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Paula Deen has suffered a legal setback in an explosive 'N word' lawsuit that was filed against her by a former general manager of one of her restaurants, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

Lisa Jackson filed the lawsuit March 6 in Georgia against Paula Deen Enterprises, claiming a shocking pattern of alleged racism, including the use of the 'N word', sexual harassment and infliction of emotional distress and assault while working at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House.

EXCLUSIVE DOCS: Judge Denies Paula Deens Request For A Gag Order

Deen's lawyers sought a gag order in the case because according to court documents, "a protective order is necessary because Ms. Jackson and her counsel have made abundantly clear that they intend to engage in a path of personal and financial destruction because Paula Deen would not pay their pretrial settlement demand...Through her cooking and television exposure, Mrs. Deen has arguably become the face of Southern cuisine and living....For a public figure such as Mrs. Deen, even if Ms. Jackson's allegations are proven untrue, the harm resulting from the continuing mass dissemination of the allegations may never be undone." PHOTOS: Celebrity Racist Rants

However, Judge Louisa Abbot has now denied the gag order request and said in her written ruling, "Having considered the parties' arguments, the Court finds the litigants' concerns about potentially adverse pretrial publicity and the potential effects of damage to their reputations do not outweigh any of the constitutional principles invoked by this motion, including freedom of press and speech."

PHOTOS: Diabetic Paula Deen Tucks Into A High Calorie, Fatty Treat

The shocking lawsuit has blockbuster allegations including one in which Jackson states that she was appointed by Deen to handle the catering and staff for Bubba's wedding in 2007, and she asked Deen what the servers should wear: "Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties, you know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around," Jackson alleges Deen told her. "Now, that would be a true Southern wedding wouldn't it? But we can't do that because the media would be on me about that." DOCUMENTS: Read The Explosive Lawsuit Against Paula Deen Enterprises (WARNING OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE)

Another alleged racist incident listed in the lawsuit: "In the presence of Ms. Jackson and Uncle Bubba's restaurant manager and a vendor, Bubba Hiers stated they should send President Obama to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico so he could n***er-rig it."

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Paula Deen Suffers Legal Setback In 'N Word' Lawsuit

Thursday, March 29, 2012

UNILAB Ideas Positive, the only social marketing congress and competition for college students in the country today, is expanding this year from Metro Manila to the entire Philippines, tapping students from the Mindanao region to join and become part of this campaign.

The nationwide expansion is a result of the encouraging response from universities and college students to the program, which was first launched in 2010 to serve as venue for Filipino youth to improve the health and wellness of their communities with their social marketing ideas.

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The increasing number of positive ideas we receive every year and the passion the youth have shown in helping their communities have inspired us to open the venue to more youth in the Philippines, said Unilab Ideas Positive program lead Barry Barrientos.

By partnering with more youth on this cause, we believe that well also be able to help more communities become healthier and more productive, Barrientos said.

Fifteen communities all over the country will benefit from this expansion through the social marketing programs by 15 youth teams that will all receive P100,000 seed money for the implementation of their ideas.

The groups will also be flown in to Manila, with free hotel accommodation, meals and transportation, to attend a three-day boot camp, where they can learn social marketing approaches from a pool of experts through workshops and case studies.

Last year, the participants were trained by reputable leaders and experts which included social marketing guru Dr. Ned Roberto, CNN 2009 Hero of the Year Efren Peaflorida and RockEd Founder Gang Badoy, among others.

One of the participants to the boot camp, Jhanette Co of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, thanked the program for giving young people like her the opportunity to be heard and make a difference.

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Mindanao youth urged to join Unilab Ideas Positive

Summary: Under the banner of anti-porn: Egypts boldest move to filter the internet, UK violates broadband user privacy, Wikipedias rules are bent.

All happens where tech meets sex.

Egypt has moved to enforce broad internet censorship, Wikipedia has another embarrassing edit war and a UK broadband provider is ordered to turn over alleged downloaders and more.

UK pornographer exposes privacy of broadband downloaders

A UK ISP - behemoth providor O2 - has been forced by the courts to hand over the details of over 9,000 alleged downloaders.

The people suspected of downloading porn files produced by Ben Dover / Golden Eye Productions have stood accused of illegally downloading its films and now their priviate digital footprints (and names and addresses) have been given to Dover.

Golden Eye (acting on behalf of 13 porn companies) originally demanded the details of those it suspected of using peer-to-peer networks to illegally download the copyrighted content.

It also had a draft warning letter set to send, demanding 700 ($1,120) from each and every alleged downloader. If all of those accused paid the settlement fee, it would amount to 6.3 million ($10m).

This all rings similar to the failed American porn file-sharing mass lawsuits - except unlike the UK, US defendants had strong advocates fighting to safeguard their privacy, and their innocence.

Reference for US cases: Every Inch Counts: Porn Filesharing Lawsuits Crest 30K Defendants

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Sex Tech: Egyptian Porn Censorship, UK Filesharing Travesty, Wikipedia Sex Wars

CALGARY, March 30, 2012 /CNW/ - The Heart and Stroke Foundation, in partnership with the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, to present the prestigious Research Chair in Hypertension Prevention and Control Initiative to University of Calgary's Dr. Norm Campbell

Through the Research Chair, Dr. Campbell will create strategies and partnerships that will significantly increase Canadians' awareness about high blood pressure, decrease its incidence through prevention strategies, and improve the overall management of the disease.

"This work will have a significant impact on improving the health of Canadians," says Bobbe Wood, president of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. "Hypertension - high blood pressure - is the leading risk factor for stroke and a major risk factor for heart disease. Dr. Campbell's outstanding leadership in this field is an important part of our goal to reduce deaths from heart disease and stroke by 25 per cent by 2020."

Please note: media are invited to attend the tour of research labs that will follow the award presentation.

Holly Roy Heart and Stroke Foundation T: 780-470-5300 M: 780-991-2323 hroy@hsf.ab.ca

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Mike Brown knew when he took the job as the Los Angeles Lakers head coach this summer that he would be under intense scrutiny from the local and national media. Soon after his hire the rumor mills churned out stories ranging from Kobe Bryant's disappointment of the hire to turmoil in the locker room once the team came back from the NBA lockout.

Through it all the Lakers and Mike Brown have been resilient. Brown is the perfect coach for the mix of stars, veterans and young up and coming athletes in the Lakers locker room. The latest "controversy" involving Brown and his team involves the big man, Andrew Bynum.

Bynum has taken to launching three-point attempts this season and each time he unloads from behind the three-point arc, he draws the consternation of disciplinarian Brown. Brown benched Bynum for throwing at three-pointer up in his last game against the Golden State Warriors.

It is par for the course for Bynum to act out as the spoiled child on he Lakers. He came to the Lakers as a teenager and the way he acted after being benched against the Warriors didn't do much to show he has grown up since his first year with the team.

Bynum joked on the bench and avoided team huddles after he came out of the Warriors game in Oakland. His behavior on the bench caught the eye of Kobe Bryant and other veterans who shot him stoney glares while they listened to their coach.

Anyone thinking Bynum learned any lessons from the latest benching quickly realized Bynum has no idea. Bynum told the Orange County Register's Lakers beat writer Kevin Ding, "I don't know what was bench-worthy about the shot, to be honest with you," Bynum said. "I made one (with 1.2 seconds left in the last game, a loss to Memphis), and I wanted to make another one. I swear, that's it. I guess he took offense to it, so he put me on the bench."

Bryant also commented in the same article that he enjoyed Bynum's defiance, "It's somewhat amusing to me, because in some ways the edginess and the chippiness of him make it easy for me to relate to him - because I had some of that when I was young,"

Mike Brown is just what Bynum needs at this stage in his career and it may have been a major reason for Mitch Kupchak to hire Brown. Brown is the father-figure Bynum needs and Brown has just enough power to keep the older veterans in line, including Kobe.

*Todd Jacobs is a native Southern Californian who has followed the Los Angeles Lakers since the '70s.

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Mike Brown's in Control of Los Angeles Lakers: Fan Reaction