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Do you know what happens in North Carolina if a government board, agency or commission refuses to obey the state's sunshine laws requiring open meetings and records? Absolutely nothing!
In other words, your local school board, county commission, city council or airport authority can decide to have closed meetings by going into "executive session" just because they feel like it. Maybe they don't want the public or press around because the topic under consideration will make them look bad. But, there is nothing the public or press can effectively do about it. There's also nothing that any other state, local or federal official can do about it.
There is an open meetings law on the books, but it has absolutely no teeth. In fact, the law doesn't even have any gums. You can file a lawsuit, but it will not allow you into a meeting that has already taken place or provide you with minutes of the meeting that were never taken.
The same rule holds true with records. Say a government official or one of his underlings does not want you to have a document, email or invoice that would demonstrate mismanagement, fraud or incompetence. Guess what? They can fight you tooth and nail. Even after a protracted court battle, there is no real punishment (except for some possible legal fees) for them doing so.
Does this sound like government run amok with no accountability to anyone? It should appear that way to any public-minded citizen. Let's be clear: North Carolina has open meeting and open record laws on the books. The problem is there is no way to enforce them because there is no punishment for any violation.
Here's a real life example of how bad it can get: a local Alcohol Beverage Control board in Southeastern North Carolina decided that it did not want to address issues regarding the outrageously high salary it was paying its director. Guess what the board members did? They held a private, executive session where they may have discussed the matter. However, since the session was closed to the public (open meeting violation) and since they kept no minutes (open record violation), the public will never know what was done in its name, with its money, on its time.
There is a way to stop this madness, and it is a simple fix. A bill was introduced in the last session of the General Assembly to criminalize open meeting/open record law violations. Although the public likes the idea, government bureaucracies and politicians do not. Why? It's great to act with impunity, as long as you are in charge and not paying the bills. After all, it has worked well for czars, kings and potentates for centuries.
Here's what the proposed law will do: if you violate the open meeting/open record law, you can be charged with a Class III misdemeanor. This is the lowest level crime on the books. However, it is still a crime punishable by up to 20 days in jail. The intent of the law is not to jail politicians and bureaucrats. It is meant to fire a shot across the bow of potential offenders. Upon its implementation, the law will change the default position on government meetings and records making them "open," rather than "closed." Only an extremely dim-witted bureaucrat or politician will refuse to give out a government record or close a meeting, unless they are told to do so by their lawyer.
The result of this proposed law should be more open government, faster and greater access to records and less hanky-panky, self-dealing and corruption on the part of officials. Nonetheless, it will be up to the public and the press to demand accountability from their leaders. It was the French lawyer, diplomat and writer, Joseph de Maistre, who said, "People get the government they deserve." In North Carolina, we deserve better than the status quo.
Thom Goolsby is a state senator, practicing attorney and law professor. He serves as a Chairman on the Judiciary 1 Committee in the NC Senate and introduced the change to the open record/open meeting law last session.

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Both the men's and women's track teams finished in the top three last Thursday at Bunker Hill with the women taking a second place finish and the men grabbing third place.
Ashe started things off with good performances in several field events. Madison Little placed third in the shot put with a throw of 30 feet, four inches and second in the discus with a toss of 98 feet, nine inches.
In the long jump, senior Aspen Domske took second place with a leap of 15 feet, four inches, just two inches behind first place Olivia McGee of West Wilkes. Paige Spell finished in second place in the high jump, clearing four feet, 10 inches.
Ashe swept the top two finishing positions in the 100-meter hurdles. Erin Bingham won the event in 16.4 seconds while Spell finished second in 17.64 seconds.
The ladies did well in other running events besides the hurdles. Victoria Reed captured first place in the mile run with a time of 5:58, three seconds in front of Bandy's Ashley Hughes in second place. Ashe runner Mac Church was fourth in the event with a time of 6:16.
Bingham continued her success in hurdles with a first place finish in the 300, crossing the finish line in 52 seconds.
For the men, Ashe had two people place in the top eight in the shot put. Dominic Maxwell was fifth with a toss of 37 feet, 9.5 inches and Brandon Wingler was eighth with a throw of 36 feet, 10.5 inches.
The team did even better in the discus with three of the top seven finishers. Wingler was second behind West Wilkes thrower Robert Dancy. Wingler's throw measured in at 115 feet, eight inches. Maxwell was third at 102 feet, three inches and Mitchell Brown was seventh, tossing the discus 92 feet, six inches.
Jacob Blevins finished second in the long jump, Hunter Argetsinger was 10th, and Austin Bennett grabbed third in the triple jump.
Blevins performed equally well in the 110 hurdles with a second place finish, crossing the line in 16.77 seconds.
In other running events, Bennett took fifth in the 200-meter dash in 24.32 seconds, Haden Haigaman took fourth in the 400-meter dash in 57.64 seconds and R.J. Burke finished fifth in the 800-meter run with time of 2:17.
In the two-miler, Andrew Tedder was the top finisher out of 24 runners, crossing the line at 11:05. Ashe teammate Gareth Berry was fourth, just 10 seconds behind Tedder.
Overall, West Wilkes had the highest totals in both the men's and women's team scores.


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So long, Catholic Boy Scouts?
David Gibson January 28, 2013 - 3:53pm
Surprising news:
Boy Scouts of America Says Discussing End to Ban on Gay MembersBy REUTERSDALLAS (Reuters) - Boy Scouts of America is discussing ending a longstanding ban on gay members and whether to allow local organizations to decide their own policy, a spokesman said on Monday.Lifting the ban would mark a dramatic reversal for the 103-year-old organization, which only last summer reaffirmed its policy amid heavy criticism from gay rights groups and some parents of scouts."The BSA is discussing potentially removing the national membership restriction regarding sexual orientation," spokesman Deron Smith said in an email to Reuters."The policy change under discussion would allow the religious, civic or educational organizations that oversee and deliver Scouting to determine how to address this issue," the spokesman said.The organization, which had more than 2.6 million youth members and more than 1 million adult members at the end of 2012, "would not, under any circumstances, dictate a position to units, members, or parents," Smith said.
That would effectively put an end to Catholic-sponsored scout troops, which account for 10 percent of all troops. Mormon-sponsored groups account for more than a third of all troops, and religious organizations sponsor two-thirds of all troops, according to this article.The Girl Scouts are already in the Catholic dock over charges (or an "urban legend," some say) that their cookies support contraception and abortion programs. (Catholics make up a quarter of the nations 3million Girl Scouts.)Is this the end of Catholic scouting? Or are there alternatives?
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One more thought on this: istm that one possible outcome of all this will be a lack of uniformity from one diocese to another, i.e. Bishop A will have a firm policy of inclusion; Bishop B will have a policy of exclusion; Bishop C won't have a hard-and-fast policy and will let the local packs figure it out; Bishop D will permit gay scouts but not gay scout leaders; etc.
Jim Pauwels, took a lot of looking, but it appears that that the USCCB appoints a bishop to liase with the NCCS. in each diocese, the bishop appoints members of the diocesan branch of the NCCS. "USCCB Bishop Liaison. [currently Bishop Guglielmone of Charlston]He interprets the mind of the USCCB for NCCS and represents NCCS at USCCB meetings. He is appointed by and serves at the will of the President of the USCCB. The USCCB Bishop Liaison attends all Executive Committee and Executive Board meetings but does not vote.""Diocesan Scout Chairs and Diocesan Scout Chaplains. These leaders are appointed by the bishops, or administrators, of their respective dioceses with the cooperation and recommendations of the Diocesan and/or Council Catholic Committee on Scouting. The usual term is for two (2) years with the option of reappointment. The Diocesan Scout Chair presides at all meetings of the Diocesan Committee on Scouting that is organized similarly to the national committee.http://www.nccs-bsa.org/national/Bylaws.php
John Hayes - nice work. Now we need to send David G to talk to Bishop Guglielmone. David G, go get the story :-)
Bishop D will permit gay scouts but not gay scout leaders; etc.How will Bishop D determine which little boys are gay and which are not? What questions and tests will he find useful for probing into the sexual preferences of children?
"One more thought on this: istm that one possible outcome of all this will be a lack of uniformity from one diocese to another,"I guess it's true that, absent a delegation from Rome, the USCCB can't control what individual bishops do in their dioceses. It will be interesting to see how it responds to reporters if the BSA does goes ahead with this. It may be even more complicated than that. When a parish in Virginia threw out the Girl Scouts because the pastor thought they supported Planned Parenthood, the diocese said it was up to each pastor to decide:http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Girl-Scout-Troops-Banned-from-Ch...
Jim, yes, I remember the Marian medal from the Girl Scouts but this was not a troop activity, it was something undertaken by individual girls in the troop in coordination with an adult who was able to provide guidance. In a troop of 30 girls, maybe 3 even tried to earn this medal. Even at that time, most of the girls in the troop were not Catholic. My family never went to church and it wasn't even that it wasn't an issue, it was that it wasn't even something that ever came up for anybody, ever, under any condition that I can recall at all.
"How will Bishop D determine which little boys are gay and which are not? What questions and tests will he find useful for probing into the sexual preferences of children?"Bishop D isn't trying to determine that; he's permitting gay scouts, remember? And not all scouts are "little boys"; Eagle Scouts are well into their teen years before earning that accomplishment - according to the BSA, the average age is 17.I'd imagine he'd learn which scout masters are gay the same way he learns which Catholic school teachers are gay: some parent checks Facebook and writes the bishop a letter.
"I guess its true that, absent a delegation from Rome, the USCCB cant control what individual bishops do in their dioceses."Based on what you reported in an earlier comment, it does seem that the USCCB tries to coordinate with scouting organizations on a national basis, so maybe there would be some sort of coordinated policy - although on that, too, an individual bishop probably would be free to do his own thing if he wishes.
Bishop D isnt trying to determine that; hes permitting gay scouts, remember? And not all scouts are little boys; Eagle Scouts are well into their teen years before earning that accomplishment according to the BSA, the average age is 17. Many Mormons become Eagle Scouts at age 13. Given the influence of Mormons on the BSA, I wonder if the figure you cite is credible. There have been cases of fudging the rules, etc. As to permitting vs. determining? I don't see the point of one without the other, but maybe the little boys and their parents will understand the fine distinction and be grateful to Bishop D for permitting gay children to join his packs/troops.
Question: are non-Catholics allowed in "Catholic" Scout troops? Are non-Mormons allowed in "Mormon" Scout troops?If so, are they subjected to denominational influencing that their parents might not find acceptable if it was known?I don't think that gays should form their own troops/packs. As I stated above, if you want a Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran, LDS, Jewish, Hindu, Wiccan or other scout troop, start one.Stop turning the BSA into an arm of religion. Either that or stop giving contributions thereto under the guise of contributions to a religious organization tax deductibility.
"Bishop A will have a firm policy of inclusion; Bishop B will have a policy of exclusion; Bishop C wont have a hard-and-fast policy and will let the local packs figure it out; Bishop D will permit gay scouts but not gay scout leaders; etc."That's what the BSA needs ... Catholic bishops determining who is eligible for membership in or who can volunteer in any given scout troop/pack.
You a half-assed troll. Try whole-assing it.
Abe - A little humor is better than name calling.
But best of all is when the two are combined. But I look forward to when you manage to be funny.
It appears the current official policy is "Don't ask, don't tell" "Under the current policy, the Scouts do not inquire about a persons sexual orientation, but will not grant membership to individuals who are open or avowed homosexuals or who engage in behavior that would become a distraction to the mission of the BSA.http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/29/boy-scouts-consider-lifting-... of the objections people have put forward seem to be the same ones put forth when the military did away with DADT.
I have been very involved in the Scouting movement generally for the past 40 years and Catholic Scouting specifically for the past 30 years. I have some specific thoughts on this issue which I'll spell out when I can compose them in a way that's less likely to be misinterpreted. In the meanwhile, the National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS) acts, among other things, between USCCB and BSA. The following message was posted on the NCCS Facebook page. Im supposing that this is the closest thing were going to see as an official response from the Church:Re Potential BSA Policy Change:This is a very sensitive issue and I know emotions will run high over it. Some of you may get requests on what the NCCS response is. This is the statement that has been worked on by Bishop Guglielmone, our Bishop Liaison, and the USCCB It is premature to discuss the ramifications of the proposed change in the policy of the Boy Scouts of America concerning homosexuals in the organization. The decision has not yet been made by BSA. As Catholics, we expect that any changes in policy will continue to respect the values and traditions that the Catholic Church holds with regards to membership and leadership in scout units. Col (Ret) John Halloran, Chair NCCS
Boy you are are a sour one Abe - cranky and sour.
Bill Fox, one of he commentors on the Facebook page says that here is more to that statement. She seems to indicate that NCCS is opposing the change. "Ann Roth Can you please post the entire statement from Col. Halloran? My son received the longer statement via mobile and we all need to see it. The above statement is inadequate at best and is causing scandal. We need to know that the NCCS is opposed to this change and is doing what it can to influence BSA to keep the policy unchanged. In other words, we need to know that NCCS is providing proper leadership for Catholic scouts. Thank you.
Every Charter Organization (the local sponsor, e.g. a parish) right now has the ability to approve or disapprove any adult leader for any reason or no reason. So this proposal doesn't change that. In addition, National may tell you that certain people are disallowed.From what I have seen, up to now, some one who is living a chaste life, but publicly admits to (to use the words of the Catechism) homosexual inclinations - is restricted from registering. This proposed new policy would allow a local parish community, in charity and justice, to apply the teachings of the catechism.CCC 2358http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catechism/cat...
Thanks - I assume to David G - for moderating/removing that really offensive comment.
John Hayes, the way I'm reading that is that Col. Halloran, Bishop Guglielmone, Fr. Salvatore (the National Chaplain) and other members of the NCCS Executive Board (along with Bishop Gettlefinger, the episcopal liaison emeritus) are speaking with each other and with whatever replaced the Relationships Division at National Council BSA.
As a veteran I am always highly suspicious of retired military officers who continue to parade their FORMER ranks:Col (Ret) John Halloran, Chair NCCSMy experience has taught me that there is a high preponderence of these men in two professions: car sales and insurance sales. To my knowledge their former ranks have nothing to do with their degree of (in)capability in any successor occupation/position they choose.
When the Supreme Court decided 5-4 that the Boy Scouts could exclude homosexuals, it was based on the BSAs contention that the exclusion was part of its core mission.If the national office announces that the exclusion of homosexuals is not part of its core mission, that defense is rendered invalid, not only for the national office but for all subdivisions and troops.The national office of the Boy Scouts would never require troops to accept homosexual leaders it wouldnt have to. Lawyers will go after any division of the scouts that still excludes gays, and the division will have not have the defense that the exclusion is part of the BSA central mission, not will the local units have the financial and legal resources of the national office.I disagree with the national office, but I am even more disappointed in their dishonesty in pretending that they are not in effect requiring all troops to accept homosexual leaders, no matter what moral, religious, or practical objections the troop may have.And all this for the sake of corporate donations.
"When the Supreme Court decided 5-4 that the Boy Scouts could exclude homosexuals, it was based on the BSAs contention that the exclusion was part of its core mission."Fortunately, the Catholic Church doesn't see "the exclusion" of homosexuals as "part of its core mission". Nevertheless, I think a Catholic parish that sponsors a Scout troop would be on sound legal ground in applying the same standards to Scout leaders as they do to people who volumteer for positions in other parish programs. Presumably, they would not appoint or retain people (heterosexual or homosexual) who wanted to teach the acceptability of behavior the Church considers sinful or whose background check indicated that they might abuse children.
"What so many people are fearful of is the normalization of homosexuality. That is different, or should be, than the normalization of homosexuals. It seems to me the Catholic Church and many other groups who do not approve of homosexual behaviors have got to make a greater distinction between homosexuality and homosexuals."The Church distinguishes between "homosexual persons", the "homosexual inclination" (orientation) and "homosexual acts". Neither acts nor the orientation are to be normalized. The orientation is called an "anomaly" in two highly authoritative Vatican documents and "intrinsically disordered" in a third.As James Alison wrote: "My disagreement with the current teaching of the Roman Congregations is about what I consider to be their fundamentally flawed premise of the objectively disordered nature of the inclination. I dont think its even worth beginning to talk about what acts might be appropriate before there is a recognition that we are talking about people whose way of being cannot properly be deduced from other peoples way of being. To do so would be like discussing different moves within a game of rugby while agreeing to hold the discussion under an enforced misapprehension that those moves are somehow defective forms of soccer playing."
oops, "objectively disordered" I mean.The Vatican have got a great job of getting millions of Catholics to mull over its archaic sex ethic.
JO'L:From which of James Alison's writings is that quotation?
I am thankful for the above wide ranged discussion on both gay, and adoption problems; not to mention the wider problem of how does our Church work in the world. The Catechism does not condemn homosexuals but, as in the case of all unmarried people, does not support sexual activity outside of the sacrament. In the scouts it is obvious who are the girls/boys simply by their membership. No where are sexual roles discussed [to y knowledge] but civic roles are. Sex is so deeply a part of our identity , after all Mary is still female AND Queen of Heaven, Jesus is still male and God, so we have to look at our roles, which means our vocation. Mozart was born to be a musician, Pasteur a scientist, etc.. As far as adoption, the one thing to start with is no one DEserves a child, they are a privilege and gift, but a child has a RIGHT to a mom and dad. On another, larger topic, the Church's role includes charity, and Government has no right to define that role, Truth is that half the money for charity comes from govt. and in Germany the govt. collects a church tax which it gives to the church, so there is no clear and pure church-in-the -world even if the USA seems best. Mary has said God gives grace and favor to those governments who allow the church to be free. In Boston Catholic Charities no longer adopts , no priest will marry same sex couples, etc..In confession sexual sins must be recognized for what they are: weakness for the sinner who confesses, but pride for those who say their is no sin. I am hopeful the present strife will ease, but we are not to think the world is not still, NOT , Jesus's Kingdom, after all world wide there aretwenty million abortions [or more] and I for one freak out at God's anger over that [read Faustina's diary for an example]. So, fellow Catholics and friends, let us pray.
Michael: every child is entitled to loving parents. Having a mom and dad is no more a guarantee of a loving, supportive household than is having a priest and a nun living there.
[Thanks, Commonweal. Here's a snippet I ran into on the never boring web.]Jesus stated in Luke 17 that just before His return to earth as Judge, two big "crazes" will happen worldwide at the same time: (1) insane violence ("days of Noah"), and (2) outrageous sexual perversion ("days of Lot" - see Gen. 19). Aren't beheadings, cannibalism, and school shootings violent? And what's more perverted than a mob trying to rape LITERAL angels (see Gen. 19 again)?! So, America, keep spitting on God but you'd better duck when He spits back!! (PS - For a bigger enchilada, Google "when DIVERSITY becomes PERVERSITY.")
I am fully prepared for negative reactions. Follows is an (edited) letter I sent to BSA as both an Eagle Scout and as an active Scouter:I think that BSA changing their policy is a bad idea.I am writing based of my understanding of the policy based on BSAs representation to the Supreme Court in Boy Scouts of America vs. Dale and subsequently cited in the SCOTUS decision on the matter. BSAs recent announcement that a change in this policy was being reviewed and was subject to revision suggested application of the policy in a way that was not described to and by SCOTUS in Dale, but since Dale is the only thing I can actually reference, it will be my primary source for understanding, and therefore defending, the policy. I do, however, think it has been unwise for BSA to keep the details of this policy hidden from the larger body of volunteer Scouters (Scouters are what adult leaders in Scouting are called) and the public at large.The beauty, I think, of the Scout Oath, paired with the Scout Law, is the implicit notion that in order to change the world we must first change ourselves. Many (like me) may have a struggle controlling their weight and health; yet we oblige ourselves to do our best to be Physically Strong. There are many (and we all have known some) who struggle with chemical addictions, to alcohol, for example, to prescription or to illicit drugs; yet we oblige ourselves to do our best to be Mentally Awake. What shall we say of Morally Straight? I cannot, as someone who struggles with weight, simply declare obesity as being as Physically Strong as physical fitness. Someone who struggles with addiction issues cannot simply declare the haze of intoxication as being Mentally Awake. These would clearly be absurd arguments. Since the Physically Strong, Mentally Awake, and Morally Straight commitments in the Scout Oath are predicated on the commitment to Do my best, we implicitly understand that the way of living we strive for is not easy. We affirm in assuming the Scout Oath is that it is not our struggles and limitations that define Scouts and Scouters, our commitment can. Let us consider the predicate assumption that we need to make in order to adjust the current policy: We have to assume that it is a reasonable argument that the desire to engage in a behavior itself provides the moral authority for that behavior. If this is the case, does morality really exist? Certainly, in and of itself, this is an authentic question and worthy of consideration and debate, but since Scouts and Scouters oblige ourselves to do our best to be Morally Straight, we need to not only assume that morality exists, but that it is important.Since the policy as described in Dale address those who avow homosexuality, it avoids the bewildering ontological language that is frequently used in reference to sexual orientation. We assume that people who commit to the Scout Oath and Scout Law are living the Scout Oath and Scout Law until, of course, they tell us differently. The avowal referenced in the policy is just that. To adjust the policy would be to render a central portion of the Scout Oath meaningless. Scouts and Scouters lose the wonderful challenges that the Scout Oath and the Scout Law offer. Any of us who have been Scouts and high school students at the same time know full well how much disapproval our lifestyle engenders. That that disapproval is becoming more and more official ought not to surprise us. On the contrary, we Scouters have an opportunity to live and to model what we tell Scouts when we exhort them that A Scout is Brave, that is to have ... the courage to stand for what he thinks is right even if others laugh at him or threaten him (cf the Boy Scout Handbook). So while I think its important to leave the policy as it is, I think its important to have the text of the policy available for volunteer Scouters to read. For one, since I believe that the policy is far more nuanced than it is frequently portrayed. To have the policy spelled out enables Scouters who understand why it is important more easily advocate for it. Further, assuming that the policy is being misapplied, having it available for reference will help preclude that misapplication. While leaving the policy more-or-less unchanged is difficult, it should be noted that living the Scout Oath and Scout Law frequently is difficult. Leaving the policy unchanged is likely bad for business, but then living the Scout Oath and Scout Law probably should be bad for business, especially how business is often practiced any more. Being honest about who we are and what we stand for is essential not only for the Scouting Movement alone, but as a model to the rest of the world of truly authentic living.
Postponed:"IRVING, Tex. The Boy Scouts of America, which reconfirmed last summer its policy banning openly gay people from participation, then said last week it was reconsidering the ban, said on Wednesday that it would postpone until May their decision, as talk of gays in the ranks has roiled a storied organization that carries deep emotional connection and nostalgia for millions of Americans."http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/us/boy-scouts-postpone-decision-on-gay...
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BEIJING — China's law enforcers are having an unusually public debate about a delicate topic: Do paid sexual services known as "happy endings" at massage parlors count as crimes if they don't involve actual sexual intercourse?
While prostitution is illegal in China, its boundaries are being discussed with rare candor by courts, police and state media – even the usually stodgy flagship newspaper of the Communist Party.
"Various places have different standards for whether masturbation services are a crime; judicial interpretation urgently needed," read a headline of the People's Daily newspaper, which usually spends its time lecturing party members about discipline or obscure ideological issues.
The debate centers on sexual services provided by employees of usually low-end massage parlors or hair salons, advertised to customers with colorful phrases such as "hitting the airplane" and "breast massage."
While common in Beijing and many other Chinese cities, the services became part of a conspicuous national conversation only this week, following newspaper reports about a crackdown that fizzled in southern Guangdong province.
Police in the city of Foshan arrested hair salon staff for providing sexual services, only to have prostitution charges against them overturned by a local court. A precedent apparently was set last year when the Foshan Intermediate People's Court threw out a verdict against a group of salon staff, including three managers who had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for "organizing prostitution."
Now courts, police, prosecutors, lawyers and academics are being quoted discussing oral sex and other types of sexual services facilitated by body parts excluding genitals, typically taboo topics that have captured the public's attention.
The question is whether such services can be considered prostitution if there is no intercourse.
Technically, no – at least according to the highest court in Guangdong province, which says such services fall outside the legal definition of prostitution.
On its official microblog, the court pressed the legislature to clear up the matter, saying that although no law bars such services, they "significantly damage social order and have a certain degree of social harm."
The high court in eastern Zhejiang reportedly concurs that if there is no intercourse, there's no prostitution, but police in the capital Beijing, southern Guiyang and elsewhere disagree. The discrepancy in views is unusual in a society where police, prosecutors and courts are often seen as working in lock-step with one another.
The debate also highlights how much more open urban Chinese have become in their attitudes toward sex, as prosperity rises and government controls on personal freedoms ease. Attitudes remain more traditional in the countryside.
Sociologist and sex expert Li Yinhe said the debate showed the country has come a long way since two decades ago, when displays of public affection and even dancing with members of the opposite sex could be punished.
"The whole social atmosphere has changed. Even in the 1980s the crackdowns were very strong, very severe," Li said. " ... In the past, organizing prostitution used to be punishable by death."
She took in the unexpected court verdict with mock horror, saying, "This is simply too subversive."
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Election Day is just around the corner, and those who haven't voted early will be lining up at the polls on Nov. 6 to cast their ballots.
For those who haven't been following the 2012 races very closely up until now, this time can be stressful as you rush to educate yourselves before you cast your votes. Here's a list of the races that Yadkin County residents can expect to see on their ballots on Nov. 6.
Presidential Race:
Barack Obama and Joe Biden – Democrat
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan – Republican
Gary Johnson and James P. Gray – Libertarian
Voters are reminded that voting a straight ticket will not select a presidential candidate. Voters must select their presidential candidate as this race is voted separately from the straight ticket vote.
Partisan Offices
US House of Representatives District Five: Elisabeth Motsinger (D), Virginia Foxx (R)
NC Governor: Walter H. Dalton (D), Pat McCrory (R), Barbara Howe (L)
NC Lieutenant Governor: Linda D. Coleman (D), Dan Forest (R)
NC Attorney General: Roy Cooper (D)
NC Auditor: Beth A. Wood (D), Debra Goldman (R)
NC Commissioner of Agriculture: Walter Smith (D), Steve Troxler (R)
NC Commissioner of Insurance: Wayne Goodwin (D), Mike Causey (R)
NC Commissioner of Labor: John C. Brooks (D), Cherie Berry (R)
NC Secretary of State: Elaine Marshall (D), Ed Goodwin (R)
NC Superintendent of Public Instruction: June Atkinson (D), John Tedesco (R)
NC State Senate District 31: Delmas Parker (D), Peter Samuel (Pete) Brunstetter (R)
NC House of Representatives District 73: William Stinson (D), Mark W. Hollow (R)
Board of County Commissioners: Kevin Austin (R), David Moxley (R), Marion Welborn (R)
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Hi mortals, your overlord has another question
I was kidding about the overlord. My title outranks it :p
Anyway. I currently use my ps3 and a hard drive assembly I bought from ebay.
The assembly is not that important, but it's an ide pc hard drive, an external enclosure and power supply that were on ebay. My media infrastructure is no media is saved or streamed from my pc to my ps3 as it takes up too much space on the ps3 as the constant saving of amazon music, tv shows and legal digital copies of my dvd/blue rays, and streaming gets to be a headache after a couple of hours as I have to clear and rebuild my media cache.
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I just connect my external to my pc, save, then play on my tv via ps3.
My hdd recently has begun to shut down and restart when I listen to music or watch something... viewing pictures is fine. I know the hdd is ok as it works flawlessly connected to my pc.
A couple of members here mentioned using a raspberry pi.
I know absolutely nothing about these. But I'm interested in finding out..
Can one of these machines just replace my ps3 so I don't have to change anything?
(Basically rpi sitting under my tv, usb connection to my hdd, is this possible)?
I really don't want to change the set up beyond substituting the ps3 for another device, I'm mostly interested in whether it can, cause if it can't then I wont bother as I know a full blown, windows pc will, but is far more expensive.
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Sorry but those tweets are pretty obviously fake with the intention of mocking legitimate gangs/looters.
Sorry but those tweets are pretty obviously fake with the intention of mocking legitimate gangs/looters.
Maybe I need another cup of coffee, but......
Either way - for the gangs/looters - they need to be shot in the streets like the trash that they are, and leave the bodies there to be cleaned up with the rest of the trash. Maybe the message will get out.
Sure you might have Obama saying if he had another child it would look like one of these looters, that the looters just wanted skittles and tea, there crack ho mammas crying how they were a good boy/girl on there way to church and going to college, etc etc - all I can say is tough. They were caught in the act and dealt with accordingly......
"To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em."
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by Robert W. HunnicuttNovember 1, 2012
In contrast to earlier catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina, the looting following Hurricane Sandy has been pretty subdued, though a group of freebooters made their way through Coney Island with shopping lists in mind.
People were running in and out of Rent-A-Center carrying these big flat screens the Daily News reported. They were holding on tight, said witness Aisha John, 20. I couldnt understand how someone could steal a big TV in broad daylight, but no one cared.
She said people were running out of a nearby Rite Aid with bags of diapers and wipes.
Look, theyve been looting our wallets for too long, said a young male who claimed he helped himself to a TV at the Rent-A-Center.
Its about time we start taking this shback, the youth, who identified himself as Jesse James, told the Daily News.
It was complete lawlessness, said Ron Troyano, owner of Joanns Discount Wine and Liquors on Mermaid Ave.
Troyano said the looting continued through the roof of his store even when police were posted at the front door. We are supposed to come together as a community during times of crisis, not pick at each other like vultures, he said. Next time Im getting a gun.
There have been disasters, like flooding in North Dakota and Iowa, where communities did come together and looting was practically unknown. Ill leave it to sociologists, amateur and professional, to explain the reason.
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Black Blade: The reason you don't see looting here in the western states is because not only are the people well armed and have the basic human right to defense of self, family and home - and there are other ressons that are due to DNA and so on, but I won't get into that but we all know there are certain peoples who are more inclined to such activities.
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Buzzed-about essays debate the "creative class." Maybe coffee shops and bike shares aren't a real urban policy!Friday, Jul 13, 2012 4:15 PM UTC 0
Forget open land. Actual wild space is returning to cities -- and these new swamps and wetlands might save moneySaturday, Jul 7, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 0
A catchy nickname isn't enough: A city needs a persona. But how do you brand a place that's simply nice to live in?Saturday, Jun 30, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 0
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As she smiled with pleasure and relief Tuesday, Aiken High English teacher Katie Osteen offered the reaction that thousands of teachers nationwide have expressed in different ways for more than a decade.
The National Board Certification program "is like taking a second job," she said. "My husband (Matt) heard about it from me constantly. I spent a lot of Saturdays in the library, which was difficult with a son who was 18 months old at the time."
Yet, the process proved to be valuable for Osteen, a seven-year veteran teacher. She is one of four Aiken County teachers announced Tuesday; the others are Kimberly Badger of South Aiken High; Lindsey Quarles of Mossy Creek Elementary School; and Melissa Bauers of Wagner-Salley High School.
All four spent more than a year separately on the program – creating portfolios that included analysis of their students' work. As an English teacher, Osteen documented how two of her students grew in reading and writing. In another major project, each teacher provided National Board officials a video demonstrating the strengths and weaknesses of the teacher.
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South Aiken High School teacher Anne Poplin earned certification in 1999 – the first in the district and among the very first in the state. The following year she was joined by Esther Blake and Teresa Casey, both Chukker Creek Elementary School teachers.
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Abstract: This Article develops a framework for the study of the unique effects of corporate inversions (meaning, a change in corporate residence for tax purposes) in the jurisdictions from which corporations invert ("home jurisdictions"). Currently, empirical literature on corporate inversions overstates its policy implications. It is frequently argued that in response to an uncompetitive tax environment, corporations may relocate their headquarters for tax purposes, which, in turn, may result in the loss of positive economic attributes in the home jurisdiction (such as capital expenditures, research and development activity, and high-quality jobs). The association of tax-residence rel…


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I ask this because lately, as I have been occasionally browsing the Guild Wars 2 sub-thread, I have been seeing the same complaints about the game being anti-social. With how the only player interactions those people have are when ressing one another, with the occasional "Thanks" in chat. And I have to wonder, is this the same game I have been playing.
One thing I can say is that I don't really have any isues socializing in the game. Like one time I came across a random player, whilst I was wandering about a zone. This player happened to make his character look kinda weird so I made a joke about it. We ended up up just questing together for a bit. After that chance encounter we've been doing dungeon runs together. It's not just in GW2 but other games that people complain about the lack of socializing, like when I used to play Rift. I remember how much I enjoyed sharing build ideas with random people, I was doing dungeons or 10-mans with. And in LOTRO, I made a bunch of friends just playing instruments in Bree.
So in the end I feel that this is just the vocal minority being loud as usual but I have to wonder, why so many MMORPG players that frequent forums and such, always complain that X game is anti-social when - well I cannot account for others but - I myself have rarely had any issues socializing in MMORPGs. It seems to me more like the players who complain are the anti-social ones and not the games in question. Because an MMO only really needs a decent community and enough downtime in-between active progresion, for socially-minded players to take advantage of.
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There's an unrealistic expectation among some MMO gamers that others should make the effort to interact with them. Some even go as far as wanting games changed to force others to have to be tethered to them in hopes that it will also force others to interact with them.
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MMO players are that anti-social. Which seems paradoxical since most of them strive to play social games.
I think it's human nature at its core. Players are kind of self absorbed, but they want to be recognized by their peers.
There's a modern solution for this for players who like to be social and game with others. Find a good gaming guild / clan that matches your expectations. Most players in mmos seem perfectly find existing as some mere plebeian in a world shared with many others.
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Joined: 9/13/06
Fools find no pleasure in understanding, but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Originally posted by Master10Kecause an MMO only really needs a decent community and enough downtime in-between active progresion, for socially-minded players to take advantage of.
Well, I think this is one major reason for a decrease in socialization of modern MMORPG's, the shift to action oriented combat/encounters with very little downtime in between fights or activities does not provide many opportunities to socialize.
In early MMO's I made many friends while riding 10 minute boat rides from one place to another. Or sitting in dungeons camping boss spawns for hours on a time, not much fun in terms of game mechanics, but sure gave us a bunch of time to socialize.
Even the combat was simplified, was easy to socialize via text chats when camp grinding with others, as opposed to today's "dancing with the stars" approach to dungeons and raids where people are too busy executing the dance steps to spend much time socializing. (and when not in them, they're out soloing alone and don't really have a need for company)
I think I remember reading that when SWG launched they had game mechanics that literally forced players to return and wait in line for medics to heal up some sort of lost stat, and the same may have been true for entertainers as well. (gave you some sort of bonus for spending time socializing)
So I think what is missing from modern MMO's is the opportunity for socializing.
Now to your other point about you having no issues socializing, you probably do well with social media tools such as facebook. Some folks are naturally social, they'll sit down and share things with most anyone about anything, but other people require some common ground first before they'll open up, and I'll address that in a separate reply.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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Because, OP, what you're talking about is the exception, not the rule. I'm a very social person in MMOs as well - asking questions, cracking jokes, commenting on their names, asking if people want to group up (if we're both in the same area, etc) complimenting people on gear they've acquired, etc. I can say with absolute certainty that for every person who does respond to me, there are at least 10 who don't. They just ignore you.
You give one specific example of someone being social and you two ending up becoming acquaintances in-game. How many times does that not happen though? Not just in GW2, but in any newer MMO of the the last, say, 3 or 4 years? I'm gonna not really go out on a limb and say that, unless you have a knack for picking out the social folks in a crowd, anti-social behavior has been more common.
The community itself reinforces this fact. What do you see people say, time and again, when someone says "where's the community?" or "why don't people talk"? They say "Join a social guild". Right? And that isn't even "the right answer" many times because, unless they need help with something, many people won't even talk to their guildmates.
Final Fantasy XI, Lineage 2, Asheron's Call 2, Anarchy Online (old-school).. even Shadowbane... In all those MMOs, I found the situation to be the inverse of how it is now. People not talking and being social was the exception. People being helpful was the norm. I would be out leveling in XI, on a new job or whatever, and people would run by, throw a full round of buffs on me, cheer me on and run off. Sometimes they'd even start up conversation with me.. "Are you new?", etc. They'd offer help, advice, etc. I had a list a mile long of friends in those games... every one of them was sparked by us being in a group or just from random conversation. XP parties were a stream of pleasant and fun conversation and banter - part of what made long-term xp parties so much fun. The un-social ones were the odd-balls.
Thanks, in part, to the way MMOs are designed now - where you can be a lone wolf and get by just fine - there simply is very little need to talk to others. In a number of "modern" MMOs I've played, most people don't talk because they're caught up in their own little world, doing their own thing, and they have no interest in talking to anyone else. I've known of people to disable all chat channels except for system messages and PMs in the event a GM was trying to get their attention because they didn't want to see all the chatter.
I agree 100% with the idea that MMO gamers are largely anti-social these days. I've seen and experienced it far too many times myself to think or be convinced otherwise at this point. The odd person being super social and friendly just isn't much of a reason to think it's any different in GW2.
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
Oh come now, I expected you to know better. Programming in interdependency between players is a common, well accepted practice in most MMORPG's, though I'll grant recently most of this has been stripped away and these titles have suffered from it. (IMO of course)
While some folks are naturally social and willing to discuss anything with anyone at any time, another group of players (of which I am one) really can only relate to others in the context of the current situation.
At work I'm considered a very social person, because I have the commonality of what we all share at the office. Yet in my personal life I'm more of a hermit, because few folks are odd enough to relate to me and what my interests are.
So I enjoy game mechanics which provide opportunities to bond with my fellow gamers. EVE is perfect in this way, because at its core its always your corp/alliance against the rest of the universe, so it really permits me to form some strong social bonds quickly, but only from a gaming perspective.
I'm not one to stay with one guild/corp for long, I tend to socialize with folks who support my current gaming goals, when the goals switch I usually move on to a different group that is more supportive of my new efforts.
I realize of course that I'm an abberition, a minority for certain, but there actually are quite a few folks who are wired the same way and enjoyed the interdependency that was built into earlier MMO's.
I know other's loath this, they play MMO's for entirely different reason and its a shame that these things cost so much developers can't really create games that cater to all of our playstyles.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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This is just my opinion and should be viewed as just that, an opinion
Go away, leave me alone.
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Joined: 9/04/02
This is just my opinion and should be viewed as just that, an opinion
Game communityies are like real life, soon after a game is up, clicks tend to form, the same people talk aboutthe same stupid crap in general/chat/barrens/whatever - And if you're not part of the 'it' crowd, you can quickly beomce the target of fierce attacks. Emboldened by the air of anonymity, these atttacks are more agressive then they would be in real life. This to me, after my 10+ years of MMO's experience, is why the social scene in games have now devolved to a auto-group of server wide events.
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I wonder...
A lot of MMO players I know IRL often have bouts with major depression, myself included. When dealing with those bouts, they often crave interactions with people but can't make themselves do it. I wonder if that same paradigm affects the way we play these games too. Just a thought I had when I read your post.
I wouldn't be anti-social 99% of the time If i ran into nice people in mmos.
The majority I run into are complete asshats so I basically solo 100%, play with RL friends or get into those instant groups where no one needs to communicate and when its over you never see them again.
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Themepark players yes.
Sandbox players no.
Originally posted by wildtalent
A great deal of gamers are socially stunted.
I can usually tell who a hardcore gamer is within the first 5 seconds of encountering them out in the world.
The inability to keep eye contact is usually the first sign.
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Originally posted by Master10K
Maybe because games are made anti-social..... If u try games like Darkfall Online, you will HAVE to be social and find an active guild, and not only a chatbox, in order to survive and do things really together(not like GW2)!
Originally posted by karmath
The majority of the players in games liek Eve or Dark fall farm solo and in Eves case they solo with multiple accounts.
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Originally posted by Kyleran
I never said it wasn't or shouldn't be. The issue I presented is that some people aren't social but want to be part of the social environment, so they want or, worse, expect the game mechanics to force others to interact with them.
Take dating for example. Some people go to clubs, bars and other social circles to meet others. Some go to those 5-minute date musical chairs things to meet others. Two very different types of people. The first type is social and outgoing. The second type wants to be social and doesn't know how to, so they seek outside catalysts to create the desired situation. Where MMOs are different is that others have their social circles and may not be playing to make new friends online. Just because the person isn't talking to you doesn't mean they aren't talking.
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
I don't agree.
The issue at hand is that previous titles, that have claimed to be better, such as EQ, DAOC, Shadowbane, UO, etc etc had far less anti-social behavior going on because you couldn't zerg everything with 100s of random people. You also eventually had to group to do certain content. Not all content mind you, but certain bits.
People are, quite frankly, used to working together towards a common goal. This involved social interactions, and was the basis behind what an MMO was pre-2005. What you're seeing is the reaction to ArenaNet's experiment of anti-social gaming. I don't necesarrily agree that it is automatically a bad thing, but I do agree that it is a problem to some extent.
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Originally posted by SneakyRussian
I loved that you put UO and Shadowbane in there. Thank you.
Does EVE fall under "etc, etc"?
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
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Originally posted by Z3R01
I would love to see someone solo defending a holding in Darkfall. It would be zerged in a instant.
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Originally posted by 3-4thElf
I think a lot of the treadmill games have fostered anti-social behaviour, by for example giving you a place in a dungeon simply because the computer gave you one, rather than because you met up with a group of friends, decided to go to the dungeon, and did so. Some people really do seem to play MMOs as if everyone else were simply a very well-written AI, rather than actual people.
That's fine, just that playstyle often jars for socially orientated gamers. I don't play a game simply to complete the content, I play it to enjoy myself, which to me means having an enjoyable and social gaming time. Without people, to me it's meaningless pixels. You guessed it - I play very few FPS/solo computer games. But while I prefer to gossip in a game, take time to read the quests, and actually spend time doing social things, there is nothing wrong with players who simply want to consume content, running dungeon after randon dungeon to get to 90 wihtout pausing to even say hello. The best social gameplay I have experienced in any mmo was SW:G before the changes to cantinas, I still miss my dancer friends.
However some games force social interaction, by not having systems that provide a "soft" option. In games like Darkfall, if you don't socialize, you typically won't be in a clan, won't have access to a player city, and won't be involved in massive battles. You could go to them as a solo player, but chances are that both sides will nuke you just in case you are a spy! Same thing in EVE Online - the game can be played incredibly solo, without ever speaking to anyone. But if you want to get involved in 0.0 nullsec soverignty based gameplay, you're going to need to be social to some extent. It's perhaps an interesting point that the free for all pvp games out there are often much more socially complex, I am not sure if that is because they often have more older gamers, or if there is simply more on the line so people are more interested in assessing and mitigating the risks.


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