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The mission of Project Green Leaf is to promote and support a local agro-food system. Project Green Leaf  is dedicated to sustaining local agriculture by strengthening community between farmers and consumers, thus providing for better quality of living.

By promoting various activities, such as direct marketing and educational/outreach programs, we assist in developing the connections necessary for a local agro-food system.

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Update on “DATE-GATE” — here is the latest about President Obama and when he notified Speaker Boehner

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Urgent: Boehner spokesman says WH ignored protocol in asking to speak

Below is from FNC’s Chad Pergram-Capitol Hill

“No one in the Speaker’s office – not the Speaker, not any staff – signed off on the date the White House announced today. Unfortunately we weren’t even asked if that date worked for the House. Shortly before it arrived this morning, we were simply informed that a letter was coming. It’s unfortunate the White House ignored decades – if not centuries – of the protocol of working out a mutually agreeable date and time before making any public announcement.” – Brendan Buck, Boehner Spokesman

By the way, what provoked the above Brendan Buck statement?

See this note from my FNC colleague Ed Henry:

–Administration now pushing back on suggestions by Republicans that Speaker Boehner did not get any say on the speech date before White House announced it. “Boehner’s office was consulted about the 9/7 date before the letter was released,” a White House official emailed Fox. “No objection/concern was raised.”

–Pressed on whether this means the President is planning to push ahead on next Wednesday for the speech, the White House official said it’s “still unclear” at this hour.

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How to score above 300 in gre?

Its not impossible to score above 300 marks in GRE!
But i also say its not so easy!!
To score above 300.follow as below:
1.Make sure you complete atleast 1500 gre words including high frquency words.
2.for verbal practise,allot atleast 2-3hrs daily!
3.Quant score has to be consistently 30+,whatever the practise test you take!
4.concentrate more on text completion and sentence equivalence rather than reading comprehension.
5.Pay more attention for data intrepretation problems! for verbal 140-145 and quant 155-160 for achieving 300+ scores!


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This story is making the rounds on my social media. Since i'm off and on today, apologies if it's already been shared.

I like the author's comment at the end of the story:

Holly Fisher isn't a suicide bomber, and the online commentary about her photo is—as far as I can tell—exclusively an unconstructive, sarcastic, ad hominem back-and-forth between extreme partisans. But still, after a holiday in which we use huge explosions to celebrate a country that regularly kills people abroad with missiles and bombs, perhaps even the nonextremist patriots among us might see the aesthetic overlap between the two images above and engage in some self-reflection about the potential consequences of aggressive national pride.

Here's the pic for those who don't want to click through.

When national pride goes wrong...

Okies, i'm off to get a medical procedure done, i'll try to check on my phone when I can. Please keep it civil and insightful since i won't be able to babysit this post like I prefer to do! :)


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American Dad was a mission cut from Grand Theft Auto IV. Not much else is known about the mission. The name may have been inspired by the FOX comedy of the same name.

It is most probable that it was the name that Rockstar Games wanted to give to No Love Lost, due to the reason that Mikhail Faustin sent Niko Bellic to kill Jason Michaels, a criminal biker that dated his daughter.

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Liberty City Subway station

Station information
Line A/J Algonquin Outer Line
Service A/J
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Borough Algonquin
Next north Feldspar: A/J
Next south Manganese West: A/J

Hematite is an underground subway station in Grand Theft Auto IV, in the Liberty City Subway system, serving the A/J Algonquin Outer Line and the adjoining 3/8 Broker Line.

The station is located in The Meat Quarter, Algonquin on Union Drive West, between the namesake Hematite Street and Iron Street. There are three entrances in total: one on the eastern sidewalk of Union Drive West, another on the western sidewalk of Union Drive West, and the third access point in the pedestrian promenade of Golden Pier, distinctively sheltered by a modern canopy and attached to an LCPD booth.

In addition to Golden Pier, the stop offers convenient access to Rotterdam Tower, only two blocks to the east (though nearby Suffolk station in its namesake neighborhood is much closer).

The station is also unusual in its concourse design, featuring an overhanging walkway linked to the central entrance and linking all three entrance ways to the platforms.

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cancer vitaminsCaused by the unnatural, accelerated growth and division of cells in the body; cancer has been perplexing scientists and health professionals for years. Countless different theories as to its cause and treatment have been espoused, however, in recent years, more and more studies have shown that vitamins and natural herbs may be the answer.

Vitamin D, in recent studies, has been shown to be linked to the treatment of breast cancer cells. Conducted at the State University of New York, JoEllen Welsh’s research took breast cancer cells injected into mice and treated them with vitamin D. The results showed that the breast cancer cells were reduced by 50% with the injection of vitamin D. In the case of certain mice the breast cancer tumors were shown to be treated completely. Admittedly, treating cancer in mice is not the same as treating it in people, but there is a definite correlation. Other studies show more benefits of vitamin D in helping colon and prostate tumors.

Other vitamins such as vitamin C and E, have been known to help with a variety of illnesses. On top of their benefits for boosting immunities those vitamins are now showing to have a negative correlation with intestine cancers. Studies are showing that this is because vitamin C produces lymphocytes and contributes to an improved immune system which can work against a variety of environmental cancers. This carries over to such forms as lung cancer, gastric cancer and epithelial mesothelioma. Vitamin C can be found naturally occurring in a number of natural fruits and juices. However, in order to get a significant value of vitamin E it may be necessary to take a supplement, as naturally, it occurs less in foods.

vitamins help prevent cancerVitamins help make the body stronger, increase the disease-stopping abilities of the immune system and allow for the healthy growth of new skin and nail. All these things can prevent skin cancer. As skin cancer is able to develop in part due to poor or improper regeneration of skin cells, vitamins that improve this process are very important for limiting chances of cancer. As healthier skin is less vulnerable to disease, this small step addition to ones diet can be a real life saver.

Many diet-related challenges arise from lack of vitamins. Improper dieting can lead to malnutrition, which may bring with it nausea, vomiting, poor appetite and mouth sores. This is a very important thing to watch out for as all of these uncomfortable symptoms can promote cancer in those that experience them, as upsets in bodily function give cancerous cells more of a chance to generate along with other regenerating cells.

Fighting cancer is a difficult battle, one where you need all the resources you can get. While it is not a definitive cure or treatment, when used alongside other preventative measures, vitamins can play a helpful role as natural medicine that can prevent cancer and save lives.

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Interview with Ohad Ezer of The Plugg

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Of course Ohad is also the Co-founder and CTO of YouLicense.

Ohad Ezer: [The Plugg] [MySpace] [Linked In] [Twitter]

G: How was your childhood? What did you grow up watching, reading, or listening?

OE: Great childhood…we started in Israel and then moved the US and made the most of it.

Reading: Fantasy and horror books were my thing back then…don’t read much fantasy anymore but am still a huge horror buff

Music: It was the 80’s…watched a lot of MTV and listened to a lot of hair metal bands.

Watching: Loads and loads of television. Everything we could get our hands on. Before Maor learned English I used to watch cartoons with him and translate them on the fly. One day he just “knew” English and that was the end of that.  We still spent considerable hours in front of the TV. (It’s really cold in Boston, you know)

Playing: The legendary NES was everyone’s weapon of choice. I think Maor had some kind of business (mind you he was in fourth grade) that ensured we had a steady flow of games.

G: What was your first gig like?

OE: We played the local mall in our town. When the gig was over, all the school thugs grabbed our singer and beat the crap out of him. Our bass player’s sister saved him from serious pain that day. I was a great gig though.

G: Your favorite and least favorite performance experience? What went right and what went wrong?

OE: Early on I played bass in this punk band. The singer’s claim to fame was that he’d get naked at the end of the gig, walk around for a couple of minutes and then put his clothes on. So this one time he decides to vary it. He does the whole naked thing, puts his clothes back on, we go into a solo and he decides to stage-dive. Only no one is willing to catch the hairy sweaty guy who was just playing with himself naked on stage. He jumps and the crowd moves away. He lands on the hard floor and breaks his arm. I’ve played with a lot of people, but that guy, as nuts as he was, was the most professional. He got back on stage, arm broken, stood there like a goddamn horror show and kept singing till we finished the set. When the gig was over we drove him straight to the hospital. Good times.

G: How would you describe your brother? How is he similar/different from you?

OE: Being brothers we obviously have the same family values, upbringing etc. We are very different though and actually complement each other. Maor is the cut throat, no fear kinda guy who gets things done fast and efficiently. I’m more of a planner. In the end of the day it balances out quite well.

G: How did you find the contributors to The Plugg and how do you decide who’d write what?

OE: It was supposed to be a once a week kinda deal. I think Andrew (Alibastard) was the first guy who found us. He simply emailed and said he’d like to contribute. Once his articles came rolling in it really upped the game. I then found Kendall on what used to be I submitted a Plugg story, he messaged me that he liked it and the next thing you know he’s part of the family. At that stage we realized that the Plugg can be a great platform for interesting people who want to express themselves. I found D Thompson on Netscape as well…he was just so outrageously funny that I had to convince him to join us. Kendall brought Lee, and Mozzer is also a Netscape guy. Yair is a friend and we are constantly looking for more people to contribute.

G: How has the music and film business changed over the past 10 years? Are you worried or excited about the changes?

OE: The biggest change is obviously technology. All of a sudden musicians can reach out and touch everyone. In turn, music fans are not confined to their local stores and venues. The downside is that everyone is a musician nowadays. It used to be that only the serious (or rich) people were able to record something. Nowadays, you can download some shareware program, buy a cheapo microphone and all of a sudden you’re a bona fide musician. You can set up a MySpace page and invite some people in and you’re also global. The poor music fan who used to get his recommendation from some sweaty guy at his local record shop, now has to sift through millions of wannabes in order to find what he’s really after. I’m personally very excited about this. Yeah, it’s a jungle, but hopefully we’ll be there to help musicians and music lovers get what they want.

G: Why aren’t more artists taking control of their career? How would you advise a new artist to do so with the tools available these days?

OE: There isn’t much that an artist can’t do these days. The price of recording music is no longer an issue. Artists have more potential fans than they could ever dream of. In turn there are great tools to help artists and great opportunities out there. Why aren’t more musicians taking control? 6.5 million artist pages on MySpace…that means someone is doing something. It’s only the beginning of course. The days of getting stoned and playing a couple of local gigs in hope that someone discovers you are over. There is lots of talent out there and the artists that will do well are the ones who take charge of their careers. It applies to any profession, but for some reason many artists I’ve met don’t believe in hard work. The thing is, being an artist is very hard work, and if you’re going to channel some of your energy into making a name for yourself through the internet then you’re already halfway there.  Go find licensing opportunities, manage your fans, get yourself heard by as many people as possible. Yeah, spending a year in a van a collecting 1000 fans is great, but if you take your laptop along with you, you can get 10 times as many fans on the way.

G: What do you see emerging as the business model for the music industry?

OE: I can understand the whole music tax thing. There are a lot of good arguments for it but it also rewards failure. I’m kind of hoping it doesn’t happen, but knowing the industry, it probably will.
There are tons of proposed models, and anything that tries to listen to what the actual music consumer wants is fine by me. I’d also love to see artists start to perceive themselves as proper businesses rather than handing most of their livelihood to someone else just because they think they can’t do it on their own. Whereas this kind of attitude took some very progressive thinking 5 years ago, it is now the only way to proceed, and more and more artists will take control of their destinies.

G: What are your 5 favorite guitar driven albums?

Sonic Youth – Goo

Smashing Pumpkins – Gish

Built to Spill – Perfect from Now On

The Cure – Disintegration

Cursive – Domestica

G: 3 Recent Guitar Albums

The New Year – The New Year

Metallica – Death Magnetic

Stephen Malkmus – Real Emotional Trash

[Update: Check out Ohad's Top 20 albums of 2008 post at The Plugg.]

G: What are you working on currently?

OE: Musically I’ve been helping Naama Hillman complete her album. It should be out very soon and has some really amazing songs on it. Other than that, I’ve been working and working on YouLicense with the aim of making it the best site for music licensing (and earning some real money for artists).

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Police are still investigating why a gunman tried to open fire in a San Antonio restaurant and then nearby movie theatre during a late night showing of “The Hobbit.”

What police do know is that no one died thanks to the actions off-duty police sergeant, identified as Lisa Castellano.

Castellano was off duty and was at the theatre as a private citizen when she saw the gunman with his weapon in his hand.

Castellano fired 4 shots and hit the man once, immediately ended the potential shooting spree.

Police believe the gunman may have been targeting his co-workers which were at the location and that a breakup with his girlfriend may have played a role as well.

Police say over 30 shots were fired, including the 4 fired by Castellano.

The suspect, if he survives, will likely face capital attempted murder charges since he fired at a police car at one point during the incident.

We at GSL applaud the bravery and quick actions of Ms. Castellano.

UPDATE: It appears Ms. Castellano was working as private security for the theatre during the incident.

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I am using DECC V6.0 compiler with option
Is there any way that I can link object files produced from DECC 6.0
compiler with prior version of DECC RTL (V 5.5 or earlier) and OPEN_VMS 6.1
(or earlier). Currently, I got the following link errors when I link DEC C
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Thanks for your help
Philip Dang
Ross Systems

The Answer is :

  Please see the information on the DEC C "backport" library as a
  starting point -- look in the DEC C documentation set for details.
  In general, downward compatibility is not a design goal of OpenVMS
  and of OpenVMS compilers -- upward-compatibility is.  In other words,
  the officially supported approach is to compile and link on the oldest
  OpenVMS version that the package is intending to support.
  When considering downward compatibility, there are particular requirements
  around the contents of the system include definitions as well as the RTL
  entry points available when trying to move code downward -- there can be
  missing definitions and entry points.  Further, the DEC C compiler is
  somewhat unusual in that it looks at the DECC$SHR RTL image to determine
  what routines and entry points it recognizes.
  As a start, acquire the currently available ECO for the DEC C run-time
  library, and apply it to all systems.
  If you wish to pursue an unsupported approach, you will need to copy the
  older DECC$SHR image to your current OpenVMS system, named something akin
  to dev:[dir]DECC$SHR_V552, and perform the following sequence:
    $ CC/DECC/DEFINE=__VMS_VER=60100000 program.c
  For your current situation, most any value below 60200000 should work in
  the above, as the symbols DECC$$GA____CTYPET and DECC$$GA____CTYPEA were
  added in the OpenVMS V6.2 release.
  Please see topics (3761), (5192), and (6829).
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Professor Staw To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Professor Barry Staw

Haas School Professor Barry Staw will be honored with the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Management for his contribution to the field of organizational behavior. The academy will present Staw with the award at its annual meeting in August in Anaheim, Calif.

Staw, the Lorraine Tyson Mitchell Professor in Leadership and Communication, was selected to receive the award by the academy's organizational behavior division. The division chooses candidates who have published in highly-regarded journals and contribute to the field in ways that complement their scholarship, such as serving on editorial boards or as elected representatives for the Academy of Management. The organizational behavior division is the academy's largest division, with more than 5,500 members.

"We are all very proud to have Barry on our faculty," says James Lincoln, associate dean for academic affairs. "His lifetime achievement award is yet another example of a Haas professor being acknowledged by his peers as a leading-edge creator of theoretical as well as applied business knowledge."

Staw's recent research has focused on creativity and organizational innovation. Staw has been a professor at the Haas School since 1980 and is a member of the school's Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Group. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, and The Quarterly Review of Economics and Business.

Prof. Hennessy Awarded Third Brattle Prize for Finance Research

Associate Professor Christopher Hennessy has won his third Brattle Prize in four years for a distinguished paper in the Journal of Finance.

Hennessy, a member of the Haas Finance Group, received the prize for his August 2007 Journal of Finance article titled "How Costly Is External Financing? Evidence from a Structural Estimation," co-authored with Professor Toni M. Whited of the Wisconsin School of Business.

Brattle Prizes are awarded annually by the Journal of Finance for outstanding papers on corporate finance, with the winners chosen by the journal's associate editors. The awards include a $10,000 first prize and two $5,000 distinguished paper prizes. Hennessy received the $5,000 distinguished paper prize at the annual meeting of the American Finance Association, held in January in New Orleans.

"The honor Christopher has received is yet another demonstration of the extraordinarily high quality of the Haas faculty," says James Lincoln, associate dean for academic affairs.

Hennessy was previously honored with Brattle Prizes in 2004 and 2005. He received a distinguished paper prize for his August 2004 Journal of Finance article "Tobin's Q, Debt Overhang, and Investment" and a $10,000 first prize for his June 2005 article "Debt Dynamics," also co-authored with Whited.

Haas Ranks #7 in US News & World Report

The Full-time Berkeley MBA program ranked #7, up from #8 last year, in the 2009 US News & World Report graduate school survey published on Friday, March 28. Haas tied for the #7 rank with Dartmouth College's Tuck School.

The Berkeley Evening & Weekend MBA program ranked #6, tied with DePaul University and the University of Southern California, down from #5 last year. US News ranks part-time MBA programs as part of its specialty rankings that are based entirely on a poll of business school deans and MBA directors.

In additional US News specialty rankings, Haas placed:

#3 in Nonprofit (tied with Northwestern's Kellogg)

#8 in Entrepreneurship

#8 in Marketing

#9 in Finance

#9 in Management

#10 in International

The US News full-time MBA ranking is based on admissions, program, and placement data provided by participating business schools and on a poll of recruiters and of business school deans and MBA directors.

More at http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/mba.

Bob Barde Book Reveals Chinese Immigrant Experience During Exclusion

Immigration at the Golden Gate by Bob Barde

At 20, Quok Shee boarded a ship in Hong Kong, bound for the New World. The year was 1916 and, instead of embarking on a new life of opportunity, she spent over 700 nights, held against her will, at the Angel Island Immigration Station. Officials say immigrants were "detained" but for Quok Shee and thousands of other Asian immigrants, their first experience in America felt like imprisonment.

In his new book, Immigration at the Golden Gate: Passenger Ships, Exclusion and Angel Island, Robert Barde, deputy director of the Institute of Business and Economic Research, uses individual experiences like Quok Shee's as a portal for exploring the immigration process in San Francisco during the time of the Chinese Exclusion Acts of 1882-1943.

Barde introduces readers to Look Tin Eli, head of a Chinese passenger line, who steered his China Mail Steamship Company to success despite the exclusion laws. The book mines the diaries of an Angel Island immigration inspector who recounts his personal struggle between enforcing the laws of exclusion and his own moral compass. Barde's work also explores exclusion "Before Angel Island" when private enterprise used the docks of San Francisco as the station for "processing" immigrants.

Barde also co-authored the "International Migration" chapter for Historical Statistics of the United States and developed the Haas/National Archives web search tool on immigration case files.

Immigration at the Golden Gate: Passenger Ships, Exclusion, and Angel Island is published by Praeger/Greenwood.

MFE Program Welcomes New Class, Finds Jobs for Grads in Tough Market

The Haas School's Master's in Financial Engineering Program welcomed 65 new students this month and bade farewell to the 64 graduates of the class of 2008.

Commencement speaker Stephen Ross, an MIT finance professor and director of Freddie Mac, challenged the new graduates to develop better methods for risk control. "You are graduating at precisely the right time and entering a world that desperately needs your skills," he said.

The graduates have received job offers from companies such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Barclays Global Investors, Shinsei Bank, and Standard & Poor's. Despite a tough market on Wall Street, 80% of the class had received job offers by their March 14 graduation, says Linda Kreitzman, executive director of the MFE Program. While final data won't be available until June 30, Kreitzman notes that percentage is on par with last year. Average compensation is currently at $161,365.

All 64 members of the class of 2008 had winter internships, and some students will re-join the firms where they interned. Andrew Cowan, MFE 08, will return to the Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs after working there over the program's 12-week winter break. "Only a handful of quants support a group of several hundred professionals," says Cowan, "so we get to try out many different things."

Kreitzman attributes the successful placement of graduates to the program's strong reputation. "The MFE Program at the Haas School has earned its reputation as the top program in the country because of its unique ability to source very strong and well-rounded candidates to buy-side and sell-side firms in a short timeframe, anywhere in the world," says Kreitzman. "Our students are simply amazing and every year top firms are anxious to snatch them."

As the class of 2008 enters the workforce, 65 new students began their studies March 24 as the eighth MFE class. They bring a wealth of experience, including work as financial analysts for Bank of America, as operations research analysts for Verizon, and as engineers for Northrop Grumman Space Technology.

The MFE students hail from twenty countries and boast an average score in the 93rd percentile on the quantitative portion of the GRE and GMAT. One quarter of the new students hold Ph.D.s, and 34% hold master's degrees.

The year-long Master's in Financial Engineering Program provides students with a comprehensive set of skills to master careers in arbitrage, hedging, options pricing, portfolio management, trading, and dynamic investment strategies in bond, currency, options, and other financial markets. For more information, visit http://MFE.haas.berkeley.edu.

Heidi Roizen, SkinnySongs CEO and former VC, to Talk on Entrepreneurship, April 4

Heidi Roizen, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and CEO of start-up SkinnySongs, will discuss entrepreneurship and her career on Friday, April 4, at noon in Arthur Andersen Auditorium.

The Berkeley-Columbia MBA Speaker Series event is open to the Haas community.

Roizen's senior management experience dates back 25 years, when she co-founded software maker T/Maker, a pioneer in early personal computer software. Before selling T/Maker, Roizen spent 13 years as the company's CEO, making her one of the few women CEOs in the technology industry. Then, after more than a decade as a senior vice president at Apple Computers, Roizen spent eight years as a managing partner at Mobius Venture Capital, a technology venture fund that manages $2 billion.

Roizen's latest entrepreneurial venture, SkinnySongs, creates music to inspire women to get and stay in shape. The music, for which Roizen penned the lyrics, has been featured in numerous publications and television and radio broadcasts, including USA Today, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Martha Stewart Show. With lyrics like "skinny jeans, skinny jeans, you're still hanging 'round, in the back of my closet and that's bringing me down," the songs are not only upbeat and funny but also motivational.

Haas Students, McKinsey Team up to Help Nonprofits

A plan to attract global environmental leaders to a new institute near the Golden Gate Bridge and a strategic blueprint for Green Belt Movement International, which works to reforest Kenya, are among the 11 mission-critical consulting assignments of this spring's Social Sector Solutions class.

The three-unit course for MBA and undergraduate students, known as S3, is co-taught by Nora Silver, an adjunct professor and director of the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership, and Paul Jansen, director of the global philanthropy practice at McKinsey & Company. The consulting firm is providing coaches as well as access to its resources.

The course provides hands-on experience for the students, while also offering nonprofits access to intensive consulting services that otherwise might be out of their reach.

"The nonprofits really welcome having this much manpower devoted to the project," says Hans Cole, MBA 08. Cole is the project leader for a team working on marketing the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy's new retreat center at Fort Baker on the northern side of the Golden Gate Bridge. "They are really letting us take the reins, and they are already using our ideas. There is no substitute for having this kind of real-world experience."

Other projects include developing an expansion plan for Education Pioneers, a revenue-generation plan for Mission Neighborhood Centers (supported by the Levi Strauss Foundation), and an evaluation tool for Lenders for Community Development. The students also are creating marketing plans for the Marine Stewardship Council and Phoebe Hearst Museum, to name a few.

Student teams already have made mid-term progress presentations to their non-profit boards, and will be fine-tuning them for final presentations at the end of April.

This is the second time the S3 course has been offered, but the first time it is being co-taught with McKinsey. For more information on the course, visit http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/nonprofit/.

Undergraduates Best Stanford, San Jose State in Case Competition

For the second year in a row, Haas undergraduates defeated Stanford and San Jose State universities to take first place at the annual Deloitte-Cisco "Battle of the Bay" Case Competition, held at Cisco Systems March 14.

The winning team members are Sean Huang, BS 09; Sagar Gupta, BS 10; Wei Li, BS (economics) 09; and Jimmy Shi, BS 10.

To qualify for the "Battle of the Bay" competition, the Haas group competed in and won the eBusiness Case Competition sponsored by Cisco Systems and Deloitte Consulting at the Haas School earlier this spring. Both competitions asked students to create a go-to-market solution for a newly developed software product by Cisco called the Entertainment Operating System (EOS).

The Haas team impressed Deloitte and Cisco executives with its marketing theme and pricing strategy. Students recommended that Cisco strengthen its position in the consumer market by applying its existing "Welcome to the Human Network" marketing campaign to EOS and eliminating licensing fees to focus on generating revenues through ad sharing and content hosting.

Judges gave team members high marks for the caliber of their presentation skills, professionalism, and ability to respond thoroughly and knowledgeably during the question-and-answer session.

To become members of the National Honors Business Fraternity Beta Alpha Psi, the Haas students completed an intensive 10-week pledging process, which consisted of professional development, business education, and presentation training. "As a result, we were adequately equipped with business skills that helped distinguish our group and win this case competition," says team member Gupta.

Undergraduates to Compete in Case Challenge in Arizona

Having won the opening round of the Deloitte Financial Advisory Services Case Challenge, a team of Haas undergraduate students will travel to the competition's six-team national finals in Scottsdale, Ariz., April 5 and 6.

The winning team consists of Miranda Wong, BS 09; Nicole Hui, BS 09 (economics); Andy Lau, BS 09; and Michelle Wu, BS 09. The team earned its spot in the final competition for its proposal on how to time a 100-employee layoff in order to minimize the impact on a company's year-end finances. The first-round competition was held March 7 at Deloitte's San Francisco office.

The final round will require the teams to develop a model for evaluating the fair market value of a company based on its assets and liabilities. The Haas students will compete against teams from Brigham Young University, University of Connecticut, University of Illinois, Morehouse College, and University of Notre Dame. Each member of the first-place team will receive a $2,000 scholarship, while members of the runner-up team will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship. The winning team also earns $10,000 for its school, while the runner-up team wins $5,000 for its school.

Haas in the News - As of 3/31/08

Priya Raghubir, professor in the Haas Marketing group, was quoted in the New York Times on March 23 in an article, titled "If You Don't Like Price, Negotiate," about how customers increasingly haggle over prices and the effect this has on making shoppers highly price-conscious. Full article at

The same article was picked up by the Tampa Tribune on March 23. Full article at http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/mar/23/na-if-you-dont-like-price-negotiate/

James Wilcox, professor in the Haas Economic Analysis & Policy and the Finance groups, was quoted in a March 23 San Francisco Chronicle article titled "Fed's bold moves: Band-Aid or breakthrough?" Full article at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/22/MNOMVOG0E.DTL

Kellie McElhaney, assistant adjunct professor and executive director of the Haas School's Center for Responsible Business, was mentioned as a keynote speaker at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill's Women in Leadership Conference in the Chapel Hill News' Business Briefly on March 23. Full article at http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/13426.html

Dean Tom Campbell was interviewed on ABC Channel 7 News on March 20 about the Federal Reserve's response to the troubled economy in the segment titled "New signs of trouble in the economy." The full segment can be viewed at http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=

Nancy Wallace, professor in the Haas Real Estate group, was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article titled "Owners do something constructive: In a tight market, remodels add value" on March 20. Full article at http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu_renovate_0320mar20,0,495717.story.

Laura Tyson, professor in the Haas Business & Public Policy group, appeared on "CNN: Lou Dobbs Tonight" show on March 19 to discuss the mortgage and foreclosure crisis and the need to send more support directly to affected households.

The Global Social Venture Competition was the focus of an article in The Statesman (India) titled "Missions that matter," on 19 March.

Henry Chesbrough, adjunct professor and executive director of the Center for Open Innovation, compared the legitimatization of computer science as an academic discipline to the emerging discipline of services science in the RedOrbit article, "Service Science: Catalyst for Change in Business School Curricula," on March 19. Full article at http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/1302328/service_

Tom Davidoff, assistant professor in the Haas Real Estate group, was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News article "Vindu's View: Bernanke's bailout for Wall Street puts taxpayers at risk" on March 19. Full article at http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_8622705?nclick_

Patrick Galvin, MBA 02, founder of Vignette Wine Country Soda, had his company featured in a New York Times Food & Wine section article titled "From the Grape, Something Fizzy for All Ages" on March 19.

James Wilcox was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle article "The unraveling of Bear Stearns" on March 18. Full article at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/18/

James Wilcox also commented on the same topic on KTVU Channel 2 News and on KCBS Radio on March 18.

Ken Rosen, chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, was mentioned as the keynote speaker at the March 26 North Bay Investment Real Estate Conference in the March 17 Santa Rosa Press Democrat article "Berkeley economist Ken Rosen to speak at real estate conference." Full article at

Whitney Hischier, assistant dean of executive learning at the Center for Executive Development (CED), was interviewed in the March 17 article "The Greening of Executive Education." The article mentioned CED's sustainable management programs.

Happening at Haas

Matt Kistler - SOLD OUT
Senior Vice President of Sustainability, Wal-Mart

Tuesday, April 1
12:30 p.m.
Cheit 210
For information, email respbus@haas.berkeley.edu.

Black Gold-- Film Screening and Discussion with Tadesse Meskala
Tuesday, April 1
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
S480 Student Services Building
Seating is first come, first served. Space is limited.
Sponsored by Cafe Bom Dia, Transfair USA, and the Center for Responsible Business
Black Gold website - http://www.blackgoldmovie.com
For information, contact Kathy Roeder at Cafe Bom Dia at 212-217-6106 or Transfair USA at 510-663-5260.

25th Annual Graduate Business Conference
Chip Conley, President and CEO, Joie de Vivre Hospitality
Marshall Goldsmith, best-selling author and management coach
Richard Lyons, Chief Learning Officer, Goldman Sachs
Thursday, April 3, through Saturday, April 5
For more information, visit http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/gbc/.

The Berkeley-Columbia MBA Speaker Series
Heidi Roizen
CEO of SkinnySongs

Friday, April 4
Arthur Andersen Auditorium
Open to the Haas Community

Tenth Annual Public Leadership Dinner
Leonard D. Schaeffer
Founding Chairman and Former CEO, WellPoint
Monday, April 7
6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
International House, 2299 Piedmont Ave., Berkeley
Registration: www.acteva.com/go/CNPL
Cost: $60 for alumni and business and community leaders; $20 for current students

David Aaker Distinguished Lecture Series in Marketing
Haas Marketing Professors David Aaker and Jennifer Aaker
Wednesday, April 16
12:30 p.m.
Wells Fargo Room
For more information, contact Ronna Kelly at rkelly@haas.berkeley.edu

Global Social Venture Competition Finals
Friday, April 18
8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Wells Fargo Room
Open to the public
For more information: www.gsvc.org

Global Social Venture Competition Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship
Saturday, April 19
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco
For more information and to register: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/responsiblebusiness/

10th Annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Finals and Awards Presentation
Thursday, May 1
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Arthur Andersen Auditorium
For more information: http://bplan.berkeley.edu/index.cfm

For more information, contact Deborah Houy at

Don Moore, Carnegie Mellon University
Wednesday, April 2
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
C320 Cheit Hall

Nancy Rothbard, Wharton School
Wednesday, April 9
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
C320 Cheit Hall

For more information, contact Donna Seaward at dseaward@haas.berkeley.edu.

Vince Crawford, Department of Economics, UC San Diego
Thursday, April 3
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
C250 Cheit Hall

Jonathan Levin, Economics Department, Stanford University
Thursday, April 10
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
C250 Cheit Hall

For more information, contact June Wong at

Jianjun Miao, Boston University
"The Timing and Returns of Mergers and Acquisitions in Oligopolistic Industries"
Thursday, April 3
4:10 p.m. to 5:40 p.m.
C110 Cheit Hall

Stavros Panageas, University of Pennsylvania
"Young, Old, Conservative and Bold: The Implications of Finite Lives and Heterogeneity for Asset Prices" (with Nicolae Gârleanu, Haas School)
Thursday, April 10
4:10 p.m. to 5:40 p.m.
C110 Cheit Hall

For more information, visit http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/imio/workshopf2007.htm.

The Oliver E. Williamson Seminar on Institutional Analysis
Ray Fisman, Columbia Graduate School of Business
Wednesday, April 2
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cheit C210

Markus Lang, University of Zurich - CANCELLED
"The Effect of Salary Caps in Professional Team Sports on Social Welfare"
Thursday, April 3 -- CANCELLED

Jesse Shapiro, University of Chicago
"Competition and Diversity in the Media: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers"
Thursday, April 10
4:10 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
C325 Cheit Hall

Best Practices Workshop
"How to Incorporate and Compensate Founders and Employees"
Tuesday, April 1
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Stanley Hall, Room 105
For further information on the Entrepreneurial Best Practices workshop series, visit http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/entbestpract.asp

UC Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum
"Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Solar Energy"
Thursday, April 3
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Arthur Andersen Auditorium
For further information: http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/bef.asp

Entrepreneurs Roundtable
Tuesday, April 15
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Marines Memorial, Commandants Room, 10th Floor, 609 Sutter St., San Francisco
Preregistration required; seating is limited. For further information: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/ea/events.htm

Best Practices Workshop
"Financing the Venture: Investor Panel Discussion"
Tuesday, April 22
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Stanley Hall, Room105

For more information, contact motadmin@haas.berkeley.edu or 510-643-1398.

Randy Komisar
General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
"Silicon Valley's New Investment Environment"
Wednesday, April 2
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wells Fargo Room

Don Paul
Chief Technology Officer, Chevron
"Building a Clean Energy Future"
Wednesday, April 16
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wells Fargo Room

Berkeley Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series
Tuesday, April 1
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Stanley Hall, Room105
Registration: None
Cost: Free

"The Green Revolution: Sustainable Business Models? A Green Business Summit"
Saturday, April 5
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
USC, 665 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles
Registration: https://mymarshall.usc.edu/mems/user/registerEvent.jsp

Cost: $75

Hockey LA Kings vs. the Anaheim Ducks
Saturday, April 5
Noon to 4:00 p.m.
The Staples Center, Los Angeles
Registration: http://www.aegtickets.com/default.aspx?c=offerdetails&eid=

Cost: $35 per ticket

"From Real Estate Bubble to Credit Bubble, What Happened and What is the Outlook Ahead?"
Real Estate Discussion with Professor Nancy Wallace
Thursday, April 10
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Palo Alto Sheraton, 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
Registration: www.acteva.com/go/HANSB
Cost: $30 for registrations on or before April 4; $40 after April 4; $10 fee to park at hotel

Berkeley-Columbia Welcome Reception for Newly Admitted Students
Saturday, April 12
4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Presentations will begin around 4:45 p.m.)
The Claremont Resort & Spa, 41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley
RSVP: Aija Gamburg at aija@haas.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-0214

Haas Minority Student-Alumni Mixer
Saturday, April 12
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
For information and registration go to www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/minoritymixer
No charge

End of Tax Season Celebration/Social Mixer with Beta Gamma Sigma Business School Honors Society
Thursday, April 17
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The Parlor, 1519 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 395-4139
For more information, contact Raffi Aharonian at raffi.aharonian@gmail.com.

Supper Club with Alumni from Technology, Media and Entrepreneurship
Thursday, April 17
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Lure FishBar, Soho, 142 Mercer Street, New York
RSVP: Chris Phenner, chris.phenner@thumbplay.com
Cost: Approximately $40

Haas MBA Experienced Hire Career Fair
Friday, April 18
5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara

Haas Alumni Reunion Conference
"Clean Tech Innovation"
Saturday, April 26
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Haas School of Business
For more information: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/alumni/reunion/

15th Annual Business Forecast Luncheon
Wednesday, May 13
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
For more information, contact events@haas.berkeley.edu or 510-642-7790.

The Haas NewsWire is the bi-monthly electronic news publication for the Haas community published every Monday by the Marketing and Communications Office at the Haas School. Send your news, feedback, and suggestions to haasnews@haas.berkeley.edu.

Archived issues of Haas NewsWire are available online at http://haas.berkeley.edu/groups/newspubs/haasnews/

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Friday, July 14, 2006

South Hampton Roads Legislation

Chesapeake – Belharbour Station at SoNo, a proposed mixed use development containing 350 condos, 230 apartments and 150,000 square feet of commercial and retail space, received the approval of the city’s Planning Commission this week. The project will require City Council approval later this month or early next month. If approved, Belharbour Station at SoNo will be developed on a piece of property on the Elizabeth River near I-464 and the Norfolk city line.

Norfolk – The city has released detailed information regarding their real estate tax relief program. Details are available at on the main page. Also, City Council has elected Councilman Paul Riddick as the city’s new Vice Mayor.

Suffolk – Suffolk City Council fired their City Manager, Steve Herbert, this week. City Council appointed Assistant City Manager of Operations Jim Vacalis the interim city manager pending a national search.

Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach became the first locality in south Hampton Roads to move its City Council elections from May to November. Therefore, the May 2008 elections will now be held in November 2008.

Virginia Real Estate Board – The Real Estate Board has officially updated the real estate disclosure and disclaimer statements to reflect changes made during the 2006 General Assembly Session and will post the new versions on their website in the next few days.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Diva at 22

Here's Diva after a dozen-or-so hours of knitting, and she's 14.5"/ 37cm from base to peak. I wish I had fewer WIPs so I could concentrate only on Diva, but I'm easily bored and distracted so am forever casting on.

This photo shows 21 cyclamen/ plum stripes completed, of which I need 27 for size medium. At this exact moment I am halfway through the 22nd stripe, it's really hard to see here, but there are ~300 pink stitches on the needle. I WILL knit through till the 27th stripe tonight, eek it's almost midnight already.

The fabric is nice and squishy, light and huggable, and I love it. Lots of people notice Diva as I knit in public often, she's cute and gets a lot of attention. I answer more questions about this little beauty than any other project. Diva is simply beautiful.

Art & Disorder said...

Its tricô is wonderful!...BRASIL

Petunia Honeysuckle said...

yes I agree with you completely! this is a very wonderful fabric, it drapes and moves so well, I want to wear it right now :)

knitknut said...

I am loving your colors...great job

Cheryl said...

Love your colors


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Thursday, October 01, 2009

In the news...

Winner of the stupid headline prize for today:

"Typhoon's devastation spares no one - not even children"

Um... Children should miraculously start floating in the air when disaster strikes? Who the hell wrote that line?

Winner of the D'oh!!!* prize of the day:

Stephen Harper, our "beloved" PM, for saying that Canada has no history of colonialism**.

First nation leaders are understandably rather pissed off at the comment.

And in the What-The-Fuck-Is-Wrong-With-These-People file...

One of our offices has no internet today. Bell Canada cut off their service because they weren't paying their bills, which stopped coming a couple of months ago.

Our question: Why did they stop coming?

Bell's answer: Because we weren't notified about your move..

For the record, the office moved 2 years ago, and they managed to send the bills for both phone and internet service for all that time. To the new address...

* aka the open-mouth-insert-foot prize
** no doubt he will argue that he meant that Canadians per se didn't colonize Canada. It's the brits' and frogs' fault. Won't fly you moron.

Guillaume said...

Harper said a few stupid things these days. He is not too keen on history, by his own admission: he said in an interview, regarding what he would leave to posterity as a politician, that the judgment of God mattered more to him than the judgment of historians. It is as if this guy wants to be perceived as a Christian integrist.

Hagelrat said...

hahahha. This is why we need sharp sticks, so we can jab the stupid people with big mouths.

Bonnie, Original Art Studio said...

Thank goodness stupidity is sometimes funny.

Great post Jazz.

mrwriteon said...

I love it when you do this stuff. You do it so well.

Yes, there's Harper. But then there's Iggy. Sigh.

Stop the country, I want to get off.

geewits said...

And doesn't "no one" mean just that? That's like saying, "Free prizes for everyone that reads this blog - even the ugly people." or "All beans give me gas, even pinto beans." It's ridiculous.

Jazz said...

Guillaume - it's scary that when the leader of a country relies on God.

Hagelrat - you've been talking to Choochoo too much.

Bonnie - that's its only redeeming quality

Ian - where's our Obama? Harper the fundy christian, Iggy with all the charisma and ideas of a wet mop... it's scary.

Geewits - Ah well, at least it's marginally funny...

XUP said...

Bell Canada is a constant source of hilarity to me. Ever since I dumped them a couple of years ago they've been hounding me with cute cards, letters, phone calls and even little gifts in a pathetic attempt to woo me back. The phone calls are the best because their phone call center people don't seem to know why they're calling me. Here's a recent conversation:
~ our records show that you no longer have telephone service with Bell Canada
~ that's right
~do you currently have any telephone service?
~ you just called me didn't you?
~ are you with a service provider other than Bell Canada?
~ yes
~ would you consider using Bell Canada as your service provider
~ no
~ is it the money? because we have some really good deals
~ no, it's everything
~ so do you have internet service with Bell Canada?
~ I have to go now

Bonnie, Original Art Studio said...

Jazz: Since you are sometimes over the top, I have left you an award, so named. You can pick it up on my blog. :)

Jazz said...

I'm on my way Bonnie!

Jocelyn said...

That colonialism comment ties right into the whole immigration debate: at what point do you get to become the "we" who tries to stem back a tide of "them"? And who the eff makes that decision? It's so random.

secret agent woman said...

Good catch on the headline. I think they should have said, "spares no one, especially children - equally nonsensical, but with an added heart tug.


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All 30 teams’ local TV deals

Nov 27, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT

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Over at Fangraphs, Wendy Thurm catalogs all 30 teams’ local TV deals, separating them by category from the super bazillionaires like the Dodgers down to the “have-nots” who are locked into craptastic local TV deals for years or even decades. And as she notes, it’s going to define the financial and competitive landscape for a long, long time:

Thirty teams. Thirty different local TV agreements. From the Dodgers at the very high end to the Brewers, A’s and Braves on the very low end. For some teams, the dynamics are fluid and will change in their favor soon. Others are looking at years of climbing up a steep hill in an effort to compete. The new local broadcast reality. The new revenue inequity.

Bookmark it. And don’t presume to say anything intelligent about team finances unless you are aware of how these numbers stack up.

  1. icanspeel - Nov 27, 2012 at 2:08 PM

    The Padres deal is new, so explains why it is at the top, but currently their payroll is around 60 mill (same as TV deal) so people will wonder where all the ticket money and other revenue goes….

  2. Chris Fiorentino - Nov 27, 2012 at 2:16 PM

    So the Rays deal expires in 2016 and it pays them $20 million a year. They spend around $65 million in payroll. So I guess they are banking on making at the very least double what they were making in 2017 and beyond to pay that contract to Longoria. Still seems like a major risk for a guy who is injury-prone for a small-market team that doesn’t have as much of a revenue stream as the bigger market teams…unless they get a new stadium to replace theirs, which is from what I hear, the worst in all of baseball.

    I have a feeling that Comcast is going to own a piece of the Phillies after 2014 and their contract will probably look similar to the Houston Astros one with Comcast. They will probably go from $35 to $100 million a year, which is why the Howard contract was not as big of a deal since the $25 million part doesn’t kick in until 2014. If we are going to use the TV revenue as an excuse for Evan, we have to use it for Ryan too, right?

    • Kevin S. - Nov 27, 2012 at 5:51 PM

      No, because Longoria is worth the money while Howard is laughably overpaid.

      • Chris Fiorentino - Nov 28, 2012 at 7:23 AM

        Really? In 5 years you know that a guy who missed 88 games last year and just had more hamstring surgery is going to be worth the money? LOL this is the type of nonsense that I talk about when I call hypocrisy on some commenters. You don’t like Howard, that’s fine, that’s your prerogative. Just don’t run the nonsense that you know Longoria is going to be worth the money because none of us know it. And unlike Howard’s extension that started 1.5 years after it was signed, Longoria’s starts after 4 years. And unlike Howard, Longoria is injury-prone when he signed the contract.

  3. uwsptke - Nov 27, 2012 at 2:44 PM

    Not sure that the Brewers TV revenue in the blog post is correct. They recently re-negotiated an expiring deal that should put them in the $30/per year (which is about what the Dodgers deal will pay them for the first 3 weeks of April). This article from September ’11 points this out:

    “The Brewers receive less than $10 million a year in the deal, and although that figure should triple starting in 2013, for now it is the lowest local media payout in the majors. With that handicap, Attanasio knew the Brewers would have to rely on ticket sales more than most teams — a challenge, considering they draw from the smallest market in the majors.”

  4. Aaron - Nov 27, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    This is most definitely an invaluable resource, but don’t take the numbers as gospel. Thurm shows the Reds as earning $30 million a year from their TV deal, while Cincinnati Enquirer beat writer John Fay has it closer to $10 million. That’s a fairly big disparity.

  5. Ben - Nov 27, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    So the bottom 11 teams collectively earn ~217 million a year, or less than the Dodgers would. How on earth will those 11 teams afford any free agents, even if they signed straight market deals?

  6. Francisco (FC) - Nov 27, 2012 at 2:49 PM

    I presume a huge chunk of that new Dodgers money is going to actually paying for the franchise right? I mean they did pay $2 Billion for it, and as far as I can tell it was done mostly on credit. Actually help me out Dodgers fans, just how much did the ownership group fork over in cash and how much credit to pay for the Dodgers franchise?

    • Ben - Nov 27, 2012 at 2:54 PM

      Assuming this deal is real, they may have gotten a bargain for the Dodgers. You pile that 240 million into paying off the team, you’re free and clear in 8 years and you just operate the team off normal revenue. Or 120 million a year for 16 years, and put 120 million more into on-the-field product. Crazy.

    • losangelesfan - Nov 27, 2012 at 4:22 PM

      Guggenheim paid cash. It’s all paid for.

      • Francisco (FC) - Nov 27, 2012 at 4:35 PM

        Thanks for the info! I suppose the next question is, how much of that cash will go into the team and how much will it go to ownership. Since I presume the ownership group will want to see the profits after forking over $2 Bn.

      • Ben - Nov 27, 2012 at 4:48 PM

        Oh wow. Hey guys, I figured out how to make 10% ROI in perpetuity, no need for a Madoff. Cripes. Baseball teams really are just a license to print money, aren’t they?

  7. Michael - Nov 27, 2012 at 3:04 PM

    The TV landscape has definitely changed…a bit.

    The gravy is still in owning both the club and the TV outlet, as first discovered back when the owner of TBS (Ted Turner) underpaid the owner of the Braves (Ted Turner) for rights so that the revenues would be made on the TV end, keeping the ballclub from looking too rich.

    I would suggest that this means you won’t see the Indians or Blue Jays “negotiating” huge TV deals anytime soon, keeping those books in the red and revenue-sharing money flowing their way while their owners profit on the TV side.

    It also means the Yankees’, Mets’ and Orioles’ deals are deceptively rich, as is Reinsdorf’s (he also owns the Bulls, who are also a revenue driver for Comcast SportsNet).

    The “rich” top-level deals for the Dodgers and Angels demonstrate what major market rights are actually worth when a club’s owner doesn’t also have more than a token stake in the media outlet. Then again, it’s easy for a local cable sports network to open their pocketbook these days — they simply pass the cost of that contract directly on to cable subscribers.

    So congratulations, LA sports fans! Your cable bill is about to go up again!

  8. tcostant - Nov 27, 2012 at 4:36 PM

    The Nationals are set for a big raise. They have a re-set in the deal with MASN. Once Bud makes a point to ge tthis done, it should triple.

    • natstowngreg - Nov 27, 2012 at 6:10 PM

      Adam Kilgore of The Washington Post reports that the MASN contract impasse continues:

      Funny thing is, MLB got representatives of the Rays and Pirates (along with the Mets) to help mediate the dispute. Rays and Pirates brass involved with a dispute over increasing some other team’s rights fees? What’s wrong with this picture?

    • schmedley69 - Nov 27, 2012 at 8:31 PM

      Nats don’t deserve a raise. Before last season, their ratings were minuscule. So incredibly low that MLB thought about investigating. The ratings improved last season, but they were still far below the big boys.

  9. dowhatifeellike - Nov 27, 2012 at 4:52 PM

    Baltimore is only getting $29m from MASN because Angelos puts the rest in his pocket.

  10. gibbyfan - Nov 27, 2012 at 5:03 PM

    Nice piece of work that really puts things in perspective. I have to wonder how the cardinals manage to stay competitive. In looking over these numbers it almost seems as though some teams should just pack it in —overcoming this kind of disparity doesnt seem possible, especially if you also factor in that someteams have publicly financed facilities — —

  11. dirtyharry1971 - Nov 28, 2012 at 7:12 AM

    Does Rogers cable give its customers like a rebate of some kind for including a bluejays channel? they sure as hell should

  12. uwsptke - Nov 28, 2012 at 8:56 AM

    Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that Bud made a decision that all subscriptions must be shared equally among the teams (similar to the TV deals done currently in the NFL). This could lay the groundwork down the road when all TV as we know it will likely be communicated through the internet rather than cable. It’s really the only shot that the smaller markets have at competing long-term, because the disparity is astronomical, even with a luxury tax.

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Source: A-Rod blew his chance to take a deal for a 50 game suspension

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Buster Olney wrote something that turned my head today. That A-Rod had a plea deal possible back in the spring — for a low, low, number of games — and turned it down:

If Rodriguez had agreed to something last spring, before MLB investigators had all the Biogenesis details from Bosch, Rodriguez might’ve been able to barter for a suspension for something close to 50 games, or what a first-time offender gets for a first positive PED test.  If he had taken responsibility then, owned up and made his best possible deal, then A-Rod probably would’ve been back on the field late in the 2013 season, with the whole matter behind him.

I was skeptical of this when I first read it, as I recalled no report, credible or otherwise, suggesting that A-Rod or any of the Biogenesis-connected players had a plea deal on the table in April or May, which is the timeframe Olney mentions. And certainly no plea deal to A-Rod in the neighborhood of 50 games at any time.

But, inspired by Olney’s report, I made some calls. And Buster was right. According to sources familiar with Major League Baseball’s investigation, there was a window of time — while Rodriguez was still represented by attorneys Jay Reisinger and James Sharp and before Major League Baseball flipped Tony Bosch and got him to cooperate — where A-Rod could have made a deal for a substantially shorter suspension than he ultimately received. Possibly as low as 50 games.

It was apparently not to the level of a formal offer — there aren’t documents or emails regarding this stuff — but informal conversations had begun suggesting such a framework. A-Rod and the legal team which came to represent him through the arbitration rejected the overtures, however. Major League Baseball eventually obtained the cooperation of Bosch and the settlement ship essentially sailed.

I say “essentially” because of reports in July and August — just before the 211-game suspension was announced — that A-Rod and the league were talking about a deal. But those were offers well in excess of 100 games and by that point it was worth the gamble to fight. At the same time, it’s worth remembering that, back in the spring, a 50 game suspension may not have seemed like a great deal — it was uncertain how Major League Baseball would prove its case nor was it clear that MLB had an argument or even a desire to seek more than a 50-game suspension against A-Rod in the first place. But, there was a chance for A-Rod to get back on the field after a suspension — indeed, a suspension he would have served while on the disabled list — and have it all behind him last season.

And, hindsight nor not, A-Rod, it seems, had a chance to save his baseball career. That chance came in the spring. But he blew it.

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by Sarah Morgan, author of Ripped (Cosmo Red-Hot Reads from Harlequin)

I love writing fun, independent heroines, so when I was invited to be part of the Cosmo Red-Hot Reads from Harlequin program, I didn’t hesitate. In fact, I already had something half-written on my laptop that had been sitting there, waiting for the right moment.

About two years ago I was struggling with a book that wasn’t going well. I was pondering the characters and their problems but, because the brain is a weird thing (well, mine is!), instead of solving their issues, I came up with a completely different idea. I had a really clear vision of the characters and a particular scene. I felt so excited about this scene that instead of wrestling with the book I was supposed to be finishing, I took some time out to write it down. I took a day, I couldn’t afford more time than that, but I loved every minute and laughed the whole time. I wrote one short chapter. It didn’t fit with anything I was writing—I knew it wouldn’t be a Harlequin Presents; in fact, I didn’t know what I was going to do with it, if anything, but I knew I loved it.

Because I write to a tight schedule I didn’t have time to write any more of the story, especially as there was no obvious “home” for the work, so I filed it carefully on my laptop knowing I’d come back to it at some point. I have files of half-written stories, ideas that have never gone anywhere (but might in the future), and this one joined it and gathered dust.

Fast-forward two years and my editor called to ask if I’d be interested in writing a Cosmo Red-Hot Read. I knew instantly I’d found a home for my experiment. I said to her, “I might have something that fits what you’re looking for….” and I sent over what I had and bit my nails while she read it. She replied ten minutes later saying she was laughing so hard everyone in the office was staring at her. I was thrilled. I finished the story. I loved every minute. I laughed the whole time, except when I had to stop to take a cold shower, because this read is “Red-Hot” after all . I called it Ripped, and luckily the Harlequin and Cosmo team loved that title, too.

The heroine of Ripped, Hayley, is an engineer. She’s the reluctant bridesmaid at the wedding of her ex and suffers a major wardrobe malfunction. She’s rescued from the most embarrassing moment of her life by the best man, sexy Italian Nico Rossi, a buttoned-up lawyer she believes has always disapproved of her. This story takes place a few days before Christmas and wrapping paper isn’t the only thing to be ripped in this book!

The chapter that sat on my laptop for two years waiting for its moment became the beginning of the book. You can read it on my website if you’d like a taste. If it makes you smile, I hope you’ll download the book.

Whatever gets ripped over the holidays in your house, be it wrapping paper or clothing, I hope you have fun, and if you want to leave a comment confessing the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you, go right ahead. It will be just between us!

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Ripped (Harlequin Cosmo Red-Hot Reads)

“Wardrobe malfunction” doesn’t begin to cover it.

With a rip louder than the “I dos,” Hayley’s hideous bile-yellow bridesmaid dress explodes. She’s always had enviable curves, but nearly naked wasn’t quite the look she’d been going for at her ex’s wedding.

She’s rushed from the altar under the best man’s designer tux jacket. Hayley’s expecting a blast of icy disapproval from sexy, sophisticated Niccolò Rossi—his usual reaction to anything she does. What she gets is a kiss that nearly melts what’s left of her polyester nightmare gown.

It’s impossible on a million levels. Exuberant engineer Hayley and buttoned-up lawyer Nico have never seen eye to eye—but skin to skin? Oh, mio… So when Nico shows up at her flat on Christmas Day to give her a fabulous gift—himself—Hayley’s delighted to do the unwrapping. But it’s just a holiday fling. By New Year’s Day, she’ll come back to her senses…unless Nico’s sensual skills tear away all her resolve.

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  1. Debbie Haupt
    November 27, 2013 at 6:05 pm

    OMG Sarah what a premise, what an excerpt it’s romance on the sizzle burner!!!!!

  2. Sarah Morgan
    November 28, 2013 at 11:54 am

    LOL Debbie, hope you enjoy :)

  3. Jeanine Prunty
    December 5, 2013 at 1:19 am

    Loved the excerpt.

    Loved Hayley too. Please tell me we get to know what is going on in Nico’s head as well.

    Will DEFINITELY be reading this book.

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Hey it's patronus_charm with your review!

I think the way you portrayed George as a father was very believable, as I can imagine him being the parent who spoils the children, and has a soft heart, as he's just so loveable and funny, so he's characterization is great! And haha Verity's still working at the shop:P

I'm interested to know why George and his family are so close to Percy's family, as in the books they didn't seem to be that close, as I would have imagined George to be closer to Ginny and Ron's families, as they just seem more similar! I guess that's in your Audrey Tang series which I still need to read! But, speaking of Ron and Ginny, are they are going to make an appearance at all, if they did that would be awesome, as when the Weasley family are all together it's so funny to read!

I liked that George seemed didn't seem to hate Malfoy too much in the flashback, if only he knew what he did to his daughter in the future though:O Also that thing about Perce getting confused as Fred, aww, I just wanted to cry, over how sad George seemed to be over that still!

It was funny to see that everyone knew Molly as well, as you never imagine the Weasley fame affecting them as well, but given their family, and how high up their Dad is, I guess you should really expect that!

I loved seeing Molly and Roxanne's reaction to prefects, of course Molly would love them, being the daughter of authority loving Percy, who was head boy himself, and Roxanne being the daughter of George who made fun of Percy for no end because of it, would regard becoming one, as something fit for nightmares!

Overall I thought it was a good chapter, which provided me with lots of laughs, and it was nice to see Perce being the nice brother again, I look forward to reading more, Kiana :D

Author's Response: Hey there doll!

Its always nice to see you back of course and you're always welcome to stop by. I think I patterned George as a father after Arthur, honestly. For some reason I got the feeling that he sort of spoiled the kids behind Molly's back and just based George off of that. And plus, he's just so...George, he doesn't like telling his kids "no" on anything and that makes him a major softie. Hahahha.
Yeah, Verity is still there! I hadn't mentioned her at all in the flashbacks because I hadn't really thought much about it but thought it'd be interesting to still see her there. Hahahha.
Why George and Percy are so close in this story does have something to do with my Audrey Tang series. But mostly, you can get the gist of that in "This is Angelina" too if you ever read that. I changed alot of things from canon and I wanted to do something different with the Weasley's relationships. George and Percy are so much closer than they were and I wanted to show that. Ron and Ginny make an appearance or so in this, at some point but I'm not sure when. They're not major players or anything! Sorry! D':
No, George isn't the sort of person to hate so easily. And plus, I made it a point of talking about his son versus his brother and the fact that Ben isn't Malfoy, you know? He can understand how Roxanne was feeling more than anyone else can.
But if he finds out what Ben did to her he might just lose his mind. My George sometimes isn't all there to begin with! I thought about making it a point about Perce vs. Uncle Fred because I'm sure someone in the family might have madea dumb comment or two.
Yep, the Weasley family is pretty famous but Molly is too shy for the limelight, its really not her thing.
Bwhaha, the girls really showed who their dads were in their reaction to Prefects didn't they? But its not going to be so easy for Roxanne thought. I have more things planned for her. :3
Perce might just turn into the overprotective brother in the next chapter. Its about to get intense on you! HAHAHA. I think? Yeah, maybe.
I dunno.
Anyhoo, thanks as always darling!
I'm going to re-request something else for you to read!
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(ABC 6 News) -- Outside of the Quiznos in Austin, a sandwich board proudly announces that the store is officially tops in the nation.

“We beat New York, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, Denver, huge markets," said owner Marlene Blaser.

Out of thousands of locations worldwide, Blaser and her crew were the company’s top fundraisers for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, raising over $1,100 over the past few weeks.

“I just wanted to improve every week and move up and up, and we did,” Blaser said. “And we ended up the last three weeks in first place."

A cancer survivor herself, Blaser’s husband and daughter have also undergone cancer treatment, making the community's generosity all the more special.

“We did a great job here,” Blaser said. “All my customers would give a dollar almost every time they came in."

But they aren't the only ones with cancer research in mind.

On Wednesday, a singing group called Spiritually Motivated released a special cd with all profits going to The Hormel Institute.

The entire album, entitled A Journey Together, was recorded, produced, and packaged in Austin, and the group said it was their way of giving back.

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But for both the singers and Quiznos, they say they hope the giving continues as well.

“I had a lot of people that their friend had leukemia, and so everyone is really willing to donate for cancer research,” Braser said. “They want to get the cure."

Altogether Quiznos franchises raised $94,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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one girl getting fucked by many men at one time
my ex cheated on my, he was one of the many dudes running a train on this chick
מאת Niceness 1 באפריל, 2006
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A group of guys stand in a line outside a room. One by one, they enter the room to have sex with one girl inside. The line must have at least 7 guys to be qualified as a train.
"What's this line for?"
"We're running a train! Go to the back of the line."
מאת bigbadbob 25 בפברואר, 2003
To "run a train" in sexual terms means that a group of men wait to have sex with one girl. Usually it does not qualify as a train unless there are more than 7 men involved but the term train is used to describe any number that is more than 1 with a female. The female has sex with a man and after he cums another man enters the room to have sex with the female and so forth. It is only considered a train when the woman is fully aware of the situation and allows for the men to have sex with her. Otherwise it would be considered rape.

Differs and is often confused with gang bang. Train involves sex with one person at a time while gang bang is when a group of males having sex with a female at the same time.
"Shorty right there is a true freak. Me and my boys ran a train on that trick the other day."
מאת m-t-a 1 ביולי, 2006
Something Bruno Mars would jump in front of.
I'd jump in front of a train for ya
מאת Gnar456654 31 במרץ, 2011
It's a transportation vehicle.
Amtrak is an example of a train.
מאת babtothebone 16 במאי, 2011
Where a usually slutty girl, often drunk, gives it up to a somewhat large number of guys, one after another after another. Metaphorically speaking, the girl is like a urinal, just instead of urine, the guys using her are relieving themselves a little differently.
Guy 1: We're running trains on these girls in the bedroom.
Guy 2: Can I get in on that?
מאת amadhatter53 10 באוקטובר, 2005
Doing two lines of cocaine simultaneously, one in each nostril. Also known as "riding the rails" or "skiing"
Man, I did a train a few minutes ago and now I'm jacked to the fucking gills!
מאת alpha1 12 במרץ, 2014
Having to do with a girl giving it up to a whole bunch of guys at the same time, called "riding trains"
Ieba J. Romeo Rides Trains all da time
מאת Double G himself 26 ביולי, 2004

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United HomeCare Services, Inc. notified 13,617 affected patients via individual letters that a laptop containing information ranging from names and addresses to dates of birth and Social Security numbers back in February. And on Mar. 8, they were all sent a second letter alerting them that that information may have included names, social security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses, service dates, health plan numbers, diagnoses and diagnostic or treatment service codes.

Having this type of information on the laptop is disconcerting because though it had password protection, according to, it hadn’t been encrypted. While it was scheduled to be encrypted soon, a billing manager took a laptop home with her and it was stolen from her car on Jan. 9.

United HomeCare Services, Inc. will offer two years of free credit monitoring for patients affected by the breach. PHIPrivacy also reports that the organization has said all of their laptops are now encrypted and are in full compliance with their encryption policy. And now all employees have been retrained laptop and client record privacy and security.

Here is an excerpt from the Mar. 8 patient notification letter:

- The police were immediately notified by the employee whose laptop was stolen. A case report was completed and the final report is being prepared.

- In addition to alerting the police, UHC hired a private detective to conduct an investigation of the incident.

- UHC has ensured all of the company laptops are encrypted and are in full compliance with UHC encryption policy. All employees have been retrained on maintaining the security of their laptops and the privacy of client records.

- UHC has made arrangements to offer clients credit protection monitoring for two years at no cost to clients. Clients have been provided with written instructions to take advantage of this offer, and UHC has provided them with additional information on identity theft protection.

- UHC has informed clients that UHC will never call clients to ask for bank account numbers or similar financial information, and alerted them to contact UHC if they receive a phone call asking for personal information that seems suspicious.

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