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About Adam Wasserman
Adam Wasserman has spent the last decade working as a high-level strategist in technology-based product management and business development.
I don't know what they put into the water over there, but whatever it is I hope they keep it up.
My dear anonymous friend, you do not seem to understand the legal definitions of either privilege or rights.
Privilege is a special benefit, advantage, or Immunity enjoyed by a person or class of people that is not shared with others. It is an *exemption* from the law, an exception to the normal state of affairs.
It so happens that this describes copyright pretty well. The form of monopoly that is called copyright is a *temporary* privilege, not a natural right. Look up natural rights.
On the other hand a right is (as I and others have repeatedly pointed out) is simply an entitlement to something.
It so happens that citizens of the United States are *entitled* to use any "original work fixed in a tangible medium of expression" at any time without requiring anybody's permission as long as the use of that work meets the four factor analysis for fair use. That is the very definition of a right.
You have it backwards.
None of those deaths are ironic. And irony does not mean it's simply unexpected. Unexpected means it's unexpected.
Irony means the use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning, or an incongruous result - something that turns out the exact opposite of what one would naturally assume.
John Alleman living to be 100 years old while some notable health guru died at 50 would be ironic.
The bottom line is that humans are terrible at calculating risk.
As a whole, we are broken machines when it comes to figuring out what we should really be worrying about. I like what Peter Sandman, an expert in risk communications has done, he has redefined risk to make it match the human reality. He says Risk = Hazard + Outrage.
I wrote a blog post about it. People will always worry about the least likely thing to happen while ignoring what is actually happening *all the time*.
As out_of_the_blue points out: While the masses worry about a terrorist attack that will never come, they ignore US government restrictions on constitutionally guaranteed freedoms. That is like worrying about dying in an airplane crash while driving on an interstate during Thanksgiving weekend.
I *so* agree
I think that this is more than a simple case of corruption.
I think that US government believes at the highest levels, and in both parties, that the US has lost strategic advantage in manufacturing and every other area except "ideas".
I think that there is a belief that "ideas" are the US last exportable commodity, and that hegemony must be pursued relentlessly. At all costs.
@Kashif, I would suggest that you contradict yourself in so much as if original ideas are not possible (a statement I agree with) then it would not be accurate to call an idea scarce.
It may not be *infinitely* abundant, but it is certainly not scarce.
1. Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply
2. Hard to find; absent or rare
I like to think not.
Can somebody tell me why USPTO refers to the "doctrine" of fair use?
I had always thought that doctrines were legal practice as established by precedent.
Fair use is a section of the copyright law. It is a legal right. This part at least I am sure of.
So is it normal to refer to legally guaranteed rights as "doctrine"?
Is FUDBuster still around?
Do you still feel that your prior (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110423/01033814013/another-judge-slams-righthaven-chilling-effec ts-that-do-nothing-to-advance-copyright-acts-purpose.shtml) interpretation of the law is the valid one in light of the fact that federal judges disagree with you?
I have frequently had opinions that I either hesitated to post or did not post at all for a variety of reasons ranging from a desire to remain civil to a fear of repercussions from the growing police state.
And I choose not to post these latter opinions anonymously because I feel that if I lack the courage of my convictions then why should anyone take me seriously?
As far as my inability to spell truely correctly, it is a chronic condition, an affliction really, and has plagued me for as long as I can remember. The shame, although intense, has become such a constant spectre in my life that I have become inured to the taunts of those more fortunate than I.
Finally @Keith, I understand the point you make re: providing a pseudo. You seem to assume some sort of technology that would make it impossible for someone to ever open more than one account and provide more than one pseudo.
Did you understand the point I was making (and confirming in my admission of self-censorship)?
As one to the very few *truely* non-anonymous posters I would like to point out that the vast majority of commenters on this site are anonymous.
In fact I have marginally more sympathy for the Anonymous Cowards who I can generously imagine are simply taking the path of least resistance. Less so the people who take the time to register and then supply a made up name, deliberately obfuscating their identity.
Not only have I provided my name, but my profile contains enough information to verify who I am, where I live, and that I am who I say I am. I have been posting on the Internet since before there was a web (Usenet days), and I have always used my full name. It has caused me some grief at times, but I learned in high school to never say anything if I was not willing to live with the repercussions of saying it.
From my perspective almost *all* commenters on Techdirt are anonymous, making this discussion a nit picking exercise abut what *kind* of anonymity is best.
Has Righthaven won even one case? Do you still feel that your interpretation of the law is the valid one in light of the fact that federal judges disagree with you?
Fascism. It's the new democracy.
See my comment above
"Why the heck is IP enforcement an issue of national security?"
I believe that the Washington establishment (both Democrats and Republicans) have decided that the US has already lost the manufacturing war and will lose world dominance unless we can convince the world to pay the US for "inventing" things to manufacture.
I think that the Rand Corporation et al has been telling our policy makers that ideas are the new oil, and whoever controls ideas will control the world.
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Not really the correct use of the term.
A (over)simplification of deconstruction is: to identify the common central themes that are "obvious" and then *ignore* them, while promoting and focusing on the obscure peripheral meanings that everyone else ignores.
It was a pretty obscure form of literary analysis, so idiosyncratic that only Derrida could really do "properly"
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Would you agree that the Strategic Alliance Agreement provides grounds to assert that Righthaven is a straw man due to the fact that they do not have have a genuine interest in the property. That all forms of interest other than pursuing lawsuits originates with, and are retained by, Stephans Media?
For example, do we know if Stephans Media has to share with Righthaven revenues from sub-licensing of copyrighted works?
@FUDbuster, you claim that "Righthaven is exercising its ownership by granting rights to its exclusive licensee, Stephens Media."
so what is your explanation of the Strategic Alliance Agreement showing exactly the opposite: that the original copyright holder Stephens Media retains all rights and grants to Righthaven ONLY the right to sue?
Article and PDFs of relevant documents here: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-righthavens-secret-contract-is-revealedwill-its-strategy-collapse /
There are couple of different ways a film can be financed. I am only familiar with the independent production way.
In the films I have worked on where I was close enough to the production to know what was going on, each film is setup as a limited partnership where the producer (or production house) is the general partner, and the investors are the limited partners.
So you could say - in a way - that each film is like a VC fund of its own, where the whole fund goes into one investment.
As limited partners they share in the revenues, but also -as with startups and VCs - there can be a liquidity event of some sort, where the property gets bought. For example a distributor or studio might buy a successful independent film to add to its catalog. (Later on the property might even get sold again, and again) Then the limited partnership winds down. I have also seen cases where the producer has bought out the property and wound down the LP.


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Yosemite visitors center may go to Mariposa
A long-awaited new Yosemite National Park visitors center could land in Mariposa, under a bill getting its first congressional hearing Thursday.
The House hearing suggests some momentum behind legislation that allows the National Park Service to buy up to 18 acres, eventually intended for a visitors center and administrative office. The hearing also highlights the kind of Capitol Hill deal-making that can move a bill across the finish line.
"I want to make the park better," Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, said Wednesday, "and this will help create jobs in Mariposa.".
Denham's bill does not specify the parcel to be bought, nor does it list a price tag. The basic plan, though, revolves around the park service purchasing property near the intersection of Highways 49 and 140, near Yosemite's Arch Rock entrance. Park entrance fees would fund the purchase.
The new visitors center would replace the current Mariposa facility, housed in a rented World War II-era building. Officials also anticipate constructing a work space for dozens of Yosemite employees who currently commute into the park.
"Visitors (could) get all their orientation in town the night before they show up at the park," noted Mariposa County Supervisor Kevin Cann, who was called to testify Thursday. "They won't need to talk to the entrance station ranger; frustration and long waits are eliminated."
Cann estimated the 18 acres could cost roughly $1.8 million. Himself a former Yosemite administrator, Cann added in an e-mail interview that many park office jobs "can be much more efficiently performed in town, leaving park facilities for more essential purposes."
Denham introduced the Mariposa legislation last December, with Democratic Rep. Sam Farr of Monterey as a co-sponsor. Politically, they are polar opposites. The League of Conservation Voters gave Denham an 11 percent vote rating last year and the American Conservative Union gave him an 84 percent. Farr earned a 97 percent from the conservationists a 4 percent from the conservatives.
On certain public lands issues, though, they've evidently found common ground. On the same day Farr joined Denham in introducing the Mariposa land bill, Denham joined Farr's legislation that converts the 26,605–acre Pinnacles National Monument into the higher status Pinnacles National Park.
Potentially, the mutual, bipartisanship sponsorships could help both measures move hand-in-hand through the minefields found in a Republican-controlled House and a Democratic-controlled Senate.
"I'm confident I could get my bill through the House," Denham said, "but it's good to push for bipartisan support."
Farr's and Denham's bills are among eight being considered Thursday morning by the House national parks, forests and public lands subcommittee. They are a grab bag that could put some true-blue conservatives in a bind, even if one of the bills renames a visitor center in New York state after former conservative senator James Buckley.
Another bill would establish a Manhattan Project National Historical Park spanning parts of Washington, Tennessee and New Mexico, and a third bill would create a First State National Park in Delaware.
The potential problem, some Republican lawmakers say, is that the federal government already administers more public land than is reasonable; the National Park Service alone currently manages about 84 million acres. This fear helped prompt 70 GOP House members earlier this year to oppose a seemingly non-controversial measure to study park service recognition for the Buffalo Soldiers cavalrymen who once rode from San Francisco to Yosemite.
"We don't need more national parks in this country, we need to actually sell off some of our national parks," Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., an opponent of the Buffalo Soldiers bill, told constituents earlier this year.
Practically speaking, though, even staunch conservatives often line up in support of national park ventures. In 2004, then-President George Bush signed a bill authorizing Yosemite to construct facilities outside of park boundaries.

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Week 1: Ravens 16, Steelers 0
Pittsburgh – Three Rivers Stadium
The Ravens opened the 2000 season with a dominant defensive performance in a victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Ravens stifled a Steelers offense that failed to record a first down until the second quarter and couldn't cross the 50-yard line until the third. Led by defensive tackle Sam Adams and defensive end Rob Burnett, the Ravens held running back Jerome Bettis to 8 yards on nine carries.
Burnett pushed the Ravens to their first points of the game when he sacked Kent Graham in the first quarter, forcing a fumble that gave the visitors the ball in the redzone. Matt Stover kicked his first of three field goals four plays later. Quarterback Tony Banks then connected on a 53-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Qadry Ismail. Banks completed 18 of 32 passes for 199 yards, and running back Priest Holmes gained 119 yards on 27 carries.
"Everything we do got started here," defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis said.
Player of the Game: WR Qadry Ismail – seven receptions for 102 yards and a touchdown
Week 2: Ravens 39, Jaguars 36
PSINet Stadium
Ravens tight end Shannon Sharpe caught a touchdown pass in the final minute that sent the Ravens to their first win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The victory gave the Ravens sole possession of first place in the AFC Central two weeks into the season.
Sharpe's 29-yard touchdown reception completed a 75-yard scoring drive during a rugged comeback in which the Ravens erased a 17-point first-half deficit, took a 32-26 lead in the fourth quarter and fell behind in the final two minutes.
Quarterback Tony Banks threw a career-high five touchdown passes, completing 23 of 40 attempts for 262 yards.
"It's like we won the Super Bowl," Banks said.
Wide receiver Travis Taylor had two touchdown receptions, while wide receiver Jermaine Lewis and fullback Obafemi Ayanbadejo each had one.
The Ravens' defense yielded 386 passing yards to Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell, but defensive backs Corey Harris and Kim Herring each had an interception.
Player of the Game: QB Tony Banks – 23-for-40 for 262 yards and five touchdowns
Week 3: Dolphins 19, Ravens 6
Miami – Pro Player Stadium
The Miami Dolphins' defense punished a porous Ravens offensive line in a rain-soaked, nationally televised victory.
The Dolphins sacked Tony Banks six times, including four in the first half, as Banks fumbled twice and was consistently hurried in the pocket. He managed to complete 19 of 31passes for 189 yards and one interception.
Miami's defense stuffed Jamal Lewis, and despite runs of 45, 17 and 10 yards, the rookie running back could not charge the Ravens into the end zone.
The Ravens spotted the Dolphins a 13-point lead before kicker Matt Stover booted a 27-yard field goal in the third quarter.
Stover added a 33-yard field goal in the fourth.
"They threw some different stuff at us, but this is the NFL," left guard Edwin Mulitalo said. "If you can't handle those kinds of things, you don't need to be here. When it came down to it, they got their job done, they got their game plan done, and we didn't."
Player of the Game: RB Jamal Lewis – 76 yards on nine carries and 22 yards on two receptions
Week 4: Ravens 37, Bengals 0
PSINet Stadium
The Ravens posted their second shutout of the season, and running backs Jamal Lewis and Priest Holmes combined for 167 rushing yards in a dominant performance against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Lewis scored his first NFL touchdown on an 11-yard rush in the second quarter and amassed 116 yards on 25 carries. The Ravens' defense set single-game team records for fewest rushing yards (4), passing yards (90), total yards (94) and first downs (seven) allowed. Defensive end Rob Burnett recorded 2.5 sacks, while defensive backs Duane Starks and Rod Woodson each had an interception.
"Team is what's going to win ballgames," tight end Shannon Sharpe said. "People keep saying we've got great defense. Well, Tampa has proved you can't win Super Bowls, can't win championships, by playing great defense and not having an offense."
Quarterback Tony Banks completed 20 of 36 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns. Matt Stover added field goals from 19, 30 and 37 yards.
Player of the Game: RB Jamal Lewis – first NFL touchdown and 100-yard rushing performance
Week 5: Ravens 12, Browns 0
Cleveland – Cleveland Browns Stadium
The Ravens became the first NFL team in 15 years to post back-to-back shutouts, stuffing the Cleveland Browns. The victory was the Ravens' seventh straight against AFC Central opponents and second road shutout of the season.
Cornerback Robert Bailey set the tone in the second quarter by forcing Browns fullback Marc Edwards to fumble on consecutive plays inside the 10-yard line -- the second of which safety Rod Woodson recovered in the end zone for a touchback. Linebacker Ray Lewis, cornerback Duane Starks and Woodson each made an interception.
"Every NFL team has a $62 million salary cap," defensive end Rob Burnett said. "We're shutting them out, the best of the best, every week. We play the best available athletes money can buy. To be able to get a shutout in this league is phenomenal."
While the defense excelled, the offense faltered. Quarterback Tony Banks completed only 18 of 34 passes for 169 yards and one interception. Neither Jamal Lewis nor Priest Holmes could find the end zone despite combining for 168 rushing yards. Instead, the Ravens settled for four field goals by Matt Stover, including two from beyond 40 yards.
Player of the Game: MLB Ray Lewis – interception
Week 6: Ravens 15, Jaguars 10
Jacksonville, Fla. – Alltel Stadium
Another stifling defensive performance coupled with a career day for kicker Matt Stover helped the Ravens march to their first victory in Jacksonville.
Touchdowns were again at a premium, and the Jaguars scored the only one of the game, but it wasn't enough to overcome five field goals by Stover. The kicker matched his career high in field goals, and the Ravens' defense set a franchise mark with six take-aways, including fumble recoveries by linebacker Ray Lewis, cornerback Robert Bailey and defensive end Michael McCrary. Safeties Rod Woodson and Kim Herring and cornerback Chris McAlister each picked off Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell.
"There's something special about this defensive group," coach Brian Billick said. "There's something special about this team. Yes, I would like to have done a few more things [offensively] to contribute. [But] if our job is to do just that, then that's what it's going to be."
The Ravens were without Pro Bowl tackle Jonathan Ogden ( sprained ankle), and center Jeff Mitchell was forced to leave with a high ankle sprain in the first quarter. After losing two of their best offensive linemen, the Ravens' stout rushing attack suffered. Running back Jamal Lewis was held to 44 yards on 17 carries, and Priest Holmes touched the ball twice for minus-6 yards.
Player of the Game: K Matt Stover – five field goals
Week 7: Redskins 10, Ravens 3
Landover – FedEx Field
A suddenly stagnant Ravens offense failed to score a touchdown for the third consecutive week in a loss to the Washington Redskins.
After yielding a 33-yard touchdown run to Redskins running back Stephen Davis early in the fourth quarter, the Ravens relinquished their hold on first place in the AFC Central and had scored only one touchdown through their first five road games. Quarterback Tony Banks faced first-and-goal from the 1-yard line with 10 seconds remaining in the first half but threw an interception to Redskins linebacker Kevin Mitchell that halted the Ravens' best scoring opportunity of the game.
"This here is ridiculous," tight end Shannon Sharpe said. "I'm very disappointed. I just told Tony: 'You're going to get all the blame, and you have to understand that. But you can't get down on yourself.'"
Banks went 16-for-27 passing for 135yards, and running back Jamal Lewis gained just 34 yards on 16 carries. Matt Stover again provided the Ravens' only offense of the game with a 51-yard field goal in the second quarter.
Player of the Game: OLB Jamie Sharper – forced fumble
Week 8: Titans 14, Ravens 6
PSINet Stadium
Quarterback Tony Banks threw three interceptions, and the Ravens' touchdown drought reached four games.
Tennessee Titans linebacker Randall Godfrey intercepted Banks twice, including one returned 24 yards for a touchdown. After throwing his third interception in four third-quarter possessions, Banks was pulled in favor of backup Trent Dilfer. The Ravens nearly scored on Dilfer's 33-yard pass to wide receiver Qadry Ismail on fourth down after failing to record a touchdown in the previous 17quarters with Banks. But the pass was ruled incomplete when an official review determined that Ismail failed to keep both feet inbounds.
"It's like a hex on us at the goal line now," right tackle Harry Swayne said. "It's like spirits come down to spook on us. They say, 'Not today.'"
Matt Stover connected on field goals of 21 and 38 yards to give the Ravens an early 6-0 lead. Stover had accounted for each of the Ravens' past 40 points. Banks threw for 229 yards, 104 of which went to tight end Shannon Sharpe.
Player of the Game: TE Shannon Sharpe – eight receptions for 104 yards
Week 9: Steelers 9, Ravens 6
PSINet Stadium
The touchdown drought reached five games in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Ravens' third consecutive defeat.
The Ravens finished October without scoring a touchdown, accumulating only 42 points in five games. Matt Stover, who was responsible for every point during that span, connected on field goals of 51 and 49 yards in the second quarter against the Steelers. Quarterback Trent Dilfer made his first start in 11 months, completing 12 of 25 passes for 152 yards, but his two turnovers -- a fumble on the Steelers' 9-yard line and a third-quarter interception -- cost the Ravens valuable scoring opportunities.
"The perspective here has to change," coach Brian Billick said. "There are no easy answers for this. We're in a dead dogfight now to reach our main objective, which is to reach the playoffs."
The Ravens had not scored a touchdown since Obafemi Ayanbadejo went in from the 1-yard line in the fourth quarter of a Week 4 blowout victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Player of the Game: RB Jamal Lewis – 93 yards on 19 carries, 53 yards on three catches
Week 10: Ravens 27, Bengals 7
Cincinnati – Paul Brown Stadium
Quarterback Trent Dilfer's 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Stokley ended the Ravens' touchdown drought in a victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Ravens went 21 quarters, 60 possessions, and 322 minutes, 32 seconds between Obafemi Ayanbadejo's 1-yard touchdown run Sept. 24 and Stokley's touchdown reception Nov. 5, marking the NFL's longest touchdown drought since the 1974 Chicago Bears went 22 quarters without one.
"It was kind of funny," Dilfer said, "because it was like we just won the Super Bowl. I had to sit back and say all we did was score a touchdown. I've scored a lot of touchdowns before."
Dilfer completed 23 of 34 passes for 244yards and three touchdowns, including two scoring receptions by tight end Shannon Sharpe. Running back Jamal Lewis rushed for 109 yards on 22 carries, while the Ravens' defense stuffed Bengals running back Corey Dillon, holding him to 23 yards on 16 carries.
Player of the Game: QB Trent Dilfer – 23-for-34 passing for 244 yards and three touchdowns
Week 11: Ravens 24, Titans 23
Nashville, Tenn. – Adelphia Coliseum
Quarterback Trent Dilfer orchestrated a nine-play, 70-yard touchdown drive in the final two minutes that sent the Tennessee Titans to their first Adelphia Coliseum loss.
Dilfer's 2-yard throw to wide receiver Patrick Johnson with 25 seconds remaining and Matt Stover's subsequent extra point completed an improbable drive in a hostile environment.
Dilfer connected on 23 of 36 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns, including a 46-yard touchdown throw to wide receiver Qadry Ismail in the first quarter.
The Titans made a final drive, aided by a 20-yard scramble by quarterback Steve McNair that set up a 43-yard field-goal attempt for Al Del Greco, who missed wide right to end the game.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we have to come back here for the playoffs," right tackle Harry Swayne said. "If that's the case, it'd be like, 'We've been here; let's do it again.'"
The victory put the Ravens in an enviable position with four of the team's final five games to be played at home.
Player of the Game: TE Shannon Sharpe – eight receptions for 92 yards, including a 36-yard reception on the final drive
Week 12: Ravens 27, Cowboys 0
PSINet Stadium
The Ravens rolled to their fourth shutout of the season with a drubbing of the Dallas Cowboys.
Dallas never moved closer to the goal line than the Ravens' 28. The Ravens outgained the Cowboys 479-192 in total yards, and running back Jamal Lewis eclipsed the 100-yard plateau with four minutes remaining in the first half. The Ravens' 250 rushing yards set a franchise record, and the defense allowed Dallas to cross midfield only three times.
The defense forced Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman to throw three interceptions; safety Rod Woodson recorded his 58th career interception in the second quarter, and safety Corey Harris and linebacker Ray Lewis also had picks.
Jamal Lewis finished with the second-best rushing effort in Ravens history with 187 yards on 28 carries. Quarterback Trent Dilfer threw two touchdown passes -- a 40-yard strike to wide receiver Qadry Ismail in the first quarter and a 59-yard dart to tight end Shannon Sharpe in the second. Dilfer completed 18 of 24 passes for 242 yards.
Player of the Game: RB Jamal Lewis – 187yards on 28 carries; 20 yards on four receptions
Week 13: Ravens 44, Browns 7
PSINet Stadium
Jamal Lewis rushed for 170 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Ravens' victory over the Cleveland Browns. Lewis broke Priest Holmes' single-season rushing record of 1,008 yards with 1,095 in only 10 starts.
"I'm not trying to be just any running back," Lewis said. "I'm trying to be great. I want to be great. Whatever is going to make me great, that's what I'm trying to do."
The Ravens gained 461 yards of offense as quarterback Trent Dilfer threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Patrick Johnson and a 2-yard scoring pass to fullback Sam Gash in a 24-point second quarter. After Cleveland completed an 86-yard touchdown drive to start the game, the Ravens posted 44 unanswered points with a defensive effort that held the Browns to a season-low five first downs.
Player of the Game: RB Jamal Lewis – 170 yardson 30 carries, two touchdowns
Week 15: Ravens 24, Chargers 3
PSINet Stadium
The Ravens clinched their first playoff berth with a 24-3 victory over the lowly San Diego Chargers. The Ravens scored 21points off five San Diego turnovers, hassling Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf for an interception by cornerback Chris McAlister and a second-quarter fumble that set up a 28-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Trent Dilfer to wide receiver Qadry Ismail.
Dilfer threw two interceptions as part of a sloppy Ravens offense that committed three turnovers in the first half. Running back Jamal Lewis rushed for 91 yards and one touchdown on 29 carries, marking his lowest rushing output since Week 8. Though it wasn't entirely pretty, the victory enabled coach Brian Billick to lift his moratorium on the P-word.
Player of the Game: WR Qadry Ismail – six catches for 80 yards and one touchdown
Week 16: Ravens 13, Cardinals 7
Tempe, Ariz. – Sun Devil Stadium
A 1-yard touchdown run by Jamal Lewis in the third quarter proved to be the difference in a victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
The Cardinals recorded more first downs and total yards than the Ravens but failed to finish a number of key drives. Quarterback Jake Plummer threw two interceptions, including one returned 30yards by cornerback Duane Starks, and linebacker Jamie Sharper forced a Cardinals fumble at the Ravens' 5-yard line with the clock winding down in the fourth quarter to seal the win and Baltimore's first home playoff game since 1977.
Lewis' touchdown highlighted a 126-yard rushing performance, while Dilfer completed 12 of 22 passes for only 70yards. A pair of 42-yard field goals by Matt Stover completed the Ravens' sixth consecutive victory.
Player of the Game: OLB Jamie Sharper – 45-yard INT return, forced fumble
Week 17: Ravens 34, Jets 20
PSINet Stadium
The Ravens closed the regular season with another sloppy offensive showing, but Jermaine Lewis returned two punts for touchdowns.
New York Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde posted a banner passing performance against the Ravens' vaunted defense, completing 36 of 69 passes for two touchdowns and 481 yards. The Jets totaled 524 yards to the Ravens' 142 and limited running back Jamal Lewis to 52 yards on 22 carries.
Despite the gaudy offensive numbers, the Jets committed six turnovers, including an interception that Ravens cornerback Chris McAlister returned 98 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. The Ravens' defense finished the regular season with NFL records for fewest points (165) and rushing yards (970) allowed during a 16-game season.
Player of the Game: WR Jermaine Lewis – two punt-return touchdowns
Wild-Card Round: Ravens 21, Broncos 3
PSINet Stadium
A suffocating defensive effort coupled with a resurgent offense led the Ravens past the Denver Broncos in the AFC wild-card round.
Playing in frigid conditions, the Ravens allowed the Broncos past the 50-yard line only once as a PSINet Stadium-record crowd of 69,638 witnessed the city's first playoff game in 23 years.
"The emotion was high because it's been 23 years since this city had a playoff game," linebacker Ray Lewis said. "I was 2 years old the last playoff game that was in Baltimore. The thing now is to keep rolling. Nothing else matters but the next game."
Tight end Shannon Sharpe caught a tipped pass from quarterback Trent Dilfer in the second quarter and ran 58yards for a touchdown. Running back Jamal Lewis rushed for two touchdowns, including a 27-yard run in the third quarter that stamped the victory. Lewis finished the day with 110 yards on 30 carries.
Player of the Game: MLB Ray Lewis – interception, seven tackles
Divisional Round: Ravens 24, Titans 10
Nashville, Tenn. – Adelphia Coliseum
A pair of improbable fourth-quarter touchdowns sent the Ravens to an AFC championship game matchup with the Oakland Raiders.
Defensive lineman Keith Washington tipped a 37-yard field-goal attempt by the Tennessee Titans' Al Del Greco, and first-year special teams player Anthony Mitchell returned the ball 90yards for a touchdown that broke a tie at 10. Less than six minutes later, linebacker Ray Lewis intercepted Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair and charged 50 yards for his first career touchdown.
"It's a long time coming, but I feel like it is our time," Ravens defensive end Rob Burnett said. "Every dog has his day, so to speak. Or every bird has his day would be a better way to put it."
The Ravens entered the red zone only once, on a drive that ended with a 1-yard touchdown run by Jamal Lewis. The Titans, meanwhile, penetrated the Ravens' redzone four times but scored only 10 points on those drives. Del Greco suffered blocks of field-goal attempts from 45 and 37 yards and hit the left upright from 31 yards.
Player of the Game: DB Anthony Mitchell – returned a tipped field-goal attempt for a 90-yard touchdown
Championship Game: Ravens 16, Raiders 3
Oakland, Calif. – Network Associates Coliseum
Trent Dilfer's 96-yard touchdown pass to Shannon Sharpe set an NFL playoff record for longest passing play and helped the Ravens clinch a spot in the Super Bowl with a victory over the Oakland Raiders.
The Ravens' defense held Oakland's league-leading rushing attack to 24yards on 17 carries, and defensive tackle Tony Siragusa flattened the Raiders' Rich Gannon in the second quarter, forcing the quarterback to leave the game.
"Can defense win the Super Bowl? Damn right, defense can win the Super Bowl," Siragusa said. "But you can't count our offense out. They made big plays today."
The Ravens' duo of Jamal Lewis and Priest Holmes combined for 110 yards on the ground, and Dilfer completed nine of 18 passes for 190 yards. Matt Stover booted field goals of 31, 28 and 21 yards, and the defense held Oakland to a 24-yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski in the third quarter.
Player of the Game: TE Shannon Sharpe – 96-yard touchdown reception in second quarter stands as the NFL record for longest pass in the postseason


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- The Superquadro engine: The twin-cylinder Superquadro on the 959 Panigale is an integral part of the chassis as well as being the desmodromic heart of the bike. 157 hp at 10,500 rpm and a torque of 107.4 Nm at 9,000 rpm are numbers worthy of a Superbike, which on the 959 Panigale are managed not only by an advanced chassis but also by a top-of-the-line technical package.
- Performance, agility and control: The 955 Panigale uses all the Ducati technology to provide a perfect blend of racing performance and safety and comfort on the road. The standard motorcycle features the Bosch ABS 9MP, the two-channel latest-generation system that provides combined braking with anti lift-up function for the rear wheel so as to guarantee not only a reduced stopping distance, but also greater stability under braking
- Corse equipment: The standard equipment on the 959 Panigale Corse includes: lithium battery and Öhlins steering damper.
- Engine: Superquadro: L-twin cylinder, 4 valve per cylinder, Desmodromic, liquid cooled
- Displacement: 955 cc
- Bore X stroke: 100 x 60.8 mm
- Compression ratio: 12.5:1
- Power: 110 kW (150 hp) @ 10,500 rpm
- Torque: 102 Nm (75 lb-ft) @ 9,000 rpm
- Notes on power/torque: The power/torque values indicated are measured using an engine dynamometer according to homologation regulation and they correspond to the homologated data, as quoted in the Bike Registration Document.
- Fuel injection: Mitsubishi electronic fuel injection system. Twin injectors per cylinder. Full Ride-by-Wire elliptical throttle bodies
- Exhaust: 2-1-2 system with catalytic converter and 2 lambda probes. Stainless steel pre-silencer + twin aluminium side mufflers
- Gearbox: 6 speed with Ducati Quick Shift (DQS)
- Primary drive: Straight cut gears; Ratio 1.77:1
- Ratio: 1=37/15 2=30/16 3=27/18 4=25/20 5=24/22 6=23/24
- Final drive: Chain; Front sprocket 15; Rear sprocket 43
- Clutch: Slipper and self-servo wet multiplate clutch with hydraulic control
- Frame: Monocoque Aluminium
- Front suspension: Fully adjustable Ohlins NIX30 wih TiN treatment. Aluminum double-sided swingarm
- Front tyre: Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa 120/70 ZR17
- Rear suspension: Fully adjustable Ohlins TTX36 unit. Aluminum double-sided swingarm
- Rear wheel: 10 spokes light alloy 5.50 in. x 17 in.
- Rear tyre: Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa 180/60 ZR17
- Wheel travel (front/rear): 120 mm (4.72 in.) - 130 mm (5.12 in.)
- Front brake: 2 x 320 mm semi-floating discs, radially mounted Brembo monobloc M4.32 4-piston callipers, with Bosch ABS as standard
- Rear brake: 245 mm disc, 2-piston calliper, with Bosch ABS as standard
- Instrumentation: Full LCD display
Dimensions and Weights
- Seat height: 830 mm (32.48 in.)
- Wheelbase: 1,431 mm (56.34 in.)
- Rake: 24 deg.
- Front wheel trail: 96 mm (3.78 in.)
- Fuel tank capacity: 17 L - 4.5 gal. (US)
- Number of seats: Dual seat
- Safety Equipment: ABS, Ducati Traction Control (DTC ), Engine Brake Control (EBC), Riding Modes
- Standard Equipment: Power Modes, DQS, Fully RbW, Ohlins steering damper, Lithium-ion battery, Ready for DDA+ with GPS module
- Warranty: 24 months unlimited mileage
- Mainteinance Service Intervals: 12,000 km (7,500 m)/12 months
- Valve Clearance Check (Desmoservice): 24,000 km (15,000 m)
Emissions and Consumption
- Standard: Euro 4
- CO2 Emissions: 133 g/km
- Consumption: 5.6 l/100 km
- Note:: Only for countries where Euro 4 standard applies.
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- Superquadro: L-twin cylinder, 4 valve per cylinder, Desmodromic
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- 955 cc
- Bore and Stroke
- 100 x 60.8 mm
- Cooling
- Liquid
- Compression Ratio
- 12.5:1
- Fuel System
- Mitsubishi electronic fuel injection system. Twin injectors per cylinder. Full Ride-by-Wire elliptical throttle bodies
- Transmission
- 6 speed with Ducati Quick Shift (DQS)
- Final Drive
- Chain; Front sprocket 15; Rear sprocket 43
- Front Suspension
- Fully adjustable Ohlins NIX30 wih TiN treatment. Aluminum double-sided swingarm
- Rear Suspension
- Fully adjustable Ohlins TTX36 unit. Aluminum double-sided swingarm
- Front Brakes
- 2 x 320 mm semi-floating discs, radially mounted Brembo monobloc M4.32 4-piston callipers, with Bosch ABS as standard
- Rear Brakes
- 245 mm disc, 2-piston calliper, with Bosch ABS as standard
- Front Tire
- Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa 120/70 ZR17
- Rear Tire
- Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa 180/60 ZR17
- Wheelbase
- 56.34 in. (1,431 mm)
- Seat Height
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- Rake
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- Trail
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The Royal Rumble is the match I look forward to most in WWE, not just because it begins the "Road To WrestleMania" and shapes a lot of those cards and rivalries, but because it feeds your ADD cravings as a pro wrestling fan.
Every two minutes, about the time you secretly want something new or exciting to happen in a match, a new person joins in and makes the match interesting again. This happens 28 times. By the time No. 30 hits the ring, your "fan ADD" has been fed enough that you can calmly sit through the remaining minutes (usually 6-to-10) of the Rumble match. And when the winner is determined, the "armchair booker" in you begins to fill the holes of WrestleMania's card.
Some people also like to place friendly wagers on the match, because in WWE it is a rare match where it's tough to definitely pick a winner. At my office, I usually organize a "random number" pool, where 30 people pick a number out of a hat. Since my office is also full of degenerate gamblers, side prop bets are often made. So, for those looking to make The Rumble even more interesting with a friendly wager on what might happen in the Rumble match itself, here are five things that may very well take place during the course of the 2013 Royal Rumble match:
1.) Ryback will break the record for most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble Match
This record was set by Kane in 2001, when he eliminated 11 superstars. It's a record that still stands today, but will be broken by Ryback, who will enter the Royal Rumble and single-handedly eliminate all three members of The Shield. He will go on a tear, much like Diesel in the 1994 Rumble match, eventually eliminating, well, more than 11 superstars. For argument's sake, let's go with 13 total.
2.) Kofi Kingston or someone else will perform a ridiculous Rumble "elimination dodge"
This has become a thing ever since John Morrison got pushed off the apron and held onto the barricade, catwalked along it and jumped back on the ring steps in 2011. A year later, Kofi Kingston did a handstand and walked on his hands to the ring steps. This year, who knows what will happen. What would be interesting would be an "elimination dodge" involving several people and a complex scenario.
3.) You can expect an elimination of lofty proportions
Beth Phoenix eliminates the Great Khali. Hornswoggle eliminates The Miz. Shawn Michaels eliminates both Yokozuna and Vader at the same time. Lofty eliminations indeed, and this year we are due for another big one. Why not go biggest, and have Hornswoggle eliminate Mark Henry and his buddy Khali at the same time?
4.) A low entrant will win the Rumble
This one I'm calling because we are due. The last three Rumble matches have seen high-entry winners (Sheamus No. 22 in 2012, Alberto Del Rio No. 38 of 40 in 2011, Edge No. 29 in 2010), and five winners in the past seven years were among the final eight entries (including back-to-back No. 30 winners in 2007 and 2008). I think we're due for a low-number winner. No. 1? Maybe not, but among the first 10.
5.) The Royal Rumble match will not be the main event
This one is almost academic, given that The Rock is on the card. Not since 2006 has the Royal Rumble Match happened before the main event on the pay-per-view bearing its name, and only five times in 25 years (1988, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006). The Rock vs. CM Punk for the WWE championship is a match where you could absolutely make the case that it will be the last match at this year's event and nobody will think it is out of place.
As far as a winner goes, despite the rumors floating around that "Twice In a Lifetime" between John Cena and The Rock will happen at WrestleMania with the title on the line, here is why I like Dolph Ziggler winning it: he has two key losses against Cena, and eliminating Cena from the Rumble would give him back a ton of momentum (and not hurt Cena's clout in the process). If Ziggler wins and faces the World Heavyweight champion at WrestleMania, we have a unique situation where Ziggler not only has a title match, where he will relish the fact that he finally gets an opportunity to "steal the show" in a high-profile title match at the biggest show of the year, but he has "insurance" in the form of his Money in the Bank briefcase. If Ziggler loses after a terrific match, he can then attack the champ, lay him out, cash in and win. Imagine the sympathy for the babyface champion (say Alberto Del Rio) going into a match like this.
Enjoy the Rumble!
Arda Ocal is an on-air personality with theScore Television Network. Follow him on Twitter @arda_ocal.


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A rapper who worked with members of the group Wu-Tang Clan cut off his penis and jumped from a second floor balcony in an apparent suicide attempt, TMZ reports.
Andre Johnson was found on the sidewalk outside an apartment building in West Hollywood at 1:00 am on Wednesday morning and taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital in critical condition.
A spokesperson for the hospital said it does not comment on patients, but TMZ reports that attempts to reattach Johnson's penis failed.
Johnson is also known by the stage name Christ Bearer, and is in the rap group Northstar. Wu-Tang Clan founding member RZA produced Northstar's debut album.
Members of Northstar told TMZ they were there when Johnson, without warning, cut off his penis and leaped. They said by the time they got downstairs he was running around screaming.
They also said hard drugs were not involved, and believe Johnson must have mental problems.


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Joe DeNucci won most of his fights in the ring and in politics. In a long series of majority decisions, he won his fight for the hearts of the people. But on Friday, at the age of 78, the state's … Continue reading →
Joe DeNucci won most of his fights in the ring and in politics. In a long series of majority decisions, he won his fight for the hearts of the people. But on Friday, at the age of 78, the state's longest-serving auditor and before that five-term State Representative, lost his fight with Alzheimer's disease. � He made his mark on many lives.
A two-time world middleweight contender, the Newton native won all but a dozen of his 84 professional fights but had to surmount the problems that come with success at too young an age. Heady victories meant lots of money, and nightmare addictions to gambling and weight control medication. With the help of his high school sweetheart, wife Barbara, he showed true grit and rebuilt his life. And what a life it was!
The late House Speaker John 'Iron Duke' Thompson, a boxing fan, gave DeNucci a job as a page in the State House, where he could work between fights. � He took on an additional job doing maintenance to pay off his gambling debts.
He hadn't wanted to be a janitor like his father, and boxing gave him his sense of self. But he wanted to go further. He learned how government works from inside the Speaker's office. From there, he ran for State Representative, a post he lost the first time by four votes. He fought back two years later and won, starting a decade-long tenure as State Rep. �There, he fought the bureaucracy for his constituents, helping them get unemployment checks, beds in nursing homes and Medicaid assistance. His own personal experience made him particularly sensitive to others struggling with financial problems and addiction.
When, in 1983, he became chairman of the Human Services Committee, he broadened his fight for those who had no voice or power. � He fought for money for detox facilities, public school alcohol abuse education, property tax abatement for poor elderly, landmark protection for abused children, welfare and other public assistance. He passed a bill to increase the amount disabled retirees could earn over and above their small pensions.
When he was starting out, some Newton liberals were dismissive of DeNucci because of his deeply held conservative views on family issues. But they quickly learned that not being reflexively ideological could be a good thing. (And, in some ways, he was more progressive than they.)
As former Congressman Barney Frank told me about DeNucci many years ago, Joe's 'honest. I disagree with him on some issues, but I feel he's motivated by basic decency. He likes people, and his instincts are good.'
DeNucci was one of the first in state government to support gay rights because he himself had suffered from stereotyping, as a prizefighter, as an Italian. �Over his desk in the House hung a sketch of a prizefighter, his arms taut, his gloved fists poised for combat. The face, a photograph of Joe superimposed on the drawing, would become familiar across the Massachusetts. The caption read, 'Rep. A. Joseph DeNucci, the Contender for the People.'
While DeNucci never achieved his early ambition of becoming Speaker, he did run successfully for statewide office, serving as Auditor for 24 years, a state record.
DeNucci was an old style pol, in the traditional personal way. � If someone was in trouble, he'd help out. If a guy was desperate for a job, DeNucci would do his best to get him one. He did not apologize for it. � As he told WBUR reporter David Boeri in a 2011 interview, 'Now today, it's probably a crime to do what I did. But I didn't think it was a crime, and it wasn't then. And it shouldn't be now. To help people who need help " that's the best part of my business.'
I believe Joe instinctively acted out of the goodness of his heart. As DeNucci told me in 1978, 'a man is the total of his experiences.' Public service, to him, was about much more than litmus tests and absolutes.
I had my own experience with his human touch. When my younger son was in elementary school, he was small for his age and was getting bullied. �As a Newton Times reporter, after interviewing DeNucci in his State House office, I mentioned how awful I felt that my small child was subject to such intimidation. What, I wondered, could I do as a parent to help support him. �Joe listened sympathetically, and the next thing I knew, he sent to my home one of his professional leather punching bags, which we affixed to a beam in our basement to build the boy's confidence. This morning, that same little boy, now tall, a successful architect and outstanding parent himself, �sent me a wistful text message noting Joe's passing.
Newtonians and others across Massachusetts will agree: Joe DeNucci had the touch. He will be missed.
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House Pincushion Materials
3" square brown crafts felt (window and door appliqués)
6×10" rectangle gold crafts felt (house)
4×6" rectangle red crafts felt (roof)
Embroidery floss: white, gold, red
Polyester fiberfill
6×10" rectangle cardboard
Adhesive tape
Finished pincushion: 3-1⁄8×1-1⁄2×3-1⁄2"
Cut Fabrics
Cut pieces in the following order. Click on "Download this Project" above for pattern pieces. Crafts felt doesn't fray, so there is no need to turn under the edges of the window and door shapes.
From brown felt, cut:
2—1⁄2×3⁄4" rectangles (windows)
1 of Pattern A (door)
From gold felt, cut:
2—3-3⁄8×2-3⁄4" rectangles (front and back)
1—1-3⁄4×3-3⁄8" rectangle (bottom)
2—1-3⁄4×2-3⁄4" rectangles (sides)
From red felt, cut:
2 each of patterns B and C (roof)
Assemble Pincushion
1. Referring to Diagram 1, position brown felt 1⁄2×3⁄4" windows and A door shape on one gold felt 3-3⁄8×2-3⁄4" rectangle. Referring to photo, use one strand of white embroidery floss to hand-stitch around window and door edges to make house front.
2. Using two strands of gold embroidery floss, blanket-stitch gold felt 1-3⁄4×2-3⁄4" rectangles to each side edge of house front to make a row (Diagram 2). Blanket-stitch remaining gold felt 3-3⁄8×2-3⁄4" rectangle to one end of row, then blanket-stitch ends of row together to make a tube-shape house unit.
To blanket-stitch, bring needle up at A (Blanket Stitch Diagram), form a reverse L shape with the floss, and hold angle of L shape in place with your thumb. Push the needle down at B and come up at C. Continue in same manner.
3. Referring to Diagram 3, use two strands of red embroidery floss to blanket-stitch red felt B pieces to each short edge of one red felt C piece. Add remaining red felt C piece to remaining short edges of B pieces to make roof unit.
4. Referring to photo, use two strands of red embroidery floss to blanket-stitch roof unit to house unit.
5. Referring to Diagram 4, use tape to secure two cardboard 3-1⁄8×2-1⁄2" rectangles and two 1-1⁄2×2-1⁄2" rectangles together, forming a tube-shape cardboard unit.
6. Insert cardboard unit into Step 4 unit. Stuff firmly with fiberfill. Tape cardboard 1-1⁄2×3-1⁄8" piece to bottom of cardboard unit. Blanket-stitch gold felt 1-3⁄4×3-3⁄8" rectangle to bottom edges of Step 4 unit to complete house pincushion.


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HTC Hero to get Android 2.1 update in March
Delayed again?
Looking forward to the release of Android 2 for the HTC Hero smartphone? Bad news: it may not appear until March, a month or so after the anticipated February delivery date.
So says a representative of Irish network Meteor who claims to have heard it from the horse's mouth.
HTC's Hero: successor out before original updated to Android 2.1?
In a posting on Meteor's forums, 'Glynn from Meteor' says: "We've been in contact with HTC and they have said that version 2.0 will be available in and around March of this year."
In a subsequent post, he added: "Just got another update on this and HTC have said they are releasing 2.1 on the Hero, and we are hoping to have this available by the end of March."
He also noted: "This will be available via the HTC website."
The Hero currently runs Android 1.5, even though version 1.6 - aka 'Donut' - has been in the wild since September 2009. Owners were undoubtedly pleased to hear rumours that HTC was skipping 1.6 in order to take them straight to 2.0, which was released in October 2009. It now looks as if even that version is being bypassed, and the next upgrade will be based on 2.1, which was released at the beginning of this month.
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UK Man Jailed For Not Giving Police Thumbstick Password
from the did-they-try-p@ssw0rd? dept
The question of whether or not citizens should be compelled to give up their passwords to law enforcement is not going to go away. What with different agencies in different countries attempting to do more searches of technology at borders, on the mainland, and around the world, the law is eventually going to have to settle whether these kinds of searches and forced compliance are in good standing with the fourth and fifth amendments of our constitution or the governing laws of other nations.
Another such case is causing a renewal of the discussion in the UK, where Syed Hussain, admitted wannabe terrorist, was jailed in part for refusing to decrypt a thumbdrive.
He said he had forgotten the password until a fraud probe was launched. The judge jailed him for four more months.Now, let's be clear on a couple of things. The UK has their own flavor of our 5th amendment, commonly referred to as "the right to silence." However, thanks to a law passed in 2000, refusal to present decryption keys to LEOs is an exception to that right. So, jailing Hussain wouldn't appear to run afoul of that law, unless you actually believe that he temporarily forgot his password (he later provided it to investigators). Also, Hussain is also being jailed for some very serious reasons.
Sending Hussain back to prison, Old Bailey judge Richard Marks said the defendant's deliberate failure and refusal to comply with a police notice to provide the password was a very serious matter because it had potentially hampered investigations.
Hussain and three other men were jailed in 2012 after admitting discussing attacking the town's TA headquarters by placing a homemade bomb on to a remote controlled toy car.This is where things get really fun for those of us that advocate for citizen's rights as though they were dogma. If you believe that the right to avoid self-incrimination ought to be universal (as I do), and that being compelled to hand over passwords to law enforcement that might result in self-incrimination is a violation of that universal right (as I do), then you don't get to pick and choose when you advocate. Hussain, wannabe terrorist and all around scum of the Earth, deserves this right as much as a nun in a convent.
As for the exception to the law in the UK, it nullifies the right completely. You can't write a law that provides relief from assisting law enforcement for the citizenry...except when we really want you to. There's no point to that at all. You might as well take the right away completely. Or, better yet, actually follow its original spirit.
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I planted a pollinator garden this spring and it's doing okay. It's weedy, but flowers are starting to peek through and bloom. By leaving the back half of my garden to the bees and butterflies, I have enough time to weed the vegetables in the front half. Here are some photos.
These milkweed come up every year. I used to pull them out as weeds. Now I watch the monarch butterflies feed on the blooms.
The front of my garden. It's been a great year for potatoes and onions.
Bob staked the tomatoes this year.
My ditch lilies are blooming. They don't attract pollinators, but they are cheerful.


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HIV/AIDS News
New NIH Web Resource Marks World AIDS Day
In recognition of World AIDS Day, December 1, 2001, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a new Web resource (http://worldaidsday.nih.gov) that provides comprehensive information about the diverse array of NIH-supported HIV/AIDS research at its Bethesda, Maryland campus, across the United States, and around the world. All told, NIH committed more than $2.2 billion last year to HIV/AIDS research.
The site features numerous Web resources for researchers, health care workers, and the general public. Included are annotated links to the NIH FY2003 Plan for HIV-Related Research from the Office of AIDS Research, as well as clinical trials information; scientific and medical literature; on-line order forms for free publications; counseling information for NIH patients and staff, plus seminar information for the general community.
A statement by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is also featured.
This past year, the fight against HIV/AIDS was bolstered by an unprecedented galvanization of resources and commitment toward curtailing AIDS in the developing world, by governments, private foundations, activist groups, the United Nations, World Bank and other international organizations, and private industry. According to Dr. Fauci, "As we search for solutions to HIVAIDS in the months and years ahead, let us not expend our energies searching for reasons why we should not act and why our efforts might fail; rather let us apply ourselves, collectively, to the task of developing sustainable programs and interventions that will overcome the scourge of HIV/AIDS."
World AIDS Day was first recognized in 1988 by the World Health Organization to focus global attention on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This year, which marks the twentieth year since the disease was first reported, World AIDS Day also serves as an opportunity to honor all those who have helped advance HIV/AIDS research over the past two decades.
As a special exhibit marking this year's event, panels from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display in the atrium of the NIH Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center from November 30 to December 5. Each panel of the Quilt, first created in 1987, commemorates a life lost to HIV/AIDS. Today the Quilt includes more than 44,000 panels.
Also, researchers from NIAID's Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) are participating in a number of local community-based World AIDS Day activities to build partnerships around HIV vaccine development and testing. Just one year after its opening, VRC investigators recently began their first clinical trial of an experimental HIV vaccine developed at the facility.
NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat infectious and immune-mediated illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies.
Press releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov.


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Infrastructure is the magic word that animates both the Bannonistas and the Sandersniks. It has long been a priority for Donald Trump, who, during his primary campaign, proposed a roads program modeled on the New Deal's Works Progress Administration. Infrastructure reform was third on the Trump campaign's list of promises for the first 100 days of the administration, and the president affirmed it in his first address to Congress.
But no plan has materialized.
The administration later promised that a plan would be coming in the fall, but the prolonged debate on tax reform meant that it got delayed once more, though this time the reasoning was clearer. With tax reform put to bed before the end of the year, a new January timeframe for infrastructure reform seemed very reasonable.
This past weekend, Trump's chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn, outlined a proposal for nationwide infrastructure improvement built around public-private partnerships, with $200 billion in federal spending and $800 billion from state, local, and private-sector sources, for a total of $1 trillion. This much is in line with earlier statements from the administration, only this time it had been undermined just hours before by the president himself. Echoing his comments to Democrats in September, Trump told Republican leadership gathered at Camp David that he considered public-private partnerships ineffective and that a different approach to infrastructure would be better.
While this certainly complicates matters for the president's policy team, it hardly comes as a surprise. Not only has Trump expressed skepticism of private-public partnerships before, but the last time he did also coincided with an official's speaking about White House plans for public-private partnerships. It is possible that the president's policy team took his earlier statements to be noncommittal, but now he has doubled down on them.
Trump's skepticism of his own administration's infrastructure proposals might cause a delay in their formal announcement until February. It could also open up the door to working with Democrats, who expressed similar notes of skepticism about the $200 billion proposal last month.
Speaking to the Washington Post, Henry Cisneros, who was secretary of housing and urban development in the Clinton administration and is now is a partner at an infrastructure firm, sees the Democrats working with Trump if the infrastructure plan raises the federal-government portion "toward $400 billion to $500 billion," because many local and state governments are low on cash. Also, though Cisneros supports public-private partnerships, he believes the returns on infrastructure spending are not high enough to spur the additional $800 billion it would take to approach the $1 trillion cost of the plan. He reckons that a $400 to $500 billion plan would strike the right balance between the administration's proposal and the president's instincts, because it would require a smaller amount to be raised by private investment.
Will the Trump administration move in that direction? In a speech on Monday, Trump declared: "We're going to be spending the necessary funds, and we're going to get you taken care of." This is stump-speech language, which does not always translate to policy priorities.
An administration official, speaking anonymously to CNBC, said that "the president's inclination is to just 'spend money,'" and that his "view of it is a Manhattan-centric vision of giant bridges and tunnels that people remember. If Donald Trump is building something, he wants it to be huge." The official does not think Trump is on board with the administration's plan.
What's next? If the White House policy staff brings out a detailed infrastructure-spending proposal along the lines of their earlier ideas, which the president has criticized, it is unlikely to get much of a hearing. But because the politics of an infrastructure package do not immediately rule out Democratic votes in the way that a tax cut does, catering to the demands of fiscal conservatives is likely to be a lower priority this time around. (In any case, fiscal conservatives, in the end, largely put aside their concerns to support the tax cuts.). This means that the administration will likely raise the federal-spending element of the plan, perhaps partly funded by a gas-tax increase (the current federal gas taxes were set in 1993 and are not indexed to inflation).
If the administration does settle on an especially expensive infrastructure plan, right after passing tax cuts, the need for spending reforms elsewhere will be even more critical, but it seems that such reforms were not on the table at the conference this past weekend, at which the president and party leadership discussed this year's agenda. In the words of Senator John Cornyn (R. Texas), "It's not Medicare, Social Security, entitlement reform; it is more, workforce training." His characterization was corroborated by Paul Ryan in an address following the conference.
White House officials will meet this week with the staff of Senator John Thune (R., S.D.), chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which oversees infrastructure, so more information might be forthcoming.
The White House policy team should stick to its guns and focus on public-private partnerships. They have proven to be a successful way of ensuring efficiency and controlling cost. As Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute notes, where public-private partnerships have been used in U.S. infrastructure, they have saved taxpayer dollars and have helped avoid some of the pitfalls that come from federal funding (such as its one-size-fits-all approach to different local and state infrastructure needs). Infrastructure, like airport management, is a field in which the U.S. tends to have government-run projects where other developed countries have long since accepted the superiority of working with the private sector.
Perhaps Mr. Cohn ought to appeal to the president using his own language from the campaign book: "When I build a project, I watch the money. At least some of it is coming directly out of my pocket — and if I do the job right, a lot more is going back into that same pocket. I know what things cost, I know where the money goes, I know who is doing a good job, and I know who is just phoning it in. Our government should, too."
If Donald Trump really does believe this about business construction, then he should understand why public-private partnerships are such an effective tool for building infrastructure.
What Kind of Infrastructure Bill Does the White House Want?
A Majority of Infrastructure Spending is Private
Limited Government on Infrastructure
— Jibran Khan is the Thomas L. Rhodes Journalism Fellow at the National Review Institute.


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Universal credit: Benefits start move to monthly payments
A massive shake-up in the UK benefits system has begun, with the first claims made for new universal credit payments.
Universal credit will merge several benefits and tax credits into one monthly payout.
It begins with a very small number of new claimants in Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester, but will eventually affect nearly eight million people.
Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, said the new system was about "changing people".
'Right not early'
The benefit is for working age people looking for work, and will replace income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, income support, child tax credit, working tax credit, and housing benefit.
It is the central plank of a benefits overhaul, championed by Mr Duncan Smith, which the government says will mean people are always better off in work than on benefits.
It is also designed to simplify the welfare system by bringing a number of benefits together and reducing fraud and error.
However, some groups have raised concerns that the system is entirely dependent on a complex computer network which may not be ready or able to cope with millions of claims. They are also concerned that many potential claimants do not have access to the internet.
Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne said that universal credit was "a fine idea that builds on Labour's tax credits revolution".
But he added: "The truth is the scheme is late, over budget, the IT system appears to be falling apart and even DWP [Department of Work and Pensions] ministers admit they haven't got a clue what is going on."
But speaking to the BBC's Today programme, Mr Duncan Smith defended the new system, saying "it's quicker, it's more accurate and it's easier to understand", and said the slow pace of the roll-out was designed to "get it right, not get it early".
"What we have to do is to start changing people, and that's what this system is about," he said, stressing that paying people on a monthly basis would reflect how the majority of workers are now paid.
"It's about trying to help those who are the most vulnerable to get ready for the world of work, and that will improve their lives dramatically."
Online claims
The key features of universal credit include:
- A single, monthly payment which the government says mirrors the world of work, but charities say could create problems for personal money management
- The inclusion of financial help to pay rent, which is currently paid directly to landlords
- An online-only claiming process, with accounts also managed online
- The benefit paid to households, rather than individuals, and put straight into bank accounts
- Benefits automatically adjusted depending on earnings, which employers enter into a computer system called real-time information
This means that there will no longer be a ceiling of 16 hours of work a week, below which people can sign on and above which claims are cancelled.
This is set to benefit people like Darren Bailey, an agency worker, whose working hours fluctuate, meaning he has to keep making claims under the current system.
"I have five kids so I can't afford to mess about," he said. "Any system has got to be better than this system."
The government estimates 3.1 million households will be entitled to more benefits as a result of universal credit, while 2.8 million households will be entitled to less. However, nobody would lose out during the initial transition assuming their circumstances stayed the same, the government said.
Across all households, ministers say there will be an average gain of £16 per month. The long-term cost to the government is £100m in current prices.
The only claimants to receive universal credit in the initial stages will be single, new claimants at a jobcentre in Ashton-under-Lyne.
Three other pilot projects - in Warrington, Oldham, and Wigan - have been delayed until July.
From October, newly unemployed people will make claims under the new system. Current benefits and tax credits will gradually be shifted to universal credit from spring 2014, with the whole process completed by 2017.
Benefits and grants charity Turn2us said that 43% of people whose benefits would be replaced by universal credit were not aware of the change.
"Once you look at the nuts and bolts, budgeting is not going to be easy especially for those with a small amount of money," said Alban Hawksworth, welfare benefits specialist at the charity.


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The Page That Counts :: Winter 2011
Number of billionaires in the world: 1,011
Percentage of billionaires living in the U.S.: 40 [1]
As of August 24, 2009, number of living people who had given $1 billion or more to charity: 14
Number of these who were still billionaires after giving: 11 [2]
As of August 4, 2010, number of U.S. billionaires and near-billionaires pledging at least 50 percent of their wealth to charity: 40 [3]
Time needed for the Earth to generate the ecological "income" that humanity "spends" annually: 1 year, 5 months [4]
Percentage of Americans who believe most energy will come from sources other than coal/oil/gas by 2050: 74
Percentage favoring expanded exploration and development of coal/oil/gas in the U.S.: 68
Percentage of Americans who favor incentives for more nuclear power: 50
Percentage who foresee a major global energy crisis in the next 40 years: 72
Percentage of Americans who favor requiring utilities to produce more renewable energy: 87 [5]
In 2009, percentage of Americans who thought the gap between rich and poor would decrease by 2050: 34
In 1999, percentage who thought the gap would decrease by 2050: 27 [6]
Average percentage energy savings in EPA Energy Star certified buildings versus conventional buildings: 40
Money spent on Energy Star building upgrades by the Council Rock School District in Bucks County, Penn.: $150,000
Projected annual energy costs for the school district before the upgrades: $4.5 million
Actual energy costs, after upgrades: $3 million [7]
Percentage rate of annual human population growth in 1963, the peak rate in records dating back to 1950: 2.2
Annual rate in 2009: 1.12
Projected annual rate in 2049: 0.45 [8]
Average minutes American public transit users spend walking daily: 19 [9]
Minutes of daily moderate aerobic activity the U.S. Center for Disease Control recommends: 22
Estimated annual American per capita health cost savings that would result from improving transit quality and building walkable, mixed-use developments around stations: $540.68 [10]
Percentage of parents who say their college student child has a credit card: 35
Percentage of college students who say they have a credit card: 49 [11]
Percentage drop in global phytoplankton population since 1950, attributed to rising ocean surface temperatures: 40 [12]
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|Summer 2010
Percentage of Americans who believe one of the country's greatest assets is its military's strength and superiority: 14; Percentage who believe the American people themselves are one of the greatest assets: 35
|Fall 2010
Total jobs worldwide in the renewable energy sector in 2008: 2.3
million; Total number of Wal-Mart employees worldwide: 2.1 million ...
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