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Apple quietly passes Exxon as most cash-rich non-financial company?
I haven't seen this reported yet anywhere so perhaps my insomnia-infused
exploration is missing something subtle—If true, it still seems
mind-boggling ...
Noted, from several sources (old news) that AAPL as of jan 1, 2009
has $25.6 billion in cash and short-term securities (cash equivalents)
together with no debt, per balance sheet rundowns at places like:
Yahoo, Marketwatch, and elsewhere.
Now look at Exxon, heretofore far in the lead as cash-rich, and
usually listed together with MSFT, CSCO, GOOG, Berkshire Hathaway
and AAPL, too, as loaded to the gills.
Well, we know BRK is a financial, like a bank, supposedly more oriented
to long- rather than short-term investments, and that AAPL passed by
the others in the last quarter or two, except for Exxon.
Well, XOM reported just a few days ago, so the cash flow and balance sheet
info are not yet up at the popular financial sites, and Exxon's own press
releases don't go into detail. But check out the SEC Exhibit 99.2 to
the Form 8-K filed 1/30/2009, 4Q08 data summary p. 3 of 11:
For the last Q (and widely reported) they register net cash of $26.4B, beating
AAPL handily, but this is for calendar Q308, now ancient history.
Nothwithstanding, It shows current total cash + cash equiv. at $31.4B minus
total debt of $9.4B, or a grand total of only $22.0B for net cash at New Years,
due to *lower* quarter revs. together with the typical share repurchase and
dividend payout programs in-progress. Now we know that Exxon still has
much larger cash flows than Apple, but they are spending it grandly, while
Apple is not. With this recent set of stats,
Apple Is The Current U.S. Heavyweight Cash Champion (Yay team!)
With a tip to the macabre, he who dies with the most toys wins.
OK, so maybe some blogs can run with this now, unless I goofed up
somewhere (I do software hacking, not accounting). A subtlety is that
Exxon lodged a further 1.7B classified as "short-term investments" rather
than "cash equivalents", while Apple has technically re-categorized
certain cash equivalents as short-term investments. Even adjusting
for the 1.7B extra Exxon slop Apple still wins, methinks!
I haven't seen this reported yet anywhere so perhaps my insomnia-infused
exploration is missing something subtle—If true, it still seems
mind-boggling ...
Noted, from several sources (old news) that AAPL as of jan 1, 2009
has $25.6 billion in cash and short-term securities (cash equivalents)
together with no debt, per balance sheet rundowns at places like:
Yahoo, Marketwatch, and elsewhere.
I think these numbers are old. This $25.6B is from the past. Didn't Jobs say they had $25B back in Oct.? I believe the latest as of end of 2008, is around $28.1B. Can someone verify this? I know on Apple's website they say this:
"Our outstanding results generated over $3.6 billion in cash during the quarter,? said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple?s CFO.
"Whatever happens in the stock market today has happened before and will happen again." - Jesse Livermore
The numbers at the abovementioned link (Google Finance) are correct as stated,
which just reflects the SEC filings. The 28.1B figure being bandied
about by CFO Oppenheimer—see F1Q09 earnings call transcript at
includes cash + short-term + *long*-term marketable securities.
The Apple CFO is hinting that these are really cash equivalents due to the
conservative investments of Apple subsidiary Braeburn Capital.
(Aside: Braeburn is like a giant money-market fund which holds U.S. Treasuries,
U.S. "agency" securities (Fannie/Freddie/Farmer GSEs), short-term commercial paper,
and perhaps even CDs, none of which accrue state tax because of the
clever setup in Nevada. For the most part, Apple has sidestepped fiascos
like the Auction Rate Securities flap, holding paper issued by Lehman, etc.
Oppenheimer notes last quarter cash of 24.5B, which is the "old old news".
This figure checks by adding the cash + short-term + long-term in
the table at the Google Finance link, or more importantly, within SEC docs.
I would be interested to know what the financial cognoscenti allow as "cash" for
for the purposes of GAAP accounting.
As for the Exxon comparison, this wrinkle might make "apples-to-apples"
comparisons problematic, because the traditional big boys like Buffett's
Berkshire Hathaway, the (now insolvent) banks, and certainly Exxon keep
"long term investments" on the books. In other words, if Apple classifies
their 2-3B in long-term investments (mostly just principal-protected
T-bills) as cash, does Exxon do the same? They have billions in long-term
investments which they net against billions in long-term debt.
Can a real accountant chime in here? Is "cash" just anything principal-protected
but liquid ("marketable") within a 60- or 90-day timeframe, or six months
or a year to match financial reporting? Just curious, but I think based
on the most conservative definition there was a passing of the torch
by Exxon to Apple made known in an SEC filing just a few days ago!
P.S. I'm forwarding a link to this thread to footnoted.org
AAPL's $28.1B includes $2.5B of long term investments. XOM has $37B of long term investments. Perhaps next year?
Okay, say Apple is stretching the definition of cash. So, let's take
it away and not count the 2.5B in LT investments. Thus, AAPL has
$25.7B in cash (cash + "equivalents" + ST investments), net of short-
and long-term debt.
Still and all, the same (non-Apple) definition yields only $22.0B for XOM,
down from 26.4B last quarter when they were ahead of AAPL by
this definition.
Of course I know that mighty Exxon has (or at least had last Q) 37B in LT
investments, and even more in assets, so they are "richer". But that's not cash!
Exxon's LT stuff could be in stock of Citigroup derivatives margined by CDO
residuals on CDS swaps of Lehman bonds, for all we know.
Cash is king, and Apple is now king of cash.
My real Jones is to find a stock screener that uncovers whether some
other company (like Chevron or BP or a big pharma) beats
Apple on this measure. The best I can do fast is to use the Google
screener to first sort by market cap, then add the criteria
"cash per share" and "float" (shares outstanding), then multiply
the last two columns in my head while going down the list.
So far, nada.
In a sense, Apple is signaling that they are giving up in this game
by moving more stuff out further on the yield curve away from 0.0-0.5% on
30-to-90 day instruments to lock in something that goes out 6 months
or a year. Didn't they say their average duration on ST holdings was
closer to two years, getting them the 2-3% return reflected in Other Income?
So far so good with their investments—better than paying us a
dividend to be taxed and/or lost on equities! How has Exxon done
with their investments? Over the last two year interval, only converting
the cash to gold (or a rare winning hedge fund) would have done much
better for Apple—this includes everything from buying back AAPL shares or
crude oil or even XOM!). Kudos to Braeburn.
I have no idea, but I presume Exxon's long term assets are primarily oil extraction rights. If oil price doesn't go back up, those assets may have to be written down. And in any case they would not really be available for allocation to new business activities.
What about CISCO at 29.5?
What about CISCO at 29.5?
It has offsetting current liabilities.
Andy has a good chart here (a bit old now though):
Apple is radically more undervalued than others[ Edited: 10 February 2009 02:33 AM by deasys ]
Why doesn't APPLE finance their own computers at 12% ?
It would seem to me that this would make sense, it would goose sales and goose the yield on the cash sitting there rotting away.
"Even in the worst of times, someone turns a profit. . " —#162 Ferengi: Rules of Acquisition
Re: Cisco, one must net out the debt ($6.8B at the weblink), so no cigar.
Interesting you mention CSCO, however, since they just filed a few hours
ago for a $4B+ debt shelf, so as a company they are going the other way.
New revelation: Hear ye, hear ye!
Although this topic may bore some to tears, I think my subject title
may actually understate Apple's position relative to the capitalist environs.
That is, and this is what needs a true green eye-shade to microanalyze,
it is quite possible that Apple is now not only the most cash-rich
non-financial company but the one that is cash king *regardless* of sector.
Some rough sleuthing: trad finance beheamoths like B of A and Citigroup
seem like history, since their (leveraged) debt is in such peril that it more
than nets out the cash. What about J. P. Morgan Chase WAMU or whatever
it is called this week? Perhaps, depending on TARP funds.
HSBC? Wells Fargo? European banks? Seems not.
This could only leave Berkshire Hathaway. Oddly, Google shows only 28B
(and change) cash net-of-debt for them, and that was for the last quarter
before Buffett went further on a spending spree. Warren Buffett's reporting style
and reporting periods are both idiosyncratic. At base he is a riverboat gambler.
For industrials, Exxon, verily, could stop share repurchases and cut their
dividend to reclaim the title.
Could it really be that Apple is financially the most liquid, conservative,
cash-rich company in the world, including the formerly most esteemed
financial institutions, bar none?
It lends new meaning to Michael Dell's infamous quip on what to do
with the 'beleaguered Apple'—using his words "shut it down and
give the money back to the shareholders." If done today, Apple
seemingly would give the most bang for the buck. Others might
net more (inventory sales, auctioning assets into a bad economy, etc.),
but it would take time while Apple's cash means instant real,
not notional value. And this juggernaut hasn't even yet tapped more
than a small minority of PC or enterprise computer market share,
phones in China, or even a footprint into the television or media
content ownership markets.
The enormity of all this is unsettling.
It has offsetting current liabilities.
Andy has a good chart here (a bit old now though):
This really is a fascinating article! The interesting thing is that AAPL's stock is almost exactly what it was back then in October, and Apple's cash is a lot more. It would be interesting to have this article updated.
"Whatever happens in the stock market today has happened before and will happen again." - Jesse Livermore
Briefly, Barron's reports today that Buffett's pile of cash has indeed
dwindled to only $10-15B at December 31, with full details left
for the forthcoming 10K:
Who's left for Apple to stoop to conquer in this category?

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And so it begins: the Internet is one step closer to a controlled environment thanks to Comcast. Based on information provided by a new FCC notice (PDF), Comcast has already implemented a new traffic throttling system into its broadband service. The new practice replaces the company's stricter traffic block of peer-to-peer uploading. However, Comcast said that there will still be traffic blocks, but only in extreme cases.
According to the document, Comcast's throttling with have two trigger conditions. The first is activated when using more than 70-percent of a subscriber's maximum upstream or upstream bandwidth in a 15 minute span. The second trigger kicks in when the neighborhood Cable Modem Termination System becomes severely congested and evidence indicates that the cause stems from the offending subscriber.
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sstymSo if you enable throttling in your peer-to-peer application to limit the upstream bandwidth to 65%, they won't do anything?
It's kind of funny to see an ISP implement a measure that is both a PR disaster and completely ineffective.
It's kind of a bummer to have so little competition in bandwidth providers that you can't make the worst offender pay for that kind of behavior.
papalarge123this realy is a bad time for the internet, although there is a way around it, drop the usage for ur upstream on the P2P software right down (to 10kb/s), if every body did this then it would slow down the downloading.
this would then stop any conjestion problems and the ISP's would be none-the-wiser, it just means a download would take 2x longer, but atleast u will get it and without throttling.
hillarymakesmecryI, for one, am glad I have comcast.
Bandwidth throttling could be a good thing. If I'm trying to play some online games and the neighbors kid is slowing down my local internet down by up and downloading 1 tb or more a month and preventing me from playing my games on the connection I'm paying for. Then throttle away.
I probably use 50gb a month.
i was gonna say....if they throttle you when you're using less than the bandwith you paid for, they're asking for a lawsuit...netflix had the same issue with cutting you off from movies if you rented too many in a month and they lost that one....i see comcast facing the same battle soon
How on earth do you use 50Gb a month legally.. sounds like you're the one clogging up your local internet
sidran32I just read the PDF report. As they were previously using protocol specific throttling methods, which people were complaining adamantly about previously, I think this is a positive step. Congestion needs to be controlled. My only hope is that their threshold levels are correct. 70% seems a bit low to me, though the downstream is 80%. I also think that these should probably be more aggressively applied towards users who bought the higher tier services, as they would most likely be larger offenders of network congestion (though cumulatively, lower tier users can also be offenders, so they should not be exempt). Ultimately, though, they should work on upgrading their network so all users can have a better experience, without so much need for throttling.
wayneepalmerTime Warner is also implementing something like this, too. I've noticed more and more dwell times on downloading video, a lot more website drops in the middle of streaming, hangups on opening pages, etc. As many pc's as it is happening on I know it isn't just something screwy on one system.
I've seen it on Youtube, Hulu, video-linking off Facebook (accessing FB, too), and a whole lot of other places. You didn't see this a year ago and it seems to be getting worse.
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Given all we now know about the cover-up of clerical sexual abuse by Rome it's difficult to see what is significant about the Pope's meeting with a small number of victims in Malta. I appreciate that it may have been meaningful to those who chose to meet the Pope, but it hardly represents a major breakthrough in addressing the global scandals engulfing the Roman Catholic church.
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I kind of agree. Let's call it something other then marriage though. I'd be glad to be in a civil union with my wife in the Government's eyes and Married in God's. Marriage is a Sacred event in my faith and, IMO, is designed to be a man and women. The parallels used in the Bible to marriage and the church are pretty substantial. In the bibles definition and use of Marriage it doesn't work with Homosexual marriage. That's the issue that most Christians have. I don't see why they just can't call it something different.
If homosexuals really want to just be happy then they can get a Civil union like any other couple. If they want a marriage they'll have to work that work that out with a church.
I get what you are after...
The issue I have, being a strict Constitutionalist, is we have freedom of religion. That means just because your religion doesn't recognize homosexual marriage does not mean it should be applied equally to everyone else. A homosexual couple may have a different relationship with their creator and should not be denied any right or privilege guaranteed to them by the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence, because of how you interpret your religion.
In typing what I just typed, I can see the difference between a civil union and a marriage. Ive no issue with homosexual marriage or civil union, just as long as they are afforded the same privileges as heterosexual unions/marriages. By Cain suggesting that the act/relationship is a choice opens the door to American Citizens being denied some of the most basic rights granted to them by our founding documents.
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Marc Jacobs Autumn Splash Violet by Marc Jacobs is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women. Marc Jacobs Autumn Splash Violet was launched in 2006. Top notes are peony and bergamot; middle notes are violet, orchid and orris root; base notes are ginger, musk, vanilla and cedar.
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My first review. I am planning on collecting the now no longer available marc jacobs splash range as and when I find them. My first buy ( thank you eBay) is violet. I am in love with the design and size of this bottle, 300ml. Absolutely beautiful, stylish bottle. The first scent I garner is a powdery lilac scent girly but not sweet, and the contradiction is that it is exotic too parading an almost fresh feel that manages to mellow the powdery quality. It isn't the most powerful scent but the thing that I notice is the scent disappears and returns every so often. It's an intriguing scent that leaves you wanting more. I have read reviews in the past where people have complained about the size being too big, but IMO the newer smaller 100ml releases just don't hold the same allure for me regardless of practicality. I am dying to obtain the 300 ml rain but I will have to wait my turn. If I win my bid on eBay, the pear 300ml review will come next. I will update this review in the future once I have settled into the fragrance.
I am normally not a real 'Splash-Scent' kind of gal. Nor can I claim that I am a big violet lover, but "Autumn Splash Violet" is a delightful scent that is nice for all those times that you crave a calmer scent that makes you feel pretty and pampered.
On me it's a violet bouquet with vanilla scented orchid and a musk dry down. I don't get any of the peony or bergamot note, no, on me it's very powdery. Its like pressing your nose into a freshly picked violet bouquet and catching a whiff of wood and earth. I love this one also for bedtime, it's calming and whispers from my skin stories of lush green forests with deep purple violet patches.
True; it's not the *best* violet scent on the market and there are cheaper ones, but this one has its charms and should be tested by people who love earthy violets and would like a splash that is inoffensively pretty and tender.
Silage is: violets and musk with a hint of orchids - Longevity is: 5+ hours.
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I love this splash! I have quite a collection of Marc Jacobs' splashes and this was my first one. This has a sweet but subtle violet smell and I use it year long. I've had the same bottle for a few years and it still smells like the day I bought it.
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The First annual Kutting for a Kause run by Tracy Rutter was held at the Irish Circle on May 28th. The very successful event raised $15,000 for Locks of Love and the St. Baldrick's foundation. Rutter did a great job putting everything together. The bands, including Whole in One, played great and everyone that attended had a great time.
Congratulations to Seamus Kelly, as he was awarded for his achievements from Xavier High School, "The Freshman Athlete of the Year Award" and "The Charlie Heeran Award for Outstanding Achievement." His very proud grandmother is Jane Swenson.
Congratulations to Brian Baumann who graduated from Bishop Ford High School on June 3. He will be attending St. Francis College in the fall.
Congratulations to Christina Morton and Seamus Ward who passed their State EMT exams. Good job!
I want to welcome to Roxbury a Breezy Point immigrant, Dennis Cook, who now resides on the West End of Roxbury. Roxbury is now his official home.
On July 8, Mary Bosch will be celebrating her 60th birthday with a beach party in front of her house on bay front. They will also be celebrating any other Roxbury Baby Boomers who are also turning 60.
So be sure to stop by and help them celebrate.
Dolores Connelly wanted to me to print her message of gratitude to all those in Roxbury for all the support they have given to her and her family over the last few years...
To All Our Friends, Family in Roxbury,
Kenneth, who was diagnosed with Leukemia in April, 2003 has finally endured his last chemotherapy treatment this month!
He is currently in remission.
Thanks to all the wonderful people in Roxbury for your prayers and generosity.
We are so blessed to know all of you. Your prayers and support helped Kenneth and our family to reach this point and we are truly grateful.
Joanne, Danny, Daniel, Jonathan, Kenneth, and Emily Donovan.
Some events coming up in Roxbury are:
+ The Bozo's Card Party will be on June 30.
+ The Roxbury Firehouse is having their annual Blood Drive on July 8. Please try and stop by and donate if you can.
+ And, The Roxbury Run will be on July 15, with the beach party following the run at the East End basketball courts.
Happy Birthday Wishes go out to, Danny Marano ~ July 3, Mr. Byrnes ~ July 3, Larry Baumann, July 4, Mary Rudolph ~ July 4, Bob Bernarbo ~ July 6, Christine Goddard ~ July 11, Barbara Rutter ~ July 11, Richie Colleran ~ July 12, Elsa Lehner ~ July 12.
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I have no desire for my DH to get involved with my quilting. If he came to my sewing room and started asking about this and that and going through what I have I'd be frustrated to no end.
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I have no desire for my DH to get involved with my quilting. If he came to my sewing room and started asking about this and that and going through what I have I'd be frustrated to no end.
Got fabric?
Teach him, if it becomes impossible, move him to his own room.
If he is interested, why not??? Think of the fun you will have together!!
Absolutely teach him. Men are natural engineers. and some of the best quilters are men I think. Tell him, there is a chiropractor in Flint Michigan, Dr. Myler, his quilting is outstanding. I look forward to you posting his first project.
Some people visit paradise, I live there.
It depends on the dynamics of your relationship. My husband and I do nearly everything together. We farm and when we pick corn, I drive the combine, he hauls the wagons etc. etc. We eat 2 meals together everyday. NOT breakfast, I'm so not a morning person. He didn't have any hobbies either. When I fell in love with quilting he came along too. Now we have a long arm, a website and are developing the quilting as a business for retirement $$. That's provided he ever quits farming.
We know other couples who get along much better with as little time spent together as possible. Consider your relationship and go forward from there.
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I would. People that have hobbies live longer and are happier. Maybe he can have his own stuff and corner or space. Maybe you can have a comon stash and some that is your own. I am sure you will have to give too but in the long run it will be so worth it.
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my husband quilts. he loves it. bought me a longarm with qbot. he helped me learn to run that now he runs it and i piece.
I say let him try a small sampler and see how he likes it. I'm one of those guys that likes to try different things. I get bored pretty easily so I just do something else for a while and then come back to the other after a while.
My wife and I took a beginners quilting class about 10 years ago. We then seperately took a block of the month class and I was the only guy in my group...didn't bother me at all. BUT....my wife does NOT like to share her toys with anyone so she has her sewing room and I have mine. She was using a 30 year old Singer until I bought my new Bernina 153 QE and now she has one. She doesn't quilt anymore because she is into knitting.
I retired 6 months ago and now my goal is to do all the quilting and woodworking I can. I've made 3 quilts in that 6 months. As my wife says I also have my MANLY hobbies.....I have a bass boat, camp, I travel on my motorcycle towing my camper, I do woodwork where I make dulcimers and autoharps....I DON'T PLAN on getting bored.
This was a long way to say TEACH HIM IF HE'S INTERESTED. Set him up his own room and go slow to see if he's serious with it.


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The Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School held a meeting in which construction plans for the new school building located adjacent to the School at St. George Place were shared with community members.
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The finalists for the second Taite Music Prize - a trophy with a cash award given in memory of music journalist Dylan Taite and judged on artistic merit regardless of sales - are out.
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Across the street from the Obama Phone Store in downtown Bujumbura, a disarmament billboard advertises a young Burundian woman with her hands over her mouth, an AK47 to her head, eyes wide open.
The image is prominent in spots around town, but it tastes uncunningly sarcastic for guns is what's going around here these days.
Burundi, one of the poorest countries in the world, home to a one-month old peace, forgotten about as a Rwanda without a genocide, is having its most outspoken saviours, a league of few in this tiny vibrant capital on the banks of Lake Tanganyika, silenced; mouths covered like in the poster.
While officialdom glorifies the laying down of arms by the National Liberation Front as a 16-year civil war comes to an end, federal court judges have been kidnapped, civil society members stabbed to death and political-party members shot in the head.
The plasma of the country's political parties, former rebels used as grassroots organisers, are switching sides with fatal consequences.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the circumstances surrounding the murder of anti-corruption activist and civil society pioneer Ernest Manirumva in early April.
Meanwhile, Alexi Sinduhije, a former journalist and poster-child of a new resistance to the government that transcends ethnicity in a land ruined by ethnicity, is accusing the government of pushing false charges on him to put him back in prison before the elections.
The numbers are tiny — five murders since January that local and international watchdogs say are without a doubt politically-motivated.
As for the others, Burundi's Association for Human Rights and Detained Persons (APRODH) says there are over 300 murders that the government must explain.
Ligue Iteka, another human-rights organisation that believes over 100,000 grenades and mines lace the countryside, say the number of mysterious deaths is worrying.
"The threats are being translated into reality," one officer says under anonymity. "They are telling us to shut up."
Who is "us?" A small and loose confederation of opposition groups, civil society and even factions within the party that are all equally in different ways a threat to the status quo here.
Ernest's death has brought us closer together," says Gabriel Rufyiri, the president of corruption-watchdog Olucome, that Mr Manirumva worked for at times.
Manirumva's case is shrouded in mystery. The door to his office was forced open, files and flash-disks went missing from his home, and a young servant who claims to have witnessed his death has been missing — neighbours say he is with the police — since the day Manirumva died.
The claims are difficult to prove. Burundi is a country bristling with weapons and many areas, especially upcountry, have little police surveillance.


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Lehigh County executive candidates take off the gloves and come out swinging
Scott Ott and Tom Muller face off on Nov. 5
Tom Muller calls Scott Ott a tea party activist whose proposals are "radical" and "dangerous."
Scott Ott says Tom Muller repeatedly proclaimed himself a lifelong Republican, until Muller switched parties to become a Democrat months before announcing his candidacy.
Republican Ott and Democrat Muller are competing to become Lehigh County's next executive in the November 5 election.
The animosity between the two candidates is more intense than you may have seen or read about.
Both men currently are part of county government.
Ott has been a county commissioner for nearly two years and currently is vice chairman of the commissioners. He was narrowly defeated by Democrat Don Cunningham when he ran for county executive in 2009.
Muller has been the county's director of administration for more than seven years.
Earlier this year, he briefly served as acting county executive when William Hansell resigned for medical reasons shortly before his death. Muller also was acting executive after Cunningham resigned.
Muller labels Ott, and some of Ott's colleagues on the nine-member board of county commissioners, as "extremists."
"Ott is an extremist beyond tea party lines," said Muller. "The focus has got to be on the citizens, not national ideology. As I've been campaigning, I try to remind my supporters that not all tea party thinking was/is wrong and I actually have some tea party supporters."
Said Ott: "My supporters come from a wide variety of backgrounds, but they all agree that government must find a way to do its essential work with integrity, with demonstrable results, and without constantly jacking up taxes."
Ott said this late in the campaign he doesn't "have enough time to deal with each of the many inaccurate statements my opponent has floated. I stand on my record, trust the wisdom of the voters who have seen these sorts of tactics before, and continue to run a positive campaign about the future of Lehigh County."
Muller said he did not become a Democrat to run against Ott:
"I switched parties last year after Ott wouldn't vote for the pass-through grant to Meals on Wheels 'to feed an 85-year old woman in Allentown with money borrowed from Communist China'," said Muller.
"At that time, I had no plans to run for office. As the local Republican Party leadership became more and more extremist in their views, as represented by my opponent, it was clear to me that they didn't represent my views and concerns for our citizens' needs.
"I decided to run in January when the bloc Ott leads tried to stop Green Future grants to six municipalities and I saw no Democrats stepping up to the plate."
Taxes and program cuts
Ott has a one-word answer when asked if taxes will go up under his administration: "No."
"My plan is to not raise taxes," said Muller. "I am committed to finding ways to increase revenue and to cut unnecessary spending in order to avoid raising taxes.
"However, no one can predict the future, and it is irresponsible for any candidate to guarantee that they will never have to raise taxes."
Each man accuses the other of already raising taxes.
Ott calls Muller "the architect of the government's habitual overspending" and of the 16-percent tax hike approved in 2011, "having served as the county's top bureaucrat for eight years."
Muller said taxes for county residents will increase in 2014, not because county commissioners have approved a tax hike in the new budget, but because Ott and the other commissioners did not include a tax credit that was in the 2013 budget, which saved homeowners an average of $44 in their tax bills.
Muller said Ott has failed to keep a 2011 campaign promise to cut taxes for county residents. "Promise made; promise broken," said Muller.
Ott dismisses that 2103 tax credit as a "one-time gimmicky give back."
Says Ott: "I'm committed to rolling back the 2011 tax hike, which we've already started to do, and to making county government live within the same economy that has forced many local residents and businesses to cut their spending."
Muller says Ott has stated he wants to cut as much as he legally can, including funding for the county nursing home, economic development programs to create jobs, The Regional Crime Center, support for local police departments and non-profits such as the Lehigh Valley Zoo "and much, much more."
Muller promises to maintain those services for county residents, by finding ways to run them more efficiently.
Ott charged Muller has failed to adequately monitor changes in the nursing home business, leading to this year's "September surprise" – a $3.6 million emergency funding request from Cedarbrook when the nursing home went over budget.
Muller claims more than 40 years of business experience. Before becoming county administrator, he was chief operating officer at Crayola.
"My opponent has absolutely no business experience and lacks the background to be county executive," said Muller. "Lehigh County cannot afford an executive who lacks experience, credibility and integrity, and fails to support services that are vital to the citizens of this county."
Ott is employed as a writer/host at pjtv.com, a conservative news and television network that broadcasts over the Internet.
Fifty-two-year-old Ott, who grew up in neighboring Bucks County, lives in Lehigh County since 2004. Sixty-nine-year-old Muller, who grew up in New Jersey, lives in Lehigh County since 1990.
Hamilton Crossings
Both men reside in Lower Macungie Township, where development of the upscale Hamilton Crossings shopping center has been stalled by the county commissioners' refusal to approve a tax increment financing (TIF) plan to cover some of the costs of that $140-million project.
Ott predicted that shopping center – which will include a Costco, Whole Foods and Target as its anchor stores -- eventually will be built, but without any subsidy from taxpayers.
"The question never was whether or not we're going to have a Costco and the other stores that were going to be part of that development, but to what extent – if any – should taxpayers be forced to subsidize that development," said Ott.
"If you look down the road five, 10 years from now, I'm betting there will be a Costco here and that they can do it without a taxpayer subsidy."
Muller says job-creating economic development, which expands the county's tax base, is a key to avoiding tax increases. He cites Hamilton Crossing as an example of that economic development, but said the TIF plan for that shopping center "was rejected by the extremist commissioners." As executive, he said, getting the Hamilton Crossings TIF back before the commissioners for reconsideration will be a high priority early next year.
Here, in their own words, is more from the two candidates:
What makes you best qualified to be county executive?
Muller: My experience and history of proven results. Serving as Director of Administration for the last seven years, I have been an integral part of running Lehigh County in an efficient, fiscally responsible manner. My years in the corporate business world, both nationally and internationally, have given me the experience necessary to run Lehigh County, a large business with a $365 million budget and over 2,000 employees.
Ott: Common sense and a demonstrated ability to bring people together to find creative solutions. My track record in office shows I'm willing to challenge the status quo, find ways to reduce the tax rate, and to stand up to politicians, bureaucrats and special interests who team up against the taxpayer.
What are the biggest problems facing county government?
Ott: Escalating taxes due to habitual, planned overspending. But the budget is not the cause, it's the effect of a process that focuses on perpetuating the unsustainable status quo, and delivers good intentions rather than measurable results. Taxpayers deserve to know they're getting a good value for their dollar, but the current system relies, too often, on no-bid contracts rather than competitive bidding, on stories rather than data, and on good intentions rather than results.
Muller: Cuts in funding from the state and federal government. Sixty-eight percent of the county's budget comes from the state or federal government. I will be a tireless advocate for bringing every dollar back from Washington and Harrisburg to help the residents of Lehigh County. We need to facilitate more economic development while enacting a smart growth plan so that we have funding to continue to keep the streets safe, which maintains a high quality of life.
What is your top priority if elected county executive?
Muller: Using my experience and proven results to maintain fiscal responsibility while providing quality services to the residents of Lehigh County.
Ott: To prevent a 2015 tax hike, which is the path we're on, due to years of overspending that drained reserves to dangerous levels. Government must live within our means. I'll implement the priority-based budget and performance measurement processes begun this year, thanks to one of my reform-minded colleagues. I'll do more competitive bidding, not just to reduce costs, but to increase innovation and demonstrate value for the dollar. I'll work to find a strategic approach to sustaining community arts, cultural, educational and human services organizations on a sustainable basis without involuntary taxpayer subsidies.
What, is anything, can the county executive do about the divisiveness, some of it personal and bitter, among the nine county commissioners in the last couple of years?
Ott: The worst kind of board is one with no dissent, which merely rubber-stamps the administration's requests. What some might see as "divisiveness" is actually a legislature functioning properly. Our job is to raise questions, to debate issues, to conduct due diligence reviews and to deliberate carefully. The board is a co-equal branch of government that serves in a "checks and balances" relationship with the executive. When I'm county executive, I'll work to make sure that the board performs its "constitutional" role of establishing policy and exercising broad oversight, and that I do my job of running the day-to-day operations within those policy boundaries. Open communications is the key to a constructive relationship.
Muller: Extremism, personal attacks, bitterness and divisiveness, while being good theater and good for partisan politics, is not good for what should be our primary goal: an efficiently run, fiscally responsible, service-oriented Lehigh County government. I plan to reach out to our citizens as has never been done before to get their interests heard and to soften the political rhetoric.
If you don't raise taxes, how will you balance future budgets without wiping out the county's emergency reserves?
Muller: As county administrator I have experience and proven results of being fiscally responsible, leading to two tax rebates for the residents of Lehigh County. I will fight every day to get every dollar back from Harrisburg and Washington to make tax increases a last resort. We also need to continue to encourage economic development in order to expand the tax base.
Ott: The current budget, and years of habitual overspending, already have depleted reserves to dangerous, unsustainable levels. Under my opponent's stewardship, the massive reserves established by the 69-percent tax hike have been drained. The new influx of taxpayer cash from the 16-percent tax hike has been consumed, and we stand at the brink of a 2015 double-digit tax hike if we don't change direction. Pension reform, priority-based spending, and creating a sustainable future for the nursing homes are the keys to addressing long-term cost drivers.
How much county financial support do you intend to give Lehigh Valley Zoo?
Ott: I voted to continue the county's zoo subsidy in 2014, because I think the current leadership is headed in the right direction. The county provides less than 10 percent of the zoo society's budget, and, of course, leases the land to the zoo for free. Ultimately, the zoo society, which is not part of county government, must develop the capacity to fund its operations through sales and donations. This is the only reliable way to ensure the future of this resource. I'm hopeful that the zoo is headed toward sustainability without requiring involuntary contributions by taxpayers, and I'll work with zoo leaders to help it get there. I encourage those who love the zoo to visit, and to give.
Muller: I plan on helping the Lehigh Valley Zoo to the modest degree they have requested and maintaining the support we have been giving to other non-profits.
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In the basement of CU-Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science, a monstrous centrifuge sporting an 80,000-pound swinging arm and a box to tote hefty payloads whirls a miniature earthen dam at 200 miles per hour.
The scale-model, two-ton dam in the payload box was constructed with a small sinkhole similar to depressions occasionally found in earthen dams around the world. By "flying" the tiny dam at blurring speeds using a 900 horsepower motor, researchers can determine how sinkholes propagate to the surface of full-sized earthen dams under stress, said civil engineering professor Hon-Yim Ko.
The secret is in the swing of the centrifuge, which is similar to filling a bucket of water and swinging it in circles without losing a drop, said Ko. He is testing the dam for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Capable of spinning 2 tons of material at 200 times gravity, the 400 g-ton machine – among the most powerful centrifuges in the Western world -- uses the force of gravity to simulate the behavior of full-sized earthen and concrete structures under stress.
Chairman of the civil, environmental and architectural engineering department, Ko has conducted a wide variety of experiments in the machine with colleagues and students over the years, ranging from dam safety and the interactions of giant anchors with the sea floor to the behavior of lunar-like soil overlying tubular or spherical structures. In addition to the 400 g-ton centrifuge -- which can simulate the behavior of structures as large as a football stadium -- the department also has a smaller 10 g-ton centrifuge.
The centrifuges are constructed so water can be added to miniature dams in flight to simulate the erosion effects of earthen dam "overtopping" and determine failure points, Ko said. Researchers use "shake tables" that move laterally inside the payloadboxes to simulate soil behavior under earthquake conditions.
Having centrifuges capable of simulating Earth's tremors is important, said Ko, because soils tend to lose strength and liquefy during earthquakes.
Completed in 1988, the 400 g-ton centrifuge was built by Wyle Laboratories in Huntsville, Ala., and designed by engineer Klaus Cappel. The construction was funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Department of Defense, Martin Marietta (now Lockheed-Martin), CU-Boulder and several private corporations. General Electric donated the powerful motor to drive the centrifuge.
"You rarely see dams being torn down -- they either break or are declared unsafe," said Ko. "The safety of existing dams has become an important issue, and our machines are providing a viable way to study it."
Some of the first experiments conducted with the large centrifuge involved testing the strength and failure points of three-foot-high concrete dams reinforced with steel. Coordinated by civil engineering Professor Victor Saouma and funded by the Electrical Power Research Institute, the tests provided new clues that may help mitigate potentially catastrophic incidents.
In real life, concrete dams fail for a variety of reasons, including stresses, construction defects, and the alternating effects of hot sun and cold water. When the centrifuge subjected the tiny concrete prototypes to the same conditions, they cracked, crumbled, split and burst just like the real thing, said Saouma.
"Over the years we have combined our centrifuge work with field studies, lab work and numerical studies to refine the answers to our questions," said Saouma. Most recently he has been testing the tensile strength and fracture toughness of a real dam in Georgia in a project funded by EPRI.
While computer simulations have become a popular technology of predicting the outcomes of geophysical events, physical-modeling studies like those performed in centrifuges and wind tunnels are invaluable, said Ko. "At times, computer simulations only tell you what you already think, and do what you want them to do," he said. "On the other hand, a structure will tell you what it wants to do. That is why these physical experiments are irreplaceable."
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Anyone that's been online since the days of dial-up will remember that you could find CDs for AOL and NetZero just about everywhere. It's been many years since the name NetZero has been in play, but the service is back again as a subsidiary of United Online offering users 4G mobile broadband.
The new services have been announced with no contract and fast 4G speeds using either a NetZero 4G HotSpot or a 4G USB stick. The service is available in 80 different cities around the country including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington DC, and Miami. Data plans on the service start at $9.95 per month and can be canceled at any time. Speeds are up to 10 Mbps download and up to 1.5 Mbps upload.
"NetZero is bridging the digital divide by letting consumers purchase a secure, quality, mobile broadband service at very affordable prices with plans designed to meet the consumers' data needs," said Mark R. Goldston, chairman, president and CEO of United Online. "Our service gives customers the freedom to take the Internet anywhere in our coverage area, without being tied to public Wi-Fi service or having to purchase higher-cost, sometimes multi-year plans offered by other mobile broadband providers. With NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband, there are no contracts or commitments, and our customers can even try our service for up to one year for free."
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We jump in a taxi to the bus station and luck was on our side, Marc shouted at me from the other side of the ticket stall "RUN THERE IS A BUS LEAVING NOW" as I ran with my backpack trying to get it off at the same time and I literally threw it in the luggage compartment as the guy was just closing it and ran and climbed the stairs to the bus as it was moving away !!! That's one thing about buses in South America they don's wait for you - if your in the toilet too long or in the shop and driver wants to go....the bus just goes !!
Anyway 5-6 hours later we arrive in a town called Tulcan its the closest town to the border crossing into Columbia - by now it was dark and we decided best to stay here and just leave early in the morning so we got a cheap empty hotel just 2 secs from the bus - it had wifi but that was it - we didn't even unpack (stinkers I know) but there was no hot water so to hell with a cold shower, it was late & we were shattered, although I ended up sitting up uploading the Galapagos pics which was hundreds to go though for the blog, by now it was utterly freezing I had my head under all the blankets but I couldn't sleep.... we had 2 single beds and it was so bad I had to disturb the sleeping beast and somehow managed to shuffle him along and get into Marcs single bed to get heat - Marc is always roasting hehehe so with my extra covers and Marc I finally got some sleep.
Tulcan - Ipiales - the terrible border crossing ?????
So we got up at 7am to get to the Columbian border, we had heard not only from the Lonely Planet but the traveller rumours that its a dangerous border for robberies etc. Well our maid in the hotel called her husband for a taxi for us within 10 mins we were at the border, changed our money with the random guys wandering around with HUGE wads of cash in their hands and promptly stamped out of Ecuador
There is a short walk over to the Columbian side where the taxi's change from yellow to white and obviously the money changes, we got to the desk and for once in South America there was no queue - we were stamped into Columbia - no dramas and in a record time border crossing of about 25 mins in total. There were police everywhere couldn't have felt safer - I can understand doing this in the dark might not quite be the same!!
We jumped in a taxi to the closest town of Ipiales and with much luck we managed to get a direct bus leaving to Medellin in the next hour - woo hoo this was all going too smoothly.
Cup of tea and some food, found some internet to book a hostel in Medellin and we were off on our 21 hour journey. This was the only bus we took that actually arrived early, a lovely time of 5am instead of 7am - not ideal ! We get to our hostel which thankfully had a great comfy TV area where we sorted some stuff & chilled out till we could check into our room.
A visit to Pablo Escobar's house ....
So since 2010 they have started to do a tour relating to Pablo Escobar who of course is the famous Columbian drug lord whos life ended here in Medellin on 2 Dec 1993 - this guy ran the city, the football teams and the people. He was responsible for many hundreds of deaths in the city but he was also adored by the poor, he used to build housing estates for them, fund money to build football courts and many other things from his own money to help these poor people in society.
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Anyway on this tour you go to his grave, shown one of his blown up houses but best of all you get to go to one of his many many houses he owned in Medellin where you get to meet his brother Roberto Escobar - he is partially blind due to a letter bomb he opened is happy to show you around the home which still has the original furniture and many bullet holes - that came from just last year when people tried to kidnap Roberto but instead these people found the police there instead so they were arrested. We got a photo of Pablo signed by Roberto with his fingerprint on it too !!
It was a great tour showing some of his cars n stuff and was totally weird to be in the house where all these things had happened and such a famous man had carried out god knows what in there haha.
Bus from Ipiales to Medellin - �35 per person no food included
Cost of private ensuite room with wifi no breakfast - �22 per night
Cost of a small beer - �1
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Ethiopia hit by massive animal smuggling
By Nita Bhalla in Addis Ababa
Smuggling of live animals, hides and skins from Ethiopia into neighbouring countries is costing the country's treasury an estimated $100m each year.
According to Ethiopia's Livestock Marketing Authority the animals are taken to Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti on a daily basis.
Although Ethiopia is the biggest producer of livestock in Africa, official figures from the Ethiopian Customs Authority say that in the five years to 1999, it exported only 31,068 sheep, 2,359 goats and a mere 959 cows.
Neighbouring Somalia on the other hand exported 1.25 million sheep and 850,000 goats in one year alone, making a fortune for the country, it is claimed.
Ethiopian experts say the comparatively low export figures from Ethiopia, which ranks as the world's 25th largest producer, suggest that some two-thirds of Somalia's livestock export originates from Ethiopia.
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The lack of proper infrastrututue to enable pastoralists to sell their animals legally has contributed to the scale of the illegal activity.
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Livestock is the country's second biggest foreign currency earner, second to coffee.
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Just as I had predicted, the entire dorm started getting up at 6:30am. Sigh. By the time the last people were done getting ready, it was 8am, and I was no longer able to sleep. We met a couple American college kids, though, and chatted it up over breakfast this morning. They're both studying abroad, and the girl invited us to stay with her in Amsterdam. So that might be pretty neat! They told us of a nice hike they did the day before, so that's what we decided to do today. We spent five hours hiking up the river that runs through Zermatt. Most of the trail was on what's called the Matterhorn Trail, which doesn't actually go to the Matterhorn as far as I know, but offers some damned good views of the mountain. We were totally afraid the weather would be crap. When I had checked the weather a few days before, it was supposed to rain all week. On the train ride up, it was raining. When we woke up this morning, it was clear and beautiful with nearly unobscured views of the Matterhorn! The Matterhorn is a cloud magnet... there's always clouds swirling about it, sometimes blocking the view. We got lucky, though, because on our hike back there were a lot more clouds and you couldn't see the mountain anymore. The other cool thing about this trail, and many many trails in the Alps, was the presence of a small restaraunt smack in the middle of nowhere on the trail. It has to suck getting supplies up to it. Amazingly, the food and drinks were cheaper here than back in town. We both enjoyed a beer with amazing views of the valley. =)
For the rest of the night we plan on getting food... and then I'm not sure what. Probably walk around the town some more and check out the memorial and cemetery (it was covered in lit candles for Easter when we arrived last night- eerie and cool at the same time) for all the people who have died on the Matterhorn. Tomorrow morning we're leaving for Interlaken! Another adventure capital within the Alps... just a tiny bit cheaper. =)