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Robin Wright won the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama on Sunday night, but that wasn't the only news she made this last weekend: The "House of Cards" actress is engaged to "Lone Survivor" actor Ben Foster.
Wright, 47, wore a ring on that finger to Diane von Furstenberg's "Journey of a Dress" exhibition Friday night in Los Angeles, and on Saturday her rep confirmed to People that yes, she was indeed set to wed again.
She and Foster, 33, who met on the set of the 2011 film "Rampart," were outed as a couple in February 2012.
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Wright herself confirmed the engagement to E! News at a Golden Globes after-party, calling her younger beau "the hottest" and noting, "I'm very blessed, a lot of gratitude."
The "Princess Bride" and "Forrest Gump" star for years was known as Robin Wright Penn, when she was married to actor Sean Penn, her second husband. They were wed for 13 years, have two adult children together, and split for real in 2009 after a couple of years off and on. Wright was also previously married to actor Dane Witherspoon in the late 1980s.
Pamela Anderson remarries ex-husband Rick Salomon
Shia LaBeouf announces retirement from 'public life' — maybe
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LONDON (AP) — Susie Wolff will gain further experience in Williams' Formula One car this week when she takes part in testing at Silverstone.
The Scot joined Williams as a development driver in April 2012, becoming the fourth woman in a decade to drive an F1 car.
In-season testing has been allowed at Silverstone from Wednesday to Friday to allay safety fears after concerns about burst tires at the British Grand Prix earlier this month.
Wolff says "it's going to be a big challenge but the most important thing is to do a solid and consistent job and ... prove I am at the level to compete on a day such as this."
Wolff's husband, Toto, was an executive and shareholder with Williams but has since left for Mercedes.

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The Swiss franc has seen somewhat subdued action ever since the summer of 2011′s wild rally all the way up to above $1.40. Political maneuvers trying to take the volatility out of the franc seemed to have worked. Since last August's high of just above $1.40, the franc has sold off all the way down to the $1.02 level, which was actually broken for a short period in July 2012. Now, along with the euro, the franc has put in a nice rally in August and September, reaching a recent high of around $1.08.
We look for the franc to continue its recent rally and head above $1.08. Our key pivot of $1.06 is looking like excellent support, and if the franc breaks above $1.08, we look for the Franc to complete a potential "reverse head and shoulders" all the way up to $1.11. We think that overall the franc is trading at oversold levels and that investors will reawaken their appetite for this perceived safe-haven currency.
On another safe haven note, we find gold having no problem staying strong above our key technical pivot of $1,740. As long as gold can stay above $1,740, we look for recent highs of $1,800 to be broken and for gold to continue higher, as major central banks of the world flood the financial system with more currency. Our next key level above for the gold market is $1,840.
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By using proceeds from its monumental $17 billion bond issue this week to pay shareholders instead of dipping into its $100 billion in cash overseas, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) will duck a potential tax bill of up to $9 billion.
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According to accountants and lawyers, the technology titan would have paid as much as 35% in taxes to bring that cash amount into the U.S., according to lawyers and accountants, the Financial Times reports.
Last month, Apple -- which has $100 billion worth of cash abroard yet only $45 billion in the U.S. -- announced it would partly fund a record-breaking $55 billion share buyback program by using money raised in the corporate bond market. From using the debt rather than straight cash, Apple will save about $100 million a year.
The $17 billion the iPad and iPhone maker borrowed from the corporate bond market will cost it about $310 million a year in interest payments, but Apple will regain about a third of that due to tax deductions, the Financial Times notes.
"There is a huge tax saving for Apple in borrowing the money rather than bringing it back to the U.S.," said Kevin Phillips, international tax partner at Baker Tilly. "The company will keep getting that $100m or so tax credit every single year."
Gerald Granovsky, an analyst at Moody's, noted: "If you assume the statutory 35% corporate tax rate, based on the data available and on a back of the envelope calculation, to generate in the U.S. the equivalent of $17 billion the company would need to repatriate $26 billion.
"That is less attractive than paying the $300 million in interest attached to this bond sale," Granovsky added.


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If the River North and Streeterville area seems a little peppier than usual, here's why: Three popular coffeehouses have expanded their empires by setting up shop in these neighboring downtown 'hoods in recent weeks. For a caffeine fix (or hearty breakfast or sweet treat), look no further.
Robust Coffee Lounge
416 W. Ontario St. 312-526-3420
This spinoff location of the Woodlawn cafe of the same name pours the latest brews from Milwaukee's Alterra Coffee Roasters, including Flavio's Reserve, a Brazilian blend with hints of cherry and chocolate ($1.95-$2.45). Fill up with a fried egg sandwich ($4) or Southern fried chicken and waffles ($10.50) for breakfast, or satisfy your afternoon sweet tooth with a Goose Island root beer float ($4.85) or a slice of four-layer caramel cake ($3.95) from Brown Sugar Bakery.
345 E. Ohio St. 312-929-4007
Towering twenty-two-foot windows frame the perimeter of this spacious Streeterville coffeehouse, which serves a few favorites from the original Buena Park location—including the Nutella mocha and honey-cinnamon latte ($4). Java comes courtesy of Metropolis Coffee, while baked goods are brought in from local purveyors such as Southport Grocery and Fritz Pastry. Dollop also serves sustenance made on-site, such as a brie, pear and fig jam baguette ($6.50) and a chipotle turkey sandwich ($6.50). Settle into one of three seats at the pour-over bar to watch your coffee be prepared by hand.
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The lack of wifi (and restrooms) makes it clear that the River North outpost of the East Lakeview coffee roastery is focused on in-and-out service. Bow Truss serves its own coffee and plans to keep at least two varieties, such as its Canopy/Technori blend with notes of peach and dark chocolate, on hand regularly ($2 for a 12-ounce cup), along with a couple of espresso options ($3) and two to three pour-over varieties ($3). Although the shop doesn't offer food everyday, you may come across sweets from Fritz Pastry or another local specialty food provider in a small pop-up shop inside.


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Bruce Antognoni of White Springs has been named the 2012 "Volunteer Hunter Safety Instructor of the Year" by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The award is given annually to the volunteer who significantly advances the cause of safe hunting through extraordinary service in training and education. Antognoni was presented the award during the FWC's recent meeting in Lakeland.
Since 2008, Antognoni has volunteered teaching the state's hunter safety course – required of anyone born after May 31, 1975, who wishes to obtain a Florida hunting license to hunt unsupervised. He acts as hunter safety area coordinator for Columbia, Suwannee, Hamilton and Alachua counties. During 2012, Antognoni was the chief instructor of 17 hunter safety classes, certifying 388 students throughout the year.
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Antognoni won the North Central Region's Instructor of the Year and Area Coordinator of the Year awards. He worked with Columbia County's 4-H shooting-sports program and the Boy Scout summer camp in Putnam County. He is also a National Rifle Association counselor and is certified as an archery education instructor with the National Shooting Sports Program and the National Bowhunter Education Foundation.
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Landowner program's goal to improve one million acres of Kansas wildlife habitat
OTTAWA — Pheasants Forever (PF) and Quail Forever have unveiled a new program called the Kansas Grassroots Conservation Campaign. The campaign is a partnership among the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), 41 Kansas Pheasants Forever chapters, 11 Kansas Quail Forever chapters, corporations, foundations, and individuals. Its goal: to improve one million acres of Kansas wildlife habitat, benefiting pheasants, quail, and a variety of other game, as well as many nongame species.
Using newly-hired Farm Bill biologists, the program provides customized wildlife conservation plans that are compatible with the production goals of landowners. These new positions were created in partnership with NRCS and KDWP.
Specifically, the campaign is designed with the following goals:
- provide every Kansas landowner with the opportunity to have an individual wildlife conservation plan drafted for their property;
- educate the public on the economic benefits of conservation programs and estate planning; and
- help reverse Kansas' declining upland hunter trend by providing young Kansans with positive outdoor experiences and conservation education.
In the past six months, the Kansas Grassroots Conservation Campaign has raised $2 million towards the campaign's goal of $10 million. The campaign has helped launch PF's Farm Bill biologist program in Kansas. The Farm Bill biologist program is designed to educate farmers and landowners — through one-on-one consulting — about the benefits of conservation programs such as the Conservation Reserve Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and to help farmers and landowners implement their plans.
The program has provided Kansas with three new Farm Bill biologists at the following locations:
- Beloit — Tyson Seirer joins PF with previous experience with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and KDWP. Seirer earned a degree in environmental biology at Emporia State University. He can be emailed at email@example.com;
- Medicine Lodge — Caleb Papenhausen joins PF with previous experience at the Minnesota Conservation Corps, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and most recently the Missouri Department of Conservation. Papenhausen earned a degree in fisheries and wildlife from the University of Minnesota. He can be emailed at firstname.lastname@example.com; and
- Seneca — Toni Larson joins PF with previous experience at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. She earned degrees in wildlife ecology and biology from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She can be emailed at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Skip to comments.Man wiggles rat's tail using just thoughts
Posted on 04/10/2013 11:32:06 AM PDT by Jyotishi
New York - Scientists have for the first time linked the brains of a human and a rat, enabling the man to use just his thoughts to wiggle the rodent's tail.
This is the first case of a brain-to-brain interface between species, and the first example of a noninvasive brain-to-brain interface, researchers claimed.
Earlier this year, scientists had linked together the brains of two rats.This first known instance of a brain-to-brain interface apparently helped the rodents share data to accomplish certain tasks, even across intercontinental distances, LiveScience reported.
In the latest experiment, researchers from Harvard Medical School employed noninvasive techniques to link the brains of a human and a rat. The man had electrodes stuck onto his scalp that picked up brain-wave activity.
The rat was placed in a machine that focused ultrasound pulses through its skull to its brain, and was anesthetised so that it would not wriggle its head during the experiment. The volunteer had a video screen placed in front of him that displayed a flickering pattern of light. If he paid attention to the screen, his brain waves would synchronise with the strobe light.
If he looked away, or even if he looked at it while thinking of something else, his brain waves would not synchronise with the light flickers.
When the man focused on the flickering pattern, that action signalled the ultrasound to stimulate the part of the sleeping rat's brain responsible for moving its body. In response, the rodent flicked its tail.
The interface was accurate 94 per cent of the time, with a time delay of only about 1.6 seconds from the moment the man initiated his intent to the rat tail's wiggling. "This is the first noninvasive attempt to achieve a brain-to-brain interface," researcher Seung-Schik Yoo, a neuroscientist and bio engineer at Harvard Medical School, told the website.
Yoo noted that brain-machine interfaces are getting increasingly advanced over time, enabling people with paralysis to control robot arms. In the future, interspecies brain-to-brain interfaces could help search-and-rescue operations, Yoo suggested. The study was published in the journal PLOS ONE.
It was a Dem no other could make a rat do their bidding!
Wonder what he could do with the rat in the White Hut?
Sometimes wiggling tails create thoughts in humans.
Nah. No brain in those RATS.
The flies know, and now so do the rats.
maybe it would work with a D, but then it wouldn't be the first "INTER-SPECIES" brain link...
they're not human.
The man now has cravings for cheese and a pathological fear of cats.
You just need an audio-visual link. Wave money at them and they will fixate on it and do whatever is passed over the auditory link.
it appears the various muslim terrorists and dictators have a very high speed video channel (feeding directly into that infamous Teleprompter)
I wonder who paid for this 'scientific research'?
Obviously I'm too late to make the "wag the tail by just thinking" comments
What are you talking about, it only works with democrats. Like minds can speak without uttering a word. You didn't know that?
Were both DEMOCRATS?? Wait, if the human was a Democrat, maybe the Rat was smarter, and knew he Knew the human was thinking so the rat decided to move the tail.
What Industry?/ The T-Shirt printing Industry??? I see Afro-Americans walking around with Obama T-shirts around Tampa.
that's nothing!, I've seen dems make sheep sit up, beg, riot and vote all at the mention of a free dollar.
They wag each other's tails on all important issues.
Rat's only wag their tails when their idiot Rat leader Odumbo is in front of them.
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We have a small but lovely selection of African American Art at Puzzle Warehouse, and here we show case some of those puzzles by Black artists Annie Lee (see earlier artist profile), Keith Mallett and some art in the Tingatinga style.
Keith Mallett attended Hunter College in NY and worked as the in-house artist for Frontline Art Publishers. In 1997, 50 years after Jackie Robinson made his breakthrough into Major League Baseball, Mallett was asked to design the official limited edition print to commemorate the occasion. Mallett is a great artist that we can showcase for Black History month as his art has been instrumental in some movements to celebrate African American experiences — for instance, he also created the art for the first book about African American experiences in the Chicken Soup series.
Tingatinga art was established by Edward Tingatinga in 1968. It is now the name of art and handicrafts produced in the Tinga Tinga Cooperative in Tanzania. These paintings are characterized by their bright colors painted in enamel and highly decorative patterns. They also commonly feature images of animals. Made popular by Disney television, the vivid art style is a wonderful way to appreciate African culture.
Without further ado, enjoy some the best loved puzzles from this theme:


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Morning Five: 10.20.10 EditionPosted by jstevrtc on October 20th, 2010
- We're still not over the Robbie Hummel/ACL news from this past Saturday morning, but in the wake of that awful (re-)injury, the gents over at Fanhouse have put together their Costliest Injuries Team — "costly" signifying the delta between what each injured player's team became and what they would likely have achieved were it not for the injury. If a list of injuries can be called a good list, this one's comprehensiveness qualifies it as such. The only addition we'd make (you knew we'd have to chime in with something, right?) would be Kenny Smith's broken wrist from 1984 which sucked all the air out of North Carolina's title hopes after they had breezed to a 17-0 start (and it's Curtis Sumpter, not Chris).
- Because as a college basketball fan you can never have enough Gary Parrish in your life, here's his list of Preseason All-America teams along with a Player of the Year selection that should get the Franklin Street crowd even more hyped for this season.
- We were impressed by the frank honesty from the article FoxSports.com's Jeff Goodman posted soon after the Hummel news broke. Obviously the injury changes that Boilermaker team, but is Purdue really "in shambles" as the title suggests? In addition to what can indeed be seen on stat sheets, we know Hummel would have brought so much value that has nothing to do with what's found in the box scores. But Purdue has the other two of its top three scorers returning in E'Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson (the latter only 0.2 PPG behind Hummel from tying him as second scorer on the team last year), both of them second team All-Americans, according to Mr. Parrish above. They also have their best distributor (and best A/TO ratio by far) returning in Lewis Jackson (3.3 APG), a rising junior who's only enhanced that skill over the summer. The loss of Hummel is terrible, but it's not exactly a steaming pile of rubble they're dealing with in West Lafayette.
- We love the confidence of Northern Iowa chief Ben Jacobson when asked about the 2010-11 edition of his Panthers in the wake of last season's NCAA Tournament upset of Kansas and serious personnel losses due to graduation: "We're going to be good." UNI said goodbye to Jordan Eglseder, Sports Illustrated cover boy Ali Farokhmanesh, and Missouri Valley POY Adam Koch, but that hasn't dashed hopes in Cedar Falls. The first order of business in following up last year's success, according to senior point guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe? "It's just about forgetting about it…What we've done lately is practice three times and work on defense. We didn't go in and watch the Kansas game." Lead on, Kwadzo.
- ESPN's Dave Telep (how's that look, Dave?) probably hasn't finished unpacking his boxes in them new digs at the worldwide leader, but here he notes how the ever-increasing value of surehandedness at the 1-spot in today's game hasn't been lost on West Virginia, who landed two point guard prospects earlier this week in Ryan Boatright and Jabarie Hinds, the latter hailing from current Mountaineer forward Kevin Jones' old high school near The Bronx. Boatright is ranked as the 6th-best PG and 36th player overall in the class of 2011; Hinds is the ranked 22nd among PGs but both are listed as "four-star" recruits.


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BOONE, N.C. – King College Men's and Women's Cross Country opened their seasons today on the campus of Appalachian State University at the Covered Bridge Invitational, Friday evening. Sophomore Spencer Frantom finished in the top 15 percent of all competitors on the men's side to lead them to an eighth place finish while the Lady Tornado finished ninth behind junior Danielle Beauvais' top team finish.
Men's complete results (.pdf) -- click here
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Frantom finished the 8k run at State Farm Fields (Boone, N.C.) with a time of 26:18.6, good for 16th place overall in the men's competition. The Morristown, Tenn. native helped guide the Tornado to the best finish among Division II teams in a strong field dominated by Division I programs, including Florida State and Wake Forest.
"Spencer has worked very hard over the summer and showed today that he is much stronger than he was as a freshman last year," said head coach Peter Dalton. "Based on his performance today, I really believe he will have a great season for us this year."
Fellow sophomore Taylor Dix (Memphis, Tenn.) was the next highest King finisher at 56th overall. His time of 27:35.6 in the race was recorded as more than one minute faster than his run at the same competition last season.
As a team, the Tornado placed eighth out of 11 teams at the event with an average time of 27:54.42 among its top-five runners. Southern Indiana University took the title for the Invitational with an average time of 25:57.50 while host Appalachian State finished fourth.
The Lady Tornado finished ninth out of 12 teams in their 5k competition and were led by Winchester, Va. native Danielle Beauvais (19:58.0).
"Danielle is this team's leader," said Dalton. "Just as she did on the course today, I expect her to lead this team for the duration of the season."
Kendra Sokol (Kingsport, Tenn.) followed Beauvais with a time of 20:29.0. Evan Ferrell (Richlands, Va.) shadowed each runner with a 20:54.8 mark. Both athletes showed great improvement from their finishes at this same race last season. Sokol showed a gain of over a minute in her total time from a season ago while Ferrell displayed a time 60 seconds quicker than last year.
Like the men's team, the women also posted a top time among all Division II competitors at the Invitational. They edged out state rival East Tennessee State University by more than 10 seconds on their average course time and more than a minute on their total time, comparatively.
Dalton remarked, "This is the strongest our teams have ever been this early in the season. It is encouraging as we progress through our season and get closer to championship season. We will continue to build on our team and individual strength as we move forward."
Tornado Cross Country will next compete at the Clemson Open in Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 16.
Complete results for both the men's and women's teams can be found by downloading the PDF documents above.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Employees were closing up at a mall department store and preparing to go home when two gunmen stormed inside and took them hostage.
The thugs stabbed one of the 14 Nordstrom Rack employees and sexually assaulted another before SWAT officers freed everyone early Friday, more than three hours after the ordeal began.
Nordstrom spokeswoman Tara Darrow said the gunmen did commit a robbery before fleeing the store near Los Angeles International Airport. Both remained at large. She declined to describe what was stolen.
The harrowing incident began about 11 p.m. Thursday, when a man reported his girlfriend had called to say gunmen were in the store, Los Angeles police Lt. Andy Neiman said.
"She told him: 'Call 911. Two guys with guns just came into our store,'" Neiman said.
Police officers and SWAT team members swarmed the outdoor shopping center that also has restaurants and a theater. The officers saw a man leave the second-floor store, but he ran back in, Neiman said.
Moments later, another man came out with a woman, but when he saw the police he grabbed her and pushed her back inside, Neiman said.
SWAT members surrounded the location but weren't able to talk to anyone inside. They later rushed in. Officers found most of the hostages locked in a storage room and two others in a bathroom, police said.
The employee who was stabbed was treated and released at the scene, police said.
Police were checking to see if surveillance cameras captured the robbers on video. Investigators also were interviewing the 13 women and a man who were held hostage to determine the chain of events.
Darrow said counseling services will be provided to employees.
"Our priority right now is to take care of our employees," she said.
The store will remain closed over the weekend to give employees time to recover, and counselors will be available when it reopens Monday.


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The Bachelor's Rozlyn Papa – accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a male producer – apparently has a criminal past as well. RadarOnline uncovered some arrest records of the 28 year old contestant which show she has been arrested a total of 3 times and even sentenced to jail.
According to Radar, all three of those arrests occurred back in 1999 when Rozlyn was residing in Richmond, VA. She was arrested twice in 1999 for petty theft. She was arrested on September 5, 1999 and was found guilty by a judge, receiving a sentence of 2 months and 2 days in jail.
She appealed the conviction and the case was dismissed meaning she didn't have to spend any time in jail. Rozlyn was then arrested again on December 11, 1999 for petty theft and received a suspended sentence of 12 months and 12 days. That sentence was also dismissed on appeal. Her third arrest came on June 11, 2009 for underage alcohol possession, she was found guilty.
Her other run ins with the law include her being ticketed in 2003 for having expired registration on her car, and also being ticketed for driving without a license in 2007, both charges were dismissed as well.
Rozlyn also continues to speak out against the show. This time around, she's telling Entertainment Tonight that she feels "betrayed" by the show. "It seems they want the ratings!" she tells ET. Asked if she had sex with a member of the production team, she says, "Absolutely not, no."
Rozlyn is also scared the show might have tarnished her reputation by labeling her as a cheater. "It really comes down to my son. Why would you go on national television and throw a mom under the bus like that?" she asks.
Jake Pavelka is also opening up in his recent blog about the whole affair drama. According to Jake, it "sucks" to be cheated on. Below is an excerpt from Jake's blog –
"Yes, the rumors of her cheating on me with a staff member are 100 percent true, with no embellishment. I was having such a great night and then Chris Harrison approached me and the guy looked flustered! I've never seen this guy flustered about anything. I think he was embarrassed about what had happened. When he told me the news, my heart dropped and I felt numb.
This is the first time I have been cheated on (to my knowledge) and man, it sucks. I had started to develop feelings for Rozlyn and that's why I had given her a rose. But what also hurt was the fact that I was friends with the staff member who engaged in the affair. That was hard to swallow. I was so hurt by both of their decisions, but I reminded myself that I still had 14 amazing women there for me, so I composed myself and moved on. After Rozlyn left the show, a few of the girls admitted that they saw her and the staff member inappropriately physical with each other … to put it politically correct. Honestly, I harbor no ill will towards either of them and wish them both the best in life and career. Hopefully they are still together and in love!"


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13-04-2011, 11:28 AM (This post was last modified: 15-04-2011 07:07 PM by Buddy Christ.)
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(13-04-2011 12:49 AM)Firestorm2408 Wrote: I literally just registered to this forum for the sole purpose of telling you to keep these posts up I LOVE THEM!
I was actually thinking of giving up on these because I just watched ebolaworld's Ridiculous Bible Stories series and realized there was no way I could top that.
But fret not, I SHALL CONTINUE!
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Might want to Re-Do your quote tags there buddy because it wasn't me that said any of that
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Buddy or buddy? Cause my quotes are accurate. And as to how I become more epic... I eat Wheaties with Zeus and he gives me fashion advice.
Sounds like a morning show: Wheaties with Zeus
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RE: An atheist's critique of the Bible
This will be short and compressed because Numbers is boring and I can't hold in my raging desire to get to Deuteronomy.
-15 Chapters of nothing happening. Israelites still lost in the desert.
-Moses gets water to flow from a stone for his thirsty followers by hitting it with a stick.
21:2 "And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities."
21:3 "And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah."
-God massacres entire cities of innocent people
21:5 "And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread."
21:6 "And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died."
-The people who faithfully followed Moses on his word, and have been lost in the desert for 40 years complain that they are starving and dehydrated... so God kills them. "I said keep it down back there, I'm trying to drive!"
21:34 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon."
21:35 "So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land."
-And yet another senseless genocide... and we're not even onto the next chapter yet.
-Reference to the "Book of the Wars of the Lord." Why couldn't they have "lost" some worthless book like Psalms and kept the much more intriguing sounding one?
15:32 "And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day."
15:35 "And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp."
-If you so much as pick up twigs on Sunday, you deserve the electric chair.
22:28 "And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass,"
-the sexiest line in the Bible, followed by a confusing and seemingly superfluous tale of a donkey complaining to its master for beating him his whole life, voiced by Eddie Murphy.
-More altars and animal sacrifices. So far, this has been in every book of the Bible, so it must be important. Yet because it's no longer accepted as social norm, the Lord's followers have discarded this obviously insignificant ritual.
23:22 "God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn."
-Well... he actually meant... oh hell.
24:15 "And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:"
24:16 "He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:"
-I just have to say... for being the divine work of God, this is the worst grammar and sentence composition I have ever seen. Even granting it the dozen or so language translations it has endured, this is just redundancy to the extremes.
25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
-Holy tap dancing Christ in a cartoon. Moses has the men involved in the orgy beheaded and their heads hung/staked up to deter the "fierce anger of the Lord." Then they spear a man and a foreign woman, which pleases the Lord so much he spares them from his rabid plague.
-Moses slaughters the Midianites at the Lord's bidding and burns their cities and captures their women and children.
-Why exactly? The Lord seems infinitely pissed at the human race and desires the painful death of anyone not already killing in his name.
31:17 "Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him."
31:18 "But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."
-Moses kills all the male children and all the women who aren't virgins. But he keeps the female children for sex slaves.
-Seriously... we're only 4 books in. How do people read this and go "that's the moral doctrine I want to base my life after!"
33:3 "And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. "
33:4 "For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments."
-The Lord is still ritualistically killing the firstborns of people who have no idea why or what they did wrong. And also, the Lord punished the "other gods." Monotheism be damned.
-Then the Lord rambles on about all the land they will soon control, I'm assuming while wringing his hands and cackling maniacally. Fade to black.
End Scene.
"Ain't got no last words to say, yellow streak right up my spine. The gun in my mouth was real and the taste blew my mind."
"We see you cry. We turn your head. Then we slap your face. We see you try. We see you fail. Some things never change."
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Quote:15:32 "And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day."
In the Old Testament, the Sabbath is actually on Saturday... There have been divisions within Christianity over this point
Quote:-Seriously... we're only 4 books in. How do people read this and go "that's the moral doctrine I want to base my life after!"
'Cause they skip to the "good" stuff in the New Testament, of course
Anyways, I'm enjoying these summaries; trying to get through the Bible is tedious work, so I don't envy you
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16-04-2011, 03:12 PM (This post was last modified: 16-04-2011 04:14 PM by Buddy Christ.)
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Get comfortable folks, this is gonna be a long one.
2:31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
-After giving his soldiers a pep talk about how much land they can conquer, the Lord kills off the men, women, and children of yet another random city.
3:3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
-The Lord and his people slaughter the men, women, and children of 60 more cities. The Lord's body count is up to about a billion at this point, and not once has it been explained why Moses is on a killing spree. At this point, it's pretty obvious that God is a bloodthirsty deity who desires killing and animal sacrifices to appease his bloodlust.
3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants;
all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
-The 4th mention of giants.
4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
-Direct from God's mouth. If you're not an Orthodox Jew, you're wrong. You must adhere to everything I have ever commanded of you. However, that hasn't stopped the many many alterations to the Bible to make it more "modern friendly."
God gives what sounds like a goodbye speech, while tooting his own horn. "Have you ever seen another God talk from fire? And remember when I parted the seas? And remember that one time when you didn't want to fight those people but I owned those fools for you? That was all me, baby. Now remember my commandments and keep my statutes, for I am off."
Then they re-explain the Ten Commandments to all the new recruits that didn't get the Post-It, while emphasizing for the 13th time or so "I am a jealous God and will punish your children's children for your sins."
God goes on a self-masturbatory rant. "You will know my words and fear me, lest you invoke my wraith, but if you follow me, fear not, for I am a merciful God."
8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
-This whole "40 years wandering the desert" thing? Yeah that was all just a test to your loyalty. Surprise! This suggests that God isn't omniscient (which would actually help the theist's case greatly if they would just concede this one tidbit).
10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
-Bet you didn't know God was a poet.
12:27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
-I'm starting to think that "blood" and "offerings" are the 2 most used words in the Bible.
13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
13:9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God
-God commanding our religious family members to kill us atheists. So the very fact that we are all still alive is proof of their disobedience.
God rambling about not eating shrimp or eagles or bats, and how to buy or sell a Hebrew slave.
17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
17:3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
17:5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
-Kill everyone who has different religious beliefs from your own.
18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD:
-WHAT? Because wizardry, witchcraft, and necromancy are real things, right? (sarcasm) So John Edwards (Crossing Over) is the devil? And tarot card readers are minions of demons?
18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
-So we should kill prophets whose predictions don't come true. Isn't this justification for the killing of Jesus? He promised many things "the meek shall inherit the earth, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place, etc" that didn't come true.
20:13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
20:14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
-In the cities the Lord gives you, take the women, children, and cattle for yourself. If the city isn't given to you by God (then why attack it?), kill everything that moves.
21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
21:12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go
-If you're attracted to one of the slaves, you take her home with you and after a month you can "go in unto her" and she's you're wife. Unless you decide afterward that you don't want her anymore... then you can kick her out.
21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
-If your bastard son won't listen to you, drag him out into public, call him fat and drunk, and invite your neighbors to stone him to death.
-If you've noticed that my humorous pictures frequency has slowed down... I'm feeling a little queasy from all the killing and raping and "moral values" being put out as something children should be taught. It's not like I'm excluding the "moral" or "good" parts, I'm just not finding any.
22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
-Don't dress in drag. Which is a strange thing for the Lord to say since WE were the ones who invented clothing and decided which designs were meant for which gender. So we made a dress and went "this is for women" and God stepped in and went "and don't you DARE wear that if you're a man!"
22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; etc
22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
'22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die
-That's right folks. If a man ends up hating his wife and wants a divorce, he can claim she wasn't a virgin. Then the woman's parents must provide proof of her virginity (bloody sheets) to the elders or else the wife should be stoned to death on her father's doorstep.
22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
-Adulterers should be killed
22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
22:24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city
-If a betrothed virgin woman is raped within shouting distance of others, she should be killed for not crying out loud enough.
22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; (22:28-29)
22:29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her
-However if the virgin gets raped and isn't engaged to anyone, then the rapist must pay her father money and then marry her.
-You see? I can't make jokes about these, because they are jokes themselves.
23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
-Can't enter the kingdom of God without a nice package
24:14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
...and some other passages about gathering food for the poor.
-These verses are few and far between. The pattern of the Bible seems to be: slaughter, slaughter, rape, sacrifice, be nice to people, slaughter slaughter, sacrifice, plunder and burn, seriously... be nice to people.
25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
-You have to marry your brother's wife if you don't have kids
25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
25:9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
-Unless of course you don't like your brother's wife. Then she can steal his shoes, spit in his face, and change his name to "the guy who has loose shoes."
25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
-Nothing more need be said.
God goes on another rant about all the bad things that will happen to you if you don't listen to him.
28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
Including: 28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
-Yeah. Some dude will sleep with your wife and you'll be all pissed and go to tend your vineyard but you can't seem to get any grapes to grow.
28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters
-Oh wait we're still going on about the bad things? You will become a cannibal and eat your own children? I get it already!
32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust...
-God gets super pissed and stomps around muttering to himself.
Moses dies at the ripe old age of 120. And there was much sadness.
(That last bit was rushed. God hacked into my computer and tried to stop my blasphemy with a virus, but my Avast! antivirus proved too much for him.)
"Ain't got no last words to say, yellow streak right up my spine. The gun in my mouth was real and the taste blew my mind."
"We see you cry. We turn your head. Then we slap your face. We see you try. We see you fail. Some things never change."
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woo avast!!!! a testament to man's ability to cope with god's wrath =p
Well at least they've finally mentioned how they convince the children they aren't monsters. They stone any children who think they are evil, so that the rest are too afraid to talk. Good thing we cleared up child raising wouldn't want people using their own ideas.
Sorry you have to go through all of this brutal history. The wonderful suggestion is that Judaism was the moral high ground of these times and that the other tribes were savages. You know, the groups of people tending to their civilization and keeping everyone alive. Mercy is one thing that should only be given by god.
I'm not a non believer, I believe in the possibility of anything. I just don't let the actuality of something be determined by a 3rd party.
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(16-04-2011 01:02 PM)SecularStudent Wrote: In the Old Testament, the Sabbath is actually on Saturday... There have been divisions within Christianity over this point
The way I understand it is that Constantine changed the Sabbath from the 7th day to the 1st day during his reforms and people have just gone with it since they don't know the first thing about the religion they're following anyways.
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However, he has been given a new lease of life on the international scene by his former mentor and Ronaldinho spoke of his delight at being able to return.
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There are several levels to disconnecting yourself from a service: 1 logout; 2 uncheck the 'remember me' so that your identity is no longer remembered; 3 delete cookies etc. just in case there is a lingering cookie that still remembers you; [4 start using TOR :-(] [5 go off-the-net :-(] I actually have experimented with myself, trying to do up to (1), (2) or (3), and I found it a pain in the neck. So, as Shane says, let's focus on 'consent'. The model I am exploring is saying that the consent to being tracked when logged-in or remembered needs to be a distinct, separate, choice for the user - which, as you say, gives the user more flexibility. In this model, that consent cannot be simply "well, you agreed to our policy and here it is on page 8", because that's (a) hard to find for most users and (b) IMHO, insufficiently granular; it basically says you have to stop using the service if you don't want 'social buttons' to track you, which is harsh (and for many users, not a meaningful choice). As I say, I am not terribly keen on the rather subtle option "yes, you can know who I am and tell me about my friends, but no, you cannot track what I am doing (and hence, not tell my friends about it)" -- I fear it's rather subtle, but it seems to be what JC prefers. I don't see a problem with offering it as an option such as "Identify me and tell me relevant info, but don't record anything about me". so, here is a strawman: "User registration and login often are bundled with a set of preferences for the user. If a preference directly address interactions with users off of the 1st parties direct web site, such as through Widgets or other interactions with a user in a logged-in or 'remembered' state, in an open and transparent manner, then this is considered an out-of-band user consent and DNT requests may be met with a response that consent has been given, and tracking to the extent expressed by the preference performed." On Mar 28, 2012, at 8:30 , JC Cannon wrote: > I'm more inclined to agree with Shane here. I always want to vote on the side of greater flexibility for the consumer. > > David, by following your model I would have to click on the Like button to determine if my friends Liked an article, at the same time permitting FB to track me, which is what I don't want. Show me how in your model I can have the level of flexibility and privacy I describe. > > JC > > From: Shane Wiley [mailto:email@example.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:52 PM > To: David Singer; email@example.com (email@example.com) > Subject: RE: ACTION-152 - Write up logged-in-means-out-of-band-consent > > David, > > I disagree that asking users to manage their logged-in state is a non-starter. What leads you to that conclusion? Facebook charges $700K/day to post an ad on their logout page. J (I hope I've quoted that from recent press articles correctly.) > > But I believe that's a red herring for this discussion and would instead focus on the "consent" element. > > First, I didn't intend to state that UAs won't continue to send DNT:1 for a logged-in user, I'm stating that if its sent and the party has out-of-band consent from the user for tracking in that circumstance that the DNT signal will be ignored. Also, why are we discussing cookies here? > > Second, on the concepts of bundling and product features, while I agree that "open and transparent" notices are best practice, I don't believe it's appropriate for this group to attempt to set standards of acceptable consent paradigms that will vary significantly based on situation. As we've discussed on similar topics, it's more appropriate to allow local legal structures to continue to manage the required level of disclosure. For example, in the US we have the Sears Consent Order to draw upon. > > I'd ask that we focus on the core issues with DNT and resist the temptation to solve the broader set of online privacy debates in one pass. > > Thank you, > - Shane > > From: David Singer [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:50 PM > To: email@example.com (email@example.com) > Subject: Re: ACTION-152 - Write up logged-in-means-out-of-band-consent > > > On Mar 27, 2012, at 5:54 , Shane Wiley wrote: > > > Per my action item from last week, here is a position statement with respect to setting new business rules for "logged-in users" with respect to personalization off of the 1st party site and DNT. > > "User registration and login often are bundled with a set of sign-up flow notices, Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy by which a 1st party will operate. If these notices directly address interactions with users off of the 1st parties direct web site, such as through Widgets or other interactions with a user in a logged-in state, in an open and transparent manner, then this is considered an out-of-band user consent and DNT signals will be ignored." > > Shane > > I don't think we can tell users "if you want privacy, remember to log out all the time". That's a non-starter. So I agree, a general "logged-in exception" doesn't fly, for me. > > Nor do I think we can tell UAs "don't send cookies with DNT:1" because then trivial things will stop working (e.g. a cookie that selected the language or size of the 'like' button itself). Sites will have to expect to get DNT and cookies, and we need to say what that means if the cookies are actually identifying the user. > > > I think the text needs to be more explicit, and say that permitting the site to track the user has to be a distinct choice, not 'bundled' with any other (e.g. a check-box in the preferences). Otherwise I fear that sites will say that merely by signing up you made that choice. I would prefer it not even be a choice, I think, but I am open to debate. > > Otherwise, what Jonathan has said holds - that if you set DNT, and not the preference (if any), then you'll need to interact directly with the third party before they will recognize you and track you. I don't think it's too bad; click on the button, and now it can track you, for example. > > Treating me as someone you know, but about whom you *remember* nothing, is intriguing but (IMHO) excessively subtle. > > > David Singer > Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc. 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I am surprised looking at the speed of most AV scanners. Let us say there is a 1 MB file which may potentially have one or more of 89000 viruses. All their signatures have to be searched in the entire content of the 1 MB file, as I understand it. Then, how is this done so fast, where the 1 MB file is scanned in less than a second?
Hope I could get hold of an opensource AV solution so that I could read the code to understand the excellence behind.
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it still wouldn't be enough for a good Canon lenses
Thank you. But Sigma 300 f2,8 is like 2500 usd, so.. pretty much out of my budget range I visit dpreview every day and I'm quite familiar with Daniella's work. She does some amazing stuff. Anyway, if other people have experience with those lenses, please let me know how they work, how they are compatible etc. I'd appreciate it very much. Thank you.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (Aug. 12, 2013) — An East Carolina University laboratory dedicated to research on dementia has received $50,000 to advance studies of Alzheimer's disease.
The money will be used to study the effects of physical and cognitive exercise on laboratory animals with symptoms of dementia and how certain drugs can mimic the effects.
"Exercise has long been known to improve people's general health," said Dr. Qun Lu, a scientist and professor of anatomy and cell biology at the Brody School of Medicine at ECU. Lu wants to see if that improvement can help dementia.
Lu is director of the Harriet and John Wooten Laboratory for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research at ECU. The grant is the first to be awarded to the lab itself rather than to individual researchers.
"It's a milestone that we can do more now," Lu said of the grant's importance to the lab. "We have a tremendous amount of potential. We can do a lot of things together."
Working with Lu are Dr. Sonja Bareiss, an assistant professor of physical therapy in the ECU College of Allied Health Sciences; and Dr. Tuan Tran, an associate professor of psychology at ECU.
The grant was presented Friday at an event at the Alzheimers North Carolina Greenville Program office on Stantonsburg Road. AlzNC donated the money.
Laura Gaddis owns the Guardian Angel thrift stores in Fuquay-Varina and Apex and is an AlzNC board member. Since she opened her first store in 1999, she has donated $1.6 million to Alzheimer's research and respite care in North Carolina.
"My mother had Alzheimer's, and I started a thrift to raise funds," she said. "It's been like a 747 taking off. The community has been very supportive."
More than 140,000 people in North Carolina have Alzheimer's disease, according to Alzheimers North Carolina, and that number is expected to quadruple by 2025.
Earlier this year, Lu and colleagues published research that could help lead to a better understanding of how individual cells perform certain tasks and could have implications for Alzheimer's disease and other conditions.
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What to WatchThe first 20 minutes of this game will be important. Canada will try and gain the advantage by taking the play to the Swedes. Playing for an early lead should be chief among Canada's priorities today. Canada has opened scoring in five of their six games at the 2009 World Championships. Perhaps not coincidentally, they won all five games and lost their only contest when they did not score first.
Who to WatchJason Spezza has six goals and 10 points. Last year in Halifax and Quebec City, Spezza was not nearly as commanding. He scored a goal and two assists in Canada's silver medal-winning effort. This time, Spezza has more effectively utilized his speed in creating space for himself. His power play time on ice has led to two man advantage goals. Spezza is coming off a somewhat disappointing season with the Ottawa Senators. The Senators failed to qualify for the playoffs, only two years removed from reaching the Stanley Cup finals.
StrengthsBy far, Canada's power play is the best in the tournament. Canada's power play functions at 44% efficiency; Russia is a distant second at 28%. Canada moves the puck quite effectively in working for their chances. Their goals come from near the net of from the point. To illustrate this point, forward Steve Stamkos has five goals from close range and Shea Weber has four, mostly from point shots.
GoaltendingCanada's goaltending is first in the tournament. Chris Mason and Dwayne Roloson have stopped 217 out of 229 total shots faced. Mason, who got the call to start the quarterfinal, made 21 stops against Latvia, good for his fourth straight win.
What to WatchHow they respond to the Canadian attack will be an important indicator of Sweden's fortunes in this game. They are aware of what is to come and how much effort it will take to stop Canada. With this in mind, they cannot take careless penalties. If there was a negative to their win over the Czech Republic it was that Sweden spent a lot of time in the penalty box. If the Czechs could have taken advantage of it they would have made an already exciting game, much more so. Canada will be ruthless in taking advantage of power play opportunities.
Who to WatchMattias Weinhandl, it seems, just gets better. At the 2008 World Championships he led Sweden in scoring and he's doing the same here in Switzerland. Weinhandl has provided timely goals, including his marker to open scoring against the Czech Republic.
StrengthsGoal scoring, third in the tournament with 33 goals. Their total places them only behind Canada and Russia. Besides Weinhandl, Kristian Huselius, Magnus Johansson, Marcus Nilson, and Kenny Jonsson have contributed. Huselius has four while the remaining three players have three apiece. In total, the five players have scored 18 of Sweden's 33 goals.
GoaltendingJonas Gustavsson turned in his best performance of the tournament in a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic. Gustavsson was sublime in turning away 33 shots on goal. The more pressure the Czechs applied late in the game, Gustavsson was more than up to the challenge. Games such as their quarterfinal matchup can be career-defining moments and perhaps we've witnessed the development of Gustavsson into a world-class competitor on the international stage at the World Championships.


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