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Gov. Jay Nixon moves Bryan out of IT and into Natural Resources.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has picked CIO Bill Bryan to be deputy director of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and director of the Division of State Parks.
Bryan worked with Nixon as deputy chief counsel for environmental affairs in the attorney general's office prior to his appointment as CIO in January. Bryan, who was appointed to his new position at DNR on Sept. 14, has worked for the state for 18 years.
No successor has been named to replace Bryan as CIO. Currently Arlan Holmes is deputy for administration for Information Technology Services and Steve Siegler is deputy for operations, according to the ITS Web site.
"Bill Bryan has already served Missouri admirably as an environmental advocate, by prosecuting cases against polluters who damage our air, land and water," Nixon said in a written statement. "Bill will bring to the DNR the same sterling environmental credentials and aggressive approach to environmental protection that he demonstrated for many years in the Attorney General's Office."
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I can not believe that it is almost 2011. Crazy! I've been thinking lots about resolutions, but I think I'm just too completely tired to come up with anything meaningful. So I'm just hoping to be positive & productive in the next year. Actually, that sounds really good! Be positive & productive. I'm making a sign of that & putting on my fridge.
Thanks to doctor's orders for one of us because of some recently discovered health issues, Dylan & I have been dieting for the last month. We've limited our sugars & carbs and have been eating lots of salad & vegetables. We've both dropped some pounds & are feeling great. I bought a pair of jeans in a size smaller! It hasn't been too hard & we're feeling good, but we've been really craving a few things & decided that we'd have a free day to eat all those unhealthy goodies on New Year's Eve. Dylan chose pizza for his reward & I chose chocolate cake. So tonight we are indulging & celebrating the last year of accomplishments. We survived & we had fun & we hope 2011 is just as great.
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Clippers down Suns, reach 50-win plateau for first time
Los Angeles, CA – DeAndre Jordan had 20 points and 12 rebounds in the Los Angeles Clippers' 126-101 rout of the Phoenix Suns.
"My teammates put me in position for easy baskets," Jordan, who had eight dunks, said.
Chris Paul tallied 15 points, 12 assists and four steals for the Clippers, who reached 50 wins for the first time in franchise history after snapping a three-game losing steak.
The 50 victories surpassed the 49 triumphs set by the Buffalo Braves during the 1974-75 campaign.
The Clips can clinch their first Pacific Division title with a win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday or if Golden State loses Friday at Phoenix.
Wesley Johnson netted 20 points to lead Phoenix, which has dropped seven consecutive contests.
The Clippers stormed out of the gate with the game's first 15 points before taking a 29-19 lead after a quarter of play. They took a 57-50 advantage into the break and blew the contest wide open in the third with a 31-8 run.
"We have to do a better job of preparing, the start was embarrasing," Suns interim head coach Lindsey Hunter said.
Willie Green recorded 11 points during the burst, while Jordan added 10 as Los Angeles opened up a 93-66 cushion late into the third before heading into the final frame with a 95-70 margin.
The margin reached its peak at 28 in the fourth.
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SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the simultaneous filing and $130,000 settlement of its pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against Southwest Dental Group, a former El Centro-based dental practice.
According to the EEOC, an upper-level management official of the dental practice routinely made inquiries during interviews of female applicants regarding their marital status; whether they were or planning to become pregnant; and if they had children. Furthermore, at least three former female employees were either demoted, discharged or forced to resign as a result of their pregnancies. One of those female employees was discharged during pregnancy. Another was demoted and ultimately discharged after she was unable to follow the manager's instruction to take only two weeks of maternity leave following an unanticipated C-section. Upon return from maternity leave, a third female employee was forced to resign after she was demoted from her prior position of assistant manager to that of a clerk tasked with passing out flyers in a parking lot.
The EEOC filed the lawsuit and consent decree resolving the matter in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (EEOC v. Melissa Mani Dental Corporation d/b/a Southwest Dental Group, Case No. 10-CV-1962-BEN-WMc). Aside from the monetary relief, the parties entered into a four-year consent decree requiring that the offending management official attend two separate live training programs regarding discrimination issues with an emphasis on pregnancy discrimination. The decree also requires that, in the event Southwest Dental Group opens a new practice within the next four years, it will appoint an equal employment opportunity (EEO) consultant; create and implement anti-discrimination policies and procedures; and periodically report to the EEOC regarding its handling of internal complaints and compliance with the decree.
"The question of whether or not a woman is pregnant, wants to have children or already has them, cannot play a role in an employer's decision to hire," said Anna Park, regional attorney of the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office. "Moreover, the law expressly forbids employers from taking adverse employment actions against women in their work force because they become pregnant."
Marla Stern, local director of the EEOC's San Diego Local Office, added, "Women have the right to work through their pregnancies and return to their positions following a reasonable maternity leave. Not only is it unconscionable that an employer would go to such great lengths to exclude women who decide to have children, but it is also against federal law."
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When I was a mother already, there was this aisle in SuperSale where I would get my beef asado siopao. They came in packs of 6, and must be chilled or frozen right away, and steamed to reheat/consumed. I liked its dough, but the filling was rather skimpy and had more starchy sauce than meat, although tasty.
Of course, since coming to the US, I have been experimenting. At first I made beef asado roll with the leftover beef pares and the Basic Egg Bread recipe. But that was baked. I had the theory that the same dough used for baking in the oven, when steamed, would give me siopao. The first how-to I found online was Sassy's post on pork asado siopao. (Update as of 3-7-2010: Latest siopao I have is pork siopao, which is sooo yummy! Check it out! Kids gobbled them up quickly!)
However, this time when I experimented, I made use of the dough for Parker House Rolls recipe, which has become one of my favorites, and I have made it my Master Dough for such things as pan de coco, pan de lemon, pan de sal, and anything where I use fillings. It is just so airy and light, and I like its taste. But you may want to consider other classic bread recipes featured in Breadworld.com, like Basic Egg Bread, Old-Fashioned Bread, etc.
What I used, of course, was the leftover from beef pares. I chopped it coarsely (not ground). I heated the excess sauce, seasoned it with sugar, soy sauce, salt, and pepper, then thickened with water-cornstarch mixture. Then I mixed the chopped beef, and chilled in the fridge until I was ready to use it. (Please see my siopao using leftover pork roast here.)
Than I prepared the dough using Parker House Rolls recipe as per intructions UP TO THE INITIAL RISING. The reasons why I like this dough, aside from those mentioned above, was that I could make this at night and refrigerate it for use in the morning or the next supper time. That means I can divide it in half (two birds with one stone), and it is suitable for get-togethers in that I only have to shape and bake them on the day of the party.
Makes 36 Rolls
4-3/4 to 5-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 envelopes FLEISCHMANN'S RapidRise Yeast
1-1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 large egg
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
In large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, undissolved yeast, and salt. Heat milk, water, and 1/4 cup butter until very warm (120o to 130oF). Stir into flour mixture. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally. Add egg and 1/2 cup flour; beat 2 minutes at high speed. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes. Cover;* let rest 10 minutes.
Source: Breadworld.comFrom hereon, I divided the dough into about 20 pieces (roughly 2 oz each). I placed them on a greased pan, covered with greased plastic and lest rest 10 mins further. Then I filled with meat mixture, placing coffee filters cut into squares (divide each filter into four and cut the sides off to have squares). I let them rise for 10 minutes before steaming. I used 1 tbsp in about 2 cups water for every batch of siopao steamed. I never have had luck steaming several stacks of siopao steamer, so I do them one at a time.
Then I proceeded as depicted in the following slideshow:
1. Prepare the dough and let rise for 10 minutes. (Note: For my rolls which I fill with something like siopao or pan de coco, I have found that handling and filling the dough is easier when it is cold. The same goes for the filling, especially for siopao and empanada. Do not try to fill the dough with lukewarm, runny filling. It will be frustrating.)
2. Cut the dough using a dough scraper/cutter into 2-inch wide logs, then cut further to make approximately 2x2 cubes. You may use your hand to just pinch off, as long as you don't squeeze them flat.
3. Lay them on a lightly greased baking sheet about 2 inches apart and let rise for further 10 minutes. Not only will this give you more airy buns later, but also allow for easier manipulation when filling them.
4. Using your hands, flatten each piece to about 1/4 inch thickness, thinnest at the sides.
5. Place about 1 heaping tbsp of the filling at the center.
6. Gather the edges and pinch together to seal. Place the dough on the paper with the seam under.
7. Arrange on the steamer pan about 1 inch apart. Cover and let rise 10 minutes.
8. Steam for 12 minutes. Prepare the next batch while waiting.
Notes: (1)I read in another blog to add vinegar to water to help make buns come out whiter. (2) It was advised to put clean dish towel (I used flour sack here) above the siopao doughs to prevent water condensing beneath the cover to drop onto the buns and make them soggy. (3) I tried to steam the first batch for 30 minutes with only a layer of flour sack under the cover, but I had a poor outcome as shown in the photo. Compare the wet bun on the left with the smooth and spongy bun on the right. So I also placed flour sack under the pan of buns, and those two covers gave me the smoothest spongy buns.
9. Cool for about 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack, then proceed with making the next batch.
10. You may eat this now, or let cool completely then place in freezer bags for future eating. (I covered with one coffee filter to help absorb moisture and lessen freezer burn). While I am not in a position to tell you how long it will last in the freezer, I am sure it won't reach one month before you (or family or friends) will consume them. When frozen, reheat for about 1 minute in the microwave. If it is just chilled in the fridge, reheat for 30 seconds.
I made some with chicken-mushroom filling (just shredded chicken mixed with cream of mushroom) because out of the 36 pieces, I had 10 more when I ran out of beef filling. My older son loved the beef, my younger preferred the chicken. Then I offered both types to my in-laws, and they loved the beef as well (It's their first time to try steamed buns). I had hubby try the beef, and he said (in his usual unenthusiastic way) it was good. Oh well, he really prefers plain yeast rolls, especially ones made with wheat.
Special thanks goes to my friend Ana for lending me her steamer (sa uulitin!).
If you do not have enough beef fillings for all the dough pieces, you may keep them refrigerated covered with cling wrap and then bake the next morning at 350 F for 12-15 minutes (depending on the size; watch out as it browns) to enjoy plain buns, or roll each piece first on a plate of breadcrumbs to have pandesal.
For those who want a recipe for siopao sauce, here's one shared to me by an online friend (and a good singer) Jen. I have not tried making this because my siopao does not usually need additional flavor; the filling is already tasty. So, if you feel like experimenting, here it is.
sio pao sauce
1 T oyster sauce
1 1/2 t dark soy sauce
2 t catsup
2 1/4 t white sugar
pinch of ground white pepper
2 1/4 t tapioca starch
5 T chicken broth
1 T vegetable or peanut oil
1/2 c dice onion
3/4 c thinly cut Barbecued Pork
1 1/2 t gin
1/2 t sesame oil
1. In small bowl, combine sauce ingredients and reserve.
2. Heat a wok and add oil. Add onion and cook for 5 minutes. Add pork, gin, reserved sauce mixture and cook for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, until sauce thickens. Add the sesame oil and mix well. Turn off heat and transfer filling mixture to a shallow dish. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until ready to use.
TO BAKE SIOPAO instead of steaming:
Well, after I tried steaming in small batches, I thought it would be easier to bake them, which I have tried (although no pics of those here). Baking the siopao instead of steaming (though by definition, siopao is steamed) , you will come up with rolls which has meat filling instead (sort of like those sold in red ribbon if you shape them like triangles), almost like Hot Pockets. Just flatten them a bit to achieve a more browned look. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Brush with melted butter right after baking. Refrigerate the leftovers (for the sake of the filling, as that cooked meat will spoil if left in room temp for a long time).


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Triton Women Claim Third Straight Title, Men Finish Fifth at 2007 CCAA Championships
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The Tritons posted 260 points on the women's side, 77.5 more than second place Chico State, while the men notched 89 points, 30 less than fourth place finisher Cal State L.A. The
Junior Laiah Blue posted a pair of victories for the Triton women, winning the 100 meter hurdles in a time of 13.83 while also claiming victory in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 61.25.
UCSD also claimed victory in both the women's relay races, posting a time of 47.14 in the 4x100 relay and a mark of 3:58.13 in the 1600 meter relay.
In addition to her second place finish in the heptathlon, freshman Linda Rainwater captured the CCAA championship in the women's high jump with her mark of 5'3.75", which was two inches better than second place finisher Katie Wilson of
Junior Whitney Johnson, like Blue, was a double conference championship winner, claiming victory in both the long jump and the triple jump. Her distance of 19'5.5" was five inches longer than second place in the long jump while her mark of 41'3.25" was 2.75 inches better than the second place finisher in the triple jump.
Lauren Anderson and Sarah Hendy won the women's shot put and women's discus events, respectively, while Melissa Karnaze finished second in the hammer throw.
On the men's side, transfer Khalil Hooper had the fastest preliminary time in the 110 meter hurdles but finished in third place in the finals with his time of 15.30 seconds. Desi Burt of Cal State L.A. finished first with his time of 15.20 seconds.
Freshman Casey Ryan finished second in the men's high jump, leaping a season-best height of 6'9" in the finals. Burt, of CSULA, won the event with the same height, but was able to clear the mark in fewer jumps than Ryan.
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This morning I awakened before the sun, and it was not because I wanted to. I came out of a deep sleep to the sounds of some strange bird tweeting right by our bedroom window. Putting my pillow over my head only half-suffocated me, (that never works). Finally I just yelled in the direction of the window, "SHUT UP!" but that didn't work either. I laid in bed hating that stupid bird which reminded me so much of my nemesis in El Salvador, the Pichichi.
The Pichichi is some sort of duck, in English it's called the "Black-bellied Whistling Duck", and I'm not exaggerating when I say that the noise that bird makes sounds like a really loud and demented doggy squeak toy from hell and it nearly drove me to insanity.
Most of our time in El Salvador was spent in the city of San Salvador at my husband's childhood home, but we spent a couple nights in Chalatenango at the house of a Tio and the Abuelos. It was at the Tio's house where I met the Pichichi. I'll admit that at first I thought he was cute, but that all changed after the sun went down. I climbed into my hammock with my tired, sweaty baby on my chest. My oldest son was a year old at the time and still very fussy. It was difficult to get him to sleep, especially without the comforts of home, and he'd become so exhausted and overwhelmed that he would cry for hours at a time. I wrapped him in a blanket to shield him from the mosquitoes which feasted on me instead, and tried to get comfortable. I woke often, itching from the mosquito bites and unaccustomed to the swinging motion of the hammock, feeling like I was falling, worried I'd drop the baby. The baby would cry out in protest each time I moved and so I tried my best to hold still.
It wasn't just the hammock and the mosquitoes though. Right out the window in the adjacent courtyard lived a Pichichi, and that stupid duck made its torturous noises almost all night. Every once in awhile I yelled, "SHUT UP!" towards the window, but it was no use. When I thought he had finally given in to my demands, the sunlight started to filter in through the curtain and the rooster started his shift.
The next day my Suegra had scheduled our son's baptism at the church. At the time I was devoutly Protestant and I was upset that this had been arranged without my permission. I was feeling rather emotional, and the lack of sleep did nothing to help matters. The day of the baptism was incredibly hot. The sun beat down unrelenting, and in the small, windowless church, we all sweated through our clothes. The baby began to cry, and so I began to cry as well. No one quite knew what to make of it.
At one point in the ceremony, the Padre addresses the parents and the padrinos saying, "Do you believe in the Catholic church?" … I've never been one to lie, and I had no idea my husband had intended for me to just silently go along with things. "I'm Protestant!" I blurted out through my tears. Everyone was silent for a moment as the Padre seemed to wonder what to do, and then the ceremony went on as usual.
I probably didn't make the best first impression on a lot of my in-laws when we went to visit El Salvador, but for some reason, they seemed to understand me, even if I didn't totally understand myself.


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For 22 years, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, has undertaken an annual Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS), the longest running retirement survey of its kind in America. The survey seeks to gauge the views and attitudes of working-age and retired Americans regarding retirement, their preparations for retirement, their confidence with regard to various aspects of retirement, and related issues.
In March 2012, EBRI published the findings of its 22nd retirement survey. Before we look at the findings, we need a benchmark to access and evaluate the findings — namely how much money we need for a reasonably secure retirement. The consensus of financial advisors is that the average recommended savings is about 8 to 10 times your final annual salary. The figure, by some estimates, is around $1 million.
The bad news is that the EBRI retirement survey found that the vast majority of Americans are underprepared for retirement, with just 14% of us who feel very confident that we will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement. There is more bad news still:
- Only 58% of Americans are saving for retirement, which means nearly 1 out of 2 Americans (42%) are not! — although we know full well that Social Security (if it's still there when you retire) was not meant to be and will not meet all your retirement needs.
- More than half of American workers (56%) are taking the ostrich approach. They have not even tried to calculate how much money they will need to have saved by the time they retire so that they can live comfortably in their "golden years."
- Of the Americans who are saving for retirement, 60% have less than $25,000 put away, not including home equity or defined benefit plans. Even worse, a full 30% have less than $1,000. Only 10% have $250,000 or more.
- Almost half (48%) of workers ages 45 and up have less than $25,000 saved.
- Of the Americans who are saving for retirement, 34% said they have had to dip into their savings to pay for everyday expenses.
- As one would expect, savings rates and the amount saved are strongly positively correlated to education, income, and health status. (Education, income, and health status are themselves positively correlated.) 93% of those making more than $75,000 are saving for retirement, whereas only 35% of those with income of $35,000 or less are saving.
- Although 74% of all American workers are offered an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan (e.g., 401k), only 38% of all workers participate in such a plan, the majority of whom (81%) have accumulated savings and investments totaling at least $50,000.
Some other findings:
- Many Americans feel insecure about their employment, with 42% identifying job uncertainty as the most pressing financial issue facing Americans today.
- 22% of retirees said they're taking more than they thought they would out of their accounts, depleting their savings faster than they had anticipated.
- Since most Americans have not prepared for retirement, 22% are putting off retirement to a later date, while 7% say they don't plan to retire at all and will continue to work. That, of course, may not be up to them (see below).
- Half of Americans who currently are retired say their retirement wasn't planned, that is, they retired because they left the workforce unexpectedly due to health problems, disability, or changes at their employer, such as downsizing or closure.
To read the EBRI survey report in PDF, click here.
The survey was conducted in January 2012 through 20-minute telephone interviews with 1,262 individuals (1,003 workers and 259 retirees) age 25 and older in the United States, using random digit dialing along with a cell phone supplement to obtain a representative cross section of the U.S. population. The survey has a statistical precision of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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As a PPC Advertising Practitioner, I love to test new advertising networks on a regular basis. From past few months, I was testing a new ad network on my websites: BreezeAds.com. So in this article I am going to share with you what I found.
First of all I want to tell you that it has a solution for all the drawbacks of Google Adwords. Adwords requires you to learn several things but with BreezeAds you can save a lot of time required for learning because it's dashboard has a pretty simple and clean interface.
Secondly, Adwords also takes some time in approving your ads while BreezeAds approves in a very quick manner. Last, but certainly not least, BreezeAds can help you in attracting most clicks because unlike Google Adwords it does not has strict rules against call-to-action encouraging ad text or images.
When you sign up for BreezeAds, you will be asked for creating a campaign. While creating campaign, you will be given two options: 'Any keywords' or 'Specific Keywords.' If you choose 'Any Keywords', then your campaign and budget both will run out very fast because ads will show up on all publisher partner websites regardless of content and keywords.
But if you choose Specific Keywords then you will be provided with the option of defining your desired keywords. After that you can fill out other details according to your demands and when you finish your account you will be asked for funding it.
You can fund it either with Paypal or with AlertPay. Or if you want to pay through direct bank transfer, then you can do that too but you will have to contact the support team of BreezeAds for that purpose. Once you have made your payment, your campaign will go live in a small amount of time.
When it comes to reporting then I want to tell you that BreezeAds offers simplest yet detailed reporting on it's dashboard. Reporting also comes in three variants. You can export the report of an entire campaign, daily report and a keyword report too if you want.
On the summary page you may find a list of all your campaigns. This list tells you the status of your campaign and also provides you access to several functions, reports or actions related to your campaign. Here you can also see some basic data about your campaigns like Per day budget, Clicks, Impressions, CTR, Average CPC and Cost.
You can also easily pause, resume or close your campaigns from here. If you wish, then you can also create a duplicate campaign which will have details very similar to one of your existing campaigns. Just hover your mouse pointer on the actions option listed in front of the campaign you want to duplicate, and in the drop down list click on dupli cate campaign.
Now when it comes to effectiveness then I want to tell you that I got 47,000 Impressions, 517 clicks and 16 out of them turned in sales while 29 also became free members of my site. That's fantastic for the amount that I paid. I spent about $47.00 and made $671.90 in return! So basically I want to say that BreezeAds is a Contextual Advertising Network that is one of the best Google Adwords alternatives.
It has some features which are better than Adwords even, so there is nothing bad in trying it. And if you try once, then you will love it
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S.F. housing chief target of more reports
S.F. GOVERNMENT 3rd suit, probe disclosed in housing chief ruckus
The San Francisco Housing Authority Commission last month quietly hired former City Attorney Louise Renne to conduct an investigation into alleged illegal and inappropriate behavior by the agency's director, Henry Alvarez - but so far, the mayor and his appointed commissioners are standing by the housing chief as allegations against him continue to mount.
Meanwhile, Supervisor David Campos said he will ask Harvey Rose, the board's budget and legislative analyst, to conduct a performance audit of the Housing Authority to ensure that residents have adequate living conditions, and wants the results of the audit aired in a public hearing.
Supervisor Christina Olague said she supports Campos' request and that several efforts by her office over the past year to shine light on the Housing Authority were stymied by Mayor Ed Lee's office and the Housing Authority Commission.
And a third lawsuit against Alvarez surfaced from an employee who said he publicly embarrassed her and then fired her after she went on workers' compensation leave following knee surgery.
The Chronicle reported this week that Alvarez is the subject of two other lawsuits from the agency's own lawyers - one saying Alvarez used racist language and tried to fire him after he complained, and the other saying Alvarez stripped him of his responsibilities after he took a two-week paternity leave.
About 30 other employees of the Housing Authority have met several times since May with the mayor's top staff to complain about being bullied by Alvarez and about the director's management of the 6,476 units of public housing, but Lee told The Chronicle last week that he was unaware of the lawsuits or complaints against Alvarez and that he supports his handpicked chief. Lee is friends with Alvarez and officiated at his recent wedding.
External investigation
The mayor's senior staff considered the allegations against Alvarez serious enough to recommend that the Housing Authority Commission, whose seven members are appointed by the mayor, hire an outside lawyer to conduct an independent investigation of Alvarez. Alvarez serves at the will of the commission, which hired Renne on Nov. 5 after two closed-session meetings on the matter.
The amount that the commission will pay Renne has not been set.
Christine Falvey, Lee's spokeswoman, said the mayor knew Renne was leading the investigation but didn't know the specifics of the lawsuits and doesn't want to talk about personnel issues in the press. Falvey wouldn't speculate on what Lee would do, if anything, with the results of Renne's investigation.
"We're not going to speculate on what the investigation may conclude," Falvey said. "Of course the mayor is concerned, but there is a process we have to go through, and the commissioners need to resolve and deal with these complaints."
Renne said she has no idea how long the investigation will take or how much it will cost the agency.
"We are going to try to do as thorough and as efficient an investigation in as short a time as we can," she said.
Support for Alvarez
Just two of the commissioners would speak to The Chronicle, and both back Alvarez, whose $210,500-a-year contract runs through June.
"I would say the general consensus is Henry's done a great job for the Housing Authority," said Ahsha Safai, a commissioner who was appointed two years ago by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Safai worked as a senior analyst at the Housing Authority for two years about a decade ago and says the agency has improved vastly under Alvarez. He said that back then there was "low morale, a culture of lawsuits and a culture of corruption."
"I think in general that has changed," he said, despite a host of current employees' claims to the contrary.
Amos Brown, president of the commission, was appointed in 2004 by Newsom. He is a staunch defender of Alvarez's and refused to comment on Renne's investigation, saying The Chronicle refuses "to report the truth."
Beverly Bernell Myres, a workers' compensation analyst with the Housing Authority since 2006, filed a lawsuit against the agency in April. She had knee surgery in February 2010 and went on disability leave. She returned to work three months later on crutches and under doctor's orders to work limited hours and not engage in much walking or lifting.
The suit says Alvarez asked in a meeting, "How can the workers' comp person be out on workers' comp?" He also "made derisive comments" about her disability, the suit says.
Because the Housing Authority failed to accommodate her doctor's orders, she reinjured her knee and went out on leave again after a month, the suit says. While she was on leave, the agency fired her.
Myres' lawyer, Heidi Machen, said a trial date has been set for August. Rose Dennis, spokeswoman for the Housing Authority, declined to comment.
Additional scrutiny
Campos - who said there are four public housing developments in his district, which includes the Mission - said he is "concerned" by the allegations against Alvarez and that a performance audit of the Housing Authority is needed to determine "whether the agency is meeting the needs of the residents."
Olague said she has heard numerous complaints from residents of public housing in her district, which includes the Western Addition, including about broken lighting, rodents and surroundings so unsafe some residents are afraid to leave their units.
She said she called for a public hearing in February on living conditions and how the Housing Authority spends its federal dollars. But she said staff members in the mayor's office, whom she wouldn't name, told her to remove the hearing from the calendar.
Falvey said, "If Supervisor Olague wanted to have a public hearing about the Housing Authority or anything else, she could and should have done that."
Olague said she later got a resolution passed to have the Housing Authority Commission meet at City Hall so its meetings could be televised. That hasn't happened, and she said the mayor's office and Housing Authority have stymied the effort.
"I wanted to bring scrutiny, but there's always some excuse," she said, adding that Lee needs to prioritize fixing the agency.
"What is the city prioritizing - Twitter and the Warriors' stadium?" she asked. "In the meantime, all these issues you are exposing are blowing up. It speaks a lot to the city's priorities, and it's pretty sad."
Heather Knight is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @hknightsf


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Elizabeth Caballero
Cuban American soprano Elizabeth Caballero has been heard in many theaters throughout North America including the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, New York City and many others. Her performance as Musetta in La Bohème at the New York City Opera was praised by the New York Times as "the evening's most show-stopping performance offering a thrilling balance of pearly tone, exacting technique and brazen physicality."
Elizabeth Caballero was born in Havana, Cuba but grew up in the United States where she completed her musical studies. She resided in Miami and her many roles there for the Florida Grand Opera have included Contessa Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Liu in Turandot, Mimi in La Bohème, Micaela in Carmen and Madga in La Rondine. It was also as Madga that Caballero made her European debut at the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, Italy.
Ms. Caballero made her New York City Opera debut as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Musetta in La Bohème in their Opera in the Parks series. She has since returned to the New York City Opera in Pagliacci and in La Bohème, and to the Metropolitan Opera in their new production of Carmen which was part of the Live in HD series. She made her Seattle Opera debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and returned there as Mimi.
In the fall of 2012 she sang her first performances of the title role in Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and it was Cio Cio San that she made her German operatic debut at the Staatsoper Berlin. In April 2013 she also debuted the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni to great critical acclaim in Madison Opera. Other roles in her developing repertoire include Amelia Grimaldi in Simon Boccanegra, Desdemona in Otello, Marguerite in Gounod'sFaust, Margherita in Boito's Mefistofele and the title role of Mascagni's Iris.
Upcoming engagements for Ms. Caballero include a debut in Rio de Janeiro with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra as Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress, a debut in Hawaii Opera Theater as the Soprano Solo in Carmina Burana & Nedda in Pagliacci, and a return to Seattle Opera as Donna Elvira inDon Giovanni.


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Ford Ranger Prices Paid and Buying Experiences
Post your buying experiences here!
daveandaggie Posts: 2I purchased a 2004 Ford Ranger Edge 4.0L, 5-spd at Varsity Ford in Bryan, TX on Aug 31. MSRP was $20,810, sales price was $19,134 (not counting factory rebates). Sales experience was the best I have had out of 8 new car purchases in the last 20 years.0
src48084 Posts: 7I was pretty excited about buying a new '04 Ford Ranger XL. And with $4000 rebate signs on the truck with a sticker price of $16880 and another $1000 cash back we were looking at $11680. I offered $11,000 and it was agreed. But I had to leave that day and told them I'd be by the next day to finalize it. Well, when I went to Mel Clayton Ford in Santa Barbara the next day the salesman was 'gone on vacation' and the manager said absolutely not to the $11,000. Later I called and said what would he sell it for. He told me he was very busy and would get back later. Never heard from him again. Bottom line. Mel Clayton Ford in Santa Barbara Ford is pretty unethical and they don't keep a deal. Avoid the headaches. It's a lousy dealership.0
ppborceb Wallingford,CTPosts: 61Since I did a lot of homework on the internet, I knew what I was looking for. As I walked through the lot and picked out an FX4, the salesman came out, introduced himself, and 25 minutes later we shook hands on a deal because 'Bob' was authorized to make a deal without running back-n-forth to a sales manager. MSRP was $25125 and the deal was $19999(rebates included).
I recommend Dowling Ford of Cheshire, CT for friendly, courteous, service, and a GREAT deal.
rickc5 Posts: 378As part of a "new truck survey", I had the opportunity to drive five new 2005 small trucks:
Chevy Colorado
Ford Ranger
Dodge Dakota
Toyota Tacoma
Nissan Frontier
All were extra-cabs, and the Dodge, Toytota & Nissan were totally new trucks for 2005.
The Dodge, Chevy and Ranger were big disappointments. Dodge could have done a much better job since the truck was a new design. The Chevy just felt totally sluggish. The Ranger drove like the dinosaur it is. I own a 2002 Ranger, and there is no noticable difference in three years. Too bad.
The stars were the Tacoma (#1 on my list) and the Frontier (#2 on my list). For 2005, the Japanese have gotten it together. These are extremely nice trucks. Of course, they both cost a king's ransom compared to the Ranger.
Bottom line: Do some test driving before you buy, but prepare to spend as much as $10,000 more for the Tacoma compared to an equally equipped Ranger. Price will still bring buyers to Ford, but Ford sure has their work cut out for them if they actually want to compete head-to-head with Toyota and Nissan. Have fun!0
big_cat Posts: 14Since Mazda B-truck is similar to Ranger, I posted my deal in here. (I hope you don't mind).
Model: 04 2x2 reg cab 4 cyl.5 spd. w/ A/C
Invoice: $15,700 +/- (base on 05)
3000+1000=-4000 off (finance w/ Mazda) + $89 paper work.= final $10,900 + TTL ($4,800 off invoice).
Mazda has 4 yrs warranty.
Even it is just a bare bone basic truck, I really like it.0
madmaxooohhh Posts: 9Just purchased a 2005 Ranger XLT 4.0 extended cab with auto and air-cond for $16,900.
MSRP was $23,600. After all the rebates and dealer discounts, I think I got a deal.
Great sales staff and service at Kenny Ross Ford.0
danbury Posts: 111,500 2005 XL, 4CYL. 5SPD.MAN. A/C
I'm trying to decide between a Tacoma and a Ranger, 4cyl manual transmission; am original owner of '83 Toyota pickup that I'm looking to replace (runs great but is an eyesore); I've been reading both the Ranger and Tacoma Problems and Solutions boards to get a feel for reliability -- I'm attracted to the lower price of the Ranger -- handling isn't a big issue for me (its a truck and that's how I plan to use it); sounds like you're really satisfied with the Ranger -- care to comment; I would especially value any insights on reliability?0
... Bottom line: Do some test driving before you buy, but prepare to spend as much as $10,000 more for the Tacoma compared to an equally equipped Ranger ...
Just got done comparing prices for base Tacomas and Rangers and the price is about the same, even after rebates (before rebates the Ranger actually costs a bit more; haven't compared loaded models).
I'm a Toyota truck owner looking to get a new pickup, and will probably go with the Ranger as it's the only small truck that still comes with a 7' bed option nearest I can tell. (I was happy to see Ford added the 7' bed option to the XL line for 2006; was only available on the XLT line for 2005.)
(Contrary to a post earlier this year to the Ranger Problems and Solutions board indications from research on the internet are they won't be doing a major redesign of the Ranger until 2010...)0
(It's me again.) Did some shopping and got a few price quotes, both over the internet and in person at dealerships in SF Bay Area -- one dealer is quoting $9988 (after $3000 (CA area) rebate and before tax and license) for a new '05 base Ranger. This is a killer price!!! The other quotes are not quite this low but still are excellent deals. If anyone's considering a new Ranger, now is the time to act if you're open to the limited options on the few remaining '05s on dealer lots.
(As for me am in the market for a longbed and apparently no '05 longbeds (in a 4cyl manual) remaining anywhere in CA -- will wait for the '06 rebates to increase later in the model year. (Anyone been tracking Ranger rebate trends?))0
jaguila Posts: 12Got offered $12800 for a 05 Ranger Edge Reg Cab 3.0 Manual, with MP3/Cass/CD Player, P235 Terrain wheels + a P235 Spare. Is this a good price or should I wait? This will be my first truck.0
Pretty good price I'd say; not calibrated specifically to the Edge price wise; you might check edmunds.com to see what invoice is and what the rebates are for your area; a few hundred over invoice after subtracting rebates is an excellent deal; I think for certain areas there's an additional $1000 dealer incentive if you finance through Ford.
Don't wait! Rebates for the few remaining 05's in dealer stock are significantly more than current rebates for '06 models!
Welcome to the elite world of truck owners -- now whenever one of your friends moves, guess who they'll call on for help!0
vabrave Posts: 4Trying to help my college student brother get cheap, reliable transportation? Thanks0
ridge_runner Posts: 4Just bought a '91 Ranger, 2.3L, Manual, for $1100. Added new battery, solenoid, and wax job. Not new, but looks good and gets me down the road.0
rangermang Posts: 27Bought a 99 Ranger with the 4 cylinder engine and 5 speed transmission in May 2005 for $4800. It had 97000 miles on it and it wasnt long (about 1000 miles) till I had to replace the entire transmission! Not long after I had the check engine light go on, so I had to replace the O2 sensor. Also, the fuel guage isn't reading so well anymore. All in all, its a good truck once you fix it up a little. Drives fine now!0
My son has a '99 Ranger also. His fuel gauge also quit working, had to have work done on gears 3 and 4 of his tranny and the check engine light is on. Sounds like the nature of the beast. (His has 98,500 miles.)0
I just bought an '04 Ranger XLT Supercab with 20,300 miles. Auto trans, 3.0 V6, c.d. player, bed liner, soft tonneau cover, chrome wheels, cruise and new tires. Gave $12,500. Truck looks showroom new.0
I bought a sharp 2001 Ford Ranger from a Sacramento Dodge dealer in October. It was a weekend price leader, and I paid $5995. It was super clean with under 67,000 miles. The interior is perfect, it has a 5-speed, and I am very happy with the purchase. I always drove Toyota pickups, but an equivalent one in that year would have been $4,000 more. It was parked behind a lineup of new Dodge trucks costing from 30 to 50 thousand, so I "done good" Ray R.0
Wow! Ten grand is quite a hike from a Ranger to a Toyota. I drove a Toyota Pickup for many years, and really liked the way they were put together. My budget precluded a used Toyota purchase, then I got a great buy on a 2001 Ranger with low mileage for $5995. Granted that a Ranger may not be as exciting as the Japanese import, but sometimes we have to consider true value for dollar spent. Your test drives are definitely the way to go when buying new. The Dodge dealer who sold me my Ranger had a $50,000 truck on the showroom floor, next to an $80,000 Viper. I'm surprised they even let me on the lot. rdrankin0
My '06 Ranger's on order from the factory (hard to find longbeds on dealer lots) -- $15,900 after rebate but before TTL (XLT reg cab longbed 2wd 2.4L manual). I hope to keep this truck for many years (had my Toyota for 23 years)!0
Just took delivery of factory order for new '06 XLT reg cab longbed 2wd 2.4L manual transmission with bedliner, payload package, privacy glass, power equipment group, tilt/leather-wrapped steering w cruise, and MP3 cassette. Price after $2000 rebate before TTL was $15,902 (~$200 over invoice).0
tigerann Posts: 1I just bought the 4-door 06 Ranger XLT with auto trans, a/c, bed extender. Can't say I'd consider it a four door....Thought I got a good price: 20,700 (less another $3k for my tradein). Recommend my experience at Northport Ford.0
phisher Posts: 175I have to agree I just traded in my 99 ranger XLT 4X4 with 94,000 miles on it, The egr valve went bad and the check engine light was on all the time. Also the tranny was just about ready to fall out. The final problem with them is that the electrical system has some problems, just little stuff though, dome light ect. But if you need a good cheaper truck it's not bad just know that the transmission might not make it past 100 to 120,000.0
stubert Posts: 3The dome light issue bugged me for years, until I figured out it was a $10 door ajar switch. The other sensors are pretty easy to fix too. I've got 140k on my 97, paid $13,000 in '98 w/ 13k on it. Looking to upgrade now before it starts going downhill, but it really seems like it could go for years. Looking seriously at a Frontier.
'97 supercab, 4L v6, 5 speed0
smschrader Posts: 1I just bought a new 06 Ranger XLT (Manual, 4 cyl., shortbed, reg. cab, Red Fire) with air conditioning and bedliner (only extras). Paid 12,660 + 97.50 at Sunset Ford in St. Louis, MO. MSRP was 16,785 before rebates (3,000) and bedliner (275 on website). I probably could have got a few hundred lower cause another dealer (Dave Sinclair) was pretty anxious to sell me a truck, but I really liked the red fire color. It seems your in the ballpark if you get ~1,500 off which may be higher with more loaded trucks. The XLT trim is much nicer than the XL for highway noise.0
Recent article from TwinCities.com:
2007 Ranger Already Rolling
Says 2007 Rangers just started rolling off the St. Paul assembly line, several months earlier than normal. Ford says not to read anything into it. Speculation is it's just for logistical reasons.
Pricing for the '07 Ranger (as well as '07 Explorer Sport Trac, Focus and Freestar) is already available on edmunds.com.
May be seeing '07s on dealer lots early this year. Now is the time to take advantage of those '06 rebates!0
dougsilvestri Posts: 1I Just bought a 2006 Ford Ranger Sport from Courtesy Ford in Poulsbo, WA. I actually bought this through the Interent from the Fleet Sales Manager. I was a little reluctant to have him search for the Ranger that I built on the Ford Website. But everything went like clockwork. I liked the Ranger and all the afterwork was done in a timely matter. I really feel like I got a great deal..
Less Fleet Discount $ 929.40
Sub Total $21,025.60
Less Web Site Coupon Discount $ 500.00
Sub Total $20,525.60
Less Factory Rebate $ 3,000.00
Fleet and Internet Price $17,525.60 Plus Tax and License
The Accessories we will be installing and subletting are as follows;
Leather Seating, Front and Rear
LineX Spray in Bedliner
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George Steinbrenner 1930 - 2010
George Steinbrenner, who employed brash tactics and winning ways as the principal owner of the Yankees, was one of the most divisive figures in the modern sports front office. He died at 80 on July 13, 2010.
Steinbrenner bought a declining Yankees team in 1973, promised to stay out of its daily affairs and then, in an often tumultuous reign, placed his formidable stamp on 7 World Series championship teams, 11 pennant winners and a sporting world powerhouse valued at perhaps $1.6 billion.
Steinbrenner was the central figure in a syndicate that bought the Yankees from CBS for $10 million. When he arrived in New York on Jan. 3, 1973, he said he would not "be active in the day-to-day operations of the club at all." Having made his money as head of the Cleveland-based American Shipbuilding Company, he declared, "I'll stick to building ships."
He was the senior club owner in baseball at his death, the man known as the Boss.
A pioneer of modern sports ownership, Steinbrenner started the wave of high spending for playing talent when free agency arrived in the mid-1970s, and he continued to spend freely through the Yankees' revival in the late '70s and early '80s, the long stretch without a pennant and then renewed triumphs under Torre and General Manager Brian Cashman.
In the frenetic '70s and '80s, when general managers, field managers and pitching coaches were sent spinning through Steinbrenner's revolving personnel door (Billy Martin had five stints as manager), the franchise became known as the Bronx Zoo. In December 2002, Steinbrenner's enterprise had grown so rich that the president of the Boston Red Sox, Larry Lucchino, frustrated over losing the pitcher Jose Contreras to the Yankees, called them the "evil empire."
But Steinbrenner and the Yankees thrived through all the arguments, all the turmoil, all the bombast. Having been without a pennant since 1964 when Steinbrenner bought them, enduring sagging attendance while the upstart Mets thrived, the Yankees once again became America's marquee sporting franchise.
Yankee Stadium underwent a major renovation in the mid-1970s, but that did not satisfy Steinbrenner with the passing of years and the building of many new stadiums with luxury boxes catering to corporate America. He cast an eye toward New Jersey, pressed for a new stadium in Manhattan and ultimately got a $1.5 billion Stadium built in the Bronx, alongside the original House That Ruth Built.
Steinbrenner found new revenue streams from cable television, first in a longtime deal with the Madison Square Garden network and then with creation of the Yankees' YES network. The franchise also engineered lucrative marketing deals, notably a 10-year, $95 million apparel agreement with Adidas.
Steinbrenner lived year-round in Tampa, but he became a New York celebrity and a figure in popular culture. He was lampooned, with his permission, by a caricature in the sitcom "Seinfeld," portrayed by the actor Lee Bear, who was always photographed from behind at the Boss's desk, flailing his arms and suitably imperious, while Larry David, the show's co-creator, provided the voice. George Costanza (Jason Alexander) became Steinbrenner's assistant traveling secretary, whose duties included fetching calzones for him.
In recent years, Steinbrenner, the Yankees' principal owner and chairman, had ceded increasing authority to his sons, Hal and Hank, who became co-chairmen in May 2008. Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees' managing general partner as well, was given control of the team in November 2008 in a unanimous vote by the major league club owners, who acted on his father's request.
Early Years
George Michael Steinbrenner III, named for a grandfather, was born on July 4, 1930, the oldest of three children, and reared in the Cleveland suburb of Bay Village. His father, Henry Steinbrenner, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in naval architecture and engineering and starred as a collegiate hurdler before taking over the family's maritime shipping business.
Steinbrenner graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts with a degree in English, and he ran hurdles and played football, as a halfback. He served as an Air Force officer, coached high school football and basketball in Ohio, and was briefly an assistant football coach at Northwestern and Purdue.
He returned to Cleveland in 1957 to join the family's longtime shipping firm, Kinsman Marine Transit, which carried Great Lakes cargo. He also operated the Cleveland Pipers, a professional basketball team.
In 1967, Steinbrenner began obtaining stock in the American Shipbuilding Company, based in Lorain, Ohio. He eventually took it over, merging it with Kinsman. By the time he gained control of the Yankees six years later, the company had greatly strengthened its operations.
The Boss
Gabe Paul, a veteran baseball executive, and Lee MacPhail, the holdover general manager, were expected to make the personnel decisions when Steinbrenner arrived. But he quickly became immersed in baseball decisions and craved the celebrity aura that could never have come his way as a wealthy shipping executive. He began to spend large sums to end the long pennant drought, starting with the acquisition of the star pitcher Catfish Hunter.
Steinbrenner, meanwhile, ran into trouble in a matter far beyond the ball fields. In November 1974, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspended him for two years - a term later reduced to 15 months - after he pleaded guilty to two charges, one a felony and the other a misdemeanor: conspiring to make illegal corporate contributions to President Richard M. Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, and trying to "influence and intimidate employees" of his shipbuilding company to lie to a grand jury about the matter. He was fined $15,000 in the criminal case but given no jail time.
When free agency arrived as a result of an arbitrator's decision in 1975 that nullified the reserve clause, which had bound players to their teams, Steinbrenner stepped up his spending.
The Yankees signed the slugger Reggie Jackson and the ace relief pitcher Goose Gossage, and they won the World Series in 1977 and 1978.
Steinbrenner changed managers and general managers with abandon, punctuated by the bizarre comings and goings of Martin. The oddest sequence began on July 24, 1978, when Martin resigned as manager, presumably a step ahead of being fired, after saying of Jackson and Steinbrenner: "The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar; the other's convicted," a reference to Steinbrenner's guilty plea in the illegal-contributions case.
After the Yankees lost to the Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1981 World Series at Los Angeles, Steinbrenner broke his hand. He said he had punched two men who insulted him and the Yankees in a hotel elevator. But the supposed assailants were never identified.
Another furor arose in 1985, this one surrounding Yogi Berra, the Yankees' Hall of Fame catcher, who had become the manager. After declaring that "Yogi will be the manager the entire season, win or lose," Steinbrenner fired him with the team off to a 6-10 start and dispatched the Yankee executive Clyde King to give Berra the news. Berra, furious, refused to set foot inside Yankee Stadium until Steinbrenner apologized 14 years later.
The Yankees struck a major financial coup in 1988 with a 12-year, $486 million TV deal with the Madison Square Garden network. But the team had been without a pennant since 1981 - a split season because of a players' strike - and free agents had been reluctant to enter Steinbrenner's turbulent domain. By 1990, Steinbrenner had switched managers 18 times and hired 13 general managers.
Then came more trouble. In July 1990, Commissioner Fay Vincent ordered Steinbrenner to step aside as the Yankees' managing partner for making a $40,000 payment to a confessed gambler named Howard Spira in return for Spira's seeking damaging information about Winfield. Steinbrenner had been displeased with Winfield's performance on the field, and the two had feuded over contributions Steinbrenner was to make to Winfield's philanthropic foundation.
Champions Again
Steinbrenner resumed control of the Yankees in 1993, and three years later they were World Series champions again, beginning a long run of dominance.
By the 1990s, with free agents becoming ever more expensive, Steinbrenner acknowledged the need to develop the Yankees' minor league system. The Yankees swept to championships with home-grown talent like Jeter, center fielder Bernie Williams, catcher Jorge Posada and pitchers Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera. But they also assumed more than $100 million in payments owed to Alex Rodriguez, who arrived in a trade with the Texas Rangers, and obtained the high-priced Jason Giambi, Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson.
In 2002, an investment group that included the Yankees formed the YES Network to carry many games and broadcast Yankees-related programming. YES had $257 million in revenue in 2005, for the first time surpassing MSG as the country's top regional sports network, according to Kagan Research.
The Yankees' management achieved stability in the last decade as the team captured World Series championships in 1996 and every year from 1998 to 2000. But the Yankees faltered after that in their bid for another World Series title, and when they were knocked out of the playoffs by the upstart Detroit Tigers in 2006, speculation arose that Steinbrenner would fire Torre.
Torre, the manager since 1996, stayed on until 2008, and Cashman, the general manager since 1998 and a frequent object of Steinbrenner's criticism, remained as well.
Always fastidious about his own grooming, he insisted that his players shun unruly hair and beards, displaying something of the disciplinarian he had been at home, with his children. He admitted he had been overbearing and even verbally abusive toward them. His daughter Jennifer said in 2004 that her brothers had absorbed the brunt. "Let's put it this way: he had very high expectations of us," she said.
In April 2010, Forbes magazine estimated the Yankees' value at $1.6 billion.
Steinbrenner's death came nine months after the Yankees won their first World Series title since 2000, clinching their six-game victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at his new Yankee Stadium.
In his last years, Steinbrenner seemed to mellow some, and he spoke of the deaths of many friends. He had been in failing health for the past several years and had rarely appeared in public. He attended the opening game at the new stadium in April 2009, sitting in his suite with his wife, Joan. When he was introduced and received an ovation, his shoulders shook and he cried.


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Country superstar Luke Bryan's sixth annual Farm Tour includes a concert stop in Jefferson.
The concert will be held Oct. 9 at Meldon Farms, located at 168 Hardeman Road, Jefferson.
This is the sixth consecutive year that Bryan has performed in fall concerts in October known as the Farm Tour. This year's Farm Tour adds stops in Knoxville, Tenn., and Gainesville, Fla., and is scheduled to begin on October 1 in Knoxville, Tenn., and will continue through October 11 in Macon, Ga.
Tickets are $40 each. Fan club members may buy tickets starting Aug. 5. Tickets go on sale to the public on Aug. 8. There will be 16,000 tickets sold.
To buy tickets or for more information, go to www.lukebryan.com.
Luke Bryan is shown performing at Aaron's Amphitheatre in Atlanta Friday night.
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Ukraine defense chief resigns; most soldiers in Crimea expected to switch to Russia
Ukraine's interim defense minister resigned Tuesday, citing the shame of losing Crimea to Russia during his one month in office.
A short time later, the Ukrainian parliament voted in an interim replacement, a colonel-general who earlier this month was briefly kidnapped from his post in Crimea.
The departure of Ihor Tenyukh, a politician who belongs to the right-wing Svoboda party, and his replacement by Col. Gen. Mykhailo Koval, a top officer in the country's border protection service, came as the depth of the defeat in Crimea _ and Ukraine's inability to respond to the crisis _ continued to come into focus.
The Defense Ministry said it expected only 4,300 of the 18,000 troops who were stationed in Crimea to remain in the Ukrainian military _ less than 24 percent. Others said they expected that most of the rest would join the Russian army, which has offered much higher pay and more generous retirement benefits to any Ukrainian soldier who switches sides.
"They are Russian, and they will serve Russia," said Sergey Kunitsyn, a former mayor of Sevastopol in Crimea who's now a member of parliament representing the region. "What else would they do? They speak Russian. Their heritage is Russian. They accept Russian culture. Their loyalty was to Crimea, not Ukraine."
The government in Kiev apparently has no plan for absorbing the few Ukrainian soldiers who are expected to come to the mainland, and no plan for their evacuation from Crimea.
Reports circulating in the capital said 400 soldiers had banded together in Crimea to try to escape to Ukraine amid expectations that they would attempt to drive out. It was uncertain, if they do make it out, whether they have military jobs waiting for them or housing for their families.
Several lawmakers called the soldiers' coming to the mainland "a personal decision, not a policy one."
"These soldiers have family and homes and, in many cases, heritage in Crimea," said David Zhraniya, a member of parliament. "It's a personal decision."
Despite the apparent disarray in Ukraine's military, few in the Rada, as Ukraine's parliament is known, were willing to blame Tenyukh, the departing interim defense minister. Most, interviewed after the vote installing Koval in the post, said Tenyukh had done the best he could with a military they admitted was in shambles.
"He wasn't to blame but it was a catastrophe and someone had to fall on the sword," said Kunitsyn, the former mayor of Sevastopol.
The military's disorganization was a reflection of a general sense that Ukraine's government _ which came to office unexpectedly when former President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country last month and is expected to govern only until elections in May _ is falling apart. Many fear that as organized as the Russians were in taking control of Crimea, they might not even need a military option to plunge Ukraine deeper into crisis, being able to further destabilize the country with a continuing depiction of an out-of-control anti-Russia government.
Lawmakers deny being anti-Russia, as Russian President Vladimir Putin claims. But Russian reports that the interim Ukrainian government is unstable ring true, they acknowledge.
"Most think it must be a joke that they are our enemy, though this joke has gone on for a long time," said Zhraniya, the parliamentarian. But he quickly added, "Is the Ukrainian government stable? Of course it's not."
"This parliament is absolutely not prepared to govern in this crisis. We don't have the experience, we don't have unity and we don't have the support," he said. "Everyone here thinks of themselves as a short-timer, so there's no long-term planning, and our day-to-day plans lack consistency."
Zhraniya's views were repeated with slightly different phrasing again and again Tuesday at the Rada. Every member of government has the term "interim" in front of his title. The lawmakers who make up the ruling coalition seem to change vote to vote.
Politically, everything points toward the national elections looming on May 25. But in the wake of the last president fleeing for Russia, allegedly with a suitcase of Ukrainian government cash, nobody is sure whether it's possible to go back to business as usual.
"Our government is weak, and corrupt, and the reality is that right now we really have no state," said Yegor Sobolev, a leader of the months-long Maidan protests who's now a member of a government watchdog commission. "We have an enemy at the gate, but we have no army. Everything is a mess, and it is likely that even this government will fall. But if it falls, we have absolutely nothing. So, against all odds, we need our wreck of a state to function."
As if to underscore the disarray, dozens of members of the Right Sector, a right-wing group that's blamed by Putin for much of the violence during protests in Kiev and is considered the military wing of the Svoboda political party, gathered in front of the Rada to protest Tenyukh's resignation. The protesters said they were also angry over the killing Monday of Oleksandr Muzychko, a leader in the group. He was shot outside a cafe in Rivne in western Ukraine after an argument that news reports said involved several groups.
The appearance of the Right Sector in the square prompted a line of uniformed security volunteers to form in front of the Rada building, and for a tense half-hour there were fears that the building might be stormed. But there was no confrontation.
Even in a state that appears to be failing on all levels, perhaps the greatest example of problems is what happened in Crimea. In late February, Russian troops and pro-Russia paramilitary troops took control of the area within days and without a shot fired in resistance, even though the Ukrainian military maintained almost 200 bases in the region.
The Ukrainian government, only days old at the time, recalled the Russian attack on Georgia in 2008 and decided that the wise course was not to provoke the mighty Russian military, not to draw first blood and give Russia an excuse to escalate the violence.
The result was a complete takeover, followed by the organization of a peninsula-wide referendum on seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia. Pro-Russia forces and politicians took control of election and government offices, and where they didn't take control of military bases, Russian forces surrounded them and locked them in. The vote showed 97 percent support for joining Russia, a result that Russia accepted and used to annex the territory.
When the West responded with only weak sanctions, the Ukrainian government was faced with the prospect of an estimated 25,000 of its troops in Crimea being overwhelmed in what was clearly Russian territory. Last week, the Ukrainian government finally issued the order for troops to leave Crimea and return to the mainland.
But it didn't offer any means to make that happen or to move soldiers' families, or to find new jobs for the troops. In reports from Crimea, many of the troops there have been quoted as saying they fear they might face treason charges if they make the trip north, especially if they leave behind Ukrainian weapons.
Yuriy Syrotiuk, a parliament member from the Svoboda party _ which Putin has used as proof that fascists and radicals have taken over the Ukrainian government _ admitted there was little reason to put much hope in the current government. It's too newly organized, he said.
"We're still learning," he said. "I do think we're more organized than we were a month ago."
Oleksandr Kuzmuk, a member of parliament who's a former minister of defense, said it was a bad time to be disorganized.
"The Russians are very well organized," he said. "We cannot afford to be anything less than ready to match them."


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Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region since an insurgency there began three years ago, an aid agency said Monday.
military blocked access for relief officials to enter the town of Baga, which sits along the shores of Lake Chad in the nation's far northeast, said Nwakpa O. Nwakpa, a Red Cross spokesman. Another 77 people are receiving medical care there in the ruins of a town where some 300 homes burned down, he said. Local residents blamed angry soldiers for burning down neighborhoods where they knew civilians were hiding.
"Our volunteers are on standby," Nwakpa said. "We are yet to be provided clearance."
The fighting in Baga began Friday and lasted for hours, sending people fleeing into the arid scrublands surrounding the community. By the time Borno state officials could reach the city Sunday, a local government official said at least 185 people were killed, something not disputed by a brigadier general who attended the visit.
Officials could not offer a breakdown of civilian casualties versus those of soldiers and extremist fighters. Many of the bodies had been burned beyond recognition in fires that razed whole sections of the town, residents said. Those killed were buried as soon as possible, following local Muslim tradition.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed shock and sadness at the high civilian casualty toll and large number of homes destroyed and called on extremist groups to cease their attacks, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.
"The secretary-general reiterates his firm conviction that no objective sought can justify this resort to violence," Nesirky said. "He underscores the need for all concerned to fully respect human rights and safeguard the lives of civilians."
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who appeared at an event Monday on the nation's power supply at the Aso Rock presidential villa in the country's capital, did not comment on the killings there. A few hours after Ban's statement, Jonathan's office issued a release saying he had ordered "a full-scale investigation into reports of high civilian casualties."
The "administration will continue to do everything possible to avoid the killing or injuring of innocent bystanders in security operations against terrorists and insurgents," the statement read. "Rules of engagement for the military and security agencies are already in place for this purpose and the investigation ordered by President Jonathan into the incident in Baga is to amongst other things, determine whether or not these rules were fully complied with."
The statement also said "casualty figures being reported by the foreign media may be grossly exaggerated." The statement did not offer any tolls for the injured or dead, nor did it explain what military officials already had told the presidency about the fighting.
Members of the Islamic extremist network Boko Haram used heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in the assault Friday, which Brig. Gen. Austin Edokpaye said began after soldiers surrounded a mosque they believed was housing Boko Haram members. Extremists earlier had killed a military officer, officials said.
The military said extremists used civilians as human shields during the fighting — implying that soldiers opened fire in neighborhoods where they knew civilians lived.
However, local residents who spoke to an Associated Press journalist who accompanied the state officials said soldiers purposefully set the fires during the attack. Violence by security forces in the northeast targeting civilians has been widely documented by journalists and human rights activists. A similar raid in Maiduguri, Borno state's capital, in October after extremists killed a military officer saw soldiers kill at least 30 civilians and set fires across a neighborhood.
Eric Guttschuss, a researcher with Human Rights Watch who studies , said his organization continued to study what happened, though it already had deep concerns about the allegations surrounding the soldiers' conduct.
"We are investigating this extremely serious incident," he said. "In the past, has simply denied or tried to cover up security force abuses."
The Islamic insurgency in grew out of a 2009 riot led by Boko Haram members in Maiduguri that ended in a military and police crackdown that killed some 700 people. The group's leader died in police custody in an apparent execution. From 2010 on, Islamic extremists have engaged in hit-and-run shootings and suicide bombings, attacks that have killed at least 1,548 people before Friday's attack, according to an AP count.
Boko Haram, which means "Western education is sacrilege" in the Hausa language of north, has said it wants its imprisoned members freed and to adopt strict Shariah law across the multiethnic nation of more than 160 million people. While Jonathan has started a committee to look at the idea of offering an amnesty deal to extremist fighters, Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau has dismissed the idea out of hand in messages.
Friday's violence marked the worst attack linked to Islamic insurgency. In January 2012, Boko Haram launched a coordinated attack in Kano, northern largest city, that killed at least 185 people, the previous worst attack. However, casualty numbers remain murky in , where security and government officials often downplay figures.
Despite the deployment of more soldiers and police to northern , the nation's weak central government has been unable to stop the killings. Meanwhile, violent atrocities committed by security forces against the local civilian population only fuels rage in the region.
Borno state Gov. Kashim Shettima, who visited Baga on Sunday, did not directly implicate the military for the killings in this attack, though anger could be heard in his voice.
"If the harassment continues, I will personally relocate from Maiduguri to here and let me be harassed along with the rest of the people," Shettima said at the time.


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Emma Kamahana Dickerson of Pennsylvania recently took three of her daughters and a granddaughter to Hawaii in anticipation of the canonization of Father Damien de Veuster, who will become the first Hawaiian saint Oct. 11.
Dickerson, 85, has a unique tie to Father Damien. Her father knew him.
There is a great story about this in the Hawaii Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu.