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CANBERRA Raiders coach David Furner has applauded the NRL's move to encourage referees to back their judgment, believing the overuse of the video referee has led to a lack of confidence.
The quality of officiating came under heavy criticism last year, with sacked referees' bosses Bill Harrigan and Stuart Raper replaced by former Parramatta and Warriors coach Daniel Anderson for this season.
Furner and the NRL's 15 other coaches met Anderson in Sydney on Wednesday, with the intent to clean up the play-the-ball phase and put the shoulder charge ban top of the agenda.
The Raiders began adjusting to the new interpretations in sweltering heat at an intense opposed training session at West Belconnen on Friday, controlled by whistleblowers Chris James and Adam Gee.
''They [NRL] want more control by the referees, they're going to give you a yay or nay on the tries, which I think is important,'' Furner said.
''It gives them more confidence and they'll only use the assistants or the video if they're not sure.
''When you look at it you have four officials on the field, it puts more onus on the referees and I think they like that.''
Fined for publicly criticising the referees integrity after a round nine loss to Manly last year, Furner also called for touch judges to be more assertive in decision making.
Furner was in constant contact with Harrigan last season, bemused why the Raiders were consistently on the wrong end of the penalty count.
''The overuse of the video referee, I think it had taken a bit of authority away from the touch judges,'' he said. ''The issue for me last year was mainly the inconsistency with our penalty counts … and probably my biggest one was unless they're going to put faith in the touch judges, then really they don't do anything.
''I got fined last year talking about the referees, but there was an incident there that was right in front of a touch judge and nothing was done, they just seem to be a little bit not confident in making a decision.
''If they're putting more control back to the on-field referees, it's got to include the touch judges as well and get the confidence back.''
However, Furner stopped short of calling for touch judges to be removed.
''You definitely have to have them because they do assist with the 10 metres or if there's any foul play,'' Furner said.
''But if you don't give them that confidence to make those decisions, you're virtually going to go along those lines.''
The Raiders will invite referees down to two more opposed sessions in coming weeks, and Furner was pleased with how his side adapted to the interpretation changes on Friday.
''We didn't have any shoulder charges, which is a good one,'' he said. ''I wasn't a fan of the rule, I thought it probably puts a bit more pressure on the referees, but it's there.''
The referees will clamp down on defenders putting a hand on the ball to slow down the ruck area, which is tipped to make the game even faster.
Raiders prop David Shillington said the changes will take time to adjust to, but believes it will increase the impact of the game's smaller, more dynamic players.
''Every year they're trying to speed up that ruck area and get the game flowing faster,'' Shillington said.
''More teams are putting emphasis on wrestling, and the referees are trying to find ways to counteract that and keep the game flowing.
''It gives the little guys like Billy Slater and Benny Barba a bit more room to play as well, it probably benefits them.
''There'll be many penalties in the early rounds but that's the good thing about having the refs down for these sessions, it helps you adjust.''
James said the visits were as much about building a relationship with the players simulating the rule changes.
''There's a few little tweaks with the speed of the play-the-ball and trying to get it a bit cleaner,'' James said.
''We're not changing a great deal … it's all about building a rapport with the players.
''They see the human side of us and we get to know them a bit better,'' he said.
''We just want to put on a good game of football.''


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When it comes to finding a safe place for you and your family to live, there are some that are just better than others. In Alabama, for example, Helena ranked at the top of the list. In Washington, it was the City of Sammamish.
In our latest analysis here at the Movoto Real Estate Blog, we found that in Indiana, the safest city was Zionsville. It wasn't the only family friendly place worth looking into, though, and here are the 10 safest places in Indiana:
1. City of Zionsville
2. City of Carmel
3. Town of Fishers
4. Town of St. John
5. City of Jasper
6. City of Crown Point
7. City of Westfield
8. Town of Brownsburg
9. Town of Chesterton
10. Town of Munster
If you're wondering how we came up with this ranking, keep on reading. In the following paragraphs, we'll go over the method behind this analysis, plus, take a closer look at each of our top 10.
How We Created This Ranking
Just like with any of our other safest places rankings, to narrow this list down to 10 we started with a much larger list: all of the places in Indiana with populations of 10,000 or more, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.
Then, we gathered information about each place, omitting any that did not report data to the FBI's 2012 Uniform Crime Report. This left us with a total of 62 places, which we looked at in terms of the following:
- Murder
- Rape
- Robbery
- Assault
- Burglary
- Theft
- Vehicle theft
We divided these crimes into four categories:
- Murders
- Violent crimes
- Property crimes
- Total crimes
We calculated the crime rates for each place based on crimes per 100,000 residents. This is a standard analytical practice in order to fairly compare cities of all sizes. We then ranked each place from one to 62 in all of these categories—murders, violent crimes, property crimes, and total crimes per 100,000, with one being the safest.
In order to account for the varying severity of crime here, we ranked these spots so that murders, violent crimes, and property crimes accounted for 30 percent of the overall score, where total crimes made up 10. Finally, we averaged these rankings into one overall Big Deal Score, where the lowest score was our safest place.
You can see a table listing the rankings for the top 50 safest places in the state at the end of this article. First, though, let's take a closer look at just what makes our top 10 safer than the rest, starting with our safest places, Zionsville.
1. Zionsville
In looking at the data for Zionsville, you might at first glance think something was wrong. That's because in 2012, this town of nearly 24,000 had no reported violent crimes—that's no murders, no rapes, no robberies, and no assaults per 100,000 people.
Additionally, there were just 193 property crimes per 100,000 in the town in 2012; the lowest out of any place in our ranking. These included 42 burglaries, 147 thefts, and four vehicle thefts per 100,000 people. All of this combined to give residents the very lowest odds of being the victim of a crime in this state and many others: just a one in 518 chance.
2. Carmel
Carmel has a crime rate of just 1,000 total crimes per 100,000 people in 2012. Of these 1,000, there were 987 property crimes per 100,000 (793 thefts, 56 vehicle thefts, and 138 burglaries), and just 13 violent crimes per 100,000, including seven robberies, two rapes, and four assaults per 100,000 people.
Like the others in our top 10, and in fact, top 20, Camel had no murders in 2012. All of these factors combined to give residents one of the lowest chances of being the victim of a crime; just one in 100.
3. Fishers
Fishers did particularly well in our ranking for its lack of violent crime. In 2012, there were only 17 violent crimes per 100,000 people, including no murders, 11 robberies, one rape, and five assaults per 100,000 people.
Additionally, Fishers reported 1,034 property crimes, for a total of just 1,051 crimes per 100,000 for the year.
4. St. John
Yet another highly rated city, St. John came in at No. 4 in our ranking for doing particularly well in the criteria of property and overall crime. In 2012, St. John had a total of 988 crimes per 100,000, 934 of which were property crimes.
Of these property crimes, there were 34 vehicle thefts, 779 thefts, and 121 burglaries per 100,000. To put that into perspective, take a look at a place with an even smaller population, Speedway. In this town, there were a total of 6,082 crimes per 100,000, including 5,831 property crimes, 251 violent crimes, which included 25 murders.
Residents in St. John had just a one in 101 chance of being the victim of a crime.
5. Jasper
Jasper is a city with a small town feel, and much of that comes from its nearly unparalleled safety. In 2012, Jasper had just 39 violent crimes (all of which were assaults) per 100,000 and 1,053 property crimes (178 burglaries, 803 thefts, and 72 vehicle thefts) per 100,000, for a total of 1,092 crimes per 100,000.
This was over six times less than the total number of crimes per 100,000 seen in the city of Gary, which had 6,466 crimes per 100,000, including 905 violent crimes, 46 per 100,000 people.
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6. Crown Point
This Lake County city ranked well in our analysis for its lack of crime, but particularly for its low rate of violent crime. In 2012, Crown Point had just 201 burglaries, 11 assaults, seven robberies, and no murders per 100,000, for a total of 25 violent crimes per 100,000 people for the entire year.
To put that into perspective, take a look at Lafayette, where there were 597 violent crimes per 100,000 in 2012, including one murder; or even one of the others in our top 10, Westfield, where there were 90 violent crimes per 100,000. Of course, Westfield made our top 10 for a reason, and we'll see why right now.
7. Westfield
In 2012, this city of just over 31,000 had one of the lowest overall numbers of crime per 100,000 in the state: just 1,723. Of those 1,723, there were 90 violent crimes, ranking it 13th in this category, and, more impressive still, just 1,633 property crimes per 100,000, ranking it 10th in this category.
Of those property crimes, 97 were vehicle thefts, 1,362, thefts, and 174, burglaries. Compared to the similarly sized Michigan City, where there were 193 vehicle thefts, 4,244 thefts, and 1,030 burglaries per 100,000 that year, it is clear why Westfield made our top 10.
8. Brownsburg
In 2009, this Hendricks County town was named the best place to live in Indiana by CNN Money Magazine, 33rd best in the nation. This isn't surprising when you look at its crime rate: just 1,611 crimes per 100,000 for the entire year of 2012.
Specifically, Brownsburg had 106 violent crimes and 1,505 property crimes per 100,000—one of the lowest numbers of property crimes in the state. The violent crimes included no murders, five rapes, 18 robberies, and 83 assaults per 100,000, while the property crimes were made up of 55 vehicle thefts, 1,238 thefts, and 212 burglaries per 100,000 people.
9. Chesterton
Residents in this safe town, famous for its annual Wizard of Oz Festival, know there is no place like home—especially when it comes to feeling safe. That's because Chesterton had one of the overall lowest rates of crime in the state, with just 1,727 crimes per 100,000 in 2012.
These crimes consisted of 1,621 property crimes (114 vehicle thefts, 1,204 thefts, and 303 burglaries) and 106 violent crimes (83 assaults, 15 robberies, eight rapes, and no murders) per 100,000 people.
10. Munster
The Town of Munster is about a 30-minute drive to Chicago, a commute that may seem like a hassle for some Munster residents. Still, in looking at the town's safety, it's well worth it.
In 2012, Munster had just 1,898 crimes per 100,000, including 1,772 property crimes and 126 violent crimes per 100,000. To break this down further, the property crimes were made up of 127 vehicle thefts, 1,425 thefts, and 220 burglaries per 100,000. The violent crimes consisted of no murders, eight rapes, 42 robberies, and 76 assaults per 100,000 people.
Safety In Numbers
Residents of the 10 places above probably don't need to worry about finding safety in numbers, but rather, can feel safe knowing how low the numbers of crimes were in their hometown or city—especially in Zionsville.
Of course, there were plenty of other safe places in Indiana. For a complete ranking of the 50 safest, see the table below.
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Well, it's been a busy and fun conference here at VS Connections. The keynote went well - Robert beat me to a description. I've enjoyed meeting with a bunch of people here - both folks that I already knew, and some new ones. People seem to be pretty psyched about VS 2005 and the new features like My, edit and continue and the data features.
I do want to call out one other thing that went on here - Monday night at the "Microsoft unplugged" event, we all got to demo small cool things and take questions. I demoed some of the new XML and XSL editing and debugging features which is always fun. Robert demoed a little application with some great UI - things like gradient fills, nice looking toolbars, taskpane like functionality, and windows toast (that little message that pops up when you get a new message, for instance). He did that all in VS 2003 using some new controls that will be made available sometime in the next few months from the VB site. These are cool controls, totally written in VB and source code will be available as well.
Oh, and one last thing - check out Robert's interview in MSDN Magazine. He's becoming quite the rock star. <g>


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That is a beautiful machine!
October 2, 2013Finds Wednesday! My Vintage Bernina!
By Andrea
Presenting my new daily sewing machine, this lovely 1960s era Bernina!
For some time now, I've wanted to go to a vintage machine as my daily sewer, since they are so well made. I was having a hard time finding the right machine until I came across this Bernina!
This machine would have been a very high end machine back in it's day, as it has a lot of different stitch functions – which was exactly what I needed.
Another interesting feature about this machine is that it has a knee lever instead of a foot pedal to operate the machine. I hadn't sewn with a knee lever machine prior to this one, but I really like it! I can leave my big slippers on while I sew, which I could never do with a foot pedal.
Attached to the machine at the back is this set of drawers for keeping the additional pressed feet (this machine came with quite a few), and also some spool and bobbin holders on top. This just swivels out from the back of the machine, so it's not in the way, but still attached.
This is the carry case for the machine – I love the fabric!
This machine is fantastic. I've been using it for a little while now, and it works flawlessly, all the time – exactly why I wanted to go to a vintage machine.
At the same garage sale, I also got this lot of patterns.
I was super excited to find these Vogue Couturier patterns – not only are these patters generally very sought after by collectors today, these ones are actually larger – so I won't have to do a ton of grading!
I'd love to hear if any of you out there have had any great finds lately!
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Thanks, gerogiapeachez, I totally agree!
Gorgeous! I know you'll love it as much as I do my Singer 201, which I bought because I liked the Deco cabinet it was in. Ironically, the cabinet didn't fit the machine I already had, but when I tried out the 201 it worked perfectly and purred like a kitten. I'll never go back to a newer machine after this baby!
Nice, what a great find, Queen of Fifty Cents! I love this one already, I've been using it for about a month, and it has been utterly fantastic!
Oh cool, I am a total idiot when it comes to sewing – but that machine looks fantastic….and all those patterns are super cool too!!! Score!
Thanks, Sara! Hopefully I will have some upcoming Retro Pattern Reviews on the patterns.
I know nothing about sewing but that is sure a pretty machine! Super mod.
Thanks, Eartha!
Your machine does not run well because it is vintage but because it is Bernina. I am a HUGE Bernina fan, after working with them when I did theater for a stent. We had machines a round that same era that got caught in a flood, were lifted off their sewing tables and laid on the floor in 3′ of water. mud, and gunk for 3 weeks. They were picked up cleaned off and got working again and worked fine for year, my old boss is still using one of them today. When I started school I went and got a newer version of one because I just didn't want to take the chance of it breaking down at 3 in the morning before a project was due. It never gave me any hassle once. I wish I could say the same for my singer serger. I love this brand what I love most of all is they don't change what isn't broken. The feet you got with this machine can be used on many of the newer models as well. If you machine breaks there are still many repair places that can fix it for you and they don't really go down in value. My friend wanted to get are placement model of a Bernina she had and when she went looking the price had only gone down $200 for a 20 year old machine. I guess this is my long winded way of saying you did a great thing for yourself picking a Bernina. I know you will be happy.
Wow, Angie, that is definitely a stellar endorsement for Bernina! Good to know about the feet as well – this machine did actually come with quite an extensive set of feet, but good to know that others shouldn't be too hard to come by if they still fit today's Berninas. Good to know about the servicing too, as I am hoping this beauty continues to run for many, many years to come!
That is an AWESOME find! I mean, totally awesome! I recently had an old machine passed on to me in one of those old bent wooden cases – and the case was locked with no key so I couldn't even tell what it was. I got it home, got the case open to find a pretty 1950's Singer – and it sews like a dream. Love sewing vintage!
I have one of those gorgeous 1950s Singers as well – it belonged to my husband's grandmother. I love that machine dearly as well (and if you can find a buttonholer attachment for it, it will make the nicest buttonholes you ever saw!).
That is one great machine! I sewed all my maternity and baby clothes on a Bernina Record 30 years ago. It was my aunts machine. I now have a vintage Bernina Nova, red and white. Works great .
That's awesome, Kimberly! There seems to be quite a few Bernina fans here 🙂


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Grey's Anatomy + SpongeBob equals Mom?Cable Industry Weighs Its Approach to Targeted Ads." Canoe Ventures, a project of the country's six largest cable operators, including Comcast and Time Warner Cable, is about to launch its first targeted-ad product, called community addressable messaging, which will offer marketers the ability to select groups of households based on targeted demographics such as income.
Unfortunately, it sounds like the product doesn't quite offer the drilled-down data that a company such as Unilever would ideally wish for.
According to the piece: "I think it's a great first step," says Jon Stimmel, director of media investment and partnership at the U.S. arm of Unilever, whose brands include Dove and Axe.
But, he adds: "If the set-top box data said they watch 'Grey's Anatomy,' but they also watch 'SpongeBob,' you know there's a mom in that household," Mr. Stimmel says. "That might be more valuable to my brand than an income qualifier."


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Ruibing Wang received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Jilin University (Changchun, China) in 2002 and his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from Queen's University (Kingston, ON, Canada) in 2007. Due to the excellence of his Ph.D. research, his thesis was entitled "The outstanding thesis award by Queen's School of Graduate Studies." He continued in the same laboratory as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University (2007-2008) and then moved to the Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences at the National Research Council of Canada as a Research Associate for about two years, where he worked on nanomaterial development and studied their applications in solar cell and bioimaging. In late 2009, he became a Senior R&D Scientist in the field of nuclear medicine, medical devices, and radiopharmaceutical development at Nordion Inc., and subsequently Wang joined BTG plc together with the Targeted Therapies Division of Nordion due to acquisition of TheraSphere by BTG for 200 million US dollars in July 2013. At Nordion/BTG, he had led Bexxar support and TheraSphere development and innovation projects as a Senior Scientist. Very recently, he has joined the University of Macau as an Assistant Professor in the area of pharmaceutical sciences and healthcare product development. His research and development activities have been mainly focused on the research and development of novel medical devices (such as microparticles and nanomedicine) and interventional medicine for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, and these may include supramolecular formulation and nanoformulation or microparticle formulation of active drug components and/or therapeutic isotopes for targeted delivery and controlled drug release.
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I jack off while watching porn.
Wow! It's finally here! I'm listening to the mixtape right now, I'll post reviews as soon as possible.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is super-hot in my opinion.
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I finished playing Red Dead Redemption and Uncharted 2, both of which were awesome.
I tried playing Assassin's Creed II but it's incredibly boring in my opinion.
So, I'm going to be playing Gran...
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My great great (not sure about the third "great") grandfather from my mother's side of family invented the kerosene lamp. He also built the first oil refinery in the world.
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Maybe we should set a deadline for releasing the mixtape (Carson?) :p jk
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Tunisia is an exotic country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast. It's interesting that around forty per cent of the country is composed of Sahara Desert and 1300 km coastline. Tunis is the capital of the country.
Although that Islam is the main religion, there're several other religious groups: Catholics, Jews, Greek, Orthodox and Protestants religious. As well as the country has very different population of people from all over the world.
The country art is influenced by China, Spain and Persia. Tunisian artists are well known for their mosaics and pottery. Malouf is a kind of music that has been around in Tunisia since the 15th century. It is played by a small Orchestra using Sitars, Drums, violins and Lutes.
This amazing festival takes place on the oasis of Douz, which is located in the southern part of Tunisia. The event typically takes three days and takes place in November or December. The Sahara This attracts many tourists and musicians from all over the world .One exciting event is watching the camel races riding towards the finish line. Tunisia is very clean country.


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When it comes to scientific research, size matters -- and yes, bigger is better.
So it may come as no surprise that scientists at Stanford, Columbia, and Microsoft have used Internet search data to uncover prescription drug side effects faster than the FDA's current gold standard, the Adverse Event Reporting System. After all, the data miners had the activity of some 6 million Internet users at their disposal, whereas the FDA relies on physicians to notice and report problems.
Reporting today in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, the researchers write that by analyzing Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo search engine queries, they were able to find a link between the use of the anti-depressant paroxetine and the cholesterol-lowering drug pravastatin. (The link? Using both increases a user's risk of developing high blood sugar.)
The team relied on work done at the lab of Russ B. Altman, a bioengineering and computer science professor at Stanford. Microsoft provided anonymized data from a browser toolbar users allowed to be installed to monitor their search history.
After looking at 82 million searches for drug, symptom, and condition information performed in 2010, the researchers pinpointed searches for the term paroxetine, the term pravastatin, and also searches for both terms simultaneously.
Next they calculated how likely it was for those users to search for the term hypoglycemia or some 80 symptoms, including "dehydration" and "high blood sugar."
They learned that users who searched for both drugs were twice as likely to search for one or more of those terms related to hyperglycemia than those who searched for just one of the drugs.
"There is a potential public health benefit in listening to such signals," they write in their paper.
While this is a first of its kind, the approach is similar to Google Flu Trends, and it may soon look primitive if the researchers are able to incorporate an even wider range of data drawn from additional (and massive) sources such as Twitter and Facebook. The challenge there, the researchers told The New York Times, is protecting user privacy.


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"By the sweat on our brows, and the strengths of our backs…Gentlemen. Hoist the Colours! And you, madam, I warn you, I know the entire Geneva Convention by heart!"
Trust me.
Mmmmm…. I've seen this somewhere: XKCD from an earlier thread
*continues stalking Beasjt's posts*
Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans. - John Lennon
You can twist perceptions, reality won't budge. - Rush
Hey, that comic is from the comic series that I linked you guys to when I first got here.
Right here: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forums/viewthread/3772/
edit: CBed!
So I can just type anything and it will show up here?


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Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:31 PM
GreenStormCloud (12,072 posts)
Woman uses gun to defend against five (5) burglars.
Police were at two locations in southeast Oklahoma City Friday night investigating reports of a burglary and a shooting.
Police said five people were trying to burglarize a home at the 1500 block of SE 45 when the female homeowner shot one of them with her gun.
A friend of the homeowner, a man, shot another burglar with the homeowner's gun, police report. The burglars fled the scene and went to a house at the 500 block of SE 79, police said.
Both shooting victims were taken to a hospital and were in serious to critical condition, police said.
The other three have been captured, the two wounded have inproved and are expected to survive. All are being charged. No charges are being filed on the defenders. http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomanews/okc/2-home-invaders-shot-by-OKC-homeowner-to-face-charges/-/11777584/18283312/-/11dwr2jz/-/index.html
There are times when one wants to have a LOT of ammo at the ready. Confronting five burglars at once would definately be one of those times.
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Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:34 PM
holdencaufield (2,927 posts)
1. Statistics show ...
... burglars, rapists and home invaders are 72.3 times more likely to get shot if you have a gun in the house than if you don't.
Response to holdencaufield (Reply #1)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 08:21 AM
Cary (7,695 posts)
26. Which means what?
They get shot in one out of every 7,230 events?
I would think it would be a lot more than 72.3 times. How do they get shot if no one has a gun?
This is a ridiculous statistic.
Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:34 PM
VanillaRhapsody (21,115 posts)
2. I suppose a 100 round mag was required for this right?
Response to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #2)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:56 PM
spin (17,121 posts)
9. 100 round magazines are unreliable. ...
With just a little practice an individual can swap out a standard magazine in one or two seconds.
If you don't believe me just go to youtube and search for "fast pistol reloading."
Response to spin (Reply #9)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 07:42 AM
safeinOhio (12,320 posts)
22. So , high capacity mags are unreliable and
mags can be swapped out in 2 seconds. Wouldn't limiting round capacity make law abiding citizens safer with little to no affect on rounds needed?
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #22)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 07:53 AM
hack89 (36,397 posts)
24. As long as "high cap mag" does not mean "standard size mag"
ie the magazine the gun was designed to used.
10 is not more reliable then 13 - which is standard for some guns.
Response to hack89 (Reply #24)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 08:17 AM
safeinOhio (12,320 posts)
25. I can agree to any magazine the gun was designed for
which does not go over the 13 you said.
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #25)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 09:27 AM
Duckhunter935 (16,974 posts)
29. My AR
standard is 20, that is what it is designed for and came with it. My Ruger SR40 is designed for 15 and that is also what came with the weapon. I guess those are to many.
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #25)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 10:35 AM
hack89 (36,397 posts)
30. For handguns 13 is just as arbitrary as 10
I have a Glock designed for 17 - it also happens to be the most popular law enforcement pistol worldwide. There are 100s of millions of 17 round magazines in circulation - there is nothing you can do about it.
This fixation on how many bullets is a dead end. It will not make America safer.
Better universal background checks and cracking down on the illegal arms trade have widespread support and will work.
Response to hack89 (Reply #30)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 07:41 PM
safeinOhio (12,320 posts)
32. But, as stated by many experts, right here,
In just a second or two you can reload another mag.
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #32)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 09:01 PM
hack89 (36,397 posts)
35. Because this is a serious matter that requires meaningful legislation
It will take a lot of work to get any gun control legislation through congress. Why waste time on feel good legislation? There are laws that will actually make a difference - a magazine size limit will not.
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #22)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 07:25 PM
spin (17,121 posts)
31. Let's say we limited a honest citizen's magazine capacity to 10 rounds ...
and he faced a criminal with the same type handgun or rifle that held a now illegal but once standard magazine with more than 10 rounds. Is that fair?
Exceptions will probably be granted to police officers. They will be able to have magazines for their weapons which hold more than 10 rounds. I have no problem with this as they may face armed criminals who also carry weapons with magazines that also hold more more than 10 rounds.
If I understand correctly a new state law in New York requires an honest citizen to only have 7 rounds in his magazine no matter how many rounds it was designed to hold. Does anyone honestly believe a bad guy will only load 7 rounds in the 17 round magazine for his Glock pistol when he heads out to commit a crime?
My point about high capacity magazines being unreliable is that clearing a jam is far more difficult than swapping a magazine and takes longer. This fact may have saved some lives in the Colorado theater shooting.
Source: Colorado shooter's rifle jammed during rampage
Response to spin (Reply #31)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 08:03 PM
safeinOhio (12,320 posts)
33. That example does not apply to me.
My self defense weapon is a single action, five shot 22 mag.. My choice because in 99 percent of self defense situations, that is all I require. It is enough for me escape uninjured.
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #33)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 11:00 PM
spin (17,121 posts)
36. My prime defense firearm is a five shot .38 caliber revolver and my backup ...
is a double barreled 12 gauge coach gun. Neither you or I feel the need to have a firearm with a high capacity magazine for self defense. That is and should be our choice.
Some other gun owners would disagree with our choice of personal defense weapons and call both of our handguns "mouse guns." Such people will point out that if we ever survive a life and death situation we will probably upgrade to a more powerful handgun with a higher capacity. They might well be right.
I believe both of us live in fairly urban areas but our nation contains large swaths of rural country where a personal defense weapon such as an AR-15 with a 20 round magazine or a Glcok pistol with a magazine that holds more than 10 rounds might be a good choice as an encounter may occur at a greater range than in a rural environment.
I feel that an honest, responsible and sane individual should have a choice of whatever firearm he feels necessary for his defense. Our efforts to improve our gun laws should be focus mostly on insuring that criminals and people with severe mental issues find it far more difficult to obtain a firearm than it true today.
I do understand that a person who was honest, responsible and totally sane may change and become very dangerous. If most cases he will wave numerous red flags before he reaches this point.
To me it would make sense to work on improving our legal and mental health care systems to better detect such people and intervene before their fuse runs out and a tragedy results.
Unfortunately as long as there are still firearms in our nation we will see gun violence. The reality is that in this nation we will always have firearms.
Laws could even be passed that would require all firearms to be turned in but criminals would not comply nor would many currently honest citizens. Such laws might lead to a spit in our nation right down the middle with the Red states in the middle and the Blue "gun free" states on the coasts.
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #33)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 11:06 PM
gejohnston (17,120 posts)
37. your single action
you do know that if it is a more modern single action, like the Ruger New Models, that it has a transfer bar that allows you to safely load all six? Just thought I would mention it.
I would like to see more single actions based on the Remington design, like the Ruger Bearcat.
Response to gejohnston (Reply #37)
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 11:42 AM
safeinOhio (12,320 posts)
38. My single action only holds
5 rounds. It is a NAA Mini 22 with both LR and 22 mag cylinders with a very safe system tha allows the hammer to rest between loads. I can see no situation that would require more or larger rounds.
Response to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #2)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 11:10 PM
holdencaufield (2,927 posts)
11. Probably -- not ...
... but definitely more than 7 - 10 rounds
Response to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #2)
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 12:20 AM
Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)
12. For this person, no. For me, maybe. I'm 64.
Response to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #2)
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 10:06 AM
Remmah2 (3,291 posts)
15. 30 round magazines are just fine.
Ban the 100 round novelty crap, keep the thirty rounders as the factory intended standard.
Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:36 PM
Angry Dragon (30,981 posts)
3. This was a setup by the NRA to back up testimony by Trotter
Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:37 PM
VanillaRhapsody (21,115 posts)
4. In other news....
Per NBC news 203 people shot today as of 6pm
Response to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #4)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:47 PM
Ilsa (45,516 posts)
7. Puts the US right on target to hit 75,000-78,000 people shot in 2013. nt
Response to Ilsa (Reply #7)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 11:07 PM
tjnite (27 posts)
20. how many were in self defense?
Seems I saw a report in the past that showed 'how many people had been shot' and the number also included personal defense and police use of lethal force figures.
Response to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #4)
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 10:08 AM
Remmah2 (3,291 posts)
16. How many were gang and drug related?
Response to Remmah2 (Reply #16)
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 11:57 AM
VanillaRhapsody (21,115 posts)
17. on 15% according to chart on this page...
Much to your gun owning chagrin.
Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:38 PM
Lint Head (13,916 posts)
5. So, a Bushmaster or AR 15 was used in this case to defend against these five criminals.
Response to Lint Head (Reply #5)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:44 PM
GreenStormCloud (12,072 posts)
6. Media didn't say what type gun.
Personally, I would prefer a Glock 21 (.45 caliber, 12 round mag) with Tac-loc laser/light combo and at least one extra loaded mag.
Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:55 PM
sylvi (813 posts)
8. This is exactly what I was talking about in another thread
"Police said five people were trying to burglarize a home at the 1500 block of SE 45 when the female homeowner shot one of them with her gun."
When it's an innocent person defending themselves, you get the generic "gun". If the burglars had murdered the homeowners, especially if it was with a Scary Black Rifle, you'd have every lurid detail of the weapon with "Assault Weapon Slaughters Household" on a crawler at the bottom of the screen.
Response to sylvi (Reply #8)
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 12:23 AM
Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)
13. Sylvi. You are no fun.
Response to Eleanors38 (Reply #13)
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 01:09 AM
sylvi (813 posts)
14. Are you kidding me?
I'm like Disneyland, the Indy 500 and Rip Taylor all rolled into one. The Dos Equis guy is a freakin' dud compared to me.
Response to sylvi (Reply #8)
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 11:59 AM
VanillaRhapsody (21,115 posts)
18. How do we know for sure there were 5 assailants?
Response to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #18)
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 02:44 PM
Oneka (653 posts)
19. ''Police said five people were trying to burglarize a home''
Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 11:07 PM
Tuesday Afternoon (56,912 posts)
10. it was the gun's fault. hair trigger.
Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 01:27 AM
tjnite (27 posts)
21. Lots of ammo or just one
Id be willing to bet that if she had used a single shot pistol some people would still bitch about something. I could imagine it if it was one of those evil hollow point bullets
Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 07:47 AM
safeinOhio (12,320 posts)
23. Leave this question,
why would 5 people break into an occupied home, unless there were drugs or large amounts of cash there?
Same thing happened near here and it was latter reported that it was a grow house.
Response to safeinOhio (Reply #23)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 08:44 AM
GreenStormCloud (12,072 posts)
28. Then why didn't the police arrest the residents?
Just because one incident in your town involved a guilty person does not automatically mean that all homeowners are guilty.
Response to GreenStormCloud (Original post)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 08:24 AM
EastKYLiberal (429 posts)
27. Hypotheticals and anecdotal stories don't change my mind... nt
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|Hans Adam Fey and Anna Eva Staud
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|Charles Fay (1794 - 1876)
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|Hans Fey 1680
|Joseph Fay 1821
|Joseph's Printed Biography
|Contributed by Linda Hoeschler and Karen Teichmann Fay
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|Charles Fay was born in Schneppenbach as were his siblings and ancestors (see page one of this group.) His baptismal sponsors were Charles Becker and Maria Elisabeth Stein. His birthdate is found as 16 August 1794 or 1975; it is also listed as August 24 in an obituary found in the Wisconsin archives. That may be his baptismal date. He seems to have been baptized "Carl Fey," and it is probably under this name that he married Maria Eva Martine, who was born in Oberstreit on July 29, 1796. Two dates are given for the marriage: 11/2/1819 or 11/26/1820. One may have been intentions, the second the ceremony. It should be noted, however, that Joseph, their first son, was born in February of 1821, which makes the date of November 1820 far less likely than 1819. Charles moved to Oberstreit after his marriage, and set up housekeeping there. All of his children except for his last daughter were born in Oberstreit. This was a village even smaller than Schneppenbach, also in the Hunsr³ck area of Rheinland-Pfalz. The distance between the two villages was about 40 kilometer.
|In 1840 Carl, his wife, Maria Eva Martine and their first seven children emigrated from Havre to America, landing in New York on July 2, 1840, according to port records. The manifest of the ship, the St Louis of Boston, which sailed under the command of Captain O. Konig, listed a Carl Frey family of Prussia with two parents and six (not seven) children, Carl Fey, 44, Eva 33, Joseph 17 (actually 19), Anna 19 (actually 17), Margaret 11 (actually 13), Peter 7 (actually 5), Eva 6 (actually 9Į) and Anton Į (actually 1Į). Daughter Catharine, age 10 was not listed. Even the spelling of the last name is questionable. The name is indexed at Castle Garden as FREY and at ancestry.com as TREY. The ages are also indexed differently.
|Captain Konig did not list his passengers' occupations, but according to Albrecht family records (Carl and Eva's eighth child, Mary, married Matthias Albrecht), Carl was a shoemaker. He is shown as a farmer in the censuses of 1850 and 1860; by 1870, he has retired. The Castle Garden records list the whole family as farmers, but I think that is a mistaken interpretation. Konig does not list the occupations for ANY of the passengers, although there is a column for it; but the very first line appears to have an entry "Falmer" under "destination" and I think perhaps that was read as "Farmer" and expanded to cover the entire group.
The census of 1840, taken in November of that year, lists Charles in Black Rock, Erie, New York. His household consists of:
|It is clear that there is an inconsistency in the number of sons under 5. We know that Anton was born in September of 1838, Peter in July of 1835. Was there a son between these two?
|Charles stayed only a short time in New York. He arrived in Burlington, Wisconsin Territory, in 1844, according to Joseph's biography. Joseph himself married Mary Meier in New York, and moved with her to Burlington before September 1846 (the birth of their first child). After Mary's death in 1851, Joseph married Julia Boschert. In 1855, they moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin.
|On October 22, 1852 at the age of 57, Carl and his 31 year old son Joseph, became naturalized citizens in Racine County. James Catton and Peter Vanalstine were their witnesses. They had filed their Declarations of Intention in Buffalo, Erie County, New York on September 13, 1844 stating they renounced their allegiance to Frederick William the 4th, King of Prussia.
|Charles' and Eva's younger children, Anna Maria, Anna Marguerite, Catharine, Eva, Peter, Anton and Mary, went with their parents in 1844. Anna married November 1846; Marguerite married September 1846; Catherine married November 1847. As of 1850, Eva, Peter, Anton and Mary were unmarried. They would be listed in the 1850 census in Burlington, and so they were -- but it took a lot of searching to find them. Between the mistake of the census taker and the mistake of the indexer and a third factor it was almost impossible. The last name is indexed as "Neier." While the handwriting is not easy to read, a simple comparison shows that the first letter is F and not N. There can be no real doubt there. But there can also be no doubt that the census taker wrote "Feier." I have no idea where he got the -er at the end. I can understand "Fei" -- in fact, we see "Fie" in 1870. The last factor was the name of Charles' and his 17 year old daughter. In 1850 they are both called "Sarah." We know them both as Eva, however. Is this really NOT the family? Everything else is right; all the ages; the places of birth; and Charles, Peter, Anton and Mary.
|1860 provides the corroborating evidence. Charles and "Sarah" are in the same place, and of their children, only Mary is still at home. There is a grandson with them now, Joseph Westrick, age 7. Joseph Westrick was one of the three sons of Catharine and Jacob Westrick. Jacob died in the late 1850's and Catherine remarried in April of 1860. The census records two of her three sons living with her and her new husband Frank Weinborn (in fact, the boys are called "Weinborn"), while Joseph is with his grandparents, Catharine's parents. In 1870, all three boys are with Catharine and Frank, and they are back to "Westrick." This is conclusive evidence that this is the Charles we have been looking for.
|And the name "Sarah"? My own theory is that the women were named "Eva Sarah" and were usually called by their first name, but sometimes were called by their second name. Eva born 1832 is called "Sarah" in 1850, 1860, and 1870; 1880 and afterwards, she is "Eva." And the name "Maria Eva Martine"? A baptismal name?
|A June 12, 1871 La Crosse article wrote about their golden wedding celebration in Burlington, attended by Joseph and Julia Fay. "Over fifty relations--children, grand-children and great-grand-children were in attendance. The service at the St Mary's Catholic Church in Burlington was solumn yet joyous and the scene will long be remembered. The Rev. Wisbour officiated and in the course of his remarks reminded them that the fruits of that blessing had been fully exemplified in their individual case and that they have lived to see their children, grand-children and great grand-children. He advises them to continue on in that good course which surely lead to eternal life. Very few couples ever live to celebrate their golden wedding, and the varitey(sic) of such occasions gives a double interest to such celebrations.".
|The 1892 sketch of Carl's oldest child, Joseph, in the "Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties" paid great tribute to Joseph's mother's outstanding character. The biographical entry noted that when the Fays arrived, first living in Buffalo, New York, (Black Rock, just north of Buffalo and now a part of that city) the family was in "almost destitute circumstances and found it most difficult to secure a livelihood for a number of years. In 1844 they arrived in Burlington, Wisconsin Territory, and there suffered all the hardships and privations of frontier life. The first two years of their arrival they lived on corn bread, as flour was $60 per barrel and had to be hauled from Chicago, a distance of seventy miles".
|from Gemeinde Oberstreit
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Games Organizer Keeps Up Cheerleader Role
There's being a cheerleader—and then there's being oblivious.
Months ago, when Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the Organizing Committee running the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, said the Games Village would be the best in the world, he sounded like an enthusiastic cheerleader.
Today, when he inaugurated a two-day conference on how to develop sport in India with the same declaration, he sounded like he'd slept through the past two weeks in which India has been humiliated not only by reports of filth in the athlete's rooms in the Village—but also the slipshod construction of the apartments and other Games infrastructure.
Yet this is what Mr. Kalmadi said Thursday in New Delhi, addressing the International Convention on the Business of Sport: "All the infrastructure that has been put up is world class; the Games village is the finest anywhere." (Full press release)
He went on to say: "Our motto is 'come as a friend, go back as a member of our family."
If he means that all is forgiven in family, then perhaps that explains his exhortation to the athletes to become part of the great Kalmadi–or great Indian–family.
The two-day conference will attempt to address vital issues to the future of sport in India, from how to create and manage sports infrastructure to how to create a sports culture in India.
Surely, embarrassing this nation with the last-minute scramble to get the Village and venues ready cannot be the first step toward inspiring our youth to take up sport.


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Going From the Schools We Have to the Schools We Need
In the near future, we will see fewer traditional school buildings. Taking their place will be affinity schools, organized around students' interests, and more STEM labs strategically located to offer easy access. Blended learning will be the norm, with individual students needing their own device. Networks will deliver higher levels of broadband performance to accommodate the growth in online learning. Technology combined with global learning will change the ways schools look today.
In November 2011, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that 55 percent of more than 2,000 school districts had students participating in distance education programs. While at one time only large states and nonprofits offered such programs, school districts now are providing access to curriculum through vendor partnerships, and many are offering classes of their own that include various categories of online learning, such as flipped classrooms and blended learning. There is even a proliferation of online high schools that offer a full four-year education. In the District CIO section this month, contributing writer Ron Schachter focuses on how to avoid the pitfalls of virtual schooling. I think we all know that every district in the country has students who need the differentiation that online learning can offer.
Along with the growth of online learning, the use of games in the classroom is increasing exponentially. Computing power and sophisti- cated graphics have made games more engaging. According to a recent study by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, out of a group of 500 teachers, 32 percent used video games every week, and 70 percent felt games help personalize education. In "Gaming Gains Respect," online learning expert Will Richardson tells us how to "play in the sandbox" among other things.


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TALLAHASSEE — George Sheldon, a veteran public official who championed liberal causes as a Tampa legislator three decades ago, was named Tuesday by Gov. Charlie Crist to take over Florida's Department of Children and Families.
The 61-year-old lawyer and Democrat served as assistant DCF secretary for operations under his mentor, Bob Butterworth, and became interim secretary when Butterworth resigned in August.
"George understands the people business," Crist said.
Sheldon will earn $120,640 a year overseeing an agency that protects children from abuse, distributes food stamps to needy families and seeks private adoptions of foster children. The agency has 13,000 employees and a $3-billion budget, which Sheldon said requires a need for more efficiency.
"This job, I think, really is about children who need to pull themselves up," Sheldon said. "It's about that family in need who needs food stamps."
Sheldon advocates tackling alcohol and drug abuse, poverty and unemployment to address family problems that can lead to child abuse and domestic violence.
Sheldon sidestepped the question of whether Florida should rescind its controversial, decades-old law that prevents gay couples from adopting.
"That's a policy decision that the Legislature needs to deal with," he said. "I'm really just executing the statutes."
Andrea Moore, a South Florida lawyer and child welfare advocate, called Sheldon's selection "an exceptionally good choice. … He also has the experience now to know what else needs to be fixed and the respect of all who work with him to get it done."
Long before it was politically acceptable in Florida, Sheldon supported lighter penalties for first-time marijuana users. He also built a record as an environmentalist and lobbied for conservation causes in the 1980s.
Sheldon was a deputy state attorney general when Butterworth was state attorney general, and an associate dean at St. Thomas University law school in Miami when Butterworth was dean.
George LeMieux, Crist's former chief of staff, said Sheldon "gets things done. He's responsive."
A Wildwood, N.J., native, Sheldon began his career as a college intern to Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. After college, he was an aide to then-Sen. Reubin Askew of Pensacola, who was elected governor in 1970.
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PUBLISHED: 16:32 10 January 2014 | UPDATED: 16:32 10 January 2014
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A 17-year-old boy from Lowestoft has been arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis with intent to supply and possession of an imitation firearm in Lowestoft after police seized a rucksack containing a replica gun, a knife and a quantity of cannabis.
Officers on patrol in London Road South spotted the teenager yesterday evening (Thursday, January 9), and stopped to speak to him but the 17-year-old ran off.
He was detained a short time later and officers also located a rucksack containing items including one large bag and several small bags of cannabis, a wallet, a grinder, electronic scales, phones and the weapons.
A police spokesman said: "The teenager has been bailed to return to police on February 28, pending further inquiries."


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By TOM CALLIS
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Thanksgiving Day meals for the less fortunate are common offerings for charities and churches across the country during the holiday. And the Big Island is no different.
They offer a warm, hearty meal for those who may struggle to find food the rest of the year, as well as friendly company and a cheerful spirit.
The Salvation Army in Hilo is hoping to once again provide that and more this year, with their holiday lunch held today at Aunty Sally's Luau House.
Guests will be treated to live music, skits performed by a travelling drama group, and instead of waiting in a food line, dozens of volunteers will be on hand to serve meals directly to the tables.
"We call it a banquet," said Salvation Army Capt. Shoshannah Ruwethin. "We try to make it a little more special."
The doors open at 10:30 a.m. with lunch served at noon.
Ruwethin said the Salvation Army served about 750 people last year and is expecting about the same turnout today.
Volunteers will also deliver about 250 meals to nursery homes, as well as police and fire stations.
Seventy-five turkeys will be served this year, she said, with more potatoes, yams, corn and pie than she could count.
Melody Parong, a member of the Salvation Army church, said volunteers begin preparing food at 7 a.m. The turkeys have already been cooked.
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Parong said 10 volunteers will work in the kitchen but she estimated as many as 150 will have helped make the event happen. Help comes from the Hawaii Jaycees, Waiakea High School Interact Club, college students and others.
One turkey will be given away in a raffle, with about 30 neatly wrapped baskets of food as other prizes.
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Speaking at MWC this week, Google's Chairman, Eric Schmidt, revealed during an audience Q&A session that the company once considered its own digital currency.
It's not known exactly how advanced the plans got, but the broad strokes of the idea would have seen a peer-to-peer financial system, in a similar vein to Bitcoin. Various proposals and ideas were considered for 'Google Bucks', but there were simply too many legal and logistical issues, and the concept was mothballed.
By Schmidt's admission, the concept is fundamentally illegal in most countries, particularly since such systems tend to facilitate money laundering and tax evasion. "Ultimately, we decided that we didn't want to get into that because of these issues," he said.
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Will Walling was born on June 2, 1872 in Sacramento City, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Iron Horse (1924), The Village Blacksmith (1922) and The Temple of Venus (1923). He was married to Effie Bond. He died on March 5, 1932 in California, USA. See full bio »
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NEW YORK (The Deal) -- Facebook's (FB) blockbuster, $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp has focused attention on the increased value of mobile messaging.
Buying WhatsApp has both offensive and defensive elements, as UBS (UBS) analyst Eric Sheridan noted. Facebook gains a popular messaging platform with more than 450 million users per month, which Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he expects to eventually hit 1 billion.
Zuckerberg also keeps WhatsApp's horde of subscribers out of the hands of competitors such as Yahoo! (YHOO) or Google (GOOG).
A range of global upstarts provide variations of mobile messaging over the Internet.
Hong Kong-based Tencent operates messaging apps WeChat and Weixin, the latter focused on the Chinese market. Subscribers can make audio and video calls, and exchange photos.
Combined, WeChat and Weixin had more than 270 million users at the close of the third quarter, growing nearly 125% from the same period a year earlier. Tencent, which trades on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, reports fourth-quarter numbers on March 19.
Dutch messaging company Nimbuzz has 120 million users and gains 4.5 million per month, according to its website. The company has backing from Mangrove Capital Partners and South African media group Naspers. The company offers free voice and video calls over its broadband app, but charges for calls to phones.
Line Corp. of Tokyo has 340 million users for its free call and messaging app and said it expects to reach 500 million users this year. "Line has really been pushing games," SNL Kagan analyst Seth Shafer said. Within the games, users can purchase extra lives, or turns.
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Neville 'Teddy' McCook is dead.
Neville 'Teddy' McCook is dead.
McCook, who had been ailing for some time, died this afternoon at University Hospital of the West Indies.
He was 73.
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Australian basketball legend Luc Longley says he is not surprised with the form of Patty Mills for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA finals and believes he has the ability to deal with the pressure and continue to "embarrass" LeBron James' Miami Heat side.
Longley, who won three NBA championships with Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls from 1996-1998, has been following the Spurs' finals run with particular attention placed on Mills.
Mills, who scored 14 points in San Antonio's 107-86 win in game four that gave them a 3-1 series lead, has been in career best form for the Spurs and is turning heads on the sport's biggest stage.
"I think this year in particular any time he's had an opportunity he's played well," Longley said. "He's shot the ball really well all year.
"The pressure [of finals] is a big step up, the media scrutiny is a big step up, the size of the audience is a big step up, but the weight on each possession goes through the roof. Patty's got that covered."
Longley attributed Mills' rich vein of form to a more conscious focus on his defensive movements.
"He's also added the defensive mindset to his game, which is new this year," Longley said.
"He's pressuring guys full court and giving people a hard time with the ball, and that's really been disruptive for the Spurs all year, so there's no surprise to see him doing that against the Heat and the likes of LeBron.
"Everyone's always recognised Patty's talent and I think that was from early on, certainly well before I knew him. He had a good career at college, but always the question mark was his fitness and his dedication early on in his career.
''He's changed that; he's become a real professional, it appears. In my dealings with him at the Boomers last year he had a really comprehensive approach to his game and himself. He dedicated himself to his craft."
Longley has tipped the Spurs to take out the championship 4-2 but said any team boasting James should not be underestimated.
"I just don't see Miami going quietly into their summer," Longley said. "I imagine they'll try something different, maybe some pressure defence on the Spurs and try to disrupt them in a different way. They certainly won't sit on their hands like they did between game three and four.
"But the Spurs are picking them apart to the point where it's becoming embarrassing."
Longley will be on a plane when game five gets under way on Monday morning (AEST), but said he has seen enough of the Spurs this season to appreciate their similarities to the incredible Chicago Bulls side he was a part of in the 1990s.
The only player Longley has played against in the present finals series is 38-year-old Spurs power forward Tim Duncan, a player he rates very highly.
"Tim's so solid, he just does everything right," Longley said. "I thought he was great when I was playing him as well; he was tough."
"The Spurs don't run the triangle like we did at the Bulls, but their offensive style idea is similar and it comes from conventional NBA basketball compared to international basketball. I do like to think that the Spurs are doing similar things to the way Phil Jackson did things."


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Item! This holiday season, not zero, not one, but two bug movies are coming out! The first is about giant radioactive mutant ants who crush everything in their New Mexican path. This film, called Ants!, is a cautionary tale about the dangers of radiation. The second film is a more charming one called Living Bugs, and it's a documentary about bugs. It may sound like a snooze-fest, but it's actually really fascinating. For example, in it we learn that insects can communicate vocally, and many of them sound just like B-list celebrities.
Item! Everybody's talking about Jennifer Lopez's spicy Latin posterior! Now, I usually don't notice these things, but in the case of this zesty, South Of The Border rump, it just can't be helped. Olé!
Roaring down the trail blazed by Three's Company, Will & Grace is a new sitcom about a gay man living with a straight woman. Now, I've seen this show a number of times, and I have to say that the equation of straight woman plus gay man equals laughs! Or, to put it another way, SW+GM=L! If this trend continues, we may eventually see comedies with lesbians. Three cheers for Will & Grace! Hip hip... hoo-gay!
Item! Ohio has a new state comptroller, and it's none other than The Magnificent Muraco! Word is, the former WWF great had been dissatisfied with the state's fiscal structure for years, and during the '98 campaign he threatened to strangle incumbent comptroller Richard Martell if he didn't get out of office. Mr. Muraco has yet to appoint an assistant state comptroller, but inside sources say it's between Junkyard Dog and "Leaping" Lanny Poffo.
While we're on the subject of politics, Newt Gingrich just stepped down as Speaker Of The House in humiliation and shame. Now, I certainly was never ol' Newt's biggest fan, but he stood by his beliefs, took his lumps, and, through it all, he was an American. So, here's to Newt. He may be a quitter, but you can't say he's no American.
I've been getting a lot of letters lately from fans wondering where I stand on Felicity and Dawson's Creek. Well, wait no further, Harveyheads, because here comes the Straight Shooting From The Scoop. First, I have to say that I love Felicity. I can really relate to the title character, as I know what it's like to carry a torch for someone and have those affections go unrequited. I once followed a woman I barely knew all the way to the supermarket, only to be rejected before we reached the deli counter. As for Dawson's Creek, I stand firm in my conviction that it stinks. First of all, no one really talks like those teens do. It's absurd! Also, I think the show dwells too much on sex. I'm no Prudy Trudy, but prime-time TV is not the place for that kind of trashy talk!
Stressed out? I have the perfect recipe for relaxation: a bubble bath, a glass of wine and a good book. You'll feel better in no time!
Item! No one can say that Hollywood is afraid to take on the big issues. Two movies just came out that take a hard look at Nazis and come to the same conclusion: Nazis are bad business! American Malcolm X stars Edward Everett Horton as a young Nazi who decides that his life as a bigot is long on hate but short on the one thing we all need... love. Details are sketchy about Apt Pupil, but I can tell you that it stars an old actor, hunky Friends star David Swimmer and some other young actor. Both of these films push the envelope and make Americans think about the issues that matter. What's more, they also entertain, so it's a win-win situation. Heil Hollywood!
Those involved in this NBA lockout may think that it's a private matter, but the truth is, there's only one victim here–the fans. I say, enough stalling. Put aside your differences and bring on the giant dunking men!
Well, that's all for now, but you can be sure I'll have plenty more to bring you next time, what with the holidays coming up and all. And while you're busy shopping and running around, be sure to take some time out to remember the people whose only job is to keep you entertained... the people of Hollywood. Until next time, keep the faith!


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| greengirl82 chapter 1 . 9/14/2010
this was beautiful.
I loved John Ritter, he was a great comedic actor and I loved 8 Simple Rules.
I loved that episode with Jason Priestley as Carter and think this would of been a great tribute episode to John Ritter's character Paul.
| xEspeciallyNow chapter 1 . 6/14/2010
Awww what a sweet one shot :)