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I rarely join the masses in their exodus to the beach or the lakes during American holidays like Memorial Day or July 4th. I am crowd averse and enjoy staying local, taking advantage of the less frenetic pace.
Last Saturday, a friend and I relaxed chez moi watching movies. She looked at the forlorn state of my yellowed bed pillows, depleted of any memory foam. Here is how our conversation ensued:
Gretchen: Uh, I have 3 pillows piled behind my head, yet they are the thickness of a dinner napkin and so uncomfortable. (She removed the pillowcases to inspect them further.) Yup, just as I suspected these are ancient and so yellow they look like something your dogs peed on. (She took a whiff.) Ok, they don't smell like canine urine, but something tells me you have had these pillows since college.
Me: Nope, not college. They are maybe 5 years old. They are yellow because I sweat when I sleep like a 5 yr. old. I have a lot on my mind all the time. I am too busy thinking about what I am going to have for lunch next week. Or maybe the shoes that I have been eyeing for months will finally go on sale on Shoescribe.com. You know, important stuff.
Gretchen: Get up and get dressed. These bed sheets could use help too. Only an ex-con living in a flop house would sleep on these. We're going to Home-Goods to buy some, uh, hmm, home goods.
Me: Perfect. What do most Americans do on Memorial Day anyway? They are either marching in a parade, sitting on a beach, or shopping at the mall. LET'S. GO. SHOPPING!
For the uninitiated, Home-Goods is the Target of decorative items. It is an interior designer's go-to on a tight budget, perfect for college kids' shoestring dorm room or anyone who wants a bargain on sheets, pillows, lamps and other household tschotchkes, made in China.
We started in the bathroom section. How many people loathe bathroom items inscribed with fancy Français script? This craze is over 20 years old and for some insane reason, do shoppers think that French elevates mundane items? Do we really seek the French equivalents of soap, small trash receptacles, soap dishes and hampers? Why the hell does this silver trash can or cotton ball canister have LE BAIN scrawled on it? Get REAL! It's Le Trâshcan pour Le Garbage! Another pet peeve-why is the ceramic tissue box inscribed with SAVON DE FRANCE? Are the French a paragon of hygiene? Do the French go gaga over bathroom items with English inscriptions? If Americans want to appear cosmopolitan and worldly, then by all means buy bathroom items labeled in questionable French. C'est très STUPIDE, n'est-ce pas?
Our next stop was at the lamp section. This monstrosity left us speechless for a few seconds and then had us cackling. What the hell is this? It is part silver squid, protozoa and a genetic mutation created by Monsanto? We pulled it into the aisle, turned it on and squealed with delight. The flowers are made from cheap thin metal, the silver curly tentacles are made from thick ridged metal and the lights are contained in a faux Allium flower shape with rows of thin curled metal. This lamp is the gift that keeps on giving. What made us almost soil our trousers was that it comes with a pair of white cloth gloves. Yes, the same gloves which historians use to inspect pages of ancient scrolls before being displayed at the Smithsonian or Armenia's Matendaran. I almost bought this masterpiece so that I could summon the editors at Architectural Digest to style a shoot in my home, replete with the Chihuahuas nestled on new pillows.
We traipsed into the nautical themed section. I have one million pet peeves among which are nautical-themed items used to decorate beach or river front homes. Shells, nautical rope, straw life-sized anchors, oars, etc. simply annoy me and my sartorial senses. Why on earth would you take a piece of rope that looks like scrap found in a bin behind a Home Depot and then frame it? As for star fish, please leave them in the ocean. Well, at least I know where people from NJ buy their interior design items for their shore houses. They are so NAUTY and original.
Next up, the pillows section. Sidebar: during the February fall shows, I went mad for the coats and sweaters made from fuzzy-muzzy Muppets inspired textiles and fur. A darling pillow left a smile on my face because it was the color of green slime and as fuzzy as Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street.
We spent several hours in the store and decided to check out since our cart was overflowing. Don't you love the American check out aisle rimmed with impulse items? We found this 60s print wallet with 2 rows of plastic containers to organize one's meds. 8 containers for meds? That sounds about right in today's world. There is even a little note card where you can write the drug name and dosage in case you forget. My favorite item in the store was this whimsical, cylindrical wallet/container with a mirror in the top portion with snap closure. I asked my friend, "What can you possibly store in this round container in your purse?" She blurted loudly, "Oh my God, give me that! I am going to store my uncut cocaine in it and use the mirror to snort lines. This is genius." I burst out laughing and looked to see who was in earshot. Thankfully, the woman behind me with an overflowing cart burst out laughing as well.
One hundred sixty dollars later, I was pleased with my 2 new memory foam pillows, 600 thread count sheet set, dog toys, 5 bags of movie popcorn, hat boxes and 5x bathroom magnifying mirror (my chin hair analysis growth is key) and 25 felt hangers. We created quite a stir at this mundane strip mall chain. But we were pleased that we could return home and binge watch episodes of Mad Men and FX's newest show, Fargo, on our new fluffy pillows and smooth comfortable sheets munching on bowls of movie popcorn.
God bless the military men and women who have served this great country. We are free in many respects like having the ability to choose from 10 varieties of movie popcorn. Though I may mock American culture (which sometimes deserves to be razzed) you won't find me in Canada or Denmark anytime soon. Let freedom ring!
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UNITED Music Video—Educating Youth on Human Rights
When 19-year-old Taron Lexton created UNITED, an emotionally charged human rights hip-hop music video, he never expected that 4 million people would be watching it in movie theaters throughout Hungary in 2006. This is exactly what will happen.
The appeal of UNITED is universal. It tells the story of a young inner-city boy who is threatened by bullies. Rather than give up, he rallies tremendous support and backs the bully off. But instead of continuing the violence he makes peace with his one-time opponent. The music is compelling, the cinematography totally engaging and the message is one of communication and friendship prevailing over intolerance and hate.
UNITED is the centerpiece of the human rights education campaign launched late last year by Youth for Human Rights International, in conjunction with the Church of Scientology International Human Rights Department. As inferred by the title of the music video, the campaign is grounded in the belief that by acting in a united fashion, young people can make a difference and create a better world.
Key to accomplishing this is ensuring that youth understand the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To bring this about, the Church sponsored Lexton to create 30 new public service announcements (PSAs) , one PSA for each of the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration. These, too, will be shown in every movie theater in Hungary over the coming year, and on TV stations all over the world.
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Everyone has heard of the phrase eating humble pie but one Crystal Palace fan took it to a literal level after the Eagles' impressive season.
Dale Taylor, 38, a Crystal Palace fan for more than 30 years, eat a whole pie after backtracking on his views on Palace's season.
The Palace fan was not a happy supporter after Ian Holloway left the club last year as he thought he should have been given more time.
Mr Talyor, who currently lives in Crawley and works as a police officer, was even more disgusted with appointment of current boss and miracle worker Tony Pulis.
The police officer feared a season of long balls and relegation was on the cards so wrote a letter to the club saying he wanted to give up his season ticket.
To his surprise he then received an email from Crystal Palace's co-chairman Stephen Browett asking him to rethink his decision.
Mr Taylor, who is the founder of Iron Coppers which raises money for Cancer Research, decided not to give up his season ticket and see how the season panned out.
He was pleasantly surprised to see Tony Pulis guide the team to safety with games to spare as well as playing an exciting brand of football.
In a complete turnaround, the 38-year-old sent Mr Browett an email at the end of the season pledging his allegiance to the club as well as admitting he should have never have doubted the club's owners.
Mr Taylor also sent a picture of himself eating a whole humble pie to Mr Browett.
He said: "I was a big fan of Ian Holloway and I was a bit disappointed he was not given more time.
"I have never been a fan of Tony Pulis so when he was announced I was really disappointed. I wanted to stop my season ticket but Stephen Browett persuaded me not to.
"From that point onwards the season went from bad to good. Then at the end of the season, as he was so kind to get back to me personally, I sent him a picture of me eating humble pie.
"I was totally shocked at the turnaround, it was amazing. I would now even say I am a Tony Pulis fan."
Crystal Palace co-owner Stephen Browett said: "Since we bought the club we have always made a huge effort to listen to what fans have to say and we take on board all comments – good and bad.
"I am, of course, delighted that I was able to persuade Dale to give the new manager a chance and I hope that he really enjoyed this season which ultimately ended up as one of the most exciting and entertaining in Palace's history.
"It's very good of Dale to admit so publically that he mis-judged Tony and I love his humble-pie photo."
To see the email trail between Mr Dale and Mr Browett read below:
Good afternoon,
I am enquiring about your return and refund policy on season tickets or whether they are able to changed to another persons name? I'm afraid that in light of the very likely appointment of Tony Pulis as manager I find myself in a position for the first time in 31 years as a Palace fan unable to support this move and I'm considering whether I want to attend any future Palace games whilst he is in charge!
I am very disappointed by the boards decision and believe that they are damaging the long term prospects of the club with his appointment. After all the success of bringing the club out of administration and making Palace a financially sound club again I feel the board have now lost sight of their initial vision for the club. Last season was massively unexpected, especially when you consider we were the out of form side going into the playoffs and the promotion to the Premiership was a huge bonus for the club. I feel that a lot of the summer signings were rash and have done nothing to improve on the great team spirit the club had last season.
The likely appointment of Pulis appears to come with the guarantee that he will spend again in January. The likelihood of the club staying up this season is very slim no matter who manages the club or who is purchased in January. I along with many Palace fans are enjoying a season of Premiership football but expect no more than that. I would far rather see the club make an appointment of a younger manager that wants to be at the club for the right reasons and stick with some of the loyal younger members of the squad to see out this season and get the experience of top flight football and return to the Championship next season with a solid team of players who want to play for the club rather than just grab the money and run.
If your policies permit and I do decide to return or sell my season ticket I will not be doing it for financial gain but donating it to Cancer Research UK. It is a big decision for me to make as I have really enjoyed seeing some classy teams and players arrive at Selhurst this season and there is the promise of a lot more.
I would like this email to be forwarded to the board members for their attention.
Regards, Dale Taylor
Dear Dale
I've been forwarded your e-mail by the CPFC box office.
I really think that you are over-reacting to the appointment of Tony Pulis. He is a proven Premier League football manager with a great track record of success. The board of directors believe that his appointment gives us the best possible chance of remaining in the Premier League and allowing us to continue to develop the club both on and off the field of play. Presumably you can't be disappointed with what we have done so far?
You seem to have completely given up on us staying up this season but I can assure you that the owners, the new manager and the players have not. The next few months are going to be very exciting at Selhurst Park and I think it would be a serious mistake on your part to miss them. I think that you know that the owners will keep a tight control on spending and we will never risk the future of the club (as others have done in the past) by spending money that we don't have. I really think that you should trust us to run the club in a prudent manager and let's not judge the manager before he's even picked his first team.
It was a great result up at Hull on Saturday and with a few more of those we can show the pundits that we are not just making up the numbers in this league.
Best Regards Stephen Browett Co-Chairman CPFC
PS – of course if you wish to give your season ticket up for someone else to use you are free to do so.
Dear Mr Browett,
You may remember our correspondence from earlier in the season after the announcement of Tony Pulis becoming Crystal Palace manager and my disappointment with the decision. Well I'm not a man who doesn't admit when he is wrong and it would appear that you were completely right in your decision so yes, I should have had faith in the boards decision to appoint him.
It did take until West Ham away for me to finally swallow my pride and sing Tony Pulis's name from the stands but I now realise that he has far more to his management than the long ball game which I first feared. I attach a photo of me eating not a slice of humble pie but the entire humble pie!
I am grateful that you talked me out of returning my season ticket and in fact I decided to renew for the 2014/2015 season prior to the Chelsea home game and therefore way before we were safe. Please pass on my congratulations to Mr Pulis for his well deserved LMA Premier League manager of the year award.
I wish you all the best for the future of the club and look forward to seeing what the club has planned for next season.
Kind regards,
Dale Taylor
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Top Ten Cases of Nuclear Thefts Gone Wrong
These thieves would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for those meddling anti-smuggling authorities
Since 1993, there have been 419 cases of smuggled or stolen nuclear materials worldwide. Today, about 1.6 million kilograms of highly enriched uranium and 500,000 kilograms of plutonium—enough to make more than 125,000 nuclear bombs—exist in nations across the globe. The following ten incidents detail success stories of snatching some of these loose nukes up from the black market.
The first-known thief of weapons-grade fissile material, chemical engineer Leonid Smirnov, smuggles 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) of weapons-grade uranium from a Russian state research institute where he worked. He does so over a five-month period, sneaking 50 grams of the material at a time and storing it in a jar on his apartment's balcony. Before he can find a potential buyer, he is arrested in October and sentenced to three years' probation.
A navy lieutenant colonel and a deputy administrator of the Polyarnyy submarine base enter a naval fuel store at a shipyard near Murmansk, Russia. Crawling in through a hole in the perimeter fence, they steal three fuel rods containing 4.34 kilograms (9.5 pounds) of highly enriched uranium, intending to sell it for $50,000. The fuel is hidden in the administrator's garage for seven months, until the lieutenant colonel, intoxicated, brags about the theft to fellow officers, leading to the arrest of both men.
Three men are arrested at the Munich airport after their Lufthansa flight from Moscow touches down and they are found to be carrying 560 grams of mixed-oxide reactor fuel. The fuel consists of both plutonium and uranium, and the sample is found to hold 363 grams of weapons-grade plutonium. The smugglers are caught thanks to a German sting operation involving an undercover buyer.
Italian man Nicola Todesco is arrested for murder in a plutonium smuggling case gone awry. After killing a buyer who didn't have the money to pay for the material, Todesco claimed he threw five grams of it into the Adige River, but no trace of it was found after a search.
Turkish police arrest six people for smuggling 13 glass tubes suspected of containing nuclear material from Iran into Turkey. The suspects claim the cylinders contained snake venom, but later confess they planned to deliver them to Istanbul and sell each for $1,000.
Istanbul police seize two kilograms (4.4 pounds) of osmium-187 in 64 glass tubes and take six people into custody. Customs officials had been tipped off about a company involved in an international smuggling ring for nuclear and chemical materials. Heat-resistant osmium is combined with plutonium for coating nuclear missile warheads.
Ukrainian police seize six metal containers filled with cesium-137 in a village in Crimea. The containers' radiation level exceed the normal background level by 380 times, prompting officers to evacuate the home in which they were discovered and surrounding houses.
A Russian man attempting to sell 100 grams of weapons-grade uranium is arrested through a joint Georgian-CIA operation in Tbilisi, along with several Georgian accomplices. Oleg Khinsagov was carrying a plastic bag full of the highly enriched uranium in his pocket. The capture is one of the largest of its kind, and Khinsagov is sentenced to eight to ten years in prison.
A staffer of the Ukrainian Embassy in Germany and the security manager of a Ukrainian bank are arrested with radioactive materials, including uranium and cesium, worth 3.1 millions euros ($4.1 million) in their car. The material had been stolen from a Kiev holding facility, and the two planned to sell it to a criminal group.
Moldovan police arrest six people for attempting to sell more than one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of uranium-235, valued at approximately $20 million.
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I wanted to slip this post in as my final post of 2015. I wanted something casual for NYE because tonight is really laid back for us. We don't normally go out on NYE, we stay in and guzzle champagne and bring in the new year. As an added plus, the Cotton Bowl is on tonight (ROLL TIDE, ROLL).
This is newly released Simplicity 8045 (I would link to it, but the site doesn't recognize its own pattern number), but with a quite a few changes. I was originally inspired by this dress:
It's Anthropologie's Sojourn Sweater Dress. And Simplicity 8045, was close enough. Let's start with the changes I made:
- I removed the ruching from the front and back.
- I lengthened View B by 8 inches... FYI, it's really short.
- I lenthened the sleeves by 7.5 inches and left the hems unfinished. My sweater knit does not fray or unravel.
- I removed the ruching from the collar and removed 3 inches from the length.
- Instead of the recommended 1/4" wide elastic, I used 3/4" wide and significantly shortened the length. Due to the weight of my sweater knit, my elastic needed to be tighter for a more secure fit.
- And I decided that I liked the hem of the dress left unfinished as well. The hem slightly rolls, but I'm okay with that as a design detail.
My fabric is a black and white tweed sweater knit from Hancock Fabrics. It cut and sewed well with a Ballpoint needle. I didn't press the sweater knit. Once it was sewn, I steamed it while it was on my dress form.
See you all in the new year!


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Why Pooh Bear Loves Honey, But Tigger Doesn't
Cats will ignore your sugary treats, but will literally jump onto the counter at the chance to scarf down some meaty goodness. The behavior stems from a missing sweet-taste receptor on their tongues, and now researchers have found some of their carnivore cousins in the wild, including sea lions and hyenas, also lack the taste for sweetness.
Other carnivores, like bears, retain the sweetness receptor on their taste buds (causing Pooh Bear to keep getting his hand stuck in that honey pot), which might be because of their flexible diets, the researchers added.
"If you primarily eat meat, there isn't a need to detect carbohydrates [like sugars and starches], so there is no need to keep this receptor intact," study researcher Peihua Jiang, of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, a nonprofit scientific research institute in Philadelphia dedicated to the senses of taste and smell, told LiveScience.
Tasty genes
Scientists have known since 2006 that domestic cats are missing the sweetness receptor; the study, published today (March 12) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, extends that research. Jiang and colleagues looked at 12 different carnivores, from all different groups of animals, and analyzed their taste-receptor genes. [The 7 (Other) Flavors Humans May Taste]
"We wanted to see if the cat is the exception or if this loss of taste is more widespread in the animal kingdom," Jiang said.
The researchers compared the taste genes of 12 meat-eating species with that of the dog, which can taste sweetness. They saw the sweet-taste receptor was nonfunctional (the gene contained mutations that would stop it from making a functional protein) in seven of the 12 carnivores they tested: the sea lion, the fur seal, the Pacific harbor seal, the Asian otter, the spotted hyena, the fossa and the banded linsang (the last two are catlike mammals).
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Both the sea lion and the bottlenose dolphin lack not only the sweet-taste receptor, but also the umami (a savory flavor, long recognized in the East) taste receptors. The dolphin seems to have even lost the ability to taste bitter substances, and has very few taste buds in general.
"We found out that for the species that have a unique feeding behavior, like the feline and dolphin, which for example swallow their fish whole without chewing, they are bypassing the sense of taste," and therefore don't need these taste receptors anymore, Jiang said. "They probably don't need to have a taste to determine what they eat. They may use other means to identify their food."
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The researchers wanted to check that these defective genes led to differences in how an animal responds to different tastes. They analyzed how two carnivorous species, the Asian small-clawed otter and the spectacled bear, responded when given natural sugars and artificial sweeteners.
The Asian otter has a defective sweetness receptor, and didn't show any preference for sweet compounds, while the spectacled bear showed a strong preference for natural sugars and even some artificial sweeteners. This matches up with their taste receptor genetic data.
The researchers have previously tested several other carnivorous species, finding just one, the Asiatic lion, that didn't respond to sweetness; this lion, another feline species, also lacked the sweet-taste receptor.
You can follow LiveScience staff writer Jennifer Welsh on Twitter @microbelover. Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter @livescience and on Facebook.
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An Intro to Enochian
Enochian is one of those magickal systems which is widely known about, but unfortunately not fully understood by many. The main reason for this is the lack of organization of the original source work, as well as the limited availability of this source work. The Enochian system is basically a large amount of diary notes written down by John Dee and Edward Kelly during skrying sessions. The present work has been written to bring the Enochian system together into something workable by the modern magickian. Throughout this book I use the phrase ''the Enochian system''. In many circles, this phrasing is nearly blasphemous. Many magickal practitioners do not see Enochian as a complete system. Nor do they believe that it is safely practiced without another system to buffer the effects. I believe the reason for these beliefs is that many have only seen a small part of the original source works, the part that has been used by modern ceremonial magick orders.
Unfortunately the written aspects of Enochian that are the easiest to access, are also different then the original writings. I believe Enochian to be as complete of a magickal system as that of other modern occult practices. In my opinion Enochian has all of the necessary components to be labeled a 'system' I have worked with Enochian for many years and have found that it works well in of itself, as well as combined with another system. There weren't any instructions given for spiritual or magickal training for the student in the original Enochian source work. It was basically just a listing of the tools, names and prayers used. Due to this, I have borrowed ideas from Franz Bardon, my own workings and Aleister Crowley to help the student along the Enochian path. Magickal training is quite universal, it is the names and powers that make up the 'system'. In other words the methods used to work modern Kabbalistic magick for example, also work quite well with Enochian magick. The names and energies are different, but the basis of magick is still the same.
Enochian magick is not nearly as complicated as it looks, or as people tend to make it out to be. Enochian is far less complex than the modern Kabbalistic system for example. The modern ceremonial magick Kabbalistic magick appears easier and less complicated than Enochian; this is mostly due to the vast amount of work that the GD has put into it's use and organization. Also many people have been working magick with the Kabala for years, and many authors have taken the time to break it down into an easily understandable form. This organization helps people to figure out the basics of the system easily. A majority of the misunderstanding of Enochian stems from part of the original material missing to begin with. Also, several magickal traditions only use bits and pieces of the Enochian system, which leads to the appearance of incompleteness.
From what I have found Enochian can be used as a complete system in itself, as long as one follows the basic rules of magick and uses the system responsibly. As with any system of magick, one must learn the basics before they move onto the advanced work. Enochian can also be very effective when used in combination with other systems, when it is well organized and incorporated logically. The Golden Dawn has done a lot of work towards building a workable system with Enochian. Unfortunately the Enochian is only a small part of the GD system, and therefore there is not much discussion on it within the published order work. The GD is where many people first hear of Enochian, and thus decide that it is too complicated. Only a small portion of the Enochian system in contained within these published works, and therefore cannot be effectively worked on its own unless the student does further research It is also important to note that the GD system uses the Enochian tablets differently than is outlined in the original manuscripts. This has led to quite some confusion over the years. Another factor in the incomprehension of the Enochian system stems from the fact that Dee and Kelly did not write the most easily to understand notes.
They were not writing a book, they were taking notes from the skrying sessions in their personal diary. For example, in my diary notes, I leave many obvious things out. I do not include what direction I called which element, and the fact that I did a banishing as these statements are obvious. I do a banishing before every Ceremonial style working, and use the same elemental directions each time. I only denote changes from the norm. On top of all of the confusion, there are no records of Dee or Kelly ever working the system. Whether Dee and Kelly ever worked Enochian is still up for debate. The angels told them not to work Enochian, and there aren't any diary records of works being done accept for one healing talisman that the angels instructed them how to make. It takes a person with persistence, patience and a good allotment of free time to even gain a basic understanding of the system! However this is true with any path. If one wants to learn astronomy for example, it takes a lot of dedication to just get the basics down. This is the same with magick.
As with other magickal paths, Enochian can be broken down to it's base components and symbolism. This task can easily be done using the four elements, the 7 planets, alchemy and the 12 astrological signs. Basic rituals can also be constructed using forms of magick that are practiced today, or perhaps by piecing together the diaries and using the structure that the angels dictated. The angels were not exactly clear (in the remaining diaries) about how to work the system. The angels did deliver many basics including prayers, sigils for some of the entities and a complete list of the temple decorations. Most of the ideas for rituals within this system are from speculation or logic stemming from other effective magickal systems.
The Golden Dawn appears to be the largest influence on ritual work today, and therefore many of the Enochian rituals that you see have roots in this systems methodology. The options for working the enochian system would be to use the system entirely on it's own, or to use the Enochian in combination with other systems. Either method can be used as long as the magickian has learned the art of writing ritual. Writing ritual is difficult at first, but can be done if some basic steps are followed. It is imperative to gain a decent understanding of Enochian before writing Enochian rituals.
One difference between Enochian and other magick is that Enochian requires the magickian to think for themselves and come up with their own methods of working with it. This may be ominous for the beginner, yet if the system is worked in a systematic order, it will soon become obvious what would be required for a ritual. Luckily, I have found that Enochian is extremely versatile and can be used with the Kabala, shamanism, alchemy, hermetic magick, earth magic, and other systems. Most people that will be reading this book have some experience, or at least knowledge of one of these systems. Each of the magickal traditions that I have listed have several things in common, and can provide basic groundwork for writing Enochian rituals if desired. For example they are all 4 element systems. Keep in mind that writing rituals from these other systems to work Enochian is in the realm of work for the advanced student. The reasoning behind this is that each set of magickal currents is complex enough without mixing them together. Once a complete knowledge of both systems is attained, the mixing of systems can bring profound results.
The Enochian system contains within it, it's own hierarchy of entities. These entities can be worked with on many levels. Within Enochian there are entities that correspond to each of the Kabbalistic four worlds, as a correlation to help those with a Kabbalistic background comprehend the system more easily. Most of the modern magick symbolism is parallel with the hermetic tree of life. However, the Enochian system does not fit exactly into the Kabbalistic system and therefore I will refrain from spending pages matching them up. Many practitioners are more familiar with the Kabala than they are with Enochian. An added benefit, and correlation with many other magickal system is that there are both masculine and feminine entities within the Enochian system. I mention this because not every magickian may know this. It is too often that entities were seen as male by magickians in Dee and Kelly's time. The fact that they communicated with entities of both genders, as well as several different ages was quite interesting, especially considering their Christian background. This may also help women to connect with the Enochian system more fully than other systems of the Elizabethan era for example. In some writings about the enochian entities, they are either considered male, or their sex is not known. However, in actual practice, there are nearly an equal number of masculine, feminine, and neutral forces.
Enochian is analogous to other magickal systems in that it contains the necessary components for a magickal system. Enochian contains a pantheon of entities, both male and female, light and dark. Enochian also contains methods of working with the elements, the planets, as well as astrological magick. There is also a 'map' of the universe within the system that is contained within the 30 aethyres. This can effectively be traveled by the practitioner to learn more about the system and to better connect with the magickal universe. From my own experience I have also found that these 30 aethyres can also be used to do inner work on the microcosmic level, or outer work on the macrocosmic level. Within the Enochian system sigil magick, evocation, invocation, spell work, amulets and talismans, initiation as well as personal growth can also be accomplished. There is also an entire hierarchy of elemental gods and angels, planetary gods and angels and astrological gods and angels that are meant to be worked with. I make all of these points to try and dispel several myths about Enochian magick. I see it as a workable system, and that is what I present in this writing. I have found the enochian system to be more effective and more powerful than the other magickal systems I have worked with. To me it seems as if Enochian is slightly more connected to the source of the magick I am calling.
I have also found the Enochian energies much easier to mix and match with other systems and pantheons than most systems of magick. In this sense Enochian is all encompassing. Enochian is said by many to be extremely powerful and not to be messed with lightly. Many say that you do not need a backhoe to dig a hole when a shovel will suffice. In this day and age, with all of the distractions that we have built up for ourselves, perhaps a backhoe is needed. I do see working with Enochian more as a preference though; somepeople are just more drawn to the Enochian energy current then that of another system. The Enochian system is comprised of what is found in the skrying diaries of John Dee and Edward Kelly. Dee and Kelly were influenced by such writers as Agrippa, Ptolemy, Aristotle, Hermes etc. as well as the Kabbalistic and alchemical works of the time. These influences show up in the names and the diagrams that were used by Dee and Kelly. The primary example of this is the Sigil Dei Aemeth. You may wonder how this relates in any way as it was the angels that delivered the system. It was the angels that gave the messages to Dee and Kelly, but when a person skryes, the information is filtered through their magickal and cultural biases.
For example, it would appear that the angels 'spoke' in olde English to Dee and Kelly, and in modern English to the more modern practitioners. Also, the messages from the angels to Dee were very Christian in nature, whereas more recent scholars have found the angels to be neutral about a religious system. In my experience, when skrying, I have distinct impressions of what the angels are trying to relay to me. If I was a Christian for example I might perceive God and Jesus Christ in their meanings; however, if I was a Wiccan I might perceive the angels discussing the Gods and Goddesses as well as mother earth. An important point that must be made about Enochian, is that Dee and Kelly did not have the convenience of the modern elemental correspondences or pentagram rituals. Therefore Enochian does not contain pentagram rituals originally, and does not contain the modern colour or directional correspondences for the elements. If Dee and Kelly were to augment the system for working in any way, they would have used older methods of creating sacred space. This is one of the areas of Enochian that provides the most confusion for practitioners.
Since the late 1800's magickians have been used to a definite way of doing things, LBRP, BRH etc. However, these newer methods were not in use before this time. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (herein referred to as the GD) is the first source in which pentagrams are drawn in the air, or represent different elements. The pentagram has existed as early as Babylonian times (as seen on a stone tablet), but did not have specific elements corresponding with the points until the GD. This is not to say that pentagram rituals and modern elemental correspondences don't work with Enochian; I am saying that these aspects are later additions and are not contained within the original source work.
The magick of that era dealt more with prayer, humbling yourself before God, purification and consecration, as well as long incantations, dialogues or perhaps a license to depart. Many of these aspects can be seen in the diary notes of Dee and Kelly. It can be seen that this type of magickal working is what influenced Dee, and the angels saw fit to incorporate it. Today we concentrate on the vibration of divine names, and the casting of the circle. In contrast, in Dee's time, more emphasis was put on cleansing the area of working, and getting in good with the most high. Both methods work with Enochian, the decision is whether to stay with tradition, or to incorporate newer methods. Both work. Unfortunately many of the original Enochian dairies are missing. This is due to a fire (set by the neighbors) at Dee's home on Mortlake and many being burnt.
The other reason that many diary pages, or even complete diaries are missing is that after Dee's death, the people who found the diaries did not realize their importance at first and used them to wrap pies, as well as other household uses! Parchment was expensive and hard to come by at that time, and therefore was reused on a regular basis. Luckily there is a fountain of knowledge in the diaries that did survive. It still does make one wonder though, what was contained within the missing notes... Perhaps they did work the system, perhaps there is a description on how to use the 49 X 49 tables...
Another drawback is that the diaries that survived are not easily accessible or translated. In more recent years, this problem has lessoned drastically with authors translating and typing out much of the original source work. The lack of access to the records, Dee's handwriting, the olde English used, as well as the Latin has caused a lot of confusion about the Enochian system. Dee's handwriting is at times more difficult to read than Crowley's and the Great Table, for example, had 7 different versions all together before the angels finally decided on one several years later.
Due to these facts, much of what is written on the system is disjointed and incomplete. Some writings are even completely different than the original notes. At first the only way to get access to the Enochian materials was to order the microfilm from the British Library! The aim of this book is for a concise and organized approach to this seemingly complex system of magick. For example I have placed the angelic names, their attributes, and correspondences in an easy to understand format. I have also provided complete step by step instructions on how to work the system, and how to derive each and every one of the angelic names. I have also strived to make it clear which of the material is from the diaries, and which of it is my ideas and experiences. I believe it is important to know the difference as I may be wrong, or you may want to build the system on your own without my interference! If you already have a magickal practice that is already in place such as the GD, you can easily incorporate the Enochian works as defined by the system. I will not cover this here as there are already sufficient books on the subject. Some ideas for using Enochian to enhance other workings could be to travel the aethyres and correspond them with the tree of life for example, or perhaps the angels of the watchtowers called upon in the quarters to enhance the working.
The Enochian pantheon can also be used in place of the Egyptian or Kabbalistic, or even combined with them. As I have said before, this should only be done when a complete understanding of both systems is attained. Experimentation does work, however it can cause confusion and disruption in your magick, as well as your psyche if not done right. The Enochian system started when Dr. John Dee and his first skryer Barnabaus Saul communicated with (skryed) various angels from the bible, then from the Enochian pantheon. Dee had heard several noises throughout his house and decided that they were from the spirit world. He sought out a skryer to help him determine what was causing the problem. Dee had attempted to skry on his own, but without much success. However, after numerous sessions Dee decided that Saul was a fraud and sought a new skryer. Apparently he did not believe that Saul was a complete fraud, as he continued on with the same entities and the same idea of learning about this system of magick. Dee then employed Sir Edward Kelly, also known as Edward Talbot. Kelly had a shady background and changed the name that he used with Dee after awhile. Kelly was apparently much better at skrying as he remained Dee's skryer for a number of years, and even traveled great distances with Dee and his family while continuing the scrying work.
The first angel that was contacted by Dee was Uriel. Michael was the second angel that they were able to communicate with. At this point, in their early sessions, John Dee was extremely excited as he had no idea that they could communicate with angels of such high ranking. Michael introduced Dee and Kelly to the Enochian angels so that they could communicate the magickal names and methods. It is interesting to note that neither Dee, Kelly nor the angels ever called what they were doing Enochian. This was a phrase that was used years afterwards by modern magickians! Along with the strange noises in his house, Dee also had dreams that disturbed him. This would seem as though the angels were trying to make contact. This is what he felt anyway. Dee put an advertisement for a skryer. Dee surmised that Sual was duping him and making up what he saw in the crystal.
Looking through the diary notes, it is difficult to tell why Dee trusted Kelley, but not Saul. The entries, from what I can tell, are quite similar. Kelley's are more descriptive however. Some of the remaining diaries contain the skrying sessions between Dee and Saul. These diaries are within Sloane MS 3188, Mysteriorum Liber Primus. The skrying sessions with Kelley revealed that the angels he was communicating with were the angels of Enoch. John Dee was an alchemist and conjurer. Edward Kelly was an alchemist and a forger! Since Kelly was reputed to be a forger, the truthfulness of his skrying accounts have been in question by a number of authorities on the subject.
In my own workings, I have noticed that the integrity of the person in their daily life, unfortunately does not have much relevance whatsoever to their honesty and amount of exaggeration in their visions. I have had the most honest people, usually, make up the most ridiculous skrying stories to impress me. I have also had people that were dishonest or thieves in their daily lives give accurate accounts of what they saw during a session, as confirmed by magickal texts. In my opinion, Kelly may have added a few things to spice up the sessions, but it would have been impossible for Kelly to recite the calls backwards with words that were in Enochian on his own accord. In each of the calls, the Enochian words correlate with English translations, and many of these words are used in more than one of the calls. To be able to fabricate something like this, Kelly would have had to memorize a language of a couple of thousand words and be able to recite meaningful poetic prose in this language backwards!
However, in question is the whole wife swapping incident, which just happened to occur right after Kelly tried to quit Dee's service (after landing a job as a royal alchemist). In this instance Kelly may have taken advantage of the situation. There seemed to be no reason for Dee and Kelly to swap wives at the end of the skrying sessions, as opposed to in the middle of them. This was one of their last skrying sessions together. During their time together calling the Enochian entities, for the most part, Kelley said over and over that he did not enjoy the work, and that the entities troubled him even when they were not skrying. Apparently Dee was often quite moody about the whole situation, as can be seen in Dee's personal diary. Whether Kelley was a fraud or not is something that we will never know for sure. Enochian has worked for many people for many years, quite effectively.
Perhaps Kelley was great at creating egregores, or perhaps Kelley was a great skryer and Enochian is a valid method of working magick. It is interesting how much Kelley's authenticity for skrying is questioned on a regular basis, but not say the works of the Keys of Solomon or the many other grimoires that are unquestionably used today. For example, the 72 seals from the goetia as well as the demons offices must have been obtained through skrying. I have found Enochian to work just as well as goetic magick (yet different). As another example, the diagram of the tree of life must have been originally seen in a vision, and it has been found to be extremely valid. Whether Kelly was legitimate or not, I believe to be completely irrelevant to this work.
However whether the system works or not is what will be covered. Far too many people spend too much time trying to find ways to discredit the system instead of actually working and experimenting with it to find out for themselves. The Enochian system came in an interesting order, that appears to be disjointed at times. I will go over the major sections of the skrying sessions to give some idea of the order of things. Dee and Saul first received 49 tables containing latin letters. Each of these tables was 49 X 49 squares. As a note, the well known great table and watchtowers are completely different from these tables. Next, the well known Enochian calls were given, backwards. After this, the planetary heptarchy was delivered. After this, is the famous great table. This is the aspect of enochian that is most concentrated on by many enochian scholars and magickal orders. After this instructions on how to set up the temple, how to construct the table of practice is given. John Dee had the most extensive library in his area at the time, reaching world renown. The library was visited by scholars from around the world, who often spent several days at Dee?s house, as well as was visited by Queen Elizabeth. Amongst his books were several magickal works by notable scholars.
The magick that was used, and that was written about in Dee and Kelly's time was heavily influenced by Agrippa as well as the grimoires of Solomon. By looking at the contents of the library, we can see that Dee appeared to favor the astronomy and mathematical work that related to metaphysics of the time. This was the basis of magick. Dee's main interest was how mathematics relates to magick; this can clearly be seen in Dee's own writing of ''The Hieroglyphic Monad''. In this work Dee goes on extensively how magick, and the planets all relate mathematically, and how the secrets of alchemy are contained within mathematics. Dee also introduces his hieroglyphic monad symbol which is comprised of the seven planets, as well as many other metaphysical references.
He explains in great detail how this monad works mathematically, but unfortunately this work is beyond my comprehension! I have found Dee's hieroglyphic monad to be quite effective as a symbol when used in combination with Enochian magick. Who knows if he intended it this way, but it does work. Dee never mentioned a use for the monad, aside from contemplation and study of this symbol to gain a deeper understanding of how everything correlates. Another example of Dee's interest in, and adeptness at mathematics can be found in his preface to Euclid's Geometry, as well as his Hieroglyphic Monad. Since the time of Dee and Kelly, there have been several scholars which have worked to enhance the Enochian system. Elias Ashmole had several copies of the original manuscripts in his personal collection, and has made extensive notes on the system to help parallel it with the magick that Ashmole practiced. The Ashmole diaries can now be found at Oxford within his collection.
Ashmole has also left record of his personal working with the Enochian system. Unfortunately not much of use to the practitioner today can be found within these notes. Ashmole mostly used the system for a few practical means, such as ridding his place of rats. It would be interesting to discover how Ashmole went about this, but I have not been able to attain a copy of these diaries yet. ''A True and Faithful Relation of What passed between John Dee and Some Spirits...'' was written to by Meric Cassubaun soon after Dee?s death to try and discredit John Dee. Luckily this work helped many people have access to the system. This book has been republished by Magickal Childe in the 90's, and republished in part in 2003. The microfilm of ''A true and faithful..'' can also be found at Oxford within the MSS, as well as many local universities.
The Golden Dawn has done the most work in making Enochian into an easily workable system. Before the use by the GD, there was not any easily accessible information on the system. Mathers did an excellent job at understanding the manuscripts and compiling the data. Also, it seems that if the GD had not popularized the system, that it may not have been as widely used and understood today. It was the publishing of the Enochian tablets and the calls that sparked many people's interest in the system. The GD use of the Enochian tablets is a very well organized system in which they put into a structure that most people could understand. The Golden Dawn took the Enochian system and mixed it with their own Kabbalistic rituals; I believe that this correlation is what helped many to understand the system and how to use it.
The GD also had an excellent system for the use of, and organization of the calls. The only shortcomings of the GD Enochian system is that it does not necessarily correlate with how Dee and Kelly interpreted the watchtowers. Also, the GD did not use the original colour scheme for the tablets, but altered them to fit their elemental colour correspondences. The Aurum Solis has also done a lot of work with the Enochian system. Much of their work was spurred forth from the GD system. However, the AS has taken the Enochian system several steps further. For example, they do use the GD layout and colours for the four tablets, but they have greatly expanded on the work involving the 30 aethyres. The AS has attributed elemental correspondences with each aethyre. Ben Rowe has done an amazing amount of work with the Enochian system. Ben is a modern Enochian scholar that has created a method of working with Enochian that involves an elaborate 3D astral Enochian temple created from the great table. He uses the original colours for the great table as presented in the diaries. Ben has also outlined how the cacodemons were to be worked with, as well as providing information on how they communicate with the skryer. Within the site are transformative rituals that include work with the cacodemons, a much ignored aspect of Enochian. Ben has also done a great deal of work with his skrying and evocation of the various Enochian entities. He has provided long and detailed accounts of his skrying sessions with the Enochian entities as well.
Ben Rowe's material can be found at: David R. Jones has done much work and research into the system as well. David has provided us with a method of discerning the layout of the great table stemming from the movement of the Tribes of Israel. In this synopsis he also uses ideas from the layout of the astrological stars in the sky as they relate to the great table. You can find his work at the Enochian college. When we embark on a magickal path we are usually driven by some desire, need or purpose. This helps to narrow down the path that we choose, and the type of magick that we work. There are many magickal systems and pantheons that a practitioner can work with to attain their desired results. There are a few branches of modern magick that have become very popular in this century. The broader categories of Ceremonial magick and Earth magick both have many paths. The modern practitioners of ceremonial magick are to thank for bringing the Enochian system into practice. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is most well known for instituting Enochian names into their rituals. Ceremonial, as well as earth magick offer us methods of connecting with the divine, bringing what is needed into our life, self discovery and so much more.
So far most of the Enochian work done has been under the system of ceremonial magick, but there is no reason why Enochian cannot be worked with under the system of earth magick as well. For some reason Enochian is quite often considered different in this regard to other, more practiced forms of magick. Enochian magick is not usually considered a system in itself; it is usually considered something that is supplementary to other forms of magick. For example several ceremonial magick orders add bits and pieces of the system to their rituals.
However, there for some reason, are very few who practice Enochian solely on it?s own. I believe that this is mostly due to unfamiliarity with the system. Many people who are very adept with other systems of magick do not know that much about the Enochian system. This is largely due to the unorginization of the material, as well as the difficulty in attaining the material. The purpose and uses of Enochian magick are the same as that of any other magickal system. Many people have come to me wondering what is done with Enochian, and often these are people who have been practicing Kabbalistic magick for years! The reason for this difficulty I believe is that Enochian has not been presented in an easily understandable form to date.
There are a few books on Enochian, but unfortunately only two of them make any sense to the general public, and of these two, they each only cover parts or aspects of the system. For this reason people often perceive Enochian to be entirely different from established systems as well as incomprehensible. However as I have stated previously, I feel that Enochian is a complete system within itself, that can be worked with effectively on it's own. I view Enochian as not that largely different than most other forms


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A Fourteen-Year-Old Girl's Suit Against MySpace: Should Networking Sites Be Legally Responsible for Protecting Teens from Harmful Real-World Conduct? |
Monday, Jun. 26, 2006 |
A fourteen-year-old girl has just sued MySpace, a popular social networking site where people can meet in cyberspace and exchange profiles.
Allegedly, nineteen-year-old Texan Pete Solis lied in his profile about being a high school senior on a football team to gain a minor's trust. The girl alleges that after she had contact with Solis on the site, he asked for her cellphone number, she gave it to him, they met up in person, and he sexually assaulted her.
The girl is suing Solis for alleged sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Solis was arrested in May and it appears he will also face criminal prosecution. In addition, the girl is suing MySpace and its parent corporation, News Corporation. She alleges that the two companies were aware that sexual predators were getting in touch with minors on the site, and did nothing to stop it - yet falsely claimed that the site was maintaining adequate security measures to protect children and teens.
In total, the suit seeks damages of $30 million. But as I will explain, insofar as the suit names MySpace and News Corp. as defendants, it is on shaky ground. Thus, the girl's damages may, in practice, be limited to those she can recover from Solis himself.
Recently, MySpace and other social-networking sites have come under attack, more generally, by critics who say such sites encourage child predators to target young victims. Must the sites do more, legally? Should they do more, morally? Perhaps so -- but in the end, I will argue, parents and teenagers will need to remain wary of unsavory and predatory users.
As of Now, Federal Statutes Protect Web Intermediaries - Not Kids Over Age Thirteen
Federal law provides no help to the plaintiff here; she is a just a bit too old to benefit from it.
The Children's Online Protection Act (COPA) requires MySpace and other websites that target children under thirteen to obtain "verifiable" parental consent before the children can use the site. MySpace goes further: It simply prohibits children under thirteen from setting up accounts and creating personal profiles on its site, no matter what.
What about children over thirteen? Federal law does not speak to the issue. But MySpace voluntarily displays only partial profiles for those registered as being fourteen or fifteen years old -- unless the person viewing the profile is already on the teenager's list of friends.
Congress is contemplating measures that would further protect over-thirteen teens, but they are not yet law. Just last month, the House introduced a bill, the "Deleting Online Predators Act" (DOPA) that would both prohibit access to online social networks at schools, and require the Federal Trade Commission to create websites containing information about the potential dangers the Internet poses to children and teens.
Finally, if current federal law has any relevance here, it may actually be to immunize MySpace from liability. Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act (CDA) provides a so-called "safe harbor" which immunizes web intermediaries from liability arising from user-posted content. (The Supreme Court struck down part of the CDA in Reno v. ACLU, but this section remains good law.)
This immunity applies even if the intermediary monitors the content and, in some instances, chooses to de-post it. Indeed, Congress enacted this provision to encourage intermediaries like MySpace to do just such monitoring, and to remove harmful or offensive postings, by ensuring this kind of "family values" monitoring would be liability-free.
The Plaintiff's Fraud Claim Against MySpace: Unlikely to Succeed
Because federal law provides no recourse here, the fourteen-year-old plaintiff has based her suit on the state law of fraud and negligence. But did the website do anything that could be characterized as fraudulent? And was it legally negligent with regard to its users?
Let's consider the fraud claim first. Fraud requires a false or misleading statement or omission. And it doesn't seem that MySpace is guilty of either.
MySpace warns users that: "People aren't always who they say they are. Be careful about adding strangers to your friends list. It's fun to connect with new MySpace friends from all over the world, but avoid meeting people in person whom you do not fully know. If you must meet someone, do it in a public place and bring a friend or trusted adult."
MySpace also notes "Don't mislead people into thinking that you're older or younger. If you lie about your age, MySpace will delete your profile"
And it reminds users that they act as their own peril: "MySpace.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the MySpace Services."
Based on these statements, it's hard to support a claim that MySpace falsely assured users regarding the services its site provided, or misleadingly omitted information from the material it posted. Thus, a fraud claim here is unlikely to succeed.
The Plaintiff's Negligence Claim Against MySpace: Somewhat More Likely to Succeed
In contrast, the plaintiff's negligence claim has at least some chance of success. But to support such a claim, plaintiff must establish both a "duty of care" and a breach of that duty.
The "duty of care" question is a difficult question of state law. But courts may hesitate in imposing a duty of care in cyberspace, for fear that it would unfairly burden companies with too little control to be held responsible for what happens to their users offline.
But let's suppose that there is a duty of care. Did MySpace breach it? To prove it did, the plaintiff has to explain how the site could have done more.
One additional measure the suit claims MySpace should have taken, but did not, is to force users to verify their ages. But such a requirement may be impracticable - and for the law to force one on websites might well be a First Amendment violation.
The Supreme Court, for instance, balked at the suggestion that it should accept such a requirement in Reno v. ACLU, citing First Amendment concerns. And if anonymity is a component of First Amendment rights - as some Supreme Court precedents suggest it may be - forcing verification may be too close to forcing the revelation of identity for the Court to stomach.
Still, some other sites do voluntarily have verification systems in place - requesting credit cards from all users in order to both check users' identities, and make sure an adult is aware a young person has become a user.
Until recently, Second Life - another online community -- asked for a credit card for its new members. But now, according to SecondCast -- a podcast that covers Second Life activity - Second Life only requires a valid email address from new users. Obviously, a minor can legally have a valid email address, but not a valid credit card - so Second Life seems a bit less secure.
(Second Life also has another system to keep adults and teens apart: It operates a separate community - Teen Second Life - exclusively for members between the ages of thirteen and seventeen. But without credit card age verification, this backup system, too, may be porous.)
MySpace, too, has decided to implement further security measures -- which I will discuss below - in the wake of the fourteen-year-old girl's suit. But these measures probably won't be able to be used as evidence of negligence in the suit itself.
Typically, when defendants improve security after something bad happens, evidence rules exclude the plaintiff from pointing to later improvements as evidence of prior negligence. The reason the rule exists is so that defendants have an incentive to make improvements as soon as they realize there's a problem - rather than waiting until the lawsuit is over, for fear of being seen to have conceded negligence via the improvements.
Should the Law Require More Online Than It Does Offline Regarding Age Separation and Verification?
As noted above, online age verification may be criticized from a First Amendment "state action" standpoint if a statute or court forces it - but not if a site adopts it voluntarily. So should sites do just that?
One argument against it, is that such verification does not always exist in the real world. At concerts and at "all ages" clubs, teenagers and adults can dance and party together. There's no age separation, and no age verification, except in "carding" for alcohol. And the same predators who may be lurking on MySpace could easily be dancing at a rave, or in the next row at a rock concert. So online age verification may not so much impede predators, as simply force them to prey offline.
On the topic of responsibility for the fates of underage customers, consider, for example, a recent tragedy in Seattle. Kyle Huff shot seven people in a shooting spree at an after-hours party following an all-ages rave in Seattle. Two of his victims were only fourteen and fifteen years old, respectively.
Should the club that hosted the rave be responsible for the harm that followed at the separate after-hours party?
Similarly, should pen pal clubs, and newspapers that publish personal ads, be penalized if predators exploit their services to lie about their age and/or engage in harmful behavior?
One reason to say no is that it may be unfair to put these institutions in the position of policing their users' activities in places the institutions don't control. And the same unfairness may occur if we hold online sites responsible for what happens at offline meetings between users. It is a risky business meeting strangers - and teens are inevitably going to meet strangers who are adults.
That's why parents need to take responsibility for their children, both offline and online. For example, parents can use filters to block dangerous sites on home computers, and can also be proactive about advising kids on the dangers of such sites. And when it comes to clubs and raves, they can keep in touch with kids about where they're going and with whom, and when they're due home.
Can More Security Solve the Problem?
As I noted above, MySpace has recently added new security features, in the wake of the sexual assault case. (The company notes, however, that the improvements had been planned well before the lawsuit was filed). And earlier, it hired a former federal prosecutor and Microsoft . executive as its online safety director.. But experts are skeptical as to how effective a new safety regime can possibly be.
Among MySpace's new rules will be that adult (that is, eighteen-or-over) users cannot request to be on a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old user's "friends" list, unless the adult already knows either the teen's e-mail address or full name. (And remember, those who aren't on a friend's list, can only see a partial profile of fourteen- or fifteen-year-olds.) In addition, all users -- not only those who are fourteen or fifteen -- will have the option to make only partial profiles, with limited information about them, available to those not already on their friends list.
MySpace also will enhance its advertisement-targeting technology. It will attempt to avoid displaying gambling and other adult-themed ads on minors' profile pages. Finally, MySpace will aim special public-service announcements at minors.
At the end of the day, however, as long as users are willing to lie and circumvent, there is a limit to how effective controls can be. There are inherent perils involved in hooking up in cyberspace - and parents need to be the ones who educate their children about such dangers.


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It's all new for Achilles: his name, his horseshoes, the surroundings at his home near Nogales, Ariz.
"To break 'em from what they're focusing on, you want to turn 'em from one side to the next," Border Patrol agent Luis Navarro says as he carefully leads Achilles into a round training arena.
Navarro holds the mustang by a short lead, and teaches it commands to trot and to slow down.
Just a few months ago, the 5-year-old horse was roaming the northern Nevada desert in a herd of wild mustangs. Then he was captured by the Bureau of Land Management in a roundup. First, he was sent to a Nevada prison, where inmates got him used to being around people. About a week ago, Achilles and three other mustangs arrived here.
Border Patrol supervisor Chris Dubois says the horses get trained to obey commands and learn to stay calm in the field.
"We're going to encounter groups of illegal aliens, narcotics smugglers, people hiking trails, you know, cars, trucks, water jugs — all types of things when we're out on the trails," he says.
Horses are nothing new for the Border Patrol. When the agency was founded in the 1920s, agents were almost always on horseback. That's still how agents get into remote areas no vehicle can reach. In southern Arizona, the Border Patrol used to buy quarter horses from ranchers. Then, a year and a half ago, the agency and the Bureau of Land Management decided to try captured mustangs.
"We look for horses with big bones, big hooves, large legs, stout bodies," Dubois says. "That's kind of what we use here. I mean, if you could look around, it's all mountains where we're at. It's all ridge lines. It's all rough, rough, rough country."
Turns out the mustangs are actually better suited physically to the terrain than quarter horses. They're used to roaming harsh landscapes. The Border Patrol says no mustang has been injured on patrol since the program began.
But there's been a lot of criticism in the four decades they've been rounded up. The bureau says the land can't support some herds when they get too large. Mustang advocates say the horses are taken from their families and warehoused in feedlots.
But even critics like what the Border Patrol is doing.
"It utilizes the mustangs' brains and physical abilities, both of which are extensive, and it gives them a job, and it puts them in an environment in which they're very comfortable," says Ginger Kathrens, who heads the Cloud Foundation, a wild horse advocacy group. "I think it's challenging for them."
Achilles' trainer, Navarro, says the horse seems to be getting the hang of his new job.
"Just by the way he's reacting to the verbal commands, and the way he was paying attention to my hands and body language," he says. "I can see this horse will be ready in about a week or two."
Then, Achilles will patrol the border in southern Arizona for six or seven years before being retired or sold to the agent who's been riding him. In all, the Tucson Border Patrol sector has about 150 horses on patrol. Nearly half of them are now mustangs, and the agency expects the percentage to grow even more.
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