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NEW YORK – It is a common fear among users of Facebook and other social media around the world — how to deal with a friend request from your boss or employee.

A survey released on Thursday found that 56 percent of Americans say it is irresponsible to be friends with a boss and 62 percent say it is wrong to be friends with an employee.But 76 percent believe it is acceptable to be friends with a workplace peer, according to the survey of 1,000 people by Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project. "When the roles change what do you do then? Do you unfriend someone if they have now been promoted to be your boss or if you’re now their boss," said researcher Kelly Holland.

"We get into some really sticky situations there in terms of what people will think is responsible," she said.

When using social media at work, 73 percent say it is not appropriate to update your Facebook status, 82 percent say you should not upload photos, 72 percent believe tweeting is wrong and 79 percent say it is not acceptable to watch online videos.

Yet 66 percent say it is fine to check your personal email while at work.

"When people focus on responsibility, they know what the responsible thing is to do but whether they are doing that in practice or not is a different story," said Holland.

Americans are split on whether companies should review the social media profiles of job candidates with 52 percent saying it is appropriate and 48 percent saying it is unacceptable.

Social media can also lead to some difficult decisions when it comes to family and relationships. Sixty percent of those polled say that it is "completely acceptable" to unfriend an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend.

More than 40 percent of parents believe it is irresponsible to post photos of children online. Thirty one percent monitor their children’s Facebook accounts and almost 70 percent are friends with their children on Facebook or MySpace. But 72 percent limit the time their children spend on social media networks.

More than 80 percent of parents say that teachers should not interact with students online, but they are split when it comes to whether social media should be used as evidence to punish students’ behavior.

"The social media arena is incredibly complex in terms of responsibility," Holland said.

But despite the murkiness of social media responsibility, there is one area that nearly three-quarters of Americans agree on — they think it is "egotistical and a waste of time" to develop a Facebook page for a pet.

Ok, here is my rant for the day. It has been simmering since the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.  I’ve got no issue with Polo Ralph Lauren providing the hats, jackets, uniforms etc. In fact, I love it. We’re simply the best, the best dressed, the best in the sports etc.. USA USA USA. Ok, my beef is this. Did anyone else catch the team hats they hadon. I think they were kind simply silly, beacons of days gone by, like skiing in the Sierra Nevada’s in the 80’s, everyone with those silly knit hats with whimsical designs, oh I digress. My issue is with the US Flag Patch. I don’t know if it was a patch, or part of the hat itself, woven into it? The flag was so incorrect. In my opinion, this makes us look like chumps, we cant even get our flag right? This was the highest watched event in a long time, and here we’re wearing our flag wrong. Take a look at the picture, the flag has how many star? Ok people, let’s get out our American history books, how many starts are on the blue background, if you said 14, then you work in for Ralph Lauren, if you said 50 then you’re correct.

 

This just isn’t right, let’s break it down.

Part one, If this was just part of the hat and part of the design, well it just broke the Flag code put forth by this country…

The laws relating to the flag of the United States of America are found in detail in the United States Code. Title 4, Chapter 1 pertains to the flag; Title 18, Chapter 33, Section 700 regards criminal penalties for flag desecration; Title 36, Chapter 3 pertains to patriotic customs and observances. These laws were supplemented by Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations.

More specially, According to the Flag Code, a flag is anything "by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag."

The words "flag, standard, colors, or ensign", as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America.

Source: Flag Code, Section 3

Therefore, a flag includes any representation of it of any substance, with stars and stripes of any number. This would include T-shirts and ties.

The Flag Code states that the flag should never be worn. (Section 8d): "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel."

So, if I’ve read this correctly, a flag really shouldn’t be used in part of a design in clothing at all.

 

Part two, if this was a flag patch, well then that is just really wrong. Source: Flag Code, Section 1

The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars [Note that sec. 2 which follows provides for additional stars. Today the flag has fifty stars representing the fifty states — Webmaster], white in a blue field

If you want to read the whole flag code, I recommend, http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagcode.htm (special thank you, great site with a wealth of knowledge)

2010 Schedule

Printable schedule All games will be broadcast live on KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish).

Date	Opponent	Time (CT) / result		TV, Radio / attendance
March
03/27 – Saturday	Houston	3:00 p.m.		TeleFutura
April
04/10 – Saturday	Columbus	7:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
04/17 – Saturday	at New York	6:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
04/22 – Thursday	Seattle	7:00 p.m.		ESPN2, Deportes
May
05/01 – Saturday	at New England	6:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
05/05 – Wednesday	at Houston	8:00 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
05/08 – Saturday	D.C. United	8:00 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
05/15 – Saturday	at Philadelphia	3:00 p.m.		TeleFutura
05/20- Thursday	LA Galaxy	7:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
05/27 – Thursday	at Chicago	7:00 p.m.		ESPN2, Deportes
June
06/05 – Saturday	San Jose	7:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
06/26 – Saturday	at Chivas USA	6:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
July
07/03 – Saturday	Kansas City	7:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
07/11 – Sunday	at Seattle	7:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
07/17 – Saturday	Real Salt Lake	7:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
07/24 – Wednesday	at Toronto FC	3:00 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
07/31 – Saturday	at Colorado	4:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
August
08/08 – Sunday	Philadelphia	6:30 p.m.		FSC, FSE
08/14 – Saturday	at D.C. United	7:00 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
08/21 – Saturday	Chivas USA	7:30 p.m.		FSC, FSE
08/28 – Saturday	at Columbus	3:00 p.m.		TeleFutura
September
09/04 – Saturday	Toronto FC	7:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
09/11 – Saturday	at San Jose	9:00 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
09/18 – Saturday	New York	7:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
09/22 – Wednesday	New England	7:30 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
09/25 – Saturday	at Kansas City	7:00 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
October
10/02 – Saturday	Chicago	7:30 p.m.		FSC, FSE
10/09 – Saturday	Colorado	3:00 p.m.		TeleFutura
10/16 – Saturday	at Real Salt Lake	8:00 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com
10/24 – Sunday	at LA Galaxy	7:00 p.m.		DK, MLSnet.com

Dates and times are subject to change. All times Central (CT).

Today, Illinois-based Incredible Technologies announced that its popular Golden Tee Golf game found in more than 10,000 bars worldwide, will soon be integrated with Facebook .

The games already present players with the option to upload 720p screencasts of their "Great Shots" directly to YouTube. When the player makes an unusually difficult shot such as a hole in one, it can be posted to YouTube and be live within five minutes. Incredible Technologies says that more than 70,000 of these videos have been posted in the year the feature has been live.

"Since 80% of Golden Tee players are also Facebook users, IT sees opportunity in developing programs that interface with Facebook," the company said today.

So if you have the type of friends who spend hours slamming the Golden Tee trackball in sports bars on the weekends, look forward to seeing plenty of status updates about it. Oh joy!!!!!

World Cup schedule (all times Eastern)

Date	Time	Network	Match	Group	Site	Match
Fri 6/11	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	South Africa vs. Mexico	A	Johannesburg	1
Fri 6/11	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Uruguay vs. France	A	Cape Town	2
Sat 6/12	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Korea Republic vs. Greece	B	Port Elizabeth	3
Sat 6/12	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Argentina vs. Nigeria	B	Johannesburg	4
Sat 6/12	2 p.m.	ABC	England vs. USA	C	Rustenburg	5
Sun 6/13	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Algeria vs. Slovenia	C	Polokwane	6
Sun 6/13	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Serbia vs. Ghana	D	Pretoria	7
Sun 6/13	2 p.m.	ABC	Germany vs. Australia	D	Durban	8
Mon 6/14	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Netherlands vs. Denmark	E	Johannesburg	9
Mon 6/14	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Japan vs. Cameroon	E	Bloemfontein	10
Mon 6/14	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Italy vs. Paraguay	F	Cape Town	11
Tue 6/15	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	New Zealand vs. Slovakia	F	Rustenburg	12
Tue 6/15	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Ivory Coast vs. Portugal	G	Port Elizabeth	13
Tue 6/15	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Brazil vs. Korea DPR	G	Johannesburg	14
Wed 6/16	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Honduras vs. Chile	H	Nelspruit	15
Wed 6/16	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Spain vs. Switzerland	H	Durban	16
Wed 6/16	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	South Africa vs. Uruguay	A	Pretoria	17
Thu 6/17	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Argentina vs. Korea Rep.	B	Johannesburg	18
Thu 6/17	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Greece vs. Nigeria	B	Bloemfontein	19
Thu 6/17	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	France vs. Mexico	A	Polokwane	20
Fri 6/18	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Germany vs. Serbia	D	Port Elizabeth	21
Fri 6/18	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Slovenia vs. USA	C	Johannesburg	22
Fri 6/18	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	England vs. Algeria	C	Cape Town	23
Sat 6/19	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Netherlands vs. Japan	E	Durban	24
Sat 6/19	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Ghana vs. Australia	D	Rustenburg	25
Sat 6/19	2 p.m.	ABC	Cameroon vs. Denmark	E	Pretoria	26
Sun 6/20	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Slovakia vs. Paraguay	F	Bloemfontein	27
Sun 6/20	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Italy vs. New Zealand	F	Nelspruit	28
Sun 6/20	2 p.m.	ABC	Brazil vs. Ivory Coast	G	Johannesburg	29
Mon 6/21	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Portugal vs. Korea DPR	G	Cape Town	30
Mon 6/21	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Chile vs. Switzerland	H	Port Elizabeth	31
Mon 6/21	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Spain vs. Honduras	H	Johannesburg	32
Tue 6/22	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Mexico vs. Uruguay	A	Rustenburg	33
Tue 6/22	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	France vs. South Africa	A	Bloemfontein	34
Tue 6/22	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Nigeria vs. Korea Republic	B	Durban	35
Tue 6/22	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Greece vs. Argentina	B	Polokwane	36
Wed 6/23	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Slovenia vs. England	C	Port Elizabeth	37
Wed 6/23	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	USA vs. Algeria	C	Pretoria	38
Wed 6/23	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Ghana vs. Germany	D	Johannesburg	39
Wed 6/23	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Australia vs. Serbia	D	Nelspruit	40
Thu 6/24	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Slovakia vs. Italy	E	Johannesburg	41
Thu 6/24	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Paraguay vs. New Zealand	E	Polokwane	42
Thu 6/24	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Denmark vs. Japan	F	Rustenburg	43
Thu 6/24	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Cameroon vs. Netherlands	F	Cape Town	44
Fri 6/25	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Portugal vs. Brazil	G	Durban	45
Fri 6/25	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Ivory Coast vs. Korea DPR	G	Nelspruit	46
Fri 6/25	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Chile vs. Spain	H	Pretoria	47
Fri 6/25	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Switzerland vs. Honduras	H	Bloemfontein	48
Sat 6/26	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st A vs. 2nd B		Port Elizabeth	49
Sat 6/26	2 p.m.	ABC	1st C vs. 2nd D		Rustenburg	50
Sun 6/27	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st D vs. 2nd C		Bloemfontein	51
Sun 6/27	2 p.m.	ABC	1st B vs. 2nd A		Johannesburg	52
Mon 6/28	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st E vs. 2nd F		Durban	53
Mon 6/28	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st G vs. 2nd H		Johannesburg	54
Tue 6/29	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st F vs. 2nd E		Pretoria	55
Tue 6/29	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st H vs. 2nd G		Cape Town	56
Fri 7/2	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners 53 vs. 54		Port Elizabeth	57
Fri 7/2	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners 49 vs. 50		Johannesburg	58
Sat 7/3	9:30 a.m.	ABC	Winners 52 vs. 51		Cape Town	59
Sat 7/3	2 p.m.	ABC	Winners 55 vs. 56		Johannesburg	60
Tue 7/6	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners 57 vs. 59		Cape Town	61
Wed 7/7	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners 58 vs. 60		Durban	62
Sat 7/10	2 p.m.	ABC	Losers: 61 vs. 62		Port Elizabeth	63
Sun 7/11	1:30 p.m.	ABC	Winners: 61 vs. 62		Johannesburg	64