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SINGAPORE, May 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned China that it faces risks if it bullies its neighbors over natural resources in the South China Sea.
Gates spoke at an Asian regional security conference in Singapore of concern expressed by several countries about "the security implications of rising demand for resources" and "coercive diplomacy" created by China's hunger for sources of energy and raw materials in resource-rich territorial waters, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Gates' speech recalled disagreements in the mid-1990s between China and its neighbors such as Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia over boundary and resource claims in the South China Sea, the report said.
Gates added in the speech that there would be rewards for playing by an international set of rules in a transparent way. "We should not forget that globalization has permitted our shared rise in wealth over recent decades," he said. "This achievement rests above all on openness: openness of trade, openness of ideas, and openness of what I would call the 'common areas,' whether in the maritime, space or cyber domains."


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The curtain is coming down on another week on Broadway. Before we all head for the aisles, let's give some encore bows to our favorite headlines this week. This week we got inside scoop about Jeremy Jordan's mom, Scarlett Johansson's career as a child star and what's on the Commander-in-Chief's TiVo. Read on to find out why we're give this week a standing ovation.
No Role Is Too Rich for Jessica Chastain
No actress today shines a light on the problems of the 1% like two-time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain. Chastain won our hearts playing a wealthy housewife in The Help, made her Broadway debut as not just an heiress but rather The Heiress, and now she's eyeing another spoiled girl role: Miss Julie. Keeping on this career trajectory, after Miss Julie, we think Jessica should play either a Bush, a Trump or (our favorite) the newest Crawley sister.
Mike Nichols Schools Actors About Sex with Hookers
Nine-time Tony-winning director Mike Nichols has an interesting method to keep his more self-indulgent actors in line. Former Spamalot and current Chicago star Christopher Sieber recalled, "When an actor would start getting a laugh that had nothing to do with the story, Mike would say, 'Isn't that laugh like having sex with a prostitute? It feels good, but you end up feeling really cheap.'" Good for you, Mike. Keeping it classy!
Bunheads Is the New Rules
Remember The Rules? That hellacious how-to dating book that was on every single girl's coffee table a few years back? Well, you can finally throw out your sister's paperback copy because Sutton Foster's character Michelle on Bunheads is serving up relationship realness. Evidence: When meeting your boyfriend's parents, Sutton advises not to get drunk, tell off-color jokes or "move the dog's mouth around and make him say dirty things." It's like she really knows us. Sigh. Another reason to love that Sutton.
Big Fish Likes Giant Performers
Was there a sale on Giant actors that we missed? We couldn't be happier to see that three veterans (Kate Baldwin, Katie Thompson and Bobby Steggert) of the off-Broadway musical Giant all landed on the hook of Big Fish, which is set to open on Broadway in the fall. No matter how much they demure, it's clear this trio knows size matters. And they like it huge!
Katharine McPhee Wants to Borrow Lea Michele from Glee
Smash star Katharine McPhee blew our minds this week when she dished to us that her Broadway guest star list includes Tony nominee Patrick Wilson and Glee star Lea Michele. "Wouldn't that be hilarious?" McPhee said of a La Michele sighting on Smash. Not hilarious, Kat, genius! Why not cast NYADA graduate Rachel Berry (Michele) opposite Karen Cartwright (McPhee) in Jimmy's (Jeremy Jordan) new musical Hit List. Boom! The perfect Glee/Smash crossover.
Scarlett Johansson Was Too Deep to Play Annie
It turns out when Cat on a Hot Tin Roof star Scarlett Johansson was an aspiring child actor, she couldn't land a role in Annie because she was just too deep—her voice that is. ScarJo (Yeah, she hates that...we know!) told Sunday Morning, "I had a very deep, husky voice. I would open my mouth and it was like Ethel Merman, and it did not match the pigtails and the overalls." Scarlett, ever consider it was wearing pigtails and overalls to a professional audition and not your Merman voice?!
Jeremy Jordan's Mom Is Smash's Biggest Fan
The first season of Smash may not have been everyone's cup of tea, but one person who really loved it was Jeremy Jordan's mom. Jeremy said on this week's Show People that his mother is "totally obsessed" with the Broadway-themed drama. Needless to say, she had a mini-freakout when he told her that he'd be starring on the show's second season. How soon do you think he waited before telling Mom that her baby boy would be playing a major dick?
Zoe Perry Had the Best Excuse to Skip School
When your parents are three-time Emmy winner Laurie Metcalf and Steppenwolf co-founder-turned-TV actor Jeff Perry, you get to miss class for the coolest reasons, like making your TV debut on the hit sitcom Roseanne. That's what childhood was like for The Other Place star Zoe Perry. "The biggest pleasure of that was I got to skip school," she said. "And on a Halloween episode, I got to eat a bunch of candy." So Perry got to play hooky, hang with Emmy winners and eat Skittles? Ferris Bueller, eat your heart out.
Les Miz Stars Are Ready For Their Extreme Oscar Close-Up
Do you hear the people sing, singing in tight close-ups all night?/It is the music of the people who emote instead of belt... Yes, we're harmonizing about the stars of the movie Les Miserables (or maybe some of the stars...Hey, Russell Crowe!), who have signed on to perform live at this year's Oscars. Now, if you're reading this, Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, may we suggest having the movie cast perform "One Day More" but staged like the original Broadway cast's Tony performance? #TheaterNerds
President Obama is Gleek
Let's hope there is not a national emergency on any given Thursday evening, because chances are President Obama is glued to his TV and fretting about the fate of Finchel. The President invited the cast of popular musical dramedy Glee to perform as part of his upcoming inauguration festivities (marking the cast's second official D.C. appearance during Obama's tenure). Dear President Obama, as a fellow fan, we implore you to use some of your presidential power to reunite everyone's favorite Glee couple, Klaine. Thank you, sir!

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I was very impressed with this product- it looks great, it matches my macbook pro, and feels like a quality construction.
There's just one weak link in the chain, and that's where it eventually failed me. The entire product is made from chunky metal, it's solidly put together, but the really really important bit, where my drive connects to my computer, that's where they decided to cut corners. The usb plug feels so flimsy that when you plug in the cable and wiggle it the whole plug flexes and bends- I had some problems with the drive cutting out in use, and it required me to wiggle the connection to get it going again.
The included usb cable is very short- but that's ok for a mobile drive like this. One day the drive would not work any more, and no amount of wiggling would get it going again. I looked at the plug and I could see that one of the connections had snapped inside.
I emailed freecom and explained to them that my drive had stopped working and that it was only the plug which was the problem, I suspected the drive inside was fine. I asked if they could send me a replacement case, but they declined, instead asking me to ship the drive back to them, something I was unsure of as I had no backup of the drive and it's rather pull the drive out of the enclosure than be send a brand new drive without my precious data. Customer support were quite dim witted but assured me my drive would be shipped back to me data intact, I thought great i'll get a new unit and my old drive back- 2 for the price of one!
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First off this is my first build and I would appreciate constructive criticism. I have played smite for awhile and I am pretty good at it. So here goes nothing.
He Bo is a really good god if played right. he can dish out massive damage with just a few abilities.
-good damage
-awesome in team fights
-good ganker
-has good amount of manna mid game and forward do you don't need to get meditation
-very squishy
-not the best mid
-escape ability is the best
-Build is pretty minions kill dependent
Contrary to belief He Bo is not that good of I mid character. I prefer to lane one the right side with He Bo.
Guan yu and He Bo
-This is manly good cause of their alt combo. But they are also really good pushers, And guan can heal when your low on health.
Any god with a stun
- If your teammate stuns them you can easily pop you abilities on them.
be care full about gods with stuns especially Ymir, cause when your stunned they can easily kill you.
anyone who can do massive damage at one, cause if you don't see them coming you dead.
(The first build set is really just a troll build but still works as ADC. )
Boots of the magi
-Base item for all mages necessity. Don't leave out this item He Bo is to slow to do anything without it. You don't But this item you might as well not play.
Warlock's Sash
-Good item for all mages too. Give plenty of magic power, manna, and health. Although you have to get a good amount of minions kills to give it it's full potential.
Book of Thoth
-Another good item gives a good amount of manna and additional MP and MP5
Rod of Tahuti
-This item is a necessity cause it really gives a boost to you MP making you a lethal weapon
-This give you more power and life steal, but can be switched out with the gem of isolation if you are dying a lot or need an extra bit of health
Obsidian Shard
- This gives you the necessary magic penetration to tie up your build and be able to deal with those pesky tanks. This is another important item but you can swap it for another penetration item.
Water Cannon
-This is a really good spamming ability and will do most of your damage.
Flood Waters
- This isn't all that great cause you have to be on it to go faster witch is a strait line, making you a easy target. its good to slow incoming enemies though.
- This is another really good ability, because of it nock up. you can use it to give a teammate more time to get away and you can use it when a melee is right on your tail by using it under you and it with usually hit them giving you more time to get away.
Crushing Wave
- This is a good alt for team fights. It is also good to get away, if you turn around at your enemies and use it so you rush pass them in the opposite direction.
HE Bo is a very good god. When you get the hang of him he can be a lethal weapon in your hands. HE is the Loki of mages and is fun to play
Thank you for reading this guide. Feel free to frond me if you want my game name is Piehead. Again I would like any constructive criticism and guide making tips. Thank you.


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Interesting Windows 7 nuggets emerge from Microsoft
All the big details for Windows 7 are pretty much resolved. The next Microsoft operating system will be called Windows 7 (not anything interesting then) it'll be out in September (or at least by January 2010) and come in many versions (but you'll only ever see the main ones – Starter Home Premium or Business).
We know from the betas currently in circulation that you can remove unwanted applications and utilities from the desktop and that the OS is faster and more stable than Vista. But lurking under the hood is still a massive amount of complicated code endless legacy issues and much development still to be done.
To get a feel of what is being done to get Windows 7 ready for launch take a peek at this Springboard Series video (requires Silverlight or downloadable) or read the text transcript of an hour long round-table discussion hosted by Microsoft TechNet's Mark Russinovich with several Microsoft and guest technical staff.
Among the details are revealing snippets like:
Q: Why is Windows 7 quicker to start up compared to Windows Vista?
A: In working to improve performance for startup we have focused on making improvements in the following areas:
- The efficiency of core Windows code
- Only starting certain services when they are needed (demand-start services)
- The way device drivers are initialized
- Allowing multiple device drivers to start at the same time (parallelization)
- An overall reduction in the memory and CPU required to start and run the graphics system"
Q: Has ReadyBoost changed from Windows Vista?
A: ReadyBoost in Windows 7 adds support for concurrently using multiple flash devices (such as USB keys Secure Digital cards and internal flash devices) and for caches larger than 4 GB. ReadyBoost supports exFAT FAT32 and NTFS file systems."
APC: However an interesting story at ExtremeTech suggests that the much hyped hybrid flash/hard drives are dead and beyond resuscitation with Microsoft uninterested in supporting the technology leaving hard drive manufacturers no incentive to keep making them.
From the article: "In concept it's not a bad idea: while the
performance gains have been on the order of 10 percent or more the
real bonus was supposed to be in the battery life which would reduce
the need to spin the disk and "squirt" the data to the disk in one big
spurt once the flash cache was full. In reality however the first hybrid hard drives required even more power than a conventional drive to power both the flash memory as well as rotate the disk."
Q: Will there be an Application Compatibility Toolkit available for Windows 7 like there was for Windows Vista? When might that be available?
A: Yes. We plan on releasing an update to the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) in April to support Windows 7 pre-releases. There will also be a version corresponding with Windows 7 release to manufacturing (RTM)."
If you have an interest in the dark insides of Windows troubleshooting then Mark Russinovich's blog makes for an interesting read as he fights his way through ghost files VoIP problems and other issues that could all upset the userbase.


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WWE News: Survivor Series Not a Sell Out, JBL Commentary Error, More
– The Survivor Series PPV was not a sell out, as most of the balcony was tarped off.
– It was announced to the live crowd that WWE returns to the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN on March 11th, 2013 for a live RAW taping. Tickets go on sale December 22nd with the pre-sale password WWEHOLIDAY.
– After Survivor Series went off the air, WWE officials checked on Ryback at ringside and then helped him walk to the back.
– JBL made an error on commentary at Sunday's Survivor Series PPV when he stated that Tensai was the only individual to hold Tag Titles in Japan for two major companies simultaneously. Tensai (as Giant Bernard) did hold the New Japan and NOAH tag team titles at the same time (with Karl Anderson), Keji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea also held the All Japan and New Japan tag belts at the same time.
More must-read wrestling news:
* Latest on potential WWE Hall of Fame 2012 class
* Update on Matt Hardy's condition following Extreme Rising injury
* The Rock comments on who his next opponent might be
* The Top 10 Survivor Series Matches
* 411's WWE Survivor Series report


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Children with hearing disabilities will receive educational iPods, kindergarteners will plant a garden at school and students in more than a dozen other classes will participate in other projects being funded this year by $10,000 in grants from the Escondido Education Foundation.
While the grants for Escondido Union School District projects are each less than $500, foundation Executive Director Katie Ragazzi said teachers know how to leverage the money to get the most out of it.
"The feedback that we've gotten over the last five years is that teachers say they can actually accomplish a lot with just $500," she said.
Ragazzi said 38 teachers applied for grants this year, and 21 projects were funded.
Since 2005, the foundation has presented about $87,000 in grants to 225 teachers for innovative projects, Ragazzi said. This year's total of $10,000 was less than some past years because the foundation has funded additional districtwide projects such as a video-production program and iPods for classrooms.
The grants are not intended to be used for ongoing classroom expenses such as supplies, but rather for projects with a specific beginning and end that involves planning ahead and teamwork, Ragazzi said.
Grants were presented Friday afternoon in a ceremony in the Turrentine Room of the Escondido Library.
Mary Clemons of Reidy Creek School received a grant to buy iPodTouches for students with cochlear implants, electronic devicesthat provide a sense of sound to people who are severely hearingimpaired.
"It gives them access to sound, but their brains still need to learn what that sounds means," Clemons said about the surgical implants. "The iPod touch is going to allow them to have repeated practice in learning to listen, read and think."
Karen Sleichter of Juniper Elementary said she will use the grant to plant a garden to give kindergarteners a hands-on science experience.
Jackie Algazi of Lincoln is using her grant to buy GPS devices to teach students about global positioning system technology.
"We've done it in the past and I've had to borrow the GPSs, so thank you so much," she said about the devices that will be used for "treasure hunting."
Grants were awarded to teachers at Lincoln, Orange Glen, Reidy Creek, North Broadway, Oak Hill, Felicita, Bernardo, Farr and Juniper elementary schools and Rincon, Mission, Del Dios and Bear Valley middle schools.
Call staff writer Gary Warth at 760-740-5410.


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By Union Farm Equipment | Aug 26, 2014
Windsor Fair opened Sunday. Today we finished breaking down Union Fair. The last tractor to leave Union Fair was our 1974 Kubota B6000. Now we are packing up to move into Blue Hill Fair.
Blue Hill and Windsor are open through Labor Day, September 1st. Stop by and visit "The Friendly Folks" at our booths this week.
Our store will be closed this weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) so we can have staff at the two fairs.


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CAIRO, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The trial of ex-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was suspended until Oct. 30 after lawyers for families of anti-Mubarak protesters killed sought a new trial.
Al-Masry al-Youm reported lawyers representing the families at Mubarak's criminal trial claimed judicial bias and requested Judge Ahmed Refaat be replaced following closed testimony Saturday by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's defense minister for two decades.
"We (plaintiffs' lawyers) have reached the conclusion that Judge Ahmed Refaat is overseeing the case in an arbitrary manner. He is putting obstacles before us," said Abdel Aziz Amer, a lawyer representing the families.
Amer said Tantawi's bodyguards beat one of the plaintiffs' lawyers and "the judge didn't say anything about this unprecedented attack against lawyers."
Under tight security, most plaintiffs' lawyers were prevented from entering the Cairo Appeals Court and were not allowed to ask questions, Amer said.
Tantawi answered 10 questions from Refaat but the two questions submitted by prosecutors were rejected on grounds they had already been asked, Amer said.
"This is a justifiable reason to ask Cairo Appeals Court to change the judge. ... We are seeking justice," Amer said.
The Cairo Appeals Court is to begin deliberating the lawyers' request Tuesday.
Refaat adjourned Mubarak's trial until Oct. 30. If a new judge is appointed, the trial would start over again.
More than 800 protesters were killed during the revolution that toppled Mubarak's regime.


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Never before has a race for governor of California turned on the environment as much as the one unfolding right now. Everywhere they go around California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the two Democrats vying to challenge him next fall each claim to be greenest.
Listen to state Treasurer Phil Angelides, who proposes a plan to cut gasoline consumption in the state by 25 percent over the next 10 years, principally by forcing automakers to sell cars that can also run on "biofuels" derived from agricultural waste, things like fruit pits, corn husks and cobs and more.
Angelides also says he would insist on "smart growth," forcing local governments to put new developments in areas that are already well settled, especially along mass transit corridors.
"The governor says he wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but then he promotes his 'strategic growth initiative,' which does nothing to ensure cutting anything," Angelides said.
In fact, the Schwarzenegger "strategic growth" plan would widen freeways, build new toll roads and truck lanes, retrofit bridges to make them safer and modernize ports. Everything there figures to increase automobile miles driven. Meanwhile, improved mass transit in big cities remains only a minor part of the governor's plan. And he's equivocated of late on his support of tough standards for greenhouse gas emissions.
Meanwhile, Angelides' chief primary election opponent, state Controller Steve Westly, touts his efforts as a member of the state Lands Commission to keep ocean water clean, prevent offshore oil drilling and expand wetlands protection.
He backs Schwarzenegger's moves to promote solar energy, while going farther than the governor on greenhouse gases by promising to put California in "full compliance" with the Kyoto global warming treaty, even though the United States never ratified it.
While both Westly and Angelides promise their plans would cost consumers next to nothing, Schwarzenegger backed off some proposals advanced by an advisory committee he appointed and tagged his "Climate Action Team" when critics suggested they would amount to new taxes.
The group, set up to find ways of to cut greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide that contribute to global warming, recommended raising gasoline prices and requiring industries to report their own gaseous emissions, which would be a national first.
Republican activists were among those instantly attacking the idea of raising gas pump prices. On several Web sites, they labeled this a new gas tax going by a different name. Some even linked it to Schwarzenegger's solar power initiative, which never got past the Legislature because it levies a new fee on all electricity and natural gas users. Schwarzenegger got his way on the solar plan only when his appointees on the state Public Utilities Commission imposed it on utility customers, who will have no choice but to pay.
Even before any news organization could report the details of the gasoline price increase recommended by Schwarzenegger's advisory team, his press secretary issued a statement shooting it down. "I want to clarify that Gov. Schwarzenegger has not proposed nor does he support an increase to the gas tax. … The governor is prepared to … review their recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
In short, Schwarzenegger was saying he still wants to cut global warming, but not if that takes any sacrifice by the bulk of Californians.
Similarly, Angelides insists his far more specific proposals would not impose either new taxes or new burdens on anyone.
So both Schwarzenegger and Angelides each loudly insists he's the better environmentalist, while Westly quietly tells voters he can outdo them both.
If all this remains a major issue into the fall, it will be nothing but good news for California, which badly needs cleaner air, less urban sprawl and more efficient cars.
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Building a Low-Cost Frequency/Function Generator
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The FG085 MiniDDS Function Generator can generate a variety of continuous waveforms (sine, square, triangle, etc.) from 0 to 200KHz.
Based on Steve's glowing recommendation, I decided to invest in one of these little beauties. I dont know about you, but I find there's something exciting with an air of expectation about an unopened package containing some electronic goodie sitting on one's workbench.
This function generator kit falls under the heading of "some assembly required." Happily, all of the finicky surface-mount devices have already been installed on the main board for you.
All that's left are things like the through-hole capacitors, connectors, buttons, and other bits and pieces. On the other hand, there are certainly enough of these to make you feel as though you are earning your keep.
Fortunately, the "quick start" assembly instruction sheet was very well done, and it really didnt take long at all to pull everything together and set it running.
I'm also impressed with the intuitive interface and the associated ease-of-use. You can select between continuous waveforms of Sine, Square, Triangle, Ramp (up and down), and Staircase (up and down). It's immediately obvious how to select things like the frequency (0 to 200KHz), peak-to-peak amplitude (0 to 10V), and DC offset (-5 to +5V) and set them to your required values. You can enter initial values using the keyboard then make fine adjustments using a rotary switch.
You can also use this little beauty to generate servo test/control signals with microsecond resolution with user programmable pulse width, amplitude, and cycle. All-in-all, I have to say that this $49.95 kit is well worth the money. The next step is to use it to drive my BADASS Display; watch this space...
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Thank you, whatnauts! I really like this one too.
Wow, this is some gorgeous.
Oh, Ardy.....I'm so sorry to hear that you have a headache. I didn't realize that...and maybe it's the reason why one of your other comments today wasn't the 'normal' one from you. I thought it was because of something else. Well, I'm glad you enjoyed this one....headache or not.
Thank you, Mandy and Katie! I love the greens in this one too. :-)
Great greens! And pinks! And yellow and blue! So...great flower! Thanks Wendy!
Ardy, sorry your headache stayed with you so long today. I get those sometimes and it's annoyingly miserable.
What a glorious combination of colour in this flower - it looks 3D. Thanks Wendy.
Gorgeous, glorious green. Thanks Wendy. Not quite up to par today. Nothing serious just sinus headache. It'll give up soon. Take care..
Hi, sweet Sissel! :-)
Thank you, advia. I have to check and see why you can't solve any large ones today. I think I already told you to have a nice day...but I'll repeat myself. Have a nice day...again! ;-)
It's a pity I can't solve the large puzzles today I'm leaving now have a nice day.


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Here is some suggestions about installing and setting up Application Metering (AM) on managed computers, to help ensure that AM data is being collected on the managed computer, forwarded to the NS, and stored in the Symantec_CMDB database.
Here are 3 areas on which to focus:
- ensure that the managed computers have installed the current versions of the necessary agents/plug-ins
Before a managed computer can collect and forward Application Metering (AM) data, the Altiris (core) agent, Inventory Solution plug-in and the Application Metering (AM) plug-in must be installed. And for best results the latest versions of each of these should be installed.
For additional details see KB article:
Notes about installing and upgrading the Application Metering (AM) plug-in
Also, for best results, periodically check and see that all managed computers remain current, especially when newly managed computers are added, or newer versions of the Altiris product are installed on the Notification Server (NS).
- ensure that the Altiris agent on managed computers is communicating with the NS.
After we know that the managed computers have the latest agents/plug-ins, then we want to be sure that the SMA (core) agent is communicating with the NS regularly and requesting updated policies.
Do this by checking for computers who have not requested a configuration (e.g. policies) recently. Here is KB that can help.
How to create a filter for machines that have NOT sent a configuration in N days
And monitor the results and if there are agents that have not requested policies lately then determine why they have not. They might be not reporting for good reasons, such as a Sales person took a laptop on a business trip, or an employee is on vacation and there computer has been turned off.
- ensure that the AM plug-in on the managed computers is communicating with the NS
After we know that the SMA on the managed computers is communicating with the NS, we want to make sure that the AM plug-in is collecting data and forwarding it to the NS appropriately. This can be accomplished with an AM policy that monitors any executable that runs on these managed computers; ideally the executable is in all (or most) versions of Microsoft Windows (so we can monitor only executable, instead of several) and launches once each time a user logs in (so we generate data fairly frequently, but don't create an excessive amount of data). One such executable is Windows Explorer: "c:\Windows\Explorer.exe".
Create a new Application Metering Policy
- name such as "Heart-beat"
- description, something descriptive.
- on the software tab,
- - create new Rule
- - - Definition name = explorer.exe
- - - File name = explorer.exe
- - - click Ok
- - click Save changes
Then you will want to monitor that all managed computers, which are communicating with the NS are reporting that this executable is being run. If not, then more research may be in order.
If all of the above are working properly, we can be fairly confident AM is installed and setup correctly on the managed computers.
Next, you will want to ensure that AM is correctly monitoring the executables that are of interest to you.
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Writer-director Walter Hill is partnering with the Aldrich Co. to create a new version of the 1962 classic Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? , which is beloved by many, many, many gay men. According to THR, Hill will "adapt the screenplay from Lukas Heller's screenplay for the original film, which in turn was based on Henry Farrell's novel." The film famously starred Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as bitter, dysfunctional sisters. Which of course begs the question: Who in their right minds would sign on for the impending furor from fans comparing them to the silver screen legends? Although real-life sisters Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave did star in a TV version in 1992.
"The two equal leads demand great performers – that is a given," Hill told THR. "The intensity of the gothic storyline makes a reconfiguration of the drama still a potentially searing experience. The idea is to make a modern film without modernizing the period. It needs to resonate the golden age of Hollywood."
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However, things are moving rather quickly. Today, my wife is down in the city looking for apartments for her move out on July 1st.
She has agreed to try to do some marriage-building in the month or so leading up to her departure, as a kind of olive branch to say that she tried, but it is a hail Mary pass, and many of the things necessary to actually begin a recovery (such as her actually feeling remorseful for the affair), just aren't there. For this reason, while I am still doing everything I can to try to stop the separation, I know that the chances are small, and I need to start preparing for this separation, and probably divorce.
I could use some guidance in this process.
We have a 3-year-old daughter who is, at this point, the only reason I am still fighting to keep us together.
In the event of divorce, it is not likely that we will have any battles over custody. I think that we both realize that it will be better for her if we don't make it a battle over here and if we can both be equally involved in her life.
Still, I can't imagine what it will be like for her. How do kids deal with this kind of thing, especially at such a young age? And how does it affect them later on? My wife seems to think that it will be easier on her since she is so young. I wonder if it will just take longer for the effects to show up. She will eventually realize that her family isn't like other families, and she will wonder why her father and mother aren't together. What can we do to keep the negative impact to a minimum?
Another question is: How quickly do I burn my bridges? I don't know if separation will be the absolute death sentence for us. Some couples do get back together, but is it really possible to have a healthy life separated from your spouse while leaving that door open? I worry that the lingering emotional attachment would just produce too much hurt.
How do you deal with the reality of constant contact with your former spouse, drop-offs, birthday parties, holidays?
I guess I'm just looking for some vision of the practicalities. If I can see it in my head, maybe it will help me mentally prepare.
I have a 50/50 arrangement on a 2/2/3 cycle. I set the schedule so all handovers are via daycare and now school specifically so I would not have to see him.
On the rare occasion that I do have to see him I pretty much ignore him and focus on my girls. I had to share DD5s first day of school with him and I was able to fake my way through it. I was so excited for my DD that his presence didn't ruin my enjoyment of it.
We do separate birthdays/christmas etc. There is no 'joint' anything - we are no longer a family so we don't do things together.
All comms are via email/text. Nothing but kids/finances.
You need to start working on detaching friend. I understand the desire to try to keep the family together but as they say kids would rather be from a broken home than live in one. You can't do the heavy lifting and you can't stop S on your own. If you think about it you wouldn't really want to given her lack of remorse.
My girls are struggling - not directly S/D related but because their POS father is falling apart at the seams. Irrationally angry at me for no longer letting him control me and self-destructing in a spectacular way.
He also keeps changing their world. He has gone down the insta-family route with OWUmpteen - who is 24 to his 40. His lifestyle of booze/drugs on his 'off' time (apparently) doesn't make him a very tolerant or effective parent. He is also doing weird things like telling my 5 year old that we're still married (WTF?!) and that mummy kissed other men which is why our family isn't together.
Divorce cured the shit husband problem but unfortunately not the shit father problem.
The damage isn't S/D related - its his fuckedupness related. It will be the same in your situation.
Truth is he would be doing most of this and more damage if we were still together - the difference being I would be a puddle on the floor so they'd have two fucked up parents.
Read about NC/180 in the healing library.
Close the bakery friend - don't let her cake eat emotionally or physically. She is not remorseful, there is nothing you can do to make her remorseful. NC/180 is your friend here. Use it and stick to it.
Love yourself more than this. Keeping the door open is you accepting the position as her plan B, her safety net. That's not a position you want. She'll come running to you when her life falls to pieces then months/years down the track you'll have yourself DDays2, 3 4, 5. Until she addresses what made this OK for her she is not a safe person to be around.
Rather than work on trying to keep your M together focus on you and your daughter - 100%. A healthy/happy you is what your daughter needs.
((dbellanon)) We've all been where you are now. I was paralysed by hope for some time but that hope is well and truly dead. He has shown me exactly who he is and I believe him.
It gets easier, I promise. Until you detach you'll be stuck in limbo hell - try not to stay there too long friend. It is soul-destroying and you can't heal in limbo. Work on healing you - work on accepting this and surrendering to it. You didn't cause it nor can you stop it.
[This message edited by StrongButBroken at 2:54 AM, May 19th (Sunday)]
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it.
She still wishes her dad and I were married (XH married the ow and dd now has a step-sister and half-sister), but she knows that will never happen.
Aside from the upheaval my asshole XH put her through, she is doing quite well. I made sure to provide her with a stable, firm, loving home. I have amazing family and friends that she has known since birth and I think that helped with stability. She knew her life with me would not change.
She is doing well in school and has a blast with friends. She has come through this storm with flying colors.
XH has her one weeknight a week and EOWS. He is entitled to another weekenight, but chooses not to take it. As far as I'm concerned it's his loss.
I only communicate with XH through email about logistics. He has access to DD's teachers, school, and extra-curriculars. I don't communicate any information to him that he can obtain himself. It's up to him to be an engaged parent.
There is no constant contact with XH aside from drop-offs and pick-ups. No birthday parties or holidays are shared. We are divorced, which means seperate celebrations. DD accepts this as her reality.
Your DD will follow your lead. If you choose to accept your reality with dignity, grace, and strength, so too will she.
I also focus on us being a family, having dinner together, doing household chores together, having adventures together, reading books together. Notice, absolutely nothing to do with my ex.
Teslet is 4.5 and we are doing great. He is beginning to ask the tough questions and I have and will continue to tell him age appropriate truths.
I am also interested to know how you explained it to the young children. I am worried frankly about trying to convince my daughter that this is normal. Do I act excited, as if it was a great thing happening, "Yay. You get to go to Mommy's special house this weekend. Isn't that fun?" Or do I try to acknowledge that what is happening is a sad thing but that we'll be okay. As much as I want my daughter to remain as innocent as possible, I don't really want her to accept this as normal, because I don't want her to carry that attitude into her future, into any marriage of hers that she might have in the future. How do you strike a balance?
One thing that doesn't seem to match up with some experiences mentioned here is that I anticipate that my wife and I would have more-or-less equal involvement in our daughter's life. Even if our relationship has gone off the rails, we still do both love our daughter very much. But this higher level of involvement with her also means a higher level of involvement with each other. My feeling is that the two of us would be more attached to each other whether we wanted it or not.
And of course, the other issue with joint custody is that we are geographically tied to one another. We have to be able to agree on where to live, and we end up being limited in our career moves as a result. Apart from being an emotional nightmare, it seems like a practical mess as well. Any insight anyone can provide is, as always, appreciated.
The breakup of our "happy family" is unfair to them, but like you, i had no choice. You can't stay married to a woman who isn't remorseful and who really doesn't want to be married to you any longer.
For what it's worth, my xWW and I see each other at T-ball games, Ballet performances, etc. Today we both went to my daughter's Kimdergarten "Portfolio sharing" event, and sat on each side of my daughter. We walked out together and agreed on a time that she would take them to lunch on Saturday and then said, "OK. Thanks. See you later." That's it.
Detaching after divorce has been more of an emotional/mental thing, versus never laying eyes on each other. I thought she would probably come back to me with apologies and a mea culpa after she realized what a huge mistake she had made. Wrong. Six months after we were divorced, she's tried to set me up with her neighbor because she thought we might really hit it off. Go figure.
You have asked many good questions in your post, but they can't really be answered well because each situation is truly unique.
Like I said to you in a previous reply to one of your posts, your wife has metaphorically shot you and left you bleeding. My xWW did the same thing. I have started healing my wound and am getting much stronger, as will you. My focus now is to protect and nurture my children, knowing that they will be emotionally affected by this -- for the rest of their lives. I love them and am the best parent I can be. Let's hope, for their sake, that's enough.
Good luck.
[This message edited by nomistakeaboutit at 8:55 PM, May 20th (Monday)]
Hopefully, if you and your stbxw are consistent in your house rules, the transition will be easy. Perhaps you will be one of the few that can coparent with a WS. Doesn't seem to happen too often around here.
As far as how do you talk about the sitch with your little one...my Teslet likes to know what the schedule for the next day is going to be...so we always go over it. So every other thursday night the conversation goes like this:
Teslet: What's the plan for tomorrow, mom?
Me: Well, I'll drop you off at daycare. Then you are going to school. Then daddy is picking you up and you are going to stay at daddy's Friday night and Saturday night. Then mom will pick you up Sunday at dinner time.
Teslet: Yay! Daddy's picking me up!
Me: Yup. What neat thing do you think you will get to do at daddy's?
Teslet: (this varies but I get a lot of insight into how he is feeling about the impending visit)
Me: Well, I'm going to miss you but you are going to have a good time at dad's.
And that's how I handle that. Not too overly excited...just more of a statement of the facts. When he gets back, I don't pump him for information but we have gotten in the habit of sharing what we each have done on our weekends.
You'll play it by ear and figure out what is best for your kiddo. The most important part is to make sure you are always listening to your kiddo...there isn't really a formula. And unfortunately, many of us are parallel parenting with douchebags...


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Minoxidil (Rogaine) is found to be effective in about 25% of men with baldness on the crown. Applied twice a day in a cream, foam, or liquid, the hair growth only occurs as long as it is used. Minoxidil was originally approved to treat high blood pressure. Side effects are uncommon, but Rogaine should not be used by people with a history of heart problems, sudden weight gain, chest pains, fainting, or rapid heartbeat.

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The Southeastern Conference is starting to understand the downside to a big-money TV contract where all of its league football games are televised.
When a conference official makes a poor call, now there are multiple camera angles available at every stadium to show exactly how incorrect his decision was.
As a superconference that recently became even more flush with cash, the SEC's officiating remains disturbingly erratic. In barely half a season, league officiating crews have become embroiled in more controversy than in any year in recent memory.
It's time for the league to take a broad step that might help solve the issue.
This should no longer be a part-time hobby for aging white men. Make SEC refereeing a full-time job and offer compensation attractive enough to lure the most capable referees. Institute a review panel that strictly analyzes referees' work and holds them accountable for their job performance and physical fitness.
The league just landed 15-year TV deals with CBS and ESPN worth more than $3 billion, so money shouldn't be an obstacle.
Otherwise, it appears the cycle will only continue where the SEC issues a press release each Monday announcing which coach is now being censured for speaking out about league officials' poor calls.
And SEC head of officials Rogers Redding will spend his entire Monday returning phone calls from hometown media addressing yet another botched sequence with a game's outcome hanging in the balance.
A flag against Georgia receiver A.J. Green for a phantom excessive celebration remains the most egregious bad call, but the list of mind-boggling rulings by SEC referees - and the number of coaches speaking out against them - is growing by the week.
Even if you disagree with their public methods in airing their disapproval, last weekend's culprits - Mississippi State's Dan Mullen and Tennessee's Lane Kiffin - had every reason to be miffed.
Florida probably would have defeated Mullen's Bulldogs, but poor officiating helped cement the Gators' win.
Likewise, Alabama outplayed Tennessee, but there was a noticeable disparity in penalty calls between the two teams.
And that's without even mentioning the eruption by Alabama's Terrence Cody after blocking the potential game-winning field goal, where he immediately ripped off his helmet in celebration.
The ball hadn't even stopped rolling and Cody was running around on the field with his gargantuan head exposed to the world.
Flagging Cody for a penalty there would have been an awful way to end that game. But a rule is a rule, and SEC officials haven't been shy about throwing a flag for far less objectionable behavior this season.
Ask A.J. Green, who should have handed then-No. 4 LSU its first loss with a highlight-reel touchdown catch with a minute to play, only to have John Q. Law interfere and ruin his moment.
Sure, Georgia's kick coverage and porous defense didn't help in the ensuing moments, either, but the referees started that snowball's journey downhill.
By the way, are you detecting a trend here?
Undefeated and top-ranked Florida has twice benefited from inexcusable calls late in close games. Undefeated and second-ranked Alabama gets the benefit of the doubt on a call that could have been made at the end of game. Then-undefeated and fourth-ranked LSU cashes in on a gift provided by the referees and avoids an upset at Sanford Stadium.
Is it a coincidence that the three teams generally viewed as the conference's best shots for multi-million-dollar BCS bowl berths have been the beneficiaries of some of the most debated calls?
Yes, it is most likely coincidental.
No, I absolutely do not believe SEC referees intentionally favor the teams likely to bring the most money to the conference. But the more it happens, the more suspicion it inspires.
Imperfection will always exist in refereeing, so officials will never fully be beyond reproach. But to whom much has been given - and with $3 billion in TV revenue, I think the SEC applies - much is expected.
Just as its TV deal set a new standard, it's time for the SEC to follow suit and become the example for all of college athletics with a level of officiating that equals its financial standing.
Of course, the full-time option wouldn't immediately solve everything. Major League Baseball's umpires are full-time employees with six-figure salaries, and there have been a staggering number of bad calls in the playoffs. Some umpires did such a poor job in this postseason that they cost themselves the prestige and pay bump that accompany a merit-based invitation to officiate a World Series.
That's the key part of this discussion, though. Baseball has a strict review policy in place and underperforming umpires are held accountable for their errors. Because of all the umpiring errors this postseason, MLB is putting its best veterans on the job for the World Series and not including a first-time World Series umpire on the crew for the first time since 1997.
That's the kind of response one would expect from a first-rate league that takes pride in the way its games are played and officiated.
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Robbinsdale's police chief resigned abruptly Saturday, a month after he was caught in a prostitution sting.
Former police chief Steve Smith was arrested in Coon Rapids in late February. Robbinsdale Mayor Regan Murphy said he first learned of the arrest when Smith stepped down from his job.
The news came as a shock, because Smith was a good police chief, Murphy said.
"Professionally, Steve's record speaks for itself. Personally, that's something he's going to have to deal with. And as a city, we're going to have to earn trust and keep that trust. And that's what we're going to do over the next couple of weeks," he said.
Murphy said Smith likely delayed his resignation to coincide with his upcoming arraignment.
Smith -- who served as Robbinsdale police chief for more than five years -- could not be reached for comment.
Captain Jim Franzen will run the police department until a new chief is appointed.


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Year established: 2008
Enrollment: 240
Grades: Sixth and seventh, with plans to add eighth grade next year
Principal: Helen Griffith
Address: 1110 Carolina Lane, San Diego
Web site: mtechmiddle.org
Profile: At Millennial Tech Middle School, students learn with cutting - edge technology. At a recent school assembly, for example, scientists from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego showed students their work with a robotic glove.
"It was sort of like a Wii controller where it has sensors in it and it had a microchip in it and you could type with it without actually touching the keyboard," said Jeffrey Kramer, 11, a sixth-grader at Millennial Tech Middle School.
Jeffrey and the other sixth-and seventh-graders attend the magnet school in Chollas View because they're interested in science and technology. The magnet school offers a STEM program – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Enrollment is open to children from throughout the state's second-largest public school system.
"They are really coming from far distances because they love science and math and technology," said Heather Potter, the magnet coordinator at the school. She's in charge of recruiting new students, planning guest speakers and science nights, and helping keep the STEM program enmeshed in the curriculum.
Part of the program lets kids develop consumer prototypes on a three-dimensional printer. In one of the classes, kids were designing layouts for homes. They create the design in a program called Autodesk Inventor, and when they've finished it, the 3-D printer releases a little plastic model based on the child's design. That's one of the Gateway to Technology pre-engineering electives. Another elective is the electronic journalism class, and next year the school plans to offer computer media and environmental science.
Jeffrey of North Park wants to be an aeronautical engineer. And a fighter pilot for the Air Force. And an astronaut.
"I like airplanes and jets. I like to fly. And I like to invent new ideas, and so I thought if I get into this field it might help me to make inventions better," he said.
He's quite focused, as are his schoolmates. They wouldn't be at Millennial if they weren't totally into this stuff.
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[Research Report] Putting mobile first: best practices of mobile technology leaders
Findings from the IBM Global IT Study on Mobile Infrastructure
Building a mobile collaboration or bring-your-own-device solution requires three things: mobile applications, the mobile devices themselves and the network that underpins them both. Often, the network and its capabilities take a back seat to applications and devices - which can ultimately lead to poor performance or an inflexible infrastructure.
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Georgia's football team posted the second highest score in the Southeastern Conference behind only Vanderbilt in the latest NCAA Academic Progress Rates released this afternoon.
Mark Richt's team scored 973 out of 1,000, trailing only the Commodores' 975. Florida was third at 971. Georgia's score is in the 80th to 90th percentile nationally in football.
The men's basketball team scored a 944, ranking fifth highest among SEC teams. The baseball team's 941 was ninth among 12 SEC teams.
As reported by the Athens Banner-Herald last month, all of Georgia's 20 teams avoided penalties that can come with falling below a 925 score.
The APR scores measure individual Division I teams' academic performance through eligibility, retention and graduation rates for its scholarship athletes over a four-year period. The APR multiyear numbers this year are from data from the 2005-06 through the 2008-09 school years.
"We continue to perform well with our APR numbers, and that's a testament to our student-athletes' hard work as well as the efforts of everyone involved in supporting their academic endeavors," Georgia athletic director Damon Evans said in a statement.
As was previously announced, Georgia's women's basketball team was one of 43 honored by the NCAA and the men's golf team was one of 48 in that sport to receive public recognition for its academic performance.
Andy Landers' women's basketball team scored a 1,000, the only program in the SEC with a perfect score. Chris Haack's golf team also scored 1,000. The gymnastics team (996) also had the top score in its sport in the SEC.
"We are especially pleased with women's basketball, gymnastics and men's golf ranking No. 1 among SEC schools," Evans said. "Additionally, football continues to perform at a high level, finishing just shy of the No. 1 spot in the conference."
Georgia scored above the national Division I average in 11 of its 20 sports listed. Eleven teams improved on their scores from last year.
The overall APR nationally is 967, a three-point rise from last year.
The average football APR is 944, up five, and men's basketball is 940, up seven. Baseball is 954, an increase of eight.
Teams face sanctions when they score below 925 out of 1,000 and have a student leave school while ineligible. They can face scholarship losses and restrictions on practice and competition.
Less than six percent of teams have multiyear APR scores below 925.
There were 79 teams that incurred scholarship losses, including Auburn's men's indoor and outdoor track, which each lost a half scholarship.
Georgia's graduation rate in spring 2009, the most recent graduation rate for its athletes, was 59 percent. That figure tracked student-athletes who enrolled in the 2002-03 school year and allowed them six years to graduate.
The football team's graduation rate was 46 percent
"We pay close attention to the APR since it is a real-time assessment of academic performance," Georgia senior associate athletic director Carla Williams said last month. "The graduation rates are shifting upward slowly. They'll continue to improve, it just takes longer to see the evidence."
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I recently went to Walgreens to pick up a new prescription. On my bag was a message to go online at walgreens.com to order prescription refills and update my personal health history. A few days after I created an account, I received an email to download the complimentary mobile app to help manage my records while I'm on the go. Right before my prescription ran out, I received both a mobile push notification and email reminder to order a refill, which I do. A couple of days later, I received a push notification saying my refill was ready to pick up at the Walgreen's pharmacy closest to my home. Five days later, I received an automated voicemail informing me that my refill was ready; this was extremely helpful since I travel a lot and had actually forgotten about my prescription. This was a consistent, relevant, and easy customer journey—all because I took a few minutes to set up an account that included my preferences.
The best way to nurture customers—and get them to keep coming back—is by delivering the right message at the right time. This is exactly what happened to me with Walgreens; any brand seeking to build meaningful and productive relationships with their customers should be doing the same thing.
To do this successfully, manual action will not work—as I mention quite often, there is simply too much data to do this. An organization must automate its marketing processes—everything from promotional, transactional messages to seasonal campaigns. Every interaction must be leveraged to sustain this relationship. This is called orchestrating customer journeys. By orchestrating all the campaign data, content, and channels, an organization can not only build personalized customer experiences but also gain significant program efficiencies. By automating your marketing approach, you are solving the following problems associated with a marketing campaign:
- Time: Every second your team dedicates to the orchestration of your marketing campaign is time that could have been spent executing it. Automation frees your team to be even more productive to work on other, more proactive projects that will further your business.
- Cost: In order to execute tasks related to the orchestration of your marketing campaign, you must allocate resources to get the job done. The less efficient you are with this, the more resources—and ultimately money—it will cost.
- Efficiency: Automation (as opposed to a manual approach) jumpstarts your time and cost-efficiency, thereby reducing your overall cost.
- Redundancy: Anything run by people is subject to human error. A common result of human error is redundancy, which not only means wasted efforts but could also result in sending the same customer a single message more than once. With automation, you are subject to less redundancy.
Campaign orchestration is one of the hottest topics I discuss with marketing leaders, and I always get the same question: "Where do we start?" My reply is always the same: Start with your customer's lifecycle, identify the major steps every customer has to go through, and deliver value through all interactions.
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FIFA drops age-limit proposal
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius -- The FIFA executive committee dropped reform proposals Tuesday to limit the age and terms for its officials from the congress this week, saying "no consensus" has been reached on the issues among its member countries and a "more thorough analysis is required."
Following Tuesday's executive committee meeting chaired by president Sepp Blatter, FIFA said possible age and term limits would have to be "examined further" and the congress would be asked to put them back on the agenda for its 2014 annual meeting "with concrete proposals."
The two-day congress in Mauritius opens Thursday with its 209 member associations set to vote on various reforms.
Next year's congress will be in Sao Paolo, Brazil, ahead of the World Cup.
The 77-year-old Blatter had publicly opposed age limits for FIFA positions -- in contrast to the International Olympic Committee -- but the proposal was still expected to be put to member countries in Mauritius.
FIFA's board also said it fully supports a resolution from its anti-racism task force and would ask the 2013 congress to vote on what are likely to be proposals for sterner punishments for those found guilty of racist abuse. These should include a mandatory ban of five games for any player found guilty of racism in a game. The five-game ban currently in force only applies to international football.
The task force, led by FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb, had been set up after the recent re-emergence of racism, especially in Italy.
Blatter criticized a fine imposed by Italian football authorities on Roma for its fans' racist abuse of AC Milan players, claiming it wasn't large enough. The congress may now be asked to vote on bringing in compulsory and stricter punishments for teams if their fans, players or officials are found guilty of discrimination.
FIFA also rejected a request by the Yemen Football Association that a ban be lifted on the country hosting friendly and international games, saying the suspension remains for security reasons.
Yemen has been forced to play World Cup qualifiers and other internationals away from home since 2011 following ongoing political protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
FIFA has previously suspended the Yemen federation for political interference in its national football body.
Football's governing body at its pre-congress meeting also confirmed the dates this year for the Gold Cup, the main tournament involving CONCACAF national teams. The two-yearly event will run from July 7-28 in 2013.
An application by Switzerland to play its domestic cup final next year on May 25 was allowed, provided no international players selected for the World Cup took part. The date falls within FIFA's rest period ahead of the World Cup in Brazil from June 12 to July 13.
The committee also appointed new South American football president Eugenio Figueredo of Uruguay as the chairman of the 2014 World Cup organizing committee. Figueredo took over as head of CONMEBOL from Nicolas Leoz, who resigned citing ill health before a FIFA ethics court ruling found that he -- along with ex-FIFA president Joao Havelange and his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira -- accepted bribes from the sport marketing company ISL in the 1990s.
Figueredo took Leoz's place on FIFA's executive committee and attended his first meeting Tuesday, along with newly elected Asian Football Confederation president AFC president Sheik Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Sunil Gulati of the United States.
FIFA's executive committee said it has received bids to host the Under-20 World Cup in 2017 from Bahrain, France, South Korea, Mexico, Poland, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tunisia and Ukraine. There were bids from India, Ireland, South Africa and Uzbekistan for the 2017 under-17 World Cup.
Norway, Ireland and South Africa are bidding for the 2016 Under-20 Women's World Cup; while Bahrain, Jordan, Ireland and South Africa have applied to stage the 2016 Under-17 Women's World Cup.
The hosts for those four tournaments will be chosen in December.
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