'Will she or won't she' question following Clinton

NEW YORK (AP) ? Young supporters hold signs outside Hillary Rodham Clinton's speeches urging her to run for president. Audiences listen with rapt attention as she discusses the plight of women and girls in developing countries.

Even a long-expected book deal announcement generates lots of chatter.

Not long since Clinton stepped down as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, the "will she or won't she" question already is following her around, like the activists who held dark blue "Ready for Hillary" signs outside speeches at the Kennedy Center in Washington and New York's Lincoln Center.

This past week, Clinton came off a two-month break with a soft roll-out of sorts.

She gave her first two public speeches since leaving the State Department, released details of a book scheduled for June 2014 and plans to join an advisory board of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition.

The mere makings of a public schedule for the runner-up of the 2008 Democratic presidential race is enough to get political tongues wagging over what it all means for the 2016 campaign.

The speeches and news coverage offered an early indication of some of what awaits her as she considers whether to seek the White House again in three years: adoring supporters, young and old, former political advisers to her husband begging her to run, and potential rivals sizing her up.

Tina Brown, editor in chief of Newsweek and the Daily Beast, which sponsored the meeting where Clinton spoke Friday, captured the buzz when introducing her.

"Of course," Brown said, "the big question now about Hillary is, what's next?" That elicited loud cheers, but no answer from the woman beside her on the stage.

Clinton avoided presidential politics, devoting a half-hour speech at the annual Women in the World conference in New York to the status of women across the globe.

Pointing to the U.S., she said America's position as a world leader demands that it devote full attention to empowering women to participate in the economy and society fully. She called for equal pay for women, allowing women to take advantage of family and medical leave from their jobs and encouraging women and girls to pursue careers in math and science.

"This truly is the unfinished business of the 21st century, and it is the work we are called to do," Clinton said. "I look forward to being your partner in all the days and years ahead. Let's keep fighting for opportunity and dignity."

The 65-year-old former first lady has said she has no plans to pursue the White House again but has refrained from ruling anything out. That's the standard disclaimer of people who very often decide to make such plans later, or sometimes don't.

Many Democrats view her as a worthy successor to Obama, with whom she waged a fierce struggle for the party's nomination in 2008. Her popularity soared as secretary of state, although that may have been in part because she cast aside the sharp brand of politics that made her a polarizing figure at times in the past, in favor of diligent diplomacy.

Some Clinton loyalists have tried to lower the speculation, noting that the last presidential election was only six months ago.

But James Carville, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, signed on with the Ready for Hillary political action committee on Thursday, urging supporters to help lay the groundwork for a Hillary Clinton campaign.

Carville said the "enthusiasm and hunger" for a Hillary Clinton presidency was "unlike anything I've ever seen."

"It isn't worth squat to have the fastest car at the racetrack if there ain't any gas in the tank ? and that's why the work that Ready for Hillary PAC is doing is absolutely critical," Carville said. "We need to convert the hunger that's out there for Hillary's candidacy into a real grassroots organization."

Clinton is not expected to make a decision anytime soon. She has outlined plans to write a memoir about her time at the State Department, advocate on behalf of women and girls, and give speeches. With her book due out in the middle of 2014, she'll have an opportunity to travel the country in the months before the congressional elections.

Her biggest splash was her video announcement in support of gay marriage last month, a move that put her in line with most Democrats. Clinton had limited her comments on domestic policy as secretary of state and her departure has freed her to speak more openly about the issues.

Yet for the first time in 20 years, Clinton's schedule is open-ended.

Her first paid speech will be April 24 in suburban Dallas, a day before she joins her husband, Obama and political luminaries at the dedication of President George W. Bush's presidential library. A second paid speech is set for June 17 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

What remains clear is that until she makes a choice, her every word, appearance and association will be scrutinized ? and that she'll get plenty of encouragement.

About 50 young supporters, including many George Washington University students, gathered outside Clinton's first post-State Department speech at the annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards on Tuesday at the Kennedy Center.

About a dozen Hillary backers gathered along Amsterdam Avenue for the New York speech. Aaron James Darr, a 22-year-old actor, held a homemade sign that showed Clinton's image in front of yellow and orange beams and proclaimed "Hillary 2016."

"I've been waiting for five years ? all of us have been waiting for five years," said Darr. He recently formed a Broadway for Hillary 2016 group and said he wants to plan a "flash mob" in Times Square with supporters holding Hillary signs.

Democrats see Clinton in a uniquely powerful spot and are willing to wait ? for now.

"It's the most enviable position to be in because all you have to do is breathe the air every day," said Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic strategist who advised her husband's presidential campaign. "What political figure has that luxury?"

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LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - A day after winning the Grand National, jockey Ryan Mania was airlifted to hospital with neck and back injuries after a fall in a race in Hexham, northern England, on Sunday, the BBC reported. Scot Mania was in a stable condition in a Newcastle hospital after the fall from Stagecoach Jasper, trained by Sue Smith whose horse Auroras Encore he rode to the National triumph on Saturday. "He came off the horse at high speed and may have been hit by another horse while he was on the ground," the BBC quoted an ambulance service spokesman as saying. ...

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Friday Feature: MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer partners with MNPCC

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's (MIAC) 11 baseball teams banded together to try to "Strike Out Prostate Cancer" in 2010, it was with the hopes that the initiative would grow and develop into something special in the coming years.
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It has.
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Now in its third season, MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer has evolved into a week-long effort to raise funds and awareness for the serious men's health condition. The 2013 edition of MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer Week will run from Monday, April 15, to Sunday, April 21, and each MIAC baseball game that week (and a few other select games throughout the season) will serve as an extension of the mission.
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There is a new excitement around the event in 2013, as the only Division III conference completely contained by Minnesota's borders has entered what should be a beneficial partnership with an organization leading the same fight throughout the state - the Minnesota Prostate Cancer Coalition (MNPCC).

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Saint Mary's University Assistant Baseball Coach Pat Jacobsen is the creator and driving force behind the MIAC's worthy cause. He's been pleased with the progress of the event since its inception, and thinks the third year - especially now that the MNPCC is on board - will be another step in the right direction.
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"I think it's gone very well," Jacobsen said. "We haven't placed our expectations too high, but we've exceeded my expectations. It's continued to grow every single year. The coaches and everyone in the MIAC have done a great job to promote it to our universities and to the general public throughout the state.
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"It's a serious disease and it needs to be brought to light."
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Over the first two years, the initiative has raised more than $3,000 to benefit prostate cancer foundation. Last year, the conference fell just shy of its $2,000 goal, and Jacobsen thinks the league can reach that mark in 2013. "We fell a little short last year," he said, "so my hope is to continue to build so we can reach that $2,000. It's a real possible goal this time around."
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Funds raised over the first two seasons were donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). However, that organization had some staffing issues and was no longer able to partner with the MIAC. That sent Jacobsen on a search to find a new teammate in the MIAC's fundraising and awareness campaign and, to his pleasant surprise, he was able to find one right in the conference's backyard.
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SMU's Pat Jacobsen wears a blue jersey and wristband during 2012 MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer Week. (Photo by Chris Ebert, Saint Mary's University)

"It was a positive that stemmed from a negative," Jacobsen said. "When the PCF was no longer able to participate, I just kind of stumbled across the MNPCC's Web site. I took a look at it, saw they were an up-and-coming organization in the state, and figured this was a great opportunity."
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MNPCC President Steve Rocklein didn't just thank his lucky stars when Jacobsen called ... he also thanked Google.
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"When you Google 'Minnesota' and 'prostate cancer' we're one of the first things that comes up," he said. "Anyway, [Jacobsen] Googled us and saw what we were doing locally and that's how we got connected. He decided that given our mission and what we're trying to do in Minnesota that [the MIAC] could localize their efforts. Now, we're Minnesota teammates."
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The mission Rocklein mentioned is to, "enlighten, inform, educate and support men and their caregivers as they face the prospects of diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer." The MNPCC president and five of the six board members are all prostate cancer survivors, so to call the cause near and dear to their hearts would be an understatement.
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Rocklein was quick to point to some extremely harrowing stats regarding the affliction. Prostate cancer is the second-most diagnosed form of cancer in the U.S., behind only melanoma (skin cancer). During a man's lifetime, one in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 238,600 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in 2012. Though the fundraising piece is important, spreading those facts and a general awareness of the disease, and exposing it to men of all ages, is equally critical.
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"This is a man's disease," Rocklein said. "It's really interesting to talk to men about this. Only men have a prostate gland. Excuse the baseball metaphor, but men really need to step up to the plate and take responsibility for the health of their prostate ... become educated, talk to a doctor."
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Generally during events like this, the focus becomes the fundraising piece and an eventual dollar amount, but MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer has always been equally about information and awareness. With the MNPCC on board as the financial recipient and an expert partner, that should only improve in 2013. Jacobsen said - especially at Twin Cities-area games - the conference plans to use that expertise to its advantage.
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"We're ecstatic to have the MNPCC as the main sponsor of the event," Jacobsen said. "All the money raised will go directly to their foundation and will help them build into a well-known organization that helps with information and prevention.
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"They've donated 100 percent of the information that will be available at the sites. Our hope is to have them recognized at pre-game festivities at some of the Twin Cities-area games. With teams that are willing to have one of the MNPCC reps there, they'll have an information table and talk about the coalition and basically be a resource beyond what's on a piece of paper."
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"We're hoping to - myself and some of the board members - appear at various games," Rocklein added. "We have a bunch of PR materials to hand out, and we may be involved more visually, either throwing out a ceremonial first pitch or addressing the crowd through the PA system. People can drop by and talk to us as well."
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The official logo and T-shirt for 2013 MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer.

There are a number of visual cues that are intended to spark public interest - or questions - as well. For the third-straight year, all MIAC baseball players will wear light blue wristband during games that week. There is also a new logo incorporating the MIAC logo, MNPCC logo and light blue prostate cancer ribbon. Jacobsen's Saint Mary's team will again wear special blue jerseys in honor of the cause, and many schools will incorporate T-shirts this year.
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Those visuals are in place for a very strategic purpose. Seeing both competing teams wearing the same wristbands, or special jerseys or t-shirts has proven to spark curiosity throughout the stands, and that curiosity leads to questions and information, which helps accomplish one of the main missions of MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer Week.
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"The graphics people here at Saint Mary's did a great job designing the logo," Jacobsen said. "The idea with the T-shirts is they're more for the college demographic. Everyone likes getting T-shirts, and it's a way to get people talking about it. It's a way to get young men, and young women as well, thinking about the event and ways they can get involved.
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"Our blue wristbands and blue jerseys bring curiosities to people ... they see the materials and want to know why. It gets something in their mind, and it results with them finding answers, and then we accomplish our goal, which is exposing people to prostate cancer and the risks."
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Across the MIAC, each team hosting a game that week will follow the uniform plan of the week - the blue wristbands, collecting donations, providing information - but each has the freedom to put their own stamp on the event as well. Many have had prostate cancer survivors throw out a ceremonial first pitch or receive recognition, others have incorporated the T-shirts, and some have incorporate raffles and other giveaways, or other on-campus events throughout the week. Specifics will be available on the MIAC Web site throughout that week.
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"The schools have done a great job," Jacobsen said. "Bethel, Concordia and Augsburg have done a really great job promoting it and getting involved. I have great confidence in how the MIAC schools will approach it this year."
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Part of the 2013 imitative is an updated Web site dedicated to the event. The site not only explains the mission of MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer Week, but visitors can also donate to the cause directly on the site, view the game schedule, browse photo galleries or leave a comment in the guest book. The addition of online donations was an asset in 2012, and Jacobsen hopes fans visit the site and consider donating anytime during the month of April, even if they can't attend one of the games.
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Between those online efforts, the new partnership with the MNPCC and the work of all 11 MIAC teams at their home events during the week, the conference is certainly ready to play ball against prostate cancer for the third-straight season. Just having the message reach all the MIAC baseball student-athletes would be a home run in the fight against prostate cancer, with all additional fundraising and awareness serving as curtain call for the conference's efforts.
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"This will bring awareness to a younger population of males in Minnesota," Jacobsen said. "It's important to get it in the minds of college students so they're aware? before it's too late."
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Source: http://miac-online.org/news/2013/4/5/FEATURE_0405133203.aspx

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Copyright's new 'new law' : Columbia Journalism Review

In the world that Maria Pallante, the US Register of Copyrights, inhabits, people sometimes call the Copyright Act of 1976 ?the new law,? though it took decades to develop and, it can be argued, was already outdated by the time Congress managed to pass it.?

But as Pallante said Thursday, in a talk at Fordham Law School?s intellectual property conference, that?s not exactly how she sees it. Her presentation was called ?The View from the Copyright Office,? and that view is pretty simple. The copyright laws currently in place, which determine what can be copyrighted and by whom, how fair use works, who can be sued for infringement and for how much, are out of date. The ?new law? isn?t cutting it anymore. Nor is the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, passed 15 years ago, in 1998. ?That?s a long time in Internet years,? Pallante said.?

In short: ?The view from the copyright office is that the law is showing its age.?

Pallante doesn?t like the word ?reform,? which ?has a negative connotations, like there?s something wrong with the law,? she said. But she has been talking a lot lately about changing the way the United States deals with copyright. Early in March, she delivered a prestigious lecture on the ?Next Great Copyright Act? at Columbia Law School, where she began by talking about the work her predecessors had done to shape and revise these laws. (Although two of the previous registrars were women, you do get the sense that Pallante spends a lot of time in the company of old white guys, dead and alive.) Later last month, she testified before the US Congress on her ?Call for Updates to US Copyright Law.??

On each of these occasions, as well as at Fordham, her basic message has been the same: Copyright law in the United States needs to undergo a major retooling. It?s Congress that needs to do this work.

She?s not the only one saying this.

The other people who are asking Congress to please, please step in, she points out, are the judges who, in courts across the country, are dealing with copyright cases. These judges have been struggling to twist the law of land to answer questions of art, money, and ownership in a digital age, and they have been pointedly saying that these questions would ?be more appropriately decided by Congress,? in the words of one judge. Another noted, quite delicately, that ?legislative clarification?would therefore be most welcome.?

Here is a partial list of areas that Pallante has identified as needing at least a little bit of spit-and-shine work: legal streaming, public performance law, orphan works, collective licensing, first sale rights, incidental copies, statutory damages. Here is a partial list of the interested parties she?s thinking about: authors who don?t know they?re supposed to register, libraries, archives, people with print disabilities, educational institutions, courts that are ?doing legal gymnastics? in order to apply 20th century laws to 21st century problems, startup tech companies that don?t know what they can do with other people?s content. (Apparently this last group calls the copyright office?s help line quite often.)

In pushing for ?the next great copyright act,? Pallante is trying to make the point that all of these issues are connected and that dealing with them separately may only make a greater practical and political hash out of copyright and intellectual property laws. One of the problems with the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act?the proposals that sparked massive protests from Internet activists last year?was that they addressed only one of the many issues riddling copyright law. ?SOPA and PIPA in some ways are the point,? Pallante said. ?It was enforcement with a capital E, and 75 percent of what we?re talking about has nothing to do with enforcement.?

Her argument is that there?s a better and calmer way to untangle the mess that the Internet has made of copyright practices. She wants to get all the issues out on the table and sort through them. Which are priorities? Which must Congress deal with? Which can courts handle on their own? Pallante?s making it her job to push for ?a forward-looking blueprint??for a law that looks ahead and tries to anticipate the issues that technology could dredge up, rather than react to them years afterwards. In her Columbia talk, Pallante noted that after the 1976 law was finally in place, one of her predecessors, Barbara Ringer, ?acknowledged the shortcomings of the new law, calling it ?a good 1950 copyright law.?? Pallante wants the new law for which she?s pushing to actually feel new.

Disclosure: CJR has received funding from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to cover intellectual-property issues, but the organization has no influence on the content.

Sarah Laskow is a writer and editor in New York City. Her work has appeared in print and online in Grist, Good, The American Prospect, Salon, The New Republic, and other publications.

Source: http://www.cjr.org/cloud_control/maria_pallantes_vision_for_cop.php?page=all

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