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BORDER basketball fans have been left devastated by news Albury superstar Lauren Jackson will almost certainly not play in the Canberra Capitals' clash with Bendigo at the stadium named in her honour next weekend.
Despite undergoing weeks of treatment for a chronic hamstring injury, Jackson has failed to make a full recovery with the WNBL confirming yesterday she would be "sidelined indefinitely".
More than 600 tickets have been sold for the November 18 clash with the league-leading Spirit.
"I have full confidence in the medical and support team here," Jackson said.
"I'm glad the team have been playing well and I'm so disappointed I'm not out there with them.
"I'm doing all I can to get past this and on court."
Since returning to Australia last month, Jackson has undergone treatment for the injury she acquired while playing with the Australian national team in June.
She had returned to Canberra Capitals' training while undergoing intensive rehabilitation, including an injection to relieve nerve pain, but was still experiencing nerve and muscle pain — particularly while running.
Basketball ACT boss Tony Jackson said Jackson's health was the top priority.
"It's crucial that we take a cautious approach here," he said.
"As I've said before, our top priority is Lauren's welfare, so we'll take every precautionary measure we need to in order to protect the longevity of her career."
Lauren Jackson Sports Centre manager Michael Stanton was reluctant to comment last night but said he would meet with Basketball ACT today.


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Cynthia Damon will give the talk, "Writing the Fighting: Caesar's Civil War," Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. in Walls Lounge of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell University.
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"When Caesar was declared victor in the bloody civil wars of the late Republic, he had only won half the battle," said Lauren Ginsberg, visiting assistant professor of classics at Bucknell.
"Now he had to find a way to reunite the Roman state and to bring the other side — many of whose leaders died fighting against him — to accept him and his authority.
"Caesar's Civil Wars are a fascinating literary testament to the problem of how one puts into words events that are unspeakable."
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Hi all, am new here so be nice!!
Anyway, I was reminiscing about my old spectrum that I got when I was 6yr old (I am now 26)
Does a spectrum emu exist for linux? Or if not is there anyway I can get a prog on linux that will let me write progs using the spectrum's Basic language? I must have been born a geek as I was making text adventures and other programs on a spectrum from age 8!!
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The share trading that occurred during this whole process is likely to come under review in what is now starting to look like nothing more than a pump and dump scheme ie. sue IBM for billions with no hope of winning but have a sudden influx of funds to fund the case which just happens to come from one of IBM biggest competitors.
Anything dropping like this just has to bounce!
It may make a splash, but most people just flush it.
Gag gifts for the next decade and the pretense of luxury. Some people snort coke with a twenty dollar bill. I curb my dog with stock certificates.
Who's buying the stock and why are they buying it?
If something's cheap enough, there will always be someone willing to buy it.
If it gets low enough, someone could snag it if for no other reason than to liquidate its assets. All of those desks, computer monitors, and coffee machines have got to be worth something.
Well, here's how it was explained to me:
SCO is so dirt-cheap right now that you can basically play with it without risk. At a dollar a share, you can buy a block of 100 shares and if it tanks you've lost a whopping $100. However, if by some miracle they actually managed to win, maybe that $100 would become a few thousand. Basically, it had a huge potential upside with almost no downside and a lot of people bought it just to see what might happen.
Well, that upside just vanished and the stock plummeted. You could also interpret this as meaning that 70% of SCO's market value was based on potential lottery winnings, and when the lottery date came and went without SCO winning, its price dropped to compensate.
But IANA stock analyst, so take that with a grain of salt.
I have to salt my dog's food so that it drinks enough water to keep from being dehydrated.
Which has nothing whatsoever to do with anything, but it's all I could think of that seemed to fit.
" looks like the end is near for SCO, which still owes Novell 95 percent of the SVRX UNIX royalties it collected from Microsoft and Sun through the SCOsource program."
Actually, the deal was that SCO remits 100% to Novell, then Novell pays them a 5% commission. Kimball ruled that SCO broke their fiduciary duty to Novell; SCO is no longer able to claim the 5% commission.
The only question left is how much of the Sun and Microsoft licenses were for Novell's stuff?
Certainly, they all know they're now in a major death spiral. All they can do is slowly lay off people as more and more of it sinks below the waters into the briny deep of history.
We are fucked, and are desperating trying to think of something to save our selfs.
IMHO, the probability of these fools filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is reasonably high. I put it around 99.999%, give or take.
The forms are already prepared, they just need to be signed and filed. No, I am not an insider, and I am not privy to inside information. I even have trouble getting outside information. But the forms still have been prepared.
Filing will be soon. Probably next week, if not, then in the week after.
Furthermore, the chances of that being rapidly turned into a chapter 7 is also fairly high, around 99.9%.
One more option for "Andrea's Husband":
Sing. Sing like a little birdie. Sing long and loud. Bury IBM in the letters and emails and notes and appointment books and recorded telephone conversations and everything else that will prove beyond all doubt that this whole sordid mess was orchestrated and funded by Microsoft to inhibit Linux and interfere with IBM business practices.
That will, by the way, save Darl's money. If he proves that the money from Microsoft was only nominally a payment for a UnixSysV license, when in fact it was a bribe paid to SCOX for SCOX to sue IBM, then there is a plausible argument that Novell should not receive these funds as monies held by a fiduciary.
In my experience, it has a very good prospect of even keeping him out of jail, because the world will be distracted by the main event: IBM v. Bill Gates & Co. Then, a trite line from an old, old, movie will be apropos: "Feeling Lucky, Punk?"
Still, it is possible. There have been criminal cases where the criminal defense attorney was paid with money that could be traced back to drug deals, but only after the fact. The Government went back to the attorneys and extracted back their fees.
Conversion. It means the money in their hands actually belongs to someone else.
It means that whatever amount is eventually decided to belong to Novell may be recovered.
It may even be recovered from those people paid with it, if they were reasonably aware of the nature of the conversion.
I will shout here:
THIS IS NOT DISCHARGEABLE IN BANKRUPTCY. IF NOVELL ASKS FOR IT, DARL HAS TO GIVE BACK HIS PAYCHECKS. HIM AND YARRO BOTH. Novell has the burden of proof in Darl's bankruptcy, so it is not automatic, but Darl is now a busted flush.
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Nine-inch Asus Eee not doomed after all?
Firm may sell mini laptops to schools
Asus may continue to sell some 8.9in netbooks - despite previous hints from senior management that the company might kill them off in favour of 10in models.
According to Chinese-language newspaper the Economic Daily News, by way of DigiTimes, the firm's decided to retain its 8.9in netbook line for the "procurement market".
Essentially, that means big-volume purchases, by corporations or educational establishments, for example.
Asus' 8.9in Eee PC and friend: ready for procurement?
Many thought Asus had all but signed the death knell for its 8.9in machines. The firm's CEO, Jerry Shen, was reported to have said last year that such a move was in the works – although the company's UK division later claimed he was misquoted.
However, Benson Lin, President of Asus' Asia-Pacific operation, was reported in February as saying the 8.9in Eees will be completely phased out during 2009.
Asus is expected to focus on selling 10in machines to the consumers, while its 7in models will be pitched at telcos looking to bundle the machines with 3G data contracts. ®
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XP has all of the above plus more. This is due mostly to unfair business practices by M$ (IMO), yet it is true for the average user. I have never...ever..experienced a BSOD in any windows ive had running, and ive ran them all. I have never ~not~ been able to get any application working in windows with more than a simple click of a button, nor have I ever met anyone who could ~honestly~ claim that they couldnt.
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Having been told by healthcare professionals to take it easy after recent medical challenges, is it safe for me to continue following the local news?
It's not easy to keep your blood pressure under control while reading that former Bell Police Chief Randy Adams is demanding a pension of $510,000 a year, after the notorious scoundrels in that scandal-plagued town paid him the astronomical salary of $457,000 a year. I began twitching when I saw that Adams invoked the 5th Amendment 20 times in a state pension panel hearing, refusing to confirm that he'd sent an email to a Bell official saying he looked forward to "taking all of Bell's money."
And, like I say, other developing stories brought no relief. I nearly ripped open the stitches in my new knee when I slapped myself while reading about the blockhead festival in El Monte, where city officials fired some part-time lifeguards for making a funny, clever, innocent music video parody while on break at the aquatic center.
"To me it seems like a knee-jerk reaction," said lifeguard Michael Roa, a University of La Verne student who's going for his master's in marital and family therapy. Roa told me he regrets what he did, though, because of the blowback for his hometown, and because lifeguards who weren't as involved in the video also lost their jobs.


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Tom's Tips: Some media filters work with existing systems
Updated 11:08 am, Saturday, June 29, 2013
I am often asked "What is the best kind of filter to use for the air conditioning system?" and while there are many types available, a simple, good quality filter always is the best choice.
Many years ago, the most widely used filter was the fiberglass type, and today the most common is the pleated filters, as they are more efficient than the basic fiberglass type.
New construction and more recently constructed homes utilize media filters. This is a big filter placed on the back side of the furnace fan system that effectively filters everything from the house and requires changing every six months.
This type is a luxury for many people, because until you purchase a new system you probably are not going to the expense to put in a media filter. If you do replace your current system, a media filter really keeps the system clean, especially when additional return air vents are increased - sometimes as many as seven or eight smaller return air vents throughout the house instead of the typical one.
If you have a home and would like to utilize the media filter technology without a reatrofit on the system, Air Filters Inc. has one.
This media filter fits in behind the grill in the return air in the space where the basic 1-inch filter fits. If you have enough room in the cavity behind the grill, you can place this type media filter in and replace every six months. This might be a solution to have a media filter without the cost of a retrofit or an entire replacement of the air conditioning system.
This filter is deep and has so much surface area, the air flow is not restricted like some permanent filters. You may remember the washable filters that were available years ago; those have or should have gone by the wayside because they had a problem with restricting the air flow when they got dirty, and could not be cleaned adequately.
This media filter has a very large surface area, allowing all the air flow you need to go through behind the grill, and because of the surface area it will last a lot longer, and is a very high quality filter.
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Oak Pointe Country Club gets Audubon certified
All our golf clubs take the upkeep and aethestics of their grounds very seriously. However, sometimes it is hard to balance aethestics with the best practices for the environment.
The award-winning Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses offers a certification program aimed at working with golf courses to protect the environment, all the while keeping true to the game of golf. In order to become certified, golf courses need to demonstrate environmental planning, wildlife and habitat management, outreach and education, chemical use reduction and safety, water conservation and water quality management.
For the past four years, ClubCorp's Oak Pointe Country Club in Brighton, Mich. has been working on getting their Audubon certification. Mid-Atlantic Regional Director of Agronomy and Oak Pointe Director of Agronomy Charles Fort and other staff members started the process slow and steady but it wasn't until an Oak Pointe Member, Dr. Michael Britt, got involved that the ball really started rolling. The Club's certification relied heavily on community and Member involvement and projects by groups such as the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts, who planted annuals and made bluebird boxes.
According to Fort, they went through Audubon's list of priorities and became certified after selecting and completing specific projects that were best for Oak Pointe. Since the Club has a lot of marsh, water conservation and water quality management were two main points of focus for them.
"It is something that would not have happened if it weren't for Dr. Britt," Fort said. "He took it over and really wanted to be involved and get more members involved. We both decided to go at it 100% and we've gotten even more volunteers since we've gotten our certification."
Oak Pointe is a 36-hole golf club, with two beautiful and now Audubon-certified 18-hole courses designed by notorious architects: the Honors course designed by Arthur Hills and the Championship Course, re-designed by Jerry Matthews.


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Full support is available for all IT infrastructure recommended and installed by us, including the Hosted School Service, workstations, standalone PCs, laptops, printers and peripherals. This also includes support for approved Windows operating systems, backup scripts and McAfee virus protection software as provided under the SLA.
Schools using IT infrastructure installed by third-party suppliers should discuss their support arrangements with their supplier, especially for local area networks.
Any Hampshire IT support for third party IT infrastructure will be on a reasonable endeavours basis only. In some cases it will be necessary to visit the school to make an initial assessment of the school's IT infrastructure before accepting it into support. This will be chargeable to the school at our standard hourly rates.
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This moving and powerful story focuses on two survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. They are among a small group of Japanese who risk social ostracism in their country by identifying themselves as hibakusha--survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The film follows them on their mission to New York as representatives of the Japanese Peace Movement at the second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament held in June, 1982.
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Secret message proposal
The meeting
Kayla and Colin first met at Taronga Zoo working as wait staff in the function centre while studying at university. "From there the relationship blossomed from friendship into love and within a year we were living with each other," says Colin.
The proposal
Kayla was overseas in South America for their five year anniversary. "I always intended to propose before five years, but had to wait," says Colin. "So I wrote Kayla eight letters to read on key dates while she was away and the first character on each letter spelt out M-A-R-R-Y M-E". When he came to pick her up at the airport he asked if she'd noticed the secret message in his letters. "As she went through the letters to check, she began to realise what the secret message was and I pulled out an engagement diamond to propose," he says.
The wedding day
They made their vows in front of 75 guests at Arthur McElhone Reserve in Elizabeth Bay. "The ceremony was at a beautiful location and very well set up with a lovely string trio setting the tone," says Kayla. "To respect Colin's heritage we also performed a Chinese Tea Ceremony," she says. Their vintage yet modern themed wedding continued into the evening at Quay Restaurant in Circular Quay. Having many international guests they wanted to be able to show off the harbour. Kayla thanked Colin's parents and friends in Cantonese. "She hasn't been learning the language for very long; it was so brave of her," says Colin.
The dress
Kayla wore an ivory, A-line, strapless, double-silk organza gown with a flared skirt. It featured a layered organza bodice with a brooch at the waist. It came from Amsale Bridal.
The cake
The cake had three tiers – almond cake with lemon filling, vanilla cake with caramel filling and white chocolate cake with dark chocolate filling. It was made by Faye Cahill in Marrickville.
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The photos were taken by Vincent Lai Photography.
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Say what you will about the Charlotte Bobcats' on-court product. It's not the best in the NBA, but then again, very few teams east of the Mississippi River can even enter that discussion.
Their off-the-court product is rapidly improving, though. The team will bring the Hornets nickname back to Charlotte next season and will revitalize the teal-and-purple color scheme that made the '90s so special.
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On top of that, the team debuted a sensational public service announcement at its home game against the Miami Heat on Saturday night, urging fans to help save bandwagon Heat fans from being, well, bandwagon Heat fans.
All of us were thinking it, but the Bobcats went out and did it.
UPDATE: The team removed the video from YouTube. Perhaps they felt it was a bit too strong. Don't worry, Bobcats, it wasn't. It was perfect.
Ultimately, the Heat had the last laugh. They won in overtime and their announcers had a chuckle at the expense of Bobcat fans.


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Lances drawn, a set of bastardly White Knights lunge at me like rockets, propelled by some type of magical energy. One well-timed jump is all it takes to avoid them, and with their backs facing me, I approach the nearest one, grab his lance, and run him through with it, once, twice, three times. On that third hit, the magical energy built up within the lance kicks in, sending the poor misguided fool sailing toward the nearest wall.
I chuckle, but too soon. Mr. White Knight and his companions team up and send a huge ball of glowing energy my way, one that rids me of my remaining health. A now-familiar screen appears, informing me to "Abandon All Hope." I can't decide whether to throw my controller across the room, or try again with a renewed vigor. I opt for both, discovering that the light weight of the PlayStation 3's Sixaxis controller means they ricochet really, really well.
Thankfully, I'm presented with the option to continue from the last checkpoint, which was mercifully presented just before the room.
In all, the flurry of emotions I'm feeling are par for the course as far as the Devil May Cry franchise goes. A sharp, motivating anger twinged with shame, the shame of knowing that I can do better, that I should do better, that it's all my fault that I'm dead. A sincere appreciation for the fact that the development team recognized my lacking skill, made generous use of mid-stage checkpoints, and provided an easier difficulty level if I absolutely needed it. The determination to best my foes in battle and progress onwards, to slay even bigger and more powerful beasts. And, of course, amusement care of the game's cheesy, goofy, and ridiculously over-the-top attitude.
In other words, it's pretty much everything you'd want in an action game. That's not to say Devil May Cry 4 is perfect--it certainly has its flaws--but it is fun, it is enjoyable, and it is one of the best action titles currently available on either PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.
Throughout the course of the title's 20 missions, you'll start out as newcomer Nero and, about halfway through, take control of resident protagonist Dante. Whereas the Dante portions feature an ever-evolving set of skills due to the continuous acquisition of new weaponry and unlockable moves, combat with Nero is a much simpler affair.
Unlike Dante, Nero doesn't have a massive arsenal of weapons. In fact, he's pretty much stuck with the same three tools for the whole game: his revolver, his sword, and his incredibly useful devil arm. That's not to say Nero doesn't gain new abilities throughout the game, but most of the moves available for purchase are just more powerful versions of existing combos. And most of the gained abilities relate to the exploration of a level, such as allowing passage past a previously insurmountable obstacle. While they do provide some new gameplay elements--the ability to launch off a pad for a high jump, for example--most of them don't factor into combat.
It's the multi-purpose devil arm that separates Nero from Dante. That glowing, possessed portion of Nero's right arm lets him grab an enemy from across a combat arena and bring them close, an incredibly useful technique when mixed with the ability to throw them into the air with them sword and slam them back down. It also enables Nero to literally grab ahold of a boss' weak point, as well as allowing him to slingshot across a level, using the arm like a grappling hook. Suffice to say, the devil arm feels like a natural fit for the series, and by the time you take control of Dante, you genuinely miss it.
One other element that Nero brings to the game is the Exceed meter, which rewards players for charging up his sword with properly-timed button presses. It's an incredibly simple mechanic--time the button press with the swinging of Nero's sword and he'll unleash a more powerful attack. It's harder than it sounds, but is well worth mastering.
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Meanwhile, Dante's missions feature a more entertaining amount of combat variety, as he comes equipped with multiple weapons and finds even more along the way. Toss in his larger arsenal of purchasable moves, and his four selectable special-attack styles, and Nero's skill-set begins to feel rather pedestrian. In other words, the pacing of the game, the sudden switch from a few combat options to a multitude, feels a bit uneven.
And then there are a laundry list of minor irksome traits, such as Devil May Cry 4's tendency to repeat boss battles. While it's understandable to face off against each boss twice--once as Nero, the other as Dante--fighting them for a third time is a little tiresome, even if they are really cool creatures and a lot of fun to bash around.
Another point of annoyance is the game's reliance on preset camera angles, and therefore the controls relative to them. At one point, the camera was facing Nero's back as I ran into a room. Upon entering the room, the camera switched to a position facing Nero's face, so the direction I was holding caused him to move back into the hallway. Fortunately, I can only recall one moment throughout my twelve hours with the game when the troublesome camera actually affected combat, resulting in an enemy I had tossed off-screen rushing me without warning.
It's also worth noting that, despite the game's emphasis on lengthy in-engine cinematics--often running in the 2-3 minute range--such movies are only skippable and can not be paused. Fortunately, the cutscenes are worth watching, if just for their ludicrous over-the-top action, which, in true action-movie tradition, are filled with explosions, cleavage, and plenty of sword and gun play. The game also often uses cinematics to show players where to go next, but there are one or two moments where the visual cue isn't that helpful. In other words, just because you see a bridge extend doesn't mean you'll remember where it is--though such scenarios are rare.
Following the game's completion an additional difficulty level is unlocked, with additional increasingly-challenging modes available beyond that. Other replay-encouraging bits include a survival mode, in addition to a number of secret missions scattered throughout the normal stages--though, annoyingly, it's impossible to quit or restart a secret mission without failing it first.
It should also be mentioned that though Devil May Cry 4 may start out rather easy, even on the hardest setting available at the game's opening, the difficulty soon ratchets up to the franchise's traditional levels of frustrating controller-throwing defeats and countless retries.
Those looking to purchase the PlayStation 3 version should also be aware that the game mandates a 5GB install before it can be played, causing a delay of 15 to 20 minutes between first insertion of the disc and the actual gameplay. This has the benefit of reducing in-game load times to almost nothing, though the idea of a large mandatory installation for a console title is a bit worrying. Conversely, the Xbox 360 version doesn't require or even present an option for such an installation, though, as a result, its load times are just slightly longer.
Thankfully, all of the above complaints are relatively minor--temporary annoyances, not game-destroying issues. And that's good news, as everything else, everything the game does right, is so freaking good: the over-the-top action, the sheer enjoyment of impaling, the hilariously cheesy cinematics. Sure, it doesn't reinvent the genre, but then again it doesn't have to; I'm happy enough adding another top-notch action title to my library.
Devil May Cry 4 hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on February 5, with a PC release due out a little further down the line


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HD DVD, Blu-ray backers trumpet formats' victory
But which numbers really matter?
CES 2007 It's probably unwise for the companies behind the HD DVD next-generation optical disc format to talk to loudly about numbers. Last night, the HD DVD Promotion Group proudly claimed some 175,000 HD DVD players were sold in the US by 5 January this year. An impressive number for a totally new format, but one eclipsed by the 475,000 Blu-ray ready PlayStation 3s Sony sold in the period between the console's 17 November launch and Christmas Day.
Earlier yesterday evening, Sony said it had now shipped more than a million PS3s - the smaller figure comes from US retail market watcher NPD - and it was quick to point out that that means consumers have purchased more than 1m Blu-ray Disc players. Interestingly, no other BD backer has said how many players they have shipped, suggesting Sony has the lion's share.
Interestingly, its rival console maker, Microsoft, may account for the bulk of HD DVD player purchases with its Xbox 360-oriented external drive. In the US market, there are effectively three manufacturers of HD DVD machines: Toshiba, RCA and Microsoft. RCA's sales are unknown, but unlikely to be ahead of Microsoft or Toshiba. Ditto the number of notebooks and desktop PCs with built-in HD DVD drives. Yesterday, Toshiba said it had sold 60,000 HD DVD players in the US. Microsoft is likely to account for the bulk of the remaining 115,000.
What the HD DVD crowd can say, of course, is that every sale of an HD DVD device is a vote for the format. Even the Microsoft box is being sold as unit for playing pre-recording video content, whereas plenty of PS3 owners probably don't care what format the console's optical drive is as long as it can keep them well fed with games.
The HD DVD Promotion Group reckons every HD DVD player purchaser has also acquired, on average, 28 HD DVD movies, though some of those will have come via the bundle deals Toshiba, for one, has been pushing.
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) didn't provide an attachment rate this week. But when members talk of 10m BD players sold by 2008 and 70m discs shipped, that's just seven discs per player, a quarter of what the HD DVD Promotion Group claims for its format.
The HD DVD Promotion Group believes its members will together have shipped 2.5m players by the end of 2007, though that figure includes the 175,000 units that have been sold already. Again, Sony's response is to point to the PS3, which it yesterday said would be in 3m homes by the end of the year. On top of that are all the other players Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Philips and co may sell. Both Sony and Samsung this week announced second-generation players. So did Toshiba.
LG's new dual-format player will, of course, count for both HD DVD and BD hardware sales.
So how might the PS3 affect the outcome of the format war? The BDA cites a survey in conducted by talking to 10,000 US PS3 owners. It claims more than 80 per cent plan to buy movies on BD. A slightly smaller percentage, just over 75 per cent, said they plan to use their console as their prime device for watching movies.
This is the key constituency, and if it comes to pass, that's 750,000 PS3 owners who're going to back the BD movie format, compared to the 175,000 consumers who've committed themselves to HD DVD thus far. Even if each of those 175,000 go on to buy 28 discs, four times as many on average as the BD crowd, that still means, overall, 5.25m BDs will be sold to 4.9m HD DVDs.
Whether that ratio is maintained as both formats win further consumers through 2007 depends not only on Sony shipping plenty more PS3s, but also the BD player makers getting the price down to the point where their hardware is attractive to buy as either Toshiba's much cheaper HD DVD players or a PS3. Not every potential BD buyer wants a PS3, even for use solely as a movie playback device.
Price is HD DVD's key advantage, particularly when, in the UK, buyers will be able to pick up a Toshiba player for around £350 for three months while Sony gears up to ship the PS3 here. The reviews suggest the Toshiba machine makes a rather good DVD player for folk migrating to HD TVs, so you could see the ability to play next-gen discs simply as a bonus.
Still, with five of the eight major Hollywood studios supporting Blu-ray exclusively and only one taking the same single-format approach with HD DVD, it's hard to see how the latter format can compete as the market moves beyond the folk who'll stick with a preferred format no matter what to people who buy movies first, hardware second. ®
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Marianna- State officials said they've been losing almost $3 million a year in fines, because red light cameras have had trouble reading the raised letters and number on Florida license plates. They proposed a redesigned tag with a flat surface to correct the problem.
Jackson County Tax Collector Sherry Brown said redesigning the tags was not the issue. But, changes to tag distribution have had her and a united front of tax collectors from every county in the state up in arms.
Florida officials said requiring drivers to apply for their tags online, then mailing them customers could save the state a lot of money.
"The [Florida Tax Collectors Association] hired a group to do an analysis on the cost efficiency and if it would be good or not good to go through with the centralization. The state thought it would save a lot of money and [the firm] found out that it will not" Brown said.
Even so, the state appeared to be ready to move ahead with the plan. Brown said she thought the change would create a customer service nightmare.
"It's going to be, 'Well, I mailed it in but I didn't get my plates. What do I do?' Brown said of questions she would not have answers to. "[I would have to tell them] "'Well, I don't know what to do. There's an 800 number, you'll have to call it. I can't help you, I can't do anything.' Then they're going to get mad at us because we can't do anything and it's hard to explain to someone because they've done it forever."
But the Tax Collector community was not the only group upset over the possible changes.
"Sometimes we get some complicated issues with out of state titles and titles that's been transferred several times" said Hopkins Motors Owner, Eddie Hopkins. "And our tag office has been very helpful in straightening these things out. And I'm not sure if a service center in some big town way off would care to help us."
The cabinet said they would discuss the redesigned tag issue at their October 23rd meeting, but would not discuss centralize distribution.


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PGA Professionals and Golf Genius Software collaborated the last 12 months to create GolfLeagueGenius.com.
The software is the first web-based golf league software designed to reduce the time demands of golf league managers, while providing a fun and interactive experience for league members.
Among the things GolfLeagueGenius was created to help league managers for were to minimize time spent managing player rosters, pairings and event scheduling, tournaments and scoring, updating Handicap Indexes.
"With GolfLeagueGenius, league managers can have the best of both worlds. They receive a best-in-class, fully-functional league management system, plus the ability to support and enhance the community aspect of golf leagues with innovative social features that increase member engagement and participation," said Golf Genius Software CEO Mike Zisman.
Also included in the software is automatic updating of players handicap via GHIN and GolfNet, while league managers can update their season-long schedules in mere minutes.
GolfLeagueGenius.com members can also assist league managers by loading their scorers real-time into a smartphone app.


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Nipple, Casino, Duct Tape and Plastic
My husband made a pit stop at my parents after dropping me to work this morning. My mom asked him to run an errand while she kept our 12-week old. However, they did not have a bottle at the house to give the baby the bag of milk I had in their freezer. So....my dad improvised.
Apparently the duct tape wasn't tight enough, so they used my dad's casino lanyard to tighten it up. Great to know my kids are in good hands!
For the inquiring minds: The baby stays with the grandparents on the rare days where DH and my work days overlap. We live three miles from my parents house. I usually take bottles over there with a bottle cap and/or bags of breastmilk depending on how I stored my milk at the time. I leave the bottle nipples over there, as well as an emergency stash of milk for use when the baby is there. Being that hubby just wanted to let my parents see the baby on his way home from dropping me off and hadn't planned on being a lengthy visit, he just didn't bring the bottles.
looks like something my dad would do if the need arose!


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You know... it's really quite amazing at how much information isn't researched on the Internet. A couple of friends and I were talking about Blizzcon 2010 and trying to figure out who may or may not be going again this year. Keep in mind, there's no official date as of yet, but apparently BlizzPlanet did their research last week on the schedule of events at the Anaheim Convention Center. Wow.com picked up the story and ran with it, again using the same dates that BlizzPlanet did. And I'm sure there's at least a dozen other sites that have ran with this same information. (I'm a wee bit behind in my feed reader.)
So, per BlizzPlanet, the date will be August 20th and 21st, 2010. Okay... makes sense. The last scheduled date at the convention center is 8/13 and the next event is 8/26. Furthermore, Blizzcon was August 21st and 22nd in 2009. But what's wrong with October 22nd and 23rd? The last scheduled date there is 10/16 and the next one is 10/30. And Blizzcon 2008 was in October.
Now I'll give BlizzPlanet a break that maybe the Anaheim Convention Center changed their schedule from last week to this week. Web pages can change, so unless somebody got a screen shot, we'll never know what it was last week. And maybe Wow.com even did their on analysis on the Events Page as well... who knows.
But really, it's more fun to speculate, right? So, other possible dates: 11/12-11/13. (Which I think is probably too late in the year, but maybe I'm wrong.) Further trends: Each time they've done Blizzcon it's flipped between October and August. From Wikipedia: Blizzcon 2005: October. Blizzcon 2007: August. Blizzcon 2008: October. Blizzcon 2009: August. Blizzcon 2010: October? I'm not placing any bets, and I've got plenty of time to arrange my airline tickets. ;)
The experiences in World of Warcraft through the eyes of a player that can't spend 10 hours a day raiding.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
More Speculation for Blizzcon 2010
Posted by Leiandra on 1/13/2010 10:19:00 AM
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3 comments:
- Darraxus said...
I plan on going again this year. It was an awesome time last year.
- January 13, 2010 at 7:26 PM
I inclination not concur on it. I over warm-hearted post. Specially the designation attracted me to review the intact story.
- January 14, 2010 at 3:14 AM
- Leiandra said...
Yeah, we should figure out how to hook up, Darraxus.
As to the other comment... probably spam, but I'm leaving it because no links, and the odd grammar actually made me chuckle a little bit on the inside.
- January 14, 2010 at 7:02 AM
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Among the many facts Daisey fabricated, according to PRI, were the number of Foxconn factories he visited, the number of workers he spoke with, as well a major lie about meeting with a number of workers who claimed to have been poisoned by chemicals used on iPhone assembly lines."Daisey lied to me and to "This American Life" producer Brian Reed during the fact checking we did on the story, before it was broadcast," the show's host, Ira Glass, wrote in a blog post on Friday. "That doesn't excuse the fact that we never should've put this on the air. In the end, this was our mistake."
The retraction came even as consumers lined up Friday to buy Apple's latest iPad amid protests over its treatment of workers -- protests that did little to dampen sales.
Public debate rages on about working conditions inside of Foxconn's Chinese factories, which have for years been the subject of reports that employees endure long hours and unsafe working environment.


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We asked Dr Ken Bray, a senior visiting fellow in the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath in the UK, for some tips on taking the perfect football penalty. As a renowned sports scientist and theoretical physicist, Dr Bray has plenty of expertise in this area, and is author of the book How to Score: Science and the Beautiful Game published by Granta.
So: you've just been awarded a penalty kick and you're going to take it. Or your team has fought its way through to a shoot-out and your name's on the list of penalty takers. Anxious? You should be. You're about face one of the most testing physical and psychological encounters in sport. And no matter whether you play for your pub team or the national side, there are bound to be nerves. But as someone once said, it's not a question of having butterflies in the stomach but getting them all flying in formation.
What are the four key steps for success? Let's talk first about the shoot-out, which is generally more stressful than a normal penalty. Click through the slides above, where we begin in the centre circle: your turn has come, and you set off towards the goal.
Failing to prepare
It's many years since an England coach argued that practising penalties was unnecessary. Hone your technique by taking spot kicks after hard training sessions. Don't shoot at an empty net. It's important to have a goalie in place to achieve maximum realism.
Take a proper run-up
Don't take a single step back and imagine that you'll beat a wily goalkeeper by a nonchalant swing of your boot at the ball. Control of direction and pace of shot are vital and it's much easier to achieve the ideal combination from a short, purposeful run-up.
Never change your mind
Deliver the shot you've practised, the one you should be "imaging" before the ref blows his whistle for the kick. Why gamble with an unrehearsed shot? Worst of all is a decision to change tactics during the run-up itself: easily the most common cause of missed penalties in the coaching manual.


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Right to Carry Town Hall Meeting
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7:00 pm to 9 pm
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sponsored by IllinoisCarry.com
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Oh, and I'm not a whiskey person, either.
But this cake is in my top 3 cake recipes ever (fyi, number one being Betty Crocker Rainbow Chips, but that's another story). It's just so moist and delicious. The flavor of the whiskey, rich chocolate cake, and the crunch of the semi-sweet chocolate chips all work together so nicely. I think I love it so much because the cake has more of a dark, semi-sweet chocolate taste rather than a typical chocolate or milk chocolate-y taste. I really quite like dark chocolate.
So while I obviously like this cake, the real reason I make it is for my husband, Brad. He LOOOOVES it.
I started making this cake years ago, before we even got married. I think I remember finding the recipe in a magazine (not sure which one it was exactly).
Anyway, it's a winner. I used to make it every Christmas for the fam's get-together, but when we started hosting Christmas at our place and were already cooking so much and getting the house together, it sort of fell off the menu since it does take a bit of time to make from scratch.
The good news is that I actually found a version using store-bought cake mix and frosting which actually tastes JUST as good! I was skeptical, but I did try that version of the recipe out a while back and I could not tell the difference. I did modify the recipe a bit. I replaced a few ingredients and nixed the pecans, because neither Brad nor I are fans, and I think it's perfect!
Anyway, I still make this yummy treat for Brad for special occasions to surprise him. Most recently for Valentine's day! So since I got so many requests for the recipe on Instagram, here is my original version...
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature, cut into pieces
- 2/3 cup boiling water
- 1/3 cup whiskey
- 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 cans (16 oz/ each) chocolate frosting **you can make your own, but this is just as good and cuts a lot of time
- more mini semi-sweet chocolate chips for garnish
- 1 box (around 16 oz.) Betty Crocker "Super Moist" Devils Food Cake mix
- 1 cup buttermilk (I used low fat)
- 2/3 cup canola oil
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup whiskey (I added just a splash more, and used the Jack Daniel's "Tennessee Honey")
- 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 cans chocolate frosting
So that's my yuumy cake recipe!! I hope you guys love it if you make it! Let me know how it turns out!!


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Sample Treasury Regulation Certification for Submitting a Certified Security Concern to FAA
July 1, 2011
Sample Cover Letter for Certified Security Concern Filing
Note: Companies should specify in their letter the level of blocking they require, which is either by ASDI vendors or at the FAA source. In the event this is not specified, the FAA will block the aircraft at the FAA source. See www.nbaa.org/ops/security/barr/introduction/ for more information on the differences between these two options.
FAA Certified Security Concern
ATO System Operations Services
Room 1002
800 Independence Avenue, SW.
Washington, DC 20591
VIA EMAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com
Re: Company XYZ's Certified Security Concern
To whom it may concern:
In accordance with 76 FR 32258, Company XYZ (XYZ) respectfully requests continuous and uninterrupted blocking of certain aircraft data in the Aircraft Situation Display to Industry (ASDI) data feeds [OPTION 1: by the industry subscribers to the FAA's data feed][OPTION 2: at the FAA level]. The attached Certified Security Concern is intended to satisfy the regulatory requirements to continue blocking ASDI data related to XYZ aircraft.
Please contact us if you need more information to help process this request.
Sample Certified Security Concern
Note: Some companies may wish to include a brief description of threat information, but would be wise to limit disclosure to information that is available in the public domain. Sensitive information that would create a security risk should not be disclosed because any information provided to the FAA may become publicly-available through a FOIA request.
Certified Security Concern
In accordance with 76 FR 32258, which was published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2011 (the "Notice"), Company XYZ (XYZ) submits that a Certified Security Concern exists under the bona fide business-oriented security concern under Treasury Regulation 1.132-5(m) requirements defined in the Notice regarding the security of XYZ, its subsidiaries, as well as its aircraft, aircraft passengers, and employees. A third-party security study has been completed and is in effect in accordance with 26 C.F.R. section 1.132-5(m).
The XYZ aircraft subject to this Certified Security Concern are as follows: N1234A, N5678B, N4321Z. Therefore, XYZ respectfully requests the FAA to continue the uninterrupted services of blocking the aircraft identification numbers from release [OPTION 1: by the industry subscribers to the FAA's data feed][OPTION 2: at the FAA level].
On [DATE SUBMITTED], I do certify and affirm that the above statements are true and correct.


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Silvio J. Martini
Silvio J. Martini, 88, of 1603 Bucktail Rd., St. Marys, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at the Elk Regional Health Center after a lengthy illness. He was born Dec. 17, 1923, in Brandy Camp, son of the late John and Angeline Pettite Martini. On Aug. 13, 1946, in the St. Joseph's Church in Force, he married Betty R. Cashmer, who preceded him in death on May 20, 2009. He was a lifelong resident of the area and was a graduate of Brandy Camp schools. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He was a retired employee of the Stackpole Corp., retiring in 1986 after 46 years of service. He was a member of the Queen of the World Church, a former member of the St. Marys Servicemen's Burial Detail, and he enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is survived by two sons, Kevin J. Martini (Loretta) of St. Marys and Roger A. Martini (Barbara) of St. Marys; four grandchildren, Lisa Ehrensberger, Roger Martini Jr., Christopher Martini, and Vanessa Martini; four great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; a sister, Edith Shadick (Ray) of Orange, Fla.; and four brothers, Mario Martini (Eleanor) of Kersey, Guido Martini (Anna Mae) of Kersey, John Martini (Marian) of Brockway, and George Martini of Rochester, N.Y.Besides his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Tammy Pichler; and by a brother, Joseph Martini. Family and friends of Silvio J. Martini are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated in the Queen of the World Church on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 12 p.m. with the Rev. Michael Ferrick, pastor, officiating. Full military rites will be accorded by the St. Marys Servicemen's Burial Detail. Burial will follow in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.There will be no visitation.Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Queen of the World Church, 134 Queens Rd., St. Marys, PA 15857. The Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be offered at www.lynch-radkowski.com.


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"This is good for the bottom line. That's good for AmeriKKKa!"
My Quote Chain:
"Ah, this is obviously some strange use of the word "safe" that I wasn't previously aware of."
--Arthur Dent
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
--Thomas Paine
"In the 1980s capitalism triumphed over communism. In the 1990s it triumphed over democracy."
--David Korten
You feel a whole lot more like you do now than you did when you used to.
Section 802(a) provides:
(4) the assistance alleged to have been provided . . . was --
(B) the subject of a written request or directive . . . indicating that the activity was
"If the PRESIDENT does it!" [google.com]
It was my hope that the article would be posted in time for people to contact their representatives, but also, the scumbags passed the bill [washingtonpost.com] at just about the same time that this article made the front page of
WaPo is more Psyop garbage. Like reading PRAVDA in 1976.
How do you "compromise" to allow violations of 4th amendment protection?
That's what I've been trying to figure out. What the telcos were doing was illegal when they did it. Granting immunity, on the hopes that they'll know it's illegal and behave better next time is asinine.
They were well aware that they weren't being provided appropriate paperwork the last time otherwise, they'd be itching to have their day in court. Letting them off the hook for what was obviously illegal is hardly teaching them a lesson for the future.
Really, what ought to happen is the people at the top making the decision to comply with the illegal orders should go to prison.
In the military, we are given a class during basic training on how to respond to superiors who give illegal orders.
Examples are given of what constitutes and illegal order, and what the proper phrasing of the response should be. Granted, you will probably end up at some kind of punitive action review, if not full court-martial for disobeying or refusing to obey a superior officer, yet, you have your out. However, if enough evidence or witnesses are available to show that the order that was given was in fact illegal, then the superior who gave said order is brought up on charges. At least that's the way it's supposed to work.
Now, if all the telcos that did this activity, were to show that they were authorized or requested by the president to do this illegal activity then wouldn't that potentially be fuel for the fire to have criminal charges brought against the President? ie - add to the charges of impeachment?
Regardless of his reasoning, committing an illegal act is still committing an illegal act, and 9/11 did not change the constitution.
From reading almost everything out there on this subject - the best item to date is the legal deposition [eff.org] filed by the expert witness on behalf of the EFF (F. Scott Marcus) which is indicative of a substantially large Narus box network at AT&T and other telecoms. (Most probably extant in at least 20 cities throughout America.
This provides the Bush Crime Family with an awesome capacity to spy on everyone for both financial intelligence and political intelligence and election-rigging (along with the exis
authorized by the President during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on January 17, 2007 and
Good Christ, are you serious? If that isn't clear evidence that something shady was going on during that period, I don't know what is...
It's pretty simple. They have to pass this bill. Otherwise the telcos will roll the administration in court to prevent losing the cases.
It will reveal that a lot of things were done to put a lot of money into the hands of a few people. And the bottom line is that we need to take that money back, since it was obtained dishonestly.
However, it's been part of the game as long as governments/businesses have been around to declare war and game the system. The problem is that they infringed upon rights, they b
Four More Fears! [wikimedia.org]
No implication that you are.
Searching on "It's not illegal when the President does it" turned this image up. There's a gestalt realisation for the people of the US in the image.
Mussolini never said nor wrote that, nor did Giovani Gentile, so I'm not sure where this quote comes from.
Likewise, in Italian Fascism, "corporation" means a vertical trade union, like a syndicate, and is akin to guild socialism. The people at the top of the corporation are the "masters" and the people at the bottom are the "apprentices" with varying levels of competancy in between.
Votes for the Chamber of Deputies are then done by occupation -- so the transportation syndicate is comprised of airline and rail workers, for instance. They then vote for members to represent them in the parliament.
Only people who are experts in their field craft laws and regulations, which are then given to approval. The "dictator" then has ultimate responsibility to carry it out.
Frankly, it sounds a hell of a lot better than our current popularity contest that leads to lawyers from dairy country trying to pass laws regarded IT policy, for instance.
Not that I'm a fascist, I just read everything about them I could get out of my university library 'cause i didn't have tv.
Well regulated markets work the best. Without regulation, you cannot assign cost to environmental damage, or prevent greed from wrecking society. Hierarchies will always get top heavy with power and corruption. If that hierarchy is in a corporation, there's nothing the public can do about it. If they are in a functioning democracy, at least the public can vote corruption out during the next election cycle.
So, a healthy but limited government keeping corporate power in check will yield many of the benefits of capitalism. I think in order to do this we need to introduce the separation of business and state.
Public officials should not be allowed to seek employment after their service with any firm that does business with the government. If you don't like it, don't run for office. You're running because you want to participate as a proud citizen of our democracy, not so you can enjoy power and kickbacks. Right?
Corruption only becomes a concern to the public when it is backed by force, something which only the government can apply.
And that official will be replaced by another corrupt official. As long as the government is able to manipulate the economy, individuals and businesses will flock to them to get manipulation in their favor (otherwise they risk seeing unfavorable legislation forced against them).
The problem is that even if the state cannot manipulate the market, there will still be business interests attempting to manipulate the government to effectively enforce said business's
monopoly. You do correctly identify the end problem though being the state. The state must not be corruptible, or corporations will work tirelessly to corrupt it. It is as simple as that.
And please do note that the state does not have a monopoly on force. Physical force, sure, but sufficiently large corporations have a surprising amount of market force, which can sometimes be just as effective as physical force.
(Consider a cabal of the worlds largest 30 or so corporations, and how they would be able to manipulate completely unregulated markets if no general regulation (such as anti-trust laws) were also present.).
Properly working regulation may keep corporations in check, but it still requires a state that the businesses really cannot corrupt. So the state is to blame for being corruptible, but the corporations are to blame for exploiting that fact. End result though is that the state needs to change.
I wanted to add this before I responded: I am thinking in the context of a real democracy, not America. In my opinion, it's a fascist state nearly beyond repair.
That is not capitalism, but corporatism.
Which, again, is the end result of free market capitalism, because people are and always will be greedy and corrupt. Corporations get so large that they hold power to coerce government, so it matters very little that they can't use guns to enforce their will. They use lawyers and politicians instead, who do have access to them.
What is this based on? Do you have any supporting evidence that "greed wrecks society", or should we just accept what you say?
Without a law, expla
Don't know much history, do you? Unless it's just a vocabulary problem and by "antithesis" you meant "epitome."Corrupt government officials passing legislation favoring corrupt companies is the antithesis of capitalism.
You forgot the most important quote that should be on your chain:
"Any government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you've got." - attributed to Thomas Jefferson
To translate for those hard of reason: "Any government big enough to redistribute the fruits of other people's labor to YOU by force, is big enough to take everything it wants from you, also by force. It is also big enough to run your life, and kill you or enslave you on a whim or a trumped up charge. It can also watch you and make a panopticon of your daily life. And you will like it, and clamor for it to change only enough that you won't notice the ubiquity of the abuses. Yes indeed, you will... like it." - Me
"Any government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you've got." - attributed to Thomas Jefferson
Doesn't sound anything like him. Mark Twain perhaps.
Thing is, most of the "smaller government" people want government out of the places they want their private craven, corrupt, superstituous, hateful ideologies to rule instead. They consider it "judicial activism" when the courts say that government should stay out of proscriptive definitions of marriage, for example.
As far as I'm concerned, every single member of Congress who votes in favor of this bill is guilty of treason.
Which is satisfactory evidence that you do not know the definition of the word in United States law. Start with the Constitution [archives.gov]--article III, section 3.
This is a monumentally stupid move, and (IMO, IANAL) illegal, but it is not "treason."
Then the definition of 'treason' needs to change.
What, you--a "technolibertarian," whatever that is--wants the government to do something for you? That's called hypocrisy where I come from, but maybe "technolibertarians" use language differently from normal people.
Treason is defined as it is in the Constitution precisely to prevent the "conviction by whim" that you seem to propose.
That's fine, but are you going to do something about it or just bitch online? You yanks always make a big deal about your right to keep and bear arms. Well, that right isn't worth much if once in a while you don't start actually putting bullets through the brains of those treasonous authoritarian fucks.
The reason us "Yanks" still have that right is because we're intelligent enough to use it only as our last option. Apparently you are in a hurry to use violence at every opportunity. Maybe it's why your rulers didn't see fit to give you that right.
Maybe it's why your rulers didn't see fit to give you that right.
Rights aren't granted by government, they're taken away. Rights exist in the absence of government.
Which is to say that "his rulers" saw fit to strip their citizens of that right.
Well if Glenn Greenwald said it, I agree with him. Glenn is always right and he's very smart and has LOADS of integrity. Yay Glenn!
Not a sock-puppet.
You all talk here and you leave out streets and the congressmen.
I bet a month's salary (to be donated to ACLU) that the bill WILL pass.
Because none of you guys protested like your dads and moms did during Vietnam War.
Sitting on your collective asses will not achieve anything.
God save you guys from your president.
They don't have the right. The constitution actually forbids it.
The US (and other) gov. has been endorsing and even encouraging this for years. Look at Echelon, Carnivore, etc., etc.
I've been writing and calling my Congressman, Elliot Engel, on this issue for months. Yesterday I received an email from his staff stating he was happy to tell me there was no telecom immunity as of the March FISA vote. Upset that this completely neglected to mention how he planned to vote on this bill today, I called his office. The staffer said she'd never heard of FISA or telecom immunity. I called a different office, and they said they didn't know where he stood on the issue but they'd be happy to call me back once he voted. Talk about a joke. This has really been eye-opening to me.
"Just remember who voted for this when elections come up."
We're talking about Congress here. They have a better chance of dying of old age and/or indicted than of being voted out of office.
"Maybe one of them will impress / surprise us. Let's watch."
Nah, they'll be too busy campaigning to show up to vote.
"Obama and McCain are members of the Senate, which voted on this issue months ago."
On a completely different bill, S. 2248, which passed the Senate but was defeated in the House. This is H.R. 6304, being hailed and endorsed by House and Senate leaders in both parties as a great compromise.
"For the short-memoried among us, Obama opposes telecom immunity, and McCain supports it."
If the House can change its mind so drastically in four months, why not these men?
On both sides of the isle. Both parties have lost their way and are now off in despotic cuckoo-land. Whatever we have become, if they have their way we will certainly be no Republic any longer. The only option is to boot every damn representative who votes for this bill regardless of party. They clearly do not represent a constitution of a nation ruled by laws and not men.
I say we start with Representatives Pelosi, Hoyer, and Bond.
As a Canadian, I have come to expect the worst from the US Government in most cases, and in most cases it has failed to disappoint. I sincerely hope your representatives listen and this bill is defeated, but I expect it will pass with flying colours. After all the US has "the best government money can buy"
Whatever happens down there south of the border, we can expect the Tories to enact similar legislation up here sooner or later. Finlandization is well underway, sadly...
Heck, we should tar and feather them anyway...every presidential candidate should learn what it feels like before they reach that office.
Hazing, as such, is generally seen as bad, not legal, and one of those things you are not supposed to do but in this case, I agree.
I think starting their term with 30 days in county jail, and a required 30 days service year in any of the lower ranked civil service jobs available in any district. Yes, that was 6 work weeks. It might help them stay just a little more humble and in tune with the people that they are representing. If you have to eat your PB&J with joey who has three kids and a mortgage, an
Sounds like anti-American terrorist talk to me, attempting to incite/support violence against a standing congressman.
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As the new de facto leader of the Democratic Party, and as a Senator, Barack Obama could stop this with a word. What will he say ? Will he stand up for liberty ? Or betray it before he even gets elected ?
He made a statement against retroactive legal immunity [senate.gov] for telecommunications companies in an earlier FISA bill.
On the other hand, McCain seems to grow closer to Bush every day.
No, that's a really *really* good idea, actually. And I'd advise you to tell the people you know about the stunt he/she pulled.
Interesting that Ron Paul didn't bother to vote.
he's alive and well. in spirit, at least.
didn't FISA come from nixon era wiretapping?
so all the 'progress' we made since the nixon days has been overturned.
so, would that make bush the 'new nixon'?
Now they can be subpoenaed as a material witness against the Executive, and they'll enjoy far less protections against their having to produce evidence. No fifth amendment protections for one, since it couldn't incriminate them.
Not that this will actually happen, but it's a nice fantasy.
I think we need a constitutional amendment. It should read:
"Any bill that comes before the Congress to be passed into law must be able to be summarized accurately and without loss of detail into 50 words or less. Once this is accomplished, the original multi-thousand page document shall be thrown out, and the 50-word summary presented for passage into law."
And perhaps another one:
"Anyone who attempts to add text to a bill that is completely at odds with or irrelevant to the bill's title shall be considered guilty of treason and put to death immediately in as brutal a way as possible."
I'm glad to see this finally happen.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll437.xml [house.gov]
Yes, I'm kharma whoring.
Comfortably provided. It's at http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll437.xml [house.gov]
Check the names under "Yeahs" and you know who is the worst enemy of democracy and freedom in the United States of America.
Granted, so far it's "only" about illegal wiretaps against U.S. citizens. But essentially this says "If the PotUS says 'do task A for me', then the company that does task A cannot and will not be held liable, even if it breaks the law."
So far that task has been (and might still be) "spy on U.S. citizens"
What's to stop the next task from being "rough up U.S. citizens who mouth off against the government"? Or "kill U.S. citizens who are a pain in the ass"?
Sure, that's a big slippery slope, but then again, I'm sure if you went back to say
Obama Officially Supports This [talkingpointsmemo.com]
He seems to view giving retroactive immunity to corporations for horrendous violations of US law and the constitution as something "disagreeable but potentially acceptable".
I think i'm going to vote for Mccain. I'm left by canadian standards, but my position means jack if the candidate lies to you. Mccain is honest.
I know he doesn't give a flying crap about me and is in bed with corporations. I know what to expect from him.
Okay, I like Obama's stance on a lot of the issues, but this is just retarded.
"Under this compromise legislation, an important tool in the fight against terrorism will continue, but the President's illegal program of warrantless surveillance will be over. It restores FISA and existing criminal wiretap statutes as the exclusive means to conduct surveillance - making it clear that the President cannot circumvent the law and disregard the civil liberties of the American people."
So Bush's wire taps were illegal, meaning they were/are in violation of existing laws. So we're going to make a NEW law that makes it illegal for Bush to break the existing law?
He already broke the law, why would he care about breaking the law that would prevent him from breaking the law?!!?
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Hi..im 19 and im pregnant...i just need advice about women {any ages }who have experienced domestic violence....im so in love with my boyfriend and im 7 months pregnant with our son ...but i keep having flashbacks about before i was pregnant and my boyfriend would abuse me pretty bad...he stopped when i got pregnant..except for the one day i brought back the 6 week ultrasound...idk why but he threw me on the floor choked me and tried to kill me and our baby..this was back when i was 6 weeks though i was 18 at the time...and he made me lay on the floor...i KEEP having flashbacks about this night and i cant understand why.he stopped doing this to me,,and i dont want to keep thinking about it because i dont want to stress my baby...it just randomly sneaks up on me and i often cry when i think about it...can someone please help me...how can i stop my flashbacks???
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I would leave him, what if he does that to your child?! After you leave get counseling! I hope everything works out for the best!
thanks to you both...i will definitely look into counseling
He just randomly tried to kill you AND his unborn child? Pathetic.
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The 2011 General Assembly session ended on July 1. This session was full of activity as the RICADV fought to preserve our remaining state funding for the services provided by our six member agencies while simultaneously pursuing a powerful legislative agenda aimed at protecting the lives of Rhode Island victims of domestic violence.
While the session ended with the RICADV and its member agencies facing a 10% cut in state funding, our legislative agenda received broad-based support resulting in successful passage of a bill to make cyberstalking a domestic violence crime and the House and Senate passage of legislation to make strangulation assaults a felony.
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Rhode Island human service agencies have been deeply impacted during these difficult economic times by significant funding cuts, specifically cuts to the state Community Service Grants. For the RICADV's six member agencies, these cuts have meant a 60% loss in funding since 2006 to two major programs: the Court Advocacy Program and Children Who Witness Program.
This year funding continued to decline, as the General Assembly cut the funding for these programs by an additional 10%. This means that our Court Advocacy Program, which last year saw a rise of 7% in domestic violence criminal cases and almost 5% in restraining orders, will face additional loss.
This news was unfortunate, as the RICADV and its member agencies may be forced to make adjustments in programs in order to absorb this additional funding decline.
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Last year, Rhode Island saw the loss of 13 lives to domestic violence, the highest ever on record. When the General Assembly session opened in January, the RICADV launched a legislative platform designed to strengthen Rhode Island laws by providing the criminal justice system with further tools to prevent relationships from escalating to this level of violence.
In late May 2011, the Rhode Island General Assembly enacted RICADV's first legislative priority, a bill which adds the charge of Cyberstalking to the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
The passage of this bill (H.5264-Coderre /S.334-Goodwin) allows a charge of cyberstalking or cyberharassment to be prosecuted as a domestic violence offense, which affords a victim of domestic violence enhanced protections including an automatic no-contact order issued upon arrest and the assistance of a victim advocate. The use of technology in abusive relationships to intimate and threaten is increasing rapidly. The enactment of this law will ensure that Rhode Island domestic violence laws keep up with this increase.
After passing the Senate unanimously and the House by a vote of 67-1, Governor Chaffee signed this bill into law on June 15, 2011.
The RICADV would like to thank the General Assembly leadership and supporters and to extend a special thanks to our longstanding champions on domestic violence issues, Senator Maryellen Goodwin and House Speaker Pro Tempore Elaine Coderre for their sponsorship of this legislation.
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The second 2011 RICADV legislative priority was a bill to make an assault where the victim is strangled a felony. Unfortunately this bill was not enacted into law this session.
This legislation (H.5087-DaSilva /S.217-DeVall) addresses one of the top domestic violence lethality factors, as strangulation assaults are a sign of increasing violence in a relationship. A domestic violence victim who has been strangled at some point in the relationship is nine times more likely to be killed. Despite their lethal nature, Rhode Island law currently charges these offenses as misdemeanor simple assaults.
The Rhode Island Senate passed the Senate version unanimously and the House of Representatives passed the House version by a vote of 59-11. Unfortunately, the General Assembly did not pass reconciliation language before the close of the 2011 session, so that the bill did not become a law this year.
Enactment would be an important step toward decreasing the number of domestic violence fatalities in Rhode Island. Looking forward, the RICADV will build off of this year's success in the House and Senate and place this legislation as a top priority next year in an effort to turn this bill into law.
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The final bill in the RICADV's "Protecting Lives" campaign would clarify provisions in the Domestic Violence Prevention Act by calling for enhanced penalties for repeat domestic violence petty misdemeanor charges. This bill did not pass this year.
This bill (H.5261-Coderre /S.70-Crowley) aims to capture the domestic violence cycle of abuse by holding abusers accountable for their repeat actions and threatening behavior. Domestic disorderly conduct, the most prevalent domestic violence petty misdemeanor, was the second most common charge last year with over 2,000 charges, a 13% increase from 2009. This increase has been consistent and the number of charges has doubled in the last five years.
The Clarification Bill was heard successfully in both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and had heavy support in both chambers. Passage of this bill is an important step toward strengthening the Rhode Island domestic violence laws. Looking forward, this legislation will continue to be a priority and the RICADV plans to work with our allies over the summer and fall to build on the existing support in the General Assembly for this bill.
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Since the release of its report Safety for Children in 2010, the RICADV and its taskforce of survivors, SOAR, have been working on the report's recommendations to make the Rhode Island custody and visitation system safer for victims of domestic violence and their children.
One of the recommendations in the report is to recommend changes to the Rhode Island General Laws to create clear custody standards and guidelines to be followed in domestic violence cases.
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Instead the dagger belonged to Aztecs senior guard Chase Tapley, who spoiled a furious second-half rally by CSU with a dominant overtime performance.
Tapley scored 12 of his 19 points in the extra period, sending the Aztecs to a wild 79-72 victory at Viejas Arena in the Rams' Mountain West opener.
"You've got to get stops; we couldn't stop Tapley," said CSU coach Larry Eustachy, whose team snapped a seven-game win streak. "We just didn't make the plays, and I'm not used to it."
The 16th-ranked Aztecs came out on fire, making 8 of their first 12 attempts from the 3-point line to put the Rams in early hole. SDSU (14-2, 2-0) added two more 3s before halftime, taking a 41-23 lead at the break.
But the Rams (13-3, 0-1) were able to respond in the second half, starting the frame on a 17-4 run over the first eight minutes to climb back in it, as Colton Iverson's free throw at 14:37 cut it to 45-40.
Senior guard Wes Eikmeier then led a late charge in the final seven minutes, capped by a jumper with 1:45 to play that tied it at 61-all. Eikmeier scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half, a frame in which the Rams outscored the Aztecs 40-22.
A free throw each by Xavier Thames and James Rahon put SDSU back up two in the final two minutes before CSU was able to send it to overtime thanks to an offensive rebound and follow by Colton Iverson with 15 seconds left to tie it at 63-all.
On the ensuing possession Jamaal Franklin -- who led all scorers with 23 points -- missed a 3 at the buzzer.
Iverson made a pair of free throws to open the scoring in overtime, but that's when Tapley took over, halting CSU's bid for its first road win over a ranked team since 1989.
"We have to change the culture here at Colorado State; we have to change the culture," Eustachy said. "I'm not sure if the players expected to come out here and win or not, but not being able to finish off the game is not how we're going to do it. We're used to it, this is what we've accepted, and it's not longer acceptable."
The Rams lost out on a golden opportunity to pick up a huge win to add to its NCAA Tournament resume, one in which currently lacks a victory over an RPI top 50 team.
"On the road you're not going to get the calls, it's not going to be easy, but players just have to make plays at the end of the day," said Eikmeier, whose team hosts Air Force on Wednesday. "We got to have some toughness to buckle down and make the plays to win the game; they did and we didn't."
No. 16 San Diego St. 79,
Colorado St. 72, OT COLORADO ST. (13-3)
Hornung 3-6 0-0 7, G. Smith 3-10 1-2 8, Iverson 5-11 8-12 18, Eikmeier 8-21 3-3 22, Green 1-9 0-2 2, Bejarano 6-14 0-0 13, Octeus 1-3 0-0 2, De Ciman 0-0 0-0 0, Santo 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-75 12-19 72.
O'Brien 4-6 1-1 9, Stephens 0-0 2-2 2, Thames 3-11 5-6 14, J. Franklin 6-19 6-8 23, Tapley 7-14 2-2 19, Spencer 0-1 0-0 0, Rahon 3-6 1-2 8, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Shepard 1-5 1-4 4. Totals 24-62 18-25 79.
Halftime -- San Diego St. 41-23. End Of Regulation--Tied 63. 3-Point Goals -- Colorado St. 6-22 (Eikmeier 3-7, Hornung 1-2, G. Smith 1-4, Bejarano 1-6, Green 0-3), San Diego St. 13-29 (J. Franklin 5-12, Thames 3-5, Tapley 3-7, Shepard 1-2, Rahon 1-3). Fouled Out -- Stephens. Rebounds -- Colorado St. 54 (Hornung 14), San Diego St. 38 (O'Brien 10). Assists -- Colorado St. 9 (Hornung 4), San Diego St. 14 (O'Brien, Tapley 3). Total Fouls -- Colorado St. 16, San Diego St. 15. A -- 12,414.