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February 03, 2014 13:14 ET
Campaign to raise awareness among youth of cyberbullying and legal consequences
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Feb. 3, 2014) - Public Safety Canada
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, today launched the second phase of the national anti-cyberbullying public awareness campaign, StopHatingOnline, to raise awareness of the impact and serious consequences of cyberbullying.
The second phase of the campaign is aimed at youth to encourage them to take action to prevent and report cyberbullying, and to raise awareness of the potential legal consequences of sharing intimate images without consent. It includes advertising on television, online, and in cinemas. Through this national public awareness campaign, the Harper Government is taking strong action to combat cyberbullying.
Addressing cyberbullying requires a comprehensive approach by all levels of government, educators, non-governmental organizations, police, parents and youth. The Government of Canada will continue to work with all partners to help children and youth combat cyberbullying.
Quick Facts
- the RCMP's Centre for Youth Crime Prevention, which offers resources, such as fact sheets, lesson plans and interactive learning tools, to youth, parents, police officers and educators on bullying and cyberbullying; and
- the Canadian Centre for Child Protection's Cybertip.ca and NeedHelpNow.ca websites, which Canadians can use to report online sexual exploitation of children and seek help from exploitation resulting from the non-consensual sharing of sexual images.
"Cyberbullying is harmful to young Canadians across the country, and has led to tragic consequences in some situations. Our Government is tackling the issue of cyberbullying by providing youth with the knowledge that their actions can have serious consequences and, in some cases, may even amount to criminal activity."
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
"Education and awareness among youth and parents is critical to addressing the growing issue of cyberbullying. The Government of Canada's investment in education and prevention reinforces the important role we all play in promoting safe and respectful online connections among youth."
Lianna McDonald, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.
"We are pleased to see that our Government is dedicated and committed to protecting our youth against all forms of violence. Today, the issue of cyberbullying is of growing concern and, in the past few months, we have witnessed first-hand the devastating consequences not only on the families but society itself. It is important to sensitize the public regarding this issue. It is imperative that we provide adults, educators and youth with the necessary tools, resources and support should they ever find themselves having to deal with such a situation. Most importantly, we need to prevent these incidents from ever occurring."
Pina Arcamone, Director General, Missing Children's Network
"The message for children and parents is that cyberbullying is not 'child's play' and can affect anyone whether they are strong, confident or not. Rehtaeh was a normal teen with high grades and great expectations. Once she became the 'target' of harassment via texting and Facebook (after her photo was shared), within days she changed and never fully recovered from the isolation and humiliation. When a person is the 'target' of such harassment and is labeled, it diminishes the fact that the person is a human being with feelings and the behaviour of sending awful messages becomes justified."
Leah Parsons, mother of bullying victim Rehteah Parsons
Related Products
- Protecting Canadians from Bullying and Cyberbullying
- Cyberbullying and the Non-Consensual distribution of Intimate Images
- Fact Sheet : Privacy Protection and the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act
- Backgrounder: Modernizing the Criminal Code
- Myths and Facts : Bill C-13, Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act
Associated Links
- Canada.ca/StopHatingOnline
- Government Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Cyberbullying
- Statement from Ministers Blaney and MacKay on Bullying Awareness Week
- NeedHelpNow.ca
- Cybertip.ca
Follow Get Cyber Safe (@GetCyberSafe) on Twitter.
For more information, please visit the website canada.ca/StopHatingOnline.
Jean-Christophe de Le RueDirector of CommunicationsOffice of the Minister of Public Safetyand Emergency Preparedness613-991-2924Media RelationsPublic Safety Canada613-991-0657
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The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announces the second phase of the national anti-cyberbullying public awareness campaign, StopHatingOnline, to raise awareness of the impact and serious consequences of cyberbullying on Monday, February 3, 2014 in Montreal.
(L to R) The Minister was accompanied by, Nancy Duncan, Director of Family Services - Missing Children's Network, Alain Johnson, Clinical Director, French Language Services at Kids Help Phone, Marc Parent, Chief of the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal, René Morin, Canadian Center for Child Protection, Phil Thibodeau, Superintendent - RCMP, Pina Arcamone, Director General, Missing Children's Network.


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Owning a pet is great fun, but is something that requires a lot of time, love and responsibility. Much of being a responsible pet owner is understanding your pet's needs and being aware of community's expectations about responsible pet management.
As an animal owner, it is your responsibility to provide for your animal's general welfare, as a matter of priority.
Dog owners, or anyone contemplating becoming a dog owner, should do a few simple things to keep their pets out of trouble and their neighbours happy:
In addition to providing information, Council performs a range of animal control functions such as providing animal control services, handling complaints, picking up stray dogs and handling pet registrations.
To find out more about your responsibilities and rights as a pet owner, and to report any stray or nuisance animals, please Contact Council.
Feeding food waste to pigs, known as swill feeding, poses a huge risk for the spread of disease. Swill feeding caused the devastating foot and mouth disease outbreak in Britain in 2001.
By law, food waste containing meat and other animal byproducts, some dairy products and any food that has come into contact with these prohibited foods must not be fed to pigs. This includes:
If in doubt, don't feed any scraps to your animals.
Pig health benefits from a planned diet. Buy feed designed to meet the nutritional needs of pigs and keep them in the best condition. For more information visit www.vic.gov.au/pighealth.
The first thing you must do when you are looking to own cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, alpacas, llamas, horses, deer or more than 100 poultry is apply for a Livestock Property Identification Code (PIC).
PICs are important in the event of a serious livestock disease outbreak. They allow for the tracing of animals to detect where an outbreak may have started and to help control and eradicate disease. PICs are also linked to systems such as the National Livestock Identification System — commercial operators will need a PIC to sell and move animals.
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MIAMI BEACH -- City tourism officials are frustrated.
A Spring Break plan developed by a Penrod`s subsidiary for a ``wholesome`` alternative to the Fort Lauderdale beachfront Strip has fallen short of expectations -- about $600,000 short.
Unable to find a promised $850,000 in corporate sponsorships to finance anticipated Miami Beach events, Trendz U.S.A., Penrod`s marketing arm, now has a $280,000 budget.
Will Miami Beach be visited by the 100,000 students that Trendz U.S.A. predicted when spirits and the budget were higher?
``We`ve scaled down our expectations, but I`m still high on Spring Break and I still believe there is a whole lot of merit,`` Eric Jacobs, chairman of the Visitors and Convention Authority, said Friday.
He`s counting on promotions -- including a $10-a-night, four-to-a-room deal launched this week with $32,000 supplied by the Miami Beach Resort Hotel Association -- to work magic.
With five weeks of Penrod`s Collegiate Beach Games, the annual Calle Ocho festival and other events planned in Dade County between March 1 and April 4, students won`t notice anything different, Jacobs said.
The behind-the-scenes problems, however, have strained relations between the convention authority and Penrod`s.
Penrod`s received $50,000 from the authority, based on its original proposal. More caution will be used in future allocations of public money to event promoters, Jacobs said.
Many corporate sponsors shunned Miami Beach, but went with Fort Lauderdale and Daytona Beach because they are proven Spring Break markets, said Mary D. Fanizzi, Penrod`s national sales representative.


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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the £12.5bn merger between telecoms giant BT and mobile phone firm EE, despite the concerns of the firms' rivals that the transaction will affect competition.
The merger, announced in February this year, will be completed in March 2016.
The CMA said there were no legal obstacles towards the merger as the two firms operated largely in separate areas.
"The group does not provisionally believe that, in a dynamic and evolving sector, it is more likely than not that BT/EE will be able to use its position to damage competition or the interests of consumers," said John Wotton, chairman of the CMA inquiry.
"We recognise that this is a merger which is important to many consumers and businesses. We have heard a number of concerns from competitors. After a detailed investigation, our provisional view is that these concerns will not translate into a competition problem in practice."
The two firms involved have said the deal will enable them to invest billions more into Britain's digital economy.
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"We strongly believe the combination of the UK's dominant supplier of digital fixed infrastructure, upon which all other providers rely, with the largest mobile operator would have a negative impact on the market and the services available to millions of UK consumers and businesses," said Vodafone's spokesperson.
"Overall, we are disappointed to read these initial findings by the CMA."
The CMA will publish the full findings of its provisional report later this week alongside all other published information relating to the inquiry.
Interested parties will have until 19 November to put forward their response to these provisional findings. The CMA has also set a deadline of 'early December' for any other submissions related to the inquiry.
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The 2015 draft document created by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change outlining the Strategy for a Waste Free Ontario: Building The Circular Economy indicates that in 2013 the Ontario waste sector was responsible for 9 megatons of greenhouse gas emissions, and that 93% of these emissions came from solid waste disposal most of which was organic in nature.
Dr. Paul Connett in his book Zero Waste Solution (Chelsea Green Publishing 2013), maintains that composting is more important than recycling. He states that it has the capacity to replenish the soil, help fight erosion, reduce and sequester global warming gases, and save energy, and it can lead to more absorption of carbon dioxide from our air. He notes further, that many composting efforts contribute to job creation, and social inclusion.
Composting can and needs to occur at every level of the food chain! It is the healthy and more energy efficient, alternative to waste incineration.
The 2nd Zero Waste Ontario conference on June 15-16/2017 will involve crucial industries who have recognized this need, studied it as it relates to their industry, and are among leaders in effecting a significant change in the way they do business, and yet make money, in order to contribute significantly to the food circular economy.
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If you have always wanted to live in Saugatuck and couldn't ever get your perfect home, now is the time to build!
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A new club is born in Devon. https://www.facebook.com/SouthDevonTabl ... page_panel - we have our first meeting on the 9th October. Let me kn ow if you are interested in this and/or future meetings.
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The San Francisco courtroom had never held a trial like this and there was high drama to the very end. The final witness was David Blankenhorn, founder of The American Values Institute.
He's an opponent of same-sex marriage and endured a relentless cross examination by attorney David Boies. The back and forth became so combative, Judge Walker stepped in, cautioning Blankenhorn about being viewed as a negative witness.
Blakenhorn testified that he endorses the protection of marriage, but also acknowledged several likely positives of allowing gays and lesbians to Wed. Including increased stability, greater social acceptance, and a decline in economic inequality.
Anti-Prop 8 attorneys say those concessions helped demolish the other side's case and made theirs.
"The witness they brought admitted that what was at work here was a religious divide based on prejudice and stereotypes and there was no justification?none?zero, for depriving gays and lesbians the right to marry," said Boies.
The pro-Prop 8 attorneys conceded their rivals put on "a spectacular show," but say it was irrelevant.
"I think that the plaintiffs have established there is a history of discrimination and there are people out there with anti-gay bias, but I think they completely failed to show the reason that seven million Californians voted for Prop 8 was to do harm to same-sex couples, to gays and lesbians. I don't believe that for a minute and I don't think it was proven in this case," said pro-Prop 8 attorney Andy Pugno.
ABC7's legal analyst Dean Johnson believes the judge will ultimately side with the gay couples.
"I think the only thing that's up for grabs is how broad that decision is going to be. Judge Walker could come out with a decision that says that same-sex marriage is a Constitutional right, period. Or he could decide this on equal protection grounds," says Johnson.
The attorneys have been given until February 26th to submit to the judge details of evidence they consider vital to their case. He'll review, then call them back for closing arguments. There is no date yet set for that.


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The World Hepatitis Fund exists to help the 170,000,000 Hepatitis C sufferers around the world including the 90% of this number who are unaware of their plight. It plans to bring awareness to the public, including known sufferers, those who haven´t tested for their condition yet and as a result haven´t been diagnosed, plus the public at large. The World Hepatitis Fund will promote the testing for Hepatitis C and will seek to help those diagnosed, and their families, by helping them find suitable treatment and hopefully cure them of the disease. It will help draw attention to treatment programs, dietary requirements for HEP C patients and will campaign to make public authorities and health officials more conscious of the disease. It will also endeavor to educate the public about other types of Hepatitis; A, B, D, E and G.


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BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (NASDAQ: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, with an emphasis on serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced the appointment of Jonathan Christodoro and Samuel Merksamer to the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately pursuant to a settlement agreement with Carl C. Icahn. Mr. Christodoro and Mr. Merksamer are Managing Directors of Icahn Capital LP, a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises L.P. (Icahn Enterprises) (NASDAQ: IEP). With these additions, the Hologic Board now comprises 11 directors, 10 of whom are independent. Additionally, the Company announced today that it has engaged Dr. Burton Drayer as a scientific advisor to Hologic. Dr. Drayer currently serves as Chairman and Director of the Department of Radiology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
"We welcome Jonathan and Sam to the Board of Directors and look forward to working with them to build shareholder value," said David R. LaVance, Jr., Chairman of the Board. "We are committed to fostering long-term growth and we believe we have the resources and leadership in place to achieve this goal. We also believe that Hologic will benefit from having access to Dr. Burton Drayer's expertise and are excited about this new relationship."
"Hologic is a leader in women's health with innovative, market-leading technologies, and the Company is well-positioned to take advantage of multiple opportunities," said Carl C. Icahn, Chairman of Icahn Enterprises. "As members of the Board, Jonathan and Sam will work with the other directors and the management team to enhance the value of the Company for all shareholders. Our record shows that our involvement on boards has often created meaningful value for all shareholders. We hope this will continue with Hologic."
Icahn added, "Given his experience and deep knowledge in medical diagnostics and radiology, I believe that Dr. Drayer will be an extremely valuable resource to the Company going forward."
In a separate press release, the Company also announced today that Stephen MacMillan has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Hologic and a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. MacMillan succeeds Jack W. Cumming, who was named Chief Executive Officer in July 2013 and previously served in this capacity from 2001 to 2009.
Icahn stated, "We are enthusiastic about and supportive of the appointment of Steve MacMillan as the new CEO of Hologic. He has extensive industry experience and a track record of delivering strong financial results and creating shareholder value. We are confident that Steve is the right person to lead Hologic forward."
Carl C. Icahn, together with his affiliates, beneficially owns approximately 34.2 million shares of Hologic common stock, which represents approximately 12.5% of Hologic's outstanding shares. Mr. Icahn has also agreed to vote the shares he controls in support of Hologic's slate of director nominees at the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Icahn has and his affiliates have also agreed to other customary standstill provisions.
About Jonathan Christodoro:
Jonathan Christodoro is a Managing Director of Icahn Capital. Mr. Christodoro currently serves on the Board of Directors at Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Herbalife and Talisman Energy. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell University.
About Samuel Merksamer:
Samuel Merksamer is a Managing Director of Icahn Capital. Mr. Merksamer currently serves on the boards of CVR Refining, Ferrous Resources, CVR Energy, American Railcar Industries, Federal-Mogul Corporation, Viskase Companies, PSC Metals and Talisman Energy. He is a graduate of Cornell University.
About Burton Drayer, MD:
Dr. Drayer has served as Chairman and Director of the Department of Radiology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, one of the country's oldest and largest voluntary teaching hospitals, since July 1995. He is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Neurology and the American College of Radiology, serving on the Board of Chancellors of the latter. Dr. Drayer serves on the Board of Trustees of the Research & Education Foundation at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and was RSNA President in 2011. Dr. Drayer holds an A.B. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and received his M.D. from the Chicago Medical School at the University of Health Sciences in Chicago. Dr. Drayer has also served on the faculty and in leadership positions of three research-oriented medical schools, has authored more than 200 journal articles and similar publications, 41 book chapters and two books and is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of radiology and neuroradiology.
About Hologic, Inc.:
Hologic, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic products, medical imaging systems, and surgical products, with an emphasis on serving the healthcare needs of women. The Company operates four core business units focused on breast health, diagnostics, GYN surgical and skeletal health. With a comprehensive suite of technologies and a robust research and development program, Hologic is committed to improving lives. The Company is headquartered in Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.hologic.com.
Hologic and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Hologic, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
Forward‐Looking Statement Disclaimer:
This News Release contains forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties, including statements about the Company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Such statements include, without limitation: the Company's positioning, resources, capabilities, and expectations for future performance, growth and shareholder value. These forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions made by the Company as of the date hereof and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.
Risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect the Company's business and prospects, and otherwise cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, include without limitation: the ability to successfully manage ongoing organizational changes, including the ability of the Company to successfully attract, motivate and retain key employees; U.S., European and general worldwide economic conditions and related uncertainties; the Company's reliance on third-party reimbursement policies to support the sales and market acceptance of its products, including the possible adverse impact of government regulation and changes in the availability and amount of reimbursement and uncertainties for new products or product enhancements; uncertainties regarding the recently enacted or future healthcare reform legislation, including associated tax provisions, or budget reduction or other cost containment efforts; changes in guidelines, recommendations and studies published by various organizations that could affect the use of the Company's products; uncertainties inherent in the development of new products and the enhancement of existing products, including FDA approval and/or clearance and other regulatory risks, technical risks, cost overruns and delays; the risk that products may contain undetected errors or defects or otherwise not perform as anticipated; risks associated with acquisitions, including without limitation, the Company's ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, the risks that the acquired businesses may not operate as effectively and efficiently as expected even if otherwise successfully integrated, the risks that acquisitions may involve unexpected costs or unexpected liabilities, including the risks and challenges associated with the Company's recent acquisition of Gen-Probe and operations in China; the risks of conducting business internationally, including the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on those operations; manufacturing risks, including the Company's reliance on a single or limited source of supply for key components, and the need to comply with especially high standards for the manufacture of many of its products; the Company's ability to predict accurately the demand for its products, and products under development, and to develop strategies to address its markets successfully; the early stage of market development for certain of the Company's products; the Company's leverage risks, including the Company's obligation to meet payment obligations and financial covenants associated with its debt; risks related to the use and protection of intellectual property; expenses, uncertainties and potential liabilities relating to litigation, including, without limitation, commercial, intellectual property, employment and product liability litigation; technical innovations that could render products marketed or under development by the Company obsolete; and competition.
The risks included above are not exhaustive. Other factors that could adversely affect the Company's business and prospects are described in the filings made by the Company with the SEC. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements presented herein to reflect any change in expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.
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As if the folks from Trion Worlds didnt have enough on their plates,
we decided to add a couple more entrées as we assaulted their
headquarters to get a firsthand report on the state of style="font-style: italic;">Rift.
Fresh off a week of GDC, but always eager for more, we sent Ben and
Jeff on a trek from the cozy confines of San Francisco into the South
Bay to sit down with Cindy Bowens, Hal Hanlin and Scott Hartsman. We
on some hot button issues that have cropped up in the first two weeks
of the games launch and gained a new appreciation of the staggering
amount of work that comes with launching an AAA MMOG. Part 1 of our
conversation dealt with servers, content, community and
faction balance issues.
Servers and Queues
A problem that many developers wish they had presented itself within
moments of the servers going live for the headstart there were more
players than there was space on the servers to handle them all. Trion
used a multifaceted approach to handle the issue as new servers were
brought online and server loads were carefully monitored and adjusted
with stability being the main goal. Hal Hanlin, style="font-style: italic;">Rifts Design
told us of the level of anxiety felt by the team as they watched the
server queues fill up and the trepidation they had with flooding the
world with too many realms at the risk of spreading the playerbase too
thin in the future. "
The worst thing we had to deal with at launch was just watching the
queues fill up and the anxiety that came along with it." Hal
stated that while it was a trying
experience it was also a positive one as various members of the team
rose to the occasion to keep things running smoothly.
With 99 servers now in operation there were some real concerns about
population balance. Cindy Bowens, the Community Lead for style="font-style: italic;">Rift, was
encouraged at the overall numbers reporting that the majority of
servers were sitting at medium load heading into the first weekend of
wide release. The expectation is that numbers will rise over the next
few days as new players sit down with the game for the first time this
weekend. Scott was pleasantly surprised to say the least at
the server demand given that his estimation for a successful launch, in
the early days of the project, numbered in the thirties. One
factor that Scott had us consider was that the game actually had 4
separate launches with North America, Australia, England and Europe at
large all having different launch dates.
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With great demand, comes
great responsibility
One of the big gripes that seemed to come up frequently was why so few
servers were announced initially. Cindy lamented that style="font-style: italic;">"It's really
a catch-22, you can't please everyone. We did everything we
could as fast as we could to try and take care of the queues, but
that's just a fact of life on launch day of an MMO." It
certainly was an untenable situtation since putting the list
out there was a risk but not putting it
out there would have resulted in a huge outcry from guilds trying to
plan their launch day strategies. Scott brought some further insight to
the issue from a numbers standpoint; style="font-style: italic;">" We have perfect visibility
into our own sales, we do not have perfect visibility
into most third party sales and we had almost zero visability into
retail pre-sales, because retail operates week to week and month to
month where internet operates second to second and minute to minute."
So there was a bit of a
shock factor to the total number of players that were beating down the
doors on headstart launch day and Scott confided that he would have
liked to have had more servers on that initial listing if he could do
it over again. All things considered, I think most developers
would have a much longer list of mulligans for their launch day, so
kudos to the folks at Trion are most certainly in order.
Content, Content,
Its a well-known fact that gamers are never satisfied and that we are
forever inching closer to our proverbial carrot on the stick, so the
team was nonplussed when we asked them whats next? First up in the
cycle of content release will be a public test shard that will push the
full spectrum of content for some very raw testing. We were
slightly disappointed to hear that it wont be a persistent test
server, but Scott and the rest of the team have a very good reason
behind that decision live test realms build up a sort of immunity as
they are constantly bombarded with bugged code. This creates
what Scott referred to as a dual reality and prevents the developers
from getting an accurate picture of what the content will look like
when it goes live.
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We have good reason to believe that the test server will have plenty to
offer when it is first launched as it was revealed to us that there has
been a team working on post-launch content for the past 6 months. While
that team was relatively small, it has increased in size recently and
will continue to do so as current issues get ironed out and adjustments
become fewer and farther between.
Another worry that we had in regards to content was addressed by Hal
when he answered our question about the challenge of keeping rift
invasions fun for new players that come into the game later. As the
majority of the playerbase moves through the content and becomes
immersed in end-game, starter zones wont have the same robust
population to attend to the task of closing rifts. Not to worry says
Hal, the system is designed to scale in difficulty based on the number
of players in the area so it should be playable, and enjoyable, no
matter how big the party size. Scott pointed out that no
matter when you come into the game you will definitely get to
experience plenty of invasion content and gave the example of Freemarch
that has a minimum of 10 possible events that can crop up as well as
the more static story based events that are running.
the soul forums are ablaze with who is overpowered and pretty
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Cindy Bowens
Community always plays a major role in any game, and while forum rants
are to be taken with a grain of salt, the team at Trion Worlds is
keeping a close watch on fan feedback. With the forums being
the main point of contact between many gamers and the team, they are
always on the lookout for trends and common concerns. It also became
pretty apparent that this community team has a handle on what it takes
to be successful and to keep discussion moving forward they are also
smart enough to know not to reveal which faction they play publicly.
Cindy assured us that they will be adding, and have already added, more
members to the team to keep pace with the population in what is often
times a reactionary process since one can never predict exactly how big
the community will be.
Faction Balance
Faction based games can be a ton of fun for players as they give a team
vs. team mentality and help in the overall immersion factor. A major
downside of faction based games however is when one side becomes the
dominant population force and skews the enjoyment of all parties
involved. Cindy gave us the first bit of encouraging news on
this front when she stated that the split was within single percentage
points and Scott reinforced it by stating that it was currently sitting
at nearly a 50/50 ratio. This wasnt achieved through
happenstance however, Scott pointed out that knowing players
who had been involved since beta 1 would likely stick with Defiant
since it was the only available faction at the time prompted them to
modify the intro to help persuade newer players to look upon the
Guardians more favorably. The team may consider this a bit of
backend gamesmanship, but based on the results we certainly hope they
keep it up.
Keep an eye out for part 2 of our interview where we learn more about
the team, bug reporting, battling gold sellers, and the meaning of
turtle pants.
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When an egg cell is fertilised by a sperm, it begins to divide into a cluster of cells known as a blastocyst, the early stage of the embryo. Within this ball of cells, some cells form the inner cell mass — which will develop into the foetus — and some form the outer wall, which becomes the placenta. Cells in the inner cell mass are 'reset' to become stem cells — cells that have the potential to develop into any type of cell within the body. A small number of these cells become primordial germ cells (PGCs) — these have the potential to become germ cells (sperm and egg), which in later life will pass on the offspring's genetic information to its own offspring.
"The creation of primordial germ cells is one of the earliest events during early mammalian development," says Dr Naoko Irie, first author of the paper from the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge. "It's a stage we've managed to recreate using stem cells from mice and rats, but until now few researches have done this systematically using human stem cells. It has highlighted important differences between embryo development in humans and rodents that may mean findings in mice and rats may not be directly extrapolated to humans."
Professor Surani at the Gurdon Institute, who led the research, and his colleagues found that a gene known as SOX17 is critical for directing human stem cells to become PGCs (a stage known as 'specification'). This was a surprise as the mouse equivalent of this gene is not involved in the process, suggesting a key difference between mouse and human development. SOX17 had previously been shown to be involved in directing stem cells to become endodermal cells, which then develop into cells including those for the lung, gut and pancreas, but this is the first time it has been seen in PGC specification.
The group showed that PGCs could also be made from reprogrammed adult cells, such as skin cells, which will allow investigations on patient-specific cells to advance knowledge of the human germline, infertility and germ cell tumours. The research also has potential implications for understanding the process of 'epigenetic' inheritance. Scientists have known for some time that our environment — for example, our diet or smoking habits — can affect our genes through a process known as methylation whereby molecules attach themselves to our DNA, acting like dimmer switches to increase or decrease the activity of genes. These methylation patterns can be passed down to the offspring.
Professor Surani and colleagues have shown that during the PGC specification stage, a programme is initiated to erase these methylation patterns, acting as a 'reset' switch. However, traces of these patterns might be inherited — it is not yet clear why this might occur.
"Germ cells are 'immortal' in the sense that they provide an enduring link between all generations, carrying genetic information from one generation to the next," adds Professor Surani. "The comprehensive erasure of epigenetic information ensures that most, if not all, epigenetic mutations are erased, which promotes 'rejuvenation' of the lineage and allows it to give rise to endless generations. These mechanisms are of wider interest towards understanding age-related diseases, which in part might be due to cumulative epigenetic mutations."
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- Naoko Irie, Leehee Weinberger, Walfred W.C. Tang, Toshihiro Kobayashi, Sergey Viukov, Yair S. Manor, Sabine Dietmann, Jacob H. Hanna, M. Azim Surani.SOX17 Is a Critical Specifier of Human Primordial Germ Cell Fate. Cell, 2014; DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.12.013
University of Cambridge. "Egg and sperm race: Scientists create precursors to human egg and sperm." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 December 2014. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141225143546.htm>.
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The Steelers confirmed that when they begin visits by college prospects Monday, one on the list is Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount. He was suspended for much of last season for sucker-punching an opponent who had taunted him after Boise State upset the Ducks in the season opener.
1. Cornerback: Even though the Steelers drafted corners in the third and fifth rounds last season, they got woeful play at the position and could lose starter and RFA William Gay and veteran UFA Deshea Townsend.
2. Defensive line: Although they re-signed NT Casey Hampton and drafted DE on first round last season, the Steelers three starters are all in their 30s and they need to groom someone to take over for Hampton and one DE over the next two years.
3. Linebacker: The Steelers added some depth with the signing of ILB Larry Foote but James Farrior will be 35 this season and James Harrison 32.
Coach Mike Tomlin said that all players who were injured or had surgery are coming along nicely. However, he said he will reduce the amount of workouts/practice time for 30-something veterans such as Aaron Smith (rotator cuff surgery) and Justin Hartwig (shoulder cleanup surgery) this spring. Safety Troy Polamalu is working out in California and has recovered from two knee injuries last season that did not require surgery. "I'm comfortable with the physical health of all those men," Tomlin said. As for LB Larry Foote, who did not play in Detroit's final two games because, one source said, he had a lisfranc foot injury: "I feel great about it. He passed our physical so I was comfortable with it."
PK Jeff Reed (tendered at $2.814M).
--QB Charlie Batch is a reliable, when healthy, backup and that is the issue because he missed all of 2008 and ended 2009 with a broken wrist. He wants to return.
--LB Rocky Boiman was a late edition to try to save their drowning special teams. He's not likely to return.
--SS Tyrone Carter won't get a contract from the Steelers again unless he finds nothing from anywhere else.
--DE Nick Eason, if he's willing to return at a minimum salary, could re-sign.
--WR Joey Galloway was a late signing after Limas Sweed was placed on injured reserve. He did not dress for either game and he is not likely to be invited back.
--DE Travis Kirschke, although he turns 36 this year, has been dependable and could re-sign if he does not go elsewhere, especially if they get nothing at the position in the draft.
--RB Willie Parker has seen his last days in Pittsburgh. They would love to have him back as a backup to
--CB Deshea Townsend thinks he can still start in the league and the Steelers have no plans for him to do that. If he finds nothing of his liking in free agency, they will offer him a contract to return.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (not tendered offers)
--RB Carey Davis (not tendered as RFA)..
--OG Darnell Stapleton (not tendered as RFA) was their starting right guard until an injury put him on injured reserve.
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (*indicates restricted because of uncapped year)
--*OT Willie Colon (tendered at $2.521M with first-round pick as compensation) entering third season as starter at right tackle.
--CB William Gay (tendered at $1.101M with fifth-round pick as compensation) had a disappointing first season as a starter but not bad enough that they want to lose him.
--P Daniel Sepulveda (tendered at $1.101M with fourth-round pick as compensation) was middle of the road and not likely to receive a high tender. He was drafted in the fourth round.
--TE Matt Spaeth (tendered at $1.101M with fifth-round pick as compensation) is No. 2 behind Heath Miller. He plays a lot but rarely is used as a target and he's not a good blocker.
--LB Patrick Bailey: ERFA; terms unknown.
--FS Ryan Clark: UFA; $14M/4 yrs, $3M SB.
--NT Casey Hampton: Potential UFA; $21.3M/3 yrs, $11M guaranteed/$6.5M SB.
--S Will Allen: UFA Buccaneers; $4.4M/3 yrs, $950,000 SB.
--WR Arnaz Battle: UFA 49ers; $3.975/3 yrs, $975,000 SB.
--LB Derrick Doggett: CFL FA; terms unknown.
--LB Larry Foote: UFA Lions; $9.3M/3 yrs, $1.8M SB.
--WR Antwaan Randle El: FA Redskins; $7M/3 yrs, $900,000 SB.
--OT Jonathan Scott: Not tendered as RFA by Bills; $545,000/1 yr.
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Athabaskan Prosody
MyBook is a cheap paperback edition of the original book and will be sold at uniform, low price.
This collection of articles on stress and tone in various Athabaskan languages will interest theoretical linguists and historically oriented linguists alike. The volume brings to light new data on the phonetics and/or phonology of prosody (stress, tone, intonation) in various Athabaskan languages, Chiricahua Apache, Dene Soun'liné, Jicarilla Apache, Sekani, Slave, Tahltan, Tanacross, Western Apache, and Witsuwit'en. As well, some contributions describe how prosody is to be reconstructed for Proto-Athabaskan, and how it evolved in some of the daughter languages.
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There is perhaps nothing in our work more frustrating than having to face the situation of a patient whose symptoms/issues seem to resist our best efforts at treatment. Patients come to us, often with the expectation we will make their symptoms disappear, entrusting us with the state of their bodies, minds and spirits.
Our Expectations
We always must consider whether our expectations are realistic. Every patient is a unique individual; we cannot accurately be guided by the experience of other patients. The fact that the same symptom(s) cleared in a particular time frame for another patient might not apply to the patient who stands before us today.
How long a patient has had their particular symptom(s), whether it is an inherited or acquired condition, what lifestyle factors have contributed to it, and the level (body, mind, or spirit) from which the symptom originates are among many factors contributing to a patient's issues that resist treatment.
How Long Has the Patient Had the Symptom?
The Law of Cure (aka Herring's Law) teaches that in a system of natural healing, symptoms clear in reverse chronological order of their appearance. In other words, the longer a person has had a disease, the longer it will take to clear. Similarly, if a condition has been in a patient's family for generations, we would expect it to take longer to clear than a condition of recent origin. That is one reason why a thorough medical case history is of vital importance. In the initial examination, I ask new patients what they have had in the way of illnesses, allergies, operations, medications and periods of poor health starting from earliest childhood and continuing chronologically to the present. I ask about the health of family members and causes of death. This information helps put the issues into a reasonable perspective with which many patients must be educated so their expectations are realistic.
Avoid Focusing on a Single Symptom
Many patients tend to focus on the specific symptom that motivated them to seek our aid. In taking the case history and reviewing all aspects of their health, we often discover other areas that are functioning less than healthfully. We might find, in fact, that some of the secondary complaints are more distressful than the primary one. It is very often the case that these secondary complaints will diminish or resolve before the primary issue. Perhaps the patient's primary complaint of headaches has persisted, yet when we inquire about other problem areas, we find the patient reports sleeping better, having a better appetite and having normal bowel movements for the first time in years. This is evidence that treatment is working and is cause for celebration. Patients often forget that such "secondary issues" had previously been problematic as they improve, focusing more on the primary complaint instead.
We must not forget that our job is to get the patient into balance. As this occurs, Nature decides when symptoms clear, not us. My teacher, J.R. Worsley, taught that the most important words we will ever hear from a patient are, "I feel better in myself." In Classical Five-Element Acupuncture, we teach that if we find a palpable pulse improvement and a change for the better in the patient's odor, facial color, vocal sound and emotional expression, we know our treatment is working and symptoms will clear on Nature's timetable.
Blocks to Successful Treatment
In Classical Five-Element Acupuncture treatment, it is believed that there are a number of energetic conditions which might be present and will prevent treatment from being effective, however accurate our diagnosis or precise our delivery of treatment. These blocks include Possession, Aggressive Energy, the Husband/Wife Imbalance, The Umbilical (or Center) Pulse) being off center, the Akabani Imbalance,1 and the Entry/Exit block. By far, the most common of these conditions is the Entry/Exit block.2 Thus, one consideration in regard to a patient not improving must be, "Is the patient blocked?"
Am I Reaching the Cause?
Merely palliating symptoms is not the same as reaching the cause. In this system, we diagnose the causative factor by sensing the odor, color, sound and emotional expression of the patient. With some patients, the causative factor is obvious; in others, it might be more subtle, or there might be what appear to be expressions coming from more than one element. Regardless of style of practice, there are indicators as to how to arrive at a diagnosis that underlies the manifestation of symptoms. Symptoms are the distress signal of imbalance, like the warning light on the dashboard of a car - not the cause itself.
Dismantling the warning light does not cure the problem. There inevitably will be another symptom - potentially more serious - which will appear, as the cause of the issue has not been addressed. Once the cause has been resolved, the light will cease to flash. This might take more than one treatment, or more time than the patient expected. Again, patients must be educated as to realistic expectations.
In Classical Five-Element Acupuncture, our treatment strategy is based on the causative factor, the root imbalance in the system. We focus our treatment strategy on that elemental imbalance to bring all the elements into harmony. J.R. Worsley encouraged practitioners not to abandon treatment of the causative factor in favor of pursuing symptoms. It might well take several treatments to be certain we are following the correct treatment strategy, that we have identified the correct underlying imbalance in the patient. If, after three or four treatments, we sense no significant change in pulse or in the diagnostic indicators of odor, color, sound and emotion, only then do we consider changing treatment strategy and addressing a different element. If we commit to one treatment strategy and stay with it for three to four treatments, we will know by then whether to stay with our original choice or rule it out and continue elsewhere.
Frequency of Treatment
We must consider the question, "Am I treating this patient at the correct interval?" Too much treatment encourages the 12 Officials to become dependent and, rather than taking up the jobs that Nature intended for them, they become weaker, increasingly relying on the needle to do their jobs for them. Too little treatment does not give the Officials the help they need, boosting them up, then abandoning them for too long. Abandoned in this way, they are likely to shut down, as if to say, "I thought help was on the way. Where did you go? I can't maintain any longer on my own."
Knowing the correct frequency of treatment for a given patient is the practitioner's responsibility, not that of the patient. It is as important as knowing which points to use. If we find we are with a patient whose issues seem to resist treatment, it is a time to see them more frequently, not less. Problems usually will not go away on their own.
If the patient balks at the cost of a second (or even a third) treatment in a week, I suggest charging for the first one and considering the others in the week "parts B and C," and charge a lesser fee or none at all. Use the subsequent visit(s) to confirm your diagnosis and treatment strategy, to give the support that is needed. View these subsequent visits as seminars for you - learning opportunities. Do not fear losing the patient because you have to enforce an appropriate treatment interval. You are far more likely to lose them if you do not. Once you have the treatment strategy sorted out, you can proceed with confidence, increasing the length of time between treatments as appropriate, knowing (not merely hoping) the patient is getting better. Such a patient will be grateful for your help and will be far more likely to remain in your practice and refer others.
- Gumenick N. "Centering the Umbilical Pulse and Akabani Testing." Acupuncture Today, September 2010;11(09).
- Gumenick N. "Entry and Exit Points and Blocks." Acupuncture Today, March 2006;7(03).
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Chow Down in Taiwan - Fish Farm?! (22)
I don't know what is the name of this restaurant but I do know it is in a fish farm in Yilan City, Taiwan, which is the location of my 2nd meal stop in Taiwan.
Ya, I'm horrible at food blogging. Anyway, here are some photos to substitute the missing words, pictures are worth a thousand words, right?
Shrimp salad to start. The salad dressing is sweet with a hint of lemon, maybe.
I was told this is 香鱼, a quick search on Google reveal that this is called Sweetfish or Ayu in English. This fish was fried and then cook with some Chinese herb, a very interestingly flavored yet delicious dish. Sweetfish comes with all set lunches here, it's their pride product.
Some juicy and tender pork ribs as the main course.
A meal is not complete without dessert - red bean soup with glutinous rice balls plus a cup of super black coffee(no picture of coffee, too eager to start eating).
To top it all off, this is the view from the restaurant. This little park is maintained by the restaurant/fish farm owner. They sure knows how to create a great atmosphere to go with the good food. Serenity now!
The not so pretty fish farm in front of the restaurant. This is what greets us when we approach the restaurant. Who would have thought they have great food with a great view at the back. Sweetfish(香鱼) is the primary product here, most of them are destined for Japan once it's readied.
A little food souvenir(that will end up in my stomach) before we leave Yilan City - Yilan Cookies(or biscuits for those living in England).
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A 16-year-old runaway from Arcadia allegedly caused 23 minor crashes throughout west Bradenton
Jeremy Chaney was sweeping a west Bradenton window tinting shop Tuesday morning when he heard the roar of a diesel engine.
When he noticed his boss also was in the shop, he knew something was wrong.
One of their customers had dropped off a red Ford F350 before Shark Tint, 4235 60th St. W., opened that morning, apparently leaving the truck unlocked with the keys tucked under a floor mat.
When Chaney looked outside, he saw a bicycle in the middle of the road and the truck peeling out of the lot.
"I yelled: 'Somebody just stole the truck,' " Chaney said, adding that he couldn't believe what he had just witnessed. "We chased after him and called the cops."
Chaney and his boss alerted the Sheriff's Office that the truck was headed west on Cortez Road. A deputy was in the area and began a chase near 119th Street West, sheriff's spokesman Dave Bristow said.
The truck, said to be driven by Francisco Sanchez Ibarra — a 16-year-old runaway from Arcadia — continued over Cortez Bridge, turning right onto Gulf Drive. It traveled north on Anna Maria Island until taking Manatee Avenue West.
Deputies ended the chase near Palma Sola Causeway because the driver reportedly swerved into the oncoming-traffic lane. A helicopter unit tracked the action.
After driving through neighborhoods near 39th Street West, the driver got back on Manatee Avenue West, then made a loop, taking 43rd Street West back to Cortez Road, heading again toward the island.
Deputies put down stop sticks, and the driver, by this point driving on rims, eventually stopped on Cortez Bridge.
"For an hour he was wreaking havoc in all of west Bradenton and on the beaches," Bristow said.
During the chase, the truck was said to have been involved in 23 crashes, side-swiping and rear-ending vehicles along the way.
No serious injuries were reported.
The stolen vehicle is likely totaled, Bristow said.
"This kid was playing 'Grand Theft Auto' for real," Chaney said, speaking about the suspect. "It's nuts. You'd think after the first or second car he'd feel bad and stop. I imagine it was just for a joy ride."
Nine of the crashes reported were on Cortez Bridge, which was closed into the early-afternoon hours. Bradenton, Bradenton Beach and Holmes Beach police departments are assisting the sheriff's office in the investigation that crossed through the four jurisdictions.
"We needed to get him because he was driving so erratically," Bristow said.
Bristow did not know why the suspect, Ibarra, was in Manatee County or how long ago he was reported to be a runaway. Details of any criminal history for Ibarra are unknown.
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Roses Are Red. Violets Are Blue. How Do Consumers Show They Care About You?
Scarborough Identifies How to Reach American Adults Who Use Social Media to Publicly Show Love for their Favorite Brands
Feb 14, 2013, 10:33 EST
NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Americans will get in touch with their romantic sides to show their affections for one another; but how do U.S. adults show their love for their favorite companies and brands? Today, local market consumer research and insights firm Scarborough highlights the 13 percent of U.S. adults who say social networking is important for showing support for their favorite companies or brands.
Eighty percent of Social Brand Supporters agree that when they find a brand they like, they stick with it. Engaging with Social Brand Supporters has become necessary for the reputation management of a brand, as well as for its financial solvency. Social Brand Supporters are a company's core audience for grassroots marketing strategies as well as its ticket to taking advertising campaigns viral. In addition, 18 percent of Social Brand Supporters spent $1,000 or more online shopping in the past year.
Are you interested enough in Social Brand Supporters to ask for their digits? They are incredibly engaged on their mobile phones. Social Brand Supporters over-index for every measured mobile activity including being 89 percent more likely than all U.S. adults to use their mobile device for social networking and 77 percent more likely to use their phones to watch video clips. Social Brand Supporters aren't afraid to spend in order to stay constantly connected; they are 24 percent more likely than all U.S. adults to have spent $150 or higher on last month's mobile phone bill.
No one likes unrequited love, and so reaching Social Brand Supporters where they spend time allows brands and companies to show their consumers that the feelings are mutual. Social Brand Supporters are 80 percent more likely than all U.S. adults to spend five hours or more on social networking sites per day. Among the internet sites they were most likely to visit in the past 30 days are: Twitter (62% more likely to visit), LivingSocial (58% more likely), Facebook (57% more likely), Pandora (47% more likely) and Groupon (35% more likely).
Social Brand Supporters also show brand love by shopping. The top department stores they purchased from in the past 30 days are Walmart (58% of Social Brand Supporters bought here), Target (40%), Dollar Tree (25%), Dollar General (19%) and Kohl's (19%). In the next 12 months, Social Brand Supporters live in a household that plan to buy a Tablet PC (62% more likely to plan to purchase), eReader (44% more likely) and a Blu-ray disc player (38% more likely).
Staying engaged and connected is necessary for a successful relationship with consumers but Social Brand Supporters also expect brands and companies to behave in a way that shows they can be taken home to meet mom. Social Brand Supporters are 29 percent more likely than all U.S. adults to "agree mostly" that they expect the brands they buy to support social causes and 32 percent more likely to agree mostly that they are more likely to purchase brands that support a cause they care about.
Do Social Brand Supporters sound like your type? They are 18 percent more likely than all U.S. adults to be women, 79 percent more likely to be Millennials* and 27 percent more likely to belong to Generation X*. They are 12 percent more likely to identify as Hispanic and 22 percent more likely to identify as Black. The top local markets for Social Brand Supporters are Austin, TX (18% of adult residents are Social Brand Supporters); Norfolk, VA (17%) and Miami, FL (16%).
*Scarborough defines the different American generations as Millennials (age 18-29), Generation X (30-44), Baby Boomers (45-64) and the Silent Generation (65+).
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Originally posted by IkNOwSTuff
I personally think its a good decision but I hear what people are saying about the list.
A friend of mine went for after work drinks a few years ago with some colleagues, one of them started talking to group of girls and after buying them drinks all night ended up taking one home, it turned out she was 15!!!
The girl stayed at the guys house and when she got home the next day her parents went ballistic and the police got involved, long story short the guy did 8 months in jail, lost his job and is now a registered sex offender, he was only 22.
Dirty yes, sleazy maybe but a peado or sex offender no.
Alot of genuine sickos would probably use the same excuses he did, she told me she was 18, I met her in an overage club etc etc.
unfortunate that a few nerds out there wont get to get their WoW on because of stupidity or over zealous judges/prosecutors but on the whole seems like a good move
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Originally posted by loam
I think most parents of small children would disagree with you.
Apparently they do. Why do they?
A registry of offenders, much like a registry of guns, cannot do anything to protect their children.
The absolute best a registry can do is give investigators a potential starting point assuming no other evidence exists.
Originally posted by U4ea82
Granted all sex offenders aren't pedophiles...but they're still sex offenders. It seems to me that game companies are trying to protect our children. I find nothing wrong with that. As for the offenders who feel they got the short end of the stick...too bad.To all those offenders.... You committed a cry knowing full well there would be far reaching consequences. If you didn't want to suffer those consequences you shouldn't have committed said crime. I have no sympathy for you. Pedophile or not, you violated someone sexually. What's not being able to play a game compared to what your victim went through? Suck it up and accept responsibility for your actions.
Originally posted by blamethegreys
In response to the thread:
I'm sure this has been said 30 different ways already, but this is just another case of legislation being so far behind technology it is comical (if they weren't taking freedoms and spending our money to do it!).
Every MMORPG I can think of has 'prepay' options that are anonymous. I could sign up as anyone in an account, use prepay and a hotmail address. LE and game companies have zero ability or resources to forensically deconstruct accounts at random.
The burden of safety is on the parents. If you haven't had a talk w/ your kid about online predators by...hmmm...AGE 8-9 you're behind schedule!
Because lemme tell ya, having three boys, 14, 11 and 4, kids are like fish in water with the newest tech, and they are online, whether at your house, friends' houses, on phones or at school. As soon as they can read and comprehend what might be typed in a game chat, they need to have been taught about bad guys.
Originally posted by loam
reply to post by MastaShake
Still the 1%.
Is your example just? No.
And while I say fix that, I don't think that means the rest is meaningless.
Originally posted by pslr2301
I think it is good that someone is watching out for children in the gaming world. However, where are the parents in all this? Shouldn't they be responsible for teaching their children about the dangers of the internet, the type of people to be found there, know WHAT their children are doing online and WHO they are doing it with?
My 10 year old daughter knows that most of the people that call themselves kids on a specific game she plays are probably not kids or may have ulterior motives. She knows how to speak up and she knows where the "block" button is if someone makes her uncomfortable.
Why should the government and gaming companies be responsible for raising YOUR OWN children? What happened to taking responsibility for your own lives and those of the babies you chose to have, keep and protect?
Just my opinion. IDK maybe I am just getting old... or crazy.... probably a little of both!
Originally posted by Darkphoenix77
I think your example of 99% 1% is just a wee bit skewed, not saying that you are wrong but everyone seems to know someone that got shafted that does not belong on that list.


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T-Mobile Lost Data on 17 Million Customers
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T-Mobile may be riding high on customer demand of its G1 Android phone, but right now it may be facing a public relations disaster with the recent news that it lost 17 million customers records. The fact that the loss occurred is bad enough, but the loss occurred early in 2006 and the company is just now owning up to the loss over two years later. T-mobile is a subsidiary of Germany's Deutsche Telekom and the loss apparently affects customers in Germany including many notable residents in that country. The loss finally came to light after one of country's leading news magazines, Der Spiegel, published a report saying the data was being offered for sale on the Internet. The data includes personal information such as names, addresses, mobile phone numbers and dates of birth.


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It's only words: Cut out the "Cut and run".
Words can be pesky little things. They can express love, hate, and anything in-between. A single word can cause, in certain circumstances, death, or worse. And words can tell a story, not just in the presence of a narrative, but by their very use.
From Kevin Drum, I found this piece by Spencer Ackerman at TNR:
I spent the last week in Dearborn, Michigan, home of the largest and oldest Muslim community in the United States, and I have a news flash: President Bush's recent formulation of the enemy in the war on terrorism as "Islamic Fascism," or, as it's more often known, "Islamofascism," is extremely offensive here.
"Islamofascism" merely strokes an erogenous zone of the right wing, which gains pleasure from a juvenile reductio ad Hitlerum with the enemies of the U.S.
And Kevin has some advice for GWBush:
. . . you should probably avoid any phrase that's used primarily in the fever swamps of the hawkish blogosphere. Following their lead will merely dig you into an even deeper hole than you've already dug all by yourself.
I'd like to add to this, and ban another word, well, phrase: Cut and run.
As Wikipedia says:
Cut and Run is also a phrase used by politicians to describe a total withdrawl from a war. The phrase is mainly used by politicians who support a certain war. Cut and Run has most notably been used to refer the total withdrawl of American soldiers from Iraq.
No kidding. No one serious about a non-partisan solution to the crisis that is Iraq will use that phrase. It is not an accurate description of any position by any responsible Progressive or Democrat.
Rather it is a pejorative, designed to create an emotional response, to accuse someone who never expressed the idea (Straw Man, table for one?) of being a craven coward, disloyal. It is the modern political equal of "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" It is used by thugs, or right-wing partisan pundits, or the simply ignorant. It is the phrase of Karl Rove, Ken Mehlman, Bay Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh, and GWBush.
When confronted with the phrase, you may correct the speaker if you have the time, ignore it as if not heard, or simply shake your head and say "There you go again." But to respond to it as if it was a legitimate idea is enabling the opposition, and a victory for malicious framing.
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Jeremy Lin to Make Cameo in Marvel's "Totally Awesome Hulk" Comic (Pic)
Looks like the Avengers' big green guy has caught a case of Linsanity. Marvel announced on Thursday that NBA star Jeremy Lin will make a cameo in Marvel's Totally Awesome Hulk series this December.
Series writer Greg Pak came up with the idea himself.
"I was here in New York when Linsanity happened and it never stopped for me," Pak explained. "I followed him everywhere. I just love the guy. And at a certain point, I just found myself thinking, 'Hey, wouldn't it be cool if the biggest Asian-American superhero met the biggest Asian-American sports star?'"
At this point, those of you who haven't been keeping up with the latest Marvel comics might be a little confused by that biggest Asian-American superhero reference. Please allow me to spoil the hell out of it for you.
You see, Bruce Banner is no longer the Incredible Hulk. Banner's scientific protégé, Amadeus Cho, figured out a way to transfer Banner's Hulk powers to himself. However, the rest of the Avengers still didn't trust Banner, so Hawkeye freaking killed the guy. Now Amadeus Cho, a Korean-American, is the Totally Awesome Hulk. So you can see why a cameo by Jeremy Lin would appeal to readers of the comic.
As for the story, apparently Jeremy Lin will teach Amadeus Cho a lesson about the importance of teamwork, or something like that.
"It's kind of about Amadeus being used to being the best at whatever he does…and [he] thinks he can handle anything," says Pak. "And Jeremy, as a great basketball player and point guard, knows a little something about teamwork, and so they've got kind of an interesting conflict and room for people to learn something along the way."
As for Jeremy Lin, he's obviously pretty freaking excited to become a comic book character.
"It is an honor and a cool opportunity to become part of the Amadeus Cho Totally Awesome Hulk storyline. Additionally, I think it's great that Marvel is making real efforts to add diversity to its superheroes and their origin stories."
The Jeremy Lin issue of Totally Awesome Hulk hits stores December 1.
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If you want to use your StartSSL web server certificate in ZNC, you need to put your private key and the your certificate into ~/.znc/znc.pem.
cat server.key znc.pem > znc.pem
Replace server.key and znc.pem with the correct filenames and relevant paths.
The certificate now gets validated, but the validation fails, since the root certificate is properly not know on your machine (while most browser come built-in with the root certificate). So you either make the certificate known to your machine (and all your ZNC users) or your put the root cert into your znc.pem file like the following:
- <code>cd ~/.znc/
wget https://www.startssl.com/certs/sub.class1.server.ca.pem -O startssl.com.root.pem
cat startssl.com.root.pem >> znc.pem
It seems the order in your znc.pem must be "key", "own cert" and "root cert". If you get connection errors, make sure you done it right. You can test your certificate without connecting to znc with the following command:
openssl s_client -showcerts -connect domain.tld:6667
Change the domain and port to your domain and znc's listening port.
This is how I created a Positive SSL certificate for znc.
openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout myserver.key -out server.csr
- Submit server.csr to PositiveSSL
- Once you receive your SSL Bundle zip, uncompress
cat myserver.key > ~/.znc/znc.pem
cat host_domain_com.crt >> ~/.znc/znc.pem
cat PositiveSSLCA.crt >> ~/.znc/znc.pem
cat UTNAddTrustServerCA.crt >> ~/.znc/znc.pem
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Recipe Name: Butter Chicken
Type of Cuisine: Indian
Food Category: Main Course
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Butter Chicken, which is also known murgh makhani, is a traditional Indian dish, made velvety with cream and butter and sensuously aromatic with herbs, nuts, and spices.
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2 fully cooked Tandoori chickens
4 1/2 cups tomatoes
2 tablespoons butter, divided
3 tablespoons ginger paste
1 teaspoon garlic paste
8 jalapeño chilies, washed, deseeded, and chopped
1/2 teaspoon paprika, or more for taste and color
1 tablespoon finely-chopped fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon garlic
5 teaspoons cashew nut paste
2/3 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons grated jaggery (palm sugar)
Slivered almonds, for garnish
1. De-bone the precooked Tandoori chickens, and shred the meat, following the grain. Set the meat aside. Next, wash and blanche the tomatoes and deseed them, then put the tomato pulp in a blender and purée to a fine paste.
2. Over medium heat, melt half the butter in a thick-bottomed vessel and add the ginger and garlic paste. Stir briskly over low heat until all the liquid evaporates.
3. Add the chilies and paprika and cook until you can smell the roasted seasonings. Then add the puréed tomato paste and cook until the sourness of the tomatoes is gone.
4. If the gravy is not smooth enough, pass it through a finely meshed sieve and set aside.
5. Melt the remaining butter in a Kadai and add chopped ginger and garlic sauté over medium heat. Add the cashew nut paste and heavy cream, stirring all the time. Cook until the mixture thickens. Add the grated raw sugar and cook some more.
6. Now add the tomato gravy the above sauce and if the sauce is not red enough, add more paprika, about 1/2 teaspoon. Mix well and cook together. While the gravy is simmering add the shredded chicken. Season and serve hot garnished with slivered almonds.