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- 0Mar 30, '11 by NurserandyHi I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the agency "continental travel nurse"? I recently applied to them and received a call back and was wondering if anyone knows anything about this agency? good or bad?
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- 0Feb 20, '12 by MuppetAusI have been in discussions with this agency as well.
I would love to hear some feedback about them too. There is a bit of the 'sounds to good to be true' feeling about them.
I am looking at them because at present they are one of the few agencies that will sponsor me to work in the UK. - 0Feb 21, '12 by sarena33I've been in contact with them for a few months now and so far they are great. They're doing everything they can to assist me in the registration process for the NMC. I haven't been able to talk to anyone who has actually traveled and worked for them, but they do have a facebook and have many "friends" who I'm sure I could message one day and get some info on how things went for them once they made the move over. just search Continental Travelnurse.Last edit by Silverdragon102 on Feb 21, '12 : Reason: link to facebook removed as per Terms of Service
- 1Mar 1, '12 by ZeNursebroI have a close friend (RN-BSN) who worked with this company. He said it was a great experience to work in another country and be embedded in the new life style. I am not sure where you are from, but my friend had a difficult time trying to pay for his condo and car payments because he was not making as much as in the US. He went from avg Texas pay ($35.00/hr) to $17.00/hr in England. So it would be wise to take that into consideration. Btw, you have to room in a flat with 3 other people, nurse as well, at a price of roughly 450 dollars a month, or rent a place by yourself with a 250 dollar a month bonus to cover living. What my friend did was for fill a 13 week contract and apply with a local traveling agency to get a pay near what he made in the states.bella201 likes this.
- 0Mar 7, '12 by hilife_RNNurse Randy, I noticed your posting was from March 2011? Just curious, so did you end up working with continental travel nurse? If so, how was your experience? What about you muppetaus and sarena33? I started talking to them last week. We'll see how it goes. Did they talk about allowance, pay rates and, travel money? The cost of living in the UK is high; I just hope I can manage financially.
- 0Mar 21, '12 by ericjameshealthHey would you be able to give me some more info about the continental travel nurse? i did not know you had to room with 3 other people :/. i also heard something about a 6month orientation, or something in the lines of you not being able to work on your own for 6months in the uk as a nurse :/
- 1Mar 22, '12 by Jbo604I went with Travel Continental because a girl I worked with was with the the entire time she was living in London. Because they do 3 month placements, you're not tossed around different hospitals (in case that's not your thing!). I haven't started working yet, just started the ONP course yesterday, but Travel Continental have been really efficient in helping setting me up. I went by their office the other week, which seems like a busy, noisy place
if you contact them, they'll send you a massive email with all the details.
The 250-300 (3000 pounds per year) allowance for living is true, in case you don't want to live in a shared accommodation with 2-3 other nurses! Other financial details as of last year (not sure if anything has changed...) - travel allowance of 175 pounds per 13 week contract = 700 pounds per year; they'll reimburse your RCN at 193; holiday pay (with 4 13 week contracts = 2430 pounds...)bella201 likes this. - 1Mar 22, '12 by ericjameshealthAre you from the states? Obviously you are pretty close to getting to working. Is the ONP program a pass or fail? (i guess what im saying, once all is said and done, and you are in the UK, can they still decline you, or is the ONP program just a simple orientation of UK nursing style?, i just dont want to get all the way to the end, and than have to turn right around). I put in a inquire, and the nurse recruitor was very helpful, and gave me alot of info.She rekindled my hopes and dreams of traveling to another country. I heard alot about the economy over there, and saw some post about after the ONP and everything is said in done, you may still have to wait in England for a position :/. (i hope thats not true, i hope they can get you working as soon as possible). But i have a 2 year contract to complete with a local hospital i work with. How much years of experience does the NMC require before they even consider excepting you. And another thing, do they help pay for living expensives while you are over their going through the ONP class? and i saw some post about most of the class being online? and have they told you about pay per hour? sorry for so many questions but as you can see im very interested in this! and i am willing to make this a lifetime career with this agencybella201 likes this.
- 0Mar 23, '12 by XB9S GuideThere is no guarantee you will pass the ONP, its not just orientation its a university led course to prepare you to work in the UK
once passed there is no guarantee of a job, finding work in the UK is difficult at the moment due to the many financial constraints the NHS is experiencing.
It may be useful to look at the NMC website for what you need to do to register as a nurse.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council: Safeguarding health and wellbeing | Nursing and Midwifery Council - 2Mar 23, '12 by Jbo604The ONP program is pass/fail. You get a workbook with readings & assignments which the final test of 50 questions is based on. You need 30/50 to pass, if I remember rightly. I'm referring to the Bournemouth course as I'm unsure if it is the same across the country, but I imagine it would be. The educator said by completing the workbook, you'll be ready for the test & generally people do pass. The ones who fail are the ones who make no or little attempt with the readings & assignments. So far the ONP is as you said, an introduction to UK nursing, laws & the health care here. Travel continental does not facilitate any expenses such as your accommodation or even the ONP course itself before you start working. It's a VERY good idea to have yourself financially covered before you arrive to the UK in case you get some unexpected delays & have rent, bills, etc. Or of course if you know someone who lives in the UK & may put you up! You also need internet access for the ONP course.
Of course there is no guarantee for work, but if you have a two year contract with your hospital, try to do some specialty nursing if it interests you, such as OR or Neonatal ICU which currently are both on the nursing shortage list here in the UK. I believe the NMC requires at least one year of nursing experience post your nursing schooling before application.


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Two of the boys, Michael James and Garth Knutson, explained the process. "First we measure our boxes (none of the boxes are of the same size). Then we measure and cut pieces of foil to line each box and a piece of plastic to cover the opening. The foil reflects the sun, heats the interior of the box, gets hot and cooks stuff."
The plan is to make and eat s'mores at next week's session. J.D. Miller, Hannah Carlson and Gracie Hatheway were also busy creating solar ovens.
Other projects completed during the school year have been constructing terrariums, Mars rovers, catapults, and toothpick houses of their own design (only bases were glued).
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I've got good news and bad news.
Let's start with the good news, shall we? Hip-hip-hooray, it's Children's Book Week, May 7 - 13!
You'll want to celebrate so here are my suggestions:
First, peruse the 2012 winners of the Children's Book Council Choice Awards. Then read some of the award-winning books to your children.
Then, pretend every week is Children's Book Week! You can . . .
- start a parent-child book club
- get your children their own library cards
- read instead of watching television
- host a book swap with friends
- pick an author and read all of his or her books (suggestions on Scholastic site, Book Wizard)
- write a letter to your favorite author
- find new books on a book blog (good blogs: Jen's Book Page, There's a Book, On Our Minds @Scholastic, Imagination Soup, Great Kid Books, Reader Totz, Lit Lad, Book Dads, and The Children's Book Review.)
Now for the bad news.
The Washington D.C. School District is cutting almost 50 librarians from their public schools. This will save money, yes-- but can this be good for children?
I asked Carol Rasco, Reading Is Fundamental President and CEO. She explained to me that just having access to books, aka. no librarian, doesn't help student achievement. To improve children's reading skills, a librarian needs to be available to students, especially those in lower-income schools. (Peck, 2000; Celano and Neuman, 2008) In fact, Rasco shared with me Keith Curry Lance's research which concludes that the presence of librarians contributes to reading achievement.
At this point, however, there is a clear consensus in the results now available for
eight states: School libraries are a powerful force in the lives of America's children. The
school library is one of the few factors whose contribution to academic achievement has
been documented empirically, and it is a contribution that cannot be explained away by
other powerful influences on student performance. - Keith Curry Lance
Back to D.C. and Carol Rasco. "Five years ago as Reading Is Fundamental approached our 40th anniversary," recounts Rasco, "we learned of the difficulty DCPS administrators were having in conducting the RIF program in this district where RIF was founded. As an anniversary gift to the children of this district, RIF assumed the leadership of the program, working closely with individual school sites through a site-based designated teacher or administrator. It has been an "on the job" lesson for all affiliated with RIF on the critical need for a literacy emphasis for students in this district. DC fourth graders' most recent NAEP results (2011) show 56% to be below BASIC (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/dst2011/2012455.pdf)."
So you can imagine how devastated Rasco felt when she saw the news about the DC librarian cuts. "To read now of librarians being the target of budget cutting measures is incomprehensible," she wrote me in an email, "particularly since the schools targeted to lose a librarian are those schools where the services of a media specialist/librarian would logically be needed most. Books in a room that will simply be opened for children to enter does not constitute a library, it might be a warehouse only."
DC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson defended her decision in a recent interview saying she didn't think librarians were helpful to student achievement. "We have pulled away from programs where we haven't received a return on our investment." Interestingly enough, Chancellor Henderson's actions mimic those of the Department of Education's who cut all federal funding for school libraries in 2011.
Clearly, there's a serious disconnect between the research and the policy makers' actions.
Even if you don't live in Washington D.C. you need to be aware and be very concerned. Here's what I, you, we need to do:
- Fight to save the school libraries, librarians, and the public libraries.
- Find innovative ways to fund school libraries.
- Speak up. Make your voice heard.
Last year in Troy, MI the public library almost closed until a unique ad campaign sparked community outrage -- a Burning Book Party. The campaign worked, the library remained open. Some Troy residents didn't get the satire but I loved the creativity that sparked the outrage against closing the library and burning books.
If it worked in Troy, Michigan, maybe it will work in your neighborhoods, maybe even in Washington D.C.
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"We greatly apologize for the huge delay in the shipping process. We began having issues due to a manufacturing problem that is now fully resolved, but caused the initial delay in shipments which has been fully resolved. We were battling Mother Nature, as our manufacturing and shipping facility is located in Houston, Texas, and they had been experiencing inclement weather.
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Hey everyone! We found some funny Videos that we would like to share with all of you!
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/hobbits <- this one is from Lord of the Rings.
So is this one http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/taters
hope ya like llamas! -> http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
This is about a Guinea Pig! http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/guineapig
Ride that Donkey! (please watch full thing) http://www.egg2.com/games/ride_that_donkey.htm
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This is my fave! Note:Never Stop clicking the big red button (there is one bad word in this well it's not to bad but it starts over and over again so i would remember where you started. http://www.egg2.com/games/big-red.htm
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Suitelife, step away from the computer and go out and play......LOL those are very funny..my fav is the llama(observant 3 yr old even spotted Donald) She liked the kitty dance.
Speaking of going out and playing...I really need to spend less time on this puter myself if these amuse me this much....LOL
lol! well i just got back from Maine (was not on computer that much) so maybe i will go outside i wanted to take a bike ride but my friend did not want to so we found our way to the computer.
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Ha Ha these are super funny! ( i made some by the way)
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I've had my run-in with the llama song-and I put it away-the Midland Valley Band got a little obsessed with using the word "'tis". The llama song and Napolean Dynamite happened at the same time in band. ::crawls under bed and hides:: And we put the badgers away before they got worse...
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Catherine Bolden is particular about what children have to read. Too often, she said, the language in books is dumbed down. On other occasions, she said, their lessons can be too preachy.
"Why," said the longtime fine-arts faculty member at Girls Preparatory School, "can't they have an adventure about real children written in appropriate language?"
Instead of waiting for such a thing, Ms. Bolden began telling and writing such stories, based on specific life occurrences, for her now-grown son and her nieces and nephews.
Those stories, including the Christmas Eve adventure "Coozoo the Goblin" and "Reese and the Bobo Mojo," and the family play "Zalozar and the Hidden Treasure of Osiden: A Hollywood Screenplay," are available as e-books at www.Marzipan Studios.com.
E-books, short for electronic books, are available for reading or downloading on any computer connected to the Internet.
"Building a reader begins with being read to by the person you love most in the world," Ms. Bolden said.
Her involvement with Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey's Read 20 initiative and WSMC radio's Read-With-Me program convinced her to put the stories to pen, she said.
Ms. Bolden said her e-books, which will include a family educator and mentors guide, over the past year have been test-marketed in area public and private schools.
Shula Yelliott, program manager for Read 20, said e-books are an option for children who have that access.
"Children absolutely love that — putting it on their hard drive or into their iPod to listen to again and again," she said. "Every time a book gets into a child's hand is beneficial."
Ms. Bolden, a nine-time Best Actress winner at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre, envisions the e-books will stimulate family discussions, family plays and homeschool lessons and be a spark to children learning to read.
In the meantime, her Marzipans! reader's theater troupe — composed primarily of GPS students — will continue to do live performances.
"It's very important to me to put together adventures to be enjoyed by the family," she said.
Catherine Bolden's reading of her story "Coozoo the Goblin: A Christmas Eve Adventure" is expected to be aired on WSMC radio's Web site (www.wsmc. org) this week. The Web site already has available mp3 files of Ms. Bolden reading "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" and other stories by other readers as part of WSMC's Read-With-Me program.
Catherine Bolden said her first e-book, "Coozoo the Goblin: A Christmas Eve Adventure," is about friends, what to do when you're alone and the courage to do the best thing when no one around is doing that best thing. The ebook also will contain character education, vocabulary and art units.
"Reese and the Bobo Mojo" is the story of a boy and his school friends who are bullied about their names by Arnie and the Snarly Boys. A new boy at the school, though, seems to be immune to the bullying and remains in a positive mood. Reese eventually learns a lesson about things he can't change and solves the mystery of the Bobo Mojo.
"Zalozar and the Hidden Treasure of Osiden: A Hollywood Screenplay," a read-aloud family play, will accommodate different reading levels.
Clint Cooper is the faith editor and a staff writer for the Times Free Press Life section. He also has been an assistant sports editor and Metro staff writer for the newspaper. Prior to the merger between the Chattanooga Free Press and Chattanooga Times in 1999, he was sports news editor for the Chattanooga Free Press, where he was in charge of the day-to-day content of the section and the section's design. Before becoming sports ...


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The chefs at Taki Japanese Restaurant roll more than 30 varieties of sushi and sashimi with eclectic and traditional ingredients ranging from sweet egg and salmon roe to sea urchin and yellowtail. Not satisfied with forcing their ingredients to do the heavy lifting, they also focus on aesthetics, arranging rolls in colorful tableaus on long porcelain plates or in mock naval battles on sushi boats. At lunch and dinner, they also fill the restaurant with aromas of Japanese cooking. As faces glow with light from sleek wall sconces amidst a warm yellow color scheme, tables fill with ginger pork, and wa-fu oroshi-style steak, and adventurous fusion dishes such as Japanese-style carpaccio.
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Since 1958, Mama Mia's has strived to stand as a bridge to the past, from its classic Italian dishes right down to its vintage red-and-white-checkered tablecloths. Chefs further evoke the Old World with housemade menu selections, preparing hearty sauces, pastas, and Italian specialties from scratch. They serve up generous portion sizes, reminding diners of attending big family meals during the holidays or sneaking into Parliament Hill during luncheons. Bartenders furnish glasses with red wines, white wines, cocktails, and popular liqueurs from the drink menu.


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It Really Tied The Movies Together: Morpheus Explains The Matrix To The Big Lebowski
This is a Matrix/Big Lebowski mashup in which Morpheus tries to explain the Matrix to The Dude. I was impressed. And not just because I'm a big Big Lebowski fan, but I do set aside at least one night a week to mix white russians and bowl watch Julianne Moore fly around her house naked. What? No you can't come next time! It's sort of a private thing we do. Just kidding, I only have one pair of binoculars and I don't like sharing.
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London's Heathrow Airport must cut the fees it charges airlines to reduce the substantial market power it has built up, the industry's regulator said on Tuesday, in a move which could lead to lower air fares.The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, should cut take off and landing charges by inflation minus 1.3 percent between 2014 and 2019.Controlled by Spanish infrastructure group Ferrovial, Heathrow's 2012 profits rose 12 percent to GBP£1.3 billion (USD$2.1 billion) in February largely driven by an increase in the fees it charges airlines, its largest source of revenue.Earlier this year Heathrow, which has raised airport tariffs by an average of 12.5 percent since April 2011, said it should be allowed to increase charges by 5.9 percent each year in real terms between 2014 and 2019.This would see the fees, which are passed on to passengers by airlines, rising to GBP£27.30 per person from the current GBP£19.33.However, the CAA said on Tuesday it had "found clear evidence of substantial market power" at Heathrow and "after a decade when prices have risen... is now looking to encourage further investment whilst improving value for passengers in other ways."Heathrow, which has invested GBP£11 billion over the last ten years in new terminals and facilities, argues that it needs to raise charges to help it better compete with rival hubs such as Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt and Dubai.Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways parent IAG, said the proposals did not go far enough however."Heathrow airport is over-priced, over-rewarded and inefficient and these proposals, which will result in an increase in prices, fail to address this situation," the head of the largest airline at Heathrow said in a statement.The CAA said charges at London's second largest airport, GIP-owned Gatwick, should rise by inflation plus 1 percent for the five years from April 2014, despite Gatwick's calls for the removal of what it calls the "regulatory barriers to growth".At London's Stansted airport the CAA said it would move away from setting a five-year fixed price cap, and instead introduce a price-monitoring regime.Stansted, which is predominantly a low-cost leisure and holiday airport, was bought by Manchester Airports Group last month.The CAA will make a final decision on whether to apply its recommendations in January 2014. Source: Reuters
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- Federal Trade Commission Acts Late and Ineffectively on EPIC Complaint Regarding Echometrix: The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement of its charges against Echometrix, over one year after EPIC filed a complaint in this matter. Echometrix is a software company that sold "parental control software" that collected data on children using the Internet for marketing purposes. Under the settlement with the Agency, Echometrix agreed not to share any data and to destroy the information it had collected in its marketing database, but was not required to pay any fines. EPIC's complaint to the Agency highlighted several aspects of Echometrix products that threatened consumer privacy, and alleged that Echometrix had engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices and violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. In contrast to the Federal Trade Commission, the Defense Department quickly canceled a contract with Echometrix following EPIC's complaint, and the New York Attorney General filed charges against the company, which resulted in Echometrix paying a $100,000 penalty to the state of New York. For more information, see EPIC: Echometrix. (Nov. 30, 2010)
- Echometrix to Pay $100,000 Fine and Stop Unfair Practices in Settlement with NY AG: The New York Attorney General announced a settlement in a case against Echometrix, a software company that sold "Parental control software" that collected data on kids using the Internet for marketing purposes. EPIC filed a complaint with the FTC in 2009 alleging that Echometrix had engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices and violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. EPIC's complaint highlighted several aspects of Echometrix products that threatened consumer privacy. Documents obtained by EPIC, pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, revealed that the Defense Department canceled a contract with Echometrix following the EPIC FTC complaint. Under the settlement with the New York Attorney General's Office, Echometrix will pay a $100,000 penalty to the state of New York, and has agreed not to "analyze or share with third parties any private communications, information, or online activity to which they have access." For more information, see EPIC - Echometrix. (Sep. 17, 2010)
- Defense Department Pulls Parental Control Software Product Following EPIC Complaint: Documents obtained by EPIC, pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, revealed the Defense Department canceled a contract with Echometrix, following an EPIC complaint to the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year. According to the documents obtained by EPIC, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service pulled My Military Sentry, which collects data for marketing purposes, from its online store: "The collection of AAFES customer information (personal or otherwise) for any other purpose than to provide quality customer service is prohibited . . . . Giving our customers the ability to opt out does not address this issue." For more information, see EPIC: In re Echometrix. (Dec. 4, 2009)
- EPIC to FTC: "Parental Control" Software Firm Gathers Data for Marketing: EPIC filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Echometrix, the developer of parental control software that monitors children's online activity. Echometrix analyzes the information collected from children and sells the data to third parties for market-intelligence research. The EPIC complaint alleges that Echometrix engages in unfair and deceptive trade practices by representing that the software protects children online while simultaneously collecting and disclosing information about children's online activity. The complaint further alleges that Echometrix's practices violate the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting and disclosing information from children under the age of 13. The EPIC complaint asks the FTC to stop these practices, seek compensation for victims, and ensure that Echometrix's collection and disclosure practices comply with COPPA. For more information on the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, see EPIC COPPA. (Sep. 29, 2009)
In 2004, SearchHelp, Inc., now Echometrix, Inc., announced the launch of parental control software products that allow parents to monitor their children's online activities remotely. Echometrix develops FamilySafe and Sentry Parental Control products. These software products offer real-time alerts to parents when their children have encountered suspicious and potentially dangerous online material in chat rooms and instant message conversations, and allow parents to control, block, and filter their children's computers.
In 2009, Echometrix launched PULSE, which is described as "a proprietary software engine that reads digital content from multiple sources across the web, including: instant messages ("IM"), blogs, social environment communities, forums, and chat rooms." PULSE analyzes the data and provides market research intelligence about children to firms. Echometrix licenses the PULSE software for a fee.
EPIC conducted an in-depth study of these products and recognized several significant flaws with regard to consumer privacy protection. EPIC found that Echometrix (1) fails to fully disclose its information collection and disclosure practices on its websites; (2) collects sensitive information from children and simultaneously discloses it to third parties for marketing purposes; and (3) fails to warn users of the dangers of misusing the products.
EPIC filed a complaint to the FTC alleging that Echometrix engages in unfair and deceptive trade practices and also violates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The complaint asked the FTC to conduct an investigation into Echometrix's products, enjoin its unfair and deceptive practices, and seek damages for aggrieved individuals. Further, EPIC requested that the FTC enjoin Echometrix from offering these products until the company verifiably establishes that its data collection, use, and disclosure practices comply with the FTC Act, COPPA, and other applicable federal laws.
EPIC's FTC Complaint
EPIC's FTC complaint highlights several aspects of Echometrix products that threaten consumer privacy. The most significant allegations that the complaint makes include: (1) Echometrix collects personal information from children and discloses it to third parties for market intelligence purposes, in violation of COPPA; (2) the FamilySafe parental control software website does not have an easily accessible link to a privacy policy that describes how information is collected and used; (3) Sentry Parental Control's privacy policy is not easily accessible and is incomplete; and (4) Echometrix's website provides an incomplete privacy policy, which does not fully disclose how children's information is used and offers contradictory information as to what kind of information is collected.
First, EPIC's complaint states that the practice of surreptitiously collecting sensitive information from children and simultaneously disclosing this information to third parties for marketing purposes is unfair. These claims cause a substantial harm, not outweighed by any countervailing benefits, which consumers cannot reasonably avoid. In Sentry Parental Control's privacy policy, which is not readily accessible, SearchHelp, Inc. (now Echometrix) claims that information collected from children is not disclosed to third parties. However, Echometrix's other brand of products, PULSE, boasts of offering unfiltered online conversations and of having access to the teenage market in real-time by capturing instant message conversations, chat room conversations, and blog posts.
Second, EPIC's complaint states that the privacy policy on Echometrix's FamilySafe products website is not readily identifiable, and thus is in violation of COPPA. FamilySafe Solutions markets the "webwatcher" software via their websites. The marketing fails to disclose how information is being collected and used and fails to warn consumers of the dangers of using this product. In fact, the familysafesolutions.net webpage has no privacy policy that describes how information is collected and used.
Third, EPIC's complaint states that the privacy policy on Echometrix's Sentry Parental Controls website is unclear and inaccessible in violation of COPPA. Access to the Sentry Parental Controls' privacy policy is only achieved through multiple steps - it is displayed only after clicking the SUPPORT heading, then the POLICIES link, and finally PRIVACY POLICY. The privacy policy allows parents to "delete" their child's account, but admits that all of the child's information may not be deleted from Sentry's records. Further, Sentry's privacy policy does not fully explain exactly how or for what purposes children's information is being used. The policy explains that SearchHelp "receives and records information on our server logs from your child's browser and chat clients, including IP address, SearchHelp cookie information, and the page requested," using the information "to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients." The policy does not make clear that information is sold to outside marketers or what kind of research is conducted, and does not make clear what kind of information is included.
Finally, EPIC's complaint states that Echometrix's own website does not fully or clearly disclose how information is collected and shared. The Echometrix website has a short privacy policy displayed on its webpage, which asserts that it is in full compliance with COPPA. The policy alleges that the company "NEVER has and NEVER will collect, distribute or sell personal information as defined by COPPA." Further, according to Echometrix, "under no circumstances does Pulse identify nor expose in any way the source of any digital content." Nowhere on the Echometrix website did EPIC find a disclaimer that warns users of the legal consequences of misusing the software or of illegal surveillance, nor was there any information regarding how the data collected from children is actually used. Additionally, Pulse boasts that it delivers unfiltered conversations and content and allows clients to view "how many conversations are taking place and where on the web they came from." By collecting IM chat names from children through Sentry products, Echometrix is collecting personal information in violation of COPPA, as chat names are tied to unique email addresses. Because collection of e-mail addresses triggers the COPPA requirements, Echometrix must provide notice as to what kind and how this information is being used or disclosed and must obtain verifiable parental consent before use of this information. EPIC alleges Echometrix has failed to comply with these standards.
EPIC's complaint describes the harm from Echometrix's online data collection - harm that is experienced by the millions of children and teenagers in the United States who are not aware they are being monitored. The harm is also experienced by parents who unwittingly subject their children's private information to third parties for marketing purposes. The deployer of the software is also harmed - in this case, a licensor of the PULSE software who is exposed to legal risks by using the software as advertised. Parental control software, if used for its narrow purposes as advertised, is not inherently deceptive. However, risks come with the company's failure to disclose their practices concerning information collection, disclosure, and use.
FTC Authority to Act
The FTC's primary enforcement authority with regards to privacy is derived from 15 U.S.C. § 45, commonly known as section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA). Section 5 of the FTCA allows the FTC to investigate "unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce." This law provides a legal basis for the FTC to regulate business activities that threaten consumer privacy.
The FTC has the authority to enforce the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) under 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501-06. The FTC has used this enforcement authority to prosecute fourteen COPPA violators. Although many FTC COPPA cases concern violations by website operators, the FTC has also successfully penalized the "information collection practices of [one] online service in connection with a software product."
Legal Documents
- EPIC's Complaint to the FTC (pdf) (September 25, 2009)
Echometrix Policies and Practices
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News Stories and Blog Items
- Brian Tarran, Privacy Group Logs FTC Complaint over Echometrix, Research (September 30, 2009).
- Wendy Davis, Company Allegedly Uses Monitoring Software to Collect Data from Children, MediaPost (September 29, 2009).
- Deborah Yao, Web-Monitoring Software Gathers Data on Kid Chats, ABC News (September 4, 2009).


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May 25 (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in southeastern Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when several rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said.
None of the seven people hurt - two aboard the trains and five people who had been in cars on the two-lane overpass - suffered life-threatening injuries, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said in a statement.
'One train T-boned the other one and caused it to derail, and the derailed train hit a pillar which caused the overpass to collapse,' Sheriff's dispatcher Clay Slipis said of the pre-dawn crash near Chaffee, about 15 miles southwest of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
The crash, which involved BNSF Railway Co and Union Pacific trains, also sparked a fire when diesel fuel leaked from one of the train engines, Slipis said.
Just over a week ago a commuter train derailed in Connecticut, striking another train and injuring more than 70 people during the evening rush hour.
Then on Thursday, a truck crash triggered the collapse of a bridge in Washington state, sending two cars plunging into the frigid Skagit River and raising concerns about the nation's aging infrastructure. Three people were rescued.
In Missouri, the National Transportation Safety Board said it had dispatched a team to investigate the train crash. Neither BNSF or Union Pacific officials could immediately be reached for comment.
A regional CBS affiliate, KFVS12, said that the Union Pacific train had been hauling vehicles and auto parts from Illinois to Texas, while the other train was carrying scrap metal.
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I feel you Lenny. HE makes my life complete. He makes me feel SO sweet. I love the naturalness of this video. :)
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