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George Steinbrenner
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George Steinbrenner 1930 - 2010
George Steinbrenner, who employed brash tactics and winning ways as the principal owner of the Yankees, was one of the most divisive figures in the modern sports front office. He died at 80 on July 13, 2010.
Steinbrenner bought a declining Yankees team in 1973, promised to stay out of its daily affairs and then, in an often tumultuous reign, placed his formidable stamp on 7 World Series championship teams, 11 pennant winners and a sporting world powerhouse valued at perhaps $1.6 billion.
Steinbrenner was the central figure in a syndicate that bought the Yankees from CBS for $10 million. When he arrived in New York on Jan. 3, 1973, he said he would not "be active in the day-to-day operations of the club at all." Having made his money as head of the Cleveland-based American Shipbuilding Company, he declared, "I'll stick to building ships."
He was the senior club owner in baseball at his death, the man known as the Boss.
A pioneer of modern sports ownership, Steinbrenner started the wave of high spending for playing talent when free agency arrived in the mid-1970s, and he continued to spend freely through the Yankees' revival in the late '70s and early '80s, the long stretch without a pennant and then renewed triumphs under Torre and General Manager Brian Cashman.
In the frenetic '70s and '80s, when general managers, field managers and pitching coaches were sent spinning through Steinbrenner's revolving personnel door (Billy Martin had five stints as manager), the franchise became known as the Bronx Zoo. In December 2002, Steinbrenner's enterprise had grown so rich that the president of the Boston Red Sox, Larry Lucchino, frustrated over losing the pitcher Jose Contreras to the Yankees, called them the "evil empire."
But Steinbrenner and the Yankees thrived through all the arguments, all the turmoil, all the bombast. Having been without a pennant since 1964 when Steinbrenner bought them, enduring sagging attendance while the upstart Mets thrived, the Yankees once again became America's marquee sporting franchise.
Yankee Stadium underwent a major renovation in the mid-1970s, but that did not satisfy Steinbrenner with the passing of years and the building of many new stadiums with luxury boxes catering to corporate America. He cast an eye toward New Jersey, pressed for a new stadium in Manhattan and ultimately got a $1.5 billion Stadium built in the Bronx, alongside the original House That Ruth Built.
Steinbrenner found new revenue streams from cable television, first in a longtime deal with the Madison Square Garden network and then with creation of the Yankees' YES network. The franchise also engineered lucrative marketing deals, notably a 10-year, $95 million apparel agreement with Adidas.
Steinbrenner lived year-round in Tampa, but he became a New York celebrity and a figure in popular culture. He was lampooned, with his permission, by a caricature in the sitcom "Seinfeld," portrayed by the actor Lee Bear, who was always photographed from behind at the Boss's desk, flailing his arms and suitably imperious, while Larry David, the show's co-creator, provided the voice. George Costanza (Jason Alexander) became Steinbrenner's assistant traveling secretary, whose duties included fetching calzones for him.
In recent years, Steinbrenner, the Yankees' principal owner and chairman, had ceded increasing authority to his sons, Hal and Hank, who became co-chairmen in May 2008. Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees' managing general partner as well, was given control of the team in November 2008 in a unanimous vote by the major league club owners, who acted on his father's request.
Early Years
George Michael Steinbrenner III, named for a grandfather, was born on July 4, 1930, the oldest of three children, and reared in the Cleveland suburb of Bay Village. His father, Henry Steinbrenner, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in naval architecture and engineering and starred as a collegiate hurdler before taking over the family's maritime shipping business.
Steinbrenner graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts with a degree in English, and he ran hurdles and played football, as a halfback. He served as an Air Force officer, coached high school football and basketball in Ohio, and was briefly an assistant football coach at Northwestern and Purdue.
He returned to Cleveland in 1957 to join the family's longtime shipping firm, Kinsman Marine Transit, which carried Great Lakes cargo. He also operated the Cleveland Pipers, a professional basketball team.
In 1967, Steinbrenner began obtaining stock in the American Shipbuilding Company, based in Lorain, Ohio. He eventually took it over, merging it with Kinsman. By the time he gained control of the Yankees six years later, the company had greatly strengthened its operations.
The Boss
Gabe Paul, a veteran baseball executive, and Lee MacPhail, the holdover general manager, were expected to make the personnel decisions when Steinbrenner arrived. But he quickly became immersed in baseball decisions and craved the celebrity aura that could never have come his way as a wealthy shipping executive. He began to spend large sums to end the long pennant drought, starting with the acquisition of the star pitcher Catfish Hunter.
Steinbrenner, meanwhile, ran into trouble in a matter far beyond the ball fields. In November 1974, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspended him for two years - a term later reduced to 15 months - after he pleaded guilty to two charges, one a felony and the other a misdemeanor: conspiring to make illegal corporate contributions to President Richard M. Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, and trying to "influence and intimidate employees" of his shipbuilding company to lie to a grand jury about the matter. He was fined $15,000 in the criminal case but given no jail time.
When free agency arrived as a result of an arbitrator's decision in 1975 that nullified the reserve clause, which had bound players to their teams, Steinbrenner stepped up his spending.
The Yankees signed the slugger Reggie Jackson and the ace relief pitcher Goose Gossage, and they won the World Series in 1977 and 1978.
Steinbrenner changed managers and general managers with abandon, punctuated by the bizarre comings and goings of Martin. The oddest sequence began on July 24, 1978, when Martin resigned as manager, presumably a step ahead of being fired, after saying of Jackson and Steinbrenner: "The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar; the other's convicted," a reference to Steinbrenner's guilty plea in the illegal-contributions case.
After the Yankees lost to the Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1981 World Series at Los Angeles, Steinbrenner broke his hand. He said he had punched two men who insulted him and the Yankees in a hotel elevator. But the supposed assailants were never identified.
Another furor arose in 1985, this one surrounding Yogi Berra, the Yankees' Hall of Fame catcher, who had become the manager. After declaring that "Yogi will be the manager the entire season, win or lose," Steinbrenner fired him with the team off to a 6-10 start and dispatched the Yankee executive Clyde King to give Berra the news. Berra, furious, refused to set foot inside Yankee Stadium until Steinbrenner apologized 14 years later.
The Yankees struck a major financial coup in 1988 with a 12-year, $486 million TV deal with the Madison Square Garden network. But the team had been without a pennant since 1981 - a split season because of a players' strike - and free agents had been reluctant to enter Steinbrenner's turbulent domain. By 1990, Steinbrenner had switched managers 18 times and hired 13 general managers.
Then came more trouble. In July 1990, Commissioner Fay Vincent ordered Steinbrenner to step aside as the Yankees' managing partner for making a $40,000 payment to a confessed gambler named Howard Spira in return for Spira's seeking damaging information about Winfield. Steinbrenner had been displeased with Winfield's performance on the field, and the two had feuded over contributions Steinbrenner was to make to Winfield's philanthropic foundation.
Champions Again
Steinbrenner resumed control of the Yankees in 1993, and three years later they were World Series champions again, beginning a long run of dominance.
By the 1990s, with free agents becoming ever more expensive, Steinbrenner acknowledged the need to develop the Yankees' minor league system. The Yankees swept to championships with home-grown talent like Jeter, center fielder Bernie Williams, catcher Jorge Posada and pitchers Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera. But they also assumed more than $100 million in payments owed to Alex Rodriguez, who arrived in a trade with the Texas Rangers, and obtained the high-priced Jason Giambi, Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson.
In 2002, an investment group that included the Yankees formed the YES Network to carry many games and broadcast Yankees-related programming. YES had $257 million in revenue in 2005, for the first time surpassing MSG as the country's top regional sports network, according to Kagan Research.
The Yankees' management achieved stability in the last decade as the team captured World Series championships in 1996 and every year from 1998 to 2000. But the Yankees faltered after that in their bid for another World Series title, and when they were knocked out of the playoffs by the upstart Detroit Tigers in 2006, speculation arose that Steinbrenner would fire Torre.
Torre, the manager since 1996, stayed on until 2008, and Cashman, the general manager since 1998 and a frequent object of Steinbrenner's criticism, remained as well.
Always fastidious about his own grooming, he insisted that his players shun unruly hair and beards, displaying something of the disciplinarian he had been at home, with his children. He admitted he had been overbearing and even verbally abusive toward them. His daughter Jennifer said in 2004 that her brothers had absorbed the brunt. "Let's put it this way: he had very high expectations of us," she said.
In April 2010, Forbes magazine estimated the Yankees' value at $1.6 billion.
Steinbrenner's death came nine months after the Yankees won their first World Series title since 2000, clinching their six-game victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at his new Yankee Stadium.
In his last years, Steinbrenner seemed to mellow some, and he spoke of the deaths of many friends. He had been in failing health for the past several years and had rarely appeared in public. He attended the opening game at the new stadium in April 2009, sitting in his suite with his wife, Joan. When he was introduced and received an ovation, his shoulders shook and he cried.
Chronology of Coverage
Oct. 19, 2014
Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column observes that the only Kansas City Royals team to win a World Series, in 1985, did so under manager Dick Howser, who had been fired by New York Yankees' principal owner George Steinbrenner in 1980. MORE
Dec. 8, 2013
Baseball Hall of Fame's expansion era committee will consider George Steinbrenner and his frequent manager Billy Martin, and Marvin Miller, who led the union to free agency. MORE
Jun. 28, 2013
Harvey Araton On Baseball column notes that New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's declaration of readiness on Twitter drew sharp response from general manager Brian Cashman, but says exchange does not match dueling of 1970s Yankees between owner George Steinbrenner and manager Billy Martin. MORE
Mar. 20, 2013
New York Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner is intent on cutting payroll by roughly $18 million despite resistance he has encountered as he breaks from the way his father George ran the team. MORE
Mar. 13, 2013
George Vecsey Sports of The Times column opposes New York Yankees change in strategy after death of former owner George Steinbrenner; says new management is less involved with the team and unwilling to spend whatever it takes to get best players. MORE
Mar. 2, 2013
New York Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner has remained calm despite team's disappointing 1-7 start; observers note that team's late owner George Steinbrenner, Hal's father, would likely have responded with far greater emotion. MORE
Mar. 13, 2012
Mary Jane Schriner dies at age 79, leaving behind well-preserved letters from late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner; after Steinbrenner's death in 2010, Schriner wrote of their long-ago friendship. MORE
Dec. 25, 2011
American Basketball League survived for only a season and a half, but it was innovative, and gave a future New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner practice in hiring and firing. MORE
May. 10, 2011
Federal Bureau of Investigation documents reveal that former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner cooperated on national security cases during 1970s and '80s and was willing to let the FBI stage an organized-crime raid at Yankee Stadium; his help led to his receiving pardon from Pres Ronald Reagan over illegal contributions to re-election campaign of President Richard Nixon in 1972. MORE
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Highlights From the Archive
George Steinbrenner, Who Built Yankees Into Powerhouse, Dies at 80
Mr. Steinbrenner bought a declining team in 1973, and then, in an often tumultuous reign, placed his stamp on seven World Series championship teams.July 14, 2010 sportsObituary (Obit)
The House That Steinbrenner Is Building
Still pushy after all these years, George Steinbrenner is staking the Yankees' financial future on a new megastadium.July 23, 2006 businessNews
Magazine Desk
How the Boss Changed His Stripes
The phone will ring, inevitably. The Boss will call. If the Yankees are losing or if they are winning, the Boss will call, demanding, cajoling, fretting, questioning.September 27, 1998 magazineNews
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Baseball's Annual Winter Meetings Have It All, Except Quietude
For years, general managers at baseball's winter meetings made trades in hushed hotel lobbies, but deals now usually take place away from frenzied gatherings of fans, scouts, reporters and agents.
December 8, 2014, Monday
George Steinbrenner's Revolving Door Sent a Champion to the Royals
Manager Dick Howser, spurned by Steinbrenner, the Yankees' owner, led the Royals to their 1985 World Series title.
October 19, 2014, Sunday
Hal Steinbrenner Apologizes for Yanks' Year
With the Yankees missing the playoffs for a second consecutive season, Hal Steinbrenner, the team's managing general partner, borrowed his father's tactic from the aftermath of the 1981 World Series and apologized to fans.
October 2, 2014, Thursday
Second and Later Chances Await an Alternate Door to Baseball Hall of Fame
The veterans committee again contemplates which players and executives have been wrongly overlooked in previous Hall of Fame voting.
December 8, 2013, Sunday
A Rich Fix in the Spirit of Steinbrenner
The most rational way to rebuild the Yankees is to reconstruct a skeletal farm system, but with a deal near for the free-agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, there seems to be no other option than to spend big.
December 4, 2013, Wednesday
Yanks' Infighting Updated for Digital Age
Alex Rodriguez's declaration of readiness on Twitter drew a sharp response from Brian Cashman, but the exchange did not match the dueling of the 1970s Yankees.
June 28, 2013, Friday
Remember, Mattingly Played for the Boss
As a Yankees player, Don Mattingly saw firsthand the pressure of performing for George Steinbrenner, a pressure not unlike what he faces now as the Dodgers' manager.
June 19, 2013, Wednesday
Some Yankees Fans Have Gnawing Feeling That All Is Not Well
Alarmed by injuries and an aging roster, some Yankees fans believe they are already in the same boat as Mets fans, dreading the season to come.
March 30, 2013, Saturday
Hal Steinbrenner Plots New Course for Yankees
The Yankees' managing general partner talks about working for his father, how he flew planes to escape his father, his plan to spend less on payroll than his father and the weather.
March 20, 2013, Wednesday
Yankee Owners, Winning and Losing
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Teamstacking, spamming random votes so that nobody can call shuffle votes, and flooding chat with 'PRESS F3'.
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Teamstacking, spamming random votes so that nobody can call shuffle votes, and flooding chat with 'PRESS F3'.
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Technically I'm pretty sure it's "legal". Just go to spectate if it happens in hopes of aborting the match. I did that a couple of days ago in a CTF and we ended up having a really close game (I personally had a crappy game, but I hadn't noticed I was in California and I hadn't activated cl_autotimenudge. My rails were horrible with 75 ping :P)
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Flooding and blocking votes should definitely be ban material, "team stacking" should not (as everyone is allowed to vote to their liking).
I just noticed there was more than teamstacking. Probably should read better right when I get up :P
The flooding chat and calling votes repeatedly is definitely reportable for harassment (Or just spam itself)
Teamstacking itself depends mostly on the players in the server to fix if they feel it's wrongly skill-matched.
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Teamstacking as a form of stat-padding is definately against the TOS.
It would be hard to prove an infraction though.
Teamstacking can get abusive sometimes. I have seen a few players jump to spectator just before a callvote shuffle goes through (making teams uneven). Then once the shuffle goes through they join the team with fewer players, thereby hopelessly stacking the team. The shuffle gives the underhanded team the top players and then the joiner pushes the team over the top. If the joiner is above average the result is a stomping in CTF.
Whether or not stacking is against TOS shouldn't matter too much. The point is, it makes for a really bad game. So many CTF games end up as 8 - 0 whitewashes. It's no fun being on the receiving end OR on the winning team. (Unless you are one of those sad stackers who hates a tough game). You can always tell who is voting against the shuffle. For a start, they will currently be on the team with the player who has done the best in the previous game/games. Secondly, if a shuffle vote is about to be passed, they jump to spec instantly. In fact, many people just spec as soon as they join the server and wait until they get a chance to join the winning team. The more stacked one team gets, the more people ragequit off the other, and those fair players who always autojoin always end up on the team getting hammered, while the winjoiners wait for a chance to get on the winning team. It needs to be stopped.


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Mick Ronson grew up a musical polymath trained on the cello, piano, violin and harmonium. Like many British musicians of his era, he was first inspired by American rock 'n' roll, falling for the rockabilly guitar of Duane Eddy. By 17 he had joined his first band, The Mariners, before his talents landed him with The Crestas, a well-respected local act steadily gigging in and around his hometown of Hull.
But Ronson had higher ambitions, and at 19 he left for London. His first sojourn there wouldn't last long – after stints with two bands, he was back in Hull, this time playing guitar for The Rats. Like the Rolling Stones, The Rats played rock versions of Delta blues songs, and when the Stones hit it big, The Rats landed a record deal with Columbia.
Sadly, the resulting record didn't exactly race up the charts. But Ronson, though stuck in the relative backwater of Hull, became somewhat of a guitar hero, the local equivalent of Jeff Beck (a personal fave of Ronson). To make ends meet, he held a day job as a gardener for the Hull City Council.
Things didn't really start cooking for Ronson until 1970. First he played guitar on some tracks for Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection album, which though it didn't chart, ranked in Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the top 500 albums of all time. But the real breakthrough came with David Bowie.
Former Rats bandmate John Cambridge was playing with Bowie and hoped to get Ronson to join him, but the guitarist took some convincing, having had no luck in his previous moves to London. A meeting with Bowie himself convinced Ronson and two days later he was playing live with Bowie on BBC radio. By April he was working with Bowie on recording The Man Who Sold the World.
The album got only a middling reception upon release (it did better in America than in the UK) though it would later be cited as one of the earliest glam rock albums and a goth rock progenitor. The music was largely arranged by bassist Tony Visconti and Ronson, and the guitarist would play an even bigger role in creating Bowie's next album, Hunky Dory – an album known mostly for being the first time the Spiders From Mars all played together (though it also boasted the track "Changes," an FM rock staple now that never cracked the top 40 in its day).
Bowie's next, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, is widely regarded as one of the best rock albums of all time, and it would influence generations of musicians. If they weren't the inventors of glam rock (a designation that probably belongs to T. Rex), Ziggy Stardust made Bowie and his band its kings. In addition to being an indispensible studio presence, Ronson played a bigger part in Bowie's stage show starting with the Ziggy Stardust tour. From being a more or less anonymous sideman, he'd risen to a full-fledged collaborator.
"Mick was the perfect foil for the Ziggy character," Bowie said in 1994. "as very much a salt-of-the-earth type, the blunt northerner with a defiantly masculine personality, so that what you got was the old-fashioned Yin and Yang thing. As a rock duo, I thought we were every bit as good as Mick and Keith or Axl and Slash. Ziggy and Mick were the personification of that rock and roll dualism."
Ronson continued recording with Bowie, lending his guitar to the Aladdin Sane and Pin-Up albums, but by 1973 Bowie felt he'd reached a musical dead-end with the group and disbanded it.
Ronson was immediately signed as a solo artist, and his debut Slaughter on 10th Avenue peaked at No. 9 on the UK charts. His next didn't sell quite as well, and by then it was apparent that Ronson as a solo artist was never going to reach Bowie heights. Nonetheless, a Creem readers' poll in 1974 ranked Ronson as the second best guitarist in the world, placing him just behind Jimmy Page but ahead of Eric Clapton.
Ronson next played briefly with Mott the Hoople, which would lead to a long musical relationship with Ian Hunter. Hunter would introduce Ronson to Bob Dylan, who invited Ronson to join the Rolling Thunder Review tour in 1975.
Ronson would also enjoy a rewarding career as a producer, shaping albums by acts as diverse as John Cougar Mellencamp (who credited Ronson with making key contributions to the hit "Jack and Diane") and Morrissey.
Ronson's final onstage appearance was at a Freddie Mercury tribute concert, where he performed once more with Bowie. Ronson died of liver cancer 29 April 1993, at 46.
Appearing on The Arsenio Hall Show shortly after Ronson's death, Bowie had the following to say:
"The band – the Spiders From Mars – that was the whole situation that sort of got me the kind of fame I had in the early '70s. The lead guitarist for that band was Mick Ronson and unfortunately, tragically, he succumbed to cancer three or four days ago... and in his passing I want to say that of all the early '70s guitar players Mick was probably one of the most influential and profound and I miss him a lot."
"The band – the Spiders From Mars – that was the whole situation that sort of got me the kind of fame I had in the early '70s. The lead guitarist for that band was Mick Ronson and unfortunately, tragically, he succumbed to cancer three or four days ago... and in his passing I want to say that of all the early '70s guitar players Mick was probably one of the most influential and profound and I miss him a lot."


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QT Canberra review: Weekend Away
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The ACT is a sensual gift of seasonal rhythms, and Canberra a fine host of vital national treasures, says cartoonist, artist and author Judy Horacek.
Canberra, trendy? Tim Richards will drink to that.
There's plenty to entertain children in our nation's capital, writes Mal Chenu, who visited with son Daniel.
At the Burbury, Elicia Murray stays in walking distance of the city's arts attractions.
Cold climate luxury is given a creative twist in this hotel with a difference, writes Sally Paterson.
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Twitter Wars: The Revis Surgeon Debate
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As you can imagine it's been a relatively nice Monday without having to listen to the constant, if not deafening, banging of the drum that is the media poking fun of the Jets after a convincing win over Andrew Luck and the Colts. It probably also helps that the entire AFC East division is 3-3. So, imagine my surprise when I'm scrolling through my Twitter feed and come across a Tweet by Howard Shatsky, whom you would know as the agent for Marcus Dixon, Josh Baker and other NFL players, by way of J.P. Pelzman. Current Giants beat writer Jenny Vrentas had simply Tweeted "Interesting" after Pelzman had Tweeted Revis' surgery would be performed by Dr. Russell Warren, the Giants' team physician. Shatksky responded with the Tweet below and what ensues thereafter, to be quite honest, I cannot even put into words.
On the one hand one could understand Dan's opinion on the matter and how someone could potentially feel slighted but on the other hand Shatsky is just as right if not more so because ultimately it's about the player's choice and who they feel most comfortable with. If Revis feels more comfortable with Warren, who is no stranger to ACL injuries, than Ken Montgomery who are we to tell him otherwise? If I have my choice of a doctor in a group medical practice I'm not going to pick one or the other just because they might feel slighted, I'm going to pick the one that I feel most comfortable with and who I feel will provide me their best services. That isn't to say Montgomery would provide terrible service but ultimately it comes down to the individual being operated on and I'm sure Montgomery must have some understanding of that or else he wouldn't have maintained a position with the team for 12 years let alone be the chairmen of their medical department. Furthermore, asking who performed Josh Baker's surgery is, to me at least, stepping beyond a boundary that needed not to be crossed.
Last month when the incident with Bart Scott occurred, I did feel Scott went a bit too far especially verbally threatening someone. That said, the fact that Leberfeld is now arguing with agents, on Twitter no less, over who performs surgery is unsettling especially when at the end of the day the reasons for why a player chooses a specific doctor is none of his or our business. Let Revis have his surgery by whomever he wants so he can begin his road to recovery…but that's just me.


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Dysuria is the feeling of pain, burning, or discomfort upon urination. Although dysuria frequently indicates the presence of a urinary tract infection (UTI), it can have a variety of causes. Dysuria should always trigger a visit to a health-care professional for evaluation and diagnosis.
Dysuria is common, accounting for a significant percentage of visits to a primary-care doctor. Symptoms occur more commonly in women, especially in young women and people who are sexually active. Most of the time, dysuria will be caused by a simple urinary tract infection, but a complete evaluation by a health-care professional is necessary for proper diagnosis, especially if the symptoms reoccur.
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Tomorrow night, we open "Adapt!" an exhibition on the coming effects of climate change in the Bay Area. The show highlights key points from a SPUR policy report released earlier this month, which explains the kinds of changes we can expect to our climate — and what we need to do now to prepare.
SPUR's 31st annual Good Government Awards, held earlier this year, honored five City of San Francisco employees and teams who have performed exceptionally, becoming models for other agencies and cities around the country.
SPUR has made the case that an expanded bike network gives residents a safer option to add exercise and subtract carbon from their transportation diet.
All eyes are on San Francisco's waterfront, as the city prepares for the 34th America's Cup, to be held in San Francisco in 2013. The recent release of Port City: The History and Transformation of the Port of San Francisco, 1848-2010, provides the opportunity to look back at the long and varied evolution of the eastern edge of the city as we envision its future.
On May 4 SPUR released a major report, "Climate Change Hits Home," that lays out what the Bay Area must do to start preparing for the coming effects of climate change. This project, a multi-year effort by a team of top climate scientists and government leaders, represents a turning point for SPUR.
The back window of our office here at SPUR looks out on a building with an entertaining tenant, a green Pacific Parrotlet who has free range of his studio apartment and an impressive collection of plastic toys. After observing his activities, we became curious about our feathered neighbor and Tweeted him the old-fashioned way. We taped a note up in the window:
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Tomorrow, April 27, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will vote on a final Committed Funds and Projects Policy for Plan Bay Area. This policy mouthful is an important step in defining which regional transportation projects will receive funding and which ones must undergo more thorough analysis.
Skyways -- enclosed, elevated sidewalks -- have protected pedestrians from the brutal weather in Minneapolis and St. Paul for decades. But these 1970s relics have also been accused of killing pedestrian activity on city streets.
While the Bay Area is still climbing out of the great recession, we're simultaneously experiencing the makings of a second dot-com boom. The Chronicle reports that tech jobs have climbed near to their year 2000 peak of 34,116. Silicon Valley is hiring again. And so is San Francisco.
Known for its quality of life and access to nature, Seattle has long prided itself on refusing to be "world class." But rapid growth and a diversifying population mean Seattle is changing — whether it wants to or not.
The City of San Francisco owns 1,625 parcels of unmaintained paved land, odd alley-like spaces behind industrial buildings and beneath overpasses. Most are no wider than a city street, but together they have a combined surface area half the size of Golden Gate Park.
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According to a piece in Sunday's Chronicle, tech employment in San Francisco is approaching its dot-com peak:
If the Fiscal Year 2011 budget debate in Washington has been dramatic, it has also unfolded utterly predictably. But though threats to HSR funding were foreseeable, their ultimate effect is still highly uncertain.
Several weeks ago, I attended a briefing at the SFCTA on the progress of the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit project. BRT along Van Ness is currently in the midst of final environmental studies and preliminary engineering. Public comment will be solicited this spring on the Environmental Impact Report, after which the project team will recommend a preferred alternative for adoption by the Authority and SFMTA boards.
The Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission released their Initial Vision Scenario for growth in the Bay Area at a meeting in Oakland today. By 2035, the scenario assumes the Bay Area will grow by 2 million people (to 9.4 million) and 1.2 million jobs (to 4.5 million).
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The world's largest mall, located in Southern China, is a vast ghost land with occupancy rates that hover at 1%. The mall, built to serve what may someday become a Chinese mega-city, is a glimpse at what can occur when development precedes growth.
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WPBS-TV hopes to highlight the outdoor opportunities of Northern New York and the eastern region of the province of Ontario with a new adventure-based series.
But to succeed, its requesting audience participation. WPBS, based in Watertown, is hosting a casting contest to find individuals interested in participating in the new show, Xpedition Outdoors. The winner will receive a guest spot on an episode. Entrants must submit a video to the stations website before April 30 and explain why they should be chosen while describing their idea for an outdoor action adventure.
The station has high hopes for the series. WPBS officials unveiled the pilot episode of Xpedition Outdoors Thursday at a community screening at the television station on Arsenal Street. The episode was shot in October at Ausable Chasm in Ausable, Essex County. The tourist site near Lake Champlain in the Adirondacks, about 14 miles south of Plattsburgh, offers an adventure tour, which includes rappelling and cable traversing.
Lynn Brown, executive vice president at WPBS, said the station will premiere the pilot in an unusual way.
Most generally, wed broadcast it and then put it online, she said. But were trying something a little different. Were drawing people online first.
The half-hour pilot for Xpedition Outdoors premieres today on the WPBS home page at www.wpbstv.org. The televised premiere is at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 with repeats at 9 a.m. Jan. 26 and 10:30 p.m. Jan. 31.
Mrs. Brown said WPBS hopes to film 13 episodes for the series, which will be offered to the eight other PBS stations in the state.
We think this is a good possible program for national syndication, she said. We really think its got possibility.
The host of the show is Winthrop native Christopher D. Lashomb.
Mr. Lashomb said the St. Regis River, 10 feet from his house, was his playground while growing up. Its where he would canoe, kayak, fish snorkel and build rope swings.
That was the foundation for my outdoor adventure activities, he said. It kind of spawned from there.
Mr. Lashomb, a 2000 graduate of St. Lawrence Central High School, Brasher Falls, and a 2005 graduate of SUNY Oswego, where he received a degree in broadcasting and mass communication, is a program manager with Northern Merchant Services Inc., Brasher Falls. He approached WPBS officials about his Xpedition Outdoors series after he was filmed in background scenes for the WPBS show The Raquette River Experience.
One of my goals of the show is to help promote the area, Mr. Lashomb said. There are so many natural resources and great outdoor activities throughout Northern New York and New York state and a lot of it is under-utilized. Theres a lot of stuff going on in peoples back yards they dont even know about.
Mr. Lashomb and his two-person camera crew rappelled for the first time during the filming of the pilot, which was shot in high definition. He was outfitted and instructed by head guide Judd Arnold. Mr. Lashomb began with a 30-foot rappel and then tackled the chasms 80-foot rappel. A camera mounted on his helmet captured point-of-view scenes. He also traversed the Ausable River on a 150-foot and a 200-foot cable anchored 130 feet above the Ausable River.
Another goal of the show is to help people discover these things and how to motivate them to get off the couch and away from the computer and hopefully go do some of the adventures well be doing, Mr. Lashomb said.
He said Xpedition Outdoors shows could include whitewater rafting, cliff jumping, parasailing and rock climbing.
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Alderson: Trading starting pitching is something the Mets have to entertain
In a post to Twitter, Mike Puma of the New York Post quoted Sandy Alderson as saying, "I definitely would hate to give up a Dickey or Niese or Gee, but it is our strength and probably something we have to entertain."
Michael Baron, ContributorHe's right on both fronts. It's always difficult to trade away from starting pitching to acquire position players, especially when starting pitching has become a strength, and is only growing stronger with time. The thought of R.A Dickey, Jon Niese, Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler can potentially be dominating for a long time, and starting pitching is the core of winning championships.
Unfortunately for the Mets, in terms of certainty, this is about all they have aside from David Wright and maybe both Ruben Tejada and Ike Davis. In fact, they don't have any other players who can be considered everyday players right now, and it's debateable whether some of them should be on the roster at all.
This goes back to my point about trading Dickey. They have to evaluate what any deal for a starting pitcher does for the health of the organization. The Mets really aren't in a position to be choosy – they appear to have not only an area of strength but an area of excess with their starting pitching, and while it's difficult to be 100 percent comfortable with the notion of dealing from this supply, it makes a ton of baseball sense to at least explore the option so to fill one or more needs on the diamond. The options for the team (and most teams) are not that appealing on the free agent market, and are only going to get less appealing in future free agent markets. It remains to be seen whether or not such opportunities present themselves, but it's the one, and maybe only area they can barter from.


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A water dropping helicopter gets ready to make a drop on a fire burring in Point Mugu State Park during a wildfire that burned several thousand acres, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Ventura County, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Fire scene from Potrero Road and Wendy Drive outside of Thousand Oaks.
Portions of Pacific Coast Highway continue to be closed Friday due to the fire.
Crews work the hillside as fire continues to head towards the water on Friday.
Camarillo resident Marty Irwin walked around the RV lot and surveyed the total damage left by yesterday's fire. All that is left of his neighbors' luxury 30-foot RVs were blackened metal frames, piles of ash and broken glass. "It's unbelievable," he said. "This is what a war zone must look like."
Camarillo resident Marty Irwin inspects his charred 20-foot motor home.
Smoke rises from the Santa Monica Mountains between Potrero Road and the Pacific Coast Highway Friday morning as the Springs Fire continues to grow.
Santa Monica firefighters try to stop a fire at the old Point Mugu Navy shooting range.
Firefighters from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services wait to for assignments for the Springs fire.
Large plumes of smoke from the Springs brush fire sprout from the hills just west of the Dos Vientos Ranch neighborhood in Newbury Park on Friday, where firefighters continue their efforts to contain the blaze.
Small flames are still burning all along Pacific Coast Highway. The Spring Fire has grown to 10,000 acres.
Brush and trees are burned all along the Pacific Coast Highway.
Firefighters mop up along the Point Mugu Navy shooting range as part of the Springs fire.
Cole Claassen, of Newbury Park, watches as large plumes of smoke sprout from the hills just west of the Dos Vientos Ranch neighborhood in Newbury Park on Friday. Claassen, who lives nearby with his wife and three children, was surprised to see how much the burned acreage had grown since he last checked around 9 p.m. Thursday.
Farmers keep working as a wildfire on a hill burns in the background in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
The Spring Fire burns across Las Posas Road in Camarillo. The fire has grown to 10,000 acres.
A panoramic view of the Camarillo fire at 5 a.m. Friday.
Burned creek bed Friday morning at University Glen near the CSU Channel Island campus.
Fire burned to the edge of a park at University Glen near CSU Channel Island campus.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Friday morning, a letter containing a suspicious substance was found at the Canadian Embassyat 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The letter was found in the mailroom.
Streets surrounding the embassy were closed and Metro reported that buses were experiencing 15 minute delays in the area.
D.C. police say nothing harmful was found and they gave the all-clear about an hour and 45 minutes after they were called to the building.
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Kids Tablets to Buy (or Avoid)
Tablets are great for keeping children entertained for hours, but you can't simply hand your new iPad Air 2 off to Junior and hope for the best. If not monitored properly, your little one could accidentally skyrocket your iTunes bill, or stumble upon a minefield of inappropriate online content. Fortunately, there are tons of kid-friendly tablets on the market that offer robust parental controls, age-appropriate apps and oftentimes a durable rubber frame that will survive your toddler's slippery hands.
Some kids tablets offer the type of premium performance that mom and dad have come to expect, while others are best left in timeout. After playing with just about every children's slate out there, here are the ones you should buy and avoid.
Apple iPad mini 2 (BUY)
Why splurge on the $399 iPad mini 4, when you can pick up the mini 2 for just $269? Given that the only real differences between the two are the gold color option and the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, that's a great price. Otherwise, your little one will be able to enjoy the same robust app and game selection; sharp Retina display; and long battery life. You can put the extra dough you'll save toward content and a sturdy case.
Amazon Fire HD 7 (BUY)
Amazon's Fire HD 7 is an overall excellent tablet that just happens to be well suited for your little one. The slate's crisp display and long battery life allow the HD 7 to entertain your child for hours at a time, while Amazon's renowned FreeTime controls let you determine just how many hours they spend glued to the device. With vibrant color options and a low $140 price tag, the Fire HD 7 makes a great fit for anyone in the family.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 (BUY)
If you want to treat your little one to one of the most jaw-dropping tablet displays on the market, Samsung's Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is worth a look. This tablet's 8.4-inch, 2560 x 1600-pixel display is ideal for cozy movie nights, and the slate's robust Kids' Mode ensures that all content your child gets his or her hands on is age appropriate. The Tab S 8.4 can run you up to $400, but its premium price brings with it one of the best screens on any tablet.
Fuhu Nabi DreamTab (AVOID)
Fuhu typically delivers some of the best kids' tablets on the market, but its new Fuhu Nabi DreamTab needs a bit of refinement before it's ready for your youngster. While the Dreamworks-themed DreamTab sports the robust parental controls, fast performance and kid-safe design Fuhu is known for, the tablet has a disappointingly short battery life (less than 6 hours) and is cluttered with too many apps that do the same thing. Unless your kid absolutely swears by characters like Shrek and Kung-Fu Panda, you're better off sticking with Fuhu's more solid Nabi 2.
Polaroid Kids Tablet 2 (AVOID)
The Polaroid Kids Tablet 2 is an inexpensive kid-friendly slate with lots of content, but your youngsters can do better. While it features a bright, intuitive interface, as well as apps and books from the likes of Disney and Marvel, the experience is hampered by a short, 4.5-hour battery life and a limited version of Android that blocks out the Google Play store.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Kids (AVOID)
Samsung's $200 Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Kids tablet has all the makings of a solid children's slate, but the competition simply does things better. While the tablet's colorful design and equally colorful interface will catch Junior's eye, the device's sub-HD display and lack of a kid-friendly browser are a bit disappointing. If you're seeking something equally colorful inside and out, you're better off with the Amazon Fire HD 6 Kids' Edition.
IdeaPlay Tablet (AVOID)
The IdeaPlay Tablet is a slate that's less of a gift for your kids and more of a punishment. It offers terrible battery life, at just longer than 4 hours, and the 7-inch display is dim with a very low 800 x 400-pixel resolution. Plus, the IdeaPlay offers a poor content selection, making this one kids tablet you should definitely avoid.
Kurio 10s (AVOID)
Kurio's 10s offers a host of preloaded apps and content, robust parental controls and excellent Kurio software. Sadly, this slate is held back by its below-average 6:41 of battery life, sluggish performance and heavy 2-pound chassis. The slate's smudgy screen doesn't do it any favors, either.
Amazon Fire Kids Edition (New and Notable)
Amazon's new Fire HD Kids Edition bundles the 7-inch slate, a new protective bumper and a year's subscription to Amazon's FreeTime Unlimited for just $99. FreeTime Unlimited gives you more than 10,000 books, videos, educational apps and games curated for children. Plus, a two-year guarantee promises to replace your Fire HD if your child destroys it. The new tablet's quad-core processor should offer speedy performance sure to cause less whining.
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InStyle Editor-at-Large Hal Rubenstein joined the ladies of The View Monday morning to chat about just that: the most extraordinary ensembles we've seen in the 86-year history of the Academy Awards red carpet. From the ice-blue Edith Head dress Grace Kelly wore (three separate times!) in 1955 to Julia Roberts' game-changing vintage Valentino in 2001 and Nicole Kidman's John Galliano-designed Christian Dior in 1997 (striking because everyone was in pastels at the time), Rubenstein conjured up a few choice picks we always find ourselves reminiscing about each time awards season rolls around.
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POTSDAM The village has chosen a new engineering firm to oversee projects at the Potsdam Municipal Airport, ending its relationship with the firm they chose more than 20 years ago.
Passero Associates, Rochester, will replace longtime consultant C&S Companies, Syracuse.
By law, consultants must reapply every five years. The village board unanimously approved Passeros selection Monday.
Four firms vied for the selection.
The choice does not mean Passero will receive any money from the village immediately, but as official consultants, they will be the first choice for any engineering projects at the small airport.
Administrator David H. Fenton cited several problems at the airport under C&Ss supervision, including ice buildup on the hangars.
In addition, the fuel system installed by C&S in 2006 has proven difficult to upgrade, adding extra costs to Potsdams plan to sell jet fuel.
We found that the fuel system that C&S had engineered was not as easy to convert to another type of fuel as we had hoped for, Mr. Fenton said.
C&S has nearly completed a study of tall trees that obstruct the approach to the runway, posing a possible danger to pilots. The firm will stay on until this study is complete, but Passero will get the contract to obtain the needed easements and remove or trim the trees.
This project is expected to last through next year.
Passero will also be responsible for overseeing the installation of a jet fuel pump, a potential money-maker for Potsdam. The village is seeking a grant from the state Department of Transportation to afford the $86,000 project.
The decision to hire Passero follows the creation of a five-year plan for the airport. After the obstruction removal and the jet fuel pump, the next priority is widening and repaving the runway, which has been patched up as much as it can, according to Mr. Fenton.
Passero has been working for Jefferson County at its airport in the town of Hounsfield for at least five years.
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It shall be unlawful for any public secondary school which receives Federal financial assistance and which has a limited open forum to deny equal access or a fair opportunity to, or discriminate against, any students who wish to conduct a meeting within that limited open forum on the basis of the religious, political, philosophical, or other content of the speech at such meetings.
(b) "Limited open forum" defined
A public secondary school has a limited open forum whenever such school grants an offering to or opportunity for one or more noncurriculum related student groups to meet on school premises during noninstructional time.
(c) Fair opportunity criteria
Schools shall be deemed to offer a fair opportunity to students who wish to conduct a meeting within its limited open forum if such school uniformly provides that—
(2) there is no sponsorship of the meeting by the school, the government, or its agents or employees;
(3) employees or agents of the school or government are present at religious meetings only in a nonparticipatory capacity;
(4) the meeting does not materially and substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of educational activities within the school; and
(d) Construction of subchapter with respect to certain rights
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof—
(3) to expend public funds beyond the incidental cost of providing the space for student-initiated meetings;
(4) to compel any school agent or employee to attend a school meeting if the content of the speech at the meeting is contrary to the beliefs of the agent or employee;
(e) Federal financial assistance to schools unaffected
Notwithstanding the availability of any other remedy under the Constitution or the laws of the United States, nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize the United States to deny or withhold Federal financial assistance to any school.
(f) Authority of schools with respect to order, discipline, well-being, and attendance concerns
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the school, its agents or employees, to maintain order and discipline on school premises, to protect the well-being of students and faculty, and to assure that attendance of students at meetings is voluntary.
Source(Pub. L. 98–377, title VIII, § 802,Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1302.)
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BUZZ: Jason Arnott NOT CLEARED By Rangers Doctors
8:12PM: Darren Dreger tweets "The NYR weren't comfortable with Arnott's physical status. I get it… a few miles on that frame. Still think he can play and help a team."
7:56PM: Arnott missed six games in February last season with a shoulder issue.
7:35PM: Nick Kypreos says that Arnott had knee surgery in the offseason.
7:30PM: Strang says that it is not yet known what caused Arnott to to fail his physical.
7:21PM: According to Katie Strang, Jason Arnott did not pass his physical and was not cleared by Rangers doctors.
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Ten years ago, the town of Limestone was transformed, as 60,000 people flocked to the decommissioned air base at the top of the state to see the Vermont jam-band known as Phish. Some might describe Phish as the heir presumptive to the Grateful Dead. Both bands rely heavily on band chemistry, and have spawned pools of die-hard fans, despite limited mainstream appeal. We caught up with Phish fans gathered near the Bangor waterfront, where the band kicks off its summer tour tonight.
Phish fans:
Man: "Haaaa! It's awesome! Ah, t's just good. I dunno. Just gotta experience it."
Man: "It's my 53rd show."
Man: "It'd be - 37 times?"
Man: "Uh, maybe 75? In that area - a lot of shows."
Man: "Well, they keep playing, so they keep coming back."
Phish fans are known for their loyalty.
"A lot of people don't get it, but when you do? You can't help but come back," says one.
"I was hanging out on the lot by about 9, or 8 or so," says another.
They've come from Ohio, Colorado, Boston, Old Orchard Beach and Chicago, just to be at the show. And some of them, like Megan from Pittsburgh (above), can't even afford the $65 for a ticket - but she's not giving up hope. Instead, she's got a paint set, some canvasses - and a plan.
"I mean, if I can sell some of these paintings, and get enough money," she says, "or, I think soon I'm going to go over and see, like - I don't know, I hear if you, like, sign up to, like, pick up trash afterward, someone might hook you up. So, we'll see."
Across the way, several tents line the grass, where the city has allowed some folks to camp overnight. And some of them aren't coming for the rhythms, the controlled musical chaos, or the extended improvisational sequences for which Phish is known.
"We're homeless in the Bangor area," says one camper, "so this is an opportunity to make some cash."
Jon and Fawness (right) are offering handmade hemp crafts and jewelry - which they hope will be big sellers. And they're pretty confident they know their market.
Fawness: "It's a Phish concert, man," she laughs, "you know?"
Jon: "They're all about the hand-made, and the natural.
Fawness: "They're into the natural stuff."
It's just part of a whole scene that many fans, like Justin from Old Orchard Beach, say either you get or you don't. "It's like an inside joke that 20,000 people are in on," he says.
Either you get the extended improv tunes, the free Ben & Jerry's ice cream at concerts, and the appeal of following the band, or you don't. Maybe you understand that describing a Phish song as "dank" is a good thing, maybe you don't. And maybe you're cool with the fact that drummer Jon Fishman wears a dress on stage. Maybe you're not.
There's a whole culture that's grown up around Phish, but fans like Mike from New York say even if you don't get all of it, it's still really about the music.
"Everybody who comes to the show is here for the music, and everyone's real happy to be here. I like it. It's the vibe," he says. "That's what it is. It's a good vibe."
Phish, which turns 30 this year, is kicking off its summer tour tonight in Bangor. We've heard from just a fraction of the more than 16,000 people expected to flood the waterfront tonight.
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42 U.S. Code § 12903 - General authority
(a) Grants authorized
The Secretary shall, to the extent of amounts approved in appropriations Acts under section 12912 of this title, make grants to States, units of general local government, and nonprofit organizations.
(b) Implementation of eligible activities
A grantee shall carry out eligible activities under section 12904 of this title through project sponsors. Any grantee that is a State that enters into a contract with a nonprofit organization to carry out eligible activities in a locality shall obtain the approval of the unit of general local government for the locality before entering into the contract.
(c) Allocation of resources
(1) Formula allocation
The Secretary shall allocate 90 percent of the amounts approved in appropriation Acts under section 12912 of this title among States and cities whose most recent comprehensive housing affordability strategy (or abbreviated strategy) has been approved by the Secretary under section 12705 of this title. Such amounts shall be allocated as follows:
(A) 75 percent among—
(i) cities that are the most populous unit of general local government in a metropolitan statistical area having a population greater than 500,000 and more than 1,500 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; and
(B) 25 percent among cities that
(i) are the most populous unit of general local government in a metropolitan statistical area having a population greater than 500,000 and more than 1,500 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and
A single city may receive assistance allocated under subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B). For purposes of allocating amounts under this paragraph for any fiscal year, the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome shall be the number of such cases reported to and confirmed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control of the Public Health Service as of March 31 of the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated and to be allocated.
(2) Minimum grant
Subject only to the availability of amounts pursuant to appropriations Acts under section 12912 of this title, for each fiscal year each eligible grantee under paragraph (1) shall receive funding according to its proportionate share of the total, except that each entity shall receive a minimum allocation of $200,000 from subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) combined, and any increase this entails from the formula amount will be deducted from all other allocations exceeding $200,000 on a pro rata basis. If allocation under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) would allocate less than $200,000 for any State, the allocation for such State shall be $200,000 and the amount of the increase under this sentence shall be deducted on a pro rata basis from the allocations of the other States, except that a reduction under this subparagraph may not reduce the amount allocated to any eligible entity to less than $200,000.
(3) Nonformula allocation
(A) In general
The Secretary shall allocate 10 percent of the amounts appropriated under section 12912 of this title among—
(i) States and units of general local government that do not qualify for allocation of amounts under paragraph (1); and
(B) Selection
In selecting projects under this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider
(i) relative numbers of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cases and per capita acquired immunodeficiency syndrome incidence;
(C) National significance projects
For the purpose of subparagraph (A)(ii), in selecting projects of national significance the Secretary shall consider
(i) the need to assess the effectiveness of a particular model for providing supportive housing for eligible persons;
(iii) the potential replicability of the proposed activity in other similar localities or nationally.
(d) Applications
Funds made available under this section shall be allocated among applications submitted by applicants and approved by the Secretary. Applications for assistance under this section shall be submitted by an applicant in such form and in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish. Such applications shall contain—
(2) a description of the size and characteristics of the population that would be served by the proposed activities;
(3) a description of the public and private resources that are expected to be made available in connection with the proposed activities;
(4) assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that any property purchased, leased, rehabilitated, renovated, or converted with assistance under this section shall be operated for not less than 10 years for the purpose specified in the application, except as otherwise specified in this chapter;
(5) evidence in a form acceptable to the Secretary that the proposed activities will meet urgent needs that are not being met by available public and private sources; and
(e) Additional requirement for metropolitan areas
In addition to the other requirements of this section, to be eligible for a grant to a metropolitan area under this section, the major city, urban county, and any city with a population of 50,000 or more in that metropolitan area shall establish or designate a governmental agency or organization for receipt and use of amounts received from a grant under this section and shall submit to the Secretary, together with the application under subsection (d) of this section a proposal for the operation of such agency or organization.
(f) Additional requirement for city formula grantees
In addition to the other requirements of this section, to be eligible for a grant pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of this section, a city shall provide such assurances as the Secretary may require that any grant amounts received will be allocated among eligible activities in a manner that addresses the needs within the metropolitan statistical area in which the city is located, including areas not within the jurisdiction of the city. Any such city shall coordinate with other units of general local government located within the metropolitan statistical area to provide such assurances and comply with the assurances.
Source(Pub. L. 101–625, title VIII, § 854,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4376; Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 606(d), (j)(2),Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3807, 3810.)
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–550, § 606(d)(1), substituted ", units of general local government, and nonprofit organizations" for "and units of general local government".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–550, § 606(d)(2), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: "Eligibility.—A jurisdiction shall be eligible to receive a grant only if it has obtained an approved housing strategy (or an approved abbreviated housing strategy) in accordance with section 12705 of this title. A grantee shall carry out activities authorized under this chapter through contracts with project sponsors, except that a grantee that is a State shall obtain the approval of the unit of general local government for the locality in which a project is to be located prior to entering into such contracts."
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 102–550, § 606(d)(3), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "In general.—90 percent of the amounts approved in appropriations Acts under section 12912 of this title shall be allocated among eligible grantees on the basis of the incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Of the amounts made available under the previous sentence, the Secretary shall allocate—
"(A) 75 percent among units of general local government located in metropolitan statistical areas with populations in excess of 500,000 and more than 1,500 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and States with more than 1,500 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome outside of metropolitan statistical areas described in subparagraph (A), and
"(B) 25 percent among units of general local government in metropolitan statistical areas with populations in excess of 500,000 and more than 1,500 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, that have a higher than average per capita incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome."
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 102–550, § 606(d)(4)(A), substituted "Nonformula allocation" for "Noneligible grantees" in heading.
Subsec. (c)(3)(A). Pub. L. 102–550, § 606(d)(4)(B), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: "In general.—10 percent of the amounts appropriated under section 12912 of this title shall be distributed to grantees and recipients by the Secretary—
"(i) to meet housing needs in States and localities that do not qualify under paragraph (1), or that do qualify under paragraph (1) but do not have an approved housing strategy under section 12705 of this title, and
"(ii) to fund special projects of national significance."
Subsec. (c)(3)(B), (C). Pub. L. 102–550, § 606(j)(2), substituted "eligible persons" for "persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome" wherever appearing.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–550, § 606(d)(5), substituted "applications submitted by applicants and approved by the Secretary" for "approvable applications submitted by eligible applicants" in first sentence.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–550, § 606(d)(6), substituted "other requirements of this section" for "requirements of subsection (b) of this section".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102–550, § 606(d)(7), added subsec. (f).
Change of Name
Centers for Disease Control changed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312,Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3504.
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