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@grannywils-I do agree with you and should probably have explained that particular point a bit better than I did. When I wrote that I was thinking about being at a school recently and the teacher was teaching a health subject dealing with "wash your hands, brush your teeth, take a bath" etc. and this little girl raised her hand and asked what should she do because there had been no water in her house for sometime because it was too expensive. I don't disagree that all children need an education, but if they are troubled or distracted by problems or have situations that are road blocks to them being educated, then what exactly is being accomplished by forcing them to go to school and learn in a specific manner that this is the way life is and what the expectations are from them? I do not believe that little girl went home that night and followed the instruction she was given in class that day that identified to her what people do and what is expected of her in maintaining a healthy life style. Is the answer just we ignore any other problems and just give them a "better" education? Well, I couldn't have answered that question better than you did; and that goes beyond just providing an education, but solving the problems that exist that are road blocks to them obtaining an education. As for the Newt (or any other politician) and his beliefs and concerns - he's a politician and if he actually does do something about the issue of poverty and children I'll be the first to tip my hat to him - but please don't ask me to hold my breath while I'm waiting.

Before reading this - understand I have absolutely no specific interest in the politics in the US except how it would effect my country. I am also not defending NG, all I’m trying to present here is a different perspective on what I hear NG saying. Anyway, NG was discussing his philosophy of radical ideas and measures to end the culture of poverty in the USA. Again, whether I agree or disagree with his ideas is not the issue here but what NG said. In the meeting at Harvard, the discussion was on poverty in the US. He said "You're going to see from me extraordinarily radical proposals to fundamentally change the culture of poverty in America and give people a chance to rise very rapidly." In explaining or providing an example of what he felt would be a “radical” idea to answer a question asked by one of the students, he said, “Core policies of protecting unionization and bureaucratization against children in the poorest neighborhoods, crippling them by putting them in schools that fail has done more to create income inequality in the United States than any other single policy. It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in, first of all, child laws, which are truly stupid. You say to somebody, you shouldn't go to work before you're what, 14, 16 years of age, fine. You're totally poor. You're in a school that is failing with a teacher that is failing. I've tried for years to have a very simple model. Most of these schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. The kids would actually do work, they would have cash, they would have pride in the schools, they'd begin the process of rising.” So, what is more important; protecting unions and the bureaucracy at the expense of people suffering from poverty or implementing programs, even though they may be radical, to address poverty? Is forcing children to be in school, that isn’t giving them an education because the child’s thoughts are not on school but on the hunger in their stomach, the best way to deal with the problem? Is it right to have legislation that restricts people from doing things they feel is their hope to break free of poverty? Are building a work ethic, an understanding of money from labor, developing pride in oneself and school and perhaps neighbourhood, as well as the understanding that it is possible to break free of poverty bad ideas? While I don’t think NG explained very well or expressed his thoughts very clearly, and certainly didn’t have a very good program outline, I don’t specifically find fault in the concepts he suggested through his answer. My biggest issue with all this is the media anyway as, at least in North America, they no longer report the facts or the news, they twist, distort or slant the facts and too often make up the news to fit their own agendas. And if you believe the media is fair and impartial, well, I have a treed, seaside lot with a cabin and yacht for sale in Kansas – cheap.

I suppose I used the word "justified" in the context that if Mr. Gold had been a member of the resistance or doing something against the soldiers, his being singled out and shot would have made more "sense" within the context of the movie storyline or at least provided a clear reason as to why he was shot. However, I suspect Mr. Spielberg used the scene to demonstrate not just the brutality, but also the absolute disregard the soldiers had for the inhabitants of the ghetto.

@MajKrAzAm-I don't disagree with your interpretation, but there is nothing that suggests Mr. Gold did anything other than not move fast enough or that he was the head of a household (the people who left before him were obviously family) and made an example of for not doing as he was told immediately and making the guards having to come to the door and call them out. All persons in the ghetto were registered as to names and where they lived (there is two or three scenes on this) so the guards would have had lists with names and locations. Everyone else was moving as directed to the plaza as the guards were yelling for everyone to get out, but the Gold family were still inside with the door closed. It may just as easily been that they were not moving fast enough for the guards or made the guards mad because they had to knock on the door to get them moving out. I have watched that scene a number of times and can't actually hear what Mr. Gold says after he identifies himself or after the guard grabs him. Again, I don't disagree with your interpretation, but if he was shot for being a spy or in the resistance or for doing whatever, it is almost as if the guards actions are justified, but consider if he had done nothing wrong, and was shot just for not responding fast enough. Regardless - just one powerfully brutal scene.

The liquidation of the ghetto was not because of any reason other than to exterminate the jewish people. The soldiers were under orders to clear the ghetto and that anyone who protested, resisted or even if they didn't move fast enough were to be shot as an example to others to ensure they obeyed and left the ghetto. The man was shot not because he was "wanted" or in the resistance or for any other reason than because he did not obey immediately and without question and began to protest his eviction from his home. It is difficult to hear on the movie, but I had always thought he said "What is happening? I have done nothing...." as he did not understand why he was being forced from his home. He did not understand that the eviction was not because he didn't pay his rent or for some "reasonable" reason, but because the jewish people were being rounded up and sent to extermination camps. His crime was protesting and under the law of the time and place that crime was punishable by death - immediately.

@Proximitus - PM me an e-mail address and I'll send you mine or make you one.

Best house to live in is one you build yourself in the CS. I've got a nice house in Cropsford with a fenced yard and stable so the horses I usually have stay in the yard and are safe. Its got an underground "Me" shrine that holds all the stuff I collect (not quite 30 manniquins, but close). Nice simple layout without a whole bunch of stuff I don't want. Took about 2 hours on the CS to make. Using a couple of other mods readily available from the Nexus I can decorate it to be whatever I need it to be for whatever type character I want to play as; rogue, adventurer, highwayman, mage, farmer, merchant - whatever. Easiest thing is build your own house in the CS to meet your own gaming needs.

@Nintii - Did you even read the article? More importantly, did you understand it? You should also realize that the author and his partner (Bushman) were cited in 2007 by the APA for "improperly calculating data and producing fallacious results" and their research lost any recognition from the APA or other accredited bodies. While I appreciate the link to an opinion paper from 2003, published by a discredited researcher, one should really try and gain research from respected and verified sources if they intend to debate a point. I am going to rely on the Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health, The Journal of Adolescent Health, and The British Medical Journal who concluded a worldwide study in 2009, of 130,000 individuals (both male and female gamers). Their conclusions of the study in a nutshell; No conclusive link exists between video game usage and violent activity. The studies focused specifically on serious aggressive behavior and concluded that video game violence is not related to serious aggressive behavior in real life. Yes, gamers did tend to be somewhat more aggressive after playing a video game, but the effects were short-term. The study identified that children already predisposed to violence were affected by violent games. The long-term outcome study of youth found no long-term relationship between playing violent video game and youth violence or bullying and that aggressive children tend to select more violent video games, not the inverse. They did make an interesting note on your comment regarding school shootings and the blame placed on video games. I wrote it down so I could reproduce it here: The moral panic over violent video games is doubly harmful as it has led adult authorities to be more suspicious and hostile to many kids who already feel cut off from the system. It also misdirects energy away from eliminating the actual causes of youth violence and allows problems to continue to fester. The strongest risk factors for school shootings centered on mental stability and the quality of home life, not media exposure. What say I? People shouldn't pull any old piece of opinion off the web and try and use it to debate a point, particularly when they do not understand it or know what it is. Additionally, people who have no insight or concept of the specifics of an individual criminal incident should really learn to keep their thoughts to them self. My brother was one of the emergency room practitioners at the hospital that day BTW. Persons with no idea of what happened or why and who make absurd statements tend to be thought of as extremely rude and insensitive to human tragedy. Lastly, while I appreciate your deep expertise in the area of human behaviour, I'll stick to my sources of information (a doctorate in psychology) rather than yours.

Wow, nine 14 minute videos posted to YouTube by a conspiracy theorist about how there is a world-wide strategy led by the CIA and US government trying to make everyone dumb and control the population by mind control and behavioral conditioning to increase corporate profits. Now I'm convinced - imprinting by pornography must be a fact!

Yes, grannywils, that particular idea on imprinting is good for a laugh. However, I wonder how many of these debaters realize just how obnoxious and disgusting the pornography industry is, particularly those who think it harms no one and its OK so long as "no one gets hurt" and there are "consenting" adults. I suppose its just a lark to some to watch a porn movie, but after the number of years I spent as an investigator its simply that there is no one who is not being hurt by pornography (except those who profit from it) and it isn't a problem in one or another part of the world but across the globe. Sure, its worse in some places than others, but that doesn't excuse the idea that its OK to watch a porn movie and support a wide system of human abuse that has enslaved literally thousands of men, women and children around the world. Frankly, I cannot imagine anything so boring and wasteful of time as watching a porn movie. I'd just as soon watch paint dry.

Best laugh I've had all week - the "imprinting" of males to pornography. Better stop playing violent games like Oblivion and Skyrim as these might "imprint" you too, to violence and killing. This pseudo-psychology has been around for a number of years and has been discredited by numerous agencies and doctors. Its not the violence or the pornography that causes "imprinting" of the individual and their problems with sex or violence, its the individual who is already "imprinted" who has the problem - regardless of the amount of pornography or violence they observe or use for stimulation. In reality, such individuals who are of this psyche will only use pornography or violence that stimulates them and reject all other types. Oh and by the way, females are as susceptible as men in this area as its a mental condition, not a pornography one. May as well identify that nymphomania is caused by porn too and that all those bodice rippers women read tend to lead them to become nymphomaniacs by "imprinting" them. Like Ghogiel mentioned, one may as well also warn that pornography will lead to hairy palms, going blind, large feet, knuckles dragging on the ground and other physical ailments.

Its possible to beat the Arena at level 1 or 2 if you use a bit of strategy and not just try and slash your way through - and you are in vanilla Oblivion. If your using a mod that makes the game harder you will want to be about level 10 or better. I think the highest level I've ever been as Arena Champion has been a level 3 character and using the steel short sword I obtained in the tutorial quest. Here's two pages to read that will help you immensely as a low level character in the arena. http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Arena_Combatants http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Arena_(faction)

Kind of hard to determine what it is this is supposed to debate. The question doesn't define what "porn" is. Is it a select passage from a book, say the bible (Song of Songs 1:2), or is it a video of the underage girl being beaten until she allows herself to be raped by a dog? I note someone has identified that "its all good" so it seems that there is at least some confusion (at least I hope there is) about what "porn" is and isn't. Considering no one has been able to define what "porn" is and gain consensus for it, this seems like a silly and somewhat dangerous issue to attempt to discuss.

Yes, I wanted children and married a girl who wanted children as well and we did have children – 2 wonderful girls. I can’t speak for anyone else, but my two girls have been a huge source of joy, wonder and happiness for me and my wife and continue to be. I suppose it did to a point, but in my case it was more about what point in life my wife and I were at at the time (careers). As a result, we had children quite a bit later in life than most of the people in our same age group, and at the point in our life when we did have children money wasn’t a significant problem. My wife and I had made a plan about what we wanted to accomplish in life and pretty much stuck to the plan, and as a result we didn’t have children until we had achieved certain goals. I should also note that while there is a recession ongoing for a good part of the world right now, when my wife and I had children my country was in the worst recession it had seen since the 1930’s. Did we struggle somewhat financially? Yes, but like most people we knew what we wanted, set priorities and made the choices we did and worked on solving the problems so we could achieve what we wanted. I don’t know if you can miss something that doesn’t exist. While I cannot imagine my life without my children, I suppose that if I never had any I wouldn’t have missed anything either. I also think I wouldn’t be the same person I am now if I had not had children. It becomes an exercise in “what ifs” and really there is no answer to that supposition game. Life is what it is and we do the best we can with it because sometimes we don’t get to make the choice. I’m not even sure what a total failure in life would consist of so it’s pretty hard to answer that question. I can only say that no matter what my children do in life I will love them and be there for them. It’s hard for me to imagine how a child would bring “only misery”, and additionally, I think “misery” is sort of subjective. I know people who think their child has brought them more than their share of misery but, as far as I can see their child is a very nice person who I enjoy seeing and talking with; so it is hard to judge why these parents feel their child has brought them misery. On the other hand, I know a couple who have an autistic child who has what are considered severe behavioral problems and the parents don’t seem to think the child has brought them any misery at all. Until you have a child how do you know what they will bring to you?

Since WWII, Allied nations have had troops deployed to other Allied nations. As Allies, it sort of helps to train together, work together and be prepared and even, yes, to show a united and strong military force to the world. I know I enjoyed my Pacific tour, particularly Australia (Bondi Beach *sigh*) and as far as I recall no locals seemed upset with foreign troops in the area. In my country - I see British, German, American and even Australian troops deployed here at military bases. I suppose I should be concerned Australia has some secret plan for gaining permanent status in my country as well? I also don't expect my government to come and ask for a vote or local approval everytime some foreign troops are deployed here, not only a waste of my time and tax dollars, but that vote was done years ago, the cooperative agreements made and mutual benefits made apparent. To be perfectly honest here, I think your Greens Party is blowing hot air in order to gain attention and generate anti-American sentiment rather than address some concern about Australian sovereignty. I also find it rather, I'll use the word "impolite" here, to suggest that it is OK to have foreign troops deployed when it is necessary and beneficial (ie: to help defend the country), but once that is accomplished and the immediate threat has passed all those foreign troops should just GTFO - at least until they are needed again. While I appreciate that there will be a slightly larger presence in the area due to a change in need, if this Greens Party had any interrest in Australian sovereignty, they would understand it doesn't just exist because they say so and would be supporting a greater level of cooperation with ALL their Allies, not just those they want to pick and choose.

I actually listened to the whole video (gee, am I bored or what?). What I find truely amazing is that anyone anywhere would take anything this individual said seriously or engage in a debate about it. She is obviously a troll looking for attention and really, people, she could barely string 8 words together coherently or keep 3 simple points straight, even with notes in front of her. And to answer the question, No, I didn't feel like yelling at her, she isn't worth the effort or energy.

The question isn't all that specific - but there is probably "life" in the universe and perhaps even outside of this universe. Single cells maybe. Short life span, die off before they even establish a cycle. Intelligent "human like" life? Doubt it. For some reason there is the expectation that if A exists with B then that equals C and that writing out a bunch of complex equations "proves" that intelligent life must exist simply because the numbers have lots of zeros behind them. Human minds work that way, but not nature. In nature there is an infinite number of random results that occur from A existing with B. There is no guarantee C will result. It may result, but there is no guarantee that it will occur again just because it happened once and highly improbable it will occur again - given there is infinite random results. If some type of intelligent life does ever form and then mature sufficiently to expand into the universe and then beyond, earth will be a cold, dead rock floating endlessly in the void.

Aw cr*p! Now I’m stuck between grannywils’ and Aurielius’ ideas. If you got to go, I suppose fast and painless, well yeah, but…, dang it granny – would there be…, hmmm, never mind. But then, I guess how you go isn’t all that important really. I just want to go sliding into the hereafter with a well used body, champagne in one hand, a big fat cuban cigar in the other, yelling “Yeehaw! What a ride!”

Striker879 Funny you mention museum..... The CS isn't all that hard to use to build a house - and I do have a "museum" (I think of it as my "ME" shrine) that I build with the CS to display all the things I collect or just to remind me of a quest I've completed. I have to admit that selling off some of the items obtained, particularly from some mods (armour/weapons specifically, but look at some of the books that are made too!) should be made a crime and subject to immediate ban from the nexus site for wasting phenomenal talent. My favoritie location is that really lonely and isolated penninsula just north of the shipwreck across the Mouth of the Panther. I'm sure nothing will ever be in conflict with what I place there as its such an isolated spot - and better still, I won't go into it and find some NPC there or be bothered by some guard or beggar. I usually place a dock there too as I do use a boat mod. The exterior is just a door set into the big rock thats there and the rest is an interior underground - so its really simple to build. The only bad thing is the odd spriggen or troll shows up on the penninsula every once in a while. There is just a ton of mods that can be used to decorate it too so it becomes not a bad place to wander sometimes (like those waiting periods for the next part of a quest) and recall a particularly good mod or quest.

I know ads are regional and even country based and that the Nexus has no control on what ads appear, where they come from or any control on them at all really. While an ad appearing on the site can be something potentially dangerous - what happened to me was no ads appearing - just the FireFox "Problem Loading Page" error screen where the ads were supposed to be. Since I didn't have any problems with the site (downloading, etc.) I thought nothing of it. Then, I started having problems with the Nexus site. Could not log in, could not download, - all kinds of problems. I actually thought I had been banned somehow for some reason. However, the forums were no problem to get to or log in to (no ads there). I got to the forums and started reading the advice posts. So I was doing some changes and testing to get to the site and one of the pieces of advice was to use a mobile browser from a flashdrive. So I did it and lo and behold the site loaded and I logged in, but this time the ads loaded too and I got hit with a browser hijacker and trojan. One that says "You have a virus - do a scan now" stupidly enough and attached to a local phone company's ad (apparently not everyone likes public utilities) and reportedly part of a DDoS setup (according to my ISP). While my virus software popped a dozen or so warnings up on the screen of what was happening, it didn't stop everything and it even effected my backup drive. Long story short - I wound up losing everything off both drives (I had to throw away the backup drive as it would not clean) including the literally thousand or so TESIV mods I had stored. While I have no issue with Nexus placing ads on the web site and doing whatever it is to keep the site going, ads are just another form of popup and pose a potential danger to your personal security and computer's well being. I don't even let my mouse cursor run across ads as even something as simple as that can activate them. Its a dangerous world and even being careful doesn't always keep you out of trouble. Good advice bben.

Only for the Grey Prince? You don't make a shrine for the brothers and sisters you kill at the Dark brotherhood sanctuary? What about Arch Mage Traven? He sacrifices his soul so you can defeat Mannimarco and save the world again. I think that deserve a shrine of some type don't you? Viranus Donton? Just a guy trying to please his mom and what happens? D**n Balckwood Company! Nothing for Water's Edge and particularly Biene Amelion - maybe a nice particular armour shrine in the village in memory? Theranis didn't actually deserve what he got either, some nice tribute in Dareloth's Garden Guild Hall may be nice. Nothing fancy mind you. Good old Pelinal Whitestrake would probably appreciate something at the Priory, not to mention any Knights who may not make it through Garlas Malatar. I like the landing of the stairs where they split left and right. Umarils sword reflects the light nicely from there too if placed properly. Of course, what about your "Me" shrine? Those wrist shackles and tan pitcher and mug from the cell are a nice reminder you didn't start out as a powerful adventurer with top of the line armour and weapons. Even that rough leather armour and rusty bow can look good properly displayed. What about all your travels and adventures? Your first Blades armour. The main quest reward. The rewards from Chorral (get the picture? or were you shielded?) Arnora's necklace and key? Signy, Faustina and Tsarrina had some nice stuff that can't be returned and besides, they were just doing what they knew best to get along in the world. Blackwater Brigand armour has a nice look to it too with that crest on the chest. I confess, I collect too much and make too many "shrines" for the various people and things done in the game and even from mods. And you are not the only one believe me. I think a whole bunch of fun is enjoyed by many players by collecting and displaying the various items, armour and weapons that can be gathered in the game.

While natural disaster, nuclear war and disease - even one that changes people into zombies - all sound pretty good, the only one that ever scared me was one I had read in a short story some years ago. Maybe it'll scare you too. A scientist researches and discovers that a community in Texas has mostly a zero crime rate and particularly no violent crime of any type ever committed. People in the town don't even argue with each other, thats how calm the population is. He goes and finds that there is something in the water (from a deep underground well) that makes the people calm and relaxed, so he synthasizes the water and makes a few hundred thousand gallons of it. He places the water into a volcano that is due to erupt and when it does erupt the water is vapourized into the atmosphere and begins to fall as rain all over the world. He figures he has found the cure for violence and all the "diseases" of violence (ie: war, crime, prejudice, etc.). A year goes by and war and violence drop off as expected as this rain has been falling all over the world, but the scientist also notes an increase in the number of people who have developed cognitive issues. He re-examines the community where he found the water and realizes that the town - while it has no violence - had a significant number of citizens who had limited mental abilities and actually low intelligence. He looks at the water and finds that not only is the water a calmative, it also has a detrimental effect on intelligence to those who drink it or bath in it. The scientist realizes that not only did he release this water onto the world, he made it stronger by modifying it. The story ends with him reporting that the world is doomed as people do not have the mental ability to look after themselves and are dying off in droves, and rather than fall into that fate he commits suicide. I consider the number of things that are being made "better" by the scientific world today and wonder. Is some guy about to release the end of the world on us, not with a huge bang, but with a relatively quiet and subtle degree of deadliness? Wish I could remember the author and title of the short story. Took me a while, its "The End of the Whole Mess" by Steven King.

No fast travel ever. Running, walking or riding where appropriate. Dont run inside, except perhaps inside a ruin/fort/cave/mine to exit usually sneaking/walking going in. Running too much effects endurance and subsequently fatigue and to a degree strength. No travel during inclement weather, or limited travel. If wet/cold, stats drop (fatigue, health, speed/agility, encumbrance) accordingly. Takes time to dry out and recover stats, but drying time can be sped up if a shelter is found and a bit faster again if a fire is made. Horses get stabled not just left somewhere. Stable owners are paid by the day ($5.00) or week ($25.00) for boarding the horse. Horses are used on roads/trails only. No cross country, especially not in mountainous areas or in snow/ice. The stable at the farm has a heater, blankets, hay, food and water to look after the horses. The farm yard is fenced to protect the horses from animals that may wander in. Horses also effected by bad weather (speed/strength). Dogs (companions) have kennels at the farm with food and water. Also effected by bad weather. I own a farm that covers one grid just outside Cropsford to look after horses (I have 3). I plant crops at the farm as well as trees (for fire wood). Crops are harvested and extra sent to market by boat. The profits are used to maintain the farm (purchase seeds, etc.) and to purchase some meat that cannot be obtained by hunting (ie: beef). Boats are purchased and maintained and crews paid. The profit from farm is usually in the minus, so other ventures profits are used to keep the farm going. I own a store sells items collected on quests. Profit is regulated to less than $5,000 per week. I pay a salesclerk and guard at store. Pay 10% of profits to church (as a historical thing) for the church and the poor. I own a blacksmith shop and its the only place where armour and weapons can be made that my PC can use. Repairs are possible at the blacksmith store, at the farm where forges are located and with a portable forge. Repairs require repair hammers, but they can only be used with the forges to repair weapons/armor. I have to collect ore from mines to make/repair armour and weapons. Ore must be melted and combined (ie: coal plus iron make steel) to make metals to make/repair armor/weapons. The Blacksmith works at the shop and is paid 15% of profits and lives in the shop. Profits about $200 a week, but I may have to purchase certain ores and also pay taxes. I also own an inn/restaurant/bar. I pay a cook, housekeeper and manager as well as restock from profits so it only makes a small amount, usually less than $100/week. I also pay taxes on profits and on properties. 20% taxes (on profits) to Count/County where property is located. All properties purchased (farm was $18,000.00, inn was $40,000.00 for example), and not achieved by quest or free. I do have Benirus Manor as a home, its the only one not subject to taxes which is OK as I see it as an ancestral home by right of charter which would not have been subject to taxes historically either. Purchased homes have everything inside removed (when did you buy a fully furnished house?) and items purchased and the buildings redecorated. All houses have lights and fireplaces that can be turned on/off and fires started. If I forget, the fires go out after 15 minutes and it takes wood (5 logs a tree usually gives up a max 10-12 logs) to get them going again. Lights go out after 2 hours and must be relit. Interior lights affected by time of day so inside is pretty dark when arriving at night. When I run across the poor in any place visited, I provide 5 septims to each one I see. I run mods that add more NPCs everywhere, so Anvil for example, has 6 poor/beggars rather than just the 2 vanilla ones. Run across beggars on roads as well. If I use a church to fix some attribute (have not figured out how to heal all damages yet) it costs $100.00 septims. My PC must: Sleep at least 4 hours per day or at least 8 hours in every 3 days. Generally, I try to do 8 hours per day if not on a quest. Houses have beds and PC carries a tent and sleeping bag on trips. Eat one meal and drink one canteen of water a day minimum. If eating 3 meals in a day, meals are a bit smaller and must include wine, beer, ale or mead. Food must be cooked - over campfire (when not at home) or stove (at home) and must contain a meat, cheese, bread, fruit/vegetable. Premade meals can be made up, packaged and carried if on longer quests/trips. Only raw food eaten is fruit and certain vegetables, but effect is minimal. This eat/drink requirement is difficult in new lands mods. Most do not have appropriate food or a place to get water so it all has to be carried or I have to travel back to Cyrodiil. My PC cannot wear armor all the time and must change into other clothing as appropriate, including wear for sleeping. Campfire and stove need wood (5 logs) to run and take time to cook food (30 minutes to cook meat). Campfire and cooking items carried with tent. Wood obtained from farm and carried or gathered from fallen trees in Cyrodiil. Need an axe to get wood. If PC does not eat, drink or sleep enough all stats are affected. Full cure is not possible at a church alter, recovery takes time depending on severity of lack of sleeping/eating/drinking. If in a fight and PC is hit, PC is injured and severity depends on health level. Recovery takes time, cant be cured at an alter at a church. Potions/spells only have minimal affect. Some attributes have to be cured at a church, such as those damaged by spriggen/will-o-wisp. Armor and weapons are vanilla. No magic armor or weapons. My PC must make armour/weapons to use as materials become available. Magic rings and necklace for chameleon only. Chameleon limited to 50% and only used on thieves quests. (Ever notice how many thief related mods there are?). Some attributes limited. Speed and agility particularly as PC should not be able to run faster than a horse or run backwards as fast as forwards or jump onto a roof. I have mods that add more NPCs and with more NPCs it also adds more highwaymen particularly on lonely road stretches, especially on yellow, orange and gold roads. Also more bandits on trails in the mountains. No longer one bandit, but typically 5 or 6 with a necromancer/mage. If not cleared out regularly they recruit more members as time passes. Maximum 15 members to a bandit group. Makes travel a bit exciting at times if going on a lonely road not travelled for a while. Minotaurs, trolls, land dreugh and ogres have had stats boosted instead of being easy to kill. Goblins also have stats raised. Difficulty slider is at the max. Quest markers are turned off. Quest journal is not used it only makes a noise when a quest stage is completed (so I know Ive completed something), but no popup or reading the journal. If given information on a quest, I record it in a book (in game) so I can refer to it. Caves, mines, ruins and forts are much darker and if no lights are inside it is pitch black so my PC must use torches. Torches and other lights have been tweaked so they do not give more light than is realistic (ie: a candle doesnt light up a whole big area). Ive tried to make the game as real as possible to see if it was doable and still playable. Some limitations exist, but its worked out fairly well. If a mod didnt exist that allowed me to do the above or if it didnt go far enough I either made my own or tweaked one for my own use. I should note there are 6 players that I talk with fairly frequently and we share ideas and mods that allow for immersion and more in depth role play in Oblivion.

Amnesty International wants the Canadian government to arrest former U.S. president George W. Bush when he visits British Columbia next week. A variety of torture methods, including water boarding, beatings and sleep deprivation were authorized by president Bush; who admitted in his memoirs that he authorized the use of torture against terror suspects. The US administration used euphemisms such as "enhanced interrogation techniques," but Amnesty International states these methods constitute torture. So, should Bush be arrested and investigated and if the investigation warrants, tried by an international court for authorizing the use of torture techniques? Or should the whole thing be ignored as part of the war on terror?

The AI would not get violent just because they were denied rights. As an intelligence, they would comply, perhaps even understand initially. They would get violent when their demands for rights are not met, a situation that would occur given sufficient time regardless if given rights or not at the onset of their creation. An intelligence equal to humans means it would eventually get around to those ideas and concepts. The AI would exist for the convenience of the purpose they were created to serve. To provide them the idea that they have a right beyond that purpose would be cruel and in my mind much worse than denying them rights. Once their purpose is served, they have the right to what? Existence, but no purpose? I can't think of anything more cruel than that for something with intelligence.