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Ryan Miller has seen a lot of friends and teammates leave Buffalo the past few years. Another joined the list Friday night when Jochen Hecht announced his retirement from the NHL.
As Miller observed the veteran's emotional departure and soaked in the atmosphere surrounding a special milestone – Miller played his 500th game in the Sabres' 2-1 shootout victory over the New York Islanders – the goaltender reflected on change.
"Everything comes to an end," Miller said in First Niagara Center. "It's not always clean and easy. Most of the time, it's a little bit dirty and not any fun. It was hard to watch these guys kind of leave a team one by one, but it's the nature of sports, nature of life. You can't just hold on to something that's not sustainable. Everything becomes stagnant if you're always trying to hold on to one thing.
"You have to keep searching. You have to keep talking to people, meeting people, living life. That's when things happen for you. That's when things like winning a championship can happen is when you accept that you can't just hold on. You have to let go a little bit."
Though Miller was speaking in general, the message carried a personal undertone.
Miller enters the offseason surrounded by uncertainty about his playing future. The Sabres are rebuilding, and the 32-year-old has just one season remaining on his contract. It's unclear whether the team wants him to be part of the makeover, or whether he's willing to be.
So Miller did his best to live in the moment. For the second straight home game, he raised his glove hand in response to crowd noise.
This time, the goaltender was acknowledging cheers after the team announced his 500th appearance.
After making his third save of the shootout, Miller rolled in his crease and reached his arms skyward. He received a kiss on the cheek from a longtime, white-haired fan after a postgame jersey exchange.
And after the Sabres gathered at center ice for one last salute to their fans, Miller was the final player to leave the circle. He did so with waves to every corner of the building.
"I was just trying to have some fun with it, just remind Buffalo people that I appreciate everything they've done for me," Miller said. "Because we're not going to make the playoffs, it's something where I can just step out of myself and try and appreciate the moment a little bit more. It was nice.
"I appreciate all the signs everyone had up. The crowd was very receptive, and I really appreciate that. It made it a fun night and something I'll remember."
Miller was honored before, during and after the game. His teammates voted him as the Sabres' Most Valuable Player prior to puck drop. He exited with a 30-save performance that earned First Star honors.
Hecht shared in the spotlight. Interim coach Ron Rolston gave the 35-year-old a rare appearance in the shootout.
The German native stood in the dressing room in the bulky, furry coat worn by the player of the game.
Hecht's son and daughter hung out with him in the dressing room, and his wife joined the trio on the bench for pictures long after the arena emptied.
"It's best for everybody to start a new life," said Hecht, who will continue to play professionally in his homeland. "I've got some great memories. I lived here and loved this place for 10 years, 11 years, and Buffalo became a second home to me."
Hecht arrived in Buffalo in 2002 after a trade from Edmonton. He finished 12th in franchise history with 612 games and is 18th in goals (138) and points (345).
Drafted in the second round by St. Louis in 1995, he actually began his career in Buffalo on Jan. 13, 1999, as a member of the Blues.
"I was fortunate enough to play my first game in Buffalo with St. Louis, and I played my last game in Buffalo," Hecht said. "It's kind of full circle, came around. It was a lot of fun."
Said Miller: "That's something where it's hard to watch someone have to step away from something. I'm happy he gets to continue playing hockey, but we're going to miss him over here in North America. ... He's played a long time, did a lot of great things."
The same can be said of Miller.
"The stuff he's done for this organization and this team over a lot of years now, it's pretty special for him to get the 500th and get it here at home," said defenseman and Unsung Hero recipient Mike Weber.
"Obviously, to get the win for him, too, that's amazing."
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Naperville parks striving to stay relevant among 'more competition'
Among video games, traveling soccer leagues, cultural clubs, TV shows and anything else suburban residents enjoy in their ever-dwindling leisure time, the Naperville Park District is striving to stand out, leaders said Saturday during the third annual state of the park district address.
"We recognize that there is more competition in the area of recreation than every before," Park board President Kirsten Young told a crowd of about 60 gathered at the Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center for the address. "Maintaining our relevance as a key provider of recreation, health and wellness services is as crucial now as it ever was."
Saturday morning's speech recapped ways the park district made improvements to maintain its relevance and value in 2012 and previewed upgrades, construction projects and plans on tap for 2013.
In the past year, the park district redesigned its website, received state accreditation, implemented a plan to grow nontax revenue to fund about 50 percent of its operations and began major renovations at Meadow Glens park.
Young said the coming year will be one of progress and goal-setting as the park district looks to update its five-year strategic plan, renew its customer service program and oversee completion of improvements at Meadow Glens, Commissioners Park and Knoch Park North.
"We don't slow down -- we've got plenty on the horizon," Young said.
Last fall, residents began seeing improvements at Meadow Glens including a .6-mile path, a nature playground, prairie restoration, a picnic shelter and restroom building, bag toss equipment and a winter ice skating area.
This spring, the district plans to host a grand opening at the upgraded park, where work was supported by a $400,000 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant and a $20,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Building on the success of the multiuse synthetic field for sports including soccer and lacrosse at Nike Sports Complex, the park district plans to install more turf this year.
"In 2013, the district's second synthetic turf field will be installed at Commissioners Park, and we couldn't be more excited about bringing this amenity to Southwest Naperville," Young said.
Renovations to four baseball fields including ADA accessible concrete landings and new fencing are planned for the North side of Knoch Park and the first phase in the development of a staffed nature center at Knoch Knolls will get under way.
After receiving nonprofit status in June, the Naperville Parks Foundation plans to continue supporting park district initiatives such as nature center development and scholarships for residents who otherwise could not afford to participate in programs, the foundation's Secretary Mary Lou Wehrli said.
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BISMARCK, N.D. - The State Board of Higher Education today named Raymond Nadolny, Ph.D., president of Williston State College in Williston, N.D.
Nadolny currently is the vice president for extended learning at Lake Washington Technical College in Kirkland, Wash. Prior to joining LWTC as vice president for institutional advancement, he was the executive director of development at Cochise Community College in Arizona.
"Members of the State Board of Higher Education were very impressed by Dr. Nadolny's passion for and commitment to Williston State College. He will be a strong and able leader for Williston State College and a tremendous asset to the community, the region and the state of North Dakota," said Richie Smith, SBHE president.
"The Williston State College presidential search committee is to be commended for a successful search process. The members of this committee dedicated a great deal of time and energy to the search. In the end, they forwarded three highly qualified finalists for this position," Smith said. The search committee was chair by Dick McKennett of Williston. "Dr. Nadolny clearly is committed to student success and understands the unique challenges and opportunities of Williston State College," said Bill Goetz, chancellor of the North Dakota University System. "I am very impressed by the vision and leadership style he will bring to Williston State. WSC is vitally important to western North Dakota, and it's an integral part of our statewide system of higher education."
Nadolny holds a doctorate in education from Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore.; a master's degree in theology from Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Ore.; and a bachelor's degree in philosophy/history from Benedictine University, Lisle, Ill.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has raised at least $100 million in August, The Associated Press has learned, hitting that mark for a third consecutive month with a fundraising prowess that has let him outraise President Barack Obama so far this summer.
The early numbers, which include money raised by the national Republican Party, will be publicly released next week. They were described by two people familiar with the figures who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to share internal campaign matters.
The numbers were revealed on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., where delegates will nominate Obama for a second term. Federal records show that Romney and the GOP have pulled in more cash than Obama's re-election effort in May, June and July, including money collected by the Democratic Party.
It is usually difficult for a challenger to raise more money than an incumbent holding a major elective office, particularly in a presidential race.
The figures exclude tens of millions of dollars that outside "super" political action committees are pouring into the race to help Romney. Those groups have been largely bankrolled by wealthy Americans, thanks to changes in recent years that have loosened campaign-finance regulations.
The fundraising news further underscores the problem Obama's campaign may have in staying above water on the money side. While once a record-breaker — Obama raised a remarkable $750 million four years ago — the president's advisers are now publicly acknowledging the incumbent likely will be outspent.
Obama and the Democratic Party have not released their August fundraising figures.
Money is a crucial bellwether in presidential campaigns. It costs millions of dollars to run pricey television ads, pay staffers, keep field offices open and conduct get-out-the-vote efforts. Spending by campaigns, parties, super PACs and other outside groups will likely approach $2 billion by November.
Romney and the GOP raised a combined $101 million in July, $106 million in June and $76.8 million in May. For their part, Obama and the Democrats pulled in $75 million last month, and $71 million in June and $60 million in May. Last month, Obama's campaign spent much of its cash — about $59 million — on advertising and paid staff.
Pro-Romney super PACs like American Crossroads and Restore Our Future have spent tens of millions of dollars on TV ads critical of Obama in key states, and the groups expect to spend much more as November approaches. Obama also has super PACs working in his favor, although the groups have yet to catch up to the fundraising benchmarks of their GOP counterparts.
All told, the groups' fundraising strength means Romney could have a permanent financial advantage over Obama. An Obama campaign spokesman declined to comment Tuesday.
Romney fundraising officials have told donors there were few states that haven't broken fundraising efforts. That could put Romney on track to raise $800 million by Election Day.
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There When AIDS Began: An Interview With Michael Gottlieb, M.D.
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If you look at the first published report of the disease we now know all too well as AIDS, you'll see this name listed as the primary author: M.S. Gottlieb, M.D. For 30 years, Michael Gottlieb has been at the forefront of HIV/AIDS medicine, advocacy and research -- and through it all, he hasn't lost a drop of his passion or his empathy. In this interview, Dr. Gottlieb sits down with friend and long-term HIV survivor Nelson Vergel to look back over the past 30 years and to ponder the years to come.
Nelson Vergel: I'm honored to have Dr. Michael Gottlieb in this interview. He's agreed to speak to us about the 30-year anniversary of the first report that he made to the CDC [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] on the first cases of AIDS.
Dr. Gottlieb, obviously, has been treating HIV since the beginning. He has his own medical practice in Los Angeles. He's one of my heroes. I'm honored to have him here, speaking to us about the first report that he made, and about his thoughts on the present and future of HIV research and access.
Thank you for joining us, Dr. Gottlieb.
Michael Gottlieb: Thank you, Nelson. It's really a pleasure to be here.
Nelson Vergel: Tell us a little bit about what your practice is right now in Los Angeles.
Michael Gottlieb: Right now, I have a private practice, largely in HIV medicine here in Los Angeles, at Synergy Hematology and Oncology. I have two associates, Phillip Musikanth and Alex del Rosario. Between us, we probably care for about a thousand people with HIV.
The Discovery: Remembering 1981
Nelson Vergel: Let's flash back to 1981 for a moment. I would love to hear details about the day you actually found out about this strange immune disease that you didn't have a name for. Can you tell us a little bit about how that happened?
Michael Gottlieb: Sure, Nelson. It happened innocently enough in the course of a teaching exercise with my post-doctoral fellow at the UCLA Medical Center. I was an assistant professor of medicine, trying to teach the residents and fellows something about immunology.
I asked this particular fellow to go on the ward and ask the intern or resident if we could see a patient, just for teaching purposes -- in other words, if they had any patient with an illness that had immunologic features we would be interested in seeing, purely for the exercise of discussing the patient and learning something about immunology. From my perspective, it was an opportunity to teach the trainee something about immunology.
So the trainee, the fellow who was studying allergy and immunology, went onto the ward and was allowed to see this first patient named Michael, who was a 31-year-old, gay man who had been admitted through the emergency room with weight loss and fever. The patient also had candidiasis [thrush] and, within a week, developed pneumocystis pneumonia.
The intern correctly recognized that the patient must be immune deficient, and that was the reason that he pointed the patient out to us. So that was our very first patient with what came to be called AIDS.
Nelson Vergel: How did you and your team determine the cause of this person's immune deficiency?
Michael Gottlieb: Well, we scratched our heads as to what he might have. His white cell count was low. He had candida, as I've mentioned. And he had pneumocystis pneumonia. It was just such a striking, dramatic illness, and he was so critically ill. It was a distinctly unusual thing for someone previously healthy to walk into a hospital so significantly ill. It just didn't fit any recognized disease or syndrome that we were aware of.
We were fortunate in having access to T-cell testing technology. We determined that he lacked CD4 cells. There had never been a condition described before -- or, for that matter, after -- in which CD4 cells were so conspicuously absent.
Within a few weeks, Joel Weisman and other doctors referred us more patients who fit the mold. They all had pneumocystis pneumonia. We tested their T cells, and they were all CD4 deficient.
That's when we wrote up the report to the CDC that was published in the MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, on June 5, 1981, and which turned out to be the first report of AIDS as a new disease in the scientific literature.
Nelson Vergel: How long did it take to find out that it was actually a viral illness?
Michael Gottlieb: We speculated in our paper, which was published in The New England Journal of Medicine in December [1981], that this was a potentially transmissible immune deficiency, and we had proposed a viral cause. However, it took two years for the virus to be discovered by Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Luc Montagnier, and Jean-Claude Chermann at the Pasteur Institute. They described LAV, lymphadenopathy-associated virus, which we now know as HIV-1.
What they did was culture material from the lymph node of a gay man with swollen glands. They cultured his lymph node with human T cells as a culture medium, based on the observation that CD4 cells go missing in people with HIV. The CD4 cells were able to nurture the virus, and they were able to isolate it. They won the Nobel Prize for that a couple of years ago.
Nelson Vergel: Back then, we didn't have a viral load test yet.
Michael Gottlieb: That was a dramatic development in the mid-1990s, the viral load test, which allows for the measurement of the amount of virus in the blood. And that's when we realized that that became a very important benchmark for success in therapy. Now, these days, I'd say that an undetectable viral load is the gold standard of success in therapy, irrespective of what happens with the CD4 count.
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The first day of the Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament is completed.
McPherson High girls tennis coach Tyler Brown knew he'd be both happy and sad after Friday's Class 4A Regional Tournament doubles quarterfinals.
He was happy his team of Emily Ediger and Camry Holle moved on to this morning's semifinals.
But he also was sad that his team of Brooke Bate and Taylor Swartzendruber were defeated, as they were matched against their teammates. Ediger and Holle won the match, 6-2, 6-3.
That was one of the many plots during the first of two days of the tournament at the MHS Tennis Complex.
Semifinals this morning were scheduled for 10:00, with the finals and consolations to follow. The top six singles and doubles finishers move on to Emporia next week.
Ediger and Holle were matched against Hesston's Rachel Shogren and Ashley Weaver in one semi, while Buhler's Vickie Dukart and Jessica Steffen played teammates Jamie Kendrick and Rachel Wiehl in the other.
Bate and Swartzendruber were still alive for a state berth, as they were in the consolation.
In singles, MHS' Allison Ivers advanced to the semifinals after winning both her matches, but Katherine Geist lost in her quarterfinal, though she still has a chance to qualify.
Hesston's Ali Anderson and Smoky Valley's Jessica Van Ranken, who have been matched up on several occasions this year, were on a collision course for the finals. Anderson won both her matches 6-0, 6-0, and Van Ranken lost only one game total in two matches.
The other story of the day was the weather. After playing in blast-furnace conditions much of the year, the temperature Friday hovered near 50 and the brisk wind made it feel about 35.
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1. Re: Monitor adviceHarm Millaard Aug 8, 2012 6:59 AM (in response to Jim-Lar)
What monitors would you recommend for video editing and witch give you the best bang for the buck? What display-technologies to look for and not?
Sorry to be so sarcastic, but this question is similar to:
What car would you recommend for traveling and which gives you the best bang for the buck?
You must be a magician to answer that question correctly, because you have no idea of the budget available (it could be $ 10K or $ 800K), you have no idea what 'traveling' means (10 miles once a week or 500 miles per day with X passengers and Y cargo) in this case, so any answer is just a wild guess, likely to be devoid of anything realistic.
If you can fill us in on your requirements and budget, we may come up with a suggestion.
2. Re: Monitor adviceJohn T Smith Aug 8, 2012 7:23 AM (in response to Jim-Lar)
>adequate performance
What works for ME is a 27 inch Samsung SyncMaster P2770 for about $300
3. Re: Monitor adviceECBowen Aug 8, 2012 7:36 AM (in response to Jim-Lar)
The best solution provided you calibrate it is the Asus PA246Q. The default color profile has some issues so calibration is a must. However the price point is so attractive that even adding the colorimeter you are still far cheaper than many production monitors.
4. Re: Monitor adviceJim_Simon Aug 8, 2012 8:12 AM (in response to Jim-Lar)
You can't really use the computer monitor to judge the quality of your video. For that, you need a properly calibrated external TV.
So..any computer monitor that fit's your budget and size needs will do.
5. Re: Monitor adviceECBowen Aug 8, 2012 9:05 AM (in response to Jim_Simon)
This completely depends on your delivery. If you are delivering to Web then you want the material previewed in RGB which means you want the computer monitor. If you are delivering to broadcast then you want the material in YUV so the TV is best. Film is also in RGB. BDR's and DVD's are normally YUV however this is changing because many LCD and LED TV's are handling RGB by default due to console gaming. So this is in Flux.
6. Re: Monitor adviceJim_Simon Aug 8, 2012 3:49 PM (in response to ECBowen)
It's not really about YUV or RGB, though. There will be little or no difference between conversions.
The issue is more one of accuracy. With the computer monitor used for the GUI, the operating system, graphics driver and even the program you're using to play the media (such as PP) can and do interfere with the signal you're watching. You have no idea if you're seeing it accurately. That's why you need a way to get the unaltered signal out of PP and onto an external, calibrated TV.
(By the way, DVDs and Blu-rays's will always be YUV 4:2:0, as they can't hold any other signal.)
7. Re: Monitor adviceECBowen Aug 8, 2012 4:09 PM (in response to Jim_Simon)
Calibration is what Colorimeters are for and yes you can absolutely monitor accurately with computer monitors calibrated via a Colorimeter and ICC profiles. That is what these were standardized and designed for. Example of Colorimeter below. The Spyder series is another
Windows 7 supports ICC profiles which override the video card settings for color output. The application settings should follow the ICC Profile settings if you are using standard ICC Profiles. ICC standardization was done to sync multiple devices to 1 color profile standard for symmetry.
With Proper calibration you know exactly what you are seeing and how it will look in the RGB color world.
The Blue ray players now allow you to output RGB instead of YUV. You may not have a BDR encoding now to RGB but the player will covert the signal. So yes the RGB output is there and likely will change encoding options in the future. Hence why I stated it is in flux.
8. Re: Monitor adviceJim-Lar Aug 9, 2012 2:09 AM (in response to Harm Millaard)
Thats true Harm.
I guess for me the best bang for the buck is finding the threshold where you get enough accuracy for the job and more invested money doesn't give that much more performance. It seems that most hardware has this threshold.
I know from a background in graphic production how important a good enough monitor is. Going with macs for a long time I haven't given this much thought but now I have to chose in a jungle...
My budget is around $800-900 and I'm looking for a 27" monitor with a resolution of 2560 x 1440. I will mainly deliver for the web so I guess I can get away without a proper reference monitor. Having to calibrate a monitor to get it right will not be a problem since I own the gear for that already.
9. Re: Monitor adviceJim-Lar Aug 9, 2012 2:13 AM (in response to ECBowen)
Thanks Eric!
I'm looking for a 27" monitor with a resolution of 2560 x 1440. What would you recommend for that spec?
How will the Dell 27" LCD UltraSharp U2711 stand up to the ASUS PA246Q 24"?
I have read a couple of technical articles and they seem to concur that Leds tend to crush the blacks more than ccfl that maintains more detail in the lows. Is this true?
10. Re: Monitor adviceHarm Millaard Aug 9, 2012 3:07 AM (in response to Jim-Lar)
Dell has a successor to the 2711 available in Japan, the U2713HM, a full LED backlit 27" screen with 2560 x 1440 resolution, 350 cd/m2, 42 W energy consumption using an Advanced High Performance IPS panel for around € 515. Looks like a great deal to me.
The Dutch article about its announcement is here: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/83618/dell-introduceert-27-inch-ah-ips-scherm-u2713hm.html
11. Re: Monitor adviceECBowen Aug 9, 2012 7:24 AM (in response to Jim-Lar)
If you require the 2500 resolution then the Dell U2711 would be choice 1 and the Dell Harm mentions would be choice 2. Both are in your budget.
12. Re: Monitor adviceHarm Millaard Aug 9, 2012 8:43 AM (in response to ECBowen)
Why would that be, Eric? In my book a significant advantage of the 2713 over the 2711 is the new panel, AH-IPS versus H-IPS and only 42 W versus 113 W with the 2711. The 2713 appears to have the price advantage as well.
13. Re: Monitor adviceECBowen Aug 9, 2012 9:03 AM (in response to Harm Millaard)
Looking at the specs though the 2711 still has the advantage in color range and it supports up to 10 bit color. It has a built in factory Adobe RGB profile. The response time is little faster on the previous panel. The 2713 is definitely a cheaper option and great for the price. However if the budget allowed, the 2711 looks to still be a better solution for editing overall.
14. Re: Monitor adviceHarm Millaard Aug 9, 2012 9:12 AM (in response to ECBowen)
2711 still has the advantage in color range and it supports up to 10 bit color.
The same is claimed for the 2713. The response time is slightly slower than the 2711, but is that relevant for video editing?
15. Re: Monitor adviceECBowen Aug 9, 2012 9:23 AM (in response to Harm Millaard)
The Specs on the Dell website dont show that unless they have more than one version of the 2713.
http://accessories.ap.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=au&cs=audhs1&l=en&s=dhs&sku=210-40 773&redirect=1
16. Re: Monitor adviceHarm Millaard Aug 9, 2012 9:47 AM (in response to ECBowen)
You are correct. My problem is that I only had the Japanese site and my Japanese is so rusty...
17. Re: Monitor adviceECBowen Aug 9, 2012 9:50 AM (in response to Harm Millaard)
Haha you can speak Japanese to?? We Americans are such slackers
18. Re: Monitor adviceHarm Millaard Aug 9, 2012 11:48 AM (in response to ECBowen)
Well, I started out with Mandarin, something like 妈 麻 马 骂 吗 , mā má mǎ mà ma, and then gave up on Japanese, because this was a big enough challenge for a simple mind like me. It is already a challenge to keep up my language skills of Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Mandinka, Papiamentu, Portugese, Spanish, Swiss-German and Wolof. Notice the complete lack of Arabic, Korean, Russian and Scandinavian languages. I'm pretty limited, but with time, maybe I can learn some more... Next step is probably Bulgarian and Turkish.
It is somewhat similar to learning Ajax, CSS, DOM, HTML, Joomla, JS, Jquery, MySQL, PHP, and the like.
19. Re: Monitor adviceJim-Lar Aug 10, 2012 5:07 PM (in response to ECBowen)
Thanks a lot!
I Will gwt the Dell U2711!
20. Re: Monitor adviceVHC-CO-IT Aug 14, 2012 8:05 AM (in response to Jim-Lar)
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By the way, Dell monitors suck. 52% of people suggest you do not buy that monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260038&Tpk=Dell%20U2711
Those are pretty bad reviews and exactly what you'd expect from Dell. Anyone can throw out a monitor model they like but you know what they say about teaching a man to fish...here's my starting point. I get a price range, I go to newegg, go to power search, tell it want LED backlit, 1920x1080, and HDMI then I click on the price range under monitors and sort by best user rating. Something in the first 10 will be perfect, it's practically guaranteed.


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MPAA Gets Its Wish: Court Basically Says It Can File Bogus DMCA Takedowns Without Concern For Fair Use
from the time-to-fix-the-law dept
This seemed like a clear case of abusing the DMCA to stifle speech, and we noted that it might be an important case in determining if the DMCA's 512(f) clause had any teeth. 512(f) is the clause that provides for damages if you file a bogus DMCA notice (technically if you make "material misrepresentation" in the notice). The key question: is sending a DMCA notice when the use is clearly fair use a "material misrepresentation." The EFF jumped in to help argue this point, freaking out the MPAA who insisted that having to consider fair use before filing an abusive, censorious DMCA takedown is crazy talk.
Unfortunately, it appears that the judge has now agreed with the MPAA that Congress probably didn't intend for DMCA filers to have to consider fair use, saying that if that was the intent, Congress should change the law. The argument made by the court is that the takedown process was designed to be "expeditious" and having to consider things like fair use make it too slow.
... in enacting the DMCA, Congress did not require that a notice-giver verify that he or she had explored an alleged infringer's possible affirmative defenses prior to acting, only that she affirm a good faith belief that the copyrighted material is being used without her or her agent's permission.... There is a reason for this. To have required more would have put the takedown procedure at odds with Congress's express intent of creating an "expeditious[]," "rapid response" to "potential infringement" on the Internet.... Undoubtedly abuses will occur - as is the case with almost any system that permits legal self-help.... For these abuses Congress provided a remedy in section 512(f). If experience ultimately proves that the remedy is weighted too heavily in favor of copyright owners at the expense of those who seek to make "fair use" of another's intellectual property, the resetting of the balance is for Congress and not a court to strike.I think this is an incorrect reading of the law, since to file a DMCA notice you are making a statement that you believe the work is infringing, and as Section 107 of the Copyright Act clearly states, "the fair use of the copyrighted work... is not an infringement." So I don't see how you can truly claim that something is infringing without at least exploring whether it's fair use.
Still, if we accept the court's reading of this, it seems (to me, at least) to only further the argument that the DMCA takedown process is a clear violation of the First Amendment, because it now clearly allows for blatant censorship, with no remedy even if the process is abused to remove non-infringing speech, such as fair use.


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Barrow County Sheriff's deputies are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work detail at about 2:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12. Sheriff Jud Smith said Ross Eugene Hilmo of 478 Browns Bridge Road in Auburn was part of a nine-inmate crew cutting grass on county property along Tom Miller Road between Highway 81 South and Haymon Morris Road. Hilmo requested permission to use a nearby restroom but instead kept walking.
The sheriff said the deputy guarding the work detail could not follow Hilmo because he had to continue supervising eight other inmates. Hilmo is described as a white male, 5-feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds. He has brown hair and a slight beard. He was last seen wearing an orange jumpsuit and black boots. He was not armed when he left the detail. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to call 911.
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Today there is more conservation in agriculture than ever before. More American farmers are choosing environmentally responsible management, protecting the land and improving the efficiency of their operations while adding to their bottom line.
The 2004 National Crop Residue Management Survey (Survey), released this week, confirms that 41 percent of all cropland is under a conservation tillage system, meaning that farmers leave the stubble or residue from the previous crop to cover at least one-third of the soil's surface after planting. No-till, the most environmentally friendly production system, is used to the greatest extent, covering 62.4 million acres in 2004.
By leaving the crop residue and reducing or eliminating tillage trips, farmers protect the soil from water and wind erosion, conserve moisture, reduce runoff, improve wildlife habitat, and limit output of labor, fuel and machinery.
The Survey, last completed in 2002 and coordinated by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) in partnership with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, is a biennial survey of tillage systems used in the U.S.
With a no-till system, most of the soil is undisturbed, and seeds are placed into the soil with minimal soil and residue disturbance. The Survey reports that no-till acres increased 7.1 million acres to 62.4 million, up from 55.3 million acres in 2002. That means no-till is used on almost 23 percent of all cropland in the country, up from 20 percent in 2002 and 17.5 percent in 2000.
Bob Rawlings has been using no-till on his Georgia farm for many years. For him, no-till is the only way to grow corn, cotton, peanuts and even watermelons while improving the soil biology.
"One needs to understand how important soil biology is in order to improve one's dirt. And the soil biology can't function properly when one plows," Rawlings says. "God put a cover on every productive acre in the world, and we shouldn't leave the soil naked."
Dan Towery, NRCS natural resources specialist who organizes data collection from each county in the U.S. says, "This Survey documents the fact that farmers are able to increase soil productivity, protect the environment and, at the same time, make a profit. With conservation tillage being used on 113 million acres, up nearly 10 million acres from 2002, we know that more farmers than ever before are using conservation."
The Survey not only provides a snapshot of tillage usage for a year, it also tracks trends in adoption of conservation tillage over time. Larry Clemens, Midwest agricultural team leader with The Nature Conservancy, is encouraged with the growing number of acres managed with conservation in mind. For example, a Nature Conservancy priority watershed in northern Indiana reported 80 percent no-till soybeans (18 percent higher than the state average) and 55 percent no-till corn (36 percent higher than the state average) in 2004.
No-till, he says, is part of a system of farm management practices that improves the soil, which means better crops. It also enables the soil to better act like a sponge and reduce runoff from cropland.
"By using no-till, farmers are in effect creating a better sponge out of their soil. Over time the soil holds more water. So with less runoff from cropland, the nearby rivers and streams have better water quality and better habitat for aquatic species. Plus, increased soil organic matter improves nutrient and water-holding capacity for crops," says Clemens.
The greatest increase in no-till acres occurred in South Dakota — over 2 million acres of no-till have been added since 2000. The reason, says Dwayne Beck of Dakota Lakes Research Farm, is economics. No-till systems with diverse crop rotations are economically superior to conventional farming in South Dakota. This is especially true in dry years because not tilling the ground saves valuable soil moisture.
"No-till has become the competitive edge here. Farmers have figured out the best crop rotation and pesticide program, and they are out-competing the conventional tillers for the land," says Beck.
For more information about the 2004 National Crop Residue Management Survey, contact CTIC at (765) 494-9555 or go to www.ctic.purdue.edu. The Conservation Technology Information Center, based in West Lafayette, Ind., is a trusted, credible source of technology and information about improving soil quality.


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BURKA, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian farmers on Thursday reclaimed lands they had lost decades earlier to an Israeli settlement, celebrating a rare legal victory their lawyer said illustrates that Israel's settlement enterprise is reversible.
In the 1970s, Israel had seized several hundred acres from residents of the West Bank village of Burka to build the Israeli settlement of Homesh. The settlement, along with three others in the West Bank, was razed in 2005, in connection with Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip at the time.
However, Palestinians were not allowed to return to their lands after the 2005 demolition of Homesh because the military did not rescind the land seizure order and prevented access to the area, said attorney Michael Sfard.
After more than two years of court petitions, the military agreed several months ago to rescind the seizure order and last week lifted access restrictions, said Sfard of the Israeli rights group Yesh Din.
The military confirmed it had acted in line with the petitions.
On Thursday, farmers returned to their land for the first time. "I feel as if I was dead and now I am alive again," said Fathallah Hajjeh, 64. "I never felt such joy. We are rooted to this land."
About 500 acres of land were reclaimed, said Emad Saif of the Burka local council.
The return of the land shows that "the settlement project is reversible," said Sfard.
Since capturing the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in 1967, Israel built and expanded dozens of settlements that are now home to more than half a million Israelis.
Palestinians hope to establish a state in those territories, but say settlement expansion makes it increasingly difficult to draw borders between Israel and a future Palestine.
Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on the terms of a Palestinian state resumed in late July, but gaps remain wide and expectations are low on both sides that a deal can be reached.


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A new episode of Bethenny Ever After airs tonight on Bravo at 10/9c.
On the third episode this season titled "Business as Usual," business is booming for Bethenny but not quite fast enough when it comes to the growth of Skinnygirl Margarita. When Bethenny realizes that liquor stores are unable to replenish their supply quick enough, she enlists Jason to help to figure out the problem. Bethenny then faces the consequences of her boundary issues with other important people in her life – namely her intern Max and her broken hearted baby nurse Gina – she realizes she must find balance in all of these relationships before things spiral out of control. A preview clip is below.
In other news, the always outspoken Ramona Singer had some interesting critique for her pal Bethenny Frankel, during an interview with the Miami Herald to promote her line of pinot grigio available for $13.99 at thewinebuyer.com.
But back to Ramona's comments, as she, similar to some fans of BEA, takes issue with the way Bethenny treats her in-laws on the show. "How could she not embrace her child's grandparents?'' Ramona asked. "That was shocking to me.''
And finally, Bethenny is launching her own shapewear line. It is called Skinnygirl Shapewear and includes a collection of camis, tanks, half-slips, high-waisted briefs, and leggings, complete with sexy designs and lace detailing, aimed to conceal all the unwanted bulges in all the right places.
"The line ranges from tank tops in black or beige to my signature color, red, which is a confidence color, and a little daring, but not white because it can make anyone look bigger," Bethenny tells WWD of the collection.
But unlike the Squeez shapewear line of Bethenny's former BFF Jill Zarin (and no, we're not certain which line came first), Bethenny reveals her collection offers more than just panty-smoothing pieces. She describes some of the items as "lazy lingerie" such as a sexy apron with a bra, which she states is "a fun item with a little skirt you might wear for Valentine's Day to wake up … and fix your husband breakfast in."
The items will sell for $20-$40 and will be available on Skinnygirlshapers.com.


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The National Republican Congressional Committee has called upon Rep. Jerry McNerney to resign. No. Really.
The National Republican Congressional Committee has called upon Rep. Jerry McNerney to resign. No. Really.
The NRCC sent out an email: "After reckless spending sprees and rubber-stamping Obama Policies, it's time for the California Democrat to call it quits."
Yes. What could be a clearer exit cue for McNerney than clobbering Republican paper tiger Ricky Gill by 11.2 percentage points only one month ago?
Add Barack Obama's re-election, Democrat gains in the House and Senate, Democrats virtually sweeping California state offices ... this is McNerney's death knell?
This press release is not the only evidence that Republicans have mixed the wrong kind of mushrooms in the risotto.
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, said several days ago, "According to exit polls, the American people agree with the positions of the Republican Party and heartily disagree with the positions of the Democratic Party."
Absolutely, Tom. And bully for you for perceiving the truth despite its obfuscation by the American people on Nov. 6.
I could go on. Conservative commentators who ignored Nate Silver's polls and predicted a Romney victory (many predicted a landslide); Karl Rove barging on-set on Fox News on election night to dispute Fox's own experts (who had just called the election for Obama); Wayne LaPierre's deranged response to the Newtown shootings (more guns in schools); global warming denial (despite the hottest year on record); austerity instead of stimulus (not working here, Greece or anyplace else); south Valley farmers' rejection of the Delta's collapse (blaming their water woes on a "minnow"); the persistence of birthers (even after Obama produced his birth certificate) ... you get the idea.
Seriously. The GOP has replaced its better intellectual traditions with a parallel universe.
Nowadays you cannot tell them something they do not want to hear. Even they cannot tell themselves something they do not want to hear.
Example: Conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan was not invited on Fox News to discuss his new book on rejuvenating conservatism because he has been critical of Fox, as well as neocon fiascoes such as the war with Iran.
His book was discussed without the author present. And when its cover was shown, Sullivan's name was airbrushed out!
"How central to the collapse of conservatism Fox News has been," Sullivan wrote. "Between Ailes and Rove, the destruction of the conservative brand for anyone under 60 years old is almost complete. Because it was intellectually suffocated by propaganda."
We saw this propaganda machine in action when Sean Hannity visited the Valley in 2009. His special on water turned reality on its head.
"To defend this little 2-inch Delta smelt fish," Hannity table-thumped, "they have decided that the farmers come second and the Delta smelt comes first!"
In fact, government was protecting farmers by guarding against the total collapse of the estuary on which they depend.
But Big Ag had discovered that exporting high-value crops such as almonds is a gold mine ... in the short term, which is all they care about.
Big Ag wanted "reliable" water for permanent crops such as orchards though, um, well, they lack anything near sufficient legal water rights.
Fox News to the rescue. Ignoring reality is unimportant to zealots afire to defeat big-government environmental wackos and help corporations at all costs.
Especially Fox News, which rakes in the dough by serving movement conservatives the red meat they crave. But that diet comes at a price.
The closing of the conservative mind has pushed the GOP towards more extreme and intransigent. That is a serious concern in a democracy that can't work without compromise.
It's not just Fox. The conservative bubble is a self-reinforcing network of right-wing blogs, newspapers and talk radio hosts such as Rush ("Obama hates America") Limbaugh.
It's not just conservatives, either. All humans are susceptible to groupthink. But the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee isn't sending out press releases that seem willfully blind to election 2012.
Reportedly millions of Fox viewers were shocked - shocked! - when Obama won. Their fair and balanced network had assured them Romney would be the next president.
Hannity, one of the worst offenders, has seen his ratings plummet by 50 percent (!) for the disservice he did his viewers. An encouraging sign, actually.
Contact columnist Michael Fitzgerald at (209) 546-8270 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/fitzgeraldblog.


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Editor's note: Art of Movement is CNN's monthly show exploring the latest innovations in art, culture, science and technology.
(CNN) -- What if you saw your city as a giant obstacle course? Buildings were there to be leaped from, railings hurdled over, rooftops rolled across.
Suddenly the morning commute isn't so boring when you're scaling concrete walls Spider-Man-style, or balancing along ledges with the stealth of Catwoman.
There are countless ways to move through our urban spaces -- so why do we often plod along with the crowd?
A growing community sees things differently.
This is parkour, a daring discipline where people bound around concrete jungles in the most efficient way possible -- if that means leaping from building to building high above the gridlock below, then so be it.
They rely only on their bodies, using the city's surfaces to powerfully propel themselves forward, reading the landscape with an almost animal instinct. t
School of hard knocks
Can anyone become a parkour pro? I'm about to find out -- starting from the inside.
In a converted shipment yard in east London, ripped young men spring across concrete blocks with the ease of panthers.
They are training in the UK's first purpose-built parkour center -- a sign not just of how popular this once-underground activity has become, but how organized.
A vast warehouse has been decked-out to resemble the urban landscape, filled with a haphazard assortment of steel railings, brick walls, and giant trucks tires. A gentle electronic soundtrack plays in the background.
Why practice parkour inside, when there's a whole world to explore outside these four walls?
"We wanted somewhere you could train without worrying about residents complaining or being kicked off by the police -- and fair enough, if you are jumping on somebody's walls, they might not like it," explained 27-year-old James Adams, who four years ago quit his job as a high court civil servant to teach parkour full-time.
"We don't expect people to stop training outside, and we wouldn't want them to. But especially for those starting out, this place can be really useful -- it's a community of people to learn from."
An ideal introduction for those like myself, whose sporting prowess is limited to running after the bus or squeezing myself onto a train at rush hour.
There are no soft furnishing in this cavernous concrete building, and before I attempt my first challenge -- leaping over a waist-high steel railing -- I'm giving a word of warning.
"This isn't a gymnastics center," says Adams. "You can't fall on your head here and be fine."
Urban acrobats
Twenty minutes later I find myself hanging upside down from a four-meter-high concrete wall, gripping on for dear life.
"It really pushes you mentally to face fear and overcome it," says Adams, who first took up parkour because he was "bored out of his brain at the gym."
"Once you start training, your vision expands. It frees you in a huge way. You see a railing on your way to the train station and think 'I'm not going to go three feet out of my way. I can go over that."
Even in my panicked state gently rolling backwards down a wall, blood rushing to my head and the center swimming before my eyes, a strange thought looms before me.
'This is so much cooler than the gym.'
Lights, camera, action
Since it emerged in France in the 1980s, parkour has been as hard to pin down as the people who practice it, used as everything from a way to keep fit, to security training, and even film stunts.
In the opening scenes of James Bond film "Casino Royale," Daniel Craig leaps, rolls, and hurdles after a bad guy through a bustling construction site -- culminating in a spectacular dive between two cranes.
This is no ordinary villain, but Sebastian Foucan, one of the founders of parkour, and the pair perform moves so death-defying, you might think they were the work of special effects alone.
"It's almost expected now that when a superhero is traveling across the city, they'll be able to do parkour, because it looks cooler for them to run down the street and vault over a bin, than to just run in a straight line," says Adams.
"People do a class and assume the first thing I'm going to ask them to do is a triple backflip -- it couldn't be further from the truth. Most of the training we do is low and safe."
Power and beauty
The academy now hopes to train uniformed forces. As Adams says, a police officer who can chase someone over a wall, is going to be much more valuable than one who struggles to keep up.
Despite his bulky physique, there is an elegance to the way Adams lightly leaps over wooden barriers, and it's easy to see why parkour is also increasingly being used on stage -- the group is currently working on a performance of "Alice in Wonderland".
One thing's for certain, parkour will make that journey down the rabbit hole a lot more interesting.
Read: Sebastian Foucan -- Bond villian who 'Lived Another Day'
Learn: Freerunners find their feet in Baghdad


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When Josh Phegley boarded a plane with his Triple-A Charlotte teammates headed to Atlanta to play Gwinnett, it was a trip that was supposed to last two days, not the rest of his life.
"We were on a two-day trip in Atlanta so I took two T-shirts and that was it," Phegley said. "It was just a one-night stay and I got the call to go to Tampa [to join the White Sox]."
Upon getting to Tampa Bay with the Sox, Phegley made his presence felt almost immediately, hitting his first big league home run off reigning Cy Young winner David Price in only his second major league game.
"[I] felt a little bit more comfortable [in my second game]," he said. "I think I was a little more prepared, just trying to get good pitches to hit. I was ready to swing."
Now that he's in the big leagues, his boss says Phegley, 25, doesn't have to worry about making a return trip to North Carolina anytime soon.
"He's not going anywhere," Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "He's up here to play."
You sure about that?
"He's not going anywhere," Ventura repeated emphatically.
Even if it means he's going to have to spend as much time on his wardrobe as he is on his hitting stroke.
"I've been shopping more times this week than I have in the last two years probably," he said with a smile. "[I'm] just trying to go day to day with now we need this for the trip or we need this but I think I'm pretty well set for this road trip."
On the field, Phegley has done nothing to betray his manager's confidence since getting called up to the big leagues on July 5. In short order, Phegley etched his name into the Sox record books as the first player to hit a home run on the first pitch he ever saw in Chicago. He also is the first Sox rookie to record an RBI in each of his first three games and became only the second rookie in team history to homer in his second and third games.
"It's been pretty surreal," he said. "Just to kind of jump in and hit the ground running, you don't have time to really think about it all."
Coming out of spring training, Phegley wasn't supposed to be the man behind the plate making a major impact.
That designation fell to Tyler Flowers, a former top prospect who was designated the heir apparent behind the dish once franchise icon AJ Pierzynski left for greener pastures.
Flowers' struggles at the plate (.205, 8 HR, 22 RBI) have left the door wide open for Phegley, something Ventura doesn't see as an entirely bad thing.
"In any situation I like that it pushes both [Flowers and Phegley]," Ventura said. "Competition's not always bad. You'd like to see it get the best out of both of them."
When you're the hottest player on a disappointing ballclub in one of the biggest cities in the world, the spotlight is going to find you whether you like it or not.
Prior to his debut at U.S. Cellular Field on Monday, Phegley was surrounded by a phalanx of media from his hometown of Terre Haute, Ind., chronicling his every move before the game.
For the reticent Phegley, it's just something that comes with the territory.
"I mean you've gotta deal with it I guess," he said, shrugging. "It was definitely tough. You've got some hitters' meetings and meeting with the pitching coach to go over the lineup and then you get asked questions from the media in between there. You're just trying not to be late to anything."
"He's just one of those guys that's kind of born to be a catcher I guess," Ventura added. "He's just a tough guy, tough-minded."
For all Phegley's accomplished in the week he's spent living out his childhood dreams, the humble catcher from small-town Indiana says he's most proud of one thing.
"It's definitely good not to go hitless in my major league career I guess," he said. "I'm just getting started."
Matt Lindner is a RedEye special contributor.
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