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the state of washington is joining the fray over whether it should be illegal to sell or rent mature games to children. a state bill, which passed out of the state's house last week, makes it a us$500 fine to sell or rent violent video games to minors. state blow-hards … i mean politicians … say they decided to pass the law after the gaming industry failed to educate the public and retailers about the current rating system. legislators say the industry promised it was launching a campaign but never got around to it. one politico says she and her staff called nintendo at least a dozen times about the issue but never heard back from the company. but nintendo claims that the legislator still has some of its clothes and deliberately scratched its favorite album. okay, i made that last bit up, but doesn't it just sound like a couple whining after breaking up? sheesh. get over it, and don't start passing laws to get back at someone. anyway, the interactive entertainment merchants association threw out its same old line about how the industry should monitor itself. honestly, gamers are going to find themselves in a world of hurt if we don't get some better representatives out there. the overly-long article ends with some helpful contact info for the politician and gaming industries. read it, use it.
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|on the other hand… (10:34am est thu mar 27 2003)
if it is illegal to sell a violent ganme to a kid, then that pretty much silences the shrill "but what of the children???"
what's the age in that state you can buy a game? that's what i have a problem with, there is no set age for adulthood, at least in illinois. it's stupid.
at 16 you're old enough to pilot a 5000lb vehicle that can cause some real mayhem. is 16 old enough for doom?
at 17 you're old enough to have sex w/o your partner going to jail. nothing takes more responsibility than parenting. is 17 old enough to play quake?
at 18 you can join the army and really kill real people on purpose. in fact, you can be drafted and forced to go shoot and be shot at. you are old enough to vote for one fool or another, your nation is in the hands of an 18 year old. so is 18 old enough for sof?
but even though 18 is old enough to viote, die for one's country, get married, get pregnant… it still isn't old enough to smoke or drink. so do you have to be 21 to play road runner vs wil e coyote? – by /sm
|haha! (10:45am est thu mar 27 2003)
its all because of these stupid kids that play these games and cant disconnect while in the real world. if the government could have a program to teach people how to disconnect when they are supose to everything would be alright. i know poeple who have a hard time disconnecting and i definatly dont want them behind the wheel of a car or holding a gun in the army – by aceman
|ages (10:52am est thu mar 27 2003)
ahh, /sm, your comments are a joy to read. you have such a delicious blend of irony and satire.
to reply to your social commentary…
|.. (10:53am est thu mar 27 2003)
apologies for the lack of formatting – i could/should have made that a lot easiter to read… – by :-)
|on the other hand (11:07am est thu mar 27 2003)
selling cable tv with violent programming should be tax free. how about paying networks for showing violent war 24/7 something extra for every dead person they show. and you think m$ is not in the government? – by house of m$
|house of m$ (11:14am est thu mar 27 2003)
excellent point. why is it wrong for a kid to see pixellated blood from a fictional character in a video game, but perfectly allright to see ryan's privates spilled all over the ground on cnn? – by /sm
|maybe they should make a movie… (11:19am est thu mar 27 2003)
and call it "saving ryan's privates". – by noob saibot
|game ratings (11:26am est thu mar 27 2003)
the game industry itself voluntarily adopted a rating system. the vendors (ie walmart and those annoying places in the mall) are not enforcing those ratings.
in the absence of vendor support what is wrong with a little legislation to show wallyworld the way? they do the same with movies. – by ratings nutter
|:-) (11:34am est thu mar 27 2003)
"ahh, /sm, your comments are a joy to read. you have such a delicious blend of irony and satire."
if you're a woman i want to buy you a beer! – by /sm
|why is it (11:46am est thu mar 27 2003)
that i was able to watch "violent" cartoons, play "violent" video games, and watch "violent" movies as a child and i turned out fine. yet the children today who are sheltered from all this violence are the ones going around shooting up schools? maybe they should be encouraged to let out their aggression on pretend enemies instead of real people.
– by bubbajones
|sorry, "bubba" (12:14pm est thu mar 27 2003)
today there are fewer two-parent families. or both parents working and caring less for their kids. sure, in some cases both parents have to work to survive but if both are working so they can both have a new suv and a big house then shame on them.
these are the exceptions, but as the population gets larget so do the number of exceptions. – by read a book
|read a book (12:35pm est thu mar 27 2003)
"today there are fewer two-parent families. or both parents working and caring less for their kids."
my great grandfather abandoned his family when my grandmother was a child, and she never killed anyone. for that matter never smoked or drank and went to church every week.
both my parents worked and i never killed anybody either.
now of course there's charlie manson- if he hadn't played all those video games… wait a minute, there were no such things when charlie was a kid.
come to think of it we didn't have pong until i was grown… wonder where bush got his violent tendancies? you know he executed more people than any other texan? they didn't have video games then, either (he's older than me)
hmm… too bad those pesky games weren't around when atilla the hun was growing up, or nero, or hitler, or charlemaigne, or osama bin laden, or sodom whosesane, or…
pull my finger… – by /sm
|/sm (1:34pm est thu mar 27 2003)
"pull my finger… " -*yoink*
not to mention your extensive (and thrilling) family history.
"you know he executed more people than any other texan?" – i rather doubt that. maybe he ordered the execution of more people than any other texas governor… but unless he was the one throwing the switch….
back to your point.
that only opens up the argument of "pixels=fake" and "news=real". fake stuff contributes nothing to society, but real stuff might get people thinking and concerned about the world around them. – by :-
|aak! (1:34pm est thu mar 27 2003)
i lost my smile!! – by :-)
|by :-aak! (1:47pm est thu mar 27 2003)
"actually, i'm not quite sure if you're for or against vid game violence"
i don't believe that games ever hurt anyone. don't believe playing cops & robbers or cowboys & indians ever did, either. not much difference between pointing a stick at someone and saying "pow yer ded" or a vid game.
that said, what i am for is parental rights. it is my right and responsibility to censor or not censor my kids. personally, i was playing quake with my girls when they were 12. but if you want to keep games away from your kids, that's your call.
i would be up in arms if they wanted to ban them completely, or only sell them from an adult bookstore or something. – by /sm
|ps (1:49pm est thu mar 27 2003)
"not to mention your extensive (and thrilling) family history."
heh, you don't know half of it, my uncle did quite a bit of research. kings and murderers, none of my anscestors were anybody you would likely want to meet! – by /sm
|on (a different) topic- al jazz earya (2:12pm est thu mar 27 2003)
we now know how many posts can be posted to geek.com, because the "al jazeera site is down" story is down.
so i can't post there, there is no form. so any way, for those of you sofers, here's an update on that:
al jazeera (aljazeera.net, for the record) could have been taken offline by ddos attacks, but considering the timing one is also drawn to the possibility that something involving a big red switch might have been involved. prior to the site's complete removal company it manager salah al seddiqui told reuters that its qatar-based vendor had said "us-based datapipe could no longer host its site from the end of this month," and that al jazeera would be moving its servers to europe.
|i played atari (2:18pm est thu mar 27 2003)
…and i'm not very violent…but i do have a terrible attitude – by canrememberpong
|war & doom (2:23pm est thu mar 27 2003)
war is hell. and games are just a pathetic facsimile thereof. – by gen. patton
|games go too far (3:04pm est thu mar 27 2003)
i see some of the video games on display in the mall arcade. these violent images and making a game of killing people, even a competition, will effect young minds.
an argument that evil leaders of the past were not exposed to violent media is not valid. most of those mentioned were/are either insane or deeply driven.
there will be no violent media sold to children. not in my country. – by voter
|why? (3:13pm est thu mar 27 2003)
why is violent media attractive to some people? haven't we evolved beyond that, or shouldn't we have? several hundred million years of selection and evolution should separate us from lower animal instincts.
all i know as a fact that if a country has strict gun control laws or forbids private citizens to own guns, violent crime is minimal. i would bet the same goes for violent media.
teach peace
|re: evolve (3:40pm est thu mar 27 2003)
i would just like to point out that you are completely wron about strict gun control laws.
gun crime is just part of an increasingly lawless environment. from 1991 to 1995, crimes against the person in england�s inner cities increased 91 percent. and in the four years from 1997 to 2001, the rate of violent crime more than doubled. your chances of being mugged in london are now six times greater than in new york. england�s rates of assault, robbery, and burglary are far higher than america�s, and 53 percent of english burglaries occur while occupants are at home, compared with 13 percent in the u.s., where burglars admit to fearing armed homeowners more than the police. in a united nations study of crime in 18 developed nations published in july, england and wales led the western world�s crime league, with nearly 55 crimes per 100 people.
if you would like more data, there's a ton of it. – by macmurphy
|evolve (3:54pm est thu mar 27 2003)
"why is violent media attractive to some people?"
because it's fun. that's what all games are about, fun.
"haven't we evolved beyond that, or shouldn't we have?"
i think the ability to laugh (and have fun), the ability to appreciate humor, is what separates us from the other species. what possible evolutionary advantage can laughter possibly have? or music?
"several hundred million years of selection and evolution should separate us from lower animal instincts."
we have only been human for a few hundred thousand years. rather than asking why we aren't above pretend violence, ask instead why we are not above real violence.
"all i know as a fact that if a country has strict gun control laws or forbids private citizens to own guns, violent crime is minimal. i would bet the same goes for violent media."
we have had violent media for less than a hundred years (although there were stage plays and music before that). so obviously, the absense of violent media does not correspond with an absence of violence. – by /sm
|more real quake (4:03pm est thu mar 27 2003)
pro-u.s. message replaces aljazeera.net
update- visitors to both the arabic and english versions of the al-jazeera web site on thursday were greeted with an american flag and a pro-u.s. message, the work of an apparent online vandal.
– by robert lemos
|intelligent – not! (4:22pm est thu mar 27 2003)
great, so now not only is the us throwing its weight around like a spoiled child, some of its citizens are stooping down to the level of graffiti.
too bad someone isn't big enough to act like a responsible adult. – by 'nuff said
|yet another instance of moral enforcement (8:37pm est thu mar 27 2003)
so it goes. government expands, begins making inroads on private business, and soon enough, you're being tracked by everything you buy, some paid watchdog constantly looking out for supposedly "illegal" purchases.
and why, you might ask, does this sort of law get passed? if you asked me, i might reply that politicians like to find scapegoats to blame the troubles that they can't escape on. alternatively, a politician may simply believe that he or she has the be-all and end-all of social woes, and use that as an excuse to inflict their own personal morality on someone else.
think about it. violence comes in one form or another. me, i prefer mine to be simulated.
think about the potential side effects. no law is obeyed by %100 of its intended victims– there will always be a vendor who ignores the law. on top of that, kids will not suddenly stop playing violent games just because "the man" tells them they can no longer buy them– alternative sources will invariably be secured, mostly ones that directly harm someone else, such as software piracy (that particular issue is out of the scope of this opinion).
don't let politicians chisel their way into your life any more than they have a right to. – by banshee
|funny (10:20pm est thu mar 27 2003)
how people are so ignorant. parents cant do there job, or lack of parents to raise kids, so when they do stupid shit they need someone to point the finger at, and they choose the gaming industry. i'm old enough to buy what i want, and i still think this is crap. if a kid kills himself emulating something he saw in a wrestling game, i say he deserved it, one less idiot in the world… then arrest the stupid parents if anyone else got injured in the process. – by not industry fault
|aljazeera is not iraqi (9:49am est fri mar 28 2003)
it's in every arab country, including democracies. – by pro us statement
|look… (7:11pm est fri mar 28 2003)
…release the f#ckin game already!
b!tch! – by priests rape boys
|violent media (10:38am est sat mar 29 2003)
violent media has been around as long as humans have been
in the stone age we all hunted
now al we have is football, which is an overpaid pansy ass sport to watch
historically people need some sort of violence in their lives
it's better to fragg a bunch of pixels than to frag real people…..
computer games are a form of stress relief – by operativezero
|state vs. parents (7:22am est mon mar 31 2003)
nice, if parents can't control the behaviour of their offspring, we need better laws.
the real problem is the mentality that you just keep your kid busy so it won't wreck your nerves.
standard-procedure for parents:
it's not your fault, they will say, you did all you can.
right you did… – by humhum
|state vs parents (1:56pm est fri aug 29 2003)
the majority of americans expect our government to solve all their problems… to be savior… and provider… or do they want something for nothing… and too many have the attitude, "i want mine"… the hell with everyone else… the government can only regulate… thus, restrict more and more freedoms… the politicians love it when they have more control and get more opportunities to "give to get"… not a new concept… but certainly only self serving… (but, that's a different subject)… throwing money at it won't solve a thing… do people know where the money comes from… do they care? does anyone out there (that's sane), actually think more laws will let your kids will turn out ok… or that more laws are needed to protect you… it's really all about accountability and responsibility… individually… each of us doing our parts and working together… our communities are not sick, but rather stone cold dead! american is a blessed nation, but at the current pace it won't be for long.
– by dep'ty dawg
|the good the bad and the ugly (7:24pm est tue sep 16 2003)
the good thing that i dont live there the bad thing is the people living in washiton cant play violent games cause its to ugly.sorry washiton fight the power.
– by name gose here
|games (9:59pm est mon aug 16 2004)
you guys shuold make a game were you can make osama bleed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – by @(^^)@
|changes that must come with it (4:59pm est fri dec 17 2004)
if half-life 2 becomes 18+, lotr and many other movies will have to become 18+. gta i do have problems with, you are going around as a crimanal killing people for no good reason. but this would make a major blow to the econimy, i can tell you this, if the game is 18+ there is not way to know if you will see naked boobs or a gun shot. the 'm' rating means it is not a childs game but there is no adult content in it. there are some games that should become ao, but not many, my parents dont have a problem with m rated game but if they all become al they will. – by dan
|no violence (8:23pm est sun feb 06 2005)
why should there be more violence anyways? there is already enough living on the earth! so if we just stop making volent video games then people wouldn't have to complain all of the time because then we wouldn't have to worry about anything about people getting a fine for selling a violent video game to a minor under the age of 17 – by baby_cakes1
|the real news (11:29am est thu feb 02 2006)
i think that it is cool to play these games. i play them my self. i am also a big hunter. so i am going for both yes you sould play and yes your sould get outside more often. thats what i do.i mean there is a whole 24hrs to do both i find that u have 12 hours for both. to do things outside and to play games look at the way i look at it if u are dumb enough to play games for 12 hours u need some sleep or u need some more outdoors time. have fun and be safe. – by plummer
|volent games (8:19am est fri apr 07 2006)
games are good for the soul but you cant do the moves from the game. then you will do something you dont want to and get hurt. thats why we should stop the games from turning to life. – by boy boy


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One of the strangest chapters in American history is now closed. Rodney King, the petty criminal whose vicious beating sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots, is dead at 47. By RICHARD POPLAK.
The damndest thing about Rodney King, the ne'er-do-well Los Angelino who drove a Hyundai into history, is that he was born the year of the Watts riots. A sweltering August day in 1965: a young black man named Marquette Frye is pulled over by the police, who believe that he is driving under the influence. Half an hour later, the inner city 'hood has crowded around the impounded car, yelling at the hated L.A.P.D. officers. A week later, 34 people were dead, over 3,400 arrested and inner city Los Angeles resembled a Viet Cong village after a bombing sortie.
Those riots would come to be a prelude of sorts for those that followed almost three decades later. The 1992 Rodney King riots, so named for the man who ostensibly kicked them off, proved that little in America had changed since the Civil Rights era. It was still business as usual to treat blacks as second-class citizens, and to visit brutality upon them should the occasion arise.
The occasion did indeed arise on March 3, 1991, when a Hyundai bearing an inebriated 25-year-old black man sped past police at about 160km/h. Rodney King was on parole for a robbery conviction. He'd struggled with drugs and alcohol his whole life and had watched his father, Ronald, do the same. Had that night unfolded like so many other nights in King's short, unhappy life, he would have been busted, thrown back in jail, and the cycle would have continued. Much the same as it had for his father, who died unredeemed at the age of 42.
But that night was destined to be different, and King was about to join Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and other names etched on the edifice of the American Civil Rights pantheon. When the cops finally pulled him over, King made a run for it. He was taken down, smashed with batons, Tasered – thoroughly beaten by four police officers, while several others looked on like it was another day at the office. (Which, according to most black people in L.A., it was.) The beating was videotaped by a man named George Holliday—America's second most memorable instance of citizen journalism, following the Zaprunder film of 1963 JFK assassination – and the tape went viral in the old school sense of the term: every TV news station in the world picked it up.
The images were ghastly. Holliday's tape landed, like Zapruder, as an instance of American brutality unfiltered and un-stage managed. As King rose to defend himself, Taser wires hanging off him, there was nothing in the Hollywood lexico – nothing in the hundreds of thousands of images of violence filmed over the course of the 20th century – that spoke so eloquently of America's essential indignities. All of McLuhan's glib one-liners fell away: the message was clear. America had an under-class, represented by a lone black man preyed upon by a ring of armed whites.
And so a petty criminal with a line of drug and alcohol abuse was flung into the maelstrom of American history. Broken ankle, broken facial bones, bruised up and battered, King sued, the Los Angeles police force tried to make the allegations go away. By the time the four officers were acquitted by a jury with no black members one year later, Los Angeles was a powder keg. And it blew sky high.
"Can't we all just get along?" begged King on television as he watched L.A. burn. Fifty-three lives, 3,000 businesses, one billion dollars – all went up in smoke. King tried to escape the insanity by driving away in disguise, but he couldn't do it. "It got so scary," King remembered. "It felt almost like we were headed to Armageddon. Everybody had their own reasons. It wasn't just police brutality. It was the way people were being treated over the years. People were [telling me to] say nothing, or go out there and say, 'Burn it up,' but I was, like, no, that's not how I was raised. It was a bad time, a combination of everything – race relations, police brutality, poverty."
L.A. was eventually quieted; King was paid out over three million dollars in damages (he bought his mother a house; he bought himself a house; he started a hip-hop label that failed). His life fell back into its inevitable pattern: drink, drugs, arrests for domestic assault. Because he was a catalyst for American renewal, he lived a quintessentially American life: stints on Celebrity Rehab and Sober House; self-improvement projects; a memoir released in April of this year, called The Riot Within. He was not Rosa Parks, but it's impossible to imagine a black American president without King's beating and the subsequent brouhaha.
Despite his peccadilloes, King never seemed like a bad guy. He was just baffled. "I can't move on if I'm feeling all hard and hateful inside," he once said. "It just takes up so much energy. It's hard to walk around all bitter all the time. I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference."
On Sunday, Rodney King was found by his fiancé at the bottom of a pool in his home in Rialto. No foul play is expected. In all things, King was a man of destiny. He was destined to change the course of American history; he was destined to live the desultory life of the second-generation addict. In both of those widely divergent paths, he was nothing less than your average guy, beholden to his own needs, but also painfully aware of the wider world around him, in all of its manifest insanity. DM
Read more:
Rodney King seen as neither hero nor villain but as catalyst for change in policing across US in Washington Post;
Rodney King dies at 47; victim of brutal beating became reluctant symbol of race relations in LA Times.
Photo: Rodney King smiles during a discussion for his memoir entitled "The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption" at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles April 21, 2012. April 29 marks the 20th anniversary of the L.A. riots, which started when LAPD officers were acquitted after being accused of beating Rodney King during his March 3, 1991 arrest. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
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Advair superior to Singulair for asthma and allergies: study
New study results indicate that GSK's Advair Diskus is more effective than Merck's Singulair in patients suffering from asthma and seasonal allergies. Combining the two drugs resulted in "no additional improvements in asthma control," according to the study.
Conducted by the National Jewish Medical Research Center, the study found that adding fluticasone propionate nasal spray – the active ingredient in Flonase – to Advair saw "significant improvement in daytime nasal symptoms compared to patients treated with Advair plus Singulair," according to a GSK statement. Flonase's patent has expired, but Veramyst, another GSK corticosteroid nasal spray containing fluticasone, was approved in April 2007.
According to Mary Anne Rhyne, director US media relations for GSK, the company isn't marketing Flonase or Veramyst or other fluticasone nasal corticosteroids in conjunction with Advair at this time. "The results from this study are encouraging and will give physicians more complete information when prescribing, but it is premature and inappropriate to talk about marketing changes or new indications based on one study," said Rhyne.
In a separate study to be published in June, the National Jewish Medical Research Center found that girls and children exposed to secondhand smoke benefit more from montelukast, the active ingredient in Singulair. According to Adam Dormuth, a spokesperson for the National Jewish Medical Research Center, the study intended to establish "biomarkers to help doctors identify cases when Singulair might be appropriate."
In March, the FDA announced an investigation into a "possible association between the use of Singulair and behavior/mood changes, suicidality (suicidal thinking and behavior) and suicide." Additionally, the FDA rejected an application in April for a combination drug – Singulair and Claritin – under development through a Schering-Plough/Merck collaboration.


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Weird, wonderful and quintessentially British. Viewers in the farthest-flung nations among the 1bn-strong TV audience may at times have scratched their heads in bafflement, but the Olympics closing ceremony was, to this games-happy United Kingdom, an exultant, witty, poptastic, cultural mash-up of what makes us tick.
First, the wonderful. Bury's own Elbow delivered the anthem Open Arms and the pop fanfare which is One Day Like This as the athletes poured into the Olympic stadium. Utterly glorious.
Earlier, erstwhile Kink Ray Davies had stepped from a black cab to deliver Waterloo Sunset – the most stirring song ever written in homage to a British city, enlisting a chorus of 80,000 voices in the stadium. The late John Lennon brought lumps to throats as a children's choir gave us Imagine – this often mawkish hymn of global unity given new poignancy as so many nations joined in celebration.
But though Liam Gallagher and Beady Eye performed Wonderwall, it seemed not even all this feelgood Olympic spirit could put him back together on the same stage with brother Noel.

Boldest voice of the evening: Jessie J singing Price Tag in the back of a Rolls Royce.

There were young whippersnappers like One Direction and Ed Sheeran. And there was plenty of pop's old guard.

Of the much-touted comeback kids, George Michael was in good voice performing for the first time in a year after suffering pneumonia. Pity he had to do the latest single White Light. But the Spice Girls were oddly underwhelming, Wannabe, their anthem of ambition, seeming like mumsy karaoke.

 As for the weird, there were vehicles wrapped in newsprint evoking a London traffic jam, the Pet Shop Boys aboard rickshaws, wearing pointy hats, bandsmen in bearskins playing Blur's Park Life, ice-skating nuns, a visual gag mixing Only Fools and Horses with The Italian Job... the list went on. Daftest of all was Russell Brand arriving atop a psychedelic bus to sing I Am The Walrus.

Most courageous performance of the night was by Gary Barlow. Just eight days ago, he and wife Dawn were devastated by the stillbirth of Poppy, their fourth child. But Gary honoured his commitment to play at the closing ceremony with Take That, singing Rule The World before a spectacular ballet finale and The Who.

Director Kim Gavin, who has worked similar pop-theatrical magic for Take That's big tours, had the history of British pop at his disposal. So as well as the stars in the stadium, he drew on the music of David Bowie, Kate Bush, the Beatles, Queen, the Rolling Stones.

As the music faded, the thought occurred that Team GB may have been third in the medals tables, but it's always been top of the chart in pop.

If Danny Boyle's opening ceremony was 10 out of 10, this was 8 out of ten... but perhaps that's just because everyone knew the party was well and truly over.


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Repulsion devices are technological security devices used to prevent a person from entering a specific area, confine captives to a particular zone or make a person unable to perform a specific action. There are several types of repulsion devices like laser tripwires and pulse fields, but the most commonly used and the most famous is the force field.
Force fieldsEdit
Force fields are photonic resonance barrier creating a wall of energy. They have many applications and varying degrees of strength and can either completely block a passage or injure a person passing through. However, most force fields are non-lethal. Generally, solid objects cannot pass through it.
Generator force fieldEdit
The most common pre-War and post-War force fields. They are powered by a separate power source and can usually be disabled with an accessible mean.
Yellow force fieldEdit
The principal force fields used in New California. It has a yellow color and is powered by an emitter positioned to the left. It is impossible to pass through it without disabling it first. Yellow force fields may be temporarily disabled by tinkering with the force field emitter.
Red force fieldEdit
This force field is similar to the yellow field, but bears the important distinction of being permeable - a person can pass through it, but will sustain a small amount of damage, depending on their armor.
Orange force fieldEdit
This version can be encountered in the NCR. It uses 4 pairs of emitters that are aimed parallel to the ground, creating 4 orange bars. This kind of force field is impassable.
Blue force fieldEdit
An advanced force field referred to by Liberty Prime as a "photonic resonance barrier", mostly used by the Enclave after 2241. It has a blue color and is powered by two large transportable generators, one on either side of the path. These generate the blue force field between the two pylon generators and have an increased width and the size than a standard force field. It is possible to create a large barrier by combining several blue force fields between them. Generators cannot be destroyed and it is impossible to pass through them.
Forcefields used to protect sections of Raven Rock and the mobile base crawler can be bypassed using nearby terminals, although doing so requires a high (80) science skill. They can also be damaged with the Explosives skill (50), allowing access but at the cost of slight health damage when passing through the field. Smashing the panel has a similar effect.
Door force fieldsEdit
A rare force field and one of the two types used by aliens. They are powered by several beams embedded in the margins of an entry and they cannot be moved.
Yellow force fieldEdit
A force field only used in Vault City and the Enclave Oil Rig, possibly a refinement of the force field used elsewhere in New California. It has a yellow color and is used in captive areas as a door. It is impossible to pass through it without disabling it first. They can be disabled through nearby terminals.
Blue force fieldEdit
A force field only used in the Sierra Madre vault. It has a blue color and it used in the entrance area front in the entry of the Sierra Madre vault as a door. It is impossible to pass through it without disabling it first. They can be disabled by remote hacking.
White force fieldEdit
The principal force field of aliens. It has a white color and it used in captive areas as a door. It is impossible to pass through it without disabling it first. They can be disabled by using nearby terminals or buttons.
Big MT force fieldEdit
Big MT have developed several versions of force field based on the blue photonic resonance force field. However, they were created in a different frequency than other and a sonic emitter upgraded with the X-8 vertebrae-pulse-de-sensitizer frequency can easily disable them.
Blue force fieldEdit
The standard force field used in Big MT, created by several beams inscruted in a structure. It is possible to create a large barrier by combining several blue force field between them.
Container force fieldEdit
A container equipped with a blue force field.
Force field generatorEdit
A deployable force field used by aliens that protects against ballistic and energy weapon fire, and which also inhibit the movement of people. It can be deactivated by destroying the projection unit behind the force field.
Laser trip wireEdit
Pulse fieldEdit
An electromagnetic pulse grid used by the Chinese to protect their base of operations in the Anchorage Reclamation simulation. It paralyzes the circuits of every electronic device crossing it, including power armor, causing irreversibly fatal damage and the wearer to suffer a massive electrocution through powerful electromagnetic pulses (powerful EMP has minimal effects on biological systems but the wearer here is linked to their power armor). It can be disabled by a controlled computer terminal near it.
Pacification fieldEdit
A unique field used in Big MT at The Think Tank dome. It prevents any lobotomite from accessing the aggression center in their brain and rendering them unable to attack.
Radar fenceEdit
The radar fence is a kind of radar-guided repulsive field around the perimeter of Big MT. Erected by Doctor Mobius to prevent the think tanks from escaping into the wasteland, it keeps the Courier from leaving the Big MT until he/she finishes the Old World Blues main questline.
Energy fieldEdit
A unique field implanted in the Secret Vault.
Fallout 2Edit
- Enclave Oil Rig
- Mariposa Military Base
- New California Republic
- Sierra Army Depot
- Vault City
- Hubologists' base in San Francisco
Fallout 3Edit
- Adams Air Force Base
- Anchorage Reclamation simulation
- Mobile base crawler
- Mothership Zeta
- Raven Rock
- Jefferson Memorial only after The Waters of Life until Take it Back!.


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As I'm a huge shoe lover (obviously!) I'm so happy they've let me run a contest for one of you guys to win a £40 voucher for a pair of lovely shoes on their site! I chose my top 4 picks, but theres loads of different ones on their to choose from!
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2. One post per person.
3. It is International
4. You have to be a follower >> To do that, CLICK HERE (let me know if its via bloglovin!)
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6. Just comment on this post and then let me know if you retweet with a link to your twitter or blog so I can count you as an extra entry.
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Two more surrender in German tourist assault caseOctober 1st, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 1 (IANS) Two more youths accused of the abduction, molestation and attempt to rape a 20-year-old German tourist surrendered in a court Wednesday afternoon, a police official said."Sukhdeep Singh alias Sukhi and Manveer Jolly have surrendered in the afternoon. Both of them are in their 20s and residents of a village near Ambala town," said a Chandigarh police official Wednesday.
The court has sent them to two days' police remand along with Harpreet Singh who was arrested Tuesday. Pankaj, who was arrested Monday, is in police remand. Ambala in Haryana is about 45 km from here.
The German woman was allegedly abducted from the upscale Taj Hotel around 2.30 a.m. Sunday. She alleged that she was held captive for 12 hours and the youth attempted to rape her, assaulted and molested her and threatened to kill her.
Now only one accused, Sompal, is absconding and the police carried out raids at various places, said the official.
The woman, who was in the city to attend the wedding of a Germany-based NRI, complained that she was taken to a room by a youth who tried to rape her, beat her and threatened her.
At around 3 p.m. Sunday, a white Maruti car dropped her in Sector 20, four km from the hotel.


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Teresa Kissane Brostoff
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Teresa Brostoff is Professor and Director of Legal Writing. She researches, writes and lectures on legal writing methodology and pedagogy. She teaches Legal Writing to first year students and Advanced Legal Writing to upper level students. She also works with Pitt's MSL students and teaches their core course, Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning. Professor Brostoff has also taught Legal Writing during four CLEO Institutes hosted at Pitt Law.
Professor Brostoff created, with her colleague Ann Sinsheimer, the English for Lawyers Program, now titled U.S. Law and Language for which they co-authored the text Legal English, now in its third edition and titled as United States Legal Language and Culture, published by Oxford University Press. She teaches this law school preparation course each July at the University of Pittsburgh to a class of international lawyers, many of whom go on to LL.M. or S.J.D. programs around the country. She has written and lectured on methods of teaching international students. In addition, Professor Brostoff has taught English for Lawyers in Serbia, Ukraine and Kosovo under State Department auspices, in Iceland as a distinguished Fulbright Scholar, in Japan, Poland, and Ethiopia as an invited lecturer, in Belgium as a Fulbright Senior Specialist and member of the EU LL.M. faculty. She has also taught Bahrain, Oman and UAE under Department of Commerce sponsorship. Professor Brostoff has recently been reappointed to the Fulbright Peer Review Selection Committee in Law and the Fulbright Specialist roster.
Prior to joining the Pitt Law faculty, Professor Brostoff clerked for the Honorable Justin M. Johnson on the Pennsylvania Superior Court. She is also a registered nurse.
Teaching 2018-2019
Teaching 2017-2018
Teaching 2016-2017
Program Director - Legal Writing Program
Legal Analysis and Writing
Law and Medicine
- Legal English: An Introduction to the Legal Language and Culture of the United States, (3rd rev. ed., with Ann Sinsheimer, Oxford Univ. Press, 2012).
- Welcoming the Student on the Autistic Spectrum into the Legal Writing Classroom, 22 The Second Draft 13 (Spring 2008.)
- Using Culture in the Classroom: Enhancing Learning for International Students, 15 Michigan State Journal of International Law 557 (2007).
- A Glimmer of Insight, 20 The Second Draft 10 (Aug. 2005).
- Using Negotiation to Improve Thinking and Writing in the First Year, Teaching the Law School Curriculum (Steven I. Freedland & Gerald F. Hess eds., 2004).
- English for Lawyers: A Preparatory Course for International Lawyers, 7 Legal Writing: Journal of the Legal Writing Institute 137 (2001).
Essays and Other Writing:
- English for Lawyers-A Global Endeavor, Pitt Law Magazine (Spring 2008).
- "Succeeding in Teaching Legal Writing to International Law Students," AALS, (Jan. 2012).
- Co-presenter, "Interpreting Statutes in the Common Law," Global Legal Skills Conference, (Mar. 2012).
- Co-presenter, "Enrich Your Life and the Lives of Others-Be a Fulbright Specialist," Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference, (May-June 2012).
Awards and Honors
- 2005-2006 - Fulbright Senior Specialist (two year grant)-University of Ghent, Belgium
- 2003-2004 - Fulbright Senior Specialist (two year grant)-University of Ghent, Belgium
- 2002 - Fulbright Distinguished Scholar-University of Iceland
Selected Professional Activities
- Director, Legal Writing Program, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law.
- Peer Reviewer, Fulbright Senior Specialist Program.
- Reappointed to 5 year term on the Fulbright Specialist Roster (2013)


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From Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA:
My six year old daughter likes to do her own injections. Her team says she's too young and I should not allow her to. What age is the right age to allow children to start? I thought if she wanted to, she should.
I don't know your child and tend to respect the judgement of people who are there so please take this message with that bias.
I encourage appropriate independence. I don't believe that children should be left to manage their own diabetes. That doesn't mean that parents do it all. The Ten Keys to Helping Your Child Grow Up With Diabetes by Tim Wysocki is a good read.
That said, I would generally allow the child who wanted to give shots to do so. You should probably still be drawing up the dose since one unit might make a big difference. You should supervise the shots to be sure they are actually given and done correctly.
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How about a Christmas picture to get Our Blog week started?
When I received that… I laughed!
Here's what we know on a Monday. No one wants to hear how someone's fantasy football team did over the weekend, and no one wants to hear about how much money someone made in bitcoin. Right? (Yes, I know. That was just random)
We want useful!!! Something that effects us. Thus, I will be a bit random now to get to our ending point.
So let me mention my weight loss idea. On Friday I decided to punish myself for gaining a couple of pounds. I know it sounds crazy, but stick with me.
Recently, I ordered some custom shirts from a men's shirt company that is located in India. I sent them my sizes. When the shirts arrived, they all felt tight. I was stuck. Send them back and spend almost as much in shipping as I spent on the shirts? Give them away? Or, torture myself. I went with the torture weight loss program of shirt tightness.
With a sport coat on, you probably wouldn't notice. Me? I felt the tightness all day. One piece of lettuce felt like too much food. I knew I needed to lose at least 3 pounds! It's the little things. Like not just digging into the Christmas cookies that show up at our office. Which brings me to some poetry for the blog to make us wicked smart!
One of my favorite poems is For The Want of a Nail.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
In those 15 cases, the injured party only won twice. In the sports world, that is a 2-13 record. That is part of a continuing trend in Virginia. Over the last several years, the defense is winning at the appellate level of the Virginia Supreme Court by historic margins.
What do these statistics mean? Stay with me on my stream of consciousness.
Following Tuesday's election, democrats were celebrating the victory of a an elected Democrat in Alabama. In Congress, it means that Republicans hold a slim 51-49 Senatorial advantage. It makes it difficult to push legislation through unless everyone votes along party lines. Similar to getting judges approved.
There is a similarity in Virginia. Selection of Virginia state court judges occurs through legislative election. Virginia is one of only two states that use this method in choosing judges. The other state is South Carolina.
It's why there are court challenges regarding this past November's elections to determine whether Republicans or Democrats will control the Virginia House of Delegates. Right now, the difference stands at a Republican majority of 51-49, with a possibility of that still flipping.
That impacts laws. That impacts appointments. Which means… that could impact how a Supreme Court justice might apply laws during appeals. That's not to say that any of the above opinions would have changed. But, in the federal system, it's not unusual to see a ruling by a 5-4 decision.
Elections can impact judicial appointments. Appointments could potentially impact appellate decisions. It's why every vote does count. It's the little things.
And I decided to close with a pic o' day that is not holiday related. But is is a blog tip…or something!


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Weekend Reading
Every Sunday, we round up our favorite food reads (podcasts, and videos) from the week, so you can sit back with that cup of coffee and settle in to catch up on what's happening in the world of food.
Today: Rosés you should be sipping this summer, an artist's rendition of death row meals, and a serious chef cooking a ridiculous recipe.
Here are 7 of our favorite things we read this week:
- In Yotam Ottolenghi's test kitchen, the rules are simple: Test, then test again. [NPR's The Salt]
- Inspired by requests from death row inmates, an artist took to pen and paper to sketch out 50 foods in 50 days. [Design Milk]
- We recently heard rosé referred to as "summer water" (thanks, Yes Way Rosé) so grab yourself a glass of one of these pink wines. [The New York Times]
- Is it just us, or is food on a stick way more fun? [Style Me Pretty]
- After Hugh visited us, he went to cook a "really dumb recipe." [Eater]
- The great cheese mystery of Swiss cheese holes has finally been solved. [The New York Times]
- Hunger can be a powerful force—especially when someone gets between you and your waffle maker. [New York Magazine]
Did you read anything worth sharing this week? Tell us in the comments below!
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Eggs from backyard poultry are lower in saturated fat and cholesterol, have more vitamin A, E, beta carotene and omega 3 fatty acids.
"We buy pullets (chickens that are 20 weeks old) from someone who sells at the Farmer's Market," said Charley. "Chickens that age are already ready to lay and you don't have to raise them from chicks."
The first step in deciding to raise chickens is making sure they are legal in your area. The Waltons live in the County but many families who live in towns and cities keep a few chickens as pets.
Horticulturist Russell Studebaker has raised chickens all his life and has 5 Bantam chickens in his Tulsa backyard garden.
"Select the breed that you want, and whether it is Standard or one of the Bantam breeds," Studebaker said. "Almost all the Standard breeds come in Bantam breeds too. Bantams take less room, require less feed, lay almost as many eggs, and besides they are so cute. "
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"Ten hens is plenty to produce eggs for a family of four because you'll get 6 to 8 eggs a day from them," said Walton. "After 2 or 3 years, each hen lays fewer eggs. Our five hens are 4-years old and they give us about 3 eggs a day."
Daily fresh water is essential for chickens but be sure the sprinklers do not run in their area.
Walton said he gives the chickens 20 percent protein commercial food plus kitchen and garden greens in the morning and scratch corn at bed time.
"It's important that they eat their food before bed in order to keep other animals away from their pen," said Walton.
Studebaker said, "Crumbled feed is better than pellets for an older flock because they don't like the size of the pellets. Let chicks and adults have access to grass as much as possible. They love grass, it is healthy for them, and it reduces feed costs."
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And, speaking of eggs, Studebaker said, "Some breeds only lay brown eggs, some only white eggs, and some lay colored eggs (green, blue, etc). Some of the breeds are for eggs and meat; others mainly for egg production."
Charley and Kim Walton said that raising chickens is rewarding and they are fun to watch.
"There really is a pecking order," said Walton. "
"The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens: Everything You Need to Know and Didn't Know You Needed to Know About Backyard and Urban Chickens", by Andy Schneider and Dr. Brigid McCrea, published 2011 by Quarry Books, www.chickenwhisperer.net.


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Christchurch & Canterbury Convention Bureau designs
Alexanders was commissioned to develop a theme and look for marketing conferences to Christchurch. The theme was "Christchurch & Canterbury - Inspired & Unexpected". The ads featured juxtapositions between Dignified & Quirky (Punting by band rotunda, drama characters from a festival), Fast & Furious (rafting and Patrick Duffy taking off the expression on a gargoyle), and Work and Play (conference venue, and swimming with the dolphins).
"We are absolutely thrilled with the design and the supporting advertising campaign. We've had hugely positive feedback from our clients, industry and our Business Partners who appreciate it's fresh design that transcends the average tourism approach. We are especially delighted to see how it stands out well from competitor destination advertising." Annette, Chch & Canterbury Convention Burea
Christchurch International Airport Campaign
Hermitage Cookbook design and advertising
was time to upgrade the Hermitage Cook Book, a great gift for wholesalers and also a good seller in the gift shop. Alexanders handled The Hermitage account for seven years, including regional seasonal advertising, large trade show displays for TRENZ, emarketing, and web site templates.
Rare Fare flyer
A new delicatessen stocking food sourced from boutique producers all over the country was located set back from the street. Owners wanted to increase its regular client base. Alexanders developed four different headlines to trial on sandwich boards to determine which would generate best conversion. We coached a promoter who handed the flyer with coupon out to selected Merivale/Fendalton residents, put them on windscreens, and also did a letterbox drop.
Hiking NZ brochure design
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Skyline Gondola brochure
This new look was launched at TRENZ 2007 with a high impact trade show stand and DLE tourism brochures. It has been rolled out into directory adverts and business cards.
Skyline Gondola Pass Card
The client wanted their existing Gondola Pass Card template that we designed uplifted, giving it a fresh look for 2008.
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Using Skyline's existing creative style, we applied these same design elements across multiple stationery items ensuring the core essence of the brand was captured.
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Rydges Hotel required new bar and restaurant menus, that could be updated easily. We designed a laminated cover and updateable templates for the wine list and menu
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NCC New Zealand (now called V-base) incorporating the Convention Centre, Westpac Centre and Christchurch Town Hall, wanted a coffee table book for the top 1000 corporate executives around Asia to promote its conference facilities in Christchurch. The theme was "a perfect fit" using shoes and tailoring i.e. whatever the occasion, there was a venue that was the perfect fit. With generous support from Pak World, details included embossed and foiled designs which won us a Gold at the Pride in Print Awards.
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Spike Lee on Oldboy, Bringing Do the Right Thing to Broadway, and Working With Justin Timberlake
"We're ready. Justin knows. Tour's done, we're shooting this."
Spike Lee wants to stress that his version of Oldboy is not a remake, but a reinterpretation. For starters, the main character was imprisoned in the source material for ten years, in the 2003 Park Chan-wook film for fifteen years, and in Lee's film for twenty years. But the biggest change is why. How justified you think his jailer is will color your experience of the explosion of violence at the end. Is it senseless? Tragic? Even if you know a twist is coming, it has a different impact than in the Korean original. Without giving too much away, Lee chatted with Vulture about revenge, redemption, and remakes.
Josh Brolin said that he prefers the three-hour director's cut. What's in that version that we didn't get to see here?
Let's clear that up: There never was a three-hour cut. What Josh was shown was like two hours and 25 minutes. But it's a tough business. That's all I'm going to say about it.
You chose not to go there with the octopus scene, although there's a reference to it.
We have several homages to it, but we didn't want to do everything. Josh went to meet with Park Chan-wook and ask for his blessing, and one of the things Park said was, "Make your own film. Don't do everything I did."
Was there ever a concern that if you had the octopus scene, you wouldn't get the "no animals were harmed" label?
No one ever cared about the American Humane Society. [Chuckles] It never got to that. And Josh had enough of eating those dumplings as it is. But Josh, he's game, though. If that had been written, he would have eaten it. Oh, he would have done it.
You also opted for a much more twisted ending. And you escalated the violence.
America's a more violent country. But there are no guns in this film. No guns. And there are many different levels of violence, too. Not just physical. There's mental violence. Emotional, too. Twenty years of confinement, and I don't think he did something to be locked up for. And so that's his dilemma: Who did this to me? Why are they doing it? And then you add in the revenge factor: When I get out, I'm going to find out those answers, and I'm going to kill them.
Of course, the guy who did this to him was committing his own form of revenge. It's a cycle.
It's always good when you have more than one viewpoint in a film. And each has their substantiated grievances.
You also chose to forgo the hypnosis element of the story. Why?
I never understood that, in the original. I didn't understand that.
There are some interpretations that the escape never happened. That it was part of the hypnotic suggestion.
Did you ask Park about this? What did he say? I just think that, sometimes, people come to the end and they go, "Is that a dream?" And then it becomes problematic for me. I don't want to tell people what the takeaway is, but I don't think we needed the hypnosis. What we did need was a strong sense of someone who is trying to redeem himself, while not forgetting that this is a revenge film, too. Someone who comes to the realization that he must make amends for being an absentee father, and he will do anything in his power to connect with his daughter. And he had a big list of who he had to make amends to. Joe was not a nice person. And he had a lot of time to think about it. A lot of times, you might think what you did was not a big thing, but then it's a big thing. It may not have a big thing to you, but it is to another person. It's hard to measure slights.
Do you keep track of slights?
Mmm-hmm. [Laughs uproariously] Mmm-hmm.
Without the hypnosis element, you needed compelling reasons for these characters to be drawn to each other. The female character had to have a strong personality, and be someone who was young and old at the same time.
We all had input on that, especially Lizzie [Olsen]. That was very important to her that her character be strong, and we backed her up on it: "That sounds great! Let's do it." So we looked for ways to add to what was written, and make her more than a love interest.
The last time you worked with Samuel L. Jackson was on Jungle Fever.
He called me up and said, "I want to be in this film." And when you cast Sam, you have to think about what his hair is going to be like. So I asked, "Have you ever had a Mohawk before?" And he said, "No." And I said, "You can wear one in this film, if you want to." He said, "Let's do it!" There's two different colors, to show the passage of time.
What's your approach going to be for Spinning Gold, the Neil Bogart biopic?
Yeah, because we can't start on that until Justin [Timberlake] finishes his tour in July. Bogart's son, Timothy Scott Bogart, wrote the script, and he has not spared his father's missteps, mistakes, so it's a very honest portrayal of a very specific time in the record industry, and the explosion of disco. And I'm looking forward to working with Justin. At one point, I was supposed to direct Rent, and he was going to play the lead, and then it didn't happen. It wasn't meant to be. But we're ready. Justin knows. Tour's done, we're shooting this.
Do the Right Thing is coming to Broadway — when? Would you want to be onstage yourself?
No. Mookie's way too old now! You need somebody young to play Mookie. And it's going to be hard enough to direct it without trying to be in it, too. It's a big difference to do that in the theater. And I can't sing, either. I'm sorry to disappoint you! Can't do it, won't do it. So that's another reason that's not happening! A lot of people are going to be happy that's not happening, myself included. [Laughs] But I'm working on it now, so hopefully it'll come to fruition. We're in serious talks, but it's still very early. I think it'll take about a year. I'm not going to put a date on it, but it's not going to be "years" with a "s" on it.
Terry George says he has a script for Inside Man 2 sitting in a drawer. Will that ever happen?
I don't care if it is on IMDb. As far as I know, it's on the shelf. That's a question you have to ask the studios, the powers that be: Why hasn't that film had a sequel? They still make sequels.
It's easier for them to push through a sequel or a remake than an original idea sometimes.
That's the operating standard now. Tough business.
How would you feel if someone remade one of your films?
Over my dead body! Here's the thing: Park was okay with it. I'm not. [Laughs]


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Planned Giving
Gifts to support Forgotten Harvest may be as unique as the people who give them. Here are examples of the many ways you can contribute to help fund our mission. Please consult your attorney or accountant to obtain information specific to your situation.
Gift of Cash
Cash gifts can be deducted up to 50% of adjusted gross income.
Cash Pledged Over a Period of Years
Cash pledged over a period of years can be deducted up to 50% of adjusted gross income for the portion given each year.
Appreciated Stock, Bonds, Mutual Funds
Appreciated stock (held more than one year) makes an excellent gift. You avoid all capital gain taxes, will receive a tax deduction and can deduct up to 30% of your adjusted gross income. Bonds and mutual funds are similar to cash in their tax treatment with a tax deduction for the full value of the gift. State, Municipal and U.S. Government Bonds are welcome.
Closely Held Stock
In general, gifts of long-term capital gain property produce a deduction equal to the property's fair market value. Often, S corporation stock is a capital asset that has been held for more than one year.
Beneficiary Designations
CD's, Savings Accounts, Brokerage Accounts, and Checking Accounts with P.O.D. Provisions. The P.O.D. stands for payable on death. You retain full ownership and full control during your life. At your death, the account balance is paid to your named beneficiary immediately and without probate.
Gift Annuity
In exchange for a gift of cash, stock or securities, the organization will pay you, and your survivor or another person you name, a guaranteed income for life. You receive a substantial tax deduction in the year of the gift and part of the income is tax-free. Upon your death, the gift remainder supports the capital campaign. (Income and tax deductions are based on your age.)
Deferred Gift Annuity
Similar to a gift annuity except payments begin at a date determined by you—retirement for example. Your tax deduction and annual rate of return increase the longer you wait to start payments. Deferred gift annuities are an excellent retirement planning vehicle.
Corporate Matching Gifts
Employees may request their employer, corporation or organization to match a gift in accordance with guidelines established for this practice.
Charitable Remainder Trust (Irrevocable) (Annuity and Unitrusts)
Donors can select the rate of return from these income arrangements and also choose a fixed or fluctuating annual payment. Capital gain taxes are completely avoided and you will receive a tax deduction based on the age of the income recipient and the rate of return.
Charitable Lead Trust
In a charitable lead trust, assets (cash or securities) are transferred to a trust that pays income from the fund to the organization for a predetermined number of years. At the end of the time period, the trust terminates and the assets are given back to the persons you name. The income tax deduction is for payments made annually to the organization.
Bequest Through Will
One of the simplest ways is to give of your estate. You can make a gift bequest, after others have been provided for, of a dollar amount, specific property, a percentage of the estate or what is left (remainder) to the organization.
Revocable Charitable Living Trust
The revocable trust provides for gifts of cash, property and/or income now, while retaining the rights to retrieve the property if necessary. There is no tax deduction for the gift but there are savings in estate settlement costs if the trust is not revoked.
Gift of Life Insurance
A simple way to make a significant future gift is to name the organization beneficiary to receive all, or a portion of, the proceeds of an existing life insurance policy. You will receive a tax deduction for the cash surrender value, thus reducing your tax liability in the year of the gift.
Purchase a New Life Insurance Policy Naming the Organization Owner and Beneficiary
You receive an income tax deduction for each premium as made and provide a major gift to the organization with a modest annual payment.
Retirement Accounts
Retirement Account Funds (IRA's or company plans) beyond the comfortable support of yourself or loved ones, may be given (like life insurance proceeds) to the organization by proper beneficiary designation.
Personal Property (Collections, Royalty Rights, etc.)
Gifts of personal property are always welcome, including collections, royalty and mineral rights. Charitable tax deductions are available in the year of the gift.
Outright Gift of Real Estate
One of the most overlooked gift forms is real estate. We will be happy to discuss the possible gift of land, a house or vacation home. You will receive a tax deduction for the full fair market value as well as avoid all capital gain taxes.
Real Estate with Life Tenancy
Receive a substantial income tax deduction by giving (deeding) your home or farm to the organization now. You continue to live there, maintain the property as usual and even receive any income it generates. At your death, the organization will sell your property to support the capital campaign.
Major In Kind Gifts
Gifts of goods or services are accepted by the organization with prior approval. Ordinarily these gifts will be credited toward the campaign at their full fair market value as determined by appraisal or other appropriate valuation techniques.
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A fact-finding mission by members of the European Parliament (MEPs) visited Turkmenistan in late April to assess human rights conditions. Possibly because the group was divided on its impressions, and the head of the delegation was not available, the press conference following the trip got little press coverage. The delegation's members said officials in Ashgabat hampered their ability to interview Turkmen citizens and visit sites of concern, including the Ovan-Depe high security prison where some political prisoners are said to be held.
The MEPs' visit came at a time of debate within EU countries over how to approach Turkmenistan effectively given European values for democracy but geopolitical needs for diversification of energy supply and regional security. Currently, the EU has an Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) and is due to vote in June on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) after hearing the results of this fact-finding mission in a report in late May.
Before the fact-finding mission to Ashgabat the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement calling Turkmenistan's rights record "abysmal" and added that EU engagement should be dependent on Ashgabat making "concrete progress" to promote basic rights, EurasiaNet reported. Perhaps the European Parliament thought with such a blast, it might get some concessions at least on some cases or some increased access, yet the Turkmen government's response was to shrug. Four people were arrested in the weeks before the MEPs' mission; two were later released. Two long-time prisoners who had helped a French TV crew make a documentary critical of past dictator Saparmurat Niyazov got a family visit.
And that's about it -- very modest concessions that seemed also related to a forthcoming examination of Turkmenistan's record by the UN Committee against Torture and the new American ambassador's nomination hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That the protests of these powerful institutions can only get a family visit for prisoners long held incommunicado, but not their release, or obtain the release of people who shouldn't have been arrested in the first place, and seemed to have been picked up for the express purpose of deterring them from talking to a fact-finding mission, hardly seems like progress. Rather, it is a testimony both to the intransigence of the Turkmen government and the weakness and dependency of the West on the Central Asian dictatorships due to other exigencies of energy and security.
The prospect is slim for any wording within the PCA that would imply linkage to human rights progress given that the human rights situation is already "abysmal," and existing means to extract concessions seem as if they are not working. The time horizon for the Turkmen government is far longer than that of impatient Western officials. Ten years can be an eternity in European parliamentary politics and assessing whether sanctions work; Turkmenistan, flush with Chinese soft loans and the prospect of projects with Iran and Arab countries as well as the TAPI pipeline with its neighbors, can afford to wait out its critics from the West.
After a hiatus of nearly five years, the US has finally sent an envoy to Ashgabat as chief of mission (it has been run by a series of charges during this period.) Ambassador Robert E. Patterson, Jr. arrived in Ashgabat just in time for the first US Business Exhibition, which shows off some 50 companies already doing business in Turkmenistan ranging from oil and gas companies to manufacturers of agricultural machinery. President Berdymukhamedov received the new ambassador and the conversation was upbeat, focusing on business prospects and the importance of "mutually profitable" ventures -- human rights issues did not seem to be mentioned.
President Berdymukhamedov replaced the head of his pocket Central Elections and Referendums Commission for reasons that are not clear. Myrat Garriyev, 79, was moved from his post as head of the electoral commission to serve as deputy chairman of the Council of Elders, a largely ceremonial body meeting a few times a year, The Council of Elders seems to have received more presidential attention lately, but it has served merely as a sop to such meager provincial unrest that still manages to appear in Turkmenistan's impoverished countryside, and also has been made to absorb some of the elders kicked out of the 2,000-strong Halk Maslaty (People's Assembly), drastically reduced in size in parliamentary and constitutional reforms in 2008. Garriyev was the official to formerly propose that Berdymukhamedov serve as acting president in 2006, even though by the rules of succession at the time, Ovezgeldy Atayev, chairman of the parliament (now in prison) should have had that role. Garriyev also called the 2007 presidential elections --with no authentic opposition candidates in the one-party state -- as "free and fair" with 90 percent of the vote.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty conducted some polls about the change, and one pensioner reasoned that outside the formal electoral body, Garriyev would be more free -- and convincing – to play his sycophantic role promoting the president's personality cult. It seems unlikely that the already-presidentially-controlled elections commission really needs personnel changes to comply with the president's wishes, but it also seems unlikely that the Council of Elders is such a democratic force that it needs placating -- or control by loyalists. Even so, it is one of the oldest institutions of Turkmen society stretching back centuries. While the decisions the body makes appear as rubber-stamped as the parliament, and it may be valued largely for its conveyor-belt function in disseminating pre-cooked government decrees to the masses, as newscentralasia.net notes, the informal role of the body is to push up the vertical presidential chain of command real issues of concern to people, like the slowness of agricultural reform and rampant drug addiction.
Last year, Berdymukhamedov used the Council of Elders gathering to announce again that he wanted parliament to accelerate its drafting of a law for political parties, and that he wanted the second party allowed to be an agrarian party. In the year since, neither the law nor the second party has appeared.
Fresh WikiLeaks revelations of a cable dated in 2007, giving an account between then charge Richard Hoagland and prominent Turkish businessman Ahmet Chalik, seemed to shed some light on the access of Berdymukhamedov to power. Chalik said "the guys with the guns," i.e. the power ministries of interior, defense, and security, were behind his presidency and in fact controlled him. Chalik also claimed that a Turkmen deputy security minister was supposedly a Russian agent and that Ashgabat was under Russia's influence. But the story seems threadbare, four years later, as in 2008, Berdymukhamedov briskly fired the deputy minister, stripping him of his military rank and privileges. And he has also shuffled other ministers around repeatedly, most notably firing his security chief in March. That would suggest that the power ministers don't have quite the hold over him imagined, although Chalik, who himself was made a Turkmen citizen and vice premier for his services to the Turkmen economy, would have been in a position to know a lot of the behind-the-scenes intrigues. Under Berdymukhamedov, however, associated as he was with the old regime, he apparently lost his proximity to power.
Catherine A. Fitzpatrick compiles the Turkmenistan weekly roundup for EurasiaNet. She is also editor of EurasiaNet's Sifting the Karakum blog. To subscribe to the weekly email with a digest of international and regional press, write email@example.com


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The foreign desk editor of the Cairo-based Al-Ahram, Gamal Nkrumah, says there's "resignation" in the Egyptian capital to the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Mr. Nkrumah, the foreign desk editor of Al-Ahram weekly in Cairo, is the son of Ghanaian independence leader Kwame Nkrumah.
He says Mr. Arafat died during Ramadan, the Muslim period of fasting; he says those who die during that time are blessed, and their death is considered to be "the will of God."
Mr. Nkrumah says Egyptians consider him to be a moderate and do not blame him for hijackings, suicide bombings, or the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. He says Mr. Arafat condemned attacks on civilians and was not responsible for other militants who were behind them. Western governments disagree. Mr. Nkrumah notes that African independence leaders, especially in southern Africa, held the Palestinian leader in high esteem.
For example, he was invited to attend regular meetings of the Organization of African Unity and the African Union. Mr. Nkrumah says Mr. Arafat shared the same ideology as former South African president Nelson Mandela, who himself was a liberation fighter.
Mr. Nkrumah says both men fought against what they considered to be colonial settlers displacing the indigenous owners of the land.
Mr. Nkrumah spoke with English to Africa reporter William Eagle.


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Yamaha Pacifica 611 HFM Root Beer
Yamaha Pacifica 611 HFM Root BeerDetails
The Yamaha Pacifica 611 HFM Root Beer is an award winning guitar that matches vintage vibe with modern performance. Equipped with a Custom V and P90 pickup blend, the Pacifica 611 is a well designed guitar perfect for fans of classic rock and bluesy rock n roll. Crafted with an alder body and maple bolt-on neck, the Pacifica 611 offers a lightweight guitar that can be played all night long.
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Yamaha have always been recognised for their quality and the Pacifica electric guitars are no exception. Whilst the Pacifica guitar series has already been popular for their affordable prices, the 611 offers that little bit extra. If you're into heavy blues or classic hard rock this guitar could be the choice for you. Fans of heavier blues rock could find this guitar is the perfect choice if they want something that little bit different.
Two Pickups Perfect for Blues
Designed to be player focused, the popular Pacifica range offers sound, feel and versatility ready for any style or stage. When Yamaha set out to design the 611 guitar, they chose a P90 pickup for that smooth, blues tone. An often underused pickup, the P90 sings with smooth low end and modest treble cut, perfect for bluesy rock n roll. For the bridge, Yamaha have selected a Trembucker spaced version of the powerful Custom V for that full rhythm tone.
Hot-Rod Vintage Looks
The modified, vintage style of the Yamaha Pacifica 611 comes partly from the stunning high grade flamed Maple top matched with exclusive see-thru colours giving an unmistakable boutique look. Colour matched to the body the flamed Maple headstock is inspired by the legendary Pacifica USA models whilst the tinted, gloss finished neck adds to that unique, irresistibly vintage look and feel. The Maple neck is smooth and very comfortable to play. As highly playable as any boutique guitar.
Powerful Bluesy Sound
Like a higher-output version of the classic '59 humbucker, the Custom 5 on the Pacifica 611 was developed in response to players customizing their SH-5 Custom or SH-11 Custom pickups with Alnico 5 magnets for a more vintage, less distorted tone but retaining a deeper bottom end than the stock '59. This pickup rings with a full, yet sparkly rhythm tone with modest gain. Although it offers adequate vintage warmth the more prominent high end gives an increased modern and versatile feel.
The Yamaha Pacifica 611 has a Seymour Duncan P90 at the neck. Wound with plain enamel wire on a 1950's Leesona winding machine, the SP90-1's tone is a faithful reproduction of the original soapbar pickups. Short, wide bobbins give a higher output and more powerful midrange than conventional single-coils for a fat bluesy neck pickup tone with clarity impossible to achieve with humbucking pickups.
Coil Tap
The Yamaha Pacifica 611 features a coil tap function which allows simple switching from humbucker to single coil tones from the Seymour Duncan Custom 5 bridge pickup. The Graph Tech nut and string tree TUSQ XL is precision engineered to couple the strings vibrations to the neck and bring out hidden harmonics and richness in every note. 500 times more slippery than graphite, the Tefl on-impregnated material eliminates string-binging and ensures tuning stability, even with massive string bends.
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The Yamaha Pacifica 611 has a solid Alder body, a feature often found only on more expensive guitars, and which forms the backbone of Yamaha's quality sound. This is complimented with a selection of quality hardware. First up is Yamaha's original bridge plate/Graph Tech string saver saddle. Tefl on-impregnated saddles dramatically reduce string breakage while minimizing the dominant 2KHz tonal spike of metal saddles. Combining these saddles with Yamaha's original steel bridgeplate give the perfect combination of quick response and strong sustain. Locking Grover machine-heads lock strings automatically for stable tuning and mega fast string changes.
- Lightweight alder body for ultimate comfort
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- Scale Length: 25 1/2" (648mm)
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- Radius: 13 3/4" (350mm)
- Frets: 22
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- Pickup Switch: 3 position lever
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone (Push-Pull Coil Split)
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[FrightFest '13] Get Some 'Cheap Thrills' Out Of These New Stills!
Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 14th year, last week unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs August 22 to Monday August 26, the UK's leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London's Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.
One of the films playing is Cheap Thrills, the E.L. Katz-directed thriller that took SXSW by storm.
Starring Pat Healy, Sara Paxton, David Koechner, Ethan Embry, Amanda Fuller, the film "tells the story of a new father facing eviction who is reunited with a high school friend when a wealthy couple challenges them to the ultimate game of dare, testing the limits of physical pain and morality in exchange for cash."
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Question: So many people say they have a Living Trust, but we're not sure if we need one. How do we know if a Living Trust is necessary for us?
Answer: People use Living Trusts for various reasons. Some or all of these reasons may be important to you:
- So children/family can avoid probate court when the parents become mentally incapacitated (via accident or old age), or when they die.
- To preserve capital-gains tax benefits for assets that pass to children at death – benefits are lost when assets are gifted during parents' lifetime.
- When a parent dies, a Living Trust can protect the assets from passing to husband's new wife or to wife's new husband.
- To protect the assets from children's divorces, lawsuits, bankruptcies, creditors, etc..
- To ensure that the children's inheritance will stay "in the family" and not pass to the child's next spouse and that spouse's children.
- To enable a disabled child or grandchild to qualify for "need-based" government benefits if he becomes disabled. [Requires inclusion of "Special Needs" planning].
- Incentives for children or grandchildren so that they can better themselves while also inheriting from you.
- Protect heirs from becoming financially dependent upon their inheritance.
- To holdback inheritance from heirs who have a spendthrift lifestyle or a drug, alcohol or gambling addiction.
- To make sure if you unexpectedly die or become incapacitated, that your pets are properly cared for by caring people and that money has been set aside for that purpose.
You may benefit from a Living Trust for the foregoing reasons – and if you want to make sure your assets pass (when you are deceased) to the right people, at the right time, and in a productive, meaningful way. Without that type of legal planning, you have no control over what will happen.
The MYTH is that your assets need to exceed a million dollars or some other arbitrary number before you'll qualify for or benefit from a Living Trust.


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To celebrate 25 years in business, niche fragrance brand Parfums de Nicolaï is launching Musc Monoï, inspired by the scent of Ambre Solaire sun products. "For many years I have been in love with Ambre Solaire oil," said Patricia de Nicolaï, the firm's owner, founder and perfumer.
"I always wanted to create a fragrance from which I could use this wonderful smell, synonymous with sunny beaches." Created, like all the firm's fragrances, by de Nicolaï herself, it focuses on the benzyl salicylate note found in ylang ylang and features head notes of neroli, lemon and Paraguayan petitgrain; heart notes of ylang ylang essence, magnolia, jasmine, coconut (lactone) and Calone; and base notes of ylang ylang absolute, sandalwood and musk.
The amber-coloured juice comes in the firm's usual tall, elegant bottle with a gold cylindrical cap, and costs £108 for 100ml or £36 for 30ml from de Nicolaï boutiques worldwide and the firm's website. De Nicolaï, who is president of the Osmothèque perfume museum in Paris, is a descendant of the Guerlain family. She trained at ISIPCA and helped to develop Lancôme's Trèsor while at Quest before founding her own firm in 1989. Parfums de Nicolaï has since produced 48 fragrances.
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Related reading on Perfume Shrine:
Beachy Fragrances: Scents to Take You Away,
Salicylates: Ingredients with Solar or Evergreen Qualities,
Ylang Ylang: Flower of Passion & Exotica