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Lawsuit Settled After Cop Revealed Anonymous Blogger To His Church, Then Destroyed Records To 'Protect Civil Rights'
from the no-conflict,-no-interest deptGabriel Tane alerts us to an interesting story about online anonymity coming out of Jacksonville, Florida. Apparently, a member of the First Baptist Church there had been writing a blog that was critical of the church leadership. A local sheriff's detective, Robert Hinson, who was (in addition to being a sheriff's detective) a member of the same church, a provider of security to the church, a deacon at the church and a member of the church's "disciplinary committee," used his position in the sheriff's office to open an official investigation into the blog, and was able to get Stephen Siegel, an assistant state attorney to issue a subpoena to reveal the blogger.
Once the blogger's name was revealed to Hinson, he revealed the blogger's name to church officials, closed down his "investigation" and (wow) destroyed the files related to the investigation. He claimed that the files were destroyed to "protect the civil rights" of the blogger -- which is pretty funny since the entire investigation appears to have been designed to violate the civil right of anonymity of the blogger. Even more troubling, was that the state records concerning the subpoena were also destroyed -- though the state attorney claims this was "inadvertent." Meanwhile, with the blogger revealed to church leaders, he and his wife were accused of "sin," and then filed a "trespass" warning against him, effectively barring him from the church.
The guy sued the city and the state for the actions of Hinson, and have separately sued the church (they've since joined another church...). The state and the city have now "settled" without admitting guilt, but the lawyer for the blogger points out that the overall situation "speaks for itself." While it definitely sounds like a violation and a conflict of interest by the detective, what's amazing to me is that the state's attorney office was willing to issue that subpoena without realizing that it appeared to be more of a personal vendetta, and without any concern for the First Amendment anonymity rights of the blogger.
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I went to Morjim Beach up in Goa last week with the girlfriend and brought the kite equipment along (just in case).
The beach would be ideal for kite beginners (if it had steady wind). Absolutely huge, tons of space, sandy, shallow, flat water etc.
I was happy that on one of the five days I was in Goa I was able to get out for a brief 1 hour session around sunset. Definitely cool to kitesurf in India.
While I don't think the wind is ever great in India I'll definitely go back (one hour flight from Bombay) if the wind is ever somewhat good.
P.S. if the Indian guy giving a lesson to a body dragging Russian tourist who screamed at me while I was teaching my girlfriend to waterstart, "Dude, It's a f*cking highway get out of my lane," is reading "I love you!"

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A typical Danish holiday experience
There are around 40,000 holiday homes for rent in Denmark. Most are privately owned and rented through a tourist office or agency. Holiday and summer houses tend to be located in picturesque areas, often near inland water or the coast and are decorated with individual, Danish style. They are an extremely popular holiday form amongst Danes.
Types of houses
An average Danish holiday/summer house will have four to six beds, but you will also find larger houses, especially along Denmark's west coast, that can accommodate up to 12 people. Summer houses are spread throughout the country but there are some well-known summer house areas, namely North Jutland, the West Coast, the islands of Rømø and Fanø, eastern Funen, Falster and Bornholm.
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You normally rent summer houses for a week with Saturday being the typical changeover day. Outside of the high season, it's possible to rent houses for shorter periods of time. Houses are always fully equipped with kitchen utensils, crockery, pillows and duvets but you normally need to bring your own bed linen.
For a modern, furnished house with shower and toilet, hot and cold water, refrigerator and two to three bedrooms with room for four to six people, you can expect to pay around 3,500kr for a week in the high season. Prices vary slightly depending on region.
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Luxury summer houses
You can also rent luxury summer houses in Denmark, with top-of-the-range facilities such as swimming pools, jacuzzis, satellite TV and extra beds. Prices will start from around 11,500kr in the high season. You may be able to find deals on these types of houses off peak season.
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• The sonic clarity is enhanced because the center channel anchors the sound and eliminates any phantom image shifts that we take for granted in stereo.
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Surround sound is almost universally acclaimed to be a more realistic and pleasing experience to the listener than stereo. This applies to just about any type of program, from music to motion pictures to television. People that can't tell the difference between mono and stereo can immediately hear and appreciate the difference between surround and stereo. It is a development so dramatic that it will change the way we listen, record, mix and enjoy music forever.


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Day 2 - Doing something when a Future completes
Because a Future object represents an operation that is currently in progress or has finished it provides the ideal place to attach logic to ask for further activity to happen when the original has completed. The most immediate way is to pass a piece of code in a sub reference to the on_done method.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Four Saudi Arabian lawyers became the first females in the kingdom to receive licenses that allow them to practice law, officials said.
The licenses are valid for five years.
Previously, females with law degrees could be legal consultants but were banned from practicing law in courtrooms or operating their own law firms, Gulf News reported Monday.
"When I took the plane to the Justice ministry in the capital Riyadh, I had high hopes and great dreams," Ameera Quqani, one of the four women, told the Saudi daily al-Watan.
"It was a dream come true and I was handed the much-anticipated certificate and license by ministry officials in a matter of fleeting minutes."
Quqani said she graduated from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah in 2008 and had worked at a law firm handling company and labor cases. She said she plans to open her own law firm in the future.
Under the new policy, Saudi women, and men, seeking a license to practice law must have a university degree in law and three years of training, ministry officials said.


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FALL RIVER — The replacement of four old rail bridges — three in Fall River and one in New Bedford — is the first major project on tap as the Massachusetts Department of Transportation moves ahead with the $2.2 billion South Coast Rail project to return passenger rail service to the SouthCoast. South Coast Rail is set to improve and expand freight service to the area, Project Manager Jean Fox said.
"This is the beginning of an economic driver in the region," said Fox, speaking at a MassDOT public meeting on Wednesday.
Bids for the $35.7 million, two-year bridge replacement project are expected to be advertised this summer, and work should begin next spring.
The proposed replacement of the bridges that now accommodate freight in the short-term will improve freight service. Those bridges are located in Fall River at President Avenue (Route 6) and at Brownell Street. In New Bedford is the three-span Wamsutta railroad bridge, used for freight travel over Route 18, Acushnet Avenue and Wamsutta Street.
Fox said there are many communities that don't embrace freight rail but that "it is a catalyst for this region."
Fox said MassDOT is already in talks with Republic Waste Services, the owner of the Fall River Landfill, which is set to close in October. In its place will be a transfer station that could use the freight lines to haul solid waste.
The Golf Club Road railroad bridge off North Main Street near the Fall River Country Club is closed because of disrepair. It once carried Golf Club Road over existing train track and is due to be completely replaced under MassDOT plans.
The $2.6 million project should not affect traffic to a large degree, and an existing access road built after the bridge was closed will remain the thoroughfare to the golf course.
The railroad bridges over President Avenue and Brownell Street, totaling $16.3 million, will be completely removed and replaced. The spans will be raised, and the center pier will be removed on the President Avenue bridge.
MassDOT is coordinating the bridge projects with the Route 79 project and the closure of President Avenue, and temporary lane closures will be required. MassDOT plans to limit full and extended lane closures to nights and weekends.
Brownell Street is expected to be closed for a longer duration, while maintaining access to the neighborhoods and restricting some on-street parking.
New Bedford's $16.8 million Wamsutta Bridge project will be more challenging. The freight rail line is expected to be closed for about seven months, and MassDOT is planning on the complete demolition and reconstruction of the spans.
Portions of the new bridge will be constructed near the work sites and installed in place using accelerated bridge construction technology.
Traffic impacts on Route 8 will include reducing both northbound and southbound lanes to two travel lanes for about six to nine months. Work on the new bridges will also require that Acushnet Avenue will need to be closed, and a detour set up near Wamsutta Street, for about six months.


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Liz is next and after that we merge at 12 with 8 Galu and 4 Foa Foa. Then we see Erik becoming the first boot after the merge and the first jury member in a Tribal that totally surprised the 4 Foa Foa members.
The merge and Galu targets Russell Hantz.
missyrae wrote Quote The merge and Galu targets Russell Hantz. http://www.survivorsucks.com/topic/59692
missyae 10-29-09, 06:38 PM (EST) I think in all honesty the way I have given little tidbits about the players after the merge is confusing. John - smart player Dave - good player Erik - hothead Brett - loyal to Laura Kelly - loyal to girls Monica - loyal to girls Laura - loyal to girls Shambo - flips Jaison - more wimpage Natalie - Foa loyalty Russell - Foa loyalty Mick - thought about leaving the alliance but didn't Keep in mind those are the answers I got from a game of wordplay. From what I keep hearing, Eppy 9 is a big turning point in the game. Next week's title describes what I was told perfectly. I was told when the merge happens Galu goes after Foa, but Russell Hantz in particular. So maybe we see more than just Evil Russell, maybe we see Elusive Russell and/or Intelligent Russell.
Thanks Dawne...after three trial and errors...I got it.....Good to have your here at RFF....RogAnd now I have to go back and find the right vid...that one doesnt have the IC in it.....lol
It'll be interesting to see why Erik gets the boot, if he's indeed getting the boot. Looks like Galu's gonna be another tribe that hands the numbers advantage on a platter to Foa Foa.
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MANHATTAN -- An award from the National Science Foundation will boost a Kansas State University professor's contribution to the study of proteins while also helping college and high school science teachers learn more about computational and structural biology.
Jianhan Chen, an assistant professor of biochemistry, is receiving more than $670,000 as a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. CAREER is the foundation's most prestigious award for junior faculty to support early career development activities of teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the organization's mission.
"The CAREER award is a great honor," Chen said. "I am really glad that I will be able to focus more on establishing a strong research program and providing useful educational and training opportunities to the campus and community."
Chen will use the award to develop new methods for effective modeling of proteins and to study a novel class of functional proteins known as intrinsically disordered proteins. This type of protein plays fundamental roles in crucial areas, such as cellular signaling and regulation, and it is frequently involved in such human diseases as neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Chen said that this research can provide fundamental knowledge of the structure, interaction and control of intrinsically disordered proteins, and such knowledge will help to assess and manage related human diseases.
"Dr. Chen's project for his CAREER award is a great addition to the biochemistry department's program in physical biochemistry," said Mike Kanost, who heads the department. "He will be carrying out innovative research in computational biochemistry aimed at solving very interesting problems in protein structure and dynamics. And his education and outreach activities supported by the grant will promote learning of simulation methods for biochemistry by our students and by high school science teachers."
Chen's project also involves incorporating new biomolecular modeling tools in classes and training projects for college and high school students. Part of this will be accomplished through two-day summer workshops for college and high school teachers, particularly instructors from southern Kansas community colleges with many Hispanic students
Chen's research focus at K-State is on computational biochemistry and biophysics. His lab uses computer modeling as a primary tool to understand how biomolecules perform their biological functions, via stable 3-D structures, or equally important, lack of stable structures.
Chen earned a master's degree and doctorate from the University of California at Irvine and a bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Scripps Research Institute in LaJolla, Calif., before joining the faculty at K-State in 2007.
He was named a K-State Wakonse Fellow in 2009 and has earned two Innovative Research Awards from K-State's Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research.


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PEAR is a structured library of open-source code for users of PHP. The installation requires a specialized file named go-pear.php, which is a modification of your php5.ini file. You also need to password protect the directory you create for the PEAR admin.
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PHP 5.3:.:/usr/local/php5_3/lib/php:/[absolutepath]/PEAROther PHP versions:.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php:/[absolutepath]/PEARwhere
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- Create a directory for the PEAR admin, and then password protect it. For more information, see Password Protecting a Directory in Your Shared Hosting Account
- Move the
index.phpthat the PEAR installer created to the new directory. The directory is the path for your PEAR admin.
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Lindfield went top of Sussex Cricket League Division Two by defeating previous leaders Hastings Priory yesterday (Saturday).
The new pacesetters made it seven league wins in a row with a five-wicket success at home to a Hastings side which had won its previous five matches.
Hastings were all out for 78 in 38 overs after choosing to bat, losing three wickets with the score 59 and three more on 64. Joe Lamb (27) was the only batsman to score more than 13 as Hayden James ripped through with 6-25 from 18 overs.
Lindfield needed just 18.4 overs to finish the job, Shane Wilson-Yelverton leading the way with 31. Henry Smith (3-38) and Elliot Hooper (2-11) were the Hastings wicket-takers.
Third-placed Worthing kept themselves within touching distance of the top two with a 32-run success at home to Ifield. Worthing were all out for 153 batting first despite an opening partnership of 111 between Matthew Green (62) and Josh Wood (48). Guru Kedarnath and Jigar Parekh brought about the collapse with 6-36 and 3-41 respectively.
Ifield were all out for 121 in reply, with only Kedarnath (30) scoring more than 22. Andrew Lutwyche was Ifield's chief tormentor with 5-44 from 11.5 overs.
Three Bridges are also very much in the promotion picture after winning by six wickets at home to Ansty, who were all out for 133 after choosing to bat. Jethro Menzies top-scored with 50, while Matt Blandford took 4-40 and Michael Rose 3-19.
Bridges reached their target in 30.3 overs thanks largely to the runs of Bradley Gayler - whose 53 took him top of the league's scoring charts - and Danny Alderman (46 not out). Menzies completed a good day personally with 3-45.
Bottom side Crowhurst Park ended a run of nine straight league defeats with their first league victory of the season - a four-wicket triumph away to Findon.
The hosts recovered from 67-7 to be all out for 174 after electing to bat. Ben Jordan made 51 not out at number nine and Glenn Bridson hit 38, while Paul Brookes bagged 6-59 from 25 overs.
Park knocked off the runs in 36.2 overs thanks largely to Bradley Payne (56 not out), Rakesh Patel (44) and Dale Payne (31). Harry Metters took three wickets for Findon.
In the division's other game, Pagham and St James's Montefiore contested a high scoring draw in which more than 550 runs were scored. St James's amassed 305-3 declared batting first with Henry Sims (118 not out) scoring his maiden Sussex League century, Sam Cooper making 60 and Mali Richards 50.
Pagham got to 255-8 in reply courtesy of an unbeaten 121 off 118 balls from Eranga Dissangge. Jordan Shaw, Richards and Edward Blake all picked up two wickets.
Standings (all played 10 matches): 1 Lindfield 242pts, 2 Hastings Priory 231, 3 Worthing 209, 4 Three Bridges 205, 5 Pagham 194, 6 Findon 184, 7 St James's Montefiore 151, 8 Ansty 129, 9 Ifield 126, 10 Crowhurst Park 74.
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BRIDGEPORT -- State Police said a former Wilton preschool aide had 120 video files of child pornography on his laptop computer.
Eric Von Kohorn, 55, of Harbor Road in the Southport section of Fairfield, was arraigned Wednesday in state Superior Court on charges of first-degree possession of child pornography and promoting a minor in an obscene performance.
Von Kohorn looked at the floor as he stood before Judge Robin Pavia. After reviewing the arrest warrant affidavit, the judge continued the case for two weeks.
Von Kohorn, who is free on $50,000 bond, left the Golden Hill Street courthouse with his lawyer, Kerry Lawrence.
Von Kohorn worked as an aide at the Miller Driscoll School in Wilton from 2007 to June of this year.
State Police said Dr. Fred Rapczynski, the director of the preschool program at the school, told them Von Kohorn had been investigated by school officials and the state Department of Children and Families last year after a female preschool student complained to her mother that Von Kohorn had forcefully wiped her private parts after she went to the bathroom. However, police said Rapczynski told them the complaint was found to be unsubstantiated, Von Kohorn's colleagues had come to his defense and Von Kohorn remained in his job.
State police said last April they were searching a file-sharing network on the Internet when they came across Von Kohorn's computer IP address. State police said they downloaded two video files from the IP address both which depicted sexual activity between young girls and adult males.
At the end of June, state police said they seized Von Kohorn's laptop computer from his bedroom. They said they found 120 video files on the hard drive depicting male and female children, from the ages of 2 to 14, engaged in sexually explicit conduct such as bondage, bestiality and sexual activity with other children, as well as adult men and women.
They said the files were associated with the user account, "Big Daddy."
When they later questioned him, state police said Von Kohorn asked detectives what could happen to him if he downloaded child pornography. "Von Kohorn did state that he has never had any sexual contact with a child," police said.


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Coke vs. Pepsi. Beatles vs. Rolling Stones. iPhone vs. Android. For mobile enthusiasts and developers, the debate on favorite platforms is one for the ages. But for companies recruiting tech professionals with mobile experience, it seems there's no contest: They just want mobile talent.
For recruiters and hiring managers, their resume search behavior looks more like a train of thought than a defined preference. For example, "Mobile and native and (iOS or iPhone or Android or Symbian) and (Developer or programmer or analyst or "Software engineer")" is an actual search string, as is "(iOS or Android or Blackberry) and app* and (design* or develop*) and (UX or UI)."
Moving beyond the platforms, mobile mainstays in the top 20 hiring manager requests include: java, SDK and Objective-C, and HTML5. Javascript and popular library, JQuery are tied together frequently in hiring managers' wish lists, while Informix and .NET may be a testament to companies trying to mobilize their current infrastructures.
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Transfer news: AZ Alkmaar admit Adam Maher 'perfect' for Arsenal
AZ Alkmaar coach Gertjan Verbeek admits Adam Maher would be 'perfect' for Arsenal, but is reluctant to sell.
Last Updated: 28/01/13 5:41pm
The Gunners are among those said to be keen on the highly-rated 19-year-old midfielder.
Manchester City have also been linked with the talented playmaker, with the youngster having made rapid progress this season.
Alkmaar are aware that a deal is likely to be done sooner rather than later, with it difficult for Dutch clubs to keep prized assets out of the clutches of a rival once their promise is noted.
Verbeek is hoping Maher will see out the season in the Eredivise, but concedes that he would prefer to do business with Arsenal if a transfer is to be pushed through.
He told Studio Voetbal: "I think Arsenal is a perfect club for him. With Arsene Wenger, who worked with young talents like him before.
"He can get the most out of himself at Arsenal. Look at Robin van Persie, he joined Arsenal at a young age and look what he achieved."


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Human Reproduction Unit, Sydney Centre for Developmental and Rgenerative Medicine
Lab head: Chris O'Neill
Location: E25 - Royal North Shore Hospital
This laboratory studies the control of mammalian fertilisation and early embryo development, with emphasis on the regulation of the growth and development of the early mammalian embryo and the formation of embryonic stem cells. This laboratory aims are to foster safe and effective use of assisted reproductive technologies and embryonic stem cell therapy.
Major research foci are:
The regulation of expression of essential embryonic growth factors, with particular emphasis being to identify the fertilisation events responsible for triggering their production
The mechanisms by which embryos respond to these growth factors
The consequences of assisted reproductive technologies (such as IVF) on these basic physiological processes
The processes that lead to normal formation of embryonic stem cell lineages and their pluripotency
The safety assessment of assisted reproductive technologies and stem cell therapy
Lab members: Chris O'Neill (head), Hugh Morhan (Fellow), Yan Li (Fellow), Lakshi Ganeshan (Fellow), Xing Jin (Fellow), Greg Mulhearn (Lab Manager), Sabina Testa (Research Assistant) PhD Students: Rachel Gentles, Selcen Celik, Jennifer Wong, Stepen Gao,
Funding: NHMRC and ARC
Primary supervisor: Christopher O'Neill
- The control of homeotic gene expression in the early embryo
- The regulation of epigenetic reprogramming during embryo development
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- A Michigan man hoped the internet would help him have sex with an underage girl. Instead, he ended up in a jail cell. Police caught him thanks to a statewide effort that nabbed 16 other online predators during a three-day stretch.Minocqua Police helped arrest this man, 24-year-old Benjamin Lahti last Tuesday. Lahti lives in Ironwood, Michigan and had posted an ad asking for sex on Craigslist. Someone who he thought was a 15-year-old girl responded. He sent her naked pictures of himself and wanted to meet her for sex in Mincoqua. But his contact was actually an undercover officer working with the Door County Sheriff's Office. Members of the joint, statewide Internet Crimes against Children operation applauded the efforts today in Green Bay."We want to make sure the public is made away of what's going on in their community," Brown County Sheriff John Gossage said. "And that this will not be tolerated in the state of Wisconsin, on a county level, on a city level. It's going to be stopped."Lahti faces felony counts for using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime and for exposing a child to harmful material. He faces more than 43 years in prison if found guilty. He'll be back in court later this month.
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|2011-01-31, 08:10
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Where turkeys can actually fly
Age: 25
I'll probably post it here when I'm done (if there's somewhere better to post this let me know)
And thanks for the encouragement.
P.S, anyone joining the EMDAS competition?
If so, I'll be seeing you in the field of battle.
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|2011-01-31, 09:01
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And here's a quick idea i made- actually i have this idea brewing when the series started airing.
Spoiler for IS Unit in Progress:
I shall work on this more, if there is anything bothering
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|2011-02-03, 07:16
|Link #43
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SO CAL!
|2011-02-04, 08:43
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Alert: Peer Review - INCOMING!
You, my friend, need a beta-reader and some self-study to help fix your English, and you need to peruse through more fiction, period, to improve your storytelling capabilities. I can help with the former, but the latter... There is no way easy way to it. Everyone learns their own way of telling a story. Some people like books, others movies, others comics, etc., but really, it's about absorbing all the culture you see around you and disseminating it into a written form that seems to have a method to its madness (AKA narrative style), rather than being roughly strung together blurbs of thought.
Rhyme and reason, yeah?
As is, I'd rate you a low C. It was kinda enjoyable, I guess. Negative marks on Ichika's sister being out of character, and shoddy execution to why / how Ichika comes to meet Magi. Positive marks for effort guts. Hey, at least you gave it a shot, and I can sorta see the vision you have for this "World". Alas, your voice is still lacking and immature.
Now, by all means, do continue to give it your best, but don't forget to take the criticism to heart. Otherwise, you're never going to improve your abilities as a fiction writer.
If you like, I can submit you via PM a revised edition of this drabble, with the bare minimum of edits to bring it up to basic spec. I am not trying to railroad you here, bro. I am trying to show you the kinds of things you need to be thinking about when you write your scenes.
It's the six P's: Proper Planning Prevents P*** Poor Performance.
|2011-02-04, 12:14
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|2011-02-04, 15:27
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|2011-02-04, 18:02
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~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 33
Both my Merlion and your Megal use a bullpup rifle as a primary too.
And then I have a vague feeling that both our OCs... have the same voice actor. (looks at prototype image forming in photoshop )
Which world are you running with? Canon or JE's world?
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|2011-02-05, 01:04
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
There are only 3 VAs which can do Rachel, namely Asami Imai, Rie Kugimiya and Ayanyan. I could factor in Rie Tanaka too, but I think she should be more reserved for mature sounding characters.
With regards to the bullpup, I chose it because it looks cool, but IRL the SAR-21 is a crap weapon (you will know after you served in a coarse-mud/saltwater unit...trust me). I am modelling it so that it has the following specs :
1. The fat handguard with the laser-sight is actually a EM-accelerator coil.
2. The LAD is a SACLOS system used for guiding the RPGs, which work with a soft-launch system (two motor propulsion).
3. I threw out the scope-carry handle an replaced it with a guidance ACOG. Used for launching the RPG.
4. RPGs are launched from the barrel like a rifle grenade, but with its own propulsion system.
Conventional rounds with cartridges are used. 40-round box magazine, can be reloaded with a nanite-reconstructor. RPGs are limited ammo weaponry, however.
That gun can be held by a normal human being wearing regular non-IS powered armor.
|2011-02-05, 06:44
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Peer Review No. 2
Written fiction is more than just dialogue. You have a setting, tone, pacing, themes, narration, scenes, transitions, descriptors, characters, and vice-versa. The above jargon could have been an actual "Scene" and not bunch of what-have-you dialogue had you taken the time to storyboard and visualize what you are trying to communicate to the reader, then put it into words.
It does not have to be exact to every last nitty, gritty detail, but you need to give us something to work with here. Hell, why do we even care who this Empyrean guy is? What does he look like? What's he wearing? How he's feeling? Where is he when he's receiving this transmission? Etc.
These are the sort of things you need to think about, and it's just the tip of the iceberg. Storytelling is an art form. I don't expect you to "Get it" overnight, but as long as you take what I got to say and try to find out more for yourself, instead of just clinging to lame excuses, you will improve.
Now, let me tell you how I would have executed the material you have just put out.
First off, I'd set the scene by either describing Empyrean's surroundings, or preferably, begin "the moment" with some philosophical / thematic characterization. Anything, really, to get the reader's attention. The former is serviceable but I think the latter is much better.
But, hey, let's go with describing Empyrean's surroundings. Now, assuming this is the first time we're meeting him, I would not have the narrator give away his identity immediately. Instead, he'd be just a pilot inside the cockpit of an AC, which is loaded in the cargo bay of a military transport.
You ever rode in a plane before? Well, start with that and then make the description a lot more ugly and less comfortable, since this is a military aircraft. Doesn't help that an AC's cockpit is awfully cluttered too. Lots of hi-tech, if utilitarian display screens and widgets just blasting you with glare that reflects right in the visor of your helmet.
It's through these screens and the operator barking his ear off that the Raven is receiving his briefing, as the bird is rocked ever so often by turbulence. Idle radio chatter in the background from the air crew on the flight deck. Cockpit's kinda cold too...if you know what I'm saying.
I'd go into even more detail, but I think just from this train of thought, you can imagine what follows naturally. Being airdropped from 20,000+ feet in the air is quite a rush, even if you are inside a 7-meter tall walking death machine, with machineguns and missile launchers.
...Oh, and one more thing, lay off the AC nomenclature for weapons. New readers won't have a clue what they look like. If you're gonna give us the name, then you need to describe them and give out a few handy specs as to why we should care about what would otherwise be a trite info dump.
Good luck.
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|2011-02-05, 06:48
|Link #52
~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 33
What is it called? I named-dropped the bullpup rifle to be a SISAR-21 in my profile, and since its a standard issue weapon I suppose that all Singapore IS will have it. So can I use these stats for my profile too?
Also, I dreamed up a minimum armor mode for Merlion, namely the SBO, which is just applying the ADB around the user and boosting the user strength to 30% IS armor level. This allows the user to wield the SISAR-21 with both hands as though she was in SIR power armor, when she's in say school uniform. Allows the user to operate in constrained spaces where a IS may be too large for.
In FBO mode, the wielder can use the weapon, now relatively smaller to the armored body, one-handed like a mecha rifle.
What do you think?
Also, I incorporated some ideas from your profile into mine with regards to Singapore and the existence of multiple representatives. I've stated that there's 4 reps in ISA atm, so we have room for 2 more of us. Hope you don't mind.
Spoiler for Some food for thought:
Singapore's melee-focused Representative Indo-China.
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|2011-02-05, 10:25
|Link #53
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
The ME:ISTER cannot be summoned so the funny thing is, Rachel carries it with her all the time, and pulls it out of the unthinkable places all the time.
The Moonfang units are simply copied Blue Tears technology which are unable to fire lasers, but rather, rely on torque and simple Physics in a form of boomerangs.
Finally, Starwright is not a state-sponsored but privatised project, that initially formed the basis of later Metro mass-manufactured IS-es. I am putting alot of mysteries behind Starwright.
You could take the other side of the equation though.
|2011-02-05, 16:51
|Link #55
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Fighting against those who oppress the system
|2011-02-05, 18:30
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Loveable Jerk
*reads over the thread and has something catch his eye*
Actually it makes me want to make an OC whose primary purpose is to be a skeptic that goes around pointing out how inane the various series sacred cows are. You know what fuck it thats what Im going to do.
Rachael Brown: Professional Snarker
Spoiler for The Snarking Chronicles Volume 1: Stealth is overrated anyway!:
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|2011-02-05, 18:36
|Link #57
~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 33
Though now I imagine Rachel going through various... attempts to define a key phrase to activate Starwright and henshin.
Now I get it, Starwright works like a Strike Gundam, interchangeable packs!
And no problems about hiding secrets in there. Its starting to look like Starwright is a different project from STE's version altogether. Which is even better, the MDF going one way while the SAF is going in another. I doubt there'd be a head-on clash, but it will create friction between the Federation's reps, and play into the "size of Metro's IS program is the world's worst kept secret" bits.
Because of that, Karon is working at her Rep status to break into the political circle and take control of a country slowing coming out of its recent stellar rise. It is reflected in her IS as well. STE made the first 3 IS to specialize in close, medium and long range engagements, leaving the 4th one as a reserve core for R&D by the megacorp. Other state companies objected the waste of a core (and wanted it for themselves), the politicians made a lot of hot air from both sides of the argument, nothing happened for a while. It was when an Australis engineer proposed to build the 4th as a support unit that could to a limited extent fill the roles of the 1st three, and practically did everything except actual manufacturing, was Merlion okay'd to be constructed.
Karon wants to be that influence, because true she wants power but if its good for the country there's nothing wrong with desiring power.
EDIT: I've updated Karon's profile with the above information. Also:
Gosh, this just reminded me of NANOHA STRIKERS, but with HAREM!! XD XD XD
Nice profile btw, now I have a teacher to play around with.
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Age: 31
Don't you just love it when authors start throwing out numbers?
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Erik Erlendsson blogs on who the Lightning will and won't qualify before July 1st according to Jay Feaster. Note: this isn't a complete list.
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Erik Erlensson of the Tribune [url=http://sports.tbo.com/sports/MGBGE7D5UBE.html]suggests the Lightning may move to sign some of their college prospects like Matt Smaby, Brady Greco and Jay Rosehill [/url]to build up their minor league depth at the position. Lightning GM Jay Feaster has made it known he thinks the NCAA ranks are too soft for his taste and [url=http://www.nhl.com/futures/features/prospects_tam040705.html]hinted strongly to NHL.com a Smaby signing may be in the offing.[/url] When Andreas Holmqvist's return to Linkopings in Sweden freed up a roster spot in Springfield it all but sealed the deal that the Lightning would attempt to get Smaby to go pro.
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- Read a ussoccer.com Q & A with Alex Morgan "I Want to Keep Improving and Continue to Make an Impact on this Team."
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- Read a ussoccer.com Q&A with Julie Johnston
- Ticket Information for Fan Tribute Tour Presented by Panasonic
The U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award is the highest honor awarded to soccer players in the United States. Online votes registered on U.S. Soccer's Facebook Page counted for 50 percent of the total votes, while the other 50 percent was represented by votes compiled from members of the national media and U.S. Soccer representatives, including National Team coaches and members of the U.S. Soccer Board of Directors.
The Female Athlete of the Year award is the first for Morgan and it comes in the Diamond Bar, Calif. native's first time on the ballot. The forward leads all U.S. scorers in 2012 with 28 goals which is good for third-best all time in a calendar year behind Abby Wambach (31 in 2004) and Michelle Akers (39 in 1991). Morgan has also compiled a team-leading 19 assists in 2012, the fourth-most in a single year. She still has three matches left to play as the USA finishes the Fan tribute Tour, presented by Panasonic, which matches against China on Dec. 8 in Detroit, Dec. 12 in Houston and Dec. 15 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Morgan's exploits have also earned her a place on the FIFA Ballon d'Or shortlist. The winner for FIFA's top honor will be announced on Jan. 7, 2013.
U-20 WNT defender Julie Johnston took home the Young Female Athlete of the Year award in one of the tightest races in the award's history, just edging out her U-20 teammates Kealia Ohai, who scored the winning goal in the U-20 Women's World Cup Final, and midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo.
The U-20 WNT captain was instrumental in helping the team win the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan, starting all six games on the backline and earning the Bronze Ball as the tournament's third-best player, an extremely rare feat for a defender. The Mesa, Ariz. native also made an impact with Santa Clara, where the junior was the team's leading scorer with eight goals and five assists in 14 appearances.
Morgan and Johnston complete this year's list of winners for U.S. Soccer Athletes of the Year in 2012. Last month Clint Dempsey was announced as the Male Athlete of the year, Rubio Rubin the Young Male Athlete of the Year, and Felicia Schroeder the Disabled Athlete of the Year.
1985: Sharon Remer
1986: April Heinrichs
1987: Carin Jennings
1988: Joy Biefeld
1989: April Heinrichs
1990: Michelle Akers
1991: Michelle Akers
1992: Carin Gabarra
1993: Kristine Lilly
1994: Mia Hamm
1995: Mia Hamm
1996: Mia Hamm
1997: Mia Hamm
1998: Mia Hamm
1999: Michelle Akers
2000: Tiffeny Milbrett
2001: Tiffeny Milbrett
2002: Shannon MacMillan
2003: Abby Wambach
2004: Abby Wambach
2005: Kristine Lilly
2006: Kristine Lilly
2007: Abby Wambach
2008: Carli Lloyd
2009: Hope Solo
2010: Abby Wambach
2011: Abby Wambach
2012: Alex Morgan
1998: Cindy Parlow
1999: Lorrie Fair
2000: Aly Wagner
2001: Aleisha Cramer
2002: Lindsay Tarpley
2003: Cat Reddick
2004: Heather O'Reilly
2005: Lori Chalupny
2006: Danesha Adams
2007: Lauren Cheney
2008: Kristie Mewis
2009: Tobin Heath
2010: Bianca Henninger
2011: Sydney Leroux
2012: Julie Johnston


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Live updates
Historic Penmaenpool toll bridge up for sale
A 134-year-old toll bridge across one of the most scenic estuaries in Britain is for sale, together with the keepers' cottage.
It's at Penmaenpool, near Dolgellau, where the bridge spans the Mawddach river.
The Grade 2 listed wooden bridge and cottage have an asking price of £350,000.


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Maybe embattled Ravens cornerback Cary Williams shouldn't be benched just yet. I'm not going to sit here and try to convince you that one interception of a rookie quarterback -- one who has thrown several of them now -- that was returned for a touchdown should be enough for you to place your faith back in Cary Williams, who has been clinging to his starting spot ever since he earned it last summer. Williams has been picked on all season -- that's what happens when the alternative is attacking stick-to-you-like-glue cornerback Lardarius Webb -- and his struggles to get his head around and knock down the football were glaring in Sunday night's win over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Brady targeted Williams 12 times and completed eight passes. Entering Thursday's game, Williams had been targeted 26 times, according to Pro Football Focus, which was tied for the fourth most in the NFL. Even Brandon Weeden beat him for a couple of completions, including a 43-yard gain, before Williams made the play that Ravens coach John Harbaugh said was the difference in the 23-16 victory. The Ravens couldn't seem to put away the Browns, a winless AFC North rival that was trying to make a memorable impression on a nationally televised showcase game. After falling behind 9-0 in the second quarter, the Browns scratched and clawed their way back into the game, and with the third quarter nearing its end, they crossed midfield trailing by just six points. It was 3rd-and-5, so who else was Weeden going to try to exploit? As rookie wide receiver Travis Benjamin ran an out route to his left, Weeden locked in on him and swung a pass out to him. Williams pounced on it and outraced Webb as he went 63 yards to the end zone to put the Ravens up, 23-10. The embattled cornerback later said that getting the first interception of his career was "a surreal feeling," like he couldn't feel the ball in his hands as made the play of the game. "[The team has] always been there for me, and they're going to continue to be there for me regardless of whether I have a good game or a bad game," Williams said. "It's hard to play at a high level each and every week. Sometimes you're going to get balls caught on you. What you've got to do is bounce back." His teammates and his coach said they are proud of him for doing just that, and even though Harbaugh said that "he wasn't under heat in our building" this week, Williams might not have the tightest grasp on his starting spot. Defensive coordinator Dean Pees admitted Tuesday that there was some consideration given to starting second-year cornerback Jimmy Smith against the Browns, though it might have just been coach-speak. Smith, a 2011 first-round draft pick, is eventually going to be asked to sink or swim out on an island full-time. But Smith, who has played more than half of the team's defensive snaps in 2012, hasn't done enough to supplant Williams, which is equally as surprising as it is disappointing. Smith may one day live up to his draft status, but since he hasn't yet, Williams will continue to be in there. He has the size and talent to be successful in this league, and he showed a flash of it against the Browns on Thursday night. Maybe this will be a turning point for the 27-year-old's season. Or maybe it was just a fluke -- a bad decision by a quarterback with four NFL games under his belt. If quarterbacks are still abusing him a couple of weeks from now, then it might be time to take the plunge with Smith.
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by Katie Parker, sports information graduate assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University women's basketball team (17-6, 10-3 PBC) received a sweet treat today (Feb. 13) with a 57-54 victory over USC Aiken (13-11, 8-7 PBC) just in time for Valentine's Day.
Chimere Jordan (Gray, Ga.) led the Bobcats offensively, scoring 19 points in a contest that saw six lead changes and things knotted up three times.
Down by one with just over five minutes left to play, the junior hit a layup giving the 'Cats a 49-48 advantage; they never relinquished the lead. However, the Pacers battled back bringing things within one when the Gray native drained a three-pointer with 52 seconds on the clock, putting things out of reach for the Pacers. Jordan also had four rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block.
Senior Antoinette Reames (Orlando, Fla.) helped with a lucky trio of 13's, putting up 13 points and snagging 13 boards on the 13th day of the month. This marked her seventh double-double of the 2009-10 campaign. Reames recorded six swats, taking the 13th spot in career blocks in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) record books with 123, edging out UNC Pembroke's Jennifer Lance (1998-2002).
Junior Dominique Huffin (Tucker, Ga.) rounded out the double-digit scoring Georgia College with 11 points going 3-for-4 from downtown, while Shandrea Moore (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) tallied seven points and seven assists.
USC Aiken also had three players scoring double-digits. Lindsay Sundberg had a team high of 12 points, while Catherine Cain put up 11 and Kendra Chandler recorded 10. Deandra Schirmer led the Pacers with 11 boards, while Chandler grabbed eight. Hannah DeGraffinreed paced the team with nine points and five assists.
USCA outscored the 'Cats off the bench 21-11, but Georgia College won the contest of second chances, 10-8. The Pacers took the battle off the boards 35-34 and 26-20 in the paint. Georgia College went .400 from the floor compared to Aiken's .346. However, the 'Cats struggled from the charity stripe shooting 55.6 percent, while the Pacers were 81.3 percent from the line.
Georgia College is tied for the top spot in the West Division with Clayton State University (19-4, 10-3), while Lander University (21-1, 14-0 PBC) continues to lead the East Division, undefeated in conference play.
The Bobcats are back in action Wednesday, Feb. 17 traveling to Georgia Southwestern (9-12, 4-8 PBC) for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Deze zijde een schildpad.Te bezichtigen op de film "Rome", opgenomen door de B.B.C.,
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Periode: 0 tot 400 nchr.
Above, a necklace, (lead), Christian symbol of a fish and at the back a turtle with a leather rope attaged.
And now we have roman christianity..
Religion was very important to the Romans Within the Roman Empire, Christianity was banned and Christians were punished for many years. Feeding Christians to the lions was seen as entertainment in Ancient Rome.
The message of Christianity was spread around the Roman Empire by St. Paul who founded Christian churches in Asia Minor and Greece. Eventually, he took his teachings to Rome itself.
The early converts to Christianity in Ancient Rome faced many difficulties. The first converts were usually the poor and slaves as they had a great deal to gain from the Christians being successful. If they were caught, they faced death for failing to worship the emperor. It was not uncommon for emperors to turn the people against the Christians when Rome was faced with difficulties. In AD 64, part of Rome was burned down. The Emperor Nero blamed the Christians and the people turned on them. Arrests and executions followed.
"Nero punished a race of men who were hated for their evil practices.
These men were called Christians. He got a number of people to confess.
On their evidence a number of Christians were convicted and put to death with dreadful cruelty.
Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts and left to be eaten by dogs.
Others were nailed to the cross. Many were burned alive and set on fire to serve as torches at night."
The dangers faced by the Christians in Rome meant that they had to meet in secret. They usually used underground tombs as these were literally out of sight. Rome had a large number of poor people within its population and Christianity continued to grow. In AD 313, the Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal and for the first time, they were allowed to openly worship. Churches were quickly built not just in Rome but throughout the empire. In AD 391, the worship of other gods was made illegal.


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This is the audio archive from 12 Mar 08. The files are 128k VBR mp3s.
The participating trombonists are Wolter Wierbos, Jeff Albert, Mark McGrain, Rick Trolsen, and Big Sam Williams.
Wolter, Big Sam, Mark Rick, & Jeff (mp3)
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World Of Goo Piracy Rate: "82%"
The post yesterday reporting World of Goo's 90% piracy figure drew a surprising response. The P-word regularly generates comments threads that scare our hosts, but this one was odd. It became a discussion about whether one could disprove the 90% figure, and then extrapolating this to reach peculiar conclusions. Some could see this as people claiming there were far fewer stab wounds than first predicted and therefore there hadn't been a murder. Others might suggest that fighting over the exact number is completely irrelevant, as that's not the point of the issue. Now 2D BOY have responded with new look at the figures.
In response to the vociferous arguments that dynamic IPs and multiple installations could be responsible for a lot of the 90% of registered IPs against sales, 2D BOY dug deeper. While it's true that a dynamic IP, or second installation, would appear as a unique user, that doesn't take into account the player IDs. The majority of those whose IP rolls around with each connection would still be using the same player name. So based on player names, 2D BOY discovered that there are 1.3 IP addresses per player – not the figures that many were spuriously claiming.
The stats are these:
76% of players have contacted the server from 1 IP
13% from 2 IPs
5% from 3 IPs
3% from 4 IPs
1% from 5 IPs
1% from 6 IPs
1% from more than 6
Of course it will be pointed out that each game has room for three player IDs, and they took this into account too.
"we also looked at how many players IDs were created (rather than used) from each IP address. given that the vast majority of player IDs are associated with only a single IP, this is a fairly accurate measure of how many profiles the average user created. on average, a player has 1.15 profiles per installation." [Their emphasis]
It then completely nerds out to get the figures. I'll not summarise, but paste their maths:
when we take the total number of player IDs (which is smaller than the number of unique IPs from which leaderboard entries came) and divide it by 1.15 (the average number of profiles per installation) the number of estimated unique installations drops by about 35% as compared to the estimate based on unique IPs. let us further say that the average user installs the game on 1.25 computers with different IPs (i.e. not behind the same router), which i think is a high estimate. that lowers the estimated unique installations by another 20%. after factoring both of these in, the piracy rate would still be 82%, and we should keep in mind that this number doesn't include those who never opted to submit scores to the leaderboard (it's an option that's off by default). so while it's possible that the actual piracy rate is lower than 90%, it's unlikely that it's significantly lower. 2d boy hopes this satisfies the more rigorous number crunchers out there :)
A drop from 90 to 80% makes one difference: it means there are twice as many legitimate copies out there as previously thought. But twice 1 out of 10 is 2 out of 10 – it's not the most enormous leap.
I'm sure that many will pick at the maths above and argue their reasoning why they think this number might be lower (or even higher), but I'm not sure that's relevant. Unless there's a dramatic proof out there that slashes this figure into a quarter, it strikes me as a distraction. If one can't destroy this number, and therefore the 82% figure is close enough to accurate, given that it might be slightly lower or higher, what then? That's the interesting discussion. Is this piracy a problem?
2D BOY certainly don't believe that adding DRM to their game would have made any difference. (I would argue that logic dictates this – something that is always cracked on Day 0/1, and only affects the legitimate customers and not the pirates, is going to do nothing realistic. But clearly very few publishers agree, so there's still much debate to be had). But have they been robbed of 86% of their sales? Again, the implication from the company is they think perhaps 1 or 2 of every 1000 of those pirated copies could have been a sale. But there's still tens of thousands of people with a copy without paying for it, far more than those who did pay.
Here's another question. If piracy figures don't represent lost sales, what do they represent? Is it an indictment of humanity? Are they free advertising? Could 2D BOY have benefited in any way from them? Or are they causing active harm?
Whatever the significance of the PC's piracy rates, the results from 2D BOY make one thing very clear: While some of us are paying for our fun, a lot of us are not.
Edit: A rather significant statement from 2D BOY's Ron Carmel appears below in the comments. It's helpful to put it up here:
"by the way, just in case it's not 100% clear, we're not angry about piracy, we still think that DRM is a waste of time and money, we don't think that we're losing sales due to piracy, and we have no intention of trying to fight it."


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To make the ice box cake: Line an 8 by 4-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap, set aside.
To make the caramel whip cream: In a medium-large saucepan put the sugar in a mound in the center of the pan, be sure it doesn't hit the sides. Gently add the water and corn syrup, making sure the sugar doesn't splash up on the sides of the pan. If any of the sugar is not disolved very gently stir, but make sure none of the sugar hits the sides of the pan. (All of this care to keep the sugar off the side of the pan will prevent your sugar from crystalizing while it cooks.)
Cook over high heat, without stiring. When the sugar starts to color on the edges, gently stir the sugar. Until it is quite dark, it will smoke a bit.
Once the caramel is dark in color, reduce the heat and add half the cream. The caramel will sputter and sieze up, which is normal. Gently whisk the caramel until the sugar dissolves. Add the remaining cream and stir. Strain the caramel cream into a shallow container. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled.
Using a whisk or stand mixer whip 2/3 of the chilled caramel cream until soft peaks. Reserve the remaining 1/3 of the cream for topping the cake. Coat the bottom of the prepared pan with about a 1/4-inch-thick layer of the cream. Line the outside of the pan with the cookies. Spread a layer of the cream on each cookie and layer them together in the pan. You should end up with about 3 rows of cookies and cream. Cover the top with more of the cream so the cookies are completely covered. Refrigerate the cake for at least 3 hours or overnight. Invert the cake onto a serving platter. Whip the remaining 1/3 of the cream and decorate the cake as you wish.


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Man pleads not guilty in fireworks incident during S.F. Giants game
San Bruno man pleads not guilty to charges in fireworks incident during S.F. Giants game
Bay City News- San Jose Mercury News
Posted: 04/21/2014 11:54:05 AM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Bruno resident who allegedly threw fireworks from the bleachers at a San Francisco Giants game at AT&T Park Wednesday night pleaded not guilty Friday to felony charges, according to prosecutors.
Paola Alessio Pavone, 21, was arraigned today in San Francisco Superior Court today on one charge of felony possession of a destructive device in a public place, one charge of felony possession of combustible material and one misdemeanor charge of discharging dangerous fireworks, according to Alex Bastian, a spokesman for the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges and is scheduled to return to court on April 25 to set a preliminary hearing date.
Pavone was arrested Wednesday after fireworks were thrown into the Coors Light bar area behind the bleacher around 9:30 p.m., during a period between innings, according to police.
Officers at the game heard a loud explosion and saw smoke coming from the area, police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said.
Multiple people reported pain, dizziness and temporary loss of hearing, but no one was seriously injured in the explosion, Shyy said. All of the victims were treated at the stadium.
Pavone was arrested after police learned a suspect was seen standing up in Section 142 of the bleachers and throwing something back toward the bar area, Shyy said.
The incident did not delay the game, and the Giants went on to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1.
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Girl, 5, Battling Cancer Gets Fantastic 'Princess for a Day' Party
Here's the type of fairy tale that will make anyone smile.
A five-year-old girl in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania battling cancer was recently treated like a princess for a day, thanks to the efforts of an organization called Jamie's Dream Team.
Brielle Kelly got to wear a princess gown and was treated to a ride in a horse-drawn carriage before attending a party at a local hotel in her honor filled with characters from Hersheypark, music and ballet dancers.
Brielle has been dealing with several health issues since she was born, including an intestines that needed to be replaced and a bowel tumor. Currently, she has lymphoma. She's spent roughly a third of her life in the hospital.


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KAMErLOT necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 10 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Online Canadian Pharmacy
The winner of this project might as well be selected to design the rest of the site.
The current project is for the design of the home page for an online pharmacy. We are looking for an experienced designer to build a professionally looking home page based on industry looks and feel and page structures (please see competitor's section).
The site shouldn't necessarily look like an online pharmacy (see competitors for a better understanding of the industry particularities). It can be a combination of ecommerce and pharmacy sites, for example. We are leaving this to your creativity, but make sure the page elements are present on the layout.
The site needs to look modern, cutting edge, trusted, healthy clean.
The target audience of the website is both males and females over the age of 40, which are in the market to buy generic and brand drugs from Canada. These types of websites are different than other categories since the target market visits such websites with a clear product in mind, based on a prescription from doctors. The most important factor in buying decisions is a combination of the lowest price and most trustable online website.
The project is for an online Canadian pharmacy. The site should be designed for 1024x768 pixels.
Home Page Elements
The main purpose of the home page is to differentiate ourselves from our competitors and provide an easy way to find access to critical elements on the page.
We need to impress the audience with the help of a clean, professional and trust inspiring look and feel.
When a visitor arrives at the website the look and feel of the website should make the customers think, "This looks like a legit, professional, alive website. I'll check to see if they have what I need and for what prices". This impulse should happen within milliseconds after the page is loaded, therefore everything on the page should look professional: use of white space, color schema, font family, imagery and so on.
Based on how other competitors (see competitors section below) are laying out the information on their websites, these are the elements that need to be displayed on the website:
The closest website reflecting the page elements that have to be on this design is http://www.canadapharmacyonline.com
Critical elements on the page should be highlighted and easy to find at a glimpse:
• Search field
• Existing customer login/Forgot Password
• New customer order
• How to order
• Drug categories
Other elements on the page (these elements can be links or mini sections on the home page):
• Shopping Cart
• Refill Orders
• About us
• Contact us
• RX Prescription Item
• OTC – Over the counter item
• Home
• Pharmacy Info
• Phone and Fax
• Hours of Operation
• Seals for
o Pharmacy Checker (https://www.pharmacychecker.com/sea…6E038C.jpg),
o CIPA (http://www.cipa.com/wp-content/them…a-seal.png)
o Visa, Master Card, Check, eBillme, (http://www.merchant-account-quotes.…ard-logos/)
• Satisfaction guarantee
Advantages over competitors:
Better prices, satisfaction guarantee, pricing guarantee, shipping guarantee
Design guidelines
Please follow the guidelines below:
- You can use images from free stock imagery websites as well as preview images from paid sites - if your design will be approved you will be asked to provide the link for the images so we can go buy them
- You can use hero images with happy people, targeting people in our demographics, but you should strive to much more real pictures
- Don't use images with doctors, pills or pharmacy related products
- We want to convey the image of a website that inspires trust and healthy lifestyle
- Color schema should contain red (from the Canadian flag color) and blue or red and other matching color(s)
- There is no need to design the logo of the website, but leave a placeholder space of 310x50pixels, which should be long enough to fit the words "Canadian Pharmacy Online" and a 64x64 icon in front of the text
- All important elements (see page elements above) should be prominently on the page and located above the fold
- Shopping cart section will be persistent on each page of the website and its location should be site-wide consistent, maybe except for the home page; keep that in mind when you design the site
- The order form and the fax number should be located on the top right of the page
- Include a Refer a Friend seal at the minimum. IF you want to include all seals they are satisfaction guarantee, pricing guarantee, shipping guarantee
Designs Preferences
The design should look like the modern ecommerce sites but less busy.
Below are listed 5 sites we like (which are not necessarily online pharmacies) and what we liked about them:
- The search field is very clear and easy to find
- The tabs are nice but could be bigger
- The space where the Facebook and Twitter logos are displayed is a good spot for Pharmacy Checker and CIPA logos
- The revolving banner is nice
- The search field is very nice
- Tabs and alphabetical index are nice
- I like the way the return policy and free shipping are displayed
- It's easy to find "my account"
- We like the picture displaying products
- We like the "Easy Ordering" image
- The banner with Free Shipping and the Return Policy is nice with a spot for the banner below
- Search field is very nice with the contrasting colors
- We like the way they use two search fields, we may not want to use this but it's interesting
- We really like the narrow banner above the product banner


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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Meet the Alexes
Alex White
Alex White is a 24-year old RHP (6'3" 215lbs), and was the Indians' 1st Round pick in 2009. He was acquired by the Rockies in the Ubaldo Jimenez deal. He's not arbitration-eligible until 2015, and won't be a free agent until 2018.
In 23 games (20 starts), White threw 98IP, allowing 114H/60ER, for a 5.51 ERA/1.68 WHIP, with 64K:51BB. His FIP was a little better, 5.23, while his xFIP was 4.72.
Ben Badler tweeted: Alex White's stock has tumbled. Perception isn't as good as reality here.
Back in March, White was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, coming in at a .174 BAL. GM Dan O'Dowd said:
We have not seen any indication of this since we got the kid. He's been a choirboy, but he screwed up.
And everyone lived happily ever after.
Alex Gillingham
Gillingham is a 23-year old 6'3" 200lb RHP, drafted in the 11th Round of the 2011 draft by Colorado.
For Low-A Asheville in the South Atlantic League in 2012, Gillingham was 6-8 in 19 starts with a 3.66 ERA (3.43 FIP), allowing 122H/50ER in 123IP, with 83K:28BB. Gillingham allowed just five homers in all of 2012, good for a 0.4 HR/9 rate.
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So Gillingham has potential to be a back end starter and who knows with White? Not really liking this trade, especially for a shut down guy like Lopez.
- December 4, 2012 at 11:13 PM
- cardsjason said...
Gillingham will be interesting to watch. His age at that level is almost a red flag but every players development is different.
- December 5, 2012 at 1:06 AM
Our bullpen already sucked... I'm finding it harder and harder to care about the Astros. We have to attempt to improve our W/L at some point... right?
- December 5, 2012 at 8:34 AM
Add two more slugs to the pile.
- December 5, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Hopefully he can find himself away from Coors. Haven't seen much of him but Luhnow says he scouted him as an amateur and thinks he can be a good piece going forward. Need rotation depth and maybe Wilton's health record is about to catch up to him? Lots of things we don't know at this stage.
- December 5, 2012 at 8:57 AM
I think this is a good trade. It might turn out to be great. With a young team starting pitching is going to be needed. We will probably have 10 different starters next season because young arms are young arms. BUT... Lopez arm had something going on in health issues, so it was a time bomb. Second, the Astros don't need a closer. Not yet. In a year or two it will be important and maybe by then we have enough pitching depth that we can have something like a young future closer in the minors. Maybe even Cosart?
- December 5, 2012 at 9:19 AM
I like this trade, considering Lopez's fragile elbow. I think he's going to need TJ surgery soon. For his sake, I hope that doesn't happen, but if it does it'll be the Rockies' problem now.
- December 6, 2012 at 7:10 AM