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UHV receives Alcoa Foundation grant for math, computer science, robotics programs
Sept. 14, 2013 at 4:14 a.m.
Area high school students will once again have access to University of Houston-Victoria math, computer science and robotics outreach programs thanks to a recently awarded $20,000 grant from Alcoa Foundation.
The grant funds the UHV/Victoria College Math and Computer Science Awareness Day, as well as a robotics and simulation yearlong course and summer camp for high school students.
These programs provide much-needed access to areas of education that are underrepresented in the Crossroads region, said Jeffrey Di Leo, dean of the UHV School of Arts and Sciences.
"There are not a lot of opportunities for high school students to learn about math and computer science outside of the classroom," he said. "These programs not only give them extracurricular access to these subjects but also the chance to engage with like-minded students and area professionals who can guide them to a future career."
Ben Kahrs, location manager at Alcoa Point Comfort Operations, said the company is proud to once again partner with UHV and Victoria College on a grant to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.
For nearly 20 years, the UHV/VC Math and Computer Science Awareness Day has brought together area students for competition and networking. The event centers on written math and computer science tests. It also includes two-team game show competitions, robot demonstrations and interaction with area professionals. The 2014 event will be March 18.
For the third year, Alireza Tavakkoli, an assistant professor in the UHV School of Arts and Sciences and director of the university's digital gaming and simulation program, will meet with six area high school students once a week to teach them about robotics and digital simulation. The students will use advanced Lego robotics kits and computer programming software to build various robots that can navigate a maze or sort and launch colored balls.
The after-school program will begin in October and run through the end of the school year.
The summer camp in June will be similar to the yearlong program in that students will have the chance to build robots and learn how to use artificial intelligence programming. They also will learn how to build electronic circuits and digital simulation environments.
The weeklong camp includes the option of staying in a UHV residence hall but is not a requirement. The grant from Alcoa Foundation includes six scholarships that will cover residence hall fees for campers who live outside of Victoria.


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The original Weston Bohannon homestead house is still standing and occupied. It is near the banks of the Green River next to Wrightsburg, which I think was on Weston's property at one time, as a Wright worked as farm labor for him for a while. That house is 150 years old this year.
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Apple is planning a space voyage to take its loyal followers back to whichever planet it is they come from.
Jobs said at the WWDC event that his company had grown like a "weed" – if you don't pull them out, they spread – and from its humble office building in Cupertino it has reached its natural evolution in a 12,000 capacity spaceship-style structure.
Much like the Raelians, the new building will house a number of unquestioning believers who see Jobs as their saviour. The Elohim was taken into space to dine with Jesus and Buddha in 1975.
But the date for Apple's launch hasn't been set – we guess it'll be with the launch of iPad 2001 and the iPod Solaris, where Jobs will eschew the likes of Space-Krisna in the Kali Yuga and hold his own intergalactic conference instead. He might give a passing nod to Buddha.
Steve Jobs is no stranger to journeys in a galaxy far, far away, having dabbled with LSD in his time before Apple.
Jobs' space cadets were pre-emptively satirised by The Simpsons in the episode "The Joy Of Sect," where all of Springfield is brainwashed into joining The Movementarians.
Unfortunately for the devout, by the end the grand extraterrestrial vessel collapses at the last minute and its great leader is seen peddling on a crude helicopter riding a bike and blowing into a comb.


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I guess the most offensive "flyer" was the one depicting Martin Luther King Jr. flashing a wad of cash and standing next to a scandalous, nearly butt-naked hoochie.
That must have been for starters. Other "flyers" promoting "celebrations" of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday have been popping up across the country.
There's the one I described above.
Another depicted what I call a "blinged-up" King -- sporting a bejeweled crown advertising a free King holiday bash: "Free At Last: Everybody Over 21 Free Till After Midnight."
Then there was this promotional gem: a flyer advertising a "No School, No ID, No Worries" bash.
And now we come to this piece de resistance of advertising: a blinged-up King on flyer advertising a "Freedom 2 Twerk" weekend party in Flint, Mich.
My sincerest apologies to those of you who have, so far, been spared the indignity of knowing what "twerking" is.
For those of you who already know, well, the saying goes: no harm, no foul. Twerking is a "dance" that is said to have started in the South. Here's my own spin on it:
Twerking is a dance done mainly by women and by men who have way too much time on their hands.
In the twerking, the women grind their hips lasciviously -- often the crotches of horny young men. As you might have surmised, "twerking" is considered quite vulgar.
Now we come to the heart of the matter about what some are calling only "harmless" flyers. I'm not going to sit here in this hospital -- in my seventh day of hospitalization, no less -- and pretend that Martin Luther King Jr. was a loyal, devoted and faithful husband to his wife Coretta Scott King. I've read too much by and about King to know otherwise.
But here's what I have learned from all I have read by and about King: The man did indeed have extramarital affairs. His private life was his private life. Few of us knew about his private life.
King wouldn't have been caught dead tossing $10, $20 and $50 bills into the air at any nightclub in the nation. Neither, for that matter, would other prominent civil rights leaders of that era: Roy Wilkins of the NAACP and Whitney Young of the Congress of Racial Equality.
Not even John Lewis — followed by Stokely Carmichael and then H. Rap Brown — would have been caught at a strip nightclub. And they were the leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee — better known as SNCC — then considered the youngest and most radical (and presumably, the horniest) of all the civil rights groups.
Black Nationalist leader Malcolm X wouldn't be on that list either.
Now that we've discussed King's generation of black Americans, it's only appropriate that we discuss the one where some — many? most? — feel flyers depicting Dr. King as he's been depicted are either wise, cute or clever.
Immediately, or so it seemed, after King's assassination on April 4, 1968, there was a move afoot to have his birthday declared a national holiday. Since we celebrate that holiday today, it would also seem like the movement was a success.
It would have been every bit as inconceivable for members of the Baby Boomer generation to get an image of King, Wilkins, Young, Farmer, Malcolm X, Lewis, Carmichael or Brown sitting in a strip club. Said image simply wouldn't stick.
Only members of black America's hip-hop generation can imagine such images of King. Only they think there's nothing wrong with King being depicted in such a despicable manner.
It is only they who see nothing with a blinged-out, pimped-up image of one of the greatest civil rights leaders this nation has known.GREGORY KANE, a Washington Examiner columnist, is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated news and opinion journalist who has covered people and politics from Baltimore to the Sudan.


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Greece's Problem Is Everyone's ProblemEdward D. Hess
Why is Greece's current financial problem everybody's problem? Not just because what happens anywhere in the global economy affects what happens everywhere else. Rather, the attitudes and tactics that helped Greece hide its debt through questionable short-term reporting and financing instruments also lurk at the foundation of other countries' and companies' finances. This is a global business issue.
Recent reports reveal how Greece obscured its mounting debt through financial derivatives, hiding debt transactions as currency trades. Like the subprime securitization game, these instruments created the illusion of solvency—an illusion that finally was exposed to the harsh light of reality. Egregious, yes, but not fundamentally different in philosophy from the kinds of short-term tactics that lead some CEOs and CFOs to push their companies' problems into the future in return for happy quarterly earnings reports.
Just like companies, countries compete for global investment capital. And just like companies, countries under external and internal pressures may be tempted to play games with the numbers. In the U.S., widespread acceptance of illusory, non-authentic earnings threatens the long-term vitality of the American economy. We have seen French and British banks taking big derivative and securitization risks, too. For any country, and any company, these short-term tactics ultimately can stifle growth and innovation and can weaken the chances for a full global economic recovery.
Dangers of Short-Termism
Many businesses are hooked on quick fixes and phantom solutions. Short-term interests dominate the U.S. and British capital markets, for example, and actively hinder the possibility of real growth. Nearly 70% of the stock in U.S. corporations is owned by institutions, which on average hold such shares for 12 months or less.
Executive compensation tied to quarterly earnings and pressure to demonstrate higher earnings each reporting cycle from Wall Street and the City of London also stacks the deck in favor of short-term results. But with chief executive tenures at large public companies now averaging less than six years, CEOs are rarely around to take responsibility for the long-term effects of their short-term decisions.
As Thomas J. Donohoe, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, put it several years ago: "We've created an environment where a company's long-term value and health are all too easily sacrificed at the altar of meaningless short-term performance." As a consequence, neither the people who run many of our biggest corporations, nor those who invest in them, are motivated to care about the long-term interests of a company and the entire ecosystem it touches—employees, suppliers, and customers.
Pursuit of Illusory Earnings
The consequence of Wall Street pressure to meet earnings expectations pushes companies to spend time, money, and intellectual capital creating or manufacturing wasteful and distorted non-authentic earnings that do not represent real growth or innovation.
What exactly are "non-authentic" earnings? They are the non-operational numbers created by accountants and investment bankers: valuation estimates, accounting adjustments, investment transactions, channel stuffing, and other financial engineering tactics. They have the same effect on a company's stability as Greece's "non-loan loans" had on its credibility.
Although in most cases the machinations needed to demonstrate continuous growth in quarterly earnings are legal, they are illusory numbers because they do not represent the fundamentals of a business that are important for long-term viability and competitiveness.
Authentic earnings, on the other hand, are an indicator of the strength of a company's customer value proposition. They represent the sale of more value-add goods and services on customary commercial terms to unrelated customers in arms-length transactions. Authentic earnings are superior indicators of growth because they represent information about the underlying vitality, differentiation, and market acceptance of a company.
Changing the Rules of the Game
"Greed is not self-correcting," writes former Senator and University of Colorado professor Gary Hart in a recent blog on the topic of the investment bankers who helped Greece manipulate its national budget to conceal real deficits. Some of the rules of the game need to be changed, beyond government interventions that only encourage more short-term, illusory fixes.
The global economy needs real growth and innovation, and those are not short-term goals. The systemic dominance of short-term players and a quarterly mentality hinders and penalizes real growth and innovation. To change the rules of the game in a way that reaches down to the structural flaws in the current system, several concrete steps can be taken.
First, public companies should be required by regulators, listing exchanges, and their boards of directors to disclose with complete transparency their non-authentic earnings.
Second, in the U.S., the short-term renting of stock should be discouraged by increasing the holding period for long-term capital gains to three years and imposing fees on nontaxable institutional short-term stock renters, as well.
Third, executive compensation should be more properly aligned with the long-term creation of real growth.
Finally, public companies should be made to disclose their short-term and long-term growth portfolios, so long-term investors can better evaluate and allocate their capital to smart, rather than apparent, growth.
Ignore the Siren Song
Awareness of different models of success is also important. Change is unlikely without a few pioneers of the long view blazing the way. It takes a degree of courage for a CEO such as Costco's (COST) Jim Senegal, for example, to stand up to Wall Street criticisms of the manner in which his company manages itself for the long-term satisfaction of customers and employees.
Wall Street, Senegal once said, is "trying to make money between now and next Thursday. We're trying to build a company that's going to be here 50 to 60 years from now."
Greece's unfortunate difficulties are likely to have long-term effects. That should be a warning sign to all companies lured by the siren song of short-term earnings. At stake is the ability of companies and entire nations to generate a new era of authentic growth.
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From a long time, people from various parts of the country visits Panakala Nrusimhaswamy temple that is situated on the top of Mangalagiri hill. Mangalagiri is situated on the Vijayawada-Guntur road and is just 8 kilometers on road from Vijayawada.
The Lord that is worshipped here is Lord Narayana in Narasimha Swamy incarnation. The peculiarity in the temple is that jaggery water popularly called as Panaka is given as an offering to the Lord. The jaggery water is actually poured into the mouth of the Lord and Lord Narayana shows that he has fully satisfied himself when half of the water is thrown back as a Prasadam to the devotees. While jaggery water is poured into the mouth of the Lord a gurgling sound is clearly audible as if the Lord is actually drinking it and the sound becomes shriller and shriller as and when the Lord is drinking till at last the sound stops and the balance of jaggery water is thrown out. This phenomenon happens not once in a day but once for every pilgrim who visits the temple. In addition, the spite of the fact that so much jaggery and jaggery water are thrown out, there is not a single ant that is seen near the hill. Due to this characteristic that the temple acquired the name of Panakala Nrusimhaswamy temple. If we go deep into the history, this famous shrine is recorded in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, which is one of our ancient Puranas. Mangalagiri hill means an auspicious hill and is an important part of the Eastern Ghats. This place is one of the eight important Mahakshetras of India which was meant by the Lord to be taken as His own abode for the redemption of humanity from sin. The origin of the temple with the presiding deity known as Panakala Nrusimhaswamy is traced in Kritayuga.
According to legend that, in Tretayuga, Lord Rama could not get liberation in spite of strict observance of the Dharma and therefore he was advised to visit this temple to get Mukti. That is why this hill is also called the Totadri. In the Kritayuga, when the ocean Ksheeraodadhi was being churned by the Mandara hill, Sri Mahalakshmi came out of it. The Devas constructed a Pushkarani by bringing the waters from all the ancient and holy rivers of the land and Sri Mahalakshmi after a bath in this holy Pushkarani offered herself to Lord Narayana as his beloved consort. This Pushkarani is said to exist in Mangalagiri and hence it is even now called as Lakshmi Pushkarani. There is another temple at the foot of the hill, which traces its origin to the time of Yudhishtiira the eldest of the Panavas. In Vijayawada itself, which is eight miles from Mangalagiri, there is a hill called the Indrakila Parvata in which Arjuna is said to have done his tapascharya in order to obtain Pasupata from Lord Shiva. This hill Indrakila is said to be the scene of the Kiratarjuniya where Lord Shiva in the form of a hunter had a fight with Arjuna. Hence, there is legendary connection between Vijayawada and Mangalagiri which is very near and the five Panadava brothers. Yudhishtiira is said to be the founder of this temple and the deity here also is called Sri Lakshmi Narasimhaswamy. The Kshetrapala of this place Lord Anjaneya and it is stated that Anjaneya wanted to follow Lord Rama to Vaikunta but the Lord advised him to stay at Mangalagiri with his blessings so that he may remain for ever in the world for the Lokakalyanam. Hence, Anjaneya is said to have taken his abode at this place.
Lord Chaitanya has visited the temple in the year 1312 AD and the imprints of his feet and a verse dedicated to his honour are still seen in the temple. At the foot of the hill, there is an inscription of the time of Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagar dynasty who had visited the temple. On the Eastern gate of the lower temple a beautiful Gopuram has been built over 170 years ago by Sri Vasireddi Venkatadri Nayudu who was famous figure in Andhra Pradesh ruling from Amaravati. The Gopuram has eleven stories with gates facing east and west and is an excellent example of solid construction with big proportions. There is also an ancient Radha belonging to temple with ornamental wood carvings depicting the scenes from the great national epics of Bharata, Bhagavata and Ramayana.
The important festivals of this temple are the Brahmotsavam which lasts for twelve days in March and the other usual festivals like the Vaikunta Ekadasi day, Sri Rama Navami, Hanuman Jayanti, Narasimha Jayanti etc., The temple with its imposing Gopuram in the South and the sacred Lord Narasimhaswamy at the top is still attracting pilgrims in large numbers. It is one of the most sacred spots in Andhra Pradesh and is noted for its sanctity as well as for its historical importance.


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The old joke goes, a couple of tourists ask a violinist, "Excuse me, how do you get to Carnegie Hall?" The answer: practice!
Well, 5-year-old Ryan Wang of West Vancouver has only been playing piano for a year-and-a-half, but the practice has paid off.
He's going to play New York's famous Carnegie Hall with a lineup of young musical prodigies.
When he was two, Ryan's mom noticed he was singing the music from a recital they went to. In fact, his mom says "he sang before he talked."
So, Ryan's mom put him in a music program for toddlers and then last year, decided to enroll him in music lessons.
"I was thinking four years is so young, right? You cannot even read the notes," she told the Vancouver Sun.
But Ryan picked it up fast - mastering an 18 page concertos composed for kids twice his age.
Recently, he finished second at the American Protégé Piano and Strings International Competition.
And this weekend, he's off to New York. He's also due to appear with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and perform at the Fazioli Pianoforti concert hall in Italy.
He's perform at the Kay Meek Theatre in West Vancouver on June 9, with all the proceeds going to the Sarah MacLachlan School of Music.
Along with his musical talent, Ryan is unflappable. According to his mom, when it comes to his performances "I get more nervous than he does."
And she says she doesn't push Ryan - he just enjoys playing, singing and dancing. He has a passion for music, she told CBC Vancouver.
So, how does Ryan explain his ability? "Music is in my head," he said.
Incredibly, he isn't the youngest person to perform at Carnegie Hall.
According to Carnegie Hall historians, on April 19, 1900, four-year-old Lolita Val de Cabrera Gainsborg played piano in Carnegie Chamber Music Hall.
Last year, another Vancouver youngster, Shuqi Li, played Carnegie Hall as well. She was six at the time. You can watch her story here.
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Hello Mr Hyneck, you are supposed to be updating this blog as well.
The past two weekends was awesome,past two weekend was a long weekend, thank you QUEEN! it was apparently her birthday so i have both boys for 3 days instead of 2!
We went around a bit for a road trip, hi new south wales! Seems that everyone is recommending The lighthouse at Byron Bay. so off we go.
We were all prep. i had clothes for all of us, packed lunch, snacks, apples and mandarins, plenty of fluids,, to tell you the truth, that huge pack could last us for a whole month, thehehee. i think i am turning into a REAL MUMMY, those who pack every single thing (of course i think it's necessary) during a road trip. I would bring along rudi's pillows and blanket IF no one stop me from doing that. But yeah, that's another story.
Back at Byron bay, the scene was spectacular, my jaw drop a bit ( no drool ) when i was greeted by the view. The photos didn't not do any justice to the mental image captured. However, it was really gloomy that day, and being so high on top under a sky that looks like it is going to burst out into tears and lightning is the last thing i want to do. And Rudi, was going " Carry Me" Carry Me" the whole way,
Mr "no-jacket-please" realized that it was quite chilly without out it and decide to take shelter under Benjamin's jacket.
We toured a bit in the main city area but there was nothing to buy! (What??!) so we drove to Gold coast, where we hope a sunny day awaits us, but no!
Seems that the gloomy weather decide to keep us company for the whole weekend, but on the positive side, the hotel stay was a thumbs up. Thank you Benjamin and thank you Hilton! 😀
Rudi have the whole queen bed for himself while we both slept on a bed that has amazingly 7 pillows, i cant recall at anytime that i ever slept with more than 2 pillows at one time 😛
yeah,we didn't get enough of gold coast, so we went back again last saturday, this time, we decided not to stay for the night, we took the Aqua duck , yeah pretty much touristic thing to do, but i love it.
plenty of other stuff to blog about but i think i would save it for the man
so enjoy the pictures peeps


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The Amazing Life And Career Of Wall Street's Favorite Writer, Michael Lewis
Published 12:44 pm, Monday, April 14, 2014
This month, Michael Lewis retook Wall Street by storm with "Flash Boys," his new book about a group of traders who banded together to understand the damage that high-frequency trading (HFT) was doing to markets.
Whether or not you agree with the premise that HFT is harmful, there's no question that it's sparked some serious debate on Wall Street. It's the kind of thing only a writer with Lewis' amazing track record — which started with the modern classic "Liar's Poker" — could do.
The bond salesman turned literary sensation has changed careers three (or maybe it was four) times before settling into his current niche as one of the most prolific journalist-authors of the past two decades.
What's driving this success? Well, most have attributed it to Lewis' obsession with the "arena of success," the competitive spirit that drives the athletic, entrepreneurial, and financial minds.
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Lewis was born to a wealthy New Orleans lawyer.
Lewis was born in New Orleans to J. Thomas Lewis and Diana Monroe Lewis, a corporate lawyer and a community activist, respectively.
He attended the prestigious Isadore Newman prep school, where fellow alums include NFL brothers Eli and Peyton Manning.
Source: New York Magazine
After spending his life in the South, he studied art history at Princeton.
Art history. That's right, Lewis graduated from Princeton with a B.A. in art history — not necessarily a common major for bankers.
His thesis: "Donatello and the Antique."
Source: Princeton.edu
After graduation he worked in fine arts for a year, but the pay was awful.
His first job after Princeton was with art dealer Daniel Wildenstein as a stock boy in Wildenstein and Co.'s New York office.
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Drew Brees Wants No Part in his Mother's Political Campaign
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has told Mina Brees, his mother and an Austin attorney, to stop using his picture in TV commercials while she runs as a Democrat for a spot on Texas' 3rd Court of Appeals that reviews civil and criminal cases. The commercial in question includes a picture of Drew Brees in a San Diego Chargers uniform (his former team) and notes Mina Brees' football ties, which includes being the daughter of a successful high school coach and the sister of a former University of Texas quarterback.
Drew says he called his mother and asked her to stop running the ads, and when she did not return his calls or stop using his image, his agent sent her a letter threatening legal action. According to Drew, the commercials were sending a message of, " 'If you don't know much about the election, vote for me because I know Drew' . . . and that is a shame because the political process should be decided on your credentials." But according to Mina, "everything in the ad was true" and she did not anticipate it upsetting her son. She said the connection to football is relevant to her campaign because through sports, her father, Ray Akins, taught her a strong work ethic that she would bring to a career as a judge. Mina says a version of the spot that omits references of Drew was taped last week and sent to TV stations last Friday.
I don't care to play the role of family therapist with this post. Instead, I want to focus in on Drew's agent "threatening legal action." In addition to sports law, I teach torts and this would make a perfect hypothetical exam question for my Torts II class where we discuss one of my favorite areas of the law, the right of privacy and defamation.
Drew would lose on defamation because there is no false statement in the ad (i.e it's a photo of Drew and Drew is actually Mina's son), nor is there anything being said about Drew that would be considered "defamatory" (i.e. that would subject Drew to hatred, ridicule, or contempt).
There are three potential right of privacy claims to analyze here: Right of publicity; misappropriation; and false light. Right of publicity is the "use of the plaintiff's name or likeness, without consent, for the defendant's commercial advantage." The misappropriation tort protects against intrusion upon an individual's private self-esteem and dignity (similar to a public disclosure of private facts claim), while the right of publicity protects against commercial loss caused by appropriation of an individual's name or likeness for commercial exploitation. Here, there is no pecuniary loss to Drew and Mina has not reaped any financial gain from the use of Drew's identity. It would also be difficult for Drew to establish that Mina's use of his identity in trying to get elected as a judge resulted in any "commercial" advantage. Because Drew is a famous NFL quarterback and public figure, misappropriation would not be successful either because Drew would probably have a hard time convincing a judge or jury that the use of his name in the public arena intruded upon his private self-esteem and dignity resulting in emotional harm. A public disclosure of private facts claim fails for the same reason, and in addition because there are no "private" facts being disclosed in the ads.
Drew's best claim against his mother would probably be false light. For this claim, it is not necessary that the statements be defamatory; all that is required is that the defendant placed the plaintiff in a false light that would be "highly offensive to a reasonable person." Although the statements in and of themselves may be true, a cause of action can be established if the statement implies untrue and unfavorable acts taken, or views held, by the plaintiff. Here, for example, Drew could say that the use of his identity in the ads implies that he supports his mother's campaign, when in fact he does not. There is one big problem however....Texas, like some jurisdictions, doesn't recognize a separate cause of action for false light.
Oh well Drew, I tried my best....
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Good post. Sad situation.
Brees absolutely has a right of publicity claim. She is using his name and likeness without permission to secure a job for which she will be paid. That is commercial advantage. If she is elected, she will realize a commercial advantage (her salary as an elected official). There is no requirement that there be pecuniary loss to the individula whose name and likeness has been misappropriated.
Actually, Brees' agent missed a much better and easier way of handling this. He should have had the NFL's licensing arm contact Mom. The picture of Drew in his San Diego uniform, without paying a licensing fee to NFL Properties, is arguably a violation of the NFL's trademarks.
I'm in Austin. I saw the ad run last weekend and it's pretty lame. It is basically his mom saying "vote for me, I'm Drew Brees' mom." I thought it was pretty weak ad at the time, and this was before I saw that Drew objected. If she did link in any of that other football background it was lost in the clear purpose of the message: to identify herself as linked to Brees.
Rick --
Thanks, Rick. I guess I just don't agree that running for the position of judge is not commercial. I mean, would you consider running for President as a commercial activity? Running for U.S. Senate? I think they all clearly fall within the heading of "commercial activity." And given that judges are typically elected to multi-year terms with six-figure salaries, it's a pretty significant commercial endeavor at that(as evidenced by the significant fund-raising done by most judicial candidates).
thank you


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March 4, 2013 - Major League Soccer (MLS) - San Jose Earthquakes News Release
The San Jose Earthquakes return to Buck Shaw Stadium for their second MLS regular season match of 2013 on Sunday, March 10 against the New York Red Bulls. The match kicks off at 7 p.m. PT and will be broadcast live on ESPN2, KLIV 1590 and KZSF 1370.
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The Quakes are 8-11-0 all-time in March in MLS play.
MLS Regular Season: 15-10-8
Home: 11-2-3 (34 GF, 16 GA)
Away: 4-8-5 (17 GF, 32 GA)
Shootout (1996-99): 2-0; Overtime (2000-03): 0-0-4
Playoffs: 1-1-0; US Open Cup: 0-0-0; US Open Cup Play-In: 0-1-0
All-Time Scoring: San Jose - 51, New York- 48
New York Red Bulls Scouting Report
The New York Red Bulls return to Buck Shaw Stadium for the first time since San Jose hosted the first leg of an Eastern Conference Semifinal on Oct. 30, 2010. The 2012 MLS Cup Playoff qualifiers boast a potent attack with Designated Players Thierry Henry and Tim Cahill combining with offseason acquisitions Juninho and Fabian Espindola. The Red Bulls were involved in a thrilling 3-3 draw against the Portland Timbers during Week 1. Real Salt Lake incomers Espindola and Jamison Olave accounted for the scoring as New York jumped out to a 3-1 lead on the road, but the Timbers tallied twice in the second half to rally for a draw.
Last Game vs. New York Red Bulls
Earthquakes 2, New York Red Bulls 2; April 14, 2012; Red Bull Arena, Harrison, N.J.
The Earthquakes twice fell behind by a goal on the road, but fought back each time to earn a valuable 2-2 tie on the road against the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena. Chris Wondolowski continued his sterling play with a goal and an assist, while Rafael Baca also scored for San Jose. The Quakes fell behind early as Thierry Henry found Kenny Cooper in the box and Cooper finished past Earthquakes goalkeeper Jon Busch for a 1-0 lead. However, San Jose responded quickly with a great combination play. Wondolowski found Khari Stephenson on the right wing and Stephenson crossed it for Baca. Baca coolly hit the back of the net to even the game in the 15th minute. After Dax McCarty scored to put New York ahead a second time in the first half, San Jose again had a response. Steven Beitashour curled in a left-footed cross to the back post, where Shea Salinas slid to pull the ball back to the front of the goal. Wondolowski then headed the ball past Red Bulls goalkeeper Ryan Meara for his seventh goal of the season.
History of the Quakes - New York Red Bulls Rivalry
Traditionally, the home side has had the advantage in the all-time series between two of the 10 original MLS clubs from the league's inaugural 1996 season, when these teams were named the San Jose Clash and New York/New Jersey MetroStars ... The Earthquakes had a 10-game unbeaten streak against New York from Aug. 9, 1998-July 2, 2003, posting a 6-0-4 record during that stretch ... That 10-game unbeaten streak is the third-longest against a single opponent in San Jose club history ... New York and San Jose had a pair of classic shootouts in 2003 and 2004 ... On July 2, 2003, the Quakes and then-MetroStars tied 4-4 at Giants Stadium, with Landon Donovan tying the game in stoppage time ... The following year, the two teams combined for 10 goals in a 5-5 draw at Spartan Stadium on May 8 ... The two teams met in the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time on Oct. 30, 2010, at Buck Shaw Stadium in the first leg of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, as the Red Bulls won 1-0 on a goal by Joel Lindpere ... They faced off again on Nov. 4, 2010, and the Earthquakes defeated top-seeded New York at Red Bull Arena, 3-1, with Chris Wondolowski's 81st-minute goal assuring the Quakes of continuing their improbable postseason run that year in advancing 3-2 on aggregate to the Eastern Conference Championship ... Most recently, the Red Bulls took a 3-0 home decision last April 16, with the teams playing to an entertaining 2-2 draw at Stanford Stadium on July 2 in front of 41,028 spectators, the largest single-game crowd in club history ... With the league's unbalanced schedule in 2012, the two sides played just once, a 2-2 draw at Red Bull Arena on April 14.
Earthquakes Leaders vs. New York Red Bulls
Chris Wondolowski has two goals in eight match-ups overall with the Red Bulls, including one goal (in 2010) in five games as a member of the Quakes, and one goal (in 2009) in three games with the Dynamo ... Ramiro Corrales has three assists in 18 games against the Red Bulls as a Quakes player ... Steven Lenhart has two career goals in five games against New York, with one in four games as a member of the Columbus Crew, and one in his only appearance as a Quakes player on July 2, 2011 ... Khari Stephenson has one goal in three appearances against New York for the Quakes ... Steven Beitashour has one assist in one game ... Among two appearances against New York with FC Dallas, Marvin Chavez posted his only multi-goal MLS game to date, notching a brace in a 2-2 draw at Red Bull Arena on July 23, 2011 ... Jon Busch is 8-5-3 with four shutouts in his MLS career against New York, and 0-2-1 as the Quakes goalie.
New York Red Bulls Leaders vs. San Jose
Forward Thierry Henry has two goals and one assist in two career games against the Quakes ... Forward Kenny Cooper has four goals in five career games against San Jose, with two in three games with FC Dallas and two more in two matches with Portland a year ago ... Midfielder Joel Lindpere ahs two goals and one assist in four games for New York against the Quakes Midfielder Dane Richards has one goal and two assists in six games ... Defenders Jan Gunnar Solli and Teemu Tainio each have one assist in two games, while defender Roy Miller has one assist in four matches ... Rookie goalkeeper Ryan Meara has yet to appear against San Jose.
Earthquakes - New York Red Bulls Connections
San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch was born in Queens, N.Y., and San Jose defender Jason Hernandez was born in New York City, N.Y. ... Hernandez, who played at Seton Hall University (2001-04) in South Orange, N.J., which is less than six miles away from Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J., was selected by the MetroStars in the first round (No. 6 overall) of the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft, and appeared in three games for the club during the 2005 season ... Quakes defender and captain Ramiro Corrales played parts of three seasons for the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, appearing in 56 games with five assists from 1998-2000 ... Earthquakes midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy played for the Red Bulls from 2010-12, appearing in 51 games while scoring four goals and recording four assists ... Former Earthquakes defender and current Earthquakes Youth Development Academy technical director Chris Leitch had two stints in New York, one from 2003-05, and another from 2007-08 ... Earthquakes first round SuperDraft pick Tommy Muller (2009-12) and Red Bulls midfielder Ian Christianson (2009-12) played together for four years at Georgetown ... Earthquakes forward Mike Fucito, Red Bulls defender Kosuke Kimura and Red Bulls midfielder Eric Alexander played together in Portland in 2012 ... Earthquakes midfielder Marvin Chavez (2009-11), Red Bulls midfielder Dax McCarty (2006-10), Red Bulls defender Heath Pearce (2009-10) and Red Bulls midfielder Eric Alexander (2010-11) were teammates with FC Dallas.
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Reserve League: Earthquakes 0, Real Salt Lake 1
Real Salt Lake topped the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 in Reserve League play on Monday at the Earthquakes Training Facility in San Jose. Real Salt Lake (1-0-0, 3 pts.) put the lone goal on the board in the 42nd minute as Joao Plata found Devon Sandoval with an open look at the net. Sandoval slotted the ball past Earthquakes goalkeeper David Bingham for the game winner. San Jose (0-1-0) had a few chances in the second half including an opportunity in the 51st minute. Alexandre Gonzalez Emerson broke free down the sideline, beating his defender before firing a shot that sailed just wide. The Earthquakes return to Reserve League play on Monday, April 15 against the Portland Timbers at JELD-WEN Field.
Three Join San Jose's Roster
The Earthquakes announced a trio of acquisitions on Friday ahead of their game against Real Salt Lake. The group included rookie signings Adam Jahn and Tommy Muller as well as a trade with Seattle Sounders FC for Trinidadian Cordell Cato. Cato, 20, had one assist in eight appearances during his first MLS season in 2012 for Seattle. The Trinidad and Tobago native also scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 result for Sounders FC against the Earthquakes during U.S. Open Cup play in July. All told, the speedy Trinidadian had one goal and two assists in four U.S. Open Cup matches last year. Muller, 21, was San Jose's first round pick (No. 15 overall) in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. He captained a Georgetown squad that reached the 2012 NCAA College Cup Final in Hoover, Ala. The 5-foot-11 center back was a three-year starter, scoring four goals and recording four assists in 64 career appearances. He was an All-Big East Third Team selection in 2012. Jahn, 22, was a four-year starter for Stanford before the Earthquakes selected him in the first round (No. 15 overall) of the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft. The target man had 16 goals and 10 assists in 65 career appearances for the Cardinal. He was an All-Pac 12 and All-Far West Region selection as a junior in 2011 and a senior in 2012.
Debut Efforts
Four players made their Earthquakes debuts in a 2-0 loss against Real Salt Lake on Sunday. That list included starts from former Toronto FC defender Ty Harden and former Portland Timbers forward Mike Fucito. Midfielder Cordell Cato, previously of Seattle Sounders FC, came off the bench in the 79th minute to make his first San Jose appearance while rookie Adam Jahn took the field for the first time in his MLS career in the 83rd minute.
Rebound Performances
San Jose might have lost its first game of 2013, but history shows that the club is due for a rebound performance in Week 2. The Earthquakes are 4-2-2 all-time when playing their next match after losing a season opener. That stretch includes a 3-1-0 mark since the Earthquakes returned to MLS in 2008.
T-Mobile 4G Power Zone Back for 2013
The Earthquakes announced last week that they have teamed with T-Mobile for the second year in a row to create the "T-Mobile 4G Power Zone" at all home games for the 2013 season. The promotion will give fans the opportunity to purchase great seats for only $17 - a discount of $10 off the day-of-game price, the most affordable Earthquakes tickets available to the public. Through the agreement, T-Mobile has rebranded the Corner Flag Section 107 at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara as the "T-Mobile 4G Power Zone." For more information, visit www.sjearthquakes.com/tickets.
Quakes President Dave Kaval's Office Hours
Earthquakes President Dave Kaval's office hours will continue in 2013. Fans can drop by his office at 451 El Camino Real, Suite 201 in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesdays between 3 and 5 p.m. PT. Participants will be seen on a first come, first served basis. Be sure to read his blog, Kaval's Kickoff, exclusively at www.sjearthquakes.com, and follow him on Twitter at @QuakesPrez.
Season Tickets on Sale/Priority for New Stadium
Season tickets for the 2013 season at Buck Shaw Stadium are still available. By purchasing season tickets for the final season at Buck Shaw Stadium, fans can enter the queue for priority seating for the Earthquakes New Stadium. Season ticket holders are currently selecting their seats for the New Stadium. To purchase season tickets or for more information, please contact the Earthquakes headquarters at 408-556-7700.
Stanford Stadium Tickets Now on Sale
Ticket sales for the Quakes match at Stanford on June 29 against the LA Galaxy, presented by XFINITY, have started quickly with 10,000 tickets already sold following the initial week of sales. They can be purchased by visiting www.sjearthquakes.com or calling 800-225-2277. Groups of 10 or more should call the club's headquarters at 408-556-7700. Last year's match drew a capacity crowd of 50,391 for a 4-3 Earthquakes win against the Galaxy.
Wells Fargo Goals for Education
Wells Fargo has again pledged to donate $250 for each goal the Earthquakes score in 2013 through the Goals for Education program. The Earthquakes raised $18,000 in 2012 after scoring a club record 72 goals.
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Major League Soccer Stories from March 4, 2013
- Youth Update: Spring Openers - New England Revolution
- Earthquakes Weekly Update - San Jose Earthquakes
- Jay DeMerit Undergoes Successful Surgery - Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- Real Salt Lake Downs San Jose 1-0 in Reserve League Opener - Real Salt Lake
- Timbers Development Update - Portland Timbers
- Mike Magee Named MLS Player of the Week - Los Angeles Galaxy
- Galaxy Forward Mike Magee Earns Player of the Week Honors - MLS
- Chicago Fire Host Opening Night at Toyota Park Saturday vs. New England - Chicago Fire
- Whitecaps FC Prepare for Columbus Crew - Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- Chicago Fire Host 15th Annual Season Kickoff Luncheon - Chicago Fire
- Real Salt Lake Beats San Jose 2-0 in 2013 Season Opener - Real Salt Lake
- San Jose Earthquakes Fall 2-0 in 2013 Opener against Real Salt Lake - San Jose Earthquakes
- Three Goals for Magee Lead to Three Points for the Galaxy - Los Angeles Galaxy
- Brazilian defender Leonardo completes a stirring comeback - Los Angeles Galaxy
- Timbers Rally for Comeback 3-3 Draw against Red Bulls in Season - Portland Timbers
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Holiday shopping: 10 ways to wise up
Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, November 24, 2009
With unemployment rising and credit shrinking, it's more important than ever to spend wisely this holiday season.
From making a budget to saving on shipping, here are 10 ways to be a smart shopper.
1. Make a budget
Write down how much you will spend for each person on your list and add it up. If you can't afford the total, start crossing gifts or names off the list.
Rather than exchanging presents around the tree, is there something you can do with friends and family that will be remembered long after who gave what to whom? "Some families volunteer together, get outdoors, go caroling," says Gerri Detweiler, a personal finance adviser for Credit.com.
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Although some families might be offended by such a suggestion, "you might be pleasantly surprised," Detweiler says. More so than in years past, "people are willing to come clean and say we really can't afford to spend as much as we have."
Some families rein in spending by giving only to the kids. If you must trade presents with adults, pick names from a hat and set a dollar limit. "If you feel an irrepressible need to spend more than you can under the rules, do that privately on your own time, not at the family get-together," says Tod Marks, senior editor with Consumer Reports.
2. Stick to it
Keep a running total of everything you buy for each person, including online purchases, and when you hit your preordained limit, stop.
Even if you go over your limit, keeping the list will make you a more restrained spender than having no list at all. "It's like the difference between going to the grocery store when you're hungry versus after a big meal," says Bill Hampel, chief economist with the Credit Union National Association.
3. Cash only
A good way to prevent overspending is to put your budgeted amount into an envelope in cash and spend only from that. "When you see a big pile of money disappearing before your eyes, it imposes a discipline that is not readily apparent when you use a charge card," Marks says.
4. Debit cards
If it's not practical to use only cash, use a debit or ATM card but make sure your bank won't hit you with an overdraft fee if you accidentally exceed your balance. With many cards, "you can spend more than you have in your account, and when you do, it gets pretty expensive pretty fast," Detweiler says. The fee can be $35 to $40 for each purchase that exceeds your balance.
The Federal Reserve just announced new rules that will ban overdraft fees on ATM and debit-card transactions (except for recurring ones) unless consumers specifically opt in to an overdraft protection plan, but the new rules don't take effect until July 1.
5. Credit cards
If you do use credit cards, "stick to one or two cards," says Detweiler. "Double-check your interest rates on all your cards, that's a moving target these days. Use the card with the lowest interest rate for purchases you might have to stretch out for a couple months. Anything you can pay off in full, put on a rewards card. Before you leave for the mall, check your credit limit. Companies are slashing limits and they don't tell you until after the fact."
6. Gift cards
Gift cards "are among the most frequently purchased and most desired gifts that people give and get," says Marks. But a Consumer Reports survey found that 1 in 4 people who received a gift card last year had yet to spend it.
Gift cards make it easier to set an amount and stick to it. But 65 percent of recipients are spending more than face value when they redeem the cards. "They have to dig in their wallet for a gift you supposedly gave them," Marks adds.
If you use gift cards, make sure you and the recipient understand the fine print, including whether there are any fees paid to purchase the card, expiration dates, monthly inactivity fees and transaction fees.
7. Layaway lessons
With credit tight, layaway plans - where you pay for a product over time and take it home when it's paid for - are making a comeback. If you choose one, "make sure you get the refund policy in writing so you know what happens if you choose not to go through with the purchase, especially after you have made some payments," says Jack Gillis, a spokesman for the Consumer Federation of America. Also get in writing what will happen if the product is not available at the end of the payment plan or if the item goes on sale before you complete your purchase.
8. Return policies
If you purchase a real gift, make sure you and the recipient know the retailer's return policies, including the time limit, what documentation is needed, and whether the recipient can exchange for cash or merchandise.
9. Finding deals
Use the Internet to compare prices and search for discounts and coupon codes at sites like www.fatwallet.com and www.couponcabin.com. For more sites and holiday shopping tips, read Marks' blog at links.sfgate.com/ZIUA.
Marks points out that some retailers are posting coupon codes on their own sites.
Gillis warns that consumers should be aware of a "relatively sophisticated scam set up in connection with some retailers where you will be offered a $10-off coupon to buy something else. In a number of cases, what you are really doing is signing up for a monthly program and your credit card number is being transferred (from the retailer's site) to a separate company." The monthly program typically offers discounts sent to your e-mail address and costs $10 to $15 a month.
Ellen Cannon, managing editor of Bankrate.com, says that some retailers are using new media such as Facebook and Twitter to announce sales.
10. Save on shipping
Cannon says that hundreds of retailers will offer free shipping with delivery by Christmas Eve for orders placed on Dec. 17. For details, see freeshippingday.com.
Marks says many retailers offer free shipping every day or every few days during the holidays. If you sign up for e-mail alerts from companies you like, you will be target-marketed with free shipping and other deals.


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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Seth Curry scored 19 of his 22 points in the first half as No. 6 Duke opened a 20-point lead and sent Virginia Tech to its ninth consecutive loss, 88-56 on Thursday night.
Rasheed Sulaimon added 17 points and Mason Plumlee had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils (23-3, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) as they moved coach Mike Krzyzewski into sole possession of third place on the career list for victories at one school with 877.
He was tied with Adolph Rupp of Kentucky and is now two behind North Carolina's Dean Smith. Syracuse's Jim Boeheim leads with 910 victories.
BOX SCORE: No. 6 Duke 88, Virginia Tech 56
Erick Green, the nation's leading scorer with a 25.3 average coming in, led the Hokies (11-15, 2-11) with 22 points. C.J. Barksdale had a career-best 14 points and Cadarian Raines added 10, but no one else scored more than five as the Hokies shot just 43 percent and made only 1 of 16 3-point attempts.
Duke, meantime, buried the Hokies quickly with a 3-point barrage.
Curry had three 3s and Quinn Cook and Sulaimon also connected in an early 19-6 run, and after the teams swapped baskets, Curry capped a 15-3 burst for Duke with his fourth 3-pointer of the half.
BRACKET PREDICTION: Kansas hangs on to maintain No. 2 seed
That made the score 37-17 after 16 minutes, and Curry added a fifth 3 before halftime. Duke was 8 for 9 from behind the arc in the first 20 minutes. The Hokies, meantime, had 10 field goals, none of them 3s.
Duke finished 12 for 17 on 3-pointers and shot 53.6 percent (30 of 56) overall.
Coming off a 2-point loss at Maryland, the Blue Devils started fast in the second half, too, getting an inside basket by Josh Hairston, a baseline jumper from Cook and a 3 from Sulaimon to make it 55-30.
The Hokies never threatened again and Virginia Tech coach James Johnson pulled Green with just over 6 minutes to play and trailing 73-49. Krzyzewski followed with wholesale changes shortly thereafter.
The victory kept Duke solidly in second place in the ACC, two games ahead of North Carolina, N.C. State and Virginia.
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So, after a turbulent three-month battle with depression and anxiety, the clouds have parted, and I'm feeling GREAT. The meditation, vitamins, therapy, and very low dose of Gabapentin have been feeling more or less back to myself. Which is annoying for Francesco because he's like, "Oh My GOD! How do you have so much energy in the morning?" And I'm like, "Shh, Franny, I'm over here writing the mayor (again) about some shit that I think we need to change.
Also, I'd like to take this moment to thank my doctors. You guys, I have an incredible therapist and psychiatrist. And also, I'll never be skeptical of meditation again. THAT SHIT WORKS. I use an app called Headspace for ten minutes in the morning before I get my lazy ass out of bed. Seriously, try it. It's totally not just for hippies. Also, I'm reading a book right now that my therapist recommended called, The Body Keeps The Score. Really good, kind of intense, but incredibly interesting. Have any of you read it?
In other news, I'm on my way back to Italy to do some pretty epic things. I'm hoping to hook up with some of my old blogging pals (Girl In Florence, anyone?) and be AWESOME TOGETHER. In other, other news: Oliver crapped himself the other day and F and I got into a HUGE fight because I wasn't holding him "the right way," over the sink. I'm sorry, FRANCESCO, but what's the RIGHT WAY TO HOLD A SHIT STAINED POODLE? And how do you have so much experience in this area that you're somehow an expert? Seriously, I want to know. WE ALL WANT TO KNOW.
Things you can look out for in the future from me:
- The site is getting a pretty badass overhaul in a minute and I have a SURPRISE FOR ALL OF YOU THAT YOU WILL LOVE.
- More cooking videos from me and F that actually look professional and do not appear to be filmed by crack heads.
- A travel coffee table book of images I took in Italy along with tour information and anecdotes. I promise it will be funny and not at all stuffy.
- More shit from Dwayne. ONE DAY! ONE. DAY.
- MY MOTHER F#$&ING BOOK! I'm sorry, I get a ton of emails about this but it took me much longer to write it than I ever anticipated. It was hard, guys. Really hard.
- Tons more blog posts and travel stuff! I'm filling up my editorial calendar and you'll finally be seeing regular posts from me.
- A new blog! Well, many of you already read my other blog but that's getting an overhaul, too. It will be about my day-to-day life, travel, eco travel, and eco beauty. I think that some of you will be pretty into it. Now, I just need a new name. Ideas, anyone?
Also, I love you guys. Thanks for being patient. Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see in the comments below and I'll make sure to cover it!
Tanti Baci.