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1. In a bowl, whisk together beef stock, soy sauce and flour to make a sauce. Keep aside.
2. Put the olive oil into a hot sauté pan or skillet over medium high heat when the oil is hot, add beef and sauté quickly until meat it seared, some pink can remain.
3. Add ginger and garlic and sauté until meat is browned. Do not allow the garlic to brown too much.
4. Add the broccoli and sauté a minute then pour in the sauce.
5. Cover the skillet and cook for about five minutes on med high heat, stirring every once in a while.
6. When the broccoli is almost done, uncover the skillet to thicken the sauce a little.
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2010 Hyundai Elantra Touring
Pros: Dash layout.
Cons: 2.0 L engine not enough for my driving habits.Good vehicle with a LOT of space inside. Pretty comfortable but a bit underpowered for me, although it's saving me on gas.
Pros: Gas mileage
Cons: rough rideGood transportation car
Great car
Pros: Keyless entry with alarm and the lumbar support
Cons: I like it allI love the way it handles with plenty of get up and go, stable short turning radius. It has so many more amenities than the Honda Fit as well as more rear storage. I love the lumbar support that can be adjusted in or out for my back and height adjustment for the driver's seat. This winter I know I will love the heated mirrors. A great car and a great warranty!
Fun to Drive
Pros: Smooth Handling
Cons: A little bumpy on poor roadsFun to Drive! Smooth handling! Love the way it handles on the highway. Plenty of surprises and extras that you would pay for in most other cars. Love all the hidden places that you can store things. The room for the back passengers is great for a car of this size. Gas mileage is good but not great for a small car. Would buy another Hyundai but this one will last me a long while because of the great quality of the car. Thank You Hyundai!!!!
nice little car
Pros: the leather seatsand sun roof
Cons: kick down that isn't there when you need itgood quality enterier finishing,a little bumpy on the road,engin /transmision communication reqiers seriose attention. fule consumption is rather higher then advertised .quality city car for women.
Try it ... you'll like it!!
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Repairs Soar in New Jersey's Baby-Boom Schools
By WAYNE KING,
Published: February 20, 1992
TRENTON, Feb. 19— When Abraham Lincoln was on his way to Washington to be inaugurated as President in 1861, he stopped off at Burnett School in Newark to give a speech on the schoolhouse lawn.
Lincoln has been dead for six score and seven years, but Burnett is still in use -- one of nine schools in the state, six of them in Newark, that are still in service after 120 years.
That tidbit of state history underscores what is rapidly becoming another crisis in New Jersey's, and the nation's, seemingly unending parade of educational crises.
This one involves aging, decrepit, outmoded and increasingly overcrowded school buildings, and it seems certain to get worse before it gets better. New Jersey's school population will again rise sharply after two decades of decline as the children of the baby boom generation fill the schools their parents abandoned and let fall into disrepair even as they spent more and more on teachers, programs and such equipment as computers, which many schools are too outmoded to accommodate.
The cost of solving the problem in New Jersey will be at least $6 billion, school officials say, and those bills will total $125 billion across a nation already weary of school costs that seem to rise endlessly.
In New York State, a 1989 study by the Department of Education projected $1.4 billion in school construction last year and $1.2 billion this year. C. Stanton Baltzel, chief of facilities planning, said that many of the projects were to replace outmoded schools and that the cost of preserving existing buildings was being studied. He declined to estimate that cost.
None of six officals in the Connecticut Department of Education could provide estimates of the cost of replacing or upgrading dilapidated schools in the state, but Robert Hale, a spokesman for the department, said more and more schools were falling into disrepair.
Robert J. Swissler, New Jersey's assistant commissioner of education for finance and planning, says the problem is most visible in the older cities. Of 2,252 school buildings in the state, about 1,000 are more than 50 years old. Of those, 41 are over 100 years old, shrouded in history but badly outmoded in an era that demands a steady power supply to drive computers in buildings originally lighted by gas.
"Chief Justice of the United States Charles Evans Hughes attended Lafayette Street and Oliver Street Schools in Newark," Mr. Swissler observed, "and both of them are still in use." Justice Hughes was first appointed to the court in 1910.
"People say we should preserve these wonderful old schools," said Mr. Swissler, "but it costs as much to renovate them, more in a lot of cases, than it would to just build new ones. Old buildings are a problem because of health and safety, but also the utilities are just not adequate."
Science labs, shop classes and computer training require "running water, gas lines, heavy-duty electric lines and surge lines for the computers," said Mr. Swissler, "and you just can't add those things in some of these schools."
At Frank H. Morell High School in Irvington, built in 1926 and typical of many older urban high schools, there are 2,400 students in a building constructed for 2,200, and the prospects are that the population will double in 10 years as a bulge in the lower grades moves up the system.
There are three science labs at Morell. One is just five years old, a second was upgraded in 1953, with power cables cut into the floors, but the third still has long black tables equipped with inkwells and scarred with the initials of pupils now in their 80's. "We have new computers we could install, but we don't have the power," said Frank Roth, head of maintenance and operations for the Irvington District. Counselor in a Closet
Irvington's oldest school was built in 1899. Its newest is Berkeley Terrace, built in 1931; a big gymnasium, which is also used as a cafeteria and classroom space, was added 25 years ago. Berkeley Terrace, designed for 700 students, now accommodates 1,051 in kindergarten through the sixth grade. The kindergarten is on a half-day schedule for lack of space, and the guidance counselor's office is a former closet that also houses the copying machine.
Part of the front lawn at Berkeley Terrace is roped off to keep children out of the path of bricks falling from the crumbling cornice; the library has 18 shelves, adequate for a school a third the size of Berkeley Terrace. Space limitations, says the principal, Robert Rich, prevent him from establishing a pre-kindergarten program "or anything creative or flexible."
At the Mount Vernon Avenue school in Irvington, the aging slate roof, like the huge, single-pane windows, have to be removed and replaced. Music classes meet onstage in the auditorium, and the heating system, pieced together to serve successive additions, leaves parts of the building cold and others too hot.
Across the city line in Newark, the First Avenue School, built in 1929 for 350 children, accommodates 720, with 40 children to a class. The cafeteria is also the gym; there is no art or music room; the library was removed to make way for a second-grade class; and classes are held in the basement, where wooden steps lead up to the window, which serves as the fire exit.
Still, the school is something of an anomaly. It is regarded as one of the best in the city, and the acting principal, Dr. Arlene Cardinale, says that that compounds her problems.
"People flock to our school because most of them are much worse," she said. "They are filling up the homes with two and three families."


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Politicians have used popular songs to promote an agenda or get re-elected for years. Sometimes you have to wonder if they watch the video for those songs. Carrie Underwood's "Undo It" has become a battle cry of some Republicans on the hill. After watching the video, you might find yourself saying "really….are you serious?" Sex and politics, you gotta love it!


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The defunding of three peak bodies just days before Christmas has been described as "vindictive" and "a kick in the teeth" by Greens Senator Scott Ludlam after hearing from a formerly homeless Canberra man on Wednesday.
During a senate committee into affordable housing, the three organisations described the decision to cut $825,000 – up to 90 per cent of their funding – as a debilitating blow that could lead to their closure.
Community Housing Federation of Australia executive director Carol Croce said her organisation would lose $350,000 of funding, which would lead to job losses in Canberra and a complete restructure.
"Our organisation had a contract with the government until June of 2016 but our funding has been cut and our contract will now end in June this year," she said.
"The organisation is looking to continue in a much more limited capacity and we're struggling to figure out that process.
"We punched well above our weight, especially when you consider the number of research projects we put out each year compared to the amount of money a consultancy like KPMG would provide."
National Shelter chief executive Adrian Pisarski said it was likely his organisation would lose the majority of its staff as a result of the cuts.
"Beyond June 30 we face a future with no money and the organisation is considering a strategy to see how we might be able to cobble together some alternative sources of funding."
Nathan Cornell, who was homeless for eight years in Canberra before being housed by a Homelessness Australia program, told the inquiry cuts would make things worse for those on the streets.
"My personal experience is if they did cut the funding it's going to be a lot harder for people to get back in [accommodation] if they really want to get back off the street," he said.
He said he was concerned the closure of the organisations could lead to an increase in crime by those desperate to survive on the streets.
"In the long run that's what you end up resorting to survive and that's not the way we should be living," he said.
Senator Ludlam said it was a shock to hear the organisations with the greatest expertise in housing affordability were facing obscurity due to the budget cuts.
"The best policy work being done in this country on housing affordability has been done by the same groups who've just got a kick in the teeth," he said.
"They are the ones who really hold a huge amount of the expertise around homeless policy and housing affordability more broadly."
Mr Ludlam said he hoped the inquiry would lead to an acknowledgment that there was a housing crisis in Australia, that people do lose their lives due to homelessness and there was plenty the government could do.
'We want to see the funding cuts reconsidered well before the May budget as these people are losing staff," he said.
The hearing came after more than 50 community organisations called on Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison to end the uncertainty surrounding the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness, which will expire on June 30.
Homelessness Australia chief executive Glenda Stevens said the uncertainty meant organisations were limited in their impact and called for a return of the four-year cycle.
"As well as the tens of thousands of clients affected, thousands of homelessness workers are in limbo whilst they await the outcome of the NPAH funding," she said.


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Chief of Staff Charlotte King looks so casual and cute in this scene from Private Practice. Wearing layered tanks (the cream one by David Meister and the gray James Perse), with Nike Cargo shorts, Charlotte looks fit for housework, such as the plumbing she has to attend to! Her ponytail and flip flops provide the finishing touches. Shop it all now!
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Improve Your Resume by Streamlining and Targeting It
If you're one of the millions of viewers who've watched the A&E show Hoarders, you know what happens when individuals are reluctant to give up anything and simply compile stuff until it overwhelms their lives.
Information hoarding is no different and it will seriously dilute the effectiveness of your resume if you insist on listing everything you've ever done and believe that targeting a job, company, industry or career goal is something other people do.
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Get Rid of the Clutter
A resume is not an autobiography. I recall the beginning of Dickens' novel David Copperfield. It states simply I am born. What follows is quite lengthy and details just about everything in Copperfield's life. In this fast-paced world, nothing could be more boring for the average reader. The same holds true for a resume. Don't go back to Year One of your employment, unless what you did in that job is relevant to your new career goal. Failure to heed this advice will invite age discrimination if you're older. Even if you're young, no one wants to read about your time working at McDonald's behind the counter when you're now a financial analyst.
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Don't make the mistake of writing one resume, then sending it to 20 different jobs in 20 different industries. The modern job search doesn't work that way. You have to target each resume for each job goal.
I recently read an interesting article at Interns Over 40. The piece titled "What Can You Do to Keep Your Resume Out of the B Pile?" focuses on why some job seekers are called in for interviews while others never seem to have the same luck.
Some key points from the post are:
- Don't bother to apply for jobs in which you have no expertise or experience. The post's author suggests that you should only apply if you can meet 85% or more of the position requirements.
- Use key words from the job posting in your resume. In other words, dovetail your skills, knowledge, expertise to what the employer is looking for in a candidate.
- Your opening summary should state clearly what your area of expertise is. Don't make a hiring manager guess – most won't – they'll simply toss your resume.
- Focus on accomplishments, not tasks. Results are what matter to hiring managers and recruiters. Remember, you're going to be competing with dozens, perhaps hundreds, of other equally-qualified candidates. What makes you stand out? If you don't know, the employer surely won't.
Don't Forget to Network
The article also states that you should seek introductions to hiring managers via colleagues. With social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook and even Twitter, your network should be growing larger each day. Put yourself out there. Make yourself noticeable and memorable as a professional the company needs.
Follow Up is Also Important
If you don't get what you want on the first try, don't become invisible again. Follow through with hiring managers and recruiters by contacting them periodically. Don't be a pest. However, let them know about new skills, another degree, whatever it is that makes you an invaluable employee.
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The 27-year-old has previously played for Exeter Chiefs between 2007 and 2010 and Bristol Rugby, where he worked with current Worcester Head Coach Richard Hill and scored 326 points in 61 appearances.
A prolific points scorer, Gray will compete with Andy Goode and Joe Carlisle for a starting spot at No.10 at Sixways next season.
"We are delighted to reveal we have signed outside half Danny Gray from his spell in France with Montauban," said Hill.
"Danny has had previous spells at Bristol and Exeter and we are pleased to be able to bring him back to England. He is a consummate professional who works hard at his game and is an excellent goal kicker.
"He understands the game really well and I think he will give us a really nice balance with Andy Goode with all his experience, Joe Carlisle with real flair and Danny who has the quality to really step up for us."
Gray revealed his excitement about the move back to England and the competition for places in the No.10 jersey.
He said: "It's been quite an experience coming out to play in France and very productive, but I really appreciate this opportunity to join such an ambitious club as the Warriors.
"The reason I wanted to come out to France was to experience something new and test myself. I had spent a number of years at Exeter Chiefs, after my spell at Bristol, and I fancied a new challenge.
"It has been a different culture and language to try and master, but I feel it has benefitted my game and now I can bring that back to England.
"I like to play an open and attacking, fast style of rugby as much as possible. I really enjoyed my time at Bristol and look forward to linking up again with Richard Hill.
"I have played against the Warriors before, a couple of times in the Premiership, so know about the club," he added.
"I'm also good friends with Rob Higgitt so I've been on the phone with him to ask about the Warriors and how things are going well. Hopefully the team can now really perform in the play-offs.
"I feel that we will have a really good mix of fly halves at the club. You don't often get the chance to work with the likes of Andy Goode and learn your trade off them. I will look to pick up as much as I can.
"It will also be a good competition with Joe Carlisle who I played against him when he was on loan at Coventry and I was playing for Exeter. He is a fantastically skilful player so hopefully we can all push each other to get even better.
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Weather: Where's the snow? Not here
Winter officially began Thursday, though you'd be hard pressed to tell by looking out your window or reading your thermometer.
Despite Friday's brief snowfall, less than an inch of snow covers the ground across the area. Barring some last-minute snow, Christmas will be brown this year across the area.
The National Climatic Data Center defines a White Christmas as at least one inch of snow on the ground as measured at 6 a.m. on Dec. 25.
Records and memories are sketchy regarding the last brown Christmas in the area but visible satellite images from Christmas morning in 2006 show bare ground generally south of U.S. Highway 2 from Grand Forks, N.D., to Duluth.
If your Christmas isn't complete without snow, your options are limited this year. The nearest area with snow cover is the Arrowhead region where 4 to 8 inches of snow is reported from Ely to the high ground west of Grand Marais.
Nationally, you could head to the Rocky Mountains, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the Tug Hill Plateau of northwestern New York, much of northern New England and Hawaii's Mauna Kea where the road to the summit was closed earlier this week due to snow and ice.
The National Drought Mitigation Center lists the Bemidji area as currently experiencing moderate drought conditions.
Accompanying this year's lack of snow are temperat-ures running above normal. Low temperatures this time of year average around zero in Bemidji. Curiously, the low temperature at the Bemidji Regional Airport was 14 for four straight days this week. Highs have been around 32 - compared to an average high of 20.
Given that this is northern Minnesota it is unlikely that these conditions can last much longer. The National Weather Service Global Forecast System model is hinting at a change. It is possible that Arctic air that has pooled in far northern Canada will plunge southward during the second week of January.
Siemers is the Pioneer's circulation director. Email him at tsiemers@ bemidjipioneer.com


text: Sadly, last November, we marked the untimely passing of Director John Shirk. John was an attorney, served for more than 28 years on the Board of both Fulton Financial Corporation and Fulton Bank. John was a consummate Director. He was always prepared. He had a keen understanding of the important role a Director played in helping to guide a company. He did not hesitate to challenge management on important issues, and his motivation for doing so was always to do what was best for the organization and its constituencies. We are grateful for John's many years of service to our company.In addition to Phil Wenger, whom I've already introduced, I'd like to introduce the other 4 members of the Fulton Financial Corporation senior management team, who are seated here on stage. Charlie Nugent, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Jim Shreiner, Senior Executive Vice President for Administrative Services; Craig Hill, Senior Executive Vice President for Human Resources; and our newest member of the senior management team, Craig Roda, Senior Executive Vice President for Community Banking. Craig was promoted to senior management last June, and he brings more than 30 years of banking experience to our management team. I will now introduce the CEOs and Presidents from our affiliate banks and major business divisions. First, Jerry Nole [ph], Head of our Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania regions; Jill Carson, Fulton Mortgage Company; Rocco Del Vecchio, Lafayette Ambassador Bank; Dave Hanson, Fulton Financial Advisors and Clermont Wealth Strategies; Bryan Holmes, FNB Bank; Curt Meyers, Fulton Bank N.A.; John Scaldara, The Columbia Bank; Angela Snyder, Fulton Bank of New Jersey; and Mike Wimer, Swineford National Bank. Read the rest of this transcript for free on seekingalpha.com


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Chicago Cubs prospect Kris Bryant is having an incredible year at AA Tennessee. He's playing so well (and given the Cubs current situation at 3rd base) that many are wondering when we could see him manning the hot corner at Wrigley. So far this season Bryant is hitting a monstrous .353 with 19 homers. But his more impressive numbers may be his on base percentage (.460) and his slugging percentage (.700). Through 57 games, Bryant is putting up the kind of numbers that you only see in videogames and he shows no signs of slowing up. But don't expect to see him in Chicago this summer.
The Cubs have very clear plans for when they plan to contend for a title and the full court press doesn't start until 2016. That being said, and given Bryant's age (22), we will most likely have to wait until September, at the earliest. It's very logical to think that Kris Bryant will follow the trajectory of many former top prospects (such as Ryan Howard, Mike Trout and Wil Myers) in his ascension to the big leagues, which is as follows: a brief appearance in September to get a sense for the major league game, which is faster than the minor league game. The September call-up is a way for prospects to get their feet wet in low-pressure situations. Then, assuming he performs well next season at AAA Iowa, Bryant will be called up in June after the Super-two cut-off date. Calling Bryant up in June allows for the Cubs to gain an extra year of control over him and delay his arbitration eligibility one year. Also, Bringing him up in June is another way to ease him in to the big league spotlight. The hope in all of this is that by the time opening day 2016 rolls around, Bryant has worked out all the kinks and is ready to be a major contributor in the middle of the Cubs lineup.
The urge to bring Bryant to Chicago is unbearable for everyone involved because he would improve the team significantly, no doubt. But there is no point in rushing him and putting him in a situation that he may not be ready for. It would be nice for the Cubs to stink less this year, but it's worth stinking it up now so that they can dominate later.Tags: Baseball, Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Kris Bryant, Mike Trout, MLB, Ryan Howard, super-two, Wil Myers


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Amused that the rest of the world has closed the gap on us, and the world's undisputed #2 team hasn't beaten us in 10 years.
The funny thing is, both of those assessments are actually true. It just show just how big a gap there was to begin with.
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Amused that the rest of the world has closed the gap on us, and the world's undisputed #2 team hasn't beaten us in 10 years.
The funny thing is, both of those assessments are actually true. It just show just how big a gap there was to begin with.
The difference between USA and everyone else is that the USA isn't allowed to lose. Even a meaningless friendly. Every dream team gets compared to the ones that came before it. A single loss is deemed as failure.
Carmelo barely touches a FT that was halfway through the rim anyway, and gets two points for it. Oh yeah, I'm sure that will go really well in the NBA....
You know, we give our superstars a lot of grief for flopping in the NBA, but Spain takes it to a whole other level. Ibaka may be the only person that plays physical on that team. Everyone else just looks like a fish out of water.
Ive watched FIBA games for 20 Years now, and I still have no idea what a foul is. I don't even know what they think a foul is.
...or next year, or 10 years from now....
Of course - they are playing in Spain ;-) On the other hand - i like when any illegal contact is being whistled and it is not allowed to play rude.
Then Jerry Colangelo took control of the program in 2005 and the US Men's Senior team is something like 52-1 ever since. And even with the included subpar performances of our national teams in 2002 and 2004, you'd still be able to count the total number of US losses on one hand over the past decade.
I guess the "gap" was so large to begin with that they now have pretty low standards for closing it.
They closed the gap on worse talent. Until other nations start putting billions into basketball like the USA does, they wont catch up. Its the same reason US Soccer is behind. Our money goes into other sports. So unless countries completely change their culture, this wont happen any time soon. Certainly not within 10 years.
A world team vs the USA might win once on average in a 7 game series. 11 of the 12 best players would still be on our team.
I included all the "friendly" non tournament games in the record. As was pointed out, there is no doubt that if the US had lost one of these "friendly" games, people would point to it as an example of the US not being invincible.Quote:
24 - 1 in Summer Olympics and World Championships. Your single loss was against Greece in the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Saitama.
That's the point.
International fans say friendly games don't matter, but the second the US loses one of those games, the world waves the "we've caught up to the US" card.
It's just the media that blow this way out of proportion.
As another poster said, USA is not invincible. But it's still the best team by a margin.
No, really. That's exactly how it would go down. You can tell in the crowd and player reaction the second we fall behind. Every friendly we play on the road, they treat it like it matters, even if the coaches don't.
As I watched Calderon get beet off the dribble by everyone he guarded, I hope he was laying low, for I have no desire to see that matador on the Pacers if that is all he has.
I agree that officiating wasn't all that yesterday, but it did annoy me a bit that they kept talking about it, for what seemed like the entire game. They were right saying that the players should not react and just smile. But with all the posts here, in a way it does remind me of the way we talk about Bulls and Lakers fans. A lot of people here complain that superstars get the benefit of the doubt most of the time, with FIBA rules it didn't seem to happen, but since most of those posters are now supporting the superstars, they should get the benefit. Doesn't seem right to me.
FIBA refs don't do superstar calls. They are just incompetent.
NBA refs are the best in the world. The superstar angle frustrates people but at least when they blow the whistle they have a ****ing clue what they're calling.


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8:12 PM – Much like Homer's epic poetry, I'm making a habit of starting these recaps in medias res. Let us pretend that this is a literary gesture toward gravitas rather than a byproduct of a life that frequently intervenes.
Regardless of the cause, I feel that there is some good fortune involved here—good fortune for me, I mean—as I can just copy and paste snippets from Monday night's recap. The fortune for the team hasn't been nearly so hot. For instance, just as they did last night, the Royals have another strong pitching performance going while, just as he did last night, Carlos Santana continues to audition convincingly for a position change.
Ubaldo Jimenez has not been remotely sharp, but two more wild pitches past an inept Santana resulted in a two-run third inning for the Royals. The Indians haven't been able to put together anything resembling a credible threat against Royals starter Ervin Santana, whose no-hitter against the 2011 Indians already seems to be hanging heavy.
So here we sit, heading to the fifth inning with the Tribe trailing 2-0. Muses of Musial: Sing to me of the slow slide of summer. Sing of the disaffection and dissolution of defeat. Sing of the North Shore, and the misery therein.
8:21 PM – Ubaldo sends the Royals down 1-2-3 in the fifth, and sits at 98 pitches. Underwood just pointed out that he's averaging 18 pitches per inning so far this season. Here's his rate compared to the MLB average over the last five years:
Pitches Per Inning
In non-charted language, Ubaldo went from being a relatively efficient pitcher to one of the most prodigal pitchers in the game. So we've got that going for us…
8:31 PM – Meanwhile, Ervin Santana is cruising: he sends the Tribe down in order in the bottom of the fifth. He's at 65 pitches, or 13 per inning to continue our theme. Still 2-0 Royals. The malaise is tangible.
8:40 PM – After 114 pitches and only 17 outs, Ubaldo is done in the top of the sixth. Nick Hagadone on in relief.
Let me say something briefly in Nick Hagadone's defense, as there's been too much negativity already tonight. I kind of like Nick Hagadone. Yes, he's had a really rough year in almost every respect: he's walking too many guys, giving up too many home runs, and not striking out enough. Maybe worst of all, he looks to have lost some confidence, which could prevent him from overcoming these current struggles.
But let's not forget that he's exceptionally young and still very talented. He's a lefty with mid-90s velo, a reasonable breaking ball, and a pedigree that would suggest some success. He needs to calm down out there, but remember that for his minor league career he's struck out nearly 11 batters per nine innings pitched and since 2011 has walked fewer than three. He's harnessed his control before, and there's no reason to think he can't again. He's also not had nearly the track record with the long ball that he's exhibited in his 19 innings this season: for his MiLB career he's at 0.5 HR/9, while over his last two MLB seasons (44 IP) he's at 1.4. Some of this is just noise.
I can't tell you that he's going to be fine and come out the other end of this a good bullpen option. But I can tell you that 44 innings doesn't mean a whole lot, especially if the underlying talent still looks to be lurking somewhere in there. And I think it does.
Hagadone gets out of the inning, and we're heading to the bottom of the sixth, still 2-0 Royals.
8:53 PM – I HATE playing revisionist history games, especially when it comes to second-guessing managerial decisions.But this is kind of why I wanted to pinch-hit Stubbs for Johnny Mac in the ninth inning last night.
After a Raburn ground out to lead off the inning, Stubbs singles to center and then steals second easily. After a Bourn strikeout, Aviles rips a single to left and Stubbs comes around to score to make it a 2-1 game. That woulda come in handy last night. That's all.
9:05 PM – Hagadone works through a scoreless seventh inning quicker than swift-footed Achilles. It's getting late pretty early around here—stretch time.
9:16 PM – I'm tempted to write that the Indians "threatened to score" in the bottom of the seventh, but that would perhaps be hyperbolic. Yes, they got their lead-off runner on by way of a Carlos Santana walk, but Brantley, Reynolds and Chisenhall go meekly, as does the inning's promise.
9:21 PM – You might infer from that last entry that the Indians are incapable of "manufacturing" runs—that they lack that je ne sais quoi required to make the key play at the key moment in a close game.
You would be wrong about that, you see, as they just manufactured a run for the Royals quite efficiently. With Cody Allen on in relief, Eric Hosmer hit a weak come-backer to the mound. Allen fields the ball cleanly, steps toward first and throws the ball to Ashtabula. By the time the Stubbs gets the ball back into the infield, Hosmer is on third. He scores easily on a subsequent Salvador Perez single to center.
Manuf*cturing runs. 3-1 Royals. The Indians have now scored four runs in their last 24 innings.
9:34 PM – If you're an eternal optimist, then you are pleased that the Indians just scored. If you are…well…like me, then you are just further enraged by Cody Allen's error from the previous inning.
Disirregardless, the Royals turned to flame-thrower Kelvin Herrera in the eighth, who walks Raburn and then gets Stubbs to ground out moving Raburn to second with one out. After painting a 101 mph pitch on the outside corner, Herrera throws a curveball that Michael Bourn shoots to left field, scoring Raburn. Aviles follows with a line drive single to left and Herrera is gone. Lefty Tim Collins coming on to face Kipnis.
9:38 PM – The optimists win!! I knew it all along! Kipnis drops a tailing blooper into shallow left that scores Bourn to tie the game. Collins follows by intentionally walking Carlos Santana to load the bases with one out. Brantley coming up in a big spot, tied at 3.
9:41 PM – Brantley goes down in the count 1-2, but then laces a weak liner to right that is somehow deep enough to score Aviles from third. The Wahoos go up 4-3 with two outs and Mark Reynolds coming up.
9:42 PM – Reynolds gonna Reynolds. He strikes out on three pitches. Vinnie should be coming in for the save to face David Lough, Mike Moustakas, and Anything-You-Need-Chris-Getz .
I would be remiss not to mention that Chris Perez had what was scheduled to be his last rehab outing in Akron tonight. He struck out two batters in one inning pitched. Some other stuff happened too.
9:46 PM – Ain't nothing easy. Lough singles to center to lead off the inning. Tying run aboard.
9:49 PM – After going to 3-0 on Moustakas, Pestano fights all the way back to a full count, but then Moustakas lines a single to right. First and second, nobody out. Somebody get me a dog, pronto.
9:51 PM – Vinnie gets ahead of Anything-You-Need-Chris-Getz with two weak bunt attempts and then strikes him out with a slider in the dirt. One out, and finally Vinnie gets to face a right handed batter in Alcides Escobar.
9:54 PM – Woah. So what happened was….
Escobar drills the ball to right field, Stubbs plays it on one hop and throws home. It appears very much that Lough will have no trouble scoring from second, but his third base coach holds him up, which seems only to confuse him, as he starts trotting home instead of, you know, actually retreating to third or charging ahead full-speed. This results in a run-down that leaves Lough on third, Escobar on second and Moustakas out (it's kind of a long story). Two down, and the Pestano is intentionally walking Alex Gordon to get to Eric Hosmer. Still–inexplicably–4-3 Indians.
9:59 PM – Hosmer grounds out to first and somehow, despite their best efforts, the Indians win this one 4-3.
Perhaps this game was more Homeric than I originally gave it credit for. It felt longer than it really was, with too many different dead-end plotlines and false starts for my taste. Sure, in the end there's a happy ending, but you end up losing some respect for the protagonist along the way.
The good news is that tomorrow evening the Indians will be going for their third straight series win. They sit in second place, 4.5 games back of the Tigers, and they have their ace taking the mound. Things could be worse, Telemachus: it's time to slay the Royal suitors.
*A few words on the titular gesture here. Of course there is the obvious reference to the way the Indians won this game, despite their insistence on pissing it away like an undergrad hopped up on so much Miller High Life and No-Doze–they simply did not deserve to win.
But we've cited the "Deserve ain't got nothing to do with it" line several times in the past, and we've mentioned that it appears both in Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" as well as David Simon's "The Wire", in fairly similar narrative fashion. I mention "The Wire" here only to make a point that otherwise didn't fit in the recap, but that nevertheless my wife asked to be included: namely, that Carlos Santana looks like Snoop, the street-wise, female drug dealer and enforcer of the later seasons who delivers the "deserve" line upon killing the leader of a rival drug-ring at the behest of her superior.
Furthermore, we should at least point out that Homer does not, in fact, deserve to have his epic poetry sullied by my associating it with this crummy game-recap. Life is unfair though, and if anyone should know, it would probably be a dead blind guy.


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London: A man dressed as Batman has brought a suspected burglar into a police station in northern England.
West Yorkshire Police said Monday that they do not know the identity of the man who appeared in "a full Batman outfit" and turned in a 27-year-old suspect to police in Bradford, England.
CCTV images released by police show a caped crusader — fully clad with the comic hero's boots, gloves and logo across his chest — standing alongside a man in a red hooded sweatshirt.
Police said the handover occurred on February 25 and the suspect will appear in court on March 8 charged with handling stolen goods and fraud-related offenses.
Despite speculation on social media the arrested man could know the mysterious crime-fighter, West Yorkshire Police said: "We do not know the identity of the man dressed as Batman and do not know if he is friends with the man who was handed in."
Kathryn Sutcliffe, of Kirkgate Market's The Joke Shop, said she sold a Batman outfit to a man in his 20s a couple of days before the incident.
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Mrs Sutcliffe said the man had a local accent and was tall with curly black hair.
She may be one of the few people who knows the Bradford Batman's name, as he paid with a credit card and she has the receipt, but she said she would keep his identity a secret.
The neighbourhood police team for the Buttershaw area of Bradford, wrote about the incident on its Facebook page.


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Hope everyone has had a great week. Here's a web roundup with some of the latest news I've come across.
This week we've got a trio of Splash Damage developers answering questions about Brink. Over the last three days, Xbox 360 Achievements has been updating their site with new segments featuring Creative Director Richard Ham. Click the links for interviews one, two, and three. Be on the lookout for the final video tomorrow (I hear it's a doozy).
Richard isn't the only answering questions. Edge has a two-part interview with Senior Game Designer Ed Stern. Head to these links (part 1, part 2). As the intro indicates, you can expect more coverage on Brink in the upcoming issue of Edge — due out on October 27th.
Meanwhile, Hooked Gamers hooked up with Paul Wedgwood for more details on the game. Here's a great answer to one of the questions I hear most often about the game:
Hooked Gamers: It is possible to join any running game, turning a single player game into a multiplayer game. How does this work? How do people find each other when they are already playing? Is it possible to join a running game on either side of the conflict?
Paul Wedgwood: Yes – I'll explain. In Brink you take on a combat role that suits your playing style, and then fight through different environments to complete big objectives as part of a coordinated squad. When you first start playing offline, you'll play alongside an AI squad. When you see a friend come online, you can invite them in (up to seven of them), and they'll join your game, replacing your AI squad mates.
For more on that answer and the remainder of the interview, head here.
News on Fallout 3 and WET after the jump.
Before the launch of WET, we shared this post highlighting the game's release party. Turns out Electric Playground has interviews and footage from the event. Watch the video above.
For more on WET, check out reviews at GameVisions, DBTechno, and a 10-minute video review at 4 color rebellion.
With the release of Broken Steel on PlayStation 3, a few new reviews are up. Check out impressions at Gamer Limit and PlayStation Network @ Home.
Speaking of Fallout 3, Pete Hines recently caught up with Lithuanian site Games.lt for a new interview. Check out a snippet from the interview below…
Is Fallout 3 developers team including you, test some game fans made modifications? Maybe you have some tips for game fans, who develops this game modifications?
We do play and look at the mods and plugins. There's so many you could never play them all. One of the things we really like is that there is a really well established mod community for The Elder Scrolls, with people who have spent a LOT of time making mods and plugins and using our tools. So to see them pitching in to help out folks just getting into modding with Fallout 3 has been terrific. It's a really great community and very cool to see the more experienced folks helping out others.
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Jeb Bush, the brother and son of the last two Republican presidents, has said for the first time that he may run for the White House in 2016, while entering the debate on American immigration.
Mr Bush, a former governor of Florida, pointedly declined to rule out a presidential bid while promoting a new book about how to deal with the estimated 11 million illegal migrants in the US.
"I have a voice and I want to share my beliefs about how the conservative movement and the Republican Party can regain its footing, because we've lost our way," he told NBC. "I won't [rule out running], but I'm not going to declare today, either."
Yet the 60-year-old son of George HW Bush and brother of George W Bush made an unsteady start to his first political intervention since the Republicans' electoral defeat.
Long hailed as a moderate popular among Hispanic voters, Mr Bush surprised Washington by stating in his book that migrants in the US illegally should never be able to obtain full citizenship.
This placed him at odds with the growing number of Republicans to favour a "path to citizenship" since President Barack Obama won 71 per cent of Hispanic voters. Mr Obama and a bipartisan group of senators are drawing up proposals to overhaul the immigration system.
Hours after the book's publication yesterday (Tuesday), Mr Bush changed course, telling an NBC interview that he backed a citizenship scheme if it could avoid being a "magnet" for new illegal migrants.
"If you can craft that in law, and have a path to citizenship where there isn't an incentive for people to come illegally, I'm for it," he said. "I don't see how you do it - but I'm not smart enough to figure out every aspect of a really complex law," he added.
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How is menopause related to depression? What causes the mental and emotional problems many women experience when going through menopause?
This is a very controversial topic. It's unclear whether the hormonal changes that occur during menopause precipitate depression, though there's a possibility that in some women this may be the case. Also controversial is whether hormone therapy is of any help with the depression that may occur with menopause.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. —Alabama's national championship football team returned home Tuesday to a state where the Crimson Tide's BCS victory over Louisiana State University had special meaning after last year's deadly tornado outbreak.
Hundreds cheered at Tuscaloosa's airport as the team arrived from New Orleans on two charter jets. Fans stood in a steady rain just a few miles from neighborhoods devastated by a tornado that killed more than 50 people in the city, including several students.
"We love our Tide!" one man yelled.
Moments after the Monday night game ended, Mary Strong soaked in the scene of a raucous celebration as she stood in the middle of University Boulevard with her 12-year-old son. She said people desperately needed football as a diversion after the devastation of April 27, when more than 250 people were killed in the northern two-thirds of the state.
"This is icing on the cake," Strong said. "It's been such a great distraction."
As one team plane stopped, a pilot held an Alabama flag out of a cockpit window.
"I think the spirit of this team is something that inspires a lot of people," Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said.
Fans celebrated in the street near campus into the wee hours after the Tide's 21-0 victory over LSU, and stores opened early so fans could snap up national championship gear. Strong's brother, Danny Avery, said the pride of the state's three consecutive national titles gives people something to feel good about.
"It's a win for the whole state. It's Alabama, Auburn, Alabama. That's unheard of," he said.
The school held a celebration that drew thousands to Bryant-Denny Stadium after its last national championship two years ago, and officials already were making plans for an event to mark this year's title.


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Three Queensland-trained runners will contest the $1million Newmarket at Flemington on Saturday.
Buffering failed by centimetres to fend off Hay List in last year's Newmarket and his trainer Rob Heathcote is back for another tilt with Woorim.
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"Craig said he felt good and that's enough for me," Schweida said.
"I'm just guessing a bit, but Craig knows what it takes to win races like this and the fact he gave him a good report gives me confidence that he will measure up.
"This will draw a line in the sand and tell us exactly where he's at."
Spirit Of Boom is a $26 chance, but Gollan wouldn't trade him for anything.
He reasons Spirit Of Boom would have won at Eagle Farm just as easily as Better Than Ready did last time and says his horse has had the perfect preparation.
Gollan can also draw a line through second favourite Barakey, who he meets 1.5kg better for a narrow defeat in the Winterbottom Stakes last November.
"I thought his run in the Oakleigh Plate was a pretty good Newmarket trial," Gollan said.
"He's drawn exactly where I wanted, he's proven down the straight and everything has gone according to plan."
Heathcote said if Woorim put his best foot forward he would be in the mix, but with wear and tear of a long career taking its toll, he cannot be sure the gelding is still prepared to dig in for the fight.
"I go there hopeful rather than confident," he said. "The truth is, I won't know until the 300m mark whether or not he's going to let down."
TRAINER Barry Lockwood said Tokamak had finally started to mature after pinching a Listed win in the Eagle Farm mud yesterday.
It was Tokamak's third consecutive win after going winless in his previous 12 starts.
"He won his first four, including one in Sydney, but he was doing it all on fear," Lockwood said.
"Then at his next preparation he just didn't know what he was doing. He ran a few seconds, but just wasn't there.
"This time in he's doing everything right and is learning all the time. This was the ideal race to have a shot at because he got in on the limit."
Lockwood has 10 in work at Eagle Farm and intends to now give Tokamak a short break before bringing him back in time for the carnival.
"He's not a big time horse but there's a lot of nice races around the edges of the carnival that will be worth having a shot at," Lockwood said.
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Examine your options in the legal field. Find paralegal programs, law schools, and lawyer jobs both nationwide or in your home state.
Fast Facts: As of 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated 1,003,270 employed in the Legal occupational group earning the mean annual income of $92,270.
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What's Hot: The creator of such hit television series The Practice and Boston Legal, which helped convert lawyers into flashy stars, David Kelly would be proud. Over 550,000 "Lawyers" average $124,750 and "Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates" rank second on the Best Paid List at $100,450 in the Legal group. Perry Mason would also be amazed that "Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers" average $80,870.
What's Not: "Law Clerks," who've been known to research and write a lot of judicial opinion, are actually first on the Least Paid list at $40,580 as they await their recruitment to the top-paying law firms. "Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers" are second on this list $42,090, and (unlike the Law Clerks) may be asking "where do we go from here?"
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Last week, Brandon Inge talked happily about entering the 2012 season as Detroit's fill-time third baseman. "I've played baseball my whole life. I've started my whole life," he said. "I'm a baseball player. I don't want to platoon." That all changed on Thursday when the Tigers said Miguel Cabrera would shift to third base to make room for Prince Fielder at first base. "He's not the happiest camper," manager Jim Leyland said of Inge. "He certainly understands, and we try to deal with these issues as we're supposed to because it's part of our responsibility." Cabrera will be the full-time third baseman and will not be pulled in the late innings for a defensive replacement. "I'll make that perfectly clear today," Leyland said. "He's not going to have the agility defensively most likely that Inge has, but you give up a little something, and you get a whole lot in return." Leyland said he spoke to Inge, and that he regretted not being able to break the news of Fielder's signing. "I basically apologized that this got out in the airwaves, and I'm sorry that he had to hear it other than from the horse's mouth," Leyland said. "But at that particular time, I was not at any liberty to discuss this whatsoever, so I have talked to Brandon."
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Texans Risking Security to Save on Gas
While some of you are crossing state lines to save on gas, South Texans have been crossing the border to Mexico to fill up their tanks. El Paso residents visit the nearest Mexican city, Ciudad Juárez, even though it's known for gang violence that is the cause of an average three killings a day. American "gas tourists" account for the 50 percent increase in gas sales there and the gains are evident along the border all the way to Tijuana.
El Paso residents admit they feel unsafe once they've gone south of the border to Ciudad Juárez but say they cannot afford to fill up their tanks in the US. Gas stations in their hometown have seen a 40 percent decrease in business since their customers have been taking advantage of Mexican prices, which are reported to be priced around $2.66 per gallon.


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The venture capital industry plays a crucial role in the investment community and presents many opportunities to build a financial career. There are venture capital employment avenues in both large financial companies as well as independent, smaller venture capital firms. The best way to determine whether a future in venture capital is for you is to understand how venture capital investing fits into the overall financial picture. Read on to learn more about this fast-paced and enterprising career.
Venture Capital Vs. Private & Public Equity Investing
In the investment community, there is more than one way to hold a stake in a company, and just as there are various means of investing, there are different business structures built around each investment model. Three of the most common types of investing are public equity, private equity and venture capital.
Much of the investment industry focuses on investing in shares of public companies that are listed on exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or Nasdaq. The investment vehicles that typically operate under this model are mutual and institutional funds, as well as exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In these cases, many shares of ownership in public companies are held by individual investors through the funds themselves. (To read more about ETFs, check out our Exchange-Traded Funds feature.)
In private equity and venture capital, however, larger ownership stakes of each company are sold to fewer investors. These chunks of ownership are sold to investors through independent limited partnerships that are established by venture capital firms. One important difference between venture capital and private equity, however, is that venture capital tends to focus on emerging companies that seek funding to establish a business, while private equity tends to fund larger, more established companies that are seeking an equity infusion or a chance for company founders to transfer some of their stake in the company. (For more on this subject, read Cashing In On The Venture Capital Cycle.)
Qualifications Of Venture Capitalists
Since venture capital tends to invest larger dollar amounts in fewer companies, due diligence - background research into each company - is very important. Many venture capital professionals have had prior investment experience, often as equity research analysts. Venture capital professionals also tend to concentrate in a particular industry. A venture capitalist that specializes in healthcare, for example, may have had prior experience as a healthcare industry analyst. (For more on equity research, see The Changing Role of Equity Research.)
Such experience is not required, however, and often a formal education can make up for a lack of prior analyst experience. Having an undergraduate degree in computer science is a great background for an information technology venture capitalist. Similarly, having an undergraduate biology degree is a positive foundation for a venture capitalist that specializes in biotechnology.
A general business background is also a strong foundational building block for a career in venture capital, and pursuing a Masters in Business Administration degree is arguably the most solid entry card into any financial field. If you are currently an undergraduate or graduate business student, it is advisable to look into venture capital internships where you can learn about various industry specialties from the front lines. (Find out more in Should You Head Back To Business School?)
If you have an idea about which venture capital industry you may want to specialize in, look into taking some classes in that field of study. Even a college graduate who is in an unrelated professional field may want to think about taking classes in a venture capital field that holds interest for him or her. If your schedule does not allow you to travel to a classroom, consider an online class. All of these options add weight to a resume being reviewed by a venture capital firm.
A Day In The Life
Like most professionals in the financial industry, the Venture Capitalist tends to start his or her day with a copy of the Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and other respected daily publications. Venture capitalists that specialize in an industry tend to also subscribe to the trade journals and papers that are specific to that industry. All of this information is often digested each day along with a morning coffee and bagel.
For the venture capital professional, most of the rest of the day is filled with meetings. These meetings have a wide variety of participants including other partners and/or members of his or her venture capital firm, executives in an existing portfolio company, contacts within the field of specialty and budding entrepreneurs seeking venture capital.
At an early morning meeting, for example, there may be a firm-wide discussion of a potential portfolio investment. The due diligence team will present the pros and cons of investing in the company. An "around the table" vote may be scheduled for the next day as to whether or not to add the company to the portfolio.
An afternoon meeting may be held with a current portfolio company. These visits are maintained on a regular basis in order to determine how smoothly the company is running and whether the investment made by the venture capital firm is being utilized wisely. The venture capitalist is responsible for taking evaluative notes during and after the meeting and circulating the conclusions among the rest of the firm.
After spending much of the afternoon writing up that report and reviewing other market news, there may be an early dinner meeting with a group of budding entrepreneurs who are seeking funding for their venture. The venture capital professional gets a sense of what type of potential the emerging company has, and determines whether further meetings with the venture capital firm are warranted. After that dinner meeting, when the venture capitalist finally heads home for the night, he or she may take along the due diligence report on the company that will be voted on the next day, giving them one more chance to review all the essential facts and figures before the morning meeting.
Concluding Thoughts
Venture capital professionals get the chance to evaluate and invest in early-stage companies that may have fantastic opportunities for growth. It is an extremely competitive industry, sought after by ivy-league grads as well as seasoned investment professionals, but offering great rewards to those willing to put in the time and effort.


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Hoyer Discusses GOP's 'Pay China First' Bill And The Urgent Need To Continue The Budget Process on CNBC
"I think [debt prioritization] is not a serious effort and I think the Democrats are going to be overwhelmingly, if not unanimously opposed to it. The Senate is not going to take it up. And Tony Fratto who was with the [President George W.] Bush economic team, says it is essentially a joke, it won't work, it's impossible. Others have said it will be a political catastrophe if they try to do that. Effectively we call it 'Pay China First' bill. … I think this prioritization bill is simply a fig leaf for Republicans that are deeply divided on how they want to go forward, as you have seen. And I think that this bill is not a serious effort, and that's unfortuante."
"I think the continuing disagreement and failure to reach agreement and to give confidence to the economy, to give confidence to businesses that is evident in Washington, I frankly think that is having a dampening effect on the economy's growth. I think it's unfortunate. As you well know, I'm a big proponent of getting to a big deal over time. That does not mean, and I want to emphasize, that does not mean substantial cuts or increases immediately. The economy is still struggling. We're still over 7 percent unemployment. We still need to get the economy moving more robustly than that. But I think if we got an agreement between Republicans and Democrats, passed it, and had the President sign it, which got us to a credible path to fiscal sustainability over the next 15 years, I think that would have a tremendously positive effect on the economy. I think that's what we ought to do. You see we've been struggling to do that because the parties are so far apart on how to do that."


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Impending school construction project funds in Pennsylvania pipeline
Legislators let a two-year moratorium blocking state funding for new school construction projects expire last month, expanding a financing process that is overcommitted by $1.7 billion statewide.
The state's 11-step approval pipeline contains 340 building projects, of which about 200 remain bottlenecked at the last step before the state pays school districts, said Tim Eller, spokesman for the Department of Education. Even as the process was opened to new applications, Eller said the budget for payouts increased to $306 million, a bump of about $10 million in the fiscal year.
Given the extensive backlog and a modest increase in the state budget, districts locked in are not optimistic that they'll see cash soon.
"We're not holding our breath waiting," said Brett Lago, business manager at Penn-Trafford School District. "It's so backlogged, we're not going to count on receiving any money."
Ryan Manzer, business manager for Freeport Area School District, said his district is on the hook for a $35 million middle school. Two other projects bank on PlanCon reimbursement, having entered the process long ago, he said.
"We planned to not receive that reimbursement in next year's budget," Manzer said. "Until we get notification that money's available, we're not going to count it."
PlanCon, the Education Department's acronym for Planning and Construction Workbook, stopped taking applications when legislators stalled them in October 2012. Applications submitted before that date progressed slowly but hit a logjam because requests for money outstripped available funding.
At least 14 Allegheny County districts are among 200 waiting for payments: Allegheny Valley, Avonworth, Bethel Park, Deer Lakes, McKeesport Area, Montour, Moon Area, Mt. Lebanon, North Hills, Penn Hills, Pittsburgh, Plum, Quaker Valley and South Fayette.
"Districts will think long and hard before deciding whether to engage in a school construction project seeking state reimbursement," Hannah Barrick, advocacy director for the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials, wrote in an email. "It is uncertain when they will actually receive reimbursement for any project."
West Jefferson Hills Superintendent Michael Panza started planning months ago for a $70 million to $75 million replacement for Thomas Jefferson High School. He was hoping for the best, he said.
"It was always the district's intent to follow the PlanCon process, so if anything happened under this administration or a future administration, we'd be ready with all the paperwork," Panza said. "We're glad to see that it's back, and hopefully (funding) will be there in the long term."
Five projects entered the approval process since the moratorium was lifted on July 1, Eller said.
Projects are approved for reimbursement based on whether their paperwork and documents are submitted, he said.
"Generally, the projects that have been waiting the longest will be the first ones processed," he said.
When the moratorium took effect, some districts included the anticipated funding when budgeting and covered the gap with other money.
"I'm confident we'll get it; it's just a matter of where we are in the queue," said Brad Waters, director of fiscal management at Avonworth School District.
Waters left a budgetary hole for about $100,000 in PlanCon money owed this year, which he said should pass an audit. If the money does not materialize, the $27 million budget has about $3 million in reserve to cover it, he said.
"We had to fill that hole in the budget," said Cissy Bowman, spokeswoman for Mt. Lebanon School District, which included an anticipated $643,000 payment in its 2014-15 budget. The state owes Mt. Lebanon about $1.8 million in back payments, she said.
"I don't know where we are in the so-called pipeline," Bowman said. "We hope the additional money (in the state budget) will help."
Megan Harris and Matthew Santoni are Trib Total Media staff writers. Reach Harris at 412-388-5815 or mharris @tribweb.com and Santoni at 412-380-5625 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:36:32PM +0000, Frans Pop wrote: > My very strong opinion is that it is part of the job of being a release > manager to *actively* bring things that can be expected to be important > or controversial to project members to their attention and, if needed, > discuss such things _before_ they are done. > And for me that includes setting ignore tags on BRs that involve DFSG > violations I didn't expect the matter to be controversial, since there was two votes in that direction before. And to be frank, I don't think there is much discussion on the lenny-ignore bits, I really expect the project will endorse our choice. On the other hand, there have been a couple of very loud people on the subject, that don't really care about the lenny-ignore-or-not issue, but rather care about the firmware issue at large. Most of what I've seen are people using that pretext to start their favourite firmware-related flame throwers. TTBOMK #211765 or #368559 or #382175 sarge, etch and lenny-ignore tags have never been discussed publicly and are DFSG violations as well. And I've seen no one disagree with those choices yet. Oh and unlike you, I believe it's the responsibility of every QA Team Member (IOW every DD) to watch the RC bug list during a freeze. Lenny-ignore bugs are not removed from that list, they just don't count for Britney. Probably not everyone watches it. But I *know* for sure that many people _outside_ the release team watch it, and will happily trigger a discussion if we badly screw up. The bug reporters see the tags, those people see the changes, and can argue about them. That's exactly why the discussion started in the first place, and unlike you (or other people) I don't read that as a failure of the release team, but a success of our feedback mechanisms. I'm perfectly fine with Delegates taking decisions without prior consultation of everyone, if that follows consensus. I'm also fine with Delegates taking crappy decisions because they're just human and make honnest mistakes, when they realize those are mistakes and don't obstinately try to impose a decision that is after all not making consensus at all. So far, I don't believe the Release Team failed those principles, and a vote will just decide that once for all. -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O firstname.lastname@example.com OOO http://www.madism.org
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BWW TV: NEWSIES' New 'Jack Kelly,' Corey Cott in Action!
Just yesterday, Newsies announced that Corey Cott will become the show's new leading man, Jack Kelly, beginning Wednesday, September 5th. Cott became the Jack Kelly alternate earlier this month and will continue as alternate until he assumes the role full time.
Jeremy Jordan, who created the role in the show's world premiere production at Paper Mill Playhouse and received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for his Broadway performance, is scheduled to play his final performance Tuesday, September 4th. He leaves to work full time on his leading role on NBC's 'Smash.'
Corey Cott makes his Broadway debut in Newsies just weeks after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama. His university credits include Suddenly Last Summer, Assassins, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Sweeney Todd, among others. He appeared in several productions at Pittsburgh CLO including Miss Saigon, The Sound of Music and Jesus Christ Superstar and recently in the New York reading of Bare directed by Stafford Arima.
Cott just so happened to perform at last week's Broadway in Bryant Park, and you can check out the new star in action in the video below!
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I am so upset, I made a 3-d monkey cake for a baby shower and I was driving to drop it off an hour before the shower, hit a large pothole and one of the arms and an ear fell off!!!! Of course not enough time to fix it and I didn't have any supplies with me either. I apologized profusely and am refunding the money for the cake, should I do anything else? I also made 30 cupcakes for the shower which turned out beautifully, should I refund for those also? I'm probably being harder on myself than I should be but I feel so bad!!
......probably being harder on myself than I should be but I feel so bad!! .......
Of course you feel bad. Anyone would.
Learn from this.........always take a repair kit w/you!
Your have done MORE than what was required. Do NOT refund any more money
They will still get to eat the cake - it just won't look as good as you wanted.
I agree..concerning the cupcakes..they turned out beautifully so why refund them. Don't feel bad its not your fault and I know you just hated for your work to just become destroyed. Did you take any pics, I'd love to see em. I agree always take a repair kit. But we newbies are just learning together. So know you know what to do.


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How to lose 10 lbs in 4 days laying on your ass
My rather annoying roomate pooped this morning and left the bathroom door open. This is a serious hospital faux pas. I have no clue as to what she was thinking, since my bed is directly opposite the bathroom door. Ugh. So gross.
I can't wait to get home and take a shower with my own shower gel and shampoo. They give you soap here, which makes me one giant itch, and Johnson's baby shampoo. I don't know why they give adults with a lot of hair JBS because it doesn't clean your hair and leaves it feeling like greasy straw. But maybe that's just me.
Can't wait to see the Girl, whom I haven't laid eyes on since I got here Friday. I miss her, even with her hormones and her mouth. I think she misses me too. I did see the Boy on Sunday, but yesterday he didn't even call me. Out of sight....
I watched the Shrub's speech at the UN this morning. Bush lite. No substance, no firebreathing hell, no stupid threats. A couple of outrageous comments about America being the arbiter of health care for all and feeding the hungry. Evidentally Georgie doesn't get out amoungst the real people all that much. Maybe if he took a stroll around the neighborhood in DC he would get a glimpse of the people without healthcare and food. Meanwhile, he's tossing children just like mine off Medicaid. Fortunately for us, Massachusetts has required health insurance for all, and they won't cut off the kids. But the rest of you lower income, but not poverty level families that use state funded healthcare for your kids; good luck!
My favorite part of Amajorjerk's speech at Colombia yesterday was when he claimed that Iran didn't have homosexuals. Well, of course if you KILL them all, you won't have any left. But honestly, what a moronsky. The laughter of the Colombia audience was pretty humorous, too. I don't know what to think about Colombia's president's speech. You don't invite a guest to your home and then insult them before they're allowed to speak. Bad manners. Had he refuted DinnerJacket's speech afterwards, his words would have held more power and the students would have been able to ask the hard questions. But I'm not sure if it was grandstanding or just trying to cover his ass after asking a terrorist and antisemite into his university. Either way, I don't think he went about it the right way.
I met yesterday with the leading specialist on my heart condition. She's running a genetic study that I'm going to be involved in. She's already identified 8 different gene sequences that can cause my heart disease. She's very interesting and I think I'm going to find this useful, even though it will eventually involve both kids being tested. They have both had baseline echocardiograms, but now they'll have to have they yearly. It's OK with me and they don't mind, but the blood tests they're going to mind. It's only one blood draw though.
Now I have three different cardiologists, all women. That's SO unusual, because cardiology is thought of as a man's domain, but this hospital actually has more women than men in their cardiology department, and actually has a center for women with heart disease. I like having women physicians but I like knowing that women doctors specialize in how heart disease affects women differently than men. That's just too cool.
Gotta go because there's a big meeting of med students going on and I want to hide. Ahem. Talk to you later, hopefully from home.
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Microsoft Specific
_InterlockedExchange provides compiler intrinsic support for the Win32 Platform SDK InterlockedExchange function.
Note that the intrinsic form of this function has a leading underscore in the name. Also note that to generate the intrinsic expansion, you need to use /Oi. /Oi is implied with /O2.
To declare one of the interlocked functions for use as an intrinsic, the function must be declared with the leading underscore and the new function must appear in a #pragma intrinsic statement. For convenience, the intrinsic versions of the functions may be declared in a #define statement to appear in the source code without the leading underscore.
For a sample of how to use _InterlockedExchange, see _InterlockedDecrement.
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Derek and the Yankees
It's negotiating time. Will Derek Jeter insist on being the superstar or has Father Time talked some sense to the Captain
The Trade Deadline: Who Should the Yankees Try to Acquire?
Was Cliff Lee the only player the Yankees will look at by the trade deadline
Braden Sends ARod a Gift
Dallas Braden has lightened the mood. Let's hope it continues
Let's Make the All Star Game Better
The All Star Game is lame but maybe it can be better
Dallas Braden: Take Off My Shirt!
Dallas Braden doesn't like the A's new t-shirts
Robbie Cano and Clutchiness
Robbie Cano is batting fifth and looks clutch. But will it last
Yankees Waiting on Pujols and Mauer?
Are the Yankees waiting on Albert Pujols or Joe Mauer
Why Nick and Not Matsui?
The Yankees have improved themselves offensively and defensively this off-season
Undervaluing the DH Role
The DH by committee option is a bad idea for the Yankees. Here's why
Wrapping Up the World Series
Hideki Matsui powered the Yankees to their 27th World Series title
DH Question Looms in the Off-Season
There is talk once again of the Yankees going to a DH by committee in 2010. Bad idea. Here's why
World Series Game 4 Thoughts
Damon and ARod bailed out Joba in game four of the World Series
World Series Game 3 Thoughts
Some thoughts on Game 3, compiled while watching the Giants clash with the Eagles in the first half of an epic Philadelphia/New York Sunday doubleheader
Thoughts on ALCS Game 6
The Yankees beat the Angels in six games to win the ALCS. Here's a quick breakdown of game
ALCS Game 5 Thoughts
Another Girardi head-scratcher was the story behind game
Micro Joe Girardi Strikes Again
The Yankees didn't lose game three of the ALCS. Joe Girardi did
ALDS Game 2 Thoughts – Yanks & Twins
An incredible game 2 of the ALDS sends the Yanks to Minnesota with a 2-0 lead. Here's what happened.
The Great Division Series Roster Debate
Because when you've already clinched your division, you need other things to obsess over
Yankees Only Scuffling By Their Standards
The Yankees extinguished the Angels curse, but has there really been a monkey on their backs the last few weeks
Yanks Beat Angels; Speed Got Lucky
Speed almost didn't beat the Angels last night, but that doesn't make for a very good story