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Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 6:34 p.m.
COUGARSJust a quick post. The Cougars lost in double overtime after seemingly winning the game at the end of the first overtime only to see a technical foul allow Oregon to tie it with .3 seconds left. We'll be back.
Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 4:28 p.m.
Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 4:08 p.m.
Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 3:03 p.m.
COUGARS It's time for our pregame post, Pac-10 style. Got to love conference basketball. It gets so intense. Except, maybe, when the students are out for winter break, as is the case here. For pregame notes, read on.
Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 10:11 a.m.
Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 7:45 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 9:31 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 8:23 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 8:07 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 3:07 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 2:29 p.m.
COUGARS We've got a couple of items for you this afternoon, covering basketball and a change in the football staff. Plus a link or two, so read on.
Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 7:37 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 7:22 a.m.
Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 8:46 p.m.
Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 5:18 p.m.
Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 1:36 p.m.
Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 10:44 a.m.
Lots of ground to cover, so read on for the day-after EWU post. First, the links: S-R gamer and photos, A.P. recap, and a freelance article in the Tacoma News Tribune. Onward.
Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 8:14 a.m.
Back with an unedited game story from Gonzaga's 94-52 win over EWU on Monday night. Come back tomorrow for a day-after post.
Mary-Kate Olsen threw on her standard ensemble of plaid shirt and jean shorts to run errands in LA yesterday. Once again MK's been ahead of the curve living in plaid this Summer, but it's turned out to be one resurfaced trend worth milking through the Fall and everyone else is already following suit. On the other hand, maybe she's just too distracted these days to mix it up, especially now that she's got a new man in her life.
Republican Charles Baker missed his opportunity to deliver a knock-out blow to the governor in the high-stakes, final debate of the race, political experts said. Patrick has maintained a narrow lead over Baker in the majority of recent polls. Independent Timothy Cahill is in a distant third, followed by Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein.
Republican Charles Baker missed his opportunity to deliver a knock-out blow to Gov. Deval Patrick in the high-stakes, final debate of the race, political analysts said.
“This was his big shot to really stick it to Patrick and make his case and he fumbled it,” said Thomas Whalen, a professor of politics at Boston University.
Patrick has maintained a narrow lead over Baker in the majority of recent polls. Independent Timothy Cahill is in a distant third, followed by Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein.
With one week before Election Day, Monday night’s debate was the candidates’ last big chance to appeal to voters.
But none of the four gubernatorial candidates made any huge gaffes or slam dunks in Monday’s debate, and analysts point to the format as the reason.
The hourlong live debate on WCVB-Channel 5 aired with no commercial interruptions. Still, moderator Charles Gibson, a former ABC news anchor, threw in several non-issue questions, asking candidates about everything from their favorite actor and bedtime reading to their most valued trait.
That line of questioning cut into the debate, especially with four candidates onstage aggressively trying to get their share of air time.
The debate was the 16th of the race and the fourth broadcast live.
In the other debates, Baker has sought to paint Patrick as a tax-and-spend Democrat and to paint himself as a fiscal conservative. But with the timing of the debate – one day after the release of a 1998 memo showing Baker knew about Big Dig cost overruns – Baker couldn’t avoid the hot seat.
“Baker was not able to achieve what he has wanted all along and that is for the focus of the debate to be on Deval Patrick and not to spend precious time defending his own record,” said Paul Watanabe, a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
The memo, written by Baker in August 1998 when he was then-Gov. Paul Cellucci's budget chief, showed Baker expressed concerns to his boss about Big Dig costs, but recommended he wait until after that year’s election to pitch road and bridge spending cuts. Throughout the campaign, Baker has sought to distance himself from his role in the Big Dig’s financing plan.
Gibson asked Baker why he appeared to say one thing privately but said something else publicly. Baker was visibly uncomfortable.
“He was basically called a liar by the moderator,” Whalen said.
Both Whalen and Watanabe said they believe Cahill solidified his base and probably won over some undecided voters who may have gone for Baker.
But they differ in where the candidates stand coming out of the debate.
Whalen believes Patrick will keep his lead.
But Watanabe said it’s still a tight race.
“It's still a tossup” between Patrick and Baker, he said.
“I don’t think Deval Patrick lost any support,” Watanabe said. Cahill probably gained some voters, and, “I don’t think Baker hurt his cause in any way,” he said.
Doctor Tests Nigerian Children Despite the toll it can take, schistosomiasis is not an international health priority. The waterborne disease eats away at the intestines, causing bleeding and anemia. One doctor hopes the results of her research in Nigeria will persuade authorities to provide money for medicine.
As AIDS and malaria capture resources, some parasitic infections are overlooked.
Series Map: Health workers are trying to uncover the extent of parasitic infection in rural Nigeria, including the villages visited in this series: Fobur, Kerker, Nasarawa North and Seri.
Children show off the red cups they've been given. They'll bring them back the next day with stool samples.
Villagers bring their families to a site in Kerker, Nigeria, where children are tested for schistosomiasis.
Schistosomiasis affects millions of children in developing countries. A microscopic parasite slowly eats away at their intestines, their colon, their liver and their urinary tract, causing bleeding and anemia. Yet the debilitating disease does not kill, and it is not an international health priority.
Drug manufacturers give away their medicines for some debilitating nonlethal diseases, but not for schistosomiasis. The medicine costs 20 cents per child per year; with millions of infected children, the total cost of treatment would be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Dr. Julie Gutman is helping health officials find out how many children in Nigeria are infected. She is surveying 30 villages to determine whether the disease is present in the state of Plateau.
"If we don't find a high prevalence in any of the 30 villages we test, it's something that we don't at this point need to worry about," said Gutman, "we can focus our efforts on other problems."
Gutman is working with the Carter Center. She is taking a break from her medical training at Emory University in Atlanta to work in Nigeria.
Children get intestinal schistosomiasis from swimming in ponds that have been contaminated by urine or feces from people with infections. The disease causes cramping and anemia, but is hard to diagnose as other infections can also bring on these symptoms.
For her project, Gutman battled muddy roads and pouring rain on her drive to the village of Fobur. She stopped at the house of the village chief to get the children to come to the local school at 10 a.m. Yet few from the age group Gutman needed — ages 10 to 15 — showed up on time.
A second request by the chief yielded enough children, who crowded onto the small wooden benches in one of the classrooms.
In order to detect schistosomiasis, feces samples must be sent to a lab. To get samples, Gutman asks children to put some of their feces into cups that she provides.
In the first village she went to, the kids were so excited about the red cups that they didn't use them as intended or bring them back. With lids that seal, they were "far too nice," said Gutman, who now gives children a present when they return the cups.
In Fobur, as a local health official explained to the kids what to do, the children giggled, reacting as youngsters anywhere might to a discussion of "stool" and "feces."
Fifteen boys and 15 girls each took a cup, and brought it back the next day with a stool sample. The samples were sent to a lab in a city several hours away. Results showed that many of the children had been living with the infection.
"We found 11 positive children, so that is greater than 30 percent," said Gutman. "So all of the children in that area will be treated."
Nigerian health officials are now faced with finding the money and resources — and deciding whether other nearby areas should be checked as well.
ATLANTA-One of the most protracted agency reviews in the Southeast ended last week as the D.C. Lottery chose Abramson-EhrlichManes in Washington, D.C., to handle its $4 million ad account.
The decision came nearly a year after client officials heard presentations from three finalists, and two years after its last agency contract ended. Competing against AEM last May were incumbent MDB Communications and Goldberg. Marche-sano.Partners, both in Washington.
Newly appointed D.C. Lottery executive director Tony Cooper said AEM will “hit the ground running” with a campaign for a new game launching March 30. “They’ve got six weeks to get it together,” Cooper said.
The client, on the other hand, took about two years to get it together. After MDB’s contract ended in 1995, the lottery suffered a series of directorship changes-seven in all-that stalled the agency review.
“If we had chosen an agency during that turmoil, there’s no way we could’ve developed a consistent [marketing] message,” said Cooper, who, ironically, held his current post two years ago.
The D.C. Lottery is facing fierce competition from nearby lotteries in Maryland and Virginia, handled by Eisner & Associates in Baltimore and The Arnold Agency in Richmond, Va., respectively.
Improvements to roads, bridges and footpaths across Northumberland are the cornerstones of the coming year’s Local Transport Plan (LTP).
A total of £18.6million is set to be invested in a raft of repair, restoration and maintenance projects benefiting pedestrians, cyclists and drivers in all parts of the county.
Headline schemes include introducing 20mph limits outside many schools, streetscape and parking improvements in Blyth town centre, a safe crossing for children at Riding Mill, a new roundabout at Manor Walks in Cramlington and new safety measures at up to 18 locations which are accident hotspots.
A number of key bridges are set to be improved, such as Berwick Old Bridge and Ford bridge in the north of the county and refurbishment of the Klondyke underbridge at Cramlington.
A further £490,000 is earmarked for improving public rights of way, which will include the resurfacing of the popular Eve Black cycleway and footpath that runs through the dunes between Seaton Sluice and Blyth.
Coun Glen Sanderson, cabinet member for environment and local services, said: “We’re delighted to be able to put forward such an ambitious and wide range of improvement projects for the coming year.
“The projects range from creating new bus stops to walking and cycling schemes along with major junction and safety schemes.
Shilbottle councillor Trevor Thorne: “It’s fantastic that much-needed work to Felton bridge is already under way through this year’s LTP programme.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Jan. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SYSTEN, LLC, a Web and software-solutions company, announces the release of a newly re-architected Internet file system – TrueShare; it makes remote file access, file storage, and file sharing, easier and more effective than ever. Originally launched in 2006, SYSTEN has completely re-architected the web-based software to establish a state-of-the-art technology platform on which rapid development of robust end-user enhancements and integration services can occur.
While there are many file-sharing services on the market, TrueShare (www.TrueShare.com) sets itself apart from others as a true Internet file system that is easy-to-use and offers unlimited user accounts.
TrueShare is also very different in that it is not only available as an online service, it is also available as a licensed product designed to replace FTP servers in corporate data centers.
So, how does it work? Users simply create folders and upload their files to them using TrueShare’s secure site, making them available for remote access, storage, and sharing. To begin sharing files, users can use the TrueShare Send-A-Link feature to email a link to individuals who they want to download the file(s); or, they can create individual user accounts and provide access to the folder where the file has been saved. They then login to TrueShare and begin sharing files.
TrueShare is used today by thousands of professionals in many industries including accountants, reprographers, attorneys, engineers, architects, and more – where it saves them time, effort, frustration and money.
Since its inception, TrueShare has served over 1 million files to users around the world.
SYSTEN, LLC is a nationally-recognized and privately-owned technology firm based in Overland Park, Kansas. Since 1997, the company has provided professional services to public and private organizations across the U.S.
For more information or to set up a free trial, visit: www.TrueShare.com.
Saying she's concerned about public safety and quality-of-life issues in Costa Mesa, Katrina Foley told the Daily Pilot on Friday night that she is strongly considering a run for City Council.
The 46-year-old Newport-Mesa Unified School District trustee last served on the council from 2004 to 2010. She resigned her seat that November, within her second term, to serve on the school board.
Foley, an attorney and a Democrat, would join a pool of three other known council candidates, all Republicans, running in the November 2014 election: Mayor Jim Righeimer, who is up for reelection, Lee Ramos and Tony Capitelli.
Councilwoman Wendy Leece will be termed-out next year after serving two four-year terms. The five council seats are officially nonpartisan.
"The real reason I am motivated is because I feel like I set out to accomplish what I've wanted to accomplish as a school board trustee," Foley said.
Her goals included facility improvements in the Costa Mesa High School zone, "redirecting funding back to school sites" and increasing the budgets for science, athletics and the arts.
Righeimer, elected to the council in 2010 and selected mayor in December 2012, confirmed to the Pilot for the first time that he is seeking reelection.
"I intend to run next year," the Mesa Verde resident said. "I've always intended to run."
Foley, who lives in Mesa del Mar, said she is weighing a council bid because residents are encouraging her to do so. She plans to make a final decision following her fifth annual Holiday Soiree and Benefit from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 4 at Mesa restaurant, 725 Baker St.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Foley's exploratory committee, as well as local charities.
Foley said if she senses enough community support at the event for her council bid, "I'll move forward."
Of her time at Newport-Mesa Unified, "I think I've laid a lot of really good groundwork that I think will allow progress to take place," she said. "And I think I can do more work on behalf of the schools off the school board than on, and I've just had a lot of people — business owners, residents, environmentalists, employees, all the different stakeholders — in our community have encouraged me to run for City Council.
"Mostly, it comes from the residents I see every day when I am at events, school activities or in meetings."
If elected next November, Foley said she will place a high focus on public safety and work to give the Police Department more resources to protect the city. She also pledges to "take the politics out of it" and let public safety administrators implement their plans.
Foley added that she's also concerned about quality of life in the neighborhoods, such as litter on the streets and less-than-clean bathrooms at city parks.

Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 6:34 p.m.

COUGARSJust a quick post. The Cougars lost in double overtime after seemingly winning the game at the end of the first overtime only to see a technical foul allow Oregon to tie it with .3 seconds left. We'll be back.

Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 4:28 p.m.

Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 4:08 p.m.

Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 3:03 p.m.

COUGARS It's time for our pregame post, Pac-10 style. Got to love conference basketball. It gets so intense. Except, maybe, when the students are out for winter break, as is the case here. For pregame notes, read on.

Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 10:11 a.m.

Thu., Dec. 31, 2009, 7:45 a.m.

Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 9:31 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 8:23 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 8:07 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 3:07 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 2:29 p.m.

COUGARS We've got a couple of items for you this afternoon, covering basketball and a change in the football staff. Plus a link or two, so read on.

Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 7:37 a.m.

Wed., Dec. 30, 2009, 7:22 a.m.

Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 8:46 p.m.

Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 5:18 p.m.

Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 1:36 p.m.

Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 10:44 a.m.

Lots of ground to cover, so read on for the day-after EWU post. First, the links: S-R gamer and photos, A.P. recap, and a freelance article in the Tacoma News Tribune. Onward.

Tue., Dec. 29, 2009, 8:14 a.m.

Back with an unedited game story from Gonzaga's 94-52 win over EWU on Monday night. Come back tomorrow for a day-after post.

Mary-Kate Olsen threw on her standard ensemble of plaid shirt and jean shorts to run errands in LA yesterday. Once again MK's been ahead of the curve living in plaid this Summer, but it's turned out to be one resurfaced trend worth milking through the Fall and everyone else is already following suit. On the other hand, maybe she's just too distracted these days to mix it up, especially now that she's got a new man in her life.

Republican Charles Baker missed his opportunity to deliver a knock-out blow to the governor in the high-stakes, final debate of the race, political experts said. Patrick has maintained a narrow lead over Baker in the majority of recent polls. Independent Timothy Cahill is in a distant third, followed by Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein.

Republican Charles Baker missed his opportunity to deliver a knock-out blow to Gov. Deval Patrick in the high-stakes, final debate of the race, political analysts said.

“This was his big shot to really stick it to Patrick and make his case and he fumbled it,” said Thomas Whalen, a professor of politics at Boston University.

Patrick has maintained a narrow lead over Baker in the majority of recent polls. Independent Timothy Cahill is in a distant third, followed by Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein.

With one week before Election Day, Monday night’s debate was the candidates’ last big chance to appeal to voters.

But none of the four gubernatorial candidates made any huge gaffes or slam dunks in Monday’s debate, and analysts point to the format as the reason.

The hourlong live debate on WCVB-Channel 5 aired with no commercial interruptions. Still, moderator Charles Gibson, a former ABC news anchor, threw in several non-issue questions, asking candidates about everything from their favorite actor and bedtime reading to their most valued trait.

That line of questioning cut into the debate, especially with four candidates onstage aggressively trying to get their share of air time.

The debate was the 16th of the race and the fourth broadcast live.

In the other debates, Baker has sought to paint Patrick as a tax-and-spend Democrat and to paint himself as a fiscal conservative. But with the timing of the debate – one day after the release of a 1998 memo showing Baker knew about Big Dig cost overruns – Baker couldn’t avoid the hot seat.

“Baker was not able to achieve what he has wanted all along and that is for the focus of the debate to be on Deval Patrick and not to spend precious time defending his own record,” said Paul Watanabe, a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

The memo, written by Baker in August 1998 when he was then-Gov. Paul Cellucci's budget chief, showed Baker expressed concerns to his boss about Big Dig costs, but recommended he wait until after that year’s election to pitch road and bridge spending cuts. Throughout the campaign, Baker has sought to distance himself from his role in the Big Dig’s financing plan.

Gibson asked Baker why he appeared to say one thing privately but said something else publicly. Baker was visibly uncomfortable.

“He was basically called a liar by the moderator,” Whalen said.

Both Whalen and Watanabe said they believe Cahill solidified his base and probably won over some undecided voters who may have gone for Baker.

But they differ in where the candidates stand coming out of the debate.

Whalen believes Patrick will keep his lead.

But Watanabe said it’s still a tight race.

“It's still a tossup” between Patrick and Baker, he said.

“I don’t think Deval Patrick lost any support,” Watanabe said. Cahill probably gained some voters, and, “I don’t think Baker hurt his cause in any way,” he said.

Doctor Tests Nigerian Children Despite the toll it can take, schistosomiasis is not an international health priority. The waterborne disease eats away at the intestines, causing bleeding and anemia. One doctor hopes the results of her research in Nigeria will persuade authorities to provide money for medicine.

As AIDS and malaria capture resources, some parasitic infections are overlooked.

Series Map: Health workers are trying to uncover the extent of parasitic infection in rural Nigeria, including the villages visited in this series: Fobur, Kerker, Nasarawa North and Seri.

Children show off the red cups they've been given. They'll bring them back the next day with stool samples.

Villagers bring their families to a site in Kerker, Nigeria, where children are tested for schistosomiasis.

Schistosomiasis affects millions of children in developing countries. A microscopic parasite slowly eats away at their intestines, their colon, their liver and their urinary tract, causing bleeding and anemia. Yet the debilitating disease does not kill, and it is not an international health priority.

Drug manufacturers give away their medicines for some debilitating nonlethal diseases, but not for schistosomiasis. The medicine costs 20 cents per child per year; with millions of infected children, the total cost of treatment would be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Dr. Julie Gutman is helping health officials find out how many children in Nigeria are infected. She is surveying 30 villages to determine whether the disease is present in the state of Plateau.

"If we don't find a high prevalence in any of the 30 villages we test, it's something that we don't at this point need to worry about," said Gutman, "we can focus our efforts on other problems."

Gutman is working with the Carter Center. She is taking a break from her medical training at Emory University in Atlanta to work in Nigeria.

Children get intestinal schistosomiasis from swimming in ponds that have been contaminated by urine or feces from people with infections. The disease causes cramping and anemia, but is hard to diagnose as other infections can also bring on these symptoms.

For her project, Gutman battled muddy roads and pouring rain on her drive to the village of Fobur. She stopped at the house of the village chief to get the children to come to the local school at 10 a.m. Yet few from the age group Gutman needed — ages 10 to 15 — showed up on time.

A second request by the chief yielded enough children, who crowded onto the small wooden benches in one of the classrooms.

In order to detect schistosomiasis, feces samples must be sent to a lab. To get samples, Gutman asks children to put some of their feces into cups that she provides.

In the first village she went to, the kids were so excited about the red cups that they didn't use them as intended or bring them back. With lids that seal, they were "far too nice," said Gutman, who now gives children a present when they return the cups.

In Fobur, as a local health official explained to the kids what to do, the children giggled, reacting as youngsters anywhere might to a discussion of "stool" and "feces."

Fifteen boys and 15 girls each took a cup, and brought it back the next day with a stool sample. The samples were sent to a lab in a city several hours away. Results showed that many of the children had been living with the infection.

"We found 11 positive children, so that is greater than 30 percent," said Gutman. "So all of the children in that area will be treated."

Nigerian health officials are now faced with finding the money and resources — and deciding whether other nearby areas should be checked as well.

ATLANTA-One of the most protracted agency reviews in the Southeast ended last week as the D.C. Lottery chose Abramson-EhrlichManes in Washington, D.C., to handle its $4 million ad account.

The decision came nearly a year after client officials heard presentations from three finalists, and two years after its last agency contract ended. Competing against AEM last May were incumbent MDB Communications and Goldberg. Marche-sano.Partners, both in Washington.

Newly appointed D.C. Lottery executive director Tony Cooper said AEM will “hit the ground running” with a campaign for a new game launching March 30. “They’ve got six weeks to get it together,” Cooper said.

The client, on the other hand, took about two years to get it together. After MDB’s contract ended in 1995, the lottery suffered a series of directorship changes-seven in all-that stalled the agency review.

“If we had chosen an agency during that turmoil, there’s no way we could’ve developed a consistent [marketing] message,” said Cooper, who, ironically, held his current post two years ago.

The D.C. Lottery is facing fierce competition from nearby lotteries in Maryland and Virginia, handled by Eisner & Associates in Baltimore and The Arnold Agency in Richmond, Va., respectively.

Improvements to roads, bridges and footpaths across Northumberland are the cornerstones of the coming year’s Local Transport Plan (LTP).

A total of £18.6million is set to be invested in a raft of repair, restoration and maintenance projects benefiting pedestrians, cyclists and drivers in all parts of the county.

Headline schemes include introducing 20mph limits outside many schools, streetscape and parking improvements in Blyth town centre, a safe crossing for children at Riding Mill, a new roundabout at Manor Walks in Cramlington and new safety measures at up to 18 locations which are accident hotspots.

A number of key bridges are set to be improved, such as Berwick Old Bridge and Ford bridge in the north of the county and refurbishment of the Klondyke underbridge at Cramlington.

A further £490,000 is earmarked for improving public rights of way, which will include the resurfacing of the popular Eve Black cycleway and footpath that runs through the dunes between Seaton Sluice and Blyth.

Coun Glen Sanderson, cabinet member for environment and local services, said: “We’re delighted to be able to put forward such an ambitious and wide range of improvement projects for the coming year.

“The projects range from creating new bus stops to walking and cycling schemes along with major junction and safety schemes.

Shilbottle councillor Trevor Thorne: “It’s fantastic that much-needed work to Felton bridge is already under way through this year’s LTP programme.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Jan. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SYSTEN, LLC, a Web and software-solutions company, announces the release of a newly re-architected Internet file system – TrueShare; it makes remote file access, file storage, and file sharing, easier and more effective than ever. Originally launched in 2006, SYSTEN has completely re-architected the web-based software to establish a state-of-the-art technology platform on which rapid development of robust end-user enhancements and integration services can occur.

While there are many file-sharing services on the market, TrueShare (www.TrueShare.com) sets itself apart from others as a true Internet file system that is easy-to-use and offers unlimited user accounts.

TrueShare is also very different in that it is not only available as an online service, it is also available as a licensed product designed to replace FTP servers in corporate data centers.

So, how does it work? Users simply create folders and upload their files to them using TrueShare’s secure site, making them available for remote access, storage, and sharing. To begin sharing files, users can use the TrueShare Send-A-Link feature to email a link to individuals who they want to download the file(s); or, they can create individual user accounts and provide access to the folder where the file has been saved. They then login to TrueShare and begin sharing files.

TrueShare is used today by thousands of professionals in many industries including accountants, reprographers, attorneys, engineers, architects, and more – where it saves them time, effort, frustration and money.

Since its inception, TrueShare has served over 1 million files to users around the world.

SYSTEN, LLC is a nationally-recognized and privately-owned technology firm based in Overland Park, Kansas. Since 1997, the company has provided professional services to public and private organizations across the U.S.

For more information or to set up a free trial, visit: www.TrueShare.com.

Saying she's concerned about public safety and quality-of-life issues in Costa Mesa, Katrina Foley told the Daily Pilot on Friday night that she is strongly considering a run for City Council.

The 46-year-old Newport-Mesa Unified School District trustee last served on the council from 2004 to 2010. She resigned her seat that November, within her second term, to serve on the school board.

Foley, an attorney and a Democrat, would join a pool of three other known council candidates, all Republicans, running in the November 2014 election: Mayor Jim Righeimer, who is up for reelection, Lee Ramos and Tony Capitelli.

Councilwoman Wendy Leece will be termed-out next year after serving two four-year terms. The five council seats are officially nonpartisan.

"The real reason I am motivated is because I feel like I set out to accomplish what I've wanted to accomplish as a school board trustee," Foley said.

Her goals included facility improvements in the Costa Mesa High School zone, "redirecting funding back to school sites" and increasing the budgets for science, athletics and the arts.

Righeimer, elected to the council in 2010 and selected mayor in December 2012, confirmed to the Pilot for the first time that he is seeking reelection.

"I intend to run next year," the Mesa Verde resident said. "I've always intended to run."

Foley, who lives in Mesa del Mar, said she is weighing a council bid because residents are encouraging her to do so. She plans to make a final decision following her fifth annual Holiday Soiree and Benefit from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 4 at Mesa restaurant, 725 Baker St.

Proceeds from the event will benefit Foley's exploratory committee, as well as local charities.

Foley said if she senses enough community support at the event for her council bid, "I'll move forward."

Of her time at Newport-Mesa Unified, "I think I've laid a lot of really good groundwork that I think will allow progress to take place," she said. "And I think I can do more work on behalf of the schools off the school board than on, and I've just had a lot of people — business owners, residents, environmentalists, employees, all the different stakeholders — in our community have encouraged me to run for City Council.

"Mostly, it comes from the residents I see every day when I am at events, school activities or in meetings."

If elected next November, Foley said she will place a high focus on public safety and work to give the Police Department more resources to protect the city. She also pledges to "take the politics out of it" and let public safety administrators implement their plans.

Foley added that she's also concerned about quality of life in the neighborhoods, such as litter on the streets and less-than-clean bathrooms at city parks.