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Game 25: Baltimore at Toronto pregame
The other day Mrs. Bastian wanted to stop in the Blue Jays gift shop here in Rogers Centre and I chuckled when I noticed that there was still a large image of A.J. Burnett on one of the windows of the stadium. It was just distorted enough, though, that it could easily also be a picture of pitcher Robert Ray, who looks like he could be A.J's kid brother.
Ray will start for the Jays on Saturday for his Major League debut, and lefty prospect Brett Cecil will follow suit on Tuesday. This gives the Jays 3 rookies (Scott Richmond as well) and one converted reliever (Brian Tallet) in the rotation behind ace Roy Halladay. Ray and Cecil are likely temporary fill-ins.
Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi didn't sugarcoat the situation this afternoon. When asked what he liked about Ray, Ricciardi hesitated and offered this dose of reality:
"Well, he's healthy," Ricciardi said. "He's healthy and it's his turn to throw. We like him. He's one of our guys that we think is going to be here eventually, but he may be here too soon."
The same goes for Cecil, who has had poor results through one month with Triple-A Las Vegas and said he has been working on finding a consistent arm slot. So far, he has struggled in that regard and the result has been a slider that has been more horizontal and a fastball that runs flat.
Ricciardi said the hope is that the Blue Jays can stay afloat with this rotation through May 11, the team's next off-day. Then, between May 12-20, Toronto hopes to have both Ricky Romero (right oblique) and Casey Janssen (right shoulder) back in the mix. Shortly thereafter, Jesse Litsch (right forearm/elbow) may be back and Brian Tallet will likely be back in the 'pen.
According to Ricciardi, Ray, Cecil and Tallet might each have two more starts before the club reasses its starting staff.
"In all fairness to these guys, they shouldn't be here right now," Ricciardi said. "We're kind of forcing them based on circumstances. We like these guys — they're going to be a part of what we do here — but circumstances have put us in this spot. So, for a 10-day period, we'll just see if we can hold the fort down."
Some other updates: Romero is scheduled to throw in a bullpen session on Saturday. He might throw another on either Monday or Tuesday, or he might begin a rehab assignment. … Litsch played catch on Friday and will be re-evaluated on Saturday. … Closer B.J. Ryan (left trapezius) will travel to the Jays' complex in Florida after this homestand and he'll be put on a throwing program. He isn't throwing right now. … Beyond Ray and Cecil, the Jays also promoted reliever Brian Wolfe. Ricciardi and manager Cito Gaston said they chose Wolfe over righty Jeremy Accardo because Wolfe is more able to jump in as a long reliever. Accardo has been working one-inning outings for the most part. … Sent to Triple-A were David Purcey, Brian Burres and Bryan Bullington.
Today's lineups:
1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Adam Jones, CF
3. Nick Markakis, RF
4. Aubrey Huff, 1B
5. Melvin Mora, 3B
6. Luke Scott, LF
7. Ty Wigginton, DH
8. Gregg Zaun, C
9. Cesar Izturis, SS
Starter: LHP Mark Hendrickson (1-3)
1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Alex Rios, RF
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Adam Lind, DH
6. Scott Rolen, 3B
7. Kevin Millar, 1B
8. Rod Barajas, C
9. Jose Bautista, LF
Starter: RHP Roy Halladay (4-1)
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It will be interesting to see how the O's hit Doc tonight, with Zaun in the lineup. I imagine that he's probably told his new team all about Halladay's pitches.
My guess is, even knowing what he may throw to you, you still probably can't hit him that well. We'll see soon.
Go Jays!
I think I like this Millar guy – lol
I hear you,Rene. And after his double, The Doc just became savage!


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So my menu plan for the week was derailed once again, but for a good meal. I had planned on making grilled chicken Thursday night, but when pork loin roast was on sale for $1.89/pound, I couldn't pass it up! I bought a 5.5 pound roast and put half in the crockpot and made pork loin chops out of the rest, froze and will cook next week. I found this crockpot pork recipe this week when browsing through a slow cooker cookbook that Betty Crocker wrote.
Garlic Pork Roast (serves 10)
3.5 pound pork boneless loin roast
1 TBSP vegetable oil (I used EVOO)
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 medium onion (I omitted this b/c my body doesn't like onions and my family would leave me if I served them anything with visible onions in it)
3 cloves of garlic, peeled
1 cup chicken broth or water (I used broth; the Great Value brand says "Gluten-free" right on the side)
1. Trim excess fat from pork. Heat oil in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Cook pork in oil about 10 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides. Sprinkle with S & P.
2. Place onion & garlic in 3.5 to 6 quart slow cooker. Place pork on onion & garlic. Pour broth over pork.
3. Cover and cook on low heat setting for 8 – 10 hours or until pork is tender. I cooked mine just over 8 hours and it was fall apart tender. It would have probably been fine after 6-7 hours.
This was super yummy and everyone liked it!! Another bonus, 1 serving is only 200 calories and 10 grams of fat.
Parmesan & Pea Risotto (This has been modified from Lundberg's Basic Risotto Recipe)
1 cup Lundberg Arborio White Rice
1/2 cup dry white wine (optional)
1/4 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
4-5 cups hot chicken broth
1/2 cup to 1 cup frozen green peas
Heat EVOO in a heavy, non-stick, 2 quart pot. Add rice and stir rice until grains are coated with oil. Add wine and stir constantly on medium heat until wine is absorbed. Add 1 cup hot broth, stirring until liquid is absorbed. Continue cooking for about 20 minutes, adding the remaing liquid, 1 cup at a time. This rice creates its own creamy sauce; add additional liquid if more sauce is desired. Add frozen peas and stir during the last 2-3 minutes of cooking. Remove from heat, stir in cheese and serve immediately. Yields 3 cups or 5-6 servings.
Everyone loved the risotto except for Hannah b/c she despises frozen peas. She wanted me to exhange her frozen peas for some canned peas. LOL!
I had a bunch of steamed mixed veggies and a salad on the side.
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StateofDigital were recently approached by WebMeUp, a new web-based SEO reporting tool. Having previously written a number of reviews of new, exciting and affordable tools that I had come across, I stepped up to give WebMeUp a whirl and see what it offers. This post is next in my mini-series of reviewing some of the lesser known, yet still great, digital marketing tools that I find on the web. I'm going to take a dive into the features that WebMeUp offers, and give my 2 cents on what it stacks up like compared to the many other tools out there.
What WebMeUp Does
Website Crawl
Perhaps a feature that I'm most excited about is the crawl feature. The reason for my excitement is that many tools I have dealt with previously often sell themselves on this, however in actuality they don't go as deep as I would like.
Overall the crawl seems fairly robust.
Backlink Research
As you would expect with an SEO reporting tool, WebMeUp also offers you the ability to analyse your website's backlink profile:
While a fairly standard expectation of an SEO tool, I have to say I quite like the way WebMeUp reports this data. Collecting loads of useful backlink information (domain age, country, anchor text, link value, etc) into a clean, easy to navigate list. I'm also a particular fan of the clean, uncomplicated UI of the WebMeUp interface (something which has been something of a pain point for me with other tools):
Backlink Monitoring/Management
WebMeUp also allows you to manage your backlink campaigns by assigning tasks, recording acquired links and setting up automatic link monitoring. Much like the way that Buzzstream and Linkdex handle this feature, it allows you to label potential and actual links, check whether or not the links are dofollow (or not) and that they have the appropriate anchor text:
Note: This is limited to 5000 links
You can also view top backlinks to a given domain, identifying important aspects about each link (nofollow/not, anchor text, URL, PageRank, as well as with other tools WebMeUp provides a Page Strength indexation score):
On-Page Optimisation
One tool that I've always loved is the Moz On-Page Grader Tool, however the inability to monitor changes over a bulk upload list of pages eventually drove me away from this. Seeing a 'hit list' of all areas where you can make changes to optimise your pages is super useful, particularly when it shows information on: accessibility, structure, encoding factors, potential duplicate content issues, missing title tags, and more. I think this is a very useful feature:
This is similar to a feature that I use in Searchmetrics often when optimising on-site and technical SEO issues:
Keyword Research
The keyword research feature seems okay, allowing you to refine your search by keyword popularity, length, competition, and more. A nice touch is the ability to get keyword suggestions from 3rd party tools (move over Ubersuggest!):
Rank Checking
Whether or not you're still stuck to tracking your rankings as a key metric aside, you would be surprised if this feature wasn't offered by any SEO tool worth its salt:
Keyword Visibility
You can also graph the visibility against competitors using the keyword visibility report:
Competitive Analysis
The competitive analysis feature seems a little light on the areas of comparison. While you can view metrics such as: domain age, number of indexed pages, SEO visibility, load time, and social media share activity, other areas that are a little less useful (in my opinion) are the more general stats like: Compete traffic and Alexa Rank.
Less of a major feature, but WebMeUp offers the ability to tag your keywords across multiple projects, whether for topic, industry or sales/conversion efficiency.
Dashboard and Widget Builder:
As with other tools, WebMeUp also allows you to customise your dashboards with a fairly feature filled widget builder, personally I'm a big fan of this feature (as I am with the overall UI of WebMeUp), it's clean simple and has been built up fairly intelligently allowing you to customise by dragging and dropping:
Choosing to populate your dashboard with widgets picked from the widget gallery:
So, after getting under the surface of WebMeUp, what are my overall thoughts of it as SEO software? Let's start with how much it costs…
How much WebMeUp costs:
There are a number of price ranges, starting from as little as $19.95 , which although limited, may suit any budding SEO freelancer (that's only 14 EUR), other price brackets grow with the amount of projects, pages crawled, keywords tracked and competitor links analysed:
Alternatively you can customise your plan to suit exactly your needs:
Interestingly enough WebMeUp have conducted their own comparison between some of the other major SEO reporting tools out there, including (My SEO Tool, SEOmoz, Raven Tools and Searchmetrics). You can see this comparison below or in more detail here:
How WebMeUp stacks up against the competition
What I like about WebMeUp is that there has been a very dedicated effort to focus on the user. I have used a large selection of SEO monitoring software over some 5 or so years, and I must say that from the moment you log in everything is very understandable and easy to use. On-screen guides indicate what information that you'll find under different areas of the software.
What's more there is a vast help section, filled with a large amount of training guides and video content that has clearly taken a large amount of effort to build up. An example of this is the (actually really rather good) SEO checklist, you can download this by clicking the image below:
In particular I must say, this particularly impresses me. Not mentioning any names, but some of the very well known market leaders could learn an awful lot here… It helps those who may not be as well versed as others to get the most out of the tool:
A nice touch I also noticed was the handy user sign-posts and notifications updating you on the status of various actions that you have conducted:
In my honest opinion I think that WebMeUp offers a lot of features that are available through a variety of other tools (some free, most paid). One thing that WebMeUp does well, which I have a lot of time for, is that it just presents the information in a better and easier-to-digest way. Whilst this may work for some people, part of me is left wondering whether or not it is truly different from the other options out there. Honestly, I can't say that it is.
But don't let this put you off. WebMeUp is affordable, offers a variety of great features, a very easy-to-use interface, and I would actually rank it toward the higher end of my list of recommendations.
What WebMeUp is Missing? Are there any Downsides?
Only a slight thing, but I have to say that while the interface was generally super quick, I did have the odd occasion where I was presented with a screen like that below:
Although I don't see this as a major problem, I've experienced the same with a lot of other tools too, after all they are dealing with a large amount of data, but maybe I'm just impatient…
It doesn't appear that WebMeUp is missing any features that I would particularly seek out, other than the notable SearchMetrics domain visibility graph (which I know I, as well as a number of my peers utilise regularly):
After reviewing the tool I communicated with WebMeUp asking one important question, who do they believe is their target audience? Their response was as follows:
"As our target customer we see both SEOs promoting their own websites and SEO agencies who do large-scale SEO, that's why pricing plans start from 1-project plan and go up to 30 projects (or 100 projects for custom plans), in this way everyone can find most suitable plan for their needs and wallets, we believe."
Ultimately I really think that WebMeUp is a likely alternative to Moz, AnalyticsSEO and Raven Tools in particular, but maybe Ahrefs (although I haven't used Ahrefs beyond a very cursory glance). I believe it is less so a direct competitor of Majestic SEO and SearchMetrics as I believe MajesticSEO's main strength (link analysis) lies in a different area than WebMeUp is aiming for, and that SearchMetrics' visibility graph (shown above) as well as a host of other features offered by SearchMetrics puts it in a slightly different bracket.
That said, I must say I'm a fan and would strongly consider using WebMeUp myself. The real question is, will the features on offer that I've explored in detail in this article convince you enough to move from your existing SEO tool? I'd recommend starting by signing up for the generous 15 day trial and see for yourself…
- Are you a WebMeUp customer?
- What are your thoughts on it compared to the competitors?
- Thinking of moving provider but torn between the options available?
Let us know your tools of choice in the comments below


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Academic and Intellectual Freedom and Tenure in Higher Education
The National Education Association affirms that academic and intellectual freedom in institutions of higher education are best protected and promoted by tenure, academic due process, and faculty self-governance. Such protection is enhanced by including, where possible, these items in a collectively bargained contract enforced by binding arbitration. NEA is concerned that certain patterns of hiring and retaining academic faculty are undermining tenure. Examples include: the widespread and excessive use of part-time faculty, misuse of temporary contracts and renewable term ("rolling") contracts, overly long probationary periods, and reliance on tenure quotas. These practices threaten the job security vital to academic and intellectual freedom.
Intellectual freedom is a basic right of all citizens and essential to preserving American democracy. According to the 1940 "Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure" (endorsed by more than 200 professional and scholarly associations, including the NEA's higher education department in 1950, and reaffirmed in 1985):
* Institutions of higher education are conducted for the common good and not to further the interest of either the individual teacher or the institution as a whole. The common good depends on the free search for truth and its free exposition.
*Academic freedom is essential to these purposes and applies to both teaching and research. Freedom in research is fundamental to the advancement of truth. Academic freedom in its teaching aspect is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the teacher and of the student to freedom in learning.
Academic freedom also includes the rights of scholars to publish freely the results of their research, to retain the rights to their intellectual property, to participate in the governance of the institution, to advance in their profession without fear of discrimination and, when necessary, to criticize administrators, trustees, and other public officials without recrimination. College and university faculty and staff have the right to assist colleagues whose academic freedom and professional rights have been violated. Tenure, academic due process, and faculty self-governance promote stability, continuity, and a scholarly environment on campus.
Practices vary, but most faculty members are awarded tenure only after a rigorous peer evaluation of their teaching, research, and service on specific criteria properly adopted by their programs or departments, and general criteria adopted by the faculty of the institution. During the probationary period, generally not to exceed seven years, untenured faculty members should enjoy the same degree of academic and intellectual freedom as their tenured colleagues and be made aware of the specific and general criteria to be applied to their evaluation for promotion and tenure. In this system, any attempt to legislate tenure criteria for an entire state would be inappropriate and counterproductive.Tenure may be defined as the expectation of continuing, indefinite, and/or permanent appointment in the institution, granted subsequent to the probationary period and extensive, objective peer and institutional review. The locus of tenure should be the institution. The courts generally recognize tenure as a right of property that under the Fourteenth Amendment cannot be alienated from a faculty member except by academic due process appropriate to the institution and for just cause. Academic due process is usually a part of a system of faculty self-governance and evaluation that has been established by faculty by-laws, constitutions, and collective bargaining contracts. The courts have generally accepted a judicial form of due process similar in most respects to legal proceedings before a court of law. In such a proceeding, the burden is clearly on the administration to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a tenured faculty member should be dismissed or suffer serious sanction for incompetence or other just causes.
Tenure and academic due process—when accompanied by a proper system of faculty self-governance—protect the rights of all faculty members, tenured or untenured. Unless the faculty and administration agree to such a system, tenure does not necessarily impose a strict seniority system on a college or university if financial exigency requires a reduction in the size of the faculty and academic staff. The tenure system should accommodate affirmative action goals along with the need for academic integrity of programs and departments. Academic appeals and grievance procedures should exist to eliminate capricious and arbitrary decisions, as faculty members exercise the right to challenge tenure and promotion decisions allegedly based on discrimination.
The excessive use of academic appointments on temporary, non-tenure track, and/or multiple long-term contracts undermines academic and intellectual freedom, tenure, the governance structure, and educational quality. Faculty who are subjected to lengthy or continuous probationary status are less likely ever to exercise freely their rights as citizens. The excessive use of part-time faculty members also undermines academic and intellectual freedom, tenure, governance, and educational quality. These faculty members frequently work for substandard compensation, without job security or recourse to grievance procedures, under conditions that often place at risk the value of the education being provided to their students. NEA reaffirms its policy statement "Part-time and Temporary Faculty."
Tenure quotas (arbitrary limits on the percentage of tenured faculty) have a negative effect on the academic environment of an institution. NEA supports all proper efforts for an institution to seek and maintain academic excellence, but it opposes negative decisions on tenure motivated primarily by a desire to retain budgetary "flexibility." Academic excellence and rejuvenation of the faculty may be enhanced by a variety of means without weakening the tenure system. Faculty development plans designed to encourage professional growth must be developed and implemented with faculty involvement. Faculty have a responsibility to remain current in their fields to provide students with a quality educational experience. Institutions may implement programs to train faculty members to teach in other areas or to fulfill other important roles at their institutions.
NEA encourages faculty members, administrators, students, and governing boards to confront the challenges, opportunities, and adversities of the future and find ways to strengthen the current tenure system.


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In the news: Cos Comes to Canada
COS, Collection of Style has just announced their plan to expand into Canada with stores in Toronto and Montreal.
Set to open this Autumn/ Winter, the Toronto location will be located at 85 Bloor St. while the Montreal store will be located at 1310 Saint Catherine West.
COS first launched in London, UK in 2007. The brand has since gone on to open stores in 26 countries globally. COS offers quality wardrobe essentials that evoke timeless modernity for men, women and children, offered at affordable prices.


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City of GlendoraHome Menu
Director's Message
Janet Stone, Library Director
140 S. Glendora Ave., Glendora, CA 91741
(626) 852-4896
The mission of the library: The Glendora Public Library and Cultural Center enriches the community by connecting people to the world of ideas, information, and imagination to support their work, education, personal growth, and enjoyment. The Library stimulates civic involvement and is a symbol of the community's well-being.
The Glendora Public Library accomplishes its mission through a partnership between the City of Glendora, the Library Board of Trustees, G.P.L. Friends Foundation and a dedicated, customer service-driven library staff.
The Library is comprised of three divisions: Administration and Development Office; Public Services; and Support Services, serving 1,000 visitors each day, six days/51 hours a week. The Library's 11 full-time and 19 part-time staff members are cross-trained and share responsibilities for backstage and front-line service maximizing the Library's ability to respond to the everchanging needs of our community of users.
The Library has a collection of approximately 138,000 items in a variety of formats, such as books, electronic books (e-books), audio books on compact disk (CD), tape and digital Playaway, music CDs, software programs, educational and classic movies on DVD and Blu-ray, magazine subscriptions, newspaper subscriptions and pieces of microform.
The Library's website was created and is maintained by Library staff. It is available from home, school or work 24 hours a day, seven days a week effectively creating an internet branch library. It hosts 16 information databases, one interactive homework tutor service, 24/7 web-based reference service, two electronic book (downloadable) subscription databases, one children's ebook database, a Weblinks collections for subject access to the internet and specialized website links for children and teens. The public can access their library accounts, renew materials, place holds.


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Dr. Robert C. Brown, whose leadership as president over the past two decades transformed Arkansas Tech University from a small college to one of five universities in the state with more than 10,000 students, has announced that the 2013-14 academic year will be his last as active president at Arkansas Tech.
Brown made the announcement during the annual fall semester opening session with faculty and staff at the Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center on Friday morning.
"This is the right time to make this decision," said Brown while standing beside his wife of 45 years, Jill Brown, and speaking to the faculty and staff. "I and my family are in good health. There is nothing wrong, and that is what makes this the right time. We have the opportunity to step aside at the zenith of Arkansas Tech, and I owe that privilege to each of you."
Brown, who also holds the rank of professor of economics, said that he expects to maintain an association with Arkansas Tech once his tenure as president is complete.
President at Arkansas Tech since July 1, 1993, Brown has the longest tenure at his present institution among all four-year college and university presidents and chancellors in Arkansas.
More than 400 presidents and chancellors from around the United States belong to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).
Among those more than 400 chief executive officers, only 12 current presidents or chancellors have served more than 20 years at their current institution.
As of Friday morning, Brown is among those dozen steadfast leaders.
Brown is beginning his 21st academic session at Arkansas Tech —- and his 51st consecutive year in higher education dating back to his freshman year as a student at Northwestern State University (La.).
"On the afternoon I was elected president of Arkansas Tech, I told those in attendance at Chambers Cafeteria that this institution represents the best, the brightest and the most significant promise that we could imagine for the 21st century," said Brown. "Over the past two decades, the leadership of our Board of Trustees and the efforts of our students, faculty and staff have proven those words to be true. As we begin the 21st year in our shared endeavor to help this institution realize its immense potential is an appropriate moment to pause, consider all that has been accomplished and understand that the best days of Arkansas Tech are still to come."
By beginning his 21st year, Brown is now the second-longest serving president in Arkansas Tech history. Only J.W. Hull, president at Arkansas Tech from 1932-67, had a longer tenure among the 11 individuals who have held that office.
When Brown was elected president by the Arkansas Tech Board of Trustees on May 19, 1993, enrollment at the university was 4,730 students, 850 of which lived on campus. The annual institutional budget was $31.6 million, there were 180 full-time faculty members, Arkansas Tech offered 62 programs of academic study and 30 of those programs held accreditations.
In the year before Brown arrived, Arkansas Tech conferred 711 degrees.
Two decades later, enrollment at Arkansas Tech is 10,950 —- including 2,668 who chose to live on campus —- the institutional budget is $144.8 million, there are 330 full-time faculty members and Tech offers 123 academic programs of study —- 58 of which are nationally or internationally recognized by accrediting bodies.
The Arkansas Tech freshman class will exceed the national and state averages on the ACT examination for a 19th consecutive year this fall.
During the recently completed 2012-13 academic year, Arkansas Tech conferred 2,617 degrees —- the most in a single academic year in the 104-year history of the institution.
Among all degrees that Arkansas Tech has awarded during those 104 years, 57 percent have been earned during Brown's two-decade tenure as its president.
In order to provide for its growing and evolving role in education, Arkansas Tech has invested $250 million in its physical plant and instructional equipment since 1995.
Among the new facilities that have been constructed are the Pendergraft Library and Technology Center, the Doc Bryan Student Services Center, Norman Hall, Rothwell Hall, Baswell Techionery, Baswell Residence Hall, Nutt Residence Hall, M Street Residence Hall, University Commons apartments, the Chartwells Women's Sports Complex and Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field.
In addition, 25 facilities on the Russellville campus experienced significant renovation, the university added a satellite campus in Ozark, the Lake Point Conference Center was acquired and the institution became a founding member of the NCAA Division II Great American Conference during the first two decades of the Brown presidency.
"Arkansas Tech has many tasks that it carries out on a day-to-day basis, but our university has just one mission," said Brown. "Everything we do is designed to provide students with the tools necessary to persist to graduation and realize the life-changing benefits of a college degree. By maintaining that singular focus, we will continue to provide for the educational needs of our constituents and serve as a driving force in the economic development of our state."
Charles Blanchard of Russellville, chairman of the Arkansas Tech Board of Trustees, spoke at the end of Friday morning's faculty and staff meeting.
"For 21 years, Bob Brown has been an associate and a friend," said Blanchard. "We will miss him in the role of president. Just as Dr. Brown is, and we all have a right to be, I am proud of what has occurred at this university over the past two decades. We will carefully and thoughtfully go about the process of selecting the 12th president of Arkansas Tech. Our first job is to establish a selection process by which the Board of Trustees, in discharging our duties, will put forth an inclusive selection process that will include input from people on campus and the communities that this university serves."


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MWC 15 Special
With today's American launch of Windows Phone 7 in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Google shows some app-love to new Windows Phone 7 users and launched Google Search for Windows Phone 7. While Windows Phone 7 comes with Microsoft's Bing search preinstalled, the Google Search app provides an alternative for quick and convenient access to a rich set of search results, allowing users to search the Web, images, local, news and more. This initial release of the Google Search app includes several features including suggestions which appear automatically as the search term is typed, as well as search history, and location based search for more relevant results.
Since Google itself calls it an "initial release", we might can expect even more Windows Phone 7-support from Google. Who knows, maybe also Google Maps, Google Latitude and other Google Mobile features might hit Windows Phone 7 smartphones sooner or later as well? At least, Google has a long tradition offering Google Mobile services for Windows Mobile.
The Google Search app is a free download for all Windows Phone 7 devices and languages and now available from the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.
Cheers ~ Arne
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Recently, Angelo Plessas assembled artists, writers, and curators working with technology in an event called The Eternal Internet Brotherhood. I asked him the following questions over email about the event, which concluded on August 23rd:
What was the inspiration for the Eternal Internet Brotherhood?
I was always inspired by various alternative and autonomous communities getting together to push the limits of creativity. In our days the internet is a place where new realities are taking form and I believe is not only "embodied" through our screens anymore. The Eternal Internet Brotherhood is an experiment of how these realities continue to extend after/beyond the limits of the web, a shelter from the visual provincialism of technology within which we now live. The interface we use for this spiritual and creative journey is the mystical island of Anafi in Greece, the place which ancient god Apollo "teleported" as a shelter for the Argonauts.


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Nuggets pull away to top slumping Lakers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ty Lawson had 20 points and 12 assists, Timofey Mozgov added 20 points and seven rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the slumping Los Angeles Lakers 137-115 Sunday night for their second straight win after an eight-game skid.
Nate Robinson scored 21 points, while Wilson Chandler and Kenneth Faried added 17 apiece as the Nuggets dropped 77 points on the Lakers in the second half.
Denver emphatically earned a win for coach Brian Shaw in his first game back at Staples Center to face the Lakers as a head coach. The longtime Lakers guard and assistant coach was passed over for the top job in Los Angeles after Phil Jackson's departure.
Pau Gasol had 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists amid another round of trade rumors with the injury-battered Lakers, who have lost seven of eight.
Seven Nuggets scored in double figures in their fifth consecutive win over Los Angeles, scoring the most points by any Lakers opponent this season.
Fourth-string point guard Kendall Marshall had nine points and a career-high 17 assists in his second straight start for the Lakers, who are without Steve Nash, Steve Blake and Jordan Farmar due to injury. Los Angeles has lost seven of its last nine games at Staples Center, but will play just one home game in the next 22 days.
Denver easily took control with a 17-2 run early in the fourth quarter, remaining unbeaten against the Lakers since November 2012. The Nuggets hit 12 3-pointers, while the Lakers went 3 for 21 on long-distance shots.
Robinson defiantly rubbed it in with 2:37 to play, deliberately getting a technical foul for hanging on the rim after a dunk that put the Nuggets up by 24 points.
Gasol responded to the latest spate of trade rumors surrounding him with an outstanding effort against the Nuggets, putting up 15 points, six rebounds and five assists by halftime.
The 7-foot Spaniard has been sought by Cleveland in recent days for what essentially would be a money-saving move by the wealthy Lakers. Los Angeles' chances of a playoff run are already waning in the continued injury absence of Kobe Bryant, who expressed dismay about the latest uncertainty around his 7-foot Spanish teammate before the game.
"I'm sure there's a lot of frustration inside of him," Bryant said of Gasol, his right-hand man on championship teams in 2009 and 2010. "But he does a great job of being professional and keeping it in, and going out and playing."
The Nuggets played their third straight game without veteran point guard Andre Miller. The Los Angeles native is on personal leave until Monday after clashing with Shaw on the bench Wednesday night.
NOTES: Dozens of Auburn football fans watched the game from Staples Center's lower bowl on the night before the BCS championship game at the Rose Bowl. A luxury suite full of fans chanted slogans and held up an orange banner reading "War Eagle." … Lakers C Robert Sacre needed five stitches to close a cut on his lower lip late in the first half. … Eddie Murphy, Jessica Alba and Mark Wahlberg attended the game.


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Milton is simply adorable! It seems along time ago since my Jazz was a little puppy and they were so much fun.... even though shes still a naughty teenager now!!
One piece of valuable advice I got which i'll pass on to you was no matter how tiny he seems, make sure you socialise Milton every day(once he's fully vaccinated of course) ...don't be worried about bigger dogs either, they need to feel comfortable with any size of dog.... Jazz is so good when she meets other dogs now and understands doggy etiquette!! It means I can relax when we're out walking knowing she won't get fearful.


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Another positive that you might have forgotten ... all in attendance received a free towel.
Can't wait until Sunday, hope we get a Schedule magnet.
... perhaps by week #8 we'll get a loaded gun, a noose or a bottle of sleeping pills.
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It all started in 2005 when a small group of fisherman joined together to steer their passion for fishing to a cause that would help feed the hungry. What culminated from this idea was the first Oregon Tuna Classic. Over the years others have recognized this cause and have joined to help create what the OTC is today. Each year the tournament has seen exponential growth. The cash contribution to the Oregon Food Bank has nearly doubled from year-to-year.
From our sponsors who have donated cash and products to our anglers who participate and donate their catch, The Oregon Tuna Classic is making a difference. All who participate, including our board members, volunteer their time and energy allowing all the proceeds to benefit the Oregon Food Bank. This is truly an opportunity for participants and sponsors alike to give back to their community through an activity they love.
We invite you to join us in this cause by participating in the Oregon Tuna Classic 2019 Tournament series.


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Late-night accident in NH kills elderly couple from Maine
BARRINGTON, N.H. (AP) � New Hampshire police are investigating a late-night crash in Barrington that killed an elderly couple from Maine.
State police say a pickup truck driven by 48-year-old John Shaw of Barrington crossed the center line on Route 202 at about 11:35 p.m. Saturday and struck an oncoming vehicle driven by 77-year-old Joel McLain of Biddeford, Maine.
Authorities say McLain died at the scene. His passenger, 77-year-old Maxine McLain, was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, where she later died of her injuries.
Shaw was ejected from his vehicle and taken to Frisbie Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.
Investigators say it's unclear why Shaw's pickup truck veered into oncoming traffic. The accident remains under investigation.


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MANILA, Philippines - A film that weaves together stories of the anguish and desperation of American and Filipino soldiers during the notorious Bataan Death March could have been shot on location in a large-scale production.
Filipino director Borinaga Alix Jr. instead chose to film "Death March" in black-and-white and almost entirely inside a studio using hand-painted backdrops, with close-ups of actors' painted faces portraying their struggles with nightmares and hallucinations in one of the bloodiest episodes of World War II.
"Death March" is competing against 17 other movies at the Cannes Film Festival that opens Wednesday, including Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," French director Claire Denis' "Les Salauds" and fellow Filipino director Lav Diaz's "Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan." The entries were made in the category for art house and experimental films.
Some 70,000 starving, sick, and exhausted American and Filipino prisoners of the Japanese Imperial Army marched under a brutal sun for five days in April 1942, covering 105 kilometers (65 miles) from the Bataan peninsula to a prison camp in Tarlac province. Survivors told stories of atrocities, with many of the prisoners stabbed or decapitated by their Japanese captors if they so much as stopped to drink water or collapsed to the ground. Thousands died from illness or exhaustion.
After reading the script by Rody Vera, Alix said he was struck by the war's emotional and psychological effect on soldiers.
"It felt like they were sleep walking their nightmares," Alix said in an interview. He said he wanted to highlight how the event shaped the soldiers' psyche.
Instead of the initial plan to go on location, he consulted the production designer and decided "to shoot in a controlled environment where all the elements were synthetic, except the actors, to heighten the surreal feeling of the film."
The multi-character movie stars Filipino actors Sid Lucero as a Filipino soldier who fights to stay sane after his friend is shot in front of him, and Filipino-American actor Sam Milby as an American soldier taking care of his sick captain but also thinking of ways to escape from the Japanese.
Other Filipino actors whose stories converge in the film are Zanjoe Marudo, Jason Abalos, Carlo Aquino and Felix Roco.
Japanese actor and producer Jackie Woo, who has starred in two previous films directed by Alex, also plays several roles.
"At first I was surprised because he was Japanese," Alix said of Woo. "I know it is a very delicate subject matter especially for them, because the world has stereotypes of how the Japanese were during that time."
But he said he was happy that Woo loved the script, which last year won first prize for screenplay at the Palanca Memorial Awards, the Philippine literary version of the Pulitzer Prize.
"He said he is not afraid to produce it because at the end, all these three countries are victims of the war," Alix added.
Shooting lasted 18 days over about four months. At least 15 local artists had to hand-paint the backdrops for two months before shooting began. The movie went over the budget at around 10 million pesos ($244,000) because of the decision to shoot in a studio.
Alix said that while shooting indoors was confining and more expensive, it was worth it.
"The audience might feel a certain discomfort because it's not as real as it is, but at a certain point you also feel like you are in a journey with the characters" he said.
The 34-year-old director, named in 2010 by The Hollywood Reporter as among Asia's best and brightest entertainment personalities below 35, said he was thrilled that his movie will be competing in Cannes.
"For me it's just an honor to be in the same lineup of these directors because I love their work," said Alix, whose co-directed movie "Manila" also had a special screening in Cannes in 2009.
He said being in the festival gives small films like his the buzz and exposure that can boost sales.
Two French distributors have signed up to market the movie in France and elsewhere, he said.
"What is important now for us is to show that there is a movement that is coming from the Philippines, because in the past six years there have been a lot of Filipino films that have been screened in festivals and we get a lot of reviews," he said.