| Mets' Martinez proud of domination during PED era
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Pedro Martinez knows his place in the Steroids Era. "I dominated that era and I did it clean," he said. "I can stand by my numbers and I can be proud of them." No longer the No. 1 pitcher on his staff, Martinez reported to spring training Thursday with the New York Mets and soon was asked about baseball's doping scandal. The three-time Cy Young Award winner said he hasn't paid much attention to the fallout from the Mitchell report, and he didn't watch Roger Clemens testify before Congress on Wednesday. But Martinez said he'll probably get caught up on his computer now that he's in camp. Martinez did have some pointed words, however, for the reporter who once called him a prima donna. "I have a small frame and when I hurt all I could do was take a couple of Aleve or Advil, a cup of coffee and a little mango and an egg -- and let it go!" he said.
Airborne Bacteria Make It Rain, Researchers Find
The green dots indicate Pseudomonas syringae bacteria suspended in ice. Like other so-called biological ice nucleators, P. syringae gives water vapor a place to meet, join and form ice crystals that later fall to Earth. Brent Christner/Louisiana State University .
Harman lobbied over gender pay gap
Union activists have lobbied a Government minister as part of a campaign to close the gender pay gap. Officials from Unison delivered a strong message that women deserve as much pay as men to Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman at the party's Spring conference in Birmingham. The union's head of local government Heather Wakefield, women's officer Sharon Green and other female officials pointed out that women's average pay was still "scandalously" 17% less than men's. Unison's general secretary Dave Prentis said: "Thirty years on, the Equal Pay Act is still seen by many employers as a take-it-or-leave-it bit of legislation. "But we want to see it implemented robustly across the UK. "Local authorities have dragged their feet in implementing equal pay, blaming the lack of cash.
Transition Housing Part I
Here's how their investment plan works.There are three parts:1. Dimension real Estate;2. Pinnacle Real Estate, the real estate management arm of New Hope;3. and then there's New Hope, the organization.Dimensions Real Estate is the matchmaker. When Dimensions finds a home, it line's up an investor. Then Pinnacle Real Estate comes in and buys the home. Then that same agency sells the property back to the investor. The investor then leases the house back to Pinnacle for five years, who then holds it for New Hope. New Hope uses the leased property for their inmate program, charging the ex-inmates what they refer to as program fees. "If we make this a successful model than other companies will do this also, they'll go look this works, it helps people, we create income and it's good for everybody," says Mayer.But new hope doesn't stop making money there, take a look.Each ex-inmate pays between 350-400 dollars to live in one of these homes.
Alligators seized from home
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