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So we've had our nose buried in city audits, trying to see who might plunge off the fiscal cliff and into the bankruptcy abyss.
This involves assessing the short-term fiscal health of O.C.'s 34 cities, and we've told you that Placentia and Stanton are uncomfortably close to the edge. Both cities say they are buckling down, trying to live within their means, and are optimistic they'll be able to do so without going officially bust.
What of the rest of our fair metropolises?
Gaze into our Municipal Bankruptcy Crystal Ball (or at least, our list, which you'll find below) and ponder what the future may hold.
City manager-types are not in universal awe of the method we've been using to assess the short-term fiscal health of their cities: We've been comparing general fund unassigned balance — something akin to "mad money," if you will — to general fund expenses to get a snapshot of a city's ability to pay its bills in the short term. (Remember, going bankrupt doesn't mean you're not worth a lot; it means that you don't have enough liquid cash on hand to meet your immediate obligations, and your credit situation is in the toilet, so no one will lend you money to get over the hump.)
Very important: Some cities have much more stashed away than one can see by this measure. They've put rainy-day money into separate "assigned" funds -- which can easily be "unassigned" or "reassigned" by the city council if need be. (Several cities go into great detail about this, and you'll find those details below. We expect to hear from more cities after this publishes, and will update.)
So this crystal ball is not perfect. It is in many ways a worst-case scenario, as harsh a picture as can be painted, and thus a rather conservative measure of fiscal health.
If they're looking good on this list, they're looking good. If they're not, well, citizens might want to ask their elected representatives a few more questions.
First, let's note those who have managed to stash away the most for a rainy day by this measure:
Yorba Linda (where reserves are 159 percent of the general fund budget), Lake Forest (144 percent); Laguna Woods (131 percent); Fountain Valley (98 percent); and La Palma (97 percent).
And then, let's look at the ones who have the least by this measure. We've talked at some length about Placentia already. Officials say Santa Ana was close to the brink, but is on the mend.
So let's talk about Cypress, which comes in just behind Placentia on our list, which is not a place one wants to be. By our unassigned general fund balance measure, Cypress had mad money of less than 1 percent of its annual spending. But that, its mayor said, is because of the aforementioned emergency-money-placed-elsewhere thing.
"Cypress remains financially strong and we are not on the brink of insolvency," Mayor Douglas A. Bailey wrote in a response to our measure, which we've been circulating among city-types for weeks.
To wit: Cypress puts 25 percent of its operating expenses into an assigned emergency fund, and has another 5 percent stashed in assigned funds elsewhere, for a reserve of about 30 percent. The most important points, the mayor said, are that Cypress' general fund revenues were $30 million and it spent some $25 million, leaving a healthy "balance available for assignment" of more than $4 million. "The City of Cypress has traditionally been a fiscally conservative and prudently managed organization, and it is no different when the economy is booming, or during lean times as we are currently experiencing," he said. (See more detail from Cypress below.)
Consider Newport Beach, which has a comfy 35 percent cushion by our measure. It also has many millions more set aside. "For instance, we have assigned funds to our IT strategic plan and for additional facilities, but these are cash and liquid," City Manager Dave Kiff told us by email. "If I need them in the event of a crisis, I just don't buy the IT nor build another facility. And they immediately become unassigned and available reserves. So Newport's number, using my math, is $88.3 M" -- or 138 percent.
- Laguna Beach has an 8.3 percent cushion by our measure; but city officials say it's more like 22 percent when other funds are taken into consideration.
- San Clemente, which has a 9 percent cushion by our measure, has a separate 'sustainability fund balance reserve' of $10 million, which takes it firmly into the comfort zone of 32 percent.
- Dana Point, which has a comfy 22 percent cushion by our measure, had many millions more in other accounts -- with "on-hand available cash resources" totaling 68 percent of annual expenditures.
- Laguna Niguel, which has a comfy 50 percent by our measure, would be more like 160 percent.
See detailed explanations below the chart.
Now, the crystal ball is funky: Stanton, which is widely considered one of the cities closest to the edge of the financial abyss here in O.C., had an unassigned general fund balance of $12.5 million. With a general fund of only $15.6 million, that appears to be a very comfortable cushion of 80 percent.
But Stanton is spending way more than it takes in each year. It has eaten into that money to cover that overspending, and officials say that if costs continue unabated, Stanton will be broke in four years.
We'll be gazing through that particular lens for you very soon.
From City Manager Tim Casey:
Interesting numbers. I suspect that some of the variations are due to GASB 54 which replaced former fund balance designations (Reserved, Unreserved/Designated and Unreserved/Undesignated) with the new terms (Nonspendable, Restricted, Committed, Assigned and Unassigned). In Laguna Niguel, using the June 30, 2011 CAFR, we consider our General Fund reserves to consist of:
Capital Asset Replacement Reserve (Committed per GASB 54) $25,238,030
Streets and Roads Reserve (Assigned per GASB 54) $4,442,315
Reserve for Economic Uncertainty (Unassigned per GASB 54) $13,383,939
Total $43,064,284
That obviously paints a different picture. All of these reserves were established by Laguna Niguel City Council actions, but GASB 54 requires them to be assigned to different buckets.
From Assistant City Manager/City Treasurer Pall Gudgeirsson:
San Clemente should also reflect our 'sustainability fund balance reserve' of $10 million dollars in addition to unassigned fund balance. This is much like an emergency reserve and enhances our liquidity position and is a similar adjustment you made to other cities.
From Director of Finance and Information Technology Gavin Curran:
First, it is important to point out that the City's General Fund, as reported in the CAFR, includes expenditures for the City Sewer Service Fund, Capital Improvement Fund, and the Parking Fund. Please understand that other cities may show these expenditures as separate funds, in which case the expenditures apparently would not be included in the expenditure number the OC Register is using to calculate the "unassigned" fund balance percentage.
Second, the "assigned" amount of $19.5 million is comprised of a cash set-aside of $12.6 million for specifically identified and approved capital improvement projects, $4.8 million for future parking improvements, and $2.1 million set aside for specified operational expenditures such as the City's Fuel Modification program and department-requested capital equipment purchases. While the City Council arguably could consider moving a portion of the "assigned" fund balance to the "unassigned" fund balance, there would need to be legal review on a case-by-case basis, consideration for delaying or eliminating capital improvement projects, deciding not to move forward with future parking projects, or not approving departmental funding requests.
Third, it should be noted that in Fiscal Year 2009-10, the City paid off a $10 million pension liability to CalPERS. This was a payoff of the City's so-called "Side Fund," which represents the unfunded liability for past service credit of safety employees. CalPERS had been charging the City 7.75% interest on a balance of $10 million over a remaining repayment period of about 15 years. To make the $10 million payment, the General Fund had to "borrow" $8 million in available cash from other funds – including the Parking Fund, the Insurance Fund, the Vehicle Replacement Fund and the Street Lighting Fund – which borrowed funds would be repaid over 15 years through the required allocation of future revenues. The payment, or expenditure, was recorded in the General Fund, thereby reducing the "unassigned" fund balance, although cash was borrowed from the other funds so that the General Fund cash balance itself would not be impacted. The Governmental Fund Types Balance Sheet shows this $8 million advance to the General Fund. By borrowing internally and paying off the debt, the City is expecting to save approximately $4.2 million over 15 years.
We consider the $8 million as available cash in the General Fund, with less cash available in the other funds that were impacted by the borrowing. By adding that figure to the "unassigned" fund balance and dividing by the General Fund expenditures, the fund balance percentage is 22%.
From Assistant City Manager Mike Killebrew:
...(W)e think it important for you to point out some unique elements that make Dana Point a very financially sound City as well as reflects the historically fiscally-conservative nature of the current and past City Councils. DanaPoint has never had a Redevelopment Agency and has no outstanding debt or long-term financial commitments. As such, we think it important that you list the liquid assets of the City that the City Council has available to it should they need to draw upon them for some unforeseen financial situation. For the past year, the City has had on average approximately $33.5 million of cash and secure investments on hand each month. The City Council has the ability to designate and/or re-designate the vast majority of these funds as necessary to cover City expenditures.
The City's financial condition is very strong and our budget is constructed in a manner which allows for much flexibility should revenues the City relies on dramatically change. I would like to point out that the number you use from a year ago for the unassigned fund balance (i.e. $6,093,837) does not include other Council-designated reserves that are available at any time by Council action. City Council policy dictates that in addition to the unassigned fund balance, that the City maintain reserves of 30%, and at June 30, 2011 those reserves were fully funded (and continue to be to this day) and amounted to $8,211,000; of that amount, $2,737,000 is set aside for cash flow (e.g. to cover payments until the semi-annual property tax revenue is received from the County AND assuming that there is no unassigned fund balance, which as you report there is unassigned fund balance), and an additional $5,474,000 is set-aside for emergencies.
In addition to those two reserves, the City has also set-aside cash of $648,856 just in case the State decides to use more of their budget gimmicks and take additional City revenue; plus, another $3,169,000 in cash for future capital asset replacements. All of these cash reserves are available and could be utilized, if needed, simply by action of the City Council. When one speaks of solvency, one must consider all liquid resources that are not restricted for specific purposes. Even using your more limited perspective of short-term fiscal health, which of course shows the City to be in good shape having an unassigned fund balance of 21.9%, we know the City is in exceptional fiscal shape. This is the case for both the short-term and the long-term, and with that the City has on-hand available cash resources of 68% of expenditures.
From Mayor Douglas A. Bailey:
...the City of Cypress "assigns/commits" a portion of its fund balance (25% of its operating expenses) for a contingency/unforeseen situations/stabilization agreement.
As mandated by government accounting procedures, the City reports its fund balance by self-imposed constraints to demonstrate how fund balance amounts will ultimately be expended. Since the City Council formally approved the 25% contingency it is recorded under committed fund balance, not unassigned.
It appears that the goal of the Orange County Register's article was to determine the liquidity of the City. To determine liquidity, a better measure would have been to analyze the General Fund cash ($27,304,783) as compared to accounts payable ($2,433,809). By using the "unassigned" fund balance, it appears that the City was being criticized for having a financial plan which commits, assigns and restricts funds for specific purposes.
The facts of the City's financial picture are as follows:
- The General Fund maintains a Contingency (Stabilization Agreement) of 25% ($6.0 million)
- The General Fund also has assigned $1.6 million in cash to a Business Relocation Stabilization Account
- These two designations of the General Fund's fund balance would equal an over 30% reserve
- The City also maintains general fund monies in the capital projects fund (a 30% emergency contingency of $7.2 million)
- In addition, the City's infrastructure fund is an assignment of general fund monies and includes over $8 million.
Finally, the most important points for FY 2010-1 1:
- Cypress' General Fund revenues/sources were $30 million
- Cypress' General Fund operating expenses and basic capital expenses were over $25 million, leaving the balance available for assignment annually of over $4 million
The City of Cypress has traditionally been a fiscally conservative and prudently managed organization, and it is no different when the economy is booming, or during lean times as we are currently experiencing.
The City maintains internal service funds with accumulated balances to cover equipment replacement, employee benefits (including fully funding retiree health benefits), and insurance reserves. These funds are funded at levels greater than actuarial requirements.
Furthermore, the City Council and the City's workforce continuously work together to identify opportunities to realize cost savings. In this effort, the City has:
- Reduced the number of full-time positions through attrition, reorganization, and hiring freeze
- Contracted out certain City services such as landscaping
- Optimized use of equipment and replaced only when absolutely necessary
- Sought competitive bids for the lowest pricing on goods and services
- In partnership with employee associations, future employees will pay a portion of pension costs
- Police Department commitment to core services and reducing overtime expenditures
The City Council of the City of Cypress is committed to maintaining the fiscal health of the City and continuing the quality services that our residents have come to expect. On behalf of my colleagues on the City Council, we would like to assure our residents again that the City is in good financial health, and we expect the City to remain fiscally strong and prosperous for many years to come.
For more information regarding the City's finances, the City's financial documents are readily available on the City's website. The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) can be accessed at
http:/lwww.ci.cvpress.ca.uslfinancell011 cafrll011 cafr.pdf.
The City's annual budget can be accessed at
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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates should have waited to publish the memoir in which he harshly criticized President Obama's leadership in the war in Afghanistan, two top Republican senators said Sunday.
"I would have waited, but as far as waiting until it's over in Afghanistan, I wouldn't have done that," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on CNN's "State of the Union," though he was quick to praise the former defense secretary.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a potential 2016 presidential contender, made similar comments on CBS's "Face the Nation."
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And Rubio's conservative "cred" comes crashing down once again...
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BS It should have come out prior to the 2012 election.
Sometimes a person just has to sit back and admire the gall these people have.
And of course they mean the best time to publish would have been 'NEVER'.
Wait for Lindy to out-shout those beeotches on how terrible DaddyMac has been dissed by Gates!
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So they're OK with politicizing the war and endangering our troops? McCain should be recalled.
..yeah, this way Hildabeast can skate through without any worries.....****ing morons
Just when I thought Rubio might be gaining credibility again, he slips down the ladder, and lands on that old coot McLame.
I will agree, this should not have been written now... I'd have preferred it written BEFORE 2012!
Truth be told he should have quit in protest...then he wouldn't have had to write a book.
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Don'tcha know the elites have to follow a code and protect each other. If too much information got out there about them to the general public, it could mess up the good thing they got going.
so the talk is all about how Gates is a betrayer for revealing that obama is a dumba$$...NOT about that fact that the dumba$$ is still running the country
I think this is the PERFECT time for him to release his book.
Not AFTER he is out of office and there is nothing that can be done. He is telling us NOW that we HAVE A DUMBA$$ RUNNING THE COUNTRY~!!!
(of course this means Boehner will have the balls to do anything about it, and he clearly doesn't)
Rubio re-affirms that he is one of McLame's butt-boys.
"And Rubios conservative cred comes crashing down once again..."
Conservative cred is like virginity. Once you f*ck somebody, it's gone.
Ha, I will never again trust Rubio. Once you uncover yourself as a loser GOPe you cannot unring the bell. Check out Cornyn's ads in Texas, Pathetic at best.
Absolutely yes, because we know the democrats would never criticize a sitting president.
And yes, two wrongs DO make a right here. Unless continuing to lose elections is the goal.
After all the pro-Obama tripe we have had foisted on us? I don't think so.
You mean mac daddies great foreign policy?
How could it be any worse than it is now?
Yea lets wait until mac daddy has destroyed America, it that a good time?
And these are two of America's elected leaders that sit by and watch this lawless squatter ignore laws that he do not benefit him or his perverse goals,.
Wow, you just can't make these types of comment up.
Rubio is history. He has become Juan McCain's new little Boy Toy along with Linda Graham.
Idiots like this is why the GOP is down to 22% of the population in the last Gallup poll on the subject.
People should wait until AFTER an incumbent leaves office before cricizing them. Like until AFTER the next Presidential Election when the information will be politically USELESS. As useless as that trio of mental midgets Rubio, McCain and Graham.
From what I have heard about the book on the MSM, it is quite laudatory about Hillary. Gates says that Hussein lacked "passion", but that "Hillary would make a fine president".
Hussein is a lame duck; so it doesn't matter that Gates spoke critically of him. I wonder if the book wasn't timed to help get the Hillary juggernaut rolling.
There's somethin'...ah say there's somethin' about that boy that just ain't right.
That could only be true if Obozo had any such ability to begin with.
Rubio has, once again, momentarily left his guard down and his underlying despicableness has shown through. NEVER, EVER trust this weasel.
But the quote that is getting all the ink is when Hillary said she was against the war in Afghanistan for political reasons. Hmm. Is that supposed to make us think the book is fair and then we go out and buy it and find that it is a paean to Ms. Cankles?
I love the way everybody here bites on the headlines and doesn't read the rest of the story, where of course both McCain and Rubio say that, while they might have preferred waiting, they're glad for the information and it sheds more light on their long-standing concerns about Bozo's "foreign policy." McCain even says that he wouldn't have been willing to wait until "Afghanistan was done."
And remember, they're reacting to insider tell-all books, most of them hear-say and innuendo, published about Bush during his term, which most certainly did make his legitimate policies more difficult.
Yes, in theory it might have been gentlemanly to wait, but as they both say, the book confirms serious concerns about Obama's actions and words. Naturally, the WP was not going to put that in the headline.
RINO's Speaketh in defense of Obama again
'Ya think Gate's is trying to get somebody's attention like our Congress? Is this a warning shot across McCain's bow as well as the Senate? Apparently a lot of the 'quotes' from Gate's book are taken out of context...it is more about the people surrounding the community organizer who are giving him bad advice and he is too _____ to know it.
Knopf, publisher of the Clintons.
I guess he doesn't think the MSM should report the facts during a war either.
Since Gates did not resign and make these events public when they happened, he should not have written this book at all. I expect that Dems have no honor, but I would expect Gates to have had some. By not offering his resignation when Obama, Biden, and Clinton made their statements Gates deliberately chose the dishonorable path for himself and his country.
Rino butt kissers. I wish they would all go away.
"Just when I thought Rubio might be gaining credibility again..."
Never will understand why Freepers often offer the other side of their back where there's room for another knife.
I think the troops he is deploying have a right to know their C in C has no faith they can do the job, although I'm pretty sure most of them know what this bunch thinks of them.
...of course you would hear that from the MSM....praise, no scandal, scandal draws interest....interest draws scrutiny...scrutiny draws more interest....nothing worst for a RAT than scrutiny
waited how long?? Until after the November election??
Gates book may well remove the log jam and bring out more revealing books between now and then - let's hope!
I heard he needed the money,his unemployment ran out.
2 liberal socialist jerks sticking up for obama!
Well put!
Note to Rubio and McCain: Gates waited until after he left the administration to write his book.
Note to faux leaders: If you don't want people to tell the truth about you, don't do things that will embarrass you.
They never want it published and will find one excuse after another.
Imagine for a second Schumer or Reid criticizing someone for writing a negative book on Bush during his presidency? Never happen. The Repubs are the stupid party. Always trying to suckup to the liberal media.
"because I think it undermines the ability to conduct foreign policy," Rubio said."
I wonder if he ever really thinks before he speaks? Or maybe he just isn't paying attention to Barry's foreign policy or basically failure to conduct it. Then there's McStain getting his pic taken with Al Queda.
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After this morning's auspicious news, Mayor Bloomberg will indeed seek a third term as mayor of New York City, the Times just reported. Bloomberg will announce this plan on Thursday morning, according to the report, which cites three people who have been told Bloomberg's plans. The 66-year-old mayor is still legally barred from seeking reelection, but he will apparently propose to change the law through City Council, not a citywide ballot. Bloomberg has publicly said he opposes changing term limits in the past, but has apparently changed his mind due to the current financial crisis. Though some advisers like Patricia Harris, Kevin Sheekey, and Ed Skyler have cautioned him against running again, he's apparently been encouraged to do it by business leaders like Steve Rattner, Stephen Ross, Rupert Murdoch, and now Ronald Lauder.
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It will remain one of the nagging mysteries of the 2012 Rangers: how Martin Perez got three starts in absolutely crucial pennant-race games, losing them all. He had a decent ERA in AAA last year, but a disturbing 56 walks against 69 strikeouts.2. Adam Starblind Posted: December 07, 2012 at 09:24 AM (#4319324)
Profar, Olt, and Martin all hit for nothing in limited time in the majors last season. The contrast between Profar and the other two, though, was electric. They'd bring Profar in in key situations; he had a few big hits; he batted (and made a hit) in the last inning of the play-in game, with the season fading but still on the line. SSS, but he's much younger than the other two and, in addition to speed, power, and defense, he controls the strike zone better than they do, better (to judge by his AA stats) than a whole lot of prospects, let alone teenagers.
Profar is blocked by Andrus and Olt by Beltre, but all the columnists here in the offseason expect some musical-chairs repositioning in 2013. Best guess is that Profar starts everyday at 2B, with Kinsler at 1B or possibly even the outfield. Unless Olt can win the 1B job, he's not going to play much. I doubt they'd keep him as a RHB platoon 1B with Mitch Moreland, though it would be a creative move if Olt could also be a backup at 3B and SS.
Can Olt hack a corner outfield spot? He appears to have the bat for it. Blogs are murmuring about an Olt for Dickey deal, but Olt would be even more blocked at 3B in NY than he is in Tex.3. Justin T drives a crooked hoss Posted: December 07, 2012 at 09:51 AM (#4319338)
Perez is like baseball's Jake Locker. No matter how long the guy goes just being so-so, he remains a darling of scouts.4. just plain joe Posted: December 07, 2012 at 09:53 AM (#4319341)
I would hate to see the Rangers play Profar at 2B. I don't know what the answer is to get him in the lineup along with Andrus, but IMHO playing him at second would needlessly expose him to injury. Perhaps the answer is to move either Andrus or Profar to CF, with the other playing SS (I'm assuming that Hamilton does not get resigned in this scenario).5. BDC Posted: December 07, 2012 at 10:00 AM (#4319349)
Olt for Dickey would be Justin Smoak for Cliff Lee, 2.0. Olt has power and a .390 minor-league OBP and is 24. Smoak has power and had a .400 minor-league OBP and was 23 when traded. It's not like such prospects are plentiful, but they still seem to have an uncertain path to actually becoming any good in the major leagues. I don't know about Olt in the outfield; he isn't particularly fast.6. Adam Starblind Posted: December 07, 2012 at 10:15 AM (#4319358)
Smoak though didn't show as much power as Olt has in the minors. And, you know, Dickey's not as good as Cliff Lee.7. Spivey Posted: December 07, 2012 at 10:19 AM (#4319362)
Profar has played some 2B in the minors. I think if the Rangers get rid of MY, Profar could be a good utility type playing some 3B, SS, and 2B. It also gives the Ranger some time on figuring out what they want to do with Andrus and Kinsler.8. zonk Posted: December 07, 2012 at 10:20 AM (#4319363)
Olt is supposed to be a pretty solid 3B defender, so I do think it is a bit of a waste to have him be an outfielder.
I'll be disappointed if the Rangers play Hamilton in CF, even if they do resign him. I'd like them to give Gentry a crack at a pretty full time role after the last couple of years, and have Martin waiting in the wings as well.
I wonder where Villanueva would have ranked on this list... I like him an awful lot and I think he was Theo's best acquisition last year.9. Walt Davis Posted: December 07, 2012 at 04:43 PM (#4319689)
FWIW - and maybe I'm crazy - but if I could trade my team's system for anyone else's -- I think I'd want the Rangers' system. I think they've got a really, really nice mix of talent all over the diamond, a nice mix of ceiling/performance types, advanced/raw talent, etc.
The easiest solution to the Profar "problem" is to trade Andrus. You'd get a lot for him. It's certainly a nice problem to have. Barring a trade, in the ruthless world, I'd keep Profar in the minors long enough to keep him from having a service year at the end of this year, possibly long enough to keep him from super 2 if the team is going well. This would give you a bit more time to evaluate whether Kinsler bounces back, Gentry can handle a full-time gig, whether whatever 1B/LF/RF/DH mix you've come up with is working, etc.10. Nasty Nate Posted: December 07, 2012 at 06:25 PM (#4319758)
The easiest solution to the Profar "problem" is to trade Andrus. You'd get a lot for him. It's certainly a nice problem to have. Barring a trade, in the ruthless world, I'd keep Profar in the minors long enough to keep him from having a service year at the end of this year, possibly long enough to keep him from super 2 if the team is going well.
I know this type of thing is almost never done, but it would be interesting if they traded Profar for another team's OF or SP prospect. It would have to be a blue-chipper obviously.
Joey Gallo. I said Joey Callo. With a C. Joey Gallo is dead.12. Dan Posted: December 08, 2012 at 02:06 PM (#4319990)
Looks like Young to the Phillies is a done deal.13. Dock Ellis on Acid Posted: December 08, 2012 at 02:11 PM (#4319995)
The Rangers will kick in $10M, and Young gets an extra $1.2M for waiving his no-trade. Josh Lindblom and minor leaguer Lisalverto Bonilla will go to Texas.14. Crispix reaches boiling point with lackluster play Posted: December 08, 2012 at 02:19 PM (#4319997)
Before the trade: Phillies have a first baseman making $20M who is utterly worthless against lefties.15. Crispix reaches boiling point with lackluster play Posted: December 08, 2012 at 02:29 PM (#4320005)
After the trade: Phillies have a two-headed first baseman making $27M who can hit both lefties and righties quite well.
That's my rose-tinted view. Time to go do some work.
I found ironclad evidence that Young will be platooning with Howard: incumbent Phillies 3B Kevin Frandsen is excited about the deal.
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Dan Hayon was born in Bucharest, middle of the last century. He graduated from the Art Academy. After leaving his native Romania in 1972 at the time of the Ceausescu regime, he lived and worked as a creative director in Tel Aviv and Stockholm, and has lived in Paris since 1994. A long time ago, he took an anonymity vow, which he finally broke in February 2006 when the Romanian Cultural Institute invited him to show a 30-year retrospective of his photographic works. He tried to go back to a status of anonymity but it didn't work out that way: the same year he had a second show called "The scents of Bucharest". In 2006, the Parisian gallery Aittouares showed "Crossing", a photographic project made in collaboration with the poet Guy Goffette. In March 2007 Hayon was invited to hold a one-man show and in UK, and at the PhotoStroud Festival in October 2007, a second one, called "From toilet to toilet" because his work was exposed in several loos. So far he published 9 books, out of 100.


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Access 2010: Queries in Depth
In this course, author Adam Wilbert illustrates how to create and leverage real-world queries and turn raw data into usable information. The course covers setting up queries, performing calculations, using the built-in Access functions to further refine query results, and identifying top performers or areas for improvement based on a range of criteria.
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- Adam Wilbert
- [Voiceover] Hello and welcome to Access 2010 Queries In Depth. My name is Adam Wilbert and I'm gonna take you deep inside what I consider to be the most powerful object within an Access database. We'll start out by taking a look at creating some simple select queries to pull relevant fields from our data tables. And then we'll combine those fields for multiple tables into single datasheet. We'll then apply selection criteria to our queries to limit the records that are returned to just the subset that best satisfies our question. We'll also use calculated fields to get a new perspective on the trends hiding within your database.
We'll see how to create flexible queries through the use of perimeter requests which will allow your end users to further define what results your queries return and by automating common decision making routines through program flow functions and conditional statements, you'll save time and increase the accuracy and consistency of the data in your database. Finally, we'll see how to hook our queries back into forms and reports for added functionality and we'll apply these lessons to the creation of a flexible reporting tool, all of this is so that you can get more out of your data base than just the data you put into it.
So let's dig in to Access 2010 Queries In Depth.
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