Why on earth do we Brits look forward to summer every year … so we can enjoy one rainy weekend after another? Yet again, our Sunday hiking plans had been thwarted by unseasonably low temperatures and the forecast of more rain. It seemed pointless driving miles for a likely soaking, so we agreed to stay local again.
With Newport council's Walk the Port event fast approaching, Harri thought it would be fun to 'steal' a section of the event's longest 16-mile walk, setting off from Rhiwderin rather than Bettws. It meant we'd be missing the section from Newport Active Living Centre to Newport Golf Club on the outward route, and leaving out Rogerstone, Fourteen Locks and Ynysfro reservoirs on the return to Bettws. On the other hand, we'd be adding an extra mile to reach the golf course and then remaining on the Sirhowy Valley Walk all the way home. Harri calculated that our amended walk would be roughly 10.7 miles and we'd be back around 3pm. It sounded good to me!
As a keen hiker and runner, I like to think I know Newport reasonably well so the first surprise of the morning was Newport Golf Club. We'd crossed the canal on a stone bridge that is temporarily closed to traffic (long-term temporarily!) and immediately joined the club's sweeping driveway. We were barely a mile from home and already we were walking somewhere unfamiliar to me. The course is set 300 feet above sea level in Llwyni Wood amidst ancient oak woodlands. The surroundings and the views are quite something; the good news is that you can enjoy a stroll through these rolling parklands without taking up golf – there are several footpaths running across the course – just be aware of those white balls!
We joined the Walk the Port route at the far side of the golf course and were almost immediately on Mountain Road, which is very familiar from my summer tempo runs with Lliswerry Runners. I was just lamenting how steep the single-track road gets when we veered off to the right to join a narrow stony track along the top of fields with Coed y Wenallt to our left. Harri included this ancient lane in our Newport Ultra route because the uninterrupted views across farmland to Newport, the Bristol Channel and beyond are simply unmissable.
Harri's lovely gramp Bryn (now sadly deceased) farmed in Henllys Vale all his life and he remembered how tractors used to drive along this lane when he was a young man. In fact, in many places you can still see the remains of the stone track underneath the mud (nothing to grumble about). We couldn't see the family's old farm because it's located in a dip but it was easy to spot nearby Henllys Church.
While our route continued on the level, the old stone road now swept downhill to our right to pass the church and Pant-yr-eos Farm, after which the nearby reservoir was named when it opened in 1878 (Pant-yr-eos meaning 'hollow of the nightingale'). We could see the waters of the now privately-owned reservoir (it's used for fly fishing) glittering between the trees; however, today's route wouldn't be taking us any closer than we were now.
The presence of a large solar farm so close to Twmbarlwm took us by surprise.
Our track came to an abrupt end at a fence, when we had to climb over a stile to follow a footpath through an overgrown field, our first of the day and thankfully empty. Convinced we were no longer walking within Newport's boundaries, I checked our whereabouts with Harri. He confirmed that we'd crossed into Caerphilly some time back and were just about to enter Torfaen.
From our vantage point, we could see Twmbarlwm, which worryingly looked a long way above us. In the fields below, and looking strangely out-of-place in the verdant landscape, were lines and lines of solar panels. I should add I'm not against solar energy – and as we got closer we saw hundreds of small trees had been planted to eventually screen the panels – but I guess it was a shock seeing how a landscape can be so completely transformed (almost) overnight by human actions.
We'd been hoping the weather would hold for us, but noting the huge grey cloud heading our way, I wasn't confident. I was just puffing and panting my way uphill along a narrow stony footpath (which Harri remembers being used by vehicles) when it started to rain. Fortunately, the rain was short-lived and by the time we reached the car park it had stopped again. We rarely approach Newport's local mountain from this direction so we were surprised to see a circular stone bench with a slate plaque proclaiming Twmbarlwm. I can't find anything online to explain when it arrived here or how it came about, but we were certainly pleased to have somewhere dry to sit for our very late elevenses.
As we were now back in Caerphilly borough, I wondered (aloud as I'm apt to do) whether Walk the Port was a bit of a misnomer when so much of this the longest walk was not in Newport at all, but in neighbouring counties. And why was Newport council encouraging local people to admire the scenery outside the city rather than inside its boundaries? Harri disagreed, pointing out that while Twmbarlwm was arbitrarily located in Caerphilly, it had always been Newport's local mountain, the tump being visible from so much of the city. Besides, from up here you could see the sprawl of Newport in the distance.
I could see his point. I've written before about my earliest 'camping' trip on this very mountain. When I was a teenager I took part in the Good Friday charity walk several times, in fact, there's a photograph of me somewhere sitting on this very mountain in my denim skirt, long chunky cardigan and what looked like a Bay City Rollers tartan cap (regardless of what I was doing, I clearly had no intention of compromising my teenage fashion sense!).
After elevenses, we clambered to the top of the 'tump'. It's pretty tough going for a while, though there are shallow steps leading up to the summit. It was grey, blustery and threatening to rain again; however, the 360-degree views made the strenuous ascent well worth it. In the distance, we could see the Red Arrows doing their aerobatics over the Bristol Channel, the red, blue and white plumes hanging over the sea long after the planes had soared again.
We turned around slowly, recognising familiar peaks and landmarks. Pen y Fan was engulfed in cloud but nearby Cribyn was clearly visible. There was Cwmbran and its iconic tower block, Wentwood, the Second Severn Crossing and Uskmouth Power Station's single remaining chimney. Across the Bristol Channel, we could see Brean Down ( a fascinating place and well worth a visit), Flat Holm, Steep Holm, Cardiff and Lavernock Point. Mynydd Machen was easy to identify, but we weren't sure if those distant mountains were the Carmarthen Fans or not. Towering above the England coastline was Exmoor, a National Park we have barely started to explore (I don't know if one half-day walk along the coast really counts).
It was too cold to hang about for long (by now we were wearing our fleeces … you'd never think it was August!) so we headed past the trig point and downhill to Cwmcarn Forest. The popular forest drive has been closed to cars since 2014 when an outbreak of larch dieback prompted a massive tree-felling operation (the fungal disease can spread rapidly); however, hikers, mountain bikers and runners have generally been able to continue enjoying the area, albeit with care. Now, as we headed down the familiar track to Darren Road, the devastation of the forest hit home. Where once there had been a pretty, wooded track, now there was only mud and stones and the views across the valley were of more treeless slopes. The massive tree-felling is necessary, of course, and the landscape will recover in time. There is even talk of including native species like beech, rowan and oak when the forest is eventually replanted, which will improve diversity and provide more varied habitats for wildlife. That has to be a good thing, but in the meantime, the once tree-covered slopes of Cwmcarn Forest have become rather a depressing sight.
Back on the valley floor, we resisted a pint in a local pub and crossed over the River Ebbw and under the Risca bypass, before heading uphill and behind Dan y Graig cemetery. There's a lovely little nature reserve up here, with a boardwalk running alongside the pond that was once used as the reservoir for a local copper works. A board informed us that a Roman lead mine lies beneath the reserve and there is also evidence of old lime kilns.
We were still following the Walk the Port route so we were a little perturbed when we left a very nice ancient track to walk through a field, got confused by some temporary electric fencing at the far side and ended up walking through someone's private property. The woman who came out to 'greet' us looked far from friendly and informed us that the footpath was actually through an overgrown field below her house. When we were safely off her drive, Harri looked back to see where we'd gone wrong and he could see the stile we should have climbed over. Hopefully, Newport council will sort this section of the route out before September 9 or that lady is not going to be amused!
After a short but steep (and busy) road section near Ochrwyth, we were back on the Sirhowy Valley Walk. This was familiar territory for us both, as we regularly run in the woods and fields up here. After leaving one section of woods to cross a lane, we generally choose to run along a beautiful wooded downhill path. Walk the Port follows a slightly different route along a metalled lane which is pretty much impassable to traffic nowadays. When we moved to Rhiwderin a decade ago, you would still see the occasional car passing this way, but brambles, ferns and other vegetation have narrowed it considerably, while grass and weeds are rapidly destroying the surface. In ten years, there will be scant evidence that a road ever existed and outdoor writers like Harri will refer to it as an 'ancient lane'.
With less than a mile to go, we encountered our first bullocks (or cows of any kind) of the day; fortunately, these guys were well-used to walkers and, after a quick inquisitive glance, took no further notice of us.
As we approached Rhiwderin, the official Walk the Port route veered off down a footpath on our left and we headed home for lunch.
So, what was our verdict on Walk the Port's longest route? Well, we didn't walk the entire 16 miles, but the section we did follow was very enjoyable and introduced me, a Newportonian, to several tracks and places I'd not visited before. The views throughout were extensive and (this is very important to me) the terrain wasn't too muddy. At the outset, I did wonder why so much of the route was outside Newport's boundaries; however, I guess the purpose is to take people to nearby rural places … and besides, you do get those great views of the city from Twmbarlwm.
Our advice is to do it … sign up and Walk the Port! There are shorter walks too if you don't want anything too strenuous. You know, we may even join you … weather permitting!
Here is a link to the official 16-mile route.
Our route was considerably shorter at 10.7 miles but still very enjoyable.


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MCU Anthology "WHAT IF…?" Reveals TRAILER, Premiering AUGUST on DISNEY+
Have you ever look at a series of events from a narrative, whether in real-life or fiction, and wondered how differently the story would go with a little divergence here or there? If Abraham Lincoln decided not to go to the theater on the day of his assassination, or if Ned Stark does not get executed in "Game of Thrones," how does their history or tale change? Creating new stories from divergences of canon events has been something the big two American comic-book publishers have been old hats in. Now, Marvel is looking to apply that thought exercise to their MCU Films, via an upcoming streaming animated series on Disney+.
Variety tells us that Marvel Studios has rolled out the first official trailer for "What If…?" an animated anthology that is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but not exactly. That is because, as the title itself implies, each episode will follow an alternative MCU story that diverges from altered events in the canon timeline. Earlier teasers of "What If…?" in past Disney events have already showcased an Agent Peggy Carter who underwent the Super Solider procedure in World War II. Now, the trailer showcases even more "what if" scenarios.
The first scene of the trailer would be familiar to MCU Fans from the very beginning of the franchise. Tony Stark – before becoming Iron Man – is riding a military convoy in Afghanistan when it is ambushed. He stumbles outside and sees a Stark Industries-made rocket land next to him…which is picked up and thrown into the air where it explodes harmlessly. The new arrival…is then-US spec-ops operator Erik "Killmonger" Stevens, before making his sinister move on Wakanda in "Black Panther." Where does that encounter lead?
And changing the start of the first "Iron Man" film is merely the beginning. What if Dr. Stephen Strange had a different introduction to magic? What if the Avengers became zombies? What if young T'Challa was abducted by the Ravager Yondo and end up leading the Guardians of the Galaxy? All these divergent MCU events are narrated by Jeffrey Wright, who portrays the cosmic entity Uatu the Watcher, non-interfering observer of the multiverse. He is joined in the voice cast by nearly all pertinent MCU film actors reprising their roles, including the late Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa in probably the last project of his to be released after his death.
Marvel's "What If…?" premieres on Disney+ this August 11. It is the next MCU series to arrive on the streaming service following "Loki" which concludes its first season next Wednesday.
Image courtesy of Screen Rant
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As political and social tensions rise across the country, institutional leaders have turned toward the vital work of racial equity to support fair policy and engagement practices. In this workshop, we invite participants to dismantle the ways that whiteness operates to block the processes and outcomes of racial equity. Addressing Whiteness examines "whiteness," and the ways hierarchies of whiteness operate, intentionally and unintentionally, in institutional, organizational and personal spaces which prohibit racial equity. We provide tools to move beyond diversity and inclusion to think of equity as a form of radical power-sharing. We understand the difficulty and sensitivity of this topic, and encourage challenging conversations as a pillar of leadership.


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State's mining bias is making the poor poorer
By Custom Contested in Opinion
There has been a series of damning court judgments in the past 12 months exposing the government's systematic failure to uphold the constitutionally protected land rights of the poor and vulnerable.
Section 25 of the constitution is not just about property rights. It also creates the right to security of tenure and restitution for those harmed by past racial discrimination. It imposes a duty on the government to take steps to provide for equitable access to land — in other words to redistribute land from those who have too much to those who have none.
The Constitutional Court has detailed how restitution claims submitted before 1998 remain unresolved; that the government simply stopped processing labour tenant claims, and how the informal land rights protected by the constitution have been routinely abrogated by mining.
Two inquiries into the state of land reform, the Kgalema Motlanthe high-level panel report of 2017 and the presidential advisory panel report of 2019, have laid bare the dire societal consequences of the spatial inequality and structural exclusion that postapartheid "land reform" and "development" policies have entrenched and deepened; and how land and budgets meant for the poor have been systematically redirected.
To complement these powerful judgments and panel reports we now have the Baloyi commission report, which describes the rampant unlawfulness that has characterised mining deals on the platinum-rich land of the Bakgatla ba Kgafela community near Rustenburg. It explains how politically connected traditional leaders are able to enrich themselves at the expense of rural people. Government collusion is an ingredient, as is the conduct of the big mining companies and legal and accounting firms.
The report of the commission of inquiry into the affairs of the Bakgatla ba-Kgafela community describes some of the multibillion-rand deals that Kgosi Nyalala Pilane has entered into with mining companies since 2004.
Pilane derives his traditional leader status from the North West Traditional Leadership Act. This law prescribes that traditional leaders and councils must regularly account to their "subjects"; that all monies derived from whatever source must be deposited into a "tribal" account held in the premier's office — except with explicit exemption — and must be audited annually by the auditor-general.
The report details how Pilane has failed to account for the deals to either his traditional council or the 32 villages that make up the Bakgatla community. It describes the many unauthorised accounts into which he has deposited money and his refusal to account for it, which has made it impossible for the auditor-general (or anyone else) to audit community assets.
The report describes large transactions between Pilane, Anglo Platinum, Rand Merchant Bank and Brian Gilbertson's Pallinghurst Resources, among others. In 2012 the Industrial Development Corporation made an investment of R3,2bn into Sedibelo Platinum Mine, a joint venture between Pilane and Pallinghurst.
The Bakgatla have little to show for these multibillion-rand deals. Instead the villages continue to be characterised by deep poverty and fury at the way in which their birthright has been squandered. The villagers have tried repeatedly to get accountability.
Three cases involving Pilane have, however, made it to the Constitutional Court.
The first, in 2013, concerned an interdict he obtained to stop community members calling and holding meetings without his express authority. This was found to be in breach of their right to freedom of assembly.
The second, in 2015, concerned restitution land awarded to the community, which it wanted owned by a communal property association. Pilane insisted it be held in a trust headed by himself. The court found his wishes could not trump the democratic choice of the community.
The third is the landmark Maledu judgment of 2018. Pilane's mining company had obtained an eviction order for land that had been bought a century previously by the community of Lesethleng, one of the 32 Bakgatla villages. The court quashed the eviction on the basis that mining rights cannot trump the right to security of tenure. It ordered that the consent requirements of the 1996 Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act must be complied with.
It is important to note that Pilane is deputy chair of Contralesa, an organisation of traditional leaders that has strongly lobbied government to enact the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, which would give them sole authority to sign mining deals. They have lobbied successfully for a draconian version of the Traditional Courts Bill, which provides coercive powers over all who live within their disputed apartheid-era tribal boundaries. Despite concerted rural opposition the bills were rammed through the National Assembly shortly before the 2019 elections.
Pilane's explanation for his failure to comply with the law appears to be that he was operating in a no-mans-land between two systems — company law and customary law. The commission calls this "disingenuous" and recommends that protocols be developed that align the systems of law and ensure that Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act consent is obtained before mining commences.
The report illustrates how the protective measures included in traditional leadership laws are simply ignored and never enforced. Such laws appear compliant with the constitution because they contain checks and balances, but no infrastructure or protocols are put in place to enforce or oversee them.
The report illustrates that business institutions and large law firms have turned a blind eye to unlawfulness. The business community has been eloquent about the threat to property rights in the policy of expropriation without compensation but silent about the fact that poor black people have been stripped of land rights without compensation — or even an expropriation process — in mining transactions.
It is common cause that SA faces risk because of high levels of inequality and deepening poverty. It is also common cause that it is difficult to turn poverty and inequality about, and to instil a culture of accountability in broken institutions. A necessary (and easier) starting point must be to desist from practices that deepen inequality and flout accountability. First do no harm.
It is too late for the Bakgatla villages. Their money and their platinum are gone. But the government and business need to take the commission's report seriously and do some introspection about the vested interests that made them turn a blind eye to the illegality of mining deals in the Bakgatla area.
Premier Job Mokgoro has approved the commission's recommendations, including a forensic probe to decide on criminal prosecutions and placing the affairs of the Bakgatla under administration. Pilane and the royal family have said they intend to take the report on review.
This post first appeared in Business Day on 26 September 2019.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.customcontested.co.za/states-mining-bias-is-making-the-poor-poorer/


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Q: Delay page change on Submit - jQuery Header
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $('#user_box').animate({width: "263px"}, "slow");

        $('#submit').click(function(){
            $('#user_box').animate({width: "0px"}, "slow");
        });
    });

Content

                <form name="login_form" id="login_form" method="post" action="index.php">
                    Username:

                    <input type="text" name="username">

                    <input type="submit" value="Submit" id="submit" />
                </form>

As you can see, I've made it do when submit is clicked, the user_box animates back to 0pxs (slides right). Problem is I need to delay the page load by about 1 second to give the animation time to finish. But only when the Submit button is clicked. How can I delay the page to allow the animation to finish?
I've tried..
        $('#submit').delay(3500, function(){
            window.location = toLoad;
        });

with no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
p.s. The general idea is the user_box slides right with each query and return left with result. It'll be mainly PHP, hence the on page load it slide right to left. I'll wangle something later to stop it happening when logged in or something.

A: The most reliable and flexible way to do this is to use the complete callback option on the $().animate call:
$('#btn_submit').click(function(e){
    $submit = $(this);

    e.preventDefault(); // prevent the form from being submitted until we say so

    $('#user_box').animate(
        { width: "0px" },
        {
            duration: "slow",
            complete: function(){ //callback when animation is complete
                $submit.parents('form').submit();
            }
        }
    );
});

Note that I've changed the id of the submit button. You should not give form elements the name of form properties.
See the jQuery $().animate() API for more options: http://api.jquery.com/animate/

A: You probably should use AJAX for this type of thing, but if you really want to:
document.getElementById('submit').addEventListener('click', function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    setTimeout(function() {
        document.getElementById('login_form').submit();
    }, 3500);
}, false);

A: *

*I think it's better to use .submit(fnc) then .click - should afaik work also upon Enter

*Use event.preventDefault() and then submit it by yourself when the animation is finished

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More than three-quarters of parents reported using time-outs to manage their child's misbehavior, but the vast majority made at least one implementation error, according to a survey of 401 parents of children ages 15 months to 10 years.
Time-out is based on removing positive reinforcement such as social attention and access to physical objects. Evidence shows it is effective in reducing behaviors such as aggression and noncompliance. It also is the most widely used disciplinary method among parents and is commonly recommended by primary care providers.
The authors of this study, however, noted that many parents report the procedure does not work. Therefore, they set out to determine how parents use time-outs.
Parents who visited a primary care clinic were recruited to complete a survey that asked about their discipline practices, how difficult it was to manage their child's behavior, perception of time-out and how they implemented the procedure.
About 77% had used time-out, and 70% said it usually or always was effective. However, 85% reported using at least one technique that was counter to evidence-based practices, and 64% made multiple implementation errors. The most common mistakes were giving the child multiple warnings before putting him or her in time-out, talking to the child during time-out, and allowing the child access to toys, books, electronics or other people.
Parents who said time-out was effective were more likely to use the method correctly.
The authors said clinicians should advise parents to give one warning then a short reason for the time-out (e.g. "no hitting"). Parents should not talk to their child during the time-out, and they should reduce the child's access to stimulation. If a child tries to escape, the parent should return him or her to the time-out area with minimal interaction.
"Ultimately, counseling on TO (time-out) may be misguided or ineffective for many families until more positive parenting practices are established," the authors concluded.


The Kimball Family: Four Boys and a Girl: Chuck E. Cheese - Can You Say PAR-TAY?
Here is a picture of master highchair escapee, Jax, taken by Grandpa.
Here is the ECSTATIC BIRTHDAY BOY - Happy Birthday, Jonah!
And here is the middle bro, E-L-I!
We had a fun party, just the family and the neighbor boy, Geordan. It was nice to not have to watch 10 kids in a place like that, trying to get everyone back for dinner, then cake, etc. I got off SO WAY EASY this year. Grandpa paid, Chuck E. Cheese cleaned up, and we are ALL happy - ESPECIALLY Jonah, which is MOST important!


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Home Why Chris Chan Represents Anti Gamers
Why Chris Chan Represents Anti Gamers Not in the way you think!
Jay Sherman
I've been playing games since I was 2 years old. Always had a preference to sprite gaming. Learning how to get acquainted with modern day gaming while still respecting the old school.
January 8, 2015	Culture
The internet has allowed many of the weirdest human beings to congregate and advertise themselves. No human being in my opinion can be described more succinctly as the king of the "Weird Internet" than Christian Weston Chandler. As the creator of the famous Sonichu fanfiction, his public and private antics of finding love, establishing a professional career, and relating with his family have spawned thousands of pages. Chris's fans have even made a wiki and forum to document his life. He is the court jester of the internet whether he likes it or not.
You might be asking, what does this weird dude who is the laughing stock of the internet have to do with Reaxxion? That is a valid question. I would have said nothing two weeks ago and written about another topic, but Chris's gamergate's fate have interwined to create a whole new facet in the debate. Chris decided to enact his own boycott separate from gamergate. The new Sonic game (Sonic Boom) came out and Chris wasn't happy—Sega changed Sonic's arm from tan to blue.
Christian started a grass roots project of defacing Sonic games to protest this decision. He went to a GameStop on the 26th of December. After being told by the GameStop that he was banned from the store for defacing their property, Christian walked out of the store telling people not to call anybody. He then sprayed mace on a random GameStop employee. A customer managed to film it.
Gamergate used this incident to show the true face of anti gamers. In October, Christian wrote a long paragraph on why he doesn't support gamergate. I can't verify how knowledgeable Chris is about the topic or why he wrote his response, yet like most anti gamers, he believes what has been fed to him from mainstream institutions.
"Anyway, this form of misogyny amongst the Gamers, as well as the DAMN Internet Trolls and CyberBullies who are taking part of this GamerGate as well, Plain Pisses Me Off as well!
This Cruelty to women and all people in general Must Be Stopped and Put To An End! I stand with you all, my Sisters and Gal-Pals, very much.
You might be saying, this is the same man who thought that drinking his own semen is "recycling". And you would be correct. Chris's life is micro-managed by a template of delusions. He's not a full blown anti gamer soldier who reads /GamerGhazi/ and is part of their party, yet isn't that true for most of the anti gamers anyway? Most of the anti gamers are like Chris; they're individuals who go on their soap boxes rambling about topics they don't really understand, only doing so because of lies told to them by manipulative individuals.
What's the difference between a guy like Brianna Wu and Christian Weston Chandler? Both are individuals that live in a Hermetic bubble of delusion. Both have lied about being afraid of their lives for pity points. Both were born male but magically turned in to women by lying to themselves. Both are "victims" of the mean internet hate machine which spews "misogyny".
Watch that 12 second clip I posted a few paragraphs up again. It was written way differently than what happened. Here are some choice quotes from Christian on his facebook about this event:
Innocent; I was NOT Looking for Trouble. But then this MALE Loomed out in front of me, frightened the crap out of me, and he said in a BOOMING VOICE that ONLY scared me worse, "YOU ARE BANNED FROM HERE. YOU NEED TO LEAVE NOW." But still determined to continue my shopping, I veered into the Wii U direction, when his female accomplice startled me and boomed in as well. Still feeling frightened and mentally overloaded, I made a grab for my pepper spray to use In Defense. I offered a few Peaceful solutions, but she ended up sending him to go get security. So, I shouted, "Fine! I'm Leaving", and I dropped the figure.
In Christian's mind, he was allowed to vandalize private property because it offended him. The man who was maced by a 30 year old man-child deserved it for "scaring" him. How many times have we seen this behavior in anti gamers? In the last month, Dan Olson documented child porn on 8chan by downloading it and not reporting it to the mods/authorities. Brianna Wu who has been talking about fleeing her house multiple times, might have not done so. It's not surprising that anti gamers share a lot in common.
Chris is playing with the same playbook as other anti gamers by being perpetual victims who are never wrong while self-imposing themselves onto others.
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Masks, beads, purple, gold and green decorations can only mean one thing — the Mardi Gras Beer and Wine Tasting Event to benefit the West Point Clay County Animal Shelter.
The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, March 1, at the Civic.
A $25 donation to the animal shelter allows a ticket holder to sample some of the best craft beer and wine in the area. In addition, heavy hors d'oeuvres are also available. There is a silent auction and a cash bar and dancing from 9 p.m. to midnight. It's a night of fun, great food and drink, while helping the animals at the shelter.
Ticket holders must be 21 or older, and outside food or beverages is prohibited.
"We can take donations of silent auction items here at the shelter," Winn Ellis of the WPCCAS, said. "People have already been asking about the Beer and Wine Tasting, so we're glad to know there is interest this early."
Ellis said the shelter would appreciate the donation of silent auction items, appetizers and hors d'oeuvres, and help setting up during the days prior to the event.
This is the main fundraiser for the year to benefit the WPCCAS. It is a closed shelter and receives no state or federal funding, but remains open thanks to the kindness, support and generosity of the community.
"A lot of people don't understand why we need money to run the shelter," Ellis said. "Our biggest complaint is about the intake fee for placing an animal with us. It doesn't even pay for the vaccinations that every dog and cat must have to be taken in at the shelter. Without the vaccinations, diseases would run through and infect all of the animals at the shelter. Then factor in food, flea and tick treatment, litter for cats and kittens, it's very expensive to house this many animals and keep them healthy."
All proceeds go toward the day-to-day operations of the shelter. The largest expenses are food and vaccinations.
During 2018, the shelter took in approximately 500 stray animals, according to Ellis. Most have been adopted into loving homes, some are still living at the shelter. Supporting the shelter allows for the care of adoptable pets that are healthy, spayed and neutered.
"If everyone would have their pets spayed and neutered, we wouldn't need an animal shelter," Winn said. "But until then, we will continue to try to find homes for stray cats and dogs in Clay County."
Tickets can be purchased at the door, at Franks Package Store, The SmokeStack and the West Point Clay County Animal Shelter.
For more information call 662-524-4430.


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York Weekly, April 15, 2009
Explore computer security in a Wi-Fi age
Don't use a network you don't know
PHOTO CAPTION: Lindsey Mogren, left, a graduate student at the University of New Hampshire, and her roommate, Amanda Pears, a political analyst, work on laptops inside Breaking New Grounds in Portsmouth, N.H. Local computer experts say even secured wireless fidelity hotspots pose security risks.
By Rob Levey
yorkweekly@seacoastonline.com
YORK ? From regional airports and hotels to the local library or corner caf?, Wi-Fi hot spots are everywhere.
However, while making it virtually hassle-free to access the Internet or connect with other Wi-Fi enabled devices, local experts say even secured Wi-Fi hot spots pose significant security risks.
"A secure network is really no safer (than a free network) as infections routinely come from friendly computers," said Harold Belbin, co-founder of Visiting Geeks, of Merrimac, Mass., which offers on-site computer repair services from southern Maine to north of Boston. "Seventy percent of all security breaches come from people on systems already inside the security fence."
Bob Rogers, owner of UpSurf.net in York, agreed.
"Most people do not realize while you are surfing on the Internet you are opening an Internet door for many things to come into your machine without you knowing about it," Rogers said. "Even a super secure connection I have spent a lot of time and money creating can be beaten by a bug ? no system is 100-percent protected."
Noting that cities, airports, and other public places generally no longer allow user-to-user connections, a policy that has reduced some of the security risks that once existed, Belbin said business networks are now often the targets of hackers and their bugs.
"(Hackers) can make more money ? and easier ? in hacking poorly secured business networks where credit card numbers and other financial information are stored but poorly protected," he said.
According to Al Dargie, owner of UpTime, a computer and networking company in York, significant security risks also exist for other wireless enabled devices.
"With the proliferation of thumb drives, Ipods, MP3 players, handheld devices ? these hard drives often connect from machine to machine," said Dargie. "You don't need the Internet to spread a virus."
Acknowledging that most viruses today are not created to target such devices, Dargie believes the security risks associated with their use will only grow as their respective uses become more widespread.
As for what residential consumers or business owners can do to protect themselves and their wireless enabled devices, Dargie suggested installing a personal firewall and updating one's antivirus and antispyware packages, although he notes that common sense might be the best defense.
"Never connect to a network you don't know," he said. "For unsecured networks, hackers can access all the data on your computer ? social security numbers, banking info, everything in your history."
Rogers suggests people also utilize their computer's built-in disk cleanup feature, which can eliminate cookies, temporary files, and offline Web pages. He said people should also take note there are limits to some security packages.
"Folks think because their protection has scheduled scans which run daily, they think everything is clean and good to go," said Rogers, who suggests performing a manual scan weekly. "Unfortunately, many packages perform what is called a "Smart Scan" on a daily scan (which) only checks files that most likely would be infected."
Despite the relative ease in keeping one's antivirus and security packages up to date, Belbin said certain complexities may arise from their use, which causes many people to turn their security systems off.
According to Dargie, it may be the consumer that poses the greatest security risk to his or her own Wi-Fi enabled devices.
"I can't tell you how many people still go without antivirus software ? these people become a real security danger for others," Dargie said. "People really need to be more savvy."
? Copyright 2003-2009 Visiting Geeks, LLC - Merrimac, Mass. 978-346-4087 - All Rights Reserved.


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