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Decided on March 21, 2012
PNMAC Mortgage CO, L.L.C., Plaintiff,
Eva Friedman, JACOB FRANKFURTER, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, and "JOHN DOE"and "JANE DOE", the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in, or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants.
Thomas P. Aliotta, J.
The following papers were marked fully submitted on the 19th day of January, 2012:
Notice of Motion to Dismiss
by Defendants Eva Friedman and Jacob Frankfurter,
with Supporting Papers, Exhibits and Memorandum of Law
(dated September 1, 2011)………………………………………………………………………….1
Affirmation in Opposition
by Plaintiff, with Supporting Papers and Exhibits
(dated November 8, 2011)………………………………………………………………………….2
Affirmation in Reply
(dated December 12, 2011)…………………………………………………………………………3
Upon the foregoing papers, the motion is granted and the complaint is dismissed.
This is an action to foreclose a mortgage in which plaintiff PNMAC Mortgage Co., LLC. (hereinafter "plaintiff") alleges that defendants Eva Friedman and Jacob Frankfurter (hereinafter "defendants") are in default as a result of their having failed to make the required payments since June 1, 2008. To the extent relevant, defendants executed a mortgage in favor of nonparty Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (hereinafter "MERS") as nominee for American Brokers Conduit (hereinafter "ABC") as security for a note in the principal sum of $440,000 given to fund their purchase of the premises known as 502 Weser Avenue on Staten Island (see Defendants' Exhibit "C"). Both the mortgage and an "Interest First Adjustable Rate Note" (hereinafter "note") in favor of ABC were executed on August 29, 2005 (id.).
It is undisputed that the above note was thereafter endorsed to nonparty Wells Fargo Bank, NA (hereinafter "Wells Fargo"). However, plaintiff contends that this endorsement "was erroneous", and that the note in question either was never delivered or was returned to ABC (see Affirmation of Daniel H. Richland, Esq., para 10). Insofar as it appears, the note was subsequently endorsed "en [*2]blanc by allonge" and physically delivered to nonparty CitiMortgages, Inc. (id. at 11), which acquired ABC's interest in the subject mortgage via assignment by MERS on behalf of ABC on January 27, 2009 (id. at 12; see Plaintiff's Exhibit "B"). Following these transfers, MERS sought to foreclose on the subject mortgage, but its action was dismissed with prejudice, as it was the holder of neither the note or mortgage at the time the action was commenced.[FN1] The ensuing order of dismissal, entered on August 4, 2010, also directed the County Clerk to cancel the notice of pendency (see Plaintiff's Exhibit "C"). CitiMortgage, Inc. subsequently assigned its rights under the above mortgage to plaintiff on March 15, 2011 (see Plaintiff's Exhibit "B"), which commenced the instant foreclosure action on or about June 21, 2011 (see Defendants' Exhibit "A").
In a pre-answer motion to dismiss the complaint, defendants maintain, inter alia, (1) that plaintiff lacks standing; (2) the action is barred under the doctrines of collateral estoppel and/or res judicata; and (3) the complaint fails to state a cause of action (see CPLR 3211[a][3], [5], [7]). In addition, defendants seek an order directing the County Clerk to cancel the notice of pendency and to enter an order pursuant to CPLR 6514(a) declaring the mortgage to be unenforceable because "it has become bifurcated from the note".
A prima facie case in foreclosure is established by the mortgagee's production of the mortgage, the unpaid note and evidence of the mortgagor's default. However, where, as here, a plaintiff's standing has been placed in issue, it bears the initial burden of proving same before it is entitled to any relief (see Citimortgage, Inc. v. Stosel, 89 AD3d 887 [2nd Dept 2011]).
A plaintiff establishes its standing in a mortgage foreclosure action by demonstrating that it is the holder or assignee of both the mortgage and underlying note, "either by physical delivery or execution of a written assignment prior to the commencement of the action" (id. at 888 [internal quotation marks omitted]). While the mortgage passes with the debt as an inseparable incident thereof (see US Bank NA v. Sharif, 89 AD3d 723, 725 [2nd Dept 2011), the reverse is not true, i.e., an assignment of the mortgage without the underlying note is a nullity (id., see Citimortgage, Inc. v. Stosel, 89 AD3d at 888).
In the instant case, plaintiff asserts its ownership of the note by claiming that the erroneous endorsement to nonparty Wells Fargo was properly voided when the endorser, ABC, subsequently added an "allonge endorsed en blanc" while in possession of the note (see Affirmation of Daniel H. Richland, Esq., paras 23-25).[FN2] The "allonge" submitted by plaintiff provides that "[t]his Note Allonge is attached to and made a part of the Note, for the purpose of Noteholder Endorsement to evidence a transfer of Interest". It names "American Brokers Conduit" as the originator and is made payable to "to the Order of Without Recourse American Brokers Conduit by: Roger Kistler, Assistant Treasurer" (see Plaintiff's Exhibit "A"). The document is undated, but must have been added after the erroneous endorsement to Wells Fargo. According to plaintiff, this endorsement was sufficient under Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC") §3-208, which provides, in relevant part, that "[w]here an instrument is returned to or reacquired by a prior party he may cancel any indorsement which is not necessary to his title and reissue or further negotiate the instrument".
Nevertheless, there is no proof in the papers presently before the Court as to when the subject note was negotiated or transferred to plaintiff. As a result of this failure to establish that it was the [*3]lawful holder of both the note (whether by delivery or assignment) and mortgage prior to the commencement of this action, plaintiff has failed to sustain its burden of demonstrating its standing to commence this foreclosure action (see US Bank NA v. Sharif, 89 AD3d at 725; Deutsche Bank Natl Trust Co v. Barnett, 88 AD3d 636, 637-638 [2nd Dept 2011]). Accordingly, defendants' motion to dismiss is granted.
So, too, is that branch of defendants' motion seeking to cancel the notice of pendency. In this regard, since the matter does not appear to involve issues of faulty service of a summons, bad faith, or any of the other grounds enumerated in CPLR 6514(a), (b) (see generally Lessard Architectural Group, Inc., PC v. X & Y Dev Group, LLC, 88 AD3d 768 [2nd Dept 2011]; Deans v. Sorid, 56 AD3d 417 [2nd Dept 2008]), the notice of pendency will be cancelled in the exercise of the inherent power of the Court (see generally Ewart v. Ewart, 78 AD3d 992 [2nd Dept 2010]; Coleman v. Coker, 66 AD3d 812 [2nd Dept 2009]); Congel v. Malfitano, 61 AD3d 807 [2nd Dept 2009]).
The action being dismissed for lack of standing, there is no occasion for the Court to consider any further issue.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss is granted, without prejudice; and it is further
ORDERED that the complaint and any cross claims are dismissed; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk is directed to cancel the Notice of Pendency filed in connection herewith and mark his records accordingly.
_/s/ Hon. Thomas P. Aliotta_________
DATED:March 21, 2012
Footnote 1:See Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for American Brokers Conduit v. Eva Friedman, Jacob Frankfurther, et al., Index No. 131345/2009.
Footnote 2:UCC §3-204(2) provides that "An indorsement in blank specifies no particular indorsee and may consist of a mere signature. An instrument payable to order and indorsed in blank becomes payable to bearer and may be negotiated by delivery alone until specially indorsed."


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For starters, Lotus Notes 8.5.3 only managed to render about half of its interface. For example, I could see my inbox but email preview pane is blank. Integrated SameTime worked but workspaces and replication tabs were blank too. I suspect it could be some incompatibility or confusion with the GTK libs and I was right... Google is my friend and I discovered a brilliant soul who had the same challenge, created a bug report against openSUSE and even created a workaround/fix.
[Update on 27 Nov 2011]: Oops, it occurred to me that Lotus Notes 8.5.3 is actually 32-bit running on 64-bit openSUSE 12.1. That means the RPM created by Stefan Lijewski should have worked. I cannot recall why I came to the previous conclusion. I have just tried the 32-bit RPM and it worked for me. Therefore, I am correcting my entry below.
The easy way is to use a 1-click install via Stefan Lijewski's online repository.
The easy but manual way is to download the RPM before you manually execute a zypper in lotus-notes-gnome3-1-1.1.i586.rpm
In both cases, you will need to verify that your Lotus Notes launch icon has been updated to use the new notes-wrapper script instead of the original notes script in /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/ directory.
Finally, the hard way (if you're so inclined to experience compiling your own code) is the original method I used below.
1. Download the workaround fix from https://github.com/sgh/lotus-notes_gtk2.23.3/downloads
2. Un-tar the fix, tar zxvf sgh-lotus-notes_gtk2.23.3-2028e8e.tar.gz
3. You will need to install additional packages before you can compile the fix. As root, zypper in make gcc gtk2-devel glibc-devel-32bit gcc-32bit
4. In the sgh-lotus-notes_gtk2.23.3-2028e8e subdirectory, compile the fix with make
5. If make completed with success, you should have a new file libnotesgtkfix.so in the directory. Copy it and notes-wrapper to installed Lotus Notes directory /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/.
6. Last and final step, edit your Lotus Notes icons (kmenuedit if using KDE4) and change the default launch script to execute notes-wrapper instead.
That's it. Lotus Notes 8.5.3 should function normally... and its all good for the last 3 days for me.
I hear this would not be a challenge with the newer Lotus Notes 8.5.4 (yet to be officially released). We shall see when we get there. :)

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A Guide to the Ira Iscoe Papers, 1966-1984, 2005
Biographical Note
Professor Ira Iscoe was born on February 1, 1921 in New York City. Educated at Sir George Williams College, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of California at Los Angeles. Iscoe joined the University of Texas Psychology faculty in 1951 and was instrumental in developing the Clinical Training Psychology Program and its accreditation by the American Psychology Association. While at UT, he served on numerous committees, including the committee appointed by Governor John B. Connally to investigate the Charles Whitman catastrophe and the UT Sutherland Committee of 1966-67, which made broad recommendations concerning counseling throughout the University of Texas System. Iscoe received several awards for his work in psychology and mental health, was active as a pro bono consultant to a number of community and state agencies, and served as a mentor to younger faculty.
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Audiotapes, videotapes, academic papers, and research concerning the Charles Whitman case and various UT Committees comprise the Ira Iscoe Papers, 1966-1984, 2005, documenting speeches, interviews, seminars and case studies relating to Iscoe's work in the field of psychology. A portion of this collection focuses on the research conducted on Charles Whitman, the Governor's Committee, and the UT Sutherland Committee recommendations. Also included are newspapers clippings and files relating to the investigations surrounding Charles Whitman's shootings from the UT Tower on August 1, 1966.
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Use of audio materials by appointment only; please contact sound archivist for more information. Use of video materials by appointment only; please contact repository for more information.
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Iscoe (Ira) Papers, 1966-1984, 2005, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
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This collection was processed by archives staff.
Subsequent revisions were made by Evan Usler, May 2011.
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A two-volume work published in the UK will be valuable in the quest for family history information by those with Sephardic, Converso and Bnai Anousim heritage.
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Tracing the Tribe reader Barbara Barnett sent this information as a comment to Tracing the Tribe's post, DNA: Portuguese conversos' genetic identity, but it is too important to leave as only a comment.
The 2008 volume is Lists of the Portuguese Inquisition, transcribed and indexed by Joy L. Oakley
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From Delices de L'Espagne et du Portugal (1707) by Don Juan Alvares de Colmenar.
The Register of Inquisition lists were assembled in 1784 and entitled "A Collecção das Noticias." It was in the Library of the Dukes of Palmela and is now in the Jewish Theological Seminary Library in New York, which has kindly agreed to its publication.
The great majority of persons sentenced by the Inquisition were New Christians – descendants of the Jews of Portugal baptized in 1497, by order of Manoel I.
The book gives an unrivalled picture of the entire range of the Inquisition's activities and is a primary source of the first importance for Jewish, Portuguese and Brazilian history and genealogy.
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The books – totaling 810 pages in soft-back format- include the register's original Portuguese text together with an introduction and foreword in English.
The price for both A4 size volumes is £55 or US $110, including postage.
The JHSE site contains much information for readers interested in the Jews of England throughout history, as well as information on Sephardim. Their newsletters may be downloaded (no charge) and contain information about personalities, new publications and more. For additional information on its publications, click here.
The JHSE also sponsors events in London and at other regional branches.
In London, Dr Hilary Pomeroy (Visiting Lecturer, University College London) will speak on "Sephardi History through Sephardi Ballads: Spain, Portugal, Morocco," on February 18. In London, meetings are held at St John's Wood Synagogue.
See the Events calendar for more; remember to also click on "External Events" for the activities of other historical and genealogical societies and institutions.
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Talking on the phone while driving is bad. Drinking and driving is worse. Doing both is unacceptable. But if you crashed your car while drunk driving and talking on the phone, you'd get off the phone, right?
Not 20-year-old Kristin Simmons. After she'd flipped her car on a curve in the road, passersby said she was still on the phone in her upside down car. Athens, Ga. police said her breath smelled like alcohol, and that there were prescription pills in the car.
Must have been a pretty important conversation. Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what it was about?
Simmons was charged with driving under the influence, underage drinking, and talking on her cell phone while driving. She posted an $8,500 bond and got out of jail. There's no word on if she resumed her phone call.
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Joe Jackson, the Jackson family patriarch, suffered a stroke Thursday morning and is being treated in a Las Vegas hospital, a source close to the Jackson family said.
Jackson, 83, "is in very good spirits" and expects to be sent home from the hospital Friday, said the source, who asked not to be identified.
The "mild" stroke is similar to two others he suffered in the past five years, another source close to Jackson said.FULL STORY
I don't wish bad on anyone, but I'm not shedding tears over Joe Jackson's misfortune either.
A great father whose children are who they are becuase of his strong leadership! That is why none of them is homeless today. Come back Joe!
He is/was a mean evil man. He even looks mean.
Only mild? That's a shame.
I know Michael had so much pain and suffering because of his father Joe, but he WOULD HAVE overcome those things if he had only had the things and true love that was meant for him in this world...something his ignorant "friends"/employees stopped from ever happening the second they let those LEACHES in and forcing him to "fakemarry"....ignorant fools!!! I diotic plans and planners being so ignorant acctually thinking anything good could come out of that...while creting EVIL!!!
Evil has a face.
Perhaps he should remove the heavy gold chain and hoop earring to relieve the pressure on his neck and face. Seriously, didn't that fad go away......


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My guest today on the radio is Max Igan, author of 'Earth's Forbidden Secrets Part One- Searching For The Past' and producer of the documentary film Trance-Formation on transhumanism and the NWO agenda. Our entire system, from the way we are educated to the currency system we use, is geared toward drawing us further away from our own humanity and our connection with all life around us. Transhumanism is touted as the next logical step in our evolution. But will it improve us as human beings, or will it only serve to further dehumanize and enslave us?
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GRAMMY®-Nominated Artist's Current Single "Write Your Story" Top 10 After Just Four Weeks of Releasing
Nashville, TN – (February 6, 2014) – GRAMMY®-nominated artist and 42nd Annual Dove Awards' "Artist of the Year" and "Female Vocalist of the Year," Francesca Battistelli, will perform her new single "Write Your Story" live on ABC's "Good Morning America" when she makes her national morning TV debut on February 13. Additionally, she'll unveil a portion of "When The Crazy Kicks In" from her forthcoming third studio album, If We're Honest, due out on April 22. "Write Your Story," released to radio on January 3, is already Top 10 at NCA after just one month. Today Battistelli joins Sanctus Real on "The Hands of God 2014 Tour" in Fayetteville, AR, followed by the Word Entertainment / LightWorkers Media (Mark Burnett and Roma Downey) partnership "The Bible: Son of God Tour 2014" this spring.
If We're Honest comes three years after Battistelli, Christian music's best-selling new artist in the past 10 years, released her sophomore album, Hundred More Years. With its release she garnered "Artist of the Year," "Female Vocalist of the Year" and "Pop/Recorded Song of the Year" at the 2011 Dove Awards. Produced by GRAMMY®-nominated and Dove Award-winning producer and her longtime collaborator Ian Eskelin, If We're Honest reveals her most intimate and accomplished musical statement yet. The forthcoming album, showcasing her trademark pop and soul-infused sound, is currently available for pre-order at iTunes here. Customers that pre-order it will also receive an instant download of "Write Your Story."
In the coming months Battistelli will be touring in support of If We're Honest commencing today with the 15-city "Hands of God Tour" with Sanctus Real. Launching on March 20 at Saddleback in Lake Forest, CA, she'll be featured on the 16-city Word Entertainment / LightWorkers Media (Mark Burnett and Roma Downey) partnership "The Bible: Son of God Tour 2014." For more information and a complete listing of dates please visit: www.francescamusic.com.
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Since her debut in 2008, Francesca Battistelli has earned a Grammy nomination (Best Gospel Performance), six Dove Awards including 2011 "Artist of the Year" and 22 Dove Award nominations. Both her debut album, My Paper Heart (certified gold in 2012), and her 2011 sophomore release, Hundred More Years, took the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Christian Album chart. With over 978,000 in album sales to date and over 1.8 million single downloads, she is the best-selling new artist in the genre in the past decade. Her music has also been featured on TriStar Picture's "Soul Surfer," Columbia Picture's "Julie and Julia," TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8," ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," NBC's "The Biggest Loser," Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," and several other television and movie outlets. In addition, this past fall she was featured on over three million Diet Pepsi Cans throughout the U.S.


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(1) Note you must have the correct licence in your Country of Residence to drive a motorcycle or cover is not available. If you are from the UK, you are only covered if you have either a full Motorcycle Licence, or in the absence of that you have taken a Compulsory basic training (CBT) course in the past two years. A helmet must be worn when riding a motorbike.
(2) Non Manual/Clerical Work means professional, clerical or administrative work or working as a classroom teacher, classroom assistant, au pair, child-minder, bar and restaurant work.
(3) Note you must have the correct motorbike licence in your Country of Residence to drive a motorcycle or cover is not available. A helmet must be worn when riding a motorbike.
(4) Permitted Manual Work means general farm work and fruit picking. This includes driving tractors and other similar farm vehicles so long as you comply with any appropriate license requirements; doctor, nurse, midwife and care work (including medical elective trips but not dental elective); light building and DIY e.g. painting, decorating or basic construction work using light power tools only. Permitted Manual Work is not covered if it involves the use of plant/trade/industrial machinery, non-domestic power tools or working at a height of over 2 metres.
(5) Note Mt. Kilimanjaro is included within the Adventure pack, even though the summit, Uhuru Peak, is at an altitude of 5,895 metres, due to the level of claims experience. For all other treks over 4,600 metres, the Extreme activity pack must be selected.
(6) Volunteering means your participation in community or wildlife based conservation/project work when arranged by a professional organisation. This may include caring, teaching or nursing. It may also cover community/charity based supervised building/renovation projects or other Permitted Manual Work, provided the activity does not involve the use of plant/trade/industrial/agricultural machinery (other than tractors), non-domestic power tools or working at a height of over 2 metres.
(7) Note you must have the correct motorbike licence in your Country of Residence to drive a motorcycle or cover is not available. A helmet must be worn when riding a motorbike.
(8) Trekking over 4,600 metres exclude rock climbing at altitude. This is covered by Mountaineering in the Ultimate Pack. However, trekking will include peaks such as Mera Peak and Island Peak in Nepal, as these are treks and no mountaineering skills are required for these summits.
Please Note: The above list of activities is subject to the full policy terms and conditions which we suggest you read to ensure you are happy with the cover you elect to arrange.
Can I take out this Insurance if I'm already abroad?
If you are normally a resident of the UK or an EEA Country and your insurance has run out, you may take out cover online with us for Single Trip policies. This is on the understanding that nothing has occurred at the time of taking out the cover which has led to a claim or may lead to a potential claim. Obviously, this insurance will not pay for your belongings if you've already lost them, medical bills if you've already incurred them or any other events known to exist at the time of arranging cover which might give rise to a subsequent claim. Note, purely as an anti-fraud measure, there is no cover in the first 48 hours after you've taken out your policy, except of course in the case where you suffer an injury as a result of an accident.
Please note if you are already travelling, you MUST select this option otherwise your Policy is not valid.
If I take out Insurance and get ill, where will I get repatriated to?
In the unlikely event of this happening, you will be repatriated back to your home country as long as the appropriate geographic premium has been paid and it has been agreed by the 24 hour Emergency Medical Assistance Service.
Please Note: The above FAQ's are subject to the full policy terms and conditions which we suggest you read to ensure you are happy with the cover you elect to arrange.
Please select one of the options of your Country of Permanent Residence. Please note we can only insure people who are permanent residents of the UK or another country in the EEA.
Your Country of Permanent Residence is the country where you:
Please note, for British passport holders who have been travelling, living or working outside of the UK for more than 5 years consecutively, you are no longer entitled to NHS treatment, and so regrettably are not eligible for insurance with True Traveller. Those who hold private healthcare, may still be eligible.
Note if you have recently been travelling, we do not have any minimum residency requirements. This means, for example, if you are a British Passport holder and have right of abode in the UK, we are not concerned as to how many months in the past year you have been in the UK provided at the time of arranging this insurance you fulfil all the requirements as set out above.
When selecting a start date for Multi-Trip policies please note that cancellation cover for any trips will not commence until the start date you choose, therefore the start date of your policy should not be the start of your holiday unless no cancellation cover is required.
Note that for Single Trip policies, cancellation cover is in place from the date you purchase your policy.
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If the ages should all be under 18 years, please note to enter any sort of financial contract the individual purchasing the insurance must be 18 years of age or older.
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We can offer travel insurance for you if you've left home and already travelling but only on the strict understanding that nothing has already happened which has led to a claim or may lead to a potential claim.
This means, for example, that if you have already lost an item of baggage, have already seen a medical professional or are feeling ill or have been injured and about to see a medical professional, then this policy will not pay for any part of any claim, and any claim attempted in such situations may be treated as fraud, which is a criminal offence.
To prevent fraudulent claims, cover will not commence until 48 hours after the policy has been purchased, and any illness or injury occurring in this waiting period will be considered a pre-existing condition and will not be covered. However, should you suffer a serious injury in an accident in this 48-hour period, which is verifiable by an Independent Witness, then you will be covered from the date cover commenced.
Note there is no 14-day cooling off period when already travelling overseas so NO REFUND of premium will be made in the event you cancel the policy.
Sorry, the maximum length of a policy you can have is limited to 366 days if you are 50 years or age or more. Please amend your End date to in order to get a quote.
Please amend your end date accordingly, and remember it's always possible to extend cover with us even if you're still travelling at the end of this period.
Sorry, the maximum length of a policy you can have is limited to 548 days (18 months). Please amend your End date to in order to get a quote.
Please amend your end date accordingly, and remember it's always possible to extend cover with us even if you're still travelling at the end of this period.
Note: If you need 2 years cover, please change your destination to Worldwide including USA & Canada.
Sorry, the maximum length of a policy you can have is limited to 731 days (24 months). Please amend your End date to in order to get a quote.
Sorry, you can only start a policy with a commencement date up to 364 days from today's date, so please amend your start date.
Sorry, but since the majority of our insurances are for adventurous activities or for backpackers, the maximum age we are able to insure to is 65, as for our sort of business mix we're unable to get rates from Underwriters for ages above this.
For residents of the UK, we recommend you telephone International Travel and Healthcare on Freephone 0800 848 8448 as they can insure persons aged 66 and above. You can also get an online quote by clicking here.
International Travel and Healthcare is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 433367).
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You may of course be purchasing this insurance for someone else, or you may be using a Corporate Internet routing through another country which we cannot detect, so if that is the case then please contact The True Traveller by telephone where one of our operators will be pleased to assist.
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If there is an FCO warning in place for Coronavirus, then your True Traveller policy has no cover for Coronavirus but will provide you with medical cover in relation to any other sudden unexpected illness or accident, as well as cancellation and curtailment cover for an event unrelated to Coronavirus.
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As Jackson's mother sues AEG, brothers work with company
While Michael Jackson's mother and three children are suing AEG Live for what they say is the company's role in the pop singer's death, four of his brothers will perform this month at a festival the entertainment giant is producing and promoting.
Jermaine, Tito, Jackie and Marlon Jackson will close out the three-day BET Experience on June 30 on a bill with R. Kelly and New Edition. The festival is being produced by AEG and will be staged at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles.
"What are their options about performing?" said Kevin Boyle, the attorney for Katherine Jackson and her grandchildren. "Why would they not perform?"
The Jackson's upcoming performance came up this week during testimony in the wrongful death suit filed by Jackson's mother and children. The case could be worth billions if jurors determine that AEG played a role in the singer's death.
Michael's wrongful death trial during the testimony of Randy Phillips, AEG Live's chief executive, who spent his fifth day on the stand. Since late morning, though, his attorney was asking the questions, not the Jacksons' lawyer.
Although Michael Jackson came to fame as lead singer in a group with his four brothers, he had a strained relationship with his family. Randall Sullivan, author of "Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson," said many family members looked at the singer as their meal ticket.
"The persistence with which they exploited him was breathtaking and was relentless, and it was right until the moment of death and after," Sullivan said in an interview. "He was the one really talented person, and they all lived off him and took advantage of that talent to best of their abilities forever."
Attendance at the Jacksons' tour last year was disappointing, and they failed to sell out the Greek Theatre.
Several Jackson siblings sent a letter to the executors of Michael Jackson's estate last year, accusing them of fraud, forgery and abuse of their mother.
The letter claimed the executors were manipulating Katherine Jackson and affecting her health. The letter also claimed Michael Jackson's will, which cut out his siblings and left his estate to his children, his mother and charity, was a fraud.
In court Tuesday, Randy Phillips, AEG Live's chief executive, also testified that he met with Jackson in Las Vegas in 2007 at the singer's behest, to discuss touring. Jackson also said he wanted to do a TV mini series on King Tut and star in movies. AEG owns a film production arm.
During one meeting, Jackson showed AEG executives a 20-minute special-effects laden film he had financed, called "Ghost."
Phillips said Jackson was "animated, clear." AEG made a proposal to Jackson, which included starting a tour in London. AEG later received a call from a Jackson representative saying he was not ready to go back on stage.
The next year, Jackson began negotiating with AEG again, paving the way for the "This Is It" concerts in London. Jackson died after being administer a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol as he was rehearsing for the comeback shows.
Philips and another AEG Live executive are defendants in the lawsuit. The Jacksons say AEG negligently hired and supervised Conrad Murray, the doctor who administered the propofol. AEG says Jackson hired Murray and that any money the company was planning to pay him was part of an advance to the singer.
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With his psychological ballet thriller "Black Swan" generating heavy buzz, Darren Aronofsky finds himself being lusted after by to comic-book legends.
Aronofsy's name has been included among those said to be in (very) early talks to direct Warner Brothers' "Superman" reboot being god-fathered by Chris Nolan. Others said to be in the running include Tony Scott, Robert Zemeckis and Zack Snyder.
And now it appears the Columbia is trying to get Aronofsky on board for "Preacher," reported Newsarama. Based on the comic of the same name, "Preacher" tells the story of a man who goes looking for God -- literally -- after a brief possession causes him to slaughter his congregation and burn his own church to the ground.
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"Preacher" has been kicking around for a few years now, with Same Mendes once attached to direct, and Columbia is eager to start production in 2011, basically the same time Warner's hopes to get "Superman" under way.
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A couple weekends ago we headed out to the cabin to prepare for the 4th of July Celbration as well as get some R&R. It looks like things were working out great for Violet as she was drinking one of Grandpa's beers.... Looks like she is on number four or five by the time this picture was taken.
Sylvia and Dad had some quiet time for fishing off the dock. I didn't really think we would catch anything, but maybe we could've got lucky with a carp. Sylvia put marshmallows on her hook and after we didn't get any bites, she decided that the fish weren't hungry for marshmallows. Silly fish!


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Greivis Vasquez: Marc Gasol will be better than Dwight Howard
Yes. Marc Gasol is a very key player on our team. He's one of the best centers in the league and will end up being the best center in the NBA in 2-3 years.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: There's having a teammate's back. Then there's stretching the truth for a teammate.
How do view Greivis Vasquez's comment that fellow Memphis Grizzly Marc Gasol will soon be the NBA's best center?
The younger Gasol has made strides. He's already a top-ten center and, as the second half and playoff showed, there's room for further growth.
Could he honestly become the NBA's best center?
Suppose Gasol reaches his potential. The Spaniard still wouldn't top the Olando Magic's Dwight Howard, who is seen as 'The Man in the Middle'.
Grizz' executive Christopher Wallace (not that Christopher Wallace as my esteemed editor jokes) would take Howard over Gasol if given the choice.
Privately, behind closed doors, the Notorious GM (again, hat tip to my editor) would surely go with the rebounding champion.
Would Wallace take Gasol over Andrew Bynum, Al Horford, Nene, and Joakim Noah? How about the next group of fives with Andrew Bogut, Al Jefferson, Brook Lopez, and Emeka Okafor?
Howard and Bynum aside, Vasquez could argue Gasol is equal to or better than any of these players. There'd be a counter argument, though.
Vasquez is stretching the truth to suggest Gasol would ever be superior to Howard. At least his hyperbole is for a good cause: a teammate.
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"It wasn't secret, we just didn't need to tell anyone about it" said Sid Heaslip, Programme manager at Opentext discussing the TOP SECRET FACEBOOK OF POWER that his company made for the G20 summit in 2010, exclusively for the leaders of the world's most powerful nations to network with.
Despite keeping the network codenamed "V20" under wraps at the time, Opentext execs are now keen to discuss the world's most elite social network, not least because the aura of power and secrecy around the summit gives their cloud-based document-sharing software a little more sex appeal than the average cloud-based document sharing software package enjoys.
Opentext spoke about their G20 social network last week at a conference in London where they were meeting public sector players in an attempt to get them interested in their social work-flow solutions.
The Facebook of Power
At the Toronto based G20 summit in 2010, the men and women holding the purse strings of the world were forced to get on the Facebook-style network to access documents and communicate with each other, because email was strictly banned. Only 125 members were accepted - the finance and deputy finance ministers of the twenty countries along with a "sherpa" or guide for each member state. 55 of them decided to upload profile pictures too, giving the financial negotiations a more personal touch. It's highly likely that the remaining 60-odd invites were parcelled out to the global premiers, which means that it is likely, though not certain Barack Obama was/is on there.
Users on the network were able to upload documents, read documents, message each other, blog, have live instant message conversations and see who was talking about topics they were interested in.
"The idea is that there are communities around concepts - in the case of the G20 that could be where to stay in Toronto but it could also be hey - we've got this climate change summit coming up what are we going to do about it," said Heaslip.
A "pyramid of privacy" allowed users to finely grade how widely they shared information. Opentext turned the software around in 3 months.
It's not just global power-mongers who like to share documents on secure cloud-based software, it is used by other SECRET people, the Register was informed.
"Lots of the world's most private and high security organisations use our software. Behind the barbed wire and high fences, these organisations need to communicate within themselves," Simon Lill, OpenText head of sales told the Reg.
"We have several customers who require very secure networks."
But these customers are so secret that he couldn't tell us who they were.
Opentext refused to disclose whether any of their top-secret ultra-secure networks had suffered attacks in the past few years, but gave a sketch outline on how secure the systems were.
"The main strategy is decoupling it from the internet. All our software is highly-secure, penetration tested by security experts," said OpenText honcho Simon Ward, adding that they have different solutions for different clients - depending on whether the documents are about bin collection rotas in Surrey or TOP-SECRET things.
"There are lots of elements in security, we're just one piece in the secure environment, our customers also work with RIM, Fujitsu, we just drop in the software," said Ward.
Apparently the Canadian government got the world's finance minsters onto the network by simply refusing to send them emails. Jennifer Daubeny, formerly of the Canadian department for Foreign Affairs and International Trade told the Reg:
"We sent one email with some documents, a second saying that this was the last time we'd email them any documents and a third saying that this was the last email they'd get from us and that they had to sign on to the network if they wanted to see anything."
"These are not necessarily the people most comfortable with online sharing tools," she explained.
The people who chose not to adopt it were the French. Though it was used successfully in Canada and then at the G20 in Korea, the French decided not to employ the software for the 2011 G20 summit they hosted for "undisclosed reasons".
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Film director and TV producer Tyler Perry claims he was a victim of unfair treatment by Atlanta police, E! Online reported.
The "Good Deeds" director—popularly known for his "Madea" alter-ego—says that two officers treated him with hostility and disrespect during a traffic stop because he is an African-American.
According to E! News, the two police officers stopped behaving hostilely only when an African-American officer showed up and reportedly recognized Perry, who is considered one of the most successful figures in the entertainment industry.
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Perry described his version of events in great detail on his Facebook page on Sunday. He claims that he was driving to the airport from his Atlanta-based media studio without his standard security detail in tow when he was pulled over for making a left turn from a right lane — a maneuver he attempted to make sure he wasn't being trailed by someone.
According to Perry's summary, one police officer approached his driver's window and asked, "Why do you think someone would be following you?" At that time, Perry writes, a second cop banged on the passenger's window.
The second officer, according to Perry, asked, "What's wrong with you?" The driver's-side officer, meanwhile, explained that Perry feared he was being followed, after which the second officer repeated, "Why do you think someone is following you? What's wrong with you?"
Before Perry had a chance to answer, the driver's-side officer commanded him to put his foot on the brake, then reached inside the vehicle for the car's on/off switch.
"I finally realized that he thought that switch was the key," Perry writes, "so I told him that it wasn't the key he was grabbing. I reached down into the cup holder to get the key, not realizing that the key had a black leather strap on it. As I grabbed it they both tensed up and I dropped it as I heard my mother's voice from when I was a little boy.
My mother would always say to me, 'If you get stopped by the police, especially if they are white policemen, you say 'yes sir' and 'no sir,' and if they want to take you in, you go with them. Don't resist, you hear me? Don't make any quick moves, don't run, you just go.'"
Perry says the officers persisted in questioning why Perry thought he was being followed.
"It was so hostile. I was so confused," Perry recalls.
Soon, an African-American cop arrived at the scene, and seemed — based on "an 'oh no' look on his face" — to recognize the popular entertainer and businessman.
"RACIAL PROFILING SHOULD BE A HATE CRIME INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI!!!" Perry wrote on his Facebook page.
The Atlanta Police Department said in a statement to E! News that the two officers have been referred to the department's Office of Professional Standards.


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UAB IT has new recommendations for antivirus software
UAB IT has new recommendations for antivirus software for both home use by faculty, staff and students and for campus users.
Microsoft Forefront is no longer supported by Microsoft, which means there will be no new updates to guard against new viruses.
UAB IT recommends that faculty, staff and students use Microsoft Security Essentials on their home machines that have Windows 7 and Vista. Machines using Windows 8 or higher have Windows Defender built in.
Mac users should continue to use Sophos anti-virus, which faculty, staff and students can download for free through UAB IT.
Learn more about antivirus software here.
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Antivirus Software
UAB IT provides antivirus software for use by everyone at UAB, including your personal home systems.
For home use (faculty/staff/students)
Please note: Microsoft Forefront went end-of-life in July 2015.
- For home use on Windows 7 and Vista, UAB IT recommends Microsoft Security Essentials be installed on your Windows system. If your computer is running Windows 7, Windows Defender only removes Spyware. To get rid of viruses and other malware, including spyware, on Windows 7, Windows and Vista, you should download Microsoft Security Essentials for free.
- For home use on Windows 8, Windows Defender replaces Microsoft Security Essentials. You cannot use Microsft Security Essentials with Windows 8 or Windows RT, but you don't need to because Windows Defender already provides built-in protection. Learn more about using Windows Defender on Windows 8.
- For Mac/OS X use Sophos Anti-virus. Please click here and login to select Sophos from the available titles. NOTE: Sophos has released a new version which is compatible with Mac OSX El Capitan. It is available at the UAB software download site.
For system administrators
UAB IT recommends that system administrators on campus use System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) for antivirus and malware protection for campus computers.
System Center Endpoint Protection 2012 has several advantages over the scope of Microsoft Security Essentials:
- Centralized reporting
- Centralized monitoring
- Centralized management
- Automated network client deployment
- Advanced Microsoft support is available through professional, premier and/or software assurance programs
- Management of the host-based Windows Firewall policy via the SCCM policy configuration interface, allowing for configuration of endpoint security as well as allowing or denying connections.
System Center Endpoint Protection 2012 provides a single, integrated platform that reduces overall IT management and operating costs.
Click here for instructions on deploying SCCM.
UAB IT's recommendation is to deploy the SCEP agent within System Center, along with the inventory agent. There are many other features you may turn on or block from use within SCCM.
- For Mac/(OS x) use Sophos Anti-virus. Please click here and login to select Sophos from the available titles.
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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a family is publicly outed for harboring a zombie after their son, Billy, is infected and turn into a flesh eating monster, a film crew arranges to document the family, their zombie son, the neighbors and a local crime boss who is out to destroy all zombies.Read More »
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Revision as of 18:58, 2 July 2018
- 1 Package Management
- 2 Distribution Size - NST Minimal
- 3 Low Memory NST Installation
- 4 New Boot Types
- 5 Initial Boot
- 6 NST 18 Release Notes
- 7 NST 20 Release Notes
- 8 NST 22 Release Notes
- 9 NST 28 Release Notes
Package Management
Full Package Management
You can now easily add packages to the NST distribution using standard yum and rpm commands. This allows you to start with a initial NST distribution and then enhance it for your custom purposes.
This is only recommended after performing a hard disk installation of the NST.
Live Systems Can Be Updated
You can perform package management commands using yum and rpm commands even if you boot NST Live (off of a DVD or USB drive). However, since the media is not writable, new packages which are downloaded and added will consume RAM.
Because of this, you should only install a few packages at a time for experimental purposes. If you were to attempt a full system update on a Live system, it is likely it will run out of memory.
NST System Maintenance And Updates
NST is maintained via yum updates from Fedora and the Network Security Toolkit repositories. These sites are rundundantly located in case of system or network failures. See the section: " Maintaining And Updating NST" on the Getting Started page for detailed information on upgrading and maintaining an NST system.
Distribution Size - NST Minimal
In order to update the NST distribution to support full package management, the full ISO distribution has increased significantly in size (over 1.2GB). The full distribution can no longer be burned to CD media (you must burn it to a DVD or a USB drive).
If you have a system which can only boot from CD media (i.e., it can't read DVD media and does not support booting from a USB drive), you will not be able to run a full NST Live distribution.
However, it is still possible to perform a hard disk installation of the full NST distribution by starting with the NST Minimal ISO image. See the NST Minimal page if this applies to you.
Low Memory NST Installation
Starting with NST 2.16.0, the anaconda installer requires a minimum of 768 MB of RAM for installation of NST. The NST installer: "nstliveinst", which uses anaconda, will abort and fail to install NST Live to the hard drive if your system has less than 768 MB of RAM installed. This limitation was probably set for running the Gnome 3 Desktop. A headless NST system can still run many applications contained within the distribution using a minimum of 512 or 640 MB of RAM installed. An unsupported method to circumvent this anaconda limitation is to remove the memory requirement check. Use these steps to accomplish this task:
- Boot the NST Live Distro.
- Edit the anaconda executable script: (vi /usr/sbin/anaconda).
- Add a python 'return' statement right after the "check_memory" function.
- Make sure you left-justify the 'return' statement with the "reason_strict" description string.
- Save your edited script.
def check_memory(anaconda, opts, display_mode=None): return reason_strict = _("%s requires %s MB of memory to install, but you only have " "%s MB on this machine.\n")
- Now perform your NST Live installation using the "nstliveinst" installer.
New Boot Types
One may boot an NST system using a USB drive for systems capable of booting from USB. There are 2 different types of NST USB installs. First, Fedora provides a "Live USB Creator" application that allows NST Live to be installed to a USB drive from an already booted NST Live system. Secondly, one can use the "nstliveinst" NST script to perform a hard disk install to a USB drive.
Once either one of the above USB installs is completed, one can simply plug in the USB drive into a system capable of booting from USB and bring up an instance of NST booted from USB.
Initial Boot
Disabled Services
The following services are disabled until the default NST password is changed upon booting NST Live or after a fresh NST hard disk install. Run the nstpasswd script to set the password for the root user and then both the sshd and httpd service will automatically be enabled.
- sshd
- The SSH daemon providing secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network.
- httpd
- The Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server (HTTP) - Web server.
Default Password
The default password is still nst2003.
In prior releases, you had to set the password of the NST system each time you booted a system from the ISO image. This was a good practice as the https and sshd services were enabled by default when logging into system.
Starting with the new release, we no longer require you to set the NST password when the system boots. However, we no longer enable the https and sshd services until you run the nstpasswd script to set the system passwords.
Hence, the NST system acts as a client system (you won't be able to connect to it from other systems) until you secure it by running the nstpasswd script.
Graphical Desktop Session
You now have the option on the boot screen to go directly to a graphical desktop session (you can choose between the Fluxbox or the GNOME desktop manager). The GNOME gdm graphical login screen manager is used. To login as the "root" user, choose "Other...", type in the Username: "root", type in your NST Password and select a desktop manager (Fluxbox or GNOME) on the bottom task bar.
See the section: " Graphical Desktop Session" on the Getting Started page for detailed information on logging on to a desktop session.
Media Check
At the initial boot screen, you can now perform a media check at the start of the boot. This should be done to verify your media (especially in situations where the NST system does not boot cleanly or behave properly).
NST 18 Release Notes
NST 18 Versioning
We have moved away from the "2.xx.0" version nomenclature to just a distribution integer release number. For example: "NST 2.18.0" becomes "NST 18". Intermediate "NST 18" releases will be distinguished by the current subversion number at time of release (e.g., NST 18, SVN: 4566).
New Anaconda Installer
When performing a hard disk installation using the new "anaconda" installer with "NST 18" be patient with the application. The installer takes some time to load when launched from the "NST Live" media. It appears that nothing is happening but eventually displays. Also after making any disk partitioning changes, be patient for any changes to take effect. A suggestion to the author of the new installer would be to provide better feedback or status of its current operation.
HTTPS Access with a Configured Static IP Address
If one configures the NST system with a static IP Address, then the "Apache Web Service" will also need to be configured for access using "HTTPS". Edit the "SSL" configuration file:"/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf" and change these lines to the static "IP Address" or "Host Name".
. . . ## ## SSL Virtual Host Context ## <VirtualHost 10.222.222.10:443> # General setup for the virtual host, inherited from global configuration #DocumentRoot "/var/www/html" #ServerName www.example.com:443 ServerName 10.222.222.10:443 . . .
NST 20 Release Notes
w3af Application
The w3af Web Application Attack and Audit Framework application may need to be updated with the python pip command prior to using it. This includes both the GUI and Console-based versions. Run the following command and follow any instructions related to running the pip package installer:
[root@shopper2 ~]# /usr/share/w3af/w3af_console
NST 22 Release Notes
Mate Desktop: User: root
If one logs into NST using the Mate desktop as the "root" user, the pulseaudio daemon will not startup automatically thus no sound output will occur. This may also cause continual warning messages to accumulate in the "/root/.xsession-errors" file. A work around is to manually startup the pulseaudio daemon. Audio output should now work normally.
[root@ronbo ~]# pulseaudio --start W: [pulseaudio] main.c: This program is not intended to be run as root (unless --system is specified).
NST 28 Release Notes
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The Knight Center has also helped to create a new generation of independent journalist organizations. These organizations have created self-sustaining training programs to raise the ethical and professional levels of journalism, thereby contributing to the freedom of press and democracy in the hemisphere.
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Thank you for visiting the trilingual website of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, dedicated to journalists of Latin America and the Caribbean. Note that from any page, you can switch languages between English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons both had 5-3 records and were riding four-game winning streaks as they faced each other on November 10, 2002. For the Steelers, Head Coach Bill Cowher had made a significant move in replacing starting QB Kordell Stewart with Tommy Maddox (pictured above) and it was paying off in a big way. Maddox, a first round draft choice for the Broncos in 1992, had been a major disappointment, lasting just two years in Denver before bouncing to the Rams, Giants, Falcons, Arena Football League, and XFL. He led the Los Angeles Xtreme to the XFL title in 2001 and parlayed that success into a return to the NFL.
There was a crowd of 62,779 in attendance at Heinz Field. The Steelers had the first possession of the game and punted. Starting at their 20, the Falcons drove into
territory with Dunn running effectively and Vick completing four straight
passes. But Vick fumbled and LB Joey Porter recovered and returned the ball to
Three plays later, Maddox threw to WR Antwaan Randle-El for a 36-yard gain in a third-and-sixteen situation and a 20-yard completion to WR Hines Ward (pictured below) got the ball to the
four yard line. But now it was Maddox fumbling and LB Keith Brooking recovered
to end the threat. Following a punt by the Falcons, Todd Peterson kicked a
34-yard field goal with nine seconds remaining in the opening period to give
the Steelers the lead.
The Steelers drove to another TD following a short series for the Falcons. Maddox went to Burress for 32 yards on first down, Ward went 29 yards on an end-around play, and after an incomplete pass Maddox passed to Ward for a five-yard touchdown and 17-7 lead.
The teams traded punts until
Pittsburgh mounted an eight-yard series but
Peterson's 40-yard field goal attempt was unsuccessful to end the first half.
Down by ten points,
started off the third quarter with an 80-yard scoring drive that culminated in
Dunn running up the middle for a 59-yard touchdown. The Steelers came right
back, however, with Maddox throwing to Burress for a 62-yard TD. The extra
point attempt was no good and the score remained at 23-14 in Pittsburgh's favor.
Once again
responded by putting points on the board. Maddox completed a seven-play,
67-yard drive by throwing to Ward for 10 yards, Burress for 20, and then 18
yards for a touchdown to TE Jerame Tuman. It was 31-17 heading into the fourth
A fumble late in the third quarter had given the Steelers good field position at the
37 and they drove to a Peterson field goal, this time from 34 yards early in
the final period.
The Falcons had to punt following their next possession but a fumble on the return by Randle El was recovered by LB Mark Simoneau and gave
Atlanta the ball back at the Pittsburgh 37. Atlanta made the most of it, with FB Bob
Christian scoring a touchdown from a yard out five plays later. It was now a
ten-point game, with Pittsburgh's
lead cut to 34-24.
The Steelers went three-and-out on their next series and a punt by Josh Miller was returned 18 yards by CB Allen Rossum to the
Atlanta 35. Backing
themselves up with penalties, the Falcons got a first down on a Vick pass to
Dunn that picked up 16 yards. Later, in a third-and-nine situation, Vick threw
to TE Alge Crumpler for 21 yards. The biggest play of all came when, on third-and-24
at their own 43, Vick went to Jefferson for a
35-yard gain. The Falcons could get no further and Feely booted a 40-yard field
Once again the Steelers had to punt and, thanks to another fine return by Rossum of 34 yards,
took over at midfield with just under two minutes remaining in regulation. Vick
threw back-to-back passes to Jefferson that
picked up a total of 27 yards. Two plays later and facing third-and-three, the quick-footed
quarterback ran for seven yards. Finally, on the sixth play of the series and
with less than a minute remaining, Vick took off on a broken play for an
11-yard touchdown. Feely's all-important extra point attempt was successful and
the game was tied.
There was still time for the Steelers to respond but the clock ran out for them at the
37 and the contest went into overtime. Pittsburgh
had the first possession and drove to the Atlanta
30, with the key play being a 30-yard pass completion from Maddox to Ward. But
Peterson's 48-yard field goal attempt was blocked when Finneran, who had never
played on special teams before, got a hand on it.
After a short possession by the Falcons, the Steelers again advanced into
territory. They kept the ball on the ground with Zeroue carrying, except for a
24-yard pickup on a pass from Maddox to Burress. But after the drive stalled at
the 33 yard line, the Steelers punted.
The Falcons again punted in turn and, three plays later, Maddox was intercepted by CB Kevin Mathis to give
good field position at the Pittsburgh
44. The Falcons were only able to pick up six yards and, with time running out
in the extra period, Feely attempted a 56-yard field goal that was blocked.
From the Pittsburgh
49 the Steelers had just one second to work with. Maddox threw a long "Hail
Mary" pass to Burress who gathered it in at the one for a 50-yard gain but
couldn't manage to fall into the end zone. For the first time in five years, a
NFL game ended in a tie by the score of 34-34.
The Steelers gained a whopping 645 total yards, to 447 for
Atlanta. Pittsburgh also had more first downs (30 to
21). The Steelers also turned the ball over three times, to two turnovers by
the Falcons, although Atlanta
was penalized 11 times, against four flags thrown on the home team.
Tommy Maddox completed 28 of 41 passes for a then-team-record 473 yards and four touchdowns with one intercepted. Plaxico Burress (pictured at right) also set a franchise high with his 253 yards on 9 catches that included two TDs. Hines Ward added 11 pass receptions for 139 yards and a score. Amos Zereoue rushed for 123 yards on 37 carries.
For the Falcons, Michael Vick was successful on 24 of 46 throws for 294 yards and a TD with none intercepted, although he was sacked four times and twice was called for intentional grounding. He gained 38 yards on 10 carries with one touchdown. Warrick Dunn gained 129 yards on 20 rushing attempts and scored a TD. Shawn Jefferson topped the receivers with 9 catches for 131 yards and a score.
"I can't believe it," said Hines Ward. "For us to do the things we did – I mean, Tommy almost threw for 500 yards – and to fall short, it's unbelievable."
"We didn't win, but we didn't lose," added Plaxico Burress. "It's so disappointing. You have this uneasy feeling that you lost, but you know you really didn't."
The Steelers lost the next week but recovered to win five of six games to close out the regular season atop the AFC North at 10-5-1. They defeated the division-rival Browns in the Wild Card round before losing to
Tennessee in overtime at
the Divisional level. Atlanta
won three straight following the tie before slumping, but finished second in
the NFC South and qualified for the postseason as a Wild Card. They stunned the
Packers in the Wild Card round before losing their Divisional playoff game at Philadelphia.
Tommy Maddox suffered a spinal chord injury the next week at
that, amazingly considering the apparent severity at the time, cost him only
two games. Overall he completed 62.1 percent of his passes for 2836 yards and
20 touchdowns with 16 interceptions. Maddox received Comeback Player of the
Year honors from the Associated Press and Pro Football Writers.
Plaxico Burress caught 78 passes for 1325 yards (17.0 avg.) and seven TDs. Hines Ward earned selection to the Pro Bowl by pulling in 112 passes for 1329 yards (11.9 avg.) and 12 touchdowns.
Michael Vick (pictured below) also was selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time, passing for 2936 yards with 16 TDs and 8 interceptions and rushing for 777 yards and eight scores. Warrick Dunn topped the Falcons in rushing with 927 yards and caught 50 passes for 377 more. Brian Finneran ended up as the team's top receiver with 56 catches for 838 yards (15.0 avg.).


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Thinking About Health: Pushing back against high-priced medicines
Editor's note: The Rural Health News Service is funded by a grant from The Commonwealth Fund and distributed through the Nebraska Press Association Foundation, the Colorado Press Association and the South Dakota Newspaper Association.
Many Americans have begun to realize they're paying too much for prescription drugs. And maybe — just maybe — a national conversation about the topic has begun, sparked by the introduction last year of Sovaldi, touted as the most effective way to treat patients with hepatitis C.
The problem is Sovaldi's hefty price tag — $84,000 for a three-month regimen — and the fact that insurers have begun factoring the price they are paying for the drug into the premiums all of us will pay for health insurance in the next few years. UnitedHealth Group announced it already had paid $100 million to cover Sovaldi for its policyholders in the first three months of this year.
To get an idea of how Sovaldi could crowd out spending for other health care needs, let's look at Oregon. One of the state's Medicaid-managed care organizations noted that if 30 percent, or 814 members out of a total of 2,466 with hepatitis C, got the drug, the cost would be about $68 million. Compare this to the $72 million the health plan spent for all its pharmaceuticals last year, and you get the point.
I have written about Sovaldi before in a "Thinking About Health" column. Since then, a Washington-based group called the National Coalition on Health Care, which counts insurers, employers, unions, providers and faith-based organizations among its members, has launched the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing. CEO John Rother said it's an effort to discuss possible solutions for rapidly escalating drug prices. Rother, who is the former chief lobbyist for AARP and helped pass the Medicare prescription drug law a decade ago, knows a thing or two about drugs.
He told me that since the drug law passed, price increases have been held in check largely because of the greater use of generic substitutes. Not so any more with the debut of Sovaldi and with some 200 specialty drugs in the pipeline, which may be priced as high as Sovaldi. The country, he said, is headed down an unsustainable path when it comes to paying for medicines.
As a country, we've rarely asked whether paying for these super high-priced drugs means we may have to forgo other health care services. Insurers, employers, Medicare and Medicaid rarely have blinked. They've just paid the bills. Nor have payers always carefully scrutinized the evidence that a new expensive medicine actually did what the drug maker claimed it would do. They paid even when there was little evidence a drug was effective. This time, it's different.
The California Technology Assessment Forum, a private group funded by insurers, has recommended that Sovaldi be used only for the sickest patients. In Oregon, the Center for Evidence-Based Policy established by the governor a decade ago and based at the Oregon Health & Science University has said there have been no long-term trials, and many of those trials that have taken place were laced with conflicts of interest. It recommends more comparative studies and restricting use for now.
The U.S. has no official oversight agency like the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the U.K., which evaluates new drugs and technologies and makes recommendations to the National Health Service. NICE will complete its review in the fall. Meanwhile, the British health service is paying the equivalent of $32 million to treat 500 of the sickest patients.
There's zero chance the U.S. will adopt a NICE-like organization anytime soon. The Affordable Care Act prohibits the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, created by the ACA, from considering costs when it evaluates the effectiveness of various treatments. And Medicare is not allowed to consider cost in deciding whether to cover a drug or a device. The government's hands are tied.
Rother's group will have to figure out a way to evaluate cost and effectiveness within the health system's political boundaries. That won't be easy, and the drug industry is pushing back. Drug makers want the government to make insurers absorb the extra cost rather than passing them along to patients in the form of higher copays and coinsurance for those who need the drug.
That's not really a solution, Rother said. "High-cost drugs raise premiums and threaten funding for important health services. Ultimately, the individual pays the costs one way or another. The fundamental problem is the unnecessary high prices of some drugs, not which pocket the consumer uses to pay for them."
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Since I don't have of my own ancestors here, I thought I'd share with you some other people's dearly departed. We just visited the Lafayette Cemetery #1 in the Garden District. If you ever come to NOLA, you must visit the hauntingly gorgeous above-ground cemeteries. This is one of the most beautiful. There's so much history in this one large city block. I could spend hours here, looking at each and every inscription and gorgeously sculpted statuary, and never get bored.
Here are some of my favorite monuments to those Louisiana souls who have passed before us:
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