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I get this question all the time. Someone set up a custodial account for their child under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act ("UTMA") and then decided it was a mistake. It comes up so often I've given it a name: UTMA regret. Is there any way to undo an UTMA account? Or delay turning control of the money over to the child?
When people want to transfer assets to a child, they often set up custodial accounts under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. This is the successor to the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act ("UGMA"), and some people still refer to them as UGMA accounts although nearly all states now have the newer act. When you put cash or other assets in an UTMA account, the child becomes the owner immediately, but doesn't gain control of the assets until the child reaches the age specified in the law for that state — usually 18 or 21. Most of these accounts are set up by parents, but other relatives or non-relatives can set them up, too.
The most common reason for regret over a custodial account is a realization that the child may not handle a large sum of money in a mature way at the age when control passes. When your child is 8, you imagine he or she will be a thoughtful young adult when the account passes to the child's control. Ten years later you realize that your child still has a lot of growing up to do.
The second most common reason for UTMA regret is learning how the account will affect eligibility for financial aid. Often the original motivation for the account was college savings. Ironically, using UTMA to put college savings in your child's name can make it more difficult to finance higher education, because the financial aid formula in effect imposes a penalty for assets owned by the child.
There's a third reason for UTMA regret. Sometimes the parents put a good chunk of money into the account and then find that they need it. Maybe they're trying to come up with a down payment for a new home. Possibly they've simply run into hard times. It's hard to stare a legitimate financial need in the face knowing the cash you need is sitting right there in the child's account.
Another problem that sometimes comes up: parents set up an account for one child and now there are other siblings. If the parents don't have enough wealth to establish comparable accounts for the younger brothers and sisters, they're likely to regret having made the oldest child so wealthy.
Finally, I sometimes hear from people who simply had no idea what an UTMA account was until after they set it up. They thought it was a way of designating a future gift, which they could change at any time before control passed to the child. No one told them they were making a current, irrevocable gift when they transferred cash or other assets to the account.
When this issue comes up on our message board, it often provokes a harsh response from the experts. They'll tell you it's stealing if you try to take the money back. Dire consequences, perhaps even criminal prosecution, will follow if you abuse the account. Your actions may be seen as fraud by the IRS or whoever polices the student loan process.
These comments are made with good intentions by people who care about the integrity of these accounts and the rules that apply to them. Let me express firm agreement with the notion that UTMA accounts should not be abused. They exist as a way to transfer ownership of assets to children, not as a way to cheat creditors or the IRS. What's more, the fact that you are a parent doesn't give you a license to take for your own use property that belongs to your child.
I feel equally strongly that in nearly all situations where the parent expresses regret over an UTMA account, no abuse was ever intended. Banks, mutual funds and brokers will cheerfully set up UTMA accounts for you without providing any information whatever about what they are or how they work. There is no disclosure of the tax consequences, the effect on student financial aid, or even the simple fact that a transfer to the account is a current, irrevocable gift to the child.
Furthermore, the parent nearly always has the child's best interests at heart when they're searching for a way to undo the UTMA account. Just look at the reasons I've listed above for UTMA regret. Is it evil to want to protect your child from wasting a valuable asset? Or to want to maximize the student financial aid available to the child? How about correcting an honest mistake?
I'm not suggesting that parents should be free to unwind UTMA accounts whenever they want. The exact opposite is true. For tax reasons and other reasons, it's important to respect the integrity of UTMA accounts. Yet the parent/custodians who suffer from UTMA regret generally deserve better than to be branded war criminals. I think of them as ordinary folks who made a mistake and now want to know what, if anything, they can do about it. That is the premise for the rest of my discussion.
Before you move forward with an attempt to deal with UTMA regret, try to see the issue from all angles. Especially when dealing with your own child, you don't want to appear selfish or dishonest. There's more at stake than the money: there's also the question of what you're teaching the child with your actions. Sometimes the best approach to a mistake is to admit you made it and move on.
If, after reflection, you feel that corrective action is desirable, there are a number of approaches to choose from. My next column provides pros and cons for some of the possibilities.
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Delta confirms Economy Comfort launch
Published: 07/02/2011 - Filed under: News »
As reported by Business Traveller last year (see online news November 4, 2010), Delta is to launch a "premium economy" product this summer, featuring extra legroom and recline similar to the KLM offering of the same name.
The Economy Comfort zone will be installed "in the first few rows" of the carrier's economy cabins on over 160 of its Boeing 747, 757, 767, 777 and Airbus A330 aircraft.
As the name suggests, the new offering is an upgraded economy product, rather than a fully blown premium economy seat. The offering is comparable with KLM's Economy Comfort offering, which makes sense as Delta has a joint venture partnership with the Air France KLM group on transatlantic flights.
The seat will feature up to four inches (10cm) of additional legroom, and 50 per cent more recline that Delta's standard international economy seats. Travellers will also be able to "board early", and will enjoy complimentary spirits in-flight.
Passengers can upgrade to the quasi premium economy product by paying a fee of between US£80 and US$160 each way, depending on the length of the flight. Reservations for the new seating will begin in May, for travel "this summer".
Again similar to the KLM product, premium Diamond and Platinum Medallion SkyMiles members will get free access to the Economy Comfort seating, while Gold and Silver Medallion members will receive 50 and 25 percent discounts respectively.
In other news Delta says it will offer fully flat bed seating in business class on all of its international widebody flights by 2013, with 34 Business Elite seats being installed on its 32 Airbus A330 aircraft. For Business Traveller reviews of Delta's Business Elite product, click here.
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Talk about shooting your existing product in the foot with that name. "Economy Comfort", meaning you admit the rest of Economy (& what you're currently selling) is "Economy Non-Comfort". Also, per their website: Customers who purchase a full fare International Economy ticket will also be able to select an Economy Comfort seat at no additional charge." Right now, a full fare "Y class" International Economy will automatically upgrade you into Business. Could this be another way for Delta to cut down even more on upgrades (meaning fewer or no more Y, B, or M class + mile upgrades)?

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All traffic has been stopped on both carriageways of the M5 at junction 23 due to a serious collision.
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M5 closed in Gloucestershire due to serious collision
The M5 northbound is closed between Junction 11 for Gloucester and Junction 8.
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Two people had a lucky escape following a collision on the M5 this morning.
A Land Rover collided with a Ford Transit van near Bridgwater at around 8.55am.
The Land Rover overturned several times and collided with a safety barrier on the other side of the carriageway.
A 60-year-old woman, who was driving the Land Rover, and a man who was in the passenger seat, have been taken to hospital for treatment. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
This was a very lucky escape for the occupants of the Land Rover, as the safety barrier did its job and stopped the vehicle from plunging down a vertical drop of about 160ft.
M5 crash coroner suggests rules for firework displays
A senior coroner in Somerset has written to the Department of Transport, suggesting new rules for firework displays near motorways.
Following the fatal pile-up on the M5 at Taunton, Michael Rose is calling for various new measures including more detailed risk assessments of geographical features, wind conditions and humidity.
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Relatives of those who died in the M5 crash in Somerset have met officials from the fireworks industry to suggest how safety can be improved. Seven people died in the accident - which the inquest concluded was caused by dense fog, with smoke from fireworks possibly a contributing factor.
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The crash in November 2011 involved 34 vehicles. It happened on the night a fireworks display was being held at the nearby Taunton Rugby Club.
The event organiser, Geoffrey Counsell, was cleared of breaching health and safety regulations last year. Today, a coroner heard conflicting reports about the cause of the low visibility.
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Inquests into the deaths of seven people who were killed in a crash on the M5 in Somerset will take place in the spring. Coroners will open inquests into the deaths of those that died on the 31st of March.
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A date's been set for an inquest into the deaths of seven people who died in a crash on the M5 near Taunton two years ago.
34 vehicles were involved in the pile-up and fire in November 2011, making it one of the worst motorway accidents in the country.
Geoffrey Counsell, who staged a fireworks display at nearby Taunton Rugby Club ground, was cleared last week of breaching health and safety laws amid claims drivers could not see because of smoke drifting across the road.
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How bad is the injury? Are you loaning becasue you enjoy riding showing and having fun? Or are you lhappy to loan just to take care of a horse?
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According to Civil Administration, over 100,000 Palestinians received medical care in Israel - a 13% increase; over 100 Palestinian doctors interning at Israeli hospitals
Cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians in the medical field grows: An increase in the number of Palestinian patients treated in Israel was reported during 2011, according to Civil Administration annual summary. Approximately 115 thousand Palestinian patients were treated, over 100 Palestinian doctors interned at Israeli hospitals, and five organ donations were performed.
Annual summary data shows a 13% increase in the number of Palestinians treated in Israel in comparison to the previous year. "Every year more patients are sent to Israeli hospitals," said Civil Administration Health Coordinator, Mrs. Dalia Bassa.
Additionally, during 2011 five organ transplants saved the lives of Palestinian patients treated in Israeli hospitals. Two of the organs were donated by Israelis. Two operations on pregnant Palestinian women were performed as well at the Hadassa Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem, saving their babies.
2,000 Palestinian doctors attended conferences and educational programs in Israel and abroad, acquiring professional training. Additionally, 118 Palestinian doctors worked for a year as interns in Israeli hospitals.
"We hope to train Palestinian doctors and improve Palestinian medicine, strengthening cooperation," said Mrs. Bassa. "Health is a separate issue, Israeli and Palestinian doctors are friends, making medicine a bridge for peace."
Civil Administration works to improve the Palestinian medical system. "We hope that the Palestinians will be able to treat their own patients. Treating Palestinian in Israel requires special documentation and burdens the patients' families," explained Mrs. Bassa. "It's important to create a new generation of high-quality doctors that will open great hospitals."


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A national group representing more than 700 Orthodox day schools recently adopted sexual abuse prevention guidelines that were developed by a department of the Jewish Family Service (JFS) in Los Angeles.
Nearly all of the two dozen Orthodox schools in Los Angeles had signed on to a similar policy last year aimed at preventing and reporting verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Torah U'mesorah, The National Society for Hebrew Day Schools, adapted its new policy from the one implemented in Los Angeles.
"We need to develop a culture of creating safety," said Debbie Fox, director of Aleinu Family Resource Center of JFS, which wrote the guidelines. "It's not only, 'don't abuse the child,' but watch the way you talk with them, watch the way you correct them or encourage them to change, watch the teasing that goes on."
A version of the policy will be discussed at a training session for camp directors next week, and Fox encourages parents to ask camps whether their counselors have signed on to the guidelines.
Last summer, when the abuse policy was in its final draft form, David Schwartz was accused of molesting 4-year-old boys at an Orthodox day camp in Culver City. He is currently serving one year in a residential facility, after which he will be on probation for five years.
The Schwartz case was one in a string of abuse incidents that has rocked the Orthodox community over the last few years. Locally, Rabbi Mordechai Yomtov is currently on probation after serving a year in prison for molesting boys at Cheder Menachem school in the La Brea area.
Nationally, an Orthodox Union report found Rabbi Baruch Lanner guilty of widespread and long-term sexual, physical and psychological abuse of teens in three decades of work at the National Conference of Synagogue Youth. Lanner is free pending an appeal after being sentenced last June to seven years in prison for sexually abusing two girls when he was principal of a New Jersey yeshiva in the 1990s.
The Lanner case, in particular, opened up Orthodox channels of communication regarding the abuse issue and led to an increased vigilance among institutions.
The high-profile cases went along with what Fox was seeing through the lens of Aleinu's caseload. When Fox came three years ago, the Orthodox Counseling Program, which recently changed its name to Aleinu, had 11 cases. Today it has about 50 clients and a program of placing social workers in schools, through which it serves about 150 children a week.
In addition, Aleinu runs Nishma, a hotline that was initially conceived as a spousal abuse line, but, like Aleinu, has broadened its mandate after receiving a wider range of calls.
"What we deal with every day are the problems, but that is not an indication that the Orthodox community has significantly more problems than anyone else," Fox said. "It is an indication that we are creating an environment where we can face these issues and invite them to come forward, so we can deal with them as well as we can."
One of the issues she saw was sexual abuse. Early last summer, Fox convened a meeting with the Halachic Advisory Board of Jewish Family Service and the Rabbinic Council of California's (RCC) Family Commission, two groups that work closely together.
With input from parents, educators, mental health professionals and the scrutinizing panel of rabbis, plus endorsement from leading halachic authorities, Aleinu developed the Conduct Policy and Behavioral Standards for Orthodox Schools.
The policy goes further than forbidding sexual contact or even the use of explicit language, materials or sexual innuendo. It warns teachers and staff never to be secluded with a child. There is strong wording against the use of physical force and any unwelcome physical contact, as well as against making any comments about a student's body or clothing.
Teachers and staff are warned against denigrating students or attempting to manipulate students through psychological means, and they are forbidden from instructing students to keep secrets from parents or administration.
All teachers, staff, administrators and clerical and custodial staff are required to sign the guidelines.
When abuse is suspected, either at home or in school, Aleinu guides the family through the legal system and makes sure all their needs are met -- from finding a Jewish foster home, if necessary, to making sure a carpool is arranged to going into the school to talk with teachers, principals and other students.
Rabbi Berish Goldenberg, principal of Yeshiva Rav Isaacsohn-Toras Emes and chair of the RCC's Family Commission, noted how far the Orthodox community has come in tackling difficult issues openly.
The embrace of an Aleinu social worker and the adoption of the abuse guidelines at Toras Emes -- where much progress has been made in the last few years away from an old-school style of education -- are indicative of the community's newfound willingness to combine modern psychological sensibilities with a strictly observant mindset.
Goldenberg attributes the leap to the growing roster of problems today's families face and an awareness that professional help is neither treif (non-kosher) nor a shandah (humiliation).
"And there are many Orthodox people in the mental health professional world today, so there is more trust," Goldenberg added.
The advisory board rabbis, who themselves go through psychological training, are available around the clock to answer halachic questions and counsel clients. In one instance, a rabbi sat in on a counseling session to answer a 16-year-old girl's question about whether testifying against her father violated the mitzvah of honoring your parents. Another time, a rabbi and social worker together counseled an abused wife who wanted to know whether she was required to go to the mikvah to perform the ritual bathing that would make sex with her husband permissible.
When Schwartz was sentenced, both Goldenberg and Rabbi Gershon Bess, one of the most respected rabbis in the city, spoke in court to offer support to the victims. When Schwartz is released in February, he will be -- willingly or not -- in the jurisdiction of the RCC's beit din (rabbinical court), which might impose limits on where he may go to shul, which simcha (celebration) he may attend and whether he may enter public restrooms alone.
Like all of Aleinu's programs, even the beit din's monitoring will most likely have a restorative angle, guiding Schwartz through therapy, for example.
"The beauty is that the rabbis are so sensitive to mental health issues and to understanding what we do so clearly, that their response is very sensitive to the issues of the person," Fox said. "It's a beautiful thing."
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An unemployed Deltona man was arrested Thursday after a search warrant served at his house turned up marijuana and guns, Volusia County sheriff's investigators said.
Peter Joseph Scarano was charged with manufacturing marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to a Sheriff's Office arrest report, the Deltona Narcotics Enforcement Team, assisted by a deputy, served the search warrant at 6 a.m. at 802 Merrimac St. in Deltona.
Scarano, who answered the door, was found at the home with a roommate, Missina Rose Kucher, 28. Charges against Kucher are forthcoming, sheriff's investigators said.
When searching the house, deputies found 20 marijuana plants, 40 grams of marijuana -- some in clear plastic bags -- and lights and fixtures used to grow the plants, the report states.
Along with $370 in cash, investigators also found scales, two firearms and several rounds of ammunition, the report shows.
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June is the traditional month for weddings. Do you remember when weddings were followed up by friends and relatives with a chivaree (or shivaree)?
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Paige Callahan's time of 16:59.70 is the new indoor school record for the 5,000 meter race
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SEATTLE - Tulane's Paige Callahan turned in the best performance in indoor school history during the 5,000 meter race at the UW Invitational at the Dempsey Center in Seattle, Wash, by posting a time of 16:59.70.
Her time today was good enough for seventh place in the event.
Callahan broke the previous school indoor record of 17:05.31, notched by Aubrey Phillips in February 2008. Callahan's mark is the first sub-17 minute mark in the history of the event during the indoor season by a Tulane athlete. Taking into consideration both the indoor and outdoor school records, it is the second best time by at Tulane athlete in the event all-time. Hanne Lyngstad's outdoor mark of 16:30.47 - set in 1998 - is the only time eclipsing Callahan's superb performance in Tulane history.
"For her to come out and run as aggressively as she did today and produce the result she did this early in the season is very impressive," stated Tulane track and field head coach Eric Peterson. "It sets her up to have a really excellent season."
Callahan - taking part in her first meet of 2013 - only participated in two indoor meets during her freshman year, running in the 5,000 meter event once and posting the team's best time of 18:39.46. She prepared for this year's indoor season by competing in all six of Tulane's cross country meets this past fall.
"I'm really excited for Paige, although I am not surprised by her performance after coming off such a strong cross country season in the fall," added Peterson. "She's healthy and she is training well, and she just got her indoor season started off in really good fashion."
Tulane entered two participants in the 200 meter dash - the only other event the Green Wave participated in on the evening. Freshman Lilla McMillan placed ninth in the event with a time of 25.18, which is tied for the third best performance by a Greenie on the season. The freshman from Mill Valley, Calif., has placed in the top ten in the event twice this year, and her third performance during the Crimson Tide Opener earlier this month was good for 11th place. Junior Hilary Woods placed 15th in the 200 meter dash by finishing in 25.40. The mark is a new season high for the junior from New Orleans. It is the highest she has placed in the event on the season.
"The most important thing for Lilla and Hilary is that they are gaining valuable experience," said Peterson. "The purpose of this meet was for us to see where all of our athletes will be strongest."
Tomorrow, the Greenies will compete in three events, with Woods running in the 60 meter dash, Tiffanie Smith and Kayla Quincy running in the 400 meter dash, Kelci Lyons and Jessica Adamson taking part in the 800 meter run and Candice St. Etienne, Quincy, Woods and Smith teaming up for the 4 x 400 meter relay.
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Cheers to J.R. Smith, who's reportedly going to be named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year today. With all due respect to Jamal Crawford, the honor isn't unexpected: Smith has been a key part of the Knicks off the bench this year, averaging 18.1 points per game in 80 games. As Howard Megdal points out, Smith actually led the Knicks in minutes played this season with 2,678, despite not starting a single game — though that's partially a function of his remaining healthy, as starters Carmelo Anthony and Raymond Felton both averaged more minutes than Smith but missed double-digit games with injuries. He's the first Knick to win the award since John Starks in 1996–97.


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Height: 6-1 Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: November 22, 1964 in Denver, CO
High School: J.K. Mullen
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Dec. 6, 1999
LOS ANGELES - The UCLA men's soccer team (19-2, winners of 17 of the last 18 games, ranked No. 3 by the NSCAA) will make its 10th NCAA Final Four (now called the "College Cup") appearance when it faces defending NCAA champion and No. 2 seed Indiana (19-3, ranked No. 2 by the NSCAA) in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins and Hoosiers will play Friday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 pm ET at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, NC. Fourth-seeded Connecticut (19-4, ranked No. 6) and Santa Clara (15-3-3, ranked No. 18) have also advanced to the semifinals and will play Friday, Dec. 10 at 3:00 pm ET in a game that will be televised live on ESPN2. UCLA's semifinal game will be televised delayed at 9:30 pm PT by ESPN2. The championship game will be aired live on ESPN at 1:00 pm ET. UCLA, who is in the College Cup for the second time in three years, was awarded an at-large bid into the Championships and is unseeded in the Tournament.
UCLA in the NCAA Tournament - UCLA won NCAA titles in 1997, 1990 and 1985 and has finished second three times (1973, 1972 and 1970) and third twice (1984, 1994). The Bruins' all-time NCAA record is 44-24, 6-3 in semifinal games and 9-7 overall during the Final Four weekend. UCLA is making its 17th consecutive and 27th overall tournament appearance.
Soccer Looks for UCLA's 100th National Championship - The men's soccer team will be seeking not only its fourth NCAA title, but the school's 100th national team championship. UCLA currently has 79 NCAA titles, most amongst all NCAA Division I schools.
The College Cup Field - For the second time in three years, the College Cup will feature four teams who have previously won NCAA Championships. Indiana has won four titles (1982, 1983, 1988, 1998), UCLA has won three, and UConn (1981) and Santa Clara (1989) have won one each.
Team of the 90's? - UCLA closes out the decade making a strong case for being the "Team of the 90's." This decade, UCLA has won two NCAA Championships and has advanced to the semifinals four times now and also ranks first amongst all Division I teams with a winning percentage of .839 (178-31-8).
A Look at Indiana - The second-seeded and defending champion Indiana Hoosiers (19-3) are making their 13th appearance in the NCAA semifinals. Under head coach Jerry Yeagley, the Hoosiers have won four NCAA titles. Senior forward Aleksey Korol leads the team with 20 goals and eight assists (48 points). Matt Fundenberger is second with 30 points (10g, 10a). Indiana has scored 49 goals this season while allowing just 12. Junior sweeper Nick Garcia leads the Hoosier defense.
Bruins Look for Second Consecutive Semifinal Win over Indiana - UCLA and Indiana will meet in the NCAA semifinals for the second time in three years, having played each other in the 1997 semis in Richmond, Virginia. The Bruins won that game 1-0 in triple overtime behind a school-record 11 saves by Matt Reis and the golden goal by Indiana native McKinley Tennyson, Jr. The two teams also met in the 1994 semifinals, with Indiana prevailing 4-1. UCLA head coach Todd Salda?a was a UCLA assistant coach at the time.
The Series with Indiana - UCLA leads the overall series 6-5 and has won the last three meetings. Last season, McKinley Tennyson, Jr. had a goal and an assist to help beat the Hoosiers 2-1 at home. Prior to the 1997 semifinal matchup, the teams met in 1996 in Bloomington, with the Bruins winning 1-0 in overtime.
The Hoosier Killer - Indianapolis, Ind. native McKinley Tennyson, Jr. (North Central HS) has made a living out of beating Indiana. In two games played against his home state team, Tennyson has scored two goals and one assist, including the game-winner in sudden-death overtime to defeat Indiana 1-0 in the 1997 semifinals. Tennyson will once again be reunited with former high school teammate Matt Fundenberger, Indiana's second-leading scorer. Tennyson and Fundenberger won four state titles together at North Central HS.
1997 Rematch - Many key figures from that 1997 epic battle return, including McKinley Tennyson, Jr., Ryan Lee, who assisted on the game-winner, UCLA defenders Steve Shak and Carlos Bocanegra, whose defense helped keep Indiana scoreless, Indiana sweeper Nick Garcia, who cleared out two sure UCLA goals in regulation, and Hoosier goalkeeper T.J. Hannig, who shut UCLA out for 131 minutes.
A Look at UConn - 1981 NCAA champion Connecticut is making its fourth College Cup appearance. The Huskies came from behind twice to defeat Furman 3-2 in the NCAA quarterfinals and have now won 12 consecutive games. Prior to this season, UConn had not won an NCAA tournament game in 16 years. The Huskies have a pair of 30+ point scorers in Luis Arauz (13g, 7a, 33 pts.) and Darin Lewis (10g, 10a, 30 pts.), as well as Player of the Year candidate Chris Gbandi (6g, 6a). Goalkeeper Matt Chavlovich has recorded a goals against average of 0.64 with 12 shutouts.
The Series with UConn - UConn holds the overall series lead with UCLA 2-1-1, although the teams have not met since 1988, a 1-0 UCLA win.
A Look at Santa Clara - Head coach Mitch Murray's Broncos are making their second consecutive NCAA College Cup appearance. Santa Clara was eliminated in the semifinals last year by Indiana 4-0. The Broncos advanced to the 1999 College Cup after defeating UAB on the road in the quarterfinals, 3-2. Sophomore forward Anthony Chimienti leads the team with 23 points (9g, 8a), and goalkeeper Rusty Johnson holds a 0.73 goals against average.
The Series with Santa Clara - UCLA leads the overall series with Santa Clara 12-6-4 and has won the last two straight. The Bruins last beat the Broncos in the 1997 NCAA first round, 3-0.
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Senior Trio Makes First College Cup Appearance - This year's College Cup will be especially sweet for a trio of seniors who were unable to play when the Bruins won the Championship in 1997. Injured midfielders Sasha Victorine (torn ACL) and Pete Vagenas (sprained ankle) could only watch from the stands as their teammates won the national title that year. Defender Adam Cooper redshirted the 1997 season after suffering a groin injury and was unable to travel with the team. This year is a completely different story, however. All three are healthy and will be in the starting lineup when UCLA kicks off the College Cup on Friday.
Player of the Year Awarded This Weekend - The Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year Award, for which Sasha Victorine is a finalist, will be announced this Wednesday, while the Hermann Trophy will be announced on Saturday during the College Cup festivities. Three finalists for the Hermann Trophy will be showcased during Friday's semifinal - Victorine and Indiana's Aleksey Korol and Nick Garcia.
UCLA Burns Virginia for Third Straight Time 2-0 - UCLA defeated Virginia by a 2-0 margin for the third consecutive time with a quarterfinal road victory Dec. 4. Sasha Victorine scored the game-winning goal in the fifth minute, and Ryan Lee added an insurance goal in the 79th. Goalkeeper Nick Rimando saved four shots, including a penalty kick in the ninth minute, to preserve the shutout.
UCLA Shuts Out Saint Louis 2-0 - UCLA earned a 2-0 road victory over third-seeded Saint Louis. McKinley Tennyson, Jr. scored the game-winning goal in the first half for his fourth career NCAA goal, and Sasha Victorine netted a second-half goal to seal the victory. Goalkeeper Nick Rimando picked up the shutout.
Bruins Earn 4-1 Win in First Round - UCLA scored its biggest NCAA victory since a 5-0 first-round win in 1972 by defeating San Diego 4-1 in the first round. Ryan Futagaki put the Bruins ahead in the fourth minute with his third goal of the season. After San Diego tied it up in the 28th minute, McKinley Tennyson, Jr. opened up the second half with a 48th minute goal to take the lead again. Carlos Bocanegra made it 3-1, leaping high to head in a perfectly-placed free kick from Shaun Tsakiris. Tennyson scored his second goal of the game in the 61st minute to put the game away.
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Sasha Victorine, Midfielder: Senior Sasha Victorine (Corona, Calif./Rio Americano HS), UCLA's team co-captain, is UCLA's team leader in scoring with a career-high 32 points. He has also scored a team-high five game-winning goals. Victorine has earned multiple honors this season. On top of being selected a finalist for both the Hermann Trophy and the MAC Award, he was picked as a pre-season All-American by both Soccer America and College Soccer Online. Just last week, he was selected the MPSF Pacific Division Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference pick. After scoring a hat trick in the Bruins' season opener, he was selected the MET-Rx/UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week. Two weeks later, he was named the MPSF Player of the Week and the SoccerTimes.com Player of the Week (Sept. 13-19) after scoring two goals and an assist against USF. He was selected the Pacific Soccer Classic Offensive MVP and has scored a goal or an assist in 12 of his last 15 games. Victorine is having the best offensive season for a Bruin midfielder since Eddie Lewis scored 32 points in 1995. The Bruins are undefeated when he scores a goal or assist and 5-2 when he is held scoreless.
Pete Vagenas, Midfielder: Senior Pete Vagenas (Pasadena, Calif./St. Francis HS), UCLA's team co-captain, ranks fourth on the team in scoring with a career-high 17 points and is second with a career-high 11 assists. He has moved up to fifth all-time on UCLA's career assists chart with 30. This season, Vagenas scored game-winning goals in overtime against Butler and against San Diego State and also assisted on four game-winning goals. Vagenas earned All-MPSF honors for the fourth consecutive year, picking up first-team acclaim.
Carlos Bocanegra, Defender: Junior Carlos Bocanegra (Alta Loma, Calif./Alta Loma HS), was named the Defensive MVP at the CS Fullerton FILA Classic and recorded a goal and an assist in the Bruins' 4-3 overtime win over Butler. He missed eight games due to a knee injury but came back to play 25 minutes in the MPSF Championship and returned to the starting lineup against USD, scoring a goal in the second half. He contributed an assist in the Bruins' 2-0 win at Saint Louis in the NCAA second round. Despite missing the eight games, Bocanegra was still selected to the All-MPSF first team for the third consecutive year.
Bruin Players Lend a Helping Hand (or Foot) - Selfish is certainly not one word that could be used to describe the 1999 UCLA team. The Bruins lead the MPSF in assists with 67. Midfielder Shaun Tsakiris moved into eighth place on UCLA's Top 10 list for single season assists with 12, and he is followed close behind by fellow midfielder Pete Vagenas, who is tied for ninth with 11. Vagenas has also moved into fifth place in career assists with 30. Vagenas and Tsakiris are the first Bruin pair since 1995 to record double-digit assists in the same season (Robbie LaBelle, 14, Eddie Lewis, 10, Greg Vanney, 10). In addition, forward Martin Bruno has nine assists, and midfielder Sasha Victorine has eight.
Rimando Sets School Record - Junior goalkeeper Nick Rimando has established a new school record for single season goalkeeping victories with 19. Rimando passed, among others, his goalkeeper coach David Vanole, who had 18 in 1985. With 39 career wins, Rimando moved into a tie for fifth place in career victories. This season, Rimando holds a 0.70 goals against average (0.62 career) with 66 saves.
Stingy Defense - Rimando has had plenty of help in keeping his goals against average down. Defenders Carlos Bocanegra, Adam Cooper, Ryan Lee and Steve Shak have held opponents to single-digit shot totals in 10 of the last 11 games.
30/30 Vision - With 32 and 30 points respectively, Sasha Victorine and McKinley Tennyson, Jr. have become UCLA's first pair of 30-point scorers since 1991 when three players scored over 30 points (Joe-Max Moore, 43, Zak Ibsen, 35, Cobi Jones, 34).
Pierce to Celebrate 20th Birthday at College Cup - Redshirt freshman forward Tim Pierce (Dana Point/Santa Margarita HS) hopes for a huge birthday celebration this weekend. Pierce, who turns 20 on Wednesday, Dec. 8, is making his first trip to the College Cup.
Ten Bruins Named to All-Conference Team - A school-record tying six Bruins were selected to the All-MPSF first-team - Pacific Division Player of the Year Sasha Victorine, goalkeeper Nick Rimando, defenders Carlos Bocanegra and Steve Shak and midfielders Shaun Tsakiris and Pete Vagenas. Four others were named to the second team - forwards Martin Bruno, McKinley Tennyson, Jr. and Shea Travis and defender Ryan Lee. Head coach Todd Salda?a , in his first season, was named the MPSF Pacific Division Co-Coach of the Year, along with fellow first-year coach Tim Vom Steeg of UC Santa Barbara.
UCLA Loaded with Playoff Experience ... - It is no question that UCLA has players who know what it takes to win an NCAA title. The Bruins have 12 players who have started NCAA playoff games and another two who have seen action in the tournament. In addition, eight Bruins (Carlos Bocanegra, Martin Bruno, Ryan Lee, Nick Paneno, Steve Shak, McKinley Tennyson, Jr., Shea Travis and Shaun Tsakiris) saw playing time in the NCAA Championship game in 1997.
... and National Team Experience - Not only do the Bruins have NCAA Championship experience, but the Bruins also have many players with U.S. National Team experience. Five Bruins won bronze medals with the U.S. U-23 National Team at the 1999 Pan American Games - Carlos Bocanegra, Ryan Futagaki, Steve Shak, Sasha Victorine and USA team captain Pete Vagenas. In addition, Bocanegra and Futagaki played in the U-20 FIFA World Youth Championships last April along with Nick Rimando and Shaun Tsakiris. Junior defender Ryan Lee has also seen time with the U-23 team.
UCLA Head Coach Todd Salda?a - Head coach Todd Salda?a has not had your typical first year on the job. Salda?a has only led his Bruins to an impressive 19-2 record and a perfect 7-0 mark in the MPSF Pacific Division, earned MPSF Co-Coach of the Year honors and taken his team to the NCAA College Cup. Salda?a is in his third coaching job at UCLA. Prior to assuming the duties of UCLA men's head coach, he was the head coach for the UCLA women in 1998, and from 1989-95 he was an assistant coach under Sigi Schmid for the UCLA men and coached in the 1990 and 1994 Final Fours. Salda?a also assumed duties of interim head coach for the UCLA men from December 1993-August 1994 while Schmid was an assistant coach for the U.S. World Cup Team.
Assistant Coaches Have Immense Final Four Experience - For guidance in Final Four games, the Bruins have a vast amount of knowledge on the bench in the form of assistant coaches Steve Rammel, David Vanole and Jose Lopez. Rammel played on two Final Four teams at Rutgers in 1989 and 1990. Vanole played in two semifinals (1984 and 1985) and shut out American for eight overtimes in the 1985 Championship match. Vanole also guided Final Four Defensive MVP Matt Reis to two shutouts during the 1997 championship season. Lopez played in three championship games at UCLA in the early 1970's and was an assistant with the 1997 Championship team.


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Atlanta, GA, January, 13, 2014 – On Saturday, one family was named a health and wellness ambassador after competing in a multi-week healthy active living challenge. The Reed family from Keesler Air Force Base Youth Center in Biloxi, Miss. emerged victorious in Boys & Girls Clubs of America's (BGCA) 4th Annual Triple Play Fit Family Challenge, supported by The Coca-Cola Company and WellPoint Foundation. After competing in a six-week challenge, the military family which includes mom Tracy, dad Wallace and their six children ranging in age from 7 months to 16 years old, earned their way to the finale event hosted by three-time Olympic Champion and Boys & Girls Club Ambassador Jackie Joyner-Kersee at Venice Beach, Calif. The Reed family joined four other finalist families and successfully navigated through a challenging obstacle course, competed in a nutrition based game show and performed a family fitness routine.
Showcasing their family's commitment to healthy active living, the Reed Family will represent BGCA and partners, The Coca-Cola Company and WellPoint Foundation, as Triple Play Family Ambassadors for the year, during which they will inspire, motivate and connect with other families on the importance of youth and family health. The Triple Play program encourages young people and families to focus on making better food choices (MIND), increasing physical activity (BODY) and spending more quality time together as a family (SOUL).
A true advocate of these initiatives, the military family hosted a 5K race within their community to spread the word about family fitness while also raising funds for the Philippines Typhoon disaster relief. With Wallace, dad of the Reed Family, recently deployed to Afghanistan, the Reeds are working together to make serious, long-lasting healthy lifestyle changes that the entire family can implement. These adjustments, which the Reeds contributed to the Fit Family Challenge Blog, include reading and understanding food labels, swapping out fattier meats for a leaner cut, implementing portion control and moderation, and incorporating more snacks with proteins, fruits and veggies into their meal plan. In addition to changes to their nutrition, the Reeds stress the importance of family time, getting the kids involved in fun fitness challenges and checking in with Wallace on a routine basis to share their progress. It is this type of commitment paired with the family's holistic approach to health that positions the Reed Family as great Triple Play leaders.
"The Triple Play Fit Family Challenge presented us with an opportunity to come together as a family and empowered us to start making healthier choices," said Tracy Reed, mother of the Reed Family. "We have learned that it is important to make decisions as a family and to challenge each other daily. We love to find exciting new fruits and veggies to bring into our diets and it is always fun for the little kids to incorporate unique activities into exercise routines."
As the winner, the Reeds will not only serve as Triple Play Family Ambassadors but also receive an active, healthy family vacation including an all-expense paid trip to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. All finalists received Triple Play-inspired Prize Packs, which included items donated by Coca-Cola and WellPoint Foundation. The Prize Pack included a variety of exercise equipment, along with games and other items to make family time more fun. And as a special treat, WellPoint, Inc. gifted each family with tickets to Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.
"We are extremely proud of the dedication that the families put into the 4th Annual Triple Play Fit Family Challenge," said Wayne B. Moss, BGCA's Senior Director of Healthy Lifestyles, Program, Training & Youth Development Services. "Boys & Girls Clubs of America believes living a healthy active lifestyle is critical to the overall wellbeing of today's youth – empowering our families with a pathway to a great future."
The Triple Play Fit Family Challenge is a national competition that incorporates the principles of Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Triple Play program into family lives. More than 200 families entered the Fit Family Challenge when it launched in October 2013 and as the nation prepared for the holiday season's indulgences, BGCA families spent six weeks learning and practicing healthy eating habits (MIND), were physically active (BODY) and spent quality time with each other (SOUL). Challenge activities included trying new fruits and vegetables and eating smaller portions; incorporating fun and unique physical fitness activities into their daily routines; and participating more family-centered activities.
"The Fit Family Challenge takes physical activity and nutrition education - the most important, teachable components of health and wellness – and puts them in a fun, family program," said Jim Lactaoen, Vice President, West Region Sales, Coca-Cola North America. "Our work with this program helps to empower the families to be wellness leaders and in turn creates healthier, more sustainable communities."
The finalists were selected based on their involvement and efforts to make true healthy lifestyle adjustments during Phase 1 and 2 of the Challenge. The Top 5 families were coached by two well-known health advocates. Jackie Joyner-Kersee, as the "body" coach and overall spokesperson for the challenge and Dr. Val Jones, CEO of Better Health, LLC, a medical blogger network and education company, served as the "mind" coach served as great assets for each of the families throughout the challenge and were able to bring great insight from a health & wellness perspective. The other finalist families included: The Blair family from the McConnell Air Force Base Boys & Girls Club; The Brodsky family from the Detroit Arsenal Boys & Girls Club; The Livingston-Johnson family from the Boys & Girls Clubs of NW Georgia, and the Wells family from the Boys & Girls Club of the Central Savannah River Area
"The five families that took part in this competition are truly an inspiration," said Lance Chrisman, WellPoint Foundation executive director. "By combining healthy physical activities and nutrition with family time, they demonstrated that being healthy can not only be fun, but can also produce great memories that last a lifetime. WellPoint Foundation is proud to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of America because they share our commitment to improving health and strengthening our local communities."
BGCA offers all families a resource (in both English and Spanish) to help them get healthy as a family – the Triple Play Parents Game Plan. This at-home guide is available as a free download at www.bgca.org/tripleplay.
Triple Play: A Game Plan for the Mind, Body and SoulA Game Plan for the Mind, Body and Soul was launched in 2005 by Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services with support from The Coca-Cola Company to encourage kids to eat healthier, become more physically active and increase their ability to engage in healthy relationships. A two-year study of more than 2,000 children ages 9-14 showed that Triple Play succeeded in getting them to exercise more, eat healthier foods and feel better about themselves. The study found that Triple Play kids increased to 90 percent of the federally recommended amount of daily exercise, which is 60 minutes a day for children, while their peers outside the program decreased to 78 percent. To date, Triple Play has helped more than one million kids learn the importance of physical activity and proper nutrition. In 2011, the WellPoint Foundation joined BGCA and Coca-Cola as a Triple Play sponsor. Learn more about the program at bgca.org/tripleplay.
About Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaFor more than 100 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (GreatFutures.org) has enabled young people most in need to achieve Great Futures as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Today, more than 4,000 Clubs serve nearly 4 million young people annually through Club membership and community outreach. Clubs are located in cities, towns, public housing and on Native American lands throughout the country, and serve military families in BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers on U.S. military installations worldwide. They provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun, friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily basis during critical non-school hours. Priority programs emphasize academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. In a Harris Survey of alumni, 57 percent said the Club saved their lives. National headquarters are located in Atlanta. Learn more at www.bgca.org/facebook and bgca.org/twitter.
About The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola, the world's most valuable brand, our Company's portfolio features 16 billion-dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of more than 1.8 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we rank among the world's top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 system associates. For more information, visit Coca-Cola Journey at www.coca-colacompany.com, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CocaColaCo or check out our blog, Coca-Cola Unbottled, at www.coca-colablog.com.
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Daddy-Long-Legsby Jean Webster
Daddy-Long-Legs is the story of an orphan by the name of Jerusha Abbot. The story opens with Jerusha on the first Wednesday of the month, the day the trustees came to visit.
Daddy-Long-Legsby Jean Webster Ann M. Martin
An orphaned girl named Judy Abbott and an unknown, unseen benefactor who sends her to college and whom she refers to as "Daddy-Long-Legs" are the two principals in this immensely popular modern-day fairy tale. Told through Judy's letters and illustrated by her own quaint drawings, DADDY-LONG-LEGS is a profound and tender homage to the power of awakening love. From the Hardcover edition.
Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemyby Jean Webster
One of the great novels of American girlhood, Jean Webster's Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) follows the adventures of an orphan named Judy Abbott, whose letters to her anonymous male benefactor trace her development as an independent thinker and writer. Its sequel, Dear Enemy (1915), follows the progress of Judy's former orphanage, now run by her friend Sallie McBride, who struggles to give her young charges hope and a new life. .
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|The fast sweeping method for Hamilton-Jacobi Equations
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|Hamilton-Jacobi equation (HJE) is a class of nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equation which is widely used in optimal control, geometric optics, geophysics, classical mechanics, image processing, etc. Classical solutions for HJE do not exit in general and appropriate weak solution, the viscosity solution, has to be defined. I will present an efficient iterative method, the fast sweeping method, for convex Hamilton-Jacobi equation on both structured and unstructured meshes. The key idea is to utilize the hyperbolic nature of the PDE and the control interpretation of the viscosity solution. The method combines upwind scheme with Gauss-Seidel iterations with proper ordering and causality enforcement to achieve optimal complexity. We will analyze its convergence mechanism, which is very different from that for iterative method for elliptic problems.
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Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. on Thursday announced it will cut 200 hourly positions, mostly in Connecticut.
"Sikorsky continues to look to a promising future, but today we face difficult challenges including U.S. and international budget declines, rising costs to compete, and heightened uncertainty due to sequestration," Paul Jackson, Sikorsky's director of communications, said in a statement. "We must do all we can to protect our competitiveness while investing in our future."
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Mizani Puriphying Shampoo is an emollient-rich, acidic wash that conditions and smoothes the cuticle while it removes dirt and other polluting elements. This deep-cleansing shampoo provides an immediate infusion of moisture and protein that allows strand flexibility. Its emollient rich pH balanced formula thoroughly cleanses with coconut derived clarifiers leaving the hair feeling clean and refreshed.
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- Conditions and smoothes cuticle
- Removes dirt and other pollutants
- pH balanced formula
- Infuses moisture and protein to hair
Massage into wet hair, lather and rinse thoroughly. For extreme build up, repeat the process.


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Antimony in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
Analytical methods
Antimony can be determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS), with a detection limit of 0.8 µg/litre (EPA Method 204.2). More sensitive determination is possible using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, with detection limits of 0.1 µg/litre in the presence of three other metals (ICI-Technology, 1996) and 0.02 µg/litre (EPA Method 6020). Antimony(V) can be differentiated from antimony(III) using N-(p-methoxyphenyl)-2-furylacrylohydroxamic acid and can be determined separately by electrothermal AAS at concentrations down to 0.01 µg of antimony per litre (Abbassi, 1989).


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Use hitherto in a sentence
- Something hitherto spontaneous, warm and living was withering within me. [9]
- The burgomaster summoned up his courage and began again: Maria had hitherto listened to her husband quietly; she knew what he desired. [10]
- The priests who served it were endowed with peculiar chartered privileges, which hitherto had been strictly respected. [10]
- Hitherto his greatest satisfaction had been to hear the clock strike five when he had imagined that it was only four. [10]
- Hitherto it had remained unnoticed and fluttered to the ground. [10]
- Hitherto Barbara had placed no one under obligation to be grateful, and therefore the ugliness of ingratitude was unknown to her. [10]
- Shall we learn other things than those that have hitherto been contained in our philosophy? [9]
- Hitherto the vice of avarice was the last with which he could have been reproached. [10]
- On every similar occasion hitherto he had sent her a few kind words, or, if Don Luis was the messenger, tender ones. [10]
- Hitherto they had met no one. [10]
- A flood of light streamed into the vast space, hitherto but dimly illumined by a few lamps. [10]
- She now felt it a misfortune that she and Thyone had hitherto been prevented, by anxiety for their patient, from admiring his work. [10]
- Evelyn had lived hitherto with little comprehension of her peculiar position. [4]
- In his soul hitherto the intellect had alone made itself heard, the voice of the heart had never been listened to. [10]
- Things that had hitherto seemed impossible now came true. [10]
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Anyone else miss MainAssist? targetAssist is my attempt to recreate the basic functionality of that wonderful addon.
targetAssist provides unit frames that track tanks and main assists in your party or raid, along with their current targets. You can position the frames by dragging the header bar. Targeting buttons can be arranged above or below the header (see the Appearance section of the configuration options):
Right click on the header bar to bring up a context menu that will allow you to select the tracked party/raid members and configure the addon:
Left click on party/raid members or their targets to target those units. Right clicking on the party/raid member buttons brings up a menu that allows you to change the order in which they appear:
Right click on a party/raid member target to change the raid icon on that unit:
The interface options panel allows you to customize the visual appearance and behavior of the addon:
In addition to setting up the addon to automatically track tanks and main assists set through the default UI, you can also broadcast your current settings to other members of your party/raid who are running the addon:
Bug Reports and Feature Requests
Please submit bug reports here: http://wow.curseforge.com/addons/targetassist/tickets/. Feature requests are also welcome. If you are interested in helping to develop this mod, or if you would like to help with localization efforts, please contact me here via PM or at [email protected]
Morgalm Dec 30, 2011 at 00:01 UTC - 0 likes
Not sure what has changed but tank behavior seems to be broken atm. It isnt (always) detecting when I add/remove tanks using the blizz tanks (ie promote them to tank) Also I had 2 tanks up then one just disappeared. I checked and under custom tanks it had tank1 and tank2 both checked but only tank1 was showing. If I unchecked tank2 tank1 disappeared. Could never get tank2 to appear. Seems to be new behavior in last month or so.
Morgalm Apr 27, 2011 at 00:38 UTC - 0 likes
Your comm name is too long can only be 16 chars now.
Table of contents
- Date created
- Nov 12, 2010
- Categories
- Last update
- Oct 28, 2014
- Development stage
- Abandoned
- Language
- enUS
- License
- GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3)
- Downloads
- 144,575
- Recent files
- Optional dependency
- Clique
- oRA3
- SharedMedia
- Embedded library
- Ace3
- AceGUI-3.0-SharedMediaWidgets
- CallbackHandler-1.0
- LibGroupInSpecT
- LibKeyBound-1.0
- LibRangeCheck-2.0
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Did you take advantage of the extra days to file your taxes?
You don't have to file till tomorrow...Did you really wait??
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I did not incase some issue were to come up and I did not want to forget about it!
You know, if you file right after you get all your forms (and legally, they are supposed to be in the mail by the end of January), you get your refund back pretty quick. I think I did my taxes at the end of Feb and had it back the first week of March. Why wait so long?
@rockytrh: I wish I could get a refund, it seems the more I pay the more they want, and my state is worse then the Feds.
@ruger9mm: my state doesn't do income tax but we do have a 9.25% sales tax on EVERYTHING. It sucks but at least I have gotten used to it
I filed over a month ago, but I'm waiting until the due date to pay.
@rockytrh: I got an amended 1099-DIV in the middle of March and had to do extra paperwork to get it fixed since I'd already filed.
I only wait to the last minute when I owe (twice in the last 10 years). The rest of the time I file as early as I can, usually middle February.
@capguncowboy: I would love to have a sales tax over an income tax. That way I get to choose how much of my money gets taxed. If I decide to save some of my pay check I don't get taxed on that money until I decide to spend it.That is why I wish the feds would go to the Fair Tax, I know it will never happen, but it is a great idea.
I always say I'm going to get my taxes done early. This year I actually did. Got them done the first weekend in March.
We filed/paid several pounds of flesh over the weekend.
@capguncowboy: And here I was complaining about our 7% sales tax.
I have to say next to receiving that extra thin envelope from the bank with the pink notification in it, the worst thing to receive in the mail is that fat envelope from the IRS. And it'll come in duplicate if you file jointly.
"Hello from your friendly We're-Here-To-Help-But-Don't-Ask-Us-Proper-Tax-Procedure-Over-The-Phone-Because-It-Wont-Be-Correct-And-You-Can't-Hold-Us-To-Our-Mistakes-Even-Though-We-Assured-You-It-Was-Right-IRS. That pound of flesh wasn't enough three years ago. We now want an organ, and throw in the favorite family pet while you're at it. Interest, you know?"
Yep, I waited, I'll probably file tonight. We owe, so why pay any earlier than needed?
@capguncowboy: MN sales tax is 6.875% with groceries (real food, not prepared food) and clothing exempt + 5.35% (7.05% income tax over 34k). That's double taxation imo. Sales tax, Income tax, pick one. We get taxed on our income and taxed when we spend it (to which that gets taxed when it is payed to the employee we bought something from, who spends it and is taxed).


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|Who let the dogs out?? Join us for Arizona Baseball's first annual "Bark in the Park" on Sunday, April 13 at noon!
Sunday, April 13 @ noon
Arizona vs. Indiana State
Kindall Field at Sancet Stadium
Arizona vs. Indiana State
Kindall Field at Sancet Stadium
Share the experience of Arizona Baseball with your furry companion.? That's right, for one game only you have the opportunity to bring your dog to the game with you!? Join us on Sunday, April 13 at noon for Arizona Baseball's first ever "Bark in the Park."? Dress your dog in a costume to try and win the Bark in the Park Costume Contest.? All dogs in attendance will receive a treat upon entrance and will have a chance to win prizes throughout the game.? There is no additional charge to bring your dog and admission is only $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and only $2 for kids (18 & under).?
Bark in the Park Highlights:
- No extra charge to bring your dog
- Free treats for your dog upon entrance
- Prizes given away throughout the game
- Prize awarded to "Best Dressed Dog"


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Single-shot, break-open action. Side lever release. Automatic ejection. Transfer bar system. High-density, black matte polymer thumbhole stock. Buttstock storage compartment. Blued finish. Swivel studs. Wt.:7 lbs. American Made. Includes: Scope mount rail, gun lock, hammer extension & sling. Ready for service when the going gets rough, New England's Survivor series provides the go anywhere, do everything versatility and rugged dependability you want. Take your pick of rifle/shotgun combination or heavy barrel rifle configurations to meet any challenge.


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USF Champions Golf Tournament Set For June 8
The University of Sioux Falls Champions Golf Tournament will be held Friday, June 8th, at Spring Creek Country Club in Harrisburg. The four-person scramble format will include lunch and dinner at a cost of $100 per participant, with the proceeds benefiting the University of Sioux Falls football and golf programs.
Check in for the morning flight will be held from 7:00-7:45 a.m., followed by an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start. Registration begins at noon for the 1:00 p.m. afternoon shotgun start.
Previously raised dollars have increased travel budgets, upgraded facilities and allowed for the maintenance and purchase of athletic equipment.
"I am really looking forward to this golf tournament," USF head golf coach Jenny Coluccio said. "I think this will be a great event for our alumni in the region to have the opportunity to meet other friends of USF while also competing for many great golf prizes."
The $100 entry includes: greens fees, cart, one mulligan per individual, prizes, light lunch and dinner. The entry fee includes a $50 tax deductible donation to the USF football and golf teams. Additional mulligans can be purchased for $20 per team.
Participants/foursomes will be divided into four flights according to handicap and prizes will be awarded four-deep in each flight.
Prizes (Awarded to each team member)
1st Place (Flights 1-4) Set of Titleist irons
2nd Place (Flights 1-2) Driver; Flights 3-4 Scotty Cameron Putter
3rd Place (Flight 1) Titleist Vokey Wedge; Flight 2-4 Hybrid
4th Place (Flights 1-4) Under Armour duffle bag
Hole prizes include closest to the pin, longest drive and longest putt. Awards will be presented during dinner, which will be held immediately following the conclusion of the afternoon flight.
"We are also proud to welcome Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial as our first-ever sponsor for the Champions golf tournament," Coluccio said. "Their generosity is vital to the success of our tournament and we are truly grateful for their support."
Golfers can sign up as an individual or with a foursome. For more information, please see the attached registration form or contact Amy Uttecht, USF Director of Special Events, at email@example.com or 605.331.6632.


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The British Museum's "Manga Now" exhibition features new commissioned works by 3 major names in Japanese manga art.Continue reading
Category Archives: Manga
Art Radar gives an overview of Superflat, the Japanese contemporary art movement started by Takashi Murakami that combines graphic design, hyper-sexualised manga characters and fine art aesthetics.Continue reading
EMERGING ARTISTS TAIWANESE ART MUSEUM SHOWS COLLECTIONS An exhibition exploring the theme of "post adolescence" is presenting 72 works by younger generation Taiwanese artists, those between 25 and 35 years of age, in an effort to reveal their art creation … Continue reading
ANIMATION ART BIENNIAL The Animamix Biennial is unique. The first was held in 2007, organised by Victoria Lu, an experienced curator and the Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai. This years show, also curated by Lu, spans four … Continue reading
JAPAN ART READING What are the top sources of information about Japanese contemporary art? The Japanese art scene can seem impenetrable to non-Japanese speakers and yet, despite this, there is a growing swell of global interest in contemporary art from Japan. There … Continue reading
JAPANESE ART SCENE Gallerist Atsuko Koyanagi discusses: why Japanese galleries group together in different districts how the opening of the Mori museum impacted the art scene Japanese government's relationship with culture how Japanese and Western collectors differ the strengths and weaknesses … Continue reading
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Nicole Willis
Dec. 9, 2013
GREENVILLE, N.C. –Senior opposite hitter Nicole Willis was named to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) Second Team it was announced by the organization Monday afternoon. Fourteen players representing seven different North Carolina Colleges and Universities were selected to the first and second teams. Nominees were submitted by North Carolina sports information professionals and voted on by NCCSIA members.
Willis earned the honors for the second consecutive season after playing in and starting in all 32 matches for East Carolina during the 2013 season. She led the Pirates in kills with 424 to average 3.66 per set, while also setting the standard in service aces (18) and points (478.5). Additionally, Willis was third on the team with 283 digs (2.44 per set) and 62 total blocks (0.53 per set).
As a senior, Willis led the Pirates with 14 double-doubles and 24 double-figure kill performances. She also led ECU in kills in 28-of-32 matches and notched a season-best 22 kills against Conference USA foe Louisiana Tech. She tallied a career-high 20 digs in a non-conference contest at Campbell and tied her career-best with six total blocks versus conference rival Charlotte.
The Raleigh, N.C., native concluded her ECU career with 747 kills (3.70 per set), 511 digs (2.53 per set), and 848.5 points (4.20 per set) in two years.
Earlier this season, Willis earned All-Conference USA Second Team honors for her efforts on the court.
Founded in 2002, the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) is comprised of sports information professionals from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, and independent institutions from the state of North Carolina. The purpose of the organization is to promote collegiate athletics at all schools. Membership is open to anyone affiliated with a college, university, or conference located in North Carolina, and whose area of responsibility lies within sports information.
Below is a complete list of the NCCSIA 2013 University Division All-State Volleyball Teams:
First Team
Karrian Chambers, Sr., OH, UNC Greensboro
Chelsea Davis, Jr., OH, High Point University
Anna Moore, Sr., MB, UNC Asheville
Amanda Videmsek, Jr., MB, Charlotte
Christi Laite, Sr., RS, UNC Wilmington
Brittney Leigh Held, So., S, Charlotte
Rachel Wells, Sr., L, UNC Asheville
Second Team
Nicole Lott, Fr., OH, UNC Wilmington
Christine Lakatos, S., OH, UNC Asheville
Kris Harris, Jr., MB, Elon University
Savannah Angel, Fr., MB, High Point University
Nicole Willis, Sr., RS, East Carolina University
Maddie Simpson, Sr., S, High Point University
Annemarie Chin, So., L, High Point University


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In keeping with this "exhausting" issue of VW Trends Magazine, we decided to take some of the more commonly available exhaust systems, and put them to the test. We wanted to see how much they actually help the VW air-cooled engine breathe better, thereby increasing horsepower and torque. We made a call to The Real Source, in Effingham, IL, and ordered the most commonly available aftermarket exhausts, and ran them on Geoff Hart's Stuska engine dyno, in Fountain Valley, CA. The "mule motor" that we used was a brand new, bone-stock, Mexican -built, 1600 cc, dual port engine, from Btlmex, in Nogales, AZ. The first thing we did, to establish a baseline, was to fire up the engine, and run it in (This was a brand new engine). Right away, we realized that the factory doesn't set the valves on a brand new engine; they leave the valves un-adjusted, so that during storage there won't be any pressure on the valve springs. After a quick cool-down and adjustment, and break-in of the engine, we are ready to see what, if any, gains could be made by the simple addition of an aftermarket exhaust.
So, we took the bone-stock engine, popped it on the dyno, and fired it up. The stock Mexican 1600's come equipped with a Bocar 34 PICT-3 carb, with a 117 main jet and a 90 air. We took the new engine to 5,000 R.P.M., a level we still felt somewhat safe with, considering that the engine came with a cast crankshaft and flywheel, and was not balanced to within a close tolerance from the factory.
Dyno run #1
R.P.M Lbs. Horsepower Torque 2500 16.8 42 88.23 3000 16.2 48.6 85.08 3500 15.2 53.2 79.83 4000 14.2 56.8 67.22 4500 12.8 57.6 67.22 5000 10.2 51 53.57
Not too bad for a fresh engine, huh? I guess those folks at the Puebla plant know what they are doing. However, to satisfy our "need for speed", we installed a Europsport single tip exhaust, by Mid-America/The Real Source, and tried it again. This exhaust is designed to run the tips out the stock location in a Sedan rear apron, so if clearance is a problem with a single quiet pack or dual mufflers, such as on a radically lowered car, or you don't want to fill in holes for the exhaust cutouts on your apron, this could be the way to go.
Dyno Run #2
R.P.M. Lbs. Horsepower Torque 2500 17.2 43 90.33 3000 16.6 48.9 87.18 3500 15.6 54.6 81.93 4000 15 60 78.78 4500 13.6 61.2 71.42 5000 11.2 56 58.82
Hey, not bad for an add-on, between 4 and 5 horsepower from 4000 R.P.M. to our self-imposed redline of 5000. Geoff, however, felt that with the more free flowing exhaust the engine was running lean, and a quick plug check confirmed this. He exchanged the 117 main jet for a 125, and we tried it again.
Dyno Run #3
R.P.M. Lbs. Horsepower Torque 2500 17.2 43 90.33 3000 16.8 50.4 88.23 3500 16.4 57.4 86.13 4000 15.2 60.8 79.83 4500 13.8 62.1 72.47 5000 11.8 59 61.97
Wow, a simple 3 dollar jet change netted us a solid 3 ponies at 5000 R.P.M. Guess Geoff was right about the engine running lean ! A quick plug check confirmed that the engine was, in fact, much "happier' with the fatter main jet, so, with the rest of the more free-flowing exhausts yet to come, we decided to leave it right where it was.
Now, we take off the Euro Sport Single Tip, and install an S&S header, with a single quiet-pack muffler. This exhaust was one of the best-fitting, with almost no bending and tweeking required to fit it on the engine.
Dyno Run # 4
R.P.M. Lbs. Horsepower Torque 2500 18 45 94.54 3000 16.9 50.70 88.76 3500 16.4 57.40 86.13 4000 15.6 62.40 81.93 4500 14.2 63.90 74.58 5000 12 60 63.02
Seems like the engine responded well to the S&S system. It was probably a better match, however slight, in back pressure for the stock intake and carb system. At 3500 R.P.M. the exhausts were identical in Horsepower and Torque readings, but on the top end, the S&S edged out the Tri-Mil by 1 horsepower and about 1 lb.-ft. or torque at 5000 R.P.M.
Now, we simply unbolted the single muffler, and, using Performance Technology's "Burn-proof" collector gasket, installed the S&S dual muffler onto the header, since the single and dual header are identical.
Dyno Run # 5
R.P.M. Lbs Horsepower Torque 2500 17.6 44 92.44 3000 16.8 50.40 88.23 3500 16.6 58.10 87.18 4000 15.8 63.20 73.53 4500 14 63 73.53 5000 12 60 63.02 Well, it seems that the bone-stock engine liked the back pressure of the single quiet pack a little better. We actually lost a tiny bit of horsepower, at 4000 and 4500 R.P.M., with an identical reading at 5000 R.P.M., but with a gain of a little over 1/2 horsepower at 3500 R.P.M.. Okay, on we go-
Now we install The BUGPACK header system, first, with a single quiet pack muffler. This system fit with ease, as well.
Dyno Run #6
R.P.M. Lbs. Horsepower Torque 2500 17.8 44.50 93.49 3000 17 51 89.28 3500 16.6 58.10 87.18 4000 15.6 62.40 81.93 4500 13.7 61.65 71.95 5000 11.6 58 60.92
Well, it seems that our stock 1600 dual port likes the BUGPACK exhaust, as well. We kept up, to a close margin, to the S&S unit, only seeing a noticeable drop at 5000 R.P.M. This could be in the way the exhaust header is made, the muffler, what's inside the muffler for packing, and a number of other things. All in all, it's a close race.
One thing we tried to do was test the two commonly available 4-Tip mufflers, but, finding that we were going to have to modify both them to even get them to fit, and wanting to keep the tests all on the same day, with ambient air temperatures and relative humidity as close as possible, we gave up on testing them. We may, if we have some more time, bend them and tweek them and get them to fit, at a later date.
Now we simply exchange the BUGPACK single muffler for a dual muffler setup, also by BUGPACK. Since the headers are, once again, identical, three bolts and a new Perf Tech collector gasket, and we're ready to torture this 1600 some more.
Dyno Run # 7
R.P.M. Lbs. Horsepower Torque 2500 17.2 43 90.33 3000 17 51 89.28 3500 16.6 58.10 87.18 4000 15.8 63.20 82.98 4500 14.4 64.80 75.63 5000 12.2 61 64.01
Well, we lost a bit on the lower end, but gained 3 ponies at 5000 R.P.M. This exhaust, with the dual mufflers, was the highest horsepower at 5000 R.P.M. of all the exhausts tested, but the other ones were very, very close. We had one other exhaust to try, and that was the same BUGPACK header, but this time with the hideaway muffler, for those folks that want the ground clearance that a single or dual quiet pack doesn't offer, and want the noise of a remote muffler, instead of the exhaust note that the Dual-tip or 4 tip exhausts provide. Once again since the BUGPACK header was identical, all we had to do was yank the dual muffler off and install the hideaway muffler, and run the engine one more time ( PLEASE hold together, engine, I promise this is the last one !)
Dyno Run # 8
R.P.M. Lbs. Horsepower Torque 2500 17.6 44 92.44 3000 17.2 51.60 90.33 3500 16.8 58.80 88.23 4000 15.8 63.20 82.98 4500 14.2 63.90 74.58 5000 11.6 58 60.92
Wow- this one beat the BUGPACK single muffler across the board, with identical horsepower readings at 5000 R.P.M. It even came close to the BUGPACK dual muffler exhaust.
As you can see, the exhausts were very close in horsepower and torque readings. From here, you will have to check the price and availability of these exhausts, and decide which one fits your application, and also your budget. Special Thanks To The Real Source, for letting us take brand new exhaust systems right out of the box, and immediately burn the paint off of them. Also, thanks to Geoff Hart for the use of his dyno and his time, helping us with the shootout. Okay, that's enough, I'm "exhausted" !
The Real Source One Mid America Place P.O. Box 1248 Effingham, IL, 62410 1-800-LUV-BUGG http://www.800luvbugg.com
Geoff Hart's Racing Engines & Dyno Service Fountain Valley, CA. (714) 222-0044
Performance Technology 1631 Placentia, Unit "M" Placentia, CA., 92806 (714) 526-0533 fax: (714) 526-1366


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I did not expect to like this film but I was pleasantly surprised, it was actually pretty decent. I thought the film will be preachy but it was not and I liked the characters, they had motives and purpose behind their actions. The film did not feel forced or fake, it felt pretty natural and I really enjoyed that, I think that if you have teenagers in your family, you should take them to see this film. I thought that the performances of Holleman and Townsend were phenomenal and I was very impressed. I especially liked Townsed who made her character very sad but beautiful in the same time. Overall, I recommend seeing this film in the theaters.
This is a very realistic drama about teenagers and their families, the film is directed by Jeff Phillips and stars Gayla Goehl, Lily Holleman and Michael Robert Kelly. I really liked this film, I thought it was interesting and smart and I highly recommend seeing it in the theaters. I think the actors did an amazing job with their roles and it really made the film shine. Holleman really shines in her role and I was very impressed. Townsend was really good as well and I hope to see these actors a lot more. Overall, I think this film is worth seeing and I would also suggest taking your teenager to see this film.
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Arlington parents and community members are invited to the next update on the "More Seats for More Students" capacity planning process. The meeting will be held on Wed, May 2 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the School Board Meeting Room at the Education Center. (1426 N. Quincy St.)
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Lectures / Seminars
View recorded webcasts, or listen to recorded podcasts of Grand Rounds and Fellows lectures. Note that recorded webcasts remain available up to one year.
More information on Grand Rounds and Fellows lectures.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Conference: "Pathways to Success: Understanding the Challenges of Clinical Trials in a Time of Increased Scrutiny"
Auditorium G, 9:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Grand Rounds: "Pathways to Drug Discovery"
Auditorium E, 12-1 p.m.
Michael Sporn, MD
Member, Molecular Therapeutics and Cancer Epidemiology & Chemoprevention Research Programs
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology and of Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Conference: "Dartmouth Pathology Reviews 2009"-CANCELLED
Auditorium G, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 6, 2009
NH Comprehensive Cancer Collaboration's 4th Annual Conference: "Making a Difference in NH: Evidence-Based Cancer Control Strategies"
Grappone Conference Center, Concord, NH
More information and registration.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
No Grand Rounds
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Fellows Lecture: "von Hippel-Lindau Gene Mutation and Malignancy"
Auditorium E, 12-1 p.m.
Martin Palmeri, MD, MBA
Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Friday and Saturday, April 17-18, 2009
Northeastern Genitourinary Oncology Symposium
(formerly the Regional Urological Cancer Update Symposium)
Hilton Burlington Hotel, Burlington, VT
More information and registration.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
No Grand Rounds
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28-29, 2009
Second Annual Dartmouth Integrative Biology Symposium: "Emerging Technologies"
Alumni Hall, Dartmouth College
Begins 5 p.m. Tuesday
More information and registration.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Grand Rounds: "Resistance to Immune-Mediated Destruction at the Level of the Tumor Microenvironment"
Auditorium E, 12-1 p.m.
Thomas Gajewski, MD, PhD
Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Program Leader, Immunology and Cancer Program
The University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
Associate Professor of Pathology and of Medicine
The University of Chicago
Section of Hematology/Oncology
The University of Chicago Medical Center