Pimentel, an assistant admissions director who has been part of the process at UCLA since 1983, when she was a student staffer. “That’s so far from our practice that TV didn’t even occur to me.”The Internet changed his mind.The Lapidus brothers hired a new ad agency, Spot Runner Inc., that uses the Net to help small businesses create professional-looking TV ads for a few hundred dollars and then place them on local cable broadcasts.Spot Runner is tapping a trend pioneered by Google Inc.: using software to make the advertising business more efficient and bring Madison Avenue to the masses.Google generates billions of dollars in annual revenue through its online advertising network, which automates the placing of ads alongside search results.The company is trying to extend that success to other forms of media, saying last week that it would spend as much as $1.2 billion to acquire a company that uses software to broker radio airtime. They were narrow at the top, nipped in severely at the midsection, then built out into a lampshade shape at the hips. Weil, who co-wrote the book on pretrial procedures for civil cases and was known for his ability to settle suits out of court, has died. of Art Museum Directors has long had an ad hoc women’s caucus that organizes its own programming and has held events during larger AAMD meetings.”I often hear from our male colleagues that they’re jealous of what we were doing at that meeting or who we were talking to,” says Marla Price of the Fort Worth museum, an AAMD member. It does not account for the 70 or so grand sailboats that will gather at Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach this July for the centennial start of the storied Transpac race to Honolulu, or the many small-boat voyaging adventures that begin, conclude or pass through Southern California.Mostly though, these doubters have forgotten that old American, Sunday-drive maxim: Getting away doesn’t mean going anywhere in particular.You can ask the question of why so many boats are so seldom used for 25 years and never achieve an entirely satisfactory answer.It seems plain enough that people with the means to own a boat — and pay the monthly moorage fees — are also likely to be endlessly busy, with work or other playtime diversions.”Our weather is a blessing and a curse,” says Tom Lewick, founder and editor of Southern California’s daily e-newsletter of sailboat racing, scuttlebutt.com.

On Wall Street, an optimistic Federal Reserve chief trumps just about everything else — including mortgage-market debacles and jitters over possible hedge fund meltdowns.That was evident last week as investors weighed Fed Chairman Ben S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper on Thursday dismissed a copyright lawsuit that sought to end Disney’s obligation to pay the Slesinger family royalties for sales of Winnie the Pooh merchandise. The batter may be thicker than basic crepes once it has been resting and may need to be thinned a little; if so, add up to one-fourth cup water and stir until blended. His numbers do the talking there.Entering last weekend, he was averaging 11.8 points and was ranked third leaguewide in assist-to-turnover ratio, but where Jones truly makes his mark is from 3-point range.Jones already has made a franchise-record 208 3-pointers this season, connecting at a 43.7 percent clip — the fourth-best percentage in the league.

But now, almost no one can argue with those positions — certainly not any prospective Democratic voter. There’s typically a 30-minute wait to get seated, and food experts say it’s believed to be one of the most profitable eateries in this culinary town.The family owns the enormous 48,000-square-foot commercial space, from the ornate stained-glass surrounding the family name at the entrance, to the framed photographs of the Columbian Exposition that line the walls.Herman Berghoff and his wife, Jan — the third generation to run the restaurant — said in a statement that they’re simply retiring from the food world.”It’s been an honor to be a part of the fabric of Chicago, but after being in the business for over half a century, Jan and I feel that now is the right time to start a new chapter in our lives,” Herman Berghoff, 70, said Wednesday in the statement.Part of the business will be continued, thanks to a fourth-generation Berghoff.The couple have leased the space to their daughter, 44-year-old Carlyn Berghoff, a caterer.Her downtown firm needed to find a new home, after the landlord of her building bought out the lease. The skintight bandage skirts that were the foundation of the collection (again, a tough sell) were offset by enough full-cut jackets to keep customers happy, one in a charcoal and olive silk moire diamond pattern, another in a glossy black quilted silk with patent leather trim.For night, a simple sheath was stunning with multicolored sequins in a geometric pattern. They argued that it would be cheaper in American lives to release the nuclear genie.Crowds gathered in Times Square to celebrate: There were fewer of the enemy left Rarely are victors encumbered by remorse. Mayo that he was “99.1%” committed to returning for his senior season because the Trojans’ depth would be “like the football team.”In January, Young said he would forgo his senior season and turn pro if he were assured of becoming a first-round draft pick.