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There has been numerous posts on this antivirus software pro's and cons and dicussion about the new beta version which is in the process of being tested. However what is really a plus for this software is simplicity and effectiveness of this antivirus. Granted the updater is slow and files to some extent are large to download......however thats a small price to pay for a good antivirus software which is free!!! Why look a gift horse in the mouth???
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Four Cobras scored in double figures, with Andrew Morris (Melbourne, Australia) scoring a game high 24 points as Coker blew past Belmont Abbey College 81-62 in Conference Carolinas men's basketball action on Saturday afternoon.
The Cobras held the Crusaders to just 19 points in opening half with solid defense and timely shooting. Entering the break Coker held a 31-19 lead and with a 50 point second half the Cobras captured their third consecutive Conference Carolinas victory.
Morris netted 18 of his 24 points from long range, while Julian Nelson (Irmo, S.C.) had 15 points. Austin Harper (Chesnee, S.C.) added 12 points and Sharod Williams (Miami, Fla.) chipped in 10 points.
The Cobras will be back on the court on Tuesday when they travel to St. Andrews University. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
McDonald's Player of the Game- Andrew Morris
Morris scored 18 of his game high 24 points from three-point range.
The McDonald's Player of the Game is presented by the Hartsville McDonald's and is given to the most outstanding performer during each Coker College home athletic event.

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Invading aquatic species will have to speed up their evolutionary development of evasive strategies to outsmart the newest addition to the University of Maryland Environmental Science research fleet. The 155-foot barge, known as the Mobile Test Platform, has the job of testing the array of new ballast-water treatment technologies developed in hopes of keeping invaders out of Chesapeake Bay.
"This new testing platform will serve to evaluate emerging treatment technologies, before they are installed on ships, so that we can reduce this threat to our waterways," explained Congressman Elijah Cummings at the late-September dedication of the barge.
Big commercial ships stabilize themselves on oceanic voyages by taking on ballast water wherever on their journey they need it. The ballast water is dumped wherever it's not needed. With it comes alien species, like zebra mussels. Other invaders are transported worldwide on the hulls of ships.
Already more than 150 invasive species that originated in other ports now live in the Chesapeake.
"The uniqueness of this test facility," says its director, Dr. Mario Tamburri of Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, "is that it can be moved from port to port within the Chesapeake to evaluate the technologies in varying environmental conditions, such as salinity, temperature and biological community."


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The EOS C100 Mark II is one of the most popular cameras in Canon's Cinema EOS Professional Imaging Products. Cinema EOS cameras are built from the ground up to help filmmakers "leave no story untold." Every detail, from sensor design to lens mount to the camera's shape and ergonomics, has been engineered to integrate into the unique requirements of the film industry. The EOS C100 Mark II features major updates in both form and function from the original EOS C100, culminating into an ideal filmmaking camera for subjects ranging from documentary to narrative film work.
This training session will have a maximum of five attendees and will last 5 hours, allowing for an open dialogue between yourself and the instructor, which results in an in-depth and application specific examination of the camera.
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For information regarding State of Minnesota licensed electrical contractors in the metro area and State of Minnesota electrical inspections, pleases see the following:
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Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry (Electrical Inspections) – Emergency Management Notices
Electrical permits are issued by the State of Minnesota, Department of Labor and Industry , Electrical Division. For more information call (651) 284-5026 or go to http://www.dli.mn.gov/CCLD/etrakit_electrical.asp
Licensing Requirements
Permits for electrical work are issued to electrical contractors who hold a valid electrical contractor's license issued by the Minnesota State Board of Electricity. Tradespersons working for them must also hold an individual electrician's license.
To get a contractor's license, the person who applies must either hold a Class A or Class B Master Electrician's License or employ someone who does.
To find out if an electrical contractor is licensed by the state, go to http://www.dli.mn.gov/CCLD/Electrical.asp
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A judge has set a July 18 trial date for an Air Force officer who led the branch's sex assault response unit until he was charged with sexual battery.
Forty-one-year-old Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski appeared Thursday at an arraignment in Arlington County General District Court.
Arlington police say he groped a woman in a parking lot early Sunday in a section of Crystal City that is home to several popular nightspots.
Krusinski and his lawyer, Sheryl Shane, declined comment after the hearing.
The Air Force removed Krusinski from his post after it learned of his arrest, which was first reported by ARLnow.com.
Shane argued for a later trial date, saying she might have numerous witnesses and need a significant investigation.
If convicted, he faces up to a year in prison.


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A frame is not included with this artwork!
Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 69.3cm x 48.6cm ≈ 27¼" x 19"
Silk/Brocade Border: 89.3cm x 58.6cm ≈ 35¼" x 23"Information about how this Asian painting is mounted
Two little frogs enjoy a moment in the pond just below a branch full of plum blossoms.
If you have navigated much of our website, you already know this is a great all-around artist that does wonderful work in many categories. But of course, there is a story...
I was supposed to be on vacation, and I just wanted to see the karst mountain landscapes of the Li River near Guilin. As luck would have it, I stumbled across a very inspiring artist.
In fact, this man is probably the most courageous person that I have ever met. He certainly has my respect and admiration.
As I watch him finish one of his paintings, I find myself
in awe of this man that can do amazing things with only
one arm that most people can't do with two.
While he is a wonderful and talented artist, that is only part of his story
His full name is Ou-Yang Guo-De. He and his sister now live in Guilin. He keeps himself busy painting, while his sister sells his art at a small gallery not far from the center of the city.
When they were very young, their mother died. Their father didn't make much money, and with their mother gone, he had to remarry quickly for financial reasons (very common in Chinese culture under those circumstances and that time in history). Their father found a new wife in a village, and they all moved into the woman's family home.
Part of young Ou-Yang Guo-De's chores included collecting corn cobs that fell from the passing train cars at nearby railroad tracks. The corncobs are burned and used as fuel for cooking, and even heating homes in poorer villages where people cannot afford coal.
One day, when he was about 11 years old, Ou-Yang Guo-De came upon a train that had stopped on the tracks. Under the train he saw a bounty of corncobs. He climbed under the train to get the precious cobs when tragedy stuck. The train began to move, and literally cut him in half...
Every time I put my glass down, Mr. Ou-Yang would
say, "Cheers!", and quickly our
glasses go "bottoms up" again.
Between drinks we eat from a steaming hot pot
full of chicken, cabbage, and other vegetables.
The details he told me about this event were so vivid that they are a bit too graphic for a happy art listing. He still remembers everything that happened until he lost consciousness, expecting to die.
Though pieces of his story are missing from when he was unconscious, there must have been a miracle involved because somehow he survived. The nearest hospital was far away, and while he has no idea how he got there before bleeding to death, that's were he woke up. But both of his legs and his left arm were gone forever.
In China, the most likely occupation for a disabled person like him would be to become a beggar on the street, but not Ou-Yang Guo-De!
He continued to study and go to school, and went to work at an umbrella and parasol factory. He showed a lot of natural artistic talent, so the factory owner sent young Mr. Ou-Yang to art school for two years. After graduation, he went to work hand painting beautiful scenes on rice paper and silk parasols.
All of the cheers took their toll, if my flushed red face
doesn't tell the story, the fact that I am singing a
Neil Diamond song should tell you something.
After many years at the factory, working for low wages, he decided to make a change. He took a leap of faith and went out on his own as an artist. It was a little rough at first, but it turned out to be a good decision.
He has done well, and has quite a following. Also, he is a little famous for more than his art. You see, a few years ago, he was given an award by the government of China for being an example of what disabled people should aspire to.
But there is something about him that is different. This guy totally loves life. He is truly happy and good-natured. He laughs and tells jokes and is the life of the party. He is not a social outcast, but rather a social phenomenon. He is surrounded by a lot of friends because I think his friends feed off of his enthusiasm for life - I certainly felt it myself.
I spent several days with the artist, and I may be forever changed. Whenever I think I am in a tough spot, or difficult circumstance, all I have to do is think about Mr. Ou-Yang. If he can overcome what he did, then I can overcome my petty problems.
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Gary's random little things about China:
Everyone is going to hate me for this, but here is the truth:
Some people who currently prefer to call themselves "Asian-Americans" woke up one morning and decided that "Oriental" is now a word to be used only for Oriental rugs, Oriental art and lamps, or any other inanimate object from Eastern Asia.
When I was teaching English in China, many of my students would refer to themselves as "Oriental", and I would correct them and say, It's better to say that you are Asian or Chinese rather than Oriental, but I was at a loss as to explain why.
My Chinese students were very smart, and came back at me with the fact that being from Asia was too broad a term, and asked if Persians and Saudi Arabians should also refer to themselves as "Asian".
I then had to make excuses for my geographically-challenged fellow Americans* who had long ago replaced the correct term of "Oriental" (meaning the bio-geographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines, Borneo and Java), and replaced it with "Asian" which in truth encompasses half the world's population - many of whom do not consider themselves to be of the same race as those from the Orient.
(For those Americans reading this and who've slept through their high school geography class: It's true, the whole Middle East, and half of Russia are located in the Asian continent)
But I admit I am not helping the problem. You see, almost half the people that find our website did so while searching for "Asian art" and I have done a lot to promote our business as "Purveyors of Asian art". So you can blame me too.
To truly be an Asian art gallery, we would have to offer artwork from beyond the Orient, from places like India, Persia (Iran), most Arab nations, and Russia.
There are a lot of things that present problems in the English language.
Usually these problems are thanks to mistakes of the past.
That's why we have to say, "He's an Indian from India" versus "He's a Native-American Indian" (Thanks to Mr. Columbus).
Things to learn:
Do not refer to a Persian (Iranian) as Arab.
If you refer to an Arab-American as being Asian, they will look at you funny and possibly be offended.
If you refer to a person from India as Asian, you will mildly amuse them.
If you refer to a Russian as being Asian, they will pour borsch on you (my ex-wife is Russian, so I know this to be true from experience).
Using "Asian" to refer to a person from Singapore is okay, but they will later, as if by accident, mention that they are in fact from the most civilized country in Asia.
*We citizens of the USA call ourselves "Americans" which seems a bit arrogant to our neighbors who reside on the continents of North and South America. Keep in mind, Canadians and Mexicans are also from North America, but refer to themselves in more correct geographic terms.
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WALLDORF, Germany — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced general availability of the 16.0 version of SAP® Adaptive Server® Enterprise (SAP ASE), part of the SAP data management portfolio, offering customers the critical features needed to power today's extreme transactions. With the constant growth in data volumes and transaction levels, enterprises need reliable and responsive systems that can scale elastically and execute up to millions of transactions per minute. The new release of SAP ASE further establishes a path for customers to continuously innovate within enterprise environments. The company also announced service pack 200 (SP200) for the 15.7 release of SAP® Replication Server® software, including synchronous replication for zero data loss high availability and disaster recovery for SAP® Business Suite software on SAP ASE.
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By Sruthi Ramakrishnan
(Reuters) - Online file-sharing service provider Egnyte, whose products include a program that helps companies prevent snooping by the U.S. government, expects to become profitable from the third quarter of next year ahead of a possible IPO in 2015.
Chief Executive Vineet Jain, who co-founded Egnyte in 2007, said Egnyte signed up more than 500 customers within four days of the launch last month of a program that keeps data out of reach of the National Security Agency's Prism program.
"These are mid-market to large enterprises, not your SMB (small and medium business) class of customers," Jain said in an interview.
Egnyte's anti-Prism product allows customers to remotely access and share data that is stored behind firewalls on the customer's premises.
Data stored this way is less vulnerable to snooping than data that is stored online. It also frees Egnyte of the obligation to turn over customer data in case of a subpoena from federal authorities, Jain said.
Jain said Silicon Valley-based Egnyte, whose more than 30,000 customers include Swedish furniture retailer Ikea, aimed to go public after four or five quarters of profitable growth.
"2014 Q3 is when we turn profitable based on the current projections so I think the stars lining up by 2015 (for an IPO)," Jain said.
"Expectation right now for at least 2014 is that we should be able to more than double up (revenue), and the goal we are driving towards is recognized revenue of $100 million sometime in 2015," Jain said.
Several companies that provide services over the cloud have had successful IPOs this year, including RingCentral Inc, Covisint Corp and Benefitfocus Inc.
Egnyte, which added Google Inc's venture capital arm as an investor in July, said it is in talks to raise about $25 million by November in a new round of funding to help it grow outside North America.
"We absolutely are committed to in early part of next year -late Q1, early Q2 - to actually have physical presence in Europe, most likely in the UK," Jain said. The company plans to expand into the Asia Pacific region the following year.
Egnyte has raised about $33 million to date. Apart from Google Ventures, its investors are Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Polaris Partners and Floodgate Fund.
Jain said Egnyte had attracted interest from potential buyers, but did not disclose whether any offers had been seriously considered.
"...We are constantly being contacted by companies who are interested in us," Jain said.
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Ed writes: "The MARC::Record Perl library now includes MARC::Doc::Tutorial which provides common recipes for using Perl to read, update and create USMARC data. New recipes and comments welcome!"
Koha 1.2.0
Pat writes: "The Koha project has released version 1.2.0 of Koha, its library system. This release features many bugfixes and a great deal of new functionality. Due to the new installer script and changes in the file layout, this should be the easiest Koha to install or upgrade."
First release of Zoogle
Anders writes: "Indexdata has released the first version of Zoogle. This is a Z39.50 gateway to the Google web index. It is based upon SimpleServer which can be downloaded at the same URL." Love them Google APIs.
Prospero 2.0 builds upon the success of previous version has grown to become a self-contained Internet Document Delivery (IDD) system. As an IDD client, Prospero 2.0 allows libraries to use the Internet to exchange high quality ILL documents. As in all previous versions, Prospero 2.0 still allows direct to patron delivery.
Built on the same protocols and specifications on which Ariel was built, Prospero 2.0 can send and receive documents not only from other Prospero workstations, but also from Ariel. Together, Prospero and Ariel create the foundation of a developing Internet Document Delivery (IDD) network.
Prospero 2.0 also supports: basic firewall support by proxy, SMTP server authentication, and a basic scanned image editor. For a list of features, a FAQ, or to download Prospero 2.0 please visit the Prospero site.
from the eprints site: "EPrints 2 is strictly internationalised with all metadata being stored as unicode and every phrase used to interact with users collected into an XML "phrase file" which may be translated. To save duplicated effort, later versions will bundle configurations for languages other than English."
From the README: "Libproxy is a simple rewriting pass-through proxy system designed especially for libraries... If you have patrons who are off-site, and who would like access to your on-site-only (e.g., IP-restricted or passworded) journals, databases, and full-text retrieval systems, then Libproxy is your solution." Get the latest source here or check out the overview online (it's also bundled with the code).
Mark wrote to jake-list: "I've been making incremental improvements to jake2marc over the last year or so and thought it time to announce these... [summarized:] You can now choose where jake2marc gets its data, there are warnings if title URLs are unavailable, there's more control over subfields and indicators (including nonfiling characters in 245), and there's support for prefixes in 856." Note the new url, too.
from fm: "Multilanguage support has been added. Searches with MeSH terms are now possible. A new HTML format in attachments allows full functionality of BioMail with text-based mail clients. Users can receive all their searches in one letter. A Russian translation is now included."
Kristina wrote to jake-list: "The JakeFilter package is designed to convert title lists from different vendors into jake format... It was written so that it would be easy to add filters for other title lists. Instructions for doing this are on the JakeFilter project page. If you write a filter using this package, and want to share it, please let me know and I will add it to our CVS repository."
from fm, changes include: "Several bugfixes, an expanded online FAQ, and a new suspend account feature." Check it out at biomail.org.


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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Paris Pastry Signs
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Love seeing all the signature tags! Am thinking of developing one for Longears.... :-)ReplyDelete
Don't worry about the crust; I will gladly take it off your plate!
Drooling hereReplyDelete
PP&J will NOT do!
I love the tags too! but I love words..writing and pretty pastries so it stands to reason..My friend really likes Angelique(sorry no accents easily availabke w/ the netbook I am using)..Pretty sure you have bee:)ReplyDelete
I'll gladly eat the crusts for you. No problemo.ReplyDelete
I love YOUR attention to detail - these signatures were a revelation to me! Pouchkine's edible chocolate ribbon would do me just fine.ReplyDelete
I looked for name tags on Angelina and didn't see any..Hmmm
I will need 'crust-eaters' in March in Paris.
Please sign the list to attend!
How charming and so very "Frenchie."ReplyDelete
I like the idea of having your very own "mark," kinda like an edible Chinese "chop."
I love this theme you put!! Signature brands for desserts. You're very perceptive :) And how was the pastry shop at the new Mandarin Oriental? The photos are luscious and tempting!!ReplyDelete
I went to Pouchkine during holidays, their mille-feuille are delicious. I have the same picture of lime cake, it's really sweeet!! :) We re hedonistReplyDelete


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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — In colonial times, the governor of what was then called British Guiana would impose hefty fines on officials who refused to show up and do their jobs.
Today, the rugged South American country of Guyana has the opposite problem: Many city officeholders assumed their posts nearly 20 years ago and never left.
Political maneuvering has led both major parties to repeatedly delay municipal elections, which are supposed to be held every three years. This has frustrated Guyanese fed up being unable to hold officials accountable for corruption, shoddy municipal services, crumbling infrastructure and dwindling government budgets.
"This situation means that I am the longest serving mayor in local history by default," said 78-year-old Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green, who was appointed by the city council in 1994. "And I am not proud of it at all."
Even council members who have died or emigrated have not been replaced.
"It is supposed to be 15 of us, but time has taken its toll to such an extent that only seven of us are left now," said Jennifer Conway, who has been on the council of New Amsterdam, the country's second-largest city, since 1994. "Many have migrated to the U.S., two have resigned and some have died."
"Sometimes we have to postpone meetings because we can't make a quorum," she said.
They don't appear to be hanging on for profit, though there are some perks. As mayor, Green gets a $200 monthly stipend and a full-time staff, including bodyguards and drivers. Conway earns $50 a month. But the officials also don't seem to be getting much done. City services are plainly lacking in much of the impoverished nation of 741,000 people. Garbage often clogs the streets of a capital prone to flooding, and bribes are an accepted way of obtaining basic services, such as electrical power for a new home.
Green alleged that the ruling People's Progressive Party has undermined his efforts to generate revenue for garbage disposal, road repairs and other improvements by blocking funding at the Cabinet level.
Meanwhile, officials such as Green remain in office because of the same political paralysis that prevents action on numerous important issues in the largely undeveloped country. Legislators say they will not call elections until they first pass a set of municipal reforms, while voters blame the country's legendary bureaucracy and political infighting for delaying both the reforms and the elections.
"There is something within the Guyanese society that allows for tolerance. We become complacent to a plague of mediocrity," said Nigel Westmaas, a Guyana native and assistant professor at New York's Hamilton College.
Complicating matters, said Westmaas, Guyana has moved away from a British-based form of government toward one of its own creation, resulting in a byzantine local system. "Even people in government don't know how the system functions, much less how to repair it," he said.
Both the ruling party and Green's Partnership for National Unity have repeatedly called for new elections, but have just as frequently postponed them because they want to reform the roles of municipalities before elections are held. The debate about how municipalities should be reformed began in 1999, and it has since reached a stalemate.
"It has taken far too long, there's no doubt about that," said Rupert Roopnaraine, leader of the main opposition party. "It could be argued that there was not sufficient will on part of the government to push the reform through and make the necessary compromises."
Roopnaraine, whose party runs three of the six municipalities, said the reform process has been "torturous" and blamed a divisive Parliament for the delay.
"At the moment, there is no local democracy," he said. "These councils have been dysfunctional for a very, very, very long time."
Legislators in January introduced a bill calling for municipal elections to be held in December 2013 at the latest, but did not set a firm date.
President Donald Ramotar has said he cannot hold elections until Parliament approves the reforms including giving local governments more financial autonomy. Both sides have said that it makes no sense to hold polls with outdated laws. A committee formed to study the proposal, however, has been meeting for more than a year and has not yet presented a possible bill.
"It's been an issue for almost as long as I can remember," said David Carroll, democracy program director at The Carter Center in Atlanta, who has traveled to Guyana several times to monitor general elections.
There's now even international pressure to solve the city council problem.
Ambassadors from the U.S., Canada, Britain and the European Union recently issued a joint statement saying the situation has undermined the efficiency of municipalities and local democracy and is hampering Guyana's ability to attract foreign investors to a country rich in gold, diamonds and bauxite.
"While the people of Guyana are familiar with the reasons offered for repeated delays in holding local government elections, there is no valid justification for further delay," the ambassadors wrote in a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in January.
Westmaas said the two parties don't seem interested in holding elections.
"(It is) a collective embarrassment that democracy at the crucial level of the community has gone unfulfilled for so long, and that foreign diplomats have to provide pressure for something so logical and necessary," Westmass said.
The issue dominates conversations at almost every social event, said Clinton Urling, president of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, who complained that officials are not being held accountable for failure to deal with local problems while elections remain on hold.
"It's reached a point where it's boiled over. Everybody is so frustrated," Urling said.
Meanwhile, Guyanese wait and fume.
"It is more than despicable and beyond comprehension that elections have not been held," said Ivor Defreitas, a 54-year-old Georgetown teacher. "It is a pity we have to live with the same people for nearly two decades."
Danica Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico.


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The latest timeline on the former visitors center, previously housed in a kiosk at 7966 Herschel Ave., was given at La Jolla Village Merchants Association's (LJVMA) Nov. 14 meeting.
"The plan is to get some technology donated and make it an Internet-café feel with touch screens and wireless computers, which you can use to purchase tickets to entertainment-type facilities," said LJVMA executive director Sheila Fortune after the meeting.
The San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau (ConVis) is partnering with LJVMA to operate the new information center at 1162 Prospect St.
"It will be good for La Jolla and good for the visitor industry," said Eric Lund of ConVis. "It will be a substantial upgrade. It's a larger facility."
Lund said it made good sense to collaborate with LJVMA to open the new center to ensure that "visitors have a better experience."
"It's a win-win for everybody," he said.
The new facility's name is being changed along with its location.
"We are calling it the information center now because we want it to be for everyone," said Fortune. "We want it to be for community residents, but we also want people to think of it as a center of business in La Jolla. And, of course, we want it to be for those who are visiting."
Plans are to make the new center a one-stop shop to learn about everything La Jolla. Fortune said the facility is being divided up into thirds, with one portion dedicated to an information center, one for a conference room for small-group meetings seating 20 or 25 and the remaining portion devoted to staff offices.
At the Nov. 14 LJVMA meeting, group president Phil Coller discussed the economics of the new information center.
"The space is about $100,000 more than we were paying," he said, adding a goal in acquiring it was to ensure that paying for it "doesn't impinge on the functioning of the organization."
Coller said ConVis is helping LJVMA secure a city grant to cover $45,000 to $50,000 of the extra cost of renting the new facility.
The remainder of the added cost, Coller said, is expected to come from advertising revenues.
"We expect to expand [advertising] quite dramatically in the new space so we'll have that covered," he said. "We have more than eight times the promotion space in the new facility, and we're going to use that to sell advertising and make more revenue."
Fortune said she will be managing three part-time staff and about 20 volunteers at the new facility when it opens.
In other action:
• Fortune said planning is in full gear to host the annual Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines Golf Course at the end of January. Noting this is the first time La Jolla merchants have joined the tournament as a full partner, Fortune said the business community will host a Haute La Jolla Nights event to include food, live entertainment and shopping discounts starting on Thursday and going through Saturday the weekend of the tournament.
"We're going to have specials throughout the week for people who have PGA tournament credentials," she said. "We're going to try and get as many of the 140,000 people coming to the tournament into the Village. If we could get 10 percent of them, that would be really nice."
• Coller said there is $400,000-plus in the group's fund, which has been building up over the past 25 years, earmarked for coastal access and parking improvements in La Jolla.
"That money has to be spent in a very specific way," he said, noting $60,000 has been set aside to provide parking for about 120 Village business employees.
LJVMA's next meeting will be Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 8:30 a.m. at the Cuvier Club, 7776 Eads Ave.


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Heath Key has been watching natural gas prices make a steady climb throughout the winter. But while the rise concerned him, he didn't think there would be a major impact on agriculture. Key changed his tune in early February.
"That's when we saw sharp, rapid price increases for a number of reasons — war with Iraq, colder weather that was increasing usage and other things," says Key, senior market advisor with OSA Crop Marketing in Union City, Tenn. "Within the last few days the spot market showed a spike of natural gas futures to a bit over $10 per million Btu. This is a big deal because the timing is really bad. This is just prior to spring planting and USDA doing its survey on planting intentions."
To put the natural gas price rise in perspective, Key says it would be like "corn going from $2 to $8."
Key suspects that natural gas prices "will top out (or may already have) shortly as the war comes to fruition and winter winds down. This doesn't, however, mean an immediate return to sub-$3 natural gas. In fact, the other spike in 2000-01 took about eight months to return to normal prices. This suggests corn drying costs and fuel for irrigation rigs still will be two to four times higher than last year."
And since natural gas is the main component of anhydrous ammonia, prices for the fertilizer are likely to be exceptionally high, Key says. While much was produced when gas was $3.50 to $5 per million Btu, that's still nearly double last year's costs.
While Key won't comment on reports that some Southern fertilizer production plants have closed because natural gas prices make their products cost-prohibitive, he does say it wouldn't surprise him if that were the case.
"Because of all this, the Mid-South — where a wide range of crops are produced — could have a hard time finding fertilizer. That's not finding fertilizer that cheap, that's physically finding fertilizer. I don't have my finger on the pulse of the fertilizer industry, but historically plants have a tendency to shut down when natural gas costs get high. As there's talk about more corn and milo acres going in, producers may find there's a lack of fertilizer."
What does this do to crops other than corn?
"Well, this could affect cotton too. Like corn, cotton is a nitrogen- and fuel-intensive crop. Rice is also a fuel-intensive crop in drying costs. That could mean more soybeans, which uses less fuel and nitrogen."
Any producer who plants corn should also remember the possibility of being financially hammered when harvest begins and there's drying to be done.
"In a lot of places in the western plains and Midwest, natural gas is used to run irrigation rigs. Most of the time that's cost effective. But with natural gas prices so high and water levels low, producers could move away from corn. In Nebraska, South Dakota and parts of Kansas, producers have upped corn acreage significantly over the last few years. But they may move back to soybeans."
In general, what is Key suggesting to his clients? Does he see corn-planting intentions changing?
"In the traditional Midwest area, most producers are looking at a 50/50 rotation of corn and soybeans. I don't see those producers changing too much."
Key says the areas where there will be swings are from Texas up to North Dakota, the Mid-South and Southeast where there are other crops available to farmers.
"I don't know how to quantify how big the swing could be. Many producers haven't really started pricing fertilizer yet."
Is the market paying attention to these possibilities yet?
"Other analysts have been saying some of the same things I am. The market has yet to take on what the impact will be because it's still in a winter trading pattern. That should change in the next couple of weeks when the market transitions to the crop that's being planted."
The next thing producers should pay attention to is the USDA's planting intentions report, says Key.
"There have been trade estimates out early. In January, there were reports that there would be an 81 million- to 82 million-acre corn crop. We think that's 1.5 million to 2.5 million acres too high. With the worst-case scenario — continued super-high fertilizer prices along with weather trouble — we could drop back to 78.5 million acres."
Based on the old crop stock situation, Key believes corn has been somewhat undervalued. Importers around the world have been fairly laid back about the stock situation.
"We tend to think that taking 1 million or 2 million acres out of the new crop will put a lot of pressure on the acres that are planted to perform well. Any problems that arise during the growing season will likely make the market very volatile."
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'The Adventures of Tintin'
Be sure to try new things: After flirting with the comic-book property for decades, Steven Spielberg takes the leap by directing his first performance capture film, which also happens to be his first 3-D movie. Keep an eye on your stuff, and don't forget a map: The Belgian boy reporter Tintin (Jamie Bell) loses a model ship and goes on a quest to find some old scrolls and the secret treasure of an old shipwreck. Drink with the locals: Tintin's adventure would never have happened if he didn't team up with a boozy sea captain named Haddock (Andy Serkis) who has been drunk so long he can't remember his family secrets. Bring a good book: Tintin was created by the late Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, who wrote and drew the hero's adventures for 54 years. Take lots of pictures: Spielberg finally sheds those pesky laws of physics with a film that (for good or bad) redefines roller-coaster cinema.
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How I Became A Minor Celebrity In China (After My Stolen Phone Ended Up There)
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About Peter Krausz
Peter Krausz paints velvety golden-green landscapes of rolling hills and terraced fields that radiate luminosity. This saturation of color is produced through a classical painting technique—secco—in which pure pigments are mixed with egg emulsion on a prepared wood panel surface. Painted in intensified color from both memory and observation, Krausz's landscapes often appear to transcend specific space, though Mediterranean terrains feature prominently, including politically charged areas such as the United Nations-controlled "dead zone" in Cyprus that Krausz painted in "(No) Man's Land". In this series, Krausz presented 14 large, vertical canvases side-by-side to create a spliced panorama, with segmented blocks of color invoking political borders, Krausz's personal history of escaping across a Cold War border, and his preoccupation with capturing humanity's relationship to the natural world.
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Since its first introduction a decade ago, Miller Nitro sprayers have earned a reputation for industry leading productivity — the result of an adaptable front mount boom system, high capacity, balanced weight design, superior traction and hill climbing ability. The new Miller Nitro 4000 Series incorporates significant design innovation, and offers today's applicators the ultimate in comfort, long season protection and a sprayer that will handle and outperform other application designs.
Operator comfort results from a combination of many factors. With Miller Nitro sprayers, the primary factor is the front mount boom so the operator can look ahead rather than behind. Panoramic vision provides a clear view of the entire boom from tip to tip. Add to that a new high-back air ride seat and industry leading air-ride cab suspension. Controls, including precision farming systems, have been enhanced for more comfort and convenience.
The 4-wheel independent suspension is hydraulically controlled and allows for a suspension travel on each wheel of 20-inches, giving it the ability to tame the toughest conditions and roughest terrain. All wheels stay firmly in contact with the ground, contributing to Nitro's exceptional traction in loose, soft or wet conditions. Torq-Trac hydrostatic drive features Poclain wheel motors for constant traction, and twin Sundstrand pumps.
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Candela Controls, Inc., of Winter Garden, Florida, has recently completed the first installation in the United States, of a completely controllable and dimmable LED, church house light system. The sanctuary of Calvary Chapel Melbourne's Viera Campus, is now being illuminated by 80 white light, LED's that are fully dimmable through a DMX control system designed, installed, configured and programmed by Candela Controls, Inc. Calvary Chapel is a single congregation that worships in multiple remote locations and they rely heavily on a video feed for a major portion of their services. The fixture, an LED house light model DL-1500, was developed in a partnership with Affineon Lighting of Coral Springs.
Calvary Chapel turned to Candela for their church lighting system design and integration expertise, and they were rewarded by being offered this new and better alternative. Additionally, the timing on the project was perfect as Candela was brought in to meet with the architects and engineers during the design phase, so there was time to make adjustments to the lighting plan, and keep costs for the system low. Once Candela had learned of the very limited power restrictions that Calvary Chapel's architect was dealing with, they knew that the new DL fixture was the only option for providing the church with near perfect color house lighting, while still meeting, and even exceeding, these stringent foot-candle code requirements.
The code limit itself was only 1.8 watts (or less) per square foot and with a requirement for video compatible lighting that can be controlled, Calvary Chapel found itself in quite a dilemma. To add insult to injury, the common solution that was offered by everyone else was a variation of a hybrid house light system consisting of a combination of dimmable fluorescent lights and dimmable incandescent down lights. The Calvary Chapel production staff knew a hybrid system would most certainly have a serious impact on their worship, on their video feed, and on the overall experience of the congregation. The staff had concerns that this type of system would have many shortcomings such as; a less than desirable blend of color temperatures, a very choppy dimming curve, increased maintenance costs, incompatible styles of fixtures, and achieving an adequate coverage of light with the required fixture placement. Since the video image is such an integral portion of the distributed church model, the color temperature and the dimming properties of the system were two of the top priorities for Calvary's video production staff. In the case of the DL-1500 fixture, a specific color temperature is selected when the fixtures are ordered. The color temperature of the fixtures used for Calvary Chapel is 3500 degrees Kelvin. Each fixture is individually addressed and dimmable to zero, exactly matching a tungsten dimming curve.
When Viera Campus Pastor, Dean Corns was asked how he felt about the use of this new technology, he said "When we learned of the opportunity to spend less over the years to come, it only made sense from a stewardship point to go with LEDs." Just like Pastor Dean, everyone knows by now, the many benefits of an LED lighting fixtures such as consuming significantly less power than traditional incandescent lighting and a much longer life span, but often overlooked are the fact that they produce far less heat then traditional bulbs and they maintain their color temperature while dimming. "The money that we save can be used to invest in the lives of people around the world, and I can get very excited about that!" Pastor Dean added. He'll be even more excited as he realizes that spending less goes beyond the power costs too; lamp replacement, labor expense and cooling costs are some of the additional savings they will have to dedicate to their cause. Additionally, early feedback from Pastor Dean indicated that the lighting is fantastic and this is the first time he can see his congregation.
As we head into 2010 and beyond, many churches and auditoriums will be affected by electrical codes that limit energy consumption for house light systems. In this particular case, the limit was 1.8 watts per square foot for a 1200 seat sanctuary, but using the DL fixture, we were able to deliver the required foot candle level using 1.5 watts per square foot, and still maintain quality lighting for worship and video production. This LED light engine will have a tremendous impact on the future of lighting, with the breakthrough of a true white DMX dimmable house light, the LED has moved from a color effect fixture to a viable architectural house light fixture. If your church is considering a construction project, a remodel, becoming more "green", or just need to replace old fixtures and dimming, give us a call at the first stage of the project. This will result in not only saving a lot of money over time, but will help you save it right from the start.
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Baylor Law No. 1 in Texas Bar Exam ResultsNov. 1, 2013
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WACO, Texas (Nov. 1, 2013) - Baylor Law School once again is No. 1 in the state's bar exam passage rate.
Results of the July Texas Bar exam released Oct. 31 show Baylor Law School with a 97.52 percent pass rate. At No. 2 is the University of Texas at Austin with a pass rate of 95.52 percent. The state's overall passage rate among those who took the bar exam for the first time was 86.05 percent.
Texas has nine law schools, and since 2001 Baylor Law has been No. 1 on 18 of 25 bar exams given.
"We have a well-defined mission - one that speaks powerfully to what legal education should accomplish for our profession and for those we serve," said Baylor Law School Dean Brad Toben. "We also have consistent high expectations of our students as they develop into professionals. Our success arises from our fealty to that mission and our stewardship of the distinctive program attributes that set Baylor Law School apart."
The following are the results from the July Texas Bar exam:
1. Baylor University Law School- 97.52 percent (118 of 121)
2. University of Texas School of Law - 95.52 percent (256 of 268)
3. SMU School of Law- 91.59 percent (196 of 214)
4. South Texas College of Law - 89.35 percent (235 of 263)
5. University of Houston Center of Law- 88.02 percent (191 of 217)
6. Texas Tech University School of Law - 85.94 percent (165 of 192)
7. Texas A&M University School of Law (formerly Texas Wesleyan) - 85.83 percent (109 of 127)
8. St. Mary's University School of Law - 82.82 percent (188 of 227)
9. Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law - 79.23 percent (103 of 130)
Established in 1857, Baylor Law School was the first law school in Texas and one of the first west of the Mississippi River. Today, the school has more than 7,000 living alumni. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Baylor Law School has a record of producing outstanding lawyers, many of whom decide upon a career in public service. The Law School boasts two governors, members or former members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, two former directors of the FBI, U.S. ambassadors, federal judges, justices of the Texas Supreme Court and members of the Texas Legislature, among its notable alumni. In its law specialties rankings, U.S.News & World Report ranked Baylor Law's trial advocacy program as the third best in the nation. Baylor Law School is ranked No. 54 in the magazine's 2013 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools." Learn more at www.baylor.edu/law.
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
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At the annual meeting of governors representing the Southern Growth Policies Board, ConnectKentucky's No Child Left Offline initiative was recognized from an applicant pool of 200 with the 2006 Southern Growth Policies Board Innovator Award.
"Kentuckians must dream big and plan not only for ways to compete in the knowledge-based economy, but for ways to excel," said Gov. Ernie Fletcher. "As ConnectKentucky works with local leaders to implement the Prescription for Innovation, we envision that not only will Kentucky provide world-class technology for its citizens and businesses, but that individuals and companies around the globe will come to recognize Kentucky as a center for technological and economic prosperity."
No Child Left Offline brings together public and private partners to bridge the gap for the 215,000 children in Kentucky who do not own a home computer. The initiative is the most comprehensive of its kind undertaken by any state in the nation, and ensures that thousands of usable computers are saved from landfills and used for the benefit of Kentucky families.
Each year, the Southern Growth Policies Board honors innovative Southern initiatives that are improving the quality of life in the region. Southern Growth Policies Board is a nonpartisan public policy group formed by the region's governors in 1971.
Launched in January 2006 by Gov. Fletcher as part of Kentucky's Prescription for Innovation, No Child Left Offline has set a precedent for delivering quality technology hardware and software to Kentucky families who need it most. Through the program, surplus government computers are refurbished and distributed to the homes of eighth graders who otherwise would not have a computer at home. For each computer refurbished, Microsoft™ is providing Windows XP™ and MS Office 2003™ while CA, Inc. provides a software security suite. Additionally, Lexmark International is providing a new ink jet printer for every family that receives a computer.
Kentucky's Prescription for Innovation is a comprehensive plan to accelerate technology growth, particularly in the areas of broadband deployment and technology literacy and usage. The initiative maintains four key tenets for impacting statewide economic development:
Over the course of implementation of the Prescription for Innovation, statewide broadband availability and usage have increased by 33 percent and 45 percent respectively. An estimated 300,000 previously unserved households may now access broadband as private sector investment in telecommunications infrastructure has reached an unprecedented level in Kentucky. Currently, 82 percent of Kentucky homes may access broadband, which is a good indication that Gov. Fletcher's goal of 100 percent availablilty by 2007 will be met. Home computer ownership has grown by 17 percent and more than 100 counties are actively engaged in the eCommunity leadership process to establish a nine sector technology growth plan for accelerating technology locally. Moreover, the rate of Kentucky's high-tech job growth is outpacing the national average.
ConnectKentucky, a nonprofit organization that promotes technology-based economic development in the commonwealth, is coordinating the project with operational support from the Governor's Office for Local Development, Appalachian Regional Commission and the Department for Commercialization and Innovation in the Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet. Additional state support is provided by the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the Office of Surplus Properties, both in the Finance Cabinet, Kentucky Department of Education in the Education Cabinet and Kentucky Correctional Industries in the Justice Cabinet.
In initial distributions, which have been concentrated in the Appalachian region of Kentucky, No Child Left Offline has delivered nearly 1,000 refurbished computers and new Lexmark printers to the homes of selected eighth-grade students. Two thousand computers are set to be delivered by the end of 2006.
--------About ConnectKentucky: Recently named as the nation's top innovator in economic development by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, ConnectKentucky is leading the way into a new economy for Kentuckians. As an independent, technology-based economic development organization, ConnectKentucky works with businesses, government entities and universities to accelerate technology in the commonwealth. For more information, visit www.connectkentucky.org.
To learn more about the Southern Growth Policies Board and view their 2006 Annual Report: Innovation with a Southern Accent, visit www.southern.org/pubs/2006AnnualReport/Innovationlowres.pdf.


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12 Questions About HIV Treatment and Care in Pregnancy
November 29, 2012
How has the treatment of pregnant women changed with the times, and with our increased understanding of how the virus works? How have the official U.S. HIV treatment guidelines reflected those changes? And, most important, how do those changes translate into the lives and options of pregnant women living with HIV? To get some answers, we sat down with renowned HIV care provider and researcher Monica Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H.. Dr. Gandhi directs the AIDS Consult Service at San Francisco General Hospital and is an HIV and primary care provider in the Women's HIV Program at the University of California, San Francisco. She's also a research investigator with the Women's Interagency HIV Study, a large, multisite prospective cohort.
We drilled down into the newest edition of the official U.S. HIV treatment guidelines for pregnant women living with HIV and discussed some of the most notable changes -- with a healthy helping of wisdom from Dr. Gandhi's extensive experience treating HIV-positive women -- through the lens of some important questions a pregnant woman might likely ask about her treatment.
Whether you're considering getting pregnant or you're already there, it is vital to find a provider you trust, who supports what you're doing. To deepen the conversation about your treatment options, consider sharing the article below with your providers.
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- I'm not on HIV meds yet. Should I start taking them before I start trying to get pregnant?
- If I'm already pregnant, when should I start taking meds?
- Does my viral load need to be undetectable before I start trying to get pregnant?
- Which HIV meds are safe for me to take while I'm pregnant?
- Is Sustiva dangerous to take when I'm pregnant?
- Are there any side effects of certain regimens that might be particularly severe in a pregnant woman? If so, how are they managed?
- How should I handle a switch in HIV med regimens during my pregnancy?
- Should I give birth vaginally or via Cesarean (C-section)?
- Will I need intravenous (IV) HIV treatment during labor and while I'm delivering my baby?
- Is it possible for me to give birth in a birthing center, or even at home, with HIV-trained professionals in attendance?
- What treatment will I be giving my baby, and when? How will I know if the meds are harming my baby?
- Is it safe for women living with HIV to breastfeed their babies?
I'm not on HIV meds yet. Should I start taking them before I start trying to get pregnant?
Short answer: Yes, if you're able to delay conceiving until you feel comfortable with your HIV treatment regimen.
Back in the day (and by "the day," we mean prior to March 27, 2012), there was no mandate for everyone living with HIV to be on antiretroviral therapy. The official guidelines for treating HIV in the U.S. indicated CD4 count cut-offs below which treatment was recommended. Oftentimes providers would suggest that women who were trying to get pregnant not start therapy until the second trimester of their pregnancy because of the chance they'd feel sick during the first.
What has changed in the last year, in both the general treatment guidelines and the guidelines specifically dealing with pregnancy, is that it's now recommended that every HIV-positive person in the United States be on HIV therapy, no matter what. There have been a number of big studies recently that spurred this change -- not the least of which is HPTN 052, which revealed that effective treatment is also good for HIV prevention, to the tune of an up-to-96 percent decrease in the likelihood of transmitting HIV.
So ideally, a woman who is trying to get pregnant and knows she's HIV positive should likely be on HIV meds already; in fact, she should start taking meds as soon as she's diagnosed.
However, just because an official recommendation recently changed does nothing to eliminate the myriad social factors and structural barriers that lead to so few people in this country being on therapy and having their virus under control. Of the 1.1 million people living with HIV in the U.S., only 25 percent have undetectable viral loads, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).We still have far to go in making the optimal conditions described within the guidelines into a reality for all people living with HIV.
The unfortunate state of HIV care in the U.S. won't change overnight, but Gandhi believes it will also never be the same following this recent recommendation that all people with HIV start treatment. One of the best things to do when preparing to conceive, for your own health and the health of your baby, is to make sure (as soon as possible) that you're on a stable regimen that works for you, even before you get pregnant. With the current wealth of treatment options available in 2012, there's bound to be a comfortable regimen out there for you.
As Dr. Gandhi says to many of her patients: "If you're having a side effect, it is not your fault; it is my fault. We have so many options, I should be able to find a regimen where you can feel relatively side-effect free." Once you're settled into a stable regimen, just go ahead and get pregnant; then relax, try not to worry too much, and prepare to watch your family grow!
If I'm already pregnant, when should I start taking meds?
Short answer: As soon as you're comfortable, but no later than the start of your second trimester.
If you're already pregnant, talk to your provider about whether you want to start meds right away or wait until 12 weeks into your pregnancy, when you may be feeling a bit better (in terms of first-trimester nausea and discomfort) and more ready to adhere. It is also after the 12-week mark that mother-to-child HIV transmission becomes more of a risk, making HIV medications more important for the mother-to-be.
Pregnancy is a particularly fraught situation, because it's a time when treatment matters not just for the health of the mother, but for the fetus as well, in terms of protecting it from acquiring HIV. But if you're concerned you won't be able to take your HIV meds properly, here's some good news: Amazingly, many studies have shown that pregnancy is often a time where women who don't otherwise want to be on antiretroviral therapy really pull it together. They may not be able to take medications before or after their pregnancy because of any number of adherence barriers, yet they manage to take their meds faithfully during pregnancy, to protect their babies.
We'll never go back to a time in which CD4 count cut-offs are used to guide therapy decisions; from here on out, providers will be guided to recommend HIV meds for anyone who's found to be HIV positive. That includes women at any stage of pregnancy. "What people do from there is up to them; and how we as providers help support them around that is up to us," Dr. Gandhi says.
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SEATTLE – The old adage says there is no such thing as a bad goal. This is usually said after the ball goes in off someone's shin or the back of a player's head.
And though that might be true, there are definitely good goals. And important goals. Milestone goals.
MLS is on the verge of another milestone goal: the 8,000th goal ever scored in the league.
Right now, the all-time number stands at 7,997, which means that there's a chance Fredy Montero or Landon Donovan could hit the milestone goal during Tuesday's season-opening match between the Seattle Sounders and the LA Galaxy (ESPN, 9:30 pm ET).
Or maybe it'll be someone less heralded, someone who hasn't made his name yet. After all, Chris Wondolowski scored the 7,000th goal in MLS the year before he had his breakout season and won the 2010 Golden Boot.
No matter who it is, MLS fans will have the chance to become intimately acquainted with the goalscorer. That's because the league will auction off the game ball and the game-worn jersey of the player who scores the 8,000th goal. The auction is being administered by MLS W.O.R.K.S., and the proceeds will be donated to relief efforts in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
There is some other interesting info about the previous milestone goals.
Goalkeeper Scott Garlick, who played 248 games in MLS, was in the net when three of the previous milestone goals were scored. He conceded the 2,000th and 3,000th goals while playing for the Tampa Bay Mutiny, and though he didn't allow the 4,000th goal, he was the starting keeper for Colorado when his teammate Mark Chung scored it against the LA Galaxy.
The 2,000th goal was scored by Alex Bunbury in 1999. Unfortunately, an injury will mean his son, Teal, who is with Sporting Kansas City, won't get the chance to score the 8,000th.
So who will?
No. 1000: Sept. 14, 1997 – Columbus's Thomas Dooley vs. Kansas City
No. 2000: July 3, 1999 – Kansas City's Alex Bunbury vs. Tampa Bay
No. 3000: May 9, 2001 – Los Angeles's Sasha Victorine vs. Tampa Bay
No. 4000: June 25, 2003 – Colorado's Mark Chung vs. Los Angeles
No. 5000: Aug. 6, 2005 – Real Salt Lake's Andy Williams vs. Chivas USA
No. 6000: July 27, 2007 – Houston's Brian Ching vs. New England Revolution
No. 7000: May 16, 2009 – Houston's Chris Wondolowski vs. New York Red Bulls


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Your best bets for cheaper rates (and for more elbow room) are during times when classes are in session, says Budget Travel deputy editor Robert Firpo-Cappiello.
Travel When School's in Session
Your best bets for cheaper rates (and for more elbow room) are during times when classes are in session, says Budget Travel deputy editor Robert Firpo-Cappiello. To avoid high fares, time your travel for the periods a week or two before or after school breaks and holidays — like the weeks between New Year's and Martin Luther King weekend and the weeks before or after, but not including Memorial Day weekend in May. Or book in mid-September or October (traditionally cheaper months) or the weeks before Thanksgiving.
Focus on Fall (or Winter, for World Travel)
In an analysis of over a billion search queries from 2012, Kayak found the cheapest month for domestic travel is September, when average fares drop to $296.97. (January and October were the next cheapest at $305-$310 on average.) The best times for bargain hunters traveling internationally: February and March, when fares average around $950. But, don't worry. Even if you're planning to book a summer vacation — when average rates are typically higher — you can still save big, depending on when you book your flights, your lodging, your rental car, and more. Keep reading for more tips on how.
Book Trips on Tuesdays
A study by Farecompare.com of its historical airfare data found the best time to buy tickets is on Tuesdays at 3:00 pm ET. That's when airlines tend to release their promotional fares (deals which are sometimes pulled, if not sold out, by the end of the week). How far in advance should you book? Firpo-Cappiello recommends buying eight weeks in advance of your trip. After that, fares tend to rise steadily as you get closer to your departure date.
Reserve Summer Rentals in Spring
A vacation rental or home swap is a great way to save money on lodging, especially if your family or group is too big for a single hotel room, says Firpo-Cappiello. But you have to act now (as in early spring) for a summer vacation. Besides the popular travel rental site, www.airbnb.com, Firpo-Cappiello recommends visiting vrbo.com, homeaway.com or villasintl.com for vacation rentals, and homeexchange.com, homelink.org or intervac.com for home swaps.
Check Hotel Deals Days Before Departure
If you're willing to live with a little uncertainty, new online tools like www.backbid.com and www.hipmunk.com can help you find a better hotel rate right up to a few days before you want to check in. BackBid lets hotels sell rooms to travelers who've already made reservations at rivals, says Firpo-Cappiello, while Hipmunk lets you input a destination and then delivers hotel rates culled from booking sites like Orbitz and Getaroom. Or, if you're willing to wing it, try an app like Hotel Tonight, which lets you book last-minute hotel rooms at a discount.
Pick up your rental car early.
Savings aren't limited to airfare and accommodation. Time it right and you can save on rental cars too. Book as early as you can to get the best selection of car models and prices. Pick the cheapest model you can live with to save money. Then arrive there early in the morning, before most customers have returned their cars. Says Firpo-Cappiello: "This way, the rental agency may have to give you a bigger car for the price of the smaller one you reserved." (They are obligated to give you the same price, he adds, so don't pay for an upgrade.) Happy travels!


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The reasoning is simply our depth at centre, it's killed us the past couple years.Benjo wrote:The Canucks are so offense starved as it is I'd rather not trade one of our leading goal scorers for a 3rd line centre.
Our secondary scoring has been a major issue and that stems from our lack of quality pivots. With Kesler injured or recovering the past couple years and Manny using his white cane it's been painful watching us struggle to win draws or assemble functional lines. Hell we had Burrows and even Raymond try their hand at centre last year.
It's far easier to move some of these centres we have to the wing than the other way around. If you look around the league teams are paying a premium for centres, they can make or break a line and if we have more depth there it can only help our secondary scoring woes.
Matthias would be ideal with his 2 year $1.75M per deal. It's cheap and fills a gap between our veteran centres and the prospects we have coming down the pipeline. It also allows us to perhaps start Gaunce or Horvat on the wing easing them into the league.
Then in 3 years we can possibly have Henrik, Kesler, Gaunce and Horvat vying for spots at centre ice.


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The Red Sox have acquired East Lyme native John McDonald from the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league right-hander Nefi Ogando.
McDonald, the former East Lyme High School and UConn-Avery Point standout, adds depth all over the infield and gives Boston an experienced glove for the stretch drive. The AL East leaders announced the deal Saturday night during a game against the Chicago White Sox.
Because the move was made by the end of August, McDonald would be eligible to play for Boston in the postseason.
The 38-year-old McDonald has spent 15 years in the majors. He has played for Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Philadelphia this season, hitting .098 with a homer and four RBIs in 61 at-bats and 45 games.
The 24-year-old Ogando was 2-3 with a 4.09 ERA and three saves for Class-A Salem this season. He made 33 relief appearances covering 55 innings.
The Phillies also sent cash to Boston as part of the deal.


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From 1969: In this clip a Brandeis student talks about the recent confrontation at the college as a symbol of the black people's demand for power in an environment that influences their lives. He says the students have come to realize that their fathers and grandfathers lived in a country that did not allow them to be men. And they are demanding the right to be men and they are willing to die.
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Measurement issues in the disciplines in the Health and Human Performance Department are complex, and it is important to apply fundamental measurement theory and appropriate statistical analyses to projects. Since fall 2009, Dr. Minsoo Kang has worked with Ph.D. students in the Kinesmetrics Lab to extend a measurement and statistical consulting service to all members of the department. Lab personnel offer the consulting service on student and faculty research projects and also in the form of educational tutoring. The purpose of this service is to assist students and faculty by ensuring sound measurement, design, and statistical analysis to their projects; provide valuable resources to collaborative projects and grant applications; and provide opportunities for kinesmetrics doctoral students to learn about the process of consulting.
The Kinesmetrics Lab also provides an annual summer statistics workshop for students and faculty in the HHP Department. Information about the workshop will be updated during the spring semester. Stay tuned for the updates.
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Annual Address 2010
David C. Hodge
October 7, 2010
To Anticipate and Lead
Good afternoon. It is my honor to talk with you this afternoon about Miami's future. I believe that it is a bright future—a challenging future, but a bright future. The many positive recognitions that we have received over the past two months clearly affirm our strategic priorities and reflect the incredible dedication of our faculty and staff. To continue our trajectory of excellence, we must understand how the future will change so that we can act decisively, with forethought and confidence. My remarks today will explore that future and suggest steps that we can take to further strengthen our university.
The past two years have been very challenging. The catastrophic collapse of the US economy in 2008 posed immediate challenges to higher education everywhere and certainly here at Miami. Although we have faced many painful decisions, together we have found a way not only to adjust to the sharp decrease in our resources, but also to improve what we do on all of our campuses. We should take pride in what we have accomplished under these difficult circumstances, and draw confidence in our ability to move forward under all circumstances.
In addition to being much more severe than previous economic downturns, this recession coincides with major structural changes that are fundamentally redefining the future context for higher education. In order for us to succeed, we must understand and anticipate that different future. To this end, last April I appointed the Strategic Priorities Task Force, made up of colleagues from across the Oxford campus, and gave them a challenging charge – to look out at least five years into the future to 1) identify how the context for higher education will change, and 2) recommend, within the context of the new fiscal realities we face, the outlines of a sustainable budget that aligns with our mission and strategic goals.
Most importantly, I asked that these recommendations provide the foundation for us to become a more nationally prominent university. The Task Force was not set up to help us make easy decisions – there are no easy decisions. Rather, the Task Force was charged to set us up to make the right decisions to ensure our future, to move us to where we want to be.
The Task Force has worked incredibly hard over the past few months to produce one of the most thoughtful reports I have ever seen in higher education. Understandably, the report has produced a certain level of anxiety across the university. The changes being proposed are significant, certainly greater than any of us have ever faced in our careers in higher education, and they call on us to rethink how we go about our business. The report makes it clear that we cannot avoid the forces that are restructuring higher education. Either we seize our destiny or those forces will determine our destiny for us. Thus, there is a fundamental choice before us: we can react and follow, or we can anticipate and lead. The Task Force has provided us with the perspective that will enable us to move forward confidently and decisively, to anticipate and lead. That is the choice we must make in our relentless pursuit of excellence.
I look forward to receiving the final report and evaluating the recommendations in order to determine the best path for us to move forward. Today is not the time to review the recommendations—that will occur after I receive the final report and in consultation with appropriate university committees and administrators. The Task Force recommendations appropriately do not identify specific actions. Rather, they set out a framework of goals that reflect our priorities in light of the fiscal and restructuring reality we face. Decisions on the specific changes to be made will occur through our regular shared governance structures, with a great deal of involvement and assessment by faculty, staff, and students.
I would like to use my remarks today to further frame those decisions by focusing on three critical issues. First, I want to review the changing context for higher education. It is vital that we understand how our world is changing, and the magnitude of the changes we face, so that our decisions anticipate and build on what is to come. Second, and perhaps most importantly, I want to reflect on what it means to be an even better university. At the end of the day, where should our decisions lead? Finally, I would like to suggest a number of actions that we can take that I believe will lead us to the outcomes we desire. This will not be an exhaustive list. Rather, I have targeted selected areas that are at the core of our goal to offer one of the finest undergraduate experiences in the country, in order to stimulate fresh and creative thinking that will help us make the right decisions to propel us to ever higher levels of achievement and impact.


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