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&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;PayPal Notice&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Thursday, May 29th, PayPal will be conducting maintenance and making improvements to its site and as a result the site will be temporarily unavailable.&amp;nbsp; The maintenance will start at 11 PM PDT and is expected to last approximately one hour.&amp;nbsp; Please check the &lt;a href=&quot;http://announcements.paypal.com/us/&quot;&gt;PayPal System Board&lt;/a&gt; for possible updates.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:37:37 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;109&quot; height=&quot;109&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;/files/images/CBS-College-Sports-logo.thumbnail.jpg&quot; /&gt;The UPA is excited to announce that CBS College Sports (formerly CSTV) will once again be covering the finals of the UPA College Championships. Make sure to tell your friends, family and teammates to check out these broadcasts and see Ultimate showcased on national television. This year, the UPA College Championships will be part of the nationwide, multi-sport &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://cstv.collegesports.com/cn/sports/index.php?sport=11&quot;&gt;CBSC Collegiate Nationals&lt;/a&gt; event.  Show airing premier dates are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;UPA Women&#039;s Championship Final Game: June 7th at 8pm EST &lt;br /&gt;UPA Open Championship Final Game:  June 8th at 8pm EST&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;table width=&quot;449&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;height: 107px&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img width=&quot;105&quot; height=&quot;105&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot; src=&quot;/files/2008StatesDisc_BlackRed.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONS CROWNED&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congratulations to the winners of the Colorado, Maryland and Missouri &lt;a href=&quot;/juniors/hschamps.shtml&quot;&gt;UPA State Championships&lt;/a&gt;. Nine states have held events, with 11 more to go!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don&#039;t forget to check the Score Reporter for results from the Ohio and Virginia events next weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description>
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 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;files/images/2008CollegeSeries_Silver.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;91&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; height=&quot;95&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;files/images/2008CollegeSeries_Silver.frontpage.JPG&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The seedings and schedules are set for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://college2008.upa.org/&quot;&gt;UPA College Championships&lt;/a&gt;, May 16-18 in Boulder, CO. Check out &lt;a href=&quot;scores/tourn.cgi?div=122&amp;amp;upa=1&quot;&gt;Series Results&lt;/a&gt; on the UPA Score Reporter following each tournament to see how it all unfolded, and see how the &lt;a href=&quot;/college/2008_wildcards&quot;&gt;2008 College Series Wildcards&lt;/a&gt; were allocated.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;college/all-region/2008&quot;&gt;All-Region teams&lt;/a&gt; and FOTY awards have now been announced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;upa/strategicplanning&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 91px; height: 95px&quot; height=&quot;95&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; src=&quot;files/images/2ColorJPG_0.thumbnail.jpg&quot; width=&quot;91&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After&amp;nbsp;more than a&amp;nbsp;year and half&amp;nbsp;of information gathering and deliberation, the UPA Board of Directors has approved a comprehensive 5-year plan for the organization. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out our new &lt;a href=&quot;upa/strategicplanning/2008Mission&quot;&gt;mission statement&lt;/a&gt;! Click &lt;a href=&quot;upa/strategicplanning/2008-2012&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to learn about the strategies and tactics that will be front and center for the next five years.&amp;nbsp;</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Despite strong winds and heavy rain, &lt;a href=&quot;http://hs-easterns2008.upa.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HS Easterns&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://hs-westerns2008.upa.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HS Westerns&lt;/a&gt; both took place this past weekend in Pittsburgh, PA and Independance, MO.&amp;nbsp; At HS Easterns, the top seeded Padeia Women beat Amherst Regional HS in the Girls division, while the Open side saw Columbia HS narrowly defeating Amherst Regional HS.&amp;nbsp; At HS Westerns, the Northwest School defeated Churchill HS in Girls division, while top seeded Lakeside HS beat a suprising 13th seeded Monroe HS in the Open final.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Go to the &lt;a href=&quot;/juniors/championships/index.html&quot;&gt;Youth Division&lt;/a&gt; page for information on these exciting events.&amp;nbsp; Also, UPA league bids have been announced for the &lt;a href=&quot;/juniors/championships/2008_ycc_temp&quot;&gt;2008 Youth Club Championships&lt;/a&gt; Phase 2 of the application process is now open for available bids in the Girls and Mixed divisions.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:50:02 -0700</pubDate>
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&lt;td&gt;The UPA is offering more opportunities than ever in 2008 to become a Certified Observer. Get the latest on observing techniques from experienced trainers. Then put your skills to the test on the field at some exciting events this spring and summer. &lt;a href=&quot;/observers/clinics&quot;&gt;Find a clinic near you&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/td&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Ultimate Hall of Fame Committee recently announced the class of 2007.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Congratulations to all new inductees: &lt;a href=&quot;hof/inductees#dunlap&quot;&gt;Christine Dunlap&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(athlete),&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;hof/inductees#edwards&quot;&gt;Harvey Edwards&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(athlete),&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;hof/inductees#weiss&quot;&gt;Dan Weiss&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(athlete) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;hof/inductees#murphy&quot;&gt;Brian Murphy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(contributor). For more information on the Ultimate Hall of Fame, &lt;a href=&quot;hof&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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