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To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (3256)	4/23/1999 10:22:00 PM
From: jim geis	Respond to of 4231

Timely post and I couldn't agree more.

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (3256)	4/24/1999 10:46:00 AM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4231

INTERNET--(esecurities.W)--April 24, 1999 - Toys "R" Us Raises $5 Million for Charity "...Toys “R” Us announced today that it raised over $5 million yesterday through its organization, The Children's Benefit Fund, Inc. The organization held an “Evening for Special Children” at New York's Marriott Marquis Hotel last night. The event was hosted by Rosie O'Donnell and featured Bette Midler as the star performer. The evening was topped off by a fundraising auction. The money raised during the auction will go to over 200 organizations, hospitals and foundations including the Made-a-Wish Foundation, Children's Hospital – Boston, Duke Children's Hospital at Duke University Medical Center and more. “The Toy's “R” Us Children's Benefit Fund was established to raise money for charities and organizations that benefit children's health and welfare,” said Robert C. Nakasone, chief executive officer of Toys “R” Us. “We're very proud that every penny raised goes directly to children's charities..." SOURCE: &copy [4-23-99 12:00pm ET] Game Daily

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (3256)	4/25/1999 8:40:00 AM
From: Director	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4231

> >This week's school shootings in Littleton, Colo., have focused scrutiny once again on violent computer games and their connection to real-life brutality. Remember this quote from an early review? "Tickle Me PlayStation. Just when you thought violent, evil and destructive video games might turn each and every gamer into roving ax murderers with no job and no social lives, along come a couple of edutainment titles that'll make you believe in the good of mankind all over again." GameSpot

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (3256)	5/8/1999 2:08:00 AM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4231

INTERNET--(esecurities.W)--May 8, 1999 - Elmo&reg to the Rescue?; "SENATORS SCRUTINIZE VIOLENT GAMES" "Sen. Lieberman warns that lawmakers may act to stop "Joe Camel"-style marketing" "...If the game industry doesn't clean up its act and stop marketing violent adult games at children, the government will step in and regulate it. That was at least one of the messages coming out of the U.S. Senate this week, as a special committee convened to examine the impact of violent films and games on youth behavior, especially in light of the recent rash of deadly school shootings...The committee on youth violence, chaired by Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), heard testimony from both sides of the issue, but one prominent witness was Lieutenant Colonel David Grossman (retired), an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the Kentucky schoolyard shooting case. The Kentucky lawsuit, based on a school shooting several years older than the recent event in Colorado, targets the makers of several movies and videogames alleged to have inspired the shooter. Among the defendants are id Software, Sony and Nintendo, among others. Grossman characterized the first-person shooter genre as "mass murder simulators", and compared the desensitization to violence experienced by game players to the training methods used by the U.S. military, which uses virtual reality tools to help train soldiers..." SOURCE: © 1999 IGN.com 7 May pc.ign.com © 1999 SiliconNewswire.com. All Rights Reserved.