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Congress passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, raising the debt ceiling at the last minute. The debt deal cuts some student loan benefits, especially for graduate and professional students, but avoids a more severe cut in government grants for undergraduate students.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 passed the US House of Representatives by a vote of 269 to 161 on August 1, 2011 and the US Senate by a vote of 74 to 26 on August 2, 2011. The legislation was signed into law by President Obama soon after passage.
If Congress hadn't passed the legislation, the federal government would have been forced to cut spending immediately by 40%, eliminating most discretionary spending including all federal student aid programs. Nevertheless, the final legislation includes some cuts to federal student aid starting in the 2012-13 academic year.
The debt deal eliminates subsidized interest on Stafford loans to graduate and professional students, effective for new loans made on or after July 1, 2012. It also eliminates all repayment incentives in the Direct Loan program for new loans made on or after July 1, 2012, except for discounts for borrowers who repay their loans via auto-debit. These changes do not affect existing loans. Of the estimated $21.6 billion in savings over ten years, a total of $17 billion is used to address the funding shortfall in the Pell Grant program. The remaining $4.6 billion is redirected toward deficit reduction.
The debt deal follows a pattern established by student aid legislation since 2005, in which a portion of savings in student aid programs is used for deficit reduction. The Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005, the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 shifted funding from lender subsidies to increases in spending on student aid, while diverting billions of dollars to deficit reduction. But with the switch to 100% Direct Lending on July 1, 2010, further deficit reduction comes at a cost of cutting spending on student financial aid.
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Previously, graduate and professional students could borrow up to $20,500 in Stafford loans per year, of which as much as $8,500 could be subsidized. (Subsidized Stafford loans for graduate and professional students were also subject to an aggregate limit of $65,500, including any undergraduate subsidized Stafford loans.) Graduate and professional students will still be able to borrow up to $20,500 in Stafford loans, but the loans will be entirely unsubsidized starting with new loans made on or after July 1, 2012.
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Raleigh, N.C. — Snow, sleet and icy road conditions Friday caused the North Carolina Symphony to cancel its evening performance at Meymandi Concert Hall, officials announced.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Kim Kardashian, can't you pay more? Proponents of a proposed tax increase on millionaires in California are asking that question of the outsize personality, who has parlayed her reality TV celebrity status into fame and personal fortune.
An online video from the Courage Campaign targets the star of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and "Kourtney and Kim Take New York" as part of its campaign for a proposed November ballot initiative to raise taxes on the wealthiest Californians.
The video ad flashes images of Kardashian enjoying the good life, proclaiming that "being on TV has changed my life, because you get lots of free stuff."
It says Kardashian made $12 million in 2010 but paid just 1 percentage point more in California income taxes than someone making $47,000 -- 10.3 percent vs. 9.3 percent. The video ad, which is posted at www.Taxkimk.com , urges Kardashian to support the proposal for a tax increase.
"Not everyone was born a Kardashian, but we all need to pay our fair share," it says.
A spokeswoman for Kardashian, Pearl Servat, did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday from The Associated Press.
The Courage Campaign and the California Federation of Teachers are among the groups backing a so-called millionaire's tax that would raise income tax rates by 3 percent to 5 percent for individuals who make more than $1 million a year.
Proponents say the tax would raise about $6 billion to help fund public schools and local services that have been hit hard during the recession, such as social services, programs for the elderly and public safety.
If the groups are successful in getting their tax initiative on the November ballot, they would likely pursue a television ad on the same theme, Courage Campaign spokeswoman Ana Beatriz Cholo said.
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Israeli Air Force jets today shot down 13 Syrian MIG-21s in the biggest air clash between the two countries since the Six-Day War, a military spokesman announced here. One Israeli plane was hit. Its pilot parachuted safely and was picked up by a rescue helicopter. One downed Syrian pilot was reported rescued by the Israelis and taken to Israel where he is being treated.
According to an Israeli Army spokesman, the battle occurred over the Mediterranean Sea at about noon when an Israeli air patrol encountered Syrian interceptors off the Syrian coast. A report from Beirut said the dogfight took place over the Syrian port of Tartous, about 200 kilometers from the Israeli border. (Damascus acknowledged the fight today and admitted the loss of eight Syrian planes but claimed to have shot down five Israeli jets.)
Israeli spokesmen claimed that the outcome was "a heavy blow" to the Syrian Air Force which includes some 200 MIG-21 fighters. According to Israeli sources, today's score by Israeli fighters brought to 60 the number of Syrian aircraft downed by Israel since the Six-Day War.
These include 48 MIG-21s, nine MIG-17 interceptors and three Sukhoi-7 fighter bombers. The most recent air battle between Israel and Syria occurred last Jan. 8 when Israeli planes attacking radar and military installations in Syria, shot down six MIG-21s. Israel lost three planes in all of its clashes with Syria since 1967.


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Wauwatosa Montessori School and the Wauwatosa Recreation Department are enjoying the fruits of the Fisher Building's new downstairs.
The $975,000, 35,000-square-foot renovation was completed at the beginning of the school year and was under budget. The projected cost of the renovation was $1.3 million.
Don Mack, director of business services for the Wauwatosa School District, said that the project was completed under budget because they didn't have to completely redo the sprinkler system in a few rooms.
The Montessori school has been a primary benefactor of the remodel, gaining two classrooms and a gym.
This is the second year of Wauwatosa's Montessori program, and before the remodel they couldn't use the gym. The gym was previously filled with heating and ventilation systems. The heating and ventilation was moved to the roof in the renovation.
"The kids love the building," said Bill Anderson, Montessori principal. "When we got them in the gym for the first day, we got them running around and excited. As parents came in to the open house meet and greet, they were very impressed. They were like 'holy cow has this place come a long way.' "
The enrollment for Montessori has increased from 63 students last year to 87 this year. The Montessori program differs from other programs in that its focus is on pedagogical learning and multi-age classrooms.
"Last year when we had art classes, they took place in the hallway. We would set up tables and we would build an art room. We made it happen. In terms of the gym area that we can utilize, we had to use the multipurpose room as a gym when we couldn't be outside. We were very limited as to the physical education aspects," Anderson said.
Montessori also gained a staffed kitchen and can use the ovens whereas before they use the ovens for some things but didn't have a hot lunch program.
The renovation coincided with the end of the School of the Trades program. The students in the program helped with some of the early demolition at the end of the 2011-2012 school year.
The Recreation Department moved to the Fisher Building from West High School at the end of the renovation. They were at West for 20 years.
The new location adds slightly to the office and storage space of the Recreation Department, but the largest change for them is the gym.
The department plans to use the gym for adult fitness classes and has plans in place for daytime preschool activities and sports leagues.
Rick Beattie, the director of the recreation department, said, "The gymnasium is the thing that offers us new use. It takes the pressure off the other schools and we use all of them whenever we can. Other than that it was just locating the same function to a different space."
There is still minor work to do in the Fisher Building. The building has occupancy permits and is allowed to be in use, but minor items, called "punchless" items, will still need to be worked on. These items will be checked by an architect.
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A two-week United Nations conference on gun control in New York broke up in disarray on Friday night after US delegates vetoed further meetings of the body and blocked discussion of domestic gun laws. Cuba, Iran, India, Pakistan and Russia also voted down measures to prevent the export of arms to countries that abuse human rights.
Up to 308,000 people are killed every year by small arms and there are 640 million guns in circulation worldwide - one for every 10 people on the planet.
A gun control organisation the International Action Network on Small Arms (Iansa) said a small minority of countries had, in effect, vetoed attempts at an agreement. 'It is to their lasting shame that governments let this happen. They allowed a small number of states to... derail any plans which might have brought improvement in this global crisis,' said Iansa director Rebecca Peters.
Despite British attempts to strike a last-minute compromise the conference concluded without any agreed policy, and there will be no future meetings because of America's objections.
Sierra Leone's UN ambassador Sylvester Rowe, a leading advocate of gun control, said that US objections had been instrumental in sinking the deal. 'We are sending the wrong message to the victims and the potential victims of gun violence,' he told The Observer.
An estimated 60,000 people were killed in Sierra Leone's gun-fuelled nine-year civil war from 1991, and a postwar disarmament programme resulted in 25,000 firearms being handed in.
One UN source said certain US delegates appeared set on wrecking the process. 'For US pro-gun organisations it's not about these countries in Africa that need to get rid of arms for development and to end civil wars. It's about Americans' right to bear arms, and their fears about some world government trying to take that right away,' the source said.


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The purpose of this study is to learn more about how muraglitazar lowers blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. The safety of this treatment will also be studied.
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For much of the 2012 season, the Oakland Raiders defense has struggled. They did show a glimpse in several games this year, but never consistently put together good games. On Sunday, the Oakland defense had their best performance of the season shutting out the Kansas City Chiefs.
"It's tough to shut anybody out in this league and for us to be able to go out there and do that, the first time it's been done in this organization in 10 years, I think that was critical for our defense," Raiders head coach Dennis Allen said. "I think our defense in that game played outstanding."
The defense was hitting on all cylinders Sunday, allowing only 119 total yards. They were able to pressure the quarterback, getting 4 sacks from Tommy Kelly, Philip Wheeler, Andre Carter, and Desmond Bryant. They held the Chiefs to just 10 rushing yards and held running back Jamaal Charles to 10 yards. In the two games against Charles, the Raiders have held him to 14 yards on 14 carries. To put the cherry on top of a dominating defensive performance, Oakland cornerback Joselio Hanson intercepted a Brady Quinn pass.
"We fit up the run the right way and guys got off blocks and made plays," Allen said. "At the end of the day, that's what run defense is about, is getting off blocks and making plays and that's what we were able to do really both times we played Kansas City."
At one point this season, the Raiders defense gave up 169 points during a four game stretch. Now with the shutout, the team must build off the defensive momentum. It is a simple formula to win in the NFL. If you can run the football and stop the run, chances are you will be successful. That is the exact philosophy the Raiders are determined to achieve. They have struggled in both areas in 2012, but have two more opportunities to establish their identity going into next season.
"I think that's part of the formula that we want for being able to be successful and win football games," Allen said. "I think we all saw that when we execute that game plan the way that we feel like we're capable of executing it, that we have the chance to win games. I thought our defense played outstanding and I thought we were able to run the ball effectively against them. That'll be a key for us moving forward."
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Kirstie Leslie put the finishing touches on her standout athletic career at Washington High School in a big way.
Competing at the MSHSAA track and field championships at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Leslie earned all-state honors in three events.
The top eight finishers in each event earned all-state medals.
"Winning three medals, I went out in a good way," said Leslie, who reached the state meet during all four years of her high school career. "I couldn't ask for anything better."
Leslie's best finish came in the pole vault, where she placed third by clearing 11-3, which equaled her personal best and her school record.
"I was ranked third coming in. Every time, it seems that someone goes out who's not supposed to and someone else does better than expected," Leslie said. "My goal was to medal and jump my best, which is what I did. It was a good day. I used Owensville's pole, so I owe them a thank you."
So what does it take to be a successful pole vaulter?
"It takes a lot of practice. I didn't get to practice it as much as the other girls here did," Leslie said. "All of the other girls who placed, the pole vault was their only event at state. I was the only one who does other events, and I'm in four of them.
"Some girls have good form. That is not me. I'm not a form person," Leslie added. "I'm fast and I guess I'm strong. If you watch most of the girls, they look really good doing it. I don't look good doing it. It doesn't matter how you get over, just as long as you get over."
Competing in the long jump, Leslie finished fifth with a leap of 17-1 1/4.
"My best is 17-8. I wanted a little better in the long jump than fifth place, but you can't always ask for a perfect day," Leslie said. "I probably sat too long — rookie mistake. I should have warmed up better. At sectionals, my triple jump was the same way where I had to get into the finals with my last jump. I usually do good under pressure. We haven't practiced the long jump as much, but I've been doing it a while and have gotten better at it."
Competing in the triple jump, Leslie won her third state medal by placing sixth with a leap of 37-1.
"I wasn't expected to do this well. I think I was ranked 13th," Leslie said. "It worked out pretty well for me. It was a good way to end the season."
So which event is Leslie's favorite?
"I like whatever is going the best for me at the time," she said. "The pole vault went pretty well. We practiced pole vault a lot this year. We've definitely spent the most time on pole vault. I'm glad it paid off this year."
Leslie also ran the anchor leg on the Lady Jays' 400-meter relay team, which finished 11th in a time of 50.52.
MC Landolt, Lauren Brinkmann and Emily Stricker joined Leslie on the relay team.
Leslie ended her track and field career at Washington as an 11-time GAC champion, an 11-time all-district performer, a nine-time state qualifier and a four-time state medalist.
She finished fourth at state in the triple jump during her freshman season, giving her four career state medals.
"In the past few years, I've been nervous and stressed out here at state, but this year has been totally different," Leslie said. "It's my last year. I'm older. I guess that helped. It's been a lot better."
Washington Coach Mike Olszowka is thankful Leslie competed in four events, but said her state results could have been even better if she was involved in less events.
"If Kirstie concentrated on just two events, I think she could have been a state champion in both of them. I think she could have been a 40-foot triple jumper and a 12-6 or 13-foot pole vaulter. Those are her two best events," Olszowka said. "Kirstie has great athletic ability. She can throw a shot put 30 feet, a discus 8-0 feet and a javelin 100 feet. Her versatility is one of her strongest attributes. People don't realize how fast she is."
Leslie recently was honored as a triathlete, participating in athletics in all three seasons during her entire career at WHS. She also played volleyball and basketball.
Leslie will continue her track and field career at Missouri State University in Springfield.
"I'll do the heptathlon, the triple jump and I just found out that I'll also be doing the pole vault. I guess I'll be doing a little bit of everything there, too. I'm used to that. I like to stay busy," Leslie said. "It was a good career for me at Washington. I owe a lot to the coaches. I'm ready to go to college and see what happens there."


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PRIMARY school children from across Warrington got to put into practice what they have been learning at a unique concert.
The Northern Chamber Orchestra has been working in Warrington, Runcorn and Widnes over the past months to create a Carnival of the Animals show.
Children from St Elphin's C of E Primary School, Fairfield, St Margaret's C of E Primary School, Orford, Latchford St James C of E Primary School, Brook Acre Primary School, Padgate and St Benedict's Primary in Orford have been enjoying workshops in music, art, dance and poetry.
They were taught by experts from the orchestra, Warrington Wolves Charitable Foundation and celebrated poet Terry Caffrey among others.
During preparation for the concert, pupils have also worked with artist Sumit Sarkar to create rhino, lion and elephant sculptures for the special event.
They hit the stage in the afternoon with a show for wider members of the public held in the evening.
The work was based around French composer Saint-Saens' 1886 work and is one of the most popular pieces of classical music The NCO called the event, held at the Parr Hall, its most ambitious piece of work to date.


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Police said the gunman shot the man in the parking of the Villages Apartment complex just after 12:30 a.m. Friday.
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Announcing Project Tycho™, a web site which provides open access to newly digitized and integrated data from the entire 125 years history of United States weekly nationally notifiable disease surveillance data since 1888. Read more about it:
The goal of Project Tycho™ is to aid scientists and public health officials in the eradication of deadly and devastating diseases. A recent NEJM article, documents how the Project Tycho team digitized and made public all weekly surveillance reports of nationally notifiable diseases for U.S. cities and states published between 1888 and 2011. The project derived a quantitative history of disease reduction in the United States over the past century, focusing particularly on the effect of vaccination programs.
van Panhuis WG, Grefenstette J, Jung SY, Chok NS, Cross A, Eng H, et al. Contagious diseases in the United States from 1888 to the present.N.Engl.J.Med. 2013 Nov 28;369(22):2152-2158.
In the United States, cases of contagious diseases have been reported at weekly intervals to health authorities for more than a century, but these data have not been publicly available in a computable format, so their use and value have been limited. The University of Pittsburgh has released a collection of surveillance reports about diseases in the United States going back 125 years. "The researchers obtained all weekly notifiable disease surveillance tables published between 1888 and 2013 – approximately 6,500 tables – in various historical reports, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. These tables were available only in paper format or as PDF scans in online repositories that could not be read by computers and had to be hand-entered. With an estimated 200 million keystrokes, the data – including death counts, reporting locations, time periods and diseases – were digitized. A total of 56 diseases were reported for at least some period of time during the 125-year time span, with no single disease reported continuously."
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2017 Spring Symposium
March 17-19, 2017
Dyes, Stains & Glazing Methods
|Peter Gedrys ProfessionalFinisher andOwner/FounderOf ArchitecturalFinishes, LLC
March 17th - 19th 2017
Friday, 6:30-8:00 pm Intro on Presentation - Open to the public
Free admission - all invited to meet with Peter
Weekend Paid Presentation
Saturday, 8:30am Registration Presentation 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
8560 Holcomb Bridge Road
Roswell, GA 30022
Guild & SAPFM Members $85 / Non-members $130 (before 2/15/16)
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The Presenter: Peter Gedrys As a restorer, his resume includes eighteenth and nineteenth century furniture of American and Continental origin. His architectural projects allow him to reproduce the rich colors and patinas usually reserved for fine antiques. Along with teaching classes in a variety of finishing disciplines,
Gedrys regularly contributes finishing articles to Fine Woodworking magazine and is considered to be one of the leading finishers and restoration experts in the Northeast.
When building furniture, the craftsman faces various tasks such as wood selection, designing, milling, and joinery. Yet upon completion it's only half done. Then there is the question of finishing. With all the myths, recipes and formulas, invariably it becomes confusing and intimidating.
In this symposium a variety of techniques employing dyes, stains, glazes and final finish will be demonstrated. Glazing, which is a translucent color over a sealed surface is one of the finishers most potent and forgiving techniques. Since the surface is sealed you can easily remove a glaze while it is still wet.
Demonstrations will provide information useful to all skill level woodworkers, novice and expert alike.
Friday evening discussion starts with Peter showing images of his work and life, He will talk about the ability to control different woods color and techniques involved.
Dyes, Stains and Glazing
The question becomes "Now what!!" Arbitrary staining for staining sake rarely produces satisfactory results and now you've lost control. This seminar will teach you to control your color not the other way around. A variety of woods will be employed and samples produced.
Our exercise will include:
Turning poplar into cherry
Antique Maple
Golden Brown Mahogany
Painted Distressed Pine
Craftsman Oak
Please feel free to bring photos of finishes you'd like to replicate. We'll do as many as time allows.
Expect an enjoyable weekend of wood-working and an exceptional opportunity to enhance your understanding of power and hand tool skills.
Registration deadline 2/15/17
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This course will provide an introduction to Analog and Digital Electronic circuit applications. The course will cover Operational amplifier and diode designs and applications, Zener regulators and applications, BJT and MOSFET applications in Integrated Circuit (IC), Input/output impedance and applications to Thevenin and Norton equivalents, frequency characteristics of active filters and applications. Co-requisite: EG321.


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Based in Copenhagen, Group Procurement coordinates and carries out procurement for the Maersk Group. Since 2001, we have been developing long-standing, mutually beneficial relationships with a large number of suppliers across the world. Group Procurement is responsible for sourcing goods and services for the Group, selecting suppliers and negotiating agreements. Once the agreements are in place, both we and the various companies within the Maersk Group make sure that both operational purchasing and relationship building is carried out on a day-to-day basis.
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At 6 feet 9, Clearwater forward Okaro White is a towering figure who is proficient around the basket, using his skill and savvy in the middle to help his team score down low.
When his team needs a rebound, White stakes out his spot, pushing and pressing until his opponent is out of the paint.
It is hard labor for the defender who draws the short straw and is assigned to guard him.
The county's most irresistible force, as well as its most immovable object, White treats defenders the way a wrecking ball treats a window pane. He bulls his way through opponents for prime post-up position then turns and drops the ball in the net as casually as if he were placing a book on a shelf.
White was the Times' county player of the year last season, when he averaged 20.8 points and 8.6 points in leading the Tornadoes to the Class 5A state championship.
He is the 14th-best power forward in the nation, according to Rivals.com and has committed to Florida State.
Since his return from an early season ankle injury, White is averaging 14.5 points in routs of Dunedin and Seminole.
White figures to put up even bigger numbers as the season progresses because the county has few players with the height or skill to match up with him.
Quality back-to-the-basket play was once a staple of every county team, some of which had multiple threats on the block. Countryside had Matt Geiger and Andrew DeClercq. Dixie Hollins had Demetri Hill. Largo had Erryol Bing. Lakewood had Mike Morrison.
But a noticeable change has occurred over the past few years as teams no longer are being built around guys in the low post.
Instead, smaller, quicker athletes who possess a variety of skills are en vogue.
The lilliputian revolution under way is based more out of necessity.
"I would love to have a big guy, but there's just not many out there," Largo coach Phil Price said.
"Our tallest guy right now is 6-5. And we're probably in the same boat as most teams around here."
Besides Clearwater, the top teams in the county — Boca Ciega, Lakewood, Largo and St. Petersburg — do not have a player taller than 6-6.
Advantage: White.
"We are very fortunate to have a player of Okaro's caliber," Tornadoes coach Allen Carden said. "Clearwater is a unique place where we have a lot of big guys come through here. But you also have to take the time to develop them."
White doesn't just play with his back to the basket. He can also drift back to shoot behind the 3-point line.
"Okaro can definitely play inside-out," Carden said.
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Carlos J. Lugo author archives.
January 9, 2006
by Carlos J. Lugo
As the Round Robin playoffs start up in the Dominican Winter League, Carlos Lugo checks in with some notable news.
May 27, 2005
The ex-Reds second baseman sat down with BP last year.
February 5, 2004
In our last report, the Round Robin playoffs were in the first week of action and the surprising Cibao Gigantes led the pack with a 4 and 1 record, with the weakening Azucareros in last place with a reversed record of 1 and 4. Meanwhile, the heavily-favored Aguilas and Licey were 3-2 and 2-3 respectively, but both were seemingly moving in opposite directions at the time. The Aguilas had won their last two games against Licey, and Licey had lost their last three, looking flat on the field and on the verge of a prolonged losing streak.
But on January 9th, second baseman Luis Castillo (Marlins) rejoined the club and D'Angelo Jimenez (Reds) was moved to shortstop for the injured Cristian Guzman (Twins), and that night Licey started a nine-game winning streak that virtually catapulted the team to the final series. The streak tied the longest in the history of the Round Robin playoffs, also established by Licey in 1998. The team had solid offensive performances from Eric Byrnes (Athletics) (.375/.434/.563, and a new playoff record 20 RBI), José Offerman (.338/.423/.500), Castillo (.442 OBP), Jimenez (.403 OBP), Timo Perez (Mets), Izzy Alcantara, and at the end of the series, Carlos Peña (Tigers) and Henry Rodriguez, each hitting key home runs in the middle of the winning streak.
On the pitching side, José Jimenez (Indians) won his four starts with a 1.13 ERA, Vladimir Nuñez (Rockies) had a 1.35 ERA in 21 innings, and veteran Rafael Roque was moved from the bullpen to the starting rotation and didn't allow a single run in two starts. These three pitchers were key, because the Tigers lost Juan Cruz (Cubs) after just two starts with an injured non-throwing hand, and Salomón Torres (Pirates), who battled a severe case of the flu, and managed to pitch just two innings in the semifinals.
January 20, 2004
In the late 90s, D'Angelo Jiménez was considered one of the best prospects in baseball. Minor league experts ranging from ESPN.com's John Sickels to BP's Rany Jazayerli rated Jiménez as a better prospect than Alfonso Soriano, another young infielder in the Yankee system. But in January of 2000, Jiménez suffered severe injuries when his car collided with a bus on a highway in the Dominican. The injuries sustained robbed him the opportunity to compete for a position in the Yankees infield, as Jiménez was coming off big seasons in the Triple-A International and Dominican Winter leagues, and was expected to make the big club that season. He's since moved through the White Sox and Padres organizations, with both clubs souring on him due to periodic struggles at the plate and on defense. His overall profile remains that of an effective hitter with moderate power and good plate discipline, making Jiménez one of the most underappreciated players in the game. In 2003 he landed in Cincinnati, putting up a solid line of .290/.365/.421 in 290 at-bats with the Reds. This winter in the Dominican the 26-year-old infielder had arguably the best offensive season for a second baseman in the history of the league, winning the batting title (.360), flirting with the single-season OBP record before finishing at .485, and also slugging an even .500, all while playing half his games in a pitcher's park. Baseball Prospectus recently chatted with Jiménez before a game between the Azucareros del Este and the Licey Tigers.
January 9, 2004
Playoffs Update
After the first five games of the Round Robin, the surprising Cibao Giants are in first place with 4 wins and 1 loss. The Aguilas follows with 3 and 2, Licey is 2 and 3, and Azucareros is 1 and 4.
The Tigers won their first two games, but lost two consecutive against the Aguilas over the weekend, in front of full crowds at Santo Domingo and Santiago. Monday's game at Santiago was a typical classic of these two powerhouses. The Aguilas scored seven runs in the first inning against Randy Keisler and Wilton Chavez, but Licey proceeded to score 10 unanswered runs to take a three-run lead. D'Angelo Jimenez hit a three-run homer off Brett Laxton to crown a five-run rally in the fifth inning, putting the Tigers ahead.
Unfortunately for the Tigers, their defense failed miserably in the last two innings, and the Aguilas scored five runs to win the game 12-11. Jimenez went from hero to goat when he botched a groundball for a potential game-ending double play in the ninth, and after a strike out to pinch-hitter Felix Martinez, Victor Diaz followed with a walk-off two-run double off Guillermo Mota to leave the Tigers on the field.
The Tigers have now lost their last three games while the Aguilas have won their last three.
December 23, 2003
In 2002, at the tender age of 18, Andy Marte led the Appalachian League in RBI, was second in home runs, and had a composite line of .281/.344/.492. That performance made Marte an interesting prospect to be closely followed in 2003. This past summer in the Carolina League, Marte had another solid performance and jumped to grade-A prospect status. Baseball Prospectus minor league expert David Cameron said that Marte was the player "that most amazed me" in his most recent chat.
Marte is getting regular playing time at the Dominican Winter League as the third baseman of the Azucareros del Este club, and he was kind enough to have a brief conversation with Baseball Prospectus. We interviewed Marte before his team most recent game at the Estadio Tetelo Vargas in San Pedro de Macoris.
December 22, 2003
With just eight games left on the schedule, the Dominican Winter League is entering in the final and decisive stretch to decide which four teams are going to the playoffs beginning January 2nd. Two teams are already in: the Licey Tigers and the Cibao Eagles and three others are fighting for the final two spots. Two-and-a-half games separate the Giants, Toros and Estrellas, yet the Estrellas are at a marked disadvantage.
Before the season started, there were signals that the team from San Pedro de Macoris was working with a different agenda than the other five ballclubs. Most of their foreign players were from the Japanese League (Masato Yoshii, Takahito Nomura and Brian Mallette) or the Taiwanese League (Jeff Andra). Only three played the whole summer in organized baseball: Greg Bauer, Koyie Hill and J.D. Closser. The clear motives for this curious strategy were economic, as the ballclub was not in the same financial position as the two previous seasons, when their payroll was almost at the same level of the big-market clubs in Santo Domingo and Santiago.
December 11, 2003
Fall and winter are times for football, basketball, and snow. For New Englanders, it's a time to mourn another summer that died late, as Roger Angell once said. The only baseball news around for fans are awards announcements, manager firings and hirings and the Hot Stove League league, which doesn't always burn so hot. But for a few million obsessed fans around the Caribbean basin and the Mexican pacific coast, it's time for "the other" season, one that's even more important in terms of passion and loyalty than the major leagues of the United States. We do have baseball year-round, but the only time we feel the sense of emptiness that the people in Canada and the United States are feeling right now is the 10 days between the end of the Caribbean World Series and the time pitchers and catchers report.
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Real option valuation of abandoned farmland
This paper investigates the decision-making process of an owner of abandoned farmland that is currently restricted to agricultural use but will be available for nonagricultural use in the future. I make a real option valuation of the abandoned farmland taking prospective land conversion into consideration. Results from the model calibration demonstrate that a slight probability of land conversion greatly increases the land value and discourages the owner from cultivating the land. Further, the results show that a small gap in the anticipation of land conversion prevents the owner from selling or leasing the land to a more efficient farmer.
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Step Four - "Made a sear
"So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do. Both his pride and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look within himself. Pride says, "You need not pass this way," and Fear says, "You dare not look!" But the testimony of A.A.'s who have really tried a moral inventory is that pride and fear of this sort turn out to be bogeymen, nothing else. Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory, and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls upon this foggy scene. As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born, and the sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable. These are the first fruits of Step Four." pp. 49-50
*More Links for 4th Step Inventory Guides and Download for 4th Step Inventory listed at bottom of this page.
The history of this 4th Step Guide is vague but it has been attributed to anonymous members of Alcoholics Anonymous. Various versions could be found on early recovery computer bulletin boards (BBS). One version was dubbed "The California 4th Step Guide" as it was believed that the originators were located in California. Another version "suggested" that a person should have at least 5 years of recovery before using this guide. In any event this guide has well over 300 questions for a person to answer starting with your childhood years, through adolescence, and into your adult life. The guide works for all 12 step programs as the guide is not specific to any particular program. The guide has a very good set of general directions for doing a 4th step.
by Anonymous Members of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Buy paper and pen and start writing. The AA Big Book says on eight different occasions that we write out this step. It's the writing it down that helps trigger the release.
It has been our experience that we all have compulsive behavior which needs to be controlled, thereby the problems that were actually caused by the compulsive behavior will disappear. Which leaves us with the problems that caused us to become compulsive. And these, as you are perhaps beginning to find out, are the ones that stay painfully with us unless we do something about it. (In the past, they were so painfully with us that we needed an escape to relieve the pain).
We seemed to always be able to quit a compulsion. We just couldn't stay quit. In taking Step Four through Nine, we are doing certain things which we find will bring us to a point in life-enjoyment and comfort whereby we no longer need to be compulsive. We don't need compulsive means to escape because the problem has
been bled off.
It has been our experience that it really does not matter particularly what your intent is when you take Step Four. Or what your attitude is. Or what your ideas are as to what it will do for you and how. What matters is that you take the step honestly and to the best of your ability. Quit rationalizing that you'll take it better if you take it later...or after you have been in the program longer...or any of the other lame excuses that all of us who have gone before you have used.
As compulsive human beings, we all wanted to excel-really excel-at some activity or other. May we suggest this: if you ever decided to get with it (not perfectly, but the best you can honestly do) right here and now is good time to get with it. A thorough Fourth and Fifth Step will give you more relief and comfort than you have any way of knowing. This is the action that can lead to a real joy in living...the sort that you may not have experienced since early childhood (if then)...something that you have been searching for but couldn't quite find.
Step Two does not say, "Came to believe IN a Power greater than ourselves," but "Came to believe THAT a Power greater than ourselves..." could help us become
sane, happy people. For instance, the Group is greater than I am as an individual...which would make it a Greater Power. Whatever you look to as a Higher
Power, you must remember that in Step Three you turn...not just your compulsive behavior, but your will and your life...over to that Higher Power. So that whatever is uncovered in the process of taking Steps Four and Five...whatever your difficulty...you
must remember that you have turned it over...and then keep on ploughing ahead.
Alcoholics Anonymous is an organization of people helping each other to recover from the disease of alcoholism. The Twelve Steps were written by the founders of the AA fellowship as guidelines to aid alcoholics find a better way of life without the use of alcohol. We who have become aware of their philosophy of life have found these
Steps invaluable in our "Search for Serenity."
We have found that most of us have created needless mental, physical, and spiritual problems for ourselves because of our own compulsive behavior. The dictionary gives us a psychological definition of compulsion as being; "An irresistible repeated irrational impulse."" The AA Big Book refers to "self will run riot." We may also think of compulsion in terms of "excessive wants that dominate our normal needs." The purpose of this outline is to help any person become aware of the actions and reactions involved in their daily living which have caused them to become compulsive.
The guide for AA's Fourth Step was written by AA's-we have adapted the original to fit any person involved in a Twelve Step Program so that they might become better aware of their own compulsive behavior. The AA Big Book suggest that we take Steps Four and Five immediately after Step Three. You're starting now to take Step Four so set up an appointment right away to take your Fifth Step. Select your sponsor, or a minister (being sure it is one who understands the problem, not one who will "moralize" at you), or a doctor, or a close-mouthed friend in the program. Give yourself about a month to finish Step Four. And don't put off starting Step Four because you can't find anyone "suitable" to take
Step Five with.
Let us stress that you are not being graded on spelling, punctuation, or grammar. This Fourth Step is for you eyes only. You're going to tell it to someone, but this is for you. If you decide to erase or scratch through something, don't do it. It might be one of the keys that would unlock some part of your personality that is now hidden from you. And remember, you can't take a perfect inventory, but you can do your honest best. And let us assure you that your honest best certainly will be very, very good.
The book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions states: "Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be complete human beings. If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their person, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival. If they didn't reproduce, the earth wouldn't be populated. If there were no social instinct, if men cared nothing for the society of one another, there would be no society. So these desires...for the sex relation, for material and emotional security, and for companionship...are perfectly
necessary and right, are surely God-given." (pg. 43)
It is when these instincts are warped and bent out of shape that we get in trouble, for their distortion brings pain. The compulsive behavior helped to escape from such pain. And this is what your inventory is about...to help you recognize those instincts of yours that are warped and out of control, and develop awareness of yourself and
your reactions.
You will want to write out the resentments, fears, guilts, hates, and sexual hang-ups that you can remember. What you want to be aware of is your reaction to what
happened to you. A moral inventory deals with feelings-both good and bad. Don't get into what was done to you (i.e. "I resented my mother because she favored my sister
and didn't love me" or "I hated my father for whipping me in front of my friends"). Or what you did to someone (i.e. "I used to tell on my brother so I'd look good to my parents," or "I felt superior to my brothers and sister because my parents favored me").
Put down the things that you remember and feel the pain of embarrassment, fear, or guilt. Where were you at fault and what is it about it that hurt you now. The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions reads, "Since Step Four is but the beginning of a lifetime practice, it can be suggested that we first have a look at those personal flaws which are acutely troublesome and fairly obvious. Work on getting to the root of the big problems now. Dig in and let the pressure begin to ease off." (pg 51)
If you find that any question awakens some painful or distressing memory, write it down (even though it is not an answer to that particular question). Search out and fearlessly put down on paper those things that are painful, embarrassing, fill you with fear, shame, or any other uncomfortable feelings (which could be guilt, rage, etc.). This is a long outline. Don't let it scare or dissuade you. Take each question and in your own words write out your answer-let it all hang out!
Do not tear up any part of it. If you feel the statement you made was wrong, make a notation as to why it is wrong. Promise yourself to be honest and fearless. Trust us when we tell you that your rewards will be great. Some people have been discouraged in taking an inventory because they don't feel they have become honest enough, or can remember everything that happened to them. Just do your best-your honest best. The same about memory. We-no one-is capable of remembering every incident of their lives, so deal with what you are capable of remembering. Now.
Please keep in mind that the Fourth Step is not dealing with changing anything. An inventory doesn't change things, it simply lists things. Your inventory is only a story of your feelings and acts from the beginning until now. "We went back through our lives. Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty." (AA Big Book. pg 65)
Many have found that it helps to carry around a pocket size notebook so that they could jot down anything that pops into their head. It will be useful to you in your inventory. It really doesn't matter if you write information down that could be slightly incorrect insofar as dates, places, etc. Just get it down! Arrange to have a safe place to put your Fourth Step inventory. Nothing should be left out "because someone might see it who isn't supposed to." Once it is transferred to the main inventory you can throw it (the pocket notations) away. Remember, in Step Four we put down all the things that we wince at...just remembering them we screw our eyes closed and think "Oh no!" or "Damn!" "Not that!" Just write it down. It is not hurting anyone but you.
Read what the AA Big Book has to say about the Fourth Step (pg 64-71). And The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (pg 43-55). The AA Big Book refers to the "...wreckage of your past..." and from this we are tempted to deal only with the problems left in the wake of our compulsive behavior...the problems outside of us. The problems that were created as the result of our compulsive behavior. But...Steps Four and Five deal with how the past has affected our world within. How our negative feelings about ourselves and others have wrecked us spiritually, mentally, and physically. The AA Big Book instructs us to write about fears (hates), resentments (guilts), or our sexual hang-ups. Breaking these instructions down into three parts helps to hurry things along. Most of our patterns are set up in childhood and early adolescence. Therefore, your inventory will be divided into three parts:
At birth, we are exposed to our parent's behavior, beliefs, expectations and attitudes. These were based on their parent's behavior, beliefs, attitudes, etc...back through the generations. So, since we can't really pin the blame, let's instead get about the job of finding the remedy.
Problems begin if parents were too young, to old, too poor, too rich, to many children, only one child, want a boy and got a girl, wanted a girl and got a boy, parents didn't get to finish high school, parents had to get married parents couldn't cope with responsibility, had to give up a career, had a lack of financial security, were
sick either emotionally or physically, threatened "not to love" children as they didn't "measure up", death of a parent, divorce, etc., etc., etc.
Sometimes mothers make their children feel guilty because they have to work. (They usually appear as a "good woman" who has sacrificed her life working and
depriving herself for her children). This attitude automatically puts the child in a never ending debt of guilt for being alive and so much of a problem. Or fathers play the same game by such statements as, "if I hadn't has such a large family I could have been a great man..." some neurotic mothers try and make their children feel guilty by telling them what a hard time they had giving birth. There are parents who make excuses for your bad behavior...teaching you how to excuse anything you want to do; or parents who would not punish you and taught you how to put things off; or who overprotected you; or who gave you no tools to face life as it really is; or alcoholic parents; or parents who were too strict, forcing a child to act like an adult which then forces the adult to act like a child to be perfect in all things, or gives them a model (sister, brother, friend etc.) and constantly compares the child with the other persons, etc., etc., etc.
But remember, if you have gotten smart enough to figure out that your parents were your big problem, then you must go one step further and figure out what you can and will do about it. This is the purpose of the Fourth Step. The purpose is not your parents inventory, if the above paragraph sounded like it. Your parents did the best job they knew how, sometimes it was good job and other times it was a bad job. It is to help you become aware of your attitudes, emotions, inappropriate behavior (and notice, please, that this is behavior inappropriate for you), so that you may begin life anew.
Some of you will object to many of the questions posed, because you think your own character defects have not been so glaring. To these it can be suggested that a conscientious examination is likely to reveal the very defect the objectionable questions are concerned with. One can get a mind that is so "closed" that it doesn't realize it is closed. Because the surface record hasn't looked too bad, many of us have been abashed to find that this is so simply because we have buried these defects so deep under thick layers of self-justification. Sick justifications that rationalize anything, whatever the defects, have finally ambushed us into compulsive behavior and misery.
Therefore, thoroughness ought to be the watchword when taking inventory. In this connection we write it out to get clear thinking and an honest appraisal. It is our first tangible evidence of our complete willingness to move forward.
Please try and quit conning yourself that you need to get into the "right mood" to take this step. You're in the right mood to take this step when you are ready to quit hurting and get well. All of our lives, we have tried to "think our way into action." This time, we must, "act our way into right thinking." We who have taken this step can tell you that it works. We didn't know how it worked before we took it, and we can't tell you how it works
after we took it...so quite worrying about that. What you are seeking is not mere "relief"...you'll get that, don't worry. What will come will be real joy in living.
Believe us, you can get it, and a giant step toward getting it is to dump the accumulated garbage that you are now carrying around.
So get your pen and paper and begin!
Final words before you start: if you honestly don't know the answer to a question, then just indicate that you don't know. But try and answer each question in the best way that you can.
And remember...if any question suggests an area of discomfort (trouble), then write it out...get it down on paper...get rid of it!
End of General Directions
Write down any other childhood memories that were painful.
Which of the above questions about childhood was the toughest for you to answer?
Do you know why?
End of Childhood Section
Often an adolescent relies on the misguided sex information obtained from his peers. This can produce a number of severe problems (i.e. never outgrowing the desire to have sex with the opposite parent, brother, sister...sometimes the desire for sexual activities with the parent of the same sex.) Although these are unconscious desires, they bring on conscious guilts that have to be dealt with. Distortion may come when a person is too young emotionally to handle adult sex. There is involvement because of peer pressure or the desire to please another. Not being in touch with adult feelings, pretenses set up which then leads to anger, disappointment, and guilt. These feelings, in turn, can have a tendency to prevent normal sexual and emotional growth. The guilt prevents the person from talking the feelings out with a mature adult, which may result in a need to repeat the same pattern over and over again.
We've covered a lot of ground on these questions. Now, is there anything that made you particularly uncomfortable when writing about it? Have you put down everything that you can remember now that bugged you then? Even the simplest, most nit-picking things are important if they trouble you. Put them down now.
End of Adolescence Section
End of Adulthood Section
The most common symptoms of emotional insecurity are worry, anger, self-pity and depression. These stem from causes which sometimes seem to be within us, and at other times without. To take inventory in this respect we ought to consider carefully all personal relationships which bring continuous and recurring troubles. It should be remembered that this kind of insecurity may arise in any area where instincts are threatened. Questioning directed to this end might run like this: Looking at both past and present, what sex situations have caused me anxiety, bitterness, frustration or depression? Appraising each situation carefully and fairly, can you see where you have been at fault? Did these perplexities beset you because of selfishness or unreasonable demands?
Or, if your disturbance was seemingly caused by the behavior of others, why do you lack the ability to accept conditions you cannot change?
Do you feel that faith and dependency on a Higher Power is somewhat weak, even cowardly? Has your inability to accept much on faith been handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasonable prejudice? Do you dissect spiritual beliefs and practices of spiritually-minded persons as a basis of wholesale condemnation? What would your choice be if you fearlessly had to face the proposition that God either is or He isn't?
These are the sort of fundamental inquiries that can disclose the source of your discomfort and indicate whether you are able to alter you own conduct and so adjust yourself to self-discipline. Suppose a particular insecurity constantly arouses the same feelings again and again. You can ask to what extent your own mistakes have fed your gnawing anxieties, and if the actions of others are part of the cause, what can you do about that? If you are unable to change the present state of affairs, are you willing to take the measures necessary to shape your life conditions as they are?
Am I really willing to forgive myself? It takes a great deal of humility to be ready for the final phase of your inventory. If we accept ourselves as we are, with all our shortcomings as revealed in our inventory, we can go to another human being with our inventory and reveal all there is to know about ourselves. If we are truly humble in the sense that we are beginning to rely increasingly on our Higher Power in more of our affairs, then we are ready for the last phase.
If you made your appointment you need only to keep that appointment and verbally discuss every portion of your inventory.
Difficulties commonly experienced are:
In taking your inventory you wrote down all these fears realizing they stem from our need to present a "good" image of ourselves to everyone. We fear that if we don't, they will have nothing to do with us. We will be isolated and outcast and, therefore, worthless. On closer examination, it is the need to "doctor" or distort our image which has been the real barrier between us and the rest of the world, which in fact do isolate us in spite-or because-of the false front we present. Nothing draws us to others, and others to us like honesty and humility. They represent true humanity and that is what really attracts us to each other.
"A friend is someone who knows everything there is to know about you, and loves you in spite of it."
End of Conclusion Section
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As the Oakland Raiders begin their training camp practice sessions, quarterback Matt Flynn is trying to build chemistry. When the Raiders brought Flynn via trade, he immediately became their starter. With training camp underway, Flynn is looking to maintain the starting job and build chemistry with his teammates in the process.
"The chemistry is not completely there yet, but it's coming, and once that all meshes together, I'm really excited about what we could do as an offense because, like I said, we have a lot of talent." Flynn said.
Building chemistry is job one for Flynn. The Raiders know well how fickle those bonds can be. Last season Carson Palmer and Denarius Moore developed terrific chemistry and connected for six touchdowns in nine games. The rest of the season they were not on the same page and struggled to get anything going. Palmer also gained trust in tight end Brandon Myers who caught a career high 79 passes. His previous high was 16. The relationships and trust between quarterback and receivers are so important to success and are developed during camp.
"Once we get everything installed and everyone's comfortable, then we can work on everyone coming together and really trying to take those steps up the ladder, because you can't make those steps without everybody knowing everything," Flynn said. "That's just what happens when you get a new coordinator, everyone's learning a completely new offense, so you have to go through those kinds of growing pains."
The Raiders brought in Greg Olson this offseason to improve a stagnant offense. He and Flynn have the opportunity to grow together. That relationship is extremely important to the Raiders 2013 success.
"In anything that we do, any offense, with any coordinator, like right now we're installing any play that you could ever possibly run, we're installing that," Flynn said. "When we start game-planning, we start getting stuff that your quarterback will feel more comfortable with. This goes for any offense: If your quarterback doesn't like a play going into a game week, he tells his coordinator and his coordinator doesn't call the play. Right now what it's about is me getting comfortable with certain plays and there are always naturally going to be plays that are more comfortable than others, but we're throwing it all out there right now and just trying to figure those things out."
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Hi Mike,
Attached is the document causing the problems (safe work australia links http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/model-whs-laws/model-cop/a-z-cop/pages/a-z). I have taken a screen shot too (attached) of what happens. The WorkCover NSW links ask for a server username and password. I've found out if I hit cancel the document will load. Do you know why this is happening too? Also, if I save it as a pdf the links don't work, but I've heard about this problem. Have you got an email address and I can send you the attachments? Seems like image files only can be instered.
Hi Mike,
As requested. I have sent you the word and pdf file. [email protected]
Thanks for your efforts so far.
Yes, the pdf works fine.
I will try deleting the Microsoft account.
It's a Microsoft issue. I purchased Office for Mac Home and Student 2011, which doesn't come with Outlook. For some reason it wants me to upgrade to Microsoft Home and Business (with Outlook) for hyperlink functions to work. Crazy hey?
When I activate the 30 day trial, the hyperlinks work fine.
I've got Microsoft scratching their heads, because they can't work out the issue. I told them to send me just Office for Mac Home and Student, but evidently they are all the same file, just the application key changes the access. Problem is, it still installs Outlook.