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RMMC Keynote Will Address the New Rules of Retail
January 10, 2013 by Newsfeed Editor
Filed under Friday Focus, RMMC2013, What's in store
The retail industry is tough and getting tougher. Driven by constantly evolving technology, globalization and a saturated marketplace, consumers now have total and instantaneous access to whatever they desire, creating an unprecedented level of consumer power and expectations. The impact of these changes is so profound that all traditional strategic success factors, and the business models necessary to execute them, will become extinct. To help the members of NARMS to Learn, Change and Grow, keynote speaker Robin Lewis of The Robin Report will present The New Rules of Retail: Competing in the World's Toughest Marketplace at the Retail Merchandising and Marketing Conference (RMMC) presented by NARMS.
The annual at-retail merchandising and marketing service industry get together will take place on April 27-30 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Scottsdale. Lewis will take the main stage at 3:30 on Sunday, April 28.
Using profiles and case examples of industry giants, Lewis will reveal why some retailers are tremendously successful at reaching increasingly elusive and demanding consumers, and explains the new mandate, essentially the new rules for retailers.
Lewis is the founder and CEO of The Robin Report. He is an author, speaker, and consultant for the retail and consumer products industries. He is frequently requested by C-level management for advice, consultation and strategic presentations: among them are Kohl's, Bloomingdale's, JC Penney, Macy's, Liz Claiborne, VF Corp., Charming Shoppes, Estee Lauder, Ralph Lauren, and Sara Lee. Previously, he was Vice President at Goldman Sachs, where he developed and launched a global retail consulting practice.
He is the co-author of The New Rules of Retail, published by Palgrave- McMillan Publishing in 2010, and is often quoted in various trade and consumer publications such as Women's Wear Daily, Time Magazine, Chicago Sun Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Brand Week, and Advertising Age, as well as on CNBC and MSNBC.
The Lewis keynote address is just one example of the value-packed agenda being put together for RMMC. This is a chance to not only take in some valuable information, but also have your voice heard as the Association prepares to meet the challenges of the future. You can find out more about RMMC and register by visiting the official website. Group rates are available so you can bring your whole team.
Better Economy Means More Job Offers
December 28, 2010 by Newsfeed Editor
Filed under Top Shelf
The economy has been showing brief glimpses of improvement for months, but has been awaiting the big breakthrough that will signal more optimistic times for business people. As in the past, the first sign of economic thawing is a loosening of consumer spending. According to a story in Home Channel News, consumers represent 70% of the economy. Customer Growth Partners reports that the important holiday shopping period has yielded a 5% sales increase, the biggest year-over-year growth since 2005. This is all occurring in the face of a 9.8% unemployment rate. But that might be changing too. Now it appears that U.S. companies are starting to fire up their recruiting by advertising thousands of job openings.
According to The Wall Street Journal, internet job postings as tracked by Indeed Inc. rose to 4.7 million on Dec. 1, up from 2.7 million a year earlier. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 3.2 million private-sector job openings at the end of October, up from 2.3 million a year earlier.
Indeed Inc. also tells us that many of these new job postings are in the retail industry. As retailer cash position improves, it stands to reason that they will begin to hire again in order to keep pace with the uptick in consumer activity.
What does this mean to the members of the professional at-retail merchandising and marketing services industry? Only time will tell, but here are a few thoughts. As retailers begin to hire, current merchandisers may be enticed to leverage their in-store experience to take full-time retail opportunities. This will make the role of recruiting quality merchandisers more important than ever. On the hand, an increase in retailer and manufacturer spending on labor does not automatically mean an increase in staff. Outsourcing of important shelf work may become more commonplace to free up existing store staffs to take care of the customer.
NARMS is ready to help you navigate through the recovery with two recruitment resources. Members pay $85 to post jobs in the JobBank. It is a 30-day posting that allows the same position to be listed in multiple locations. The Recruiter is a searchable database available to members with an expanded listing. If you have not advertised a job on JobBank for awhile, you may want to reconnect with this terrific resource. Your listing goes far beyond just those searching www.narms.com because it is also automatically sent out to several popular job search sites and social networks. It is truly a one-stop shop for all your recruiting needs. NARMScertifyU, our on-line training tool, is available for you and your at-retail field reps to improve their skills and abilities. Block pricing is available for companies who want to purchase this training directly for their field force.
No matter the shape of the new economic landscape, the core competency of NARMS members will always be building and managing a highly-trained and professional decentralized workforce ready to be employed at a moments notice. Taking advantage of membership resources to maintain and expand this foothold seems to make even more sense against these new economic measurements.
CPG Companies Focus on Shelves
June 21, 2010 by Newsfeed Editor
Filed under News Finds
Campbell Soup is working with stores to make soup aisles more attractive and easier for consumers to navigate. Hershey has begun a major study of how consumers make their way through stores. PepsiCo benefits when stores sell its snacks and drinks together. Wall Street Journal 6/21/10
Connection Session to Include Spieckerman
February 12, 2010 by Newsfeed Editor
Filed under Friday Focus
The NARMS Manufacturer-Retailer Connection Forum is taking shape with the recent announcement that Carol Spieckerman of newmarketbuilders will participate. The Connection Forum will happen on Monday, April 19th as part of the NARMS Spring Conference scheduled for April 17-20th at the Saddle Brook Resort in Wesley Chapel, FL. Spieckerman will start the event at 9:00 AM with - Are you Ready for the "Reset? Three Revelations that Will Rock Your Retail Reality – and then will stay on to facilitate the Connection sessions which will run from 10:00 AM until 12:30 PM.
Spieckerman is president of newmarketbuilders and serves as a strategic out-of-enterprise resource to the retail industry for product, brand and marketing campaign launches, and retail best practices. She possesses a unique understanding of macro retail trends and how marketers can translate them into relevant and actionable strategies that resonate with retailers. Spieckerman is a speaker, author and regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Women's Wear Daily, DSN Retailing Today, Home Channel News, and other national and international media outlets.
The addition of Spieckerman only strengthens what promises to be an exciting and enlightening day. The blue ribbon group of presenters that will participate in the 30 minute Q&A sessions include Kelly Hampton of 20th Century Fox Entertainment, Joe Wood of Roundy's Supermarkets and Mary Jo Bastuba of Nintendo. Todd Jones, President of Publix will close out the connection theme for the day with an hour long presentation at 4:00 PM.
If you have not already done so, visit the conference center at www.narms.com for more information and to register. The agenda includes not only the Monday Manufacturer and Retailer Connection session, but a whole slate of business building education and networking activities sure to make this a memorable NARMS Spring Conference. 372NARMS2010
Underhill to Bring Consumer Behavior Expertise to Spring Conference
January 30, 2009 by Newsfeed Editor
Filed under Friday Focus
What could be more valuable to anyone in the retailing industry than to truly understand what makes consumers tick? Attendees at the NARMS Spring Conference in Colorado Springs , CO on April 6 will get a unique glimpse into the mind of the consumer from not only a leading expert on consumer behavior, but also one of the pioneers in the discipline. Paco Underhill , founder/CEO of Envirosell, Inc., a global research and consulting firm, will be on hand at the Broadmoor to share his insight at the Monday morning general session. There will also be a retailer panel to follow. As a reminder, March 2nd is the deadline for The Broadmoor reduced rate and the conference fee increases after February 28th by $50.00.
It is one thing to hear about consumer behavior, but quite another to experience it live. Ten lucky conference participants will get the opportunity to "learn with the expert" by accompanying Underhill on special store tour later in the day. Looking at Underhill's background, you couldn't possibly have a better guide.
Underhill has spent more than 25 years conducting research on the different aspects of shopping behavior. Underhill helps companies understand what motivates the behaviors of today's consumer. His research shows how today's retail world is ruled by factors such as gender, "trial and touch" and human anatomy. He is an insightful and captivating speaker, who frequently presents to trade associations and professional groups about the methodology and findings of his research.
Underhill and Envirosell have been profiled by major publications, such as, The New Yorker, Fortune, Fast Company, Business Week and Smithsonian Magazine, and have been featured on ABC's 20/20, and CBS's 48 Hours. He is a regular contributor to NPR and BBC Radio. His columns and editorials have appeared in the New York Times, London Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Christian Science Monitor. His first book, Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping has been published in twenty-six languages, and has sold more copies than any other retail book in history. His second book, entitled Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping, was released in February 2004 by Simon & Schuster.
More and more companies are turning to shopper marketing and at-retail programs to help strengthen their brands and take advantage of the in-store medium. Gaining insight into this world will help members of NARMS position their services to meet the evolving needs of the marketplace. Simply stated, this is a "can't miss" event. Click here to learn more and to register for Spring Conference.
Gildenberg will Address Opening General Session
January 16, 2009 by Newsfeed Editor
Filed under Friday Focus
With most of the North in the grip of a record cold snap, it is hard to not long for spring and the promise of better weather conditions. The same can be said for the retail industry as we struggle through a cold streak of a different kind. While we don't know if the economy will get better by then, the NARMS International Spring Conference & 14th Annual Meeting in April at Colorado Springs will bring the kind of insight and expert analysis that we are longing for. And who better to be the opening session key note speaker than Bryan Gildenberg, Chief Knowledge Officer of Management Ventures, Inc. He will address the membership on Sunday afternoon, April 5.
Gildenberg, who last spoke to us in 2006, is cited frequently in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and The Boston Globe in the USA, and globally in the China Economic Times, BBC Radio and ETRetailBiz India. He has held his position with MVI since 2004 and is recognized as a global expert in retail insight. He started at MVI in 1997 as an Analyst. A prolific writer, Bryan has authored numerous articles online at MVI-Insights and in prestigious third-party publications. An engaging speaker, he has addressed numerous professional meetings.
At MVI, Gildenberg oversees analysis and insight, driving the direction of content with in-depth knowledge and intuitive skills few can match. Additionally, Bryan provides a clear, ever changing and always topical focus on a variety of channels and retailers worldwide.
Before joining MVI, Bryan was involved in marketing analysis and executive education curriculum development. Bryan received his MBA, Summa Cum Laude, from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and his undergraduate degree with honors from Churchill College, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK.
The opening general session is just the tip of the iceberg of what promises to be a value packed agenda of networking, education and motivational opportunities. So instead of huddling under a blanket, warm yourself up by thinking ahead and making plans to attend the 14th annual NARMS Conference, Annual Meeting and Exposition in Colorado Springs , CO April 4-7, 2009. You can get more information and register for the conference by visiting the conference center on www.narms.com
Looking Past the Headlines
December 17, 2008 by Editor
Filed under News Finds, Top Shelf
Recent content here, on other blogs and the NARMS Webinar Series has centered on how to survive and even thrive in a rotten economy. A recent Wall Street Journal article signaled a beacon of hope in the retail sales sector that serves as a lesson to all. When reading and hearing economic reports, make sure to read past the first paragraph to find the meat of the story. This particular article reported that retail sales for November declined for the fifth straight month, but this figure included automobile sales which offset gains in consumer electronics, sporting goods, books, music, clothing, furniture and food. In short, those are categories that are in the wheel house of NARMS members, who provide world class at-retail marketing and merchandising services. And although growths in these categories are slower than usual, it is a point of light for NARMS members, their customers and for field personnel looking for retail jobs.
Some of these increases can be attributed to deep discounts and seasonal sales, but the activity of CPGs does seem to be holding fast in some sectors. The challenge now is to convince our customers that we can help them rise up out of flat growth and start achieving sales goals consistent with the recent past. For months, fuel prices were blamed for the decrease of growth as consumers were driving less. Consumer driving habits changed so sharply, that gas stations are still experiencing a 15% drop in sales, even though gas prices has fallen and have stabilized for several weeks now. No doubt that will trend back up with the easing of prices, but all evidence suggests that consumers are making less frivolous trips, but still making the drives to the market for essentials.
While looking for opportunities for your company to continue to be successful, it's often necessary to dig beneath the surface clutter and get a view of the real picture. Until all the factors of glum economic reports and articles are understood and measured, we should take them with a grain of salt. That is not to downgrade serious market concerns being experienced by some of our members, but simply to point out that certain retail sectors that are the specialty of many of our members continue to experience some measure of success. And one last upbeat note from the Journal, "The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment, released Friday, rose to 59.1 this month from 55.3 in November. Consumers' expectations for inflation over the next year fell to 1.7% from 2.9% in November; the figure had been as high as 5.2% this year."
It looks like consumers are keeping the faith, we should too.
Talk About Divine Inspiration
One of the most exciting days in the history of NARMS International occurred on a Wednesday morning in early July. You may recall that our Association was featured on the air and in an online story on Good Morning America. The story discussed the availability of Mystery Shopping jobs and Merchandising Jobs as a great career alternative for stay-at-home-moms and how NARMS is a great source for retail jobs. It seems that marketers of all types are thinking out-of-the-box when it comes to providing a compelling reason to get customers to choose their product. To illustrate the point, I bring your attention to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal which discussed using Mystery Shoppers to audit churches and places of worship. Before you roll your eyes, take a look at the article. Churches might not be the venue you had in mind, but the story really gets you thinking about areas where and how your company may be able to ad value in alternative channels.
WSJ author Alexandra Alter (I'm not kidding) reports that, "At least half a dozen consulting companies have introduced secret-church-shopper services in recent years. The A Group, a Brentwood, Tenn. , marketing firm for churches and faith-based groups, now conducts mystery-worshipper surveys at 15 to 20 churches a year, up from a handful five years ago. Church marketing company Real Church Solutions in Corona , Calif. , introduced mystery-worshipper services five years ago."
And it seems that it is not just faith-based organizations that are getting into the religious marketplace. The story tells of a national company sending undercover worshippers to 20 churches. Another firm which specializes in hotels, spas, restaurants and golf courses, has now launched a pilot program for churches. It has already sent in shoppers to Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist and Unitarian congregations in Colorado and plans an expansion to the D.C. area.
The rise in this unique application of Mystery Shopping in Christian Churches is attributed to an increasingly mobile and consumer-oriented society. One survey reported that, "44% of American adults have switched religious affiliations." Mystery Worshippers are proving to be an effective way for church leaders to assess how their guests, especially the new ones, are reacting to their offerings and to fight against what can only be called declining brand loyalty.
The point for NARMS members is this; at-retail is now being defined differently and more broadly than ever before. It is up to each one of us to find new avenues and different avenues within existing channels in order to bring maximum value. Heaven only knows how far we can go.
Financial Crisis Underscores Focus on Value
A few weeks ago, I wrote about coupons and how they are again becoming part of the CPG landscape. This observation was made before the current financial crisis and subsequent bailout talks on Capitol Hill. Coupons are not the only remedy in a slumping economy. A Wall Street Journal article this week outlined plans by major manufacturers to change the focus of their go-to-market strategy away from premium, high margin items to feature to lower-priced, value products. Consumers are trying to find any way to stretch their food dollar. A challenge to the NARMS membership will be how to aid and assist manufacturers and retailers in merchandising value items to the front and center.
Food companies are hoping to capitalize on the economic crisis by steering consumers to cheaper, high-margin products. According to the Journal, Kellogg Company, Campbell Soup Company and Kraft Foods Inc. have undertaken aggressive campaigns to focus in on the brands that are most associated with value. It's another opportunity to sing the praises of staple cereals, condensed soups and sandwiches, and Kool-Aid as the ultimate bargain buys. The approach is a plea to those consumers who are concerned about job stability, financial investments, fuel prices and the upcoming winter heating and holiday season.
For the members of NARMS, the question is always, "How can we help?" Now may be the time for Event Marketing companies to promote themselves as a provider who can coordinate with several manufacturers to bundle products into a meal solution sample or event. Can anyone say, "Soup and Sandwich?" MSO's have an opportunity to keep these products in-stock and make sure that any dollars spent on POS/POP are maximized by making sure of placement. Also look for potential category resets to place more focus on the value brands. Our PIC members may see and need to refocus on the onslaught of smaller express format stores that have chosen the Phoenix area as the battleground. Several major retailers are experimenting with this concept as a way to bring a more local, targeted approach to retailing and also benefit from a more efficient inventory supply chain. And last, but certainly not least, the independent food brokers could see brand new doors opened for members of their portfolio of products as retailers may be looking for better value propositions for consumers.
In the end, history will be the judge as to how the nation survives this latest economic emergency. But in the meantime, our customers are clearly making adjustments in their marketing strategies and it is incumbent on us as world class providers of at-retail marketing services to keep in step and find ways to provide value to our clients as they seek to provide value to their consumers.


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Connecticut Company Ships Ebola Vaccine to NIH for Testing By Patrick Skahill • Dec 19, 2014 Huntstock / Thinkstock Meriden-based Protein Sciences has completed work on a preliminary Ebola vaccine, and will ship its creation to the National Institutes of Health on Monday. Observatory in Chile is Wesleyan Radio Astronomer's Answer to Hubble By Patrick Skahill • Dec 19, 2014 A. Marinkovic / Creative Commons A Wesleyan astronomer has just returned from a conference in Tokyo, Japan, where she discussed research from the ALMA space telescope -- a radio observatory partly funded by the National Science Foundation -- which is just finishing construction. NIH Allows Restart Of MERS Research That Had Been Questioned By Nell Greenfieldboyce • Dec 18, 2014 Some researchers who study the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome got an early Christmas present: permission to resume experiments that the federal government abruptly halted in October. Researchers Say More Needs to Be Done Analyzing Effectiveness of Brain Games By Patrick Skahill • Dec 15, 2014 mrbichel / Flickr Creative Commons Can playing a game make a person smarter, more alert, and better able to learn? Well, the science on that question isn't clear. Yale Study Considers Treating Addiction as Chronic Disease By Jeff Cohen • Dec 13, 2014 Mark Wragg/iStock / Thinkstock According to a new Yale study, addiction is a chronic disease that is treated like an acute illness. But what if we treated it differently, with longer-term goals? Study: Just 20 Percent Of Female Campus Sexual Assault Victims Go To Police By Laura Sullivan • Dec 11, 2014 Young women who are sexually assaulted are vastly unlikely to report those crimes to police, according to a newly released Justice Department report. 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In the huge Gale Crater where Curiosity has been exploring, the water and sediment flow might have been massive enough to build a mountain — the 3-mile-high Mount Sharp — NASA researchers say. But they acknowledge that they're still working to solve the mystery of how the mountain formed in a crater. At Yale Lab, an Era of Particle Research Comes to an End By Patrick Skahill • Dec 5, 2014 Yale University Over the next year, the giant blue particle accelerator that for years has been at the center of Yale University's Wright Lab, will be scrapped. NASA Scrubs Launch Of Orion Spacecraft By Scott Neuman • Dec 4, 2014 Update at 9:35 a.m. ET NASA's Orion spacecraft, which could one day send astronauts to Mars, is stuck on terra firma for at least another day after the space agency's mission control was unable to satisfactorily resolve a number of issues before a 9:45 a.m. ET launch window closed. 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Four-and-a-half months have passed since lawyers last argued in a courtroom whether Jet Propulsion Laboratory discriminated against a former worker on religious grounds, but lawyers for both sides continue to argue the case.
Over the course of five post-trial briefs, attorneys for JPL and David Coppedge, a one-time administrator on the Cassini mission to Saturn, have recapped and refined their arguments.
Coppedge is seeking unspecified damages for his allegation that JPL removed him from his job in 2011 because of his advocacy of the theory of intelligent design of the universe. JPL has countered that Coppedge was a less-than-satisfactory worker whose dismissal came at a time when the La Cañada Flintridge laboratory was shedding jobs due to budget cuts.
On Aug. 28 Coppedge's attorney, William Becker, filed papers addressing the legal definition of workplace retaliation.
Judge Ernest Hiroshige must decide whether to rely on precedent established by the California Supreme Court defining retaliation as "materially adverse actions" taken against the worker for improper reasons, or whether to turn to a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court ruling stating that retaliation occurs if a reasonable worker would have been deterred from speaking out about discrimination by the employer's alleged actions.
In his papers, Becker said JPL's conduct meets either standard. He said the question might be most important if Hiroshige's ruling is appealed to a higher court.
"It tees it up as an appealable issue," Becker said. "The bottom line is this: It doesn't matter what test you use, because the facts support retaliation under either case."
JPL lawyers argued at trial that Coppedge's views about the origins of the universe had nothing to do with his 2010 demotion or 2011 dismissal.
Cameron Fox, one of JPL's attorneys, said JPL will not submit a response to Becker's Aug. 28 papers.
As to when Hiroshige will rule, neither side had an idea.
"I've asked some really good lawyers and nobody knows the answer," Becker said. "One lawyer told me it's as long as he wants to take. It could take a year, two years."


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SOUND: (Click of rails swells briefly. Distant train whistle then rails fade to sustained background)
JERRY: (Little fade in) But Doc, there�s so much of it!
DOC: So much of what?
JERRY: So much of Texas...we�ve been zooming through Texas now since...
DOC: Oh Honey...you ain't seen nothin� yet! This here is a BIG state! And the only thing wrong with it is that is ought to be bigger...
JERRY: Bigger? Why?
DOC: Then they�d jest be that more of it to love!
Jack, irritable at being hot and tired, and having difficulty reading his newspaper, tries to tell the others to hush. This being a vacation for the three of them, Doc and Jerry ignore him. They marvel at the countryside passing by outside their window for several minutes, when there is a knock at the door of their compartment, and a stranger enters.
BUCK: (Bad Man...Texan...Humorless...authoritive) (Slight fade In) Howdy, I�m Buck Bradley. Thought you Boys might like to set in a little poker game. My drawin� room is right down in the next car and I thought...
Jack, ever wary for a scam or a card-shark, tells him to buzz off; they aren�t interested. Bradley gets sore at this perfunctory treatment and accuses both Jack and Doc of being yellow. Bradley�s challenge makes Doc sore, and he says *he�ll* play in their poker game. Jack tries to convince him not to, but Doc ignores him. Yes, Doc knows the game is likely crooked, �...yes...but as the feller says, it�s the only game in town!�
Doc leaves with Bradley down to one of the other rail way compartments, and Jack and Jerry are left alone. Jack still tries to read his paper, but Jerry starts talking again about the scenery of the Texas oil fields just outside the train window. Jerry thinks the derricks and all the jump-start towns are picturesque, but Jack cautions her.
JACK: This part of Texas is as wild and colorful as you can find. Oil hits and towns grow up overnight. Like a gold rush. And it�s pretty wild until the law takes over.
He reads on in the paper, and suddenly finds something of interest which he shares with Jerry.
JACK: But listen to this, �Whamperjaw, Texas, Jan.______. The murder of Squire Hootin remains a mystery. No trace has been found of the murderer. The Squire was shot in the back over three weeks ago and died without ever regaining consciousness. Until the time of his death, he had steadfastedly refused to sell his farm land to any of the numerous oil men who made him attractive offers. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Arabella Hootin."
Jerry is disgusted; can�t he ever think about relaxing, even on vacation? Jack sheepishly replies.
JACK: Sometimes I think it�s a disease.
JERRY: What is?
JACK: This business of mixing in crime...adventure...you know.
Jerry shakes her head, and time passes with the clatter of rails chattering in the background. Doc at last returns to the compartment, and relates what happened with Bradley�s poker game. At first, Bradley tries to intimidate Doc by pulling a revolver out and placing it by his elbow, �just in case.� Doc just shrugged, and pulled out *his* pistol, a pearl-handled nickel-plated beauty which he placed by his elbow, �just in case�.
They started to play, and others soon joined them. As he told the others, Doc realized when he started losing money that the game *was* crooked. He soon noted that the others were marking the playing cards with their fingernails, leaving creases and other marks in which to aid their play. Doc started to put his *own* creases and other marks on the playing cards that first confused then baffled the schemes of the other sharks. But not before Doc won back all his losses...and more! He pulls out a thick bank roll of $4000 which the Jerry marvels at and Jack scowls at, before the door of their railway compartment suddenly bursts open!
It�s Buck Bradley and his pals! And they have guns held on Jack, Doc and Jerry; it�s a hold up! Pointing to the thick fist full of dollars in Doc�s hands, he spits out:
BUCK: (Hatefully) I�ll take that...and I�ll take every...single...red...copper...cent...there is...between...you!
Episode 2: Tuesday February 19th, 1952.
MERC: That is the bad thing, senor! No has died. NO ONE.
Mercedes goes on with her story to the surprised trio from the A-One detective agency.
MERC: On the tombstone, Ramon says, is painted with white paint very crude writing. This is what it say, �On January 25 a man will not be alive. He�ll fall like a sparrow...that is hit by an arrow!
JERRY: Some sentiment.
JACK: The 25th of January...why, that�s today!
MERC: Si...that is today, and I worry senor. I think could it have been meant for my little brother Ramon...I try to keep him in with me tonight, but he will not stay...
Mercedes explains that the reason she thinks that the deadly poem is aimed at her brother is because he has made certain enemies in town, enemies about a certain gang and its leader, a man named Buck Bradley who is �...the mos' evil man in all Texas!�
As she explains her fear for her absent younger brother, Jack is suddenly tense; he hears a man prowling outside the cafe. A man with a gun, for suddenly a shot rings out and the cafe window is shattered!
A body of a man with an arrow through the heart!!!
DOC: Winnie-Mae! Dad-gummet, honey, how are ya!
WINNIE: I�m so glad to see ya, I could bust my belly band! Where have you been these last hunnerd years, y�ol� hoss-thief?
DOC: Been EVERwhere! Jack! Jack, this here is Winnie-Mae, my cousin on my mamma�s side! Ain�t she wonderful?
JACK: Well! I�ve been hearing about you for years. It�s nice to see you...
WINNIE: Thank ya. Me an� Doc growed up together.
Doc and Winnie-Mae play catch up for several minutes, with Jack eying Doc�s famous �cousin on my mamma�s side.� Jack�s eyes wander from the folksy Texas gabfest...and he suddenly spies up the street their nemesis--Buck Bradley!
When he points this out to the others, Winnie-Mae comments, �...that feller�s as treacherous as a ground rattler.� They see Bradley head over to a slightly more ornate shack which Winnie-Mae says belongs to one �Judge� Abernathy. Abernathy is no real Judge; he�s little more than a sleazy town lawyer with a bad reputation. As the three watch, they see Bradley first head in and then leave Judge Abernathy�s shack. They also notice Ramon unexpectedly arriving on the scene, turning a corner of the street and run smack into his enemy, Buck Bradley!
With sadistic delight, Bradley lays viciously into the kid with a quirt. Doc, seeing Bradley flailing away at the defenseless kid, wades in to the rescue, and knocks Bradley �kitty-wampus� with a single haymaker blow. As Jack and Winnie-Mae rush up, to the shaken Ramon and the victorious Doc, Doc turns the unconscious Bradley over and notices with surprise a silver star pinned to his vest! Winnie-Mae explains the facts of Whamperjaw life to Doc.
WINNIE: Why shure! Didn�t you know? He�s the law in these parts! Marshal Buck Bradley!
Episode 5: Friday February 22nd, 1952.
DOC: See? I tole y�all I had a way with wimmin!
Hushing the smug Doc aside, Jack has some more questions for Mercedes, especially about the body found on the steps just outside her Mexican Cafe. Mercedes had recognized the corpse as being from a member of Buck Bradley�s gang, another bad man who was no friend of Ramon�s. They also discuss the two verses written on the tombstones, verses prophesying murder, with one prophecy already having come true. The second verse is repeated again to the others, �On February 5th, a man will not be alive. Because he was so dirty smart, he fair broke a bein�s heart. He�ll be pumped full of lead, right square in the head!�
Jack asks Mercedes who in town of Whamperjaw could be the �dirty-smart� one referred to in the verse. �Judge� Abernathy�s name comes up again. They all learn that the �Judge� is in fact a disbarred lawyer, a snake of a man who has cheated and tricked farms out from under their owners for the rich oil underneath the land. Yes, Mercedes says, it must be Abernathy who is intended as the mysterious gravedigger, poet and killer�s new victim.
All of a sudden, a strange woman enters the cafe. It is the same very tall and plain woman who had been prowling the night before outside the cafe just before the dead body with the arrow in his heart fell down in front! Mercedes whispers to Jerry and the others that the woman in the plain dress, men�s shoes and diamond tiara is Squire Hootin�s widow, now known as Miz Arabella Hootin! In a raspy and time roughened voice, she addresses the others.
Mrs. H: Yes Ma�am. I am Miz Hootin. I was Mrs. Hootin...Squire Hootin has gone to glory. He�s up yonder...with the stars in his crown.
Mrs. Hootin takes a shine to the suddenly uncomfortable Jerry Booker, repeating over and over, �She shore is purty...� and little else, learning Jerry�s name. When asked about her diamond tiara, she simply answers, "It won't do it!", before leaving as suddenly as she came, after one long lingering glance at Jerry. Mercedes tells the amazed others that yes, the diamond tiara is real, and it suddenly appeared soon after Squire Hootins' death. A true local eccentric, much of the time Mrs. Hootin is seen wandering the streets of Whamperjaw at all times of day and night, and attends the local church with great zeal for the religious hymns she croaks out.
Suddenly, as they are talking about the peculiarities of Mrs. Hootin, Buck Bradley jumps into the cafe! The boys had lingered too late after knocking him out!
With the drop on everyone in the room, Bradley handcuffs Jack. As he moves to do the same to Doc, Doc slugs Bradley as Jerry simultaneously kicks up Bradley�s gun hand. The gun explodes...harmlessly into the ceiling of the room! In the confusion and chaos, Doc ducks out the window and escapes. Bradley turns and snarls at Jerry.
BUCK: Alright smart girl. Will get him later...and as for you, Mr. Wise Guy--
JACK: I�m listening.
BUCK: A man was shot through the heart with an arrow last night...
JACK: Yeah?
BUCK: Yeah! An� I got a warrant for your arrest...for MURDER!
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A horrific TV show designed to help lesbian girls ages 4-10 become accustomed to the lifestyle they will one day grow into. Stars our favorite "actress" Hilary Duff.
Wow, my friend's little sister was watching Lizzie McGuire while I was over her house. I guess she's gonna grow up to like girls now.
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מאת malora 5 במאי, 2003
Should be shot.
Please shoot Lizzie McGuire.
מאת Mister Ignorant 23 באפריל, 2004
One of the reason why Hilary Duff is famous.
Lizzie McGuire aka Hilary Duff says that's how 13 year olds go through. Um go down to 9 and 10 year olds. If you want to see what 13 year olds go through go watch Thirteen or Degrassi.
מאת Ludivine 23 בספטמבר, 2005
No good. Noooooh good.
מאת what 20 בספטמבר, 2003
The greatest Disney show of the 21st century.
Person 1: Kids today have to grow up with crappy shows. Remember Boy Meets World? Sister, Sister?
Person 2: Yeah, but even after the 90s at least we still had Lizzie McGuire.
Person 2: Yeah, but even after the 90s at least we still had Lizzie McGuire.
מאת SerendipitalAmity 28 בפברואר, 2011
a fucked up show about a boy crazy 15 year old girl who likes a guy that even though he may be like cute to lizzie he's a fuckin moron on crack.
lizzie why do you even like ethan craft the dude is a crack head for real he acts like a faggot.
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High school students soon will have a choice of water, unsweetened juice or diet soda when they want to quench their thirst at school under new voluntary guidelines for the beverage industry.
"We already have some limits that the state has given us," Borger Superintendent Clifton Stephens said. "A lot of people depend on a little bit of revenue for different activities out of their snack and Coke machines. It's a lot more important to look at the health of the kids. We'll do whatever is appropriate."
Texas Public School Nutrition Policy already limits access to carbonated soft drinks in schools, but the new guidelines would further limit choices for middle and high school students.
Elementary school students may not have access to any carbonated soft drinks until after the end of the last class period. Middle school students may have sodas after the end of the last lunch period, and high school students may not have sodas in the cafeteria during lunch.
But the new guidelines from the American Beverage Association would prompt the removal of all sodas from middle schools and all sugared sodas from high schools.
This week Coca-Cola Company officials offered their support.
"We feel strongly to be advocating these new guidelines, and accelerating the shift to low-calorie and nutritious beverages for the school environment, we can also strengthen our industry's ability to counter the perception by our critics that some of our products don't fit into a balanced diet," said Don Knauss, president of Coca-Cola North America, in a statement. "It's a perception that is simply not true. Our broad range of beverages will continue to be a part of occasions where the need for hydration, refreshment, nutrition and celebration go hand-in-hand with physical activity, fun and enjoyment."
Everyone shares in living balanced lifestyles with a mix of nutritious foods, beverages and physical activity, he said.
A debate over sugary sodas surfaced about three years ago when a group of Panhandle dentists, including Dr. Steve Austin, urged the Amarillo Independent School District board of trustees to adjust the beverage choices in the high schools and to bar students from sipping on sugared sodas during classes.
Now, about one-third of all drink machines contain water or non-sugared drinks, Amarillo school district spokeswoman Becky McIlraith said.
"We've cut back," she said. "The consumption of sugary beverages has gone down"
The district signed a $2.2 million, 15-year contract in 1999 with the Coca-Cola Company, which also has a contract with Canyon Independent School District.
"It seemed to be an abundance of soft drink machines in the hallways," Austin said. "High school students could bring a soda in the classroom. That allowed them to sip throughout the day."
Sipping soda all day leads to unhealthy teeth, Austin said. A habit formed in high school likely will continue into adulthood, he said.
The new beverage guidelines promote a healthier lifestyle, Austin said.
"It sets a different pattern of life," he said.
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2009 Rayne Frog Festival set Nov. 12-14
RAYNE – The Rayne Chamber of Commerce is pleased to be hosting the 2009 Rayne Frog Festival, which is celebrating its 37th year on November 12-14, 2009.
Important changes for the annual event include the dates being permanently moved to November and a shift in the days of the festival to Thursday-Saturday. The inopportune timing of Hurricane Gustav in 2008 provided a fortuitous postponement, resulting in an event held in beautiful, cool weather and larger crowds than ever!
Once again, festival-goers will be sheltered from the elements when the 2009 Rayne Frog Festival opens under the 20,000 sq. ft. pavilion located on the festival grounds just off Interstate 10 in Rayne.
Festival attendees will find plenty of free parking on the Frog Festival grounds, and a number of spaces for RV campers are available next to the grounds and can be reserved by contacting Rayne City Hall at 337-334-3121.
Miller Amusements opens the festival with $1.50 ride night at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11th. No gate admission is charged on that night.
Introduced this year is a festival "Sneak Peak" on Thursday night. Entertaining attendees will be Geno Delafose & French Rocking Boogie starting at 7:30 p.m. Admission at the gate will be $3.00 for adults. Children will be admitted for free. Miller Amusement will be offering their Armband Special beginning at 5 p.m.
Festival booths and other activities officially begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, November 13, with opening ceremonies on the stage under the pavilion.
Gate admission for the weekend is $1 for children under 12 years of age. Adult admission prices on Friday is $5 and Saturday until 3 p.m. - $5, after 3 p.m. - $7.
Inside the Civic Center, adjacent to the festival grounds, the Frog Festival Arts and Crafts Show will feature booths offering a wide variety of handmade items. The show, hosted by the Rayne Beautification Board, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The 'big gig' features an exciting lineup of musicians that will be entertaining under the pavilion, starting on Friday with Kira Viator & Bayou Beat at 7 p.m., sponsored by Chef Roy's Frog City Café. Wayne Toups and Zydecajun takes the stage from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Jamie Bergeron & the Kickin' Cajun, sponsored by Sterling Automotive Group, plays from 10:30 p.m. to 12 midnight.
Prior to the opening of the festival on Saturday, the annual Poker Run registration begins at 7 a.m. and leaves the fairgrounds at 9 a.m. Booths open at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. The popular Diaper Derby, sponsored by the Rayne Jaycees begins at 9 a.m., followed by the Project Dance Performance Team under the direction of Nikki Link. Mr. and Miss Tadpole royalty, Frog Festival and local royalty will be introduced at 10 a.m. The Rayne Lions Club will stage its Frog Derby Queen's competition, featuring costumed frogs and frog racing by contestants at 10:30 a.m.
The Frog Festival Golf Tournament will begin at 11 a.m. at Cajun Pines Golf Club located in Branch.
The signature event of the festival, the popular Frog Racing and Jumping contests, open to the public, will be held from 12 noon to 2 p.m. under the pavilion. Register and rent a frog from the Rayne Jaycees, who co-sponsor the event with the Rayne-Acadian Tribune. The contests are open to all age groups, from young children to adults.
Saturday's musical entertainment begins at 2 p.m. with Step Back, making their first appearance at the event.
The highlight of Saturday's activities will be the Grand Parade, stepping off at 3 p.m. from American Legion Drive, traveling up North Adams Avenue and the Boulevard and ending at the festival fairgrounds. Entry fees for the parade are $75 for businesses, elected officials and candidates for office and $25.00 for individual entries and non-profit organizations. To obtain a parade registration form, visit www.raynefrogfestival.org or contact Cheryl R. McCarty, Festival Coordinator at 337-334-8347. Deadline for registration will be Friday, November 6th.
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The best musical showcases in the area, the smells of delicious regional foods, which of course, includes fried frog legs and the sights of our signature Frog Derby, frog racing and frog jumping contests make Rayne the place to be the second full weekend in November – make your plans now to attend the 37th Annual Rayne Frog Festival, November 12-14, 2009.
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Deliberations set for Thursday in Erie homicide trial (Updated: 4:25 p.m.)
A jury in the courtroom of Erie County President Judge Ernest J. DiSantis Jr. will start deliberating Thursday morning in the trial of a 29-year-old man from the Wilkes-Barre area who fatally shot a 25-year-old Erie man at East 19th and Ash streets a year ago.
The defendant, Michael R. James, of Berwick, testified today that he shot Teverous G. "Gooney" Williams in self-defense -- a contention James' lawyer, Gene Placidi, detailed in his closing argument this afternoon.
In her closing argument, Assistant District Attorney Erin Connelly highlighted that James is a self-described drug dealer, and she said the evidence showed James killed Williams not to protect himself, but to solidify his drug holdings.
"It is a turf war, and he is tired of it," Connelly said of James. "He is bringing his drugs into Erie."
The District Attorney's Office is seeking a conviction for first- or third-degree murder for James' slaying of Williams at about 2:10 a.m. on July 13, 2012.
Testimony started Monday. DiSantis will read the jury the charging instructions at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, with deliberations to follow.
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#345 - jjrod
Reply +2(01/22/2013) [-]
www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=53OyPYa7SEI *Cough* this *Cough*
#350 to #345 - funforlife
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#340 - littlenish
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Kirby would win this race.
#338 - viewtifulbro
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#383 to #333 - imaginariness
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The slowest-poke wins the race
#332 - xmonke
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#347 to #332 - capnwinkelman
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Thank god someone has sense here.
#342 to #332 - jasonvgrace
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But it's stated that Sonic is the fastest thing alive. Whereas flash is just faster than a speeding bullet.
Speaking of which, how fast does a bullet need to be to be speeding? What's the speed limit for a bullet...
Speaking of which, how fast does a bullet need to be to be speeding? What's the speed limit for a bullet...
#361 to #349 - schneidend ONLINE
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I think the greater display of Flash's speed is that he outran Death. Literally. Death even turned into a black-costumed spectral version of Flash to try and catch up, but Flash ran TO ANOTHER DIMENSION OR SOME ****.
#371 to #363 - schneidend ONLINE
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It was a comic at some point. Not the most official of sources but:
Flash ran to the end of time. My mistake.
Flash ran to the end of time. My mistake.
#354 to #349 - ilcecchino
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Flash can run so fast he can out-run himself and punch himself in the back of the head...
#331 - manananggal
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#330 - xxgunboysxx
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#329 - respectacles
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Flash can run 7 times round the world in 1 second, he wins
#327 - danmanscan
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Dash's suit gives him the ability to never get tired. My money's on him.
#326 - metafuckolis
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In an episode of Justice League, After all the ************* had been taken out by Lex Luthor. Flash goes ape **** and runs around the world 4 times and hits Luthor from all sides. After being a ************* bad ass and defeating Luthor he starts to drift into some portal. That portal was sending him through time. He went faster than the speed of light to beat that ************. Flash is always the best.
#325 - anon
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This was just on reddit yesterday.
#323 - Riukanojutsu
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flash can go fasternthan superman and superman can go 8 times the speed of light.
its a fight for the seconds place
its a fight for the seconds place
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If we're going by what's cannon, then might I point out that in Sonic, he's stated to be the fastest thing alive, which automatically trumps everyone there.
I'm just saying
I'm just saying
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its not a fact its a statement
also in his universe hes the fastest, but this would be a multiverse race
its not a fact its a statement
also in his universe hes the fastest, but this would be a multiverse race
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Pfft. Flash would easily crush them all.
#320 - BobtheblobNo one ever includes Scout into these.
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quote: Microsoft should have warned the defendant that molesting children or sharing illegal pictures of them might result in jail time.
quote: PhotoDNA doesn't check your e-mails for ways to advertise to you. It just maintains the anonymity of your photos while making sure they don't look like known child porn.
quote: Your missing the point..In the end Microsoft is obtaining evidence that the police would need a search warrant for
quote: This person clearly has no idea how the legal system works. In fact, anybody condemning Microsoft or Google for tipping off authorities has no idea how the legal system works.
quote: Possessing Child Porn is like possessing an unregistered firearm used in a crime. Everyone who comes into contact with that weapon is put at risk.
quote: You do not get a reasonable expectation of privacy on a third party's server, which they provide to you free of charge in exchange for agreeing to their terms of service.
quote: At the end, are you truly saying that Being Gay is equivalent to being a pedophile? If you are, I feel very sorry for you and anybody who knows you. One is a choice of something to do in private with another person who chose the same thing, while the other is exploitation of a person that has no choice in the matter.
quote: You also suggest that having and distributing child porn should not be illegal, which imho is just wrong. I don't agree with the op saying it is the same thing as owning a gun, not even close, but to say it should not be against the law is idiotic.
quote: Second thing is that it is not a private service, you authorize them to scan the items when you sign up for the service. In some cases, they use the scanned info to make money, other cases (like this one) it is simply a way to cut storage space(in some cases 90+%). If you want privacy, run your own server, and fully secure it, and don't send your data out to a service that you agree will scan it.
quote: Why should it be against the law? If you have an image of people being murdered, does it mean you committed those murders? What if said pictures of dismembered bodies gets you off...is that "evil" if you are doing it in a private setting and not actually murdering people?
quote: I mean, if people were getting murdered solely to take those pics, then yeah, it's just as wrong on many levels. If you're simply arguing "I like to look at gruesome dismembered things" - As digusting as it is, it's different. People and animals die and get dismembered all the time from nobody's fault. The images can be obtained through legal means without ever committing a crime.
quote: Should people face criminal charges for writing stories or song lyrics that depict illegal acts?
quote: I'm not sure why you view these similarly. People do not murder someone to take their picture and feed into weird fetishes. The only images of murder victims out there are images taken after the fact by bystanders, law enforcement, military personnel, etc. Such things occur all the time and are the norm in the world.
quote: With child pornography the photographer is ALWAYS knowingly committing a pretty heinous act involving forcing an under-aged child to partake in sexual acts against their will, and take photographs specifically to fulfill a fetish based entirely on that illegal act. The existence of the market for such media drives more abductions of young children for this purpose.
quote: That is just *so* far from the point, I don't even know how to reply to that.
quote: I'm not sure why you're having such a hard time following... I asked you a pretty specific question: IF someone records video or photographs themselves in the act of murdering someone, and then a third party who had nothing to do with said murder acquires the media, should the third party be as guilty as the murderer?
quote: I did answer your question, just maybe not directly. Yes they should be guilty. Maybe not charged with the murder itself, but you were an accomplice to the crime and you actively participated.
quote: The rest of your post is just so absurd I won't bother. The sheer fact that you are advocating the idea that obtaining and owning child pornogrtaphy is OK suggests that you don't understand the differences in your own examples.
quote: Merely owning video or photos of a crime in progress does not make someone an accomplice to anything, especially if said media was obtained AFTER the crime was committed and the perpetrator has been locked up.
quote: What, exactly, is absurd about anything I said? I'm not advocating pedophilia; if advocacy is what you read then it's possibly a freudian slip on your part.
quote: My point is quite obvious - possession of information or media depicting a crime should not in itself be a crime if the possessor had nothing to do with committing said crime.
quote: If someone printed out some pedo porn photos and put them in your bag - without you knowing - and then proceeded to call the cops and report that he saw you looking at these photos then stash them in your bag, you'd likely have criminal charges brought against you when the cops suddenly show up and find the photos in YOUR possession...but hey, keep tooting the "save the children" horn while you're getting reamed up the buttox by bubba for that heinous "crime" you committed.
quote: Due process exists for a reason - and no matter how wretched a crime may be, there is never any valid reason for due process to be circumvented or abbreviated just to appease a figurative lynch mob.
quote: That was my entire point. You can't have child pornography that happened "after the fact." It requires taking photography during the act of the crime. I guarantee you that having pictures of a murder in progress would land you with just as much questioning. Ever hear of a snuff film? They're highly illegal in almost every corner of the world.
quote: Are you actually aware of what a fruedian slip is?
quote: Child pornography exists due to the demand for it. Why else would people take and distribute or sell pictures of it? So by all means, having copies of child pornography is producing demand in the industry for it to happen.
quote: Yeah, because everyone conveniently carries around printed copies of child porn in their backpacks at all times. Very believable scenario. It would take all of an hour at the police station to sort out that the person is highly unlikely to be guilty.
quote: When did I say it shouldnt?
quote: You may not have stole them, but that does not mean you have to right to receive/possess them and can be convicted if you are found with stolen goods.
quote: Your argument about having somebody stuff pedo porn in your bag while walking down the street would be the same is somebody walked by and threw some stolen goods in your bag.
quote: In this case, it was not somebody else uploading it and trying to frame him unless they had his username and password. In that case, the prosecuters job is to show that he did upload it, and it is the defenses job to show that he did not, somebody else did.
quote: Pedophiles are in the same boat as homosexuals as far as mental disorders go.
quote: Microsoft is in no position to take legal authority to enforce state or federal law by threatening jail time. This person clearly has no idea how the legal system works. In fact, anybody condemning Microsoft or Google for tipping off authorities has no idea how the legal system works.
quote: I think you are the one being an idiot...you think Microsoft's TOS will mean anything in a criminal trial that has the potential to put someone in prison?
quote: "Failing to compare anonymous video/audio fingerprints protects only one group of customers -- copyright pirates"
quote: "Failing to compare anonymous text fingerprints protects only one group of customers -- Terrorist who dare to use flagged words""Failing to compare anonymous state criticism fingerprints protects only one group of customers -- People exercising their right to dissent""Failing to compare anonymous [whatever you send] fingerprints protects only one group of customers -- [whatever group you belong to"
quote: You seriously believe that only media file attachments can have "fingerprints" that are looked for?I can calculate CRCs for the word "bomb" followed by various proper nouns and have that "fingerprint" checked against the content of the email.
quote: That movie was a real bomb.
quote: SunTrust just canceled the accounts of a gun/pawn shop owner because his was a "Prohibited Business Type." Wanna know who prohibited it? Look up "Operation Choke Point." If you can't stop those you politically oppose legally, just influence a bunch of private partners to put them out of business. That's what's going on here.
quote: But what does that have to do with Microsoft?
quote: The core issue here isn't that "people are stupid" as you suggest...
quote: No idea what the "outrage" is all about. If your e-mail account is free - then every e-mail you've sent or read through it from day one is scanned anyway for "contextual advertising", and you openly agreed to that from Day One in the T&C's.
quote: Slashdot users were among those suggesting that child predators be afforded special privacy protections that help hide their crimes.


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