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Based on the novel series, Blaxpride is in development!
After returning home to a father who sent him away, an African American man begins to fight crime as a vigilante in Oakland as a deadly new drug wreaks havoc on the city's citizens.
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Last night's tv ratings data and audience measurement for free to air and subscription TV channels for Tuesday 22 June 2021 using Oztam data.
Top 20 TV ratings for Free To Air programs
It was has been back-to-back great ratings for Channel 7. Last night over two million people tuned in to view the news and then the news at 6:30. The news dominated the top four spots on the viewership table for the second straight night, while Celebrity Apprentice topped the reality TV viewing again with 758,000 fans tuning in to the show.
Top 20 TV ratings for Subscription TV programs
Subscription TV saw popular kids show Peppa Pig top the ratings last night with a whopping 80,000 viewers tuning in to her next adventure. Sports show AFL 360 came in fifth on the ratings table with 64,000 people watching Gerard and Robbo do their thing. Mr. Inbetween held seven of the 20 spots on the table as its popularity continues to grow.
Where is this audience measurement ratings data obtained from?
This Oztam data obtains audience measurements across both free to air and pay tv subscriptions. This is across both metro and regional areas including capital cities Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Darwin and Hobart. The result is latest tv ratings for top ratings for Australian television.
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Q: Question about ball collision in 2D and conservation of momentum & kinetic energy I have a question regarding the collision of 2 balls (of the same unit mass $m=1$) in 2 dimension, please.
We suppose that, right before the point of collision, the velocity of ball $\rm A$  was
$ [1, 3]$. The velocity of ball $\rm B$ right before the collision was $[-2, 4]$. The velocities right before collision in a picture looks as follows.

The total momentum before collision is : $[1,3] + [-2,4] = [-1,7]$
The total kinetic energy before collision is : $0.5×(1×1 + 3×3) + 0.5×(-2×-2 + 4×4) = 15$
Since these are the only two constrains we impose on ourselves, we might eyeball the velocities after the collision as follows. Suppose if the velocity of ball $\rm A$ after collision is $[0,2]$, and the velocity of ball $\rm B$ after the collision is $[-1,5]$.
In this case, the momentum after collision is $[0,2] + [-1,5] = [-1,7]$ which is exactly conserved (since momentum is conserved dimension-wise for each dimension individually).
The kinetic energy after collision is : $0.5(0×0 + 2×2) + 0.5(-1×-1 + 5×5) = 15$ which is also exactly conserved.
Thus the two constrains, which is conservation of momentum and conservation of kinetic energy are both satisfied.
We might graph the velocities after the collision as:

But this mathematical result does not make sense physically.
Ball $\rm A$ has somehow "switched" place with ball $\rm B$. Comparing the before-and-after pictures, we cannot imagine real life ball collisions (for example pool balls on pool table) behaving in this way.
The two constrains we have used as "reality check" are :

*

*momentum before collision $=$ momentum after collision

*kinetic energy before collision $=$ kinetic energy after collision

Which means, these two constraints alone are not sufficient to correctly predict what will happen physically when the two balls collide, isn't it?
But this is the usual framing of the collision of balls in 2D. So, what is wrong with the calculation above, or what is wrong with assuming just the 2 standard constrains of momentum conservation and kinetic energy conservation in this case?

A: In two or more dimensions, momentum conservation and kinetic energy conservation do not provide enough constraints to uniquely determine the results of an elastic collision. Using equal mass balls, the conservation laws result in the following two equations:
$$\vec{v_1} + \vec{v_2} = \vec{v_1}' + \vec{v_2}'$$
and
$$||\vec{v_1}||^2 + ||\vec{v_2}||^2 = ||\vec{v_1}'||^2 + ||\vec{v_2}'||^2$$
where the unprimed vectors are before the collision and the primed vectors are after the collision. There are four unknowns in this set of equations: $v_{1x}'$, $v_{1y}'$, $v_{2x}'$, and $v_{2y}'$, but there are only three equations (the momentum equation encodes two equations, one for $v_x$ and one for $v_y$. So, there are an infinite number of solutions to these equations, each corresponding to the specific position of the balls at the time of the collision.
To get your solution, imagine that ball A is below and to the left of ball B when they collide. Ball A will receive a horizontal kick in the -x direction and a vertical kick in the -y direction, and Ball B will receive kicks in the opposite directions. This will result in the balls having the velocity in your diagram.

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West central Michigan small fruit regional report – August 9, 2016
Carlos Garcia-Salazar, Michigan State University Extension - August 9, 2016
Spotted wing Drosophila (SWD) high population density, overripe fruit and adverse weather conditions are causing SWD control failures and an increment of fruit infestations in blueberries.
Environmental conditions in west central Michigan remain without much change, with moderate drought and daily high temperatures reaching around 90 degrees Fahrenheit. On average, daily minimum temperatures during the past seven days were 60 F, and the daily maximum averaged 85 F. No substantial rain was reported during the past week, and the area remains under moderate drought conditions. Daily high temperatures and lack of precipitation are creating substantial problems for blueberry growers unable to provide the crop with supplemental irrigation.
Summer raspberries are approaching the end of the harvest season, but there are still some fields that continue harvesting good quality fruit. However, given the increase in the spotted wing Drosophila (SWD) population, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep the fruit free from SWD infestations. Clean harvesting combined with insecticide applications is becoming the most effective SWD control practice.
In blueberries, the situation is more complex. There was a two-fold increase in the size of SWD flies trapped in our monitoring network. Some traps showed up to 90 flies. That is almost double the number of flies trapped last week. That increase in the SWD population density had an impact on the number of complaints from growers requesting assistance with SWD management. Also, packing facilities reported a substantial number of fruit loads with high numbers of SWD larvae at the moment the fruit was tested SWD infestation. Field observations and information provided by growers seem to indicate that, in addition to the unfavorable weather conditions, the reason behind those control failures include insecticides that do not work as expected, tall bushes with dense canopy and, most important of all, not enough water volume applied per acre.
As discussed in the Michigan State University Extension "West central Michigan small fruit regional report for July 12, 2016," daily high temperatures tend to inactivate, or reduce, the toxicity of insecticides such as Malathion or pyrethroid insecticides such as Mustang Maxx. Therefore, relying on a seven-day protection that some of these insecticides provide under tempered weather conditions increases the risk of SWD fruit infestations. Thus, shorter spray intervals are required when daily temperatures are above the upper 80s.
Also, most growers are applying recommended insecticides in water volumes of no more than 30 gallons per acre. That volume works well during spring time when daily temperatures remain below 80 F. This summer, temperatures have been around the upper 80s under moderate drought conditions that also affect the relative humidity. Under these weather conditions, a considerable portion of the volume sprayed onto the bush evaporates, or the low relative humidity reduces the size and mass of droplets carrying the insecticide, preventing them from reaching the inner portion of the bush. For example, in relatively dry, warm air (e.g., 30 percent relative humidity and 78 F), a 100-micron droplet quickly loses water by evaporation and becomes less than half its original diameter (one-eighth of its original volume) while falling only 2.5 feet, according to Ohio State University Extension Bulletin 816-00, "Reducing Spray Drift." Therefore, it is recommended to increase the spray volume to more than 30 gallons per acre to provide enough droplets carrying the insecticide into the bush, and compensate for the volume lost to evaporation or drift.
Finally, during the past week, temperatures in southern counties reached the mid- and upper 90s, and most insecticides were affected by high temperatures and sunlight. Therefore, before making the decision to spray, check the current and extended weather forecast for the next 24-72 hours via MSU Enviro-weather and select the appropriate insecticide accordingly.
For a complete list of recommended insecticides and doses for SWD control, check the "2016 Fruit Management Guide" or call your local MSU Extension office for assistance. You may also contact me at 616-260-0671 or garcias4@msu.edu.


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SYNONYM

#### According to
The Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011

#### Published in
Ann. Rep. N. Y. St. Mus. nat. Hist. 32: 34 (1880)

#### Original name
Polyporus simillimus Peck, 1880

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Wynne in Cross County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
The Trail of Tears along the Memphis to Little Rock Road
By Ruth Wilson Wilcox, June 24, 2017
1. The Trail of Tears along the Memphis to Little Rock Road Marker
The Trail of Tears along the Memphis to Little Rock Road. Down the trail from where you are standing is the most well-preserved remaining section of the historic Trail of Tears in Arkansas. . . Tradition and heritage run deep jn the collective souls of the Five Southeastern Tribes (Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole). Centuries before European contact, these tribes built communities, developed agricultural economies, and created complex tribal governments. . . In the early 1800s, the United States was expanding westward into the new lands purchased from France. . . The eastern states and the federal eovernment were attempting to satisfy white settlers by negotiating treaties with and passing laws over the Native American nations. This process led to the election of Andrew Jackson as President, passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and removal ofthe Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole to present-day Oklahoma. . . Arkansas played a key role in the removal story. The lands now presented as Village Creek State Park witnessed the passage of members of four of these Five Tribes. . . . This historical marker is in Wynne in Cross County Arkansas
Down the trail from where you are standing is the most well-preserved remaining section of the historic Trail of Tears in Arkansas.
Tradition and heritage run deep jn the collective souls of the Five Southeastern Tribes (Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole). Centuries before European contact, these tribes built communities, developed agricultural economies, and created complex tribal governments.
In the early 1800s, the United States was expanding westward into the new lands purchased from France.
The eastern states and the federal eovernment were attempting to satisfy white settlers by negotiating treaties with and passing laws over the Native American nations. This process led to the election of Andrew Jackson as President, passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and removal ofthe Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole to present-day Oklahoma.
Arkansas played a key role in the removal story. The lands now presented as Village Creek State Park witnessed the passage of members of four of these Five Tribes.
35° 9.163′ N, 90° 43.162′ W. Marker is in Wynne, Arkansas, in Cross County. Marker can be reached from County Highway 754. Located in Village Creek State Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 Co Rd 754, Wynne AR 72396, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Wittsburg in the Civil War (approx. 4.6 miles away); Madison in the Civil War (approx. 9.6 miles away); Forrest's Camp (approx. 10.7 miles away); Mississippian Garden (approx. 12.7 miles away).
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At 1:24 p.m. the Dunwoody, Georgia, police department received a call about the explosion at the Arrive Apartments, a luxury apartment complex roughly 15 miles north of downtown Atlanta.
At least 15 to 20 units of the three-story building were damaged in the blast, Dunwoody Deputy Fire Chief Melvin Carter told reporters at a news conference Sunday afternoon. Jaeson Daniels with DeKalb County Fire Rescue told ABC News that four people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
Two people were unaccounted for, he said.
"Right now we're still searching a building, we had a lot of structural damage and structural instability to the building," Carter said.
First responders were using thermal imaging from drones to search the building, according to officials.
Daniels said that the explosion impacted three apartment units across three floors.
A leasing manager called Atlanta Gas prior to the explosion about a reported gas order, Carter said. But the cause of the explosion is still under investigation, Daniels said.
The utility is at the scene of the explosion, assisting first responders, Carter said. A spokeswoman Atlanta Gas Light told ABC News that the utility is cooperating with the emergency response.
The gas has been shut off in the impacted buildings, the spokeswoman said.
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Tapes and rank must be either all sewn-on or all velcro; Airmen are not authorized to mix sew-on and velcro tapes or rank.
(Add) 5.4.4.2.1. When authorized and worn, subdued spice brown color criteria duty identifier tabs and functional badges (e.g. Inspector General, Security Forces, Fire Fighters, Missile Operations) will be centered at the top of the velcro area.
spice brown embroidery on the OCP background. A maximum of two badges may be worn.
Doesn't say I'm afraid on velcro/sew-on for the badges but it seems that being consistent with everything would be a solid bet.
I guess that'd make sense, still think I'll sew them on instead if/when we get them.
is optimistic at best. It's not going to happen on any scale that justifies velcro, per se.
you have to sew the hook and the loops.
be easier depending on what kind of machine you have (if you have one at all).
paying $8 for a cloth set of wings.
but in that case, just stay with the metal for the distinction - that's a lot of pins sitting in "take one / put one"
bins all over the country, not to mention CAP having to buy out the current metal stock to get VG to make cloth.
It's not so much about cadets sharing uniforms. I know many of the squadrons in my area has some surplus of uniforms, and it's easy to fit a cadet into them and have them just buy their tapes and slap them on. I've found sometimes it takes a while to get cadets to get their tapes sewn on (which is why I have been offering to do it for my local squadron for about the last 2 years for free.) You could even have VG put a "Cadet ABU Start Kit" on for sale with the cap tape, the blank rank square and nametape.
Just for the record, and recognizing and respecting that many members, especially cadets, really like wearing the BDU/ABU and other versions permitted over the years, nevertheless I can't let this opportunity pass to note yet again how utterly ridiculous it is for an organization with a civilian SAR mission to use camouflage uniforms!
Wearing camos for civilian rescue is as ridiculous as it was to wear khaki in the 40's, blue in the 50's, and green in the 60's for civilian search and rescue.
All those colors blend in terrain as well. That is why the military wore them in the first place in the time mentioned. Yet it was done for the CAP / Military connection.
And I have not heard there were concerns in that time.
That my friend is why a safety vest is required for SAR missions. Why have a camo uniform when all you're going to do is put bright colors over it? Well those bright colors are only when you go on SAR missions, and when you're at normal meetings or recruiting events it looks "cool" and sparks interest in people, therefore it can be a recruiting tool.
It's amazing how people ALWAYS forget about the requirement for the orange vests during ES and ES training activities.
Especially when they're trying to make an argument against wearing some uniform.
And the requirement has only been around for about 30 years or so.
Ranger tabs can probably come back too, slap it on one of the sleeve pockets or something.
therefore it can be a recruiting tool.
Over Nametapes & branch tapes that are on with Velcro? Maybe if you took off the Velcro and sewed the tapes on so it was consistent.
What I was suggesting is that the former pocket patches could be moved to the lower part of those huge sleeve velcros, and the current shoulder patch could still be on there as well. Putting patches on OCP pockets doesn't look right, at least to me.
Incidentally - the patches normally covered up by the required orange safety vest when in the field - would still be visible.
This is not correct - 5.4.4.2.1. refers to velcro labels on the sleeve of the coat that say "SF," etc.
Sort of like the Navy adopting blue battle dress to blend in with the ocean.
WRT blending with the ocean, the olde blue dungarees weren't any better. If you weren't wearing something brightly colored or reflective, or a light, you were pretty hard to find in the ocean.
Honestly, the biggest issue I have with this is that you are using a Pilot G2 in .5 instead of 1.0.... how can stand that tiny fine tip?! I mean I can almost understand a .7 but a .5 is just ridiculous!
I'm gazing fondly at my Pilot G2 0.38 right now.
I'm really not so concerned with the pattern, it could be navy blue for all I care (although I do like the pattern and I have a ton of other unrelated to CAP gear in multicam which is similar).
What I like, and after speaking with a former CENTCOM Lt Col who's also a current member who had similar feelings, the OCP has the pockets in the right places, they use the right material so it's comfy and won't burn you out in the heat, the pockets are he right size, the sizing options are better etc. It's everything that the Air Force wanted from the start, but politics and a host of other reasons put them and by default US into ABU's.
I never used the lower pockets on the BDU/ABU jacket, but I really see myself using the shoulder pockets on missions where I've got all my other gear on. You can throw a GPS, cell phone, maps, writing materials like a notebook or even ELT shut-off notices.
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The first time I saw a puzzle box I fell in love with the concept and I immediately started to make a design. This here is the first puzzle box I ever designed and made.
It's so easy to make that any beginner will be able to make it, and in case you think that you need expensive tools to make these kind of boxes you must know that I made it using no power tools... so there's no excuse to give it a try!
I made this design inspired by a picture I found on the Internet long ago. I couldn't really find out how to open it so I decided to make my own opening system. Due to this, the box in the picture and the one I made are not opened in the same way.
In my box, you have to remove one of the brown strips to unlock the big compartment, which unlocks the small compartment. I found out that most people that tried to open it didn't notice that there was a small secondary compartment, so it turned out to be a perfect secret place to keep pen drives.
The box is composed by a main structure, and two compartments. In the pictures above you can see the structure and the pieces of each part.
The first time I cut the wood using a marquetry saw but I realised that the wood was so soft that I could use a cutter guided by a metalic ruler, and that's what I did for the second box I made.
For the locking mechanism you have to drill the holes that will connect the compartments. In some of them you will put 8mm long sticks so that they could lock the move of the compartment.
- Mark with pencil where the holes will be drilled. It doesn't really matter where you put them to connect the compartments, but in order to lock the big one you first have to place four strips spaced 30mm and mark their contour because you will have to drill two holes in one of these areas that the strips will cover.
- In order to align the hole and the locking stick you have to put those two pieces of wood together and drill both at the same time. You will have to do this with the back of the big compartment and the side of the small one, as well as with the short side of the structure and the left side of the big compartment. In the pictures you will see that I drilled four holes (that's when I made the first box), but when I made a second one for a friend I drilled only two (though one would be enough too).
- Once the holes are drilled, put some glue in the holes of the back of the big compartment and put the 8mm long sticks in them.
- Stick another two 8mm long sticks to one of the 84mm long strips.
- Put all the pieces together by putting a thin layer of wood glue and remove any excess using a paper.
- Check that everything fits and use sandpaper to adjust it all so that you can easily open it because if you decide to paint it you won't be able to.
- Finally, put the long strips (84mm) on the sides and the short ones (78mm) on top and bottom.
I decided to paint the box because the wood I used didn't look beautiful. I applyed two coats of paint and sanded the surface using a 400 grit sandpaper to make it look shiny.
I made two boxes like this and their owners and every people that tryed to open it loved them. They use them to keep USB drives and jewelry.
Awesome! well done, I've always liked puzzle boxes!


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Japanese American Veterans Collection Chaplain Higuchi Wartime Correspondence During World War II, Hiro Higuchi of Hawaii volunteered to serve as one of two chaplains attached to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Japanese American unit formed in January 1943. Following his enlistment, Higuchi attended the U.S. Army Chaplain School at Harvard University in the fall of 1943. In November 1943, he joined the soldiers of the 442nd RCT for intensive training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. In June 1944, Higuchi accompanied the 442nd RCT to Europe, where he served with the unit in Italy and France. Chaplain Hiro Higuchi returned home to Hawaii in December 1945. As chaplain of the 442nd RCT's 2nd Battalion, Higuchi did not engage in battle, though his duties enabled him to experience firsthand the nature of war. He provided comfort and solace to the troops, held religious services on the front lines, transported the wounded and dead from the battlefield, comforted injured soldiers at first aid stations, wrote letters to the families of those killed in action, held memorial services, and performed various administrative duties. While serving with the 442nd RCT, Chaplain Higuchi wrote frequent letters to his wife Hisako reassuring her of his safety and documenting his experiences and impressions of the war. His descriptive letters provide insight into the mindset and experiences of the soldiers of the 442nd RCT and the nature of military life in World War II. Hisako Higuchi also wrote frequent letters to her husband describing life at home in Pearl City, Oahu. She describes the daily activities of family and friends, as well as noteworthy happenings around the island. Her detailed accounts of daily life provide insight into the nature of Hawaii's homefront during the war. This website contains a selection of the letters exchanged between Chaplain Hiro Higuchi and his wife Hisako during World War II. The letters are listed in chronological order and are available in PDF format. To learn more about the correspondence and other papers of Chaplain Hiro Higuchi at the University of Hawaii Archives & Manuscripts Department, please see the Hiro Higuchi Papers Finding Aid . Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, their descendants, or the repository if copyright has been signed over, as stipulated by United States copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user to determine any copyright restrictions, obtain written permission, and pay any fees necessary for the reproduction or proposed use of the materials.
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Q: Language support with bibtex I'm writing my Bachelorthesis in english. I am using TexnicCenter and bibtex. The preamble has the following values:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[babel, german=quotes]{csquotes}
\usepackage[ngerman]{isodate}
\usepackage[ngerman]{datetime}
\usepackage[numbers, square]{natbib}

reduced to (maybe) relevant entries.
The section references is added with
\selectlanguage{english}
\bibliographystyle{alphadin}
\bibliography{content/bibliography}

however e.g. the entry
@misc{TICPI2015,
    Author = {Transparency{\ }International},
    Date-Added = {2016-11-01 17:23:00 +0000},
    Date-Modified = {2016-11-01 17:23:00 +0000},
    Lastchecked = {01.12.2016},
    Title = {{Transparency International} - The Global Anti-Corruption Coalition},
    Url = {http://www.transparency.org/cpi2015},
    Urldate = {2016-11-01},
    Year = {2016},
    language = "English"
}

looks like the following:

which is german and not english (the word Abruf instead of Last Checked). Also in project settings, the project language is set to en and dialect to US.
How can I make the entries in references in english?

A: Your problem is that you are using BibTeX and a German style (alphadin). In this style all words are coded in German. BibTeX by itself, and natbib as bibliography-package do not support language change. Neither babel nor csquotes have anything to do with it.
You have three possibilities:
No. 1: Use an English style, for example:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[numbers, square]{natbib}

\begin{document}
Test \cite{TICPI2015}

\selectlanguage{english}
\bibliographystyle{abbrv}
\bibliography{Lit}
\end{document}

No. 2: Switch to babelbib (https://www.ctan.org/pkg/babelbib) instead of natbib, where you have full language support while staying with BibTeX, but can only use citation styles predefined by babelbib.
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[english, ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[fixlanguage]{babelbib}

\begin{document}
Test \cite{TICPI2015}

\selectbiblanguage{english}
\bibliographystyle{babalpha}
\bibliography{Lit}
\end{document}

No. 3: Switch to BibLaTeX, where you have native full language support, lots of styles available, and can customise everything to your liking on the go.
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[english, ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=numeric]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{Lit.bib}

\begin{document}
Test \cite{TICPI2015}

\selectlanguage{english}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

A: The simplest answer is with \usepackage[babel, british=quotes]{csquotes}.
You can also try this :
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[autostyle, german=quotes]{csquotes}

Then when you call \selectlanguage{english}it should switch languages.


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Biografia
Incominciò la sua carriera artistica nel 1882, debuttando a teatro come cantante di operetta. Trasferitasi negli Stati Uniti, nel 1892 si affermò a Broadway, diventando in breve tempo uno dei personaggi femminili più conosciuti nell'epoca del Vaudeville.

Il suo esordio cinematografico avvenne nel 1914, accanto a Charlie Chaplin in Il fortunoso romanzo di Tillie, diretto da Mack Sennett, ruolo che aveva interpretato già con grande successo sulle scene teatrali. All'uscita del film in Europa, il personaggio di Chaplin cominciava a diventare di moda, tanto che la pellicola fu considerata più un film di Chaplin che di Marie Dressler che pure ne era la protagonista, tanto che i titoli alternativi del film furono L'odissea di Charlot o Charlot milionario per un'ora. Seguirono alcune pellicole di minor rilievo, fino al 1918, quando la Dressler si allontanò dal mondo cinematografico.
Nel frattempo, diventò un'attivista del sindacato degli attori e, durante la guerra contribuì alla campagna Prestito della Libertà.
Rientrò nel mondo del cinema nel 1928 con l'avvento del sonoro.

L'anno successivo ottenne il premio Oscar quale migliore attrice per l'interpretazione nel film Castigo, e una candidatura nel 1932.

Ammalatasi di cancro, morì a Santa Barbara il 28 luglio 1934, a 65 anni.

Filmografia

 Il fortunoso romanzo di Tillie (Tillie's Punctured Romance), regia di Mack Sennett (1914)
 Tillie's Tomato Surprise, regia di Howell Hansel (1915)
 Tillie Wakes Up, regia di Harry Davenport (1917)
 Fired, regia di Marie Dressler - cortometraggio (1917)
 The Scrub Lady - cortometraggio (1917)
 The Agonies of Agnes - cortometraggio (1918)
 The Red Cross Nurse - cortometraggio (1918)
 The Callahans and the Murphys, regia di George W. Hill (1927)
 Sogni dorati (The Joy Girl), regia di Allan Dwan (1927)
 Breakfast at Sunrise, regia di Jack Conway (1928)
 Fascino biondo (The Patsy), regia di King Vidor  (1928)
 Bringing Up Father, regia di Jack Conway (1928)
 Trafalgar (The Divine Lady), regia di Frank Lloyd  (1929)
 Hollywood che canta (The Hollywood Revue of 1929), regia di Charles Reisner (1929)
 Dangerous Females, regia di William Watson - cortometraggio (1921)
 The Vagabond Lover, regia di Marshall Neilan (1929)
 Arcobaleno (Chasing Rainbows), regia di Charles Reisner (1930)
 Anna Christie, regia di Clarence Brown (1930)
 Come rubai mia moglie (The Girl Said No), regia di Sam Wood (1930)
 Notte romantica (One Romantic Night), regia di Paul L. Stein (1930)
 La borsa e la vita (Caught Short), regia di Charles Reisner (1930)
 La moglie bella (Let Us Be Gay), regia di Robert Z. Leonard
 Castigo (Min and Bill), regia di George W. Hill (1930)
 Istituto di bellezza (Reducing), regia di Charles Reisner (1930)
 Lo sciopero delle mogli (Politics), regia di Charles Reisner (1931)
 The Christmas Party, regia di Charles Reisner - cortometraggio (1931)
 Ingratitudine (Emma), regia di Clarence Brown (1932)
 Prosperity, regia di Sam Wood (1932)
 Cuori in burrasca (Tugboat Annie), regia di Mervyn LeRoy (1933)
 Pranzo alle otto (Dinner at Eight), regia di George Cukor (1933)
 Christopher Bean, regia di Sam Wood (1933)

Film o documentari dove appare Marie Dressler
Actors' Fund Field Day - sé stessa cameo (1910)

Spettacoli teatrali
The Century Girl (Broadway, 6 novembre 1916)

Riconoscimenti
Premi Oscar 1931 – Oscar alla miglior attrice per l'interpretazione in Castigo
Premi Oscar 1932 – Candidatura all'Oscar alla miglior attrice per l'interpretazione in Ingratitudine

Per il suo contributo all'industria cinematografica, le fu assegnata una stella sull'Hollywood Walk of Fame al 1731 di Vine Street.

Doppiatrici italiane
Rosina Galli in Castigo
Maria Letizia Celli in Pranzo alle otto (doppiaggio originale del 1934)
Margherita Bagni in Pranzo alle otto (ridoppiaggio del 1951)

Note

Bibliografia
  Ray Stuart Immortals of the Screen, Bonanza Books, New York 1965

Voci correlate
Celebrità della Hollywood Walk of Fame

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

  Marie Dressler su Silent Hollywood

Cinema muto statunitense


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Duress, Undue Influence and Unconscionable Dealings 3rd ed
Nelson Enonchong
Previous Edition ISBN: 9781847038036
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Part of the Contract Law Library, the third edition of Duress, Undue Influence and Unconscionable Dealing provides an account of the law relating to these areas.
Duress, Undue, Influence and Unconscionable Dealing are grounds on which a contract could be avoided by one of the parties because his/her consent was obtained by some form of pressure which the law considers unacceptable.
Duress deals with circumstances where the complainant's consent was obtained by the use of illegitimate pressure, such as a threat of physical violence or economic pressure.
Undue influence deals with cases where one person has acquired influence over another and that influence is exercised in an unacceptable manner to procure the consent of the other person to enter into a contract.
Unconscionable dealing is concerned with cases where one party is suffering from some special disability, such as poverty, ignorance, illness, necessity, intoxication, (the weaker party) and the other party (the stronger party) makes an unconscientious use of his position of power to impose terms which are unfair to the weaker party. The stronger party may be guilty of unconscionable dealing even though he has not exercised any form of pressure on the weaker party.
Provides comprehensive information on all aspects of duress, undue influence and unconscionable dealing
Helps you deal with problems arising from disputes
Gives a detailed explanation of the general principles
Explains the remedies and defences available
Examines the different types of duress including duress to the person, duress of goods and economic duress
Covers recent developments and case law relating to undue influence, including relevant Supreme Court and Court of Appeal decisions and commonwealth cases
It includes a comparative analysis of the approach in other jurisdictions, particularly Australia and Scotland.
Gives examples of how duress, undue influence and unconscionable dealing cases work in practice
Takes you through the detailed steps that should be taken by a bank where there is a risk of third party undue influence
1. General Introduction;
PART I DURESS;
2. The Nature of Duress;
3. Is the Pressure Illegitimate?;
4. Causation;
5. Types of Duress;
PART II UNDUE INFLUENCE AND ABUSE OF CONFIDENCE;
6. Introduction to Part II;
7. Equitable Undue Influence;
8. Actual Undue Influence;
9. Presumed Undue Influence;
10. The First Requirement: A Relationship of Influence;
11. The Second Requirement: A Transaction that calls for Explanation;
12. Rebutting the Presumption of Undue Influence;
13. Undue Influence in Probate Law;
14. Abuse of Confidence;
PART III UNCONSCIONABLE DEALING;
15. Introduction to Part III;
16. Special Disadvantage;
17. Impropriety in the Stronger Party's Conduct;
18. Transactional Imbalance;
19. Independent Advice;
20. Scope of Unconscionable Dealing;
PART IV THIRD PARTY'S DURESS, UNDUE INFLUENCE OR UNCONSCIONABLE CONDUCT;
21. Introduction to Part IV;
22. The Doctrine of Agency;
23. The Doctrine of Notice;
24. Constructive Notice: When is a Party Put on Inquiry?;
25. Constructive Notice: Steps to be Taken by the Creditor;
26. The Experience in Australia and Scotland;
PART V REMEDIES AND DEFENCES;
27. Introduction to Part V;
28. Remedies;
29. Equitable Defences
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Criminal Injustice
Activists: Black Man's Fatal Stabbing Outside Of North Shore Bar May Be Hate Crime
By Associated Press • Aug 24, 2018
Joden Rocco is charged with the fatal stabbing of Dulane Cameron Jr. outside of the Tequila Cowboy bar on the North Shore.
Allegheny County DA's office via AP
Activists have called for prosecutors to investigate the stabbing of a 24-year-old black man outside a Pittsburgh bar as a hate crime after video emerged of the white suspect using a racial epithet.
Joden Rocco has been charged with homicide in the death of Dulane Cameron Jr. Police allege he had just been ejected from Tequila Cowboy around 2 a.m. Sunday when he started a confrontation with Cameron and Cameron's friend, who also is black, on a sidewalk. The men scuffled and police said Rocco stabbed Cameron in the neck and fled.
According to an affidavit, a shirtless Rocco was arrested shortly after the stabbing after flagging down police hoping for a ride home.
An Instagram video posted by WPXI-TV shows 24-year-old Rocco saying that he's trying to see how many times he can use a racial epithet before being thrown out of bars. It wasn't clear when the video was posted to his account. Instagram stories expire 24 hours after they are posted.
A spokesman for District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala said Thursday the investigation is ongoing.
"We are certainly aware of some of the attitudes, opinions and positions that the defendant has posited, but we have not made a decision as to whether or not additional charges are warranted," said Mike Manko.
The Allegheny County Public Defender's office, which is representing Rocco, said Thursday it can't comment on the case.
Activists with the group Partners in Justice tell the Tribune Review they have unearthed Facebook posts on Rocco's account espousing racist and white supremacist views.
The group formed in the aftermath of the June police shooting of unarmed black teenager Antwon Rose.
Ashely Palmer said the group started receiving messages about Rocco's Facebook activity and screenshots of allegedly racist postings shortly after his arrest. Her group is urging the district attorney to investigate the stabbing as a hate crime.
Cameron's father told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he was made aware of Rocco's allegedly racist postings but said he harbors no anger.
"He has my forgiveness," Dulane Cameron Sr. told the newspaper Tuesday. "As Jesus, humble on the cross, said, 'Father forgive them; they know not what they do.' And I'm feeling the same way."
He believes evil forces pushed Rocco to act.
"My heart goes out to that man and it goes out to his family for what he has to face," he said.
Joden Rocco
Wolf Says 'No' To All But One Debate In Governor's Race
By Marc Levy | Associated Press • Aug 23, 2018
Chris Pizello / Invision via AP
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is agreeing to participate in just one debate before the November election with his Republican rival, an event to be moderated by "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek.
State Prisons Make Changes After Staff Mysteriously Sickened
By Kathleen Davis & Mark Scolforo| Associated Press • Aug 23, 2018
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Pennsylvania's state prison system is tightening security and revamping procedures after 18 staff members were treated at hospitals for exposure to a yet-unidentified substance at three prisons earlier this month.
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By An-Li Herring • Aug 23, 2018
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For the next month, motorists on Interstate 86 in the northwestern tip of Pennsylvania will see a billboard with the statement: "Tax Cuts Threaten Social Security."
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Photo by Anthony Bookhammer / Courtesy of Rivers of Steel Arts
Neglected for decades, in the past several years the Carrie Blast Furnaces, in Rankin, have been reborn.


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A misguided approach
EU measures to block access to websites which host indecent child images threatens both our freedom and privacy, and is not the most effective way to combat child abuse
Image: CC-AT Flickr: srqpix (Clyde Robinson)
A new directive tocombat child exploitation is reaching the final stages in the European Parliament. The draft measures contain controversial powers to block access to websites believed to host child abuse material, but would impose a censorship infrastructure on the Internet.
Child abuse crimes are undoubtedly a serious issue but the use of overtly emotional language can be dangerous and misleading. The tone adopted by some supporters of the proposals risks distorting the debate, and it leaves those who oppose the plans in the tricky position of being portrayed as arguing against defending children.
But there is much evidence to suggest that blocking is not an effective way to prevent child abuse, and that these proposals are ultimately harmful. The German organisation MOGiS (MissbrauchsOpfer Gegen InternetSperren, or Abuse Survivors Against Internet Blocking), who have been campaigning since 2009, assert: "We are opposing the blocking of web pages as a means to tackle the circulation of the images of sexual child abuse on the internet". Founder of the group, Christian Bahls, speaks and writes powerfully about his deep concern for these plans to "block access to websites using a secret blocking list that is being exchanged by police forces without any involvement of the justice system".
Also campaigning against the measures is EDRi, an international non-profit association which promotes digital rights. EDRi have published a booklet titled Internet blocking: Crimes should be punished and not hidden, which is full of detailed analysis. As Joe McNamee, an expert with EDRi, explained in a meeting at the European Parliament and in an article for Index on Censorship, web blocking is "useless" and means that "citizens are led to believe that something is being done, and politicians can take refuge in a populist policy in the full knowledge that blocking has no positive benefits and leaves the websites online".
A similar argument was put forward by EuroISPA (who represent over 1800 ISPs) who emphasised that "blocking allows images to remain online and available for use by those who present a real danger to children. These criminals make it their business to know how to circumvent blocks and continue to copy and share images".
Opponents argue that the proposed measures are flawed: they fail to adequately address the actual issue of child abuse; implementation across countries with vastly differing laws is technically implausible; there is a lack of judicial control; and they pose a distinct threat to fundamental rights, most notably freedom of expression and the right to privacy (more on these rights-based issues in an open email to MEPs).
Worryingly, these measures have already passed through preliminary stages. Last week, the Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) held a hearing to discuss the plans in more detail, and members now have a brief chance to table amendments with a vote scheduled for 3 February. After this, the directive will advance to the final stage, when all MEPs have the opportunity to vote on it.
Whilst we debate Article 21 of the proposed directive that is set to sanction the censoring powers, it is important to remember that other Article 21 (of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), which upholds that "the will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government": herein lies our right to protest against flawed, ineffective and potentially dangerous measures.
Amalia is an independent writer who supports human rights including internet freedom. She writes at amaliaking.co.uk and tweets as @amaliakinguk
*This article was modified on 20 January 2011
Nigel Hawthorn:
There's no disagreement I would think that taking down this content is the best outcome.
However, where sites are in other juristictions, a take-down measure may not be possible and in such cases I would argue that a block on the most egregious content is appropriate.
in the UK, the IWF http://www.iwf.org.uk/ is the point for reporting content as potentially showing images of child abuse. They investigate the content, they issue take-down notices if hosted in the UK (now rare, partly as they have been so effective over the years), they try to identify the victim and pepetrator, work with the CPS to prosecute and provide evidence in court. The IWF is an organisation that is set up purely to work within strict legal criteria, paid for by the government, ISPs, filtering vendors and police forces and so is completely immersed in the legal system of the UK.
They also provide a list of URLs to ISPs and filtering vendors for blocking of this illegal content. So, if a URL cannot be taken down, surely a block is better than doing nothing.
The balance between freedom and restrition is a tricky one in a liberal democracy and I am pleased we are debating it, however as no-one would normally defend someone's rights to shout "fire" in a crowded theatre, it is interesting to note that some people apear to be defending people's rights to distribute an image of someone committing an offence or encourages others to do the same.
The article repeats sweeping comments about non-accountable bodies and technology not being effective and contain emotive words, similar to the accusation being made against those recommending blocking.
My view is that an organisation set up in a similar manner to the IWF can be effective and the small number of child abuse sites hosted in the UK is a proof-point that when legal/political and industry teams get together, a good outcome is possible.
Interested parties can visit the IWF facilities and talk to the team, Amalia may want to do so to see just what is possible and look at the figures from their yearly reports.
I hope this comment helps the balance of the debate.
Jim Killock:
Hi Nigel,
Thanks you for your comments, which I think are helpful.
Only a few EU countries have blocking schemes, and not many are mandatory. The EU is pushing for a mandatory scheme, despite evidence that such schemes are reducing the pressure for real action, ie international takedown agreements.
It's easy to assume that takedown cannot take place in some circumstances. But of course, this is about international agreement for law enforcement, and in the case of phishing sites, such co-operation takes place and takedown is swift and universal.
The EU is also pushing for a system which opens up the possibilities for further blocking, of course. We shouldn't assume that all EU democracies are safe from requests to extend the use of such systems. Without wishing to sound arrogant – while the UK might have a reasonable chance of resisting calls for extension of blocking to wider problems, it seems inevitable that some member states will succumb to requests to use these systems inappropriately. Hungary and Italy have both recently shown themselves prone to push for laws which might seem to threaten freedom of speech on the net.
The UK blocking system is best understood as a service to ISP customers - they are prevented from accidentally stumbling on a tiny number of sites which would however be distressing to find. It does not prevent customers from circumventing the block and is not mandatory. Nevertheless, there are regular calls for its use to be extended to prevent access of libel, hate speech, anorexia sites and copyright infringing material.
Sadly, phishing sites are not universally taken down – though perhaps we all wish they were. Perhaps if hosted in the EU they are taken down quickly, but the cooperation from authorities outside the EU is patchy and shouldn't be assumed.
The "slippery slope" argument is always a good one and we all have to be vigilant that governments do not expand the reach beyond what is agreed. On the other hand, it doesn't necessarily follow that because of the possible threat of the slippery slope, we should do nothing.
It is true that there have been regular calls for the IWF scope to be extended, however this has been going on for the life of the IWF. Some would say that politicians looking to make a populist stance occasionally make statements that are intended to be published and not intended to be acted upon, and it has been difficult to work out how some of these would have been implemented as the judgement necessary would require a very detailed description and likely to lead to legal challenge. That's why I believe the IWF can be pointed to as a scheme that works, primarily because its aims are clear and narrowly focused. So, instead of the arguments against the blocking measures starting from a point of view that says "this has never worked", I believe the better discussion is around how the laws are framed so that we don't fall down the slippery-slope to other areas as described.
Having the IWF in the UK has reduced the number of child abuse images hosted in the UK as the takedown measures have been working hand-in-hand with the filter list. Sadly, the latest report from the IWF shows that 44% of this content was hosted in Europe www.iwf.org.uk/resources/trends#Volumeworldwide – if the EU brings together a stronger take-down and filtering system in tandem, I would expect that the material hosted in Europe will reduce – however if it moves outside the EU's jurisdiction, I believe we'll still need a block within the EU for non-EU-hosted content.
James:
And 48% is located in North America - are you suggesting the US and Canada would not respond to takedown requests of illegal material?
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I think the answer to that is best contained in the %age you quote, the graph of the source of the material around the world and the text from the IWF report reprinted below. Happily in the report, Canada is singled out with a very positive attitude of cooperation.
http://www.iwf.org.uk/resources/trends#Volumeworldwide
"However, we still have concerns about the length of time some websites distributing images of children being sexually abused remain available around the world so we have been considering ways in which to speed up the removal of these images outside the UK, in collaboration with our international partners. We are very pleased to have been granted funding by the Nominet Trust to develop this work.
We look forward to adopting a more direct approach towards the international removal at source of potentially criminal child sexual abuse content by fostering relationships with internet service providers and hosting providers outside the UK so that, in partnership with their relevant national authorities, we can alert them to the abuse of their own networks for the distribution of child sexual abuse images as quickly as possible."
Richard Clayton:
Nigel said "Sadly, phishing sites are not universally taken down"
Although correct as written, this statement entirely misleads.
The academic research that I have been involved with for many years has shown that the key reason for a failure to promptly remove a phishing website is the bank being unaware it exists.
I can recall very few sites staying up for as long as a week when the bank was actively trying to get them taken down. In contrast, all the child sexual abuse websites that we have studied the removal data for were "known" (by definition) and there the _average_ takedown time was around 4 _weeks_.
The reason for this is extremely straightforward, no attempt was being made to get the child sexual abuse image sites removed. Of course we cannot be sure how long these sites will stay up for if removal activity was at the same level as the banks achieve, but I would be most surprised if this group of criminals did any better than the phishing criminals -- where we measured the take-down time to be an average (mean) of four hours, with a median of 0 hours (ie half the sites were removed before we could even start to measure their lifetime).
See: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/takedown.pdf for the academic paper and all the exact figures. Although the paper is now a couple of years old, I believe the data to still be similar, the main difference being quite a significant reduction in child sexual abuse image websites as the purveyors are (sometimes) arrested and (substantially) moving to other means of distribution.
The biggest impact the IWF could make, in my opinion, would be to make reports to the hosting companies. Unfortunately, they have decided it is better not to "tread on the toes" of their companion hotlines in other countries by making such direct reports. I think this is extremely undesirable, since it is clear that progress towards rapid reports to hosting companies is painfully slow.
This is almost orthogonal to the blocking issue, except in so far as the only real reason that there are sites to block is the inability of the hotline systems (or anyone else) to take any effective responsibility for getting this material taken down.
joe:
In the UK, there is a particular "meme" that "blocking is effective", which is repeated by industry, the IWF and the government funded child protection organisations - and Mr Hawthorn, above. Nobody stops to ask.... effective in doing what, exactly?
* The website remains online, it doesn't stop anyone accessing the material if they want to,
* it can be used by the owner of the site to check if their activities have been identified by national authorities (especially if it is extended across Europe as planned),
* when the blocking list leaks as almost all in the world already have, it provides a "yellow pages" for anyone interested in the content,
* it reduces pressure on governments to take real action (compare the work with the USA on ACTA with the work with the USA to have the sites deleted),
* "self-regulatory" blocking/deletion of sites allows states to avoid investing in due process and even investigations and prosecutions,
* it is also not effective in stopping accidental access, because there is no evidence from the evolution of reports from citizens where blocking is in place that any fewer people access the material by accident than in countries where there is no blocking in place. Indeed, the reduction in reports in recent years has been BIGGER in Ireland (without blocking) than in the UK, which has blocking.
And still they continue to talk, unashamed and unchallenged, about the "effectiveness" of an approach which helps criminals more than it hinders them.
Hopefully we're not going around in circles and simply repeating our beliefs without listeing to others, but there does seem to be a bit of repetition here, so I'll add to it by repeating my view, hope it helps.
1. I believe that take-down is the best solution and hope that there is no question of that.
2. In the UK, take-down is working, it works well, it is part of the IWF's remit and more important than the list.
3. if every country globally was a good at take-down, as fast, as effective and as committed I think that any list would be unnecessary.
Sadly, that is not the case.
So, let's all work together to promote take-down as the best solution, lobby all of our parliaments globally that this is by far the best result and use whatever positive evidence from other countries to show that take-down can and does work. (to hark back to the UK again, the yearly reports from the IWF of many years ago showed a significant portion of this material was hosted in the UK - the fact that this has reduced is in part to the take-down service being so effective).
So, hopefully we are all in agreement about that, and if all we want to do is to lobby for an ideal world, that is fine.
Meanwhile, the question that needs to be asked is "while waiting for take-down services in other countries to be as efficient as we'd like, do we do anything to stop that material from coming into our countries from elsewhere?"
I think we have two possible answers:
1. We are doing all we can in our country, sorry that the content we consider illegal is being hosted outside our juristiction, but there's nothing we can do about it except try to lobby them as we have no power to take-down ourselves.
2. We will try to take some responsibility even for content that is hosted outside our borders by delivering a block list of that content. At the same time, we will notify the take-down service in the country it is being hosted in, we will lobby their service to be fast and efficient, we will do all we can with InHope etc. to get to a global consensus, but in the meantime we will at least try to be effective at blocking the recipients of that content in our country.
It looks like we are primarily in agreement about the ultimate solution, but disagreeing whether we should take responsibility for content hosted outside our juristiction, my view is that we should take responsibility and offer a blocking service, however flawed it may be.
Joe, I think your points 1 and 2 are correct - though I'd take issue with all of the others - but once we take into account that the blocking lists are of those sites hosted outside the jursitiction of the country, then I think you'll see that a blocking list is better than not having anything.
My hope would be that any EU regulation includes take-down services as the primary measure and the list as secondary. Then, all EU-countries will have a powerful take-down program, then any EU-list will only need to cover sites hosted outside the EU (the majority of sites are already hosted outside the EU).
Nigel is entirely correct, the question is indeed "while waiting for take-down services in other countries to be as efficient as we would like, do we do anything to stop that material from coming into our countries from elsewhere?"
The problem is that he has missed out the best answer, which would read:
"3. We are doing all we can in our country, but almost all of the content we consider illegal is being hosted outside our jurisdiction, so what we will do is to deal _directly_ with the hosting companies, and where necessary the CERTS, police etc in those other jurisdictions. We already know that the banks are able to get material removed in very short time periods, so we will learn their techniques (we might even ask them to help by passing on their contacts, or donating some of their time to help) and we will soon be just as effective as they are. We will not waste consumer money on forcing the ISPs to build blocking systems that fool politicians into thinking the problem is "solved" and that are trivial for any who wishes to circumvent."
So yes, we should take responsibility for material outside the jurisdiction, but promoting blocking is an abdication of that responsibility.
Richards point 3 is a great one, at least in theory. However, IMHO I think it assumes a greater level of resources and inter-country trust and cooperation than is possible in reality.
Bank phishing sites come down for a couple of reasons - 1. The criminals are trying to catch people fast and take their own site down as soon as they have enough victims as they don't want to be followed and 2. Every country's law enforcement agencies understand the issue and agree that phishing sites are a bad thing (i hope it is "every" - perhaps it is only "most").
Perhaps there's an assumption in the US/EU that every other country thinks that child abuse images are worthy of fast action, sadly in my experience this is not always the case. If we chase the hosters from one country, they will go to another with more opaque laws and with 196 countries, the number of places we need to lobby and work with is huge.
So, yes, let's bring in anyone who can offer help, let's make as much noise about the problem as we can, let's lobby everyone but who's going to pay for this effort, who is actually going to roll up their sleeves and negotiate with every country (let's take an example, who knows the Ukrainian laws) and try to presuade them that our judgement on an illegal image is the same as theirs and they should trust us and take down an image on our say-so?
I could go off at a tangent and comment on how laws are written, what exactly is an illegal image, what is the age of consent in each country, how do you decide if an image breaks the law, is there a difference between real and psuedo-images and comment that some countries are slower at responding partly because the ISPs don't want to be sued by the content owner who claims that whatever action the ISPs take is removing their business and they take a case through the courts to sure the ISP for loss of earnings. I digress, but the problem here is that we cannot assume that there are any laws to enforce and that if there are any laws, that they are written in the same terms as ours.
So, despite the hope that we can implement Richard's plan, there's still a question about "what do we do in the meantime?" and I, for one, do not want to stand up in front of a parent and say "I'm sorry that the industry had techniques to address part of the problem, but because we were aiming for a higher goal, we didn't bother trying".
Nigel and I are clearly not going to agree, but just to address a couple of misconceptions about phishing sites (which I have been studying for many years). He says:
"The criminals are trying to catch people fast and take their own site down as soon as they have enough victims as they don't want to be followed"
I have never seen any evidence of this at all -- when the banks are unaware of sites they will stay up for extended periods, and the traceability of the criminals (and it is in fact seldom that any attempt is made to trace them) would not be substantially affected by them removing the sites. Additionally, most sites only snare a few dozen victims, and I doubt that many criminals would be satisfied with so few. This is why I have not observed the criminals removing sites off their own bat, and why I do not believe that they do it often, if at all.
He also says, "Every country's law enforcement agencies understand the issue and agree that phishing sites are a bad thing (i hope it is "every" - perhaps it is only "most")" and goes on to explain the practical difficulties that are encountered in dealing with child sexual abuse image websites.
I recognise _all_ of the difficulties he outlines from the stories I have been told by the companies and banks who successfully tackle take-down on a daily basis. That is why they regularly have to escalate difficult cases to CERTS and to law enforcement, and why their contact lists are so valuable in getting prompt action.
When it comes to take-down the only thing which is special about child sexual abuse websites, I would argue, is that many hosters will take this type of content more seriously than phishing, not less. I remain convinced that global cross-jurisdictional requests for take-down will be far more effective as a policy than the IWF and others appear to believe.
I'm completely behind Richard's attempt to get cross-border cooperation and would recommend that the best place to start is InHope www.inhope.org rather than taking one of the national hotlines and trying to expand their purpose.
InHope currently have affiliate members in 33 countries that already cooperate with each other as they have all signed up to InHope's code of practice, so part of what you recommend is already underway.
However, there's a lot of countries not part of the scheme, so I guess phase one is trying to get hotlines set up in the other 160ish countries and bring them into InHope.
Then, perhaps it won't be necessary to expand InHope's role (or those of the individual country hotlines), but if it is, it will no doubt require resources; both people and money, as well as an agreement that this is possible, desirable and achievable.
I hate to be a bearer of bad news; InHope has been going since 1999, so it has taken 12 years to get 33 countries with member hotlines joined in this way - the list of countries is still dominated by European ones - sadly they are not all as successful as we'd like, as you can see from the IWF list of hosting countries.
Meanwhile, the web is global and if the take-down was as effective as we all hope, the commercial sites will move outside these 33 countries (if they haven't already) therefore I still believe that there's a good case for the blocking of sites not hosted in these 33 countries as well as stronger power of take-down for each of the hotlines that are members.
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All the majors can reproduce the Simpson's, Star Wars, Bikes, Jump Jockey and the like to add a somewhat short lived diversion to the run of the mill, mainstream offerings. I am not a purist and models I make don't need to be exact replicas of a particular driver in a particular livery at a particular race on a particular day. If I have a model of say a Jag 120, then I don't need more; and if I have one by a major manufacturer, then I don't need to make one! Got my drift?
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There is already a selection of transporters and other trucks out there, even if somewhat tongue in cheek; and raid trucks too, plus some wonderful resin bodies like the 50's Ford Thames E93, the Mercedes transporter and somewhat more drivable mini vans to name a few, So why not tinker with a fairly new kid on the block, especially one that is unlikely to become mass produced! The Airfix 'Monty's Humber' in 1:32 scale.
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