Romney would like Gene Hackman to play him in a move; he's fan of Snooki

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Google Does The Right Thing and Drops Support for Stinky Microsoft Web Browsers Before IE 9!

Oh yeah! This is great news! Now, maybe the rest of the web will quit supporting old M$ web browsers that NEVER supported real, open web standards (they barely do in the newer M$ browsers!)

Google Apps Says Goodbye To Internet Explorer 8, Pulls Support For the Browser

?Today, the Google Apps team announced that it will no longer support Internet Explorer 8 (and lower). Thank goodness. This will affect everyone using Google Apps: businesses, educational and government institutions. The drop of support officially starts November 15th, a few weeks after Internet Explorer 10 launches.

This means no support for GMail, no Calendar, no Drive, no anything for Internet Explorer 8. Good riddance.

Here?s what the team had to say:

?As we announced last year, we support the latest version of Google Chrome (which automatically updates whenever it detects that a new version of the browser is available) as well as the current and prior major release of Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on a rolling basis. Each time a new version of one of these browsers is released, we begin supporting the update and stop supporting the third-oldest version.

Internet Explorer 10 launches on 10/26/2012, and as a result, we will discontinue support for Internet Explorer 8 shortly afterwards, on 11/15/2012. After this date users accessing Google Apps services using Internet Explorer 8 will see a message recommending that they upgrade their browser.?

I don?t think anyone will be crying over this, however, for companies who don?t get their workstations properly updated, this could cause some issues for sure. IT folks, put your hardhats on!!!!?

Source: http://www.drbill.tv/2012/09/14/google-does-the-right-thing-and-drops-support-for-stinky-microsoft-web-browsers-before-ie-9/

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AUTOS: Best Of The Web - AUTOMOTIVE on SPEED

AUTOS: Best Of The Web

Your weekly car-guy guide to the greatest auto obsessions of the Internet.

That Ol? Shel Magic
The very Aston Martin DBR1 that Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori drove to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959 is now up for sale, quite possibly the most valuable car in the world with a projected value north of $30 million, offered by Talacrest of Great Britain. Plenty of beautiful photos and historic video. A fitting tribute to two great men of motorsports who both died this year. Check out: Le Mans Winner.

Castle keepers
Our friends at Sports Car Digest this week feature the highest of high-end vintage-car events: 60 ultra-rare thoroughbreds competing in a concours d?elegance at Her Majesty?s own Windsor Castle. With an extensive photo gallery. Check out: The Very Top Drawer.

Bond?s rides
Some of 007?s most frantic times behind the wheel, or handlebars, in this video montage promoting 50 years of James Bond with 22 films released on Blu-Ray. Check out: Shaken and Stirred.

Secret regrets
Read about ?The Five Coolest Cars You?ve Never Heard Of? on the enjoyable website of Hagerty collector-car insurance. Check out: Read and Learn.

Lotus Blossoms
Here we have an incredible number and variety of photos of beautiful young woman posing with Lotus Elise sports cars. I love the naked-girl-in-racing-harness motif, repeated several times. Check out: Pleasing Elise.

Annals of commerce
A collection of vintage ads featuring pretty girls with European cars. Some fine, some funky in either case. Check out: Vintage Vibes.

DAF backwards
Race fans, Autoweek turned us on to this competition spectacular from Holland ? aggressive racing in reverse in ultra-funky DAF compact cars. Sweet. Bonus: Learn Dutch! Check out: Wreck and Roll.

If you know of a fabulous web site or recent entry that we should include in "Best of the Web," send the URL for consideration to: Bob Golfen at

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U.S. braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Obama administration was caught by surprise by the ferocity of the Sept. 11 attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the ambassador and three other Americans. Now it is bracing for another potential eruption of violent demonstrations in parts of the Muslim world after Friday's weekly prayers ? traditionally a time of protest in the Middle East and North Africa.

Angry demonstrations over an anti-Islam video already have occurred in Egypt and Yemen, and officials theorize that well-armed Libyan extremists hijacked a similar protest in Benghazi, where several Libyan security guards also were killed. The U.S. put all of its diplomatic missions overseas on high alert, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered an explicit denunciation of the video as the administration sought to pre-empt further turmoil at its embassies and consulates.

"The United States government had absolutely nothing to do with this video," she said before a meeting with the foreign minister of Morocco at the State Department. "We absolutely reject its content and message."

"To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible," Clinton said. "It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose: to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage."

U.S. officials said they suspect that the attack at the Benghazi consulate, which had also been the target of an unsuccessful attack in June, may have been only tangentially related to the film.

They also stressed there had been no advance warning or intelligence to suggest a threat in Libya that would warrant boosting security, even on the 11th anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"As we did with all of our missions overseas, in advance of the September 11 anniversary and as we do every year, we did evaluate the threat stream and we determined that the security at Benghazi was appropriate for what we knew," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

The intelligence leading up to the attacks will be examined to "see if there was any way of forecasting this violence," as in any violent incident, House Intelligence Committee member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said in an interview Thursday. But he said the focus now "has to be on finding out who is responsible and bringing them to justice."

President Barack Obama, speaking a campaign event in Golden, Colorado, also vowed that the perpetrators would be punished.

"I want people around the world to hear me," he said. "To all those who would do us harm: No act of terror will go unpunished. I will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America."

As of Thursday morning, there was no intelligence indicating that what happened in Benghazi was planned, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the investigation into the attack. Intelligence officials said they believe it's more likely that the attack was "opportunistic or spontaneous," with militants taking advantage of the demonstration to launch the assault. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation publicly.

There is also no evidence that the attack was tied to 9/11, one of the officials said. But the Libyan-based militant group Ansar al Sharia is the leading suspect for carrying out the violence, possibly with help from al-Qaida's main African-based offshoot, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. The officials said it may be hard to determine definitively which group was responsible, because many militants are members of both.

Libyan officials arrested an unspecified number of militants suspected of taking part in the attack and they were closely monitoring others to see whether they are linked to a group.

Despite the belief that the militants who hit the consulate did so separately from the protests over the film, U.S. officials are deeply concerned that extremists may take advantage of non-violent demonstrations to copycat the Benghazi raid, or that otherwise peaceful protesters may be incited to attack because of the video, particularly on Friday.

It's virtually impossible to predict when a crowd might form and turn violent, according to retired U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte, who served as chief of mission at five posts, including Iraq, and is a former director of national intelligence.

"These things can be mobilized on the spur of the moment, set off by a spark," especially in places such as Egypt and Libya where the ruling strongmen have just fallen, Negroponte said Thursday. "When you get rid of authoritarian regimes, there's little or no institutional framework left. ...That's why there's disorder and chaos" that is so easily hijacked, he said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday denounced the violence, and also the provocative video. "Nothing justifies such killings and attacks," Ban said in a statement, adding that he condemns "the hateful film that appears to have been deliberately designed to sow bigotry and bloodshed."

Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood called for demonstrations after Friday prayers as did authorities in Iran and the Gaza strip. Large protests were expected in Baghdad and Iraq's second-largest city, Basra, as well as Amman, Jordan. Israel was stepping up security in anticipation of demonstrations after Muslim prayers.

The White House said it was prepared for more protests but stressed that any violence would be unjustified.

"It is important to note that as these protests are taking place in different countries around the world, responding to the movie, that Friday, tomorrow, has historically been a day when there are protests in the Muslim world," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters in Colorado. "And we are watching very closely for developments that could lead to more protests. We anticipate that they may continue."

While rejecting the content of the video, Clinton stressed that no matter how offensive it is, the film cannot be used as an excuse for violence like that seen in Egypt, where a mob breached the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Wednesday, and in Yemen, where demonstrators tried to storm the embassy compound in Sana on Thursday.

"There is no justification, none at all, for responding to this video with violence," Clinton said. "We condemn the violence that has resulted in the strongest terms. ... It is especially wrong for violence to be directed against diplomatic missions. These are places whose very purpose is peaceful: to promote better understanding across countries and cultures."

She then reminded foreign governments that they have a responsibility to protect embassies.

Around the world, U.S. missions issued warnings to Americans about demonstrations that could turn violent. More than 50 embassies and consulates have released such alerts since Wednesday, the State Department said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-braces-more-violence-anti-muslim-film-210325903.html

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Pokemon: Precious Items and Dragons

The greatest love story: Romeo and Juliet. He was no Romeo, and she sure wasn't no Juliet. [Remake]

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I'm sorry. I'm not new to role play, but to this website. So how do I post my character sheet? Is it separate from the character tab? Please be patient with me, I'm still new here, but I would love to join this role play.

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S'all good if I try to squeeze Chase in if I account for the new parameters? Also is it possible to capture one of the starter dragons as a normal Pokemon?( expecting either a no or a yes with strict conditions on the second question but had to check)

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@Ar?te: at the top of page says Pokemon: Precious Items and Dragons. click there and sends you to the role play, there are several tabs: Introduction, characters, places, groups, quests, activity, chat, posting, ooc.

Click in characters, the first line is for the name, you can't edit it so chose wisely, then comes the synopsis but is usually used for a quote from your character like "I'm the best" or "Pokemon are my friends" things that your character could say, the third is for a 100x100 avatar to tag your character, it help to see when someone is talking to you.

Where it says description paste and complete thet Character Sheet provided by DriftingPillow, well that's grosso modo, you should check a proper guide to learn this system.

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Tropical Storm Isaac boosts jobless claims

By NBC News staff and wire reports

More Americans than expected filed for jobless benefits in the latest week, with at least a portion of the increase due to the effects of Tropical Storm Isaac, the government reported Thursday.

The Labor Department's data showed that unemployment claims rose by a seasonally adjusted 15,000 to 382,000.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims rising to 370,000 last week.

"Several states have reported increases in initial claims (approximately 9,000 in total) for the week ending September 8, 2012 , as a result of Tropical Storm Issac," the Labor Department said in a statement.

But even accounting for the storm, the report suggested little improvement in the labor market after job growth slowed sharply in August. The four-week moving average for new claims, a better measure of labor market trends, climbed 3,250 to 375,000, the highest since the middle of July.

"I hate to react negatively to one week's data, but the labor situation in the country is ugly," said Wayne Kaufman, chief market analyst at John Thomas Financial.?Kaufman said that it becomes increasingly worrisome as claims near 400,000.

Employers added 96,000 jobs last month, a step down from July's 141,000 count. While the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent in August from 8.3 percent, it was because Americans gave up the search for work.

The sluggish labor market is seen prompting the Federal Reserve to announce a third round of bond purchases at the end of a two-day policy meeting later on Thursday.

The unemployment rate has been stuck above 8 percent for more than three years, the first time this has happened since the Great Depression.

The number of people still receiving benefits under regular state programs after an initial week of aid fell 49,000 to 3.28 million in the week ended September 1, the claims report showed.

Reuters contributed to this report.

CNBC's Rick Santelli reports the latest numbers on weekly unemployment and producer prices. Also, discussing the impact this data will have on the markets and what it indicates about the economy, with CNBC's Steve Liesman.

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Finalist! Customer Service Award, Bath Business Awards | Mayden

We are really pleased to announce that Mayden has been selected as a finalist in the Bath Business Awards. We have been shortlisted for the Customer Service category, which recognises companies that go above and beyond what is expected to provide a top quality service for their clients.

Customer service is one of our top priorities at Mayden and so we are delighted to have this recognised.

The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony on the 27th September at Bath Racecourse.

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The Fish Tank

Fish owners, always wondering what it would be like to live in that lovely tank they own... What would it be like? Live as a fish inside the grand fishtank, home to a variety of tropical fish.

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El Paso businessman Pat Goff to sell sports memorabilia collection for charity

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Pat Goff looked at his baseball bat collection at El Paso Saddleblanket at 6926 Gateway East Thursday. Goff will sell his 2,000-piece sports memorabilia collection there Saturday. (Rudy Gutierrez / El Paso Times)

?? Photos: Pat Goff's items at El Paso Saddleblanket's Sports Memorabilia Show

Blame Pat Goff's daughter, Kristi Hendricks, for his vast collection of sports memorabilia.

Twenty-eight years ago, she decided to give her father something special for Father's Day. So she had the Texas Rangers baseball team sign an official Major League Baseball bat.

"She came with the bat," said Goff, best known for owning appliance stores in El Paso and Las Cruces. "I decided to display it in the store. And it continued after that."

Now, most of the collection -- estimated at about 2,000 pieces -- will be on sale today and Saturday at El Paso Saddleblanket's Sports Memorabilia Show. A portion of the proceeds will go to charity. Items will sell from $10 to $2,400.

"It was too much stuff," said Goff, now retired. "I didn't have anywhere else to store it."

The collection features items representing most major sports, including the National Football League, National Basketball Association, MLB, boxing, hockey, golf and college basketball and football.

Dallas Cowboys fans can find everything from a cereal box and jersey signed by former cornerback Deion Sanders to a football and a plaque signed by Hall of Fame running back Emmitt

Smith. There are signed items from former quarterbacks Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach and Danny White. Even former offensive lineman Nate Newton sent a signed jersey to Goff.

Goff collected most signed items by making friends with team trainers and by going to sports stores throughout the country. He has been to 16 Super Bowls and other sporting events.

The more interesting items on sale include a pair of yellow wooden seats from the old Boston Garden; helmets signed by a legendary Cleveland Browns running back, Jim Brown, and a famous New York Jets quarterback, Joe Namath; size 22 basketball shoes worn by former Houston Rocket Dikembe Mutombo; and a basketball autographed by retired star Shaquille O'Neal. Boston fans will find a pair of size-12 black basketball shoes signed by Celtics legend Larry Bird.

Green Bay Packers enthusiasts can buy a helmet signed by the 1996 team that won the Super Bowl, which included quarterback Brett Favre and the late defensive end Reggie White.

"It's an amazing collection," said Ed Silva, who helped set up the items at the store. "I'm not even a sports fan, and I would buy some of this stuff. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see this stuff. I can actually say I held Larry Bird's shoes."

Luc Henson Wells, El Paso Saddleblanket's general manager, said he expects about 3,000 people at the two-day show.

"A lot of people know Pat and they know what kind of collection he has," Henson said. "It's a lot of great items."

Goff's heart won't be broken to give up his collection. He just wants sports fans to enjoy the items as much as he has all these years.

He said, "As long as the things are going to people who will enjoy it and not end up in a store somewhere, I will be happy."

Paula Monarez Diaz may be reached at 546-6154; pdiaz@elpasotimes.com


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  • What: Sports Memorabilia Show.
  • When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Saturday.
  • Where: El Paso Saddleblanket, 6926 Gateway East.
  • Information: 544-1000.
  • Source: http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_21537156/el-paso-businessman-pat-goff-sell-sports-memorabilia?source=rss_viewed

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