If you've watched The Wire recently (and really, who hasn't at this point?), you are familiar with the directive, "Do more with less."

What actually sets you apart might not be conventional or appear attractive to potential employers, but the job you want isn't always going to find you.

The guidance counselor, ever-so-close to his lunch break, desperately looking for a way to get you out of his office satisfied in time for the first batch of Sloppy Joe's at the cafeteria, plops a sheet of paper and a pen down in front of you. This, he says while looking nervously at his watch, will determine the rest of your life.

The term "entry level" can conjure up frightening images: stacks of paperwork, nocturnal hours, an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of a coffee machine.

The wells draw water from the earth with a consistent temperature of about 55 degrees. In cold months, the water will undergo a heat exchange where the thermal energy will be extracted. In the summer, the heat of the building will be sent to the ground and the cooler temperatures from the earth will circulate throughout the building.

From nonsmokers: It's great that police got such a large amount of a dangerous drug off our streets, big step for the war on drugs. From pot smokers: Hold on man, overdoses? On weed? Did they eat too many Cheetos or something?

Stuart Shils came to Manayunk in the mid-'80s hoping for a quiet, affordable place to raise a family. "I used to go out there with a snow shovel and sweep up the crack vials," recalls Shils, 53. "There would be people sitting there with legal notepads and piles of $100 bills."

I know, it sounds ridiculous and I was skeptical, too. But it turned out to be about as effective a debate experience I've seen.

Shortly after entering the "real" world, Connor was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It was manageable, but led to organ damage and respiratory problems that eventually brought surgery in 2002.