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3.55pm: We're closing today's live World Cup blog now - thanks for your time and your emails and all your comments. Sean will be back in the morning, before doing his usual lunchtime flit, on the pretence of having to attend a training session, a press conference, a football match or - his finest work to date - go to "do some research on an article about David Villa." I know Sid Lowe talks a lot, but five hours on the phone seems a bit excessive.
3.41pm: Having let in just one goal in four World Cup matches in this campaign, Paraguay goalkeeper Justo Villar, who celebrated his 33rd birtday yesterday, is in understandably upbeat mood ahead of his side's quarter-final against Spain on Saturday.
"This is an unforgettable moment," he's been telling the press. "It's been an impossible birthday to match because we made it through to the quarterfinals. It's the best thing that has happened to me in my life, I can't be anything but very happy. We want to keep fighting and giving people something to talk about and this Saturday is a huge opportunity to keep going along this path. This is not any old game, it's a World Cup at the knock-out stage against a rival of the quality of Spain, and of course we are excited by the challenge."
Paraguay's defence will be tested against Spain's incisive passing and an attack led by the tournament's joint top scorer David Villa. "It's going to be a good match where you will see two types of football. One side trying to attack skillfully while we try to stop them and then try to take advantage of our chances."
3.25pm: And this: Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan claims he is not surprised to be one of the stars of the World Cup ahead of tomorrow's quarter-final with Uruguay in Johannesburg. The Rennes player has scored three goals in four matches including the winner against the United States in the last 16.
It is a far cry from two years ago, when Gyan was close to quitting the African Nations Cup after being criticised by the Ghana supporters. Now the 24-year-old, who has recovered from an ankle knock, has his sights set on playing in the Barclays Premier League.
Gyan said: "I did expect to score goals here because I did so well for my club and the confidence is there. I've scored many goals for my club. I am not surprised. When I am 100% fit, I know what I can do on the field. I am not surprised to be a star here. I know what I am worth when I am 100% fit. I thank God for that.
"People compare me with big names like Lionel Messi and I'm very happy to hear that. They are the best strikers in the world. You also have to remember that two years ago I was criticised by my compatriots. It hurt. But I never lost trust in myself. I knew that when 100% fit I would perform and that is what has happened."
Gyan admits a laid-back approach - including a bout of singing - has helped Ghana become only the third African nation after Cameroon and Senegal to reach the last eight of the World Cup. He said: "Uruguay are a difficult side but we don't care who we are going to play against. We are ready to play anyone. I don't think that is a problem. We shall go there and play our hearts out and we will come out victorious. We know all of Africa is supporting us. We are the only African team left and we want to make everyone happy.
"We know how to psych ourselves up before the game. That is the key to our success.
"Sometimes we sing all the time, we just forget about the game, and make sure we consider it on our terms because we know what we can do on the field."
Gyan also believes a united squad has been a key factor in Ghana's success.
He said: "We are united. We don't have any problems. I always say football is not about fighting, football is fun. Although we are passionate, we don't need to fight.
We just play with happiness. If you have problems, it is very difficult for you to play."
As for his own future, Gyan admitted: "It is my wish to play in the Premier League but I am now a player of Rennes and I am concentrating on my club and also the World Cup. We will see after the World Cup."
3.15pm: This from the news wires: "An Austrian goldsmith has sold a plastic vuvuzela horn decorated with white gold and diamonds for €17,000 to a Russian customer, media reported on Thursday. The honking plastic African trumpets have become inexorably linked with the World Cup in South Africa and have drawn both fans and critics.
The Austrian luxury model will be given by its Russian buyer to a South African business partner in time for the World Cup final on July 11, broadcaster ORF reported. The vuvuzela is fully functional and just as loud as the cheaper versions, the Linz-based goldsmith told the channel."
Greetings all. Barry Glendenning here for the next 50 minutes or so, until 4pm, at which point we're going to shut down the blog an hour earlier than usual so that the latest thrilling episode of World Cup Daily can be recorded. I'm not sure what time it will be up on the site, but presumably it will be considerably earlier than usual.
2.48pm I'm going to sign off for the day, so I'll hand you over the team on the other side of the sports desk, here in London.
2.32pm It's not World Cup-related, but Roy Hodgson is currently giving a masterful performance at his unveiling as Liverpool manager. He has skilfully deflected questions about money, buttered the fans up in a manner that is just on the right side of fawning sycophancy and, as always, come across as a thoroughly decent and deceptively hard bloke.
Blimey, I've just realised I wrote a paragraph about Roy Hodgson without using the word 'avuncular'.
2.06pm Apparently the video at 12.57pm is satirical. Whoops!
1.48pm "I've been reading the pieces and comments as to why South American teams are doing so well," begins Richard Finch. "Since top-flight European football started to become globalised (in a television sense) European commentators have been able to speak with authority on aspects of European football.
"However, knowledge of South American sides is usually limited to the European-based players (or the players that have built their reputation in Europe) thus during international tournaments teams are frequently referred to as either regional powerhouses (Argentina or Brazil) or teams that make up the numbers (the other eight).
"This wasn't the case in (and before) '94 where teams were loosely pre-judged on their reputation, but the reputation of all South American sides seemed to be stronger than most of their European counterparts.
"Since TV has dominated football (and subsequently club football has dominated international football) fewer European teams have been willing to travel to South America to play international friendlies due to pressures from their domestic leagues. Subsequently South American football has kind of dropped off the radar unless either Argentina or Brazil are struggling (WCQ '10 & '02 respectively) or they are playing a friendly in Europe.
"The following results are the last time each South American team were beaten by a European side at home. This raises the intriguing question of how exactly we all forgot about the South Americans.
28/12/96 Argentina 2-3 Yugoslavia (Mar Del Plata)
2/2/97 Bolivia 0-1 Slovakia (Cochamba)
10/6/84 Brazil 0-2 England (Rio De Janeiro)
15/2/00 Chile 0-2 Slovakia (Valparaiso)
10/2/85 Colombia 1-2 Poland (Bogota)
6/2/85 Ecuador 2-3 East Germany (Guayaquil)
25/6/96 Paraguay 1-2 Armenia (Asuncion)
3/2/93 Peru 0-2 Romania (Lima)
20/12/92 Uruguay 1-4 Germany (Montevideo)
28/6/81 Venezuela 0-2 Spain (Caracas)"
1.38pm "There were no quarter-finals in 1974 or 1978 but there was still a last eight, so you can still make a useful comparison, and I think your point still stands," says Eddie Robson, flicking an insouciant V at East Germany's 1974 vintage. "I'm certainly optimistic that the final stages are going to be much better than the last couple of World Cups, where we had a hugely entertaining first round but slightly uninspiring knock-outs. This tournament has struck a nice balance between big-name crash-outs to spice up the early rounds, but enough good teams left in to keep the standard up into the final stages."
Precisely. The experience of a World Cup is like an orgasm (bear with me here): the longer you have to wait for your thrill, the greater it is. Massive shocks in the first or second round are always wonderful – 2002 is the ultimate example – but they have nothing on epic semi-finals and finals. There's an unwritten rule that smaller footballing nations can't get to the World Cup final, which means that you usually have dead semi-finals, because you know in advance who will win: two in 1994, one in 1998, two in 2002 and one in 2006. This time we will have one, too, but at least we have two potentially epic quarter-finals to compensate.
A beautiful balance between early shocks and heavyweight later contests is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. Some people love 2002 precisely because of all the early shocks, and don't really care that the quarters and semis largely stunk.
1.21pm The Germany captain Philipp Lahm twists the knife, puts the boot in and hits the nail on the head. All in two sentences.
We're on to the big teams now. We want to beat Argentina so we can finally say we've beaten a big team.
1.20pm Here's a good email from Mark O'Neil.
Goals per game don't tell the whole story. The general standard of teams in this tournament has been far better than the last few, to the extent that there are five teams left in the tournament you'd give a genuine chance of winning it to. And whilst the number of goals has not been massive, the quality, especially since the first 2 rounds of games were finished, has been excellent. All of the quarter finalists, with the exception of Paraguay obviously, scored at least one superb goal in the last 16.
Yep, judging World Cups at the top end seems a good place to start. I agree that five teams could easily win this tournament: Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Germany and Holland, and four of those five (Holland excepted) are playing very good stuff. I reckon this is the best quarter-final line-up since 1998, when you had four outstanding sides (France, Brazil, Argentina, Holland) and two pretty decent ones (Italy, Croatia), and the third best since 1970 (although there were no quarter-finals in 1974, 1978 and 1982).
1.13pm The former Spurs, Scotland and Barcelona striker Steve Archibald famously said that "team spirit is an illusion glimpsed in the aftermath of victory". Well...
1.11pm This is endearingly bizarre: Globo's Emo World Cup. My vote goes to Samuel Emo'o.
1.10pm "The knockout rounds of this World Cup have such a high goals to games ratio because it is skewed by England shipping four," says Robin Hazlehurst. "So in fact we've made a major contribution, our boys done something good, England's efforts have made this into a good World Cup! Does that mean we get to feel good about ourselves again now?"
I don't know about you but I feel pretty comfortable in my own skin as Mesut Özil, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller and friends were handing England their derrieres.
1.08pm FlipMartian has waded in below the line.
"Does the fact that the oldest and youngest squads in the World Cup are still involved mean we can put to bed the myth that in international football anything other than form matters?"
Pretty much, yes. Next!
1.06pm Argentina v Germany didn't really need any hype but Germany are trash-talking like boxers. More please! Here's Philipp Lahm's take on life.
We know South Americans are impulsive and temperamental and cannot lose, We will see on Saturday how they will lose and how they will behave after a defeat. "We have to concentrate on our football only. The South Americans are temperamental. We know that and we will see how they will deal this time with a defeat.
1.01pm "Tweet from the lovely Ian Chadband of the Daily Telegraph," writes Sean Ingle.
'Today soccer is nothing but a commercial enterprise' blasts Eusebio at Adidas press conf sitting nxt to Adidas golden boot at Adidas HQ.
12.57pm "Soccer is against God." WARNING: this video which may offend anyone in possession of a brain cell.
12.54pm This World Cup has the lowest average goals per game of any since the tournament began in 1930, but if you're going to quantify a tournament – and clearly you shouldn't – it's surely much more instructive to look at goals per game in the knockout stages. And in that regard it has, thus far, been a big improvement on the last two tournaments. Both of which stunk, at least for the first three or four years after they happened, before nostalgia/dementia/another 'ia' kicked in.
1930 6.67 (3 games)
1954 6.29 (7 games)
1970 4.71 (7 games)
1938 4.59 (17 games)
1978 4.00 (1 game)
1982 4.00 (3 games)
1934 3.94 (16 games)
1958 3.71 (7 games)
1962 3.29 (7 games)
1966 3.11 (7 games)
1974 3.00 (1 game)
1994 2.93 (15 games)
1986 2.80 (15 games)
1998 2.80 (15 games)
2010 2.75 (8 games)
1990 2.00 (15 games)
2002 1.73 (15 games)
2006 1.73 (15 games)
There were no knockout games in 1950
12.34pm Hello. Anyone got anything to talk about? No? Good, I'll talk to myself.
12.30pm: That's it for me for now, have a piece to write, so it's over to the team in London. Thanks for all your emails and posts. Cheers, Sean
12.20pm: In fairness to Charles Obbo Onyango, many of his other points are more measured:
Our best and brightest young people would not want to become urban planners, teachers, police officers, engineers, or doctors. They would all want to become footballers. This would result in a massive "internal brain drain", where our best are taken away to expend their talents and energies chasing a piece of leather.
Thirdly, and most worrying for me, a better African performance in South Africa could have been a huge blow to democracy on the continent. Consider that of all the African countries that qualified (excluding South Africa that went in because it is host) – Ghana, Cameroon, Algeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria – only Ghana has had a democratic transition from one elected civilian leader to another of a different party.
In Cameroon, the vote stealing Paul Biya has been president for over 30 years. I fear that if all the African teams had gone into the semi-finals, and then two met at the finals, the leaders of these countries would have rewarded themselves by becoming presidents for life or, as happened in Central Africa with dictator Jean-Bedel Bokassa in the 1970s, turn themselves into emperors.
A football-drunk adulating public would happily let them get away with it. Fourthly, African dominance and victory at the World Cup would have led to a new outbreak of grand corruption. How, you might ask. Well, an African victory would have led to a new burst of investment in football – in the national teams, and in rehabilitating or building new stadiums – all over the continent.
12.10pm: Meanwhile in Kenya's Daily Nation, Charles Obbo Onyango lists five reasons why an African team (Ghana) shouldn't win the World Cup.
As Bertil Murunga points out, it includes gems such as:
"First, it would be un-African. In Africa, when you organise a party as South Africa has done with the World Cup, the visitor takes the best. In good old Africa, if you were a married man and your best friend from beyond the hills visited, you left your bed to him. In parts of western Uganda, you left him your wife too ... So we would be going against our culture to host the World Cup and also win it. We would be risking the wrath of the gods, who might unleash locusts on Africa next year.
Full link here.
11.59am: Meanwhile an email from Chidananda in Bangalore, who is tired of hearing about England's players so-called fatigue:
The fatigue/'long season' excuse holds no water. A total of sixteen Inter and Bayern Munich players are still in the competition, and most seem to be doing well. These two sides, apart from playing in the Champions League final, did the league and cup double. Of the 16 (Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Walter Samuel, Wesley Sneijder, Diego Milito, Sulley Muntari, Philip Lahm, Martin Demichelis, Holger Badstuber, Mark van Bommel, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arjen Robben, Thomas Muller, Miroslav Klose, and Mario Gomez), I'll admit that Klose hardly featured for Bayern while Badstuber, Milito, Muntari, and Gomez haven't had (and won't have) much to do at this World Cup. But the other 11 look fine to me.
11.50am: There are worries in the Brazil camp ahead of tomorrow's game against Holland, with Elano definitely out because of a bruised bone in his right ankle, Felipe Melo and Julio Baptista doubtful and Ramires - who impressed me against Chile - suspended. So I guess the midfield will be Gilberto and either Josue or Klebersen, with Dani Alves, Kaka and Robinho as an attacking three behind Luis Fabiano. Not that Juan is worried: "We have a group," he said. "Our work has always been based on the group."
10.40am: An email from Kevin O'Donovan, who might have too much time on his hands:
"I was interested in seeing if the trend in decreasing goals per game in the World Cup were to continue, how soon would we get to less than one goal per game? If we consider data from 1930-2006, this happens in 2098! But looking at 1962-2006, which could be argued is when football became more the game that we know today, it doesn't happen until into the 2200s. At which point the game will be played Futurama style with those floating heads in jars attached to robotic bodies."
11.30am: Police have sealed off the Nigerian Football Federation's offices. According to the excellent Colin Udoh:
Apparently, the police seal-off on the Nff premises was sparked by an official trying to remove files from the Nff finance office
11.17am: Here's an a video from 101greatgoals.com taken at Argentina's training session yesterday, showing the team playing 'butts up' - involving the losing team crowding inside the goal and the winners allowed to take pots hots from the edge of the box. As the website reports:
This time it wasn't just the players who were sent into the goal mouth but also the coaching staff and Maradona received a hefty blow to his head which left him dazed for a few seconds. El Diego then took out his anger with a few sly punches on a member of the coaching staff. From the main footage it is also possible to see some Argentinean players, including Lionel Messi, practising penalties to avoid the fate that befell the Albiceleste when they played Germany at the same stage of the World Cup.
11.07am: Interesting point from below the line by molefromtheministry about the largely black South African football team being banned from playing in international competitions:
This, I'd like to venture, is the downside of boycott as a political tool, since it all-too-frequently tends to affect anyone except its intended target, and sometimes effectively supports the system against which it was designed to protest: black South Africans partaking at the World Cup, for example, obviously wasn't desirable from the apartheid regime's point of view.
On the other hand, if South African sports had not been subject to boycott, it's highly unlikely that it could've possessed the reconcilatory effect showcased in the post-apartheid era, showcased through the Springboks' Hollywood-adopted 1995 gly, Bafana Bafana's triumph at the following year's African Cup of Nations, and the current hosting of the continent's first World Cup.
10.59am: Meanwhile we've just witnessed round 114,229 in the Pele v Maradona face-off, with the Brazilian telling German managzine 11Freunde:
"He (Maradona) is not a good coach, because he had a bizarre lifestyle which cannot go down well with his team"
Pele also hails "This young German team" as "a pleasure to watch," adding:
"It is clear to see that something has changed in German football, it was already beginning to happen at Euro 2008 and the youngsters Mesut Ozil and Thomas Mueller, they are like their predecessors Wolfgang Overath and Pierre Littbarski. They can dribble, deliver pinpoint passes, and produce something surprising at any moment"
However Pele feels that Germany's team is too young to win at this World Cup, which - given his previous predictions (Colombia 1994, African team to win the World Cup by 2000 etc, etc) means they'll probably romp home on July 11.
10.49am: If you haven't read it yet, Rob Smyth's review of today's papers is certainly click-worthy. Here's an extract:
The usual moralising from the Sun today. You'll not believe what those contemptible England footballers have been up to. When they should have been running away from the cameras that have been following them and invading their privacy, or staying behind closed doors, repeatedly punching themselves in the face just to show how much the loss to Germany hurts, they've actually been GETTING ON WITH THEIR LIVES.
It's bloody sick. Frank Lampard has been seen in Sardinia KISSING HIS GIRLFRIEND and DRINKING ROSÉ ... Wayne Rooney has GONE ON HOLIDAY TO BARBADOS and even FLEW FIRST-CLASS. He should at least have bloody shown how much it hurts by sitting with Joe Public, shouldn't he? It's not as if some booze-fuelled numpty would have taken a swing at him, after all. The most sickening news of all comes from Liverpool, where Steven Gerrard's wife Alex Curran HAD HER HAIR DONE ahead of a summer holiday.
Also in the Sun comes shock news that not everyone in the world thinks John Terry – Captain, Leader, Diligent but Ultimately Forlorn Pursuer of Thomas Müller's Shadow – is a stand-up bloke. Terry reportedly had an ongoing enmity-fest with Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher during the World Cup, a north-south divide that would have escalated further but for the peacemaking efforts of dapper squad cheerleader David Beckham ...
Elsewhere in today's papers there's a comprehensive tactical analysis of the battle between Argentina's Javier Mascherano and Germany's Mesut Ozil on Saturday, with a round-table discussion from some of Britain's best coaches as to how Ozil's side-to-side movement could open dangerous gaps for Sami Khedira and Thomas Müller to break from midfield. Yeah, yeah.
10.42am: This from OptaJoe:
6 - Thomas Muller has been involved in 6 goals (3 goals & 3 assists) in this #WorldCup, more than any other player. Freshman #Ger
10.37am: Thanks for your comments below the line, as always. I'll certainly be checking out IndolentFop's suggestion that: "For a decent book on football under apartheid have a look at More Than Just a Game: Football v Apartheid by Chuck Korr. It describes the football played on Robben Island and the Football Association formed there."
Meanwhile gromitte says: "Some South African football fans with primordial memories may remember Gordon Banks, Rodney Marsh and Stan Bowles coming to play an exhibition match here in South Africa the late 60s/ early 70s. It was played at Germiston Caledonians, here on the East Rand of Johannesburg. I remember because it was the match Banks broke his thumb in. This, I think, put paid to goalkeeping career, leading to employment of Peter Bonetti. Could any of your luminous historians refresh us on any of these details." Well?
10.28am: Here's an excellent piece of audio from David Smith talking to Ghanaians in South Africa about the World Cup, and how the continent has come together to support the Black Stars.
10.18am: This from the BBC's Jacqui Oatley:
Heard from decent source that Howard Webb will be getting a WC semi-final, not final.
10.08am: England's Howard Webb won't be refereeing a quarter-final match. Instead Yuishi Nishimura of Japan will referee Holland v Brazil, Olegario Benquerenca of Portugal will take charge of Uruguay v Ghana, Ravshan Irmatov of Uzbekistan will ref Argentina v Germany and Carlos Batres of Guatemala will be in the middle for Paraguay v Spain.
10am: This from the Telegraph's Jason Burt:
#bra v #ned tmw - reminds me of a comment from a #chelsea director last summer who said #wesleysneijder wasn't good enough for their team.
9.52am: No surprise to hear that Roy Hodgson has been named manager of Liverpool, an appointment that has been on the cards for a while now. It does, of course, increase the chances of Fabio Capello staying on for another two years ...
9.42am: Incidentally, I'd be fascinated to read a decent book about South African football under apartheid. Can anyone recommend one?
9.32am: One (white) columnist, for instance, argued that because football was played, watch and administrated by blacks it was unfair that the South Africa football team was not allowed to play in international competitions. He also grateful that no action was taken against Kevin Keegan and Malcolm McDonald for playing as 'guest stars' in South Africa, something I gather the likes of Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore also did in the 1960s and 1970s.
Another columnist, Fanyana Shiburi, wrote in 1980 that: "The game has deteriorated to a remarkable degree ... The grounds refuge for aggressive adolescents with low foreheads and snotty noses, who chant obscenities and bash people for pleasure, especially if they belong to a rival club. The hooligans often take their lead from the teams they support, which often employ one or two players with low foreheads and snotty noses who bash other players for money." Which, thinking about it, could easily come from the pages of any British tabloid at the same time.
9.20am: Last Saturday, during my one day off at this World Cup, I went to the apartheid museum, which was fascinating for all sorts of reasons – I'd forgotten ow bad the violence was in the early 1990s, for instance, and I never knew that the Soccer Party stood for elections in 1994 either. But of more direct relevance to this blog was a small exhibition of pages and copies of South African Soccer magazine (price 30c – 'the monthly magazine for everyone') from the early 1980s. Many of the articles were fascinating ...
9.10am: Yesterday, for instance, was a comparatively light workday, but live blogged from my apartment in the morning, went out to Brazil's training camp, which took about three hours, and went back to the apartment to write <a href="">this piece examining why South American teams have done so well at this World Cup. So again, not much time to explore. I don't think I quite nailed it, but do think it's interesting that, as I mention:
...while the South American teams have an impressive record at this World Cup, none have beaten a higher-ranked side [in the Fifa rankings]. Uruguay, ranked 16th, drew with France (9th) and beat Mexico (17th), South Africa (83rd) and South Korea (47th). Paraguay, 31st, drew with Italy (5th), beat Slovakia (34th) and drew with New Zealand (78th) and Japan (45th). Chile, ranked 18th, beat Switzerland (24th) and Honduras (38th).
OK, perhaps it's not that interesting.
8.55am: Perhaps the most common question I've been asked while
here is: what do you think of South Africa? It's one I feel ill-equipped to answer, even after more than three weeks. Because when you are scuttling from a gated apartment in Morningside to a media centre to a press conference to a match – perhaps grabbing a bite to
eat somewhere along the way – all day, every day - you're not seeing much apart from middle-aged, male, football journalists. That said, everyone I've met has been friendly, cheery and always willing to help – the taxi driver who 'got lost' several times on an 80-minute trip to Brazil's training camp in Randburg being a rare exception - and I've had a blast.
8.45am: Some decent reads from the Guardian's sports pages today: Paul Hayward on the eight remaining teams in South Africa; Dominic Fifield on how Germany's Thomas Müller claims England were not 'mentally prepared'; and Kevin McCarra on Dunga.
Welcome to day 21st of guardian.co.uk's daily live World Cup blog, wherever you are in the world ... We're making a slightly later start today because after 56 matches in the opening 19 days, there's no live football until tomorrow. But my colleagues and I will be here for most of the day with news, predictions, pontifications, colour from our team in South Africa, plus lots of pointing outwards; to your comments below the line, to the best things we've seen on the web and to various World Cup randomania.
Welcome to day 21st of guardian.co.uk's daily live World Cup blog, wherever you are in the world ... We're making a slightly later start today because after 56 matches in the opening 19 days, there's no live football until tomorrow. But my colleagues and I will be here for most of the day with news, predictions, pontifications, colour from our team in South Africa, plus lots of pointing outwards; to your comments below the line, to the best things we've seen on the web and to various World Cup randomania.


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i got a check
How much?
"Open up the casket, I ain't dead yet".
DrFeelgood1984 3 years ago#12
Is this for real? Haven't checked my mail. Did you have to do anything you include yourself in the lawsuit or do you get the money as long as you didn't opt out?
DrFeelgood1984 posted...
Is this for real? Haven't checked my mail. Did you have to do anything you include yourself in the lawsuit or do you get the money as long as you didn't opt out?
You had to fill out a claim before the lawsuit closed which was back in may.
"Open up the casket, I ain't dead yet".
DrFeelgood1984 3 years ago#14
Tha_Blocc posted...
DrFeelgood1984 posted...Is this for real? Haven't checked my mail. Did you have to do anything you include yourself in the lawsuit or do you get the money as long as you didn't opt out?
Cheque in the uk
TrueSephir0th 3 years ago#16
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TrueSephir0th posted...
xHughJasx posted...What?
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CapOne5150 3 years ago#18
Just got a check for $24 today. Honestly I don't remember filling a claim for it. I searched my email for EA class action and an email from 04/06/2011 popped up. Normally I think stuff like this is spam. I Guess if you did not respond to email you still got a check. Does any one know if I need to report this on my taxes? Thanks class action! Below is a copy of the email I received in 04/06/2011:
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GEOFFREY PECOVER and ANDREW OWENS v. ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal. - Oakland Div.)
Case No. 08-cv-02820 CW
If You Purchased Certain Electronic Arts Brand Football Video Games
Between January 1, 2005 to the Present
You May Be a Class Member.
Membership as a class member in the Electronic Arts Litigation is the result of a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Oakland Division (Case No. 08-cv-02820 CW).
What Is This Class Action About?
The class action lawsuit alleges violations of California's antitrust and consumer protection laws in connection with the sale of certain football video games. Plaintiffs, purchasers of Electronic Arts' football video games, claim that Defendant Electronic Arts entered into a series of exclusive licenses with the National Football League (NFL), National Football League Players' Association (NFLPA), National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), and Arena Football League (AFL), which Plaintiffs claim foreclosed competition in an alleged football video game market. Plaintiffs allege that this series of exclusive licenses caused customers who purchased certain football video games to be overcharged.
Defendant Electronic Arts has denied any liability and all allegations of misconduct. The Court has not decided whether the Defendants did anything wrong, and this Notice is not an expression of any opinion by the Court about the merits of any of the claims or defenses asserted by any party to this litigation.
Who Are Class Members?
The Class includes all persons who, during the period January 1, 2005 to the present, purchased the Madden NFL, NCAA Football, or Arena Football League brand video games published by Electronic Arts with a release date of January 1, 2005 to the present. Excluded from the class are purchasers of software for mobile devices, persons purchasing directly from Electronic Arts, persons purchasing used copies of the relevant football video games, and Electronic Arts' employees, officers, directors, legal representatives, and wholly or partly owned subsidiaries or affiliated companies.
What Should I Do? (Getting Further Information)
If you believe that you may be a class member (see above "Who Are Class Members"), you should get more detailed information about the class action and its potential effect on you and your rights. Further information can be obtained by going to the following website: www.easportslitigation.com. Additional information about the lawsuit may be obtained from Plaintiffs' Counsel website at www.hbsslaw.com, or by calling Plaintiffs' Counsel at 1-206-623-7292.
To Remain a Class Member
If you are a class member and you do nothing, you will be bound by the court's rulings in the lawsuit, including any final Settlement or Judgment.
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Eagle Point has been in existence since gold was first discovered in
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Eagle Point became a major trade center when Snowy Butte Mill was
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Indians from Fort Klamath walked the Old Military Trail to Eagle Point
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Tacloban, Philippines (AFP) Nov 28, 2013
Tens of thousands of desperately needed jobs are being created for survivors of a catastrophic typhoon in the Philippines by paying them to clear mountains of waste from ruined cities and farms.
UN agencies are spearheading the "cash for work" programmes, which they hope will provide a triple-boost to communities destroyed by Super Typhoon Haiyan, with lifting morale as vital as cleaning up and helping economies.
"This is not only important to help normalise the economy, but working gives a sense of dignity back in their lives," said Tim Walsh, leader of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) team deployed to the worst-hit city of Tacloban and nearby areas.
The United Nations, working in partnership with the Philippine government, is hoping to create at least 200,000 jobs that could last for up to three years.
Walsh said their immediate task was to help clear the mountains of rotting garbage and debris, which is necessary to allow for faster transport of aid and delivery of other essential services.
As much of the material as possible will then be recycled.
Haiyan, the most powerful typhoon ever recorded to have hit land, slashed across mostly poor central islands of the Philippines regions, killing more than 5,500 people and destroying or damaging the homes of four million.
Giant storm surges generated by the typhoon were more destructive than the winds, powering more than one kilometre (0.6 miles) inland on the islands of Leyte and Samar.
Dozens of coastal communities were obliterated, as the water crushed homes, fishing boats, vehicles, electrical posts and virtually every other piece of urban infrastructure.
Vast stretches of coastal rice farms were also contaminated and their irrigation channels destroyed, while the wind tore down millions of coconut trees that were a mainstay of the already extremely poor islands.
Leslie Wright, a spokeswoman for the UNDP team in Tacloban, said the cash-for-work programme was similar to an effort in Indonesia's Aceh region after one of the world's most devastating tsunamis killed 170,000 people there in 2004.
"Some of the things we are seeing that are comparable to Aceh include the consistency of the debris -- like the wood, the metal, rock and concrete, aside from the organic waste and the bodies still being extracted every day," she said.
The volunteer workers are being paid between 250 and 500 pesos (5-10 dollars) a day to haul the debris to selected collection points, where trucks pick them up to be taken to a temporary landfills outside the city for sorting.
"The wood and timber we can refurbish, which we did in Aceh, where we used them to rebuild schools and houses, while the concrete we used for roads," Wright said.
"We re-used as much material as we could."
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization is looking to set up a similar cash for work programme in agricultural areas, paying farmers and others in the community to clear their land and desilt irrigation canals.
It said its programme will cover more than 150,000 hectares (370,000 acres) and 80 kilometres (50 miles) of communal irrigation canals that need to be cleaned, warning upcoming harvests are at dire risk without quick action.
However the FAO needs more money to get the programme into top gear, and this week launched an international appeal for $11 million.
John Lim, the Tacloban city administrator, said having people help in the clearing and rebuilding process was an important way for them to deal with the trauma of the disaster.
"We want to give them a sense of direction, to try and get them back on their feet by giving them an incentive in helping us clean the community," Lim said.
And for workers such as Rowena Cayuda, a mother of five, there is indeed relief that they no longer have to depend solely on aid to survive, as well as a touch of pride.
"We are doing decent work and we are helping the community," Cayuda said as she pulled at a rusted metal sheet roofs in Tacloban.
Cayuda said she and her mechanic husband, who lost his job after the auto shop he worked for was destroyed, had initially thought of abandoning the city, but they didn't have any money to travel.
"Now that we have a little, we think we can start a small business, maybe a store and not leave at all," Cayuda said
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'Parker' Featurette: Jason Statham Does What Jason Statham is Meant to Do
Jason Statham is one of the few B movie action stars that gets his films released theatrically these days, and there's something sad about that. This January brings his latest, 'Parker' and we've come to appreciate the latest Statham offerings as one might a 2 A.M. trip to a fast food joint: It may not be great, but it usually delivers what you were expecting.
'The Last Exorcism Part 2′ Trailer: The Demon Returns For Seconds
Since most horror movies either spawn or prepare for a sequel, the makers of 'The Last Exorcism' have likely been kicking themselves since the first film's release. The 2010 film made over $40 Million at the box office, so now there's a sequel called 'The Last Exorcism Part 2,' and here's the first trailer for the film and a new still.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joins 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,' Dumps 'Guardians of the Galaxy'
For whatever reason, the past couple days have been rife with Joseph Gordon-Levitt casting rumors. He's been mentioned for 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' and 'Godzilla' but it turns out his next project is none of the above. He's now signed on for 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.'
'Pacific Rim' Trailer Shows Even More Robot on Monster Fighting
Currently, the big Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) is taking place, and we've been hearing some interesting stories coming out of it, but the coolest thing so far is this new trailer for Guillermo del Toro's 'Pacific Rim.' Though it features the same narrative and much of the footage from the last trailer, what's new is even more monster and robot mayhem.
'Monsters University' Releases a Sneaky New TV Spot
With college football bowl games happening now, Pixar has made an ad for their college-themed film 'Monsters University' and unleashed it during the games. It's the sort of clever ad that gives hope that the prequel to 'Monsters, Inc.' has a couple tricks up its sleeve.
Pixar Teases Their Upcoming Releases
Though 'Brave' was a welcome respite, Pixar has gone sequel crazy, as their previous two films were sequels and this summer we're getting a prequel in 'Monsters University.' But the studio is also working on three non-sequels for the future, and have released images from each of them.
'The Amazing Spider-Man 2′ Offers New Footage for New Year's Eve
'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' wants to bring in a swinging New Year with new footage from the upcoming summer film, which plays up the film's New York setting, and its villain in Jamie Foxx's Electro.
'A Good Day to Die Hard' TV Spot: Yippie Ki-Yay?
With the new year right around the corner, it's time to get excited about the films of 2013, and though the February release date suggests lowering expectations, we're at least interested in seeing 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' perhaps because there's no way it will be as generic as the last one. Now there's a TV spot and it looks like the movie could be fun.
Jack Klugman, Star of 'The Odd Couple' and 'Quincy, M.E.' Dead at 90
Jack Klugman, best known to audiences as grumpy sports writer Oscar Madison on 'The Odd Couple' and as Dr. R. Quincy M.E. has died at the age of 90.
'Star Trek Into Darkness' Offers a New Peek at the Film
Christmas has come a little early for 'Star Trek' fans, as J.J. Abrams' sequel 'Star Trek into Darkness' has given Empire Magazine some new stills from the movie. They suggest that the big summer movie will have action, and costumes.
'Aftershock' Trailer: Eli Roth Survives the Big One
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Charlize Theron knows exactly what kind of antics her dark, self-centered Young Adult character Mavis Gary would pull during awards season.
"Here, she would probably get a little tipsy," said Theron with a laugh at the Parker Palm Springs on Sunday morning, just before accepting Variety's Indie Impact award. "And I have a feeling she would pretend to be Mary Hart. In her head that would be what you do at an awards ceremony."
Theron, in a green Preen dress, looked refreshed at the luncheon after accepting an award with her Young Adult cast Saturday night at the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala. Over coffee, omelettes and fruit, she talked about her recent selection of tough roles, which include Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman, in which she plays the Evil Queen.
"Somebody pointed out to me that I'm doing like three movies back to back that I play a (expletive starting with b)," she said. "And I realized — you know, Picasso had his blue period. This may very well just be my (expletive starting with b) period. I'm OK with that."
"It's so crazy to have all of this nice stuff on top of the experience, which was a gift," she said. Her first Golden Globes dress fitting is Tuesday, and although she has no idea what she'll be wearing, "It's always nice to go to the prom and feel like a princess," she said. "I don't really in movies (anymore). I tend to wear sweats and dirty T-shirts."
Patton Oswalt toasted his Young Adult co-star from the stage, hailing her as an actress who can transition easily from small, powerful films to blockbusters driven by green screens and CGI. "There are a lot of gorgeous actresses you see in films," he said. "And Charlize is the most gorgeous of the gorgeous and could have very easily been … oh don't hide that beautiful face," he teased, as Theron blushed and called out for a Bloody Mary.
But, he continued, "I keep watching her take these chances, it's the equivalent of someone shoving all their chips on the same color and number and (saying) 'Let's go for broke.' "
Onstage, Theron emphasized the importance of art-house movies in her life. "I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking," she said, name-checking Patty Jenkins, who directed her to an Oscar in Monster.
Among the 10 Directors to Watch, was Matt Piedmont, whose film Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, makes its debut in March.
He and Ferrell met on SNL, when Piedmont was a writer on the show and Ferrell was a cast member. "It was his idea," to do the Spanish-language film, said Piedmont. "He had to learn the language in two months. And I really think it's one of his best performances."
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The BBC is to reduce its reliance on lifestyle and makeover programmes in favour of the arts, politics and current affairs.
Director General Greg Dyke said BBC Two's peak-time programmes would see the greatest shift, although lifestyle shows would not disappear altogether.
BBC One would also see "a year of arts landmark programmes as new investment arrives on screen", he said.
The plan was set out in a report called Looking Ahead, which details the BBC's future programme policies for all its services.
The corporation had come under fire for "dumbing down", but has made high-profile announcements of funding for arts shows like Leonardo, which recreates the story of Leonardo da Vinci.
In the Looking Ahead foreword, Mr Dyke said BBC One and BBC Two would work in tandem to avoid clashes of similar shows.
He said: "BBC2 will also be changing its programme mix in peak time by
reducing its reliance on lifestyle programming without, of course, doing away
with this type of programming altogether."
Shows like Changing Rooms, Ground Force, Home Front, How To Be A Gardener and What Not To Wear first found success on BBC Two.
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Arts 'myth'
It will also be the home of new culture series Imagine - a revamped version of Omnibus.
BBC2 aims to overturn the myth that "serious music and arts are... perceived as being of limited interest to non-specialists".
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Prowling by night, feral hogs are spreading fast in Jean Lafitte National Park in southern Louisiana.
Slash Pile, Burn Pile
When you drive through Rocky Mountain National Park these days, one of the stranger things you notice—once you've stopped being startled by the scenery or the elk—is the enormous piles of wood along the road. They're shaped like teepees, they're called slash piles, and they're future bonfires: Last winter the rangers lit 5,700 of them…
From Tucson to the Tundra
Last year the members of the Eco Club at Sabino High School in Tucson, Arizona, were enthusiastic BioBlitzers at Saguaro National Park, their home field, where they counted things like frogs that live in small granite pools in the desert. They liked that so well they returned later to count giant saguaro cactuses in a…
Goodbye to "Primitive America": An Interview With Jon Jarvis
National Park Service director Jon Jarvis came to Rocky Mountain National Park this weekend to join in the BioBlitz. But he also came to release a report, prepared at his request by a committee of scientists, that outlines a new strategy for the Park Service as it approaches its centennial in 2016. Called Revisiting Leopold, the report is modeled on a 1963 report drafted by ecologist A. Starker Leopold. The Leopold Report became a lodestar for a generation of ecologically minded rangers, including Jarvis—but Jarvis says it no longer fits the world we live in.
The Population Monster Knocking at our Door
The United Nations chose today as a "symbolic date" for the the population milestone of 7,000,000,000 people. Today is also Halloween, so the UN chose aptly: Population has been the monster knocking at our door for a long time. National Geographic Senior Environment Editor Robert Kunzig comments that the biggest population problem is not growth, it's the way we live.


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In April of 2000, Ohio State University student body was attempting to change rules to allow students at the University to purchase insurance for themselves and their same-sex partners provided that they were in a committed, monogamous relationship and responsible for each other's welfare. As student body President, Joshua Mandel supported the measure and stated that that University had a responsibility to provide it to the students.
The Undergraduate Student Government representatives have been and will continue to advocate for domestic partner benefits in public and private settings. Students want it, students deserve it, and the university has a responsibility to provide it.
In 2009, State Legislator Mandel opposed Ohio HB 176, which was a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Reversal of Position
Politifact has stated that the Mandel campaign has issued a statement claiming that Joshua Mandel has reversed his position from that in college. The statement was said to be issued by Anthony Conchel, Mandel's campaign manager.
Josh has always opposed discrimination against any American citizen and has also always believed that marriage is between one man and one woman. He also feels he was wrong in college about domestic partner benefits and feels strongly that they should never be funded with taxpayer dollars.


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Species Name: Simmondsia chinensis
Common Name: Jojoba
- A great shrub for dry areas, especially high desert gardens. Female plants produce the highly prized Jojoba oil. Fruit is edible, seeds are an important source of wildlife forage.
- Plant Family: Simmondsiaceae
- Plant Type: Shrub
- Height by Width: 6-10' H x 8' W
- Growth Habit: Dense
- Deciduous/Evergreen: Evergreen
- Growth Rate: Slow to establish, then moderate
- Sun Exposure: Full sun
- Soil Preference: Well-draining
- Water Requirements: Drought-tolerant to occasional
- Cold Hardy to: 15 degrees F
- Flower Season: Spring
- Flower Color: Yellow
- Endangered?: Not Listed
- Distribution: Western Peninsular Ranges, San Jacinto Mountains, Sonoran Desert, Northern Mexico
- Natural Habitat: Arid areas below 4800'
- Care and Maintenance
- History
- Introduced into cultivation in California by Theodore Payne.
- From California Native Plants, Theodore Payne's 1941 catalog: "A rather stiff growing much branched shrub with grayish green foliage, from the desert regions. Excellent for planting on dry banks and hillsides. Gallon cans, 50c."
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Rampaging mobs in Teheran, opposed to the Shah, devastated the El Al office there, according to reports reaching the air line's headquarters here today. There were no reports of casualties. El Al officials said that flights to Teheran will continue as long as the airport remains open.
The El Al office was located in the modern part of the city. The one or two policemen guarding it were unable to stem the mob which, according to the report, destroyed the office completely. The disturbances continued today and appeared directed against all foreign establishments. The main building of the British Embassy was set on fire as were scores of government offices and international hotels. Foreigners were attacked and beaten, including reporters.
The uprising against the Shah's regime by a combination of students, left-wing elements and Moslem religious zealots did not appear to single out Israeli targets. But concern mounted here, nevertheless, for the safety of the Iranian Jewish community, numbering some 80,000, mostly in Teheran.
In a rare newspaper report on Iran-related events, Yediot Ahronot today front-paged Israeli concern, adding that some of the wealthier Iranian Jews had made arrangements to send their children out of the country, as have other well-off people in the strife-torn country.
The Yediot report noted that preparations had been made here in Israel to absorb any sudden, large-scale immigration of Jews from Iran, but to date not many Iranian Jews have availed themselves of the aliya option. There is concern here, too, over the strategic implications of the weakening of the Shah's regime, not to speak of the fear of its overthrow by radical Moslem forces.
Over the weekend the Ministry of Energy stated officially that there need be no fear in Israel of oil shortages as a result of the oil workers' strike in Iran. It was noted that Israel has in storage large quantities of fuel that may last for several months. This was the first time a State ministry had officially acknowledged a link between Israel and Iran on the oil-supply level.


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The first audiobook to explore what Osama bin Laden's death means for the war on terror, the Middle East, and the West, edited by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jon Meacham.
Osama bin Laden was the most wanted man in modern history and ushered in a new era of terrorism. It took a decade of blood and sacrifice, of determination and frustration, but finally, in a night-time raid at the end of a dirt road in Pakistan, the hunt for Bin Laden ended with a gunshot. It was a dramatic climax to a long and painful chapter.
But now what? The terrorist threat that has defined Western policy since the attacks of 9/11 did not die with Bin Laden in his walled compound near Islamabad.
In this provocative collection of essays, edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham, a group of penetrating American analysts and leaders look ahead to the world after Bin Laden - to the future of Al Qaeda, of Afghanistan, of Pakistan. They explore the political, military, and cultural implications of the post-Bin Laden war on terror. From Richard N. Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations to former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, from historian and journalist Evan Thomas to former U.S. Army officer Andrew Exum, Beyond Bin Laden gives listeners intelligent, deeply informed, and urgent glimpses of what comes next.
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Certainly; he intends to join the cuadrilla this evening at the ford of the Rubio.
As a prisoner, my position lay in the rear—only one or two files of the cuadrilla riding behind me.
He went, about two hours back, to the camp of the cuadrilla to bring help.
The cuadrilla made a last charge for the purpose of disengaging the general.
Do not be frightened, I am not fond of chattering; how much do you offer me for my cuadrilla?
The cuadrilla, obedient to the discipline of the profession, silently listened to their gossip at one end of the room.
Help them, Senor Carson; help them, and my cuadrilla and I will be yours to command!
You appear to take me for the noted Carrasco; and my people, no doubt, for a cuadrilla of salteadores?
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The Nancy Kay Farina Lecture Series is named in honor of longtime employee, Nancy Farina. After her death in 2012,
Nancy's many friends, colleagues, and family members made contributions in her memory to Dallas Heritage Village, and the museum decided that the most appropriate use of these funds would be to establish an annual author lecture and reception in her name. Nancy was an avid reader and for many years served as the book review editor for Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas. Nancy also understood the desire of the museum to establish ongoing public programs and the need to fund them which makes the Nancy Kay Farina Annual Lecture Series a perfect way to honor her memory. Books will focus on Texas authors or stories.
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U.S. Christians, as a whole, express negative feelings toward atheists, and the chilliness is reciprocated, according to a Pew Research survey on how Americans rate eight religious groups.
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When asked to rate religious groups on a "feeling thermometer" ranging from 0 to 100, Americans rate Jews, Catholics and evangelical Christians warmly and atheists and Muslims more coldly.
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A state judge has rejected a request by 15 career prosecutors in the Westchester District Attorney's Office to stop a sick-pay cash-out cap while their lawsuit against Westchester County officials moves forward.
The prosecutors sued the county in last year after officials capped the amount of sick time they can cash in when leaving their jobs. The attorneys claimed the county violated their constitutional rights and "breached the parties' employment relationship" by changing the policy retroactively, after they had already earned the time.
State Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Colabella turned down their request for a preliminary injunction, which sought to keep the former status quo.
"(P)laintiffs have failed to demonstrate irreparable injury in the absence of injunctive relief or that the balancing of the equities favor such relief," he wrote in his decision last week.
Mamaroneck lawyer Leonard Violi, who is representing the 15 prosecutors, said today that his clients do not know if they want to appeal Colabella's decision. Whether they do or don't, he said, the lawsuit against the county will proceed.
"The next step is full-blown litigation," he said. "It will probably be fast tracked. The facts are crystal clear."
The prosecutors filed suit June 23 in state Supreme Court. The plaintiffs include the top three prosecutors in the District Attorney's Office: First Deputy District Attorneys James McCarty Jr., Maryanne Luciano and John George, who had threatened to quit over the changes, but did not.
Other prosecutors in the suit, all of whom have more than 20 years in the office, are Steven Bender, Mark Garretto, Fredric Green, Edward Livingston, Patrick Moore, Patricia Murphy, John O'Rourke, Perry Perrone, Robert Prisco, Robert Sauer, Steven Vandervelden and Timothy Ward.
This lawsuit was the latest salvo in a battle between lawmakers and workers in the District Attorney's Office, after County Executive Rob Astorino pushed for changes to benefits and accumulated time.
Earlier this year, the county executive proposed — and the Board of Legislators in May approved — a cap on sick and vacation payouts and a voluntary buyout incentive worth $1,000 a year up to $30,000. The cap in payouts translates into tens of thousands of dollars for a seasoned prosecutor.
The cap was coupled with another law that required nonunion managers to pay between 10 percent and 20 percent of their health insurance premiums, based on salary. The actions were to address a large budget deficit and control spiraling costs.
Soon after, several top prosecutors threatened to leave after the county required nonunion managers, including prosecutors, to help pay for their health benefits. Four prosecutors and seven support staff members took the buyout in July.
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Re: exporting a .bmp sequence of an animation
A list of graphics {g1, g2, ... gN} can be exported in Windows / Unix to GIF
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