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Holidays and Children with Special Needs
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A popular song describes the holidays as "the most wonderful time of the year." But the holidays can also add an extra layer of stress on families. If you have a child with special needs, the unfamiliar sounds, smells and visitors can be disruptive. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to minimize the stress and make the holidays more enjoyable for you and your children. The key is preparation.
First, find calm. Find ways to reduce the stress of holiday preparations. Children are good at picking up on your stress level, so it can be helpful to take steps to lower it. Schedule quiet times during the day — short periods when you can give your child your full attention and tune in to their needs. You can even have a "code word" for your child to say when they feel overwhelmed. Promise that if they use the word, you will respond right away. Giving children some control during activities can help reduce their anxiety.
Prepare with pictures. Make a holiday scrapbook with pictures from previous years showing your family baking, trimming the tree, spending time with relatives and more. This is a great way to explain events and help your child not get overwhelmed with such activities.
Set a schedule. Give your child a schedule of events for holiday activities, particularly on days with lots of transitions. It could be a written schedule or one with pictures — even a calendar showing what is planned in upcoming days. Discuss the schedule regularly and provide information for each event. Just knowing what is coming up could help your child feel calmer and safer.
Prevent sensory overload. Children with sensory sensitivities may require a little extra help during the holidays. You may need to:
Limit holiday decorations in your home and turn down music.
Bring ear plugs if you will be in a noisy environment.
Provide toys or sensory fidgets if your child will need to sit still during an event.
Bring along a change of soft clothes if your child needs to wear dress clothes for an event.
Ask family and friends to not use perfume when they visit. Some children are very sensitive to it.
Pack a bag. When visiting friends or relatives, bring a backpack with items your child finds comforting or enjoyable. If your child gets overstimulated, find a quiet place and let them choose things from the backpack.
Work on the gift experience. If your child doesn't like opening presents because they're unfamiliar, try wrapping some favorite toys. Unwrapping something familiar can be reassuring. Also, if your child has trouble with fine motor skills, you may want to make presents and cards extra-easy to open. And finally, help your child prepare gifts for others. This teaches them to think about other people's needs and learn to be kind and helpful.
Give them a job. During family gatherings, children with special needs may benefit from having a job — it can reduce stress from having people in the house. For example, they could take coats or hand around food trays.
Prepare your family. Talk to family members ahead of holiday events. Discuss your child's specific needs and what helps to keep your child feeling safe and comfortable. Let them know this will make the experience better for everyone.
Ask for help. Friends and family are often glad to help, but they won't know unless you tell them. Give them a list of things they can do to support you during the holidays — from shopping and cooking to watching your child while you spend time with party guests.


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Police say a 24-year-old man stabbed four people at a Catholic church in Albuquerque as a Sunday mass was nearing its end.
Police spokesman Robert Gibbs says Lawrence Capener jumped over several pews at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church around noon Sunday and walked up to the choir area where he began his attack.
The injuries to the four church-goers weren't life-threatening. All four were being treated at hospitals.
An off-duty police officer and others at the church subdued Capener and held him down until police arrived.
Some of those who were stabbed were members of the choir.
The choir's pianist, Brenda Baca King, told KRQE-TV that the attacker was looking at the lead soloist. "I just remember seeing him hurdle over the pews, hurdle over people and run towards us and I thought, `Oh my God, this is not good,'" Baca King said.
Police described the stabbing scene as chaotic as parishioners screamed as the attack unfolded.
Gibbs says Capener was interviewed by police and was expected to face felony charges. It's not yet known whether Capener has an attorney.
Gibbs says investigators don't yet know the motive for the stabbings, whether Capener had ties to the victims or whether he regularly attended the church.
The stabbings occurred as the choir had just begun its closing hymns.
Archbishop of Santa Fe Michael Sheehan released a statement saying he was saddened by the attack.
The church didn't immediately return calls seeking comment on Sunday afternoon.

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Dewald joined outfielder Sean Harrell (Martinez, Ga.) on the first team, while catcher Richard Pirkle (Norcross, Ga.) nabbed a second-team nod.
The ace of the Bobcat pitching staff, Dewald has gotten even stronger in the post-season, owning a 10-2 mark with a 3.90 ERA and 100 strikeouts over 94 2/3 innings. Dewald was named first team all-region by Daktronics as a relief pitcher in 2009.
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Harrell is the second outfielder to earn a spot on the Daktronics All-Southeast First Team, after Justin Mills did it in 2007. Harrell is hitting .461 with 76 runs, 11 home runs and 53 RBI. He also posted a .735 slugging percentage and .539 on-base percentage. Both Dewald and Harrell will move on to the All-America ballot, where Mills was also the lone Daktronics All-American in school history in 2007.
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One of the big problems with jailbreaking is that iTunes still serves you iOS updates, which, if downloaded, will return your phone to a non-jailbroken state. To avoid an accidental overwrite, run this bash script to prevent iTunes from automatically downloading updates.
The script, built for Mac users, is pretty simple: it just changes the permissions of iTunes' download directories for software updates. When it tries to download an update, it will be denied permission and the download will just fail. If you have a jailbroken device, you can then just manually download the firmware and do an option-restore as usual to update your device. To use it, just copy and paste the following script into TextEdit:
#!/bin/bash clear echo "This script will chmod the download locations for Firmware Files, So iTunes can not download firmware." echo "AKA it will prevent iTunes from auto updating your device." echo "" echo "" echo "To restore firmware just hold down option and manually select the firmware file." echo "" clear echo "Made By: Wesley K" echo "[email protected]" echo "http://wesleyk.me" echo "http://wesleyk.me/twitter" sleep 2 read -sn 1 -p "Press any key to continue..." clear echo "Now I need your password to continue" echo "Killing iTunes now" sudo -v sudo killall -9 iTunes sleep 2 clear
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Most people don't need advanced features that personally owned routers offer and will be just fine using the NVG589 and turning off their personally owned router. But if you're like me (and I know I am!) then you are probably reading this thread because you have ip cameras, personal clouds, photo servers, guest wifi, VPN's, xbox, QOS settings, et al. I have an ASUS RT-N66U , a VIP2250, and a wireless reciever with a WAP; but your settings should be similar.
The NVG589 does not have a simple 'Bridge mode' setting so you will need to get into weeds to get this working. I hope you're ready.
First Steps
Make sure you have a laptop or a computer that you can connect directly into the NVG589.
Unplug all ethernet cables from the NVG589 except for the one going into the aforementioned laptop.
Write down the MAC address of your personal router (the WAN MAC address if you see different ones for LAN and WAN)
Settings on the NVG589
Personal Router Settings.
I also changed settings in my IPTV under LAN:
At this point, I checked the internet and everything was working great through the router. I restarted by 2 TV boxes (the VIP and the wifi ones). Everything is peachy.
Your mileage may vary. Good luck.
EDIT to update WAP configuration.
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First of all... I also want to thank you for the directions!
Following the instructions worked fine except for:
On my NVG589 gateway the field for the Default Server Internal Address is "greyed out" and not editable. I tried various combinations with the Allocation Mode but nothing seemed to open the field. I could set all other fields.
I did continue with the instructions through the local router and, so far, it seems I do get internet through my ASUS RT-N66W. I suppose I'm trying to find out how critical setting the Default Server Internal Address is.
One other thing... I set the Device IPv4 Address as 192.168.2.254 not 18.104.22.168 as stated in the instructions.
Any suggestions? Thanks again for the help!
I'm in same boat. That box is greyed out.
Great explanation and I believe I setup my system in this manner, but I can not get to certain ports from the outside. If I go to canuseeme.org, it shows my IP as what I set my server to, great.
But, if I try the port my web server is on, it does not work. This leads me to think that the RG router is blocking this. I thought that the static IP would have full access to all ports and not be blocked, or rather, the port is in use due to the RG - which uses 80 and 443.
So the question is, if I get static IP's and do this setup, am I in the same position as port-forwarding from the base RG router, or how do I get to my ports and/or do I need to setup my own router on this public IP and then I am good to go ?
Thanks !
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Mine is also grayed out. I "think'" it takes the settings from Home Network-->Subnets & DHCP-->Private LAN Subnet--->Device IPv4 Address
Are the numbers next to Device IPv4 Address the same as the grayed out box? Mine are the same which led me to think this. It just transfers the numbers over.
Hello, I have been researching this for a few weeks now and have read a few threads about it.
»NVG589 & Netgear Router for DLNA
I think I have just enough info to get started. I do want to make sure that I have my ducks in a row.
I know that I want to use the NVG in IP passthrough mode. The router will handle the wifi in my house.
The modem will do all the heavy lifting, I have a Netgear Gigabit switch attached to it for added ports. I will not, as I see it now, need the router to do anything other than broadcast a strong signal.
I was lucky, rehabbing a house to hardwire 13 cat6 drops throughout. I have a patch panel set up in the basement. As I said before, the modem will still do all the heavy lifting, such as Uverse TV and my home server running FreeNAS, all of these will be hardwired via direct connection or patched in.
So, I want the router to handle DHCP allocation for my wireless network, but I want to make sure that anything connected to the wifi will have access to the modem attached network (i.e. the server attached to the modem and network printers and such).
How does this affect my subnets when I allocate my IP addresses? Don't the modem and the router need to be on the same subnet to communicate? I need to set it up so that the wireless router can access the hardwired parent network that supplies the wireless router with its signal. Am I making sense? I could set it up so that 192.168.1.1 is the IP address for both, which would make the RG UI only accessible via hardwired connection.
Thanks so much for this! Very excited to get this going! Cheers! I welcome any thougts on this configuration.
excellent and detailed documentation. Followed the same steps but still get the same invalid IP error. And also verified in my asus router that i am getting the public IP address 107.xxx.xxx.xx. any more pointers what is missing here ???
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Is your router and RG on different IP addresses? For example: 192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1?
Have you double checked all of the settings in the RG, like wireless, off, firewall off, DHCPS-fixed?
If worse comes to worse, do a hard reset of the RG by pressing and holding the red reset button the back until all lights are solid red, It does take some time to come back up and make sure you have only one PC plugged into the back.
What device is giving you the error? The RG or your personal router? Which Asus router do you have? I have the RT-N66U.
Have you rebooted the router?
So, I just had my old 2Wire replaced with the new NVG589. I had purchased a D-Link DIR-826L and had purchased it for the Wireless N600 dual bands and the Gigabit ports. So, now that the NVG589 has Gigabit ports but only N300, should I just stick with the NVG589 handling everything or pass it all thru to my DIR-826 Router? I've got about 4 Wireless N cameras that of course I wanted to use N signal and the old 2Wire was a B/G, so that's one reason, but now the NVG589 has N. Then with running a DVR Camera System as well as the N Cameras I wanted fast Gigabit speed thruout my network. So, I'm looking for what would be better for me/us?
Realized we have tons of Wireless devices these days, so have an XBox, Wii, Cellphones, Streaming devices for Netflix and others, I didn't know if the NVG589 would bottleneck on me to handle about 20 Wirless devices connected to it. So, looking for some help/suggestions. Thanks everyone.
Excellent post...thanks. Stupid question though...I bought an Asus 1750. I am not sure how to best to physically configure the wires. Should I plug the Asus into one of the LAN ports on the NVG 589? Or, can I plug the Uverse internet cable coming in from the ONT into the ASUS WAN port and then out from the ASUS LAN port to the WAN port on the NVG?
this is important because I really need all 4 ports on the NVG...one for printer, one for DVR, one for wired computer, and one for the wireless TV boxes...Thus, all 4 ports are used and I wouldnt have one available to plug the ASUS into.
Forget my previsous question...
Anywho, I tried all of the bridging instructions and none of it worked. The NVG would never let me changed the IP address to anything that any of the posters suggested. I ended up having to factory reset the NVG to get everything back to normal since all of the settings got jacked up.
So, for anyone else, there is another option...I simply plugged the router into one of the LAN ports on the NVG and it works fine. Admittedly, I am really only using this for wireless and for a couple of other hardwire connections to make printing easier so this may not be using the router to its fullest, but for me, it doesnt matter.
I am getting 220Mbps down on the AC ghz signal...not bad but I thought it would have pushed the full 300 since I have a solid signal.
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Did you use Passthrough Mode, select DHCPS-Fixed?
I know it sounds obvious, but did you save your settings? Did you use your personal router MAC address in the NVG589? Disable NVG wireless, turn off the firewall, etc? For the MAC address, I only had the PC connected and the NVG589 saw it.
You can leave the NVG IP adress the default if that's easier for you. Just make sure the router is set to 192.168.2.1 for example.
I just turned 59 yesterday and am female. So if I can do it, you can too!
I took my time, printed out the instuctions and it worked the first time I thought. My personal router was not seeing my public WAN IP and was double routing (double NAT). If your personal router is showing 192.168.X.X it's probably doing double NAT. Not a good thing. Since I also wanted to limit the number of DHCP addresses used I started over. My router then had the public WAN IP set correctly. 126.96.36.199XX As you can see, that address is different and is what is displayed on the Internet. The public WAN IP is assigned from Uverse and generally speaking cannot be changed. Only a Uverse tech will cause it to change when moving your connection to another card for example.
Sometimes is helps to see the steps short and sweet. http://www.dslreports.com/faq/17734
Hi guys,
I did all of the above but I have a slightly different setup. My time capsule is not not directly plugged into the ATT modem. But it is plugged into a Netgear 5 Port Switch with the Uverse box and then into the wall of my living room which routes back to the ATT modem.
So I was not able to connect the Time Capsule and ensure the 192.168.10.1 IP address. So when I set the default internal server it is selecting 107.128.xxx.x which is my external IP address.
This is okay and all works fine except every 24 hours or so the Time Capsule just loses it's network settings and I have to reboot it. Then all is well for another 24 hours so I suspect a DHCP release problem and that I may need a fixed IP. Any help appreciated.
Probably stupid questions, but here goes:
1. Does this process involve connecting a cable between the NVG589 and the personal router at all even when it's completed?
2. When I'm done with the set-up, can I plug my LAN devices into the ASUS, the NVG589 or could I use both?
3. Should I reset the NVG589's subnet before even turning the ASUS on because isn't it possible they would conflict right off the bat?
4. The Default Server Internal Address for the NVG589 is grayed out unless you switch to Default Mode for allocation. I assume it's okay to temporarily do that, save, type in address and then switch back to Passthrough for allocation mode?
5. Is the WAN address for the Asus its LAN MAC Address/Wireles 2.4GHz MAC address?
6. Where do I change the Internet connection type to DHCP on the ASUS? The LAN tab has a DHCP Server tab which reads "Enable the DHCP Server" which is "on" by default.
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Important fix to frostcall's original post
This is a convoluted bridged mode workaround for the NVG589 and I hope AT&T fixes this with a firmware update. I thought the "Power" tier was supposed to be an upgrade, but this NVG589 firmware is a major downgrade for users with 2nd routers, IP cameras, home automation systems, etc.
I couldn't reach the broadband public IP via dynamic DNS services for my security cameras until I made the following fix to the original instructions:
Personal router settings:
Instead of using Automatic IP (DHCP) for your personal router WAN type, give it a static private IP on the same subnet as the NVG589. For example assign the following:
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.2.254
Primary DNS server: 192.168.2.254
Settings on the NVG589:
Instead of DHCPS-fixed, select Default Server.
After selecting Default Server, you should see 192.168.2.253 filled in automatically in the Default Server Internal Address box. This also sets the passthrough mode to DHCPS-fixed. Restart the NVG589.
A huge problem remains, the lack of support for NAT loopback.
Has anyone figured out a workaround for this? For example if your security cameras are using a dynamic DNS service to access the cameras from outside home, with port forwarding to route to the correct camera, this won't work while your viewing laptop is connected to the LAN. In order to access the cameras, the address has to be changed back & forth from the friendly DNS name to the numeric IP address, depending whether you're on the public ISP or local home network.
Did AT&T even bother to test the NVG589 with people with 2nd routers and security cameras, home automation, etc. before such a widespread deployment?
If AT&T is reading this, please fix the design flaws in the NVG589 firmware!
No matter what I try, I cannot change the subnet / netmask / DHCP range for the NVG589.
This is very frustrating.... Why can I at least not disable DHCP? AT&T is crazy annoying with wanting to take over MY internal network settings so I can run on THEIR EXTERNAL network.
I've about had it with this and am extremely close to calling TWC up for an install...
The error I get on any network config I use is:
Address must be on network (18.104.22.168)
I get it no matter what I try...
I've tried the following:
device IPv4 address: 172.21.0.1
DHCPv4 start IP address: 172.21.0.7
DHCPv4 end IP address: 172.21.0.14
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.240
device IPv4 address: 10.0.0.1
DHCPv4 start IP address: 10.0.0.2
DHCPv4 end IP address: 10.0.0.5
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.240
device IPv4 address: 192.168.2.254
DHCPv4 start IP address: 192.168.2.1
DHCPv4 end IP address: 192.168.2.5
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.240
device IPv4 address: 188.8.131.52
DHCPv4 start IP address: 126.96.36.199
DHCPv4 end IP address: 184.108.40.206
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
(I've tried a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 as well with all configs and increased the DHCP range.
Am I doing something wrong that I'm missing or did AT&T disable this on my firmware?
Here's my sysinfo
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Today's final could turn out to be as exciting as the U.S. versus Brazil game.
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Even if you're not a soccer fan, you should be glued to your television at 2:45 PM (Eastern Time, U.S.) when the American women's soccer team clashes with Japan in the Women's World Cup 2011 final in Germany today.
This looks to be a great game. Japanese skills, speed, precise passing and neat dribbling versus U.S. power, speed and Abby Wambach's headers.
The Japanese are the Cinderella team this year. The team stunned host country Germany, knocking them out of the tournament, before sending the Australians packing. This team has nothing to lose since it was never expected to make it to the final. Yet they've played the United States in recent years and lost the last five games.
The United States team played its heart out to get by Brazil. The Brazilians, leading 2-1 had the game won -- or so they thought-- when Wambach rose above defenders and the goal-keeper to send a thunderous header into the net into the second minute of injury time.
The U.S. team then played a great French team that was expected by many to make it into the final and win it all. The French had nearly 30 shots on goal while the United States had less than a dozen. Many believed the French outplayed the Americans, but as with most sports events, the team that scores the most wins. The U.S. broke a 1-1 tie in the second half then scored a third goal as the French threw everything into trying to tie the game.
Today's final could turn out to be as exciting as the U.S. versus Brazil game.
The Americans never-say-never; the Japanese also are relentless and don't know what it means to surrender. Yet the Japanese will be challenged with the height and strength of the American players, especially when it comes to the corner kicks and free kicks. How to defend against the headers, especially Wambach? The only solution is to score more goals of course--in which case they would have to beat Hope Solo, perhaps the best goalie in women's soccer today.
So it could come down to a Wambach header or brilliant Solo save, especially on penalties. Still, a Japanese surprise can't be ruled out.
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I don't care how catchy "Forever" is, the guy's a weapons-grade asshole. Examples of this are well-documented. I bring you another one today: Brown, his stupid looking P-51 Lamborghini, and his entourage reportedly terrorized an older woman who was serving them at a Subway restaurant, according to What Would Tyler Durden Do. (God, that's a great name for a website.)
What did this woman do to draw Breezy's infinite rage? She wouldn't give them extra meat for free. Sayeth WWTD:
The man in the blue shirt (pictured) was eating at Subway when Chris' posse started harassing an elderly lady who was working at the restaurant because they didn't want to pay for extra meat. When another elderly man tried to stand up for her, they turned on him before the mystery man stood up to them. They got the man outside and were taunting him with racial slurs before Chris pulls up in his Lamborghini. Chris' bodyguard pulls out a stun gun and chases the man around the parking lot before the cops showed up and broke up the scene.
Just once, I would really like to see Chris Brown get what's coming to him. Just one time. Is that too much to ask, universe?
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NASA's newest robotic explorer is on its way to the moon, despite some trouble shortly after its launch.
An unmanned rocket blasted off from Virginia's Eastern Shore late Friday night, carrying the LADEE spacecraft.
But the LADEE spacecraft quickly ran into equipment trouble, and while NASA assured everyone early Saturday that the lunar probe was safe and on a perfect track for the moon, officials acknowledged the problem needs to be resolved in the next two to three weeks.
S. Peter Worden, director of NASA's Ames Research Center in California, which developed the spacecraft, told reporters he's confident everything will be working properly in the next few days.
LADEE's reaction wheels were turned on to orient and stabilize the spacecraft, which was spinning too fast after it separated from the final rocket stage, Worden said. But the computer automatically shut the wheels down, apparently because of excess current. He speculated the wheels may have been running a little fast.
Worden stressed there is no rush to "get these bugs ironed out.''
Virginia was a change of venue for NASA, which typically launches its moon missions from Cape Canaveral, Fla. And the launch provided a rare light show along the East Coast for those blessed with clear skies; some people reported seeing the launch from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in D.C.
NASA expected the launch to be visible, weather permitting, as far south as South Carolina, as far north as Maine and as far west as Pittsburgh.
Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell issued a statement Saturday congratulating the agency on the launch. "Tonight the nation witnessed a tremendous event at Wallops Island," he said.
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, should reach the moon on Oct. 6. It will orbit Earth's closest neighbor for a few months, analyzing the ever-so-delicate atmosphere and lunar dust. The six-month mission costs $280 million.
LADEE is taking a roundabout path to the moon, making three huge laps around Earth before getting close enough to pop into lunar orbit.
Unlike the quick three-day Apollo flights to the moon, LADEE will need a full month to reach Earth's closest neighbor. An Air Force Minotaur V rocket, built by Orbital Sciences Corp., provided the ride from the Wallops Flight Facility.
LADEE, which is the size of a small car, is expected to reach the moon on Oct. 6.
Scientists want to learn the composition of the moon's ever-so-delicate atmosphere and how it might change over time. Another puzzle, dating back decades, is whether dust actually levitates from the lunar surface.
The 844-pound spacecraft has three science instruments as well as laser communication test equipment that could revolutionize data relay. NASA hopes to eventually replace its traditional radio systems with laser communications, which would mean faster bandwidth using significantly less power and smaller devices.
"There's no question that as we send humans farther out into the solar system, certainly to Mars,'' that laser communications will be needed to send high-definition and 3-D video, said NASA's science mission chief, John Grunsfeld, a former astronaut who worked on the Hubble Space Telescope.
It was a momentous night for Wallops, which was making its first deep-space liftoff. All of its previous launches were confined to Earth orbit.
"It was just a beautiful evening,'' Grunsfeld said.
NASA chose Wallops for LADEE because of the Minotaur V rocket, comprised of converted intercontinental ballistic missile motors belonging to the Air Force. A U.S.-Russian treaty limits the number of launch sites because of the missile parts.
All but one of NASA's previous moon missions since 1959, including the manned Apollo flights of the late 1960s and early 1970s, originated from Cape Canaveral. The most recent were the twin Grail spacecraft launched almost exactly two years ago. The military-NASA Clementine rocketed away from Southern California in 1994.
Wallops will be back in the spotlight in less than two weeks. The Virginia-based Orbital Sciences will make its first delivery to the International Space Station, using its own Antares rocket and Cygnus capsule. That commercial launch is scheduled for Sept. 17.
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James Lapine, who wrote the book for the Tony-winning Broadway show, also wrote the screenplay.
But for those who were hoping for a taste of the Sondheim songs being tackled by the supremely talented cast... sorry, the first teaser trailer for the film, released Thursday, contains no singing.
Instead, the 1-minute, 48-second teaser sets up the basic frame of the story, which encompasses a number of familiar fairy-tale faces and tropes (Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, a beanstalk) and combines them with one pissed-off witch, played with scene-chewing glee by Streep.
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Schools focus on reassuring students
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[December 18, 2012]
The shootings in Newtown, Conn.,
on Friday stunned our nation. School communities particularly paid
note of the event, and those in charge of education, as well as
classroom safety, took the weekend to prepare for Monday.
Locally, public school officials all attend the annual Safe
School Summit hosted by the Logan County Emergency Management
Agency. EMA director Dan Fulscher, Terry Storer and Alana Sorrentino
coordinate that event with state response managers, local police,
sheriff and fire departments, and other first-response agencies.
Mrs. Anderson explained that every school is built differently;
therefore, every school has its own plan and crisis response
processes that the agencies know. "There wouldn't be a 'one size
fits all' for different buildings," she said.
She observed that it takes everyone buying into a crisis plan and
keeping it updated. It is also important that everyone be involved
and observant, including lunchroom personnel and bus drivers, to
keep our schools safe.
"Certainly our local law enforcement and EMA people have just
bent over backwards to be of assistance to our districts, and I
can't say enough about that. That's wonderful," she said.
"I think that it's a parent's decision as to whether they wanted
to talk about this over the weekend," Mrs. Anderson said. She
cautioned how much might be talked about with small children, who
would not have as much of a base of understanding as an older child.
The following are comments on how Lincoln school administrators
planned for Monday:
West Lincoln-Broadwell
Bailey Climer, superintendent
Mr. Climer said that discussion would be per grade level. He
talked with the teachers that they should reassure students should
any questions come up.
He observed, as other principals had, that the weekend gave time
for students' families to address the immediate level of concern.
"We're just offering reassurances that we have a safe environment
and we have safety plans in place," he said.
Chester-East Lincoln
Jennifer Hamm, superintendent/principal
Mrs. Hamm said she researched the topic over the weekend on how
to address the matter in your own school.
She and CEL staff met early Monday morning. The primary message
was to reassure students: "There are lots of people that their job
is to make you safe. Those range from the teachers and principal, to
officers that come and run safety drills. That's why we run our
safety drills."
Mrs. Hamm said that Lincoln police officer Jay Kitner works with
the schools on their safety drills. Kitner had been by the school in
the morning, just offering his reassurances. His perceived message
in so doing was to say to everyone: "Yes, we're checking on the
school. We're working closely together."
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Messages and actions were age-appropriate. Mrs. Hamm said that
the junior high students wanted to wear remembrance ribbons on
Monday. That was only for seventh- and eighth-grade students.
Teachers were to watch for anyone seeming distressed, having a
hard time coping with the day or preoccupied with talking about what
had happened.
Mrs. Hamm said that parents she spoke with over the weekend were
handling it at home by keeping their younger children away from the
television and news reports, so that it would not be a focus.
Mrs. Hamm was pleased to add: "We have had wonderful cooperation
in the community in terms of our planning."
A safety plan is in place, and when the Normal Community incident
took place earlier this year, parents were reminded of what the plan
is. If there would be an evacuation of the school for any reason --
intruder, fire, chemical or otherwise -- the Knights of Columbus
would be the spot to meet and reunite families with children.
Carroll Catholic
David Welch, principal
The school took several approaches with parents, teachers and
Mr. Welch said: "I emailed parents to let them know what we have
in place here for emergency plans. I wanted to let them know that if
they want to review that plan and the drills that we conduct, they
could. Or if they have any concerns, they can certainly get hold of
me and we can talk about it."
Part of the plan is "Code Blue," for a dangerous person in the
school. It was developed with the Lincoln Police Department.
Teachers were asked to review this plan.
Mr. Welch said that a refresher drill is planned but would not be
conducted until after the holidays. This would provide time for
things to calm down, in order that the drill would be experienced as
a practice.
Teachers have been encouraged to talk with students who might
have questions.
Zion Lutheran
Steve Schumacher, principal
Mr. Schumacher said: "We do have an intruder/lockdown drill, and
we're looking into a security system for the front door." He added
that all doors are normally locked during the school day, except for
the front door.
Overall, administrators responded the same, believing it best to
take a low-key approach with sensitivity for their students, and
they reviewed their plans.
[By JAN YOUNGQUIST]
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I recently had the opportunity to help arrange a presentation with the Swedish Minister of Migration and Asylum Policy, Tobias Billström, at Radisson Blu Portman Hotel in London's Marylebone.
Minister Billström, a Cambridge educated political who has been a member of the Swedish cabinet since 2006, spoke about Sweden's experiences from being a liberal immigration country. He also addressed current changes in immigration patterns and how this development impacts immigration policy not only in Sweden but also across Europe.
I have posted one of the pictures I took from the event below:
More pictures from my political adventures can be found here:
- 1 September 2010: Gustaf Douglas (businessman, politician & Harvard alumni) with friends
- 14 June 2010: Sten Tolgfors (Swedish Minister of Defence at the time)
- 14 April 2010: Carl Bildt (Swedish Foreign Minister & former Prime Minister) & Per Schlingmann (Head of Strategy for the Swedish Moderate Party & former State Secretary at the Swedish Prime Minister's Office)
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Correcting Slipcover Problems
Whether your slipcover is too long or too short, too tight or too loose, there are ways to improve your slipcovers so they add charm to the room. Here, the biggest slipcover problems are solved:
Your slipcover is too tight: What if you've done your best to get a perfect, snug fit, but your slipcover ended up being too tight (you barely got it on, and you risk popping the seams if you sit on it)? If you planned a 1-inch seam allowance, get out your seam ripper, open up your seams, and resew them with a smaller seam allowance.
If you didn't start with a 1-inch seam allowance, don't despair. Just add some strips of fabric (one with stretch, such as Lycra) in hidden areas of your slipcover to give it more wiggle room. By seeing where the fabric puckers — usually around the area where two seams meet — when you place it on your furniture, you can figure out where you need to add some give and how much you need.
Your slipcover has a crooked hem: After you fit your slipcover on your furniture, you may notice that your hem isn't completely straight. Instead of starting over, consider adding a decorative trim to disguise a crooked hem. Choose a trim that will give you adequate coverage — a fringe trim (that has a decorative heading and a skirt) does the trick — so your mistake is fully covered.
Pin your trim onto your slipcover while it's still on the furniture, making sure that the trim is parallel with the floor, not aligned with the slipcover hem (which is crooked!). Try not to stretch the trim too tightly. Then remove it and sew or hot glue your trim in place
Your slipcover is too short: Ruffles can extend a too-short slipcover hem, giving added length to a slipcover while providing a softening, feminine touch.
You can choose from a few ways when treating the bottom of a slipcover with ruffles:
The easiest way to attach a ruffle is to sew it on to the hem's underside with a zigzag stitch on your sewing machine.
You can also attach the ruffle to the topside of the slipcover — the right side of the slipcover facing the wrong side of the ruffle and then add a decorative trim (one without a skirt) over the area where the slipcover fabric and ruffle meet.
Your slipcover slips and slides: Is your slipcover acting just a bit unruly? Elastic can help keep a sewn slipcover in its place. Attaching a few sections of elastic along the underside areas of your slipcover can go a long way toward preventing slippage.
Your goal is to sew your elastic on so that it stretches along an area that hugs the furniture. Think of the way elastic sheet corners keep fitted sheets on your bed, or the elastic in a shower cap keeps it from slipping off your head.
Your slipcover has crooked seams: You may find that after you've finished making your slipcover and put it on your furniture, the seams are a bit crooked, or your slipcover lacks any oomph. You can add a trim over the seams to give your slipcover a great look and cover up any errors.
Flat trims work best because they're easy to apply; they also frame a slipcover nicely and provide contrast. However, fringe trims that hang down don't work as well on vertical seams because the skirts go in the wrong direction, giving your slipcover a fuzzy or furry look instead of a chic one! Consider using a 1/4-inch or 1/2-inch-wide ribbon; attach it with a zigzag stitch.


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Attractions Along the Trail
Points of interest along or nearby the Wabash Cannonball Trail include: Fallen Timbers State Memorial and Monument - Located within Side Cut Metropark, the monument to the Battle of Fallen Timbers commemorates General "Mad Anthony" Wayne's 1794 victory over the Indians, opening up the settlement of the Northwest Territory."
Goll Woods State Nature Preserve - Located in Archbold, the 80 acre virgin woodlands are reminiscent of the Black Swamp of Northwestern Ohio. It features great horned and barred owls, red fox, white-tailed deer, spotted salamanders, and turtles, and a large variety of wildflowers.
Sauder Farm and Craft Village - One of the largest tourist attractions in this part of Ohio, The Sauder Village is located on SR 2 in Archbold. The village's restored buildings house a potter, blacksmith, spinner, weaver, cooper, broommaker, glassblower, and tinsmith all at work dressed in period costumes. Also on the grounds is an 1860 homestead with a furnished farmhouse, a barn full of animals, and a summer kitchen. Antique farming tools and household items are on display in the museum. Lodging and camping are also available.
Maumee State Forest - The 3,068 acre Maumee State Forest lies near Swanton. The land elevation within the forest varies less than 15 feet, and the forest offers hunting and bridle trails, as well as an APV and snowmobile area.
Oak Openings Metropark - is a 3,800 acre nature preserve. It is home to Ohio's only living sand dunes, and over one-third of Ohio's endangered species. The park is part of a globally endangered ecosystem called an oak savannah. The extensive trail system includes biking, bridle, cross country skiing, walking and hiking trails. There are two lakes offering fishing, and several smaller ponds. There are four large picnic areas including the Springbook area which is directly adjacent to the Wabash Cannonball Trail.
Side Cut Metropark - Located just east of the Maumee trail-head, Side Cut Metropark takes its name from the former Side Cut Canal constructed in the 1840s as part of the Miami and Erie Canal System. Three of the original limestone locks are preserved in the park.
Williams County Historical Museum - Located at the Williams County Fairgrounds in Montpelier, this museum offers displays of railroad memorabilia, historical farm machinery, Indian relics, and other historical artifacts.
Geocaching - Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Many caches are located along the Wabash Cannonball Trail. Get the coordinates at www.geocaching.com.


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You love your Instagram photos, but if they've got a drawback it's that they're awfully intangible. Now you can turn them into a beautiful case for your iPad.
Casetagram, the same company that earlier brought us Instagram iPhone cases will now make you an iPad case of your own design out of your Instagram photos. You simply login to the site using your Instagram account and choose black, white, or transparent as your base color. Then, you pick the photos you'd like to put on the case, and the company will print one up for you. The Casetagram iPad case costs £35 including free international shipping—that's a small price to pay to rescue your photos from the digital ether. Just please, don't consider this any sort of endorsement of taking pictures with your iPad. [Casetagram via Mashable]


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It may be a condemnation on the satanic nature of tabletop gaming, but Skullduggery is also a hilariously awful movie that inspired Adam Gauntlett's childhood.
Incidentally for further reading:
Shermer, Michael, Why People Believe Weird Things; Freeman & Company (1997)
Victor, Jeffrey S., Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend; Open Court (1994)
They're both interesting, but I found Shermer more readable.
I remember living in those times, and the bad, stupid Jack Chick tracts. In the D&D one, the girl has a spell to make her Dad buy her $200 worth of gaming books and minis, and all I ever thought was "Where do *I* get that spell?" In short, all the movies and whatnot and all the stupid Chick Tracts in the world didn't turn me off gaming.
And yeah, I read Michael Shermer's "Why people believe weird things" as well. Excellent book, In short, people make up their minds first, then come up with reasons to support their opinion, no more no less.
Hehe, I kind of want to go on Ebay and find this now, along with The Room.
The discussion of people consciously choosing not to educate themselves is a pinpoint description of probably my greatest single pet peeve with the world in general, now that I'm old enough to see it. Thanks for putting it so succinctly and well.
At my last job, which was in a relatively poor city troubled-youth school, our otherwise-intelligent head nurse was still handing out anti-Halloween Chick tracts in 2006. I'm sure he still is, poor deluded soul. Those kids didn't need to be filled with anti-fun propaganda as rough as their lives already were.
It's available on DVD via Amazon. Oddly, the distributor doesn't appear to hold the rights to the movie; it's a bit of a murky subject.
After all the lives I've seen destroyed by the Satanic conspiracy moral panic I just don't know if I could enjoy stuff like this anymore. After all, the same hysteria that fueled Skullduggery led to the McMartin trial.
Well, Ota, if you need motivators for violent, evil behavior in your films next time, ones that have been proven true and ones which can be used to tell a story with actual effort, may I suggest...
Abusive parenting
All of these things can influence violent or immoral behavior in someone's life. Gaming is an outlet for feelings in many ways, and sometimes people who are mentally unstable break when they act out some fantasies in games. Games are never a cause of terrible behavior in anyone, and they have been proven as such. The only reason they're seen this way is, as told in the article, they are used as political and social targets to write off someone else's bad behavior or someone's lack of good parenting, and place the blame elsewhere.
Actually, here's one idea: What about someone who discovers gaming to be a way to relieve themselves of troubles that have plagued them for years prior? They get into the roles they make and through some gameplay with others, they find a way to cope with their troubles. Besides, isn't it a proven fact that inspiring films, like Schindler's List, Lean on Me, Back to the Future, ect., are held higher than films which just latch onto hysteria like this one you made?
But, I suppose no such inspiring film about games exists, or will ever exist.
Oh, wait...
TBH while I do have a lot of sympathy for that position, I couldn't help but think as I was Youtubing bits of the movie that it really deserved a MST3K treatment, and the best people to do that'd be the LRR team. After all, the movie's a Canadian product; it's only fair that Canadians should suffer. ;)
Yep, the 80's were weird. Some of it was the entire impending WWIII thing. That was a real, subliminal fear that just underwrote everything. The other was the hijacking of Christianity by political conservatives. It was creepy watching it become a religion of fear. In both cases the fear needed real, tangible targets. Nuclear annihilation and demons are just too esoteric.
Gaming was a perfect target. The practitioners were largely teenagers, who kinda lack a way to reply in the public forum. It came with it's own jargon which was totally opaque to the outsider. It was clearly addictive (but in a good way, my parents were perfectly happy knowing that on Fri/Sat night I was in someones living room playing games).Most early gaming was of the loot and pillage variety and the AD&D 1st books were walking public relations disasters.
Great movie referance. I've mentioned this one a few times myself. "Something Awful" has a decent review/synopsis of it that is funny to read and right on the money.
That said I will say that I think people tend to underplay how much of that hysteria RPG gamers and the game industry brought upon themselves. To be honest a lot of this got started due to the way Gary Gygax handled things like the Egbert case/disappearance and the attitude he took about it.
It certainly didn't help when concerns over Satanism and devil worship were actually thrown back in the faces of the people making the accusations, with some rather immature stunts and responses that simply added fuel to the fire. This is one of the reasons why I frequently warn video-gamers about the way in which they counter attack critics. Doing something ridiculous like responding in the persona of an exagerrated stereotype might be good for a few laughs, but it's just going to encourage the people your up against in cases like this. When your fighting in the court of public opinion, it's not so much about being right, as much as how you present yourself.
Add in things like the whole "vampire clan" incidents
I think White Wolf did a lot of damage to the perception of gamers, especially back in the 1990s. Their attitude and trying to justify themselves in an obtuse "it's art, we're beyond criticism" attitude didn't help either. I still remember their "Montreal By Night" book which has a picture of a vampire dominatrix licking blood off a bloody abortion hook, with a female victim bleeding between her legs chained to a urinal in the backround... combined with a statement in the back of the book pretentiously claiming "oooh, is it art?" about the whole thing. Not to mention one of the clan books ( Tzimisce if I remember ) famously featured a fanged vagina on the back cover.
I'm a big believer in free speech, and actually encourage that kind of content (I mean it IS horror) but the attitude about it, the antics of the fanbase, and similar things certainly did not help the reputation of PnP RPG gamers. Had it been defended maturely, and without the defensive pretentiousness, I think a lot of the pressure against RPG gamers would have ended a lot sooner. I also don't think that people in fandom media (RPGs, Video Games, Movies, etc...) would be walking on eggshells quite as much right now since they wouldn't have dealt with a period of being pursued quite so vigorously.
Such are my thoughts at any rate, sadly in a lot of the activities of video gamers (like Amazon-bombing the books of a pop psychologist that made comments video gamers didn't like) seem to be heading us down a similar path.
What a blast from the past, I LOVED this movie but haven't seen it in years (I used to work in a video store and developed a taste for bad horror). A few people have suggested additional reading/viewing material so I figured I'd throw in an option as well.
Dark Places is a murder mystery revolving on a girl whose entire family was murdered. Her brother was arrested and eventually convicted of the murders based on widely publicized ties to heavy metal and satanism. The girl's testimony is ultimately what convicts her brother. Flash-forward to adulthood, the girl is completely dysfunctional and has spent her life living off of donations and support given by strangers due to the tragedy of her life. As the money begins to run dry, she's contacted by a conspiracy theorist group who focuses on famous murders. They believe her brother was innocent and hire her to interview people who led to his conviction.
The book flashes back and forth between the present day and the day the murders took place, revealing what happened as the protagonist figures it out. A great read for those who remember the Satanism hysteria of the 80's.
I would disagree.
White Wolf didn't put on a "This is art, and above criticism." shtick way back when, near as I can tell. In fact, they had to put disclaimers in their LARPing books, and some of their RPG rulebooks, to warn people just glancing them that this was strictly gaming, not a rulebook on being a vampire.
However, yes, the Montreal book was creepy and the body horror was gross, but at the same time, that was one book. The entire Vampire line then was cheeky humor and dark settings. Having one book that pushed the bounds is often enough for overzealous people to tag them with, so I blame bad/guilty parents and an overzealous media at the time for making the issue worse.
The problem isn't, and never was, the material itself. It was the attitude they took when questioned that turned more people against them and gaming. I know, because I was there when it happened and while not a White Wolf fan I was involved in the turmoil just by being a gamer.
The thing with the Montreal book wasn't so much the artwork or the content of the book, but the attitude that was taken. The pretentious "is it art?" answer to the criticisms they were getting was on a full page in the back of that same book. Also the fanged vagina was from an entirely DIFFERANT book.
White Wolf by no means should have consented to censorship, or lowered the intensity of their material. They should not however have talked down to, and belittled those making criticisms. There is a point at which you become antagonistic to the point where people are going to oppose you without really caring about whether they are right to do so or not.
What's more you have to understand that what might be put into a book as a disclaimer doesn't cover what people working for, or representing the companies in question do or say. The PnP gaming industry was infamous for a long time in how utterly flippant it was in dealing with it's critics person to person. When you had protestors showing up at cons
Ah Mazes and Monsters
You're quite right
My abiding memory of that film wasn't D&D is evil but..
Wouldn't be cool to have parents who spend that much money redecorating my bedroom every time I'm away....
Thank God, I'm not the only one who remembers the chick tracts claiming that D&D was used as a recruiting tool for these mythical devil worshippers
This was quite well written (especially the beginning, the middle fell into sort of repeating the weird shit in the movie). I'm looking forward to more from you.
Did Tom Hanks' character kill someone in that movie? I'm sure that that's worse than committing suicide.
Eh, another one of these movies, but does it have Tom Hanks?
Also it's a well known fact that Mazes & Monsters is a far-out game.
Odd. Just a few days ago I found another Escapist article that discussed the old Chick tracts (that's those little "hey you! Jesus wants you in his kingdom!" pamphlets you find in airports and other public places that Christians lacking the stones to actually talk to people about their faith leave behind) claiming that D&D was used as a recruiting tool for the occult.
The funniest thing is, even Satanists will tell you that they don't worship or even believe in the devil. So I guess it's the Wiccans who are recruiting naive young role players into their vile plans to...erm, worship nature?
Wait, have you ever even MET an unstable or violent Wiccan? I don't mean to stereotype, I'm sure there's a few out there. But it's not exactly a take-over-the-world-type religion. I can't recall a bloody war being fought over Wicca.
Oh, that's right, these people are fundies! Never mind.
Not that I can recall. It's been a while since I've seen the movie, mind you.
look at the title, and see if you can spot the bad spelling.
...Wait just one minute here...
Sounds about right, gaming definitely makes me want to make sexy-time then murder nubile young women. But I just can't seem to get the women to want to sex me. Are the tips in this movie about how to make that happen?
Also, what the hell is naughts-and-crosses? Can't picture some guy with that on his back cause I have no idea what its supposed to mean.
Well, see, now here is one of the reasons why PnP gamers had problems for such a long time.
One of the problems with geekdom, is that in defending the things we love, we tend to both get ridiculously offensive, and also tend to intentionally overlook it when the other side has some legitimate truths involved in what they are saying.
I'll be blunt, I've met more Pagans, including some very dark ones, as a result of playing PnP RPGs than I have in pretty much any other way. People tend to overlook how the fandom communities overlap, and how you find tons of pagans involved in things like the SCA, and how a lot of SCA members are involved in PnP RPGs as well. All of this ties into the counter-culture of course, and things like Heavy Metal... which is pretty popular with RPG fanboys. Plenty of people who have gotten into Heavy Metal have gotten involved in the devil worship stuff for the "cool factor", or what I should say is "faux devil worship" given that they generally have no real idea what they are doing, and it's all about the fun.
Now, understand that to a Christian there are only two "forces" out there, God and The Devil, anything not from God is the result of The Devil trying to turn you from him as the great deceiver. Someone who "doesn't believe in the devil" is actually hurting their own case to a lot of Christians because a totally benevolent religion still gets you sent to hell for not embracing god and Christ as your savior. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" so to speak.
At any rate, the mistake the PnP RPG community made here was engaging in outright denial, or exagerrated "booga booga" counter attacks with the people playing up this whole aspect of things. The proper response would have been to take a more laid back approach to the entire thing, explain the paganism for what it was, and how it bled in from other assorted geek cultures, and similar things. That isn't what happened however.
To put things into perspective, some parent with a strong Christian attitude drops by the local gaming group, and finds some new agers with an alter on their stove boiling up some kind of incense brew for casting a spell of prosperity or whatever, and it's understandable where this kind of reaction is going to come from. This kind of thing doesn't have to happen with EVERY gaming group, just often enough for people to compare notes and start seeing patterns.
The worst thing you can generally do is treat the other side like mouth breathing idiots when you have a conflict that's expanding on a national level. Things like the Chic tracts were the direct result of the situation being addressed the wrong way, as misinformed as they might have been, gamers brought that level of activity on themselves.
might have to see this movie, just for the grind house vibe.
As far as tabletop goes, its less culty than most college phrat houses...
Wow, that just sounds like a movie Id be glad to never hear of again
Ah memories. I grew up during those times, too. And Theru's right, the D&Ders response was mostly juvenile. Ooooga booga, indeed. The thing is, back then, the vast majority of players were pretty close to the stereotype: geeky male teens. Oh, sure, I lettered in wrestling. But I was still a complete geek, and so were my friends. What's cooler? Dark ritual or dork ritual?
I'll confess to dragging a copy of the Necronomicon to school, just to see if the fundie kids would wig. And yeah, some of them did. Yay dork teen me. Adult me would have said "Sheesh, you can be a fundamentalist Christian and get into games. Why not invite them over?" But hey. Making fun of the ruckus was so much "cooler" (according to our definition of the word. In other words, not at all)
I guess I can just be glad that LARP didn't exist when/where I was growing up. I'd probably be skulking around the woods to this day, bean bag in hand ready to scream "Lightning Bolt!!!"
Wait. Well-written article on all, but isn't this just an article telling us to read another article saying the same thing on this very website? It's redundant. It's all been said in an area of this very website that is spotlighted extremely efficiently.
You mean Logan's reposting?
You haven't noticed that every week not only is the main article posted, but one of the staff re-posts it a couple days later, while a third tweets about it a few days after that? It happens for all the Featured Content weekly articles.
I wish people actually still played tabletop rpgs... I've only played one twice but it was really quite fun :/
Such a long response, I have to do this by the numbers...
(1) I have played D&D twice, over 12 years ago. I can't stand video game RPGs. The closest I'll come to one is Zelda. So I wouldn't say I was blinded my love of RPGs.
(2) Dark? How? Pagan simply means you aren't a Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Jew or Hindu? OK, fine, we can also exclude Ba'hai and Shinto. I've never met a Pagan who said 'let's worship Satan!'
(3) Your information is nearly as old as me (3 decades). System of a Down and Deer Hunter and Mastadon don't sing about Satan. Hell, no one's even called it "heavy" since like '91! It's just METAL. You may hear some devilish stuff out of Dethklok but the fans understand that it's satire (Murderface Murderface Murderface!) Leaving aside how dated and no longer relevant this information is, your approach can be applied to video games. Tell me how feasible you actually think this is: I played Super Mario Brothers in the arcade when I was 8 years old. That Christmas, I got an NES. Someone recommended I try Legend of Zelda. There was minimal use of magic in Zelda, the theology of which was polythiest. Ergo, Mario Brothers led me down the path to polythiestic witchcraft!
(4)Let's be honest, and this is where we're going to reach an unresolvable conclusion, to a Christian, snakes talk. A guy lived in a fish for 3 days. But I really think that what you stated here isn't even the Christianity of Jesus' and Paul's time. Jehovah said "have no other Gods BEFORE me." You and your ilk say things that are far more Bush-like: "If you're not with us, you're with the terrorists." This mode of thinking leaves you very vulnerable to charlatanry. I'll tell you like my favorite televangelist, Bill Maher, tells it: "I'm selling doubt."
(5) Because it's the truth? Because no one on Earth ACTUALLY worships Satan?
(6) This sort of thing doesn't happen. NO religion, least of all that non-religion Satanism, recruits through D&D or geek culture. Krishnas hand out literature at airports. Christians take to the airwaves. No one recruits through roleplaying games, or ever did during the paranoid 70's and 80's.
(7) I can only presume that this conflict you're describing is some form of "spiritual warfare." So, from a rationalist to a mystic, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
Real quick, I'd like to point out some of the other things that these fundamentalist D&D detractors had to say during the 80's.
Cabbage Patch Kids' middle names came from the monikers of demons from Hell.
Star Trek is a vessel for promoting witchery.
He-Man and She-Ra promotes the worship of demons and devils.
Homosexuals have brought the plague of AIDS to America, where it will spread to the heterosexual population as God's divine wrath for us tolerating and accepting them.
Understand, I don't believe that any faith, any belief, is worth holding onto if it can't stand up to a little internal doubt.
Apologies for the typo. I've fixed it now.
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The US Sixth Circuit Appeals recently ruled in favour of a company who claims their computer system was sabotaged by a labour union that told its members emails to their employer about a dispute. But the charge wasn't spamming. It was for hacking.
The claim, as lawyer Nick Akerman points out, says the purported crime did not involve any sort of unlawful entry into the computer system of Pulte's (the company in question).
"To generate a high volume of calls, . . . [the Union]both hired an auto-dialing service and requested its members to call Pulte [Homes, a homebuilder] . It also encouraged its members, through postings on its website, to "fight back" by using . . . [the Union's]server to send e-mails to specific Pulte executives. Most of the calls and e-mails concerned Pulte's purported unfair labour practices, though some communications included threats and obscene language." Id. at *1.
Rather, Pulte's email system was configured to only handle so many emails and froze up once that limit had been exceeded. Believing the labour union knew this all along, the court considered the act to be malicious, and issued their ruling using an interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which TechDirt highlights:
[We]conclude that a transmission that weakens a sound computer system-or, similarly, one that diminishes a plaintiff's ability to use data or a system-causes damage.
And maybe such an act is malicious, but that's not hacking. It would be spamming. Courts should at least have enough understanding to classify the crime properly if they're going to hand out a punishment. [Computer Fraud/ Data Protection via Internet Law via TechDirt]