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Top 10 Low Fat Dishes For Holi
It's again that time of the year when you get to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors with your loved ones! Indulging in a variety of scrumptious foods is unavoidable since it is a very popular festival, not just in the Indian sub-continent but anywhere where Indians live. However, you can also enjoy a healthier version of the traditional Holi dishes, made with low fat ingredients, which will taste as good. Here are the 10 such dishes that will keep you healthy, this Holi. Incorporate them in your fun filled Holi menu and get ready to celebrate! Just take care to follow the tips given in each point and tweak the given recipes to prepare low-fat delicacies on Holi.
1. Jaggery Rice
This great tasting dish is made with basmathi rice and jaggery. The result is a mellow golden rice that is best served hot. To make a healthier version, just add a spoonful of hot ghee after mixing boiled rice and melted jaggery. Avoid putting nuts and simply sprinkle some cardamon after it is ready.
Serving size- 1/2 cup
Calories -120 k cal
Fat- 2 g
2. Gujiya
This is a type of filled pastry made with all purpose flour and stuffed with dry fruits. Make a baked version of this instead of the usual deep fried one. The crisp, golden brown gujiyas are definitely a weight watcher's delight!
Serving size-1 piece = 150 g
Calories- 135 k cal
Fat- 3 g
This is truly a comforting dish. Skip frying the pooris and roast them instead. Serve along with a spicy potato curry, that is naturally low in fat. Enjoy!
Serving size- 1 poori
Calories -150 k cal
Fat- 3 g
4. Malpua
It is a small Indian style pancake made with all purpose flour, milk, sugar. Shallow fry them on a nonstick pan and you get perfectly made malpuas without that extra fat. Serve with low-fat sweetened curd.
Serving size- 2 small
Calories -135 k cal
Fat- 2 g
5 . Low Fat Rabadi
No Holi meal is complete without a thick sweet radabi. Combine low fat milk, paneer and fat free condensed milk and heat till you have the perfect rabadi.
Serving size- 1/2 cup
Calories -75 kcal
Fat- 2 g
6 . Aloo Chaat
It's a mouthwatering tangy taste loved by all. Traditionally deep fried, this can also be made with boiled potatoes and mixed with spices and chutney. For a crisper texture, roast the potatoes on a non-stick pan.
Serving size- ½ cup
Calories -85 k cal
Fat-2 g
It is a sweet flat bread made with yellow dal, cardamon and jaggery. Everything is kneaded along with water and rolled into flat circles. The flat dough is then roasted on a flat pan till done.
Serving size- 1 no
Calories -150 k cal
Fat-2.5 g
Truly a dish for a king, it is made from bread and rabadi. Refrain from frying the bread and instead toast it till crisp. Pour low fat rabadi over it just before serving.
Serving size- 2 slices
Calories -125 kcal
Fat- 2 g
9 Baked Mathri
It can be made using all purpose flour with peppercorns and salt. Make a stiff dough and roll into desired size. Bake in an oven till done. Serve with oil free lemon pickle.
Serving size- 1 No
Calories -133 kcal
Fat- 2 g
10 Kofta Curry
This non-veg delicacy can also be enjoyed during Holi. Roast the koftas slowly on a pan till they turn brown. They taste just as great as the fried version.
Serving size- 2 koftas
Calories -165 k cal
Fat- 3.5 g
These low fat dishes are worth the effort as they taste amazing and will be loved at your Holi party. Enjoy the compliments and have a very happy Holi !
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Energy Stocks Were Good Investments, But Not Now
A Mainstay of the Toronto Stock Exchange
Over the next blogs, we will trace how and why energy stocks were good investments, but how they now pose significant risk to investors. In this first piece we trace a bit of history. In the next we look at oil v natural gas, and then afterwards where these companies are now.
Investors in Canada often include energy stocks as a key part of their portfolio. After all, Canada is a supplier of energy to the world, whether it be oil, natural gas, or coal, or uranium. (Canada used to even export nuclear technology through Atomic Energy of Canada which was a Canadian owned world class company)
Recently a new breed of energy company has arisen that is in the green energy business. Some of these companies are having great successes and they are will be the subject of a future article. Some real gems are building their holdings from their Canadian base.
The Origins of Many Energy Companies
Canadian companies are continually being created in the energy sector, and a large segment of the junior stock market in Canada (TSX Venture) is comprised of small companies drilling for oil, or natural gas, or exploring for coal or uranium. Some of these companies succeed and a number of the current large energy companies that are listed on the TSX are as a result of these successes. Investors in Canada and elsewhere own the shares of these companies.
What has been a touch disappointing is that most of these companies trade at lower p/e multiples than industrial companies. Still, this is an accepted part of the investing world, and these companies are well received as conservative stocks for investment portfolios. Usually the life cycle of these companies is:
- to be created as juniors,
- accomplish degrees of success,
- then gobble up smaller competitors to enlarge their resource bases, and
- then be taken over by still larger international corporations in similar fields.
The World Changed When Energy Became Expensive
After the oil embargo shock which was prompted by the war in the Middle East, the price of oil rose from $12 a barrel to $100 a barrel of oil, and then much higher until it then moderated around the $100 level. This dramatic increase in the cost of energy changed the world. Cheap oil in North America fueled the dynamic North American industrial explosion, which itself created the automotive industry growth, the technology industry growth and so much more that created such a high standard of living for North Americans.
This started to change as energy became more expensive, and in due course, the US transformed from a center of manufacturing strength to a center of financial strength. Jobs moved to cheaper areas of the world, as did services. All of this culminated in the financial meltdown of 2008. Cheap energy became expensive energy and this changed the world.
It also changed investing, as when prices increase, the supply/demand equation changes and companies rush in to deal with the new situation. Investors bought the shares of energy companies and rode the train. All of that is about to change and change dramatically.
When Canada Changed the Rules for Energy Trusts, it Lost its Opportunity
As a side topic, it is worth noting again how Canada completely missed the boat on this boom. As the energy boom was growing, Canada created a type of company called an Energy Trust whereby investors were able to invest in "units" of these companies. Then these companies used the money raised to buy gas and oil production, and the profits from this production were then not taxed in the hands of the companies, but instead were taxed in the hands of the investors. The advantage to investors was that the level of income tax normally imposed at the corporate level was eliminated. Profits distributed to investors were not subject to two levels of taxation, but only a single level.
These Energy Trusts enjoyed ever growing popularity and their very success doomed them. The government started worrying about the loss of tax revenue, and changed the rules, resulting in the Energy Trusts going out of business two years ago - eliminated effectively by government decree, all in the name of collecting taxes.
The energy boom for Canada is now coming to an end, and the riches from exporting gas and oil will soon dramatically diminish. Those Energy Trusts, if they had been allowed to continue growing, would by now be world class and world size, able to compete anywhere in the world. Instead none of these companies now exist; their assets have been dissipated and mostly bought by foreign interests. The irony of course is that the loss of revenue will now become permanent as Canada's energy exports are diminishing and will continue to diminish.
The opportunity to have a group of world class companies paying taxes in Canada, and Canadians paying tax on the profit of these companies has been permanently lost. Just another example of the utter stupidity of politicians. What politicians don't realize is that the world changes and changes occur more and more rapidly. Letting free enterprise create wealth for our citizens is a good thing.
Back to the issue at hand. There is a new reality. Energy is becoming cheaper.
Be Aware - Energy Companies Are Now to be Avoided
There is a monumental change occurring around us. If you ignore this change, it will be at your peril.
While worldwide demand for oil continues to increase, the cost of producing this oil also continues to increase both in monetary terms and in greenhouse emission terms. Recognition of the damage to the environment from the production and use of oil is growing, and the environmental lobby is growing in size and power. It is inevitable that oil will lose its allure as the place to invest. Compare this to the production of natural gas, where demand is rapidly rising and costs are rapidly falling to new fracing techniques and ever greater sources of supply. Energy will become cheaper and the migration by users from oil to natural gas will continue.
Companies Producing and Selling Natural Gas
Let's start with companies that rely on the production of natural gas, including the companies with primarily natural gas production that used to be Energy Trusts. At one time, there was a repeating pattern that advisors relied upon. At certain times if the year, natural gas was lower priced and at other times higher priced. Then there was an accepted relationship that gas was priced at a specific ratio to the price of oil and could be traded based on the current price relationship and temporary distortions in that comparison. The two energy sources (natural gas and oil) tended to trade in a narrow range to each other. There were also patterns that repeated, whereby the price of natural gas fell at times, only to recover at other times.
Traders used these known occurrences to buy and sell natural gas. It was sort of like this almost guaranteed source of income for the traders. All of this is history now. None of these old trading strategies are now of value, although most haven't yet realized this.
What we have instead is "fracing". Natural gas has become so plentiful and so easily available that the price of natural gas is very low, and will not rise in the foreseeable future. By now, investors should be aware of this sea-change in older investing maxims, but what investors should also consider are some other effects.
Firstly there are enormous fields of natural gas in the south central USA. It used to be too expensive to find and extract this natural gas, but that is no longer the case. Now this gas is discoverable and extractable at reasonable cost. More and more of these fields are becoming known and are coming into production. At this locally produced natural gas grows in volume, imports reduce in volume. All of this is good for the American economy, and bad for companies that own assets producing oil and gas elsewhere.
Next we will discuss troubling events that are unfolding as a result of this change in the availability and price of energy. Including:
- the declining ability of natural gas companies to maintain their profits, dividends and share value,
- the reality of the Canadian Oil Sands,
- the futility of the new pipelines, and
- the short term thinkers who are promoting natural gas liquefaction.
The views expressed in this blog are opinions only and are not investment advice. Persons investing should seek the advice of a licensed professional to guide them and should not rely on the opinions expressed herein. This blog is not a solicitation for investment and we do not accept unsolicited investment funds.

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"Worth the wait," host Laura Linney says at the outset of the "Downton Abbey" sequel, and for once, the claim isn't just hype. A near-flawless follow-up to writer Julian Fellowes' Emmy-winning miniseries, this expanded seven-part, 10-hour presentation (including two-hour chapters) seamlessly picks up where the original began, brilliantly juggling a plethora of characters -- both the great home's privileged family, and the servants toiling on their behalf. WWI is creating fissures in the bedrock of their insular world, but it has done nothing to dim the glow of a production that genuinely merits the weighty "Masterpiece" label.
"Worth the wait," host Laura Linney says at the outset of the "Downton Abbey" sequel, and for once, the claim isn't just hype. A near-flawless follow-up to writer Julian Fellowes' Emmy-winning miniseries, this expanded seven-part, 10-hour presentation (including two-hour chapters) seamlessly picks up where the original began, brilliantly juggling a plethora of characters — both the great home's privileged family, and the servants toiling on their behalf. WWI is creating fissures in the bedrock of their insular world, but it has done nothing to dim the glow of a production that genuinely merits the weighty "Masterpiece" label.
For those who might have missed the original, the first suggestion would be to correct that. But to briefly recap, the story centered on the Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) and the fate of his massive estate, destined to pass to a new male heir — Matthew (Dan Stevens), so anointed after other relatives died aboard the Titanic — and whether the house will stay in the family by wedding him to one of Grantham's three daughters. Just as the first season was ending, however, the outbreak of war intervened. It's now 1916, and the family and servants are adjusting not just to life during wartime but to a shifting social structure and class distinctions, as well as the tragedy of lives and loves lost. Fellowes hasn't reinvented the wheel, with elements of "Upstairs, Downstairs," Jane Austen and his own "Gosford Park" running through the dizzying array of stories. Yet he has created such a vivid group of characters and assembled such an impeccable cast — effortlessly oscillating from comedy to drama — that the hours fly by, addictively pulling viewers from one into the next. In this environment, a wounded soldier's fate can throw the family for a loop, as can old scandals and grudges. Perhaps most improbably, Fellowes has created a for-the-ages romance between an earnest housemaid (Joanne Froggatt) and a middle-aged gentleman's valet (Brendan Coyle), whose stoic virtues transformed him into the most unlikely heartthrob of the New Year. While it's tempting to single out others in the sprawling cast — and fans surely harbor personal favorites — it would be remiss to ignore Maggie Smith's wonderfully imperious turn as Grantham's mother, the Dowager Countess. If anything, the backdrop of war has enriched Fellowes' writing, which also benefits from several new characters, including a nouveau-riche newspaper editor ("Game of Thrones's" Iain Glen), who begins courting Lord Grantham's daughter Mary (Michelle Dockery), even though she's harboring regrets for having refused Matthew's proposal. Aided immeasurably by John Lunn's melancholy score, this is, quite simply, the most romantic melodrama TV has witnessed in ages. The lone disclaimer would be that PBS has withheld the finale, and with a few strained developments in the sixth chapter, it's difficult to see how Fellowes can resolve the multitude of plots as neatly as the war did in season one. Having already broken HBO's hammerlock on the longform Emmys, "Downton Abbey" would seem to have few mountains left to climb. Given the admiration the first miniseries won, one suspects this might be the rare PBS production that generates sizable ratings. This is a production that reminds people of the rarefied air PBS can occupy, creating a stately showcase for elegant and (let's face it) older-skewing material. For years, conservatives have lobbied against public broadcasting, dubbing it liberally biased or simply superfluous. For the next seven weeks, anyway, the rejoinder is simple: Find anything on commercial TV equal to the grandeur of "Downton Abbey."Downton Abbey
PBS, Sun. Jan. 8, 9 p.m.
Filmed in the U.K. by Carnival and Masterpiece. Executive producers, Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, Rebecca Eaton; producer, Liz Trubridge; directors, Ashley Pearce; writer, Fellowes;
camera, Gavin Struthers; production designer, Donal Woods; editor, John Wilson; music, John Lunn; casting, Jill Trevellick. 120 MIN.
Robert, Earl of Grantham - Hugh Bonneville Lady Sybil Crawley - Jessica Brown-Findlay Lady Edith Crawley - Laura Carmichael Mr. Carson - Jim Carter John Bates - Brendan Coyle Lady Mary Crawley - Michelle Dockery O'Brien - Siobhan Finneran Anna - Joanne Froggatt William - Thomas Howes Thomas - Rob James-Collier Gwen - Rose Leslie Mrs. Hughes - Phyllis Logan Cora, Countess of Grantham - Elizabeth McGovern Daisy - Sophie McShera Mrs. Patmore - Lesley Nicol Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham - Maggie Smith Matthew Crawley - Dan Stevens
With: Iain Glen, Zoe Boyle, Amy Nuttall.


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► Journal MenuSpecial Issue "Management and Treatment of the Major Mental Disorders"
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2014)
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Dr. Donna J. Lang
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In any given year, over 1 in 20 adults will suffer from a diagnosable, significant mental illness. The socio-economic burden of severe mental disorders, particularly of psychotic and mood disorders, presents significant challenges to health care providers worldwide. Often, severe mental illnesses are chronic in nature, with periods of waxing and waning. Indeed, many patients struggle to receive accessible and effective treatments. Appropriate treatment and management of severe mental illnesses is paramount to both the mental and physical health of patients. Without such treatment, the opportunity to regain normal social functioning, so as to return to school or work, and to engage in relationships, is greatly curtailed.
A diversity of treatment and management options are available, including psychotropic medications and mood stabilizers, psychotherapy (e.g., cognitive remediation, behavioral therapy), occupational therapy, recreational and physical therapies, family therapy, genetic counseling, and periods of clinical interventions or hospitalization when symptoms become overwhelming. The vast majority of mental health patients are best served by a combination of two or more treatments and interventions. In this special issue of Behavioral Sciences, various treatment and management options will be explored, and their efficacy will be discussed. I invite you to submit papers that discuss varying types of interventions for psychotic and mood disorders, the efficacy of such interventions, and the challenges associated with the treatment and management of severe mental illnesses. Both primary data and reviews are welcomed.
Donna J. Lang,
Guest Editor
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Behavioral Sciences is an international peer-reviewed Open Access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Key Points for Parents
You play a critical role in your teen's learning-to-drive process. Here are some important actions you can take at this stage.
Evaluate your teen's readiness. Talk with your teen about personal responsibility, ability to follow rules and any other concerns before beginning the learning-to-drive process.
Get informed. A lot has changed since you earned your driver's license. Graduated driver licensing (GDL), driver education, license restrictions and supervised practice driving are all part of today's licensing process. And the state sets parameters throughout a multi-stage licensing process for young drivers, such as times of day they can drive and how many passengers they can carry.
AAA can help you understand what is involved in earning a license in Florida. A great place to start is with Dare to Prepare, an online workshop that gives you the basics on the licensing process.
Start talking now. You have acquired "road wisdom" over the years – insight you'll want to share, because it could save your teen from having to learn things the hard way. Talk about the learning-to-drive process:
- What does it take to be a safe driver? What do you do?
- When will your teen start driving?
- What rules and responsibilities, such as paying for fuel and insurance, will your family have once your teen starts driving?
The more issues you address early, the safer and smoother the whole process will be. AAA offers StartSmart, a set of research-based e-newsletters you can use to guide discussions with your teen throughout the entire learning-to-drive process
Focus on passenger safety. Even though your teen isn't driving yet, traffic crashes are a real danger. Crash risks begin to increase at age 12. Talk to your teen about:
- Always buckling up.
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Be involved. When you're behind the wheel, talk about what you see (road signs, pedestrians, other vehicles, etc.) that could result in the need to change speed, direction or both. Have your teen comment, too. Be active in the learning-to-drive process: Maintain an ongoing dialogue about your teen's driving, appropriately restrict driving privileges and conduct plenty of supervised practice driving. AAA recommends at least 100 hours of supervised practice driving. AAA provides tips and advice on how to conduct effective supervised driving practice.
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Estes Park Marathon [1]
Get ready for a day full of scenic running races, including 5K, 10K, half-marathon, and marathon courses. The half-marathon and marathon routes skirt the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park and are certified by USA Track & Field, so finishers with qualifying times can enter their bids for touted races like the Boston Marathon. Bonus: Stop by the nearby Bond Park the day before the runs for interactive programs with park rangers and the Rocky Mountain conservation teams. Sun, times vary.
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Athens hotel in Athens City Centre, near Ancient Agora
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See detailsLocation
Located in Athens City Centre, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Hymettus and National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Ancient Agora and Roman Agora are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this hotel has a bar/lounge and a coffee shop/café. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a snack bar/deli, coffee/tea in a common area, and 24-hour room service.
Room Amenities
All 31 soundproofed rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and 24-hour room service. For a bit of entertainment, guests will find LCD TVs with satellite channels, and other amenities include minibars and Egyptian cotton sheets.
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Hotel Amenities
Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. This Athens hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Concierge services and limo/town car service can be provided. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 31
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Snack bar/deli
- Free self parking
- Year Built 2009
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Shower only
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Soundproofed rooms
- Room service (24 hours)
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Individually decorated
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
KARAVI - This restaurant specializes in Modern European cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
24-hour room service is available.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at noon
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 6 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 20 per night.
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Hotel Registry Number - 0206K060A0186700
No pets or service animals allowed
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 20 for adults and EUR 8 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 70 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Late check-in fee for check-in after 10 AM (amount varies)
- Late check-out fee: EUR 50
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 20 per night
Hotel Name
- Athens Lotus
- Athens Lotus Hotel
- Hotel Athens Lotus
- Hotel Lotus Athens
- Lotus Athens
- Lotus Athens Hotel
- Lotus Hotel Athens
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. One child 6 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property. Set meals are served in guestrooms only (no menus or public dining).
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A Baldwin man whose extensive history with the justice system includes two not guilty verdicts on homicide charges now faces potential imprisonment on a probation violation.
Jason Korey, 31, was the subject of a search by U.S. Probation Office agents on April 17, according to court documents filed today. The petition for a hearing on his probation status indicates that his Revo Road home contained a .40-caliber Beretta pistol, more than 100 rounds of ammunition of various types, a machete and two folding knives.
He can't have weapons because he was convicted of possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of a firearm by a drug addict.
In 2000, he was found not guilty of the murder of William Kuhn III, 24, and he was also acquitted in the earlier killing of Joseph Brucker, 17.
A federal judge at one point sentenced him to nearly 33 years in prison, but following a successful appeal that sentence was reduced to 33 months.
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Thirty-seven years into the War on Drugs, the 2012 United Nations World Drug Report says the rate of reported cannabis use in Oceania (essentially Australia and New Zealand) is between 9.1–14.6 percent – the highest in the world. But its possession and use remain illegal. Hundreds of thousands of police hours and more than a $100m a year go into enforcing that. Is it worth it? With the government promising to overhaul drug law during this parliamentary term? Penny Mackay tried to find out.
Television: drug of the nation
When did you last see a popular television show that showed and explained what a double-blind trial actually was?
Danger, Will Robinson! Danger! A new drug has emerged. Unlike Lost in Space, we don't have an early warning system for emerging synthetic drugs. But we probably should.
Since 2000, over 10 intoxicated or high people have died in police custody. What's going wrong, and what needs to be done?
Big Tobacco has launched a massive campaign to try and stymie the New Zealand Government's plans to follow Australia in plain packaging of tobacco. They're spending big bucks to put up a defence of death.
Executive Director Ross Bell looks at argument for compassion in the case of Billy McKee, the head of GreenCrosswho was sentenced for cannabis supply.
Opinion — Myths and moderate drinking
Economist Eric Crampton on why maybe a drink a day does keep the doctor away.
Guest editorial — Commendation or condemnation
Harm Reduction International's Damon Barrett looks at how donor countries and the UNODC are giving Iran money to execute hundreds of drug mules, yet the west commends them for their anti-drug efforts.
Viewpoints — Should we roadside saliva test for cannabis?
Viewpoints investigates whether we should roadside test for cannabis. Is the technology there and can we prove inhibition?
Mythbusters — Alcohol helps us forget
Mythbusters takes a look at whether alcohol, the go to of many people in a crisis, will actually help you forget your problems
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Vice mayor, vice president have a lot in common
Original post made on Nov 16, 2009
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a resident of Walnut Creek
on Nov 16, 2009 at 7:18 am
Mike, did Barach & Joe convince you to switch political parties?
a resident of Danville
on Nov 16, 2009 at 9:09 am
Mike are you REALLY proud of that moment?
a resident of Danville
on Nov 16, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Oh, please. Can't we just respect the vice president no matter what party he is from? If Mike Doyle chose to rise above the current partisanship of hatred, and treat Joe Biden with the respect due his office, and enjoy him as a person, good for him.
a resident of Walnut Creek
on Nov 17, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Just so you know is a registered user.
So the last mayor who graced Danville can use her Mayoral title to support Prop 8 and David Harmer but y'all are mad because the Vice Mayor went to dinner with the VP? What's good for the mormon (oops I mean goose) is good for the gander. Get over it.
a resident of Alamo
on Nov 18, 2009 at 11:05 am
I had lunch with the paint store guys once and it wasn't in the paper. No one cares about who the house painter eats lunch with. That's ok.
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CSD GM Skeel tentatively reinstated
The El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors announced Friday afternoon it has suspended the termination of General Manager John Skeel.
The board placed Skeel on paid leave June 20, less than six months after hiring him, and moving his family from Colorado.
The case against Skeel seemed to unravel in the last week and a half, after a raucous Aug. 23 board meeting where Skeel and his attorneys answered the formal charges against him and questioned the legitimacy of a 90-day performance evaluation in Skeel's personnel file.
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Board President Guy Gertsch confirmed the vote late Friday. An ad hoc subcommittee consisting of Gertsch and Director Tony Rogozinski will tentatively meet with Skeel on Tuesday to hammer out a remediation plan, with the goal of getting Skeel back on the job shortly thereafter.
Gertsch released the following statement prepared by CSD legal counsel Bob Thurbon: "The board found that Mr. Skeel has several serious performance issues and has engaged in certain conduct that is inconsistent with the standards of conduct required of all district employees, especially our top manager. These issues must be corrected if Mr. Skeel is to continue as our general manager.
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"The remediation program will address these issues and provide Mr. Skeel with a final opportunity to satisfactorily address these issues and avoid contract termination."
Skeel has not returned phone calls. No other information on the decision was available on Friday.
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Bentley University Students Use Business and Art Skills to Help Boost Sales for Nonprofit
"Wicked good" cookies are on the menu for Bentley University students who are finding ways to boost retail sales for Kidz b Kidz, a nonprofit that brings children together to create art to benefit sick children. Things got creative as students designed artwork that was featured on cookies sold by KBK partner Wicked Good Cookies at Bentley's Black United Fashion Show in early March.
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Silvera's experience with KBK and Wicked good Cookies took on an extended role. As director of the Black United Body's Annual Fashion Show — which features various designers and vendors from all over the Northeast area — she created an anti-bullying theme to raise awareness of events that affect not only students and young people, but people in work environments, at home and at school.
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Saturday will be a proud day for Lancaster dad Rick Caskey.
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Hollywood, Calif. -- Frederick's of Hollywood Group Inc. has retained Allen & Co. LLC, a New York-based investment bank, to assist the retailer in evaluating and exploring a broad range of strategic alternatives, including a sale of the company or a business combination.
"Over the past few months, the Board has received several inquiries regarding various transactions," said Thomas Lynch, the company's chairman and CEO. "We believe it is an appropriate time to formalize the process by engaging a world-class advisor that can assist us in identifying and reviewing a wide array of strategic alternatives that can maximize value for our shareholders."
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Make fur farming illegal around the world
Animals are kept in crates for their entire lives to the point that studies have shown that 85% of the animals that are kept in crates have extreme anxiety and when they are freed, instead of going to their habitat, they will chase their tail in excruciating confusion. In China, when it is their turn to be left out of their cage (or shall I say home), they are skinned alive and left in pain for 10-15 MINUTES until they eventually die!!! Please. It is a lack of knowledge that is why this is happening because no one would do this to an animal to have a coat when they have a fake fur alternative!!! "By the people, for the people", how about "By greedy organizations, and let's keep secrets away from the people". THANK YOU FOR LISTENING


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NY Time's Andy Revkin on the 'Allure of Clean Coal' [1]
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By Emily Murgatroyd [2] • Friday, August 29, 2008 - 12:09
On his NY Time's DotEarth blog, journalist Andy Revkin writes: [3]
This enduring notion — that the world can have its coal and climate, too, by pumping the carbon dioxide from combustion into the earth — has been promoted by institutions including Peabody Energy [4], the world's biggest coal company (see its coal-sales ticker here [5]), and the Natural Resources Defense Council [6]. A group that pushed the clean-coal theme at the Democratic convention, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity [7], will be heading to the Republican convention next week. Environmentalists have attacked the group as the latest in a string of industry propaganda mills [8]."
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BCS Boss Mike Slive Says Blame The Game, Not The System
Slive already knows how the format should be adjusted
Dec. 3, 2007
If McDonald's or any other company got only one out of every four orders right, the place would be empty the next day. Not the Bowl Championship Series. Business has never been better. The people in charge have more money to throw around, more of their pals at the chambers of commerce are sharing in the take and their TV partner couldn't be happier, largely because the suckers who pay the freight by tuning into the games aren't going anywhere. Meanwhile, college football's national championship is more "mythical" than ever. Since hijacking the game's postseason in 1998 with the promise of matching No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the title game, the BCS has delivered exactly twice. Once in 2002, when undefeated Miami and Ohio State met, and again in 2005, when Texas and Southern California did the same. This year? Don't ask. Befitting a season that began with a colossal upset and got more unpredictable as it unfolded, Ohio State will play LSU on Jan. 7 in New Orleans. The Tigers' appearance marks the first time a two-loss team made the championship game. That means any of the four other two-loss teams that are ranked among the top seven - Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Georgia and USC - could win their bowl game and make a plausible argument about being national champs. Still, when it comes to tortured logic, they'd all have to take a back seat to the BCS. "I don't think that it's so much the system as it is the year," BCS chief and Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive said Sunday night, in a classic case of blaming the victim. It's not the teams' responsibility to sort themselves out, Mike. That's what championships are for. The difference is that just about every other sport at every other level decides those on the field, without worrying about whether it's good for tourism, Fox Sports, their cronies, apologists and hired computer geeks.
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In the past, the BCS fended off demands for a playoff by "tweaking" the format - a half-dozen times in its brief tenure - only to find another tweak or two is needed the following year. What they've done the past two years to escape the blame for the mess they've made is suggest they might be ready to change.
"What I find interesting about this year ... is this year an anomaly or is this year a precursor to what we might see in the future," Slive said. "And then trying to analyze that question leads us to the discussion we have had on numerous occasions about whether this format needs an adjustment"
Slive and his pals back at headquarters already know how the "format" should be adjusted - and have from the beginning: a playoff of some sort. That's why a fifth BCS game was tucked into the current TV deal that runs through the 2011 bowls. Known as a "plus-one," it could be played after the four BCS games as a kind of college football Super Bowl.
Yet when Slive was asked during a conference call how soon it might happen, this is how he answered (keep in mind that he's a lawyer by training):
"We have to put this one in the mix and look at it. If you go to a plus-one, you're going to have years in which it is just very, very appropriate. You're going to have years where it may not be so appropriate. ... The only way to solve that is to have a flexible format and just make sure that we look at the standings and then decide how to finish the year."
Translation: We ain't changing any time soon. We like things exactly the way they are and as long as we have the TV rights and the backing of the university presidents from the power conferences, we'll keep making it up as we go along.
If the truth-in-advertising laws applied to college football this season, the BCS would just go-ahead and cancel the title game.
There's no clear No. 1 - Ohio State hasn't beaten a Top 10 team and lost to Illinois, which was unranked when it beat the Buckeyes and is No. 13 in the current BCS rankings. There's no clear No. 2, either. LSU lost both its games in triple overtime - but against teams that finished 8-4 (Arkansas) and 7-5 (Kentucky) and outside the BCS Top 25. The cases for all the other contenders get even weaker from there on out.
College football's national champions were "mythical" long before the BCS inserted itself into the process. Teams played in bowl games based on conference ties, and afterward, writers weighed in and people argued over their handiwork for decades.
All the BCS has done is take over the tabulating, add a dose of psuedo-science - check out the three computers that ranked Missouri ahead of Oklahoma, even though the Sooners beat the Tigers twice, once on a neutral field - and pocket a nice chunk of the profits.
McDonald's couldn't get away with that, either.


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Sure, you may have a brilliant business idea that could very well change your industry, maybe even the world some day. But, as plenty of budding entrepreneurs learned Thursday at Rice University's Business Plan Competition, a solid idea alone will not win you much in praise, prizes, or, most importantly, investment.
On the first day of Rice's competition, which is widely touted as the largest and richest of all business plan competitions, a panel of previous years' winners and finalists gathered to discuss what it actually takes to win the top prize. As it turns out, the ideal qualities in a successful business plan competition team are not all that different from those you'd want to see in any solid business group. Here are a few highlights that emerged from their conversation:
Razzle and dazzle them
Even a profitable solution to some of the world's most serious ills can fall on deaf ears if the presentation falls flat. "We seemed to make the judges 'ooh' and 'aah,'" said Jenny Corbin, CEO of TNG Pharmaceuticals, last year's winning team from the University of Louisville. "'Aah' over the grossness of our product. And then we made them laugh." TNG pitched a cattle vaccine that tackled the vicious horn fly, a pest that costs the cattle industry around $1 billion a year.
MORE: Business titans of the future? Rice's biz plan showdown
So, whether it's by showing off that shining personality of yours or coming up with a slick (yet meaningful) presentation, keep your audience on their toes.
Get to know your judges
In between your formal pitches, speak with the judges who have set aside the time to spend a few days and seriously consider your business ideas. "The most important thing in this competition is meeting the judges and being in that environment," said Gautam Gandhi, whose medical device and patient safety startup Clearcount won Rice's competition in 2004. "Before I even presented, I met every judge and they knew a little bit about the company." Gandhi, who is a judge at this year's competition, is currently at Google (goog), leading the tech giant's new business development projects in India.
Competition judges are often leaders in their respective industries and even if you don't go home with a prize in hand, you will still have several valuable contacts if you put in the effort to get to know them.
Take the criticism with a smile
Accepting criticism, especially in front of an audience of several strangers, is never fun. But that's precisely what many business people do every day; they sell their ideas and their products, often to skeptical strangers. So get used to taking it like a champ. "Look at the critical questions from the judges as them giving you the opportunity to validate what you just said," advised Darren Olson, CEO of RhoMania, an iPad wine menu app startup and a finalist at Rice's competition last year. "Do not lose your cool."
MORE: Upcoming small business competitions
But it's also wise to bear in mind that each judge, as with any potential investor, has her own view of what makes a solid business plan, and judges may not always agree with each other. "At some point, the feedback [will] contradict. So don't listen too much," said Nicholas Seet, whose startup Auditude won the competition in 2004 (Adobe (adbe) acquired part of Auditude's business in November 2011 for around $120 million). " You have to go and see for yourself what's true and what's not."
Practice, practice, practice
The best way to cool your nerves and smooth the edges of any business pitch is practice, plain and simple. "It will totally replace all of the confidence issues you have," said Seet. "Being comfortable with your material that you can do it with your eyes closed, will come across as a much more powerful presentation."
It's not only about the big prize
Winning is great, and at Rice, some teams go home with several hundred thousand dollars in tow. But landing a prize is not the only reason to enter a business plan competition. "The point is to launch a company," said Bob Gillespie, CEO of InContext Solutions and a former Rice finalist. "It's not to get your picture taken because you won a contest. The point is to have a viable product and grow a business. It's not to win."
One key to taking home a prize that was not mentioned outright at the winners panel? You need to deliver a crystal clear message, the kind of pitch that judges and potential investors can not only understand but believe in as a viable business concept. You can put on a great show and get some laughs from your audience, but if you don't communicate what you are trying to sell and how you are going to sell it, you are just a player on a stage, not a business team. Judging from the performance at the practice-round presentations today, plenty of finalist teams have their work cut out for them.


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CFIB is encouraging small business owners and concerned Canadians to join the Red Tape Revolution by signing the petition
Improvements to the CRA's online portal, My Business Account now allow small business owners to communicate with the agency through email and more importantly require the CRA to be accountable for its responses and to deliver them in a timely manner
Surveys about surveys, late fees for on-time payments, outdated regulation: In honour of Red Tape Awareness Week, CFIB presents eight ridiculous real-life red tape stories
A new report card from CFIB rating the CRA's Call Centre Business Helpline gives the service a dismal C- grade, thanks to difficulty connecting, long wait times, poor customer service and, most worrisome, inaccurate information
Ottawa also making headway, earning a B-plus, up from C-plus two years ago on the Canadian Federation of Independent Business's annual report card
A proposed change to the Food and Drug Regulations will allow regulated pharmacy technicians to oversee the transfer of prescriptions from one pharmacy to another, a task currently restricted to pharmacists
Comment: Red tape includes rules that are unfair, overly costly, poorly designed or contradictory as well as unnecessary delays and poor government customer service
When it comes to regulatory demands, small- to mid-market companies in Canada are at a decided disadvantage compared with their U.S. counterparts, while larger organizations, comparatively speaking, are holding their own
The Red Tape Report offers the first point-for-point comparison with the United States using data from Ipsos Reid. Here's a closer look
The first politician to receive the CFIB's inaugural Golden Scissors award is B.C.'s Minister of Finance, who managed to reduce red tape in the province by more than his ambitious target of 33%.


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Whats your oppinion on twitches. I've never personally used a twitch, I'm not sure where I stand in the matter. I had a friend who used an ear twitch and it never sat to well with me. My trainer sometimes uses a lip twitch on her stallion during sheath cleaning or body clipping when he's really restless and or misbehaving. I've heard that ear twitches are more harsh, where neck and lip twitches tend to be more humane? I've never used one personally, just heard stories so I wanted to know what everyones oppinions are. We had a horse at the ranch who used to be ear twitched and he was EXTREMELY head shy. If anything makes a horse like that, then it must not be that great. Cowgirl up, -Nicole |
I don't like ear twitching (unless you are in a dangerous situation and need control, like stuck in a stall with a dangerous animal pinning you, then ears make good control handles, lol) But lip twitching I have no problem. Some people think it works by pain, but that's not true. It's like scruffing a kitten, ever notice how they go limp when grabbed by the scruff?. It releases endorphines (I think that's it) and helps them to relax, a natural sedative. I've seen horses with a lip twitch fall asleep, or at least just stand there, eyes half closed and calm. |
Ear twitching ruined my sweet gelding. He still can not stand to have his ears touched. We're working with him. |
Oh, I would like to add two things. 1) definateky ear twitching can make a horse head shy, I've seen this with horses coming into the barn. I've never seen a horse head shy from lip twitching though 2) Lip twitching should not replace training. If your horse is being twitched for everything, you have a problem. But, using it for a young/green horse to give the farrier or vet an easier time for a long visit or for clipping around the face is fine. Some people say you should use the ferrier visit as an oppurtunity to train, but how fair is that to him? If your horse can't stand, work on that when he's not in danger of getting stepped on or kicked |
Amen to that. As someone who sometimes shoes for other people I will say that if I show up and you want to train on your horse or worse want me to do it I will load up my tools and leave probably never to return. I have no problem with a twitch or a lip chain if used properly. |
I'm okay with a lip twitch, and I usually do it by hand. You just grab the lip and twist, haha. Twitches do not replace training. If I'm hosing my horse's face off and she gets all stupid about it, I'll grab her lip as a reminder. Like, "Hey! You know what I expect and I better get it!" and she usually quits being a goof. However, if you had a horse that doesn't like his bridle path to be clipped, training is in order, not a lip twitch. |
I don't like ear twitching. Lip twitching is good, so long as you dont use an inhumane twitch, the new ones out are good, or use your hand. i also heard if you grab a part of the neck and twist thats the same as the lip twitching releasing the endorphines, but i dont know much there. |
Ear twitching need to be illegal. I HATE when people use them. Its actually made my gelding scared of a lot due to when he was so young they'd twitch his ear so many times to make it painful. Lip twitches do wonders, when its in a humane one/your hand! |
I have no problems with lip twitching as long as it's done with the humane one. |
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After writing about the football finances of the SEC and Big Ten, it's the ACC's turn. The numbers are drawn from schools' reports to the U.S. Department of Education on the state of their athletic departments' finances for July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. See the note at the end for more details on the data.
I don't think the schools on top of the revenue list in the ACC will surprise anyone:
Football Revenue | |
Virginia Tech | $31,155,870.00 |
Clemson Univ. | $30,994,503.00 |
Georgia Tech | $24,870,064.00 |
Univ. of Miami | $24,631,029.00 |
Univ. of North Carolina | $22,077,550.00 |
North Carolina State | $22,018,738.00 |
Boston College | $19,184,902.00 |
Univ. of Virginia | $19,004,653.00 |
Florida State Univ. | $18,958,861.00 |
Duke Univ. | $16,109,324.00 |
Univ. of Maryland | $11,540,368.00 |
Wake Forest University | $10,227,922.00 |
I also don't think you'll be surprised to hear that the average revenue in the ACC ($21m) is less than half that of the SEC ($50m) and only slightly better than half that of the Big Ten ($41m).
One thing to note, however, is that revenue in the ACC should spike in 2011 under a new television contract with ESPN. The ACC currently averages $66.9 million per year under a contract that ran through the 2010 season. Under the new ESPN contract, the ACC will average $155 million. To put this in perspective, although a huge increase for the ACC, it still falls short of the $205 million the SEC averages per year from its television contracts with CBS and ESPN.
In terms of expenses, Boston College and Miami top the list, perhaps because they are the northern-most and southern-most in the conference, which could lead to higher travel costs:
Football Expenses | |
Boston College | $17,973,705.00 |
Univ. of Miami | $17,863,218.00 |
Florida State Univ. | $16,345,376.00 |
Clemson Univ. | $16,305,528.00 |
Virginia Tech | $16,302,767.00 |
Univ. of Virginia | $15,927,675.00 |
Georgia Tech | $15,519,206.00 |
Univ. of North Carolina | $14,788,287.00 |
Duke Univ. | $14,312,863.00 |
Wake Forest University | $12,517,505.00 |
North Carolina State | $10,408,938.00 |
Univ. of Maryland | $9,863,748.00 |
The average spent on football in the ACC isn't as far behind the SEC and Big Ten as their revenue. ACC teams spent an average of nearly $15 million on football, while SEC teams averaged just shy of $20 million and Big Ten averaged $23 million.
However, when it comes to football profits, the ACC is once again dwarfed by the SEC and Big Ten. The average profit from football in the ACC was $6 million, far behind the Big Ten ($23m) and SEC ($30m).
The two top revenue producers in the ACC, Virginia Tech and Clemson, also managed to turn the largest profits from football:
Football Profit | |
Virginia Tech | $14,853,103.00 |
Clemson Univ. | $14,688,975.00 |
North Carolina State | $11,609,800.00 |
Georgia Tech | $9,350,858.00 |
Univ. of North Carolina | $7,289,263.00 |
Univ. of Miami | $6,767,811.00 |
Univ. of Virginia | $3,076,978.00 |
Florida State Univ. | $2,613,485.00 |
Duke Univ. | $1,796,461.00 |
Univ. of Maryland | $1,676,620.00 |
Boston College | $1,211,197.00 |
Wake Forest University | -$2,289,583.00 |
Perhaps the most impressive athletic department in the ACC is the one who lost money in football, yet managed to still turn a profit in their athletic department: Wake Forest. Football is the cash cow of most athletic programs, but Wake Forest made almost a million dollars in their athletic department, even with having to cover over $2 million in losses in the football program. Here are athletic department profits for all of the ACC schools:
Athletic Dept Profit | |
Univ. of Virginia | $10,971,219.00 |
Virginia Tech | $7,874,833.00 |
Univ. of Miami | $5,247,495.00 |
North Carolina State | $3,155,910.00 |
Clemson Univ. | $1,442,057.00 |
Boston College | $1,211,197.00 |
Wake Forest University | $888,960.00 |
Duke Univ. | $442,226.00 |
Univ. of North Carolina | $238,644.00 |
Univ. of Maryland | $223,424.00 |
Georgia Tech | $138,659.00 |
Florida State Univ. | $0.00 |
How does Wake Forest turn a profit in the athletics department despite football being a drain on the department? Basketball. Wake Forest turns a profit of nearly $5 million on men's basketball. They also have over $16 million listed as non-sport specific revenue, which could be anything from student activity fees to direct institutional support (i.e., money from the school's general funds). It could also include conference distributions, broadcasting revenue or donations not attributed to a single sport. The amount being shown by Wake Forest is about average for what is shown by other schools in the conferences I've covered.
One school in the conference, however, shows nearly $49 million in non-sport specific revenue: University of Virginia. The only other school I've covered so far that shows such a large unallocated revenue number is the University of Alabama. While Alabama did not return repeated calls for comment, Virginia did reply with the following breakdown of their unallocated revenue:
Contributions $25,961,417
Student Fees $12,160,103
Royalties, Ads, Sponsorships $6,627,911
Conference Distributions/Post Season $1,831,625
Virginia and Alabama are also the only two schools out of the SEC, Big Ten or ACC to turn a larger profit in the athletic department than their football program profit.
Two other schools that stand out in terms of overall athletic department profit, or lack thereof in these cases, are Georgia Tech and Florida State. Both show a break-even situation in their athletic department according to the Department of Education reports. However, Georgia Tech tells me there is an error on their report. They had a profit of $138,659 according to their Associte Athletic Director and CFO, Frank Hardymon. So, I have used this figure for the profit chart above instead of the $0 you would find it you viewed the report.
Still, Georgia Tech shows a profit of over $9 million in football and nearly $6 million in men's basketball, yet they barely turn a profit in the athletic department. Obviously, most schools depends on football and men's basketball to fund their other programs, but schools making much smaller profits in football and basketball are still profiting in the athletic department overall. There are a number of variables from travel budgets to institutional support to the number of teams the department is supporting, but nonetheless it's interesting to note that despite relative success financially in the football and basketball programs, Georgia Tech athletics is not showing a profit as a whole.
Another note from my conversation with Mr. Hardymon is that only about $4.3 million of their non-allocated revenue is from student activity fees. Compare that to University of Virginia's at over $12 million and you can start to see where some of the difference between Virginia's profits and others might be. He also noted that roughly 70% of money raised through fundraising is restricted, meaning it's sport-specific and included under individual sport revenue. This is another factor that could cause the non-sport specific revenue number to vary from school to school, as some schools might see more unrestricted gifts to the athletic department.
The other school at the bottom of the pile in the ACC in terms of athletic department profits was Florida State. They only make $2.6 million on football and around $600,000 on men's basketball on the way to breaking even in their athletic department. I spoke with their athletic department and learned that they fund a shortfall between revenue and expenses in the athletic department with money from the Seminole Boosters. Their office commented that they would not spend more than they knew they could cover with the booster money. The athletic department also pointed out that public univesities in the State of Florida do not receive any tax money for the athletic department. Thus, they stated no funds are being pulled to fund athletics that could otherwise fund academic programs.
So, how does the average athletic department profit in the ACC compare to the SEC and Big Ten? Again, the other conferences come out way ahead. The average in the ACC is $2.6 million while the average in the SEC is $8.2 million and Big Ten schools average $10.7 million. Larger stadiums and more lucrative television contracts in the SEC and Big Ten certainly account for some of that. I don't think many of you will be surprised to find the SEC and Big Ten coming out ahead of the ACC.
For the full financial charts I have compiled for the SEC, Big Ten and ACC, you can visit my website at www.kristidosh.com. I will also provide updates there if any of the ACC schools I contacted for comment return my call after the posting of this piece.
NOTE: The data I have is from the U.S. Department of Education. Federal statute requires schools to report the financials for their athletic department (if they receive the Title IV funding, which all ACC schools do). The statute prescribes what should be included in each category on the report. For example, when we take a look at revenue the statute requires that it include gate receipts, broadcast revenues, appearance guarantees and options, concessions, and advertising. In terms of expenses, we're looking at grants-in-aid, salaries, travel, equipment, and supplies.
It's also important to note that this data is from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, so we're talking about the 2009 football season. Additionally, while these are the most complete numbers available for all ACC schools (a public records request wouldn't get you financial information for the private schools), there is room for variance.


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