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June is Safer Internet Month. It's an annual event celebrated across the country and used to host special safety events, and deliver a burst of safety tips for consumers.
Yet while these events bring important awareness to online safety, security and privacy, the larger question is, have consumers become safer or more vulnerable in the past year?
The answer is sobering. Along with celebrating the day we must acknowledge the failures or we are merely pretending there isn't an elephant under the carpet.
As Commerce Secretary Gary Locke candidly put it in January, "The Internet will not reach its full potential until users and consumers feel more secure and confident than they do today when they go online."
The year has seen some gains. Global spam volumes have dropped, and data privacy is now being discussed broadly – though nothing yet has come of it.
At the same time we've seen a dramatic increase in criminal exploits and threats; reduced budgets for law enforcement organizations; legislation that has no follow-through; little change in consumer behavior in key areas like securing personal computing environments; the deployment of new consumer features with potentially high risks, without an adequate counterbalance of safety functionality and broad user education, — and generally, far too little innovation within the industry on 'best practices'.
A full review of the state of consumer safety, privacy and security does not fit in a blog, but here are some highs and lows, plus a general sense of the current state of affairs.
- Data mining: While it's true that ad tracking, as well as data privacy, ownership and control, have become the subject of mainstream discussions, these discussions are a result of the steep increase in data encroachment.
The good news is that data privacy has become a hot topic, within the federal government and among consumers. As a result, responsible companies are giving consumers greater choice in allowing or disallowing the collection of their information. Unfortunately, not all companies are responsible, and transparency, choice and control are still not inherent consumer rights.
Consumers need to know: Who is collecting the data, how are they using the data, and with whom are they selling, sharing, or trading it? At stake is who owns the right to your information, what kind of transparency, and choice consumers should have into data mining practices, and how websites turn a profit.
The Bottom line – More information is being collected about individual consumers than at any other time, and our ability to control this is still weak to nonexistent. We see the potential for the tide to turn in consumer's favor, but we are at a crucial point. The decisions made in the next several months regarding consumer's rights to personal privacy and control of personal information are likely to echo through history. We all have a very high stake in the outcome.
- Privacy Settings: Companies and consumers still struggle with establishing privacy settings. In some cases it's because of the frequency with which privacy settings change, and the rollback of privacy settings to 'public' when changes are made. In other cases, the settings are simply too complicated for users to set, or the settings options do not give users the level of control they need.
In still other cases, users aren't informed when new features are released – the most current example of this is Facebook's Tag Suggestions, a facial recognition feature that allows users to identify an individual across multiple photos. Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes, responding to criticism about the deployment of the company's new feature Said "We should have been more clear with people during the roll-out process when this became available to them."
Whatever the case, individuals are trying to protect their information, but it has certainly not gotten easier for them in the last twelve months.
The Bottom line – Privacy settings are still too cumbersome for users, and there's been little improvement over the past year. Creating easy to use, consistent privacy settings should be a best practices requirement. Even more innovative would be to make these consistent across online services within a category, so that if a user has learned how to do this on one site they can be successful on other sites.
- Safer software: There are many things online services can do to significantly improve the privacy of their consumers, and while some real milestones have been reached – like innovation in family safety/parental control tools – many old holes have yet to be plugged. Here are a few pet peeves:
- Passwords struggles continue to be a major privacy risk for users. While some sites help consumers create strong passwords, others do nothing to educate users, and they place stumbling blocks in consumers' paths by limiting the length of passwords, failing to allow symbols, etc.
- Insecure 'security questions' that ask for publicly available information actually make users less secure. There is no excuse for questions like 'mother's maiden name' 'city you were born in' etc.
- Lack of image editing tools reduces user safety. Simple edits can make virtually any photo safer – and basic photo editing tools have been around for 40 years. Why aren't services enabling crop, blur and stamp functionality wherever they allow user generated content to be uploaded?
The bottom line – As an industry, we continue to fall short in developing tools inside products that inherently improve the privacy of users. This is another area in which the industry can strengthen their best practices and drive companies to adopt better standards.
- Education: Internet safety and social responsibility education is still optional for K-12 schools in most states. Even in the states with laws, it's pretty much up to each teacher to figure out what to teach. This means kids generally get the same few topics covered multiple times – with varying degrees of quality – and miss much of what they should learn. Compounding this lack of holistic material is the rapidly expanding set of online functionality that youth (and adults) are using, and for which users have had no safety education – like location tracking, mobile banking, etc. At a time when users need more education, they are getting fewer of their key risks covered.
We have also largely failed to make progress in creating quality educational materials for the body of seniors who are going online for the first time, and in localizing educational materials for those for who English is a second language.
The bottom line – Given the dramatic cuts to education budgets and charitable organizations, technology investments and safety education suffered heavily over the past year — we are at best at status quo.
- Safety, security & privacy legislation: It has been a contentious year for internet related legislation, with many proposals, and more fights. What's notable is the lack of follow through on legislation that has been passed. Some laws passed without funding – which means they were just for show and never intended to be implemented. Some passed, and received funding, only to see a breakdown at some other link in the chain.
The bottom line – It isn't enough to pass quality legislation; it actually has to be implemented at every stage if it is to be effective and measured for success. Instead we've seen a series publicity stunts, and well-intended stops and starts that are largely disjointed and certainly not providing the best returns. Year over year, we are at best at status quo.
- Law enforcement: I have nothing but the highest praise for the law enforcement officers dedicated to protecting our online safety, but they're trying to work miracles with both hands tied behind their backs. We do not have enough trained officers, and those we have don't have the resources they need. There is an appalling shortage of cyber-crime labs, officers are often struggling against antiquated state and federal laws (and all the international differences in laws), and most do not have the latest in digital technologies to work with – though the criminals they are fighting do.
The bottom line –cyber criminals have law enforcement officials outnumbered and outgunned. We are in worse shape than we were a year ago.
- Criminal threats: The title of a new McAfee report says it all: it was A good decade for cybercrime, and 2010 was the best of the bunch – from a crook's point of view. Here are just a few of the stats:
- Malware – In 2010, 20 million new malware strains were created – a 50% increase over 2009[i]. The year also saw a shift in criminal tactics to focus on exploiting users' trust by increasing the volume, sophistication and complexity of social networking exploits, ID theft, scams, and phishing attacks[ii] . The prevalence and availability of attack toolkits (malicious software that criminals use to launch their attacks) has significantly increased[iii]
- Botnets – The number of botnets held fairly steady in 2010, with some downturn. There were an average of 6 million new botnet infections per month in the first 8 months of the year.[iv]
- Phishing – There was a marked increase in phishing sites in 2010 with about 2,000 new phishing sites discovered daily. Even more concerning is that these exploits were generally more targeted – and more successful.[v]
- Identity theft – ID theft continues to escalate and transform so quickly that the Identity Theft Resource Center says it "can only make educated predictions on the course of identity theft for 2011"[vi]. According to Dataprivacyrights.org, over 512 million personal data records have been reported as breached in the United States. Given there are just over 300 million citizens, the likelihood that your personal information has been stolen multiple times is high.
- Spam – Global spam volumes actually declined in 2010, by September: the global spam volume was down to 3.5 trillion spam messages per month.[vii]
The bottom line – though the malware battle fields have shifted, and some skirmishes have been won, the threat of malware and other criminal exploits continues to rise; we're in worse shape than we were a year ago.
What does this mean for 2011?
Many good companies are working hard to improve consumer safety, security and privacy. These include security companies, large platform developers, many individual service providers, non-profit groups, and others. We need to applaud the great work they have done, encourage them to continue, work more closely as invested parties to leverage the work that has been done, and push into new areas of safety.
If we continue developing safety, privacy and security solutions at our current rate we will continue to fall further behind the bad guys. We need to redouble efforts in spite of the economic downturn and make larger strides in improving consumer safety.
Next June, when we again mark Safer Internet month 2012, I hope we'll be able to look at an in-depth status report that will demonstrate that we've not only held ground, but strengthened our position. Unfortunately, hope alone won't get us there.
Additional material from recent blogs; the titles alone are sobering:
- A good decade for cybercrime (McAfee)
- Identity Theft Statistics 2010
- How Much Does Identity Theft Cost? [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Cyber crime: a clear and present danger
- Internet security threat report (Symantec)
- Social Engineering Bigger Risk to Your Online Safety than Malware
- Windows Getting Safer, but Study Finds that 1 of Every 14 Programs Downloaded is Later Confirmed as Malware
- Symantec Delivers Threat Report and Excellent Tools that Explain Risks to Consumers
- Every 3 Seconds an Identity is Stolen – Don't Be Next
- Consumer Internet Safety and Privacy Rights – Standards for Respectful Companies
- Global Leaders Debate Regulating the Internet – It's no Surprise that Industry Players are Concerned
- The Commercial Internet Just Turned 16 – And like Teens it Could Use a Little Supervision
- FBI Article: Child Predators – The Online Threat Continues to Grow
- Are You Sure Your PC is Malware Free??
- The Epsilon Threat – How a Company You've Never Heard of Increased Your Risk of Personalized Phishing Scams
- Are You a Malware Magnet? 4 simple steps can make all the difference
- More Mobile Apps Caught Inappropriately Collecting User Info and Installing Malware
[iii] According to Symantec's Internet security threat report
[iv] According to McAfee Threats Report: 3rd Quarter 2010
[v] According to McAfee Threats Report: 3rd Quarter 2010
[vi] According to Identity Theft Statistics 2010
[vii] According to McAfee Threats Report: 3rd Quarter 2010


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"42" Movie Review
So two things happened for me this past Monday, April, 18th. The first was I pulled an all-nighter going Sunday into Monday because I had to give an informative speech about Oriole Park at Camden Yards amongst a couple other assignments. I then planned to take a nap after I got done with classes, but I wanted to eat lunch and prepare for the baseball game I would attend late that night. Then, of course, I would actually go on to actually attend the game. After that, though, I made plans to go see "42" with Sean for Jackie Robinson Day. I initially called him right after the game, but he didn't respond. Once I was at the Metrodome, I got a phone call back and Sean told me to get off the bus. He then picked me up and within fifteen minutes, we got pulled over for speeding over a bridge. It was now Sean's second ticket since bringing his car up after spring break; more than he had gotten ever in Illinois. So he wasn't happy to say the least, but I found it interesting that we were ticketed for going 42 miles per hour in a 30 mile per hour zone on our way to "42". Eventually, though, we did make it to the movie just as the trailers wrapped up to watch "42" on the most fitting day we could think of:
Let me start with I really did like this movie as a movie. Obviously this movie brings with it the baseball element that I am partial to, but I tried for the sake of this review to distance myself as much as I could from the baseball part of it and tried to just look at it for the movie itself and as one would look at the adaptation of a book. Except in this case the book would be real life and how the events actually played out.
I really don't have any clue how to order this, so I'll be going all over the place and just touching on things from the movie as they pop into my mind. Bear with me if it seems like I jump from one thing to another. Actually, you know what; I'll just bullet/number it so you know when a new idea begins/ends:
- I really like how Chadwick Boseman portrayed Jackie Robinson really well. He didn't try to go to big with the character. He also did a good job of preserving the humanity of Robinson. The Jackie Robinson that Boseman was a hero not in his own mind, but in those of others, which is more real than putting Robinson on an absolute pedestal like the temptation might be for a movie like this.
- While I liked how Harrison Ford played Branch Rickey and he didn't do a bad job of it, I feel as though he caricaturized him too much in playing him. There was a lot of scrunching his face and talking with his mouth half-closed. It's hard to explain, but you'll see it if you watch the movie.
- They recreated Ebbets Field beautifully, however they did it:
At times I could tell that it was a minor league stadium or wherever that they were filming the scenes, but for the most part, I could have believed that the movie was taking place at Ebbets Field.
- Alan Tudyk did a great job of playing what I think was the closest thing the movie had to a singular antagonist. I say this because this movie really didn't have a single antagonist. There were really many people in the movie who merely were the antagonist for that portion of the movie until a new antagonist took his place. If it's possible, I'd say that the concepts of racism and close-mindedness as a whole were the antagonists of the film. Anyway, Tudyk did such a good job of making you hate him as a racist that he stood out from all of the other characters. And then, something I found interesting, is that in the aftermath of the game in which his character, Ben Chapman, verbally abused Robinson, instead of further pushing the caricature of the raging racist when Chapman talks to the press about the things he was saying, he actually sounded calm and reasonable. By his body language and tone of voice, he seems like someone you could agree with. It's only after you think about what he was actually saying to the press that you realize he is still completely racist. Then, something I found interesting was they had a scene where Chapman was being reprimanded for his actions by his boss (I forgot if it was the general manager or owner) and is being told that he will have to make amends with Robinson for PR purposes. It humanized him in a way that made you *almost* made you sympathize with him. This is again, why there was no true antagonist.
- The movie was overly-dramatic at times. The moment that sticks out in my mind is that the movie plays the music you would normally play during the climax of the movie–like, say, when Roy Hobbs hit his home run and rounded the bases in slow-motion as the lights burst from the baseball hitting them–while Jackie Robinson took a shower. I get that it's a big deal that he was taking a shower with his teammates, but it's still a shower; there's no need to make it *so* dramatic.
- I don't know if I like or dislike it, but they didn't go far at all into Robinson's playing career. I'm not sure how long exactly, but I think they only went about 2-3 years into it.
- The movie didn't use any of the quotes either Robinson or Rickey have been known for. I like this because it veers the movie away from being seen as a baseball-lovers movie. What the movie did a good job of was emphasizing the fact that it was a human story told through the means of sports and not just a sports story that happened to have human elements.
Anyway, I think that's all I've got for the moment, but I really did enjoy the movie, so if you have the chance, go see it. Even if you're not a baseball fan, I would definitely recommend it. And as a baseball fan, it served as a reminder of what exactly happened. It's easy to glaze over the history of the game and think "Oh, Jackie Robinson Day. I know that Robinson broke the color barrier and all. Whatever." But this movie reminds us what exactly that means and why his number is the only number retired in all of the major leagues and why he also has a day dedicated to him. So super short summary: It's a good movie; go see it.


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After Ithaca College saw enrollment decline last year, it adjusted admissions policies and ended up exceeding its enrollment target by 250 students this year.
The college built a temporary dorm — in six weeks at a cost of $2.5 million — to take care of about half of those students.
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This week, The Simple Dollar is running a short series on some of the key moments in my financial turnaround and how you can experience those moments as well. For a full description of this, see the first article in the series.
My weekend planning has always followed the same general structure (at least since I graduated from college). I'll sit down with Sarah on Friday evening, we'll throw a few ideas off the top of our head, we'll pick one or two of them, and that's what we'll do. Saturday and Sunday follows that same general structure, though Saturday's options usually revolve around chores.
Before my financial recovery, the options we'd throw out were often expensive ones. "Let's go golfing Saturday afternoon." "How about we go over to Jordan Creek on Sunday?" (Jordan Creek being the relatively expensive shopping area in the Des Moines Metro.) "How about dinner and a movie on Saturday night?"
The problem was that by just relying on the ideas that came off the top of our head, we were by default preloading ourselves with activities that were fresh in our minds from marketing. We'd listen to the radio on the way home on Friday night and hear talk of a great new movie or restaurant. I'd drive by the golf course on the way home. She'd hear an ad for Jordan Creek on the radio.
Since these happened to be the easy ideas to recall, they were usually the ones we did. It wasn't because they were the "best" options, they were just the options that popped into our heads.
I know that my parents did much the same thing. I also know that a lot of our friends did the same thing, too.
So, what's a better solution?
Make a Weekend Plan
The approach that works best for us is simply "pre-loading" our usual weekend activity brainstorm with activities that are free or extremely low-cost.
Of course, to do that requires both some forethought and some research. My solution to this is to simply keep a "note" on my phone that lists such activities.
How do I find them? It's pretty easy – it'll only take a minute or two with your web browser by just visiting three websites.
First, visit the website of your municipality's parks and recreation department. Many cities have parks and recreation departments that have lots of free activities for all skill levels. You can also find out about trails, facilities, parks, and other such features of your community that you might not know about that are well worth exploring and utilizing.
Next, visit the website of your municipality's library. Libraries have tons of resources available to you for free if you just step up to the plate and take advantage of them. Free books, free CDs, free DVDs, free magazines, free classes, free meetings – it's all there, just waiting to be used.
Finally, look for the "community calendar" for your city. Just search for the name of your city in Google and add the phrase "community calendar" behind it. You'll find a listing of great activities in your area going on in the near future, many of which are free.
Beyond that, you should try similar searches for communities near you. We often utilize resources in neighboring communities and often use things in the Des Moines area as well.
Of course, while I'm doing this, I'm usually taking some notes. Even better, I'll do this while Sarah and I are brainstorming. Instead of merely relying on whatever half-baked ideas pop into our head, we turn instead to some options that aren't expensive.
That doesn't mean we don't do anything "fun," which is a response I often hear to suggestions like this. All we do is look at the free activities first. If one of them registers as "fun" to us – and one of them usually does – we do that. That way, we're doing something fun without spending money.
Even better, this contributes to a sense that not spending money is the norm, and that spending money is the abnormal activity, which is also something worth demonstrating to our children.


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Most librarians work VERY hard to provide a diverse collection of material
for their patrons but if they had only material you deemed appropriate I
doubt they would get much circulation. They are under enough pressure from
the right not to carry material which might be deemed offensive or
politically objectionable. I don't think it is a good idea to also tell them
They are ignoring the needs of the poor and minority communities.
> Some statistics from the Southern Poverty Law Center:
> median net worth for Hispanic households is $7,932
> median net worth for blacks $5,998
> median net worth for whites $88,651
> http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=918
> If any public librarian can read those statistics and not think their
> funds should be spent more on trying to educate blacks and hispanics and
> less on entertaining whites, then public libraries should be shut down.
> A poor person's need for education far, far outweighs some middle class
> person's need for cheap or free entertainment.
> The government subsidizes the local symphony but not the local boy band
> for a reason.
> The government subsidizes PBS but not the WB Network for a reason.
> The government subsidizes libraries but not Blockbuster video for a reason.
> The government doesn't have to subsidize popular entertainment because
> popular entertainment is by definition readily available to the masses.
> In fact, it takes effort to avoid it. (Somehow I know the words to quite
> a few pop songs for which I don't even own the CD. I know the plots to
> dozens of Hollwood movies I've never seen. I know every plot twist in tv
> shows such as Friends that I've never seen a single episode of. Why?
> Because the culture around me is saturated with popular culture.)
> When I can go into a library and find a copy of Jaws but not find a
> documentary on Great Whites, there's a serious problem. When I can find
> Citizen Kane but not a documentary on his life and career or even a
> biography about the man, there's a serious problem.
> I would much prefer the library have the Stephen King novels than the
> Stephen King movies. At least reading is a gateway activity to becoming
> educated. I'd prefer to see the Harry Potter books in libraries but not
> the movies. I'd prefer they, instead, bought an educational CD-ROM on
> Alchemy which they would recommend to the kid who turns in the book.
> Alchemy is the origins of modern chemistry. Maybe the kid would get
> interested in science. If you want to use Harry Potter books to hook the
> kid to get him through the library doors, great. Sounds like a clever
> idea. But to then waste that opportunity by sending him to the Harry
> Potter DVD or Lord of the Rings DVD seems unfortunate.
> Another startling statisitic:
> There are more and more foreign students in our graduate programs and
> less and less American students and the deficit is growing at an
> astonishing rate. Do those foreign kids have libraries that supply them
> with the latest hollywood movies.....is that why they're so interested
> in education? Do their undgrad programs use chase scenes and car crashes
> in hollywood movies to entice them to learn physics and that's why
> they're the top students in our university physics programs????
> We put coke machines and candy machines in middle schools and then we're
> surprised at the childhood obesity rates going up. We turn libraries
> (and now college classrooms) into government subsidized Blockbuster
> Videos and we're surprised that American kids are more interested in
> being Brad Pitt than Thomas Edison.
> Research studies have shown that, if given the choice between cocaine
> and food, a mouse will starve to death because it will always choose
> cocaine. Hollywood movies are cocaine. Books and other educational
> materials are food.
> If you can figure out a clever way to use a hollywood movie to redirect
> the person who checked it out to an educational product later, perfect.
> That's why you have a college degree: to figure these things out. But if
> you can't then that movie shouldn't be in your collection.
> As always....just my opinion.
> Gary C. Daniels
> http://school.lostworlds.org?gad=CPjfzOoBEgieuiFYPHFugxjIgoT_AyCy_rUL
> Native American History Videos
> interrupt Productions, LLC
> http://www.interruptProductions.com
> Randy Pitman wrote:
>> Hi Gary,
>> Whoa. I'm all for depth and breadth in video collections, but public
>> libraries are responsible to those same taxpayers you mention, and
>> until the day that John Q. makes PBS his number one viewing choice
>> (roughly about the time Hades experiences permafrost), libraries will
>> continue to fulfill their mission of providing for the information,
>> education, and recreation needs of their communities by collecting
>> materials across as wide a spectrum as possible--including Hollywood
>> blockbusters. This argument has come up before, and the simple answer
>> has always been that libraries are not going to stop collecting
>> Stephen King or the Harry Potter series (and rightfully so), nor
>> should they skip "Batman Begins" (to use an upcoming Warner title).
>> Whether or not Warner respects us in the morning is irrelevant :)
>> Best,
>> Randy
>> Randy Pitman
>> Publisher/Editor
>> Video Librarian
>> 8705 Honeycomb Ct. NW
>> Seabeck, WA 98380
>> Tel: (800) 692-2270; Fax: (360) 830-9346
>> Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
>> Web: www.videolibrarian.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Daniels"
>> <email@example.com>
>> To: <email@example.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Warner Brothers Entertainment vs Institutions?
>>> I would once again submit this question:
>>> Why would you want to help use limited library acquisition funds to
>>> help subsidize a Hollywood corporation who CLEARLY doesn't respect
>>> you or your educational mission. You are just extra profits for them
>>> and if they can extract another dime from you by lieing to you about
>>> your legal rights, they will. You mean nothing to them.
>>> So why subsidize them with taxpayer dollars if you're a public
>>> institution or your foundation's dollars if you're private? Why not
>>> spend that money with educational video producers who create their
>>> content with YOU in mind.....not as some ancillary market to be
>>> shaken down for a few more dollars to help boost quarterly earnings
>>> reports.
>>> I feel like the Chic-Fil-A cow "Eat more chiken"...."Buy More From
>>> Independent Producers"
>>> Trust me, if Warner Bros, et al, were told they could have a major
>>> tax cut but it would mean libraries across the country would be shut
>>> down, which do you think they'd choose? I think they'd take the tax
>>> cut and to hell with the libraries. Every time someone checks out one
>>> of their videos from your library they see this as an erosion of
>>> sales....one less potential customer. When someone checks out my
>>> video from a library, I'm thinking, "Cool....one more person has just
>>> helped me accomplish my mission of educating people about the amazing
>>> Native American civilizations that once existed in this country."
>>> This all sounds like battered-wife syndrome- you love the one who
>>> abuses you the most. A company straight up lies to you about your
>>> rights under the law and says "We don't want anything to do with you,
>>> don't use our videos in the classroom", yet you still consider
>>> purchasing from them????????????????????????? Or maybe it's
>>> crack-whore syndrome--- she stays with the pimp that beats her
>>> because the crack is cheap. Their DVD's might be $19.99 but look at
>>> the monster you're supporting.
>>> Please.....support independents! That's my mantra and I'm sticking to
>>> it.
>>> -Gary Daniels
>>> http://school.lostworlds.org
>>> Native American History Videos
>>> Jessica Rosner wrote:
>>>> HBO can say what they want but the law is clear
>>>> YOU CAN USE THEM IN A CLASS. The law allows any legally purchased
>>>> item to be
>>>> used in standard "face to face" teaching instruction. The ONLY way a
>>>> distributor could supercede this is to require the purchaser to wave
>>>> these
>>>> rights by contract. There are small companies who handle educational
>>>> material who can use two tiered pricing as they can control each
>>>> purchase
>>>> I don't see anyway HBO can do this as I assume all of their titles
>>>> are out
>>>> in the retail market. Unless you are talking about some unusual
>>>> titles which
>>>> Are not sold or rented to the public you can use it in classes
>>>> Streaming is a TOTALLY different issue. For instance believe it or not
>>>> It is most unlikely HBO even OWNS those rights with many of its titles
>>>> Traditionally Public Performance rights are separate from Home Video
>>>> and
>>>> Much of the HBO product ESPECIALLY the documentaries are independent
>>>> productions. Additionally there has been an issue for years regarding
>>>> SAG contracts and made for TV fiction films which prevents many of them
>>>>> From public showings particularly if any money is involved.
>>>> Much as I felt about say campus cable use of films is the same with
>>>> Streeming, the rights are simply going to be too complicated for
>>>> foreign
>>>> And independent films. There are way too many different owners,
>>>> different
>>>> contracts to distributors etc. Basically it would be a NIGHTMARE to
>>>> clear
>>>> Say Chaplin, Fellini, Wim Wenders, British Comedy classics etc.
>>>> This might work for educational films and studio films but not the
>>>> others.
>>>> So unless the Prof wants to stop teaching these you might be seeing
>>>> physical
>>>> Media for a lot longer than you think
>>>> Jessica
>>>>> I had a conversation with a representative from HBO and was told that
>>>>> ALL of their titles are for HOME USE ONLY, and are not to be used in
>>>>> face-to-face instruction, over a network, or digitally reproduced. No
>>>>> public performance rights were available. This leaves me thinking the
>>>>> titles we own which were produced and/or owned by HBO can only be
>>>>> checked out by students for their personal use. Has anyone else had
>>>>> dealings with HBO with different results than these?
>>>>> Our library has recently begun to investigate rights for all of our
>>>>> new
>>>>> VHS and DVD titles before we purchase, to ascertain what is permitted,
>>>>> with or without extra fees and licenses, so we know in advance what
>>>>> restrictions apply. And if we choose to pursue options such as video
>>>>> streaming a title, etc., what additional charges we would have to
>>>>> incur
>>>>> at the time of purchase, or later. I have devised a standard email
>>>>> query
>>>>> which asks specific questions regarding Public Performance Rights,
>>>>> statewide fiber optics viewing (close-circuit), Video Streaming and
>>>>> Cable-casting rights, with a brief explanation for each. It has
>>>>> generated much discussion with various producers and rights owners. I
>>>>> have found that the larger companies are more inclined to charge
>>>>> larger
>>>>> fees. Some of the independents are excited about the opportunity to
>>>>> make
>>>>> their works available to larger audiences and have chosen to allow all
>>>>> or at least most of the rights in question without extra fees.
>>>>> Passwording is a frequent request for video streaming, so that only
>>>>> those faculty and their currently enrolled students can view during a
>>>>> semester. For cable-casting rights, a few have stated we need to
>>>>> show a
>>>>> message before the title begins stating where the audience can
>>>>> purchase
>>>>> from. I have discovered that the majority do not allow cable-casting,
>>>>> even to a public access, educational cable channel.
>>>>> If anyone wishes to discuss this topic with me off the list, you can
>>>>> contact me via email at email@example.com.
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> Jeanne
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Videolib mailing list
>>>>> firstname.lastname@example.com
>>>>> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/videolib
>>>> Proud Resident of a BLUE STATE
>>>> Jessica Rosner
>>>> Kino International
>>>> 333 W 39th St. 503
>>>> email@example.com
>>>> 212-629-6880
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This is from the Reagan administration's deregulatory 1981 energy plan: "All Americans are involved in making energy policy. When individual choices are made with a maximum of personal understanding and a minimum of government restraints, the result is the most appropriate energy policy."
Many modern Republicans claim devotion to Ronald Reagan's ideas, but they often seem to forget about the "minimum of government" thing. The following points are from Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell's "More Energy, More Jobs" plan:
- "McDonnell was the chief sponsor of legislation creating the Virginia Hydrogen Energy Plan."
- "McDonnell also supported grant programs for solar photovoltaic manufacturing, tax exemptions for solar energy and recycling property, and tax credits for solar energy equipment."
- "In order to protect Virginia's citizens from the skyrocketing wholesale prices of electricity seen in other states, McDonnell brought together all the necessary stake holders to re-regulate electricity in Virginia."
- "Currently, Virginia is the second largest importer of electricity behind California. This is unacceptable."
- "Bob McDonnell will establish Virginia as a Green Jobs Zone to incentivize companies to create quality green jobs. Qualified businesses would be eligible to receive an income tax credit equal to $500 per position created per year for the first five years."
- "The Virginia Alternative Fuels Revolving Fund was established to assist local governments that convert to alternative fuel systems … Bob McDonnell will expand the purpose of this fund to include infrastructure such as refueling stations, provide seed money and aggressively pursue additional grants."
- "Bob McDonnell will make Southwest and Southside Virginia the nation's hub for traditional and alternative energy research and development…To assist with the attraction, building and operation of major energy facilities in Southside and Southwest Virginia, we will also support the establishment of the Center for Energy."
- "To help Virginia universities gain access to federal stimulus money, as Governor, Bob McDonnell will establish the Virginia Universities Clean Energy Development and Economic Stimulus Foundation."
- "As Governor, Bob McDonnell will leverage stimulus funding to incentivize individuals and businesses to conduct energy audits and encourage public private partnerships between small businesses and government."
It's true that McDonnell's plan has some free market elements, and also that Ronald Reagan supported some wasteful energy boondoggles. However, the degree to which the modern Republican wants to micromanage and manipulate the energy industry is remarkable. McDonnell is almost setting out a Soviet five-year plan for a substantial part of the Virginia economy. For goodness sakes, he wants to treat Virginia like a separate country and try to fix the supposed problem that it is "importing" too much energy from other states!
It's not just energy. Look at the top-down central planning ideas that McDonnell has for "creating jobs":
- "Expanding use of the Governor's Opportunity Fund by roughly doubling the funding available and broadening Fund rules to allow companies that generate additional state and local tax revenue to qualify."
- "Appointing Lieutenant Governor Bolling to serve as "Virginia's Chief Job Creation Officer" in the McDonnell/Bolling Administration."
- "Designating one Deputy Secretary of Commerce to Focus Solely on Rural Economic Development."
- "Providing a $1,000 tax credit per job to businesses that create 50 new jobs, or 25 new jobs in economically distressed areas."
- "Double the funding for the Virginia Tourism Corporation. Currently Virginia trails 14 states including West Virginia and Tennessee in tourism funding."
- "Increase funding for the Governor's Motion Picture Fund by $2 million."
- "Providing a $1,000 tax credit per job to businesses that create 50 new jobs, or 25 new jobs in economically distressed areas."
Again, McDonnell mixes some pro-market proposals in with these Big Government interventions. And his opponent, Creigh Deeds, is promoting his own interventionist schemes, many very similar to McDonnell's.
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Wayland presents American Family Christmas
PLAINVIEW – On Friday, Dec. 1, the Department of Music at Wayland Baptist University will kick off the Christmas season with its American Family Christmas presentation at 7:30 p.m. in Harral Memorial Auditorium.
The event will feature performances by International Choir, Wayland Singing Men, Wayland Singing Women, Wayland Singers and the handbell ensemble. Those in attendance will also be serenaded by a flute choir which will be performing in the hallway before and after the concert.
The groups will perform many Christmas favorites such as "I'll be Home for Christmas," "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," "Let it Snow," and a combined performance of "White Christmas."
There will be faculty presentations from Dr. Sandra Mostellar, Dr. Gary Belshaw and Robert Black, as well as audience participation in singing Christmas carols. Jennie Lynn Hodges and Wayland student Lisa Wiginton will present special organ presentations as well. And rumor has it that Santa Claus will also make an appearance.
Dr. Ann Stutes, Co-Chair of the Division of Fine Arts, said this concert is always a joy for the Department of Music.
"We appreciate the support the Plainview community gives the Wayland student musicians throughout the year," Stutes said. "This concert is our gift to our friends and family during this special season. We hope everyone will come out and celebrate the sounds of the season."
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Russia Kindly Bars Garbage Yogurt From the Olympic Area
Russia may be run by an iron-fisted dictatorial tyrant who's using the Olympic games as his own personal tool to legitimize his corrupt and unjust reign. Sure. But that doesn't mean he needs to make things worse by allowing shitty yogurt to cross his borders.
The most important story to come out of these Olympic games so far: Russia is blocking a shipment of low-quality Chobani brand Greek yogurt that was sent to the U.S. Winter Olympic team. Instead of thanking Mr. Putin for his gesture of concern towards our athletes' palates, American politicians in the pocket of Big Yogurt are mewling threats loaded with classic imperialist propaganda. From the New York Times:
"There is simply no time to waste in getting our Olympic athletes a nutritious and delicious food," [Imperialist Dairy apologist Sen. Charles] Schumer said in a statement.
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With Google Fiber On The Way, AT&T Fiber Customers Receive Free Boost To Connection Only 976 Mbps Slower Than Google's Connection
from the loosening-the-artificial-cap dept
With the threat of Google's fiber expansion making real competition a reality in some markets (rather than the perceived competition where multiple cablecos and ISPs offer middling service while offering small discounts or limited time price breaks), AT&T is now being forced to upgrade its existing service in the affected area, or at least, to pay it some lip service. Its press release following the news read more like a Bart Simpson quote: "We can't promise to try. But we'll try to try."
It appears AT&T is actually doing at least a little something for its existing fiber customers in Austin. Austin members of the DSLReports boards are reporting that AT&T has removed the governor (or loosened it, anyway) on its fiber connections, bumping the speed up to nearly 2.5% of Google's offering.
I called to cancel U-Verse because Time Warner offers Docsis 3.0 speeds for far cheaper in the Austin area. Uverse told me that select FTTH customers can now get 24/3 instead of the previous cap of 18/1.5. They just have to send a "special" technican to upgrade my equipment. I am letting them come and try because I don't believe it.Why aren't these fiber customers already enjoying vastly improved speeds over other U-Verse subscribers? Why has it taken the threat of a real competitor to remove the artificial cap AT&T installed? Apparently, it's because AT&T wants to treat all of its customers fairly and ensure they receive the same lousy connection speed.
While AT&T took the cheaper route when upgrading portions of their network to fiber to the node, the company has historically offered fiber to the home to a few locations (less than a few hundred thousand), primarily in upscale housing developments. While those lines are capable of significantly higher speeds, AT&T has traditionally capped those users at the same speed as other U-Verse users. The company told me in 2007 this was to create a "more consistent experience."Consistent under-performance is consistent.
That means you have users on cutting-edge fiber infrastructure, in some places seeing downstream speeds of just 6 Mbps -- and upstream speeds of just 1.5 Mbps.So, while this speed bump may be appreciated, it is long overdue. The fact is fiber customers should have surpassed 24/3 a long time ago, rather than making do with a small, tossed off bit of faux largesse from AT&T. An incremental boost like this, especially on a fiber connection, isn't going to be enough to keep AT&T customers from lining up for Google Fiber. Even if AT&T begins making more aggressive moves, it's highly doubtful its customers believe it will ever match Google's connection speed. As Karl Bode says:
Given these past speed issues, this is why most AT&T customers will believe 1 Gbps only when it's up and running.Exactly. Time Warner Cable, facing direct competition from Google Fiber, flat out stated there was no demand for this connection speed and that it would certainly be happy to provide 1Gbps connection should anyone prove they actually needed it. Translation: probably never. AT&T's slippery press release "nailed down" pretty much the same approximate timeframe. It's clear competition will have some positive effect for those in the covered areas. I'm sure TWC and AT&T are both happy a nationwide Google expansion would be prohibitively expensive, allowing them to continue providing subpar connection speeds and terrible customer service.
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December 14, 2005
Neighbors who knew of Leo Utley say he was a man that kept to himself. But the FBI arrested him early Tuesday morning at his home at 4170B Deans Bridge Road, located in a remote area. It's a case that involves drugs, conspiracy and murder. And those living near Leo Utley are stunned to hear the allegations.
It was a shock to neighbors when they heard the man who lived here, 54-year-old Leo Utley, is charge with two murders. Federal agents arrested him early Tuesday morning.
"Really kept to himself. I used to go to Hephzibah with his grandson, he just kept to himself and he wasn't a very open person," said Christopher Harrison, neighbor.
But agents say Leo Utley murdered two men for $100,000.
"Initially the victims or victims/witnesses they just disappeared and nobody knew what happened to them," Utley said.
The early 90's is when the case which originated in Arkansas after Judson Lee Fielding and Charles Joseph Winfield were stopped with gallons of liquid PCP. The two were planning to testify against Augusta-native Willie Carl Hankerson, Jr. who lived in Washington D.C. at the time. Agents say the drugs were being delivered to him from California. Last week a grand jury indicted Leo Utley for conspiring to kill witnesses and killing witnesses.
"They travel to Washington D.C. where they killed Winfield. Winfield is then transported by Utley according to the indictment back to Augusta," said Ed Reinhold, FBI.
Shortly after, the next witness, Augusta-native Judson Lee Fielding, disappears.
"Meanwhile, they come back to Augusta and lure Fielding into an apartment where Utley kills him as well," Reinhold said.
Barbara Ann Scarborough says she is shocked that someone accused of two murders live so close.
"It makes cold chills everywhere that ain't nothing to play with, I mean nothing at all," Scarborough said.
"He's not the type of guy that goes out to kill somebody just to kill them. There has to be a reason for it and the reason in this case were Hankerson and Utley were looking at going to prison," Reinhold said.
The bodies of Charles Winfield and Judson Lee Fielding have never been found. Federal prosecutors are looking at whether they will be able to see the death penalty.
In the meantime, local FBI agents are looking at how Leo Utley could be linked to former narcotics investigator Tyrone Williams. Williams was sentenced to federal prison for 25 years in 2002 on corruption charges.


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This Rules, Policies, and Procedures manual provides the foundation for equal and fair competition for everyone competing at PKRA. We hope you have a fun and rewarding experience at PKRA.
PKRA is an IKF sanctioned track and the club follows IKF rules entirely. A separate local deviations list will be published that details any deviations from the IKF rulebook that PKRA uses as a "local option". This manual lists the most current local options and will be updated periodically. Any changes made in the club's rules will be subject to a 30 day cooling off period and can't take effect until 30 days after notification.
PKRA is a member owned and operated club and the hard work and dedication of its members are still needed in order to keep our club strong and grow this sport. We will continue to recognize our hard working volunteers who make PKRA the finest kart racing club and track in the country.
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Wilson Kriegel, formerly the top business executive at social-games maker OMGPOP, is taking a president and chief operating officer role at video-chat company Paltalk.
Zynga bought OMGPOP for $180 million earlier this year—a deal which rapidly soured, prompting Zynga to take a big writeoff.
At Paltalk, Kriegel's going to work on both the product and Paltalk's business model.
"Wilson brings extensive knowledge and experience in quickly identifying trends and opportunities as well as executing operationally and with partners accordingly," Paltalk CEO Jason Katz said in a press release. "His background is ideal for driving the growth that lies ahead for Paltalk."
Kriegel left Zynga back in September, six months after Zynga bought OMGPOP, best known for its hit Draw Something. At OMGPOP, he was responsible for publishing games, monetization, and business development.
In the release, Kriegel said that he's excited to join Paltalk because the company is well-positioned to capitalize on the growth of activity in video communications.
"Driven by consumer and business demand, group video chat across all platforms, especially mobile, is growing rapidly worldwide and this is just the beginning," Kriegel said. "As with Twitter or Instagram, staying connected via mobile, sharing content and meeting new people globally have become a part of everyday life."


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Memories of Childhood Toys
By Alfred Opp, Vancouver, British Columbia
Edited by Connie Dahlke, Walla Walla, Washington
The toys my Dad made for us in Bessarabia were all made out of wood. I remember he made a little wheelbarrow for us to play with. He also made a four-wheeled toy cart.
He made real ice-skates for us out of wood that had an iron piece fitted onto the bottom. The wooden part of the skates had holes in them that allowed me to feed a string through so that I could tie the skates onto my shoes. These skates worked well on icy surfaces.
My Dad also made me a scooter – it was a two-wheeled rolling wooden piece with a handle. I stood with one foot on the scooter and pushed with the other foot.
Most of the toys he made for us were miniatures of things in our every-day life. He also passed down old tools for me to use in my own "shop." One item I remember was an old plane with no plate – it was dull and worn out. All the various tools he gave us we handled like adults and pretended we were skillful. I still have today two wooden rings Dad made for Mom to crochet around, to make a bag to carry things in.
At my grandparents' place, it was the same. There, I had a smithy shop with hand-me-down tools that were not dangerous. My /Opa/ Zacher was especially skillful in his toy making. He made me a little wagon to play with. He also made a toy wheat-cutting machine that had so much detail that as we pushed it along, it had parts that really moved.
Girls received home-made dolls, and many parents constructed "Pupenstube" doll houses to go along with the dolls. Balls were also home-made out of rags tied tightly together. Although these balls had no "bounce" they were still good for kicking, throwing and catching.
All in all, we had plenty of toys that fostered our imagination and dreams to go along. This gave us the opportunity to discover on our own how to make things work. We invented our own games, using our imaginations to the fullest. We also had plenty of accessible space and numerous opportunities to explore nature. All of these experiences made our days memorable.
As boys reached school age, most had their own pocket knives and some became quite good at carving, making small toys and whistles from various materials. Some would take a stick and carve on it to make a fancy walking stick.
Mom made playing cards from candy wrappings from Christmas – from these we played Odd Man Out. Our parents didn't leave much time for us to play except in the winter months. But I have so many happy memories – we had so much fun from little things combined with the creativity we had on our own. That gave us a real sense of satisfaction.
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Rites of Passage for Your Son
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David Wills faced a monumental task. Governor Andrew Curtin of Pennsylvania appointed him to oversee the burial of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers at Gettysburg. In addition, the 32-year-old attorney was to plan a dedication ceremony for this pivotal Civil War battle.
The task was daunting. Following the July 1863 conflict, Gettysburg had taken on the appearance — and the stench — of an open-air mortuary. Thousands of human bodies lay scattered over the fields and hills, decaying in the heat. Others were buried but, as Willis reported to Governor Curtin, "in many instances arms and legs and sometimes heads protrude, and my attention had been directed to several places where the hogs were actually rooting out the bodies and devouring them."Garry Wills, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), 21. Human scavengers picked at the exposed bodies for anything of value. Meanwhile, grieving relatives scoured the fields, searching for fathers and sons. Gettysburg had become a "carnival of carnage." Like a scene from Dante's Inferno, the grisly features of death were pervasive, revolting, visceral.
Something had to be done. David Wills did it. But at every turn, he was like a man stumbling in the dark. He started by forming an interstate commission to finance the project. Seventeen acres were purchased for a cemetery, and a company was retained to exhume, prepare and bury the bodies. (Willis had hoped to have the burial completed before the November ceremony, but it wouldn't be finished until the following spring.)
Having resolved the pressing issues of burial and hygiene, the agent turned his attention toward the ceremony itself. Willis desired to memorialize the sacrifices of these brave men by staging an elaborate ceremony. According to the conventional wisdom of his day, this entailed securing a powerful orator who could lend dignity to the event, someone who would speak for two hours (as was the custom) and bring a lofty perspective to the proceedings. Without question, Edward Everett was the man.
An Ivy League scholar and former Secretary of State, Everett was considered the preeminent orator of his generation. He had dedicated the battlefields at Lexington and Concord as well as Bunker Hill. Almost as an afterthought, David Wills also extended an invitation — two months later — to President Lincoln, with the request that Lincoln deliver only "a few appropriate remarks."
On November 19, 1863, an estimated 20,000 people gathered for the ceremony. They had traveled by horse, train and carriage from as far away as Minnesota to participate in the event. Under a blue sky, Lincoln and Everett, along with a host of other dignitaries, sat on a raised platform amid a sea of onlookers.
The ceremony began. First there was music. Then a prayer. And more music. Then it was time for the keynote address. Edward Everett's presentation was worthy of his reputation. For two hours, he held the crowd in thrall with his fiery language, his childlike animation and his detailed description of the battle.
Following a hymn, Lincoln stepped to the podium. "Four score and seven years ago," he began ... and before anyone knew it, he was finished. The crowd, which hadn't expected much, was still surprised by the brevity of his speech. Historian Garry Wills, in his much-acclaimed book Lincoln at Gettysburg, alludes to the story of a photographer who, expecting the president to be at the podium for a while, missed his shot while he slowly set up his camera.Ibid., 34. In 272 words, the president said what he wanted to say and then sat down. The choir sang a dirge, the Reverend H.L. Baugher gave the benediction, and it was over.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Expecting the Unexpected
I share this story to illustrate two important points that will guide and encourage you as you plan manhood ceremonies for your son. First, keep in mind that creating ceremonies is an experimental process. Like David Wills, you will be working in something of a vacuum. However, you can succeed. Later in this module, I will detail the four ceremonies that two other fathers and I have created for our sons. These are now fairly polished and refined. But it wasn't this way at the beginning. When we started this experimental process — much like David Wills — we didn't know what we were doing. All we had was a lofty objective: to ceremonialize a vision for manhood. Our final product developed over time, after much trial and error.
Second, ceremonies produce surprises. David Wills had no idea that Lincoln's speech — not Everett's — would be the defining moment at Gettysburg. Lincoln's participation was ancillary, almost accidental. Yet when we think of Gettysburg, we recall the "Gettysburg Address." Few of us have ever heard of Edward Everett.
The point is, the outcome of ceremonies can be surprising. This was true at Gettysburg; it is equally true of the manhood ceremonies with which we are familiar. In case after case, the testimony of sons about their manhood ceremonies verifies this important point. They express a feeling of awe. They are overwhelmed that their father, and others, would take the time and invest the money to create such memorable experiences.
As dads, we have been overwhelmed, too. The power of ceremony to reaffirm a son's shaky identity, in some cases redirect his life, and empower his future was wholly unexpected. We have been amazed at the powerful results of our small investment.


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New Life Baptist, 614 S. 11th St., holds a Morning Prayer Meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Charles Fite.
Chapel Grove Baptist, 716 Camp Rotary Road, presents The Hoppers in concert at 7 p.m. April 6
Firestone Wesleyan, 1700 Union Road, holds traditional morning worship services at 10:30 a.m. March 27 and April 10.
Friendship Christian, 221 W. Bradley St., holds the Kingdom Resurrection Conference Wednesday through Friday. Impartation Services begin at 6 and worship at 7 nightly. Call 704-865-9016.
Lighthouse Congregational Holiness Church, 206 Pinhook Loop Road, Gastonia, presents His Anointed in concert at 6 p.m. Sunday. Call Pastor Ken Dagenhart, 704-865-3897.
Living Water Community Worship Center, 408 N. Firestone St., holds a Fish, Hamburger, Hot Dot and Bake Sale and Car Wash starting at 10 a.m. today at the Auto Zone on West Franklin Boulevard.
Mount Calvary Baptist, 408 N. Marietta St., holds its annual Stewardship Program at 11 a.m. Sunday with guest speaker Tony C. Williams. Call 704-864-4222.
Mount Hebron Baptist, 711 Mount Hebron Church Road, celebrates the Gospel Chorus 53rd Anniversary Reunion at 2:30 p.m. April 21. The church invites all current and past members to participate in the reunion. Rehearsals will be held at 7 p.m. Friday and April 5 at the church. A meet-and-greet event will be held at 7 pm. April 19 in the family life center. The last rehearsal will be held at 1 p.m. April 20 followed by lunch at Amber Jack Seafood and Steaks, 4253 S New Hope Road, Cramerton. The choir will sing during the 10:15 a.m. service on April 21. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Mount Zion Church of God, 1000 Sycamore St., celebrates the 60 th Wedding Anniversary and 41 st Pastoral Appreciation, today and Sunday. The speaker at 3 p.m. today will be Apostle J. Leonard Ford, Morningside Missionary Church. The speaker at 11 a.m. Sunday will be Minister Dominic Hamlett, of Chesapeake, Va. with dinner following the service. The speaker at 3 p.m. Sunday will be Bishop T.L. McCluney, Jerusalem CF Church of God.
Pisgah A.R.P. Church, 3600 Linwood Road, Gastonia, hosts a �Hats Off to Spring� luncheon at noon April 13, presented by the Women's Ministries. The event features a meal, devotional, special music, fashion show and hat parade. Tickets are $10 adults and $5 for 10 and younger and may be purchased at the church. Call 704-865-7611.
Providence Presbyterian, 2850 Union Road, has announced its upcoming speakers: Chuck Evans on March 24, March 31, April 7 and April 14, Jon Ross Williams on April 21 and Chuck Evans on April 28
St. John�s Missionary Baptist, 1282 Bradford Heights Road, celebrates the 50 th anniversary of the Hymn Choir during the 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday.
St. Paul Missionary Baptist, 418 N. Oakland St., celebrates the second anniversary of Pastor Christopher E. Harris and First Lady Jade Harris at 3 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Gregory K. Moss, St. Paul Missionary Baptist will be the guest speaker. Call 704-215-6435.
Tabernacle Baptist, 519 W. 19 th Ave., holds a revival at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday with guest evangelist the Rev. Ronnie Williams of Generostee Baptist, Starr, SC. Call 704-864-4051.
Temple Baptist, 701 Littlejohn St., holds a Car, Truck & Bike Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 20. Cost is $13 if registered by April 6 and $15 the day of the show. The event will feature food, music, door prizes, a silent auction, a raffle, games and awards. Proceeds will go to support the church mission trip to Honduras. To register, contact Amber, 803-222-6968
Adams Chapel AME Zion, 212 Lake Montonia Road, holds Youth Explosion 2013, April 3-5. There will be food at 6 p.m. followed by the service at 7 p.m. The guest speaker will be Minister Antwan McNeil, House of Refuge of All Nations, Gastonia .
Mount Zion Baptist, 220 N. Watterson St., celebrates the first anniversary of the Rev. Raymond Gardin at 3 p.m. April 14. The guest speaker will be the Rev. William Thompson, St. Peter's Baptist
Mount Calvary Baptist, 120 Branch St., holds a 12-Tribe Service at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Daniels Lutheran, 3170 Reepsville Road, Lincolnton, holds its Saturday Country Breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. today. Cost is $6 per person.
Burge Memorial United Methodist, 312 W. Glendale Ave., presents �A Princess Closet� from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 30. Girls who can�t afford a prom dress will be able to get one during the event. The day will feature refreshments for the girls while they try on dresses and there will be a drawing for three gift cards for free manicures and pedicures. Organizers are asking for donations of gently used or new prom dresses, shoes and accessories. Call 704-822-1341 or 704-441-1904.
Dr. Terry Rathman presents �Who Moved the Stone? You Must Decide� at 7 p.m. Monday at the Gaston County Public Library, 1555 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia. The program is free and the public is invited. You can get details by emailing email@example.com.
Bethlehem Church hosts a Cinderella Day from 5 to 9 p.m. April 5 at the Dream Center of Gaston County, 2782 Fairview Drive, Gastonia. Girls in need are invited to attend the event, where they can select a dress, shoes and accessories for prom night for free.
Grace Providence Christian College holds its 3rd Women in Ministry Conference from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 6 at New Providence Baptist, 1104 Old NC 27, Mount Holly. The theme is �Living beyond your feelings: Controlling your feelings before they control you.� Cost is $25, which includes breakfast (beginning at 7 a.m.), materials, and lunch. The book �Living Beyond Your Emotions� by Joyce Meyers can be purchased at Amazon.com or by the Rev. Jerry Friday for $16. The conference is open to all. Call 704-349-1370 or 704-827-0822.
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Altair, Deneb, and Vega framing the Milky Way! Shot from Glen Major Forest.
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M13 - Great Cluster in Hercules
Globular cluster I shot using my new AstroTrac TT320X-AG!
Transit Of Venus
The black dot is the planet Venus as it passed between Earth and the Sun, as seen in June of 2012. This event won't occur again until December of 2117.
The Sagittarius Region
M42 - The Orion Nebula
Taken through a Meade Model 395 telescope (1000mm, f/11) adapted to a Canon 60D.
Luna - Inverse
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Milky Way from Algonquin Park
Outside the David Dunlap Observatory
Inside the David Dunlap Observatory
The Milky Way
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15 U.S. Code § 78d–4 - Additional duties of Inspector General
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Additional duties of Inspector General
(a) Suggestion submissions by Commission employees
(1) Hotline establishedThe Inspector General of the Commission shall establish and maintain a telephone hotline or other electronic means for the receipt of—
suggestions by employees of the Commission for improvements in the work efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity, and the use of the resources, of the Commission; and
allegations by employees of the Commission of waste, abuse, misconduct, or mismanagement within the Commission.
(2) ConfidentialityThe Inspector General shall maintain as confidential—
the identity of any individual who provides information by the means established under paragraph (1), unless the individual requests otherwise, in writing; and
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The Inspector General shall consider any suggestions or allegations received by the means established under subsection (a)(1), and shall recommend appropriate action in relation to such suggestions or allegations.
(c) RecognitionThe Inspector General may recognize any employee who makes a suggestion under subsection (a)(1) (or by other means) that would or does—
increase the work efficiency, effectiveness, or productivity of the Commission; or
reduce waste, abuse, misconduct, or mismanagement within the Commission.
(d) ReportThe Inspector General of the Commission shall submit to Congress an annual report containing a description of—
any recommendations made or actions taken by the Inspector General in response to substantiated allegations received under subsection (a); and
any action the Commission has taken in response to suggestions or allegations received under subsection (a).
(e) Funding
The activities of the Inspector General under this subsection shall be funded by the Securities and ExchangeCommission Investor Protection Fund established under section 78u–6 of this title.
(June 6, 1934, ch. 404, title I, § 4D, as added Pub. L. 111–203, title IX, § 966, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1912.)
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Actor Kevin Costner was still writing the memorial speech he delivered Whitney Houston's funeral an hour before his "The Bodyguard" co-star was laid to rest in her native New Jersey.
The star shunned all requests to comment on Houston's passing following her sudden death in February, because he didn't feel the time or the "forum" was right to open up about his close friendship with his "The Bodyguard" co-star.
But Costner ultimately mustered up the courage to put his feelings into words for the tragic superstar's funeral service after her cousin Dionne Warwick called in a favor.
And now the 57 year old has opened up about his struggles to find the right words for the emotional speech, admitting he was forced to pull over on his way to the ceremony to wrap up his tribute at a local park.
He tells People magazine, "I was nervous. I wrote it up to the last hour before going into church. I didn't realize so many people felt the need to hear from me. I had to think long and hard about what I wanted to say.
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BRISTOL, Conn., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, currently working as a baseball analyst for ESPN, announced Wednesday he has been diagnosed with cancer.
Schilling, who was tapped in December to be part of ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast team for the upcoming season, revealed the news in a statement released through the broadcaster.
"I've always believed life is about embracing the gifts and rising up to meet the challenges," Schilling said. "We've been presented with another challenge, as I've recently been diagnosed with cancer."
His wife Shonda Schilling also has had a bout with cancer -- she was diagnosed with stage 2 malignant melanoma in 2001.
The 47-year-old, known for his clutch performances in the post-season, did not specify what type of cancer he was diagnosed with.
He asked fans to "keep the Schilling family in your prayers."
"With my incredibly talented medical team, I'm ready to try and win another big game," he said.
"Our thoughts are with Curt and his family during this challenging time," the network said in a statement.
Schilling pitched 20 years in the major leagues, compiling an 11-2 record with four complete games and a 2.23 ERA in 19 playoff starts. He won two World Series with the Red Sox and another with the Diamondbacks.


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Elite Deviance
Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2006 - Business & Economics - 372 pages
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, "Elite Deviance" is the only text in this area that takes a holistic view as it traces the causes of elite deviance to the structure of power and wealth in the United States.
Every edition is thoroughly updated to reflect current research. Some exciting new changes to this edition include the following: Latest price-fixing scandals by Bayer and others help students understand the global nature of contemporary price-fixing (Chapter 3). The outcomes of recent corporate scandals regarding punishment of corporate executives show students the nature of punishment meted out to corporate elites in an era of declining investor confidence (Chapter 3). The most recent information regarding scandals in the War on Terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq acquaint students with the deviance within the military-industrial complex warned against by President Eisenhower (Chapter 5). History of sexual political scandals will give students an historical overview of sexual scandals involving both Republicans and Democrats that led up to the Clinton sex scandal (Chapter 6). Coverage of deviance by America's Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention will make students aware of the long history of corruption at the federal level that began with the very founding of the nation (Chapter 6).
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Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has been bothered by a knee injury for much of the season and a report Sunday indicates doctors think surgery is necessary to clear up the problem this offseason.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Johnson has a sprained knee with "loose bodies" in it and that doctors have recommended an operation after the season. The final call will be Johnson's, though, and the players hasn't made a call yet.
Deadspin recently had a report about Johnson that said he had a partially torn PCL in the knee, although neither Johnson nor anyone else from the Lions has offered a specific comment about the nature of the injury.
Johnson played a somewhat limited role in last week's overtime loss to the Giants and missed practice all week because of the knee. He is questionable for Sunday's game with the Vikings.


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