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A tweeted bomb threat received by Time magazine Europe Editor Catherine Mayer. A member of Parliament also received a rape threat by way of Twitter.
(Credit: Time)Twitter has updated its rules for users and is adding more staff to police abusive tweets, after an uproar and arrests in the U.K. over rape and bomb threats, and a day before a scheduled boycott of the service.
Twitter U.K. sent a tweet this morning pointing users to a blog post that announces the rules and staffing changes and reiterates that a "report abuse" button will be added to mobile and Web versions of the site. And Twitter U.K. General Manager Tony Wang later confirmed that the changes were being made worldwide.
"I personally apologize to the women who have experienced abuse on Twitter and for what they have gone through," Wang wrote in a series of follow-up tweets. "The abuse they've received is simply not acceptable. It's not acceptable in the real world, and it's not acceptable on Twitter...There is more we can and will be doing to protect our users against abuse. That is our commitment."
The new rules include an Abuse and Spam section that addresses targeted abuse:
Targeted Abuse: You may not engage in targeted abuse or harassment. Some of the factors that we take into account when determining what conduct is considered to be targeted abuse or harassment are:
- ? if you are sending messages to a user from multiple accounts;
- ? if the sole purpose of your account is to send abusive messages to others;
- ? if the reported behavior is one-sided or includes threats.
The blog post also mentions additional measures that Twitter UK, specifically, is taking. The UK branch will work with the UK Safer Internet Center to "expand user resources on digital citizenship and staying safe online" and will also "use the Twitter platform -- including Promoted Tweets and a Promoted Trend" to publicize the center and its resources.
The moves follow outcry in Britain over abuse on the site. Earlier this month freelance journalist and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez was subjected to a blizzard of abusive tweets, including rape threats, after she and others successfully lobbied to have novelist Jane Austen feautured on a U.K. banknote.
Criado-Perez and others called on Twitter to simplify the reporting of abuse and to take more responsibility for content on its site, and Scotland Yard arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with abusive tweets.
Others caught in the crossfire included Member of Parliament Stella Creasy, who also received a tweeted rape threat, and several female journalists, including Time magazine Europe Editor Catherine Mayer, who received tweeted bomb threats. Those threats came even after the Scotland Yard arrest.
The situation led to a volley of commentary by members of the British press, including a call from Times of London columnist Caitlin Moran to boycott Twitter on August 4, International Friendship Day, for a #trolliday.
Britain's Labor Party had also criticized Twitter's initial response to the abusive tweets against Criado-Perez, with Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper writing to the company, "social media platforms also have a responsibility for the platform they give users. And in particular they have a responsibility not to tolerate this kind of abuse, rape threats, and potentially criminal behavior...The response by Twitter has clearly been inadequate and fails not only Caroline, but many more women and girls who have faced similar abuse."
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A Christian Science perspective: Why love is particularly needed in the treatment of mental illness.
The good news in this week's cover story is that there's some progress in destigmatizing mental illness as someone's fault. It's also encouraging to see that mental health care that emphasizes the dignity of each individual has a positive effect beyond what medication can do. Considering the whole person rather than simply focusing on treating the disease, having a nonjudgmental attitude, and giving people as much freedom as possible to make their own decisions are expressions of love that evoke good response in any type of health care.
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It's useful to probe a bit deeper into why love is particularly needed in the treatment of mental illness. No matter how disturbed people's ability to reason may be, they relate to love on a different level from reason. Even in the middle of tragedy, people are grateful when a stranger hugs them. Love calms and comforts naturally.
Still, when no amount of human love is adequate to deal with serious mental disorder, there's a stronger love to call on. Spiritually considered, love is the very core of existence, the intelligence and power that causes everything to be. We can define Love as the universal Mind, the reality many call God. Divine Love is independent of the brain. It expresses itself constantly throughout creation. Everyone's true identity is in fact the expression of infinite Love.
These insights can't be confirmed by conventional scientific methodology. One grasps them in a different way from human reason. But knowledge of them is practical in healing oneself and others, and this knowledge can be gained through the study and practice of spiritual teaching. When Jesus said, "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30) and "The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do" (John 5:19), this can be understood to mean each of us is inseparable from the perfect Mind, the loving Father and Mother of all. This relationship gives the ability to act reasonably and lovingly, an ability that can't be lost.
As a Christian Science practitioner who treats people through prayer, I've found that these spiritual truths have strengthened my conviction that healing, not just managing, mental disorders is possible. Labeling a disease and grading its curability can make people feel like victims of something beyond their control. But the knowledge that divine Love creates us perfectly and loves us unfailingly puts a rock of assurance under efforts to heal disease. It has helped me and many colleagues over the years to put down fear and blame for the afflicted and their families and to persist in bringing out the health that's God-ordained.
The mental health care system needs help. Good care should be the norm, not the exception. When Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:21), could he have been pointing to the ability to heal ourselves and others spiritually that is always accessible? Referring to that statement, Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, wrote: "Know, then, that you possess sovereign power to think and act rightly, and that nothing can dispossess you of this heritage and trespass on Love" ("Pulpit and Press," p. 3).
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8:00 PM: WEWS-TV has the story of Benjamin Cox, a nine-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy who was able to walk the last 1.5 miles of the Cleveland Triathlon with his parents on Sunday. Cox's family has been competing in the Triathlon to help raise money for United Cerebral Palsy of Cleveland.
7:45 PM: Texas Longhorns football coach Mack Brown said about rebuilding his team: "I like fixing things. I don't like messing things up .... But I think we got it fixed."
7:30 PM: A man & woman in Florence, South Carolina were arrested after they were spotted having sex outside in the yard of a home that neither one lived at.
7:15 PM: ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale tweets on reports of Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel selling autographs: "I personally feel NCAA should alter their rules & allow players to profit off of their fame."
7:00 PM: Western Kentucky running back Leon Allen was arrested on disorderly conduct charges early Sunday morning. Allen was the fifth Hilltoppers player to be arrested this off-season.
6:45 PM: Tiger Woods finished 15 under par to win the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio on Sunday. It was Woods' 8th Bridgestone victory & 79th career PGA victory.
6:30 PM: NFL Network's Stacey Dales reports Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo will not play in tonight's Hall of Fame Game against the Miami Dolphins.
6:15 PM: The L.A. Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Sunday for the Dodgers' 14th straight road win. The last MLB to win 14 in a row on the road was the 1984 Detroit Tigers.
6:00 PM: Georgia Tech basketball player Chris Bolden was arrest on DUI charges in Gwinnett County early Saturday morning.
5:45 PM: ESPN's Outside The Lines reports the NCAA is investigating whether Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel was paid a five-figure fee for signing autographs in January while attending last season's BCS title game.
5:30 PM: Chris Herren, a former basketball player & drug addict who was the subject of the ESPN documentary Unguarded, tweeted last Thursday: "TODAY I am truly blessed an grateful to wake up 5yrs sober..I Thank GOD , MY FAMILY,and MY FRIENDS for believing in me ONE DAY AT A TIME !!"
5:15 PM: The Cleveland Browns share video of Ryan Encinas, a five-year-old cancer survivor who scored a 50-yard touchdown run at the end of Saturday's Family Night practice.
5:00 PM: It was 30 years ago today that New York Yankees player Dave Winfield threw a ball at a seagull & killed it at Exhibition Stadium during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
4:45 PM: The New York Jets have waived receiver Jordan White, who is scheduled to undergo sports hernia surgery on Tuesday.
4:30 PM: Robert Valentine, an uncle of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, was killed in a moped accident in Bristol, Connecticut early Saturday morning.
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August is here which means back-to-school season has officially begun.
Most families spend upwards of $500 per child on school necessities according to Huntington Bank?s Annual Backpack Index. ??
Starting today, families can save and extra 6-7% off of selected school items. These include school supplies like paper and pencils, clothing, software, and computers under $1000.
Certain department stores are even offering additional coupons to New Mexico residents for shopping at their businesses this weekend. Starting Friday, 3 p.m. to close and Saturday 9 am ? 1 pm, JC Penney offers $10 off purchases of $25 or more on select apparel, shoes and accessories, and $10 haircuts for kids inside JC Penney salons. Kohl?s is offering coupons for an additional $10 off of every $50 spent.
Most stores will hold longer hours in order to accommodate the large crowds of shoppers that are expected to be out, and they recommend shoppers get to the stores early. Sale items tend to sell out quickly due to the holiday.
However, for those who want savings but would rather avoid crowds, the tax free incentive is also extended to online shopping.
JC Penney has two locations in Albuquerque, one Coronado Center and one at the Cottonwood Mall.
Kohl?s has three locations in Albuquerque, one at the Coronado Center, one located at 6800 Holly Ave NE, and one location on the Westside at 3715 Ellison Rd NW.
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FILE - In this May 27, 2011, file photo, a salesperson at a mobile phone shop displays an Apple iPhone 4 to a customer in New Delhi. U.S. President Obama?s trade representative on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, vetoed a ban on imports of the iPhone 4 and some variations of the iPad 2, reversing a ruling in favor of rival South Korean electronics company Samsung. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
FILE - In this May 27, 2011, file photo, a salesperson at a mobile phone shop displays an Apple iPhone 4 to a customer in New Delhi. U.S. President Obama?s trade representative on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, vetoed a ban on imports of the iPhone 4 and some variations of the iPad 2, reversing a ruling in favor of rival South Korean electronics company Samsung. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
President Obama's trade representative on Saturday vetoed a ban on imports of some Apple iPads and older iPhones, dealing a setback to rival South Korean electronics company Samsung.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman overruled a June decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which had banned imports of the iPhone 4 and some variations of the iPad 2. The commission ruled that the Chinese-made Apple devices violated a patent held by Samsung and couldn't be imported. The ban never went into effect, though, because the Obama administration had 60 days to decide if it would uphold the commission.
Obama is against import bans on the basis of the type of patent at issue in the Samsung case. The White House has recommended that Congress limit the ITC's ability to impose import bans in these cases.
Samsung and Apple are in a global legal battle over smartphones. Apple argues Samsung's Android phones copy vital iPhone features. Samsung is fighting back with its own complaints.
In an email, Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet said the company applauded the administration "for standing up for innovation."
Samsung said in a statement late Saturday night that it was disappointed in Froman's ruling, saying the ITC "correctly recognized that Samsung has been negotiating in good faith, and that Apple remains unwilling to take a license."
Froman wrote in a letter to the commission that he has concerns about patent holders getting too much leverage over competitors that use their technology under licenses.
Companies license patented technology to competitors so the devices can communicate as part of an industry standard for cellphones. Under the "standards-essential patent" legal theory prevailing in federal courts, holders of such patents are obligated to license them to all comers on "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" terms.
U.S. courts have ruled that such patents cannot be the basis for import bans. The International Trade Commission follows a different standard than the courts, but the Obama administration wants it to adhere to the same principles.
Froman wrote that he shares the Obama administration's concerns that the holders of standards-essential patents could get "undue leverage" over their competitors.
Last year, a federal court ruled that Samsung owed Apple $1 billion in damages for infringing on non-essential Apple patents. But the judge refused to impose an import ban on Samsung phones and later struck $450 million from the verdict, saying the jurors miscalculated. The case is set for a rematch in appeals court.
Samsung is the world's largest maker of smartphones. Analysts estimate it outsold Apple nearly 2 to 1 in the first three months of the year. However, Apple's smartphone business is more profitable
The iPhone 4 was launched in 2010 and is the oldest iPhone still sold by Apple. The ITC ruling applied only to the AT&T version of the phone. Apple is likely to retire the model.
Apple launched the iPad 2 in 2011. The ruling applies only to the version equipped with a cellular modem for AT&T's network.
The ruling also applies to older iPhones, though these are no longer sold by Apple.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- For the fourth straight year, Floridians will get a sales tax holiday this summer but this one will include?computers?for the first time.
State lawmakers have approved a three-day back-to-school sales tax holiday during the first week of August. It will eliminate state and local taxes on computers, tablets and accessories like keyboards and monitors that cost $750 or less.
See Also: List of tax-exempt items?(PDF)
Shoppers will also get the tax break on many school supplies costing $15 or less, as well as clothes, backpacks and shoes costing $75 or less.
Rick McAllister of the Florida Retail Federation expects the addition of computers to the sales tax holiday will boost interest in this year's program.
"In the states where they have had the computers on there before, it has tremendous interest. It's a big-ticket item, up to $750 at 7 ? percent is a lot of money. So it's a nice savings, good incentive for families to take advantage of it."
McAllister said Georgia has included computers in its sales tax holiday and it proved so successful that some Floridians crossed the state line to take advantage.
Florida's sales tax holiday will run from August 2-4.
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President Barack Obama, second from right, leaves Andrews Air Force Base, Md., for a weekend in Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. The President turns 52 Sunday and will be spending his birthday at Camp David. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Instead of "Hail to the Chief," President Barack Obama most likely heard strains of "Happy Birthday" this weekend.
Obama, who turned 52 on Sunday, spent part of the day at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.
The White House said little about how he celebrated.
The president played golf Saturday with friends from his days in Hawaii and Chicago. Some of them joined him at Camp David.
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NORTH ALABAMA (WAFF)- Justin Crisler is one of the biggest Bama fans ever, and he wanted troops serving overseas to be able to support the tide. But that venture has grown and now includes other schools. "I?presented that shirt on some social media sites that I run, and I had a lot of troops respond immediately and say that they would like to have a shirt that looked like that," said Crisler.
The non-profit organization was born and thanks to private donations, Crisler could supply those shirts to soldiers at no cost to them.
Now it's growing fast and Crisler is busy. "...find a way to fund new designs such as shirts for different schools."
He can't get over how fast this idea caught on. "The response has been overwhelming." But he is persistent in wanting to give any soldier a shirt from any school.
Whit Jordan, of the 375th engineering company, got his shirt. "Something like this, it helps boost the moral of the individual, the unit."? Jordan said just about everyone wants one. "It helps out. Those are the kind of things that help you get through the year long or 9 months or however long your deployment is."
Sophia Malone agrees. She serves the National Guard 128th Military Police Company. She said fans from other schools sent a shirt back signed, to say thank you. "Those are my guys and gals. I love them and they wrote everything on there. When you're over there and you get any little taste of home, you just...you get excited."
Some units send photos which Crisler proudly displays on his facebook pages.? One photo brought Crisler to tears.
And no matter which school, everyone is proud to wear their colors. It's a taste of home from people who care in Bobby's Bama.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ? A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted plans by companies in New Mexico and Iowa to start slaughtering horses next week.
U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo issued a restraining order in a lawsuit brought by The Humane Society of the United States and other groups in case that has sparked an emotional national debate about how best to deal with the tens of thousands of unwanted and abandoned horses across the country.
Armijo issued a restraining order and scheduled another hearing for Monday in the lawsuit. The move stops what would have been the resumption of horse slaughters for the first time in seven years in the U.S.
The groups contend the Department of Agriculture failed to do the proper environmental studies before issuing permits that allowed companies in Iowa and New Mexico to open horse slaughterhouses. The companies had said they wanted to open as soon as Monday.
The horse meat would be exported for human consumption and for use as zoo and other animal food.
Valley Meat Co. of Roswell, N.M., has been at the fore of the fight, pushing for more than a year for permission to convert its cattle plant into a horse slaughterhouse.
The Department of Agriculture in June gave the company the go-ahead to begin slaughtering horses. USDA officials said they were legally obligated to issue the permits, even though the Obama administration opposes horse slaughter and is seeking to reinstate a congressional ban that was lifted in 2011.
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Tastes change with age, at least in rats, new research suggests.
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"To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating a reduced aversion to bitter taste in aged rats," study co-author Chizuko Inui-Yamamoto, a researcher at Osaka University in Japan, said in a statement.
The sense of taste is mysterious and complicated, with researchers understanding relatively little about how it works. Recent studies have found that the belly can taste foods using special receptors and that humans actually have a sixth taste sense that detects fat.
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View galleryBrandon Marsh nature reserve near Coventry is hosting summer holiday fun sessions for children.
During the whole summer break the centre in Brandon Lane is offering a fantastic range of entertaining holiday education activities for four - 11 year olds with special drop-in activities; family bat nights and a new Woodland Bushcraft course for older children.
Youngsters can get active outside every day of the school holidays: whether it?s hunting for bugs; building dens or making kites; dipping in our pond; creating natural art or playing wildlife games. Celebrate National Play Day on Wednesday by hunting for ladybirds.
Family Bat Nights takes place on August 9 and August 23 where families can come down to the reserve in the evening and explore the world of bats.
The holiday events all take place between 10:30am and 12:00pm and cost ?4.50 per child. Bat Nights run from 7.30pm to 9pm on August 9 and 7pm-8.30pm on August 23 and cost ?4 per person or ?15 for two adults and two children. You must book your place in advance for all events by calling 024 7630 2912.
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The internet continues to evolve and as such, new retail business strategies are constantly being developed that take advantage of internet technology. In the first two evolutionary phases of the internet, most retail strategies chased technology; however, as the internet has firmly established itself as an integral part of retail business marketing and sales success, a much more proactive approach is being taken by ecommerce business strategists.
Developers who once waited for trends are now creating internet technologies instead. The enormous customer base created by social media has been realized and now the next evolutionary phase of internet, Web 3.0, is just on the horizon and is already creating exciting new internet retail strategies and technologies that will push ecommerce to great new levels.
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Since its first arrival, retail business has been seeking out every opportunity to capitalize on the power and potential of the internet. In its earliest form, the internet was no more than a means to bring static photo and pages of readable text to those who surfed the web. While this was little more than an on-line catalog per se, it was the first step in reaching out to curious new web browsers with a hit and miss chance of capturing a new customer along the way. Ecommerce was born in what was later labeled Web 1.0 or the ?readable? web.
The internet was quick to evolve and it was not long before the technology to interact via World Wide Web arrived. Social networking hit the scene and completely re-wrote the book on how people looked at and used the internet. No longer just a large library of static informational pages of text and photos, the internet was now dynamic and quickly became a part of people?s everyday lives. Web 2.0 brought us the ?writable? internet and with more and more people engaging with the social media trend, marketing technology took advantage of great opportunity such as targeted advertising technologies that monitored the web search requests.
This brought users relevant and even localized product advertisement. Ecommerce was truly developing, but still had not really come into its own as, from a marketing perspective, it was still chasing technology, but that is going to change all too soon.
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Today, internet marketers are no longer waiting to adapt to the next great breakthrough the internet offers them, instead they are taking a proactive approach in creating the next internet evolution, Web 3.0, the Transcendent Web!
From an ecommerce perspective, the aim of Web 3.0 is to capitalize on the expansive social web network. Through new and enhanced methods of interpreting internet user?s habits, it?s possible to learn more of the specifics interests of the shopper (inside and outside of their current behavior,) and bring them a very personalized ecommerce shopping experience. Unlike today?s targeted advertising which may, for example, detect that a user performed an internet search for wedding dresses, which in turn results in advertisement after advertisement of non-specific wedding dresses.
In a Web 3.0 scenario targeted advertisements may result in non-traditional wedding dresses for plus size, middle aged women, better fitting the profile of an individual and making these advertisements far more useful and likely for a sales conversion. Another example might be searching for a movie to watch.
Where the last generation of movie advertisement might bring listings of local cinemas, a Web 3.0 era search might result in horror movies only playing after 10 pm at two specific cinemas, all based on historical information that has been captured and analyzed through the collection social networking and internet browsing data.
Even sentence structure and behavioral data patterns of an individual that can be compared to others and yield insight.
For this revolution in functionality to take place, the web in general will need to grow more accustomed to non-conventional data streams and the sharing of data across multiple applications. Most services attempt to collect information in a bubble, offering some value in return for the exchange of data, yet they are entirely dependent on user submissions and often reliant on if the user has to log into a service before visiting them.
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Where I?d like to see 3.0 go is an internet that can come to terms with the value that shared data brings, without harming their sense of privacy. This is idealistic, as privacy is surely important, and the value and security must be proven before the pitchforks will be put down. Does the convenience of an entire home page (not landing page) of clothing tailored for me outweigh the loss I suffer for them know my gender and build?
Am I losing something if it takes me half the time to find a movie showing, but that movie theatre knows I only see late screenings? The public will have to decide the answer to this question, but the brave marketers who get there first have so much to gain.
Realistically, the first steps will be about realizing the lines of communication we already have in place. The Semantic Web, a collaborative, international movement, will have a large role to play in building Web 3.0. Lead by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C,) the idea is to better structure the internet at large. Standardization is a large part of that, but one less invasive way of understanding your consumers is to better know where they?ve been.
Visitors to a brand have to come from somewhere, and it?s not that current marketers don?t know where they come from, there?s just no easy way for your system to know, realistically, tell that site apart from the web at large. If standardized language can let brands know, seamlessly, what kinds of site they came from (male clothing store, vintage record seller, home improvement outlet,) the process of serving them topical content can become more feasible, without worrying about customer profiles and logins.
Of course, this isn?t to discount the unbridled potential of social profiles. Through the integration of social profiles, the Semantic Web, the technology that will allow the storing of vast amounts of data and the use of artificial intelligence to interpret and filter data, Web 3.0 will be the next great revelation to ecommerce. Web 3.0 is still very much in its infancy stage but it is coming so get prepared!
About The Author
Hassan Bawab is the Founder and CEO of Magic Logix, an interactive digital marketing agency in Dallas, TX. Magic Logix combines dynamic website development, professional website design, SEO and integrated online marketing to drive new leads with high conversion. He is committed to high standards in every aspect of his business and actively leads his team of professional developers, designers, and online marketers. Key to their success is Hassan?s emphasis on clear, open communication among employees and with clients. Hassan believes that the best CEO is also the best listener.
Source: http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/08/02/the-future-of-ecommerce-with-web-3-0/
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By Logan Malloy For Sun-Times Media August 2, 2013 10:48PM
Updated: August 2, 2013 11:04PM
Afternoon showers Friday spoiled batting practice for the Windy City ThunderBolts, and a big flash of lightning added a 30-minute delay midway through the fifth inning in their game against the River City Rascals.
In the home dugout, though, it was all sunshine.
Windy City starter Brian Oliver went five innings, giving up just two hits and a walk, as the ThunderBolts downed the Rascals 12-1 at Standard Bank Stadium in Crestwood. It was just the second time Windy City scored double-digit runs this season en route to its largest margin of victory on the year.
The T-Bolts recorded 14 hits in the victory.
?It?s been a battle. We?ve been struggling to score runs,? said Oliver, who was lifted after the delay. ?But we?re getting guys healthy, and you never know what can happen when those guys start swinging the bats well.?
Oliver (4-5), a 225-pound righty, has won three of his past four starts. He gave up his lone run in the third inning when River City?s Eric Williams scored on a groundout by Johnny Morales. Oliver then retired the next seven batters.
?It was about the fastball and command,? Oliver said. ?They?re an aggressive team. I was trying to stay out of the middle of the plate.?
The ThunderBolts (29-37) scored their first four runs on just two infield hits for a 4-0 lead. Their bats exploded after the delay for three runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth, highlighted by consecutive RBI doubles by Ryan Soares (3-for-4, 2 RBI) and Chad Cregar (2-for-4, 3 RBI).
Cregar added a two-run homer in the eighth inning, a blast over the right-field wall that also scored Soares. The shot marked Cregar?s second home run in two games and his third of the season.
?(Cregar) is one of the most-feared hitters in the league,? Oliver said. ?Having him struggle, then get hurt, to get him back in the order ... just his presence is huge. He?s just a game-changing player in this league.?
Evan Button, Mike Torres and Andrew Brauer added multihit games for Windy City, which improved to 20-19 at home this season. The team hasn?t had a losing season at Standard Bank Stadium since a 21-26 finish in 2006.
Windy City?s Matt Solbach pitched three innings in relief, striking out two.
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By Tom Brown
MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida lawmakers will hold hearings this fall on the state's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law, which has become a lightning rod for criticism following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
The announcement on Friday by Will Weatherford, the speaker of Florida's House of Representatives, marked the biggest concession yet by the state's Republican leaders to protesters' demands for a top-to-bottom review of the law, which allows people in fear of serious injury to use deadly force to defend themselves rather than retreat.
Since Zimmerman's acquittal on July 13, Martin's grieving parents, backed by African-American civic leaders, celebrities, students and political figures, including President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, have all said the Stand Your Ground law needs to be re-examined.
Weatherford, in an opinion column published in the Tampa Tribune, said he had asked Representative Matt Gaetz, a fellow Republican who chairs the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, to lead the hearings. Weatherford did not set a date for the hearings or say how long they would last.
"Across Florida, representatives are receiving calls, letters, visits and emails from constituents with diverse opinions on 'Stand Your Ground,'" Weatherford said. "Passions are high, but every person has the right to express their views on this matter of great importance."
"It's a critical step," said Phillip Agnew, who heads a group of young demonstrators calling themselves the Dream Defenders who have staged a nearly month-long sit-in outside Governor Rick Scott's office in a bid to change the law. "We're excited about having an open debate," he told Reuters.
Advocates of the law, the first of its kind in the country and now copied in more than 20 other states, say violent crime has fallen since it was enacted.
But critics see the self-defense law as emblematic of racial bias and unequal justice in America, since some studies have shown that defense claims made under the law are far more likely to be successful when the victim is black.
Two of the six jurors in the Zimmerman case have said the Stand Your Ground law left them with no option but to acquit him.
"Our evaluation of its (the law's) effectiveness should be guided by objective information, not by political expediency," Weatherford wrote.
"Does the law keep the innocent safer? Is it being applied fairly? Are there ways we can make this law clearer and more understandable?" he asked.
Most U.S. voters support the "Stand Your Ground" laws, although the question of whether to retreat or use deadly force in self defense divides Americans along gender, racial and political lines, a national Quinnipiac University poll found on Friday.
The poll found that a strong majority of white voters and men support the laws, while black voters generally oppose them and women are almost evenly divided.
(Reporting by Tom Brown; additional reporting by Bill Cotterell editing by Jackie Frank)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/florida-lawmakers-agree-hearings-stand-ground-law-010149022.html
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MEXICO CITY (AP) ? Mexico City prison authorities say they have quashed an attempt to smuggle a prohibited cell phone into a city prison in the coffin of an inmate's mother.
Prisoners in the city have the right to have the casket of a deceased parent or child brought into the prison yard so they can bid farewell to their relative.
But city correctional spokesman Emilio Castelazo said Friday that before the coffin was allowed into the Santa Marta Acatitla prison, guards searched the casket and found the cell phone inside.
Castelazo said a criminal complaint has been filed. Several relatives were with the coffin at the time.
Cell phones are banned because inmates frequently use them to coordinate criminal activities outside prison or make extortion calls.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-bid-smuggle-phone-prison-coffin-165046182.html
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Patent wars are pretty common these days in the tech world, where companies are suing each other over infringement of certain pieces of hardware technology, while others are suing over software features. Granted some of these cases do get out of hand and drag on for too long, but given that some companies spend years developing their technology only to have it ?stolen?, we can see why they are so determined to fight till the end to make sure they are compensated for it.
However on the other side of the coin, there are some who believe that patents could actually hold back innovation, and recently two Nobel Prize-winning economists have stepped forward and claimed that software patents are actually inhibiting innovation.
One of the economists, Gary Becker, acknowledges that while patents help provide developers the peace of mind knowing that what they develop will be ?protected? legally, he also believes that in the grander scheme of things, the abolishing of patents will help free up more developers who might otherwise be afraid that they could end up in court and pay huge legal fees in damages.
Economist Eric Maskin has expressed that he believes that patents are harmful, and that a company or an individual with a particular patent, can actually block or slow down the progress by putting up high licensing fees. Of course one could make an argument for either side, but these are some pretty valid points, with President Obama even going as far as to launch executive actions to combat patent trolls. What do you guys think?
No matter where they are from, the living have always been fascinated by ancient mummies. All their old mysteries, all those tales of curses and powerful myths have been unraveled and explained one by one, each thanks to one of these modern technologies. Here's how scientists did it.
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Sometimes people march on the streets, and sometimes they march on Twitter. In this generation, a hashtag goes a long way in changing a situation. Live Action is now using this media to gain media attention. ?#MarchOnMedia is a Twitter rally taking place on Thursday,? August 8, ??to protest the mainstream media?s censorship of the truth regarding abortion.?
Live Action has contacted the major media outlets, ABC, NBC, and CBS, asking for fair and accurate reporting of abortion-related issues. This Twitter rally, and a corresponding ?actual physical rally at ABC studios in Washington DC, aim to expose the partnership of the media with the abortion industry.
?The media has flinched from the reality of abortion for decades,? said Live Action President, Lila Rose, ?we call on the press to end the censorship of what abortion actually does to our smallest children and women as well as an end to the lionizing of abortion advocates.?
Live Action seeks to point the media in a new direction.? The rally will focus both the dangers of the existing bias and on calling for change. As Ms. Rose commented, ?A change is long overdue for our big news distributors. It?s time for these networks to end their blackout of the truth on abortion?? how it irreparably harms women, babies, and society.?
While the accusations of medial collusion may seem to some mere paranoia from pro-lifers, the facts themselves prove otherwise. This page cites numerous recent stories in which the media blatantly displayed its bias?in just the past few months.
One example took place with the Texas pro-life legislation, one of the largest and most respected news services, the Associated Press (AP), tweeted with the hashtag #StandWithWendy, which was being used to support the Texas senator who became a household name overnight with her attempt to filibuster the legislation. Hailed a hero by Planned Parenthood, the AP seemed to get caught up in the whirlwind of hail Wendys until readers called the news association out on its tweet. The tweet disappeared?and so did they. No public apology was issued for a supposedly objective news organization with strong anti-bias policies at its core taking a decidedly pro-abortion stand on its public Twitter.
Davis seems to steal of a lot of the limelight, as other analysis showed she received three times the coverage as did abortionist Kermit Gosnell, the man who was convicted of three counts of murder and whose trial revealed details of destruction of babies far beyond our imaginations, all while running an abortion clinic. For some reason, a filibuster that supported the right to take a baby?s life and hold off legislation to prevent murder was worth more national media attention than this destruction which revealed the truth behind the pretty pink industry.
Live Action says, ?enough? and says ?participants are asked to join Live Action (@LiveActionFilms) in barraging the presidents of ABC, NBC, and CBS with tweets regarding the truth about abortion and calling for an end to media bias.? Use the hashtag #MarchOnMedia.
For further information see this page. Here?s the summary of what you need to know to participate:
What:?Life March on Media Rally ?Twitter Rally for an end to the media cover-up of abortion.
Who: ??Everyone concerned about ending the media cover-up of abortion
Where:?Twitter #MarchonMedia
When: ?Thursday, August 8, at 12:00 to 1:30 PM
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India advanced to the semifinal of the FIH Women's Hockey Junior World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Spain on Thursday.
In the quarterfinal match, Spain took an early lead through Xantal Gine when she converted a penalty corner in the seventh minute. India came back quickly and levelled the score three minutes later through Monika.
Spain skipper Bonastre Berta put them ahead again in the 30th minute but India retaliated and got back to level terms just at the stroke of half time with Navneet Kaur scoring in the 34th minute.
The second half belonged to India as they breezed to a 4-2 lead by the 48th minute with goals from Vandana Kataria and Rani and secured a last-four berth for the first time in the tournament.
This is India's best performance so far in this tournament, the previous best being ninth in 2001 and 2009.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/1868617/report-junior-india-girls-reach-hockey-world-cup-semis
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Miley didn't do a bit of twerking in the just-released clip, and the Atlanta MC tells MTV News that's exactly how he wanted it to be.
By Emily Blake, with reporting by Nadeska Alexis
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We've already taken a look at the defense. Who's fighting for playing time on the other side of the ball? Here's an offensive depth chart and some analysis to get you thinking.
Fewer questions surround the offensive two deep heading into camp this year than did last season, with the new coaching staff and influx of fresh talent, but that doesn't mean there won't be some intense competition down in Lewiston, Idaho.
Here's a look at the depth chart, and major players at each position battle on the offensive side of the ball.
Bold names are starters, names in red are freshman.
The coaching staff hasn't been afraid to shuffle the line around in an effort to find the combination of the five best lineman, so it's reasonable to expect more of the same and that these positions listed in the two deep may change a bit.
TACKLES: Eduardo Middleton moved from right tackle to back up Gunnar Eklund at left tackle. Left tackle is arguably one of the more important positions, protecting the blind side of a right handed quarterback. Eklund started seven games for the Cougs in 2012, missing the final three due to an arm injury, and held the starting spot through the spring. Middleton swapped back up duties with Jacob Seydel, who is now competing with Rico Forbes for the start at right tackle. Every indication is that Forbes will get the start, as Forbes was a likely starter a year ago if it wasn't for injuries.
GUARDS: Joe Dahl, John Fullington, and Matt Goetz are in a three-way battle for starting guard duties. All have played on one side or the other and this is likely a case where the best two will start with the odd man out will providing depth at both positions. Goetz earned his letter as a redshirt sophomore in 2011, playing center. Last season, he played right guard for games against Oregon, OSU, UCLA, Utah, and Washington. Fullington is a senior, starting out the first two games of 2012 at left tackle before moving to left guard for the rest of the season. Dahl is a redshirt sophomore walk on who sat out last season after transferring from Montana.
CENTER: Elliot Bosch has this position locked up. Simple as that.
It will be interesting to see what happens with the incoming freshman, Carlos Freeman, Cody O'Connell and Riley Sorenson. Freeman is a center and isn't expected to beat out Bosch, but he could fight his way onto the two-deep out of camp and earn some spot work this season as Bosch's back up.
Sorenson and O'Connell are both huge, physical lineman that likely have every intention of getting on the field as freshman. O'Connell is coming off an ACL injury he suffered his senior season in high school, but he could be healed enough to get in and push to crack the two-deep. Sorenson could also get in and compete right away. We aren't sure where they would be slotted, as they are capable of playing any position on the line that doesn't snap the ball, but they both seem to have an offensive tackle skill set. I'd expect all of these guys to come into camp and make the decision to redshirt as difficult as possible for Coach Leach.
Players in bold are starters, gray are transfers, and red are incoming freshman.
QUARTERBACK: Connor Halliday has thankfully taken charge and put any real indecision about who the starter is to bed. Backing him up will likely be Austin Apodaca, so the real competition will be between Lucas Falk, Connor Ennis, Isaac Dotson and top recruit Tyler Bruggman for the No. 3 spot. Bruggman will likely get a redshirt, unless there is a serious lack of ability in the others to be a viable third stringer and some injuries (please, no) happen during the season.
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RUNNING BACK: Teondray Caldwell looks to be a solid lock for the top running back spot, with a slew of others beneath him. Marcus Mason is currently edging out Leon Brooks in the two deep, but a kid to watch will be incoming freshman Gerard Wicks. Wicks has every intention of starting, and could climb past Mason in camp to get on the field in 20 personnel sets and play behind Caldwell, perhaps even pushing him for starter reps by the end of the season.
WIDE RECEIVER: This will be the most intense in camp, and will almost certainly leave someone very talented on the outside looking in with regards to playing time. Marks has all-conference potential and has a pretty good lock on the Z position. Dominique Williams came on in the last few games of the season, including an 8-catch, 143-yard Apple Cup performance, and was second on the team with seven receptions of 25 yards or more.
Incoming JC transfer Vince Mayle is good enough to challenge him for a starting role at X (want to get justifiably excited about Mayle? -- WATCH THIS). If Dominique Williams is good enough to hold on to the spot, Mayle will push both Kristoff Williams for backup duties at X, and Isiah Myers at Z. Both guys had solid seasons, and some think Kristoff Williams is primed to have the break out year we've been waiting for since he arrived on campus. Mayle's talent might be impossible to keep off the field. If the outside positions are too solid to crack, he could see some time at Y, or it's possible he splits time at X and Kristoff Williams moves inside.
There may need to be some shuffling at receiver to make room. Outside receiver is talent rich and it should be a lot of fun watching them all compete for the right to start.
Brett Bartolone stepped up as a freshman and shouldered the load at H after Rickey Galvin's injury against UNLV last year. He still holds onto that number one spot going into camp, but that competition should be another to keep an eye on. H wasn't nearly as productive for the Cougs as it needed to be last season and Bartolone will have to greatly improve his ability to turn targets into yards, or he could get passed by Galvin.
Bobby Ratliff looks to be the guy at Y this season, although Robert Lewis is a dynamic athlete that could play his way onto the field if Ratliff struggles.
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By Oliver Holmes
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday he was confident of victory against rebels and made a symbolic visit to a town once overrun by insurgents but now mostly retaken by his army.
The visit to the battered town of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, and a defiant speech illustrate the confidence of a president who is taking the upper hand in a conflict two years after many Syrians believed he was about to be toppled.
"If we were not sure that we were going to win in Syria, we would not have the ability to resist and the ability to continue fighting for more than two years against the enemy," Assad was quoted as saying by state news agency SANA.
Insurgents have seized large swathes of territory, but Assad's forces have staged a counter-offensive in recent weeks, pushing them back from around the capital Damascus and retaking several towns near the border with Lebanon.
Assad has framed the revolt against four decades of his family's rule as a foreign-backed conspiracy fought by Islamist "terrorists". When pro-democracy protests started in March 2011, a military crackdown eventually led to an armed insurrection.
Rebels have used bombs and mortars to hit government-controlled areas where they are unable to push in with infantry.
A huge explosion hit the central city of Homs on Thursday in a neighborhood inhabited mainly by Alawites - the same sect as Assad - blasting a fireball hundreds of meters (yards) into the air, video posted on the Internet by opposition activists showed.
Residents in the area said the explosion was a rebel attack on a weapons cache. One said the sound of multiple explosions could be heard for over an hour as munitions were detonated.
They said the attack hit a sports hall in the district of southeastern Wadi al-Dhahab, which the army has taken over.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-Assad monitoring group, said that the blast killed at least 40 soldiers and civilians and left 120 wounded, some in a critical condition.
A rebel in Homs said that the attack was caused by a surface-to-surface "Grad" missile. He would not say which rebel group fired the missile.
Reuters cannot independently verify reports from Syria due to severe reporting and security restrictions.
(Here is a link to a video of the explosion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGnUB9sP-90&feature=youtu.be)
CHEMICAL WEAPONS
U.N. investigators say Assad's forces have carried out war crimes including unlawful killing, torture, sexual violence, indiscriminate attacks and pillaging in what appears to be a state-directed policy. They say rebels have also committed war crimes, including executions, but on a lesser scale.
Both sides accuse the other of using chemical weapons and - after months of diplomatic wrangling between the United Nations and Damascus over access - a chemical weapons investigation team will visit three sites where alleged attacks have occurred, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
It is hard to say if the trip will be able to establish who was behind the attacks. One attack in the northern town of Khan al-Assal was in March and samples of Sarin gas - a fast-acting nerve agent that was originally developed in 1938 in Germany as a pesticide - can degrade very quickly, within weeks.
Rebels also seized Khan al-Assal from Assad's forces last week so access to the site could be hard from the government side. There is still fighting in the area.
At best, weapons inspectors will only determine scientifically whether banned chemical agents were used in the 28-month-old conflict, and not who used them, according to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which works with the United Nations on inspections.
Members of the 15-person team assembled by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had been on standby in Cyprus since April and have only last month went to Turkey to gather evidence. The U.N. chemical weapons experts cannot enter Syria without the government's permission.
SCENES OF WAR
In a statement published in the official army magazine to mark the 68th anniversary of the Syrian army's creation, Assad said soldiers had shown "courage in the face of terrorism... and the fiercest barbaric war in modern history".
A picture posted on the presidency's Facebook page showed Assad, in a suit, shaking hand with a soldier in army fatigues and a helmet. Behind them was a scene of war; wires hanging from electricity pylons near an apartment block damaged by an explosion. No civilians could be seen.
The army targeted Daraya with artillery after rebels moved into the area last year. It has since been able to retake parts of the town but at the expense of widespread material damage and many civilian casualties, according to residents.
The struggle in Syria has become markedly sectarian, broadly pitting majority Sunni Muslim rebels against Assad's minority Alawite sect, which is an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
Assad has relied on Alawite-led army units and security forces from the start, but has turned increasingly to loyalist militia armed and funded by Damascus to fight the rebels.
He has also received solid support from Shi'ite regional powerhouse Iran, Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and longtime ally Russia, while his fragmented foes have received little military aid from their Western backers, wary of the growing presence of hardline Islamist groups, some of which are linked to al Qaeda.
Nine European Union nations urged the European Parliament on Thursday to back plans for an EU-wide passenger data list aimed at thwarting suspected militants travelling from Europe to fight in Syria, fearing they will return to home to carry out attacks in Europe.
(Additional reporting by Alexandria Sage in Paris; Editing by Michael Roddy)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-says-certain-defeat-rebels-145950081.html
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