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she's most commonly found under the name of Ferrera Gomez; also Katka as well as Silvie
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All of the comments on here with the exception of two liked this video. I encourage all of them to watch George Uhl. This guy was obviously gay. He has a hard time staying hard and coming. The girl did not even come. Yes he is gorgeous but they were not into each other at all. Watch George he worships women!
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The jumble of the past may come to seem like a members-only fun house, a delirious place that your own New York will never, ever approximate. You'll never be able to verify this, so you'll have to accept it as true.
TNT, therefore, has provided a valuable service to all New Yorkers who fear they missed the party -- and maybe to everyone who didn't get a chance to swing, enjoy Demerol and collect alimony. The channel has dared to update an era-defining movie that seemed as if it could not be updated. ''Neil Simon's 'The Goodbye Girl' '' will have its premiere tonight. Boldly it suggests that you didn't have to be there: even latecomers can stumble into a witty, inexpensive Manhattan romance.
The original ''Goodbye Girl'' appeared in 1977. Like the new one, it told the story of Paula, a loveless divorced dancer with a smart-aleck daughter named Lucy and a disturbingly great apartment who falls for Elliot, an actor from Chicago who comes to share her place.
The first ''Goodbye Girl,'' which was written by Mr. Simon, also offered glimpses of a picturesque modus vivendi, one that included fire escapes, loan sharks, full beards, sleeping pills, spaghetti dinners, Chianti, phone booths and repartee. In those days, in Simontown at least, bohemians pushing 40 groused cleverly about being unhappy but ended up happy nonetheless. (As Paula says, ''I hate this sickening, it's-wonderful-to-be-alive feeling.'')
But all that was supposed to be obsolete. Hadn't rent hikes wrecked it? When bankers stormed the Village, goodbye girls lit out for Fort Greene. Out-of-work actors didn't stand a chance in Manhattan. Divorced women without prospects started to act more stoic than madcap.
All true, but isn't it pretty to think otherwise? In a sweepingly kind gesture, TNT is giving viewers an opportunity to swoon, 70's-style.
With Mr. Simon's help on the screenplay, the movie has been brought up to date with slightly labored references to ESPN and hybrid cars, but winning anachronisms, like the roominess of the shared apartment, have been left untouched. (Quaintly, too, the characters' last names remain the white-bread McFadden and Garfield.) The movie even opens with a discussion about theatrical revivals; for all the retooling, the new movie might be considered a revival, rather than a remake, of the original.
Patricia Heaton, the unflappable comic from ''Everybody Loves Raymond,'' plays Paula McFadden as if she were born to the role. After seeing her play this downtown single mother with such conviction and brio, it may be hard to accept that, elsewhere, she's still holed up in the suburbs with Ray Romano.
Jeff Daniels, on the other hand, has simply never been cute or funny enough for the warm and broad roles he gets. Instead, he's deferential. Here, he appears to concede without a fight the Elliot Garfield role to Richard Dreyfuss for all time; he contents himself with showcasing the talents of Ms. Heaton. He flaps around obligingly as the gay Richard III -- for some, this spastic scene defines the original ''Goodbye Girl'' -- but he's not forceful enough to charm. You never want to kiss him.
But Paula kisses Elliot anyway, and the girl to whom goodbye has been said too many times finds someone to trust. Lucy (Hallie Kate Eisenberg, from the Pepsi commercials) also finds a dad; she takes to him without reservation. Elliot even gets a movie gig so he can support the womenfolk.
Both girls, in short, are saved, and audiences of 2004 can feel the old magic again: you can still bop around, get some knocks and luck into a guy with a good heart and a decent paycheck. Too bad he's not cuter. Maybe that's what's changed.
TNT, tonight, tomorrow night and Sunday night at 8, Eastern and Pacific times; 7, Central time.
Directed by Richard Benjamin; Neil Simon, Ron Ziskin and Dave Collins, executive producers; Don Safran, co-executive producer; New version of David Gates's song ''Goodbye Girl'' by Hootie and the Blowfish. Produced by Warner Brothers Television and TNT.
WITH: Patricia Heaton (Paula McFadden) Hallie Kate Eisenberg (Lucy) and Jeff Daniels (Elliot Garfield).
Photo: Patricia Heaton and Jeff Daniels in a remake of ''The Goodbye Girl.'' (Photo by Bruce Macaulay/TNT)


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DLP not blocking web Gmail account
Hi Guys,
I have configured a policy on DLP to block a keywoard "xyz" with all protocols enabled (using AND condition in rule). When we send email through endpoint webmail like Yahoo, Gmail and hotmail, email gets through with keyword successfully via web Gmail while Yahoo and Hotmail are working fine and emails are getting blocked.
Is there any option to deal with Gmail web interface because I think it does not use POST field to submit email through web?
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What's the browser you using?
I did check policy for the content keyword and it worked for Gmail. Can you check by removingthe and policy rule and verify if it works.
Help Link: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/overview.jsp?pid=54619
is the HTTPS checked in teh agent configuration that's been applied to the detection server?
Help Link: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/overview.jsp?pid=54619
HTTPs is enabled on SWG and DLP (in detection rule at protocol level and agent configuration).
HTTPs website like Gmail are working just fine but its just that blocking rule for a keyword is not working on Gmail web interface and other HTTPs websites. SWG is configured with SSL policy which is configured to intercept all kind of traffic. This policy is on the top in SWG policy configuration.
yes you can block gmail and monitor the same but with saome special arrangments(proxies)
plesae refer below links for more details


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Scott Horton Interviews Shashank Bengali
Shashank Bengali, reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses the new U.S. African command center AFRICOM, the difficulty in finding a host country, the major crises in Somalia and Congo, China's role in the African oil grab, the capability of U.S. Army humanitarian aide, the fight against AIDS, the Nigerian delta oil conflict and the spread of the "war on terror" to Africa as bin Laden predicted.
MP3 here. (35:47)
Shashank Bengali is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and writes about sub-Saharan Africa. He has reported for McClatchy from more than 25 countries and covered conflicts in Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq and Georgia. Before moving to Africa in 2005, he was a roving correspondent for The Kansas City Star. Originally from the Los Angeles area, Shashank studied at the University of Southern California and at Harvard University, where he earned a Master's degree in public policy. He speaks French and broken Kiswahili.
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Dear Scott,
What the continent of Africa in general lacks is, a sound leadership – the ones, we currently have (no exceptions here) managed only to put us in a collision course to each other. And what is scarier than that is – most people are okay with it most of the times – because of the stupid tribalism thing.
Now, unless we review and if it is necessary, (I am sure it is) get ourselves rid of the way we select our leaders – Africa's status will not change even a bit. We need to come-up with ways to find brave, incorruptible, and intelligent leaders – if we want to go beyond the situation we are in – a situation where we beg/depend on foreign aids, diseases, and constant warfare among ourselves.
Our current leaders' refusal to look beyond the obvious is why we are where we are, and it is their stupidity why they keep signing deals which are not even their own best interests, let alone their countries/people's best interests – it is time, once for all to get ourselves rid of these a**holes.
Ps: Great interview, btw!
that is just fantasy to expect some wonderful clean politician to save us. what we need is institutions like: civil society groups, free press, independent judiciary for rule of law, trade unions, peasants unions, chamber of commerce, keep the military outside of politics. those are the things that we need coz individuals are fallible and always dissappoint but institutions will outlast individual politicians.
"…coz individuals are fallible and always dissappoint but institutions will outlast individual politicians."
You have an excellent point here, bro. Unfortunately, I have to run now – but later on today, I will put on a true story about why I am agreeing with your point.


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A CVS employee reported a man wearing a black tank top and black shorts put the stolen items in his pant pockets and walked out of the store without making any effort to pay.
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YIELD: Serves 4
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh marjoram or 2 teaspoons dried
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 Japanese eggplants, trimmed, cut lengthwise into 1/3-inch-thick slices
- 2 zucchini, trimmed, cut lengthwise into 1/3-inch-thick slices
- 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into 1/3-inch-wide strips
- 8 1/2-inch-thick slices country bread or sourdough bread
- 1 1-pound tuna steak, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- Chopped fresh marjoram or pinch of dried
- Arugula
Preheat broiler. Combine 3/4 cup oil and next 3 ingredients in small bowl. Arrange eggplant slices, zucchini and bell pepper on broiler pan. Brush on both sides with oil mixture. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil until brown, watching closely, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to platter. Place bread on broiler pan. Brush top side with oil mixture and sprinkle with pepper. Broil until top side is brown. Transfer to work surface, browned side up.
Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Season tuna with salt and pepper. Add to skillet and sauté until just cooked through, about 30 seconds per side. Place tuna on half of bread slices. Sprinkle with chopped marjoram. Top with vegetables and arugula, then remaining bread slices, browned side down.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories420
- Carbohydrates10 g (3%)
- Fat29 g (45%)
- Protein29 g (59%)
- Saturated Fat4 g (21%)
- Sodium94 mg (4%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber1 g (5%)
- Monounsaturated Fat21 g
- Cholesterol44 mg (15%)


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Henderson, NV (KTNV) -- A lot of the complaints we hear about at Action News, involve poor customer service.
One Henderson woman did everything she could to resolve an issue with a local business. But when she hit a dead end, she reached out to Contact 13's Call for Action volunteers.
"I felt that nobody could help me. I was at my wits end," said Teddy Osantowski.
She said she did everything to try and get a refund from a valley hotel. It all started last August, when the air conditioning went out at her Henderson home, "I couldn't stay here. It was too hot."
While her husband tried getting the A/C fixed, she flipped through the telephone directory and found a room.
"It was cheaper to register by the month rather than by the day. So I didn't know how long I was going to be there. So I registered for the month," said Teddy.
She paid more than $900. But after the first night there, she said she woke up and wasn't feeling well, "I was all clogged, and I had to go to Urgent Care because I could hardly breath."
It turns out, there was a major problem with her non-smoking room, "All the fabric in the room, the carpeting, their drapes had smoke residue."
After getting a prescription antihistamine from the doctor, she went back to the hotel to speak with the manager. He offered her another room, but it was on the second floor and the hotel didn't have an elevator.
"And I said, but I can't climb the stairs. And he said well that's all I have. And then I said well then I can't stay here. You'll have to refund the money," said Teddy.
She said he was going to need some time to arrange that through his corporate office. In the meantime, she checked into another hotel and patiently waited for her money.
"Months later, there was no response," said Teddy.
That's when she decided to reach out to Contact 13's Call for Action. Our volunteers got in touch with with the hotel's regional manager, who mailed Teddy a refund check.
"Thank you. Thank you because it was kind of inconceivable that something like that could be resolved so quickly, when I had tried for so long and had gotten no where," said Teddy.
So here's the Contact 13 bottom line: When you stay at any hotel, read the fine print. In Teddy's case, she agreed to a non-refund policy. But in the end, the hotel agreed they failed to provide her with the service she paid for.
If you're not getting the help you need, don't be afraid to talk to as many people as it takes.
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Jane Schuldiner: The Unpublished Interview
Jane Schuldiner: The Unpublished Interview
GW What led to Chuck getting his first guitar?
SCHULDINER Chuck's father and I were searching for something to help Chuck with his grief over losing his brother. We discussed it with him and an acoustic guitar seemed the best. It was portable, something he could carry with him when we went on vacation or camping, to a friend's house or wherever.
GW Did Chuck take guitar lessons?
SCHULDINER Chuck found the acoustic guitar lessons and his teacher boring, he didn't like the repetitious of it all. From the first time he played the electric guitar it was as if a switch was turned on in him and it never turned off.
GW So Chuck was self taught.
SCHULDINER I guess you could say that. He had a very good ear for music early on and what he listened to he taught himself to play. He absolutely loved doing that. Chuck taught his nephew, Christopher, to play on the Stealth and he said Christopher also had that ear for music.
GW What was Chuck's earliest exposure to music?
SCHULDINER Chuck's father and I always listened to a wide range of music and so Chuck was exposed to that from an early age. He liked a wide range of music throughout his life, though heavy metal was what he really loved.
GW Do you remember when Chuck first formed Death?
SCHULDINER Chuck organized his first band in our garage a few years after the death of his brother. The first name Chuck wanted for the band was taken so the name Death was chosen. From our talks after we found out about his illness, it was obvious to me to that was the deciding factor.
GW Do you remember the first time Chuck played guitar in public?
SCHULDINER I think he was about 15 when he first played in public. He and his friends played at a park near our house in Altamonte Springs. I was there and I remember it very well and have pictures of that day.
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That was a really great interview I learned alot about Chuck there, thank you for doing this.
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I never knew that about him. I will always remember him as long as i live. I had a brain tumor and i had to go through 3 years of radiation and chemo to get rid of it.I will always remember Chuck Schuldiner.
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Lianne La Havas' proficiency on an acoustic guitar is as impressive as her husky croon is affecting. London born and bred, the 23-year-old cites the divergent musical tastes of her Greek father and Jamaican mother as her main influences.
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Travel Spotting: First Underwater Hotel SuiteBy Bryce • Jun 17th, 2011 • Category: FOOD AND TRAVEL, Hotels
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Above are two covers from two US magazines. One is from 2010, and the other is from 1985. Both depict an Afghanistani girl as a victim.
The one from the National Geographic magazine depicts Sharbat Gula, her fiercely green eyes staring out from the cover. The piercing gaze puts the onlooker in a primitive state - we are left to fumble around and try to tear away our gaze, as her eyes peer in and search us. With her powerful eyes alone, Gula captured the world's attention and highlighted the plight of the Afghans under the Soviet invasion.
The recent cover from Time magazine depicts Aisha, an eighteen year old girl who ran away from her in-laws, but was captured and sentenced to having her nose and ears cut off by the Taliban. In contrast to Gula, her facial expression is soft and her eyes are set in and calm. But it is the gaping hole, where her nose should be, which makes this photograph so unsettling and controversial.
Both of these covers create strange echoes in history. They resonate off from the West's strange relationship with Afghanistan.
On one hand, Gula is used as a face to define all which was wrong with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Her eyes are used as a means to convey to us an anti-war rhetoric: the Soviet invasion has rendered Afghanistan "war-torn" and innocent Afghan women like Gula are victims of such an invasion.
Aisha, on the other hand, is used this time to promote a different perspective. This time the glaring words on the cover declare that this is how Afghan women will be treated (brutally abused, like Aisha) if US troops leave Afghanistan. This time, military invasion is portrayed in a positive light. The Afghan woman (Aisha) is not a victim of war, but rather a survivor of a previous repressive regime, and if the US backs out of Afghanistan, then women like Aisha will be left defenseless and vulnerable.
What I find most interesting about these two covers is the sharp shift in the message promoted: from anti-war to pro-war.
Now, of course, 'pro-war' and 'anti-war' are strong phrases to be used, but it cannot be denied that the clear underlying message under both of these articles is among those lines. And this is not necessarily done from a humanitarian point of view, but rather on which country is leading the invasion.
The cover of Gula was used to portray the cruelty of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and how women like her were caught between this clash of ideologies. It depicted how the Soviet Union's constant charge to spread it's ideology had left Afghanistan war-torn and women like Gula as refugees. In fact, the Cold War rhetoric at that time was so paranoid that Gula and the story of Afghanistan went on to define the Soviet Union itself as an evil ideology which had violated the lives of so many innocent people in it's pursuit of power.
Now here we have Aisha. After nine years of a futile, failing war and thousands of civilian deaths (either from direct military action, or as an indirect result of the displacement of the population and little availability of resources), the message that Time is presenting to us is that the US invasion has freed women in Afghanistan.
It is interesting to see how the media mutates itself to define the US's ideology during a certain time period. In the Cold War era, the Soviet Union was defined as an oppressive regime by the US media. Hence the Soviet invasion was portrayed as repressive and wrong. Today, it is the US which has invaded Afghanistan, hence the representation is that the invasion has helped the population of Afghanistan, and it is righteous.
Both invasions (the Soviet and US) have left thousands of civilians dead. Both invasions have created many more refugees and torn the country apart. Yet, the depiction in the media mutates to represent each in a different light.
What is worrisome is how pictures like that of Gula and Aisha take away from the complexity and the cruelty of any war. The suffering of the population is beyond the scope of anything an image can represent.
That is not to say that journalists should simply not cover war, or should take very graphic images from ground-zero of a war. The point is that the simple portraits of Gula and Aisha turn everything about the wars into a black-and-white representation.
It is too simplistic, made all the more simpler by the words imposed on their pictures. At the end of the day, Gula and Aisha are simply left as empty easels for the benefit of the accompanying article and the opinion of the journalist/magazine/country to exploit. Their faces are used to launch a thousand opinions on how a war is either wrong or right. The incredible suffering which they have gone through in their lives; the collective experience of a country's population under a war is not represented. In the end, photographs such as these shock us, and incite debate, yet in the end they are used simply as portrayals of ideologies. We do feel sorry for such victims, and vie to look for some solutions, yet the audience of such photographs is detached from the true horrors of their lives. While we are expressing our opinions, we cannot even begin to comprehend the experiences such victims have been through. We are simply manipulated to get emotional over things the journalist/magazine wants us to get emotional about.
As for what the headline on the cover of Time is implying: it is not right to say - in such simplistic terms - that military intervention brings freedom to women. War is war. The US invasion has led to thousands of civilian deaths, many of them innocent women and children. War tears a country apart, and it is very hard to heal from it. Since the US invasion, Afghanistan has slipped into chaos and societal structures have collapsed, making it hard to access many basic amenities.
It cannot be denied that repressive regimes such as the Taliban have aimed much cruelty at women in Afghanistan. I am not arguing that the Taliban should remain, or that their hold on Afghanistan is too strong to overcome (even though many Western leaders involved in the war are comprehending this), but thinking that diminishing the Taliban's hold in Afghanistan via military force will result in a freed society is both simplistic and ignorant.
What is at work in Afghanistan is deep cultural practices and societal structures which are very hard to break, and these result in such tragic cases such as Aisha's. Yes it is true that a local member of the Taliban issued the orders for Aisha to be punished and made an example of, but who executed this punishment? Her own husband and her brother-in-law. Who had cruelly beaten Aisha and treated her like a slave, before she had run away? Her in-laws. And none of her in-laws were members of the Taliban.
Thinking that military intervention can somehow uproot such practices is incorrect. What is more, violence against woman manifests its ugly head in all societies, not just Afghanistan. What about DR Congo? How many women there are brutally gang raped and killed? What about India? Little girls in rural areas are also sold away as slaves and treated terribly by their in-laws. Even the Western world has its share of domestic violence. Should we deploy military forces in all these countries, since women all over are treated badly?
If Time had to use Aisha on their cover, what would have been an intelligent thing to do would be to increase awareness of violence against women, and indeed the plight of the Afghan people in a war-torn country. Rather than using this as a means to justify a failing war, they should have highlighted the dire humanitarian need in the country.
Humanitarian aid and proper investigation into the root causes of these problems is needed. Then only we have hope to overcome such issues.
For the time being, stop using Afghan women as mascots to perpetuate your own ideologies. Or worse: to sell more magazine copies.
Relevant links:
- Story of Sharbat Gula from National Geographic Magazine, when the photographer Steve McCurry went back to Afghanistan and found her (April 2002). [link]
- Time magazine's article discussing the photograph of Aisha and the possible impact on the audience (July 29 2010). [link]
- Afghan Women Fear Their Fate Amid Taliban Negotiations, cover article by Richard Stengel from Time magazine (July 29 2010). [link]
- Entry by Adam Curtis discussing The Helmand Project - a failed attempt to create an idealist modern American suburb in Afghanistan. (October 13 2009) [link]
- Beautiful Women Used to Obscure the Horrors of War, article in Alternet, discussing how Aisha's picture depicts the war as something exotic, rather than depicting the horrors of war. (August 8 2010) [link]
- Honoring Women, article in Illume, highlighting to need for Muslims to address the issue of violence against women from the root cause. (August 11 2010) [link]


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Palestinian Protest for Unity
Palestinian demonstrators held candles and placards during a rally in Gaza City calling for reconciliation between Hamas Islamists who run the Gaza Strip and President Mahmoud Abbas's rival Fatah group. Gaza city, Palestinian Territory. 14/03/2011
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New plants are big business and nurseries are always on the hunt. This year's trend is low-maintenance varieties that require little attention, typically compact specimens with slow, steady growth habits for containers and small urban gardens.
An emphasis on tropical plants that can be grown in pots for decks and patios is another trend that will be visible at your local nursery this year. This way garden centers, whether they're big box stores or smaller local nurseries, can offer gardeners all over the country bright tropicals that are already blooming, from spring through fall.
Here, the Bougainvillea Garden Party Patio tree, from Hines Growers, is a perfect example of the trend. These are grafted topiary trees with a round head of foliage, standing about 18 inches tall. Growing well in zones 9b to 11, the "trees" flower as long as its warm, with blooms in shades of red, pink, orange, purple, and white.


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As if the Miami Dolphins didn't have enough reasons to want to beat the tar out of the Jets this Sunday. The Dolphins have been focused all week, preparing for their huge AFC East game against the hated, freaking Jets. Emotions were expected to be high, considering the last time the Dolphins played the Jets, Reggie Bush was knocked out of the game. Bush was injured by taking a helmet to the knee, which caused him to miss the remainder of the game. Who's helmet was it? Jets safety LaRon Landry. As Bush laid on the ground in pain, Landry was clapping. A real nice guy, huh?
Well today, just 4 days before the Dolphins head to New Jersey for the rematch, Landry decided to remind everyone what he did in September. Landry said the following according to NFL.com:
"(Bush) will remember that hit. Every time he sees me, he will remember that hit," Landry told Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News. Landry continued: "If I get penalized, I'm not going to stop hitting or headhunting," Landry said. "I'm not going to stop the way I play. Just watch the way (Bush) runs on Sunday. I'm not going to overtalk it or make it a story."
Landry, making a statement about continuing to headhunt? I'm sure that's exactly what Roger Goodell wants to see. Well, a Dolphins fan (@Robi2184) pointed out how inappropriate Landry's comment was by saying the following:
@MrLandry30 (LaRon Landry) is threatening @reggiebush & using the word " head hunting " where is the @nflcommish (Roger Goodell) when you needed him. #Bounty"
LaRon Landry blasted back at the Robi the Dolphins fan by tweeting the following:
"@Robi2184 @reggiebush @nflcommish oops sorry for the terminology!!! Flying around you weak ass…maybe they should play water polo" (cont'd on page 2, click below)


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Attorney Mark O'Mara told a crowd of people he is still seeking sanctions against prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda, who was the lead prosecutor in George Zimmerman's murder trial.
O'Mara said he believes the office intentionally withheld evidence from the defense leading up to the trial.
The evidence includes a color photo that shows a bloody and bruised George Zimmerman after the shooting.
O'Mara said it took months for him to get it.
The prosecutor's office has said they did not intentionally keep anything from the defense.
O'Mara said he will now go back and review the entire trial looking for any other possible infractions.
A hearing date has not been set.


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Well, there's Fuji Crystal Archive, and there's Fuji Crystal Archive. The choice is yours.
Seriously, there are "dealers" that cut and repackage the Kodak paper. I've heard mixed reviews, so you're on your own there.
Doesn't Arista make a color paper in sheets?
Anways, I'm getting good results from the Fuji paper in the Kodak RA/RT chemicals. I'm processing at 94F in drums.


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(By mistake the report was published in relation to Tamilnadu earlier. Thanks to our viewer for pointng this silly error. We are are grateful to him. We do apologize the mistake.)
IT is not Tamilnadu & it is Kerala correct the mistake.
Dear Sir/Madam
Following grievances are submitted for your kind perusal:
Query1. Why is this discrimination of eligibility for becoming Librarian/Director, PE amongst the library and physical education personnel?
As reproduced below from "UGC REGULATIONSS ON MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC STAFF IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND MEASURES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION" dated 23.9.2009:
The performance of a re-employed teacher shall be reviewed periodically, by the University/College. If the performance is found unsatisfactory, his/her services may be terminated by the appointing authority by giving one month notice. Whereas the enhancement of the age of superannuation for teachers engaged in class room teaching is intended to attract eligible persons to a career in teaching and to meet the shortage of teachers by retaining teachers in service for a longer period and whereas there is no shortage in the categories of Librarians and Directors of Physical Education, the increase in the age of superannuation from the present sixty two years shall not be available to the categories of Librarians and Directors of Physical Education.
Query 2. Why is this injustice with the librarians and Direcotrs of physical education as their superannuation age has not been enhanced to 65 years as has been done for the teachers.
As per the letter No.1-32/2006-U.II/U.I (i) by the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, dated the 31st December, 2008 under the point 9 reproduced as below, the 5 non compunded advance increments to the eligible physical education personnels are to be granted from 1.9.2008:
Where as the "UGC REGULATIONS ON MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR
APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC STAFF IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND MEASURES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION" dated 23.9.2009 does not state that the 5 non compounded increments shall be awarded to the eligible physical education personnel's from 1.9.2008.
Hence does it imply that the 5 non-compounded advance increments would be granted from the date of joining and not from 1.9.2008?
Still it is not clear whether the College DPE's (re-designated as Lecturers/Astt. Professors etc.) who are not teaching the subject of physical education in their respective colleges would come under- non-vocational academic faculty or would be called the teachers. Many of them have taken the subject of physical education as additional/add on subject in their colleges but do not fulfill the criterion of the number of classroom teaching hours (as prescribed in "UGC REGULATIONS ON MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC STAFF IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND MEASURES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION" dated 23.9.2009) in their colleges. They perform lesser quantum of duties pertaining to the sports and physical education in their colleges as compared to their equally qualified counterparts working in the universities, who are not called teachers but academic/equivalent cadres. These college DPE's (re-designated as Lecturers/Astt. Professors etc.) are enjoying all the benefits at par with teachers but do not fulfill the criterion prescribed as per "UGC REGULATIONS ON MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC STAFF IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND MEASURES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION" dated 23.9.2009. This is injustice and discrimination with those Assistant Directors/Dy. Directors in physical education, who are not being given 65 years of retirement age and other related benefits/previleges.
Hence you are requested to look into the anomalies as above and clarify the same at the earliest so that no doubt is left with the universities in the implementation of the UGC regulations and other related matters and to avoid any further delays.
A reasonable man could not fully agree with arguments in favour of implementing of UGC pay package for College teachers in India. This is because hiking retirement age and subsequent utilization of fund obtained from UGC for other purpose would adversely affect many youngsters waiting for a teaching job. The present teachers of the colleges are misleadingly availing advantage of the opportunity in the State that is created by the acute financial crunch that may be resulted from the mass retirement of employees on March 31. Thuglak model retirement age unification in the State last year has created unforeseen complexity in employment and financial sectors. The teachers argue that the academic excellence will be towering if they continue further for a period of five years in the college. The Finance minister dreams that Rs. 2000 crore received from UGC for the salary hike of the college teachers can be gainfully used for the payout of pension benefits of retiring state employees on March 31. My request to the college teachers is that they should never push qualified youths to total despair. All teachers who have completed 55 years of age should so decide to relinquish their post without trying to stick to it by hook or crook. They should help to open opportunities to the new age group.
UGC stipulation for retirement age of college teachers is 65. But Kerala education minister says here it has been decided to fix at 58 because of special circumstances existing in the state. This singularity will never disappear even if the retirement age is brought to 50. Another whimper in this direction is that qualified candidates are not available for college teaching. I want to know how the present college teachers who entered into service by licking the legs of college managers and paying several lakhs as donation, became so efficient now. These people who refuse to retire now, are really a stumbling block before the unemployed educated youngsters. If these persons are appointed as managers of Beverages Corporation, the customers will, of course, get better brands. It may be true that the guest lecturers are handicaps for the improved functioning of the college because they are removed occasionally. But they are the people who teach two alphabets to the students when the permanent teachers are out of the college with their extracurricular activities.
There is also an argument in favour of the existing teachers that if they are retained in the college for another five years only then smooth implementation of the credit and semester system is possible. This argument is absolutely false as C and S system is not an elephantine task. The young recruits will soon catch up the details relating the system and they implement it effectively than the MA second class tailor made self proclaimed professors.
Many people now admit that the retirement age unification was a thoughtless act and in order to meet the financial requirement of next March 31, the Government is trying to hike retirement age college teachers and thereby to divert the UGC fund. The government is not able use this fund to create any fresh job opportunity in the State. If Kerala Government follow the TN model of implementation of UGC package, all teachers will get its benefit without hiking the retirement age. The NET and Ph D qualified candidates will thus get an opportunity to fulfill their aspiration without any loss to existing teachers. It is not one but two families are then protected if a fresh appointment is done in colleges. I hope the government will think more wisely in this direction.
95% of teacher educators in Kerala (teachers of B.Ed colleges) are underpaid with consolidated pay every month and are in contract basis. they work in the informal sector (private and self financing colleges). These teachers have all the requisite qualifications prescribed by the UGC and many are PhD holders. But neither UGC, nor Kapil Sibal nor the Government are interested in ensuring a decent pay and perks for these teachers. Instead they are pouring more money into teachers working in the government and aided colleges.
95% of teacher educators thus do not get the UGC pay ..What nation is this?


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Back in March, we wrote the following about Zachary Warren, the young lawyer hit with criminal charges arising out of his post-college, pre-law-school employment at Dewey & LeBoeuf: "we've heard rumors that in the coming weeks the DA's office will show more of its hand — in ways that could materially affect our perception of Zach Warren. We reserve the right to change our opinion of him after additional facts emerge."
Now some additional facts (or at least allegations) have emerged. As we noted in Morning Docket, the Manhattan District Attorney's office just laid more of its cards on the table, in opposing Warren's motion to have his trial severed from that of his more notorious co-defendants.
We have a copy of the government's opposition. What revelations does it contain?
You can access the full memorandum of law, signed by assistant district attorney Peirce Moser, here. The government makes various legal arguments in opposing severance, such as the strong presumption in favor of joint trials, but the juiciest information in the memo relates to factual matters.
In this paragraph from the memo, in which the DA's office takes Zachary Warren's impressive legal pedigree and turns it around on him, we learned that Warren was savvy enough to inquire about immunity:
Burn. We previously wondered whether Warren was offered the opportunity to cooperate with the DA's investigation into Dewey's ex-leaders — former CEO Steven Davis, former executive director Stephen DiCarmine, and former CFO Joel Sanders. It now seems that Warren could have approached the DA's office after retaining counsel and tried to cut a deal for himself, but it appears that he never did.
The DA's office previously got criticized in the New York Times for supposedly referring to Zach Warren as a "mastermind" of the accounting fraud at Dewey designed to make the firm look more solvent than it actually was. Here the government acknowledges that Warren wasn't a "mastermind" but alleges that he was "a willing foot solider":
In support of its contentions, the government cites some emails that don't sound very favorable to Warren:
In subsequent paragraphs, the government sets forth its theory of the accounting fraud at Dewey and Warren's alleged involvement in it. The scheme turned on the difference between fees payable to Dewey as a result of legal services provided and disbursements to third-party service providers (like Westlaw or car services) that ran through Dewey, and it also relied upon the distinction between write-offs and amounts still potentially collectible. The government alleges that various Dewey employees, including Warren, participated in a scheme to deliberately mis-classify fees and disbursements in order to make Dewey's financials look better than they actually were. For example, according to the government memo (paragraph 34), "[a]s part of the Master Plan, defendant Sanders, defendant Warren, and [former finance director Frank] Canellas planned to have approximately $4 million worth of disbursement write-offs put back on the Firm's balance sheet as unbilled receivables."
What was Warren's motivation for allegedly participating in this scheme? According to the government, money. In paragraphs 46 through 50, the government mentions Warren's base salary as client relations manager ($100,000) and the bonus compensation he received in 2009 ($115,000):
Citing emails again, the government claims that even though Warren left Dewey to go to Georgetown Law in July 2009, he continued to communicate with his alleged co-conspirators into 2010, mainly to try and chase down additional bonus money that he was owed. And there was this as well:
Defendant Warren also otherwise remained in contact with [various Dewey employees], and even applied for a job as a summer associate at Dewey in the Fall of 2010.
That would have been for Zachary Warren's 1L summer, when Biglaw jobs are hard to get and therefore especially coveted, but we're guessing he's glad he didn't land it. Warren wound up summering at Williams & Connolly rather than Dewey — and he's probably happy about that. At this point in his life, Zach Warren probably rues the day he had anything to do with Dewey.
People v. Warren: Memorandum In Opposition To Severance Motion [New York Supreme Court]
Dewey Prosecutors Punch Back on Zachary Warren, Former Client Manager [WSJ Law Blog via Morning Docket]
Earlier: What Else Dewey Know About Zachary Warren?
What Dewey Know About Zachary Warren, Defendant No. 4 In The Criminal Case?
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