Saturday, June 16, 2012

I have an idea.

Hey, this is sanofa, your average RP-er.
This is my second post, so don't blame me for posting on the wrong thread, try to tell me where I can put my posts in threads :D
Anyway, back to the main reason of why I posted this.

In all the other role-plays, there are role-plays that has to do with dices, which where you roll a dice in order to attack. That is one of the common Role-Plays in the role-playing community. Another is where you do nothing but tell a story, which exactly means that how you end up, is not by your skills to role-play, but to tell a perfect story. The second one is my favorite, since mostly I won't have too many restrictions like not attacking other player's character (Not saying it's a fuss, but I feel very restricted with it, as since I cannot move accordingly to my story.).

Now if this is the thread for suggesting designs for role-play, I have an idea.
Instead of waiting for everyone to post their story, I've thought up of an role-play function called the "Story Continuing"(Its my own stupid made-up name, it never existed, maybe it did, but I have no idea of where it has.). The basic function of the "story continuing", is to continue the post that the GM (And ONLY the GM.) had made. Something like this :

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The skies was dark, and the animals started to flee. He could see pieces of lighting approach closer and closer, until the lighting was only a few meters in front of him.

The GM had made a post, and now, it is up to other players to use their creative imaginations, and continue the post, like this :

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The lighting approached, and I took a step back, terrified by the lighting that had miraculously not hit me. My feet was shaking, and I sat down. I looked at the direction the lighting had struck, with a terrified face.

Now I had continued the GM's post. The idea of this post, is to not mix up the player's ideas, and instead, they can use the other player's character at any way they want (Of course, if it's the death of the characters are involved, the one will who will cause the character to died, MUST get permission from the character's owner. Another thing is that the personalities, weapons, or anything personal, must stay they way the character's owner had made them to be).

This is just my idea of another of RP-ing, and anyone can modify it to any way they want, and make it enjoyable to the many Role-Players out there in the world.

"Till then,
Farewell.

Warmest regards,
sanofa.

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After Raising $1.6M, SimpleReach Launches To Become The PageRank Of Social

LogoPivoting is a part of life for startups. But, generally speaking, most entrepreneurs aren't going to go out of their way to pivot right when their business starts taking off. But that's what SimpleReach did. The startup's first product, The Slide, is a simple widget that lets publishers recommend similar content at the bottom of articles. In just a few months, it was adopted by thousands of publishers, like Freakonomics.com, sparknotes.com, disinfo.com, The Washington Times, and SF Gate -- to name a few. Yet, in spite of strong early growth and graduating from AngelPad's accelerator program, they decided to pivot. They froze all new signups to The Slide and turned their attention to an idea they believed could have a much larger impact. Today, the NYC-based startup is revealing its new solution, a product founder Eddie Kim calls the "PageRank of social."

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Lamar Smith: Obama's amnesty for illegal immigrants is against the law

The Obama administration decision for immunity from deportation for young illegal immigrants is a breach of faith with Americans. It also blatantly ignores the law. This isn't the first time Obama has waived rules or refused to enforce laws against illegal immigration, writes Rep. Smith.

By Lamar Smith / June 15, 2012

President Obama responds June 15 as he is interrupted while announcing that his administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants. Op-ed contributor Rep. Lamar Smith writes that to 'ignore Congress and the Constitution is exactly what the president has done.'

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It?s said that desperate times call for desperate measures. But in these dismal economic and political times, the Obama administration has called for unlawful measures that grant amnesty to potentially millions of illegal immigrants.

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Today, Janet Napolitano, secretary of Homeland Security, announced immunity from deportation for illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and who are younger than 30 ? among other criteria. They can apply for a two-year work permit that can be renewed indefinitely.

The decision is not just a breach of faith with the American people. It blatantly ignores the rule of law that is the foundation of our democracy.

In an interview with Univision television earlier this year, President Obama said that he can?t just ?waive away the laws that Congress put in place? and that ?the president doesn?t have the authority to simply ignore Congress and say, ?We?re not going to enforce the laws that you?ve passed.??

But ignore Congress and the Constitution is exactly what the president has done ?? and this isn?t the first time. Throughout the past three years of his administration, Mr. Obama has waived applying several of our immigration rules and has refused to enforce other immigration laws.

Earlier this year, administration officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlined their plan to ignore a rule that requires illegal immigrants to leave the US before they can then ask the federal government to waive a law that bans them from legally returning here for several years.

While the waiver of this rule is sometimes allowed under current law, it is only applied on a case-by-case basis, not to entire categories of illegal immigrants. But Obama and his administration have bent these established rules by applying them to potentially millions of illegal immigrants.

And this decision comes on the heels of an even larger plan to reward illegal immigrants. Last year, political appointees at DHS issued new deportation guidelines to target illegal immigrants that have been identified by DHS. That amounts to backdoor amnesty and strikes another blow at the 13 million unemployed American workers.

Under Obama?s deportation policy, DHS officials review all incoming and most pending cases before an immigration court to determine if the illegal immigrant can remain in the US. Since DHS political appointees have made clear that many illegal immigrants are not considered ?priorities? for removal, this means that potentially millions of illegal immigrants can remain in the US without a vote of Congress.

The administration?s amnesty policy, expanded once again, not only violates the rule of law, it only benefits illegal immigrants, not Americans, and is a magnet for fraud. Many illegal immigrants will falsely claim they came here as children or are under the age of 30 and the federal government has no way to check whether their claims are true.

And once these illegal immigrants are granted deferred action, they can then apply for a work permit, which the administration routinely grants 90 percent of the time. This could put even more US citizens on the unemployment rolls.

Ignoring Congress and the Constitution may be politically convenient for President Obama, but this huge policy shift has horrible consequences for unemployed Americans looking for jobs. It violates the president?s oath to uphold the laws of this land.

It doesn?t matter how bleak poll numbers are or how low campaign coffers may be, the president of the United States cannot ignore the rule of law.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R) of Texas is Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Daily Maverick - Spain moves to claw back taxes from gaming firms

Internet gaming firms said on Monday that they have been in talks with the Spanish tax authorities in recent weeks over the payment of retrospective taxes for January 2009 to May 2011, a period in which they were in the market without a clear legal framework.

Sweeping new gambling reforms, set to tackle online gambling for the first time and give the state a way into taxing profits in the lucrative sector, have been planned in Spain for some time, and first licences are due to be issued in June.

But the government - struggling with a stagnating economy and making deep spending cuts to hit deficit targets - contacted the major online operators last month to say that two historic laws that had previously not applied to them would now do so.

Although the award of licences is not explicitly linked to the back-duty, companies keen to secure the licences are expected to pay up.

Bwin.party digital, the world's largest listed online gaming company, said in a statement on Monday that it would pay 33 million euros ($42 million) after carrying out a tax self-assessment.

"Having taken these steps, we believe we have now fulfilled all requirements and look forward to receiving our licence and entering the Spanish market," said the Gibraltar-based company, which already has a considerable Spanish profile via its sponsorship of soccer team Real Madrid.

About 60 companies have applied for licences.

Smaller British online gaming firm Sportingbet Plc said it was in talks with the Spanish authorities but gave no further details.

Analysts at Peel Hunt and Barclays Capital estimated that Sportingbet would proportionally be harder hit and is likely to see a tax bill of up to 20 million pounds ($32 million).

Online casino and poker operator 888 is in talks with the Spanish authorities and taking legal and tax advice, a source close to 888 said, adding that any payment was likely to be considerably less than Bwin's $40 million.

Peel Hunt estimates 888's exposure at less than $20 million.

Rival online betting operator Betfair - which earlier this month won one of the first online gambling licences issued in Germany - could not be reached immediately for comment .

As European countries move to regulate what was once a grey area, the risk to betting companies derives mainly from the possibility of others copying Spain's move, analysts said.

But short-term pain could be a long-term gain for the larger operators, who benefit from well-regulated markets, analysts said.

"While this is an initial cash outflow, if it aids the licensing process and leads to more clarity in a key European market, this could be viewed as a positive in the medium term," said BarCap analysts.

Shares in Sportingbet were down 6.2% at 12:40 GMT, while other online gaming firms were largely flat. DM

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Photo: Spain's Economy Minister Luis De Guindos attends a conference in Madrid May 21, 2012. The Spanish economy is likely to contract by around 0.3 percent in the second quarter of the year, De Guindos said on Monday. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Former Rutgers student gets 30 days in webcam spying case

A New Jersey judge sentenced ex-Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi to a 30-day jail term and recommended he not get deported back to his native India. Ravi was found guilty in March of bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and other charges after using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.

By Becky Bratu, msnbc.com

Updated?6:12 p.m. ET: A New Jersey judge on Monday sentenced a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life to a 30-day probationary jail term.

Indian-born Dharun Ravi, 20, was facing up to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy in a case that exploded into the headlines when Ravi's roommate committed suicide. Ravi also was facing the possibility of deportation, but the judge recommended Monday that he be allowed to stay in the country.


Tyler Clementi, 18,?jumped off the George Washington Bridge on Sept. 22, 2010, after finding out that Ravi?saw him kissing another man and appeared to encourage others to watch his romantic encounters through a camera on?his computer.

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Parents of Indian-born Dharun Ravi, 20, react to his sentencing for charges of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy in a case that exploded into the headlines when Ravi's roommate committed suicide.

"This individual was not convicted of a hate crime, he was convicted of a bias crime, and there's a difference," Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman said.

"I say that because I do not believe he hated Tyler Clementi. He had no reason to," Berman said, adding that Ravi's crimes were committed out of "colossal insensitivity.?

"I heard this jury say, 'guilty' 288 times -- 24 questions, 12 jurors. That's the multiplication," Berman said. "I haven?t heard you apologize once."

Ravi's sentence also includes three years of probation, 300 hours of community service and a $10,000 fine.

Prosecutors said they plan to appeal the sentence.

"While?the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office did not request?the maximum period of incarceration for?Dharun Ravi, it was expected that his conviction on multiple offenses of invading the privacy of two victims?on two separate occasions, four counts of bias intimidation against Tyler Clementi,?and the coverup of those crimes,?would warrant more than a 30-day jail term," Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan said in a statement.

As Clementi's father, brother, and mother addressed the court, holding back tears at times, the image that emerged was of a "vulnerable" Tyler "shaken by the cold, criminal actions of his roommate.?

"Nobody other than Tyler understood how vulnerable he was," Tyler's father Joseph Clementi said.?"We are seeking justice and accountability, not revenge."

A judge sentenced the former Rutgers University student to 30 days in jail and three years of probation for spying on his gay roommate with a webcam. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports.

The family spoke about their long-running ordeal as the media and several court hearings picked apart every detail of Tyler's last days.

"My world came crumbling apart in September 2010,? Tyler's mother Jane Clementi said, adding that Ravi had come to Rutgers with preconceived notions about her son.

"He never really knew Tyler," she said, describing the day she helped her son move into his new room at Rutgers, when Ravi ignored Tyler.

"He could never have known the viper?s nest he was walking into,? Tyler's brother James Clementi told the court, adding that an apology from Ravi would now be empty and spoken without empathy.

"I love my brother and I will mourn for him every day for the rest of my life,? he said.

The court also heard a statement from "MB,"?the man who was watched via webcam as he kissed Clementi. MB described his emotional pain and a combination of embarrassment, emptiness and fear in the wake of Clementi's death and subsequent court proceedings.

"I do wonder if it has ever entered [Ravi's] mind that he has caused me a great deal of pain, and yet he knows nothing about me," MB's statement read.

Ravi did not wish to address the court, but both of his parents spoke, expressing their belief in the American justice system.

In her grief-stricken statement, which was often interrupted by tears and sobs, Dharun's mother Sabitha Ravi told the court his son's life and health have been devastated by the events that occurred over the past 20 months.

She said her son now only eats one meal a day, and has lost more than 25 pounds.

"He was absolutely devastated and broken into pieces,? Sabitha Ravi told the court, as she wiped away tears.

"Dharun?s dreams are shattered and he has been living in hell for the past 20 months," she added, hugging her son after finishing her statement.

Dharun Ravi also cried.

"Contrary to the false propaganda, we are not a homophobic family," Dharun's father Ravi Pazhani told the court. "Dharun was not raised to hate gays."

As the hearing began, the judge noted the court had received letters and petitions asking that Ravi be pardoned. Gay activists also made public pleas for leniency in recent days.

Ravi must report to Middlesex Adult Correctional Center on May 31.

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LNG Tanker Due at UK South Hook Next Week>> LNG World News

LNG Tanker Due at UK South Hook Next Week

The Al Kharaitiyat LNG carrier, with a capacity of 216,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK?s South Hook terminal from Qatar on May 28, according to port data

The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cubic metres of gas a year into the UK?s national transmission system.

Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per cent of South Hook LNG Terminal Co, Exxon Mobil Corp 24.15 per cent and Total SA owns the rest.


LNG World News Staff, May 21, 2012; Image: Nakilat

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