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Creative activities should have a definite goal or outcome. They should be planned and evaluated like all CAS activities. This can present something of a challenge where, for example, a student is a dedicated instrumental musician. It would be artificial to rule that something that is both a pleasure and a passion for the student could not be considered part of their CAS experience. How, though, can it help to fulfill CAS learning outcomes? Personal challenge—tasks must extend the student and be achievable in scope.
Perhaps the instrumental musician can learn a particularly difficult piece, or a different style of playing, in order to perform for an audience. The context might be a fund‑raising activity, or the student might give a talk to younger children about the instrument, with musical illustrations. Appropriate CAS activities are not merely "more of the same"—more practice, more concerts with the school band, and so on. This excludes, for example, routine practice performed by IB music or dance students, but does not exclude music, dance or art activities that these students are involved with outside the Diploma Programme subject coursework.
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Yesterday, I ended up joining a group motorcycle ride in the morning. These particular rides are really organized for what they are, lead guy even had a spreadsheet of all attendees and there were leads & sweeps. BUT, this ride definitely made me lose interest in a large group ride. It's a lot different when riding with a big group on bicycles versus motorcycles… Let's say, the pace of the group I was in wasn't the most consistent, and it was a huge distraction following people.
The group continued on somewhere but I ended up bailing and turning around to ride Palomares back home. Before I did, I was going left and right in my lane for fun and to keep my tires at temperature… and then one of the group ride gurus (old guy on a crotch rocket) told me I was going to cause someone to hit me and to "relax." What a douche, I thought. First of all, how was I going to hit anyone if I was staying in my lane? And why should anyone be passing me, in MY LANE?
One of the things I hate the most is people who are condescending
Anyway, I personally would rather ride solo or with a small number of people, like under 5.
In the afternoon, I decided I was getting too fat so I jumped on the Tarmac and did a quick Coyote Hills loop. It may seem weird that I'm counting each Coyote Hills ride, but it's a good tally for myself. I figured since my bicycle was nowhere cheap, I need to recoop some of that investment… and the more rides I can log, the more money returned.


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Gather, the Art of Paleo Entertaining by Bill Staley and Hayley Mason, is a brand new Paleo cookbook designed to inspire year-round celebrations with family and friends. No gathering of loved ones is complete without a table full of delicious food, yet it can be difficult to prepare multi-course meals that can be enjoyed by those who are following a Paleo diet. Bill and Hayley's book is proof that it's possible to eat and entertain like a gourmet without gluten, grains, or other "non-Paleo" ingredients.
Gather is not only visually stunning, it also contains impressive multi-course meals perfectly designed for a variety of holidays and celebrations throughout the year. The index is divided by the four seasons, and each season has its own set of menus to guide and inspire you for your own gathering of friends and family.
If you're on a Paleo diet and you love food, Gather is the cookbook for you.
With Gather, you'll be able to organize a casual Sunday brunch in the spring, a Tuscany-inspired dinner party in the summer, a Paleo Thanksgiving feast in the fall, and lovely winter holiday meal. The menus cover a variety of cuisines, such as Chinese, Cuban, and Caribbean, and there are kid-friendly menus, including a Halloween spooky supper, and even a birthday party, complete with chicken nuggets and birthday cake – all grain-free of course!
The best part of serving food from Gather is that you can feel confident you're serving your loved ones nourishing food while pleasing their palates. A lot of early Paleo cookbooks were long on health and short of flavor and creativity. Gather is the best of both worlds: the dishes are worthy of a 5-star restaurant, with nutrient-dense ingredients such as pastured meats, wild seafood, green and root vegetables, and healthy fats like coconut oil and grass-fed butter.
Gather would also make a wonderful gift for a friend or family member who is tempted to try Paleo but is concerned that the idea of a "diet" is restrictive, or insist that they can't live without their favorite foods. This book will be more than enough to convince them that they can eat healthily without sacrificing flavor and enjoyment. (But you might try cooking them a recipe from the book first!)
If you're a Paleo foodie like I am, Gather is a must on your kitchen shelf. The book releases today (April 30th, 2013), and can be ordered on Amazon.com.
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Foodie? I'm still stuck on bland (salt and pepper) and boring (garlic and onion) healthy normal ancestral foodie food. Nothing pretty. Nothing too overwhelming. Nothing I want more of until, maybe, the next meal. I'll pass on the book.


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A Beginner's Guide to the Microsoft Platform by Michael Palermo (1hr 48m)
My first review of the courses and I think it is worth beginning by saying that I suppose all reviews depend largely on where a person is coming from, what they already know and what they hope to gain from something. Not everyone likes vanilla ice-cream and that's OK.
I also feel it's worth mentioning just how much work and effort must go into these videos and clearly, what depth of skill and knowledge the authors have. Reading this back to myself, it really must sound like I am about to deal a death-blow 🙂 I'm not, but I suppose it is playing on my mind a little – I don't want nor like to be negative.
OK, so let's begin with what I liked about this course.
I really liked the fact that you got to see a glimpse into the main offerings of ASP.NET and the web framework. Michael only touches upon things because it is quite short, but he often gives you a good flavour of the technology.
He also keeps to a structure in that each module involves creating a page, allows input and uses data. That helps you to pin everything together and begin to make some comparisons.
As it was my first, I didn't think to try and follow along with the code but I wish I had because that would have made some of the ideas more concrete. He does move at a fair pace though, so this should be borne in mind.
On the other hand, I couldn't help but feel that these represented several videos that had been bolted together. By that, I mean he kept repeating how to open and close solutions in Visual Studio. They weren't word-for-word exactly the same, but incredibly similar. My guess is that these were stand-alone videos explaining topics that he thought would fit together well. I believe they could – but with a little editing.
Overall, as a quick introduction, it's quite good, he is easy to understand and he knows his 'stuff'!
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To sir/madam,
I want to know which course should i join after 12th for good banking jobs?i am 24yr old female.
To sir/madam,
I want to know which course should i join after 12th for good banking jobs?i am 24yr old female.
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You have decided that you want to do the job in the banking sector . its good decision.
Today, Banking career is so bright Banking jobs is reputed and good salary job.
For the banking jobs in the future best idea you have to be do the MBA in the master degree.
but you can join the banking line after any Bachelor degree like B.Sc,BCA,B.COm etc...
if you join the banking jobs after master degree you get the more good posts in the bank office as a manager post, assistant manager posts etc..
bets of luck!
actually , after 12th , you can apply for the post of clerk in banks
you can also write , IBPS BANK CLERK EXAM
if you are not intrested in bank clerk job or you want to apply for a high post than this in banking sector ,you need to go for any degree
with degree as qualification , you can apply for the post of probationary officer in banking sector
you can also write , IBPS BANK P.O. EXAM
you can go for,
~~ b.sc maths
~~ b.com
~~ bca
~~ b.tech
~~ b.sc physics , etc..
you can take anyone of those
here , your age is an important point
if you join any degree now , then you may complete your degree at the age of 27 .
actually , the age limit for general category candidates for the post of p.o. is 30 years only
for obc category , the maximum age limit is 33 years
for sc or st category , the maximum age limit is 35 years
for hadicapped candidates , the maximum age limit is 40 years
so, if you belong to general category , then you may have just 2 or 3 years ot time to secure a job in banks .
so, it may get tougher for you
so, along with degree , it is better to go for coaching .
** please remember , if you seucure a minimum of 55% in degree , then you are eligible for ibps bank p.o. exam
all the best
respected mam /sir i am 18 years old female i have given b-com 1 year exam know and i have done basic with tally computer course and yet doing bank coaching so please advice me to do best profesional course which will help me for banking sector plse
After 12th stands you can join B.Com , BSc - Maths , Computers ,BCA courses
it is use full to your Bank sector jobs
You have so many Bank jobs in Bank sectors
In bank jobs
Finance ...
You can apply below bank entrance exam
IBPS po jobs
IBPS clerk Jobs
SBI jobs
Bank of board jobs
Central bank jobs .....
you are qualify in the IBPS bank exam , it is eligible for 19 banks sectors
Best Of luck
for banking exams the most preferred course is B.Com (in graduation level)
you can also go for
- aptitude
- logical reasoning
- analytical problems
- computer knowledge
- english
- General knowledge
- 20 Practice Sets IBPS Bank Clerks
- IBPS Bank Clerk Solved Papers
- R S Agrawal Quantitative Aptitude
- R S Agrawal Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning Book
- Book of Computer Awareness of Bank Exams
- Lakshya IBPS CWE Bank Clerk
- Ultimate Guide Bank Clerk
- Books for English grammar and Common Errors
- Previous Year Question Bank for Bank Exams
you can apply to banks like :
You dont need to do any course for banking job. You have mentioned that you have knowledge of basic computer that will be enough for applying in Banks. You can apply for clerk exam which is taken by IBPS.IBPS conducts exam for the recruitment to the different banks in the India.
Eligibility :
You should have a completed their class 12th with 60%marks
You should be between 18-28 years.
My name is ankit sethi.
Now i an study in 2nd year b.com pass.
But now i want to join bank jobs
plz tell me what can i do?
i want to go bank jobs as soon as posible
If you want to get into government banks,then graduation from any stream with first class marks is enough to be eligible.But you need a very good preparation as the competition is huge.If you want to go for private MNC banks like HSBC,Standard Chartered,Citibank etc,then better to go for MBA after graduation and that also from a good institute preferably IIMs or XLRI etc.You will have a good and relaxed working environment whole life in government bank.But in private MNC banks,you will have huge amount of stress but good pay package much higher than the government banks
If you want to get into government banks,then graduation from any stream with first class marks is enough to be eligible.But you need a very good preparation as the competition is huge.If you want to go for private MNC banks like HSBC,Standard Chartered,Citibank etc,then better to go for MBA after graduation and that also from a good institute preferably IIMs or XLRI etc.You will have a good and relaxed working environment whole life in government bank.But in private MNC banks,you will have huge amount of stress but good pay package much higher than the government banks
Dear sir,
Yes after completed 12th you can do bank jobs,You don't need to do any courses for getting a jobs in bank
sector,If you want to get a jobs in bank sector after 12th,First of all you are qualifying I.B.P.S written examination,IBPS stands for Institue of Banking Personnel Selection,Now a days IBPS conduct the variois CWE bank examintion every year for PO or Clerk and Specialist Officers post for 19 public sector of bank,
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION for IBPS CLERK EXAM:
You should be 10th passed with minimum of 60% marks from recognized central/state board of education
You should be 12th or Equivalent passed with minimum of 50% marks from recognized central/state board of education
According new pattern,paper will be objective type which contains the question of five following subjects...
English language
Quantitative aptitude
Computer knowledge
General awarness
selection process........
written test
Group discussion
For latest notification of IBPS Clerk Examination visit IBPS official Website: http://ibps.in
Hi guest, Today banking sector has grown to a large extent and providing employement to many people. If you are look for the job of clerk in bank, then you must prepare yourself for IBPS blank clerk exam. You can go for the bachelor of commerce (b.com) degree course if you want to work as an accountant in bank. But if you are seeking for managerial post , you must have to do master of business administration. (MBA). AND in case you want to go for computer related job, you must have to do B.C.A . Thanx
is there any advantage or disadvantage of technical degree and going in banking job
Which course is help in bankjob in b.tech and also in degree
For getting a job in a bank you can peruse any course you wish. For getting a job in a bank the minimum qualification required is any degree. Even then following courses will be beneficial for you to get a job in a bank.
1. B.Com
2.B.S.C Maths
7.B.Tech Computer Science
dear friend, firstly you decide that in which sector of bank you want to do the job.for getting a good bank job you must to be graduated with at-least 60% and your age is in between 18-30 for clerk and po jobs in a bank.for getting a good bank job you may pursue in following courses of graduation:B.TECHB.SCBBAB.COMBCA etc....dear friend, for getting a bank job you should regularly study the following subjects:Reasoningaptitude testComputer knowledgeGeneral awarenessand you should be fluent in English language.! best of luck !
Dear Aspirant...
You can doing any course and only qualification is required get a job in Banking sector and
You can apply after complete graduation.Minimum qualification get a job in Banking sector
graduation than apply for Po clerk job.You must be
You must be graduate any discipline university.
You must be Indian Citizenship.
You must be 55 % marks in graduation.
You must be prepare well in this syllabus like reasoning ,aptitude ,general awareness ,general
English and computer.
You must be doing work hard than get a job in Bank po clerk post.
Exam Pattern :-
Good Luck
Dear Aspirant,
In the banking sector there are two entry level job is available:-
1. Bank Clerk
2. Bank Probationary Officer
For both post minimum qualification is Graduation in any stream from approved university or its equivalent.
So, you can do any graduate course and you can also do the diploma or degree in banking and finance, which will gives you advantage at the time of interview.
with all good wishes
Hi friend.!
better course after 12th:
all the best........
As you want to get bank jobs,Then there is posts in banking like clerk,probetionary officer,specialist officer etc.
>For Banking jobs any course is not require.
>But for Computer Basic Knowledge,you can do ccc course.
>For Bank clerk post,candidate should be graduate in any discipline and age should be 20 year-28 year.
>As per 12th qualification,you can not apply for Bank Clerk post.
>So you should done graduation in any discipline from racognized college/university.
>For Probetionary Officer post,Candidate should be graduate with 60% or above and age should be 21 year-30 year.
dear friend,
Now you are eligible to apply for IBPS examination for the post of bank clerks for which the minimum qualification is 10+2.If you want a good job in banking sector then graduation is a must.Once you finish your graduation you can apply for the post of bank Po's and other jobs related to banking sector.
thank you.
My dear friend,
For banking jobs you have to first complete your 12th and then graduation also.You should be good in mathematics.For banking jobs,Mathematics is compulsory so after 12th either you have to choose BBA or BCA.
You can also go for the B.Sc honors in mathematics.If you are good in mathematics then i am sure that you will definitely get a job in the banking sector.You have to give the entrance exam to join any of the course after 12th.
When you have completed the graduation then you have to give the test to enter into the banking sector.
Thank u!!
After 12th standard you can join B.com, B.sc -maths, computers , b.SC -PHYSICS , B-tech, BCA courses its helps you in banking jobs.
if you have better idea's you can do MBA in the master degree.
with degree as the qualification you can apply for banking job's.
And 1thing along with degree , its better to go for coaching .
And should secure minimum of 55% marks in degree, then you are eligible for ibps bank p.o . exams...
Hello friend....
After 12th standard you can join B.COM ,B.SC ---Maths,Computers,B.SC-Physics ,B-TECH ,BCAcourse its help you in banking jobs.
If you have better isdea's you can do MBA in the master degree.
With degree as the qualifcation you can apply for banking job's.
And 1 thing along with degree,its better to go for coaching.
And should secure min of 55% marks in degree,then you are eligble for IBPS bank,PO exam.
all the best.............
Graduation courses after Completing 12th standard ::
=Bachelor of Arts in Economics
=Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Communication
=Bachelor of Business Administration
=Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)
=Bachelor of Business Studies
=Bachelor of Business Management
=Bachelor of Computer Application
=Bachelor of Commerce
=Bachelor of Commerce in Computers
=Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Accounting and Finance
=Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance
=Bachelor of Commerce in Computer Application
=Bachelor of Commerce in Banking and Insurance
After Completing this Graduation course you may apply for IBPS ( Institute of Banking Personnel Selection ) PO / Clerk Entrance Examination ...
hello my name is shweta chauhan i am 18 years old i got 60%in 12non mad i want best career in bankinv


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I like what I see on demo link and I am not sure if there is any other way to see all the things available. I am going to buy the scripts, but I am just wondering if you have few options or if you are planning to add anytime soon.
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Can you believe Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard have been married for over a month already? The newlyweds have been ridiculously adorable documenting their brand new marriage via social media, and an occasional awkward selfie aside, we can't get enough of it.
On Wednesday, the lovebirds connected over lunch when Jill went to his office, presumably with a picnic basket full of sandwiches and little cupids throwing heart-shaped confetti, because that's way we imagine it. Wouldn't that be awesome? Anyway, the 19 Kids and Counting star Instagrammed a sweet snap of the two of them sharing a mid-day bite to eat, and their grins are palpable.
She captioned the photo with a simple, "Lunch with my best friend at his workplace."
According to Derick's LinkedIn page, he joined Walmart in February as a tax accountant, after famously serving as a missionary overseas for two years. It was during that time he "met" Jill on the Internet (they were connected via her dad Jim Bob Duggar) and fell in love.
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The infatuation isn't just one-sided though! Derick's been busy uploading his own pics of the couple doing couple-y newlywed things like celebrating their "monthiversary."
"Happy monthiversary to my amazing wife! I love you so much sweetie! #bestmonthofmylife #manymoretocome #ilovemywife" Derick posted alonside this sweet one last week:
And apparently last night they had dinner with some friends, who brought along their adorable little baby. I'm sure that didn't give Jill baby fever at all! (wink, wink)
Are they cute or what? It's so sweet to see them just loving the heck out of life -- and each other.
Do you think Jill and Derick are super sweet, or are you getting sick of them?
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Heat will turn wicked inland going into the week. Dew points will climb to around 70 degrees, giving us heat indices of 100- to 110-degrees. This will likely turn into a dangerous stretch for inland communities.
An isolated thunderstorm is possible any afternoon with the heat and high humidity. In this environment thunderstorms will quickly pulse up and down within an hour. The coverage of these thunderstorms will be very isolated. However, if you do see a thunderstorm Sunday or Monday, it could produce very heavy rain and gusty winds.
In-depth news coverage of the Greater Boston Area.
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This is an old one from September 2010, but no word of a lie, it really happened. Just like this:
A few weeks ago, I experienced terror in a way that I haven't since I was a kid first playing Nightmare. Anyone remember that board game? One of the first interactive games where you popped a video in your VCR (anyone remember VCRs?) which consisted of a scary gatekeeper-vampire-werewolf-type person who led you through the game and made you say and do certain things to win. I DID NOT WANT TO PLAY. Why? Because I thought the scary person on the other side of the screen could SEE ME. That if I didn't do what he said he would somehow...punish me. By creeping into my room at night and showing me the maggots under his hood? I don't know. But it terrified me.
But I digress, as usual. The incident in question from a few weeks ago is WAY scarier, and only because I am old now and can't take that kind of shock to my heart. I thought I was going to die from the panic.
Dave and I were fast asleep. It was three in the morning and not a creature was stirring. I was yanked out of a dead sleep, which, if you have never been woken up in that way, you are lucky. It's no good. It leaves you feeling weird, and no one's heart should beat that fast. I laid there trying to figure out what it was that woke me up so horribly when I heard it: piano music coming from somewhere close. At three in the morning. Now, keep in mind that I was still slightly asleep and thought that my mind was playing tricks on me. But then it continued, and as my brain woke up a little bit more, I realized that there was indeed a piano playing. At first I thought someone was listening to music somewhere. Why in God's name they would be playing it that loudly at that time of the morning is beyond me, but I do live in a crackhead area. Who knows what a person who is agitated and paranoid will do in the middle of the night, right?
But then I realized it did not sound like music coming from a radio, but more like PLAYING. Someone playing the piano. I thought to myself "Ok neighbour, I get that you like to play the piano, but REALLY?" before my brain kicked in again and reminded me that my neighbours have school age children so it most likely wasn't them. And then, the realization: THE PIANO PLAYING WAS COMING FROM INSIDE MY HOUSE. Once I figured this out, it was like my brain met with the rest of my body. A huge WHOOSH of realization that woke me up completely. As in, my body is standing at attention: all 1,300,000 nerve endings are NOT at ease.
Someone was playing the piano downstairs. Never mind thoughts of ghostly beings in flowing, white, old-fashioned dress; enter serial killer stage left. The kind of serial killer who's calling card was to play a person's piano before slashing their throat. My entire body froze. My eyes tried to see through the floor, in order to try and understand what was going on below. I gently and as quietly as I could, tried to wake up Dave. This only happened when I squeezed his side in a pincher grip, all the while breathing "DAVE!" out of the corner of my mouth. He finally woke up. I whisper-breathed, "Someone is in our house, playing the piano".
Now usually it takes Dave a good long 30 minutes to pull himself out of bed in the mornings. This time? He was up and running in a matter of SECONDS. He ran down the stairs. Hmm...not my first choice in handling the situation. I mean, who RUNS towards their death? Apparently Dave does. I heard the music go away. He came back up the stairs to tell me that one of our cats had pushed the self-playing button on his piano. PIANOS HAVE THOSE? Oh my goodness, I thought we were DEAD when it was the freaking cat all along.
Moral of the story: turn off your piano before you go to sleep at night. And any other thing that plays music or makes a sound. Because when your cat has a vendetta towards you, they know just how to take you out.
Now usually it takes Dave a good long 30 minutes to pull himself out of bed in the mornings. This time? He was up and running in a matter of SECONDS. He ran down the stairs. Hmm...not my first choice in handling the situation. I mean, who RUNS towards their death? Apparently Dave does. I heard the music go away. He came back up the stairs to tell me that one of our cats had pushed the self-playing button on his piano. PIANOS HAVE THOSE? Oh my goodness, I thought we were DEAD when it was the freaking cat all along.
Moral of the story: turn off your piano before you go to sleep at night. And any other thing that plays music or makes a sound. Because when your cat has a vendetta towards you, they know just how to take you out.
I had to go and buy a dress today for SOMEONE'S wedding I am going to on Saturday, so my sister came and picked me up and off we went.
But first we had to take Finnigan the dog for a nice, long walk.
The first thing he did after being let out of his crate was to go directly to the cat litter box and grab a piece of the 'candy'. Why are dogs so gross haha! This guy is only five months old and such a little sweetheart.
Those colors.
Krista and her friend.
My ladybug friend! For luck.
We went to Yorkdale Mall to dress shop, among other things, for SOMEONE's wedding next weekend (all will be revealed in due time), and this was the change room I had to try my dress on in. HA!
Anyway, this is the dress I chose. Super cute, and versatile. I will be wearing this to all the holiday gatherings this year as well. So expect to see it a lot.
All that shopping made me a hungry gal, so King of King's at Kenzo was the only answer.
I am already in my pjs and washed up and ready for bed. The Walking Dead is on in twenty minutes, and then off to bed! We have to get up early and go vote! As should everyone else in this city. We are voting for a new Mayor of Toronto, and all I pray is that another Ford does not get in there. Please god, no.
Have a lovely evening lovelies!
Fall has definitely hit the city. I have been absolutely loving all the colors this year and revelling in walking down the street on crunchy leaves.
I always feel like winter is almost here (sorry deniers) when I take out my air conditioner for the season and I get the urge to tuck away everything on my deck. Which is what we did today. And found this GIANT sucker trying to get warm in the window well. I believe my oh so grown up reaction was, "GET IT OUT GET IT OUT GET IT OUT". Why so big though? I can't deal.
The sun was going down as I was cleaning up the deck. Turning containers upside down, cleaning up any old raccoon shit (ugh so gross right), and tomorrow we buy a tarp to cover up the barbecue for the next 6 months. God I wish I was exaggerating that number. I'm not.
Dave is out for the night, so I get the house to myself. I am tidying up a bit, and then I am going to shower, get into a clean pair of pjs and just relax. And do a little of this.
And a lot of this.
What are your plans for tonight? Tell me exciting ones so I can feel like more of a loser.
In homage to the upcoming spooky holiday, I wanted to list MY favourite movies that I love watching at this time of year:
1. Anything Harry Potter- now I know these aren't Halloween specific, but come on...it's Harry Potter.
2. Hocus Pocus- classic. I have always wanted to be Sarah Jessica Parker in this movie. Well, except for the dumbness.
3. The Conjuring- This movie didn't get the best reception, but I saw it at the drive in and really liked it. So much that I watched it twice.
The Nightmare Before Christmas- Christmas? Halloween? How about both!
Casper- another classic in my book. I watched the cartoon when I was a kid, and I love this movie. Devon Sawa anyone? I thought he was so cute back then.
Devon now. Hmm.
Ju-on (The Grudge)- the first time I saw this movie I almost pooped my pants.
Ringu (The Ring)- pants pooping also was prevalent here.
The Birds- an actual classic. I saw this movie when I was a kid and loved it. There's no music in this movie, which is crazy! Music creates the mood, but this movie was still scary without any.
The Exorcist- I tried to watch this when I was 9 and got to the part where she pees on the rug and I was done. Too scary. Obviously I saw it after that, even in the theater when it was remastered!
The Orphanage- Super creepy. I loved this movie so so much. Check it out if you love creepiness!
What movies do you like to watch this time of year? Let me know in the comments!
I really wanted to see the leaves in all their glory this year, so despite the bit of rain we were experiencing yesterday, Dave and I took a drive to Mono Cliffs to see all the beautiful colors on display.
And Nature did not disappoint.
How lucky are we that we get to experience this every year? Just like Winter, Autumn is a time of reflection for me, as things go to sleep, getting ready for the next cycle in their lives.
We stumbled across a little cemetery on our travels and decided to explore. You guys know my love for cemeteries: quiet places, full of lives that were once here but are now at rest.
So pretty.
Yay leaves!
It was so frigging cold out yesterday, but man, it felt good to be alive!
I mean, look at those colours.
At least they had full lives.
Dave was really cold.
I was certainly not dressed warmly enough.
This one made me sad.
Sometimes you need to just sit and think about the changes in your life...is your life working for you? What could be better? What can you fix? Always remember though...it can always be worse. That is my life motto.
Happy Sunday everyone! Today is about protein shakes, working out, and chilli in the crockpot that is already smelling super delicious. It's cold here today, so cozy pajamas and space heaters are what's up.
What's your favourite thing about Sundays?


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Casting rumors for the sixth Fast and the Furious flick (a.k.a. Fast Six) have been coming... well, fast and furious over the past week. While stories about pop star-turned actress Rihanna joining the franchise seem unlikely, recent news pegging Luke Evans as possibly playing the film's villain are more substantial. Similarly, series alum Michelle Rodriguez is confirmed to return, while MMA expert Gina Carano appears to also be a lock.
The latest big name, said to be in the running to sign on for the sixth installment in the street racing movie series, is fan-fave Scotsman David Tennant. However, the Doctor Who alum and Fright Night star is far from being "officially in negotiations" right now; rather, Tennant has supposedly chatted casually with director Justin Lin about the idea of the former appearing in the followup to last year's lucrative Fast Five.
According to Latino Review's El Mayimbe (who is generally a reliable source of information), Lin and Tennant have held a series of Skype conversations about the latter coming aboard for Fast and the Furious 6. Whether Tennant's character in the film would be allied with Fed Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) or Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) - or if the actor is in the running for the same part as Evans - that is currently unclear.
It's certainly possible that Tennant, Evans and Jason Statham have all been (or currently are) candidates to play some sort of "generic European" baddie in the sixth Fast and the Furious flick. Principal photography on the project is slated to get underway overseas (no pun) sometime next month, so we shouldn't have to wait too long for an answer (if only a partial one).
Both Evans and Tennant would be welcome additions to the diverse Fast and the Furious core acting crew; still, if it's a choice between one or the other, most film geeks are likely to favor the latter. Their potential involvement alone is yet another good sign that this new installment aims to please the series' fanbase by adding more popular stars to the mix - while serving up even more (greater?) adrenaline-fueled thrills and spectacle.
Fast and the Furious 6/Fast Six races into theaters around the U.S. on May 24th, 2013.
Source: Latino Review


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Need for speed: Swedish cleaning lady steals train, crashes into house (PHOTO, VIDEO)
On Tuesday morning, the 20-year-old cleaner managed to start the train, breaking her way through a line barrier after driving for about a mile only to derail and crash into a nearby house 25 meters further.
Luckily, no passengers were inside the locomotive at the time. The train, which destroyed the building's wall and smashed the kitchen, did not kill any of the house's residents.
"It's incredibly lucky that no one in the house was injured," a police spokesperson told Swedish TT news agency. It was later reported that five people were sleeping in the building when the train crashed into it.
The impact of the crash trapped the woman in the engine car of the hijacked vehicle for two hours. She was then extracted by rescue crews and flown to a hospital by helicopter, with serious injuries.
A local train derailed into a residential building in Saltsjoebaden, Sweden, on January 15, 2013.(AFP Photo / Scanpix Sweden)
A subcontractor operating the line where the accident took place said that it is not yet known why the woman stole the train. The unlucky cleaner-turned-train-conductor was reportedly detained on suspicion of destruction of public property.
The incident sparked a stir in Swedish media, with local politicians demanding that the public transport operator revise its security procedures. Questions arose as to how the woman managed to break into the train and then drive away so easily.
"It shouldn't be possible for unauthorized people to drive our trains," Christer G Wennerholm of the Stockholm County Council's traffic committee said in a statement.
But public transport officials expressed confusion about the incident, and were unable to comment on the matter.
"The train must have been going much faster than it normally does," a Stockholm public transport spokesperson was quoted by Swedish media as saying. He was only able to explain why the train escaped the depot barrier and then derailed.
Policemen stand in front of a local train that derailed into a residential building in Saltsjoebaden, Sweden, on January 15, 2013.(AFP Photo / Jonas Ekstromer)


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Coding (also called programming or developing) is telling a computer, app, phone or website what you want it to do. Some educators and experts are calling it the 'new literacy'—a subject so important that every child needs to know the basics to excel in our rapidly changing world. Learning to code prepares kids for the world we live in today. There are tons of jobs and occupations that use code directly, like web designers, software developers and robotics engineers, and even more where knowing how to code is a huge asset—jobs in manufacturing, nanotechnology or information sciences. However, for most kid-coding advocates, reasons for learning to code run much deeper than career prep: Why Kids Should Learn To Code (And How To Get Them Started)
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- A Class on Coding and Bots - https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/coding-and-bots/
- Code.org Tutorials for Kids - https://studio.code.org/
- Coding with Paper: Printable Space Race Game for Students - http://www.fractuslearning.com/2014/11/18/coding-with-paper-printable-game/
- Homeschool Unit Study: Coding Unplugged - http://brainpowerboy.com/homeschool-unit-study-coding-5/#
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MySpace: Lori Drew off the hook on conspiracy, convicted for computer fraud November 27, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in cyberbullying, cybercrime, Hacking, myspace, stalking.
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New York Times, 27 November 2008
A federal jury here issued what legal experts said was the country's first cyberbullying verdict Wednesday, convicting a Missouri woman of three misdemeanor charges of computer fraud for her involvement in creating a phony account on MySpace to trick a teenager, who later committed suicide.
The jury deadlocked on a fourth count of conspiracy against the woman, Lori Drew, 49, and the judge, George H. Wu of Federal District Court, declared a mistrial on that charge. (more)
Verdict in MySpace Suicide Case November 27, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in cyberbullying, cybercrime, stalking.
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An American woman, accused of driving a teenage girl to suicide by bullying her on MySpace, has been cleared of one of the most serious charges against her.
Lori Drew, 49, was found not guilty of accessing a computer without authorisation to inflict emotional distress.
The jury failed to reach a verdict on another conspiracy charge.
She was convicted on three minor counts of violating the website's terms and conditions.
Drew, from Missouri, was accused of posing as a boy on MySpace to befriend 13-year-old Megan Meier, who hanged herself after their virtual relationship ended.
The court in Los Angeles heard that Lori Drew was aware Megan suffered from depression and was emotionally fragile.
Drew was charged with violating MySpace's terms of use, which ban users from assuming false identities and harassing other members.
The case is the first in the US relating to cyber-bullying.
Lori Drew could receive up to three years in prison when she is sentenced.
She would have faced a maximum 20 years if convicted of the more serious felony charges.
MySpace Case: Woman Who Posed as Boy Testifies in Case That Ended in Suicide of 13-Year-Old November 20, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in cyberbullying, cybercrime.
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New York Times, 20 November 2008
LOS ANGELES — Slumping forward miserably in the witness box, in barely audible tones, a young woman told a federal jury here on Thursday that she had posed as a teenage boy in a series of e-mail messages to a 13-year-old girl that ended in the girl's expressing suicidal thoughts and hanging herself.
"You're the kind of boy a girl would kill herself over," the woman, Ashley Grills, said the 13-year-old girl, Megan Meier, wrote before taking her own life.
Testifying under an immunity agreement with federal prosecutors, Ms. Grills, 20, described how she came up with the idea to create a fake MySpace account with the identity of a cute teenage boy. The goal, she said, was to draw in Megan and learn about her and things she might have been saying about the teenage daughter of Ms. Grills's friend and employer, Lori Drew.
Ms. Drew, who lives in a suburb of St. Louis and was a neighbor of the Meiers, is charged with conspiracy and three counts of accessing a computer without authorization via interstate commerce to obtain information to inflict emotional distress.
Legal experts believe the trial is an unprecedented use of computer fraud statutes to prosecute a case involving how people use a social networking site. Thomas O'Brien, the United States attorney here, asserted jurisdiction over a matter that local prosecutors in Missouri chose not to pursue — successfully arguing that he had jurisdiction because MySpace is based in Los Angeles, where its servers are housed.
In her testimony on the second day of Ms. Drew's trial, Ms. Grills described how Ms. Drew had become angry with Megan for "spreading lies" about Ms. Drew's daughter Sarah, and was eager to "expose" her. Ms. Grills, who worked at the Drew home, said she hatched the idea of creating a phony MySpace account, under the name Josh Evans, to communicate with Megan.
The original idea, Ms. Grills said, was to lure Megan to make nasty remarks about Sarah, which she and Ms. Drew would then present to Megan's mother. But the idea morphed into other methods of humiliating the girl — devised by Ms. Drew, she said.
Ms. Grills said that she had expressed trepidation about creating a fake account, but that Ms. Drew had told her "that it was fine and that people do it all the time." She added, "She was like a second mother to me, and I didn't think she would do anything to get me in trouble."
Things went awry, Ms. Grills said, after she sent an e-mail message with Ms. Drew's blessing that said, "The world would be a better place without you." It was an attempt, she said, to get Megan to stop communicating with the made-up Josh so the ruse could end.
Megan's response, the message about suicide, had never been revealed by Ms. Grills until this week. Shortly after sending the message, Megan hanged herself on Oct. 16, 2006.
"It was something I didn't want to remember," said Ms. Grills, who said she had been hospitalized for depression after the suicide. "I pushed it out of my mind."
As Ms. Grills told her story, Megan's father, Ronald Meier, listened from the front row of the courtroom, rocking slightly and furiously dabbing at his eyes.
Ms. Drew's defense lawyer, Dean Steward, carefully tried to unravel the credibility of Ms. Grills and others witnesses, including Megan's mother, Christina Meier, whose testimony continued from Wednesday.
"Don't you kind of have to say stuff they want to hear?" he said to Ms. Grills, motioning to prosecutors in a reference to her immunity agreement.
Mr. Steward suggested that Ms. Meier ought to have known better than to leave her daughter alone in her room after a nasty exchange of e-mail banter left the girl distraught. He said the antidepressant drugs her daughter had been taking were known to cause suicidal thoughts in teenagers.
"You let her run upstairs to the room alone," Mr. Steward said to Ms. Meier.
The trial has also included testimony about the fallout for Ms. Drew after the case became public. A hairdresser testified about the irate phone calls her salon received for continuing to tend to the hair care of Ms. Drew, and an interior designer detailed both how she sold Ms. Drew blinds to block the hostile approaches of neighbors, while being hectored herself for continuing to advertise her business in a coupon book distributed by Ms. Drew.
Mr. O'Brien, the United States attorney, made the highly unusual choice to prosecute the case himself, punctuating his personal interest in the matter.
Should he succeed in convicting Ms. Drew, the case, while derided by critics as an overreach, would almost certainly be a game changer in the still-evolving world of social networking.
By essentially equating the violation of usage agreements with computer hacking into a computer, a guilty verdict in this case could have widespread implications for future prosecutions under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, said Matthew Levine, a former federal prosecutor. Each of the three counts against Ms. Drew carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
MySpace Suicide Case Begins November 19, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in Anonymous, cyberbullying, cybercrime.
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MyFox Los Angeles, 19 November 2008
Los Angeles — A federal prosecutor says a Missouri mother hatched a plot with her daughter and an employee to stage an Internet hoax to prey on a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide.
U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien has told jurors during opening statements Wednesday that 49-year-old Lori Drew helped create a false identity account on the social networking site MySpace.
Drew is accused of harassing her young neighbor, Megan Meier, with cruel messages in what prosecutors say is the nation's first cyber-bullying case.
Meier hanged herself in 2006 after allegedly receiving a message saying the world would be better off without her.
Drew has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing computers without authorization. Each count carries a potential sentence of five years in prison.
Judge to Allow 'S-word' at MySpace Trial November 17, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in cyberbullying, cybercrime, myspace.
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Last week, the judge in the MySpace suicide case had some concerns over whether the suicide of a 13 year-old girl was relevant to the crime charged. On Friday, U.S. District Judge George Wu apparently got past those concerns. He ruled that prosecutors can use evidence of the suicide in its case against Lori Drew. The trial is set to begin tomorrow.
According to the AP, at the Friday hearing, Drew's lawyer, Dean Steward, argued the suicide evidence would lead jurors to focus on the death, rather than whether Drew violated the terms of service of MySpace. He added: "The jury is going to end up thinking that Lori Drew is being tried for the death of Megan Meier." Rather than making a reasoned decision, he said, "this jury is just going to decide this by sympathy."
The charge against Drew — that she violated the MySpace terms of service — incorporates an allegation that she did it with an intent to harm. So AUSA Mark Krause reportedly argued that Drew is charged with joining in a conspiracy to cause intentional infliction of emotional distress. "Showing that this victim took the ultimate step of taking her own life shows the level of her distress," Krause said.
Judge Wu reportedly responded that he was convinced many prospective jurors would be aware of the suicide from reading news reports or seeing a recent episode of the TV show "Law and Order" that involved a similar scenario. He said he would instruct jurors that the case was not about the suicide and that Drew is not charged with causing the suicide.
In MySpace Suicide Case, Judge May Exclude Suicide from Trial November 11, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in Anonymous, cyberbullying, myspace.
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Wall Street Journal – Law Blog, 11 Nov 2008
n the case we've come to call the 'MySpace suicide' case, how important is the 'suicide' part? It appears that U.S. District Judge George Wu believes it's not critical, and is leaning toward excluding the evidence of how 13 year-old Megan Meier hanged herself.
"I don't necessarily think the suicide is relevant to the crime charged," Wu said, according to the AP, adding he thought details of Meier's death would unfairly prejudice the jury. He said he planned to announce his final decision Friday. The trial is set to kick off next Tuesday.
(For past LB coverage of the case, click here.)
Exclusion of the suicide would, of course, be a setback to the government. It would also highlight the divergence between the facts and the law. As Dean Steward, the lawyer for defendant Lori Drew, told us last week, the trial will be in two parts: the legal side, such as what the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act means and whether it can be triggered by violating the MySpace terms of service; and the factual side, the tragic death of a 13 year-old girl and the question of who caused it.
In what strikes us as another interesting twist to the upcoming trial, Steward attempted to waive Drew's right to a jury trial, but prosecutors refused to assent to the waiver, resulting automatically, according to the AP report, in a jury trial. The prosecutors' refusal to accept the jury waiver likely came as a surprise to Steward. Last week, he told the Law Blog he suspected the prosecutors would not oppose the jury waiver for fear of offending Judge Wu.
Megan Meier: Supporters gather on what would have been girl's 16th birthday November 8, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in cyberbullying, cybercrime, myspace.
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About 50 people gathered Thursday evening to remember Megan Meier, who would have been 16 Thursday.
She most certainly, according to her mother, would have wasted no time in trying to obtain her driver's license.
"She had talked about getting a car from probably the time she was 12 years old," said Tina Meier, Megan's mother. "So today is a hard day. But every day has been hard without her."
The gathering was at a Dardenne Prairie baseball field on Hanley Road. A photo slide show of Megan's life played across a sheet fixed to the back of the backstop.
There she was: a toddler with her new baby sister, Allison; a little girl before the Christmas tree; a basketball player at the Boys & Girls Club of St. Charles; and an eighth-grade volleyball player at Immaculate Conception Elementary School.
At times, her image on the sheet seemed to come alive, rolling with the wind.
Megan was 13 when she took her life in October 2006, the victim of a MySpace hoax involving an adult neighbor, Lori Drew, a family friend who had lived four doors away in Dardenne Prairie.
Drew, 49, is scheduled to go to trial for her role in the incident in Los Angeles Nov. 18.
"There are people who are not like Megan – who would not take their own life," said Tina, 38. "Some people can walk away from it. But there are many who can't."
Cassie Thomas, 16, of St. Peters, recalled her friendship with Megan. She last saw Megan two months before her death. They saw a movie together.
"She just meant so much to me," Cassie said. "She was a lot like me."
"I was a good friend of hers," said Brittany Osborn, 16, of O'Fallon. "I'm here to remember her and honor her. She was loving and easy to get along with."
Those in attendance lit candles. Butch Moore, a family friend, sang "Who You'd Be Today," written by Kenny Chesney. Some signed what Tina has called "The Megan Pledge," which states, in part:
"I agree not to use technology as a weapon to hurt others."
"I agree to think before I click."
"I agree to think about the person on the other side."
The goal is 1 million pledges. So far, Tina said, there are 425,000.
People said they came to remember Megan, or to support Tina, or the Meiers, or to support Vicki Dunn, of St. Peters, Tina's aunt.
"We're here in honor of Megan Meier and to help reduce cyberbullying – if we can in some small way – and to support the family," said Jeff Brooks, 43, of Dardenne Prairie. His daughter is a friend of Allison Meier, 12.
Megan Meier Case: Lori Drew loses motion for a bench trial November 6, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in cyberbullying, myspace.
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Lori Drew, accused of cyber-bullying a teen who later committed suicide, tried but failed Wednesday to get a federal criminal case against her heard by a judge instead of a jury.
Her lawyer, H. Dean Steward, said she waived her right to a jury trial but that prosecutors, whose agreement is required, refused.
St. Louis area prosecutors had said they found no charge applicable to the circumstances. But the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles obtained an indictment in May that charged Drew, formerly of Dardenne Prairie, with unlawfully accessing MySpace computers in the process of harassing her daughter's rival down the street.
Steward also is trying to keep any mention of the 2006 suicide of Megan Meier, 13, out of the trial, which is set for Nov. 18.
Man Who Lost Son to Cyberbullying Teaches Students About Issue November 6, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in cyberbullying.
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Fox44, 6 Nov 2008, updated 10 Nov 2008
Teens from across Vermont were in Montpelier Thursday to learn about the effects of cyberbullying. One of the people they heard from knows about the effects first hand. John Halligan's son Ryan would be about the same age as some of the high school students he spoke to.
"A wonderful sweet, gentle, kind, empathetic boy…I mean he was the kind of kid that he made friends quick. People liked being with him but there was a vulnerability of Ryan, he was a bit of a sensitive kid," Halligan said, describing his son.
Ryan Halligan, 13, was a middle school student in Essex Junction, Vt., when he commited suicide in 2003. After his death, his father John discovered he was being bullied online, through instant messaging in the months before his death.
"I think they feel a lot more comfortable in a cyber space world to do things that are far more detrimental and far more damaging to the well being of a peer, because there is no immediate accountability or consequence," Halligan said.
Halligan works to make children and teens more aware of cyber bullying by sharing his son's story like he did at A World Of Difference Institute on Thursday. Tony Sulva, a senior at Champlain Valley High School, says it's an important issue to talk about as he worked with some of his peers at the event.
"It's not really saying it to the actual person, but really it's kind of the same communication, just not face to face," Sulva said.
Sulva also said there are many forms of technology used for bullying.
"Email, cell phone texting, instant messanger, and web sites like Facebook and MySpace," Sulva said.
A bullying prevention law was passed in Vermont in 2004, and Halligan said the laws are evolving, but aren't the complete solution.
Steve Jobs Heart Attack Rumor Started On 4Chan By A Teenager November 5, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in 4chan.org, cyberbullying.
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The Common Sense Investor, October 2008
On October 3rd, a rumor that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack sent Apple's stock crashing down from $105.04 per share to $94.65 per share, equaling a loss of $9 billion in market value. All that in just 10 minutes. That shows how important Steve Jobs is to Apple. It also shows how fragile the market is at times.
Generally, when a fake news story has a substantial impact on the value of a company's stock, the SEC gets involved. And that's just what they did this time. Manipulating the value of a stock for your personal gain is a crime with some hefty penalties, so the SEC tried to trace the story and see if it's originator had any financial reasons for starting the rumor. It turns out he didn't.
The story made it's way to CNN's iReport.com, which is where it really started to hit the mainstream news, but it's origin was a tad less respectable: an 18 year-old kid posting on 4Chan as a prank.
Here's the complete post from CNN's iReport "Citizen Journalist" Web site:
"Steve Jobs was rushed to the ER just a few hours ago after suffering a major heart attack," said the false report. "I have an insider who tells me that paramedics were called after Steve claimed to be suffering from severe chest pains and shortness of breath. My source has opted to remain anonymous, but he is quite reliable. I haven't seen anything about this anywhere else yet, and as of right now, I have no further information, so I thought this would be a good place to start. If anyone else has more information, please share it."
#@*!!! Anonymous anger rampant on Internet November 4, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in Anonymous, cyberbullying, Hacking, stalking.
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There's a whole world of people out there, and boy, are they pissed off.
On political blogs, the invective flies. Posters respond to the latest celebrity gossip with mockery or worse. Sports fans set up Web sites with names that begin with "fire," hoping coaches, athletic directors and sportscasters lose their jobs.
And though there are any number of bloggers and commenters who attempt to keep their postings and responses on a civil level, all too often interactive Web sites descend into ad hominem attacks, insults and plain old name-calling. Indeed, there are even whole sites devoted to venting, such as justrage.com (one screed there was titled, "I don't give a flying f***, so f*** you") and mybiggestcomplaint.com.
This is not a world Emily Post would want to be caught in after dark.
"The Internet can be a great tool," said Sara Black, a professor of health studies at St. Joseph's University who takes a particular interest in online bullying. "Like any tool, it can also be misused." (more)
New Cyberbullying Study October 25, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in cyberbullying, cybercrime.
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21st Century Sheep, October 2008
A new study out of the University of California in Los Angeles finds cyberbullying is more common than previously thought. Almost 75% of teens reported some cyberbullying during the prior 12 months. The most common type of bullying was name calling. That didn't surprise me, but the second most common type did. The second most common tactic was password theft. If someone steals or guesses your password they can send email in your name, visit websites and make it look like it was you, or edit an online profile and post untrue and unflattering information.
Lori Drew's lawyers seek to toss cyber-bully case October 22, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in Anonymous, cyberbullying, cybercrime, cyberterrorism, myspace.
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TradingMarkets.com, 21 Oct 2008
Lawyers representing Lori Drew, the mother who is accused of using the social networking site MySpace to help cyber-bully a teen who then killed herself, filed a motion Monday seeking to throw out the indictment against her.
Prosecutors said Drew and others schemed in 2006 to humiliate Megan Meier, 13, a neighbor in Dardenne Prairie, using a fake teenage boy's identity on MySpace.
Megan was first a friend, then a "rival" of Drew's daughter, prosecutors have said.
Federal and state prosecutors in the St. Louis area said they found no charge to apply against Drew, but the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, where MySpace is based, obtained indictments accusing her of one count of conspiracy and three counts of illegally accessing protected computers.
Prosecutors say Drew violated MySpace's terms of service, which prohibit lying when registering, soliciting information from someone under 18 and harassing other users.
In the motion filed Monday, her attorneys argue that the government must do more than simply allege that the terms of service were violated.
"The fatal flaw in the government's case is that MySpace knew perfectly well at all time exactly what it was doing," the motion says. "MySpace knew that it was providing an account to users who might or might not comply with the Terms of Service. Most users violate Terms of Service frequently, as MySpace is surely aware."
Drew's attorneys also argue that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which Drew is accused of violating, should not be used to punish "everything bad that happens on the Internet." They also contend the indictment should be tossed because no theft was committed and the law Drew is being charged under requires a theft, as well as that recent legislation implies the law does not apply when the defendant and victim are in the same state.
It was not clear late Monday when a judge could rule on the motion.
Lori Drew trial may start Nov. 18 October 8, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in cyberbullying.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 8 Oct 2008
The criminal case against Lori Drew, accused of helping to cyber-bully a St. Louis area teen who then killed herself, appears to be headed for a November trial date, court documents filed Monday suggest.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch, 8 Oct 2008
Clayton — The father of a teenage girl says in a lawsuit that a cyber bully so unnerved her with online taunts that she ended up admitted to a mental health clinic.
The 16-year-old girl is not named in the suit, in St. Louis County Circuit Court in Clayton. Her father's lawyer, Joe Jacobson, said the identity of the defendant is not known with certainty.
The suit seeks reimbursement for medical expenses in excess of $25,000 and asks that a judge order the Internet social network Facebook and Web portal Live.com to provide information about who sent the messages.
The circumstances are reminiscent of the case of Megan Meier, 13, of Dardenne Prairie, who hanged herself in 2006 after a fictitious boyfriend turned against her in MySpace correspondence.
Lori Drew, the mother of a former friend of Megan's, is expected to be tried in November in regard to that incident on federal charges of conspiracy and accessing MySpace computers without authorization.
Megan's death prompted Missouri to create a new crime of Internet harassment, a felony for people over 21 and a misdemeanor for those younger.
The girl in the case Jacobson filed had already undergone outpatient treatment for 22 days in June and July for a psychiatric condition characterized, in part, by an obsessive relationship with a teenage boy, the suit said.
Someone using the fictitious name "Jennifer Litzinger" then created the Facebook account "for the purpose of creating a purported rival" for the boy's affections, the suit alleges.
Asked about the identity of "Litzinger," Jacobson said: "There are suspicions. We want good evidence that points firmly at somebody before we proceed."
The lawsuit says "Litzinger" used a photo "of a well-endowed and attractive model or actress of the approximate age of 20 to 22 obtained over the Internet as her profile photograph so that (the victim), an ordinary attractive 16-year-old, would feel inferior to her purported rival with respect to her physical attractiveness."
The suit also says that on the day before the teen was to finish outpatient treatment in July, she got multiple communications from "Litzinger." Those said "Litzinger" had been talking and texting with the boyfriend every day and night, was more attractive than the teen, and that the teen "looked like a troll" and had "a worthless life."
According to the suit, "Litzinger" knew the teen "would be severely emotionally distressed by the statements."
The teen was taken to St. John's Mercy Medical Center for a four-day admission to stabilize her condition, the suit says, and then she entered the Menninger Residential Clinic in Houston, where she remained until Sept. 16.
Her father, who lives in west St. Louis County, declined through his lawyer to comment to a reporter. The suit was filed Sept. 19.
The girl "is doing much better since Texas, but she is still very, very fragile," Jacobson said.


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Try the fare aggregators (airfare comparison sites), then get to the airline:
Some of the best tools out there are the fare comparison sites. Use them to find the best prices and most convenient routes.
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"Say Cheese" Mashed Potatoes
1/2 cup butter (8 tablespoons or 1 (4-ounce) stick
6 scallions, white parts only (use tender green parts for garnish below), finely sliced
6 large potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
White pepper
2 cups sharp shredded Cheddar
Tender green parts from scallions above, finely chopped or 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
Take 1 tablespoon of the butter and add to a small fry pan, then saute the white parts of the scallions until soft. In a large sauce pot, boil the potatoes until they are tender. Drain the potatoes well, add the sauteed scallions, then mash and whip in butter, salt and white pepper, to taste, with a beater. Fold the cheese into the potatoes and allow it to melt. Stir to evenly distribute cheese, transfer to a serving dish and garnish with finely chopped tender green parts of scallions or fresh chives.
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YIELDS: 1 cake
TIME: 3 hours
- Shortening (to prepare cake pans)
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ cup milk (use coconut milk for dairy free)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups brown rice flour
- ¾ cup coconut flour
- ¾ cup tapioca starch
- 1 ½ Tablespoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons xanthan gum
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ¼ cups baker's sugar
- 16 Tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter (use Earth Balance for dairy free), softened but still cool
- Blue food coloring
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare five 9-inch-round cake pans (or as many 9-inch cake pans as you have, reusing them as necessary) with shortening. Line bottom of each cake pan with parchment paper; brush again with shortening, dust with tapioca starch and set aside.
- Beat the eggs, milk and vanilla with a fork in a small bowl; measure out 1 cup of this mixture. Set both aside.
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- Add the 1 full cup of egg mixture and mix at the lowest speed until incorporated, about 5 to 10 seconds. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add the remaining egg mixture in a slow steady stream, taking about 30 seconds. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Beat at medium-high speed until thoroughly combined, about 15 seconds.
- Divide batter evenly between five medium bowls; about 1 ½ cups batter per bowl. Add enough food coloring to each bowl until desired shade is reached. For the darkest shade we used 1 teaspoon, then stepped down the amount for each lighter shade to ½ teaspoon, ¼ teaspoon, just a few drops and then leave the last one plain.
- Transfer each color to an individual cake pan (working in batches if you need to). Spread to the sides of the pans and smooth with a rubber spatula.
- Bake until the cake tops are light gold and a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, about 13 minutes.
- Remove cakes from oven and transfer to a wire rack; let cool for 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto a wire rack; re-invert and let cool completely.
- Mix up some Cream Cheese Frosting while the cakes are cooling. For this cake, we doubled the frosting recipe and only had about 1 cup leftover.
- Using a serrated knife, trim tops of cakes to make level. Place the darkest layer on the cake plate. Spread a thin layer of frosting over the first layer. Repeat process adding the next lightest layer as you go up.
- Cover the top and sides with a thin layer of frosting. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
- Cover cake again with remaining frosting and decorate as desired.
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Evaluating risk and formulating effective responses are two major components of information security. But what is the best way to communicate risk and response to the rest of your organization?
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NBC Universal salespeople are telling potential TV-station buyers that the syndicated version of the hit gameshow "Deal or No Deal" will differ from its NBC primetime parent in two big ways: It's a half-hour, not an hour, and it'll give away a top prize of $250,000, not $1 million.
Howie Mandel will reprise his host chores on the syndie edition, but NBC U will cut back on the number of sexy suitcase models from 26 to a figure still to be determined. A spokesman for NBC U declined to comment on the syndicated version of "Deal."
The industry expects NBC Universal to sell "Deal" to at least six NBC-owned stations (New York, L.A., Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Miami) as a potential companion to "Crosswords," the Merv Griffin-produced gameshow that premieres on the six NBC O&Os in the fall. Four of the NBC stations are stripping "Crosswords" in high-visibility afternoon time periods as counterprogramming to such syndie powerhouses as "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Judge Judy" and "Dr. Phil."
If "Crosswords" is not able to make a Nielsen dent in its rookie year, the NBC stations will have to come up with another half-hour to pair with "Deal," which may not be easy.
"Crosswords" doesn't need a companion in 2007-08 because Griffin Prods. plans to churn out 225 half-hour episodes in the first season at the Tribune studios in Los Angeles; other gameshow producers typically turn out 195 or fewer episodes per season.
Because of the volume of episodes, NBC will run two half-hours of "Crosswords" back to back each weekday.
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