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European Commission
Brussels, 14 November 2012
Q&A Emissions Trading: Commission outlines two-step process to reform the European carbon market
- Questions related to the proposed change in time profile for auctions: questions 2 – 11
- Questions related to the Carbon Market Report: questions 12 – 16
1 What has the Commission presented today regarding the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS)?
The Commission has adopted a report on the state of the European carbon market which shows that the carbon market is faced with the build-up of a large surplus of allowances, mainly because of the economic crisis. Not only does the magnitude of the surplus affect the EU ETS up to 2020 and beyond, but the rapid build-up is also of concern in the short term, i.e. in the transition from phase 2 (2008-2012) to phase 3 (2013-2020).
The report launches a debate on structural measures to sustainably address this large surplus and sets out six options for measures which could do so.
The report also underlines the need for the draft amendment to the EU ETS Auctioning Regulation1 submitted by the Commission earlier this week as an immediate measure to tackle the rapid build-up of the surplus and improve the orderly functioning of the ETS. The amendment would postpone the auctioning of 900 million emission allowances from 2013-2015 to 2019-20120 (an approach known as 'back-loading'). The draft amendment has been sent to the EU Climate Change Committee, which has been invited to give its opinion before the end of the year.
In 2012 and 2013, in the transition from phase 2 to phase 3, there is a large increase in the supply of allowances, both those allocated for free and those to be auctioned. This is partly due to the inclusion of new sectors and gases, but the supply of allowances and international credits is also expected to increase temporarily due to a number of specific factors linked to the transition from phase 2 to phase 3.
Together with reduced emissions due to the economic crisis, this results in the supply of allowances exceeding demand, leading to a surplus of allowances in the market. This surplus will rapidly increase in the transition to phase 3, and this could hamper the orderly functioning of the market. Changing the 'auction time profile' by reducing the volume of allowances auctioned early in phase 3 and correspondingly increasing it later on addresses this imbalance in the short term.
A graphical presentation of the evolution of allowances and international credits can be found below. The exact final allocation of allowances and the volume of credits used are subject to some uncertainty.
3 How many allowances should be back-loaded in 2013-2015?
The draft amendment to the Auctioning Regulation would reduce the volume auctioned by 900 million over the first 3 years of phase 3 (2013-2015) and increase it by the same amount over the last two years of phase 3 (2019-2020). This compares with an auctioning volume up to 2015 of more than 3.5 billion if no action were taken.2
4 Will back-loading affect the total number of allowances auctioned in phase three?
No, the total number of allowances auctioned in phase three is not changed by the back-loading proposal. Only the distribution of auction volumes over the period would change, with fewer allowances auctioned early in the period and more auctioned late in the period than currently foreseen.
5 Why did the Commission not submit a higher or lower amount?
The Commission has analysed the impact of back-loading 400 million, 900 million and 1.2 billion allowances. The analysis is shown in the proportionate impact assessment accompanying the draft amendment.
A higher amount of 1.2 billion allowances was found to increase the risk of significant upward pressures on prices early on in phase 3 and of a corresponding decrease late in phase 3. A lower amount of 400 million allowances would not sufficiently rebalance supply and demand early in phase 3.
Back-loading 900 million allowances is expected to have a more proportional impact, temporarily leading to a better balance between supply and demand and resulting in a more gradual build-up of the structural surplus, thereby reducing the risk of market price volatility in the transition to phase 3.
6 Will the auction calendar for 2013 already take into account a reduced auction volume?
The auctioning calendar determines in detail the dates and volumes of auctions throughout a year. The initial auction calendar for 2013 will be determined without taking into account the proposed back-loading volume for 2013. Following the adoption of the amendment to the Auctioning Regulation that provides for the backloading, the auction platforms (EEX and ICE) will update the 2013 auction calendars, reducing the volume for the remainder of the year. The 2013 auction calendars are still in preparation as the amount of allowances handed out free of charge is not determined yet, which is one of the elements for the Commission's estimate of the amounts of allowances to be auctioned. The Commission expects that EEX and ICE will be able to publish 2013 auction calendars by early December.
7 Were stakeholders consulted about back-loading?
Yes, an online stakeholder consultation was organised from 25 July 2012 to 16 October 2012. Relevant documents and contributions from stakeholders on the consultation can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/clima/consultations/0016/index_en.htm
8 Is a change to the auction time profile not a market intervention?
The auction time profile is not decided in the primary legislation, i.e. the ETS Directive itself, but rather determined in the implementing legislation, i.e. the Auctioning Regulation. This means that the legislator saw merit in a more flexible decision-making process for the time profile, if deemed necessary, for example to address grave imbalances in exceptional circumstances. Changes to the auction time profile were therefore made possible in the Directive.
Using this limited flexibility should by no means be equated with market intervention. Furthermore this option still requires agreement through the Comitology process, involving Council and Parliament.
The Commission will use the option of changing the auction time profile only in exceptional circumstances, such as situations of artificial and large temporary imbalances. The present situation in the transition from phase 2 to phase 3 is one such circumstance, with supply outstripping demand not only due to lower than expected emissions but also because of regulatory aspects specific to the transition to phase 3.
9 Why has the Commission proposed a Council and Parliament Decision to clarify the ETS Directive and what is needed to adopt this Decision?
The Commission is proposing a change of the auction time profile for phase 3 allowances. This is done by amending the Auctioning Regulation. The Regulation has already been amended once to allow the early auctioning of 120 million phase three allowances in 2012, with a corresponding reduction of the volumes auctioned in 2013 and 2014 by 60 million allowances in each year.
In order to provide a high degree of legal certainty after such a change, the Commission considers it useful to amend the ETS Directive. This is done to clarify in explicit terms that, in order to ensure an orderly functioning of the carbon market, the Commission is in principle able to adapt the auction timetable in the Auctioning Regulation. This amendment of the Directive was proposed by the Commission on 25 July 2012 and Parliament and Council are invited to adopt it urgently. This would allow the Commission swiftly to adopt the amendment to the Auctioning Regulation once it has been approved through the Comitology procedure.
10 What does the change in timing of auction volumes mean for the carbon price and costs for ETS companies?
Impacts are expected to be limited. Without back-loading, market analysts project that allowance prices will fall early in phase 3. The proposed level of back-loading should prevent such a decrease in the short term as volumes auctioned are decreased, and should reduce prices in a limited manner when the auction volumes are increased later in phase 3. But it is not possible to determine with certainty the absolute impact of back-loading on carbon prices over time.
Changes in auction volume are not expected to influence prices beyond those assessed when the revised ETS Directive3 was adopted as part of the climate and energy package in 2009. Over the longer term, the impact of a back-loaded auction time profile is likely to be limited given that total quantities to be auctioned over the eight-year period do not change. Back-loading will delay the structural build-up of a surplus in the EU ETS but does not address it in a sustainable way.
Direct impacts early on in phase 3 are expected to be limited given that companies in the EU ETS which are exposed to global competition receive free allocation. Not only does the change in the auction time profile not affect the total amount of allowances to be auctioned, it also does not change the amounts of free allocation to these industries. Overall, in recent years these industries have received more free allowances than they have had emissions.
These are, however, aggregate estimates across all industries, and potentially there will be variations between sectors, companies and installations. Certain installations will still have to acquire allowances and will thus be affected. Electricity prices are also expected to increase compared to a situation with no back-loading, but this impact is also seen to be limited. This is partly because back-loading is expected to result in a stabilisation of prices compared to today's levels. Even if carbon prices temporarily increased, it is estimated that the impact on electricity prices would be limited compared to current average prices paid by industry.
11 What does the change in timing of auction volumes mean for Member States' auctioning revenues?
It is estimated that auctioning revenues for Member States would increase early on in phase 3 compared with a situation with no back-loading.
For instance, assuming that the price for allowances would fall to €5 without back-loading, a price of €7 with backloading would mean Member States lost no revenue.
12 What are the main elements of the Carbon Market Report?
The report shows that the EU ETS is a functioning market that has produced an EU-wide carbon price signal that influences daily operational and strategic investment decisions. In 2013 a major revision of the system's operational design will take effect, harmonising the procedures in the ETS across Europe and extending it to cover about half of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions.
Since the economic crisis unfolded in 2008 the ETS has experienced a surplus of allowances which by early 2012 had reached almost 1 billion. This surplus is expected to grow rapidly during the transition from phase 2 into phase 3 due to a number of regulatory provisions4. By the end of phase 3 in 2020 it could still be around 2 billion allowances.
The rapid build-up in the short term poses a real risk to the orderly functioning of the market. This is why the Commission has put forward the back-loading initiative. However, this short-term measure will not address the surplus in a sustainable manner. For this to happen, structural measures would need to be taken that impact on the balance of supply and demand in the ETS in a more permanent manner. The report sets out a non-exhaustive list of six options for structural measures on which the Commission welcomes stakeholders' views.
13 What are the six options for structural measures that the Carbon Market Report lists?
14 On what basis has the Commission identified the options presented?
The six options are representative of the very different ways that exist to address the structural surplus of allowances. The Commission has made the options concrete in order to allow for a focussed debate with stakeholders.
For instance the options look at:
15 Would structural measures apply before 2020?
Yes, but most structural measures would not be ready for deployment before the second half of phase 3. Some would have their full impact only in the next decade. The Commission will therefore also pay close attention to options for structural measures in its work to prepare a climate and energy policy framework for 2030.
16 What are the next steps regarding the Carbon Market Report?
The Commission will actively engage with stakeholders to collect their views on options that would structurally strengthen the ETS. It will shortly launch a formal stakeholder consultation process.
17 What does the proposed two-step approach mean for investment decisions?
Carbon prices are an important element when making investment decisions. They give an EU-wide price signal which can incentivise low carbon investments. The ETS is designed to be technology neutral, cost-effective and fully compatible with the internal energy market.
Rebalancing supply and demand in the carbon market in the short term through back-loading is intended to increase market confidence in the ETS as the key instrument to ensure a gradual low-carbon transformation of the EU economy over the medium and long term. It will partly address stakeholder concerns that the current market situation could potentially lead to a fragmentation of instruments, with some Member States developing national and even sub-national policies at the expense of the transparency that the ETS provides. The electricity sector is for instance a stakeholder supportive of the present decisions in order to facilitate investment decisions in low carbon technologies, including looking at further structural measures.
However, only the deployment of a structural measure would sustainably tackle the over-supply of ETS allowances and thus ensure investor certainty.
See also the IP/12/1208
Commission Regulation (EU) 1031/2010 (consolidated version):
Including aviation allowances and 300 million allowances to fund the NER300 programme. This does not take into account any potential reductions in auctioning of allowances for those Member States that would transitionally continue to allocate free allowances to their electricity sector.
Directive 2009/29/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32009L0029:en:NOT
For more information see MEMO "Q&A Emissions Trading: Commission prepares to change the time profile for auctions of emission allowances", 25 July 2012.:MEMO/12/600
Decision No 406/2009/EC on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020.
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If there is no logging mechanism, then if there's a goof-up in a production environment, you have absolutely no idea what went wrong. The only thing which a support developer can do in this case is to reproduce the issue at the developer end, which sometimes work and sometimes don't.
In a Lamp stack (PHP environment), logs are being generated at many places. Apache creates its logs, PHP creates its logs and MySQL also creates its logs. You can get a lot of information from these logs, especially when there are errors. The problem with these logs is that they are server-specific rather than application-specific, so they would not log anything specific to the application.
Application logs are very important, and they must be implemented in even trivial applications. Some of the very basic reasons for which an application log is important are debugging during development, troubleshooting in a production environment, gathering statistics, fixing security loopholes, and so forth.
Basically, application logs can be divided into the following categories.
Trace logs: Trace logs are for troubleshooting. They contain the traces of what was executed when from which page and line. So trace logs are meant for developers and can be technical in nature. An example would look like this:
02:49:06 05/07/08 [critical] 1210108746 Could not create instance with dsn mysql://:@/ C:xampphtdocsicore4includeISms.class.php 43 superadmin
In this log the values are in the following order: server time, date, priority, timestamp, log message, filename, line number and the user who issued this.
Audit logs: Audit logs keep track of logins and logouts of the users. This helps in security breaches.
User logs / History: User logs are meant for end user consumption. These logs are not for troubleshooting and generally don't have priority attached to them. They serve as a history for the application. These logs should not be technical in nature. A typical example for this would be:
02:49:06 05/07/08 A new user foo was created by superadmin
{mospagebreak title=Basic Design}
Before we move on to how we can implement logs, let's take a look at what should be the basic design consideration for logs.
File system or database: To store logs, a database as well as a file can be used. The disadvantage with using a database is that the write time is longer, causing an undue load on the database server. The disadvantage with a file system is that the read and searching time is longer than the database server.
The advantage of using a database server is better organization of the logs and better sorting, searching and display capability. So, the rule of thumb is that if the logging is being done excessively, then use a file system to log it; otherwise, you can use a database. Generally, trace logs are more frequently logged, so it would be a good idea to log them to a file system. Audit logs and user logs can be logged to a database.
Priority: There should be an option for logging according to the priority, and this priority should be configurable. Sometimes logging slows the application. In that case, there should be an option of restricting the logs to higher priority issues or stop the application from logging altogether.
Size limit: There should be an option to restrict the total size of the logs, otherwise they may flood the disk (in the worst case). I have seen one application which only had an option to restrict the logs by the number of days — i.e., you could have logs for 1 day , 2 days … n days. This application always had this problem in which it would flood the disk with logs and slow the application, because sometimes even when using a one-day window, gigabytes of logs would get created. So there has to be a configurable upper size limit if you're using a file system and a maximum number of rows if you're using a database to contain the total size of logs.
Log file location: The log file location should be configurable, because in some cases you want the log to be in other drives or some location which is other than the install location.
Timestamp: Log messages must contain a timestamp even though they contain the server date time. In some cases you will need to compare the logs of two application instances whose server time could be different from each other.
{mospagebreak title=Trace Logs}
Now that we've completed the design considerations, let's see how we can implement trace logs for an application. PHP provides a native function to log necessary information: error_log, but it is very basic and lacks a few of the basic design features we discussed above.
What we will do is write our MyLog class using the Pear Log. Writing our own class will give us the flexibility to append and prepend strings to the log message centrally.
The MyLog class's definition looks like this:
*********************** MyLog.php***************************
* MyLog -> This class is subclass of pear::log
require_once 'Log.php' ; // pear Log class
class MyLog
var $logger = Null ; // Log class singleton instance
function MyLog() // constructor
global $myGlobal ;
$conf = array('mode' => 0600, 'timeFormat' => '%X %x');
$this->logger = &Log::singleton('file', $myGlobal['log']['logfile'], ", $conf, $myGlobal['log']['level']);
} // end of function MyLog
* @desc logs to the specified file
* @param
* below are the valid levels , always use nos for specifying log levels
0 System is unusable
1 Immediate action required
2 Critical conditions
3 Error conditions
4 Warning conditions
5 Normal but significant
6 Informational
7 Debug-level messages
function writelog($logmsg, $priority=7, $file_name = "" , $line_no = "")
global $myGlobal ;
// Check the current file size
// we have two log files -> trace.last.log ang trace.log
// both of these should not be greater than specified size limit
// suppose specified size limit is 100 MB
// in this case if trace.log (current log file) increases more than 50 MB
// trace.last.log is deleted , trace.log is renamed to trace.log.last and
// a new trace.log is created for logging
$lsize = filesize ( $myGlobal['log']['logfile'] ) ; // in bytes
$fsize = $lsize/2 ;
if ($lsize >= $myGlobal['log']['size'] *1024*1024/2){ // exceeded the limit
// delete if there's already some old file like .last
unlink($myGlobal['log']['logfile']."last") ;
// rename the current log file to filenaame.last.log
rename($myGlobal['log']['logfile'], $myGlobal['log']['logfile'].".last") ;
// prepend the log message with unix timestamp
$logmsg = mktime()." ".$logmsg ;
// append file name and line no
$logmsg .= " ".$file_name ;
$logmsg .= " ".$line_no ;
//append user login
$logmsg .= " ".$_SESSION[current_login_id] ;
$this->logger->log($logmsg, $priority) ;
// mail logs if required
if ($priority <= $myGlobal['log']['email_level'] ){
// send email
$this->sendemail($logmsg, $priority) ;
function sendemail($logmsg, $priority) // implementation for sending notification through mail
// implement yourself
* Destructor
function _MyLog()
if ($this->_opened) {
{mospagebreak title=Code Explained}
Here, we used a custom class MyLog which uses Pear::Log package (http://pear.php.net/package/Log/) through aggregation.
We used MyLog because we might want to further customize the class according to our logging needs; in fact, we did.
We used a global variable to configure several parameters; this global variable could be your application's global variable. The variables are:
$myGlobal['log']['logfile'] : specifies the log file location like "f:trace.log"
$myGlobal['log']['level'] : specifies the log level above which the logging should be done. The levels are :
0 System is unusable
1 Immediate action required
2 Critical conditions
3 Error conditions
4 Warning conditions
5 Normal but significant
6 Informational
7 Debug-level messages
These levels are from Pear::Log library.
$myGlobal['log']['size']: specifies the total log size. For example if you specify 32, it means 32 Mb can be the total size of the log files. Our class works by making two files of 16 MB each; once the second file nears completion, it deletes the first one. In this way, continuity is maintained in the logs.
$ myGlobal ['log']['email_address'] = 'email@example.com' : critical log messages will be sent to this mail id.
$ myGlobal ['log']['email_level'] = 1: log level above which (inclusive) the messages will be mailed to the email_address specified above.
In the application, you will have to invoke the MyLog instance before using it:
// logging object
$objMyLog = new MyLog() ;
Now, with this object you can log information in the application anywhere. Do make sure that the scope of this instance is global.
// logging in a script
$GLOBALS['objMyLog']->writelog("Could not create instance with dsn $dsn", 2, __FILE__, __LINE__) ;
In this statement the first argument is the log message; the second argument is the priority, which is 2 here; and the third and fourth arguments are filename and line number respectively.
{mospagebreak title=The writelog() function}
Now, I will walk you through the MyLog :: writelog() function briefly. Once the instance invokes this function with arguments, the function will write the message to the log file specified. But before that it goes through the following steps:
Check the total log file size: see the code snippet for logic and implementation.
Prepend the log message with unix timestamp:
$logmsg = mktime()." ".$logmsg ;
Append file name and line no to the log message :
$logmsg .= " ".$file_name ;
$logmsg .= " ".$line_no ;
Append user login to the log message :
$logmsg .= " ".$_SESSION[current_login_id] ;
Log the message through Pear::Log::log function
$this->logger->log($logmsg, $priority) ;
Send any email if required :
if ($priority <= $myGlobal['log']['email_level'] ){
// send email
$this->sendemail($logmsg, $priority) ;
Application level logging is very important and should be adapted to the application. There are no hard and fast rules for how to implement them. Furthermore, logging is an overhead to the application, so it should be implemented in a way which costs the least and is able to give you most of the important information.


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Matt Kemp hit a homer and Clayton Kershaw threw eight dominant innings as the LA Dodgers cruised to a 6-1 victory over the visiting Houston Astros on Saturday, August 13, 2011. The stadium roared for their Dodgers success but, inside a private suite with a perfect view of the victorious game, Alyssa Milano's guests laughed and cheered in celebration of Baby Bugliari. The co-ed gathering of David and Alyssa's closest friends and family included a stadium-catered lunch (Dodger Dogs included!), an arts and crafts table and tons of customized kitsch to welcome the couple's first-born son.
Hosted by Alyssa's mother Lin and best friend Alaa, the luxury stadium suite was decorated in all things baby. A giant Dodger-blue ribbon on the suite's door invited guests into a room full of grandiose balloon bouquets by Balloon Celebrations and exquisite floral arrangements by Empty Vase. The decoration's centerpiece was a tall-standing glass vase full of underwater orchids and baseballs that whimsically plumed into a display of roses and, of course, more baseballs. Shower-goers arrived in their best game attire and proudly wore "Baby Bugliari" medals while sipping champagne, crafting, and catching up with the glowing mother-to-be. Alyssa looked beautiful in a Dodger-blue maxi dress, happily showing off her baby bump and welcoming her company as a gracious hostess. Friends and family gathered around her to share stories and decorate "labor beads" with words of encouragement for the mother (and sometimes the father!) in the delivery room. Each handcrafted bead was then strung together like a rosary of love from those excited to meet her baby boy.
Guests, themselves, were showered with goodies including Dodgers-decorated cupcakes by Crumbs, custom-wrapped chocolate bars by Tillman Sweets, gold-plated vintage baseball charms, and beautiful blue candles engraved with the baby's initials by Carved Solutions. In return for the soon-to-be-born baby's hospitality, guests had the opportunity to scrapbook well wishes, first hellos and thank you's into what will be Baby Bugliari's first official book. In fact, shower invitations were sent with a request for guests to forgo traditional gifts, and to bring their favorite childhood book instead. The result was a collection of both hilarious and heart-warming shared memories among friends.
As the Dodgers win became apparent, and in a moment of appreciation for the afternoon, Alyssa's visiting cousin turned to the baby's grandfather, Mr. Milano, and said, "Now all we need is a foul ball hit into our suite." And then…moments later…a ball came soaring into the suits and was caught by a neighboring fan. Looks like Baby Bugliari is good luck for the team, we can't wait to meet him!
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US bank approves ripped-up credit card application
Follow the money
A US man who sent in a torn up, and taped back together, credit card application as an experiment to see whether he needed to shred his applications has received a credit card. Rob Cockerham used his father's address and his mobile (as opposed to land line number) when making an application for a JP Morgan Chase credit card.
A spokesman for Chase described the experiment as an internet prank. He insisted that Chase takes fraud seriously and pointed out that the bank was obliged to process credit applications, whatever condition they are received in. Applications that arrive in damaged form are transferred to an electronic format, he told MSNBC. Common sense would suggest that a taped up application would arose suspicion if handled by a human but Chase maintains Cockerham's application was properly approved, presumably because the details of the address he gave referred to a previous residence.
It's easy to imagine a fraudster submitting a torn up application but from the point of view of credit card companies, if not consumers, the risk is worth it, as net security guru Bruce Schneier points out.
"All other costs and problems of identity theft are borne by the consumer; they're an externality to the credit card company. They don't enter into the trade-off decision at all," Schneier writes. "We can laugh at this kind of thing all day, but it's actually in the best interests of the credit card industry to mail cards in response to torn-up and taped-together applications without doing much checking of the address or phone number. If we want that to change, we need to fix the externality." ®
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by Tom Utescher
Mount St. Joseph Academy opened last Thursday's home volleyball match against Strath Haven High School with a 25-20 win, and in each of the next three games the Magic were no more than two points away from victory. However, the visiting Panthers were able to rebound in those last three rounds, winning two of them at 26-24, and then taking the fourth game, 25-23, to clinch a 3-1 match victory and go 17-2 on the season.
The Magic did close out the week in a strong position in Catholic Academies play, though, having completed a season sweep of Gwynedd Mercy on Tuesday to reach double figures in the win column, at 10-1. The Mount lost to AACA co-leader Villa Maria by a 3-1 count in early September, but avenged that defeat on October 1, winning 3-2 over the Hurricanes.
After league play wraps up this week, the Magic should move into the District 1 Class AAA tournament (most other ACAA teams are in the double-A category), and that means they will be seeing more of teams like Strath Haven. Recently, the Mounties have been preparing for this by playing some strong non-league opponents, although the results haven't been what they'd hoped for. On October 5 they fell to Lehigh Valley power Allentown Central Catholic, and a day after the Strath Haven match the Magic succumbed to Lansdale Catholic, ending the week at 13-4 overall.
Thursday was Senior Day at the Mount, and before starting up with Strath Haven, the team celebrated the careers of Samantha Burns, Samantha Eberle, Liz McKernan, Moira Mulholland, and twins Caroline and Elizabeth Zakrzewski.
The Magic looked good out of the gate, building an early lead that forced the Panthers to call a time-out as they trailed, 13-7. With two kills and a scoring tip by junior middle Sarah Thomas, the Mounties had their guests doubled up at 16-8, but then Strath Haven battled back within a point at 16-15, helped along by some MSJ errors.
The score seesawed to 17-16, then the Magic collected five of the next eight points, benefitting from multiple miscues by their guests, as well as a tip by Mulholland and a hit by Elizabeth Zakrzewski. The Panthers picked up a point for a side-out, but then sent their subsequent serve into the net for a 23-20 tally. Game point arrived when the visitors hit a ball out over the baseline, and the Mount clinched the game when the Panthers were unable to return a serve by sophomore Alex Uzzo.
It was the Magic who got into a hole as game two got underway. They fell behind four points, tied the game at 9-9, but later found themselves down 20-15. They steadied themselves, and the visitors began to make mistakes, serving and hitting the ball out-of-bounds or into the net. Thomas and Uzzo recorded kills along the way as the Magic moved ahead, 23-22.
After an exchange of points, Mount St. Joe was just one point away from going up 2-0 in the match, but was called for a double hit on the next sequence. Strath Haven's big banger, senior outside Bridget Scott, thumped the ball for a 25-24 edge, then a successful block put the game away for the guests, 26-24.
Strath Haven's skillful blocking would cause a problem for the Mounties all afternoon, and far too often the Magic hit the ball straight into the outstretched arms of their opponents.
Getting a 5-0 jump in the third game, the Mount stayed in the lead until Strath Haven eventually pulled even at 18-all. After MSJ edged ahead again, the Panthers called time-out when they were down 21-19, and again when they trailed 23-20. A hit by Scott, a tip by Brianna Fischer, and a Mount hit out past the baseline leveled the score at 23-23.
A cross-court hit by junior Jess Tyrrell got the Mount to the brink of game point, but the hosts didn't score again. Panthers senior Alice Roberts rode to the rescue with back-to-back hits, then scored on a tip to give 'Haven another 26-24 win, and a 2-1 lead in the match.
Midway through the fourth round, the Magic were up 15-10, but as in the previous game, the visitors caught up at 18-18 and it was a pitched battle from there. A 4-1 spurt for the hosts began with a hit by Mulholland. MSJ freshman Jacey Abdalla sent over a serve that Strath Haven couldn't return, but her next attempt went out of bounds. Following another Mulholland drive, Caroline Zakrzewski tipped the ball over a Panther block to make it 22-19.
The visitors ran off four straight points, on two kills by Fischer and one by Roberts, which were followed by an effective block. An error by each team brought up match point for Strath Haven at 24-23, and from the outside left spot Roberts hit crosscourt to score off an MSJ block.


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Google's Barra Gets the Heck Out of Dodge
Aug 29, 2013 5:10 PM PT
Google executive Hugo Barra, one of the leading public faces for Android, has left for up-and-coming Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi.
"In a few weeks, I'll be joining the Xiaomi team in China to help them expand their incredible product portfolio and business globally -- as Vice President, Xiaomi Global," Barra announced. "I'm really looking forward to this new challenge and am particularly excited about the opportunity to continue to help drive the Android ecosystem."
Barra will be responsible for Xiaomi's international business development and Android strategic partnerships, the company tweeted.
It's not clear just why Barra is leaving Google, but it is widely rumored that he was on the wrong side of a love quadrangle involving his former girlfriend Amanda Rosenberg, marketing manager for Google Glass, and company cofounder Sergey Brin, who reportedly has taken up with Rosenberg and split with his wife, Anne Wojcicki.
Barra's departure will further weaken Android, which is reeling from the news that Samsung and HTC are looking aggressively at other platforms, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times.
What's a Xiaomi?
Xiaomi, which designs, develops and sells Android smartphones and apps, as well as other consumer electronics, reportedly controlled 4 percent of the Chinese market in the second quarter.
It reportedly sold 7 million handsets last year, and is looking to move 20 million this year, up from its previously set target of 15 million.
Following a round of fundraising in May, Xiaomi had a market valuation of US$10 billion -- on par with Lenovo and almost twice BlackBerry's $5.5 billion valuation that month.
Xiaomi is reportedly one of the hottest smartphone brands in China, with crowds of fans eager to buy its products, much like Apple enthusiasts in the U.S. Pre-orders for new products apparently are filled almost instantly.
All Xiaomi products are sold online -- the company has no brick-and-mortar stores. They are made at Foxconn, a high-profile iPhone manufacturer.
Xiaomi is widely believed to be modeling itself after Apple, integrating hardware and software. Although cofounder Lei Jun seems to be cultivating a comparison to Apple's legendary CEO Steve Jobs, he maintains his company is different.
"I wouldn't necessarily say they portray themselves as the Apple of China," Jeff Orr, a senior practice director at ABI Research, told the E-Commerce Times.
"It may look at some of the attributes that made Apple successful, but some of the discussions I've seen say it's modeled after a restaurant and another company that's not high-tech," Orr continued.
Barra's New Barrio
Barra should fit right in at Xiaomi. Lin Bin, its president and cofounder, was formerly a senior Google executive in China. Other staffers used to work at Google, Microsoft and Motorola. Bin himself worked at Microsoft prior to his Google stint.
Xiaomi takes an unorthodox approach to sales. For example, in December, it reportedly sold devices directly from Sina Weibo, which is China's leading microblogging platform with 400 million members. That was claimed to have netted 50,000 sales in five minutes and 1.3 million additional preorders.
Xiaomi has also generated intense customer loyalty by incorporating user feedback into the design of new products and Android skins. It reportedly releases a new version of MIUI, its customized Android skin, weekly.
The company plans to expand to Hong Kong and Taiwan in the near future, and might add five other markets next year, CEO Lei Jun announced in May. It will pick the easiest markets to penetrate.
Deconstructing Xiaomi
Xiaomi is widely perceived as selling low-cost smartphones that are knockoffs of the iPhone in terms of design. Its business philosophy appears to be generating high turnover at low profit margins.
"There's a need in China to have a brand perception that resonates with why people should take pride in a locally developed product," ABI's Orr said. "Xiaomi is starting to have success in that area."
Barra "will likely increase the quality of the end offering and emulate, to some degree, Google's road map," Enderle said. "He brings to Xiaomi knowledge of how to manage an OS and a smart platform."


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In many ways, Heather Barlow is a typical 23-year-old young woman. She's passionate about her education and is pursuing a double major in political science and anthropology at Rhode Island College. She works as a retail manager at Ocean State Job Lot. But she's also going blind.
At age 18, Barlow was diagnosed with dry macular degeneration; a genetic disorder that would eventually rob her of her vision.
The news was devastating, and for five years, Barlow has visited specialist after specialist as her sight gradually worsened.
But the diagnosis wasn't entirely somber: dry macular degeneration can be treated, whereas wet macular degeneration cannot. The difference between the two lies in the growth of new blood vessels growing where they're not supposed to, which is what happens in the wet form. Dry macular degeneration is a result of the thinning and aging of eye tissue, which results in pigment deposits that cause blind spots.
A recent trip to the DMV turned into a life-changing experience when Barlow was told she hadn't passed the eye exam, and therefore couldn't renew her license. It was then that Barlow knew she was rapidly nearing the point of losing her vision completely.
"I like to be independent," she said. "And all of a sudden, I can't drive."
Her condition baffled doctors; they were used to seeing this condition in people three times Barlow's age. Barlow has been wearing glasses since the age of 10, and said macular degeneration runs in her family. Over the years, Barlow said her vision worsened, but she remained positive she wouldn't face the same vision problems members of her family had.
"The worst part is going blind," she said. "Having something and taking it away, that's horrible."
After consulting with specialists in Boston and Rhode Island, Barlow began doing her own research. What she discovered was a fairly new treatment involving the injection of adult (non-embryonic) stem cells into optical tissues. The treatment had been proven effective in many cases but is not Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in the U.S.
One day, Barlow received a phone call from Steven Levy, an American doctor who invited her to be a part of a group of patients to be treated in Vienna, Austria.
"Of course I was interested," said Barlow. "I didn't want to lose any more of my eyesight."
Barlow had never had surgery before, and was nervous, especially since it involved multiple locations of her body.
The stem cells would be injected behind her eyes, but they would be taken initially from bone marrow within her hip. When stem cells are taken from an adult donor, or from within the own person's body, they are referred to as "adult" stem cells, versus the controversial embryonic stem cells taken from fetuses.
Barlow arrived in Vienna on May 26 and flew back to the U.S. on June 6. Her surgery only took a few hours, but her hospital stay lasted three days. When she awoke from the surgery, her eyes were crusted together and swollen. Eventually, she was able to open them and look in the mirror.
"I was really scared," she said. "Both eyes were really puffy and bright red. My eyelashes were falling off; I looked like I had my eyes tattooed."
The redness Barlow saw in the mirror was the stem cells. The dissipation of the redness, she explained, means that the stem cells are being absorbed.
Since the operation, the redness has been gradually receding, and the sclera is returning to its normal color: white. Barlow said her vision seems to be improving, and doctors will monitor her progress for six months. Barlow believes her recovery will be partially psychological, too.
"If you think there's a chance it will improve, it probably has," she said.
For now, Barlow is wearing eyeglasses with her weakest prescription. She hasn't gotten her license back yet, but she's confident that will come in time.
Barlow's parents were extremely supportive, and even cashed in a CD to pay the $30,000 for the trip and procedure. Of course, the treatment would have been cheaper without the expenses of traveling to Austria, and Barlow is now advocating for the life-changing procedure to get clearance in the U.S.
"I wish there was something I could do so that more people have the opportunities to help themselves," she said.
Barlow plans to attend a convention in Florida in December to speak about the benefits of stem cell therapy. She will be frequenting Florida to participate in more research and studies following her treatment.
The cost of all of her exams, doctor's visits, trips, vitamins and surgeries totals in the tens of thousands. Barlow said she is grateful to her parents for their emotional and financial support, and is also happy she can continue to work and pursue her college degree.


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Champions is a Children's Miracle Network Hospitals program that brings attention to the important work being done at its 170 children's hospitals. It does this by honoring 51 remarkable kids who have faced severe medical challenges, and helping them tell their stories.
The Champions program designates a child in every state who has bravely battled a serious injury or illness. The Champions represent the nearly 17 million children treated at Children's Miracle Network Hospitals every year. The 2011 Champions have dealt with a wide variety of injuries and illnesses including genetic diseases, organ transplants and traumas, as well as various types of cancer.
The Champions travel for a week in October, first to Washington, D.C., where they traditionally meet with their state senators on Capitol Hill, and the President of the United States during a visit to the White House. They then take a private chartered flight, provided by Delta Air Lines, to Orlando, Fla. There, champions meet Children's Miracle Network Hospitals sponsors, hospital representatives and media partners who all convene to celebrate a year of medical miracles during the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Celebration event at Walt Disney World Resort.


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Jacks Extend Win Streak to Five
BROOKINGS, SD -- Things didn't start well for the South Dakota State volleyball team on Friday in the first match of the Jackrabbit Invitational, but after falling into an 0-2 hole against Green Bay, the Jackrabbits fought back to beat the Phoenix in the final three sets to take the match 3-2, in front of a lively crowd of 543.
"I think Green Bay came out and played well those first two sets, they definitely controlled the tempo of the match," head coach Phil McDaniel said. "But in sets three, four and five, we were able to make some blocking adjustments and were able to refocus as a group on the game plan that we put in place before the match."
The Jacks fifth straight win, by the set scores of 24-26, 23-25, 25-19, 25-17 and 15-7, boosts their record to 7-2 on the season, while the visiting Phoenix fall to 3-5.
Kaitlin Klingemann led the Jackrabbit offense with 18 kills on the night, adding five block assists, for the Jacks, who won the blocking battle 15-10. Kelli Fiegen finished with 14 kills and a match-high eight block assists. Kelly Herrmann came up a kill shy of a double-double, finishing with nine to go along with her 22 digs and five block assists.
Shay Birath led the Jacks with 31 digs and Margit Hansing added 15 digs and seven kills in the win.
Carmen Leitermann led the Phoenix with 18 kills, Monica Anderson added 16 and Leah Van Zeeland 10 kills and 20 digs for one of two double-doubles in the match. The other one went to Green Bay setter Leah Poel, who posted a match-high 46 assists, adding 12 digs.
The teams played to 14 ties and four lead changes in the first set, but it looked like the Jacks would squeak out the win when they went up 24-22, with two tries at set point, but the Phoenix closed the set on a 4-0 run to go up 1-0 in the match.
The momentum on their side, the Phoenix jumped out to an early 11-4 lead in the second set. The Jacks kept fighting back, but couldn't quite close the gap. They did get within a point three times late in the set, but fell just short at 25-23.
In a 2-0 hole to start the third set, SDSU turned things around in a hurry. They didn't get their first lead in the set until they went up 4-3, but they never trailed after that, not only in the set, but also in the rest of the match.
SDSU opened the fourth set on a 6-0 run, and cruised to a 25-17 win. The fifth set started with a 9-2 run and never let up in completing the comeback with a 15-7 win.
Green Bay moves on to face Bradley on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Frost Arena, and then the Jackrabbits close the tournament against Bradley at 7 p.m.
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National Geographic Adventure Magazine ...says the Montana mountain town Bozeman is a best city in the US for the adventurer to start a family: National Geographic rates Bozeman, Montana in the top three of its United States Adventurer Cities.
In the October 2009 National Geographic issue, which came out the week of September 13, 2009, the magazine mentions Bozeman's biking and hiking trail system; its proximity to Bridger Bowl and Big Sky snowboard and ski resorts; the Bridger, Gallatin, Beartooth, and Madison Ranges; and Yellowstone Park, the 2.2-million-acre National Park Ulysses S. Grant created in 1872.
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National Geographic's reasons for the accolade also include Bozeman's award-winning public schools and the impact Montana State University has on Bozeman's overall culture.
Add to all this the area's world-class kayaking and fly-fishing streams and rivers and you have the makings of another of the great American outdoor towns.
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Not to be a downer, but more and more I feel like open relationships are an inevitability. I've let go of the dream of soul mates and falling in love forever, but I think I may need to let go of the dream of monogamy too. It's not that it can't happen, but it just doesn't seem like we're programmed that way. It'll take some recalibrating on my generations part, but maybe it'll be easier if it's taught at a younger age. There certainly would be less disappointment. I guess I've always been curious about sexuality from a primal perspective. What are our natural instincts? What are we internally programmed to want and do? When you remove societal pressures and norms, were we really ever supposed to mate for life?
It's not a lot, but this video at least debunks the theory that much of the animal kingdom mates for life and that it's not just a human thing to do:
Animals aside, what are your thoughts on monogamy? Do you think it's possible to be monogamous and still be satisfied? Let us know in the comments below.


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MWC 12: Lots of industry support for NVIDIA DirectTouch
Subject: General Tech, Mobile, Shows and Expos | February 24, 2012 - 06:18 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: nvidia, DirectTouch, MWC 12
As a part of their Tegra 3 product, NVIDIA embedded the ability to control some of the touchscreen processing onto the CPU. The offloading allows for increased power efficiency by reducing the number of powered components as well as increased touch responsivity. Atmel, Cypress, and Synaptics are three leading touch-controller companies who join N-Trig, Raydium, and Focaltech in supporting the DirectTouch architecture.
Touchy subject, I know -- but...
Advancements in touch technology are definitely welcome especially when the words power efficiency or responsiveness are involved. Both NVIDIA and Intel have been looking for ways to reduce the number of electronics behind your phone or tablet. The less required to do the most the better we are. It is great to see NVIDIA taking the lead in innovation when it is needed the most.
While I do not mean to rain upon NVIDIA's bright blue skies -- I must make a note. Despite the precision brought by high sample rate, there does appear to be quite a bit of latency between where his finger is and where the touch is reported. I would be curious to see where that latency occurs.
Of course this issue probably has nothing to do with NVIDIA. Videogames, particularly on consoles, are known to have latencies floating up to 100ms as the input device does not influence the frames being rendered often enough. The latency could come in from the touch device itself, from the software, the operating system, and/or whatever else.
We do not know where the latency occurs, but I expect that whoever crushes it will have a throne awaiting them somewhere in Silicon Valley.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Still alive and rocking is Loud City, the Roaracle, a classic in the Garden and while it's not old Chicago Stadium, the United Center crowd takes no prisoners.
Moving up the list of loudest NBA playoff arenas, if not yet documented as one of the toughest to snare a road win: The Grindhouse.
Otherwise known by its corporate moniker, the FedExForum, The Grindhouse is unlike the romper rooms of Chesapeake Arena, aka Loud City, in Oklahoma City, and Golden State's Oracle Arena, redubbed Roaracle for its altered game-day state of delirium.
The Memphis Grizzlies' home gym didn't derive its horror-flick nickname from the deafening screams of a zealous fandom. The Grindhouse was born from the team's sweat-and-blood, grit-n-grind style and bequeathed by Memphis guard Tony Allen, the ultimate grit-n-grind Grizzly.
Yet, with each passing playoff game and series — just ask the hated Los Angeles Clippers — The Grindhouse name has also become representative of the team's fans and the atmosphere they create inside the joint. There was a time when crowds only packed the Forum for their beloved University of Memphis basketball.
Ever-so-slowly, that is changing. Memphis' roster, with players like Allen, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley and Marc Gasol, who attended high school in the city when his brother Pau Gasol led the first playoff Grizz teams, as well as coach Lionel Hollins are also emblematic of this Southern city and its citizens, making it an easy team for the people to identify with and appreciate as their own.
As a former Memphis Tigers assistant coach said this week of this town on the banks of the Mississippi: "Memphis is a grinding, gritty city of blue-collar people."
When the Thunder enter The Grindhouse Saturday afternoon for Game 3 (5 p.m. ET, ESPN) of this semifinal series tied 1-1, they'll face the Grizzlies and a sellout-crowd of 18,119, the 14th consecutive home playoff sellout going back to the 2010 season when Memphis upset top-seeded San Antonio and then lost to the Thunder in seven heart-stopping games.
Game 4 on Monday night is almost certain to make it 15 in a row. Only a few hundred tickets remain, a Grizzlies official said Friday night.
Grizzlies fans will be there in force and wildly waving yellow rally towels as they did for three games against the Clippers, the team that demoralized the city a year ago with a miraculous Game 1 comeback and then a Game 7 victory in The Grindhouse. It spawned an atmosphere of vengeance this time around with the feel of a WWE asylum on steroids.
Saturday's Grindhouse crowd won't have forgotten 2011's seven-game semifinal loss to OKC and especially the Thunder's triple-overtime Game 4 win on the Grizzlies' floor.
"They came into our building and got a win," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said of the Grizzlies' Game 2 equalizer Tuesday that stunned and silenced Loud City. "Now we have to go into their building and get a win. Is it impossible? Absolutely not.
"It is going to be tough."
Around the Bay Area, the refrain reminds of the "We Believe" Warriors of 2007, the eighth-seeded squad that knocked off the Dallas Mavericks in six games. Oracle Arena was just as nuts then and is known for its lunacy even when the Warriors stink.
In Memphis, this certainly is no longer 2006. Pau might not recognize the place that little brother Marc has helped to cultivate. That was the year the Grizzlies suffered a third-consecutive first-round sweep. The Grizzlies' Game 3 overtime loss against Dallas didn't sell out and Game 4, a 102-76 thumping, officially drew 15,104, but that number most certainly was inflated as section after section of the upper bowl sat empty.
This season marked the best in franchise history with 56 wins despite Hollins working on the final year of his contract, plus the initially controversial trade of Rudy Gay and an earlier trade that shook up the Grizzlies' bench. There are season-ticket holders that complain that these days Grizzlies fans don't show up until the playoffs.
They have a point. Memphis ranked 19th of 30 teams this season in attendance, averaging 16,624 per home game. Of the eight teams remaining in the playoffs, only the Indiana Pacers drew fewer fans (15,269). The Grizzlies played to 91.8 percent capacity, 17th in the league. By comparison, the Thunder ranked 12th in the league in attendance (18,203), but were at 100 percent capacity.
Still, Memphis' situation has improved drastically since the franchise moved to Memphis from Vancouver for the 2001-02 season. For most of the decade it ranked in the bottom five in attendance.
This is known: The Grindhouse will rock-n-roll on Saturday. But as Memphis fans know, they can only deliver the insanity. Remember at the start of the playoffs when all the talk was about the home teams winning? It didn't last long. Three of the eight teams that advanced to the second round did not have homecourt advantage — Golden State, Chicago and, yes, Memphis.
After two games in each second-round series, all four were knotted up. If more proof is needed that the loudest, most fiendish home crowds can't guarantee victory, then check out what happened Friday night at Roaracle. Or Tuesday inside the Thunder's own bubble called Loud City.
More to come Saturday at The Grindhouse.


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APA Matters
APA MATTERS—6th ed.
Crediting Sources
I. In-text Citations
A. In citing sources in APA, use an author-date format--
Banken (2008) studied pre-schoolers at four urban day-care centers over an eight-month period.
If I refer to this study again in the same paragraph, I need not cite the year again unless there is a possibility of confusing this study with another.
A recent study examined the quality of care experienced by children enrolled in four urban day-care centers (Banken, 2008).
If I refer to this study again in the same paragraph as the citation above, I need to include author and date.
Banken (2008) limited her investigation to children between the ages of one and five.
I will need to include author-date information on this study if I refer to it in a subsequent paragraph.
B. For a work produced by two authors, cite both names on each reference--
Banken and Vozella (2008) found an increased rate of hyper-activity among children under the age of three enrolled in urban day-care centers.
Increased hyper-activity was observed among children enrolled in urban day-care centers before the age of three (Banken & Vozella, 2008).
C. With multiple authors (three or more) use all names only on the first reference--
Hacker, Kurrasch, Grinnell, and Williams (2009) expanded the scope of their earlier investigation.
In subsequent citations, follow the example below:
Hacker et al. (2009) inserted additional variables into their experiment.
II. Quotation & Paraphrase
A. Quotation requires author, date, and page. If I use an on-line source without pagination, I should substitute paragraph number for page number.
Noe (2009) finds the border a useful guiding metaphor for Latino/a students enrolled in American universities: "[I]t comes out of the multiethnic experience itself and has developed to meet the needs of that experience rather than the desires of academic theorizing" (p. 597).
The border serves as a useful metaphor for Latino/a students enrolled in American universities because "it comes out of the multiethnic experience itself and has developed to meet the needs of that experience rather than the desires of academic theorizing" (Noe, 2009, p. 597).
Moses (2008) found that even the youngest learners in his study—those between the ages of four and six—"preferred reading for content over reading for sentence pattern practice" (para. 7).
If the quoted material consists of 40+ words, use a block quotation. Indent the left margin one-half inch, omit the quotation marks, and double-space the full quotation.
Noe (2009) stresses the Latino/a impulse toward diversity of presentation and response:
Zoot Suit, as do many other Latino/a ironic revisions, actively counters order
and individualism by insisting that deviations are cultural—and normal. In
opposing Anglo individualism, Latino/a writers sidestep an individualist/
communitarian exclusionary binary that demands a single ethnic allegiance….
[O]ften we as teachers see our students' behaviors … as individual deviations from our
pedagogies. (p. 602)
B. Paraphrase does not require either a page or a paragraph number in citation. However, it is a courtesy to do so and a help to the reader, especially if I refer to a long or complex passage.
Noe finds the border a more useful metaphor for his discussion of Latino/a university students than boundary, as the latter carries the weight of national or political limits (p. 597).


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RUTLAND — The No. 5 Middlebury Union High School football team rolled over host No. 4 Rutland on Friday, 42-14, in a Division I quarterfinal, by rushing for about 500 yards.
The 6-3 Tigers will next travel to face undefeated two-time defending champion Hartford in a semifinal. Their date with the top-seeded, 9-0 Hurricanes had yet to be officially announced as of Sunday, but was expected to be set for 7 p.m. this coming Friday.
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ADDISON COUNTY — Mount Abraham won twice to reach the Division II semifinals and highlight local girls' soccer teams' postseason efforts last week.
In other games, Middlebury, Vergennes and Otter Valley all dropped first-round road matches to higher seeds.
10/26 Fair Haven vs. OV..................... 43-27
10/27 Mt. Abe vs. Poultney................. 45-24
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10/26 #5 MUHS vs. #4 Rutland............ 42-14
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10/26 #3 Mt. Abe vs. #6 Woodstock ....... 1-0
10/26 #4 Harwood vs. #5 OV................... 2-1
As the East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy, we will be updating this page with advisories, tips and contributions from around the state. We invite you to share your photos, tweets, and videos with the Addison Independent: use #addyvt or #VtSandy to keep us posted on your experience, or email [email protected]
When casting a vote for State Treasurer on Election Day, Vermonters should first consider what qualities, skills and background are most important in the candidates. The position, after all, has three primary responsibilities: managing the state's bonds, managing the state's pension funds, and handling a host of cash management tasks.
Sounds boring to most of us, which is one of the reasons that this race is rarely controversial.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, "How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?" We don't have that problem in Vermont. There is not one of us who doesn't understand the cold and the wonderful feeling of entering a warm space after being chilled. What if that space is your home and that space is continually cold and about to get colder? Then add to that scenario that you are elderly, disabled or a single mom with children.
ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police stopped a motor vehicle driven by Jean Gaboriau, 45, of Rutland on Oct. 17 at around 2:48 p.m. on Route 7 at Campground Road in New Haven. Troopers said they found that Gaboriau was in possession of a stolen license plate.
Troopers further identified Gaboriau as having used the stolen license plate to drive away from multiple gas stations in Addison County without paying for the gas; they said this totaled in excess of $130.
BRISTOL — Bristol police investigated a theft by deception and fraud case, which occurred on Oct. 19 in the police district.
Police reported that a male subject claiming to be a relative of the victim called the victim on the telephone and requested that a large sum of money be sent to Mexico. The story was that the victim's relative had been in an automobile accident, and the money would be used to keep the relative out of jail.
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Micro-surfacing on the West Mitsue Industrial road will be taking place and delays will occur, starting June 15th, 2017. The duration of the project is approximately one week. Hours of work on the project by the contractor will be between 06:00 hrs and 22:00 hrs where traffic will be controlled. A minimum of 3.5 metres lane width will be maintained at all times and traffic will be managed by traffic control personnel and pilot vehicles. Speeds will be reduced to 50KM/h.
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While the NCAA investigates a report that Johnny Manziel accepted a "five-figure flat fee" with an autograph broker for signing memorabilia, ESPN reported another broker paid Manziel cash for signing approximately 300 mini and regular-sized helmets on Jan. 11.
The latest ESPN report, citing a broker who spoke on the condition of anonymity, claims Manziel was paid $7,500 while signing memorabilia on Jan. 11-12 while attending the Walter Camp Football Foundation in New Haven, Conn.
RELATED: Examining Manziel's hold on Heisman
PREVIOUSLY: Manziel returns to A&M practice amid allegations
The broker played two cell phone videos for ESPN, showing Manziel signing white Texas A&M helmets and footballs laid out on a bed in a hotel room. However, the video does not show Manziel accepting any money. The broker and his partner originally requested money to release the videos for use on ESPN, which ESPN declined to pay. The broker told ESPN he decided not to sell the videos.
TIMELINE: Manziel's tumultuous offseason
ESPN has connected three autograph brokers to Manziel. The first, Drew Tieman, is based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and allegedly met with Manziel the day before the BCS title game to purchase autographs. The identities of the second, who is based in Alabama and claims to have met with Manziel the night before the Texas A&M vs. Alabama game in November, and the third are not known.
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Drawing upon his experiences in Africa, scientist Francis Galton expanded on the RGS's advice with a wealth of practical tips in his book The Art of Travel (1855). The book proved popular with armchair travelers and seasoned explorers alike. The intrepid British explorer and scholar Sir Richard Francis Burton carried a copy during his own travels in Africa.
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by Freddy J. Nager, Associate Professor + Managing Editor of The Antidote
So I'm reading an article in Inc., my favorite magazine for advice on entrepreneurial matters, when I found this statement about one company's social media campaign:
"So far, about 7 percent of Step2's customers have registered on the company's website with their Facebook IDs, and of those who have, more than half of them have shared product reviews with their Facebook friends. In the past year, traffic from Facebook has increased 135 percent and revenue from Facebook visitors has nearly tripled."
Impressive, right? Based on these figures, Inc. readers should just rush out to integrate Facebook into their websites.
So what's the problem here? (As my students know, one of my favorite business questions is "so what?")
The statement provides some tasty figures — but not all the figures that a manager needs to make a judgment about the campaign. All those percentages can be misleading if we don't know the actual numbers they're based on. For example, a traffic increase of 135% sounds amazing… but it could mean that traffic went from 20 people to 47 over the entire year. For a lot of retailers, that increase in traffic wouldn't mean much. (My local Starbucks probably serves that many customers in about 20 minutes.)
Given that traffic, what else would we want to know? Here's a short list for starters:
- How many of those visitors from Facebook are NEW customers? If they're just existing customers coming through a different entry way, the company doesn't gain much.
- What are the customers doing on the site once they visit? Are they reading articles, rating products, or best of all, buying something? Or, worse, are they filing complaints, posting spam, trying to sell something, or spying for the company's competitors?
- If they are buying stuff, how much are they spending? The article states that revenue has nearly tripled, but that could mean it went from, say, $2 to $5.
- What was the cost of the Facebook program? Did the company pay someone to do it? If the company's owners did the work themselves, how much time was spent on this instead of on product development, customer service, or other activities that could also make money?
The article doesn't say. That's unusual for Inc., which usually provides the critical underlying details, but that only proves that even trusted sources occasionally need to be questioned. Well, at least 135% of the time.
Freddy J. Nager teaches courses in social media, entrepreneurship and marketing at AULA. The founder of agency Atomic Tango LLC, Freddy has over two decades of professional experience in marketing and media, including 17 online. He previously worked for music label MCA Records and major ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi, and served such clients as Nissan & Infiniti, the NFL on Fox, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, National Lampoon and numerous startups. He holds a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Southern California.


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I´m quite fat, 85 kg. My biggest kite right now is a 12m and I can't afford to buy a new one now.
Question is if I should go somewhere else where it's more windy... After a quick research on google I found this island "Isla Mujeres, Mexico" which at least is windy right now judging by windguru... perhaps a coincident? Tulum looks not even kiteable when I check on windguru.
Isla Mujeres is close to cancun which is handy, but perhaps also damn expensive compared to other places?


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