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My daughter recently relayed a baby-sitting experience she had with a 7-year-old girl. My daughter baby-sits the girl, who I will call Mary, regularly, often relating stories that sound unbelievably funny, yet sad. One such story was when Mary morphed into a drama queen when she wasn't able to wear her favorite outfit, because it wasn't back from the cleaners. Mary was typically rude to my daughter, and often mean to her baby sister. I seriously wondered who her role models were, or what TV shows she was watching. Each time my daughter baby-sat, she called to ask what she could do to help this little child understand that giving feels good, or that it feels nice to be nice. My response was that her parents are the ones to provide her with those lessons, and that her job is to provide care, safety and quality time without judgment.
But what happens when parents need a little extra help? "Magic" comes in handy.
On one particular evening while baby-sitting, my daughter was creating a publicity poster for Operation Smile, an organization in which medical teams volunteer their time, traveling around the world to reconstruct children's cleft palates. My daughter told Mary how she volunteers her time to raise money and how even just a few dollars can change a child's life. Much to my daughter's surprise, Mary said she wanted to give her money to help other children. When Mary pulled the plug from her piggy bank, my daughter noticed an adorable, little elf on a shelf in Mary's bedroom. Mary gave her elf a wink, and emptied her coins.
For those who are unfamiliar with "The Elf on the Shelf," it is a small, stuffed elf that appears the day after Thanksgiving, and sits on a child's dresser, watching for good deeds, and reporting back to Santa each night. When the child wakes the next morning, the elf has, of course, moved to another location, because he has traveled to the North Pole and back, during the night. He visits through the month of December, until Christmas, and then returns to the North Pole for another year. When I first learned of "The Elf on the Shelf," I thought it was sad that parenting styles had come to include the purchase of a toy to inspire their child to behave. However, the more stories I've heard, the more I believe in the power of magic. Parents have relayed stories of how their child would share, clean up, help siblings, or listen the first time, always looking back to see if their elf was watching. One mom said her daughter actually called out, "Is anybody watching?," whenever she did something thoughtful.
That brings me to the magical power that every parent holds, and every child needs in order to learn with success. Children need to be recognized for all of their good deeds, because positive reinforcement improves their confidence and self esteem, which helps them to make more good decisions, as well as consistently repeat positive behaviors. For those without "The Elf on the Shelf," use your hand to give an encouraging pat on the back, use your lips to blow a kiss, get up close and give a wink, or smile and say "I'm watching!," all year long.
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What gives does he not want voter participation?
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Every week I read the Sheboygan Press weekly Opinion Panel and like most people I agree with about half and disagree with half. One writer wrote in on Dec. 3 about Gov. Walker being harassed by authorities for possible illegal activities. But if he has done nothing wrong would it not be in his best interests to want the investigations to clear his good name? It would also get the hard-nosed Democrats off his back so he can better be able to move forward. And if there is illegal activity, should not the Governor be fined, penalized, forced to step down, be arrested, or any combination or all of these?
He also wrote "the fact that our President and his people have tried to deceive the American people about the Libyan attack and some other activities and broken promises..." a.k.a. coverup.
The writer also states that "they (the Democrats) want the Republicans to stop whining about the presidential election but they can't let go of our state's elections." However, one or two weeks ago in the Opinion Panel another writer wrote about how he had heard on the Rush Limbaugh show that Limbaugh and other prominent Republicans were questioning the presidential election results in some districts across the country because they were overwhelmingly pro-Obama. I believe that Cleveland, Ohio was one of the districts named.
So it seems it is in these writers' minds OK for Republicans like Limbaugh to question the national presidential election results and anything President Obama does, but it is unfair and harassing for our state Democrats to question the state's election results and Gov. Walker's activities. So once again, apparently, what is good for the goose (Republicans) is not good for the gander (Democrats). To this I can only say, hmmm.
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Johannesburg - A major shake up is needed in the country's financial sector, SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Thursday.
"It is very unhealthy that the financial sector is dominated by the big four banks," he told delegates at the National Union of Mineworkers' (NUM) central executive committee meeting in Johannesburg.
"The economy is being financially built, which is very worrying. Sometimes I wonder if Checkers sells food only or also offers loans...companies make more money from loans than selling food."
Billions of rands ended up in the hands of middle men.
"These middle men are called financial brokers, same as labour brokers. These people are feeding off the working class," he said.
The monies from investments found their way into the pockets of individuals within the union movement.
"The dirty monies doing the rounds within Cosatu come from these companies in which your own money is invested," he said.
"This business unionism should be condemned."
In his secretarial report on Wednesday, NUM secretary general Frans Baleni said the lobbying within the tripartite alliance was influenced by money, in attempts to influence who governed a province or became its chairperson or premier.
Baleni said the "money bags" had become prominent in the election list processes within the ANC and resulted in the emergence of political tenderpreneurs.
A tenderpreneur is a government official who seeks to use their influence to secure tenders. - Sapa
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Secretary of State John Kerry met late yesterday in Paris with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Though somewhat overshadowed by Kerry's meetings with Iran, the meeting nonetheless provided some fascinating clues as to where the Ukraine crisis is headed.
First, international tensions over Ukraine seem to be slowly relaxing, although violence continues to mar the ceasefire in the Donbas itself. Russian troops are withdrawing from the border, as specified in the Minsk Protocol. The United States is making encouraging noises about the possibility of sanction removal. More importantly, Kerry made a clear point of emphasizing Russian-American cooperation and announced that the two countries would engage in intelligence sharing on ISIS. This represents a major about-face for the Obama administration, which just six months ago said its goal was to "isolate President Vladimir Putin." It seems that faced with the difficulty of managing simultaneous conflicts – something the White House is not good at – officials are opting for a more conciliatory approach to Russia.
Second, Crimea wasn't mentioned. Though it calls for Ukrainian sovereignty to be respected, the protocol doesn't explicitly discuss Crimea. In short, it looks like Crimea may be off the negotiating table, effectively ceded to Russia. Instead, the main point of contention between Kerry and Lavrov appears to have been the worry that Ukrainian separatists will hold another referendum on joining Russia, in place of Ukrainian parliamentary elections in late October.


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Nissan Plays Sustainability Game With New Website
2010 was the year when the electric vehicle went closer to the mainstream with the launch of two models: Nissan's Leaf and Chevrolet's Volt. The Leaf has been the most successful of the two so far, with sales of 10,100 units while the Volt has sold 2,029 units.
Nissan is working hard to promote its electric vehicle offering as an icon of an emissions-free age. Last week, the Japanese automaker unveiled a charging system whereby the Leaf can feed power back to a house, effectively doubling as a backup storage battery. It can store enough electricity to power an average Japanese home for 48 hours.
The initiative is particularly useful in post-psunami Japan where blackouts and outages have become commonplace and the phasing out of nuclear power will probably leave energy supply gaps until alternative energy options are fully in place.
Last month Nissan also demonstrated a system whereby electricity is generated through 488 solar cells that were installed on the roof of its headquarters in Yokohama near Tokyo. Nissan said that four batteries from the Leaf were placed in a box in a cellar-like part of the building, and stored the electricity generated from the solar cells, which is enough to fully charge 1,800 Leaf vehicles a year.
Concomitant with Nissan's efforts, the popularity of electric vehicles is spreading. Earlier this week the Ontario government in Canada announced it will invest $80 million to promote investment in electric car charging stations. The province already offers up to $8,500 in incentives to electric car buyers who are also entitled to a green plate that grants them access to high occupancy vehicle lanes.
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Now Nissan has launched a website to promote environmental awareness and sustainability. The website features a game called The Planet Zero and it allows players to control a travelling animated electric plug who is called PLUG. It interacts with different icons to produce wind energy, solar power and other forms of energy of a low-carbon reality.
The Planet Zero is targeted at high school and college age students. Set in the neo-futuristic, zero-emission world, users can experience a mechanism of zero-emission beating games with the characters.
There are initially four stages in this game and more stages will be added later as needed, Nissan said. With secret commands, users are allowed to play as many times as they want.
Planet Zero also features a user-participatory website called FLIP BOOK STUDIO. Users can contribute and view flip book animation with PLUG on this website.
The UK Independent noted that there's a trend to use games as tools to promote awareness of environmental issues, sustainability, climate change and alternative energy. It mentioned eMission and Ecotopia as examples of these online initiatives.
Besides using online games to promote Leaf, Nissan has also tapped into the smartphone market by launching applications that allow Leaf owners to manage their cars remotely. The new apps are designed for BlackBerry and Android OS, following an initial launch for iPhone that coincided with the car launch in December.
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When asked about her wardrobe critics, BB Gandanghari just smiled and said, "Really? That's sad. As far as I know, this is [outfit] is from New York."
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BB Gandanghari's arrival at the "Tribute to the Oscars" event of Velvet, held at the Ayala Museum in Makati, created quite a stir.
She did not have any participation in the photo exhibit, everyone wanted to have a photo taken with him
The "newly-transformed" celebrity, who claimed that her identity as Rustom Padilla is dead, was ecstatic about the reactions she's been getting from the people.
In an interview with PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal), BB exclaimed: "What can I say, I'm very happy!"
Looking back, the 43-year-old star said that coming out of the closet was a long process for her. Her decision to finally tell everyone about her sexual preference came after his short stay in New York.
"It's really a process," BB told PEP. "Of course, eventually, I faced the reality in New York. When people, parang mga kaibigan na nakilala ko doon, parang all of a sudden, everyone is calling me BB."
She also clarified that changing her name has nothing to do with future projects. It's really part of her transformation process. She stressed, "Because my first name is Binibini, BB for short. That's my personal name. It's not any role, not any project, that's my personal name."
STAYING AWAY FROM NEGATIVE COMMENTS. While many appreciated the new BB Gandanghari, some were not too happy, even ridiculing the way she dresses, talks and walks.
BB arrived at the party clad in a red top over a long black skirt. She chose to ignore the negative comments.
When we related to her the comment of stand-up comedian Vice Ganda about her "baduy and mismatched"outfits, BB just smiled and said, "Really? That's sad. As far as I know, this is from New York." Then she added in jest, "Huwag ninyong tutularan, bad example. You don't do that."
As for her lovelife, BB said it's not her priority. She added, "I'm very busy with work. Yeah, I meet a lot of people but nothing serious, just meet and greet."
CLEARING SOME ISSUES. PEP also took the chance to hear BB's side on the alleged commotion she caused at the Embassy Club in The Fort Taguig, where she was spotted wearing "super-super short shorts."
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Hi Friends! Wow–what a month this has been?! Since the last time we chatted, both Christmas and the New Year's celebrations flew by. So I made the trip from Rhode Island to North Carolina with my two kids and dog. Eek!! Since my husband is still deployed (seriously, it feels like he's been gone FOREVER!) I did the trip on my own.
In fact, both kids ended up getting sick…all over me. Once it happened in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike. But by some miracle, I felt cool and calm through most of the trip. And I've felt that way a lot lately. It's hard to know where this kick-butt peaceful feeling is coming from, but it's here, and I couldn't be more grateful.
Okay, so I will be diving into this further, but I had promised that I would share with you the Work from Home site that has been so successful for me. You may have seen the ad I recently put up to the right? It's for Hire My Mom.com.(there is an affiliate link in there, btw.) How stinkin' cute is the name? Really?
Anyway, I still subscribe, even though I have NO more time to dedicate to work. I'm currently working around 10 hours a week, but that will double next month.
If you are interested in doing something from home to earn additional income, I HIGHLY recommend it. What actually made me fall in love with the site is the owner, Leslie Pyle's testimony. I can't read it, especially Part 2, without needing a box of tissue. It is amazing.
If you all are interested in further tips about becoming an independent contractor or freelancer, I would be happy to share, but don't want to go on and on if that's not what you need.
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The Indiana National Guard says four soldiers with an Indiana-based National Guard unit died in Afghanistan when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb.
Indiana Adjutant General Martin Umbarger said Saturday the four members of the Valparaiso-based 713th Engineer Company were clearing roadside bombs along a supply route in southern Afghanistan Thursday morning when their vehicle struck one of the bombs.
The casualties include Specialist Brian Leonhardt of Merrillville, Specialist Robert J. Tauteris Jr. of Hamlet, Specialist Christopher Patterson of Aurora, Illinois, and Staff Sgt. Jonathan Metzger of Indianapolis.
The unit and families are all trying to cope in the aftermath of the deaths of these men. .
Outside of the Indiana National Guard Armory in Valparaiso on Saturday the flag flew at half-staff as the news started to sink in.
"It's been a real tough day," said Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Steve Hines. "We've got a lot of support from our entire organization, we are continuing to execute those things that need to be accomplished and start healing."


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Alumnus and renowned bel canto tenor Larry Brownlee (BA '96) performed on Thursday, March 28, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Alumni and friends joined for a post-recital meet-and-greet and reception. View the photo album from the event.
Read a review of the performance here.
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- Beto O'Rourke had $86K over rival Barbara Carrasco
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- 55% of El Paso voters were women
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- El Paso County Commissioners-elect Carlos Leon and Vince Perez ready to join changing court
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- SA Express-News: Secession petitions grow in Texas, other states
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- Expert: El Paso voters back leaders' vision for city
- President Barack Obama's 77% share of Hispanic vote in New Mexico is record
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- El Paso County's Congressmen Beto O'Rourke and Pete Gallego have high ambitions for rookie year
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- Map: Voters across El Paso supported three quality of life bond issues
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- Texas GOP Rep. Quico Canseco claims fraud in election
- Election 2012: Immigration a top issue among Hispanics
According to a news release sent out today, Esparza said he has filed the required paperwork with the Democratic party to run for re-election next year.
He has been in office since 1993, and serves as the prosecutor for the state's 34th Judicial District, which includes El Paso, Hudspeth and Culberson counties.
In the release, Esparza said he is "committed to victims of violence, the well-being of children, and fighting domestic violence."
According to the release, his accomplishments include organizing the annual Help Hope Healing conference for crime victims and has spearheaded the 24-hour domestic violence project, where an alleged victim of domestic violence received a visit from representatives from the District Attorney's Office within 24 hours of the incident.


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Well, a new tool has entered the mix: Wowscan. I have to admit, at first it struck me as a bit too much like The Undermine Journal. Certainly Wowscan works very similar in that it scans auction data and posts it on its site in a searchable format. Now, I'm no Basil or even a Fox, but after some experimentation it seems to me that there are a few advantages and disadvantages to a site like Wowscan in comparison to TUJ.
First of all, and probably the biggest difference that I've noticed, is that Wowscan has the ability to compile all of its realm data into one searchable list. For example, if you wanted to find the absolute cheapest auction of Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger, all you have to do is select All Realms and search for it. From all of my dealings with TUJ, I have never found the option to search all of the realms at once. Since most of my use of TUJ was focused on a single realm, searching multiple realms at once never really became an issue for me. This function becomes valuable when you are looking to buy an ultra-rare item and don't care how much money you have to spend on realm transfers to get it.
Wowscan has a limited selection of searchable items. As of this moment, the site only has mounts, pets, recipes, and tabards in its database. Site administrators have said that they plan to expand the reach of the site to most, if not all, items in the game, but for now, TUJ has it beat hands down in this category.
Also, there is no indication of when the auctions for these items have been scanned or even how often they are scanned. Duplicate auctions are quite abundant on the site, as posters cancel their sales to repost at lower prices and Wowscan fails to remove the old information. Simply put, the inner workings of the site still need some spit and polish, at least in my opinion.
The UI is pretty clean, if a bit fishy-looking. I've always been wary of sites that have The Matrix look to them, with black backgrounds and bright green text and elements, though this is a minor point. The dropdown options are handy and don't overwhelm the user, though later on when it adds more items, I can imagine it will have to add an actual search field. The interface keeps things simple, which is good for promoting accessibility and ease of use. And you have to appreciate the Wowhead links to every item in its database.
In all, Wowscan looks like it could become another useful tool for those in the business of making gold. Sure, it has some work to do before it will seriously threaten to wrest a sizable chunk of traffic away from The Undermine Journal, but I think it has potential.


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Although it is becoming more clear by the day that the embassy attacks in the middle east last week were not merely the result of an inflammatory movie, but a planned and well-orchestrated attack, the voices seeking to weaken the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are becoming more shrill.
A professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Althea Butler, wrote that the maker of the film should be imprisoned. Hilariously, she even touts her status as a tenured professor to trot out the obligatory, "yes, I support freedom of speech, but…" (There's always a "but," isn't there?) Journalist Mike Barnicle said that the preacher Terry Jones, who had merely promoted the film, should be arrested. Naturally, his fellow journalist Donny Deutsch was quick to agree. Many supposedly liberal celebrities called for the filmmakers to be punished. The White House confirmed that it had requested Youtube to remove the film, which, to their credit, they refused to do.
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My question is a little off topic and rhetorical. How is it that at all of the protests that we see on CNN and other networks coming out of the middle east all of the signs are in english?
@bkgreenfeet Get out your barf bag before reading this: http://hotair.com/archives/2012/10/25/father-of-seal-killed-in-benghazi-hillary-told-me-we-will-make-sure-that-the-person-who-made-that-film-is-arrested-and-prosecuted/
@SEAN SPOONTS Right, and I beT her type would be the first to have a conniption if someone wanted to limit freedom of the press!
@Icegator Agreed. But look at the reaction of Ms Eltahawy to free speech she doesn't like; censorship, vandalism and denounciation. She has no idea what free speech is. She's a garden variety fascist.
@SEAN SPOONTS That was a flippin hilarious video. I felt bad for the lady who got her sweater trashed, but, WOW! That Mona-Lisa chick was off the scale. I could hear the voice of my dad saying, "Steve, A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." My old man gets smarter all the time.


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Daryl Hannah says she's lucky to be alive -- after nearly being sold to a white slave gang who wanted to turn her into a hooker!
It happened when the blonde beauty was a naïve 17-year-old trying to break into Hollywood, and two girls she met in a grocery store persuaded her to go to Las Vegas for a modeling job.
"These girls seemed nice and said they knew some men who would pay all our expenses and give us $500 to model for an album cover," she told an interviewer.
"I thought it sounded fun -- but it was a white slavery ring!
"These guys looked for girls who they thought were runaways and turned them into prostitutes. I realized something was wrong when they asked me to go up to their hotel room to model a scarf... and nothing else.
"I told them I was only 15 in the hope of scaring them off because I would be illegal -- but it only made them more interested.
"I escaped with a couple of other girls who quickly got the picture. They had goons follow us everywhere, even in the bathroom.
"I literally had to escape from that hotel. We made our exit through a nightclub. It was just like some movie, but this was the real thing.
"I'm lucky to be alive."
And the 41-year-old actress has a warning for other wanna-bes who head for Hollywood with stars in their eyes.
"There are about a dozen guys who are, to this day, rich, successful players in the film industry -- and they look out for any girl fresh off the bus who takes their fancy.
"If you're not careful you can get in real trouble!"
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Judging from VH1's "The T.O. Show," the lives of Terrell Owens' publicists, Kita and Mo, revolve around him, but that is not the case.
Kita Williams (pictured, left) and Monique Jackson spoke to Sister 2 Sister about their other business ventures, including hosting the UNCF Empowerment HBCU (Historically Black College and University) tour, and starting the "Define Your Pretty" movement. In both avenues, Kita and Mo are motivating young women by teaching them about proper self-identity.
"Define not who you are based on what you look like … or what you wear or who you sleep with or who media wants to box us in," said Mo, pointing out that young women shouldn't base their worth on material possessions or outward appearance.
In addition to their work with young girls, Kita and Mo also campaign with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This is an effort to help African-American women, one of whom is diagnosed with the virus every nine minutes, according to the ladies.
Overall, Kita said they want to make a brand for women based on empowerment. "We want to push that envelope because that envelope hasn't been pushed in that realm of reality," she said.
"The T.O. Show" is just the beginning for that brand, according to Kita. "We are sending a message out there to show women," she said, "that everybody has the same issues. It's just about how you deal with them."
She continued, "And we're grateful that VH1 has given us a platform to be able to show powerful, independent businesswomen on a level as well as being able to expose a man of color and show the highs and lows of his life."
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During Monday's daily White House press briefing, as pro-Russian protests spread through Ukrainian cities, reporters asked press secretary Jay Carney more than 30 questions related to Russia. On Tuesday, when Ukraine began mobilizing troops to quell unrest, Carney fielded 30 more.
Questions about U.S. strategy in the Ukraine crisis have ranged from the small (Q: What was President Obama's tone like in a call to Russian President Vladimir Putin? A: Frank and firm) to the large (Q: Is the U.S. considering arming the Ukrainians? A: No).
Unsurprisingly, Carney did not provide concrete answers to many of them. But the verbal maneuvering doesn't necessarily mean the White House is purposefully hiding its strategy. The lack of answers may signal that, right now, the Obama administration can't predict Putin's next move with any certainty.
Carney did hint to reporters Wednesday that the White House has prepared new sanctions, but he didn't say when those might be imposed.
"We are involved in assessing what Russia has been doing, what it's doing now, what its possible next actions might be," Carney said. "And we're doing that in the context of what costs we might impose — we collectively might impose on Russia for the actions they undertake."
In other words, the White House is staying careful about charging Russia for action it has not yet taken, even as Russian and Ukrainian forces teeter on the brink of military confrontation. It's playing the same "wait and see" card that it did ahead of Moscow's annexation of Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula.
"Political observers both in Russia and the West are once again reduced not to analyzing data or strategy, but to reading the tea leaves and psychoanalyzing a man whose psyche bends toward unpredictability," The New Republic's Julia Ioffe wrote last week, when Russian troops began amassing along Ukraine's border in earnest.
But this time, the U.S. may not wait too long. Carney's mention of forthcoming sanctions signals that the U.S. may want to punish Russia before a possible second intervention, rather than reacting to one it cannot reverse.


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April 17, 2008
Rain kept them from playing for over a week. Nothing could keep them from winning Tuesday night.
Under clear skies, Eudora played its first double-header since April 5 and swept both games from home team Spring Hill, 5-2 and 8-5. The team looked excited to be back on the field in a real game and coach Cara Kimberlin was excited about the outcome.
"It's always encouraging to come and get two wins at Spring Hill. (Bronco coach) Claude (Madison) always puts a strong and competitive team on the field," Kimberlin said.
Lady Cards ace pitcher Mackenzie Salzman was electric again Tuesday evening, allowing no earned runs in game one. The senior appeared to be in trouble in the bottom of the seventh inning as she loaded the bases with no one out, but Kimberlin was confident her hurler could get it done.
Salzman responded by retiring the six, seven and eight hitters of the Bronco line-up, striking out the first two and coaxing the final batter into a ground ball for the final out.
"It fell in a good part of their order that hadn't been hitting the ball real well," Kimberlin said. "If they had been hitting her hard the whole game, I might have been a little more concerned."
In the 10 days between games, Eudora spent a lot of time studying film to find its own weaknesses. One of the players that benefited the most from this exercise, Kimberlin said, was senior Theresa Harper. In the film room, Harper and the staff realized she was pulling away from the plate too much which diminished her power potential.
In the second inning of game one, Harper used her new swing to belt a two-run home run over the left field wall.
"She's made some good adjustments and really worked on those things in practice over the last week, whether we were inside or out," said Kimberlin.
Junior Bailey Scott scored two runs to help get the victory.
Salzman also started on the mound in game two and she continued to baffle the Bronco batters.
Salzman was replaced by junior Miranda Cobell in the third inning, and after a rocky start, Cobell was also solid for the Cardinals. She retired Spring Hill in order in both the fourth and fifth innings.
Sophomore Evan Folks and freshman Allie Johnson each scored two runs and Salzman went 3-for-4 with a run scored.
In the seventh inning, Kimberlin put Salzman back on the rubber to close out the game.
"They had hit Miranda a little bit but they really hadn't hit Mackenzie at all," Kimberlin explained. "She was having a little harder time hitting the strike zone in that last inning of the last game but we got the job done."
Kimberlin said each game could have gone better because Eudora stranded too many runners and Folks had some tough luck at the plate. The catcher was ripping the ball all over the field, but every place she hit it stood a Spring Hill fielder ready to make a play.
"She's hitting it hard but she's struggling mentally because she has high expectations for herself and the ball's not going down or getting through," Kimberlin said. "I just told her, 'Don't pout about the way you're hitting the ball because the important thing is we just walked out of here with two wins.' That's two wins towards the league and two wins towards regionals."
Tuesday night was solid for Eudora, but every night can be a mystery for a team that's still trying to figure out how to perform at the top of its game consistently. The Lady Cards have had some uncharacteristic struggles early in the year and because of that, Kimberlin isn't quite sure what to expect when her team travels to Wellsville Thursday for a 4:30 p.m. double-header.
"I can't tell with this team, I really can't," Kimberlin said. "My expectations are always to win and not make mental and physical mistakes, but you just never know."
On April 22, Eudora will play its third road series in a row as it travels to Ottawa for another 4:30 double-header.
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The 128th season of the once-proud-and-proud-once-again Pittsburgh Baseball Club will begin, under peculiarly sunny skies at almost precisely 1:05 p.m. Monday, with Francisco Liriano's first pitch. And if this summer somehow were to follow the sweetest of scripts, it'll all end with his last pitch.
He'll be the last man standing.
I can see it, too. Not just because everything about those 2013 Pirates has suddenly, magically made all things baseball seem possible again. But mostly because Liriano is made of ace-plus material. He might well be that Steve Blass bounding into Bob Robertson's arms, finishing what he starts on the grandest of stages. He's that talented. He's that tough.
What the big man isn't, however, is that horse who lugs the load for all the games in between. His next 200-inning season will be the first. His career high is 191.2 in 2011 with the Twins, but his next-best was 174 last season, including playoffs. He's otherwise never topped 156.
Small wonder, then, that the primary goal beginning Monday against the Cubs is a simple one.
"Consistency," Liriano was telling me a couple weeks ago in Bradenton, Fla. "I just want to stay healthy, go deeper in games, maybe use my two-seamer more to get ground balls."
That's the sinker.
"I just need to stay healthy. That's the big thing."
Not just for him. Fact is, the rest of the rotation doesn't exactly overflow with hope in this vital category.
Wandy Rodriguez has by far the best pedigree, having put up seasons of 182.2, 205.2, 195 and 191 and another of 205.2. The latter came in 2012, the year he was a midseason acquisition from the Astros. Last season, though, he managed only 62.2 because of a wonky elbow that no one still sounds certain is all the way back.
Before we proceed, stick a bookmark there, because that's your iron man.
Charlie Morton rebounded smoothly from Tommy John surgery last season and logged 121.2 innings, including the playoffs. His career high is 171.2 in 2011, and he never has otherwise reached 100.
"I'm looking for 201," Morton cracked with typical wryness.
Gerrit Cole has been remarkably healthy throughout his amateur and young pro career — find some wood to knock — but he'll now pitch outside his prospect-level limitations for the first time. As he assured me, "There's no ceiling number of any kind, and I'm really looking forward to that."
That's wonderful, of course. No one on the staff is better built to be that horse, now or in the long term. But no precedent is no precedent.
Edinson Volquez has pitched seasons of 196 and 182.2 innings, but if he keeps spraying fastballs and raining runs as he did all spring, management's going to gulp down that $5 million and send him to the pen. Here's hoping that leash isn't long because what looks dumb now — investing in a project rather than a known, reliable, possibly even bland commodity — will only look dumber.
Jeff Locke was a legit All-Star last season before confirming the customary doubts that a wiry guy like him — 6-foot, 185 pounds, or so he's listed — can go the distance. He was shut down by September and will open this season on the DL.
You know, spring training tends to be a time for debates about backup first basemen, middle relief, the fringe of the roster. But once that first pitch is thrown, it's funny how the only thing that really matters immediately falls into focus.
"It's all about the starting pitching. We know that," Cole said. "That's true all over baseball, and it's true for us. But we also feel like we've got the guys in here who can do it. We've got some big arms and some big bodies, and I think we'll be there."
They'd better.
The 200-inning marker is the one pitching coaches push to all starters, but the numbers show that only 36 achieved it in the majors last season. Only 12 teams had two such starters, and only the Reds, Tigers and Royals had three. It isn't easy.
The Pirates, of course, had none, which would appear to lessen the urgency. But A.J. Burnett's staff-best 193 innings are gone. And although the starters as a whole ranked fifth in the majors with a collective 3.50 ERA, they also ranked 24th in innings pitched. No team had a bigger gap in those two rankings.
Let me put that another way: The bullpen, which ranked fourth in innings pitched, did a whole lot of bailing out.
A sequel of that scenario, I promise, will fizzle well before anyone has the chance to shed tears over Vin Mazzaro.
It all starts right here.
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Expert Mode is an unlockable gameplay mode in Shadow the Hedgehog where the player has to play through all of the game's stages in order to complete it. Expert Mode can only be unlocked in the game by attaining an A-rank on every single stage in the game.
Plot-wise, it is a form of training that Shadow apparently goes through shortly after the events of the game and is to be a true test of Shadow's skills.
In Expert Mode, the player plays through all 23 stages (including The Last Way) available in Shadow the Hedgehog in order, starting from the top of the level select chart down. Unlike the main game, progress will be lost if the player loses all lives or quits. Many of the first stages are nearly the same, just a few extra platforms and some more rings to use Light Speed Dash. No characters are allied alongside the player and there is no given Rank after completing a stage. The objective of most stages is to reach the goal ring except for Central City (clear aninhiliator bombs), The Doom (rescue wounded researchers) and Mad Matrix (reach all four data-bases). The beginning of every stage has a hint marker containing a message from a different character wishing Shadow good luck and telling the player how Expert Mode works.
During the first drop, avoid the helicopters on the way down, When the player reach the bottom, continue forward defeating all the Black Arms in the player's way. By the time the player reaches the area with a lot of red roots, the player will have a full hero gauge. Be careful, because there are more GUN Soldiers and Black Arms. Laser blasts are also more frequent, So watch out as well. If the player did not has a full hero gauge by the area mentioned above, the player will need to Triangle jump along the way and then light Dash at the rings
Digital Circuit
The first thing that the player will notice is that there are more firewalls in the light Dash Circuit. Avoid them at all costs to keep from losing your rings. When the player reaches the area after the first checkpoint and some GUN Beetles. Hop on the moving blocks, and light dash along the rings. Use the spring to get up to the light in the next section. There are some differences in certain sections, but if the player takes it slow, the player will be able to get to the end.
Glyphic Canyon
The stage is much easier than Digital Circuit, because the only thing that changes is the way you get across some gaps. There are a few more platforms and Light Dash opportunities. In the area where the wind automatically takes the player up, there is no wind, meaning that the player have to makes the jump manually.
Lethal Highway
The fist noticeable difference is the lack of some rockets. After using the Pulley where the first rocket should be is a locked spring. the player must defeat the GUN Beetles flying in the air just beyond. The player should have a weapon, so shoot it, and the box will open. Afterward the player needs to jump out to the rings, and Light Dash the rest of the way. the player's hardest jump will be to that of a pulley over nothing. Try to jump toward it and then Jump Dash for extra distance.
Cryptic Castle
The player may notice that the first balloon is gone. Defeat the Egg Pawn, and a Skull Spring will appear. Use that spring to bounce up to the top portion, and grind down the rail. After grinding, the player notices that the player has no flame. Find the flame by destroying the tree to the left or right. After the fifth checkpoint, get on the moving platforms, bounce off of the Black Hawk and then use the Light Dash to make it across to the other side.
Prison Island
In the area where the original Goal Ring was, defeat the Black Arms and then bounce up. From there, use the Wide Spring to bounce high, use the homing attack on the GUN beetle and then Light Dash across the newly formed rings. Later on in the stage, the player will ride an Air Saucer that will take the player to a platform with a robot. Time your jump and bounce off the two GUN Beetles to get to the other Air Saucer.
Circus Park
Besides the increase in enemies, there are more of those tiny moving platforms. It is important that the player is very careful when jumping to them. Take this stage slow, and remember It's not about time but completion. The most difficult part is after the rope grinding section. the player must jump over to the small moving platforms, and do some hoop tricks after that. The rings in mid-air serve as a guide to where to jump to, but it's better if the player can just skip this altogether using Chaos Control if the player can find enough enemies to defeat to raise the player Hero Gauge.
Central City
The object of Central City is not to find the Goal Ring, but to destroy the five giant bombs found throughout the city. The bombs are located in the same places as the Normal Story Mode. There is really not that much of a difference in this stage, except for the fact Central City won't have as much freedom of where the player can and cannot go. Consider this stage a freebie.
Mad Matrix
The player will be taking on a harder version of Espio's mission for this one. Omega says that he is the strongest, so go out and prove him wrong by accessing the four databases. One thing that the player might find different are the color tiles. There are more of them to line up. Besides make the level longer, it should still pose no problem.
Yellow Tower
Pass through the speed circle, and the player will bounce off a spring. Watch out, because the player will land on an incomplete platform. Land on one of the tiles, and change them to the same color to make it rise. When the player reach the next set of tiles after the third Checkpoint, it also has incomplete tiles. When the player reach the top, the player will needs to Jump Dash to the other side.
Green Tower
In the green tower after the fourth Checkpoint, the player will rides a very large platform. After matching up the colors, make sure you are standing to the far left or right to avoid being knocked off.
Red tower
The red Tower on expert mode is not more difficult but different. In the story mode after riding the platform up, the player had to triangle jump. This time there is to floating blocks. Jump to the first block, and jump Dash to make it to the second block.
The Doom
In this stage, the player has to rescue all the wounded researches. For this stage, the player will want to use all the shortcuts the player used to reach the Goal Ring in story Mode, because all the researchers are in that room.
Sky Troops
This is another easy Expert Mode Stage. Not much has changed, except for the fact that the player will be using the Light Dash a bit more than usual. One thing to take note of is that after the long Light Dashing section, hold forward so that the player land safely on solid ground.
Death Ruins
Normally there would be some sort of tip, but this stage was easy. Just follow the same path that the player would to get an A ranking. The stage is altered a but it's easier. one thing that the player do want to shoot for is to fill the Hero Gauge when the player reach the area with the pole with that the player slide down to reach the final part of the stage.
The Ark
This is just like the normal Mission, except for the fact that the player cannot destroy defense cores to remove the barriers. Just stay on the Black Volt, and fly as fast as the player can through the stage to reach the goal ring. Luckily the player can refill the Black volt's health two time during the stage. If the player is is having trouble, just get off at various platforms. Once the player gets off Black Volt, the player must restart the stage at the first chapter. No Black Volt reappears once the player gets off.
Air Fleet
This stage calls for making good use of the Chaos Control. IF the player can, power it up so that it is full just before the outside sections of the stage. the player will need to go through one of them. Neither of them are that difficult, the player just needs to be a little more careful when jumping. If the player got this far, the player is plenty good at the game already.
Iron Jungle
The first thing that the player will notice is that there are a lot more platforms than before. This is Expert Mode, so the player isn't going to be bailed out by rockets and such. the player should hit most of the checkpoints, so by the end, the player will be getting extra lives.
Space Gadget
This stage will take the player on the top route. If the player was able to beat Sonic in a race, the player should finish this stage easy as well. one difference is that at the point where the second defense unit it was, there are blocks not barriers. It is also easier to get to the Key as well. If you did not get it.
Lost impact
The most noticeable change is the lack of some GUN Lifts. When the player reaches the first part where a GUN Lift used to be, go through the door, and a platform with a rocket will be there. Use the rocket to reach another platform, and use the Dash panel to go forward. After using the Dash panel, the player needs to use a series of Homing Attacks to reach the other door. The Goal Ring is in the area with the Final Checkpoint.
GUN Fortress
The First part is standard, except it doesn't matter who the player defeats. Watch out before the first checkpoint, because there are a number of places to fall. The player must jump across each of the small sections. Use the Jump Dash to increase the player distance. Make it the player's goal to build up the player's Hero Gauge, so that the player can skip some portions of the stage. In the final area before the Goal Ring, be sure to defeat the GUN Before jumping across the platforms.
Cosmic Fall
What makes this stage expert is the lack of enemies. Before the player could use the Black Hawks to get from platform to platform, but now the player must use the Jump Dash. The good thing is that the player is not timed.
A trick to skip an entire section starts in the inside corridor after the second checkpoint. In the room with the Artificial Chaos, Jump down to grab a Pulley, and when the player reaches the upper platform, grab the blue energy core. Use it right away, and ride the transport outside. As soon as Shadow lets go, Use Chaos Control again, and you will skip an entire section. The spinning platform section is where most people will go crazy. The only tip is to quit, and practice staying on the top area in select mode. This jumping section leads to where key is.
After the Sixth Checkpoint there is no Jump Vehicle instead, you need to use the pulley. Once the player is at the top of the pulley, wait for the platform to float by, and jump on to it. This is not much harder, but there is more chance for error. The next Section us especially tough, because the player must jump on a series of moving platforms. This is the most difficult stage so far.
Lava Shelter
This is Expert Mode, so the player will need to have mastered the Triangle Jump, or the player won't be able to pass even the first part of the stage. Try to stay on the top portion, because it's easier. The first couple of volcanic defense systems are active, but the Goal Ring is located where the fifth one was. Make sure you don't take the other path, or the player will has to start over.
Black Comet
Just focus on getting either of the Gauges filled up. The Hero Gauge is important as always, because the player will be able to skip massive parts of the stage. This stage has nothing more than an increase in enemies.
Final Haunt
Final Haunt is pretty simple compared to Cosmic Fall. Just focus on filling up the Hero Gauge and use Chaos Control. There are no defense cores to activate, so the player will need to get through the stage using the pure hero path. The Goal Ring is where Black Doom is.
The Last Way
The player did not come this far just to lose now, so just blast as many of the Black Arms as the player can, and use Chaos Control to fly through the stage. At the end, the player gets to see the credits, but more importantly, the player can say that he is a Shadow the Hedgehog expert. The only thing left is to beat the game going through all 326 Possibilities.
Stages Hint Characters
Every characters from the game including Cream the Rabbit and Cheese (even though they were only an objective in Cryptic Castle), Gerald Robotnik, the Commander, and even the President and his Secretary show up as hint characters. The final hint marker at the beginning of The Last Way gives luck from every single character seen in the game.
- Sonic gives hints in Digital Circuit and GUN Fortress.
- Tails gives a hint in Glyphic Canyon.
- Knuckles is featured as a hint character in Lethal Highway.
- Rouge is featured as a hint character in Cryptic Castle and with Omega in Lava Shelter.
- Omega is featured as a hint character in Mad Matrix and with Rouge in Lava Shelter.
- Vector is the hint character in Prison Island and with other members of Team Chaotix in Final Haunt.
- Charmy is the hint character in Sky Troops and with other members of Team Chaotix in Final Haunt.
- Espio is the hint character in Central City and with other members of Team Chaotix in Final Haunt.
- Amy is the hint character of Circus Park.
- Cream is the hint character of The ARK while Cheese is the hint character of Cosmic Fall.
- Eggman gives hints in Westopolis and Iron Jungle.
- Maria is featured as a hint character in The Doom.
- Gerald Robotnik is featured as a hint character in Lost Impact.
- The President and his secretary give hints in Air Fleet and Black Comet.
- The Commander gives hints in Space Gadget.
- Black Doom gives hints in Death Ruins.
- The Expert Mode version of The Doom is the same as the Hero mission, except that the researchers are all next to a Heal Unit spawn in one room at the end.
- Important and sometimes interesting information is often revealed by the hints at the start of each level in Expert Mode. Aside from the objective of each level, personal information from the speaker is sometimes revealed such as the Commander's new grandchild, the reason for the hostile actions of the Artificial Chaos, and the President's meetings.
- In Mad Matrix, Omega claims that he is stronger than Shadow and challenges him. He wants to challenge Shadow again in Lava Shelter, but Rouge stops him.
- In Iron Jungle, Dr. Eggman asks if Shadow is angry with him, which may refer to Shadow Androids.
- The President tries to talk with Shadow in Air Fleet and Black Comet but in both cases his Secretary reminds him of his meetings and he has to stop talking with Shadow.
- At the beginning of Final Haunt, Charmy and Vector fight with each other about minor matters and Espio apologizes to Shadow about it.
- Cheese is the hint character of Cosmic Fall. However, Vector's voice can be heard in some parts of stage.
- Gerald Robotnik says in Lost Impact that the reason the Artificial Chaos became hostile was because Gerald accidentally reversed the positive and negative electrode connectors within them. This created a problem in their programming and resulted in their hostility.
- Sonic gives hints at the beginning of Digital Circuit.However; Rouge's voice is heard through the stage.


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Thank the Lord that the weather is finally warming up. Scents of Spring are finally starting to float, and the mountains of snow are finally starting to melt. Football is long in the books. The NBA is starting to wind down, while March Madness is starting to heat up. Basketball just isn't even on my mind. No — I need a little baseball in my life. With just over 10 days on the countdown until opening day, I can't stop thinking about days at the ballpark. And yet, unfortunately, I have similar sentiments to last year when it comes to my favorite team; the White Sox have a lot of work to do.
As I had predicted, we're coming off of a tough season. I don't say that to pat myself on the back. In fact, I say that quite regrettably. At 63-99 I'd say we probably lost a few more games than even I would have predicted. But you can't argue with those numbers. The Sox finished at the absolute bottom of the AL Central, the absolute bottom of the MLB in batting, the absolute bottom of the MLB in fielding and well near the bottom in pitching overall as well. If the boys in black want to change that this year, they're going to have to make some changes.
Maybe the pitching staff needs to step it up a bit, but they're undoubtedly the least to blame. Granted, saying that they're the best unit on the team isn't saying much. But nonetheless, the stats are on their side. Last season, they edged the American League average in ERA just slightly, posting 3.98 compared to the league's 3.99. They recorded 90 quality starts, well exceeding the AL, and topping the National League and MLB averages. Batting average-against, strikeouts, earned runs — their peripherals are all on par with the league averages. After launching our winningest pitcher on the season, Jake Peavy, the starting-five will certainly see (at minimum) a new face. But if our pitchers can hold last season's pace, they are by far the least of our worries.
I'm guessing you won't gasp and clutch your pearls when I say that our fielding needs some serious work. Second to the Houston Astros, the Sox defense had the most errors of any infield in the league. They racked up a whopping 121 — about 40 more than the AL average, and about 30 more than the League average. Third baseman Connor Gillaspie, and shortstop Alexei Ramírez are foremost to blame, committing 17 and 22 errors respectively. And with each settling in to his position for the upcoming season, it is too early to tell whether we can expect much different.
What should surprise absolutely no White Sox fan is that we need the bats. Plain and simple.Chris Sale, who recorded a 3.07 ERA, with 226 K's and 1.07 WHIP in 30 starts, Sale finished the season in the top-20 pitchers in the league. And yet, he managed to finish with a losing record — something that can only be explained by a horrendous performance swinging the bats from these White Sox. They averaged over 100 less runs than the rest of the American League and had one of the worst on-base percentages to boot. This will not do.
To make a long story short, if this team wants to win, they are going to have to start playing better across the board. There's a lot of work to do, but a lot of time on the clock. It's tough to say just what needs to change — they have the talent, but they've yet to start acting like it. It'll be interesting to see, but I'm making the call now. Another season of stinky Sox.


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Lausanne, Switzerland - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) began their hearing on Friday into Uruguay forward Luis Suarez's appeal against his ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in a World Cup match.
Suarez, wearing a checked shirt, brushed aside photographers and refused to make any comment as he arrived by taxi at the CAS headquarters in a Lausanne suburb.
The 27-year-old has been banned from all football activity for four months and suspended for nine competitive internationals by Fifa following the incident which shocked audiences worldwide.
Suarez, who has left Liverpool and joined Barcelona since the incident, has already lost an appeal before Fifa's own disciplinary committee.
Banned twice before for biting, he initially denied sinking his teeth into Chiellini but then apologised for the incident one week later.
The hearing, expected to last all day, was being held behind closed doors and CAS said in a statement that "the final decision is likely to be rendered some days after the conclusion of the hearing."
The ban means that Suarez will not be able to make his Barcelona debut until the end of October and will miss the whole of next year's Copa America in Chile, when Uruguay play their next competitive matches.
Uruguay will play a minimum of three and maximum of six matches at the Copa, meaning that Suarez will also miss between three and six matches of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.
"The biggest issue is the nine matches because it could mean, depending on the performance of Uruguay in the Copa America, that Suarez could be prevented from playing (for Uruguay) until 2016," said Daniel Cravo, a lawyer representing the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).
"(That) is a long journey for a player who is already 27 years," he told reporters. "We have to have a controlled optimism because we have to respect the panel." – Reuters
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Energy producer Exco Resources Inc. and hedge fund manager Philip Falcone's publicly traded holding company Harbinger Group Inc. said Monday that they have formed a $725 million partnership to own and operate Exco's conventional oil and gas fields.
The deal, long signaled as something Exco was pursuing, will pay the Dallas company $597.5 million while leaving it with a significant ownership stake in the fields, which account for about 20% of its current output.
Douglas Miller, Exco's chairman and chief executive, last week told investors that the company aimed to use proceeds from the sale of its conventional fields to pay down the company's credit line so that it could go bargain hunting for more conventional fields amid low natural gas prices.
Exco would then likely turn around and sell any fields it buys to the partnership, known as a master limited partnership, he said. Doing so would allow Exco to essentially reimburse itself the purchase price while still holding a stake in the fields' output.
"I call this kind of a parking lot for conventional gas," Mr. Miller said during a conference call last week to discuss the company's third-quarter results. "A lot of companies even smaller than us want to continue drilling shale and they're selling their conventional [fields] and we'd like to have a spot for it."
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A judge on Tuesday said LightSquared could pay bonuses of up to $6 million to four top executives if the company can preserve its cash and exit bankruptcy by next year.
Judge Shelley C. Chapman of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan approved the bonuses after LightSquared satisfied the objections of a group of lenders and the federal bankruptcy watchdog, the U.S. trustee's office.
"The revised [plan] reflects a tremendous amount of work, difficult work," Judge Chapman said of the bonus proposal.
The lenders had argued that the prior bonus proposal, announced in late August, aligned the executives' goals too closely with Philip Falcone and his Harbinger Capital Partners hedge-fund firm. Falcone controls LightSquared's equity, and the prior proposal would have paid some of the bonuses in restricted stock. The U.S. trustee said in court papers that the stock awards would have lined the executives up with equity holders instead of creditors. LightSquared scrapped the stock proposal for its newest bonus plan, after what a lawyer called "extensive" negotiations with the two parties.
Judge Chapman's approval paves the way for a cash payout of as much as $6 million over two years.
The $113.2 million personal loan Phil Falcone's took from a Harbinger Capital Partners fund has gotten him in plenty of hot water.
Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit that focuses in part on the loan, claiming Falcone misused funds by taking the loan and then didn't properly disclose it to investors.
In the suit, the SEC paints Falcone as something of a spendthrift. The agency alleges Falcone spent millions in the months before taking the loan — funds he could have used to pay the taxes he ultimately claimed the loan was needed for.
By Juliet Chung
How did hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone wind up on stage in front of 2,100 people at a hedge-fund conference, giving his thoughts on how to make money regardless of macro factors?
He got buttonholed at an Alicia Keys charity fundraiser last fall by Anthony Scaramucci, whose SkyBridge Capital puts on the SALT conference. "I told him, 'You should get the opportunity to express yourself to your peers,'" Scaramucci said.
Falcone, who is facing pressure from lenders in connection with his big gamble on a new national wireless network, LightSquared, appeared relaxed on the Wednesday morning panel, leaning back in his chair, dressed in a black suit with a lavender tie.
The moderator, Jon Yalmokas, head of Americas prime brokerage for BofA-Merrill Lynch, even got a small grin out of Falcone when Yalmokas noted that Falcone had told him that growing up one of nine siblings meant he could get along with just about anyone.
So far Falcone has been asked what he thinks the biggest single challenge to the marketplace is. He said he doesn't think Europe can be put in a box:
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There was a noticeable absence Tuesday as advisers to hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone and lenders to his LightSquared wireless communications firm venture negotiated all day: Carl Icahn.
Mr. Icahn sold his roughly $250 million worth of LightSquared debt last week, said people familiar with the matter, exiting from a group of lenders negotiating with Mr. Falcone over the future of his efforts to build out a nationwide high-speed mobile broadband network. The other lenders still hold more than a majority of LightSquared's roughly $1.6 billion in senior debt, giving them leverage over the company's restructuring plans.
The bank-debt trade hasn't yet cleared, so official records haven't cropped up yet to show Mr. Icahn exiting the position, or who the buyer is, the people said. But many people close to the situation said a small hedge fund with connections to satellite mogul Charlie Ergen engaged in the transaction.
Phil Falcone is not making many friends with this whole LightSquared investment.
Two months after joining the board of the troubled wireless network company he is backing, WSJ is reporting this morning that lenders are looking to push him back off the board. Falcone appeared to join the board to show his ongoing conviction in the investment, but lenders are thinking they'd rather someone else be the public face.
While Falcone hadn't actually been on the board, he had largely been the spokesman for the company. Falcone joined the board at the same time that Sanjiv Ahuja gave up the job of CEO to serve solely as chairman of the board.
That lenders no longer want Falcone so close to LightSquared would probably viewed positively by investors in Falcone's Harbinger Capital. Some of them sued Falcone in February over the investment, a major reason Harbinger's flagship fund tumbled 47% last year.
Recently, Falcone has nodded to a possible bankruptcy for the project, but WSJ reports the move to oust Falcone from his newish board position are part of discussions that could avoid filing.
LightSquared and Phil Falcone are getting even closer.
The planned wireless network, which earlier this month took a major blow from federal regulators who said they would revoke the network's permit to operate, has added Falcone to its board of directors.
The boss of Harbinger Capital Partners has taken a bath, so far, on his investment into LightSquared and is currently being sued by his own investors over the deal. Those investors are unlikely to be relieved that the relationship is growing, though that Falcone already wasn't on the board may strike some as bewildering given he's been a part of most of the company's major announcements.
And speaking of major announcements: LightSquared also said its CEO Sanjiv Ahuja is stepping down, but will remain as chairman. The company doesn't have a new CEO in place and will instead move two other executives into a co-chief operating officer structure. The new co-COOs are Doug Smith, who had been chief network officer, and Marc Montagner, who had been CFO.
Falcone said in the release that the company remains committed to working with "appropriate entities" to put regulatory issues behind the company. The regulators had ruled concerns raised about LightSquared interference with GPS networks raised significant national security issues.
Falcone said Tuesday the company is taking "aggressive approach" to finances and making sure it "has adequate financial runway while it works through these issues."
Falcone added he is "confident that working together, we can solve this problem and bring the American consumer the lower priced 4G wireless alternative they need and deserve."
The headaches for LightSquared continue to pile up.
The company, which is trying to build a new national wireless network, was sent a default notice by satellite telecommunications firm Inmarsat PLC on Monday.
Inmarsat said Monday it hasn't received a $56.3 million payment from LightSquared as per its cooperative agreement, and though the two are in discussions, Inmarset can't provide "any assurance" it will get further payments.
LightSquared responded that the first phase of the agreement hasn't been closed, as Inmarsat has further obligations to complete.
"LightSquared is committed to fulfilling its business plan to bring world-class wireless broadband connectivity to millions of Americans and believes that Inmarsat will remain an important partner in the company's future endeavors," the company said.
Phil Falcone eliminated a stake in troubled telecommunications company Research in Motion in the fourth quarter.
The move was one of several cuts for Falcone's Harbinger Holdings, which made relatively few purchases in the quarter, according to a filing Tuesday.
Among the other investments Harbinger cut were CVR Energy (which is under pressure from Carl Icahn today), Forest Oil, Huntsman Corp., and WD-40.
Harbinger increased its stake in Exco Resources by 30% in the fourth quarter. It is now worth $25.9 million, based on Tuesday's close. Harbinger also reported a 1.8% increase in North American Energy Partners, now worth $36.9 million. There was a slim 0.5% increase in Spectrum Brands Holdings as well.
Exco is down 29% this year, while North American Energy is off 18%. It's unclear if Harbinger still hold a stake in either company.
Research in Motion shares dropped 64% in the second half of last year including 29% in the fourth quarter.
Harbinger's investments have been pressured recently, after Falcone shot to stardom by successfully investing against the housing bubble. The flagship fund lost 47% in 2011.
By Greg Bensinger
Billionaire Phil Falcone's LightSquared wireless venture said it isn't seeking to raise fresh capital as it awaits FCC clearance to operate its planned 4G network.
The effort says it has enough funds to last "several quarters," without providing specifics.
LightSquared has been seeking to build a new wireless network to compete with mobile-phone companies and with wholesale providers of wireless spectrum. But the company's plans have been hampered by a recent round of testing by the Defense Department and FAA, which found LightSquared's network interfered with a substantial portion of GPS devices.
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Spartak Moscow striker Emmanuel Emenike claims to have shrugged off reports linking him with an imminent move to England.
The Nigeria international has seen his profile rise considerably during the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
He has found the target on three occasions at that tournament, helping his country to the semi-final stage.
It is now being suggested that Emenike could be the next Nigerian to grace the Premier League.
Reading, Liverpool and Arsenal are all said to have sent scouts to watch the 25-year-old in action, but he is paying little attention to the speculation at present.
"I am playing in Russia at the moment and I have a contract that I intend to respect," said Emenike.
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