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Two Men Accused of Stealing Unreleased Michael Jackson Songs
Two British men were arrested and charged with hacking into the computers at Sony Music Entertainment. A person familiar with the case told the Associated Press the men stole unreleased tracks by Michael Jackson.
A representative for Sony Music said the company noticed a breach back in May and alerted local authorities. The company said no customer data were compromised.
It was unclear what music was stolen, but the person familiar with the case told the AP it included unreleased material by the late Jackson. After Jackson's death, Sony signed a seven-year deal to sell his unreleased songs.


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Forced land acquisition by the State and private developers displacing thousands of people from lands they have lived in for generations has emerged as a threat to peace and stability in the post-war period.
While a study has been proposed to ascertain the total extent of the forcible acquisition of land and numbers of the displaced through evictions throughout the country, no reliable data is yet available on the magnitude of the problem. A written statement prepared by LST together with partners and submitted to the nineteenth session of the Human Rights Council – More..
Although there have been several peaceful protests by affected groups against these efforts, no coherent campaign or consistent pressure from affected people has emerged to counter the trend nor have the courts proved to be a deterrent against acquisitions which have been clearly outside the law. Several land acquisitions which have occurred in the South have not even been reported in the media. Members of the management committee relied on information from partners as well as media reports of land grabs occurring everywhere in the country, not only in the North and East.
The project identified three main components where LST's collective programme strengths could be combined: the legal and policy level, strengthening civil society organizations to address violations of land rights through information and advocacy and building the capacity of communities to protect rights and utilize the law. Both the CPR programme and the ESCR programme would be collaborating on the policy components of the project. The ESCR programme focus is on networking of CSOs (in the framework of the People's Alliance for the Right to Land convened by Oxfam Australia) and human rights advocacy through a regular newsletter published in three languages and situation reports and submissions.
The Objectives of the Land Project are:
1. Formulate land laws and policies based on Justice
2. Promoting development with equity using the Human Rights Based Approach
3. Strengthen community level organizations and activists to advocate for the immediate restoration of land rights, homes and basic services to people who were displaced in the war.
Justice -based Law and Policy pertaining to land
Laws and policies based on justice are those legal provisions and practices that look at people's rights to land in a fair and equitable manner. Concerns have been raised as to whether the prevailing laws are equitable and if current methods of land acquisition meet even the minimum legal requirements in terms of fairness and equity. It is these concerns that the project hopes to address.


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Jean-Christophe Queff
Pleasure Party
Director Claude Chabrol cast his screenwriter friend Paul Gegauff (and Gegauff's family) in this semi-autobiographical story about the destruction of a family at the hands of an egomaniac. Paul and Esther seem to have an idyllic marriage, unhampered by conventional stress (they even sleep with other people). But the status quo changes when Paul reacts violently after Esther sleeps with Habib, a guest at one of the couple's free-for-all parties.


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LAFAYETTE -- Maceio Gaines calmly sank two free-throws with 10 seconds left in regulation to lift No. 2-seeded Watertown to a 49-47 victory over top-seed Friendship Christian in Tuesday's District 8A championship game at Macon County High.
Tournament MVP KenAndre Bates (3 pictured) and Ty Jobe led the Purple Tigers (24-5) with 13 points apiece while Jake Belcher added seven and Josiah Smith five.
Allen Heaston led FCS with 14 and Dalton Patterson had 10 as the Commanders fell to 21-3 on the season.
Both teams will host first round games in the Region 4A tournament Saturday, Feb. 25. WHS will host Pickett County; Friendship will entertain Clay County.
Saturday's winners will advance to the regional semifinals the following week in Livingston.
BOYS ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM -- MVP KeAnDre Bates, Maceio Gaines, Nick Sackman and Josiah Smith from Watertown; Mark Sandoval, Hunter Anderson, Dalton Patterson and Allen Heaston from FCS; Cody Sircy and Dylan Hurst from Trousdale County; and Tyler Bradford from Gordonsville.
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SOURIS - The Sunday Night Hoedown at the Souris Show Hall with hosts Peggy Clinton, Johnny Ross and Gary Chipman, wraps up the summer season with a final show on Aug. 31. Special guests will be Peggy's dad, Alphy Perry, and his band Shiloh from St. Louis.
"My dad has been my musical inspiration and my mentor my whole life. I can't think of anyone else I would rather be sharing the stage with than him," says Clinton.
Clinton is a singer, songwriter and guitarist who has a CD set to launch this fall. She currently lives in Souris with her husband and four children. Her father, Alphy Perry, from near the opposite end of the Island - St. Louis, has been playing with the same group, Shiloh, for over 35 years.
Chipman is a well-known Island musician who started his musical career on the Don Messer Jubilee as a guest fiddler and has toured with musicians such as the late Stompin' Tom Connors and Anna McGoldrick. He has also shared the stage with artists such as Freddy Fender, the Carleton Showband, John Allan Cameron, Smiley Bates and Dave Dudley.
"Any time I get to share the stage with musicians like Peggy and Alphy, it's a real treat," says Chipman, co-host of the Sunday Night Hoedown. "I am playing a lot with Peggy this summer. She is a superb vocalist and I had the privilege of meeting and playing with Alphy and his band not too long ago, and I'll tell you, the audience this Sunday are going to be blown away."
Ross is a popular P.E.I. pianist from Belfast, who hosts several Island ceilidhs such as the Ross Family Ceilidh in Stanley Bridge with his two sisters and Dunes n' Tunes in Brackley Beach. Besides his piano skills he is also known for his lively antics on stage.
"Alphy Perry is an amazing musician and I am thrilled he (and his band) will be coming back to Souris," says Ross. "There are some musicians that just make you want to give it all you got on stage, and Alphy Perry is one of them," he adds.
The night's step dancer will be Souris resident, Rebeccah Lambie.
A 50/50 draw will be in support of the Souris Show Hall.
For advance tickets, visit www.sourisliveinc.com to purchase online. They can also be purchased at the Evergreen Cafe or by calling 902-687-1521.


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Ubi Key games
Group DescriptionAny Game Boy game that supported the Ubi Key system. An Ubi Key is an item to be found in a game and then be traded, via the Infra-Red Port, for another Ubi Key from another game with the same feature. Once you get another games Key new content will be unlocked in your game.
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Sometimes I'm just amazed by humanity. So much drive, passion, imagination, and vision. So much talent. Here are a few things that I'm impressed with right now.
Can you take your eyes off of these gorgeous, moody photos? I can't. And I'm just as taken with the message that accompanies the photos: Keep trying. Persist until you master your craft.
I'm inspired by these words: "I'd encourage people to take a breath, pause, think, and look. Really look at what they are shooting. Wait for something that moves you, whatever it is." Victoria's old-school film photography is strong, clean, and bold. And she's a finalist in the Analog Ambassador Contest this week.
I can't stop thinking about this blog post on First Slice Pie Café, where dining or subscribing for weekly gourmet meals help to fund high quality meals for homeless people in Chicago.
I'm looking forward to participating in Will Bake For Food on November 12th. This is a bake sale by Seattle food bloggers to help fight hunger in the Seattle area, with proceeds going to The Emergency Feeding Program.
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For me it wasn't a very good year when it came to new games, I did however manage to complete a lot of my older games.
Neither the Witcher nor MotB appealed to me because of their darker nature and so I passed on those I have to admit. I'm sure they are okay games, just not my taste.
I tried STALKER but couldn't get into it very much, I prefer my swords and elves and magic over guns and mutants I'm afraid
However, I did finish Titan Quest, Neverwinter's Nights 2, Oblivion (the main quests and lots of the side quests), Guild Wars Prophesies and NWN Shadows of the Undrentide (not the first time I finished that last one) so when it comes to enjoying RPGs it hasn't been a bad year at all.
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FLORENCE - Arizona has executed Jeffrey Landrigan for a 1989 murder in the state's first execution since 2007.
Landrigan died by injection at the state prison in Florence at 10:26 p.m. Tuesday after a stay issued by a federal judge was lifted by the U.S. Supreme Court. That stay was based on questions about the effectiveness of the state's supply of an execution drug in short supply.
Arizona obtained a supply of the sedative drug sodium thiopental from Great Britain.
Landrigan, age 50, had been on death row since his 1990 conviction for murdering Chester Dyer of Phoenix in a killing that prosecutors said was part of a robbery.
Landrigan's execution came after a full day of delays brought on by a stay issued by a federal judge in Phoenix on Monday. The stay was upheld by an appeals court early Tuesday but lifted by the Supreme Court just after 7 p.m. Arizona time.
Landrigan had a troubled childhood, being given up for adoption as an infant by his birth mother and not knowing his biological father until he was an adult. By then, the father was on death row in Arkansas. He died there in 2005 of natural causes.
During Landrigan's teen years and young adulthood in Oklahoma, he had frequent scrapes with the law. By 1982, he was serving time for second-degree murder in the stabbing of a buddy when he walked away from an Oklahoma prison work detail a month before Dyer was killed.
His last words looked back to his youth as an Oklahoman.
"Well, I'd like to say thank you to my family for being here and all my friends, and boomer Sooner."
Dyer, whose bloody body was found face-down on the bed in his ransacked apartment, was known for flashing a wad of cash on paydays as he sought homosexual sex, according to trial testimony.
Evidence against Landrigan included admissions to an ex-girlfriend and a psychologist, and also physical evidence that included fingerprints, a crime-scene footprint that matched Landrigan's sneakers and blood on a shirt that Dyer owned but that Landrigan was wearing after the killing. Also, Dyer had called a friend from his apartment and said he was having sex with "Jeff."
Court battles leading up to the execution centered on Arizona's resorting to use of a source other than the sole U.S. manufacturer for an execution drug in short supply nationally and on Landrigan's push for courts to consider DNA evidence.
Arizona said Tuesday that it got its sodium thiopental from Britain, the first time a state has acknowledged obtaining the drug from outside the United States since the shortage began slowing executions in the spring.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved no overseas manufacturers of the drug.
The limited supply has also directly affected executions in California, Kentucky, Ohio and Oklahoma, and it may affect executions in Missouri, which says its supply of sodium thiopental expires in January.
The Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling allowing the execution to proceed said a lower court was wrong to block Landrigan's execution because of questions about the drug. The four liberal justices dissented.
A federal judge in Arizona blocked the execution after questioning whether it might be unsafe. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed in a ruling early Tuesday, but the nation's high court reversed that decision.
"There is no evidence in the record to suggest that the drug obtained from a foreign source is unsafe," the unsigned Supreme Court order said. "Speculation cannot substitute for evidence that the use of the drug is 'sure or very likely to cause serious illness and needless suffering.' "
The concern about the drug didn't seem to come to fruition. Members of the media who witnessed the execution described it as "calm" and "mellow."
As the drugs started flowing, Landrigan was lying under a white sheet nearly up to his collar on a bedlike structure and didn't move during the procedure. His lips parted slightly once he was unconscious.
Soft crying could be heard from some witnesses associated with Landrigan.
Some crime-evidence work - involving bloodstains on Dyer's blue jeans - wasn't done under court-ordered 2007 testing and was tested only recently. The defense said the omission was an inadvertent mistake by its testing lab.
The defense said preliminary DNA results disclosed last week indicated that the blood came from Dyer and a person other than Landrigan. They said that bolstered Landrigan's innocence claim and justified holding a new hearing on the DNA evidence.
Prosecutors objected. They argued that the new DNA results tracked those of earlier testing and don't matter anyway because, they said, another person participated in the killing.
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a motion to stay the execution over the DNA matter.
Arizona's last execution was of Robert Comer on May 22, 2007.
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I'm trying to understand on how lien is being recorded.
A creditor won a judgment against me. I called the LA Country Recorder office, and spoke to someone there, that searched my record. However, she told me that record is searched based on name and not real property ?
I'm confused. I thought a lien is placed against your real property, not your name ?
Please advise.I'm still trying to understand the sequence of process. So if the court issued an abstract of judgment, does the court need to mail this out to all parties, so that the creditor can take this 'judgment letter' to the recorder office and it becomes a judgment lien ? OR The abstract judgment already becomes an judgment lien against me on the day the court issued it without having the creditor bringing it to the recorder office ? I appreciate any advise and feedback...!!!
An abstract of judgment (a judgment lien) is recorded against your name, not any specific real property.
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When recorded, an abstract of judgment attaches to any real property located in the county (ie., Los Angeles County) that is owned by the individual whom the judgment was entered against.
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What happens if the judgment is never recorded at the Recorder office ? Can it still be treated as a lien ?
No; no lien against real property until/unless abstract of judgment is recorded.
FYI... also, it may be possible for a judgment lien to be avoided in a bankruptcy case, in addition to the underlying debt/lawsuit/judgment being discharged.
Thank you for the clarification !!
The other attorneys are correct, the recorded abstract of judgment affects all real property recorded with the defendant's name, not any particular parcel.
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I agree with my colleagues. Also know that if an abstract of judgment is recorded against you, it will cause a lien to be created not only agains real property you own in that county now, but also any real property that you might acquire in that county later. You can search the county records under your name to find out whether anything has been recorded against you. Hope this helps.Ask a similar question
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Nov 16, 2012 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Cloud gaming service Agawi is announcing that it has been named a silver winner in the "Fastest-Growing Company of the Year" category for small companies in the 2012 Best in Biz Awards. Best in Biz is the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts, and more than 400 entries were submitted for the 2012 awards.
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Warm weather has arrived and since Spring Fever is in the air, I thought I'd take the time to talk about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Fun stuff, I know.
STI stands for "sexually transmitted infection." The reason this term is used instead of STDs (sexually transmitted disease) is because the word "infection" is more accurate since many of these are actually curable (except for Genital Herpes, Genital Warts, and HIV). Also, the word "infection" carries less of a negative social stigma than the word "disease."
STIs like Gonorrhea and Chlamydia are 100% avoidable. Abstaining from sex altogether is the surest way to keep yourself STI-free, but since that's not realistic, definitely have you and your partner get tested before you have sex.
Gonorrhea is spread through contact with the penis, vagina, mouth, or anus, so being in a mutually monogamous relationship with someone you know is uninfected is also a great way to keep yourself safe. When latex or polyurethane condoms are used consistently and correctly, that can also reduce the risk of transmitting gonorrhea.
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Young Buescher, Veteran Kimmel Take Intense ARCA Title Fight To Duquoin Mile Dirt Monday Labor Day Sept 3
Nineteen-year-old Chris Buescher and 50-year-old veteran Frank Kimmel are preparing to take the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards championship title fight to the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds mile dirt Labor Day Monday, September 3 for the 60th running of the Southern Illinois 100. With just three races remaining on the 2012 tour - DuQuoin, Salem (Sept. 15) and Kansas (Oct. 19) - the stakes could not be higher for both.
Buescher, who won at Madison Int'l Speedway last Sunday, increased his point lead to 60 points over Kimmel headed to DuQuoin. However, Kimmel dominated with a convincing victory on the Springfield mile dirt two weeks ago, and heads to DuQuoin as a five time winner of the Southern Illinois 100 presented by Federated Car Care.
"We didn't help ourselves with our finish at Madison," Kimmel said following his ninth place finish there. After leading late in the race, Kimmel was running second when he got bumped from behind and spun off turn two.
"That's real unfortunate to have the race end that way. We raced clean with those kids all race, and didn't get the same in return. We had a good race and a great racecar, and got run over there at the end. As far as the championship, it puts a dent in our chances. It's just a very frustrating day. To get knocked back to ninth; that's tough to take."
As a five time winner of the Southern Illinois 100 at DuQuoin, Kimmel is arguably the favorite going in. However, Buescher is the defending race winner at DuQuoin, and looks forward to his return.
"We had a great run there last year, so DuQuoin definitely works for me," Buescher said.
"It's a short track, and I love the short tracks. We were good right off the trailer there last year, and we should be the same this year. I really like the way DuQuoin is shaped. It's a lot more square, and drives differently than Springfield, which is more of a true oval. DuQuoin reminds me of Indy with short chutes in the center of the corners. We don't straighten out (through the corners) but the walls do. It actually makes for passing opportunities through the corners, but it can also make for more trouble."
Buescher withstood several late-race restarts to win at Madison, including several from Kimmel.
"Frank was a tough competitor. He raced me clean, as well as the 15 (Clint King) and 22 (Alex Bowman) there at the end. I was definitely getting nervous there at the end, but I'm glad it's over. (The points lead) was definitely in the back of my mind, but I tried not to think too much about it. You can go out here and win these last couple of races and win the points."
Buescher, under the Roush Fenway Racing driver development banner, drives for the Roulo Brothers, and finished second in ARCA championship points in 2011. Buescher's win at Madison was his fourth of the year.
In addition to what could be a good points day, Kimmel could also secure another milestone at DuQuoin with what would be a record sixth victory there. Currently, Kimmel is tied with the late Dean Roper in all-time Southern Illinois 100 wins - each having five victories in the prestigious stock car classic.
Kimmel, who has 76 career ARCA victories overall, is also inching closer to Iggy Katona's all-time ARCA win mark of 79.
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Pinche Taqueria, the brick-and-mortar version of the popular Pinche Tacos carts, made its debut on October 31 -- the last in a potentially record-breaking roster of thirty-plus restaurants to open in a month.
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32nd Treat, 2015 West 32nd Avenue Arvada Beer Company, 5600 Olde Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada Badger's Pub, 76 South Broadway The Bar, 554 South Broadway Bento Japanese and Asian Cuisine, 890 South Monaco Parkway The Blake, 1434 Blake Street Chicken Kabob, 9678 East Arapahoe Road, Greenwood Village Clavin's, 17904 Cottonwood Drive, Parker Crimson Canary, 141 South Broadway East Moon, 8162 South Holly Street, Centennial Emily's Coffee, 1261 Glenarm Place Empanada Express Grill, 4122 East Colfax Avenue Frijoles Colorado Cuban Cafe, 12095 West Alameda Avenue, Lakewood Hit the Spot Diner, 5637 West Colfax Avenue, Lakewood La Merise, 2700 East Third Avenue Little H Burger Co, 727 Colorado Boulevard Lucy's, 2125 South Sheridan Boulevard Maria Empanada, 5209 West Mississippi Avenue, Lakewood Minglewood, 1606 Conestoga Street, Boulder Naked Pizza, 2207 East Colfax Avenue Pig & Block Charcuterie, 3326 Tejon Street Pinche Taqueria, 2301 East Colfax Avenue Relish It, 5350 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton Russell's Smokehouse, 1422 Larimer Street Sauced, 1320 15th Street Stefano's Italian Bakery, 9296 West 58th Avenue, Arvada Sub Culture, 1300 Pennsylvania Street Sweet Dream, 2680 South Havana Street, Aurora TD's Dogs, 1530 Blake Street Tossa, 2400 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd Street ZaZa's Pizzeria, 2041 South University Boulevard
T-Wa Inn, the town's oldest Vietnamese restaurant, is back in business.
Lori Midson
RESTAURANTS/BARS RE-OPENING/MOVING IN OCTOBER* Bitter Bar, 835 Walnut Street, Boulder Jammin' Joe's, 4700 Kipling Street, Wheat Ridge (new location) Mariscos Las Islitas, 1550 South Federal Boulevard (new location) Tastes Wine Bar & Bistro, 4267 Tennyson Street T-Wa Inn, 555 South Federal Boulevard (reopened) Closures on Page 3
Boulder was bowled over by Bitter Bar, not so by Happy.
RESTAURANTS/BARS CLOSING IN OCTOBER* 8 Rivers, 1550 Blake Street Apple Spice Junction, 723 South University Boulevard Baghdad Cafe, 2655 South Broadway Bisque, 224 Union Boulevard, Lakewood El Chile Rojo, 801 Santa Fe Drive Gumbo's Louisiana Style Cafe, 1530 16th Street Happy, 835 Walnut Street in Boulder (now merged into Bitter Bar) Kokoro, 550 Broadway Micky Manor, 2544 Federal Boulevard Sae Jong Kwon, 2680 South Havana Street, Aurora Santiago's, 180 West 84th Avenue Tokyo Joe's, 1700 East Evans Avenue
*Or earlier, and not included in the previous roll call.
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Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, today I am offering an amendment to the FDA.
I am troubled by images of armed FDA agents raiding Amish farms and preventing them from selling milk directly from the cow. I think we have bigger problems in our country without sending armed FDA agents onto peaceful farmers' land and telling them they can't sell milk directly from the cow.
My amendment has three parts.
First, it attempts to stop the FDA's overzealous regulation of vitamins, food, and supplements by codifying the first amendment prohibition on prior restraint.
What do I mean by that? The first amendment says we can't prevent speech--even commercial speech--in advance of the speech. We can't tell Cheerios they can't say that there is a health benefit to their Cheerios.
Under our current FDA laws, the FDA says that if someone wants to market prune juice, they can't say it cures constipation. They can't make a health claim about a food supplement or about a vitamin. They can do it about a pharmaceutical, but they are not allowed to do it about a health supplement. I think this should change. There have been several court cases that show this goes against not only the spirit but the letter of the law of the first amendment. So this amendment would change that.
This amendment would stop the FDA from censoring claims about curative, mitigative, or preventive effects of dietary supplements. It would also stop the FDA from prohibiting distribution of scientific articles and publications regarding the role of nutrients in protecting against disease.
Despite four court orders condemning the practice as a violation of the first amendment, the FDA continues to suppress consumers' rights to be informed and to make informed choices by denying them this particular information. It is time for Congress to put an end to FDA censorship.
Second, my amendment would disarm the FDA. Now, some of you might be surprised the FDA is armed. Well, you shouldn't be. We have nearly 40 Federal agencies that are armed.
I am not against having police. I am not against the Army, the military, or the FBI. But I think bureaucrats don't need to be carrying weapons, and I think what we ought to do is if there is a need for an armed policeman to be there, the FBI--who are trained to do this--should do it. But I don't think it is a good idea to be arming bureaucrats to go on the farms, with arms, to stop people from selling milk from a cow.
I think we have too many armed Federal agencies and that we need to put an end to this. Criminal law is increasingly used as a tool of our government bureaucracy to punish and control honest businessmen who are simply attempting to make a living. Historically, the criminal law was intended to punish only the most horrible offenses that everyone agreed were inherently wrong or evil--offenses like murder, rape, theft, arson. But now we have basically federalized thousands of activities and called them crimes.
If bureaucrats need to involve the police, let's have them use the FBI. But I see no reason to have the FDA carrying weapons.
Today, the criminal law is used to punish behavior such as even fishing without a permit, packaging a product incorrectly, or shipping something with an improper label. Simply said, the Federal Government has gone too far.
The plain language of our Constitution specifies a very few Federal crimes. In fact, the Constitution originally only had four Federal crimes, and now we have thousands of Federal crimes. We have moved beyond the original intent of the Constitution. We don't even know or have a complete list of all the Federal crimes. It is estimated there are over 4,000, but no one has an exact number.
Finally, my amendment will require adequate mens rea protection. In other words, when there is a crime, we are supposed to prove the intent. People have to have intended to harm someone. It can't be an honest mistake, where a business man or woman has broken a regulation and didn't intend to harm anyone. If we want to convict someone of a crime and put them in a jail, it should have a mens rea requirement. This is something we have had for hundreds of years that comes out of our common law tradition.
This amendment would fix this problem by strengthening the mens rea component of each of the prohibited acts in the FDA Act by including the words ``knowing'' and ``willful'' before we address and accuse someone of a crime. I think this would give protection to folks who are guilty of inadvertently breaking a regulation and would keep from overflowing our jails. We have plenty of violent criminals without putting people in for honest breaches of regulations.
If Congress is going to criminalize conduct at the Federal level, as it does with the FDA Act, then the least it can do is have an adequate mens rea requirement. My amendment will attempt to do this. It is not that we will not have rules at the Federal level, but the rules ought to be reasonable. We ought to allow people to market vitamins. There is no earthly reason why someone who markets prune juice can't advertise that it helps with constipation. We have gone too far. We have abrogated the first amendment. What we need to do is tell the FDA the courts have ruled that the first amendment does apply to commercial speech, and the FDA has been overstepping their bounds.
I hope this amendment will pass. I will ask for the yeas and nays at the appropriate time.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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Watch your step and contain your disaffection
Reading the various articles and letters on the proposed anti-terrorism bill, which echoes most of what is proposed by that other "Tory", Tony Blair, I remind your readers of recent events here in Britain: an elderly Labour Party member was arrested at the recent party conference for heckling the Foreign Secretary, and a young woman was arrested for walking along the cyclists-only path through the harbour in Dundee. It beggars belief that both these citizens were arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
When these laws are enacted by the lacklustre members of the federal and state parliaments, beware of every move you make in your daily lives.
I am in despair of what is happening in the land of my birth but returning to spend my twilight years there is now no longer on the agenda.
Brian Reid Edinburgh (Scotland)
In my lifetime of nearly 53 years I have been warned about the yellow peril, the reds under the beds, the Asian invasion and so on and so forth. As with the attacks by terrorists, I am still waiting.
Has anyone noticed how relaxed, comfortable and downright gleeful John Howard looks as he plays another sick Tampa-style of wedge politics while trying to persuade us all we should be terrified? He has to go while we have an ounce of genuine human rights and democracy left.
Marilyn Shepherd Kensington
Is there anyone out there who could possibly vouch for the efficacy and integrity of our Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, on any given subject, with or without his legendary pomposity?
Surely he cannot believe that he has not yet emptied the barrel of public gullibility.
Joe Ruiz-Avila Neutral Bay
Philip Ruddock claims "shoot to kill" is a misleading summary of the new terrorism legislation. Would he be happier with "legal protections thrown overboard"?
Greg Bowyer Sturt (SA)
"Disaffection with the government" (Letters, October 21)? Gee, they'd better slap me in irons and start the torture now.
Margaret Grove Abbotsford
Despite the dreadful carnage terrorist attacks bring, terrorists can't substantially change our nation on their own. Their business model depends on outsourcing this work to governments. Ours are taking on this work with gusto.
Chris Chesher Newtown
At Australian citizenship ceremonies, the pledge of allegiance reads: "I pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people, whose democratic beliefs I share, whose rights and liberties I respect, and whose laws I will uphold and obey." Now that John Howard intends to remove "rights", "liberties" and "democracy", could he please supply the new wording for this important ceremony?
Ray Harrington Mount Irvine
In the Howard Government's proposed anti-terrorism laws, clauses in schedule four of the draft bill define which family members could be contacted by someone in preventive detention and include same-sex partners in the definition of family member. It is interesting that all other government legislation refuses to recognise such a relationship.
It also raises another question - have you ever heard of a gay jihadist?
Daniel Laws Mapleton (Qld)
Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly says he will personally guarantee there are no terrorist attacks here in Australia ("I'll take rap for attacks: imam", October 20).
Is there something he knows that we don't? He does not even speak on behalf of all Muslims in Australia and he has the audacity to make such a claim?
In regard to your offer of going to jail if you are wrong - thanks, but no thanks, Sheik.
Alvin Lim Menai
Is it simply coincidence that while the Federal Government presses on with its anti-terrorism legislation, it is emptying its detention centres of alleged illegal immigrants?
Robert Armstrong Neutral Bay
From all the letters you have published on the proposed anti-terrorism legislation, it is just as well such laws were not brought in during the Vietnam War. Our detention centres would have been full to overflowing.
Which brings up the point: will these new laws prevent anti-war protests?
K.B. Orr Blakehurst
Tunnel contract provides a focus for that road rage
The release of the Cross City Tunnel documents surely is the last straw ("No way out of tunnel torture", October 21).
If state governments can sack councils why can't the Federal Government sack a state government? They are our servants yet they serve themselves and walk away with fat life pensions and lucrative consultancies. We give them billions of dollars and they spend like drunken sailors. Bring on the treason trials.
Michael Andrews Wahroonga
Governments need to understand that allowing a private company to build a road from A to B is already granting it a monopoly business, and no further concessions are required. There is no competing cross-city tunnel next to the existing one.
In future, private tenderers need to be reminded of this, and if they have the audacity to ask for their putative monopoly to have even more risk legislated away, government should politely, but firmly, tell them where to go.
Brendan Jones Annandale
Did anyone in the State Government actually read the contract before it was signed?
Benjamin S. Caplan Bellevue Hill
Why not extend the cashback scheme to the Cross City Tunnel? No compensation to the builders, increased throughput and, even at a $2-a-trip refund, a much happier population.
Stephen Jackson Lilyfield
Now that many of the contract details are being revealed as inequitable to the interests of the people of NSW, why doesn't a body such as the NRMA or the public at large start a class action against the tunnel owners? Surely the NSW Supreme Court, equity division, would find in favour of the beleaguered citizens of NSW.
Brian Etheridge Glenhaven
Tunnel! Oh gosh, didn't Bob Carr time his retirement nicely.
Nick Brittan Bayview
The real problem is that prioritising questionable road projects like the Cross City Tunnel has delayed the long overdue upgrading of the Pacific Highway.
Michael Fox Mosman
Time to ground the mental health football
Thank you, Herald, for publishing a moving and heartfelt article by Chris Rau ("Leadership, guts and some money needed to fix national tragedy", October 21). The tentacles of tragedy twist through countless families affected by the inadequacies of the mental health system in this so-called lucky country.
A fresh remedy is indeed needed, but will handing responsibility to the Commonwealth do anything other than keep this political football bouncing?
Wendy O'Reilly Bathurst
Some people may not want mental health facilities nearby (Letters, October 21), but a poll in the Leichhardt municipality in 2002 found that 76 per cent of residents supported the Rozelle psychiatric hospital continuing at Callan Park.
The State Government wants to close this hospital but we believe that it can be upgraded into the specialist psychiatric hospital that Chris Rau so movingly argues for. Such a hospital could also serve day patients, and thereby support community living for people with a mental illness, while providing the longer-term hospital treatment denied to too many patients, with fatal consequences.
Hall Greenland Friends of Callan Park, Leichhardt
Lousy leaders
The stoush in Parliament House the other night, and the condoning of it, was almost the last straw for me. What with the John Brogden saga, and if we were to digest even a quarter of what Mark Latham said, it's hard to believe that these people are the leaders of society and of all that is democratic and right and moral.
I think I'll give up voting.
Margaret Donaghy Marsfield
No kanga rues
I was a victim of "Skippy syndrome" for several years, but recently converted ("Harvesting the top paddock", October 21). Kangaroo meat is half the price of quality beef, just as tasty and, most importantly, does not degrade the environment by grazing hard-hoofed bovines on our erosion-prone soil. Plus we get to eat amusingly titled products such as "kanga bangers" and "kanga sangers".
Where's everyone's problem?
Thea Slade Redfern
Shoot now, shock later
I received with my EnergyAustralia bill a dear little brochure advertising new "nature-friendly power" options. The cover of the brochure shows an electricity pole sprouting a sweet new green twig. I'm wondering if the friendly little twig is a memorial to the thousands of butchered trees surrounding all the other electricity poles.
Megan Heaney Longueville
Houses of merit
I need to correct the assertions of Peter Sinclair regarding the Pettit and Sevitt houses at St Ives (Letters, October 19). These were in no way "spec-built prefabs".
The six houses, all of different designs, were integrated in a sensitive manner with each other and the environment, and with an entirely native landscaping. This was an unusual form of presentation for those days. All were designed by the prominent architect Ken Woolley and several received awards from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This was unheard of for exhibition houses at that time - and still is.
I have no opinion on the question of a heritage listing but believe the facts, at least, should be known.
Brian Pettit Mona Vale
Use for sky-high profits
Sydney Airport has announced a profit of $126.8 million ("Cars and shops aid Sydney Airport", October 21). Does this mean it can now afford to clean the toilets?
Arthur Cosier Petersham
Maybe Sydney Airport could now see its way clear to reduce the parking fees to a reasonable figure.
Ron Field Bermagui
Arboreal ardour
Bob Beale says we shouldn't celebrate cutting-edge conservation, and an iconic Australian tree (the Wollemi pine), unless we give equal time to every tree in the neighbourhood ("Blinded by science and slick marketing, we can't see the trees for the Wollemi pine", October 21).
Every year dozens of newly discovered Australian plants don't get the attention of the Wollemi pine, yet I'm unashamedly proud of our propagation program. People who buy these trees will help protect this species and other rare plants in Australia.
There is no need to be embarrassed about using slick marketing to protect biodiversity. It's easy to criticise the temporary exhibition, but we've had visitors in tears over the excitement of being able to see and touch one of these plants. That does more for conservation than cheap lines about pots and woodchips.
As to the other important trees nearby, there are 3000 of these, some from the jungles of Brazil, others indigenous to the site. The Botanic Gardens and the Domain are cultural landscapes, not old-growth forests. They inspire millions about the importance of plants in our lives and in the environment. That's nothing to scoff at.
Tim Entwisle Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney
You can add to comments about Wollemi Pine marketing hype the fact that its recent discovery is also a marketing fiction. You can assume that Aborigines always knew about it - but Lithgow bushies have also always known about it, calling it the chocolate crackle tree. There are several stands, not all inaccessible.
If a tree grows in a forest without someone making money from it, does it really exist?
Ian Milliss Wallerawang
NRMA has overseen a mass mailing of pamphlets on tips to save fuel but has left out the most obvious - using public transport, cycling, walking, car pooling or using a smaller, fuel-efficient vehicle. One wonders why they were left off the list.
Andrew Zdenkowski Hamilton
A solution more dash than slap
I cannot imagine life without huntsman spiders, Michael Alchin (Letters, October 21). They are useful around the house, and they don't smell, threaten or leave a mess anywhere.
If you really want to remove them, place a container over them, slip a piece of paper between the wall and the container, then set the spider loose outdoors. A lot easier than getting rid of a python.
Pat Berzin Culburra Beach
Huntsman spider problems? Saturday's Herald, rolled lengthways. Stalk. Strike. Wipe.
Paul Armstrong Wahroonga
A great sticky
For all those who age-discriminate: look at the ABC's Kerry O'Brien. As he gets older, he is becoming wiser, wittier, more professional, more respectful, even more handsome.
Makes you really wonder if he is a human being or a sweet wine?
Mokhles K. Sidden South Strathfield
Change of guard
The koels have finally left Dural but, due to good rain in recent weeks, have been replaced by frogs which start at the crack of dawn. Bring back the drought just joking.
J. Archer Dural
Peeves flock in
If "smsed" bothers Andrew Charleston (Letters, October 21), it could be nothing to my frustration that we are still saying double-ewe double-ewe double-ewe for websites. I suggest treble-ewe. Ewe herd it here first.
Margaret Clark Lane Cove
Stuart Brown Rushcutters Bay
Duck for cover
Those roosters parroting fowl jokes on the swift peregrination of bird flu (Letters, October 17-19) might find it less of a lark if a stricken bird flew to the likes of Budgewoi, Emu Plains or Crows Nest.
Jim Dewar North Gosford
'Reg' to his mates
Speculation about quadruple-barrelled names reminded me of a name I stumbled upon (or on/over) when studying World War I at school: Admiral the Honourable Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (1880-1967).
After a little rest I was able to think of ways he might sign his name to any communication, naval or otherwise.
G. Parmeter Tempe
It was quite a varied week, with Danna Vale's Gallipoli-land, a report on the pitiful state of mental health services in this country, seniors cards, the birth of Mary and Frederik's son, koels, double-barrelled names and the NSW Roads Minister, Joe Tripodi.
I don't think Tripodi is ever likely to win a popularity contest, judging by the responses after Andrew Fraser's attack on him in Parliament. But among the many letters of support for Fraser, the Coffs Harbour MP who continues to agitate for a better Pacific Highway, were those who instead regarded his behaviour as beyond the pale. "How to deal with taunting from another? Belt 'em! Wonderful, that sends a great message to kids," wrote Scott Warnes.
All the while, three issues kept simmering away: industrial relations changes, the mess that is the Cross City Tunnel and, predominantly, the proposed anti-terrorism legislation. Henry Brender sounded a warning: "Beware all letter-writers opposing the anti-terrorism bill. There is a Coalition history of retrospective legislation." Michael Phillips, however, was unbowed: "What is needed now is a genuine people's revolution. Unfortunately I am too old to organise it but I wish someone would. And ASIO, you can stick that up your jumper."
Jennie Curtin, letters editor
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Featuring 6 megapixels and a large 2.4-inch LCD monitor, the Pentax E20 will be on sale from October with a retail price of £119.19.
Pentax UK Press Release
14th September, 2006 - Pentax is pleased to introduce the new Optio E20, a lightweight compact digital camera. The introduction of the Pentax E20 expands Pentax's portfolio of entry-level compacts. With 6 megapixels and a 3X optical zoom lens it is designed to be simply operated and features a convenient mode dial making the Optio E20 the ideal choice for budding photographers. The Pentax E20 offers beginners and novices an innovative camera with technologically advanced optics and a premium photographic experience at a competitive price. The Pentax Optio E20 is the latest in Pentax's Optio E series range featuring world leading optics in an easy-to-use package that is great value for money. In addition the Pentax E20 uses AA batteries, so users can easily buy replacements no matter where they are in the world to take high quality photos anytime or anywhere.
Major Features
1. 6.0 effective megapixels provide outstanding image quality
Enjoy the high-quality photography of the Optio E20 delivered by the high definition of 6.0 effective megapixels. The primary-colour filter produces more natural, vivid colours while the 12-bit A/D converter evenly reproduces all tones from dark to light.
2. AA battery compatible
Since the camera accepts widely available AA-size batteries, users will have no issues in obtaining fresh batteries either at home or abroad.
3. Mode dial for straightforward mode selection
The Optio E20's Mode dial, located on the top of the body, allows a quick and easy selection of the cameras eight versatile modes - six still-image shooting modes, a movie mode, and a setup mode.
4. Simple mode is easy on beginners
The Simple mode takes the guesswork out of taking pictures for first-time digital photographers. Just turning the Mode dial to Simple mode automatically sets all still-image photo settings except for size and quality.
5. Large, 2.4-inch LCD monitor
The Optio E20 even features a large, 2.4-inch LCD monitor despite its compact body dimensions. Not only does the monitor's size make it easy to compose and play back images, but it also provides easy operation and setup, thanks to its large, easy-to-read menu display.
6. 3X optical and up to approx. 12X total zoom magnification
The Optio E20 comes with a 3X optical zoom lens equivalent to a 34-102mm lens in 35mm format. When the optical zoom is paired with the digital zoom function (1X to approx. 4X), the camera can attain up to approx. 12X effective zoom magnification.
7. Other features
1) Supports SD memory cards; approximately 13MB of built-in memory
2) Equipped with an video output terminal that allows playback on TV (compatible with both NTSC and PAL)
3) Built-in auto flash with red-eye reduction*
4) Macro mode allows close-up photography as near as 6 cm
5) Capable of taking QVGA video
6) ACDSee for PENTAX image viewer/image management software
7) PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III compatible
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Pentax U.K. Limited was formed in 1979 and is a subsidiary of the PENTAX Corporation of Japan. The Imaging Systems Division successfully distributes its products through a number of channels, including independent camera shops and national retailers. The product range is extensive and includes state of the art digital SLR and zoom compact cameras, through to highly sophisticated professional medium format equipment. There is also a superb range of binoculars, suitable for a variety of leisure activities. Today, Pentax is a leading supplier of professional and recreational cameras and photographic equipment world-wide.
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I've recently signed up to run a half marathon in February, so I'm training for that.
Movies: Two of my favorite films in the world are High Fidelity and Cashback. If you like one of both of those, we'll probably get along quite well. Also, anything by Tarantino or Joss Whedon is right up my alley.
Music: Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 311, SOJA, Dirty Heads, Ray LaMontagne, Avett Brothers, City and Colour, Jurassic 5, Tool, and any number of other seemily disjointed musical choices. I don't like a particular genre. I like good music.
Food: I love trying all kinds of food. My favorite place in Savannah is currently Angel's BBQ. If you haven't been there yet, you should give it a try. It's like eating heaven on a bun. The BBQ bologna sandwich is to-die-for.
2. Human contact.
3. A good book.
4. Freedom.
5. The ability to feel.
6. All my wonderful friends who've been there through good and bad times. I'm also going to include my cats Vinnie and Monet in here. They're pretty awesome.