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Bicyclist hospitalized after collision with Clay Co. cruiser
Updated On: May 13 2013 03:27:23 PM EDT
A Clay County deputy struck a bicyclist Monday morning at the intersection of Blanding and Arora boulevards.
The Clay County Sheriff's Office said the bike rider, 75-year-old Ronald Ramsey, sustained minor injuries in the collision about 8:10 a.m. and was transported by ambulance to Orange Park Medical Center for treatment.
The Clay County deputy, 47-year-old Ray Kittles, was uninjured.
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This San Francisco hotel is a 15-minute walk to Fisherman's Wharf and the Financial District. Royal Pacific Motor Inn offers tour and shuttle arrangements, free parking and free Wi-Fi.
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Named on the National Register of Historic Places, this hotel offers Victorian charm combined with modern amenities and is a short walk from area attractions, including cable car lines.
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In the lively Marina District of downtown San Francisco, this motel has comfortable accommodations close to the area's main attractions, including Fisherman's Wharf.
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Right in the centre of China Town and easy to get around.
Cost of parking.
Staff was always helpful and nice.
Terribly uncomfortable beds, TV's from 1980's, and room was very small.
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Location and ease of parking
Bed was a little less than expected
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Some rooms were adjacent to the fryolator vent and smelled like food. We asked to be moved and were promptly accommodated! Thanks SW
Location is good
decoration is horrible breakfast is really bad
Location, history of hotel
Breakfast, above bar with the worse karaoke ever heard. Couldn't even tell if they were singing in English or Chinese.
Close to the Financial District Easy access by public transportation
Breakfast was not very rich No facilities to print out any needed email messages
The front desk staff was wonderful. Very helpful and always friendly. The underground parking ws a lifesaver. We were a bit put off initially with the loctaion but after walking to Italian and Chinese sections of town come to reealize the convenience of the location.
Parking entrance was a bit challanging and exiting was also difficult and required a series of right hand turns to get well on your way. Convenience of this option more than offset the challanges.
Good location, very helpful/friendly staff, good value for the money!
Clean, comfortable, great location
Staff was attentive and helpful. Continental breakfast was sufficient and it was nice it was included in the room rate.
The two bed rooms facing the east are above a karaoke bar... Noisy on the weekend to say the least.
Very hard to find a hotel below 200$ in San Francisco! This one does it, in a good location, with all the basics that you need in a clean and friendly place!
Walls are a bit thin, so bring earplugs if you are a light sleeper!
Location, location, location.
Paying to park, and being charged for a toll call!
Reasonable accommodations for the price. Comfortable, clean and no frills.
Very good location.
NOISY if you are on the street.
Location- less than one mile from Pier 39. I liked being in Chinatown. and having the experience of being in a different culture. We don't have a Chinese population in the city where I live. Staff was very friendly and helpful.
I could not figure out how to print my boarding pass even though the hotel had a computer specifically for that. The persona at the front desk was not able to help. It was a minor issue for me and I got my boarding pass at the airport.
The inside room was nice and quiet! Location was great and the bed, comfortable.
Flimsy paper bowls and plates for breakfast.
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Short cab ride to anywhere in SF, including AT&T Park. Short walk to the restaurants and bars in North Beach.
Newly remodeled room very clean and quiet. Walking distance to fantastic food and close to the medical center
Outside appearance doesn't appear to be such a nice place
1. The location is amazing 2. Nice staff
The main things that I wish were different: 1. The pillows are very thick and not very comfortable 2. The bed was hard, I wish the mattress was of better quality 3. The curtain for the shower did not fit properly and water got everywhere
- good location - friendly staff - welcoming entrance/breakfast area - quiet and clean rooms - excellent WIFI
- small rooms
I found the location convenient.
noisy no pool breakfast consisted in bread basically it has a nice place to relax, chat, or read that is close most of the day no vending machine on the 3rd floor
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Ohlberger et al. 2014 When phenology matters: Age-size truncation alters population response to trophic mismatch. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281(1793):20140938.
Ohlberger et al. 2014. Stochasticity and determinism: How density-independent and density-dependent processes affect population variability. PLoS ONE 9(6):e98940.
Hidalgo et al. 2014. Contrasting evolutionary demography induced by fishing: the role of adaptive phenotypic plasticity. Ecological Applications 24(5):1101–1114.
Vindenes et al. 2014. Effects of climate change on trait-based dynamics of a top predator in freshwater ecosystems. American Naturalist 183(2):243–256.
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Interests: Aquatic ecology, animal physiology and evolutionary biology
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DreamWorks Animation has launched its YouTube arm, DreamWorksTV, with a slew of "vloggers" that you've come to know on the big screen (including Shrek, Puss in Boots and Kung Fu Panda) — and quite a few original newcomers, too.
As of Monday morning, DWA is officially cashing in on the No. 1 reason it bought Awesomeness TV for $33 million plus incentives last year: so it could leverage its popular animated characters online and help launch a bunch of new ones.
DreamWorksTV "combines DreamWorks Animation's expertise as a global family entertainment brand with the digital savvy of AwesomenessTV," the company said in a statement. DWA also shared several video clips exclusively with Mashable that will appear on DreamWorksTV for its Monday launch and in the coming days, including Shrek dispensing dubious oral hygiene advice (above).
Besides vlog posts from its stable of time-tested 'toons, DreamWorksTV is also featuring original live-action shorts, including family-friendly reality shows Prank My Parents and Record Setter Kids; original animated web series like Jimmy Blue Shorts and Report Card.
If there was any doubt that AwesomenessTV is a huge part of this new effort, look no further than its founder, Brian Robbins, who is overseeing it for DreamWorks Animation.
"We're tapping into the invaluable knowledge that Brian has amassed from his success with AwesomenessTV to create a unique, short-form, laugh-out-loud mobile experience for families," DWA's CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said. "This is a huge opportunity for the DreamWorks brand."
Additional series include kid-comedian sketch comedy show OMG; ensemble comedy Public Pool, which is actually about the goings-on at a public pool; Fifi: Cat Therapist, about a house cat who dispenses advice to neighborhood animals; best-of-web-shorts curation Watch This; and RetroToons, highlights from DreamWorks Animation's classic media library.
Look for more original series on DreamWorksTV as summer rolls on, including Richie Rich, an original scripted series based on the comic book character.
Original post here.
The latest installment of the Planet of the Apes franchise displays some of the most innovative CGI techniques to date. Weta Digital, the CGI mastermind behind such films as Ironman, Man of Steel and Avatar, has further evolved the digital animation process to achieve lifelike effects. Actors work side by side with the digital art and animation teams to achieve realistic facial expressions bringing the computer generated images to life.
In his article, "Is This the Most Remarkable CGI in a Film Ever?" Patrick Jong Tayor comments on the sequel's amazing attention to detail. "To make it work, Weta Digital employed dozens of wireless 3D cameras to faithfully capture the actors playing the apes, who donned motion capture suits with active marker strands, measuring position, velocity and acceleration even if the markers were obscured from camera view, and witness cameras mounted to the suits to capture facial mocap information."
Cogswell offers programs in Digital Art and Animation designed to prepare students for exciting careers throughout the entertainment, media and art industries. As seen with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, CGI techniques need to be ever-evolving in order to compete with the next big blockbuster.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has an interesting plotline, astounding CGI effects, and a smooth transition in the fictional 10-year time gap between films. Do you plan on seeing this summer blockbuster? Are you Team Human or Team Ape? Tell us in the comment section below.
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This past November actor Paul Walker and star of the popular "Fast & Furious" franchise passed away in a tragic car accident. His death came as a shock to his friends, family, and costars alike.
Walker's death also put producers Vin Diesel and Neil H. Moritz in a bind of figuring out how to have Walker's star character, Brian O'Conner, exit the franchise in the upcoming Fast and the Furious 7. Production was well underway for the film's seventh installments, posing the question, how can this be done? CGI technology allows digital animation artists to bring Walker back to life.
The New York Daily News reports that, "They have hired four actors with bodies very similar to Paul's physique and they will be used for movement and as a base," one source close to production tells us. "Paul's face and voice will be used on top using CGI".
This CGI call has sparked controversy amongst fans and critics, half arguing that this could be creepy and distasteful, while the other half agree it's the only way possible to witness Walker's final performance.
In the past, films in similar situations rarely achieve box office success with attempts to reshoot, recast or simply omit characters that have untimely passed midway through production. However, with the highly successful Fast & Furious franchise (the latest installment Fast & Furious 6 bringing in a whopping $789 million) the pressure is on to successfully transition Walker's character out in a strategic and respectful manner.
Do you think using CGI is distasteful or creepy for bringing the deceased back to life? Or do you think it's a just technological solution to reprise his final role? Are you planning on seeing Fast & Furious 7? Tell us in the comments below!
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Godzilla has fought many a monster — from giant moths to massive robots to smog incarnate to even King Kong — and he's lived to roar about it.
But what would happen if the King of the Monsters faced down the dragon Smaug from J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "The Hobbit"? With a new "Godzilla" stomping to theaters next week, and "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" recently out on home video and "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" on the way in December, we thought it would be fun to pit these two behemoths — one a Japanese kaiju, or "strange creature," and an avatar of the Nuclear Age; the other a fire-drake from the North in Tolkien's mythical Middle-earth — against each other.
To break down the matchup, Speakeasy enlisted two experts: In Godzilla's corner, we have Chris Picard, owner and editor of the Godzilla-movies.com fansite, citing contributions from staffer Gregory Hudgens. Representing Smaug's side is "Demosthenes," the news editor of TheOneRing.net, a popular fansite dedicated to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien's works and the films based on them.
To see the argument category by category, visit the full article here.
Since 2000 The Sims has been a staple in the gaming world, setting the standard for real-life simulation. However in recent years the various expansion packs and add-ons have confused consumers on the brand that original creator Will Wright began 14 years ago.
The Sims 4 offers new and exciting features that will remind gamers of the original game rooted in emotion. "SmartSim", is a new feature that heightens emotions for the Sims. During gameplay, the Sims' emotions are impacted in different ways, for example, hobbies, relationships, food, etc. Combined with new digital animation techniques and A.I. technology, the "Smart Sim" is a completely new breed of Sim.
In the past Sims never interacted with the gamer. However, by adding emotion, and a new soundtrack, the Sim can now react with the gamer through music. Soundtrack composer Ilan Eshkeri had to create scores that could take advantage of the SmartSim's emotional capabilities and also hark back to earlier stages in the game.
"If something emotional happens… I'd try to relate all of those to a few notes or a riff or a chord sequence that appeared in one of the longer pieces of background music. For example, if character is doing something in the house or if something breaks in the house, I'd try to relate that to the music you heard when you were building the house," Eshkeri said.
According to executive producer Rachel Franklin, the flow of the game comes together with the marriage of sound design and digital animation technology. "Ilan is known for these theatrical sweeping, wonderful compositions," Franklin said. "It's a way for the Sim to respond back to the player… You can really feel that in the audio. Combining that with animation technology and facial emotional overlays… things work together in a really cool way to make you feel more related to your Sim. Because ultimately you're caring for them…the music brings your relationship really to a height."
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Source: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/07/sims-4-composer-ilan-eshkeri
Low budget film and animation productions utilize every means possible to get the job done, all the while watching every penny. Filmmakers often tell stories of their earlier work, from casting parents and friends, to shooting in their neighbor's backyard.
However, within the last ten years we've seen a jump in the quality of low budget projects as well as higher profits. The 2009 box office hit Paranormal Activity was filmed on a budget of only $450K and brought in over $89 million in profits. That's a 19,849% return on investment! This is all thanks in part to smart viral marketing campaigns, as well as creative editing via digital technology.
Independent filmmakers and animators are able to create projects more cost effectively compared to the big name studios. Since their projects are low budget, an independent project can afford to fail, compared to a major motion picture company flop that could cost millions.
In the case of Paranormal Activity, we saw a highly creative viral marketing campaign based on sounds and reactions that fed off human curiosity. Online trailers showed clips of the audience's reactions of sheer terror, paired with strategic sound design. Digital Audio was key in adding to the fear factor to the preview. This drove traffic into the theaters and proved to be another contributing factor to the project's success.
Cogswell College offers programs in Digital Art and Animation designed to prepare students for careers throughout the entertainment industries. Cogswell also offers programs in Digital Audio Technology, which provides project-based instruction for a wide range of professional audio fields by developing skills in sound design for film and other areas. Both areas are key for independent low-budget projects to become box office hits.
Without a doubt, California is the hotbed for digital art and animation degree programs. The state is home to many companies in the industry, including movie studios, CGI companies, and software & game developers. Cogswell College, located in Silicon Valley, CA, offers a Bachelor's Degree in Digital Art and Animation (DAA). This program is designed with the goal to ensure that students leave Cogswell with the creative and technical skills required for multiple opportunities within the areas of the entertainment industry.
Many schools across the country offer degrees in fine arts or graphic design, and many of those graduates find themselves looking for a job in interactive; but they are sometimes behind the curve when they enter the job market. Although these are important aspects for multimedia design education, degrees specific to animation are preferred by most companies in the industry.
With a wide variety of jobs available in this growing industry, a career in digital animation can not only be appealing to creative individuals, but lucrative and highly competitive as well. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary for digital animators is more than $58,000. This job segment is expected to grow at 8% in the U.S. over the next decade.
Job positions in game development, television and movies are the most highly sought after career paths for people with a degree in digital arts. While this area has the largest number of jobs available for people with a DAA degree, the competition for positions in these areas are extremely high. However, other job possibilities exist on the cusp of the entertainment industry.
Working for an Advertising Agency:
Advertising agencies have an ongoing need for multimedia designers and the industry provides a steady and stable work environment for employees with experience. They work across a variety of areas, including commercials, websites, social media and video production. With companies large and small turning to the Internet to advertise their products and services, this area can potentially outgrow other positions which have traditionally been more sought after.
Many companies are using video channels (think YouTube and Vimeo) to advertise to their potential and existing customers. They are also using the video medium to provide product information and demonstrations. With this available to advertisers, it is important that there are multimedia designers available to generate the ideas, who have the technical expertise to make it happen.
The career path for a digital animator working in advertising is somewhat varied. While an employee may begin as a storyboard artist, they find themselves advancing through the agency quickly. Becoming a creative director is not uncommon; as the medium grows and rises in prominence it will happen with greater frequency, especially as employees with digital animation experience learn and become integral parts of other business areas.
Working for Bigger Companies:
Many companies, especially larger ones, choose not to employ advertising agencies and have been bringing their marketing in-house. This trend means that there will be a growing number of opportunities available in companies that many may not consider. Working for a large corporate entity has its advantages. The work is steady and the traditional benefits associated with them (insurance, retirement, etc.) may not be available when working for a small production company. Education, software and manufacturing are all areas with potential to see increased growth.
For more information about Cogswell's Digital Art & Animation Bachelor Degree program, visit http://www.cogswell.edu/programs/digital-art-and-animation.php
There's an old adage that most people can't define art, but they know it when they see it. The definition of art was debated long before the digital age. From Greek philosophers to the United States Supreme Court, wise people have tried to define what art is, the process by which it is created, and its meaning to society.
Defined in simple terms by Merriam-Webster, art is "the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects."
As the process of creating digital art evolves and becomes more commonplace, we see debates in internet forums and hear conversations in museums and coffee shops about whether art created digitally can really be considered art.
Open for interpretation
Many would argue that art cannot be defined. In fact, the legal system has declined to "define" art and has instead left it open to interpretation. It allows for societal norms and does not put limitations on the evolving process by which it is created.
For the most part, fine art has been defined as something created primarily for beauty rather than utility and placed into categories such as painting, sculpture, poetry and music.
What is digital art?
Digital art is any form that utilizes digital technology during production. Fairly broad in definition, we know, but there are as many forms of digital art as traditional art. For the most part, though, a digital artist sits in front of a computer monitor to create, rather than a blank canvas or hunk of unformed clay.
Sometimes the image created is done from scratch; other times the artist is manipulating an existing image into something different and unique. Like other forms, digital art can take on many forms, from illustration to multimedia to interactive.
Commonalities exist between digital and traditional art. As in traditional art, there are very few successful, self-taught artists. The best digital artists study traditional techniques in order to become better artists. There is skill involved. Like a painter, a digital artist has tools available to help him create. But those tools do not create; the artist does! And like a painter, the digital artist must be well-versed in light, color, texture, saturation, and depth. Perhaps most importantly, each artist has to possess a desire to create and express through the medium.
Does digital art meet the definition of art?
Of course it does. At its base, art is merely a form of communication. The artist, through creativity, is attempting to express an idea or evoke an emotion. The same is most certainly true for a digital artist.
Like any other form of art, digital is merely the newest evolution of art. The potential of digital will grow as technology progresses and will be limited only by the artist's imagination.
Cogswell College's Bachelor Degree in Digital Art & Animation is designed to prepare students for exciting careers throughout the entertainment, media and art industries. Through extensive coursework, students gain hands-on experience using the latest tools and applications for 3D graphics and animation.
It's no secret that video games were a great deal different back in the 1980's; from classics we still see today to the games that didn't live to see the next decade. Remember the original versions of SimCity (1989), The Legend of Zelda (1987), John Madden Football (1988), and Super Mario Bros. (1985)? What about the always classic Pac-Man (1980) and Tetris (1987)? One component we can all likely agree on, however, is the fact that the ghosts of gaming past have paved the way and made a huge impact on the gaming industry we see today. This Yahoo article gives their picks of the 10 most influential games of the 1980s, but we'll let you be the judge on which games were the most impactful from that decade.
What would you add to their list? How would you rank the games? Give us your two cents below!


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Facebook follows papal line on censorship
What do the Pope and Facebook have in common? They both abhor public displays of nudity. Facebook though may not go to quite the lengths of one medieval pope, who allegedly sponsored the mass removal of every penis (of the statuary sort) in the Vatican - thereby giving rise to the legend of the papal penis room, where the …
"a photo of Bliss Dance, a work of art, recently exhibited at the Nevada Burning Man event was this week removed from Facebook because, according to Facebook, the image violated the site's terms of use, which ban the posting of photos that contain nudity."
Facebook morons: It's a sculpture ! It's not actually a living person. I know in your nasty little virtual world you have great difficulty in distinguishing anything that is real. I suspect that the "Dumb fucks" that Mark Zuckerberg referred to are the staffers at Facebook.
It seems strange that everyone was so keen to get rid of the "totalitarian" Soviet states yet welcome on-line versions with open arms.
Re: WTF ?
Well, strictly speaking it's still nudity, even if it's just a depiction thereof. It's a daft policy though regardless. And it's a wonderful sculpture.
A friend of mine had a photo of a much, much, much ruder sculpture made from... parts of herself up on her Facebook a couple of years ago. It took them a surprisingly long time to tell her to take it down.
Resistance is useless
I just have to ask for her phone numeber?
Pictures Sara ...
... or it didn't happen.
It seems strange that everyone was so keen to get rid of the "totalitarian" Soviet states yet welcome on-line versions with open arms.
Yeah, it's sickening to see the toothless UN stand idly by while Zuckerberg marches hundreds of thousands of largely innocent people off to internment camps to be worked to death and buried in mass graves.
Get a grip, ffs ...
"made from... parts of herself"
Sounds painful, did she not need those parts anymore?
The mind boggles
"A friend of mine had a photo of a much, much, much ruder sculpture made from... parts of herself [...]"
A sculpture made from parts of herself...the mind just boggles...
Just checking
"a much, much, much ruder sculpture made from... parts of herself "
Recycled amputated bodyparts?
"Ceci n'est pas une pipe"
Magrit had it right. Depictions of things are not the things themselves.
I have to admit to also being interested in your "friend's" photo, Sarah. I mean, everyone should have a hobby and all, but as has been said, we need proof, I think.
Re: "Ceci n'est pas une pipe"
You can put those "quote marks" down right now. I'd introduce you to my friend but I fear you'd have some sort of coronary.
Sounds gruesome....
>>"A friend of mine had a photo of a much, much, much ruder sculpture made from... parts of herself [...]"
Is her name Edwina Gein?
Re: WTF ?
>>Facebook morons: It's a sculpture ! It's not actually a living person. I know in your nasty little virtual world you have great difficulty in distinguishing anything that is real. I suspect that the "Dumb fucks" that Mark Zuckerberg referred to are the staffers at Facebook.
Although this is a rant, there in lies the truth (and the lies)
In this "nasty little virtual world" what is real and what is not are blending, people who feel the need to draw a line between right and wrong will never be able to please everybody, hence the child porn laws which include the phrase "or appears to be a child". A photograph is not "real" but a representation of such, some artists can paint a life-like image, and animated films are becoming more and more life-like, CGI is better than it ever has been, and in a few years we'll no longer need physical actors, so given that "unreal" nature of the virtual actors should they be subject to the same censorship?
Art has a "get out of jail" card when it comes to censorship, we've seen this on LP covers and sculptures, and what is 100% sure this get out of jail" card will be abused by people in the future, I'm not for censorship, but I'm also for protecting the public (OK, I'll say it, think of the children), Arsebook obviously draws the line in the wrong place occasionally (and not many people compain when they take down pictures of erect penises), but this is going to get really tough in the future.
it's simple
Was someone harmed or abused making it?
If not - it shouldn't be able to land you in prison.
Seen as there is no evidence of the causality of such material (if it is drawn/cgi/etc) there is no reason to condemn people for it.
The origonal cp laws were brought in becouse they were photographs of actual acts.
I always find it interesting that people are quite willing to believe that images of children (anyone under 18) being abused (any kind of potentially sexual act) will drive men to commiting such acts. Do they think that children (under 18's) are so damn sexy that men just can't control themselves when a man realises that under the clothes theres a body waiting to be ravaged?
Personally, I think that the number of people that see nude children and think "holy shit I need to go and rape a kid, NAOW!" is pretty close to zero percent.
Re: it's simple
>>Was someone harmed or abused making it?
Very good question, but the answer is not simple at all, yes if the picture is of an under 18 being abused, but what if they are 18, appear 14 and concent? or what if they are 14, appear 18 (and concent is irrelevant), what if it is a picture that appears to be a 10 year old boy being buggered but is a perfect quality painted picture (not a real person), or what if you think it's a real child, but the owner of the image claims it's been created?
>>I always find it interesting that people are quite willing to believe that images of children (anyone under 18) being abused (any kind of potentially sexual act) will drive men to commiting such acts.
That's right, nobody ever wants to kill, nobody rapes and children don't get abused. I'm pretty sure that most of these acts are points of escallation, it is well documented that serial killers often build up from smaller acts of violence, and it is logical to assume that a chid abuser will not be restricted to physical acts, whether it's addictive and habit-forming actually requiring escallation is a different matter.
An abuser is an abberant person, having worked with sex offenders there is no question that you want to keep explicit materal away from the offenders, but you also want to keep other material away from offenders too that the general population would consider "normal".
Have we gone too far with censorship? almost certainly, but people are "being safe than sorry", and do I find it stupid that I guy I know had his Facebook account removed because he posted a load of old family pics (one of him, the "offending picture" as a 5 year old straight out of the bath), that's too far, some people would argue that show a naked breast or flacid penis is OK, and some would say erect nipples, labia close-ups, and turgid penis is also OK, but I'm guessing that those people ain't setting the rules.
Sorry but you're wrong.
The answer is simple. If no one, no _real_ person, is hurt then there is no crime. That should be that.
Tell me why any _sane_ person should consider a cartoon of the Simpsons engaging on sexual acts obscene. In poor taste maybe, silly yes, but obscene?. Who has it hurt? Don't say 'but some people would use that as a steeping stone to other more horrific things. Some people will use _ANYTHING_ as a stepping stone to worse activities. Is that a reason, note that word, REASON, not excuse, to enforce oppresive laws on the whole of society?
Some people are alcoholics. Currently our laws do not prevent them from buying or consuming alcohol. Perhaps laws should try to prevent those who cannot maturely cope with a substance from buying and / or consuming that substance. But to prevent the whole of society from doing so. That concept is not sane.
And don't complain that your _offenders_ aren't sane. They might be saner that you are actually, just that their desires are not 'mainstream'.
These laws seem to focus on making the human body and human sexuality, 'dirty'. Why? Our bodies, and we each have one, are not 'dirty'. It isn't 'rude' to kiss another human. It may be inappropriate as to time and place, but never, ever rude or dirty. Strangely enough, I really wish that those who have this attitude would realise that they too have a naked body and dispose of themselves for their 'crime'.That alone would advance civilisation by a few hundred years.
Your question about relative ages and appearances is something that the various law enforcement organisations need to cope with. Just because someone looks to be under age doesn't mean that they are. The LEO's need to _prove_ the crime. Remember that concept? Get proof and then prosecute. And make sure that you prosecute for a _real_ crime. Use laws that help society rather than laws that just criminalise everyone.
Perhaps you should use what 'inside' contacts you have to get the policy makers to understand that continued oppression makes people unhappy, and unhappy people have been know to revolt.
The Treachery of Images huh
catholic priests arent interested in cocks from sculptures, we all know they are far more interested in alter boys' ones.
Kaned by name
If you could spell "altar" I'd be even more impressed.
So what I'm hearing here is that Facebook is a papist conspiracy?
Damn, I *knew* it!
Papal censorship?
I may be wrong but, if you not only own a painting, but you were the one who had it commissioned in the first place, and have it altered in any way shape or form, surely that is not censorship. Wouldn't that be more of a I'll-do-what-I-want-to-my-own$@#*@$-painting-thank-you-very-much kind of thing?
On a more important note though: Is Facebook doing this because it has deeply religious roots? I mean, do I need to blame all of my/the world's problems on two sources now, or can they really be condensed down to one?
Just want to be as efficient as possible, that's all.
That's not all they have in common
Narrow-minded, hypocritical, do-gooders who are also less than intelligent in certain subjects.
Reminds me of the time I was in Boston and someone had thoughtfully covered 'the member' of a carved stone statue to protect American innocents. (It wasn't in Cambridge, so likely wasn't a student)
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While American movies and television may be saturated with violence, one violence-related thing that is still very controversial even in the United States is information on how to commit acts of violence. Such as plans to make bombs, for example.
I think this is behind some of the special treatment given to sex. American television freely shows couples kissing in the conventional manner, fully clothed. It shows affectionate married couples with children.
But nudity is perhaps seen, along with explicit sex, as giving information on how to do it... which needs to be kept away from young people, so they don't try it before they're ready.
"its about making sex dirty and keeping it dirty"
Yes please.....
Nudity IS sinful.
God didn't invent clothes for you all to walk around naked.
Flames, because that's what hell looks like... you know, where all the sinners go.
Go back to your Bible
God did not invent clothes - Man did.
Pretty sure that
man clothed himself, he didn't invent the clothes. Presumably if the tree of knowledge let man realise he was nude and had to be clothed, and God is assumed as the most knowledgeable being in the universe, God wore clothes before man. So God did invent clothes.
Hmmmm, but....
....wouldn't 'god' need to actually exist in order to invent anything?
I checked in the Bible.
God did indeed invent clothes. First he created the Universe, then Adam & Eve, then clothes, then Dinosaurs.
Bottom lines and private bottoms
Facebook's censorship is probably not based on random or exhaustive searches - it probably works on activation by prudish commentards clicking a 'report' button. Incidentally, there are privacy controls for photos and other user-created content, at the site.
Facebook is protecting their bottom line. Maybe they could re-word their terms of service, to make it more flexible for consenting adults, without introducing threats for children, but from their point of view, why should they even try to pull that brass ring? What they have has worked so far. Their ToS is not impeding their cash flow.
Maybe they could reword it within those outer limits - maybe.
Obviously, though, if anyone would be concerned about it as to go bed angry at night ...there's MySpace, already up and running, among yay-many other social networking sites. That, and there's plenty of open web real estate out there, upon which one could venture forth into the wild, woolly unknown, so as to create one's own social networking startup - however BBS-like it may or may not turn out to be.
Re: "Incidentally, there are privacy controls"
Thanks for the laughs.
No logical reason...
We consider going to the toilet as dirty for a sensible reason, it is our natural reaction to a substance which may harbour bacteria etc that we need to keep away from.
We consider sex dirty because we're told it is. Suppressing information about sex only gives it an air of mystery and makes young people more curious about it. There is no logical reason for sex to be considered dirty, other than for some people to express control over others.
It should have been pretty obvious that this sculpture was artistic in nature. Perhaps it was the individual who looked at the specific picture who had an extreme opinion on what is or is not offensive, or perhaps their lack of internal guidelines caused confusion. Perhaps there was pressure to remove any and all "obscene material" from above and they failed to adequately define obscene. In any case they need to make it clear what is or is not acceptable.
The Church is a fantastic example of how prohibition of sex and pornography leads to an idyllic world where people are free of sexual vice.
On to another thought, given the era of most party priest activity (that we know of...) it seems to me that it can all be traced to times before the internet and globalisation of porn and ideals. I mean the average party priest probably didn't have access to any porn or sexual stimulus unless he read the sun.
Judging by that "evidence" I'd say that being religious and not looking at porn and not enjoying casual sex means that you're very likely to enjoy hot sex with people who are under age.
Hey I'm just using the same kind of "evidence" the filth, CEOP, and fellow pro-censorship folk used to ban drawings.
Marilyn Chambers
I need to get on the internet more, I thought Marilyn Chambers was the blonde with the bubble perm from Home & Away
Bit more common needed
I have some limited sympathy I suppose, but they really need to check a little more carefully. Not everything with a todger hanging out is a reject from Dirty Dez's Shag Site!
There's a great bronze on Pall Mall in London, a Trojan I think which has had to be put in a glass case to stop people playing with it. Everytime I go past it and spot kids coming the other way, you can guarantee they will point and snigger at it!
With greatest respect...
...I will beg to differ with Ms. Bee.
It's not a depicition of nudity, it's a depiction of dance.
I will agree, however, that it is a stunning piece of work.
Re: With greatest respect...
She's nude, and being depicted. But I take your slightly pretentious point.
V&A too?
I've heard a similar 'urban myth' about the statues in the V&A in London, with the same story that the penises are in a storeroom somewhere, maybe even in the adjacent Geological Museum, accessible of course through underground tunnels so they never needed to see the light of day.
Roger Waters . . .
. . . got it spot on.
"What god wants, god gets, god help us all."
Censorship is bad in any form, as it's never implemented in a complete manner (you cant know anything), just on an arbitrary manner (you cant know something), as soon as it's done in that way it's open to abuse.
No censorship at all, thank you very much. Anyone screaming "think of the children" (oooh errr), should probably be screaming "where are the parents".
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