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Wednesday Meeting rescheduled CARLSBAD The special Board of Education meeting that was scheduled for Feb. 21 has been rescheduled at 6 p.m. Friday, March 7. The deadline to submit a letter of interest for the District 3 Board position has been extended to 4 p.m. Wednesday. Candidates must attend the special meeting to be interviewed by the board. Information packets are available at the Administration Office of Carlsbad Municipal Schools. Raffle winner announced CARLSBAD The American Legion, Post No. 7, will announce the winner of their TV raffle when they meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the legion post on Legion Avenue. Bring in tickets and receipts. For more information, call 885-5429. Bookmobile visiting LOVING/MALAGA The Rural Bookmobile will be at Loving Casa de la Flor Apartments from 10:15-11:15 a.m.; at the Malaga Post Office from 11:30 a.m.
Gadgets PS3 Outsells Xbox 360, Bested Only by Wii in January Sales
PlayStation 3 beats all but the Wii during January hardware sales Holiday sales figures for gaming console hardware were predictable. Nintendo Wii was at the top, Xbox 360 somewhere in the middle and the PlayStation 3 near the bottom. But 2008 is a new year and so far looks nothing at all like 2007 – except, of course, the Wii is still number one. Nintendo's console sold the most in North America with 274,000 units, likely still selling out whatever is shipped to retailers. Believe it or not, second place belongs to the PlayStation 3, selling 269,000, just 5,000 fewer units than the Wii. The PS2 wasn't far behind either, with 264,000. The handheld systems occupied places fourth and fifth, with the Nintendo DS moving 251,000 and the PSP doing 230,000. Surprisingly, the Xbox 360 tied for last place with 230,000 units for the month.
Police chief explains Children's Theatre probe
The rally is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the newly named King Plaza in front of City Hall at 250 Hamilton Ave. Ralph King, a member of the Friends, said Friday the rally is still planned despite the Police Department's Friday statement. The theater was abruptly closed late in the afternoon of Jan. 24 and four full-time staff members were placed on administrative leave by City Manager Frank Benest. The theater remained closed for four days but is operating again. Performances of "The Giver," scheduled to begin Feb. 1, have gone on as planned. The temporary closure of the theater and placing four staff members, including longtime director Pat Briggs and longtime assistant director Michael Litfin, on administrative leave prompted significant concern in the community about what was happening.
Winning in style a thing of Celtic's past
It shouldn't make one iota of difference how Celtic rustle up the victory at Kilmarnock today that would haul them across a finishing line they have dawdled towards these past six weeks. But it does. As much, indeed, to those within the club as their supporters. They have become increasingly antsy over the pedestrian play produced during a, pointedly, pressure-free period. "It does matter whether we win it in style," says Celtic winger Aiden McGeady. "We want to get back to playing the way we can play. A convincing win would go down well. We haven't been scoring that many goals or even creating that many chances recently. It is down to us. We know what we have to do and what we have to put right. When the manager has sat us down after every game recently, we have known what he will say. We don't need told.
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Passengers travelling on Surrey's local buses have been finding out how the new national bus concession, which will extend free local off-peak bus travel to anywhere in England from 1st April 2008, will benefit the lives of residents aged 60 or over and eligible disabled. .
Clinton fights to get crucial wins in Texas, Ohio
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, told Providence radio station WPRO during the day, "We can't go all the way through to the convention fighting with each other while McCain and the Republicans lob in whatever free shots they want." Whitehouse, a superdelegate who supports Clinton, added, "Let's see how Tuesday plays out, and then let's start thinking about how we're going to get behind a candidate." Slightly more than 600 delegates will remain to be picked in primaries and caucuses in 10 states after this week's primaries, beginning with Wyoming caucuses this weekend and a Mississippi primary on March 11. Pennsylvania is the biggest state remaining, with 158 delegates in a primary on April 22. The controversy over NAFTA flared after the AP reported the existence of a memo, written by a Canadian official, asserting that Obama's senior economic adviser had told him the Illinois senator's public criticism of the free trade agreement was "political positioning." The adviser, Austan Goolsbee, said his comments were misinterpreted by the memo's author, Joseph DeMora, who works for the Canadian consulate in Chicago and attended the meeting.
Texas steps up security to prevent cheating on TAKS tests
Testing officials in the Duncanville, Garland and Richardson districts say some of their schools began keeping seating charts in the last year or two. Some educators and testing coordinators see the extra scrutiny as a chance to prove they're following the rules. "Our philosophy is we're doing everything right, so let them come in," said Jeremy Resnick, Richardson's assessment director. Still, not everyone's convinced every new measure will work. Take the pledge not to cheat, which earned mixed reviews from students at W.T. White High School in Dallas. Junior Jessica Sanchez said the pledge – which will be voluntary and given only to high school students – will remind students to take the test seriously. But junior Renee French said anyone who wants to cheat won't be deterred by signing a piece of paper.
Microsoft licences too expensive, say schools
Schools do not get good value for money from current Microsoft licensing agreements, IT professionals in the education sector claimed this week. In a series of interviews with education professionals at the BETT educational technology show in London, ZDNet UK found broad consensus that Microsoft educational licensing agreements are too expensive. "A lot of schools are looking at open source budgets come into play here. Microsoft licensing takes a big chunk out of schools budgets. The biggest issue is cost, basically," said Michael Allen, ICT technician of Swanmore College of Technology. Microsoft educational licensing agreements fall into two categories: perpetual agreements, where schools buy software outright; and schools agreements (also known as annuities), where schools buy and renew contracts.
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