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A very serious obstacle obstructing the exoneration of John Tighe is that courts do not like to admit they're wrong, even when evidence points clearly to miscarriage of justice.
The case of Chicagoan, Gary E. Dotson is pertinent to this point.
Dotson (born August 3, 1957) was the first person to be exonerated of a criminal conviction by DNA evidence.
In May 1979, he was found guilty and sentenced to 25 to 50 years' imprisonment for rape, and kidnapping. The conviction was upheld by the appellate court in 1981.
In 1985, the accusing witness, Cathy Crowell Webb, after joining a Baptist church, recanted her testimony, which had been the only evidence against Dotson.
She admitted she lied.
Dotson was not exonerated or pardoned but due to popular belief that he was a victim of a false rape accusation, he was paroled [and violated it and returned to prison], still considered guilty, until DNA evidence proved his innocence in 1988.
Dotson was subsequently cleared of his conviction.
But suppose there was no DNA?
The witness, Crowell Webb admitted she had consensual sex with her boyfriend and Dotson did not rape her. Regardless of her recantation, it took a special hearing by Illinois Governor James Thompson to release Dotson from prison.
Only the new science of DNA finally exonerated Gary Dotson.
The Dotson case also illustrates that when a person like Cathy Crowell Webb or Allison Mack fabricates evidence, it can result in serious injustices. Innocent people can be wrongly convicted of crimes that never happened.
Consiider what Allison falsely wrote about her father and her siblings abusing their children.
I am hoping and praying that John Tighe is exonerated and NXIVM and its leaders are ground into the dust.
But it is clear, it will not be easy. The present criminal justice system in America, often mistake the criminals with the upholders of the law. In some instances, it might better be called the Criminal's Justice System. This may be the case with john Tighe, where criminals put an innocent man in prison.


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Mio, which was one of the first companies to make a watch that could accurately measure your heart rate without an additional chest strap, has decided to downsize. They've taken the brains of the Mio Alpha, then they shrunk it and got rid of its face. What we've got left is a pulse reading wristband called the Mio Link. Good idea! Kind of.
Fitness trackers are a dime a dozen these days. Almost all of them count steps, estimate calories burned, and monitor your sleep. The better ones, have altimeters, so they know how much elevation your climbed during a day. Fitness trackers that monitor your heart, however, are rare. Full-sized watches, like the Mio Alpha and the Basis B1 Band do it, but there are no activity trackers available yet that can do it. Yesterday we got a look at Epson's Pulsense PS-100 band, which also track heart rates, though that's not yet available.
The only problem is that the Mio Link isn't an activity monitor. Not really, in this iteration at least. It won't tell you your steps or how active you've been during the day. It just reads your heart-rate while you're exercising. At first glance you might think it's a plain old chest-strap heart rate monitor, except you wear it on your wrist instead. But the Mio Link has a few tricks up its sleeve.
For starters, it can broadcast via ANT+ and Bluetooth 4.0 simultaneously. In other words, you could have it going to a bike computer and to your Android phone at the same time. (It works with iPhone 4S and above, and any phone running Android 4.3 or higher—which isn't too many just yet). It's also water resistant up to 30 meters, which you don't see on a lot of heart rate monitors.
There's also a pretty slick looking app called Mio GO. It will work in tandem with the Mio Link or the original Mio Alpha. Not only will it keep track of all your runs, but if you happen to be running on a treadmill or riding a stationary bike, Mio Go will play through a virtual tour of courses and trails from around the word. The harder your heart pumps, the faster you'll race through the course. It's not the first time we've seen trainers do this, but it's a really nice implementation.
The Mio Link will be available in March for $100. You might want to hold off on getting it until we see if the Epson Pulsense PS-100 is any good, as it sounds a bit more versatile (on paper, anyway). [Mio]


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André Souris (1899-1970) was a one-off, friend of Stravinsky and promoter of the young Boulez, a Belgian original known as the 'musician of the surrealists', latterly a specialist in lute tablatures, with lifelong open-mindedness and contempt for specialisation. In most of his music he makes use of popular, traditional and well-known art-music, retaining their expressive power although inserted into his own new language.
Following two sorties from London under the English Channel to Antwerp 2001 (Joint Venture) and Orpheus Prize 2002 we have come to appreciate the extent to which Belgium (and especially Flanders), although so close to England geographically, remains musically amongst the least known and understood of our neighbours.
I have received recordings of some music by several of their composers of special interest and uniqueness. These two CDs have given us enormous pleasure for their freshness and easy listening; they make you think whilst you smile.
New Grove covers André Souris' career from 'deliberate banality' modelled on Satie & Stravinsky through flirtation with serialism (L'autre voix). Souris pays homage to Satie with Tombeau de Socrate for unaccompanied trumpet, and his Inventions for Organ, played on a barrel organ, is a weird and wonderful collage of perforated pages from operettas, reassembled upside down and back to front, whatever, splendid anarchic surrealism, close to Max Ernst and Magritte. His Symphonies belong to the same world as Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments and the Choral, Marche et Galop for brass quartet to that of The Soldier's Tale. The vocal items include several sets of songs and Le Marchand d'Images, a 'rural cantata' founded on Walloon folksong, all given with apparently artless directness, actually a sophisticated artlessness that disguises art. There are many endearing compositions reflecting his classical interests through his personal voice, with expert instrumentation and orchestration. Those for brass ensemble and for wind quintet may be just the novelties which enterprising ensembles need to enliven their recital repertoires. There is also enough purely instrumental music that you should not be put off by the absence of translations of the vocal items.
The chosen selections and performances are exemplary as is the whole production; these recordings were clearly labours of love by all concerned. The lively presentations reflect Souris's ever-freshness, with lengthy, fascinating insert notes (in English and other languages) which are both serious and tongue-in-cheek.
His chamber music is played, we are told, by musicians who "all studied their instruments from the age of two, gave first recitals at five and have played in the major concert halls and famous festivals accompanied by the finest orchestras… ", and its cover picture is of spectacles with a single large central lens for a contemporary Polyphemus! That is the CD I recommend exploring first, for its greater variety and special flair.
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Massachusetts Motorcycle Permit Test Simulator 2023 | MA
What to expect on the actual MA RMV exam
- 25questions
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You've heard the horror stories. People have gone into the RMV to take the motorcycle test, only to fail it. They didn't fail because of a lack of brain power. The reason they failed is very simple. They didn't study.
Of course, you can spend your evenings studying and still not pass because you did not do it the right way. Don't just put your nose in a book. You need to take practice tests.
What Is the Practice Test?
This practice exam was designed to look just like the real test. The questions are lifted from the official Massachusetts Motorcycle Handbook and look similar to the questions you will get when you take the official test at the RMV.
Because this is still a practice test, are welcome to use hints as you go through the questions to get some help. Use the hints at first, but as you get close to your test day, stop using the hints. Answer the questions on your own to make sure you know the answers.
If you choose a wrong answer, the test will show you the correct answer. Write it down and study the topic more. It could come up on the official MA exam, and you want to make sure you get it right when you're at the RMV.
It's Almost Test Time
Test day will finally arrive. When that happens, you have a very important question to to think about. Are you ready to take the exam? If you are, go down to the RMV and take it. If you are not, go through the practice test a few more times. The extra bit of practice will help you get ready for the test day. It will likely be all that you need to pass the test.
Taking your motorcycle test doesn't have to be hard. You can make it so much easier by practicing first. Take this practice test and then collect your endorsement.
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text: The amount of personal information held by firms like Google and Facebook has made them ripe targets for data-hungry governments and intelligence agencies. But the bull's-eye on Yahoo's back may be losing its appeal.Government data requests served on Yahoo have been falling. The firm received about 18,000 requests for user data from governments worldwide during the first six months of 2014, the company revealed Thursday in its third report on such matters. The highest number of requests, which generally deal with criminal investigations, came from the U.S. at around 6,700.The requests may include content like emails, Flickr photos, Yahoo address book entries, even posts on Yahoo Answers. "Non-content data," meanwhile, includes information that is just as sensitive such as IP addresses, billing information, and the "to", "from" and date fields in email headers.That's a lot of requests for personally identifiable and sensitive information. But it's lower than the numbers in Yahoo's previous reports. During the second half of 2013, Yahoo received about 21,000 user-data requests from governments worldwide. The U.S. came in first with nearly 6,600 requests.And a year ago, there were nearly 40 percent more requests, at 29,000 total. Requests from U.S. governments were nearly double then at roughly 12,000.Yahoo says it evaluates its requests carefully to minimize the disclosure of data. But still it disclosed data in around 12,000 instances in the first half of this year -- well more than half the number of total requests. The company disclosed data for about 5,600 of the U.S. requests.The U.S. requests include national security letters and requests for content made under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for national security purposes. But Yahoo and other companies are currently not legally allowed to say more about them beyond providing vague ranges of 1,000.The falling number of requests could suggest that Yahoo is a less compelling company for governments to target in comparison to its peers, at least when it comes to "requests" and not surveillance or interception.Google just last week reported a 15 percent spike in total government data requests, at nearly 32,000.Facebook has not yet reported its data requests for the first half of this year, but its tally for the second half of 2013 was up slightly at around 28,000.Dropbox's government data requests are going up too.A falling rate of government data requests may also signal that intelligence agencies have other ways of pilfering people's data. Part of the cache of leaked documents from former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Ed Snowden indicated that U.K. intelligence agency GCHQ had surreptitiously captured webcam images of millions of Yahoo users.The decline of government data requests targeting Yahoo could be due to any number of issues, said Karsten Weide, an industry analyst at the research firm IDC.Or, "it could just be a fluke," he said.Yahoo's government data request figures do not include Tumblr, which Yahoo acquired last year. The number of Tumblr data requests at the moment is small: just 194 received in the first half of this year; 462 for all of last year.Zach Miners covers social networking, search and general technology news for IDG News Service. Follow Zach on Twitter at @zachminers. Zach's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com


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Psalm 52
David says that wicked tongues devise mischief and the wicked trust in riches—The Saints trust in the mercy of God forever.
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.
1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
2 Thy atongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and apluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall alaugh at him:
7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
8 But I am like a agreen olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.


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I have written in recent posts that oil limits are more complex than what many have imagined. They aren't just a lack of a liquid fuel; they are inability to compete in a global economy that is based on use of cheaper fuel (coal) and a lower standard of living. Oil prices that are too low for oil exporting nations are a problem, just as oil prices that are too high are a problem for oil importing nations.
Debt limits are also closely tied to oil supply limits. It is actually debt limits, such as those we seem to be reaching right now, that may bring the whole system to a screeching stop. (See my posts How Resource Limits Lead to Financial Collapse, How Oil Exporters Reach Financial Collapse, Peak Oil Demand is Already a Huge Problem, and Low Oil Prices Lead to Economic Peak Oil.)
We have many Main Street Media (MSM) paradigms that mischaracterize our current predicament. But we also have what I would call Green paradigms, that aren't really right either, because they don't recognize the true state of our predicament. What we need now is new set of paradigms. Let's look at a few common beliefs.
Inadequate Oil Supply Paradigm
As I stated above, indications that oil supply is a problem are confusing. MSM seems to believe, "If the US can be oil independent, our oil supply problems are solved." If a person believes the goofy models our economists have put together, this is perhaps true, but this is not true in the real world.
Without a huge, huge increase in US oil production (far more than is being proposed), being "oil independent" simply means that we are unable to compete in the world market for buying oil exports. US oil consumption ends up dropping, and we end up on the edge of recession, or actually in recession. Oil exports instead go to the countries that have lower manufacturing costs (that is, use oil more sparingly). See Figure 1 below. In fact, even some of the oil products that are created by US refineries end up going to users in other countries, because it is businesses in other countries that are making many of today's goods, and it is these businesses and the workers they hire who can afford to buy products like gasoline for their cars or diesel for their irrigation pumps.
The Green version of this paradigm seems to be, "If world oil supply is rising, everything is fine." This is related to the idea that our problem is "peak oil" production caused by geological depletion, and if we haven't hit peak oil production, everything is more or less OK. In fact, the limit we are reaching is an economic limit, that comes far before world oil supply begins to decline for geological reasons. See my post, Low Oil Prices Lead to Economic Peak Oil.
The real paradigm is, "Limited oil supply leads to financial collapse." This is true for both oil exporters and for oil importer. For oil importers, the problem occurs because they cannot import enough oil, and oil is needed for critical parts of the economy. The belief by economists that substitution will take place is not happening in the quantity and at the price level (very low) that it needs to happen at, to keep the economy expanding as it has in the past.
Limited oil supply first leads to high oil prices, as it did in the 2004 to 2008 period; then it leads to government financial distress, as governments try to deal with less employment and lower tax revenue. By the time oil prices start falling because of the poor condition of oil importers, we are well on our way down the slippery slope to financial collapse.
Growth Paradigm
The MSM version of this paradigm is, "Growth can be expected to continue forever." A corollary to this is, "The economy can be expected to return to robust growth, soon."
In a finite world, this paradigm is obviously untrue. At some point, we start reaching limits of various kinds, such as fresh water limits and the inability to extract an adequate supply of oil cheaply.
Economists base their models on the assumption that the economy only needs labor and capital; it doesn't need specific resources such as fresh water and energy of the proper type. Unfortunately, substitutability among resources is not very good, and price is all-important. In the real world, growth slows as resources become more expensive to extract.
The Green version of the growth paradigm seems to be, "We can have a steady state economy forever." Unfortunately, this is just as untrue as the "Growth can be expected to continue to forever." Even to maintain a steady state economy requires far more cheap-to-extract oil resources than the earth really has. (US shale oil resources, which are the new hope for oil growth, can only grow if oil prices are sufficiently high.)
We are very dependent on fossil fuels for making our food supply possible and for our ability to make metals in reasonable quantity. Fossil fuels are also necessary for making concrete and glass in reasonable quantities, and for making modern renewable energy, such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and PV panels. We cannot keep 7 billion people alive without fossil fuels. Perhaps the quantity of fossil fuels consumed can be temporarily reduced from current levels, but with continued population growth, any savings will be quickly offset by additional mouths to feed and by the desire of the poorest segment of the population to have the living standards of the richest.
Unfortunately, the correct version of the paradigm seems to be, "Overshoot and collapse is to be expected." This is what happens in nature, whenever any species discovers a way to way to increase its energy (food) supply. Yeast, when added to grape juice will multiply, until the yeast have consumed the available sugars and turned them to alcohol. They then die.
The same pattern has happened over and over with historical civilizations. They learned to use a new approach that allowed them to increase food supply (such as clearing land of trees and farming the land, or adding irrigation to an area), but eventually population caught up. Research shows that before collapse, they reached financial limits much as we are reaching now. The symptoms, both then and now, were increasingly great wage disparity between the rich and the working class, and governments that needed ever-higher taxes to fund their operations.
Eventually a Crisis period hit these historical civilizations, typically lasting 20 to 50 years. Workers rebelled against the higher taxes, and more government changes took place. Governments fought wars to get more resources, with many killed in battle. Epidemics became more of a problem, because of the weakened condition of workers who could no longer afford an adequate diet. Eventually the population was greatly reduced, sometimes to zero. A new civilization did not rise again for many years.
It seems to me that unfortunately overshoot and collapse is the model to expect. It is not a model anyone would like to have happen, so there is great opposition when the idea is suggested. Overshoot and collapse is very similar to the model described in the 1972 book Limits to Growth by Donella Meadows and others.
Role of Economics, Science, and Technology Paradigm
The MSM paradigm seems to be, "Economics and the businesses that make up the economy can solve all problems." Growth will continue. New technology will solve all problems. We don't need religion any more, because we now understand what makes people happy: More stuff! As long as the economy can give people more stuff, people will be satisfied and happy. Economics even can allow us to find "green" solutions that will solve environmental problems with win-win solutions (assuming you believe MSM).
The Green version of the paradigm seems to be, "Science and technology can solve all problems, and can properly alert us to future problems." Again, we don't need religion, because here we can put our faith in science to solve all of our problems.
I am not sure the Green version of the paradigm is any more accurate than the MSM media version. Science is not good at figuring out turning points. It is very easy to miss interactions that are outside the realm of science, and more in the realm of economics–for example, the fact high-priced oil is not an adequate substitute for cheap-to-extract oil, and it is the lack of cheap oil that is causing a major portion of today's problem.
It is also very easy to put together climate change models that are based on far too high assumptions of the amount of fossil fuels that will be burned in the future, because economic interactions are missed. If debt collapse brings down the economy, it will bring down all fossil fuels at once, meaning that the vast majority of what we think of as reserves today will stay in the ground forever. A debt collapse will also affect renewables, by cutting off production of new renewables, and by making maintenance of existing systems more difficult.
The real paradigm should be, "Neither science and technology, nor economics can solve the problems of humans. We have instincts similar to those of other species to reproduce in far greater numbers than needed for survival, and to utilize all resources available to us. This leads us toward overshoot and collapse scenarios, even though we have great knowledge."
Because of our propensity toward overshoot and collapse scenarios, humans have a real need for a "moral compass" to tell us what is right and wrong. If there is no longer enough food to go around, how do we decide which family members should get it? Is it OK to start a civil war, if there are not enough resources to go around? There is also a need to deal with our many personal disappointments, such as finding that the advanced degrees we worked so hard on will have little use in the future, and that life expectancies are much lower. Perhaps there is still a need for religion, even though many have abandoned the idea. The "story line" of religions may not sound exactly reasonable, but if a particular religion can provide reasonable guidance on how to handle today's problems, it may still be helpful.
Climate Change Paradigm
The MSM view of climate change seems to vary with the country. In the US, the view seems to be that it is not too important, and that it can be adapted to. Perhaps the models are not right. In Europe, there is more belief that the models are right, and that local cutbacks in fossil fuel consumption will reduce world CO2 production.
The Green view of climate change seems to be, "Of course climate change models are 100% right. We should rationally be able to solve the problem." There is only the minor detail that humans (like other species) have a basic instinct to use energy resources at their disposal to allow more of their offspring to live and to allow themselves personally to live longer.
Unfortunately, a more realistic view is that climate change may indeed be happening, and may indeed by caused by human actions, but (1) we are already on the edge of collapse. Moving collapse ahead by a few months will not solve the climate change problem, and (2) collapse itself is an even worse problem than climate change to deal with. By the time rising ocean levels become a problem, population is likely to be low enough that the remaining population can move to higher ground, and agriculture can move to where the climate is more hospitable.
Climate change may indeed cause population to drop even more than it would if our only problem were overshoot and collapse. But because the cause is related to human instincts (having more offspring than needed to replace oneself and the drive to use energy supplies that are available), changing the underlying behavior is extremely difficult.
Over the eons, the earth has been cycling from one climate state to another, with one species after another being the dominant species. Perhaps natural balances are such that the time has now come that humans' turn as the dominant species is over. The earth is now ready to cycle to a state where some other species is dominant, perhaps a type of plant that can use high carbon dioxide levels. If this is the case, this is another disappointment that we will need to deal with.
Nature of Our Problem Paradigm
The MSM's paradigm seems to be, "Our problem is getting the economy back to growth." Or, perhaps, "Our problem is preventing climate change."
In a way, the MSM paradigm of "Our problem is getting the economy back to growth," has some truth to it. We are slipping into financial collapse, and in a sense, getting the economy back to growth would be a solution to the problem.
The underlying problem, however, is that oil supply is getting more and more expensive to extract. This means that an increasing share of resources must be devoted to oil extraction, and to other necessary activities (such as desalinating water because we are reaching fresh water limits as well). As a result, the rest of the world's economy is getting squeezed back. See my post Our Investment Sinkhole Problem. Squeezing the world's economy creates great problems for all of the debt outstanding. The likely outcome is widespread debt defaults, and collapse of the world economy as we know it.
The Green paradigm seems to be, "We have a liquid fuel supply problem." If we can solve this with other liquid fuels, or with electricity, we will be fine. Many Greens also emphasize the climate change problem, so their big issue is finding electric solutions for the liquid fuel supply problems. There is also an emphasis on local food production, especially with respect to perishable foods.
Unfortunately, the real problem seems to be, "We are facing a financial collapse scenario that is likely to wreak havoc on all energy sources at once." Using less oil products may be helpful for a while, but in the long term, we are dealing with an issue of major system collapses. Using less of a particular product "works" as long as the supply chain for that product is still intact, including the existence of all of the factories needed to make the product, and the existence of trained workers to operate the factories. Banks also need to remain open. World trade needs to continue as well, if we are to keep our supply chains operating. The real danger is that supply chains for many essential services, including fresh water, sewage disposal, medicines, grain production, road repair, and electricity transmission repair will be interrupted. As a result, we will need to find local solutions for all of them.
The situation we are facing is not at all good. While we can do a little, it will be very challenging to build a new system that does not use fossil fuels. In the past, when the world did not use fossil fuels, the population was much lower than today–one billion or less.
Also, in the past, we started simple, and gradually added complexity to solve the problems that arose. This time around, we need to do the reverse. We already have very complex systems, that are too difficult to maintain for the long term. What we need instead is simpler systems that can be maintained with local materials. This is not a direction in which science and technology is used to working.
Creating new systems that require only local resources (and a few other resources, if transport can be arranged) will be a real challenge. Areas of the world that have never adopted modern technology would seem to have the bast chance of making such a change.
Importance of Tomorrow Paradigm
MSM seems to assume that we can save and plan for tomorrow. Greens have a similar view.
Perhaps, given the changes that are happening, we need to change our focus more toward to day, and less toward tomorrow. How can we make today the best day possible? What are the good things we can appreciate about today? Are there simple things we can enjoy today, like sunshine, and fresh air, and our children?
We have come to believe that we can and will fix all of the problems of tomorrow. Perhaps we can; but perhaps we cannot. Maybe we need to simply take each day as it comes, and solve that day's problems as best as we can. That may be all we can reasonably accomplish.


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Against the backdrop of your immersion in the rainbow colours of the Incan nation and the seven chakras, the 12 signs of the round of the zodiac and core elements of your astral make-up unfold on your upward journey, to stimulate you to discover the components of your soul and your life´s purpose. Images of the infinitely small to the infinitely large also mark the stages along with the four elements, Earth, Water, Air and Fire and representations of the animals of the Peruvian shaman´s three worlds, the snake, the puma, the hummingbird and the condor.
We have regular sessions of sound therapy available, called a "Sound Bath". We are currently establishing yoga sessions, massage and meditation by experienced instructors. Classes are available in various spiritual studies and techniques by Keith Magnay, hostel owner, who is a certified instructor in the spiritual arts that include theta healing, soul retrieval, the Kaballa and other studies and healing methods.
Tours are arranged to view ruins of the Sacred Valley as well as Machu Picchu and other locations. Horseback tours are available and can be arranged here for treks of the valley and in the mountains surrounding the Sacred Valley. The Hostel Coya Shangri La offers the chance to commune with like-minded individuals on a path of learning each individual´s place in the universe. In addition, we offer a unique combination of mountain views, adventure tours, proximity to Pisac markets and restaurants as well as inspiration and instruction in the spiritual arts, esoteric classes and activities.


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Well-Acted Breach Wears Religion on Its Sleeve
- Christian Hamaker Contributing Writer
- 2007 17 Feb
DVD Release Date: June 12, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: February 16, 2007
Rating: PG-13 (for violence, sexual content and language)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 110 min.
Director: Billy Ray
Actors: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert, Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce Davison
"Do you pray the rosary every day?" asks FBI Agent Robert Hanssen of his new assistant, Eric O'Neill. "You should."
In director Billy Ray's (Shattered Glass) Breach, faith and sexual deviancy are two ingredients that, along with simmering resentment, create a volatile cocktail. The true story of the fall of FBI spy Robert Hanssen (beautifully portrayed by Chris Cooper) shows how a man who tricked the U.S. government for decades was brought down by the very people he held in contempt, and how a young bureau employee who shared Hanssen's Catholic faith led to the man's undoing.
Ryan Phillippe stars as Eric O'Neill, plucked from a low-profile security position to assist FBI agent Hanssen in his role as head of "information assurance," where Hanssen guards classified documents. Trouble is, he's a sexual deviant who needs to be watched closely.
O'Neill soon finds out there's much more to the assignment. Hanssen isn't protecting the documents at all. Instead, he's the target of a years-long investigation to root out a mole within the FBI—someone who has provided America's enemies with top-secret data and who has been responsible for exposing the identities of undercover U.S. officials.
Hanssen's motivation for betraying America is never quite clear, which is part of what makes his story so interesting. He's frustrated by the lack of cooperation between different U.S. intelligence agencies—an eerie foreshadowing of what would underlie the events of September 11, 2001, a date that falls just months after Hanssen's arrest. He also despises the ineffectiveness of the agents who worked with him to root out the FBI mole, not realizing for years that Hanssen himself was the betrayer. And he resents the higher pay and respect bestowed upon other intelligence officials whom he considers his intellectual inferiors.
But Hanssen's conscience is unsettled, if not outright troubled, and how his sense of guilt feeds into his religious affinity is one of the film's unspoken but most intriguing questions. Does he seek God because he desires to have his conscience cleansed? Is he merely using religion as a cover—something to keep others from sensing his criminal behavior? Does he strive to match the ideals of his spoken faith, even as he continually falls far short of those ideals in practice? In sum, is his faith genuine? "It doesn't matter to me … the judgments of other men," he says at one point. "I know what I've done." (Hanssen and his wife subscribed to Opus Dei, but the film does not highlight any contrasts between Opus Dei and mainstream Catholicism.)
With O'Neill, the motivation is more transparent. His interest in religion is a means to an end—to earn Hanssen's trust so as to glean information that might be used to bring down Hanssen. O'Neill's faith is much less outwardly devout, but as his secretive job puts strains on his marriage, and as Hanssen insinuates himself into O'Neill's husband-wife relationship, the aspiring young agent latches on to their shared Catholic framework to distract Hanssen and keep him from discovering what O'Neill is truly up to.
Despite much discussion of Catholic practice and belief in Breach, faith is shown as little more than an outward set of behaviors—church attendance, crucifixes hanging on the wall, Virgin Mary figurines. Still, part of what makes Breach so watchable is the conflict within Hanssen, who appears genuinely concerned with O'Neill's spiritual life, but is perhaps more interested in using his knowledge to expose O'Neill's ulterior motives.
Less compelling are the digs at Kenneth Starr, and images of former Attorney General John Ashcroft and President George W. Bush, which are sometimes designed to elicit laughter. But these moments are brief and take little away from this strong, suspenseful drama.
Phillippe gives a very nice performance here with much more screen time than in last year's Flags of Our Fathers, where he had little chance to shine. Cooper continues a long string of excellent performances (Adaptation and October Sky are among the best), displaying the weariness of someone trying to outwit his countrymen, but tiring of the game. Laura Linney, outstanding in The Squid and the Whale and as a faith-challenged lawyer in The Exorcism of Emily Rose, has less to do here, but is nevertheless effective as O'Neill's superior.
Breach ultimately concludes that the reason behind Hanssen's betrayal is beside the point. "You are who you are," one character sums up. "The 'why' doesn't mean a thing." Although such a resolution might be perceived as a cop-out in other films, here it works well, leaving aside the mysteries of Hanssen's motivation (resentment and financial gain are alluded to, but never deemed decisive) in favor of a predominantly behavioral study of a slippery operative.
"The Lord is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands" (Psalm 9:16), and "A man's ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all his paths. The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast" (Proverbs 5:21-22). In light of those truths, a final image of the captured Hanssen and his last line of dialogue are haunting.
Breach is an example of a strong studio film powered by high-caliber acting, open to differing interpretations. It's a movie for older teens and adults to see and discuss—a cautionary tale about the perils of power and greed, and the deceitfulness of the human heart.
AUDIENCE: Older teens and up
- Language: Lord's name taken in vain; some profanity; negative references to Planned Parenthood, lesbianism, gay marriage, and the way women dress; anti-gay slur; a reference to rough sex and Hanssen's predilection for strippers.
- Sex/Nudity: A videotaped image of Hanssen making love to his wife; discussion of Internet pornography; a crude reference to masturbation; a husband and wife sit in bed and talk.
- Violence: The FBI is described as a "gun culture," and the agents engage in target practice; two point-blank shootings; a brief discussion over whether someone has "earned" the death penalty; image of a dead man lying in a pool of his own blood.
- Smoking/Drinking: Some drinking, although the characters state that alcohol consumption is forbidden by FBI agents.


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My name is Celine Perkins and my blog is A Few Loose Threads at http://www.perkinsdrygoods.com/blog. I am very happy to be included in this quilt along and I hope you like my block! Stop by my blog today and leave a comment - I'll be doing a giveaway too and it's a surprise!
I have loved to sew for as long as I can remember. My mom used to make all of my clothes when I was little, probably up until my wonderful teen years. She taught me to sew.
I started quilting in 1983. I took a class with a co-worker and was totally hooked after that. I started teaching quilting in 2000 and it seemed like a kind of natural progression to move into designing and writing patterns for quilts. Whenever I taught a class, I always re-wrote instructions, simplified things or added tips. Then I started designing things to teach. Perkins Dry Goods was born about 2 years later in 2002. I have published close to 40 patterns and self published 3 books. I love quilting and creating.
I'm married and have three children, two are away at college and one is a junior in high school. Zola the yellow lab and Rosie the Siamese kittiot round out my family. We live in suburban Minneapolis and right about this time of year, someplace warm and sunny sounds really good!
Happy Quilting!
Thanks Celine!
CLICK HERE for the instructions to Block Seven.
Here is the picture of Celine's block.
Well, any pictures posted in the flickr group by tonight will be entered into the first drawing. About 10 ish tonight (Mountain Time) I will post my Block SIX. All blocks BEFORE mine are those entered into the first drawing. It doesn't matter which block - just the one's posted before mine. If you post your block AFTER mine, then it will be entered into the next drawing. I will post the winners tomorrow.
What's up for grabs this time?
Toby has donated THREE of her Perfect Piecing Seam Guide as our prize tomorrow! Thanks Celine!


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A vast majority of the technology industry's leaders and innovators are coming together in Las Vegas this November. Through a series of six different conferences, all covering different technological specialties, the industry's brightest minds will connect and discuss the most advanced technology. These companies will be working together in an effort to discover new market opportunities and pave the way for future technological advancement.
During these conferences, several very important technical topics will be dissected. The topics of interest include cloud-based control of devices, interoperability, cyber security, advancements in wireless connectivity and low power design, and the development of the advanced technology for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) applications. Grid Connect was recognized as leading and emerging IoT player, and will be considered one of the technical experts at the Internet of Things West conference.
For more information: http://www.remotemagazine.com/main/news/technology-leaders-converge-for-six-events-in-las-vegas-this-november/


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SSR 78-22c: SECTION 223(c) (42 U.S.C 423(c)) DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS -- INSURED STATUS -- CONSTITUTIONALITY
SSR 78-22c
TOWNSLEY v. WEINBERGER, (1976-77 Transfer Binder) Unempl. Ins Rep.¶ 14866 (N.D.Ca., 6/4/76)
- The claimant came to the U.S. from England and became unable to work after 4 years of employment here. Her application for Disability Insurance Benefits was denied by the Social Security Administration since the claimant failed to meet the insured status requirements. She contended the requirement discriminated unfairly against immigrants who became disabled after only a short time in this country. The U.S. Supreme Court in Flemming v. Nestor, 363 U.S. 603 (1960) (see SSR 60-1, CB 1960-1961, p. 87) determined that a Social Security statute may be unconstitutional if the statute imposes a patently arbitrary classification utterly lacking in rational jurisdiction. In enacting the disability insured to prevent the dissipation of the Social Security Trust Fund by those groups who have made limited contributions to the fund . . . "Held, the insured status provisions "do not involve a patently arbitrary classification utterly lacking in rational jurisdiction within the meaning of Flemming v. Nestor, supra," and are not unconstitutional.
SWEIGERT, District Judge:
This is an action brought in pro per for review of the final determination of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, that plaintiff is not entitled to disability benefits, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) of the Social Security Act. Plaintiff alleges that defendant's decision denying eligibility for disability benefits, is based on unconstitutional statutes and regulations and is not supported by the evidence; she seeks reversal or modification of the Secretary's decision so as to grant plaintiff such benefits.
The case is now before the court on plaintiff's and defendant's motions for summary judgement based on the administrative record on file herein.[1]
In an action of this kind, the court's jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) is limited to determining whether or not the Secretary of HEW's findings are supported by substantial evidence and are in accord with applicable law.
Plaintiff's evidentiary showing is to the effect that she arrived in this country from England in July, 1949, that she worked as a registered nurse from the time of her arrival virtually continuously at various hospitals until she was totally disabled by hypertension at age 29 in December, 1953; that she has been unable to engage in any gainful employment since the onset of her claimed disability.
Plaintiff first contends that the social security regulations concerning insured status for disability benefits are unconstitutional in that they discriminate unfairly against immigrants who are disabled shortly after their arrival in this country.
These regulations require that applicants have had earnings in covered employment of more than $50 in 20 of the 40 quarters preceding the onset of disability, or alternatively, if the applicant became disabled before age 31, that she have had earnings of $50 or more in covered employment in at least one-half of the quarters between the quarter following her 21st birthday and the quarter in which her disability began in order to have insured status and be eligible for disability benefits.
Plaintiff contends that in her case it would have been impossible for her to have met these requirements because she had not been in the country for the minimum number of quarters at the time she became disabled.
The test for determining the constitutionality of social security statutes and regulations has been set forth by the Supreme Court in Flemming v. Nestor, 363 U.S. 603 (1960), as follows:
- Particularly when we deal with a withholding of a noncontractual benefit under a social welfare program such as this, we must recognize that the Due Process Clause can be thought to interpose a bar only i the statute imposes a patently arbitrary classification, utterly lacking in rational justification.
The rationale for the statutes and regulations in question has been stated in Lerner v. Richardson, 393 F.Supp. 1387 (E.D.Pa. 1975) as follows:
- Congress has found it necessary to build into the Social Security System a formula designed to prevent the dissipation of the Social Security Fund by those groups who have made limited contributions to the fund and to protect those individuals who have been in covered employment for a considerable portion of their lives.
We conclude that the statutes and regulations in question do not involve a patently arbitrary classification utterly lacking in rational justification within the meaning of Flemming v. Nestor, supra, and that they are not unconstitutional.
Since the statutes and regulation are valid, the only remaining question i whether defendant's findings that plaintiff had earnings of $50 or more in covered employment in only nine quarters is supported by substantial evidence.
Plaintiff contends that the records of the Social Security Administration, showing that she had only nine quarters of covered employment prior to onset, are incorrect and that she should be credited with the 17 quarters that would make her eligible under the alternative method of computation set forth in the regulations.
20 C.F.R. 404.804 provides in part that "The absence of an entry as to an individual's earning with respect to any period shall be evidence that the individual with respect to any period had no earnings in such period;" 20 C.F.R. 404.804(a) provides that, after expiration of a time limitation of three years, three months, and 15 days after the close of a calendar year, during which an individual may request revision of her earnings record, "the Administration's records . . . of the amount of earnings of an individual during any period in such year shall be conclusive." 20 C.F.R. 404.804(b) provides that "The absence of an entry in the Administrations's records as to the wages alleged to have been paid by an employer shall be presumptive evidence that no such wages were paid to such individual in such period."
These are reasonable regulations and, since there is no evidentiary showing that the records are incorrect,they are accepted as correct and as supported by substantial evidence.
There being no genuine dispute as to any material issue of fact, defendant's motion for summary judgment should be, and hereby is, granted, and the decision of the Secretary affirmed.
[1] Although both Parties have moved for summary judgment, so much motion is required under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), which states, in part, that "The court shall have the power to enter, upon the pleadings and transcript of record, a judgment affirming, modifying or reversing the decision of the Secretary, with or without remanding the cause for a rehearing.


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Meet Zoey & Nate in this sexy, emotional stand - alone!
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You don't know when…
You don't get to choose if…
When it's time to join…you'll know.
You might think you want to be a member—but trust me this is one club you don't want to join. It's not a place where people go to live out their deepest, darkest sexual desires—there are no handcuffs or blindfolds.
The 27 Club only admits those who die young and tragically. My brother was recently bestowed membership and joined many of our ancestors before him. I know I'm next. This is my destiny, and I was ready to yield.
But then I met Nate. He awakened a sensuality in me that had never been explored, never satisfied. I knew then I could no longer accept my destiny. Nate's presence controls me. I'm overwhelmed by his touch, his words; my every thought is consumed by desire. I believe he was brought into my life for a reason.
Nate doesn't believe in destiny.
But I do.
And if there's a way to cheat it—I must.
View a book trailer here: https://vimeo.com/109601829
My jaw practically hits the table.
The chocolate crêpe!
I can't believe it.
Harnessing all of my willpower, I fight the sudden inclination I have to leap around the table and jump onto his lap. I always tell people I prefer dessert before a meal, but never has anyone taken me seriously.
Tension coils deep in my belly. Lust flows through my veins running faster and faster with each passing second. I look over at him and as soon as I see his face, I can feel myself coming unhinged. Urges I can't deny surface. The need to know the taste of his lips, to feel his hard body,
to be able to lick the chocolate he just ordered off his chest, and to slide my tongue down his stomach so I can taste him.
Looking thoughtful, his return gaze slowly changes to one of concern. "Have you stopped planning for your future because you don't think you have one?" he asks softly.
Remnants of our conversation must have been lingering in his mind. Slamming my eyes shut, all of the erotic images I had conjured up immediately disappear as I fight to breathe.
Suddenly the air becomes thick in my lungs and I can't get it out. I take deep calming breaths. As the haze around me dissipates and I fight off the panic attack, I hear a fumbling in front of me. I force myself to lift my lids. Nate is attempting to open my clutch. "What are you doing?"
"Trying to get you your inhaler." Panic seems to drown out the deep green of his eyes.
I push to my feet and give him a disbelieving look. "I'm not having an asthma attack."
"You're not?" He sounds uncertain.
Shaking my head, I set my napkin on the table. "Excuse me, I have to use the ladies room." I walk inside the restaurant, realizing I have no idea where I'm going. Looking around, I find the bathrooms immediately.
Just as I pull the door open, a hand covers mine. "You're upset."
I drop my head. "No, I'm fine."
Fierceness grips his voice. "You're lying."
Summoning all of my willpower, I raise my eyes.
Nate lifts my chin. "You didn't let me finish. I'm trying to understand you. I want to know why, if you believe in destiny, you'd change your path. Why wouldn't you do what you had always planned on doing? Why change your course? Personally, I think destiny is bullshit. I also think not pursuing your dream is bullshit too."
Caged by his body, his scent, his presence, I look up into his burning eyes and I can see compassion there. I believe he wants what's best for me. If I think I know him through my brother, he thinks he knows me through my brother as well. And Zach wanted me to continue my education. His dream was that someday I'd be Dr. Zoey Flowers. Nate knows this.
"Zoey?" Nate's voice is questioning. Low. Maybe even slightly fearful.
"Nate"—I press my finger to his lips—"I think I need to tell you something about myself."
"What?" he asks.
In all our e-mails after my brother's death, I never mentioned the real reason for my delay in coming to Miami. I keep my eyes open even though I want to close them. "I had a breakdown shortly after Zach died. I took a leave from my job. I couldn't get out of bed. I couldn't plan one day, let alone the next. And somewhere during that time, I let any plans I had for the future fall to the wayside. I don't know what I want anymore."
Shock appears on his face. "Why didn't you tell me in any of our e-mails?"
The truth is hard to admit. "I actually looked forward to your weekly e-mails. But I did lie to you. It wasn't work that kept me from coming to get my brother's things. It was me and my inability to cope."
Nate stares down at me.
My entire focus is on him. "Don't think I'm crazy. I'm not. Really, I'm not."
His gaze continues to pin me in a way that makes me think he understands me.
It holds me in place. Keeps me calm.
"Zoey, God, I don't think that at all," he breathes. "I can understand how that would happen.
With everything coming at you at once, and the shock of Z's death, coupled with the revelations about your family, it was just too much. I get it."
I just stare at his lips, longing to kiss him. My body is filled with so many wants and needs, and all these new urges I've never felt before.
And all I want is just for him to set me free.
Overall Rating: 4.5 Rockin' ★★★★☆
What if you knew you were going to die? What would you do? In Zoey's family they have a "Club" for family members that are cursed! Her grandfather died at 27. Her mother died at 27, her brother died at 27 and now she is 27. Will she be the next to die young and join the 27 Club? Is this Zoey's destiny, her legacy that cannot avoid it.
When Zoey goes to pack up her brothers' home and go through his things, she is met with a big surprise. Nate, her brother's best friend is living in her brother's house. Or is he? She only recognized him because of pictures Zack had sent her of the two of them together. Had her brother lied to her and if so why? The attraction between Zoey and Nate is explosive and confusing. She had accepted her fate, but Nate calls to a side of her that she had never explored. He makes her want to fight destiny! Can she cheat the "27 Club" or will she loose and become a member?
This is a remarkable book that is like a fine wine, it needs to be savored. Each page enthralls and entices the reader to continue, to find out more about Zoey and Nate's fate and if it will allow them to beat the "27 Club!
Hero: Nathaniel 'Nate' Hanson 4.5 stars
Heroine: Zoey Flowers 4.5 stars
Steam: 4.5 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars
Cliffhanger: No
Would I recommend this book: Yes! This book will make you laugh and cry at the same time! It has steamy erotic sex and a love story that will touch your heart as you search for a HEA rainbow with our main characters.
Would I recommend this author: Yes! Ms. Karr's characters are well developed and her stories focus living life to the fullest. Her books are filled with anguish, laughter, love, hot sex and the need for more.
***Received an ARC of this book from the Author in exchange for an honest review***
About the Author:
I live in Florida with my husband and four kids. I've always had a love for reading books and writing. Being an English major in college, I wanted to teach at the college level but that was not to be. I went on to receive an MBA and became a project manager until quitting to raise my family. I currently work part-time with my husband and full-time embracing one of my biggest passions—writing.
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A $1 million scholarship endowment to benefit Penn State Berks students has been made possible by a recent gift from the John E. Morgan Foundation. The gift will create The John E. Morgan Foundation Trustee Scholarship, which will help qualified students with financial need to attend Penn State Berks.
The Morgan Foundation made a $1 million gift to The Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which then directed the funds to Penn State Berks. It was the largest single gift that the Berks campus received during Penn State?s seven-year fundraising effort, For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students, which ended June 30, 2014.
?The Morgan Foundation's generosity in creating a Trustee Scholarship at Penn State Berks will enable generations of students to earn a Penn State degree,? said Penn State Berks Chancellor R. Keith Hillkirk. ?The Penn State Berks community is deeply grateful.?
Consideration for John E. Morgan Trustee Scholarships will be given to Penn State Berks undergraduates who have financial need, with first preference going to students who are graduates of high schools in Luzerne, Schuylkill, Lehigh and Carbon counties. Though the size and number of awards will vary with need, as many as 60 students could benefit during a given year once the endowment is fully funded.
?We are deeply committed to helping the communities in eastern Pennsylvania to thrive,? said Jim Zigmant, president of the Morgan Foundation. ?Higher education is crucial in making that possible, and Penn State Berks offers a wealth of opportunities for the people of our region to better themselves through education. We are thrilled that our philanthropy will ultimately ease the financial burden for students at the Berks campus.?
John E. Morgan, who died in 2001 at age 89, earned prominence in the textile industry with his late-1950s invention of the waffle stitch, used in the manufacture of long underwear and blankets. He sold the J.E. Morgan Knitting Mills in 1984 and retired to a second career as a philanthropist, with Penn State Schuylkill, Penn State Hazleton, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics among the beneficiaries.
The Tamaqua-based John E. Morgan Foundation carries on his philanthropic work. In recent years, the foundation has made major gifts to Penn State Children?s Hospital Building Campaign and established Trustee Scholarship endowments at Penn State Schuylkill and Penn State Hazleton. This recent scholarship endowment is a partnership with The Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund, which was created to secure gifts and make grants to benefit Penn State.
The gift also helped Penn State Berks to exceed its $11 million goal in the For the Future campaign. The campus recently announced it had raised $12.3 million. The University previously announced it had exceeded its $2 billion goal by raising a total of $2.188 billion in this campaign, the most successful fundraising effort in Penn State?s history.


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National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice announced the appointment of Mary K. Sturtevant as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs, National Security Council staff, effective July 9, 2001.
Ms. Sturtevant comes to the NSC from the Central Intelligence Agency, where she served in senior positions in the Directorate of Operations, the Directorate of Science and Technology, and as Agency Comptroller. In recent years, Ms. Sturtevant played a key role in the development of CIA's information operations program. Ms. Sturtevant also served as a senior staff member on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, where she provided oversight of tactical military and national foreign intelligence and counterintelligence programs. Earlier in her career, Ms. Sturtevant worked as an analyst with CIA's Directorate of Intelligence and at the BDM Corporation on technology transfer and arms control issues.
A native of California, Ms. Sturtevant has a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara in History and Russian Area Studies and an M.A. in Soviet Studies and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies. Ms. Sturtevant and her husband, Alan V. Asay, live in Virginia with their son and daughter.
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No doubt to the frustration of my fellow organizers, I'm still thinking through the format and agenda for the New Business Models for News conference we're holding at CUNY in May and want your advice.
I was influenced watching the Google team at Davos and by a session on innovation there: I saw that engineers don't start with neat ideas. They start with problems and then seek solutions.
Too much of the discussion about the future of news has been focused on the blind hope for some neat solution: an iPod moment or a white knight or even, god help us, government support. And too much of the parallel discussion about media on the internet is about neat things.
Instead, I think we need to identify the problems and then have a rational search for solutions. So I've been focusing my thinking on expressing our problems — or call them our challenges and opportunities — as the agenda for the meeting. My thoughts:
* Efficiency: See the results of my back-of-the-envelope survey asking what should be cut from newspaper budgets. There is no shortage of suggestions. I think we need to have a hard-nosed discussion about the efficiencies that can be found in news. The negative way to say that is that we're getting rid of commodified fat. The positive way to say that is that we must boil down what we do to its essence, its greatest value. And the internet gives us opportunities to be newly efficient — it is journalism's internet dividend. So what can and should we do without? What do we absolutely need? How can we use technology to find efficiencies? What is the proper organization of a news company (see Dave Morgan's proposal to split up newspapers)? What does efficient journalism look like?
* Networked content: It is a precept of mine, at least, that one way to expand journalism's reach even as revenue and organizations shrink is to work collaboratively outside our organizations. That was the subject of our last conference on networked journalism. So let's come up with real solutions using collaboration. Where could it help? With what kind of stories? What kinds of beats? What tools do we need? Training? What's the business relationship?
* Networked advertising: I also believe that the key to making the networked architecture work is advertising to support and motivate new creators and to have control over their quality. We are beginning to see examples of this: blog ad networks from the Washington Post, the Guardian, Reuters, and Forbes; Reuters selling the Guardian's international advertising (just announced); Glam.
* Innovation: We're going to get nowhere if we don't start inventing new products, networks, means of work, means of distribution, technologies, and business models for news. This is just not happening in the industry now, especially in the U.S. So how do we jumpstart it? I've been working on starting an incubator. At Davos, some innovators suggested to me that we should start an X prize contest to solve some of our problems, (e.g., an open-source ad network; geotagged news….). Do we need to start an investment fund across media companies? What should universities do?
* New revenue: There may not be any. It may all be advertising. And too often in this discussion, all hope is thrown into this bucket: There'll be some new ad product or there'll be some foundation that out of the goodness of its heart decides to feed a newsroom. Ask any foundation whether that's likely. It's not. But public support of journalism is one model: see NPR, Pro Publica, and the Center for Public Integrity. There may be new models for supporting high-quality journalism. (One idea I'll write about soon is what I call reverse syndication: What if the LA Times pointed its traffic about Baghdad to the NY Times' reporting and rather than the NYT charging the LAT, it pays for LAT for the traffic, which it monetizes to help support the bureau?) I've long thought that subscription models won't work. Prove me wrong. Come up with other new models we should be testing.
How does that sound as the basis for discussion — and more than discussion: real plans?


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The creation, use, storage, retrieval and hopefully destruction of the simple written word has become a driver of more than just an economy, it has transformed the very fabric of society. Now any individual with access to a computer, smartphone, etc. can put fingers to keys and begin the creation process, unaware of the magnitude of burden they are placing on the IT industry.
Dropbox, Box, Amazon Web Services, Hightail (formerly known as YouSendIt) and the plethora of systems Microsoft would have us learn, purchase, secure and support are all vying for us to abandon our traditional and well-established use of the folder, finder and directory structure. This known albatross on a company's resources is ripe for drastic change, but which alternative to choose?
[ Hybrid solution: Egnyte Blends Google Drive, On-Premises Storage. ]
What is wrong with the current system anyway? Well, it would appear that the driving technological shift is size and access, specifically mobile. Today's wireless platforms scream at more than 1000 megabits per second. Combine that with regulations that mandate a company keep track of all this data, and the security required to ensure that the wrong information (which is now highly mobile) does not get into the wrong hands.
It is hard to imagine that my 64-GB company phone can take photos of my kids at 2 MB per photo, and I can type 50-100 emails a day that all need to be cataloged, stored and saved for eternity. This demand for cheap storage and retrieval from virtually anywhere is challenging every paradigm of corporate IT control. When did this ever-evolving creation process become so loose and unchecked?
Dropbox would have us believe that its simple desktop client, which allows anyone to share entire directories with anyone else, across the Internet, for free is the future of collaboration and ultimately replacement for our file servers.
Box touts its legendary security and tight integration with Windows as the wisest of choices, even going so far as to court healthcare companies.
Amazon simply continues to drop its prices and gobble up data at an alarming rate, but its ease of use, desktop integration and roadmap are a serious concern.
Hightail and the plethora of large file transfer systems out there all capture copies of our data, if only for a short period of time, but enough to make them potential future solutions. Today, they mostly fill a gap, transmitting files too large for email, but they've begun to compete in other sharing and storage scenarios.
Of course, the behemoth Microsoft, coming off what was seen as a major success with the release of SharePoint 2010, now finds itself verging on irrelevance. It is cobbling together a strategy of mobile apps, SkyDrive, SkyDrive Pro, Office 365 and that thing called Azure. Isn't that enough to make IT departments scream, "What are you doing to us?"
Last, we must take note of Salesforce.com -- arguably not a pure-play file system replacement, but anyone on the Force.com platform can't help but like the combination of tight security, ubiquitous access, and easy management and reporting. It's enough to make IT professionals drool with anticipation of a single tight platform that embodies the cloud and solves the limitations of current systems.
So it would seem that simple solutions like Box and Dropbox will need to be contained as threats to large organizations because of their lack of enterprise-class security and auditing capabilities. While Box has these, it operates outside of current administration systems and therefore becomes a burden, instead of embraced as an innovation here to set data free.
Amazon will continue to define cheap storage. It will also bring a needed level of understanding and adoption of data storage that fits its security models.
Microsoft will confound the industry it created by being (yet again) behind the market, waiting for its partners to innovate on its now mature infrastructure.
Salesforce.com is the odd man out here. It's scalable, secure and arguably best suited to support the mobile and social changes in the market through its recent acquisitions. But will Salesforce.com carve out file storage as a standalone offering? Or will it just allow its current customers to bask in the goodness of the cloud it invented so many years ago?
For my IBM, Linux and Hadoop friends, there are, of course, those options. But for the regular computer users in corporate America, finding an easy-to-deploy-and-use cloud file-sharing implementation continues to elude us.


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Ferrante, McLarty Earn USAT Collegiate National Titles
Colorado wins third team title.
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Stanford sophomore Marissa Ferrante and UC Irvine graduate student Dustin McLarty outlasted nearly 1,300 competitors to take the overall titles at Saturday's USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater.
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Colorado claimed the overall team championship for the third consecutive year and also swept the men's and women's team titles. California raced to a convincing win in the first-ever collegiate draft-legal Mixed Team Relay to close the day.
A standout runner, Ferrante put together a complete race to cruise to victory on the women's side. She lifted the tape in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 28 seconds – more than five minutes clear of the field on the 1,500-meter swim, 40-kilometer bike, 10-kilometer run course.
Duke's Jenny Shaughnessy was second overall in 2:11:48 to take the women's graduate title. Alabama-Birmingham graduate student Hallie Blunck rounded out the women's overall podium in 2:12:18.
Illinois' Michelle Mehnert led the women's race out of the water with Ferrante well positioned in third place among wave one competitors. Thanks to a quick transition in T1, Ferrante overtook the leaders heading onto the bike course. She led for the majority of the 40k ride, but was pushed by Shaughnessy before carrying a 15-second lead into T2.
Ferrante, who owns a 5k personal best of 15:59, charged out of T2 and was never threatened from that point thanks to the day's fastest 10k run split of 35:42. "I couldn't have asked for a better race. I was really happy," Ferrante said. "I had great competitors and good support from my Stanford team."
McLarty was the wire-to-wire winner on the men's side, besting his runner-up finish from a year ago to take his first collegiate national title in 1:54:33. Colorado graduate student Rudy Kahsar – the 2011 champion – was second in 1:54:59, while collegiate newcomer Ben Kanute of Arizona placed third in 1:55:08 to take the undergraduate men's title.
An All-American swimmer as an undergraduate at Florida, McLarty was the class of the field on the swim with a 17:04 1,500m split. He led the race by 45 seconds out of the water and held onto that advantage for much of the day. Midway through the bike, McLarty held a 40-second lead on Kanute, with Kahsar sitting third.
McLarty extended his lead to nearly a minute over Kanute and 1:30 over Kahsar, who got back into the race with a 58:37 bike split, entering T2. Kanute quickly made up 20 seconds on McLarty, but could not pull any closer on the run. Kahsar eventually overtook Kanute to grab his second straight top-two finish. A year ago, McLarty also crossed the finish line just ahead of Kahsar but was assessed a two-minute penalty for a position violation on the bike, dropping him to second place.
"I broke them after the first turn buoy and I was able to get about a 40-second gap in the water," McLarty said. "That's exactly what I wanted so that I was out of site for most of the bike. … I held that lead through the bike, got to the run and it was just a matter of gritting your teeth and going for it at that point."
For the third straight year, Colorado convincingly claimed the overall team title with 100 points. The U.S. Naval Academy was second with 259, while California was third with 267. Team scores are tallied by combining the finishing positions of each school's top four men's and women's finishers.
Colorado captured the women's team title with 75 points, outdistancing runner-up Duke by just six points. California took third with 103 points on the women's side.
CU placed its top four athletes in the top 14 finishers of the men's race to tally just 25 points and take the men's championship title. Arizona was second with 123 points, and the U.S. Military Academy took third with 149.
Once the Collegiate National Championship events wrapped, many athletes raced for the second time on the day in the first-ever collegiate draft-legal Mixed Team Relay. Cal posted a convincing win with an overall combined time of 1:26:33 to best second-place Stanford. Each athlete completed a 250m swim, 6k bike and 1.6k run, with the exception of the leadoff athlete, who swam 275m to open the race.
After Ferrante gave Stanford a 30-second lead following the opening leg, Cal moved in front thanks to Nicholas Halkowski on the second leg. The Golden Bears' lead then slowly increased with Yoni Doron-Peters crossing the finish line nearly two minutes clear of Stanford.
"It was awesome. To win the first relay ever at Collegiate Nationals is an amazing accomplishment for us," Doron-Peters said. "It was all the team. All I had to do was to not crash on the bike, not cramp on the run and that's it."
Kanute posted the top split among all relay competitors with a time of 19:12, which was more than a minute faster than any other athlete. Ferrante had the top women's split with a time of 21:11 to tie for ninth overall regardless of gender.
"It means a lot, and I'm just so happy that USA Triathlon has this event," Ferrante said about competing at such a high level on a national stage. "Triathlon has such a great atmosphere. It's a sport I love to see at the collegiate level, and I can't want to see how it progresses in future years."
2012 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship
(1,500m swim, 40k bike, 10k run)
Women's Overall
1. Marissa Ferrante (Stanford), 2:06:28
2. Jenny Shaughnessy (Duke), 2:11:48
3. Hallie Blunck (Alabama-Birmingham), 2:12:18
4. Christine Farson (California), 2:13:12
5. Samantha Morrison (U.S. Air Force Academy), 2:14:03
6. Erika Erickson (California), 2:14:13
7. Kathrine Warren (UC Santa Barbara), 2:15:02
8. Chelsea Koglmeier (Duke), 2:15:58
9. Jessica Hafey (U.S. Naval Academy), 2:17:49
10. Elizabeth Baugher (Texas A&M), 2:18:01
Women's Undergraduate
1. Marissa Ferrante (Stanford), 2:06:28
2. Samantha Morrison (U.S. Air Force Academy), 2:14:03
3. Kathrine Warren (UC Santa Barbara), 2:15:02
Women's Graduate
1. Jenny Shaughnessy (Duke), 2:11:48
2. Hallie Blunck (Alabama-Birmingham), 2:12:18
3. Christine Farson (California), 2:13:12
Men's Overall
1. Dustin McLarty (UC Irvine), 1:54:33
2. Rudy Kahsar (Colorado), 1:54:59
3. Ben Kanute (Arizona), 1:55:08
4. Ryan Bice (UC Colorado Springs), 1:55:10
5. Drew Scott (Colorado), 1:56:42
6. Chris Braden (Colorado), 1:57:22
7. Colin Riley (Florida State), 1:57:49
8. James McCurdy (Auburn), 1:58:57
9. Alex Libin (Iowa), 1:59:14
10. Jason West (Penn State), 1:59:39
Men's Undergraduate
1. Ben Kanute (Arizona), 1:55:08
2. Ryan Bice (UC Colorado Springs), 1:55:10
3. Drew Scott (Colorado), 1:56:42
Men's Graduate
1. Dustin McLarty (UC Irvine), 1:54:33
2. Rudy Kahsar (Colorado), 1:54:59
3. Colin Riley (Florida State), 1:57:49
Overall Team Standings
1. Colorado, 100
2. U.S. Naval Academy, 259
3. California, 267
4. U.S. Military Academy, 356
Women's Team Standings
1. Colorado, 75
2. Duke, 81
3. California, 103
4. U.S. Naval Academy, 104
Men's Team Standings
1. Colorado, 25
2. Arizona, 123
3. U.S. Military Academy, 149
4. U.S. Naval Academy, 155
5. California, 164
Mixed Team Relay
1. California Relay A, 1:26:33
2. Stanford Relay A, 1:28:40
3. Mountain Collegiate Conference, 1:29:27
4. South Midwest Collegiate Conference, 1:29:59
5. Arizona, 1:30:42
Women's Open Division Winner: Sarah Phelps (Austin, Texas), 2:25:27
Men's Open Division Winner: Christopher Braun (Huntsville, Ala.), 2:08:16
Armed Services Champion: U.S. Military Academy
Team Spirit Award: Ohio State
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Robert Kubica scored the first pole position for a Polish driver. It was the first time a non-McLaren or Ferrari driver had started from pole position since Fernando Alonso at Shanghai in 2006.
Kubica also finished on the podium for the second race in a row for the first time in his career.
Felipe Massa won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the second year in a row. It was his sixth win, giving him the same number as Tony Brooks, John Surtees (1964 champion), Jochen Rindt (1970 champion), Gilles Villeneuve, Jacques Laffite, Riccardo Patrese and Ralf Schumacher.
He is the third different winner this year in three races, and it was also his first victory not scored from pole position.
Kimi Raikkonen has finished on the podium in the last four Bahrain Grands Prix without winning it.
BMW lead the constructors' championship for the first time ever, despite not having won a race yet.
Sebastian Vettel is the only driver yet to finish a race this year.
It was BMW's 20th consecutive race in the points and Ferrari's 35th. It was Raikkonen tenth consecutive points score.
Only three drivers retired, the fewest since last year's Italian Grand Prix.
There were no British drivers in the top ten for the first time since the 2006 British Grand Prix.


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NFL bound: QB Jake Fromm leaving Georgia to enter draft
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm is heading to the NFL, despite some struggles during a junior season that led to speculation he might return for one more year with the Bulldogs.
Fromm announced his decision Wednesday in a statement on his Twitter page, one week after leading the Bulldogs to a 26-14 victory over Baylor in the Sugar Bowl.
"This decision and process has been unbelievably difficult," he wrote. "But through much prayer and counsel, I have decided that it is time for me to take on the next challenge in my life and pursue my lifelong dream of playing in the NFL."
Fromm threw for a career-high 2,860 yards this season, with 24 touchdowns and just five interceptions. But he posted the lowest completion percentage (60.8) and quarterback rating (141.2) of his college career, leading to him dropping in many NFL draft projections.
Late in the season, he had a stretch of five straight games where he failed to complete 50% of his passes. Once viewed as a potential top 10 pick, some analysts are now predicting that Fromm will fall into the second round.
Still, Fromm will be remembered as one of the best quarterbacks in Georgia history. He was 35-7 record as the Bulldogs' starter, including three straight appearances in the Southeastern Conference championship game.
As a freshman in 2017, he took over in the season opener after Jacob Eason was injured, made his first college start at Notre Dame the following week and held the job for the rest of his career.
Fromm sparked Georgia to its first SEC title since 2005, a memorable Rose Bowl victory over Oklahoma in the playoff semifinals, and a trip to the national championship game, where the Bulldogs lost to Alabama in overtime.
The past two seasons, Georgia settled for Sugar Bowl bids after losing to Alabama and LSU in the SEC championship game.
Fromm thanked his teammates and coaches, singling our head coach Kirby Smart.
"Thank you to Coach Smart who always believed in me and who over the last three years has helped grow that wide eyed, scared, 18 year old kid who got handed the ball in South Bend, into a better man, and secondly a better football player," Fromm said.
The departing quarterback also praised Georgia's fans.
"Through the good times and the bad, I always felt your love and support," he wrote. "I hope I mean as much to you as you do to me."
The loss of Fromm leaves Georgia with a big hole to fill at quarterback. Former walk-on Stetson Bennett is the only other signal-caller with significant college experience, playing four games in a mop-up role this season.
The Bulldogs also have a pair of top prospects from their last two signing classes.
D'wan Mathis enrolled at Georgia a year ago but suffered a major setback when severe headaches and sinus pressure led to him undergoing surgery in May to remove a cyst from his brain. He recovered from the operation and was able to work on the scout team late in the season.
Last month, the Bulldogs signed Carson Beck, a 6-foot-4, 226-pound quarterback from Jacksonville, Florida whose skills have been compared to Fromm's.
Justin Fields was once Fromm's heir apparent, signing with Georgia ahead of the 2018 season.
But Fields played sparingly as a freshman and wound up transferring to Ohio State, where he finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting while leading the Buckeyes to a Big Ten championship and berth in the College Football Playoff.
Fields put up numbers that dwarfed Fromm's, throwing for 3,273 yards and 41 touchdowns, with three picks. He also rushed for rushed for 484 yards and 10 TDs, leading many to question Smart's decision to stick with Fromm as the starter.
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