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About Aristophanes
Aristophanes Ἀριστοφάνης, ca. 446 BC – ca. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These, together with fragments of some of his other plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy, Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author. His powers of ridicule were feared and acknowledged by influential contemporaries — Plato singled out Aristophanes' play The Clouds as slander contributing to the trial and execution of Socrates although other satirical playwrights had also caricatured the philosopher. His second play, The Babylonians (now lost), was denounced by the demagogue Cleon as a slander against the Athenian polis. It is possible that the case was argued in court but details of the trial are not recorded and Aristophanes caricatured Cleon mercilessly in his subsequent plays, especially The Knights, the first of many plays that he directed himself. "In my opinion," he says through the Chorus in that play, "the author-director of comedies has the hardest job of all." (κωμῳδοδιδασκαλίαν εἶναι χαλεπώτατον ἔργον ἁπάντων).
Less is known about Aristophanes than about his plays. In fact, his plays are the main source of information about him. It was conventional in Old Comedy for the Chorus to speak on behalf of the author during an address called the 'parabasis' and thus some biographical facts can be got 'straight from the horse's mouth', so to speak. However, these facts relate almost entirely to his career as a dramatist and the plays contain few clear and unambiguous clues about his personal beliefs or his private life. He was a comic poet in an age when it was conventional for a poet to assume the role of 'teacher' (didaskalos), and though this specifically referred to his training of the Chorus in rehearsal, it also covered his relationship with the audience as a commentator on significant issues. Aristophanes claimed to be writing for a clever and discerning audience, yet he also declared that 'other times' would judge the audience according to its reception of his plays. He sometimes boasts of his originality as a dramatist yet his plays consistently espouse opposition to radical new influences in Athenian society. He caricatured leading figures in the arts (notably Euripides, whose influence on his own work however he once begrudgingly acknowledged), in politics (especially the populist Cleon), and in philosophy/religion (where Socrates was the most obvious target). Such caricatures seem to imply that Aristophanes was an old-fashioned conservative, yet that view of him leads to contradictions.
The writing of plays was a craft that could be handed down from father to son, and it has been argued that Aristophanes produced plays mainly to entertain the audience and to win prestigious competitions. The plays were written for production at the great dramatic festivals of Athens, the Lenaia and City Dionysia, where they were judged and awarded places relative to the works of other comic dramatists. An elaborate series of lotteries, designed to prevent prejudice and corruption, reduced the voting judges at the City Dionysia to just five in number. These judges probably reflected the mood of the audiences yet there is much uncertainty about the composition of those audiences. They were certainly huge, with seating for at least 10 000 at the Theatre of Dionysus, but it is not certain that they were a representative sample of the Athenian citizenry. The day's program at the City Dionysia for example was crowded, with three tragedies and a 'satyr' play ahead of the comedy, and it is possible that many of the poorer citizens (typically the main supporters of demagogues like Cleon) occupied the festival holiday with other pursuits. (Those inhabitants who were not citizens, such as slaves, were also excluded from the audience.) The conservative views expressed in the plays might therefore reflect the attitudes of a dominant group in an unrepresentative audience. The production process might also have influenced the views expressed in the plays. Throughout most of Aristophanes' career, the Chorus was essential to a play's success and it was recruited and funded by a choregus, a wealthy citizen appointed to the task by one of the archons. A choregus could regard his personal expenditure on the Chorus as a civic duty and a public honour, but Aristophanes showed in The Knights that wealthy citizens could regard civic responsibilities as punishment imposed on them by demagogues and populists like Cleon. Thus the political conservatism of the plays might reflect the views of the wealthiest section of society, on whose generosity comic dramatists depended for the success of their plays.
When Aristophanes' first play The Banqueters was produced, Athens was an ambitious, imperial power and The Peloponnesian War was only in its fourth year. His plays often express pride in the achievement of the older generation (the victors at Marathon) yet they are not jingoistic and they are staunchly opposed to the war with Sparta. The plays are particularly scathing in criticism of war profiteers, among whom populists such as Cleon figure prominently. By the time his last play was produced (around 386 BC) Athens had been defeated in war, its empire had been dismantled and it had undergone a transformation from the political to the intellectual centre of Greece. Aristophanes was part of this transformation and he shared in the intellectual fashions of the period — the structure of his plays evolves from Old Comedy until, in his last surviving play, Wealth II, it more closely resembles New Comedy. However it is uncertain whether he led or merely responded to changes in audience expectations.
Aristophanes won second prize at the City Dionysia in 427 BC with his first play The Banqueters (now lost). He won first prize there with his next play, The Babylonians (also now lost). It was usual for foreign dignitaries to attend the City Dionysia, and The Babylonians caused some embarrassment for the Athenian authorities since it depicted the cities of the Athenian League as slaves grinding at a mill. Some influential citizens, notably Cleon, reviled the play as slander against the polis and possibly took legal action against the author.
Aristophanes repeatedly savages Cleon in his later plays. But these satirical diatribes appear to have had no effect on Cleon's political career — a few weeks after the performance of The Knights, a play full of anti-Cleon jokes, Cleon was elected to the prestigious board of ten generals. Cleon also seems to have had no real power to limit or control Aristophanes: the caricatures of him continued up to and even beyond his death.
In the absence of clear biographical facts about Aristophanes, scholars make educated guesses based on interpretation of the language in the plays. Inscriptions and summaries or comments by Hellenistic and Byzantine scholars can also provide useful clues. We know however from a combination of these sources, and especially from comments in The Knights and The Clouds, that Aristophanes' first three plays were not directed by him — they were instead directed by Callistratus and Philoneides, an arrangement that seemed to suit Aristophanes since he appears to have used these same directors in many later plays as well (Philoneides for example later directed The Frogs and he was also credited, perhaps wrongly, with directing The Wasps.) Aristophanes's use of directors complicates our reliance on the plays as sources of biographical information since apparent self-references might have been made on behalf of his directors instead. Thus for example a statement by the chorus in The Acharnians seems to indicate that the 'poet' had a close, personal association with the island of Aegina, yet the terms 'poet' (poietes) and 'director' (didaskalos) are often interchangeable since dramatic poets usually directed their own plays and therefore the reference in the play could be either to Aristophanes or Callistratus. Similarly, the hero in The Acharnians complains about Cleon "dragging me into court" over "last year's play" but here again it is not clear if this was said on behalf of Aristophanes or Callistratus, either of whom might have been prosecuted by Cleon.
Comments made by the Chorus on behalf of Aristophanes in The Clouds have been interpreted as evidence that he can have been hardly more than 18 years old when his first play The Banqueters was produced. The second parabasis in Wasps appears to indicate that he reached some kind of temporary accommodation with Cleon following either the controversy over The Babylonians or a subsequent controversy over The Knights. It has been inferre from statements in The Clouds and Peace that Aristophanes was prematurely bald.
We know that Aristophanes was probably victorious at least once at the City Dionysia (with Babylonians in 427) and at least three times at the Lenaia, with Acharnians in 425, Knights in 424, and Frogs in 405. Frogs in fact won the unique distinction of a repeat performance at a subsequent festival. We know that a son of Aristophanes, Araros, was also a comic poet and he could have been heavily involved in the production of his father's play Wealth II in 388. Araros is also thought to have been responsible for the posthumous performances of the now lost plays Aeolosicon II and Cocalus, and it is possible that the last of these won the prize at the City Dionysia in 387. It appears that a second son, Philippus, was twice victorious at the Lenaia and he could have directed some of Eubulus' comedies. A third son was called either Nicostratus or Philetaerus, and a man by the latter name appears in the catalogue of Lenaia victors with two victories, the first probably in the late 370s.
Plato's The Symposium appears to be a useful source of biographical information about Aristophanes, but its reliability is open to doubt. It purports to be a record of conversations at a dinner party at which both Aristophanes and Socrates are guests, held some seven years after the performance of The Clouds, the play in which Socrates was cruelly caricatured. One of the guests, Alcibiades, even quotes from the play when teasing Socrates over his appearance and yet there is no indication of any ill-feeling between Socrates and Aristophanes. Plato's Aristophanes is in fact a genial character and this has been interpreted as evidence of Plato's own friendship with him (their friendship appears to be corroborated by an epitaph for Aristophanes, reputedly written by Plato, in which the playwright's soul is compared to an eternal shrine for the Graces). Plato was only a boy when the events in The Symposium are supposed to have occurred and it is possible that his Aristophanes is in fact based on a reading of the plays. For example, conversation among the guests turns to the subject of Love and Aristophanes explains his notion of it in terms of an amusing allegory, a device he often uses in his plays. He is represented as suffering an attack of hiccoughs and this might be a humorous reference to the crude physical jokes in his plays. He tells the other guests that he is quite happy to be thought amusing but he is wary of appearing ridiculous. This fear of being ridiculed is consistent with his declaration in The Knights that he embarked on a career of comic playwright warily after witnessing the public contempt and ridicule that other dramatists had incurred.
Aristophanes survived The Peloponnesian War, two oligarchic revolutions and two democratic restorations; this has been interpreted as evidence that he was not actively involved in politics despite his highly political plays. He was probably appointed to the Council of Five Hundred for a year at the beginning of the fourth century but such appointments were very common in democratic Athens.
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A Few Problems :help Pretty Please
:confused: Hello I Have a few problems with my bimmer If anyone could help? Two are electrical faults I think.
Well one is the drivers side door window keeps going down a little bit and the interior light comes on. I think my car thinks I must be opening the door! Is it normal for all bmw or just cabrios for the door windows to go down a little bit when oping doors and in my case taking the roof down.
Another problem has just started the other day. I noticed when I went to open the door it only opened that door and not all of them. Then I used my alarm which opens and locks the doors as it sets the alarm and they all worked fine.
They seem to be working ok now but like my window problem I think it will be back. Its bloody frustrating the window and light coming on when driving.:mad:
Which is probably the worst is a engine problem? Well is it normal for your car to use nearly all its oil between services. On any other car I have had it always had most of its oil there when serviced ! Then I was doing oil change every 10,000 . I see most of you do it every 5,000 . I am pretty sure it has not done more than 5,000 since last change and it was on bottom of oil stick. (there is no oil on floor and my exhaust smoke is clean)
One time there was no oil on stick and I wondered why my engine temp was getting so hot and this strange noise coming from engine.:yikes: The valves were clanking:bawling:but no oil light warning!:mad: (Put some valve cleaning in what sorted the noise)
My dad says i should get shot of it!
Hey buddy
Coupe's do the window thing too as they have to lock into the roof when you close the door. There is a mircoswitch behind the panel that deals with this. if it goes a bit mad sometimes, it may need replacing :)
As for the oil, when you say it is all gone, do you mean it is still on the dipstick but at the very bottom? M52 engines do 'use' their oil and is perfectly normal. If is is using more than you would like, try using a thicker fully synthetic oil. Do you know what oil was used last time? Do you do a lot of short trips from cold or is it more longer trips (25 miles or more)?
The ticking is probably either a hydraulic lifter that is sticking or your VANOS lower tensioner needs replacing (common).
From the stuff you have listed, i would not worry so much just yet but agree you might wanna get it sorted as soon as you can :)
for pirate
Cheers pirate, Can always count on the british for a response.:)
I do not think it has synthetic oil in it at the last change.
Do you know how much the window switch costs?
I am considering selling as it has done 211km and getting Mercedes SLK 230 convertible as they are bloody cheap on ebay in germany. What do you think mate. :)Get one for about 12000 euros what has done 140k and is in better nick than mine and about what i could get for mine.
Sorry buddy, i am the wrong person to ask about Mercedes as i think they are trash (personal opinion)
Keep the E36 mate....'BMW steel' all the way :D
Window switch will not be much, i have no idea on an actual cost though hehehe
yes i forgot to mention, could not see any traces of oil on the dipstick the first time. All I remeber is thinking feck he is putting alot of oil in! How much oil do they hold ? I think I worked out there was about half to 1 left if they hold 5 litres. still no oil light warning how low do you have to get them?
mine holds 6 litres buddy :)
If it used 4-5 litres then there is a leak somewhere buddy
If it definitely doesnt drop any, then the only place i can think it is going is into the cylinders....
Very very odd....
if it holds 6litres there must have been more left than half or 1 litres phew!!!!!!!!
It did not drop that over night! The inspection oil change light was on red for a while
Run it for a little while and see how it goes
Maybe the last oil was just too thin buddy
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Have you successfully completed your probation? And to be clear, this is all relating back to one single incident that you've already been arrested and convicted for?
yes, it was in 2005, I have completed my probation
What is the reason that she's trying to get you arrested again?
That is, what is she alleging against you?
she is angry with me because I couldn't babysit for her in January when my Mama died...she doesn't want to pay back the loan
Were you convicted at the Federal or the state level?
I'm not sure, it was a felony, in our small hometown
So you didn't go to a Federal court, but rather a local court in your county?
Thank you. That means that you were likely convicted at the state level. First of all, since you have already been convicted of this at the state level, you cannot be tried for it again at the state level. That would be "double jeopardy". You can't be tried for the same crime twice in the same jurisdiction.
So to the extent that she's trying to get you arrested for this crime that you've already been convicted for, it's not going to work...
Now that being said, note that I said "in the same jurisdiction".
This crime, since it was a Sallie Mae loan, would have Federal implications as well.
So she could take me to federal court?
18 USC 1014 is the law that governs fraud concerning loan and credit applications generally, and would have a 10 year statute of limitations.
SHE couldn't take you to court.
The Federal prosecutor would have to. Your daughter has no prosecutorial authority.
(unless she's a Federal prosecutor, but if that were the case, you could ask to have her removed as the attorney for the government, as a conflict of interest)
She could indicate her desire that they prosecute it, but I would be shocked if they did.
But she has contacted Sallie Mae and they are called me yesterday asking about where the money went
The reason is that you've already been tried and convicted of this at the state level, and 99% of the time when there are dual jurisdiction crimes like this, one conviction will generally be perceived as enough, and the other jurisdiction won't worry about it.
As for that, you can let them know what you did with the money. (were you told to deposit it to her account by the courts, etc...?)
No, I did that on my own as soon as the check came in the mail
You can let them know that this is what you did. If they bring up anything about the fraud (which they should know about...) you can let them know that you've already been tried and convicted for that.
Typically the only situation where there will be both a Federal and state prosecution in a crime is where there is an acquittal (a not guilty verdict or other final dismissal) in one case, and the other jurisdiction wants to "try again".
It's very very rare that there are dual prosecutions where one has already been successful in conviction.
Thank you so much. I did tell them that yesterday. I have just worried all night. That was a very dark time in my life and I don't want to return there.
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2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS 6.2 liter from North America
Camaro is back on the throne!!
Nothing... Brand new.
General Comments:
I only have this beauty since three days and it gets a lot of thumbs up and comments. Mine is orange with a manual 6 speeds and 426 H.P mill.
I'm a large and tall man, and this car is surprisingly large and long enough for my shoulders and legs in the front seats to feel comfortable, not tight.
It takes some times to get use of the small windows all around, especially the doors ones.
I found the clutch to be very stiff and I don't like to go in town with it.
As I cruise on the highway, this Camaro is also surprisingly soft for a sports car.
Performance wise.. Watch out!.. this Camaro is fast, very fast!! And before I feel the sensation of going fast, the speedo is at around 170 km/h (110-115 MPH). And for the first 3 speeds, rear tires screams and your head literally snaps the headrest when pushed hard. I don't know how fast this Camaro can go, no intention for now!
There's only one thing I found annoying; when the steering wheel is set comfortably for me, I have to move my head to properly read the cluster gauge's tach, speedometer and especially flasher ind. lights. I don't know if there was a head up display (HUD) option as I would certainly take it, but I think the windshield is already small enough. Every time I think of hard accelerations from a red light, I most of the time think of the very expensive Pirelli ZR 20's on all corners that are known to "melt" like ice under the sun, I easily slow down and listen the marvelous rumbling sound of the LS3.
I haven't raced yet with Mustangs or Challenger to compare, and for now I'm the only one in my area who owns a SS, and these cars are very rare for now.. Acuras, Nissans, Hondas, they just look and leave me alone, I guess they know why!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 14th June, 2009
14th Jun 2009, 11:16
I'm sure that it's a welcome change after the Roadmaster.
14th Jun 2009, 22:48
Congrats on the Camaro and thank you for supporting your country by buying American. I checked out the 2010 Mustang, Challenger and Camaro and am undecided as to what I would buy at this point. I could care less about power. I drive a V-6 Mustang and it is far more than adequate. If I got a Camaro it would be the V-6 for sure. I've pretty much ruled out another Mustang because Ford has stupidly dropped all its sporty colors except red. Challenger and Camaro at least come in yellow and orange. My biggest gripe with Camaro is that hideous dash, but maybe they'll change it by next year when I'll be in the market. My favorite based on styling and interior is by far the Challenger, and the 250hp V-6 is more power than needed for any driving need. I just regret that it so big and such a poor handling car. Maybe Ford will come out with yellow or orange next year. We'll see.


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Rachel Campos-Duffy, former reality-TV star and current blogger for Anderson Cooper's AC360 blog, was Elizabeth Hasselbeck's fill-in on today's edition of The View. As a conservative fill-in, she did not disappoint.
Before diving into the meat of the blog, however, we at NewsBusters would like to congratulate her on this bit of news [emphasis mine]:
RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY: Thank you. And, yes, I found happiness after all. And the news is, because I've never come on "The View," as Joy knows, without announcing a pregnancy. And I am having a sixth child and I'm three months pregnant.
That is wonderful news - congratulations to her and her husband Sean.
Now, containing our pro-life glee for a moment, the Viewettes transitioned from a conversation about Campos-Duffy's happy home life to a discussion of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win:
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: President Obama is happily married. But he received the Nobel Peace Prize, which shocked a lot of people. Were y'all shocked?
CAMPOS-DUFFY: I was shocked.
GOLDBERG: You were shocked?
CAMPOS-DUFFY: I was shocked, and I'll tell you what: I find a lot of irony that the guy who won the Nobel Peace Prize won't meet with the Dalai Lama because he's kowtowing to just about the worst human rights abuser in the world, the Chinese government. So, yeah, I'm shocked and when I think of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, the quintessential one, I think of Mother Teresa.
GOLDBERG: Well, that's going to be hard to - that's a hard act to follow.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: I think of Mother Teresa and Mother Teresa said that we wouldn't have world peace until we ended abortion and I think personally, for me, that it's Obama's radical abortion position that makes him the least qualified for the prize.
Perhaps the pro-life glee containment will have to wait.
Bear in mind, Campos-Duffy has just transitioned from a discussion of her five (soon to be six) children, and how happy her marriage and life have been. At this point, her position on abortion is completely unchallengeable, even by the arch-liberal Joy Behar. And the Viewettes' reaction?
GOLDBERG: I think that's a very interesting way to look at it. I just figured that, if you're getting the Peace Prize, it's probably because you've been, sorta, trying to promote some peace, and after a while in the world, you know, we weren't looked upon in such an interesting way. So I think he's probably gotten it because he's been busting his behind trying to get out there.
JOY BEHAR: He has changed the conversation in the world. He's interested in diplomacy. We had - we were starting wars. Now we're not anymore. I don't know what's going to happen in Afghanistan. It is a little ironic that he is involved in two wars and he would be considered the peace person. But he didn't start them and he is trying to end them and he is trying to bring diplomacy around the world and start a new conversation. And I think for that he deserved it.
Yes, Joy Behar is insufferable. But if one were to wait for the response:
CAMPOS-DUFFY: So basically, he just gets a prize for not being George Bush?
BEHAR: That's true. He does get a prize for not being George Bush.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: Then I get one!
If I may be so bold: Rachel, take the children and leave the award. If Al Gore gets this prize, and Mahatma Gandhi doesn't, it's not worth having.


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By Debora Tidwell (TMF Debit)
ATC Communications
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UNION CITY, CA (May 2, 1997)/FOOLWIRE/ --- ATC Communications released their third quarter 1997 results on April 30th. Revenues were $24.5 million, a 6% increase from revenue of $23.1 million for the year-ago quarter. Gross profit declined 1.1% to $7.699 million from $7.788 million last year. The gross margin was 31.5% representing a 4.8% increase from the 27% gross margin recorded last quarter, but a 6.7% decline from Q3 last year. Operating profit was $730,000, a 67.4% decrease from $2.239 million in the comparable period last year. Operating profit was lower due to increased overhead incurred in providing the infrastructure for the company's future growth. Net income was $413,000, a 64.3% decrease from the $1.157 million recorded for the comparable 3-month period last year. Earnings per share was $0.02 versus $0.05 last year.
NINE MONTH RESULTS. For the first nine months of the fiscal year, revenues increased 18.7% to $76.1 million from $64.1 million for the same period last year. Gross profit rose 17.4% to $23.6 million from $20 million for the prior period. Gross margin was constant at 31%. Operating profit was $5.5 million, a 2.7% decrease from the $5.6 million for the comparable period last year. Net income was $3.384 million, an 11.1% increase from the $3.36 million for the comparable nine-month period last year. Earnings per share was $0.14 versus $0.13 last year.
CASH. The company has a working capital position of almost $14 million and they haven't had any material changes from the last quarter in terms of their balance sheet positions. The details of their credit facility will be outlined in the 10-Q. There is no prohibition of them using their debt facility to purchase stock. Their cash flow is adequate for their capital expenditure requirements looking forward, as is their debt capacity. They feel very comfortable that, given their approach to pricing of acquisitions, that they will be able to obtain financing if required to get them completed.
ACQUISITION STATUS. ATC will continue to focus on acquisitions as an avenue of growth. They are currently in discussions with several potential acquisition candidates and they believe that these acquisitions will fit with their corporate and operating strategy and will be structured to be accretive to ATC shareholders. In terms of the letter of intent discussed in the last conference call, their progress on that acquisition was delayed by the seller. However, they are continuing their negotiations with that party at this time. The company they are in talks with provides them expansion in remote centers, small remote centers in locations they are already in today and provide ATC additional capacity. Second, they have a great deal of competency in their management team in remote locations that will help ATC expand their business. Third, ATC feels the company's technology base is equal to the technology base they have today but allows them to get into other markets they are pursuing. Finally, they are a financially stable company. ATC has no definitive agreements or binding letters of intent in place with any acquisition candidates at this time.
STATUS OF MAJOR ACCOUNTS. Comparing year-to-year they see some considerable growth from their major accounts -- American Express and AT&T -- in particular, the confidence show by American Express in their ability to perform. They continue to increase the amount of work they do for American Express and it will have a fairly significant impact in 1997. If they take a look at their portfolio in 1997 and try to take a look year-to-year at the different industries where they see a big impact, it seems like the communications industry has the most sensitivity that they have in their portfolio in terms of flattening revenue trends. The communications industry as a whole is somewhat retrenching for its new approach in the long distance and local market areas.
GTE. The biggest impact from an account position in the third quarter was GTE who is a major contributor to ATC's revenue base completed its migration internally from its centers that ATC was handling to their own internal centers.
AMERICA ONLINE. What will have a big impact on ATC in the fourth quarter will be that their account with America Online, because of regulatory issues they are going through, have been stopped in doing any marketing until they get their infrastructure in place so that they can move forward. Once AOL completes that, ATC thinks there will be an opportunity to pick up that business once again, but they will be losing that in their portfolio.
AT&T. On a quarter-to-quarter basis from last quarter, they see a downward trend with AT&T and they any vendor that has been dealing with AT&T in the telesourcing area has seen a drop because of AT&T's refocusing and how they are having to address the competitive environment. What they saw was less than anticipated growth in terms of their forecast, with regard to AT&T, not necessarily a decline in that account quarter over quarter for the prior period. Sequentially they did see a decline that was approximately 10% or so. The indications ATC has received from AT&T is that their slowdown in marketing programs is across-the-board as they are retrenching in a new mode of competition. The reduction has been primarily in the outbound side. ATC has experienced some reduction on the inbound side, but it has been primarily on the outbound side because AT&T is retrenching and redoing their marketing programs at this time. AT&T does judge ATC on the basis of their competitors and price/performance and ATC is at the top of the rating on both the inbound and the outbound side. That is why their discussions with AT&T indicate that they will continue to grow volume from this point forward.
AMERICAN EXPRESS. Quarter-to-quarter on American Express, it is growing very rapidly and ATC continues to have discussions with them on how they may be able to expand their business there.
COST REDUCTION PLAN. They are facing the slower growth in revenues, slower than they expected, but they are committed to manage their overhead at the appropriate levels. They have already taken action and have put plans in place to reduce their expenses at the operating level and they are focusing a great deal on SG&A and nonessential costs including nonessential staff and recurring costs. Those have been put in place and should begin having an impact in the next quarter. They do not expect margins to return to normal target levels until Q1 1998, however. At the end of the quarter, they had 3200 seats.
PIPELINE. They are really making an aggressive pursuit of changing the entire portfolio of business. The downfall we have seen in the revenue base has been because of the volatility of short term contracts, that has been primarily built on a cost basis. The focus they have from the sales and marketing positioning is focusing on long-term contracts with value. This would include, for example, work in call center management and full-service outsourcing. In terms of call center management, they mean the type of call center management they are doing at Pac Bell where it is ATC's facility, systems, and management, but they are facilitating Pac Bell's people. Another example is the work they are doing at the Chicago Transit Authority where it is the Transit Authority's facilities and systems, but ATC's people and ATC does the recruiting and management of them. ATC thinks that on an ongoing basis and in the future this is a very viable segment of the marketplace for them but also has an additional value proposition of talking with Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies about the possibility of purchasing their assets involved in call centers and allowing ATC to use their core competencies to run those call centers while the company takes that capital for use in their own plant and equipment. In turn for that, ATC is going to be looking for a long term contract such that the net present value of that contract reflects their investment in the initial capital. ATC thinks that is a very lucrative position for them and they are having discussions today in the marketplace in that area.
The next area of pursuit is full-service outsourcing, much like they are doing today with American Express. It is a big opportunity to take a look at the Fortune 1000 companies that are extremely interested in leveraging other companies' core competencies while they focus on their own.
"GAP ANALYSIS." One of the things they did when looking at these two market segments in the past quarter was take a look at the bandwidth of competency held within their own company in order to go out and wave a banner of full outsourcing and call center management. What they did find in their "gap analysis" is that they needed two pieces. The first is a consulting front end and the second is a fulfillment piece at the tail end. Their competency in the past and today is the actual integration and implementation of call center management which they refer to as telesourcing. What they have done is gone out in a pursuit of filling those gaps and they recently announced their alliance with Arthur Andersen who they will be using in their alliance to do the front-end consulting management for them in taking a look at these larger opportunities. And, they will be doing the fulfillment piece through an alliance they have with ISI and an organization through Cushman-Wakefield. This offering is being well received and they have a backlog of business in their portfolio underway.
SALES CYCLE AND OUTLOOK. What they have found as a result of getting these longer-term opportunities in their pipeline is that they witness a longer sales cycle. Where before sales cycles for RFPs were somewhere in the 30-45 day timeframe, they are now seeing sales cycles they estimate are 6-9 months. Because of that they will see a possible closing of a number of these in the fourth quarter with revenue impact coming in the first quarter of 1998. They are confident that their pipeline of business with this type of activity will have an impact on fiscal 1998. They expect to attain a 35-40% growth rate in fiscal 1998 and that a fair amount of that will come from new business of the type just discussed above.
GOVERNMENT SECTOR. One of the other alliances they mentioned, ISI, they have found in market research and because of taking a look at the Federal and state government is that there is a big move in the government sector to do call center management. ATC partnered with ISI because of their premier position in the government as a prime contractor already involved in that area as well as a previous relationship they have with Cushman-Wakefield on the fulfillment side. They already have several responses to RFPs into the government sector today for evaluation and they feel very confident about that.
OTHER ISSUES. They talked about changing some of the infrastructure. They have completed a great deal of that -- changing out their computer systems -- but they still have the ongoing maintenance of that. They are already seeing a positive impact by the implementation and change of that new infrastructure. They are making a big effort in terms of changing their basic model of having large core megacenters into having smaller remote centers out away from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. The reason they are doing that is to reduce their overall cost burden and labor is certainly the biggest extent of their cost. The labor pool they are finding in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area is quite competitive and they think they are just simply competing with other people in the same marketplace. They have looked at sites and the optimum size they are targeting is a 300-seat center. They should have the first one in place in the August timeframe. They are focusing on attrition and turnover. It is an effort that all the senior management is focusing on because it has a great impact on their profitability.
VERTICAL MARKETS. They were going to start focusing on some new vertical markets, one of which is the utilities industry and one of which is the financial services industry. They are responding to RFPs in the government sector. They are not responding necessarily to the RFPs, but they have several proposals of which they have generated the business opportunity in the utilities industry as well as the financial services industry.
STOCK REPURCHASE. They announced a share repurchase program and indicated that they will be in the market and the company is committed to doing that. They think the stock is undervalued at this point and think it is a good use of their capital to own their shares at this time. They wouldn't give specifics on timing or target prices for obvious reasons, but said it would happen shortly.
INSIDER SELLING. They were asked to comment on the magnitude of insider selling, the reasons, and whether it will continue. They responded that their chairman unfortunately is in a position where he has had stock sold out from under him in a margin account. They do not know the magnitude of that or whether it will continue or not. That is subject to the account managers at the firm where he had the account. He purchased a great deal of stock at higher levels because he believed in the company. He still does believe in the company but, unfortunately the recent decline in the stock price resulted in a margin call.
TAKEOVER POSSIBILITIES. The company was asked whether, with the stock price at the current level, they have any concerns that the company is a likely takeover target. The responded that the company is not for sale, but they have a responsibility as board members in the event that there is something brought to the table. They will have to evaluate it for the benefit of their shareholders. They wanted to make it clear though that the company is not for sale and they are very bullish on their long-term opportunities. They feel that the stock is clearly undervalued and that is why they are looking at the share repurchase program. But, they have a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholder that if someone comes in the door they have to take a look at it, but nothing like that has happened to date.
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Breitbart's Big Journalism: Canceling Bristol Palin's Speech = Jim Crow
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Bristol Palin, the daughter of ex-governor and Fox News contributor Sarah Palin, was scheduled to speak as part of a panel at Washington University's Sexual Responsibility Week. The appearance, however, has since been canceled after students protested Palin's involvement and objected to her fee for speaking at the event. According to a Washington University statement, the decision was "mutually agreed" upon.
Andrew Breitbart's BigJournalism.com, however, viewed the cancellation of Palin's paid appearance at a university seminar as akin to the Southern opposition to school desegregation. BigJournalism contributor Jonathon Burns wrote in apparent seriousness (emphasis added):
And after a day or two of protest attacks against SHAC, the [student union] capitulated and announced they had axed Bristol from the panel, because, "the controversy surrounding her appearance would overshadow the event's intended message of sexual responsibility."
So the message is, "Don't bother coming, Bristol, or we'll shout you down and riot because WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE!" This seems eerily similar to Southern intimidation and oppression of blacks during attempts to desegregate. It's reminiscent of a scene from Forrest Gump, where a young black girl is harassed by a young white student and knocks her books out of her hands.
Millions of college students have been indoctrinated with the importance of diversity -- so long as that diversity includes approved races, ethnicities, political ideologies, backgrounds, etc. If you're conservative, from a rural area, and you're supporting abstinence, well, let's just say that kind of diversity isn't desired.
No, instead of supporting diversity, the celebrated ideal of college land, let's applaud and bow to bigotry.
The specific flavor of "bigotry" on display here, according to Burns, is "ethnicism" and "urbanism," which he defines as "bigotry against all things non-urban."
I'm not sure what's sillier about this: that BigJournalism apparently thinks lucrative speaking gigs are a civil right, or that their understanding of the Jim Crow South is gleaned from Forrest Gump.
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The other day, a friend that I will keep anonymous, told me her ideal guy would "love to work out, dress well, and absolutely has to love to shop."
When I was done gagging, I started eating again. Then I bitched her out for being superficial. She asked me what I looked for in a guy and it got me thinking. I know about things I DON'T like in a guy, but what DO I look for in a guy? So I made a damn list.
No Actors or Models. This doesn't mean I think I can easily swing an actor/model, but hear me out. I live in Los Angeles. More than half of the guys I meet are "actors" which really means they are bartenders and they were in a web series once that got 257 views. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for people going for their dreams–but why can't more men in LA dream of being a dog owner who loves blonde 23-year-olds who are poor who love pizza and Taylor Swift? I guess I'd just prefer to be hit on by an actor who actually makes a living off acting (Hellllooooo, Liam Hemsworth) not an actor who was just cast as the fat, creepy, ginger in a commercial for hemorrhoid cream (Too specific? Sorry, Paul).
No Meatheads. I recently had a guy come up to me at the gym and ask me if he could use me as a bench press. His shirt read: "Turn Down for What?"
Also, no Methheads.
No Clingers. There is only one thing I hate more than waiting for food to microwave–someone following me around when I go out.
Don't Be Too Cool. I like cool people. But if you are too cool to admit you like Beyonce or if you refuse to see anything but Wes Anderson movies, you can start packing everything you own in a box to the left.
Be Funny. And fun. And Funky. And Fungry when necessary.
Be Nice. It's actually sad how far being nice can get a guy if the girl is just desperate enough. Oh, what's that you said? You like my necklace? That's so sweet why don't you come over and I can show you my other jewels….
Have Friends. Please introduce me, I need more friends.
Have a Job. I'm sick and tired of falling for homeless men just because they are funny and like my necklace and have a group of friends! [Editor's Note: Real happy at this point that I'm not the only gal out there who falls for a homeless man or two.]
Shower. Once a day. It's not that hard and it's not too much to ask. I'm not even going to ask you to manscape. I'll let that be a personal decision.
Cook. This may be the most important way to a girl's heart. This doesn't mean making elaborate meals every night; I enjoy a good pancake from time to time.
The more I ponder what I want in a man, the more I realize want I want is simple. I want someone who will be there for me through think and thin. I want someone who brings me warmth and joy and excitement. I want a guy who makes me giddy when I see his name pop up on my phone. I want someone who answers–no matter how late I call, no matter how drunk I am, I know he will pick up the phone. I want a man I can trust.
My dream man is the Dominos delivery boy.
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[Final Editor's Note: When I made this list at 23-years-old, it read "must like cheeseburgers." Girl, you'll find your non-hemorrhoid cream commercial, pancake-making, Liam Hemsworth lookalike one day SOON. But before that, can we please grab drinks and shop for men together? K, thanks.]


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Where Math Teachers Go to Get Energized
Gil Kessler, self-described math enthusiast, always carries a four-color ballpoint pen. A former math teacher, he has found the pen to be a helpful tool in channeling his love for numbers and symbols.
"I tell the kids at the very beginning, 'Anything we do, you can write in your notebooks in black or blue,'" he said. "'But if it's really interesting, use red. And if it's unbelievably interesting, then use green.'"
Mr. Kessler taught math in New York City schools for 30 years, first at Seward Park High School on the Lower East Side, then at South Shore High School in Canarsie, Brooklyn, and finally at Canarsie High School. All the schools are now closed.
At 75, he is now retired. And when he's not making up new math problems, playing classical piano or square dancing -- one of his hobbies -- he conducts math workshops for fellow teachers as part of the New York Math Circle, a non-profit organization that holds courses for both teachers and students. Most classes are held at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
Kessler led a four-session course this month for about 10 teachers who decided that, once a week, they would like to unwind at the end of their workdays by learning new geometry proofs and theorem applications.
"I wish I could find more time to solve complicated problems," said Evanthia Basias, who also puts herself in the math enthusiast category. "I just don't have enough time in the day. But I'm sure that once I retire, that's what I'll be doing."
Ms. Basias has taught math at Hunter College High School for 32 years. She has taken several courses with the New York Math Circle, she said, and even uses the Gil Kessler method of color-coded note-taking.
Participants are in the course for fun and to pick up new ideas for their classes. They are not receiving professional development credit that goes toward their salaries.
"I don't want to stagnate," said Sarah McCoy, who teaches geometry, trigonometry and algebra at Port Richmond High School on Staten Island.
"You are teaching the same basic content over and over again. It changes in some ways. But, you know, I need to get fresh perspectives."
Ms. McCoy said her students can sense when she is excited about a particular math problem she is trying to explain.
Valerie Sarris, a math teacher at Bard High School Early College II in Queens, said the course helped her preserve her excitement and passion about math, which comes through in her classes.
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Former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis (B.A. '69) donates to the school bearing his mother's name to strengthen nursing education
When it comes to hard work and dedication, Ken Lewis (B.A. '69) had a superior role model in his late mother Byrdine. A divorced mother of two, she supported her family with a career as a bedside nurse that lasted 46 years.Byrdine Lewis' name has graced Georgia State's nursing school since her son made a major gift to the school in 2003. This past summer he honored her legacy once again with his biggest gift yet, a $5 million pledge to the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions to support endowed professorships and faculty awards.
"I know firsthand how hard nurses work and how important they are to their communities," said Lewis, who worked his way through school, earned his finance degree at Georgia State and eventually became president, chairman and chief executive officer at Bank of America. "The many excellent caregivers, therapists and scientists who've earned degrees from Georgia State are making that legacy stronger every day. I'm proud of what they're accomplishing, and I know my mother would be, too."
Margaret C. Wilmoth, dean of The Lewis School, said his pledge will strengthen the school's ability to attract and retain top-quality faculty at a time of critical change in the health care industry.
"Graduates in the health professions are called upon to do more now than ever," Wilmoth said. "We are preparing the leaders in nursing, nutrition, physical therapy and respiratory therapy for the 21st century. That's not a responsibility we can afford to take lightly. Mr. Lewis' gift will help us ensure that our students get the most up-to-date and comprehensive education possible, which will make a tangible difference in our nation's health."


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Houston area visitors seeking accommodations suitable for vacation, relocation, temporary work assignments or a single night's stay opt for the Candlewood Suites® Hotel Baytown. Thoughtfully situated in east Houston off I-10, just over 30 minutes from Hobby Airport (HOU), this hotel's location in Baytown allows for easy access to the most popular area attractions and business destinations.
With companies like Dow, Rohm and Haas, Chevron, BP, Exxon and Equistar just around the corner, its no wonder that those looking for extended stay hotels in the Houston area choose this one. Available resources, including a Business Center with fax, copy and print services, and a meeting room for up to 45 people, appeal to corporate guests, as well.
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Well-appointed with amenities that enhance any travel experience, this hotel's property in Baytown, Texas features 24-hour services such as a Fitness Center, free laundry facilities and the Candlewood Cupboard Sundry shop. Additional perks include an outdoor pool, Lending Locker, and guest grills. Let us be the solution to your temporary housing needs!
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My trip was a high school reunion, I felt so comfortable with my room, the cleanliness, the safety, the comfort, the quietness, and the friendly accommodating staff, that I did not worry about anything. I could relax and focus all my attention on seeing my old friends. It couldn't have been better. I thought the quality of the room for the price was an excellent value. I will stay here again, for sure!!
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Cathedral City firefighters save family pet after home catches fire
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. - Larry Deason was with his family and their friends watching TV when a fire suddenly broke out in the yard between his home and the neighbor's.
"We felt the heat coming through the glass," Deason said. "It looked like it started in the lady next door's ficus."
"I looked out the window and it was bright red and I was like oh no," said Deason's 9 year old son, Laurence. "We just started to run outside and yell 'Fire!"
All nine people, including six kids, who were inside made it out safely, and watched from across the street as smoke billowed up.
The fire quickly spread to the attic, fanned by hot winds, and eventually shot through the roof before fire crews were able to get a hold of it.
In addition to the flames, firefighters from multiple agencies battled scorching temperatures, hovering around 115 degrees.
"Those guys have to be cooking. They went through their first chest of ice water quick," Deason said.
"This time of year especially with the heat warnings, it's very brutal out here," said Cathedral City Fire Chief Robert Van Notrick. " The firefighters, they go in and do as much work as they can initially to get the fire knocked down and come outside to hydrate and rehab a little."
Firefighters said most of the home is still in-tact and the damage largely contained to the attic.
Deason's wife and their four kids were forced out of their home, but say they're grateful everyone left unharmed.
"It's fine, it's stuff. Stuff happens and you replace it," Deason said.
And their kids are especially grateful firefighters were able to save a special family member that stayed behind, their pet ferret.
"That was Herman," Deason said.
"Me and Jessie were just like, wow, thanks for saving our house to the fire men," Laurence said.


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- 1 package (10 ounces) peanut butter chips
- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
- Paper muffin cup liners (2-1/2-inch diameter)
- Red icing, optional
- In a microwave, melt peanut butter chips with milk; stir until smooth. Pour into a foil-lined and greased 9-in. square pan. Cool completely at room temperature. Lift out of the pan and invert onto a cutting board.
- Remove foil; cut into 3-in. x 1/4-in. strips. Fold muffin cup liners in half, pressing out creases; fold in half again. Fold point under; use as holder for fries. Use icing for ketchup if desired. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.
Originally published as Peanutty Fries in Quick Cooking May/June 1998, p41
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text: 5 Car Tech Trends of CES 2013As more apps and gadgets invade your car, the automotive world has become an increasingly large presence at the Consumer Electronics Show. Here's what has tech geeks and gearheads talking in 2013. 1 Appification of the Car Ford and GM both announced they'd be opening their cars to the development community. The companies are offering supplier development kits, application programming interfaces, testing and review resources, and revenue-sharing programs for apps that make it to release. The idea is to leverage the creative community to dream up features for cars that manufactures wouldn't even think about.Safety is a major concern for the growth of car connectivity (nobody wants drivers to spend too much time looking away from the road), so don't expect to play Angry Birds on your navigation screen. But you will see clever apps to extend the capabilities of your car—from Ford right now, and from GM in the near future. 2 Leveraging the Cloud As smartphones become ubiquitous in the consumer market, folks want to use them for everything and manufacturers are coming up with smart ways to combine their computing power and their constant connection to the cloud. At CES, Delphi announced its Vehicle Diagnostics product in partnership with Verizon. The dongle plugs into the diagnostic port of any car 1996 or newer and streams vehicle data and GPS information to the cloud. Use the phone to scope out your car's location or speed, find any problem codes, lock the car, set up a geofence so you can catch the kids going where they shouldn't, see a catalog of your trips, and a lot more.Meanwhile, Escort, makers of radar detectors, is leveraging all the data coming in from Escort Live cloud-connected detectors and making it available for Smartphone users in an app. Users get a peek at where radar detectors have been seen and at where cops are setting up speed traps in their area.Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 3 Hacking the Screen Modders are realizing the screen in your car is just another thing to play with. Intraphex and Ingenix have developed backward-compatible hardware to convert a regular screen or a touchscreen into essentially a big Android tablet. These components hack into the car's wiring harness and redirect the signals so that while the car's interface runs in the background, a custom interface can run on top of it. 4 The Slow Death of Satellite Radio The app invasion of your car—and, specifically, the ability to use apps on your phone to stream music while you drive—is eroding the purpose of satellite radio. Apps from Amazon music, Grooveshark, Slacker Radio, Pandora, NPR, Aha, Spotify and many more can already be streamed via 4G cellular connection into the car stereo. Since everyone has a phone subscription already, and the streaming services offer a more personalized capability, we're wondering just how long a subscription to SiriusXM will make sense.Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 5 Autonomous Driving Audi and Lexus spoke openly about their autonomous-driving-vehicle programs under development. 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School Makes Nursery Rhyme Politically Correct
Boys and girls at a British school were told to change the words of a traditional nursery rhyme at their Easter concert over concerns that some parents belive are rooted in political correctness.
So instead of performing "Baa Baa Black Sheep," children at Park Hill School in Kingston Upon Thames were told to sing "Baa Baa Little Sheep."
Parent Andrea Craig wondered if it had something to do with political correctness.
"At my son's Easter concert I saw a song called Baa Baa Little Sheep which I assumed was new," she tweeted. "Not so – not allowed black. Really.?"
The school denied it had anything to do with political correctness. They said they were simply teaching children phonics.
Craig told The Daily Mail she can appreciate that the school is teaching children about what different words mean – but to use a nursery rhyme is the wrong way.
"But this is one nursery rhyme I personally don't think should be used because it could be so easily misconstrued as political correctness gone mad," she told the newspaper.
It's not the first time the nursery rhyme has come under fire. In 2006 pre-school children were taught a new version of "Baa Baa Black Sheep" called "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep."
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