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GateHouse Media Inc., along with the rest of the daily newspaper industry, continues to struggle to make a home for itself online. At the same time, the company grapples with an uncertain economy, more than a billion dollars of debt, falling revenues and a smaller workforce.
With debt nearly 14 times its cash flow for the last 12 months, GateHouse is the most highly leveraged of any publicly traded newspaper company, California-based newspaper analyst Alan Mutter said. Most publishers, he said, are trying to keep their debt from exceeding two to three times cash flow.
The company's long-term debt, which is due in 2014, totaled nearly $1.2 billion, the company reported with its second-quarter results late last month.
"GateHouse is earning a little bit of money, but not enough to cover interest payments or pay down that huge debt," said Rick Edmonds, a media business analyst at the Poynter Institute, a journalism organization.
Revenue for the second quarter was $134.4 million, down 6.4 percent from a year earlier. The company's net loss shrank from $5.3 million, or 9 cents a share, to $5 million, or 8 cents a share.
In 2010, revenue was $558.6 million, down 4.5 percent; operating costs declined by $35.7 million, or 7 percent. GateHouse's net loss in 2010 totaled $26.6 million, or 44 cents a share, versus $530.6 million, or $9.18 a share, in 2009.
To expand revenues, the company began experimenting this year with different pay models, pay walls and meters to monetize access to its news websites. Its goal is to recapture some circulation revenue lost to readers who have moved from print to digital.
It is one of five major focus areas for the company's transformation, GateHouse CEO Michael Reed said. Four of the focus areas are revenue-oriented. Digital subscription revenue is a cornerstone of that plan.
"We're following a model that is very similar to what the New York Times rolled out a few months ago," Reed said.
The model provides free access to newspaper websites up to 15 to 20 times a month. Once a reader accesses stories more than that, he or she must pay for content for the remainder of the month.
"We like that model because our heaviest users, the ones that really enjoy the content, are the ones who pay for it, and the light users are not charged, so we don't drive those people away," Reed said.
The model has been rolled out to a dozen markets. By the end of the year, 50 of the company's largest daily newspaper markets will be using the system, including the Daily Messenger in Canandaigua. The company has 86 daily newspapers.
Cutting or growing
One former journalist and GateHouse employee turned teacher and blogger said that for the model to work, the news must be compelling enough for people to pay for, and with the cuts at the company, covering breaking news is difficult or impossible.
Randy Turner was managing editor of one of GateHouse's newspapers, the Carthage Press in Missouri, from 1993 to 1999. The people responsible for his leaving are no longer connected to the company, he said, and he is interested in GateHouse now because he covers media topics for his blog.
"The news quality at GateHouse newspapers has fallen dramatically over the years. Part of it has to do with the continuing cuts the company has made," Turner said. "The (Carthage) Press, for instance, which had five on its news staff in 1999, is down to essentially three, sometimes two, putting out five newspapers a week."
GateHouse reported 5,239 full-time employees in 2010, down from 5,720 in 2009 and 6,538 in 2008.
Reed said the company does not envision further employment reductions. Its plan mainly is focused on generating revenue. The fifth area of focus in its transformation is cutting costs, he acknowledged, but only by regionalizing or centralizing back-office functions, not newsroom functions.
"In our local markets, our newspaper markets, what we actually want to grow, not cut, are the resources towards gathering the best local content in the community and our local sales efforts. Those are areas that we feel are the real strength locally, and in order to enhance those areas in a tough revenue environment, we have to take the core back-office functions and try to do those more efficiently," Reed said.
Other areas of focus for the company's transformation plan are digital advertising revenue growth and new business development.
"We've invested here a couple million dollars into new business development. We have some businesses in the pipeline we're going to launch, and then the fourth revenue area is the stabilization of print through a complete overhaul in how our sales processes work from start to finish," Reed said.
Despite reduced operations and changes to revenue models, GateHouse and other newspaper companies likely will continue to lose revenue, said Mike Simonton, a newspaper analyst with Fitch Ratings Ltd.
"While other industries bottomed out in 2009 or early 2010, newspapers have yet to turn the corner," Simonton said. "The lack of stabilization emphasizes that the industry is in secular rather than cyclical decline.
"Highly profitable real estate, employment and auto print classified advertising is shifting online permanently even in small markets where GateHouse focuses," he added. "Online advertising for newspapers hasn't been as much of a bright spot as they hoped. It's not possible to support the cost structure of the print operation and the debt-loaded balance sheets these companies have with online revenue only."
Debt concerns
GateHouse still covers its interest payments, Simonton said, but it is a distressed company with more than $1 billion in debt.
"There's no chance the company can repay its debt as it comes due from internally generated sources," he said.
The company instead will rely on capital markets to refinance its loan in 2014, Simonton said, but it remains unclear whether capital providers will keep lending to the company, given the industry's uncertainty.
Reed understands the concern.
"I think there is always concern when any company has debt that needs to be refinanced in some future year, because you never know what the environment will be at that particular time," Reed said.
"The fact for GateHouse right now is that we're still three years away from when that debt is due. Three years in this economy is a lot of time," he added. "The stock market dropped 17 percent in four weeks, so four weeks from now it can be up 17 percent. Things seem to move at an unbelievably fast pace in today's economy, so three years is still a ways away."
There are other reasons to take comfort, he said. One is that historically newspapers have had access to financing because of strong cash flows and margins.
"GateHouse still produces strong cash flows today and good margins, as most newspapers do, so that gives us some level of comfort that we'll be able to do something in three years," Reed said. He also noted that McClatchy Newspapers "about a year or year and a half ago went out and did an amendment and an extension in the refinancing of their debt, extending things out to 2017."
Another newspaper company, Lee Enterprises Inc., which is similar in size and market focus to GateHouse, also is looking to amend and extend its credit agreement. And Lee, Reed said, has a similar debt load.
But most importantly, Reed said, GateHouse has an operating plan that will transform it into a multimedia business with stronger revenue streams.
"We hope in three years we'll be a company that's a lot less exposed to just pure print advertising and that that will be an attractive business model to lenders in the credit markets as we transform this business," he said.
Executive bonuses
Because of the transformation effort and the caliber of talent necessary to steer it, Reed said, the company paid bonuses in 2010 despite its substantial debt.
Reed, who received a $500,000 salary and a $500,000 bonus in 2009, last year received a discretionary bonus of $750,000, in addition to his $500,000 salary.
Other GateHouse executives who got bonuses include the chief financial officer, who received $160,000, and the president and chief operating officer, who received $250,000. All the bonuses are discretionary, to be paid in common stock or cash or a combination of both.
These bonuses-as opposed to non-equity incentive compensation, which is generated from some pre-established formula-are determined at the board's discretion, explained Graef Crystal, an author and expert on executive compensation. These days, Crystal said, discretionary bonuses are common no matter what the economy looks like.
"It's about as hard to zero out a bonus for a top executive as to kill Count Dracula," he said.
It is not unusual for executives to make bonuses if they hit goals even while their company's performance remains weak, said Edmonds of the Poynter Institute.
The executives at GateHouse seem competent, Edmonds said, noting that Reed is chairman of the Newspaper Association of America.
The bonuses and other benefits that GateHouse has offered them are based solely on their ability to cut expenses, former Carthage Press managing editor Turner claims.
Reed disputes that, however. Bloggers tend to focus exclusively on the negative, he said, and GateHouse has outperformed many industry peers. Even though revenue was down in 2010, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization rose.
Performing well in a tough economic environment earns compensation, even in the newspaper industry, Reed said, and GateHouse executive bonuses are in line with those of peers such as Lee Enterprises executives.
GateHouse needs a top-notch management team in an industry that depends on transformation for its survival and at a company that must grow, he said.
"I would liken it to if you were about to get on an airplane and you knew you were flying into a tremendously turbulent storm, you'd want pretty good pilots," he said.
"It's the same things for the board of directors here. These are very tough economic times."
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Got my vote in this morning as did my children (picture the three of them standing on each other shoulders with a long overcoat). Now, it's time sit back, wait for the results, and engage in idle speculation. Speculation about who is going to emerge victorious for example.
Here's the way I see things playing out starting with the Minnesota Congressional races.
CD-1 Walz (D) vs Demmer (R): If this is indeed a wave election for Republicans as most now expect it to be, this is the most obvious seat that one would expect to flip from Democrats to Republicans. I'll take Demmer in a close one.
CD-2 Kline (R) vs Madore (D): What would the point spread be if the Gopher football squad played Oregon? That's the difference that's likely to separate John Kline from his opponent this year.
CD-3 Paulson (R) vs Meffert (D): For a brief time, the Third was considered a possible swing district. Not this year as Paulson wins reelection fairly easily.
CD-4 McCollum (D) vs Collett (R): If John Stewart's rally had truly restored sanity, the voters in the Fourth would kick Betty McCollum to the curb. But it's still a mad, mad world (especially in St. Paul) and McCollum will hold off the toughest challenge she's yet faced.
CD-5 Ellison (D) vs Demos (R): The Fifth is my home turf and we've been proud to have a Demos sign in our yard. Joel has run a fantastic campaign and has shown that you don't need a huge budget to create smart, effective campaign ads. But the DFL stranglehold on the Fifth is such that it's all but impossible for a Republican--no matter how hard they work--to prevail. Ellison returns to Washington as my Congressman (sigh).
CD-6 Bachmann (R) vs Clark (D): Democrats have essentially pissed away a great deal of money (over five million bones), time, and resources trying to defeat their bête noir Michele Bachmann. Once again, it will all be for naught as she will cruise to a comfortable (6-8 points) win.
CD-7 Peterson (D) vs Byberg (R): Peterson's managed to retain just enough credibility as a "blue dog" Democrat to stave off a serious challenge this year. It will be closer than usual, but he will be reelected.
CD-8 Oberstar (D) vs Cravaack (R): In my mind, easily the most interesting Congressional race in the state. Oberstar personifies everything that is wrong about our political class. But over the years voters in the Eighth has proven stubbornly unwilling to tear out their Democratic roots. If this is an election that makes history, it will be because lifelong incumbents like Jim Oberstar are sent home. This is probably based more on what's in my heart than my head, but I'm going with Cravaack in a narrow, but enormously significant Republican win.
If these results are borne out, it will flip the Minnesota House delegation from a 5-3 Democratic edge to a 5-3 GOP advantage. It may not seem like much of a shift, but given the way things have gone in Minnesota lately it would be seismic.
Overall, I think the GOP will pick up sixty-three House and eight Senate seats. That's not based on any detailed race-by-race analysis, rather just a guess based on the numbers I'm hearing. Some specifics on notable national races:
Alaska: To the spoiler goes the victory as Murkowski wins.
California: The state goes against the grain and continues its decline by reelecting Barbara Boxer.
Delaware: The bearded Marxist beats the witch (sounds like code words for the uprising to begin).
Florida: Rubio rises in the Sunshine State.
Nevada: The only way Harry Reid will be seeing the Senate chamber in the future will be in the company of stinky tourists. Angle edges him out.
Wisconsin: Badger state voters perform their own campaign reform by sending Feingold packing.
Republicans will prevail in most of the notable House races and spare the country from having to hear from people like Alan Grayson anymore. But we still will have Barney Frank to kick around, which actually might not be that bad of a thing.
Mostly good news for the GOP here with a few notable exceptions. A new Sink hole will develop in Florida as voters unwisely go for the Democrat and California will sink deeper into the abyss by bringing back Governor Moonbeam.
Back to the local scene.
MN House 15B: Despite a last minute smear and fear campaign from his opponent, King Banaian will win election and become the first member of the Northern Alliance to wield political power. Bwah, bwah, bwah…
MN State Auditor: Pat Anderson returns to her role as taxpayer watchdog.
MN Attorney General: Lori Swanson deserves to lose this race to Chris Barden, but something tells me she'll hang on by virtue of her nice Minnesota name.
MN Secretary of State: This is a tough call. From what I can discern, just as many people were impressed by Mark Ritchie's performance during the 2008 Coleman/Franken recount as put off by it. Dan Severson is a strong candidate who would make an excellent Secretary of State. It will be close, but in the end I see Ritchie prevailing.
MN Governor: This is the statewide race that really matters this year and it's going to be tight. To borrow a phrase from a noted hockey guru, if Tom Emmer loses this race he's going to take it to his f***ing grave. In what is shaping up to be a big Republican year against a candidate as deeply flawed as Mark Dayton, Emmer should have been positioned to pop the champagne early tonight. Unfortunately, an unfocused and often off message campaign has lead to a situation that's truly up for grabs. After securing the GOP endorsement, Emmer's campaign stumbled around like a forty-one-year-old quarterback who just took a helmet to the chin. To his credit, of late he's tightened up his message and done a much better job on the stump. But it might be too little too late.
In the past, my conviction that the people of Minnesota would have enough sense not to elect clearly unqualified candidates has been scorched. Twice bitten in this manner, I should be extra shy about falling back on it again. (sigh) Alright people of Minnesota, I'm giving you one more chance. Please don't pull the football away again. I have to believe that when you look deep into your hearts and more importantly your minds, you will realize that Mark Dayton can not, should not, and (God willing) will not govern the state of Minnesota.
You took a flier with Jesse when times were good. You decided that Al Franken would best represent the state in the Senate because…
...uh..Okay, I still haven't been able to solve that riddle yet. But now the times are much too serious and the stakes are much too high. We can't afford (quite literally) to have Mark Dayton govern our state for the next four years. So even though my confidence in my fellow citizens has been shaken, I still gotta believe that in the end they will do the right thing this year. Emmer by an eyelash.
UPDATE: The Heartland Instititute (a fine place even if they do let that Boychuk character scribble for them) is running an Election Night Prediction contest. Submit your picks for what the House and Senate will look like after the election in the comments and you could win a signed copy of PJ O'Rourke's new book "Don't Vote, It Only Encourages The Bastards."

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The only thing I got from the article is what everyone has said over and over again...
He needs to pass more and shoot less, and at least the article is concrete proof that his teammates are good enough to hit a basket if he freely and willingly gave up the ball in the right spots....NOT KICKOUTS.
Not really surprised Pablo and Tyson woiuld be exceptions....
Pablo doesnt really shoot at all, and Tyson basically is lobs at best on offense with an ocassion jumper.
But speaking of articles, this one really interesting......
According to the player tracking technology at SportVU,
Anthony makes 42.7 passes a game.
That's comparable to other 20-point-per-game small forwards, such as Miami's LeBron James (49.4), Indiana's Paul George (46.7), Orlando's Arron Afflalo (44.2) and Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (37.7).
Of Anthony's 42.7 passes, about 6.5 a game would become assists if his teammates hit all the shots they created. In other words, about 15% of Anthony's passes lead to a scoring opportunity.
How does that rate rank among the aforementioned group? At the bottom,
far behind those of Durant (32%) and James (24%), and still trailing Afflalo (17.8%) and George's (15.2%). Moreover, Anthony's 0.7 "hockey assists" per game—passes that lead to an assist for someone else—are on the low end for the group.
And there it is...concrete data.
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Adele was the queen of the Grammy's last night, winning a total of six awards at last nights event.
She looked incredible as always, sporting a lighter blonde hair style and a gorgeous little black dress.
But of course, her performance for the evening was the most anticipated of them all and if you missed it now is your chance to see it all again!
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Feb 2013 20:48 UTC
It's turning out to be a bit of a crazy week for cool new products, isn't it? We already got Ubuntu Touch Preview for phones and tablets, then we got the new PlayStation 4 yesterday, and today Google surprised us all by launching the Chromebook Pixel. Google's first laptop appears to be a stunning machine - just don't ask who the hell it's for.
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Depends on whether you consider what Google does is akin to spyware but I see your point. People who aren't clued up are easily taken in by deceptive buttons and such, Windows is still a nightmare security wise when someone is click happy.
However, when it comes to actually getting some work done... there's nothing stopping you from grabbing an older copy of MS Office very cheap now, sadly there's still no real competition for anything but the most basic of spreadsheets.


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very well seen.
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What he bemoans is the criminal, frequent, forest fires in Northern Portugal as of late. A shame and a pity. And your photo, Paulo, besides being all of what was said by all, has a moving photojurnalistic mood & quality to it. Poerful, indeed!


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Root Word (Etymology)
From אָדַם (H119)
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TWOT Reference: 25a |
KJV Translation Count — Total: 552x
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Strong's Number H120 matches the Hebrew אָדָם
which occurs 552 times in 527
verses in the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 11 (Gen 1:26–Exo 13:15)
And God said, Let us make man H120 in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. |
So God created man H120 in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. |
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man H120 to till the ground. |
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man H120 whom he had formed. |
And the LORD God took the man, H120 and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. |
And the LORD God commanded the man, H120 saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: |
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man H120 should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. |
And Adam H120 said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. |
And they were both naked, the man H120 and his wife, and were not ashamed. |
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam H120 and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. |
And the LORD God called unto Adam, H120 and said unto him, Where art thou? |
And the man H120 said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. |
And Adam H120 called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. |
Unto Adam H120 also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. |
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man H120 is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: |
So he drove out the man; H120 and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. |
And Adam H120 knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. |
And Adam H120 knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. |
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, H120 in the likeness of God made he him; |
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, H120 in the day when they were created. |
And it came to pass, when men H120 began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, |
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men H120 that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. |
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, H120 for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. |
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, H120 and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. |
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man H120 was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. |
And it repented the LORD that he had made man H120 on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. |
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: H120 |
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, H120 and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. |
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men H120 builded. |
And he will be a wild man; H120 his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. |
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's H120 mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? |
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, H120 and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. |
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, H120 and upon beast. |
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, H120 and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. |
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, H120 and upon beast. |
Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man H120 and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. |
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, H120 and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. |
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man H120 and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. |
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man H120 and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. |
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man H120 and of beast: it is mine. |
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man H120 among thy children shalt thou redeem. |
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, H120 and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. |
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Brad Pitt has praised his 12 Years a Slave co-stars for delivering amazing performances in such "demanding" roles. The Hollywood actor produced the Steve McQueen film, which tells the real-life story of Solomon Northup, a slave living in freedom in New York in the 1850s who is enticed to go on a trip to Washington only to end up being kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Pitt played down the role he had in the film, saying that his co-stars Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong'o deserve all of the attention.
He told the Today Show: "I'm there (onscreen) to support the story. The main performances are Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o, Fassbender. These are such demanding parts. These guys had to keep themselves in a perpetual state of angst and foreboding and longing and they did it, they did it. They held themselves through the entire filming process."
Pitt added that the film will make an impact on audiences for years to come, saying: "I know what this film is. I've been around film long enough. I know the impact, and this one will have a continuing impact… It's one of those few films that cuts to the base of our humanity."
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My son Calvin will be one year old just a month from today. I can't believe it. And I haven't planned a single thing for this major life event. I can't decide if I should go all first birthday crazy or do something simple like the pancakes & pajamas party we did for Oscar.
I can honestly say that the whole thing overwhelms me at this point so I decided to turn my focus elsewhere. I may not have a clue about what kind of party we will have, but I do know that I want Calvin to have a first birthday shirt. Since we did pajamas for Oscar's first birthday, we didn't get a shirt for him that year and I have always thought it was such a cute idea! Now I just need to choose.
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Two weeks later, Dinah and her large portmanteau, a bandbox, and a crate of books, arrived and were installed in the spacious, sunny bedroom opposite Caroline's.
Over a dish of tea and a plate of coconut macaroons, Caroline explained the circumstances of the household.
"Do you want me to frighten away these swains of yours, or would you prefer me to simply guard you so you can see if any of them is worthwhile husband material?"
"I fail to see how any man who chases after an unknown woman to propose to her could be a good husband. And d'you know, of all the men I've met not one has ever made my heart beat faster."
"Perhaps if you had a season..."
"Ah, but that is not going to happen. My father is definitely failing, but there is no reason to think he will die for another year or more yet, then I will be in
mourning for a year after that. By then, I will be so far back on the shelf that the only men who would look at me would be either desperate for my money or desperate for a wife to rear his motherless children. Neither of those two futures inspires me at all. I like managing my own life."
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2015 Home UTL
As a refresher, the great and powerful Hackett announced back in February that a home night game was being planned this season.
As of this writing, kickoff for BYU, MSU, Rutgers and OSU are TBA.
I'm liking the reasoning that, perhaps, it could be MSU this year. How fun would that be?
EDIT: Stand corrected. Missed the reversal announcement.
UTL II Mich/ND officially ESPN game of the week.
It's oficially official! UTL II is going to be the game of the week. It will not be on ABC due to NASCAR but it will be carried by ESPN which I think will make for the "Mush"berger and Herbie duo. Does this make us a lock for College Gameday? if so where do you think they will set up?
Petition for MSU night game next season
Saw this petition getting kicked around on the interwebs and thought I'd post to see what the board thinks. Personally, as awesome as the night game was against Notre Dame, I don't really want an entire day for sparty juggaloes to get drunk and destroy our beautiful campus. Thoughts?
Next Years Schedule
I know we still have our bowl game, but was looking at next years schedule for the potential night game. Brandon did say he wanted one a year.
To me the only reasonable option is October 20! What a great atmosphere to end the spartie streak at 4.
Any other options?
COLUMNIST: Michigan's jersey giveaway sets dangerous precedent
Stumbled across this while perusing the interwebs this morning. Any merit to what this guy is saying?
Say it isn't so.
Please say that after what happened at Ohio State, the University of Michigan isn't letting its football players keep the throwback jerseys worn in the Wolverines' last-second victory over Notre Dame.
No athletic director who pays attention to the world, and conference, around him would say "yes" to such a request.
And yet, Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon, after checking with his NCAA compliance officer, acceded to the players' wishes. They get to keep the jerseys.
While this is not a violation of NCAA rules, it is a violation of common sense.
Don't people learn?
The mess at Ohio State, which cost football coach Jim Tressel his job and seems likely to put the Buckeyes on probation, began with players trading memorabilia for tattoos.
Several Michigan players say nothing untoward is going to happen, that they will keep the jerseys forever in order to preserve the memory of their victory.
OK. That's a nice thought. But why put temptation in front of players?
Does anyone think well-heeled Wolverines boosters will resist the urge to line players' pockets with cash while getting a "legacy" jersey to frame and hang on their den walls?
Even if you believe players have the right to sell whatever they are given, the NCAA disagrees. If you want players to avoid violating rules by selling jerseys, don't give them jerseys to sell.
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Jerzey Apocalypse: Revisited -OR- What if?
When the Under the Lights jersey design was released earlier this year, the hullabaloo, brouhaha, and hubbub was palpable and furious from one end of MGoBlog to the other. It even was quite MGoChic for a time to line up in rank and file on board post after board post as a running attendance of those that "Get It," vehemently opposing any alteration to the sacred home uniform. Granted, not everyone fell into this category. Yours truly and several other courageous souls braved this onslaught by staring straight down the barrel of banishment and mockery from the community simply to throw our voices into the fray- not for the smallest hope of prevailing glory or rationality- but rather because it was right. It was at this time too, friends, that the arrows of rebuke aimed at our Commander in Chief, David Brandon, began to reach a fever pitch with skepticism and paranoia reaching levels that had not been seen since Joseph McCarthy had been pacing the halls of this nations capital. The, well, mutiny of sorts, saw its escalation with endorsements from this blogs highest ranking officials including most notably, Brian (peace be upon him), while trickling down from there and eventually into the masses where it became a fundamental ideological principle and core tenet of those fighting to preserve the dignity and tradition of Michigan Football while halting the erosion of our identity by ravenous exploitationists that are literally scheming the corporatization of our very souls as we speak.
The outlook was dire, indeed, in those days. Our great general, Coach Hoke, had not yet led his troops into our hallowed battlefield where the ghosts of legends dwell and the smell of victory floats confidently in the air. We were reeling from 3 long years of famine and were anxiously awaiting our Michigan Moses to free us from bondage and lead us into Canaan. The Michigan we grew up knowing and loving was evaporating before our very eyes, and those dastardly jerseys (and night games to some) were the face of our eroding ideals and traditions.
Nevermind that Michigan has gone through dozens of uniforms in it's distinguished history, those damn jerseys with the ugly stripes and that phony looking old block M is taking it just too far dammit! My lawn. Get off it.
On September 10th 2011, at approximately 8 o'clock PM, our good old boys with their cotton' pickin' maize and blue hearts screamed out of that tunnel as they have so many times before, touched the banner, and prepared for battle all the while wearing that ghastly abomination in place of the sacred home uniforms. I don't need to bore you with the details here because you know what transpired. Michigan was pummeled by Notre Dame 50-0 and immediately released a statement after the game stating emphatically that from hence forth we, Michigan, shalt not wear legacy jerseys or participate in night games forever because it's always been better with out them and this was a huge mistake and we're sorry k thx bye.
The End. Things go back to normal and the Michigan of old is the Michigan of new again. Right?
Here friends, is where I humbly pose a question: What if?
What if our leadership isn't set on destroying us from the inside out?
What if they want to see the best for Michigan, even if that means making changes to Michigan?
What if they do actually care how we, the fans, students, and alumni, feel?
What if it was possible to respect traditions while also modernizing?
What if every change that's made wasn't contextualized as going to the heart of what it means to be Michigan? And isn't that a terribly confined view of what Michigan even is?
What if in being ambitious and thinking progressively we could still create moments that 50 years from now would be remembered as some of the greatest that ever happened?
And what if it looked something like this?: ***
Now, what if you never forget what happened on September 10, 2011? Was it worth it? Is Michigan any less Michigan-y now that we've played a night game with legacy jerseys?
OR what if in doing something like this, from the jerseys and the atmosphere to the actual play and coaching on the field, we saw an even truer picture of what Michigan is?
What I saw was that Michigan is unafraid to be the best. Michigan is unafraid to make history. Michigan sets the bar. Michigan isnt defined by it's past- but rather Michigan is defined by it's gall in conquering the present and it's aspiration to the future. Michigan might not always win, but Michigan doesn't back down to a challenge.
Friends, in my humble opinion that game could not have been more perfect. From the pageantry to the stadium renovations, to the uniforms, to unforgettable moments and to ripping out Notre Dame's heart yet again. Michigan put on one hell of a show and I'm damn proud to be a Michigan Wolverine today.
BUT: What if it never happened?
What if your no doubt cherished memories from that game were replaced with memories form a typical ND- UM game with an afternoon kickoff?
Would you be any worse off? Probably not. You wouldn't know any better and UM beats Notre Dame in alternate universes as well- but I do know this, you wouldn't be better for it. You wouldn't have the once in a lifetime experience and the memories to take. You wouldn't be able to tell everyone about it until the day you die. You wouldn't have been a part of this unique moment in history- a moment where history is made. Is that worth it? I guess that's up to you.
Finally: What if we do it again?
What if Michigan makes bold decisions in the future?
What if they're controversial and go against what you've come to know as your beloved Michigan?
Will you approach them with negativity and skepticism or will you look at them with eyes to see the possible good that may come from them? Will you reevaluate your rigid constructs of what Michigan is to you and realize that Michigan is bigger than you can comprehend and means different things to different people around the world and that no attempt to quantify or define it can be successful? I think you should and I hope you do. To keep Michigan the best sometimes means thinking outside the box and moving forward with thought and sense. Last night proved that it can be done well and it can be done right.
Go Blue.
*** These moments brought to you by Dave Brandon pissing on Michigan tradition.


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Flew Continental arriving a couple of days early because I had concerns of my dive gear not making it. We stayed at Adventure Inn, San Jose until we cabbed over to the Marriot Courtyard for our pick up to be taken to Puntarenas to board the Okeanos Aggressor liveaboard going to Cocos Island. The Aggressor only picks up at the Marriot or the Alta but I didn't like the price tag that came with these hotels so we decided to stay at the Adventure in. The Adventure Inn was amazing and inexpensive. The cab ride to the Marriot was a mere 12 US so it more than made up for the cost of the Marriot. For 79.99 US per night (10% discount if paying cash) got you a nice BIG room, clean, great staff, and a full breakfast. This place was amazing. It was probably one of the best hotels I have stayed in. For every day you stay there you get free entrance to a water park that is about a 10 minutes walk. This hotel is owned by a Canadian who went there in 1994 and never came back. Nancy, who worked the front desk was very personable and did everything in her power to make our stay memorable. If you go to San Jose I suggest you stay at this hotel.
Anyway, we board the Okeanos and the trip out was rocky. There were four divers who got pretty seasick. I was lucky as I took Bonamine and it worked great for me. We get to the island 35 hrs later and anchor in a bay. We do our check out dive and it was awesome. White tip reef sharks everywhere, not to mention guinea puffers, lobsters, eels, plus a multitude of fish that I can't name. We do our "real" dive and hammerheads everywhere. All I can do is stare in awe. The week of diving was all hammerhead, white tip sharks, marble rays, eagle rays and a many fishes. I did four night dives and one was amazing. I got to watch about 50 white tip reef sharks go into a feeding frenzy about 3ft below me. WOW.... what else can I say.
Now about the liveaboard. The food was ok. Nothing special per say. Don't get me wrong. It must be hard to feed 22 divers all that food when you are 36hrs away from everything, but it was nothing to write home about. The boat staff (and that I mean non-divemasters or skiff captains) were amazing. There english wasn't the best but they did their best to accommodate everybody.
Now for the divemasters. In my opinion, I may as well have been diving on my own. I only saw them on two-three occations. It appeared they cared more about getting their personal underwater photos and videos than they did the clientel. There was one man who was on his fourth Okeanos trip and they didn't seem to mind showing him around personally. In fact, this man was apparantly so special that when two women on our skiff got hit with jelly-fish after our dive, the divemaster and captain thought it would be beneficial for this man to go and get footage of the island for 10 minutes before returning to the Okeanos where these women could get some vinegar to sooth the sting.
Another incident happened on our skiff. We were on our way to Alcyone (dive site) and the motor crapped out. No biggy. It happens. They tried and tried to get it going for about 10 minutes. So, as we are floating about in the skiff the boat captain calls the Okeanos. He called for approximately 5-10 minutes and NOBODY was responding. The other liveaboard was responding to us, but not ours. They did eventually get the boat going, but it was a bit unnerving knowing that if there had been a medical emergency then the Okeanos would not have responded. Overall my diving was amazing. In my opinion it could have been better if the divemasters would have paid half the attention to the clientel as opposed to their cameras. There were certain fish I did not see because only the divemasters knew where they lived and they were never around to show me, even after I had specifically asked to see them.
If I return to that magical place, I think I will probably pick "the other liveaboard".
On the way back from the island we had smooth sailing and sunsets and dolphins. Definately life altering. We got off of the boat and was transferred back to the Adventure Inn (which was nice because they really didn't have to transfer us back to our hotel, seeing as they only pick up at the Marriott Courtyard and the Alta ). The staff at the Adventure Inn was all happy to see us again and treated us great AGAIN..... Not only that, they gave us free transfers to and from the airport included in that price at the top... GREAT PLACE !! If you go to San Jose, make sure you stay there.
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Andrew Sullivan: "The optimal moment for successful societies is when the middle-class dominates, where political institutions reflect a mass interest in governing the society well, because everyone feels they have a stake --- and because they share some basic commonalities in experience.
When societies grow more unequal, commonalities fray. Wealth accumulates among the few, who begin to see the polity as something to be used for private interests rather than engaged in for public-spirited reform.
What disappears in this moment of the cycle is the lubricant for all successful polities: a sense that we are all in this together. When that crashes into economic stagnation, and the fight for a slice of the pie gets even more frenzied, you're in for some serious social unrest --- which will either lead to a period of reform or to further social and economic disintegration."
Which bring us to America's top ten greediest in 2013.
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Angela Spaccia: Pint-Sized Pilfering
We start this year's top ten greediest with the garden-variety type of greed, the sort that inevitably grows in the shadows of escalating grand fortunes. In that shade, people in positions of modest power and authority regularly — and clumsily — try to emulate the avaricious high and mighty they see all around them.
In Bell, a small Los Angeles County working class community, that modest power and authority once belonged to Angela Spaccia. As Bell's assistant city manager for a seven-year span that ended in 2010, Spaccia helped stuff hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pockets of the city's top officials, including herself. Spaccia in one year alone took in $564,000.
Prosecutors eventually caught up with Spaccia and her pals. Her boss, the Bell city manager, cut a plea deal in October to 69 corruption charges. He pulled in $1.18 million in his most lucrative year. Spaccia chose to go to trial instead, claiming she did nothing illegal.
"Everyone's greedy," her defense attorney argued in November. "There's no crime in taking too much money."
Jurors disagreed. Last week, they found Spaccia guilty on multiple counts of criminal behavior, including one misappropriation of public funds designed to pump $15.5 million in pension checks to Spaccia and her boss.
Dylan Lauren: Sweet Squeezer
They don't come more suave and sophisticated than Dylan Lauren, the only child of billionaire designer Ralph Lauren. Or more ambitious either.
Not for Dylan the empty heiress life. Over a decade ago, she opened up her own business, a luxury candy emporium on Manhattan's Upper East Side where moldings atop display cabinets mimic dripping chocolate and a cocktail bar offers Gummy Bear martinis.
"Dylan's Candy Bar" would go on to become wildly successful, expanding into Miami Beach, Los Angeles, and the Hamptons, all the prime watering holes for America's super rich.
Things today could hardly be peachier for the young Lauren. She has by her side a totally smitten hedge fund manager husband. Maybe even better, the 39-year-old has realized the life's dream she's had ever since she first saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at the ripe old age of six.
"I just wanted to live in a world full of candy," Dylan recently gushed.
Dylan's employees, meanwhile, would be satisfied with a world where they could just make ends meet. Workers at her Manhattan flagship store have been protesting their meager $8.50 hourly compensation and management policies that make sure employees never work enough hours to qualify for overtime pay.
The New York workers are seeking full-time weekly set schedules and a hourly wage at $13.99, the price of a Dylan's Candy Bar pound of candy.
Earlier this month, in a pouring rain, the workers demonstrated to make their case, carrying lollipops that read: Dylan, we're not suckers. Their chant: "Dylan, Dylan, Candy Queen, you're filthy rich, so share your green!"
Michael Duke: Low Wages All the Time
This may well be Walmart CEO Michel Duke's last hurrah in America's most greedy. He'll be stepping down as CEO early in 2014, after an embarrassing final year at Walmart's summit.
The crowning embarrassment? At the company's 2013 annual meeting, a glitzy affair that management packs with "loyal" employees, one Walmart worker actually won cheers when she denounced Duke's $20.7 million 2012 paycheck.
Researchers have calculated that Duke is essentially making $6,898 an hour, 779 times the $8.86 average Walmart wage.
In the nation's capital this fall, city council members tried to up that worker average. They passed a bill that would have required Walmart stores in D.C. to pay at least $12.50 an hour. Duke reacted swiftly. He had his company threaten to pull up stakes if the bill became law. Washington's mayor promptly panicked and vetoed the measure.
Duke took a PR pounding for that threat and still another pounding when the Demos think tank in New York revealed that the $7.6 billion Duke had Walmart spend last year buying back company shares, if redirected to worker compensation, could have raised Walmart's lowest wages by $5.83 an hour — and ensured all the company's workers at least $25,000 for full-time work.
Poor Michael Duke won't have to face any more pounding come his retirement this February. He won't face any financial worries either. Duke is sitting on $113.2 million in retirement assets, thanks to a tax loophole that lets corporate execs annually set aside unlimited sums, tax-free, into their retirement accounts.
Duke's retirement stash, notes the Institute for Policy Studies, "could yield him a monthly retirement check of $669,169." The average Walmart worker 401(k), by contrast, will generate a monthly retirement check of $89.
Art Pope: A Backroom Bully Goes Public
In North Carolina these days, few people think Francis first when they hear "Pope." A different Pope has been dominating headlines here, an exceedingly deep pocket who owes his fortune to a discount store chain his daddy built.
In the run-up to the 2012 elections, this Art Pope invested over $40 million of his personal wealth to gerrymander how North Carolinians cast their votes.
The gerrymandering worked. This year opened with the state sporting — for the first time ever — a conservative GOP governor, Supreme Court majority, and legislature all at the same time. The state budget director? Pope himself.
Pope's budget priorities would soon start wreaking havoc with the lives of North Carolina's most vulnerable. In a state with America's fifth-highest jobless rate, lawmakers indebted to Pope and his millions slashed top weekly jobless benefits and denied 170,000 long-term jobless special federal aid.
North Carolina's conservatives didn't stop there. They put in place, notes one Duke University analyst, an agenda that cuts education and social programs, shifts the tax burden "toward the less affluent," and restricts voting rights.
North Carolinians have responded to this rich people-friendly legislative onslaught with spirited demonstrations. The latest protest: an "educational picket campaign" outside the discount stores the Pope family owns.
Art Pope, sums up state NAACP president William Barber, has brought a "cynical and sinister form of wealth and power manipulation" to North Carolina.
Pope has put his stores "deliberately and publicly in communities of low wealth," used low wages to make his wealth "off of people" in these communities, and then employed his resulting power, notes Reverend Barber, "to push and promote policies" that undercut the quality of average people's lives.
Tim Cook: Lost Even with a Compass
The $100 million club, researchers from the corporate watchdog GMI Ratings revealed this past October, has become a bit less exclusive. Last year, for the first time, America's ten top-paid CEOs all realized over $100 million in compensation. High on that list, at $143.8 million: Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Cook's good fortune came as no surprise to computer industry observers. Apple retail stores, notes Forbes, "take in more money per square foot than any other United States retailer."
Yet Apple store employees only average $25,000, and Apple can't seem to afford to compensate its 42,000 retail workers for the time they spend every day waiting to get searched — for stolen goods — before they can leave the store premises.
Two former Apple employees have filed a class-action lawsuit to recoup those unpaid wages, estimated at about $1,500 per year.
But give Apple credit. The company remains an equal-opportunity exploiter. The company mistreats workers both at home and abroad. Workers at Apple's offshore suppliers continue to work in factories that, says the Economic Policy Institute, "reflect some of the worst practices of the industrial era."
Apple, details EPI analyst Isaac Shapiro, "has not met commitments to ensure that workers in its supply chain receive retroactive compensation for working unpaid overtime" or "ensured promised wage increases."
Apple CEO Cook's response to critiques like was, "Apple has a very strong moral compass," he told reporters before U.S. Senate testimony this past spring.
Ron Packard: The ABCs of Avarice
Some of us look at school buildings and see students learning. Ron Packard looks at schools and sees himself becoming fabulously richer — if he could only empty the buildings.
Packard runs K12 Inc., a for-profit company that specializes in "virtual" education. K12 Inc. operates online "schools" that supply lessons to kids sitting in front of computers, a business endeavor that Packard pronounces a noble step toward "educational liberty."
"Kids have been shackled to their brick-and-mortar school down the block for too long," he has declared.
An army of corporate lobbyists has been spreading this message over the past five years, backed by the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council, and more than three dozen states have now enacted legislation that lets companies like K12 Inc. grab students — and tax dollars.
K12 Inc. currently has nearly 130,000 students in its "virtual learning" empire, with only one problem. Compared to their traditional school peers, K12 Inc. students are not doing much learning. Critics are, understandably, blasting the K12 Inc. business model as a giant scam.
In that model, heavy K12 Inc. advertising on kid-centric media like Nickelodeon gets kids enrolled for the company's offerings. State government education officials, after their annual student "head count," then pay K12 Inc. for each kid signed up. But after the head count, many of the "virtual" students drop out. K12 Inc. doesn't mind. The company gets to keep the money.
A great deal of it, enough to reward Packard over $19 million in personal compensation the last five years. Not bad, notes the Center for Media and Democracy, for a former Goldman Sachs executive "who started K12 Inc. with a $10 million investment from convicted junk-bond king Michael Milken."
Lloyd Blankfein: An Appetite for Aluminum
Five years ago, Wall Street's Goldman Sachs tottered near disaster, as did every other major U.S. bank.
America's taxpayers came to the rescue. Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein soon had at his disposal $814 billion in near zero interest loans from the Federal Reserve and $10 billion from the Treasury Department.
Blankfein has made the most of this generous support. Forbes calculates his total compensation for the last five years at $159.5 million. Blankfein currently holds over a quarter-billion dollars worth of Goldman shares in his personal portfolio.
How have Blankfein and Goldman Sachs done so nicely the past five years? We learned a good bit about that in 2013. The juiciest revelations came over the summer when the New York Times exposed a commodity speculation scheme that Goldman "intentionally created" to drive up the global price of aluminum. This scheming, the Times estimates, has cost consumers $5 billion since 2010.
Blankfein has shared, at tax time, precious little of the profits from Goldman's speculative ventures, thanks in large part to Goldman's dozens of offshore tax havens. In 2010, these tax havens cut Goldman's tax bill by $3.32 billion.
Blankfein is putting his share of those tax savings to something less than productive social use. News reports have him down as an advance buyer in the new $1 billion Faena Miami Beach, an 18-story oceanfront luxury tower set to open next year. The tower's 47 residences are going for up to $50 million each.
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Jim McNerney: Middle Class Manslaughter
The U.S. manufacturing giant Boeing, analyst Harold Meyerson observed last week, has only one global rival in the large-scale passenger-plane market, the European conglomerate Airbus.
Workers at these two aerospace giants turn out to make about the same compensation. But executives at Boeing make more.
Question: Given these realities, what should Boeing do to compete more effectively? The answer from Boeing CEO Jim McNerney: Cut Boeing worker wages, benefits, and pensions!
Earlier this fall, McNerney gave his Seattle area workers an ultimatum: Either accept a contract "extension" that would leave them paying more for health care and getting less in retirement — and force new hires to work 10 extra years at substandard wages — or Boeing would go elsewhere to manufacture its new 777x passenger jetliner.
Boeing gave Washington State's political leaders a similar ultimatum: Either fork over new subsidies and tax breaks or see your state lose jobs by the thousands. Washington lawmakers caved almost instantly. They voted Boeing the largest subsidy deal in U.S. history, over half a billion annually for the next 16 years, over double the state's annual funding for the University of Washington.
Boeing's workers didn't cave. They rejected the Boeing ultimatum, and McNerney, who pulled in $27.5 million in take-home last year after $23 million the year before, is now parsing subsidy offers from half a dozen other states.
How does this story end? Maybe with the Walmartization of aerospace. "This," as Seattle author Timothy Egan puts it, "is how the middle class dies."
Place / Runner Up David Novak: Fast-Food Glutton
At first glance, corporate CEO David Novak doesn't need a subsidy from anybody. The fast-food empire Novak oversees, Yum! Brands, amassed $1.59 billion in profits last year.
And Yum — think Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC — is doing pretty well by Novak, too. He pocketed $94 million worth of "performance pay," notes an Institute for Policy Studies analysis, in just 2011 and 2012 alone.
But Novak and Yum are collecting subsidies anyway — and plenty of them. One comes directly from the U.S. tax code. Current tax law lets corporations deduct executive "performance" pay off their taxable income. This sweet subsidy saved Yum $33 million the last two years on Novak's ample compensation.
Average Americans are actually subsidizing Novak and Yum at much higher levels than this single tax break suggests. In fact, taxpayers are subsidizing Yum's entire fast-food business.
Workers at fast food giants like Yum simply don't make enough to make ends meet for their families. So how do these workers get by? They depend on taxpayer-financed social safety net programs, from food stamps to Medicaid.
Overall, researchers noted in 2013, American taxpayers "are spending nearly $7 billion a year to supplement the wages of fast-food workers."
And how are fast-food executives like David Novak spending the profits this generous taxpayer support makes possible? They're having their companies, for starters, buy back shares of company stock off the open market, a strategy designed solely to bump up their share prices.
Higher share prices, in the meantime, produce higher "performance pay" awards for execs like Novak.
If Novak had plowed the vast millions that Yum spent last year on share buybacks into worker pay, estimate researchers from Demos, worker wages at Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC would have jumped by as much as $3 per hour.
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Larry Ellison: An Awesome Arrogance
Drum roll, please. Our 2013 greediest of them all: Larry Ellison, the longtime chief exec at business software kingpin Oracle.
Ellison currently owns a quarter of Oracle, a chunk that makes the 69-year-old the ninth richest individual in the world. His total net worth sat last week at $38.6 billion.
Enough? Not for Ellison. Last year, the software kingpin had Oracle award him $96.2 million in compensation. Unhappy shareholders considered those millions a tad excessive. In a nonbinding 2012 say-on-pay vote, an Oracle shareholder majority turned thumbs-down on Ellison's pay package.
Ellison, of course, gave none of that $96.2 million back. This year, he had Oracle hand him another $76.9 million. Unhappy shareholders again expressed their displeasure, making Oracle just the 12th company in U.S. corporate history to have its shareholders go on record against their CEO's pay in consecutive years.
No frustrated shareholder better try getting any of Ellison's latest paycheck back. Oracle spends $1.5 million a year on security personnel to protect him. And why not? Ellison, as Oracle general counsel Dorian Daley gushes, rates as Oracle's "most critical strategic visionary."
Ellison pays dearly to surround himself with such fawning adulation. His two top executive underlings collected $43.6 million each in compensation in Oracle's fiscal 2013.
Ellison's billions, to be sure, buy him more than office sycophants. This past year Ellison hosted global yachting's premiere race, the America's Cup, in San Francisco Bay. Each race's host sets the race's rules. Ellison's rules limited the field to ultra-expensive — and ultra-dangerous — catamarans.
One sailor died in training runs for the race. And guess whose yacht eventually won?


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My research is centered on investigating the structural and dynamical aspects of protein-small molecule interactions using techniques such as vibrational spectroscopy and T-jump relaxation. One aspect of the work is to understand enzyme-substrate interactions which have long been recognized as representing an extreme expression of structural complementarities in biological chemistry. Basic research geared towards understanding the inner workings of an enzyme system is important if cures for the diseases caused by a malfunctioning or deficient enzyme are to be found. Our group is investigating the hydride transfer mechanism involved in the enzyme dihydropteridine reductase. DHPR is important in the normal cycling of tetrahydrobiopterin, an essential cofactor in the synthesis of serotonin and cathecholamine precursors. Regulation of DHPR became of interest with the discovery of atypical phenylketonuria, a neurological disorder associated with a defect in tetrahydrobiopterin recycling.
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Research in the lab of Emmanuel Chang centers around biological applications of mass spectrometry. Our major interest is in analysis and methods development for protein phosphorylation and other post-translational modifications. Applications include phosphorylation in cell cycle; ADP-ribosyltaion; mass spectrometry-based biosensors, and kinase inhibitors and enzyme kinetics. We also collaborate with other CUNY and external scientists who would like to harness the power of mass spectrometry to study there own interesting biological systems.
We supplement our experimental work with computational methods including bioinformatic protein sequence analysis and molecular modeling.Dr. Chang's teaching interests include analytical chemistry, biochemistry, writing and data presentation, literature analysis, and innovations in introductory chemistry.
As a synthetic organic chemist, my research involves development of new methodology for the construction of bioactive natural products: alkaloids, cyclic ether arrays, & C-glycosides. Current studies include:
• Investigation & use of oxazolone as a useful heterocyclic scaffold for alkaloid synthesis - studies of intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions with oxazolone as dienophile.
• Novel organosilane chemistry for approaches to bioactive ethers - concise assembly of cis-fused bicyclic ether arrays via intramolecular attack of vinylsilanes at tethered oxocarbenium ions. A related silyl-activated Friedel-Krafts process requires an unusual combination of electronic & steric effects.
Recently completed targets include 2-epi-pumiliotoxin C & deoxyaltholactone. Similar approaches to gephyrotoxin & dysiherbaine are underway.
We spent many years studying the high resolution electronic spectroscopy of porphyrins. Recently, however we began to study the dynamics and thermodynamics associated with the formation of RNA construct-peptide complexes using single molecule detection methods, such as dual color fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (DCFCS) and single pair fluorescence resonance energy transfer (spFRET).
My research interest includes the development of a new drug delivery system which can target a specific organ, collect useful physiological data and release drugs when a light signal is given.
Currently there are two main areas of investigation being pursued in my laboratory.
1) Amyloid Formation and Protein Aggregation. The abnormal formation of protein aggregates, or amyloid deposits, is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease as well as Type 2 diabetes. My laboratory is investigating the molecular interactions that occur between key proteins that contribute to the formation of amyloid in these diseases. Through a more detailed understanding of how these proteins self-assembly to form aggregates, we hope to design and develop inhibitors which may serve as a template for potential therapeutic agents.
2) Protein Kinase Inhibitors. We are developing compounds that inhibit the activity of key enzymes (kinases) which can cause tissues to grow out of control and develop into tumors. To do this we are synthesizing molecules that exploit the unique molecular recognition motifs found in these enzymes to more effectively deliver inhibitory species to the active site.
I study gas phase molecular reaction dynamics, vibrational energy transfer, photodissociation, chemical reactions, and the spectroscopy of gases using cavity ring-down spectroscopy, a laser-based technique. I am currently working on the weak absorption in the visible of hydrogen and its isotopomers.
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Esmond Knight (1906–1987)
A stage actor from 1925, Esmond made his first film appearance in 77 Park Lane (1931) for Michael Powell for whom he eventually made 11 films. Esmond served in the Royal Navy during WWII and lost one eye and was almost totally blinded in the other during an engagement against The Bismarck. This didn't stop him later portraying a Royal Naval officer ...
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Once again, SUNY Cobleskill, known for their innovative programs and workshops, has led the way for the agricultural community by launching the first certificate program for Fiber Sorting, Grading and Classing offered in the United States.
Linda Serdy, Program Coordinator at SUNY Cobleskill's Office of Professional and Continuing Education (PACE), explained how the program came about. "Last spring Associate Professor Jason Evans was introduced to Wini Labrecque, Certified Camelid Fiber Grader/Sorter/Classer through Olds College in Canada," explained Serdy. "Wini was looking for an educational institution in the U.S. through which she and other fiber grading/sorting educators could establish a training program that would ultimately lead to a more effective fiber grading system in the United States. The Office of Professional and Continuing Education at SUNY Cobleskill agreed to sponsor the training and develop a Fiber Grading, Sorting, Classing certificate program." [Read more…]


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A Closer Look at Proposal For 1401 Elm St. Makeover Shows Plan to Close Access to Tunnels
What you see above comes from teeny-tiny type on Page 13 of the proposal we posted below for Mukemmel "Mike" Sarimsacki's plans for 1401 Elm Street, where he says he intends to build residential, retail and office space where there's presently 1.3 million square feet of empty. Far as the city's concerned, this guy's The Real Deal with Big Money -- the front man of "a group with significant capital capacity and longer term vision," in the words of Karl Zavitkovsky, head of the Office of Economic Development, who compares the Polidev International bossman to Joule-r Tim Headington in terms of "vision and capital capacity."
But back to the rendering. Because, you'll see, it says: "Tunnel access to be closed off per city 2013." Now, it's no secret the city hates the downtown underground; City Manager Mary Suhm said not so long ago they breed "a community of moles," while the Downtown Dallas 360 plan more or less has them being filled in with concrete (OK, not quite), just the way Laura Miller once envisioned. But it does raise the question: Is the city officially shuttering the tunnels in two years? Because that's news.
"They're not going to be developing the tunnel underneath their building, and they're going to close it off," Zavitkovsky tells Unfair Park. OK, but ...
"I think it's no secret that the 360 plan and Downtown Dallas and basically the city would prefer to see the activity on the street," Zavitkovsky says. "But does that mean everything underground gets closed down? No. It would depend on what kind of alternatives are developed. Some of the underground space clearly services the buildings above very well. It's difficult to make some broad sweeping statement. But as general comment, we're going to be very supportive of anything that supports street activity and wouldn't be looking to sponsor new development in the tunnel."
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Zavitkovsky says he never spoke with Sarimsakci about the tunnels; those plans were hatched, he says, between the developer and Jerry Merriman, just between the two of them.
"That's their plan," says Zavitkovsky, who says he sees Sarimsakci every two, three weeks during his now-regular visits to town. (Zavitkovsky says he's been coming to town regularly for the past six months to look at 1401 Elm and other properties, as Leslie mentioned this morning.)
But, sure. This is a big deal for those who love and loathe the tunnels. Because the old Elm Place provided, till its shuttering in January 2010, one of the main entrances to the tunnels. "It's how I used to make it from Bank of America to the Tower Club," says Zavitkovsky. And soon, should the deal go down and the building come back to life, that escalator to the tunnels will be gone for good.
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CS First Boston Upgrades SAP to 'Outperform'
Credit Suisse First Boston upgraded software maker SAP (SAP ) to outperform from neutral.
Analyst David Clayton says he's argued SAP's strategic strengths and exceptionally strong competitive position for a long time. He notes, however, that exceptionally difficult markets have negatively impacted SAP's performance.
Now, he believes an improving economic outlook forces him to look through the short-term issues and consider the growth potential of SAP's business in more positive environment for corporate spending. He expects global software spending to return to its trend growth rate in 2004 of around 10%, and thinks SAP will continue to take market share.