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PHP File Uploads

Yesterday at work I spent the better part of the afternoon trying to figure out why a form couldn’t handle multiple file uploads. These uploads where failry big – quicktime and wmv files – so I thought the culprit was the large file size. But the script was not returning any error warnings or notices

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From Reuters:

Fragile Bolivia Unites, for Now, on Chile Sea Spat For 120 years, Bolivia has demanded neighboring Chile give back coastline seized in a 1879-1883 war, saying that this landlocked Andean nation needs access to the sea, and therefore an easier route to world markets, to escape centuries of poverty. The issue historically resurfaces in Bolivia

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Lalas to manage ‘quakes

In a bit of a surprise announcement, the San Jose Earthquakes announced Alexi Lalas as their new General Manager. Ordinarily, such an announcement wouldn’t be of interest to anyone outside of US Soccer, but this is Alexi Lalas. He’s just about the only American player that made himself known to the rest of the US

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More on a WUSA Comeback

Nothing firm yet on a WUSA comeback but it seems that the business minds are triumphing over the go-it-aloners. Payne suggested that MLS and WUSA teams should work together, saying, “It’s silly to replicate the cost structure, the operating and administrative structure that already exists.

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More on MLS Salaries

From the NY Times, Salaries Provide Window Into M.L.S. For years, it had been assumed that the league’s eight teams operated under a strict salary cap, with maximum salaries set at $280,000 and minimums at $25,000. The facts are quite different. As a single-entity operation, where the league negotiates and owns all player contracts, exceptions

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