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1 Casburn family says her jailing will scare off whistleblowers. The brother of April Casburn, the Met officer convicted for allegedly offering to sell information to the News of the World (NoW), has warned whistleblowers will be too scared to approach journalists after his sister was jailed for 15 months.
"I find these extremely scary times for everybody in the UK. How is journalism going to function in the future? Any of your potential sources out there will be scared to pick up the phone and give you a call."
3NI confirms Times titles web merger. News International has confirmed a merged web operation between The Times and Sunday Times.
"Responsibility for production and editorial control of our editions stays with the newspapers, which maintain editorial independence."
4Degree applications up 1.4% following 20% dip. The chief executive of the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) has claimed that undergraduate applications for accredited courses are "strong" despite a general decline in applications of nearly 20 per cent since tuition fees went up in 2012.
"With the rise in tuition fees students are becoming more discerning and NCTJ-accreditation and qualifications are more important than ever."
6 Seven-minute phone-call that led to 15 months jail. The brother of convicted Met Police detective April Casburn believes his sister would have been celebrated instead of jailed if her case had been heard in the United States.
The feedback I get from the USA is that had any senator done what Prescott did, he would have been the one that had gone and the policeman who reported it would have been celebrated for protecting the United States on September 11 from terrorist attacks."
8Trinity's 'Newsroom 3.0' plan rolls out nationwide. Journalists working across all Trinity Mirror's regional papers are bracing themselves for the introduction of new working model called "Newsroom 3.0".
"Most important of all would be what benefits there were for the company's revenues? This is crucial if the company is to win the confidence of members in a roll out of Newsroom 3.0 given the investment of significant newsroom resource."
9Lords put editors' plans into doubt. Industry plans to create a new Leveson-compliant press regulator were thrown into doubt this week after Lords tacked on a 'Leveson' Law to the Defamation Bill.
"It's unacceptable for Labour Peers to hold the government to ransom by injecting statutory regulation of the press into a vitally needed Defamation Bill that is meant to strengthen freedom of expression.
10Nick Davies: I was certain 'false hope' story was true. Last week Guardian journalist Nick Davies came top in Press Gazette's list of UK investigative journalists. Here we publish the second part of an interview with one of the UK's most famous –and controversial – journalists.
"The other thing that could have conceivably put us off was that News International were using their newspapers and Sky News to rubbish us. But one of the things that News International didn't understand is that bullying is a bad way to treat people because what you guarantee is that they're going to fight back.
13Dominic Ponsford: News Corp risks undermining our most basic principle. Any journalist who has trained in the last 20 years will recall learning about the case of Bill Goodwin – the 23-year-old reporter on The Engineer who courageously risked jail rather than identify the source of a leaked company document. He fought a seven-year legal battle and finally won a ruling at the European Court in 1996 which means all of us are better protected when it comes to defending the confidentiality of our sources.
14The legal case for protecting Casburn, by Tim Crook. The idea that a police detective rings up a journalist in a fit of pique while shopping to complain about force politics and should end up in prison for 15 months is beyond belief. I declare an interest in that I worked alongside the journalist who took the call, Tim Wood, in crime reporting for many years and so I'm biased in sympathising with his position.
16Six of the best with Peter Sands:The Northern Echo – Still the great daily of the north. My first splash byline was an investigation into corruption by the local Labour party. Best story worked on? The subs used a picture of the leader under the headline The Godfather. The writ hung over me for six years.
18German journalist avoids jail sentence. A journalist who paid for a sex video showing a top German actor in bed with two prostitutes has been acquitted of coercion charges that could have seen him jailed.
"It is an enormous relief that it has been thrown out and he has been cleared and we hope that this will now be the end of the matter although they can of course go on to make a further appeal."
24 Axeginder: Collymore: You're all non-sensiclistic snobs, you are!; Harvard professor: I'm not George of the jungle, actually; Former Manchester Evening News man cashes in as spin doc


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Let's consider the following table with contact information.
The headings aren't really necessary, since it's clear the left column is the name and the right column is the phone number. When people are looking for a phone number, they'll naturally find it by scanning the names, and then finding the phone number to the right. Bullet lists are perfect for fast scanning of single items (such as names), and there's no real benefit to having the phone number in it's own column. The same information as a list would look like this:
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This seems to be the question of the year so far in the corn market and one that many in the trade seem to be asking themselves. Below are a few of the more thought out responses I have heard on what may have actually taken place:
Corn traders will also be waiting to see what the USDA has to say about South American production. Remember the April and May rains will do a lot to determine the overall yields of the large second crop planted in Brazil. I thought it was interesting to hear talk out of Brazil this weekend that they are thinking about importing corn from Argentina to their most Northeast regions who have been hit hard by the recent drought. The rumor is there are not many alternatives, especially since the freight truck companies aren't interested in carrying corn to this region with all of the soybean and sugar business in full-swing.
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GameStop is entering the end of an era.
The company told The Verge in an interview published recently that the PlayStation 2 is starting to be removed from store shelves to make room for the hardware that will be launching in the coming years.
"The PS2 is a unique one -- we still generate a whole lot of profit off PS2 sales, but we're going to keep PS2 where PS2 does sell, and we won't put it in stores where we see really lapsed sales," Mike Dzura, GameStop's senior vice president of store operations, told The Verge.
Dzura went on to say that the PlayStation 2 will be removed from many stores on "the coasts" of the U.S.
"The heartland of the U.S. tends to catch the wave a little bit later than the coasts to a degree," Dzura said. "So we kinda bring it in, and we'll take it out of the stores where the shelves would be better served by next-generation product, or they're just small stores where they can't fit it in."
Sony launched the PlayStation 2 in 2000. Soon after, the device became a megahit, dominating the Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. Last year, Sony announced that it had shipped 150 million PlayStation 2 units since its launch, making it the most popular Sony console to date.
The PlayStation 2 has also proved to be a console with outstanding lasting power. It's extremely unlikely for a console to last much longer than a generation -- generally four to six years -- let alone more than a decade. The PlayStation 2 became the focal point of Sony's charge that it delivers hardware that can last more than a decade -- something the company claims its competition cannot match.
"The 10-year life cycle is a commitment we've made with every PlayStaiton consumer to date, and it's part of our philosophy that we provide hardware that will stand the test of time providing that fun experience you get from day one for the next decade," a Sony representative told CNET last year.
Now though, the time has come for the console to start moving off store shelves. As GameStop noted in the discussion with The Verge, Nintendo will be offering up its new console, the Wii U, later this year. It'll be followed next year or in 2014 by Microsoft's next Xbox and the follow-up to Sony's PlayStation 3.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Becoming Bardic
Cancer has given me the opportunity to re-invent life. I've always wanted to write fiction. It used to be that people understood when an argument was well-made and would be persuaded by reason. Not any more. Now people need a story. They are persuaded by personal connection and emotion. They need a bard, not a lawyer.
I've had fun this spring and summer working on the lyrics for my second daughter's musical tribute to American service men and women. See the progress on the project at 21 Gun Salute. In the course of researching for the lyrics, I've been able to interview some wonderful vets, read some fascinating military bios and even some heart-stopping poetry penned by our warriors and their families. Now I'm ready to tell other sorts of stories.
Trying to decide which to write first.
The mystery: A Levite detective in an ancient city of refuge must find the real human trafficking culprits before they dissolve King David's precarious reign into civil war.
The fantasy: Renowned inventor Daedelus discovers that his inventions for sinister King Minos have destabilized both the foundations of Atlantis and his own son's sanity.
The action-thriller: In an America groaning under an oppressive regime, a young man is drawn into a web of intrigue when he begins to find in his geo-caches messages from his dead mother.
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The WBCA/Summerville RPI for the week of Dec. 26 has Lipscomb University's Lady Bisons rated 118th nationally.
The Lady Bisons started the season 192nd. They are the highest-rated team in the Atlantic Sun Conference in the RPI rankings. The next highest ranked team from the A-Sun is Georgia State at 145th.
The Lady Bisons are ranked 78th in scoring offense at 68.6 points per game and 78th in scoring defense at 63.7 points per game. They are 218th in average margin of victory (10.8 points).
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. SteelFiber shafts, designed and manufactured by Aerotech Golf, took a share of third-place at the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge this weekend. Playing i95 shafts in his Bridgestone irons, the 13-year pro shot a 279 at Sherwood and tied for No. 1 for Greens in Regulation and No. 1 in Eagles.
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Means goes to Buccaneers in fifth round
Steven Means is Exhibit A as to why the scouting combine is not the end-all, be-all when it comes to the NFL Draft.
Means didn't get an invitation to the annual meat market held every February in Indianapolis, but it didn't matter a bit Saturday. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers proved that when they took Means, a Grover Cleveland graduate who went on to star for the University at Buffalo, in the fifth round, 147th overall.
"I didn't really know what to do at first. Everybody was yelling at me like answer the phone!" Means said about the moment the call came in. "It was overwhelmingly exciting."
Means cemented himself as an NFL prospect at UB's pro day last month, when more than 20 scouts from 18 different NFL teams were in attendance.
"I think that was the day where I really opened eyes. I showed them that I have speed and everything else you see on tape," said Means, who started 43 games and finished fourth in UB history with 18.5 sacks.
Means said he had some level of contact with 19 teams and "seven or eight" he considered to be serious. The Bucs were not one of the teams at UB's pro day, but they later came to Buffalo to host a private workout with Means.
"They took me out to eat and we've been in contact ever since," he said. "I knew there was a lot of interest there."
Bucs coach Greg Schiano said the team will use Means as a defensive end.
"He might be a little off your radar, but he wasn't off of ours," Tampa Bay General Manager Mark Dominik said to Buccaneers reporters Saturday. "We spent a lot of time with him. We're very excited about him being a developing pass rusher."
Means, who will graduate May 11 from UB with a bachelor's degree in sociology, said he stayed away from watching the draft the first couple of days.
"I talked to some of my coaches and they said just clear your mind," he said. "I've just been doing my regular routine, school, working out."
The last player from the former Harvard Cup to get drafted into the NFL was Riverside's Mike Williams, who will be a teammate of Means with the Bucs.
"I'm just blessed. To be linked to these guys, Corey Graham and Mike, these guys who have done it, it's a humbling experience. I'm just ready to go to work now," Means said. "I haven't talked to Mike yet, but I know we'll be in touch soon."
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At an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, Apple announced new versions of its Retina MacBook Pro laptops and said its redesigned Mac Pro computer will go on sale "before the end of the year."
The Cupertino, Calif., tech giant said the black, cylinder-shape Mac Pro, which was announced last summer, will start at $2,999 for a 256 GB model with 12 GB of RAM. The Mac Pro, which uses an Intel Xeon E5 processor, will be assembled in the U.S.
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Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller also unveiled the company's second-generation 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro, which goes on sale Tuesday. The new laptop has had its price reduced to $1,999, down from $2,199 when it was introduced last year. The new model has eight hours of battery life and runs on an Intel Crystalwell chip.
Additionally, Apple also updated its 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro model. The new device has a longer-lasting battery, uses an Intel Haswell chip, and is thinner and lighter than before at 0.71-inches thick and 3.46 pounds. The company said it starts shipping today and is available for $1,299 -- $200 less than last year's model.
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I wasn't actually supposed to write for OSNews for a few days due to an insane workload for finishing up my masters' thesis (no more school ever again ever and ever!), but you didn't really think I'd let this opportunity pass me by, right? I'm a little ahead of my schedule anyway, so here it goes.
The post is written by David Drummond, senior vice president and chief legal officer at Google. He notes pretty much the same things many of us have been saying: Apple, Microsoft, and Oracle are working together to litigate against Android instead of competing with it.
"But Android's success has yielded something else: a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through bogus patents," Drummond writes, "They're doing this by banding together to acquire Novell's old patents (the CPTN group including Microsoft and Apple) and Nortel's old patents (the Rockstar group including Microsoft and Apple), to make sure Google didn't get them; seeking $15 licensing fees for every Android device; attempting to make it more expensive for phone manufacturers to license Android (which we provide free of charge) than Windows Mobile; and even suing Barnes & Noble, HTC, Motorola, and Samsung."
"Patents were meant to encourage innovation, but lately they are being used as a weapon to stop it," Drummond continues, "A smartphone might involve as many as 250000 (largely questionable) patent claims, and our competitors want to impose a tax for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers. They want to make it harder for manufacturers to sell Android devices. Instead of competing by building new features or devices, they are fighting through litigation."
This is about as harsh as Google has ever been about this issue, and is almost a verbatim copy of everything I (and others on OSNews) have been saying. Which, coincidentally, makes me feel a little dirty. I hate it when I agree with a large company - since that usually happens right before I magically spend another €500, but alas.
Google has been quite passive about the various anti-Android lawsuits, and this left many of us wondering: is Google just letting device makers take the hit? Well, as it turns out, it appears Google is working behind the scenes to subvert this coordinated Android attack. Drummond refers to the various antitrust investigations concerning these patent cartels - I'm sure Google had its lobbyists nudge and wink at the US DoJ. Google is also working on strengthening its own patent portfolio.
"Unless we act, consumers could face rising costs for Android devices - and fewer choices for their next phone," Drummond concludes.
Of course, Google is by no means a saint (can we still count the various search/advertisement-related antitrust investigations on one hand?), but when it comes to patents, Google is clearly on the receiving end of a whole lot of dirty and shady back room cartel-esque deals. It's sad Google now has to patent up as well, but did any of you seriously expect Google had the clout in US Congress to change the patent system?


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They're simply doing what they agreed to do. IMO, they should have just skipped that whole approach to advertising.
Meh Seems like an unconstitutional rule to me but still, meh In today's day and age this is like being on the Titanic and grumbling about my socks getting wet. There's a myriad of other bigger problems coming.Beer is good. I'll avoid the rest of it.
Seems like an unconstitutional rule to me but still, meh
Oh come on."We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."They also ommitted '[...] that among these are [...]' what do they have against complete sentences? I'm sorry but that's the news ginning up controversy to put buts in seats.
Making a story out of nothing...I think the bigger story is that this guy's fav beer is yuengling. Having gone to school in PA, I drank a lot of the ling. I don't get the continuous appeal.


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Bayer settles claims of gallbladder injury caused by Yasmin and Yaz contraceptives.
Byline: Julie Beck
Earlier this month, Bayer AG designated $1.5 billion for litigation related to its Yasmin and Yaz contraceptive pills, and now it looks like the company will be dipping into that fund. On Friday, Bayer agreed to pay $24 million to settle claims from plaintiffs in Illinois, California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania that Yasmin and Yaz caused them to suffer gallbladder injuries.
Under the deal, plaintiffs whose gallbladders were injured will receive $2,000, and plaintiffs whose gallbladders were removed will receive $3,000. The settlement is capped at $24 million, however, so depending on how many people file claims, the payments may be lower. The terms of the agreement also allow Bayer to walk away if fewer than 90 percent of eligible individuals opt into the settlement.
Since 2009, Bayer has been hit with more than 10,000 articles alleging failure to warn of health issues that result from the use of Yasmin and Yaz, according to its annual report filed in February. The report also stated that the company has reached agreements to pay $1 billion to settle 4,800 claims that the birth control pills cause blood clots. However, women who collect the gallbladder settlement will not be able to collect the blood clot settlement, Thomson Reuters reports.
The company did not admit liability as part of the settlement, and maintains that it does not believe the birth control pills increase risk of gallbladder disease.
For more InsideCounsel coverage of birth control lawsuits, see below: Bayer designates $1.5 billion for litigation over Yasmin and Yaz contraceptives Court denies contraception coverage injunction Birth control exemptions fail to stop lawsuits Hobby Lobby loses appeal of contraception coverage Hobby Lobby sues not to cover morning-after pill
Novartis unit recalls birth control pills Woman sues birth control pill maker for unintended pregnancy
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Dylann Roof - no different than a suicide bomber.
#2 Jun 20, 2015
The guy is a mental patient, psychotic, crazy & a white supremacist. He's a cold-blooded murderer, a racist and just an all-around sick individual. "Terrorist"? Who did he terrorize? He joined their bible study for an hour, then suddenly stood up and started shooting. One would think that in order to be a terror-ist he would have to terror-ize, a component not a part of his horrific crime. "Suicide bomber"? Just the word "suicide" would indicate that he killed himself, which he did not. A "suicide bomber", by definition, has some type of bomb, which when detonated kills or injures whoever is within the range of the bomb. This guy pulled a gun and started shooting at specific people, reloading along the way to keep shooting.
I understand the sentiment behind your words: This guy is a terrible person, no better than a terrorist or suicide bomber. However, MUCH different from a suicide bomber, plain and simple not a terrorist.
Words have meanings.
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#3 Jun 20, 2015
A difference between Christian terrorism and Islamic terrorism as far as I know is that there is nothing in Christianity that endorses terrorism while Islam OFFICIALLY says,
"The punishment of those
Who wage war against Allah
And His Messenger, and strive
With might and main
For mischief through the land
Is:*EXECUTION*, or crucifixion,
or the cutting off of hands
And feet from opposite sides,
Or exile from the land:
That is their disgrace
In this world, and
A heavy punishment is theirs
In the Hereafter;" (Qur'an 5:33, Yusuf Ali translation)
Here we see that Moslems are explicited told that they may KILL for "waging war against Allah and His Messenger..." whereas nothing like that is in Christianity.
#4 Jun 20, 2015
Yes terrorism, and he did have a good shot, and was smart enough to be able to get close to them. The black terrorists in the inner cities are stupid... they just shoot randomly at houses, establishments, cars, etc.
#5 Jun 20, 2015
Uh, yes there is, if he was a suicide bomber he'd be dead.
#7 Jun 20, 2015
I guess by that definition of "terrorist" (wanting to start a "race war") we could also include all the other "race baiters", like Al Sharpton, the Feguson rioters, the Obamas, and many others.
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#8 Jun 20, 2015
Still way too much life left in someone with such dead eyes.
It is a shame he didn't die in a car crash on the way to Charleston and saved everyone whose lives he upended the trauma.
#9 Jun 20, 2015
Now he gets to be a celebrity - the whites and Hispanics in prison will respect him so much, and he'll be someone who gets to choose who in the white gang will kill who in the black gang.
#10 Jun 20, 2015
This is just one of the results of inbreeding!
#11 Jun 20, 2015
Wait, don't kill him. He is very useful.
Have you ever wondered if the skin really comes off when someone is drug behind a car at say 60 MPH. We think so, be now we can be sure, since we have a test subject.
Got any new AIDS cures but cannot find anyone to test them on. Problem Solved!
You hear stories about people that got peeled of their skin, and wondered does that kill them. Well lo and behold, now we can find out.
There are numerous things this man is still good for, we just need someone with the balls to test him properly. Why with proper IV fluids, antibiotics, and some blood clotting agents, this man could live to be a test subject for years. We could learn so much useful information and not ever have to care if our test subject cares or not. In fact, it might be wise to go ahead and shut him up by cutting his tongue out before you even begin.
Plus he can benefit society by providing a fantastic lesson of what is in store for other fools out there with ignorant ideas.
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#15 Jun 20, 2015
He was just the same as the deep seated racism in White American s against Blacks, He must have learned to hate from an early stage at home from Parents.
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#17 Jun 20, 2015
Different in the sense that his death will be slightly delayed, but eventually carried out, by the criminal justice process instead of by self-induced explosion.
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#18 Jun 20, 2015
Since you apparently admire the little white supremacist, Sam I'll quote someone else you might recognize:
A fellow by the name of Robert E. Lee once said:
"The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman.
The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly--the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light.
The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others."
That you would call Dylann Roof "smart" and call yourself a Gentleman proves that you are neither.
#21 Jun 20, 2015
Here's a real terrorist: a BLACK man who dared to kill Good White people. Omar was a murderous, filthy beast born from a line of sin going back to the darkest jungles of Apefreaka!!
(CNN)-- The mother of the man who gunned down eight of his colleagues at a beer distributor in Connecticut earlier this month says her son was *"no monster," but a "gentle spirit"* who had reached his limit after being racially harassed at work.
Omar Thornton, 34, called his mother, Lille Holliday, before fatally shooting himself, putting an end to the terrifying shooting spree that left eight people dead at Hartford Distributors in Manchester, Connecticut, on August 3.
"He said,'I just killed the five most racist people,' and I knew he wasn't playing because he don't talk like that," Holliday told CNN's Soledad O'Brien in an interview that aired Tuesday.
Holliday said when she looked at her caller ID and saw that the phone call was coming from her son's place of employment, "I just kind of lost it."
Manchester police have said they have found no evidence of racial discrimination, and the president of Hartford Distributors said Thornton never filed a claim alleging racial discrimination. Instead, the company said it had asked him to resign after it *found him STEALING and SELLING alcoholic beverages*.
Holliday disputed that statement in the interview, saying, "I know he reported the [racial] problems because he brought home the papers that they signed."
Thornton's girlfriend, Kristi Hannah, has said Thornton reported seeing drawings of a hangman with a noose around its neck as well as hearing the N-word directed toward him.
Same MO with these black 'tards: nooses/hangmen/etc. The very same baseless LIES that Rachel Dolezal told.
#22 Jun 20, 2015
Is that you, Bruce Jenner?
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#23 Jun 20, 2015
Go climb back under your rock and stay there until you can behave in polite society.
#24 Jun 20, 2015
Is this similar to the CNN reporter who called the Dallas attacker "courageous and brave"?
#25 Jun 20, 2015
GENTLEMEN prefer blondes..
#28 Jun 21, 2015
Topix won't allow me to post links to mirrors of this guy's website, so you will have to use Google. Do a search for a Reddit discussion about the case and the links are close to the top of the discussion.
This entire case is not what it appears to be. The person who allegedly found his website is a very outspoken political activist from Jordan.
Guess where his website happens to be hosted from? Moscow! Not joking. I don't know why the media isn't looking into that aspect of the case, either. They should be.
A person from his uneducated background and culture does not write a manifesto like this at the early age of 21. It doesn't sound like anything a person from his background would even get close to being able to originate. Someone else wrote it for him, or he copied from someone else. Or he is a programmed government experiment gone haywire. Like Adam Lanza. Who apparently went to the same exact barber? Look at their haircuts. I don't know anyone of any age who has that haircut in this day and time. And, like Lanza, he intended to commit suicide. But didn't. Something happened to their programming or something didn't it? I wonder what went wrong, or right.
It is also very peculiar that he mentions the line:
Even if my life is worth less than a speck of dirt, I want to use it for the good of society.
This line comes from a Japanese film called "Himizu" directed by Sion Sono and based on a manga by Minoru Furuya. This is not a common film that would be known by white trailer park culture in the Carolinas.
There is something wrong with this entire picture. Dig deeper.
#29 Jun 21, 2015
He's a terrorist defined as anyone who instills terror or fear . He called others to join him. He is by all definition a terrorist .
A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act ""dangerous to human life"" that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to be intended to:(i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping. Additionally, the acts have to occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States and if they do not, may be regarded as international terrorism.
"Intimidate or coerce a civilian population, being African American
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But that aside, forums aren't here for people to just post their "reviews" of anime. Forums are for people to have a conversation. People are obviously allowed to have an opinion, but that doesn't mean that their opinion won't or shouldn't be criticised, particularly if they make claims that are unsubstantiated or impossible to substantiate. Insinuating that people should be able to say whatever they please and that it should all be dismissed as "well that's your opinion" and never criticised is rather ludicrous. If people can criticise anime, they should certainly expect to themselves be criticised. How is the critic, if they see themselves as such, going to learn to sharpen their skills if they are never given any feedback? And if people aren't interested in feedback, why the hell are they on a Forum like this in the first place?
Personally, I would prefer if anime discussion threads were more about having conversations as equals and getting to understand our differing points of view. I don't like this pattern of "person posts review, others react to review" because the reviewer often seems to be trying to make themselves the topic and not actually participating in the whole conversation (except to defend themselves) -- they're more interested in what they have to say than in what anyone else thinks. Of course that's not everyone, and there are a lot good people with all sorts of opinions on all sides that participate in this Forum every day. I think it really comes down to "trying to get along"; you can be friends with people you disagree with strongly -- and even have passionate debates about your disagreements -- as long as you're being civil and are genuinely interested in the other person's point of view (even if you disagree with it). But sometimes it seems the conversation has to start with peeling back the layers of presumption (on both sides) so that it's more clear where the difference in opinion really lies. Sometimes that's the only way to lead to a mutual understanding (and in my view, that's always the goal).
(Edit: And regarding the "give warnings when attitude becomes too inflammatory" bit, this seems like a totally separate conversation -- of course that's why we have moderators. But I hope it's clear that my opinions about the show (and in this post) are mine as a person completely aside from this other task. As should be obvious from the sorts of posts in this thread, the only time when any posts get moderated are when they break the rules and/or are too clearly inflammatory (which didn't generally happen even here).)
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But no, not "whatever they please", of course mannerism applies (the last bit of my previous post was regarding this). But, you can see that "reviewing" a reviewer means "reviewing" an opinion, a person, and not the object the reviewer reviews (I'll refrain from using the word critic cause it seems it's too much of a loaded word). And if we look back the previous threads, how successful had this been in bringing out a "good" conversation?
What I'm disturbed about is when someone post a 'negative' review, the first thing most people do is downplay, disprove, or deny the content of the review or even the reviewer himself (or "pouring in a whole jar of salt when someone complains the soup's not salty enough"), instead of asking "why do you think that?". Or being generally sarcastic about it instead of engaging in a direct conversation. Asking "why" is the first step in the attempt to understand the other party. Though I admit, the reviewer's attitude sometimes presents difficulties, and occasionally when it is asked, some answer more unsatisfactorily than others. And even then, when a rather satisfactory answer is given, sometimes it's still downplayed with "I pity you who don't get it". Which brings to your next quote.
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The thing with why is why Suguha? Why the importance on what Suguha felt? Why did Reki designed this arc so that we had known immediately that Suguha = Lyfa (I like Lyfa better than Leefa or Leafa IMO)?
The thing is (according to the Scilica side-story) that Kirito's reason (this is but a logical conclusion I brought up, mind you) for even being addicted to MMOs in the first place was because the fact that he was just adopted and her sister was actually her cousin and he wanted to forget that.
That's right. Like many of us, MMOs are escapism for the realities of life. Maybe Kirito didn't want to think of anything else for Suguha other than being her sister, that's why he got himself into games. But when the SAO Incident came along, he soon realized how he longed for her sister and the thing he lost of all -- that precious moments he could have apologizing to her for practically turning a cold shoulder on her just because of some "petty" circumstance (w/c is not petty IMO -- is Death petty?). That's why, when he had returned, he "suddenly" became closer to her as a sister. Suddenly, he found himself trying to get over the time he had lost because of that single dumb reasoning, yet he couldn't regret it either because of Asuna.
Then there's her sister, who fell into the same trap Kirito got into. She used ALO as an excuse to escape from the reality (at the time) that Kirito was trapped in a world she didn't knew. One by one, those escape mechanisms warped into something she had come to realize as "desire to fly" and "love" for him, especially after she realized that Kirito was actually her cousin, and not her sister.
I personally think that, while flawed and bent because the anime company was not competent enough to bring direction to flavor, the theme of the entire ALO Arc is on escapism -- from escapism from reality to escapism TO reality. I mean, c'mon, cool swords, elves, and all that -- escapism into the VR was certainly possible. But what could be the repercussions? What could go wrong? How would you change because of it? And lastly, how can you fix that you broke because you weren't there?
Certainly Kirito was right: You can steal, kill, love and basically do anything in a world that doesn't seem so real, but won't YOU as person change because of it? Will escaping really do anything for you? Will bringing up delusions for yourself make you a better person than you really are? (That one's for Sugou, btw)
And thus ends my Overly Deep and Dramatic Analysis.
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To carry on from that, Kirito kinda fears Becoming the Mask. And to an extent, a worry that if he acted like members of Laughing Coffin, he'd become them.
On reflection, after rewatching this episode and the last several ALO episodes, I notice something which didn't initially appear to me when I read the LNs (then again I was kinda focusing on the quest to rescue Asuna ); there's a central question being asked throughout this arc: "What is strength?"
I leave it to all to ponder their own answer to this question. It'd be interesting, I think, to rewatch the last few episodes in that light, with that question in mind.
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It's silly for people to talk about things as if their opinions are objective, but there are objective elements in the story people can talk about.
For example, the fact that Suguha is not Kirito's sister and that we got insight into the situation in like episode 4 or so is an objective fact about the story. If someone asserts that no such thing is ever discussed or alluded to in the show, such a claim is inherently wrong. On the other hand if someone says that they dislike the fact they introduced Suguha's character into the story because they think it distracts the plot from such and such, then that is more subjective.
People will rightfully try to debate such points and there is nothing wrong with it. There isn't truly a right answer, but I think the idea that since everything is just an opinion that everyone's opinion is equally valid is quite silly and a bit asinine to assert. Opinions are backed up by a person's own logic and reason, and if that logic and reason isn't convincing I do not think it is a very strong opinion. Professional critics get to the position they are in because their opinions are highly regarded for their ability to articulate and reason why they may or may not like a work in convincing fashion. Some people in this thread have done a better job of this than others in the thread of course.
That said, the arguments for why Suguha's character could be removed from the story with negligible effect are flimsy at best to me. It is just not very convincing to me to assert such when she is the main heroine of ALO in many ways and the author wrote the story in a way that spent a lot of time developing her character. Granted people don't have to like her character or this story, but what a lot of people have asked for here is for the author to write a completely different story than is being told. Whether or not that would be a good thing I cannot say, but again, I cannot accept the idea that ALO would be relatively the same without Suguha's character.
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I'm not going to keep this tangent going beyond this (since it has gone off-topic, no thanks to me), but to address the direct issues:
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What I'd like to know is why Kirito never bothered to buy another weapon after the Eugene duel, when it was pretty clear he could've used it in this episode. I literally /facepalmed when he parried that uber mob's sword with his left arm.... seriously Kirito, what were you thinking??
Granted, he did use unarmed attacks but... I can't help but think that using another weapon would've been better no matter what.
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If nothing else, Yui's proclamation about Asuna's player ID being nearby most likely set off Kirito's "berserk switch" so these things most likely slipped his mind.
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Kirito seems like he doesn't really spend too much time thinking ahead... I wouldn't be surprised if he ever had any plan at all upon coming to the world tree, and was probably afraid of the most realistic answer, that the blurry photo was in fact, just a blurry photo and the idea of rescuing Asuna was just a false hope.
Of course, once Yui confirmed it was true, all bets are out. But even then, he hasn't taken time to think this through, or what it really even means.
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Oh, I know. It's certainly better than nothing. I was just wondering if maybe the reason he seemed so carefree in the earlier episodes, is because he was afraid that when he reached the world tree he would find nothing.
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(To be honest, one of the reasons it's such a long shot is because, if she really was being held "hostage", why would you set her out in the open like that? Why not keep her locked away like the other 299 prisoners? It's only because of Sugou's particular oddities about maintaining this King/Queen fantasy that this whole thing transpired. It was also of course completely possible that Sugou made an NPC to look like Asuna or all sorts of other things.)
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1. Kirito knew that it's Asuna the fact that the girl in the picture looks like her.
2. The picture was thanken in the World Tree and that would also be the first place to look for.
3. Just imagine Kirito being depress from the time he enters ALO until now... I expect a lot of hate post surely. Why is he carefree any?
The facts:
1. ALO and SAO are quite similar without but without the "death consequence".
2. It's game and he's a gamer and it's his first time to fly.
3. Asuna is in the game and he has the chance to save her.
4. Yui, their "daughter is with him to cheer him all the way! Add Leafy and a party mate on his quest.
Why would I be depress knowing that hope is on my side!
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One last attempt on this from my end too, I suppose.
I'm willing to continue this in VM/PM, if you wish, but I think this is already probably more than directly relates to this SAO episode thread.
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The "Chickification" of America
Rush Limbaugh has predicted the end of the National Football League and sees its demise drawing closer.
Is it really any surprise that Obama is leading the charge to make football "safe", given that it is a sport where there is a lot of physical contact, often resulting in the occasional injury? Americans do not watch football to see players get injured. They watch because it is a version of war. It is fought in stadiums. The field of battle is well defined. And men outfitted like gladiators engaged in a modified version of combat.
The key word here is "men." Nobody wants to watch two teams of women play football.
Obama is a girly man. When you think of Reagan, he is astride a horse at his ranch. When you think of Obama, he is riding a bicycle.
The latest manifestation of an effort that pre-dates Obama, the "chickification" of America, is the decision by the Department of Defense to allow women to engage in battle alongside their male counterparts. There are few ideas more idiotic than this. Forget the usual arguments put forth about upper body strength and such, even the Israeli Defense Force, famous for including women in its ranks, uses them auxiliary functions in order to free up the men to do the actual fighting.
No civilized nation wants to send women into combat. No military that depends on unit cohesion and morale wants to put the two sexes together in close proximity because the two sexes tend to do what comes naturally in close proximity.
They've been holding hearings in Congress about the problems this has created in our military services. We have, however, compounded this idiocy by opening the ranks to openly gay service members. There have always been gays in the military, but in the pre-Don't Ask, Don't Tell days, they kept that to themselves.
In an earlier era, the roles of men and women were well defined. Women, indeed, had fewer choices and, to the degree that they now have more, that is a good thing. To the degree that they are in the workplace it also means that both marriage and children are impacted in ways that the 50% divorce rate and the numbers of single mothers were predictable.
It is troubling to me that women in films and on television have been increasingly portrayed in roles where, rather than being the damsel in distress of former times, they are now gun toting, karate smashing characters on a par with men. This undermines traditional values from chivalry to the instinct of men to come to a woman's aid, to be protective.
I fully understand that culture is always subject to change, but some aspects of culture are worth retaining and this is particularly true in light of the glaring fact that women are different than men. Even women know that!
What bothers me is the creeping effort to turn men into women in terms of their attitudes. Part of the push to permit gay marriage, an element of the Democratic Party agenda, is the constant pressure on heterosexual men to "accept" homosexuality as "normal", when it has never been regarded as normal.
Homosexuals are approximately 3.5% of the population. The Obama administration has made it clear it has no intention to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act and now openly advocates gay marriage. It tears at the sinews of a society that knows that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Homosexuals are approximately 3.5% of the population. The Obama administration has made it clear it has no intention to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act and now openly advocates gay marriage. It tears at the sinews of a society that knows that marriage is between a man and a woman.
As I was thinking about the changes occurring in our culture, I was reminded of a list of Communist goals that were read into the Congressional Record by Rep. Albert S. Herlong, Jr, (D-Florida) in 1963. There were 45 of them, based on a book by Cleon Skousens, "The Naked Communist."
One was "Present homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as 'normal, natural, and healthy.'" Another was "Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis." And "Discredit the American founding fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the 'common man.'"
The Communist goals included taking over the nation's educational system and infiltrating the press as well as gaining control of key positions in radio, television and motion pictures.
If these goals, revealed just over fifty years ago, sound familiar it is because they are being accomplished. They represent life in America today.
How football is played may seem insignificant. Encouraging gays in the military and women in combat may seem odd at best and idiotic at worse.
The bigger problem is the way the news and entertainment community, along with the capture of our educational system all conspire to undermine values that worked very well from the days of the U.S. Revolution to around the 1960s when the progressives, the liberals, and—yes—Communists began to gain positions of influence and power.
In 2008 and 2012, Americans even elected one.
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A recent discussion on the lkml examined the possibility of a Linux implementation of Sun's ZFS. It was pointed out that the file system is released under the GPL-incompatible CDDL, and that Sun has filed numerous patents to prevent ZFS from being reverse engineered. Max Yudin pointed out, "according to Jeff Bonwick's blog Sun issued 56 patents on ZFS, but I have no idea what they patented. Sorry, binary compatible ZFS reimplementation with GPL license might not be legal."


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Dorothy Louise Luedeke, 96
Dorothy Louise Luedeke, 96, of New Bremen, died at 8:55 a.m. Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Otterbein St. Marys.
She was born on Oct. 25, 1916, to Frank and Bertha (Thiesing) Sunderman.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her loving husband of 66 years, Frederick Luedeke. Also, by her brother James F. Sunderman, her daughter Kathleen (Augustine) Mascaro, and a great-grandson Jonathan David Hjelmgren.
Survivors include three children, Suzanne (Rudy) Broyles of Naperville, Ill., Jonathan (Twyla) Luedeke of Columbus, and Dr. James (Kathleen) Luedeke of New Bremen; 12 grandchildren, Stephen (Debbie) Mascaro, Daniel Mascaro, Anita (Jim) Partin, Melissa (Brad) Hickey, Betsy (David) Hjelmgren, Christopher (Rachel) Broyles, Ryan Broyles, J. David (Theresa) Luedeke, Mica (Michael) Lockwood, Justin (Denise) Luedeke, Jason (Mara) Luedeke, and Kristen K. Luedeke. She was also blessed with 15 great-grandchildren.
Dorothy was a 1934 graduate of New Bremen High School. She earned a teaching certificate from Bowling Green State University and taught several years in New Bremen schools. She was active in a number of civic and church organizations, including the New Bremen Women's Club, the Historic Association, Faith Alliance Church Women's Missionary Prayer Fellowship, and Senior Citizens of New Bremen. She was a member of Faith Alliance Church, and served over the years as teacher, organist, pianist and vocalist.
Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Faith Alliance Church in New Bremen, the Rev. Tom Sagar, officiating.
Burial will follow in the Willow Grove Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9:30 a.m. to the time of the service on Thursday at the church.
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Danbury girls use smothering defense to beat Stamford
STAMFORD -- As the defending FCIAC champion, the Danbury girls basketball team is used to getting everyone's best in an effort to inflict defeat on the Hatters' unblemished record.
That does not stop the train from rolling on however, as the Hatters continue to steamroll toward a second straight perfect regular season, despite an off night on the offensive end in their latest performance.
Kayla Handberry had 13 points and 11 rebounds to help Danbury improve to 16-0 and extend its regular-season FCIAC winning streak to 32 games with a 39-24 win over Stamford on Friday evening.
"I think since everyone is making such a big deal that we were 15-0, I think the girls think they worry about (losing the first game)," Danbury coach Jackie DiNardo said. "I think it was the first time all year that our kids had that `deer in the headlights' feel, but I think we came out in the third quarter and put the game together."
The game started slowly for the visitors, who were held to four points in the first quarter. Things eventually got going as the nerves shook off and Danbury (16-0, 14-0) did enough offensively to secure the win. Rachel Gartner was a major presence on both ends of the court for the Hatters, accounting for 12 points, seven steals and six assists.
"Defensively we held (Danbury) to 39 points," Stamford coach Todd Parness said. "You like to think you're going to win that game giving up 39 points. I wouldn't even say it was a good defensive effort; we were just lucky they were missing shots."
Defense fueled the victory for Danbury, which held the Black Knights without a point during a nine minute stretch between the first and second quarters. A 13-1 second-half run by the Hatters extended a 23-15 lead to 36-16 with Handberry doing the bulk of her damage.
"We knew (Stamford) would be physical; we were on the road," DiNardo said. "If you're going to have a bad night shooting you have to make it up on the other end of the court and we did that."
Tiana England led the Black Knights (13-3, 11-3) with eight points. The defeat was the third in four games for Stamford, which rarely had an open look at the basket and had to settle for shots from the perimeter, shooting 1-for-14 from beyond the arc. After an encouraging 12-0 start to the season, the difficult portion of its schedule is threatening to derail the promising start.
"We were getting impatient and taking those shots from the outside," Parness said. "We didn't bother to work the ball inside at all. We had opportunities to but we were just happy to shoot it from the 3-point line and that doesn't win games."
With the other major contenders remaining on their schedule, the Hatters are locking in on their target: a second straight perfect FCIAC season. With major tests against Westhill, (Tuesday) Trumbull and Wilton remaining, the road is far from clear in securing another 20-0 record.
"It just makes us want to keeping winning," Gartner said. "When we see that we are 15-0, we want to be 16-0, 17-0. We don't want that one loss. We had an easier schedule earlier in the season and now we are starting to see the real competition of the FCIAC. Once we play all those league games it will help us be prepared for the playoffs."
Danbury 39, Stamford 24
Kelsey Santagata 2 2-2 6 Ashlya Cody 1 0-0 3 Tiana England 3 2-3 8 Maxine Fodiman 0 0-0 0 Ansia Fortt 1 0-0 2 Brianna Gordon 2 1-2 5 Mackenzie Brown 0 0-0 0 Orianna Merone 0 0-0 0 Camry Evans 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 5-7 24.
Allie Smith 2 0-0 4 Rachel Gartner 2 7-8 12 Uniqua Tucker 1 0-2 2 Rebecca Gartner 2 1-2 5 Kayla Handberry 5 3-4 13 Nahla Ward 1 0-0 3. Totals: 13 11-16 39.
3-pointers: D--Rachel Gartner, Ward; S--Cody.


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September 15, 2009, 01:37:17 PM »
I noticed that a few posts down another person is considering transferring from Hofstra Law, but my question is a little different.
The school I really wanted to attend was William & Mary. However, I did not get accepted and I know it had to have been due to my LSAT score (it was not as high as I would have liked). So I chose Hofstra. Now, I don't necessarily have a problem with the school itself - I'm enjoying my classes and like my classmates, etc, but I am still strongly considering trying to transfer into William & Mary.
Here are my concerns/reasons:
-William and Mary is a better ranked school and is my "dream school"
-I am not from NY and may not actually practice in NY, so I don't want to be limited by the fact that I go to Hofstra which seems to be a more regionally-known school
-W&M's mission/purpose is more "up-my-alley" because I am not going for a "big-law" corporate job. W&M trains "citizen lawyers" which seems to fit my goals better
-As I am not planning to go the corporate route, I am concerned about the debt I am incurring at Hofstra. Even giving up scholarship, W&M is cheaper and much better for me economically
I understand all of the difficulties with transferring and I realize that I am a long-way off from the opportunity, but I just want to start getting an idea now as to whether or not this is something to consider. My plan is to focus on my studies and try to do extremely well this first semester/first year - that way if I decide to transfer then I am in a good position to do so (not that doing well at Hofstra guarantees acceptance at W&M, I understand it doesn't) and if I decide not to transfer then I'm in a good position to finish out my degree at Hofstra.
Also, if I decide that I want to try to transfer, would it be a good idea to contact W&M about it? I've already read their requirements and the FAQs about transferring, but I am wondering if I should go ahead and get my name out there (possibly go visit and speak to someone about the process...
) or if I should just send in the paperwork and hope for the best? I just don't know if it would be beneficial for me to make my intentions known to W&M and, if it is, when should I do that?
P.S. Anyone else considering transferring, I suggest you look at this:
it is an outline of sorts for the transfer process (what you should be doing each month - *note that this person tells you to focus mainly on your studies at your current school and not on transferring).
Any information is greatly appreciated!!!
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September 15, 2009, 06:46:19 PM »
My suggestion, don't waste your time now thinking about transferring until you get your fall grades. And after that, you don't really have to apply until you get your spring grades, unless W&M makes transfer decisions based on fall grades like Georgetown. Also, transferring depends on how transfer friendly a school is, i.e. how many transfers they usually accept (the latest ABA data said there was 6 transfers in so it depends on how many people are applying to transfer). Also, when the time comes, it would never hurt to take a trip there and visit and meet with someone in admissions.
btw, this advice is coming from a 2L at Hofstra who spent a lot of time considering transferring but obviously decided to stay. I wanted to stay in NY and get a biglaw job, so your situation is obviously different.
I wish you the best of luck. But, really, don't spend as much time thinking about it until you get your grades, and then don't worry about whether you will transfer until you have the option
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September 15, 2009, 07:38:33 PM »
Thanks a bunch for your answer. I agree with you completely. I just wanted to get it out there now and then not think about it again until Spring. Right now my focus is doing as best as I can possibly do here because, who knows, I might change my goals and not even want to transfer later. So my goal right now is not to transfer. My goal is to be the best Hofstra Law student I can be.
This topic kind of came up the other day and it made me think about it, that's all. Again, thanks for your input, I just needed to hear it from someone who has gone through the same situation (or a similar one).
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September 17, 2009, 12:25:05 PM »
As mentioned above, your focus should be on your grades because wihtout them you cannot even entertain the idea of transferring up. Stay on track and focused and come the release of Fall grades re-evaluate your interests, goals, and situtaion at your current law school. If you still have some curiosity regarding transferring then beign the process, but until Fall grades come out you will have no idea where you stand. The one recommendation I do have outside of performing well in Fall, is begin to develop a rapport with your professors because if you try to transfer, you will need to ask for Letters of Recommendation. Just keep that in the back of your head. Good luck and make sure to find a balance in your first semester of law school.
Feel free to message me with anymore ?'s if you have any.
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No surprise: Kobe Bryant made the All-Star team for the 15th time in 17 seasons. Surprise: Dwight Howard made it as a starter too.
Plenty of NBA analysts questioned Howard's inclusion via fan voting. So did his own coach, in a way.
"Well, when you're under .500 and you have two guys on the All-Star [team], that's kind of like, really?" Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni said Thursday. "I'm with them a little bit. But I understand it. His injury kept him down and he's coming back from his injury and he's played at the All-Star level the last two or three games, so he's coming on."
Howard was off to a slow start partly because of off-season surgery for a herniated disk in his back. D'Antoni paused for a while when asked if he was having an All-Star-caliber season.
"You look at his numbers, yeah," D'Antoni said. "By the All-Star game, yeah, he'll be at that level. He's played well lately and a lot of it is he's feeling more comfortable with his body. That's huge."


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Contrary to the claims of biotech companies, GM crops do not mean more choice: they mean that choice is taken away as everyone's crops get GM-contaminated.
And an excellent Canadian Broadcasting Corporation news broadcast takes a revealing look at how GM crops are researched and monitored for safety (or not) – and how GM genes can't be contained.
Farmer of Year award members Theresa and David Podoll share concerns about 2,4-D-ready crops at the 2014 MOSES Organic Farming Conference.
A video on how important alfalfa is to food and farming, and the threat that GM alfalfa poses to family farms and organic production. Alfalfa growers do not need or want genetically modified (GM) alfalfa and have been trying to stop GM alfalfa in Canada for at least five years.
In the mid-eighties science, with the help of genetic technology, finds the key to mastering the earth and especially its creatures. Suddenly, everything seems possible! (Time: 8:07)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's national news takes a look at how GM crops are being monitored in Canada. (Time 9:54)
Cunderdin farmers Ian and Jodi James describe their heartbreak after a severe storm washed GM canola from the neighbour's property onto theirs late last year. (Time: 5:02)
Talk by Percy Schmeiser, the Canadian farmer who was sued by Monsanto for having its patented genes on his land. A must-see for all farmers considering growing GM crops. (Time for all 3 parts: 45:05)
On 31 January 2012, 55 farmers and plaintiffs traveled to Manhattan to hear oral arguments regarding Monsanto's motion to dismiss their lawsuit, Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) vs. Monsanto filed earlier this summer. (Time: 3:04)


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UCLA Beats Arkansas in Final Four
The 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball.
It began on March 16, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 3 at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. A total of 63 games were played. UCLA, coached by Jim Harrick, won its record 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship and its first since the John Wooden era by defeating the University of Arkansas, who came up one game short in their bid to repeat as champions.
UCLA collected its 11th NCAA crown - and first since 1975 - as it beat Arkansas 89-78 with legendary John Wooden in the stands and point guard Tyus Edney on the bench. Arkansas came up one win short of repeating its title. And Ed O'Bannon was named the Most Outstanding Player.
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Jennings said that the ethanol's most important people are not the lobbyists, but rather those in the room—the members of ACE who "have gone above and beyond" advocating for ethanol. He added that Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co., Benson, MN, for example, has sent more representatives to ACE's legislative fly-ins than any other company. He commended several ethanol producers for what they have done to support the ethanol industry. "Change doesn't come from Washington—it comes to Washington because of you and that inspires us [at ACE]."
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The Obama administration has spent nearly four years trying to convince states and local law enforcement that the federal immigration program known as Secure Communities is narrowly targeted to deporting dangerous criminals.
It's not. And late last month, the administration finally conceded as much when it announced long-overdue reforms that should restore some credibility and fairness to the controversial program.
Secure Communities was created to identify "dangerous criminal aliens" for deportation. Local law enforcement agencies were supposed to send the fingerprints of arrestees to federal immigration officials, who would run them through national crime databases. If an arrestee turned out to be an illegal immigrant with a serious criminal background, a "detainer" could be issued requesting that he be held for up to 48 hours so that federal officials could take him into custody.
But in practice, Secure Communities failed to distinguish between serious criminals and nonviolent arrestees facing civil immigration violations. In California, more than half of the 75,000 people deported under the program since it began in 2009 had no criminal history or had only misdemeanor convictions for minor offenses such as street vending or violating traffic laws.