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A tornado ripped through a rural southeastern Michigan community Thursday, damaging or demolishing many homes, downing trees and power lines, sparking fires and flooding neighborhood roads.
The slow-moving storm was part of a system packing large hail, heavy rain and high winds. The touchdown was reported in the Dexter and Pinckney areas northwest of Ann Arbor, said Marc Breckenridge, director of Emergency Management for the county.
Crews were assessing damage, but in one neighborhood, a home appeared to be flattened while an adjacent home lost most of its roof and second floor. Houses across the street also sustained damage to their roofs and siding. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities, Breckenridge's office said.
About two dozen homes in Sharon Carty's Huron Farms neighborhood "are pretty much unlivable," she said. "And a significant number more than that are severely damaged. One house, the whole front of the house is gone. Folks whose houses were hit are pretty stunned. We don't get too many tornados around here."
She saw no evidence of any injuries.
Carty, 38, said she and her family heard the first weather siren about 5:15 p.m. and were in their basement when the tornado struck. Their house was untouched.
Jack Davidson, 63, said he was watching TV when he heard warning sirens go off twice near his home in Dexter, sending him and his to the basement.
When they emerged, Davidson said the couple at first didn't see much damage and thought the storm had spared the area. But one look across the street revealed a different reality: a flattened self-serve carwash was among the damaged structures.
"It's bad," Davidson said. "The pizza shop's bad. But the worst damage is to the carwash."
Two blocks away, the twister never touched down.
"I guess we were just lucky we were in the right spot," Davidson said.
Destruction was a common sight in the village's business district.
A sign that declares Dexter a "Tree City USA" community was bent and affixed to a telephone pole. Nearby, trees lay on the ground, rendering surrounding roads closed or impassable.
There also were unconfirmed reports of tornados touching down in Monroe County's Ida Township and northwest Lapeer County, near Columbiaville, where trees and power lines had been downed, National Weather Service meteorologist Amos Dodson said. The storm packed wind gusts up to 70 mph in Lapeer County and 2-inch hail, he said.
"We're getting absolutely hammered," Fire Capt. Jim Hemwall of Monroe County's Frenchtown Township said Thursday night. "We have funnel clouds spotted all around us."
Hemwall said a house in the town of Exeter was struck by lightning and debris swirled around another in Monroe County's Dundee.
No injuries were immediately reported, "but it's early," Hemwall said.
All roads into the village of Dexter were closed as darkness fell, with police diverting traffic. Area police and fire agencies were going door-to-door searching for any injured, Washtenaw County sheriff's spokesman Derrick Jackson said. People needing shelter for the night were directed to a local school.
Bill Marx, head baker at Dexter Bakery, said he was closing up shop when he noticed the change in the weather and heard storm sirens.
"I stepped outside and saw the clouds turning around," Marx said. "It was coming toward us. After it went by, it really started raining and hailing."
Eastern Michigan University in nearby Ypsilanti also was buckling down for the storm.
"We put out an all-campus notice to students to take cover, and a tornado warning is in effect," school spokesman Walter Kraft said.
The notices were sent out via text messages and emails, Kraft said.
University of Michigan Health System spokeswoman Kara Gavin said patients were moved into hallways and window blinds have been closed in rooms. Some critically ill patients were moved away from the windows and would be moved farther if necessary.
Gavin said there have no reports of damage in or around the Ann Arbor hospitals.
The American Red Cross of Washtenaw and Lenawee counties expected to open a shelter at Mill Creek Middle School in Dexter and provide shelter, food, water, other basic needs and mental health services, spokeswoman Jenni Hawes said.
"I'm sure a lot of people are pretty distraught," she said. "If you know people affected, encourage them to the shelter and get assistance."
Hawes said a second shelter opened nearby in Ann Arbor, where significant flooding forced the evacuation of an apartment complex.


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It would be lovely if the delusional pundits who insist that the gender wage gap is a myth were correct. (We also wish that ocean levels weren't rising, people could easily teleport to work, and Hogwarts was real. We have a lot of dreams.) Sorry, blustery self-satisfied old dudes: women still aren't getting paid and promoted in equal measure. A few recent studies and proposals, although imperfect, at least acknowledge that concrete steps need to be taken around the globe.
A new Catalyst study of 1,660 MBA grads worldwide found that men land business projects that offer twice the budget and three times the staff as those led by women. This relates to general exposure, too — 35 percent of men said they experienced "high visibility" in their field, as opposed to 25 percent of women. Thus, as Bloomberg's Diane Brady puts it, "women's careers can get stalled by lesser projects that aren't even on the CEO's radar screen."
The report leaves a lot of questions unanswered — it doesn't differentiate by industry, geography, or demographics, or go into whether some women choose smaller projects due to family obligations or lack of self-confidence/support — but Brady's takeaway is noteworthy:
What Catalyst's latest poll of this group does prove is the fact that nothing trumps experience on the job. Coaching and lactation rooms are great. But if leaders aren't putting their high-potential women in mission-critical roles that come with high risk and hefty budgets, they're not serious about their commitment. Instead of boosting programs that nurture top women, smart leaders should look at whether they're truly offering assignments that help women stretch.
But how can you get women into top positions if you don't "nurture" them? The European Union has an idea that (trigger warning!) might literally make some Tea Partiers explode: make them. The EU proposed a new rule today that would require non-executive boards of publicly traded companies with over 250 staff members to have a certain percentage of women on their boards — the target would be 40 percent by 2020 — or suffer unspecified penalties.
According to the Commission, women currently account for fewer than 15 percent of those positions, so it's exciting that the EU wants to develop a (relatively) quick action plan to get more women on board. But some countries, including Britain, the Netherlands, and Malta, don't like the idea of punishing companies that don't adhere to the proposed rule that "Priority shall be given to the candidate of the under-represented sex if that candidate is equally qualified as the candidate of the other sex" — at least not at the EU level. According to Reuters, Britain is being extremely pissy about the proposal. "We have consistently argued that measures are best considered at national level," a government spokesperson said. The number of women on the boards of British-listed companies rose to 12.5 percent in 2010 from 7 percent in 1999; perhaps Britain thinks its doing just fine on its own?
Still, compare that slow climb to that of women executives in Norway (not a member of the EU), a country which mandated a 40 percent quota for non-executive boardrooms in 2003 — companies that didn't comply were threatened with liquidation — and reached that target in 2009. That sounds like progress. According to Reuters, "many" high-powered women resent quotas because they "give the impression that women have not been promoted on merit." We get that fear in theory, but given the alternative (no/few ladies), is that really a worthy enough reason not to follow Norway's example?
Then, there's another new study by the Inter-American Development Bank, which found that Latin America's gender wage gap fell from 22 percent in 1992 to 17 percent — one percentage point better than the disparity rate in the United States. That's great and all, but things should be moving along more quickly, especially given that Latin American women are more educated than men.
Hugo Ñopo, the report's author, said there are two major reasons why Latin American women earn less. We bet you can guess: women are still seen as domestic caretakers and therefore expected to take care of hard and uncompensated household and childcare duties, which leads to more women working part time because they need the flexibility, which leads to fewer women being promoted. Also, women are more likely to look for jobs in the social sciences, which aren't paid as well as those in science or engineering.
Ñopo's report focuses on reforming the education system, since "the gap between men and women starts at a young age and can be found within the educational system of a country," based on standardized tests that measure 15-year-olds' math, science, and reading performances. "Latin America is the area in the world where gender disparities are the worst." he said. But the only example given in the Univision story is that "In early education, for example, Latin America has invested in enrolling more students in classes." We're all for education reform in general, obviously, but if more Latin American women attain higher levels of education than men, how will "enrolling more students in classes" help?
The problem with these studies and proposals is that they touch upon but don't actually tackle cultural stereotypes and longstanding economic structures, both of which operate on the basis that one parent (guess which one) will take care of domestic duties while the other brings home the cash. The idiots who argue that the wage gap is bullshit claim that women choose low-profile jobs so they can stay home with their families. But most of us are not actually trapped in a Normal Rockwell painting; a mother is the primary or co-breadwinner in six out of ten U.S. families.
In order to actually achieve gender equality in the workplace, we have to reconsider our concept of the nuclear family. Hopefully we're closer to reaching that goal than figuring out how to teleport to work or wish Hogwarts into existence. Do we need the government to step in and make that happen more quickly? Maybe.
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Each day, Sperry visited five early childhood centers operated by the Australian Early Intervention Outcomes Unit (AEIOU) which has locations across the eastern coast of Australia. She conducted onsite evaluations, met with staff, made recommendations and worked with colleagues to develop action plans. She provided training and workshops to administrators and staff, assisted in the space design of a center that had just opened, and offered parent training to families and community members. Sperry and an Australian colleague, Dr. Deb Keen, co-taught a well-attended intensive autism course at Griffith University, working directly with students with ASD.
Sperry flew to Sydney to give a presentation to members of Parliament, including the Minister of Education and Minister of Health and Disability Services. She spoke about professional development in the Autism Center she directs at CU Denver. The University of Colorado Denver Autism Center focuses on capacity-building through teacher and staff training. Sperry also had an opportunity to discuss the development of a rural and remote model. It provided guidelines to services for families with children with ASD living in Western Australian and in Aboriginal communities.
Sperry was interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Company. She followed an invitation to return to Australia in January and went back again in the fall of 2009 to work with AEIOU and the Australian government, assisting in the appropriation of funds and in professional development activities. She also taught a course at Griffith University. Sperry's work has been instrumental in helping to develop more inclusive services for people with autism, their families, and their communities.
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Whether you're seeking a registered breed dog, a pedigreed cat, or so-called designer dog, there's one simple rule to remember when buying your new pet -- buyer beware. Buying a pet should always involve a healthy dose of skepticism along with some thoughtful research and investigation into the seller (Unfortunately, many people research purchase of microwaves and vacuums more than pets). With effort, you can increase the odds in your favor of acquiring a healthy, happy pet.
There are lots of sources for finding pets, but a dependable source over the years has been classified ads in your local newspaper (both printed, and now, commonly online). While newspapers do have guidelines advertisers must meet, they can't practically do full background checks, so it's your job to do your homework when approaching a potential seller or breeder.
Before buying, you want to ensure you're dealing with a legitimate, responsible breeder who will provide you with a healthy specimen of the pet you're seeking. These days, the pairing of dogs and cats is a science. All dogs and cats (even mutts and designer dogs) are potentially predisposed to various genetic problems – and a responsible breeder will know what those problems are and work to avoid them. For example, a gene in Maine Coon cats has been linked with a potentially deadly heart problem (feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). Responsible Maine Coon breeders are beginning the process of genetic testing to eventually lessen the occurrences of the disease.
You want to avoid irresponsible parties who randomly hook up two animals that happen to be of the opposite sex to make a quick buck. Sometimes these folks mean well and even consider themselves breeders, but in most cases, they are decidedly not, at least not quality ones. This so-called "backyard breeding" is, in part, to blame for the proliferation of an array of genetic illnesses in various breeds (such as perpetuating deafness in Dalmatians). The movies and cartoons made Dalmatians popular, and countless jumped on the bandwagon without having any knowledge of what they were doing.
So, how can you determine if a breeder is of the backyard ilk or truly a responsible one? Sometimes that line can be blurred; however, legitimate breeders have some common qualities that illustrate the care and attention necessary to sell quality pets. These qualities include the following:
- If possible, it is important to check their facilities of the seller in person. Ask yourself "Would I want to have dinner here?" If the answer is "No," say "Adios."
- Meet the parents! Experts agree, pups and kitties don't fall far from the tree (Recent research suggests personalities are more likely to reflect Dad than Mom). Ask to meet the Mom & Dad
ogling over the pups. Often, Dad doesn't live on the premises, but Mom ought to. If Mom or Dad refuses to come out from under a table, hisses, growls, or wants to eat you, don't accept excuses like "She's just having a bad day." Seriously consider moving on before you fall in love with those cute-as-can-be kittens or puppies.
- The breeder isn't selling used cars. If you feel you're being pressured, walk out the door without a puppy test drive.
- If you have children, it's ideal if the breeder also has children (their own or borrowed from others) who handle the pups or kitties gently and frequently to acclimate them to contacts from young people.
- Avoid breeders who always keep dogs outdoors.
- Avoid breeders who have more than four to five litters annually or breed more than three different breeds.
- Avoid breeders who want to give you a puppy under eight weeks or a kitten under nine weeks.
- Good breeders typically belong to a national breed club. They may also participate in dog or cat shows.
- It's a good idea to ask about the animal's family history going back three generations. Do require those records where applicable. If records aren't available, it's a red flag. For example, for dog breeds subject to hip dysplasia, the Orthopedic Foundation of America (OFA) offers a written analysis of X-Rays of adult hips. Puppies are too young to be analyzed, which makes the health of previous generations crucial.
- Learn about the genetic defects that occur in the specific breed. Resources include:
o Breed clubs
Canine Inherited Disease Data Base
The latest on genetic issues in American Kennel Club Breeds
- Avoid breeders who won't provide a written contract. State canine (and often feline) lemon laws may dictate some of that contract language. In their defense, even the best breeders can't possibly promise good health for a lifetime. They can only assure that the puppy or kitten is a product of good health and leaves their facility in good health. If the pup or kitten thereafter fails a vet exam, there ought to be a money-back guarantee (where that's already not the law). Many breeders offer guarantees for genetic illness, no matter what age the dog or cat is diagnosed. If you purchase a pet quality dog or cat, responsible breeders will bind you by contract to spay or neuter. Any breeder who doesn't do this is suspect.
- If puppies have blister on their tummies, it could mean they're being forced to sleep in feces. Don't rescue a pup or kitty from an inhumane operation. You're not being the hero you think. Instead, you're providing the financial means for unscrupulous breeders to stay in business. Contact your state Department of Agriculture about inhumane conditions or reach out to local media. Instead of keeping these types in business by making a purchase, you can help to put them out of business.
When looking for your new pet (and, especially when buying over the internet), beware individuals who may be trying to scam you by selling you a poor quality animal (or in some cases, no pet at all in the end). If you happened to be five states away, unfortunately you're unlikely to visit the facility, so whether through a newspaper or website, exercise caution when making a purchase sight unseen.
"Beware that puppy mills may masquerade as something else" says Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). "It's important to get third party validation. Do your own research so the reference isn't from them. They may not be ethical, but they can be very savvy."
The HSUS is working with Congress to crack down on Internet offers to purchase dogs at bargain basement prices. It turns out many of these dogs are being shipped from Eastern Europe. "Cheap for us is a wealthy position for many people living in certain economies" Pacelle said. "But these dogs sometimes die in transit; if they're sick there's no recourse and often you don't get what you paid for in the first place. In fact, you may get nothing."
Of course, as with any transaction, price does matter. Find out what the going rate is for whatever animal you're seeking. A rarer pedigreed cat, such as an Angora may be more costly than, say a more common Siamese. The same is true in the dog world. A Coton de Tulear (Royal Dog of Madagascar) may mean a second mortgage, compared to a more affordable Labrador Retriever. Cost may also depend on a breeder's level of experience and some show lines with lots of honors do cost more. Don't overpay. Equally important, don't underpay. If an offer sounds too good to be true – it likely is.
If you're considering a pure bred dog, note the short-term purchase price may be less expensive from less-credible sellers, but the long term expenditure and heartache of making a choice from a reckless breeder can be incalculable.
When purchasing via the Internet, a good breeder will be as skeptical about you as you should be about them. It's actually a good sign that you're asked to offer references to represent who you are. Also, a good breeder will contractually offer to take the animal back at any time for any reason.
Remember, unlike a microwave or vacuum, you're choosing a member of the family. The bottom line is that if you have a gut feeling that the deal doesn't feel right, it probably isn't.
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A Baltimore City grandmother has been arrested and charged with killing one of her grandchildren and injuring another after she gave them methadone.
Investigators were called to a home in the 1900 block of North Forrest Park Avenue in the early-morning hours of July 5, where they found Towanda Reaves and a 19-month-old child who wasn't breathing. Police said the boy was dead by the time medics took him to Sinai Hospital.
While there were no visible signs of trauma to the body, a medical examiner said the baby died of methadone intoxication and ruled the death a homicide.
About 10 hours after that child died, the boy's 16-month-old half-sister was also taken to Sinai after she was reportedly disoriented and in pain. Officials said the girl was given a toxicology test, which determined she had methadone in her system.
Reaves told investigators that around 4 a.m. on July 5, she went to turn off the air conditioner to discover that the 19-month-old wasn't breathing. She said she called 911, and an operator walked her through CPR. She said she stayed behind to watch the other two children in the home while the boy was taken to the hospital.
Detectives said they learned that Reaves turned over to hospital staff an empty bottle of methadone, a powerful painkiller heroin addicts take to help wean them off of the drug.
"It was during an interview with the child's grandmother that she actually confessed to putting methadone on the children's gum lines," said Baltimore City police Detective Jeremy Silbert.
Reaves was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with second-degree murder, child abuse resulting in death, assault, child abuse with serious injury and reckless endangerment.
WBAL-TV 11 News spoke with Reaves' son -- the father of the children -- who said it was his mother's methadone, and he believes she put it on their gums to help them fall asleep while they were visiting for Independence Day.
"It's a sad situation because she was not a bad grandmother from what I seen (sic) from here," said Cassandra Bellamy, a neighbor.
"Somebody putting methadone on a child's gums, it doesn't take a lot. This is a powerful drug, so powerful, we don't give it to people under 18 years of age," said Mike Gimble, a former addict who now helps people beat addiction.
The 16-month-old girl was reported to be in stable condition and was admitted to Sinai Hospital's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Police did not say if the third child in the home was injured or given the drug, too.


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It is Tuesday, 19th November 2001. My day of masochism is entering it's final run. It's in the evening that Radio 1 finally shrugs the weight of the playlist that dictates the make-up of the station's daytime musical output. But just how radical is 'Night-time'?
The Evening Session with Steve Lamacq ~ 8.00pm - 10.00pm
Steve Lamacq, a former NME news editor, took over the reins of the Evening Session from Mark Goodier after being hired under controllor, Matthew Bannister's indie-friendly recruitment drive in '93. After four years, co-presenter, Jo Whiley, was given her own mid-morning show and 'Lammo' was left to go it alone in the student-freindly, cider fuelled, cherry red Doc sporting programme.
8.00: The Strokes 'Last Nite'. I feel a bit left out in the whole Strokes 'debate'. They are, supposedly, the band to either love or hate of 2001. With strong opinions being raised on either side I'm beginning to wonder just how many music fans who, like me, are left in the middle, shrugging shoulders with a 'they're alright, I suppose. If you like that kinda thing' as their only viewpoint.
'Last Nite' sounds good enough, especially after the tiresome safeness of the Dave Pearce show, the song's sparkiness and spikiness appropriately heralds the rough n tumble, nu-indie sound that goes up to symbolise The Evening Session. No more of that pop pap - now it's time for the scrawly guitars to ring out. Yeah? Thing is, 'Last Nite' is played throughout the day anyway. So, although 'the Sesh' isn't under the heel of the playlist, I wonder just what kind guidelines are laid down for Steve Lamacq to follow. Does he have total freedom, like John Peel to play whatever he likes? I doubt it, it seems as though the music he compiles for the show has to be in keeping with the show's 'brand image' (indie-flavoured rock, mainly). It's unlikely, therefore, that The Evening Session will ever kick off with Autechre, for example (though it may well have done. Correct me if I'm wrong). The Strokes, then, are both a safe choice to start the show with, and have the right amount of hipness required. As if the station is tentatively leading it's audience into the darker realms of indie-dom by first giving them something they already know, something that won't scare anyone off, necessarily.
I get a bit bored of the song about half way through. Yeah, it sounds like the Stooges rehearsing some old Velvet Underground track, as always - which is fair enough - but there's nothing special here. But generally I can forgive them as, previously, on the single 'The Modern age', they delivered us the monster line: "rolling in the OCEAN / tryina' catch your EYE" - one of my favourite pop moments of the year.
8.13: 100 Reasons. Typical fuzzy-racket TES fare.
8.25: A listener phones in to humiliate himself in a curious manner: he's going to impersonate Matt Bellamy's singing voice. Lammo plays in a Muse ditty, and the contestant has to join in, matching his voice with the voice on the track. He miserably fails to do this, his voice is terrible. Just awful. Sadly though, it isn't quite as awful as Matt Bellamy's and so Lammo remains unimpressed.
8.27: Green Day 'Scumbag'
8.35: Lostprophets
So far, so Lamacq. Head down, no nonsense, no frills, straight-up, straight-ahead, workmanlike, meat, potatoes, nothing fancy. That's our Lammo. Of course, he might be tired of being seen as the champion of noisy, workmanlike indie-punk, and, given the chance, he would point to his many and varied record collection as proof that he has wider tastes than his radio show makes out.
Somehow I doubt it, though. His love of uncomplicated schmIndie-rock, and innate distrust of any 'pretension' in music is, now, [semi] legendary. In 1991 he interviewed the Manic Street Preachers for the NME. He loved their single 'Motown Junk', but the provocative posing and preening by the 'glimmer twins' Richey and Nicky and their clumsy (dated) androgyny, the situationist slogans... well, it got up his nose. Why couldn't they just dress normally and tell it straight? As he tellingly explains in Simon Price's book, 'Everything (A Book About The Manic Street Preachers)', "'Motown Junk'... couldn't be more of a Steve Lamacq record if it was called 'I'm Steve Lamacq's Best Friend'! But I couldn't tally that with all the make-up and attention seeking tactics. I thought the way to get attention was through songs." So when he interviewed them he confronted them on this issue, telling them that people might not think that they were for real. Soon after being interviewed, an annoyed Richey slashed '4 REAL' into his arm right in front of Lamacq. Two opposing ideologies clashed with bloody results.
Even so, I bet he prefers 'This is My Truth, Tell Me Yours' to 'The Holy Bible'. And now, in his Evening Session show, he generally serves up a meal to his favoured no-nonsense tastes: all stodgy kiddie-punk dumplings and a thin gravy of trad-indie. Jumpy-jumpy, shouty-shouty, lager-lager anthems all the way. Hey, ver kids love it! or so R1 hopes.
8.38: The White Stripes session track. Fuckin' A! 2001's most astonishing band play a typically rough-hewn, raucous cover of Robert Johnson's bloooze classic 'Stop Breaking Down'. Somehow, with their usual weird alchemy, they manage to turn the dusty and old into something singularly unique, vibrant and utterly vital. Marvellous.
8.54: British Sea Power 'Remember Me'. Wow. 80s indie-tastic.
9.00: The 'Classic Alternative' for tonite is 'Molly's Lips' by Nirvana. Unsurprisingly it sounds like the template for most of the show's output that it undoubtedly is, and as such, renders most irrelevant.
9.07: 'Movie Lounge' with the dull Mark King who says he wants to talk about the Disney 'toon 'Dumbo. 'We're not really gonna do Dumbo, are we?" asks Lammo, understandably. Mark does indeed 'do' 'Dumbo', in a meandering, go nowhere fashion. At the end, Lamacq mutters "if that's the best you can do, God save us".
9.13: Il Nino 'God Save Us'. Ahh, it was just a DJ segway! You seeee???
9.20: A repeat session from Embrace. It's no good though, it's just as eye-bleedingly boring as it was the first time round.
9.25: Yesss! 'Total Job' by early 90s nutjobs World of Twist. Classic!
9.37: I pour myself a generous helping of Jack Daniels as some, pleasant but forgettable indie from Last Day in April plays. actually, I can't remember if that's the name of the band or the track... who cares?
9.39: 'Introducing' Rodney P. Rubbish.
9.49: Elastica 'British Meat Scene'. I wonder where my copy of 'Elastica' is, I wouldn't mind listening to 'Stutter' - a rare thing: a great 'Lastica song!
9.51: Land Shipping 'Deep Water'. Archetypal twee, sad-indie. The song mentions trains, the Independent newspaper, stars coming out, the whole lot. This lot have corduroy running through their veins.
9.55: "For EastEnders fans out there - 'Pauline' by Weasel"
And with that, another show is in the bag for nice guy Lammo.
The Evening Session used to be on earlier, more or less in the slot now occupied by Dave 'Dave' Pearce. This was in the Bannister era, when R1 took risks, and supplied diversity. In the 9.00pm slot, between the Session and Peel/Radcliffe came a wide diversity of programmes which ranged from Radcliffe's 'Out On Blue Six', documentaries and comedy shows from Alan Parker - Urban Warrior, Harry Hill, [very] near the knuckle skits and phone pranks from Victor Lewis-Smith (his finest hour) and the brilliant, now notorious and (natch) controversial show from Chris Morris - who got R1 in trouble for his remark about 'bringing the news of Michael Heseltine's death, should it arise during the show'. It's difficult to believe that R1 would risk transmitting such shows now, maybe because they don't bring in the same audience figures as today's tame mix of back-to-back dance hits and the emo/skate/ska/punk shows in the early evenings of Andy Parfitt's Radio 1. Maybe, but it's a shame to see R1 now chasing listener figures, not least because it compromises the station and narrows it's scope.
John Peel ~ 10.00pm - 12.00am
10.00: "Too long, too slow". Spake the venerable John Peel. I can't work out what he is talking about here, the final track on the Evening Session? The show itself? Or the track he's about to play, which is by...
The Rock Show with Mary Anne Hobbs ~ 12.00am - 2.00am
MAH once worked at the NME alongside Steve Lamacq, in fact they both resigned the exact same day, for the exact same reason - the unpopular hiring of Melody Maker's Steve Sutherland as the new editor. Other writers, such as, Stuart Maconie, Andrew Collins, David Quantick soon followed and went on to have succesful careers in different parts of the media. Lamacq and Hobbs though settled for radio. In 1997, the show she helped devise, the excellent The Breezeblock, was supposed to continue on from the Graveyard Shift after it's hosts, Mark & Lard were moved to front the Breakfast Show. Good as it [still] is, it's hardly compensation for 'The Best Show On Radio'. Still, in '99 Hobbs was given The Rock Show, broadcast in the 'specialist' slot of after midnight. Not exactly prime-time then. Radio 1 clearly realises that there is a large enough metal audience to justify it's own show, but not big enough to risk in a reasonable slot. Hmm, is dance/garage/r n' b that much more popular that it deserves almost blanket weekend coverage whereas rock/metal gets a single two hour show on past midnight on a Tuesday night?
Sooooooooo. What have we learnt? Bugger all? Probably. Okay, certainly. But what the fuck? Y'know?
Next year the BBC is launching two new digital stations. the first, to start broadcasting in the Spring is Network Y which will be playing "influential and iconic artists... album tracks and classics", a kind of radio Q or Mojo, if you will. Then in the summer comes Network X, concentrating on black, 'urban' and roots music. Well, fair enough, but it looks like we are headed for the same 'segregated' radio that they have in America. Specialist stations playing one kind of music. Network X and Y: one playing black music, the other white. And ne'er twain shall meet. I hate this idea, it sucks. What I like and have always liked about Radio1 is it's diversity. Hip-hop followed by rock followed by pop followed by indie, that's the way it is and the way radio should be. That's why my favourite show is the John Peel show where happy hardcore goes back to back with folk music, and so it should cos I want to listen to IT ALL, I don't want separate fucking smug music ghettos, that is death to me. That's the end to all that is best about this countries radio.
10.00: Picassio. Doesn't have a title, but it's one of those salvage tunes where - in this instance, anyway - 'Axl F' is bolted onto "I'm lovin' it, lovin' it, lovin' it / I'm lovin' it like that". It kinda works.
John Peel, then. He's been around forever. Literally in Radio 1's case, he was part of the original line-up when the station started in 1967. Four years previous to that he worked as a DJ in Dallas when Kennedy was assassinated, and he was still there a year later when Beatlemania struck the US. Being, not only an Englishman, but a scouser meant that he could enjoy the attentions of many young females who had suddenly acquired an interest in all things 'Bridish'. Nevertheless he soon returned to Blighty (rumour has it he was 'chased out' of Dallas by the angry father of an underage girl with whom Peel is said to have had 'relations' with). Once home he hopped on board the 'pirate' radio station Radio Caroline, an illegal station which transmitted from a boat bobbing about the North Sea. It's existence was due to the fact that the youth of the 1960s were being starved of a decent music station, and instead being patronisd by the still stuffy BBC 'Light Programme'.
The Beeb soon saw the way the wind was blowing and created Radio 1 directly in the style of Radio Caroline, and then, waving it's chequebook, hired it's best DJ's, among them Tony Blackburn and John Peel - two more dissimilar DJs you'd be hard pressed to find. It was considered a 'sell-out' to leave the radical, rebellious Radio Caroline for that epitome of the establishment, the BBC. But it was a canny move for John, Radio Caroline soon began to flounder on the sea of listener apathy as the bright, new Radio 1 began it's stranglehold on the nation.
'The Perfumed Garden' was the name of an early Peel show, psychedelia and folk-rock were the order of the day, and hippy musings filled the gaps between the Caravan and Jethro Tull wig-outs. There's a great recording of a hush voiced Peel interviewing Mark Bolan of Tyrannosaurus Rex (the early, full-name incarnation) where Mark recites some of his far-out, gobble-de-gook 'poetry'. It is truly from another age, I can't see Peely having much truck with such flighty nonsense today. "I genuinely thought flower-power was going to change the world" he said a few years ago, with some sadness and surprise at the naivety and idealism of his younger self.
Not to worry, the John Peel show has, of course, gone on to influence and, dare I say it, 'educate' a whole generation or two of those seeking to explore the fringes of music, the underground. Unlike most DJs - most people, in fact - he hasn't just gripped onto the music of his youth or his 20s, instead he remained - and remains -open to the changing styles of music, thus he went from prog to punk to new wave to indie to house to electronica and all points in-between, both retaining love of old genre's whilst still embracing new ones. As such he has remained forever relevant. Way to go.
10.04: Proud Daddy, don't know if that's the name of the band or the track but, just four minutes in, and there is the first 'what is going wrong here?' moment, which will be familiar to all regular Peel listeners. Temperamental equipment and records played at the wrong speed remain a constant to the John Peel show. Forty years in the bizniz, and his show is still as shambolic as it [probably] ever was.
10.08: He tells us he is searching for some "death metal monstrosity" with which to end his show with. But now though he gives us some 'jangly-indie monstrosity'.
10.09: Tompaulin are today's lucky racket-merchants, following in the path of the illustrious likes of Joy Division, The Smiths and Bang Bang Machine, by taking part in the prestigious John Peel Session. Their first song is 'My Life as a Car Crash'.
10.19: An e-mail is read out from a listener requesting information on the first track of the show, "it was bangin'" claims the listener. John tuts, "young people, what are they like?"
10.23: Some 60s folk-hippie/choral singing from Judy Henske. Diversity is all on this show.
10.31: John tells us an anecdote, for no reason in particular, about going to his sons graduation ceremony where he "shook hands with someone with cold hands who had been listening for 21 years".
10.39: Damn long dance track.
10.44: Tompaulin cover the wonderful 80s Strawberry Switchblade classic, 'Since Yesterday'. Not entirely successfully, it has to be said.
10.58: 'Pig's 78'. Where John's wife chooses an ancient song - presumably from the Peel-Acres own archives - to be played amidst the madness. It's a feature that's as hit and miss as any on the show (or the station), but now and again unearths something wonderful from a distant era. tonight it's 'I Walk Alone' by The Vocaleers. Not a great.
11.04: A gorgeous, ambient, shoegazy track, the end of which is interrupted by John talking over it, seemingly unaware he can be heard, saying "what's happened there... I've taken us off the air... " Then the track finishes and he realises everything's okay, it's just another bumbling moment in the absent-minded DJ's show. "You don't get this on the Breakfast Show" he chuckles, "that's why it [the Brekkie show] is so popular I suppose".
11.08: Reads an e-mail from a nurse who wants something "trashy and loud" played.
11.09: Request denied. Tompaulin 'Short Affairs'.
11.26: A long moan about the Nashville Country Awards show. Why can't this award show recognise the likes of - Peel favourite - Laura Cantrell, he wonders.
11.44: The final track by Tompaulin.
11.50: Blimey, a good old fashioned DJ handover. Mary Anne Hobbs comes in for her weekly bemused chit-chat with the Peel.
He asks what is on her show tonight, "a band who you will loathe" she says, "Jimmy Eat World"
"Jimmy World?"
"Jimmy Eat World".
John has heard of Merzbow and Melt Banana but not Jimmy Eat World. What a strange planet he inhabits. I want to go there.
11.56: Here's the promised finale: the 'death metal monstrosity' in the ungodly form of Norway's Gore Lord and their popular chart smash 'Force Fed on Human Flesh'. It is utterly magnificent, and a good taster for the following programme.
Still, John Peel, God bless his records played at the wrong speed.
12.02: AC/DC 'Back in Black'. A classic for sure, but someone always, always plays this on the jukebox in my local, so I wish it had been a different 'DC track, really. But that's just me.
12.10: Vex Red. As far as I'm aware, this is my first experience of this band. In my notes I've scribbled: 'angsty, emotional indie metal'. Which kind of covers it, I think.
12.15: Will Haven 'Carpe Diem'. Sounds like he's impersonating Kat Bjelland. A bit one-note.
12.23: I lie on my bed and listen to the mighty Napalm Death. In my sleepy state it makes me imagine I'm in a cauldron of boiling blood, surrounded by shadowy, cloaked figures who have what looks like sheep skulls for heads. It's good stuff, I particularly like it when the vocalist decides to 'sing' in the style of the demented barking of a rabid dog. Fantastic!
Listen, I was born on a council estate in the West Midlands, this stuff is in my very marrow.
Onwards and... downwards.
12.32: Phil Alexander ex(?) editor of Kerrapp! magazine. What an idiot this bloke is, Mary Anne does her best to give half-hearted giggles to his painfully unfunny 'Colin Hunt' style puns. He witters on about something or other untill he is told to stop.
12.48: Competition, we are asked a question about Limp Bizkit. A joke obviously, what has that fat boy-band got to do with this show?
12.54: OTEP described by Hobbs as being the "debut of the year". I beg to differ. It's shit.
1.00: Rock Show faves Slipknot. Heh heh heh. Clowns are funny.
The jump-suited one's next single is played. As usual it's great, delivering the all-important sonic punch with a pop sensibility. Plus, I think it should be said that the lead singer clown has one of the best 'rock' voices in, uh, rock Odd lyrics though. One line seems to be: "come and see my cage / built upon my grave" and another goes: "I'm just keeping myself alive", well, we're all doing that, pal. Still, if the crime is making me laugh - they're all guilty!.
The single is apparently going to be released on Valentines Day, next year.
1.04: A plug for the 4-hour Xmas show. The R1 belt is being loosened this Xmas, more freedom is being awarded some of the shows - as a special treat for us all - even Mark Radcliffe is being given a 'no playlist' daytime show, which he clearly seems thrilled about. Pity its just a one-off
1.05: Pink Floyd 'Another Brick in the Wall', a bit of a diversion. Again, did it have to be such an obvious choice?
1.10: Marilyn Manson's tepid, lifeless cover of 'Tainted Love'.
1.15: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 'Love Burns'. Tame, 'Psychocandy' era-Jesus and Mary Chain. Even a tame JAMC should be worth a listen, but this is weaker than weak tea weakened with weak water. Nah.
1.18: Mary Anne Hobbs' album of the year, she tells us, is by Headcharge. It doesn't seem we see eye to eye on many things, Mary and me, the Headcharge track she plays isn't very good at all. It's all becoming much of a muchness, in fact. When did metal become so fucking weedy? Bring back Extreme Noise Terror and Skinny Puppy to show these knock-kneed, bed-wetters how to ROKKKK!!
Far from invigorating me, like I thought it would, the dull burr in these songs is actually sending me off to sleep.
1.25: Sometime during Lostprophets I finally drift away to the land of Nod (Nod = drummer in Fields of the Nephilim, hurray!!). I'm sure they have the same effect on most people. While I sleep I dream I'm wandering across a scorched, barren, post apocalyptic wasteland, wearing a big, dusty hat. I arrive at a tumble-down shack, the sign on the door: 'Radio One (97-99 FM)'. I take a match to the dead wood and burn the place down, freeing the souls in torment within. I turn around and continue walking. I don't look back.
I won't take too long in 'summing up', you are, of course, as capable of drawing your own conclusions as to the state Radio 1 is in as I am. I just think that the station is in need of - is overdue - another big shake up. One similar, but perhaps not quite as drastic, as the 'big purge' of the early 90s. So much of it is stale, homogenised and bland, crap like the Dave Pearce show is just a disgrace, and the uniformity of most of it is wearying.
Yes, R1 has more new music than any other radio station - even in the daytime. Yes, it should be chart-friendly, and they cover the chart intelligently - the likes of the Tweenies, Westlife and the more stupifiyingly dull boy-band balladeering all gets short-shrift, pushed out in favour of UK garage, r n' b, nu-metal and pop. R1 has more live music than anyone else. All the main shows have had guests playing live at some point, Jo Whiley, the Evening Session and John Peel make a regular habit of it. Everything from unsigned bands to the biggest bands and stars in the world. And, no, it can't be all things to all people.
All that. But still there's something missing. Personality? Individuality? Risk taking? Yes, but only ever within the constraints placed upon the presenters, and the more willfully obtuse the presenter the more original the show. Twas always thus, I suppose, but the thing is, how many at the moment are wiling to give something different? The good thing about the early 90s intake - yer Radcliffes, yer Whileys, yer Lamacqs - was that they never wanted to be DJs! They merely fell into it after thier previous jobs ended. Radcliffe wanted to be a drummer in a successful band, when that fell through, instead of playing music he played music. He took the job of DJ because there he could still be involved with his first love - music. The likes of Moyles and Mills on the other hand, had only ever wanted to be 'disc-jockeys'. And that's a big difference in ideology.
Mark Radcliffe's current contract ends in April 2003. Some have wondered that if things at R1 stay as they are, will he a) want to leave, b) be forced out of the station or c) stay where he is, doing what he is doing now? It seems 'c' is unlikely, he obviously is getting irritated and bored by a lot of the music he has to play, and there are only so many times you can laugh an irritant away. His behaviour is becoming more erratic, a few weeks ago he played a Sugarbabes single six times in full during a single show as a deja-vu 'joke', one wonders if the 'management' saw the funny side (afterwards Moyles got in on the joke by playing the track as the first song of his show - but he stopped it after a couple of seconds, saying "only joking". Coward.). Then there's the fact that during the Morris Dancing feature, the words "fuc(beep)king shite" were repeated everyday. Is this the work of a rebel, a cheeky wind-up scampateer, or a man who feels he doesn't care anymore, because he knows the end of his stay is drawing near? Maybe it's for the best, like DLT in the early 90s, he has just outgrown the station.
But if, for whatever reason, Radcliffe goes, who is there to replace him? Will a younger version of Radcliffe be found and bought in, or will it be some say-nothing, sit back, link the records, 'guess what I got up to last night / did you see EastEnders?' DeeJayyy like Nemone?
It's unlikely that any controllor will now fire John Peel, who is equally happy to stay, as long as his format remains untouched, which it probably will be, though his show has been shunted around, reduced in size, and all sorts before now. His eventual departure will probably be newsworthy. The original nuttah has left the building. But his leaving, for me, will be like the ravens leaving the tower (Peel's real name is John Ravencroft, read into that what you will, if you are so inclined), with him and/or Radcliffe gone, I would no longer see any point in tuning in again. At least not unless they award more freedom to the presenters and bring in some intelligent, music loving talent.
It comes down to ratings in the end, though. Forces outside and inside the station are making it watch it's own success carefully. To guarantee the ratings are kept high, therefore, risk taking is out. Radio 1 used to be known as The Nation's Favourite. No more though - that sobriquet now belongs to Radio 2 - the stations listener figures have dropped since the highs of the 80s. It isn't necessarily changes in the station that have done this though it is choice, we have more choice than ever now, and Radio 1 is being made to feel it has to kick harder to keep itself afloat. For a station that is paid for through the licence fee, you wouldn't think that it would have to desperately keep itself populist like the local, independent radio stations who rely on pleasing the advertisers, but there you have it. Sinister forces are at work. Radio 1 is on it's knee before His Majesty the Ratings, and the great God, Lowest Common Denominator must be appeased at all times.
Our choices are about to expand, but our radio is about to get smaller.
The Rock Show with Mary Anne Hobbs ~ 12.00am - 2.00am
MAH once worked at the NME alongside Steve Lamacq, in fact they both resigned the exact same day, for the exact same reason - the unpopular hiring of Melody Maker's Steve Sutherland as the new editor. Other writers, such as, Stuart Maconie, Andrew Collins, David Quantick soon followed and went on to have succesful careers in different parts of the media. Lamacq and Hobbs though settled for radio. In 1997, the show she helped devise, the excellent The Breezeblock, was supposed to continue on from the Graveyard Shift after it's hosts, Mark & Lard were moved to front the Breakfast Show. Good as it [still] is, it's hardly compensation for 'The Best Show On Radio'. Still, in '99 Hobbs was given The Rock Show, broadcast in the 'specialist' slot of after midnight. Not exactly prime-time then. Radio 1 clearly realises that there is a large enough metal audience to justify it's own show, but not big enough to risk in a reasonable slot. Hmm, is dance/garage/r n' b that much more popular that it deserves almost blanket weekend coverage whereas rock/metal gets a single two hour show on past midnight on a Tuesday night?
Sooooooooo. What have we learnt? Bugger all? Probably. Okay, certainly. But what the fuck? Y'know?
Next year the BBC is launching two new digital stations. the first, to start broadcasting in the Spring is Network Y which will be playing "influential and iconic artists... album tracks and classics", a kind of radio Q or Mojo, if you will. Then in the summer comes Network X, concentrating on black, 'urban' and roots music. Well, fair enough, but it looks like we are headed for the same 'segregated' radio that they have in America. Specialist stations playing one kind of music. Network X and Y: one playing black music, the other white. And ne'er twain shall meet. I hate this idea, it sucks. What I like and have always liked about Radio1 is it's diversity. Hip-hop followed by rock followed by pop followed by indie, that's the way it is and the way radio should be. That's why my favourite show is the John Peel show where happy hardcore goes back to back with folk music, and so it should cos I want to listen to IT ALL, I don't want separate fucking smug music ghettos, that is death to me. That's the end to all that is best about this countries radio.


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Personally identifying information collected through PSN will be saved and only used to administer PSN services, unless a PSN account holder tells us that he or she wants to receive marketing materials from us by opting into one of our marketing programs. PSN services include providing PSN account holders with online gaming services, gaming- and content-related commerce and activity services, in-game advertising services and community services, administering customer transactions, monitoring for fraudulent activities and transactions, preventing abuse of PSN and ensuring compliance with PSN's Terms of service and User Agreement and this privacy policy.
Consumers who voluntarily provide personally identifying information via our website for purposes of receiving marketing materials or who opt-in to receiving marketing materials when they register a Network Adaptor (Ethernet/Modem)(for PlayStation®2 or PlayStation®2 with integrated network and line connectors for online gaming through the Online Start-Up Disc, also become members of our non-PSN marketing program. These consumers receive marketing materials from SCEA, and may be invited to proceed through the registration process to become PSN account holders.
Email addresses collected from consumers during the use of the E-Cards or "Send-to-a-Friend" email feature on our websites are not retained by us, and are only used to send a one-time email notification on a consumer's behalf.
SCEA's consumer services department maintains information obtained from consumers who contact or submit an online complaint so that we may assist these customers on current or future service issues. SCEA's consumer services department may collect additional information such as credit card, personal check information if a consumer contacts consumer services to request repair of, exchange of or service on a PlayStation®3 system, PlayStation 2 system, PlayStation console, PS one system or PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. Consumer Services uses this information only for payment and payment verification purposes.
When consumers have provided personally identifying information to us, we may disclose that information to certain third parties that we have engaged to assist us fulfilling consumer requests, processing information, clearing and verifying transactions, delivering products, content or services, managing and enhancing customer data, maintaining our database records, providing customer service and conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys. Third parties engaged in this manner may include fulfillment houses, transaction managers, credit card transaction providers, fraud-detection service providers, consumer research companies and data management companies. While we do not control a third party's use of such information, we use reasonable efforts to obtain the third party's agreement to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of any personal information we share with them (or that they collect through our Websites).
SCEA may share information with appropriate third parties, including law enforcement or similar organizations, in connection with a criminal investigation, investigation of fraud, prevention of fraud or criminal activities, infringement of intellectual property rights or other activity that is suspected to be illegal or may expose our users or SCEA to legal liability. We may use personally identifying information and records for defense of a lawsuit, investigation or other action if that personally identifying information, records or profiles are relevant to the lawsuit, investigation or action.
Business Contacts
For practical reasons, we treat personally identifying information submitted to us in a business capacity different from information we receive in a non-business capacity. We may share resumes or potential developer contact information submitted to us, for example, with other Sony companies or third parties, depending on the nature of the inquiry.
Through our job page at http://www.us.playstation.com , SCEA allows job seekers to inquire about jobs and submit personally identifying information in connection with applying for employment. If job seekers inquire about a position and create a profile, we may use the personally identifying information that they provide to contact them about positions that may be of interest, determine whether or not they qualify for a position or process the employment application. If a job seeker creates a job profile, he or she will be asked to provide an email address and create a password. He or she can use that email address and password to access his or her account, review the information in his or her profile, edit and delete his or her profile at any time.
PSN Account Holders
In certain cases, we offer eligible consumers the opportunity to become PSN account holders. Consumers may register for a PSN account through certain websites or through the PlayStation®3 system or the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.
PSN Accounts are free and grant the account holder certain rights on our websites which may include access to restricted areas of our websites, use of our message boards, the opportunity to be a registered user or subscriber of our websites and more. If PSN account holders opt in to receive marketing materials from us, they may also receive discount and promotional offers, game news, special opportunities and other information about PlayStation products.
We give PSN account holders the opportunity to provide information about themselves on the registration materials, and will from time to time send out surveys or questionnaires for members to provide feedback and additional information.
By logging in as a PSN account holder on any website, PlayStation system or console, consumers consent to having information regarding their activities added to their PSN profile, whether information regarding those activities come from SCEA internal sources, Sony-related entities or affiliated sources. This information allows us to provide those PSN account holders with information about our products that best suits their interests and to customize their experience.
SCEA operates in parts of North and South America but many of our computer systems are based in the United States. When we process personal data and information and personally identifying information in the United States, we follow United States data protection and privacy regulations, which may not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world, such as the European Union. Please be awhtare that accepting this privacy policy means that you agree with the transfer of your data outside of your country of residence. If a consumer's country of residence is outside the territory where SCEA does business, that consumer will be directed to the Sony Computer Entertainment company that services that country. For example, a consumer from Italy would be directed to our affiliated company in Europe, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and would not go through the registration process for United States consumers or have data collected by SCEA.
PSN provides several ways for PSN account holders to share freely their thoughts and ideas. They can use voice chat or video chat or send text email messages to another account holder's PSN mailbox. Certain games may also provide in-game chat or provide unique means to leave messages for other users. When using these PSN communication tools, PSN account holders must adhere to the Terms of service and User Agreement as well as any additional terms and conditions that SCEA provides. This privacy policy will apply to any information we collect when account holders utilize PSN communication tools.
We prohibit PSN account holders from disclosing their own personally identifying information other than their own Online IDs. We ask our users to respect the privacy of others. Disclosure of phone numbers, addresses, age or other personally identifying information that may violate someone else's privacy is prohibited. Encouraging or asking users to disclose publicly their personally identifying information is also prohibited. We reserve the right to delete any content that violates these rules or any posted term or condition and reserve the right to ban any user who violates these rules. For details on online communication for children in the United States and Canada under the age of 13, please see the section entitled "Policies for Children".
SCEA may use personally identifying information for marketing and demographic studies. For example, SCEA may use a PSN account holder's Online ID to cross-reference passive information with non-personally identifying information in his or her profile, such as gender or age, in order to develop aggregated information about who uses PSN and how. We may conduct these studies or we may hire a third party to conduct them for us. These studies are for internal purposes only, to help us improve our websites, products and services to better meet our users' needs. We may share non-personally identifying information and behavioral data.
Other Passive Information Collection via PSN
SCEA may collect information such as PSN account holders' system IP address, IP address-related information, system Media Access Control ("MAC") address, network configuration information, network device information, peripheral information, USB device information, plug-in and monitor information, information generated by the PlayStation®3 system and information about how PSN account holders use PSN and PlayStation®3 users use their PlayStation®3 systems, including download activity, browser activity, gaming activities, forum postings, game profile, rankings, features used and presence on Friends list or block list.
In-Game Advertising
Dynamic advertisement serving technology enables advertisements to be temporarily loaded or cached to a PSN account holder's system for display only in games that incorporate this technology. If a PSN account holder plays a game that utilizes this feature, we will log information about his or her system and game play to ensure that advertisements are being appropriately served to him or her and to track information about the advertisements displayed during his or her gaming session. Logged data may include: Online ID, system IP address, system MAC address, in-game advertisement location, the length of time an advertisement was visible, relative size of advertisements, the angle of view and other information related to each advertisement visible during the gaming session. We may use information that we have collected about a PSN account holder through this process to provide him or her with future advertisements that we believe will be of particular interest. Logged data or some portion of it will be shared with third-party companies that operate the advertisement serving technology, and these companies may share aggregated data (meaning data that includes data about a PSN account holder's gaming session but is not specific to him or her) with advertisers and game publishers.
Message Boards
Our website message boards are a place where users can go to freely share their thoughts and ideas about the PlayStation brand. A PSN account is required to contribute to these message boards. Message board participants must adhere to our website Terms of use, as well as any additional posted terms and conditions. Message board moderators enforce theseTerms of use and other applicable rules. Any information we collect in connection with a consumer's participation on our message boards will adhere to this privacy policy. We prohibit PSN account holders from disclosing their own personally identifying information other than their own Online IDs. We ask our users to respect the privacy of others. Disclosure of phone numbers, addresses, age or other personally identifying information that may violate someone else's privacy is prohibited. Encouraging or asking users to disclose publicly their personally identifying information is also prohibited. We reserve the right to delete any content that violates these rules or any posted term or condition and reserve the right to ban any user who violates these rules. Additionally, we reserve the right to ban any user who violates this requirement. For details on online communication for children in the United States and Canada under the age of 13, please see the section entitled "Policies for Children".
Recording and Distribution Functionality
Some PSN features and games include functionality that allows PSN account holders to record and publicly distribute footage of game play, other game-related information or, more generally, their activities on PSN where they interact with other users. If a PSN account holder is playing a multi-player online game that utilizes this feature or is in any area on PSN where other users are present or represented, another user could record and distribute footage of those activities that may include the user's Online ID, Friends list, presence online, messages and gaming or social activities. If PSN account holders want to ensure that their information is not shared by other users in this way, they should not play multi-player online games or enter areas of PSN that include this functionality. PSN also allows PSN account holders to distribute game play, game statistics, PSN Store purchases and other information collected via PSN to our and our affiliates' websites as well, in some cases, third-party websites. PSN account holders' Online ID and trophy information is publically available on www.us.playstation.com. If consumers do not want their trophy information or Online ID made available to others, they should not establish a PSN account.
Information Sharing Policy
PSN account holders have an additional option to "opt-in" to have their information shared with our promotional partners, licensed software publishers, licensed peripheral makers and other licensees ("Our Partners"). This gives us the opportunity to work with partners who will provide PSN account holders with additional material on products that we think they will enjoy.
If, through a PSN account, a PSN account holder accesses content or services that are published or supported by a third party, his or her personally identifying information may be shared with that third party for purposes of game and community administration. By logging in to third-party websites or online services with your PSN account, you confirm that you want us to share your PSN account details in this way. Personally identifying information that we share with a third-party in this manner is subject to that third party's privacy policy. PSN account holders may be given the option to provide the same or additional personally identifying information directly to the third party pursuant to that third-party's privacy policy. Please review carefully all terms and conditions of any third-party privacy policy. We are not responsible for how these companies use your personal information.
California Privacy Rights
Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code section 1798.83 permits SCEA customers who are California residents to request certain information regarding SCEA's disclosure within the immediately preceding calendar year of that California resident's personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, contact our consumer services department through the following link: http://www.us.playstation.com/Corporate/ConsumerServices or via telephone at 1-800-345-7669. If you would like to change your current account preferences, go to the account management section of your PSN account.
Policies for Children
We encourage parents to take an active role to protect their children's privacy and to prevent inappropriate uses of their children's information. Parents should instruct their children never to provide their real names, ages or any other identifying information on our websites or via PSN without first getting permission. If a child 12 or under attempts to create a PSN account and enters his or her correct date of birth, the registration process will direct that child to provide the email address of a parent who can create an account for that child.
In order for a child in the United States or Canada who is under the age of 13 to participate on PSN, that child's parent or legal guardian must first create a Master Account for himself or herself. The parent or legal guardian must then use the Master Account to create a PSN Sub Account for the child who is under 13. The creation of a PSN Sub Account requires the parent or legal guardian to provide verifiable legal consent to our collection of the child's personal information and to the child's participation on PSN. The parent or guardian must also consent to having the child's personal information shared with SCEA's affiliates and third-parties, such as game publishers who provide online services on or through PSN for the purposes of game, system or service administration.
The parent or legal guardian must provide SCEA with valid credit card information and a valid email address. SCEA then sends to the parent's internet based email address a message with a link to a secure website. The parent completes the remainder of the account registration on the parent's personal computer, providing the child's name, address and email address. The parent also has options to control his or her child's access to content and ability to chat with other PSN account holders.
Transfer of Your Information in the Event of Sale or Acquisition
In the event that SCEA sells its PSN business or has its PSN business acquired, PSN account holders' personally identifying information and other consumers' personally identifying information may be transferred to the purchasing or acquiring entity. Please be aware that accepting this privacy policy means that you also consent the possible transfer of your personally identifying information outside your country of residence.
Cookies are bits of electronic information that a website can transfer to a consumer's hard drive to keep records of his or her visit at the website. Cookies allow website operators to better tailor visits to the website to consumer's individual preferences. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and most major websites use them. We may use cookies to improve consumers' experiences when visiting our websites (and utilizing some PSN services). We may use cookies to anonymously track interest in and collect aggregate information on our websites. Similarly, we keep records of the places PSN account holders have visited on PSN and to keep track of their purchases and activities on PSN.
Log Files
We may use log files to gather statistics about consumers' browsing habits and to assess overall website activity, including how many "hits" a particular web page is getting. These entries are generated anonymously, and enable us to track interest in specific promotions, troubleshoot technical concerns, and provide consumers with content that is most interesting to them. We also use the log file entries for our internal marketing and demographic studies, so we can constantly improve the online services we provide to consumers. Log files are used internally only, and are not associated with any particular user, computer, or browser.
Web Beacons
Our websites use a variety of technical methods for tracking purposes, including Web beacons. Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in images on the pages of websites. We also use these technical methods to analyze the traffic patterns on our websites, such as the frequency with which consumers visit various parts of our websites. These technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized by us to collect information on our behalf. We also use these technical methods in HTML emails that we send our guests to determine whether our consumers have opened those emails or clicked on links in those emails. The information from use of these technical methods may be collected in a form that is personally identifiable.
Accuracy & Security
We seek to maintain reasonable security measures in order to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the personally identifying information under our control. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as perfect security. As a result, although we strive to protect personally identifying information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us through or in connection with our website, PSN or that we store on our systems or that is stored on our service providers' systems.
We strive to take reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the personal information collected from our website visitors. Personal information is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public and that are only accessible to authorized employees. In addition, the PSN uses industry-standard encryption to prevent unauthorized electronic access to sensitive financial information such as your credit card number. We also have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. For example, before we allow PSN account holders to access their personal information, we verify their identity by requesting information such as their Sign-in ID and password. In the event of a security breach, we have procedures in place to quickly and effectively protect our consumers' data.
PSN account holders should keep their Sign-in IDs and passwords secret to prevent unauthorized access and use of their PSN accounts. If you are a PSN account holder and have set your "Auto Sign-in" setting to populate your password and Sign-in ID automatically, please make sure you change the setting to [Auto Sign-In Off] before you let anyone else use your PSN account or give your PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system unit to anyone else, including returning the unit to a retailer or to SCEA.
Retention Policy
We will retain personally identifying information about you for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy unless a longer retention period is required by law or regulations.
Contact Us
For further information on our privacy policy, or for questions on information that we may have collected from you, or should you wish to have your PSN account closed, please contact us by either of the following methods and we will be happy to review, update, or change your record status as appropriate:
By Phone at:
1-800-345-7669 (800-345-SONY), live rep support M-SAT 6am-8pm PST, SUN 7am-6:30pm PST; auto support 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
By Mail at:
SCEA, Consumer Services Department
P.O. Box 5888
San Mateo, CA
On the Web Site:
Log into your account and make changes as needed. Here's the link to log in and get you started:
In Latin America
Argentina: 011-6770-7669
Chile: 800-261-800; (56)(2)7546333
Colombia: 01-800-550-7000
Mexico: 01800.759.7669
Peru: 0-801-1-7000; (51)(1)511-6100
SCEA is a licensee of the ESRB's Privacy Online Program. If you believe that we have not responded to your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, please contact ESRB at http://www.esrb.org/about/contact.jsp
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New York, NY 10017
By using this site, you signify your assent to SCEA's privacy policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our websites. We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. If we make a material change to this privacy policy, we will notify you by posting the change on our websites or in this privacy policy and, if necessary, give you additional choices regarding such change. Please check back from time to time to ensure that you are aware of these changes. Your continued use of our sites will signify your acceptance of these changes.


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Did Rihanna and Chris Brown Rendezvous in St. Tropez?
Maybe there is something to those pesky, percolating and pervasive rumors of the secret relationship between Rihanna and Chris Brown, thanks to some strong and convincing photographic evidence indicating that that they are rendezvousing in St. Tropez. The rumors won't quit and they're likely to shift into overdrive now.
Why? Well, RiRi tweeted photos of herself on vacation, meeting NBA legend Magic Johnson on Saturday (July 21). Then today (July 23), Breezy tweeted a photo of himself with Magic, too. Where there's smoke…
Magic apparently met up with RiRi on a yacht over the weekend and they exchanged Twitter pleasantries after the fact, as well.
Then, rapper Ludacris tweeted that he was heading to St. Tropez, as well. A few hours later, on July 22, Breezy tweeted a few expletives about accompany Luda on holiday. He posted: "This n---- Luda flying the damn helicopter! I'm s----ing bricks right now." Then he shared: "Landed on the boat."
A few minutes later, Ri tweeted: "Touch down baby, help me pick out my fit," which sounds like a reference to Brown landing. You don't need a brick to hit you on the head to figure that one out. This all feels like way more than coincidence.
But the most telling evidence? Brown sharing a photo and his joy at meeting Magic today, tweeting: "Magic happening!!!"
Sure, he's captioning how he feels about making the acquaintance of the hoops legend in the photo, but the real magic is likely happening with the woman he can't stay away from and who cannot stay away from him: Rihanna.
She did share, in her Harper's Bazaar cover story, that she never loved anyone as deeply as Brown and when they split, it rocked her world to its very core.
It sure looks like RiRi and Breezy are together and don't care who knows about it. Tweeting is not exactly a way to keep your secret romance classified.
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DOVER — It was no fun for Kylie McFadden to sit on the bench while the Dover High School softball team won its first two games.
So McFadden made the most of her season debut on Wednesday, pitching the Green Wave to an 8-2 win over Merrimack in Division I action at Dunaway Field.
"I hate sitting on the bench," McFadden said. "It felt really good to be back."
McFadden struck out seven and retired the side in order in the fifth as Dover remained undefeated at 3-0. She also got out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the seventh inning to preserve the win.
"She did really well," Dover coach Tim Dudley said about McFadden's afternoon. "She's been hurt, and she's coming back from an injury. She's throwing hard and I like it."
Dover scored seven unearned runs as sophomore catcher Caroline Schoenbucher led the way with a pair of hits and two RBIs.
"It feels good to be winning," Schoenbucher said. "I've been popping up a lot this week, so I was just trying to hit line drives, focusing on the ball more."
Delaney McCann, Ashley Deyo, Kristin Boduch and Emily Schlapak each had a hit for the Green Wave. McCann scored three runs.
Dover took control of the game with three runs in the first inning and three more in the second to take a 6-1 lead after two. In the first, Schoenbucher and Deyo were each hit by a pitch, a pair of runs scored on an error and Schlapak drove in Deyo with a single to deep right-center field.
With two outs in the second inning, McCann, Schoenbucher and Boduch each hit an RBI single to expand the Green Wave's lead to 6-1.
"We were hitting the ball well," Dudley said. "We were putting the ball in play and making them make mistakes."
In the fourth, Dover got two more insurance runs. Sammy Seymour drew a walk to lead off the frame and was bunted into scoring position by Jessie Mau. McCann then hit a towering fly ball to center field, which was misplayed by the Merrimack outfielder, scoring Seymour and sending McCann to third. McCann scored on Schoenbucher's infield single, and Dover had an 8-2 lead. The Green Wave went down in order in the fifth and sixth.
Merrimack threatened to rally in the top of the seventh when its first three batters reached on a pair of singles and a walk. But McFadden settled down nicely, retiring the next three batters on a line drive, a strikeout and an unassisted groundout by Schlapak at first base.
"I wasn't too worried," McFadden said. "Our offense was picking us up and we had a lot of runs to pad us."
Merrimack fell to 1-3. Merrimack coach Jim Peltak was not available for comment.
Dover looks to stay undefeated when it hosts Nashua North on Friday.
Dover, 8-2
Merrimack (1-3) 101 000 0 — 2 8 4Dover (3-0) 330 200 x — 8 6 4Batteries: M-Minear and Gerhard; D-McFadden and Schoenbucher. WP-McFadden; LP-Minear. HRs: None. LOB: M-10, D-3.


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Sunday the sixth was Super Bowl Sunday. I did not watch it. I'll probably look online for the commercials at some point but I don't care that much really. It was another not great night. Did not feel well at all. Hurting bad, stomach ache, migraine, blah blah blah. And mentally spiralling. Struggling bad and it's hard to hide. I feel so hopeless so often. I really try to find things to look forward to, like planning trips to Disneyland but it's hard. I'm sick and tired of feeling like shit. I'm tired of things not working like they should. I'm tired.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
February 5, and 6
Saturday February the fifth was a lonely saturday. Spent time chatting on micechat and then on facebook when the site went down for maintenance from 10pm until about 3:30am and tried to work on a list. Was not a good night though. I have not been feeling well both physically and mentally. I am a mess. I am not sure what sent me over the edge but I cut on saturday evening for the first time in a long time. As I said, it was a bad night. Was in a mixed hyper/depressed state. The most dangerous mood there is. It's when I get into trouble.
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