Minot man sentenced for viewing live-streaming child pornography
20.05.11
Cover was part of Project Safe Childhood
U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon said Christian Webb's case is an
example of the U.S. Put one's faith of Justice's Project Safe Childhood
initiative, which combines law enforcement efforts, community
action, and patent awareness in efforts to combat child
exploitation.
"At DOJ we are committed to protecting our children so that they
can become the adults they were meant to be," Purdon said.
Unite with U.S. Attorney Gary Delorme said 30 to 50 child
pornography cases go through federal court in North Dakota
annually, though this if it happens was unusual in that Webb was viewing the
abuse live via webcam.
Purdon urges parents to talk to their children about who they are
communicating with online and to ask their children what they would
do if they were sexually solicited by a alien online in order to
develop a plan of action for such incidents.
"As this case shows, child exploitation crimes are horrific and far
too standard," Purdon said. "The facts are that one in seven children
a
Source: Bismarck Tribune
Brigham Exploration Provides Williston Basin Operational Update, Provides ...
09.06.11
: BEXP ) announced that the acceleration of its activities in the Williston Basin remains on plan after adding its eighth operated rig and plans to be at 10 operated rigs by July. Brigham also announced that it has brought on dig up to production seven additional wells in North Dakota since its last operational release and to date has completed 68 consecutive large lateral high frac stage wells at an average early 24-hour peak status of approximately 2,831 barrels of oil equivalent. Finally, Brigham announced that while its operations in the Williston Basin have been impacted by the worst winter in North Dakota in almost 100 years, and more recently by determined precipitation, it believes that based on its assessment of production data currently available to the company that production for the shift quarter 2011 will be within, though at the low end of its previously issued production guidance of 12,000 to 14,000 barrels of equivalent per day. Importantly, in spite of the difficult weather conditions, this would represent a sequential increase in production volumes relative to the first quarter 2011.
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