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SAN JOSE -- Earthquakes starting defender Brandon Barklage is questionable for Saturday's game at Colorado after suffering a thigh contusion last weekend, coach Mark Watson said.
The latest injury to the backline leaves Watson with a decision on how to line up against the second-place Rapids. The coach declined Wednesday to say what he will do.
"Brandon's still really sore," Watson said of the player brought in to replace departed right back Steven Beitashour.
Barklage, 27, suffered a thigh contusion early in the second half Sunday against Columbus. It was his third leg injury with the Quakes this year.
"It's really unfortunate for Brandon because he was just starting to get fit," Watson said. "He's got a bull's eye on him."

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South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce will host its winter mixer today at MacDuff's Public House.
The mixer will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and will include music by Dona Baxter Mobile DJ, as well as light appetizers and drink specials. The new board of directors and new president George Alm will also be present. The mixer is open to everyone.
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Immerse yourself in city sophistication and Latin flair on a customized tour of Argentina. With your private guide and driver, set out to embrace energetic Buenos Aires. Seek out charming outdoor cafés, or learn sultry dance moves at a private tango lesson. Savor Argentinian beef in an authentic steakhouse, or opt for a private cooking lesson to learn how to pr ...epare scrumptious corn and meat empanadas, Argentinian stew and sweet caramel pancakes. Further afield, experience magnificent Iguazu Falls with a guide to enjoy astounding views of torrential waters plunging over 200-foot cliffs. Wine connoisseurs may travel to Mendoza, where vineyards unfurl across lush valleys into the foothills of the Andes. Tour wineries and delight in world-class reds. In the wilds of Patagonia, hike through natural wilderness, your way, your pace. Or board a luxury vessel bound for Antarctic waters. As you cruise with your knowledgeable captain towards this world of snow and ice, encounter seabirds, penguins and whales. With such a variety of exciting diversions, let our experts craft your customized tailor-made Argentina tour.Show More
American and Canadian citizens must have a passport that is valid for at least 6 months beyond the intended return date in order to enter and depart Argentina.Tourists must also provide proof of return or onward travel. Each traveler is responsible for ensuring that his/her passport is up to date. Citizens of other nationalities should check with respective authorities before departure. Please ensure that the name on your passport matches all travel documents we have issued. If this is not the case, please contact us immediately.
Please make a photocopy of your passport's identification page and keep it separate from the original. It's also a good idea to leave a digital copy with someone at home. This may speed the replacement process should you lose your passport.
American and Canadian citizens traveling on regular passports for business or tourist purposes do not need a visa for a stay of up to 90 days. Please note that if you are staying longer than 90 days, obtaining a visa is your responsibility. These requirements change often and therefore it is recommended that you check with the Embassy of Argentina for the most up- to-date information.
There is no visa required for entry to Argentina, however there is a "reciprocity fee". Americans and Canadians must purchase the reciprocity fee online, prior to entry, regardless of entry by air, land, or sea. Please visit https://reciprocidad.provincianet.com.ar/ and click on the "sign up" button.
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World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://wwwnc.cdc.gov.
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Argentina's climate ranges from the great heat and extensive rains of the subtropical Chaco in the north, through to the pleasant climate of the central Pampas, and the sub-Antarctic cold of the Patagonian Sea in the south. The main central area is temperate, but can be hot and humid during summer (December to February) and cool in winter.
For up-to-date forecasts, check www.weather.com.
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Photographers: Remember to pack sufficient memory cards, a spare camera battery, charger and dust-resistant case.
Electricity: Electricity in Argentina is 220-240 Volts.
Phone: Roaming charges vary between carriers, but tend to be quite costly. Consult your phone provider prior to departure to discuss overseas rates and international package options.
Internet: Internet cafés and wireless access is available in most urban areas, airports and hotels. Please note that wi-fi and internet service provided in properties is at the discretion of each establishment and Kensington Tours has no control over this. Please feel free to check with your Sales Consultant before travel if you'd like to know internet set up at each of your properties or contact the properties directly so you are aware of their internet policy if this is important to you. You may like to speak to your internet provider prior to travel to arrange a roaming package.
The official currency of Argentina is the peso (ARS), divided into 100 centavos. ATMs are available in most cities but it is still best to carry alternative forms of payment as daily withdrawal limits are low and machines don't always work. For current exchange rates please visit www.xe.com. Please note USD is accepted in most places, however to save money we recommend you use peso versus USD.
Capital: Buenos Aires
Language: Spanish
Currency: Argentina Peso (ARS)
Religion: Christian
Time Zone: UTC -3
Electricity: 220 Volt, 50 Hz
Telephone: Country code for calling is +54
Calling North America: Dial 001 plus area code and your 7-digit number
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Rich started writing for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin as music critic for the symphony and opera seasons. Originally from Granite City, IL, he graduated from Simpson College with a degree in music education. In 1984 he received his MA in Music Education from Truman State. Now retired, Rich enjoyed reading, writing music and short essays. He is the director of Kirksville Community Chorus.
I'm talking about our National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." This song belongs to our country. It used to be that everybody sang it. Sure, sometimes a celebrity would lead the singing. At ball games the crowd used to just follow along with the organ or the band. A celebrity wasn't needed in those days. We all sang the melody with NO EMBELLISHMENTS.
This is not about Beyoncé and her-lip syncing the National Anthem during the presidential inauguration. That's another subject altogether. This is about the pop singers taking freedom with the melody and adding embellishments to the point that singing along with them is next to impossible. Embellishments are fine, and they're not new at all. In fact, they've been around since the Gregorian Chants, though in my view, they did them better then. Not all singers have the ability to improvise melodic alterations. Whitney Houston was the ideal. She seemed to know just how much to add and what should be left alone. Let's face it, there aren't many Whitney Houstons. This is not about her life style, but I don't know anyone who can fault her singing. She was simply outstanding. In the days of the Gregorian Chant, the idea was to lift the voices of all the monks. If a particular monk let his voice rise above the others, he was chastised for it.
Other pop singers have come along and have been able to twist melodies with some success, but more singers try to employ that technique than is advisable. It's difficult to do well. Some things just shouldn't be done halfway.
This technique, however, is acceptable, I guess, to some extent. But it is out of place with "The Star-Spangled Banner." Without dwelling on it, most of you know that I have lost the ability to sing. I am most affected by this loss when I am in a crowd that sings the National Anthem. It makes me really sad that I can't participate.
That song doesn't belong to an individual. It belongs to all of us. If we need to have a singer in front of the audience leading the singing, so be it. But please, just the notes that everyone knows. I mentioned the monks blending together earlier. We've all been in crowds that sing the anthem with someone nearby over-singing, I suppose to prove that he or she has the ability to really sing. These individuals would do well to follow the example of the monks.
The great Ms. Houston opened Super Bowl XXV in 1991 with her rendition of our nation's anthem. It was beautifully done, but still not the song we all know. We watch the Olympics and wonder why some of the athletes accepting medals don't seem to know the words to our National Anthem. I suggest that we don't sing it often enough, but rather allow some pop singer or even sometimes a classical artist to sing it for us.
I believe in free speech, but I'm not fond of bastardizing a melody that has significance for our entire country. Wouldn't it have been a powerful and moving thing to hear and see the entire crowd at the inauguration singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" all together? You can catch Beyoncé on MTV.


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But the girls didn't dance Thursday, they took on the Pirate Special Olympics basketball team in a 10-minute game. According to Treasurettes Coach Greta Krier, the Pirates "crushed" the Treasurettes, 5-1. Afterward, they gathered for a photo.
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Hi, I am Danny Batson (Knouse) and I am a lifelong resident of the Chillicothe area. I was born in 1951 and graduated from CHS in 1969. I took over my dad's septic tank business that he founded in 1937. While I have been in every state (except Hawaii and Maine), there is no place like home! I love taking pictures of old and unusual things and sharing them. There is beauty in everything, if we look for it. I have three Facebook pages filled with local pictures that may be of interest: "Where Has Danny Been," Chillicothe Now," and "Danny Batson".
Hi, I am Gary Thomas and I was born just across from Central School in 1942. I graduated from CHS in 1960 and MU in 1964. After two years in Army, I completed a graduate degree at the University of Chicago in 1970. After working in software development for more than 40 years, I retired from Raytheon in 2007. I have an abiding interest in history and in researching past events, places, and people. My latest project is developing a history-based chronology for Livingston County from 1801-2000.
From childhood, I have always been fascinated by caves. In Northern Missouri there are but a few small caves. The exception is the large Mark Twain Cave near Hannibal. But in Southern Missouri and Northwest Arkansas there are many. I've visited all that I know of in Missouri. There are unexplored ones still today and that's what my story is about.
My wife and I along with her sister and her husband (also my cousin) took a trip to Pea Ridge, Arkansas. My birth mother had married a man from California and they had moved just outside of Pea Ridge to his family's homestead. The farm was at the end of a country road and consisted of an old house with barns. This homestead was well back into the hills. You would not know it was there.
They had moved a trailer onto the property next to a small creek that ran clear and very cold. When they plowed their fields in the low land, they would turn up arrow heads every year. They told us that after a good rain you would find even more. For those of you who don't know, this property was near the site of the Battle of Pea Ridge that was fought during the Civil War.
During our search for arrow heads, my cousin and I stumbled across a small cave. Outside the mouth of the cave were bones, large and small; we thought there might be a wolf or a mountain lion inside. There were fresh bones along with old ones. We talked ourself into believing it was just dogs. You could see into it about fifteen feet. It didn't look like anything was home, so we ventured in.
It was kind of scary; I was afraid of snakes and my cousin was afraid of spiders. We didn't see either so we decided to go a bit further. By this time we had to "duck walk" as the ceiling got lower and lower. I brought out my flashlight. The further we went into it , the more the ceiling and walls narrowed around us.
We're on our hands and knees and we hear water running. I'm in front with the light and my cousin says that this was a "living cave." I said "What's that?" and he replied "Living caves are dangerous, you could drop off at any time." Well, that statement didn't go over very well with me because I was in front!
But we kept going until we were crawling. This was getting a bit scary now, but the sound of the water was getting louder and louder. I really wanted to see the source. All at once, I stopped and shined the light straight out in front of me. My first thought was that the battery was dead. I turned the light back to the wall beside me. It was clearly working. The flashlight simply would not reflect any wall, any ceiling, or any floor in front of me. My adrenalin was rushing. We had reached a place where we did not want to be!
It was time to back out of that place; and let me tell you this. It was harder to back out of that tight spot than you might think. Later, I talked to the old grandpa in the farm house. From his recollection, no one had ever gone into the cave that far. I told him I was never going that far again!


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Hypnobirthing is a birthing method that uses self-hypnosis and relaxation techniques to help a woman feel prepared, narrow her focus, and reduce her awareness of fear, anxiety and pain during childbirth.
If you're tense or afraid during labor, stress hormones can redirect blood flow to your limbs, heart and brain — the fight-or-flight reaction — and waste precious energy. Hypnobirthing might counteract this process by preventing the release of stress hormones, which potentially reduces the pain of labor.
While specific programs differ, hypnobirthing classes generally teach participants to use a combination of music, visualization, positive thinking and words to relax the body and control sensations during labor. Keep in mind that hypnobirthing can be used in combination with many other birthing techniques.
Research examining the benefits of hypnobirthing is limited. However, a 2006 research review found that hypnobirthing reduced the use of pain medication during labor.
If you're interested in finding out more about hypnobirthing, talk to your health care provider. He or she might recommend a childbirth educator certified in hypnobirthing or other professional who can help you determine if hypnobirthing is right for you.
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Maryland-based death/black metallers AURORA BOREALIS recently entered Nightsky Studios to begin recording their sixth album, "Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything", for a tentative early 2011 release. The CD, which is being produced by the band's guitarist/vocalist Ron Vento, will mark the recording debut of drummer Mark Green. It will consist of nine tracks and two narratives. The album is a conceptual effort that starts from the beginning of all existence and continues through until the very end of universe and the eventual retraction and rebirth of it all. The artwork for the CD will be provided by Ron Miller, who is best known for his work as the production illustrator for the movie "Dune".Commented Vento: "The CD is what I consider to be a true chronological explanation of how everything was started and what will happen over the next 100 billion years and beyond. "I try to touch on everything from the Big Bang, to the formation of planets and stars, life in the universe, evolution and creationism, eventual space colonization, the fabric of the universe itself, time travel, other dimensions and species trying to preserve their races. I also explain how I think it all will one day end. "There are literally hundreds of hours wrapped up into this cd so far and we still have a good ways to go but the release should be out very early 2011. "The CD will have a limited hard-copy run with fairly elaborate package. However, we plan to also put up a link with a ZIP file of the entire package's artwork and layout as well as high-quality lossless audio files on the web site for people who cannot afford to buy the CD. "I want anyone who wants the CD to have it. "It's not about making money on this, it's about putting out a great CD and getting into the hands of people who want it." New video footage from the studio can be viewed below. AURORA BOREALIS' fourth album, "Relinquish", was released in 2006 on Nightsky Productions. The CD featured Tony Laureano (ANGELCORPSE, NILE, DIMMU BORGIR) on drums and had a running time of 37 minutes. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/auroraborealisofficial.
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- Evgeni Plushenko helps Russia take charge in Winter Olympics' team figure skating
- Mercury News editorial: Olympics reveal true character of participants -- and hosts
- Purdy: Is Sochi ready for Winter Games?
- Hannah Kearney sizzles in moguls qualifying
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SOCHI, Russia -- This is what Tatiana Solntseva wants you to know: She is not afraid.
And she will not be afraid, either. None of her friends are going to be afraid. Being afraid is giving in. So she refuses to feel any more scared than she would be in America or Brazil or the Arctic.
"You know, bomb can be everywhere," Solntseva said. "Nobody have an idea on September 11 what was going to happen. Nobody thinks about this, really."
Good thing, because she works in a building that experts would call a soft target.
Solntseva is curator of a museum, located just a few blocks from the train station, right here in the most public square of the town terrorists have threatened to attack as part of a plan to ruin the Winter Olympics.
The threats are part of daily life here. They come from Chechnyan religious extremists who live just half a day's drive away. And downtown Sochi is unlike the protected Olympic areas, where the Games will unfurl and where athletes will live. Those areas are surrounded by what is being called "The Ring Of Steel."
But in downtown Sochi, there are no high fences around the restaurants or stores. There are no gates that swing up and down to restrict access. There are no security lines to pass through and detect weapons.
Solntseva is still not afraid.
"I don't think it's really dangerous," she said. "Russian people believe they will be safe."
Solntseva bases this feeling on the upbeat way that sports makes people feel, almost as if that could drive away evil. This is why she loves talking about her job. Her institution is called the Sochi Museum of Sports Honor (or Museum Of Sports Glory, depending on the translation). The museum was assembled in 2007 after Sochi was awarded these 2014 Games.
In the museum, there are artifacts such as Olympic torches, or the costumes worn by Sochi performers at the closing ceremonies in Vancouver. There are also exhibits featuring famous local athletes.
One of those locals is tennis star Maria Sharapova, who trained here as a youth and frequently visits a famous tennis academy. Water sports are also big here, as you'd expect. And the ski mountains are just a short drive away.
Still, Sochi is an odd place for the Winter Olympics. It has a subtropical climate. There are palm trees lining the main thoroughfares. People are eating outdoors at some cafes along the Black Sea in the harbor, or above the Mzymta River that cuts through the middle of the city.
Solntseva hopes visitors will stop at her museum because anyone who walks through the place usually breaks out in a smile or two. That makes her feel good. She moved to Sochi four years ago when her husband took a construction job connected to the Olympics. Before that, they lived in Moscow, where Solntseva worked at an art gallery. She took some of the gallery's shows to New York and Miami.
At age 29, therefore, Solntseva is pretty sophisticated. In her four years here, she has discovered that Sochi has its own mellow sophistication, especially for a smaller city (population 350,000). This area has long been a getaway vacation spot for Russians, even during the Soviet era.
"It is a very interesting culture," Solntseva said. "It is a lot of museums, a very bright culture. There are people of all kinds here, Muslims and Christians and others, from many places. I think it is like Miami. People like to have fun in warm weather and are quite relaxed. But if it is necessary, they can be ... how do you say it? ... strong together."
The next 17 days are going to be a strong time for every person here, athlete and otherwise. The security force, including police and soldiers and TSA-type employees at venue and train station entrances, is the largest ever, numbering some 70,000 men and women.
At the Sochi train station in particular, the operation is smothering. It is mindful of the days immediately after 9/11 in America, which makes sense. A suicide bomb exploded in December at a train station a few hundred miles from here. So now, every passenger entering the Sochi station must empty every pocket, must endure a personal pat-down.
But that protects the inside of the station. What about the street just outside? Athletes normally like to leave their Olympic Village and absorb the surrounding city's vibe. But given the terror threats, athletes may bunker down in their safe compound instead.
In fact, the U.S. Olympic Committee has issued an advisory to athletes and their families, urging them to be cautious. At a media conference Thursday, one Russian journalist asked USOC chief Scott Blackmun about the memo's recommendation that USA athletes be wary of wearing their stars-and-stripes apparel outside the Olympic perimeter, in public areas.
In replying to the question, Blackmun performed a nice little verbal halfpipe contortion. He explained that at any Olympics, there are anti-American fans who may confront team members.
"We didn't say, 'Don't wear the USA apparel,' '' clarified Blackmun. "We just want our athletes to be aware that it will attract attention if they do."
That sounds as if the USA athletes should be afraid. Solntseva hopes that's not true. She said every athlete will be welcomed in Sochi. She has tickets to the ice dancing competition and can't wait to go. And she thinks the next two weeks will be a complete blast.
"I think people here will make it a very big holiday," Solntseva said. "Everybody will make barbecue in the garden each night and have fun watching Games."
This is what Solntseva wants you to know: Fear will not be invited to that barbecue.


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I had a blast at the Race Yesterday, but I feel that many of the obstacles were too small in width for enough people to cross. There were many obstacles with bottle-necking which kept you from making a good time unless you were first in line at take off. For cost it definitely had challenging and fun obstacles!
my 3rd fl.roc event and it was another great time! they keep improving the event while maintaining a reasonable price. the location is fantastic, everything went off in a timely manner and the best schwag of any of the mud runs thanks guys!
Thanks to all that put this together, it was a really good time! I'm assuming that the organizers had nothing to do with ordering up that beautiful weather, but that combined with the charisma of the runners and the challenging obstacles made for a memorable event. I could do without the walkers from the previous start time that lacked the sense to walk single file on the course, or the people from the earlier start that wanted to pose for pictures of themselves atop obstacles mid race... oh, then there was the runner that got stuck on the climb with fear, and... well you get the point. Lesson learned- I'm off in the first heat next time. Keep 'em coming!
My 2nd FL ROC Run. It was better than the first. The obstacles were well placed and just challenging enough. I would even say there was room for more obstacles! The mud was way better this time! There was some bottle necking at a few of the obstacles but it was better this time than last time. Maybe a fix is to limit the number of runners in each heat even further than you did this time. Can't wait till next time!
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this was my first time and it was great!! sure enough that I need to get in shape, but I had a blast!! cool obstacles but it have some more. thanks for the organization!!!
I liked the venue. Lots of shade so you didn't get baked. The track layout was good, most obstacles were fun and not flimsy. Getting out of the river was too tough for many though, and caused a bottle neck that hurt even those who could get out easily. The ropes across the water need to go. The wait in line was atleast 15 minutes. Even with that stuff, I would have rated it 4 stars. But the off site organization is less than poor. No links to the event photographer, no links to the results page. 80 dollars to run, and they can't budget a few bucks to place signs on the road. I see more directional signs to a yard sale than I did for this event that was admittedly difficult to find on the pre-race email.
Jesus Christ Saves This was my first "mud run" obstacle course and it was somewhat challenging if you pushed yourself but was highly enjoyable either way. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a running adventure. It's excellent for groups! Lookin' for more! Runnin' for Christ
Had a blast!! I loved the amount of obstacles and it broke up the 5k to where I almost forgot I was running one.. Cant wait for the next one!
This was a really fun event! The environment was festive and fun, the course was a good challenge, and the multitudes of obstacles were great. For future consideration of the Fl Roc staff, the only negative was the major bottleneck at the tightrope across the river, it was a potentially 15-20 min wait
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Dental Fillings Linked to Slight Behavior Problems
July 16, 2012 -- Children who received a common type of dental filling had slightly worse social behavior five years later compared to those who had different fillings, according to new research.
"Some tooth-colored fillings known as composites were associated with worse social behavior in children age 11 to 16 at the end of the study," says researcher Nancy Maserejian, ScD, an epidemiologist and senior research scientist at the New England Research Institutes.
"The composites that were associated with these problems include a chemical called bisGMA," she says. The chemical bisphenol A or BPA is used to create bisGMA.
BPA has been widely used for decades in the making of hard plastic food containers, the lining of metal food and beverage cans, and other products. Some studies have suggested that BPA, because it mimics the effects of the hormone estrogen, may affect reproduction and development.
Environmental groups say it should not be used in any products children use. Over the past few years, it has been phased out of baby bottles and other products.
BPA is also found in the air, dust, and water, so exposure is widespread.
The finding was a surprise, Maserejian tells WebMD. However, Maserejian also says the research is preliminary and the differences found were small.
The findings, she says, should not affect dental practices at this time. "We need additional studies not only to replicate the findings but also to help understand why," she tells WebMD.
The study is published in Pediatrics.
Dental Fillings and Kids' Behavior: Study Details
The new study looks more closely at some of the data gathered during the New England Children's Amalgam Trial (NECAT).
This trial was set up to look at the effects of dental amalgam -- the silver fillings -- and compare them to other fillings, known as composite or tooth-colored -- over five years of follow-up in more than 500 children.
They looked for any effects of the amalgam on the brain and kidney and any psychological effects.
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They did find worse behavioral outcomes for those who had fillings that weren't amalgams. For the new study, they looked more closely at these differences.


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So recently like yesterday and this morning I did two pregnancy tests and they both were a faint positive. What lead me to do this was because I had been 10 days late with all the pregnancy symptoms. I have been having slight cramps and yesterday I go to use the restroom and there was a small amount of pink on the toilet paper and then it stopped and today in the morning I start to notice a pinkish red flow only when I look on the toilet paper but just a few spots on the pad that I had on. ould I be p
regnant still? Were the tests wrong? Did I start my menstral cycle?can someone please help me
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You can get spotting when pregnant, its actually pretty common in the first few weeks as the bit that will become the placenta snuggles into your womb and grows, as your tests were faint it sounds like you maybe ov'd later this cycle and are perhaps closer to 4 weeks than 5 1/2 at that stage some women have a lot of spotting and are convinced it's their period showing but it turns out to be just implantation bleeding.
It's highly unlikely to get a false positive on a pregnancy test unless you're taking certain fertility drugs so I'd say you are definitely pregnant , unfortunately there are no guarantees in the early weeks but small amounts of bleeding don't necessarily meant there's a problem neither do mild cramps .
Maybe give it a few days and do another test to make sure the lines are getting stronger, or if you have an understanding doctor they might do some bloods for you to see if your HCG levels are rising , Good luck xx


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Roger won his semi-final against Novak Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 today to book his spot in Sunday's final.
"I'm obviously ecstatic, I'm so happy," Roger said after the match. "I played a great match. It's been a tough tournament for me but I was able to play some fantastic tennis today. I thought Novak also played well. The first two sets went by so quickly but then I was able to step it up a bit. Maybe I got a bit lucky because he also had break points in the third set but it feels great to be in the Wimbledon final."
Roger made a perfect start and never gave Djokovic the chance to take a lead. He won the first set thanks to a break at 4-2. Even though Djokovic recovered in the second, Roger was able to fight off a break at 4-4 in the third set - and was unstoppable after that. Our champ made use of his first match-ball to seal the victory after just over two hours of play. The crowd honoured him with standing ovations.
Roger is the first man to reach eight Wimbledon finals. He will either play Andy Murray (ATP 4) or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (ATP 5) on Sunday. If Roger wins the title, he will regain the top spot in the ATP World Tour rankings, where he can equalize Pete Sampras's record of 286 weeks at No. 1!


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Idaho is home to many special industries fueling our state's economy.
There's the nuclear research industry right here in eastern Idaho. Idaho's agricultural economy stretches statewide.
On Monday, there are new figures that show a sizable increase in Idaho's outdoor recreation economy.
"Business is good," said Bill's Bike Shop manager Brandon Fell. "It's been a steady incline over the past few years."
Fell knows the outdoor recreation industry is making an uphill climb across Idaho, but just how big the industry has become can be a bit of a shock, even for an industry professional.
"It is surprising to see that it is a big number," said Fell.
The big number Fell mentioned is new data compiled by the Outdoor Industry Association, which shows outdoor recreation jobs stand at about 77,000 across the state.
That's compared to only 22,500 agriculture jobs.
"Idaho in general, there's a lot of growth we see in the cycling industry," said Fell.
Fell said the numbers might have something to do with increased interest. The cycling industry is seeing some boost in sales as cities like Boise become more bicycle friendly.
"Idaho Falls is in the process of expanding its bicycle friendly abilities," said Fell. "In Idaho Falls it's growing very big, both mountain biking and road cycling.
There's such a potential cyclist market, Bill's Bike Shop plans to expand later this year, to a bigger location in Snake River Landing where Fell said customers will be able to rent and test drive new bikes before buying. He said encouraging numbers like the ones from the Outdoor Industry Association show more bicycle-friendly cities can have an impact on the state.
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Last night, Barack denounced chemical warfare and crimes of war.
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27, did you see my thread earlier about the un-united states of mankind?
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No I did not. I'll hunt it down though. When I say wake up I mean that in reference to what's going on in our country and the rest of the world.
When I look around I see mass distraction. Everybody is so consumed with what's going on in their little personal bubble that they've become complacent and are staggeringly oblivious.
Everybody's too busy bickering amongst themselves about who's right and who's wrong. What's better and what's worse... that they're missing this raging forest fire for the trees that don't even really exist.
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How, exactly, does one wake up? What are your proposed solutions to a somnambulant society? Or did you just intend to run around screaming at people until their eyes open? I appreciate the sentiment of what you're trying to do, and even agree with you that most people, for their part, are far too absorbed and egocentric to care about or even consider the world outside of their immediate sphere. But harping about this on a message board whose main purveyors are to various degrees enlightened seems like meaninglessly academic chest-thumping. Hit the streets, not the internet, unless you actually have a significant twitter or blog following.
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In my experience people who declare that everyone needs to "wake up" are usually just as close minded as those they deride. Usually far left, but sometimes with a libertarian bent, they use the word sheeple regularly. Typically, theyre not the sort of elitist who think they know better than everyone else because theyre smarter far from it. They tend to blame all the world problems on ignorance if everyone had access to the right information (that is, their preferred news sources) without the distractions of football / Miley Cyrus / Fox News / Toddlers and Tiaras, wed all come to the right conclusion regarding Syria / Taxation / Global Warming / the matter at hand.
Not saying you're one of those, 27. But that's what "wake up" reminds me of.
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I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I admit you take a look at one or two of those and they look crazy as shit. I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything, in fact I encourage you to investigate out of the assumption that I am lying.
And make up your own mind. When you do that and you see the greater picture (which is still not nearly the whole picture) conspiracies kind of go out the window.
Just give it a try what would be the harm.
A good starting point would be to watch the videos about the death of William Cooper. A retired Naval Intelligence Officer and highly decorated Vietnam vet.
Think about some of the recent things that have passed pretty much destroying are constitutional rights.
Think about the fact that prior to us going to Afghanistan they're opium production was very small. Today they produce over 90% of the worlds supply. This change happened while our troops were there, troops sent by our government who is so adamant about the war on drugs and ending addiction. I don't know about you but this disturbs me.
There's a lot of digging to do and a lot of misinformation which makes it more difficult... But I assure you all the proof is out there, official documents, just all kinds of stuff.
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Research In Motion Ltd. may be reinventing itself as a global company, but its home ties remain strong.
It's rolling out its new BlackBerry 10-powered Z10 phone here after just one other market—the U.K., where the phone will be available Thursday. In Canada, the device hits store shelves Feb. 5.
Most major Canadian cell phone carriers, including Rogers CommunicationsTelus, and BCE Bell Mobility, plan to offer the device for 145 Canadian dollars ($144.73) with a three-year contract, or for C$650 without a contract. RIM said that the BlackBerry Q10, its BlackBerry 10 device equipped with a physical keyboard, will be available in Canada in mid-March.
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Canada has tended to be more loyal to the BlackBerry brand than some other markets. While sales aren't necessarily stronger here than elsewhere, there is a sense of a home-team advantage. In Ottawa on Wednesday, lawmakers applauded the roll-out. In and around RIM's hometown of Waterloo, Ontario, organizers hosted several private and public gatherings in support of the global launch.
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The Globe mall in Fremont will eventually total 450,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and cultural spaces, plus a 12-story, 248-room hotel that will have views of San Francisco Bay and be visible from Interstate 880. The mall will consist of a series of "villages," each a building incorporating themes associated with a certain part of Asia or Europe.
"We believe The Globe can be the next shopping destination for the Bay Area," said Wai Zin, a marketing and sales executive with Oregon-based American Pacific International Capital, or APIC, the owner of the mall. "Fremont is a great location for this kind of center."
Fremont city officials estimate that 50 percent of the population of Fremont is Asian. About 25 percent has ethnic origins in East Asia, including China and nearby nations. Another 25 percent is South Asian, including origins in India and Pakistan.
"The Globe is a bold vision, and it's very exciting that this project is getting back on track," said Kelly Kline, Fremont's economic development director. "This is a key location for the city."
Located near the intersection of Interstate 880 and Stevenson Boulevard, The Globe began construction several years ago, but the Great Recession and financing woes brought construction to a halt in 2007 with only 70,000 square feet of the mall completed. The center languished for years, bogged down by litigation, foreclosure proceedings and virtually no tenants.
Now the new owners are ready to pour $200 million into the completion of the shopping center and the development of the hotel, including the purchase and construction costs, said Joseph Nguyen, a marketing and sales manager with APIC, which taps the capital markets in Asia and the United States to finance the projects in which it invests.
"Interest from tenants has really picked up," Nguyen said. "We are seeing a lot of energy picking up in response to our leasing efforts. More people are coming to our doors asking to become tenants."
The existing first phase is known as Siam Village. The next retail cluster will be Pacifica, which will total 32,000 square feet and should be complete sometime this summer, Nguyen said. A final date for completion of the entire center and the hotel isn't set yet.
Future phases will be known as Sino Village; JK Town, which stands for Japan Korea town; Europa, Indus and The Heart. Besides the shopping and dining activities, the center is also expected to feature cultural events with Asian and European themes.
At present, the only tenants are some furniture stores that are on month-to-month leases. As new retailers sign leases, the furniture stores will exit the property, Nguyen said.
"Our landmark structure for The Globe will be a hotel that will be the tallest building in Fremont," Nguyen said. APIC owns five hotels in San Francisco.
The Globe has a decent chance of success, said Josh Gispan, a broker with Meacham Oppenheimer, a commercial realty brokerage in San Jose that specializes in retail projects,
"This project can be a home run," Gispan said. "It's a little bit off the beaten path, but if you hit at the right economic cycle, you can be very successful with this."
Contact George Avalos at 408-859-5167. Follow him at Twitter.com/georgeavalos.
Fremont's new GLOBE mall
The retail and dining center will have an Asian and European theme. Among the highlights:
450,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and cultural space
Designed as a series of "villages," including Siam Village, Pacifica, Sino Village, JK Town, Europa, Indus Village and The Heart
A 12-story, 248-room hotel
Total investment is expected to be $200 million
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A Schuyler man was arrested for being a fugitive from justice at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 10, according to the Town of Frankfort Police Department.
Jesus Roman, 41, of state Route 5, was arrested after a motor vehicle stop on state Route 5S, police said.
Through an investigation at the scene patrol officers discovered Roman was wanted by the Reading Pennsylvania Police Department after a warrant was issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for failing to register as a sex offender, police said.
Roman was processed at the Town of Frankfort Police Department and was charged with being a fugitive from justice. He was arraigned in front of Judge Phillip Tangorra and was remanded to the Herkimer County jail without bail, police said. He will be turned over to the Reading Police Department.
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Raised in a family of liberal Democrats, all of whom voted for Obama, Corinna Luray Burt joined the white pride movement late in life.
She credits white pride message board Stormfront.org for connecting her to the National Socialist Movement, America's leading neo-Nazi group.
Corinna says white pride inspired her to quit the porn industry. "If we consider ourselves a master race then we have to act like a master race, not degenerates."
Bodybuilding is a newer hobby for Corinna. She credits her "genetics" for helping her "to quickly pack on muscle."
She has five tattoos, four of which are "white nationalist tattoos." The fifth one is a flower.
She posted a photograph of her newest tattoo on Stormfront.org. It's a white nationalist slogan called the Fourteen Words: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."
Most recently, Corinna partook in a National Socialist Movement rally in Los Angeles. The group was there to protest Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's stance on immigration.


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Liverpool Message Board
Goodbye Andy, & thank you..
My thank you is not really sarcastic, though I'm glad the saga won't drag out, but I would thank him for being a good soldier throughout the entire process, and for the few contributions he did make to LFC in his time there. I hope he goes on to have a nice career at West Ham, hopefully not to often at our expense, though I suspect some will actually find reasons to applause that even if it causes us defeat.
And, ironically of note, he's had to pull out of the England squad with a calf injury. He was always going to be a player to deal with, but more than anything else, he's not been able to shed injuries, and at the end of the day, 15M was probably the best to be expected since he would have never started over Suarez or Sturridge, and however Coutinho was accommodated along with potential arrival of an Eriksen etc.. So, goodbye and good luck in London, may he cause our London rivals many hard days at the office that equal in defeat, not just "hard days at the office"..
Colin, feel free to give me the predictable thumbs down and rant.. I suppose Andy still has the final say, but seems it's inevitable.. And if the money makes LFC better, that's all that matters..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2328551/Andy-Carroll--West-Ham-agree-15million-fee-Liverpool-sign-striker.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
I was just listening to Talksport and they have summed up the situation pretty well, they were saying David Sullivan rang Andy and said "Great news Andy, we have agreed a fee with Liverpool, if you want to head down we can start to discuss terms....Andy?...Andy, are you there?....."
The silence is incredibly noisey, the boy doesn't want to sign for West Ham, anyone that saw his interview after the Reading game would have seen him be particularly elusive when talking about his future, then we see an interview with Kevin Nolan where he suggest Andy has an offer to play for a club in Europe, one would have to guess that is Spurs or abroad. To add to that, he is now out for up to 4 months surely killing off any half interested parties. My feeling is he is going to skip the West Ham deal and hold out all summer, our only hope is that the injury nudges him to the safety off feeling wanted.
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 May 21, 2013 21:28 Flag
One way to look at this is what it does to free us up for other moves. If press reports are to believe we only have a modest transfer kitty from the owners (20M but who knows the real number), but this adds to it, so we might be in the 35-40M range now. Plus of course it free's up salary as well, depending on reports around 70K a week.
If the Toure deal is true that means we've picked up a 3rd CB (imo behind Agger and Skrtel), still have maybe 40M to spend, and even if Kollo gets the same wages as Carra (and I'd expect him to be on less) got room for more additions from a salary standpoint.
Personally i am a little sad to see Andy go, as I always like the lad, but its just a case of him being a square peg trying to fit into a round hole with us. I do wish him well, but being practical him leaving I think does help the squad overall.
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A Yahoo! User May 21, 2013 21:43 Flag
Liverpool may be picking Toure up on a free transfer but he won't come cheaply. He's currently on £125k weekly with City and I'd be surprised if he accepts more than 30% slash in his current earnings. The savings on Andy is probably funding Kolo's wages which makes sense.


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I have searched the forum and can see similar problems and think I know roughly how to fix it but I'm not very technical. When I'm streaming the new Karate kid movie to my panny it squashes the whole image to fit within the screen so it looks out of proportion. I'm not sure what parameters I need to change within PS3 Media Server to sort out this problem. Normally I watch most files using my PS3 but some movies won't play although I have bought them and stored them on my Mac. I have two young children so prefer to have a disc-less house – they end up getting scratched and broken. Is it a simple case of adding black bars and imputing a value? If so what value as I'm not great at maths either. Is it a matter of editing something in the MEncoder section?
Or is there another way. PS3 Media Server is great for me because I can buy foreign films and watch them with downloaded subs.


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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team will play at Chapman Field this Thursday against Texas State for the start of a three-game Southland Conference home series. On Saturday, the baseball team will be wearing special pink hats and socks for the 'Strikeout Breast Cancer' game.
The Islanders come into the series with a 12-16 record on the year, and are 5-7 in Southland Conference games. The Bobcats are 18-10 overall, with an even 6-6 mark in league contests. The teams are playing an unusual Thursday, Friday, Saturday in observance of Easter on Sunday. The series will be the first games at home since March 18, when the Islanders hosted Southeastern Louisiana.
The Islanders are coming off of a 1-2 weekend at Nicholls, where Daniel Minor put on another dominant performance for the Islanders, allowing just one run on three hits while striking out 10 batters and walking none in a complete game. For his effort, Minor was named the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season.
He will get the start on Saturday, while Tim Keller is back in the rotation with the Thursday evening start, while Adam Hoelscher will be on the mound against the Bobcats at 6 p.m. on Friday.
Offensively, Jonathan Gonzales leads the way with five home runs on the year, and is second the team with a .279 batting average and 12 RBI. Jordan Lee leads the team with a .289 average, while Eric Weiss leads the team in RBI with 14.
Texas State comes into the series with the top pitching staff in the conference, led by starters Travis Ballew, Colton Turner and Kyle Finnegan. The team sports a 2.65 ERA, and has a conference-high 234 strikeouts.
Offensively, Jeff McVaney leads the team with a .339 batting average, as well as a team-high 23 RBI. Casey Kalenkosky has hit a high of seven home runs for the Bobcats, and is second on the team with 20 runs batted in this season.
Live stats and video will be available by visiting www.GoIslanders.com.
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Adobe is currently investigating what appears to be the inappropriate use of an Adobe code signing certificate for Windows. We plan to revoke the impacted certificate on October 4 2012 for all software code signed after July 10 2012. Customers should not notice anything out of the ordinary during the certificate revocation process.
Is your Adobe software vulnerable because of this issue? No. This issue has no impact on the security of your genuine Adobe software. Are there other security risks to you? We have strong reason to believe that this issue does not present a general security risk.
The revocation of the certificate affects the Windows platform and three Adobe AIR applications* that run on both Windows and Macintosh. The revocation does not impact any other Adobe software for Macintosh or other platforms.
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Importance of Clinical Trials in India
Importance of Clinical Trials in India
01.14.13 | By Mark Grayson
In the last few weeks there has been much written about the need to ensure appropriate clinical trials in India. Today, Jay Taylor, Vice President of International at PhRMA published an article on this subject on Apothecurry, an influential health site in India.
It is especially noteworthy that when looking at the facts "the death rate for patients enrolled in clinical trials is approximately half the death rate for the general population in India."
Jay also notes that PhRMA companies have adopted Principles on the Conduct on Clinical Trials that govern those clinical trials wherever they are conducted.
I think you will find Jay's post on Apothecurry very worth your while in getting a good idea of PhRMA's views.


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New Orleans police are looking for a 16-year-old girl who has been missing since late Thursday afternoon.
Authorities said Dominique Anderson was last seen leaving her grandmother's home in the 1700 block of St. Maurice Street at about 4 p.m. Anderson was dropped off at the home of an 18-year-old acquaintance in the 2500 block of Port Street, police said.
Anderson's mother said she did not have permission to visit the man.
Anderson is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 115 pounds. She was seen wearing a black hooded jacket, black tights with pink, blue and green spots.
Anyone with information on the Anderson's is asked to call the New Orleans Police Department at 821-2222.


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FTC Reportedly Investigating Herbalife; Shares Tumble
Somewhere, Bill Ackman is smiling.
Herbalife shares dropped as much as 12% Monday morning after the New York Post reported the nutrition company may be under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. The publication cited documents obtained via the Freedom on Information Act. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission have opened an inquiry into the company amid the public scrutiny.
The Post's report comes more than a month after Mr. Ackman publicly said he was betting against Herbalife, a company that he says operates as a pyramid scheme. Mr. Ackman's firm, Pershing Square Capital Management, has bet more than $1 billion that Herbalife's stock price will fall. He has called for the government to shut down the company.
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The New York Post, citing the FTC documents, says there had been 192 complaints filed against Herbalife in the last seven years over issues of false promises, difficulty in obtaining income owed and refunds. The Post said the FTC redacted some sections because it was not necessary to divulge information obtained "in a law enforcement investigation."
Herbalife shares trimmed earlier losses and recently fell 5.8% to $33.15. The stock fell 20% last week amid worries about regulatory action. The FTC last week shut down a Kentucky multilevel marketing operation.
Herbalife has repeatedly denied allegations that it is a pyramid scheme and has defended its business model on several occasions, including a two-and-a-half-hour presentation last month in New York.
The New York Post is published by News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal.
UPDATE: An earlier version of this post said the documents were obtained under the Freedom of Information Law. They were actually obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
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This may be a feature request or may be a buglet introduced in 3.4.x.
I tend to use file names like this --> Dash 3.7 Plate work3.dxf
When I open it, usually from the Recent Files option, loads fine.
I make mods, decide I want to save a new revision, lets say Dash 3.7 Plate work4.dxf
With QCAD 3.4.x, If I click the SaveAs dialog, the field pre-fills with Dash 3.dxf, so I have a lot of typing to do to get my desired new file name.
Apparently (presumably) the embedded "." in the file name causes this.
I did a lot of work a year ago, running 3.2.x and then 3.3.x and I seem to recall that SaveAs would start with to full current file name, Dash 3.7 Plate work3.dxf, making it much easier (and less subject to typos) to rev the name.
Unfortunately, I did not keep my old 3.2 version around for test purposes.
If my recollection is incorrect, consider this a feature request; it is very convenient.


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The purpose of screening is early diagnosis and treatment. Screening tests are usually administered to people without current symptoms, but who may be at high risk for certain diseases or conditions.
At this time there are no screening tests or screening guidelines for peptic ulcers.
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and peptic ulcers. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse website. Available at:
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Meurer LN, Bower DJ. Management of
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Peptic ulcer disease. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated April 22, 2013. Accessed April 29, 2013.
Understanding peptic ulcer disease.
American Gastroenterological Association website. Available at:
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This is a tee for those who love Man City and as the fans call him, Super Mario, and a tee for those playmakers on the field who may not always play by the rules.
He's a pace-setter and playmaker. Mario Balotelli had an impressive run during 2012's European Championships and was a big part of Italy making it to final. Show your support for this player in this cool tee.
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The New Ad Wars
Advertisers are living in a new golden age. Online tracking of consumers' web-browsing history makes targeting potential customers easier than ever. Online publishers are reaping the benefits of tracking, too, since they can now offer advertisers access to more finely tuned segments of consumers. The ever-more granular nature of online advertising is being increasingly facilitated by online ad exchanges, platforms where automated auctions for ad slots enable publishers to match advertisers to their desired audiences in real time.
Historically, large online publishers would manage online ad sales much as they had managed print ad sales, offering advertisers guaranteed contracts that ensure, for example, that an advertiser would have his ad viewed by a given number of viewers with pre-specified characteristics over a pre-defined period of time. Today, ad exchanges offer advertisers an alternative to such contracts, with a notable difference. These exchanges give advertisers the ability to decide in real time (and at near-lightening speed) if they want to buy each individual impression based on specific user information, such as distant and recent browsing history — and even the exact ads or merchandise a reader was looking at just prior to visiting the site.
As a consequence, when a reader clicks on a webpage an invisible but ferocious high-speed battle for her attention takes place before the page finishes loading — in less than 1/3 of a blink of an eye. Publishers put the reader's profile and impression up for auction, vying with advertisers who enter a bidding war with each other, with the highest bidder winning the impression. Millions of these auctions happen each second, every time a reader clicks to a new page.
The thousands of new options this gives advertisers for how to use their marketing campaign budgets makes online advertising more competitive all the way around. In addition, the growth of the transactions performed though ad exchanges has created the need for publishers to better understand the analytics associated with this new channel.
Professors Omar Besbes and Gabriel Weintraub, together with doctoral student Santiago Balseiro, have proposed a new framework that helps publishers design these auctions and manage this new channel. Exploiting the unique features of the ad exchange market — its millions of daily transactions with many advertisers at any point in time — they use game theory and yield management to explore the structure of the market, and based on this, to optimize the auctions.
"One naïve way to think about analyzing these markets would be to observe how advertisers bid in the past and design the auctions based on the assumption they will continue bidding that way in the future. But this ignores the fundamental fact that any change in the rules of the auctions, volume in the exchange, and the information publishers provide about the users is likely to influence the bid decisions of advertisers, who use more and more sophisticated analytics to run their campaigns," Besbes says. "Understanding those reactions is key to understanding how to design the auctions, and in the absence of a transparent way to account for such reactions, one is often stuck with the naïve approach. The framework we propose allows one to characterize explicitly advertisers' reactions, essentially mapping how market and auction parameters and advertiser characteristics translate into bids."
Traditional tools of auctions and game theory are not well suited for studying the complex interactions between advertisers in ad exchanges. One innovation of Besbes and Weintraub's research is the development of a tractable theory to analyze this complex market, which is both behaviorally appealing and approximates well the rational behavior of advertisers. The framework and the equilibrium concept underlying it, the Fluid Mean Field Equilibrium, is pared down enough on the computational end to be practical for researchers and practitioners alike, allowing them to quantify the tradeoffs that publishers face when considering changes in the auctions.
Examples of key questions that publishers face when managing this channel include how to set the reserve price — the minimum price a publisher is willing to accept for a given impression, and a decision that is key to maximizing revenues; whether to funnel readers to satisfy impressions for guaranteed contracts or to ad exchanges; or, more unique to ad exchanges, how much information to provide about the user.
"We propose that publishers provide as much information as they can as long as they simultaneously adjust the reserve price," Weintraub says. "While the increase in information decreases competition for each impression, since it narrows the scope of possible advertisers, the value of each impression increases because any advertisers looking for the more narrow segment are more likely to reach a prime target. By adjusting the reserve price accordingly, publishers can still extract this value even as they attract fewer competitors."
Advertisers can also use the framework, which offers a simple and intuitive formula for how and when they should shade their bids. Bid shading — underbidding on what they think the actual value of the slot will be — is a common strategy advertisers use to spend down their campaign ad budgets at a constant rate over the length of their campaigns. This strategy can be especially useful for advertisers with smaller budgets: these smaller players may lose many auctions by bidding low, but protect themselves from spending too much too soon, and are making a bet that they will win enough good deals over time.
Because the complexities of ad exchanges can't be captured in a single model, the researchers' future work will consider yet-unexplored aspects associated with ad exchanges. For example, how do the actions of intermediaries in the online exchanges impact the actions of advertisers in the auctions, and how do those in turn change the way publishers should design their auctions?
Though their framework was developed with display advertising in mind, it has the potential to be adapted to other industries. "Sponsored search, while distinct, is a close cousin of online display advertising, and has enough in common that some of the core ideas may help us better understand bids one observes in sponsored search auctions," Besbes notes.
Omar Besbes is assistant professor of decision, risk, and operations at Columbia Business School.
Gabriel Weintraub is associate professor of decision, risk, and operations and a senior scholar at the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School.
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Omar Besbes
Omar Besbes is an Associate Professor in the Decision, Risk, and Operations division at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.
His primary research interests are in the are of data-driven decision-making with a focus on applications in e-commerce, pricing, and revenue management, online advertising, operations management, and service systems. His research has been recognized by the 2012 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing...
Gabriel Weintraub
Gabriel Weintraub was a Columbia Business School faculty member from 2006 to 2016.
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Santiago Balseiro, Omar Besbes, Gabriel Weintraub
"Repeated Auctions with Budgets in Ad Exchanges: Approximations and Design"