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Serves 4
300g asparagus, trimmed
1/4 cup plain flour
2 eggs, whisked
1/4 cup parmesan, grated
1/4 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup panko crumbs
3 Tbs light olive oil
3 large ripe tomatoes, finely diced
1 shallot, finely diced
1 Tbs red wine vinegar
2 Tbs fresh coriander, finely chopped
Juice of one lime
1 Set up three dishes, one for flour, one for the egg and one for crumbs.
2 Combine the parmesan, cornmeal and panko crumbs.
3 Roll the asparagus in the flour.
4 Dip each spear into the egg then roll in the crumb mixture.
5 Heat a fry pan, add the oil and when hot cook the asparagus until golden, turning frequently.
6 To make the salsa; combine all ingredients and season. Let sit for at least 1 hour to allow the flavours to amalgamate.


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The Detroit Pistons had shown signs of turning things around following a slow start to the season.
That is, until their second-half performance on Wednesday.
The Pistons will try to shake off that woeful showing on Friday night as they battle the Toronto Raptors.
Having picked up a victory in two of three following an 0-8 start, the Pistons took a first-quarter lead over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday and still held the advantage coming out of halftime.
That's when the wheels fell off for Detroit, which missed its first 15 shots of the frame and did not score its first point of the second half until there was 2:15 left in the third. That allowed Orlando to net the first 21 points of the stanza and outscore Detroit 26-8 in the frame en route to handing the Pistons a 90-74 defeat.
"We had no energy to start (the second half)," Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said. "It was like we had to call timeout before our guys started the second half. There was a void of the necessary energy to play the game."
Tayshaun Prince had 10 points and a season-high eight rebounds, while Greg Monroe led all players with 19 points. Only four of those came in the second half and he also ended with eight boards.
Still, over his last four games, Monroe is averaging 20.3 points and 11.5 rebounds a night and he should be the focus of Toronto's defenders in this one.
The Raptors haven't gotten their season off to the best of starts either as they carry a two-game slide into tonight's meeting and have dropped seven of their last nine.
Toronto had some chances to steal a win at the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday, but came up short on several chances in the final seconds in a 98-97 defeat. Both DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry had shots blocked on the final possession and Andrea Bargnani's attempt from 18 feet out at the horn fell short.
"We have to make our own breaks," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. "I thought we shot ourselves in the foot in the beginning of the fourth quarter as far as turnovers. When you turn the ball over, they score layups."
Bargnani had a game-high 25 points and Lowry added 21 to the defeat.
Jonas Valanciunas contributed 16 points and 10 boards in the setback, his third double-double of the season. That made him just the second Raptors rookie to collect three or more double-doubles through the first 15 games, joining Damon Stoudamire, who had seven in that span in the 1995-96 campaign. Valanciunas still has three more games to add to that total.
The Raptors have lost two straight and five of their last six overall encounters with the Pistons and have dropped three in a row and 14 of their previous 17 trips to Detroit.


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It's clearly for the children.
That is what this boils down to. There is no "right" answer, but citizens of each country answer the question diferently.
Individuals answer the question differently. What happens if you say no, I wonder?
You can't say "no". They can just take a swab of something you touched.. Everywhere we go, we leave a little something behind.
When they tried this in Toronto a few years back it was accompanied by a lovely threat to publish the name of anyone who didn't cooperate.
Shit man, I WISH they'd try something like that in Winnipeg. I'd be damn fucking PROUD to be published on a list of "those who didn't cater to the OBVIOUS overstepping of the authorities". I'd be tempted to ask if they wish me to wear a red armband as well to indicate I didn't take part in this.
But in general, I'd ask they put my name front and goddamn center as one of the people who didn't take part.
I'd be damn fucking PROUD to be published on a list of "those who didn't cater to the OBVIOUS overstepping of the authorities
From an AC.
We don't all have the need to start an account on every site we read.
When they tried this in Toronto a few years back it was accompanied by a lovely threat to publish the name of anyone who didn't cooperate.
Thus indicating who you should reach out to when organizing political (or violent) resistance? Way to think it through, guys.
I would want my name published, as someone who stood up to that inappropriate request. Once they have your DNA on file, you can't trust them to discard that information.
The thing is, if they take it themselves (e.g. break into people's houses and swab a cup) they can't use that anyway. It was not obtained by lawful means. This means any further evidence they gather based on that, is also unlawful. So they don't do things like that. This is why they formally obtain and store DNA records when someone is convi
I've lived in Toronto for 20+ years. I don't recall any such attempt, nor threat.
He's referring to the Holly Jones case [www.cbc.ca] in 2003.
May 21, 2003
Police intensify search, sifting through hundreds of bags of garbage in the hopes of turning up additional evidence in the case. They start collecting DNA samples from residents of Holly's neighbourhood.
Toronto police Det. Const. Andrew Teixeira and his partner Jamie Clark knocked on doors in Holly's west-Toronto neighbourhood asking men to voluntarily provide a DNA sample.
When they got to the home of 35-year-old Michael Briere – filled with stuffed animals and comic books – they asked Briere if they could swab inside his cheek.
"It was a flat no. He apologized and said he thought it was just a way for the government to track people's movements," Teixeira recalled. Of the 300 men who lived within two blocks of Jones's home and were asked to provide a DNA sample, he was one of only two who said no.
Briere was placed under around-the-clock surveillance. It took a month before police announced his arrest, revealing they had matched his DNA, taken from a discarded pop can, to skin found under Jones's fingernails. Briere was convicted and is serving a life sentence.
Emphasis mine. Now it turns out they got the guy. So it just boils down to a question of whether the ends justifies the mean.
Individuals answer the question differently. What happens if you say no, I wonder?
"No-one will be forced to comply, the department said."
Essentially, they're doing the same thing we're already doing in the US. If you say no, the authorities start implying that you're probably the guilty party. They start investigating you as the real suspect, and during the course of their investigation into your background, it becomes clear to all your friends, girlfriend/wife, coworkers, and family members, that you must have refused to supply them with your dna sample, or refused to take the lie detector test (otherwise, they wouldn't be asking such questions).
And they're claiming they're looking for "family members", but notice they're not asking for dna samples from female participants. Either this is a little white lie designed to minimize the outrage the men must be feeling at being singled out, or perhaps they're hoping to nab a male teenager through the analysis of his fathers' dna (since getting dna from hundreds of male teenagers in the vicinity may actually be harder to achieve politically) .
Dutchman here, there has been quite some coverage on radio and television.
If you say no the police will pay you a visit to ask why you said no. They have no legal means to entice you to change your opinion, this is a voluntary action (but as the purpose is to find relatives rather than the perp himself, they can afford some negatives).
They also say that the data cannot legally be used for anything other than this investigation and will be destroyed afterwards, but this indeed boils down to trust.
To the OP: it's not just "do you trust the government". If it also the (much more difficult) moral dilemma whether you want to collaborate in prosecuting a (possibly close) relative and presumably put all your family through a great deal of stress...
Cops come to my door, I have nothing to say to them unless they have a warrant, and not even then.
No, you can't come in—in fact I'm coming outside and closing the door behind me. No, I'm not answering any questions (other than my name, as required by law).
10 I ask, "Am I under arrest?"
20 If they say, "No," then
30 I ask, "So I'm free to go back inside?"
40 If they say, "No," then
50 Goto 10
Somewhere, there has to be a sense of common human rights, and what's extractable by the state-- any state. If there are no matches, then what? Is the DNA destroyed? Or is it part of a new database to vet our ostensible innocence of other crimes?
It's invasive, and therefore beyond the reach of probing with the flimsy "probable cause" of proximity, and the inherent right of people to be innocent until proven guilty. Yes, American ideals, and a boundary that's pushed across the planet.
Somewhere, there has to be a sense of common human rights, and what's extractable by the state-- any state. If there are no matches, then what? Is the DNA destroyed? Or is it part of a new database to vet our ostensible innocence of other crimes?
I know that not reading TFA is common enough, but this is answered in the fine submission - yes, it's a one-time effort, and the samples will not be kept.
it's a one-time effort, and the samples will not be kept.
Bullshit. They are lying, you can see their lips moving.
I'm guessing that for now they are telling the truth, because first you have to make people accept giving DNA for various random cases. Then you point out the obvious waste and absurdity in collecting this information and throwing it away again and again. Since most people feel they're paying way too much taxes already they'll go with it and get permission to store it so they can just ask your permission to reuse it. Then they'll complain of the administration cost of getting permission for each individual use and make the default a permanent permission. From there you can just slow-roll it to cover more crimes to get more people in the system. And if you've boiled the frog well enough, perhaps the 51% will find that the other 49% should be in the system too.
We actually have laws in this country to prevent just that. For example the "Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens" (Personal Data Protection Act) accounts for most of the rhetorical questions in the comments here.
Ummmm. Ok. Sure. Fine.
Data is forever. Ask Google or Amazon, etc.
I know the Dutch believe they're highly honorable. And I know that you apparently believed it. And I think you're daffy.
I just googled "dutch mps" and most of the stories seemed to be the sort of thing I'd want my politicians to be doing.
"We'll destroy the DNA afterwards, we PROMISE...."
If "here" is the US, it's already a common practice [newstandardnews.net]. And yes, if you refuse you can expect your name to be published [nytimes.com] in the paper.
IMO, this is an obvious breach of our 4th amendment protections against unreasonable searches, and our 5th amendment protections against self incrimination.
Yeah, we've seen and heard similar promises from both government and private entities before.
"These automated license plate scanners won't store the data." "Okay this data may be useful to us, so we'll save it but not for more than three months." "Hey we've got all this great license plate data, organized by place and time - what will you pay for such useful information?"
"We're not collecting Wi-Fi data." "Okay, yeah we are collecting it but we're not going to store the Wi-Fi payload info." "Okay, we did, you caught us, it was accidentally done, but we won't do it again." "Okay we didn't actually dump it the last time after we said we would, but we ARE now... promise!"
If I were Dutch, I think I'd decline to participate.
In fact, in another Dutch case, the very same promise was made... and broken. The guys who fell for it are now stored in the central DNA database. Forever.
If only I remembered what case that was, I would post a link.
http://www.forensischinstituut.nl/dna-databank/dna-themas/grootschalig_dna_onderzoek/ [forensischinstituut.nl]
I don't generally like the idea of giving DNA samples to anyone. However, if the authorities are very direct and up-front about it, and provide me with a signed statement that the records will be destroyed after each sample is "cleared", then I'd do it in this case.
I'll always trust the entity who asks for something over the entity which does the same thing in secret without permission.
Even so, I sincerely doubt that this will lead to the perpetrator, for obvious reasons.
I don't generally like the idea of giving DNA samples to anyone. However, if the authorities are very direct and up-front about it, and provide me with a signed statement that the records will be destroyed after each sample is "cleared", then I'd do it in this case.
I'll always trust the entity who asks for something over the entity which does the same thing in secret without permission.
Even so, I sincerely doubt that this will lead to the perpetrator, for obvious reasons.
If I were the killer, I would certainly not give my DNA. They probably expect this. Those who refuse will of course receive special attention. Then the DNA might rule out those who are suspects now, and have a different profile. What they hope for is a match for family. They can see if the person is a blood relative, and that will limit the scope of the search.
If I were the killer, I would certainly not give my DNA. They probably expect this. Those who refuse will of course receive special attention.
Well, I've never killed anyone and don't plan to, but I most certainly wouldn't give anyone my DNA unless forced to. If they want to force me, they have to treat me as a suspect, I have a right to legal counsel, etc. Why should I trust the police that they'll destroy everything afterwards? Wouldn't be the first time they lied.
They have to do their homework, find suspects, and then get THEM to provide a DNA sample. Taking shortcuts and asking everybody to provide one "voluntarily" is not acceptable, because at some point it won't be voluntary any more. The fact that the proper procedures take a lot of work is an insurance policy against just treating everybody as a suspect just in case.
Even so, I sincerely doubt that this will lead to the perpetrator, for obvious reasons.
They're not doing this assuming the killer will volunteer; they're looking for his relatives - something that was apparently not possible 20 years ago, when they also did a DNA screening. Everyone has a creepy cousin somewhere, right? Most guys will probably volunteer. Everyone in that town wants the crime to be finally solved.
If they would really look for relatives, then they would not limit themselves to male DNA sources. It should be obvious to anyone that a rapist can have female relatives just as well as male ones.
Did you ever consider that maybe the genetic markers they are looking for only occur on the Y chromosomes?
Except, of course, the entity may very well be direct and up-front, provide you with a signed statement and then store your sample in secret without your permission anyway.
Once you've provided them with the sample you have no control over what they do with it in secret.
This actually has a good chance to work. Just because Bob raped someone doesn't mean Bob's dad knows. Bob's dad goes in, gets tested, and shows up as a very close match... they have now narrowed the suspect list from 8000 to under 10.
why not 6km away, 10km, etc? That is not that large of an area all things considered. It would be roughly the size of a small town. Who is to say the perp didn't live the next town over or was a nomad of sorts. Yes I know they say it is to possibly locate relatives, but how often would close enough match cause them to accuse said match.
Also who would trust their government to "destroy" the data when they are done with it. Yes they may very well destroy the samples but you can bet your next paycheck that it will stay stored on some backup somewhere for future use.
Why not 6km/10km? I'm not sure, but I guess it's because the village where she was found is only 500meters long and surrounded by meadows. 5km radius = 10km diameter. This means all nearby villages are included as well.
Any further is a lot less likely: most crimes are commited within a certain distance of the criminals home. Because the infrastructure at the site doesn't allow to travel very fast, this distance decreases I think.
The Marianne Vaatstra case will probably never be solved. There was a lot of ev
The Marianne Vaatstra case will probably never be solved. There was a lot of evidence pointing towards a center of asylum seekers nearby. The most likely suspects fled the country within a few days.
And later evidence pointed to it likely being a local (second bike), possibly somebody she knew (likely perp's lighter in her bag), and most likely western European (from DNA); not quite the Iraqi/Afghani asylum seeker profile.
At this point it could be her neighbor, somebody from Amsterdam, or even an American with Western European heritage. No use pointing fingers anywhere.
I do agree that this likely will never be solved, though. This and dozens of other cases that don't get nearly this much (media) attention.
I wish you guys would cut it out with the RISCque jokes.
Convince people they are being attacked, and they'll give you anything you want. Happens every day. Textbook case, ripped right out of that book written by the little general.
This is a good article on the problems with fishing expeditions like this. [wordpress.com] Basically, the farther you cast the net, the greater the chance of false positives. What's worse, if there's just one false positive, it becomes next to impossible to argue your innocence because people look at the improbability of a single person being a false positive instead of the probability that there are false positives.
DNA screening only looks at a few characteristics. Take two random people, and there is about a 1-in-7000 chance that their DNA profiles will match. If you take the DNA profiles of 8000 people, it is quite likely that one of them will match the criminals profile. Meanwhile, the criminal will almost certainly find some way to avoid giving a sample. So you get to put some innocent person through hell, and for what?
They are not looking for a match with the criminal, they are looking for any one matching. They might find family narrowing the search for the real criminal.
Take two random people, and there is about a 1-in-7000 chance that their DNA profiles will match
True, but keep in mind that this may as well translate to:
"Take an octogenarian paraplegic-at-birth blind man in care home and a 30-year old guy who has no alibi and is known to be a womanizer who likes getting rough, and there is about a 1-in-7000 chance that their DNA profiles will match
I doubt it would be that clear-cut, but investigations don't generally go "your DNA matches, we don't care you claim where you
And what if you're a 1-in-7000 guy, and happen to not have alibi and don't have many friends around the place cause you're seen as a bit weird?
Then they'll take a closer look at you and while you may be a bit weird and not have an alibi also don't seem to have any ties to the case whatsoever, and be let go.
The real danger lies in your name becoming public because the entire town is going to distrust you or even decide that you are the perp and take matters in their own hands.
Besides, going through the proce
And what if you're a 1-in-7000 guy, and happen to not have alibi and don't have many friends around the place cause you're seen as a bit weird?
Then they'll take a closer look at you and while you may be a bit weird and not have an alibi also don't seem to have any ties to the case whatsoever, and be let go.
No ties to the case? Your DNA matches the semen found in the victim, or whatever they got it from!
Do you think the prosecutor is going to stand up and announce to the town, well, we found this guy with a DNA match but we let him go since that is all the evidence we had. That would never go over. They're going to have to prosecute, which means the guy with the DNA match goes through the wringer no matter what the outcome is, and they're quite likely to end up in prison.
Yes, this is a perfect situation for the false positive paradox [wikipedia.org]. Essentially, unless the rate of false positives in the test is significantly lower than the number of perpetrators (which is anywhere from 1 in 8000 to 1 in several billion) then the test is useless.
This is the same reason the AMA said *not* be screening for prostate cancer may be preferable because the tests are inaccurate. Mathematically you're guaranteeing you would largely treat patients that were not ill, and since treatment is not without risk you're risking more casualties by testing than would succumb to the disease.
DNA evidence taken on this scale can be nothing more than circumstantial unless the test they use and the quality of forensic sample they have from the crime scene are accurate enough, and I can only hope the defense rakes the state over the coals if they screw it up. I honestly hope they get two unrelated positives, or one positive for a resident who has an air tight alibi.
Forensics is not a substitute for police work.
Also it's not impossible that forensics labs have heard of this science stuff and know a little bit about it. Just saying.
Colin Pitchfork [wikipedia.org] was the first person ever to be convicted on DNA evidence. That was as a result of voluntary mass-screening and suppose it's natural for the Dutch police to follow suit especially if they have no leads.
He was actually only caught because he paid someone else to submit a sample in his place, and that person then bragged about it. That case also happened pretty early on in the whole DNA as evidence era. Now a days I would expect a criminal to be much more cautious about the whole thing. Then again we are talking about criminals, and they aren't often known for their high intellect.
"That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally approved." -- Benjamin Franklin, letter to Benjamin Vaughan, March 14, 1785.
First, announcing this pretty much ensures the guilty party is never found. It would be like going on Twitter and saying "Hey Mr./Mrs. (Name of criminal), the police are going to #raid your house tomorrow."
Second, you only THOUGHT you had the right to privacy.
First, announcing this
as opposed to.. what? Surreptitiously acquiring the DNA sample from people?
It would be like going on Twitter and saying "Hey Mr./Mrs. (Name of criminal), the police are going to #raid your house tomorrow."
But they're not even trying to find the criminal's DNA in this case - they already tried that, and didn't find a match. They're trying to find family members now.
I guess if everybody in the family knows that family member X did something, and then every member in the family asked de
Even the summary stated they don't think they'll find the perpetrator directly through this sampling. Instead they hope to find a relative who's DNA would be a close match or possibly share some semi unique trait. This could help them immensely by narrowing down the pool of suspects.
My impression was that this is strictly voluntary, so it's not exactly a violation of an individual citizens privacy. It will no doubt though cause lots of concern over whether or not the authorities will do as promised when it
I read this "All data gathered will be destroyed after the match with this particular murder" and immediately think bullshit.
As a rule, once they have this, it never seem to go away.
I would never submit to this unless I was required to -- this is a fishing expedition. Anybody who submits is probably innocent, and anybody who refuses is going to be treated as if they're guilty with something to hide.
Yes, this is terrible. But asking everyone to submit exclusionary DNA because they've ran out of places to look
The next step of course would be to just simply have everyone's DNA on file just in case they ever needed it.
Too many laws are written without stated punishments, which means that the government breaks the law without any consequences.
If they explicitly stated that if they failed to destroy my DNA records within 3 months, they would pay me me cash, I would do it. Probably for a minimum payment of $1,000 dollars.
So now that the police have openly asked for this the criminal would have to be brain dead stupid to stick around.
All data gathered will be destroyed after the match with this particular murder.
Here is what Data thinks of that statement. [youtube.com]
Maybe you can believe the promises of the Dutch police, but if this were in the USA, I would say there was not a chance in HELL the data would really be destroyed.
I suspect it would not only be kept locally, but probably snarfed by the state police, FBI, DHS, CIA, and/or whatever.
Sorry to sound so jaded.
A committee takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom. -- Parkinson


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I reckon MS simply decided to 'shoot for the moon' with a far out DRM policy and if it stuck, they'd be happy, but otherwise they'd retract it all to the extreme and win adoration from the crowd as the company which dared put consumers first. It's like praising a murderer because he decided not to kill you today. Sure, it probably took a lot of fortitude to do go against hard instincts, but he shouldn't be killing people anyway!
I'm ready for my thoughts to take a ride on that wave of opinions!!!
Jim was remarkably naive in this video.
nah, you fuck with the consumers once, we will not forget, but I'll keep in mind the old M$ who claimed in E3 "... the result of the launch sale will speak for it self, we are confident..." "we have a offline system, it's called Xbox 360" "We here in M$ thinks that ownership is shifting..." Yeah, We the consumers OWNS YOU, You don't treat us like your bitches; it's the other way around! I guess that Xbone-Eighty maneuver is M$'s acknowledgement of that little fact eh~?
WE will not be denied, we will remember, and we WILL make ourselves known, SUCK IT M$!~ PS4 ALL THE WAY!~ (besides, we've got a better system, with better pricing... what more is there to choose from except Bayonetta2? and that had NOTHING TO DO WITH M$...
So is the mandatory Kinnect still there, spying on us? Cause that would be my only issue with it then, as well as all the other features I don't care for.
Those people are like Microsoft, they wouldn't understand. Remember that it should work their way and we should just deal with it, because for some reason they can't ignore other opinions.
Reversing their policy don't mean shit, they could always reverse it again later. Unless it's something binding and enforcible by law. Don't be fooled.
Huh, that was fast. I honestly didn't expect Jim to respond this quickly.
Posted this in a thread earlier, holds relevance here too
These also perfectly represent my feelings.
Valve does. EA and Ubi are building their stuff as well, they just can't afford to anger the retailers.
I didn't know that PS4 was on Fallon as well. That pretty much explains why Microsoft decided to do this. They were counting on uninformed consumers, but that move changed everything.
The funny thing is I don't think people have that much issue with the those specific DRM policies (other than the 24 hour check in) for digital goods. If they had applied all those features strictly to the digital goods yet allowed physical copies to work as they had in the past, people would have strolled willingly into the arms of this new control scheme. After all, more and more digital version of games are being sold all the time.
No its the "we have to take it all and we have to take it right now!" that screwed them.
aye. steam and co ar a good example for a good vis a vis DRM sheme.
What people often forget is that Steam also has an opt-in DRM system. For many titles, for example Europa Universalis III or Crusader Kings 2, it only acts as a content delivery system. After downloading, you can basically copy your files to a different directory and run the game entirely without Steam.
Steam itself should not be confused with DRM - it's a digital content delivery system with the option for DRM.
It's good to know that MS have listened, even if it's with their wallets. I'm still not getting the Xbox One, there is still a good chance they'll gradually bring back all bad patch-by-patch. I'd doubt they'd do it straight but over time they will probably bring all that stuff back, thinking people will have forgotten about it. MS is probably hoping that the user base will just sit back and let it happen, because they've already brought console and won't have much other choice.
Nice evil laugh.
well this is nice, despite that if I'm going to buy a next gen console I'm probably going to get a ps4, mostly because it's cheaper.
But I don't have any plans to buy a next gen console, so really I wonder why I even care.
I don't think Jim would have a problem with GOG, given its DRM-free policy, so maybe that's unrelated. Having said that, I see what you mean, but the problem with the Xbox one would have been that the DRM was part of the hardware. On PC, you have options, on the Xbox one, you wouldn't have competition between different distribution platforms, it would be either DRM or no games, with just Gamestop-like stores and a single digital one to buy games from. It's the kind of environment that makes it harder to expect drop in prices, sales, and whatnot.
I see you point about the X180 being closed market. All I'm saying is that it would've pushed people to embrace the digital distribution, make it much more popular than it is now.
While that is a lovely callback, you're using it, I think, in error. The 'rich dark roast' argument is an argument wherein people SAY they want apparently interesting, classy things, but then opt for the familiar, safer, milder choice. The PS4 is the milder choice. It plays games, and doesn't throw hurdles in front of you. That's the baseline everyone wants. The Xbone was the rich dark roast - it came with all the extras, like the Kinect, and promises of cloud gaming, and being a media centre, all things people say they'd like if their console also did - but when it comes down to it, the more things it does other than gaming, the worse it looks to most of us. And then, they put that rich dark roast in a state of the art coffee cup which disintegrates when you leave the store with it - they say it's so that you don't need to go through the hassle of disposing of it, but really it's so you have to spend more time in their store, or have to deal with getting burned when the coffee spills down your pants.
Moreover, regarding the rest of your argument, the features taken out of the Xbox have nothing to do with cloud games and whatnot. What's been removed is the mandatory 24-hour check in, and the game-sharing nonsense. If a developer makes a game that requires a constant connection to the internet and takes advantage of the cloud (whatever that means), they can still do it. In fact, they can also do it on the PS4, or computers. That was the problem with this policy in the first place - a 24-hour check up has nothing to do with what kind of games your machine is capable of playing.
In summary, while Xbox's promise of cloud gaming might have been a game changer, this won't change that. Either it'll come true, or Microsoft will just have made empty promises.
For my part, Microsoft is now back in contention. They're still far from an equal contender - they'd need to outpace Sony in terms of exclusives that I want if they want an even match - and given Sony's strong record with good exclusives, I don't see that happening.
But as the kindle is concerned, you can download the kindle app on any device. I have kindle synced up on both my iPad and Samsung phone.
See, that makes my point even stronger. Given the chance, companies would lower the digital prices. So Amazon is not just selling you books at lower price, because you have to buy their device, they're selling cheaper, because digital goods are replicated virtually for free.
Yeah, but you don't have a single e-book format (not all e-books have DRM), and you can read e-books on all sorts of platforms, while Xbox One games are obviously only for the Xbox One, which means the digital market will almost assuredly be a monopoly (and they would have all had to stay under one big DRM umbrella), handled by Microsoft.
I can't see the future, nor can I know for sure what they'll do with the system, but it's just hard to compare the PC market with the console market, so it's also very difficult to predict prices going down just because digital copies become widespread, or at least, this is how it seems to me.
They were trying to take step five before they took steps one, two, three, and four. Consoles need to do a lot more to justify moving toward a near-all digital format. They don't get to suddenly move into it without providing a lot more of what PC provides customers first.
"Maybe it's that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offenses against me. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever."
- Mr. Darcy
I am glad they reversed their decision, but like Jim, I will never forget what they tried to do. I will never forget any of the things companies have done, or tried to do, and I will still not be buying an Xbox One. Why? Because shame on me if I do. Knowing they could reverse this decision again, that the system is set up to go this route again at any time I cannot, and will not, in good conscience support a company that even 'tried' to do this. No matter that they reversed their decision, they tried to do this, and I respect that, but I cannot forget. I cannot forget that Microsoft employee after Microsoft employee treated people that thought their old policy was bod like freaks, and some even responded to criticism and question - just questions - with anger and annoyance. This is not the way a company I want to buy from treats critics and customers.
My good opinion, dear Microsoft, is indeed lost forever.
Microsoft does not listen to customers, no matter how many snarky critical videos would have been made, they just don't care. The only language such corporations speak is the business chart one. They did not back from anything after the reveal; E3 only cemented their misguided policies. However, miraculously, after a time that I assume would be enough to gather their firs preorder info, they had a change of heart. Let noone get fooled, this is the only kind of argument they understand. There probably is a lot of research done on how preorders translate into later purchases, it surely allows companies to do some accurate estimates. I can only guess that prepurchases that they saw now must have made them shit a metaphorical brick.
Microsoft did not reverse all the bad things it's doing. It merely tries to do damage control and then signify it with their massive PR money. It is still a console for which you have to pay 100$ more in order to get a device that will be a quite useless gimmick at best, and an easily hackable spying device at best. With the whole PRISM scandal, I would be extra careful about what devices such as this are capable of learning about me. It still is a 100$ more expensive piece of hardware with inferior specs.
Oh, I agree. MS are a bunch of arrogant morons, and they are to blame for all this shit-storm.
That interveiw was amazing for just how defensive Microsoft were over simple aspects of their console. It seems they KNEW they were actively attacking consumers and just didn't care. They were hoping they could cover it up. He dealt with almost none of Joes (and everyone elses) concerns, he wasn't able to answer basic questions without deflecting. It was a PR massacre. Joe isn't exactly Jeremy Paxman and they still looked like Richard Nixon after Watergate.
I'm just flabbergasted at how badly they've done every aspect of this.
There's nothing like the smell of victory in the morning..
Great news, now you can all go buy it on release date without guilt. ^^
Sadly the internet has a very short memory. Ironic.
Oh they've reviewed their DRM policy and other shitty stuff, ok I'll get one now...
NO! That kind of attitude is not good. M$ should be burned for even suggesting all this to begin with, they deserve to have a failed system and exit the console market. Buying something because they reversed their shitty policy does not excuse the behaviour especially when it's been so easy to do a 180 on it. If you think it will stop here you're laughing. They will keep pushing and pushing with new and insidious ways to skrew the consumer over. If ever there was a time to familiarise yourself with consumer rights with regards to shop and online purchases now is the time.
Jim is right, don't ever forget this and be vigilant.
No change is better than a bad change. Say every day, a man comes up and kicks you in the shins. You'd want change right? If that change were to be the man coming back with steel toe-caps, you'd think that perhaps this isn't the change you wanted.
I'm less disinterested in getting an XB1 now, but I'm still not planning to get one.
If nothing else, I've learned to never buy/install anything from Microsoft that's v1.0.
Give the XB1 a couple years of evolution, and then we'll see.
Whereas Sony has kicked customers in the shins for years and years, and then suddenly said that they're going to stop.
That promised change makes them awesome?
I must say I'm surprised that this happened - but now the question is what'll happen next
I'm guessing that M$ will enable some kind of online registration of your Xbone games to enable the 'steam-like' feature for your disc-bought games, adding that doing so will lock it to your account, but then allow you to download it from other xbone's that you log on to
...and if you ever want to sell it, you just de-register the game online to 'free up' the disc so you can go and sell it
This is perfectly doable and enables both systems.
Xbox One drops its shitty DRM policies and the fastest Jimquisition on record?!?
Great, they brought two componenets up to par with what Sony was already doing. Now they just need to give us anything that is actually better than the alternative. Then they need to give us ENOUGH things that are better than the alternative because right now I'm still stinging from the slap they gave would-be consumers.
They saw all this as the future and simply tried to make it happen. Same with the Win8 GUI (that I happen to personally like) where they forced it instead of making it optional when they could have. Dumb.
This still does not fix:
1. The console being weaker.
Comparing Microsoft with the PS4 still results in the PS4 having all positives or equivalent scores while giving Microsoft all negatives or equivalent scores. It's quite staggering that they dropped the ball this much and even such a bold move only brings them up to par.
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by John Calvin (compiled by John H. Kromminga)
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Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. —Psalm 50:14, 15
There is in all men by nature a strong and ineffaceable conviction that they ought to worship God. Indisposed to worship him in a pure and spiritual manner, it becomes necessary that they should invent some specious appearance as a substitute; and however clearly they may be persuaded of the vanity of such conduct, they persist in it to the last, because they shrink from a total renunciation of the service of God.
Men have always, accordingly, been found addicted to ceremonies until they have been brought to the knowledge of that which constitutes true and acceptable religion.
Praise and prayer are here to be considered as representing the whole of the worship of God, according to a figure of speech. The Psalmist specifies only one part of Divine worship, when he enjoins us to acknowledge God as the Author of all our mercies, and to ascribe to him the praise which is justly due unto his name; and adds, that we should betake ourselves to his goodness, cast all our cares into his bosom, and seek by prayer that deliverance which he alone can give, and thanks for which must afterwards be rendered to him.
Faith, self-denial, a holy life, and patient endurance of the cross, are all sacrifices which please God. But as prayer is the offspring of faith, and uniformly accompanied with patience and mortification of sin, while praise, where it is genuine, indicates holiness of heart, we need not wonder that these two points of worship should here be employed to represent the whole.
Praise and prayer are set in opposition to ceremonies and mere external observances of religion, to teach us that the worship of God is spiritual. —Commentaries
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Skip to comments.PA POLL Rasmussen: Rick Santorum 42%; Mitt Romney 38%; Ron Paul 7% Newt Gingrich 6%; Other 2%
Posted on 04/17/2012 11:04:06 PM PDT by Steelfish
April 5, 2012
Poll Watch: Rasmussen 2012 Pennsylvania Republican Primary Survey Rasmussen has just released their first Pennsylvania poll: Rasmussen 2012 Pennsylvania Republican Primary Survey Rick Santorum 42% Mitt Romney 38% Ron Paul 7% Newt Gingrich 6% Other 2% Undecided 5% This Pennsylvania survey of 750 Likely Republican Primary Voters was conducted on April 4, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Eighty-three percent (83%) of Republican primary voters in Pennsylvania now believe Romney will be the partys presidential nominee. Only 10% think Santorum will emerge as the standard-bearer. Fifty-two percent (52%) feel Romney would be the strongest candidate against Obama, while 27%
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Let's see... is 4 percentage points beyond the margin of error???
Never mind...
I urge ALL Conservatives who can turn out in a primary state, to do so, and even if their candidate is not in the running but is still on the ballot, to vote for that person over ROMNEY as a protest vote and to send a message. This keeps the heat of the fire on the Bishop, which he needs 24/7.
IS there anything current? This is from April 5th which is BEFORE Santorum withdrew ( or suspended his campaign-— or whatever it is he did)
PLanning on doing just that. My two choices haven't been available for a long time now so I just figured I would either vote for whoever is NOT Romney on the ballot or write in.
What are we to surmise from a poll taken prior to Santorum suspending his campaign?
Just curious why you`re posting a 13-day-old poll that bears no relevance now that Santorum is out.
Is it to show Santorum still had a shot at last count in his home state and shouldn`t have exited when he did?
I just wish Santorum had waited until after the PA primary to get out. I wonder if a deal wasn't made????
I just wish Santorum had waited until after the PA primary to get out. I wonder if a deal wasnt made????
No deal. Just a BIG risk if he lost Pennsylvania again. He is next in line next Primary so he is just going to wait until Romney loses the general BADLY and come back in 2016 and win the Presidency. I don't blame him at all. He will come back in 2016 pretty clean from his very moral and ethical run in 2012.
On April 24th 2012
If Santorum is on your primary ballot
Vote for the man and his delegates who fought it
Not for the man who brought it
OBMACARE is a 1.76 Trillion $ Hydra
A 9 headed Serpent whose heads must be decapitated all at once with a Firebrand otherwise they grow back and devour everything in sight
by L.J .Keslin / http://www.theusmat.com
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While the ex governor of the only state with mandatory state run health insurance (which is in trouble ) was busy buying up state primary elections Of the three GOP candidates remaining opposing him only one man, Sen Rick Santorum, had the courage to take on a what they call a third rail issue...Eugenics...one of the heads on that 9 headed snake called obamacare.. and Santorum had his character asassinated for it... Rick has been pummeled from both sides Called , a women hater ,, a religious nut, and ..a one trick pony. Santorum spends an hour discussing oil and the economy then 10 seconds comenting about pornography but guess what MSM and Santorum detractors will talk about... certainly not ,what's really in the 1.76 trillion dolllar wonder called Obamacare ,,...!; Population control,.Death panels., Private presidential armys..requiring US to pay for birth control pills and abortions and all that goes in those 2400 pages of rules, laws,and regulations and with it. cost, 1.76 trillion and rising ..
To pay off a 16 trillion dollar national debt at $16.00 a second would take 31,668 years*. .. Not including interest.There is no way to "fix" Obamacare..Part of that debt is a 1.7 trillion dollar secret Xmas eve gift that was delivered in March 09 that must be returned by someone determined to do so not just exchanged .I'ts doubtfull the man in the Etch a Sketch suit will do it. Mitt has yet to explain how his "Romneycare "is working" A trillion seconds of time =31668 years
Two groups late in the last century led in Eugenic development. The Nazis and the Communists. Few know or remember how the Nazis began. First citing "health risk" "nicht rauchen" baning cigarette smoking, Then terminating Down Syndrome children, and then on to mentally defective children and adults,. then on to besides murdering opponents, races. All done to make the German Reich healthy and last a thousand years
. So you go to the MSM (Main Stream Media) the so called "gate keepers" for information about these things and you find closed gates .. The sorcerers in the media magically reduce a 2000 page Hydra , a Greek legendary nine headed venomous serpent that must be slain by a firebrand ,and morph it into the mourning after pill and a "womans health care issue."
The "gatekeepers" never tell you that Obamacare bill creators and the Amish are exempt from being in Obamacare. The drafters are on record actually calling it population control and demanding Catholic bishops support it.* Their statements are out there .But not mentioned by the so called gate-keepers but by the AM the alternate media, meaning radio talk shows like Limbaugh's and websites like Britebart's Government . Places Obama wants to shut down and will once re-elected *Joel Pollak Britebart Government .
When Santorum talks about freedom he warns women surrender their rights when they buy into this monstrosity . That is what's in Obamacare which is deceptively titled "The Affordable Health Care Act" .Yet Obamacom tzars who hail from that foreign land, the deep swamp of Acadamica are all preaching the utopian wonders of Eugenics. Why it's the final solution (remember him ?) population control. Which is part of the Obamacare package.
Fortunately Santorum has not shyed away from this issue miss characterized as only a social issued. It is both a social and financial issue $ 1.75 trillion is in no way a minor expenditure. One of this hydra heads Population control affects US from the cradle to the grave. .but Santorum can not speakout and act against this despicable movement ? Particularly when that is being shoved on religious groups by the Demo-Coms . Especially when they are ignoring constitutional rights...
Private job creation projects rejected by the socialists controlling new demo-com party should send a signal to the Republican bleeding heart establishment . "Bi-partisanship" doesn't exist with the socialists who have taken over the democrat party and to the GOP leading presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Mr Romney should start realizing Obama is a "socialist".. Everyone including the monthly liberal magazine Newsweek knows he is but Mr Romney just can't seem to get around to saying it . Preventing an iron mine in Wisconsin for a desperate area in need of jobs or preventing the Keystone pipeline transfering oil from Canada to American refineries decisions which would have provided employment to thousands and reduced gas prices. was not on the new demo-com agenda.which has taken over. Common good is not their concern but their welfare is.. not ours .
Thank You
Live in PA ....Make up Santorum signs and place them around church parking lots...Learn who his delegate are (won't be identified on ballot) and vote for them....
Agenda much ?
Why are you posting old polling results that have no relevance at all anymore? This is from April 5th before Santorum dropped out. The fact that it was this close, is part of why he quit the race. Romney was about to drop 2-3 million in mostly negative ads into PA and Rick had no money left with which to counter. There is a very real chance Santorum was going to lose his home state.......again.
Yeah Pennsylvania is big.
If Lee can round up the troops for one more shot a Gettysburg we can turn this war around.
Jesus will some of you people get a clue and move on.
The sad thing is, even if Santorum was still in it and we had this one last chance to deal Romney a defeat, the newtonians still would not vote for him.
Let's win Pennsylvania and keep RINO Mittens from winning it. Take the Santorum and Gingrich ads about Mitt viral to everyone you know in PA — and the media. Write letters. (Find papers online.) If you're in PA, call the local talk shows and tell them why you still aren't voting for Etch a Sketch.
good suggestion! I agree!
Shouldn't we be voting for Gingrich delegates, since Santorum dropped out?
"Shouldn;t we be voting for Gingrich delegates since Santorum dropped out ?
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Thank you, Dan, a little perspective is always useful in these difficult times.
Jason asks...
Will Northrend be accessible at 68 like Outland was accessible at 58? Or do I need to be a solid 70 to quest and instance in Northrend?
Technically, Northrend will be accessible to anyone with the Wrath of the Lich King expansion installed; you can hop a boat or zeppelin on any character of any level. There's no "You must be THIS HIGH to cross through the portal to Outland" restriction, but you won't be able to pick up any of the quests available in Northrend until level 68. Could you grind your way to 68 in Northrend from the mid-60's? Maybe, but I wouldn't recommend it.


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PITTSFIELD - When the 11-year-old asked for her hand, Mollie Messana wasn't going to say no.
For any child, a dentist's office can be menacing, with its exotic machinery and metalic scalpel-like tools. The young girl was supposed to receive some Novocain for a tooth filling, and she clutched Messana's hand. Messana, 22, is interning as a dental assistant at Hillcrest Dental Clinics in Pittsfield.
"She didn't know if I could hold her hand, and I said sure, and she squeezed as hard as she can," Messana said.
Messana, a Pittsfield resident, is enrolled in McCann Technical School's post-secondary program, learning to become a dental assistant, and she can feel the profession taking hold.
Not long ago Messana recalls working at the Beacon Theater and munching on sweets, popcorn and soda, landing her some cavities.
Today, she's made her teeth a priority, turning away kisses from her boyfriend if he doesn't brush his teeth and lending a helping hand to Hillcrest dentists - even if that means putting her hands in strangers' mouths.
Dental assistants serve as an extension of dentists, setting up and sterilizing equipment, lending a helping or supportive hand to both patient and dentist, and have many responsibilities to ensure a seemless procedure that doesn't keep people awkwardly leaving their mouth open. There is strong demand because of an aging senior population and greater access to care at younger levels, according to the McCann website.
Like so many, Messana had been neglecting her teeth, but she has since become a model of good hygiene, brushing twice a day for at least two minutes, flossing, and watching what she eats to prevent tooth decay. She makes sure she has no food left lingering, touching the gums.
McCann Technical offers a 43-credit dental assistant program, which includes 350 hours spent at a dental office for eight credits.
"From the first day until now, I see more confidence," said Hillcrest dental assistant Jane Gregory, who has helped mentor Messana.
"She comes in and knows what to do and how to set up a room, and how to go sterilizing, and that's just what I've seen in just a few days with her. What I want to see is confidence."
Messana had worked on the teeth of classmates and others close to her , but this is her first time working on the teeth of people she doesn't know. She is the only intern from McCann working at Hillcrest, which has hired five of its seven dental assistants from the vocational education program.
She started working on Thursday, Feb. 27, and she'll continue for three to four weeks. She saw the first of four tooth extractions on her first day. She's also seen first-hand neglected teeth that could have been spared if patients had come to the office a little sooner.
It's not always their fault, she said, because some families don't stress the importance of hygiene and care.
Michael Supranowicz, director of business development at Hillcrest Educational Center, said now that dental insurance has been restored to MassHealth plans, people should carefully examine their options. The coverage will apply to more than 800,000 low-income adults across Massachusetts, including 120,000 senior citizens and 180,000 people with disabilities.
"We work so hard to ensure people have health insurance, but we don't do the same thing [for dental]," he said.
As Messana is learning, there are consequences for not taking care of your teeth early.
"There's a lot of people who don't realize it until they are in the office," she said.


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Callaway Competition in Leingarten, Germany, has now won three major sports-car championships in three consecutive years with its Corvette Z06.R racers. The company began its remarkable championship journey in 2005, when the FIA introduced the GT3 series. The series pits the world's top supercars against each other, including Ferrari, Aston Martin, Maserati, Porsche, Lamborghini, Jaguar, Ascari, and the Corvette Z06.
Each manufacturer had to submit exhaustive documentation of the car's content to the FIA before it could be considered for approval. GM elected to not submit paperwork on the Z06, so the FIA designated Callaway Competition as the Z06's manufacturer. To date this decision has prevented the Z06.R GT3 from competing in the American Le Mans (ALMS) series in the U.S., since the ALMS only allows cars from the original manufacturer to compete.
Callaway Competition and PK Carsport formed Team Carsport Callaway and began constructing their first car in October 2005. The team converted an export Z06 acquired from Corvette Europe, which became the first Corvette GT3 race car and was dubbed the Z06.R GT3. Every part was photographed and documented during construction. When the project was completed, 175 pages of paperwork were submitted to the FIA.
The new racer arrived in Monte Carlo for its debut on December 1, 2005. Extensive testing was conducted in January and February 2006, and a number of modifications were made to make the car competitive. These included revised fenders, suspension, new engine-management software, bigger brakes, air jacks, aerodynamic aids, and center quick-release wheels. The changes were then documented and resubmitted to the FIA for final approval.
After the homologation was approved, the team's next hurdle was completing the "Balance of Performance" process. The FIA uses a designated driver to test each manufacturer's car on the same day, at the same track, to determine its performance potential. Officials then adjusted the cars' performance with inlet restrictors, ballast weights, and ride-height adjustments to "balance" them against the competition.
Once approved, each manufacturer had to enter six cars. Since only one Z06.R GT3 Corvette existed, Carsport Callaway enlisted the help of Koos Pettinga, Brand Manager Corvette Europe, to acquire more Z06s. Pettinga contacted Corvette Chief Engineer Dave Hill for assistance, and Hill delivered five test-fleet cars for conversion to GT3 specs.
The conversions were completed just before the first GT3 race at Silverstone, England, in April 2006, giving the team the requisite six entries. Three were assigned to Carsport Callaway, and three went to the French Riverside team. The season didn't start out on a positive note for the Corvettes, with broken engines, transmissions, axles, and rearends keeping the cars out of victory circle. But by the end of the season, Carsport Callaway had sorted out the Corvette's reliability problems, and the cars were very competitive.
After the season, PK Carsport sold its part of the team to German sportsman racer Uli Martini. Martini Callaway Racing was created, and three cars were developed for 2007. Team Riverside, meanwhile, continued on with three cars as well. The Martini Callaway team won the 2007 FIA Team Championship by one point over Ferrari at the last race in Dubai. Team Riverside was disbanded at the end of the 2007 season, but former Riverside driver Marc Sourd formed Marc Sourd Racing and continues to campaign two cars today.
Martini Callaway built two new cars for 2008 and assigned them to drivers James Ruffier/Arnaud Peyrolles (No. 1) and Klaus Ludwig/Uli Martini (No. 2). Ruffier and Peyrolles provided the team with a winning edge, with consistent top three finishes and several overall victories. This performance helped them secure the 2008 FIA GT3 Drivers Championship at the final race in Dubai by 11 points over the Second Place Ford GT.
For 2009, the team was renamed Callaway Competition, and it competed in both the FIA GT3 series and the German ADAC GT Masters series. Negative balance-of-performance rulings by the FIA made the Corvettes noncompetitive throughout the GT3 season, so the team wisely poured additional effort into winning the GT Masters championship. It entered three cars to face an onslaught of factory-backed Audi R8s. Once again the reliable and wickedly fast Corvettes prevailed and captured the Team Championship. They took five Firsts, three Seconds, and three Thirds in 14 races to beat the factory Audi team by 15 points.
On October 1, 2009, the team delivered a new Z06R.GT3 to TAM Auto Engineering in Dubai. The new car, driven by Karim Al-Azhari for the House of Portier, is competing in the eight-race 2009-2010 Total UAE GT Championship. With four back-to-back victories, the Z06 is on its way to capturing another championship for the Callaway Competition supercar. TAM Auto Engineering prepares the car and crews it for each race. In addition, one Callaway Competition technician attends each race to support the team.
As this is written, the small shop in Leingarten is preparing for the 2010 season. The Callaway Competition team will continue to build and campaign one of the most successful racing Corvettes in the marque's history. While it's hard to match Corvette Racing's C-5R and C6.R successes, it's important to remember that this is a private effort driven by passion, dedication, and engineering excellence, not cubic dollars. Stay tuned, as we know there's more to come from Callaway Competition in 2010.


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Lazy Sunday after a ridiculous week at work and wife is gone to a friend's all day. Time for some chocolate blizzard and season 3 of Breaking Bad.
Lazy Sunday after a ridiculous week at work and wife is gone to a friend's all day. Time for some chocolate blizzard and season 3 of Breaking Bad.
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Finally a judge who does his job. The Saudi jihadist would have killed Americans. And Muslims around the world would have cheered him.
via Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari sentenced to life in prison – KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock.
LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Judge Donald Walter sentenced Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a Saudi Arabia man convicted in a failed bomb plot, to life in prison Tuesday. Aldawsari looked different than he did during his trial five months ago. His hair had grown out and he had clearly lost a significant amount of weight.
Jurors convicted the former Texas Tech University student in June of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in 2011.
It only took about thirty minutes for the judge to deliver the life sentence. However, Walter was clearly torn in his decision-making process saying, "I cannot remember a case in 27 years that has given me this much difficulty." At one point judge Walter even said he "didn't know what to do".
The judge did deny the prosecution's request to call a bomb expert to the stand and to show a video on explosives.
The defense, led by Dan Codgell, stayed to their argument that no weapon of mass destruction was actually ever created. They also made comparisons to other cases in which attacks had been executed and the defendants were issues a lighter sentence. The defense asked the judge to be fair in his sentencing.
The judge said that he wrestled with the fact that Aldawsari had no previous history of this type of behavior. He directly asked Aldawsari what happened to make him change.
Aldawsari addressed the judge quietly, saying that he was happy when he was a student at Vanderbilt and that life changed when he came to Texas Tech. "I did not have a friend. I was alone and was isolated for a long time," Aldawsari said.
He apologized many times, but told the judge "at the end, none of the actions have caused harm to the United States."
After listening to Mr. Aldawsari, Judge Walter said he considered all the factors and he understood the progression. But, he said, "bottom line, you would have done it."
Aldawsari stood emotionless while he was sentenced to life in prison.
Aldawsari will not be eligible for parole. He does have plans to appeal the sentence but will have to do so with another defense team. Aldawsari will be transported back to the Lubbock county jail where he will await his assignment to a federal prison.
Video at the link above says the Saudi's believe it was a fair trial but want him to serve his sentence in Saudi Arabia. Pretty sure this judge is not going to allow that. He should order the Saudi's to pay for their exchange students incarceration costs though.
Apparently the KCBD editor was afraid to use the full quote:
"But the bottom line is that but by the grace of God there would be dead Americans," Walter said. "You would have done it. In every step, it was you all alone."
Prosecutors said other targets he researched included nuclear power plants and the homes of three former soldiers who were stationed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Potential targets he listed in emails sent to himself included hydroelectric dams, nuclear power plants, reservoirs in Colorado and California, and Bush's home, which he referred to as the "Tyrant's House."
Aldawsari wrote in one journal entry, "And now, after mastering the English language, learning how to build explosives and continuous planning to target the infidel Americans, it is time for Jihad," authorities said.
Prosecutors offered to show the judge a video of the possible damage Aldawsari could have done had he succeeded in assembling explosives. Walter declined.
"I'm fully aware of what 15 pounds of plastic can do," he said.
The FBI said Aldawsari did Internet searches that suggested he was considering concealing explosives in infant dolls or targeting a nightclub with an explosive concealed in a backpack.
He bought other ingredients needed to make an explosive device as well as a soldering kit, glass beakers and flasks and emailed himself instructions for turning a cell phone into a remote detonator, authorities said.
He also wrote in his notebooks about the steps needed to stage a bombing, including renting cars using different driver's licenses, setting up a remote detonation and planning a safe exit, the FBI said.
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I travel for a living, and am looking to get a used 1st gen iPad (64Gig with 3G) to carry with me. Will I be able to use the latest IOS and get iCloud or will I need to get at least an iPad2? (would love a new iPad, but that's not going to happen anytime soon) Budget says the used 1st gen, not if I can't use the latest IOS however.
Also, I'm not too worried about the 3G, I 'only' need connectivity at home or at hotels, not while I'm on the road or at work, but if the 3g Dongle comes included with it (presuming this is a verizon refurb/return unit), I'll keep the hot spot and just not turn it on.
- A 1st gen. iPad 64gig + 3G will cost you $549.
- A 2nd gen. iPad 32gig + 3G will cost you $529.
So unless you absolutely NEED 64gig of storage...I would go with the 32gig + 3G iPad2.
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I'm looking at a refurb from a reseller, so I'm looking at about 1/2 of those prices for the 1st gen 64G. also I'm a photographer, and plan on using this as a mobile portfolio (zenfolio, etc...) as well as typical travel internet usage... email, surfing etc...
currently I carry a cheap windoze laptop and an ipod touch, but most nights I just squint at the ipod so I'm looking at the ipad so I can upgrade and streamline what I haul around with me.
I would Love to get a 32G new Ipad of course ( who wouldn't?) will have to earn that one (opening my own studio soon, and will take that out of profits down the road).
the 3G aspect is immaterial, where I use it most, I have wifi available.
also I just realized this should be over in the IOS section, not hardware... can admin move the thread?
The prices I quoted above were for iPads with 3G...because I thought it was a "must have" for you! Without 3G...iPad prices will be lower. There's usually about a $130 upcharge for the 3G capabilities.
Personally I would only buy a refurbished iPad from Apple...but if you're ok with the reseller you're looking at...go for it. Just remember..."refurbished" from Apple will be like brand new (new battery, 12 month Apple warranty, and cosmetically like new). I'm not sure other resellers offer this.
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I can verify that at least as of today, the original iPad runs the latest version of iOS and works beautifully with iCloud.
Whether it will be able to run iOS 6 (whenever that comes out) is another question, but iCloud and iOS 5 are a lock.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Americans looking for a good tax deduction before Dec. 31 and who have an extra car or truck lying around can donate the vehicle to charity.
But the rules on donated vehicles have changed since 2005, when Congress placed limits on once-generous donation policies. Before, taxpayers could look up the value of their donated vehicle and claim that as their deduction, but in recent years the vehicle donation rules have become much more complicated, depending on how the charity uses the car or truck and how much the charity sells the vehicle for -- if they sell it at all.
By and large, if a charity (such as a food bank or senior transportation group) uses your vehicle instead of selling it, you may be able to claim the full market value. Just make sure you get documentation from the charity before claiming the deduction.
No matter how you do it, taking such a deduction has plenty shades of gray, and conferring with a tax adviser is wise.
"Today's rules are much more stringent, and it's nearly impossible to deduct the full market value," says Edmunds.com consumer advice editor Carroll Lachnit. "Understanding the proper procedures can help donors get the most out of their deductions and -- more importantly -- avoid penalties if audited."
To get the maximum value from your vehicle donation and stay away from prying IRS eyes in the process, Edmunds offers the following tips:
Know the rules. In 95% of cases, the charity will elect to sell your vehicle and pocket the cash, Edmunds says, in which case you can deduct the actual sales price of the vehicle. Get that price in writing, include it with IRS form 8283 and attach it to your 2013 tax returns.
Make sure your vehicle goes to a "qualified" charity. The IRS deems a charity qualified if it has achieved "exempt" status. The federal government calls them 501(c)(3) organizations, although religious groups also qualify. For a good look at all exempt-status organizations, visit the relevant IRS website here.
Make sure to itemize. Edmunds says you have to itemize the donation to make it legit. Here's how the company explains it: "If you want to claim your vehicle as a tax deduction, you must itemize your return, even if the car is the only deduction. But if the sum of your itemized deductions (including the car) does not exceed your standard deduction, then you might not want to claim itemized deductions after all."
Edmunds also strongly advises donators to keep all paperwork. If you're not sure which documents to store away on a donated-vehicle deal, consult IRS Publication 4303.
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The Soaring Eagle Zipline is a two-person ride that will take off near the paddle boat area, over the pond and parking lot to the dog park, stop and then come back. You leave backward and return forward, and it takes between two and three minutes to complete the ride, Tupper said.
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"Alongside H.E. the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, we are gravely concerned that poaching in the country has increased to enormous levels. At the current rate, there may be very few elephants left in this country over a period of the next few years," said WWF Tanzania Country Director Bell'Aube Houinato.
According to a press release dated 10th January 2014 from the Ministry for Natural Resources and Tourism in Tanzania, elephant census conducted in October and November 2013 at the Selous Game Reserve and its surroundings revealed that the ecosystem has lost an estimated 66 percent of its elephants to poaching in just four years. This game reserve was home to Africa's second largest elephant population, but today, only an estimated 13,084 roam the Selous from 38,975 in 2009.
A similar situation is ongoing in the Ruaha-Rungwe ecosystem where census conducted in 1990 recorded 11,712 elephants. This number increased to 31,625 in 2009 but has since dropped to an estimated 20,090 currently indicating a decline of 36.5 percent.
According to TRAFFIC's Global Programme Coordinator on Rhinos and Elephants Tom Milliken, since 2009, Tanzania has made or been implicated in18 large-scale ivory seizures (i.e. those seizures that involved 500 kg or more in a single consignment), which are the hallmark of transnational criminal syndicates. Tanzania made only five of these seizures, whilst 13 other shipments successfully left Tanzania's ports only to later be seized elsewhere. Altogether, nearly 43 tonnes of ivory was seized in these consignments, representing the deaths of some 5,000 elephants.
Central Bank of Tanzania records further indicate that the country received 6.7 million tourists from 2001 to 2012 earning the country TZS 614.38 billion (USD 380.3 million). Tanzania received 945,794 tourists in 2012 alone earning the country TZS 109, 372,608,221 (USD 68 million), breaking all previous records. In 2013, tourism in Tanzania earned more hard currency than gold.
"With these statistics in mind, it is clear that livelihoods of the many communities, that depend on tourism via Tanzania's various ecosystems, is under serious threat as a result of runaway poaching. We expect the new cabinet to pursue the poaching crisis seriously and with sustained zeal, ensuring that the rights of people and wildlife living within and around the various ecosystems in Tanzania are protected," said Mr. Houinato.
Due to the gravity of the current poaching situation in Tanzania, WWF and TRAFFIC are consulting with relevant government and non-government partners to come up with innovative approaches that match the poaching crisis. In that regard, and more specifically, both organizations are providing reliable, scientific and objective information to law enforcement agencies in Tanzania, alerting agencies to emerging trade-related threats to wildlife, supporting interagency and international dialogue on issues related to poaching and communicating wildlife trade news both regionally and globally.
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Flash! Ah-ahh! Saviour of the universe? It'll save every one of us?
Ball-gazers see future for flash-disk mutants, unsure about purebreds
You can get a great picture of what's happening in the flash memory storage market by looking at the presentations from the recent Flash Memory summit here (warning, it's swimming in PDFs).
Over 150 documents are listed here, with file names reflecting their date of publication and the last name of their author, but fortunately, the summit's hosts list them all by date, title, session type and author. You can browse that list for one that looks interesting and then go to the downloaded PDF, but El Reg has already done the hard slog and picked out the interesting bits.
There's a chart from Seagate's product marketing director, David Burks, showing SSHD shipments in the next few years as an indicator of the delights within this set of PDFs. It predicts that hybrid flash/disk drive shipments will overtake conventional HDD shipments in 2017:
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