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I have been sketching quite a few places for a campaign I'm putting together.
The 1st part of it involves traveling on a very long underground highway.
The highway was created by the dwarves to open up a trade route.
There are several places that I will try to post when I get them presentable.
The perspective images are for my reference and maybe for the players.
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Nintendo has revealed that it will bring the new version of the 3DS XL to the U.S. on February 13, following its launch of the redesigned hardware in Japan last year. The new version features a second analog stick, as well as two new shoulder triggers, microSD and NFC support. It also has improvements to the 3D viewing system that makes for better viewing from a range of angles, meaning… Read More
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Nintendo's hit holiday season continues with an unlikely hero: Captain Toad, the toadstool-esque stock supporting character from Super Mario games, who takes the helm for a full-fledged puzzler based on mini games from Super Mario 3D World. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker takes unique advantage of the Wii U's capabilities, in addition to being just generally super fun, and while… Read More
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A new patent published by the USPTO yesterday details an invention by Nintendo that would allow it to emulate its mobile game consoles, including the Game Boy line of devices specifically, in other settings, including on seat-back displays in airplanes and trains, and on mobile devices including cell phones. The patent is an updated take on an older piece of IP, so it's not an entirely… Read More
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Nintendo needs hits right now, and Super Smash Bros. is a hit – the game sold 500,000 copies in just three days, from its debut on November 21 until November 23, the company announced today. That makes it the fastest selling Wii U game in the new console's history, knocking Mario Kart 8 off that perch. It also should make for a decent accompanying bump in Wii U console sales, if… Read More
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If you're looking to get your hands on Nintendo's new Amiibo figurines, which contain an embedded NFC chip and can be used to build characters in compatible Wii U games, Loot Crate has an option (via Engadget) that's a little more exciting than just buying them all up at retail as soon as they're available. The monthly subscription startup has teamed with Nintendo to… Read More
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ELLENBORO - Andrew Davis had 19 points, grabbed 15 rebounds, recorded five steals and added three blocks for good measure, as Ritchie County defeated Tyler Consolidated. D.J. Burgess added a game-high 22 points - six 3-pointers - and eight rebounds.
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Jones' Dustin Pierce a key leader on Longhorns' veteran defense
Senior linebacker Dustin Pierce, who is entering his third season as a starter, is one of several experienced returnees on the Jones defense. Pierce believes the unit is capable of carrying the Longhorns while the offense adjusts to playing without quarterback David Cornwell and running back Taylor Bilyeu.
Q: What can we expect to see from the Jones defense this season?
A: I think you'll see a lot of speed and a lot of hitting. We're going to be really good at linebacker and on the defensive line where we have a lot of experience back.
As an experienced senior, have you taken on a leadership role at all?
Yeah, some. But it's spread out through the whole team. It's not just me. All the seniors, as a group, are doing a pretty good job of leading.
You guys are replacing a quarterback and running back, how's that going?
The offense, I think, will turn out to be pretty good. We have Colton Story back there at running back for us, and he's got quite a bit of speed and can move pretty well. We've also had to replace some of the line, but we've done so with good kids.
With that inexperience on offense, do you think the defense can carry the team if needed?
Oh yeah, definitely. For the first few games I think the defense is kind of going to set the pace for us, but I also think we're going to end up doing pretty well throughout the season.
Have you received any recruiting interest?
I've seen some from Northeastern State, Mount St. Joseph in Ohio, and Ave Maria down in Florida. So just a few schools, but I feel like maybe a few more will start to show up during the season.


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I am experiencing a problem with shared briefcases after upgrading from 5.0.18 to 6.0.1. I can't say for sure that the problem occurred immediately after upgrade, but it was definitely not occurring beforehand, and was noticed within a few days of the upgrade.
The problem is as follows....
- zmtlsctl mode is set to "both", platform is ubuntu 8.04 x64
- The owner of the briefcase is always able to access his files in any case.
- The user to whom the briefcase is shared can access the files in the briefcase normally if logged in via http.
- The user to whom the briefcase is shared cannot access the files in the briefcase normally if logged in via https. In this case, the file attempts to open via an "http" address (which, btw, appears to be the correct address) and a 404 page is generated as follows:
- After getting the 404, simply inserting an "s" in the protocol of the address to make the 404'd url "https://..." causes the file to be correctly accessed.HTTP ERROR 404
Problem accessing /firstname.lastname@example.com/schedules's Briefcase/spreadsheets/OCTOBER 2009.xls. Reason:
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The Beatles' first management contract is to be given away as a competition prize on a UK website. Read more »
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Reservations are now open for New York Restaurant Week. Three-course lunches go for $24.07 and dinners for $35. These special rates are available from January 18 through January 23, and resume January 25 through January 30. Make a reservation now through NYC & Co. at someplace you can't normally afford or someplace you've never tried. Eat out! Restaurants need you. [NewYorkology]


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An Aircrash Cartoon
A very quick cartoon based on the idea offered here by Barman and, in fairness, probably nothing like he suggested, especially since he did say that it wouldn't need a caption. I'd probably draw this quite differently if I were doing it again and spend more time working it out in pencil to avoid the mistakes I made here. I'd also add seatbelts which are conspicuously absent as well as a sense of oxygen escaping without cheating by using Photoshop to add some blurred debris in the foreground. I originally penciled in the little man as more of a dwarf but I decided that it looked too cruel, with the result being the strange little man we have here.


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(OMAHA, Neb.) – Nebraska is one of several states seeing an increase in cases of pertussis, or whooping cough. It's the start of what Alegent Health Infectious Disease Specialist Rick Starlin, M.D. says could be the upswing in a highly contagious, highly dangerous outbreak.
"Pertussis outbreaks come in cycles of three to five years and the last year we saw a large number of cases in the United States was 2005, so our area could be at risk," said Dr. Starlin. "We recommend that any adult that may have young children or contact with young children make sure that they get immunized. Whooping cough is easily transmitted and can severely affect infants who are premature or those who are not fully immunized yet."
The timing is right. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), peak season for whooping cough, or pertussis, is late summer and early fall. Lancaster County Nebraska is reporting 18 cases of whooping cough in two months.
"Most of us have had the initial series of vaccinations, unless there was a health reason to not get it done or parental choice," said Dr. Starlin. "The majority of Americans have had the vaccination, but the immunity wanes, so there is need for at least a one-time booster shot from adolescents to adulthood."
New mothers at Alegent Health can find a new line of defense against whooping cough right in their post partum room. When Megan Schumacher, who just gave birth to her first daughter, was offered a pertussis vaccine in the hospital, she took it. "I thought I should have it because if it's helpful for her then I should do it," Schumacher said. It is something Dr. Starlin and Kirti Gupta, M.D., an Alegent Health Clinic pediatrician, say is important when you consider that 80 percent or more of the whooping cough cases in infants can be traced back to a family member.
"It's called whooping cough because it's a coughing spell that won't go away, but you can limit the spread by getting vaccinated," explained Dr. Gupta. "The vaccination is twofold, it protects the individual getting the shot and then they protect others by not getting whooping cough."
The CDC reports that nearly 66 percent of infants who get whooping cough will be hospitalized, one in 10 will develop pneumonia and one in 250 will also get encephalopathy - a disease that affects their brain.
Older children and adults can also get whooping cough, although it is rarely life-threatening for them. That's because it can be effectively treated with antibiotics.
The basics on whooping cough
Pertussis starts a lot like a cold, but the cough doesn't go away easily and can become serious. The bacteria spreads through the cough, which in adults, sounds like barking. Outbreaks cycle through the population every three to five years. Despite the success of the whooping cough vaccines, it is still relatively common in the United States. It's not unusual for outbreaks to start in places like daycare centers and schools.
Vaccinations are the best defense
Vaccinations begin at age two months and continue regularly until a child reaches 15 to 18 months of age. Doctors recommend that women receive a booster vaccine before becoming pregnant. If that's not possible, they can get it after delivery at all Alegent Health hospitals. People over age 65 should talk to their doctor to see if a booster shot would be a good idea based on their overall health and contact with young children.
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No way this is accurate. Is there???
Iowa Family Policy Center: What's Next?
Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
try the case number is does not come up. this is bogous
To the cave!
What does common sense tell you? Granted, common sense isn't worth much these days...
Check the conclusion. Kegger at my house.
Probably should have posted in the cave. Yes.
Thought it was pretty funny.
If you look at the very top it says "a parody"
Deace was running with it as if it were true on the radio. It became increasingly obvious as it went along that it was made up.
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Deace was running with it as if it were true on the radio. It became increasingly obvious as it went along that it was made up.
Deace is an idiot, and this is a parody.
I was tipped off to it being a parody by the part that said - A Parody - at the top.
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Led by a second straight 7-over 78 by Leann Domitrovits, Croatan finished second Tuesday in the NCHSAA 2-A/1-A girls� state golf championships at Longleaf & Country Club.
Croatan finished with a 531 total while Salisbury won its third straight state title with a 474 score led by Isabella Rusher, who was tied for second at 154 with Elkin�s Mary Francis Hall.
Elkin�s Annika Winebarger was medalist at 151, shooting a final-round 77.
Domitrovits shot back-to-back 78s to finish fourth at 156 on the par-71, 5,770-yard course in Southern Pines.
In the 3-A championships at Foxfire Resort and Golf Club, Jacksonville senior Abbie Wiggs had a big turnaround in the final round, shooting a 13-over 84 � only 13 golfers in the 78-player field shot better.
JHS freshman Kaitlyn Maready had her second straight 95 to finish with a school-record 190 total in the state championships. Wiggs, the 2013 Coastal 3-A Conference player of the year, finished with a 196 total on the par-71, 5,721-yard layout.
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Thank you for your post. Please allow me to assist you.To answer directly, if they can show direct harm from your behavior, in this case the disconnect of the database, they can potentially demand that you be held liable for their losses. Their refusal to pay is separate from providing services--in other words if they failed to pay, you had to give notice and seek a potential legal solution by filing for breach of contract, but you could not intentionally attempt to harm their business by terminating their services without notice.Good luck.
I told them that in 24 hours if they do not pay me I will shut the site down. so they in turn went ahead to shut all my access. hmmm.....i would be paying for their losses?
Also what can be my defense in this case if they will really win?
HT,It is possible that you would be made to pay for their losses. Their contractual obligation to them does not grant you the ability to essentially hold their site as ransom for their payment, which is what they are going to argue that you did in this situation. The best defense here would be notice, that is, that you sent them written notice to pay bills and as they refused to cover expenses, it gave you right to terminate. But even so the notice had to be in writing and it had to give reasonable time to comply (such as a week). 24 hour notice is heavily frowned upon by the courts as not being sufficient.Good luck.
well they try to keep me out of my property really. My intellectual property. So to protect my intellectual property (the software) I gave them a 24 hours notice and then decided to terminate the site
HT,That is not a good reason, I am sorry. Please understand that I am looking at it from a third party evaluation akin to how a typical judge would evaluate it, and while in your mind it justified turning off their site, the judge could see it as intentional and malicious sabotage of their business. Notice had to be given and payment pursued before termination is obtained, and as that really did not get your property back, it only harmed their business, I do not see a judge agree with your logic here.Good luck.
So what will be a good thing to do restore their site?
It would be wise to restore, yes.Good luck.
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The number of women and minorities graduating from engineering programs was increasing, and these individuals made up nearly 30% of the company's new hires. In some companies, such hiring practices might pose no pressure to change the established corporate culture, but at GE Silicones they did. For many years, white males had managed and staffed the company, which in the late 1980s possessed traditional, white-male-oriented values.
"At that time, the company's management ranks heavily favored white males. We were locked into a single management style that didn't value other approaches," explains one mid-level male manager.
Bill Raynor, manager of human resources and community relations, adds, "The attitudes at that time sprang from the legacy of the chemical and refining industries, with their demanding schedules, physically tough and dangerous work, and male bonding."
Consequently, as these women and minorities began working, it became apparent that company policies and employee attitudes were out of touch with the needs of a diverse work force. In some cases, employees felt that these policies had an adverse affect on their performance and on acceptance into the organization. Says Raynor, "When the women came to us with diversity issues and concerns, I wasn't surprised."
Those issues ranged from:
- The presence of pinup-style calendars in work areas
- The lack of women's rest rooms in the plant
- Managers' condescending attitudes toward women
- Managers' reluctance to give women assignments that were considered to be difficult and therefore more suitable for men.
Women were afraid to mention family responsibilities or plans to become pregnant, fearing a negative impact on their careers. Instead, they discussed their concerns among themselves.
Minority employees also expressed concerns about professional acceptance and advancement within the organization. Although they had strong qualifications, minority employees felt that management didn't always offer them the same promotional opportunities as it offered their nonminority peers.
In addition, minority members in management positions expressed frustration at having their ideas or proposals challenged or resisted while upper management accepted the ideas and proposals of their nonminority peers. One manager revealed that he felt that management saw him but didn't hear him because he wasn't part of the dominant culture.
According to Diana Hickert-Hill, a chemical engineer who was part of the group that joined the organization in 1989, several of the new women and minority employees started an informal network to discuss:
- Their concerns about problems in the work environment
- The attitudes of their co-workers
- The apparent shortage of role models and promotional opportunities.
In the beginning, just talking about these issues with the other new hires was helpful. The group soon realized, however, that it would be unable to make any progress until management knew of its concerns.
Instead of going straight to the top, the women first brought their concerns to me because I was one of the few senior-level women at headquarters. It was from this grass-roots initiative that the cultural-diversity program at GE Silicones was born.
Employees drive GE Silicones' diversity program.
Once management knew of employees' concerns, GE Silicones moved quickly to initiate a diversity program. In keeping with the grass-roots nature of the movement, the organization formed a steering committee comprising volunteer employees. This committee didn't receive mere corporate lip service. GE Silicones' senior management made a commitment of resources and personal involvement, which has given the program validity.
Fred Shinners, GE Silicones' vice president and general manager, sums up the company's commitment this way: "If our business is to meet its goals, all employees need to function in an environment that allows them to participate and contribute to the full extent of their capabilities. An organization that doesn't promote and value diversity puts unnecessary impediments in its path."
Diana Yoshimura, a chemical engineer who joined GE Silicones in 1989, says that top management's support of the cultural-diversity program is evident. "In spite of across-the-board budget tightening, the program is still a high priority two years after it began. This is evidence of its success," she says. "In addition, several division-level staff are members of the steering committee and serve as liaisons with senior management," she adds.
In the design of the cultural-diversity program, GE Silicone's management and steering-committee members used two components: teamwork and diversity training.
1) Teamwork.
Under the direction of the steering committee, the company formed volunteer teams representing a cross section of the organization to investigate a variety of cultural-diversity issues raised by employees. These issues included:
- Family leave
- Flexible hours
- Working couples
- Minority recruiting
- Personal and professional development of employees
- Mentoring
- Long-term employment issues.
The teams, which continue to meet during and after working hours for two to three hours a week, are responsible for finding ways to solve problems relating to these areas. Their goal is to find ways to remove roadblocks that might prevent certain individuals and groups from achieving full participation in—and acceptance by—the GE Silicones organization. Several policies and programs are now in place:
- Family-leave policy: The company revised this policy to permit leaves of absence for both men and women who experience family-care needs, such as the illness of a child or elderly parent. One new option under this policy makes provisions for working at home for as long as four weeks, if the job permits it. Another option is unpaid time off for as long as 12 weeks with a job guarantee. With approval, an employee also may choose to work part-time (20 to 32 hours per week) for as long as one year.
- Family-care service: Employees now have access to a free referral service for child and elder care. The Child Care Solution offers practical information about quality child care and parenting issues. Local referral specialists help parents find appropriate child-care programs. The organization also offers similar services for elder care through the Elder Care Connection. Deb Devoe, the GE Silicones manager who heads the Family Care Team, says, "These programs are designed to help employees balance work-and-family priorities better and to reduce the stress that comes with supporting that balance."
- Job sharing and flextime: Designed to accommodate variations in employee schedules, these programs give flexibility in working arrangements and hours.
- Mentoring program: Begun in part to provide role models for women and minorities, the mentoring program for employees, including white males, also provides insight into the corporate culture and management system. The organization matches an employee with a mentor (who must have had at least three years' experience with the company) on a case-by-case basis. The organization also is considering an expansion of the program into career mentoring.
- Relocation policy: Traditionally, GE Silicones' management has expected its employees to relocate at the request of the company. In the past, objections to a move often had a negative impact on the individual's career.
Under the cultural-diversity program, the company has clarified the mobility issue in a policy statement. In essence, GE Silicones won't judge employees who choose not to relocate as less valuable or less committed to their careers than those who do. The organization will continue to consider these individuals for future positions involving a move.
In connection with the issue of relocation, the Working Couples Team has proposed a new human resources position. This position is dedicated to coordinating job relocations, including assisting spouses with transfer logistics and the job search.
In response to the other needs of employees, several proposals are under study for future implementation. These proposals include:
- A community-based child-care facility in collaboration with other companies
- An employee wellness and fitness program and fitness center
- Stronger efforts in minority recruitment on college campuses
- On-site support groups for minorities and women
- Surveys of employees regarding career opportunities at GE Silicones.
2) Diversity training.
Early in the development of the cultural diversity program, GE Silicones decided that on-site support and diversity training were important to the success of the program. The company hired Philadelphia-based Elsie Y. Cross and Associates to perform these functions.
Diversity training began with top management. Professional employees and managers attended three-day, off-site awareness workshops that explored individual attitudes toward diversity. According to one white male participant, the workshops were highly effective but emotionally draining. "It took about a day and a half to break through people's intellectual barriers and reach their honest feelings," he explains.
The techniques used by the consultants range from role-playing to group activities. Greg Slocum, project manager for total quality, participated in an exercise at one of the workshops. "It was a subtle way to introduce [the topic of] categorizing people based on race, gender and age," says Slocum.
The training facilitators had put up three signs around the room that read Logical Thinkers, Tough Battlers and Friendly Helpers. The trainers then asked participants to categorize themselves. The participants formed groups to discuss how they viewed themselves and the people in the other groups. This led to a discussion of how people label themselves and others.
Yoshimura participated in an exercise called Star Power. On the surface, it appeared to be a bartering game using colored poker chips that carried certain point values. The trainers told participants to trade chips with each other to increase their total points. In reality, the facilitators had rigged the game so that the people who had received a good selection of chips stayed in the high-point group. Participants who started with a poor selection of chips were unable to improve their scores.
The facilitators reinforced the effect of this exercise by praising and giving privileges to the top group and harassing the low group. In the discussion afterward, employees gained insight into the tendency to treat individuals in certain groups according to their status. The training exercise also demonstrated that disadvantaged people may give up efforts to improve, feeling that management has rigged the game.
The workshop participants, including Lesly Regis, manager of quality assurance, also participated in an activity to illustrate the complacency or denial of the dominant group in an organization when faced with dissatisfaction from a minority group. In the exercise, the participants separated themselves into male and female groups and discussed gender issues. When they reconvened, the contrast between the level of concern felt by each group was dramatic. "The men had few issues, while the women had 10 flip charts full," says Regis.
Another group activity involved skits. The trainers divided the participants into four groups and told three of the groups to make up skits showing discrimination in the workplace. The members of the fourth group observed each skit. The employees vividly illustrated many common workplace situations involving overt or subtle behavior for the rest of the participants, who then tried to pinpoint each instance.
Recently, GE Silicones held reunions, or follow-up meetings, to discuss the changes that have occurred since the initial awareness workshops a year ago. Unlike the workshops, however, the company organized these one-day, off-site reunion meetings by department to focus on a plan of action within specific functional areas of the company. Two departments currently are working on programs to introduce diversity issues to their employees.
The research-and-development department's program is serving as a pilot program for the company. All 120 R&D employees have attended an initial diversity session, including a video and discussion period. Approximately one-third of these individuals also have attended a three-day pilot workshop. The cost of this program, however, has led to plans for a shorter session for the remaining employees.
Currently, two R&D subcommittees are planning different aspects of the program. The Workshop Group is designing a shorter workshop model. The Bridging Group is exploring ways to encourage and empower all employees to use their talents within the organization.
The finance and information management department has formed a core committee to develop a program to introduce diversity issues to its 50 employees. So far, the committee has introduced such possibilities as small group meetings and a survey.
According to Carol Brantley, a diversity consultant for Elsie Y. Cross and Associates, after all managers complete the workshops, hourly employees will view a 90-minute videotape and participate in question-and-answer sessions. In addition, all employees have completed 90 minutes of sexual-harassment awareness training. This training included:
- A video
- A discussion led by a GE lawyer
- An explanation of the policy
- Questions and answers.
To date, about half of GE Silicones' employees have completed the orientation session. This session provides an overview of diversity, a manufacturingcompany-oriented video and a discussion. The company schedules all employees to attend the orientation.
GE Silicones has seen positive results.
Although still in its infancy, the cultural-diversity program at GE Silicones already is yielding positive results. In addition to the policies that the company has introduced, it's putting mechanisms into place to measure individual performance in diversity areas and to recognize managers for their actions in support of diversity.
There now is a section of the GE Silicones performance-review form for evaluating an individual's performance in the area of diversity. Also, a number of people who have taken a leadership role in the diversity program have received monetary awards and recognition under the standard, companywide GE Special Awards program.
The company is actively seeking to hire and promote minority and female candidates. With the growth of cultural diversity within GE Silicones, management and employees are beginning to place value on different approaches and backgrounds. Says one male manager, "I've seen firsthand an effort to promote minorities into management."
According to Raynor, during the past year, the company selected a woman to fill the top position in the total quality department. Two of the company's eight manufacturing managers and its safety manager are women. In addition, GE Silicones recently hired an African-American research-and-development manager and promoted a Hispanic employee to be maintenance manager.
What is perhaps more important, attitudes toward people who have different backgrounds are beginning to change. Says Brantley, "Through the awareness workshops, we're building a critical mass of people who are committed to the diversity effort. A change in the outlook of a significant group of employees will have a snowball effect on others." Several employees, including Rich Allen, a research-and-development manager, cite improvements in attitudes at all levels and a heightened awareness of diversity issues. "There's more talking and listening going on," says Allen.
Although GE Silicones began its diversity effort from the difficult starting point of a highly traditional, male-oriented culture, the company has made unusually rapid progress because of two factors: 1) the initiation and design of the program by employees, rather than management, has encouraged people at all levels to participate; 2) employees have a vested interest in the program because they and their co-workers are choosing its direction and components.
On the other hand, employees can't effect organizational change alone. Without the sincere commitment of senior management to the program, cultural diversity would have remained at the grass-roots level where it began. The combination of employee enthusiasm and management support should enable GE Silicones to continue to transform its homogeneous culture into a diverse mix of experience and viewpoints.
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Celebrities in Financial Trouble This Week
Money problems are not limited to us mere mortals alone. Celebrities fall into financial problems as well. Here is the latest crop reported by TMZ. Screech From Saved By The Bell Screech had his first foreclosure scare in 2006 — when he allegedly fell behind $250,000 on his mortgage payments. It all happened again a few months ago in April ... Read More »
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TMZ has learned Octomom Nadya Suleman has until the end of business on Tuesday to either pay more than $450,000 for her house … or she'll be on the receiving end of a foreclosure lawsuit. As we first reported, Octo didn't make a balloon payment of $450,000 on March 10. She's also behind $4,139 on monthly payments. The person who ... Read More »


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UN says 21 peacekeepers detained on Golan Heights
UNITED NATIONS Armed fighters linked to the Syrian opposition detained 21 U.N. peacekeepers from the Philippines on Wednesday in the increasingly volatile zone separating Israeli and Syrian troops on the Golan Heights, a new escalation in the spillover of Syria's civil war.
The U.N. Security Council demanded their immediate and unconditional release.
In Manila, Philippine officials that Syrian rebels were holding 21 Filipino peacekeepers "as guests."
Early Thursday, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said the U.N. commander on the ground told him that negotiations were progressing. He said he was told "by tomorrow, they expect all of these 21 to be released."
Philippine military spokesman Col. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos said the peacekeepers were in a military convoy when they were "suddenly held at one Syrian rebel outpost. They were allowed to go through the first outpost but were stopped at the second outpost."
The troops, part of a Philippine contingent of 300 peacekeepers, were taken to a "safe area" after their vehicles were taken, he said.
The capture comes a week after the announcement that a member of the peacekeeping force is missing. The force, known as UNDOF, was established a year after the 1973 Yom Kippur war. It monitors the disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces and maintains a cease-fire.
Israeli officials have grown increasingly jittery as the Syrian war moves closer to Israel. There have been several instances in which stray fire has landed in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, and Israel is concerned that Syrian weapons could fall into the hands of hostile groups and be used against Israel.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and Syria wants the land returned in exchange for peace.
Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, the current Security Council president, said the capture of the peacekeepers "is particularly unacceptable and bizarre" because the UNDOF peacekeepers are unarmed and their mission has nothing to do with Syria's internal conflict.
"They are there on a completely different mission so there is no reason at all under any circumstances, any kind of sick imagination to try to harm those people," he said.
Churkin said U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous, who briefed the council behind closed doors, identified the captors as being from a group associated with the Syrian armed opposition.
"There was no fighting, according to his briefing to us," Churkin said.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also condemned the capture of the 21 peacekeepers, U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said.
Del Buey said the U.N. observers were on a regular supply mission when they were stopped by about 30 armed fighters near an observation post that was damaged in heavy combat last weekend and had been evacuated.
A video posted online by activists showed a group of armed rebels standing around at least three white U.N. vehicles with the words UNDOF on them, allegedly in the village of Jamlah in Daraa province.
The video, circulated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, accuses the peacekeepers of assisting the Syrian regime to redeploy in an area near the Golan that the fighters had seized a few days ago in battles that left 11 fighters and 19 regime forces dead.
A man identified as Abu Qaed al-Faleh, spokesman for the Martyrs of Yarmouk Brigades, announced the group is holding the peacekeepers until Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces withdraw from Jamlah.
"They will not be released until after Bashar Assad's forces withdraw from the village of Jamlah bordering Israel," the man said.
Churkin urged countries with influence on the Syrian opposition to use it to help free the peacekeepers. He did not name any countries but Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are known to have been providing military aid to some Syrian rebel groups.


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Welcome to Corpus Christi Golf Cars, your leading E-Z-GO and Club Car dealer in the coastal bend area of south Texas. We serve Corpus, Aransas Pass, Port Aransas, Rockport, Victoria, Port O'Connor, Pot Lavaca, Kingsville, Alice, Sea Drift, Ingleside, Port Mansfield, etc. Corpus Christi Golf Cars carries a full line of Club Car and E-Z-GO golf, utility and industrial vehicles, as well as Club Car XRT, Bad Boy Buggies, Cushman Industrial Vehicles and Vantage White Trucks We can handle any of your parts, service, accessory, and/or lease and rental needs. Corpus Christi Golf Cars is one of the very few dealers in the country that handles both the E-Z-GO and Club Car lines.


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MUMBAI: Aparup Sengupta, former chief executive officer at Essar Group-owned Aegis BPO, is starting a company that specialises in data analytics, an emerging information technology area of much interest to corporations.
Sengupta, along with Anil Modi, a former colleague who was the chief marketing officer at Aegis, have set up Ananto Analytics, which will analyse data to offer insights that will help arrive at business decisions. At the Essar Group, he helped grow the BPO business from a few million dollars to close to $1 billion ( 5,400 crore) and was in the middle of extended efforts to take the company public when he left the firm unexpectedly.


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Bridgepoint Consulting was founded in 1999 to assist public and private companies, as well as non-profit and government agencies, in navigating the complex challenges they face across key areas of their finance and IT operations.
- 1999 — Austin office opens as a division of David Powell, Inc. (DPI), a highly respected services firm headquartered in Silicon Valley.
- 2003 — Firm principals acquire Austin division of DPI and rebrand the company Bridgepoint Consulting.
- 2004 — Firm expands into internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance audit preparation to rapidly become one of the leading firms to serve publicly-traded companies headquartered in the region.
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Love, Anxiety, and Fear
I want to find out if I'm alone. I know I'm not, but I feel that I need proof that shows I'm not the only one dealing with this. I have anxiety, OCD, and phobias, and I'm also very emotionally sensitive. That doesn't sound like much, but it actually is a big deal. I am terrified of romantic relationships. Before I knew I had this fear, I went to the movies with a guy and he wanted to hold my hand. I'm not capable of saying no, so I said yes. When I got home, I started to spasm and shake. I didn't know why but I know now that it was because I am scared of anything romantic. I also am really sensitive when it comes to friendships. I am the kind of person that thinks my friend doesn't like me anymore if they haven't texted me in a month or even a week (my friend lives halfway across the country). I always assume that my friend(s) don't/doesn't care about me and I realized that I need constant physical reminders that they do, such as a text or a phone call.
Why can't I stop being so scared of pregnancy?
I have a problem, and I'm ready to crack with the stress of it. I've been on birth control (Yaz) for a year, to help with my acne, though I don't always take it at the same time every day. Sometimes I've missed pills or taken them over 12 hours late. That shouldn't really matter, though, because I'm not sexually active. My boyfriend and I have decided to wait until we get married to have sex. We only ever make out. Still, I find myself worrying about pregnancy risks even though there are no apparent ways to get pregnant from what we do. Some small part of my mind will whisper things like, "What if he has pre-ejaculate that seeps through his clothes onto you? What if he had a nocturnal emission that night he stayed over?" Nobody else I know seems to have this constant paranoia. I don't understand why I spend half my time worrying about a pregnancy that most people understand is impossible. I'm not sure what I'm asking here, other than, have you ever seen this before - a girl terrified of something happening when it isn't even likely? Is there any way I can help myself and get peace of mind? Thanks.
Sound Counsel: A Conversation With Lynn Ponton
How can I stop feeling so guilty?
I am 23. I started having sex with my boyfriend of 7 months at age 17. I was raised Christian, have stayed in the church until now but am seriously questioning what I believe. Ever since I first started having sex I have never been completely ok with it, always wondering whether I was doing something wrong or whether it was even ok. I would often feel extremely guilty once I reached the point of orgasm because it was like that was the time that I realized that I had given in to my desires and have done something wrong-again. (I had/have these same guilt feelings whenever I masturbate which I remember from age 12.) After the high school boyfriend I had sex with someone else a few years later but that one doesn't affect me nearly as much. A few years after that I met my now spouse. We started having sex after a few months and I always questioned whether what we were doing was ok or not, but I still wanted sex and I still enjoyed it. We got married a year ago and now I just cant enjoy sex at all. I just don't want to. When we do have sex it does feel good but not great and I feel like I am being punished for having sex before marriage. I also had a lot of pain starting close to when we got married and I eventually learned I had trich. So I don't know if I am now terrified of that happening again too? (even though we were both treated and I am supposedly cured) I have a great partner: he isn't pressuring me to get better and really wants me to be truly wanting sex otherwise he doesn't want it either. But I know he is getting anxious. How can I let go of the guilt that I have had for half my life? How can I enjoy sex again? What is wrong with me? I've discussed the spirituality aspects with several ministers and none of them think God is punishing me or that I have done anything wrong. I am also currently in counseling and we have talked at length about this sex issue and she is stumped too. I am ready to let go of this and move on but I just can't. Where should I go from here? Or should I just realize that there is no more sex in this life for me?
I want to avoid abuse triggers and flashbacks, but I really should go to see a GYN...
I have a history of sexual abuse which I have just started working on in therapy--including repressed memories. I have never willingly engaged in sexual experiences and I am 25 years old. A few years ago, during an ER visit for extreme pain (kidney stones) I was given an internal exam which felt out of my control. In fact, seemed forced and I left feeling very violated. Now, I have never seen a gyn even though I am much overdue. I feel like I should for health reasons but I am terrified I will have flashbacks again if the doctor touches my vagina. How do I deal with this? It has impacted this and my ability to seek relationships because of fear of being touched vaginally.
Shrink Cocktail: My starter experience of counseling
My first blog! AHH!
Deep breaths. Right.
What I want to give is a quick individual early view of therapy and talk about my visit to the counseling service at my University; my first ever experience with therapy. The hope is that hearing what it was like for me would be a help to you if you are considering counseling and want to actually go for it.
Navigating sex and sexuality after a long history of abuse and assault
When I was younger, (think 8 to begin with) my uncle kissed me on the mouth and told me that was the way I was supposed to kiss boys. It catapulted me out of normal 8 year old states of mind and left me obsessing about sex. I masturbated A LOT and had what I thought years later what might have been an orgasm at 11.
I thought that everyone was as sex obsessed as I was, which was probably due to the enormous amounts of media attention paid to having sex, trying to have sex, making yourself sexy enough to have sex, etc. It might also be useful to add that I was way ahead in school, so my peer group were at least 2 years older than I was, meaning that the boys around me were hitting puberty when I started this crazy sexual revolution...
My rape is stuck in my head: what do I do to get it out?
This is an odd question, and I really hope I don't disturb anyone here, it's not my intention. Anyway, I'm 16, and I've been raped, about a month ago. I'm kinda going nuts here, it's being sorted out legally. I'm not pregnant, I don't have any infections, and the guy's arrested, and I could really care less about the incident, except it's really stuck in my head. I guess this isn't sexual... but, it sort of of is, so I decided to pose it here. I have dreams about my rape, every night I can remember dreaming. It's really starting to mess with my brain, and I've broken down crying more than once, which is bringing me close to insanity in its own sense.
Am I going to need therapy, or some skitzo drugs, or something? I really don't want to be crazy over this, I just want to move on, get past High School, and get a life. I talked to my dad about it, and he said his dad had something similar, like a severe form of PTSD after he got back from serving in Vietnam (or Korea, I forget... We were talking about -my- insanity, sorry, I forget). Said his dad had flashbacks sometimes, which I guess would qualify for these dreams. I know you guys aren't psychiatrists, so I won't bore you with the specifics; it's just like a replay of the rape, over and over. Sometimes a few things are different, sometimes I'm watching it happen, sometimes it's just how it happened.
Am I insane, or unstable, or just having nightmares? Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask it, but a friend of mine said the help here was really cool, but I mean, I don't know if you guys do stuff past pregnancy scares and diseases all that. -- Abba
Recovery from cutting
I quit cutting a couple months ago, and I still find it really hard to control myself. I also sometimes find it hard to be happy. What can I do besides therapy to get better?


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A new Aberdeen Group survey of enterprise wireless LAN deployments shows that successful ones use a set of practices that can dramatically boost flexibility and collaboration.
A study of corporate wireless LAN deployments reveals that the most successful ones are based on a set of practices that can dramatically improve employee flexibility and collaboration.
The survey compares practices and results of companies represented by 315 IT respondents. Best-in-class companies reported consistently higher results in performance measures compared with "industry average" companies and "laggards" in the study, by Aberdeen Group.
The results detailed in "Measuring the Real Value of Wireless LAN Deployments," released in June, show that the best-in-class companies on average reported:
• A 27% increase in "flexibility of the workforce" (the ability to move anywhere in a building or campus and still access corporate data), which these companies attributed to the WLAN. This was 50% higher than all other respondents, Aberdeen says.
• A 26% increase in "collaboration of the workforce" (being able to work together anywhere, anytime) due to the wireless network, over two times as high as the industry average.
• A 29% increase in the "quality of meetings," again attributable to having wireless access for laptops and other collaboration technologies. This is nearly three times the increase reported by the other respondents, according to Aberdeen.
The middle group of industry average companies and the bottom 30% of respondents (the "laggards) also reported increases in all three categories, because of their WLAN deployments. But these increases were all less, sometimes far less, than the top 20% of the respondents.
The top performers all were far more likely (67%) to have and enforce policies for centralized WLAN management, twice as likely to assign trained IT professionals to specifically manage the wireless network, and 25% more likely to allow guest WLAN access for customers and business partners, according to Philippe Winthrop, Aberdeen's director of research for wireless and mobility, and the report's author.
WLAN details pay off
In general, the best-in-class deployments reflected thoroughness in following through on network details, an approach dictated by a firm commitment to make employees more productive in a highly competitive business environment.
For example, 88% of best-in-class companies had policies for centralized WLAN management, compared to 58% of the average companies and 52% of the laggards. Having IT staff that know WLAN technology was the practice of 53% of the top scorers, but just 30% of the average scorers, and only 17% of the low scorers. Nearly all of the best-in-class performers had manual procedures in place for RF site surveys, compared with 65% of middle scorers and 58% of low scorers.
In addition, 44% of the top performers monitor the overall wireless network at least monthly, compared with 33% of the average performers and 25% of the lowest performers.
This attention to detail had some startling results, according to Winthrop.
"One thing that really shocked me was the average cost of $93 to add a person to their wireless net by the best-in-class organizations, and that is less than one-quarter of the cost of adding someone to a wired Ethernet," he says. It is also less than half the cost of wireless adds compared to the rest of the companies in the study.
A related statistic is that best-in-class organizations say it takes them 11% less time adding a person to their wireless network compared with their wired LAN, and reported 60% fewer WLAN-related help desk calls per user per month, compared with all other organizations in the study.
Upfront planning, communicating is key
Winthrop says one other critical factor seems to be the inclusion of line of business managers and staff in the planning process with the IT and network professionals. "You can create the greatest thing [in WLANs] since the toaster oven, but if no one needs it or wants it, what's the point?" Winthrop says. "The best implementations can be spearheaded by the IT department, but they absolutely include feedback from the lines of business [staff]."
The best implementations seem more able, and willing, to leverage their WLAN investments. Fifty-five percent are using or testing VoIP on their WLAN, compared with 32% of the middle scorers and 25% of low scorers. Thirty-five percent of the top tier are using or testing smartphones that have a Wi-Fi adapter, compared with 19% of both the other two groups.
The top companies have a tighter grip on their wireless networks than the lower scoring companies: 33% have adopted a wireless intrusion-prevention system, 46% have centralized WLAN management software, and 83% have policies on WLAN security.
"These organizations are looking for ways to extend the value of their WLANs and thus increasing the flexibility and ultimate productivity of their workforce," Winthrop writes in the report.
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I'm wondering if anybody succeed or has a proof of successfull deployment of a Eclipse RAP application on Weblogic, whatever the version of RAP and Weblogic he's using.
I get an HTTP 404 (servlet mapping is correct ;) ) while it is working on Jboss and Websphere.
I found track of somebody in trouble with weblogic: http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=rview&goto=99215&th=30503
And a collegue of mine with same error: http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=rview&goto=657561&th=205488
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The Easy Way Test is also known as The Easy Way Language Center's Pronunciation Game. Sponsored by Google and best used via the Chrome browser, they describe The Easy Way Test as an online game "for English students to practice their pronunciation skills." The Pronunciation Game combines Google's voice recognition technology with short Web-animated "tests" using comic strip speech balloons to translate spoken words into text. The game was originally created by Brazilian Web developer Loduca.
MoMA Art Lab iPad App
The Museum of Modern Art's Art Lab is an iPad app that offers users insight on how noted MoMA collection artists "use line, shape, and color." Their app goes beyond the many interactive sketch apps available. For ages 7 and up, users can create their own original art inspired by MoMA artists like Matisse. The app allows users to move and manipulate a variety of shapes and colors. Or they can learn about an artist by tracing examples of his or her work. Users can also collaborate on artwork with friends and family. The app is available via iTunes.
Artist Ashley Cope describes "Unsounded" as a "donation free graphic novel." It's beautifully rendered. Unsounded's narrative and artwork style is very much video game fantasy fiction. Each colorful installment is published three times a week.
God Hates Astronauts
In 2007, comic book artist and toy designer (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Ryan Browne posted online the first three issues (180 pages worth) of his free-for-all bloody superhero comic spoof God Hates Astronauts. The villain of the piece is old -time bare knuckle boxing champ John L. Sullivan and his band of thugs. Its style is a combination of steampunk and Image Comics.
Disney Shorts
In 2013, Disney Studios launched a series of new 2-D animated Mickey Mouse shorts for the Web, using modern Cartoon Network-style animation. The series' animators come from the likes of The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Lab. The new art style is strongly reminiscent of the black and white Ub Iwerks-animated early Mickey Mouse. After their web debut, the new shorts will premiere on the Disney Channel.
JASH describes itself as a YouTube "comedy network" made up of "the world's top comedians." This growing collection of comedy videos was launched in 2013 under YouTube's Original Channel Initiative by comics Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Reggie Watts, and Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. Each of these comics offers their original videos.
Ask My Mom
Ask My Mom is Maria Bamford's comedy series at My Damn Channel. She plays her real-life mother Marilyn Bamford, a 70-year-old retired family therapist. Viewers submit requests for "advice" from "Mrs. Bamford" on topics that include sex, religion, and raising children. The New Yorker calls each of Maria Bamford's 1-to-2 minute episodes as "dense with her complex dark comedy."
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From Pitchfork Media, The Dissolve is their Chicago-based film website run by film editor at the AV Club Scott Tobias. The Dissolve offers comparatively hype-free news, reviews, and interviews with topics that include Hollywood blockbusters, indie films, and movie classics.
Guernica describes itself as "a magazine of art & politics." Their interviews are especially notable. Participants have included the likes of Joan Didion, Tony Kushner, John Updike, Don De Lillo, Russell Banks, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Howard Zinn.
Makers.com is the companion Web site to the PBS three-part documentary series Makers: Women Who Make America. It's about the five decades of the struggle for women's equality in the United States. The Web site is a collaborative project between PBS and AOL. It includes a library containing hundreds of videos of interviews from women from average citizens to famous achievers such as Hillary Rodham Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Ellen DeGeneres, and Condoleeza Rice. AOL developed the site's interactive video platform optimized for viewing across every mobile device.
Solitary Lives
Berkeley-based non-profit news agency The Center for Investigative Reporting offers Solitary Lives, an online social project that acts as a response to a condition in California prisons where high-risk prisoners in "secure housing units" have been unable to share photos and letters with family and other loved ones for the past 25 years. These prisoners have been designated as gang members or have done serious crimes while in prison. Solitary Lives now allows this group of prisoners to share "photos, letters and other artifacts" online. Each inmate's story is told on this site, and more will follow.
The WGAW encourages New Media projects to respect content creators through Guild contracts. If you're working in New Media and would like information on getting your project covered, contact Tamara Krinsky or call (323) 782-4511.
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From the New York Mail and ExpressThe oldest man in the State of New Jersey, died at Browntown, near Keyport, on Sunday night last. His name was James Preston, and he retained his faculties until the last. he was born December 20th, 1772, and was therefore 115 years and 5 months old. The latter years of Preston's life have been most remarkable. He managed a farm of over 100 acres with all the vim of a youth of 65. he was in the habit of walking daily all over his place and seeing that the bushes were kept trimmed and the fences in good order. When he was 100 years old he walked from South Amboy to his home, about eight miles, in about two hours time. Two years ago he cut a cord of wood in a day just to show what he could do.
Preston was a full-blooded Scotchman. he came to this country ninety years ago with his parents and after living in New York and Philadelphia, settled near Keyport when he was fifty. he married before he was twenty-five, and one of his daughters is about eighty years old. He had children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. In the civil war he had fighting for the Stars and Stripes a child and a grandchild, and wanted to go to the front himself, but was prevented by the objections of his relatives. he was very patriotic, and much interested in the question of home rule for Ireland. In politics he was a Republican, and he never missed an election since he became a citizen years ago. before going to bed he always took a drink of whiskey, and never knew a sick day in his life. He died of old age.
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Robert De Niro is, simply put, a legend.
Great performances in great films like "The Godfather: Part II," "Goodfellas," "Raging Bull," "Taxi Driver" and "The Deer Hunter," among many others, earn you that description. The last few years have brought some less-stellar parts, notably Jack Byrnes in the "Focker" movies. But in "Limitless," which opens Friday, March 18, De Niro again has a meaty role: Carl Van Loon, a richer-than-rich mogul working on a deal for which he enlists Bradley Cooper, a writer who has discovered a way to access all of his brain power. De Niro talked about the role recently, as well as his career and a surprising pick for one of his favorite roles.
Question: You are by all accounts a pretty wealthy guy, but Van Loon is beyond that.
Answer: Oh yeah. Another level.
Q: Is it fun to play roles with that kind of power?
A: They're fun to play. It's interesting. I enjoyed it. I looked at photos of certain people we see in the news all the time and got ideas from them. I know some people who have some of these qualities. Not necessarily the characteristics, but at least the wealth part of it, and how they carry themselves. Kind of interesting and great stuff.
Q: You have a great scene in which you sort of explain the way the financial world works to Bradley Cooper's character. Was that one of the things that attracted you to the movie?
A: You can read a script where there's one good scene, great scene, depending on how you look at it, how you feel about it, you think you can do something with it. It makes it all worth it. . . . There was talk of maybe trying to have another scene or two, but the problem is you have to make sure it's a scene that really works and doesn't throw the movie out of balance, or winds up on the cutting-room floor because you didn't need it in the first place, and it's a waste of time and money and energy for everyone. . . . You can only go so far with that. The balance of the piece, of the whole movie, has to be appropriate.
Q: Is it ever a burden to be thought of as Robert De Niro, great actor, particularly on a set?
A: Yeah, but I'm also at a certain point in my life where it's just where it is. It would be unrealistic to expect things that just aren't going to be. One thing I was thinking about was, I'd like to look at all my movies, find the time and look from the beginning to the present and see where I've gone, see what the pattern is, see where I can make a more clear departure to something else. That's something I've been thinking about the last two years.
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The Sounders have been losing more than games the past few weeks. They have also been losing their composure.
Seattle's winless drought of five games, which matches a season worst, has been stained by three red cards. The latest came in Sunday's 1-0 road loss to rival Portland, when Osvaldo Alonso was ejected in the 74th minute for swinging an elbow to the head and neck of Timbers captain Will Johnson.
"Obviously, Ozzie has to control his behavior," said Sounders coach Sigi Schmid, "but sometimes it's tough in the heat of the battle to do that. But he needs to do better. He's a veteran player; he needs to do better."
The Sounders have been issued 10 red cards this season, an MLS high. Two were eventually overturned by an independent review panel, but even at eight red cards, Seattle still is tied for the league lead and has matched its total from the past three years combined.
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Perhaps worse than the elbow was the Sounders' reaction to what appeared to be the correct decision.
No less than four players, not to mention Schmid, aggressively argued the ejection with referee Hilario Grajeda, fourth official Ricardo Salazar and, the man who ultimately made the call, assistant referee Corey Rockwell.
Clint Dempsey and Adam Moffat were very demonstrative in their protests. Mauro Rosales came off the bench to argue with Rockwell and appeared to make contact doing so. Alonso had to be restrained multiple times.
"Seattle has completely lost control of this," said ESPN's Taylor Twellman during the broadcast.
The Sounders stand to at least be warned by MLS for mass confrontation, a point of emphasis this season to dissuade teams from ganging up on referees. Alonso could be in store for added punishment, outside of a mandatory fine and one-game suspension, following his action and reaction. Rosales could face discipline for leaving the bench.
Maybe the refs were the victims of Seattle's pent-up frustration from the past couple of weeks or maybe it was from the way the game was handled by Grajeda.
Dempsey was fouled four times Sunday and suffered a separated shoulder on an early tackle by Diego Chara. Physical play was allowed to continue for most of the game, which added to the emotions of the rivalry.
"Chara commits I think four fouls in the first half and never gets carded," said Schmid. "I think that was a key turning point in the game, and obviously look at the times that Dempsey got fouled — that crap has got to stop. The referees have got to protect him, and they don't."
• The Sounders finished at 4-6-2 in the MLS Reserve League after a 4-1 road win Monday in Portland. Rookie Eriq Zavaleta ended the season as Seattle's top scorer with four goals.
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This is a great site! I have been perusing this site for a couple of weeks and found it to be a wealth of good information.
I live in downtown Cincinnati and I work about 25 miles north of the downtown area. I ride the metro bus from the city and I ride from the closest stop to my work. It's about a 3.5 mile ride. I ride in charity events like the MS 150 and other local rides.
I have a Gary Fisher Zebrano Hybrid. I like my bike but now I'm wishing I would have purchased a standard road bike. I have switched the tires to Continental Gatorskin Ultras and that has helped to lower the rolling resistance but now I wish it just had a couple of more gears to grab at higher speeds. Some people have told me to not bother changing my hybrid into a road bike and to just buy a road bike. Most of my regular riding distances are anywhere from 3-30 miles. Very rarely do I do anything more than 30 miles except for the MS 150.
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Afghanistan: Help promised for returning Marjah IDPs
|Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
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KABUL, 2 March 2010 (IRIN) - Hundreds of families who fled fighting in the Marjah area of Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, in February have started returning home; conditions are difficult but steps are being taken to help them, government officials say.
Over 4,000 families were displaced by a major anti-Taliban offensive by NATO and Afghan forces which began on 13 February, according to the provincial authorities.
"Over 600 displaced families have returned to Nad Ali and Marjah [both towns in Nad Ali District] from Lashkargah over the past four days," Ghulam Farooq Noorzai, director of Helmand's refugee affairs department, told IRIN, adding that more people would return in the days ahead.
Dawood Ahmadi, a spokesman of the governor of Helmand, gave a bigger return figure: "About 2,500 families have returned to their homes and only 1,000-1,200 families are in Lashkargah."
The government said it is not providing transport assistance to the returning families. Most people were using small cars as they had few belongings.
However, roads around Marjah have been risky because of improvised explosives planted by the insurgents.
"The main Lashkargah-Marjah road is closed due to mines and bombs but people are using alternate routes," said Ahmadi, adding that NATO and Afghan soldiers were working to remove improvised bombs and reopen the main road.
The Interior Ministry said three car passengers were killed in an improvised explosion in the outskirts of Lashkargah city on 1 March.
Having announced the end of the military phase of the operation, NATO and Afghan government officials have vowed swiftly to deliver security, good governance and services.
People would also receive financial assistance from the government and NATO if their houses or other property was damaged or destroyed as a result of the offensive, Ahmadi said.
Health centres
"We have reopened and supplied with medicines four basic health centres in Marjah and Nad Ali," Enayatullah Ghafari, head of Helmand's public health department, told IRIN, adding that plans are under way to conduct a polio immunization campaign in the area because in February a sub-national immunization drive was not implemented there.
Government officials said schools will be reopened in Marjah and Nad Ali in the near future. Over the past two years, under the Taliban, all schools in the area had been closed.
However, not everyone is happy: "The Taliban were just and efficient but the Karzai government is corrupt and bad," said one man in Lashkargah city.
Shops are reopening in Marjah but food and other prices are high because of shortages: Roadside bombs and insecurity are a disincentive to local truckers.
"We have asked the UN and other international aid agencies to help us quickly deliver food aid to 6,000 families in Marjah and Nad Ali and we hope they will respond soon," said Noorzai.
Some of the displaced children attending health centres in Lashkargah town in mid-February were acutely malnourished, according to Ghafari, who added that food insecurity threatened the health of many children and pregnant women.


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A federal appeals court has tossed the conviction of a Utah man who was found guilty of threatening to kill a professor by sending an email containing a violent anti-immigrant poem.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Vietnam War soldiers - one still living, one killed in action - received the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony on Monday, nearly 50 years after they threw themselves into harm's way to protect their brothers in combat. President Barack Obama praised the soldiers as patriots whose sacrifices had never been fully realized by a nation divided over the legacy of the Vietnam War.
NEW YORK (AP) - For the first time in years, more than 1 million New Yorkers are smoking, according to data released Monday, marking a disturbing rise of tobacco use in the city that pioneered a number of anti-smoking initiatives that were emulated nationally.
CORRALES, N.M. (AP) - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said Monday she's not backing down on her agency's efforts to implement a new rule that would assert regulatory authority over many of the nation's streams and wetlands despite criticisms that it amounts to a federal water grab.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's effort to identify potentially dangerous space rocks has taken a hit.
PHOENIX (AP) - The family of an Arizona shooting-range instructor who was accidentally shot and killed by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi say they're praying for her.
DENVER (AP) - Four students were burned and one suffered serious injuries Monday after a fire erupted in a Denver high school chemistry laboratory while the teacher was conducting a demonstration with methanol, officials said.
NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Crewe, co-writer of "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," ''Big Girls Don't Cry" and many other pop hits, died last week. He was 83.
CHINESE CITY CREATES CELLPHONE SIDEWALK LANE: BEIJING (AP) - Taking a cue from an American TV program, the Chinese city of Chongqing has created a smartphone sidewalk lane, offering a path for those too engrossed in messaging and tweeting to watch where they're going.
DENVER (AP) - The calls to 911 raised an instant alarm: One caller said he shot his co-workers at a Colorado video game company and had hostages. Another in Florida said her father was drunk, wielding a machine gun and threatening their family.
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - The Sudanese woman imprisoned for refusing to reject Christianity said in a televised interview airing Monday night that she was resolved to keep her faith even if it meant death.
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