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2. Spring Framework support, for property
1) PROPAGATION_REQUIRED - to support the current transaction, if does not exist to create a new one. This is the most common choice.
2) PROPAGATION_SUPPORTS - to support the current transaction, if there is no use of services.
3) PROPAGATION_MANDATORY - to support the current transaction, if does not exist throw an exception.
4) PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW - to create a new transaction, and suspend the current transaction (if it exists).
5) PROPAGATION_NOT_SUPPORTED - do not use services, and suspend the current transaction (if it exists).
6) PROPAGATION_NEVER - do not use matters, if the current transaction will throw an exception exists.
7) PROPAGATION_NESTED - if the current exists, as embedded in matters regarding the implementation of transaction, or with PROPAGATION_REQUIRED similar.
3. Attention
1) PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW and PROPAGATION_NESTED
PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW start a new, does not depend on the environment of the "internal" affairs. This transaction will be fully commited or rolled back instead of relying on external affairs, the scope of its own isolation, their locks, and so on. When the internal affairs of the beginning executed, the external affairs will be suspended, the House Affairs, at the end of the external affairs will continue.
On the other hand, PROPAGATION_NESTED start a "nested" transaction, which is already existing services a real child transaction. Sets of potential transaction started, it will get a savepoint. If the nested transaction fails, we will roll back to this savepoint. submarine sets affairs are part of external affairs, only the external affairs after the end of it will be presented. Savepoint need the latest JDBC specification to support. JDBC3?
Thus, PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW and PROPAGATION_NESTED the biggest difference is that, PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW is a completely new transaction, while the PROPAGATION_NESTED is the External Affairs sub-transaction, if the external affairs commit, nested transaction will also be commit, this rule also applies to roll back .
2) Required and mandatory transaction attribute
Two kinds of support transaction context. If you call when there is no difference between the transaction context, Required to be launching a new business. The mandatory exception to be thrown.
Deep-seated differences based on the following rules:
With the exception of the stateful session bean, the method that starts a transaction must be the same method that terminates the transaction.
Required services can not be sure whether it is because in this method to start or come in from outside the pass, and therefore do not know whether to do this treatment rollback when an exception occurs. The Mandatory to confirm matters are imported from the outside, so know they do not need to deal with this logic.


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Larry Swearingen's case has been taken on by the Innocence Project, a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people. And in a motion filed today, the group's lawyers have asked District Judge Kelly Case to allow post-conviction DNA testing in order to prove Swearingen's innocence.

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African-American experience from Reconstruction to the present, emphasizing the variety of African-American political expression. Gender and class differences closely examined, as well as such constructs as "community," "race," and "blackness."
Class description
This survey course begins in the Jim Crow years, looking at black life and labor at the turn of the century. We will study the sharecropping system, lynching, and the Booker T. Washington-W.E.B. DuBois debate about how best to "uplift" the black community. We will study both organized and unorganized efforts to fight segregation and racial injustice over the 20th century, including the "everyday" resistance of black bus riders in Birmingham, and the organized efforts that went into overturning legal segregation. Gender and class differences will be examined closely. After studying some of the historical gender and class differences within the black "community," our attention will go to serious interrogation of such constructs as "race" and "blackness."
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ORLANDO, Fla. - A blind woman was rescued from a fire at an Orlando apartment complex early Saturday morning.
The Orlando Police Department reports Miyra Hampton, 38, was found naked next to a burning mattress at Summer Gates Apartments in Orlando off Cypress Woods Drive. Hampton, who is blind and suffers from other medical problems, didn't initially respond to commands and was unable to understand the severity of the situation.
The fire started at 3:25 a.m. and several Orlando fire engines responded to the scene, and put out the fire. Hampton later stated that she was smoking a cigarette and thought it was out.
Alma Blinkley, 78, the woman's grandmother, was also rescued from the apartment fire.
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Adriatic Explorer / Italian Flavours: Thomson Majesty Cruise Review by profile
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Adriatic Explorer / Italian Flavours
Destination: Italy
Embarkation: Corfu
Our flight and transfer in Corfu were fast and efficient, but we were concerned to see long queues outside the Departures entrance to the airport. Two weeks later we were in such a queue for three-quarters of an hour, in sweltering heat, This airport is to be avoided!!
The vessel is the newest in the fleet and has recently had some superb refurbishment to the Piazzo San Marco self-service restaurant and the addition of some cabin balconies.
The ship was permanently cold but fortunately the aircon/heating in our small but cosy outside cabin on deck 4 was very efficient.
The food was well below the standards previously experienced with Thomson with reduced menus, less sophisticated dishes, all presented cool/warm. Drinks service was slow and we were over-charged a full bottle of wine, which took time to remedy with More Reception.
Ice Cream (frozen yogurt?) - once freely available - can now only be obtained in the waiter-service restaurants or at the sales kiosk.
The weather was variable, which Thomson can't control, but with high winds developing they should have secured deck furniture before a sun-lounger blew down from sun-deck to pool-deck, injuring a passenger who required medical attention.
As ever on sea days it was difficult to find a sun-bed and the policy of non-reserving was not effectively policed.
The entertainment from Muzzik Unlimited and the Show Team was superb.
Wi-fi is expensive onboard but we found it freely available in most ports.
We found the first week excursions expensively lack-lustre and made our own arrangements during the second week
The Captain made the briefest of announcements and appearances.
I think we need to try another cruise company!! Less
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Cabin review: 2 berth with windowLevel 4
A small but adequate outside cabin with twin beds and shower in bathroom. Picture window. Flat screen TV.No fridge or Tea-making facility.
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Finance Minister Jennifer Howard is using the rising revenues of Crown corporations to sell Manitobans on the line her government is reducing its costs, allowing it to cut steeply the deficit forecasted in April of last year.
It's a piece of political fraud taxpayers can quickly toss in the garbage bin.
Manitoba Hydro's rising revenues due to an unusually long and cold winter has recast the deficit projection in the province's summary budget, which includes the finances of Crown agencies. The "summary" deficit for 2013-14 is expected to come in $86 million less than the budgeted $518 million.
But hold the applause. The bottom line for taxpayers lies with the government's operating budget -- the departmental spending and the revenues. That detail is found in the back pages of the third-quarter financial report, and it makes for a grim picture. Despite Ms. Howard's praise for efforts in the departments to work more efficiently and manage expenditures, the truth is the government expects to run over its budgeted spending (again) by more than $31 million.
Markedly higher corporate income tax and service-fee revenues have helped staunch the flow of red ink. But the bottom line, once the $100-million contingency for First Nations flooding is added in, is expected now to be a much higher $613 million, and that will affect the provincial debt.
Glowing press releases aside, Ms. Howard, regarded as a smart and able minister, has not managed to rein in her government's spending habit. Rather, she has opted to deflect blame and whine about Statistics Canada's population estimates, which will cut Manitoba's expected federal transfers. But Manitobans don't have to take her word. Taxpayers can review the financial report, compare the budget and the new spending forecasts, and decide for themselves who is digging them into debt.


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Happy 10th birthday, Alijah!
Wow. Today, my son Alijah turns 10 years old. As a parent, it feels impossible to not look back and reminisce. Ten years--a full decade. So much time, and yet it feels almost like an instant. I'm so happy to see him get excited about his birthday coming, and hearing the little things he is interested in doing to celebrate, comparing them to the things I remember wanting to do back when I was a ten-year-old little boy. It's also interesting to remember the post I wrote five years ago, when he turned 5. It was the first birthday where he really understood that it was his day, the day he was born, and where he picked what he wanted to do (eat dinner at Red Robin because he liked the cartoonish bird "statue" they have at the restaurant.)
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Alijah's 5th birthday: Looking back
Today, my son Alijah turns 5 years old, such an amazing milestone in life for any child. This is actually why I'm missing about 70% of CES 2009, since the event pretty much always falls on his birthday. I wanted to be sure I was home for this one. It's special in so many ways. First, this is the first birthday where he really "gets it" and has a high level of excitement. In fact, this morning when he woke up, he immediately came to tell me that it was his birthday, he is now five, and that he wants to eat at Red Robin. Can't really argue with that logic. I know, right?
Besides all that though, thinking back to Alijah's birth, it's such a reminder of the true miracle that he is here with us, and that he is okay. For those that don't know, Alijah was born almost 3 months early, and spent 11 weeks in intensive care, the first 9 of which were spent on a respirator that did his breathing for him. He weighed in at less than 2 pounds when he was born, and the entire situation just looked dire. Like every parent out there, I remember that day as if it were yesterday. Monica was having painful cramps, so we went to the emergency room at what I think was around 3 AM. The pain was getting worse by the minute, and by the time I had parked (after dropping her off at the front door with a nurse) and got to the floor that she was on, I could hear her screaming from the hallway. Easy way to find her room, if nothing else.
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Alijah's Trip to the ER (Or, What is a Febrile Seizure?)
On Friday afternoon, Monica and I got the scare of our lives. It all started when our son Alijah walked into my office after Monica asked me to check and see if he was warm. I felt his head, and let her know that he did, in fact, feel hot. Nothing abnormal about a three-year-old child having a fever. We would give him some Childrens Tylenol and things would be back to normal as usual we figured. A minute later, I am still in my office answering an email, and I hear a very loud "THUD." I thought something huge fell from a high surface and I hear Alijah start crying, so I rushed into the living room to find Monica holding him. She said she walked into the room, where he was standing with one hand on the couch. She told him they were getting ready to leave, and he didn't respond. It was as if he were looking through her instead of at her. Then he just fell straight backwards. The noise I heard was him hitting his head on the floor. That had to hurt. While Monica held him, I went upstairs to find the thermometer so that we could check his temperature - it was 101.7. High, but not horrible. The only oddity was that it came on so suddenly.
I then went to find him some Tylenol while Monica began to check on him. He wasn't answering, but that isn't completely abnormal for him, since when he gets hurt he tends to just want to be held, but left alone until he is ready to talk - but this was different. He wasn't saying anything. He wasn't looking at her. He was off in his own world. I came over and tried to talk to him, and his eyes didn't even track towards my direction, which would be natural. He finally looked up, but not at me - instead he was staring at the top corner of the room, where the ceiling met the two walls. As Monica turned him back her direction, his head and eyes stayed fixed on that area of the room, and still, he was completely silent.
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Alijah's New Haircut!
So, in the image above, you see how Alijah looked when my wife Monica left to do a little shopping. When she gets back, he will look very different. Check the new image after the break. Leave your comments…
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Alijah Turns Three, Destroys Pinata (With My Help)
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My little guy is getting all grown up (comparitively speaking.) When Alijah turned three, we figured we would have him try his luck at destroying a pinata. He needed a little help, but in the end, he did it. Oh, and why we hung it from a freaking Swiffer? Please…don't ask. It wasn't my decision. I love how in the middle of the video, he starts getting noticeably tired, but we keep cheering him on, as if we were deep into the child labor industry.
Oh, and we don't still have the Christmas tree up. Alijah turned three back at the beginning of January.
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You know in "A League of their Own" when Mae is giving a confession and the priest drops his bible halfway through? That moment is pretty much exactly how we feel about the Eberjey Mae. Sometimes you need something as sweet and American as Apple Pie or Baseball, and sometimes you need to do something that makes a priest drop his bible. And this sweetly racy black raspberry side strapped Brazilian-inspired bikini is exactly the right combination of those two impulses.
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The Roundup for February 11, 2013
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Good evenin', all.
International Developments
? In Syria, fighting has reached Damascus now. Soldiers are sweeping though neighborhoods, making arrests, fighter jets are striking in Jobar, a suburb. Update: Rebels have seized the al-Furat dam, now have control of water and electricity "for much of the country". Update: Syria has offered to send a minister to meet with the opposition Syrian National Coalition.
? French and Malian forces have retaken Gao following a "surprise attack by rebels".
? "US Killed Hundreds of Children in Afghanistan, Says New [UN] Report–US Rejects Report".
? "Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., a four-star Marine officer, took over the role of U.S. commander in Afghanistan Sunday".
? Nine women administering polio vaccines to children in two separate locations in northern Nigeria have been shot dead. Some local Islamic clerics have been claiming the vaccines cause polio or cause infertility.
? Birgitta Jonsdottir, "member of the Wikileaks team that released secret footage of a US Apache helicopter attack on civilians in Iraq", and a member of the Icelandic Parliament, intends to visit the US in April.
? Reporters Without Borders ranked Japan "53rd in the rankings of press freedom last year", down from 22nd place, due to poor reporting during the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis.
? The EU is considering a "data protection and privacy law" that US companies–Google, Facebook, etc.–don't like. EU Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding, says data protection "is clearly enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights", although "this may not be the case in other parts of the world".
? The death that won't go away: "Doctors call for Dr. David Kelly inquest to resume . . . and the suicide verdict re-examined." Dr. Kelly got caught up in the Iraq WMD mess.
International Finance
? Barclays is going to cut some 2,000+ jobs as part of its £2bn "strategic overhaul". This is part of the new CEO, Antony Jenkins' plan to "reinvent Barclay's ethical values". Trading in food-based commodities and "aggressive tax avoidance" seem targeted.
Money Matters USA
? Larry Summers' wish list: Spread-out the scheduled sequester cuts; figure out a revenue-neutral way of bringing corporate cash home since they're terrified of paying taxes; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should step in and "support would-be lenders" so people will buy houses again; natural gas and the Keystone Pipeline are the way to go. Update on 1st point: "House Republicans Unlikely To Pass New Sequester Replacement Plan".
? The US Secretary of Defense has announced "Extending Benefits to Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Military Members".
Politics USA
? House Rep Rick Nolan (D-MN) "is introducing a constitutional amendment designed to overturn the Supreme Court's [2010] decision in the Citizens United case".
? Planning for the Tea Party began over a decade ago, thanks to Big Tobacco and the billionaire Koch brothers.
? Roger Ailes intends to to attract more Hispanics,"a tremendous business opportunity", to Fox News. Fox can show them "how opportunities exist", and push anti-abortion and religious themes. Whether Fox can get them to forget Republicans' record on immigration is another matter, however.
? KKKKarl continues to alienate the 'wingers.
? Former FL Republican Party Chair Jim Greer pled guilty to five criminal charges, reducing his possible maximum sentence from 75 to 35 years.
? Out-of-control. Nevada state Assemblyman Steven Brooks (D) has again been arrested after allegedly attacking "a family member".
? Yo Chicagoans! Experience "criminal damage to [your] property, vehicle thefts, garage burglaries, [etc., but] the suspect is no longer on the scene and [you're not] in immediate danger"? From now on the police won't officially come to your rescue promptly; rather they'll be on "patrol duties".
Gun Corner
? The National Rifle Association is simply waiting until the Newtown tragedy fades, then it's back to business as usual.
? Not able to impeach President Obama, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX)'s invited Ted Nugent to the State of the Union instead.
? PA Attorney General Kathleen Kane is closing the "Florida loophole", so gun permits state residents obtain from FL by mail will no longer be honored by PA police.
? Bunch of people showed up at the OR state capitol in Salem Friday, displaying their gun-wearing skills.
? If proposed legislation passes, CA "would ban the sale of all semiautomatic rifles that accept removable magazines, slap a hefty tax on ammo, and require every gun owner to take a yearly safety course".
Health, Homelessness & Hunger
? One Wichita, KS homeless shelter reports three times as many elderly seeking refuge this year than last.
? "White House Rules Out Raising Medicare Eligibility Age".
? We're told that "sometime this week" Rep John Conyers (D-MI) will be introducing "The Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act". He's got over three dozen co-sponsors, needs more.
? A banner year: the US "recovered a record-high $4.2 billion related to healthcare fraud and abuse in fiscal year 2012."
Planet Earth News
? "Two billionaire brothers who made a fortune in the fracking industry and have begun buying up eastern Montana, were the top donors to successful 2012 legislative candidates". Not Kochs, but Wilks–Dan and Farris, of TX.
? Global "wind power capacity grew 20%" in 2012.
Latin America
? "Colombian judge convicts ex-contractor in Drummond union leader killing", sentences him to 38 years in prison. The judge "ordered prosecutors to investigate Drummond's [AL] U.S.-based president and three . . . employees to determine whether they might also be responsible."
? Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is presiding over the invasion by Chinese and Canadian mega-mining firms of the Cordillera del Condor rain-forest, or 'paradise'. The Shuar, who defied the Incas and the Spanish, say of the mining operations, "they will have to kill every one of us first."
Mixed Bag
? The Archdiocese of Los Angeles used 88% of its cemetery maintenance fund (supported by families of the deceased) to help pay the $660m settlement to victims of priest sexual molestation.
? Video cams among penguins; great pics.


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Do you're kids have their own desks?
Poll Results
Question: What do you're kids use? If other, please elaborate in a reply.
Individual desks
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Question: What do you're kids use? If other, please elaborate in a reply.
Total Votes: 25
I've seen a lot of homeschool set-ups where the family uses one table or the kids have individual desks. What do your kids use and why does it work for you?
DS1 has a loft desk with a computer workstation but he usually works on the dining room table. DS2 and DD each have a desk in the office/ school room but they like to read or work on the floor or the small couch in the school room.
DD has a desk in her room, and then we have a Table in the school room. I also have a small desk for DS that I found at a thrift store.
My children are little so we all share a large table in the schoolroom. It gives everyone space to spread out.
Well, since I have a 13 year old and have hs'ed other kids for pre-k, etc. and now I have an 18 month old grandbaby that stays here....
I painted the dining room table in chalkboard paint! it ROCKS! So you can write/draw all over the table. It is great for the highschooler...to work out algebra on the table, etc. saves paper, makes it "bigger" so you can see it clearer, etc. Also, for the pre-k, we worked on letters, words, etc. And for the toddler, we let her draw on the table while I work with the bigger one!
We've also done where I write a math problem in 4 places around the table...making 4 problems...my ds has to work on one, then run to the next, then next...and by the time he gets back to the first one, if it's erased and there's a new problem, he works it out and keeps going....if it's the SAME problem, it means he missed it and has to correct it.
It works since he's a boy and would rather be moving....it's one of the greatest things I have done thus far as a hs mom! LOL!
Yes, he has his own desk. We also have a large, shared space.
We have a small table but are going to invest in another to save on fights- they like to push on it towards each other. We also bought padded lap desks so they can do work wherever they want around the house; my oldest is 6 and he loves them, my middle son is 4 and he hates them, he can't stand the weight of it on his legs. Sometimes they'll just sit at the kitchen table but that is rare because it's hardly ever clean of clutter


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LONGMIRE, Wash. (AP) — With daylight, rangers and other searchers are making another attempt to rescue two snowboarders stranded on Mount Rainier. The park says searchers had a brief sighting yesterday of two men believed to be Derek Tyndall and Thomas Dale. But they were unable to reach them before darkness and weather forced them back. The two had no overnight gear when they were caught in a snowstorm Sunday.


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(CBS News) Andy Grammer, 28-year-old singer-songwriter, will appear on "CBS This Morning" Friday.
He released his self-titled debut album in June 2011 and has since charted in Billboard's U.S. Adult Top 40 with two singles, "Keep Your Head Up" and "Fine By Me."
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New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Didn't women just love window shopping? If a new survey is to be believed, they're doing this online.
The study, conducted by cuponation.in, a portal which offers coupons and vouchers from leading online retailers, shows that 70 percent of respondents shopped online more than three times a month.
Five out of six respondents in India admitted to using coupons while shopping.
The survey also indicates how a majority of these shoppers are women, aged between 20 and 35.
"This is due to the fact that most people in India have achieved financial independence by then, and earn their own money which they can splurge. What better way to spend money than to spend it to shop stuff online?" Sahil Shah, co-founder and managing director of cuponation.in, said in a statement.
Some of the popular online stores are Flipkart, Myntra, Jabong, Tradus, Dominos and Bookmyshow.


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P. Diddy will launch his reality TV talent search for all-girl group for second season of "Making the Band 3" on MTV
Sean P. Diddy Combs is preparing to launch his next reality TV talent search for all-girl group for the second season of "Making the Band 3." "Get ready for the next season of `Making the Band,' 'cause believe me, we're gonna make a band," Combs said in a statement.
The hip hop star will continue his search for contestants to compete against three returning cast members. Production will begin with open call auditions starting later this month in New York. Participants of the search are judged on their dancing ability, vocal talent, star power and willingness to be part of a group and those who don't meet Diddy's standards will be eliminated.
Auditions also will be held in Washington, Detroit, Minneapolis, Dallas, San Francisco, Virginia Beach, Va., and Orlando, Fla.


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TWO youth workers have set themselves the target of running 14 miles in the Lake District to raise cash for a housing charity.
Martin Booth, aged 33, and Nick Howarth, aged 36, are both competing in the annual Coniston road race on March 29.
The Bolton Young Persons Housing Scheme (BYPHS) pair have been inspired by the recent charitable efforts of their boss Maura Jackson.
She opted to live in one of the flats the charity gives to homeless people for five days, on a strict budget of £40, to experience what her tenants go through each day.
Mr Booth, of Captains Clough, Smithills, said: "With summer just around the corner, we're trying to raise as much money as possible to organise some kind of outing for the young people we work with. This race in Coniston is the first thing coming up we could compete in.
"We work with 16 to 25-year olds, who have ended up homeless through a multitude of circumstances.
"They might have had run-ins with the police, or run away from home."
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Steelers hope they have ringer in running back Bell
For as long as Le'Veon Bell plays for the Steelers, his competition won't be just the Browns, Bengals and Ravens. It also will be Montee Ball, Eddie Lacy and Christine Michael.
Bell, the Michigan State power runner who led the nation in carries last season, wasn't considered to be the second-best running back available in the NFL Draft last weekend. But the Steelers made him the No. 2 running back taken, choosing him over Lacy (Packers) of Alabama, Ball (Broncos) of Wisconsin and Michael (Seahawks) of Texas A&M, all of whom followed Bell in the second round.
ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. called the pick "a reach" and suggested the Steelers should have taken Lacy or Ball — though he won't criticize them for taking Bell.
"Bell would have been a guy that it depends upon your running backs coach and your system and your style of play and what you're trying to do — running backs have to fit a system," Kiper said. "Bell is a guy who (Mike) Tomlin and (Kevin) Colbert and company like, and I have no issue with that."
Kiper added, "I thought Bell was a second- or third-round guy, one of the five or six top guys, and I have no issue with that."
Bell was drafted higher than all but two Steelers running backs in the past 31 years: first-rounders Rashard Mendenhall (2008) and Tim Worley (1989).
"When you watched him, he was getting five yards every carry," Colbert said. "If it was a one-yard run, if he didn't have any room, he always seemed to fall forward for four (more)."
Lacy was considered to be the top running back going into the draft but ended up being chosen fourth behind Giovani Bernard, the North Carolina runner who went to the Bengals five picks into the second round; Bell; and then Ball.
The Steelers liked Bell because they felt he picked up tougher yardage than Lacy, who ran behind Alabama's NFL-like offensive line.
Running backs coach Kirby Wilson assembled video of the top runners against the best competition and in situations where they had to create much of the their own yardage.
"He tries to put on the roughest games. The games where the back isn't necessarily getting those big holes, so you can see what he's really capable of doing on his own," offensive coordinator Todd Haley said.
The Steelers' offense labored last season during the long stretches in which the running game produced almost nothing, and it badly needed an effective runner to make defenses respect something other than Ben Roethlisberger's throwing.
And while Bell must beat out Jonathan Dwyer and Isaac Redman to start, Haley might have tipped his hand when he said that adding Bell and former Cardinals running back LaRod Stephens-Howling "puts us back in a place where we can have a chance to run the ball and throw the ball."
Alan Robinson is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or via Twitter @arobinson_Trib.


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Sway x Mr Fontain – Everyday Valentine [Video]
Better late than never. Here is a valentines day gift from Sway and Mr Fontain called "Everyday Valentine" which has been released ahead of his brand new album "Signature 2". The album is fully produced by U.S superstar Akon, and will be available in the summer of 2010. You can watch the new video from Sway x Mr Fontain – Everyday Valentine on the player below.
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The Mazda Luce still stands as one of the most beautiful coupes to come out of Hiroshima. Its American market equivalent, the RX-4, is extremely rare but here's one just cold sitting in a Japanese barn waiting to roar again. Judging by that … Continue reading


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Hershey Sponsors Youth Track & Field
Educational Web site part of candy company's initiatives.
The Hershey Co. is expanding its commitment to promoting active lifestyles among children by sponsoring USA Track & Field events and creating an interactive educational Web site for communities and local athletes.
Through the new agreement, Hershey will use USA Track & Field athletes for local appearances, educate youth about the importance of fitness via USA Track & Field's existing events and develop meaningful programs that promote and raise awareness for running and fitness.
The sponsor of Hershey's Track & Field Games for 28 years, the candy maker's expanded commitment to youth track and field now includes the Web site, www.hersheytrackandfield.com, working with track stars Justin Gatlin, Joanna Hayes, Monique Henderson and Rafer Johnson, honoring volunteers who have committed their time and services to Hershey's Track and Field Games and advertising the importance of youth fitness.
Local, state and regional track meets began in early May and will run through July. Children who win at the local and state level can qualify for the North American Final Meet August 4 through 7 in Hershey, Pa. The North American Final brings more than 500 children ages nine to 14 to compete and experience the positive role that activity plays in young lives.
Initiated in Charleston, W.Va., by Dr. Donald P. Cohen, the Hershey's Track & Field Games has become the largest youth sports program of its kind in North America. Hershey provides funding for the program in the United States and Canada. Sponsors include the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), the President's Council on Physical Fitness, and Sports and Athletics Canada.


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A falcon which had gone missing from a farm has been found.
Grace, a white gyr saker falcon, escaped from Marsh Farm in South Woodham Ferrers between 10.30am and 11am on Wednesday.
The 12-year-old bird of prey flew over the river in the direction of Rayleigh and Hullbridge but has now been found on the edge of a field not far away from Marsh Farm.
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Former Ohio State wide receiver/cornerback Chris Gamble has decided to retire after nine NFL seasons. The 29-year-old was recently released by the Carolina Panthers, where he has spent his entire career. Gamble owns franchise records for most passes intercepted and most passes defended. He figured to be a highly sought-after free agent.
His agent, Carl Poston, told ESPN's Josina Anderson that Gamble decided to retire rather than enter the market.
"A number of teams have expressed interest in Chris Gamble," Poston said. "However, Chris informed me last night that he wants to retire. Even though he still loves football, he told me that he's decided to focus on life after football. Chris has been a class act. I have represented him for nine years, ever since he came out of Ohio State. He's been an ideal client and he was one of the best corners in game.
"He's doing it the right way. He has taken care of his money and his investments to retire successfully, and now I wish him the best in his future endeavors."
Gamble had 27 interceptions, 94 passes defended, 508 tackles, one sack and two touchdowns during his nine-year career. He's well-known in Columbus for his role on the 2002 national championship team at Ohio State. Gamble's interception return for a touchdown against Penn State that season was one of the highlights of the season and is still remembered as one of the great moments in Ohio Stadium history.


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If you are working more than fifty-five hours a week, you are working too much and likely out of balance. You may be able to work more than this for a season, but it is not sustainable. If you persist in working this much—or more—something will eventually break.
When I first began my publishing career, I was determined to succeed. Part of what drove me was fear. I didn't have any experience, and I was scared to death I would be found out.
However, I was also driven by the desire to achieve. I would later learn from the StrengthsFinder™ test that my top strength is "Achiever." As a result, I loved climbing the corporate ladder, moving from one level to the next.
In those early years, I would arrive at the office at 5:00 a.m. and not leave until 6:00 p.m. Since I would usually be at my desk during lunch, this was thirteen hours a day. I would almost always go into the office on Saturday, too. I was routinely working seventy hours a week.
My dear wife, Gail, was patient, but with several small children, she really needed relief. It took some serious marriage counseling for me to realize that my work/life balance was totally out of whack. It was simply not sustainable.
Think of it this way: If you are working more than fifty-five hours a week, you are out of balance. You are putting at risk at least five very important assets.
- Your health. Early in my career, I thought I could get by by eating junk food and not exercising. However, I learned that this will inevitably catch up with you. How many people do you know who have died young, simply because they refused to take care of themselves?
- Your family. You can't afford a divorce. The cost is incalculable. Just ask those who have gone through one. You also can't afford to ignore your children. If you don't invest in them now, you will be forced to spend time with them later—in rehab, in juve, or worse.
- Your friends. Sadly, I didn't really have any close, personal friends until about five years ago. I thought that my work colleagues and church acquaintances were enough. Not so much. I have several great friends now that mean the world to me. But I must have margin in my life to invest in those relationships.
- Your effectiveness. I think you are the most productive when you are relaxed. Work is like golf—or any sport. The harder you work, the less effective you'll be. You are the most productive when you are not stressed. The number of hours you work has almost zero correlation with your effectiveness.
- Your example. Your people will unconsciously mimic you. They can't help it. As a leader you set the pace. If you work seventy hours a week, your people will think they must work seventy hours a week. Most of them won't be able to keep up. And you will be responsible for the consequences.
Don't get me wrong. I still work hard. But now I have boundaries—and balance. I get into the office at 8:30 a.m. and I leave promptly at 6:00 p.m. I also work for two hours on Sunday evening, preparing for the new week. In total that's about 50 hours—give or take.
If you want to get your life back into balance, I suggest that you grab a copy of my free e-book, Shave 10 Hours of Your Workweek. It will help you get more done in less time, so you can reinvest those hours in what matters most.
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Move over, nüvi 350! There's a new kid on the block, and it's one of your own. Last fall, I reviewed the Garmin nüvi 350 and awarded it one of the highest ratings I've ever given a product, as well as an Editors' Choice. Now, Garmin has come out with nüvi 360. The nüvi 360 is largely identical to its sibling the 350, but it costs $100 more and sports a Bluetooth phone interface that lets it double as a hands-free speaker phone. Like the nüvi 350, its language and travel guides are still optional, and it won't let you enter in a phone number when creating a new Favorite location, but these are minor gripes.
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London - Anyone can cook with a wok. But cooking properly with a wok? Well, I've long suspected that there's more to it than opening a bag of stir-fry vegetables and adding sauce.
If cookery teacher Jeremy Pang knows that most of us are stir-fry saddos, he isn't sniffy about it.
At just 28, Pang, who is bursting with energy and has a nice line in humour, created the School of Wok in 2009 as a private-lesson business after forays into marketing and travel journalism.
In the early days, he travelled to people's homes armed with wok and ingredients to teach; now he has opened a school in London's Covent Garden with the aim of fun, fast-moving classes for all.
Pang comes from three generations of Chinese chefs, so he knows his spring onions.
With his globetrotting young partners Nev and Stefan, they cover pretty much the entire Asian culinary sphere – the school offers lessons in Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai cooking.
Anything they can't teach, they have guest chefs, sushi experts, for instance.
But on this Friday evening, I'm starting with a three-hour course called Understanding the Wok. Shamed by the rusting authentic number and the very non-authentic non-stick number in my kitchen, I think it best to get back to basics.
There's time before the class starts for Pang to give me a few pointers about nearby Chinatown (those who do the all-day-Saturday Flavours of China course get a full walking tour and shopathon, followed by a lesson).
He tells me where the good pork buns are and which supermarket has the best bok choi and morning glory – "the name has two meanings", he deadpans.
He shares where he goes for the best dumplings and a bubble tea; and why our crispy duck is never like real Chinese crispy duck (it's in the method of slaughter, apparently).
Behind an alluring "shopfront" of woks and kitchen kit are two kitchens and in them the first surprise: induction hobs. I'd expected to be told a fierce gas flame was the first rule of wok cooking.
Turns out the "height of the fire", Pang's watchword for successful frying, is nothing to do with flames. It's about how you control the heat in the wok by moving it closer and further away from the heat.
But first, I learn about the wok – little tips such as keeping it on the heat while you wash it (as the water boils, it cleans the surface) and drying it on the heat too (to stop rusting).
Fancy-surfaced woks are given short shrift – pretty much any cheap metal wok will do if you bother to look after it.
Then it's into prep. "Wok cooking is 90 percent preparation time, 10 percent cooking time," Pang explains.
Sounds boring, but when later we're a blur of ladles and ingredients, having the spring onions sliced and the sauces mixed is crucial.
What I'm cooking seems a bit "straight": egg-fried rice, sweet and sour chicken and prawns with ginger and spring onion. But through these basics, I learn all the technique I need.
It takes brinkmanship to wait until the wok is smoking before adding oil, then waiting for the oil to smoke too, before adding the egg. I learn to love the splutter.
Rough-and-tumbling the rice gets that blissful, each-grain-separate result and soon I'm adding peas and spring onion, before liberally shaking light soy sauce and sesame oil over my dish. A few tosses off the heat and voilà! Perfect egg-fried rice.
Pang thinks I'm ready for some deep-frying. Bite-sized pieces of chicken (after a quick lesson in boning thighs with six cuts – impressive) are coated with soy and seasonings, then dredged with frightening amounts of potato starch.
This fine powder is what will give the chicken its crunch. But unlike MSG, it's not dodgy.
Small batches go into the boiling oil (you can tell it's ready when a wooden spoon or chopstick placed in the liquid has tiny bubbles fizzing around it) and it puffs up. Once golden brown, they're placed on kitchen paper to be stir-fried later.
Then assembly time. The sweet and sour sauce has ketchup as a major ingredient. With rice vinegar and sugar (and a dash of dark soy sauce, after being briefed on when to use light and when dark), it's a deliciously mouth-puckering mix.
No pineapple chunks, just rough-hewn bits of onion, are frazzled, before the sauce is poured in. It bubbles furiously, the chicken is added and one, two, three tosses – the dish is ready.
"The secret of a delicious sweet and sour is to have just enough sauce to wrap around the crispy pieces of meat," Pang says. It's heaven; I'll never go back to gloopy takeaways again.
The prawn dish is also the work of moments, once the prepped vegetables and the marinated seafood hit the wok. It's been 20 minutes' cooking time, tops, and I'm sitting down to three dishes.
Pang supplies the wine and the final tips: keep the "holy trinity" of ingredients – garlic, ginger and spring onions – to hand, and experiment.
I'm itching to get to a Chinese supermarket to load up on rice wine, potato starch, different soy sauces and, perhaps, one of those natty long-handled metal "spiders" to scoop my deep-frying chunks out.
It's been an extremely fruitful night. After a spree at Wing Yip the next day, I cook my teenagers the three dishes. They come to the table grumbling about missing their weekly takeaway but are silenced by the soft rice, fragrant prawns and crisp, tangy chicken.
My teenage son even expresses interest in coming back to School of Wok with me.
The fast, fun approach seems ideal for young cooks, although with courses in various street foods, curries, party feasts, sushi, soups and more, I'm quite keen myself. And my wok's already taking on that well-loved, well-used burnished look, which makes me inordinately proud. – The Independent


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It is part of a bid by charity Cyclox to promote cycling ahead of National Cycling Week which starts on Saturday.
The four cycling "guinea pigs" all commute to or within Oxford and are looking to beat the city's notorious congestion - and to get fitter.
The charity also say they want Oxford to be made easier to cycle around.
Cyclox's James Styring said more had to be done to make Oxford a more bike-friendly place - and the charity was hoping to bring this to councillors' attention.
"The centre of Oxford is based on old mediaeval street plans," he told BBC News Online.
"The council has done a lot to make it easier for buses, but not for cyclists - there's a few areas that need attention."
On Tuesday, 15 June, Cyclox have organised their annual "Commuter Challenge" which sees a bus, car and walker compare journey times into Oxford during the morning rush-hour.


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Report: Expanding Medicaid Would Give a Boost to Louisiana's Economy
Washington, D.C. — A report released today says that accepting federal dollars to expand Louisiana's Medicaid program would not only bring access to affordable health care to 422,000 Louisianans, but it would also support approximately 15,600 new jobs in 2016 across the spectrum of the state's economy.
The report, released by the Louisiana Consumer Healthcare Coalition and the national consumer advocacy organization Families USA, spotlights a wide range of health care and economic benefits that Louisiana would experience by participating in the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion.
The report is based on the general guidelines for Medicaid expansion under the reform law: While the federal government now pays about 61 percent of the cost of the current Medicaid program, it will pay all the costs of expanded coverage the first three years of the program, 2014 to 2016, and its share will then only decrease to 90 percent by 2020. In 2016, an estimated additional $1.1 billion in Medicaid dollars would be spent on health care in Louisiana.
The Medicaid "expansion," as it is termed, is actually a national standardization of eligibility, raising the qualifying income level to 138 percent of the federal poverty level and making single individuals or couples without children eligible for Medicaid in states where they did not otherwise qualify.
With Louisiana dealing with an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent in December 2012, a gain of 15,600 new jobs in 2016 is just one of many benefits to the state. The Medicaid expansion would also do the following:
- Increase economic activity. The increased federal funding and jobs created are projected to increase economic activity in Louisiana by nearly $1.8 billion in 2016.
- Reduce state spending on state-funded health care programs for the uninsured. Currently, states and localities pay for about 30 percent of the cost of uncompensated care. A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that Louisiana could save $267 million in uncompensated care costs from 2013 to 2022.
- Strengthen the state's health care system. The American Hospital Association says that U.S. hospitals absorbed $41.1 billion in costs in 2011 for providing charity care to the uninsured. Increasing the number of residents receiving Medicaid would reduce those costs, strengthening the health care system for everyone in the state.
- Reduce costs from uncompensated care that are passed on to consumers and businesses. Some of the costs of uncompensated care are also passed along to insurance companies, which in turn raise premiums for businesses and families. In 2008, Families USA calculated that uncompensated care increased family health insurance premiums by an estimated $1,017. By reducing the number of Louisianans without insurance, those cost shifts can be reduced.
- Increase state revenue. Although tax structures vary from state to state, increasing jobs and business activity generally means more sales tax revenue for states or localities, and more jobs and better-paying jobs also contribute to state income. This increase could help offset the state's own cost for a Medicaid expansion.
- Help Louisianans become healthier and more productive. Hundreds of thousands of Louisianans will now have access to affordable health coverage, an essential step to healthier lives and a gain for Louisiana.
"The Medicaid expansion is a win-win-win proposition for the people of Louisiana," Ron Pollack, Executive Director of Families USA, said today. "It would reduce the number of people who can't afford health care, it will increase the number of jobs throughout the state, and it will strengthen the state's economy."
"The bottom line is that the Medicaid expansion will benefit our state's budget," Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) said today. "Billions of dollars would flow through our economy, providing a great boost to our hospitals and other medical providers, as well as the businesses and suppliers that work with them. This would support approximately 15,600 new jobs and increase economic activity in the state by $1.8 billion. The expansion could also cover approximately 422,000 people in our state who currently lack health insurance, supporting a healthier and more productive workforce. Expanding Medicaid is the right thing to do for Louisiana's economy, budget, and our people."
"This report shows that federal funds from Medicaid expansion will benefit every local economy in Louisiana," Moriba Karamoko, Director of Louisiana Consumer Healthcare Coalition, said today. "In fact, Dr. James A. Richardson of Louisiana State University reached a similar conclusion in a 2011 study commissioned by the Louisiana Hospital Association. Expanding Medicaid brings in much-needed federal dollars to our state at no cost to us for three years, and it adds jobs. In the end, we need to ask ourselves if it makes sense for our tax dollars to fund the Medicaid expansion and bring jobs into other states while not bringing any of that home."
The report used 2016 as a model, its authors say, because, although Medicaid expansion funds will be available to states in 2014, it is expected to take time for enrollment to reach the level where the program's full economic benefit is revealed.


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One of my gifts in life is that I can pretty much get along with anybody. It's a pretty nice skill to have professionally and I rarely have bad first dates. On a side note, I have never understood people who have bad first dates. I mean, it's a first date. You probably know very little about your date. Unless you are dealing with the most socially awkward person in the world, there is going to be stuff to talk about. Now that I am writing this out, I think that I may actually enjoy going on first dates.
I think I should take this time to admit that I am a bit of a foodie. I mean, we live in Atlanta. It should be a crime if you are not at least trying to hit up some new restaurant. There seems to be an endless supply of new places to try here. Recent favorites are The Iberian Pig, Serpas and Fritti.
I am looking for a partner in crime. Someone who is educated, likes exploring Atlanta, won't get mad at me when we get lost (this will happen a lot, I am terrible at directions), enjoys witty banter and is not afraid to call me on my BS.
That's all for now. If you want to know more, I guess we will just have to meet in person.
Books: The Road, Needful Things, World War Z, A Clash of Kings, Ready Player One
Movies: Almost Famous, Braveheart, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, There Will be Blood, Super Bad
Food: Pizza, Mexican, Indian, Italian. Oh, and anything sold at a bakery. Baked goods are my weakness.


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Renewable energy will remain an expensive pipe dream as long as we rely on those who are in it for financial gain. Only a true democratic government which governs for the benefit of the people in preference to its own selfish ends can ensure a renewable energy regimen that will take the country and its people to the pinnacle of outcomes.
The first hurdles to cross lie in the acceptance that fossil fuels, besides the damage that they do to all forms of life on our planet, have a finite lifespan. It is conceivable that they could last long enough to ensure extreme irrevocable damage to our planet, not only to our country.
In South Africa our problem with fossil fuels lies in our dryness. The mining of coal and its use in boiling water for the steam with which to generate electricity uses and pollutes vast amounts of water, as does the refining of expensive imported crude oil, the Sasol process and the gas-to-liquid fuel procedure. We tolerate these because they have high profit margins, widening the gap between the haves and have-nots and keeping politicians in power.
Twenty-six years ago proposals both here and elsewhere were tabled and then mothballed outlining using nature's helpers, wind and sunlight, to harvest hydrogen from the inexhaustible oceans. The process and the equipment were perfected decades ago. Cars and aircraft were also developed to use this fuel in parallel with standard fuels involving minor modifications to existing craft. It was also shown that existing power stations could be converted to steam from hydrogen inexpensively, allowing them to condense the waste steam into fresh water in a process purifying polluted sources, thereby guaranteeing a growing stable water supply in perpetuity instead of the damage they are currently guilty of.
Eskom should be returned to exist for the benefit of the country and not to make profits for a select club of privileged shareholders. Then it could turn its attention to delivering a supply of clean, affordable electricity and hydrogen fuel for all our needs.
The country could return to the pristine atmospheric and aquatic conditions found by man when first he stumbled upon this beautiful southern tip of Africa. All forms of life would then once again prosper and bloom.
Siegfried Berger
Greenside, Joburg


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Steelers notebook: Peyton sheds light on Steelers' defense to brother Eli
For Giants quarterback Eli Manning, insight on the Steelers defense was a phone call away.
Big brother Peyton Manning of the Broncos beat the Steelers in Week 1.
"I talked to him a little bit," Eli Manning said. "We talked a little football. I asked if they had anything and he said what they do is what they always do and they have good players and a good scheme. He didn't have anything earth-shattering to tell me that I wouldn't see from previous games that we played against them over the years or just watching the film from this year."
The Steelers' lineup has changed from when Peyton Manning saw it. Safety Troy Polamalu is out with a calf injury, and linebacker James Harrison is back after missing the Broncos game following knee surgery.
Mannings vs. Steelers
The Mannings have been fairly successful against the Steelers during their careers. Peyton is 3-1 during the regular season with 1,042 yards passing, eight touchdowns and four interceptions. Eli is 1-1 with 381 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. Peyton Manning lost the biggest game by a Manning brother against Pittsburgh — the 2005 season playoff game when the Colts were Super Bowl favorites.
No respect
Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger have won four Super Bowls between them, yet Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor is surprised when he hears Aaron Rodgers or Drew Brees referred to as the best quarterback this side of Tom Brady.
"Eli's been doing this for a long time, and other than our quarterback, I feel like Eli is the most underrated quarterback in the league," Taylor said. "I don't know why he doesn't get the recognition. Both of them have Super Bowls, and that tells you right there."
Alan Robinson and Mark Kaboly are staff writers for Trib Total Media. Robinson can be reached at email@example.com can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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