Sunday, September 11, 2016

ESPN's fantasy football app crashes on 1st Sunday of NFL season

ESPN's fantasy football app crashes on 1st Sunday of NFL season
by Jackie Wattles   @jackiewattles
September 11, 2016: 4:34 PM ET

ESPN's dream football application crashes on first Sunday of NFL season

by Jackie Wattles @jackiewattles

September 11, 2016: 4:34 PM ET

espn fantasy sports logo

Dream football players were rankled when ESPN's dream sports stage slammed on the principal Sunday of the NFL season.

The blackout started around 1 p.m. ET on Sunday - generally as nine NFL recreations commenced around the nation.

ESPN Fantasy Sports said in a tweet that it is "mindful of the present specialized troubles" and is "attempting to determine the issue ASAP." The organization did not react to CNNMoney's solicitation for extra data.

By around 4 p.m. ET, in time for the day's second round of recreations, the related application and site got to be at any rate incompletely operational for a few clients, yet the organization said it was all the while attempting to completely resolve the issues.

Take after

ESPN Fantasy Sports ✔ @ESPNFantasy

We keep on working hard to determine today's specialized issues. We value your understanding and apologize for the impairment.

3:59 PM - 11 Sep 2016

897 Retweets 1,297 preferences

Dream games is huge business for Disney (DIS)- possessed ESPN, which additionally consolidates it into scope of genuine amusements.

ESPN gloats what it says is the most broadly utilized dream football site as a part of the nation. The organization said in October of a year ago that the application had around 7.1 million one of a kind clients. A month ago, it reported that amid a time of under two days, as its initially broadcast dream football marathon occasion happened, 1.7 million groups were drafted.

Fans responded in a string of irate posts on online networking as inconvenience endured amid the main slate of recreations.


retrieved from url http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/11/technology/espn-fantasy-football-app-nfl/index.html

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Removing Bible, Prayer from Public Schools Has Caused Crime increase

Education Expert: Removing Bible, Prayer from Public Schools Has Caused Decline

By Penny Starr | August 15, 2014 | 10:02 AM EDT

William Jeynes, a professor at California State College in Long Beach and a senior fellow at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, N.J., spoke at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 13, 2014 about putting the Bible and prayer back into U.S. public schools. (Penny Starr/CNSNews.com)
(CNSNews.com) – Education expert William Jeynes said on Wednesday that there is a correlation between the decline of U.S. public schools and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1962 and 1963 decision that school-sponsored Bible reading was unconstitutional.
“One can argue, and some have, that the decision by the Supreme Court – in a series of three decisions back in 1962 and 1963 – to remove Bible and prayer from our public schools, may be the most spiritually significant event in our nation’s history over the course of the last 55 years,” Jeynes said.
On June 25, 1962, the United States Supreme Court decided in Engel v. Vitale that a prayer approved by the New York Board of Regents for use in schools violated the First Amendment because it represented establishment of religion. In 1963, in Abington School District v. Schempp, the court decided against Bible readings in public schools along the same lines.
Since 1963, Jeynes said there have been five negative developments in the nation’s public schools:
• Academic achievement has plummeted, including SAT scores.
• Increased rate of out-of-wedlock births
• Increase in illegal drug use
• Increase in juvenile crime
• Deterioration of school behavior
“So we need to realize that these actions do have consequences,” said Jeynes, professor at California State College in Long Beach and senior fellow at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, N.J., “When we remove that moral fiber -- that moral emphasis – this is what can result.”
Other facts included a comparison between the top five complaints of teachers from 1940-1962 -- talking, chewing gum, making noise, running in the halls and getting out of turn in line – to rape, robbery, assault, burglary and arson from 1963 to present.
“Now the question is, given that there is a movement to put the Bible as literature back in the public schools and a moment of silence and so forth, can we recapture the moral fiber – the foundation that used to exist among many of our youth?” Jeynes asked rhetorically.
To that end, Jeynes said, there is a movement across the country to reinstate the Bible as literature in the public schools, with 440 school districts in 43 states currently teaching this type of course.
Ten states have passed a law or resolution to bring the Bible as literature in the public schools statewide.
The movement, however, is secular in nature, with the Bible being taught as literature rather than the word of God. And rather than prayer, a “moment of silence” is established that “can be used as the students choose,” Jeynes said.
When CNSNews.com asked about the secular nature of this approach, Jeynes said data from nationwide surveys show that both students of faith and those with no faith both respond positively to the Bible as literature curriculum – the former said they learned more about the Bible in class than in church and the latter said they have an increased interest in the Christian religions.
“The effects are very, very positive,” Jeynes said.
Jeynes said the data he used in his presentation comes from the federal government (Departments of Education, Justice, Health and Human Services and the U.S. Census Bureau), and research by the advocacy groups Bibleasliterature.org, the Bible Literacy Project, the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, and California educator and researcher Nader Twal

read direct from http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/education-expert-removing-bible-prayer-public-schools-has-caused-decline

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Why Vladamir Putin's driver was killed in a car crash September 6, 2016 +Iran & US conflict news


Putin's Near Fatal Accident, What it means


The human society is equal of greater than a virus


Stop GMO's in New Zealand Dairy !


Stop GMO's in New Zealand Dairy !
5,000
3,126
3,126 signers. Let's reach 5,000

Why this is important


New Zealand dairy cows are being fed Genetically Modified soy, cotton-seed and maize as supplementary feed that is being imported into the country.

Dairy company Fonterra says that it needs the GM-feed to boost milk production because the nutrition in New Zealand grass is not enough to meet their demands!

It makes me despair that Fonterra is undermining New Zealand's clean-green reputation for safe food. Fonterra should NOT be allowing farmers to import cheap and dirty feed made from GM crops, or to feed cows palm kernel expeller left over from the palm oil industry that has raised alarm because of deforestation.

There is growing evidence linking GM crops to infertility and tumours in animals in feeding studies, and to environmental harm caused by increased use of toxic sprays. My family, just like many around the globe, want to be able to trust New Zealand milk and cheese to be safe, natural, and GMO-Free.

Please tell Fonterra to STOP using GMO feed for production of New Zealand milk and cheese, and to keep it natural !

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_GMOs_in_New_Zealand_Dairy/?pv=23

Russia had more internet freedom than other nations, in particular the United States.

Internet in Russia freer than in US, claims top Kremlin official

© Fabrizio Bensch
The deputy head of the presidential administration, Vyacheslav Volodin, has said that Russia has more internet freedom than the United States, where people receive prison sentences for online comments about President Barack Obama.
Volodin was giving a press conference in the central Russian city of Tambov, where a local reporter asked him to comment on the possibility of introducing a rule that would require social networks to obtain ID from their users “so that people could know who is on the other side of the internet.” The official replied that unlike many countries, Russia has chosen self-regulation on the internet and he saw no need to change this.
“Now we are capable of solving various issues through self-regulation and a ban on distribution of information about illegal drugs, suicide and extremism. Society has a need for this.”
He also noted that Russia had more internet freedom than other nations, in particular the United States.
“Take a look at the legal practice. Have you ever heard about the legal proceedings initiated by [Russian] civil servants and senior officials against ordinary internet users over even the most harsh statements made on the internet?” Volodin asked journalists.
A woman in the audience answered that a man had once attempted to sue her for dissemination of discrediting materials about him on the internet, but failed as police and prosecutors refused to recognize her material as unlawful. “You can see that prosecutors protect you. And if you take a look at the US statistics, even over the past six months, you will see that several people there received prison sentences between 12 and 18 months for their posts about President Obama,” Volodin told journalists.
“Ask yourselves – who has more democracy – us or them?” he concluded.
The official did not specify which legal cases he was talking about, but this could be the arrest of John Martin Roos – a 61-year-old Wisconsin man who was detained in April this year for threatening the US president on social media. Police also found weapons and several pipe bombs as they searched Roos’ home. He has not yet been sentenced. In 2013, Donte Jamar Sims from Florida was sentenced to six months in prison plus one year of supervised release for making threats to President Obama over Twitter.
In August 2014, Russia introduced a law requiring all blogs with 3,000 daily readers or more to follow many of the rules that exist in conventional mass media, such as tougher controls on published information and a ban on the use of explicit language. The restrictions include the requirement to verify information before publishing it and to abstain from releasing reports containing slander, hate speech, calls for extremism or other banned information such as advice on suicide.
In July this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a package of anti-terrorist amendments that allow automatic blocking of websites for promoting extremism and terrorism and require all communications companies, including internet providers, to retain information about their clients’ data traffic for three years and to hand it over to the authorities on demand (one year for messengers and social networks). Providers also must keep records of phone calls, messages and transferred files for six months.

retrieved from https://www.rt.com/politics/358296-internet-in-russia-is-freer/


Интернет в России свободнее, чем в США, утверждает топ-представитель Кремля
Опубликовано время: 5 сентября 2016 11:46
Под редакцией Время: 6 сентября 2016 7:58
Получить короткий URL
© Fabrizio Bensch
© Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
1486
Заместитель главы администрации президента Вячеслав Володин заявил, что у России есть больше свободы, чем в Интернет в Соединенных Штатах, где люди получают тюремное заключение для интернет-комментариев по поводу президента США Барака Обамы.
Володин дает пресс-конференцию в центральном российском городе Тамбове, где местный репортер попросил его прокомментировать возможность введения правила, которое потребует социальных сетей, чтобы получить удостоверение личности от своих пользователей ", чтобы люди могли знать, кто находится на другая сторона в Интернете. "ответил чиновник, что в отличие от многих стран, Россия выбрала саморегулирование в Интернете, и он не видит необходимости менять это.

"Сейчас мы способны решать различные вопросы путем саморегулирования и запрет на распространение информации о незаконных наркотиков, самоубийства и экстремизма. Общество имеет потребность в этом ".

ПОДРОБНЕЕ: Государственная Дума обдумывает жесткий контроль над интернет-агрегаторами новостей

Он также отметил, что у России больше свободы в Интернет, чем другие народы, в частности, Соединенные Штаты.

"Посмотрите на юридической практике. Вы когда-нибудь слышали о судебных процессах, инициированных [российских] государственных служащих и старших должностных лиц в отношении обычных пользователей Интернета, более даже самых резких заявлений, сделанных в Интернете? »Спросил журналистов Володин.

Женщина в аудитории ответили, что человек когда-то пытался судиться с ней за распространение порочащих материалов о нем в Интернете, но не сумел, как полиция и прокуратура отказалась признать ее материал незаконным. "Вы можете видеть, что прокуроры защищают вас. И если вы посмотрите на статистику в США, даже в течение последних шести месяцев, вы увидите, что некоторые люди там получили тюремные сроки от 12 до 18 месяцев для своих сообщений о президенте Обаме, "сказал журналистам Володин.

"Спросите себя - кто имеет больше демократии - мы или они?», Он пришел к выводу.

Чиновник не уточнил, какие судебные дела он говорил об этом, но это может быть арест Джона Мартина Роос - 61-летний мужчина Wisconsin который был задержан в апреле этого года за угрозу президента США на социальные медиа. Полиция также нашла оружие и несколько бомб трубы, как они искали дом Roos '. Он еще не был осужден. В 2013 году Donte Джеймар Sims из Флориды был приговорен к шести месяцам тюремного заключения плюс один год контролируемого выпуска для создания угрозы для президента Обамы через Twitter.

ПОДРОБНЕЕ: Человек заключен в тюрьму за угрозы Обаме в Twitter

В августе 2014 года Россия ввела закон, требующий от всех блогов с 3000 ежедневных читателей или больше, чтобы следить за многими из правил, которые существуют в традиционных средствах массовой информации, таких как ужесточение контроля на опубликованной информации и запрет на использование явных языка. Ограничения включают требование проверять информацию перед ее публикацией и воздержаться от рилизинг докладов, содержащих клевету, разжигание ненависти, призывы к экстремизму или другой запрещенной информации, такие как консультации по вопросам суицида.

В июле этого года президент России Владимир Путин подписал закон пакет антитеррористических поправок, которые позволяют автоматически блокировать веб-сайты для содействия экстремизму и терроризму и требуют все компании связи, в том числе интернет-провайдеров, чтобы сохранить информацию о трафике данных своих клиентов для три года и передать его властям по первому требованию (один год для мессенджеров и социальных сетей). Поставщики должны также вести учет телефонных звонков, сообщений и передаваемых файлов в течение шести месяцев.
Internet v Rossii svobodneye, chem v SSHA, utverzhdayet top-predstavitel' Kremlya
Opublikovano vremya: 5 sentyabrya 2016 11:46
Pod redaktsiyey Vremya: 6 sentyabrya 2016 7:58
Poluchit' korotkiy URL
© Fabrizio Bensch
© Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
1486
Zamestitel' glavy administratsii prezidenta Vyacheslav Volodin zayavil, chto u Rossii yest' bol'she svobody, chem v Internet v Soyedinennykh Shtatakh, gde lyudi poluchayut tyuremnoye zaklyucheniye dlya internet-kommentariyev po povodu prezidenta SSHA Baraka Obamy.
Volodin dayet press-konferentsiyu v tsentral'nom rossiyskom gorode Tambove, gde mestnyy reporter poprosil yego prokommentirovat' vozmozhnost' vvedeniya pravila, kotoroye potrebuyet sotsial'nykh setey, chtoby poluchit' udostovereniye lichnosti ot svoikh pol'zovateley ", chtoby lyudi mogli znat', kto nakhoditsya na drugaya storona v Internete. "otvetil chinovnik, chto v otlichiye ot mnogikh stran, Rossiya vybrala samoregulirovaniye v Internete, i on ne vidit neobkhodimosti menyat' eto.

"Seychas my sposobny reshat' razlichnyye voprosy putem samoregulirovaniya i zapret na rasprostraneniye informatsii o nezakonnykh narkotikov, samoubiystva i ekstremizma. Obshchestvo imeyet potrebnost' v etom ".

PODROBNEYe: Gosudarstvennaya Duma obdumyvayet zhestkiy kontrol' nad internet-agregatorami novostey

On takzhe otmetil, chto u Rossii bol'she svobody v Internet, chem drugiye narody, v chastnosti, Soyedinennyye Shtaty.

"Posmotrite na yuridicheskoy praktike. Vy kogda-nibud' slyshali o sudebnykh protsessakh, initsiirovannykh [rossiyskikh] gosudarstvennykh sluzhashchikh i starshikh dolzhnostnykh lits v otnoshenii obychnykh pol'zovateley Interneta, boleye dazhe samykh rezkikh zayavleniy, sdelannykh v Internete? »Sprosil zhurnalistov Volodin.

Zhenshchina v auditorii otvetili, chto chelovek kogda-to pytalsya sudit'sya s ney za rasprostraneniye porochashchikh materialov o nem v Internete, no ne sumel, kak politsiya i prokuratura otkazalas' priznat' yeye material nezakonnym. "Vy mozhete videt', chto prokurory zashchishchayut vas. I yesli vy posmotrite na statistiku v SSHA, dazhe v techeniye poslednikh shesti mesyatsev, vy uvidite, chto nekotoryye lyudi tam poluchili tyuremnyye sroki ot 12 do 18 mesyatsev dlya svoikh soobshcheniy o prezidente Obame, "skazal zhurnalistam Volodin.

"Sprosite sebya - kto imeyet bol'she demokratii - my ili oni?», On prishel k vyvodu.

Chinovnik ne utochnil, kakiye sudebnyye dela on govoril ob etom, no eto mozhet byt' arest Dzhona Martina Roos - 61-letniy muzhchina Wisconsin kotoryy byl zaderzhan v aprele etogo goda za ugrozu prezidenta SSHA na sotsial'nyye media. Politsiya takzhe nashla oruzhiye i neskol'ko bomb truby, kak oni iskali dom Roos '. On yeshche ne byl osuzhden. V 2013 godu Donte Dzheymar Sims iz Floridy byl prigovoren k shesti mesyatsam tyuremnogo zaklyucheniya plyus odin god kontroliruyemogo vypuska dlya sozdaniya ugrozy dlya prezidenta Obamy cherez Twitter.

PODROBNEYe: Chelovek zaklyuchen v tyur'mu za ugrozy Obame v Twitter

V avguste 2014 goda Rossiya vvela zakon, trebuyushchiy ot vsekh blogov s 3000 yezhednevnykh chitateley ili bol'she, chtoby sledit' za mnogimi iz pravil, kotoryye sushchestvuyut v traditsionnykh sredstvakh massovoy informatsii, takikh kak uzhestocheniye kontrolya na opublikovannoy informatsii i zapret na ispol'zovaniye yavnykh yazyka. Ogranicheniya vklyuchayut trebovaniye proveryat' informatsiyu pered yeye publikatsiyey i vozderzhat'sya ot rilizing dokladov, soderzhashchikh klevetu, razzhiganiye nenavisti, prizyvy k ekstremizmu ili drugoy zapreshchennoy informatsii, takiye kak konsul'tatsii po voprosam suitsida.

V iyule etogo goda prezident Rossii Vladimir Putin podpisal zakon paket antiterroristicheskikh popravok, kotoryye pozvolyayut avtomaticheski blokirovat' veb-sayty dlya sodeystviya ekstremizmu i terrorizmu i trebuyut vse kompanii svyazi, v tom chisle internet-provayderov, chtoby sokhranit' informatsiyu o trafike dannykh svoikh kliyentov dlya tri goda i peredat' yego vlastyam po pervomu trebovaniyu (odin god dlya messendzherov i sotsial'nykh setey). Postavshchiki dolzhny takzhe vesti uchet telefonnykh zvonkov,