow.
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