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Ricky Stanzi Passes the Critical Wonderlic Test, and is Officially Confirmed as our #1 Rated QB for the 2011 NFL Draft
I have it from a very reliable source that Ricky Stanzi has scored a 30 on his Wonderlic test at the NFL Combine, which is above the critical levels on the Wonderlic test for a College QB. Stanzi scored above the level that most NFL GM's and NFL "War Rooms" consider a key piece of positive background/scouting information for a prospective NFL QB.
Our statistical analysis/algorithm of the 2011 College QBs rated Ricky Stanzi as the #1 overall QB for this year's NFL Draft (it was a surprise to us too). That lofty/shocking rating for Stanzi was on a data assumption that he would score above our systems critical level of 25 or higher on the Wonderlic. We can confirm with very high confidence that he has surpassed that hurdle with flying colors. *See the original Stanzi research report here -- NFL Draft Picks 2011 - Ricky Stanzi the Best QB in the 2011 NFL Draft? - Fantasy Football 2011
He is starting to make the rest of the QB's his bitches.....
Re: Ricky Stanzi Passes the Critical Wonderlic TestStanzi joined a rather exclusive QB list that includes only 14 other QBs of all the ones we have studied (based on advanced passing metrics, strength of competition played, key physical "measureables" and NFL Combine data). These 14 College QB's were ones that had no statistical or physical "red-flag" measurements in any category of our research that we felt were key in projecting them to the NFL based on all of our data history. When you see our list of the 14 QB's names, it will help put Stanzi's high rating for us in context. Here is a clip from our original research report:
The 14 NFL QBs with no red-flags of 60+ studied in the last decade (and a few outside of the last decade) *in alphabetical order:
Bradford, Sam
Brady, Tom
Elway, John (sketchy, we have yet to be able fully break him down due to some missing data...but of what we have, he has none)
Flacco, Joe
Kolb, Kevin
Leftwich, Byron
Luck, Andrew
Manning, Peyton
Palmer, Carson
Pike, Tony (may not belong here, we have a sketchy Wonderlic data point we have assumed neutral until we know...but if bad, he would fall off list)
Pennington, Chad
Rodgers, Aaron
Roethlisberger, Ben
Sanchez, Mark
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He looks good, but of course, this is a highlights real. Even tjoke looks good in those. But Stanzi seems to be able to throw pretty accurately on the run, which could be crucial behind our crummy oline. From what I've seen of him, he looks good. Wouldn't mind taking Tyron Smith or a DE in the first if a good one falls to us and then taking Stanzi/Mallett in the 2nd.I am NOT here to provide good football insight or rational observations. I am an emotional 19 year old Viking fan and I expect you to adjust your expectations from my posts.
Re: Ricky Stanzi Passes the Critical Wonderlic TestOriginally Posted by "Purple Floyd" #1091926
The "26-27-60" College QB theory
43-27-66 comparing to Stanzi 30-35-60
The only QB's of the 5 listed above that are over 6'3 in height/are more prototypical physically for an NFL QB are = Stanzi and Yates
Didn't throw at the combine due to breaking his hand at the Senior Bowl and is a projected 5th rounder but appears to be much smarter than some of the 5 round projected QB's the Vikes moved on as he was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship
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ESPN Insider - Ricky Stanzi
Ricky Stanzi
Resilient and doesn't dwell on mistakes. More concerned with what teammates think of him than what media says about him. Will fight for yards after contact when scrambles.
Intelligence/Decision Making-4
Can go through progressions and find the open man but inconsistent in this area. Tries to make too much happen at times. Will lock onto receivers and throw into tight coverage. Appears indecisive at other times. Will throw across body and into traffic when flushed out of the pocket.
Flashes the ability to hit receivers in stride when throwing underneath and above-average touch when throwing downfield. Is also inconsistent here, though. Sloppy footwork is biggest concern. Fails to set feet and step into throws and doesn't aim front foot at target when following through. Timing is another area of concern. Throws behind too many receivers, will hold onto the ball a quarter-count too long and allow defensive backs to recover in time to make a play on the ball.
Release/Arm Strength-3
Bit of wind-up delivery. Arm strength is slightly above-average and can make all the necessary throws to succeed at the NFL level.
Pocket Mobility-2
Lacks ideal pocket presence. Doesn't have the innate ability to sense where pressure is coming from when he can't see it. On the other hand, excels at escaping defenders and improvising when the protection starts to break down. Quick feet. Can step up to avoid pressure off the edge and side-step pressure up the middle. Can scramble for first downs when nothing is available downfield.
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Stanzi.........LOL wut?None
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Either Brendan Shanahan owed Kevin Dineen a huge favor, or the league disciplinarian was given a tape of a different Ranger-Panther game to review. Or, perhaps the league has confused itself to the point where they are no longer able to determine what is and what isn't deemed worthy of a suspension.
Whatever the case may be, Shanahan's decision to NOT suspend Tomas Kopecky for his abhorrent action in last night's game sends, to put it mildly, a mixed message to the league and in the process makes the NHL look even more ass-backwards (to steal a recent quote from John Tortorella).
The central theme of the league's endless string of disciplinary action this year has been all about "protecting" the players and trying to remove head shots from the game. So Kopecky, in frustration, turns and wallops an unsuspecting Del Zotto in the head with a right hook last night and the league doesn't consider that suspension-worthy? Wow. This one's really difficult to comprehend.
Have I been misinterpreting everything up until this point, or is the NHL right smack in the middle of a concussion epidemic that's been talked about ad nauseum since NHL poster boy Sidney Crosby got his bell rung in last season's Winter Classic?
Crosby has been absent from the game (for the most part) nearly a year now due to post-concussion symptoms, players are being diagnosed with head injuries at an alarming rate, and Shanahan's reaction to Kopecky's cheap shot on Del Zotto is to give each player a $2,500 fine? If that decision weren't so utterly reprehensible, it would be downright laughable.
Before I go any further, don't think I'm excusing Del Zotto for his part in last night's melee, as he clearly got his stick up high on Kopecky just prior to the incident. But there's a big difference between being careless with your stick and blatantly sucker-punching your opponent.
I suspect the fact that Del Zotto came away unscathed (we think) played a part in Shanahan's decision, but should that really exonerate Kopecky from his reckless behavior? Not in my opinion. Kopecky's head shot could very well have caused Del Zotto to suffer a concussion, and while it appears the Ranger defenseman escaped injury, just the mere fact that the Panther forward intentionally administered a blow to an opponent's head should have warranted a suspension and sent a message to the rest of the NHL that actions like this cannot and will not be condoned.
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A part of 87-year-old Vernon Herod's yard is now a part of his neighbor's carport and shed. "They're coming over into my property about 2 feet 2 inches here," Herod explains.
Years ago he says his neighbor asked if she could build a cement drive that would slightly overlap his property."She had to get permission to do that because code says you can't build within 10 feet of the property line," City Commissioner Larry Hanson says. Herod and the city gave her permission to extend her driveway as long as nothing was built on top of it. That lasted until 2008 when a shed was built without the city' permission.
Hanson says the appeals board let her keep it. A couple years later a car port went up, again without the city's permission.
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Herod believes his kindness got the best of him. "She took advantage of it. That's what hurts," he says. "I'm trying to be a Christian, you want to give in as much as you can but there's principals involved here."Channel 3 attempts to personally contact Herod's neighbor were unsuccessful. "When she put the first little building over there she said it doesn't matter, but it did matter," says Herod. "I feel sorry for him, that's all," Hanson says.
Despite his service to our country Herod says his city has turned its back on him. "Its discrimination because they think there's this old man, doesn't matter anyhow about him. He's gonna soon be taken out anyhow. I tell you what, it makes me want to move," Herod says.Hanson says he's going to contact the city attorney to see if there's any recourse Herod can take.
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It seemed as if Oscar Pistorius would miss out on the finals in the 4x400m relay without getting to touch the baton after a collision caused one of his South Africa teammates, Ofense Mogatwane, to fall. But a ruling by the IAAF said that Mogatwane was obstructed, meaning the South Africans will race in Friday's final.
South Africa had hopes of reaching the podium again after silver a year ago in South Korea. But on the second leg of the relay, Mogatwane had a collision with Kenya's Vincent Kilu and fell. And so, South Africa's hopes of medaling appeared to be over before the team got to Pistorius, who was set to run the third leg. Kenya's team finished, but was disqualified.
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TORONTO – A crucial summer lies ahead for 30-year-old Matthew Lombardi.
The Montreal native has returned to play in 61 games with the Leafs this season, one year after missing 80 with a concussion. He has just eight goals and 18 points (minus-18 rating), the difficulty of racing back from injury to play again this season a considerable challenge.
"You want to turn that switch on and be back where you were," he told TSN.ca on Thursday morning, "but it doesn't happen like that."
"When you've been out for that long – in most cases anyway, obviously you look at a guy like Sidney Crosby and he looks as good as ever – but for most guys I think being out that long, it's a harder transition than you think maybe or you hope for anyway. It's definitely tough early on, just finding your game throughout the year."
Aside from the phenomenon that is Crosby, Boston offers perhaps the most encouraging example for hope.
Bruins star Patrice Bergeron is back to being one of the game's top two-way pivots after missing 72 games with a concussion in 2007-2008. The two spoke while Lombardi was injured with the Predators last season. "There's a lot of guys that get back to where they were," Lombardi stated with some optimism.
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A clear offseason will help matters.
Last summer was generally muddled as he recovered from the concussion; Lombardi didn't start skating until mid-August, racing with incredible pace to unexpectedly play in the season opener on October 6. This summer will different.
"You want to take advantage of a good summer of training and getting physically where you need to be and come prepared for a big season next year," he concluded. "…it'll be good because I didn't have pretty much last summer at all to get back into the shape you want to be in, just work on a lot of things that's going to get you back to where you want to be in terms of your game.
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LA Premiere of AJAX IN IRAQ at Miles Memorial Playhouse to Run 5/8-6/1
Many female combatants in the U.S. Armed Services are subjected to intense sexual abuse, but remain quiet. Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble opens its 2014 season with a Los Angeles premiere directed by artistic director John Farmanesh-Bocca. Ajax in Iraq by award-winning playwright Ellen Mclaughlin opens at the Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica for a four-week run on May 8.
Ajax in Iraq intertwines the important and timely issue of sexual abuse against women in the military with the parable of the great warrior Ajax, which is said to be one of the first and oldest stories to openly portray the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.
"Last year, more active-duty soldiers killed themselves than died in combat," says Farmanesh-Bocca. "After a decade of deployments to war zones, the Pentagon is bracing for things to get much worse. Light must be shed on the subject. Action must be taken to return our veterans home, unscathed by our own people or by neglect. The action we take as artists is to produce Ellen's electrifying play to get the conversation going. This play's unique time traveling connection perfectly demonstrates how modern warfare has changed so much since ancient times, and yet not at all."
Not Man Apart has developed a following both overseas and in their home state of California. The Hollywood Reporter praises NMA as a "futuristic theater company," the Los Angeles Times calls the company "exhilarating and propulsive... exciting and innovative," and the British Theatre Guide says "startlingly refreshing."
NMA Physical Theatre Ensemble generates innovative physical works of theater while contributing educational and transformational experiences. Founded in 2004 in northern California, the award-winning company has toured two shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is a recipient of the coveted Edinburgh Fringe First Award. NMA outreach programs include the annual student-driven educational and performance series Shakespeare Santa Monica (summer), Somatic Movement Arts Festival (fall) and Improv Dance Fest (winter). NMA made Los Angeles its home in 2009, premiering both Pericles Redux (2009) and Titus Redux (2010) at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and reprising Titus Redux a year later as part of RADAR L.A. In 2011, NMA was commissioned by the Getty Villa to adapt and stage the rarely done Roman tragedy Hercules Furens in a workshop performance. NMA then performed Eduardo Machado's Lysistrata Unbound starring Olympia Dukakis at the Villa in 2013. That June, the company presented Hercules Furens in a fully completed world premiere production at the Miles Memorial Playhouse. With a mission to create highly athletic and innovative theatrical events which are both life affirming and consciousness expanding, and to establish a new kind of physical theater genre that is exciting, relevant, accessible and all inclusive, NMA strives to be one of the premier physical theater ensembles of the Americas.
Aaron Hendry (NMA's Lysistrata Unbound opposite Olympia Dukakis; company member, Theatricum Botanicum; former member of Diavolo Dance Theatre) stars as Ajax. Emma Bell (currently seen on TNT's Dallas; recurring roles on The Walking Dead and The Bedford Diaries) plays Athena; and Courtney Munch (previous NMA productions of Titus Redux, Hercules Furens and Lysistrata Unbound) is A.J., the modern-day female American soldier whose journey parallels that of the ancient hero. Also in the cast, each playing multiple roles as the story flashes back and forth between the Iraq and Trojan Wars, are Steven Beaudion, Alina Bolshakova, Chelsea Brynd, Laura Covelli, Eric Naficy Dyrhsen, West Perkinson, Brandon Hitchcock, Ashphord Jacoway, Dash Pepin, Camron Robertson, Carol Sparkman, Ivanna Wei and Jonathan Wong.
Sound design for Ajax in Iraq is by Adam Phalen; lighting direction is by Jessica Kohn; costume design is by Catherine Baumgardner; choreography is by John Farmanesh-Bocca, Jones Welsh and NMA Company; and production stage managers are Benji Kaufman, Kyle Gladfelter and Jessica Westerfield. NMA associate artistic directors are Jones Welsh, Laura Covelli and Aaron Hendry.
Ajax in Iraq opens on Thursday, May 8, with performances on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. through June 1. Tickets are $25; Student Rush Thursdays: $10 at the door, subject to availability. The Miles Memorial Playhouse is located at 1130 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90403 (just north of Wilshire Blvd.). Free event parking is available at the underground garage serving the 808 Wilshire Building., entry on Lincoln (just south of Wilshire Blvd.). For reservations and information, visit www.NotManApart.com or call (818) 618-4772.


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Frustrated residents voice their concerns over oil field waste being dumped near Underwood.
Great River Energy is asking for a permit from McLean County to dispose oil field waste at a location southwest of Underwood.
This afternoon the county zoning commission meets to decide whether or not to recommend approval of the permit to the county commission.
Great River Energy officials say the waste would not be radioactive waste, but those who live in the county are worried about the problems this landfill could create.
The McLean County courtroom was packed Monday, as residents voice their opinions on oil field waste being dumped at this location in McLean County.
"I'm afraid that a generation or two maybe even three down the line that we're going to have children who have problems and is it going to be traced back to that, if it is, it's a shame that we made decisions that effected future generations," Larry Clark said.
Great River Energy says they won't accept Radioactive waste.
"Our landfill is designed to be protective of human health and the environment," Diane Stockdill said.
In addition to the health problems this oil field waste could bring, residents are also worried about increase in truck traffic along highway 83
"The amount of trucks delivering to this site is at a given number whatever that is, but how much is it going to increase in the future," Dennis Kost said.
The waste that would be accepted would include solidified drill cuttings and Petroleum contaminated soil --- waste these residents say doesn't belong in McLean county.
"We just need to say no, go someplace else, there's other places that deal with it, not our county," Clark said.
"Most of the oil activity is in the west, I think they need to take care of that stuff out there instead of trucking it way out here."
The County Commission will make a decision on whether or not to grant the permit on July 16th.
The county zoning commission did not make a recommendation at today's meeting.
The public is invited to attend the county commission meeting on July 16th, where the commission could decide to grant Great River Energy the permit.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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International Exchange Workshop / IEW from 8. - 11. April 2015 close to Muenster / Germany
The challenge of keeping Theme-Centered-Interaction (TCI) alive – this is the central item of the next International Exchange Workshop (IEW) in 2015. The workshop will be organized by the RCI Rhineland/Westphalia from Wednesday, 8th April, to Saturday, 11th April 2015, with the slogan: "If the roots are deep enough, you can withstand even the strongest wind."
Location: LVHS "Schorlemer Alst" Freckenhorst near Münster, which already hosted the 2004 IEW about education and counseling.
The number of participants is limited to 200. In late summer a flyer with information about the program and the registration will be published.
Seminars of 2015 can be booked online
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Highway A81 Junction Gaertringen till the construction of the new bridge. In the background the sewage plant of Gaetringen. The construction started summer 2011 to summer 2013 and extend the 4 existing lanes to 6.
Der Spielplatz auf dem Kirchbuckel in Gärtringen Rohrau, ist im Winter ein toller Platz zum Schlitten...
You see the Foodball ground and the sport hall of the Sportverein Rohrau 1932 e.V. In Front is the Cl...
View to the St. Veit Church in Gärtringen (From Kirchstreet No. 7). St. Veit was build in 1460 a.D. Y...
Model train exhibition in the Stadthalle 2013. Here we can see the N-scale modules of the 'N-Club Int...
Panoramic image at the Kirchgasse in Herrenberg above the market place
Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)
And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.
Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.
Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!
Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.
But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.
Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.
And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.
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February 1 - 2, 2009
Cologne, Germany Cologne Messe, Hall 10
The INTERNATIONAL SWEETS and BISCUITS FAIR (ISM)
The International Sweets and Biscuits Fair (ISM) attracts more than 34,000 confectionery industry attendees each year from more than 143 countries. Nearly 40 USA exhibitors participated in the USA Pavilion in 2008 at the largest confectionery trade event in the world.
The World Craves U.S. Candy
NCA has been presenting the USA Confectionery Pavilion at ISM for the past eleven years. Buyers from around the world make the USA Confectionery Pavilion a "must-see" destination visit during their time at the show. They come to experience the fun and excitement - and big business - that the U.S. confectionery industry represents. Participation in the USA Pavilion helps you do business in a European manner, close deals and create goodwill with your customers.
The Top Buyers and Sellers in the Confectionery World
ISM attracts high-level buyers, providing excellent conditions for conducting your business. The USA confectionery Pavilion provides amenities as part of the exhibit package that make it easier for you to do business with your international customers. In addition, more and more U.S. buyers are attending ISM and spending quality time in the USA Confectionery Pavilion.
USA CONFECTIONERY PAVILION at ISM 2009
February 1 - 4, 2009 Cologne, Germany
The USA Pavilion at the 2009 ISM proved to be another success this year. NCA offered a turnkey experience for exhibitors to introduce their products to the European and world markets.
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George Atallah, the spokesman for the NFL Player's Association, suggested on deadspin.com today that NFL fans could sign the petition at change.org in order for their voices to be heard about the subpar refereeing performances we've seen to date in the 2012 season.
Now, I'm not a petition kind of guy. In fact, I generally think these things are pretty worthless, and this one might well be. But I do feel strongly on this issue, because it's obvious that while the professional refs are not perfect, they are much more qualified to be on the field than the current crop of gentlemen who were rejected from the Lingerie Football League and local 6 man high school football leagues.
And hey, if you're going to sign an internet petition, why not sign the one the NFLPA spokesman recommended?
You can find it here: http://www.change.org/petitions/national-football-league-end-the-referee-lockout-now
So, if you have a few minutes to spare, it couldn't hurt to throw your hat in the ring (not on the field, doofus...you're gonna kill Kevin Ogletree) in support of the guys who are much more fun to second guess. Because they, y'know, know the rules and stuff.
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Hundreds attend Lockerbie commemorations
Hundreds of people have attended a ceremony in America to remember the victims of the Lockerbie bombing.
It's nearly 25 years since 270 people died on the flight.
But at the University of Syracuse, which had 35 victims, they are determined to carry on remembering them.
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Cross Crusade announces schedule, changes for 2011
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Get ready!(Photo © J. Maus) Organizers of the the wildly popular Cross Crusade cyclocross race series have announced the dates, venues, and other changes we can expect this coming season. In a statement, Race Director Brad Ross wrote, "The Knights of the Crusade have been feverishly working to line up race locations and dates that Read More »


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Petersham Meadows continues to perplex
10:00am Saturday 11th August 2012 in Richmond News By Amy Dyduch
A long-term solution is yet to be found regarding the electric fence on Petersham Meadows, following a dog attack on a cow last year.
There is currently an electric fence on the meadows, which is rotated every six weeks to allow the cows to graze the entire area.
The National Trust said that although there was a dog ban on the meadows, many owners were still letting their pets off the lead.
This was a concern for the National Trust as it follows an incident last year whereby a cow was attacked by a dog.
There are signs around the meadows banning dogs and a group of nine volunteers monitor the area to ensure dogs are not let off their leads.
Geri Silverstone from the National Trust said: "Dogs on the meadows are an ongoing concern. Nobody is happy with the current fencing arrangement, but while we still have an issue with dogs on the meadows, it's the safest short term solution."
Ian Brown, who looks after the cows, was unhappy about the fence as he believes it could be potentially dangerous for the herd.
He said: "I feel the cows should be left to graze the meadow naturally. If they get chased by a dog and run away they may get caught up in the fence, which is a form of torture. I think it's totally wrong."
Mr Silverstone of the National Trust said they want to find a long-term solution for Petersham Meadows, to ensure it is a safe place for all users.
The National Trust is holding a series of community workshops in September to work with local residents to find possible solutions to keeping the cows on the meadows.
A large hedge could be grown around the meadows or the cows could graze behind a semi-circular fence.


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During the past two decades chief executive officers have seen their annual pay checks skyrocket, in many cases, to more than 500 times those of an average worker. With recent stock market gains many executives will likely earn more than $50 million this year in salaries, bonuses and stock options.
Stunned stockholders, who ultimately pay the huge salaries, are increasingly calling for measures to ensure executives earn their keep and boost company profits and share prices. They are tying those giant paychecks to performance measures and dangling stock options, restricted stock and other instruments as incentives to get CEOs to hit their marks. Such incentives become valuable only if certain benchmarks, such as increased share prices, are hit.
A recent Wall Street Journal study found that the 2012 pay plans of more than half the executives surveyed included performance, or incentive pay. That compared with 35 percent in a 2009 study three years earlier.
While the trend toward performance pay is increasing dramatically, experts disagree on whether it effectively produces better results for shareholders by aligning the interests of executives and shareholders.
Research from management professor Albert Cannella, Jr., is shedding new light on the performance-pay trend, which could lead to more effective use of the incentive compensation, more profitable companies and higher share prices.
Cannella, who returned to the W.P. Carey School of Business last year after a five-year stint at Tulane University in New Orleans, explained that performance pay plans are supposed to get executives to take more strategic risks in order to boost profits.
"If you want to increase profits and take a business to a higher level, the thinking is that you have to take calculated risks," Cannella said.
The problem is most executives are basically risk-adverse. They are afraid of making a mistake and looking foolish or losing their jobs.
Means to what end?
Cannella explained that stock options provide an incentive for executives to break out of their comfort zones by making the risk of missing out on a performance bonus through inaction greater than the risk associated with taking the action.
"It's all about risk and how you perceive it," he said.
While compensation experts seem to agree that stock options are a motivator, some behavioral theory points out shortcomings in the risk-taking logic. Behavioral theory predicts that stock options do provide incentives for increased risk-taking, but only when those options aren't "in the money" – the current share price is well above the option trigger price. Perversely, "in the money" options provide incentives for risk-averse decision making, because executives fear that risk-taking will turn out poorly and they will lose the value accrued in their options.
Through deeper research and an innovative approach to the study of performance pay structures, Cannella and colleague Cynthia E. Devers, a professor at Michigan State University's Eli Broad School of Business, were able to provide important new insight into the relationship between performance pay, the risk posture of managers and ultimately shareholder returns.
"People tend to take a simplistic view of risk and what motivates it," Cannella said. "Actually it can be very dynamic and complex."
"Top Management Team Incentive Heterogeneity, Strategic Investment Behavior, and Performance: A Social Psychological Theory of Incentive Alignment," the research paper co-authored by Cannella, Devers, and Michael Holmes and Tim Holcomb – both at Florida State University, has broad implications for the practice of paying for performance and could lead to the development of compensation plans that achieve superior results for shareholders.
Cannella had worked on research projects with Devers before and jumped at the opportunity to collaborate again when she suggested the project.
"We have a great relationship and it sounded like an interesting idea," he said noting the topic offered an opportunity to contribute something new to an important area of study.
Approach to risk
The research found that while performance pay encouraged executives to take more risks, the risks they actually selected (making large acquisitions) often did not produce the desired results for shareholders. But when the pay plans of top management teams (TMTs) were varied with different terms, incentives etc. across TMT members, the acquisitions they made were tempered and results for shareholders improved.
The theory they developed was that variance in pay plans across members of TMTs creates different perceptions of risk among team members which leads to a more robust investigation, or vetting, of acquisition prospects and as a result, more profitable transactions.
Cannella explained that executives separate their own personal risk from that accruing to the organization and stockholders and perceive both differently. The perception of risk is also relative to the executive's situation.
"An executive's approach to personal and organizational risk depends on where they stand," Cannella said. "If everybody has options in the money, the team is going to be less inclined to take risks than if nobody has options in the money. And, if some have in the money options and some don't, there will be more debate and discussion because of the divergent perspectives on risk-taking within the team."
The research involved an exhaustive study of the companies that comprised the Standard & Poor's 500 index from 1997 to 2002. The S&P 500 companies were selected because they include a diverse group U.S. industrial firms for which detailed financial information was readily available.
The research team scoured Thomson Financial's Securities Data Company Platinum Mergers and Acquisitions database and came up with almost 3,000 mergers completed by the S&P 500 companies during the six-year period.
Next they studied the pay packages of the companies' top management teams, consisting of the CEO and next four highest paid officers. Proxy statements typically give detailed compensation information about the five highest-paid executives.
The authors gleaned information about the pay structures of the top management teams from Standard & Poor's ExecuComp database, proxy statements and other sources, to rank the firms according to the level of performance pay included in their compensation plans.
The group then looked at the structure of the executive pay packages at the companies to determine which ones had high levels of dispersion, or disparity in incentives across TMT members.
Cannella noted that much of the disparity in incentives across TMT members is unintentional, arising as a result of normal turnover among team members. "Longer-serving members of the TMT are much more likely to have 'in the money' options than newer members, for example" he said.
The group used shareholder return, a measure of the price of a company's stock plus dividends over a period of time to determine how well the companies performed for stockholders over a six-year period.
Finally, they looked at how performance-based pay and the structure of the pay plans of the top management team members influenced the executives' actions with respect to the acquisitions. And they assessed the impact the acquisitions had on the company's profits and share price.
Structure matters
The research came to four significant conclusions.
- Performance pay plans that include stock options and other incentives can induce executives to take more strategic risks, such as acquiring other companies.
- While such acquisitions often were beneficial for CEOs, they often didn't always similarly enrich shareholders.
- Teams with different, or disperse, performance pay structures among members made fewer acquisitions than those with more homogenous plans.
- Acquisitions made by teams with disperse pay structures turned out better for stockholders than those made by teams with less diversity in pay plans.
- The final finding was perhaps the most significant, according to Cannella; it showed that by structuring pay plans differently for executives comprising top management teams, shareholders could overcome at least some of the negative implications of performance pay to achieve better results.
"Hopefully it gets people in corporate governance to think more deeply about the structure of management compensation plans," he said.
Cannella, who was a farmer before joining the ranks of academia, has now moved on to other research projects. He is studying how global companies compete with one another and how the language used by CEO's in analyst interviews and earnings conference calls can be interpreted by competitors to make strategic business decisions.
The Bottom Line
- CEO pay has skyrocketed over the past years to more than 500 times that of average workers.
- Companies are increasingly tying soaring executive salaries to performance measures – ostensibly to ensure they get what they pay for.
- Studies on the effectiveness of performance-based pay have been inconclusive.
- The above research found that performance pay plans encouraged top management teams to take more risks by engaging in acquisitions.
- While enriching the executives, acquisition generally do not achieve the expected returns for shareholders.
- Teams with more disparate pay plans made fewer acquisitions.
- Acquisitions made by teams with more homogenous pay plans were less successful than those made by teams with more heterogeneous compensation structures.


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Senate in brief
Highlights from the April 17 meeting of Senate.
Before the Senate meeting, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Alan Harrison led an open session on the new budget model and answered questions from those in attendance.
Principal's report
In his oral report to Senate, Principal Woolf provided updates on the following items:
Click here to read the principal's complementary written report.
Provost's report
In his report to Senate, Provost Harrison provided updates on the following items:
Reports of Committees
Senate approved a recommendation included in the report from the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD) to approve the Enrolment Plan for 2012-2013.
Senate also approved a recommendation from the Senate Advisory Research Committee to approve the
renewal of the Cancer Research Institute for an additional five years, effective December 8, 2011, subject to ratification by the Board of Trustees.
Senate moved into information session and Vice-Principal (Research) Steven Liss gave a presentation about the university's Strategic Research Plan (SRP), outlining the plan's objectives and priorities. The final plan will be delivered to Senate for approval at the May Senate meeting. For the latest on the SRP process see the Queen's News Centre story.
Provost Harrison reported that the Queen's University Planning Committee (QUPC) has been focused on discussions related to the University's efforts to balance the 2012-13 budget, as requested by the Board of Trustees. The 2012-13 balanced budget will be presented to the Board in May 2012, and a preview was presented to QUPC at the most recent meeting on April 13, 2012. The final QUPC meeting for the 2011-12 academic year was last week, and the group will begin meeting again in the fall.
Reports of Faculties and Affiliated Colleges
Senate accepted for information the Queen's School of Religion's final report as an affiliated college. On May 1, 2012, the School will become fully reintegrated into the university.
Communications and Reports Submitted to Senate
Senate accepted for information the following reports: New Senators 2012; a report from the Sustainable Bioeconomy Centre; and the research report.


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The Dirty Birds are in town to play our Panthers. Can we keep the win streak going against a playoff bound team? Well, a team hoping to make the playoffs. The Panthers could put a serious ding in that with a win today.
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Yet more snowFriday, March 27th, 2009
After over a week of glorious sunshine when we all thought that Spring had arrived, Winter and more snow returned on Monday 22nd March overnight and all day on Tuesday when around 30cm of new snow fell at resort level and more up top, making conditions once again, absolutely superb!
All runs down to La Tania are open and the blue run Folyeres has a massive base and is guaranteed to be open until the end of the La Tania season on Sunday 19th April. Some Courchevel and Meribel lifts close a week later and Val Thorens closes two weeks later. There will, as usual, be some fantastic April skiing to be had.


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NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) - The Delaware Humane Association is seeking a half-million-dollar loan from the state to build a new no-kill animal shelter and adoption center in Wilmington.
The association is asking for $500,000 participation loan from the State Small Business Credit Initiative Loan Program in conjunction with TD Bank. The state Council on Development Finance was scheduled to consider the request Monday.
The Humane Association set a fundraising goal of $3.1 million for the new 11,400-square-foot shelter, which will be built next to an existing 7,000-square-foot facility. Construction could begin in the fall and take up to a year to complete.
Officials say the current shelter has a capacity of about 90 cats and 40 dogs. The new shelter will be able to accommodate about 150 cats and 60 dogs.
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Call for 2009 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Awards Nominations
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) is sponsoring the 23rd annual recognition of the faculty excellence and will select twelve faculty members for the 2009 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Awards. Winners will receive a $5,000 stipend, funded by the Dominion Foundation and are recognized by the General Assembly and honored by the Governor at a ceremony scheduled in early 2009. The SCHEV nomination guidelines are available at Outstanding Faculty Awards on their web site.
Since the program began in 1991, twenty-two Old Dominion University faculty members have been selected for this award (see the attached list of winners). In addition, Professor of Music Aldolphus Hailstork received his award while at Norfolk State University.
The University Outstanding Faculty Awards Committee is seeking your help with identifying internal candidates for eight nominations plus one "rising star" nominee that have been allocated to Old Dominion University for 2009. A "rising star" must have less than six years of continuous service as a full-time faculty member and must be in at least her/his third year of service at a Virginia institution. One of the other nominees may be designated for a "teaching with technology" award, a special category that recognizes extraordinary success in the application and use of technology to teaching. Successful candidates must have a record as a faculty member in Virginia with superior accomplishments that strongly reflect Old Dominion University's mission and superior accomplishments in the four areas of scholarly endeavor: teaching, discovery, integration of knowledge, and service.
In the past, SCHEV has given preference to nominees who are outstanding in teaching and have made significant contributions in research and service. With regard to teaching, the committee looks for nominees whose outstanding performance has already been recognized by teaching awards and supported by student and colleague testimony. In the area of research, preference has been given to those who have published books and received significant grants, in addition to a substantial record of published articles and paper presentations. For service, preference seems to be given to nominees who have significant records of professional and community service. Integration of technology and instruction has also become a factor.
In order to nominate a faculty member for consideration for this award, please submit the following materials (one original and six copies) to Carol Simpson, Provost, Room 222 Koch Hall by August 14:
- A letter that addresses the nominee's qualifications for the award
- Copy of her/his current curriculum vitae
- Quantitative and qualitative teaching evaluations for the past two years
- Letter of endorsement from the nominee's dean
- Any additional materials that demonstrate the nominee's accomplishments
It is important that the nomination letter, dean's endorsement letter, and curriculum vitae contain explicit information about any the quality and impact of the nominee's teaching, previous teaching awards or nominations (in addition to any other evidence of excellence in teaching), information about the faculty member's record of scholarship and grants received (in addition to listing other research accomplishments and recognition), and information about significant professional and community service activities.
The Outstanding Faculty Awards Committee will review the nominations in the later part of August and select up to nine University nominees. A representative of Academic Affairs will work with the University's nominees to produce final nominations for submission to SCHEV by October 16.
Faculty members selected as University nominees will receive a $500 award from the Vice President for Research, Mohammad Karim, to support scholarly activities in the coming year, will be recognized at a luncheon in the fall hosted by the Provost and the spring faculty awards dinner, and recognized by the University's Board of Visitors.
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Ex-army medic Katrina is starting lifesaving treatment (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)
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EX-ARMY medic Katrina Brown, whose supporters raised more than £100,000 to pay for her lifesaving treatment, is now undergoing chemotherapy in a Chicago hospital.
Standard readers donated thousands for the desperate appeal, meaning that she was able to have the pioneering stem cell procedure.
She is keeping in touch with friends and supporters through Facebook and in an update yesterday she paid tribute to her specialist, Dr Richard Burt.
She said: "Think I'm through the worst of what I'm calling chemo hangover lol. "Poor Dr Burt, we rang him at 05:00 this morning and with no complaint whatsoever he was up out of bed writing me a new prescription. He even rang back twice after an hour to see if I was any better. So glad I'm doing this here under his care."
Katrina, whose husband Martin is based at the Duke of Gloucester Barracks at South Cerney, was told she was exposed to depleted uranium when she was on a posting Iraq ten years ago.
Four years ago she was diagnosed with systemic sclerosis, a terminal conditions which hardens organs.
She was told she could not have stem cell treatment on the NHS in the UK, but discovered the procedure was being carried out successfully in America. The treatment involves stripping her immune system with chemotherapy and reintroducing her own harvested stem cells.
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Business-led Coalition Opposes 'Guns in Parking Lots' Bill
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NASHVILLE - A coalition of leaders from across the state will tell legislators Tuesday about their fears if the "guns-in-parking-lots" bill if passed.
More than a dozen representatives of business, professional associations, hospitals, private colleges and universities, and law enforcement will testify before members of the Senate Commerce and Agriculture Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee.
They will express their opposition to a pair of bills that would strip them of their right to ban firearms on privately owned property, such as a parking lot. They say the legislation would deny employers their fundamental property rights and would impose costs that will jeopardize jobs.
Remarks about the legislation from several who are expected to testify:
Bill Ozier, chairman of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry: "Emotions run high in the workplace. If employers are going to provide a safe place for their employees, the should have the right to set the rules on company property."
Tom Midyett, Tennessee Paper Council, representing more than 300 paper-related businesses: "In their proper place, guns are an integral part of our Tennessee heritage and our lifestyle. But you do not need to upset company policies that have worked well in Tennessee for many, many years, by creating this new mandate on Tennessee employers. You certainly do not need to infringe further on the private property rights of my Tennessee Paper Council members or any other property owners in Tennessee."
Rick Lassiter, president of Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville: "According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, health-care workers are more than three times as likely as workers in other industries to be injured by acts of violence. A hospital ER or an ICU waiting room are two of the most emotionally charged workplaces around. Add guns to the mix, and you turn a place where lives are saved into a place where lives are in danger."
Others expected to attend include representatives of the Tennessee Business Roundtable, the Hospital Alliance of Tennessee, Associated Builders and Contractors of Middle Tennessee, the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, FedEx Corp., the Tennessee Public and Teaching Hospital Association, Volkswagen, Campus Chiefs of Police, Bridgestone Americas, Tennessee Class I Railroads, and the Greater Nashville Chamber of Commerce.


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New Hampshire Fish and Game officials reported accidents took place in Grafton and Lempster, while a Manchester man was killed while snowmobiling with his son in Auburn and an Errol man was killed Sunday afternoon in Pittsburg.
Keith Ryan, 41, of Manchester was pronounced dead Saturday afternoon at Elliot Hospital after the snowmobile he was operating near Lake Massabesic hit a rock and accelerated, throwing him onto nearby rocks. His son, who was a passenger, was also thrown from the snowmobile and injured. He was transported to Elliot Hospital as well, suffering from a concussion, and a fractured hip and femur, according to Fish and Game officials. No further information on his condition was available Sunday night.
Christine Papciak of Auburn was walking her dog nearby when she heard screaming and crying at the accident scene.
"There were two guys that were out ice fishing, and they came running and offered jackets," said Papchiak. "I saw the victim's girlfriend performing CPR on him, and I could see the boy off to the side under a blanket. The man's two daughters were hysterical, saying they didn't want their dad to die. I offered to take them to my car and wait with them while Krista, the man's girlfriend, stayed with the man. They wanted to call their mom, so they used my phone."
As EMTs transported Ryan and his son to the Elliot, Papchiak gave Krista and the two daughters a ride to the hospital.
"She couldn't find her guys, so I offered to take them," said Papchiak. "I felt so bad for them. Krista told me they were both alive when they left the lake. The girls were so upset."
Papchiak later went back to the scene of the accident and retrieved jackets, boots and Krista's keys. She took them back to the family at the Elliot.
"I found out it was a fatal accident," said Papchiak. "The boy was in surgery then, and I didn't hear anything more."
Papchiak, who leaves near the lake, said she couldn't recall any similar accidents at that location.
On Sunday, John Allen, 63, of Errol died as a result of injuries sustained in a snowmobile crash in Pittsburg.
Fish and Game officers said at 2 p.m. Sunday emergency personnel were called to the scene of the single-vehicle crash on Trail 138, near River Road in Pittsburg. The operator, Allen, was found unresponsive against some trees approximately 15 feet from the trail.
Resuscitation efforts were initiated, and Allen was transported from the scene by rescue sled, with CPR in progress. Allen succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead later that afternoon. Authorities said excessive speed appears to have been the primary factor in the accident.
Two other snowmobile accidents occurred Saturday as well.
At 1:46 p.m. Saturday, Fish and Game officers responded to a report of a snowmobile accident in Lempster. The accident occurred on Trail No. 393, approximately a half mile from the intersection with Mountain Road.
Responding officers reported that a group of five friends from Connecticut were snowmobiling in the area, traveling north on Trail 393, also known as the Bean Mountain trail. Reports indicate that the passenger's seat on a 2007 Ski-Doo GTX snowmobile, operated by Arthur Raczkowski, 40, of Connecticut, disconnected from the rest of the machine, causing a passenger, Adam Zakrzewski, 33, also of Connecticut, to fall backwards off the snowmobile.
Zakrzewski struck the ground, causing injuries requiring him to be airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. No further information on his condition was available Sunday night.
The incident remains under investigation by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
Also on Saturday, at 2:50 p.m., Robert Hughes Jr., 49, of Framingham, Mass., suffered left shoulder and leg injuries while riding a snowmobile on Kilton Pond in Grafton. Fish and Game officials said Hughes was operating the snowmobile when he failed to negotiate a turn on the pond, causing it to roll over. Witnesses to the accident called 911, and Hughes was transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with minor injuries.
Fish and Game officials said the cause of the accident was not alcohol-related, but did say speed and inexperience of the rider appear to be contributing factors.
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The Texas Workforce Commission is ordering a sonogram school to pay up and stop accepting new students, following a FOX 4 undercover investigation.
"I was afraid would not get any money back," said Gail Davis who attended the Diagnostic Medical Institute in Fort Worth.
"Twenty grand," Reporter Becky Oliver said. "That is a lot of money."
"Yes," said Candice Schuff, another former student.
"And it was a lot of time for you?" Oliver questioned.
"Yes, which I cannot get back," Schuff told her.
These two women lost their money and their dream of becoming a cardiac sonographer. But now the TWC has ordered the school to pay them back.
In November 2011, FOX 4 went undercover and met the owner, Mumtaz Farash, a convicted felon, who promised her school could deliver a high-paying job. But when questioned, Farash refused to give out any specific information about her graduates and where they were working.
"The reason is the confidentiality. When you decide to come here, I will show you the letters, the names," Farash told the FOX 4 employee.
Farash reported to the state 84 percent of her students found jobs over the past four years. The TWC said an audit showed it was only 26 percent.
The state also found the school:
---Misrepresented the program by failing to provide genuine clinical training.
---Overcharged students.
--- Failed to provide training so students could pass the sonography certification exam.
Four students complained to the state. Now Farash must pay them back, stop accepting new students and stop taking any more money.
FOX 4 went by the Diagnostic Medical Institute looking for Farash. She wasn't there, but was at a fast food restaurant down the street.
Farash explained to Oliver that she was appealing the refunds. She said the TWC miscalculated the employment rate. And She said she is a victim and students like Schuff who complained to the state were just bad students.
"They ordered you to pay her back $19," Oliver said to Farash.
"I am appealing because all of these allegations are wrong," Farash said.
"I am not rich," Farash continued.
"This is a pretty nice car you have here," Oliver said.
"This is an old car," Farash said.
Farash drives a Mercedes and is listed as the owner of a $812,000 house on a golf course.
"Do you have any money I can borrow to pay them?" Farash asked Oliver.
"I didn't take their money so I should not have to pay them back," Oliver continued.
The TWC is giving Farash 60 days to issue the refunds and clean up her act. The state did not shut her down.
The women said it was a tough lesson to learn. They think the state should do a better job policing career schools.
"I think she should be shut down. She is a convicted felon," Davis said.
"I truly believe if I had not contacted you, this would still probably be in the wind," she told Oliver.
"It is really kind of devastating," Schuff concluded.
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ditto - How ridiculous do you have to be to think that you're going to get some kind of sympathy because you're only 2 months behind in rent instead of 3? Especially when it's public money we are talking about!July 14, 2011 at 4:50 p.m.
If you can't afford $250 in rent, get a real job. Plenty of work in the paper.
This guy has some nerve! And he also made "What's not on the menu" for 16 demerits - don't think you want a hamburger after reading this. HEY ARNOLD THE WORD TODAY IS JOB!
Will I have to say you are right on the money.July 14, 2011 at 4:17 p.m.
Well, yes, I do and did, thank you for bringing that up. I brought well over a dozen jobs to this town two years ago and there was no fanfare or tax abatements. I did not even get a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Gross revenue of 8 million my first year and I have the right to be bitter since I paid a over a half million in sales taxes and a lot more in Income taxes and the hidden taxes of permits, licienses and fee's.
As far as your ex- I can only imagine why she left you. Maybe you left an "A" off the end of your handle.
I love Victoria, but am amazed how poorly it is managed and
I expect better representation and clarity from our public servants.
As far as my ROI, I ask my customers daily if they see my ads and if it brings them into my store. I was told my staff are great and products are great and that is the primary reason they return.
I feel the VA singled this man out and is destroying his living.
Typical Chamber BS, not standing up for the small business guy.
Also, I do NOT live in Victoria, I live in the Country.July 14, 2011 at 2:07 p.m.
Victoria is TAINTED. T' ain't the Country , T' ain't a city. So I choose my Hoheim pastrure to your flip home soon to be urban decay.
Will, you sound like a bitter man. Perhaps you should come up with a plan to bring jobs to the area, approach the CVB and/or EDC, and then see what happens. Or did you do that already?
You remind me of my ex...would you like some cheese with that whine, you big baby?
If your opinion is so low of Victoria, then why do you still choose to live here?
Also, what kind of tracking do you do with regards to your ROI on advertising? I'm interested to see how you came to the conclusion you did. I'm sure you have some sophisticated system.July 14, 2011 at 1:05 p.m.
If the Cafe was not there, Fowler and the County would spend ten grand on an economic feasability study on how much more business would increase with a coffee shop at the airport.
We are lucky this man has invested in a cafe that helps us look like a real town. I know that sounds dumb, but a couple of vending machines are not as appealing as a cafe when these multi gazillionares line up for daily commuter flights for the CATAPILLAR Army that is coming to save Victoria's economy from peril .
If Martinez had some friends on the board, he could have received free rent from the GOB club for providing a service establishment at this County's ChickenS#%T Airport.
Get the VCVB to pony up a few bucks to keep this open when we fly in and out of Po Dunkville.
AS for the credit rating of the VA staff and the County Commisioners, I can already tell you the return on my advertising dollars for adverstising in the paper is rip off. There is poor circulation and ads are not shown on-line.July 14, 2011 at 12:15 p.m.
Pecos, do you have any evidence to support your claim that the airport commission and director are the ones that have gone to the media? Sounds to me like Martinez may have been the one that went to the media to try and drum up support for "the little guy" getting pushed around by the big bad government.
How ridiculous do you have to be to think that you're going to get some kind of sympathy because you're only 2 months behind in rent instead of 3? Especially when it's public money we are talking about!
Pecos, yeah times are tough. They're tough all over. If you can't afford $250 in rent, get a real job. Plenty of work in the paper.
I was planning on going by there and getting a burger before they closed but not anymore. What a jerk.July 14, 2011 at 8:43 a.m.
Its pretty simple, if you rent you need to make your payments. If your
renter does not make their payments, there are procedures in place through the court to resolve the issue.
It is petty when the airport commission and it's director feel a need to play this out in the media . People across the US are having hard times, many in the same boat.
I'm sure somewhere out there the credit reports of our elected officals, appointed board members and employees probably would show a non pay, slow pay, delinquent etc..
Try to run your business without using the media to garner support or justify your actions.July 14, 2011 at 8:23 a.m.
If you don't pay your rent you don't stay in business. Period! Like the old bumper sticker used to say....."Ass, Gas or Grass, On one rides for free". The airport is not a very good place for a cafe`. Not enough traffic to keep it afloat. Good luck to the owner of the business! I hope the Airport can find a new tenant soon.July 14, 2011 at 6:06 a.m.
Nuff said, if you can't pay rent, then you probably can't pay suppliers.July 13, 2011 at 7:56 p.m.
otherwise, you pay your rent on time- or you don't have a place to operate.
Don't make a public entity the bad guy. They are not, they solely are responsible for collection of of money that are owed to citizens.


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Hi there,
I have a js countdown timer which counts down from 60 seconds to zero and when it hits zero it redirects the page.
Only problem is that when the user refreshes the page the timer obviously reverts to 60 seconds.
Does anyone have any code which would turn this into a cookie so that the location of the timer is stored each time the page is refreshed and then the timer continues from where it left off?
My timer is using setTimeout.
I've seen a couple of examples of this on various forums but none actually seem to work - my cookies are switched on.
Also, I cannot use form, input or anything else like this due to the third party software we're using (long story!).
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Presuming your countdown timer is running as a setInterval or setTimeout call every second, you could simply declare a variable with an inital value, i.e - 60 and then decrement it by 1 every time the function is called.
Then you would need to create a function to respond to the window.onunload event which then stores the value into the cookie...
Here's an example:
var secondRemaining = 60; var theFinalCountdown = setInterval("myFunc", 1000); function myFunc() { //your countdown function secondsRemaining = secondsRemaining - 1; } function recordCookie() { //store secondsRemaining variable within cookie here }


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Traffic police in Paphos were left stunned on Sunday night after stopping a vehicle for a random check only to discover a girl of eight behind the wheel and her father in the passenger-seat.
The incident occurred at around 4.30pm on the Skouli-Peristerona road when Polis-Chrysochous traffic police noticed the petite build of the driver behind the wheel. Officers could scarcely believe their eyes when they saw the young girl behind the wheel and her father next to her. The man, said to be 33-year-old Greek national living in Skouli village, was immediately placed under arrest and is set to appear before a magistrate at a later date where is set to be charged with allowing a minor to take the control of a vehicle.


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Sorry this wasn't a fanshot the links to the interviews are not up yet.
Dre was asked, what did the team needed to be more successful next year?
I am paraphrasing..
Dre responded with, Nothing, we just need guys to work harder in the off season and next year come in her and practice harder and when they are at practice, be at practice to practice hard.
Now I know that I am not quoting directly but this comment coming from one of the toughest, smartest and hardest working blazers on the team, sounded live like he was calling some folks out for not working hard enough at practice.
Just a red flag that popped up in my mind. would like to get some input from anyone that may have seen this interview live. Maybe I misinterpret.


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The NAP is really the teams' power hitter. If you divide his HR numbers into his at bats you will see that compared to the rest of the team, he has more home runs for at bats than anyone on the team, even when Guerrero was on the team. So trading Napoli would not be a sound decision based on the fact that fans go to the ball park not only to see a victory but to see a slugger "Blast" one or two out of the park. That is what brings in the fans and that means revenue$$$$
Who in their right mind doesn't enjoy seeing a towering fly ball leave the farthest part of the park? especially against the opposing team.
Mike has that ability and that also stimulates or if you pref-fur motivate the rest of the team. I hope Mr. Napoli doesn't become another lost great player because of another "Stupid" management decision like so many before.
Wood on the other hand has had more than a fair share of time to show his stuff, so see yah drift Wood.