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Viktor Troicki was spotted looking tangled up at a practice session in Benidorm today. I guess those wild winds wreaked havoc on more than just the stadium. Poor Viktor.
Can you imagine playing tennis against someone with four arms? Frightening indeed.
(image via AP)
Friday, March 6, 2009
PHOTO OP: That Viktor is all arms
Labels: Benidorm, photo op, tennis, Viktor Troicki
5 comments:
Wow! I've looked at this photo for about 2 minutes and still can't sort out who's who!ReplyDelete
Guess you need four arms to beat Rafa on clay!
Isn't it bizarre?! I did the same - I stared at it for a bit, got hypnotized, then posted it.ReplyDelete
lol what whappened????ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 6, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Serbian team physio (cool blonde guy with a goatee, in white track suit) just did some stretching on Viktor.ReplyDelete
- Tennis ObserverMarch 8, 2009 at 3:48 AM
OMG, Viktor is Vishnu the supreme God!ReplyDelete
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My deer points show zero. Had 11 pts. Unit 21 late rifle.
My deer points show zero. Had 11 pts. Unit 21 late rifle.
Good for you, thats a great unit! Best of luck. Are you a res to CO?
-NRA Life Member
Ya live about 1hr from unit 21
The "backdoor" situation assumes that if your points disappear, you got drawn. If there is no change, you didn't? It must take them longer to post the additional point if you did not draw??? I just checked all my points and there was no change in any of them.
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Looks like I have 3rd season rifle unit 67 for deer. I plan to look at the unit this month, starting from scratch. My scouting altitude is going to be 10,000 and below Planning on migration to have begun.
CC I checked late yesterday and still had points, this morning, no points. You may want to check again for your tag. Good Luck
it only works for first choice. I didn't draw deer. Neither did wife. =(
My points went up to "7" for 2012. After you log in, scroll to the very bottom of the page where it says "Current Preference Points" and see what it says for deer.
When does the elk door usually open?
You just check every few days between DOW and here. Deer was today and projected date on dow is may 29

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"The State Department assured us that my volunteer experience would translate," Kinzer says. "But no would give me the time of day."
That is until she applied for a retail job at a soon-to-open Borders superstore.
Kinzer quickly became an assistant manager, then general manager. After five years, she moved from the District of Columbia to Borders headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to help start a training program. Last year, she transferred to the charitable Borders Group Foundation, where she reviews grant applications.
"I've had this opportunity do this huge number of things after 50 when most of my friends have retired," says Kinzer, whose husband, George, has also joined Borders.
Borders also is one of the companies recruiting through an online service, Retirementjobs.com, which connects workers ages 50 and older with jobs. Retirementjobs.com is the latest player focused on helping recruiters find qualified mature workers. Rivals include retireejobs.com and Senior Job Bank.
"The tipping point, we have established, has arrived," says Tim Driver, CEO of Retirementjobs.com. "There is a gap between people expected to exit and enter the workforce that is widening rapidly. It's the wave of the future: People are redefining retirement and companies have dramatic new needs."
Because of the aging of baby boomers and fewer young people entering the workforce, some experts predict a labor shortage. By 2014, 21 percent of the workforce will be 55 or older, compared with 16 percent in 2005, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, statistics indicate that the workplace is becoming less hostile to older workers. Age discrimination complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fell for a third consecutive year--down 7 percent, to 16,585--in the year that ended September 30, 2005.
To appeal to job hunters, Retirementjobs.com boasts that it screens companies and certifies them based on 12 criteria as friendly to age 50-plus workers, Driver says. The site's database lists 15,000 certified "friendly" jobs. Users can jump into a second tier that lists 60,000 uncertified jobs.
"Increasingly employers want to be seen as friendly to 50-plus workers," says Driver, a former executive with Salary.com. "They have done their homework and figured out that it makes a ton of sense to be focused on these workers who are twice as likely to stay on the job, a lot more experienced and industrious, flexible regarding their work schedule and pay and, frankly, relate well to customers who frequently these days are older themselves."
At Borders, for example, 15 percent of the workforce is 50 or older, spokeswoman Anne Roman says. That's double what it was six years ago, and the nation's No. 2 bookseller hopes that figure will reach at least 20 percent.
In addition to job listings, Retirementjobs.com offers sections on continuing education, resources on everything from writing résumés to joining the board of a nonprofit organization, and inspirational stories by older workers who transitioned into new jobs.
"What we're creating is a whole environment that's specialized for 50-plus workers," Driver says. "We're covering both career topics as well as financial topics that are germane to this group of people who need to have answers to questions like, 'What steps do I need to take to avoid the wrong impact on my Social Security?"
Greg O'Neill, director of the National Academy on an Aging Society, says older workers tend to like "transition" jobs.
"They don't want to go from full 100 percent work to full 100 percent not work," he says. Though up to half of past generations have said they plan to work past age 65, O'Neill says, only 13 percent have done so.
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2012 - Sophomore Season: Came off the bench for 11 minutes against Indiana State (Aug. 24).
2011 - Freshman Season: Appeared in nine matches, totaling 156 minutes of time...attempted four shots, one on goal...played season-high 55 minutes in season opener vs. Madonna (Aug. 19)...totaled a shot attempt vs. Milwaukee (Oct. 15)...played 30 minutes vs. Loyola (Oct. 28).
High School: A four-year letterwinner and three-time first team all-area midfielder at Edgewood... twice named all-conference and was selected for the 2010 East-West Indiana All-Star Game...served as team captain for two years and was Team MVP for three years...also won the team's leadership award...helped the team to a conference championship as a freshman in 2007...National Honor Society member and honor roll student...played club soccer for the Bloomington Cutters as a youth and more recently for Center Grove X-Factor...also played basketball and softball.
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Brandon Yates and Cedric Jones of Waynesboro bonded out of jail this morning. Bond for the two men was recently reduced from $500,000 a piece to $225,000 each. Both are accused in the shooting death of Brandarius Hill last September. The 19-year-old was gunned down outside a nightclub in Silas. The cases for Yates and Jones will be presented to a grand jury in October. Until then, both men must wear ankle bracelets issued by the Clarke County, Alabama Sheriff's Department.
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(Hospers) -- A three vehicle accident occurred just north of Hospers yesterday on highway 60, one driver was issued a citation for following a snow plow too closely.
Yesterday morning, the Sioux County Sheriff's Office investigated a motor vehicle accident in which Rodney Olson, age 46, of Paullina, was driving a 2007 International snowplow for the Iowa Department of Transportation. He was traveling southbound on Highway 60, clearing snow from the roadway. Anthony Canoles, age 27, of Sioux City, was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, also southbound on Highway 60. He was following the snowplow. Dennis Dietzler, age 58, of Edina, MN was driving a 2007 Dodge Caravan southbound on Highway 60 following Canoles' vehicle. Canoles' vehicle struck the rear of the snowplow; Dietzler's vehicle then struck Canoles' vehicle.
No injuries were reported.
The snowplow sustained $7,000 damage. The Chevrolet received $8,000 damage and the Dodge $5,000
Canoles was issued a citation for following too close.
The Iowa DOT has the following Safety tips regarding driving while snow plows are working on the roads...
-Don't crowd the plow. Maintenance vehicles plow far and wide —
sometimes very wide. The front plow extends several feet in front of the
truck and may cross the centerline and shoulders during plowing
-Don't tailgate or stop too close behind snowplows. Snowplows are usually
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years old. Aaron Baart, Dean of Chapel at Dordt College, says that the best way to handle
the topic of sex and pornography with your kids is to actually talk about it.
Suggestions and support regarding kids and pornography will be offered at the Prairie Winds
Events Center in Orange City this Wednesday as part of the "Circle of Support" series. Aaron
Baart will be the featured speaker.
The fast moving world of technology has a lot to do with the ease of accessibility for
sexually explicit material, but Baart says that there are other contributing factors
including that naivety of parents.
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As a former pastor, and now a chaplain at the college, Baart says he runs into kids in their
late teens who have been dealing with a pornograpahy addiction for 8 to 10 years. He says
you have to love your kids enough to have the uncomfortable conversations.
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pornography will range from awareness to action steps.
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The event is open to anyone involved with pre-teens: parents, relatives, teachers, friends,
healthcare workers, youth directors, etc. The Circle of Support session dealing with
pre-teens/teens and pornography begins at 6:30pm this Wednesday, the 23rd, at the Prairie
Winds Event Center in Orange City. It is sponsored by the Orange City Area Health System,
the MOCHA Kiwanis Club, Community Health Partners, and the Creative Living Center.
Plymouth County Authorities Investigate Accident
(Le Mars) -- Plymouth County Sheriff's office is investigating a roll-over accident that occurred Friday morning on Iris Avenue and 120th Street. According to the report, William Schlichte, age 64 of Le Mars rolled through a stop sign on 120th Street then striking a vehicle being driven by 52 year old Jim Vandermolen, also of Le Mars. The Vandermolen vehicle lost control and entered a ditch where it had rolled over. Both drivers escaped the accident without injuries.
Branstad and State Employee Union Wrangle Over Wages
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Governor Terry Branstad has released his budget proposal, but one key part of the plan remains a question mark.
That's compensation for the roughly 20,000 union represented state workers in Iowa. And the acrimonious tone between Branstad and union officials suggests the current contract talks will not be
easily resolved.
Like many other Republican governors, Branstad wants to win concessions from public sector workers, such as requiring them to pay a portion of their health control costs. Union president Danny
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Given that Iowa has emerged from the recent economic downturn in fiscally robust condition, analysts say Branstad's position seems based on conservative ideology, rather than financial need.
Hazardous Materials Week Being Celebrated
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa emergency management officials want everyone to be more familiar with hazardous materials, how they should be used, stored, and disposed of so they've created a
hazardous materials awareness week.
The week, so designated by Governor Terry Branstad, started Sunday and runs through January 26th.
Brochures and fact sheets about hazardous materials safety are available for download on WWW DOT BeReady DOT Iowa DOT gov.
The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division also posts updates at his Facebook page and on its Twitter feed throughout the week.
The division leads, coordinates and supports homeland security and emergency management functions in Iowa.
Mistake Made With Employee Firings Report
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa officials say they made a mistake in releasing the records of 328 state employees because nearly half of those resigned to avoid being fired.
The Des Moines Register reports the state says 145 of the people included in the initial list of fired employees resigned to avoid having a termination on their record.
Earlier this month, the Register reported that 33 employees who had been fired were later rehired by the state.
Now Governor Terry Branstad and some lawmakers are talking about changing the law to make more disciplinary records of state employees available to the public.
Representative Kevin Koester, an Ankeny Republican, says the public should know when state employees are disciplined or fired because public safety may be on the line when a bad employee is
Dispute Over Meditation Practices
FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) - The followers of a meditation practice that has its roots in ancient India are in a dispute over the control of its teaching.
The feud pits the Iowa nonprofit that has taught transcendental meditation in the U.S. for decades against Thom Knoles, a former associate who left and built his own group of followers.
The outcome could decide whether the Maharishi (mah-hah-ree-shee) Foundation will continue to control the teaching of U.S. transcendental meditation - or whether rivals can market
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The clarifications proposed here seem very helpful - I think ALA should support them (and LC's suggestions). --Robert J. Rendall (talk) 08:05, 30 August 2013 (PDT)
Revision to 0.6.1: Seems like overkill to me, but I can live with this. Prefer LC's suggested rewording: If only one instance of a core element is required, recording subsequent instances is discretionary. Kathy Glennan (talk) 14:39, 17 September 2013 (PDT)
OK with other proposed changes. Kathy Glennan (talk) 14:42, 17 September 2013 (PDT)
Shouldn't similar changes be proposed for 22.214.171.124 & 184.108.40.206? Kathy Glennan (talk) 14:50, 17 September 2013 (PDT)
OK with LC's proposed example change (see reference below in Constituency Response section). Kathy Glennan (talk) 14:53, 17 September 2013 (PDT)
I also support this proposal and I like LC's suggested rewording for 0.6.1 and additional example for 188.8.131.52—-Dominique Bourassa, CC:DA, Sept. 18, 2013
I support this proposal, along with LC's suggestions. -- Steve Kelley, CC:DA, Sept. 18, 2013
I would like to know CC:DA's reactions to the ACOC concerns listed in the constituency responses section below. Kathy Glennan (talk) 06:22, 19 September 2013 (PDT)
While I'm in support of the argument that clarity is needed, I'm in agreement with ACOC's comments that the proposed revision need to be more carefully thought out for each instruction, for example, my suggested wording for the first given revision of 0.6.1 in DNB's proposal would be "The elements identified in RDA as core elements are listed at 0.6.2–0.6.9. If only one instance of a core element is required, recording some or all subsequent elements is discretionary." since I find even LC suggested rewording still lacks sufficient clarity. -- Adolfo R. Tarango, CRS Liaison, 9/19/2013
COMMENT: I thought the DNB's proposal was fairly clear. A close reading of ACOC's response reveals some merit to their reservations. But these reservations seem founded on a larger complaint with contradictions to the general conceptualization and treatment of "core" rather than the more basic issue the DNB is attempting to address in regularizing the treatment of "extra" instances. I would like to see the DNB's proposal advance and prompt further retooling of the rules ACOC has identified as problematic. MYERS, CCDA liaison to the MAC, 2013/09/19
My personal reaction: I want to look at all this more closely, but at first reading, I am inclined to agree with ACOC. For place of publication, for example, the main instruction is to record all places. The core designation lets you record just the first place. The proposed revision most definitely does change the intent of RDA, which I thought was a very intentional "all or nothing" practice. I thought the whole point was to get rid of the arbitrary AACR2 practice that favors the home country and makes records less universally usable. Recording just the first named place is less thorough than recording all of them, but it is not misleading. Recording the first and third places but no others is misleading. Tracey Snyder, MusLA, 19 September 2013
I hope the DNB's analysis is correct and that the "all or nothing" practice implied by the current text of RDA was "obviously not intended." Whether or not it was, I strongly support the general approach taken by this DNB proposal, even if it needs more work on the wording. --Robert J. Rendall (talk) 07:02, 20 September 2013 (PDT)
I have received several statements of support for the clarity that the proposed revisions offer, from members of MLA's Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee. However, personally, I am still having a hard time with this. It seems like a sweeping statement for DNB to say that the "all-or-nothing" approach was obviously not intended. I really thought that it WAS intended, but would welcome clarification from the JSC on what exactly the intent was, because maybe I have misunderstood this from the start. If the intent really is to allow catalogers to pick and choose, then I agree with DNB that clearer wording would be good (and Kathy is probably right about 126.96.36.199 and 22.214.171.124). However, the "pick-and-choose" approach just seems so arbitrary to me, and potentially geographically biased. Tracey Snyder, MusLA, 20 September 2013
Constituency responses
Summary of LC response
General support.
Suggest a modification to proposed wording at 0.6.1.
Suggest an example for 18.104.22.168 to illustrate the situation of more than one place of publication; prefer to modify the 4th existing example to do so.
Summary of ACOC response:
Feel that the overall methodology and the proposed rewording do not address the issue, and may result in more confusion rather than less.
Concern that the proposal suggests applying the same solution across the board, without consideration of core status. Implications of how many and which instances are recorded will vary depending on the element. In some cases, the reason for the ambiguity and confusion is broader than can be addressed by this single statement. 22.214.171.124 (Designations of edition) needs to be considered in this review.
Believes that the suggested rewording does not address the ambiguity, but rather alters the meaning of the instructions. ACOC has concerns about removing all references to how many instances of the element are present on the resource, and feels that, at the very least, such statements should be retained rather than replaced.
Don't like the "pick and choose" solution any better than the "all or nothing" approach currently in RDA. The change would compromise key principles of cataloging and will make it harder to share across databases.
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Expansion of Smoking Ban To Outdoors Begins Today
Board of Health places high priority on healthy environments for children
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MOUNDSVILLE — Though the calendar says today is April Fools' Day, the implementation of Marshall County's expanded smoking ban is no joke....
@Impact. They are trying to get rid of Jay Leno, so why don't you put in a resume. They are looking for a clown with your crescent and sourdough remark.
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Impacted "Cherokee, where is that right to smoke located in the Constitution?"
Under the 14th amendment Equal Protection clause.
Try Dulcolax, you'll feel much better. better.
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Impact: Just because the Constitution doesn't say we have a right doesn't mean we can't have it...per the Ninth Amendment..."The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
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shouldn't the CDC alert the FDA of the danger of chemicals in the food chain ? Shhhh. don't mute the sound of cash registers.
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Cherokee, where is that right to smoke located in the Constitution?
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When the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says jump, Boards of Health ask "How high?" The CDC is headed by a former appointee of smoking ban, gun ban and calorie count zealot Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City. Need I say more?
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If they really care about the poison in the air we breath they have to ban all internal combustion engines everywhere. This includes cars ,trucks trains,and planes. Don't forget motorcycles, lawn mowers and charcoal grills.
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this is just another way for our poor government to come up with some cash.while they can send you off to war to die for your country.take the cigs off the welfare recipients if you are so worried.those people puff more than anyone.we'll all have to start smoking something other than tobacco.forced by our government.
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This is a dangerous incursion into private rights by government. If the trend continues, we'll have fewer freedoms here than they have in some communist countries.
Every time they take away somebody's rights in the interests of "its better for everyone else", they put another nail in the coffin of liberty, and they don't take a law away every time they do something like this, it just adds up to one freedom taken away after another.
Business owners need to be free to decide whether or not they permit smoking in their establishments. A person is free to not patronize those that permit it if they choose. Even the mention of somebody's private home here should be cause for major alarm.
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@wvujeff. Wah Wah Wah! If they think my post is baloney, so be it. I could care less what you think about it. I am old enough to state what I think, and guess what? I will continue. They are taking are rights every friggin' day and you don't give a crap. You sure are no model citizen. How bout taking cars away from people? Then maybe I will not get run over and killed. Take all our guns away so only the bad guys have them and they kill us. Oh yea, take the forks away from us so we don't get fat. You are sick and tired of smokers complaining, did you read my post? I don't think so, I said I quit smoking years ago, over thirty years ago, so I am not lobbying for smokers, I am sick and tired of them taking all "OUR" rights. If you don't like it,"Tough!" Read the second line of my post again, it's what I mean.
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Cherokee, when government plays the "roll of God", is that crescent or sourdough?
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AGAIN this is not for YOUR safety or benefit
No government cares about your health
Like the un-constitutional helmet and seat belt laws, this is driven by MONEY!!
The insurance lobby has BILLIONS available to grease palms!
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The left applauds smoking bans but celebrates the legalization of marijuana.
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I personally feel that muffin tops should be regulated because it interferes with my digestive processes. It can't be healthy if it makes me lose my lunch, right?
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RACIST ," A person who drives one direction interrupted by left hand turns continous"
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100,000 Californians Studied . no wonder the study was a mess. try another group of people.
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you are absolutely what you eat or fail to eat. only you can change you. a waste is a terrible thing to mind. take voting seriously.
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the long term danger of food source modification isn't fully known. health officials should protest the radicalization of nutrition choice.
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need law and signs prohibiting people withing 15 feet of regular people if you eat beans and cabbage or wear perfume.
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Cherokee your correct...personally I'm glad not to smell others smoke, but banning it outdoors is crazy. Taking a crap is already taxed in many places..some places if you flush to many times,use too much water, you have to pay a surcharge=tax that goes to Govt. coffers...Ain't it grand to live in the land of the "free" and home of the "brave"
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What does one expect from the same group of people that support a ban on the unborn
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Absolutely correct, Jeff.
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Since high school athletic contest already have a rule, is there really an event in Marshall County where someone's outdoor smoke can bother someone? Other than possibly a Christmas Parade. Just a "feelgood" law where someone who already doesn't "like" someone can call the cops on someone for smoking. An overweight mother at a little league game will call the police on her "government issued" cell phone about the guy smoking a pipe, who is the grandfather of a kid on the other team. LOL
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A 38-year study of Californians, begun by the American Cancer Society and concluded by the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), has concluded that secondhand smoke has little if any negative impact on mortality.
The study, published in the May 17 issue of the British Medical Journal, throws cold water on the efforts of state and local governments to ban smoking in restaurants and other public places in the name of public health.
100,000 Californians Studied From 1959 through 1998, the American Cancer Society tracked a broad cross-section of more than 100,000 Californians, dividing the study participants according to whether or not they were married to smokers. In 1999, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and State University of New York epidemiologist Geoffrey Kabat began analyzing the American Cancer Society data. According to their study, "No significant associations were found for current or former exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
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Your comments are very boring.
You are a racist.
Get a life.
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Here are a few more behind-the-scenes photos from Kauffman Stadium. These pictures were taken on December 10, so the project has progressed in a week. Be sure to check out the photo galleries, webcams, and renovations news on royals.com.
We start with a wide shot of the snow-filled field. The batting cage was out, but no one was taking cuts on this cool day.
Next, we move inside for a look at the widened concourse on the plaza level (left). Notice that the new concession stands are in place, just a few months after demolition work started in this area. On the right is a concession area on the Loge Level.
On the left, scaffolding is in place as work continues on the new Stadium Club. On the right, steel is in place in the former View Box seats. This area will house the new press box.
Finally, here's a look at some of the new additions on the outside of the original stadium. On the left are the new escalators that will service the Loge and View Levels. The glass on the right is on a new office building. This level of the building will house the Royals front office. The ground floor will feature a team store and ticket office, while the roof will be the food court for the View Level. The picture on the right shows the new panels on the outside of the stadium.
Check back for more photos as we count down the days to the April 10 opener!
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i love the new renovations and i voted yes in the year they voted for the renovations because i live in Jackson County!
I like the renovations also. I wasn't able to vote for them since I don't live in "Jackson County". However, I will still buy tickets and drive to/attend as many games as possible because I live in Shawnee County!!!!!!!
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Universities, especially those focusing on research, can and should be agents of societal change, says Information America co-founder Burton B. Buck Goldstein, entrepreneur-in-residence in the Department of Economics at UNC Chapel Hill. With their intellectual and financial resources, universities must help confront and solve such challenges as climate change, poverty, childhood diseases and an impending worldwide shortage of clean water. He is co-author with UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp of Engines of Innovation: The Entrepreneurial University in the 21st Century, which will be published next month by the University of North Carolina Press.
How can this be applied to higher education?
Entrepreneurial thinking is nothing new to higher learning. Many of the greatest universities were founded as a partnership between educators and entrepreneurial thinkers. Stanford University is a great example, as are Cornell, Johns Hopkins and, frankly, UNC, where a series of entrepreneurs including [chemist John Motley] Morehead [III] played an important role in creating a vision, employing resources effectively and executing the notion of encouraging excellence. We think a real opportunity is at the intersection of innovation and execution, and entrepreneurial thinking plays a critical role at that intersection.
Youre not talking about entrepreneurship in the business sense.
Entrepreneurship should not be equated with commercialism. The tools are not the same, and we are not talking about maximizing revenues for universities. We are talking about maximizing the impact that universities can have.
You say universities should do more to solve world problems. Whats preventing that?
The sort of intellectual battle you see is, in some ways, between a discipline and work designed to advance within a discipline versus a problem orientation that is multidisciplinary in nature. Engineering is a good example. Engineering is problem-oriented by definition, but many disciplines are focused much more on advancing the nature of the discipline.
Why has it become the universitys role to try to solve societys problems?
Commercial enterprises cant afford it. The days of private industry supporting innovation are almost totally past, and most government money for research and innovation ends up at universities.
How is the entrepreneurial approach being used by universities in the Triangle?
If you pick up any alumni magazine at State or Duke or NCCU, the word entrepreneur will appear many times. It is permeating the culture at virtually all of the schools. But I dont feel comfortable talking about anywhere other than UNC.
Whats going on there?
A great example is the DeSimone Lab, where entrepreneurial scientists spun out Liquidia an emerging company here. Geoffrey Sayre-McCord is head of the philosophy department. He teamed with Gary Parr, a New York investment banker, to build an ethics program in a very entrepreneurial manner. So its not just creating companies. Its creating programs. Its creating initiatives. Its saying, Heres a problem. How do we go after it?
How can schools do this better?
The key is welcoming outside entrepreneurs to the conversation and the academic community. We, at Carolina, are doing a lot with entrepreneurs-in-residence in the medical school, in the pharmacy school, throughout the university. Even music has one. You expand the dialogue, and you expand the ways of thinking about opportunities and problems. And that impacts the culture.
The Office of State Budget and Management says Wake County, with 920,307 residents, now is North Carolinas most-populous county. Mecklenburg has 909,493 residents, with more than two-thirds of them in Charlotte, its largest city. More than half of Wakes residents live outside its largest city, Raleigh. The countys growth means it needs 102 new hospital beds by 2013, according to the N.C. State Medical Facilities Plan. Thats likely to trigger a fight among the regions largest hospital systems, as well as outside systems. Applications for the new beds will be accepted next year.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK IBM will add 600 jobs at its mortgage-processing unit in Research Triangle Park within two years. The Armonk, N.Y.-based computer-services company already employs about 10,000 there. The jobs will pay an average of about $50,000 a year, less than the Durham County average of $57,772. It also confirmed that it has abandoned plans for a similarly sized expansion in Charlotte, announced in 2008.
FOUR OAKS Becton Dickinson will open a distribution center here next year and create 187 jobs by 2014. The company makes medical supplies and is based in Franklin Lakes, N.J. The jobs will pay average annual salaries of $28,771, below the county average of $31,408.
CHAPEL HILL Insurance giant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina plans to cut administrative costs 20% by 2014, partly in response to federal health-care reform. It will cut its $1 billion budget by eliminating open positions, shedding jobs through attrition and early retirement and streamlining operations. It also could lay off some of its 4,400 employees, most of them in the Triangle.
ROXBORO CertainTeed Gypsum plans to open a wallboard factory next year and employ 89 in three years. Salaries will average $55,247, well above the Person County average of $39,524. The Tampa, Fla.-based company will receive $300,000 in state incentives.
Triangle companies raised $112.2 million in venture capital during the second quarter the biggest haul since the fourth quarter of 2008. It was a 77% increase over the first quarter and 10% over the same quarter of 2009. The largest chunk, $44.5 million, went to Morrisville-based medical-device maker TearScience.
WENDELL Delta Apparel bought HMP Apparel, which does business as The Cotton Exchange. Greenville, S.C.-based Delta made HMP a division of its Fayetteville-based M.J. Soffee subsidiary. Terms of the deal werent announced, but Delta said it would keep HMPs 290 employees.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Kuehne + Nagel planned to begin laying off 115 employees here in August, primarily because it lost a shipping contract with Nortel Networks, which dismantled much of its Triangle operation. The Swiss logistics company says the cuts represent most of its employees here.


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(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars City Council has scheduled a special meeting for Monday, November
12th at the city council chambers. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and council members
will continue their discussion of the 27th Street RISE Improvements. RISE stands for
Revitalize Iowa's Sound Economy, and it is governed by the Iowa Department of
Transportation. The city council is expected to award the contract on Monday, with the
IDOT's concurrence. Construction could begin as early as next Friday. The RISE grant
allows for 50 percent funding to be financed by the state, and 50 percent local funding from
the Joint Urban Renewal using Tax Increment Financing or TIF dollars. TIF allows the city
to borrow money that will be paid in the future.
Man and 2 Year Old Son Injured in Crash Near Akron
(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Sheriff's Department investigated an auto accident that
ultimately lead to an arrest. At about 9:30 Friday morning, the Plymouth County Sheriff's
Department, Akron Fire Department, and the Akron Ambulance were dispatched to a single
vehicle accident with injuries. The accident occured on county road K-22, northwest of
Le Mars. Upon arrival deputies found a pickup truck in a creek bed. The driver, Victor
Casias of Hawarden and his two-year old son were out of the vehicle. Both were transported
to Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City with minor injuries. Casias says he fell asleep and
entered the ditch. He continued across a corn field and entered the creek. During the
investigation it was determined that Casias had a warrant for his arrest in Plymouth County.
It was also believed that Casias had been drinking and was under the influence of alcohol.
Once released from the hospital, Casias was arrested on the warrant for contempt of court
and was also charged with a third O-W-I, which is a Class D felony. He was also charged
with child endangerment, an aggravated misdemeanor; driving while suspended, a serious
misdemeanor; and failure to secure a child, a simple misdemeanor. Casias was taken to the
Plymouth County jail and held on a $5000 bond.
Cyclocross Event in Le Mars This Weekend
(Le Mars) -- The weather may not be "frosty" today, but it sure is nice for bike riding. For the second year in a row, Bike Central in Le Mars is hosting a cyclocross event at the Le Mars Municipal Park. "The Frosty Cross" is today and tomorrow, with Division B races beginning at 12n and Division A at 2pm both days. There is also a kids race between to the divisions. What is cyclocross? It's a sport where people ride their bicycles around a track with twist, turns, jumps and, depending on the weather, mud holes, and through rain and snow. It's a spectator sport, so if you have nothing to do on this gorgeous fall day, admission is free to go down at watch today and tomorrow at the Le Mars Municipal Park. You can also join the ride, registration is at 11am both days. The "Frosty Cross" is happening today and tomorrow in Le Mars.
City Vehicles Traded, Money Saved
(Le Mars) -- What was once old is now new...at least when it comes to the Le Mars Police
Department and the Le Mars Fire Department. Both city departments were needing a different
vehicle. So, the Police Department gave their Ford Expedition to the fire department. Fire
chief Dave Schipper explains the reasons behind the inter-department trade.
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The move will save the city several thousands of dollars. Schipper says several local
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The Le Mars Police Department has now acquired a pick up truck for their needs.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - A 38-year-old man has been sentenced by
a federal judge in Sioux City for using a child in pornography.
Federal prosecutors say Dana Gleaves, formerly of Sioux City,
was sentenced Wednesday to 17 1/2 years in prison. He'd pleaded guilty
in August to one count of sexual exploitation of a child.
Gleaves admitted that, between June 2010 and June 2011, he
persuaded a person under the age of 18 to engage in sexually
explicit conduct so Gleaves could produce pornography.
Gleaves must serve supervised release for life after he leaves
custody and must register as a sex offender.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Consumer groups are increasing the
pressure on Gov. Terry Branstad to allow Iowa to begin setting up
an online health insurance marketplace now that President Barack
Obama's re-election has cleared the way for the new federal health
care plan.
Even though the state has accepted more than $35 million in
federal grants, Branstad hasn't told the government how Iowa will
set up its program.
The new health insurance system gives states until Friday to
agree to set up a new health insurance market, or have the federal
government impose one. The exchanges will enable residents to shop
for private insurance coverage. Branstad had delayed action, hoping
the system would be thrown out if Republican Mitt Romney was
elected president.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Internal documents suggest that a
University of Iowa athletics official who resigned this week was
accused of trading football tickets and money for sexual favors and
inappropriately touching students.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen (http://bitly.com/VYp85h) obtained
documents from an internal investigation by the university's human
resources and employment offices.
The investigation determined that Peter Gray had a history of
inappropriate behavior during two stints at the athletics
department. The documents allege that Gray made sexual comments
during a presentation to recruits and their parents, and touched a
student's genitals.
One student told investigators Gray exchanged money and football
tickets for sex with someone unaffiliated with the university.
The documents were posted on the newspaper's website Friday
Athletics Department spokesman Steve Roe declined comment. Gray
doesn't have a listed phone number.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - The drug trial of the father of one of two
missing Iowa cousins has been delayed until next month.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (http://bit.ly/S6fvQy ) says
Black Hawk County court officials say Daniel Morrissey's trial,
which had been set for Tuesday, was delayed on Friday until Dec.
The delay came as the defense renewed its efforts to have the
trial moved, citing publicity about the girls' disappearance.
Morrissey is the father of Lyric Cook, who disappeared with her
cousin, Elizabeth Collins, while riding bikes in Evansdale on July
13. Lyric has turned 11 and Elizabeth has turned 9 since they went
missing. The FBI believes the girls were abducted.
Morrissey was set to reach a plea bargain to meth charges the
day before the girls' disappearance, but changed his mind.
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Welcome to NYC. Planning a trip to the five boroughs can be part of the fun, but there's also a lot of ground to cover—how to get here, what to expect from the weather, how to hail a taxi and much more. In this section, you'll find essential information to help you make the most of your visit.
New York City is composed of five boroughs. While Manhattan and Staten Island are islands, Brooklyn and Queens are geographically part of Long Island, and the Bronx is attached to the US mainland. The islands are linked by bridges, tunnels and ferries. Check here for helpful NYC maps and guides.
Manhattan is 13.4 miles long and 2.3 miles wide at its widest. Except at its northern and southern tips, the borough's avenues run roughly north and south, and streets run east and west. One-way thoroughfares are common, with traffic moving east on even-numbered streets and west on odd-numbered streets. Fifth Avenue divides the island into east and west sides (for example, locations on 57th Street west of Fifth Avenue are designated "W. 57th St.," and east of Fifth Avenue, they're "E. 57th St."). As you move farther east or west from Fifth Avenue, street addresses increase, usually in increments of 100 from one block to the next. For north-south avenues, 20 blocks equals a mile, and the street numbers increase as you go uptown. Blocks can be a useful measure of distance, but keep in mind your direction: walking uptown from 1st Street to 6th Street is about a quarter of a mile, but walking the same number of blocks crosstown, from First Avenue to Sixth Avenue, is approximately a mile.
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If you're visiting New York City from outside the United States, you may need a visa to enter the country. For details, visit the US State Department's visa information website.
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Fly through the lines at JFK, LGA and Newark. The Department of Homeland Security has introduced several programs that can help expedite security and customs screenings when traveling to and from the US and New York City. The programs, customized based on travel needs and designed to enhance passenger experience, are available for US citizens and residents as well as those from certain foreign countries. Visit dhs.gov/tt
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Recent improvements by US Customs and Border Protection have helped decrease wait times to enter the United States for both visitors and citizens coming from abroad. Among these are the Trusted Traveler Programs listed above, as well as self-service kiosks located in the international arrivals terminals at area airports and an app for smartphones and tablets. Discover what to expect when arriving from an international destination by watching "You Have Arrived," a short instructional video; to learn more about the self-service kiosks and app, watch "Global Entry – The Quickest Way Through the Airport."
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|Written by Rhonda Osborne, LPC, Centennial Mental Health
Therapists are frequently questioned about the effect of the Christmas holiday on mental health emergencies. It makes sense, of course, when I think of how nuts I feel after a week of extended family.
Holiday stress is certainly no laughing matter. For many, Christmas represents a time of hardship: emotionally, financially and physically. For those without family or friends, Christmas magnifies the sense of isolation. Those with financial hardship can find gift giving and Santa lists burdensome. The energy spent to host large social gatherings often requires a vacation after the vacation.
Given that depression impacts much of the population at any given time, one would expect that the Christmas season would contribute to an increase in suicide rates.
On the contrary! A 1987 study reviewed 188,047 suicides between 1973-1979. The results indicated certain holidays, including Christmas, had a below average frequency rate immediately before, during and after the holiday. Obviously these individuals did not spend Christmas with my family.
Other holidays with below average frequency rates included Memorial Day and Thanksgiving. Almost all demographic groups experienced a low risk of suicide around the holidays: whites, blacks, males, females, retired persons and persons of working age.
Interestingly, certain holidays had a below average rate before the holiday, but above average immediately following. These holidays included New Year's Day, 4th of July and Labor Day.
For those with alcohol dependence, the occurrence of suicide was higher during the two days after the holiday. The report referenced alcohol withdrawal as being a significant contributor to the deaths.
Additionally, studies indicate mental health emergencies drop during the month of December. Apparently, the holiday season promotes resiliency, even in those suffering from severe depression.
As New Year's comes and goes, please be mindful of those in your life who may be at higher risk for self-harm, especially those who abuse alcohol. While we may not impact national statistics, prevention in our communities will save all of us a lot of heartbreak.


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Starting on Black Friday and throughout the holiday weekend, new memberships will be 25 percent off at the Delaware Children's Museum.
There will also be door buster deals at the Fun in Store gift shop, including 40 percent off gifts like Melissa & Doug Role Play costume sets, gourmet stainless steel cookware, and Ein-O Science Environmental Science Kits. All DCM members will receive a 20 percent discount on store purchases all weekend long.
While parents shop, the kids can play on Black Friday. There will be an open studio from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children will get to craft their own harvested corn, paint on the easels and more. Dinosaurs in my basement will be open from 10:30 to 11 a.m. and 12:30 to 1 p.m., and Pirates story time will be held from noon to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 to 2:30 p.m.
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The Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC) is a 19,000-square-foot facility on the main (Resnick) campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The MRRC, first established in 2000 with a generous gift from the Gruss-Lipper Foundation, has recently been upgraded and outfitted with the most state-of-the-art imaging equipment, including the first Philips 3T TX MRI system to be installed in the United States, a completely renovated Varian 9.4T MRI magnet for animal imaging, and brand-new computing infrastructure for faculty, staff, students, and visiting researchers.
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Residents Believe Shale Will Bring Jobs
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WHEELING — By manufacturing the 6,000-pound "cattle stop" for the Williams Partners natural gas processing plant at Fort Beeler, Brett Francis and Michael Siebieda are building their business in......
From the NY Times, "Early last year, Western Pennsylvania's Washington County chalked up the third-fastest growth among the country's 322 largest counties. Just to the north, Butler County ranked sixth."
"The fortunes to be made have salved the headaches and heartaches in this stretch of Gasland. The Headleys are the unlucky ones. The wells on their property are spinning off an estimated $20,000 a month in royalties — not for them, but for the New Jersey man who sold them the property, but kept the gas rights."
I'm guessing it's folks like the Headleys who raise the biggest stink!
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Take a drive up I-79 to Southpointe! It's growth over the last few years has been amazing!
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Troll: see: Rolling Stone Magazine, March 1, 2012, "The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind Aubrey McClendon's Gas Boom", which says, in part: "According to Arthur Berman, a respected energy consultant in Texas who has spent years studying the industry, Chesapeake and its lesser competitors resemble a Ponzi scheme, overhyping the promise of shale gas in an effort to recoup their huge investments in leases and drilling. When the wells don't pay off, the firms wind up scrambling to mask their financial troubles with convoluted off-book accounting methods". In the New York Times, June 25, 2011, article, "Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush", another gas industry analyst is quoted as saying: "The word in the world of independents is that the shale plays are just giant Ponzi schemes and the economics just do not work".
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...by some who don't understand what a Ponzi scheme is. Mostly liberals who still believe Social Security has a "trust fund." LOL
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Further: We don't know what the situation is in WV, but applications for well drilling and fracking have fallen off a cliff in PA the past year. There just isn't going to be much of it, even though the Marcellus supposedly streches all across the state, up into NY. Scuttlebutt has it that the production decline rate of Shale Gas wells makes nearly all of them unprofitable. The whole Shale Gas biz is being called a Ponzi scheme by some.
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daWraith is right, Citizen0, there's only going to be one "cracker" anywhere near Wheeling - and it's likely to be in OH, or up near Pittsburgh, where they already have a pretty good site picked out. And, his estimate of 100 full time jobs at a modern cracker might even be on the high side.
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Citizen0, "if Wheeling is smart.."
Yes, and if Pigs Could Fly, there would be bigsh** dropping on everybody instead of the Bulls**t that the gas promoters are putting out.
A cracker plant make bring in 5000+ temps for construction but a modern plant is run by COMPUTERS with perhaps a 100 full time workers.
Git ur money whilst u can!
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Glass half empty = How many jobs? Glass half full = We are talking about jobs!!
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Good luck to them...the OV is still in huge huge trouble though. I don't see the trickle down from the drilling being anywhere near enough to reverse it. Also most of the office jobs are being put in the Pittsburgh area which is a huge chunk of the permament jobs in the energy industry. Sales people, accounting, managers, etc.
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How many jobs? It looks like just one that the News Register keeps running over and over. How many times has this man been used as anecdotal evidence in the paper? He's been on the front page as much as some of our Delegates lately.
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jcolley, if you've ever worked in the food services or retail industries you'll know those industries employ more than just table servers and clerks, and they do business with lots of other businesses – building contractors, suppliers, advertisers,... - all sorts of other services. And the employees doing the table serving and sales jobs aren't there involuntarily.
And earning something, getting your foot in the door to future, higher-paying employment, and helping your family become self-sufficient, are better than living on welfare and being a parasite your whole life. Unless you're a typical liberal, in which case being a parasite and badmouthing others with more initiative and a little self-respect – others who actually contribute to society - is an acceptable lifestyle.
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opinion, not fact drives this article. Once the wells are drilled, the companies move onto the next job. It hasn't created too many jobs yet, and I doubt it will. Go ahead and keep listening to propaganda the Gas and Oil people keep pumping into your ears. Trollslayer, if you have ever worked in the retail and food industry you would know that no matter how much more business these places get, the average worker will still get paid only minimum wage.
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As someone currently working in the gas industry from Wheeling, I can tell you that we haven't begun to see the impacts that will come as we get further down the road.
Soon we will be removing ethane from the gas stream which will be sent to crackers, employing thousands of people up and down the Ohio Valley.
This in turn will lead to more jobs in the chemical industry and hopefully, in the steel industry in general.
All of this will feed consumer spending and the service economy, which will help continue to grow our local economy.
If we are smart, we will leverage this growth to spearhead more high-technology jobs.
One thing is for sure. Wheeling is dead center in between the "wet" gas corridors of the Utica to the west and the Marcellus to the east. This is where the money is at in these shale formations.
If Wheeling is smart, it will clear more of the blighted sections of town and attempt to draw some gas related businesses to drop warehouses for parts, etc.
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Then, when those wells are drilled and the lines are laid, and the gas begins flowing out, the royalty checks begin flowing in. And then local mineral rights owners will spend those checks on new construction, new vehicles, as startup money for businesses, on clothing, entertainment, travel,... goods and services sold by other local businesses.
Anyone work in the construction, auto sales, retail sales, food, entertainment, or travel and tourism industries here? YOU stand to benefit from the gas industry wealth that will flow here, too. Anyone here need a job? YOU could work for one of those industries that stand to grow and thrive on that wealth flowing in as a result of that gas flowing out.
Liberals just don't understand that exports are a GOOD thing. Sales of gas and gas products FROM this area brings wealth back TO this area. Gas left in the ground doesn't do ANYONE any good. Except those shilling for other agendas, of course.
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Note that much of the "info" for this article comes from surveys of the public, who have been conditioned by relentless, uncritical public press touting of the Shale gas "miracle". A very credible and detailed study by the Ohio State University, "The Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio", concludes that, while Shale gas development will provide some "short-term infusion of income", the long-term "employment effects of natural gas are modest", and "we should not expect natural gas to be a big job creator". They cite similar work from Penn State University drawing similar conclusions. Most of the "studies" showing large employment increases are coming from nat gas industry trade groups. Keep in mind that the pipelines are being laid to take the gas out of state. Once the wells are drilled and the lines are laid within a few years, that will be the end of any local gas "industry".
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Sure it will create a few jobs here and there but there aren't going to be thousands of PERMANENT JOBS created.
Mostly temporary jobs as a result of the INFLUX of outside temp people.
Long term maybe a couple of thousand jobs???
NEVER will replace steel or coal in the heydays of the OV.
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Police say a former Los Angeles officer suspected in the killings of a college basketball coach and her fiancé was represented by the coach's father when he lost his job.
LAPD Capt. William Hayes tells The Associated Press on Wednesday night that suspect Christopher Jordan Donner, who was fired from the department for making false statement in 2009, was represented by the victim's father, Randal Quan.
Quan, a former LAPD captain who became a lawyer in retirement, represented Donner in front of the Board of Rights, a disciplinary tribunal that ruled against Donner when he was dismissed.
Quan is the father of 28-year-old victim Monica Quan, who was shot along with her fiancé, Keith Lawrence, on Sunday.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- For a man who prides himself on a collaborative style that he admits wasn't his forte in his early years, Gov. Jerry Brown hasn't quite lost his enjoyment of a good debate.
That certainly was true during his daylong participation Thursday at the meeting of the University of California's Board of Regents and their examination of calls by Brown and others to greatly expand UC's catalog of online courses.
After UC student regent Jonathan Stein wondered aloud whether the push is a good idea, pointing out that no one has even asked students what they think, the governor -- largely quiet and pensive all morning -- seemed to sense the opportunity that he'd been looking for an opening to make.
"Let's get real," said an animated Brown. "I'm proposing 5 percent more in your budget. You're proposing 11.6 percent. How do you make up the gap?"
And with that, the governor made clear that in his mind, changes in higher education are a matter of both mission and money. His proposed state budget offers the University of California and Cal State systems each about $250 million more in the fiscal year beginning on July 1. And he suggested that the only alternative to changes like more online education is higher tuition -- something he's already made clear he finds unacceptable.
"There's not a luxury of sitting in the present trajectory," said Brown.
Just if, when, and how the state's two university systems would employ more online instruction remains to be seen. UC regents were told Thursday that only 116 undergraduate courses are now offered, for credit, via an online platform. And that's the total for the entire 10 campus system. Many more are offered as part of UC's continuing education efforts.
"It gives us the ability to serve more people, and to me that's so important," said Sherry Lansing, chair of the UC regent board.
But UC leaders clearly seemed to be struggling with the objectives. More current students learning via computer? New students, who wouldn't otherwise attend a UC school, learning at a distance and paying fees that supplement the traditional classroom setting? Or what?
Some critics say that lack of a clearly defined goal is exactly the problem with the current discussion of more online courses.
"Every time they talk, they keep on shifting it," said Bob Samuels, a UCLA lecturer and president of the UC Federation of Teachers. "First it's about quality. No, it's about making money. No, it's about doing things more efficiently."
And in truth, the mission may be a little of all of those.
"It's not the time to be timid," said University of California president Mark Yudof, who told regents and the audience that no one should expect major changes in state funding for higher education anytime soon.
The state is expected to give UC leaders $10 million to boost online education efforts. Discussions on how to begin began in late 2012, and a larger university-wide summit on the issue is scheduled for this spring.
As for Governor Brown, the initiative presents an opportunity to do all of the things he seems to like best: lower costs, higher innovation, and the need to think big.
In remarks to reporters during a break, Brown made it clear that, pointed barbs about money notwithstanding, he's not interested in picking a fight with higher education leaders.
"I've had the experience of pushing the university," said Brown with a nod to his clashes with the culture of the state's higher education system in his first stint as governor:
"I've learned things. Now, I'm working with them. Collaboration, inspiration, persuasion, as opposed to blaming, shaming, and coercing."