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Section Fifteen - A freeform story adventure headed by SnowDragon!
January 29, 2014, 07:52:15 pm »
Welcome to Section Fifteen! We hope you enjoy your stay!
Rising from the ashes of the very old Galaxy at War thread, this newer version is designed to provide the same level of fun and enjoyment of the old thread, with a slight bit more direction which will allow for ease of access and a bit of a story to develop while maintaining the control the players involved were used to. Now, while the board at current has another game
, this thread is dedicated to freeform writing, IE the lack of a governing or over arching rules system, allowing for writers to stretch their fingers and go all out to the situation. In a fashion ala DnD/Shadowrun, I'll be acting something akin to a gamemaster, acting as the NPCs not actually alligned directly with the players and writers particpating within the game and the results of actions taken against, as well as a bit of a guide to keep the story on the move, and also as a moderator for any disagreements.
Now, the more directed element of this piece requires something of a few rules, so I'll lay these out below.
1: Don't be a dick. First rule of everything, governs everything.
2: Maintain Post Order. Because of the more directed setting, everyone needs a chance to post evenly to ensure story flow and that everyone gets their chance to act. I'll do my best to remind peeps of when it's their turn to post, but generally, not posting within a week forfiets your 'turn' if you'd like for that round set of posting to keep the game flowing.
3: Try to keep your involved allies lesser than a battlefleet. We want more of a focus on story rather than on politics or a big dick contest and while I'm not against a small group of nine or so ships involved under one player's control, but it can offset the balance and artifically affect the flow of gameplay.
Now, with that said, any one is free to join the game at any time, regardless of the posting order, all I ask is that if you are going to post, that you commit to posting to the game and playing it to it's end. Again, I stress
Feel free to join at any point
and I'll slot you into the post order for the next round. Keep in mind the story though and try not to make too much of a mess of things just for the sake of messing with things (Think of my poor head!)
Now, forgive me fellow moderators, but there will be a double post here, this first post will serve as the billboard for who's turn it is to post, who the players are and what faction they're with and a short TL:DR update piece for those who've missed a couple of posts or who want to jump into the game quickly, and the post below will be the introduction and first post of the actual game.
With all of that said, here's the information I promised.
Players; In order of posting
IUN 6th Operations Fleet/'Gamemaster'/__(Place for primary character)____
/Ode Vance - URV-511
/Varius Flint -
No current Vessel
Current TL:DR Situation:
"Oh look, a blank universe. And my paintbrush, it's all covered in paint. Mwuhahahahaha- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-hahahhaha *Ahem*."
Don't be afraid to PM me if you have any other questions about the game!
Use Caution.
Reality shifts beyond this point.
Nothing may ever be the same again
Automatic Post Merge: January 29, 2014, 07:54:18 pm
Section Fifteen was sparsely populated area of space, littered with few planets and a smattering of asteroid belts between each one. It was uninteresting, devoid of most useful materials, devoid of anything worth studying and devoid of anything worth looking at. One might have almost called the Section barren, and that was likely a more apt term for the system than 'uninteresting'. No redeeming qualities, useless. Not attached to any major system, lacking any gas clouds to dump waste heat into, out of the way. It's planets were inhabitable but had failed to produce anything more than the basic tree and high speed gusts of winds that allowed such plants to spread their seeds over the planets, making any landing by ship a practical impossbility. So Section continued to exist, as little more than a footnote in galactic maps and history books, the man, ship and crew who had discovered it expecting to make the fortune of their lives gaining little more than obsecurity and history's scorn. The sadly most notable fact was that it was classified techincally as neutral space for it's location in unclaimed space, beyond the borders of the major players in the galaxy, as if by the mere fact of being adjcent to other systems, Section Fifteen made them less worthwhile. Not considered neutral zone enforced by treaty but simply space that was unclaimed, simply owned by no one, law enforced by no one except the pirates who to the colonists of the systems and planets within formed the law, accepting protection money and barter in exchange for some military or police control.
The Ural Empire was one such border system, it's military control line only five systems from Section Fifteen, and the Ural Empire had a problem. It's ruling monarch family had been assassinated, and the massive government body and most of it's systems had been thrown into complete turmoil and total civil war. It's six fleets of a thousand ships each at odds with one another, friends turned to enemies, systems next to one another battlegrounds between men and women of the same race and same government over who would take the throne without the ruling bloodline. Shockwaves had been sent throughout the faction, disrupting everything within and without, for the Ural Empire had military technology and a lot of it, and for the moment they were a loose cannon, something that could blow any given moment, which had it's border governments on edge. Within, most travel and almost all services were broken, the closer to the core systems one got, the worse the situation was. The Imperial Ural Navy had Six fleets, each one controlling a sixth of the space within Ural territory, and her outermost systems were more or less stable, with the Fifth and Sixth fleets being on the same page. Inside Section Four however, the Fourth fleet was not, under the command of Serran Admiral Terrison, who in spite of political leadership, had opted to try and establish a military leadership.
But the Ural Empire had another problem, stemming directly from this massive internal conflict, that had most of the galaxy trying to loosen their collars. Ural planets were powered and industralised primarily by massive underground structures housing Artifical Singularity Generators, a technology discovered and invented by high level Ural scientists which had, in smaller forms, made their space travel possible. While generating enough power to run entire planets from just one facility, and employing over two hundred thousand people at one site alone, these massive, sprawling facilities and their attached reactors had to be cooled at devastating rate. Not just cooled, but decontaminated as well, for they produced so much Gamma grade radiation that within months the planet they were built into would be little more than a ball of irradiated rock so hot it could melt passing space vessels. The technology to make this water safe again was well within the Ural's grasp, except for one small problem. All of these facilities were within Section Four, a hotspot of activity, impossible to make regular trips to, least of all for the fighting factions to allow such a vital piece of infrastructure continue operating unscathed. After all, if they wanted that service, they would have to submit to military rule.
Fifth Fleet, after weeks of deliberation, planned a stopgap. Using Lifeline Class Fleet Tankers, they would ship this contaminated liquid to the abandoned, worthless Section Fifteen and vent it into open space, and use the spiralling gorges of the four planets to build a temporary decon plant, so they could ship the water back. Environmental warfare, some said, those were planets with breathable atmospheres the military commanders were going to destroy completely. They might have, except that no one cared about Section Fifteen. And so, for three months the Ural's had solved their problem, disposing of their nuclear waste in the metaphorical equialent of dumping garbage on green parkland, so far out of the way they hoped no one would care or even notice. Status quo restored, and the people of Ural in Sectors Five and Six hardly even noticed the difference.
A general distress call was heard throughout space throughout most sectors, little more than garbled white noise and a disjointed, disordered collection of sounds, voices and sirens, the signal so badly mangled it was a shock it made it anywhere at all. The sound of a ship's last desperate siren call, sounds of screaming, gunfire and explosions, it's origin location that of what the IUN called Section Fifteen, the origin of the signal that only thing that was clear. A pair of Lifeline tankers, while built as military fleet support vessels, broadcasting and acting as Civil Transport Tankers, with the intergalactic 'CIVIL' logo and warning hastily painted across their hulls to mark them as non-valid military targets, one ship in flames, smoke pouring from it's many wounds like blood in the water, it's hull glowing white hot and melting as the storage tanks ruptured and pumped the superheated water against it's hide, white burning mist pouring from it's buckled, heated hull, the other in better shape, but surrounded in boiling blue puffing explosions flicking in and out of existance which blasted pieces of it's hull into open space, but these two ships were the only one in the system, the only two power signatures in an area of space filled with poweful radiation.
A blinding static on the sensors and the electronics.
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Ode Vance, was once a promising young Ural scientist who as a young academy recruit, became involved with an environmentally conscious and vocal minority. He's efforts to bring public awareness to the environmental impact of underground Artificial Singularity Generators earned him two years of political imprisonment.
Removed from existence Odes life before and during his time floating through space in a maximum security military prison ship, are now shattered fragments of memories sunken to the very depths of his mind, occasionally floating to the surface.
One such memory now grates it's ugly truth under the synthetic fabric of what once his skin as his ships engines kick and groan, being asked to come to life after a comfortable two days rest under one of the larger of the asteroid belts rocks. The joints of this old URV 511, a long-range research vessel once a member of the Ural science academies fleet, rattle and creak sounding not to sure of itself as the landing gear kisses the ground good-bye.
Having survived his sentence, the now defamed Ode lives as a hermit, preferring to stay far away from Ural authorities and its citizens. Gifted to him as a reward for staying true their cause and not ratting out the remaining core members of the political group, the ships cargo bays store enough food, water and an assortment of technical odds and ends to keep one healthy and entertained for long periods of time. There should be no need to find port in some back water colony, for well over another seven months or more, depending on how lean Ode can be with the supplies.
The ships groans and creaks settle down as the engines find their feet, climbing to what is undoubtedly their sweet spot of fifty five percent maximum thrust.
Not twenty minutes before Ode had been woken from a deep sleep, the distress signals of the near-by transport tankers had light up the ships comm panels, causing an awful concoction of sound and bright light to emanate from the cockpit.
His bear feet, not too please with the situation, where forced out of a warm bed and onto a cold corridor floor that lead from the ships mid quarters up to the cockpit. Odes request of the ship to abandon its restful state on the rock, was not because he wanted to investigate the source of the distress call, but instead to move further away from it.
With this much racket going on, the sector is no doubt about to be flooded with all manor of scum, both civilian scavengers and Ural authorities alike.
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January 30, 2014, 12:57:03 pm »
Varius Flint sat in the corner of a bar on a generic planet in Section 6 of Ural controlled space. It was quite a nice establishment, if you ignored the smell... and the leaking roof.... and the fact that it felt like the building was about to collapse whenever anything launched from the nearby spaceport. Ok admittedly it was a bit of a dump but it was secluded, empty and sold beer, which suited Varius just fine for now.
Varius took another sip from his drink as he remembered how he got into this situation in the first place. He used to work as part of a small trading firm doing supply runs all across the Empire, the pay wasn't amazing, but he liked the freedom and exploration of it. One day it was supplying food or building materials to the outer colony's, the next it was bringing ammo to the Navy bases in the capital. Varius was on one of these runs when the assassinations happened and with every planet and station within 5 systems of the capital on lock down he could do nothing but float in space waiting for the lock down to be lifted. in the confusion pirates effectively had free roam around the Empire and he was unfortunate enough to be caught by a crew, who boarded his ship, stole his cargo and left him for dead also managing to rupture a fuel line that severely damaged his right arm in the process. Luckily he was found by a military patrol a day or so later, who quickly recovered him from his ship and operated on him to amputate his arm, which had been infected by the fuel and was too badly injured to be fixed, even with modern medicine. finally he was dumped on this planet when the ship made a fuel stop, ship-less, money-less and without a right arm. Varius begged and slept on the streets for almost a month, until he was approached by a stranger who promised to get him a job and back on his feet, not knowing any better he agreed and the man took him to a clinic where he was fitted with a rudimentary prosthetic arm, it wasn't as good as the high end ones, but it gave him full use of his Right arm back and so was better than nothing. After the procedure the stranger had revealed himself as a local crime boss and propositioned Varius to assassinate someone from his organisation that had gone rouge, Varius refused and fled before he could be killed and had been hiding from the organisation ever since, moving from place to place and taking odd jobs to get a transport of the planet.
Varius returned from his daydream and looked up at the bar, there was a man talking to the innkeeper, who pointed at Varius sitting in the corner. The man got up and started to walk over to Varius's table, a cruel smile on his lips.
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January 30, 2014, 11:16:15 pm »
Turion Vidia's picture from the Ural Navy Dangerous Criminal list
Turion was in his quarters enjoying his collection of stolen prizes. Behind the Alum-Glass was a Ural Navy General Dress Uniform including the hat, a Ragnok head, An elegant silver sword with carved holes in it that belonged to some bounty hunter and the best of all an ancient T55 Marauder droid. Apart from these there was plenty else but these were the best he had gotten and actually kept. Turning to face the window he could see the
slowly creep into view. The
was a Assault Cruiser designed to use EMC to disable and incapacitate prey. Then if necessary obliterate it with a swarm of Tier 5 Balagen Warheads. The windows and lights on the
were all dark. In fact all four of his ships were dark. They had been since they hit a small trade vessel. On the way out Arise decided to get funny with the captain and blew a fuel line that crippled his right arm. Turion grinned when he remembered this part. It was quite funny to him and the rest of his crew. That was a week ago. Since leaving the freighter they had only one other encounter with other people. It just so happened a bunch of old farmers from some god forsaken planet thought that they could rob anyone they flew by. While they had more ship. They had completely no ability to use them effectively in a real fight. They were turned into piece meal by Turions men. They did get lucky though. They managed to destroy a Frigate under Turions possession by ramming their dingy through the bridge however it was just taken from a nobody Ural Captain who thought back up would come for him. Turning to the door Turion began to make his way through the halls to the bridge of his Flag ship. This ship was armed t the teeth mostly thanks to the good haul that has been coming since the recent assassination of the Ural Empire's Royal family. It was time for Turion Vidia's next move.
If your going to use military force you ought to use overwhelming military force. All war is immoral and if you let that bother you your not a good soldier.
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While time had stood still for far too long, Ode's oxygen supply sadly had not. To make the most of this limited resource and decrease his usage, Ode had been artificially inducing extended sleep after sleep for months.
Waking from yet another extended sleep, Ode realised today would be the last he would ever see. It was a particularly cold morning. The Sun had yet to melt the thick sheet of ice that had formed on the exterior of his sleeping quarters view port, making the room darker that it would have otherwise been at this hour.
To take his mind away from the looming oxygen crisis, Ode decided he'd make his way up to the cockpit and spend his last few hours running system scans for signs of life in the universe.
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Charles R. Larson:
An Inventory of His Papers in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
|Larson, Charles R.
|Charles R. Larson Papers
|1894-2008 (bulk 1967-2002)
|34 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 galley file (14.28 linear feet)
|The papers of American writer, editor, and teacher Charles R. Larson consist mainly of his notes, correspondence, and research material, as well as drafts and proofs of his reviews, essays, and novels. Included are typescript and handwritten notes and drafts; clippings, tearsheets, and photocopied excerpts of published works; correspondence; photographs; theater programs; newsletters, catalogs, flyers and brochures; agreements; page proofs; course assignments and syllabi; and curricula vitae. Also present is some original manuscript material by African and Native American writers.
|English, French, and Shona
|Open for research
|Purchase (2009-001-002-P), 2009
|Processed by:
|Katherine Mosley, 2009
The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
|Charles Raymond Larson was born to Ray Olaf and Miriam Kamphoefner Larson on January 14, 1938, in Sioux City, Iowa. Larson graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.A. in English Literature in 1959 and an M.A., also in English Literature, in 1961. He received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University in 1970.
|Larson taught at high schools in Burlington, Iowa (1959-1960) and Englewood, Colorado (1961-1962) and was a part time instructor in the English Department of the University of Colorado (1961-1962) before joining the Peace Corps in 1962. Larson was sent to southeastern Nigeria, where he taught English at Oraukwu Grammar School for two years. While in Nigeria, he developed a strong personal interest in African literature. At the time, courses in African literature were not available in the United States.
|Upon returning to the United States, Larson taught at the University of Colorado (1965) and American University in Washington, D.C. (1965-1967) and was a lecturer at Indiana University (1967-1970) while earning his Ph.D. His course in African Literature at the University of Colorado was the first one taught in the United States. When Larson became an associate professor in the Department of Literature at American University in 1970, he began a long career there, becoming a full professor in 1974 and chair of the department in 2002. He continued to develop and teach new courses in the area of African literature.
|Larson served as general editor of Collier's African/American Library from 1968-1972, producing thirty-eight volumes of works by African, African American, and West Indian writers. He became a fiction and book review editor at Worldview in 1996. As a promoter of African literature, Larson has edited short story anthologies, including African Short Stories: A Collection of Contemporary African Writing (1970, published as Modern African Stories in 1971), Opaque Shadows and Other Stories from Contemporary Africa (1975, reprinted as More Modern African Stories), and Under African Skies: Modern African Stories (1997). Larson's book The Emergence of African Fiction (1972) examined the works of African novelists, while The Ordeal of the African Writer (2001) addressed publishing challenges and other issues facing African writers. Larson has published numerous essays, reviews and articles about African literature.
|Larson has also edited, written, and taught about works by Native American, African American, and Third World authors. American Indian Fiction (1978) offers literary criticism of novels by Native American writers. Larson's extensive research on Jean Toomer and Nella Larsen resulted in the publication of Invisible Darkness: Jean Toomer and Nella Larsen (1993). He also edited An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen (1992) and The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen (2001). Other works by Larson include Prejudice: Twenty Tales of Oppression and Liberation (1971), The Novel in the Third World (1976), and Worlds of Fiction (1993).
|In addition to the numerous articles, reviews, essays, poetry, and stories he has had published in various periodicals and newspapers, Larson has written several novels. Of these, Academia Nuts was published in 1977, The Insect Colony in 1978, and Arthur Dimmesdale in 1983.
|Larson married Roberta Rubenstein on May 2, 1971, and they have two children, Vanessa and Joshua. Rubenstein is also a professor of literature at American University, teaching courses on modernism, modernist and contemporary women writers, and feminist literary theory. She has assisted Larson with his work and was coeditor of the anthology Worlds of Fiction.
|Contemporary Authors Online, http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed 2 July 2009).
|Kwakye, Benjamin. "Writers' Showcase: Charles Larson," http://theafricannovel.wordpress.com/, 1 December 2008 (accessed 2 July 2009).
|Larson, Charles. "A Hunger For Words: The African Writer's Quest," manuscript located in the Ransom Center's Larson Papers.
|The papers of American writer, editor, and teacher Charles R. Larson consist mainly of his notes, correspondence, and research material, as well as drafts and proofs of his reviews, essays, and novels. Included are typescript and handwritten notes and drafts; clippings, tearsheets, and photocopied excerpts of published works; correspondence; photographs; theater programs; newsletters, catalogs, flyers and brochures; agreements; page proofs; course assignments and syllabi; and curricula vitae. Also present is some original manuscript material by African and Native American writers. The materials date primarily from 1967-2002 and are organized in three series: I. Novels and Autobiographical Piece (1974-1982 and undated, 2.5 boxes); II. Critical and Editorial Work and Lectures (1894-2008, 27.5 boxes); and III. Works by African Writers (1959-2002 and undated, 4 boxes, 1 galley file). Most of the papers are in English, although some letters are in French and poems by Chiedza Musengezi are also in Shona. Indexes of works and correspondents at the end of this finding aid list locations for all works and correspondence in the collection.
|Series I. Novels and Autobiographical Piece includes page proofs of Larson's novel Arthur Dimmesdale (1983); handwritten and typed drafts of The Insect Colony (1978); and drafts of several unpublished novels and an essay.
|Series II. Critical and Editorial Work and Lectures is subdivided into three subseries: A. African Literature, B. African American Literature and Film, and C. Native American Literature. As Larson stated in his book proposal for The Ordeal of the African Writer, he has spent "a professional lifetime of studying, evaluating, writing about, and teaching African literature," and his papers reflect this. Larson's numerous files on African writers contain his research material, such as clippings and photocopies of works by African writers, and his notes on their works, along with some correspondence and drafts of Larson's reviews. Similar files relating to Larson's work on African American and Native American writers make up Subseries B. and C.
|Of particular note are files relating to Larson's extensive research for his books The Ordeal of the African Writer and Invisible Darkness: Jean Toomer and Nella Larsen. In writing The Ordeal of the African Writer, Larson interviewed and corresponded with writers and publishers about challenges faced by African writers; his notes, correspondence, and other research material are present, along with drafts and page proofs of the book. For Invisible Darkness, Larson corresponded with individuals who had known African American writers Jean Toomer and Nella Larsen, and he gathered documents and other evidence of their lives along with articles and other works about the writers. An unpublished autobiography by Nigerian writer Cyprian Ekwensi and correspondence with writer Bessie Head (South Africa, Botswana) are included in Larson's files on those writers. Files relating to Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera contain a draft of her unfinished work Obedience, which Larson hoped to ready for publication. Also of interest are files relating to the Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) from 1996 to 2001 and the 2005 International Conference on African Literature and the English Language (ICALEL) which include correspondence, brochures and flyers, publisher catalogs, clippings, programs, and papers presented. Larson's copy of Richard Wright's FBI file is located with the files on African American writers. Among the files on Native American writers is a file containing a typescript of Idunne by Hyemeyohsts Storm, press packets, and correspondence with the author.
|While a few original works by African writers are present in Larson's files for his short story anthologies and in submission files for Worldview and Kalahari Review, most of the original manuscripts by African writers are located in Series III. Among these are galley proofs of Ayi Kwei Armah's Two Thousand Seasons; typescripts of short stories by S. Henry Cordor; an inscribed typescript of Solomon Deressa's Some Poems Finished and Unfinished; signed photocopy typescripts of Wole Soyinka's Camwood on the Leaves, The Invention, and Madmen and Specialists; and typescripts of Sindiwi Magona's Last and Mother to Mother. An index of works at the end of this finding aid lists all authors and works represented in the collection.
|The Ransom Center's collection of Research in African Literatures Records also contains Larson-related materials.
|Larson's extensive collection of books by African, African American, West Indian, and Native American authors, including first editions and proof copies, some of them signed or inscribed, has been transferred to the Ransom Center's Book Collection and cataloged separately. Many of the books were reviewed by Larson and contain his annotations. Those books bearing Larson's annotations may be identified by searching "Larson, Charles R., annotator" in the Former Owner, Printer/Press, Binder module of the UT Libraries' online catalog. Press releases, publishers' advertisements and other promotional material, correspondence, clippings, purchase receipts, Larson's notes, drafts of Larson's reviews, and similar materials found in the books have been withdrawn from the books and are located in box 34. Also cataloged separately are over a hundred Onitsha Market pamphlets, issues of Black Orpheus and other literary journals, and reference books.
|Two VHS videocassette tapes of the PBS programs Richard Wright: Black Boy and Malcolm X and one VHS videocassette, one Beta videocassette, and one DVD of Things Fall Apart have been transferred to the Ransom Center's Moving Image Collection.
|Farah, Nuruddin, 1945-
|Gibbs, James
|Head, Bessie, 1937-1986
|Lindfors, Bernth
|Storm, Hyemeyohsts
|African literature
|Afro-American authors
|Authors, African
|Authors, American
|Authors and publishers--Africa
|Indians of North America--Fiction
|American literature--Indian authors.
Document Types
|Galley proofs
|Newspaper clippings
|Page proofs
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3 tips on maximising your basketball high score
If you're a fan of the NBA or local NBL, you'll know how easy professional basketballers make the game look. Free throws that hit nothing but net and long three-point bombs over two defenders that beat the buzzer.
Of course, it's not until you pick up a basketball yourself and shoot for the hoop that you realise there is a lot of skill involved. At Playtime Entertainment, you have the chance to channel your inner LeBron James and score not one, not two, not three, but many baskets on our arcade games.
So, get your Air Jordans ready here here are three ways to improve your shooting form.
1) Take your time
Although your time in the arcade is limited, it's important not to rush your technique. The quicker and more stressed you get, the more likely it is that you'll miss the rim completely and end up losing to your mate next door.
As such, use the first few shots to get your eye in and then simply repeat the technique over and over. Speaking of eyes, keep your eyes on the hoop at all times. While it's tempting to look at your hands or the ball, you're better at gauging distance by remaining locked on the hoop!
2) Get your feet in the right position
Watch Steph Curry or LeBron James closely and you'll see their feet are never fully together and their knees are bent when shooting. Even though this isn't America, you can do this when shooting for the hoop at Playtime.
A simple rule to remember if you're right handed is to move your right foot slightly forward of the other. If you're left handed, the opposite will apply. Lean forward from your hips and bend your knees when shooting to improve your chances of success.
3) Use the power of angles
Eyes on the hoop? Feet positioned correctly? All that is left now is your levers (or arms to non-professional ballers). Stick with us on this one, it's slightly harder to visualise!
Spread your fingers across the middle of the ball, bending your elbow under the ball. Keep the ball in front of you as you lean back and release as your arms reach full extension. If you're lucky (been reading our blog), you'll hopefully see the ball hit nothing but net as you clock up a massive score.
In the heat of the moment, basketball is all about consistent technique. Feel the rhythm, hear the cheer from your friends and imagine it's the NBA Finals. Good luck!


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Representations for villagers embroiled in a land dispute with Vietnamese-owned CRCK Rubber Development Company in Kampong Thom province said officials have used intimidation to halt protests over the company's development of an area in Prey Lang forest.
The claims were made at a press conference held by the NGO Forum, an umbrella group of organisations operating in Cambodia, during which representatives said local police have compiled a list of villagers they say are inciting others to protest.
Last month hundreds of residents from four provinces surrounding the 200,000 hectare forest defied police and local officials to protest the clearing of sections of the forest by CRCK.
Sandan district Governor Sim Vanna said at the time that CRCK had been granted a 6,044 hectare land concession by the government last year to plant rubber.
Kampong Thom deputy Governor Uth Sam An said on Monday that the land being developed by KRCK was not communal land, as alleged by local villagers, but part of a concession made to a previous company, and therefore villagers had no right to the land.
During yesterday's workshop, villager representatives claimed that police from three communes in Sandan district had visited five villagers to record their names for a complaint to be filed by CRCK in provincial court, claiming they were illegally inciting residents to protest.
"[Police] have tried to find many ways to threaten us, but we were protesting to save Prey Lang forest," said Chheang Vuthy, a villager representative, at the workshop.
Am Sam Ath, a senior investigator for local rights group Licadho, said the villagers were fully within their rights to conduct peaceful protests and urged that CRCK show evidence that they have a right to the land they are clearing.
"As in previous cases when villagers protest, the authorities threaten villagers by filing complaints to the court. This is not a good way to reach a solution," he said.
Sandan district Governor Sim Vanna said yesterday that the villagers had largely stopped their protest and denied that police were gathering names for a legal complaint.
"I don't know about the police going to the village to take down names," he said.
Vong Phan, a village representative, said she would like the government to recognize Prey Lang land as community land because it is a "rice pot" for people in four provinces, referring to residents' reliance on the forest for their livelihoods.
She said about 20,000 families in Preah Vihear, Kratie, Steung Treng and Kampong Thom provinces rely on the forest.


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Have you ever celebrated your honeymoon in Kerala? If not, you must go to this destination once at least in your life to take the unlimited romance along with your beloved. Fondly referred to as the 'God's Own Country', Kerala is considered as one of the most visited honeymoon destinations of India as well as the globe. Every year, thousands and thousands of honeymoon couples, vacationers and backpackers from every part of India as well as the world come here to enjoy their honeymoon along with their beloved. Kerala Tour Packages with Best Prices, which are particularly tailor made to cater the need of the people, provide the honeymoon couples the opportunity of enjoying their honeymoon in an easy way. Here, we have enlisted the Top 5 Kerala Honeymoon Places for a Romantic Escape.
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Kerala, which is stretched on the western coast of the Arabian Sea, is blessed with a long coastline of 580 km (360 mile). Nowadays, the most visited beach all over Kerala is the Kovalam Beach. The other mostly explored beaches in Kerala are Alappuzha, Kappad, Marari Beach, Nattika, the Cherari Beach, Vadanappily, Beypore Beach, etc. These beaches are counted among the most visited tourist attractions of this state.
3. Hill Stations
During your honeymoon tour to Kerala, if you want to enjoy the hill stations, you can head to Eastern Kerala. This region is blessed with gorges, high mountains, and deep cut valleys. The thick woods cover the wild lands. Some of the famous stations in the region include Munnar, Paithalmala, Vagamon, Wayanad and Thekkady.
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Kerala is enriched with several mesmerizing waterfalls. Some of the waterfalls are Athirappilly Falls, Charpa Falls, Lakkom Waterfalls, Valara Falls, Meenmutty Falls, Palaruvi Falls, Soochipara Falls, and so on.
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Would it be weird to blend the tomatoes either before or after I make this sauce? I like my tomato sauce to be smoother than I can get by mashing them with the back of a spoon. I blend tomatoes to make a pizza sauce, so I thought maybe I could do the same for a cooked tomato sauce. If this is OK, would it be better to do before or I after I cook the sauce?
I have blended the tomatoes after cooking and it's just lovely. I have also not wanted to waste the onion and blended that in as well.
I am tempted to answer by asking, WHY? Why do you need a smoother sauce? The texture and irregularity of carefully cooked tomatoes are essential to the substance of their taste, to the volume and weight they contribute to the pasta with which they are combined. In this case, as in many others, the reliance on blending and processing erases the precious variations that are achieved through carefully executed hand cooking. As for the onion, I find it distracting. There is always someone around the kitchen who is happy to take it and eat it over bread. About pizza: I hate a sauce of pureed tomatoes over it. A real pizzaiolo bakes it with solid, cut-up pieces of San Marzano tomatoes.
When I made this, the sauce seemed to have cooked down and thickened nicely. But then I poured it over spaghetti, and I found that really, the actual sauce itself was pretty thin, hardly clinging to my noodles (this was with adding some pasta cooking water), and separated from the tomato chunks. I hoped to thicken the overall sauce by pureeing it. It tasted good, but I would like a thicker overall sauce. Maybe I didn't cook it long enough? Or cooked it too long? I cooked it for exactly 45 minutes.
P.S. Pureed tomatoes and garlic for pizza sauce might not be authentic, but it is pretty darn tasty nonetheless.
When I make this sauce (or I guess it's a variation) I add a clove of garlic and then puree everything. I know it's not Ms. Hazan's original, but it's pretty darn good!
Ever more mystifying! What is the sauce separate from the tomato chunks? If you cook it at a steady but gentle simmer, stirring from time to time, you will obtain a moderately dense and uniform sauce. Toss the drained pasta and finished sauce together very thoroughly, adding a pat of fresh butter. Spaghetti and penne or other short tubular pasta are preferable to noodles for this sauce. Forget the pasta water trick. It's ruining the sauce. Tomatoes are something you want to drain water from, not add to. Forty-five minutes is long enough, although you should be cooking not by the clock but by how it looks. What kind of tomatoes are you using? There are only two kinds for this sauce, genuine imported whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes, or fresh, firm, ripe, hand-peeled (not scalded) Roma or plum tomatoes.
I have always followed this recipe to the letter, and it comes out perfectly every time. So, no mucking about for me!


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The 13 week Radio Spring 2015 ballot ratings in Winnipeg were conducted March 2 – April 25, 2015 by Numeris. Anyone 12 years of age or older living in a randomly selected Ontario residence by Numeris was eligible to fill out a ballot for one week. Participants listed the radio station's call letters they listened to in 15 minute time blocks. At the end of the week, they mailed their ballots back to Numeris to be tabulated. In all, there were 13 weekly groups of ballot holders who participated in the Winnipeg ratings.
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We were looking for a builder and Scott's name was suggested. From the moment we met him, we were very impressed with his knowledge. He had the answers to our questions at his fingertips. We were interested in the geo thermal heating system and the insulated foundation (ICF). He explained the options and made it happen as economically as possible. It was like he was spending his own money, and we saw this over and over throughout the project.
With his experience, we were able to fine tune this simple plan and achieve the layout we were looking for. He made our first home building experience as stress free as possible.
Scott's talented crew was a pleasure to deal with despite a wild winter!!
Jim & Bonnie MacLachlan, Clinton, PEI
We had some unique ideas, particularly regarding the style of our home, as well as the heating system. Scott and the gang at Scotcor worked in partnership with us all the way. In the end we have the dream home we envisioned and we are saving money because of the heating and electrical system. If we ever build again our first call would be to Scotcor.
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Scotcor Construction Ltd. is a small company operated by Scott and Corinna Costain, a husband and wife team. They started the company in 1995. They employ seven people year round and sometimes a student in the Summer. They have a very knowledgeable and friendly staff. Clients continually comment on how efficient and professional the staff really is, making the building experience a positive one. One of their clients wrote, You made the whole experience seem effortless and stress free (which isnt easy with a 9 month pregnant woman). Scotcor doesnt have a high turn over in staff. Most of the staff are licensed carpenters that have been with the company for a number of years. They like to keep a small staff so they have a lot of control over the quality of their homes. You dont have to worry that you are going to get the bad crew or the good crew when you hire Scotcor, their crew is always the same so you always get a well-built Scotcor house every time. Scotcor Construction Ltd. relies almost solely on the referrals from previous clients for their work. They build eight to nine homes a year paying special attention to the quality and details of each home. They enjoy building with the latest technology (geo-thermal heating systems, insulated concrete forms). They are R2000 certified builders who can build and register your home with the R2000 program. Scotcor is always trying to build the most energy efficient homes that are economical to heat while using environmentally friendly products. Scotcor Construction has been recognized as the recipients of the Waste Watch Award in the past and has also been featured in a national magazine for their efforts as an environmentally conscious company. They are also registered builders with the Atlantic Home Warranty Program so all of their homes come with a 7-year home warranty.
What sets Scotcor apart from other companies is their strong desire to go the extra mile to make your building experience a very positive one. Our staff is very efficient and knowledgeable about building homes. They take great pride in all of their homes, no matter how large or small. They are all built with care for quality and detail. They are up on the latest technologies and are interested in learning about new products and techniques. If give the opportunity, Scotcors friendly and professional staff will exceed your expectations!Scott has been a licensed carpenter for 15 years. He takes several courses every year to stay on top of the building industry. He enjoys building with the latest technology (geo-thermal heating systems, insulated concrete forms, etc.). Clients can choose to sit down with Scott and have their home designed using 3-D architect, or they may opt to bring their own blueprints to have him price their project. Scott prices all of the jobs himself. He presents his clients with a very detailed contract stating the particulars of his proposal. Scott is a very professional and knowledgeable builder. He works with his clients, as much or a little as they wish, to make sure the project is a success.
As a general contractor, Scott overseas all of the work by staff and sub-trades on his site. Scott uses only the best skilled tradesmen and women. Scotts personal pride in producing a quality product with added attention to details is clearly visible throughout the entire project. He shows a lot of respect for each project, building each home with as much care as if it was to be his very own.Corinna is responsible for the office administration of Scotcor Construction. She handles the companys finances. She also works with sub-trades and suppliers to ensure a quality product. Corinna often assists clients when they are choosing flooring products, cabinets, light fixtures, and paint colors. The house is wonderful, you guys did a great job!!! You made the whole experience seem effortless and stress free (which isnt easy with a 9 month pregnant woman). Thanks for everything you guys did for us, we greatly appreciate everything! Just wanted to let you know how pleased we are with our new house.
The house, and dealing with you both (& staff), exceeded our expectations. We couldnt be more pleased and satisfied with the results. We feel like weve made new friends! We will recommend your services to whoever asks; and look forward to building our next home together!
Just a note to thank you for building us such a lovely home. We are so pleased. Thanks for making building our home such a pleasurable experience.
Just writing to express our sincere thanks for helping us build our new house in Margate.
Having been through the house building process before, we were well aware of how painful and stressful the process can be, and this time around the experience was painless and pleasurable.
Scotcor Construction is Scott and Corinna and your personal approach and treating every house project like your own is extremely rare in the construction industry. We cannot express how happy we are with the finished product and how much fun it was working with you guys before, during, and after the house was finished.
The finishing part is always the most difficult in any project and your commitment to finishing projects of high quality on time and on budget is again very rare in the construction industry.
Thank you again for the pleasurable experience, and we would be more than willing to provide a recommendation at any time in the future.


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When we arrived we were greeted warmly and led to a linen covered table. There were fresh flowers on the table as you might expect. Our cozy corner table had a little Victorian lamp. It brightened and warmed our little corner beautifully.
There were two large pretty trivet-like glass candles on the table...
...which we found out were for warming the tea pots! Yes, we DID NOT know what they were for until they placed the tea pots on them! Another "new thing" for me was the little sponge just under the spout held on by a jeweled string that caught the drips from the tea. And I can't believe I didn't get a picture of that! I thought it was genious!
We each received our own teapot with our own choice of tea. We both choose Ginger Peach to start out our meal. Later we decided we should have each chosen something different so we could have tasted each others. But with our meal we were each allowed two pots of tea and could order a second one of a different flavor so it worked out.
Each spoon for your tea had a little teapot on top. Little details can make a statement.
And we were then handed a menu for the April Parlor Tea Luncheon which started out with a "Carrot Ginger Soup With Dill Cream". It was delicious!
The second course was open faced tea sandwiches..."Curried Chicken On Pumpernickel " and Cucumber &Sun-dried Tomato on Wheat Bread. These were yummy also!
Each course was on a tier of this tray beginning at the bottom and working our way up. After the sandwiches we had Apricot Vanilla Chip Scones with Devon Cream and Strawberry Preserves. These, I think, were my favorite! There were four different little desserts but we were too full to finish them. They had a nice little box in which to take them home with us.
And I can't forget the hats! You can choose among a variety of vintage hats to wear...Which is another fun part of the tea room experience. Sorry, no photos of us in the hats! Yes, everyone should have an elegant experience like this!


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- Signal processing is an area of electrical engineering and applied mathematics that deals with operations on or analysis of signals, in either discrete or continuous time to perform useful operations on those signals. Signals of interest can include sound, images, time-varying measurement values and sensor data, for example biological data such as electrocardiograms, control system signals, telecommunication transmission signals such as radio signals, and many others.
- Signals are analog or digital electrical representations of time-varying or spatial-varying physical quantities. In the context of signal processing, arbitrary binary data streams and on-off signals are not considered as signals, but only analog and digital signals that are representations of analog physical quantities.
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Again a federal jury refuses to impose the death penalty in the District of Puerto Rico, this time in the case of Carlos Ayala-López, found guilty of murdering a federal security guard. The defense was made up by Bill Matthewman (of Florida) and PRACDL member Juan A. Pedrosa. They both did an exemplary job.
Since the advent of the modern day federal death penalty, the Government has not once been able to convince a Puerto Rico jury to vote for death. Capital punishment is banned under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Perhaps the time has come for the Department of Justice to give up its effort to seek capital punishment in Puerto Rico.
As a curious aside, sources tell me that the Government moved to have defense counsel precluded from mentioning God during penalty phase closing arguments.


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The wonderful thing about writing for a walking holiday company combined with owning an energetic 3 year old dog is that on a regular basis I get to explore the extraordinary British countryside and coastline.
Having been gripped by the travel bug from a young age I have been lucky enough to travel the world, discovering destinations far from home but as I get older I am unearthing incredible places on my doorstep from epic mountain ranges, wild coastlines and ancient woodlands to white sandy beaches and turquoise waters.
This week I left the lush green countryside of the Wye Valley and headed to the Jurassic Coast to photograph a section of the SWCP near Bridport in Dorset, probably most famous for being the location of Broadchurch, the hit ITV series.
I had bravely decided to set off on my coastal exploration on a hot and sunny May Bank Holiday Saturday, for most sensible folk the prospect of spending hours in a hot car in mile long motorway queues would be enough to out an end to this idea but I was convinced any potential traffic delays and holiday crowds would be far out weighed by the beauty of this historic coastline.
I was right, after a painless 40 minute commute from the Somerset/Dorset boarder and a few circles of the carpark I arrived at West Bay otherwise known as Bridport Harbour, a small, quaint harbour settlement just over a mile away from the main town.
Armed with a bottle of water, my camera and an excitable dog I walked the short distance to East Beach, scrambling over a shingle mound to reach the long stretch of coastline that forms the western end of Chesil Beach. Although busy with families it was far from overcrowded and I only needed to walk short a distance between playful children and dogs for before I was sharing the sand with only a few other walkers. To the left of me the towering cliffs of East Cliff, to the right the clear waters of the English Channel and ahead of me Burton Cliff and Burton Bradstock.
With not much of a plan I headed in the direction of Burton Cliff walking for about a mile before cutting up to the cliff top to join the South West Coast Path back to West Bay. It really is a wonderful stretch of coastline, the rugid golden heritage coast rock faces dating back millions of years rise majestically from the sand, the shingle beaches stretch as far as the eye can see and the views from the coast path are breath taking. This time of year the cliff tops are alive with wild flowers, set against the sand coloured rocks and blue waters.
This was my first visit to the Dorset Coast and it most definitely won't be the last, what a discovery.


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Infinite Jest
anyone read this?
my favourite book ever. The only book that's ever made me properly laugh (maybe Confederacy of Dunces got close). I'm too scared to re-read it in case I don't like it so much anymore. The footnotes are better than most other books. So many perfect sentences.
Love it.
David Foster Wallace has the BEST footnotes!
hmm...are you sure?
I read it last year. The footnotes got a bit tiresome for me; and when footnotes started appearing on the footnotes, I started to get a bit fucked off.
On the whole I enjoyed it though, and felt I real sense of achievement when I finished it (which is probably a bit sad).
I read Consider the Lobster as well. It's a book of DFW essays. That's pretty good (if you like footnotes). Bizarrely, one of my favourite pieces in that is his review of the Dictionary of Modern American Usage. Would never have thought a review of a dictionary could be so interesting.
It seems what you hate about it is what I love about it.
I too love his essays.
the people who comment on the monthly thread about it have i guess
though as i've made about five of them i shouldnt moan.
great book, fiercely intelligent.
david foster wallace RIP :(
i need to go to it
but Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is one of my all-time favourites. he's sorely missed.
good enough for me
i'll be buying tomorrow. Confederacy of Dunces was a struggle, i finished it more through duty than desire - can't help but feel this owes more to me than the book itself mind.
whilst i have a small but perfectly formed audience, i don't suppose anyone has a copy of Celine's Death On Credit do they?
the only struggle with Dunces anyone should have it that of....
there being a film made of it, and it starring Will Ferrell. Lord.
i think he'd be excellent as ignatius
but the film is in development hell.
he's a gifted comic who i think could pull of the blustering pomposity of ignatius. i think it will struggle to be a film personally because the book is so cyclical and windy in its prose, but i would be for ferrell doing it.
probably can't be cyclical and windy
i do understand what i'm trying to get across.
I thought this movie was eternally stuck in some sort of preproduction hellhole.
I heard that Mos Def was supposed to play Jones at one point. WTF is going on with this?
Great book!
loved it lots
he's halfway through it and loves it very much.
I'm halfway through as well
haven't had so much fun reading a book ever, though it's pretty hard going for the first few hundred pages. "It's not my fault that I though he smelled delicious" had me literally doubled over with laughter - like doctorno up there, I've never had that before.
I'm also pretty impressed that in a 13 year-old book he predicted exactly how television would end up, not just HD but also the idea that people would just download TV shows to a high definition set via the internet and that advertising would freefall because people would have so much control over what they saw.
Also - there's quite a few of his essays here:
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This is probably my favourite:
Incidentally a friend of mine has read the first 150 pages of the book he was working on before he died and apparently it's fantastic - though that said he's quite closely involved with promoting it.
Anyone else wish they'd make Blood Sister: One Tough Nun?
or other J.O.Incandenza films?
If you read A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
It gives you a great taste of how he was compiling ideas for Infinite Jest and tied theories together for years.


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Experience Y, the second EP from up-and-coming UK trio X&Y, is an all-too-short short but expertly executed package of prime electropop, packing more hits in to a three track collection than many well known artists can squeeze in to an entire album.
Opening track, and the band's latest release, Gold has all the hallmarks of a signature track, living up to its title with glistening synths, a rousing, memorable chorus and a showcase for the Ben, Rhys and Ash's individually distinctive vocals.
The falsettos and spell-rendering woahs give way to more collective harmonies on Secrets, the band's last single, which layers slinky, come-to-bed vocals over pulsating electrobeats and never lets up. This is the EP's pre-party playlist number and would slot nicely on to a radio A-list.
Another previous single Footprints, released shortly before the band's opening set for Take That at last year's British Summertime Ball, closes Experience Y with a warm-hearted declaration for love, delivered over galloping synths leaving you riding a dazzling pop high.
If you're a fan of the latest returns from Years & Years and Olly Murs (and who isn't, really?), then you're sure to find something to love here. An EP for any discerning pop fan in his or her right mind, that never outstays it welcome and leaves you thirsty for more, Experience Y is solid gold.
Catch the guys live for a headline show at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen in London on 21 March (find tickets) or when they play The Great Escape festival and listen to the new EP below.


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On Wednesday, March 31 from 7-8 p.m., Chris Rimmer from The Vermont Center for Ecostudies will lead a program about the Bicknell's Thrush at the Springfield Public Library at 43 Main Street. Call the library at 885-3108 if the weather seems doubtful.
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In Carmickle v. Commsisioner, T.C. Summary Opinion 2012-60 (2012), Sam Carmickle owned an apartment building as well as a home. During 2006, Carmickle sold the apartment building for a gain of $90,000, but excluded the gain from his tax return on the premise that it was excludible under I.R.C. § 121.
As you may recall, I.R.C. § 121 excludes up to $500,000 of gain on the sale of a taxpayer's principal residence, provided the taxpayer both owned and used the home as his principal residence in 2 of the previous 5 years.
Unfortunately for Carmickle, however, there was absolutely no evidence that he lived in the apartment building. He used the address of a home located in Chicago as his mailing address, parked his vehicles there, and most damning, he claimed a $20,000 home office deduction for a space in the Chicago home.
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Nov. 13 — The Federal Trade Commission staff has closed an investigation into whether Verizon Communications Inc. engaged into deceptive acts or practices by failing to secure the routers it provided to high speed Internet and FiOs customers, according to a Nov. 12 FTC staff letter to Verizon's counsel.
The FTC staff found that Verizon shipped routers to customers with Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) as the default security setting. WEP, however, is an "outdated encryption standard" that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers replaced in 2004 with the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard and later the Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) standard, according to the letter.
"As a result, many Verizon customers still have routers that are set to the outdated WEP standard, leaving them vulnerable to hackers," Maneesha Mithal, associate director of the FTC's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, said in the letter to Dana B. Rosenfeld, partner at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP in Washington.
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The FTC's authority to bring data security enforcement actions under Section 5 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45, is being challenged in legal actions involving hotelier Wyndham Hotels and Resorts LLC and former medical laboratory LabMD Inc.
In July, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted Wyndham's petition to appeal portions of a district court opinion refusing to dismiss an FTC enforcement action against the company.
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• pulled all routers with WEP as a default setting from its distribution centers and changed the default setting on those devices to WPA2;
• implemented an outreach campaign to customers who still have routers with WEP or no encryption; and
• provided customers who have older routers that aren't compatible with the newer encryption standard an opportunity to upgrade to devices that are compatible with WPA2.
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"As most all consumer devices on the market today are compatible with WPA2, it would likely be unreasonable for Internet Service Providers ('ISPs') or router manufacturers to continue to default consumer routers to WEP encryption," Mithal said in the letter to Verizon. "We hope and expect that all companies that provide consumers with these products will ensure reasonable and appropriate default security settings."
The letter cautioned that the closing of the investigation shouldn't be construed as a determination that there was a violation.
The FTC's closing letter is available at http://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/closing_letters/verizon-communications-inc./141112verizonclosingletter.pdf.
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PIPA was introduced in the Alberta Legislature as Bill 44 on May 14, 2003 and came into effect on January 1, 2004. PIPA has been amended by the following statutes (in chronological order of date of enactment):
- Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, S.A. 2005, c. 29 (effective June 2, 2005)
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