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Ross Els is in his fourth season at Nebraska and his and his 26th season in the college coaching ranks. Els begins his fourth season coaching NU's linebackers and his third year with the added duties of special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator.
Els helped a young Husker linebacking corps develop throughout the 2013 season. With a two-deep featuring three freshmen, two sophomores and a junior transfer in his first full year of action in the program, Els' linebackers combined for 285 tackles.
Sophomore David Santos was second on the team with 87 tackles and added seven tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks. Redshirt freshman Michael Rose tied for third on the team with 66 stops, including 17 tackles in Nebraska's regular-season finale against Iowa. Junior Zaire Anderson, a junior college transfer who was awarded a medical hardship during his first season at NU in 2012, made 52 stops, including 3.0 sacks. True freshmen Nathan Gerry and Josh Banderas combined for 60 tackles, while making an immediate impact under Els' tutelage.
The play of Els' linebackers in 2012 helped Nebraska to 10 wins and a trip to the Big Ten Championship Game. Senior Will Compton earned second-team All-Big Ten honors with a team-leading 110 tackles, including six tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks. Compton also recovered three fumbles and had an interception.
Els also helped Alonzo Whaley enjoy a breakout senior season. Whaley ranked fourth on the team with 65 tackles, and he forced a team-leading four fumbles while recording four TFLs, 1.0 sack and one interception, a game-clinching pick in Nebraska's 13-7 win at Iowa that clinched the Big Ten Legends Division Championship. Entering the year, Whaley had made only 20 career tackles, including three for losses.
Freshman David Santos also contributed 24 tackles and three TFLs, earning Big Ten All-Freshman honors, in addition to a Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week accolade after he recorded a team-high 10 tackles in his only start against Michigan. Another Els pupil, Sean Fisher earned academic All-America honors for the second straight year in 2012.
Els came to Nebraska in 2011 after six seasons at Ohio University. In 2011, Lavonte David was named the Big Ten Linebacker of the Year and an All-American, while Compton was an honorable-mention all-conference selection.
David and Compton were Nebraska's top two tacklers in 2011, combining for 215 tackles and 20 tackles for loss. David led the team with 133 tackles, 13 TFLs, 5.5 sacks, two interceptions, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. David posted six games with at least 10 tackles and was only the fourth Husker to record 100 tackles in consecutive seasons. David ranked third in the Big Ten in tackles per game and 18th nationally.
Under Els' instruction, David was recognized as one of the nation's best linebackers. He was one of six finalists for the Butkus Award, presented annually to the nation's top linebacker. David was Nebraska's first finalist for the award since 1994 and only the fourth Husker to be a Butkus finalist. David was also a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Lott Trophy, in addition to being named the Lott Trophy national player of the week twice in 2011. Following his outstanding senior season - which saw him post the most tackles for a two-year player in school history - David was selected in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the 58th overall pick.
Compton enjoyed a breakout year in Els' first season on staff. The junior linebacker entered the season with 55 career tackles and two career TFLs through 23 games. In 13 games in 2011, Compton easily eclipsed his career totals, posting 82 tackles and seven TFLs. He excelled during Big Ten play, as 55 of his 82 tackles came in NU's eight conference games, an average of nearly seven tackles per game.
At Ohio, Els served as assistant head coach for one season and tutored the Bobcat linebackers for all six seasons. In his final four seasons, he also served as Ohio's special teams coordinator.
In 2010, the Ohio defense ranked 20th nationally and second in the Mid-American Conference in rushing defense. Els' special teams were also a key part of Ohio's 8-5 season that culminated with a trip to the New Orleans Bowl. The Bobcats ranked first in the MAC in net punting, third in punt returns and fifth in kickoff returns.
In 2009, he tutored linebacker Noah Keller, who led the MAC with 155 tackles en route to earning an honorable-mention All-America award. He also coached punt returner LaVon Brazil to second-team All-America honors that season, while freshman place-kicker Matt Weller earned freshman All-America accolades after kicking a school-record 21 field goals.
Els helped Ohio to three bowl appearances and two MAC East division championships during his stay in Athens, Ohio. He also coached four All-MAC linebackers. During his first three seasons at Ohio he worked on the defensive staff.
Els joined the Ohio staff following four seasons on Tony Samuel's coaching staff at New Mexico State. In his final two seasons he was the defensive coordinator for the Aggies. While in Las Cruces, Els worked with current NU offensive line coach Barney Cotton. Els had succeeded Cotton as the head coach at Hastings College, where he compiled a 32-9 record from 1997 to 2000, including NAIA playoff appearances in 1998 and 1999. His 1999 team reached the national quarterfinals, and both his 1998 and 1999 teams posted perfect 10-0 regular seasons.
Els had spent two seasons as an assistant under Cotton in 1995 and 1996, and also served in assistant roles at Northern Iowa (1989 and 1994) and UNO (1990-93). He is a 1988 graduate of Nebraska-Omaha, where he played safety. Els is a Lincoln Northeast High School graduate.
Els and his wife, Jane, have two daughters, Julie and Taylor, and a son, Bo.
The Els File
Date of Birth: Aug. 14, 1965
Family: Wife, Jane; Daughters, Julie and Taylor; Son, Bo
Education: Nebraska-Omaha, 1988
Playing Experience: Nebraska-Omaha, 1984-87
Coaching Experience: 1989, Northern Iowa (graduate assistant coach); 1990-93, Nebraska-Omaha (assistant coach/secondary); 1994, Northern Iowa (assistant coach/secondary); 1995, Hastings College (assistant coach/quarterbacks); 1996, Hastings College, assistant coach/defensive coordinator, secondary); 1997-2000, Hastings College (head coach); 2001-02, New Mexico State (assistant coach/special teams and safeties); 2003-04, New Mexico State (assistant coach/defensive coordinator, linebackers); 2005-06, Ohio University (assistant coach/linebackers); 2007-2009, Ohio University (assistant coach/linebackers and special teams coordinator); 2010, Ohio University (assistant head coach/linebackers and special teams coordinator); 2011, Nebraska (assistant coach/linebackers); 2012-present, Nebraska (assistant coach/linebackers, special teams coordinator, recruiting coordinator).


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Despite losing a former Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year to the NFL, you won't find much anxiety aimed at the Wisconsin football team's running game for the upcoming season.
As John Clay prepares for the next stage in his career, the long bloodline of great Wisconsin running backs continues to produce its thoroughbreds, and the backfield is once again primed to be the offense's strength.
Two-thirds of the famed "Three-Headed Monster" that was Wisconsin's running attack last season returns for more this spring, along with a new face and a forgotten one.
Junior Montee Ball and sophomore James White — who together churned out 2,008 of the 3,060 total yards of the "Monster" — are now joined by redshirt freshman Jeffrey Lewis and rejoined by redshirt senior Zach Brown.
Clay, however, is not the only member of the running back family freshly departed from the Badgers. John Settle, the running backs coach for the last five years, ended his tenure at Madison by accepting the same job with the Carolina Panthers in the NFL.
Thomas Hammock, a former running back at Northern Illinois and running backs coach at Minnesota, replaces Settle as the running back patriarch. According to all four of Wisconsin's running backs, Hammock brings a much less laid-back approach to coaching than his predecessor.
"A lot more punishment man, a lot more punishment," Lewis said of Hammock's style.
And under Hammock, all four players are looking to improve their game in various ways this spring.
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Tom Gregory - Reporter who had no idea the biggest story of the century was happening in his hometown. (I'd bet he was fired after things settled down.)
Professor Galvin - Not only does he suck as a scientist, he also has no brain as a father. In the span of two days one daughter falls for a Marine and the other for a reporter.
Calvin Johnson - Somebody cut this Marine's hair and keep him away from the teenage girls! He also looks like Conan O'Brien.
Bonnie Galvin - She reminds me of a sixteen year old Gidget. (With dyed blonde hair.) Falls in love with Calvin.
Lisa Galvin - Older of the two sisters, which means that falling for a man twice her age is ok...
Norman Tolliver - Eccentric writer who carries a goat around, sent to the publisher clearing house by slime people.
The Slime People - They are going to conquer the world with an amazing machine that creates a special "slime fog." All die from fresh air poisoning after the professor destroys said named machine.
The Plot:
Classic b-movies seem almost regal, though sometimes regal is a syphilis laden sovereign slobbering over the decapitated remains of his last wife, just ask the British. Tom lands his small aircraft at the Los Angeles airport after barely surviving the thick fog, there he is greeted by the Galvins. Surprised by the fact that "The City of the Angels" is now "The City of the Slugs" he does not believe it at first. (What TV station gave this rube a job anyway?) Only after the discovery of a newsreel and subsequently encountering the creatures does he come around. Calvin is a true believer from the get go, having watched his Marine buddies get killed and being left for dead himself. How the heck did a disorganized group of slime people defeat the Marine Corps and Army units anyway? The things use spears for crying out loud! Oh yes, the spears, the only effective weapon against a slime person (Other than fresh air.) is a spear. You can hack them, bash them in the head with a rock, even unload a rifle into them - to no effect. Lucky for our heroes they find this out pretty early on, but they never discard their rifles. Instead the standard encounter goes like this: slime people appear, Calvin or Tom shoot at them, a scuffle ensues, the human manages to wrench the spear away and stabs the slime person with it, human looks upon the dead slime man and then (leaving the spear there) picks up his rifle and continues on. By some amazing deductive reasoning on the professor's part they decide salt is the way to defeat the slime monsters, but in the end our learned man destroys the fog making machine with what? A spear of course...
Things I Learned From This Movie:
The Los Angeles Airport has come a long way in forty years.
Fog is caused by a race of slime people who have been forced from their subterranean homes by nuclear tests.
Slime people are scared of fire extinguishers.
Girls never said no to men's advances in the good old days.
It's hard to take some guy seriously when he is holding a goat.
The leading cause of breakins is authors looking for typewriters.
Meat freezers have locks on the inside of the doors.
Humans can see better than slime people, even in the latter's home domain of thick fog.
Stuff To Watch For:
1 min - I wonder what the monsters in this look like... ...oh never mind.
12 mins - Why is the Army fighting the monsters hand to hand? Rifles? Bazookas? Common sense?
17 mins - Where the heck did that guy come from anyway?
19 mins - RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST AN INTERCOM!
34 mins - Let the Marine stay back where it is safe, great idea, I wish I was a kick ass journalist.
47 mins - Use salt against the bipedal slugs? Why that's genius! (Slaps forehead.)
52 mins - You are probably miles down the road from those two slime people who were chasing you, why are you ditching the car?
58 mins - Natural cave huh?
Tom: "Now look, we've got to find their trail. Footprints, slime, anything!"
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Tom: "Professor, I know something has happened, but have you ever seen these slime people?"
Professor: "No, not yet."
Reporter: "The report about large, monstrous creatures roaming about the fog of our city and committing mass murder has been confirmed.
Calvin: "Gee whiz! You know as long as you're setting here I don't even want to think about slime people."
Professor: "We can break their wall with sodium chloride, Tom already did it!"
Calvin: "Well what's sodium chloride?"
Professor: "Sodium chloride is table salt..."
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Reply #1.
Posted on March 03, 2000, 10:26:38 PM by Nighttrap38
Cheasy as it is, that slug costume looks suprisingly good if you consider the time period.
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Posted on April 06, 2000, 07:39:49 AM by Chris K.
Not bad. Could have been better, but it is still good. THE SLIME PEOPLE is not cheasy in any shape or corner, but it is a bit silly. This is a movie that actually has some good acting in it.
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Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Monica
Agree with Dre.... she's my sis.... such cheesy love stories.... and only three slime people costumes!!! Just watch, they never have more than three of the monsters in any given shot!
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Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Andrea
My dad has always said that the Slime People was the worst film ever made, and had to take his word for it until a couple of months ago. I finally saw it, and you know what? He wasn't lying. It's BAD. So bad it's good. If you can find it, WATCH IT. You'll see.
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Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Ed
My Uncle Joe was the producer. We had great fun with the costumes, walking around the neighborhood and looking in windows. My other uncle got to wear it in the movie. This wasn't my Uncle Joe's worst movie by any means, several way worse. LOL. Enjoy it.
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Posted on February 17, 2008, 03:15:38 PM by Michael Mellenthin
Hey now, I saw this one at the theatre, when I was twelve, we had seen pictures in Famous Monsters of Filmland, and couldn't wait to go. We thought the Slime People were pretty cool, and at 12 you were there for the monsters, not the academy award winning acting, (None here). This was about as good as it got in 1962 for us Monster Kids, but now that I have it on DVD I get even more entertainment from the asinine dialog, and just plain bad acting, The writer/goat guy was a regular on the old Perry Mason series. Yea its a real good example of a 60's B-movie, but it sure could fill a Drive-in Movie theatre back then. Mike
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Intresting piece of cheese. Basic American, i'd wager...
The writer with the goat fixation...priceless...
Re: The Slime People
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Posted on December 31, 2008, 04:34:53 PM by Russ
I remember watching this movie in the early 60's on Chiller Theater. I loved it then and still do. There is no need to think or even to pick this movie apart. The environment is to target rich. I try to always have a copy on hand. Technically I still do but when Rhino brought it over to DVD they did a lousy job. The sound is unbearable. I have tried to find a bootleg but surprisingly there doesn't seem to be any. If you liked EEGAH then you will love this.
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Meanwhile, ticket sales from abroad continued to significantly boost bottom lines in Hollywood, because 15 of the year's top 20 pictures grossed more abroad than they did in the U.S. and Canada. For instance, 81% of the total $875 million in receipts for the 3-D animated film "Ice Age: Continental Drift" came from overseas.
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Through this Sunday school lesson, children learn that it is best to be humble and honor God, rather than be boastful and act selfishly.
Daniel, Humility, Joy, Reputation, Selfishness
AS KIDS ARRIVE (10 minutes)
Boastful or Humble (Activity) Click here
Once everyone has arrived and is finished with this activity, ask if the kids can think of any other situations where we can act in a humble way.
OPENING PRAYER AND PRAISE (5 minutes)
Further info? Click here
MEMORY WORK (12 minutes)
"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." James 4:10 NIV
Play the "hangman" game with this short verse. After one of the kids is able to say the verse correctly, have everyone look it up in their own Bibles.
SCRIPTURE READING AND DISCUSSION (15 minutes)
Sometime after Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego survived the fiery furnace, King Nebuchadnezzar had a disturbing vision. Daniel interpreted the vision for the king, and told him that he would live like a wild animal for many years unless or until he gave up his sinful life by acknowledging God as Lord of all.
Just as Daniel said, the vision came true and King Nebuchadnezzar lived as a wild animal until he finally changed his ways. In fact, he even said, "Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble." (Dan. 4:37)
But sometime afterwards, his son, Belshazzar became king. King Belshazzar did not honor God, nor humble himself. Instead, he did his best to fight against the Lord. Then, a message came to him in a strange way. Let's read to find out what that message said.
Read Daniel 5:1-30
Read the passage to the children as they follow along in their own Bible.
(In this passage, enchanters, astrologers and diviners were magicians and people who told the future using tricks and stars.)
Discussion Questions:
1. What gods did King Belshazzar and his nobles praise? (They praised gods of gold and silver.)
2. While they were drinking, what did they see writing on the walls? (Fingers of a human hand.)
3. Why did the king ask Daniel to come to him? (He hoped Daniel could tell him what the writing meant.)
4. Why was the sin of Belshazzar even greater than his father? see verse 22-23. (Although he knew the truth, he chose not to humble himself, and even fought against the Lord.)
5. How did Daniel describe the things that the king was praising? (They couldn't see or hear or understand.)
6. What did the writing on the wall say? (The king's reign is at an end and his kingdom will be given away.)
7. What is the difference between being boastful and being humble? (Allow for discussion.)
CLASS EXERCISE (20 minutes)
The Humble and the Proud (Activity) Click here
ALTERNATE CLASS EXERCISE (7 minutes)
Humble Thyself in the Sight of the Lord (Song) Sing this popular chorus with girls echoing the boys.
(Boys) Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord,
(Girls) Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord,
(Boys) Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord,
(Girls) Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord,
(Boys) And He, (Girls) And He,
(Boys) Will lift, (Girls) Will lift,
(Both) You up, higher and higher,
(Boys) And He, (Girls) And He,
(Boys) Will lift, (Girls) Will lift,
(Both) You up!
repeat several times
Words & Music by Bob Hudson
© 1978 Maranatha! Music
APPLICATION (10 minutes)
If you have extra time, have each child write down his or her own short prayer. Their prayer should be one of humility like the tax collector, not boastful or proud like the Pharisee. Have them write down what they could say that would be pleasing to God.
We have learned now that a reputation is built by doing something over and over. To have a reputation for being humble, we must constantly honor and give thanks to God for all things. There will be many times in our lives that we will have more than someone else, have a newer toy than the kid down the street, or get a better grade than our friend, but we must never look down on someone else because they are less fortunate. Likewise, we should never think that whatever it is we have is because of something we did. All good things come from God, and He alone is worthy of our praise.
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CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)
Further info? Click here
Give one copy to each child at the end of the class to take home. Click here for NIV or KJV [PDF]


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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
Whether news still matters in community affairs will be discussed during this semester's Working Journalists Seminar, sponsored by the Department of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
The event will feature a panel discussion, "The Role of News in the Community," The program coincides with National News Engagement Day, an event being sponsored for the first time by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Participants in the panel discussion will include Alan Burchill, the mayor of Hudson; Neil Kraus, professor and chair of political science at UWRF; Rich Kremer, reporter and host of "The West Side" on Wisconsin Public Radio; and Chad Richardson, editor and publisher, Hastings (Minn.) Star Gazette.
"Despite more news platforms conveniently available 24/7 and diverse ways to engage with news, getting informed about news is no longer a national priority." the AEJMC notes on its website devoted to National News Engagement Day, newsengagement.org. The UWRF panel discussion will examine what this means for local politics and communities.
For more information on the Department of Journalism, visit the website uwrf.edu/journalism.
Panel discussion by two couples Angela Davis & Duchesne Drew and Eric Ebert & Helen Clarke Ebert who work/have worked in the news business. This panel discusses the challenges for married and working couples in the Journalism field.
Each semester the UW-River Falls Journalism Department sponsors the Working Journalists seminar for students and the public. This semester, a panel of professionals will discuss the "State of the Local News Media".
Andris Straumanis, associate journalism professor at UWRF, will moderate the discussion.
For more information call 715-425-3169 or e mail email@example.com.
Since 1990 she's covered education, police, health and general assignment stories. A graduate of UW-Eau Claire, Heaton worked as an insurance adjuster and was a bookstore owner before she entered journalism.
Rich Kremer came to Wisconsin Public Radio from WTCH in Shawano where he worked as news director. Before that, he was a host for Midwest Communications in Duluth and also worked as an intern at WPR's Northern Regional Bureau in Superior. Kremer has a degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Stacey Nogy is the Assistant News Director at KARE-TV, Gannett's NBC affiliate in Minneapolis. Nogy has been with KARE-TV since 1993. Prior to joining KARE-TV, she was a newscast and field producer at KNSD, the NBC affiliate in San Diego. Nogy is a graduate of Edinboro University of Pennslyvania.
Eric Black writes "Eric Black Ink" for MinnPost, analyzing politics and government of Minnesota and the United States, the historical background of topics and other issues. Black is a former reporter for the Star Tribune and a Twin Cities blogger.
Spring Semester Working Journalist via Wyman Series
Jose Antonio Vargas-How Do We Define American?
Wednesday, March 13th 2013
7:30 p.m. – Riverview Ballroom, University Center
Jose Antonio Vargas wrote the June 2012 cover story for Time Magazine titled "We Are Americans "Just not legally" and brought the term "undocumented Americans" into popular discourse as a way to describe the country's population of 11.5 million undocumented immigrants.
In an essay for the New York Times Magazine titled "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant," June 2011, Vargas revealed his undocumented status, which he did not know until 4 years after he arrived in the U.S. In the essay Vargas declared his mission to speak truthfully about immigration in America. Having lived much of his life hiding his immigration status, he has reflected that coming out as a gay at Mountain View High School in Mountain View, California in 1999 was "less daunting than coming out about my legal status."
Vargas founded Define American, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, to elevate and reframe the immigration conversation.
New York Times Magazine Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/magazine/my-life-as-an-undocumented-immigrant.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
7 p.m. Free & open to the public
University Ballroom
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Managing Editor of Operations Star Tribune
Topic: The Star Tribune's Digital Strategy
7 p.m. Free & open to all
UC Ballroom C-D
Streaming video of presentation
Event poster
About Duchesne Drew
Thursday, Oct. 27
Public Information Officer
St. Paul Police Department
Topic: Reporters & Public Relations Professionals: Fraternal Twins
7 p.m. Free & open to all
University Center Ballrooms C-D
Streaming video of presentation
Event poster
About Howie Padilla
Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011
Award-winning cultural photographer
Topic: Identity and the American Landscape
7 p.m. Free & open to all
North Hall Auditorium, Rm. 222
Event photos by Jens Gunelson:
Brief slide show
Complete collection
Wing Young Huie's many photographic projects document the dizzying socioeconomic and cultural realities of American society, much of it centered on the urban cores of his home state of Minnesota.
Whether in epic public installations or international museum exhibitions, he creates up-to-the-minute societal mirrors of who we are, seeking to reveal not only what is hidden, but also what is plainly visible and seldom noticed.
His public installations—FrogtownLake Street USA (2000) and The University Avenue Project (2010)—transformed major Twin Cities' thoroughfares into epic photo galleries, reflecting the everyday lives of thousands of its citizens in the midst of some of the most diverse concentrations of international immigrants in the country.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2000 named Wing "Artist of the Year" stating, "Lake Street USA is likely to stand as a milestone in the history of photography and public art." In 2008 it hailed the resulting book "one of the 25 most important books ever published about Minnesota."
His five published books are:
Lake Street USA (2001)
Frogtown: Photographs and Conversations from in Urban Neighborhood (1995)
More about Wing Young Huie:
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010
Topic: The November Elections
7 p.m. Free & open to all
North Hall Auditorium, Rm. 222
Event photos by Jens Gunelson
Brief slide show
Complete collection
Jeff Zeleny is a national political correspondent for The New York Times. Mr. Zeleny was named to the position in March 2010 after working as a White House correspondent, where he traveled with President Obama across the United States and the world, reporting from Cairo when the president delivered his first major address to the Muslim world and from Oslo as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.
He covered the 2008 presidential campaign, following Mr. Obama from the day of his announcement throughout his primary fight with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and into the general election with Senator John McCain. Previously, he was a Congressional correspondent for the newspaper.
Mr. Zeleny came to The Times in September 2006 from the Chicago Tribune, where he served as the national political correspondent from 2001 until 2006. He worked in the newspaper's Washington bureau, covering the 2004 presidential race and the first years of the George W. Bush administration. In 2005, he chronicled Senator Barack Obama's first year in Washington, producing the first draft of the senator's rise. He traveled to Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan with Mr. Obama in 2005, and followed him to Africa in 2006.
Mr. Zeleny joined the Chicago Tribune in 2000 as a general assignment reporter on the Metropolitan desk in Chicago, where he was a member of the reporting team that won the Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism for documenting gridlock in the nation's air traffic system. Before joining the Tribune, Mr. Zeleny was a writer for the Des Moines Register, where he covered the 2000 presidential caucuses, state politics and the criminal justice system.
Mr. Zeleny, a native of Nebraska, was born June 10, 1973. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1996, where he studied news-editorial journalism and political science, and completed internships at The Florida Times-Union, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press and the Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Zeleny has traveled to all 50 states and has reported from more than three-dozen countries. He currently lives in Washington, where he regularly appears on a variety of television programs.
More about Jeff Zeleny:
April 26, 2010
7 p.m. North Hall Auditorium
Free & open to the public
Vaness M. Gezari is a Washington-based writer who covers national and international affairs with a focus on South Asia, West Africa and Afghanistan. Her forthcoming book assesses the U.S. military's Human Terrain program, which embeds social scientists and anthropologists with troops in Afghanistan. Her reporting has been featured on NPR and in The Washington Post Magazine.
Jason Motlagh is a freelance journalist based in Istanbul whose reporting focus includes insurgencies in India, civilian casualties in Afghanistan and a 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka. His reporting has been featured in TIME, The Economist and The New Republic. His four-part series on the Mumbai terror attacks, published exclusively on the Virginia Quarterly Review blog, recently won an Ellie, a National Magazine Award for Digital Media in News Reporting.
Moderated by Dr. Patricia Berg, UWRF Professor of Journalism
Sponsored by The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, UW-River Falls and UWRF Department of Journalism's Working Journalists Seminar Series
Oct. 29, 2009
Dr. Hassan Eibakar
7 p.m. North Hall Auditorium
Free & open to the public
Event photos by Jens Gunelson
Dr. Hassan A. Eibakar, born in Somalia, graduated with a degree in Veterinary and Animal Husbandry from Bologna University, Italy in 1962.
Throughout his life, Dr. Eibakar has been a leader in his community. In 1963 he was named Director General of the Livestock Development Agency within the Somali government. In 1970 he resigned to private activities and began a poultry farm in the capital of Mogadishu. Dr. Eibakar would later found a large cold storage facility that provided ice making for the city. Also, he directed an effort to build an oxygen production factory in Somalia. The public project eventually became a private enterprise.
After the deterioration of the Somali government in 1990, Dr. Eibakar moved to the United States. After settling in Minneapolis, he supported his family as an interpreter/translator in Somali, Italian, and English. In the same period, he began publishing an English-language periodical, Bridging People, and also self-published the book Beyond The Rainbow, whose subject is the recent history of Somalia and its diaspora. Currently, he operates the Warsan Times, a monthly newspaper aimed at informing and educating people on current Somali and East African issues.
Links of interest:
Society of Professional Journalists Video of a February 2009 discussion in Minneapolis about media coverage of the Somali community. http://www.mnspj.org/2009/02/14/video-news-coverage-of-the-somali-community-part-1-of-2/
Why Somalis don't trust the Twin Cities news media Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Collins blogged about the February 2009 discussion noted above. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2009/02/why_somalis_dont_trust_the_twi.shtml
March 24, 2009
7 p.m. University Center Ballroom
Free & open to the public
Duchesne Drew of the Star Tribune discusses what students should learn while they are still in college, from basic to multimedia skills, so they are prepared for the challenges facing journalism.
Duchesne Paul Drew is the Star Tribune's Managing Editor for Operations. He's the newsroom's liaison to the circulation, production and advertising departments; he oversees the copy desk, newsroom technology issues, training and recruitment; and he leads the newsroom's community outreach efforts.
Prior to being named to his current position, Duchesne was the Assistant Managing Editor for Local News. In that role he coordinated the paper's metro section and supervised the teams that cover Minneapolis, St. Paul, the Twin Cities suburbs and public safety issues. Duchesne was previously the Star Tribune's business editor, St. Paul bureau editor, an assistant editor on the paper's metro team and a longtime education reporter.Duchesne is president of the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists and serves on the board of ThreeSixty (www.threesixtyjournalism.org), a local program that exposes teens to careers in journalism.He is a member of the National Association of Multicultural Media Executives and 2009 McCormick Media Fellow. Duchesne has a bachelor's degree from Columbia University, where he majored in history, and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
Oct. 2, 2008
Joe Fryer, KARE 11 TV reporter
Scott Takushi, Pioneer Press photographer
Mary McFarland, Minnesota Department of Transportation Public Affairs Representative
7 p.m. University Center Ballroom, Free & open to the public
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LEWISBURG, Pa. - A team of scientists including Bucknell biology professor DeeAnn Reeder has identified the deadly fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats. The finding is a critical milestone in the effort to prevent extinction of the nocturnal creatures in eastern North America.
In a study conducted at the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., the researchers showed that Geomyces destructans, the tell-tale white fungus found on sick bats, led to white-nose syndrome in otherwise healthy hibernating bats - both those artificially infected with the fungus and those that shared a hibernation space with bats that contracted the condition naturally, according to a paper published in Nature magazine Wednesday. || See full text of paper.
"For a long time, a lot of us - myself included - said fungal infections don't kill mammals, so that can't be what's killing the bats," said Reeder, an associate professor who studies the hibernation patterns of bats. "But it turns out that because of the bat's unique hibernation cycle and the nature of the fungus, it does kill them. The big question now is: Can we prevent extinction?"
Searching for answers
White-nose syndrome was discovered in hibernating bats in the winter of 2006 by a state wildlife biologist and cavers in the state of New York. It since has spread throughout New England and into the Mid-Atlantic states. Reeder, an ecophysiologist, became involved in the research in 2008, when she began to study the hibernation patterns of bats in her laboratory at Bucknell. She and several collaborators have tried drug treatments, including the active ingredients from some over-the-counter antifungal creams for athlete's foot, but nothing has been able to eradicate the disease, she said.
Six species of bats have been affected so far, notably the little brown bat, which is the most common kind of bat in the Northeast. Bats are beneficial to the ecosystem in part because they eat a significant number of insects, including disease-ridden mosquitoes and crop pests. Reeder estimates the million bats that died would have eaten 694 tons of insects last year.
Bats with white-nose syndrome have been found dead or starving, flying erratically during the day and in cold temperatures, weeks before they normally emerge from hibernation. Not all of the infected bats have visible white fungus. Other symptoms include extreme weight loss, depleted fat reserves or the inability to awaken from hibernation. Scientists have suspected that the fungus, a virus, bacteria or a parasite caused the disease and that the condition is worsened by environmental factors.
Working against extinction
Although scientists have yet to find a cure for white-nose syndrome, identifying a fungus as the cause allows researchers to focus on which bats are most likely to survive white-nose syndrome and work to improve their chances. One idea is to make mines where certain bats hibernate colder so that the fungus is not able to thrive, Reeder said.
"The more we understand this disease triangle - how hosts, pathogen and environmental factors interact - the more we can say this species will get it and that species will not," Reeder said. "There are certain things about this host and certain things about this pathogen that came together. You have a host that in winter is immune-suppressed and metabolically inactive. You have a cold-loving pathogen that grows best in 5 to 14 degrees and an environment where bats roost that is between 2 and 12 degrees. If you were trying to make a pathogen to kill bats, this is exactly how you would design it."
One frustrating aspect of Geomyces destructans is that, as a cold-loving fungus, it is able to survive in extremely cold conditions and without a host. Therefore, the disease is not always spread from bat to bat. One ray of hope is that European bats infected with the fungus are not dying at the rate North American bats have, indicating the condition may have long passed through their populations and the remaining bats have adapted to it, Reeder said. Further studies will be needed to determine differences in the makeup and behavior of North American versus European bats to find out why the European bats fare better with the disease.
The experiment
In the latest study, researchers housed healthy little brown bats at the National Wildlife Health Center under hibernation conditions and inoculated the wings with purified fungus. Most of the exposed bats developed legions consistent with white-nose syndrome after 83 days. All were positive with white-nose syndrome after 102 days.
Healthy bats also were placed in the same hibernation chamber with infected bats to determine if the condition is transmitted from bat to bat. About 89 percent of the healthy bats had white-nose legions after 102 days.
In addition to identifying the cause, the study showed that healthy bats typically die several months after they are infected with the white-nose fungus, when they are deep in hibernation and have been in an environment conducive to the survival of the fungus.
The project was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bat Conservation International and the Indiana State University Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation.
Graduate student Jeffrey M. Lorch of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his mentor, David S. Blehert of the National Wildlife Heath Center were the lead researchers on the study. Reeder was the bat hibernation physiologist who helped design and execute the study. Other collaborators were:; Carol U. Meteyer and Anne E. Ballmann of the National Wildlife Health Center, U.S. Geological Survey; Melissa J. Behr of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory; Justin G. Boyles of the University of Tennessee; Paul M. Cryan; of Fort Collins Science Center in Colorado; Alan C. Hicks of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation; Jeremy T. H. Coleman of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Hadley, Mass.; and David N. Redell of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
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John Hayt remembers the day in 1993 when he
noticed a group of young men playing golf near his home at Queen's Harbour in
"I was curious because they were
obviously part of a golf team, so I walked out and started a conversation with
a few of them," he said. "I discovered they were from the University of North
That chance encounter was the start of relationship
that has blossomed into a thriving partnership, paying dividends for UNF and the community.
Hayt quickly became acquainted with UNF's
first golf coach, John Brooks, and the two developed a lasting friendship.
Years later, Hayt established a scholarship for members of the golf team in
honor of Brooks.
The scholarship wasn't the only Hayt
initiative to benefit the UNF golf program. He and Brooks began working
together to plan and build a practice facility on campus. They both knew if UNF
golf was to become a top-tier program, such a facility was essential. Today, the
38-acre facility, named in honor of Hayt and his wife Gerri, offers a practice
area for the golf team and is also open to faculty, staff, students and the
community. One of Hayt's goals was also to open the center to disadvantaged
young people to teach them the game of golf. And, in fact, the First Tee
program established one of the first of more than 500 programs at the Hayt Golf
Learning Center.
In the years since his initial chance meeting,
Hayt has traveled with the team to golf tournaments around the nation. He also
recently made the lead gift to purchase a new van so the players can travel in
comfort and stay plugged in with Wi-Fi connectivity.
His contributions to the golf program
were recognized in 2006 when the University announced that the Mercedes-Benz
Collegiate Championship was changing its name to the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational.
"That was a complete surprise to me,"
Hayt said. "I was humbled by the honor."
UNF's current golf coach, Scott Schroeder
said the naming of the golf tournament was a small attempt by UNF to say thanks.
"Having known John since I was a player
at UNF, I've seen first-hand the level of commitment he has for making sure
that UNF golf is the best it can be," he said. "He is definitely our biggest
supporter. He not only supports our team but is equally concerned with helping
develop our student-athletes in all aspects of their lives."
Golf is not the only recipient of Hayt's
generosity. He played a major role in funding a new campus strength and
conditioning facility. He not only provided some of the funding — he actually helped
set up the machines.
Hayt and his wife have also established a
$100,000 endowed scholarship for UNF student-athletes.
"My number one priority is academics and
graduation rates for our student-athletes," he said. "I'm very proud of what
they have accomplished in the classroom as well as on the playing field."
UNF Athletics Director Lee Moon said
Hayt's passion for the University is only matched by his philanthropic support
for UNF athletics.
"In all my years as an athletic
administrator, John is the most outstanding benefactor for an athletic program
that I have ever encountered," Moon said. "He is one of the most active members
of the Osprey Club Board and has a deep commitment and keen interest in all of
our athletic programs. John truly understands, respects and promotes the ideals
of the student-athlete concept."
His involvement also transcends athletics.
When the First Generation Scholarship program was announced, the Hayts were
among the first supporters. Although a successful Jacksonville business
executive, Hayt never attended college.
"I realized there are many extremely
capable, well-deserving young people who deserve the opportunity to go to
college," he said.
He fully realized the importance of his
support when he attended a First Generation Scholarship luncheon on campus and
met a student who had once been an employee in his mortgage company.
"She wanted to go into education, and the
scholarship was the only way she could accomplish that," he said. "I was
thrilled to help."
Hayt has also assisted the University by
serving on the UNF Foundation board, where his financial background was an
asset on the Finance and Audit Committee.
Hayt is optimistic about the future of
the University.
"UNF has come a long way over the years.
Under the guidance of visionaries such as President John Delaney, that progress
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Despite beginning the year on a relatively positive note, sales momentum in the U.S. restaurant industry appears to have slackened in the second quarter of 2012, mostly reflecting macroeconomic issues. The industry has been at the receiving end of the global economic concerns, a stronger dollar, the uncertainty around upcoming presidential election in the U.S., a more expensive food cost environment in the U.S., a sluggish labor market and over-supply of restaurants in the industry.
Despite these hurdles, the restaurant sector is expected to sustain its pace of recovery this year, albeit at a slower clip.
We remain cautiously optimistic over the medium term, though same-store sales growth in the coming months will likely be subdued. According to the National Restaurant Association, the restaurant industry is projected to expand in 2012 despite the sluggish U.S. recovery. Focus on cost containment, extra value-for-price and international expansion are on most restaurateurs' wish-list to tide over the macro difficulties.
The industry association noticing "substantial pent-up demand" in the market estimates total restaurant sales to increase 3.5% year over year to $632 billion in 2012. If realized, this would mark the second straight year of total industry sales exceeding the $600 billion mark.
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Statistics bear out this relatively favorable environment. A recent survey by the National Restaurant Association revealed that the Restaurant Performance Index (RPI), measuring the present condition and outlook on the U.S. restaurant industry, was 100.6 in August, up 0.4% sequentially, the tenth consecutive month in which the RPI scored above 100. This RPI run-rate in the last ten months connotes improvement in comparable store sales and customer traffic.
The Current Situation Index, which measures comparable store sales, traffic count, labor costs and capital expenditures in the restaurant industry, was 100.6 in August, up 0.8% sequentially. The Expectations Index, which measures the restaurant operators' six-month outlook on the above indicators, was 100.7, at par with the July level.
This was the twelfth consecutive month that the Expectations Index remained above 100. Restaurant operators' capital spending plans are also riding uphill, reaffirming their positive outlook on the industry longer term.
Job Growth in the Sector
The restaurant industry is one of the major contributors to job growth in the U.S. In 2011, total U.S. employment grew 1.0% while restaurant employment increased 1.9%. According to the National Restaurant Association, overall restaurant industry employment will reach 12.9 million in 2012, accounting for 10% of the total U.S. workforce.
This projected employment figure represents year-over-year growth of 2.3%, while total U.S. employment is believed to grow 1.3%. Texas and Florida are envisioned to see maximum job growth, among all other markets in the restaurant industry, over the next 10 years.
Global Unit Expansion
Putting behind the economic downturn that paralyzed the U.S. economy a couple of years back, most companies in the sector are accelerating their pace of restaurant openings. A relative recovery in consumer spending has also encouraged companies to return to unit expansion.
Besides spreading their wings in the home country, the companies also aim to test waters in foreign shores. Restaurateurs are primarily concentrating on emerging markets that provide ample opportunities for expansion. The burgeoning middle income population in emerging countries encourages the companies to shift their spotlight from the somewhat saturated domestic market.
Several food chains, including Denny's Corp. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/denn]DENN[/url]), Pollo Tropical of Carrols Restaurant ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/tast]TAST[/url]) and Starbucks Corporation ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/sbux]SBUX[/url]) are eyeing to tap the fast-growing Indian market. McDonald's Corp. and Yum! already have considerable coverage in India . They are aggressively expanding in China to capitalize on the fast-paced economic growth there. Latin American countries are also not far behind.
Refranchising, Revamp & Menu Innovations – a Common Trend
Though refranchising was common in the restaurant sector, it has got a boost of late given the benefits of this business model amid an anemic economy. The franchise-centric model helps to reduce volatility in earnings and enhances cash flow generation. Companies like DineEquity Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/din]DIN[/url]) and Burger King Worldwide Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/bkw]BKW[/url]) are some examples of highly franchised brands, with DineEquity offloading 99% of its Applebees stake.
Additionally, restaurants are responding in a variety of ways to address the issue of heightened competition in a somewhat over-supplied domestic market. They are remodeling their restaurants to give an up-market feel, rolling out new and smaller prototypes to augment the perception of value and drive traffic, thereby reducing construction and occupancy costs and enhancing returns on capital. Operators like McDonald's, The Wendy's Company ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/wen]WEN[/url]) and Darden Restaurants Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/dri]DRI[/url]) are continuously benefiting from unit-refurbishment strategy.
This is not the end. Having stabilized their financial positions, the operators are constantly striving to bring newer offerings to their menu card in order to cater to the ever-changing palates of customers. As per the research conducted by Technomic, within the fast casual segments, Mexican menus are presently ruling the consumers' taste buds with a solid 20% share. Limited Time Offers are also gaining attention.
Marketing Tools & Loyalty Program Gaining Precedence
Social media as a marketing tool has taken the industry by storm. Most of the operators rely on social media for promotions by incorporating Facebook ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/fb]FB[/url]), online review sites, Twitter and blogs aggressively into their marketing mix. National Television advertising is also an important tool for promotion.
As per research conducted by National Restaurant Association, restaurateurs are offering loyalty programs at their units to enhance value dining. Amid the prevailing environment where customers spend less enthusiastically on dining and seek incentives for doing so, approximately 30% of restaurant operators are frequently coming up with diner programs to hone sales further. The operators have now started to leverage this trend. Panera Bread ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/pnra]PNRA[/url]) has proved to be a beneficiary from both these tactics.
Breakfast & Beverage: A Breakout
Breakfast has accounted for nearly 60% of the U.S. restaurant industry and remains a key driver of traffic growth in recent years. Leveraging the trend, Jamba Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/jmba]JMBA[/url]), Wendy's and Yum! all have expedited their breakfast menus. According to an analysis by NPD, which has a ten-year projection of foodservice trends, annual servings per capita of breakfast sandwiches at foodservice are expected to jump from 11 in 2004 to 14 in 2019.
Non-alcoholic beverages remain a sweet spot in the U.S. eateries. The market also has the ability to grow further through innovation, especially in healthier solutions. We see juicing giant Jamba geared up to leverage the trend by adding all-fruits to its line-up. There are other players like sector behemoths Starbucks venturing into the $50 billion category of healthy juices and McDonald's specializing in both frozen as well as hot beverages through its McCafe line.
M&A Activity
Merger and acquisition activity is also gaining momentum in the sector. The companies are looking at potential business partners to foray into different zones and unlock value. Private equity firms are citing potential in the restaurant industry and accordingly making buyout deals. Apart from acquisitions, the companies are also divesting their slow-moving brands in order to spur growth.
Currently, Krispy Kreme Doughnut Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/kkd]KKD[/url]) is the only stock in the restaurant sector that carries a Zacks #1 Rank (short-term Strong Buy rating).
Companies with a Zacks #2 Rank (short-term Buy rating) include Brinker International Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/eat]EAT[/url]), Kona Grill Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/kona]KONA[/url]) and Panera Bread Co. Companies with Zacks #1 Rank and Zacks #2 Rank have positive earnings estimate revision trends, highlighting the favorable momentum in their underlying businesses.
Bleak Economic Backdrop
The strengths aside, the companies are caught up with macroeconomic tensions like implementation of austerity measures in Europe owing to the sovereign debt crisis, decelerating growth in Asia and increasing commodity costs in the U.S. Further, a stronger dollar will likely threaten the companies with substantial operations abroad.
Eurozone problems: The overcast European financial atmosphere has slowed down the overall growth rate in the region since the second half of 2011. Some food companies that have hitherto endured the economic turmoil fairly well are finally straining under the implementation of austerity measures in Europe. The pressure is now beginning to be felt on their top and bottom lines.
Decelerating Growth in Asia: Growth has been moderating in Asia, especially in two major countries -- China and India -- where major eateries are exploring expansion opportunities in response to the saturation in the U.S market. Steep decline in export to developed economies, lack of foreign capital inflows, and changes in internal fiscal and monetary policies led to the decline in the estimated growth rate in China and India. The recent same-store sales performance of McDonald's is indicative of this slowdown.
The growth prospects for China remain dull, as in the second quarter of 2012, the country recorded growth of 7.6% -- its slowest three-month annual growth in three years. As per IMF's July forecast, China is expected to grow by 8.0% in 2012, down from its April forecast of 8.2%.
The IMF has warned that the worsening debt crisis in the Eurozone will pose a "key risk" to China's growth. For 2013, growth in China is now expected to be 8.5% as compared to the earlier projection of 8.8%. Japan also continues to be a dampener as it is still on the way to recovery from last year's earthquake.
The agency estimates weakening growth for India in 2012 and 2013. In its July projection, the agency cut down its growth forecast for India from 6.8% and 7.2% to 6.1% and 6.5%, respectively. For Brazil, the agency reduced its growth forecast from 3.1% to 2.5% for 2012.
According to a German newspaper, IMF will go for a further reduction in its 2013 growth estimates. China and India are expected to record 8.2% and 6.0% growth in 2013, respectively. Growth estimate for Brazil is also expected to be slashed to 4.0% from the earlier projection of 4.7%, according to the said source.
Commodity inflation in US: We remain wary of the rising commodity costs of the restaurant industry. Food costs account for about one-third of restaurant sales. Beef prices continue to rise in 2012 on a year-over-year basis. Companies like Red Robin Burger ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/rrgb]RRGB[/url]), McDonald's ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/mcd]MCD[/url]) and Texas Roadhouse ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/tzrh]TZRH[/url]), which are exposed to the beef market, often feel the brunt of price inflation. A continued rise in traditional wing prices, which had been favorable earlier, is another weak pocket for the rest of the year. We believe the threat for more inflation lurks in 2013.
Meanwhile, the drought in the Midwest growing region has caused a spike in grain costs, which is likely to push up chicken costs ahead. Further, the drought led to a sooner-than-expected supply of cattle in the market leading to augmented near-term supply. However, this might create a medium-term supply crunch. Some softening is nonetheless being noticed in dairy and sea food prices.
Rising energy cost is another risk faced by restaurateurs. The restaurant industry accounts for one-third of the energy used by the retail sector in the U.S., as per the Green Restaurant Association.
Most of the restaurants safeguard their margins by passing the cost hike onto consumers. While big and established chains like McDonalds, Yum! Brands and Starbucks will survive the price increases due to their broad customer base and larger economies of scale, smaller chains will feel the cost pressure.
Decreasing Pricing Power
Menu pricing has been restaurateurs' remedy to counter cost pressures. While some eateries had believed that food-at-home inflation was rising faster than food-away-from-home, allowing them room for additional pricing, their conviction has taken a beating of late. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, food-at-home inflation was up 1.5% in August while food-away-from-home inflation was up 2.8% in the month under review. This inflationary environment leaves lesser room to exercise pricing action in the latter half of 2012.
Shrinking Margins on Value-Orientation
Restaurants have been trying to win back cash-conscious guests by revamping promotions and focusing on value-for-meal menus. An extensive focus on value proposition in the major markets domestically and internationally along with less pricing power could prove detrimental to margins if exercised on a long-term basis. Although management at McDonald's noted that most of its value-oriented sales measures are short-term in nature, we expect the trend to be predominant, at least for the near future until any concrete solution crops up.
Stringent Food Standards
Consumers' inclination toward fresh organic menu as well as the fuss about nutrition is considered to be a tough benchmark in the restaurant industry. Consumers generally tend to visit restaurants offering locally produced food. Focus on children's nutrition has also become a priority. While these criteria are giving a competitive advantage to companies like Chipotle ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/cmg]CMG[/url]), many others are sometimes finding the standard difficult.
In the near term, restaurant and beverage companies, in the New York area, will find the going difficult with Mayor Bloomberg trying to forbid the sale of large sodas and sugar drinks. This ban, which is likely to be implemented in March 2013, could prove pricey for the fast-food industry as soft drinks carry a high margin.
Given the lack of overall earnings catalysts, it's hard to be upbeat about a number of restaurant stocks. There are quite a few names on which we have a cautious outlook. These include Texas Roadhouse Inc., DRI Restaurants Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/dri]DRI[/url]) and Domino's Pizza Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/dpz]DPZ[/url]), all of which retain the Zacks #3 Rank (short-term Hold). The Cheesecake Factory ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/cake]CAKE[/url]) and Cosi Inc. ([url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/cosi]COSI[/url]) still carry a Zacks #4 Rank (short-term Sell).
In Conclusion
The restaurant industry is still not immune to uncertainties in the macro-economy. On the domestic front, although the economy has been improving, full-fledged consumer response has yet to be seen. Given the soft international backdrop we expect this doldrums to persist in the near term. Only the cash-rich companies will likely survive this volatility smoothly.
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Exactly. Not only was Daniel's lack of response an outright embarrassment, but no one on the team did anything to respond. Just like in the SJ series when Eager took a run at Sedins all Ehrhoff did was skate up to Eager and yell at him. This team lacks balls.5thhorseman wrote:Pauser has a very compelling argument. I doubt there are many 'Nuck fans out there not smarting from that image of Dank getting speedbagged by Marchand. Losing your composure is taking a cheap shot in response to some rough treatment from the opposition. Throwing a few punches to defend yourself is just being a man. This was Daniel's failure, the team's failure (for not sticking up for him) and even AV's failure with his "we'll get them back on the powerplay" approach. I can only imagine what Tortorella would have said to the team if he was coach at the time.


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Daniel and Dominik
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First off -- the pics aren't bad ... it's a Marilyn Monroe thing ... and it works.
Playboy sources tell us ... there are fears the leak could significantly damage sales of the magazine ... which is expected to be the best seller of the year.
The shoot was a massive investment for Playboy -- the mag shelled out nearly $1 million to Lohan for the spread and we're told the company has printed thousands of extra copies in anticipation of a sales boom.
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Victor Victrola
When I was a little girl, I stayed with my grandparents off and on when my mother was still working in the mills. My mother, father, sister and brother all worked being much younger then all of them, I had quite a way to go before I would join any workforce. I love my Mémère Lévesque!
Once when I was staying at the home of my grandparents, my grandfather bought a Victor Victrola pretty much as you see above and it was made of oak. Of course, as a kid I guess what I loved most was having to crank it up for it to play.
I also loved looking at the image of the dog "Nipper" on the inside of the cover. The above graphic was the trade mark for Victor Victrola.
There was nothing automatic about the Victrola either. You had to change the needle pretty regularly. Once you had cranked it up, there was a switch that would start the turn table then you had to lift the arm manually and place the needle at the beginning of the record you wanted to play. The records were made of vinyl and carried labels by Victor, Decca, Columbia and other companies but Decca was pretty big. It was very popular and big business.
I often wish somone in the family had kept that old victrola. I've no idea whatever became of it. The sound wasn't terrific but we enjoyed listening the french quadrilles on it. Of course, the records were all 78's. Those were the days when I stayed with Mémère* and Pépère*!
*Mémère = Grandmother; Pépère = Grandfather.
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I'd pretty much made up my mind to call off my 2012 Life Experiments experiment starting this month. I'd already aborted Life Experiment #3 (taking a photo a day during March) after less than a week, and more and more, I'd been feeling that I needed to prune my to-do list, rather than adding to it.
And then, it hit me: That could be the focus of this month's Life Experiment. And so it will be. For me, this month is going to be all about doing less.
But first, I want to take a moment to appreciate how hugely much I accomplished during the month that just ended. All too often, I tend to ask myself: What have you done for me lately? I also have a default answer: Not nearly enough.
In fact, that's rarely if ever true, and it certainly wasn't true in April. And because things tend to feel more real if I write them down, that's what I'm going to do. So here it is, my personal selective account of What Got Done in April:
- Researched and wrote a 3,000-word feature story for Psychology Today (now slated for the magazine's October issue)
- Wrote and delivered a 30-minute talk—"Inside the Downturn: Thoughts on the Psychological Costs of Longterm Unemployment"—to our Regional Employment Board.
- Signed on to write a monthly column—"Notes from Plan B Nation"—for Entrepreneur Media's SecondAct.com (first installation forthcoming this month)
- Completed 2011 taxes (thanks Turbotax!), sorted out health insurance issues, and wrangled a sick cat (thanks Wendy and Susan!)
- Applied for jobs and conferred with editors about future freelance projects, including an upcoming book review assignment for the Chicago Tribune.
- Guest posted on The 52 Weeks
- Finished up co-facilitating Seeing Their Voices, a workshop for foster kids that will culminate in a photo and writing exhibit at the statehouse this June.
I also did purely fun stuff: A South Face Farm Sugarhouse outing with the Baskinettes. Lots of coffee dates. Movies. Two lovely seders and an Easter hike with friends.
Does that seem like a lot to you? It seems like a lot to me—especially since I'm not naturally inclined to multi-tasking. When left to my own devices, I'll always go deep rather than wide. But there are times—this past month, for example—when that's simply not possible.
And here, I have to give a shout-out to breadcrumbs and basket weaving, aka Life Experiment #4, which helped me more than I could ever have imagined it would. Metaphors have tremendous, if often unrecognized, power. I could say a lot more on this subject, and at some point I will. But for now, I'm going to stop. Or rather: I'm going to start doing less.