Whether you're playing baseball, playing fantasy baseball, or just watching baseball in 2012, here's your guide to being the perfect hardball geek.
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The Nechita Theater is an elegant 715-seat performance hall with a tradition of presenting outstanding arts and entertainment events by students, world-class guest artists, resident companies and the community.
The Technical Director is responsible for all physical aspects of production in the performing arts space including: maintenance, sets; technical direction and design for events and productions; supervising the mounting and striking of theater productions; purchasing supplies; and supervising crews.
Orange Lutheran High School offers a competitive salary and attractive benefits package including paid vacation.
The successful candidate will demonstrate professional production process, commitment to artistic collaboration, quality work, and enthusiasm for academic achievement with students, faculty and administration.
The candidate must also be able to communicate effectively and professionally with a diverse group of students, faculty, staff and clientele.
Apply online at www.lhsoc.org/employment
Information Contact: Kevin Nadeau, Artist-in-Residence
kevin.nadeau@lhsoc.org
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Video aired over the weekend shows Conservative Party fundraiser Peter Cruddas, pictured above in 2005, telling undercover reporters: "200 grand ($317,000), 250 is premier league ... it'll be awesome for your business."
By msnbc.com and news services
LONDON -- The government of British Prime Minister David Cameron was reeling on Monday after a video emerged showing his Conservative Party's top fundraiser claiming to offer access to senior politicians in exchange for large donations.
In a sting operation, The Sunday Times (the newspaper operates behind a paywall) secretly videotaped fundraiser Peter Cruddas? discussing donations. The film showed him telling undercover reporters: "200 grand ($317,000), 250 is premier league ... it'll be awesome for your business."
If donors met Cameron, Cruddas claimed in the recording, "within that room, everything is confidential and you will be able to ask him practically any question that you want."
'We will listen to you'
He suggested they could even influence party policy, saying: "If you are unhappy about something, we will listen to you and we will put it into the policy committee at (the prime minister's official residence)."
In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain expressed the need to continue placing 'massive pressure' on Iran without resorting to military action.
Cameron responded by saying Cruddas' actions had been "completely unacceptable." Cruddas, a millionaire, resigned within hours of the report.
Obama, Cameron stand in united front
Cruddas made the remarks to two journalists he thought were international financiers and who were accompanied by a lobbyist.
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and President Barack Obama have a personal bond that helps define their working relationship. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
"Because we depend on donors so much we have to be careful" to show "you cannot buy access," he said according to The Sunday Times. But, he told the undercover reporters, if you donate "you could well be at a private house having a private dinner with?George Osborne, David Cameron, William Hague, the chairman around the table."
Osborne, the cabinet minister in charge of economic and financial matters, and Foreign Minister William Hague are both members of Cameron's center-right Conservative Party, which leads the governing coalition alongside the Liberal Democrats.
Embarrassing
The funding issue is embarrassing for Cameron, who promised before coming to power in May 2010 to curb corporate lobbying, saying it was the "next big scandal waiting to happen."
Following the report, Cameron admitted he had used his official home at 10 Downing Street to host dinners for Conservative donors.
Before David Cameron embarked on his trip to the United States, Brian Williams sat down with Britain's youngest prime minister in two centuries. Cameron talked about his relationship with President Obama, the war in Afghanistan and even Meryl Streep's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in Iron Lady. Rock Center Anchor and Managing Editor Brian Williams reports.
The scandal threatened to undo Cameron's efforts to shake off his party's image of being too close to the interests of business and the rich as Britain undergoes an austerity program to cut its budget deficit.
"This is not the way that we raise money in the Conservative party, it should not have happened," said Cameron. "I will make sure that there is a proper party inquiry to make sure this can't happen again."
While there were also tax cuts for lower earners, the government's recent budget went down badly with many Britons, giving the impression the government was looking after the wealthy and cared little for those suffering rising unemployment and falling incomes as the economy struggles to recover from recession.
Despite mounting pressure after the recent civilian killings in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain reaffirmed their plans to slowly dial back their military presence. NBC's Kristen Welker reports.
Previous attempts to reform the political funding system have foundered on the Conservatives' reluctance to cap donations from wealthy individuals and the opposition Labour Party's desire to avoid limits on contributions from unions.?
Msnbc.com's F. Brinley Bruton and Reuters contributed to this report.?
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NEW YORK (AP) ? The federal government has identified a large block of airwaves that can be freed to meet growing demand for movies, games and other data-intensive activities on smartphones and other mobile devices.
Wireless and technology companies have been clamoring for more spectrum. The 95 megahertz-wide band identified by the Commerce Department can support at least two new national wireless data networks.
But first, the government will have to find new homes for the agencies currently using that spectrum. That could involve sharing arrangements.
The government could spend as much as $18 billion over 10 years moving current users of the spectrum to new locations on the airwaves. The government said Tuesday that it hopes to make up for it by auctioning that spectrum to companies.
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As the new innovations on technology influence the consumer communities and their needs, the online marketplace and industry is also getting more competitive by the day. Therefore, every business needs to adapt to new changes to sustain itself amidst the stiff competition. Not doing so may cost much on the business side. Surprisingly, its solution is free and very easy. The use of Google Maps optimization may be a life-saver.
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Including some video is another brilliant idea. This not only attracts more people, this also keeps their attention longer. Experts concur that a video has more impact when compared to still pictures and plain text. This is best represented by a larger portion of people who prefer watching television all day long than reading a book for an hour or two.
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Pedestrians walks past a poster with an image of a waving Pope Benedict XVI, in Leon, Mexico, Thursday March 22, 2012. It's been a decade since the former Pope John Paul Paul II visited Mexico; his fifth and final trip to the country. His successor, Benedict, arrives Friday. The Pope will hold Sunday Mass in Silao, Mexico, against the backdrop of the 60-foot-tall hilltop statue of Christ the King, before leaving for Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Pedestrians walks past a poster with an image of a waving Pope Benedict XVI, in Leon, Mexico, Thursday March 22, 2012. It's been a decade since the former Pope John Paul Paul II visited Mexico; his fifth and final trip to the country. His successor, Benedict, arrives Friday. The Pope will hold Sunday Mass in Silao, Mexico, against the backdrop of the 60-foot-tall hilltop statue of Christ the King, before leaving for Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
ALTERNATIVE CROP TO MXE105 - An image of Pope Benedict XVI taped to a wall, topped with a Vatican-colored bow, in Leon, Mexico, Thursday March 22, 2012. It's been a decade since the former Pope John Paul Paul II visited Mexico; his fifth and final trip to the country. His successor, Benedict, arrives Friday. The Pope will hold Sunday Mass in Silao, Mexico, against the backdrop of the 60-foot-tall hilltop statue of Christ the King, before leaving for Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Workers paste an image of the late Pope John Paul II to a giant billboard in Silao, Mexico, Thursday March 22, 2012. It's been a decade since the former pope visited Mexico; his fifth and final trip to the country. His successor, Pope Benedict XVI, arrives Friday, to a very different country and welcomed by a church that has suffered debilitating setbacks amidst sex abuse scandals and a lower percentage of Mexicans who call themselves Catholic today compared to a decade ago. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
Mexican soldiers patrol the streets in preparation for Pope Benedict XVI's visit, near a welcome banner in Leon, Mexico, Thursday March 22, 2012. It's been a decade since the former Pope John Paul Paul II visited Mexico; his fifth and final trip to the country. His successor, Benedict, arrives Friday. The Pope will hold Sunday Mass in Silao, Mexico, against the backdrop of the 60-foot-tall hilltop statue of Christ the King, before leaving for Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Pedestrians walk under streamers in the Vatican colors of yellow and white hanging from the Nuestra Senora de la Soledad church in Leon, Mexico, Thursday March 22, 2012. It's been a decade since the former Pope John Paul Paul II visited Mexico; his fifth and final trip to the country. His successor, Pope Benedict XVI, arrives Friday. The Pope will hold Sunday Mass in Silao, Mexico, against the backdrop of the 60-foot-tall hilltop statue of Christ the King, before leaving for Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
LEON, Mexico (AP) ? Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in Mexico on Friday will reveal his ability to communicate with a people whose passionate adoration of his predecessor threatens to overshadow the pontiff's message of peace and continuing faith for a country shaken by horrific drug violence, the Vatican's ambassador pledged on the eve of the trip.
Pope John Paul II was greeted with ecstatic scenes on each of his five trips to Mexico, whose faithful today consider him practically one of the country's patron saints.
In contrast, there was little visible excitement about the more austere and less charismatic Benedict less than 24 hours before his arrival in Guanajuato, a deeply conservative and highly observant state in sun-baked central Mexico. Campgrounds with a capacity for hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were virtually empty. Traffic on the highways leading to the sites of the pope's visit didn't appear heavier than on an ordinary weekday night.
Carlos Aguiar, president of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, said he expected the faithful to begin arriving Friday.
The papal envoy, Christophe Pierre, said Benedict's visit would allow Mexicans to "discover the pope" and "his ability to communicate, to speak deeply, but simply."
There were some stirrings of enthusiasm about Benedict's first trip to Mexico. About 60 people who described themselves as Catholics unaffiliated with any church burned brush to create a neater vista along a section of the pope's route from the airport to the Catholic school where he will spend his three nights in Mexico.
"It's the first time a pope has visited our community. We're excited," Maria Belen, a 36-year-old homemaker, said as she swept inches of powdery dust and gravel off a sidewalk.
Farther down the highway, young men and women sold flags in the yellow-and-white Vatican colors, although few motorists stopped to buy them.
The biggest crowd appeared to be the thousands gathered outside an evangelical Protestant church sitting at the highway exit leading to Bicentennial Park, where Benedict will deliver Mass on Sunday.
"We are not Roman Catholics. We are the Light of the World Church," a huge banner announced to passing motorists.
Church spokesman Ezequiel Zamora said the convention of young missionaries had been planned long before the pope's visit was announced, and the evangelical church had no intention of upstaging the pontiff.
Guanajuato is 93.8 percent Catholic, the highest percentage in Mexico, but Protestant and evangelical denominations have made deeper inroads in other parts of the country, particularly along the northern and southern borders.
The last time a pope visited Mexico, more than 1 million believers cheered and wept in the streets of Mexico City. Dancers dressed in Aztec costumes shook rattles and blew conch shells inside the cathedral where John Paul II canonized the first Indian saint in the Americas.
A decade later, Benedict comes to a church battling to overcome painful setbacks that include legalized abortion and gay marriage in the capital of the most populous Catholic country in the Spanish-speaking world.
It is also a nation grappling with a drug war that has spread fear into once-tranquil regions such as Guanajuato.
"There is a very immense peace that we need in Mexico because of the insecurity," said Marcela Arguello, a 26-year-old housewife who said she planned to stand along the route of the papal motorcade through the city of Leon, the state's largest city.
Mexico has been traumatized by the deaths of more than 47,000 people in drug-related violence in less than six years, and while Guanajuato is far from major drug trafficking routes, the shadow of the conflict looms even here.
"Yes, he'll talk about violence, we can't ignore that, but I can tell you as a representative of the Holy Father that there's much more than violence in Mexico," Pierre said.
"The Holy Father, in the name of God, comes to remind, to ask people not to lose their path in life," Pierre added.
A recent series of apparently gang-related shootings has killed some two dozen people in Guanajuato state, which is noted for leather goods, auto factories and picturesque tourist towns.
Yet even the drug cartels profess to be people of faith. At least 11 banners signed by the pseudo-religious Knights Templar gang were found in five municipalities of Guanajuato last week, including in Leon, offering peace during the papal trip.
As many as 300,000 people are expected to gather for the Sunday Mass, a large turnout even in a state that is so heavily Catholic and a stronghold of President Felipe Calderon's conservative National Action Party, which has roots in militantly Catholic organizations that formed decades ago to challenge an atheistic federal government.
The hacker group Anonymous in Mexico crashed at least two of the websites for Benedict's visit to Mexico on Thursday, claiming his trip is a political move to support the president's party.
Anonymous Mexico said in a video posted on social media sites that the pope's visit will cost Mexicans money that could be better spent on the poor, and is meant to support the PAN in the July 1 presidential election. PAN candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota trails front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party by at least 10 percentage points in most polls.
The official campaign season starts at the end of this month.
The pope's "visit comes precisely at the start of the electoral campaigns," said the faceless Anonymous figure in the video. "The PAN will take this as a political weapon to win the votes of millions of Catholics in Mexico."
Guanajuato's constitution declares that life begins at conception and bars abortion with extremely limited exceptions. Seven women were jailed there in 2010 for the deaths of their newborns and later released. The women said they had miscarriages, not abortions.
Benedict's church is encouraging more such laws across Mexico, reacting partly to the legalization of gay marriage and abortion in Mexico City, the cultural and political center of the country.
At the same time, church leaders are fighting to overcome their share of the global child sex-abuse scandal, which destroyed the reputation of the most influential Mexican figure in the church.
The Rev. Marcial Maciel founded the Legionaries of Christ order, which John Paul II praised as a model of rectitude. But a series of investigations forced the order to acknowledge in 2010 that Maciel had sexually abused seminarians and fathered three children. Church documents released in a book this week reveal the Vatican had been told of Maciel's drug abuse and pederasty decades ago.
Calderon's government is backing legislation that would end now often ignored restriction on religious observances in public places, as well as a ban on religious participation in politics.
If approved, it could lay the groundwork for laws allowing church ownership of media and openly religious education on school property, said political analyst John Ackerman at the legal research institute at Mexico's National Autonomous University.
"This opens the door for the church to start using public spaces," Ackerman said. "It has the full intention to be interpreted as occupying public spaces with religious ceremonies, that's what's on the table."
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Associated Press writer Dario Lopez-Mills contributed to this report.
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