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For a couple of decades, Uganda has been viewed as a model of development in Africa. The only glaring blemish on Uganda's cheek has been its failure and perceived unwillingness to resolve the conflict in Northern Uganda.
But if Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni expects his ongoing attack on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to achieve the results of destroying the rebel group, capturing its elusive leader, and clearing that blemish, he is overly optimistic. In effect, by pursuing a publicity stunt, he may have squandered an opportunity to nurture peace in the region.
Thanks to his December attack, the relative reprieve that had been established for two and a half years has unraveled.
It's not just that violence breeds violence; after 20 years of dealing with Joseph Kony's LRA and its terrorizing of Northern Uganda, Mr. Museveni should have known better.
The war caused the displacement of approximately 2 million; the LRA murdered tens of thousands; and it abducted and absorbed approximately 30,000 children into its ranks.
Attacks diminished over the past two and a half years and were mostly confined to neighboring countries – the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and south Sudan. But if any question lingered about the LRA's enduring capacity to horrify, the past few weeks have reminded us. The LRA has been committing atrocities in northeastern Congo, killing as many as 900 people, abducting some 200, displacing around 130,000 and generating fears of their return to Northern Uganda.
These atrocities come as a result of – and perhaps in retaliation against – the offensive not only from Uganda, but also from south Sudan and Congo. On Dec.14, the on-again, off-again negotiations with the rebel group – a source of frustration for the displaced persons in the region, for the Ugandan government, and for the international players – came to a head. The three countries united forces in an unprecedented joint ambush on the rebels at their base in Congo.
Justified as the offensive may seem, the timing was also politically suspect. Museveni has so successfully courted the international community, that 40 percent of the Ugandan national budget consists of foreign aid, most of it from the US. And Uganda has been nicely rewarded for its successes by securing a rotating seat in the UN Security Council.
Sometimes, however, maintaining a good image is more difficult than creating a good image in the first place.
With a new US administration that places an emphasis on human rights, it's probably a good idea to seem proactive.
East Africans have high hopes for the priority President Obama will give them, based on his ethnic heritage. And with a seat on the Security Council, it might be wise for Uganda to clean up its own backyard in order not to lose any of its good standing. Because its backyard includes Congo and south Sudan, it makes sense for the offensive to have been a unified endeavor, despite the historic rivalries in this Great Lakes region.
Of course, positive PR can't hurt any of those countries – Congo with its troubles in the southeast and Sudan with its hands full, as well. Sudanese Vice President Salva Kiir was able to exploit some of this positive PR in his meeting earlier this month with President Bush.
Sadly, the ambush was inadequately executed and poorly planned. And it's for this reason that – as far as we can tell – the LRA seems to have gotten away fairly unscathed, in spite of the alleged capture and surrender of approximately 40 rebels.
US-based advocacy groups have long cautioned against this kind of ambush for that very reason. Rather than ending anything, its most immediate impact has been to trigger a new wave of LRA atrocities in the Congo – murdering, abducting, and displacing hundreds.
For the Ugandan government to prove its commitment to peace efforts in the region and maintain its good stead in the international community, it must focus on the welfare of its people and attempt to halt the conflict. The joint forces should stop their offensive, keeping troops on the ground to receive any escapees – child soldiers and other abducted individuals who were forced into the rebel ranks.
With the continued coordination of Uganda's neighbors, peace negotiations should resume. The Ugandan government must renew the Peace, Recovery, and Development Plan with uncompromising dedication in order to assist the people of Northern Uganda in their recovery.
The international community can affirm this effort by supporting peace negotiations, critically evaluating the most effective way to punish LRA leaders, and pressuring Uganda to uphold its responsibility to its citizens in the North. The victims of the LRA don't need a publicity stunt; they need a concerted attempt to resolve the conflict.
• Natalie Parke is a research associate at The Century Foundation. She spent six months last year in Northern Uganda researching the conflict.
[Editor's note: The original subhead mischaracterized where the attacks took place. They took place at the LRA's base in the Democratic Republic of Congo.]


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Denver's Daniel "Chef D" Young feeds pols' hunger for Southern food at the Democratic National Convention
Denver's Daniel "Chef D" Young has cooked for Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups and plenty of other VIPs, including at the Democratic National Convention here in 2008. But running the "Sweet Home ALObama" hospitality suite at the DNC in Charlotte next week is his biggest challenge yet.
The Alabama delegation has rented Grace on Brevard, a former church just a couple of blocks away from the convention in the Time Warner Cable Arena, and Young is making sure the partiers and politicos are well-fed.
"We could have five to 10 thousand people hanging out during the day with us," said Young via phone from his Denver home, between flights to Charlotte. "It was a bit overwhelming down in Charlotte, working directly with Secret Service, there are a lot of things I can't say. What I can say is with a sitting president, dealing with protesters, they just don't want any issues."

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A new test based on environmental changes unleashed by atomic bomb tests could help save some of the 30,000 elephants slaughtered every year for their tusks.
Developed by University of Utah scientists, the test uses carbon dating to determine whether a particular piece of ivory is a legal antique or the product of modern poaching.
With new accelerator mass spectrometry, the test can glean results from much smaller ivory samples and is affordable for law enforcement at $500, according to a U. news release.
"We hope it will spur governments like our own to invest money into really trying to work on the poaching problem from all ends: buyer, seller, shipper," said geochemist Thure Cerling, the senior author of a study published online this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Cerling and his fellow researchers tested the method's accuracy on 29 tissue samples from animals and plants killed between 1905 and 2008.
The samples included 1962 grasses from Kenya, tusks from hippos and elephants, monkey hair, oryx horn and canine teeth.
The test measures the amount of carbon-14, an isotope created as neutrons from open air nuclear tests done between 1952 and 1962 bombarded nitrogen in the atmosphere. Carbon-14 entered the food chain and was absorbed by plants and animals. Though the levels peaked in the 1960s, the isotope is still measurable in elephants' tusks. It can tell scientists when the animal died, disproving smugglers' claims that ivory is from an animal killed before international bans on the trade were in place by 1989.
Publishing the study both publicizes the science and gives law enforcement a baseline for future prosecutions based on the technology, Cerline said.
"It has immediate applications [for] fighting the illegal sale and trade of ivory that has led to the highest rate of poaching seen in decades," said Kevin Uno, the study's first author, in a statement. Uno did the research for his University of Utah doctoral thesis.
There are some limitations to the method: As plants absorb carbon from the atmosphere, the amount of carbon-14 is expected to return to pre-bomb levels in about 15 years.
Cerling is a geochemist who studies animal diets using carbon isotopes he recently helped determine when early human ancestors began eating grass-based foods and has also worked with the group Save the Elephants. He and Uno were studying a different question about how isotopes are incorporated into animal tissues when they realized the concept could also fight poaching.
Elephants are intelligent, social creatures with family bonds not unlike humans, he said.
"Half the families we studied had at least one member killed in the last five years," he said. "What if half the families in Salt Lake had lost a member in five years?"
Illegal ivory sales also funds violence in Africa as militias in Darfur, Uganda, Sudan and Somalia use the proceeds for weapons.
The market for illegal ivory was on the wane by the 1990s, Cerling said, but it has ramped up again in recent years as new markets open up in Asia. Conservation groups say 70 percent of smuggled ivory goes to China. The second-largest illegal market is the U.S.
The African elephant population has now dwindled to 423,000 individuals.
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I am looking to start a knitting and yarn boutique (initially online, but then a combination of brick & mortar/online). I am located in RI and the name of my company is Eneri Knits. Since I am on a limited budget, I'm looking to find a designer for a logo who can capture the peaceful feeling of comfort that can come from knitting, while also adding some artistic flair and expression of the various hand-dyed colors found in todays yarns. Once I open up a local shop, I would like to have an area for customers to sit, relax, knit, or peruse through pattern books while sipping on a cup of tea. I need a logo that will somehow capture this spirit for the shop both online/offline. I plan to use social networking as a primary vehicle to draw traffic to my website (and eventually to my physical shop) so I need something that will create a brand image for my company.
Irene - means peace, and I also considered a dove carrying a beautiful ball of yarn as a possibility, but not a definite requirement. Other ideas are to use a lacy, victorian type them that would reflect the soothing effect of knitting while enjoying a cup of tea. Eneri is a play on my name (Irene backwards). I'm not sure if the 'ri' can be used at all to highlight the Rhode Island connection, but it's just a thought.
Knitters and Crocheters -- usually, but not exclusive to, women (middle/upper class). Fashionista -- sophisticated shopper with interest in style/new trends. Target population is 40-59, as well as a growing population of younger knitters in highschool/college)
I need to be able to have a logo that can be used for a variety of purposes (i.e. business cards, promotional materials, website, etc.)
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Logo should have a soft, feminine and artistic flair, and capture some of the colors which are found today in many hand-painted yarns. I want this logo to portray a soothing energy that attracts those who appreciate color and design. I really want the name Eneri Knits to look artistic with swirls. I would like to also have a combination of soothing colors which might be found in hand painted yarns.
Feel free to experiment with colors from the following families:
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Pizzeria Locale cuts prices on pies in Denver
They have been firing pies in Denver since May, and none of them exactly broke the bank. But now the pies at Pizzeria Locale in Denver are getting sold for even less. Two of the most popular, the Mais (mozzarella, crème fraîche, ham, corn, and garlic) and the Maiale (red sauce, mozzarella, prosciutto, and arugula) are getting whacked from $8.50 to $7.75. Where the old menu topped out at $9, now nothing costs more than $8.25.
In addition, the place is putting all of the pizza on one list, rather than dividing them between "Neapolitan Classics" and "American Classics."
Locale co-owner Bobby Stuckey said it took awhile for Pizzeria Locale in Denver to understand how low items could be priced. He and his business partner, Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, own Frasca Food and Wine – a decidedly white-tablecloth joint, one of the best in the Rocky Mountain West – and the original Pizzeria Locale, both in Boulder. The Boulder Locale is a bit more upscale, with a host, and a bigger menu for food and wine. The place takes reservations. The most expensive pizza will set you back $17, and most of them cost $14 or more.
The vibe is much different in Denver, where the pizza oven is not wood-fired. Think: Chipotle for pizza. Good thing for pizza crazies, it will cost them less to walk home with one of their favorite pies.


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A new iPhone app called Beamr lets you send high-resolution photos to your friends three times faster, with no loss of quality. It�s free. The receiver gets an email, Twitter or Facebook link and can then download full-resolution copies without registering or signing up.
But that�s not all you get, as they used to say on late night TV. (Whatever happened to those Ginsu knives?) Beamr creates a magazine of photos you can email to your friends. The effect is lovely and it�s free.
This reminds us of the fake magazine covers we used to make at YourCover.com. We used photos of our nephews and their girlfriends, and wrote celebrity-style captions in a fake version of People. It looked quite real. Unfortunately it cost $20 each to have them printed or $13 to download. Those covers from YourCover looked much nicer than the ones from Beamr, but Beamr is free, and it doesn�t just do covers. It also fills other pages with photos, almost like a real magazine. Later on, the company says, it will add the ability to add captions.
Our only Beamr beef is the magazine titles. You can change the text, but they�re always placed in the same position at the top of the page, potentially blocking some one or thing. Beamr execs say the next version will allow you to move the text around. Another problem: The title is always white with a white box around it, which looks amateurish and would be hard to see on a light background. We hope they let you use fonts in the future that mimic the look of real magazines, like Time and Newsweek.
The Beamr technology for sharing high-res photos at three times the speed is also being used to reduce Mac photos. See JpegMini.com.
If you�re like us, you have photos scattered across the Web. We have them on Flickr, Shutterfly, Facebook, Picasa, SmugMug, etc. Woven is a new app for Android, iPhone/iPad, and the Kindle Fire that collects all your photos in one place and organizes them by date and app. The grouping by date is particularly helpful.
Even with all the negative reviews being published about the new Windows 8, we thought the reality was even worse.
Rather than burden our own computers, we went to a local Staples store to try several Windows 8 machines and tablets. We recommend this approach for anyone thinking of upgrading. Try it; you probably won�t like it. (Remember personal computing rule one: Never buy anything with a low serial number.)
The big colorful tiles with links to apps in Windows 8 remind us strongly of the Disney Net Pal computer we reviewed years ago. You�re steered to a host of things you wouldn�t have tried otherwise: Bing Travel, Xbox games, a recipe site, and so on. This can be fun but it soon gets frustrating. How do you close a program? We couldn�t figure it out and the clerk didn�t know, so we kept opening apps one after another. Finally, we clicked the �Ctrl-Alt-Del� keys to bring up the Windows �task manager.� This lets you see what�s running, and sure enough, everything was running, whether we wanted it or not.
The new Windows 8 home screen uses colorful tiles to show programs and applications. If you find this confusing � and we certainly did � you can go to Windows8StartButton.com and download Win8 StartButton; it�s free. It takes you back to a familiar home screen and lets you see �all programs� � just like the good old days.
To watch a few videos recently sent to us by relatives we had to turn our heads to the side. We searched for a way out of that and found a free program called Video Rotator, from VideoRotator.com.
Video Rotator couldn�t be easier. Drag a video from its folder onto a �clockwise� icon, an �anti-clockwise� icon, a �horizontal mirror� or an �upside down� icon. The program does the rest, turning your video so you can watch it right side up.
The most popular video formats are all supported, such as AVI, MPG, FLV, MP4, and so on. However, if you already have a video editing program, like Nero, rotation is an included feature.
�AuntBertha.com picks up where the government left off, offering information on social services. Type in a zip code and get information on sources for jobs, clothing, housing, health and food programs.
�Captricity.com digitizes documents at 20 cents per page, whether they�re hand written or typed. The first 25 pages are free. They use humans, not scanners, and here�s a tip Bob got from someone who uses this kind of data entry service extensively: To assure accuracy as much as you can, have the same documents done by more than one person, because it�s very unlikely that two people would make exactly the same mistake. Yes, it doubles the cost, but for many uses it�s worth it.
�The Unofficial LEGO Builders Guide, 2nd Edition,� by Allan Bedford, $25 from NoStarch.com.
Boy, is this a book suited for Christmas. That�s assuming that someone in the family is going to get a LEGO set. The guide shows all the projects in full color and is full of great building tips. You�ll learn the difference between a tile and a plate and why it isn�t a good idea to stack bricks in columns to make a wall. The author says the models he teaches you to build won�t fall apart and can be made in micro or jumbo sizes. Projects include photo mosaics, curved sculptures, train stations with human-like figures and space shuttles. The book has a �Brickopedia,� a visual dictionary of nearly 300 LEGO elements.
Interestingly, at least to us, LEGO, based in Denmark, has a full-time engineer who does nothing all day but go into a room full of LEGO blocks and figure out what he can make.


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Do colleges and universities agree as to whether they must adhere to Section 508 standards?
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires that electronic and information technologies that federal agencies procure, develop, maintain, and use are accessible to people with disabilities, both employees and members of the public, unless it would pose a undue burden to do so. In response to the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) developed electronic and information technology accessibility standards with which federal agencies must comply. The standards apply to desktop and laptop computers, websites and other Internet resources, videotapes and multimedia products, software, telecommunications products, and other electronic and information technology.
Although Section 508 directly applies to federal agencies, many questions and issues have been raised regarding its applicability to other entities, including public postsecondary institutions. Some public postsecondary institutions, such as the California Community Colleges, consider the Section 508 regulations applicable to their institutions; others, including the California State University system, do not.
Regardless, the accessibility standards developed for the federal government can serve as one model as educational institutions develop their own guidelines for the design of accessible websites and other information resources.
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The journey from the port in Halong city towards Halong Bay was relaxing and filled with beautiful scenery of many small islands which looks like hills floating on the sea.
Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long City, Cẩm Phả town, and part of Van Don district. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bái Tử Long bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà islands to the southwest. These larger zones share similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate, and cultural characters.
Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2, including 1,9602,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. The geo-diversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity, including a tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem.
Historical research surveys have shown the presence of prehistorical human beings in this area tens of thousands years ago. The successive ancient cultures are the Soi Nhụ culture around 18,0007000 BC, the Cái Bèo culture 70005000 BC and the Hạ Long culture 5,0003,500 years ago. Hạ Long Bay also marked important events in the history of Vietnam with many artifacts found in Bài Thơ Mout, Đầu Gỗ Cave, Bãi Cháy.
500 years ago, Nguyen Trai praised the beauty of Hạ Long Bay in his verse Lộ nhập Vân Đồn, in which he called it "rock wonder in the sky". In 1962, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam listed Hạ Long Bay in the National Relics and Landscapes publication. In 1994, the core zone of Hạ Long Bay was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
In 2009, the New 7 Wonders Foundation, which runs the New Seven Wonders of the World program, included Halong Bay on its list of nominations as one the World's New7Wonders of Nature. In 2012, the New 7 Wonders Foundation officially named Halong Bay as one of new seven natural wonders of the world.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has threatened to veto the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act if it includes a section requiring protection of the religious beliefs of military personnel.
On June 5, the House Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment to H.R. 1960, the defense appropriations bill. It specified that "the armed forces shall accommodate the beliefs, actions and speech" that reflect the "conscience, moral principles or religious beliefs" of its members, except in cases of military necessity.
On June 11, the White House released a "Statement of Administration Policy" (SAP) on the bill, which stated that the administration "strongly objects to Section 530" on the grounds that "this provision would have a significant adverse effect on good order, discipline, morale and mission accomplishment."
The SAP specified numerous other areas of White House disagreement with H.R. 1960 and warned that, if passed in its present form, "the president's senior advisers would recommend that the president veto the bill."
Ambassador Ken Blackwell, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, denounced the implied threat to veto the appropriations bill because of its inclusion of religious conscience protections.
"President Obama is waging a war on religion," Blackwell told Breitbart News. "He and [Secretary of Defense] Chuck Hagel are denying the most basic rights to those who put their lives on the line to protect all of our rights. It is shameful and appalling. I am confident that congressional leadership will show courage to stand up for our troops against this radical assault on religious liberty in the military."
The president's opposition to the religious-freedom provision in the bill is the latest in a rash of incidents over the last few years that have left Catholic and other Christian leaders concerned about threats to the religious freedom of Christians in the ranks.
"There have been an increasing number of events that, when taken together, demonstrate a pattern of hostility towards religious freedom in the military," Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told the Register.
For Catholic and Christian leaders, sensational reports of the U.S. military perpetrating religious-freedom violations, and unfounded allegations that President Obama is behind them, have served to obscure more concrete concerns about the freedom of Christians in the military.
These concerns intensified following the September 2011 repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy, thereby allowing open homosexuals to join the military, and the Obama administration's policies extending protections to same-sex couples. And Christians in the military are monitoring the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, as a decision overturning DOMA could dramatically impact the religious freedom of chaplains and soldiers.
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) released a statement in May to alert Christians to inaccurate reports, such as the one that alleged the Air Force had hired Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (known for making inflammatory statements about Christians) as a consultant. Weinstein had only requested and was granted a meeting with officials. The SBC also stated it was not true that its website had been blocked on Army bases "for ideological reasons," but, instead, was an issue reported on multiple military bases, not just Army ones, caused by malware.
"These reports have elicited a great deal of concern and confusion among military chaplains, pastors and congregations," the Southern Baptist Convention stated, adding that some cases where fact mixed with fiction were potentially "furthering already tense relationships between military and religious communities."
Troublesome Incidents
However, some credible reports have involved military officials severing associations with Christianity as part of a policy of avoiding any appearance of religious favoritism: removal of crosses from an Army base in Afghanistan or the Air Force Academy discontinuing its sponsorship of Operation Christmas Child (due to its ties to evangelicals). Both cases were prompted by complaints from the group American Atheists and Weinstein's foundation, respectively.
More recently, an Army instructor crafted a presentation for Army Reserve officers in Pennsylvania that lumped in Catholics and evangelical Christians with extremists like al Qaeda. After an outcry, the U.S. Army investigated, and it said that the materials were corrected, and the instructor apologized.
Forbes said that the influence of the DoD civilian leadership and outside groups, not military commanders, was behind many of these incidents. But taken together they were creating the impression of a more hostile climate for religious freedom in the armed forces.
"If gone unchecked, over time, it will result in a more uniformly accepted attitude that religious freedom is neither important nor protected," he said.
Proselytizing vs. Evangelizing
Media reports that the Department of Defense had banned religious proselytizing, possibly punishable by court martial or non-judicial punishments, set off a firestorm.
The Pentagon later clarified that it did not mean to equate proselytizing with sharing one's faith or "evangelizing," but was referring to coercing or harassing another person to change his or her religion.
"In general, service members may share their faith with other service members, but may not forcibly attempt to convert others of any faith or no faith to their own beliefs," Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen, a Department of Defense spokesman, told the Register.
The Southern Baptist Convention cited this incident in its May statement as a concern. While it condemned coercion to faith in Christ, it emphasized the Pentagon's "seemingly arbitrary distinction" between evangelism and proselytizing could leave one service member thinking he was engaging in "a friendly conversation about spiritual matters" that another could either perceive or characterize as proselytizing. It predicted that there could be "a chilling effect on service personnel sharing their faith at all."
However, Christensen told the Register that concerns about these issues are "handled on a case-by-case basis."
He did confirm that the Department of Defense does not have a policy addressing religious proselytizing, nor has there been any attempt to change the Uniform Code of Military Justice "to make religious proselytizing a specific offense."
Forbes, however, said he was "concerned by any measurement for disciplinary action that was not properly defined by law or policy."
Other Concerns
Joseph La Rue, an attorney with the public advocacy firm Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), told the Register that ADF is investigating the extent of violations of Christian religious liberty and how far up the chain of command they go.
"I think there is definitely a reason to be concerned," he said. "Are we dealing with isolated incidents that were mistakes or are we dealing with something bigger than that? Right now, frankly, we don't know."
However, he said a number of incidents involve Christians who have articulated their views on homosexuality. ADF is a consultant on one such case involving the reprimanding of a U.S. Army master sergeant who bought Chick-fil-A — the fast-food chain targeted by homosexual-rights supporters after its president expressed support for traditional marriage — to celebrate his promotion and vocalize his support for DOMA.
"There's a tension between religious freedom on the one hand and full acceptance of homosexual members of the military on the other hand," La Rue said.
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, told the Register that some incidents involving Christians are taken out of context and get "overreported," resulting in overreactions. But he said the situation for Catholics in the military is "one that is in transition," especially now that DADT is gone.
"We as Catholics have a very fine line to walk between respect for people with other sexual preferences and being very clear on what the doctrine of the Church is, as taught in the Catechism of the Catholic Church."
Archbishop Broglio told the Register that chaplains have solid First Amendment protections "in purely catechetical and religious settings."
"The question is when we leave those settings — a counseling situation, for example — the area becomes more murky and the distinctions a little less clear," he said, pointing out that a chaplain has both his spiritual duties and the duties of an officer to perform.
"If a homosexual couple comes for counseling, a Catholic chaplain would have to find someone else to give them that counseling."
He said the situation probably would become even more complicated if the Supreme Court chooses to strike down DOMA. A Catholic chaplain tasked with organizing the "Strong Bonds" retreat for Army families, for example, may find himself in the position of having to bow out if it requires him to treat same-sex couples as equivalent to married couples.
"But for now that is not permitted, because DOMA is the law of the land," Archbishop Broglio said.
Forbes said that Congress previously had included legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2013 designed to protect the religious and conscience rights of Christians in the wake of the passage of DADT.
But he was gravely concerned that the Department of Defense still had not implemented those guidelines, which state, "The armed forces shall accommodate the beliefs of a member of the armed forces reflecting the conscience, moral principles or religious beliefs of the member and, in so far as practicable, may not use such beliefs as the basis of any adverse personnel action, discrimination or denial of promotion, schooling, training or assignment."
In signing the 2013 bill into law, Obama stated the conscience clause, known as Sec. 533, was "unnecessary and ill-advised."
"The military already appropriately protects the freedom of conscience of chaplains and service members," he said in the bill's signing statement.
La Rue said that the ADF is not satisfied with the Department of Defense's handling of alleged violations of Christians' religious liberty because incidents continue to happen.
He said ADF is also involved in cases that center on chaplains allegedly disciplined for invoking the Bible in chaplaincy programs.
"These incidents, whether they are isolated or intentional, have a tendency to make Christians think twice about the military," he said.
Forbes said that he is concerned over these incidents cultivating "a culture of silence," which he called a "subtle but significant threat to religious freedom in the military."
Said the Virginia congressman, "It is dangerous to cultivate an environment that implicitly or explicitly communicates to people of faith that they have the freedom to believe what they wish, but that those beliefs should not be reflected in the way they live their personal and professional lives."
Peter Jesserer Smith writes from Rochester, New York.
Register staff contributed
to this report.


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Aus 39 Designs von 9 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We are a small mobile application development company who develop apps for any company who needs to provide lots of quotes and invoices and who want to reduce the amount of time they spend on administrative tasks. Our focus is on easy to use affordable apps that help save our customers time and money. We have an iPhone application called iQuote that performs this task and we are in the process of releasing version 2 of the software.
We are mostly targeting small business that perform a lot of quoting and estimating work and who eventually need to send invoices to the businesses they win. We now have version 2 of our iQuote iPhone software ready and we want some professional graphics made up to replace the ones we did internally, which are not very good.
We need brand new graphics for version 2 of our iPhone application: iQuote (http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/iquo…28034?mt=8)
1) Splash screen.
2) A new application icon.
3) iTunes App Store Icon
4) New tab bar icons (4).
1) Splash Screens: we require 4 images however they should all be based off the same design. The only difference is their resolution. Format for all is PNG 72dpi no transparency:
a) iPhone 3/3G portrait: 320x480
b) iPhone 4 portrait: 640x960
c) iPad portrait: 1024x768
d) iPad landscape: 768x1025
2) Application Icon: we require 6 versions of this but again just one design (PNG 72 dpi no transparency).
a) iPhone 3/3G: 57x57
b) iPhone 4: 114x114
c) iPad: 72x72
d) iPhone 3/3G search icon: 29x29
e) iPhone 4 search icon: 58x58
f) iPad search icon: 50x50
3) iTunes AppStore graphic: must be consistent with other graphics. 512x512 PNG. Just modify splash screens/app icon.
4) Tab Bar Icons: we need 2 versions of the same 30x30 and 60x60 (PNG 72 dpi greyscale WITH transparency).
4 for the following functions in the current app:
a) Quotes: quotes are listed here and new ones created.
b) Invoices: ditto a) but for invoices.
c) Archive: users archive old quotes and invoices here.
d) Admin: this is where application settings can be adjusted, customers viewed, details on how to contact us etc.
Please supply all vector/layered files too.


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There was an update on the 26th of May (yesterday) that crashed a select few's skype. Where when you try to login, it just crashes. They claimed to have fixed it, but being one of the people affected by this, i can tell you they didn't. They sent you a link to download the same install file. D:
I've tried everything and can't get it to work... They should be grounded.


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Twitter will officially support the Do Not Track feature in browsers, Ed Felten, chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission, announced on Thursday. Twitter itself confirmed its compliance in a tweet shortly after the announcement, meaning those who visit the site will be able to opt out of cookies that collect personal information.
This places Twitter in contrast to services like Facebook, which aggressively collects data on users and non-users alike (a site must actively support Do Not Track in order to prevent information collection; Facebook is not yet one of those sites). By complying with Do Not track, Twitter allows visitors to opt out of cookies that collect personal info, as well as third-party cookies that collect information for the use of advertising networks.
On one hand, this is Twitter continuing its support for user privacy—on May 8, the company fought back against a government subpoena for the tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester. But this may also show the company's intent to draw a line in the sand with regard to its business model.
For a long time, Twitter was not monetized at all, and in the last two years it started earning money by allowing businesses to pay to promote tweets and accounts on the site. By opting in to Do Not Track, Twitter may be setting itself up to advertise based only on what is given directly to them in users' profiles, tweets, and public on-site behavior, rather than supplementing that information with cookies, as services like Google and Facebook do. Of course, not everyone opts in to Do Not Track, so Twitter's support doesn't necessarily blow away that business opportunity.
"We're excited to see an industry leader building this privacy innovation into their design," said James Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media. Steyer notes that the new level of information control could be particularly beneficial to Twitter's teen users.


text: Ozone soundings from 9 Nordic stations with rather different data coverage have been homogenized followed by an interpolation to standard tropospheric pressure levels. A Bayesian model was applied which included a low-frequency variability, an annual cycle with harmonics, the possibility for variability in seasonal amplitude and phasing, and noise. Regarding the low-frequency variability it was found that only Scoresbysund, Ny Aalesund and Sodankyla showed statistical significant changes with a maximum near 2007 followed by a decrease. We hypothesize that this decrease could be explained by an observed decrease in nitrogen oxide in Europe.


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Jessica Chastain's Vintage YSL Dress: The Behind-the-Scenes Story
As the face of Saint Laurent's new Manifesto fragrance, Jessica Chastain earned herself a front-row seat to the label's fashion show in Paris this week. What to wear for such an important event? The actress took a page out of YSL history, thanks to a little help from Decades, the Los Angeles luxury vintage boutique, and her stylist, Elizabeth Stewart. "We just ransacked our archives of original Yves Saint Laurents to find the quintessential Parisian look for the show," Cameron Silver, co-owner and founder of Decades, told InStyle.com. Their pick: A black and white polka-dot Rive Gauche halter dress from the '80s. "It created a very modern yet timeless look," he continued. "Elizabeth did the final fitting right before the show in Paris, since Jessica flew in from New York City where she is in rehearsals for The Heiress. I think my persistent texting may have been slightly distracting to the two of them, but I wanted to make sure we had Jess covered!" And covered she was—her look earned a coveted spot in InStyle's Look of the Day section.
See Jessica Chastain's best looks ever.
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Shawn Rubin is the CEO of Metryx, a startup mobile software company that is building flexible assessment tools for teachers to use on tablets and smartphones, and serves as the Director of Technology Integration at the Highlander Institute. In this role, Shawn oversees the Institute's new touch technology professional development programs throughout New England.
PBN: What do you think students have to gain from integrating online learning into the classroom?
RUBIN: For far too long students have suffered under a one size fits all approach to education. The major barrier preventing systemic reform efforts has been the inordinate amount of time teachers must spend assessing, analyzing and then differentiating instruction to meet the needs of a wide range of student learning profiles.
The fallout is that "advanced" or "remedial" students are forced to sit through lessons that are either too easy or too hard – or they are pulled from the classroom to get the instruction they need. Previous attempts at differentiating instruction inside the classroom have not been economical or sustainable.
However, new app-based and cloud-supported technologies are able to accomplish many of the time consuming and challenging tasks that support effective differentiation. Tools like adaptive assessment, automated grading, classroom polling, and game based learning are aligned to national common core standards and allow students to interact with skills in an engaging format at exactly the level of challenge that they need. Not to mention that many of these programs are incredibly engaging and fun – students are naturally drawn to them and enjoy the time they spend learning online.
PBN: Have you faced any sort of criticism from people who stand by more traditional teaching methods?
RUBIN: Most teachers, administrators and parents who participate in Highlander Institute workshops, trainings, and conferences are eager to learn more about these new methods of teaching. Technology has been in classrooms for years but has never been leveraged well. I believe that parents and educators are sensing the shift that is aligning new technologies, rigorous standards and personalized learning. We need to consider, teachers and students are using technology in their everyday lives just like anyone else. They have iPads, smart phones, and all kinds of gadgets. Bringing these technologies into the classroom is not only inevitable, but necessary to maximize education in today's world.
Yet, the deal-breaker for effectively integrating and using new technologies is the amount of professional development that accompanies the purchase of each new technology. Its here we see reluctance. Shifting from teacher centered to student centered instruction requires transformative changes in practice. This is truly a paradigm shift in education. And to get there, teachers need training to use and manage these new tools, and also support to understand what each tool represents in this new way of learning.
PBN: Does Internet-based learning work better for some age groups than others?
RUBIN: There are definitely different online approaches that are targeted towards the developmental needs of various age levels, but all students can benefit from current advances in education technology.
Consider, for example, iCreatetoEducate, an innovative stop-animation software that empowers students to create their own animated movies. The software is free to download and test, and so easy to use that this software transcends age. First graders can use it to explain the life-cycle of a frog and 10th graders can use it to retell "Romeo and Juliet."
Personalization in learning is important no matter the age. There is not a classroom or group of students that would not benefit from a more focused and targeted learning experience. For this education technology can be extremely useful.
PBN: What sort of things are you going to be teaching educators attending the conference?
RUBIN: Our overarching goal for the Blended Learning & Technology Conference is to encourage more teachers from southern New England to explore, experiment and engage in blended learning. Too often teachers have no opportunity to tinker and explore with the latest and greatest tools either because they are not available at their schools or there is just not enough time in the day.
The Conference will expose teachers to incredible hardware and software directly through the edtech entrepreneurs who are building them. We are living in the age of free beta testing in which teachers can gain access to incredible products free of charge, communicate with developers, and inspire the creation of the tool of their dreams. By bringing teachers and developers together, tools become more practical and students ultimately benefit.
While we are at the very beginning stages of an edtech explosion, there are teachers right here in Rhode Island who are pioneers with these technologies. We are bringing these pioneers to the Conference as well to talk about their experiences and to encourage more teachers to take the plunge.
The Blended Learning & Technology Conference will provide easy access for educators to begin the process by learning hands-on themselves from with the people that are developing the tools or already using them.
PBN: What do you think the biggest challenges are facing the wide-spread adoption of this sort of technology in schools?
RUBIN: Equity and professional development are the two biggest challenges. So much of the software that is available today is free or incredibly cheap to use, but without the hardware on which to run it and/or without the proper training to use it, then ultimately we are creating an even bigger achievement gap between the districts that have and the districts that don't.
Grants will continue to pop up that will bestow designated public schools and charters the resources they need to enter the digital world, but will it ever be enough? Can urban schools properly implement a flipped classroom when families don't have internet access or computers at home? Can urban districts with decaying infrastructure and large concrete buildings figure out a way to wire their classrooms so they can leverage free Web 2.0 tools?
I have no doubt that these technologies will drastically increase learning for students, but it will take serious commitment from our education and political leaders to make sure that this edtech boom doesn't exacerbate the already expansive achievement gap between the rich and poor.
By Emily Greenhalgh, PBN Web Editor


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Man makes girlfriend wear padlock on jeans
Jeans locked to prevent infidelity
A man has admitted to padlocking his girlfriend's jeans shut in an attempt to prevent her from cheating on him.
Police say a woman came to police in pain after being unable to go to the restroom due to her jeans being padlocked shut. She told them her boyfriend put a padlock on her pants so she wouldn't be unfaithful to him, CNN reports.
Authorities say the woman lives in an impoverished, rural community in Mexico.
Police say the woman told them her boyfriend had done this before and that she was afraid of him. Police arrested her 40-year-old boyfriend and he admitted to putting the padlock on her jeans.
The woman refused to press charges once the man was detained, so the suspect was eventually released. He signed a statement promising to never again use a padlock against his girlfriend or abuse her in any other way.


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crash the gate(redirected from crashed your gate)
crash the gate
To attend an event, such as a concert, sports match, or party, without being invited or paying to get in. That's way too much money to see them in concert, let's just crash the gate and see them on the sly! There's always a few who crash the gate at my party and end up causing trouble.
crash the gate
Gain admittance, as to a party or concert, without being invited or without paying. For example, The concert was outdoors, but heavy security prevented anyone from crashing the gate. This term originally applied to persons getting through the gate at sports events without buying tickets. By the 1920s it was extended to being an uninvited guest at other gatherings and had given rise to the noun gatecrasher for one who did so. [Early 1900s]


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Emmys 2013: best quotes
Emmys 2013: red carpet
Drama Series: "Breaking Bad," AMC.
Actor, Drama Series: Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom," HBO.
Actress, Drama Series: Claire Danes, "Homeland," Showtime.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Bobby Cannavale, "Boardwalk Empire," HBO.
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad," AMC.
Directing, Drama Series: David Fincher, "House of Cards," Netflix.
Writing, Drama Series: Henry Bromell, "Homeland," Showtime.
Comedy Series: "Modern Family," ABC.
Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory," CBS.
Actress, Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep," HBO.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Tony Hale, "Veep," HBO.
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Merritt Wever, "Nurse Jackie," Showtime.
Directing, Comedy Series: Gail Mancuso, "Modern Family," ABC.
Writing, Comedy Series: Tina Fey, Tracey Wigfield, "30 Rock," NBC.
Miniseries or Movie: "Behind the Candelabra," HBO.
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Michael Douglas, "Behind the Candelabra," HBO.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, "The Big C: Hereafter," Showtime.
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: James Cromwell, "American Horror Story: Asylum," FX Networks.
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Ellen Burstyn, "Political Animals," USA.
Directing, Miniseries or Movie: Steven Soderbergh, "Behind the Candelabra," HBO.
Writing, Miniseries or Movie: Abi Morgan, "The Hour," BBC America.
Reality-Competition Program: "The Voice," NBC.
Variety Series: "The Colbert Report," Comedy Central.
Writing, Variety Series: "The Colbert Report," Comedy Central.
Directing, Variety Series: Don Roy King, "Saturday Night Live," NBC.
Choreography: Derek Hough, "Dancing With the Stars," ABC.


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ARABELLA is a stunning and iconic 157' tri-masted staysail schooner. She is one of the most versatile sailing yachts available and has an exceptional charter history.
Her original hull was custom built by Palmer Johnson in 1983. Then she was lengthened and totally rebuilt to USCG specifications in 1999-2000.
Her welded aluminum hull, aluminum and teak decks and modern, automated rigging combines an extraordinary strong, seaworthy hull and durable yacht with the beautiful lines and nostalgia of a classic schooner tall ship.
ARABELLA was rebuilt to and operates under American Bureau of Shipping class and has a current US Coast Guard inspection certificate for 49 passengers plus crew for a total of 56 overnight charters and 149 passengers for day charters, giving her exceptional revenue potential. Her classic lines and beautiful teak decks entice with a Jacuzzi and shaded cabana seating aft, while her sailing yacht elegance and tall ship presence provide a distinctive luxury classic yachting experience. ARABELLA is a unique offering in the global market for either an expanded charter operation and revenue platform, or an exceptional value via refit/reconfiguration for a private owner.
The sailing yacht ARABELLA is a stunning 157' tri-masted staysail schooner custom built by PalmerJohnson in 1983, with a total re-build/lengthening completed 1999 - 2000. ARABELLA is one of the most versatile large sailing yachts available with an exceptional charter history. Her welded aluminum hull, aluminum and teak decks and modern, automated rigging combines an extraordinarily strong, seaworthy hull and durable yacht with the beautiful lines and nostalgia of a classic schooner tall ship.
Classification: ABS (American Bureau of Shipping)
Gross Tonnage: 91 US (208 Int'l)
Passenger Carrying Certifications: USCG (United States Coast Guard) 49 Passengers plus crew, total 56 overnight Passengers, and 149 day Passengers
Guest Staterooms: 20
Sleeps: 40
Heads: 22
Crew Berths: 9
Crew: normally 6 - 8
Flag: US
On the main deck there is a six person Jacuzzi which is located aft of a large circular seating area / covered cabana with a canvas sun shade, round table in center and teak decking throughout. Forward of the cabana and to starboard is the rear helm station, with stairs to the top of main deck house with access to sails and rigging. On the forward deck is a large sun lounge area with bench seating further forward in the bow on both port and starboard. Entering the main deck house is a large open salon, with heads aft and to starboard and an aft navigation station to port.
The saloon contains three curved settees with tables along both sides, and two large tables in the center, with seating for up to 48 guests. Forward and to starboard is a full bar, with satellite TV in center forward, and buffet serving area with under counter cold storage to port forward. Just aft of the bar and cold buffet are doors out to both port and starboard side decks. Aft of the saloon is a centerline passageway leading to the aft guest staterooms. Forward of the saloon and to starboard is the captain's quarters and a passageway leading down to the forward crew's quarters, and just aft of this is the passageway leading to the forward accommodations area. The lower deck forward is arranged with crew cabins forward, with bunks for five persons, crew head to port, and galley to port and starboard, a generator room, forward guest cabins port and starboard, with centerline passageway, after passenger cabins port and starboard with centerline passageway, and after peak (steering machinery compartment).
The Crew quarters consists of two staterooms, with a three person stateroom to port with two upper berths and one lower berth along outboard side. Forward to starboard is a two person stateroom with an upper and lower berth outboard. A forward outboard hanging locker provides storage, with an aft passage to the galley, off of which is a crew's head with shower. Aft of the crew's quarters is the galley area. Aft of the galley is the companionway down to the auxiliary machinery room. The aft accommodations area has a centerline passageway with four staterooms on each side, each with separate entrances, en-suite heads and berths to outboard.
The forward accommodations area, accessed via the companionway forward of the saloon, has a centerline passageway with six staterooms on each side. The two forward staterooms port and starboard have upper/lower berths. The remaining staterooms going aft have either double or queen berths, all with en-suite heads and berths to outboard.
ARABELLA has twenty suites with accommodations for 40 guests in 20 staterooms and quarters for 9 crew, including separate captain's quarters. All of her 20 staterooms include private en-suite bathrooms, external portholes, private climate control, and satellite TV's and telephones. The staterooms include:
ARABELLA offers the grace and elegance of a classic windjammer yacht but with modern amenities:
Large open saloon with beautiful bar finished in mahogany forward and to starboard, satellite TV and stereo. Curved settees along port and starboard sides as well as dining tables provide seating for up to 48 guests. Large windows along the entire length of the saloon provide ample lighting. A buffet area with under counter cold storage is located forward and to port.
The galley is located aft of the crew's quarters and includes a commercial dishwasher and freezer to port, with two convection ovens to starboard with countertop stove and two microwaves. At aft end of galley is the main refrigeration system with three refrigerators and a freezer.
Laundry Equipment:
Main Bridge
Forward Bridge
Navigation Station
Main Engine:
Caterpillar 3196 Diesel Engine, 500 HP
Total Rebuild in 2016
Emergency escape hatch forward, providing emergency egress from forward crew accommodation spaces.
Oval aluminum flush hatch cover in the foredeck, providing access to the forepeak.
Oval aluminum flush hatch cover in the afterdeck, providing access to the after peak.
Three extruded aluminum masts with double spreader rigs, stayed with 5/8" diameter 6 x 19 stainless steel wire rope, fitted with Norseman swageless fittings at terminations.
ARABELLA was launched in 1983 as CENTURION, designed by MacLear & Harris and built by Palmer & Johnson Shipyard in Wisconsin, with an original length of 110'. The previous owners purchased the vessel in the 1990s and completed a total refit in 2000, including an addition to the mid-section of the hull of approximately 46' to include 20 cabins and a completely rebuilt interior, the addition of a third mast and all new rigging and sails. The total refit included all new electrical, plumping, power and auxiliary power, running gear, electronics and navigational equipment, communications, lighting, galley and food service, safety and lifesaving equipment – all redesigned to specifications meeting the requirements for use as a Coast Guard inspected commercial charter vessel. The hull extension was completed by Kelly's Shipyard in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, with the interior refit work done by Newport Shipyard, Newport, Rhode Island. The current vessel is now a three masted staysail schooner designed for sailing with a limited deck crew having five sails that are on hydraulic roller furlers. She has a clipper bow, round bilge, full keel with mid-ship extension, keel-hung rudder and transom stern. ARABELLA is constructed of welded aluminum, with 1/2" thick bottom plating, welded aluminum decks and a teak and plywood overlay by Teak Deck Systems. Five transverse welded aluminum watertight bulkheads divide the vessel's hull. Her superstructure has a trunk cabin forward followed by a raised deckhouse and an aft trunk cabin.
ARABELLA is fully current with its American Bureau of Shipping and Coast Guard Certification (inspections every five years and annually, respectively), and is professionally maintained by a full-time captain and crew. Following is a summary of some of the primary work and upgrades that have been completed on the vessel over the past four years.


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Thank you for your interest in Nintendo and our products. This section of our website is designed to answer questions you may have about our Intellectual Property ("IP" for short) rights. Here you will find information on such things as copyrights, use of game emulators, and counterfeit products. Please keep in mind that infringement of Nintendo's IP rights hurts not only Nintendo, but our players and the legitimate businesses connected with Nintendo. Counterfeiting is a serious problem not only for Nintendo but also the entire video game industry. Nintendo will continue to aggressively protect its intellectual property rights.
Questions about ROMs and Emulation.
Reporting Violations
Nintendo owns intellectual property rights in its products. These include copyrights, trademarks, and patents.
A copyright is an exclusive right granted to an author of a literary, musical, audiovisual or artistic work, giving the author the sole right to reproduce and distribute that work. There are several different types of copyrights which are associated with Nintendo's products. These include various copyrights in Nintendo's software source code, executable code, game visual display, game music, game characters, product packaging, game manuals and labels; hardware chip microcode; artwork and publications.
Trademarks are the distinctive names, words, logos, designs and symbols used to distinguish a product of a particular manufacturer or source. Some of Nintendo's most widely recognized trademarks include Nintendo®, Game Boy®, Super NES® and Super Mario Bros.®. The Nintendo® trademark has been filed in many countries throughout the world and registrations have been issued in Nintendo's name in many countries.
A patent is a grant of the exclusive right in an invention for a period of time. Nintendo owns many utility and design patents. There are many patents and design patents associated with Nintendo's hardware and software products.
A counterfeit Nintendo product is an illegal copy of an authentic Nintendo product. These counterfeit products often originate from Taiwan, Hong Kong or China. The production, distribution, or sale of counterfeit Nintendo products is illegal. Nintendo has brought thousands of legal actions worldwide to stop counterfeiters. In addition, thousands of criminal actions have been brought against those found to be distributing, reproducing, or selling unauthorized, illegal copies of Nintendo video game products throughout the world, including criminal actions against on-line distributors.
For more information on piracy issues regarding the videogame industry, please visit the Entertainment Software Association's website at http://www.theESA.com/
Mod chips circumvent the security embedded into Nintendo's products. To install the mod chips into a Nintendo hardware system, it is necessary to dismantle the product and, in some instances, remove components. Use of mod chips voids the consumer warranty. Mod chips have also been adjudicated to be illegal in various countries around the world, including the Unites States, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Countries around the globe are also adopting similar laws aimed at illegal circumvention of security measures. People caught selling or installing them may be subject to criminal prosecution and may also be liable for civil damages resulting from such activities.
Independent Publishers/Licensees/Licensed Property Owners
Nintendo licenses a number of independent third party publishers to use its patented technology, copyrights and trademarks in developing, creating and marketing their own video games. Additionally, there are a number of intellectual property rights associated with these games that are owned by these publishers. In addition, many independent property owners from such sources as movies, television, sports leagues, etc. license their intellectual properties for use in video games.
A Nintendo ROM ("Read Only Memory") is the type of chip used in Nintendo's video game cartridge which contains the game software. However, this term is commonly used on many gaming sites on the Internet and refers to game data that was copied from an authentic Nintendo video game cartridge.
What is a Nintendo Video Game Emulator?
A Nintendo emulator is a software program that is designed to allow game play on a platform that it was not created for. A Nintendo emulator allows for Nintendo console based or arcade games to be played on unauthorized hardware. The video games are obtained by downloading illegally copied software, i.e. Nintendo ROMs, from Internet distributors. Nintendo ROMs then work with the Nintendo emulator to enable game play on unauthorized hardware such as a personal computer, a modified console, etc.
Can I Download a Nintendo ROM from the Internet if I Already Own the Authentic Game?
There is a good deal of misinformation on the Internet regarding the backup/archival copy exception. It is not a "second copy" rule and is often mistakenly cited for the proposition that if you have one lawful copy of a copyrighted work, you are entitled to have a second copy of the copyrighted work even if that second copy is an infringing copy. The backup/archival copy exception is a very narrow limitation relating to a copy being made by the rightful owner of an authentic game to ensure he or she has one in the event of damage or destruction of the authentic. Therefore, whether you have an authentic game or not, or whether you have possession of a Nintendo ROM for a limited amount of time, i.e. 24 hours, it is illegal to download and play a Nintendo ROM from the Internet.
How Does Nintendo Feel About the Emergence of Video Game Emulators?
The introduction of emulators created to play illegally copied Nintendo software represents the greatest threat to date to the intellectual property rights of video game developers. As is the case with any business or industry, when its products become available for free, the revenue stream supporting that industry is threatened. Such emulators have the potential to significantly damage a worldwide entertainment software industry which generates over $15 billion annually, and tens of thousands of jobs.
What Does Nintendo Think of the Argument that Emulators are Actually Good for Nintendo Because it Promotes the Nintendo Brand to PC Users and Leads to More Sales?
Distribution of an emulator developed to play illegally copied Nintendo software hurts Nintendo's goodwill, the millions of dollars invested in research & development and marketing by Nintendo and its licensees. Substantial damages are caused to Nintendo and its licensees. It is irrelevant whether or not someone profits from the distribution of an emulator. The emulator promotes the play of illegal ROMs , NOT authentic games. Thus, not only does it not lead to more sales, it has the opposite effect and purpose.
How Come Nintendo Does Not Take Steps Towards Legitimizing Nintendo Emulators?
Emulators developed to play illegally copied Nintendo software promote piracy. That's like asking why doesn't Nintendo legitimize piracy. It doesn't make any business sense. It's that simple and not open to debate.
People Making Nintendo Emulators and Nintendo ROMs are Helping Publishers by Making Old Games Available that are No Longer Being Sold by the Copyright Owner. This Does Not Hurt Anyone and Allows Gamers to Play Old Favorites. What's the Problem?
The problem is that it's illegal. Copyrights and trademarks of games are corporate assets. If these vintage titles are available far and wide, it undermines the value of this intellectual property and adversely affects the right owner. In addition, the assumption that the games involved are vintage or nostalgia games is incorrect. Nintendo is famous for bringing back to life its popular characters for its newer systems, for example, Mario and Donkey Kong have enjoyed their adventures on all Nintendo platforms, going from coin-op machines to our latest hardware platforms. As a copyright owner, and creator of such famous characters, only Nintendo has the right to benefit from such valuable assets.
Isn't it Okay to Download Nintendo ROMs for Games that are No Longer Distributed in the Stores or Commercially Exploited? Aren't They Considered "Public Domain"?
No, the current availability of a game in stores is irrelevant as to its copyright status. Copyrights do not enter the public domain just because they are no longer commercially exploited or widely available. Therefore, the copyrights of games are valid even if the games are not found on store shelves, and using, copying and/or distributing those games is a copyright infringement.
Haven't the Copyrights for Old Games Expired?
U.S. copyright laws state that copyrights owned by corporations are valid for 75 years from the date of first publication. Because video games have been around for less than three decades, the copyrights of all video games will not expire for many decades to come.
Are Game Copying Devices Illegal?
Yes. Game copiers enable users to illegally copy video game software onto floppy disks, writeable compact disks or the hard drive of a personal computer. They enable the user to make, play and distribute illegal copies of video game software which violates Nintendo's copyrights and trademarks. These devices also allow for the uploading and downloading of ROMs to and from the Internet. Based upon the functions of these devices, they are illegal.
Can Websites and/or Internet Content Providers be Held Liable for Violation of Intellectual Property Rights if they are Only Providing Links to Illegal Software and/or Other Illegal Devices?
Yes. Personal Websites and/or Internet Content Providers sites That link to Nintendo ROMs, Nintendo emulators and/or illegal copying devices can be held liable for copyright and trademark violations, regardless of whether the illegal software and/or devices are on their site or whether they are linking to the sites where the illegal items are found.
How Do I Report Potential Infringements to Nintendo Products?
To report infringing items on internet auction sites, please call us at 1-800-255-3700 or e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com
To report ROM sites, emulators, Game Copiers, Counterfeit manufacturing, or other illegal activities, please call us at 1-800-255-3700 or e-mail us at email@example.com
To report illegal use of Nintendo trademarks, or for any other legal inquiry or concern, please e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com. For other concerns, you can also call 1-800-255-3700.
For more information on piracy issues regarding the videogame industry, please visit the Entertainment Software Association's website at www.theESA.com.


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Residents who train in safety-net settings are more likely to return to practice in a similar setting, according to new research conducted by the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care and published in an early release of the December issue of Academic Medicine(journals.lww.com).
Corresponding author Robert Phillips, M.D., M.S.P.H., vice president of research and policy for the American Board of Family Medicine, told AAFP News Now that the release of the study findings was well timed in terms of the country's rapidly expanding health care market. "There is a substantial shortage of primary care physicians, particularly in rural and underserved communities, and particularly in areas where many people are currently uninsured but will have access to insurance in 2014," said Phillips, alluding to the ongoing implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
"Our finding that training young physicians in these settings makes them much more likely to return to work there suggests that training programs and funders should make these settings a priority for residency training expansion."
Phillips added that because family physicians make up much of the primary care workforce in rural and underserved settings, "Training in those settings could become a focus for family medicine training and teaching."
Story highlights
- The nation's shortage of primary care physicians likely will worsen with an influx of new patients drawn into the health care market by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- Nearly one in 10 patients lives in an underserved area and is treated at a federally qualified health center, rural health clinic or critical access hospital.
- Residents who train in those settings -- as do many family physicians -- are more likely to return to practice in the same type of setting.
Research High Points
Phillips and his colleagues focused their research on residency training in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), rural health clinics (RHCs) and critical access hospital (CAHs) that together provide care to more than one of every 10 Americans.
"Currently, more than 14,000 FQHCs (federally funded), RHCs and CAHs exist in some of the most underserved and rural locations in the country, and many of these safety-net settings provide the only access to care in the area," wrote the researchers.
Study authors identified where residents trained and later practiced by looking at Medicare Part B claims filed in residents' names by a FQHC, RHC or CAH from 2001-2005 and in 2009. The authors identified 662 residents with claims from an RHC, 975 from a FQHC and 1,793 from a CAH.
The percentage of physicians practicing in a safety-net setting in 2009 after training in a similar setting from 2001-2005 was 38.1 percent (RHCs), 31.2 percent (FQHCs) and 52.6 (CAHs).
Even though theirs wasn't the first research on the topic, the team didn't expect such dramatic results. "The association was surprisingly potent," said Phillips. "About one-third to one-half of young physicians who train in one of these underserved settings -- rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers and critical access hospitals -- will return to work in one of those settings after they complete training. This is 10-20 times higher than usual."
Researchers said that although they did not compare residents in the study with those who did not train in safety-net settings, "We do know that just 2 percent of all graduating M.D. residents go on to practice in an FQHC or RHC."
Recommendations Moving Forward
To prepare for the anticipated surge in health care demand fueled by the Affordable Care Act, the authors made several recommendations that could spur an increase in training of residents in safety-net settings and ultimately put more primary care physicians in underserved areas.
They suggested that medical education policymakers
- expand and modify the teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) program that was created to establish new residency programs in FQHCs and RHCs;
- redistribute unfilled GME positions but with clearer guidance than was done by Congress when it redistributed 3,000 position in 2005;
- increase current GME funding with the caveat that new funding be used to train residents in RHCs, CAHs and FQHCs; and
- remove indirect medical education payments that go beyond training expenses, and use that money to fund a new performance-based GME program.
"We recommend reauthorizing and expanding the THC-GME program, increasing the use of cost-based GME reimbursement in CAHs, or expanding training at safety-net sites as a condition for receiving additional GME funding," concluded the authors.
In addition, Phillips urged family physicians to support the AAFP in advocating for changes in GME funding that support family medicine training in rural and underserved areas "as recommended by the Institute of Medicine in 1989 and by the U.S. Council on Graduate Medical Education at least five times since."
"At a time when less than one in five trainees is choosing primary care, less than one in 10 is interested in working in primary care, and less than one in 20 goes to work in a rural area, we are identifying important strategies for GME funding that could improve the effectiveness and accountability of our teaching hospitals," said Phillips, pointing out that teaching hospitals receive $13 billion each year to train physicians.
Related ANN Coverage
Robert Graham Center Research
Building More Medical Schools Won't Solve Patient Access Issues
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Teaching Health Center GME Program Shows Promise, Says Article
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As the month of May draws to a close, it's May Day for FERC's Order 745 rule on demand response,vacated by the D.C. Circuit last week. So fittingly,this May 2014 issue of our newsletter offers an indepthreport on the court's ruling. And there's also around-up of firm highlights if you're interested in what we've been up to since the last newsletter.
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I have a significant birthday coming up in July. So I went to the TCM shopping page and decided to put a few things in the cart to keep and refer to when I get the question. An hour later, I had a list that totals $802.76. I don't suppose any of my friends and readers would care to pitch in with my family? That shopping site is completely addictive. I couldn't stop! Finally my sister called me, or I would still be on there!
Collections are the best, of course. And the most expensive! Dream along, Miss Becky.....
Just a small example...these range in price from expensive to really expensive...of course I picked plenty that are just one-movie DVDs, and they are affordable, mostly. Moby Dick, An American in Paris, Streetcar Named Desire, The Dawn Patrol, W.C. Fields shorts....in other words, a lot!
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The B.C. government has some new tools to help families prepare for dementia and critical illness.
They recently updated the Health Care and Care Facility Act, the Power of Attorney Act and the Representation Act, and also created new forms citizens can use to make their wishes known.
The changes broaden the list of people who can be designated to take over health-care decisions and put in place new processes for disputing health-care consent issues in court.
The forms used for setting out enduring powers of attorney and representation agreements can be downloaded at www.ag.gov.bc.ca/incapacity-planning.
"It is never too early to plan for who will speak for you in the event you are no longer able to make your own health-care decisions," Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid, then parliamentary secretary for seniors to the Minister of Health, said at the time of the announcement.
You can get help with personal planning through Nidus at www.nidus.ca.