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|It would seem that the information campaign is working in raising awareness of this scam
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Simply an awesome read. Move over Woodward & Bernstein here comes BlaiseJoshua & Deep Throat IS Nixon.
LOL at this person's ego. Nothing more than a scammer on the street.ReplyDelete
Fair play to her if people are that stupidReplyDelete
Fine reporting at its best - Hurra! for ESM :)ReplyDelete
Great Scott, what a great scoop! Nice work, Blaise.ReplyDelete
I'm actually quite tempted to try and talk to them, next time I see the bot. c:ReplyDelete
"To scam you, I would have to tell you that I am offering you something for monetary compensation..."
......I wonder where he/she's getting that completely erroneous idea.
Last time I checked, the federal wire fraud statute didn't have anything in it that said "Oh, P.S., you totally get off scot free if you didn't say the magic words." It just lays out the penalties for intentionally (you know, "having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses") using the internet for carrying out such a scheme.
I think you're right Vaki ... there's some very odd reasoning going on here. I'm not familiar with the laws in the US, but I'm pretty sure what she's doing would be illegal. In Britain (where I'm from), it would run foul of several laws, including obtaining money by deception.Delete
"Vaki: [...]by means of false or fraudulent pretenses'"
"N: [...] I think it's more likely to be women who can relate to my story of being taken advantage of in SL. And I do have that story – it's not bullshit. I pulled it from my RL. [...]"
It was claimed that the automated sob story wasn't entirely false or fraudulent in the purpose of obtaining money.
I don't condone what's being done, but it just looks like she's tried to cover that base already in some fashion.
This only works because Linden Lab never reads any abuse reports.ReplyDelete
Nice scoop. The thing about breaking the law in Britain in SL? I think it would cost more in default world funds to extradite this person than the crime is worth in L$. I'm pretty sure LL has lawyers familiar with international laws in this respect.
It kind of boils down to the old line "there's a sucker born every minute". If you feel you must help someone, rather than offering your own L$, point the panhandler to a few default world organizations, like the Salvation Army, who are set up to deal with aid.
Hi Joe. I wasn't citing British laws with any expectation that any legal action would actually be taken : o ) However, there has been some debate as to whether what she's doing is actually illegal, and my opinion is that it is.Delete
It probably has to be illegal somewhere, and morally inept everywhere.Delete
Thank You for Your investigating interview and pleeease let me flatter You some more and rely honestly on this indeed cool work!
oki, oki, i'am europe - so not real good at 'flattering over the edge', but indeed i really like Your style and the hole story You made here.
Thank You :)
/me asks herself if this bots are build on Mr. Weizenbaums 'eliza'
No, the bot isn't based on AIML or Eliza, it's an "autopilot" script.
Strangely, autopilot is perfect for this type of bot; it's a scripted cold-call sales pitch with flattery, a "personal" story, and a request for help. Even if the bot comes across as self absorbed, many of us have gotten used to the one sided conversations in SL, and I assume many simple give the bot money so they don't feel obligated to listen to it further. Either way, it's much more coherent and literate than most of the random requests for sex and money in SL.
I think instant messaging has exposed us to enough people who don't really care how another person responds to actually make the autopilot seem more typically human than bots who "listen".
I had sooooooo much fun pushing this bot towards the sea, the sim border. in addition to filing an AR. This was an obviously scripted bot, kept yakking with no response, and nonsense responses (try giving 'purple' for answers ... try it, it's a sure way to id a bot), with no operator brain present.
it took some time to push the bot from the store landing area close to the sim border. interestingly enough, while my co-vigilante partner & I were chatting, the bot "woke up" and disappeared, without a word. guess she had run out of them. we can do something about these bots. they may be mindless, LL may not take AR's seriously, but they can be shoved away into a corner...preferably a 4-way server handoff corner.
we could turn this into a sl game ... trap the bot! :)
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Really good read and investigative work. Thank you for this insight! I'd been hearing about the bots but still almost got scammed just because I'm vain and thought well sure my avatar should be complimented. *chuckles*
She has definitely caused quite the stir.
A sad idiot who is apparently trying to spoil other people game because she feels she failed her Second Life. She should get a real life.ReplyDelete
A sad idiot? This sad idiot is making 40,000L a day. It is quite a bit of effort to go to, the payoff must be substantial. She has been doing it for months, so hardly an idiot. There are content creators and landlords in SL who do not do nearly so well. If one allows a panhandler one encounters on occasion to spoil one's SL, I think one is taking SL far too seriously. Close the chat window and move on.Delete
the real idiots are those who believe that he's really making 40,000 per day....LOL. NO wayDelete
When I interviewed her, I thought that the money she was claiming to make would be a major point that people didn't believe. However, very few people have questioned the figure of $40,000L per day. It's true that this is someone that habitually lies in her whole operation, so a certain amount of caution is probably warranted with regards everything she says. However, I do think that the figure of $40,000 is quite possible. For example:
She claims to run up to 15 bots a day. Each bot asks for $300L. For her to hit that target, each bot would only have to score, on average, nine hits per day (15 x 300 x 9). That's perfectly plausible.
For she making money, it doesn't stop to be a sad Idiot. A definition of Idiot savant is a person who actually looks funcional in the border lines. It may have a hint of genios in some stuff but in the majority of development of affectional and intelectual areas is screw.
I personally thing this person (the one behind the 15,20,50... never mind how many avatars) is a person that is really screw emotional speaking. And it is sad to see; you can read all the bitterness of a thorn soul and mind, a sour hearth probably because she was "schemed" by some guy on SL and her life is probably not a little better on RL... It's a sad idiot, with a hint of geniality on development of schemes nothing further; other wise would be a person looking for overcome all the deceive and deception (that most of us have been through SL&RL some times) by doing something good with her talents not doing the world a worst place, an individual that look for EVERYONE else pay for what -probably- just a couple of guys or girls -or maybe more due this person really betrayed to be emotional worthless - did to her (or him who can reliant of what a person who commits her live to schemes say?) just an easy piece for depredators than looks reward by making everyone else pay. And even she does 80 000, yet will be sad indeed, cause money don't buy peace of mind.
Many years ago there was something like a -- banana? -- that would attach itself to you and follow you around. When it happened to me, I flew up into the air, then, as it tried to keep up with me, teleported home. It couldn't follow at that point. It would be nice if someone could create an object that you could give to this bot, that then engaged in conversation with it, and, at the same time, slowly pulled it up into the air and out of sight. It seems that, as long as it thought it was talking to an av of some kind, it would continue to try and engage. Counter it by being *more* annoying and *less* losable.ReplyDelete
I hadn't realised it was a bot in the store. I just thought it was someone rather stupid with a story that didn't hang together. The store did not sell shapes, but I make them, so when she asked for money because she needed a new skin and shape etc, I gave her a new shape. 10 minutes later (well after I had wandered away and looked around the store) she was still standing in the same place in the same shape as before. Whether you know someone is a bot or not, let them exhaust themselves and offer to help in non monetary ways and their response will prove the point.ReplyDelete
A friend of mine had an encounter with this begging bot, and she said that she asked the bot for Lindens before the bot could ask her, and the operator was actually paying attention and they had a genuine conversation. She said that the bot operator told her it was a shock regarding how many fall for the patter, and that the women who tend to fall for it are quite vapid. Personally, I have never encountered these bots. I am on the fence about it. This bot emotes, tells a story, is apparently engaging, and receives funds for it. As my friend pointed out, that is little different than what a dancer at a club does for tips, or what an escort does for rather large fees. I remember when shop owners would have so many bots to drive up traffic that real people could not tp to a sim ... bots have usually been used for less than "legitimate" reasons. As for the annoyance factor ... strangers panhandling, whether a bot or not is no more annoying than insipid group chat, and easy enough to end, simply close the chat window and go on one's way.ReplyDelete
Oddly enough, I came across this article while researching this same scam. I've received the same tale listed above last week and again today, so it's still going strong even after over a year. *shakes head* As for legalities... If you are able to prove that a "homeless man" is begging for funds even though he has a home, then the police here in the state I reside in will arrest and prosecute him for fraud, other states are attempting to get this law passed as well. With the law spreading, perhaps the perpetrator of this scam should think about retiring.ReplyDelete


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|Congruences and Identities of Ramanujan Type
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|Silviu Radu, Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC), Austria
|In 1919 Ramanujan discovered the following congruences for p(n), the number of partitions of n: p(5n+4)=0 mod 5; p(7n+5)=0 mod 7; p(11n+6)=0 mod 11. Since Ramanujan many other similar congruences have been discovered. Not only the partition function enjoys such congruences but also other sequences whose generating functions may be written in terms of simple infinite products. In this talk we give an algorithm to prove such congruences in general. We will also give an algorithm that produces certain identities similar to "Ramanujan's most beautiful identity" provided that certain assumptions are satisfied.
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Researchers are working on a theory and manipulating the microbes in your intestinal tract, through diet or medication, may be the key to weight loss. Boston Globe correspondent Bijal P. Trivedi reports:
The human digestive system is home to between 10 trillion and 100 trillion bacteria -- at least 10 times the number of human cells in the body. ''This makes us more microbe than man," said Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, director of the Center for Genome Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In exchange for shelter and a plentiful food supply, these bacteria boost their host's digestion by extracting nutrients from otherwise indigestible food particles.
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BRANDON, Fla. - A renowned artist who is no stranger to controversy is in a bitter neighborhood dispute that boiled over into the Hillsborough County Commission meeting on Wednesday.
Seymour Eldridge said despite thousands of dollars in fines, his neighbor will not clean up all the trash and debris collecting in his neighbor's yard.
"When people come over and they see this, they are in shock. They go, 'What's going on? Why is your home next door to this dump?'" Eldridge said.
The owner of the home is James Boggs, known as J.S.G. Boggs in the art world. He's best known for his drawings of money featured in museums around the world.
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He's been arrested several times over the years but never convicted of counterfeiting.
Now this new controversy could end up costing the artist.
Hillsborough County Code Enforcement continues to fine Boggs $1,000 a day since December. He's up to more than $190,000.
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I like whiskey – bourbon, scotch, whatever. It can be a good cocktail all by itself – neat or on the rocks, depending on the type – or as part of a delicious mixed cocktail. But without a scorecard or a very well-informed liquor store rep, it's a crapshoot to pick out a good whiskey. If you're like me and don't drink enough whiskey to feel any kind of confidence about ferreting out the best-tasting ones, here are a couple of tips.
One good way to choose is to frequent a Chicago restaurant that specializes in whiskies. Their bartenders are usually pretty well educated about this time-honored libation. A couple I recently learned about are Chicago Q, 1160 N. Dearborn St. (taste a few if you like before you decide), and Untitled Chicago, 111 W. Kinzie.
So I was excited when I heard about Paul Pacault. He decided one day to put together what he calls the Ultimate Spirits Competition. He enlisted the palates of a bunch of people with lots of experience in these matters and invited them all to come together for a tasting. Then he invited whiskey makers around the world to send bottles of their best stuff to be judged. They did a yeoman's job of tasting – bless 'em – and came up with winners in every category of spirits.
For the second year in a row, every panel of judges agreed on a single top whiskey – every single judge awarding the full 100 points for the beverage. It's from Ireland, and it's called Redbreast 21 Years Old Irish Pot Still Whiskey. FYI, pot stills are the type of equipment moonshiners used to use (mebbe still, eh?). For a manly discussion of this topic, see this Esquire article on the difference between pot stilling and column stilling.
In any case, the whiskies below all came out on top in their various categories. So herewith, check out the "Chairman's Trophy" award winners - the top 10 whiskies in the world plus one best-in-show - divided by national origin.
American: Wild Turkey Forgiven
Kentucky Straight Bourbon: George T. Stagg
Rye: Bulleit 95 Small Batch (Bulleit has been a huge and consistent winner, here and a Double Gold winner at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition)
Blended: Tullamore D.E.W. Special Reserve 12 Years Old (Tried & True Award)
Irish Pot Still: Redbreast 21 Years Old (the unanimous 100-point overall winner in all categories)
Single Malt: Bushmills 16 Years Old (Tried & True Award)
Blended Malt: Big Peat
Blended: Ballantine's 17 Years Old
Single Malt: Glenmorangie Quarter Century 25 Years Old
Alberta Premium Dark Horse
Nikka Coffey Grain
For all the different liquor categories – vodka, gin, brandy, etc. etc. – see the spirit competition winners laid out in a very approachable design on the Ultimate Spirits Competition website. Cruise around. You're sure to see a few surprises. For example, good old Absolut Vodka won best in show among the whole crowd of vodka competitors.
I'm guessing some of the big names that are missing – e.g., Grey Goose – just didn't enter the competition. And that makes sense from a business standpoint. Who'd want to blow a multi-million-dollar advertising budget by having some other vodka hailed a winner over yours?


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Mayor Dennis P. Williams submitted a proposal for City Council approval to execute street paving and roadway reconstruction throughout the City of Wilmington. The Administration has requested the City Treasurer's Office to issue a General Obligation Bond Anticipation Note (BAN) to finance City street paving and reconstruction of various streets and roadways, which will also repair potholes caused in part by the significant number of harsh, winter storms.
The BAN, which Treasurer Supinski looks to issue immediately upon Council approval, may not exceed $4 million, and has an expected fiscal impact of approximately $50,000. The resurfacing of City streets will be critical to providing smooth, safe, and accessible transit routes for citizens to travel to and from school, work, and around the City every day.
"Our streets are an important part of the City's infrastructure. They are our means of transport, and connect us to all the places around the City, whether we walk, drive, bike, or ride public transit," said Mayor Williams. "We are responsible for maintaining and ensuring that our streets are clean, accessible and, most importantly, safe. I hope Council is willing to support our efforts to improve the City's streets."
Once the BAN is approved by Council, the City can begin street paving and reconstruction in the spring, as opposed to waiting until the fall, when the City Treasurer's Office expects to go to the Bond Market for the biannual capital improvement.
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With an expected growth rate of 21 percent between 2010 and 2020, the job outlook for truck drivers is favorable, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS classifies truck drivers into two basic categories: heavy / tractor-trailer truck drivers and light / delivery services truck drivers. As of May 2011 (latest available data), heavy truck drivers in New Jersey earn a median hourly wage of $21.17 (median annual salary of $44,030). Light truck drivers in New Jersey earn a median hourly wage of $17.70 (median annual salary of $36,810). To become a truck driver in New Jersey. To join them you may need a commercial driver's license (CDL) and a truck driving school in New Jersey will prepare you to achieve this goal.
Truck driving schools in New Jersey are scattered across the state with hotspots around Newark, Trenton, Cherry Hill, and Paterson. New Jersey truck driving schools offer the training you need to gain your CDL, which is required to drive a Class A, B or C commercial vehicle. In order to obtain a CDL license in New Jersey, you must be at least 18 years old (21 years old for interstate truck driving), pass an eye exam and have a current medical card. CDL applicants must then pass a written exam and a skills test, which includes a pre-trip vehicle inspection, a basic control skills test, and an on-road driving exam. Depending on the class of license and endorsements you need, other knowledge and skills tests may be required--for example, to drive a tanker truck, a school bus, a combination vehicle, a truck with air brakes or to transport passengers. New Jersey trucking schools will prepare you to pass these examinations.
To find a truck driving school in New Jersey, see the list of trucking schools below.
Bayonne: K & M Driving School
Address: 350 Broadway, Bayonne, New Jersey 7002
Phone: 908-558-2766
Bayonne: Providence Driving School
Address: 340 Broadway, Bayonne, New Jersey 7002
Phone: 201-858-2200
Bloomfield: OCNJ Driving School
Address: 120 Arlington Ave, Bloomfield, New Jersey 7003
Phone: 973-429-5500
Bridgeton: Cumberland County Vocational School
Address: 601 Bridgeton Ave, Bridgeton, New Jersey 8302
Phone: 856-561-9000 x306
Cherry Hill: Bradway Trucking
Address: 1889 Rte 70 E , Cherry Hill, New Jersey 8003
Phone: 856-874-6051
Clifton: Ideal Driving School
Address: 1151 Main Ave, Clifton, New Jersey 7011
Phone: 973-773-4030
Edison: Middlesex County College - CDL Training
Address: 2600 Woodbridge Ave, Edison, New Jersey 8818
Phone: 732-906-4321
Elizabeth: Express Driving Academy
Address: 102 W Jersey St, Elizabeth, New Jersey 7202
Phone: 908-659-0800
Elizabeth: North Avenue Driving School
Address: 1038 North Ave, Elizabeth, New Jersey 7202
Phone: 908-355-0004
Fords: Ideal Driving School
Address: 279 New Brunswick Ave, Fords, New Jersey 8863
Phone: 732-661-9401
Forked River: Shore Tractor Trailer Training
Address: 2834 Lacey Rd, Forked River, New Jersey 8731
Phone: 609-693-3312
Haledon: K & M Driving School
Address: 220 Belmont Ave, Haledon, New Jersey 7508
Phone: 973-720-9268
Harrison: Express Driving School Inc
Address: 13 Frank E Rodgers Blvd, Harrison, New Jersey 7029
Phone: 973-484-9144
Hillside: Joseph's Truck Bus & Tractor Trailer Driving School
Address: 1215 Liberty Ave, Hillside, New Jersey 7205
Phone: 973-375-3965
Hopelawn: E-Z Wheels Driving School
Address: 171 New Brunswick Ave, Hopelawn, New Jersey 8861
Phone: 732-376-9500
Linden: Winsor's Tractor Trailer Driving School
Address: 3106 S Wood Ave, Linden, New Jersey 7036
Phone: 908-862-3252
Middlesex: Mr Driving School
Address: 540 Bound Brook Rd, Ste 4, Middlesex, New Jersey 8846
Phone: 732-926-1341
Newark: Atlas Driving School
Address: 68 Monroe St, Newark, New Jersey 7105
Phone: 973-589-6963
Newark: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark
Address: 321 Central Ave, Newark, New Jersey 7103
Phone: 973-268-3162
Newark: Europa Driving School Inc
Address: 89 Wilson Ave, Newark, New Jersey 7105
Phone: 973-589-2021
Newark: North Avenue Driving School
Address: 178 Bloomfield Ave, Newark, New Jersey 7104
Phone: 973-483-7833
Orange: OCNJ Driving School
Address: 391 Lakeside Ave, Orange, New Jersey 7050
Phone: 973-672-5800
Orange: OCNJ Driving School
Address: 123 Cleveland St, Orange, New Jersey 7050
Phone: 973-678-7778
Passaic: E-Z Wheels Driving School
Address: 954 Main Ave, Passaic, New Jersey 7055
Phone: 973-470-0190
Paterson: Master Driving School
Address: 12 W Broadway, Paterson, New Jersey 7505
Phone: 973-977-9926
Perth Amboy: Express Driving Academy
Address: 170 New Brunswick Ave, Perth Amboy, New Jersey 8851
Phone: 908-668-1717
Perth Amboy: Superior Tractor Trailer Training
Address: 225 New Brunswick Ave, Perth Amboy, New Jersey 8861
Phone: 732-442-0748
Plainfield: Express Driving Academy
Address: 430 Watchung Ave, Plainfield, New Jersey 7060
Phone: 908-668-1717
Plainfield: Jumbool Driving School
Address: 518 Park Ave, Plainfield, New Jersey 7060
Phone: 908-769-6556
Pleasantville: Shore Tractor Trailer Training
Address: 1420 S New Rd, Pleasantville, New Jersey 8232
Phone: 609-641-9398
Pleasantville: Superior Tractor Trailer Training
Address: 1 S Main St , Pleasantville, New Jersey 8232
Phone: 609-383-2500
Rutherford: Jersey Tractor Trailer Training
Address: 201 Rte 17 N, Ste 606, Rutherford, New Jersey 7070
Phone: 201-460-0875
Sewell: Gloucester County College Division of Continuing Education
Address: 1400 Tanyard Rd, Sewell, New Jersey 8080
Phone: 856-415-2217
Somerville: Raritan Valley Community College Continuing Education
Address: Route 28 & Lamington Rd , Somerville, New Jersey 8876
Phone: 908-218-8874
Stratford: Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey - Stratford
Address: 222 White Horse Pike, Ste G, Stratford, New Jersey 8084
Phone: 856-566-0729
Toms River: Superior Tractor Trailer Training
Address: 28 W Water St, Toms River, New Jersey 8753
Phone: 732-505-9470
Union: Felito Driving School
Address: 2165 Morris Ave, Ste 21 , Union, New Jersey 7083
Phone: 908-687-0100
Union City: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark
Address: 2201 Bergenline Ave, Union City, New Jersey 7087
Phone: 201-325-4803
Union City: E-Z Wheels Driving School
Address: 1518 Summit Ave, Union City, New Jersey 7087
Phone: 201-864-3600
Union City: Ideal Driving School
Address: 2811 Bergenline Ave, Union City, New Jersey 7087
Phone: 201-617-9404
Vineland: Bradway Trucking
Address: 1040 N Brewster Rd, Vineland, New Jersey 8361
Phone: 856-692-5331
Westampton: Burlington County Institute of Technology - Adult Education Division
Address: 695 Woodlane Rd, Westampton, New Jersey 8060
Phone: 609-654-0200 x544


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Release Date: 1999-10-08 (NY)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: NR
Duration: 2hrs 00min
Based on the novel of Alberto Moravia, "L'Ennui" tells us the story of a philosphy teacher (Charles Berling) who, just separated from his wife, meets the young and buxom Cecilia, former model of a painter who died making love to her. As their relationship grows, we fall with Berling into despair (when he is unable to quit her even if he wants to) and even jealousy. The famous scholar cannot find relief in his knowledge, nor in his irritated former wife and is therefore condemned to wander alone, following this woman, directly out from a Renoir painting, he love and despise at the same time and his depiction is really living.
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- Directed by Cedric Kahn
- Produced by Paulo Branco
- Written by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, Cedric Kahn, Gilles Taurand
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Many people have successfully found love in their offices because they followed the unwritten rules of dating a coworker (see Workplace romance: how to do it the right way, part 1 and part 2). But not all experts feel that pursuing a dating relationship at work is a smart career move these days. Today, Roy Cohen, career coach and best-selling author of the Wall Street Professional's Survival Guide, details the negative side of romancing a coworker:
In general, dating a coworker is not a great career move—it will almost always fail. It may seem like a great idea at the time—for convenience, because you both work long hours, because you appear to share common interests and values, etc.—but it is absolutely the worst possible decision for the following reasons:
1. The odds of a relationship failing are far too great to risk your professional and financial security. It is easy for "Masters of the Universe" to think that your relationship and experience will be different from others. That arrogance is often what leads to a breakdown. Even if yours succeeds, if it appears that one of you is offering the other preferential advantages, you could both find yourself in serious trouble. In general, one of you will end up taking the bullet.
2. If there's a break-up that turns ugly, working together could be a nightmare. Imagine the consequences if one of you ends up managing the other. It can be difficult, maybe impossible, to fairly hand out work assignments, give feedback, and do performance reviews when there's 'bad blood' between an employee and his or her manager.
4. For many of us, proximity offers insights that may make an ideal work colleague a horrible romantic match. Far too much can be learned in the work setting about a love interest which could make compatibility that seemed to exist. Besides, what makes for good work colleagues is rarely ever the same for bedfellows.
5. Many organizations have rules about dating colleagues...not because dating a colleague is a bad thing. You may share common interests and motivations and you may both love the organization. The rules exist to avoid any messiness that might arise when the relationship ends, when one of you gets promoted, or if one of you has access to information that should not be shared especially if it might benefit your partner unfairly. If you manage the person you're dating, imagine the consequence if you break up. Your ex is dissatisfied with his or her bonus or raise, and then sues you and the company for sexual harassment.
One of Roy's clients was thought to be having an affair with her married boss. She wasn't, but the rumor mill was so damaging that she eventually had no choice but to transfer to another department. It was unfair and unnecessary. She was smart, efficient, and added enormous value to her team and her department...much more than her colleagues. Her boss's interest and encouragement, and the time they spent together in animated conversation, was in large part a by-product of her hard work and enormous talent, not romantic interest. So if you're on the verge of starting a relationship with someone at work, read about both sides of this important issue and make a wise choice.
Workplace romance: doing it the right way, part 1
Workplace romance: doing it the right way, part 2
Workplace romance: the wrong way to date someone at work
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I've configured our Windows 7 clients to have "Shut Down" replaced with "Log Off" as the default button on the Start Menu in the labs on our campus using Loopback and
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Change Start Menu power button
The problem is that if there are Windows Updates pending, this changes back to Shutdown and I don't see a way to alter this behavior. I would like it to always be "Log Off" regardless of whether or not updates are pending.
AD is at a 2008R2 DFL and FFL and third party templates aren't an option, but additional Microsoft templates not included by default are fine.


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Member Review of the Week: Lost in Paradise
July 15, 2014 | By Cruise Critic | No Comments
Each week, we choose five cruise reviews written by our members, one of which is showcased as the Member Review of the Week. In the spotlight this week is Cruise Critic member WorldTravlerx2's recent cruise to the Western Caribbean aboard Carnival Paradise.
Overall Impression: WorldTravlerx2, her husband and a group of friends were all in need of a little recharge, so they left the kids at home and set sail on Carnival Paradise for a five-night cruise to Grand Cayman and Cozumel. Having previously sailed on Carnival Legend, the couple was pleasantly surprised to find their interior cabin on the "smaller" ship offered significantly more space than the balcony cabin.
Onboard Highlight: The food, although, it was hard for WorldTravlerx2 to narrow down one favorite. Is a five-way tie acceptable? She especially loved Carnival's famous Warm Chocolate Melting Cake, lobster bisque, strawberry bisque, lobster and jumbo shrimp.
Port Highlight: Hammocks in the water in Passion Island, Cozumel — a new addition since the last time WorldTravlerx2 had visited.
Don't Miss: "Faster to the Fun," Carnival's pre-cruise package. WorldTravlerx2 found it to be worth every penny and kick-started their cruise with a boatload (pun intended) of positivity and excitement.
Watch Out For: The layout of the ship can get a little tricky near the dining rooms, where the galley is positioned in the middle. Tip: It's easier to cut right through dining service in order to get to the other side, rather than trying to come up with a way to navigate around the rooms.
More: Read WorldTravlerx2's full review for more details about the ship and excursions.
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Flames Go Distance With Defending National Runner-Up Ottawa
Aug. 13, 2014
OTTAWA – The UIC men's basketball team gave the University of Ottawa, the defending national runner-up, a run for its money on Wednesday night after the Flames led for a majority of the contest in their first game of a Canadian exhibition tour. The Gee-Gees ultimately prevailed by a final of 79-76 inside their home gym Montpetit Hall after hitting six fourth-quarter threes. UIC junior Gabe Snider poured in a game-high 28 points on 8-of-12 three-point shooting, while Ottawa was paced by Johnny Berhanemeskel with 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting.
The exhibition contest featured four 10-minute quarters, a 24-second shot clock and also applied FIBA-style rules.
"I am very pleased with what I saw tonight," said head coach Howard Moore. "Ottawa is a tremendously talented team and its program is highly respected. It's a little frustrating to drop a close game like that, but there were a lot of positives to take away. We played with great energy and effort especially against a team that just scored 109 points against Indiana. This is a great trip for our guys right now as we continue to bond and grow as teammates."
The first quarter mimicked a three-point competition as eight of the first 10 field goals were triples. UIC's first five baskets came from downtown, including two from Snider and a pair from junior Jason McClellan. McClellan, a 6-foot-9 transfer from Eastern Wyoming College, finished the night with nine points and six rebounds.
The Flames held a one-point lead after the first quarter, but fell back by six points mid-way through the second stanza. UIC closed out the first half on a 10-2 run and owned a 40-37 advantage at the break.
UIC continued to roll in the third quarter and reached its first 10-point lead by the 5:09 mark. Senior Ahman Fells scored six of his 10 points in the third period and finished the game with four dunks. Senior Jay Parker also played well with a game-high 10 assists and just one turnover.
By the 1:32 mark in the third quarter, UIC paced Ottawa by 13 points, however an 8-2 Gee-Gees run brought the count to 60-53 before the final period.
The Flames remained in front for most of the fourth quarter until Ottawa knotted the score at 73-73 with 3:28 left to play. The game would tie up once more before Berhanemeskel hit the game-winning three with 38 seconds on the clock, giving Ottawa its third-straight win against a NCAA team.
The Gee-Gees upended Indiana on Sunday night by a final of 109-101 and defeated Vermont on Monday, 73-66. Ottawa finishes exhibition play on Sunday against Memphis.
The Flames resume competition tomorrow at defending national champion Carleton University with tip-off scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
Stayed tuned to UICFlames.com for recaps and results and be sure to follow the UIC men's basketball team on twitter at @UICFlamesMBB for live-scoring updates.


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still the one... | brad
Correction | helena
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oh, that's definitely okay. | jill
I currently have the odd feeling of knowing I've completed tons of work, under the hood, for the next big dredwerkz feature. But it's a mixture of pride (and wanting to show everyone the new Stuff) and anxiety (because it's not finished yet...and I don't want to ruin the surprise) which leaves me not quite certain how I should feel.
Regardless, I'm only a few hours of coding away from completion. Once I finish, it'll be a big addition to the site. And it will mean only two major coding projects left until the site is finally no longer alpha-version.
Here's a taste:
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Fun, eh?
Oh, the new name of the section is called "Stuff". Mull on that.
I am very hungry. Argh.
I don't normally comment on issues like this one. But the blogosphere seems to have gotten it wrong in this case, and I feel a correction is in order.
Put simply, Philadelphia decided to roll out free WiFi access city-wide. Verizon caught a whiff of this, realized it stood to lose millions, and fought back.
Governor Rendell, in order to protect the Philly plan, let Verizon maintain a "right of first refusal" across the rest of the commonwealth. This move has generated tons of idiotic criticism from across the blogosphere. Let's examine why:
First, Philadelphia, through this new law, will still be on track to provide free WiFi service. Even the law's detractors have argued that this is good. However, many feel that it is only a temporary victory. I think not. Once a major U.S. city provides free WiFi service to its residents, other cities will follow suit. This is why Verizon is so concerned. But there's no way they can stop such a movement in the long term. In the short term, they may be able to lobby to delay such a move, but the cost savings alone justify Philly's move. And best of all, once Philly has the WiFi in place, any town mayor can point to Philly and say "see, they did it...why can't we?" as a justification. Philly is the beachhead that establishes the WiFi revolution in cities across the U.S.
Second, some people have suggested that the rest of the commonwealth was served poorly by the new law. They're wrong. Here's why: the law requires Verizon to provide broadband service (we're not talking WiFi anymore!) to the entire state by 2015. That seems far off but constructing a statewide system that goes the last mile across the entire commonwealth is a huge deal. Best of all, the so-called Verizon Veto is not as it seems. Communities have until 2006 to begin with before Verizon gets the right of first refusal. Any network systems that have begun to be built by then are excluded from the deal. And after 2006, should Verizon exercise its "veto", it would be required to provide the same service within 14 months.
Read that last line again.
Essentially, it means that any community which doesn't want broadband internet badly enough before 2006, but does before 2015, can just draw up a plan to provide internet service to the community for a fee. Why for a fee? Well, because any communities that wish to do it for free are excluded from the verizon veto in the first place. Once they draw up a plan, should Verizon veto it, Verizon would be forced to build a broadband network in its place, well ahead of schedule. So in the end, residents get a broadband network within a year of 2006 regardless of who provides it.
Third, Verizon didn't win. They lost. Just look at the major complaint aired against the veto provision requiring Verizon to provide service within a year after a community proposes a plan. Some have argued that Verizon could ratchet the price of the broadband service up to a level that most people cannot afford it. What these people fail to realize is that the major price of getting broadband to everyone is laying the physical infrastructure. Once you've got dark fiber in the last mile to every home in Pennsylvania, the costs of operating the system are negligible. Therefore, requiring Verizon to put a network in place for every community that draws up a plan is a huge expense. Once Verizon has already built the network, why would they try to only recover some of their money? More likely, Verizon would charge prices as high as they could reasonably to get as many people as possible to justify the fact that they had to put dark fiber to the home in. Once you look at the law's requirement that Verizon provide broadband service to every community by 2015, you start to realize that the deal actually helps PA. When a local government grants a monopoly power for a public good, they make a trade off. In this case, PA told Verizon it could have control over broadband, so long as it provided it to everyone in the state. That's a clear deal. If PA had continued to require Verizon to provide broadband to the state, but had then demanded another ISP do the same, that would've been idiotic and wasteful. But if a local government tries the same...why is Verizon any less screwed than before? Don't get me wrong: Verizon is not a great company by any means. But when you require a private company to spend large amounts of money to build network infrastructure, turning around and stabbing them in the back isn't just bad policy: it's unfair.
So let's summarize:
- Verizon cannot block the Philly WiFi project
- Verizon has to provide the entire commonwealth of PA broadband access by 2015
- Any community in PA that provides broadband access and doesn't charge for it can do so
- Verizon has to provide broadband access to any community that wishes to start a broadband service for a fee, within 14 months
- Once Philly has WiFi, other cities will follow suit
It seems to me Verizon actually is fighting a losing battle. And this PA law will be viewed, in hindsight, as the first real step toward greater broadband access for all.
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If 85 more people sign up for 43 things and add one of the ideas I came up with it'll crack the top ten for most popular things overall!
So sign up today and help defeat the Republicans!
Ceci Connolly is a hack. She produces awful articles and is almost Nedra Pickler like in her ability to disgrace the news organization she works for. (The Washington Post...yes, I'm sorry about that.
But her article on the front page of the Post today sure as hell doesn't bury the lede:
Many American youngsters participating in federally funded abstinence-only programs have been taught over the past three years that abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, that half the gay male teenagers in the United States have tested positive for the AIDS virus, and that touching a person's genitals "can result in pregnancy," a congressional staff analysis has found.
Those and other assertions are examples of the "false, misleading, or distorted information" in the programs' teaching materials, said the analysis, released yesterday, which reviewed the curricula of more than a dozen projects aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.
Damn. She's actually hard-hitting for once. Maybe I'll have to revise my hack statement...of course, she saves the most absurd moment for last (ed. note....next time, guys, cut the final paragraph):
Some course materials cited in Waxman's report present as scientific fact notions about a man's need for "admiration" and "sexual fulfillment" compared with a woman's need for "financial support." One book in the "Choosing Best" series tells the story of a knight who married a village maiden instead of the princess because the princess offered so many tips on slaying the local dragon. "Moral of the story," notes the popular text: "Occasional suggestions and assistance may be alright, but too much of it will lessen a man's confidence or even turn him away from his princess."
I don't really like Adobe. They have had years to merge Photoshop and Illustrator into one killer app, but never done so. They were slow to see Quark in the rear-view mirror, and InDesign still has trouble integrating files from Photoshop/Illustrator properly. And then let's not forget their idiotic font decisions in the past.
But by far, their biggest annoyance is the idiotic PDF format. Billed as "a document standard", it has enabled countless generations to abuse the web as their personal playground for embedding ordinary word documents. Here's the chain of events:
- Crappy HR Person demands that company newsletter, published in Microsoft Word, be put on The Internets.
- Overworked Web Designer (who has been forced into servitude as a Web Developer) told to put newsletter on the internet. OWD spends hours converting word document into html and stripping out all the unnecessary tags Microsoft threw into their word->html converter.
- The html page is uploaded to website.
- Crappy HR Person complains that web page doesn't look like Word Document...demands word document itself be placed on website.
- OWD argues, is overruled by management, and is forced to upload Word document to website. As a parting way to save face, he notes on the link itself that the document is a Word document.
- Users from branch office begin to call in to complain that they cannot open Word document because they use WordPerfect 2.0 for DOS circa 1988.
- Upper management hears complaints, passes directive down that document should be "converted to acrobat" because "everyone has acrobat".
- OWD goes on four hour fruitless search for the one worker in the office who actually has Acrobat, not merely Acrobat Reader. Copy turns out to be stolen. And all the dialog boxes are in Russian. OWD converts document, discovers text is in cyrillic. Tweaks settings. Converts again.
- OWD uploads pdf document to website, includes caveat that link points to a pdf.
- Lower level web designer sees caveat, removes it to "save bandwidth".
- Edward browses the web, sees a link to the site, clicks it.
- Five minutes later, Acrobat Reader stops loading and Edward can access his web browser again.
- Edward fires off an angry screed on his blog about said pdf document.
If I had my way, pdf would be dead. There's no reason for an open standard other than xhtml at this point. Combined with css, you can make almost any document structurally and stylistically the same.
But for god's sake, if you do link to a pdf, warn users that you are doing so so that those of us who don't want to waste four minutes loading fifty apis for acrobat reader can simple skip the link. Thank you.
Welcome to Blogistan, fellow Netizens! Below is a list of some random blogs we occasionally check. This isn't the comprehensive list of websites we freequent...it's just a list of personal blogs I'd like to show some love for. There's no order to it, so don't think I'm ranking these. Without further ado, here goes:
- RumbleStrips
- Movering
- Heelwing
- Karen Likes Cereal
- Waferbaby
- Schilaeuferin
- The Best Page In The Universe
- Dean Velvel
Want to be listed? Well....just ask! The ranks of the Technorati are filled with posers just like you!
I've been thinking a lot about pop music and the passage of time lately (for reasons I'll save for the Comments section). So this video (again, found on MacHall) struck a surprising chord.
Songs are like time capsules for me; they return me to particular moments—often in a very visceral fashion; I tend to almost literally relive songs. Therefore, because "Creep" came out when I was 17, I have a very established set of teenaged associations that I replay in my emotional jukebox whenever I hear it.
This video took me by surprise, then, by totally altering my experience of the song. (Not having had MTV as a kid, I'm still susceptible to letting images alter my perceptions of music.) Because I'm in an office environment for the first time, the animation caused me to hear the lyrics as if they were totally new to me. As a result, a whole fresh set of resonances is superimposed upon—and even threatens to replace—my original reading. "Creep," for me, has suddenly aged nine years—it's a song potentially about being 26, instead of 17.
My question for the collective: has this happened to you (either upon viewing this video, or in general)?
For the past several weeks, in what can only be described as a cruel joke, I have been receiving copies of the Washington Times.
It's true.
I arrived back from the election to find several copies, wrapped in orange plastic, living on my steps. At first, I was angry. A few days (and several more copies) later I assumed it was a joke. After another few days, I realized I now had perfect kindling for my firepit.
Then some Jehovah's Witnesses came to the door and dropped off some lit. On their way out, I noticed there were two copies of the Wash Times lying on the steps. (I hadn't picked them up.) Annoyed, I explained that they weren't mine. They said "sure they aren't" which was the camel straw.
I realized I had to get rid of the subscription, so I e-mailed the rag. They sent me a very nice response back today:
Dear XXX,
Your are right we do not have a subscription to your address I will ask the carrier to stop delivery immediately.
Thank you, Jxxxx Jxxxxx
I know it's not the fault of the newspaper that their subscriptions department cannot spell. But for god's sake...who uses the wrong form of your and adds the word are to follow it? It's a completely novel way to mess up the sentence.
Hopefully I won't have to see a little orange bundle of joy on my steps tomorrow morning.
Since we're speaking of the Seven Deadly Sins, here's a cute clip dedicated to Lust and Envy. The animation style—recalling Disney's foxy Robin Hood era—makes this bunny's pain all the more precious. (Tip o' the hat to the folks at MacHall for spotting this one, and to my bosses, who saw fit to give me a brand-spankin'-new iMac on which to dis/play such cool goodies.)
This WaPo story is the reason the Post continues to outshine the NYT and LA Times.
"Why do you think there was such friction between the U.S. delegation and the Chilean delegation?" Morgan asked.
By the standards that the White House press pack uses to gauge a deft question, this one failed roundly: It was about yesterday's news; Bush was unlikely to answer it with any specificity, and it wouldn't "make news" (produce a headline) if he did.
In the networks' nearby transmission room, out of Bush's earshot, correspondents and producers groaned loudly and grunted their disapproval.
Yes, it focuses on the process rather than the substance. But as many reporters and editors are starting to realize, this entire administration is about media control and not public policy. How do you fight back against a White House that never gives press interviews?
Well, to start, you show the raw numbers. And then you explain the press production values. All done neatly here:
Bush has held 16 solo news conferences, compared to 43 for Bill Clinton, 84 for George H.W. Bush and 26 for Ronald Reagan at this point in their presidencies, according to research by Martha Joynt Kumar of Towson University.
These sessions are a contest between Bush's desire to repeat his previously articulated views ("sticking a tape in the VCR," as one frequent Bush questioner puts it), and the reporters' quest to elicit something that will contribute to democracy, not to mention getting them on television or the front page.
By exposing how reporters carefully construct loaded questions in order to get answers, Allen makes an implicit point: that this administration wishes to hide from the press. Yes, policy points are important, but until the news media, and the public at large, realize that this administration is obsessed with secrecy, policy will have to take a back seat.
If we just had more Dickersonian questions at the press briefings, and more Milbankian/Allen/Priestly writing on the front page, the country would be far better served by the media.
this is one of Ridge's first speeches from early 2002...
Good evening. I'm Tom Ridge. Nearly six months ago, President Bush asked me to organize and lead a new federal agency, the Office of Homeland Security. Since that time, many of you have probably wondered just what this agency has been up to and what, if anything, we are doing to prevent terrorist attacks within our borders.
Tonight, I'm proud to unveil my agency's new weapon in the War on Terror: the Homeland Security advisory system. It's a simple five level system, which uses color codes to indicate varying levels of terrorist threat. The lowest level of threat is condition OFF-WHITE, followed by CREAM, PUTTY, BONE and finally NATURAL. It is essential that every American learns to recognize and distinguish these colors. Failure to do so could cost you your life. For those who may have questions, an excellent guide will be found on page 74 of the spring J. Crew catalogue.
Now, what precisely do these threat levels indicate? Condition OFF-WHITE, the lowest level, indicates a huge risk of terrorist attack. Next highest, condition CREAM: an immense risk of terrorist attack. Condition PUTTY: an enormous risk of terrorist attack. Condition BONE: a gigantic risk of terrorist attack. And finally, the most serious, condition NATURAL: an enormous risk of terrorist attack.
Many of you probably noticed that in the preceding chart, we used the term "Enormous risk of terrorist attack" twice. This was a mistake we didn't catch in time and we're trying to fix it.
So, there you have it. The Homeland Security advisory system. This took you six months, you might ask? Well, not exactly. We lost the first few weeks with moving back to D.C., finding office space, working out the phones, etc. Also, remember: I just missed being named Vice-President. Instead, I got this as a consolation prize. And you have to admit, it's a pretty thankless job. So, perhaps in the first few months, there may have been some bitterness on my part that affected my job performance. But not anymore. Since Christmas, I have been totally happy and committed. One last point, at my request and effective immediately, the President has placed the nation on Condition TAUPE. More on that in the weeks and months ahead.
I am cold and tired and very wet. Apropos of nothing, here are my deadly sins, ranked from first to last.
- Pride
- Sloth
- Lust
- Gluttony
- Wrath
- Avarice
- Envy
To be honest, I am very rarely envious of anyone. But I'm definitely on top of the other six. How would you rank yours?
I cannot discuss money matters around my friends. So let me just say that charging a 3% "transaction fee" for a check which counts as a "cash advance" (meaning that interest begins to accrue right away) is what I would label "highway robbery".
Also, two other small coding points. The search engine, which has been down, is now back up again.
Finally, as many of you have noticed, you don't have permission to delete your own posts. Some have complained about this. My logic is this: if you really need to delete a post, get in touch with Helena, Brad or myself. We have the rights to do so. But posting and then removing is a weapon of last resort. It's the sort of thing the White House does all the time.
Information, once placed on a website, is historical. Removing it doesn't get rid of the information, it just moves it to different areas. So next time, think before you post that juicy bit of gossip about your boss.
On that note, I love my job.
Makes me almost forget Fox slapped Firefly with a 6 month delay...
This ruling totally stinks. We need to make access to unions easier, not tougher, especially for the growing temporary worker class.
Temporary workers will no longer be able to bargain for job benefits as part of a unit with permanent employees, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled, reversing a Clinton-era precedent.
In a 3 to 2 vote that was issued Friday, the three members appointed by President Bush -- Robert J. Battista, the chairman; Peter C. Schaumber and Ronald E. Meisburg -- said there is a difference between temporary and permanent workers. "Thus, the entity that the two groups of employees look to as their employer is not the same. No amount of legal legerdemain can alter that fact," their ruling stated.
Look for most businesses to continue to try to reduce permanent workers and replace them with temps, allowing them to slash benefits and cut costs. The long-term problem? Put simply: a workforce made up of temps contains numerous overhead that will eventually drag a business down. The lack of institutional knowledge alone is something difficult to quantify, yet the repercussions on the bottom line are significant. Each time a new temp worker is hired, time must be spent to bring them up to speed, and certain bits of information (the password to an old router, the location of an old bill, the vendor one uses for a particular need) are certain to be lost during the transfer. Over time these little bits of loss become larger until an organization can no longer function properly.
I've worked in an office with extremely high turnover...tons of time was always being wasted when someone said "Oh, we already did that last year...where did we put it?"
werkz advice: worth seeing.
The latest non-bond brosnin flick: "After the Sunset" is ostensibly a jewel-heist caper. In reality, it's a somewhat quirky comedy, filled with a bizarre shark shooting, men sleeping together and suntan lotion weirdness. All with a caribbean accent. And a remote controlled car. And Salma Hayek building a deck.
Trust me, you should see it. It's not great, but it's memorable.
werkz advice: go see it!
Bruckheimer's latest production, "National Treasure" is a fairly decent action comedy. Having Nicholas Cage in it lets me complete the following logical statement: Con Air is not as good as National Treasure which is not as good as The Rock.
With that said, NT was actually a fun time. So go see it.
Kerry is off the list of titles. Gerry is on. Go figure.
So Howl's Moving Castle is in the process of blowing apart the box office records in Japan.
Is reading the Post with nostalgia a bad sign that one is going through District withdrawal? or looking at weather.com just to see what the temperature is like inside the Beltway? or scanning Craigslist just to see if there are any interesting looking apartments I could move back to? (other than those offers of free accomodation to ladies from beyond the Iron Curtain?) I know that I will go back soon, and that a few things need to happen first (like hearing a definitive answer on the job that's going to be paying for the new apartment, as unfortunately, I don't seem to qualify for free accomodation) but patience has never been one of my virtues. For now, I will focus on knitting sweaters and climbing mountains (with some reading in between) -- and in the end, it might not be all that bad...


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March 3, 2006
Los Angeles, Calif. - On a rare, stormy day at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, the No. 3 UCLA women's water polo team defeated the No. 6 UC Berkeley Golden Bears, 6-4. UCLA moves its record to 12-2, 5-0 in the MPSF conference, while California drops to 5-7, 1-2.
The first quarter of the game was very physical, with each team having three ejections. California scored the first goal of the game from a shot by Brittani Llorente. A little over a minute later, Kelly Rulon notched the first Bruin goal to tie up the game. Later in the quarter, Monique Blanchard scored for UCLA, putting the team ahead for what would be the rest of the game.
In the second quarter, the UCLA defense stepped up, holding the Bears scoreless. UCLA added two more goals, including a second goal by Rulon, to pull away to a 4-1 half time lead.
At 4:23 in the third, the Bruins extended their lead to 5-1, after a goal by Anne Belden. The Bears refused to give up. Allison Gold scored her first goal of the game at 4:07. UCLA responded with a goal by Molly Cahill. At 1:25, Elsie Windes scored on a four-meter penalty shot, bringing her team within three goals.
In the fourth, the Bruins were held scoreless. Gold scored her second goal of the game for California with 1:46 left. UCLA ended up winning 6-4, which is the exact same score and outcome as the previous UCLA vs. California matchup in the Stanford Invitational earlier this season. Emily Feher had six saves for UCLA. Heather Stuart had four saves for the Bears in the game. The ejection count for the game was 6 against UCLA, including one four-meter penalty and eight against California. UCLA had 19 shots on goal compared to Berkeley's 22.
UCLA will face Cal State San Bernardino and UC San Diego on Saturday, March 4th at La Jolla. The next exciting Bruin home games are on March 11th and 12th against Arizona State and San Diego State.
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In March of 2003, the AAPD announced plans to receive an unrestricted grant to support important clinical, basic and behavioral research from the Coca-Cola Foundation. The New York Times reported the grant to be roughly $1 million. (New York Times, 3/4/03, p. A16) According to the AAPD press release, this affiliation will also create public and professional educational programs, based on science, that promote improved dental health for children. (http://www.aapd.org/media/pressreleases.asp?NEWS_ID=212; accessed 5/22/03)
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The Autism Channel in West Palm Beach is trying to reach an international audience
SUBURBAN WEST PALM BEACH, Fla - "Scene two, take, action," shouts a member of the floor crew at the Flying Pig Ranch Studios.
At the small facility in suburban West Palm Beach, they're trying to do something that's never been done before.
They're trying to provide daily programs to the international autism community through their creation of The Autism Channel.
They started it four years ago as an idea for a cable TV program, and now are trying to transform it into its own network.
"The more you get involved with autism, the more you get involved with people on the spectrum, the more you realize these are really unique individuals," says one of the channel's creators, Jerry Trowbridge.
Take for example their two movie critics in the show Private Screening. Both hosts, Michael Precourt and Anthony Canzonetta, are on the autism spectrum.
"One of the things we've found is putting people on the spectrum on the air is one of the most popular things we do," said Trowbridge
But it's more than a showcase for talent. They're also trying to have The Autism Channel highlight all aspects of the developmental disorder.
"We want to be a clearinghouse for everything in the autism communities so professionals can watch, so we can all learn from each other, and for the parents of the newly diagnosed," said Trowbridge.
They're doing it with shows like "Spectrum At Law," exploring issues affecting parents of children on the spectrum.
The shows are streamed, and while their audience is small now, they're hoping to reach 100-thousand by the end of the year and eventually millions of viewers worldwide.
Their goal is straightforward; show what life is like on the autism spectrum.
"I think our mission is to reflect an accurate view of what the autism community is," said Trowbridge.
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Steineck, Raji C (2009). Das Bendōwa von Dōgen: Narratologische Analyse eines doktrinären Textes. Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques, 63(3.2009):571-595.
Bendōwa is the earliest extant doctrinal text by Dōgen (1200–1253), revered today as the founding patriarch of the Japanese Sōtō School of Zen Buddhism. It may well be regarded as Dōgen's declaration of independence as a Buddhist enlightened master. Narratives play an important part in this seminal document: they serve to legitimate Dōgen, to place his teaching in the history of the Buddhist tradition, and to explicate various points in the discussion of his doctrine. Narratological analysis elucidates the structural characteristics of the narrative parts of Bendōwa and helps to clarify their meaning and functionality. It may even be successsfully applied to non-narrative, argumentative sections of the text.
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After installing it at home without any problem, I'm trying to install Ubuntu One at work (Ubuntu 12.04, must use proxy). Apparently it can not connect to the server: I can't sign in of course, can't use the "forgotten password" form either (address not recognized), and if I open the dialog to create an account I get a message "There was a problem downloading the captcha, reloading...".
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Sony Xperia S ICS Update
Sony were not so right when they released their flagship model Sony Xperia S with Android 2.3 Gingerbread despite the fact that Android 4.0 ICS was available at that time. But Sony had promised that their flagship model will get the ICS update as soon as possible. They had assured that the ICS Update for Xperia S would land sometime in Q2. Exactly at mid way of the Q2, we are hearing from Sony officials(though not officially) that the Xperia S would be available in late May/Early June.
Sony Xperia S ICS Update
The new update is expected to bring a lot of new features that are seen in ICS like screenshots, an excellent browser and a rebranded UI with a very effective task manager. The ICS update is expected to hit India by the first week of June.
This should be a real happy news for the Xperia S owners.


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The New York Times today has this curious headline "Obama Factor Adds Fears to Democrats". How can that be, I thought the economy was doing fine and the health care law is a smashing success?
Democrats are becoming increasingly alarmed about their midterm election fortunes amid President Obama's sinking approval ratings, a loss in a special House election in Florida last week, and millions of dollars spent by Republican-aligned groups attacking the new health law.
Ah, that explains it. The Republicans, whom no one listens to because they're out of touch, are tricking people into thinking that the Obama success story is actually a miserable failure. Just goes to show how stupid most of the people of this country really are.
The combination has led to uncharacteristic criticism of Mr. Obama and bitter complaints that his vaunted political organization has done little to help the party's vulnerable congressional candidates.
Uncharacteristic criticism of Mr. Obama. Who ever heard of a president being criticized? Those congressional races? Why, if only Obama's "vaunted political organization" could only pitch in a couple of dollars then things would be so much better. After all, people are stupid, don't forget. So lets get some funds to get the message out that Democrats are really doing a fine job.
The latest in a cascade of bad news came Friday when Scott Brown, a former senator from Massachusetts, announced an exploratory committee to challenge the incumbent Democrat in New Hampshire, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and when the Republican-aligned "super PAC" American Crossroads said it would spend $600,000 to help his effort.
Oh boy. Here comes the money train propping up another Republican. "Failed policies over the last 30 years" could be shrouded by a few TV ads and billboards. That's all it takes to turn stupid around.
When two senior White House officials — Jennifer Palmieri, the communications director, and Phil Schiliro, the health care adviser — went to the Capitol late last month to address Senate Democrats about the Affordable Care Act, they were met with angry questions about why Mr. Obama's well-funded advocacy group, Organizing for Action, was not airing commercials offering them cover on the health law.
I have an answer: because Obamacare is working just fine and therefore a public relations campaign to proclaim its success would be redundant because the heath care law affects everyone and they are happy regardless of what anyone else could tell them. Right? But then again people are stupid. They could think otherwise because of Republicans.
In addition to problems with the health law, the White House is losing the support of Democrats on key appointments such as Mr. Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and his choice to be surgeon general. Also last week, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, broke with the administration with a scalding criticism of the Central Intelligence Agency.
CIA what? What's that all about? Oh, that's about the CIA tapping into Senate Intelligence Committee computers kind of the way the Justice Department tapped into the Associated Press phones much the way CBS reporter Sheryl Atkinnson's computer was tapped (she was investigation Fast and Furious as well as Benghazi, she has recently left CBS because CBS wants nothing to do with investigating Obama), much the way the NSA is tapping into everyone's phone lines, much the way the administration is tapping into the phones of our allies, much the way....the list goes on. Why does Obama get so much "uncharacteristic" criticism? From AP on Obama weighing in on the CIA tapping into Senate computers matter:
Obama said 'taking sides was not something that is an appropriate role for me and the White House to wade into at this point.'
Because he just runs the place and if his branch of government is spying on another, come on. What are you racist now?
Back to the Times:
Republicans also seem to be benefiting from the argument — reinforced by advertising and by their media surrogates — that Mr. Obama has presided over an activist government that has overreached and proved incompetent.
Lies! But then again, let's not forget the stupid factor.
Most Democrats up for re-election are trying to put some distance between themselves and the president, choosing surrogates such as Mr. Clinton to campaign for them, particularly in the South and parts of the West.
Clinton to the rescue. Why just last week the former president was at a gala event in Los Angeles posing in a photo with two Bunny Ranch prostitutes. He looked sooo happy. This is the guy that's going to save the day for Democrats. Okay.
Democrats also face a contradiction: As woeful as they are about their prospects in 2014, they are buoyant about their chances for winning the White House in 2016. Polls show that Hillary Rodham Clinton has clear leads over possible Republican challengers.
Democrats certainly have so much going for them don't they?
Even though special elections are rarely reliable predictors for future elections, Alex Sink's loss to David Jolly in Florida's 13th District last week added to the Democrats' negative story line. Frightening Democrats further, none of the Republican third-party money in the race came from the Koch brothers, the wealthy industrialists whose political groups have funded the bulk of the TV ads hammering Democrats this election cycle.
No money from the rotten plutocrat Koch brothers and Alex Sink (what a name) still lost? How can that be?
To stem losses, the Democratic National Committee is focusing on technology and data to give their candidates, as well as the state parties, the latest tools they will need to turn out the vote more effectively and efficiently. And Senate Democrats will try to make races about local issues rather than a referendum on Mr. Obama.
But. But. Obama is the greatest president ever?
Democrats say that the party needs more donors with the means of the California billionaire Thomas F. Steyer, who is helping candidates who support addressing climate change, to protect candidates who backed the health law.
"I'm not in the super PAC business, but we need somebody like a Steyer to get in the fight on the Affordable Care Act," said Representative John Yarmuth of Kentucky. Democrats, he said, are "getting beat to death."
There's a lesson here. Polices affect people directly and none more so than Obamacare. But with a few dollars into a public relations push the Democrats can fool most of the people most of the time.