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With Maryland lawmakers set to reconvene Wednesday, the powerful Senate president has offered Gov. Martin O'Malley an unusual bargain on legislation to repeal the death penalty, which has remained bottled up in a committee for years.
If O'Malley can show that he has the 24 votes needed to pass the bill on the floor, Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) has promised to spring it from the committee.
So, where are the votes? A Washington Post count suggests that the legislation — a long-stymied objective for O'Malley — could become one of the most dramatic to play out in the 90 days of the General Assembly session.
The Post identified 23 likely Senate votes for a repeal bill, one short of passage. But an additional four members have said they would consider supporting O'Malley-backed legislation, which is also a priority this session for the NAACP and the Catholic Church.
"I think the numbers are very close to a majority, if not already there," O'Malley (D) told reporters Tuesday as he arrived at an annual pre-session luncheon sponsored by the Maryland Democratic Party.
The governor renewed his criticism of capital punishment, saying, "You shouldn't do things that are expensive and don't work."
But O'Malley stopped short of saying whether he would sponsor a repeal bill this session, a move that would almost certainly increase the chances of nailing down wavering votes, proponents say. "It doesn't become a priority for the General Assembly unless the governor strongly supports the bill and pushes for it," said Sen. Brian E. Frosh (D-Montgomery), chairman of the Judicial Proceedings Committee.
Repeal activists say that support for the bill is stronger in the House of Delegates, making the Senate the primary battleground.
O'Malley has announced several other priorities this year, including jump-starting the wind power industry and advancing gun-control measures that came to the fore after last month's mass shootings in Newtown, Conn. He told the luncheon audience that he wants to do what he can to avert "the insanity of the sort of carnage we saw in Connecticut."
But some lawmakers have suggested that the Connecticut massacre could complicate efforts to repeal the death penalty because it highlights the type of killer who they believe should be eligible for execution.
O'Malley also told reporters Tuesday that he will "probably" introduce another bill this year to increase transportation funding. A bill he sponsored last year to apply the state's 6 percent sales tax to gasoline went nowhere.
O'Malley is scheduled to unveil his package of initiatives Jan. 17.
The death penalty debate comes at a time when Maryland has not executed a prisoner since 2005, when Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) was governor. There are five people on death row in the state.
In December 2006, during Ehrlich's last full month in office, the Court of Appeals ruled that the state's procedures for the death penalty had not been properly adopted, and executions were halted until new regulations could be issued by the administration.
To date, new rules have not been implemented.
The Post's count of likely Senate votes to repeal the death penalty includes 19 members who co-sponsored a similar bill last year, one senator who voted for a repeal bill previously in committee and two — Sens. James E. DeGrange Sr. (D-Anne Arundel) and Edward R. Reilly (R-Anne Arundel) — who voiced their support in interviews in recent days.
The count also includes Sen. James C. Rosapepe (D-Prince George's), who was unavailable for an interview but has told colleagues that he is inclined to support a repeal bill.
Four other senators interviewed by The Post expressed mixed views and said they are open to hearing arguments by opponents. They include Sen. Allan H. Kittleman (Howard), the only Republican in his chamber to join a majority of Democrats last year in supporting same-sex marriage legislation.
Kittleman said he has supported use of capital punishment in the past although he "never loved it." He added that he is particularly open to hearing from the NAACP, given his family's history with the group: Kittleman's father, who is white, was president of the Howard County branch of the NAACP.
Others who acknowledged being open on the issue include Sens. John C. Astle (D-Anne Arundel), Ronald N. Young (D-Frederick) and Katherine A. Klausmeier (D-Baltimore County).
"It's something I'm very conflicted about," Klausmeier said.
O'Malley has advocated repeal of the death penalty since taking office in 2007.
In high-profile testimony that year, the governor, a Catholic, argued that capital punishment is "inherently unjust," does not serve as a deterrent to killing and consumes resources that could be better used to prevent crime.
O'Malley has fallen short in persuading the Judicial Proceedings Committee to support the legislation: Its members have broken 6 to 5 against a repeal.
In a move similar to what is being contemplated this year, Miller, a death penalty supporter, allowed a repeal bill to come to the Senate floor in 2009 as a courtesy to O'Malley, even though it lacked committee votes.
During floor debate, senators balked at passing the bill and instead adopted amendments that tightened evidentiary standards on capital punishment. Some senators say that the compromise continues to make sense.
Sen. James Brochin (D-Baltimore County) said sentences of life without parole do not deter killers from going after prison personnel. "I just feel the worst of the worst can't control themselves and have nothing to lose," he said.
In an interview last week, Miller said he was willing to allow another round of floor debate if O'Malley can show that he has the votes for a repeal. Several new senators have been seated since then. "If there are the votes to pass the bill, I'm not going to have a committee stand in the way," Miller said. Miller predicted that a vote would be "very close" but fall short unless O'Malley persuades some members to switch sides.
Jane Henderson, executive director of Maryland Citizens Against State Executions, said she was confident that a repeal bill could get 24 or 25 votes, but she declined to name the supporters.


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"I was hoping good things would happen to this team because of how hard they worked. There was no finger-pointing and no giving up. The attitude was tremendous and it was just a matter of time before things started going our way."
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HAVERHILL (CBS) – On Thursday, Todd Guertin, a Haverhill Firefighter and representative of Local 1011, apologized to the mayor for saying that he should be charged with murder.
"I want to start off by saying to Mayor Jim Fiorentini personally I deeply regret the comments I made, " said Guertin
He says they were emotionally charged. "The comments I made were untrue, and I would like to apologize to the Mayor and I hope he accepts my apology."
The Mayor responded, saying, "The statements last night hurt, they were painful." But he says this apology is a step in the right direction.
The comments were made just hours after 84-year-old Phyllis Lamot died in a fire at her home on Washington Street. Firefighters were angry that the mayor had recently cut staffing to their rescue truck, from three to one firefighter, as part of the budget crisis in the city.
Union representatives say the firefighters never wanted to cause more pain for Lamot's family.
Ed Kelly, the President of the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts said, "If we could trade places with their mother we would."
The Mayor and firefighters announced that going forward the rescue truck will be fully staffed, without cost to the city, with firefighters serving their punishment duty. Nearly 30 had been caught in an EMT certification scandal last year.
The mayor said the union stepped forward and he is grateful for their solution.
Firefighters will volunteer to staff the Rescue truck for two weeks until the new system is in place. The punishment duty is expected to fill shifts until July 30th, when the city says they will come up with a more permanent solution.
The Mayor and Haverhill Firefighters have been embroiled in a contentious battle for years. Recently an arbitrator sided with the Union in the contract talks. That led the Mayor to make the cuts.
Why did it take a tragedy to reach a compromise? Greg Roberts, the President of Local 1011 said, "I don't think this approach was thought in anybody's mind. I may be wrong, but it wasn't in my mind."
Kelly said, "What came from that unfortunate tragedy is that we have a staffed rescue company in the city of Haverhill. Thousands of residents are better protected tonight than they were last night."


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For the last several years, South Park has run two mini-seasons each year, of seven episodes each, which has generally fallen into a pattern of one or two memorable episodes each half-season. But that's about to change.
Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said this week that this year, the Comedy Central series will instead air one season, consisting of ten episodes. The announcement came in a New York Times article by David Carr, which led to one of the best corrections in newspaper history.
The move to one season per year comes amid numerous changes for Parker and Stone: The huge success of their Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon," the announcement of a new production company called Important Studios, and the development of a new South Park video game.
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Earlier this week, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer decided to build her own press junket for fans to promote the upcoming adaptation of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse–literally drawing four fan sites out of a hat to pick the online stops for her DIY promotion on June 18th.
Here's her explanation: "For Twilight, I did the normal press junket, for New Moon I got to go on Oprah. Both of these were fun, exciting experiences. However, they both had the same drawback–the interviews were designed for a very broad audience, and because of that, most of the questions were about things you guys have known the answers to for years. I feel like all of the basic questions have been answered, and for Eclipse I want to focus on the more specific questions of the readers. To accomplish that, I'm hosting my own mini-junket with a few fansites. It will be held on Friday, June 18th, the week before the L.A. premiere."
The lucky sites chosen for the junket were: Twilight Series Theories, Twilight Source, Twifans, and Letters To Twilight. As an extra bonus, we've embedded above an outtake from the Twilight in Forks documentary–an interview with the director of the Forks Chamber of Commerce about Meyer's first, before-she-was-famous reading in the town where Twilight is set.


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New faith practices that are now in vogue include pursuing spiritual diversity in conversations and relationships; embracing racial diversity and tolerance; valuing interpersonal connections above spiritual education; blending all forms of the arts and novel forms of instruction into religious events; and accepting divergent forms of spiritual community.
"The result is a nouveau form and structure for the Christian faith that will have broad-based consequences on the practice of Christianity for years to come," the latest report stated. ...
" The article is poorly written. Obviously designed to lament the current conditions, it incorporates some encouraging trends in the negative domain. Example: we are told that we do not possess a coherent biblical world view, and that we are embracing values that are not necessarily based on biblical foundations, yet we are told that we are now adopting values such as goodness, kindness and tolerance, and are embracing racial diversity and tolerance. Is the author attempting to say that traditional biblical foundations and a coherent biblical world view is at enmity with goodness, kindness, tolerance, and racial acceptance? My Bible has always endorsed these virtues! Is the author attempting to say that racial hatred, mean attitudes, and evil is a "coherent biblical world view"? I'm confused.____
Don't be confused, Tony! They know the Bible has always taught these virtues. They are trying to change the morals of the Bible, putting good for evil and evil for good. Those who do not accept the change are charged with not having those virtues.
In the love of Jesus Christ with prayersAbigail
"Satan's Counterfeiting of Christianity"
"Guarding the Deposit of God's Truth"
Gil Rugh said or, wrote:The urgent business of the Church is to guard the sound words that are entrusted to you. Like a bank you are to preserve the deposit of God's gospel. Teach the Word as God gave it. Don't have anything to do with false teachers. We don't have to be negative, but we do have to be biblical.
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I adjusted a couple of things from Esther's patch: streamlined some macros (required some moving around in the built-in VrW ones), added mincount=0 to the doc_type facet so that the type doesn't disappear on the UI in instant search, and added start (effectively page number) when switching locales so it doesn't jump back to page 1.
Awesome idea, Erik! Definitely one we should consider after suggest is implemented. With this small patch - updated JS to fix tag cloud styling during instasearch, attached filter/sort to instasearch. Now onto suggest!!
Another tweak needed Esther Quansah is to add filters/sort to the instant search request. I think adding lensNoQ to the URL should do the trick.
But in general - this feature as-is works pretty nicely! Getting the suggest in there will make it even sweeter.
I wonder if this feature should adapt the technique, say, google.com does with its instant search feature whereby hitting return or tabbing out of the search field adjusts the URL with the hash-q trick so that the page doesn't have to fully refresh (when pressing enter) or having the old state (when tabbing out). Food for thought.
Thanks Esther Quansah for that initial patch. I've tweaked it a bit to have a separate template that includes the facets too such that as the instant search results appear the facets (top phrases by default) adjust too. I also added escaping of the query parameter on the instant search URL (otherwise multiword results with spaces didn't work). The one issue with my patch is that the top phrases tag cloud loses its styling - can you fix that somehow?
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The WarmlyYours Barcelona Towel Warmer is beautifully and skillfully manufactured to ensure lasting beauty and durability. With plenty of room to easily and quickly dry and warm large towels or bathrobes, so that you can enjoy the radiant warmth without waiting. Designed as a freestanding unit, this towel warmer gives you the flexibility to use it in virtually any room of your home - bathroom, laundry room, or even in a dorm room.
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Sculpted from a sphere. 4 hours. And the end result is an amazingly photo-realistic, horrific...awesome mutated creature of sorts. I'm curious how Photoshop played into this. Did you do a texture that you put on top of your model? Or did you just color a rendered image inside it? This looks extraordinarily done. Love it!
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2008 Annual Report
Dear Friends and Supporters:
We all know economic times are hard. But from viewing the ballroom during any of our many panels during our Annual National Lawyers Convention last November, you would never know that. Those inside the beltway who have never quite understood what makes the Federalist Society successful were expecting the economy and, in their view, the election to have a negative effect on this year's convention. Both the mood of the gathering and the 1,400 participants (our second best only to last year's 25th anniversary) proved them wrong.
The reason is simple. The Federalist Society has always been about ideas. Indeed, when asked recently about the changing Washington landscape by The Legal Times, I said that I thought the organization would thrive in the new era because the Federalist Society is, and always has been, about ideas. The assumption in Washington is that the closer you are to power, the more influence you have. But, as my father told me, at the end of the day, power has the second to last word in the affairs of men. Ideas have the last word.
With the change of Administration, the opportunity for the Federalist Society to generate critical and incisive discussion of ideas will be greater than ever. There will be many legal issues pertaining to the financial bailout but there will also be a vast number of other policy proposals emanating from the new Administration. Many of these issues will be high profile, and the Federalist Society is poised to conduct significant programming and scholarship on them. Other very important issues will undoubtedly pass under the radar.
The Federalist Society now has 4,000 active volunteers with expertise in every nook and cranny of the law. Our volunteers may well notice key proposals that are not receiving attention and discussion. Our laws and regulations will be far better if we assure that critical proposals receive a vigorous airing before becoming law. Now more than ever, we will call on our volunteers for assistance in alerting us to such proposals and then generating discussion about them.
In our effort to change the legal culture, we will continue to bring traditional legal principles, through debate and discussion, to law students, lawyers, and others in our ever-broadening community. Now more than ever, we must present the best minds and the best arguments to our audiences so that all sides of important legal questions will be brought to light.
In 2008 the Society was able to bring our programs to the largest number of law students in our 26-year history. We are pleased to note that there is a Federalist Society Student Chapter on every law school campus in America. Participation in our Lawyers Chapters and Practice Groups has also expanded throughout the country. Our State Courts and media efforts also ensure that these principles reach far beyond the academic world. The development of our Faculty Division will help assure a vigorous discussion of our ideas in the law schools.
This fiscal year, which ended September 30th, our revenues increased by 15 percent, following an upward trend that began six years ago. In these uncertain economic times, we will be cautious about our commitments but we will do everything we can to raise enough money to continue to produce Federalist Society programs everywhere they are requested and needed at law schools, at Lawyers Chapters, in Practice Groups and special projects across the country.
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Column: Cemetery is filled with stories
I was out at Corinthian Cemetery Tuesday morning, visiting with Aaron Ehlers about being caretaker for one of the community's cemeteries. And as I'm mentally preparing for the Memorial Day weekend, I know I'll be spending a little time out there, too.
While I was out at the cemetery, I took a few minutes to look around. I live right next to the cemetery, so I drive by it a couple of times a day. It's one of those things that is as much a part of my neighborhood as the Tamarack Park or the little dog next door that barks at me every time I go outside.
But there I was, with a couple of minutes to look around and really recognize the cemetery for what it is: the place where Farmington's history sleeps. Where generations of the people who have made this community what it is are laid to rest.
I wandered around, looking at gravestones. I'll be out there Friday morning, helping place flags and markers on the graves of Farmington's veterans, so no doubt, I'll cross a few of these again. But I'll be busy then, too.
So this morning, I had the time to stop at one marker I've been meaning to really look at for a long time. A fellow by the name of William Nixon. Or Billy, as he's referred to in one location on the stone.
After compiling the Looking Back page for nearly a decade, I've gotten to be pretty familiar with William Nixon's name. He owned a harness shop, he owned the Dakota County Tribune. As one of Farmington's earliest settlers, Nixon had a hand in starting this community.
But what a fascinating history lesson that man's tombstone is. Nixon came to Farmington in 1868 - that's etched on the side. His military service tells a story kids often hear about in history class. It's the story of how Nixon joined in the battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War.
According to his headstone, Nixon enlisted in the Co. A. 1st Minn. Vol. Infantry, on April 23, 1861. Referred to later as "The Old First," Nixon's unit evidentially fought in 16 battles, some of which have been noted in text books over time: Bull Run, Shenandoah Valley, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Siege of Yorktown, Fredricksburg, and finally, Gettysburg.
Atop the stone is a poem that tells the tale of The Old First and their participation in the bloody battle that ultimately led to the Union's victory:
The 1st Minn repelled Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg July 3, 1863
Lost 85 per cent of their men and saved the Union
262, all that were here of the then
262, fearless, unfaltering men,
262, they held the mad thousands at bay, met them and baffled and broke them
Turning the tide of the day
262, when the sun hung low in the heaves
But oho! When the stars looked over -
They numbered but forty-seven
Dead on the field or wounded,
The rest of The Old First lay
For they bore the banner of freedom
On the Gettysburg Hill that day.
Interestingly enough, in talking with Aaron Ehlers, I learned Nixon bought 16 or 17 plots at the cemetery; his grave covers much of that space. But he's alone out there. Aaron said he and his dad, Buzz, have search the cemetery plot records and there's no mention of any of Nixon's relatives being buried out there. I don't know why, but it seems strange to me that a man who had given so much to his country, and his community, should be alone.
I don't know why I was so moved by this particular tombstone, but I was. Kind of makes me think I might make a point to visit the cemetery more often. Maybe put down a flower or two, now and then. Just to say thank you.
And thank you, too, to all of our community's veterans, gone or still with us. Memorial Day is a time to remember your service and sacrifice. Thank you.


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to RMB 68.87 billion, accounting for 51.8% of the city's total. The value added
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Friday, March 26, 1999 Published at 22:54 GMT
World: Americas
Analysis: Haunted by authoritarian past
Raul Cubas: President facing impeachment
By Americas Regional Editor Robert Plummer
It has been 10 years since military rule ended in Paraguay with the ousting of General Alfredo Stroessner, but the country is still struggling to escape its infamous authoritarian past.
Despite the best efforts of two significant opposition parties, whoever controls the Colorados controls Paraguay.
Hence the bitter factional feuding within the party that has now culminated in the murder of Vice-President Luis Maria Argana and moves to impeach the president, Raul Cubas.
President-General pact
The catalyst for the current crisis in Paraguay is the former army commander Lino Oviedo, who is closely linked to Mr Cubas.
Mr Cubas came to power promising to free the ex-general, which he duly did, despite a Supreme Court ruling that this was unconstitutional.
The victory of the Cubas-Oviedo faction was a blow for Mr Argana, who had been a key figure in the Colorados since the Stroessner years and had expected to clinch the presidential nomination himself.
In the event, he settled for the vice-presidency, but remained a fierce rival until he was assassinated on Tuesday.
Unrest on the streets
With supporters of both factions increasingly taking to the streets, Paraguay's fragile democracy is now in danger of coming apart at the seams.
The consequences of any renewed lapse into authoritarian ways would draw an immediate response from Paraguay's trading partners in the Mercosur economic bloc: Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
Following General Oviedo's coup attempt three years ago, Mercosur changed its rules to state that all member countries must be democracies.
Any moves to dissolve the Paraguayan Congress would lead to the country's expulsion from the trade alliance.


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Siri's starting work — or at least something like that. SRI International, the brains behind the Siri standalone app bought by Apple back in 2010, has announced the creation of Kasisto, a business version of Apple's virtual assistant.
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What a wonderful sight it is to see the sign at McGee-Newton Plaza in the center of town back up. The letters that spell out the foundation of our city were vandalized years ago, and are now replaced and they look great.
Councilor Joe Egli championed the project, and enlisted the help of Keizer Rotary, Randy Miller and others. Joe and Randy are the folks that get it. They understand those words on the sign and what makes our community the best place to live. If you see Joe or Randy, say thanks for getting the project done, that reminds us each time we pass, why we live in the City of Keizer.
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Disclaimer: total linux newbie, here.
I just installed LinuxMint 14 on my old HP dv2500 and had some issues with the wireless (solved) and the sound (not solved). I tried a few of the tricks I saw here and some other linux forums, but I haven't quite seen the same exact issue come up:
There's no sound playback except a clicking/popping sound. So, just to illustrate, if I play a youtube video I get absolutely no sound, but if I get a gchat notification I get this awful popping sound from my speakers. And, if just to annoy me, I muted it but it's decided to turn itself back on when I get a notification. So sweet.
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Angrier birds
Or maybe they're just intoxicated:
Drunk lorikeets are falling out of the sky in Darwin.
Despite tough laws on alcohol consumption across the Northern Territory, a vet was preparing for another season of alcohol-fueled avian vertigo.
The noisy birds famous for creating a racket at the Friday Palmerston Markets, on the outskirts of Darwin act in a drunk manner and then fall over, according to Ark Animal Hospital vet Dr Stephen Cutter.
Sounds like your cousin from [fill in name of disfavored region], doesn't it? But Wikipedia notes:
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The 30-share index rose by 108.35 points, or 0.47 per cent, to 22,737.31, with stocks of IT, tech, metals, healthcare and realty sectors leading the rise. The gauge had lost 86.37 points in the previous session on Friday. Markets remained closed yesterday for "Ambedkar Jayanti". Similarly, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty edged higher by 12.45 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 6,788.75. Shares of Infosys rallied by 3.31 per cent to Rs 3,343 in early trade. Other IT stocks which also gained were TCS (up 1.01 per cent) to Rs 2,185.55 and Wipro (up 1.03 per cent) to Rs 573.80.
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Leveraging Social Media to Showcase Your Expertise
Social media technologies take on many different forms including magazines, Internet forums, weblogs, social blogs, microblogging, wikis, podcasts, photographs or pictures, video, rating and social bookmarking. By applying a set of theories in the field of media research (social presence, media richness) and social processes (self-presentation, self-disclosure) Kaplan and Haenlein created a classification scheme for different social media types in their Business Horizons article published in 2010.
According to Kaplan and Haenlein there are six different types of social media: collaborative projects (e.g., Wikipedia), blogs and microblogs (e.g., Twitter), content communities (e.g., YouTube), social networking sites (e.g., Facebook), virtual game worlds (e.g., World of Warcraft), and virtual social worlds (e.g. Second Life). Technologies include: blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, music-sharing, crowdsourcing and voice over IP, to name a few. Many of these social media services can be integrated via social network aggregation platforms.
This infographic, "Leveraging Social Media to Showcase Your Expertise", was produced by Zintro, a business network that connects clients with experts in a variety of business area, to respond to this looming question. It not only provides statistical differences among the four social media sites, but also information about how each site applies to business needs.
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Lloyd McClendon: caring, passionate and funny
McClendon has described himself as a man fully at peace with himself as he embraces his second crack at managing, nine years in the waiting. And as this Mariners season unfolds, far exceeding the success many of us predicted, it's becoming increasingly clear that the Mariners are a team in his
Seattle Times columnist
Here's a quality you might not expect from Lloyd McClendon, the stern-faced manager of the Mariners.
"He's hilarious,'' said Seattle third-base coach Rich Donnelly, whose association with McClendon goes back to his playing days with the Pirates. "Off the field, we spend almost every hour doing something, and most of it is laughing. Some days, we'll be in the car, and we almost have to pull off the road, we're laughing so hard."
McClendon has described himself as a man fully at peace with himself as he embraces his second crack at managing, nine years in the waiting. And as this Mariners season unfolds, far exceeding the success many of us predicted, it's becoming increasingly clear that the Mariners are a team in his image.
The Mariners on Wednesday, in an 8-1 loss to Minnesota, rolled out their 82nd different lineup in 91 games. But the McClendon stamp goes well beyond the nearly miraculous manipulation he has done to coax so many wins from such an offensively challenged squad.
He has earned the affection, and trust, of his clubhouse, which I've become convinced is a more vital aspect of managing than any strategic brainstorms. It doesn't trump talent — McClendon would be the first to tell you that — but it's big.
"He truly cares about us – not only as players, but as men,'' said outfielder Michael Saunders.
McClendon understands the rhythms of a baseball season. He knows that an eight-game losing streak early in the season is not fatal. He knows that there will be junctures of struggle, as the Mariners are going through now, that don't call for panic, or even overreaction.
And he knows that even a series of such seeming importance as the upcoming one with Oakland, which caused McClendon to juggle his rotation for maximum impact, is not do-or-die.
"I learned a long time ago, you don't put importance on one series,'' he said before Wednesday's game. "What happens if we get swept? The season's over? That's why you don't do that."
Donnelly sees shades of Jim Leyland in all aspects of McClendon's demeanor, from his interactions with players to his big-picture outlook. That's not surprising, since Leyland first put the managing bug in McClendon when he was a reserve with the Pirates, then nurtured him through seven seasons on the Tigers' coaching staff. They still talk frequently.
Virtually every day in batting practice, McClendon will saunter from player to player, chatting briefly before moving on to the next guy. That's a Leyland tactic, building rapport as well as allowing the manager to constantly take the temperature of his team.
"He reminds me so much of Jim the way he does stuff,'' Donnelly said. "He communicates with everybody. He doesn't miss a thing."
Reliever Joe Beimel, who played for McClendon during his first managerial stint with Pittsburgh in 2001-05, notes that he is much calmer than he used to be. Donnelly believes he's more patient, too. But even if he no longer uproots bases, McClendon's passion is far from dormant.
"He still has that fire, and he can kick you in the butt when you need it,'' Donnelly said. "But with this team being young, he's very calming, and he's able to pull guys aside and kind of teach them. Maybe in the past, he really didn't have the patience for that."
McClendon showed early, in his vehement defense of Robinson Cano against the criticisms of Yankees coach Kevin Long, that he had his players' backs. He has also shown that team trumps all, the latest example being the departure of backup catcher John Buck, designated for assignment after Monday's game.
"When he has to send a guy down, it bothers him,'' Donnelly said. "But he's managing this team to try to get better. Anything we have to do to get better…if that was his son, he would have sent him down. I know him. That's just him. And he got a lot of that from Leyland."
Donnelly had a great phrase to describe McClendon.
"He can be passionate in an aggressive way, and he can be passionate in an emotional way,'' Donnelly said, tearing up as he related a poignant anecdote.
"I always tell people this story when they ask about him. We went to play Texas, and the ballpark is on East Randol Mill Road. There's a cemetery on East Randol Mill Road, three blocks from the ballpark. That's where my daughter is buried (Amy Donnelly died of a brain tumor in 1993, at age 18).
"When we went down there last time, it was her birthday, ironically. I drive all the time, and I dropped off Mac and the coaches. I said, 'I'm going to run down the street.' He knew where I was going. He reached over and said, 'Do you want me to go with you?'
"That tells you all you want to know about Mac right there."
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Eugene Laverty 1-2 puts him top of world
Toomebridge man Eugene Laverty is joint leader of the World Superbike Championship after the opening round at Phillip Island in Australia, where he took the Race 2 victory.
But there was disappointment for fellow Ulsterman Jonathan Rea who fought bravely to a brace of eighth place finishes on the Pata Honda.
Factory Aprilia rider Laverty shared the victory spoils with his new French team-mate Sylvain Guintoli, who won the opening encounter down under, and with both men also taking a second place apiece for their efforts on their respective RSV4 machines, they go into round two, in Aragon in Spain in April, tied at the top of the standings on 45 points.
A delighted Laverty said afterwards: "We got off on the right foot. All the work from the past few days has paid off. My Aprilia was fast and it performed as I wanted it to from the first to the last lap.
"In Race 1, I may have been a bit too conservative with the tyres, still taking a nice second place, but in Race 2 I pushed a bit more decisively.
"At the end, when it was Sylvain, Melandri and me, I tried and was able to get away, shaving a few more tenths off my pace.
"The track record two laps from the finish was nice confirmation that we turned up to the races in the best possible conditions – 45 points after the first race are some nice spoils. I've never started a season this well and now we'll be thinking about Aragon and how to stay on this path".
Despite being presented with a cake on the grid to celebrate his 100th World Superbike start prior to Race 2, there was little else to celebrate for Jonathan Rea, whose Dutch based Ten Kate team continue to struggle with their current electronics package.
Usually a glass half full man, Rea looked and sounded disappointed with his weekend's work, saying: "It has been a strange and frustrating weekend for us all.
"To look at the classifications and see where we are, I don't feel it's a true reflection of where we deserve to be. On the other side of that, it's clear how much effort we're going to have to put in to make the electronics better.
"It's our main problem right now and it's clear we need to make a couple of steps forward. We've got a three-day test at Aragon, which we really need. Two finishes is always the aim for the first race, but we leave here still with work to do."
It was an all Aprilia podium in Race 1 with Michel Fabrizio taking the bottom step behind Guintoli and Laverty, after championship favourite Marco Melandri [BMW] was taken out by 2011 champion Carlos Checa [Ducati]. Checa was knocked unconscious in the incident and missed Race Two. Melandri finished third in the second outing.
Dublin's Jack Kennedy made an impressive start to his World Supersport campaign taking 10th place with the Russian-based RivaMoto Honda team. He had been running top four in the early stages but tyres degradation forced a slip down the standings in the closing laps.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Patched
Deus Ex: Human Revolution was patched along side the release of The Missing Link. Here are the notes from Steam:
- A fix for some players that get stuck on an infinity loading screen in Detroit.
- Fixes for some issues that caused crashes for players using specific firewall or proxy software.
- Additional improvements to counter stuttering in the game.
- Support for Eyefinity in combination with 3D when using interleaved stereoscopic monitors.
- Support for additional brands of stereoscopic interleaved monitors when using AMD graphics hardware.
- Support for Nvidia 3DVision.
- Support for Nvidia Surround, also in combination with 3DVision.
- Improved control over the stereo-3D display in the game.
o The allowed range for the stereo 3D Strength setting has been increased.
o A Stereo 3D Plane setting was added to provide additional control over the 3D effect.
- Various performance improvements.
- Fix for 'moire' issues seen on billboards in DX11 mode.
- Some changes to try to counter specific driver issues causing crashes in DX11 mode.
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SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Sci-Fi
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Instead of going wild with storage capacity, Kingston has made their latest DataTraveler 410 USB flash drive to be a faster in both reading and writing speed at 20MB/sec. I guess Kingston has gone wild enough because they've already had the largest 256GB DataTraveler 300 Flash drive. So another improvement in this aspect is not necessary right now.
This latest DataTraveler 410 will carry a cool SecureTraveler software to allow user locking their flash drive with password and encrypted their content. Kingston DataTraveler 410 USB Flash drive will be available in four basic capacities: 4GB, 8GB. 16Gb and 32GB. Excluding the fact that they have been getting on the 64GB, 128GB and 256GB, they are not included in this version. The price range will be around $26 to $134 depend on the capacity.
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A GRIEVING couple are seeking answers after their youngest son suddenly developed a fatal allergy to peanuts.
"Gentle giant" John Wild, 29, had eaten peanuts and peanut butter all his life with no ill-effects but was taken ill while enjoying a snack in his room.
Now his parents, Martin and Sandra, are hoping an inquest into John's death will shed light on the tragedy.
Speaking from the family home near Lymington, Mr Wild said: "We just want to know why he suddenly suffered such a massive reaction.
"We haven't got a clue why it happened.
He had very bad asthma as a boy but g radually grew out of it and was virtually clear by the age of 11."
John worked as a greenkeeper alongside his older brother Graham at Walhampton golf course.
Mr Wild added: "He went to work as usual, came home and was sorting through his DVDs.
When his mother took him a cup of tea he offered her some peanuts and asked when dinner was.
"Graham looked in on him a few minutes later and he was gone.
"We tried to resuscitate him and the ambulance crew took over when they arrived soon afterwards, but his lips and tongue w e r e swollen."
John died from anaphylactic shock caused by an o u t - o f - t h e - blue reaction to peanuts.
His sister Sarah said: "The ambulance crew said our bodies are changing all the time and that it's possible to suddenly develop an allergy."
A British D i e t e t i c Association spokesman s a i d : "Although it can happen, it's unusual for someone to have an anaphylactic reaction to a food they have eaten many times before."
John, who was educated at Brockenhurst College, enjoyed watching films on his 50in television and also loved to go on cruises.
Mr Wild said: "He was a big man with a big heart.
"He had three main mates and everyone at the golf club liked him as well.
"He was a gentle giant who was known as 'the big fella'."


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enVista, a leading supply chain consulting and IT services firm, continues a pattern of rapid growth and expansion. Recently, the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) ranked enVista No. 3 among the fastest growing Indianapolis-area private companies. Companies were ranked by percentage of revenue growth from 2011 to 2013. enVista's revenue growth for this time period was 176 percent.
The IBJ also ranked enVista #21 on its "Largest Indianapolis-area Logistics Providers" list, which ranks companies by number of local full-time employees; enVista had 88 full time employees in the Indianapolis area. Currently, enVista employs over 300 associates worldwide.
enVista President and CEO Jim Barnes said, "Our growth is a direct result of our ability to help clients lower operating costs and increase profitability. Over 60 percent of our revenue comes from our existing clients and maintenance from our solutions, and we will continue to make strategic investments that strengthen the value we bring to our clients. It is a pleasure to continue to do business in the Indianapolis area and expand our impact here."


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Jeff Turner announced as analyst for Magic games on FOX Sports Florida
Orlando Magic press release
Orlando, FL — NBA veteran Jeff Turner returns to the Orlando Magic broadcasting team as the television analyst. He joins David Steele to call the action on FOX Sports Florida and spent parts of the past two seasons (2011-13) as studio host.
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Turner made his Magic broadcasting debut in April of 1996 as radio color analyst on the Magic Radio Network and spent nine full seasons in that role from 1996-2005.
During the spring of 2005, Turner was named leadership development coordinator at Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando. In addition, he served as the school's head varsity basketball coach for eight seasons (2005-13), compiling a record of 151-72 (.677). Turner led the program to a district title in 2010-11 and a runner-up finish for the Class 4A state crown in 2011-12, before guiding the Highlanders to the Florida Class 4A State Championship in 2012-13.
Originally selected in the first round (17th overall) by New Jersey in the 1984 NBA Draft, Turner appeared in 612 NBA regular season games during his career with New Jersey and Orlando, averaging 6.0 ppg. and 3.3 rpg. After spending three seasons with the Nets and two years in the Italian Basketball League (1987-89), Turner became a member of Orlando's inaugural squad in 1989. In 411 games (176 starts) with the Magic, he averaged 6.5 ppg. and 3.6 rpg., and helped them reach the 1995 NBA Finals. Turner, who retired in March of 1996, still ranks among Orlando's all-time leaders in games played (tied for eighth).
A graduate of Vanderbilt, Turner was an All-SEC First Team selection as a senior (1984) and a two-time All-SEC Academic selection (1983-84). He was a member of the 1984 Olympic Gold Medal basketball team.


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In our consumer society, we are plagued with an abundance of goods to choose from. The shelves of our modern emporiums stock a cornucopia of colourfully packaged products that scream for our attention. This plethora of commodities make purchasing even the most basic of products into no easy task. Whether its canned soup or soap, Pop Tarts or paper towels, or even beer or beans. The choices appear to be endless. These products and more are the subjects of San Francisco-based photographer, Richard Stultz's series of images entitled Choices, which captures them in their natural habitats, visualizing the repetition displayed and just how mind-numbing the experience can be.
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Old Time Radio Revives the Brilliant Sherlock Holmes and Watson
There are many old time radio shows that are fun to listen to, but nothing beats a good mystery with the ever impressive Sherlock Holmes and his faithful side kick Dr. Watson.
Two of the most popular actors to ever play these roles were Sir Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. They played these characters in 14 Hollywood films before they took up the roles on radio.
"The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" radio show started in 1939 and Rathbone continued in the part until 1946. There were a total of 219 episodes with Rathbone playing the part of Holmes. In 1946 Tom Conway took over the role.
Nigel Bruce played the Dr. Watson role as a somewhat foolish, or bumbling sort of character. This helps to give the partnership somewhat of a balance with Holmes being the genius and mystery solver. But clever as he was, Holmes needed the ever faithful Watson to help him out of more than one troubling situation.
Some of the most popular episodes of the Holmes radio series were:
"Sweeny Todd, Demon Barber"
"The Notorious Canary Strangler"
"Murder at the Opera"
"The Limping Ghost"
"April Fool's Adventure"
"Murder Under the Big Top"
"The Hound of the Baskervilles"
These tales were loosely based on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories.
Though there have been many actors to portray the Holmes and Watson duo, none have been more popular than the pairing of Rathbone and Bruce.
For years it was nearly impossible to track down episodes of these beloved radio shows. But thanks to the power of the internet, and a few dedicated websites, you can now listen to a wide variety of old time radio shows.
When you've had a long day of staring at the computer screen it's nice to have another option besides going home and staring at the television screen. You can lean back in your recliner, shut your eyes, relax, and listen to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. See if you can figure out "whodunit" before he does.
These are also great to listen to on your commute home from work. If you're tired of listening to more bad news on the radio, or trying to skim through multiple Hip Hop stations to find some real music, maybe a radio show mystery is just what you need for a pleasant change of pace.
There's nothing more effective at making the troubles of the day fade away than stepping back in time and listening to an old time radio show.
To hear Sherlock Holmes and more, visit Mystery Theater at our old time radio website.
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On the way back from NH, stopped in Branford at the
Seawich Sandwich Shop. It is next door to the Tacuba Taco Bar (both run by the Franco-Camacho duo of ex Roomba fame) and open 11:30-3. It features sandwiches, salads, smoothies, pasta and suppers to go. It was fairly busy and it took about 15 minutes for our two sandwiches (Cubano and Grilled Salmon--both scrumptious). The prices are upscale, but not out of line since we took half home for another lunch tomorrow. You can order in advance on their web or Facebook site.


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Jeanne and Philippe arrived on Friday evening, driving down the E15 Autopista del Mediterráneo (otherwise known as the A7 motorway!), along with their lovely dog – a Labrador/Newfoundland cross puppy named Baloo. They had driven from their home near Grenoble in France, and were on the way to Andalucía for a well earned break from the organic farm that they run. As well as being in a convenient location for a stop-over, they had been looking for a place that they felt would be pet-friendly and where they could spend the night without having to worry that their dog might not be welcome.
They arrived about 6.00pm and could not believe how warm it felt here compared to Grenoble, where it has been as low as -17°c at night recently! They decided to spend some time having a drink in the garden before dinner, so that the dogs could get acquainted with each other, and soon the animals were all happily wandering around together. Jeanne and Philippe had been looking for pet-friendly accommodation to break their journey, and they certainly felt they had found what they were looking for!
During dinner, Baloo happily sat upstairs on the terrace with two of our dogs and behaved like a true gentleman, and afterwards had something to eat downstairs with them as well. The cats treated him with caution at first, but then realised that he could be ignored, as he was far more interested in being friends with our dogs than in intimidating the cats at all!
Baloo slept in his owners' room for the night, and then enjoyed a run and play in the garden with our dogs in the morning at breakfast time. When it came time to leave, he clearly did not want to get in the car at all, obviously thinking he had found his very own pet-friendly hotel that would suit him just fine for the rest of their holiday! After a bit of persuasion, however, he jumped up into the back of the car, and settled down for the rest of the drive to their final destination – about 4 hours away. It was great to have guests who were so easy to get along with, and who had a pet that was so well-behaved (especially for a young dog). They will possibly call in to see us again on the way home, and if they do so, it will be a pleasure to see them all again.


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New Year's Eve Makeup Ideas and Tips From James Kaliardos
4 Quick Ways to Transform Your Makeup to NYE-Worthy
Dressing up your makeup for New Year's Eve can be fun, but it can also be daunting. You want to look especially amazing, but you still want to look like yourself. Makeup artist James Kaliardos (who's worked on the likes of model Coco Rocha) gives us his tips to working a party style without losing yourself to layers of colour and sparkle. Keep reading to find out his simple tips.
1. Swipe on lipstick: "I think something like just wearing lipstick is great," Kaliardos says. So do your regular makeup as usual and add a pop of colour with a stand out lip colour. You can opt for something classic like Mac Cosmetics Lipstick in Russian Red ($36), but even a soft pink like Face of Australia Lip Quenching Moisturising Lipstick SPF30+ in Pink Champagne ($9.45) can dress up your look if you don't usually wear lip colour.
2. Go for a luminous look: If you're light-handed when it comes to makeup, try adding touches of highlighter to your otherwise pretty bare look. "That's really beautiful in the Winter," Kaliardos says. "And usually for holidays you throw on more earrings and you do your hair. You're already doing a lot, so sometimes it's good to pull back a little on your makeup." Something like the L'Oréal Paris Lumi Magique Highlighter ($22.36), used along your cheekbones and on the bridge of your nose, can instantly brighten up your look.
3. Try a neutral smoky eye: You don't necessarily have to go black to wear a smoky eye with impact. "I really like smoky eyes in grey," Kaliardos explains. "You get that beautiful strength of a smoky eye, but it's not as intense as black and not as rock and roll. Everyone looks beautiful with a grey or a mushroom brown, where it just feels a little bit softer."
4. Play with liquid liner: "I love a liquid line, and I think that's really chic," Kaliardos says. "It looks good on everyone, and it just gives you that glamorous feeling." It can be a trickier thing to play with if you're not used to using a liquid, so Kaliardos recommends practising a few times with the Hourglass Script Precision Liquid Liner ($48) before primping the night of your next cocktail party. "I would tell someone to look in the mirror and lift their chin so their eye lid becomes flat and they are looking down. Just lay the liner right against your eyelashes and pull it out. Take a deep breath for the end and just do it in one exhale so that you just have one sweeping motion." And just in case you need to re-do, have a cotton swab and some eye makeup remover handy for a touch-up.


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by Karl Utermohlen | November 7, 2013 1:19 pm
Katy Perry may be trying to help the environment with her new album 'Prism' but Australia's Department of Agriculture (DA) believes that the album could be harmful to the environment.
Daily Mail reports that the deluxe version[1] of the Katy Perry album contains a small bag of flower seeds for people to grow which the DA has declared to be a potential biohazard in Australia. The agency said that the seeds could pose a threat to the wildlife because they could be the host to a plan pathogen of biosecurity concern.
Perry's production company responded to the warning by saying that the Australian release of the album only contains local seeds which do not pose a threat to the ecosystem. Nevertheless, the DA is still worried about the origin of the seeds in international versions and it will be on high alert for foreign albums coming through customs.
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Athens (OCP) - With the blessings of Pope Tawadros II a high level delegation of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and All Africa made a historic visit to the holy monastic republic of Mount Athos on 25th of May 2014. Archimandrite Ephrem President of the Vatopedi monastery "burning Bush" in northern Greece and Mount Athos received the delegation of the Coptic Orthodox bishops.
The Coptic delegation was led by Bishop Anba Paulose of Athens and all Greece and included Bishop Julius of Ancient Egypt, Bishop Anba of the Eastern headquarters, Bishop Makary of South Shubra, and other prelates.
Detailed discussions on Coptic Monasticism and Eastern Orthodox monastic traditions took place. Also the current situation of the life of Coptic Christians in Egypt were also discussed. Special greetings to Pope Tawadros was sent by the abbots in Mount Athos.
The Delegation also met with Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece who is the primate of the Church of Greece. The Coptic delegation communicated greetings of love from Pope Tawadross to the Church of Greece and in return a special message of greetings was conveyed by Archbishop Ieronymos to Pope Tawadros II.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
An historic visit of Coptic bishops to Mount Athos
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I'm confused. Have the twenty monasteries of Mount Athos reversed their position on this?ReplyDelete
There's no contradiction. When seeing a story like this, one realizes that, all along, such statements like the one you linked are not reactionary but written with genuine love.ReplyDelete
The article clearly states that there was no joint prayer service, only visits,diaglogue, and greetings. This is true ecumenism, not the heresy of the Phanar.ReplyDelete
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Earrings are the essential finishing touch to everything you wear. At Gemvara, we believe that your earrings should be as unique as you. All our stylish earrings are made to order in your choice of gems and precious metals. Choose garnet and palladium or aquamarine and yellow gold: it's your choice. Mix and match gems and precious metals for a look that's exactly you. It's jewelry for all life's occasions, from an anniversary or holiday to your own personal milestones and celebrations. Gemvara uses only the highest quality materials to craft your emerald florette earrings with meticulous attention to detail. Emerald captures the spirit of love and new beginnings. Our precious metals are recycled or responsibly mined. Our wide selection of emerald florette earrings by Gemvara Essentials, Just Like You Designs, Jeet Palavwala, and other talented designers means you can find earrings that are exactly your style. You can choose your favorite earring backs too. Gemvara's fine quality emerald florette earrings are designed to be passed down for generations to come, crafted by hand in the United States.
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Ford considering acceleration of closings, cuts
Analysts expecting benefit reductions, white collar layoffs
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co.'s board of directors began a two-day meeting yesterday to contemplate a plan that could have the ailing automaker slash jobs and reduce factories further and faster in its quest to revive profits.
Details from the meeting, which is expected to continue today, were not available.
Many industry analysts say the new round of restructuring is crucial to the company's future and will involve cuts to bring Ford's production capacity in line with its declining sales and market share.
White collar jobs and benefits also reportedly are in line for reductions.
Catherine Madden, an auto industry analyst at the consulting company Global Insight Inc., said it is imperative for Ford to make further manufacturing cuts. Her company forecasts that two more plants will be shut down.
``There's no doubt they don't need these facilities, and the cost of running them is killing Ford. They have to reduce capacity or they will not survive in the future," she said.
In July, Ford pledged to accelerate its ``Way Forward" plan, which when introduced in January called for cutting up to 30,000 jobs and closing 14 facilities by 2012.
Ford has been suffering from ferocious competition from Japanese rivals and a failure to ignite consumer interest in its vehicles.
While its last two restructuring plans fell short of what was needed, Morgan Stanley analyst Jonathan Steinmetz said in a note to investors yesterday that he did not expect the latest round to be off target.
``We expect Ford's revised Way Forward plan to include meaningful cost-cutting of approximately $5.5 billion to $6 billion primarily centering on reduced hourly labor costs," Steinmetz wrote.
Ford has been discussing with the United Auto Workers union the possibility of offering buyouts and early-retirement packages to all of its hourly workers. So far, Ford has offered packages mainly to workers at plants that it plans to close.
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Raiders move into Section 6A semifinals
Mike Barthel's fourth-ranked Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale Raiders won eight matches Tuesday night in a 43-27 Section 6A team tournament victory over fifth-ranked Pelican Rapids.
Anthony Kern, Justin Gordon, Andrew Cihlar, Hayden Truax, Nick Bennett, Dillon Card, John French and Dalton Baker tacked up victories for the Raiders, who won six of eight matches between 145 and heavyweight.
The victory earned BHV a shot at top-ranked Barnesville on Feb. 9, in a 1 p.m. team semifinal match at Wadena-Deer Creek.
Section 6A Team Tournament
Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 43,
Pelican Rapids 27
106 Anthony Kern (BHV) pinned Jason Meyer (PR) 2:53
113 Danny Franco (PR) pinned Zach Waln (BHV) 2:56
120 Justin Gordon (BHV) pinned Dakota Pixley (PR) 1:02
126 Carlos Gutierrez (PR) maj. dec. Marshall Willis (BHV) 13-3
132 Robert Mazariegos (PR) tech. fall Holton Truax (BHV) 16-1
138 Jesus Romero (PR) dec. Ethan Kimber (BHV) 11-5
145 Andrew Cihlar (BHV) pinned Josh Klovstad (PR) 3:05
152 Hayden Truax (BHV) pinned Alex Diaz (PR) 2:44
160 Nick Bennett (BHV) maj. dec. Hobet Diaz (PR) 13-0
170 Ben Barragan (PR) dec. Charlie Nienaber (BHV) 16-11
182 Dillon Card (BHV) pinned Nick Thompson (PR) 1:44
195 John French (BHV) dec. Felix Barragan (PR) 3-2
220 Dalton Baker (BHV) pinned Muhamed Carbo (PR) 1:25
285 Eddie Ramos (PR) pinned Hunter Truax (BHV) 5:24


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How to Watch Union Budget 2017-2018 Streaming Telecast Speech Highlights information has been available here. Hon'ble Finance Minister's Presentation of Union Budget 2017-2018 in the Parliament on <TBA> at 11:00 AM IST. We expect the FY2017 union budget to reinforce the government's commitment to fiscal consolidation and economic reforms. Low global crude prices and consequent savings will allow the government to pursue the twin objectives of fiscal consolidation and growth.
How to Watch Union Budget 2017-2018 Streaming Telecast Speech Highlights
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Industry representatives who attended the meeting included Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Urjit Patel, State Bank of India chairperson Arundhatti Bhatacharya, IIFCL chairman SB Nayar, IDBI Bank chairman Kishore Kharat, Bank of Baroda executive director BB Joshi, Janaagraha's Bharath Sondur, LIC chairman SK Roy, Axis Bank chief executive Shikha Sharma, and Citibank chief executive Pramit Jhaveri.


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The Atmosphere of PAX 2010 is Full of Win
Forget the insanity of Comic-Con as fans of popular television shows and movies stab each other in the eye, all over a seat for a panel featuring Seth Rogen and the cast for the upcoming science-fiction comedy, Paul.
Forget the oddities of E3 that show up under illegitimate company names and bypass the registration process with photoshopped business cards of the same illegitimate company, all so they can blitz the show floor and fight to be the first in line to play the next Zelda game.
Instead, embrace the atmosphere of brotherhood at the Penny-Arcade Expo, that takes place twice per year, one show for each coast, as gamers of all demographics show up to talk nerdy to one another.
"Did you see Duke Nukem Forever dude?" said one excited fan.
In reply, his brother in arms stated, "Yeah, I waited three hours, took steroids in the line, and then got to control Duke taking a piss."
Both fans, in their mid-20s, continued to gossip about their nostalgic memories of Duke before ascending to level six of the show floor to, possibly to compete against one another at the free console play area, where mini-tournaments of Street Fighter and many other titles are taking place.
It's during times like this that I fully appreciate the gaming audience. Sure, they can be rather vile and mean when you score their favorite game lower than they had expected or diss on their gaming series of choice, but deep down, they are one and the same with the journalists of the industry. At times, I feel at home and welcomed among the masses that crowd the show floor, rather than the business nature of E3 where everyone is competing for coverage and exclusives, or Comic-Con where it's a mad dash to see celebrities and ask them bizarrely fanatical questions.
While the hygiene could be better by hundredfold, it's one facet that I have to accept while I stumble around the PAX floor with little more than two hours of sleep from non-stop working and, not to mention, a snoring colleague (sorry Brian, you sound like you are starting a lawnmower).
(Brian's note: how else is a guy going to get a room all to himself?)
Oh, how I adore you PAX and your geekiness. Let's do it all over again in 2011.