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Apple reportedly rejects Sony Reader app, changing stance on purchases made outside the App Store?
According to the New York Times, Apple has rejected a few apps recently including Sony's Reader app, based on the way content is purchased for use within the app. Sony's Reader app is an eBook platform similar to Apple's own iBooks app and the Amazon Kindle app. Content can be found and purchased outside the app, bypassing Apple's iTunes Store and therefore bypassing Apples slice of the pie.
According to Steve Haber, president of Sony's digital reading division, Apple told him that from now on, all future in-app purchases would have to go through Apple and this includes eBooks. Currently the Amazon Kindle bypasses the App Store too; when you select Kindle Store from within the Kindle app, you are taken to a web page where you can select, buy and pay for your book. This happens outside of iTunes and the App Store; Apple does not take any revenue from Kindle book purchases, but that now looks set to change.
Maybe this change is coming with the new magazine subscription service we expect to be implemented in iOS 4.3 and the launch of The Daily newspaper. Either way, this is another blow to the consumer, who will no doubt end up paying more and have less control of their content. What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
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Apple reportedly rejects Sony Reader app, changing stance on purchases made outside the App Store?
It might have more to do with how it let's you buy books as opposed to it letting you in the first place. Amazon, b&n, and borders all send you to safari to buy, I'm guessing the Sony might have created a in app store like iBooks we already know both apple and google don't like unmoderated in app stores.
If this account is factually correct (and Sony wasn't trying to do something different than Amazon). I understand the corporate strategy of slowly expanding to consumer the revenue streams of 3rd parties on your platform but ultimately I think the goodwill of consumers is more important to long term viability. Facebook is doing this by taking over in-platform currency. location, etc. Google is doing this by giving away free services, even Twitter started doing this with clients. However those are almost invisible to the end user, or benefit the end user by lowering costs, offsetting the damage that comes from removing alternate sources.
If Apple is really doing this, or considering doing this, it removes choice and raises cost (unless and until Apple gives away an iBooks library bigger than Amazon's at way cheaper prices or free -- which ain't never going to happen.)
My guess is Apple uses this as a negotiating ploy, even tries it out with the Sony's (probably not Amazon's) and then back-peddles when users get upset. Like cross-compilers.
They no doubt don't want to leave any money on the table, but sometimes there are more important things for a platform than every scrap of money in it.
But to clarify, Rene, consumes could still buy Sony ebooks from their Mac or PC and sync them to their iPhone, correct?
Well said. This also seems a pretty clear violation of the Essential Services doctrine, so another reason to go after Sony, and not Amazon, might be that the DoJ has proven much less likely to pursue actions when the aggrieved corporation is foreign (Sony) rather than American (Amazon). Apple can attack a low priority target with consumers and the government, and then try to use that as precedent if/when they expand the policy.
This is really quite simple. I spend 75% of my time on my iPad reading Kindle books, 20% on the web and 5% wishing it had a front-facing camera (for Skype) and Flash support. If Kindle goes the way of the dodo on the iPad then I'll be buying the first Honeycomb tablet to hit the UK and placing my iPad on eBay. I may have to wait for Skype, but will be sorted for Kindle (and Flash...).
This is annoying. I have a kindle, which I love reading on, and an iPhone. I like having my iPhone have access to my kindle books so if I get stuck somewhere (doctors office, DMV, etc.) without my kindle, I can just pop out my iPhone and read my book, where I left off, and then when I'm done, my kindle is right where I left off on from my iPhone.
I love my iPhone, but it's restrictions like these, if they come to pass across the board, that would cause me to go elsewhere. Apple, make money through innovation, you are good that.
so, by this logic, will Apple reject the SteepAndCheap app because they don't get a cut of the revenue when i buy a new Arc'Teryx jacket?
Sony is likely B.S.ing here. Just watch, the story will change in 48 hours and it will have nothing to do with buying books through safari. I can give countless apps with in app purchase that don't go through Apple at all (Groupon; Living Social; Amazon; Ebay; Kobo). No way this is a policy change as it's being shaped in the press.
I think you have this a little mixed up. If you open your Amazon app and buy a BBQ pit, that is going to Amazon, and Apple has nothing to do with it. It is an one to one purchase. And, Apple (as far as I know) doesn't sell BBQ pits, so they don't care. BUT they do sell books, so, as usual Apple policy, if you want a book, you are going to HAVE to buy theirs. This has been my gripe wih the app store all along. It is NOT "open" and they do NOT allow outside apps, if you will, to be included. We can't have an app that does something better than they do. Countless apps have been rejected because "it duplicated an existing app" already on the phone. The problem is, the new app usually did that function better, and Apple had no intention of changing theirs. Apple is VERY goo at PR, and them throwing rocks at other platforms is actually very funny. You can take your Droid phone and make it like no other, but Apple will force you to have an identical iPhone.
But many people did buy an iPad to read books.......
So, you can't make an app that handles in-app purchases through any mechanism other than the iTunes Store. You apparently now can't use your app to direct people to buy things outside the app store, which are then used by the app that you download through the app store. If you made an app like that, you really are sidestepping the app store. It's no surprise at all that Apple doesn't like that, since it's advertising to create a separate (presumably larger) revenue stream by way of someone else's (Apple) revenue system.
It'd be like selling a DVD player that has a prominent label that says, "Go buy DVDs from our website!" on it, and Our Website is from the device manufacturer, not whatever store you bought the DVD player from. (Does that example work though? Look at the iOS devices - Best Buy sells them, but they're made for you to buy stuff through the Apple iTunes Store.)
The problem is that the entire point of an app like the Kindle app is to be able to access your content through an app on multiple devices, and by necessity that means you buy the content through a separate source.
There is really no way for Apple to stop these companies from offering their content for free on the iPad or iPhone. If they ban the App then Sony and Kindle can just make a Browser reader and let people access their content from a Web Browser. So banning Apps is stupid. What I think Apple could do is ban the ability to buy books in the App or ban links directly to the Web based store within the App. That way people could still access their content but not the store from the App. People could still got to the Kindle or Sony store from the browser but Apple could ban the ability to jump directly there from within the App. This solution would not be as hard for the public to accept as them trying to ban all Apps that access outside content.
There are a LOT of apps that link out to Safari and they aren't all ecommerce apps. Apple couldn't prevent any app from linking out to an ecommerce site without being hit by an anti-trust suite unless they prevented ALL apps from linking out to ANY site. And doing that would really hurt their business because of how many devs it would upset.
I think it is a crime for Apple to have a strangle-hold on commerce on their platform. Could u imagine if back in the day, Microsoft said, "Hey, you can buy ANY software you want, but it has to come through us!". Wow, there would be lawsuits coming from EVERYWHERE.
It is just plain greed on Apple's part. Are they going to control which books we can read? Just as they control which apps we can run?
I see a lawsuit in their future on this.
apple has been doing this the entore time with itunes and the app store, this is not anything new.. lock-in.. closed.. it is why you dont have flash web apps as well. not because of security, speed, etc, but because its something apple could not control..
I beg to disagree. This is the first time for content. I use Kindle and never had to go though the app store to buy a book.
So this IS a new "feature" for Apple to increase their profits at the expense of the customer (cause you KNOW that Sony and others will pass the cost on to the consumer)
The lawsuit, if it ever comes, will be based on the Essential Facilities Doctrine ( http://bit.ly/fc9rMX ) - sometimes called the Essential Services Doctrine. It is as old as the Sherman Act, but, unlike the Sherman Act, being a monopolist is not a requirement for a conviction. (This may have changed in a recent US case, though it is unclear. In the European analogue to this law, monopoly standing is definitely not required.)
Under Essential Facilities, you do not need to be a monopolist -- you merely need to hold a chokepoint over access to a market, and use that chokepoint unfairly. It even applies if you built the chokepoint yourself; in fact, that was the initial case that established the doctrine.
Apple definitely has a chokepoint here, but armies of lawyers have made careers arguing over words like "unfairly," so an investigation would have to determine if what Apple is doing here (or in the App Store in general) would qualify as unfair use under Essential Facilities before any case would proceed. It may not be, but, if there is any legal action in the future, I bet that will be its grounds.
history has shown us the true side of apple, and it will happen sooner or later.. exactly why i will be dumping our two ipads for android devices as soon as the right honeycomb device comes out that fits my feature list!
Will certainly not be impressed if Apple threatens the Kindle app. Right now my iPhone with the Kindle app is a perfect companion to my Kindle 3. Killing off the Kindle app will not cause me to suddenly start buying iBooks, unless those books come with an export to Kindle device option. I'll just carry my Kindle more.
This sounds a bit "90's Microsoftish" to me. Apple stifling competitors ability to sell products. Hmmm.
As the store owner, Apple wants it's cut. Business is business. If you want Apple to change, don't buy the products.
This is not a facetious comment. The only way to make a large corporation change its ways is not to participate in the things that make them money. EG, I don't like Google. I therefore never use any of Google's products. The only exception is Youtube, which has been kind of hard to avoid as everyone and their brother hosts videos there.
The only possible sticking point is that Apple has positioned itself as an exclusive store. If you control the only way to access a market, the rules change a bit. See above comment on Essential Facilities doctrine. Not saying Apple is guilty, or that the DoJ would pursue even if they were, but there certainly seems to be grounds for looking into it, if the article is true.
iOS app store developers are free to try the legal route, but I'm skeptical anything can come of it, short of some government agency with an axe to grind.
I don't see what's being choked. Apple apparently wants cut of the Internet commerce done on iOS. Some iOS developers are choosing not to participate. They aren't being prevented from participating.
U really don't see what is being choked? U don't see that Apple is stifling competition?
I'll go back to my Miscrosoft analogy. If, back in the 90's, microsoft said, you can buy any s/w u want, or any content you want. But you ahve to buy it through us. There would have been lawsuits galore! Think of what happen when MS just gave Internet Explorer the advantange because it was built into the op System.
I think Apple gets away with much more. We REALLY need to separate platform (includes h/w & op system) from the marketplace.
Sorry, I believe in free access to the marketplace for all! And the operative word here is FREE.
So, you think Apple's ruling here is actionable in a court of law?
No problems with you disagreeing with it due to political, personal preferences, but can the US Gov't stop Apple? I don't think so. I didn't think the gov't could stop Apple with the non-native tools ban, either.
Look, we'd all love the world to be one of peace, money trees, and endless, free energy & food, with Google, Apple and MS all sitting in a tree kissing, but in reality, it's pretty complex. Allow it to be complex. For eBooks, the losers are the content creators, not the users, not the publishers, not the distributers, and not the retailers.
These are publisher-retailer businesses arguing about their cuts. These are shark infested waters. Forgive me if I'm not outraged about it.
iPod, iPhone and iPad exist for one purpose and one purpose only, to generate profit. I know people like to brag about Apples profit, and this is a move to increase said profits, so lets all rejoice! In actuality, the profits only benefit Apple and its shareholders, the end-user has nothing to gain when the stock price goes up another buck because consumers now have to pay 30% more for their books purchased from Sony, Amazon, B&N or Google because Apple decided they want to push their own book store people are uninterested in.
The buying a BBQ analogy above does not fit, because you do not use the content from within Apples ecosystem. Apple has never allowed in-app purchases, for application content, to be made without going through the app store so they can get their cut, but it was possible to sidestep that by purchasing content outside the app store that could be used on the device (not bbqs).
If what Sony says is accurate this extends the lock-down to all applications that promote the purchasing of content from outside the app store for content that will be used on the device, regardless of if that purchase is made on the device or externally (on your computer or in a store). Again, things like Groupon are not affected because they promote purchasing of non app content. This change DOES affect Amazon Kindle, B&N and Google Books however, because the apps are designed to use content purchased elsewhere, thus robbing Apple of the income they think the deserve. We will see if they decide to apply the new rule to Amazon though as reading Kindle books on iPhone and iPad has been a big selling point and Apple selectively applies the rules to whom they want, when they want.
Its another move by Apple that in no-way benefits Apple customers, and also directly affects non-Apple customers because of inflated prices across the board to cover the Apple tax. At this point Apple really can't afford to lose more of their shrinking user base, so I doubt they will apply the new rule to Amazon, yet. But as device sales slow due to increased competition, they need to find any way they can to keep pulling a profit and keeping the stock prices inflated, it's the only thing that can keep the company afloat.
The Wall Street Journal http://tinyurl.com/4mmar3g is reporting that Apple says they have not changed their guidelines, but then goes on to explain that the situation is precisely that Apple insists on getting a cut of any in-app purchases.
So Amazon is next up.
In other news: If you drive up to a window and buy a Latte, Ford wants a cut of that in-car-purchase.
Amazon won't have it and it will just further alienate iOS as a whole.
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MILTON -- Seth Reeves couldn't have picked a much better time and place for his first hole-in-one.
After all, it came in the NCAA championship at the Capital City Club's Crabapple Course.
But the ace on No. 4 and the eagle 3 that followed on No. 5 almost went for naught Friday in the first round of match play.
Reeves dropped his match to UNLV's Carl Jonson 4 and 3 despite his stunning start and the loss could have cost Georgia Tech a spot in today's NCAA semifinals.
"I was praying so hard. I wanted another chance," the Peachtree Ridge graduate said.
Yellow Jackets teammate Ollie Schniederjans made sure Reeves got it.
Forced to an extra hole, Schniederjans stuck his approach shot and made a birdie putt, giving host Georgia Tech a 3-2 victory.
No. 2 seed Georgia Tech will play Alabama today, the 2012 NCAA runner-up, for the right to advance to Sunday's title match. The Crimson Tide defeated New Mexico 4-1
The other semifinal features top-seeded California against No. 5 Illinois, which defeated defending champion Texas 3-2. The Bears got a scare before defeating Pac-12 rival Arizona State 3-2.
That match went to the final hole, with Brandon Hagy hitting a nearly perfect approach to set up the birdie. The Tech match followed a similar script, but on an extra hole.
Schniederjans placed his second shot from about 110 yards out a couple feet of the cup before sinking the birdie putt to beat Kevin Penner, who had made a 50-footer on No. 17 to tie.
"I knew everything was on the line, but I called on my experience and felt really calm," the sophomore said. "It was a great match. He played very well."
Nobody, though, could rival the way Reeves started his round.
"It really got everyone fired up," he said.
Reeves' 6-iron shot on the 216-yard par-3 third hole hit about 10 feet in front of the cup and rolled in.
"It was a perfect shot," Reeves said. "It felt so good."
Then he had his third eagle in two days, booming a long drive on par-5 fifth hole. Reeves eagled No. 5 in Thursday's final round of stroke play. But Jonson took the lead on No. 9 and closed Reeves out on No. 15.
"I wasn't playing that bad, but he was really good," said Reeves, who was glad to join the celebrating when Schniederjans kept Tech's title hopes alive.
Cal, which finished stroke play on Thursday six shots better than Georgia Tech, is the overwhelming favorite after losing only two of 13 tournaments this season.
Arizona State, though, almost pulled off a quarterfinal upset.
With the match on the line, Hagy hit his 137-yard approach to within three feet of the cup to defeat standout ASU freshman Jon Rahm, who had shot a 61 on the first day of stroke play, and give the Bears the hard-earned victory.
Hagy's clutch shot came after he had failed to close things out on No. 17 when his par putt lipped out. "I just concentrated on the target and made a good swing," the junior said.
Asked if he was nervous, Hagy didn't hesitate. "Absolutely," he said.
Cal coach Steve Deismond said he had been antsy throughout the match.
"It was an uneasy feeling," said Deismond, in his 34th season as Bears coach. "How many times [this year] have we been in a situation like this? Almost zero."
The Bears, NCAA champs in 2004, lost 3-2 to Alabama in the semifinals in 2012 and anything less than a title will mark this season as a disappointment.
ASU coach Tim Mickelson still considers the Bears in an elite class.
"I don't see how it gets any better," he said. "I believe it's the best [college] team we've ever put on golf course. If they don't win it's a shame. But it's match play and you never know."
The Bears remain confident.
"A bull's eye on your back means your ahead," said Cal senior Max Homa, who won the NCAA individual title on Thursday. "Pressure is a privilege. There can never be too much pressure."
More like this story
- Reeves, Tech charge into second at NCAAs ( May 28, 2013 )
- Reeves, Tech take No. 2 seed to match play ( May 30, 2013 )
- Tech takes lead in NCAAs ( May 29, 2013 )
- Ousted Jackets built golf foundation ( June 1, 2013 )
- Yellow Jackets close to home for this week's NCAA championships ( May 27, 2013 )

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AN £8 million scheme to improve the harbours of both Penzance and St Mary's has been given the go ahead by the Department For Transport.
The work involves dredging at Penzance and pier widening and improved freight handling facilities at St Mary's.
Local Transport Minister Norman Baker today said: "We are putting at least £8 million into this scheme which shows that the coalition government is serious about protecting the livelihood of the Isles of Scilly.
"Improved terminal buildings will provide better conditions for passengers. Changes to the harbours themselves will ensure new vessels can still access the port protecting this route for use by residents, freight and holiday makers."
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Quote Revasfan: Sure they are. He pretends like he's so much better then Victor, and in reality there isn't one thing Victor has done that Jack either hasn't or wouldn't.
And Vic thinks he so much better than Jack. I love Vic just like i love Jack. I don't think either deserve jail time. Gloria deserves it but is she there, I can't say that i think Amber deserves jail time what Cane has been doing to her is punishment enough. She humilated herself at the AC in front of Colleen & Lily. And Phyllis is in jail but just for blackmail. I won't go through her history but c'mon.
Victor and Jack are different. Victor thinks he's better then everybody because he is. But what I mean about Jack is he thinks that he's such a noble good guy. Victor know his @$$ aint good.
And- no I'm not tired of the Jack show, the Jack show is nessesary, as is the Phyllis show.
But I just yell at the t.v all the time for Jack to stop frontin.
Geez Jack has been on Y&R how long? Jack is an Abbott- the Abbotts are part of the foundation of the show. I expect alot of storylines to revolve around Jack. And Vic does act like his poop doesn't stink to many times. Everybody is wrong when they don't go along with what he wants. But like i said that's Vic. Vic is capable of doing nice thing but Jack does have more of heart than Vic of course he'a not wimp and the way tells off Horia makes my day.
For real!! He the man. Jack is the only one that can make a woman cry.
Plus he's the only one that has a ghost as his conscience.
Love a man who can admit when he's wrong and really be sorry for it.
You go Jack!!
I agree - Go Jacko!
I like Jack. Gloria is a gold digger. The thing is, John had his will made out the way he wanted it. Jack took advantage of an old man with health problems to get revenge on Gloria. That's wrong, even if his intentions were good for his family.
Because Victor and Gloria do too. How's that for answer? LOL. Damn, they act like Jack is some kind of serial killin', child abductin', bank robbin', hostage takin', arson committin', car stealin', drug dealin' super-criminal. COME OFF IT! hahahahaha.
Quote CrAzY4cRoSbY: Because Victor and Gloria do too. How's that for answer? LOL. Damn, they act like Jack is serial killer.
No ssssssh__it huh?!!!!
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Quote Beckicat: Jack needs to pay for his crimes big time & he has A LOT!
As for Phyllis my bet is she will use the info in what ever way will benifit her the most.
Alley Cat Gloria needs to be behind bars they better not do anything to Jack
LMBO Alley cat! She's got it comming too but Jack did her wrong by kicking her out, you know John didn't want that.
John would not have wanted that until he found out what Gloria was really up to and the fact it was her fault the company was lost to them. I think Gloria got exactly what she deserved and John would have done it himself if he would have know.
Quote lonesky: No one said Jack was a killer. But the reason he has so many enemies is because he has shafted so many people. It just amazed me what he did to Kay Canchellor. Kay was his father's dearest friend and Jack put the knife so far in her back I felt the pain. If he wants to keep Jabot in the Abbbott family then he should be smart enough to run it successfully.
If you mean stabbing her in the back by selling her the company for damn near nothing then I don't see how. And he's proven he's smart enough to run it successfully because the only reason he didn't honor the court agreement, when he reclaimed ownership of Jabot secretly, was because the company was going under and he disobeyed the agreement in order to turn the company around WHICH HE DID and saved the jobs of all those employees by doing that. Clearly, he has the smarts and the savvy to keep Jabot alive. The reason it isn't "in the family" is because of GLORIA because if she hadn't tainted that cream, that woman wouldn't have died and they wouldn't have had all that legal trouble, which is when Jack gave up ownership rights to the company. He did that as a term of settlement. It hasn't nothing to do with him not having the smarts because CLEARLY he does.
Beg to differ... Ashley and her sister are NOT the smart ones. John Abbot raised Jack to succeed him. Yes, John owned the company when the cream was tampered with - but Gloria was not...a murderer... she was a tamperer. Jack has not killed anyone unlike Bradley. Phyllis may have tried to run some folk over with a car...but she didn't kill any one... As far as crimes go... Everyone in town has done something against the law - some worse than others. Jack is no worse than anyone else...
Quote Revasfan: I still think Jack isn't the beacon of morality that he makes himself out to be. He and Sharon are very alike in that. Everything they do wrong is a 'mistake'.
Yep... Like when he slept with his step-mom Jill! AND she was still married to his father at the time...Let's not forget that one!
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There was a creek that ran behind the Dott's house on Corteland Drive in Knoxville when I was a kid. Boo, Terry, Tex and I, accompanied by our dogs and Soda the neighbor's golden retriever, roamed the banks of that creek for three years.
It worried Mrs. Dott when we played in what we called the swimming hole just beyond her property line. Swimming hole was a grand word for two feet of water, but when it rained the creek swelled so that Soda could swim and Prince, my collie, could wade in red-clay mud. Tex's dog, Blackie, was a Chihuahua mix; he didn't swim or wade.
We kids could make an afternoon of sitting in a culvert. It was in a culvert that Tex told us his dad had been to the moon, "but don't tell anybody." We didn't believe him, of course. In the scuffle that followed, after we told Tex he was full of it, he raked me with a sharp stick. Nothing serious but it bled, and, I believe, Tex was banished for the rest of the day.
For years I carried a little scar on the inside of my leg close to my ankle. I can't find it now among all the shaving-cut and mosquito-bite scars, but for years it served to reinforce that memory, that story, that rift between tenuous friends.
If we walked down my driveway, turned left on Corteland, turned right at the first street and walked down a hill, there was a widening of the creek where we could find excellent rocks to build stuff and a culvert. At this point, the creek was a trickle except in wet weather. I felt cheated; I wanted a real creek with rushing water and rock falls. Too much development had ruined it, I suppose.
Don Gibson, of "Lonesome Me" fame, lived up the street, though his house never showed signs of activity. He probably spent most of his time in Nashville, we said, or, it was rumored, drinking.
One day, while we were playing in the culvert where the creek widened, Mr. Gibson came by with his little daughter. He stopped, watched us play for a minute, and said "Hello." A little conversation followed. He was neither inebriated nor standoffish. He was just a dad with his little girl talking to some kids in a creek.
"Did you know who that was?" I asked when Mr. Gibson walked away. Shoulders shrugged. I told them he had a big hit record, and was famous. I knew this because I had two older sisters who loved music. More shrugs, more rock piles to make. It was all in a day's work of being a kid.
In sixth grade our teacher Mrs. Stout asked us to keep a diary for six weeks. Each day we would draw a picture of and write about the most beautiful thing we had seen that day.
A tree had fallen across the swimming hole creating a natural bridge for sure-footed creatures. It arched slightly across the water. I sat on the path beside the creek one day and drew that tree, the creek, the fields in the distance. (West Hills was just under way then and farmland was a block away.) I don't remember what I said about it for Mrs. Stout, but I remember that drawing.
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I imagine I said the creek was where I came to think when I wanted to be alone. It was where I had played as a child of 9 and 10. At 11 almost 12, I could sense the changes coming. Somehow I knew we would outgrow the creek and our adventures.
But not the memories.
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HOW FAR IS THE IDEA OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS AN ILLUSION? The modern notion of human rights was born in the direct aftermath of World War II. It is indeed with the discovery of the atrocities committed by the Nazi forces that a strong "Never Again" political stream arose in the international community, culminating with the adoption in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Since that day, human rights have been established as a major and legitimate focus of international attention. In the half century since, hundreds of universal, regional or national agreements governing human rights issues have arisen. Yet, in the meantime, major breaches of human rights have been witnessed from South America (Chile, Argentina) to Far East Asia (North Korea, China) on what appears to be a worldwide scale. Even more frightening is the constatation that these breaches are often committed in or by states that are parties to one or more treaties on Human Rights. Such a situation could have been understood in the light of the statu quo existing during the Cold War, when the ideological division of the world was the first concern. But as stated by Farer & Gaer: In the wake of the Cold War the UN has finally become an agent for democratisation and minority protection. ...read more.
Some solutions to the problem have already been found particularly with the growing influence of some effective regional agreements (the European Convention on Human Rights for example), the growing influence of the non governmental organizations (Amnesty International, Doctors without Borders) and the already quoted trials of war criminals from Kosovo and Rwanda. Nevertheless, these examples are exceptions in a world where Human Rights are hardly enforced. US ambassador Morris Abram once described the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the idea of Human Rights as little more than an empty vessel into which vague hopes and inchoate expectations can be poured, a dangerous incitement, and even preposterous. With as much disregard but much more objectivism, the soviet delegate Andrei Vyshinsky used to say the Universal declaration was a letter to Santa Claus. Neither Nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of entitlements, which are subjects to no constraint except those of the mind and appetite of their authors[3]. Indeed, reports routinely pinpoint the promoters of Human Rights as perpetrators of consequent violations of those rights. Yet, there is no Human Rights enforcement system apart from the great powers, decisively the USA. Being judges and parties, these powers do little to comply with the international standards of Human rights in their behaviour. ...read more.
To conclude with, one must reckon that la raison dtat (the political imperatives) is too often interfering with the possibility of enforcing Human Rights. This fact is to be regretted for those rights which have priority over other rights may have an extensive core which is inviolable even in state of emergency[5]. Nevertheless, a practical example of Human Rights enforcement is to be found in the European experience. On this model, observers are often recommending the three following way of enforcing Human Rights: Customary international law based on protection established through the UN Charter, universal treaty regimes collectively called the International Bill of Rights in some part reliant on enforcement by UN organs, increasing of the influence of regional treaties as the ECHR.[6] ?? ?? ?? ?? 1 25/05/2007 [1] Karl Meyer, enforcing human rights, in www.worldpolicy.com. [2] Oona Hathaway, Global Legal Information & Human Rights in the 21st Century, in www.worldpolicy.com [3] Both quoted by Noam Chomsky in Rogue States, Pluto press, 2000, chapter 9, p. 112-113. [4] Steven Donziger, The real war on crime: The report of the National Criminal Justice Commission, HarperCollins, 1996. [5] Tom Campbell, Realizing Human Rights in Human Rights: from rhetoric to reality, Blackwell, 1986, p.11. [6] www.udhr.org ...read more.
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Good Morning Addicts !!!
Another week, another accusation...
Last week, Philadelphia Flyers' owner, Ed Snider, was accused of making disparaging remarks about Gary Bettman. This week, the focus shifted from the NHL Commissioner to some of the most powerful owners in the league.
Joe Haggerty of Comcast Sportsnet New England reports how Gary Bettman is simply a puppet, with Jacobs and his gang pulling the strings. Is that really news to anyone?
Habs and Hockey Notes:
- On Wednesday, the NHL and NHLPA had their first meeting with Federal mediators. Katie Strang of ESPN New York give us the details.
- The Montreal Gazette's Dave Stubbs spoke to P.K. Subban about how his failure to sign with the Habs might actually work in his favour.
- ESPN and TSN Insider Pierre LeBrun reports on the Glendale City Council meeting and the approval of the deal to help save the Phoenix Coyotes.
- With the NHL Lockout well into its third month, Katie Carrera of the Washington Post give us her take on why fans and some NHL business partners may not return.
- Finally, getting away from all things NHL, TSN's Bob McKenzie assesses the firepower that will be available for Team Canada for the coming World Junior Hockey Championships.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Jacobs Should Be Blamed, Meeting With Mediators, More
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Human Development and Family Studies
Faculty Profile
Elizabeth A. Sharp, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Studies
(806)834-8652 - Office 510
University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Gender, Romantic and Familial Ideologies, Singles, Eating Disorder Recovery, Qualitative Methodology
Recent Publications:
Link to Dr. Sharp's Transdisiplinary Work with Choreographers and Dancers: Http://ordinarywars.org
Sharp, E. A, & Weaver, S. (Accepted). Feeling like a Feminist Fraud: Promoting More Visible Feminist Accountability in Feminist Family Studies Research. Journal of Family Theory and Review.
Sharp, E.A., & Durham-DeCesaro. (Accepted). Modeling Innovative Methodological Practices in a Dance/Family Studies Transdisciplinary Project. Journal of Family Theory & Review.
Durham-DeCesaro, G., & Sharp, E.A. (Accepted). Immersion in the muddy waters of a collaboration between a social scientist and a choreographer. The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts.
Bermudez, M., Sharp, E, A.& Taniguchi, N. (In Press). Tapping into the complexity: An Investigation of Ambivalent Sexism, Dating, and Familial Beliefs among Hispanic Young Adults. Journal of Family Issues.
Sharp, E. A., & Durham-DeCesaro, G. (In Press). What Does Rejection Have to Do With It?: Toward An Innovative, Kinesthetic Analysis of Qualitative Data. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research.
Zvonkovic, A., Sharp, E.A. , & Radina, E. (2012) Editors: Special issue: Qualitative methodology, research, and theory in family studies. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 4, 77-173.
Zvonkovic, A., Sharp, E.A. , & Radina, E. (2012) Introduction to the special issue: Qualitative methodology, research, and theory in family studies. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 4, 77-79.
Schrick, B., Sharp, E. A., Zvonkovic, A., & Reifman, A. (2012). Never let them see you sweat: Silencing and striving to appear perfect among US college women. Sex Roles, 67, 591-604.
Humble, A., & Sharp, E.A. (2012). Peer support in teaching qualitative methods through shared journaling. Qualitative Report, 17, 1-19.
Sharp E.A. , Elliot, C.,.& Zvonkovic, A. (2011). Young, single gay men's commitment and long-term partner preferences. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 7, 349-369.
Sharp, E. A., & Ganong, L. (2011). "I'm a loser, I'm not married, let's just all look at me": Ever single women's perceptions of their social environment. Journal of Family Issues, 32, 956-980.
Sharp, E. A., & Ispa, J. (2009). Inner-city Black mothers' gender-related childrearing expectations and goals.Sex Roles, 60, 656-668.
Fitzpatrick, J., Sharp, E.A. , & Reifman, A. (2009).Midlife singles' willingness to date partners with heterogeneous characteristics. Family Relations, 58, 121-133.
Sharp, E. A., SoRelle-Miner, D., Bermudez, J. M., & Walker, M. (2008). "The Glass Ceiling is kind of a bummer": Women's reflections on a gender development course. Family Relations, 57, 530-541.
Parra-Cardona, J. R., Sharp, E. A.,& Wampler, R. (2008)."Changing for my kid": Fatherhood experiences of Mexican-origin teen fathers involved in the justice system. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 34, 369-387.
Sharp, E. A., & Ganong, L. (2007). Living in the gray: Women's experiences of missing the marital transition. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 831-844.
Sharp, E. A., Bermudez, J. M., & Watson, W., & Fitzpatrick, J. (2007). Reflections from the trenches: Our development as feminist teachers. Journal of Family Issues, 28, 529-548.
Parra Cardona, J. R., Wampler, R. S, & Sharp, E. (2006). "Wanting to be a good father": Experiences of adolescent fathers of Mexican descent in a teen fathers program. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 32, 215-232.
Sharp, E., & Ispa, J. (2006). Chapter 9: Matters of the heart: Romantic relationships. In J. M. Ispa, K. R. Thornburg, & M. A. Fine (Eds.), Keepin' on: The everyday struggles of families in poverty. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.
Ispa, J. M., & Sharp, E. A. (2006). Chapters 10: Young fathers in children's and mother's lives. In J. M. Ispa, K. R. Thornburg, & M. A. Fine (Eds.), Keepin' on: The everyday struggles of families in poverty. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.
Coleman, M., Ganong, L., Hans, J., Sharp, E, & Rothrauff, T. (2005). Filial obligations in post-divorce stepfamilies. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 4, 1-27.
Sharp, E., Ispa, J., Thornburg, K. & Lane, V. (2003). Relations among mother and home visitor personality traits, relationship quality, and time spent in home visits. Journal of Community Psychology, 31, 591-606.


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Posted at: 03/19/2013 4:46 PM
By: SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press
HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) - The Pentagon has expanded a temporary ban to prohibit the military from firing any 60mm mortar rounds until an investigation determines them to be safe.
The decision came after an explosion during an exercise Monday night killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert.
The Marine Corps said Tuesday a "blanket suspension" of 60mm mortars and associated firing tubes is in effect until it can review their safe use.
The Pentagon earlier had suspended use of all high-explosive and illumination mortar rounds that were in the same manufacturing lots as ones fired in Nevada.
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Bury were relegated from League One last season and 16 players left in the summer as the club looked to ease financial pressure following a takeover in May.
Blackwell had been out of football for more than two years when he took over at Gigg Lane in September last year.
They are currently 21st in League Two, without a win in their last seven games and just one point off the relegation places.
The 54-year-old had handed contracts to 17 players since the summer and signed a further five on loan before being shown the door by the Shakers.


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Guess what? Not only has Facebook's copycat Poke app not killed Snapchat, but neither is it being "overrun by kids," like Instagram and other popular apps. A great case in point for this is a story by Yale Computer Science student Sean Haufler who writes about "How Snapchat Took Over Yale."
Haufler, a graduating senior heading to Google this summer, has worked as a software engineer at Foursquare, founded textbook comparison shopping site CourseBooks.com and co-founded personal take-out assistant service CrunchButton. Pretty impressive for a college kid. So when he writes that "Snapchat isn't localized to high schools anymore. During the fall term, Snapchat use exploded amongst Yale undergrads," I was intrigued. An app that ascends the age ranks (or better yet, expands in both directions) has a higher prospect for success then one that merely descends. "After viewing Snapchat's rampant growth on Yale's campus firsthand," Haufler writes, "I understand why Snapchat's features are compelling and why it's growing so damn fast."
The 12 paragraphs that follow that statement are the most articulate and insightful reaction to Snapchat that I have come across. Haufler completely avoids the two themes that almost all of the coverage of the ephemeral photo sharing app has fixated on: sexting and security. I don't think he is trying to suggest that sexting is not going on or that there are cases where a recipient captures and saves an image before it expires without the senders consent—but that these things are fairly irrelevant to why the app is a big and growing success.
What Haufler focuses on instead is how the app makes people feel. Among its strengths, he thinks, is the way it uses impermanence to advantage:
Snapchat's time limits make snaps more engaging. Since snaps disappear seconds after they are opened, users feel comfortable sending spontaneous and personal messages that they would not want ingrained into digital histories. Sending a headshot to a friend via text feels forced, but sending a warm gaze or a silly face via Snapchat is natural. Snapchat pictures tend to be candid and unprepared, which makes the messages feel more personal, more real.
It is the conversational nature of the medium that engenders engagement, and the fleetingness of each individual message assures the attentiveness of both the sender and recipient. In many ways, Snapcat is anticipatory of the kind of spontaneity that WebRTC will provide once it becomes ubiquitous.
Where Haufler's analysis really becomes sophisticated is when he distills "the secret sauce to Snapchat's viral growth: its group messaging functionality." Group messaging? That sounds impersonal. Kind of the opposite of what I think of as what Snapchat is about. But here's the twist (with a chart):
When a user sends a snap to multiple friends, the recipients receive a snap indistinguishable from an individualized message. In effect, mass snaps feel personalized. This is the holy grail of messaging platforms: evoking strong emotion with minimal friction. Consider this emotion/friction matrix:
- Low Emotion/High Friction: Morse Code
- High Emotion/High Friction: Handwritten Letter
- Low Emotion/Low Friction: Mass Texting (MMS)
- High Emotion/Low Friction: Mass Snapchat
The virality of a messaging platform equals its emotion-friction ratio, and the Snapchat paradigm maximizes this virality coefficient. A Snapchat of a funny face will evoke a visceral reaction in the recipient before they have time to consider the meaning behind the message. Conversely, when someone receives an MMS, the first thing they see is the recipient list.
Readers of this blog know that I love a good physics analogy (2013 is the year of physics as the dominant mode of discourse about things digital—you heard it here), and Haufler's does not disappoint. Snapchat, in his terms, is engaging in cognitive physics, removing friction much lower in the stack than other forms of social media. (The new app, Bang With Friends that Kashmir Hill declares Terrible App Idea of the Week, moves considerably lower, but let's not go there.)
It is also the way that Snapchat engages our memory—and yet has none of its own—that changes the rules of engagement. Haufler sees the lack of a message history and the inability to revisit sent messages as being a liberating factor in the app's design. But, pivoting into constructive criticism, he doesn't think Snapchat is taking it far enough.
The negative feature in question are the public profiles. "Every Snapchat user has a public leaderboard listing the usernames of their 'best friends' – the people with whom they exchange the most snaps." He thinks this public record of activity (even though it contains no actual messages) runs counter to what makes the experience work so well. "Snapchat is successful," he writes, "because the platform reduces the social inhibitions of messaging."
Most critics have focused on this reduction of inhibitions in terms of regrettable behavior that may someday become, Facebook-style, memorialized in inescapable social media memory. The loss of memory is, in a sense, a loss of inhibition. But for users, it comes down to intention, as one Hacker News comment explained eloquently, "Communicating this way implies a level of trust and/or intimacy usually reserved for analog methods. Snapchat is brilliant in this regard. I think we're going to see a lot more communication platforms built on limitations rather than sprawling features."
That sense of limitation is beneficial for users, and for developers, it's also a whole lot easier to build and maintain a system that is not trying to jealously hold on to every bit of data.
But how will it make money? "Snapchat, with auto-destructing messages and group snaps, creates an atmosphere in which people want to share more," concludes Haufler. "It may not have built a persistent, searchable social graph, but if there's any company that allows its users to feel 'more open and connected' [Zuckerberg's words] with others, it's Snapchat." Unfortunately, our only model for how to monetize all that sharing is through persistent memory that can be sold to advertisers.
So the question is, can Snapchat founders do for the physics of money what they've done for the inertia of social timidity? I asked Haufler what he would recommend, and his suggestion strikes me as a good one, "As for monetization," he writes, "a simple solution would be to display a 1-3 second advertisement to the user 5-10% of the time when they open snaps from their friends. The user would be highly engaged, so even a very short ad would be effective." We'll see if they go for it. If Snapcat can crack this one it will be very, very big indeed.
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Oakland Raider rookie sensation Jacoby Ford has been a positive sign on offense for the struggling Raiders the past few weeks.
Ford has become a target for Raiders quarterbacks Jason Campbell and Bruce Gradkowski. Ford is most dangerous on kickoff returns.
Ford made a great impact the last several weeks for the Raiders. His heroics began in week nine when the Raiders won a big game against their division rival the Kansas City Chiefs. He had two receptions leading the Raiders to a scoring drive late in the game.
The rookie wide receiver presents impressive concentration in catching a pass. When a deep ball appears in Ford's site he has the ability to snatch it away from the defenders hands.
Week nine he had six catches for a total of 148 yards and took a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown.
In last Sunday's loss to the Dolphins Ford made all the highlight films. His speed was displayed in the opening kickoff. He blew by defenders and ran 101 yards to the touchdown. Ford scored on a 44 yard reception from Bruce Gradkowski later in the game. He leaned up in the air and made an incredible catch leaving corner-back Benny Sapp of the Dolphins in the dust. Gradkowski threw another ball in the air, it seemed as if it might have been pick off by safety Chris Clemens only to have it grabbed right out his hands by Ford for 52 yard reception.
Ford is a rookie out of Clemson University selected in the forth round by the Raiders in the draft this past April. He played in every game this season but has only recorded receptions in the last five games.
Ford is confident in the Raiders passing game and understands he needs the ball to be thrown his direction to make big plays for his team.
Ford received his opportunities since the Raiders this season have tremendously suffered from injuries stemming from their receiving core. Allowing him to some great looks on offense and chances to shine.
Ford is averaging 20 yards a catch, second among rookies with at least ten receptions. In just five games of offense, Ford has 16 receptions for 320 yards. Ford a forth round pick making a serious impact especially in the return game. He is the only rookie with two kickoff return for touchdowns and his 101 yard return last week is the longest among rookies.
Raiders wide receiver and kick return specialist Jacoby Ford shown that he is one of the most productive and exciting rookie in the NFL. He may not qualify for the rookie of the year but he has definitely shown he is one of the most impressive rookies this season.
Raiders know they have a weapon on offense. Their goal is to provide Ford with more opportunities to show the team his aggressive play-making abilities.


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I'm testing out a Brisk cluster using the Datastax AMI. Looking for where OpsCenter is located on there.
It's not at /usr/share/opscenter and I couldn't start the OpsCenter service on the first instance of the cluster:
ubuntu@ip-10-72-x-x:~/brisk$ sudo service opscenterd start
opscenterd: unrecognized service
During the EC2 instance launch, I correctly configured a username password that Datastax provided for OpsCenter:
-s 4 -v 2 -c 2 -n briskcluster -o myusername:mypassword
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Fleet Feet coming to Durham
New Fleet Feet store for Durham: Fleet Feet Inc., the Carrboro-based franchisor of running shoe and accessory stores, is opening a store in Durham at the Renaissance Center shopping center.
The center, which is also home to REI, Best Buy, Old Navy, and Ultra, is off Fayetteville Road across from The Streets at Southpoint. The new Fleet Feet Sports store will be in a more-than 4,000-square-foot space between Nordstrom Rack and Pier 1. It's planned to open in late October.
The franchisees who own the Fleet Feet Sports store in Carrboro are opening the new Durham location.
"We're excited to introduce people in Durham to the resources we have available and to serve people in communities west of Raleigh like Morrisville and Apex as well," said Brian White, the operator of the Carrboro store along with his wife Tricia White. "We want to help build strong fitness communities by helping more people become active with programs like No Boundaries which is for true beginners."
The company is also opening a new location in Raleigh at the Market at Colonnade on Six Forks Road.
Beer Festival reminder: The World Beer Festival, produced by All About Beer Magazine, is returning to downtown Durham on Oct. 5.
The location has changed from last year: the festival will be held at the Durham Athletic Park, instead of at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park as it has been in several recent years.
The festival dates to 1995. It was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in 2008 and then again from 2010 through last year, according to Kelly Mahoney, a marketing association with All About Beer Magazine. In the other years, she said it was held at the Durham Athletic Park.
She said in an email that the Durham Bulls Athletic Park is undergoing some renovations and the timeline for construction doesn't work with the festival timeline.
"We are excited to come back to the Durham Athletic Park, and are making a lot of changes since we were last there in 2009, including closing down some of the surrounding streets to allow for more room and additional entrance points into the festival, which will make for much shorter lines at entry," she said in an email.
Also for the first time, there will be food trucks at the festival, as well as local bands and games, displays and exhibits.
Festivalgoers can sample unlimited 2-ounce pours of beer from more than 100 breweries during either a four-hour afternoon or four-hour evening session.
Tickets are on sale at www.worldbeerfestival.com. General admission tickets are available for $45 and include a tasting glass.
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Patriot Coal bankruptcy
As you know, Patriot Coal has filed bankruspy but in reality, the employees and community are paying the bill.
On Friday, June 21, 2013, the company told the men that they were planning to cut their pay as much as five dollars an hour and would be taking their vacation days and was reverting to a 40 hour work week—which now turns into about a eight dollar an hour cut.
So my question is, what has Patriot Coal given up as a corporation? As far as I can see, nothing. The CEOs are still making their wages and bonuses,but the men and the community are giving up everything and retirees are losing their promised healthcare. Working men are losing about twenty thousand dollars a year which for three hundred men is about six million dollars taken out of the local economy and now the retirees will have to purchase some sort of healthcare, which that is probably another two to three million a year out of the community which means layoffs for local business.
In the end, the employees the local and state community are paying for a company that was designed to fail.
I think it's time to stop these coal barons from raping our land and leaving our communitys for dead. This is just the first round of cuts and what's next, are the other companies, union and non-union, going to do the same thing? My answer is yes.
Lets band together as a people to stop the terrorism of our state. When we hear of a rally against them, let's get off our hind parts, get up and go. Let's write our congressmen and tell them how we feel about the Enrons of the world and certainly not last lets show Arch Coal, Peabody Coal and Patriot Coal how much we love our county, our state and our coal miners.
Jimmy Guess
Paintsville, Ky.
Secrecy and hidden "shame"
Maybe 15 years ago I saw a man who was the spitting image of his father at the funeral of Tommy Elkins, a childhood friend.
I was asked if I wanted to meet my brother and I declined because his mother never told him who his real father was. It is sad that this wonderful person who is, from what I heard, a preacher just like his father.
Things happen when people are young have difficulties in their life and they seek comfort from others to ease their emotional pain.
I know his mother passed away but I never knew his real name. I was told by someone I have known for many years when I asked his name but I believe he lied even though he claimed to be close friends of my brother. That in itself is sad that he may have compromised his so called allegiance with Jesus. But that is between him and his "Savior".
At any rate this person has missed out on his brothers and sisters because of the secrecy and hidden "shame" of not knowing his real dad and the lie of his past. The sad part is that many people know this and have kept it from him. Friends?
Loren Tomblin
Douglasville, Ga.
Charges dropped
So charges were dropped against Jared Marcum. It would be appropriate if the law enforcement and school officials who initiated or supported the entire affair were fined attorney and court costs — and had to pay out of their own pockets.
Then, there ought to be public and personal apologies and copies of those apologies included in their personnel files. Those officials must learn that when they spit into the wind, they're bound to get some on themselves.
The memory of their poor choices should stick. During my 36 years in education, I witnessed wholesale and frequent examples of administrative and official ignorance and tomfoolery — and I place this episode in my Top Ten.
George Mitchell
Blairsville, Ga.
Safe holiday tips
This Fourth of July, Americans will toast the country's independence with friends, family and fireworks.
Before celebrations get underway, Proud Eagle Distributing reminds adults 21 and older to show their patriotism by designating a driver or skipper to help keep everyone safe. By doing so, they'll join the millions of American adults who have been a designated driver or designated skipper or been driven home by one.
Here are additional tips for safer celebrations during the holiday:
1. Buckle Up. Ask everyone to wear a seat belt or a life jacket.
2. Be an Attentive Driver. Always be in control and aware of those around you.
3. Don't Speed. Resist the urge to speed by making sure there's plenty of time to reach your destination.
4. Drink Responsibly. Adults 21 and older who choose to drink should make responsible choices about when, where and how much.
Proud Eagle is committed to keeping our nation's roadways and waterways safe. We can all do our part to make sure everyone has a fun and safe holiday.
Jim Linsenmeyer
COO of Proud Eagle Inc.
South Charleston
Stop this insanity
Wow, watching the case of the T-shirt from Wisconsin I shake my head in the wrong headed thinking that got you all in this mess. Does anyone among you have the moral fortitude to stand up and say enough?
You, Logan, West Virginia are not showing well to the rest of the world. Here are a few questions you need to ask yourselves and your community:
Logan County Schools Superintendent
1. Is it the common process in Logan County schools to contact the police each time it is felt that a child's clothing is inappropriate?
2. Why then did Ernestine Sutherland contact the police rather than the parents when she did not approve of Jared Marcum's t-shirt?
I am outraged that such an abuse of authority and deviation from the policies is being accepted. Using scare tactics on children for political or person reasons cannot go unanswered. I demand that punitive actions be taken against Ernestine Sutherland and I will gladly aid with funding for a civil suit against your school district and yourself if this does not occur.
Logan Chief of Police and Mayor
1. Is it an acceptable practice in your police department for an officer to arrest a person for speaking? Are your officers aware of the Bill of Rights?
2. Why then did officer James Adkins charge Jared Marcum with "obstructing an officer" simply for speaking? Speaking is a Constitutional Right, regardless of whether a person speaking is inconvenient to your officers.
3. I am outraged that you are allowing your officers to perform actions in defiance of the U.S. Constitution.
I demand that punitive actions be taken against Officer James Adkins and I will gladly aid with funding towards a civil suit against you, officer Adkins, and the Logan Police Department if this does not occur immediately.
Someone needs to stand up and stop this insanity. Enough of School District personal opinions trampling on the rights of the citizen.
Lanny Harder
Wausau, Wis.


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The Master of Education degree in Library Media requires a minimum of 36 semester hours of course work. Courses must be included in these categories: professional education, courses in the certification area, and additional program requirements or electives. This degree program must be completed within six years of the date of the initial coursework listed on the Program of Graduate Study. Students may require more than the minimum 36 hours in order to qualify for certification in a particular program area.
The M.Ed. in Library Media is completely online or can have mix of on-line courses.
The T4 certification in a teaching field is not required for admission to the program; however, field work in a school setting may be required for students who do not possess a teaching or administrative certification. This degree is not offered in the cohort model.
Applicants must pass or exempt the GACE Basic Assessment to be admitted to the M.Ed. in Library Media program.
Admission Requirements
- Graduate Admissions Application Form
- Two professional recommendations (pdf)
- Official copies of all transcripts
- Passing scores on the Graduate Writing Assessment
- Minimal GPA of 2.5
- Verification of immunization
- Passing scores on the GACE Basic Skills
Upon meeting all course and examination requirements of this program, an S-5 certificate in Media Specialist may be issued by the Professional Standards Commission of Georgia. Georgia College recommendation is required.
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Phone toll free in Georgia: 1-800-342-0471 Ext:1383
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"Perfect for Valentine's Day or a girls' party, these tasty sweets are sensational and very quick. Cranberry gelatin makes them sooooo pink! You can also press the warm mixture into heart-shaped molds if you're fast enough."
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large marshmallows
1/2 (3 ounce) package
cranberry flavored Jell-O® mix
3 cups
crispy rice cereal squares (such as Rice Chex ®)
3 cups
toasted oat cereal rings (such as Cheerios®)
2/3 cup
mini candy-coated chocolate pieces (such as mini M&M's®)
1/2 cup
sweetened dried cranberries
These are pink and I have 2 daughters--need I say more? I did have to substitute strawberry Jell-O for the cranberry, but it worked well. The mini M&M's didn't stay whole when added, so I think I would either leave them out or try the regular-sized ones next time.
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My kids loved this, so did her class it was a big hit for snack time. I'll be making this again.
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This is an awesome snack, treat or breakfast bar! I did not have the exact things called for so I used cherry Jello, and instead of candy I sprinkled mini chocolate chips over the top when done and pressed them in. Cherry-chocolate bars! I even used organic cereal to counteract my guilt about the food coloring in the Jello, lol. Loved this!
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Service discretionary access control lists (DACLs) are important components of workstation and of server security. This Microsoft Knowledge Base article describes how to interpret the DACLs on services. This article also provides best-practice guidance for writers of service DACLs when they are developing and assessing the security of their programs.
You can use this Microsoft Knowledge Base article as a guide to help evaluate the security of service discretionary access control lists (DACLs).
To display the DACLs for a service, use the sc command together with the sdshow argument as shown in the following example, where service_name is the name of the service whose DACLs you want to display:
sc sdshow service_nameThe command generates results that are similar to these:
(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;AU)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;PU)(A;;CCDCLCSWLOCRRC;;;LS)This sample output from the sc command shows a service's security description in the Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) syntax. For information about the SDDL syntax, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379567.aspxThere are several things to look for to determine whether a service DACL is vulnerable. The following tables describe how to read the results of the sc command, how to interpret each permission string, and how to interpret to whom the permission is granted.
You can independently evaluate each string of characters that are enclosed in parentheses by using the following key:
(Allow/Deny;;String of permissions;;;SID or acronym for built-in account or group)Each two-letter pair in the string of permissions corresponds to a specific right or permission:
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Exercise the most caution with the ChangeConf (DC) permission. Look for the ChangeConf permission when you are determining whether your service is vulnerable to an elevation-of-privilege attack. This permission enables a designee to change the configuration of the service to include the binary file that is run when the service is started. You should also exercise extreme caution with the WDac (WD) and the WOwn (WO) permissions because both can be used to escalate permissions to LocalSystem. Make sure that these rights are not granted to a user who has low permissions. This table lists the codes that are used to identify the type of user that is granted access in the SDDL syntax.
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How to interpret a DACL string in SDDL formatThis information describes how to interpret the sample DACL string that is listed at the top of this article. This interpretation lists each access control entry (ACE) individually.
The following sample DACL does not give ChangeConf rights to authenticated users:
In this DACL, authenticated users (AU) are given only the following rights:
The LocalSystem (SY) group is given the same permissions as the Power Users group, but is also given Stop and Pause permissions. This seems to be appropriate. The next two short access control entries (ACEs) give the Local Service account and the Network Service account permissions to pause the service. This also seems to be appropriate because Local Service and Network Service are both powerful local accounts.
The Network Configuration Operators (NO) group, however, is given ChangeConf permissions. The Network Configuration Operators group was added in Windows XP to let trusted users change network settings without having full administrator permissions. By default, the Network Configuration Operators group is empty. The group is sometimes used to give network configuration permissions to specific users. For example, the owner of a portable computer might be given this permission. Users in the Network Configuration Operators group frequently have physical control of the computer. However, the intention of this group is not to give these users full administrator permissions. Therefore, this service DACL should not give ChangeConf permissions to the Network Configuration Operators group.
Best practicesLimit service DACLs to only those users who need a particular access type. Be especially cautious with the following rights. If these rights are granted to a user or to a group that has low rights, the rights can be used to elevate to LocalSystem on the computer:
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FMX / Brian Deegan
- Name: Brian Deegan
- Nickname: The General
- Sports: Rally, Off-Road Short Course Trucks, FMX, Monster Trucks
- City, State you reside in: Temecula, CA
- Birthday: May 9th
- Age when first started riding: 8 years old
- Favorite place to ride: My house
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- Inspiration: My Dad
- What's on your IPOD playlist? Lynard Skynard, Ted Nugent, Metallica
- When I'm not riding I like to: Hang with my family
- Official/Favorite Website: www.briandeegan.com
- Something that most people don't know about you: I go to Church on Sundays
- Quote: "Live by the Golden Rule"
- Career History. How did you start riding? At age 17, outfitted with only a credit card, a dirt bike, and an old truck, Brian left his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska for Southern California with dreams of becoming the next big name in motocross. Brian's skills quickly impressed everyone he encountered, and he soon rode his way onto a Supercross Team.
- Career Honors, Awards, and Highlights: 2012 Lucas Oil Off-Road-Racing Champion – PRO 2 • 2012 Global Rallycross Championship 2nd Place • 2012 X Games 18 MOTO X Step Up Bronze Medal • 2012 X Games 18 X Games Rallycross Bronze Medal 2011: • 2011 LUCAS OIL DRIVER OF THE YEAR • 2011 Lucas Oil Rookie of the Year – Pro 2 • 2011 Lucas Oil Pro 2 Champion • 2011 Lucas Oil Pro Lite Champion • 2011 USA representative for The Race of Champions in Germany • X – Games 17 Rally Cross – Gold • EllisMania 7 Celeb winner over Dave Mirra 2010 • 2010 LUCAS OIL DRIVER OF THE YEAR • X-Games Rally – Silver • X Games Super Rally- Silver
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4600 N World Dr, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 32830, United States of America, 1-844-302-2242
Disney's Contemporary Resort - Lake Buena Vista
Lowest price$356
available on 08/16/15
Disney's Contemporary Resort offers 4-star family-friendly Lake Buena Vista resort accommodations 1.9 mi (3.1 km) from Walt Disney World® and 1.9 mi (3.1 km) from Magic Kingdom® Theme Park. Disney's Palm Golf Course and Disney's Magnolia Golf Course are also within 3 mi (5 km).
This resort offers a marina, a restaurant and free WiFi. On-site recreation includes sailing, motor boating, parasailing and rowing/canoeing. Relax in the outdoor pool during your stay. There is also a poolside bar and a bar/lounge so guests can sip a refreshing drink by the pool or indoors. A fitness center, a spa tub, a sauna and massage/treatment rooms are among the leisure facilities on offer.
This resort offers a marina, a restaurant and free WiFi. On-site recreation includes sailing, motor boating, parasailing and rowing/canoeing. Relax in the outdoor pool during your stay. There is also a poolside bar and a bar/lounge so guests can sip a refreshing drink by the pool or indoors. A fitness center, a spa tub, a sauna and massage/treatment rooms are among the leisure facilities on offer.
The noise from the atrium in the tower may be bothersome for some staying in a tower room…
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Hotel Info: 1-844-302-2248from $356
- Room, Park View
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- Tower - Magic Kingdom View
- Standard Room- Atrium Club Level
- WDW Accessible Tower-Bay Lake View - Hearing
- Standard Room- Atrium Club Level
- Tower Bay Lake View
- WDW Accessible Garden Wing - Standard View Hearing
- Garden Wing - Standard View
- Garden Wing - Garden View
- Theme Park View - Atrium Club Level
- Theme Park View - Atrium Club Level
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 1,008 rooms
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Resort Airline Check-In Service allows guests to check luggage and receive boarding passes at the hotel. This service accepts one bag per passenger on JetBlue. Guests wishing to check multiple bags on JetBlue or any bags on AirTran, Alaska, American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United, or US Airways must call 407-284-1231 (5 AM - 11 PM) to pay luggage fees prior to check-in, or guests can check bags at the airport. Guests must pre-book Disney's Magical Express, a complimentary transfer from the Orlando airport to the hotel. Visit www.disneysmagicalexpress.com/USA for registration. This service picks up and delivers luggage directly to guestrooms for those arriving between 5 AM - 10 PM. Guests must claim their own bags after hours.
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
Extra people
- Roll-away beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free airport shuttle
- Valet parking *
- Accessible parking
In the hotel
Taking the kids?
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
Food and drink
- Breakfast (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
Things to do
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Fitness facilities
- Tennis on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Spa tub
- Marina on site
- Sauna
- Arcade/game room
Working away
- Business center
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Wedding services
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Television in lobby
- Disabled parking
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
Home comforts
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Iron/ironing board
Sleep well
- Blackout drapes/curtains
Things to enjoy
- In-room massage available
Freshen up
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
Be entertained
- Cable/satellite TV channels
Stay connected
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Special features
On Site
- Fitness facilities
- Marina on site
- Sauna
- Spa tub
- Tennis on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Fishing on site
- Motor boating on site
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Parasailing on site
- Playground on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Sailing on site
- Volleyball on site
- Water skiing on site
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
Disney's Contemporary Resort - Lake Buena Vista's small print
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Valet parking costs USD 12 per day with in/out privileges
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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The love, the unfathomable for me.
Peeking through glass, from the
phone line I gain feeling.
So long deprived and, suddenly
inundated. There is beauty in the
clouds again just from words you
are saying.
The dark and the drab, clear up to
light. The hole in my soul miraculously
made right.
Loneliness and isolation, will it possibly
leave? All my hopes and dreams may startling
come to be.
Oh love, out of darkness you bring luminosity,
so long this dark road tread, so nearly
losing my sanity.
I don't exaggerate when I speak of my near
losing of me. It's just being alone so long and,
we're not meant to be solitary.
For the Lord said," for companionship we are
made," and it seems I've achieved his blessing,
for the angel of you has been brought my way.
If I am to assuming in the way I feel, all I know is ,
'it's better to have loved and lost', than to take the
chance of losing a dream.
So I pray for you patience and, you'll always
have my eternal gratitude, for if and when darkness
falls, I'm sure I'll always love you..
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My wife and I found an old friend of us while travelling the Wyoming plains.
Toghether with that wise guy we had a wonderful field trip in one of more beautiful scenary of the world. We really enjoied that day
Now we are looking for an ID for the ammonites we found that time.
Thank you for your help