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DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN? Ellen Page of “Juno” holds a picture of Myanmar’s dictator, Senior Gen. Than Shwe.
“HITLER is alive in Burma” reads the words scrawled on a cardboard sign, held aloft by a sweet-faced Ellen Page, the “Juno” star, in a 90-second human-rights public awareness message that began showing on video-sharing Web sites last week.
The spot is one of 30 produced for U.S. Campaign for Burma, starring celebrities like Will Ferrell and Jennifer Aniston. They will be distributed on Fanista.com, a social-networking and entertainment retail site, then passed along to sites like YouTube and Google Video every day for the next month. The goal of the campaign is to thrust the cause of human rights in Burma — now known as Myanmar — into the orbit of A-list activist causes, along with Tibet and Darfur, and to encourage international pressure on a government that activists say is one of the world’s most oppressive.
Attention will not be easy to gain, never mind actually pressuring the government. As with other global campaigns, activists must figure out how to make Americans care about a distant crisis with complex causes involving relatively unknown players. And they must also make themselves heard in the glut of worthy causes, all with a chorus of earnest celebrities crying “Urgent!”
To do so, the Burma campaign has decided to use some of the same brand-building strategies — simplified narratives, clear-cut imagery and, of course, the most carefully selected celebrities — used by other successful aid agencies, or even consumer-goods marketers.
“In a certain sense, you have to ‘brand’ it up,” said Jack Healey, the founder of the Human Rights Action Center, a partner in the Campaign for Burma. “It’s the nature of the business now.”
And no wonder. The public today is bombarded by pleas to take action on global warming, Tibet, Darfur, breast cancer, starving children, Africans with AIDS, or Katrina victims, said Daniel H. Adler, the founder of Fanista.com. The company financed much of the series of spots, called “Burma: It Can’t Wait.”
In this section of the list of 50 hottest women of sports, we move into the bottom half. Starting at 30 and going down to 21, we feature some of most beautiful stars of volleyball, soccer and swimming.
30. Gabrielle Reece
Gabrielle took a quite unusual career path. First she became a model, and then she started playing volleyball professionally. Well, we are fine with that, since it probably helped to make her body the statue it is today.
29. Michelle Wie
I wonder if one should spell her surname like the Nintendo console. Anyway, this is the youngest entry of our list. She was born in 1989 (make the maths lazy ass) in Hawaii. Back in 2005 she became a professional golfer, and now she takes part in the LPGA.
28. Victoria Adams
Before people start bitching, the list covers “hot girls from the sports world,” which goes beyond athletes. Victoria is married to famous soccer player David Beckham, so we figured she is qualified to appear here. Actually, take a look at the picture and let me know if these curves are not enough credentials.
27. Heather Mitts
When I see soccer players like this, I wonder why men and women are not allowed to play together. Heather plays in the U.S. National Soccer Team (she is a defender in the case you were wondering). In 2004 she was also elected the “Hottest Female Athlete” by ESPN. No kidding!
26. Misty May
Misty May is a professional beach volleyball player. Born in California, her highest achievement was the gold medal on the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the age of 30, she is definitely still on top of her game!
25. Milene Domingues
Milene is the ex-wife of soccer legend Ronando. That alone would be enough to enter on our list, but to top it off she is also one of the best female soccer players in the world, and pretty damn hot. They had a child as well, and I wonder if they kid will inherit their talent.
24. Laure Manaudou
Laure is a lovely French girl of 22 years old. She is also incredibly talented, being the current holder of the world swimming records for the 400m and 200m freestyle. A couple of months ago she became very popular thanks to some nude pictures of herself that leaked on the web (Google is your friend if you want to find them).
23. Stacy Keibler
Put together a mix of German and American hot stuff, and the result is Stacy. Stacy was a cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens and professional wrestler and manager for the World Wrestling Entertainment. Currently she is trying a career as an actress, and has appearances on several TV shows.
22. Ana Ivanovic
One of the youngest (and hottest) entries on our list, at twenty years old. Born in Serbia, she is a professional tennis player, and currently the number two at the WTA world ranking. You go girl!
21. Ashley Tappin
We have a weakness for a cute brunettes, and Ashley Tappin is definitely one. She won three Olympic gold medals, and after retiring from competitive swimming in 2001 she started a couching career.
Sex offenders face website bans
Posted on: April 4, 2008
Sex offenders’ e-mail addresses are to be passed to social networking sites like Facebook and Bebo to prevent them contacting children.
Under government proposals, offenders who do not give police their address – or give a false one – would face up to five years in jail.
Websites would be expected to monitor the e-mail address usage or block them accessing the sites.
The Home Office said the new laws would apply to about 30,000 sex offenders.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she wanted children to be “free from fear”.
“We need to patrol the internet to keep predators away from children in the same way as we patrol the real world,” she told GMTV.
Industry co-operation
Children’s charities have welcomed the measures, but others say the internet cannot be policed.
The exact details of the monitoring system will be worked out by the government’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) centre and internet firms.
Ceop already tries to police the internet, investigating 400 reports every month from children experiencing some form of abuse online.
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HOME OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS
Display links to organisations such as Ceop, NSPCC, Samaritans and others so abuse can be reported or users can quickly get help
Arrange for net firms and police forces to share reports of potentially illegal and suspicious behaviour
Make it more difficult for people registered as being over 18 to search for and contact users who are under 18
Work to ensure children do not share too much personal information
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The Home Office said it had been in talks with internet firms including MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, Piczo and Yahoo.
The home secretary told BBC News: “I have been very encouraged by the willingness of industry to actually work with us.
“They want children and young people to be safe when they’re using their sites. They want to make sure people get the benefits whilst we minimise the risks.”
She said she accepted such a scheme could never be “completely foolproof” but did not see that as a reason not to try.
The move comes after a survey by telecoms regulator Ofcom found nearly half of children aged from eight to 17 had a profile on a social-networking site.
And a third of those aged nine to 19 who used the internet weekly had received sexual comments via e-mail, instant message, chat or text message, the survey indicated.
‘Inappropriate uses’
A Facebook spokesman said it used technology and social factors to promote a safe and trusted environment for users.
Responsibility for online behaviour was established through a real-name culture instead of a screen-name culture, he said.
Users were provided with easy reporting links for offensive material and extensive privacy controls and there were aggressive service levels set for dealing with reports of inappropriate behaviour.
Technology was deployed to detect inappropriate use of the site directed at children, he added.
Annie Mullins, chairman of the Home Office task force on child protection and the internet, said it would not be easy to bar registered child sex offenders from social networking sites.
She said it was important to consider the security issues of any list and how that list was transferred and managed by a third party.
“The most important thing is that parents engage with their children, use the software that is available and keep an ongoing dialogue.”
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 We need to ensure that safety measures in cyber space are as stringent as they are in the wider world  Diana Sutton
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Plans to force sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses and chatroom names were first announced last year by the then home secretary, John Reid.
Some of the main concerns with the measures are how to prevent sex offenders from having multiple e-mail addresses that may not be registered.
The Home Office said offenders who use any e-mail address that has not been given to the police, face up to five years in prison.
Further concerns surround working with websites based abroad over which the UK has no jurisdiction. Both Facebook and MySpace are based in California.
Children’s charities the NCH and the NSPCC welcomed the new measures.
Shaun Kelly, of NCH, said they would add protection for children using the internet.
“It will mean that those who have previously offended against children will be stopped from accessing certain websites and certain social networking sites that children and young people are known to use.”
Diana Sutton, head of policy at the NSPCC, said: ¿Many sex offenders will go to extraordinary lengths to access children, and we need to ensure that safety measures in cyber space are as stringent as they are in the wider world.”
But Donald Findlater, from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, which works with survivors and perpetrators of child sex abuse, warned that banning sex offenders could be counterproductive.
“Sex offenders need to be encouraged to live good lives too, and by stopping them using a technology that actually means they can’t communicate with other adults… may rebound badly on those individuals.”
The government guidance contains recommendations for service providers and safety advice for first-time users.
It also includes:
- Arrangements for the industry and law enforcement agencies to share reports of potentially illegal activity and suspicious behaviour
- Making it more difficult for people registered over the age of 18 to search for users under the age of 18
- Encouraging children not to provide excessive information about themselves
- Social-networking sites including links to organisations such as Ceop, the NSPCC and the Samaritans so users can get help or report potential problems easily
Other government measures include a “kitemark” for filtering software.
Chief Executive of Ceop Jim Gamble said the guidance had the “real potential to accelerate online child protection”.
“It will provide parents with those crucial indicators as to which sites and providers they should be using, allowing children the chance to get on and enjoy the full benefits of the internet with vital reassurance.”
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