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Green Bay - It might have taken Aaron Rodgers three long years to become the Green Bay Packers' starting quarterback, but it took him about a week to realize this National Football League thing was going to be a little tougher than he thought.
Following a breakout season at the University of California, Rodgers came to the Packers after a very humbling freefall through the first round of the 2005 draft. He went from what he thought was a possibility of being picked No. 1 overall to being Ted Thompsons first pick as general manager 23 selections later.
On his very first day inside the Don Hutson Center, during a minicamp less than a week after the draft, Rodgers found himself running Mike Shermans offense with absolutely no clue. He was the quarterback, but veteran Craig Nall was standing behind him calling the play out to the rest of the huddle.
When I came in, it was kind of like, Its Bretts offense, whatever were going to do were going to do, and keep up, Rodgers said. Which was fine, it was a good challenge, but I couldnt keep up. I was struggling big time.
Thus, began the education of Aaron Rodgers.
He wouldnt know until this summer if it was going to be a one-year, three-year or five-year program, but from that point forward he was determined never again to feel like the dumbest kid in the class.
Three years later, as the Packers embark on their first season in the post-Favre era, Rodgers is ready. He has never started a regular-season game, but hes not Matt Ryan or Alex Smith or David Carr or any of those guys asked to be saviors right away.
Rodgers has had time lots of time to get ready. As the season begins, he may have exactly as many starts as Ryan, the Atlanta first-round draft choice, but he has valuable experience that will give him a better shot at handling arguably one of the hardest assignments in recent NFL history.
The way Aarons doing it, thats how you want it, said Jeff Jagodzinski, former Packers offensive coordinator and Ryans coach at Boston College. Sometimes it takes a guy longer to develop. Its a luxury if you can actually sit and learn.
Look how many young quarterbacks who played right away were ruined. Then look at Mark Brunell and Matt Hasselbeck and Aaron Brooks they all sat behind Brett and they learned how to play quarterback. If the past means anything, Aaron will do well.
The Packers have done everything they can to make the transition from Favre to Rodgers a smooth one. It got a little rough at the start of training camp when Favre decided he wanted to come out of retirement and get his job back, but Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy stood behind Rodgers, placing both of their futures on the line by sticking with the young guy.
Both men feel that the time is right for Rodgers to take over, not just because he fits the situation but because the situation fits him.
Im not talking bad about the 49ers, but our team was not ready for Alex, McCarthy said of his year tutoring Smith when McCarthy was San Franciscos offensive coordinator. We had 100 starts missed because of injury. We needed a quarterback to win a couple of games.
Here, we have a good defense, good special teams. Thats where I think were ready for this. Its been a process leading up to this, an education over the last three years. Hes matured. The only thing he needs is to be playing the game.
If Rodgers fails this season, it wont be because he is unprepared. Everything he has done the past three seasons has pointed toward this, and every hard lesson he has learned has shaped him into the quarterback and person he is now.
Dropped smack dab into the beating heart of the game, Rodgers made a decision early in his career to soak up everything he could from Favre. Extremely intelligent, sometimes cocky, but always aware of his surroundings, Rodgers figured things out quickly.
I think the first progression every quarterback makes is you come in being the guy, and if youre not the starter you realize that theres someone better in front of you, and thats a big step to take because when youre the guy youre confident, Rodgers said. Second, figure out the things he does that are better than you and study it and work on those things and improve.
When Rodgers arrived, Favre made no bones about refusing to be a mentor to him, stating in an interview that it wasnt his job. Nobody had done it for him, and besides, Favres No. 1 responsibility was to win games.
Rodgers had to accept that, but it didnt mean he wasnt going to watch Favre.
The best way to describe it was we were teammates the first year, Rodgers said. It was a very business relationship. But I was kind of in his hip pocket. My biggest thing was if were not going to be friends yet, which is fine, Im still going to be in his hip pocket until he tells me to get lost.
So Id stick my head in there when hes talking in the huddle and lean in and listen to what hes saying and listen to him in practice. Id watch him like a hawk. This guy is one of the greatest quarterbacks to every play, so I better figure out what hes doing.
What Rodgers noticed was the way Favre commanded the huddle. How he used his eyes to make it appear he was going to throw one way and then throw the other. How he never got fooled by what blitz the defense was about to run. How he anticipated exactly where a receiver was going to make his break and threw the ball before it even happened. How he never had a bad practice.
And then Rodgers would study it.
Anytime he opened his mouth in meetings to talk to a receiver I listened, Rodgers said. I wrote it down. I have journals from the first three years, note and notes. Notes from computers Ive printed out. I have them stashed in my filing cabinet.
During his first year, Rodgers struggled badly during the exhibition season and his only extended playing time came in a dreadful 48-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. He replaced Favre in the fourth quarter and was sacked three times twice from behind that resulted in fumbles returned for touchdowns and threw an interception in the end zone.
It was another humbling experience, but one Rodgers took with him into the off-season.
The highlight was talking to Deion Sanders between the third and fourth quarters, Rodgers said. I realized at that point, I was kind of like a kid who was just out of place a little bit, on this field with these great stars and Im not performing. That was the most frustrating thing, and I knew that off-season I had to make some improvements to get to where I want to go.
After the 2005 season, Sherman was fired and McCarthy hired.
All of a sudden there were new demands on Rodgers. He was required to attend off-season quarterback school, six hours of it several days a week. Then McCarthy got on him about his weight. Rodgers weighed 228 at the time and measured about 15% body fat. McCarthy wanted the body fat down to 10% to 12%.
I fought it and I was like, Why? Rodgers said. But I think it definitely helped me out. Im 217 right now, the lightest Ive been before my sophomore year at Cal, and Im a lot stronger and more fit. But I fought the system. Change has always been tough. Any type of change in my life Ive always met with some resistance, so we butted heads the first year a little bit.
Favre didnt attend McCarthys quarterback school and didnt make his decision to return for another year until just before the draft. When he showed up, he didnt know any of the terminology of McCarthys system.
With Nall gone to Buffalo, Rodgers was the only familiar face in the quarterback room, and he was able to lean over and tell Favre which plays under the Sherman system corresponded to the ones McCarthy was teaching. It was at that point that Favre and Rodgers started to become close.
During the 06 season, Rodgers mostly ran the opponents offense on the scout team. But those repetitions proved valuable because McCarthy and quarterbacks coach Tom Clements structured it so plays that were similar to those in the Packers playbook were called with Packers terminology.
Thus, on many plays, Rodgers was simulating the Packers offense.
Rodgers only significant playing time came after Favre hurt his elbow against New England, and the results werent pretty. He completed 4 of 12 passes and was sacked three times. Not until after the game did Rodgers realize he had suffered a broken foot that ended his season.
Even though the injury stunted his progression on the field, he continued to make strides off it, showing less of the cockiness and salesmanship he brought with him from Cal. Through the urging of offensive coordinator Joe Philbin, he became more conscious of his body language and stopped being so demonstrative when a teammate made a poor play.
You come into the league when youre 21, I would hope youd mature a lot between then and now, said former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer, a close friend of Rodgers. And thats kind of what Aaron did. Thats really the time when you understand the responsibility of manhood and having a bigger picture of life. All of that makes you more well-rounded and it helped him as a football player, too.
Rodgers education continued into 07. McCarthy urged Favre to spend more time mentoring Rodgers, and Favre responded.
My first year, he was kind of like, Yeah, he needs to grow up and this and that, McCarthy said. I told Brett, You need to give back now. Youre at the point now where youre older than most the quarterbacks coaches in the league. You can give back, not only to Aaron. Brett really embraced that. Thats one of the things you dont really hear about.
Besides continuing to study coverages and meeting with Favre on the sideline during games, in 07 Rodgers was given a scouting assignment. As soon as the game was over, he started working on the next opponent, providing a report on Wednesday morning to the coaches and other quarterbacks.
He would watch tape on Mondays and Tuesdays and write the report Tuesday night. It started out being a report on the cornerbacks Favre would be facing that week, but it advanced into in-depth reports on schemes, tendencies and other players.
Favre used to joke that Rodgers presentation was his least favorite part of the week, but Clements said the work was invaluable for Rodgers. Soon he was coming up with the same evaluations as the coaches.
It wound up being especially valuable when Rodgers got pressed into action against Dallas on Nov. 29. When Favre got knocked out of the game, Rodgers came in and completed 18 of 26 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown, nearly rallying the Packers to victory on the road.
The touchdown I threw was exactly what we saw on film, the exact defense we were expecting, Rodgers said. It was the exact play call we talked about during the week, the play I had seen on film on Tuesday. I said, I hope we get this look during the game. And sure of enough were on the 8-yard line and they give us that look and I hit Greg (Jennings) and he scores.
As the season begins, there should be many more opportunities like that one. Rodgers carries with him a Harvard degree in quarterbacking, the kind only a few have the luxury of obtaining. Rodgers wont outwardly resemble the quarterback Favre was, but there will be subtle similarities that coaches and teammates will recognize.
Rodgers, to be sure, is his own man, his own quarterback. But the lessons he learned along the way, those are what prepared him for this day.
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How can there be an excellent way to compare a guy who is in the twilight of his career vs a guy who just started his second game?
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Good article. I read it when it was published, which was a couple days before the first game of the season. The article paints a very good picture of Aaron Rodgers, but my favorite part is about Brett Favre and how he helped out Rodgers in '07:
My first year, he was kind of like, Yeah, he needs to grow up and this and that, McCarthy said. I told Brett, You need to give back now. Youre at the point now where youre older than most of the quarterbacks coaches in the league. You can give back, not only to Aaron. Brett really embraced that. Thats one of the things you dont really hear about.
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How can there be an excellent way to compare a guy who is in the twilight of his career vs a guy who just started his second game?
Who said they were being compared? I don't get it.
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How can there be an excellent way to compare a guy who is in the twilight of his career vs a guy who just started his second game?
Who said they were being compared? I don't get it.
Apparently no one as I've made a doofus of myself yet again. I just got done reading a comparison article and yeah...
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That was a great read, thanks alot for posting it.
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That was a great read, thanks alot for posting it.
I agree. Lots of very good things in there. I also think this is the first article I've read that ACCURATELY explains what happened with Rodgers broken foot against the Patriots.
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Great article. I've read so much negativity this summer I llke anything that is't trying to tear one side down
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Wouldn't you love to see Favre hang em up after this year and come back to be Rodger's QB coach?
once again, this just shows how media stories are not always accurate of what really happens. How many years did we hear that Favre did not help Rodgers. All because favre made one simple comment about it not being his "job" to mentor Rodgers.
Favre is a good guy. Rodgers is a good guy. Mike McCarthy is a good guy.....TT? well, he does a good job! LOL
(Actually, I think Ted Thompson is probably a really stand up guy.)
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Amsterdam and San Francisco have a lot in common beyond being named the world's top two destinations by Lonely Planet. Tonight we celebrate diversity, multiculturalism, and creative expression while exploring the themes these cities share.
Take the de Young's Instagram challenge by posting a picture inspired by this week's Orange Nights theme #SFOAMS. A selection of images will be digitally displayed in Wilsey Court during Friday Nights at the de Young.
Friday Nights at the de Young are after-hours art "happenings" that include a mix of live music, dance and theater performances, film screenings, panel discussions, lectures, artist demonstrations, hands-on art activities, and exhibition tours. Local artists conduct drop-in workshops, debut new commissions, display their art in the Kimball Education Gallery, and take part in conversations about the creative process. The café offers a delicious Friday Nights prix-fixe menu and specialty cocktails, and the observation tower is open until 8 pm. Artist Fellows, Artists-in-Residence, curators, scholars, and arts educators all play an active role in making Friday Nights an engaging museum experience for all.
A special Dutch-inspired prix-fixe menu is offered at the de Young Café beginning at 5:00 pm. Grab-and-go items are also available until café closes at 8:15 pm.
De Young Artist Fellow Lenora Lee and collaborating artists and partners take up residence in the Artist Studio as they prepare and present works in progress throughout the month.
The Escape and Rescued Memories: New York Stories are two new performances that incorporate dance, music, media design, text, and film to shed light on the experiences of women immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century.
6:00–6:20 p.m. Lion dance by Kei Lun Martial Arts
6:30–7:15 p.m. Performance by SF Gay Men's Chorus
7:30–8:30 p.m. Live Latin music by La Gente
Hosted by Mica Sigourney
A special exhibition of posters created by students from San Francisco's California College of Arts during a workshop with Amsterdam-based graphic design team Cobbenhagen Hendriksen. Plus a display of Dutch bikes from My Dutch Bike.
Come visit with our friends from San Francisco's own Rickshaw Bagworks. View hand-sewn bags and make a bicycle pennant for your own special Dutch or San Francisco bike! These projects help visitors of all ages get up close and personal with the artistic process. Join our museum teaching artists to create an artwork of your own to take home.
Also in the Museum Lobby:
These two cities have much in common: liberal politics, cultural diversity, and urban innovation, to name just a few. To celebrate the themes that link these two hubs of creative expression, join the Consulate General of the Netherlands and the de Young Museum for five fast-paced micro-presentations inspired by the favorite cities of both residents and visitors.
Moderator: Arne Bakker, UC Berkeley
- City bike culture: John Calaway, SF Bicycle Coalition
"Intimate Talks" and storytelling with San Francisco-based Dutch children's book author Maria van Lieshout.


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Alcona rises up
ROGERS CITY-Even the most talented teams need a while to get going.
Such was the case with Alcona football team on Friday at Rogers City. The Tigers overcame some early mistakes and turned on the jets in the second half to defeat the Hurons 30-12 at Gilpin Field.
Cody Franklin rushed for 123 yards on 19 carries and threw for a touchdown as the Tigers (3-0) eventually used their running game to power past a Rogers City squad that proved to be a tough matchup.
"They came out with a nice game plan defensively, they're real tough kids. They were tough on the inside and they exposed some issues for us," Alcona coach Dave Schneider said. "That's one of the nice things about playing teams like this, we're going to fry much bigger fish than the Rogers City Hurons, but we need to be able to beat teams like this."
Trailing 16-6 at halftime, Rogers City (2-1) scored on its first drive of the second-half. Starting on their own 30, the Hurons scored after seven plays when Jack Ryan found the end zone from four yards out. A missed two-point conversion left Alcona ahead 16-12 with 7:53 left in the quarter.
Alcona put the pedal down from there, scoring on its next two drives. The Tigers marched from their own 19 and finally scored when Franklin found paydirt from 19-yards out, taking a 22-12 lead.
Brandon Ritchie intercepted Chris Lopez on the Hurons' next drive and four plays later, Nathan Fettes scored on a four-yard run. Garrette Norling added a conversion to put Alcona ahead 30-12 early in the fourth quarter.
Fettes had 18 carries for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Josh Mead added 94 yards on eight carries.
Playing without starting quarterback Quintin Kelly and running back Jacob Malocha, the Hurons gave Alcona a run until they were undone by mistakes in the fourth quarter.
"They're a well-coached team, they're very disciplined and they're supposedly one of the better teams around here," Rogers City coach Tim Nagy said. "We had a couple shots, we had one called back and couple of times and against a team like this you can't make too many mistakes and we did."
Midway through the fourth quarter, a penalty wiped out what would have been a 33-yard touchdown run from Henry. Rogers City got another break later on when Lopez intercepted a pass from Franklin. The momentum swung back to Alcona fast however as Alec Neumann intercepted Lopez two plays into the Hurons' next drive.
"We just got up in their business. We talked about toughness. We talked about, 'Lets just get down to what we do,'" Schneider said.
Lopez was 6-of-18 through the air for 150 yards. He added 51 yards on 11 carries and Cam Urban added 54 yards on seven carries.
The beginning of the game was marked by the inability of both teams to hang onto the ball. Rogers City fumbled on the second play of the game and two plays later, Fettes put Alcona on the board with a four-yard touchdown run.
Both teams combined for six fumbles in the first quarter. On Alcona's next drive, Rogers City recovered on Alcona fumble, but Urban fumbled on the Hurons' next offensive play.
After Fettes recovered another Huron fumble, Alcona put together a solid drive and Franklin eventually found Norling for a 19-yard touchdown pass. Mead caught a conversion, giving the Tigers a 16-0 lead late in the first quarter.
Backed by a 48-yard kickoff return from Lopez on the ensuing drive, Rogers needed just four plays to get on the board. On 3rd-and-9, Lopez tossed a 14-yard touchdown to Cole Henry.
The Hurons nearly scored again in the final minute of the half, putting together a nice drive that started on their own 23 with 1:02 left. Urban began the drive with a 41-yard run and Lopez later found Ryan for a 20-yard pass to get in the red zone. Alcona's defense was able to stop the Hurons as time expired.
Defensively, Norling and Fettes led Alcona with nine tackles each.


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Clementine's Story
A gentle senior Dalmatian named Clementine has been imprisoned at Professional Laboratory and Research Services (PLRS) for as long as seven years. According to a PLRS supervisor, the laboratory bought Clementine in 2003 from a notorious animal dealer that has since been shut down for "severe mistreatment and neglect of a multitude of animals." The dealer had acquired Clementine from an animal shelter. Clementine—also referred to as "38902"—spends her lonely days in a concrete and chain-link cell without exercise, affection, or attention. Every day, she is deprived of a home, a family, simple comfort, veterinary care, and enrichment.
Instead of living with a family in a good home, she endures the abuses of "life" at PLRS, where the floor's poor drainage forces her to spend most of her days standing in her own urine and/or a bleach and water solution. Workers spray a caustic bleach solution into the cage while she is still inside it. Raw, open sores cover her limbs. Excrement is caked on her body.
When PETA's investigator reported Clementine's injuries, she was told that they were "just part of life at PLRS" and that she should not tell the veterinarian who visits PLRS once a week or so about them. According to a PLRS supervisor, Clementine was diagnosed with heartworm disease in 2005 but has never been treated.
PETA's investigator visited Clementine when time permitted and, over a period of months, saw Clementine's physical and psychological health decline. Clementine appeared to be depressed and cried when the investigator left her. The investigator's requests to adopt Clementine were denied.
Unlike PLRS employees, who are free to leave the laboratory, Clementine cannot escape. She remains locked in a cage and is being considered for use in a cruel experiment. You can help us stop the suffering and abuse of animals like Clementine by making an urgent donation right now.
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WHAT IS THIS MAN HIDING? Is the dog really safe? PETA has asked the same question only to get stonewalled by this man? Also what has the lab said about where she is.Its not right that the people who exposed the barbaric things that were taking place in this lab have not been told where she is.And so on to the abusers, when are they going to be brought to justic for the crimes they commiotted against the animals.They should serve time in prision. THESE QUESTIONS NEED ANSWERING NOW!!!!
poor baby!!!! this kind of stuff makes me teary. i cant take the way people treat animals. its so disgusting
I've started a Facebook page to raise even more awareness for Clementine! Let's start a movement people…This is not right! Here is the link to her new Facebook:
I pray for this beautiful Dalmatian and all the other animals who have been subjected to that kind of environment. Thank you so much for your investigations, you do so much to help animals and I'm proud to say I'm a member of PETA.
I can only hope w/ my dying breaths that people who do this wind up in cages themselves, subjected to the same torment.
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Thank you for your inquiry about Clementine. We appreciate and share your concern for Clementine's welfare and safety.
As you know, after PETA's undercover investigation of Professional Laboratory and Research Services, Inc. (PLRS), resulted in the laboratory's closure, hundreds of animals were released from the facility.
We had made arrangements to have one of the shelters we work with closely take custody of Clementine so that she could be reunited with our investigator, who had watched over her for the nine grueling months that she spent at PLRS. Sadly, PLRS employees, probably out of spite, would not release Clementine to any of the shelters who graciously took in animals for placement. When we learned that Clementine was not surrendered to animal-sheltering professionals as planned, we called for an aggressive investigation of her whereabouts by law-enforcement officials. The district attorney's office claims to have looked into it and tells PETA that Clementine was found, seized, examined, and returned to the person whose home she is in. But the office will not reveal any details and is even refusing to answer basic questions, despite knowing that we and people across the country, like you, are deeply concerned about her. PETA is very disappointed that Clementine has vanished. Our investigator had spent almost a year at PLRS and bonded with Clementine and hundreds of other animals. She did all that she could to make their miserable lives just a little less miserable. PETA had a home lined up for Clementine, and we are deeply disappointed that the district attorney's office has chosen to conceal information about her from us and from the people who fell in love with her. We'd be perfectly happy to know that Clementine is safe and in a good home, but at this time, the district attorney's office refuses to tell us anything.
Please ask District Attorney Frank Parrish about Clementine's whereabouts, and ask him when he plans to file criminal charges in this case. Please send polite comments to:
District Attorney Frank Parrish
202 East Colonial Ave.
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Can someone please comment on our comments here about Clementine now that this place has been shut down?
What happened to her? Did she have to be put down because of all the physical issues that she endured in this horrid place?
Please someone respond.
Re: datalynnsmith. Many of the animals tormented by PLRS have been adopted by loving guardians. For an update, please visit: http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2010/10/15/hugs-and-kisses.aspx. – PETA.
Please let me know about Clementine's future. Was she rescued? What happened to her?


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I was immediately charmed by the enthusiasm and easy confidence of the expedition's five Youth Ambassadors—Emma, Holly, Steve, Colin and Zander, ages 17 to 21—who studied maps in the mornings and found their own way (with a couple i2P folks trailing by a mile or so for emergency support). As an ultrarunner and a parent, I found myself nervous about the 18 to 32 miles they were tasked with running each day, wondering how they'd tackle the high-elevation miles over hot jeep roads, loose sand, rocky canyons and even an unsupported day with water crossings. But the Ambassadors had trained for three months prior with i2P virtual coaches on their endurance and strength; come expedition week, instead of giving into nerves, they approached the miles like a moving dance party, singing folk songs or rapping freestyle as they ran.
At lunch, they took a break from the desert sun, resting and re-fueling in the shade of juniper trees. Afterward, they logged online to web conference, via military-grade satellite equipment, with students all over North America eager to live and learn vicariously through them.
The first questions were often centered on the running itself: "Where do you pee?" and "What do you eat to keep going?" But the Ambassadors always steered conversation back to the education, out of sheer excitement for what they were learning. Emma asked if the web audience had ever seen black "teeth" on the beach; when a few answered yes, she jumped into explaining that those were actually ancient marine fossils. Zander riffed off this to illustrate that the desert around them used to be a swampy underwater world.
After wrapping up their daily miles, the Ambassadors followed Dr. Titus, our expedition paleontologist, on evening field trips to hunt for fossils or to measure Dilophosaurus tracks imbedded on a bluff. One evening, still tired and sweaty from the day's run, they were asked to deduce what the rocky soil was made of by digging their hands deep into it. With black dust flying, the Ambassadors shouted out possible answers until one of them correctly guessed: coal!
This marriage of landscape and learning continued each day as Dr. Titus revealed more of the ancient world hidden in the rocky layers, even joining the Ambassadors for short run segments to answer questions about rock formations or color variations while in motion. Later in the week, we ran to a secret dig site and joined Dr. Scott Samson, of PBS' Dinosaur Train, to help extract a Hadrosaur. As the satellite live-fed the experience back into classrooms, Holly shouted, "Who knew learning was so fun?!"
This story originally appeared in our October 2013 issue.


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A recent Microsoft software update (.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1)) puts Mozilla Firefox browsers at risk. An added browser plug-in (that cannot be deleted, nor deactivated) lets the plug-in secretly and silently install programs onto your computer. This plug-in, known as the .NET Framework Assistant, might have been created with the intention of updating Firefox and improving your browsing experience, has been exploited, and hackers learned how to use it against you.
The way Microsoft engineers described this threat was a "browse-and-get-owned" situation. What this means is that if you visit a rigged website, even if you don't install or download anything yourself, your computer can be hacked and get all kinds of spyware and malware installed on it without you even knowing.
After this has been found out and reported, Microsoft responded by putting out another software update that allows you to disable and uninstall the .NET Framework Assistant, however, it has not apologized to Mozilla Firefox for secretly sneaking this plug-in into their browser. To make sure that you are protected, and are not at risk of getting hacked, make sure that your browser does not have the .NET Framework Assistant activated.
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The Bard would no doubt be pleased with the complex devoted to him at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Outside the marble building on East Capitol Street are nine bas-reliefs depicting scenes from his plays, with a statue of Puck, a character from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," presiding over a fountain and pool at the west end of the building.
Inside is a research and reading room housing the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, as well as rare Renaissance books and manuscripts from his time. The Elizabethan Theatre, with its three-tiered gallery, carved oak columns and walls of timber and plaster, would be recognizable to Shakespeare, as would the Great Hall that features rotating exhibitions of Folger treasures and other special events. Among past exhibits in the Great Hall: "Shakespeare's Unruly Women," featuring representations of Shakespeare's female characters in photos, paintings, costumes and playbills over the centuries.
The Folger isn't really set up for a time-pressed tourist.The extensive reading room is not open to the public; and the theater, like any, is somewhat sterile without action on the stage or people in the audience.
It's far better to visit here in conjunction with an event, such as a concert by the Folger Consort -- renowned for its performances of Renaissance music -- or a play. That way the place comes alive, as the Elizabethan atmosphere complements the entertainment.
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Happy Veterans Day and a heartfelt thank you to all our active military personnel and vets. On this day we start to think about the Adopt a Soldier Program we support each holiday season. I know it's going to be hard for people to give this year, with the poor economy and recent hurricanes. But I hope this program will be a priority for some.
Our veterans, active military personnel and their families make sacrifices most of us cannot even imagine and they are suffering on our behalf. Adopt a Soldier provides a way for you to thank them and truly make a difference in their lives.
The Adopt A Soldier website provides easy ways to help, such as:
- Donate a holiday gift or phone card
- Send letters to our troops
- Send a care package to a soldier or his/her family
- Make a financial donation to a soldier's family
For our part at Vermont Woods Studios, we are excited to be adopting Sgt. Peter A. Avila who is currently serving with the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, D Company located in Hawaii. Peter began in the military as a Marine and now is a US Army Soldier. He has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and will soon be deployed again. Peter's wife Crystal is suffering from kidney disease and debilitating complications. Peter and Crystal's two little boys (Kenan and Kaleb) and a baby girl (Deanna) are growing up without their father's presence nor do they have family members living close enough to assist in times of need. Many other military families are in similar circumstances, serving their country without complaint.
This Veterans Day weekend we are donating $20 from each sale towards adoption of Peter's family. Please consider joining us in providing assistance to military personnel in need this holiday season. Contributions can be made online or at Soldier's Angels or sent to the Wagram Emanuel Holiness Church, Attn: Sgt. Peter A. Avila, c/o Pastor Ronnie Norton, PO Box 784. Wagram, NC 28936, 910-369-2729.
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1967 Photo of The Beatles
Does anyone know who the photographer was that took the above photos of the Beatles? I don't have the ones of George and Ringo. Were these pics taken individually of them? Or, was this one pic of the four of them? Whoever had this pic must have cut it into four seperate pics of them individually. It must have been taken in mid -late 1967. Did it appear in a magazine? If anyone has this complete photo, could you please post it or them and shed some light on who took it? Cheers!


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Turkey Cutlets with Fried Ravioli
- 12 to 14-ounce package fresh ravioli filled with cheese, spinach or mushroom and cheese
- Salt
- 1 cup cornmeal, eyeball it
- 1/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Romano, a couple of handfuls
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated or ground
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/3 pounds turkey cutlets, available in packaged poultry case
- 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves, chopped, the yield of a few sprigs, stripped
- Coarse black pepper
- Fresh bay leaves, 1 for each cutlet or small dried bay leaves
- 2 lemons, zested and juiced
- 1 cup dry white wine or dry vermouth
- Cooked rapine, recipe follows
- Rapini with Golden Raisins:
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup golden raisins, a couple of handfuls
- 1 1/2 pounds fresh rapini, broccoli rabe, trimmed and coarsely chopped
- Salt
- 1 (14-ounce) can chicken broth or 2 cups water
Place a large pot of water to boil over high heat. Add a healthy dose of salt to boiling water to season it. Add ravioli and cook to package directions for al dente. Pour cornmeal onto a plate and combine with grated cheese, then season with nutmeg and black pepper. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over moderate heat and add 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon butter. Drain ravioli. Dust hot, cooked ravioli with cornmeal. Add coated ravioli to the skillet and brown on both sides, 3 or 4 minutes total.
While pasta is working, preheat a large skillet for cutlets over medium to medium high heat. Season turkey cutlets with chopped rosemary, salt and pepper. Choose small fresh or dried bay leaves or halve large leaves with kitchen scissors. Press a small bay leaf or 1/2 leaf into each turkey cutlet. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil to the pan; 2 turns around the pan in a slow stream. Turn cutlets over as you set them into the pan so that the bay leaf faces down. Cook the cutlets in a single layer, working in 2 batches if necessary. Saute the cutlets 4 or 5 minutes on each side. Transfer to a warm plate. Add the lemon zest and juice to the pan and deglaze the pan with wine or vermouth, pulling up any pan drippings with a whisk. Add remaining tablespoon butter to the pan, whisk it in and pour the pan sauce down over the cutlets. Serve the cutlets along side the fried ravioli with cooked rapini or a green tossed salad.
Heat a deep skillet over medium heat. Add oil and onions and cook 3 minutes. Add raisins, rapini and season with salt. Add broth or water. Bring liquid to a bubble, then reduce heat to simmer and cover the pan. Cook rapini 12 minutes or until tender and no longer bitter. Remove lid and allow liquid to reduce by 1/2, 2 or 3 minutes. Transfer cooked rapini and plumped raisins to a serving dish.
Yield: 4 servings
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 18 minutes
Ease of preparation: easy
Recipe courtesy of Rachael Ray
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CUBRID ALL-IN-ONE Windows Downloader is an application created to help users easily download any CUBRID components: engine, drivers and tools. All you have to do is to select the components you want to download on your machine and this application will download them for you, one by one, without any other actions required.
Download link: http://downloader.cubrid.org/setup.exe
The application is open source and it is released under the CUBRID BSD license. Here is a video which shows how to use CUBRID ALL-IN-ONE Downloader.
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U.S. Women's Press Kit for Pan American Cup
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 5, 2011) - In a battle of the world's top two ranked volleyball teams, the U.S. Women's National Team lost to top-ranked Brazil 28-30, 25-18, 25-19, 17-25, 15-11 in a marathon battle on Tuesday evening on the final day of Pool B at the X Women's Pan American Cup at Juarez, Mexico.
Both teams entered the match with 4-0 records through the first four days of round-robin pool play. As the winner of Pool B, Brazil advances directly the semifinal round that takes place on July 8, as will Pool A winner Dominican Republic. After an off-day on Wednesday, the Americans will have a quarterfinal match on Thursday against Argentina, which finished third in Pool A. The tournament concludes on July 9 with the medal rounds and final classification matches.
The U.S. battled back from an early 6-2 lead in the opening set, taking its first lead at 24-23. After saving a set point at 26-25, the Americans finished the set on its fifth opportunity at 30-28. After five lead changes and seven ties in the second set, Brazil broke a 14-all tie with an 11-4 run to end the set with a 25-18 victory. Despite four lead changes and 11 ties in the third set, Brazil's 8-1 run after trailing 15-14 defined its 25-19 victory. Team USA used a 7-1 scoring run in the fourth set to take a 10-6 advantage and controlled the rest of the period for a 25-17 victory. In the tiebreaking set, Brazil jumped to a 5-1 lead and pushed to a 12-7 advantage only needing to score the final three points to hold a 15-11 victory.
"I know that both teams will learn from today's match," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said. "We had a great effort. USA is improving and there´s still much ahead in the tournament."
All five U.S. starting hitters scored at least 11 points in the match, led by Megan Hodge's (Durham, N.C.) 18 points all on kills. Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) chipped in 11 kills, a team-high five blocks and an ace for 17 points. Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio) contributed 10 kills and five blocks for 15 points, while Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) charted 12 kills and a block for 13 points. Jennifer Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.) recorded nine kills and two blocks for 11 points. Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) added three kills, while Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.) was credited with a block and ace for two points.
Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) picked up 11 digs in the match and provided a 74 percent positive service reception on 19 attempts. Larson added 10 digs and 51 of the team's 98 service receptions as part of a 78 positive service reception.
"Another tough match against Brazil, my congratulations to them," said Tamas, the U.S. captain. "We did well today and I´m proud of my team."
McCutcheon started Tamas and Akinradewo at middle blocker, Hodge and Larson at outside hitter, Fawcett opposite and Alisha Glass at setter. Davis was the libero for the match.
Brazil converted 40 percent of its attacks into points as part of a .219 hitting efficiency. The U.S. converted 36 percent of its attacks for a .206 hitting efficiency. The Americans passed at a 76 positive percent on 98 service attempts, while Brazil managed a 69 positive percent on 90 serve receive chances.
Brazil held a 17-14 advantage in blocks and 48-44 margin in digs as both teams served two aces. The Americans committed 29 errors in the match to the Brazilians 24. The U.S. led in kills 63-62.
Sheila Castro sparked Brazil with a match-high 31 points with 29 kills and two blocks. Thaisa Menezes added 16 points, including five blocks. Fabiana Claudino recorded nine kills and four blocks for 13 points.
Earlier today in Pool B, Puerto Rico (3-2) topped Peru (2-3) 25-15, 25-21, 31-33, 25-13 and Trinidad & Tobago (1-4) defeated Costa Rica (0-5) 25-21, 25-15, 25-22. In Pool A, Dominican Republic (5-0) secured the group's top seed and spot into the semifinals with by handling Cuba (4-1) 18-25, 35-33, 25-20, 25-21 in a battle of tournament unbeaten teams. Canada (2-3) blanked Chile (0-5) 25-19, 25-12, 25-10, while Argentina (3-2) defeated host Mexico (1-4) 25-18, 25-23, 25-14.
Brazil opened the first set with the first two points and stretched its advantage to 6-2 on consecutive American attack errors. Brazil increased its lead to 9-4 out of the first technical timeout, but the U.S. answered with a Larson kill and Brazil error at 9-6. Larson slammed two kills and Fawcett scored a block to close the gap to 10-9. Brazil responded with two quick points to take a 12-9 advantage. Hodge and Fawcett collected back-to-back kills to whittle the gap to 12-11, then Akinradewo tied the set at 12-all with an overpass kill. Brazil answered with two unanswered points to gain a 14-12 lead, then pushed the gap to 17-14 with points on each side of the second technical timeout. The U.S. closed the deficit to 18-17 with a Tamas kill and Brazil error. However, Brazil answered with back-to-back points to cause McCutcheon to call timeout with the U.S. trailing 20-17. Hodge blasted a kill and Fawcett followed with a block to narrow the deficit to 21-20. Brazil claimed the next two points for a 23-20 advantage. Fawcett and Hodge pocketed consecutive kills to pull to within one at 23-22 leading to a Brazil timeout. Out of the break, Spicer served an ace to knot the score at 23-all, then Brazil hit long to yield a set point opportunity for the U.S. at 24-23. Brazil saved two set points and gained its first set point at 26-25. An Alisha Glass block and Tamas kill reversed the lead back to the U.S. at 27-26. Fawcett downed a kill and Hodge ended the set with a kill at 30-28. Hodge led the U.S. in the first set with seven points, while Fawcett added six points and Larson five. Brazil's Sheila totaled 11 of her team's 28 points in the set.
Brazil scored three unanswered points to take an early 5-3 advantage in the third set. Akinradewo put up a block and Fawcett followed with an ace to tie the set at 5-all. Brazil answered with two straight points for a 7-5 advantage. After a Brazil attack error, Akinradewo served an ace and Fawcett slammed a kill to put the U.S. back in front 8-7 at the first technical timeout. Akinradewo and Hodge collected back-to-back kills to yield a 14-12 advantage, only to have Brazil score consecutive points. Brazil went into the second technical timeout leading 16-15 following an American miscommunication. Out of the timeout, Brazil scored three of the first four points to grab a 19-16 edge leading to an American timeout. Brazil added the run with three U.S. attack errors at 22-16. The Americans sliced two points off the deficit with consecutive Brazil errors at 22-18. Brazil closed out the set with a 25-19 victory. The U.S. had nine errors in the third set as its miscues reached 22 through the first three sets.
Brazil gained the first two-point cushion of the fourth set at 5-3, only to have the U.S. tie the score at 5-all with a Hodge kill and Brazilian error. The U.S. went in front 7-5 with an Akinradewo block and Brazil attack error. Out of the first technical timeout, Brazil hit into the net and Hodge put up a block to stretch the U.S. lead to 10-6. Brazil knocked two points off its deficit at 11-9. The U.S. regained its four-point edge at 14-10 with a Hodge kill and Brazil error. The Americans reached the second technical timeout leading 16-11 after kills by Tamas and Metcalf. The U.S. advanced to an 18-12 advantage after a bench penalty and attack error by Brazil. The U.S. called timeout leading 20-16 after consecutive Brazil points. Tamas slammed an overpass for a kill after a Brazil service error to extend the Team USA lead to 22-16. Out of a Brazil timeout, the U.S. tacked on another Brazil error and Tamas block for a 24-16 lead. Larson ended the set with a block at 25-17. Team USA scored six blocks in the fourth set as Akinradewo picked up three of them as part of a five-point set.
Brazil opened the fifth set with a 5-1 advantage. A Metcalf kill and Tamas block narrowed the U.S. deficit 6-4. Brazil inched its lead to 10-6 with a U.S. attack error leading to the Americans' second timeout of the fifth set. Brazil extended its lead to 12-7 with back-to-back points. Akinradewo and Larson picked up consecutive kills to close the gap to 12-9 leading to a Brazil timeout. Out of the break, Brazil hit wide and Fawcett put up a block to slice the margin to 12-11 going into a second Brazil timeout on Akinradewo's serve. Paula served an ace to give Brazil match points at 14-11 and Brazil promptly put up a block for a 15-11 victory.
Live video streams for Pool B matches can be viewed by clicking here.
Live video streams for Pool A matches can be viewed by clicking here.
For a full recap of the Pan American Cup, usavolleyball.org/events/7758.
U.S. Women's National Team Roster for Pan American Cup
# - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
2 - Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, Leland, Mich., Penn State)
4 - Angie Forsett (OH, 5-8, Lake Mary, Fla., California)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-4, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
9 - Jennifer Tamas (MB, 6-4, Milpitas, Calif., Pacific)
10 - Kim Glass (OH, 6-2, Lancaster, Pa., Arizona)
11 - Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
12 - Nancy Metcalf (Opp, 6-1, Hull, Iowa, Nebraska)
13 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Hopewell, Pa., Penn State)
14 - Nicole Fawcett (Opp, 6-4, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State)
16 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
17 - Mary 'Nellie' Spicer (S, 5-9, Barrington, Ill., UCLA)
18 - Megan Hodge (OH, 6-3, Durham, N.C., Penn State)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Caoch: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach/Technical Coordinator: Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer/Medical Support: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Team Manager: John Cook (Lincoln, Neb.)
X Women's Pan American Cup Schedule
July 1-9 at Juarez, Mexico
Pool A Standings
Dominican Republic 5-0
Cuba 4-1
Argentina 3-2
Canada 2-3
Mexico 1-4
Chile 0-5
Pool A (at COBACH)
July 1: Cuba def. Argentina 27-29, 25-19, 25-13, 25-20
July 1: Dominican Republic def. Canada 25-23, 25-15, 25-13
July 1: Mexico def. Chile 25-22, 25-19, 25-15
July 2: Dominican Republic def. Chile 25-13, 25-9, 25-20
July 2: Argentina def. Canada 25-15, 25-23, 21-25, 26-24
July 2: Cuba def. Mexico 25-20, 25-15, 25-19
July 3: Cuba def. Chile 25-10, 25-10, 25-14
July 3: Dominican Republic def. Argentina 25-23, 25-20, 25-19
July 3: Canada def. Mexico 25-18, 25-15, 25-18
July 4: Argentina def. Chile 25-21, 25-15, 25-15
July 4: Cuba def. Canada 25-13, 25-18, 25-22
July 4: Dominican Republic def. Mexico 25-20, 25-19, 25-15
July 5: Canada def. Chile 25-19, 25-12, 25-10.
July 5: Dominican Republic def. Cuba 18-25, 35-33, 25-20, 25-21
July 5: Argentina def. Mexico 25-18, 25-23, 25-14
Pool B Standings
Brazil 5-0
Puerto Rico 3-2
Peru 2-3
Trinidad & Tobago 1-4
Costa Rica 0-5
Pool B (at UACJ)
July 1: Puerto Rico def. Costa Rica 25-10, 25-13, 25-21
July 1: Brazil def. Trinidad & Tobago 25-15, 25-12, 25-18
July 1: USA def. Peru 25-20, 25-14, 25-14
July 2: Peru def. Trinidad & Tobago 25-15, 25-17, 29-27
July 2: Brazil def. Costa Rica 25-15, 25-12, 25-10
July 2: USA def. Puerto Rico 25-17, 25-17, 25-17
July 3: Peru def. Costa Rica 25-19, 25-12, 26-24
July 3: USA def. Trinidad & Tobago 25-11, 25-17, 25-18
July 3: Brazil def. Puerto Rico 25-21, 25-21, 25-10
July 4: Puerto Rico def. Trinidad & Tobago 25-16, 25-20, 25-18
July 4: Brazil def. Peru 25-11, 25-18, 25-23
July 4: USA def. Costa Rica 25-20, 25-10, 25-8
July 5: Trinidad & Tobago def. Costa Rica 25-21, 25-15, 25-22
July 5: Puerto Rico def. Peru 25-15, 25-21, 31-33, 25-138:02 PM 7/5/2011
July 5: Brazil def. USA 28-30, 25-18, 25-19, 17-25, 15-11
July 6 - Off Day
July 7
Match 31: Chile (6A) vs. Costa Rica (6B), 4 p.m. at UACJ (Final Classification 11-12)
Match 32: Peru (4B) vs. Mexico (5A), 6 p.m. at UACJ (Classification 7-10)
Match 33: Canada (4A) vs. Trinidad & Tobago (5B), 8 p.m. at UACJ (Classification 7-10)
Match 34: Cuba (2A) vs. Puerto Rico (3B), 6 p.m. at COBACH (Quarterfinals)
Match 35: USA (2B) vs. Argentina (3A), 8 p.m. at COBACH (Quarterfinals)
July 8
Match 36: Loser M32 vs. Loser M33, 4 p.m. at UACJ (9th place)
Match 37: Winner M32 vs. Loser M34 or M35, 6 p.m. at UACJ (5-8)
Match 38: Winner M33 vs. Loser M34 or M35, 8 p.m. at UACJ (5-8)
Match 39: 1B vs. Winner M34 or M35, 6 p.m. at COBACH (Semifinal)
Match 40: 1A vs. Winner M34 or M35, 8 p.m. at COBACH (Semifinal)
July 9
Match 41: Loser M37 vs. Loser M38, 2 p.m. at COBACH (7th place)
Match 42: Winner M37 vs. Winner M38, 4 p.m. at COBACH (5th place)
Match 43: Loser M39 vs. Loser M40, 6 p.m. at COBACH (bronze)
Match 44: Winner M39 vs. Winner M40, 8 p.m. at COBACH (gold)


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Comcast(CMCSA) was a big gainer in premarket trading after the company reached a deal to buy the remaining 49% stake in NBCUniversal from General Electric(GE) for $16.7 billion.
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Shares of Intel(INTC) , which discussed its plans for a Web TV service on Tuesday, crept up 0.14% to $21.22 in premarket trading. Speaking during AllThingsD's D:Dive Into Media conference on Tuesday, Erik Huggers, corporate vice president of Intel media, said that the Web TV service will be launched later this year.
Cisco(CSCO) , which reports its second-quarter results after market close, rose 0.62% to $21.10.
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Thursday, 8 December 2011
The financial cost of United's CL exit
28 comments:
Hello Anders, this is my first time posting on your blog. Congratulations on being so quick off the mark with this analysis of the financial consequences of last night's catastrophe.
There is one part of your analysis which may not be spot on, namely, where you say "The minimum the London clubs could play is seven (if they go out in the next round)".
Surely, this should be eight not seven, as the KO stages are over two legs, home and away.
- 8 December 2011 at 15:50
Unless the final has magically turned into a two-legged affair, its 7. Try counting next time.
Round of 16 x 2
Semi. X 2
Final x 1
..Its not hard
- 8 December 2011 at 15:59
- andersred said...
Quick off the mark Frank.
Have now corrected it - which is a blog policy by the way!
- 8 December 2011 at 15:59
- andersred said...
He's talking about the minimum (6 group and 2 knockout)
- 8 December 2011 at 16:00
How much do you estimate the club will 'save' (if any) on CL player bonuses?
- 8 December 2011 at 16:12
- andersred said...
Not much. As far as I know the main bonuses relate to winning the CL and PL not getting to finals (rightly so).
- 8 December 2011 at 16:17
Anders thanks for this. However I'm very surprised you missed the opportunity in your conclusion to slam the club/Glazers for not splashing at on top quality CM! ;-)
- 8 December 2011 at 16:34
Okey, I was just thinking there might be some step by step program for player bonuses in CL. Because I remember I've this in the old JPM document:
"Player contracts include a bonus related to qualification for Champions League, if it does not qualify the company will save 'high single digit millions' in player costs."
- 8 December 2011 at 16:48
The art of all great storytelling is show not tell!
- 8 December 2011 at 17:29
Anon 16.48:
That bonus is related to qualification to the group stages, not the knock-out stages.
Anders, the only thing I'd add is that there was an unspecified amount received from Uefa for gate receipts from the final against Barca last season.
Anyway, isn't it lucky that the success of the Glazer inspired commercial division will protect the club financially against the poor performance on the pitch? Of course this comes after Fergie spent over £45m net in the Summer.
- 8 December 2011 at 19:40
- 8 December 2011 at 20:18
Anders, well done for being off the mark so quick against the leeches who own our club.As for GCHQ the commercial side is the massive success story and has comfortably taken over from the football team - how ironic. thats what we are getting from the Glazers, results from down in London courtesy of the new H.O. well they are making the money, crap from Old Trafford. Expect nothing from the F A Cup, nothing from the Premier league in terms of winning it. There is of course a small problem with the global economy on the edge and the Glazers still up to their eyeballs in debt. Sorry I forget they will be launching a successful IPO in Singapore
- 8 December 2011 at 20:21
A reduction in TV money by some £17m, even after allowing for Europa League TV money, is a hell of a lot.
As it happens, it will be more than covered by the increase in commercial revenues generated by the Glazers.
If this commercial success is sustained and increased, as seems likely, the club could be free of debt in five or six years time.
As it is, the club has no problem complying with UEFA's FFP rules, unlike City and Chelsea.
It will be very interesting to see if UEFA have the cojones to live up to their own words and ban FFP non-compliant clubs from Europe.
- 8 December 2011 at 21:04
Oh Anders, if only you had replied to my launch post a couple of minutes before you did, Sunny wouldn't have landed himself/herself in such embarrassing hot water!
- 8 December 2011 at 21:36
Yes, I do understand that. But I was just wondering if there might be more steps for bonuses than:
1. Qualify for CL
2. Win CL
- 8 December 2011 at 22:05
good analysis with all the numbers. The one I'd disagree with is €16.1m for reaching the final. This years final will be Barca V Real (after UEFA rig the draw of course).
Even if United did qualify from second, this teams prospects of reaching the next round would not be great - only 1 or 2 first placed teams that they could actually beat.
So I'd have the knock-out rounds loss at 3-6 m, not 16
So, as you say, financially it is not that big a deal
- 8 December 2011 at 22:59
I must say that I agree with GCHQ as regards Utd's phenomenal success on the commercial side in recent years.
The extra revenue earned by this incredible commercial success, compared to what it had been pre-Glazers, is worth a hell of a lot of money.
I used to think that the Glazers were bad for Utd but, as things have panned out, I have changed my mind and,nowadays, I regard the Glazers as a benefit.
As SAF is reported to have said regarding the Glazers, "they're great owners - I don't bother them and they don't bother me"!
Their self-interest in Utd's continued success on the field is the best possible reason for them to allow SAF full rein.
Continued on-field success is of great commercial advantage to the Glazers. Therefore, the Glazers will sanction any spending which SAF feels is necessary - and all the time, staying totally within FFP rules.
As regards City and the so-called 'Group of Death', the actual reality is that both Napoli and City were CL virgins!
Even so, it was Napoli who rose to the occasion, so to speak, and it was City who recoiled!
- 8 December 2011 at 23:22
- Diem said...
I think it's being rather optimistic to couch this as a "loss" - whilst I'd love to think that we'd have made / won the final, getting there again would have been a fantastic achievement, even without out recent poor form / run of injuries.
If we'd gone out in the quarter finals would you have called it a "loss of £10m"?
I went to the bookies yesterday, lost £20. Well, I actually won £30, but the day before I won £50.... :-)
Fantastic analysis as ever, nice to see it being widely quoted / referred to.
- 8 December 2011 at 23:31
Reminds me of my club Leeds United in 2002. Huge amounts of borrowed money could only be recouped by consistent qualification for the Champions League. They failed to qualify for the CL and down came the house of cards.
Relishing this prospect at the Theatre of Prawns.
- 9 December 2011 at 00:16
Who cares.
On that note there are 15 other teams who lost 15-30m Euros.
We don't see 'loss reports' or discussions of them do we.
The entitlement attitude of teams like these and their followers is baffling.
Hey ManU, you didn't lose anything seeing as it wasn't yours to begin with. Move on.
- 9 December 2011 at 05:08
- s7_rocks said...
Will SAF have any money to spend on january? According to our recent accounts we have around £60m cash but we may need that money because usually have negative cash flow during q3 and our revenue will not be higher than last seasons but our costs have increased.As things stand I don't expect any £30m signing during january and we don't have any money to go on a spending spree during summer.On the bright side this may put pressure on Glazers to go through with the IPO because we are in serious decline and it wont be long before we finish outside the top 4.Is reselling the bonds already bought back an option for the club?
- 9 December 2011 at 06:28
- andersred said...
Thanks for the comments. I do appreciate that not getting to the final of the CL doesn't = "losing money" in the sense that it was never there to be lost.
I do think the comparison with previous years is important however. United got to the semis in 2007, won it in 2008, were runners up in 2009 and 2011. That's a lot of income the club became "used to" that won't be there this year.
Now they've done the decent thing on the ACS that will also have an impact. Football is about largely fixed costs (wages) and variable income (TV money). This year will see TV income decline and judging from Q1, wages rise again.
- 9 December 2011 at 09:56
@ Frank and GCHQ
Any semi-competent marketer would/could have shifted our schemes to regional partnership deals absent the Glazers.
So we would have had all that extra cash anyway and without having 600m taken out the club and a continued demand to service debts.
So on balance, the Glazers remain a cancer on this club.
- 9 December 2011 at 10:38
There's another factor that you haven't mentioned. Don't most shirt/kit/etc sponshorship deals now include performance clauses? Might be hard to get specifics on the contracts, and the club probably doesn't break them down separately when releasing their earnings reports. Not going to receive any of those bonuses this year.
Match day revenue is going to fall quite a bit now that United has declared that Europa matches are not mandatory for season-ticket holders. Manchester United averaged £3.7 million in revenue per match last season. I would expect most Europa games to be half-full unless United draws some of the better teams (Valencia, Atl. Madrid, etc), and that's even though they're almost certainly going to cut ticket prices substantially. Look at how empty the Crystal Palace Carling Cup match was.
Which brings up my last point. I doubt United will get far in the competition if SAF plays mostly youngsters. There are better teams than Crystal Palace in the Europa League.
- 10 December 2011 at 08:35
Are you able to do a comparison of how the finances will compare based on how far we get in the EL vs the CL. So, for example, if we got to the final of the EL would that earn us more than if we'd stayed in the CL and gone out in the second round?
Obviously that will require some extrapolation for matchday revenue, but if we assume the club gets 2/3 of the revenue of a standard match in the EL I'd have thought a strong run in the EL would be more preferable financially than a quick exit in the CL knockout rounds. After all, the way we've played in Europe this season we'd probably have gone straight out in the second round if we were drawn against Barca, Real, Bayern or even Inter.
- 10 December 2011 at 15:48
Anonymous 08.35, You were right to mention the importance of the draw and getting an attractive tie.
As it happens, getting drawn against Ajax is a good attraction. Ajax have won the European Cup more times than Utd. This should keep the attendance high for the home leg.
In addition,travelling to and from Holland for the away leg is far less time-consuming than some god-forsaken hellhole in deepest darkest Russia.
- 20 December 2011 at 19:14
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- 10 January 2012 at 12:27
Overall, despite going out in the group stage instead of making it to the final, as in three of the four previous years, Utd's revenue only fell by £10m.
Despite this fall in revenue, Utd splashed the cash this summer. RVP has paid back a good chunk of his transfer fee already, as so have Kagawa, Buttner and Powell.
Clearly, the Glazers understand that to maximise the value of the club they must spend money - and they have done just that.
In the financials just announced today, the increase in Utd's commercial revenues went a long way to compensating for not making it to the UEFA final.
As a result, overall revenues only fell £10m. As SAF is unlikely to be as complacent in this year's group stage, it is likely that both matchday and TV revenues will increase compared with last year.
When you add to that the huge increase in commercial revenues, this year's revenues will probably hit the £350m mark.
Next year,the hugely increased Premiership revenues will kick in and will add some £35m a year to revenues.
When you add the continuing increase in commercial revenues, it is likely that next year's revenues will be approaching £400m!
The year after that the Chevrolet deal will kick in and revenues will be boosted by a further £25m per year to approximately £430m or more, depending on other developments on the commercial side.
- 18 September 2012 at 22:44


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