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Then maybe I will go out to see Square's FF movie and not feel bad that I am supporting these jerks.
Hear, hear. Where I live (Denmark) we have had this for some time. And it is not just petty pennies:
Today, if you need a blank tape it is cheaper to buy a VCR tape with a movie on it and erase it than to buy a blank tape.
And now that CD-R have become popular, blankmedia taxes for that is coming too. So how much is this going to cost when it starts in april this year? About US$0.54 for one blank 80 min. CD-R media. This tax is going to rise with the general inflation, with no connection to the actual price of the media.
And who gets this tax? Our government doesn't see a dime. It is all given to Copy-Dan [copydan.dk], an private organization that is supposed to redistribute this money to copyright holders.
Now to the real issue. If you buy a book, you can include a passage in a review or an academic article without prior permission. If you buy a protected DVD, it is currently illegal for you to include a passage in a review or an article. If you buy a book, you can type it into your computer to facilitate automatic searches. If you buy a protected DVD, it is currently illegal for you to decode it through your computer to facilitate automatic searches. If a book (or magazine) has ads interspersed with the content, you can cut them out. If a DVD includes ads, it is currently illegal to remove or bypass them. With a book, it's fair use. With a DVD, it's illegal.
The core question is control. The industry believes its pocketbook relies on controlling what you can and cannot do with a DVD. Many artists also feel they have exclusive rights to control what you can and cannot do with their work. Traditionally in the US, the majority of the control has rested with the citizen who purchased the work (now solely referred to as a consumer, go fig). In many people's eyes, this makes sense. The citizen is the one who paid money for the work. The citizen is the one with the physical medium holding the work. Some control was traditionally reserved for the artist, who then gave it all to the publishing industry. This was to allow the artist to recoup costs and make a bit of money to start the next work. Now it's used by the publishing / recording industry to pay for expensive offices and little, fake statuettes. A bit is used to take risks on ``the next big thing.'' These risks almost never pay off, so they are rarely made. (The next big thing almost always comes from outside the traditional publishing industry.)
This changed with a little bill known as the Millennium Digital Copyright Act. The citizens' representatives gave citizens a big ol' middle finger and ate very well at meals bought by the publishing industry. Now the publishing industry gets to tell you how many minutes of commercials you must watch, and they get to determine which reviews are allowed and which are not. Of course, they swear up and down that they'll never use those powers. Then they turn around and sue people who have produced technology to return fair-use rights to the citizens. There are no balances to the powers granted by the DMCA. They will be abused. Many would claim that they are being abused.
That's a little bit on why this is moral and should be legal. Others can fill in more details.
I disagree. If anything Kaplan's decision shows a quite different but an even more severe problem: corruption. Didn't you know that Kaplan used to work for MPAA?
CSS is designed to prevent copyright infringement, but the Court held that publishing DeCSS was illegal even when no infringement had occurred and despite the fact that it was being used for legitimate, even constitutionally protected purposes.
I am disappointed by this sentence from EFF. The problem is with the "CSS is designed to prevent copyright infringement" part and it just shows that MPAA has actually gotten EFF itself to think it their terms.
CSS is not designed to prevent copyright infringement. CSS is designed to prevent copying. (The fact that it doesn't work is a whole other topic...)
If I can take an invention that accomplishes an easy-to-understand low-level specific, and claim that its purpose is to achieve a particular high-level goal (which is one among many of the high-level effects), then I can get away with all kinds of amazing lies. For example: a gun is a medical instrument. (Rationale: you can use a gun to euthanize an infected patient so that they don't infect other people.)
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
Thanks to Google and http://www.cp-tel.net/miller/BilLee/quotes/Frankl
Even better - IIRC, it was actually to fulfill a condition in an international treaty, part of the GATT round. This means that even if the US Congress wanted to reverse the change, they'd have to either renegotiate the treaty or break their word to the other countries.
That said, most academics aren't too worried about copyright as such. Leaving aside the fact that most of them own copyrights themselves, they have book-buying allowances and institutional libraries to help them get over the cost of getting access to copyrighted material. Copyright powers are sometimes used to mess them about, but it's traditionally been the relatives of dead authors and public figures who usually do it, not professional publishers. The combination of fair use, financial support, and reasonable behaviour by copyright holders means that the status quo is acceptable to them, even if it does cost them large amounts of money. Take away fair use (and reasonable behaviour) and it would be a very different story.
Also, as I recall, there was actual testimony in the DeCSS case where some MPAA drone admitted that because of the DMCA, using video clips of a movie on VHS in an academic paper would be legal, while video clips taken from a DVD would not..
That's why I'm so surprised that the EFF wasn't able (or willing?) to get a single historian or someone similar into its long line of witnesses, to explain how his profession would be affected, just as (damn, forgotten his name right now) did so well for computer science. Even just to have someone like that in the line-up would go a long way to counteracting the preception that this was an issue that only "hackers" (by the media definition) and computer nerds cared about.
The DMCA, as it stands now interpreted by "judge" Kaplan would seem to prevent ANY academic use of digital media....
Kaplan is a legitimate US federal judge, whether or not we agree with his ruling or think he's a good judge. Having to live with the possibility of bad verdicts is one price we pay for living under the rule of law, rather than the rule of might (read: dictatorship or bloody anarchy). Sorry to get up on my high-horse about that, it's just too important to let pass.
These academics need access to old data, really any old data, the more the better - even the most boring or transient stuff could be extremely useful to somebody sometime. In the nineteenth century (for instance), most records went onto paper. Paper is a surprisingly durable storage medium over the long run. By contrast, we in the later twentieth century create much more data, but increasingly it gets put in formats that may well be unreadable ("dead media") in 20, never mind 200 years' time. The data may have degraded beyond recovery by the time researchers come back to it, even assuming that they can still get a working media player to read it. Or take the celebrated case of the US federal housing data, stored on paper tape or something some decades back. (I'm afraid I can't remember details, and I'm in a hurry to get this posted). There are historians, sociologists, economists, social geographers and others who would kill to get the chance to sift through it. They may never get the chance, for while the data has been well preserved, and physically reading it isn't a problem, nobody knows what the data format is anymore!
For these reasons, these academics have mixed feelings about the increasing computerisation of our data. Now we throw in the DVDCCA's licence control, soon , it seems, to be followed by similar locks on recorded music and even electronic texts. If you think these restrictions are going to make academics' lives hard today, just wait 40 years or so. Getting working media readers and transferring the data onto new media for safekeeping might now be not only impossible but actually illegal. Who will be holding the DVD licences in two generations or more's time? Will it even be clear who holds them? Who would care to bet that they'll feel like helping out academics as a public service, instead of, say, shaking them down royally for every disk they save, possibly even pushing some ideological agenda in dictating what can be saved, or God knows what?
Clearly, every half-decent humanities and social science department in the USA and beyond should be up in arms by now. They're very obviously not, and I'm reasonably sure that it's because they are still largely unaware of the DMCA threat. My father is a full-time professional historian, a member of the American Historical Association and a subscriber to their journal. The first he heard of the DVDCCA and the DMCA was from me. The word isn't getting out to these people. It's all very well for the EFF to have a very popular website, but if it can't reach what should be a huge grassroots support base, it's just not functioning well as a pressure group.
We can't afford not to pick up allies like this in such an important fight, not when we're up against hugely powerful organisations like the DVDCCA and MPAA. Fortunately, it's easy to make a start. If you have the ear of a non-science academic, take the next chance you have to bring them up to speed on what the DMCA will mean, not just for video but soon for audio and texts as well, and encourage them to spread the message to their peers.
Likewise, the right to play legally purchased DVDs on legally purchased hardware may not seem important on its own, but in the current historical context, and in the context it will be seen 20 years from now, this small freedom represents the ability of consumers to buy technology and use it in their own homes as they see fit, without needing to seek approval from cartels. And its effect on copyright represents the right of the consumer to have access to their own culture without the interference of racketeering middlemen.
If the MPAA et al are allowed to wield technology AND the law to impose a draconian copyright scheme on the consumer, what's to prevent them from claiming copyright to works you create with their "licensed" camcorder? The "market" won't save you if they all act together.
Boss of nothin. Big deal.
Son, go get daddy's hard plastic eyes.
Beside don't you think the RIAA has members that are based outside the US that are funding its operations?
I can't get tax relief donating to a US entity (I'm an EU citizen...from Ireland), so is their any other means by which I can maximise the effectiveness of my few ?
Electronic Frontier Ireland [www.efi.ie] is probably worth looking into, then. Perhaps you can get a tax break by donating to them? I don't know how active they are, but it can't hurt to send them a note and ask if they have suggestions.
You can also still donate to the EFF [eff.org], you just won't get the tax break. (Though at least in the US tax law, if you're poor, you generally want to just take the "standard deduction" anyway, which means you wouldn't get a tax break for charitable donations.)
I would like to support the EFF, but I am a guest in the US (non-resident alien), and as such have reservations about participating in the American political process.
First off, as a 501(c)3 the EFF can't do as much lobbying as a "real" political action group, so contributions are not considered campaign/political donations.
Second, the MPAA doesn't seem to care if you're a US citizen or not; just ask Jon Johansen!
The DVD issue at hand is a worldwide issue. (CSS exists to enforce region codes, among other things.) The fight happens to be taking place in the US, but that doesn't mean it's not going to affect the rest of the world...so affect it right back.
Don't forget to join and support the EFF [eff.org]. The MPAA has plenty of money from selling all those VHS tapes, DVDs, movie tickets, etc. The EFF only has what we can give it.
Broke? Student/low income membership is $20. That's what, three pizzas from the cheap pizza parlor? Two CDs? A month of saving a buck a day by skipping that vending machine soda every weekday....
Not broke? Got stock that is still worth more than you paid for it at the IPO? Need a tax deduction? They're a registered nonprofit.
Lazy? They take Visa and Mastercard [eff.org], American Express [eff.org], PayPal [eff.org], and a bunch of other options. If you'll shop online for your music, books, games, hardware...how about shopping online for your rights?
(And see if your employer might match your donation [eff.org].)
Not so. The copyright industry invariably claims its abuses are required by the WIPO. Members of Congress apparently don't bother to read the treaty, and rubber-stamp whatever absurd legislation passes their way.
It reminds me of the 'de facto declaration of war' on North Vietnam in order to uphold the South's independence as guaranteed by the Geneva Accords. Even ten seconds' examination of the agreement would have revealed that it guaranteed the unity of Vietnam. There is an important lesson here for lobbyists.
I agree totally. That's why I think Dubya will make a good president - because he believes in the people, and their power to govern themselves. That's why he, and John Ashcroft, don't plan on overturning Roe vs. Wade and banning abortion - not because abortion is acceptible, but because it's the people that need to decide whether it is or not. That's the reason the prohibition didn't work - because people didn't see the problem with drinking and the government tried to force it upon them. That's why I'm hoping for a smaller government and a more informed, values-oriented populace, to compensate. As geeks, it's our duty to explain to people and try to educate them on these issues.
Remember, the values that people try to force upon others are not necessarily wrong, it's just annoying to have them forced upon you. Be sure and evaluate things on their real merits before deciding based upon how you feel. A lot of people decide to buy stereos, tvs, music cds, Windoze, etc. just for entertainment's sake and because it feels good. If they would only stop and think, and if they were a bit more educated on the issues, they might realize what it's going to support.
"Defendants' posting of the proprietary information licensed by DVD CCA on their Web sites has caused the illegal pirating of the motion picture industry's copyrighted content contained on DVDs."
Whoops...they had no proof. Oh well, what's another frivolous lawsuit or three?
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From firstname.lastname@example.com Thu Nov 30 19:50:14 2000
Subject: Re: copkiller.org
To: firstname.lastname@example.com (mpaa23)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 19:50:09 -0700 (MST)
To Whom it May Concern:
My initial response to your threats of legal action ("Go fuck yourself") did not address the irony of this situation. Allow me to educate you.
I had the DeCSS [lycos.com] source up on copkiller.org for about a week, way back when all of your threats were just starting. I voluntarily removed it because the administrator of Dimensional was already receiving grief from people upset about the nature of my page, and I felt that he shouldn't have to take any more problems on my behalf. Since DeCSS [lycos.com] has not been available on copkiller.org for quite some time (what is it now, a year?), I can only assume that you're basing your "knowledge" off of a few lists cirulating around the internet.
The irony, of course, is this: now that you've decided to come after me (albeit extremely late) for DeCSS [lycos.com], I plan to link to a lycos search on decss.zip [lycos.com]. Note that this is a link to a search engine [lycos.com], not to a particular file, and you'll damn well have to drag me to court to get a ruling on it. If Dimensional wants me to remove the link (and by this I mean *Dimensional*, not MPAA or its slime-sucking lawyers), I will do so immediately and without question, but this will not stop me from hosting the actual DeCSS [lycos.com] file from a country with smarter laws, nor will it stop me from distributing the file via other means.
Let me spell out the irony for you: I've had little actual interest in DeCSS [lycos.com] since it all started, but now you've renewed that interest, and I can fully assure you that I will not let this matter go.
[Original text appears below]
From email@example.com Wed Nov 29 17:56:12 2000
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:46:38 -0800
From: mpaa23 <email@example.com>
Subject: copkiller.org
To: email@example.com
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200
PHONE: (818) 728-8127 Email: email@example.com Anti-Piracy Operations
November 29, 2000
Steve Pordon Squealing Pigs, LLC 123 Main Street Yourtown, CO 80201 email@example.com
RE: Distribution of Unauthorized Product Site/Email Address: copkiller.org MPAA File #: 5-671-267
Dear Steve Pordon:
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) represents the following motion picture production and distribution companies:
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Disney Enterprises, Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Paramount Pictures Corporation TriStar Pictures, Inc. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation United Artists Pictures, Inc. United Artists Corporation Universal City Studios, Inc. Warner Bros., a Division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
We have received information that you are unlawfully offering product at the above-referenced web site. We have notified your ISP of the unlawful nature of this web site and have asked for its immediate removal. Our letter to your ISP is set forth below for your reference.
Please contact us at the above listed address or by replying to this email if you should have any questions.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Very truly yours,
Motion Picture Association of America
PHONE: (818) 728-8127 Email: email@example.com Anti-Piracy Operations
November 29, 2000
Chuck U. Farley Dimensional Communications, LLC 910 16th Street Suite 1015 Denver, CO 80202 email@example.com
RE: Illegal Provision of DeCSS/Circumvention Device Site/URL: copkiller.org MPAA File#: 5-671-267
Dear Chuck U. Farley:
The Motion Picture Association of America is authorized to act on behalf = of the following copyright owners:
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Disney Enterprises, Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Paramount Pictures Corporation TriStar Pictures, Inc. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation=20 United Artists Pictures, Inc. United Artists Corporation Universal City Studios, Inc. Warner Bros., a Division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
We have knowledge that the above-referenced Internet site is providing a = circumvention device commonly known as DeCSS. DeCSS is a software = utility that decrypts or unscrambles the contents of DVDs (consisting of = copyrighted motion pictures) or otherwise circumvents the protection = afforded by the Contents Scramble System (CSS) and permits the copying = of the DVD contents and/or any portion thereof. As such, DeCSS is an = unlawful circumvention device within the meaning of the Digital = Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 1201(a)(2),(3). Providing = or offering DeCSS to the public on your system or network violates the = provisions of Section 1201(a)(2) which prohibits the "manufacturing, = importing or offering to the public, providing, or otherwise = trafficking" in an unlawful circumvention device. (17 U.S.C. Section = 1201 et seq. hereafter is referred to as the "DMCA").
On August 17, 2000, a federal district court in the Southern District of = New York confirmed that offering, providing, or trafficking in DeCSS, or = any other device designed to circumvent CSS, violates the DMCA. The = district court granted a permanent injunction against (1) posting on = any Internet site, or in any other way manufacturing, importing or = offering to the public, providing, or otherwise trafficking in DeCSS or = any other technology primarily designed to circumvent CSS, and (2) = linking any Internet web site, either directly or through a series of = links, to any other Internet web site containing DeCSS.=20
The district court's ruling makes clear that by providing DeCSS, the = above- referenced Internet site violates the DMCA. We therefore demand = that you:
1) take appropriate steps to cause immediate removal of DeCSS from the = above identified URL, along with such other actions as may be necessary = or appropriate to suspend this illegal activity;
2) provide appropriate notice to the subscriber or account holder = responsible for the presence of DeCSS on your system or network, = advising him/her of the contents of this notice and directing that = person to contact the undersigned immediately at the e-mail address = provided above;
Failure to comply with these measures will subject you to liability as = described above.
We also request that you maintain, and take whatever steps are necessary = to prevent the destruction of, all records, including electronic = records, in your possession or control respecting this URL, account = holder or subscriber.
By copy of this letter, the owner of the above-referenced URL and/or = email account is hereby directed to cease and desist from the conduct = complained of herein.
On behalf of the respective owners of the exclusive rights to the = copyrighted material at issue in this notice, we hereby state, pursuant = to the DMCA that we have a good faith belief that the acts complained of = are not authorized by the copyright owners, their respective agents, or = the law.
Also pursuant to DMCA, we hereby state, under penalty of perjury under = the law of California and under the laws of the United States, that the = information in this notification is accurate and that we are authorized = to act on behalf of the owners of the exclusive rights being infringed = as set forth in this notification.
Should you have any questions, please contact us at the above listed = address.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Your immediate response = is requested.
Respectfully, The Motion Picture Association of America
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No, he didn't like Martin Garbus, the defendant's lawyers. Plus, if you read the transcripts, he's continually hostile towards him and the defendants in general. He just seemed biased from the outset.He's saying that Kaplan doesnt like hackers? And that this colored his judgement?
So Linus, what are we doing tonight?
Generally, this is a liberal court on First Amendment issues, a tendency that is shaped primarily by Kennedy and Scalia. The key exception is Rehnquist, who is as unfriendly to the First Amendment as precedent allows.
There is ONE area where the Court seems to cut local governments some slack, and that is in the area of adult bookstores, nude dancing establishments, etc. Those often are regulable through 'secondary effects' doctrine. The Court has been buying the idea that the substantial impact of those establishments is to drive down property values and increase crime nearby. It would be unfortunate if somehow 'piracy' got labeled as a 'secondary effect', leading to upholding the regulation.
Fair Use derives from the Constitution
The United States Constitution, as amended, states that "Congress shall make no law" abridging freedom of speech (17 USC 107 [cornell.edu], the fair use section, makes most of copyright law constitutional), not that private individuals shall make no law (that is, contract). If this were true, non-disclosure agreements would be unconstitutional. A EULA for DVDs that pretty much amounts to an NDA would not be out of the question.
And yes, the contract is there; the offer is the EULA, the acceptance is removing the content from the package, and the consideration is the price paid for the content (in terms of dollars, square inches of ad space, or personal information) in exchange for the right to view the content.
Is this a joke ?
A lot of people interested in foreign movies had multi-standard VCRs and TVs that could read Pal & Secam Tapes. Now, YOU CAN NO LONGER WATCH ANY EUROPEAN MOVIES ON DVD. Except those that Holiwood feels are US-worthy to edit in Zone 1, i.e. a tiny percentage.
For all the other ones, screw you, multi-zone DVD players are easy to find in Europe, but they are a lot harder to come by here in California, because the average american doesn't care about obscure foreign movies.
When i went back home to Europe for X-mas, i saw in stores lots of french DVDs that I wanted to buy, but couldn't knowing they wouldn't work on my Sony DVD player here. ALL of those, because they are in French and mostly pertinent to european culture (TV shows and such), are ONLY available in Zone 2. Screw me. Overall, things got worse.
I think the most interesting part of the EFF argument was about functionality of speech.
Part of the ruling of the District Court was that "functional speech" was not granted the same protection as other modes of speech. The EFF argued that nothing in the first amendment, or until now, the judgements on the first amendment, had ever made a distinction between "functional" and "non-functional" speech.
If speech isn't meant to have a function, and have an influence on things, what is the point of speech? This would be a world of totally reflective speech, where speech will only be able to repeat or abstract what already exists. I think that speech is inherently meant to change things and have a function, not just to describe the world as it is. If the courts seem to think that only descriptive speech is protected, I think we are in trouble.
Technologically, that day is nearly here. Remember that these battles are being initiated by Big Money Media, who are terrified people will copy their holy pap. But Big Money Media -- espcially in music, and growing so in video -- are dinosaurs, whose existence has been based upon controlling distribution. It is that way that Hollywood, et al, control the content. The argument is, it costs a lot of money to produce and distribute, say, a CD, so we can only do a few. Moreover, prod/dist therefore requires the economies of scale that concentrate control into a few hands, who can then create the content they deem most likely to turn a profit.I see a day when an artist can put out their own material, for which they will get their just rewards (both financial and other).
But with digital equipment and broadband access, it is becoming easier and cheaper to produce and distribute content -- even "professional" quality. Eventually, artists are going to hit upon a mechanism for direct pay -- perhaps Street Performer Protocol, perhaps something else -- and then the scales will fall from their eyes. They will realize they don't need the big distribution houses and the big studios. And then music will be free, in the political sense, because they'll see they can make a decent profit without forking over creative control, 95% of the money, and their souls in return for a contract.
I eagerly await the first album to truly take off due to Internet exposure. That will be the "killer app" that lights the fuse and launches the Free Art revolution. The biggest threat is that Big Money Media will seize control of the broadband pipe before this liberation happens. Then they'll try to convince everyone that the Internet is just TV II, and will strangle people whose philosophy threatens their own. Think it can't happen? Can you say, AOL/Time-Warner?
Well, ask that Jansen(?) kid, whose usually benificent Norwegian government bashed in his door at the behest of the US. US money carries a long reach, and remember that most "US" companies (of import in this fight) are transnational corporate behemoths, who will certainly extend this law into any friendly country. And, as with the Berne Convention, there will be tremendous pressure to make all friendly nations conform to a single standard, and the US is likely to set that standard.So, if I were t opost that "offending" content on my own website that is being hosted by someone in, let's say, Australia, what the heck can that myopic US judge do to me?
But mostly, if the 20th century taught us anything, it's that you can't just ignore something evil. It's not good enough if you've found a place you think is safe. The problem with routing around damage is, the damage remains... and remains a threat.
Also, the longer it takes, the more people get used to the idea of free art. As it stands now, we have the edge, as the most draconian parts of the DCMA are hinging on this outcome. We have more time to make people aware of how awful this law is.Remember, time and preparation are good for our side and bad for the MPAA. After all, they really can't come up with any new arguments, and thus benefit from rushing things thru.
It's not that I don't have opinions about various things that happen, but I feel that as a guest I don't have the right to influence them. As a foriegn national I'm not eternally tied to the results of decisions (legal and otherwise) in the same way that a US citizen is. I can always go back to my country if I don't like things.
However, in cases involving the net,
actions taken in the US can directly affect
the net everywhere, and the EFF seems like a
good place to get involved. I'm not looking
so much for absolution to join the EFF, but rather
asking how
Cheers, quokka
I don't see anywhere that the source code is linked to as the brief claims. Can someone point it out to me or did she pull the link in fear of getting a lawsuit herself? I'd imagine that she would have agreed to let them link to her site in the brief. It would be a real blow to the argument if she pulled the rug out from under them.
Perl, Lisp, or C? (Or maybe all three!)
Then again, maybe some sed scripts would be sufficiently arcane.
Any takers?
There is only one body that can prevent such a thing from happening, and its not the government. It's the people; frankly, most people don't care. They would rather watch their movies in Digital Surround Sound and Digital Image Quality in trade for their rights of fair use then boycott the whole damn thing and demand better from these companies.
Whatever the court decision, this issue in a broader sense is not going away, and WON'T ever, and its going to keep on getting worse as people keep on selling their rights away for comfortable living. Does it remind you a little bit of something, like perhaps the fall of Rome?
Ah well. It was good while it lasted.
BTW didn't Garbus defend free speach issues for Lenny Bruce before a judge named Kaplan? Is this the same Kaplan?
The big boys surely can't seize control of the current situation - i would think that it's grown beyond a level where they can control distribution over the net. If you really believe that they can then I'm scared.
You make it sound as though Big Brother's waiting around the corner...
Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt.


text:
When people think of mission trips, they often think of faraway places such as Haiti or Ghana. There is need for mission work much closer to home.
This year, the youth of First United Methodist Church of DeKalb will travel to Detroit to work on economic disaster recovery work.
In addition to work projects, the youth will have many opportunities to develop their faith. They also will get to see a little of Motown.
To fund their trip and other activities, the youth are holding a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday at the church at the corner of Fourth and Oak streets.
The sale consists of donations from many congregation members and neighbors. Items include large and small furniture, kitchen wares, lots of clothes and books and, of course, many surprise items.
The sale is in the education wing at the north end of the church located at 321 Oak St., DeKalb.
For more information, calling the church at 815-756-6301 or visit www.firstumc.net.

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EFF Moves To Nix Trademark On "Gaymer" 231
netbuzz writes "Spurred by the mark holder's cease and desist letter to Reddit's subreddit r/gaymer, the Electronic Frontier Foundation today officially petitioned the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to rescind its grant of a trademark registration on the word "gaymer". 'This registration should never have been granted,' said EFF Intellectual Property Director Corynne McSherry. 'Gaymer is a common term that refers to members of this vibrant gaming community, and we are happy to help them fight back and make sure the term goes back to the public domain where it belongs.'"


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Anti-Gay Message in Icing Really Takes the Cake
A Washington, DC, woman was shocked to find that the anniversary cake she bought for her genderqueer partner contained an anti-gay message.
The customer, identified as Sarah, said she had ordered a carrot cake from an Arlington, Virginia bakery catalogue, asking them to omit the icing balloons, and write "Happy Anniversary Lindsey, Love, Sarah!"
What she got when she picked up the cake was a chocolate cake with balloons, and the words "Lesbian Anniv. No Ballons [stet]" instead, written in sloppy blue icing.
"It's disappointing to know that when I want to honor the most important person in my life, I have to worry about some intolerant person ruining the surprise I had planned," Sarah told The Advocate in an article.
Sarah also said that when she spoke to bakery employees about the affront, the manager apologized for the sloppy text but refused to address the context of the message itself. She declined the owner's offer for a new cake, but said she and her partner would eat the one they ordered.
"How could anyone mistake that for something a person would want on a cake?" Sarah asked The Advocate. "And what baker would sell something so messy and unprofessional? When it occurred to me that this was probably an intentional insult to my relationship, I was appalled at the audacity of the cake decorator or baker or whoever was responsible."


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Quebecor CEO Robert Depatie steps down for health reasons
Robert Depatie. (Ernest Doroszuk/QMI Agency)
Quebecor CEO Robert Depatie has stepped down from his post for health reasons, to be replaced by Pierre Dion, a key executive on the Quebecor board who helped oversee the successful launch of Videotron in Quebec.
"It is with deep regret that I announce my retirement after 13 wonderful years with Videotron and Quebecor," Depatie said in a release Monday afternoon. "I am very proud to have worked at one of the flagships ... and I thank all the management teams and all the employees I had the pleasure of working with."
Dion has been a member of Quebecor Media's executive committee since 2004.
In wishing Depatie a happy retirement, Dion said: "I am very familiar with Quebecor's business plan, the issues we face and the challenges and opportunities in each of our lines of business.
"It will be a privilege to lead such a seasoned and experienced team."
Until a replacement is named, Dion will continue to serve as acting president and CEO of TVA Group.
Quebecor Media is the parent company of Sun Media and QMI Agency.


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Bass Fishing Techniques
Pond bass fishing can be an exciting and rewarding venture. More big bass are harvested from ponds than from any other water type in Kansas.
The bass is probably one of the easiest fish to catch, which explains why overharvest of bass in ponds is so prevalent. One angler can overharvest the bass in an acre pond in a single successful fishing trip if bass are actively feeding.
Small bass will bite just about anything tied on the end of a fishing line. Artificial baits such a spinners, jigs, beetle spins, plastic worms, and surface lures are deadly. Yellow, purple, and black are the preferred colors. Natural baits such as minnows, worms, frogs, crayfish, and grasshoppers will also catch bass. Big bass will also hit any of the above baits but not as readily as smaller fish. Technique is important if the angler wants to catch big bass.
Techniques vary according to the season. Spring time in a pond means cold water and relatively inactive bass. They will move to the shallows during the day as the sunshine warms the water but are difficult to catch there. Slow moving spinners or small jigs should be fished near habitat structures or along steep drop-offs at this time of the year. Bass may also be caught in deep water along the edges of vegetation.
As summer approaches, bass move to the shallows to spawn and can be caught fairly easily. Plastic worms and fast moving lures such as spinner baits work well. Minnows and crawfish fished around shoreline habitat will produce bass in the May-June period.
Hot summer days mean warm water temperatures, probably pond stratification, and vegetation growth. This drives bass to shady areas around shallow habitat. Bass are aggressive at this time, and surface lures, popping bugs and floating plastic worms excite them. Grasshoppers and frogs make excellent summer baits, either fished on the surface or hung 12-18 inches under a bobber. Many times, bass will come out of the water to hit a bait in the summer. Nighttime fishing may increase success even further.
Fall weather cools the water and bass feed actively, fattening up for the winter. Surface baits become less effective as the water cools so the angler should again use spinners, beetle spins or plastic worms. Minnows are a good fall bait. The angler should fish around any existing habitat (brushpiles, vegetation, or fallen trees).
During the winter bass are slow, sluggish, and finicky, but they can be caught through the ice on small minnows or jigs smaller than 1/16th ounce. Deep brushpiles, habitat structures, or areas near deeper parts of the pond should be fished in the winter.


text: Meta Rate My Team PokéBase - Pokémon Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat What is a good moveset for Druddigon? 2 votes 48,777 views Dex: http://pokemondb.net/pokedex/druddigon movesets kurimugan druddigon asked Sep 29, 2010 by trachy edited Feb 10, 2011 by Pokemaster Likely Tier: Underused commented Sep 29, 2010 by trachy Pokemasters answer is actualy what I would have put, so I wont be answering this. commented Sep 30, 2010 by Swampert What about a good moveset for in-game play on Black? commented Jun 4, 2013 by Mega Evolution Guru Druddigon Ability : Rough skin EV's : HP, Def Item : Rocky helmet -Toxic -Rest -Super power -Snarl This set is to use the Rough Skin ability. Switch into Druddigon when there is a Phys sweeper out , and the Rocky Helmet + Rough skin ability will punish the sweeper :).. Use toxic and then Rest if you get low on HP or if it's a mixed sweeper use Snarl to lower their spec attack. This forces them to either switch out with poison, or die slowly from rough skin and poison ( and random snarls to continue lowering their special attack ) Finnaly , superpower is to take care of those pesky ice types. Although you really shouldn't be able to outspeed anything with that 48 speed... :/ commented Jun 30, 2013 by Mapleflage1 Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 17 Answers 6 votes Ability: Brute Force EVs: Attack, HP Claw Sharpen Dragon Claw Earthquake Iron Tail Strategy: Use Claw Sharpen to increase Attack and accuracy, now Iron Trail has a good hit-ratio and can take care of Ice pretty easily. answered Sep 29, 2010 by Pokemaster Nice moveset! I think this Druddigon should benefit from this because it is such an underrated Pokemon. commented Oct 20, 2012 by Brandonerd91 what's brute force? commented Feb 14, 2013 by gaRchOmp MasTeR Sheer Force commented Feb 14, 2013 by Bro Ashleys Here What is claw sharpen? Is that even a move? commented Mar 29, 2013 by Chillninja Its hone claws commented Mar 29, 2013 by Dudeicolo you need sucker punch on that set and an item commented Aug 30, 2016 by kobrah i recommend life orb since it will not do damage to him/her because of sheer force removing the side affects commented Nov 7, 2017 by JamesPowerNY Please log in or register to add a comment. 3 votes Suggested nature: Jolly or Adamant. (Why would this thing be Jolly?) Outrage/Dragon Claw-Dragon claw is more reliable, but Outrage is more powerful. Covers dragon weakness. Earthquake-With mold breaker, this is pretty much Required. Superpower/Fire Fang-Fire fang is the weakest, but the most reliable. Superpower is an overlooked move. He'll probably switch out a few times due to his low speed, so the stat drop isn't much of an issue. Revenge takes advantage of his low speed. Claw Sharpen/glare/Scary face-Claw sharpen boosts attack/accuracy (which would go great with that Iron tail...)glare can paralyze, but isn't very dependable. Scary face can help with the speed issue, but can also force switches. he's also got pretty decent defenses, you could turn him into something besides a sweeper and catch the foe off guard. answered Sep 29, 2010 by DarkTyphlosion edited Oct 1, 2011 by DarkTyphlosion Please log in or register to add a comment. 2 votes Druddigon (M) @ Life Orb Trait: Sheer Force EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SDef Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) Dragon Claw Rock Slide Sucker Punch Thunder Fang answered Jun 10, 2011 by trachy I thought you said forget about sucker punch and use glare. Are you trying to use thunder fang to make up for that? commented Sep 5, 2011 by AleX647 Please log in or register to add a comment. 1 vote moves: earthquake---this is helpful with Mold Breaker payback---because of it's low speed, the power base could be 100 rock slide/superpower---both cover ice. superpower is strong, but lowers attack and defense outrage---STAB answered Aug 4, 2011 by daEpad Please log in or register to add a comment. 1 vote Druddigon @ Life Orb Trait: Mold Breaker EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) Dragon Claw Sucker Punch Superpower Earthquake answered Sep 5, 2011 by Hex Please log in or register to add a comment. 1 vote Druddigon (M) @ Dragon Gem Trait: Rough Skin EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Outrage/Dragon Claw - Sucker Punch - Earthquake - Fire Punch How to fake a Choice item? Usually you use an Expert Belt. But this time, we're using a Dragon type. And Dragon type attacks are only Super Effective vs Dragon types. So really, that isn't ideal. So instead, we're using a Dragon Gem. So Outrage now has the power of a Choice Band behind it. This sets works best in that most Druddigon will either run Choice Band or Life Orb. Since we don't have Life Orb, it doesn't show Life Orb recoil. The foe will in turn think that this is a Banded set. And the great thing about that is Sucker Punch. Banded Sucker Punch just begs for the foe to boost their stats. And when they do BAM! KOd by Dragon Gem Outrage. Earthquake is for further coverage, and is helpful with Nidoqueen and Kabutops being so popular. Fire Punch easily takes down Ferroseed and Escavalier. EVs provide max Attack, bulk with HP, plus the troll speed against other Druddigon. Dragon Claw can be used over Outrage, although I do not recommend this. answered Nov 25, 2012 by trachy You really like Gems, eh? commented Nov 25, 2012 by JirachiCelebiMew Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Dragons domintate the metagame. THe legendries control Uber, Dragonite (and soon Sazando) dominate Overused with help from Kingdra. Then there is poor Altaria, who is actually great, doninating UnderUsed. But now it has some competition. This guy, who due to poor translation I overhyped as much as I did the second coming of Jesus Christ (turned out to be Bill who works in accounting at my dad's job. Just went through a divorce, hadn't washed his clothes in a while so was wearing a sheet, hadn't shaved, and his shoes were stolen so he wore sandals. The divorce also somewhat helps explain the whore he was with) is good, but not good enough for anything higher than ruling UnderUsed. Ability: Mold Breaker EVs: Defense, Attack, HP Nature: Impish Earthquake: Make use of that Mold Breaker ability with one of the best moves of all time. Sucker Punch: Allows this guy to attack first for once. Dragon Claw: STAB. UnderUsed isn't as good for Outrage I think. Revenge: This guy is going to be going last, so this works well. answered Sep 29, 2010 by trachy Nice set. I'm going to answer myself. commented Sep 29, 2010 by DarkTyphlosion (sorry for my ignorance again) but why impish? commented Jun 7, 2011 by Saz Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Druddigon (M) @ Leftovers Role: Kill those Stat Boosters Trait: Rough Skin EVs: 180 HP / 48 Atk / 140 Def / 140 SDef Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Chip Away - Dragon Tail - Substitute - Earthquake Dragon Tail Phazes out pokemon that get a Stat boost, while if they get too many def boosts, Chip Away takes them down. Substitute is for stong boosted opponents, while Earthquake is for coverage. answered Mar 20, 2012 by Pwnyta You got the right idea but I would have set it to round the team rather then worrying over what moves could be use over moves that needed to be used in order to suit the pokemon and the team. I like the idea of you giving it a role which is something I do best instead of giving it moves to counter pokemon types. If you are going to throw a pokemon in a team to counter status and guards, then you better learn to do it right. Druddigon (M) @ Rocky Helmet Role: Guard Breaker mix-up Status: Pow/Def Trait: Rough Skin Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Chip Away - Dragon Tail - Earthquake - Superpower The wisest way of using this pokemon is to add it to a team with priority, defense and healing, It is a good idea to add it with another pokemon that can kill status, perhaps a pokemon with brickbreak. This type of pokemon that has no speed is best used in the mid/back row with some kind of wall coverage to weaken any damage before switching. You should think to add in floor damage when forcing a switch, like toxic spikes. Rock helmet will do more damage with rough skin in the event your dragon gets damage, "Effects are there for a reason, use it". I see no reason to explain earthquake and mold breaker, moving on to chip away which will break threw any status defenses your opponent may abuse. Superpower is a good finishing move which means it is best used last to avoid weakening your overworked pokemon "switch out after use"...and that's how it's done. commented Jul 4, 2012 by Crim Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes I actually like druddigon, he is a very good dragon type. Ability: Mold Breaker Item:I think its wide lens that ups accuracy... Moves: Superpower/Rock slide: Superpower has amazing attack, but puts down attack...Rock slide is less reliable, but with that widelens I think that ups accuracy, better chance of destroyin the enemy ice types. Earthquake: Duh, Mold breaker... Dragon Claw: I would choose this over outrage cause getting confused is annoying Hone claws: Ups that accuracy and attack, best for both superpower AND rockslide. answered Apr 2, 2012 by Cash Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes My favorite Dragon type. He just looks so awesome shiny! Druddigon @ Rocky Helmet EVs: Attack, HP and Defense Dragon Claw - STAB Earthquake - Coverage Rock Slide - Better than Superpower, don't loose Attack Payback - Slow, so going last will make the Power 100. answered Nov 3, 2012 by Chewy Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes ability:rough skin evs:252 attack and 252 HP and 4 speed ;P [email protected] gem moves 1.outrage____covers dragon types and also not bad with othertypes(no steel) 2.fire fang___covers steel types and ice so the obstacles are out 3.earthquake___great power 4.stone edge___good power (it's for a sweeper) answered Feb 14, 2013 by gaRchOmp MasTeR edited May 21, 2013 by gaRchOmp MasTeR How is earthquake a stab move...druddigon is not a ground type... commented Mar 17, 2013 by MoccahSteeltype Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Druddigon (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Rough Skin EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk) - Stealth Rock - Glare - Dragon Tail - Earthquake Druddigon's Defenses are pretty good. If only it got a better speed stat than it currently has. Anyways, Black and White 2 gave this bad boy Stealth Rock, which provides hazards for the team. Glare spreads paralysis through the opponent's team. Dragon Tail is STAB that allows Druddigon to be an efficient parashuffler and spread hazards damage. Earthquake hits the Steel Pokemon that resist Dragon Tail, and will deal decent damage off of Druddigon's good Attack stat. answered Jul 17, 2013 by Mewderator edited Jul 17, 2013 by Stella Midnight Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes drudagon @rocky helmet ability routh skin bost rocky helmit efect moves dragon claw flamefrower iron tayle claw sharpen answered Sep 22, 2013 by amax0404 English please. commented Jul 18, 2014 by DragonKnightVX Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Lead + Physically Defensive Druddigon for ORAS UU Druddigon @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Rough Skin EVs: 248 HP / 160 Def / 100 Spe Impish Nature - Stealth Rock - Dragon Tail - Taunt - Glare Damn.. Why are all my sets similar to Mew's. o.e This set is a nice check to the Physical threats of UU, notably Honchkrow, Darmanitan, Lucario and Beedrill. Rocky Helmet + Rough Skin is a combo that puts in work. 100 Speed EV's assure the ouspeed on Regi Trio, Hippowdown, Jellicent, Scrafty, Trevenant, Claydol, CroCune and Donphan so you can Taunt them and prevent them from doing anything. (Assuming they have minimal to no speed investment, and they usually don't carry it) Stealth Rock is obligatory, Dragon Tail + Glare makes for status shuffling. answered Jan 15, 2015 by Tysonyoshi edited Jan 15, 2015 by Tysonyoshi Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Assault Vest Druddigon Item: Assault Vest Ability: Sheer Force/Rough Skin/Mold Breaker (the preferred ability is Sheer Force however) EVs: 232 HP, 252 Atk, 20 Spe Nature: Adamant Moves: Dragon Claw Iron Head/Gunk Shot/Iron tail Fire Punch/Earthquake/Super Power Sucker Punch/Crush Claw/ Rock Slide/Thunder Punch Surprised No one at all mentioned Druddigon's Assault Vest set (one of his best sets). Its very good for preventing certain Fairy,Dragon, and Ice type mons from 2hkoing or even Ohkoing you. answered Apr 6, 2016 by nintendogamer639 Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes honestly some of the sets posted are simply awful phazer Druddigon @ Rocky Helmet/leftovers Ability: Rough Skin EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Rest - Sleep Talk - Dragon Tail - Glare offensive rocks Druddigon @ Life Orb Ability: Sheer Force EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD Adamant Nature - Stealth Rock - Dragon Claw - Sucker Punch -gunk shot/iron tail (I feel that gunk shot is better though) assault vest Druddigon @ Assault Vest Ability: Mold Breaker EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD Adamant Nature - Dragon Claw - Sucker Punch - Earthquake - Power-Up Punch answered Aug 30, 2016 by kobrah edited Sep 18, 2016 by kobrah Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Ok I know this might sound weird but here it goes Special Attacking Druddigon Druddigon (F) @Life Orb Trait: Sheer Force EVs: 252 Sp.Atk, 252 HP, 4 Sp.Def Nature: Modest (-Atk, +SpAtk) Moveset Flamethrower-Boosted by Sheer Force/Life Orb, nice coverage move for ice types Flash Cannon-Boosted by Sheer Force/Life Orb, deals with fairy types and ice types that may resist fire such as Aurorus Dragon Pulse-While it's not boosted, it gets STAB + Life Orb boost Focus Blast-Boosted by Sheer Force/Life Orb, very good coverage move. You can choose to swap life orb for zoom lens if you want better accuracy. Deals with the oh so rare steel/rock/ice/dark types. answered May 27, 2017 by Fisharp Please log in or register to add a comment. Related questions Revenge or Superpower for Druddigon? What EVs shall I do to maximise my Druddigon`s effectiveness? Can you get Faint Attack on a Druddigon? Dragalage or druddigon? Mega Galvantula and Mega Arcanine? In Pokemon black/white which is better to raise haxorus,druddigon or hydreigon?? How to get Druddigon with the move Glare? What is a good AG/Battle Spot Singles moveset for Eevee? Useful Meta Posts How to change your username How to add a user avatar Why was my post hidden? The points system Question etiquette Flags vs Downvotes Anime FAQ


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The Denver Post's Ride the Rockies tour will take a different route to Canon City on Friday to bypass the Royal Gorge suspension bridge and fire, director Chandler Smith announced Thursday.
The route originally would have taken riders up U.S. 50, which has been closed periodically over the last several days, and over the suspension bridge. The bridge was damaged by the Royal Gorge fire, which is 3,162 acres and 20 percent contained.
Instead, Ride officials scrambled to create a last-minute reroute plan, just as they did last year when the tour came through Loveland and Fort Collins during the High Park fire.
The new route for Friday is 93 miles instead of the original 67 miles and will go through Westcliffe, over Hardscrabble Pass and through Wetmore and Florence to Canon City.
"When the fires came to be, we quickly got on the horn," Smith said. Organizers worked with the Colorado Department of Transportation, elected officials, state patrol, local police and the state governor to approve the route.
"A lot of thought went into the reroute; we didn't have too many options," Smith said. He added that another option would have been to reroute through Colorado Springs, which is the planned final host town of the tour on Saturday.
"I know darn well if we had done that, you would have hopped off your bikes," Smith said.
An advance team on Wednesday scouted the new route and identified aid stations. They had to change volunteer shifts, work with county sheriffs and find stations for course marshals.
Chandler said that Saturday's 47-mile ride into Colorado Springs will not change.
"It took a combined effort to make this happen. I feel blessed to have such a strong team," Smith said.
Riders who complete every mile of the seven stages of Ride the Rockies will now have bragging rights for having completed the longest tour in the ride's 28-year history, Smith said. The 513-mile ride has stretched to around 539.Read Jessica Benes's blog for day by day personal accounts of Ride the Rockies at jessicabenes.com. Benes has completed four of the five days so far of the ride.
Jessica Benes can be reached at 669-5050, ext. 530, or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter: @JessicaBenes.


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In celebration of the centenary of Benjamin Britten, Classical 91.5 presents two specials on Friday, November 22. The first program, Benjamin Britten: The Beauty of Loneliness and of Pain, a two-hour documentary in which leading Britten authorities and performers reflect on the inspirations behind his art and his communicative power as musician and man, airs at 12 p.m. Among the contributors are soprano Phyllis Curtin, tenor Ian Bostridge, baritones John-Shirley Quirk, Thomas Hampson, Sir Thomas Allen and Simon Keenlyside, bass Sir John Tomlinson, pianist and accompanist Graham Johnson, as well as members of the English Chamber Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra.
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There are two kinds of readers in the world. Those who hate Dvorak's writings, and those who haven't read his writings, yet.
We've seen that the route to success in America today is via public gullibility and general ignorance.
The radio frequency energy absorbed by all those water molecules has to go somewhere....and the conversion of RF energy into molecular vibration (heat) is a good candidate for the cause of the excessive path loss at 2.4 GHz compared to path losses at 2.3 GHz or 2.5GHz.
Only problem is that the water resonance is something like 20 GHz. I've an industrial scale (1 MW) microwave oven running in the 900 MHz ISM band and I read about someone cooking hamburgers with a cavity tuned to 144 MHz.
I believe there was a related article a couple of weeks ago where Google (?) was petitioning the FCC to require cellular networks to open their services to competitors - my speculation at the time was that they wanted to offer a full WiFi VOIP solution where you had cellular service when no WiFi was available.
I am thoroughly convinced by the existing WiFi infrastructure. Right now if I want complete coverage over the city I either have to spring for some stupid WiMax garbage with awful bandwidth and a highly centralized provider, or I have to pay umpteen million different little fees to get access in this place or that palce. Airports are the absolute worst for this BTW.
This is not a workable situation that will lead anywhere that's good for the consumer in the long run.
I've come to the conclusion that the n
Citizens in many municipalities have much more competition for the goods and services you cite (food, clothing, shelter) than they do broadband Internet access. Moreover, in many municipalities, the rules that govern competition in broadband are natural (e.g., only so much fiber in available rights-of-way) or are set by larger political entities (e.g., state telecommunications regulatory commissions).
So, when you say:
yet the market manages to provide those necessities to me without the help of municipal
For some classes of products, such as sewers and drinkable water, it may make sense to put your local conniving pocket-lining councilman in charge. But I'm far from convinced that wifi falls under that category.
I agree, they should not be in charge. But there is little chance of that. FCC has jurisdiction and they aren't going to let the localities regulate WiFi anytime soon. What local governments can do is to coordinate WiFi coverage and since they often control utility polls, then they are in the best position to place wifi hotspots in key location. As for privacy concerns, well the phone companies have shown that they are pretty willing to hand over all of our phone records to the government without any w
Trench work is demanding and dangerous even for the pro.
Excavation cave-ins are a major source of fatalities within the construction industry. Trenching accidents on U.S. construction sites account for an estimated 100 fatalities per year, with at least 11 times as
By definition, PEOPLE alect muicipal governments. If they want wifi they can ask for it. If they're too dumb to ask for it, they're too dumb to deserve it. Same goes for sewers and drinkable water.
There is nothing about election in the definition of municipal governments, and neither muicipal nor alect even have definitions.
Drinkable water isn't generally provided by municipal governments, it's treated and provided by private water companies. I'm not sure who provides sewage services, but it's something
They might actually kill WiFi provided they can get their prices down to $49 worth of hardware and the cost of a land line, supply at least 2 computers and more bandwidth, enough for video, or at least as much as WiFi.
So when I can use 3 computers for $29/mo I am game... but forgive me if I don't hold my breath waiting. Oh, and skip the roaming and by the minute charges. And can I share videos with the neighbors for free...without being monitored?
These trolley lines had managed to limp through WWII but were in deep trouble long before. The middle class abandoned the trolley as quickly as the mass produced Ford and Chevy made it convenient and affordable.
Bingo. The real problem with cell-phone data service is the ridiculous pricing regime. 10 cents for a 160 character text message? Get real. Lets suppose for a moment that audio consumes 10kbps and its latency sensitive. One minute retails for 30 cents... 10k*60/8b... you get the picture. Data rates are out of this world, disconnected from reality. That's the real story.
4 years ago, my professor for personal mobile communications class said wi-fi and cellular complements each other. It was his first year at school after 5-6 years of experience in one of the biggest cellular (hardware) companies. Later, he corrected himself by saying both sides are trying to kill each-other: cellular is trying to provide higher data rates (and hence WCDMA etc.) and wi-fi is trying to incorporate mobility and hand-off which are essential for voice communications (and hence WiMAX, IEEE 802.20 etc.). I believe at some point both will merge if the IP rights issues could be solved.
Competition is always good for both end user and for engineers (and engineers to be like myself).
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The silent part just reminded me of Fairly Odd Parents' charade episode. Except this was more driven with Music only and no Sound Effects. Pretty cool.
I must admit.. I agree that this ep felt like it had a short hand in the animation. Though in it's case it was a bit more direct with the dialogues at least which was ok. Still kinda surprising that it was kinda sub par animation considering the K-ON duo handled it.
Makes me wonder if K-ON! movie hasn't gone gold yet that they had to cut Horiguchi some slack and had to use more rookies in the roster.
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Not sure why, but as soon as Daisuke Ono started talking I cracked up.
I had been wondering since the start how they were going to do the card scene. Interesting choice. Also that they added Nano to the scene in a clever way. Maker her seem like she's become more a part of the group.
The Second "battle of the Ehhhs" seemed like a parody of the first one, with the style more exaggerated for that effect. Also it was faster.
Also I may have missed it, but...where was Nano during the whole bit where she was to be trapped by the science teacher?
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After being "silent" for a while, Mai returns with vengeance!
Since the start of the new series Mohawk guy got pounded by a hurling cup, electrocuted, beaten by his father and now gotten buried alive. The poor guy can't get a break. I dread to think on what will happen to him next week.
It would sure be funny if they make the "Eeeeehh!!!" duel between Annaka and Manaba a running gag in the series.s. Its' a wonder why Annaka keep calling on Manaba when it's obvious he's going nuts.
The house of cards, I agree is the best part, is superbly executed and a throwback to those funny old cartoon shorts in the 30's and 40's. that I love.
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The tracklists for the school trio's character songs are up, and there's some amusing observations on two of them.
Most of the tracks are titled "[Character Name]'s [Something]", but Mio's B-Side isn't about her at all. It's titled "Yukko Really is an Idiot". I sense musical bickering.
The other interestingly-titled track is Mai's B-Side, which looks to be her cover of the first OP. What more this will entail, we can only guess.
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The entirety of ep17 was quality, every single part.
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Wow, Yukko and Mai are really made for each other, aren't they? Mai can't stop trolling while Yukko was struggling at the thought of others calling it out, and close to climax when she finally did. Did I mention that Mai read Yukko like a book memorized Yukko's line of thought?
Also found hilarious that only that Crow was designed differently, the others looked like normal crows (the screen at which Mai feeding them).
And a mouse sleeping on top of a cat...now that is friendship
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Dam the scene between Mai and Yuuko and scene with the Teacher, Sakurai, and Annaka were two of the funniest in the series in quite a while; The over dramatic effects for Yuuko were perfect her and Mai have very interesting relationship .
The card scene was interesting and a bit funny, but the weakest part of the episode to me as I felt it ran a good bit too long; also I liked the Crow scene more than it too.
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Kevin Callahan had a goal for his career in law enforcement.
It was not, however, rising to the position of sheriff, which he officially received upon taking the oath of office at 6:58 p.m. Tuesday evening.
"By unanimous vote, Kevin Callahan is our new sheriff as soon as we get Judge (Robert) Marsaglia to swear him in," declared County Board Chairman Ron Severson following the vote of the board consenting to the appointment.
Callahan would, for a number of reasons, have been satisfied with having become a detective in the Grundy County Sheriff's Department. That was the goal he had achieved several years before his career took an unexpected course.
"I find myself at this point in my career by the two very sudden loses of two great men … one good friend and my best friend," noted an emotional Callahan while addressing the Grundy County Board, which had moments earlier consented unanimously to his appointment as sheriff by Severson.
His reference was to his two immediate predecessors in the sheriff's office – Terry Marketti and Jim Olson, both of whom passed away while serving. Marketti died in his sleep the morning of Dec. 14, 2012. He had left a letter of succession indicating Callahan was to take over as sheriff on an interim basis should Marketti no longer be able to serve.
Callahan said he learned about that letter back in 2004, the day he agreed to assume the position of chief deputy in the department after Marketti was elevated to the sheriff's post following Olson's death.
"It was that day that I began to prepare myself for this day that I hoped would never happen," Callahan told the board and a room full of supporters in attendance to witness his appointment to the post.
That appointment came Tuesday following an earlier recommendation of Callahan by the Grundy County Democratic Central Committee, which was taxed with suggesting a replacement because Marketti had been elected as a Democrat.
State's Attorney Jason Helland explained to the board that Marketti's letter of succession only provided for an interim successor while the process of naming a replacement unfolded. By statute, upon Marketti's death, the county had three days to declare the sheriff's position vacant. While that declaration was made official by a vote of the board Tuesday, the declaration was actually made within the designated time frame when Severson informed the central committees of both political parties that a vacancy existed.
If there had been 28 months or more remaining in Marketti's term, a special election would have been required. Since a little less than 24 months actually remained, an appointment could be made and was required within 60 days of the vacancy being declared. It is up to the county board chairman to make the appointment, with the advice and consent of the full board.
"So, based on that, I have appointed Kevin Callahan," said Severson, who noted he had spent some time with Callahan. "I think Kevin will do an excellent job. He is a very professional person."
"I'm committed to working with all of you to accomplish what you were elected to do and what you have appointed me to do," Callahan said.
A short time after the board consented to his appointment as sheriff, it also consented to Severson's appointment of Callahan to fill the spot on the Emergency Telephone System Board also created by the death of Marketti. The ETSB had earlier voted to recommend Callahan be appointed to fill the vacancy.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown.
The vote was 81-18 Wednesday night. The measure now heads to the House, which is expected to back the bill before day's end.
Senate passage came several hours after Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the bipartisan compromise.
The bill would reopen the government through Jan. 15 and permit the Treasury to borrow normally through Feb. 7 or perhaps a month longer.
Congress faced a deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Thursday. That's when Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew had said the government would reach the current $16.7 trillion debt limit and could no longer borrow to meet its obligations.
A frantic day of legislative maneuvering ended in futility for Speaker John A. Boehner today, as the most conservative members of the House refused to back his proposed compromise to end the standoff over the federal budget.
The failure leaves a bipartisan Senate plan negotiated by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as the sole way out of a stalemate that risks a U.S. default on its bills and huge economic disruptions.
A bill that passed the Senate would receive Democratic support in the House, guaranteeing a majority, if Boehner were willing to bring it to the floor even without the backing of a majority of Republicans. He is widely expected to do so, however, having run out of time for other options.
Earlier in the day, Boehner reiterated that he opposed allowing the government to risk default.
"I have made clear for months and months that the idea of default is wrong, and we shouldn't get anywhere close to it," he said.
Shortly after House leaders officially called off a vote on their most recent plan, spokesmen for both Reid and McConnell said Senate talks were resuming. They had paused for the day to allow Boehner, R-Ohio, a chance to get a bill through the House.
The two leaders are "very close," a top Senate aide said.
Senate aides said the agreement would extend the Treasury's authority to borrow money through Feb. 7 and end the government shutdown, providing federal agencies with funds through Jan. 15. In the meantime, congressional negotiators would try to work out a longer-term budget solution.
The plan would make no significant changes in President Barack Obama's health care law. Democrats were expected to drop a proposal to repeal a new tax on insurance plans that is opposed by some unions. The agreement also would direct officials to confirm that people receiving insurance subsidies under the law were eligible for them — something Democrats say the law already requires.
Earlier in the day, Fitch Ratings put the government's AAA credit rating on watch for a potential downgrade because of the standoff. The company said that it believed the federal debt limit would be raised soon but that "political brinkmanship" was risking a default.
Treasury officials have said they cannot guarantee having enough money to pay all the government's bills after Thursday. If the debt limit is not lifted, "the Treasury would still have limited capacity to make payments," Fitch said, but "it would be exposed to volatile revenue and expenditure flows."
"The U.S. risks being forced to incur widespread delays of payments to suppliers and employees, as well as Social Security payments to citizens — all of which would damage the perception of U.S. sovereign creditworthiness and the economy," the agency added.
Whether Congress can pass a bill quickly will depend on whether tea party conservatives led by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, mount a filibuster in the Senate to slow the process.
Reid and White House officials sharply criticized Boehner's tactics during the course of the day. But despite the rhetoric, Boehner already had accepted much of the framework of the Senate deal. Behind the scenes, McConnell and Boehner worked to coordinate procedural steps that could allow a House-passed bill to be rapidly amended and moved through the Senate.
Senators had indicated, however, that they would wait only a day to see if the House could muster a majority.
When the House effort collapsed, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors said he wasn't surprised. "We were never really sure what they were up to," he said.
In a WABC-TV interview earlier in the day, Obama said White House officials had seen in the past that Boehner "can't control his caucus."
With nearly all House Democrats united in opposition to Boehner's proposal, he could afford to lose only about 15 Republicans. The speaker and his leadership team struggled to come up with a plan that could win conservative support. Throughout the day, members walked in and out of leadership offices, discussing options.
"There are a lot of opinions about what direction to go," Boehner said early in the day. "There have been no decisions about what exactly we will do."
Even though waiting for Boehner cost 24 hours, some Senate Republicans portrayed the decision as a necessary effort to protect his influence and to prevent the House from being fully dominated by its most ardent conservatives. Many Republican senators blame the conservatives in both chambers for launching the party on a failed budget strategy.
In the end, however, the day's maneuvers reinforced the sense that outside conservative groups now rival Boehner for influence in the House.
The speaker and his lieutenants had negotiated a plan with House members and scheduled a key procedural vote for early evening. Shortly before that could take place, Heritage Action, an influential conservative advocacy group, announced it would oppose the plan because it would not significantly roll back Obamacare.
Within an hour, Boehner was forced to abandon the vote. Aides to the House leadership insisted, however, that the proposal was failing even before Heritage weighed in.
Republicans already had given up almost all of their demands for changes in Obama's health care law or other shifts in government policy. With the shutdown in its third week, the GOP has suffered badly in public opinion polls, and many lawmakers are ready to call a halt to a fight that began with conservatives seeking to use the leverage of a budget crisis to force Obama to make concessions.
"I can understand fighting for your cause, but there comes a point when you have an obligation to the country as a whole," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
"The best thing for the country is for John Boehner to be able to deliver," he said. "I just hope our colleagues in the House who believe it's better to have more Republicans, not less, a governing majority, rather than a dysfunctional majority, will help John when he needs their help."
In hopes of attracting conservative votes, Boehner included a provision ending the government's payment of its traditional employer's share of health insurance premiums for members of Congress and administration officials. Democrats have previously rejected that idea, which is popular among Republican activists.
He also initially included a measure to repeal a tax on medical-device manufacturers that is unpopular with many lawmakers in both parties.
By midday, Republican leaders dropped the medical-device tax repeal, to which some conservatives objected. And they bolstered the provision to cut off government payments for insurance plans, making it also apply to staff working for members of Congress. The proposal amounts to a pay cut of thousands of dollars for those affected.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) yesterday made an indirect response to the concerns voiced by the Sunflower movement protesters against the controversial cross-strait service trade agreement, pledging to learn more about the needs of Taiwanese, particularly those of ordinary Taiwanese.
Xi made the remarks at a meeting with People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday.
Soong began a five-day visit to Beijing on Tuesday, which set up a platform for Xi to address the growing apprehension among Taiwanese of the creeping economic influence of Beijing.
The student-led movement was launched in protest against the government's handling of the trade pact, which was inked on June 21 last year and is pending legislative ratification, and to call for effective oversight of cross-strait agreements.
"Based on the concept that both sides of the Taiwan Strait are of one family, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome as long as each side feels for the other and treats the other with sincerity," Xinhua news agency quoted Xi as saying. "We'd like to know more about the practical needs of Taiwanese, especially those of the grassroots, and take proactive and effective steps to take care of vulnerable groups and to ensure more Taiwanese can benefit from cross-strait economic interaction and cooperation."
Despite his seemingly soft stance on Taiwan's growing youth activism, Xi reiterated Beijing's "unwavering and steely determination" to prevent pro-independence supporters from attempting to "split" Taiwanese society.
The pledge was part of what Xi called China's "four noes" related to Taiwan, which included three other pledges — it will not change its policy on promoting peaceful development of cross-strait relations, it will not give up its pragmatic approach to seek mutual beneficial results, and nothing will shake its passion to push for the unity of people on both sides.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) dismissed Xi's remarks, saying that the recent spate of protests had demonstrated the public's strong desire to determine the future of their own nation.
"The DPP and Taiwanese stand firmly behind the nation's sovereignty, and the values of freedom and democracy. We insist on living a free and open life," Su said.
Meanwhile, some political analysts interpreted the Xi-Soong meeting, which they said was held at Xi's request, as Beijing's way of demonstrating its discontent with the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and its failure to implement the trade pact.
Beijing has repeatedly dismissed Ma's calls for a Ma-Xi meeting.
"Playing two-handed strategies has always been one of China's fortes. By setting up a meeting with a 'political goner,' Beijing was not only able to make a seemingly warm shout out to Taiwanese, but also get back at the Ma administration," an analyst said on condition of anonymity.
Soong urged the Chinese leader to show "four understandings" when engaging with Taiwan.
"I hope you can understand the 'Taiwanese consciousness' when seeking to deepen mutual trust between both sides of the Taiwan Strait. I hope you can understand and know more about the rise of a more autonomous civic consciousness in Taiwan, as our political and social systems are after all much different from yours," Soong said.


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When Medicare plans raise co-payments for outpatient care, older people cut back on doctors' visits, then wind up needing more expensive hospital care, a new study reports.
The study examined changes in the use of inpatient and outpatient care among people in Medicare plans that almost doubled co-payments, and compared the trends with similar plans that kept co-payments steady.
Though outpatient visits increased over time in all plans, health plans that raised their co-pays had slower increases: 19.8 fewer outpatient visits per 100 enrollees compared with plans that kept prices steady.
But they also had 2.2 additional hospital admissions per year, 13.4 more annual inpatient days and a 0.7 percent increase in the number of enrollees who had been hospitalized, when compared with plans that did not raise prices.
The study, published in the Jan. 28 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, encompassed 899,060 Medicare beneficiaries who participated in 36 plans from 2001 to 2006.
"This is an ill-advised cost containment strategy," said the paper's lead author, Dr. Amal N. Trivedi, an assistant professor of community health at Brown University. "The increase in outpatient co-pays appears to produce both greater health care spending and worse health."
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Thanks to the efforts of Ohlone softball Head Coach Donna Runyon and her staff of volunteer parents and other Ohlone College personnel, the 2009 version of fast pitch softball went without a hitch.The two day tournament, Saturday and Sunday, March 14-15, at Fremont's Central Park, allowed sixteen Northern and Central California community college women's softball teams to play four-six games in the cold, but dry, conditions which consisted of plenty of wild and crazy plays.Plays such as a base runner being called out because she was touched by a base coach and another because she stepped on her bat after hitting the ball were two such crazy plays.In one of the last games played on day one, a team lost a chance to play in the Gold, or Championship Bracket, because they defeated a team by a score of 19-1. If they had won 1-0, or any score involving a shutout, then they would have gone into a three-way coin flip to decide which two teams would play on day two in the Gold Bracket, with the third team being put in the Silver, or Consolation Bracket. Such was the craziness of this year's softball March Madness.After day one, three teams, host Ohlone, Fresno City and Siskiyous of Weed, were 3-0, with Siskiyous also shutting out their opponents in all three games. The other local team, Chabot of Hayward, ended up in a three way tie for second place with a record of 1-2. They were in the same day-one pool as Siskiyous, and had to go to the first tie breaker,runs scored against, to determine which one of the three teams would move on to the Gold Bracket on Sunday, and which two would go to the Silver Bracket.Head Coach Chelsea Spencer's Chabot team won the tie breaker and the right to face Fresno City on day two. The best part of making the Gold Bracket was not to have to play until 11 a.m. Sunday morning. The Silver Bracket teams had to play at 9 a.m.Coming into this past weekend, Fresno City and Siskiyous were tied with the best winning percentage in the state among the community college softball teams. After Chabot took an early 5-1 lead over Fresno, the game was tied at 6-6 after the regulation seven innings.In the extra innings, the international tie-breaking rule was employed where each team puts a runner on second base to start out their half of an extra inning. Fresno City ended up defeating Chabot, 7-6, in eight innings to end the Gladiators run in the tournament.For Ohlone, game one on Sunday saw them defeat Modesto 8-0 in a game called after five innings because of the eight-run mercy rule. The Renegades next drew Siskiyous, a team they lost to twice earlier in the year. Ohlone thought maybe the third time would be the charm. However, Siskiyous continued their shutout string (they won earlier on Sunday, 9-0) by beating Ohlone, 7-0, in which they held the Renegades to just two hits and two base runners.In the Gold Bracket final, it was Siskiyous taking on Fresno City. After the two teams matched each other early by going five scoreless innings, Fresno finally broke through and ended Siskiyous' scoreless string by hitting an inside the park home run in the top of the sixth.Siskiyous was not dead, as they tied the score 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into extra innings. The international tie-breaker was not used in the championship game and Siskiyous won the final, 2-1, in eight innings.The Consolation, or Silver Bracket, was won by San Jose City, the team that lost out in making the Gold Bracket, when they won their last pool play game, 19-1. San Jose defeated Napa Valley, 9-0, in the final.


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Advice Needed: Maybe our son is too young but we have been...
Maybe our son is too young, but we have been introducing him to chicken and other meats but he doesnt seem to want it (its shredded and into little pieces of course). Just want to know is it okay to keep him on baby food? Is he getting enough? He hasnt been sleeping through the night either and we think its because he isnt full enough. But he just doesnt want to eat somedays. Thanks to you all!
A lot of young children have a texture issue with meat. My son didn't like any kind of meat until just recently at 4.5 years old. You just have to find other foods that will help get him enough protien and subsititue with those :).
I think it's fine, I still puree foods that are gritty....like oatmeal, rice, because my son won't eat them if they have too much texture. As far as chicken and other meats go I usually have to puree them until they're really smooth...in a Vitamix or a cuisinart; if you have a kitchen aid mixer you can also use the meat grinder attachment. Also found that if I mixed gritty meats (like chicken and salmon) with a potato or a yam that my son will eat them...it helps smooth out the texture.
I ended the spoon feeding baby food as soon as mine had enough teeth to chew bite sized pieces of table food. Mostly because it freed me during meals to actually sit down and eat, myself. I think it helped that they were really interested in feeding themselves, so though they didn't just love all meats right away, they were both really excited about being able to pick it up.
My first was a voracious eater (still is) and both of mine have been very good sleepers, but there was definitely a transition time where I'm fairly certain we were giving our oldest a banana and possibly dry cereal even after dinner to keep her sleeping through the night.
I guess my thing is that if you hold off for too long on getting them to take the next (natural) steps, on anything, the battle just gets harder as they get older. It is much easier to fight while they are too young to remember anything.
Just keep trying. And like others said, try mixing it other foods. We also line foods up in order of bad to good, so they are working for the things they like to eat the best. It still works.
ETA: It is kind of a mess, but my kids LOVED eating chicken off the bone. And chewing the bone. So we'd always save some meat on the legs and let them gnaw on them from their high chair.
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Ds will eat things sometimes. If he gets bites off our plates he will eat things with no problem, but if he has his own plate he will hardly touch his food. I do still give him jarred foods because we have so much leftover from WIC and a lot will be expired before the new baby is old enough to eat it. He get sthe jarred food with other things but he likes to drink it out of the jar instead of eating it with a spoon. He is 17 months.


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Just weeks after the kidnapping and murder of a south Florida girl, Leon County parents are almost forced to confront the same situation, but this time with a much happier ending after a young boy escapes the grasp of a child lure while walking to school.
The video tapped kidnapping of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia served as a grim reminder to parents about the world we live in.
Wednesday, the capitol city was sent a similar message in the shape of an 11-year-old boy, spelled out in black and white, as a man attempted to lure a child to his car when walking to school. Immediately, Tallahassee Police notified Desoto Trail Elementary just blocks away.
Since then, police patrols have been beefed up and officers plan to continue monitoring the area school crossing guard Roscoe Anderson says he was shocked to hear the news.
Officers say it's a crime of chance, and the best thing parents can do is to teach their kids to reduce that opportunity, which is exactly what the young boy did by running to the Circle K for help.
Parents are using the opportunity to talk to their kids about how to prevent child abductions.
Tallahassee police say no other incidents have been reported to the department, and currently they have no suspects in Wednesday's morning child luring case.
The young boy was a student at Community Christian School.