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'persons' is usually used in Business. It's used to emphasize that a group (of people) is made up of individuals, like this,Originally Posted by welldone
The food shipment sent to The Sudan this morning will feed 8,000 persons.
Two people entered the room. (OK)
Two persons entered the room. (OK, but usually in a Business/professional context i.e., a detective, a lawyer or the police might say it).
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34, raised in Macomb
Patrick Paul Clerkin, 34, raised in Macomb, died on Sunday morning, Dec. 29, 2013, in Iowa City, Iowa.
He was born on March 7, 1979, in Carthage, Ill., to John and Beth Clerkin. He grew up in Macomb, where he graduated with honors from Macomb High School.
Patrick had the brightest future ahead of him. He was undeniably brilliant; his ability to fix anything mechanical or computerized was second to none. He was a percussionist in the Macomb High School, Western Illinois University and University of Illinois marching bands.
Briefly, Patrick was the drummer for a garage band, GWONK, but he realized that engineering, physics and medicine were a better fit.
Not one to shy away from a challenge, Patrick received his bachelor's in computer engineering from the University of Illinois in 2002, his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Louisiana Tech in 2007, and his M.D. in medicine from Louisiana State University Medical School in 2012.
At the time of his death, Patrick was a medical resident in radiation oncology at the University of Iowa. His intellect, though, was just a part of what made Patrick so special.
He was charismatic, handsome, brave and witty. He was capable of lighting up a crowded room with laughter.
Patrick loved his family, and he was a strong source of support when times were difficult. He married Jennifer, his "sensitive, supportive" wife in 2012. He loved her deeply, and they made a wonderful team composed of opposites and similarities.
He did his best to take things one day at a time, with the help of his faithful golden retriever, Jack.
Patrick enjoyed taking walks at Lake Argyle State Park, working on mopeds and cars, playing golf, and eating his wife and mom's delicious meals.
Patrick is survived by his wife, Jennifer; parents John and Beth Clerkin; siblings and their spouses, Elise and Josh, Darren and Kirsten, and Maggie; and niece Cora.
A memorial visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 3, and a memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, both at St. Paul Catholic Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, the website for which is www.nami.org. Patrick's death is an unbelievable tragedy, and we will forever hold him in our hearts. Dodsworth-Piper-Wallen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Please sign guestbook and leave condolences at www.dodsworthfh.com.


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The town of Bluffton officially closed with two Wharf Street Redevelopment homeowners in November, with another expected this month that would leave three homes available in the affordable housing project.
The first home, located at 12 Robertson Street, sold for $92,000 - about half of its appraised value - Nov. 15, while the three-bedroom home at 11 Robertson Street sold for $90,000 on Nov. 27. It, too, was valued at $180,000, though it included one more bedroom than 12 Robertson Street.
The federal stimulus money that provided the bulk of financing for the $1.2 million initiative also set requirements that prices cannot result in applicants spending more than 30 percent of their monthly income on mortgage principal, interest and homeowner's insurance. The town considered this, other affordability factors, the appraised value and total development costs when determining home price ranges.
A closing for a three-bedroom home at 51 Wharf Street appraised at $190,000 is scheduled for Dec. 18, said Danny Wilson, the town planner coordinating the project.
"So far our closings have occurred on schedule, which is a very good thing, and we're looking forward to closing that one on schedule as well," he said.
Wilson also announced at a meeting Tuesday of the Affordable Housing Committee that four new applicants approached the town after the first closing, joining 12 others who are either awaiting a required home buyer education course or mortgage pre-approval.
"We're working with them for the three remaining homes, and really activity started picking up once we had our first closing, so it's really been the best marketing," he said.
Wilson said he anticipates holding a third housing lottery January.
The mostly grant-funded project has taken some criticism for falling months behind originally anticipated closing dates and losing some 50 applicants out of a pool of 60, largely without explanation.
The program comes with a lengthy review process, a first-time home buyer requirement, income levels of less than 80 percent of the area's median by family size and a credit score threshold of 625, which Growth Management Director Marc Orlando has blamed for the scale of withdrawals. Wilson has said the exact number of drops that can be attributed to the score requirement, which isn't federally mandated but was determined in consultation with area lenders, can't be determined.
Proceeds from the sale of homes will go toward future affordable housing initiatives, which Mayor Lisa Sulka spoke of optimistically.
"We might change it, but at least the next time around we all have the same goal from many...moons ago, way back to our comprehensive plan," she said.
Wilson also announced at the meeting that the town's neighborhood assistance program kicks off in January. The program emphasizes "clean and dry" home repairs that affect safety or the living environment, such as roof repair. Applications will be available online and at Town Hall.
Between grant and town funding, the program should have upwards of $240,000 available this year.
The committee also approved some recommended changes to the town's Neighborhood Assistance Program, which should have upwards of $240,000 this year for home repairs. Under newly adopted eligibility requirements, applicants must earn 60 percent or less of the area's median income of $68,900.


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Cort's Story: Coping With Insomnia
Current as of: May 3, 2017
Find More Information on the Government of BC Website
Waking up at 4 a.m. every day is a way of life for Cort. He gets about 5 hours of sleep each night on average. He doesn't mind waking up early. But he does wish he had a few more hours of sleep at night.
"I'm a very light sleeper. So if someone opens a door, a dog barks, an owl calls, it'll wake me up. I've never been a deep sleeper. I've tried sleeping with earplugs and nothing makes a difference," Cort says. He envies small children who can drop off to sleep anywhere. Cort has learned to cope with getting less sleep.
Cort has done a lot of reading and research about sleep problems. For him, anxiety is a big part of why he doesn't sleep well. "When I wake up at 2 or 3 in the morning, my mind starts processing stuff-things that I need to get done, that I forgot to do," he says. "Trying to relieve that anxiety seems to me a very worthwhile sleep prescription."
Cort's research led him to this anxiety-reducing tip: Keep a pad of paper and a pen by your bed to write down those thoughts racing around in your head. This lets you get back to sleep without worrying about things you need to remember to do in the morning.
When it comes to sleeping pills, Cort has done his homework. While he does have a prescription, he uses the medicine only when he needs to be well rested the next day, such as when he has to give a presentation at work. Cort heeds his doctor's warning about becoming dependent on sleeping pills. "I have a prescription for 5 mg tablets, and I never take a full one. I break them in half, and I never take them more than once in 2 weeks."
Cort also uses the pills in another way. By having a pill on his bedside table, it relaxes him even if he doesn't actually take it. It's a way of managing his anxiety about not getting enough sleep.
Cort's story reflects his experiences as told in an interview. The photograph is not of Cort, to protect his privacy.
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads
in criminal law and procedure ejournals are here. The usual disclaimers apply.
|Paper Title
|Jay-Z's 99 Problems, Verse 2: A Close Reading with Fourth Amendment Guidance for Cops and Perps
Caleb E. Mason,
Southwestern Law School,
Date posted to database: August 13, 2012
|Foreign Affairs and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Stephen J. Choi, Kevin E. Davis,
New York University (NYU) - School of Law, New York University (NYU) - School of Law,
Date posted to database: July 24, 2012 [3rd last week]
|Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement as Seen through Wal-Mart's Potential Exposure
Mike Koehler,
Southern Illinois University School of Law,
Date posted to database: September 13, 2012 [4th last week]
|A Technology-Centered Approach to Quantitative Privacy
David C. Gray, Danielle Keats Citron,
University of Maryland-Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland - Francis King Carey School of Law,
Date posted to database: August 15, 2012 [5th last week]
|The International Commission of Inquiry on Libya: A Critical Analysis
Kevin Jon Heller,
Melbourne Law School,
Date posted to database: August 5, 2012 [6th last week]
|Arthur Andersen and the Myth of the Corporate Death Penalty: Corporate Criminal Convictions in the Twenty-First Century
Gabriel Markoff,
Southern District of Texas,
Date posted to database: August 21, 2012 [7th last week]
|Illuminating Innumeracy
Lisa Milot,
University of Georgia - School of Law,
Date posted to database: August 1, 2012 [8th last week]
|The Heart of Mens Rea and the Insanity of Psychopaths
Craig A. Stern,
Regent University School of Law,
Date posted to database: July 27, 2012 [10th last week]
|'Becker on Ewald on Foucault on Becker': American Neoliberalism and Michel Foucault's 1979 'Birth of Biopolitics' Lectures
Gary S. Becker, Francois Ewald,Bernard E. Harcourt,
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, University of Chicago - Department of Political Science,
Date posted to database: September 5, 2012
|Standing Up for Mr. Nesbitt
Stephen W. Smith,
Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law,
Date posted to database: September 8, 2012 [new to top ten]
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
King on Martinez v. Ryan
Nancy J. King (Vanderbilt University - Law School) has posted Preview: A Preliminary Survey of Issues Raised by Martinez v. Ryan (LaFave, Israel, King & Kerr, Criminal Procedure (3d ed.), 2012-13 supplement, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The Court's 2012 decision in Martinez v. Ryan raises numerous issues for litigants and courts. Those issues as well as developing case law as of September 2012 are included in the discussion posted here, forthcoming as part of the 2012-2013 updates to the comprehensive treatise on criminal procedure coauthored by Professors Wayne LaFave, Jerold Israel, Nancy King, and Orin Kerr (database CRIMPROC on Westlaw).
Topics addressed include the rationale for the Martinez decision; what constitutes an "initial review collateral proceeding"; the effect of the decision on Edwards v. Carpenter; measuring the effectiveness of post-conviction counsel after Martinez; what is a "substantial" claim of trial counsel ineffectiveness; and the application of Martinez to defaults during proceedings after the "initial review collateral proceeding. "
September 29, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Weisselberg on the 2011-12 Term
Charles D. Weisselberg (University of California, Berkeley - School of Law) has posted GPS Monitoring and More: Criminal Law Cases in the Supreme Court's 2011-12 Term (48 Court Review 60 (2012)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This article examines some of the most notable criminal-law-related opinions of the Supreme Court's 2011-12 Term, focusing on those decisions that have the greatest impact upon the states.
Without a doubt, the past Term was "big." The headline on the civil side of the docket was the Affordable Care Act decision. The blockbuster on the criminal side was United States v. Jones, the Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring case. In Jones, the Court showed that some old things can be new again — the justices gave us "new" ways of thinking about Fourth Amendment searches. There were other key criminal-law rulings as well, including on effective assistance and plea negotiations, confrontation, juries and criminal fines, juvenile life-without-parole sentences, and double jeopardy. And as in the previous Term, the Court issued several opinions emphasizing the deference to be afforded state courts on federal habeas corpus review. The article concludes with a brief preview of the 2012-2013 Term.
September 29, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Cockfield on Surveillance as Law
Arthur J. Cockfield (Queen's University (Canada) - Faculty of Law) has posted Surveillance as Law (Griffith Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 4, p. 795 (2011)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Since 9/11, many governments have amended their laws to make it easier for state actors to watch us for security (and efficiency) purposes. As discussed by Surveillance Studies researchers and others, at the same time surveillance technology developments have made it easier and less costly for the private sector and government to compile detailed profiles about us. When government surveillance undermines important democratic practices like privacy, the surveillance itself operates independently as a kind of law that shapes individual and social behaviour in ways that were not intended by the adopters of a security initiative. Traditional legal tools, such as federal or sub-federal laws that govern the information collection practices of government agencies, provide an insufficient safeguard against these worries. To re-establish an individual's actual and perceived control over personal information, governments need to develop effective institutions (with audit and investigatory powers) as well as new laws and policies to govern the conception, design, implementation and ongoing evaluation of new security initiatives. A 2010 reform effort by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada serves as an example of this approach.
September 29, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Next week's criminal law/procedure arguments
Issue summary from ScotusBlog:
Wednesday, Oct. 3
- Johnson v. Williams: Whether a habeas petitioner's claim has been "adjudicated on the merits" for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) where the state court denied relief in an explained decision but did not expressly acknowledge a federal-law basis for the claim.
September 29, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, September 28, 2012
Miller on Forfeiture by Wrongdoing
Colin Miller (University of South Carolina School of Law) has posted The Purpose Driven Rule: Drew Peterson, Giles v. California, and the Transferred Intent Doctrine of Forfeiture by Wrongdoing on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
On September 6, 2012, a jury convicted Drew Peterson of the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Media accounts of the verdict indicated that jurors were primarily swayed by the admission of hearsay statements by Savio as well as Peterson's third wife, Stacy Peterson. Numerous stories reported that the prosecution admitted these hearsay statements pursuant to "Drew's Law," a statutory codification of the common law doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing that the Illinois legislature enacted solely for purposes of the Peterson prosecution. In fact, these statements were admitted under the common law doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing, and the viability of Peterson's appeal hinges upon the constitutionality of the transferred intent doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing.
September 28, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Allen on Burdens of Proof
Ronald J. Allen (Northwestern University Law School) has posted Burdens of Proof (Evidence Science, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The conceptual foundations of burdens of proof are examined, and the unified theory of evidentiary devices derivable from those foundations is explicated. Both the conceptual foundations and the unified theory generated are shown to rest on questionable assumptions about conventional probability theory. The resulting analytical difficulties are analyzed. Inference to the best explanation and the relative plausibility theory are examined as potentially providing the foundation to a superior conceptualization of the burden of proof.
September 28, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Gatewood on US v Jones
Jace C. Gatewood (Atlanta's John Marshall Law School) has posted It's Raining Katz and Jones: The Implications of United States v. Jones – A Case of Sound and Fury (Pace Law Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2013 Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Article discusses the implications of United States v. Jones, the recent Supreme Court decision that held that the warrantless installation and use of a GPS tracking device to track a suspect's movements constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment when accompanied by a physical trespass. This Article examines the Court's decision in light of emerging technology capable of duplicating the monitoring undertaken in Jones with the same degree of intrusiveness attributable to GPS tracking devices, but do not depend on any physical invasion of property. This Article also examines how the pervasive use of this emerging technology may reshape reasonable expectations of privacy concerning an individual's public movements making it all the more difficult to apply the Fourth Amendment constitutional tests outlined in Jones.
September 28, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, September 27, 2012
"No, the Officer Doesn't Have to Announce the Offense When He Makes An Arrest (UPDATE: Although Some State Laws May Require Such Notice)"
September 27, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Avraham & Statman on the Comparative Nature of Desert
Ronen Avraham (pictured) and Daniel Statman (University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Haifa - Department of Philosophy) have posted More on the Comparative Nature of Desert: Can a Deserved Punishment Be Unjust? on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Adam and Eve have the same record yet receive different punishment. Adam receives the punishment that they both deserve, whereas Eve receives a more lenient punishment. In this paper, we explore whether a deserved-but-unequal punishment, such as what Adam receives, can be just. We do this by explicating the conceptions of retributive justice that underlie both sides of the debate. We argue that inequality in punishment is disturbing mainly because of the disrespect it often expresses towards the offender receiving the harsher treatment, and also because it casts doubt on whether Adam got what he deserved. We suggest that when no disrespect is involved and when it is clear that the criminal got what he deserved, inequality is not worrisome.
September 27, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Shatz & Dalton on Challenging the Death Penalty with Statistics
Steven F. Shatz (pictured) and Terry Dalton (University of San Francisco - School of Law and University of California, Irvine) have posted Challenging the Death Penalty with Statistics: Furman, McCleskey and a Single County Case Study on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In the forty year history of the Supreme Court's modern death penalty jurisprudence, two cases — Furman v. Georgia (1972) and McCleskey v. Kemp (1987) — stand out above all others. Both cases turned on the Court's consideration of empirical evidence, but they appear to have reached divergent — even altogether inconsistent — results. In Furman, the Court relied on statistical evidence that the death penalty was infrequently applied to death-eligible defendants to hold that the Georgia death penalty scheme was unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. In McCleskey, the Court, despite being presented with statistical evidence that race played a significant role in death-charging and death-sentencing in Georgia, upheld the revised Georgia scheme and McCleskey's death sentence against Equal Protection and Eighth Amendment challenges. The McCleskey decision called into question the use of statistical evidence to challenge the death penalty.
September 27, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Lacey & Pickard on Responsibility Without Blame
Nicola Lacey (pictured) and Hanna Pickard (University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and University of Oxford - Faculty of Philosophy) have posted From the Consulting Room to the Court Room? Taking the Clinical Model of Responsibility Without Blame into the Legal Realm ((2013) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (Forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Within contemporary penal philosophy, the view that punishment can only be justified if the offender is a moral agent who is responsible and hence blameworthy for their offence is one of the few areas on which a consensus prevails. In recent literature, this precept is associated with the retributive tradition, in the modern form of 'just deserts'. Turning its back on the rehabilitative ideal, this tradition forges a strong association between the justification of punishment, the attribution of responsible agency in relation to the offence, and the appropriateness of blame. By contrast, effective clinical treatment of disorders of agency employs a conceptual framework in which ideas of responsibility and blameworthiness are clearly separated from what we call 'affective blame': the range of hostile, negative attitudes and emotions that are typical human responses to criminal or immoral conduct. We argue that taking this clinical model of 'responsibility without blame' into the legal realm offers new possibilities. Theoretically, it allows for the reconciliation of the idea of 'just deserts' with a rehabilitative ideal in penal philosophy. Punishment can be reconceived as consequences – typically negative but occasionally not, so long as they are serious and appropriate to the crime and the context – imposed in response to, by reason of, and in proportion to responsibility and blameworthiness, but without the hard treatment and stigma typical of affective blame. Practically, it suggests how sentencing and punishment can better avoid affective blame and instead further rehabilitative and related ends, while yet serving the demands of justice.
September 27, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Bar-Gill & Friedman on Warrants
Oren Bar-Gill and Barry Friedman (pictured) (New York University (NYU) - School of Law and New York University School of Law) have posted Taking Warrants Seriously (Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 106, Issue 4, 2012, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Courts and
commentators are increasingly concerned about police misconduct — searches and
seizures that fail to comply with Fourth Amendment protections. Current doctrine
attempts to deter such misconduct with the threat of excluding unlawfully seized
evidence. The remedy of exclusion is weak, however, in large part because judges
only see cases in which the defendant obviously is guilty. Despite years of
proposals, the alternative of money damages is largely unavailable. The problem
is exacerbated because Fourth Amendment law is notoriously uncertain. The
combination of these three factors results in ineffective deterrence of Fourth
Amendment violations. We propose to replace the failed deterrence model with a
stringent ex ante warrant requirement. We make a novel case for warrants based
on findings from the social sciences. The Court, rather than continuously
weakening the warrant requirement, should reverse course and set warrants as the
centerpiece of the Fourth Amendment.
September 26, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Kaplan on Oregon's Death Penalty
Aliza B. Kaplan (Lewis & Clark Law School) has posted Oregon's Death Penalty: The Practical Reality (Lewis & Clark Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Governor John Kitzhaber's suspension of the death penalty and his call to "all Oregonians to engage in the long overdue debate that [the death penalty] deserves" has provided a unique opportunity to examine some of the practical considerations implicated in the death penalty in Oregon and around the country. In this article, I hope to participate in this debate by setting forth a few of the pragmatic reasons why it is not worthwhile to maintain the death penalty in Oregon. In Part I, I explain the history of the death penalty in Oregon. In Part II, I focus on wrongful convictions. Included in this section are stories of innocent people sentenced to death who were innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted, sentenced and imprisoned.
September 26, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
"ACLU files suit for information on automatic license plate readers"
From Jurist:
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Massachusetts(ACLUM) [advocacy websites] on Tuesday filed suit [complaint, PDF; press release] to obtain records and information regarding the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) by federal law enforcement and agencies. The suit was filed in the US District Court of Massachusetts against the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security [official websites] after the federal agencies refused to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the ALCU [JURIST report] in July. ALPRs are cameras mounted near roads and highways that photograph and record license plate numbers. The numbers are electronically interpreted so that police can be alerted when a license plate of interest is seen. The ACLU is seeking information about the length of time ALPR data is kept, with whom it is shared and the security of the records. They also seek information on any privacy polcies to protect drivers. An ALCUM staff attorney said, "If the government knows where you shop, where you worship, who you visit, and where you go to the doctor, it can put together a picture of your entire life. Police shouldn't track everybody. They should only track people they suspect of committing crimes."
September 25, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Starr on Gender Disparities
Sonja B. Starr (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This paper assesses gender disparities in federal criminal cases. It finds large gender gaps favoring women throughout the sentence length distribution (averaging over 60%), conditional on arrest offense, criminal history, and other pre-charge observables. Female arrestees are also significantly likelier to avoid charges and convictions entirely, and twice as likely to avoid incarceration if convicted. Prior studies have reported much smaller sentence gaps because they have ignored the role of charging, plea-bargaining, and sentencing fact-finding in producing sentences. Most studies control for endogenous severity measures that result from these earlier discretionary processes and use samples that have been winnowed by them. I avoid these problems by using a linked dataset tracing cases from arrest through sentencing. Using decomposition methods, I show that most sentence disparity arises from decisions at the earlier stages, and use the rich data to investigate causal theories for these gender gaps.
September 25, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Pustilnik on Neurotechnologies and Criminal Procedure
Amanda C. Pustilnik (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) has posted Neurotechnologies at the Intersection of Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Law (in The Constitution and the Future of the Criminal Law, John Parry & Song Richardson, eds. Cambridge University Press, 2013 Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The rapid development of neurotechnologies poses novel constitutional issues for criminal law and criminal procedure. These technologies can identify directly from brain waves whether a person is familiar with a stimulus like a face or a weapon, can model blood flow in the brain to indicate whether a person is lying, and can even interfere with brain processes themselves via high-powered magnets to cause a person to be less likely to lie to an investigator. These technologies implicate the constitutional privilege against compelled, self-incriminating speech under the Fifth Amendment and the right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Law enforcement use of these technologies will not just require extending existing constitutional doctrine to cover new facts but will challenge these doctrines' foundations. This short chapter discusses cognitive privacy and liberty under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, showing how current jurisprudence under both amendments stumbles on limited and limiting distinctions between the body and the mind, the physical and the informational. Brain processes and emanations sit at the juncture of these categories. This chapter proposes a way to transcend these limitations while remaining faithful to precedent, extending these important constitutional protections into a new era of direct access to the brain/mind.
September 25, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Today's criminal law/procedure cert grants
Issue summaries are from ScotusBlog:
- Missouri v. McNeely: Whether a law enforcement officer may obtain a nonconsensual and warrantless blood sample from a drunk driver under the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement based upon the natural dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream.
- Millbrook v. United States: immunity of the federal government from a lawsuit claiming negligence by officials of the Lewisburg, Pa., prison over a sexual assault on an inmate by three guards.
September 25, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Lave on Violence Against Women
Tamara Rice Lave (University of Miami, School of Law) has posted Thinking Critically About How to Address Violence Against Women (University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 65, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Every day across the Americas, men, women, and children are forced to work in degrading circumstances due to structural poverty and inequality. Women and girls are often subjected to the worst abuses. The purpose of this essay is not to solve these problems. That is a job for the women who experience and resist subordination in their daily lives and their advocates. Instead, this essay has a more modest goal – to urge advocates to think critically about the task ahead and what limits, if any, should be placed on potential solutions.
September 25, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Monday, September 24, 2012
"When GPS Tracking Violates Privacy Rights"
This editorial is from the New York Times:
For the right to personal privacy to survive in America in this digital age, courts must be meticulous in applying longstanding privacy protections to new technology. This did not happen in an unfortunate ruling last month by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
The case concerned a drug conviction based on information about the defendant's location that the government acquired from a cellphone he carried on a three-day road trip in a motor home. The data, apparently obtained with a phone company's help, led to a warrantless search of the motor home and the seizure of incriminating evidence.
The majority opinion held that there was no constitutional violation of the defendant's rights because he "did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the data given off by his voluntarily procured pay-as-you-go cellphone."
September 24, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (4)


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - March in protest in HK on July 1 Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in March in protest in HK on July 1 Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Opinions View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message toomuchJoined: 08 Jun 2003Posts: 5 Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 8:41 am Post subject: March in protest in HK on July 1 We've a March in protest on July 1. We believed that more than 10 thousand people will join the campaign. The major aim of the campaign is against the 23th of the basic law. The law is overright our human right. It threaten our liberty of speech(may be I can't talk to all you guy after that law is activate),freedom of publication. Even if we've got a certain book at home may offend the law. Do you think it is very horrible? Back to top DianaJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 494Location: Guam, USA Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:34 pm Post subject: New Law? What exactly does the new law say? Back to top obelixJoined: 09 Feb 2003Posts: 304 Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:12 pm Post subject: Surely you didn't believe China would keep its word? Back to top obelixJoined: 09 Feb 2003Posts: 304 Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:17 pm Post subject: China's slow march toward openness took a big leap backward last week. Beijing forced the leaders in Hong Kong, which China took over in 1997, to put forth tough new laws that would end up stifling political dissent and the media in that major Asian city. The proposed antisubversion laws aren't likely to be passed by Hong Kong's undemocratic Legislative Council until next year. That should give time for President Bush, who will host the Chinese president on a visit to the US this month, to ask if such measures mean China's Communist Party is more interested in its survival than in freedom and self-rule for its people. China has so far failed in its handover agreement with Britain to bring democracy to the former colony and abide by its promise of "one country, two systems." That point won't be missed in Taiwan, which distrusts Beijing's offer of autonomy if the island will only return to the motherland. China's long-term fear is that Hong Kong will be used for massive protests for democracy, as happened during the 1989 Tiananmen crisis. Or that independent groups like the Falun Gong spiritual movement [ ]. Such fears wouldn't exist if China, including Hong Kong, would channel dissent through a democracy, and not restrict basic civil liberties. In fact, the exact wording of the proposed laws hasn't been released for public debate. But in the vague overview, the laws would give police even more powers than they now have in investigating murders. Anyone publishing "seditious" material could be jailed for seven years. And, most important, such actions would lack the checks and balances found in a democratic system. With the US now restricting civil liberties in its war on terrorism, China may have thought it could get away with this. But a key difference is that a US-type democracy has the corrective ability to restore civil liberties. Back to top DianaJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 494Location: Guam, USA Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:41 am Post subject: Civil Liberties I think China should reconsider passing laws restricting civil liberties such as free expression. Then again, they may be more interested in keeping their type of governmental system. When only a few group of people rule for a long time, they tend to like it up there and will find ways to stay up there. I just hope that it doesn't become another "Tiananman Square." China is going to have to realize sooner or later that many young people in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan favor a more democratic government and civil liberties. And it is these young people who are the future of China. By the way, I heard that many students in Iran are demonstrating against their own government. Iran's leaders, however, are blaming the US for corrupting their youths. Back to top wetsmileJoined: 18 Sep 2003Posts: 2 Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 10:55 pm Post subject: don't you guys think "one country two systems" is little more than just a bridging diplomatic slogan?! when most HKness gradually get used to the mainlanders' way of doing things, i wonder how much will that literal "two systems" mean virtually?! ... but of course, you don't have to take my cynical pessimistic personal opinions that seriously, feel free to hope for the best light-heartedly! good luck ~~~ Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Opinions All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. 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I am so excited that I finally get a chance to share a lesson on opinion writing with you with the graphic organizers that I use in the classroom. This last year was a big change for me. My district adopted a new reading series, and I spent part of the year working with the series' writing program to see if I liked it better that what I already did. I was able to post a lot of my expository writing on the Better Lesson site, and just wish I had more time to post some whole units on opinion writing. I hope you'll be able to take what I've shown you today and apply it to other opinion pieces you may do in your classroom.
Today we are going to be reading a mentor text from KidsDiscover. Here is the article: KIDS DISCOVER EARTH DAY PACKET(1).pdf - you will need to make enough copies for each of your students. The students will be doing some problem solving today as they determine for themselves what the three most important ways to help save the Earth are. Students will have to think about the choices from the text and weigh the ideas against each other, determining which are the most important. They will take these ideas and have to identify what the main idea and the important details are. When we do this we are going to address standards RI1.1 and RI1.2. Students will record the main ideas and details on their tree maps to categorize their thoughts. Then they will use this information to write an opinion piece about what they think the 3 most important ways to help the Earth are. This addresses standard W1.1.
There are many components to prepare for this lesson. If you'd like to to read the mentor text off the Smartboard you will need the Smartboard Helping Our Earth.notebook or Activboard Helping Our Earth.flipchart lesson. If you'd like to model the writing process for your students you might want to download this Smartboard Opinion Writing - How Best to Save the Earth Example.notebook or Activboard Opinion Writing - How Best to Save the Earth.flipchart lesson. You will also want to make copies of the Tree Map 3 Branched Tree Map.pdf and the Flow Map Flow Map Writing Paper Ways to Save the Earth.pdf for each of your students. You will also want to make enough copies of the Journal Paper for each student in your class.
I really wanted to make sure I was crystal clear with the whole writing lesson today. I made this video Overview of the Writing Lesson.mp4 that gives you the overview of the lesson so you will know exactly what to do with your class.
Every student in my class had a packet of the text. I also had a copy but I pulled up the text on the Smartboard. We read through the text together. We took a while to get through the text because I would stop and elaborate on different concepts to make sure my students understood what we are reading. I elaborated on what a "worm bin" was and what "compost" was, telling the students that compost was very good for the soil, that they could put their food waste into the worm bin, and that these things help us make sure there would be less waste in the landfill.
When I read the fact about how it takes 1,500 gallons of water to make one pair of jeans, we were amazed, and I really pointed out that fact about how we could save water by buying our jeans at a resale shop or wearing hand-me-downs.
We also incorporated the other knowledge we had learned about from the other lessons in our story about saving water and planting trees. By the time we were done with the text, my students had a good understanding of all the ways they could help save the Earth. Now they had to pick what they thought were the most important ways.
I helped them write on the top line of the tree map. I said, "What is our opinion piece going to be about? That's right - ways to help save the Earth. Let's write that on the top line." Then I told the students that their job was to go back into the text and determine what they thought the three most important ways to help the Earth were. If they wanted to talk this over with someone at their table they could. I told them to write those at the top of the three columns. I gave them about 5-7 minutes to do this.
After they determined what they thought the three most important ways to save the Earth were I said, "Now I want you to write some details under each column. Take what you've learned from this whole unit - not just this text - and tell me the details of why each of your 3 ways are important. Again, you may go back into the text if you need to and you can work with someone at your table if you need to." I gave them a good 15 minutes to do this.
I passed out the flow maps to my students. I pulled up my example of my flow map on my Smartboard lesson. Since we had so much experience with working with tree maps and flow maps, I didn't have to model a great deal because they knew the process of how to write a story on the flow map by using their ideas from the tree map because of all of our animal nonfiction writing.
The only thing that really changed is our beginning sentences because this was opinion writing. I walked them through the first introduction box. I said, "What did we write at the top of our tree map? Yes - how to save the Earth. Who can turn that into a sentence?" We brainstormed some ideas, and then I let them all write that first sentence in their own way in their introduction box. Then I said, "Now we're writing an opinion. What is some of the vocabulary we've learned that shows we are writing an opinion?" My students told me some ways were to say, "I think ...," "I feel ...," "I believe ...," and "In my opinion ..." I said, "How many ways did we say were important? That's right - 3. Who can tell me a sentence that uses those stems and tells about 3 important ways?" We brainstormed as a class so everyone could hear others ideas. Then I let them write that 2nd sentence in the introduction box in their own way.
Once we were done with our introduction, I gave the students a real quick overview. I said, "Boys and girls, we have done this so many times with all our animal stories. Nothing has changed. You know how to take your ideas from the tree map and use them to write your story on your flow map. Remember you, take the idea from the top of the column and put that in the large box and you take the details from the bottom of the column and but those in your elaboration boxes. So let's get started." I gave the students a good 25 minutes to write their opinion pieces on their flow maps.
You can see how I circulated around the room helping students if needed and how my students were writing their stories in the video: Opinion Writing Using Our Flow Map.mp4.
I've given you a video that shows a great strategy for helping your students to copy the flow map correctly onto their writing paper. Check it out here: Strategies for Transfering From the Flow Map to Journal Paper.mp4. It will save you frustration if you use this strategy!
After we numbered our boxes, I gave journal paper to my students and had them copy their stories onto their journal paper. When they were done with their written part I had them make an illustration. You can see this portion of the lesson here: Writing Our Stories.mp4.
Since we had finished this lesson on the very last day of school, I decided to use the time to share our writing together as a class. This was such a time to celebrate what we've learned throughout the year and how much we've grown. We came together as a class on the carpet, and I allowed my students to share their writing with their class if they wished. We took our time with our closure, since it was the very last day of school. I just soaked these last moments in, reveling in how far these kiddos have come this year. It was a bittersweet moment.


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U.S. Supreme Court Justice to Speak at UW
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will speak to students and the public at the University of Wyoming Thursday, Oct. 25.
Scalia is scheduled to speak at 12:45 p.m. in the UW Fine Arts concert hall. He is expected to talk for about 30 minutes and then participate in a question-and-answer session. He then will sign copies of his new book, "Reading Law: the Interpretation of Legal Texts," in the Fine Arts lobby.
Scalia comes to UW at the invitation of UW's chapter of the Federalist Society.
UW College of Law student Caitlin Wallace, president of the chapter, extended the invitation over the summer. She received a letter from the justice in early September accepting the invitation to speak at UW.
"He has seen some of the best attorneys in the world, and some of the worst I'm sure. To be able to walk away from the event and have students say they learned what to do and what not to do from Justice Scalia, I think that will stick with them for the rest of their careers," Wallace says. "While I'm sure Justice Scalia is asked this question a lot, what seems to me to be the burning question is what it's like to sit on the highest court in the land and make decisions that affect not only the law but the citizens of the United States, as well as to be part of history."
Organizers of Scalia's appearance say they plan to set aside close to 350 seats in the 685-seat Fine Arts concert hall for UW law and selected undergraduate programs. Limited seating will be open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Live video of Scalia's speech will be streamed to overflow rooms in the UW College of Law's Brimmer Legal Education Center, as well.
Copies of the justice's new book may be purchased before Oct. 25 at the UW Bookstore. Advance purchase is encouraged, and the book signing is open to the public.
Attendees must bring valid photo IDs. Bags, cell phones and other electronic devices will not be allowed.
Scalia, appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, is the longest-serving justice currently on the court. A native of New Jersey, he attended Georgetown University as an undergraduate and obtained his law degree from Harvard University. After working in private practice, serving in the Nixon and Ford administrations and teaching as a law professor, he was appointed in 1982 as a federal appeals court judge.


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No sense even writing about the weather ... I'm tired of trying to romanticize Mother Nature's fury, and Old Man Winter isn't heeding our weariness. What's in store? Who knows, but there is a good feeling on the horizon.
This Sunday, Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. I will gleefully "spring forward" and set my clocks ahead an hour, which gives us an hour more of daylight each day — another hour to see all that beautiful white stuff on the ground! Ha! For some reason, the onset of Daylight Saving Time always makes spring feel a tad bit closer. We are ready. What an understatement!
Lots of congratulations are in order:
• Congratulations to Jack Ritter of Bureau Valley South, who spelled his way to a Bureau County championship in the county spelling bee last Tuesday. Also congrats to runner-up Valerie Hernandez of DePue and all the other contestants who are champions in their own schools. I had the pleasure of judging the spelling bee again this year, and I applaud every student, not to mention the teachers and parents who help these young people get ready for this fun-filled event.
• Congratulations to the Annawan Bravettes who dribbled their way to a state championship. Also the Putnam County Panthers who won their regional championship on Friday. The Panthers head to Colfax on Wednesday for the sectional semi-final.
• Congratulations to Spring Valley's Project Success in Spring Valley which has initiated an award program to publicly acknowledge area schools, churches, organizations and businesses that go above and beyond to help the Hall Township Food Pantry. Hats off as well to the first 15 award recipients Project Success recently named.
• And last but clearly not least, a huge congratulations to Princeton resident Austin Burrows, who has created a Facebook page called "Positive Life" and a blog he started. He also created a video. Burrows, 20, has done all this to offer people hope, as they go through many of life's trials and tribulations. To date, he has about 1,400 "Likes" on his Facebook page and about 10,000 readers on the blog. In his words, he said the efforts are "pretty much open to any kind of problem you might have. It's open to anyone who wants to put themselves out there to help relate to someone else or motivate them or let them know they're not alone and everything is going to be alright." Whoa! I am so impressed.
Thought for Fat Tuesday: "Mardi Gras: For people who can't wait for Halloween to look ridiculous." Anonymous.
Thought for Lent, which begins on Wednesday: "Let's hope this Lent we're able to give up freezing our (behinds) off for 40 days." Anonymous.
Per the aforementioned thoughts for Tuesday and Wednesday, Fat Tuesday is today, followed by the beginning of the Lenten season on Wednesday.
Speaking of Lent, I know a lot of churches have special events prior to Easter, which is late this year — April 20. These fundraiser activities are integral to many area churches. Please support them with your attendance. Besides, they are usually a lot of fun.
I've had several calls regarding our Spring 2014 Illinois Valley Living magazine. We are making the final touches right now, and it should be headed to the printer soon. Thanks for your patience. You won't be disappointed! And for those of you who were anxious for our NorthCentral Illinois AgMag. They were mailed last week. I hope you are enjoying them.
It's difficult to believe two months have already been torn off our 2014 calendars. Please remember to take time for those you love ... and save some time for yourself. Be gentle with others and also be gentle with yourself too. Have a great week. And remember ... you are important to me and the BCR.


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Continuing the fine tradition of bringing celebrated game franchises to the big screen and making us all cringe with agony, it has been revealed that Sony are actively encouraging film makers to "reinvent" God of War for the movie. Daily Reaction's Seb Moss and Dan Oravasaari discuss the problems that this could lead to, as well as whether there is any reason to hope. - PSLS
Dear God
of War.
They'll make it a 12 rated film.
The only way a God of War film will get 0.0001% love is if it is an 18. Even that will be difficult. But I won't be surprised if they roll on a 12A, kid friendly, no blood, sh*t GoW film.
A Metal Gear Solid film I can understand, but not GoW, Kratos is too bad ass for TV. Dude can only be controlled by my controller.
When I saw the image posted with the article, it looked like Bruce Willis was playing Kratos.
edit: and yes, literally a second later, I realized it was Patrick Stewart.
Patrick Stewart as Kratos?
It's gotta be either him or Morgan Freeman.
Morgan Freeman can be the body double.
I wouldnt mind tc carson as kratos.. After all kratos is grey so thats just make up.. He already does his voice so rage and emotion wouldnt be a problem. He would only have to buff up get ripped and let the epicness begin
While Stewart is awesome...have you ever seen him with his shirt off?
Ben Kingsly as Kratos. Believe.
Chuck Norris!
I don't know if he could dial down the manlyness enough to pull Kratos off. I mean Kratos is savage, but lets face it, he's no Chuck.
You mean the naive creationist or should I just say creationist. He is an insult to humanity and furthermore, he knows it.
Oh God. I was just about to state some examples of who's done bad game to movie translation and besides Uwe Boll - I think they were *ALL* made by Sony!
Resident Evil movies could be worse, could be like the games.
Actually I think since the first movie they've been influencing the direction and some elements in games.
They're feeding off each other.
If the Resident Evil movie franchise practically completely played out the first move the way the first game plays out ...
It would have been AMAZING!!!!
The first 4 RE games were fantastic, and 5 wasn't as bad as people want to make it out to be.
The movies are big piles of doo doo.
I'll just say it: maybe the movie falling apart is a good thing.
How many game to movie projects have fallen through?
Half of all the games I have played have been through that stage where someone picks up the rights for a movie, and it never happens.
The Darkness
Metro 2033
etc. That is just a few. I could easily name 30, without the help of the internet (for gods' sake, don't ask me to name 30)
Can you please name 30 for me? I need to know some more... :D
Lol, I'm kidding, but I believe the MGS and Uncharted movies are underway now. So they're going to be happening. Whether they're good or not, I'm probably leaning toward a no... Uncharted is basically a movie already, why would we need a fake Drake when he's right there on the game?
As for MGS, well... David Hayter is the ONLY voice for Snake. Unless they either went with CGI (which they should) or they would have to redub all the audio with his voice which would be a bit of an annoyance I'm sure.
Batista or The Rock as Kratos anyone?
The Rock will only work if they shave off his eyebrows and maybe botox his head to stop him from doing his signature pose... may also need to dub over his voice.
I say micheal j white. Dark deep voice and badass anger display, and buff body with fighting capabilities.
He wont get it because he's black. I remember David Jaffer wanted Djimon Hounsou to play Kratos some yeas ago and fans threw a crazy fit.
I still want to see Jason Momoa as Kratos
redrum, for a second i read "michael j. fox" :D
the guy need to act also not only looking like a video character
You guys are all going for guys who look like Kratos does in the games. Newsflash - the studio doesn't care if they even look similar in facial features, they care if this dude CAN ACT and LEAD A MOVIE almost singlehandedly. Hence why Djimon Hounsou is brought up so much - he can be made to look similar, AND can act.
morgan freeman is alive? someone lied to me.
dont bother making it if its not on par with the movie 300. i dont want trash like immorals or crap like that. to tell you the truth, why make make it a movie the damn games are basically movies them selfs.
im hoping with next gen consoles after you beat the games if you can unlock and be able to watch it as if you were playing it,
leonardo di caprio would make a perfect kratos.
He doesn't really give off a powerful vibe when angry though, more bratty like a kid not getting a toy he wants... IMO
he could play that guy that Kratos forces to translate the stones from the 2nd game.
Wow... and i was really looking forward to this....
Most video game storyline and character developments are not great when compared to some of the best movie classics. Characters are often one dimensional and plots filled with cliches. That's one of the reasons why video games don't translate well on film. Now that doesn't mean the game is bad, it could be still be GOTY quality. I think we tend to overlook that downside when everything else about the game is amazing.
Yep, and despite how badass Kratos and GOW are, he is very one dimensional. I really love the games, but unless they add something to the character, this will be nothing more than a popcorn flick at best, wait for HBO/Netflix release at worst.
Vin Diesel as kratos plz!
Actually, that doesn't sound bad at all. He did a freaking amazing job with the Riddick series. Who knows.
I myself would suggest David Letterman. /s
More blood
more boob
more yelling by a better actor
god of war movie will sell a lot
$$Rated R/NC-17 For Everybody$$
Because Kratos's face resembles not a single human actors face.
not true what about that guy
Sorry but two industry fads that need to go away already for 2 yrs is the excess zombies and ancient greek settings.
I am looking forward to god of war ascension, but both hollywood and developers need to stop trying to cash in on it becauses it's popular atm.
But this is only my personal opinion feel free to disagress with any or all of it. I think the market is oversaturated with both zombies and ancient greeks. I don't mind a few here and there, but spamming it repeatedly turns some people off.
But i am really not a zombie person, to begin with.
Nah, first it's shooters, then it's zombies, we need more ancient greek settings because literally God of War is the only game that has it. I can't think of another game this gen that is set in Ancient Greece can you?
How about a shooter set in ancient Greece where you fight zombies. Sounds like GOTY to me./s
Was referring to primarily movies with ancient greece.
They better stick with a awesome animation where there is no limit to imagination and not a real movie.
These movies will never happen. The Uncharted movie has been talked about for years and it's no closer to production.
I know Conan was crap and everything but the actor u have to get playing Kratos is Jason Momoa. He is the spitting image
Plus his skin tone fits well with the region (greece) more than your standard white famous actor. Perfect fit I think.
I would agree. Wasn't a big fan of his on Stargate, but he was amazing in Game of Thrones. Even learned a new language. After seeing it I could tell he was a good actor because he had to act to portray emotions that would have been lost in the dialog, and he did it superbly.
Also I believe he's Hawaiian. And Kratos is ashen because of the curse of the souls he's killed. Still this could be achieved with makeup despite the actor. I do believe flashbacks of him he had some fairly dark skin, although this was likely for contrast to the ashen skin.
Exactly, it has to be an origin story. So him commanding his army at the beginning as a normal human and eventually having the ashes and becoming the god of war.
What is this? Are the whole lot of the commentators in here on drugs?
You all should need some of uh, that thing. Yeah, you know that kind of thing that makes things.
Banans to everyone.
Btw I can see Vin Diesel as Cratos too. Either him or MC Hammer.
This is rediculous, of all the franchises lately I have always thought the god of war franchise would be the best to make a movie, or even a trilogy from. There is plenty of history and real mythology laced within the story, there is no reason to change anything.
The fact that they have signed the creativity rights over to the studio is almost concrete evidence to show they are just doing this because they think every GOW fan out there will go see it because of the name. For god's sake people have some integrity and demand that the story be kept true to the game. It was already a world rich with detail and backstory. I can see how in certain situations small things would have to be changed to adapt to a movie but giving full creative rights to the movie producer is just asking for them to make some crap ball like the resident evil series with a God of War sticker on it.
"real mythology"? Isn't that an oxymoron..
I second Jason Momoa as Kratos, but prefer the movie to NEVER happen. My next pick would have to be The Picard. LOL I love that picture
Either Vin Diesel or Michael Jai White as Kratos.Hopefully someone in Sony gets the bright idea to employ screenwriters who can actually bring the series onto the big screen properly...these two obviously have no clue and are out to make another quick cash-in like the rest of videogame movie adaptations.
where the [email protected]#k jaffe get jaffey to give input gow 1 and 2 stories were amazing I dont think they can top 2 story wise its like god of war 2 has the best story but 3 I like the visuals this game still hold its own to console and pc games it ran well looks good and still puts ninja gaiden to shame even the next gen wii u version.
Food for thought
The reason games being turned into movies is tough is simple. Games tend to have much longer stories. I mean really, try to compress the events of a 12 hour game like Uncharted 1 into a 2 hour flick. It's HARD.
Also, movies have a specific 3 part structure (with specific time frames for each) that need to be strictly followed. Games have a completely different structure.
I was under the impression Kratos was a Black guy...
Gotta black guy goatee,
Had brown skin before the ash,
Constantly pounding white chicks (lol)
Gets his health back by inhaling green smoke
Hates his dad
I mean I could go on for days
So why the guy from startrek?


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OSWEGO, NY – After winning the Budweiser International Classic at Oswego Speedway in 1997, open-wheel racing fans believed they witnessed the first of many victories at the 'Steel Palace' for Boise, Idaho, driver Davey Hamilton. Few would have speculated it would take another 16 years for the Indy Car Series veteran to score win number two.
With several close calls recently, including runner-up finishes in last season's Novelis Supermodified 'Kick-Off' and Budweiser International Classic, Hamilton continued to knock on the door step of another Oswego win and Saturday night as a part of Mitchell's Speedway Press/CJ Ferlito Aggregates night at the races Hamilton finally cashed in.
Starting fourth on the starting grid, Hamilton quickly darted to the runner-up position and would take the race lead from early pace setter Brandon Bellinger on lap 15. From there Hamilton settled into a groove out front over the final 60-laps, holding off late pressure from potential threats Michael Barnes and Dave Gruel, to claim the 52nd annual Novelis Supermodified 'Kick-Off'.
"Man, I feel like a kid again," said Hamilton in Oswego's Turning Stone Resort Casino victory lane. "It was awesome, car was good tonight. Thanks to Johnny (Nictora) and Otto (Sitterly). Maybe we can come back and do this the same way for Classic? It has been a long time, since '97, that I won that one. I don't get to race here as much as I would like to, but it is great winning here at Oswego."
Charging from 10th on the grid, Barnes would come home with a runner-up finish in the Strong Racing No. 99 ahead of Dave Danzer, Timmy Jedrzejek, Michael Muldoon, Shaun Gosselin, Joe Gosek, Tim Devendorf, Jeff Holbrook, and Gruel in the front ten positions.
Time trials would handicap the starting fields for Novelis Supermodified action on Saturday night, and for the first time championship points were awarded to the fastest eight drivers in the timed session.
For the fourth consecutive event, Oswego's Pat Lavery would set the fast lap in time trials driving the Lighthouse Lanes No. 22. Lavery's streak of quick time trials dates back to opening day of 2012 with two more in between during last season's International Classic as well as September's Fall Championship. Last year's championship runner-up laid down a lap of 16.416 seconds, over two tenths of a second faster than second fastest qualifier Joe Gosek in the Pathfinder Bank No. 00.
Barnes, Otto Sitterly, Jeff Locke, Gruel, Jedrzejek, and Dan Connors Jr. would all collect qualifying points for their time trial efforts.
Despite having a total of 24 Novelis Supermodifieds in the pit area Saturday night, only 19 would take the Cam's NY Pizzeria green flag from starter Donny Forbes.
Kody Graham, Lou LeVea Sr., Jeff Abold, Tony Steiner, and Tim Snyder would all run into issues before feature time and were not able to start the main event.
Brandon Bellinger and Gosselin would lead the 75-lap Novelis Supermodified feature field to the green flag on Saturday night with Bellinger emerging as the early leader behind the wheel of the Daratt Farms Racing No. 02 machine. In his first race driving the Xtreme chassis ride, formerly driven by Randy Ritskes, the Fulton driver gained confidence early leading a long pack of racers including Hamilton, Gosselin, Danzer, Connors, Gruel, Jerzejek, Barnes, and Locke.
As the field completed the sixth circuit, a vicious incident occurred on the Speedway's front straight involving Jared Bellinger, the younger brother of race leader Brandon.
Driving the family owned No. 82, the chassis which Brandon drove for much of the 2011-2012 seasons, Bellinger's car skidded out of control down the main straight away making heavy contact with the first turn foam.
Oswego Speedway's safety crew, arguably the premier safety crew in all of short track racing, was quickly on the scene as the race was brought under red flag conditions. After a lengthy delay, Bellinger was removed from the now destroyed No. 82 awake and alert, and transported to Upstate Medical Center for further evaluation.
Making just his second Supermodified start at Oswego Speedway, Bellinger was later released.
Under the red flag Connors, Holbrook, and Brian Sweeney all went to the pit area with issues. Holbrook and Sweeney would return to the action, while Connors would call it a night with engine issues after running in fifth position early on.
On the races restart Bellinger and Hamilton would immediately check away from the field, while Gruel was beginning to position himself in the Lighthouse Lanes No. 50. With an inside move on Danzer, Gruel would now ride fourth in the line-up, setting his sights on third place running Gosselin in the No. 26.
As the field set into its paces, Hamilton began to reel in Bellinger at the point, and on lap 15 the Indianapolis 500 veteran slid to the inside of Bellinger into turn one to take the race lead.
At that point Bellinger began to fade in the No. 02 as Gruel and Gosselin would each drive passed on lap 18, pushing the third generation racer to fourth.
Only one lap later, Locke would break loose in No. 37 and spin down the main straight away putting the caution lights on. At the same time Bellinger and Danzer would touch in turn one, sending the No. 02 gently into the inside hubrail.
Both Locke and Bellinger would continue on, finishing 13th and 14th in the final order.
When the race went back to green Hamilton led Gruel, Gosselin, Danzer, Jedrzejek, Barnes, Sitterly, Lavery, Gosek, and Muldoon.
With Hamilton charging away into the lead, Barnes would find his groove in the No. 99, hustling passed Jedrzejek for fifth to the inside in turn one on lap 20, and he would not stop there.
A dozen circuits later, Barnes would next reel in Danzer in the No. 52, this time driving to the outside in turn four to claim fourth on lap 32. In just another lap, Barnes next made quick work of Gosselin, and just like that 'The Hustler' would move to the third position by the race's halfway point.
As the cross flags went into the air, Hamilton and Gruel managed to pull a lead of over a full straight away on pursuers Barnes and Danzer. Fifth place running Gosselin, the Speedway's most improved driver in 2012, was holding on tightly as well over Jedrzejek, Sitterly, Lavery, Gosek, and Muldoon.
Quiet for much of the evening, Sitterly took the No. 7 to another level passed the halfway mark, breezing passed both Jedrzejek and Gosselin in consecutive laps to run 5th by lap 42.
At that point the top five runners had built a wide cushion between each other, until the race's next caution waved on lap 44.
Hamilton, who was well out front of Gruel in the battle for the lead, made slight contact with the lapped car of Locke going into turn one. Locke would spin high into the first turn, avoiding the outside wall, with Hamilton continuing on.
Under caution, both Lavery and Gosek would head pit side for adjustments running eighth and ninth in the order.
The new top ten for the restart would show Hamilton holding the edge over Gruel, Barnes, Danzer, Sitterly, Jedrzejek, Gosselin, Muldoon, Devendorf, and Holbrook.
As the green lights came back on Hamilton, Gruel, and Barnes steamed away with Sitterly going back to work in the No. 7.
The defending Speedway champion, from Canajoharie, NY, worked to the inside of Danzer in turn one on lap 53 to take fourth and rapidly began to close on the front three over the next several laps.
Early on Hamilton was able to build a large lead over the field, but with only 15-laps remaining, the front four was now in a tight line, each with victory in mind.
As the lap counter ticked to 63, Sitterly was able to leap another notch higher, charging under Barnes with his patented low side move into turn one to take third.
Now, just like in 2012, Hamilton and Sitterly were on either end of the Gruel No. 50 in the closing laps of the Supermodified 'Kick-Off', with Gruel looking like a true threat for the race lead running in the runner-up position.
After passing both Danzer and Barnes low into turn one, Sitterly began to set-up Gruel for the same move heading into lap 67, but unfortunately for both drivers this attempt would not stick.
Racing hard for the same piece of real estate, Gruel and Sitterly would touch, sending Gruel around while Sitterly continued on. Despite not coming to a stop, the call was made to send both Gruel and Sitterly to the tail of the field for the incident.
Visibly unhappy with Sitterly's low side attempt, Gruel would charge around the Speedway to show his displeasure with the five-time Speedway champion. After jockeying around each other for two turns under caution, Gruel would turn right and make contact with the left front wheel of the Sitterly No. 7.
"I didn't see anything until we made contact," said Gruel after the event. "It was that bonzai deal into turn one. He's (Sitterly) done it a couple times to me and wrecked me a couple times doing it. I've given him all the chances in the world, and I just want him to race me clean."
One lap later, with the yellow lights still on, Sitterly stopped on the Speedway's start finish line and exited his car to examine his front wheels. After taking a couple looks at the racecar, Sitterly walked to the pit area leaving the car on the main straight away. Track officials removed the racecar from the front stretch, ending Sitterly's day, crediting the defending Novelis Supermodified 'Kick-Off' winner with a 12th place finish.
Sitterly was unavailable for comment at the conclusion of the racing action.
After an eventful few moments under caution, the race would return to green at lap 68 with Barnes now pulling into the runner-up spot ahead of Danzer, Jedrzejek, and Muldoon.
From there, Hamilton would pull away untouched over the final seven circuits to earn his second career Oswego Speedway win.
Barnes, who has run well at Oswego in 75-lap events recently, was more than pleased with a runner-up tally after a long night of racing.
"These 75-lappers always seem to suit our car pretty good," said Barnes. "We were just really loose at the end, I think everybody was. I'm just so happy for these guys, to finish opening day was a goal I had all winter, I didn't care where it was."
Driving the No. 52, Danzer came home third despite minor front end issues on his machine.
"I don't know what happened there early on, but the caution came out and Brandon (Bellinger) drove into our left front tire," said Danzer. "That knocked the toe all out and we pretty much had to ride it out from there. At the end there we just tried to ride it out as much as possible, it was just really loose."
Jedrzejek, driving the Mike Murphy No. 60, had a fine run to come home with a fourth place finish. A many time winged-Supermodified winner at Oswego, Jedrzejek has never won a non-wing event at the 'Steel Palace', which made him the Lighthouse Lanes 'Up & Comer' award winner on Saturday night.
After starting 16th on the grid, Muldoon paced his way through the field for a top five run in the No. 51, earning the Lighthouse Lanes 'Hard Charger' award.
Shell Shock Custom Paints heat races were won by Hamilton, Connors, and Jedrzejek.
Five Novelis Supermodifieds were unable to take the green flag in the main event on Saturday night.
Driving the Buske Racing No. 66, Lou LeVea Sr. took a hard shot to the third turn wall during warm-ups, knocking him out of the night's action. LeVea was transported to Oswego Hospital for further evaluation after the hard lick, but would soon be released, and returned to the Speedway.
Jeff Abold was on track temporarily in the brand new Abold Racing No. 05 Supermodified. After cutting a couple laps on the track, Abold headed pit side with the new creation, saying that something simply did not feel right in the racecar.
"We've been working tirelessly on this new car and just need some more time to get it right," said Abold. "It was my call to shut it down for the night. I promise, nobody will work harder over the next two weeks to get this car going right."
Kody Graham had engines issues all night long with the Graham Racing No. 21, never turning a competitive lap in the machine.
Rookie Tony Steiner continued to make head way in the No. 07 until tagging the third turn steel in his qualifying heat race. The right side damage to the Steiner mount was too much to repair for feature time.
Former International Classic champion Tim Snyder found himself in the outside wall with the No. 0 during heat racing. Snyder's damage was also too significant to make repairs for the 75-lap main.
Oswego Speedway returns to racing on Saturday, May 25 with the Helena Chemical Company Memorial Weekend "Triple-Header" featuring the Jim Shampine Memorial 75 for Supermodifieds, the Richie Evans Memorial 75 for the RoC Modifieds, and the Tony White Memorial Pathfinder Bank SBS 35.
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Saturday, May 11th, 2013
Oswego Speedway
Oswego, NY
Mitchell's Speedway Press/CJ Ferlito Aggregates Novelis Supermodified 'Kick-Off!'
Saturday, May 25th – Helena Chemical Company Memorial Weekend "Triple-Header"
Jim Shampine Memorial Novelis Supermodified 75 – Richie Evans Memorial RoC Modified 75 – Tony White Memorial Pathfinder Bank SBS 35
Novelis Supermodifieds
1. 22 – Pat Lavery: 16.416, 2. 00 – Joe Gosek: 16.631, 3. 99 – Michael Barnes: 16.689, 4. 7 – Otto Sitterly: 16.782, 5. 37 – Jeff Locke: 16.875, 6. 50 – Dave Gruel: 16.903, 7. 60 – Tim Jedrzejek: 16.964, 8. 01 – Dan Connors Jr.: 16.987, 9. 6 – Davey Hamilton: 17.022, 10. 52 – Dave Danzer: 17.082, 11. 3 – Brian Sweeney: 17.184, 12. 26 – Shaun Gosselin: 17.203, 13. 35 – Jeff Holbrook: 17.243, 14. 02 – Brandon Bellinger: 17.274, 15. 06 – Dave Cliff: 17.432, 16. 51 – Michael Muldoon: 17.450, 17. 0 – Tim Snyder: 17.540, 18. 5 – Tim Devendorf: 17.751, 19. 07 – Tony Steiner: 17.949, 20. 21 – Kody Graham: NT, 21. 83 – Lou LeVea Jr.: NT, 22. 66 – Lou LeVea Sr.: NT, 23. 05 – Jeff Abold: NT, 24. 82 – Jared Bellinger: NT
Feature (75-laps): 1. 6-Davey Hamilton, 2. 99-Michael Barnes, 3. 52-Dave Danzer, 4. 60-Timmy Jedrzejek, 5. 51-Michael Muldoon, 6. 26-Shaun Gosselin, 7. 00-Joe Gosek, 8. 5-Tim Devendorf, 9. 35-Jeff Holbrook, 10. 50-Dave Gruel, 11. 22-Pat Lavery, 12. 7-Otto Sitterly, 13. 37-Jeff Locke, 14. 02-Brandon Bellinger, 15. 06-Dave Cliff, 16. 3-Brian Sweeney, 17. 01 Dan Connors Jr., 18. 82-Jared Bellinger, 19. 83-Lou LeVea Jr.
Lap Leaders: B. Bellinger 1-15, Hamilton 16-75
Lighthouse Lanes "Up & Comer" – Tim Jedrzejek
Lighthouse Lanes Hard Charger: – Michael Muldoon
1st Heat (12-laps/All Qualify): 1. 6 – Davey Hamilton, 2. 26 – Shaun Gosselin, 3. 50 – Dave Gruel, 4. 99 – Michael Barnes, 5. 35 – Jeff Holbrook, 6. 51 – Michael Muldoon, 7. 07 – Tony Steiner, 8. 82 – Jared Bellinger
2nd Heat (12-laps/All Qualify): 1. 01 – Dan Connors Jr., 2. 00 – Joe Gosek, 3. 37 – Jeff Locke, 4. 02 – Brandon Bellinger, 5. 3 – Brian Sweeney, 6. 0 – Tim Snyder, 7. 66 – Lou LeVea Sr. DNS, 8. 05 – Jeff Abold DNS
3rd Heat (12-laps/All Qualify): 1. 60 – Tim Jedrzejek, 2. 52 – Dave Danzer, 3. 22 – Pat Lavery, 4. 7 – Otto Sitterly, 5. 06 – Dave Cliff, 6. 5 – Tim Devendorf, 7. 83 – Lou LeVea Jr., 8. 21 – Kody Graham DNS
Shell Shock Custom Paints Heat Race Challenge:
Davey Hamilton – 1
Dan Connors Jr. – 1
Tim Jedrzejek – 1


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Analysis: Snowden caught in historic conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — In one sense, Edward Snowden, the leaker of National Security Agency secrets, is in rare company: He's one of fewer than a dozen people charged under World War I-era espionage law in the near-century of its existence. The law was seldom used before Barack Obama became president. His administration has now used it seven times.
But Snowden is hardly unique. He is in the company of hundreds of others caught up in the long history of tension between the constitutionally guaranteed rights of U.S. citizens and government actions that abridge those rights in the name of national security.
The 30-year-old Snowden has admitted leaking details of confidential NSA surveillance programs to news organizations. His backers insist he is a whistleblower, a loyal American who acted to unmask government overreach that was trampling citizens' rights to privacy and free speech.
Among his supporters is Daniel Ellsberg, perhaps the most famous American whistleblower.
"This wholesale invasion of Americans' and foreign citizens' privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we're trying to protect," Ellsberg, wrote last month in the Guardian, the British newspaper that first published Snowden's material. Ellsberg was charged 42 years ago with espionage, among other crimes, for leaking the Pentagon Papers, the government study that cast a deeply negative light on the Vietnam War. He never went to trial after his case became intertwined with the Watergate wrong-doings of the Richard Nixon administration.
Snowden's detractors, especially the Obama administration, assert that his leaks harmed U.S. security and made it easier for America's enemies — like stateless al-Qaida terrorist operators — to avoid the never-blinking eye of Washington surveillance. The charges brought against Snowden could land him in prison for the remainder of his life if he is ever captured. Snowden is believed to be in a Moscow airport's transit zone, awaiting decisions by several countries on his applications for asylum.
Defending his administration's information gathering and tough approach in handling leaks and whistle-blowing, Obama has said: "You can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. We're going to have to make some choices as a society."
Obama's reasoning falls in line with actions by previous presidents who moved to diminish some constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties. Notably, all of the most controversial actions happened during times of war. Obama and predecessor George W. Bush have had broad backing among Americans still shaken by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and far greater legal powers under the Patriot Act that was passed in response to the attacks.
"We have these laws in place now that just give the federal government massive amounts of power. And people tend not to get really riled up about it," said Derigan Silver, a media studies scholar at the University of Denver.
But a new poll suggests that may be changing.
Quinnipiac University found that 55 percent of voters regard Snowden as a "whistleblower," and 35 percent consider him to be a traitor. A plurality, 54 percent to 40 percent, of those surveyed also said government anti-terrorism efforts have gone too far in restricting civil liberties. Three years ago, a similar survey found 63 percent saying anti-terrorism activities didn't go far enough, compared with 25 percent who disagreed.
"The massive swing in public opinion about civil liberties and governmental anti-terrorism efforts, and the public view that Edward Snowden is more whistleblower than traitor, are the public reaction and apparent shock at the extent to which the government has gone in trying to prevent future terrorist incidents," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
The battle between civil liberties and national security stretches back centuries.
John Adams, the second U.S. president, used the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 during a threat of war with France. It gave him powers to deport opponents who were not yet American citizens and led to the closure of several opposition newspapers. Thomas Jefferson's opposition to the acts helped him defeat Adams in the next election. Jefferson pardoned all who had been convicted under the laws. The acts expired or were repealed by 1802, with the exception of the Alien Enemies Act which has often been used in wartime.
President Abraham Lincoln was caught up in the tension between citizens' rights and government security when in 1862, during the Civil War, he declared martial law and suspended the rights of prisoners to have their cases heard in civilian court, meaning they could be tried by the military or held indefinitely.
President Woodrow Wilson, shortly after U.S. entry into World War I in 1917 and concerned about Americans' opposition to the war, pushed for the Espionage Act, declaring it necessary to punish anyone who gave out information about the armed forces, sought to interfere with military operations, refused military service or obstructed enlistment.
In the next world war, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the internment of Japanese residents after Tokyo's attack on Pearl Harbor. Records show about two-thirds of those ordered into internment camps were already American citizens. The action was clearly a violation of civil liberties and a major historic stain on the record of one of the most important U.S. presidents.
"All these are cases where the balance tilted in the wrong direction. But it's also clear if you cannot provide basically some key aspects of security, government cannot function," said Anthony Cordesman, former director of intelligence assessment in the office of Defense Secretary and now a national security analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
On its face, Obama's administration would seem an unlikely one to step up use of the Espionage Act against leakers and whistle-blowers. He is a liberal Democrat and former constitutional law professor who pledged to make government more open.
His government's use of the law has cast a chill on free speech and freedom of the press, said Kathleen McClellan, a lawyer at the Government Accountability Project, which represents two of the seven people charged with espionage.
"If we continue down this road, the public is only going to be able to hear what the government wants the public to hear because any source that is not approved at the highest levels" will now fear giving information to reporters, McClellan said.
Silver, of the University of Denver, notes the administration leaks information that benefits the White House while cracking down on those who give out information that casts it in an unfavorable light.
"When you're granting access to certain people and you're giving them anonymous stories and anonymous scoops, the official story becomes the only story," Silver said.
Steven R. Hurst is AP international political writer and has covered foreign affairs for more than 30 years.


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Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to win her second Connecticut Open title in the past three years.
The No. 4 player in the world also won in 2012 before losing in last year's final to Simona Halep. She did not drop a set in New Haven this week as she prepared for next week's U.S. Open.
Kvitova broke Rybarikova's serve in the sixth game and final game of each set, running her opponent from one side of the court to the other. She sent a backhand across court on the final point and Rybarikova did not attempt to chase it down.
Rybarikova said she injured her right thigh sliding to get to a ball Friday in her semifinal win over Camila Giorgi of Italy and was not sure she would be able to play on Saturday.
She grabbed the back of her leg several times while sprinting after Kvitova's shots, but never called for a trainer.
"In the beginning, it was OK, but then it started to be worse and worse," she said. "It's tough to play like this against such a great player. But I don't want to say I lost because of that."
The Czech star was again dominant on her serve and was broken just once, in the ninth game of the match. It was just the third service break she had suffered this week. She also double faulted just 10 times during her four matches.
"Last year I play a lot of three setters, not only here," she said. "I'm just glad that I did it without dropping any sets. I'm just very impressed about that."
Kvitova was making her third straight appearance in the finals. She won here in 2012 and lost last year to Simona Halep. But she came into New Haven having played just three times since winning her second Wimbledon title, losing in her second match in Montreal and her opener in Cincinnati.
"From the first match what I played here, I think I played a really solid game," she said. "Everything what I need, I just did it. That's important for me going with this into U.S. Open.
Kvitova's play here had already assured her of a No. 4 ranking and a third seed in the U.S. Open, where she is slated to play Kristina Mladenovic of France in the in the first round. Rybarikova will face Caroline Wozniacki.
ATP Tour
Lukas Rosol got a few big breaks on his way to the Winston-Salem Open final, and a few more in winning his first ATP Tour title of the year.
The Czech rallied from a set down to beat Poland's Jerzy Janowicz 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 in the championship match at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
"I'm tired, but I'm pretty happy for the result," said Rosol, who will see his ATP world ranking rise to a career-best No. 27 entering next week's U.S. Open. "I didn't start good, but I finished strong.
"Jerzy has a big game with some big shots, but I just focused on my game when I was serving. On his serve, I really had no chances … until the end of the match when he gave me a chance."
Janowicz had a chance to win the match in the 10th game of the third set. Ahead 5-4, he pulled ahead 40-15, but Rosol twice saved match points on his serve, then battled through three game points of his own before winning to even the match at 5-all.
"It happens," said Janowicz, who was playing in his second career ATP final and first in two years. "I didn't do anything stupid, he just played a lot better. I was a little bit unlucky here."
That game swung the match's momentum Rosol's way, and he capitalized on the shift. Rosol quickly broke Janowicz's serve to take a 6-5 advantage, and pulled ahead 40-15 in the final game before closing it out with his 12th ace of the match for his second career ATP Tour title.
"Things changed," said Rosol, whose first title came last year in Bucharest, Romania. "If you have a chance (to win) and don't do it, you're mentally down. You start thinking it's already over, and he wasn't totally together with his legs and head.
"If he makes the big shots, he's the champion. But he was probably thinking about that. In that moment, all I wanted to do was play solid. I didn't have to go for a big shot."
Fatigue may have played a role, as well. Janowicz was playing his sixth match in as many days and fourth to go three sets, while Rosol had won five matches, but two were injury defaults — against Ryan Harrison of the U.S. in the second round, and over top-seeded and two-time champ John Isner in the quarterfinals.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A league-leading 61 athletes represented MIT on the 2013 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Spring Academic All-Conference Team. The Engineers finished the year with a conference-high 146 selections, followed by WPI with 101.
Honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale, achieved second year academic status at his or her institution, and been a member of a varsity team for the entire season.
The NEWMAC consists of 10 highly selective institutions committed to academic excellence: Babson College, Clark University, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, WPI, and MIT.
Spring sports sponsored by the NEWMAC are: baseball, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, softball, men's tennis, and men's and women's track and field.
WPI secured the second-highest number of honorees with 53, followed by Springfield (35), and Wellesley (22). The following is a list of MIT's NEWMAC Academic All-Conference recipients:
Hayden Cornwell
Patrick Dayton
Andrew Jeanguenat
Kiel Jindra
Max Ockner
Ricardo Perez
Jon Rea
Parker Tew
Henry Zhu
Erica Du
Laura Lu
Molly McShane
Lyndsy Muri
Meghan Wright
Leah Alpert
Anna Christensen
Karly McLaughlin
Troy Astorino
Vlad Firoiu
Tymor Hamamasy
Brian Oldfield
Jeffrey Sperling
Edwin Zhang
Men's Track
and Field
Nick Diamantoni
Matthew Falk
Jared Forman
Kristoffer Fray
Yida Gao
Kyle Hannon
Dominique Hoskin
Matthew Jordan
Jacob Jurewicz
Jay McKenna
Jordan Mizerak
Samuel Parker
Harry Rein
Daniel Ronde
Benjamin Schreck
Tyler Singer-Clark
John Thomas
Cyrus Vafadari
Track and Field
Kaitlin Allen
Kali Benavides
Marie Burkland
Joanna Chen
Margaret Coad
Martina de Geus
Marissa Engle
Kayla Harris
Cindy Huang
Shivani Kaushal
Abigail Klein
Jaclyn Konopka
Lauren Kuntz
Dacie Manion
Elaine McVay
Melissa Showers
Veronica Szklarzewski
Alexandra Taylor
Louise van den Heuvel
Ashley Wheeler