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WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost $4 billion for the Pentagon and another $1 billion or so for other agencies like the Homeland Security Department and NASA.
Capitol Hill aides familiar with the White House changes say the administration has identified almost $5 billion in cuts that can be restored under its reading of the arcane budget rules governing the across-the-board cuts, known as sequestration. The calculations would restore $5 billion of the scheduled $85 billion in automatic sequestration cuts.
An administration official confirmed the calculations Friday but declined to comment further because the process is ongoing. The official and congressional aides spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the changes publicly.
The move comes amid increasing public pressure to find ways to lessen the impact of sequestration. Federal agencies are warning that the mandatory cuts could mean cutbacks in services. Last week, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed legislation giving the Federal Aviation Administration the ability to avoid furloughs that were causing flight delays by tapping money in other accounts.
The cuts officially began in March after Congress and Obama could not reach an agreement on a broader budget deal. The automatic cuts had been imposed under a hard-fought 2011 debt and budget pact. They require a 5 percent cut to domestic agency operating budgets and an 8 percent cut to the Pentagon. Social Security was exempted and cuts to Medicare were limited to a 2 percent cut to health care providers. Safety net programs like Medicaid, food stamps and school lunches for the poor were exempted, too.
The cuts have so far failed to live up to the dire warnings issued earlier by agencies, in part because agency budget officers working with Congress have been permitted to transfer money between accounts. That allowed the Justice Department, for instance, to avoid temporary layoffs called furloughs. But budget experts warn the grip of sequestration will grow tighter as weeks and months pass, leading to teacher layoffs, reduced funding for infrastructure and economic development projects, and a host of other cuts across the budget.
Many liberal activists were infuriated when Congress last week swiftly moved to address problems with air traffic control that led to widespread flight delays while leaving other problems like cuts to preschool for the poor and Meals on Wheels for the elderly unaddressed. Most lawmakers are frequent fliers.
At issue in the latest recalculation are accounts that were cut more deeply under a full-year funding bill enacted in March than they would have been under the across-the-board cuts. They get funds restored. It's up to the White House Office of Management and Budget to calculate the across-the-board cuts.
The recalculation surprised many people on Capitol Hill, but Republicans atop the budget committees declined to criticize the move. Republicans like Sen. John McCain of Arizona have sought to reverse cuts to the Pentagon - and it benefits the most from the new math.
The State Department was a big winner and said Friday that cuts to its budget would be only $400 million, less than half of $850 million that was originally estimated. That means it was able to avoid furloughing workers.

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Guest host Jacki Lyden continues the conversation about the passage of Congressman Paul Ryan's budget plan in the House of Representatives. Lyden speaks with NPR Washington Editor S.V. Date about what the vote means and whether the plan's passage may signal long budget battles ahead.
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The article is filled with biased and false comments. Manning and Snowden EXPOSED ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES conducted by the US governments. Toture, killing of innocent civilians, illegal tapping of phones and emails and many more. Under a just system, revealing wrong doings is not only allowed but COMPULSORY. If you don't reveal these evidences, it means that you are a part of the evil doers. These young men just do what they were trained to do, report what is wrong and illegal.
Is the Snowden case Manning, Part II? Not quite, experts say
August 2, 2013 -- Updated 0127 GMT (0927 HKT)
A tale of two accused leakers
- WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning was convicted of violations of the Espionage Act
- Edward Snowden disclosed sensitive programs run by the National Security Agency
- While they both leaked, their circumstances -- and future -- could be far different
What did they do?
United States Army Pvt. Bradley Manning leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and sensitive correspondence written by U.S. diplomats -- information that WikiLeaks published. Some of that information was also analyzed and reported by The New York Times, Der Spiegel and The Guardian newspapers as well as other news outlets. A military judge acquitted Manning on Tuesday of aiding the enemy, but convicted him of violations of the Espionage Act. The proceedings for his sentencing could take days or even weeks. He could get 136 years.
Photos: NSA leaker Edward Snowden
Julian Assange: Manning is a hero
Crowley: Ellsberg only whistleblower
How much damage did Snowden, Manning do?
Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee and National Security Agency contract employee, told a Guardian journalist that the NSA was operating classified surveillance programs that track cell phone calls and monitor the e-mail and Internet traffic of virtually all Americans. To tell his story, he left his job and life in Hawaii, fled to China and is now in Russia, where he has been granted temporary asylum.
How did they do it?
Manning had access to intelligence while working as an analyst stationed in Iraq. Snowden worked for NSA contract firm Booz Allen Hamilton, a job that gave him access to the sensitive programs.
What are their stated motives? When Manning entered his guilty pleas on certain charges in February, he spent more than an hour in court reading a statement about why he had leaked the information. He said that the information he passed "upset" or "disturbed" him, but none of it, he thought, would harm the U.S. if it became public.
Manning said that he thought the documents were old and that the situations they referred to had changed or ended.
"I believed that if the general public, especially the American public, had access to the information ... it could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general as it related to Iraq and Afghanistan," he said, according to a statement that Manning's lawyer, David Coombs, posted a link to on his site.
Manning's statement also explains why he enlisted: "my natural interest in geopolitical affairs."
Snowden has said that he just wanted the public to know what the government was doing.
"Even if you're not doing anything wrong you're being watched and recorded," he said.
Explaining his motivation to Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald in an edited video published on the newspaper's website in June, Snowden said the NSA's activities were tantamount to "abuses."
He also revealed to The Guardian that he had access to everyone working at the NSA, the entire intelligence community and undercover assets around the globe.
"I'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office, watching what's happening, and goes, 'This is something that's not our place to decide.' The public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong," he said.
How much damage did they do?
Manning was acquitted Tuesday on the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, and experts say that clearly illustrates that the government did not provide convincing evidence that he helped enemies of the United States through his leaking. He was convicted on several other counts and now probably faces a lengthy term in a military prison.
At Manning's sentencing proceeding, the prosecution called retired Army Brig. Gen. Robert Carr, who at one point had headed up the Information Review Task Force, which assessed the possible damage that Manning's actions had caused.
Carr testified that there were concerns about some 900 Afghans who were identified in some way in the documents. But he didn't say if any of those Afghans were harmed.
Asked if Manning had made the jobs of junior intelligence analysts more difficult by damaging their superiors' trust in them, Carr said it was "hugely important to empower these young intel analysts."
But experts outside the courtroom say the mere fact that sensitive information was able to be leaked by an Army private damaged the image of the U.S. and its ability to influence global affairs.
"Manning's leaking of classified cables made diplomats and officials wonder, 'Well, if I talk to an American, will whatever I say wind up in the newspaper or published online?" said James Lewis, director and senior fellow of technology and public policy program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
"It suggested to the world that we couldn't keep secrets and we couldn't control people with access to secrets."
Much of the information contained in Manning's leaks was outdated, Lewis points out. Some of the cables were years old.
Snowden case is different
Snowden's case is different, officials say, because he disclosed how the government actually collects telephone and online information, leaving the NSA to try to reassemble its surveillance networks.
Justice Department and security officials have said that the surveillance programs were necessary to combat terrorist threats.
In an interview with CNN, Secretary of State John Kerry called Snowden "an individual who threatened this country and put Americans at risk."
"People may die as a consequence of what this man did," Kerry said. "It is possible the United States will be attacked because terrorists may now know how to protect themselves in some way or another, that they didn't know before."
In congressional testimony, NSA Deputy Director John Inglis said that Snowden's acts "constituted an irresponsible and real damage to the capabilities" of the NSA.
Former CIA chief Michael Hayden had some of the harshest language for Snowden. In a CNN op-ed, Hayden said that Snowden far eclipsed the damage that Manning caused.
"First, there is the undeniable operational effect of informing adversaries of American intelligence's tactics, techniques and procedures. Snowden's disclosures go beyond the "what" of a particular secret or source. He is busily revealing the "how" of American collection," Hayden wrote.
..."there are already reports of counter-terrorism targets changing their communications patterns. And I would lose all respect for China's Ministry of State Security and Russia's FSB if they have not already fully harvested Snowden's digital data trove."
Military law attorney Eugene Fidell told CNN that there is some good that can come of Snowden's leaking, though the former president of the National Institute of Military Justice is quick to add that he has little sympathy for Snowden.
His leaks helped lead to congressional hearings and a re-examination of how much intelligence gathering is appropriate and when it may be venturing into abusive territory.
"The public knowing, at least being aware, of the powers of the FISA court showed new and sweeping powers being exercised by the executive branch," Fidell said.
"This is a democratic country, a democratic society. An informed electorate is essential. Not every voter should know everything," he said. "But there is increasing concern across the political spectrum" that those powers may be overreaching.


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Tricking and treating may be all about the kids, but this grown up use for candy corn will give adults yet another reason to raid the little ones' goodie bags.
Candy Corn Cordials
Start to finish: 5 minutes active (plus 3 hours to infuse)
Servings: 2
FIRST GRAPH MISSING. USE DROP CAP STYLE SHEET. tilde;2 cup candy corn, plus extra for garnish
11tilde;2 cups vodka
2 ounces orange liqueur
Juice of 1tilde;2 lemon
1 large egg white
In a jar with an airtight lid, combine the candy corn and vodka. Cover and set aside for at least 3 hours. When ready, strain and discard the solids.
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice combine 4 ounces (1tilde;2 cup) of the candy corn vodka, the orange liqueur, lemon juice and egg white.
Shake vigorously for at least 30 seconds, then strain the into chilled martini glasses. Garnish with candy corn.
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In the sports media world, this summer was clearly the Summer of Jadeveon Clowney.
After winning an ESPN award for 'The Hit,' making waves at SEC Media Days, and being the subject of a Bill Brasky-esque profile in the New York Times, Clowney appeared to be the picture of humility when compared to the sports world's other object of affection, Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.
And that humility all started with his upbringing in Rock Hill, South Carolina, a town sandwiched between Columbia and Charlotte.
If you looked at Clowney's stature and the way he plays, you might say he was born to play football.
But according to his mother, Josenna Clowney, football didn't even enter her son's life until he was 6 or 7 years old.
"People was saying he was bigger than anybody else and that he was going to be good," said Josenna. "But when it really hit was around the 10th or 11th grade."
That's where former South Pointe High School coach Bobby Carroll had the chance to coach the boy up from raw talent to award-winning defensive end.
"We kinda looked at him like, maybe he's just an adult who's lost and walking through a school to cut through to a neighborhood because the school was between two neighborhoods," said Carroll. "We, of course, went up to him and asked him his name, then all of a sudden the light went off and the bells started ringing: Hey, this is a freshman football player of ours."
Clowney's legend grew at South Pointe quickly. By the time his senior year came around, he was the consensus number one recruit in the entire nation.
After months of heavy recruiting from the likes of Alabama, Clemson, and South Carolina, Clowney settled on the Gamecocks on his birthday in 2011.
If Clowney's play at South Pointe gave him fame, his play at South Carolina and 'The Hit' at the Outback Bowl has given him legendary, almost mythical status.
Clowney is now in his final year with the Gamecocks. In his swan song season, he has the opportunity to prove to the NFL he is worth the first overall pick in the 2014 Draft.
But in the end, his mother still thinks of him just as that big kid from Rock Hill.
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The Mother's Board of New Haysland Missionary Baptist Church recently sponsored its Annual Mother of the Year Banquet for 2013 at the Charles Gleghorn Center.
Mother Annie Stone is president of the Mother's Board.
All area churches were invited to participate in this recognition by nominating a mother to be recognized at the banquet. Each mother received a ticket from which the winning Mother of the Year was selected.
Mothers representing the following churches, Brown's Temple A.M.E. Church, Market Street Church of God, Mary's Chapel A.M.E. Church, Mayberry Street Church of Christ, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and St. Paul A.M.E. Church, were Cynthia Rice, Inez Massey, Nancy Waggoner, Rachel Hampton, Joyce Buchanan, Patricia Bailey and Mildred Hawk (both from St. Paul), respectively.
The winning mother selected in the drawing was Rachel Hampton.
Mother Gladys Askins was the mistress of ceremonies for the event. The speaker was Minister Sernobia McGee, an associate minister from Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Tullahoma. A trio of community youth, including She'Leah McDonald, Chelsea Nobles and Shaquan Mustin, provided the musical entertainment with several vocal selections. Final remarks were given by the pastor, The Rev. Wayne Jones.


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When Army Ranger Quinn Colson, the new sheriff of Tebbehah County, is called out to investigate a child abuse case, what he finds is a horrifying scene of neglect, thirteen empty cribs, and a shoe box full of money. Janet and Ramon Torres seem to have skipped town—but Colson's sure they'll come back for the cash.
Meanwhile, Colson's sister has returned—clean and sober for good she says. His friend Boom has been drinking himself into oblivion and picking fights at the local bar. And his old flame is pregnant. But Colson can't focus on his personal problems. He and Deputy Lillie Virgil are convinced that Janet and Ramon have a taste for guns, drugs, and human trafficking. Soon Colson and Virgil find a link between the fugitive couple and a drug cartel that controls most of the Texas border, taking their investigation far beyond the rough hills of northeast Mississippi…
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text: Jesus People USA (JPUSA for short) is both a church AND a community. For what is church, but people, the body of Christ. Definitely the lines which usually separate our Sunday self from who we are the other six days of the week get blurred. It is a place to discover who you are and to be challenged to live an authentic life in Christ.


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The solicitor representing the family of Milly Dowler as well as other alleged victims of phone hacking is taking his battle against Rupert Murdoch to America, it has emerged.
Mark Lewis, one of several lawyers representing clients pursuing claims against the News of the World for phone hacking, is expected to travel to the US within the next few weeks to meet with American lawyers about legal action in the country.
Mr Lewis was reported as being in the "advanced stages" of bringing at least one case against Mr Murdoch's company in the US.
Asked about the reports, he said he was "not prepared to deny" them.
The revelation comes after five senior journalists from The Sun were among eight people arrested over allegations of improper payments to police and public officials.
A serving officer in Surrey Police, a Ministry of Defence employee and a serving officer in the Armed Forces were also detained by officers from Operation Elveden.
Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, parent company of News International, which runs The Sun and The Times newspapers, is expected to fly to London to visit staff later this week.
News International chief executive Tom Mockridge emailed employees saying Murdoch had personally reassured him of his "total commitment" to continue to own and publish The Sun.
Operation Elveden - which runs alongside the Met's Operation Weeting team - was launched as the phone-hacking scandal erupted last July with allegations about the now-defunct News of the World targeting Milly's mobile phone.
It has now widened to include suspected corruption involving public officials as well as police officers.
The arrests of deputy editor Geoff Webster, picture editor John Edwards, chief reporter John Kay, chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker, and John Sturgis, who is a news editor, sparked speculation that the red top would go the same way as the News of the World.
They followed the arrests two weeks ago of four current and former Sun employees, as well as a police officer.
All eight people were released on bail.
A leaked memo from Mr Mockridge, chief executive of News International - part of News Corp - to staff said that Mr Murdoch had personally assured him of his "total commitment to continue to own and publish" the paper.
The Sun editor Dominic Mohan said he was shocked by the developments but would focus on putting out today's edition.
But many News International employees were said to be angry that the arrests came as a result of information supplied to police by the company's Management and Standards Committee.
National Union of Journalists general secretary Michelle Stanistreet said: "Journalists are reeling at seeing five more of their colleagues thrown to the wolves in what many sense to be a witch-hunt."
News of legal action spreading to the US will raise further questions of the viability of Mr Murdoch's newspapers.
Last week Steve Coogan and Paul Gascoigne headed a list of phone-hacking damages claims which settled close to trial, part of 54 now-resolved cases out of 60 that were launched against News International subsidiary News Group Newspapers before October last year.
Five remaining cases could not be heard on Wednesday for technical reasons and a sixth - that of singer Charlotte Church, with her parents, James and Maria - will begin at London's High Court on February 27.
The two-week trial before Mr Justice Vos will not just consider Church's claim that 33 articles in the News of the World were the product of hacking into the family's voicemails, but also set out a compensation framework for future cases.
The judge was also told that 56 new claims were in the pipeline - including those of singer James Blunt, soccer star Peter Crouch - and his wife Abigail Clancy, politician Nigel Farage, footballer Kieron Dyer and Eimear Cook - ex-wife of golfer Colin Montgomerie.


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NEW YORK (WIBW/CNNMoney) -- The data breach at Target was significantly broader than originally reported: The company said Friday that 70 to as high as 110 million customers had information such as their name, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses hacked in the breach.
The retail giant had previously said 40 million shoppers had their credit and debit card information stolen in the weeks following Thanksgiving.
Target said the hacking is not a new breach, but that it was discovered as part of the investigation into the theft of card information.
The company also said it would offer free credit monitoring and identity theft protection, which will be made available to everyone who has shopped in their U.S. stores.
"We know this incident has been a confusing and stressful time for our guests, and for that we apologize," said Scott Kennedy, president, Finance and Retail Services, Target. "We hope this offer provides them with additional peace of mind."
Target said it will release more information, including instructions in how to enroll in the program, next week and estimates customers will have about three months to sign-up. It added that contact centers have no additional information at this point.
Target also said Friday that sales had been stronger than expected before its original announcement on Dec. 19 but fell sharply after the news. Target warned that sales and profits for the current quarter would be lower than expected because of that loss of consumer confidence.


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A NEW group made up of loyalist flag protestors from around the province has set up a Mid-Ulster sub-committee.
The Ulster People's Forum (UPF) is seen as an alternative to the Unionist Forum, which was set up by DUP leader Peter Robinson and UUP leader Mike Nesbitt to address problems thrown up by the flags demonstrations.
Victim's campaigner Willie Frazer, who is set to contest the Mid-Ulster by-election, is the group's interim spokesperson.
On Thursday a statement was released stating that a sub-committee group representing loyalists from "all areas of Tyrone and Fermanagh" had been established.
Interim Chairperson for the group, Jamie Bryson, said the local group will work alongside the central Forum committee.
A number of flag protests have taken place in Mid-Ulster since the removal of the Union flag at Belfast City Hall at the start of December.
"The Mid Ulster sub-committee of the Ulster People's Forum took place on Thursday 10th January 2013," a statement read.
"The Meeting involved ordinary Protestants, Unionists and Loyalists from all areas of Tyrone and Fermanagh including people from Dungannon, Moygashel, Aughnacloy, Ballygawley, Carnteel, Benburb, Stewartstown, Newmills, Cookstown, Moneymore, Draperstown, Portadown, Coagh, Caledon, Augher, Clogher Valley, Enniskillen and Fermanagh."
"The meeting was opened and it was soon clear that the aim of the meeting was to unite all types of people from the PUL Community to combat the attacks on our British identity and culture," it said.
"The Group will work under the direction and help of the main body of the Ulster People's Forum which took place in Newtownards on 3rd January 2013."
The new group has been criticised by First Minister Peter Robinson who claimed those involved were "bankrupt of thought" after a suggestion that direct rule was an alternative to power-sharing with Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness.


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Idaho Man Sentenced for Molesting Girls
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A 53-year-old Idaho Falls man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for molesting three girls. The Post-Register reports District Judge Dan Watkins Jr. sentenced Jeffrey Dunn yesterday. Dunn was found guilty in November of three counts of lewd conduct with a minor younger than age 16. He has a 15-year sentence enhancement for being a repeat offender. Bonneville County Deputy Prosecutor Daniel Clark says Dunn was a father figure to the girls, who were molested between 2004 and 2011, when they were between the ages of 6 and 14. Dunn was arrested in November 2012. He was required to register as a sex offender after a 1996 conviction for lewd conduct with a minor younger than 16.


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Former England footballer Jimmy Greaves has made a full recovery after suffering a stroke, it has emerged.
The 72-year-old former Tottenham star spent two nights in hospital and underwent neck surgery after falling ill at his home in Chelmsford, Essex. He has since been discharged and says he is feeling as fit as ever.
"I had a mini-stroke but just weeks later I'm honestly feeling better than I have in years - I'm as fit as a butcher's dog," Greaves told The People.
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To one, Sal Grosso was a mentor who helped launch his political career. To another, he was the torchbearer for fiscal responsibility. To a third, he was a relentless digger of truth.
To each, he was a friend and trusted colleague.
Grosso, 89, passed away Wednesday morning following a long illness, according to the Grosso family.
Even if you didn't agree with him, you had to concede Cape Coral and what he thought was best for the city was always in his heart.
His influence brought about significant change in city council at a time when the Cape was ground zero for the real estate collapse.
"Everybody viewed him as a tireless researcher and a staunch fiscal conservative and his influence will be missed," said former council member Bill Deile.
That experience came from his long career at what was then the Bell system, where he became known for fixing problems that arose in the system, asking questions about it and holding people accountable.
Grosso was one of the inspirations behind the Cape Coral "Fab Five," a group that started as city activists that took control of the city council in 2009 and were hailed by supporters as crusaders who would save the city from economic doom.
Grosso, again, provided those lawmakers with the information they used to seek financial change.
One of those activists was John Sullivan, who was taken under Grosso's wing and would soon after become mayor, sweeping in Deile, Chris Chulakes-Leetz, Peter Brandt and, later, Erick Kuehn.
"He was a mentor, a tireless researcher and had a wealth of information and documents and knowledge about the operations of the city," Deile said.
Grosso also was a member of the Financial Advisory Committee, which was dissolved in 2012 by council after a presentation on the state of city pension plans by then FAC Chairman Don McKiernan, who said the city could be on the verge of ruin if it did not make changes.
"We had great talent on that committee. The problem was that they told the city council things they didn't want made public," said Bob Davies, president of the Cape Coral Republican Club and member of the FAC. "Like the fact the pension fund was woefully underfinanced."
Not everyone agreed, including voters who went in a different direction the next election.
His supporters, though, remain staunch in their memories of his efforts.
"People viewed him as a bull in a china shop because he dug up things people didn't want dug up. People would say he was closed-minded. I worked with him. If we disagreed on a point, if I could make my argument to him, he would see it and change his mind," Davies said.
"Sal was a fiscal conservative and believed in good management and accountability. The money the government has is ours and they should be careful in the spending of it," Deile said. "His legacy is that he looked out for the people who lived here and tried to make sure their hard-earned money was well-spent."
"He was a friend and a great American. He did what he thought was the right thing for Cape Coral," Davies said.
He will be cremated and a Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Cape Coral on Tuesday, June 3, at 11:30 a.m. with a Celebration of Life to follow afterwards at the Palmetto Pine Country Club. Donations may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.


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Jan 24, 2013
how i'm fighting for joy
6 comments:
- William Smith said...
May God continue to bless you both. Thank you for your example
- 24.1.13
- Anonymous said...
Praying still
Wendy in MD
- 24.1.13
- Christine said...
If you read enough and know enough stories, physical and mental health tragedies can easily overwhelm your heart. Much like the dirt poor in Kenya contrasted with Americans who spend more on pet products per year than Kenya makes in a year, significantly health-challenged people live a life that is unfair, compared to those who live unencumbered by physical or mental handicaps. I have two special-needs children who keep me hopping to this and that appointment and more, and sometimes I feel parents with physically and mentally "normal" children don't give enough thanks to God.
But who has the greater gift? When we need to cling to God daily for survival, we have a gift that's eternal. Needing God so desperately means we concentrate far less on the things of this world.
Your posts here point to your desperate need for God and the wisdom and power and glory he allows you to share in with Him. Your lives bring Him glory and what a gift that is! Without the heart- wrenching handicaps, without the extreme poverty, sufferers would dwell in this world as if it were the end. That's human nature, sadly.
I know you already have this perspective, but I like to remind myself of it frequently. :)
I am praying for strength, balance, wisdom, and much grace always. His grace is such a beautiful sustainer while we wait for eternity.
- 25.1.13
- Anonymous said...
May I say, What a beautiful post, Christine!
Still Praying.
Mary Ann K.
- 25.1.13
- Anonymous said...
I have just watched your story. Praise God for his faithfulness and Grace and Mercy. Your story has touched me and made me think of how ungrateful I can be. You guys have made me realize just how precious life is and how Awesome God is. Ian & Larissa you guys are an inspiration and a testimony to Gods Grace. May God lift you up and bless you richly with joy, peace and love.Thank you for your beautiful testimony. Blessings, Adrian:)
- 26.1.13
- Jenny - PA said...
I agree, Christine! I LOVE what you wrote..."Without the heart- wrenching handicaps - sufferers would dwell in this world as if it were the end." Amen.
We adopted a boy with HUGE emotional needs and live DAILY clutching onto the hand of Jesus...Our future and his is completely uncertain to us... but NOT to Him.
Praying for you Larissa!
- 29.1.13


text: A Marshfield firefighter who sustained serious burns when he became trapped under debris in a Scituate house fire Nov. 6 is recovering at home after treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital. According to Fire Chief Kevin Robinson, Lieutenant Joseph Kalinowski returned to the hospital for additional treatment Nov. 15 to 18 after being discharged within a few days of the fire, and he expects to receive his remaining treatment on an outpatient basis. The chief said Kalinowski has burns on his leg, right shoulder, and the top of his head, and has received skin grafts. A Marshfield firefighter had not been trapped in a building in more than 25 years, the chief said. Robinson said Kalinowski is not likely to return to full duty until after the first of the year.


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My take is that if they're going to spend money on an effective pitcher, I can make peace with that. Plus this perhaps paves the way for Chapman in the rotation, where he perhaps might be awesome. I like awesome.
Also, like Benihana, I suspect the Reds still might have plenty of cash to go after a bat or two.


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the only problem with that is the Marxists will send someone there to shoot people
Then it will be the shortest shooting spree in modern history.
We will only hear a very little about it in the news media and another story of a handgun being used to defend life and limb will be swept under the rug.
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Anyone else tired of in-app purchases?
Am I the only one who is annoyed by in-app purchases? I now check to see if apps have them, and then avoid them. I just want to pay for a game and play it without having to pay more! I don't mind if it's several dollars, rather than the old everything-is-99-cents days. I just want to play!
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Did the Saints beat Atlanta, or did the Falcons beat themselves in their 31-27 loss at New Orleans on Nov. 11?
Receiver Roddy White was dismissive of the Saints after the game when he said, "It's not like they came out here and won a game. I think we kind of gave it to them."
Quarterback Matt Ryan and the Falcons were stopped at the Saints' 1-yard line late in the game. The Falcons (10-1) believe they have unfinished business with the Saints, who will visit Atlanta on Thursday night.
The Falcons are dominating the NFC South. They lead second-place Tampa Bay by four games and the Saints (5-6) by five games. Atlanta could clinch the division this weekend if it beats the Saints and Tampa Bay loses to Denver.
New Orleans has won 11 of the last 13 in the series. Running back Michael Turner said the lopsided recent history in the rivalry is a sore subject for Falcons players.
"We get tired of hearing about it," Turner said Tuesday. "Each season is different. We've both been winning for a while now. When it comes down to this game, we know it's going to be a tough ballgame. We have to go out there and just handle business."
White wasn't the only Atlanta player who believed the Falcons should have won in New Orleans.
"Yeah, I think the ball was in our court and we had every opportunity to win that game at the end," safety Thomas DeCoud said Tuesday.
Tight end Tony Gonzalez said the Falcons "let it slip away at the end."
"Give them credit though," said Gonzalez of the Saints. "But we had it."
White's strong postgame comments struck a nerve with Saints players.
That may be one reason White wasn't talking on Tuesday.
"Y'all are getting no love from me today, I'm sorry," a smiling White told reporters as he walked quickly through the locker room.
Saints linebacker Curtis Lofton also wasn't feeling the love from White, his former teammate.
"I mean, it's just words," Lofton said in a telephone interview with Falcons beat writers on Tuesday. "I think that part of your job as a professional is to take a loss and take a win and you give the other team the credit. You don't just say 'We gave them the win.' Each team works hard each and every week and we worked hard and we came out on top that week."


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Etowah Valley Country Club, a family business since 1967 forced into bankruptcy after putting from the rough of a Great Recession, has been sold to Hi-Alta Investments.
Etowah Valley Country Club, a family business since 1967 that was forced into bankruptcy after putting from the rough of a Great Recession, has been sold to Hi-Alta Investments.
Hi-Alta, an Asheville-based real estate investment firm, plans to reopen the 27-hole championship golf course and all its amenities, including a couple of new ones, under the name of Etowah Valley Golf Club and Lodge.
The purchase was finalized today, and the club remains open for business.
"Prior to the acquisition, the golf course was at risk of shutting down because of an earlier Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing," according to a news release from Trio Solutions Inc., a marketing firm in Mount Pleasant, S.C.
"We are excited to be able to keep this well-known and respected course in business," Kevin Griffin, Hi-Alta's owner and president, said in the release. "Etowah Valley has been a staple in the golfing and tourism community for generations."
Etowah Valley Country Club was established by former Hendersonville Mayor Frank Todd Sr. Over the years, Todd and his family developed the 240-acre property to give golfers a choice of nine-hole courses to play, a 75-unit lodge for travelers, dining room, clubhouse, croquet field, swimming pool and state-of-the-art tennis courts.
Etowah Valley Golf Club and Lodge will also feature a new sports bar and grill in the clubhouse. The restaurant is open to the public and includes a full bar and large-screen TVs, according to the release.
"The Todd family worked extremely hard over the years to keep this scenic property an active part of the community," Griffin said in the release. "Unfortunately, the recession nearly crippled the operation. It was just unforeseeable. We look forward though to continuing the family-owned tradition and building upon their hard work and perseverance."
The Edmund Alt-designed course is located in the heart of the Etowah community, just outside of Hendersonville on Brickyard Road.


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George's Super Subway Adventure - The Man with the Yellow Hat has two surprises for George today: They're going to the zoo and they're riding the subway! George is so excited to see his first underground train that he hops right on, leaving the Man behind at the subway terminal. After comical mishaps where the two barely miss meeting up and some fun stops along the way, George figures out how to take the train all the way to the zoo, where he patiently waits for his friend to catch up. Well Done, George - A certain muddy monkey needs a bath, but there's no water coming out of the faucet. George and the Man with the Yellow Hat find a broken water pump in their well and head back to the city so George can take that much needed bath. This time when the water stops flowing from the faucet, George takes matters into his own paws and uses his newly acquired knowledge to build a well in their front yard. But can he build a pump to get the water from the ground into his fifth floor bathtub?
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Rotterdam's 1923 library building which currently houses the Museum of Education is to become the location for new university housing. A new university concept will be implemented.
After an intensive study commissioned by City of Rotterdam and the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the former municipal library building, a city monument from 1923, was chosen to house the future Erasmus University College (EUC). The design by Erick van Egeraat will display the original qualities of the building. "The design will be light and fresh, a modern educational faculty in an astonishing monument" says van Egeraat.
The design consists of five stories and houses a lecture hall, reading rooms, tutor rooms and offices for the staff of EUC. Inside the building, a new atrium will extend up from the ground floor to the new glass roof. The atrium will provide the interior of the building with daylight by means of a new central hearth. To conserve the historic value, the original rich interior with its authentic marble and the original stained glass will be restored. The new building will be a magnificent asset for the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and the city of Rotterdam.
The design of the Erasmus University College fits (Designed by) Erick van Egeraat's design approach in which the focus is on adding quality to inner city issues. It is expected that construction will begin in July 2012, with a September 2013 completion.
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Iceland has become the little nation that could. Despite an economic collapse in 2008, the island has bounced back on the tourism charts and made the cut of must-see 2013 destinations, according to both Lonely Planet and Frommer's.
So maybe it's time to go, especially to see the Northern Lights. Online discounter Zozi offers a five-day Winter Northern Lights Adventure for those who want to make like a Viking and experience the outdoor life. The tour is for two people with dates available through mid-May.
Highlights include a visit to the Golden Circle to see waterfalls and geysers and Thingvellir national park. Participants snorkel in the Silfra fissure, explore the famed Blue Lagoon and go glacier hiking and lava caving. The trip kicks off with an off-road trip to the tundra to see the Northern Lights. Nights are spent in hotels in the capital Reykjavik.
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Blytheco receives Sage Community Service Award
Dallas, TX – August 28, 2013 – Blytheco is pleased to announce that the company, a leading business partner for ERP, CRM, HRMS, and Marketing Automation solutions, has received the prestigious Community Service Award from Sage North America.
The Community Service Award recognizes the Sage business partner who has embodied all five of the Sage principles: Agility, Innovation, Simplicity, Trust, and Integrity. In addition, selection was based on corporate responsibility and support giving back to the community through volunteerism and charity work.
One primary charity for Blytheco has been the American Cancer Society (ACS), Relay for Life event. As a participant for 14 years with this annual event, Blytheco employee teams have walked continuously for 24 hours to raise money and awareness for ACS. Approximately $125,000 has been raised since Blytheco began supporting them.
"We are honored to be given this award by Sage", shared Stephen Blythe, CEO and Founder of Blytheco. "It is a tribute to our employees for the many acts of service they demonstrate throughout their communities nationwide".
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Seriously? She shows up, complete with handouts to give out? Yikes. Time for your DH to have a serious talk with her before she visits next time. He needs to explain to her that others would like to have a chance to enjoy the holiay meals and relaxed coversation, and therefore her monologues must stop. Perhaps you can designate a time for her to speak about things she thinks are important. If she does start up, I would let her go for a few minutes, but would at some point interrupt and say, "MIL, that's all very interesting and we'd like to hear more about that later. Let's spend the rest of this holiday meal catching up. Mom, what have you been up to lately?"It's going to take some retraining, but if you are consistent you should be able to get her to curb her behavior somewhat. Good luck!
Well it's nice to know that my family doesn't have a monopoly on crazy.Have you tried being direct? She hands you her lecture notes and you say, "Mom, we aren't going to be able to go through everything on your list with you today. Everyone else would like to contribute to the conversation too." And when she gets going, say, "Mom, we'd all like a chance to contribute to the conversation. Thanks for giving other people a turn." And then just talk about something else. Directness isn't necessarily impolite. The impolite (but tempting) thing to do would be to walk out of the room when she gets going, and when she says something say, "I'm going into the other room so I can listen to someone else talk for a while."
Hi. Stepping in from the shadows. Wow. Sounds like she was a preacher or dictator in a previous life. Actually sounds like some people I used to know. Once you let them start, there's no stopping them.I wonder whether you introduce a three minute egg time, like the mini sand-clock from many board games. Announce at the dinner table, "We have a new rule, each person gets 6 minutes (two turnings of the sand clock) and then it's time for someone else to talk." Ask for a show of hands vote. You and your husband outvote her, sorry. When my conversational dictator started droning in the car, I would look at the clock in the car and interrupt with either turning on the radio and changing the subject. Rude? Oh I'm sorry ... I was falling asleep at the wheel...At other occasions, well I was out of luck.
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VALLEY CENTER After making one of his only mistakes of the night, Mission Hills High quarterback Connor Wynn was all but unstoppable.
Following a second-quarter interception, Wynn completed 11 straight passes before calling it a night, leading the No. 2-ranked Grizzlies to a 45-0 whitewash of Valley Center in a nonleague game Friday night.
"I shouldn't have thrown that pick," said Wynn, a senior who completed 15 of 18 passes for 215 yards in 2½ periods of work. "I really wanted to take it out on the defense after that."
That he did, tossing four touchdown passes in the first half and punctuating his effort with a 12-yard scoring run before leaving the game midway through the third period. If there were any chance of the Grizzlies looking ahead to next week's showdown against top-ranked Oceanside, Wynn and his teammates weren't about to let that happen.
"We were focused on this game and we took care of business," Wynn said. "We can start thinking about Oceanside tomorrow."
Grizzlies coach Chris Hauser echoed his quarterback's thought process. After all, his team was on the road against Valley Center, a five-time section champion since 2004.
"We are still a work in progress," Hauser said. "All I have to do is tell our guys to look up at the press box here and see all those CIF championship banners. We're not about to let up,"
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WASHINGTON – A major revision in the U.S. Small Business Administration's Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program more than triples the eligible contract amount, from $2 million to $6.5 million, the Agency will guarantee on surety bonds for both public and private contracts. The higher surety bond guarantee limits are expected to help construction and service sector small businesses gain greater access to private and public contracts and secure larger contracts vital to small business growth. "These new contract ceilings are one more way we can help small businesses, particularly in the construction and service sectors, compete for and win critical contracting opportunities that help them grow their businesses and create jobs," SBA Administrator Karen Mills said. "Additionally, these changes, which are enthusiastically supported across the surety industry and small business community, will help spur economic growth and recovery in areas that have been hard hit by disasters, bringing jobs and economic activity to regions at a time when it is needed most." The revisions are a result of the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act and are expected to bolster participation by surety bond agents and brokers and their surety companies in SBA's SBG Program. The changes also allow SBA to guarantee bonds for government contracts valued at up to $10 million if a contracting officer of a federal agency certifies that the guarantee is necessary for the small business to obtain bonding, and it is in the best interests of the government. "Last year, 8(a) small businesses in SBA South Florida District received 144 contracts totaling $390,735,554.00 million," said SBA South Florida District Director Francisco "Pancho" Marrero. "That was only a portion of the total contracting dollars in the district. Raising the surety bond guarantee ceiling from $2 million to $6 million and up to $10 million under special circumstances will help these companies and others to bid on multiple or larger contracts, developing and growing their business in the process." SBA partners with the surety industry to help small businesses that would otherwise be unable to obtain bonding in the traditional commercial marketplace. Under the partnership, SBA provides a guarantee to the participating surety company of between 70 and 90 percent of the bond amount if a contractor defaults or fails to perform. SBA assistance in locating a participating surety company or agent, and completing application forms, is available online. For more information on SBA's Surety Bond Guarantee Program, including Surety Office contacts, go online to www.sba.gov/osg/, or call 1-800-U-ASK-SBA. # # #


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edbeard wrote:I'll come back later (maybe not today) with a proper analysis but one thing I think is important...
42 territories is much better than 41
42 is divisible by 3, 6, and 7
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Fitting in one more province would give your map much better gameplay on a range of settings. 2p games would start with equal neutrals to players, 3p would have no neutrals, and you would have only 2 neutrals on 4p 5p 8p.
I have no clue as to the layout of Rose City, so i can't suggest anything, but I would strongly suggest adding in just one more province


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First human exon skipping trial in US to begin in March 2010; eligible DMD participants sought
The first human trial in the United States of a treatment strategy known as "exon skipping" for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is scheduled to begin in March 2010 at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, one of five elite centers comprising MDA's DMD Clinical Research Network.
|Exon skipping is an experimental strategy that could help some boys and young men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy produce dystrophin, the muscle protein that's missing in this disease.
Neurologist Jerry Mendell, a longtime MDA research grantee and co-director of the MDA Clinic at Nationwide, is the principal investigator.
AVI BioPharma of Bothell, Wash., developed the experimental compound, based in part on findings in the laboratory of MDA grantee Stephen Wilton at the University of Western Australia. (See "Exon Skipping Proves Effective.")
Thirty-two boys with DMD who have genetic mutations that may be helped by skipping exon 51 will receive either subcutaneous injections or intravenous infusions of the AVI exon skipping compound for 12 weeks. They must be on site in Columbus, Ohio, to receive these experimental treatments and available to return for five follow-up visits.
The new study has not yet received full regulatory approval and therefore isn't expected to begin until March 2010. However, investigators want to hear from interested participants and can help with genetic testing to determine if an applicant is eligible for the trial.
About DMD
DMD is a degenerative muscle disease caused by any of a number of mutations in the X-chromosome gene that carries instructions for the muscle protein dystrophin. Without dystrophin, muscle fibers are abnormally fragile and break down under the stress of contractions.
About exon skipping and DMD
The regions of genes that carry instructions for proteins such as dystrophin are known as "exons." During the processing of genetic information in cells, these exons are pieced together, while other information (in the form of "introns") is removed. Then, the final instructions are exported from the cell nucleus, at which time the cell can use them to make protein molecules.
Exon skipping compounds in development for DMD use molecules called "antisense" that block (keep cells from "making sense of") erroneous genetic instructions in particular exons. The goal is for the remaining, error-free exons to be spliced together to form the "recipe" for a functional dystrophin protein molecule.
About the new trial
For information, contact study coordinator Laurence Viollet at Nationwide Children's Hospital at (614) 355-2695 or email@example.com.
For details as they become available, see Exon Skipping-AVI BioPharma Trial to Skip Exon 51 in DMD.
For more about MDA's DMD Clinical Research Network, see "Speeding the Course of Clinical Trials."


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Trying to get an idea of trail building toold i could bring with me when i spot spots within the trail that needs a bit of work. Right now i just bring repair tools for the bike and a camping knife. Its heavy enough to use as a machete but i plan to get a folding saw soon and start carrying that. I have a buddy who used the rear brake bosses on his karate monkey to mount a sheathe machete. He made a metal braket the mounts the hard sheath. Its pretty badass! :thumbsup:
What tools for trail work do you guys bring with you?
I had an idea to buy a military folding shovel and attach a double sided (rake/hoe) rogue hoe head to it. I later discovered the "Trail Boss" But $200 for the initial kit and $45 for additional heads is straight ridiculous! I still plan to tray the folding shoverl/ rogue hoe head combo after christmas.


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People know about it, but they don't use it.
Twitter is a wonderful, revolutionary communication tool that media organizations around the world are using. It is not, however, a mainstream product for users yet. Below you can see a chart from the Pew research just 11% of people has seen news on Twitter, versus 47% for Facebook, Google+, and other social sites.


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An internal federal probe has concluded that Maurice Jones, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's new commerce secretary, improperly lobbied Congress while he was in the Obama administration last year.
Mr. Jones, who was a deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, sent an email to more than 1,000 recipients — including 46 people at HUD — asking them to contact senators to "defend against efforts by some Republicans" to prevent a housing bill to come up for a vote, according to the internal probe. The message also asked "friends and supporters" to tell senators to vote "no" on another amendment.
A monthslong investigation by the HUD's office of inspector general concluded that Mr. Jones and four others at HUD appear to have violated anti-lobbying laws, which restrict the use of funds for publicity or propaganda directed at pending legislation before Congress. The probe also concluded that Mr. Jones violated internal HUD policy on lobbying by federal employees.
Mr. Jones told investigators that he didn't know about HUD's policy prohibiting lobbying on pending legislation, according to a draft of the inspector general's report expected to be released this week.
"[Deputy secretary] stated that it was articulated to him that 'I could do things that others could not,'" investigators wrote in the report obtained by The Washington Times.
The Justice Department declined to open a criminal investigation into Mr. Jones, but the inspector general report said officials have referred their findings to the office of special counsel, which enforces federal laws that prohibit an official from coercing employees' political activities. The Government Accountability Office also is conducting a review.
Phone and email messages to Mr. Jones and the Virginia Department of Commerce and Trade were not returned Monday.
A spokesman for HUD said officials are reviewing the inspector general's findings.
"We take the issues raised in the report very seriously," HUD spokesman Jereon Brown said. "We will continue to cooperate with ongoing investigations and will have no further comment while this matter and the report remains under review and cannot comment on personnel matters."
The probe began after a request from Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, North Carolina Republican and chairman of the investigative subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services. He said the "directness and the specificity" of the email from Mr. Jones appeared to violate federal restrictions on lobbying by federal agencies.
Mr. McHenry's panel will hold a hearing on the internal investigation Wednesday. In a letter last year to Mr. McHenry, HUD Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan said the department had reviewed its guidance and ethics training.
The inspector general's report singled out several other HUD employees, including Elliot Mincberg, acting general deputy assistant secretary. The inspector general found that he tried to interfere with the internal investigation by "interrupting and inserting himself into an ongoing witness interview." He also threatened agents that he would ensure they were charged as a result of "inappropriate actions," which he did not identify to investigators, the report said.
Mr. Mincberg told investigators that HUD had to protect the list of email recipients who received Mr. Jones' message, according to the report. Mr. Mincberg said his office had coordinated with "White House counsel," and he asked the inspector general's office for assurances that the information wouldn't be turned over to congressional Republicans, the report says.
Mr. Mincberg was not immediately available for comment late Monday.
Mr. Jones was named to Mr. McAuliffe's Cabinet in January, and his biography on the state's Commerce and Trade Department Web page makes prominent mention of his work at HUD.
He left well after the HUD inspector general had begun its review, but no mention of the probe was made when he departed.
Mr. Donovan called Mr. Jones a "tireless advocate" for HUD's 8,000 employees in a statement after Mr. Jones accepted a job in Mr. McAuliffe's Cabinet.
"Governor-Elect McAuliffe's nomination today means that Maurice gets to go home to his family and his home state, where his public service career began," Mr. Donovan said.
In 2012, The Washington Times reported that a federal financial disclosure form showed Mr. Jones pocketed more than a quarter-million dollars in bonus compensation as publisher of the Virginian-Pilot about the same time he was slashing newsroom jobs.
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Simple reality.
All software sucks, it's just a matter of matching strengths and weaknesses to your own needs.
What's up the past few days. Stories about iPhone development sucks, Android development rules, no wait Android development sucks and iPhone development rules, no wait iPhone owners are a bunch of pirates.
What you are seeing is a battle over memespace, two sides trying to convince a technical populace that the other side sucks.
Happily slashdot readers are more savvy than this, and there are well reasoned responses in each of these articles that lay out what is going on, despite very misleading article summaries - like this story implying 60% of iPhone users pirate, when in reality it's about 5% and the 60% figure is only the percentage of apps that have pirated VERSIONS, which says nothing about number of users who are pirating any given app.
It's nice to see a big name admit that 1 pirated copy != 1 lost sale.
Now let's see if we can get someone on the other side to admit that software houses lose a lot of revenue from piracy, even if 1 pirate copy != 1 lost sale.
Notice they only admit that when they can show how piracy is still costing them money in some other way.
Our headlines today:
* DRM doesn't work
* People are assholes
* iPhone the same as any other platform shocker
Not all piracy is because people are assholes. See, iTunes is not available in my country (Argentina) without an international credit card. They won't even take my paypal account unless it has a valid US address. Most of the time they won't even allow me to subscribe to free podcasts (!!!).
So I went to a Mac Store and asked them if they sold Gift cards, nope...
Then I contacted the company who makes the app I wanted (I was willing to pay the $2 they asked, using paypal) but nope... They only do business through Apple.
Ok, screw them. I just downloaded the app, uploaded it to my iPhone and run it.
Something similar happens with the Wiistore. And don't get me started about PC games, that cost several times their US cost.
No wonder piracy is so widespread.
My company also tracks iphone piracy rates. And while the piracy rate is in line with the OP there's more to it than that. Apps with demos generally have lower piracy rates. Also we track usage rate, pirates tend to only launch once or twice, as if they're sampling the app. So it's not as bad as the article makes it sound.
because with a kill switch, pirates will have to circumvent your system, and you end up with knowing nothing at all.
with tracking, you at least can see how bad the piracy is
Also we track usage rate, pirates tend to only launch once or twice, as if they're sampling the app.
I'm guessing that legitimately-purchased iPhone software is only launched once or twice, too.
I can only speak for myself but sampling is the main reason I download cracked apps.
Most apps and games are so dirt cheap even a cheap bastard like me has no problem with paying up a few dollars.
The main problem is the app-store itself. There are what? 100.000 apps? 99.99% of those apps are either crap, useless or a combination of both. Not even worth the 99c.
"Yardley is co-founder and CEO of Manhattan-based Pinch Media, a company that provides analytic software for iPhone games...."
I'm sure reporting greater pirating numbers is in Mr. Yardley's financial interest as well. Not to say there isn't pirating going on but when the entity reporting the pirating number derives a living from said numbers I tend to be a bit skeptical. It is like the RIAA's number's, there has to be some basis for truth in them, but you can rest assured they are massaged and slanted to show the greatest impact to the paying customer...
I'm sure reporting greater pirating numbers is in Mr. Yardley's financial interest as well.
Actually they would be far more valuable kept private. There's no reason at all not to believe these numbers, as Pinch Media gains nothing by the numbers being higher or lower - any developer can easily add code in themselves to check if an app is pirated, so it's not like people not using Pinch Media today would be overly compelled to do so if they really wanted to check.
Don't forget this is just the number of apps
There's no reason at all not to believe these numbers, as Pinch Media gains nothing by the numbers being higher or lower
Not so. Pinch media make money from apps which sell advertising space. Apps which are ad funded don't care about (or even benefit from) piracy.
As such, it's in Pinch Media's interests to make piracy seem more common, because app devs will make ad supported apps, which means Pinch get more business.
I'm sure reporting greater pirating numbers is in Mr. Yardley's financial interest as well.
Read his website:
http://www.pinchmedia.com/ [pinchmedia.com]
There's a lot more to any analytics than "is this game being pirated".
It's like complaining about google trends because google is a for profit corporation
or about web analytic companies because they're also for profit.
Whenever a developer claims to be "losing money" to piracy, one has to wonder... are the developers losing this money trying to combat piracy directly (lawsuits and DRM tactics), or is it simply a case of self-flattery, where the developer is grossly over-estimating the value of their software, thinking "If my software isn't great, then why would anyone pirate it?"
Perhaps its time for some self-reflection. You are just another pawn in an industry wide problem spanning over 30 years. Chances are, you and your app aren't special. The piracy was likely nothing more than a bulk job handled indescriminately with no concern for you or anyone else.
In this case, they're losing money because they have to pay for bandwidth and server resources that unpaid app users are utilizing.
What the developers should do is utilize in-app purchase capability, that produces a unique transaction id# kept on their servers for each purchase, username/password, that the developer gets associated with the unique device ID.
Cut the initial cost of the app, and charge a consumable fee.
A fee for "X hours" of app usage, which gets tracked by the server, e.g. 1000
A fee for "X hours" of app usage, which gets tracked by the server, e.g. 1000 hours of app usage.
How can the server track an iPhone or iPod Touch device using the app in airplane mode? If your app refuses to run in airplane mode, and its normal operation wouldn't reasonably need a constant connection to the Internet, you risk drawing undesirable comparisons to Valve's Steam authentication.
Ok, this actually makes sense to me. Even if the app can identify itself as legitimate or pirated in a server/client setting, even the bandwidth used for verification of each copy of the app alone would eventually add up.
the developer is grossly over-estimating the value of their software, thinking "If my software isn't great, then why would anyone pirate it?"
I once worked for a small company with a semi-popular application. Sales were almost all of the form of pay pal purchases off the website. It wasn't a lot of money, but it was enough to pay one developer. But piracy was a huge problem. It was quite obvious that more than 90% of the copies running were pirated.
The company changed directions and started bundling the application for free with online services. The service provider would pay for the application and the customers would get the software for use only with the service. But the company was worried about piracy, so they asked me to write DRM that tied the application to the service. They would continue to sell an untied version off the website, but with "call home" DRM (it's an internet app, so it's not quite as draconian as it sounds). I very reluctantly agreed (i.e., I had to decide whether it was worth quitting over -- if I had to do it again, I'd quit).
The end result was that all piracy stopped. In fact, all usage stopped. Instead of selling 2 or 3 copies a day off the website, not one copy of the DRM version was ever sold. And due to very poor choices of service provider partners, the company received no revenue at all. Within a year the company had folded.
The thing is, the new version was head and shoulders better than then non-DRMed version. And the DRM was truly unobtrusive (think DRM in WoW). Paying customers wouldn't even know it existed. But sales are generated by popularity, not quality. Piracy, like it or not generates popularity. The company was very small and had no means of effective advertising. By cutting off the pirates, they shut off their only revenue source.
What always kills me about this story is this: The app we were making was *perfect* for an open software model. Ask the service providers to each spend a small amount of money to cover development and give them the app for free. Give them branding in the app to thank them for their help. But the "sales" people were always quick to point out that the service providers they found had no money and couldn't afford to pay us up front. How on earth did we fail?
How on earth did we fail?
You're app really isn't that good. Piracy really isn't as big as you'd like to think it is.
I too am a developer.
I've worked on one particular app now for 7 years, there are probably 50-60k legitimate sales of the app over its lifespan. Not a huge number by any means, but if there have been 1k pirated copies installed over its entire life I would be shocked. Our app doesnt' call home, but if you use it, you're going to connect to one of a handful of sites at some point that we ca
I jailbroke, played with it for a while, then reinstalled and went back to my comfort zone. I find it hard to believe that the majority of my fellow iPhone users didn't do the same. We like it Apple, and we like it simple. We don't pirate, and we all have fresh breath. Right?
So jailbreaking an iphone, which takes almost no technical know how is done by 10% of users and pirating apps, which takes more know how, results in 60% of games being pirated?
My phone is jailbroken, but damned if I ever even thought to try and pirate games. I just got it so I could SSH and pull other applications from Cydia.
Never even thought about it. Now I have.
The apps in the store are cheap enough that I'll keep buying them. $5 is within my range for willing to risk it. At $2 or less I'll just buy
So jailbreaking an iphone, which takes almost no technical know how is done by 10% of users and pirating apps, which takes more know how, results in 60% of games being pirated?
The thing is it's very, very easy to automate this pirating. That is to say, the supply of pirated apps is what the 60% figure comes from - 60% of apps they track have pirated versions run at one time or another.
It's not saying 60% of users are running pirated apps, or that any one app has 60% of users running a pirated version.
I wou
Don't change the meaning of the article when summarizing.
over 60% of iPhone applications have definitively been pirated
as submitted
60% of paid apps using Pinch have been pirated.
(as written in the article, bolding included)
Let's "reverse-bold" that...
60% of paid apps using Pinch have been pirated.
(emphasis mine)
It might be relevant to non-pinch-using apps, it might not. But let's not delete that relevant bit of data.
he explains, "because I don't believe pirates would have bought the game if they hadn't stolen it...."
Don't tell the MPAA or RIAA that.
They will get all uppity in your shit!
I jailbroke my iPhone before the App Store started up. Then I un-jailbroke it. I just didn't see the need, even though it is really easy.
But I cannot figure out how to pirate anything off the App Store and I didn't know it was possible. I also don't know how anyone could subvert iTunes to steal applications for one's (or one's friends') iPhone or iPod Touch.
Now I'm not looking for anyone to list the steps to steal stuff on slashdot, but people can pirate apps from the App Store?! I thought Apple had it pret
but people can pirate apps from the App Store?! I thought Apple had it pretty much locked up.
Pirating apps from the app store works pretty much the same as pirating games or music: you buy a legal copy from the store, remove DRM if necessary (not on the iPhone), then distribute it through pirate sites. If your iPhone is jailbroken, you can rip software from it and install pirated stuff on it.
Personally, the only reason for me to jailbreak my iPhone would be to get access to apps that do not exist in
The way the numbers are reported is a bit misleading. "Of paid apps that use Pinch Media's services, 60% have been pirated. Of those pirated apps, 34% of all installs are the pirated version." This means that maybe only 20% of installs are pirated. Those numbers are actually really good for software.
The way the first picture is reported is also misleading. It's titled, "Application Piracy is Global" and then it shows a graph of jailbroken iphones. Jailbreaking is not the same as pirating. Jailbreaking is what you need to unbind an iphone from the app store, and the first step to unlocking an iphone. Since iPhones are were not sold in China until just recently, almost all their iPhones have to be imported from other carriers, so it is no surprise that an abnormally high percentage in China are jailbroken.
Judging from the graph, it appears that roughly 10-15% of all iphones have been jailbroken. "About 38% [of jailbroken iphones] have used a pirated application." "34% of all installs are cracked" This means that roughly 4-6% of iphone users have ever used a pirated application. And yet somehow, those 4-6% of iphones account for 34% of all installs? I'm a bit skeptical.
"Pirated apps on jailbroken iPhones crash more, which may be why they're used less." I'm really skeptical about this interpretation. That graph is really really zoomed in. Crash rates for pirated applications appear to crash only 0.5%-1.3% more sessions than a regular app. That's fairly rare. That's like one in every 80 to 200 sessions results in an "extra" crash.
This blog post is either really poorly written or the author has an intentional bias that they want to express.
On a related note, I hope this gets more app developers to make "lite" versions of their software so people can try them out. The conversion numbers are much better than the alternative.
Ok, wait a second
- In order to pirate an iphone app, you have to jailbreak your phone. Only a small percentage of the user base have done this
- By measuring the total number of "phone homes", you can figure out how many copies of your app are out in the wild, INCLUDING copies on jailbroken phones.
So if you find out that your app has 1000 copies in the wild.
600 of those copies are on the jailbroken iphones that make up maybe 5% of the total phones.
Therefore, you're out the revenue from those 600 copies? Nope, because if those users hadn't hacked their phones, they probably WOULD NOT have paid for your app. The reason you only have 400 sales in this scenario is that the 95% of users who are eligible to buy it weren't interested enough in your app. The jailbreaking users just grab whatever they want whenever they want, but wouldn't behave like that if they had to pay.
Even if you ignore for the fact that owners of jailbroken iPhones are even less likely to pay for apps, i.e. assume the same percentage as normal iPhones.
So 400 apps sold to 95% normal iPhone owners. Extrapolate to the remaining 5% means 400x5/95~=21 people with jailbroken iPhone would would have bought the app if cracked version not available.
So it means at most ~5% (21/400) of "sales lost". Less if you take in account that fact that jailbreakers are not likely to buy any app anyway.
Strange that
In fact, ideally, you'd want every single jailbroken iPhone user to bootleg your app because of unbeatable marketing effect that would have on the other 95% of iPhone users.
Saw a similar 'study' a few weeks ago.
This sounds like a shocking figure, but don't forget, it doesn't mean that over 60% have managed to jailbreak their phones and have manually added the pirate repository and bypassed the morality message. That would be silly.
People who are heavily into pirating tend to download everything they can get their hands on. Doesn't matter that they won't touch 99% of of it and will just store gigabytes of it on their hard drives and DVD-Rs - that's the point. It's like a gam
I would not pirate an app for my iPhone or any machine I own.
I have a lot of friends and co-workers with iPhones and I don't think a single one of them has a jailbroken device OR any pirated apps. Considering a fair amount of them (and myself) have the technical ability to do so, I wonder about the "rule", regardless of whether they're Pinch-based apps or not.
And honestly, most of the apps are so cheap that anyone and everyone should just pay the $2. I bought RedLaser for $1.99 a while back and saved far mo
Pirates...whether they're stealing apps or cargo ships...are the lowest form of life.
thank you.
more of us (the slashdotters) need to speak out and communicate to our friends and families to stop stealing shit.
the way to reduce piracy is not through legal [wikipedia.org] or technical [wikipedia.org] means (which have both failed miserably) but through social change. It's unfortunate that the biggest thieves around are the ones running the country, but that can be a pillar on which to build the argument: "Do you want to be like the corrupt fucks on wall st?? taking shit that isn't yours?? fucking over constructive working
My 3 year old son urges me to download games on the iPhone. I get all the free ones listed for each category and listed under "most popular." He and I agree that 99% of the games we see are some of the worst crap you can imagine. There are a few types:
* Stuff that requires a lot of downloading, rendering, entering passwords, connecting to various multiplayer networks, answering their questions, etc. It takes 5 minutes before the game starts, but by then, we've both lost patience.
* The games are obnoxiously
My 5 year old must be way less sophisticated than your 3 year old. He can't/won't stop playing Animatch (concentration, with wonderful cartoon animals that make amazing sounds) and I get lost playing Backgammon NJ.
Both apps are super, but beyond that I don't find the idea of most games on a tiny screen worthwhile, free or otherwise.
Look, I and almost ALL of my friends have iPhones. We're all geeks and I think almost all of us have jailbroken our phones at least once and I for one have kept up and stayed jailbroken since the very beginning. We're not the sort who wouldn't pirate an app or two, if nothing just to try it out, but so far as I know NONE of us have. Apparently it's not very hard, I've heard there are torrents out there full of them, but come on - for
So, I'm sort of the demographic that would consider this and frankly I've just not been tempted and I don't think any of the ten+ iPhone owners I know have been either. I think these guys may be pushing an agenda here, maybe next week they will release an app designed to halt this. I wouldn't be surprised one bit if that's what this was about....
I'm confused at all of the "It's only 99c, just pay it" comments in this article.
99c is throwaway money to you. Hell, $10 is throwaway money to a lot of Slashdot posters. In fact, a few wont blink twice at dropping $300 on a night out.
Is $300 throwaway money to you? 99c isn't throwaway money to a lot of other people.
Just because someone has an iPhone doesn't mean that they're wealthy. It may mean that they've managed to satisfy their technolust by spending a significant percentage of their income on one. Th
...that people are willing to pay a minimum of $60/month for iPhone service and $100 on the hardware itself (and on average quite a lot more than this!), yet are pirating games and apps worth, what, $2?
I don't get it. Pirating movies and music, at least, I get. An album or movie is usually at least $10. And the replay value is not as high as a game--you saw it or listened to it, okay, that's everything to the content. A game, IMO, has more lasting entertainment value (provided it's a good one)
Consider that only people in the US are spending $1440 on their iPhones. In the UK I could pick up an unlocked iPhone for around $900 and that's going for a brand new legitimate purchase from a reputable retailer.
Now throw in the cheaper markets than the UK, include the second hand market, include the black and grey markets and throw in the iPod thing.
Then see the other response I've made in this article which highlights that focussing on the $2 cost of the apps is a specious argument.
Well, Android is no better, or even worse.
Almost every commercial Android application gets immediately cracked. Anyone can freely download them from links posted on public forums you can find with a simple Google search. And as far as I understand, there's even no need to jailbreak the device in order to install Android cracked software.
This is really bad for developers and I really hope that eventually, Apple and Google will find a solution to prevent this.
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December 7, 2012
Bitcoin, the occasionally frightening virtual currency that doesn't believe in government regulation, just got itself some. One of its exchanges, Bitcoin-Central, has received approval from France's government to operate as a payment service provider there, PayPal-style. With that relationship comes some insurance protection that should help get people trusting Bitcoin again. Before now, when things like $250,000 heistswent down, these exchanges didn't have any government back-up to pay back users' stolen funds. As a PSP, the money stored with Bitcoin-Central will get backed by the same European compensation laws as money held in normal banks.
That should make signing up a little less terrifying of an experience for people who don't want to watch their money be subject to hackings and fraud, a common but hard-to-track occurrence in the Bitcoin world. Often, these heists amount to no small sum. At this point one bitcoin is worth about $13 U.S. dollars.
Read more at The Atlantic Wire.
December 7, 2012


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What's left to do in a hospital, TV-wise? Sadly not much, unless someone finally launches a much deserved drama about the billing department or the cafeteria. Meanwhile, patients come, patients go — dying or surviving in accordance with the alt-rock ballad playing on the soundtrack. Everyone on the staff has diddled everyone else. In TV's recent history, flawed doctors and nurses have popped pills or cut corners, ruining their own lives when they weren't saving the lives of their patients — or inadvertently killing them.
"Monday Mornings," TNT's new hospital drama from David E. Kelley (creator of "Boston Legal" and "Ally McBeal," among other shows), takes what might have been a fresh angle and overdoses it with the usual sappy storylines and cheap, melodramatic editing style.
Based on a novel by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the CNN medical correspondent who is also the show's executive producer, "Monday Mornings" focuses on the weekly "morbidity and mortality" staff meeting at a fictional Portland, Ore., hospital that specializes in neurosurgery. Alfred Molina stars as Dr. Harding Hooten, the chief of surgery, who uses the Monday meeting to investigate botched procedures and other complications that arose the week before, some of which resulted in death.
Such meetings, in which doctors can confidentially confess their errors and accept the criticism of their peers, are a real thing — and seen occasionally in other far superior medical dramas over the years.
Now is my cue to enter into a protracted and predictable metaphorical review of why "Monday Mornings's" vital signs plummet during its first couple of episodes. I won't do that, other than to say that the most fatal cliches were completely avoidable.
Ving Rhames turns in his usual quality work as an unflappable trauma chief. Jamie Bamber plays a stud neurosurgeon who is haunted by an operation mistake he makes in the pilot episode. These two men are joined by a fairly usual array of surgeons, residents, geniuses, hotheads and jerks.
The central focus, of course, is the review meeting itself, wherein Molina's Dr. Hooten intimidates his staff as he picks over their mistakes. Whether it leads to malpractice suits or just a whole lot of tortured soul-searching, this brutal process is the strongest selling point of "Monday Mornings."
And yet Kelley and Gupta's show seems unwilling to just focus more deeply on the morbidity-and-mortality sessions, steering away from a show that could be a psychological study of regret and human error, lapsing instead into the same scenarios and tear-jerky manipulation we've seen before. "Monday Mornings" chooses a prescribed course of "E.R."-style freneticism and a steady drip of medical miracles, with only a few milligrams of hubris and remorse per episode.
Monday Mornings
(one hour) premieres Monday at
10 p.m. on TNT.
Source : washingtonpost[dot]com