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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 4, by Edward Gibbon, [1788], at sacred-texts.com
A new spirit of legislation, respectable even in its error, arose in the empire with the religion of Constantine. 197 The laws of Moses were received as the divine original of justice, and the Christian princes adapted their penal statutes to the degrees of moral and religious turpitude. Adultery was first declared to be a capital offence: the frailty of the sexes was assimilated to poison or assassination, to sorcery or parricide; the same penalties were inflicted on the passive and active guilt of paederasty; and all criminals of free or servile condition were either drowned or beheaded, or cast alive into the avenging flames. The adulterers were spared by the common sympathy of mankind; but the lovers of their own sex were pursued by general and pious indignation: the impure manners of Greece still prevailed in the cities of Asia, and every vice was fomented by the celibacy of the monks and clergy. Justinian relaxed the punishment at least of female infidelity: the guilty spouse was only condemned to solitude and penance, and at the end of two years she might be recalled to the arms of a forgiving husband. But the same emperor declared himself the implacable enemy of unmanly lust, and the cruelty of his persecution can scarcely be excused by the purity of his motives. 198 In defiance of every principle of justice, he stretched to past as well as future offences the operations of his edicts, with the previous allowance of a short respite for confession and pardon. A painful death was inflicted by the amputation of the sinful instrument, or the insertion of sharp reeds into the pores and tubes of most exquisite sensibility; and Justinian defended the propriety of the execution, since the criminals would have lost their hands, had they been convicted of sacrilege. In this state of disgrace and agony, two bishops, Isaiah of Rhodes and Alexander of Diospolis, were dragged through the streets of Constantinople, while their brethren were admonished, by the voice of a crier, to observe this awful lesson, and not to pollute the sanctity of their character. Perhaps these prelates were innocent. A sentence of death and infamy was often founded on the slight and suspicious evidence of a child or a servant: the guilt of the green faction, of the rich, and of the enemies of Theodora, was presumed by the judges, and paederasty became the crime of those to whom no crime could be imputed. A French philosopher 199 has dared to remark that whatever is secret must be doubtful, and that our natural horror of vice may be abused as an engine of tyranny. But the favorable persuasion of the same writer, that a legislator may confide in the taste and reason of mankind, is impeached by the unwelcome discovery of the antiquity and extent of the disease. 200
The free citizens of Athens and Rome enjoyed, in all criminal cases, the invaluable privilege of being tried by their country. 201 1. The administration of justice is the most ancient office of a prince: it was exercised by the Roman kings, and abused by Tarquin; who alone, without law or council, pronounced his arbitrary judgments. The first consuls succeeded to this regal prerogative; but the sacred right of appeal soon abolished the jurisdiction of the magistrates, and all public causes were decided by the supreme tribunal of the people. But a wild democracy, superior to the forms, too often disdains the essential principles, of justice: the pride of despotism was envenomed by plebeian envy, and the heroes of Athens might sometimes applaud the happiness of the Persian, whose fate depended on the caprice of a single tyrant. Some salutary restraints, imposed by the people or their own passions, were at once the cause and effect of the gravity and temperance of the Romans. The right of accusation was confined to the magistrates. A vote of the thirty five tribes could inflict a fine; but the cognizance of all capital crimes was reserved by a fundamental law to the assembly of the centuries, in which the weight of influence and property was sure to preponderate. Repeated proclamations and adjournments were interposed, to allow time for prejudice and resentment to subside: the whole proceeding might be annulled by a seasonable omen, or the opposition of a tribune; and such popular trials were commonly less formidable to innocence than they were favorable to guilt. But this union of the judicial and legislative powers left it doubtful whether the accused party was pardoned or acquitted; and, in the defence of an illustrious client, the orators of Rome and Athens address their arguments to the policy and benevolence, as well as to the justice, of their sovereign. 2. The task of convening the citizens for the trial of each offender became more difficult, as the citizens and the offenders continually multiplied; and the ready expedient was adopted of delegating the jurisdiction of the people to the ordinary magistrates, or to extraordinary inquisitors. In the first ages these questions were rare and occasional. In the beginning of the seventh century of Rome they were made perpetual: four praetors were annually empowered to sit in judgment on the state offences of treason, extortion, peculation, and bribery; and Sylla added new praetors and new questions for those crimes which more directly injure the safety of individuals. By these inquisitors the trial was prepared and directed; but they could only pronounce the sentence of the majority of judges, who with some truth, and more prejudice, have been compared to the English juries. 202 To discharge this important, though burdensome office, an annual list of ancient and respectable citizens was formed by the praetor. After many constitutional struggles, they were chosen in equal numbers from the senate, the equestrian order, and the people; four hundred and fifty were appointed for single questions; and the various rolls or decuries of judges must have contained the names of some thousand Romans, who represented the judicial authority of the state. In each particular cause, a sufficient number was drawn from the urn; their integrity was guarded by an oath; the mode of ballot secured their independence; the suspicion of partiality was removed by the mutual challenges of the accuser and defendant; and the judges of Milo, by the retrenchment of fifteen on each side, were reduced to fifty-one voices or tablets, of acquittal, of condemnation, or of favorable doubt. 203 3. In his civil jurisdiction, the praetor of the city was truly a judge, and almost a legislator; but, as soon as he had prescribed the action of law, he often referred to a delegate the determination of the fact. With the increase of legal proceedings, the tribunal of the centumvirs, in which he presided, acquired more weight and reputation. But whether he acted alone, or with the advice of his council, the most absolute powers might be trusted to a magistrate who was annually chosen by the votes of the people. The rules and precautions of freedom have required some explanation; the order of despotism is simple and inanimate. Before the age of Justinian, or perhaps of Diocletian, the decuries of Roman judges had sunk to an empty title: the humble advice of the assessors might be accepted or despised; and in each tribunal the civil and criminal jurisdiction was administered by a single magistrate, who was raised and disgraced by the will of the emperor.
A Roman accused of any capital crime might prevent the sentence of the law by voluntary exile, or death. Till his guilt had been legally proved, his innocence was presumed, and his person was free: till the votes of the last century had been counted and declared, he might peaceably secede to any of the allied cities of Italy, or Greece, or Asia. 204 His fame and fortunes were preserved, at least to his children, by this civil death; and he might still be happy in every rational and sensual enjoyment, if a mind accustomed to the ambitious tumult of Rome could support the uniformity and silence of Rhodes or Athens. A bolder effort was required to escape from the tyranny of the Caesars; but this effort was rendered familiar by the maxims of the stoics, the example of the bravest Romans, and the legal encouragements of suicide. The bodies of condemned criminals were exposed to public ignominy, and their children, a more serious evil, were reduced to poverty by the confiscation of their fortunes. But, if the victims of Tiberius and Nero anticipated the decree of the prince or senate, their courage and despatch were recompensed by the applause of the public, the decent honors of burial, and the validity of their testaments. 205 The exquisite avarice and cruelty of Domitian appear to have deprived the unfortunate of this last consolation, and it was still denied even by the clemency of the Antonines. A voluntary death, which, in the case of a capital offence, intervened between the accusation and the sentence, was admitted as a confession of guilt, and the spoils of the deceased were seized by the inhuman claims of the treasury. 206 Yet the civilians have always respected the natural right of a citizen to dispose of his life; and the posthumous disgrace invented by Tarquin, 207 to check the despair of his subjects, was never revived or imitated by succeeding tyrants. The powers of this world have indeed lost their dominion over him who is resolved on death; and his arm can only be restrained by the religious apprehension of a future state. Suicides are enumerated by Virgil among the unfortunate, rather than the guilty; 208 and the poetical fables of the infernal shades could not seriously influence the faith or practice of mankind. But the precepts of the gospel, or the church, have at length imposed a pious servitude on the minds of Christians, and condemn them to expect, without a murmur, the last stroke of disease or the executioner.
The penal statutes form a very small proportion of the sixty-two books of the Code and Pandects; and in all judicial proceedings, the life or death of a citizen is determined with less caution or delay than the most ordinary question of covenant or inheritance. This singular distinction, though something may be allowed for the urgent necessity of defending the peace of society, is derived from the nature of criminal and civil jurisprudence. Our duties to the state are simple and uniform: the law by which he is condemned is inscribed not only on brass or marble, but on the conscience of the offender, and his guilt is commonly proved by the testimony of a single fact. But our relations to each other are various and infinite; our obligations are created, annulled, and modified, by injuries, benefits, and promises; and the interpretation of voluntary contracts and testaments, which are often dictated by fraud or ignorance, affords a long and laborious exercise to the sagacity of the judge. The business of life is multiplied by the extent of commerce and dominion, and the residence of the parties in the distant provinces of an empire is productive of doubt, delay, and inevitable appeals from the local to the supreme magistrate. Justinian, the Greek emperor of Constantinople and the East, was the legal successor of the Latin shepherd who had planted a colony on the banks of the Tyber. In a period of thirteen hundred years, the laws had reluctantly followed the changes of government and manners; and the laudable desire of conciliating ancient names with recent institutions destroyed the harmony, and swelled the magnitude, of the obscure and irregular system. The laws which excuse, on any occasions, the ignorance of their subjects, confess their own imperfections: the civil jurisprudence, as it was abridged by Justinian, still continued a mysterious science, and a profitable trade, and the innate perplexity of the study was involved in tenfold darkness by the private industry of the practitioners. The expense of the pursuit sometimes exceeded the value of the prize, and the fairest rights were abandoned by the poverty or prudence of the claimants. Such costly justice might tend to abate the spirit of litigation, but the unequal pressure serves only to increase the influence of the rich, and to aggravate the misery of the poor. By these dilatory and expensive proceedings, the wealthy pleader obtains a more certain advantage than he could hope from the accidental corruption of his judge. The experience of an abuse, from which our own age and country are not perfectly exempt, may sometimes provoke a generous indignation, and extort the hasty wish of exchanging our elaborate jurisprudence for the simple and summary decrees of a Turkish cadhi. Our calmer reflection will suggest, that such forms and delays are necessary to guard the person and property of the citizen; that the discretion of the judge is the first engine of tyranny; and that the laws of a free people should foresee and determine every question that may probably arise in the exercise of power and the transactions of industry. But the government of Justinian united the evils of liberty and servitude; and the Romans were oppressed at the same time by the multiplicity of their laws and the arbitrary will of their master.
197 See the laws of Constantine and his successors against adultery, sodomy &c., in the Theodosian, (l. ix. tit. vii. leg. 7, l. xi. tit. xxxvi leg. 1, 4) and Justinian Codes, (l. ix. tit. ix. leg. 30, 31.) These princes speak the language of passion as well as of justice, and fraudulently ascribe their own severity to the first Caesars.
198 Justinian, Novel. lxxvii. cxxxiv. cxli. Procopius in Anecdot. c. 11, 16, with the notes of Alemannus. Theophanes, p. 151. Cedrenus. p. 688. Zonaras, l. xiv. p. 64.
199 Montesquieu, Esprit des Loix, l. xii. c. 6. That eloquent philosopher conciliates the rights of liberty and of nature, which should never be placed in opposition to each other.
200 For the corruption of Palestine, 2000 years before the Christian aera, see the history and laws of Moses. Ancient Gaul is stigmatized by Diodorus Siculus, (tom. i. l. v. p. 356,) China by the Mahometar and Christian travellers, (Ancient Relations of India and China, p. 34 translated by Renaudot, and his bitter critic the Pere Premare, Lettres Edifiantes, tom. xix. p. 435,) and native America by the Spanish historians, (Garcilasso de la Vega, l. iii. c. 13, Rycaut's translation; and Dictionnaire de Bayle, tom. iii. p. 88.) I believe, and hope, that the negroes, in their own country, were exempt from this moral pestilence.
201 The important subject of the public questions and judgments at Rome, is explained with much learning, and in a classic style, by Charles Sigonius, (l. iii. de Judiciis, in Opp. tom. iii. p. 679 - 864;) and a good abridgment may be found in the Republique Romaine of Beaufort, (tom. ii. l. v. p. 1 - 121.) Those who wish for more abstruse law may study Noodt, (de Jurisdictione et Imperio Libri duo, tom. i. p. 93 - 134,) Heineccius, (ad Pandect. l. i. et ii. ad Institut. l. iv. tit. xvii Element. ad Antiquitat.) and Gravina (Opp. 230 - 251.)
202 The office, both at Rome and in England, must be considered as an occasional duty, and not a magistracy, or profession. But the obligation of a unanimous verdict is peculiar to our laws, which condemn the jurymen to undergo the torture from whence they have exempted the criminal.
203 We are indebted for this interesting fact to a fragment of Asconius Pedianus, who flourished under the reign of Tiberius. The loss of his Commentaries on the Orations of Cicero has deprived us of a valuable fund of historical and legal knowledge.
204 Polyb. l. vi. p. 643. The extension of the empire and city of Rome obliged the exile to seek a more distant place of retirement.
205 Qui de se statuebant, humabanta corpora, manebant testamenta; pretium festinandi. Tacit. Annal. vi. 25, with the Notes of Lipsius.
206 Julius Paulus, (Sentent. Recept. l. v. tit. xii. p. 476,) the Pandects, (xlviii. tit. xxi.,) the Code, (l. ix. tit. l.,) Bynkershoek, (tom. i. p. 59, Observat. J. C. R. iv. 4,) and Montesquieu, (Esprit des Loix, l. xxix. c. ix.,) define the civil limitations of the liberty and privileges of suicide. The criminal penalties are the production of a later and darker age.
207 Plin. Hist. Natur. xxxvi. 24. When he fatigued his subjects in building the Capitol, many of the laborers were provoked to despatch themselves: he nailed their dead bodies to crosses.
208 The sole resemblance of a violent and premature death has engaged Virgil (Aeneid, vi. 434 - 439) to confound suicides with infants, lovers, and persons unjustly condemned. Heyne, the best of his editors, is at a loss to deduce the idea, or ascertain the jurisprudence, of the Roman poet.


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by Tom Utescher
While the La Salle University men earned a spot among the NCAA Sweet 16 last weekend, the Division I women's basketball tournament, which started two days later, featured three players with area ties who all enjoyed opening-round victories.
On Saturday, Springside School graduate Katie Rutan ('09) and her University of Maryland squad topped Connecticut's Quinnipiac University, 72-52. Two Germantown Academy alums were in action the following day; senior Caroline Doty ('08) and the University of Connecticut erased the University of Idaho, 105-37, on UConn's home court, while out west junior Maggie Lucas ('10) led Penn State over California Polytechnic University, 85-55. All three play in the backcourt for their respective schools.
Rutan started her collegiate career at Xavier University, where she played for two years. Upon transferring to Maryland, she had to sit out the 2011-2012 season, but this year the shooting guard from Springside worked her way into a starting role for the Terrapins.
For the NCAA tournament, Maryland (25-7) drew a fourth-seed in the Bridgeport (Conn.) Region (one of four). Like Rutan, Maryland's star and the ACC Player of the Year is a junior from Pennsylvania – Alyssa Thomas of Harrisburg and Central Dauphin High School.
Maryland opened up against a local favorite, number 13 Quinnipiac, and the Terps actually trailed by as many as nine points in the first half.
As expected, they came back to win by double digits, with Thomas putting in 29 points and Rutan contributing eight points, four assists, and three steals.
UConn, the number one seed in the same region, flattened number 16 Idaho as all of the Huskies received plenty of playing time. Doty, who has a long history of serious knee injuries, has been a model of courage in the face of adversity. She missed one full season at GA and one at Connecticut due to those difficulties, and spent shorter spells on the DL, as well.
Coach Geno Auriemma, a Norristown native, started Doty in the NCAA opener on Sunday, and she recorded three points, five rebounds, and four assists as Connecticut (30-4) cruised into the second round.
Fellow GA grad Lucas was named Big Ten Conference Player of the Year this winter after leading the Lady Lions to the regular-season championship. PSU fell to Michigan State in the conference semifinals, and Purdue emerged as the champion.
Long in the shadow of better known women's hoops conferences such as the Big East, SEC and ACC, the Big Ten has grown into a good, deep league in recent years. In addition to the three teams mentioned, conference members, Iowa, Michigan, and Nebraska received NCAA tournament bids, and all six won their first-round games.
Seeded third in the Spokane Region, Penn State (26-5) flew cross-country to play its NCAA opener at Stanford University, while number 14 Cal Poly was able to ride a bus to the game. The Lady Lions quickly became acclimatized to the Left Coast, going up 38-28 in the first half and tacking 20 more points onto their lead after intermission.
Lucas was named Player of the Game after logging 19 points, four assists, and four steals.
The top athletes may make it look simple, but it's actually not that easy for Pennsylvania players to make some noise in the NCAA tourney. The starting field of 64 always includes some suspect teams who receive automatic bids by winning relatively weak conferences (witness Western Athletic Conference champ Idaho), but most of those disappear in the first round of play.
Of the 411 players on the 32 teams that won their openers last weekend, a total of 15 hail from Pennsylvania, and that figure is not atypical. Two of the 15 were redshirted this winter, and of the 13 active players, only four come from Southeastern Pa.; Doty, Lucas, Rutan, and Lucas' Penn State teammate Talia East, a junior out of Friends Central.
With former Cardinal O'Hara star Stephanie Holzer (red-shirt junior/Vanderbilt) still out with a knee injury suffered in a pre-season exhibition game, there are no representatives at all in the Round of 32 from District 1 or District 12 (the two Philadelphia-area groupings) of the Pa. Interscholastic Athletic Association.


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NASA release useful resources for IYA2009
10 August 2009
NASA is using two robotic probes to study the Moon, creating a detailed atlas and analysing our natural satellite. Known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing satellite (LCROSS), they are missions to interest and inspire the public.
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By VANESSA FRANKO
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People living with multiple sclerosis have to use injections to help control the disease. The method is the only anti-inflammatory treatment available.
But a new clinical trial, which is seeking participants, may help women with MS get rid of the needles.
Researchers hope an estrogen called estriol will help women with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. It marks the first large-scale trial of a sex hormone to treat the disease, according to the National MS Society.
"Pregnancy makes a variety of autoimmune diseases get better," said Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl, who is heading the study at UCLA.
One of the diseases it helps is multiple sclerosis, a disease that attacks the central nervous system. In MS, the myelin sheath around nerves which helps conduct electrical impulse is lost in multiple areas and replaced with scar tissue.
Relapsing-remitting MS is the most common form of the disease, according to the national society. It involves bouts of acute downslides in neurological function, followed by partial or full recovery periods in which the disease no longer progresses.
Voskuhl and a team at UCLA, as well as six other universities around the country, will start enrollment at the end of February for a two-year clinical trial of estriol with about 130 nonpregnant women with MS.
The disease affects two to three times more women than men, according to the National MS Society.
About four years ago, Voskuhl did a small-scale study of estriol with 12 women who had MS.
"We saw an improvement in cognitive functions," she said.
The study also saw an 80 percent reduction in inflamed regions in the brain.
Voskuhl hopes the new estriol study will yield positive results of protecting the nerves and reducing lapses, and not just act to help inflammations.
Estriol is taken in pill form, which would ultimately be cheaper than current treatments. Voskuhl said injection treatments can cost a patient anywhere from $12,000 to $20,000 each year.
Leon LeBuffe, president of the Southern California chapter of the National MS Society, said that the cost and needles are two of the biggest objections patients have to current treatment.
Throughout the study, women will take a daily shot of the anti-inflammatory drug Copaxone as well as an estriol pill or a placebo.
"Nobody gets less than the standard of care," Voskuhl said.
The estriol trial is one of the prominent research projects going on for multiple sclerosis, and has a price tag of $4.7 million, according to the Southern California Chapter of the National MS Society.
The chapter has promised to raise the money for the study and has already made a "rescue" pledge of $667,000 to start the trial, said Marni Deckter, communications director for the chapter.
"For us, it's a huge task to raise this much money," LeBuffe said.
Enrollment for the study is slated to begin in late February at UCLA, Wayne State University in Detroit, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Chicago, University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey and Ohio State University in Columbus.
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Cybercriminals will are turning their attention to mobile platforms, cloud computing, social media, critical and trust infrastructure and even big data, according to European Security Agency ENISA's annual and now rather depressing summary of security industry opinion.
ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) pulled together its trends using data collected from 120 security industry reports from 2011-2012, concluding that almost every serious form of threat is increasing and evolving.
The nugget of good news is that a few threats such as search engine poisoning and spam appear to have stabilised. The bad news is that this is the only good news.
During the period, drive-by downloads targeting browsers from compromised websites running exploit kits such as the infamous Black Hole were the top threat, an attack design that moved to target mobile users (read: Android users) during the last year.
In second place were a clutch of sophisticated of Trojans, distributed increasingly via social media and to a much smaller extent to mobile platforms, mainly Android.
Third on the list of usual suspects was code injection, specifically SQL injection and cross-site scripting designed to steal credentials such as logins.
Standing back, a lot of these individual threats can be bundled into one larger trend, that of malware-as-a service (MaaS), by no means a new phenomenon but one that gathered pace in 2012.
Beyond this top three lay a sea of DDoS attacks systems, rogue software, not to mention those old favourites, botnets and phishing websites; targeted attacks and security breaches remain an ever-present worry.
Oddly, the report reckons that the threat from ramsonware (software that demands payments from victims) is 'stable' which flies in the face of more recent evidence that this type of attack has exploded insignificance.
What might have caused ENISA to downplay that threat is that because its assessment is based on an historical analysis of security reports - few security vendors paid much attention to ransomware until later in the year - this and so this phenomenon has probably been under-reported.
ENISA's recommendations sounds like a bit of a cry in the dark, including that the industry needed to find a way of "Collect and develop better evidence about impact achieved by adversaries," that is share information on which attacks have worked and why.
But that is an impossible goal as long as organisations are not required to publish detailed analyses of real-world attacks let alone in many cases even mention that they have happened.
The Agency would also like to see organisations adopt a common terminology to describe and discuss threats; today's vocabulary remains expert-driven, fragmented and often confusing to outsiders.
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Geno Auriemma, UConn win 8th title in rout of Louisville
NEW ORLEANS -- When it was Breanna Stewart's turn to take a snip of the net after Connecticut won its eighth national title, she probably could have done it without a ladder. Given the impressive heights she's reached as a freshman, it's clear Connecticut's dynasty isn't in danger of ending anytime soon.
John Wooden's legendary run at UCLA, in which he won 10 national titles, has always seemed like one of those records that would stand for basketball eternity.
Then along came Geno Auriemma, who has never lost an NCAA championship game. The Huskies (35-4) won their eighth national title, tying Tennessee's record, by routing Louisville 93-60 on Tuesday. It was the most lopsided victory in a title game.
"To be there in that spot with her means a lot to me," Auriemma said about his long-time rival Pat Summitt, whose career was cut short after last season by early-onset Alzheimer's. Still, he said he didn't belong to be compared to anyone but Summitt, whom he called "the greatest women's basketball coach that's ever lived."
"I never beat Coach K in a game, never coached against John Wooden," he said.
LOPRESTI:Connecticut gets left behind with Big East's end
With Stewart on campus for three more years, there likely will be more hardware in UConn's immediate future. Stewart, the game's most outstanding player, was unstoppable, with 23 points and nine rebounds. "If we didn't have her, we wouldn't be here," UConn senior Kelly Faris said.
Stewart downplayed her achievement. "I appreciate it. It's nice," she said, adding that the national title, that little snippet of net, means much more. "That's the best thing," she said.
During the last stretch of the regular season, Stewart, the 2012 national high school player of the year, settled into a scoring slump she couldn't shake.
The 6-4 Stewart plays the game with lightness and ease. When her smile went away, Auriemma said, "I was really really worried about her."
RICK PITINO:Coach courtside to support Louisville women
In the Big East tournament, Stewart rediscovered her shot, her sense of self, and most importantly her smile. "She got it back and she got it back just in time and here we are," Auriemma said.
In the NCAA tournament, Stewart had one of the most impressive freshman runs in history. She averaged almost 21 points, six rebounds, while blocking 21 shots in five games. (She missed the first round game against Idaho with a calf injury.) With the national title, she accomplished something that neither Diana Taurasi or Maya Moore achieved as freshman.
Many believe Stewart, who's from Syracuse, N.Y., could be the greatest player in UConn history. Louisville probably wouldn't argue.
"She's a freak of nature. She's got a wingspan that's close to Brittney Griner's, I think," said Louisville's Sara Hammond, who led the Cardinals with 15 points. Baylor's Griner is 6-8.
Hammond said that because Stewart can hit jumpers from anywhere on the court, post you up, take you off the dribble and block your shot when you least expect it, she's an impossible match-up.
The needling that takes place between star and coach is an Auriemma staple. Over the years, and the eight national championships, the mock exasperation and sarcasm go back and forth with easy banter. Stewart became Auriemma's new foil.
In his postgame press conference, he began by effusively praising Faris. "She deserves this championship because she competes for a national championship every day in everything she does. I'm really, really happy for her," Auriemma said. Then he looked over at his freshman. "Stewy," he said. "Eh."
Despite the ribbing, which goes back and forth, Stewart's actions when she left the podium said it all. She hugged Auriemma tightly, then mussed his perfectly coiffed hair.
Given the rout, Griner, and many others, felt a Baylor-UConn final would have been a much better show. Baylor handed the Huskies one of their four losses this season. (Notre Dame beat UConn three times this season but lost to the Huskies in the national semifinals.)
During UConn's 19-0 run in the first half, Griner tweeted: "It's a wrap!! Show no mercy." Griner became a Huskies fan after the Cardinals bumped Baylor out of the tournament in a regional final.
"I'm not going to sit here and tell you that if Baylor had been in this game against us, we win by 30," Auriemma said. "Things had to break right a little bit for us. But that's just the way the tournament goes."
Not even Louisville men's coach Rick Pitino, who delivered a pregame pep talk, could lift the Cardinals. In January when these two teams last played, the Huskies (minus Stewart, who had an ankle injury) easily dispatched Louisville by 14 points. Since then, Stewart's dominance has made the Huskies even better. Their relentless defensive pressure wore the Cardinals down. They also beat Louisville at their own game, hitting 13 three-pointers. The Cardinals' storybook run was built on their long-range prowess.
Louisville's only other trip to the championship game, in 2009, ended with a loss to UConn. Louisville (29-9) has beaten UConn only once — in 1993, the first game of their 14 meetings. Eight of UConn's wins have been by 20 or more points, none more devastating than Tuesday night's.
As soon as the nets were cut down, the dance party began. As the Huskies headed off the court, they lofted Auriemma on their shoulders. But, somehow he ended up horizontal, as if he was crowd surfing. Despite the awkward exit, it didn't matter. With eight down, two more to go, history is in reach.


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SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room 02:00 PMTo receive testimony on S. 703, to provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other purposes; S. 997, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery; S. 1131, to authorize the exchange of certain Federal land within the State of Idaho, and for other purposes; S. 1170, to establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area; S. 1238, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to provide for the conduct of projects that protect forests, and other purposes; and H.R. 1101, to revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California.
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The SEC cannot win every case.
Just because the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brings an insider trading case, that does not mean it will win.
Last week, a federal court jury in New York City cleared Nelson J. Obus, manager of a hedge fund, and two other men, of insider trading allegations.
The jury of five men and five women reached their verdict in a civil case after about a day of deliberations and a trial that lasted two weeks.
The jury verdict also comes soon after SEC Chairman Mary Jo White made public statements that the commission will take more difficult cases to trial.
In considering the verdict, David Parker, a litigator and risk manager at Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, who counts a number of hedge funds among his clients, said the Obus case was different from many of the recent cases brought by the government.
"Many of the cases we've seen recently are cases where the government has fairly hard evidence, including a pattern of trades following an alleged tip," Parker told InsideCounel in an interview. "You didn't have that here."
The government claimed Obus received the information and some two weeks later he made the trades. In many other cases, trades are made in minutes, or even a single minute, after information is received.
Obus apparently spent millions of dollars and several years working to clear his name. He had the time and resources to do it, but that is not always the case with other defendants, sources said.
Defense attorneys who handle such insider trading cases likely will review how the Obus case was won by Joel Cohen and other members of the legal team. There was not a unique legal theory raised in the case, it was more Obus' attorneys being able to sway the jury.
Some attorneys are also cautioning not to read too much into the SEC defeat in the case. It was not a signal that the SEC cannot win a case, it was a tough case to prove, and the allegations were made several years before the case was brought to trial. The SEC sued the defendants in 2006, but the judge threw out the case in 2010, a ruling that was later overturned by an appeals court, according to InsideCounsel.
"Obviously, I'm gratified that the jury saw through the SEC's 12-year campaign of regulatory overreach and recognized that we have told the truth," Obus said in a statement quoted by The Wall Street Journal. "But this isn't only about me. This is about systematic regulatory overreach without accountability." The New York Times also quoted Obus, saying to SEC lawyers shortly after the verdict, "If you had been doing your job this never would have happened. I've had my whole life wrapped up in this."
Obus clearly wanted to prove his innocence no matter the cost involved.
"We need to assure the business community that regulators can't wrongly force small enterprises to settle, or falsely admit guilt," Obus said in a statement quoted by The Times.
Eugene I. Goldman, a former senior counsel in the SEC's Division of Enforcement, who is now a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, pointed out to The Journal, too, that during the trial Obus testified, denied the government's allegations, and "came with his own reasoning for the trading."
In a statement, John Nester, a spokesman for the SEC, said, "Although we are disappointed, we respect the jury's verdict."
The government alleged Obus received inside information that SunSource, which makes nuts and bolts, was to be acquired by Allied Capital Corp. Obus purchased stock in the company, and earned $1.3 million for his hedge fund when SunSource's shares jumped in price, the SEC said.
Two witnesses said in depositions that Obus had told them he was given information about SunSource. Paul Kisslinger, the SEC's lawyer, told jurors that Obus told SunSource's CEO that "a little birdie" at General Electric Capital Corp. had told him about the sale to a "financial buyer," Bloomberg News reported.
The SEC also sued the "little birdie" referred to in the case who authorities claimed was Brad Strickland, a former GE Capital underwriter. The SEC also sued Peter Black, a former analyst for Wynnefield. The SEC claims Strickland told the information to Black, who then told the information to Obus. The three defendants denied wrongdoing, and were each cleared by the jury last week.
Further reading: Obus on trial this week after SEC gets second chance at insider trading allegations SAC Capital settlement approved but will prosecutors next try to nab hedge fund founder Steven Cohen?
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Your high-veloce* flings through Alpine passes will be fully abetted by the grand turismo-influenced stiff structure, independent suspension and electrically-assisted steering. The S and LE Premium trim levels feature alloy wheels wearing the same sized tire as a Ferrari**. The driver confidently maintains control with the assistance of high-tech driver aids — stability control, traction control, ABS — the same type of technologies found in a Maserati Granturismo***. The shapely form was created with input from design studios in Turin****. It's even available in a polished-yet-seductive shade of la Repubblica's national racing color.
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Neil Young's Latest Proves a Natural Beauty
Neil Young – Dreamin' Man Live 1992
December 8, 2009
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Neil Young's recent roll-out of his "Archive Series" has been a treasure trove of recordings from the man's vault, featuring live and studio recordings that have either never seen the light of day at all or have never been released with such painstaking quality in mind. So far, fans have gotten the legendary performance from Massey Hall in 1971, a smoking set by Young and Crazy Horse from the Fillmore in 1970, some early recordings from 1968 and a mammoth boxed set spanning 1963-1972. But no release in the series thus far matches the quality and exuberance of the latest release in the project, the live acoustic, Dreamin' Man Live 1992.
Recorded on tour in 1992, Dreamin' Man captures Neil Young when he's perhaps at his finest: alone. The album's ten tracks (which mirror his 1992 studio release, Harvest Moon, in content but not running order) solely feature Young on each performance, using a guitar, harmonica or piano to accompany his stark-yet-alluring vocals. Gone are the lush, low-key colorations found on the album versions of the same songs, replaced by an intimate air that make already perfect songs that much more so. At the very least, it's proof that Neil Young doesn't need bells and whistles to make his music sound good – it can stand on its own just fine.
Dreamin' Man opens with its title track, a beautiful tune that is given a new luster in this minimalist approach. The song gives way to "Such a Woman," reduced to Young and his piano relating a simple message of love. Next up is "One of These Days," a track that was amazing in its studio form and comes off quite well in this setting as Young recalls his past with gentle strums and heartfelt lyrics. It's a poignant moment that stands out amongst the many others that surround it throughout the album's hour.
Dreamin' Man earns its accolades beginning with the next song, the absolutely magical "Harvest Moon." The original version of this song is one that feels as though it was recorded beneath the very feature it is titled after, with a light acoustic guitar accompanied by brushed percussion, a stand-up bass and lilting backing vocals. Here as before, it is just Young and his guitar/harmonica combo and the listener is still treated to a song that sounds as though it was recorded sitting in front of a barn as opposed to a theater full of people. The subtle harmonics that once blended into the background are now brought forward, giving Young's admittedly off-kilter vocal style that much more of a chance to shine through the mix.
"Harvest Moon" is quickly followed by "You and Me," a move that reverses their order from the original studio album. Here, the songs belong together, as the stripped down version of "Harvest Moon" merges quite will with the already bare bones "You and Me," another simple yet thoroughly moving song of love. They are a pair of songs that you never want to end, but luckily when they do Young has more than enough to stave off disappointment.
Dreamin' Man is rounded out by "War of Man," a haunting tale of the ongoing battle between man and the natural environment. On paper, that sounds as though it would be somewhat of a soapbox step-up for Young, but he manages to convey his point without getting too preachy. Instead, it's a powerful closing to a truly beautiful collection of recordings from one of the most endeared periods in Young's vast career. If the remainder of the "Archive Series" includes releases as undeniably strong as this, listeners will be in for one hell of a treat.
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The midweek action sees the Manchester clubs continue to tussle for the top spot under pressure from surprise high-fliers West Brom.
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The midweek Premier League action sees the Manchester clubs continue to tussle for the top spot under pressure from surprise high-fliers West Brom.
Chelsea will be keen to get back on track as Rafael Benitez looks for his first win as manager, while Tottenham and Liverpool will both be looking to climb the table when they collide in North London.
Manchester City will be out to reclaim top spot in the table when they travel to Wigan, live on Sky Sports 2HD, after fierce local rivals Manchester United leapfrogged them into pole position at the weekend.
Manchester United will look to keep their neighbours at bay when they play host to West Ham, having come from behind to see off lowly QPR on Saturday.
Benitez is seeking his first triumph as Chelsea manager after his debut game in charge ended in a goalless draw against Manchester City, and will be looking for three points to revive the Blues' fortunes when they entertain mid-table Fulham.
In-form West Brom travel to Swansea on the back of four consecutive wins which have lifted them into third place and could further increase the heat on the Manchester clubs with victory in South Wales.
Elsewhere, Everton have gone off the boil in recent weeks with just one win in their last seven games and will be looking to turn that around with a home result against Arsenal, who sit a point behind in sixth place ahead of the trip to Merseyside.
Tottenham ended a run of three straight defeats with victory over West Ham at the weekend and will hope to secure another White Hart Lane success when they host Liverpool, unbeaten in eight Premier League games but seeking their first road win since the end of September.
Newcastle's slump continued as they suffered a third straight defeat at Southampton on Saturday and Alan Pardew's men will be desperate to turn things around when they visit Stoke.
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- (noun) a song of praise or triumph.
- (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
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- जयगीत, जयध्वनि, जय गान, विजय का गीत, प्रशंसात्मक गीत
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- late 16th century: via Latin from Greek paian 'hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo' (invoked by the name Paian, originally the Homeric name for the physician of the gods).
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- The man's Twitter account is basically one long paean to the life of the T20 freelancer.
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There's no doubt that you can only get the best out of TaylorMade golf irons. After all, this company has been top-rated by numerous golfers, professional and amateurs alike. However, you may still have the dilemma of which particular irons you're going to purchase. As a beginner, though, you may want to start practicing with the more versatile clubs.
Of course, you're not going to purchase just a single iron. You want to have a number TaylorMade golf irons before you play the game. The conventional set of golf clubs may include 3-4 irons between 7- to 11-. You won't have to get the 7-, 8-, 9-, 10-, and 11-irons, though. As a beginner, three irons are enough for you to enjoy the game or be a bit more competitive with your friends or relatives.As the number of the iron increases, so as its loft.
The 2-, 3-, and 4-irons, or the long irons, are primarily used when you're going to make your shot from fairway to rough. These are also quite useful making your way out of the trees. Golfers would use these clubs if they wish to make their shot from 180-260 yards.
The TaylorMade Burner 2.0 3iron is a good club to start with if you belong among the high-handicappers. If you prefer steel shafts, this is a good option given that the shaft only weighs about 90 grams,which allows for faster swing speeds, which translates to better shot distances. This is one of the more forgiving TaylormMade golf irons, as most of those who've tested it claimed that shots had very little sidespins, so the ball would likely land in a position where you expect it to. The club features a white groove that you can easily see on the clubface's bottom part. This is excellent for ensuring proper alignment.
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(for the record, Mrs. Grumpy says that's the correct answer)
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Haaaaaaaaa! Such subjective questions to elicit an objective response. For starters, my Asian spouse says (and maybe thinks) my hair is as black as sin, but the hairs on my head actually are (or have been truly naturally) auburn, ash-blonde, brown, and brunette, with gray sprinkled highlights. In the sunshine and under 100 watts the lighter hues seem to appear. In less light, the hair appears darker, and after a very justified argument with said spouse, it could very well might appear pitch black.
I think my spouse's hair is all black of one particular follicular diameter, so no variation in 'darkness', but depending on how long since it's been washed, can have a blue-black or softer brownish black sheen.
Never know ahead of time whether in measuring a guy's vision whether the correct answer is really is as clear as it may seem. (Then, too, there's the possibility --greater in males, of color blindness.)
Sounds like something my grandfather would say.
Then again, he's 84, so he can pretty much say whatever he wants.
I almost cant wait till I'm old enough to get away with a remark like that...
That's funny! His GAF is better than mine! I think at that comment, you can end your consult! If a person's funny bone works, everything else must be in order.
LOL that's hilarious! Once this old lady told me to stop wearing so black eyeliner because it makes me look "easy". I wasn't wearing any makeup - only massive raccoon eyes caused by the fourth night shift.
lol. I just love reading you.
and that's why Mrs. Grumpy loves you......
I have yet another role model!
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Joss Whedon brings Shakespeare to Southern California
We already know Joss Whedon is good at everything.
He created some of the most beloved cult TV shows around like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel" and "Dollhouse." He also won over mainstream audiences with "The Avengers," a movie he wrote and directed that went on to become the third-highest-grossing film of all time.
Now the ambitious director is taking on Shakespeare. And, no surprise, he nails it.
"Much Ado About Nothing"
Rating: PG-13
When: Opens today
Where: Landmark La Jolla Village & Hillcrest
Running time: 1 hour, 47 minutes
In his stripped down, black-and-white version of "Much Ado About Nothing," Whedon takes away the period costumes, the lush Italian setting and even the feigned British accents.
Instead he puts the comedy about romance and rumors in a modern Southern California setting, complete with SoCal trappings like cars, cellphones and Sprinkles cupcakes. Don Pedro's officers, Benedick and Leonato, are assigned to sleep in a little girl's room, complete with toys and dolls.
Whedon also cast his friends — actors like
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The result is jarring at first. The juxtaposition of the classic language and fashionably disheveled actors feels unnatural, like you're watching a pretentious film student's final project. And when comparing it to Kenneth Branagh's 1993 version, which is so beautiful and so traditional, you almost start feeling sorry for this little movie.
But the original play, in its most simplistic form, is about a group of nobles hanging around a villa, having parties, flirting, manipulating each other and falling in love.
And, perhaps because the actors are familiar with one another, the movie eventually takes on a very comfortable and also very flirty tone. It doesn't feel like you're watching Shakespeare, but like you're spying on personal moments between friends.
Acker and Denisof stand out as the sassy eventual lovebirds Beatrice and Benedick. Denisof gets some of the biggest laughs, thanks to his over-the-top physical comedy. And
Of course, "Much Ado's" biggest star,
The drawback to all this modernity is that parts of the plot feel extra antiquated, like having a wedding just days after meeting someone, pretending to be dead and challenging people to duels.
But no one can blame Whedon for that.