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The impacts of the loan program for U.S. automakers will be felt far from Detroit. As General Motors (GM) and Chrysler work to show they are restructuring to be "viable" long term, as required by the plan, it may mean changes for everyone involved with the car business — workers, creditors, shareholders, suppliers, dealers and customers.
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President Bush's plan includes targets for United Auto Workers' wages to be brought in line with what foreign companies pay their non-unionized workers in their U.S. plants and to have similar, more flexible work rules. Foreign makers can move workers from plant to plant and give them different duties or more responsibilities. Many union plants have thick manuals regulating what a worker can be asked to do.
LINGERING ISSUES: Automakers far from safe
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger is calling on the Obama administration to remove these "unfair conditions" when it takes office.
"While we appreciate that President Bush has taken the emergency action … we are disappointed that he has added unfair conditions singling out workers," Gettelfinger said.
Wages and benefits will be a key negotiating point in the restructuring. GM says it will have spent about $8 billion on labor this year.
What's next: Obama will face a difficult test with the unions, who worked hard for his election in key states such as Ohio. He said Friday that he wants to ensure "that it's not just workers taking the hits." He may have little choice but to force the unions to make more concessions.
"The irony is that Barack Obama and his team understand what needs to be done," says Don Grimes, a researcher at the University of Michigan's Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations. "But that's contradicted by what some of his supporters want him to do."
Creditors were also specifically addressed in the loan plan and are being asked to cut the money owed to them by two-thirds in exchange for stock or some other form of equity.
Renegotiating debt is more typically done under bankruptcy-court supervision, and that's what creditors face if they don't restructure the debt now. The plan is clear that if the companies can't meet the goals for viability by March 31, the federal loans will be called, which would force the companies to head for bankruptcy court.
That deadline is actually a bonus for the automakers, says Aaron Bragman, an analyst at IHS Global Insight, that gives them clout to get banks and bondholders to agree to new terms outside of bankruptcy court. "It is an asset to have that kind of threat," he says. "It brings the parties to the table with a very defined goal."
What's next: The automakers have fought bankruptcy filings, saying sales would dry up. But Van Conway, managing director of restructuring firm Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy, says Obama should not ease the bankruptcy deadline that could motivate creditors to act.
"You have the ultimate gun to everybody's head," he says. "It's a more efficient way to achieve the objectives that normally you can only achieve in bankruptcy court with a lot of fighting."
GM shareholders have already taken a beating this year, and although Chrysler is privately owned by equity firm Cerberus, pension funds that invest through Cerberus say they, too, have seen their investments decline. GM eliminated its dividend this summer, and shares are down 82% for 2008 through their close at $4.49 on Friday. The stock had dipped even lower, to $1.70 a share on Nov. 20.
Now, those weak shares may be diluted by the plan, which calls for the automakers to give the government warrants for non-voting stock in exchange for loans. The companies may also issue new shares for creditors and union benefit funds.
"We don't know the provisions of this," Conway says, noting the devil is in the details.
What's next: Shareholders will get a better idea of what this means to them when the Bush or Obama administration makes clear what type of warrants it is looking for as collateral for the loans.
The loan program sent a wave of relief through the hundreds of suppliers who make everything from headlights to tailpipes. With an automaker failure, the supplier base would have collapsed, says Neil De Koker, president of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association. The next couple months still will be hard, he says, because automakers have slashed production because of languishing sales.
Many small suppliers are living "payment to payment," says John Wilkerson, spokesman for TRW, which makes safety systems. And, "There are going to be plenty of challenges for folks like us on the larger side," even with "a little more cushion."
What's next: Suppliers want aid, too. The industry wants the government to guarantee the IOUs they have from automakers.
The tough economy already was running hundreds of dealers out of business this year. More may now be saved, but their problems remain.
One issue is inability to qualify customers for credit. Chrysler said lack of consumer loans is dampening sales by up to 25% as it announced the shutdown of all its factories for much of January.
"Trying to run an auto business without credit is like running the airline industry without jet fuel," says CEO Mike Jackson of dealer chain AutoNation. "Showroom traffic is dwindling because banks have a new marketing campaign: 'Just say no.' "
Dealers also have suffered from doubts about the automakers' survival. "We have a lot of people who are just holding back because they don't know what the future of GM will be," says Dale Willey, who owns a GM dealership in Lawrence, Kan. "We've been sitting here for eight weeks with the threat of bankruptcy over our heads."
What's next: The next administration will be pressed to do more to loosen consumer credit. There are still too many dealers, but, "The market is going to take care of a lot of these issues," says Paul Melville, a dealer specialist for consultants Grant Thornton. Some will survive. Some won't.
"Car buyers can begin to reconsider buying an American car," says Philip Reed, senior consumer advice editor for Edmunds.com. Now GM and Chrysler need to reassure buyers that warranties and parts are secure, he says.
Also, "They have to get the negativity out of the media," says Ian Beavis of media buying firm Carat and a former marketing executive at Kia and Mitsubishi. "They can't go out there seeming desperate."
American automakers need to reconnect with consumers at the grass-roots level, he adds.
GM marketers are working on promotions "but aren't ready to discuss" them, says spokeswoman Kelly Cusinato.
Consumers should have been included in the bailout, says Rosemary Shahan of Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety. "People want to buy cars. That's going to save the day."
What's next: Look for splashy ads from GM, Chrysler and Ford (F) letting customers know they're back and ready to do business.
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The Aga Khan is a smiling man, genial, with twinkling eyes and never less than a faint trace of benign good will turning up the corners of his mouth. He smiled all the way through a speech last month at the opening of the new Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, especially while alluding to the innate happiness embodied in the branch of Shiite Islam of which he is the spiritual leader, Ismailism: "We are a community that welcomes the smile," he said.
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does anyone here have any experience with Alaskan Malamutes? I have wanted one for a few years, after watching Westminster and doing some research online about them. i think they are beautiful and i love their goofy personalities. but I'd really love to hear from anyone who may have some first hand experience. thanks - hg
I saw that dog on Westminster. My husband turned to me and said, "I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful Alaskan Malamute!" Gorgeous dog. I don't have any personal experience with them, but I understand they are very loyal to their pack leader (which would be you, if you got one). I also have read that they aren't the best dog for small kids.
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He's certainly a little hockey player, cracked me up that he was proud of his stitches.
You know what that little stinker did last night? He pulled them out. I could have strangled him. He said he didn't need them anymore, so he just picked them out. So now he has some butterfly bandaids until I deem him healed enough.
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Good job keeping his growth at a slow/steady pace. I'm sure you already knew that having previously owned a GD.
You should get him a personalized jersey with his name on the back. LOL Be sure to post a picture of it if you get one for him. I'm not getting Domi his own jersey until he's full grown.
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All in all, this is a must-watch and makes me optimistic about future tv and film adaptations of fantasy and science fiction novels.
I commend the actor who plays Joffrey as his is a thankless role. He doesn't even get to be the kind of villain that you love to hate. He's like the Draco Malfoy of Game of Thrones. Er,
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It's getting to be that time of year again when Minnesota Vikings fans are excited because NFL training camps are opening soon and the season is drawing nearer. One thing that goes hand in hand with the NFL season is fantasy football, which many fans love to play.
Recently, Yahoo! Sports released their rankings of players to help folks during their fantasy drafts. Here is where some of the Minnesota Vikings players stand:
Teddy Bridgewater (27th ranked QB): For a guy that isn't even expected to start, 27th is pretty good. He's listed above Matt Cassel, E.J. Manuel, and a couple other starting passers. This means Yahoo! Sports is really expecting Bridgewater to see a good amount of action this year.
Running Backs
- Adrian Peterson (3rd ranked RB, 3rd overall): It's hard not to get excited about Adrian Peterson. He is going to be a bigger part of the passing game for the Minnesota Vikings and should continue to dominate on the ground. However, Yahoo! Sports' experts feel that Jamaal Charles and LeSean McCoy are better fantasy options.
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Cordarrelle Patterson (20th ranked WR, 47th overall): Patterson is due for a huge year now that he is a full time starter in Minnesota's offense and has a creative offensive coordinator to get the ball in his hands. One spot above him on the list is former Vikings Percy Harvin, who the media loves to compare Patterson to.
- Greg Jennings (56th ranked WR, 142nd overall): Sure, Jennings stock took a bit of a dip when he came to Minnesota and saw himself the victim of inconsistent and unpredictable quarterbacks last year. This year, things look to improve for the veteran as it looks to be less of a mess on the offensive side of the ball this year.
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Kyle Rudolph (9th ranked TE, 97th overall): The new offensive coordinator has brought a lot of excitement to the possibility of Kyle Rudolph having a breakout year this year. His size and physical play make for immediate mismatches. However, he will have to prove he's healthy and get good QB play to make this happen.
- Blair Walsh (9th ranked K): Walsh is coming off a somewhat disappointing season after struggling with injuries but looks to rebound this year while kicking outdoors at The Gopher Hole. However, if Walsh can return to his Pro Bowl form of his rookie year, he could well outplay the ranking he has this year.
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- Minnesota Vikings (Unranked – No Votes): It seems like very little is expected from the team in terms of defense or special teams contributions. That's odd considering the Vikings led the NFL in kickoff return TDs and tied for most total punt/kickoff returns in the NFL. However, the team's defense will be a question mark until they can prove to be competent in the new system.
So, what do you guys think? Will you make it a priority to draft any Minnesota Vikings players to your fantasy football teams this year? Let me know in the comments about any players you feel are ranked poorly by the Yahoo! Sports experts or deserve to be on the radar for this year and were overlooked.
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Success! And a question.
First the good news. As of this morning my weight is back to what it was before I went away for the summer. The damage done by 5000 miles of driving, many enormous diet cokes and embarrassingly well patronised buffets has been undone. Well in terms of weight anyway.
My fitness is still not quite back to where it was. I just can't get enthusiastic about running and so that's not really happening. And right now I'm not swimming at all because I'm cycling to work which means I don't have time to swim (because of the opening hours of the pool it's only possible to use if if I'm driving to work).
And now the question. It's really just a question for me (since it isn't like this blog has a wide readership!) but I'm really wondering why I find it so hard to log things that I didn't plan to eat. Last week every day I was over my calories by around 1000 per day. MFP kept making dire predictions about how much I'd weigh in 5 weeks. That didn't bother me at all. But then yesterday was a hungry day and so I ate an extra banana and a couple of handfuls of nuts. I kept procrastinating about recording them. And then I realised that I really did not want to add them to my food diary
That's weird. What possible difference could it make. No-one reads my diary and even if they did a handful of nuts and a banana is not exactly going to leap off the page. It wasn't going to ruin a perfect day or anything - the stuff I planned to eat and had already logged had put me far into the red. So why would I try to get out of writing it down? I'm not sure of the answer but I think it has something to do with fooling myself. And I'm sure there's some sort of interesting information about my psych in there.
Just for the record I did eventually record them at the end of the day.
I've blogged before about the fact that last year was a bit of a write off as far as weight loss. I bounced up and down (more up than down) by about 3kg but roughly finished the year where I started it. I never managed to get into a routine of logging last year. So now I'm back to where I ended the year but with the advantage that I'm back into logging. Hopefully that means I can continue on a generally downwards trend, get back to the lowest weight I ever recorded and then continue on until I finally get to the weight I want to be.


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Only one of the 12 sparked discussion, a motion that brought an impassioned plea from its presenter, Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor and messenger from Cross Church in northwest Arkansas.
In a motion on mental health, Floyd called on SBC entities to work cooperatively to create and identify resources available to individuals and churches that minister to those who suffer from mental health challenges.
"Jesus called us to care for the suffering, to care for the least of these. We often overlook them. At times their lives are so disrupted and severe they require intervention. These people and their families are isolated, stigmatized and rejected," Floyd said.
He cited statistics that 58 million Americans and 450 million persons worldwide suffer from mental disorders and 1 million die from suicide annually. These chronic conditions must be managed, not cured, he explained.
Churches and communities are filled with people who need Southern Baptists to minister to them and their families, he said.
Floyd referred to recent mass shootings, "disturbing events left us stunned," and suicides within the Southern Baptist family. He recalled a recent Twitter feed by California pastor Rick Warren, who lost his own son to suicide. Warren tweeted: "Why is it if any other organ in your body breaks you get sympathy, but if your brain breaks you get secrecy and shame."
The church must answer this question, Floyd said. "We can no longer be silent about this issue. We must cease in stigmatizing those with mental health challenges."
He noted that when disasters occur, Southern Baptists do a "phenomenal job" in relieving the suffering.
"Now is the time we do as great a job in our churches and communities demonstrating compassion to the emotional level that can be piled high in the people and families that deal with mental health challenges.
"It's time for the SBC to be on the front lines of mental health challenges."
After Floyd addressed the convention, SBC President Fred Luter said "mental health is an issue that has affected all of us, someone in our family or local church."
The motion was referred to the SBC Executive Committee and all SBC entities for study, with their reports to provided to messengers at the 2014 annual meeting in Baltimore.
In an interview with Baptist Press after making the motion, Floyd said he was compelled to action after attending a symposium of Christian professionals on the heels of the Newton, Conn., shootings and "matters within our own SBC leadership." The group discussed how to "mobilize the church and SBC around this issue," he said.
After making the motion, Floyd said he had been stopped by fellow pastors telling him they had lost children to suicide; were dealing with some form of mental illness in their family; or were suffering from depression themselves.
Many Southern Baptist entities have resources, but need to inform churches of their availability, he added. "We need to look at the issue and formulate some action plans."
Other resolutions referred to the Executive Committee for study to be reported back to the SBC in 2014 were:
-- that the Executive Committee publish a theological position paper on Southern Baptists' use of gender-neutral Bibles, reconsidering the three SBC resolutions opposing the use of such translations, and consult the "scholarly work found in the CBMW (Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) article, 'An Evaluation of Gender Language in the 2011 Edition of the NIV Bible,'" offered by Tim Overton, Halteman Village Baptist Church, Muncie, Ind..
-- that a special task force be appointed to explore youth programs to teach leadership skills and moral standards once offered by the Boy Scouts of America "seeing they have lost their way and lost their moral compass, the Bible," submitted by Harold M. Phillips, messenger from Pleasant View Baptist Church in Port Deposit, Md.
-- that the SBC withdraw fellowship from Lake Shore Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, due to their support of the "abortion provider Planned Parenthood," as indicated on their website, submitted by Steven Ball, messenger and pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Childress, Texas.
-- that the SBC reevaluate Article III of the Constitution, particularly subpoints 1 and 2 to update minimal standards used to define participating churches and messengers, offered by John Mark Yeats, pastor of Normandale Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Yeats noted that the base gift of $250 required to send each additional messenger to the SBC has not changed since 1888, "a sacrificial amount then, but a token amount today."
One motion, referred to the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, asked that individuals speaking in an official Southern Baptist capacity refrain from stating a "supposed unified" or official position of Southern Baptist on immigration amnesty or pathway to citizenship. The motion was offered by Channing Kilgore, messenger from South Whitwell Baptist Church in Whitwell, Tenn.
A motion by Paul Cunningham, a messenger from Northwest Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, asked that reserved seating at the front of the auditorium be open to all messengers and not reserved for groups other than the handicapped. The Committee on Order of Business reported that the motion "was well received" and will be implemented.
Another motion that a list of all convention elected trustees (including the name, church, state and term) be made available through the Southern Baptist Convention's website, (www.sbc.net), submitted by Jay Adkins, a messenger from First Baptist Church in Westwego, La., was ruled as an internal matter and referred to the Executive Committee.
Four motions were ruled out of order by President Fred Luter acting on the recommendation of the Committee on Order of Business.
Two of the motions presented by Wiley Drake, messenger from First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., were ruled out of order because they expressed an opinion best accomplished through a resolution and sought to give responsibility to the SBC President not in the scope of his work:
-- that the SBC president lead the convention to observe the "Biblical Celebration of the Saturday Sabbath, along with our Lord's Day on Sunday."
-- that the SBC president lead the convention to follow the www.call2fall.com project with the 1.5 million people of the Family Research Council from Washington, D.C., and designate Call 2 Fall in June 2013.
A motion presented by Kenneth Reiter, a messenger from Live Oak Baptist Church in Jacksboro, Texas, asking the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission to "investigate the American Cancer Society's stand on stem cell research," was ruled out of order because it directed the work of a SBC entity.
Another motion ruled out of order asked for SBC entities to refrain from using commercial advertisements to solicit funding from sources other than from the churches, presented by Phillip Senn, a messenger from Blessed Hope Baptist Church in Troy, Tenn.
Barbara Denman is director of communications for the Florida Baptist Convention.
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On October 1, 2014, just before PubCon 2014, SEMPO put out a press release that created instant outrage and discussions, and approval from some.
SEMPO and Other Leading Search Marketing Groups Unite in Call for Delegates to Frame Search Marketing Code of Ethics Initial Organizational Meeting to be held at Pubcon Internet Marketing Conference in Las Vegas
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Wakefield, MA, October 2, 2014 – In an effort to create a widely adopted and enforceable search engine marketing code of ethics for North America, the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO) as well as other leading search engine marketing organizations are conducting a call for delegates to participate in an inaugural "Search Congress." During the Search Congress, delegates from search engine marketing organizations throughout North America will create an initial North American search engine marketer's code of ethics.
The Search Congress will take place at a date and place to be determined in 2015. An informational meeting regarding delegate selection as well as the proposed code of ethics framing process will take place at the Internet marketing conference, Pubcon, in Las Vegas. The meeting location will be publicized at the conference and on social media. Follow @SEMPOGlobal and @Pubcon for the latest news and to get involved in the discussion during Pubcon on October 6 – 9, 2014.
In order to participate as a delegate in the search congress, an individual must be nominated by an eligible search engine marketing organization. These organizations may include regional associations, virtual communities, or other eligible groups.
The immediate reaction I read came from people who were not planning on attending PubCon and therefore would be unable to participate in this Search Congress delegate selection process or the first phase of the proposed code. This was followed by some people who were going to Pubcon but had their schedules made up ahead of time. There was no lead time on this.
I try hard to remain objective and open minded. I've never liked SEMPO, but that is more or less simply because I don't trust most organizations, and in the case of SEMPO, when I compared what they offered with what the usability organizations provide, there was no comparison. Since leaving the SEO industry, I have no need to belong to it.
However, my company partners with SEO companies and I used to work for one. I still write and teach about holistic, organic SEO and UX. I am Admin here. I have a vested interest in the industry. The pioneers in the SEO industry are folks I've known, networked and worked for and with for nearly 20 years. In that time, I've seen, heard, and experienced much.
At the risk of upsetting friends who are trying so hard to do good work, for SEMPO and their companies, I wroteDear SEO. It's About Ego, Not Ethics
SEMPO is not about to try and sell a new culture and this is why I feel they will struggle to convince people to agree to their proposals. The SEO industry has gotten away with pricing many companies directly out of the right to compete with Fortune companies for years.
The problems with finding affordable healthcare in the USA are made worse because not having it can mean fines. This allows health care companies to manipulate services and pricing. The SEO industry knows that a similar situation exists in their favor because not having any type of search engine marketing strategy results in no business.
They know, too, that companies come seeking help for marketing with websites that don't work well, and rather than tell their clients that the website itself needs usability testing to uncover issues and hunt for positive user experience opportunities, they pocket the links, PPC and content marketing money and promise the client miracles in search.
Shari Thurow wrote in the comments:
As a colleague once vehemently stated, "Google is NOT the government." Google is a for-profit company. I choose not to bend search engine rules because I don't want to run my business that way.
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I don't expect much to come from the SEMPO initiative, either; maybe some vague document with committee-speak like mission and vision statements. I have a long list of potential objections waiting, depending on what they include or omit.
Both have been in the industry since it began.
The arguments for creating ethics and standards have been about the reputation of the SEO industry and cleaning up bad practices. I think the approach is awkward because each company should be expected to create its own reputation and set of ethics and rules. A system that tattles on companies is weak from the start. A system that requires displaying a badge that is not attached to any data or rules for engagement is empty.
My observation is that the process of creating a Search Congress and ethics standards does not include hearing from clients. There is no place that I am aware of where a client who has a grievance against a digital marketing agency can make a formal report to the organization that oversee's the industry.
Another observation is based on my own experience of trying to find legitimate companies to refer work to and partner with. Recently I learned of yet another company that I did work for years ago has hurt clients with unsound practices.
And one final point. Since starting my consulting biz back up, I am asked several times a week for recommendations on affordable help. I'm asked by agencies for my recommendations for PPC because they can't find anyone anymore. I listen to their stories and am amazed at what's happening out there.
To me, SEMPO faces a culture of ego's who will not make sound judgment calls because the work is competitive. SEO's do not support other SEO's. They drink with them and form alliances and break them faster than speed dating.
The most difficult step will be asking for the truth about how they do business.