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Well, let's not play dumb. The argument is that people will stay home to prevent further infections when H1N1 becomes a pandemic. The proposal is still a thinly veiled jab at network neutrality.
Precisely. Today it's a pandemic, tomorrow it's legitimate competition. Given power to shut down the internet at will, the excuses for doing so will only continue to grow.
I see you've never dealt with BATFE.
What movie was it in... I don't recall.
First Man: Sir, we're from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Second Man: I suppose this isn't about the alcohol or tobacco.
Seriously? Not even the IRS?
I hate the Social Security Administration more.
I already know that I'll get back about HALF the money I paid in (unless I live to see 110 which seems unlikely). Even if I stored my money in a simple interest savings account I'd get a better return on my retirement fund.
For myself, I'd rather that the FICA deductions were completely removed, added as a revenue neutral addition to the general income tax, and considered Social Security payments to be simply a form of social welfare instead of an entitlement.
That pretty much is how the U.S. Congress has been treating the Social Security trust funds anyway since Tip O'Neil was speaker and Ronald Reagan was in the White House. Why not just make it official?
Of course that would make it too easy to cut benefits.... how dare I su
For myself, I'd rather that the FICA deductions were completely removed, added as a revenue neutral addition to the general income tax, and considered Social Security payments to be simply a form of social welfare instead of an entitlement.
That pretty much is how the U.S. Congress has been treating the Social Security trust funds anyway since Tip O'Neil was speaker and Ronald Reagan was in the White House. Why not just make it official?
Actually, if you ever read the various laws related to Social Security
I hate the Social Security Administration more.
You hate losing some money more than the secret police wannabe? Seriously?
really? A lot of people who thought the same way lost everything in the last 5 years.
Of course, your number s are wrong as well, but no amount of facts will allow you to turn off you pundits and think for yourself.
even more then the tax agencies.
The only exist to get around protection in place for citizens and they do NOT in any way shape or form address the issues that caused people to miss the clues regarding the 9/11 incident.
All they need was a better communication channel, even a guy whose sole job is to review note and wak up the head of the CIA or FBI to say "hey, this one is particularly worrisome".
Seriously, THAT would have stopped 9/11.
The current agencies weren't needed' and ahving a dept. that controll e
That's what DHS wants us to believe.
Once the government gains new useful powers like those granted to the DHS, it is extremely difficult to dislodge them. Once the power is there, there's no reason for them to ever think of giving it up.
Of course isn't is strange that the DHS doesn't even want this authority.... presuming that it was even possible to distinguish "legitimate" network traffic from video games without checking the "evil" bit.
Yes it is strange. However, I'm betting that it is a very similar to the reasons why the "spooks" of the previous slashdot article didn't want a three strikes law. There is selfish interest somewhere... I guarantee it.
Hello, did you RTFS? I'm no fan of DHS, but they ARE the ones saying that the GAO is on crack for even thinking about this idea, and that they aren't planning on doing anything.
Of course, the GAO wasn't offering more money or more power, just more responsibility. Government craves the first two and shuns the latter.
It is the only government agency who's main drive for its survival of the organization is fear. Once people have nothing to fear then the agency becomes obsolete.
Well, in this case, they (DHS) are saying it's irrational to expect the government to be able to regulate the internet in the event of a public health emergency, which I happen to agree with.
As to getting rid of DHS, that's would likely entail just breaking the DHS back into the separate agencies from which it was formed. [wikipedia.org] There could be some benefit, but based on what I can discern, I'm not sure what would be gained in making that change. Any thoughts?
Consolidation of all those agencies seems logical to me. Might be the only good think Dubya did. However I hate that name "Homeland"..... sounds like something out of the Bundeswehr Handbook (copyright 1933). The War Department was renamed Defense Department. How about DHS became just the Department of Domestic Security, to echo the words of the constitution ("from enemies foreign and domestic").
For that matter we should have some kind of Constitutional Council, to be made-up of the 50 state legislatures (and 2-3 delegates of their chusing), whose task is to nullify any Congressional acts they consider unconstitutional. The U.S. Court can have its opinion, but ultimately it was the 50 States that formed the original contract and they should have the right to ignore non-contractual grabs for power.
Consolidating the agencies is certainly "more efficient." My question is if what we want is efficiency.
In the old days the FBI, CIA and DIA were all competing for the love of the President. This meant there were 3 different solutions to every problem. A lot of redundancy, and a lot of waste.
Now they all answer to one boss and they better toe the line. They have jobs to protect. That means for any problem, there will be one solution. Thats great and efficient, as long as the one solution keeping the ter
The War Department was renamed Defense Department.
Not quite. The Department of Defense was made up from a merger of the Department of War (which was split into the Army and the Air Force) and Department of the Navy (Navy and Marine Core).
The constitution spells out pretty clearly who have the right to decide what is constitutional and what is not.
>>>glorified security-guard hiring practices, over-reaching harassment
You mean like this? The guy in this audio recording was harassed, first with the TSA and then some cops, when they spotted his cash box and demanded "Where'd you get all this money?". They had no constitutional warrant, but still they said they can stop him from entering the airplane. Laws don't matter when the government can detain you at will.
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I don't know, the DEA ranks up there. Lets work on getting that abomination gone, as well as the stupid laws that justify its existance. Let the dope tax go to the IRS instead of to Columbia and Mexiso.
Can't we just get rid of all non-Constitutionally mandated agencies (then amend the Constitution to add anything that is truly needed)?
Oh wait, I forgot that we found "implied powers" secretly weaved into the Constitution and have since found more secret messages left by the founders that allow everything we deem neccesarry, reasonable and proper.
This seems to be another FUD report by some agency in order to justify taking over, regulating and destroying a free internet. Sadly, as much as I like most of the
Can't we get rid of the DHS yet? I don't think there's one government organization I like less.
In Capitalist U.S. of A. DHS get rid of YOU!
Especially since people, you know, being sick don't really feel like browsing porn
Fixed that for ya...
Really, I do. Between flash games, surfing blogs, spamming "random page" on Wikipedia, and actual honest-to-goodness work, I use far more bandwidth at work than I do at home, where I mostly just play WoW and read a few blogs.
Unless the wife isn't home. Then I burn a hole in my wall downloading porn.
For shame.
Neglecting your relationship like that.
You should be downloading porn together!
Raise your hand if this sounds like something you WANT the department of homeland security to be worrying about.
That's what I thought.
The actual report from the GAO is available here: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d108.pdf [gao.gov]
Plus, what about all those tens of thousands of people suddenly demanding their monthly fee back from Blizzard and the like because they couldn't connect and play WoW, Eve, Mario Kart, or whatever for a few weeks.
That'll do a lot of good for online commerce.
That is such an idiotic idea that whoever came up with it at the GAO should be fired. The idea of what should and should not be allowed would be very arbitrary. Take sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. They make money from traffic to their site. If they shut down/slowed access to such sites nationwide it would financially cripple them. Companies will have to have their own contingencies for such incidents, it is not the government's responsibility to ensure they can keep operating the way they prefer, it is the companies responsibility to ensure they can continue to operate however necessary.
Twitter makes money?
I am sure there would be negative implications as well, but I think there is a lot to be said for encouraging an environment where there are more people working from home.
it doesn't matter how productive I am, my employer doesn't think I'm working unless he can see me working.
You have just pissed off everyone who rents business buildings, cleans offices, sells food (prepared and packaged) in convenience shops, and just about anyone who sells anything in a downtown district. The biggest problem with modern society is that it is very efficient (where money changing hands = efficiency) for the status quo. Any major changes will hurt someone, and they're going to cry bloody murder at any attempt to move away from their optimized business cycle.
It's a great idea - though with some ki
I thought everyone learned their lesson about the "tubes" already.
There is some other bullshit afoot and it has fuck all to do with games, pandemics or teleworking.
Maybe if Blizzard donates enough $ to the right people, an exception will be made.
Is this how it starts, or is this just another bad, never to materialize idea that somehow got press?
Limit all traffic for the sake of national security or at least national commerce? At what point do you give up said power once you have it? At what point do you drop all filters and say a situation is no longer present?
Once you grab power and control, there is no reason to _want_ to give it up.
Then again, this is probably nothing more than a bad idea written on paper. Hopefully.
The "Internet" still works remarkably well under load, and there is a self limiting factor: So much of the traffic is youtube etc by volume that if you DID get slowdowns, once those drop below real time people will just turn off anyway.
So much for net neutrality... Every time something like the Swine flu comes around they'll use it as an excuse to intervene. Perhaps even use it as an excuse to buy a few billion $$ of equipment to facilitate their meddling.
Maybe they should look at how telecommunications companies are connecting people as the problem instead of how people are using the Internet.
Anyway, to my mind, there are a clear set of traffic shaping policies that satisfy net neutrality and make sure the network is still usable by everyone. And that's to shape by physical connection, not application. I have an 8 megabit DSL line, but I think my ISP has about 450-600 mbits of bandwidth to the Internet. The aggregate bandwidth of all of their DSL customers is likely at least 10 times their available bandwidth to the Internet, and that's a perfectly normal and reasonable situation.
If ever any given connection they have to the Internet becomes saturated, they should prioritize traffic in such a way as to make sure everybody trying to use that connection gets their fair share. That means customers that only burst traffic and aren't using their max for hours get priority over the people who are using as much bandwidth as they can for hours. As the bandwidth becomes more constrained, the criteria for what counts as a burst should become shorter and the max burst bandwidth should be lowered.
Trying to kill off all your bittorrent customers, especially since you think they're competing with your more profitable centralized video distribution business sure seems attractive, but it's evil and all the wrong approach. Just allocate bandwidth fairly to your customers and the bittorrent people will be punished for using all their bandwidth by having molasses web surfing compared to everybody else.
If bittorrent customers don't like this, they can agree to start marking the traffic they want to have as low priority and then that traffic will be the first to go when there's a bandwidth crunch.
Shutting down specific high-traffic web sites would IMO not be a good idea; people would simply surf elsewhere. In fact, when those heavily loaded sites start lagging, many people will wait for them to load rather than jump elsewhere, reducing the total load.
Itz teh guvmint! Teh POTUS shutz down teh slashdot! Our code iz setz up teh bomb!
And then the following day when they go back to the (better, but not really fully) working previous version we might even consider believing them...
To, me the answer is it depends.
It depends on what the subscribes want to use it for. When I pay for Internet I do so because it provides some functionality that I value.
If the functionality that I value the most is playing games then there should be no restrictions on me doing that. This goes for whatever you value. If masses of people get sick and go home and start playing WOW (also Internet commerce, just ask Blizzard) so much so that others cannot log into their banks website then the majority has sp
For one thing, games don't consume very much bandwidth compared to streaming or downloading media. For another, High lag gaming sucks, it would essentially stop once network latencies went much above the norm. Youtube might see an increase, but an increase large enough to threaten the internet would surely take out even the mighty Youtube servers.
If such an enormous demand on file and streaming servers were made, surely the concentrated data requests would take down those servers before ISPs started to hav
The most this will do is alter people's behavior. This is a drop in the bucket compared to the bandwidth needs of the new applications being developed (Torrent, Skype, video services, etc.) and malware -- and those will happen independently of H1N1.
Of those, malware is the most worrisome to me. Imagine a network-clogging virus spreading through Windows Update servers, using Skype-like techniques to effectively mask its packets from firewalls and traffic shaping systems. Even if you're running Linux or Ma
The definition of traffic to give priority to is usually - mine is important. The other guys is not.
What about a large bunch of coders working at home who all need to download the latest build. To be nice they have set up a torrent site. Opps that gets downgrade so they decide to ship it all as email attachements because that has higher priority.
What about people that play games for a living. Yes the gold farmers. Who says there work is less work than the executive who remote desktops in to read email r
What about people that play games for a living. Yes the gold farmers.
probably not the best example since gold farming is typically against the rules for most MMOs.... however there are certainly plenty of people who game for their job, such as GMs and testers for said MMOs.
The people trying to push anti-net-neutrality agendas will use whatever scare tactic is currently in the media. In 2001 it would have been "we need to prioritize traffic to aid rescue workers," during Katrina it would have been "We don't have bandwidth to reliably allow everyone free access while still being able to coordinate aid in Lousiana," now it's this, and tomorrow it will be "we can't reliably fight aliens/robot armies unless people are taxed for visiting sites that we don't approve of."
Dear Internet,
Be neutral. Except when we don't want you to be neutral.
When I first read the title "Internet Probably Couldn't Handle a Flu Pandemic" I thought yikes, I have heard of viruses crossing from animals to humans, but now they can cross from humans to the Internet ?
Does that mean I can catch the flu from my Internet connected work PC running Windows ? (I think I am safe at home: *NIX PCs would be still be virus free and so safe to use
Multiple times every year, a big percentage of the people get some strain of the flu. The normal flu had way bigger "pandemics" than any H1N1. Nothing happened. It's just the flu. We know it. We can handle it. Done.
What this is really about, is the media, blowing stuff up, creating "contoversies", until any communications medium bursts, shutting themselves off.
Well, there's a simple solution for that one: Stop being such greedy bastards! Which means: Stop creating so much drama, just to get more viewers and make more money. Or in other words: Stop stuffing youself over what the mechanism can hold.
On the other hand, seeing the "traditional" (money4drama) media break completely down, would be a really cool thing to happen.
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ITC ruling that Apple does not infringe on S3 patents implies no such thing.
This would definitely be nice, but I don't think that's the case.
This would definitely be nice, but I don't think that's the case.
The initial case claimed that the PVRTC in iPhones etc infringed S3TC (which seems absurd) but was later extended to the use of S3TC in Macs. Given that the suppliers of the graphics chips for Macs apparently had licences from S3, I couldn't see that ending well for S3/HTC.
I read it as AMD claimed to own the patents in question but the motion claiming such was denied when the case was found for Apple without needing it. I don't think there was a decision made regarding the ownership.
Well, I did read that before posting. It says:
"Having examined the record of this investigation, including the ALJ's final ID and the submissions of the parties and non-parties, the Commission has determined to reverse the ALJ's finding of a violation of section 337 and find no violation. Additionally, the Commission has determined to deny AMD's motion to file public interest comments out of time, to grant AMD's motion to file a reply in connection with its motion to intervene and te
We are in violent agreement that AMD's ownership claim wasn't disputed.
How does one "violently agree"? Is that like angry sex?
When did that happen for the last time in known history? ITC has one purpose only -- to protect US companies from competition.
It will come back to bite them eventually. Other companies are doing the same like getting apple banned in Taiwan [google.com]. By setting up this framework of protectionism now they will suffer when being banned in China becomes worse for multinationals than being banned in the USA
When did that happen for the last time in known history? ITC has one purpose only -- to protect US companies from competition.
It will come back to bite them eventually. Other companies are doing the same like getting apple banned in Taiwan [google.com]. By setting up this framework of protectionism now they will suffer when being banned in China becomes worse for multinationals than being banned in the USA
The article you are linking to actually talks about banning APPLES (the fruit) imported from the US in Taiwan. You probably wanted to refer to the ban of selling some Apple products in South Korea, which is seeked by Samsung. This ban, however, did not happen so far it seems.
The principle is the same though. If the U.S. International Trade Court consistently rules in favor of U.S. companies, then it is highly likely that the trade courts of other nations will rule for their domestic companies. Apple sue Samsung in U.S. and win, Samsung sue Apple in Korea and win. Apple sue HTC in U.S. and win, HTC sue Apple in Taiwan and win. It is probably no coincidence that the first company to stand up to Microsoft's Android tax has been a U.S. company, rather than the foreign device manufacturers.
As regards this particular case, this is just one ruling in response to an appeal of a previous ruling, and this ruling will in turn be appealed. And even if Apple win the appeal, it still leaves HTC with hundreds of patents from the rest of their patent portfolio, plus the 265 S3 patents they acquired, plus the new patents they got from Google [pcmag.com]. They only need to win once to be able to block sales of infringing hardware. And they can't not win some of the time - if the U.S. ITC find in favor of Apple over a foreign company hundreds of times, then the international patent system is going to tear itself apart, starting with Taiwan and Korea.
(Meanwhile, China has practically no intellectual property or patent enforcement, and is rewarded with the fastest growing economy in the world, despite a prolonged global recession. Ahh.....)
This is really a thought that's neither here nor there....
But, if USA were to take a loan with the World Bank, they might have to close shop.
The ITC that is!
Sorry, khomunikations hard.
silo doors are opening... Steve Jobs's thermonuclear war is starting.
HTC thought it could buy some patents and defend itself? Afro-American please! It's a puny gnat compared to the mighty arsenal Apple will unleash on their asses. Those S3 patents, they are like McBain's safety goggles -- they do nothing!
The US-ITC rejects almost all such requests, so this is no surprise and doesn't necessarily mean the case has collapsed.
Some patent holders surely use these procedures just to smear product developers and scare investors - in the hope of a easy cash settlement.
More about the ITC:
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/United_States_International_Trade_Commission [swpat.org]
... if HTC, Apple and all the others spent their time and money making better products instead of on War Chests?
If they competed on the strength of their merit instead of on the size of their legal funds?
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Maybe you need to research humanity. Humans empathize with loss of life. THE POINT IS, YOU DON'T MESS WITH SOMEONE THAT JUST DIED.
I know exactly who Gary Moore is. I'm positive I know far more about politician's than you, and probably know more professional politicians. THAT'S NOT THE POINT EITHER DOUC-E....
Man died, let him RIP... grow up.
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Hey...you should know better; Koch got a helluva bounce from the increase in salaries at that time; but you are right: he knew what to do with (some) prosperity.
What's the festival/street fair in the upper east side @ 86th street? I shook his hand there in 1983.
I lived on 91st street a while I should know but don't.
Did you wipe your hand off?
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Caleb Moore, Ron Jeremy, now Mayor Koch, WTF is going on?
Ah, Ron Jeremy isn't "stiff" yet so you're a little "premature" there lol a premature ejaculation if you will lol
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At 6:15, AACAP President Marty Drell, M.D. gave his welcoming remarks to the crowd gathered in the lobby and listening upstairs, reminding us all of how Ginger had worked with twenty one Academy Presidents to grow the organization from its humble beginnings to the vibrant and important institution it is today. He recounted her often told anecdote of how working with all the different academy leaders had been like earning a new master's degree in business every two years; and remarked at how each of those academy leaders had in turn learned a great deal from watching Ginger steer AACAP to success.
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At this point, the eighth-ranked Terrapins aren't even close — in terms of talent, depth or quickness.
Breanna Stewart scored 26 points, and top-ranked Connecticut pulled away to a 72-55 victory on Friday night.
The short-handed Huskies (3-0) used a 13-2 run early in the second half to take a 56-45 lead, and Maryland (2-1) never get closer than nine points.
Alyssa Thomas had 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Terrapins, who lost to UConn twice last season — on the road, 63-48, and in the NCAA tournament (76-50).
This defeat, on their home court, was just as lopsided.
"Third game of the season," Terps coach Brenda Frese said. "This game, I said all along, wasn't going to make or break our season. It was going to give us a good measuring stick of where we're at on Nov. 15. So I can thank UConn in terms of helping us in terms of what we need to get better at."
Maryland played well enough for about 22 minutes. But after Katie Rutan sank a 3-pointer to tie it at 43, UConn outscored the Terrapins 29-12 the rest of the way.
"Obviously a missed opportunity for us, but they're the defending champions for a reason," Frese said.
Connecticut was without two of its best players, preseason All-American Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and sophomore forward Morgan Tuck. Mosqueda-Lewis injured her elbow against Stanford, and Tuck is expected to miss at least a month after undergoing right knee surgery Tuesday.
Stewart and the fleet-footed backcourt duo of Bria Hartley and Moriah Jefferson made up for the absence of the two stars, and it didn't matter that UConn center Stefanie Dolson picked up her fourth foul with 16:11 remaining.
"We played through a lot of stuff," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "If I had my druthers, I'd rather have 10 healthy players than seven, but tonight, the seven that we had for the most part played great."
Jefferson had 15 points and four assists, and Hartley contributed 10 points and six assists. Just as important, the Huskies finished with only six turnovers.
"Even when we have heavy adversity, we're still playing Connecticut basketball and we're going to come out and get a win," Stewart said.
It was Connecticut's second win over a Top 10 team in a five-day span. The Huskies breezed past No. 3 Stanford by 19 points on Monday.
Maryland certainly isn't the first team to be overwhelmed by Connecticut's talent, even when the Huskies are missing a couple of players.
"I said this all along: They went from nine All-Americans to seven," Frese said. "If they lose a couple more, Geno might have to coach like the rest of us."
Although the Huskies fought foul trouble and had the potential to tire in the second half with a reduced roster, they actually improved as the game went along.
"I thought defensively, we were just a little bit better," Auriemma said. "For us to hold a team like Maryland to 17 points in a half, that says a lot about how we competed on the defensive end."
The game was tied at 43 before Stewart scored off her own miss, Dolson made two straight baskets and Jefferson sank a layup. Thomas ended the run with a jumper, but two free throws by Stewart and a 3-pointer by Brianna Banks gave the Huskies a comfortable 11-point cushion.
Banks twisted her left ankle late in the first half but returned to score seven of her nine points after halftime.
Connecticut has won 49 consecutive games in November and improved to 36-9 against teams in the Top 10 since the start of the 2008-09 season. The Huskies will next face No. 13 Penn State on the road Sunday.
Stewart scored 19 points in the first half to stake Connecticut to a 44-38 lead. Thomas had a double-double before the break, scoring 14 with 10 rebounds.
Over the first nine minutes, there were four ties and nine lead changes. Thomas and Stewart traded baskets in the early-going, accounting for all the points in a 7-7 tie.
The Huskies created some separation with an 8-0 run for a 23-17 lead. Thomas answered hit two straight jumpers, and Maryland closed to 30-29 before Stewart nailed a 3-pointer to keep UConn in front.
"We had no answer for Stewart," Frese said.
Maryland went ahead 36-35 while Stewart was on the bench, but the Huskies closed the half with six straight points.
(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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GREENVILLE, Ill.-- The Lady Panthers beat Principia 3-0 to record another SLIAC win. Coon led the team once again with 14.5 points in the match.
Greenville earned the match victory with set scores of 25-13, 25-18, and 25-18.
Coon was credited with 13 kills, 2 digs, and a service ace. Nicole Schaeffer was impressive in the match as well, earning 9.5 points for the Panthers with 8 kills, 3 aces, and a solo block. Ellen Lueking recorded 24 assists and Lamie Schollenbruch added 10 digs for Greenville.
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21 U.S. Code § 360bbb–7 - Notification
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(a) Notification to Secretary
With respect to a drug, the Secretary may require notification to the Secretary by a regulated person if the regulated person knows—
(3) that—
(i) the counterfeit product is in commerce in the United States or could be reasonably expected to be introduced into commerce in the United States; or
(b) Manner of notification
Notification under this section shall be made in such manner and by such means as the Secretary may specify by regulation or guidance.
(c) Savings clause
(d) Definition
In this section, the term "regulated person" means—
Source(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 568, as added Pub. L. 112–144, title VII, § 715(b),July 9, 2012, 126 Stat. 1075.)
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The Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682, which is classified generally to chapter 6A (§ 201 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of Title 42 and Tables.
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Welcome to the Game Informer Writer's Guild. This is the group for users who want to get best out of their website experience. This is a great place to learn the trick of blogging, profile editing and more. You can also easily bookmark the guild at http://
Hello there, hopefully you're finding this through my blog post. If you're not though and you've just found it randomly then you're in luck. Because here we have (hopefully) gathered all of the the best writers that GIO has to offer and have made it so that you can find the latest blog posts by all of your favorite writers.
If you're looking to be featured on the top post, all you have to do is ask. All I ask is that if you are going to apply that you take your writing seriously and put some effort into it. Read this article and if you believe you follow those guidelines when blogging then please join. After all, this is for the entire community, and I'm sure that there are many people that are looking forward to your blogs.
Also I ask that you please spread the word of this so that we can get this group to grow and develop (and maybe get a real group of our own eventually). After all the more people that are in the group the more likely they are to read your blogs!
Other than that, have fun with this post. Feel free to post in here any time you have a new blog, or want to get some feedback, or maybe even ideas for a new blog. Hopefully we can take over this forum and turn it into a real writer's guild, for all of GIO.
Bloggers (listed alphabetically):
BlackHeartedWolf - Blog List - 30/30 - Community Update/Bump!Blaze6106 - Blog ListDeadManWalking - Blog List Elisha Muir - Blog List - Silver-Tounged Devilsfsubones - Blog ListJack, The Quixotic Gamer
- Blog List
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I think I'm qualified, but I'd rather scour for the users that deserve the attention. If that's alright. Also, I'd actually love some input as to ideas for a blog.
I'd like to be on the list, if that is okay?
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.Push off, and sitting well in order smiteThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holdsTo sail beyond the sunset, and the bathsOf all the western stars, until I die.
Great idea. Let me know what I can do to help.
@ Elisha
Anyone who wants to can be added to the list. I'm really easy going about it. As long as you are putting your passion into writing you're okay in my book.
@ Jack
Sure I'll add you right away.
@ Saint
lol, honestly anything you can do to get the word out there is great. I'm still working on some more ideas, though unfortunately my latest one requires photoshop skill and that I just don't have. So if you could refer me to someone that does I would appreciate it.
@ Everyone else
Also as one last note, if you do any monthly/weekly blogs let me know when you post to join and I'll add that to a list next to your name, linking to your most recent one. This will be seperate from your personal blogs so that you can get your series more exposure.
EDIT: Thanks again. This is a really great idea, and a great way for newcomers and veterans alike to get their blogs out there.
Alright, I just added it to the list. Sorry I forgot about that.
Alright Sign me up.
Maru and Moro agree: Air guitars are awesome
By the way, I'm trying to figure out a way to link the subscribe RSS feeds for each user to this page this way I don't have to manually update it each time there is a new blog by someone. I'm going to need some time to work on that though as I am not very technical with computers. If anyone else figures it out let me know.
Like everyone else has said, a great idea and thanks for putting it together! Should also act as a great way to get to know all of you good folks out there!
Id like to join please? *steps up to line*
No problem Wayne, adding you to the list.
You know, I think a more legit way of doing it is not allowing people to ask - everyone thinks they can write well and what not... but this is a rare case of "perception is context" - if OTHER people think an individual writes well, then I think that's what will make a much stronger list. People who want on and don't see themselves will have an invisible goal and through attaining that goal will generate better contribution.
CAUTION: Shawn's blog increases the risk of intelligence.
Not likely. What you're asking is for an aggregated list of users you indicate to update to a specific location, namely a widget of some sort. I think specifically, your ideal is to have the aggregated list update and display a link to the latest post rather than just notify interested users. GIO is on the Telligent Platform, like WordPress and Joomla but based on the .NET framework instead of SQL and PHP. Additionally, if you're looking to do any back end coding, you wouldn't get user permissions linked to your account to do that given the nature of how embedded this site is into itself. A couple of times I've stumbled into a few "grey" areas, but they don't really lead anywhere and the site figures out user permissions are too low to make any real change to things. When I was active previously I must have emailed Sean Lowrey 5 times a day with some new false-locked gate I passed through.
Still, user permissions at our "member" level only allowus to pull from an RSS feed in theory - it's never happened in practice. I should have a widget with a list of bloggers from Kill Switch, BitMob, and a few other places. I can set the feed in my advanced features, but I can't do anything with it no matter what approach I take at attempting it. So... I'd try and think of a different solution. Having RSS feeds like what you're talking about don't really benefit GIO, they benefit the community in the sense you're wanting to use it, but putting it in place across the board would REALLY suck bandwidth from the site (imagine 20,000 users, each with 5 RSS feeds, mostly from external sites - would the traffic increase or decrease and in that, what would happen to ad revenue? - we are talking about the same company that got busted taking the $50 OnLive coupons from the PC version of Deus EX because On Live competes with an owned competitor)...
I would agree with you on that point about making it so that you have to be nominated, but the way that I see this is that it is for everyone. Provided that the person is an active blogger who is making an honest effort I have no issue adding them to the list because this group and this list is to get the people out there and help with the issues they have. Making the group exclusive to only certain people I feel takes away from that goal and as such I want to limit it as little as possible.
Honestly to me that is why there is Blog Herding and the Community Update. Those two pieces exist to show off the best of the best blogs on a weekly basis and are more for showing off the best bloggers on a consistent basis, and they already do the job of making people strive to be better. Honestly I've heard a lot of people make the comment both on the Update and on Herding about the blogs there inspiring them to be better at writing.
I got you on the programming. Makes sense when you put it that way. Oh well, it would have been nice. Maybe I'll just show off my Blog index and link to that instead (making the name link to the profile, then the blog list, and then showing off the hubs for people that have weekly/monthly blog series). That way it'll require a bit less from me, because I feel if I continue the way I am I'm going to get burned out from it.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The jobs recovery marches on, albeit at a slightly slower pace.
The U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
That's down from 298,000 jobs added in June, and below forecasts of 230,000 jobs from economists surveyed by CNNMoney.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.2% in July, from 6.1% in June.
This recovery has been a long, slow haul, but it now seems to be hitting its stride.
About 8.7 million American jobs were wiped out in just two years following the 2008 financial crisis. The economy finally gained them all back earlier this year.
Economists hope the strong hiring will continue at a pace fast enough to make up for population growth during those years of deep job losses, and draw some job market dropouts back into the labor force.
As of July, only 62.9% of U.S. adults over age 16 either had a job or were looking for one. That percentage -- known as the labor force participation rate -- is still near its lowest level since the late 1970s. That partly reflects baby boomers retiring, as well as ongoing weakness in the job market.
And many Americans still think the economy is not fully recovered. According to the results of a CNN/ORC International poll released Friday, 41% of people surveyed rate the economy as "good", while 58% rate the economy as "poor."
But even at just 41%, it is the highest percentage of Americans with a positive view of the economy since the recession officially began in December 2007.
59% of the "Civilian Labor Force" is currently employed, down from the historic high of 63.7 in 2001. This represents 92,000,000 not in the labor force.
If you want to read the BLS numbers CLICK HERE
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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This 30-60 minute workout that challenges all your major muscle groups by using the best weight room exercises like Squats, Presses. Lifts, and Curls. Great music, awesome instructors and your choice of weight inspire you to get the results you came for…and fast. Space is limited to 24 people per class. Get here early to sign in!
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Of Playwrights and Complainers (Part II)
This is part II of Michael Feingold's first two-part "Thinking About Theater" column.
Click here to read part I.
Amy Herzog's The Great God Pan, which opened at Playwrights Horizons back in December, was the first item to send what audiences apparently perceived as perplexing signals. Small, taut, and unassuming, it told a simple story that raised questions which turned out to have no simple answers. Its hero, Jamie, is told by a pal from his pre-school childhood that he may have been sexually abused by said pal's father. Since Jamie's life is at a crossroads in many respects — new job, troubles with his long-term girlfriend, a less-than-easy relationship with his parents — the news tints his every move with a discoloration of doubt. Nor are the doubts resolved at the play's end.
To me this all seemed both lucid and fascinating. Herzog hewed to a firm line in keeping her story ambiguous, not underscoring or overexplaining any point, but allowing the audience to make its own decision about what had happened. I came away convinced that there had been no trauma in Jamie's past; my guest at the show thought just the opposite. This, to me, was proof that Herzog had played fair; what she most meant for us to take away was an awareness that we could never know for certain that the past is an evanescent place and its effect on us very hard to gauge.
To my surprise, this turned out to be the point around which some audience members' resentment actively collected, as if there were some inherent outrage in Herzog's not telling us a fact that was, in essence, unknowable — its unknowability being precisely the play's point. She had, I think, made two minor missteps in shaping her script: The relatively unfamiliar poem (by Elizabeth Barrett Browning) from which the play's title comes was worked awkwardly into the story, seeming more a piece of decorative appliqué than an organic element. And a subplot, involving a troubled teen whom Jamie's nutritionist girlfriend was treating for anorexia, made too facile a parallel to Jamie's own troubles. But these two small flaws, both partly atoned for by the care with which Herzog wove these peripheral matters into the overall context, had nothing to do with the inexplicable rage people expressed over the central story. I've heard at least two of my colleagues stigmatize Herzog's playwriting as "fake," but it's hard for me to spot even an ounce of factitiousness in The Great God Pan.
Where a small minority of Playwrights Horizons' attendees had been querulous about The Great God Pan, the company provoked something close to a small firestorm of complaint when it produced Annie Baker's The Flick — so much so that artistic director Tim Sanford felt compelled to write a letter defending it, addressed to subscribers who had complained and those who hadn't yet booked their tickets. Sanford said all the right things, but I wish he hadn't written the letter — or at least had asked me to edit it before he sent it out. He stood by the play, and the author's right to experiment, but his style, woolly and discursive, made the letter seem apologetically defensive.
And yet few plays have needed apology less than The Flick. Terse, simple, straightforward, and immaculately performed, it told the story of three youngish people, two guys and a gal, employed in a seedy, old-fashioned one-plex New England movie theater. Cinema references abounded; the characters, in their various ways, were all film-besotted. Each was also on a differing career track, working his or her way along a very different life path. The crossing paths produced cross patches among them, and each tiny conflict illuminated some aspect of the larger world in which this grungy antique venue and its workers' uneasy camaraderie would soon be supplanted. Though the narrative was full of events, most of the visible action consisted of the two male characters cleaning the theater after the evening show, their minimal conversation a counterpoint to the sweeping up of spilled popcorn.
The Flick took its time. That it did so, in this bare context, inexplicably enraged a fair number of spectators. Though something was happening, subtextually, at every moment, these furious folks apparently couldn't see it. All they did see was the sweeping up of popcorn. Though any quick mental trip through the history of naturalism, onstage or in film, would reveal dozens of predecessor examples from Chekhov and Schnitzler to David Storey, the objectors hadn't taken or didn't want to take any such trip. Watching two lower-middle-class townies and a college prof's kid sweep up popcorn and talk about movies was to them what a primrose on a river's brim was to the guy in the Wordsworth poem: lacking all larger sense.
This was their loss. For those of us who enjoyed The Flick, which included most reviewers, its rewards were apparent as well as substantial. (The revelatory moment in which one cleaner, shocked by a piece of news, threw litter all over the area the other guy was cleaning, has lodged in my memory right next to the first time I saw Bessie Berger, in Awake and Sing!, smash her father's Caruso records.) Yet, again, the issue is less that some spectators could dislike a play, or overlook what it was doing, as that they should feel compelled, in this context, to rail against it so vehemently, as if, by pleasing one segment of the public while displeasing another, the artists were engaging in an elaborate consumer fraud of some kind.
The beautiful clarity with which The Flick was conducted should itself have made clear that no such fraud was taking place; the producing venue alone should have served as a calming sign. This is Playwrights Horizons. It presents new plays that are part of their authors' ongoing development. It doesn't claim that every play it stages will magically appeal to people from all walks of life and become a thundering worldwide commercial success. That's not why Playwrights Horizons — or any of Off-Broadway's nonprofit institutions — is in business. When an audience chooses to attend any such theater comes in expecting to have its experience predigested and milled down into lowest-common-denominator blockbustering, it has come in on the wrong footing and has arrived at the wrong place.
And yet, disturbingly, some segment of the downtown audience — a vocal segment if not a large one — appears to have come under precisely those misguided expectations, just as they might go to Verdi's Aida expecting Elton John. Perhaps they have absorbed, from other media, the simpler expectations that the theater spends so much of its life altering and shaking off. Perhaps they have been conditioned, by the steadily flattening tone of our political life, to take a stance before assimilating the facts of a situation. Or perhaps the concept of "Broadway" has become so all-pervasive that every theater piece is now viewed only in the context of its commercial viability. It has always been hard for Americans to absorb the notion, put forward by Henry James — to whom both authors owe something, and who would probably have admired both these plays — that "there was something a failure was, a failure in the market, that a success somehow wasn't. A success was as prosaic as a good dinner, there was nothing more to be said about it than that you had had it."
Michael Feingold's next two-part "Thinking About Theater" column will appear on consecutive Fridays July 12 and July 19.


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Student or Learner
The original sentence is ''He needs a roommate to split the cost of rent''. Can I say
''He is looking for someone to share accommodation with''.
''He is looking for a roommate to share rental cost with''.
Which one is correct?
Thank you for your response.
You mean share accommodation. Am I right?
What does actually mean accomodation? Share a place and rent? I'm little confused. Sorry.
However, as people say there is no such thing as a free launch. Nobody shares a home with anybody for free. Therefore , I assume that a person has to pay his share of rent.
Am I wrong?
Thank you for your response.
When a colleague of mine had some bad luck a few years ago I shared my rooms with him. As he paid nothing, we did not share the rent. Although people who share accommodation normally share the rent, this does not automatically happen.
Actually, 'share' in these sentences is not always clear. I can say, for example, "My friend and I have separate flats (apartments) on the ground floor of a small house. We share the house with three other tenants." There is no agreement, financial or otherwise, between my friend and me or between either of us and the three other tenants.
My comments on your original questions:
''He needs a roommate to split the cost of rent with''. That is clear.
''He is looking for someone to share accommodation with''. Fine. The assumption is that they will be splitting the rent, but this is not explicitly stated
''He is looking for a roommate to share rental cost with''. OK, though I would say "The rent" rather than "the rental cost".
Unlike billmcd, I prefer the "with".
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Graham Morrison wrote :- " the initial for statement requires a variable which for some reason is nearly always called i in examples"
He is writing a bit tongue in cheek, but of course it stands for "integer".
More specifically the practice comes from Fortran, which was my first programming language. In IBM mainframe Fortran at least, all variables starting with letters between i and n were integers (geddit?) by default, and the rest were floating point. So many coders adopted this convention as a lifetime habit, and i is my own first choice for any counter.


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The Texas Rangers have come to terms with outfielder David Murphy on a contract for the 2013 season, the team announced Monday.
Murphy, who had been Texas' lone arbitration-eligible player yet to be signed, hit .304 with 15 home runs, 61 RBI and a career-high 29 doubles over 147 games last season. The left-handed hitter finished the year ranked sixth among American League players with a .380 on-base percentage as well.
Acquired by the Rangers as a part of a trade with Boston in July of 2007, Murphy has amassed a .286 average with 72 homers and 317 RBI over six seasons with Texas.
Financial terms were not disclosed. Murphy earned $3.625 million in 2012.


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Model for Writing a Reference Request Letter
This handout provides several model letters for various job-search purposes including: a reference request model, a request for further negotiations model, and a reply to a rejection model.
Contributors:Purdue OWL
Last Edited: 2010-04-25 08:54:21
February 10, 2001
Louie Lab
1234 University St.
University City, IN 12345
Dear Mr. Lab:
You will need to write a reference request letter before you create a reference sheet to distribute to potential employers. It is meant to give the reference some warning that an employer may be contacting them. It also insures that they have the most up-to-date information about your qualifications and education. In the first paragraph, your primary goal is to reintroduce yourself to your potential reference. Simply give a quick review of the relationship and situations the two of you shared. This opening should be courteous and polite. Provide a little information about yourself. This is especially important if you have not spoken with your potential reference in some time. State your field of study, year in school, and/or career aspirations.
Next, you should formally ask to use this person as a reference. Briefly discuss the position for which you are applying and how the reference will be used. Will it be utilized as an addition to your resume or presented at the interview? This information will give your reference a better understanding of the information that would be expected from them if an employer contacted them.
Finally, close the letter with a sentence that assumes you have permission to use the reference unless you hear otherwise. You may wish to include a self-addressed stamped card so that the person may send you an answer. Also, include a copy of your resume with the letter. This will provide helpful information about your qualifications and allow the reference to speak intelligently to potential employers. Thank the reference for allowing you to use them in your job search and end with a friendly closing.
Lucy Letter
123 Winner's Road
New Employee Town, PA 12345


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SOMERSET, Ky. (WKYT) -- A woman is recovering in the hospital after a violent crash in southern Kentucky Sunday morning.
It happened on Pine Hill Road about five miles east of Somerset.
Police say Brian Overby, 30, lost control and crossed into oncoming traffic. He was then hit by a north bound car driven by Tonya Wilcher, 36.
Wilcher was treated at the scene and then airlifted to UK medical center.
Hospital staff tell us Wilcher is listed in fair condition as of Sunday night.


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Honeywell TB6575A1000 SuitePro Fan Coil Thermostat - 120/240 V - 2/4 Pipe
About This Thermostat
|System Compatibility:
|Line Voltage
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Honeywell TB8575A1000 SuitePro Fan Coil Thermostat - 120/240 V - 2/4 Pipe. The SuitePRO is a family of Digital Fan Coil thermostats for residential and commercial applications such as hotels, condominiums, school classrooms, etc. TB6575A1000 - 2-pipe or 4-pipe with seasonal heat/cool changeover; 120/240 VAC.
Suitable for multiple applications. Changes in output wiring and external links between wiring terminals allow you to configure the thermostat for the appropriate application.
The applications that are available are:
- Heating or Cooling only
- Two pipes: Heat or Cool with Manual Changeover
- Two pipes: Heat or Cool with Seasonal Changeover (requires optional pipe sensor)
- Two pipes: Heat or Cool with Auxiliary Heat and Manual or Seasonal Changeover (requires optional pipe sensor)
- Four pipes: Mixed Manual and Auto Changeover
- Four pipes: Manual Changeover
- Four pipes: Auto Changeover
. Simple, intuitive user interface and ease of installation.
. Attractive modern styling ideal for hotels and condos.
. Digital display of ambient temperature, setpoint, mode icons when cooling or heating relays operate, when energy savings mode is active, and fan status.
. Four buttons allow manual control of system operation, fan speed, and temperature setpoint adjustment.
. VersaSpeed T Fan Ramp Algorithm automatically adjusts Low, Medium, High fan speed.
. Optional freeze protection feature that turns on heat, if necessary.
. Activity sensing algorithm sets back thermostat to economy mode.
. Auto fan rest option sets back fan to auto mode.
. Energy savings mode -- external energy savings input from dry contact such as time switch, occupancy sensor, or hotel cardkey overrides comfort setpoint with selectable setback heating or cooling setpoints.
. Energy savings input configurable as a normally open or normally closed dry contact.
. Proportional plus integral (P+I) control algorithm for precision temperature regulation.
. Selectable C or F.
. Adjustable deadband, in auto changeover mode, for heat and cool control.
. Adjustable maximum heating and minimum cooling setpoint limits.
. Installer setup mode allows changes of operating parameters.
. EEPROM permanently retains user settings, including setpoints, during power loss (no batteries required).
. Capability to display temperature sensor failure for easier troubleshooting.
. Optional remote temperature sensor and remote pipe sensor.
Description - 3-Speed Fan Coil Thermostat; 2 or 4 pipe Manual/Auto Heat/Cool changeover, 3 speed fan, Supply voltage: 120/240 Vac 50/60 Hz
Application - 2 or 4 pipe fan coil, Heat/Cool manual/auto changeover, 3-speed fan, 120 - 240 Vac
Changeover - Manual/Auto
Switch Positions (System) - OFF-HEAT-COOL-AUTO
Switch Positions (Fan) - HI-MED-LOW-AUTO-OFF
Color - Premier White®
Setting Temperature Range (F) - 50 F to 90 F
Setting Temperature Range (C) - 10 C to 30 C
Voltage - 120 Vac (+/- 10%) or 240 Vac (+/- 10%)
Frequency - 50 Hz; 60 Hz
Electrical Ratings - 120 Vac, Fan Rating: 6.0 A, Relay Rating: 1.0 A; 240 Vac, Fan Rating: 3.0 A, Relay Rating: 1.0 A
Display - LCD
Mounting - Direct mounting on horizontal 2 x 4 in. (50mm x 75 mm) junction box.
Dimensions (in.) - 3 13/16 in. high x 5 13/16 in. wide x 1 1/8 in. deep
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WOODSTOCK – A review committee assembled last week will have at least one proposal to consider from a developer looking to take over the Old Courthouse, one of the city's most historic, but decrepit, assets.
With the deadline now looming 10 days in the distance, officials have organized a committee to take a first look at any proposals the city receives by May 1. So far, the city has received just one, although other potential owners have inquired about the building, City Planner Nancy Baker said.
"One great proposal would absolutely do the trick," said Maureen Larson, one of two City Council members who will serve on the committee.
The technically-termed Old Courthouse RFP Review Advisory Committee draws membership from several city bodies. Its five members are Councilwoman Larson and Councilman RB Thompson, Historic Preservation Commission Chairman Allen Stebbins, Plan Commission member Jack Porter, and Economic Development Commission member Arlene Lynes, who owns Read Between the Lynes on the Woodstock Square.
The committee will take a first look at the proposals and forward a recommendation to the City Council. City officials have said they would consider asking for community input in the event that several proposals fit the city's needs.
Receiving a proposal doesn't necessarily guarantee a sale to a private party. The city's 15-page request for proposals document, which went out in January, laid out what is desired in an owner.
Officials have pointed to distinguished historic features like the original curved stairway and decorative support columns as near-non-negotiable staples of preservation. But they've said other changes could be justified under the right plan.
The city had originally planned to cover about $2 million in construction before turning over the Old Courthouse and Sheriff's House to a private owner to complete the remaining $2.7 million in renovations.
But officials ultimately decided to seek private owners earlier in the process after some expressed doubt as to whether a viable owner was out there. They said at the time that their ultimate plan to sell the building was shutting the city off from potential funding sources, such as grant money.
"We do have quite a few criteria, and there was no way to know what the potential partners were without putting the RFP out there," Larson said. "So that's what we did, and we'll see where it goes."
Construction crews are in the process of remodeling the courthouse cupola and roof, and glaring needs, such as window issues, continue to be addressed. But much work remains.
Once completed, the property will be an economic boost for Woodstock and potentially all of McHenry County, said Stebbins, of the review committee. He said he was hopeful that the city would find a developer with experience in landmark structures and local historic districts. Such experience could help navigate incentive programs, he said.
"There are some potential tax incentives available to a developer for historic properties," Stebbins said.
The city won't know what they're working with until May 1, Baker said. Officials are hoping for a rush of proposals as the day approaches.
"I'm not sure what to expect," Baker said. "We've had several inquiries and provided some additional information, but I have no indication that anyone specifically is submitting one at this point."


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That however should probably happen no sooner than around episodes 6-7, based on his former works. In the meantime, we'll get more exposition on the world the characters are in, and more background storytelling on Akane's team.
But okay, if we want to play Cluedo: My bet is on Masaoka, sometimes around the end of ep7. In a way that throws Akane a real curveball.
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Or, far more possibly, the writer himself is not being very consistent with his terminology.
Moving along, I liked how this episode showed that Enforcers aren't treated all that miserably while off-duty, despite the stigma of being labelled latent criminals. By all appearances, Masaoka, at the very least, seemed like an all-round cool dude and a competent painter to boot. Doesn't seem like a system that goes all out to drive him into the ground. If anything, it's only Ginoza who seems to treat his Enforcers, Masaoka especially, as filth. And there's probably a very good reason for that. I'm probably not the first to guess that Masaoka was very likely Ginoza's mentor, until he went over the edge. In Masaoka's own words, quoting Nietzsche, he had "stared too long into the abyss", leading to an outcome that Ginoza has yet been able to come to terms with.
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Now I don't know if all can be considered latent criminals but hey I've met my fair share of weirdos online.
What I think is that many of the people there at the club had a few anarchist views and opinions so whose to say they don't have the mindset to be latent criminals.
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From what I gathered, the Hue is a representation of one's personality :
the color itself doesn't matter (I'm guessing it just represents somebody's inclinations or ideals), however how clear or dark it is does. I think it's pretty obvious the more you get near pure white or pure black the more "good" or "evil" (or maybe "sane" or "insane") you are at the moment. However, I think this alone isn't enough to entail extreme measures such as lethal force.
This is where the CC comes into play. The CC is a measure of somebody's likeness to commit a crime, and I think it could be pretty much compared to the "Law Vs Chaos" axys in D&D (while Hue would be the "Good vs Evil" one): if the system indeed works this way, latent criminals should be people with high base-level CCs and normal Hues, while people bound for treatment should be ones with a dark Hue and low-mid CC. The really dangerous types would of course be the ones who BOTH have a dark Hue and a high CC (Chaotic Evil), while I guess Inspectors have both a clear Hue and a low CC (Lawful Good).
Despite being managed by a computer(Sibyl), this whole system is obviously not deterministic, as we've seen with the girl who reached a dark hue + high cc in a matter of minutes in episode one. That's why the ultimate decisions are entrusted to Inspectors and other Lawful Good people.
The main contradictions, which will probably be discussed in later episodes, come to mind when questioning the criteria the system uses to determine peoples alignment. Also who devised this system and what were their moral standards? Of course this is a dystopia so these kind of stuff is to be expected, and I'm pretty sure (since it's Urobuchi) sooner or later Psycho-Pass will tackle these themes. The show has been great so far, and the main plot is just starting with episode 4. Can't wait to see more!
Edit: wait maybe I should just post this on the general discussion about the Sibyl System, lol
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A lot of these people may be guys who normally don't get out much. That easily explains a rise in crime coefficient.
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not a great idea to use an Avatar that keeps getting HANGED all the time, quite a death flag there
wow they really are short on manpower, (and not enough bots?) when they cant even control one club-full of people like that. And what the heck, their department's support tech people are also sleeping on the job. If they can be so easily stumped like that. no fail-safe cut off power to hologram machines?, no FW/defence for outside hacking/interference? no back-up/contingecy plans? not even a good monitor of the inside? Are their techs strangely incompetent, or thoroughly lacking, or is it due to budget constraints?
well it might just be a plot hole.
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^ i didn't say they have to use it immediately, it should be more like once Talisman ( the avatar ) shows up then they should immediately cut off all the power for holographics, (and start recording with all the cameras and monitors inside the establishment, rather the cameras should have been recording from the get-go) so they can immediately identify the person. That's pretty simple isn't it?
but no! they go in with barely any semblance of control of the situation and the environment. Do they even have a plan?. Hardly confidence boosting considering they are suppose to be an elite force/team.
That made me thinking though, since their team showed some kind of incompetence here. I mean some real life police force would have done a lot better than them in that situation.
>> Could it be that criminality has been lessened so much that police/crime fighting procedures have declined?
is it also be the reason why not many people want to enter the crime fighting force, hence the lack of manpower?
Ginoza doesn't seem to be much of a Detective for that matter, he's more like a 'yes' man. The enforcers and Akane were more proactive than him during operations. Does he represent the average "police"/ detective in their world, leaving most of the decisions to Protocols and SIBYL?
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It's it pretty obvious garbage?
Since things have become as easy as watching a monitor, getting a reading, and picking up a target what need is their for actual detective work anymore?
Also they may have not thought the arrest would turn out as bad as it did but it's obvious that they're not dealing with any ordinary latent criminals. These guys are so organized it's scary.
- They had a guy in the inside to detect the active Dominator
- An escape plan in place before hand
- They even manage to track down Spooky Boogie and "replace her" for whatever their plans are.
I post my theory in the speculations thread already these guys seem to be planing to overthrow the Sibyl System though I'm mostly basing this on Shougo reading copy of 1984...
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well actually no,it's not obvious.sure you can derive that possibility form what we have seen these 4 episode. and it's logical, in fact we do agree( been thinking that since ep1). Sorry i rarely visit speculation threads, no time and so many posers, so haven't really seen your theory.
But really so far we have only seen ONE TEAM, handling 3 , 4 cases . That is hardly a statistical representative of the whole police force. Add to the fact, that there is still so few info about the other side of their society ( non police/ crime life). So I rather reserve judgement and just think it a possibility (Though I mostly agree with your assessment ^^)
about the Other group ( criminal group?, psycho group, what do we call them? :P), I don't know, True they are not your average Latent-criminal in their world, but I wouldn't paint them as "Masterminds" just yet IMO, aside from the replacement of Talisman all their actions/responses especially in the club are pretty much basic for any anti-establishment group hoping to survive in the least, much less be effective in toppling the order. The arrest for me failed more due to the incompetence of the police force rather than the brilliance of that group. Of course that can change in coming episodes. there are enough episodes for them to show if they really are a brilliant criminal/revolutionary/psycho group.
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I also think you're underrating how well the anti establishment group is equipped,i'm pretty darn sure dominator detectors aren't easily found,the fact that law enforcement didn't even consider that such detectors can exist makes me think this might be the first group that has one,the plan was just to go up and shoot the guy,would have worked if the dominator had not been detected.
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working on a 85 gl 2wd with a ea82 in it. got the motor back in to the car and it is over heating. it has a new water pump, took the thermostat out. dont know what to do. i thought it was a pressure lock but it doesnt act like that anymore. when i shut off the motor it wants to come out of the radiator. but when it is running there is no smoke. if anyone could help please give me a suggestions
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What kinda condition is the radiator in? Is it plugged up at all? Have a severe case of fin rot? How's the coolant?
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It sometimes takes a while to get the engine to give up its air bubbles. It has taken me up to a week to get the cooling system full. BUT, do check that radiator; when the car is warm and running, *carefully* run your hand from top to bottom of the radiator core, feeling for temperature differences.
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i think it is that radiator im going to have tested but i will keep checking to see if you guys come up with anything else
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Understandably, the new statistics are concerning to some parents. Why the sudden increase? Is there reason to be alarmed by this data? Is autism becoming more widespread?
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Research Methodology
We cannot compare the two surveys using an apples-to-apples approach. The research was conducted differently. The data that was released in 2007, which said that 1 in 88 children were diagnosed with autism [1], was a study of medical and school records. The more recent data is based on a national phone survey of parents.
Parents who are more aware of the disorder, or who have a child with autism, are probably more likely to take the call and respond to the surveyor's questions.
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Autism has not become more prevalent, but the way that we look at and diagnose autism has changed since 2007.
When the first survey was conducted, we looked at autism with a narrower view. Children with milder problems, including certain language problems, were not diagnosed. Today, these children are placed on the autism spectrum.
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On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donder and...Rangifer?
It may not rhyme, but a long-forgotten reindeer jingles his way across the northern sky tonight. And appropriately enough, he's quite close to the north pole.
He's the extinct constellation known as Tarandus vel Rangifer — a name that means "the reindeer." He was created in the 1700s by French astronomer Pierre-Charles Le Monnier.
The constellation honored a scientific journey to Scandinavia to measure the length of a degree of latitude at that high-northern range. The observations helped prove that Earth isn't perfectly round — it bulges a little at the equator.
Le Monnier was a member of the expedition. As he looked into the dark, quiet night sky, amid the classical outlines of the major constellations Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Camelopardalis, he envisioned the tiny outline of a reindeer.
Its stars were faint, but they snuggled close to the star Polaris, which marks the north celestial pole.
Those stars are all high in the north this evening, directly above Polaris and to the right of "M"-shaped Cassiopeia. You need dark skies to see the reindeer's stars, and more than a little imagination to see them as the outline of a reindeer. But what better time to exercise that imagination than on a Christmas Eve night — a night when reindeer always soar across the sky.
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Keeping dogs safe at doggy day care centers is certainly in state regulators' purview, but a proposed rule that would require life jackets for all dogs at pool-equipped centers, and require a lifeguard for the pool, seems just a bit much.
The proposal is in its early draft and could change as it goes through the public input process and a public hearing, according to Kate Anderson, manager of the state's Pet Animal Care Facilities Program, a division of the state Department of Agriculture.
Opponents of the rule, such as Earthdog Denver owner James Bertini, say the requirement would be expensive for facilities, and the increased costs would have to be passed on to clients.
Surely there's a better way, one that wouldn't force centers to buy life jackets for all their dogs. Just because "not every dog is a good swimmer" -- as Anderson told the Boulder Daily Camera -- doesn't mean every dog should have to wear a life jacket. Couldn't clients whose dogs aren't good swimmers provide a life jacket on their own?
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For the first time since the president took office, his approval rating in Gallup's "daily tracking poll" has dipped below 40 percent. It touched 39 percent on Sunday, the polling firm says. The president's "disapproval rating" was 54 percent as of Sunday.
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At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, architect Scott Neeley will speak, via Skype, on "Renewing the Austin Bryant House."
This 1856 farmhouse located south of Princeton was about to be razed when Judith and David Peterson bought it in 2006. They were told that the house just couldn't be heated. Scott Neeley's architectural firm provided options for renovation that would accommodate for the original, uninsulated brick walls.
Neeley will discuss current thinking about architectural "best practices" with respect to historic preservation, his particular approach as an architect, the house's history and the specifics of the renovation. It should be an informative evening for those interested in historic Princeton, in architecture as a career, and in the challenges and joys of owning an older or historical home.
Neeley has more than 20 years of experience in architecture and construction. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in studio art from Brown University and his Master of Architect from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a University Fellow. He worked first as a design/build contractor, then as a project architect with William Turnbull Associates of San Francisco. He has taught architecture at the University of Nebraska and the University of Arizona and is active in professional and community affairs.
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In addition to an architectural focus, the library is celebrating April as National Poetry Month with a book spine poetry competition. Until April 13, patrons are encouraged to stop and browse the shelves to assemble a short poem from the spine titles of books in the collection. The books need to be checked out to display at the circulation desk. Several poems composed by library staff are already on display at the library, and all the completed book spine poems will be exhibited during the week of April 15.
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The UAI Awards cover 13 categories with two awards announced per category. The winners have been selected by a committee led by Louis Zanolin, CEO of Alix Capital, which oversees the award methodology.
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