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As dogs age, we generally see changes in their behavior. The playful ball-chasing and constant running around that we associate with puppies gives way to adult dogs napping in the sun and lounging during evening TV time. And with senior dogs, we accept even more slowing down. It is important to remember, however, that old age is not a disease. We need to differentiate between normal behavior changes of aging dogs and abnormal behaviors that can be important signals of pain.
We need to differentiate between normal behavior changes of aging dogs and abnormal behaviors that can be important signals of pain.
What kind of behavior changes might I see in my dog that could signal pain?
Unfortunately, detecting pain in our canine companions isn't always straightforward or black and white. Some visibly obvious behaviors are important signals that a dog may be in pain. These include:
- Avoiding slippery floor surfaces
- Difficulty getting up from a down position
- Difficulty lying down or getting comfortable
- Limping/lameness
- Lying down while eating or drinking
- Reluctance or inability to get up onto furniture or a bed
- Reluctance to go up or down stairs
- Reluctance to raise the head to take a treat
- Reluctance to sit when asked
- Reluctance to turn the head to one side or the other
- Sitting on one hip or the other with the rear legs off to one side
Any of these behaviors should prompt a visit to the veterinarian so he or she can find the cause of the pain and start to treat it.
What are some other changes in my dog's behavior or attitude that could be caused by pain?
I'm tired.
Decreased stamina on walks or while playing is often misinterpreted as a sign of old age. There may be several explanations for diminished stamina, including metabolic diseases such as hypothyroidism or heart disease. Your veterinarian will need to examine your dog to determine the cause. However, pain—particularly from chronic changes caused by conditions such as osteoarthritis (OA)—must be considered in this scenario. Often, when we begin treating a dog for pain, the owners will tell us that their dog has much higher energy levels and has resumed activities that had previously been abandoned. In other words, they didn't realize their dog was in pain until we took the pain away.
Don't brush me.
An often-overlooked sign of pain in dogs is a reluctance to be brushed, combed, or otherwise groomed.
An often-overlooked sign of pain in dogs is a reluctance to be brushed, combed, or otherwise groomed. Pain of any kind, but particularly the chronic pain associated with OA, can become generalized so that the dog feels discomfort even in areas of the body far from the arthritic joints. When this happens, the threshold of sensation between acceptable and painful is lowered, and even being combed or brushed can feel excruciatingly painful. These dogs often develop dandruff (their skin becomes flaky), and those that have medium-length or long hair commonly develop mats in their haircoat. Like cats, dogs groom themselves to stay clean, but if they are in pain, they will stop.
Don't pick me up.
Little dogs, especially dogs that are long and low to the ground, may present their pain by resisting efforts to pick them up. The upward pressure of our hands around their torsos can set off a pain flare if they are experiencing back pain. If your small dog begins to object to being picked up, it is time to schedule an appointment to look for pain.
Don't touch me there.
A normal dog with no pain issues should cheerfully accept handling of all body parts. You should be able to touch all along the top of the back; the top, sides, and bottom-most area of the torso (the area where the ribcage ends and the lower back begins); and the area of the "waist" between the ribs and pelvis. You should also be able to touch the area around the tail base without your dog being bothered.
In addition to the torso, you should be able to handle all four limbs, including the toes, the feet, and the joints of the front and rear legs, without your dog reacting. If you want to test your dog's comfort level by handling the feet and legs, you will have the best success if your dog is reclining rather than standing.
What if I'm not sure my dog has pain?
Always give your dog the benefit of the doubt if you suspect pain.
When in doubt, have it checked out. Always give your dog the benefit of the doubt if you suspect pain. Dogs are by nature stoic beings that are not always forthcoming with signs of their discomfort. It is important for us as their caregivers to pay attention so we can advocate on their behalf. Your veterinary healthcare team is ready to help identify pain and discomfort when it is present—and to relieve it so your dog can return to a comfortable, pain-free life.


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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
TV Police: NASCAR On FOX From Dover, DE
His stare could strike fear into the hardest criminal. His hair defied gravity. Detective Steve McGarrett pushed his men to solve every crime and made it personal. Once the arrest was made, it became official with the phrase that became a part of our vocabulary. "Book'em Danno!" he would say.
It takes a veteran like McGarrett to solve the mystery of why fans at home cannot see their drivers. Why fans cannot get updates on all the drivers in the field over a period of three hours. Why tight shots and in-car cameras do not show the actual racing that takes place. That's right, McGarrett is taking on the NASCAR on FOX bunch.
There was no outdoor pre-race set for this race, so the Hollywood Hotel served as the launching pad for Darrell Waltrip. Chris Myers questioned Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick about events from last week but neither one broke. Jeff Hammond tried to add his opinion, but instead Waltrip got "Revved Up" about the lack of sportsmanship in NASCAR and drivers crossing the line and spinning others out.
Mike Joy joined Waltrip and Larry McReynolds for the race call. Steve Byrnes, Krista Voda, Dick Berggren and Krista Voda were on pit road. The weather only caused a slight rain delay under caution but never stopped the race.
FOX continued to beat the Harvick vs. Busch drum until the green flag. Of course, nothing happened between those two drivers in the event. Instead, the story was the build-up of rubber on the track and the total lack of actual side by side racing.
Late in the race, FOX ran a side-by-side national commercial break without saying a word in advance or after the fact. There had been no advance publicity about FOX trying that and it will be interesting to follow that up and figure out what went on in the TV truck.
The FOX style is well set. Tight shots, in-car cameras and covering the incidents of the race through replay. Jumping from car to car just drains the excitement out of any event. This was no different. The pit reporters faded down the stretch and no crew chiefs were interviewed after caution flag pit stops or for strategy discussions.
FOX takes a break and SPEED produces the All-Star race next. This post is intended for you to offer a TV race wrap-up of how you felt the coverage was from Dover. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below. This is a family-friendly website, please keep that in mind when posting. Thank you for stopping by.
40 comments:
- MikeC said...
Even if it's side-by-side during the last 10% of the race, I can live with that.
- May 15, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- James said...
Loved the last 50 laps and the side by side commercial. It took them long enough! I will not miss FOX, and I hope the rumors about McRenolds are true.
- May 15, 2011 at 4:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
The side by side was something done by Sprint to introduce their new phone with side by side video capabilities. It sure wasn't something done by Fox. Sprint gave Fox the go ahead to use the SbS, to showcase their product.
Until 2014, we're stuck with what we've got in terms of TV. As far as the racing, we're stuck with KaKa until someone shoves Brian France out the door. People aren't watching or showing up at the races because the broadcasts stink and the racing is nothing but points collecting and testing until the final 10 races.
- May 15, 2011 at 4:46 PM
- AncientRacer said...
So, since the sqaud room is the official place to post comments about the broadcast for the record I am going to place back in my three I made during the race all of which relate to the TV show:
So far I am calling this race the "just about boadcast"
There are camera stands at the junction of 1&2 and 3&4 at Dover and they are pretty high up so they can see a lot. Dang truck gets some good action going when they use them, but HEY! we cannot stay with one or the other as stuff develops, can we? Nope we cannot. It is a frustrating use of good shots as a tease and then back to follow the leader tight.
"Just about" got it, but unfortunately, not getting it IMHO.
Got a caution here, so I will make another broadcast obervation. FOX to its credit has not been shy today about showing the empty seats. This is to me, because I am so terminally odd, a good thing. Humpy said a few years ago that "walk up traffic" had died because of the biggus sellouts of the Dale Sr. Era. I agree, but I also believe showing seats are, in fact, available a good thing. The locals will now believe they can, on the spur of the moment, decide to attend.
Show empty seats, increase attendance. It is counter intuitive, but it works.
At least in my thinking.
The SxS was a shock. Agood one, but a shock.
I've asked for years (quoting Pink Floyd) "Is there anybody out there (listening to hardcores like us)?"
Maybe someone is. Someplace.
Finally, and for JD, Love your choices so far for the Police, but I should like to nominate "Homicide: Life on the Street" Jus' Sayin' :)
- May 15, 2011 at 4:47 PM
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- May 15, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 4:46PM,
The commercial had all different spots inside it and FOX said "you're welcome" to fans on Twitter for running a side by side break.
If you get a link to your info or have some additional verificiation, drop me a line please at firstname.lastname@example.com!
- May 15, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
The broacast started out great the first 70-75 laps. Then things slipped as usual. The highlight of the broadcast was the surprise side by side commercial segment. To all that say nobody is listening - somebody did.
- May 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- w17scott said...
Mr Editor -
Never heard a word they said ...muted entire broadcast, but saw side-by-side ...good for you FOX ...accident or not, it was a positive ...nothing else to speak of favorably ...repeat offender - fan abuse ...book 'em, Danno
- May 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- GinaV24 said...
Best parts of the race:
-the side by side commercial (more please) and
- Fox showing the top 10 finishers across the top of the screen.
Otherwise, it was what I've come to expect from Fox's TV coverage. More zoomed in than zoomed out which makes this viewer zoned out.
I can't comment on the audio portion of the broadcast because I watched the race with the mute button enabled.
This seemed like what has become typical of the racing in NASCAR. The cars are all alike -- thanks to Brian France and all those who have put the kit car on the track and the "box" that the NASCAR rules have made for the teams -- the result: ugly look alike race cars and all the passing has to be done on pit road -- parity = boring and no passes on the track.
All that equals no fans in the seats.
I'm sure the weather played a part but if the anticipation of the race was worthwhile, I'd have gotten up and gone.
- May 15, 2011 at 4:53 PM
- GinaV24 said...
one more very important thing - you thanked us for sticking with it, JD. I'd like to thank YOU for sticking with it for all of us.
- May 15, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- saltsburgtrojanfan said...
The fox Guys may not like you or us for that matter but frankly we don't give a rats a**. We are going to to keep bothering them until they give us a better telecast. Fox will have to grow tired of being stubborn mules eventually. Their ratings will continue to decline and fans will continue to lose interest in NASCAR. It is unfortunate that the powers that be are ruining what was once a great thing. And NASCAR and Fox are doing jack diddly about it. They continue to have their money from their residual checks.
JD you said earlier this year that the producer is also one from the NFL package they do. Doesn't he realize that NFL and NASCAR are TWO DIFFERENT SPORTS. They should be broadcasted differently as well.
Fox can say Tough to us all they want but until we see better broadcasts we are going to continue to bash them. Their stub borness will have to get old.
- May 15, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
What's fun about sports TV is that it is a moving target. With technology changing hopefully FOX will revamp soon.
- May 15, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- sbaker17 said...
For me the FedEX 400 was more like the Fed Up 400. Fed up with the camera shots and the all Waltrip all the time nonsense
- May 15, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
What are the rumors about Larry Mac? I know that he won't be doing the all star race, but I haven't heard anything else.
- May 15, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- DewCr3w88 said...
Another day, another time I pat myself on the back for spending the $ for raceview.
- May 15, 2011 at 5:23 PM
- William said...
Watched about 10 laps today, none yesterday (nationwide) nor Fridays truck race. Getting worse by the day and I think my feelings on NASCAR are probably felt by many.
Bill H NY
- May 15, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
Good postrace coverage. To me the story was again the attendence (or lack of fans) It will be interesting to see the TV ratings this week - if NASCAR interest continues to spiral downward.
- May 15, 2011 at 5:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
As far as DW goes, I think they should...."book him Dano!".... I appreciated all the post race interviews. DW dominated again today. Chris Myers is useless. They need to dump the entire Booth and Hotel. Better use of pit reporters.
- May 15, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
Watched this one from the garage while trying to finish putting my motorcycle back together. So I had MRN on all day (much like yesterday when I was *at* the N'wide race).
If you only watched TV, there was a great swap from Johnson to Edwards back Johnson and I think back to Edwards for the lead. You missed it since the TV was on a commercial. Then again, even MRN goes to break.
It's a real treat listening to the radio when you're at the race, you can follow the action, figure out why someone has dropped out, etc. even if you're not listening to them on the scanner. There's no substitute for listening to Elliot Sadler beat himself up over speeding on pit road and then trying to figure out does he line up behind the the wave around cars, or in front of them. Then trying to figure if they are going to make a stop in that last 50 laps sprint. Or Carl Edwards talking about the 81 that was loping along and in the way all the time. Or Kyle Busch pitching a fit about hitting Logano. Or Edwards' reaction with that wild ending. I tried listening in on Jennifer Jo Cobb to figure out why she was so slow, but couldn't sort it out.
Anyway, about today's race. I came in an watched the last 30 laps in HD with just the TV sound. OK, I get the tight shots, they actually could have a purpose. Say you don't know who "Mark Martin" is when they are discussing him. But do that stuff at the beginning of the race. By the end, we have invested 3 hours into it...we know he's in the green car. The end of the race, if camerapeople/directors are tired, the wide shots would be easier! You'd think.
What amazes me are the MRN guys, esp during the N'wide race, they can track 43 cars with multiple rotating drivers from week to week, constantly changing sponsors and schemes and still refer to them only by name. The TV guys get lazy and say "the 5", "the 48", etc.
- May 15, 2011 at 6:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thank you JD, and all the Planeteers for keeping me sane every week. Watching without you all was mindnumbing.
Thanks Fox for the side by side commercial. We spent the afternoon with friends (at their house) So while the race was on I had no access to the Net, this blog or MRN.
What a mess.
- May 15, 2011 at 6:53 PM
- Palmetto said...
The side-by-side caught me totally flat-footed. On nice days I watch the race in the garage and do yard work during the commercials. That late in the race I began bringing tools in for the day and was surprised to find the SxS. I don't know what motivated Fox to try unannounced something we've wanted since the technology made it available. Maybe it was a trial balloon? Regardless, I hope they repeat it regularly. I may have enjoyed listening to the commercials more than the booth crew, and I knew Digger wasn't going to raise his useless head.
- May 15, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Vicky D said...
I watched a little bit of the race and liked the side by side commercials. Missed a lot of the race so therefore, I missed a lot of DW's yaks! I saw the attendance at Dover at 82,000 that is less than half the capacity. Glad my man won, though. JD love the pic of McGarrett! What's the rumor about McReynolds I haven't seen anything on it.
- May 15, 2011 at 7:03 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Vicky, I will deal with the Larry Mac item during the week. Trying to keep this post for race wrap-up stuff.
If you want more details, review the comments from the live race post!
- May 15, 2011 at 7:07 PM
- RWar24 said...
Isn't it sad that the highlight of a broadcast was the side x side commercial spot? It speaks volumes to how far the coverage has fallen. Fox needs a revamp for sure but NO, two Waltrips are not better than one.
- May 15, 2011 at 7:09 PM
- OSBORNK said...
I saw a glimmer of home with the side by side and the finish. If DW is trying to get a switch from Larry to little brother, I hope he overplays his hand and it backfires. As I previously said, I think DW is in the Championship Provisional part of his broadcasting career and hopefully he will be switched to a smaller role that will be unacceptable to him (and he will quit).
As has been suggested, the tight shots must be for the paid ads on the rolling billboards. Fox is being paid for their product placement camera shots and the bean counters don't care what we think. I think they might change their mind when they see how poorly their strategy has been working with the drop in ratings. Drops in ratings directly impacts the amount they receive for commercials.
- May 15, 2011 at 7:26 PM
- KoHoSo said...
Today, I was treated to an exemplary broadcast where the entire crew kept me informed about all of the action happening on the track plus periodic updates on every single driver still running.
Yes...the return to Sunday racing means I returned to the competent radio coverage.
I'm just slightly sorry I did that because I just finished reviewing all of the TDP live blogging and Twitter tweets and it seemed like many were at the top of their game today in poking at the atrocious Fox coverage. It was also cool to see the collective jaw-dropping the NASCAR online community had when the side-by-side happened.
That being said, I saw nothing in todays comments that makes me want to go back to watching a Fox NASCAR telecast even off of my DVR except when I have to because my local MRN/PRN affiliate won't run the Saturday night races (and I like to be mobile when listening to the radio, so I can't tie myself to a computer stream).
As for the other big story that TDP will probably be covering later this week...I am almost drooling in anticipation.
- May 15, 2011 at 8:57 PM
- Zetona said...
No quality of coverage could have saved that race. Dover has become one of the dullest races on the schedule. Almost impossible to pull up along side someone, and if you couldn't pull off the pass right away the guy behind you would pounce. This is at least the third straight year when I tuned out for large chunks of the broadcast and played video games or watched something else.
The usual camera work and focus only on the sharp end of the field, et cetera. The side-by-side commercial was a pleasant surprise. Like last week, the camera zoomed out near the end of the race, begging the question of why the rest of the race isn't shown the same way.
As for DW and Mikey in the booth: DW's personal motivations are obvious, but he's been saying so many dumb things recently (especially last weekend) that Mikey will show him to be obsolete. Or vice versa. They weren't too bad at Richmond though, were they? Though that was without the FOX directive to have Mike Joy say something and then let DW elaborate on it.
- May 15, 2011 at 10:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
Sorry to all that I waste your time saying I can't watch much less listen to Nascrap anymore.
But I watched GOLF today! It was much more interesting than what I am used to from anything nascar.
I did flip to the race (on mute of course, during golf commercials, which were life givingly short)and the video just sucked!
And I loved nascrap from the 70's.
Damn I'm old!
- May 15, 2011 at 10:47 PM
- Mule said...
Sad to see the FOX credo "take it or leave it" still applies to the racing broadcasts. On the brighter side I noticed FOX was annoyed by this blog or postings. To that I say, find out what they don't like and give them plenty of it!
The s by s Sprint commercial was a nice touch, but don't expect it to last. BZF has told us the sponsors won't allow it. Didn't seem to bother Sprint too much, the sanctioning bodies primary sponsor!
Don't want to see Larry Mac go, but just like DW, too much of him is not a good thing. FOX really dropped the ball putting all their apples in DW's basket. Their broadcast booth needs a strong p by p anchor who can snap all the mindless babbling and give it a sense of direction. I truly believe Mike Joy is fed up with it and that is a shame.
I still believe without a major shake up in Daytona starting at the top, we've already seen the best days in Nascar.
The COT, the Chase, Goodyear's inadequacies, the networks unwavering stance on how they do it, have turned Dover and Bristol into a shell of what they once were. What track is going to lose a date in favor of another mile & a half down force track?
The thing that is most aggravating is the one simple fact that people want to be treated like people. Not like mushrooms with the old feed em s@#% and keep em in the dark routine.
- May 16, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- MRM4 said...
Is it me or does most of the Fox crew seem like they're mailing it in this year? The pit road reporters are rarely used, especially in stragedy situations like the final pit stop when many teams opted for two tires. Most of the season has reeked of a lazy effort.
The side-by-side commercial break was a pleasant surprise. That seemed to come up out of the blue and no mention of it.
- May 16, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Andy K. Wells said...
Hey guys. I don't think I ever commented before, but I've been following this blog forever. Just wanted basically to echo everyone's comments about Fox's inability to present the race to me in a way that I can actually understand what's going on, who's where and why, and actually remember what happened the next day.
The side-by-side commercials were nice and unexpected, although I know FedEx and Pizza Hut and Sprint were three of the commercials, all Nascar "partners" I guess, so they would be more likely to go along with it.
I too, like Larry Mac and don't want to see him replaced with another Waltrip. One is one too many.
By the way, am I the only person in the world that doesn't get Speed? I have Dish, with America's Top 120 package. Oh well, at least I won't have to listen to Micheal Waltrip next week.
- May 16, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- GinaV24 said...
JD, I didn't see an announcement -- did DW make the HoF class for this year? When we were at Darlington, they announced Pearson & Bud Moore's names and wondered then.
I figured if DW was going to be inducted, we'd have heard it endlessly so silence I assume means "no".
The reason I bring this up is because if Fox thinks that making DW their "face" will make people vote for his induction, I think it may be having an opposite effect.
- May 16, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
We fully expect D Hill/FOX/ and company to take credit for "creating the side by side commercial format"
Like their tread cam, just another idea created by the folks who produced motorsport on ESPN in the 1980's
- May 16, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Ryan said...
Long Time Follower. 1st time comententing: What would you think of Alan Bestwick going to play by play on fox? Also it would be real sad to see Mike Joy. I am19 years old and began following the sport because of his brodcaste. Will never forget some of his memmerable calls. Like engin engin number 9 coming across the finsh line. Would love to see hime go to radio. As for DW when he is contained his is great. When he is not then it goes down hill. Larry Mac is good on tech stuff but feel like he thinks he is better than he is. I just pray they do not take Mike Joy out though. Without him i may have never became a nascar fan in the 1st place
- May 16, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
We have had a significant number of comments on this topic that could not be posted.
Please keep in mind that all views are welcome and have been on NASCAR and TV/media topics since 2007.
Posts with profanity, hateful speech or those that call other readers or me foul names will not be posted.
Why waste the energy and have a comment deleted just for one sentence or even a word?
This is a crucial time for the sport where TV and media are concerned. Take advantage of this opportunity and get in on the discussion.
Hope to hear your opinion on the NASCAR on FOX telecast of the Sprint Cup Series race from Dover!
- May 16, 2011 at 10:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
JD, they were Tweets yesterday by Jenna and one other who said the side by side were all because of Sprint and their new phone. That's where the information came from yesterday.
- May 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- allisong said...
I truly hope that FOX does not push Larry Mac out of the booth. I'm still upset that they cut him from Trackside. I still haven't seen an entire Trackside all year, and that used to be a must-see for me. Larry was the one guy on that panel who you could tell was well-prepared and eager to focus on the guests. Whenever DW, Hammond & Byrnes would be off giggling amongst themselves over some private joke, Larry Mac would seem to roll his eyes, turn to his meticulously prepared notes, and get the show back on track. And I would silently cheer.
You also have to respect his commitment to bringing the spotlight to the role of crew chief. He will never mention a driver or team without, in the same breath, naming their crew chief. It's not "the 48 team is still a top contender for...", It's "the 48 team, Chad Knaus and those boys, are still..."
Out of all the talking heads that you see on FOX/SPEED, he's probably the only one that hasn't worn out his welcome with me.
- May 16, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
Michael Waltrip replacing Larry Mac? Might make me pull an Elvis. I'd have to shoot my TV to put it out of it's misery.
- May 16, 2011 at 2:23 PM
- longtimeracefan said...
On Saturday, before the Dover race, we bought our first flat screen TV to replace our small 15+ year tuber, so Sunday's race was going to be a special treat.
Ooo boy howdy, near perfect moving images plus superb sound on a wide HD screen brought a smile to one long time NASCAR guy. Nice production work from FOX on those two fronts. While preferring to have somewhat of a self-directorial option via a RaceBuddy style online app, FOX's shortcomings of on-air talent and super tight, rapid cutting shooting techniques will not be missed after TNT takes over in a few weeks.
FOX's overall race coverage was a bit on the plus side of average, with somewhat limited bits that were best described by SweetHeart as: "Why are they babbling on about that crap?" The answer remains a mystery. But things picked up nicely near the end of the race.
And suddenly there it was for all the world to see: side by side, race broadcast with commercials . . . see what can happen when a mouse roars.
- May 16, 2011 at 3:01 PM
- Palmetto said...
Ryan from May 16, at age 19 you probably don't remember, but AB used to do play by play. Many of us regarded him as the finest to ever cover a race from the booth and wish he would resume doing it immediately.
- May 18, 2011 at 7:39 PM

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I have written about my cousin, Benjamin Gawthrop, twice already, here and here.
Since then I have been lucky to make contact with one of Benjamin's grandchildren and she very kindly send me the photograph and the article below from The Australian Baptist, 3 July 1928.
Death of Rev. B Gawthrop
" Christian Gentleman"
Tributes to his life and ministry
After a protracted illness, Rev. Benjamin Gawthrop, A.T.S., passed into the Eternal Presence late on Saturday night last at a private hospital in Randwick (Sydney). Though his death, judged from the nature of his illness, seemed imminent, the end came more suddenly than was expected. Within twenty-four hours of his passing, all the members of his family had been with him, but none of them thought he was so near life's close. Happily, those closing hours brought consciousness and Mr. Gawthrop was able to enjoy his last fellowship with those dearest to him
In his death the Baptist denomination in New South Wales has lost one of its ablest, wisest and most gifted ministers, and his passing leaves another gap in the fast thinning ranks of our senior ministers.
It is twenty years since Mr. Gawthrop came to Australia, and up to the time that his health began to fail, he occupied a commanding place in our ministry, and exerted wide and beneficient influence. He was one of our Greathearts, radiating sunshine and goodwill wherever he went and in whatever he did.
Mr. Gawthrop was a native of Colne, Lancashire, England. Had he lived till August he would have reached his 59th milestone on life's journey. Educated at Rawdon College, where he gained his A.T.S. degree, he entered upon his first pastorate as minister of the church at Heaton (Newcastle-on-Tyne).
After a ministry there extending over 14 years, the call came to succeed the late Rev. Dr. Thomas Porter at Petersham, and 1908 Mr. Gawthrop made his great adventure and followed the gleam which led him to Australia. His fruitful ministry at Petersham continued for ten years, and one of the happiest features of the funeral service conducted in the church previous to the interment at Rookwood was the presence of quite a number of young men who had grown up in his Bible-class, and came to pay their last tribute to his memory and his influence.
From Petersham, Mr. Gawthrop went to Katoomba, and later to Newcastle, where he was minister of the Tabernacle for four years, with conspicuous success. In both these spheres of service his memory will long remain as a sweet savour. From Newcastle Mr. Gawthrop returned to Katoomba, but as an invalid. It was hoped that the mountain air and a subsequent visit to England, would cure him an his malady. But it was not to be, and soon after his return to the lowlands his friends realised that his days of active service were over.
Mr. Gawrhrop is survived by his widow, his only daughter (Mrs. Horace Simpson) and three sons (Mr. Clifford Gawthrop, Mr. Martin Gawthrop, and Master Jack Gawthrop).


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When I moved to DC, I chose my apartment location for its proximity to my office and the Dupont Circle metro station (a straight shot to the station near my parents' house, but still far enough away to afford me privacy), and its "safe distance" from the then-starting-to-gentrify, but in my parents' mind still-sketchy, 14th street.
Little did I know that someone must have been looking out for me.
I happened to be remarkably and somehow strategically close to the Kesher Israel Synagogue and therefore within walking distance of an incredibly warm and welcoming community. This is the synagogue that really defined community for me and helped direct me towards figuring out what type of person and Jew I aspire to be.
It was here that I first joined a synagogue with my own membership.
That I got invited to the Rabbi's house for lunch!
That I made and served my first shabbat meal.
I have since joined other synagogues and communities, and have even gotten a Rabbi's invitation or two, but the community that will always be a point of reference for me will always be Kesher.
And a major part of this community was food. One problem with DC at the time is that there were very few places to buy fresh challah. As a result, many people baked their own. And since I was a very novice cook at the time (and have still never really developed into much of a baker — see labo(u)r of love), my parents bought me a bread machine. And then I got a recipe for challah from a couple that was known for being really good cooks — Eric and Aliza.
I made this challah so many times and became somewhat well-known in the community for bringing it to different people's shabbat meals, that once Eric and Aliza brought their own home-made challah to someone's home and the host remarked, "oh, you made Zahavah's challah!" (Though for the record, I always always always referred to it as Eric and Aliza's challah!).
Bread Machine Challah
Based, in gratitude, on Eric and Aliza's challah recipe, so generously shared and so shamelessly sold as my own. This recipe is meant to be made in a bread machine, on the "dough" setting. It is really easy and requires little more than 5-10 minutes to place all ingredients in the machine, 90 minutes to run the "dough" setting, and then 20 minutes in the oven to bake (with additional time to let rise if you want). This is a somewhat forgiving recipe. I have accidentally added 5C flour instead of 4 and I once forgot to add the egg and added it before the last kneading cycle — most of the time, it has come out just fine. And the challah freezes pretty well if you wrap in aluminum foil and keep in a ziplock bag.
Makes enough for a meal of 8-10 adults: 2 medium-sized challahs (3- or 4-stand braids) or 1 large challah (6-strand braid)and 1 roll.
– 1 1/8 C warm water
– 1/4 C vegetable oil
– 1 egg
– honey (I never measure, but probably ~ 2 T) – NECESSARY IF USING WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR
– 1/4 C sugar (I make it a heaping 1/4 C)
– 1 t salt
– 4 C flour: I almost always use 2 C white all-purpose flour, 2 C wheat flour
– 1 packet dry yeast (2 1/4 t)
– additional egg for egg wash (optional)
Measure wet ingredients into bread machine bowl – water, oil, egg. Make sure water is warm, not hot, to activate the yeast without cooking the egg.
Add sugar, honey, salt and flour(s). Make sure that the salt is under all of the flour because you don't want it to touch the yeast.
Make a well in the center of the flour and pour the yeast into the well.
Put "bowl" into bread machine and set to "dough" setting.
After 90 minutes, challah dough should be ready — it should have risen to the top of the bowl.
Preheat oven to 350°F
Knead the dough a little bit more on a well floured board (or your counter). Stickiness will depend on various factors such as altitude, humidity, etc. But, again, I never mind a bit of flour on my baked goods (see "sticky fingers.")
Divide and braid as appropriate:
– For 3-stranded braid – braid as you would braid hair, alternating strands from right and left and consistently put "outside" strand over center strand
– For 4-stranded braid – always braid from in one direction (either right or left…does not matter, just be consistent), putting "outside" strand (A) over second strand (B), under third strand (C), and then over fourth strand (D); then new outside strand (B) goes over C, under D, and over A; then new outside strand C goes over D, under A, over B, etc. NOTE – this is how I do it. I have seen other directions elsewhere that are all the same, but different from my methodology. I like mine and it's the only one I can vouch for
– For 6-stranded braid: hard to describe, but very similar to the 4-stranded braid. I believe I got this method from Spice and Spirit, a Lubavitch cookbook that left much to be desired for me, but did have some pretty good diagrams for braiding
– To complete any braid: I generally start a braid about 1/4 of the way from the top. When I reach the end, I pinch the ends together and tuck them under. I then return to the top of the braid and repeat. I do not start a braid by pinching everything together at the top because I find this makes a very messy end that does not match the other one.
– Simple roll: roll out small piece of dough about 8 inches and twist into a knot, then tuck top end underneath bottom of roll
After loaves are formed, place on lightly greased and floured (or parchment covered) cookie sheet (I sometimes use Silpat). Allow to rise again (not required, but better) on top of pre-heating oven, covered with clean cotton towel
OPTIONAL: make egg wash – beat egg with 1 t cold water and brush over challah with pastry brush twice – once before putting in oven, and then after 10 minutes in the oven; this will help give the crust a nice sheen
Bake in oven for 20 minutes (sometimes 25) until challah is golden brown (NOTE – some people like it slightly undercooked and doughey)
Cool on baking rack. Best served warm (can wrap in aluminum foil and reheat at ~200°F for 20 minutes)
– sprinkle sesame seeds or poppy seeds after first egg wash
– rosemary challah — omit honey and use 100% white flour; crush 2 T dried rosemary with mortar and pestle and add 1T with dry ingredients; mix the second T rosemary with kosher salt or fleur de sel and sprinkle after first egg wash
– cinnamon challah – great for shavout; add 1.5T cinnamon with dry ingredients; can also add a cinnamon sugar coating after first egg wash
– sprinkle challah – another kid-pleaser from Caroline of "noodles and nuggets" fame – add chocolate or colored sprinkes into the dough or onto the top of the challah after the first egg wash
Do you make your challah by hand, or do you use a bread machine?
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Greed is good again -- at least for some CRN Solution Provider 500 CEOs who have doubled, tripled, even quadrupled their salaries amid a shaky economy, lackluster financial results and unimpressive stock gains.
This conclusion is based on exclusive pay-for-performance research and analysis done by Obermatt Inc., a Switzerland-based compensation consultant firm, and CRN. Together, Obermatt and CRN looked at total compensation from 2009 to 2011, fiscal year sales, net income and stock prices for the same time period. Of the 36 publicly traded solution providers Obermatt and CRN examined, 10 CEOs were overpaid by more than 100 percent, according to the study.
In the most egregious cases, CEOs received significant salary increases while revenue fell, losses were reported and investor confidence waned. All the while, those CEOs piled up hefty increases in stock options, grants and bonuses that are out of line, according to the Obermatt/CRN analysis.
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These increases in total compensation came against a backdrop of unrest among Americans over the growing disparity between the rich and poor (think "Occupy Wall Street"), continued economic uncertainty and prolonged unemployment.
Here are the top 10 companies with the most overpaid executives among the CRN SP500 community, according to the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index. CRN is pleased to highlight this story which originally ran as an exclusive on the CRN Tech News App in September.
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Dinesh Desai, Chairman, President and CEO
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 128 percent excess pay
|Dinesh Desai
Emtec had a tough 2011 fiscal year, posting a $4.3 million loss on a 5 percent drop in sales to $212.1 million. Meanwhile, the company's stock price for its fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011, closed at just 80 cents per share, down from $1.14 per share at the end of its prior fiscal year.
That performance led to a 29 percent decline in total compensation for Emtec Chairman, President and CEO Dinesh Desai to $674,756 in 2011, compared with $959,528 in pay in 2010.
The sharp drop in Desai's total compensation came with Emtec's compensation committee deciding not to award any annual bonus to Desai because of the failure to meet the "minimum threshold" for adjusted EBITDA of $7.71 million with earnings per share of 17 cents per share -- an "all-or-nothing target," according to the company's 2012 proxy.
Even with that sharp drop in pay, Desai is rated as 10th on the list of most overpaid CEOs with 128 percent excess pay, according the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index.
John Howlett, vice chairman emeritus at Emtec, Springfield, N.J., noted that a significant portion of Desai's compensation over the three-year period, more than $300,000, includes repayment of a loan with interest that Desai made to the company that is counted as non-cash compensation.
Furthermore, Howlett also believes the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index should use EBITDA instead of net income when calculating the performance of a company.
Using EBITDA, Emtec earned $3.9 million in fiscal 2011 instead of showing a $4.2 million loss after one-time and other nonrecurring charges.
"Adjusted EBITDA also eliminates certain unusual costs and reflects certain changes in the business made by management and includes adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to reflect the underlying ongoing operations of the business. We publish quarterly press releases, which give a factual picture of our cash-based EBITDA, and ask that all our stakeholders review this information," Howlett said.
Also, Emtec is engaged in a transformation of its business model "with more and more of our revenue coming from consulting and outsourcing services," Howlett said. That explains why revenue growth slowed in 2011 after showing a minimal increase in 2010 compared to 2009, he said.
"Our most recent 10-Q for the period ending May 31, 2012, is reflective of that change [to consulting and outsourcing services] with 53 percent of our quarterly revenue coming from these areas compared with only 10 percent in 2008," Howlett said.
NEXT: SS&C Technologies
No. 9: SS&C TECHNOLOGIES
William Stone, CEO
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 139 percent excess pay
|William Stone
SS&C Technologies' sales have grown almost 37 percent in the two-year period from fiscal 2009 to fiscal 2011. During that same time frame, SS&C CEO William Stone's total compensation increased 120 percent.
Stone makes CRN's list of most overpaid executives because his total compensation increased at a much faster pace than the company's sales and earnings growth. His total compensation amounted to $6.6 million in 2010, up from $2.5 million in 2009. In fiscal 2011, his total compensation package fell to $5.5 million, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the Windsor, Conn.-based solution provider and software developer for the financial services market.
Stone landed ninth on the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index with 139 percent in excess pay. At press time, executives at SS&C had not responded to a request for comment.
Stone's total compensation increased after the company went public in March 2010.
In February 2010, the month before its IPO, SS&C's compensation committee amended its option incentive plan to "provide greater incentives to our named executive officers and employees" and to eliminate certain provisions of the options that the committee believed "were more typical of private-company options than options of publicly traded companies," according to the 2012 proxy.
Stone received a $2.2 million stock award in 2010 and an option award of $1.6 million that year. In fiscal 2011, he didn't receive a stock award, but his option award increased to nearly $2.3 million, according to a company proxy.
NEXT: Micros
A.L. Giannopoulos, CEO
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 183 percent excess pay
|A.L. Giannopoulos
Micros Systems reported improved performance in fiscal 2010, but the total compensation of CEO A.L. Giannopoulos outpaced the company's revenue, earnings and stock price gains during that period.
In fiscal 2010, Micros' net income increased almost 19 percent on just a 0.7 percent increase in sales growth. Micros' stock price, however, increased 41 percent that fiscal year. In return, the board rewarded Giannopoulos with $7.8 million in total compensation, a 177 percent increase compared to the $2.8 million he was awarded in fiscal 2009.
It's that kind of hike in total compensation that put Giannopoulos eighth on the list of most overpaid CEOs, according to the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index, with 183 percent excess pay. The Columbia, Md.-based company, which manufactures and sells IT into the restaurant, hotel and specialty retail markets, declined to comment on its CEO compensation for this article.
In fiscal 2011, Micros' sales increased 10 percent as the company crossed the billion-dollar plateau, while earnings increased 26 percent and its stock price increased 56 percent for the year. Giannopoulos' compensation that year totaled $8.67 million, a 10.6 percent increase.
In fiscal 2011, Micros' compensation committee said its primary considerations for executive bonuses were based on revenue and income before taxes, according to its proxy statement.
"We believe revenue growth is a principal indicator of our ability to compete effectively, increase market share, and realize economies of scale that can enhance margins," the company wrote in the proxy.
Micros added that it didn't use net income, or income after taxes, as a performance metric because "tax rate fluctuations often are related to factors that are out of control of management, and we believe that bonus awards should not be affected positively or negatively by these fluctuations," according to the company.
For fiscal 2011, revenue was 100.8 percent of budgeted revenue and income before taxes was 109.6 percent of budget, according to the company. Accordingly, the incentive bonuses for Giannopoulos and two other executives were 105.2 percent of their respective target bonuses. For Giannopoulos, that amounted to an additional $2.1 million in compensation. He received an equal amount of "discretionary bonus" and earned an additional $2.5 million in option awards.
Giannopoulos was not the only Micros executive well compensated in 2011. The total compensation for Kaweh Niroomand, executive vice president of Europe, Africa and Middle East, amounted to $4.4 million while the compensation for Thomas Patz, executive vice president of strategic initiatives, general counsel and corporate secretary, amounted to $4.2 million.
Meanwhile, the total compensation for Stefan Piringer, executive vice president of Asia-Pacific, amounted to $3.7 million, and the compensation for Cynthia Russo, executive vice president and CFO, amounted to $2.3 million. The compensation for all four executives amounted to more than four times their base salary in bonuses and option awards for fiscal 2011.
In a proxy filing, Micros maintains that compensation is determined by the CEO's individual performance and financial results. However, it notes, "In most respects, the process used by the Compensation and Nominating Committee is qualitative rather than quantitative."
No. 7: GTSI
Sterling Phillips, Current CEO
Scott Friedlander, Former President and CEO
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 227 percent excess pay
|Scott Friedlander
Former GTSI President and CEO Scott Friedlander had been at the helm of the $1 billion government systems integrator for only 10 months when the Small Business Administration on Oct. 1, 2010, suspended some 60 GTSI federal contracts pending an investigation into the company's practices regarding small-business partners.
Friedlander, who was executive vice president of GTSI when the alleged violations occurred, stepped aside 25 days later as part of a GTSI "administrative agreement" with the Small Business Administration.
Despite the scandal, Friedlander walked away with total compensation in 2010 of $1.11 million, up from $748,191 in 2009.
As a result of his resignation, GTSI paid Friedlander a one-time severance payment of $450,000 in addition to a severance payment of his ending salary of $400,000 for a period of one year.
Friedlander's severance agreement is one reason why GTSI's total compensation for the CEO position placed it seventh on the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index. Friedlander and his successor accounted for 227 percent in excess pay, according to the index.
This came as the company's shares dropped 20 percent from $5.65 when he took the CEO post on Jan. 13, 2010, to $4.47 on Oct. 26, 2010, when he officially stepped down.
Sterling Phillips, former chairman and CEO of government contractor Analex Corp., took the GTSI CEO job in December 2010 with a total compensation package that totaled $828,145 in 2011.
With Phillips at the helm, GTSI sales fell 46 percent in 2011 to $356.7 million compared to $666.7 million in 2010. The company's shares, meanwhile, dropped another 12 percent in 2011 from $4.71 on Dec. 31, 2010, to $4.16 on Dec. 30, 2011.
In June, GTSI was sold to global solution provider power Unicom Systems Inc. for $76.7 million, or $7.75 per share, a 48 percent premium over GTSI's closing price just before the deal was announced.
GTSI halted trading in late June and is now a private company under Unicom.
In an email to CRN, GTSI's senior vice president and CFO, Peter Whitfield, wrote that he felt it would be "inaccurate and inappropriate to include GTSI on any listing or analysis of public companies," given its sale to Unicom. He did not return subsequent emails or voice-mails seeking comment for this article.
No. 6: CIBER
David Peterschmidt, CEO
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 228 percent excess pay
|David Peterschmidt
In 2011, Ciber reported a loss of $67.3 million with its shares dropping 17 percent for the year. Just the same, Ciber CEO David Peterschmidt's total compensation increased 16 percent to $3.0 million.
It's that kind of pay-for-performance that puts Ciber sixth on the list of having the most overpaid CEOs, according to the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index. Ciber's CEO position accounted for 228 percent in excess pay over the period from 2009 to 2011, according to the index. Ciber executives did not return several emails or phone calls seeking comment for this article.
The hike in 2011 total compensation came after Peterschmidt received total compensation in 2010 of $2.6 million including a $300,000 bonus for only six months as CEO. Peterschmidt also received 400,000 restricted stock units in June 2011 based upon what the company's compensation committee called a "review of market data and Peer Group equity compensation for similar positions."
Peterschmidt's increased compensation came as Ciber's shares fell from $4.68 on Dec. 31, 2010, to $3.86 on Dec. 30, 2011.
The company showed some bottom-line improvement in 2011, with a loss of $67.3 million compared to a $77.2 million loss in 2010. Also, in Peterschmidt's favor, the company's sales for 2011 increased to $976.9 million compared with $953.8 million in 2010.
In a statement last February after Ciber announced its annual 2011 results, Peterschmidt maintained that the company has made "measured progress" in a "turnaround" period.
"The significant actions we have taken, including stabilizing North America, lowering our risk profile, agreeing to sell our Federal business and improving delivery quality, have come about by the changes we have made on several fronts including strengthening our leadership and overhauling our operations," he said in a statement. "We do, however, understand the importance of delivering improved operating profits and cash flows and remain confident that we will achieve these goals as we move through 2012."
Meanwhile, Peterschmidt's predecessor, former Ciber CFO and interim CEO Peter Cheesbrough, who joined the company as executive vice president and CFO in 2007 and left the company in April 2011, received $1.29 million in total compensation in 2011, up from $942,079 in 2010 and $520,187 in 2010.
Ciber paid Cheesbrough, who became interim CEO and president for just 10 weeks in 2010, upon his departure as a director of the company on April 29, 2011, "a lump sum payment of $684,000, which is an amount equal to his annual base salary ($360,000), plus his annual target cash incentive ($324,000 -- 90 percent of his base salary)." In addition, Ciber accelerated the vesting of 29,280 stock options and 89,760 restricted stock units for Cheesbrough.
NEXT: TeleCommunications Systems
No. 5: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Maurice Tose, CEO and President
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 231 percent excess pay
|Maurice Tose
In 2010, TeleCommunication Systems' shares closed the year at $4.67, down more than half from $9.68 at the end of 2009. The next year, shares fell even further to $2.35.
That steep drop was one reason why the mission-critical wireless communications solution provider's founder, chairman, CEO and president, Maurice Tose, ranked as the fifth most overpaid CEO, with 231 percent excess pay, according to the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index. TeleCommunication Systems executives did not return repeated phone calls and emails for comment.
Even with a steep drop in TeleCommunication Systems' share price in 2011, Tose's total compensation jumped 55 percent to $2.7 million compared with $1.7 million in 2010. For 2009, Tose's total compensation was $3.7 million. That increase in total compensation came with the company earning $28.3 million on a then-record 36 percent increase in sales to $300.1 million.
"The record operating results of 2009 continue to illustrate our ability to monetize highly reliable wireless communications technology in three key areas: cellular text messaging, mobile location-based applications and infrastructure, and secure satellite-based communications, including deployable kits," said Tose in a prepared statement discussing the 2009 results. "We foresee strong growth in both of our business segments in 2010 and beyond."
Annapolis, Md.-based TeleCommunication Systems is also transitioning from the more mature text messaging business toward more "TotalCom" solutions for federal and state government customers, Tose said in early February.
"[2011] was a year of investing for engineering depth, enhanced performance and functionality of our systems and services, enhanced sales and marketing, as well as protection of our rapidly growing portfolio of proprietary intellectual property," Tose said in a statement. "Long term profit growth is our primary objective, as the security and reliability of communications technology becomes increasingly important to government, enterprises and many consumers, and TCS is a leader in fulfilling that demand."
NEXT: Genpact
No. 4: GENPACT
N.V. Tyagarajan, CEO
Pramod Bhasin, Former CEO
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 295 percent excess pay
|N.V. Tyagarajan
Genpact's CEO, N.V. Tyagarajan, has overseen an attractive 43 percent growth in revenue at the business-process-outsourcing pioneer through the past three fiscal years. But from fiscal 2009 to fiscal 2011, the total CEO compensation for Tyagarajan and his predecessor, Pramod Bhasin, increased 170 percent. It's that spike in total compensation that contributed to Genpact being ranked No. 4 on the list of most overpaid CEOs with 295 percent in excess pay, according to the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index.
Genpact's 2012 proxy notes that part of the base salary for the CEO and other executives is to retain them and ensure they can "maintain a standard of living commensurate with their skill set and experience."
Tyagarajan was named CEO in 2011 after serving the company as COO in 2009 and 2010 under former CEO Bhasin. About $4.5 million of Tyagarajan's total compensation in 2011 was in equity grants that are vested out over a four-year period, in effect reducing the compensation that Tyagarajan actually received last year, said Piyush Mehta, Genpact's senior vice president of human resources. SEC guidelines dictate that the compensation be reported the first year, Mehta said.
"When you have a new CEO you want to give him some level of assurance and provide him with some [security] so that he will continue to deliver," Mehta told CRN. "It only looks like you're paying him $8 million because it's all factored into one year."
New York-based Genpact, which was spun out of General Electric in 2004, does not use predetermined individual or corporate performance factors or goals to establish compensation levels for executive officers. However, in determining 2011 annual cash bonuses for the named executive officers, the compensation committee looked at overall operational and financial performance and each named executive officer's role in that performance, according to the company's proxy.
The committee awarded higher bonuses in 2011 than 2010 because revenue increased 27 percent compared to 2010 and revenue from global clients (excluding General Electric) increased 43 percent, according to the proxy. Tyagarajan's increase in 2011 total compensation came in share awards ($5.2 million for 2011 after taking over as CEO in June 2011, according to the proxy). He also earned a 2011 bonus of $1.3 million, about 80 percent higher than his 2010 bonus, because he exceeded the targets set forth in his contract, according to Genpact.
"The compensation committee also considered Mr. Tyagarajan's seamless transition into the CEO role and strategic acquisitions in determining Mr. Tyagarajan's bonus. Due to the scope of Mr. Tyagarajan's position, the compensation committee also determined that a bonus that was materially higher than the other named executive officers was warranted," the company wrote in the proxy.
NEXT: Black Box
No. 3: BLACK BOX
Terry Blakemore, CEO
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 297 percent excess pay
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Black Box's fiscal 2010 earnings dropped 23 percent to $34.5 million. Nevertheless, Black Box CEO Terry Blakemore's total compensation doubled to $4.6 million in 2010 compared with $2.3 million in 2009 while leading the Pittsburgh-based communications systems integrator.
That hike in total compensation combined with the drop in earnings is one of the reasons that Blakemore was No. 3 on the list of overpaid CEOs, according to the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index, with 297 percent excess pay. Black Box executives did not return several email and voice-mail messages regarding their CEO compensation.
Blakemore's increase in total compensation came after Black Box's compensation committee, with the aid of an outside compensation consultant, "extensively re-evaluated the nature and structure" of the company's compensation program, according to the company's 2012 proxy. Blakemore's total compensation fell in 2011 even as the company posted record sales and a sharp rise in profits. For fiscal 2011, in fact, Black Box posted a 53 percent increase in earnings to $52.9 million. The company's sales were up 11 percent in fiscal 2011 to $1.07 billion.
Blakemore himself acknowledged the stronger results, pointing to the "power of our diversified solution offering and client base."
"In fiscal 2012, we look forward to strengthening our position as a communication system integrator by investing in our business and making select, strategic acquisitions," said Blakemore in a release discussing the 2011 results. "We remain committed to grow profitably and deliver value to our clients and shareholders."
Nevertheless, Black Box posted a loss in fiscal 2012 of $247.7 million on a 2 percent increase in sales to $1.09 billion. The loss came with "softening demand" in the commercial business and decreased spending from federal clients, according to Blakemore, who will retire from the company next spring and remain a member of the board of directors until the 2013 Annual Meeting.
On June 20, Black Box said that its board of directors had appointed Michael McAndrew, the company's current executive vice president, CFO, secretary and treasurer, to succeed Blakemore as president and CEO effective April 1, 2013.
Blakemore, who has been with the solution provider for 12 years, led the January acquisition of InnerWireless, a provider of in-building antenna systems, in an effort to expand Black Box's communication technology offerings. The buyout was announced the same day that Black Box reported a $283.4 million loss, or $16.12 a share, on revenue of $275.9 million in the third quarter.
NEXT: Premiere Global Services
No. 2: PREMIERE GLOBAL SERVICES
Boland Jones, Founder and CEO
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 411 percent excess pay
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Premiere Global Services (PGi) founder and CEO Boland Jones received more than $8.1 million in 2010, about four times more than the $2.0 million he took home the prior year.
That increase in total compensation was one of the factors behind Jones' ranking as the second most overpaid CEO, according to the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index, with 411 percent excess pay.
In an email to CRN, Sean O'Brien, executive vice president of strategy and communications at PGi, noted that the CEO's total compensation in 2011 decreased 64 percent from 2010 while sales increased 7 percent and while non-GAAP diluted EPS and stock price each increased more than 20 percent. "Our total shareholder return for 2011 [outperformed] the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite and Russell 3000 indices, as well as our compensation study peer group and stock performance graph indices," O'Brien wrote.
Also, 82 percent of PGI's shareholders approved the company's "say on pay" vote this year, he noted.
In a 2011 proxy, PGi noted that certain executive officers received a higher bonus payout in 2010 as compared with 2009 "as a result of our company's improved performance against established financial metrics." However, in 2010 the Atlanta-based developer of virtual collaboration solutions saw its stock, revenue and earnings all fall compared to 2009.
Boland's compensation appears to have been the subject of some debate between the company and two proxy advisory firms hired by PGi.
According to a proxy statement dated June 2, 2011, ISS Proxy Advisory Services and Glass Lewis & Co. both advised shareholders to vote against the compensation committee's recommendations for executive compensation, asserting that there was a misalignment between the compensation of the CEO and company performance.
PGi countered that the proxy advisory companies utilized a "one-size-fits-all" approach to evaluate stock price performance over a multiyear period but in contrast measured CEO compensation on a year-over-year basis.
Despite those claims, both proxy advisory firms maintain that PGi "significantly overstates" the valuation of Jones' long-term incentive (LTI) award, according to the proxy.
PGi argued to shareholders in the proxy to consider that Boland had not received a salary increase, an increase in bonus opportunity or a long-term incentive award since 2005.
"Unlike many companies, awards under our LTI program are made on a periodic basis, not on an annual basis. Our CEO had not received an LTI award since 2005 and was fully vested in his prior award," the company wrote in the proxy. "Our compensation committee looks at performance and compensation over time, and we believe that it is important for shareholders as well to look at our CEO's compensation over recent years and evaluate his 2010 compensation in that light."
PGi also argued that Boland's pay should reflect improved performance coming out of the global recession.
"For example, our CEO's 2009 total realized compensation was significantly lower than in 2008, reflecting pay for performance during the period PGi was hardest hit by the recession, with his 2010 realized compensation more comparable to 2008 pre-recession compensation. If our CEO's pay is evaluated on a year-over-year basis, we believe that it is most appropriate to compare his compensation in 2010 with that in 2005, which was the last year in which he received an LTI award," the company wrote in the proxy.
NEXT: StarTek
No. 1: STARTEK
Chad Carlson, Current CEO
Larry Jones, Former President, CEO and Director
Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index: 515 percent excess pay
|Larry Jones
Former StarTek president, CEO and director Larry Jones may have left the business-process-outsourcing provider in June 2011, but he is being paid as if he was holding the top job until June 2013.
Under the terms of what StarTek called a "separation agreement," Jones was paid a lump sum of $1.0 million along with $1.0 million of severance pay in the form of "salary continuation" and health-care benefits for two years. This comes despite the fact that the Denver-based company's shares plummeted from $13.14 when Jones took the top job on Jan. 5, 2007, to $4.05 when he left the company four and a half years later on June 23, 2011.
Jones' total compensation for 2011 amounted to $1.86 million, double his total compensation of $932,100 in 2010. StarTek's current chief executive, Chad Carlson, received $897,474 in total compensation for 2011, a period in which he was CEO for just six months. Carlson's total compensation in 2010 was $812,960 as executive vice president.
The jump in total compensation for Jones and Carlson ranked StarTek as No. 1 on the list of overpaid CEOs, according to the Obermatt/CRN Pay-For-Performance Index. The two CEOs combined to receive 515 percent in excess pay, according to the index. StarTek executives did not return several calls and emails seeking comment.
Overall, StarTek's sales fell 24 percent to $219.5 million in 2011. At the same time the company's net income swung from a $4.64 million profit in 2009 to a loss of $26.5 million in 2011. In addition, the company reported a $19.4 million loss in 2010.
In the company's 2010 annual report, StarTek Chairman Ed Zschau and Jones, a onetime chairman of national IT service provider Sarcom, both maintained that StarTek sales activity "during the year improved over 2009 and that momentum should continue into 2011."
But in a June 23, 2011, statement, Zschau thanked Jones for his service to the company. "We feel that now is the right time to make a leadership change," said Zschau.
In the case of StarTek, 95 percent of its revenue now comes as an outsourced customer care provider for telecommunications companies and most of it from just two companies. In 2011, 58 percent of StarTek's revenue was from AT&T and 20 percent from T-Mobile, according to the company's financial reports.
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Seems to me a couple of games missed out on their chance be part of the weekend's festivities. Bulletstorm and Killzone 3 both come out next week, but plenty of people would have enjoyed making their weekend out of either of them. Granted, it's not an issue outside the US, but if either had released this past week...well, it's hard to beat a three-day weekend and a new game. Eh, maybe it's for the best; it just means more time for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and catching up on all the other games I want to play.
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After basketball practice, Ella looks forward to hanging out with her teammates and sharing a large pizza with extra cheese and a pitcher of soda — a well-deserved reward after hours of shooting free throws and running laps.
Lately, though, Ella hasn't been enjoying her post-practice treat like she used to. After eating, she feels an odd burning sensation in her chest and sometimes in her throat. It's that uncomfortable feeling people call "heartburn."
Frequent, strong heartburn is one of the signs of gastroesophageal reflux disease, more commonly known as GERD or acid reflux. GERD doesn't just affect older people who eat too much while watching TV. Active, healthy teens can have GERD, too.
Gastroesophageal (pronounced: gas-tro-ih-sah-fuh-JEE-ul) reflux disease is a disorder that results from stomach acid moving backward from the stomach into the esophagus. GERD usually happens because the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) — the muscular valve where the esophagus joins the stomach — opens at the wrong time or does not close properly.
When the stomach contents move backward into the esophagus, this is known as gastroesophageal reflux. (Because the stomach makes acid to help a person digest food, gastroesophageal reflux is also known as acid reflux.) Almost everyone has this type of reflux at some time. Often a person isn't even aware this is happening.
Sometimes reflux causes the burning sensation of heartburn that most of us occasionally feel. But although lots of people have heartburn from time to time, that doesn't mean that they have GERD. When a person has GERD, heartburn or other symptoms happen much more often and cause serious discomfort.
GERD can be a problem if it's not treated because, over time, the reflux of stomach acid damages the tissue lining the esophagus, causing inflammation and pain. In adults, long-lasting, untreated GERD can lead to permanent damage of the esophagus and sometimes even cancer.
No one knows for sure why people get GERD. Although lots of different things may contribute to the condition, doctors believe that the way the LES works is the main reason why people have gastroesophageal reflux.
The LES is a muscular ring at the bottom of the esophagus where it joins the stomach. As a person swallows, muscles in the esophagus move the food down into the stomach. The LES relaxes just enough to allow food and liquids into the stomach, but then the powerful muscles in the LES contract (tighten) to stop food and liquids from moving back up the esophagus. In other words, the job of the LES is to prevent reflux.
Sometimes, though, the LES might not be able to do its job for various reasons. In some people, the LES doesn't tighten properly. In other cases, the LES doesn't close quickly enough or at the right time, allowing stomach contents to wash back up.
If a person has eaten way too much, the stomach may be so stretched full that the LES can't do its job properly.
In some people who have GERD, a hiatal (pronounced: high-AY-tull) hernia is to blame. A hiatal hernia is an opening in the diaphragm (the muscle that separates the abdomen and chest) where the esophagus joins the stomach. The hernia can allow the uppermost part of the stomach to bulge through the diaphragm into the chest area, interfering with how the LES works. Most teens who have GERD do not have a hiatal hernia.
Doctors do know that some things can make GERD worse, including obesity, drinking alcohol, and pregnancy. Certain foods and medications can also worsen GERD symptoms; for example, these foods affect some people with GERD:
Often, people who have GERD notice that they regularly have the pain of heartburn in the chest or stomach — and their heartburn can last up to a couple of hours. Lots of people who have GERD notice their heartburn is worse after eating.
Regurgitation is also a sign that a person may have GERD, although, like heartburn, occasional regurgitation is common for everyone. (Regurgitation is when food and liquid containing stomach acid comes back up into the throat or mouth.)
Other symptoms of GERD include:
You should talk to your parents and visit your doctor if you've had heartburn that doesn't seem to go away or any other symptoms of GERD for a while.
If a doctor thinks you might have GERD, he or she will do a physical examination. Your doctor will also ask about any concerns and symptoms you have, your past health, your family's health, any medications you're taking, any allergies you may have, and other issues. This is called the medical history.
If your doctor suspects you might have GERD, he or she may refer you to a pediatric gastroenterologist, a doctor who treats kids and teens who have diseases of the gastrointestinal system (the esophagus, stomach, intestines, and other organs that aid in digestion).
Doctors sometimes run the following tests to diagnose GERD or rule out other possible problems:
Treatment for GERD depends on how severe symptoms are. For some people, treatment may just include lifestyle changes, such as changing what they eat or drink. Others will need to take medicines. In very rare cases, when GERD is particularly severe, a doctor will recommend surgery.
The following lifestyle changes can help ease the symptoms of GERD or even prevent the condition:
It also can help to not lie down for 3 hours after a meal and to not eat 2 to 3 hours before going to bed. Doctors sometimes also recommend raising the head of the bed about 6 to 8 inches. Before you start a major bedroom makeover, though, talk to your doctor and your parents about the best sleeping position for you.
A doctor may also recommend different medications to relieve symptoms. Over-the-counter antacids, such as Alka-Seltzer or Maalox, work by neutralizing stomach acid and can help with mild symptoms. Other medicines called H2 blockers are available over the counter and by prescription and help by blocking the production of stomach acid. If your doctor thinks you should take these, he or she will recommend certain over-the-counter medications or write you a prescription.
More powerful prescription drugs called proton pump inhibitors also reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces. Some of these are also available over-the-counter. Doctors also prescribe these for people with more severe or persistent GERD.
Medications that belong to a class called prokinetics also can be used to help reduce the frequency of reflux by strengthening the lower esophageal sphincter muscle and also helping the stomach empty faster.
For some teens, doctors advise combining medicines to control different symptoms. For example, people who get heartburn after eating can try taking both antacids and H2 blockers. The antacid goes to work first to neutralize the acid in the stomach, while the H2 blocker acts on acid production. By the time the antacid stops working, the H2 blocker will have stopped acid production.
Surgery is a last resort for people with GERD and is rarely needed in healthy teens. The typical surgical treatment for GERD is called fundoplication (pronounced: fun-doh-plih-KAY-shun). During the surgery, the upper part of the stomach is wrapped around the lower esophageal sphincter to strengthen the sphincter and prevent reflux. Fundoplication has been used in people of all ages, even babies with severe GERD.
The key to living with GERD is to not ignore it. Early diagnosis and treatment can help reduce or even stop uncomfortable symptoms. Left untreated, however, GERD can cause permanent damage to the esophagus.
One possible long-term effect of GERD is something called Barrett's esophagus. In this condition, the cells in the esophagus change and become precancerous because they have been irritated by stomach acid for so long. Eventually, it may lead to cancer of the esophagus. Barrett's esophagus is mostly found in adults who have had GERD for many years. But you can help avoid it by dealing with your GERD now.
You'll probably find that one of the simplest ways to make living with GERD easier is to avoid the things that trigger your symptoms. Some people will have to limit certain foods; others may have to give them up entirely. It all depends on your individual symptoms.
It can be hard to give up sodas or favorite foods at first. But after a while, lots of people discover that they feel so much better that they don't miss the problem foods as much as they thought they would.
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I've lost my kitchen.
In the battle against my friend's CSA (shared with me while they were on vacation), the CSA won.
Earlier this week, my friend Ilana and I drove out to the farm to gather our goods. It's a half pick -em-up and half pick-your-own kind of farm.
I will spare you the details of everything rolling around on my counters and threatening to nudge open my refrigerator door. Luckily, farm-fresh food seems to stay farm-fresh longer than store-fresh food stays store-fresh. So my abject fear of watching everything rot before being able to stuff it all in my mouth has been allayed.
Over the past few days, there have been salads, tomatoes by the handful, sauteed chard, and zucchini bread.
And today, I give you frittata.
It can't get much easier that frittata, which is essentially a quiche without a crust.
Here's the formula: slice and saute some vegetables, beat some eggs, sprinkle some cheese, bake, broil, and eat.
Seriously. That's it.
Best part? It's great cold.
And so, I also give you breakfast.
Zucchini and tomato frittata with feta
The inspiration for this frittata came from Steamy Kitchen and the New York Times. Use whatever vegetables and herbs you have on hand – asparagus, broccoli, potatoes, chard, basil, mint, thyme. I like to slice everything really thinly so it cooks quickly (easiest if you have a mandoline).
– 1 onion
– 2 zucchini
– 1-2 tomatoes (depending on size)
– 1 T dill
– 2 T olive oil
– 2 t butter
– 5 eggs
– 2 T milk (I used 1%)
– 1/4 C feta
– salt and pepper
Prep. Preheat oven to 350ºF and put one rack in the middle of the oven, one rack below the broiler. Slice onion into thin half moons. Using a mandoline or knife, slice the zucchini into very thin rounds. Slice the tomato into ~1/4 inch rounds. Chop dill.
Saute. In a non-stick, ovenproof pan (8- or 9-inches), heat olive oil over medium heat until shimmering. Add butter and onion and saute until the onions brown (but don't let them burn), about 5 minutes. Add zucchini and a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper. Continue to saute until the zucchini wilts and starts to brown, another 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning.
Whisk. Whisk together the egg, milk, and dill.
Pour. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the egg mixture over the zucchini. Stir a little bit. Arrange sliced tomatoes and crumble feta on top of the eggs.
Bake. Bake the frittata on the middle rack until the eggs set, 7-8 minutes.
Broil. Turn on the broiler and move the pan to the rack below the broiler. Broil for 2-4 minutes until the feta and tomatoes start to brown.
Eat. Traditionally served room temperature or cold (when it's much easier to cut), I love this right out of the oven.