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Picture this: doctors inject an invisibly small probe into your blood, and it swims directly to cells where cancer has just begun to grow. The device signals back the exact location and the stage of the disease. Doctors then use the information to determine the best treatment for destroying a tumor in its earliest stages of existence.
What's more, the same type of probe can later revisit the tumor site to see if the treatment is successful.
Such a system belonged in the realm of science fiction only a year ago. Today, it appears to be on its way to reality.
Researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston used such a probe to detect the presence in mice of breast cancer cells too small to feel.
"This is a fundamental new imaging system that allows us to home in on and look at specific enzymes that characterize many different disease processes," says Ralph Weissleder, associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School, who heads the research effort. "The diseases include breast, prostate, and colon cancers, as well as inflammatory ailments like rheumatoid arthritis."
The probes, small enough to work their way through chinks in the membranes surrounding human cells, consist of a biological raft holding 10 to 20 protein-like stalks. Atop each stalk is a tiny sack containing fluorescent dye. When enzymes common in tumor cells wash over the raft, the stalks break and the dye emits fluorescence which is recorded by a new type of camera system.
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Weissleder's laboratory also developed probes to detect metastases, the spreading of cancer from its original site, and angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels that nourish tumor cells. Still in the research stage, these probes have not yet been used in humans.
The raft by itself, however, proved to be safe when it was injected into humans during an experimental trial. In these experiments, the raft carried a harmless radioactive cargo which allowed it to be tracked as it rode through the blood stream.
The stalks and dyes present no safety problems, so the next step will be to inject complete probes into the cells of people with known tumors. "We want to determine if the probes will identify the types of tumors, their location, and their stage of development," Weissleder explained. He and his colleagues plan to prepare an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to permit such studies.
"In the meantime, we continue to do basic research to demonstrate the breadth of different applications of this technique," Weissleder says.
His team wants to identify enzymes that are more plentiful in cancer cells than in normal cells, and enzymes that occur predominantly in tumors. Weissleder refers to the latter as "enzymes that make a tumor a tumor." Once such compounds have been identified, probes can be customized to carry different stalks with different dyes. A combination of dyes could be used to detect several types of tumors.
When a treatment is successful, follow-up probes will show less or no fluorescence, a signal that tumor-associated enzymes are less active or inactive. Fluorescence occurs at near-infrared frequencies which cannot be seen and must be detected by a special camera system. Unlike x-ray and nuclear techniques, no radioactivity is involved and near-infrared rays don't damage healthy cells.
In addition to cancer markers, Weissleder's group plans experiments with enzymes involved in other diseases. For example, it might be possible to recognize enzymes that destroy the cartilage of people with rheumatoid arthritis. "There is also a potential for early diagnosis and treatment evaluation in AIDS and heart disease patients," Weissleder says. AIDS involves enzymes similar to those in tumor cells, and enzymes are active in processes that block blood vessels in the heart.
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Weissleder works with researchers Alexei Bogdanov, Ching-Hsuan Tung, and Umar Mahmood. They comprise one of only a few teams working in this exciting area. "There's an explosion out there as researchers explore what actually can be done," Weissleder points out. The National Institutes of Health, the world's largest supporter of medical research, has acknowledged this explosion by making more than $40 million available for further experiments over the next five years.
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I want to get it out of the way. !#@&@*(#^&@^*@&^$&*^$&*^$.
Why we lost-
- Rebounding- TJ recieved no support from the 4 when rebounding. They had 18 offensive rebounds. We were outrebounded by 15. In my earlier post, this is what I meant by losing Rock would sink us to the bottom of Swopshire lake.
- Free-throws- 43 percent will not get it done. Never, ever ever ever ever ever ever! This is the same way we lost to Drexel (you willl notice a lot of similarities between those games).
- Falling behind- This team always comes back. Always. But you cannot straight up spot a team 13 points and expect to win every time.
- Halfcourt execution- Like Drexel, we did not run. Morehead would slow it down and drill a three. Painfully simple, but the truth.
- Poor execution and coaching on the final possesion- Siv should not have backed off. Preston! would not have. Rick made a boneheaded choice on that last play. On the last play of the ballgame, we could not have gotten a better shot than what Marra had. No real complaint there; BECAUSE I KNOW WE SHOULD NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN IN THAT POSITION PEOPLE!
- Injuries- Preston! and Siva's injuries caught up with us. Nuff said.
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Several years ago, at the instigation of a son in law, I computed that one could build the U.S. from where the pilgrims found it at Plymouth Rock to then - 2003 - for seventeen trillion dollars. I've tried, and for some time been developing a webpage, to find ways to help the average guy understand what a trillion dollars is. Seventeen trillion dollars happens to be about what we have spent on the military since World War Two.January 29, 2009 at 6:46 p.m.
That anyone can expect that we will recover from expenditures like the "bailout" of all the money-changers who have stolen the money from working men and women is absurd both mathematically and logically. It is out of the question. Yet, here we are arguing about which supposed political party is responsible. Are you kidding?! Talk about absurd!
Talking about "bailout" is bad enough; that anyone believes the political parties are real and contending with one another against the interests of the military industrial complex Eisenhower warned of, or that the voter has any control over his money or country, is over the top psychotic. GOOD GRIEF!
I have published on my website, by the way, actual mathematics concerning what the "bailout" means for the individual U.S. citizen. It isn't pretty.
You are absolutely right! However, Republicans in the House could have killed the bailout but caved. And it was a Republican Congress under George Bush (with the help, I'm sure, of lots of my fellow Democrats) that got us into the borrow and spend mode that gave us the $3 trillion debt. As I recall, Bush had the power of veto. I was really counting on the Republicans on the bailout deal. That got me absolutely nowhere.January 28, 2009 at 1:33 p.m.
Pat, the only thing I can say about your comment was that you must have been turning a blind ear, for example one of the high profile persons speaking about our government under the Bush Administration spending to much money has been our own Congressman Ron Paul.January 28, 2009 at 11:28 a.m.
Pat, have you considered the fact that Congress holds the "purse strings " in the United States, not the President. And the last time I looked it was Nancy and Harry pushing the bail out.
Oh, yeah. And who was responsible for the bank and Wall Street bailouts? No one but the Republicans!January 28, 2009 at 7:16 a.m.
Alton, where were you when the Republicans were borrowing and spending us into $3 trillion worth of debt in the past 8 years? I don't remember hearing a peep out of the Republicans!January 28, 2009 at 7:13 a.m.


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There's been a lot of movement surrounding the Farrelly Brothers' remake of "The Three Stooges," starting last year when the project moved from MGM to Fox, getting a fresh cast (Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro were attached in the long-gestating earlier incarnation). Just last month, Johnny Knoxville was supposed to have Moe nailed down, but that turned out to be just a rumor. But the first cast member has now been locked down. EW reports that Will Sasso has officially been cast as Curly (recent reports pegged him as Moe).
Funnyman Sasso is relatively unknown, but he currently stars on "$#*! My Dad Says" and was also one of the funniest members of "MADtv" back in the day. He has recently starred in feature films including small roles in last years "Life As We Know It" and the upcoming "Arthur" remake. For the remaining roles, Deadline reports that the frontrunners for Moe and Larry are Hank Azaria and James Marsden, respectively. No official offers have been made yet, but if the Farrelly Brothers want to start filming within the month, they'll need to lock those guys down soon.
Peter Farrelly told Deadline that he was "opening up these roles to the world right now. We'll make it with the best possible people. Our feeling is that no star is too big to audition and no matter who it is, we're going to have to see him in the role." About the film itself, he goes on to say, "There will be non-stop slapping, more in the tone of 'Dumb and Dumber' than anything else we've done. Our goal is 85 minutes of laughs in a film that will be very respectful of who the Stooges were. It's by far the riskiest project we've ever done, without question, but it is also the one closest to our hearts."
Hopefully this time the cast will stick, as the concept of plopping the three brothers in modern-day society and tracking them through three short films sounds intriguing. It would be nice to bring back those slapstick gags for a younger audience (and for the older audience who remembers them).
jarrett | March 26, 2011 10:55 AM
How do you from Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Jim Carrey to these guys?
rocco siffredi | March 26, 2011 9:55 AM
How about Stephen Merchant. He was the best thing in Hall Pass and his humour suits the Farrellys perfectly.
SusieQ | March 26, 2011 5:37 AM
Horrible casting is right. Will Sasso is funny, but he's not right for this. He's like a giant guy, wtf? And James Marsden?? Seriously??
karie | March 26, 2011 5:21 AM
I can't imagine how the came up with Hank and James as Moe and and larry. i like both actors but very horrible casting. At least in my opinion.


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Take an administrative snafu, a bad breakup, and what shall heretofore be known as "The Hot-Tub Incident," and you've got two thoroughly unprepared sophomores on a semester abroad. For American party girl Tasha, an escape to tweedy Oxford may be a chance to ditch her recent fame as a tabloid temptress, but wading Uggs-deep in feminist theory research is not her idea of a break. Meanwhile, the British half of the exchange, studious control freak Emily, nurses an aching heart among the bikinis and beer pong of UC Santa Barbara.
Author Abby McDonald does a wonderful job creating two characters that you just care about even though they are complete opposites. She drops the girls into situations that make you laugh then cry. And you cheer the girls on as they struggle to adapt to their new situations and deal with people so very different from what they are used to.
I enjoyed this book very much. I highly recommend Sophomore Switch to anyone who enjoys a good, well-written story.
An administrative mistake derails Oxford student Emily's application for a semester at Harvard. Desperate to get away from her now ex-boyfriend, she accepts a switch with party girl Tasha to attend a semester at University of California, Santa Barbara, hardly the academic rigor she was looking for. Tasha, in turn, was desperate to get away from what she calls "the Hot Tub Incident" where pictures of her and a celebrity in a hot tub have become a hit on the internet. She suddenly finds herself deep in feminist studies at Oxford.
Have you ever had a problem so big you wished you could just run away from everything, to another city, country, or even continent? How much distance would you need to put between you and it to make it better? Would an ocean be enough?Who?Natasha Collins: Natasha is a typical southern California girl with tanned skin, perfect hair, and an ability to party. Tasha, as her friends call her, is spontaneous and fun, always willing to skip a lecture in order to get some more beach time, make out with a random boy on a dare, and is completely comfortable in the skimpy clothes that are part of the southern California "uniform." A sophomore at the University of California - Santa Barbara, she suddenly joins the study abroad program and switches places (schools, classes, and living quarters) with Emily at the last minute.Emily Lewis: The exact opposite of Natasha, Emily is a control freak. She schedules every minute of her day, has lists of things to do, and doesn't seem to care about anything that will not get her to where she is going in life: the perfect job at the perfect law office in England. She refused to be one of those girls who spends an hour on her make-up and hair, and is more comfortable studying at the library than anywhere else. Her application for to study abroad is lost, and the only person left to switch with is Natasha.What?Natasha and Emily switch places, but since it is so late (classes have already started in California and are about to commence in England) they have to do an exact switch. Natasha will take Emily's politics classes, and Emily will be taking film classes.Where?University of California - Santa Barbara and Oxford University in England.When?Current Why?Both girls are trying to escape something. Natasha is running away from the scandalous video on the internet of her and a boy in a hot tub. Emily is running as far as she can from her ex boyfriend, who thinks she is incapable of intimacy.Favorite Parts:This book reminded me of the confusion I felt in college, the need for others' approval, and dealing with not knowing yourself. I loved Emily's take on the exchange, that her and Natasha are exploring different sides of themselves. Before the book begins, Natasha has already messed up, and she spends the rest of the book dealing with those consequences. I love books that demonstrate serious consequences for serious actions. However, Natasha is young, and she figures it out. I love the way both characters respond to classmates and professors underestimating them based on how they look. In their own way, each girl is an example of feminism at its best, without being femi-nazis. The love interests in the book are secondary, which works really well here. They are most important in the way they relate to the girls' pasts. I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just say that only one is a happy ending, and I have a great appreciation for that. Life doesn't always have a happy ending, and books that imitate that are always a fun read for me.A few of my favorite quotes from the book:"I just don't see why a same-sex preference has to go hand in hand with complete fashion backwardness. I mean, look at Portia de Rossi: a hot wife and an Elle subscription. It can be done!" -Natasha"That's one thing I miss about living alone: the absence of naked breasts at every turn." -Emily"I feel like an antropologist buried deep within an alien culture as I try to decipher the significance of each squeal and comment." -Emily"Like, I'm a total make-out slut, and sometimes I feel bad 'cause that's all I want from them. But then I remember they only want one thing too, so, you know, their problem." -Carla"I've often been the one urging friends to face challenges head-on, rather than let them grow out of all proportion. And here I am dreading every work because this time it all seems to matter so much more." -Emily"I'm on the edge of something, I can tell, but even the thought of moving in any one direction is enough to paralyze me." -EmilyLeast Favorite Parts:I honestly can't remember any. I think I may have found one typo, but that is hardly intrinsic to the story.Recommend?Highly.To whom?Girls in high school or older. I don't think there is an age limit on this, as anyone could read it and look back, remembering how those years felt. There is a minor amount of swearing and indirect sex involved. READ MORE REVIEWS AT http://sschpagepals.blogspot.com
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. The premise, of two very different girls switching places for a university exchange seemed like something I'd heard before, but I quickly found myself caught up in both Tasha and Emily's tales. I really loved how the author handles academia, activism, fitting in and finding oneself. You might think these themes are overdone in teen lit, but this novel makes them fun, funny, light, and new the same way they are to each new generation. Really loved it, and I'm looking forwards to reading more from Abby McDonald.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.Sophomore Switch is at heart a typical yarn about odd-couple teenage protagonists learning who they are and what they want while negotiating college life. It opens with straight-laced overachieving Brit Emily and "totes popular" California party girl Tasha deciding to spend sophomore year abroad in one another's countries, in order to escape a bad breakup and TMZ Internet infamy, respectively. Let the life lessons ensue!
The narrative is an unusual mix of fantasy and reality. That both characters are not only forced to sit advanced courses for each other's (entirely unrelated) majors, but to live in the other's apartment/dormitory room (and can modify or destroy each other's possessions with impunity) stretches the disbelief of even the most credulous reader, although it does expedite the plot considerably. And MacDonald certainly seems to believe that looking "just like all the popular girls" when it comes to clothing and makeup (regardless of whether said fashion reflects one's own personality or comfort level) is the most important aspect of making friends--an odd assertion in a purportedly feminist novel.
On the other hand, Sophomore Switch is certainly far more feminist than the majority of similar fare out there: both characters learn not only to stand up for their own beliefs, but do so in ways that avoid toeing the line of either enlightened sexism or radical feminist ideologies. Neither are all the narrative conflicts neatly tied up with pat resolutions (if they're tied up at all). MacDonald has an unusually good ear for American slang: there were very few places where the dialogue left me groaning You are very obviously a British author, although she does go a little overboard with the chatspeak. The shoutouts to Tsebelis and the Thermals were a nice touch too. Final verdict: yes, this book is adolescent fantasy, but definitely in the top 10 percent of the genre.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0763639362, Hardcover)Take an administrative snafu, a bad breakup, and what shall heretofore be known as "The Hot-Tub Incident," and you've got two unprepared sophomores on a semester abroad. For American party girl Tasha, an escape to Oxford may be a chance to ditch her fame as a tabloid temptress, but wading Uggs-deep in feminist theory is not her idea of a break. Meanwhile, the British half of the exchange, studious Emily, nurses an aching heart amid the bikinis and beer pong of U.C. Santa Barbara. Soon desperation has the girls texting each other tips — on fitting in, finding love, and figuring out who they really are. With an anthropologist's eye for detail and a true ear for teen-speak, exciting new novelist Abby McDonald has crafted a funny, fast-paced, poignant look at survival, sisterhood, and the surprising ways we discover our true selves.
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Manager Alan Trammell gave Young the day off Saturday in the midst of an 0-for-10 slump, a 1-for-14 homestand and an 8-for-39 July. It didn't help Detroit's offense against Pedro Martinez, but Trammell hopes it'll help Young.
"I think it's the right thing to do," Trammell said. "I think physically he's been beaten up and this week he's in a slump. He's been carrying the mail for us and he's human."
Young loves being in the lineup but with the All-Star break coming up, he said, "I'll take [days off] when I can get them."
Much as critics will argue that not every team deserves an All-Star, there's no underestimating how much Young means to Detroit's offense. The Tigers are 4-25 this season when he goes hitless in a game, half of those wins coming early this week in sweeping the White Sox. They're 9-14 when he has multiple hits and 6-10 when he homers.
Even with his recent slump, he has scored or driven in 26.4 percent of the team's offense this year.
In some ways, that's the problem.
"He looks like he's trying to create too much right now," Trammell said. "He's trying to get to the ball a little quicker and swing at pitches that might not be so good."
Hitting coach Bruce Fields thinks he's trying to
create too much power.
"I think he's getting too much of his body into the ball," Fields said. "When he gets overanxious he starts to jump a little bit more and his body gets in the way. A lot of balls he's fouling off he was hitting during the months of May and June.
"He's a good hitter. He knows what he's doing. So it's really just a matter of slowing everything down and putting the body in the right place."
As Young goes, so go the Tigers. Kevin Witt entered Saturday 5-for-15 this week but in an 0-for-7 slump. Eric Munson was 2-for-14 for the week and Carlos Peña 2-for-11. Peña took Young's place in the coveted No. 3 spot in the order, partly as a reward for his solo homer Friday.
The hottest hitter on the club is No. 2 man Warren Morris, who has eight of the Tigers' 29 hits all week at home.
"For us to function as a team," Fields said, "I think
everybody has to chip in and do their thing. Sanchez will bunt and get on base, Morris will get his line drives, which sets up Dmitri."
Rumors, like Sparks, fly: Steve Sparks knows the trade rumors and his chances of ending the season on a playoff contender. The Tigers have received ample interest in the knuckleballer now that he's in the final year of his contract. The latest rumor has interest from Houston, near Sparks' home.
But in Sparks' three seasons here, Detroit has started to feel like his second home.
"I love it here," Sparks said. "It would be bittersweet. We'll see."
Any Sparks suitor would likely see him as a Tim Wakefield clone. The original version happens to be in town and slated to start Sunday's series finale for the Red Sox.
Game within the game: Strength and conditioning coach Dennie Taft has a new way to keep his pitchers active before games. What began as an easy game of throwing and catching Aerobie flying discs has evolved into 5-for-5 Aerobie soccer in the outfield.
Chris Mears came up with the idea last weekend at Kansas City. Instead of simply throwing and chasing the discs, they're now getting more intensive exercise, trying to block each other's passes and fake out opponents. Many of them came off the field exhausted.
Saturday marked their third exhibition, with the veterans beating the youngsters 2-1. Catcher A.J. Hinch joined in with the day off.
The idea is making Taft's job easier.
"The thing is, they don't even know they're conditioning," he said.
Second-half rotation set: Trammell and pitching coach Bob Cluck will shuffle their pitching rotation after the All-Star break to help limit innings on youngsters Wil Ledezma and Jeremy Bonderman. Mike Maroth will open next week's four-game series at Chicago on Thursday, followed by Matt Roney and Nate Cornejo. Ledezma will pitch next Sunday's finale against the White Sox, with Bonderman going July 20 at Boston on 11 days rest.
"This is one of the ways we thought of to limit innings," Trammell said.
Catch this: Trammell tried to put to rest any
speculation that Eric Munson could convert from third base to catcher, denying that he had any talk of a move.
"We feel very strongly that Eric Munson is going to be our third baseman," Trammell said.
Munson was a catcher at USC but was moved to first base in the minor leagues. This is his first season at third base.
More Sborz to come: Second-round draft pick Jay Sborz made his pro debut Friday in the Gulf Coast League with two perfect innings and two strikeouts in the Tigers' 6-4 loss to the Pirates. At Class A Oneonta, third-round pick Anthony Giarratano went 3-for-5 with a double for the second straight night in his second pro game.
Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not
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Today's poem turned out completely differently than I expected it to, which is just as well since Ludakit's excellent post was fairly close to what I had originally planned to write. But then, I wrote I first line of the poem, and it reminded me of this article, and the forbidding warning turned into something else altogether. This was going to be a bit more fun, and I was even going to add a "Git 'R' Donne" for good measure. Instead, with apologies to John Donne:
Valediction: A Forbidding Warning
As virtuous men coach young guys to play
and tell them things they need to know,
whilst some of their teams' fans do say,
"Coach should go now," and some say, "No."
So let us watch, but make no move,
no tear-floods nor hissy fits pitch;
'twould neither team nor brand behoove
to make a terrible coach switch.
Dull, unruly mouth-breathers love
('cause they lack sense) to call for coach's
absence because to him remove
would end all of their reproaches.
But we should be fans much more refin'd
that can question without malice,
without a loss of the mind,
and can be tough but not callous.
Our two goals, therefore, which are one
with our coach's, endure defeat,
the crowning of a champion,
regardless of the teams we beat.
These goals are two; they are simply
to win both on and off the field
though other coaches chide limply
and to the whims of their players yield.
Regardless of the way our trip
goes when we to the Plains doth roam;
whether we win, whether we slip,
proud we'll be of team that comes home.
My thanks to you I'll give, Coach Richt,
for this football program cleanly run.
Thy firmness makes me sometimes ticked,
but in the end, we're not Aubrun.


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Google Books: How bad is the metadata? Let me count the ways….
Professor Nunberg provides some excellent slides illustrating his complaints about the abysmal quality of Google Book search and its metadata. Recall that Jean-Noël Jeanneney, former president of the Bibliothèque Nationale of France, warned of the same kind of problems and gave similar examples of botched scans of French cultural works in his 2007 work "Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge".
Jean-Noël Jeanneney will be partcularly galled (no pun intended) by yet another variety of metadata screwup in Google Books–authorship attributed to the writer of a forward–Madame Bovary by HENRY JAMES for example.
Now remember–this is The Google we are talking about. The Google who only hires the best and the brightest. The Google who only hires from the best schools. The Google who would have you believe that they are the second coming. The Google who seems to employ people who don't know who wrote Madame Bovary and who don't know that Tom Wolfe wasn't born in 1888.
The librarians who trusted The Google to scan their works thought they would get something back that was going to further their mission. I feel very, very certain that the metadata that was delivered by the best libraries in the world along with the books to be scanned was correct. What these librarians got back was gibberish.
Given the right machine, you could train a reasonably intelligent pet to scan books. In fact, I have dogs that could do a bang-up job with a little training. If–all they had to do was hit the "scan" button.
I would not expect a dog to know who wrote Madame Bovary.
What is valuable about a registry of intellectual property is not the digitized assets. Any fool with some money and time can digitize books. What is valuable is the name, rank and serial number that are connected to the books. Not to mention how they are organized, which has all kinds of cultural overtones.
But if you can't even know who the authors are with any reliability or if you can't know when a book was published (that is–who to pay and how much), then you'll never be able to associate the payee information (such as W-9) with the titles.
That's if you actually ever intended to pay anyone anything.
I wonder how these librarians feel now. Looks like Marian got googled.
Stand Up! Copyright Alliance Artists Petition Our Government
The Copyright Alliance has launched a letter writing campaign that I would encourage you to sign up for if you believe this excerpt:
"[W]e [artists] are under assault. Our rights to control the distribution, use, and reproduction of our works in our vibrant digital age are dismissed by many who do not understand the value we bring to society. They tell us to work harder, create better, and give our works away. Some think that they should control our works and that they should be able to appropriate, perform, and copy them how they please, without our consent, benefit, or participation."
If that's you, click here.
Google Fouls Up Again: Google Book Search is a Disaster for Scholars AND Copyright Owners
Google's Book Search: A Disaster for Scholars. Now that title caught my eye, not the least because it appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The article is extraordinarily honest and well written, with solid research and supporting evidence.
We've become accustomed to librarians and academics uncritically fawning over the disaster that is Google Books (especially those privileged librarians among the sovereignly immune), but give this one by Professor Geoffrey Nunberg a read, particularly regarding the "metadata," the fields in the Google Book Search that are supposed to contain information like year of publication, title, author, etc.
"Start with publication dates. To take Google's word for it, 1899 was a literary annus mirabilis, which saw the publication of Raymond Chandler's Killer in the Rain, The Portable Dorothy Parker, André Malraux's La Condition Humaine, Stephen King's Christine, The Complete Shorter Fiction of Virginia Woolf, Raymond Williams's Culture and Society 1780-1950, and Robert Shelton's biography of Bob Dylan, to name just a few. And while there may be particular reasons why 1899 comes up so often, such misdatings are spread out across the centuries. A book on Peter F. Drucker is dated 1905, four years before the management consultant was even born; a book of Virginia Woolf's letters is dated 1900, when she would have been 8 years old. Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities is dated 1888, and an edition of Henry James's What Maisie Knew is dated 1848….Google acknowledges the incorrect dates but says they came from the providers."
Of course, Google claims that these mistakes are the copyright owners' fault per usual–but what is interesting about this catalog of boneheaded errors is that the mistakes always seem to make the works OLDER than they actually are. Therefore more likely to be out of copyright and non-infringing, as opposed to NEWER than they actually are, therefore more likely to be in copyright and infringing. In fact–"to take Google's word for it"–it seems a safe guess that all the listed works would be in the public domain according to the incorrect dates that Google has placed in their metadata. Which benefits Google. Of course, not even Google can make a book into a public domain work when it isn't, but it does suggest that Google could say that an unlicensed work in copyright got into the claws of Google Books "by mistake"–an "innocent" infringement because the metadata said the work was in the public domain.
As one commenter to Professor Nunberg's article notes: "Here's another one: a recurring problem with date of publication is that all volumes of a journal are assigned the date of voulme 1." That is–the oldest possible date. God knows what they did with the sheet music.
The applications running the Google Books registry will need to make a distinction between works in copyright and works out of copyright. That is a very important date in the settlement agreement. Where do you think that date is going to come from? It is starting to look like it will come from incorrrect data–data that makes the publication dates MUCH OLDER than they actually are.
Who's going to check to see that the millions of copyright dates are correct? Nobody. And it's yet one more thing for the overburdened copyright owner to sort out as Google continues its "cultural rape."
"Innocent" infringement versus "intentional" infringement creates a rather large difference in how the punishment for the infringement is treated on judgement day–which would be on the later of the date that the plaintiff gets a final non-appealable judgement against Google for copyright infringement–or the author dies penniless. Also likely to foreclose criminal prosecution.
Perhaps this all has something to do with the mysteries of advertising placement? Professor Nunberg says he was told that "[t]he ad placement on Google's book search right now is often comical, as when a search for Leaves of Grass brings up ads for plant and sod retailers."
Hmmm. I think we noted that possibility two years ago in my review of "Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge" where the absurdity of selling advertising in books was well argued by the prescient Jean-Noël Jeanneney, former president of the Bibliothèque Nationale of France:
"Recall Google CEO Eric Schmidt's statements to the Wall Street Journal on the eve of the Viacom lawsuit: When asked to respond to the idea that "content" has intrinsic value, he said "prove it". Which has to be one of the dumber, but yet illuminating, remarks to come from a Silicon Valley CEO on the subject of art and culture.
No wonder M. Jeanneney tells us that '[t]he visit I received from several Google executives after the beginning of my campaign [against Google Books] didn't do much to reassure me.'
These statements echo and confirm one of the most important points raised in Google the Myth: M. Jeanneney writes, 'What pays for the digitization of materials are linked advertisements from companies that have an interest in associating their image with old or recent works likely to promote that image. As a result, books will necessarily be hierarchized in favor of those best suited to satisfy the demands of advertisers, again, chosen according to the principal of the highest bidder [as is Google AdWords]. I wouldn't want to see—although I'm amused by the thought—the text of Saint-Exupéry's Le Petit prince accompanied by an ad for a sheep merchant.'"
Right on cue, Professor Nunberg tells us:
"Google's fine algorithmic hand is also evident in a lot of classifications of recent works….[Google assigns a "]Religion["] tag…to a 2001 biography of Mae West that's subtitled An Icon in Black and White [and] the Health & Fitness label on a 1962 number of the medievalist journal Speculum….
But even when it gets the [bookseller's standard] categories roughly right, the more important question is why Google would want to use those headings in the first place. People from Google have told me they weren't included at the publishers' request, and it may be that someone thought they'd be helpful for ad placement."
So before you write off "cultural rape" as mere French "yankee go home" hyperbole, think again.
Professor Nunberg sums it up: "[Y]ou need reliable metadata about dates and categories, which is why it's so disappointing that the book search's metadata are a train wreck: a mishmash wrapped in a muddle wrapped in a mess."
Maybe it's not hyperbole, and maybe it is cultural rape for real. All those statements about what a great idea Google Books is, how it will make "millions" of titles available to the public–maybe that is yet more evidence of Google's charm offensive to mask what an unmitigated disaster this project is from a cultural, copyright, antitrust and now scholarly perspective.
It's nice to find an academic being honest about Google's screw ups. Since Professor Nunberg is at Berkeley, Google might actually listen to him.
But it's unlikely. The do-over to fix the metadata and cataloging system will take a very long time at vast cost. "Fixing" Google Books is not in Google's interest and who can make them? As the scanning keeps going every minute of every day, it is becoming increasingly clear that Google thinks of Google Books as Google's books–the entire intellectual capital of the world.
It shows again what happens when you put the sole retailer in charge of the metadata–the monopsonist buyer has no incentive to act to the benefit of its sellers, particularly when the sellers' only enforcement mechanism is costly litigation against the monopsonist, particularly when the monopsonist has access to the public financial markets to raise its defense funds. (Which defense costs evidently are deemed not "material" by its public accounting firms and thus the true litigation exposure is not reflected in its public financial filings.)
Swiss they ain't.
Veoh coverage
Good story on the Veoh case at CNET (and since it quotes MTP it's a great story!)
Why we love Lily Allen pt. 4: UK "Artists Back Lily, Call for Three Strikes Law"
Billboard has the story:
"'We the undersigned wish to express our support for Lily Allen in her campaign to alert music lovers to the threat that illegal downloading presents to our industry and to condemn the vitriol that has been directed at her in recent days,' said the statement, which went on to call for a three-strikes law that would result in restrictions to persistent offenders' bandwidth levels to prevent P2P activity….[Radiohead's] Ed O'Brien told BBC News the meeting was "quite emotional" and said Allen was "extremely brave" to turn up."She's taken a lot of flak for what she's said. What she's done has been brilliant because she started the process where artists have stood up and said, you know what, there is a consequence to illegal file-sharing," he said. "In the meeting, we didn't always agree but we came to an agreement that we thought was good for everyone."
"Extremely brave" is right. It's funny how one brave woman can help others find their courage. Or something else they lost. What once was lost now is found by whatever path, and the Brits have passed an important threshold standing together. This development arguably unites the country behind Lord Mandelson.
The statement of members of the Featured Artist Coalition (although not formally issued on behalf of the organization–weird, but I'll take it) sensibly suggests what will likely be an economic sanction for the third strike (which MTP also favors–see "Return of the Hadopi") and is a 180 from the capitulationists who seem to have evaporated.
Google Books Fairness Hearing Postponed
"The current settlement agreement raises significant issues as demonstrated not only by the number of objections, but also by the fact that the objectors include countries, states, non-profit organizations, and prominent authors and law professors."
Now why was this result so difficult to anticipate? Or maybe it wasn't–Google is still scanning.
Why we love Lily Allen (and Sir Elton John) pt. 3
Somebody asked me if I knew The Bald Guy from the music business. Apparently there is someone out there sending out newsletters acting like he is/was/might have been in the music business and said some very nasty and misogynistic things about Lily Allen's recently public statements against file "sharing" or what we call "bartering" around here. Not to mention gratuitous and homophobic things about Elton John.
I have never run into The Bald Guy on a deal, at a company, never known anyone by that name who actually sold a record, humped a trap case, nurtured an artist's career, worked a hit record, or worked a stiff record for that matter. No one ever said—wait! I have to check with The Bald Guy. In short, I have never run into anyone by that name in the music business. Neither on the tech side of the house. Or indeed—anywhere.
Now I have heard of someone by that name who is in the email business. That's not a business I'm very familiar with, so it's entirely possible that the guy is an email rock star. I actually sat next to a bald guy at the music awards during Canadian Music Week this year. He seemed to be getting bad vibes from Gene Simmons. Of course—that's kind of like my brother's in the army, maybe you know him. I got the impression that The Bald Guy is kind of like the Glenn Beck of the email business or something.
The thrust of the email that I heard about from The Bald Guy is that Lily Allen isn't pretty enough for his standards (???) and that she's not a good enough singer (given his superstar A&R track record) and that artists don't know anything about the record business. And the most damning fact in the email business—she hasn't made it in New York. And then there were some things said about Sir Elton that just aren't worth repeating.
Now—is there a connection between The Bald Guy and Sir Elton's letter to Lord Mandelson against file bartering? Maybe, maybe not. But the timing is curious. Which do you think will get more weight from Lord Mandelson? The Bald Guy's email or the views of one of the greatest songwriters of all time?
Would Sir Elton have written his letter were it not for Lily Allen? Maybe, maybe not. But the timing is curious.
I have learned that the very best person to ask about what to do with a record is the artist. They may not know all the answers, but they usually have some pretty good ideas. And it is, after all—their record.
I wouldn't ask someone in the email business what they think about selling records, and I wouldn't expect them to ask me about the email business. I'd be more likely to ask them what they think about giving email away for free, and they'd probably tell me.
The email business must be a tough business. It sounds like it must be like the music business was 30 or 50 years ago, a bunch of wannabe Svengalis (speaking of wannabes) telling girls that they aren't pretty enough to get a ride in the big black car, or their record wasn't good enough to be worth paying off 100 jocks to play it instead of something they wanted to play. And then of course, there was that world outside of New York—New Jersey. If you ain't made it in Jersey, baby….
That's the problem with the Internet—everyone's a critic. Even people in the email business. And it is very important to some that they tear down anyone who stands up. Particularly women. We have a name for that.
Us Baldry alums have to stick together.
Lessig's bad advice redux: FT: "[Google Books] is cultural rape."
"French publishers say Google has never negotiated with them about its digitisation scheme even though the millions of works held in US libraries already scanned by the company include thousands of French titles."
Excellent reporting by Financial Times on the new twist in the Google Books fiasco. Welcome to France, Mr. Schmidt. Here's a tip: N'entendez aucun mal, ne voyez l'aucun mal, ne parlez aucun mal.
Great News Sultan: Choruss is raking it in–Update
Update: Choruss on the march–or at least on the panel again.
Jim Griffin was on another panel recently expounding on deus ex machina, the vulgar latinate for the Greek (e.g., Euripedes) "god in the machine" or the perfectly good English secular version, usually translated as the "ghost in the machine".
For purveyors of vaporware, using the phrase "ghost in the machine" is ill-advised. Apparently our suspicions were correct–what Choruss has done is get one or more student government organizations to agree to give up part of the student activities fees they sort-of control (known as the "bursar's bill," "Bevo bucks," etc., depending on which school you're at) and pay these fees to Choruss. According to Griffin, Choruss is then going to give the money back to the school to support music education.
Lest that transaction just slip by–think about that for a second. Let's see, it comes out of the student's pocket and goes into the school's pocket. Or said more accurately, it comes out of the students' parents pockets, goes into the artist/producer/songwriter/publisher/record company pocket, and then Choruss decides to pay it to the school. The problem with that–Choruss is essentially a retailer, and once someone who is essentially a retailer "sells" the tracks to the students they have to pay a wholesale price (usually about 70% of the proceeds) to the rightsholders–songwriters, music publishers, artists, unions and record companies.
If Best Buy were to sell some CDs and decide not to pay the record company and give the money to the "Minneapolis Youth Orchestra" I think we would all find that odd and probably illegal. Unless, of course, all the rightsholders consented to it. So that means Choruss would have to identify the rightsholders to get permission (which they can't, at least not yet).
When asked if Choruss would take a fee, Griffin said it would not. When asked what fee structure Choruss uses for its financial projections, Griffin said that Choruss doesn't use finanical projections.
I'm sure A&R executives everywhere will be thrilled to know that someone somewhere someplace in the music business doesn't have to run a P&L every time they want to buy a paper clip. Of course, if you are the ghost in the machine, maybe you don't have to live under the same rules that everyone else does.But–what about the ghost in the machine? The ghost in the machine is supposed to be able to account to artists/producers/songwriters/publishers/record companies for their share of the student activities fees that Choruss is to collect. Two problems–the ghost doesn't have a license and the hasn't figured out how to account to anyone yet.
Let me offer another explanation for this phantasmagoria. Griffin also said that Choruss would be "going independent" soon. We used to call that running out of money, but let's say it is "going independent" and will be taking in new money for whatever in the world this ghost is supposed to be. It is highly unlikely, particularly in this environment, that a VC would allow a strategic partner (such as Griffin's putative investor, Warner Music Group) to set the valuation for the company. That means that in order to survive, Griffin must have some kind of validating commercial deal, preferably one that throws off what is lovingly referred to as "top line revenue" in the trade. Hence his deals with these six campuses (is that different than six universities? Time will tell.) The new money VC will then use these benchmarks to set a new valuation in what is sure to be an absolute knockdown dragout with WMG over liquidaiton preference, dilution, etc.
But of course, Griffin doesn't do financial projections. Oh, no.
So–that means that the ghost is going to (A) have to get the deals to survive and (B) figure out what to do with the revenue. So in a flash of ghostly brilliance–let's give the money away!! SMART!! The only problems with that are that the money is either (1) being paid for something other than rights and indemnity which is probably not what the students think they are getting, or (2) is being collected in return for rights, but Choruss can't distinguish one song or recording from another so they don't know how to divide it up, or (3) Choruss is collecting for a covenant not to sue (see Bennett Lincoff) and so doesn't have to share the money with anyone but does not want to deal with the political fallout from artists/producers/songwriters/publishers/record companies who figure that out, which is unpopular among rights holders, not to mention Internet savants.
But wait–there's more! Given Griffin's public statement to The Register, it sounds like someone is going to be collecting millions of dollars. That's definitely worth suing over.
I remember asking a guy from BMG why the company was still in the Napster lawsuit after Thomas Mittelhoff's investment. He told me, make no mistake. That investment came from Bertelsmann, not BMG. Griffin may not be the only one looking for a deus ex machina in the third act.
To my knowlege–Griffin has no deals with any rights holders aside (possibly) from some elements within WMG and even then that will probably not hold if I had to guess. So what is he collecting money for, exactly?
Or to ask the musical question: Who you gonna call?
Does Google Adequately Reserve for Losses in Copyright Infringement Suits?
Now that it appears that Google has been dealt a major setback in the Google Books case, questions are raised about how effectively Google has been handling its—what would you call it? "massive"?–exposure to copyright infringement litigation from a financial accounting and Sarbanes-Oxley perspective.
It would not be unusual to see personal liability for CEOs and CFOs in SEC actions relating to failing to adequately reserve for other liabilities, such as environmental liabilities. I was discussing this issue with a friend of mine who raised some very interesting similarities between these situations from a securities law and financial accounting perspective.
Google's 10K handles it this way:
"We have also had copyright claims filed against us by companies alleging that features of certain of our products and services, including Google Web Search, Google News, Google Video, Google Image Search, Google Book Search, and YouTube, infringe their rights. In the U.S. we announced a settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers; however, this class action settlement is subject to approval by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and we are subject to additional claims with respect to Google Book Search in other parts of the world. Adverse results in these lawsuits may include awards of substantial monetary damages, costly royalty or licensing agreements, or orders preventing us from offering certain functionalities, and may also result in a change in our business practices, which could result in a loss of revenue for us or otherwise harm our business. In addition, any time one of our products or services links to or hosts material in which others allegedly own copyrights, we face the risk of being sued for copyright infringement or related claims. Because these products and services comprise the majority of our products and services, the risk of harm from such lawsuits could be substantial.
We have also had patent lawsuits filed against us alleging that certain of our products and services, including Google Web Search, Google AdWords, Google AdSense, and Google Chrome, infringe patents held by others. In addition, the number of demands for license fees and the dollar amounts associated with each request continue to increase. Adverse results in these lawsuits, or our decision to license patents based upon these demands, may result in substantial costs and, in the case of adverse litigation rulings, could prevent us from offering certain features, functionalities, products, or services, which could result in a loss of revenue for us or otherwise harm our business.
Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe that the final outcome of the matters discussed above will not have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. "
So let's say one or the other of the Viacom case or the class action against Google for YouTube resulted in a $1 billion judgement. Just blow that off as nonmaterial? Google discloses that the company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts, tax liabilities, a couple other things. But no express statement that they reserve for the infringement cases.
If you can find any place in Google's financials that Google actually mentions a liability account accruing for potential damages arising out of the numerous copyright cases against the company, I'd love to see it. This would be something in line with FASB Statement 5.
And so it is well to say again in light of three governments objecting to Google Books for what are obvious copyright issues–where is the board?
Where is the Securities and Exchange Commission?


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The full lineup of genius problem solvers and musical virtuosos for the June 9th PSICKASS Event at Beauty Bar has been announced. A Mental State Department press agent spoke this morning from a podium, high atop MSD headquarters in Langley, VA, delivering the details in an address to thousands of desperate morons gathered below.
"Headlining the event is comedian Danny Norton. He's known throughout the world as a dandy genius, and is sure to make everything right in the world. The musical guest for the evening is Iretsu, whose funky, soulful pop-rock will soothe the audience into blissful relaxation, possibly even causing spontaneous dancing to erupt. In addition, previously announced guests Whitney Streed and Phil Schallberger, both of whom are brilliant and clever public speakers, are going to be assisting Danny Norton in solving the problems of everyone who attends."
The announcement was met with indifference, drooling and some fighting among the unintelligent masses in the crowd. The PSICKASS unveiling is not open to the poorly-educated, but MSD announcements are often delivered to anyone who camps on the lawn of headquarters.
Mental State Department scientists have been crafting a simple yet effective system intended to solve all problems. Dubbed "PSICKASS," Problem Solving Initiative – Creating + Kindly Announcing Silly Solutions, the system has been mysteriously short on public details until recently, when an anonymous source at MSD revealed the date and time the MSD intend to make PSICKASS public.
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After this morning's announcement, MSD distributed the following flyer, intended to promote the show:
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Associations for the Week: 12/18/2000 - ACEEE, RPA and Puget Sound Energy
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December 14, 2000
Steven Nadel has just been appointed as the new Executive Director, effective February 1, 2001 by the board of directors of the
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
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With natural-gas prices on the wholesale market soaring to an all-time high,
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SUMTER, SC (WIS) - Sumter County deputies have arrested a Wedgefield man for robbing a convenience store twice last week in Sumter.Anthony T. Taylor, 30, faces two counts of armed robbery. Investigator Wesley Gardner said Taylor robbed Young's Market on Peach Orchard Road on February 24 and February 26.Gardner said on both occasions, Taylor took an undetermined amount of money from the clerks and one 18-pack of Bud Light while armed with a handgun.Taylor was arrested on Wednesday.
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St. Albans, Vermont - July 5, 2010
Cathy Fournier spent her day off hard at work, volunteering at a St. Albans blood drive. It is the latest project for this bank employee from Swanton who's become an outspoken advocate. "I'm not understanding why we can't make better laws to protect our families," she said.
Fournier lost her son, Nick, in 2007. He was just 18-years-old, a passenger in a car driving on Interstate 89 in Colchester, when another driver got on the highway going in the wrong direction, colliding with the teens. Shawn Burritt was drunk, with prior DUI convictions on his record.
Burritt was sentenced to 10 years' jail time, but his victim's mother lobbies for stricter controls over deadly drunk drivers. She's also carrying on one of her child's missions: promoting blood donation.
Monday was the third annual Franklin County blood drive in memory of Nick Fournier, with a collection goal of 200 units. "He was so proud when he got his donor card in the mail. He just wanted to do it," Fournier remembered. "As heartbreaking as it is for us as a family, it's heartwarming knowing there are so many young kids and people in the community who came to donate blood in his memory."
This support comes at a critical time for the American Red Cross. The need for blood tends to rise in the summer, as the number of donors tends to dip. "We really didn't know what to expect, it being July 5 and a 90-plus degree day. But as you can see, it's certainly very busy," said Melanie Nattress, a registered nurse with the American Red Cross.
After failing blood iron tests the past two years, Cathy Fournier was hoping she could give blood this year. She passed the check and donated. Her son once asked her to help out at his high school blood drive. "So I'm actually very pleased. I feel good about it," Fournier said.
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Junior Bridgeman makes the list of the all-time greatest Martin's, Luther's, King's and Junior's!!
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Breach of 'Obamaphone' Users
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The Indiana attorney general's office confirmed Monday it is investigating a security breach in which Social Security numbers and other personal information were posted online for roughly 44,000 low-income Americans who applied for a federal program that provides discount Internet and phone service.
The program was nicknamed the "Obamaphone" during the 2012 election, though it actually started long before President Obama took office. Indiana reportedly has the highest number of applicants, roughly 17,400, who were signed up by TerraCom Inc. and the affiliated YourTel America Inc.
Applicants from at least 26 states were exposed to the security breach, according to a report published by Scripps Howard News Service.
In addition to the application forms, 127,000 supporting documents such as scans or photos of food-stamp cards, driver's licenses, tax records, pay stubs and parole letters also were available online.
Federal law prohibits carriers from keeping applicants' proof of eligibility.
A TerraCom attorney told Scripps the records were stored by Call Centers India, a contractor that helps determine eligibility.
The phone companies said the records of 343 people were accessed from at least March and were removed April 26, after Scripps said it found information through a "simple" Google search and informed the companies of the breach.
The news service said TerraCom officials declined numerous requests for an interview but that a company spokesman said federal and state officials were notified of the breach.
The Federal Communications Commission, which runs the program, acknowledged it knew of the situation and said a single privacy violation could cost a company as much as $1.5 million.
The FCC program is known as Lifeline and started in the Reagan administration in large part to help low-income residents in emergencies and to help them find and keep jobs.
But the program was hit with fraud and abuse through the end of President Obama's first term, after cell phones were added and wireless companies, getting reimbursed as much as $34.25 a line per month, were reportedly signing up people who'd never applied or were dead.
As a result, the FCC last year tightened the guidelines, essentially limiting households to either one land or cell phone line and requiring carriers to document applicants' eligibility, which cut the number of subscribers from a peak of 18.2 million in August 2012 to 13.2 million last month.
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METAIRIE, La. ― The Saints have racked up four straight wins after dispatching with the Lions 31-17.
They've increased their lead in the NFC South to 2½ games.
They're fighting tooth and nail to somehow capture the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs.
And coach Sean Payton doesn't really care because, with a month left in the season, he sees some negatives and mistakes that could haunt the Saints in must-win games.
"I don't want to sound like a broken record, but we've gotten on a run here and won some football games," Payton said, "and yet, we've won despite not being consistent in some areas."
Specifically, Payton isn't pleased with some passes that have been caught against the defense as well as the inability to close out games with the ball in hand.
He's also less than pleased with the lack of big returns in the punt game, especially with such an explosive player as Darren Sproles fielding punts.
Payton isn't alone in wondering why Sproles hasn't broken a punt return in months.
"When you have a guy like Darren Sproles, collectively, our group, well all expect to get big returns," Saints special teams ace Korey Hall said. "It's something that's frustrating when you go out there and you have expectations of how we do it and our culture."
But it's the breakdowns on defense that seem to be the most frustrating.
The Lions passed for more than 400 yards Sunday night, a week after the Giants did the same.
"Definitely, especially as you get ready to go into the playoffs, those types of mistakes will hurt you," safety Malcolm Jenkins said. "It hasn't really killed us yet but we have to learn from those mistakes before they do bite us in the butt."