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Is your website legal?
Of course you'd like your website to look its best, with all the latest features, but there are a few less exciting but essential elements that your business website must include, such as your company number and registered address. And there is one more thing you might have missed. From May 2012, if your website saves cookies onto your visitors' devices, you may need to ask permission.
This is because of the EU Cookie Law. This came into force a year ago, though we've all been granted an extension until May this year. And that's looking awfully big in the window...
Does it mean me?
It might. To find out, start here:
Step 1: audit your website for cookies
Find out if your website drops any cookies, and if so, what they are. You could ask your website developer for help, or have a look yourself. Try one of these approaches:
- the View Cookies extension to Firefox - this allows you to see the cookies set by the web page you are looking at
- the Attacat Cookie Audit Tool extension to Chrome - this allows you to page through your website while it tracks the cookies being set by the website.
Step 2: find out what the cookies do, and decide if you need to ask permission
Not all cookies need permission from the visitor. Some cookies may be required to make your website work at all; some are needed to do what your visitor wants (e.g. add things to a shopping basket, and have those things remembered until checkout).
In these cases, no cookies = no working site, and you don't need permission from your visitor.
However... are you using social media? Or adding adverts to your site? Using other interactive elements? These can all place cookies, and you will have to ask permission. Exactly which cookies will depend on your website, so you will need to check - and to check every page.
Are you collecting website statistics using analytics software such as Google Analytics? These also drop cookies. However, in April, the ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) said it was unlikely to take action in these cases.
Some of the tools suggested in Step 1 will tell you what the cookie is for and whose it is.
Step 3: update the 'privacy' page on your website
The intention of the EU Cookie Law is to help safeguard people's privacy. So you should update your privacy page to say which cookies your website is placing, including any placed by analytics software, to comply with the spirit of the law.
Examples: the DWP privacy page for an example or the Lowell Group privacy page
My site is setting cookies; how can I get permission?
There isn't a one-size-fits-all solution here, as websites vary so much in their style and function. Options include:
- Pop-ups - a box covering the content until permission is given / refused
- An intro page / splash screen - a page hiding the site until permission is given.
- A drop-down / roll-over - a bar across the top that drops down, covering the content
- A push-down / privacy pane - a section that expands, moving the content down
This is the pebble in the shoe: visitors dislike pop-ups and intro pages, but these are the most likely to be seen by your visitor, who might click away to a competitor. The others may be ignored by the visitor, meaning that consent is not actively given. So there is a risk that if you fully comply with the law, you might lose visitors and therefore money...
So what is everybody else doing?
Many people are waiting for clearer guidance from the ICO as to what will be an acceptable solution; some have come up with solutions of their own. Some companies are offering potential solutions (see CivicUK for example) but there is no easy answer.
It is important, though, that you can demonstrate that you are working on a plan for compliance.
I'm not a lawyer, so I'm not offering advice, but I think many businesses will follow the steps outlined above:
- audit - to find out where they stand
- reveal - on their privacy page
- develop - a plan for compliance.
And then they'll wait before implementation, to see what will or won't be acceptable. Many of the FTSE 100 have updated their privacy pages on their corporate sites, for example, but not yet implemented any request for permission. Though do look at BT's customer site for their solution.
Whatever you decide to do in your own circumstances, you do need a plan. Or have you already found a solution that works for you?
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It's all drama at the club on this episode.
After living in America for years, Joanna's boyfriend Roman finally becomes a U.S. citizen. "I owe everything to this country," said Roman, who came to America from France with just $1,000 in his pocket. He worked his way up from restaurant host to successful club owner and Joanna invites all the housewives to join them to celebrate 10 years of success at Roman's club, Mynt. But it doesn't end up being much a celebration.
Before the party the girls meet up for sushi and champagne. Marta and Joanna get into a fight over Roman. Marta says that Joanna never defends her, but Joanna feels that all she does is defend her. The girls blatantly discuss Elsa's bad plastic surgery at the pre-party and Adrianna is shocked.
When they arrive at the club, Adrianna openly flirts with Roman in front of Joanna, and Joanna proceeds to have a breakdown, but for a different reason. She is crying because her sister's ex-boyfriend is there. Joanna throws a temper tantrum and gets mad at Roman, Marta, and the girls. When Joanna starts crying Roman decides to avoid the situation altogether, and he leaves his big night.
At Lea's meeting for her charity, Elaina shows up. Elaina is a drag queen who thrives on drama. She makes it clear that she has a problem with Marysol. Marysol and Elaina get into a fight at Mynt. Lea threatens to tell the truth, but never reveals it.
Outside of Mynt, the drama in Miami isn't so ridiculous.
Marysol meets with an editor from Ocean Drive. She will be featured in the magazine for her successful business and socialite status.
Lisa admits that her maid, Daysy, is essentially a paid friend. Lisa spends so much time talking to Daysy about life that she never gets around to cleaning the house. Freda, Lea's housekeeper, is enjoying a similar cushy situation. Freda doesn't clean; she has her own computer, her own home, and a driver. Lea even does Freda's hair and teaches her to swim.
During Karent and Rodolfo's Skype chat, she tells him about Ana's accusations at last week's party. Rodolfo wants Karent to ignore the girls — could this be because he is guilty?
Ana isn't ready to finalize her divorce with Robert, even though they have been separated for two years and her current boyfriend wants to call things off until the divorce is final. Ana's daughter Beba doesn't have a problem talking about the divorce, or her father's sex life with his new girlfriend.
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What up Florida Kiteboarders!
Naish is touring around Florida from October 21st thru November 1st. The first Demo day is hosted by 321 Kiteboarding in Cocoa Beach on October 22nd. Visit www.321kiteboarding.com for details. I will be hosting demos every day at different beaches around Florida and south Georgia. The dates and locations will be based on conditions. Please follow me here and facebook.com/naishinternational
We will be demoing the 2012 Park, Bolt, Torch, Arcade, Money Shot, Momentum, Raskal, Skater, Global, Venturi and the new 2012 Harness line.
I look forward to seeing you guys on the water!


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The Lipscomb Lady Bisons softball program will sponsor a Winter Hitting Camp Jan. 5.
The camp, for players in grades 9-12, will be held from 9 a .m. to 1 p.m. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with the introduction of the instructors at 8:30 a.m.
The camp will be held inside historic McQuiddy Gym and in the Student Activity Center on the Lipscomb campus.
Also included in the camp activities is a recruiting seminar from 12 to 1 p.m. This is an optional event.
The cost for an individual is $75. Teams with 10 or more players can register for $65 per camper.
For information about registration call Greta Harber at 615-966-5899 or 1-800-333-4358, ext. 5899.
Anyone needing more information about the hitting camp can call Lipscomb assistant coaches Amber Wood or Lexi Myers at 615-966-7158 or 1-800-333-4358, ext. 7158.
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Speak Of The Devil Lyrics
This is my vengeance for all the wrongs you've formed against us.
You always get me wrong.
My whole existence revolves around the progress that we've made,
and I'll never be walked on again.
I'm on the edge of the rooftop thinking nobody will ever know.
If only you'd want to be the one to see the distance from the road.
This is our triumph over all the forms of filth you've spread.
We'll never let this go.
Right from the very start I knew this day would come.
Tonight's the night we silence you, there's nowhere left to run.
Let this be your reminder,
I'm everything that you wanted to be.
Hope for the best but it's over,
and you thought you were better than me.
Such a pretty picture,
your chalk line on the ground.
I hope you die.


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By Kevin Siembieda
Yeow. Just when I thought things could not get wilder at Palladium Books, they do.
Tidbits from behind the scenes: All kinds of stuff is going on behind the scenes at Palladium. I have been so busy that I feel like I have been teleported from Monday to Thursday.
New licenses and opportunities. It is all very exciting stuff, though I cannot discuss much of it at this stage. I can tell you that two of them are potential licensing deals, one of which has incredible potential and will be something that will surprise and thrill everyone. "If" it pans out. The other would be cool, fun and nice, but after spending a lot of time on it, I'm not sure it's going to pan out.
Palladium's plans to create comic books are also slowly moving along and there have been rumblings from the West Coast.
Could Rifts® Miniatures be returning? Thanks to some behind the scenes activity by Carmen Bellaire, the answer may be yes. Palladium might be in a position to bring back select "out of print" miniatures like the Glitter Boy, Coalition Soldiers and Juicers. Feasibility and details are still being hammered out. There has even been some talk about possibly doing a miniatures game for Rifts®, but if it happens at all, it is quite a ways off.
Looking at the current miniatures market has revealed that Rifts® miniatures are currently priced at about 60-70% below current market (i.e. an entire blister pack of figures from Palladium costs what other companies charge for just ONE figure). Fair warning: Palladium will be doubling, perhaps even tripling, the current retail price of its Rifts® miniatures very soon. You probably have one, maybe two weeks before we make our prices "market competitive." So if you've been meaning to build an army of Rifts® characters on the cheap, buy them this weekend. Re-released figures will probably be sold as individual figures for around $6-$7, while large figs like the Glitter Boy (as well as SAMAS and Coalition Sky Cycle) will be in the $16-$20 range. The cost of pewter is just that expensive.
Cash flow has been holding up many of these projects. We're toying with a couple of ideas to raise money.
WARNING: The Rifter® Subscription Special ENDS SOON – February 20, 2012 – that's less than three weeks. Now is the time to order, because you get a great price, a free gift and it helps Palladium immensely. Furthermore, The Rifter® is a wonderful source for gaming ideas, adventures, new villains, new monsters, new magic, powers, etc., as well as finding new ideas and new avenues to explore. It's a win-win, because you get something of value – four issues of The Rifter® (plus the free gift; heck, you can even give it away as a gift) and the knowledge that you gave Palladium a shot in the arm when we needed it. As always, we appreciate your support.
UPDATE: Online Sales – What the...? Online sales dropped sharply after I gave you guys and gals props for doing a great job in the last Weekly Update. I didn't mean to suggest you should stop buying because all was well. This time of year is our slow period, so cash flow and sales are all over the place. Weekend sales were good. Then sales fell flat, but we saw a big bounce when the Palladium Open House V.I.P. Night tickets became available yesterday.
UPDATE: The last available VIP Open House Tickets are available NOW. There are fewer than 15 left (we limit VIP afternoon and evening to under 90 gamers). Enjoy an afternoon and evening with Palladium staff and creators, a catered dinner, a talk by Kevin Siembieda, get the first chance to purchase art and collectibles and enjoy panel talks or gaming for the rest of the evening. VIP tickets are available only while supplies last. Sold on a first come, first served basis. We sold 13 overnight, and a few more today so far. VIP Night is May 3, 2012, starts around 3:00 in the afternoon, includes a catered dinner (as part of the ticket cost), a night of gaming, and first crack at purchases.
Click here to place your order.
Giving Palladium a hand. We've been fielding an ever increasing number of requests from fans about how they can help or support Palladium. Thank you.
The quick, easy answer is buy stuff. And not just RPG books, but art prints, bookmarks, greeting cards, magnets, coffee mugs, baseball caps, dice bags, back issues of The Rifter®, a Rifter® subscription, and, well, anything that might strike your fancy. It all helps. I'm kicking around some other ideas too, and will share them with you in the future.
Please keep the pre-orders coming. We do NOT charge your card until a week or two prior to the actual shipping of the book, and pre-orders help us to gauge demand and how many we should print, as well as provide us an instant surge of cash when the book is getting ready to ship.
Hype, hype, hype. Let other gamers know about our games and upcoming releases. Let people know how much fun it is to play in the Palladium Megaverse®. Let them know about our one game system and the infinite possibilities. Run games at stores and conventions. We want fans to run as many games as possible at Gen Con, as well as other conventions. The Gen Con final deadline to submit your gaming event is March 19, but the Early Submission deadline (to receive top priority as far as scheduling and location) is this Monday, February 6, 2012! We need G.M.s at the Palladium Open House too.
Let's give Palladium's games a presence at Gen Con Indy this summer! Let's rock the convention center and show gamers what Palladium is all about. Find everything you need to submit your Gen Con Gaming Event here: http://gencon.com/2012/indy/pm/eo-gm/default.aspx
They've also put up an instructional video to walk you through the whole process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuF11j7X-Vk
Game Masters unite at the Palladium Open House, May 3-6, 2012. We are in desperate need of Game Masters to submit their gaming info for the 2012 Palladium Open House! We need your commitment for gaming events and their descriptions, ideally, by MARCH lst, so we can post the tentative POH Event Schedule online to encourage people to come to the POH. They need to see what an awesome extravaganza of games and fun there is to be had at the event. Carl, Brandon, James, Zach, Irvin, and ALL INTERESTED GAME MASTERS, please contact Wayne (preferably by email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or call the office on the help line – 734-721-2903). G.M. Rewards: Remember, run three or more events and you'll get a special reward (in the past it has been a T-Shirt, so include your T-shirt size) and a discount on Palladium product (excludes original art and auction items). Take Julius's lead, he's running 7 events, and I'm running some too. We always have a ton of great events, but G.M.s wait to the last minute to let us know. WE NEED to have that info as soon as possible.
WE NEED YOU, please. Help us make this the greatest Palladium Open House ever! ;)
UPDATE: The Rifter® #57. Great issue. Available now.
UPDATE: Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria – Bigger and Better. When not wheeling and dealing behind the scenes, I've been working away on Rifts® Lemuria – now expanded to 192 pages. It is the only way to keep EVERYTHING that belongs in this book.
UPDATE: Dead Reign™ Sourcebook 3: Endless Dead™. It's next and it's awesome.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook. It will follow as quick as I can get it finished. You will love it. A March release.
UPDATE: Rifts® World Book: The Black Market. I can hardly wait to dive into the final edit. March release.
UPDATE: Rifts® World Book: Northern Gun™ One. Is there anyone not anxiously awaiting this book? It's slated for a March release.
UPDATE: Robotech® Genesis Pits™ Sourcebook. Spoke with Irvin Jackson and he says he's putting the finishing touches on it. I also spoke to Tommy Yune at Harmony Gold and he's excited about this book and promised a quick turnaround on approvals. March or April release.
UPDATE: Rifts®/Minion War™: Megaverse® in Flames™. I have a powwow with Carl this weekend. This book will blow your mind.
UPDATE: Splicers® Sourcebooks. Haven't had a chance to look at these two manuscripts yet but can hardly wait.
UPDATE: VisionCon – Springfield, Missouri, February 16-19 – Kevin Siembieda, Gaming Guest of Honor. Only two weeks away. Hope to see a lot of you. What product should I bring to sell? Can only bring a few dozen. Go to http://www.visioncon.net for more information about VisionCon.
UPDATE: Palladium Open House (POH), May 4, 5 & 6, 2012. It's coming up fast. I want to see 300 plus fans! Are you coming? I hope so. Note: See the POH description at the end of this Weekly Update for more info. POH V.I.P. Thursday tickets AVAILABLE NOW while supplies last.
Click here for more information.
Open House Challenge: I want to repeat my challenge that some of you should enter the POH costume contest as a Nightbane® or Nightlord, or other characters from the Nightbane® RPG . . . if you dare. And let's see a lot of people entering the Costume Contest Saturday evening.
Don't forget to check out Carmen Bellaire's YouTube video reviews of Palladium product. Carmen Bellaire and William "Big Will" Johnson have started to post video reviews about Palladium role-playing games and sourcebooks. Check them out by going to: http://youtube.com/user/Maloquinn
Sneak Previews on DriveThruRPG.com are coming soon, starting with Rifts® Lemuria. There are 90+ backstock titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, first edition rule books, other sneak previews and the Rifts® Game Master Kit, all available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices.
There is more to talk about, but I don't have time. I'm already late for my Diabetes Education class. Till next week (or my next Murmur from the Megaverse) – keep those imaginations burning bright, and game on!
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Game Designer
January 2012 Releases
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March 2012 Releases
April 2012 Releases
May 2012 Releases
All of Palladium's Core Game Lines to be Supported in 2012
The following are in development.
Looking for new ideas and material for your campaign? Then you want The Rifter®. The greatest value of The Rifter® is that every issue offers new and different ideas, and gets your imagination running in directions you might not have considered. It's an idea factory that will help you generate new ideas of your own, and it also presents valuable source material you can drop right into your games.
The Rifter® is your doorway to unlimited imagination and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new monsters, villains, characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, adventure and ideas for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider. Every issue has material for Rifts® and at least two or three other Palladium game lines.
The Rifter® #57 is an extravaganza of monsters and mayhem to surprise your players and spice up your games.
"I think this book is going to amaze people." – Kevin Siembieda
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● A Megaverse® of source material, adventure & fun
The cover price of The Rifter® is only $11.95 – a steal for 96 pages of RPG source material and adventures – but a subscription gets you The Rifter® for only $9.95 an issue (in the USA) delivered to your doorstep, and you can select a free gift worth $12.95-$16.95 (available only during this special offer, for the cost of shipping and handling). All prices are in U.S. dollars.
● $39.80 – USA. That's only $9.95 each, a savings of $8.00, and Palladium pays the shipping! Plus you get to select a FREE subscriber's gift worth $12.95-$16.95 (please include $5.00 to cover shipping and handling). That's $44.80 total including shipping and handling for the free gift. Note: This rate is limited to subscribers in the USA only. Sorry.
● $61.80 – Canada. That's $15.45 for each issue of The Rifter®, plus you get to select the FREE subscriber's gift (please include $7.00 to cover shipping and handling). That's $68.80 including the gift item. That's still not a bad price for a 96 page sourcebook. Our apologies for the higher cost, but Palladium Books can not cover the cost of postage to other countries. We hope you understand.
● $75.80 – Overseas. That's $18.95 for each 96 page issue, plus you get to select a FREE subscriber's gift (please include $13.00 to cover shipping and handling). That's $88.80 including the gift item. We are only passing along the additional postage cost, but it is hefty. Our apologies. Postal rates are out of our hands. Likewise, the purchaser is responsible for any duty or customs fees.
Note: Please indicate if the gift item is NOT wanted. You may decline the gift and get your subscription for the regular price of $39.80 (USA), $61.80 (Canada) or $75.80 (other countries).
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Endless Dead says it all. The zombie hordes grow in number and strangeness. Can humankind survive? Where is the military? What's next for the survivors of the zombie apocalypse?
This book contains horrifying new zombies to haunt your player characters along with new O.C.C.s and tons of tables for detailing Survivors' Hideouts, Safe Haven Communities, Death Cults and more. Survival is not enough. Now is the time for the war against the Endless Dead™. This book is epic.
Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions.
On Rifts® Earth, the Black Market is the most prevalent trader in weapons, contraband and magic items outlawed by the Coalition. Explore the day to day business of the market along with its smuggling routes, practices, policies and nefarious products. Encounter the five major Black Market factions in North America and foreign groups like the Yakuza, Green Scarf Sect and the Underground Railroads of Atlantis and the Vampire Kingdoms.
The largest independent manufacturer of weapons, robots and adventure gear in North America is Northern Gun™. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they have been the premier outfitter of mercenaries and adventurers for decades, and are a major hub for hiring military contractors. With a whole new product line to offer their customers, the future looks bright for Northern Gun™.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. More details to follow, but for now, 'nuff said.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include:
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Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars® and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc. Beyond the Supernatural™, Chaos Earth, Coalition States, Dead Reign, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, Warpath, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.
Robotech® and Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® are Registered Trademarks of Harmony Gold USA, Inc.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 24, 2014) – After snapping a four-game losing streak with a 74-68 home victory over Kennesaw State Thursday evening, the ETSU women's basketball team will look to put together consecutive victories for the second time this season when it welcomes the Mercer Bears to the ETSU/MSHA Athletics Center on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. The matchup is the first game of a women's and men's basketball doubleheader on Saturday.
Following a turbulent stretch in Atlantic Sun Conference play over the last two weeks, the Buccaneers found a remedy on Thursday evening with a much-needed victory over the Kennesaw State Owls. In the matchup against KSU, the Owls came out energized, scoring the first five points of the contest and building up a 16-9 advantage six minutes into the game. The Blue and Gold responded with a 14-2 run to take a 23-18 lead with nine minutes to go in the first half. Back and forth play continued for most of the duration of the half before Kennesaw State went on a 7-0 run to close the period to leave the Bucs trailing, 37-30, at the break.
After falling behind by as many as eight points nearly three minutes into the second half, the Bucs answered with a 10-0 burst to take a 42-41 advantage with 14:44 to go. Tightly-contested play continued throughout until an ETSU surge put the Blue and Gold up nine points with 2:30 remaining. Solid ball protection and clutch free throws down the stretch allowed the Bucs to ultimately come away with a 74-68 victory. Freshman Shamauria Bridges (Miramar, Fla.) led ETSU with a career-high 19 points, while sophomore Chandler Christopher (Greeneville, Tenn.) recorded her first-career double-double with 14 points and a career-best 14 rebounds.
ETSU (6-11, 2-4) and Mercer (9-9, 2-5) will meet Saturday for the 26th all-time matchup between the two teams; a series that the Bucs lead, 14-11. The Blue and Gold dropped both meetings against Mercer last season with the most recent matchup being a 67-58 ETSU loss on Feb. 16, 2013 in Johnson City.
For more on Saturday's game, read the game notes below. For more on ETSU women's basketball throughout the 2013-14 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's hoops link.
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The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" throughout the 2012-13 season ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics, please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
The ETSU Buccaneers enter the 2013-14 season under the guidance of first-year head coach. Brittney Ezell. A two-sport star in basketball and softball at the University of Alabama, Ezell comes to ETSU after spending three seasons as head coach at Belmont University where she compiled a 41-52 overall record. The Franklin, Tenn. native takes the reigns of a veteran-heavy team that returns nine letterwinners from an 8-18 overall 2012-13 campaign. Among the nine returnees are six players who started 10 or more games last season. Highlighted among the returnees is last year's team-leading scorer and rebounder Destiny Mitchell who led the way with 11.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. Supporting Mitchell are juniors Serena Clark and Cara Bowling who each averaged 9.5 points per game last season.
As a result of a leg injury suffered in the first regular season game of the season at Memphis on Nov. 8, senior forward Destiny Mitchell will miss the remainder of the 2013-14 campaign. Mitchell will undergo surgery and continue injury rehabilitation while the ETSU compliance department petitions for a medical redshirt to have the forward cleared to participate in 2014-15.
On Feb. 16, 2013, inside the Dome in Johnson City, the Bucs struggled to find the bottom of the net early in the first half but eventually found their groove. ETSU managed to accumulate a five-point lead in the opening period and went to halftime with a one-point, 34-33, advantage. After finding its offense in spurts during the first half, the Blue and Gold went dead cold from the field in the second with only six made field goals the entire half. As ETSU's offense struggled, Mercer went proceeded to take control of the game, building up a game-high 17-point advantage with 7:28 left. Cutting the deficit to nine in the final seconds was the closest the Bucs would get, falling 67-58. Brianna McQueen led ETSU with 12 points.
Junior forward Serena Clark has started 2013-14 off strong, scoring in double-figures in 10 of the 17 games this season. After falling just one rebound short of a double-double in the season opener at Memphis (11/8), the native Georgian reeled off four-consecutive double-doubles for ETSU in games from Nov. 12th - 29th including a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds in a 82-65 win against Alabama A&M (11/29). The junior's most recent double-double came in a 78-75 conference-opening win vs. Lipscomb (1/2) with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Clark has now exceeded her double-double total from last season just 17 games into the 2013-14 campaign with six this season and is poised for more throughout the year. The forward's 10.7 points per game currently ranks 23rd in the A-Sun, while her 10.1 boards per game ranks third in the league.
Junior guard Cara Bowling is currently the leading scorer on the team with 12.7 points per game during the 2013-14 season. Presently, this point total per game is 13th in the A-Sun while her 2.0 three-point field goal makes per game is tied for third in the league. The Elizabethton native posted a career-high 22 points vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/24) including four makes from behind the arc.
Sophomore guard Chandler Christopher has proved to be a valuable piece for the Bucs during the 2013-14 season. After spending the entirety of the 2012-13 campaign as a seldom-used freshman walk-on, first-year head coach Brittney Ezell liked what she saw from Christopher and decided to elevate the Greeneville native from walk-on to scholarship status prior to this season. Christopher has since recorded her first-career starts in 16 of the 17 games this season and has been a vital cog for the Blue and Gold. After netting two points, five rebounds and three assists in the opener at Memphis (11/8), the guard followed with career-highs of 17 points and four assists in an also career-best 37 minutes played in ETSU's 81-72 win at Appalachian State (11/12). Christopher's performance in the Bucs' first win of the season at App State led to her being named A-Sun Player of the Week by College Sports Madness on Monday, Nov. 18. The sophomore then added another team-leading scoring performance to her résumé with 15 points in a 77-69 loss to Morehead State on Nov. 21. In an 87-76 win versus George Mason on Dec. 28, Christopher tallied a career-high tying 17 points including a career-best five makes from three-point land. In her first game off of the bench this season, the guard notched her first-career double-double with 14 points and a career-best 14 rebounds in a 74-68 win versus Kennesaw State (1/23).
Freshman Shamauria Bridges has been a great offensive boost for the Bucs during the 2013-14 season. The rookie guard is averaging 6.4 points per game in 18 minutes of play and has demonstrated the ability to knock down shots from the perimeter. The Florida native has knocked down a trio of triples in three different games this season with the most recent performance coming on Jan. 19 versus USC Upstate. In her first career start, Bridges led the Bucs with a career-best 19 points in a 74-68 win against Kennesaw State on Jan. 23.
Sophomore Brianna McQueen has been a strong lead guard for the Bucs during the 2013-14 season. Using her quickness, the Georgia native is averaging a solid 11.9 points per game at the point guard position and is also getting her teammates involved with 3.8 assists per game. This assist mark ranks fourth in the Atlantic Sun and will need to continue to keep ETSU's offense near the top of the conference.
Through 17 games during the 2013-14 season, ETSU is currently averaging 69.9 points per game which is second in the A-Sun. With the 69.9 points per game also come successes in field goal percentage, where the Bucs are second in the league at 42 percent, and in three-point field percentage, where ETSU is third in the conference at 32 percent.
After averaging 6.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 26 games and six starts in 2012-13, junior forward Maria Bond has proved to be a force in the interior during the 2013-14 campaign. The native Georgian has started 15 games this season and is currently averaging 10.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. Bond posted a season-high 18 points in a 75-67 win versus Indiana State (12/18) and remains a vital piece in ETSU's paint production going forward.
To date in the 2013-14 season, the Bucs are averaging nearly 30 points in the paint through 17 games including 36 in the season opener at Memphis (11/8). ETSU registered 36 points in the paint in home dates vs Morehead State (11/21), Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/24), Indiana State (12/18) and Chattanooga (12/21) as well as in in a road conference matchup at FGCU (1/9). The Blue and Gold got a season-high 42 points in the paint in an 82-65 win versus Alabama A&M (11/29). Recently, the Bucs posted 40 points in the paint in a 78-75 conference-opening win vs. Lipscomb (1/2).
Since the 2002-03 season the Bucs are 111-20 when the they hit the 75-point plateau, including 80-15 since the 2006-07 season. In the early portion of the 2013-14 season, ETSU put up 78 to defeat Lipscomb (1/2), 78-75, to earn the 111th such victory.
The Bucs have enjoyed a lot of success since joining the A-Sun in 2005-06 … since joining the league, the Buccaneers have averaged double-digit conference wins a year, including a league-best and school record 18-2 mark in 2009-10, three Atlantic Sun Tournament titles (2008-2010), and two regular season championships (2008 and 2010) …in total, ETSU is 107-50 (.682) against conference foes since moving into the A-Sun … the Bucs have also won 87 of their last 127 games against conference foes (includes A-Sun Championship games).
The Atlantic Sun coaches picked the Bucs to finish tied with North Florida at fifth, while in the media poll ETSU was selected seventh ... the coaches picked FGCU with seven first-place votes to win the conference, while the media selected FGCU with 30 first-place votes ... the Bucs finished the 2012-13 season in eighth.
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Did the idea of marriage appear as a result of a need of a social order before religion and then religion came along and formalised, ritualised and regulate it?
was the system of marriage given by religion alone?
Is this system likely to survive the pressures of time? Will science completely upset it by inventing a system of asexual reproduction for humans and a made to order progeny?
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Since marriage (in one form or another) can be found throughout the world in unrelated cultures, developed and primitive, I'd say that the construct predates religion. Religion muscles in on all aspects of the followers life, of course marriage was no different.
Now, the definition of marriage varies widely between these cultures. One man, one woman is not the universal. There are far too many polygamous cultures out there to say it is. Also, not every culture puts such ritual or formalization around marriage. Many are far more casual about it such as a man saying "This is now my wife" in front of the village (or vice versa in some matriarchal cultures)
As for the second part, I don't know how to answer that at all. I suppose such science fiction could be possible. We might be preserving our consciousness into data-banks by that point as a means of immortality, and instead have machines do all of the physical work. Who needs bodies at that point? There are a thousand different directions we can go in assuming we aren't wiped out first by our own hands or some cosmic calamity first.
I think the same too. Many species in animal kingdoms also exhibit some form of "marriage" or partnership - Emperor Penguins, crows, etc. Religion must have jumped on this partnership as another means of control over the masses.
You seem to be equating loyalty with marrage. Marriage may demend loyalty but does loyalty, particularly among birds and other animals does not demand a marriage. This actually tends to show that neither marriage nor loyalty are original ideas of religion or god. Do you agree?
This leads me to the second part of my question. What is the future of marriage/loyalty among animals, birds on one hand and humans on the other. Will non-humans prove to be steadier than humans? Should humans emulate nature or not?
Any book on evolution will tell you that strong bonding between two or more persons is evolution´s answer to the needs of a pregnant woman or young mother.
What religion makes of marriage is a system of repression.
And I think people will always live together in couples or small groups because it´s a good way to live. Look at couples staying together far longer than is necessary to help the children find their feet.
This really depends upon what one means by marriage. That sounds fatuous, but really isn't. The "one woman-one man" formula for marriage is almost certainly a religious concotion. As Jason points out, there are just too many different kinds of arrangement within history, let alone considering prehistory, for it to be a purely natural setup. The trouble is that the religiously minded have certain ideas of what marriage is for, and those ideas have led them to their definition. However, marriage has never been exclusively for procreation or to provide man with "an helpmeet." It is clear from the Hebrew Bible that marriage for the ancient Hebrews was an economic system of tying together two families, with the bride as the token of exchange. Throughout history, among the upper classes marriages were primarily political matters, rarely for love (hence all the courtly romances about adultery in the Middle Ages). The idea of marriage as the solidifying of a nuclear family unit is again largely religious and fairly recent in construction. I don't think it will survive long (a couple of hundred years). Current economic and social conditions in the developed world do not favor it. Educated women realize that for them marriage is all too often a trap. Therefore, fewer educated women are choosing marriage, and more women are getting educated. Additionally, the general populace in the developed world is gradually coming round to the notion that marriage as pledge of sexual pair-bonding cannot legitimately be an exclusively heterosexual domain. A couple of hundred years from now, there will still be one-one marriages, but not as frequently and not with so much urgency as there is today.
How a society organizes forming units and arrangements of persons of the two genders can be reduced to one major factor:
How much or how little consideration is there for the suffering of the women?
There has been a wide variety of arrangements in history and in many societies. These arrangements were controlled and determined predominantly by the men's needs. There is no justification for men to hurt and harm women. They do it, because they have the power to do it.
The plight of women is caused by one decisive factor:
Men are physically stronger than women and women are even more vulnerable, when they are raising children.
This has always allowed men to enforce any kind of asymmetrical situation between rape and polygyny. The decision of men to take advantage of women was not influenced by responsibility or consideration concerning the suffering of the women. The experience of being physically able to dominate women has led men to the false belief, that women existed as mere commodities and utilities. Being able to dominate made these men believe to be entitled to dominate and use women at their convenience.
Morals are only a choice for those, who have the power to decide, how to behave. A man has the choice to rape or not to rape. A woman under his power has no choice to be raped or not to be raped.
Justifying and excusing any harming behavior by the explanation, that humans are also animals is ignoring the fact, that animals cannot get emotionally and intellectually attached the same way as do humans. Animals cannot get emotionally attached because of the joy of sharing skeptisicm and atheism.
A man has the cognitive ability to know, that the alternative to raping is not raping. A lion has no cognitive alternative to automatically kill the antilope.
The social development since the beginning of the ubiquity of the media, especially tv and the internet, has led to the substitution of one cause of women's suffering by another.
During the archaic history, men restricted, what they considered morals, to other men, while women were not even considered as beings deserving morals. Now the oversexation and desensitization of modern societies has reached a state, where many men have the false belief to behave morally, while they are just ignorant, oblivious or in denial of what suffering they cause to women. Physical wounds are visible, emotional wounds are not.
The specific human cognition enables humans to get bonded to another person because of personal traits. This leads to emotional attachment and an emotional need for exclusivity. When this need is not met, when a person is dumped or cheated upon in spite of being bonded by such attachment, this causes a lot of suffering and sometimes even trauma with serious long term consequences.
A person with mature morals refrains from hurting and harming based upon the full knowledge of what others feel hurt by. An attached partner is protected by such mature morals from being dumped and cheated upon.
But unfortunately many people do not have such morals, especially those men drooling over every woman's body. During the social development towards more civilization, many religions have substituted the lacking mature morals by the institution of monogamous marriage as a social institution. The fear of a god contributed to the reduction of the suffering of women as victims of male promiscuity.
But discarding morals together with discarding religion unfortunately is a backlash and interruption of the development towards a more civilized protection of women's emotional needs.
While the social institution of marriage may be obsolete, full awareness for the vulnerability of emotionally attached people and their protection is of paramount significance.
Maruli Marulaki,
A person with mature morals refrains from hurting and harming based upon the full knowledge of what others feel hurt by. An attached partner is protected by such mature morals from being dumped and cheated upon.
A man who has experienced and enjoyed sublime mna-woman love would never hurt a partner. I think that this sort of love did exist to a large extent, sometime in the oast, probably in all civilised societies. Humans of bad character and bad tastes are few but bring a damaging influence on society.
Well, the answer to this is simple.
Is it more likely that catholicism has invented this form of long term relationship, and that everyone stole it off them, or that they have been it's chief purveyor to the western world for the last millenium, and have forgotten that they just borrowed it off the last legal system they overran (ergo, Rome)?
You seem to have some strong objection to "this form of long term relationship". You also seem to attribute this form of relationship to religion, implying that this kind of practice emerged after religion and was not known previous to religion. This seems to give only implied answer to one of my question. Would you kindly elaborate?
I believe you have misinterpreted my argument. I have made the comparison between the two supposed origins of this practice (Religion vs age old human custom) with the intent of making one of them seem completely ridiculous. That one being religion as an origin.
What I am trying to say is that it is both arrogant and idiotic for any religion to believe they "invented" marriage, and hold any sway over it, let alone modern day religions, as they owe all their customs and practices to older, extinct religions. I am trying to say that marriage as a concept transcends religion, and so religion cannot affect or control it.
marriage as a concept transcends religion, and so religion cannot affect or control it.
Thanks for your quick clarification. I particularly like your above thought and hope that it will come and remain true. I say this because, unfortunately in India, religion has needless influence on marriage.
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As the various religions were formulated, promulgated, and came to dominate, they adapted to the traditions and mores of the societies into which they were introduced. The Christian idea of marriage may have its stodgy and doctrinaire attributes, but it really is no innovation, for good or bad - just an attempt to refit existing traditions into a new doctrine.
There is something intuitively appealing to the idea of one loving pair bonded in a monogamous relationship, whether or not that relationship entails breeding, whether or not that relationship is codified by ecclesiastical or civil law. While in some cases mutual fulfillment may be possible in communal arrangements, where partners are changed frequently, or in polygamy or polyandry and so forth, these are probably more the result of individual creativity than of an innate evolved predisposition.
Marriage as a legal institution does need to be reformed, especially in terms of property laws and the taboos of "married people" vs. "single people". But my impression is that pair-bonding, however it would be treated by the state or the community, does have substantial value, and will persist indefinitely as the preferred arrangement in future human history.
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To be honest, the fascists in the Christian Democrats (now the "People of Freedom" party of Silvio Berlusconi) are more worrying than most of the Italian fascist groups who call themselves fascist. The major Italian parties who call themselves fascist could be more typified as "post-fascist", and while still worrying in certain ways, are more or less resigned to the role of defending the Italian state within a democratic-liberal framework and on cultural grounds. Hell, they've even repudiated biological racism and anti-Semitism.
The timing is nothing if not ironic. On the day the EU has been awarded the Nobel peace prize, we watch as Europe sits idly by and lets fascism brew once again this time in Greece. If a sharp turn towards religious fundamentalism and fascism is to be avoided, Europe needs to act now.On Thursday night the Athens premiere of Terrence McNally's play, Corpus Christi, was cancelled following protests by members of the far-right party Golden Dawn (including some MPs) and religious groups.The protest had a clearly homophobic agenda. Manolis V, a journalist, was attacked by protesters while the police apparently did nothing: "The police is next to us. I shout 'They're beating me, aren't you going to do something?'," he wrote on Twitter. "I move away so I can look on from distance. A well-known Golden Dawn MP follows me. He punches me twice in the face and knocks me to the ground. While on the ground, I lose my glasses. The Golden Dawn MP kicks me. The police are just two steps away but turn their back."The spectacle of fascists physically attacking people whose moral agenda they disapprove of has become routine in today's Greece. What should come as more of a shock is the tacit approval of the police.When four protesters were arrested, the Golden Dawn MP Christos Pappas boarded the police bus in which they were held, and released one of the prisoners. From the video depicting the incident, we can see that no officer tried to stop him.Golden Dawn know that the police are on their side, and so do those they attack. Manolis says he is afraid to go to the police and file a lawsuit, because he doesn't want them to have his name and address on record.The police were not so slow to react two weeks ago when they arrested for blasphemy the man behind the satirical Facebook page of Geron Pastitsios after a question submitted in parliament by a Golden Dawn MP. Nor were they slow to react when anti-fascists clashed with Golden Dawn supporters in Amerikis square and 15 were arrested, and allegedly tortured, last week. To add insult to injury, after announcing that they are conducting an investigation into a "Golden Dawn MP", the police refused to name him, despite having no problem naming teenagers who were preemptively arrested before a demonstration three weeks ago.The Greek Orthodox church, its huge wealth unscathed by the crisis, is in no rush to condemn its clerics for siding, condoning, instigating and participating in acts of violence and disrespect against immigrants, homosexuals and people who challenge their view of what being Greek and Orthodox entails.Greece is being held hostage by a police force that increasingly appears beyond state control, and which has long forsaken its role of protecting citizens from the thugs they now side with, and by a government which relishes the distraction the Golden Dawn provides from the cuts and tax hikes. The government's unwillingness to revoke parliamentary privileges from those Golden Dawn MPs who participate in or condone violent acts, and to speed up processes to have them prosecuted and condemned, demonstrates this.
Golden Dawn being like a more mystical kind of Freemasonry or Rosicrucianism...I say Hzza! on their return to prominence.


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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
In early October 2014, the Republican Guard was seen using a vehicle not believed to be in Syrian service for the first time, in an attempt to clear the rebel stronghold of Jobar, Damascus.
The UR-77 'Meteorit', once designed to breach minefields with its two mine-clearing line charges to make way for assaulting infantry and armour saw heavy use in Chechnya, blowing whole houses and apartments suspected to house Chechen rebels away. It also saw use in Angola, which acquired a limited number for its fight against UNITA.
As the vehicle wasn't part of the standard Soviet client state vehicle park, it was never believed to have been exported to any nation but Angola. It is certain that the UR-77 has never been sighted in the now three-and-a-half year long war. This while the Republican Guard was desperately in need for such a vehicle as they had to use T-72AV tanks and 2S3 self-propelled howitzers to engage housing believed to be harbouring rebels, leading to huge and unnecessary losses of valuable T-72AVs.
Much more likely is that the UR-77s and associated munitions were sold to Syria by either Russia or (less likely) Belarus, subsequently loaded onto an Il-76 and flown to Mezze. As the UR-77 was most likely never operated by Syria, it is possible foreign personnel are in fact manning the UR-77s currently used in Jobar.
In a video provided by Wassim Issa, the operator of the UR-77 is blurred. This while all the other faces of the fighters around him remain perfectly visible. One shot of the operator gives a part of his face away, but as soon as the camera zooms in, it immediately gets blurred.
Although the unblurred shot and footage later on shows the operator's caucasian look, this doesn't tell us much about the origin of the operator. He is later seen in a direct conversation with a soldier of the Republican Guard, and despite the heavy usage of hand signals, the soldiers seem to understand him perfectly.
Although the Assad regime is deprived of hard currency, the capabilities that come with the UR-77 outweighs the costs. The mine-clearing line charges of the UR-77 are a definite improvement over the several types of IRAMs (also known as Volcanoes) and Iranian made Falagh (or Falaq) rockets in use with Pro-Assadist forces such as the National Defence Force (NDF) and Hizbullah. Although few UR-77s are believed to have been acquired, they will likely be a common sight in Pro-Assadists's offensives around Damascus from now on.


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Comedy Central's James Franco Roast: Here Come The Gay Jokes!
Comedy Central's roast of actor James Franco airs on September 2--and get ready for lots of gay jokes, Instincters!
26 to be exact, if BuzzFeed writer Ariane Lange's count is accurate.
Apparently, Franco being gay is the one recurring joke that comedians feel comfortable going back to.
Seth Rogen unleashed a few gems in Franco's direction, saying: "He's a tough guy to pin down, although I've heard many guys have been able to do it."
Rogen continued, "Every man wants to be him, and he wants to be in every man."
Andy Samberg also joined the party: "James Franco has force-fed me so much dick, you could make foie gras out of my liver."
Nick Kroll launched this one: "I could see him being gay for a year as an art installation."
James Franco even joked at his own expense, saying: "You guys wouldn't know spunk if it hit you in the face. I know because I've had my spunk all over your faces."
Don't worry guys, there are more!!
It sounds like Aziz Ansari was the only comedian that got how ridiculous it is, saying (according to Lange): "So many gay jokes tonight, wow," and then made fun of gay jokes.
What do you think, Instincters? Is this kind of comedy stale in 2013?
Looking forward to Sept. 2?
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as a gay man I think its good that the comics can tell the gay jokes without bad intention.
I think gay jokes and other hot topic jokes are good and funny if dont with the right intent.
We need to learn to laugh at our own expenses, but when the jokes are meant to degrade and defame that's another story altogether. Just keep in mind that we should lighten up a bit society is way to tense these days have a laugh go ahead try it .... laugh at yourself it is ok laugh at others its not gonna kill them... but when you laugh ...laugh with joy not contempt.
And of course the subtext to the entire thing is that James has PLAYED gay in so MANY films, it is almost redundant at this point. Some of the jokes are funny (IMHO), some are less so, but the point to the entire thing is that his resume includes almost more gay characters than straight ones. C'mon folks, lighten up a little!
People. It's a Comedy Roast. These have been going on for over a century. Everything is fair game, for crying out loud! You should have seen the Roseanne roast last year and they skewered Jane Lynch. Jane loved it!!! And the money raised for the dinners/attendees usually goes to that roastee's favorite charity. Lighten up.
OH GOOD GOD GET A GRIP PEOPLE !!!!!!! these jokes are no worse than anything else. Like a good friend of mine Divine Grace said "Perhaps Instinct Magazine should pay less attention to gay jokes at a Comedy Central Roast, and more attention to the ridiculous standards that their mostly-naked cover models imply gay men should be held to?" Thats more of an insult to a majority of gay men than some comedian making gay jokes about someone like James franco who most gay me wish was actually gay.
Right or wrong, I reserve judgement until I see it for myserlf but, what I will say is if you have watched any roast from the past Comedy Central Roasts, "the gay joke" is a running theme when roasting the straight man. I think it is degrading in general to gay people and an easy joke to make that does not take much talent to produce, many of the reported jokes sound similar to ones from past Roasts, I guess you could say all Comedy Central Roast look the same, is that racist of me to say.
Frankly, or Franco - ly, I think that jokes are jokes & all these guys make their living being "funny". I also think that there are some things about being gay that are funny, but I read the jokes that were made & many of them weren't funny to me.
Why is it so funny to imply that a straight guy is gay? I honestly don't think that being gay is that ridiculous. I'm surprised that the general theme of the comments above is that "it's not so bad" to be mocked & ridiculed for being gay. Are we so oppressed that we're happy to just take it? It's not hurting anyone, right? I disagree.
This particular group of actors & comedians appeal to a certain demographic, comprising of young, straight men/boys. When they speak disrespectfully about us, it grants permission to their audience to adopt the same stance. It makes it ok to make gay jokes & "insult" each other by calling each other the worst thing that a straight guy could be. Gay.
Younger gay men/teens see this behavior & it can do serious harm.
We deserve better. We ain't that funny.
Granted this is a roast & the point is to belittle & insult the recipient, all in good fun, but why at our expense? Clearly there are other ways to make fun of James Franco.
I don't think that any of these guys meant to insult us as a community, but clearly the culture says that it's acceptable & expected & funny to insult & mock someone for being gay, or having homosexual tendencies. Is it really that funny?
In closing, can I just say that if James Franco was gay, I would climb that like a tree. Just sayin'.
I don't think it's stale in 2013...it all depends on the actual jokes, the context and the wit behind it. Also, you have to bare in mind that not all gay jokes are coming from a place of disrespect and bigotry with the intention of insult. The names mentioned (Rogen, Samberg, Ansari) are men who have much respect for the gay community and whatever jokes they made I'm certain weren't intended with bad spirit.
I think that in some ways we have become hyper-sensitive and uptight about everything that lampoons some part of the gay experience. Some things aren't meant to be taken so seriously.


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As agriculture and manufacturing continue to change in North Carolina, many communities are now turning to tourism as a source of economic development, particularly in rural areas. The coordinator works to find practical and applicable solutions to the problems for the industry as a whole by working with existing programs and serving as the link between organizations and businesses.
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I made this coat as a gift for a friend who's expecting her first child in January. She picked out the gorgeous green wool coating and designer lining and we made two muslins before making the final coat!
I underlined it with black cotton flannel for extra warmth, and made bound buttonholes on the front, and inside, I catchstitched ALL the seam allowances down so everything stays nice and flat and doesn't bunch up as she moves. One nice "safety" feature I built into the back was to stitch the box pleat together for several inches, but if Holly should need the extra room over the next two months, I told her to just take a seam ripper and open up that pleat. It'll mean the side seams are slightly distorted, but at least the bump will be covered!
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Leaked HBGary Documents Show Plan To Spread Wikileaks Propaganda For BofA... And 'Attack' Glenn Greenwald
from the this-is-like-out-of-a-bad-movie dept
Once again, as I've said before, I really don't think this is a good idea. The potential backlash can be severe and these kinds of attacks can create the opposite long-term incentives that the folks involved think they're creating. It also gets people a lot more focused on the method rather than the message and that seems unfortunate.
Still, the leaked emails are turning up some gems, with a key one being that Bank of America (widely discussed as Wikileaks' next target) had apparently been talking to HBGary Federal about how to disrupt Wikileaks. That link, from The Tech Herald, includes tons of details. The full proposal (embedded below) feels like something straight out of a (really, really bad) Hollywood script.
It appears that the law firm BofA was using as a part of its Wikileaks crisis response task force, Hunton and Williams, had reached out to firms asking for research and a plan against Wikileaks. HBGary Federal, along with Palantir Technologies and Berico Technologies put together their pitch. According to the emails discussing this, the firms tried to come up with a plan as to how they could somehow disrupt Wikileaks , see if there was a way to sue Wikileaks and get an injunction against releasing the data.
There are two key slides in the presentation. The first is a totally bizarre plan of attack on Salon journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has been an outspoken supporter of Wikileaks. However, these three companies seem to think that they can pressure him to give up supporting Wikileaks in this case and that will somehow solve a big part of the issue.
Later on in the presentation is the plan to further disrupt Wikileaks, which is basically to create a propaganda campaign around the organization -- as if the press wasn't doing that already. They also have the idea to upload bogus info to Wikileaks, hope the bogus info gets released and then discredit Wikileaks by showing that it publishes bogus info.
It's not known whether or not BofA actually agreed to this proposal (or ever actually knew about it), though apparently HBGary Federal employees were hopeful they'd get the deal to provide these services. If so, going on to blab in the press about infiltrating Anonymous probably wasn't the best way of keeping out of the spotlight on these issues...


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This song is the one for your photo shows or your websites music. Also perfect or your family movies or so.
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Today is Tuesday April 4, the 94th day of 2006 with 271 to follow.
The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The evening stars are Mars and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include social reformer Dorothea Dix in 1802; inventor Linus Yale, developer of the cylinder lock, in 1821; dance school founder Arthur Murray in 1895; baseball Hall of Famer Tris Speaker in 1888; author/playwright Robert E. Sherwood in 1896; broadcast news commentator John Cameron Swayze in 1906; blues musician Muddy Waters, born McKinley Morganfield, in 1915; author Maya Angelou in 1928 (age 77); actor Anthony Perkins in 1932; baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti in 1938; South African musician Hugh Masekela in 1939 (age 66); author Kitty Kelley in 1942 (age 64); and actors Craig T. Nelson in 1946 (age 60), Christine Lahti in 1950 (age 56) and Robert Downey Jr. in 1965 (age 41).
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In 1991, Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., and four others were killed when their chartered airplane collided with a helicopter over a schoolyard near Philadelphia.
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Also in 1993, ceremonies were held in Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace, and in Memphis, the city where he died, to mark the 25th anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination.
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ATLANTA – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is taking final action to approve the state of North Carolina's request to redesignate the Charlotte area to attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. This action is based on air quality monitoring data for the three-year period of 2008, 2009, and 2010 that meets the standard. The area continues to attain this standard. On December 26, 2012, EPA took final action on the South Carolina portion of the Charlotte Area.
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"The redesignation of the Charlotte area represents a successful collaboration of all levels of government, business and industry partners, and the citizens of the region," said N.C. Governor Pat McCrory, who worked on the issue extensively as mayor of Charlotte from 1995-2009. "It is a big step for economic development in the region and, more importantly, it means that all who live in and near Charlotte are breathing cleaner air."
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For more information on the Charlotte area proposed 1997 8-hour ozone redesignation, visit docket number EPA–R04–OAR–2013–0129 at www.regulations.gov.
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