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Jimquisition: You Should Be Mad at Diablo III's Always Online DRM
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Yeah but he's not arguing for the "always online" thing, he's arguing that Blizzard should have their servers in order and that player's should be able to log in and play the game.
Since C&C4 I have a principle
I understand online validation during installation, but now even that isn't enough.
P.S. I don't get it. What's with the old man photos?
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D3 is just as much of a service (and product) as WoW. Instead of having a monthly subscription D3 has the RMAH. That's how the D3 service is being paid for. This means a ton of people will get a service without having to pay for it.
The ONLY aspect of Blizzard's setup that makes Diablo III a MMO is that every player is required to log into a server to play. But is D3 a true MMO? Absofuckinglutely not. It is in reality an online single player with a four person Co-Op option.
Blizzard's retarded decision to go online required for this even in single player is horrendous. They knew what kind of loads would be sploodged all over their servers at launch but completely failed to provide adequate coverage. Another thing that really pisses me off is their choice to arbitrarily shut the servers down on a whim to fix minor bugs that can wait for server maintenance.
All in all Blizzard screwed this one up, and badly.
Without having to pay for it? It costs $60.
I'm just gonna throw this out here because I think it describes the problem pretty damn well.
Anything that has a single player mode is a single player game. If it only has single player, that simply means it's a single player only-game. Same with multiplayer: if it's got it, it's a multiplayer game. If the only option you have is multiplayer, it's multiplayer only. Very, very simple distinction.
And yes, that means Diablo 3 is both a single- and multiplayer game. Due to this, it's perfectly reasonable to buy the game and expect to be able to not play multiplayer, unlike WoW. The internet is currently raging about how they couldn't play single player due to the online only nature of the game. That's the whole basis for this discussion. Saying "yeah but it's not a single player game so you're all wrong" is bollocks, because it most certainly is.
Love you too man.
Wanna hug?
EDIT: does anyone else spot the irony of the fact that I'm having a terrible level of server lag here?
Yeah, the forums are slow and ended up with posting my post twice. To make sure it's not all spam I'm going to post this lovely unrelated picture of a pumpkin:
If you look at the facehugger again it appears that it represents something else entirely. OT Jim couldn't be more right about this, there are countless posts over just about any forum that discusses games calling out anyone unhappy about this for being "entitled".
Obviously some of them are Blizzard fanbois and its easy to ignore it. What concerns me though is the non fanzoogled people posting it, if ignoring or accepting crap like this from developers is slowly becoming the standard we, as gamers are fucked.
Entitlement is a misnomer anyway. It's not wrong to feel entitled to things you deserve. It's wrong to have a false sense of entitlement. For example, game companies who feel they are entitled to a cut of the used games market. That's a false sense of entitlement. And yet, as you say, they're not called on it.
And yeah, offline mode would be simple to implment. Allow people to play a different character that can't go online. They do it in other games.
These days, game companies try to play both sides of the line, a sort of product-service duality that means they claim whichever side is more convenient. However, there is no need for this to cover single player, even if it is a service.
I mean without having to pay a monthly fee.
D3 doesn't have a single player mode. Every time you start a new game it's in multiplayer mode as in multiple players can be part of that game.
That's like calling a dungeon in WoW a single player dungeon because you zoned in by yourself.
I never thought this was an entitlement problem (I mean that in the negative), I mean, hell I paid for the damn thing so I expect it to work when I use it. If I buy a piece of gear for work I expect it to work how it should and how it was advertised to me, and I will be angry if it doesn't.
I just want Blizzard to fix this, that's all I want. I fucking love D3, but all this DRM crap just makes me think if I'm in the mood to dealing with the possible connection failure.
And Jim is right, I understand that D2 had a huge farming problem and I get that they want it to go away, but I don't see how it's my problem.
I was already complaining about all this crap you mentioned half a year ago to my WoW friends.
This DRM (it IS) sucks balls.
because of the REAL MONEY AUCTION HOUSE... HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 15 FUCKING PERCENT OF THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I got the collectors edition AND the special edition strategy guide that has NO MENTION of the cow level!!
And this is why I'm waiting for Torchlight 2. It seems to have everything D3 doesn't and it only costs third of the price.
And yet they were able to do just fine without servers in Diablo 1, 2, and just about every other offline game with random loot drops.
It's DRM. Very well disguised DRM, but it is what it is.
in truth the whole DRM thing is the reason i still dont have this game, i would love to play it but i dont pay for broken goods so im torn
Did you record this in a public toilet? The audio in places was abysmal.
No. It's clearly DRM.
Are you kidding? Hacking was rampant in those games. Even on BNet.
Not really. Not when they CAN'T get connected, and it's Blizzards fault.
And huge portions of WoW are meant to be playable by yourself. You don't get to play that content offline.
Just because its solo play doesn't mean its offline play. Hence both WoW and D3 being online games.
Always on DRM?
How do you send the message to a game like this though? The franchise alone is so ridiculously successful they can do whatever they want to it and people will still buy it. And I'm betting just about everyone in this thread, Jim Sterling included, failed to send a message of their discontent when we bought the game opening week. What do you do after you buy the game to get publishers to stop this sort of behavior? Bicker on a forum? I don't think that's an effective solution... :\
Thank you Jim for this. I knew I was right to complain. I paid for the game and I should be able to play when I feel like it and not when blizz's servers say I can. Also Jim, you are right about 'dealing with hackers being Blizzards fault and not ours'. Hackers gonna hack. There's gonna be private servers because not everybody can be online 100% of the time they want to play a game they paid upwards of $60 for(or $100 in my case) which will lower the amount of people using the RMAH. They shouldn't punish everybody because of a few bad apples.
Edit:Btw I love the game and just wish there wasn't DRM to deal with.
Oh and thank God for Jim.
As always, thank Jim for Jim. I hadn't even realized people were throwing around the 'entitlement' argument again because I'm not paying full price for a genre that is so grindy and monotonous.
I'm quite disheartened to see how many people love the taste of ActiBlizz dick in their mouths.
So it's not necessarily singleplayer, but I do not think saying "it isn't an MMO either" goes far enough. Whatever happened to LAN parties? Must all multiplayer be exclusively over the internet? Even if your playmate is not even ten yards away?
To those defending this look at it like this. Dead Island is a single player game that also lets you jump into multiplayer at any time. What made Dead Island better than Diablo 3 is that if you had no interest in multiplayer you could still play offline. That is what Diablo 3 should've done, if you want singleplayer then by all means play offline. What Blizzard did was royally screw it's customers and it's why I didn't buy Diablo 3.
I played the 1st torchlight and it doesnt have even close to the polish that D3 has. D3 used to have a little gadget that would buy your shit while you are out questing but they dropped it becuase 'going back to town to sell' was good for pacing, im with them on this one.
But thats off topic. Im just sick of the 'we apologize for the terrible customer service, thank you for your patience' that we always get every single time stuff like this happens
They still made a fantastic game though, when you can play it
D3 is an online multiplayer game. It's not an offline single player game. It's not a massively multiplayer game.
Personally I miss offline multiplayer games. RIP couch coop.
If you paid $60 for a game on launch day even though you knew Blizzard game launches are notoriously bad and that it had always-on DRM that's your fault.
If you didn't know either of those things that's also your fault for not researching your purchase.
And I don't love Diablo III. I didn't even buy it. I just don't understand why anyone is surprised by this at all.
Thankfully it's not been an obstacle for me so far, but I will never ever buy a game which I can be remotely denied access to by someone else. Absolutely not.
If all games go down that route I have plenty of awesome games with tonnes of replay value and no such insidious "security" features, and there are many more like them which I have yet to experience. Most of which can be obtained without a penny going to the game companies.
It has. There was a crack to get around the login within a couple days of release, and full server emulation came out over the weekend I believe.
OT: The always-online shit is incredibly stupid. It's a blatantly anti-consumer move that's incredibly aggravating.
To be entirely fair, it's not unreasonable to expect, when purchasing a product, that it would work right out of the box. Regardless of DRM or any other concern, it is completely justified for any/every customer to expect that the product they purchased will function as advertised.
The fact that Blizzard was unable to gauge interest and adjust their server structure accordingly, even after having a stress-test weekend shortly before launch, means they failed as a company and should be held accountable (which in this case would likely amount to a bunch of bitching and customer service calls).
Everything else is irrelevant. The core principle of a business transaction is an exchange of money for a good or service. If said good or service does not function as the seller claimed, the buyer has every right to be aggrieved about it. "You knew it was coming!" is irrelevant. It's basic economics, Blizzard has a responsibility to provide a functional game to their paying customers, and they've failed spectacularly in that for a number of people.
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Hogs: The hog market raised a few eyebrows Wednesday. After two weeks of straight declines in prices, we saw an attempt to turn higher. The front three contracts posted gains from 92 cents to 1.30. This comes at a surprise to many when kills are running at 2.3 million head. In the big picture, though, this is the right time for a market bottom (right at the worst of supplies).
While we have not heard much from the PED bulls in recent days it is likely that we will hear this talk really pick up in the next two weeks. While we must keep a healthy dose of skepticism on PED's actual nationwide slaughter impact, we cannot ignore the potential here for the December and beyond period.
Cattle: The average guesses for Friday's Cattle on Feed report were released by the newswires yesterday morning. The Reuters poll of analysts found an average trade guess for October placements at 8.7% higher than last year (Allendale +4.2%).
From the average trader perspective this would seem to be pretty bearish. It would suggest that the big drop in placements we have all heard about, which started in May, is over. While this number sounds bearish it must be taken into context. This is compared against October 2012. You may remember that September and October placements in 2012 were both record lows for their respective month. Friday's number is being compared against a record low! Anything we put in front of it will appear big.
The second issue that must be noted is that October placements are slaughtered anywhere from mid-March through early August. This supply deficit we have discussed so much will hit its worst point in February and March. Even if some of these October placements hit in March, that is only one of the months that makes up March slaughters. Our message here is there is nothing can be done to stop this problem.
As it stands today, February 2014 futures are implying a $131 trade, only $3 higher than this year's end of February pricing. April 2014 futures are holding a $4 premium to this year's end of April pricing. What really confuses us here is that June 2014 futures are holding a $9 premium over this year's pricing. This makes no sense. The supply deficit, and the need for a $7 to $12 premium should be in the February and partially the April contract. In reality there will be only minimal supply tightness lined up for the June contract.
While the recent break in futures is scary, and has really shaken a lot of people, there is nothing we can argue from a fundamental perspective that justifies the current pricing here. Yes, beef is struggling at the retail counter right now. This is a relatively normal occurrence in November. However, when you think about the beef supply deficit we have discussed, the potential PED problems hitting December slaughters, and then regular one or two winter storms shock the cattle market, we must suggest this is a long-term buy.

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ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Dwight King put Los Angeles in front early in the third period Thursday and the Kings went on to down St. Louis 4-1.
The Blues, who had won eight of their previous nine games, missed a chance to move into a tie with Chicago at the top of the Central Division.
St. Louis had averaged three goals a game in their last dozen contests, but managed only a lone second-period goal from T.J. Oshie. That goal came on a penalty shot and created a 1-1 tie heading into the third.
King gave Los Angeles the lead 2:04 into the third, Trevor Lewis scored shorthanded less than three minutes later and Jeff Carter added an empty-net goal with 56 seconds left.
Jonathan Quick stopped 28-of-29 shots for the Kings, who have allowed the fewest number of goals (98) in the NHL this season.
Jaroslav Halak made 27 saves for the Blues.
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Today's my birthday so I'm giving a present to my son. Makes perfect sense to me!
I've written in the past about the research I've been doing for my son as a result of him "finding" his birth mother last year. I adopted my son as a newborn and at the age of 32 he was able to make contact with the wonderful woman who gave birth to him and allowed him to become my son by placing him for adoption. Upon his personal meeting with her on the occasion of his 33rd birthday, he asked her to provide him with names of her ancestors. Being the son of a woman who's passionate about family history, he knew I've waited many years to have the opportunity to find out who his ancestors are.
Within two weeks of that request, Matt had received a complete four generation pedigree chart from his birth mother. Can you imagine how happy I was the day he called me with that information? I spent 4 months researching as much of the family as I could and just this Fall have put my findings into 3 ring binders for each of them. As you can see in the above photo collage, I also prepared a CD for each book that contains all the photographs I was able to find. In the white tubes are the pedigree charts I printed, each twelve feet long, covering about 18 generations.
I don't know who's more excited about this project, me, Matt or his birth mother. I know she's anxiously waiting to read what I've found on her ancestors. And I know Matt's anxious to see the book, but I think he's mostly just proud that I've done this for him and that he's able to present it to the wonderful woman who held the key to his ancestry!


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Auto Apps: The Secret Sauce in the Safety, Connectivity Combo
Dec 12, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Motor vehicle safety has been a thorn in the side of the auto industry since Model T Fords rattled their way across the big-sky American landscape a hundred years ago.
The industry's introduction of the safety cage during the sepia-toned first half of the 20th century was the start of a concerted effort to deal with a sticky problem of customer churn, putting it politely.
Crumple zones, three-point seat belts, anti-lock brakes and airbags followed as the kodachrome-toned twentieth-century ramped up. To give credit where it's due, the auto industry solved many safety problems, and along with safety campaigns, statistics proved a job well done as we slammed into Y2K and beyond.
However, there's a surreptitious issue that's niggling in this first quarter of the 21st century. It's something that neither Henry Ford nor later safety advocates Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson (founders of Volvo, a significant contributor to car safety) could ever have thought of when laminating their windscreens back in the day.
It's something that some believe could derail much of the work thus far completed if it's not addressed properly. That issue is one of connectivity.
Safely Connected
As a car maker, how do you address consumers' expectations that they should always be switched on to their network when you need those consumers to concentrate on their driving in order to use your product?
At the LA Auto Show earlier this month, Auto Alliance, an industry advocacy group representing car makers, showed off some connected car technologies that they hope will go some way toward alleviating this thorny problem. Their solution: Deliver what the consumer wants -- connectivity -- and deliver it safely by managing the interface.
Livio's Livio Connect product helps users safely access and control smartphone-like apps through their car stereo. Safety mechanisms include shutting down the user's smartphone's interaction.
"When the phone is connected, it's bricked," Nicole Yelland, brand manager at Livio, told TechNewsWorld.
Livio wants its API to be installed on hardware devices. The protocol receives and sends information about app controls. The smartphone's apps are then replicated in larger, easier-to-read form on the vehicle head unit.
The protocol needs to be added to third-party apps, which then communicate with the devices -- both handheld smartphone and head unit -- via Bluetooth. The in-car screen handles the user interaction, rather than the fiddly smartphone. Users can't get into their smartphone -- even if they forget while driving and make a grab for it.
The system is ready to go, according to Yelland.
"We have some 20 apps," she said.
Historically, auto makers have been three years or more behind smartphone makers in their interfaces. This is due to development cycles, and it may be leading to general consumer disappointment at the reveal.
If car makers can't provide attractive, current products, drivers will use their own, possibly unsafe interface -- right now, the ever updating smartphone.
Qualcomm, also showing at the event, reckons its next-generation smart automotive product goes some way to alleviate these issues.
It uses the Wi-Fi Alliance standard called "Miracast," and like Livio, it forces interaction from handheld device onto the in-car screen. [*Correction - Dec. 17, 2012]
"Miracast allows faster integration of consumer tech in cars," Qualcomm Product Manager Nisarg A. Modi told TechNewsWorld.
This is because it uses a simple low-cost screen for mid- to low-priced vehicles, he explained. A Qualcomm chip-enabled upgradeable device then controls the screen.
This allows consumers to upgrade devices regularly, as they do with smartphones, and not see the head-unit become outdated, as is the case now. The screen remains what it is -- a screen. The updateable apps and features remain on the updateable consumer device.
How soon? Qualcomm's product will be available as an accessory in 2015 and OEM in 2016, Modi said.
Car to Cloud
Intel is also developing in-car technology for what it calls "the always connected lifestyle." Its approach is more cloud-based than the device-based delivery mechanisms favored by Livio and Qualcomm.
The car needs to connect with the cloud, Joel Andrew Hoffmann, an automotive strategist at Intel Intelligent Systems, told TechNewsWorld.
"It's car to cloud," he said.
Intel's products will accelerate the development cycle and bring down the cost of new designs, said Hoffmann. One of the ways they will do this is through open source. Intel has contributed to the Linux kernel and plans to use it in its modular car products.
Sprint unveiled Sprint Velocity at the event. It's a flexible in-vehicle communications platform that lets auto makers pick and choose wireless elements a la carte.
Among those elements: music, news, weather, sports and other infotainment features; security; navigation; remote connections for devices; emergency services; and engine diagnostics.
Sprint's technology is currently used in the Chrysler Group's Uconnect Access system.
By 2020, Sprint said, citing data from Machina Research, 90 percent of new passenger cars will include some kind of connectivity platform.
*ECT News Network editor's note - Dec. 17, 2012: Our original published version of this article incorrectly stated that the Qualcomm product "uses the Wi-Fi Alliance and Texas Instruments standard called 'Miracast.'" In fact, Miracast is a Wi-Fi Alliance standard only and not specific to any company.


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Scientists from 14 Countries Gather for International ISOTT and EPR Conferences
Hanover, NH—The EPR Center of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in association with the Department of Radiology and Norris Cotton Cancer Center recently hosted two international conferences, back-to-back for the first time, in Hanover NH. The conferences brought together scientists, engineers, clinicians, and mathematicians in a unique international forum for the exchange of information, updating participants on the latest developments and techniques within the field of biological oxygen transport to tissue and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.
A record number of participants from abroad—210 scientists from 14 countries—gathered for the two days of overlapping sessions exclusively focusing on oxygen and EPR spectroscopy. The 41st Meeting of the Internal Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT) ran from June 22 to 26, and the International EPR Conference ran from June 24 to 28.
A major focus of the combined meeting was to discuss the clinical aspects of oxygen and methods related to its measurement, and the presentation format was planned to facilitate and promote discussions, with extensive discussion time allocated for oral presentations. There were more than 180 lectures on a variety of topics. The conference also featured a full day of clinical focus with presentations of clinical relevance related to tissue oxygenation in cerebral, cardiovascular, muscular, and renal pathophysiology and treatment. A final day-long session was on EPR dosimetry, in which the EPR Center at Dartmouth is a leader.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will feature a range of eSports and expanded theatre functions, including the option to stream matches directly to YouTube. Get all the details below.
The ability to stream Black Ops 2 matches isn't exactly news, but until now it was unclear how the feature would work and which service provider would be supporting the tech. YouTube has been outed as Activision's partner, allowing gamers to stream matches directly to the site via PS3 and Xbox 360. The jury is still out on PC and Wii U however.
Treyarch head Mark Lamia said of the announcement, "With our competitive play and eSports initiatives, we wanted to deliver live streaming capabilities built right into Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, because Call of Duty is not only fun and exciting to play, but we believe it will be just as exciting to watch,
"By making the capability of live streaming as accessible as possible to our fans, straight from a player's console without the need for any additional hardware or sophisticated setups, we are empowering our fans to share their multiplayer experiences."
It will be an easier method then wrestling with capture cards, drivers and the like, but Activision has also safeguarded itself against unscrupulous use of the game's streaming function, as well as leaving the door open for streaming to other sites.
A line in Activision's statement reads that video streaming, "will be subject to limitations and restrictions" and that "additional live stream destinations will be announced in the future." Users must also have a verified YouTube account to use the streaming service.
YouTube's Sang Kim, head of game partnerships added, "Our partners are using YouTube Live to bring entertainment, must-see moments and more to millions of people around the world. With Call of Duty: Black Ops II, people can live stream their gameplay directly from the game or watch the best players live on YouTube, which is an awesome next step for the eSports community."
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text: 2014 RB Elijah Hood of Charlotte had planned to attend the junior day at Clemson Saturday but was unable to make it. "I couldn't get the transportation straight so I didn't go," said Hood. "I'm going to try and reschedule it if I can." He named Clemson, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and North Carolina as his top five in no order. Georgia Tech was his first junior day visit. "It went pretty well and I really enjoyed it," he said. "I like the campus...it sits in the middle of Atlanta. They have pretty nice facilities and I think I would transition pretty easily into their offense." His offers include his top five as well as USC, Florida State, Wake Forest, East Carolina, Virginia Tech, Virginia and NC State among others. As for USC he said, "I don't plan on visiting South Carolina." Hood has plans to visit other schools this spring including Notre Dame. He does not have a leader.


text: page 1 of 18231718 Back.16mm public service announcement of President Kennedy urging citizens to voteObject Number: 2010.009.0001Category: FilmsType of Object: Film, 16mmDate: 10/31/1962Credit Line: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza CollectionDimensions: Gauge: 16mm; Camera Speed: 24 fps; Duration: 46 secondsMedium: FilmDescription16mm black and white film featuring President John F. Kennedy urging citizens to vote.This public service announcement was filmed in the Fish Room (now the Roosevelt Room) at the White House on October 31, 1962, only 3 days after the Cuban Missile Crisis was informally resolved and just one week before the mid-term elections of 1962.In the 43-second, black and white address, President Kennedy reminds viewers of the importance of voting to show the strength and importance of American freedom and democracy. The full text of the president's announcement:"In these tense and anxious weeks, I know that every American wants to know what he can do for his country. Not everyone can serve in our Armed Forces or serve our Government, but there is one thing you can do. There is one way you can indicate your devotion to Freedom. There is one way we can show how strongly we believe in our democracy. Next Tuesday, November 6, is Election Day. I hope every American will turn out and vote - every American and every member of his family - and show the world how strongly we believe in Freedom; how strongly we believe in our Country; and how strongly we believe in Democracy."Curator's NotesThis object represents the very first item made available to viewers on The Sixth Floor Museum's YouTube channel. The channel launched on November 1, 2012, just five days before the presidential election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. - Sharron Conrad, Associate Director of Education and Public ProgramsTags Films Kennedy, John F. Television Voting All requests for permission to reproduce, publish or broadcast materials in this collection must be submitted to the Museum's registrar, using the Rights & Reproductions Request Form. Inquiries may be sent to email@example.com.


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This calls for a parade. ...
This calls for a parade. ...
Chris Isaak finally has released his first DVD. It came out Monday.
Today, the Stockton-born rock musician rolls along during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Isaak won't be tossing out free copies of "Beyond the Sun Live!" while riding on Ocean Spray's Woodland Family Gathering float. The exposure can't hurt, though - 53.5 million will watch in New York and on TV (NBC, 9 a.m.). Isaak performs at Macy's Herald Square after the parade.
It'll be an abbreviated reprise of the 14-song concert that's documented on his first DVD - "Beyond the Sun Live!" is available on Blu-ray, too - during a 27-year career.
Isaak, the 56-year-old Stagg High School and University of the Pacific graduate, and his band, Silvertone, recorded the CD on Feb. 13 at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas.
It's a 56-minute hybrid of his best-known concert tunes and five songs from "Beyond the Sun," a 2011 double-CD recorded at iconic Sun Studio in Memphis, Tenn.
Owner Sam Phillips (1923-2003), who discovered and helped develop Isaak role models such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison, had given Isaak his personal seal of approval.
Recording there was like a "Grammy, gold record, million-dollar first prize," Isaak - snuggled up with his little white dog - says on the DVD. "It was tiny, but fantastic," guided by Phillips, a "genius," Isaak says.
Isaak and his band of brothers - drummer Kenney Dale Johnson, from Borger, Texas; Palo Alto guitarist Hershel Yatovitz; and San Francisco bassist Rowland Salley - are deeply dedicated to the formative music that rose above Sun Studio (Memphis Recording Service) in the 1950s.
"We don't do cheesy bar-band versions," Isaak says. "Our hearts are in it. We got it and I think we got it really good."
Much as they did during an April 6 show at Stockton's Bob Hope Theatre, they frolic through some Sun standards:
Cash's "Ring of Fire" (with sampled Tex-Mex horns); Presley's "It's Now or Never" (he nails the final vocal flourish); "Oh, Pretty Woman," delivered with Orbisonic flights; Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire," heated up by Scott Plunkett's keyboard pyrotechnics; and "Miss Pearl," a favorite rockabilly romp of Isaak's late father, Joe.
Wearing three spangled suits - but not his 60-pound coat of mirrors - and playing acoustic and electric guitars, Isaak is his usually playful, goofy self.
Isaak's between-song tall tales have been trimmed down, though he does refer to himself as the "surfin' hillbilly."
As usual, he moves easily between rat-a-tat rockabilly ("I Want Your Love"), the Bo Diddley rumble of "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" and the crooning, broken-hearted falsetto flights ("Somebody's Crying," "You Don't Cry Like I Do") and the bereft "Wicked Game," his only top-10 single.
His sweet reminiscences about making out in the "tall grass" near Stockton's Stagg High School bring it all back home on "Best I Ever Had" - contrasting with "Blue Hotel," a seminal song of angst prompted by the suicide of a young Stockton friend.
Braata, a Stockton reggae-rock band, will have to wait until mid-January to introduce its new recording formally.
The five-member group was supposed to do that last Friday at Stockton's Waterloo Gun & Bocci Club.
However, a complaint was made - by an unspecified person or entity - and the show was canceled by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department.
That's because the building lacked an "improvement plan for a special event," according to a spokeswoman in the county code-enforcement department.
"I'd never heard of anything like that," said Mike Tsarnas, 55, the club's general manager. "I was dumfounded."
The complaint was made Nov. 15, and county officials were prepared to issue an "over-the-counter" permit if environmental, public works and planning personnel had signed off along with the sheriff.
A sheriff's spokesman said they required 10 days to finalize such a permit after checking for security, crowd size and permits for sound, live bands and parking.
Tsarnas was mystified because the 67-year-old venue hosts weddings, receptions, dances and quincea�eras that include music. George Strait's backup band played there recently. There were outdoor music festivals in 2011 and 2012. No complaints.
"This has never occurred," said Tsarnas. "We've done this numerous times. Somebody had to make a stink to have the CHP and sheriffs come down on me."
He and Joe Flores, the concert's promoter, have begun the process of obtaining an "entertainment" permit and don't want to alienate law enforcement. Four bands were scheduled to perform with about 65 people attending.
"Friday was a crazy, crazy day," said Flores, 27, who was delivering 160 pounds of Thanksgiving food to Stockton's Emergency Food Bank when he found out about the issue. "They said it takes 30 days to approve a permit."
"I don't want to jump to any conclusions," said Tsarnas, who moved here two years ago from San Francisco. "I'm the guy they caught. Fine. This is what's required. This is what I'll do."
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Besides mecha anime, video games also feature some of the most awesomely designed armoured fighting vehicles. Japanese games — mostly shooters — tend to dominate this field (sorry MechWarrior), so narrowing down our selection to Japenese mecha was an obvious decision from the beginning.
Deus (Xenogears)
Federation Assault Suit (Cybernator)
GEKKO (Metal Gear series)
The First Boss in Assault Suit Leynos II
YF-21 from Macross Plus (featured in various Macross and Super Robot Taisen games)
Prototype NEXT (Armored Core series)
Z-01Z Lancelot Albion from Code Geass (featured in Another Century's Episode: R)
Jehuty (Zone of the Enders 1-2)
So, which Japanese video games do you think have the best mecha? Tell us below.
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Two more natural ways to curb the Flu are Chicken Soup and Ginger Root, which help decrease inflammation and swelling.
#4 natural way to curb the Flu: Ye Olde Chicken Soup to help with Flu? According to a study by U of Nebraska, researchers found that it can indeed relieve symptoms of an upper resp. tract infection. Soup eased the inflammation of throat cells that can cause cold symptoms. Many veggies in soups, like onions, have anti-inflammatory properties. Add some ginseng, which has shown to cut severity of cold symptoms by 50%#5 way to curb the Flu: Consume Ginger root! Yes, that funky looking root is chalk-full of antiviral compounds. Ginger has sesquiterpenes, that specifically fight rhinoviruses (responsible for colds in the nose). Boil white or green tea, and steep two tablespoons of fresh shredded ginger root. Add some honey. Ask us about our famous Oooss Juice recipe that our patients swear by!


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The Father of the SEC
Now that the Southeastern Conference football champion for 2010 has been crowned and is headed to the national championship game, let me take a few minutes to introduce to you, Dr. H. Boyd McWhorter, who has been called "The Father of the modern day SEC."
Boyd McWhorter, a native of Cochran, Georgia, was another member of one of the royal families of the University of Georgia athletic programs. Kinsman Bob McWhorter was the first. Bob was the university's first All-American and a four-term mayor of Athens, Georgia. Born on May 8, 1923, Boyd McWhorter graduated from North Georgia College in 1942. McWhorter attended the United States Naval Academy during World War II. During the Korean War, Captain Boyd McWhorter, United States Naval Reserve, was given a leave from his teaching duties to return to the service of his country.
After earning his master's degree in English from the University of Georgia in 1949, McWhorter received his doctorate from the University of Texas in 1960. McWhorter then joined the faculty of the English department at the University of Georgia, where he taught for 22 years. Known more for his work in athletics, McWhorter was known by many of his students as a outstanding teacher. "He enjoyed teaching English in the classroom as much as anything he'd done," said son Hamilton McWhorter.
McWorther served on the university's athletic board from 1963 to 1972. For seven years, he served as faculty chairman. During his tenure at Georgia, McWhorter served as Assistant to the President in 1965 and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1968.
In 1967, McWhorter was elected Secretary of the Southeastern Conference. He was elected by the universities and colleges of the NCAA as the organization's Vice-President for two terms.
The members of the Southeastern Conference named McWhorter as the fifth head of the Conference in 1972. Upon taking office just before the 1972 football season, McWhorter said, "I consider the Southeastern Conference the best and it will be my determination to keep it that way." The new commissioner made it his goal to prevent the abuse of athletics standards by relaxing academic ones. "That's why we call them student-athletes," McWhorter frequently said.
Determined to keep the conference strong, McWhorter was disturbed that most of the attacks on the institutions were a result of those on the inside who were there to protect the conference contributing to the problems.
Commissioner McWhorter retired in 1986 as the second longest serving commissioner in conference history.
Following his retirement due to health reasons in 1986, McWhorter returned to his alma mater as a consultant to the President on issues of academic and athletic affairs following the turmoil created when English professor Jan Kemp was fired for criticizing the university for its favoritism toward athletes and the subsequent trial demanding her reinstatement.
McWhorter was elected to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979, along with Tommy Aaron, Zeke Bratkowski and Maxie Baughn.
Boyd McWhorter died on July 23, 1994 and is buried in the Oconee Hill Cemetery in his beloved Athens.
Friend, colleague and sportswriter Loran Smith wrote that one of McWhorter's most distinguishing characteristics was his infectious laughter which would literally turn a dreary mood into one of uplifting gaiety. Of his love of English and the Bulldogs, Smith said, "He could quote the poets, but he could quote from the Georgia media guide - a learned man who appreciated both intellect and smooth athletic talent."
"Boyd McWhorter took his job seriously, but never himself," said Smith, a native of Wrightsville. Smith knew his friend as a bright person who never looked down on another by illustrating the point that McWhorter, who preferred his first name and not doctor, maintained that a PhD was on campus to serve the institution and not the other way around.
"He believed strongly in the value of intercollegiate athletics, but with an underscoring of honesty and integrity. He didn't find fault, he looked for solutions. He carried his own bag, he fixed his own drink. When the joke was on him, he laughed the loudest," Smith concluded in his eulogy to his dear, dear friend.
In his illustrious career, Boyd McWhorter brought the SEC through the first years of integration and into serious contention for national championships in many sports. McWhorter negotiated the conference's first major television contract and rejuvenated the post-season conference basketball championship.
So, when you cheer for your favorite Southeastern Conference team in any sport, remember that the man who brought the universities together and helped to transform them into one of the nation's greatest collegiate athletic conferences, once called Bleckley County, Georgia home.


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The Department prepares students with broad training in psychology that will prepare them for graduate work or employment in entry-level jobs in the field of psychology.
Student Learning Outcomes
As part of assessment, the Psychology Department/AODA Certification Program has generated seven specific program outcomes:
Assessment Measures and Criteria
INSTRUMENT: PSYC 5205 Assessment Instrument – In order to receive a grade of "Pass", students should score 70 or better over 100 possible points on the Midterm and Final exams for PSYC 5205. Both scores for each student will be added and averaged. Students who do not do so will be advised to take appropriate courses to increase their score by the time they undergo the Comprehensive Assessment instrument. This assessment measures outcomes #1, 2.
INSTRUMENT: Comprehensive Assessment Instrument – In order to receive a grade of "Pass", students should score 70 or better over 100 possible points on the Comprehensive Assessment Instrument. It includes questions from the PSYC 5205 Assessment Instrument plus other questions reflecting the content objectives of the AODA Certification Program. This assessment measures outcomes #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
INSTRUMENTS: Twelve Core Functions, Case Assessment & Treatment Plan, Written Case Study, Referral Folder - For the term paper, a grade of 70+ must be earned. The assignments are measured as follows:
These papers demonstrate student's use of research and study skills. The papers demonstrate knowledge of AODA processes, skills and services best suited to the individual client's needs. The papers also exhibit use of critical thinking skills in evaluating and employing AODA theories and evidence-based practices. Students are asked to develop a thesis in logical fashion, and clear writing and error-free English prose.
INSTRUMENT: Student Field Experience Evaluation Form – At the end of their field experience student will be evaluated by their Field Experience supervisor in the following areas: analytical ability, administration, inter-professional relations, practicum skills, knowledge, and work habits. The form uses a five level scale: no basis for judgment, below average, above average, and excellent. An overall rating of above average to excellent is considered a "pass" for this assessment. This assessment measures outcomes # 4, 5, 6, 7.
INSTRUMENT: Alumni Survey - Within one year after graduation, the Department will contact you to request information about your experience after completing the program, and in particular, to find out how well your education at Chicago State facilitated success in your subsequent occupation or pursuit of further education, as well as to what degree your education contributed to your success in the professional field. You will be mailed survey instruments designed to measure your level of satisfaction with the AODA certification program feels you were prepared for job success in terms of your academic training and preparation. This assessment measures outcomes # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.


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Zionism is, and always has been, a rational product of liberal nationalist ideals. Though diaspora Jews for thousands of years mouthed prayers of divine redemption and 'return' to Jerusalem, it was the European enlightenment and the rise of egalitarian and socialist currents that inspired ideological young Jewish pioneers to 'reclaim' what is today the State of Israel.
The reality today is markedly different, as Israel's General Elections loom on the 22nd of January. The incumbent right-wing administration is almost certain to return to power, with Benjamin Netanyahu set to become Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister.
Frequently, this phenomenon is labelled Israel's 'rightward shift'; pundits often paint long-term reductionist portraits of the dwindling electoral fortunes of Israel's left-of-centre parties.
The truth is more nuanced: Israel's Jewish voters are not inherently right-wing nor overwhelmingly harbour annexationist desires vis-à-vis the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The left-wing hegemony over Israel's electoral politics was total for the first three decades of the young state's life. In both 1993 and 1999, Israeli voters realised that a political, not military solution, was exigent and necessary to end spiralling violence.
In 2008, the last time Israelis went to the polls, the centre-left Kadima Party emerged as the largest political force in the Knesset, yet were outmanoeuvred by the savvy Netanyahu and sent packing to the opposition.
Today, Israel's liberal-left is in disarray, with a myriad of parties jockeying for the centre ground, constrained and divided by egoism and Prime Ministerial ambitions, handing an increasingly radical right the keys to the Prime Minister's Office.
This represents an incremental threat to the Zionist project. The only viable resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict remains a two-state solution that will preserve Israel's Jewish essence whilst simultaneously avoiding the creation of an apartheid system that annexation, with its demographic realities, would necessitate. This has consistently been the message of Israel's Zionist left.
Despite Netanyahu's endorsement of Palestinian statehood in 2009, senior lawmakers from the Prime Minister's Likud Party have recently openly declared the party hostile to the two-state solution.
Based on the record of the outgoing administration, it is easy to believe their claims. The longer left-wing infighting continues, the further peaceful coexistence within a Zionist framework slips away. Israel's left is down, but not out: divided, squabbling and disappointing, but retaining a monopoly over the only feasible, Zionist solution to a festering, existential conflict.
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Monday, August 8, 2016
As the winter months approach and more people spend time indoors, the chances for catching the flu or a cold from someone increases. By learning more about the symptoms of colds and the flu, as well as prevention tips, hopefully you and your family can have a healthier winter.
It is not possible to tell the difference between a cold and the flu when you first become ill. Both the flu and a cold can be caused by a variety of different viruses. The symptoms of flu tend to become more severe than the symptoms of a cold. The table below shows the types of symptoms associated with each illness.
With regard to symptoms, persons with the flu tend to have higher fevers than persons with colds.
Physicians' offices sometimes have rapid detection kits for the flu. There are no rapid detection kits for a cold. Colds and flu are both treated with rest, plenty of fluids and a pain and fever reliever. Antiviral medications are available for the flu that will decrease the time that people have symptoms (up to a 1-day reduction in symptoms).
Most people just wait until they recover from either illness. The main issue with influenza is that it makes some individuals extremely ill. If this happens, the individual needs to seek medical care. As always, drink plenty of fluids and take medication to relieve pain and fever.
There is no way to make 100% sure that you and your family will not get either a cold or the flu this season other than isolating yourself and your family from all contacts with others. The best way to greatly reduce your chances of getting flu is for you and your family to get flu shots this season. You can probably reduce your chances of getting the flu or a cold this season by washing your hands after coming in contact with others and before eating, staying away from people who are coughing, and coughing and sneezing into your elbow instead of into your hand or into the air.
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The MAGMA BLAS SGEMM and DGEMM sources for Fermi GPUs are now released.
These improved GEMMs, developed by Rajib Nath and Stan Tomov, will be
part of the up-coming MAGMA 0.3 library release and will be included in
CUBLAS 3.2 as well.
The basic algorithm is described in:
Nath, R., Tomov, S., Dongarra, J. "An Improved MAGMA GEMM for Fermi GPUs,"
University of Tennessee Computer Science Technical Report, UT-CS-10-655
(also LAPACK working note 227), July 29, 2010.
http://icl.cs.utk.edu/projectsfiles/mag ... i_gemm.pdf
On a C2050 GPU the new DGEMM gets up to 300 GFlop/s (58% of peak) and
the SGEMM up to 645 (63% of peak). On a GTX480 DGEMM gets up to 166 GFlop/s
and SGEMM up to 844 GFlop/s.


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Mother's Day comes but once a year. But, honestly, it should be celebrated every day of the year.
We all have mothers ... either by birth or in someone we look to as a mother figure. They are the women who comfort us when we need comforting, encourage us when we need encouragement, who teach us right from wrong, who love us even when we feel we have failed them.
And Sunday is their day.
What did you first think when you heard the news about Osama bin Laden's death?
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Campbellsville City Council and Taylor Fiscal Court have taken a step … we just hope it's a step forward rather than a step backward.
From Day One, it seems there's been nothing but bickering back and forth between the two government entities about the future of Rescue and E-911.
Last week, the city approved an agreement that would give control of Rescue to the county and keep the E-911 Center under city oversight. However, they also included some contingencies.
By John Rosenow, Arbor Day Foundation
You probably have a favorite tree-lined street in your community. Or a tree-filled neighborhood you've always admired. Or a favorite forest where you like to bask in the beauty of the trees.
It's important to remember that those beautiful spaces aren't here by accident. The forests we enjoy today - which give us both pleasure and environmental benefits - are here because of the vision, courage and hard work of generations past.
With several meetings already, two more this week and others planned in the coming days, local officials obviously believe rescue and E-911 services are important.
Taylor Fiscal Court discussed the issue Tuesday night, Campbellsville City Council has a special meeting planned this evening, and a combined committee will meet for the second time next Tuesday.
The expected result of all these meetings is a fair and equitable way to fund rescue and E-911 services for residents in the community.
Each day, millions of individuals and families struggle to cope with the harsh realities of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
To highlight the prevalence and seriousness of alcohol abuse in the U.S., the Campbellsville Taylor County Anti-Drug Coalition would like community members to recognize April as National Alcohol Awareness Month, as declared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
It's time for our local elected officials to stand behind their campaign promises. You know, those statements they made when they were all trying to get our votes?
They all vowed that they would do all they could to see to it that the city and county governments work cooperatively for the good of the entire community.
Now, let's see some action.
When it comes to public business, discussion of that business needs to be held in public. PERIOD.
The fact there was very little public discussion Monday night at the special Taylor Fiscal Court meeting regarding the future of Rescue and E-911 leads one to believe everything was decided long before the meeting ever began.
Magistrates voted Monday night to have the County take over E-911 service and let the City provide Rescue services for the entire county.
But that wasn't what the City offered.
A week of special session for Kentucky legislators will cost nearly half a million dollars - at the going rate of $64,000 a day. But, apparently, grandstanding is more important than solving the state's budget problems.
We have a simple question: Why is the Medicaid issue still unsolved?
Have you ever tried to put together a desk or some other complicated piece without using the instructions?
It starts out easy enough, but about mid-way through there usually seems to be extra or missing pieces.
That seems to be what we're experiencing in Campbellsville and Taylor County.
We need some instructions - more specifically, a plan for where we're headed. If we don't have an idea of where we're going, how are we going to get there?
There's no worse surprise for a college freshman than to not be ready for college, especially if they have gotten good grades in high school.
But it's happening quite often today.
More and more college students are finding they must enroll in remedial classes before they can even start their credit courses.
We're glad the state Department of Education is revamping the Kentucky Education Reform Act. The fact that certain test scores are being tied to student - and school - achievement often results in inaccurate projections.
The headline read, "End of an era." And indeed it was. The headline was from the Dec. 30, 1998, issue of the Central Kentucky News-Journal and was accompanied by a story about Robert L. Miller's last day as Campbellsville's mayor after more than three decades.
Last Friday, Miller died at the age of 83.
Miller was instrumental in providing much of we take for granted today - a plentiful water supply, a city pool and park, housing units for the elderly and more.
Prescription drug abuse is a scourge in Kentucky.
Anyone in denial about the situation needs only look at the statistics. Among young people the problem is growing as the illicit use of prescription drugs outpaces marijuana and the other traditional drugs of choice such as coke, crack and meth.
It's become as common as patient charts and nurses' stations. Everyone has been talking about it for what seems like forever and very few truly understand it. As representatives in Washington work through the most significant health care legislation of our time, we are all trying to understand what health care reform really means to providers, insurance carriers and ultimately patients and their families.
Winter has certainly pounded Taylor County. While we haven't received the type of winter storms that have virtually shut down other parts of the U.S., we've gotten more than we have been accustomed to.
Taylor County Schools have had 10 missed days, while Campbellsville Independent has had seven. And while both districts have already implemented makeup plans, some days will likely be added to the end of the school year. Hold off on those graduation invitations.
But snow and ice have an impact on far more than school days.
Some day, prejudice will no longer be a part of our world. Some day, individuals will not be "judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character ..."
That dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is still evident today, especially after this past week's events honoring his work to promote equality for all.
Respect for human life apparently doesn't have the importance it once did. Senseless tragedies such as Saturday's shooting in Tucson, Ariz. seem to be more of the norm rather than the unusual. We are reminded of the violence and loss of life in Colorado and Oklahoma as well as the recent attack on the local school board in Florida.
We need good news every once in a while. It makes the bad news that comes with everyday life a little easier to handle.
A story on today's front page provides details about the good news that fatal car crashes in Taylor County have been steadily decreasing. That's definitely good news.
And a new state law banning texting while driving for everyone and all cell phone use for drivers younger than 18 can only help.
Following the rules is all well and good, but there is more we need to do to make our roadways safe for everyone.
As local officials begin a new term on Monday - or, as several will, take office for the first time, here's hoping that planning is an important part of their agendas.
These are difficult financial times that we're living in today. Many of us are getting by with less in our paychecks, whether it's from fewer hours worked or furlough days. Others, not so lucky, have lost their jobs. Yet prices for many items have increased.
'Tis the season - and nowhere is that more evident than right here in Campbellsville.
It's a treat to drive down Main Street or through Miller Park at night.
Have you ever wondered who is responsible for all the work?
According to Janet Mills at City Hall, she and fire department administrative assistant Connie Wooley coordinate the annual decorating project. City employees Bill Brewer, Roger Willis, Joe Kearney, Dixie "Shorty" Hamilton, Kenny Phillips and several street department employees do the work.
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Armenia is located in the southern Caucasus and is the smallest of the former Soviet republics. It is bounded by Georgia on the north, Azerbaijan on the east, Iran on the south, and Turkey on the west. Contemporary Armenia is a fraction of the size of ancient Armenia. A land of rugged mountains and extinct volcanoes, its highest point is Mount Aragats, 13,435 ft (4,095 m).
One of the world's oldest civilizations, Armenia once included Mount Ararat, which biblical tradition identifies as the mountain that Noah's ark rested on after the flood. It was the first country in the world to officially embrace Christianity as its religion (c. A.D.300). In the 6th century B.C. , Armenians settled in the kingdom of Urartu (the Assyrian name for Ararat), which was in decline. Under Tigrane the Great (fl. 95–55 B.C. ) the Armenian empire reached its height and became one of the most powerful in Asia, stretching from the Caspian to the Mediterranean seas. Throughout most of its long history, however, Armenia has been invaded by a succession of empires. Under constant threat of domination by foreign forces, Armenians became both cosmopolitan as well as fierce protectors of their culture and tradition.
Over the centuries Armenia was conquered by Greeks, Romans, Persians, Byzantines, Mongols, Arabs, Ottoman Turks, and Russians. From the 16th century through World War I, major portions of Armenia were controlled by their most brutal invader, the Ottoman Turks, under whom the Armenians experienced discrimination, religious persecution, heavy taxation, and armed attacks. In response to Armenian nationalist stirrings, the Turks massacred thousands of Armenians in 1894 and 1896. The most horrific massacre took place in April 1915 during World War I, when the Turks ordered the deportation of the Armenian population to the deserts of Syria and Mesopotamia. According to the majority of historians, between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians were murdered or died of starvation. The Armenian massacre is considered the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey denies that a genocide took place and claims that a much smaller number died in a civil war.


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BOSTON — On Tuesday, the governor's office announced the remaining two appointments to the state board that will oversee the new casino industry. Here's the (lightly trimmed) press release; WGBH News State House reporter Sarah Birnbaum will have more later.
> > EXTRA: Chairman Steve Crosby talks about his plans for the commission.
Gov. Deval Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley and Treasurer Steve Grossman today announced the final two appointments to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, rounding out the five-member independent body which is responsible for implementing and overseeing the expanded gaming industry in the Commonwealth.
The final two appointees are James F. McHugh, retired associate justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court; and Bruce Stebbins, business development administrator for the City of Springfield. Both appointees will serve as full-time commissioners.
"With these last two appointments, the Gaming Commission is strong, complete and ready to get on with the business of creating jobs for Massachusetts," said Patrick. "James McHugh and Bruce Stebbins are excellent additions and I look forward to the thoughtful discharge of the work the commission has before it."
"Together, these five commissioners have the breadth of experience and judgment to effectively oversee this critical new industry in our Commonwealth," said Coakley. "As we proceed with gaming in Massachusetts, we must ensure that it is done right and having this strong commission in place is an important first step."
"Through close collaboration with the governor and the attorney general, we have assembled a highly-respected group of individuals with a level of expertise that is both deep and diverse," said Grossman. "I'm confident that these commissioners will oversee the introduction of gaming in Massachusetts with a focus on fiscal discipline and accountability, as well as with the ethics and integrity that have been the hallmark of their respective careers."
The commission will now move forward with its business of hiring staff, establishing an office, hosting public meetings and soliciting bids for up to three commercial casino licenses and one slots facility. Licenses must be competitively bid and awarded following local approval, under the rules of the Expanded Gaming Act signed by Patrick on Nov. 22, 2011.
Separate from the commission, the Administration has hired a specialized law firm and financial advisor, which are currently assisting in negotiating a Native American gaming compact for a casino on tribal lands in Southeastern Massachusetts.
Patrick appointed Steve Crosby as chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Dec. 13, 2011. In February, Coakley selected former New Jersey Lieutenant Colonel Gayle Cameron as the Attorney General's law enforcement appointee to the Commission. Last week, Grossman selected Enrique Zuniga as the Treasurer's corporate finance and securities appointee. In order to ensure the strongest possible commission, McHugh will now serve as the Attorney General's law enforcement appointee, and Cameron will now serve as the joint appointee with legal experience related to gaming. Stebbins will serve as the final joint appointee.
All costs of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will be borne by the gaming industry itself and will not be paid for by Massachusetts taxpayers.
Justice James F. McHugh, of Boston, served on the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1985 until 2001, when he was appointed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court. He served on the Appeals Court until February 2012, when he retired from the bench. He is a former adjunct faculty member at Boston College Law School and Northeastern University School of Law. He received a B.A. from Brown University and graduated magna cum laude from Boston University School of Law. He is a former active duty member of the United States Navy. During the course of his career, McHugh has presided over more than 600 trials in both civil and criminal matters and authored more than 400 opinions as associate justice. The scope of these cases has ranged from murder trials to liability lawsuits. McHugh served for ten years as chair of the Committee on Judicial Ethics. Most recently, he drafted five reports for a task force created to reform the hiring and promotions process throughout the Massachusetts court system. McHugh also led an effort to improve the judiciary's technology which resulted in MassCourts, a more efficient and highly praised case management system.
Bruce Stebbins has worked for the City of Springfield since 2010 and served for two terms on the Springfield City Council. He has previously worked at the National Association of Manufacturers and the Massachusetts Office of Business Development. Stebbins also served in the administration of Gov. Bill Weld, and earlier as associate director of political affairs in the White House under President George H.W. Bush. He received a B.A. from The George Washington University and has completed a management program at the Kennedy School of Government. He lives in Springfield.
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A small email provider and its customers have mobilized to force the Swiss government to put its new invasive surveillance law up for a public vote in a national referendum in June. (See correction below.)
"This law was approved in September, and after the Paris attacks, we assumed privacy was dead at that point," said Andy Yen, co-founder of ProtonMail, when I spoke with him on the phone. He was referring to the Nachrichtendienstgesetz(NDG), a mouthful of a name for a bill that gave Swiss intelligence authorities more clout to spy on private communications, hack into citizens' computers, and sweep up their cellphone information.
The climate of fear and terrorism, he said, felt too overwhelming to get people to care about constitutional rights when people first started organizing to fight the NDG law. Governments around the world, not to mention cable news networks, have taken advantage of tragedy to expand their reach under the guise of protecting people, even in classically neutral Switzerland — without much transparency or public debate on whether or not increased surveillance would help solve the problem.
But thanks to the way Swiss law works — if you get together 50,000 signatures within three months of the law passing — you can force a nationwide referendum where every citizen gets a say.
"In Switzerland, and overseas, no one really thought to ask the people," Yen said. "The public opinion, especially from the young people, has shifted to pro-privacy."
By gathering its users and teaming up with political groups including the Green andPirate parties, as well as technological and privacy advocates including Chaos Computer Club Switzerland and Digitale Gesellschaft Switzerland ,ProtonMail was able to contribute to the effort to collect over 70,000 signatures before the deadline. (See correction below.)
The new law is the first of two surveillance laws that have been circulating through the Swiss Parliament. The NDG law was fully passed in September, but can't take full effect until after the referendum vote in June. The NDG would "create a mini NSA in Switzerland," Yen wrote — allowing Swiss intelligence to spy without getting court approval. It would authorize increased use of "Trojans," or remote hacking tactics to investigate suspects' computers, including remotely turning on Webcams and taking photos, as well as hacking abroad to protect Swiss infrastructure. It would legalize IMSI catchers, or Stingrays, which sweep up data about cellphones in the area.
The second law, known as the "BÜPF," might come up for a vote in the Parliament's spring session, but may be revised or delayed. The BÜPFwould expand the government's ability to retain data for longer, including communications and metadata, as well as deputize private companies to help spy on theirusers, or face a fine. "What I have heard from insiders is that they will reduce its scope now that they know we have the numbers to also force a vote on that law," Yenwrote in an email to .
ProtonMail, created by scientists and engineers with know-how in particle physics, software, cryptology, and civil liberties, provides unbreakable end-to-end encryption by default to its users for free — making it easy for ordinary people to protect their communications and preserve their anonymity.
With end-to-end encryption, only the person who sends the message and the person who receives it can access the content; not even the company can see what was written. Encryption protects transactions on the internet, so that criminals can't read messages, steal credit card information, or impersonate others.
The Swiss surveillance bill does not compel ProtonMail to decrypt its users' communications, so if the Swiss intelligence service forces itto hand over data, all the intelligence servicewill get is gobbledygook. But ProtonMail still feels the measure threatens Swiss privacy — something the company hopes to defend, regardless of its bottom line.
There are some strong political currents in Europe, as in the United States, beating strongly against encryption and privacy — which law enforcement says prevents them from accessing evidence with a warrant. Lawmakers, government officials, and law enforcement agencies alike have been pushing for a way to gain access into uncrackable end-to-end encryption. Scientists collectively agree this is a bad idea, and would threaten the security of the internet without actually helping anyone catch bad guys.
As of November, 14 countries had passed new laws bequeathing more power to intelligence agencies to spy. France's upcoming surveillance law, though it will not mandate backdoors in encryption, allow law enforcement more surveillance powers, including to spy on phone calls and emails without a judge's approval and install key logger devices on suspects' computers to retrieve their passwords. The Chinese government passed a law in December
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Other countries' laws might affect ProtonMail's business overseas, as well as major American companies offering end-to-end encryption, like Apple.
According to Yen, issues of national security and privacy aren't usually brought to a vote by the entire country. Nationwide referendums aren't all that common — they happen maybe five or six times a year, usually when the government wants to build something expensive and people don't want to pay for it. Forcing a referendum is a lengthy, pricey process, he says.
But now, the Swiss want to be an example for the rest of the world by "pushing to make data a cornerstone of the Swiss economy," he said. "When you talk about data privacy, all our data goes online — we have to find a way to secure it. At the end of the day this privacy comes as a result of security."
The same fight is brewing in the U.S., where people might have to be more creative and forceful to make their opinions heard. "ProtonMail went out to get signatures, worked with political parties, the Green party, the Pirate party. In the U.S., maybe with non-mainstream political groups, with the support of young people, and a few of the technology companies — there's a real chance," Yen said.
"A couple months ago we thought this referendum was totally impossible. Now here we are."
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