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Suggestions

Amirmullick3 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:14:35 GMT

I think that webcosmo should get a suggestions forum, just in case people have certain ideas that they want to share, because it would be wrong if they had an idea and felt that there was no where to share it. May be you could tie it up with one of the last two bottom forums.

Also, I think that the "Share AdSense Revenue" thing should be implemented to this site so that people will post more, thereby getting page impressions at the same time. What do you others think? ;)

Where is Forum Logo?

mit — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:00:26 GMT

I wonder, Why this forum has not got logo?

Administrator, please try to have / make a logo for the forum also...;)

Iranian Man Sentenced to 4 Months in Jail, 30 Lashes for Walking Dog

webdigo — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:52:13 GMT

A 70-year-old Iranian man was arrested and sentenced to four months in jail and 30 lashes for walking his dog. Police caught the man on the street with his dog in Shahr Rey, a suburb of Tehran.

Owners of domestic animals are forbidden from taking them on the streets of the city because Islam considers dogs to be impure. An Islamic judge later charged the man for "disturbing the public order,”.

Despite repeated warnings by the police, dog owners continue to defy authorities by taking their dogs outside their homes. Typical punishment for people caught with dogs outside is a fine or the "detention" of their animals in a pound.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently provoked debate in Iran about dog ownership when he took possession of four guard dogs, bought in Germany for approximately $161,040 each.

Mother Abandons Child in Mall

Manik — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:26:47 GMT

Police still want to know why a 3-year-old boy was left alone at a suburban St. Louis shopping mall over the weekend. But by Monday, the child's mother was still refusing to show up and talk with officers.

The boy was discovered by employees around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at NASCAR SpeedPark in the St. Louis Mills mall in Hazelwood, not long before the mall was to close. Mall security searched the area, seeking a parent or guardian but couldn't locate one. They notified Hazelwood police around 9:15 p.m.

The boy told police his name was "Cortez," and officers determined he was 3. But his complete identity was unknown until nearly 21 hours later.

Police circulated his picture to the media, and his aunt called authorities about 6 p.m. Sunday. The aunt verified that she, the boy's mother and a group of children had been at the mall, Hazelwood police Lt. Ken Jewson said.

Soon after that, the mother, identified as 28-year-old Shameka Taylor, phoned police.

"She asked if she would be arrested," Jewson said. Officers told her they wanted questions answered.

But by Monday morning, she still hadn't shown up, and police were searching for her.

"Our job isn't to convict anyone, or decide who gets custody, we just get into the facts," Jewson said.

But Jewson said two warrants already had been issued for Taylor's arrest prior to the incident involving her son. One warrant was for a parole violation in 2002; the other was for an alleged theft in St. Louis County.

Jewson described the boy as well-dressed and healthy. He said Cortez had been in fine spirits during his time with authorities.

Capt. Greg Hall with the Hazelwood Police Department told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that leaving the boy behind showed some "bad judgment" on the mother's part.

"I believe it was accidental in the beginning, but there comes a time when you realize the boy's not there and you should provide for the child," Hall said.

For now, the child remains in protective custody with the Children's Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services and has been placed in emergency foster care, Jewson said. Department spokeswoman Sara Anderson could not confirm that, or additional details, by law.

A court hearing will determine whether the boy should be returned to his mother's custody, police said. Jewson said the child's father told police he had been out of town and did not have custody of the boy.

A security official at the mall declined comment. Calls to NASCAR SpeedPark were not returned.