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Roger Goodell makes $44.2 million in last fiscal year

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The NFL continues making money at ridiculous rates, so it stands to reason they’d spread it around.

According to Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Daily, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made $44.2 million in the 12-month span that ended March 31, 2013.

That includes $9.1 million in deferred pension and bonus earned the previous year.

This time a year ago, Goodell’s compensation nearing $30 million caused much grumbling, since he hadn’t made more than $11.5 million in a season before the lockout.

Of course, since then, the league keeps signing new labor deals and television deals that clearly favor the business, and his bosses clearly appreciate it.

Owners Arthur Blank, Robert Kraft and Jerry Richardson wrote in a letter to their fellow owners that is scheduled to be emailed this afternoon, which reads: “Goodell’s compensation reflects our pay-for-performance philosophy and is appropriate given the fact that the NFL under his consistently strong leadership continues to grow.”

And so does Goodell’s wallet.

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  1. thegreatgabbert says: Feb 14, 2014 3:08 PM

    It was a very fiscal year for Raj.

  2. tvjules says: Feb 14, 2014 3:08 PM

    He obviously has the best agent in the league to be able to negotiate this deal.

  3. leroysbutler says: Feb 14, 2014 3:09 PM

    So that’s where all the fine money goes.

  4. lilpuppy says: Feb 14, 2014 3:10 PM

    not bad for running a tax exempt non-profit entity

  5. negativten says: Feb 14, 2014 3:10 PM

    Hell to the ya!God Bless America

  6. robrocker1959 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:10 PM

    At this rate he can pay for the concussion lawsuit out of his allowance money.

  7. patriotsdefense says: Feb 14, 2014 3:10 PM

    Why does the NFL need a tax exemption again? The NFL needs to start paying taxes if they are going to start tossing that kind of cash at suits. And they dare ask for stadium public financing. Shame.

  8. imbetteratlifethanyou says: Feb 14, 2014 3:11 PM

    If he boots the vikings to the CFL, he should get more….. vikings = NFL welfare child

  9. officialgame says: Feb 14, 2014 3:11 PM

    There isn’t a CEO on earth (not just Goodell) who is smart enough to be worth that kind of money. If I am an owner I say take a serious pay cut or take a hike.

  10. basballguy says: Feb 14, 2014 3:12 PM

    If Roger Goodell worked for one minute a day (based on a 260 day work year), He’d make 92k annually.

  11. bucrightoff says: Feb 14, 2014 3:12 PM

    A lot of money to ruin a great game. Nice job if you can get it.

  12. belichickdominatedjoemontana says: Feb 14, 2014 3:13 PM

    I made $44,200

  13. kcflake says: Feb 14, 2014 3:13 PM

    That’s Ridiculous that he is making so much $$$ to be the commissioner. Should be capped at 10 million a year.

  14. jojopuppyfish says: Feb 14, 2014 3:13 PM

    Goodell: Killer of the golden goose

  15. ibreathefootball says: Feb 14, 2014 3:13 PM

    It’s good to see that he’s worth 884 police officers. Someone get rid of this non-football playing loser!

  16. returntoexcellence says: Feb 14, 2014 3:14 PM

    Well, he’s clearly not going away… football is screwed

  17. romestar82 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:15 PM

    Roger Goodell

  18. iceicebaby32 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:15 PM

    Still not as overpaid and sub par at their job as Joe Flacco.

  19. lilrob10201 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:15 PM

    Elite NFL QB’s are soon going to be getting paid that yearly.

  20. duece5 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:16 PM

    He is the leader of a multi BILLION dollar business.

    It is a model that is 100x better than the NBA and MLB models due to the similar pay for performance contracts given to players.

    This is America, and we pay for results. He has HUGE results… the man……and THEY (the owners) did.

    There are CEO’s that do make more than 44mil, but 44mil, is NOT shabby!

  21. calhounlambeau says: Feb 14, 2014 3:16 PM

    He’s the leader of a great business but all these corporate salaries are getting out of hand. Of course he’s worth it, they’re all great at justifying their pay.

  22. chris3141084 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:16 PM

    Pay for performance; unless you’re in your first 3 years in the league(Wilson), a veteran that has a unfavorable cap number(too many to list), already has a contract that is too favorable to the team to give you a new deal(Pot Roast), or if you’re another player on a team that needs to sign their QB to a god awful contract(Flacco/Boldin).

    Did I get the NFL’s philosophy right?

  23. grantsbuds says: Feb 14, 2014 3:16 PM

    Private inurement be damned!

  24. mickton says: Feb 14, 2014 3:17 PM

    No wonder he has a GOD complex

  25. jshipolito says: Feb 14, 2014 3:18 PM

    No wonder why he is always smiling. Its good to
    Be the King.

  26. kwgator says: Feb 14, 2014 3:20 PM

    North of $40M is what Denver paid it’s QB to win Division Titles.

  27. ibreathefootball says: Feb 14, 2014 3:20 PM

    Goodell = 884 police officers. This world is bass ackwards!

  28. bengalsfan420 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:20 PM

    all while crying poor and telling you why the players need to sacrifice for the good of the game and take less money

  29. justintuckrule says: Feb 14, 2014 3:21 PM

    So…he’s twice as good at being a commissioner than Peyton Manning is at being a QB. lol

  30. crownofthehelmet says: Feb 14, 2014 3:21 PM

    Instead of complaining about the money someone else makes, how about getting off internet chatrooms and doing something with your life.

    He’s the leader of a financial juggernaut that has grown leaps and bounds since he’s been a decision-maker, even prior to his commish appointment. He’s paid accordingly. Whether you think he’s doing a good job or not is irrelevant. Numbers don’t lie.

  31. richmondbolt says: Feb 14, 2014 3:22 PM

    Haha! God Bless America!

  32. olddirtytruth says: Feb 14, 2014 3:22 PM

    Like it or not almost all CEOs get a cut of the profit, the more you make the company the higher your pay. Pay for performance philosophy. This is nothing new, and the NFL is making Billions under Goodells watch.

  33. Coach John Harbaugh says: Feb 14, 2014 3:22 PM

    this is good work…if you can get it

  34. scoops1 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:22 PM

    Eddie Reed needs about 50k…..

  35. ibreathefootball says: Feb 14, 2014 3:22 PM

    Roger Baddell makes that much? Crazy. I thought he should be making $44.20 a year with these sissy rule changes!

  36. mogogo1 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:24 PM

    So, if the league just grew enough he’d eventually be worth $100 million a year? $200 million? Is there no ceiling at all? Anybody still have questions about why players get greedy when the greediest ones of all own teams and run the league?

    Greed is going to destroy the NFL…unless Goodell’s crazy ideas do so first.

  37. crapsandviche says: Feb 14, 2014 3:25 PM

    Thats a lot of cheese for a Charity Organization with Tax Status exemption…..

  38. tcostant says: Feb 14, 2014 3:26 PM

    Guess that makes up for the dollar he made during the lockout!

  39. dennisatunity says: Feb 14, 2014 3:26 PM

    The owners often pay extraordinary sums for players who don’t pan out. They paid millions for players like Matt Flynn and Kevin Kolb. Joe Flacco gets a preposterous sum and can hardly play at even a mediocre level. Why would we think they would pay a smaller sum to someone who has had a huge role in turning the NFL into a multi-billion dollar business?

    Is his salary ridiculous? Of course, it is. Does he deserve it? Nobody deserves $44 million a year. But the NFL is Alice in Wonderland time where if a Super Bowl-winning QB like Russell Wilson gets $600,000 a year, we think it’s preposterous at how “little” he makes.

  40. beavertonsteve says: Feb 14, 2014 3:28 PM

    Good for him. He earned a college degree, worked his way from being an intern all the way to the NFL Commisioner. I complain about stupid rule changes and other gripes just like anyone else, but I’m not mad that the head of the most successful sports entertainment enterprise in the world is paid like Steve Jobs. He’s earned it and he still makes half of what Lady Gaga made last year for dressing in pork costumes and recording bad music.

  41. commonsensedude says: Feb 14, 2014 3:29 PM

    He must get paid per proposed rule change. I can imagine it now … Goodell suggests that the shotgun snap gets outlawed because it “isn’t exciting to our fans.” Ka-Ching!

  42. ahsinnyc says: Feb 14, 2014 3:31 PM

    I wonder how that makes DeMaurice Smith feel?

    Try … irrelevant.

    Roger will walk about with $500M+ when he’s done ruining the game.

  43. 12brichandfamous says: Feb 14, 2014 3:33 PM

    Meanwhile, cheerleaders earn $100 per game. The owners should be ashamed stiffing them so that Roger can get $12 M than last year.

  44. thehatefulnerd says: Feb 14, 2014 3:34 PM

    Phoney gets paid for destroying the game.

  45. jburk003 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:34 PM

    This makes me sick.
    Getting rewarded for ruining and watering down the game I love…..

    Why do you put millions a year AGAISNT sports betting becoming LEGAL, Rodger???

    Is it because you DON’T want regulators and investigators for the RIGGED games you fix??????

    Same thing going on in Europe. How many fixed Soccer games have been uncovered since legal sports betting??? Google it. And google what professional sport donates money to advocate against sports gambling, claiming it is immoral…FOOTBALL.

    Yet, the NFL’s biggest sponsors are beer companies and the NFL has players kill people like Josh Brent who was drunk and killed someone driving. Makes sense NFL….

  46. fballguy says: Feb 14, 2014 3:35 PM

    He should be the highest paid player in the league. He’s risking a concussion every time he steps on the field and everyone wants to wear his jersey…oh wait.

  47. natigator says: Feb 14, 2014 3:36 PM

    Money well spent……….no wait, it wasn’t.

    What does he do exactly ? He has teams of lawyers/accountants negotiating every contract. He has teams of lawyers who largely negoitate with the union. He has PR/Marketing teams who do most of the publicity.

    44.2M for a few press conferences, shaking some hands at the draft, presenting a trophy at the Super Bowl, and occassionally meteing out punishment for various issues? Great money if you can get it

  48. sdchicken says: Feb 14, 2014 3:38 PM

    Next time you go to an NFL game, pay $40 for parking, $12 for a beer, $15 for nachos, and $95 for the cheap seats, you can get comfort that your hard earned money is going to a good place

  49. The Great Ted Thompson the Genius says: Feb 14, 2014 3:39 PM

    It’s a good gig if you can get it.

  50. steelerchicken says: Feb 14, 2014 3:40 PM

    Why are ticket prices going up? To pay this guy? What a world

  51. dakingsocrownme says: Feb 14, 2014 3:40 PM

    Man…in light of the bounty scandal you’d think Pay-For-Performance wouldn’t be just thrown out their like that.

  52. deljzc says: Feb 14, 2014 3:41 PM

    What’s he get from his wife on Valentine’s Day for that bonus? Hubba, hubba…

  53. jaycrew1215 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:45 PM

    I wonder how much he made on Seattle +2.5?

  54. jackers252 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:46 PM

    Owner’s Pay for Performance = Bonus

    Team’s Pay for Performance = Bounty program

  55. vikinggroininjury says: Feb 14, 2014 3:46 PM

    Damn…..that’s more money than Cutler will make next season…..

  56. joshnyc1 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:48 PM

    He’s made the game better and has improved it in almost every aspect. The league was a country club for players when Tagliabue was running the show. Goodell is a firm but fair commissioner, and players more than ever are being held accountable for their actions ( just ask Justin Blackmon). The game has globalized and become more popular than ever. He’s sustained a 10 year CBA with the NFLPA so another lockout won’t be a real possibility until past 2020. He’s taken on great endeavors for CSR such as the breast cancer campaign, play 60 and certified heads up, he’s done his best to combat the public perception regarding the dangers of the game by tweeking the rules without compromising too much of the excitement. Is he perfect? Of course not. But he always has the integrity of the game on his mind ( ie bounty gate). The fact is that you guys just wanna hate on Goodell, but you’re all just a bunch of ignorant idiots who just want to hate on an educated man, who wears a suit everyday to work, who makes more money than you. Go right ahead, fact is he’s done a great job so far. Far better than Tagliabue, and far better than any commissioner in any other sport. Rather than bash goodell you should look at the game now and compare it to what it was and compare it to the other sports and just be thankful that the worlds greatest game is in the best possible hands.

  57. oldcracker says: Feb 14, 2014 3:48 PM

    Yet, the tax-paying, beer drinking, working stiffs get the “honor” of paying higher taxes to build new stadiums with bigger Jumbo screens and more lavious “owner boxes.”

    Then we get to pay thousands for PSL’s just to bid on buying season tickets to sit in the cold and fetch our own $15 beers & $10 hot dogs!

    Meanwhile the billionaire owners pay close to no income tax or capital gains tax or inheritance tax. And the working man is still paying 35% on his 30k job, and now Obamacare!

  58. skiss68 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:54 PM

    You know how many teachers we could hire for the inner city schools?

  59. vegaskid21 says: Feb 14, 2014 3:57 PM

    Joe Flacco thinks this guy is overpaid!

  60. backdapack4evr says: Feb 14, 2014 3:59 PM

    He is worth more than the whole Viking payroll!!

  61. classyjacklambert says: Feb 14, 2014 4:03 PM

    What did Tagliabue rake in when he was actually doing a good job?

  62. thestrategyexpert says: Feb 14, 2014 4:08 PM

    Total insanity. If that’s what he’s worth then what is somebody better worth? So many people are losing so much money relative to what could have been, and they are paying him gleefully! Egads.

  63. kabasaman says: Feb 14, 2014 4:12 PM

    Man, Nice work, if you can get it.

  64. chunkderrrty says: Feb 14, 2014 4:19 PM

    yeah well i made .005% of what he made and i still have to pay taxes. its rediculous the nfl gets to mooch of the taxpayers.

  65. brh24 says: Feb 14, 2014 4:20 PM

    Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russel Wilson made $526k last year. About 1% of Roger Goodell’s salary. Is that even close to being a fair?

  66. vaphinfan says: Feb 14, 2014 4:26 PM

    Maybe he will go to early retirement.

  67. granadafan says: Feb 14, 2014 4:27 PM

    $44 million? No wonder the NFL is able to pay him so much when they don’t pay any taxes because they’re “non-profit” organization.

  68. dirtmcgirt24 says: Feb 14, 2014 4:29 PM

    You clowns complaining about the league’s tax exempt status should try to understand what you’re talking about before whining.

    The NFL itself is, indeed, not for profit. It’s an association that administers a sports league and enters into agreements ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBER CLUBS, who own 100% of the profits and thus pay taxes on their individual share of the income.

    Taxing the league too would tax the income twice. And regardless of how grotesque you think the profits and prices of in-stadium beers are, that wouldn’t be fair.

  69. riverhorsey says: Feb 14, 2014 4:32 PM

    Do you ever wonder why you pay so much for an average seat at a game??

    NFL salaries for players and mngt is obscene.

  70. larryjames836 says: Feb 14, 2014 4:39 PM

    The NFL, the owners, and Roger Goodell ate changing the NFL the way they want it to be played. When they all knows how NFL football is played, this is a full cantact sport that going to bring on major injuries. How they want to put all eyes on the players, when the NFL, owners, and Roger Goodell knows what they pays these players to do hit hard. So now they taking money from the players for hitting hard sometimes taking other players out of the game, this how Roger Goodell makes his money through fines of players plus salary.

  71. noladat says: Feb 14, 2014 4:48 PM

    Owner’s Pay for Performance = Bonus

    Team’s Pay for Performance = Bounty program

    Exactly my thoughts on the whole deal!

  72. thelastwordyaheard says: Feb 14, 2014 5:15 PM

    I’d likely be surprised by this had I not just read that Jay-Z has a $5 million watch.. five. million. dollar. watch. ..compared to that, just about anything seems reasonable

  73. therealraider says: Feb 14, 2014 5:19 PM

    Its sure to catch the eye of the IRS.

  74. bobsnygiants says: Feb 14, 2014 6:21 PM

    maybe he should be fine, he’s ruining football.

  75. lscratchingthesurface says: Feb 14, 2014 6:32 PM

    Worst commissioner ever!!!

  76. nyneal says: Feb 14, 2014 6:45 PM

    Absolute joke! Paying any Commissioner that kind of money is absolutely ridiculous. All this guy is is a puppet for the owners and he could not care less about the fans.
    No wonder he doesn’t understand that fans can’t afford to go to the games anymore with their families.
    He’s a money-hungry grub, and that’s why he wants an 18 game schedule and games played in Europe. He’ll line the owners’ pockets, and they’ll line his.
    I can’t stand phony people, and this guy is as phony as they come.

  77. defscottyb says: Feb 14, 2014 7:01 PM

    I am currently out of work but members of congress keep worrying about the Redskins name. Last night I scraped together some pasta, tuna fish and a can of mushroom soup and mixed it all up… pasta gumbo surprise lol. I’m no hater… good for Goodell. As long as he keeps supporting the Redskins I’m ok with his salary.

  78. justintuckrule says: Feb 14, 2014 7:05 PM

    To all the laissez faire slurpers out there. The league would go under if it weren’t for the players. It wouldn’t skip a beat if Goodell stepped down. So, let’s relax that Goodell created this juggernaut.

  79. maestro71 says: Feb 14, 2014 7:16 PM

    I can’t stand this man. And this news makes me absolutely sick to my stomach. He is single-handedly ruining the game I grew up loving and acts like a complete tyrant. His fines are a joke, the rule changes suck and he sits back and pockets $44 mil?? I’m not a violent man but I have a feeling there’d be more than a few silent cheers if someone took out this jerk.

  80. pleasefiregoodell says: Feb 14, 2014 7:23 PM

    As much as you hate the teams who are your greatest rivalries, it does’ compare to the feelings that some of us fans have for this man.

    I would rather see the NFL team I hate the most win 5 Super Bowl trophies in a year if it meant Roger could be fired immediately.

    I had to choose to continue following and enjoying the NFL because of this man. Almost left it.

  81. pleasefiregoodell says: Feb 14, 2014 7:25 PM

    I meant to say in the previous post: “5 SB trophies in a row”

  82. flybono24 says: Feb 14, 2014 7:44 PM

    Sure we can pay this jackass $44M a year but they keep saying they won’t give money to help the Raiders, Chargers, etc. new stadiums.

    The Raiders and Chargers are both playing in half-century old stadiums while he is living the high life.

  83. cjlhamr says: Feb 15, 2014 2:58 AM

    Maybe this will help some here rethink all the figures. The concussion amount (675M) which has been rejected for now by the judge, is a paltry 1.05M per 32 teams/20 years. That is miniscule. That is suppossed to cover 4500 men but might top 20,000 over 20 years. Maybe w/ interest etc. It is designed to last 65 years, no future suits by anyone. According to the article in the Chicago Tribune dated 01/14/14 when the judge said she needs more info, they also quoted a law professor from Standford saying he thought it would have been in the billions. I don’t know why no one does the simple math and shows that the teams that comprise a multi-billion entity are only paying out 1.05M per year for 20 years off the backs of the very same “workers” they employ. Another 75M for testing, 10M for research, and of course 112M for lawyers fees equals 872M. They lose 5M somewhere in translation from the originally stated 765M. Furthermore, it is (what word should I use?) rediculous that the cheerleaders only get game stipends, not some sufficient pay, like 25,000/yr. They obviously get other percs but what is the real cash value? Lastly, on the same website we are currently on, I dare you all to look at the Police Blotter at the top and see the litanny of offenses committed by our beloved players over several years. Scroll down quickly with your eyes and see how many times you see DUI on these quick two sentence blurbs. I was astonished to realize how many of these guys I absolutely love to watch have had problems that I would never had known about because I don’t get every paper in the country! To sum up my feelings, this story just sums up the current state of affairs in our world. I’m outraged with no voice but here. He has grown the game at all the bargaining tables and corporate boardrooms, but the game is changing, wussifying in my opinion, and it gets a little less fun to watch every year. Like someone said, no ones worth 44 million, but between all actors, singers, athletes and I guess even Wall Street money wizzes, they’re all in the entertainment business or the business of money. I’m just a truck driver with a calculator. It would help if Goodell didn’t have to be such a ninny most of the time, admittingly he really is the voice box for the owners right? As much as I like my owner for bringing us such great success via his business savvy and money, I also know at what minimal cost he operates comparative to the fortune he is deriving from his patriotic duties. Cheers, where everyone loathes your name.

  84. bobthis says: Feb 15, 2014 10:50 AM

    Goodell is an errand boy and bagman for the owners just like Tagliabu was. The NFL has not had a real commissioner since Pete Rozell. Goodell has been using L.A. as a bargaining chip to force other cities into build new stadiums. Just like Tagliabu. This complete idiot said he would not take his salary if the NFL did not start on time. Well guess what? It didn’t and he still took the money. Now instead of putting football back in the largest market in the country he wants to give a team to London. Just another way to line his own pockets. What a coward. Shame on the sports writers for not exposing his “non-profit” league.

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Cowboys guard Ronald Leary was arrested on DWI charges three months before defensive lineman Josh Brent got behind the wheel of a car while drunk and got into a crash that killed linebacker Jerry Brown in December 2012, but Leary’s case has not been resolved even though Brent has served his prison sentence after being convicted of intoxicated manslaughter.

Leary’s case should be coming to an end soon. The Dallas Morning News reports that July 14 has been set as the trial date on the Class B misdemeanor charges that Leary faces as a result of the September 7, 2012 arrest in Irving, Texas.

Calvin Watkins of reports that Leary is not expected to be suspended by the league as a result of the arrest, although he could still be fined under the current agreement between the league and the NFLPA.

Leary was on the practice squad at the time of his arrest, but moved into the starting lineup last year and will be back at left guard for the Cowboys this season if he holds off Mackenzy Bernadeau and Uche Nwaneri this summer.

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  1. dallascowboysdishingthereal says: Jun 27, 2014 12:14 PM

    Leary is the guy that Jerry Jones referred to as his “pet cat.” And like a typical player that Jerry takes a liking to, he gets in trouble. Can Jerry pick ’em or what?

  2. pleazenufalready says: Jun 27, 2014 1:17 PM

    Not a good omen to have your court date on Bastille Day!

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I was verbally offered a job and the manager insisted that I start the day after the following day from the interview; so two days after the interview. I left the interview unsure of the offer the manager called me later that day and I agreed to take the position. At this point, I was told that I would get an offer letter the following day and would start the day after that. Later that evening I was asked for a code sample. I have yet to receive the offer letter.

I've been mostly contracting and usually answer technical questions or show samples at the beginning of the process and find this situation somewhat odd. Is this a common practice?

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You are right, this is odd. I would tread carefully if I were you. –  Bernard Jun 28 '11 at 20:03
Sounds sure fishy. Your prospective employer should've asked for code samples or given you programming tests. Not after the offer has been made. I'd be careful about that guy's business if I were you. –  Spoike Jun 28 '11 at 20:05
That's like asking to put on a condom after sex. –  Job Jun 29 '11 at 3:25
Well, I heard from them today. They said the forgot to send me the offer and will tomorrow... A bit disheartening... –  mdominick Jun 29 '11 at 3:27
@mcfinnigan Turns you were right. I ended up leaving after they were 30+ days late on pay and had to threaten legal action to get paid. –  mdominick Jan 30 '12 at 19:54

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Maybe they are just trying to confirm that your code is readable and ordered.

Send a code fragment of one of your projects, it doesn't even have to compile or run. Maybe add some code where you cleverly resolved a programming problem, with a little explanation on how it works.

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It sounds like there must have been some sort of miscommunication over the offer. For some reason, perhaps the manager forgot that he offered the position, the manager seems to not be on the same page as you. I would have a code sample ready, but also call just to ask why the sample is being requested.

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I would say yes, give the manager a call and ask for more detail about the code sample. Were there any specifics, or is this more of a "show us your portfolio" question?

In my opinion it's rather unprofessional to give a verbal offer with the demand that you start in two days without a written copy of your offer. For this reason I don't see a problem calling up and getting clarification. It sounds like someone else at the company has said "are you sure about this guy?" and the manager just wants to get you in.

Hope that helps!

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Yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking. I showed him what code I could; can't show client code etc, so hopefully the "are you sure" guy has been appeased. –  mdominick Jun 28 '11 at 20:09
I've been in a similar situation, usually it's just a miscommunication internally. Best of luck! –  Rob Dyson Jun 28 '11 at 20:11
+1 >It sounds like someone else at the company has said "are you sure about this guy?" and the manager just wants to get you in. –  Gary Willoughby Jun 28 '11 at 20:14

Well yes, obviously if they're asking your for a code sample after agreeing to hire you, then there is some form of confusion somewhere. That ain't normal.
The person who verbally hired you could have overstepped himself.
The person asking for the code sample could have not been informed.
Or it could be someone is simply curious to see what you've got.
Who knows, could be a lot of things. If you have something on hand, send it. If not, call up the manager, explain why you don't have anything on hand and work something out. Maybe you could hand something in tomorrow. Be sure to explain who asked for what so if there is any confusion, you don't add to it.

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Well, the manager is the company's founder, so I doubt he doesn't have the authority, however, I get your main point that he may have stepped on someone's toes and that person is now asserting himself. –  mdominick Jun 28 '11 at 20:11

I would suggest that the manager probably made the offer, told other people and they said "so how was his code sample?" When the manager replied "I didn't ask for one," this same person gave him a lecture about not hiring someone without seeing a code sample.

Could be his boss or it could as easily be people you are going to work with. Either way, he now has to provide one to somebody, and he's almost certainly hoping like hell that you don't either say no or provide something poor.

So the question for you now becomes: is it worth causing him problems? That's not a great way to start a working relationship and if you have a code sample that you have faith in then there isn't really a problem. If, on the other hand, you don't have anything handy then tell him that.

Remember though that in most countries, you don't have any rights even in the preset probation period. You certainly don't have any before you even have an offer. You're not going to be able to say that you've been given an offer and hold them to it.

So I guess another question you have to ask yourself is: Does this put me off the company? I can't help you with that but I can tell you that I've seen similar (though not quite so serious) clerical errors in perfectly good places to work. It is a sign of some disorganisation, but it's not the worst red flag.

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No, it doesn't put me off on the company I understand the desire to keep bad coders out. To be honest, the thing that bothers me is just the silence. –  mdominick Jun 28 '11 at 20:32

I'm not sure of your jurisdiction, but in many places in the US you don't have an offer until you have a written offer. That means that someone on the HR side has to approve/sign-off on your hire and the compensation you are to get in return. Say you start in two days, work for three weeks, and never get paid. What were you to be paid? Says who? You really have little or nothing to stand on, perhaps you would be lucky to get anything more than minimum wage in litigation.

Do you have any other "sixth sense" reservations about this job? Perhaps it is just a miscommunication as other answers have suggested; proceed with caution.

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The whole episode sounds a bit strange given the person who hired you is the company's founder. Remember how they treat you during the interview and recruitment process is basically the best they are ever going to treat you.

From my perspective, the best interpretation is that the company is somewhat disorganised and unprofessional. The worst is that they really have no idea what they are doing.

How desperate are you for the job?

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Not terribly desperate, but they are offering a good deal of money.... –  mdominick Jun 29 '11 at 3:28
The founder doing the hiring just means it's a small shop. Which, yeah, has a strong correlation with being disorganized and unprofessional. If they have no process, or are missing things like a CVS, bug tracker, or coding standards, you could suggest them after 6 months or so. Or just run them for yourself and show them off. Remember, the new guy doesn't run the place. –  Philip Jun 29 '11 at 19:59

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While we saw our fair share of verbal jousting in the first round between the Flyers and Sabres regarding a bunch of different things, it’s rare to see a coach’s absolute brute honesty be a source of intrigue.

Such is the case with Lightning coach Guy Boucher in talking about the Washington Capitals. With the Lightning coming into the series as the fifth seed and the Capitals as the top seed in the Eastern Conference, it’s only right and natural to think of the Capitals as the favorites. After all, the Lightning blew their lead in the Southeast Division and the Capitals roared away in the second half of the year to win the division title.

Boucher spoke openly and honestly today about what he thought of the Capitals and how the series shapes up. Greg Schimmel of The Washington Post gets the straight truth from Boucher.

“It’s going to be very, very difficult for us, but we’re up for the challenge,” Boucher said. “I think that’s the idea, is either we see it as a threat or we see it as a challenge and it’s a great challenge for us. And I’m sure it is for them. I know that if they lose this, for them it’s a huge failure. So there’s a lot of pressure, but at the same time comes a lot of energy with pressure. So we’re aware that they’re going to be charging out there.”

Backhanded compliments are the most fun to read. Yes, the Capitals do have a ton of pressure on them to win. They’ve been the top seed in the East two years in a row and when you’re the top team, you’re expected to make the Stanley Cup final. It also puts the focus squarely on Bruce Boudreau to keep up with Boucher and what he does to help his team try to knock off his top seeded Caps.

While there’s hope for the Lightning to make the Eastern final, there are expectations in Washington that they’ll get there and beyond. Boucher isn’t stirring up any drama by coming right out and saying it so much as he’s pointing at and yelling about the elephant in the room.

The Lightning have exceeded expectations this season by leaps and bounds and getting the chance to knock off the Caps and make their offseason a really difficult one is a role they should relish. They’ve done it to Pittsburgh already and giving it to their divisional rivals would make things that much sweeter.

  1. bcjim - Apr 29, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    “The Lightning have exceeded expectations this season..”

    Look, ol “Gee Booshay” has the likes of St Louis, Vinny, Stamkos, Hedman, and some other decent players, so “Gee”, spare us the Lou Holtz routine.

  2. cooperluck - Apr 29, 2011 at 6:55 PM

    Well, BJ, it looks like Gee’s stress transfer tactic is working perfectly on you… Trying to build up your opponent and reducing expectations will get you and the Caps right where you would expect – watching the Lightning v. Flyers on TV in about two weeks… Geeoooo Boltz!

    • derpdederpdederp - Apr 29, 2011 at 7:07 PM

      he has a masters in sports psychology….the guy knows what hes doing and i hope his team wins

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Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville was impressed by how 23-year-old forward Drew LeBlanc did in his NHL debut on Wednesday. “He got better every shift,” Quenneville commented. (CSN Chicago)

Ryan Miller will play in his 500th career game on Friday. His agent Mike Liut, who played between the pipes in 664 NHL contests, reflected on Miller’s upcoming milestone. (Buffalo News)

19-year-old defenseman Dougie Hamilton is the winner of NESN’s Seventh Player Award. Past winners include Tyler Seguin and Tuukka Rask. (Boston Globe)

Adam Burish talked about how goaltender Antti Niemi has changed and what’s stayed the same since the two were members of the 2010 Stanley Cup winning Chicago Blackhawks. (CSN Bay Area)

Daniel Alfredsson plans on making a Twitter account. The 40-year-old Ottawa Senators captain is concerned about it from a privacy perspective but at the same time he said, “it would be good for me to get involved in today’s high speed world.” (Ottawa Sun)

The Boston Bruins’ nominee for the 2013 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is Adam McQuaid. The 26-year-old defenseman dealt with blood clots and required two emergency surgeries that derailed his offseason routine. All the same, he made a full recovery and took part in the Bruins’ season opener. (

After a 4-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, the 30th place Florida Panthers are mercifully just one game away from finishing their season. Panthers coach Kevin Dineen said there’s been some “hard lessons learned” and “it’s going to be a long summer.” (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Is San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture a major contender for the Selke Trophy and/or Lady Byng Trophy? (San Jose Mercury News)

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The Edmonton Oilers were already facing depth issues at center and now they’re about to be tested even further.

The team announce forward Sam Gagner would be out indefinitely with a broken jaw suffered in last night’s preseason win over Vancouver. Gagner was high-sticked in the second period, left the game and did not return.

It was reported he lost some teeth courtesy of the stick of Zack Kassian, but things have gotten a bit worse now.

The Oilers were set to start the season with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins as he’s recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. They’ve been playing Taylor Hall at center to take his place for the time being, but losing Gagner means they’re now without their top two pivots.

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  1. paledevil - Sep 22, 2013 at 2:20 PM

    Curiously I find the character of Evil Ed very Nuxk like.. However I predict the general sentiment of Evil Ed at the 1.23 minute mark will mirror the general resentment of the other teams towards the Nuxks style of play…

    all joke aside The incident was very reckless

  2. withseidelinn - Sep 22, 2013 at 2:26 PM

    Do you guys not edit your writing??

  3. paledevil - Sep 22, 2013 at 2:46 PM

    Nuxks= NUCKS FRIGGAN SUCK ….My own creation

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    Just drafted him in my fantasy league. Ouch!

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    I wonder how long before the NHL does the NFL and makes the game safer by making the players wear full masks…I figure its just a matter of time after the face of the game spits some teeth out

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I love people who feel like outsiders because I believe they are the key to moving forward. Outsiders are often just visionaries under pressure who are on their way to becoming entrepreneurs. So, I encourage them, invite them into community and conversation, get them in touch with other insightful people, and walk beside them as they move from complaining to dreaming to changing the world.

Demystifying Hope

You can live forty days without food, four days without water, four minutes without air, but not even four seconds without hope. – Anonymous

Hope Described

It is laborious and depressing to try to muddle on when you feel hopeless. In my own precarious situation, I have noticed that the slightest development can ever so easily tip my emotional scales one way or the other. Yet, I believe hope is more than a half-hearted, wistful, emotional aspiration.

Hope is grounded in belief. For me, those beliefs include a loving God who was outlandish, unexpected, and extravagant in the way he loved through Jesus; and that love story is not over. As a matter of fact, I get to soak up his love and transfer it on to others right now; and if things fall apart, I am reminded that it is not the last chapter and I will never be abandoned by this loving God.

Hope is an attitude. Like the UHF dial on a 1970’s TV, it has to be constantly adjusted and carefully tuned in. A little change in weather and the signal gets fuzzy. It takes a constant adjustment process for our attitude to reflect our beliefs and not our emotions.

Hope is rooted in reality. Real hope has a real chance of really happening. Pie-in-the-sky hope is like a limp handshake; less than sincere. Hope needs a real object that we are focused on and consumed by.

Hope is very hard work. Staying hopeful is hard work, but laboring to make the hope a reality, will probably be your life’s work. Everybody has hopes and dreams, but most people die with them being unrealized. Perhaps, even more people die having pushed them out of their minds because they perceived them to be undoable or unrealistic. Honestly, it will take more tenacity and flexibility than you can currently imagine for your hopes to be realized.

Hope Applied

My hope is fueled by anger and frustration. These are very legitimate reactions and powerful motivators. Let me explain.

Our nation is locked in a polarized nightmare of paralysis with unsustainable debt, out of control healthcare costs, runaway unemployment rates, and decreasing world influence. The church is suffering from sexual scandals, shrinking memberships, a perceived loss of relevance, and the ironic reality that many people are unable to make the connection between it and Christ. Our educational system, based on a medieval model, is a prohibitively expensive, long-term commitment, unreasonable for many of today’s workers, and questionable in its effectiveness in preparing people for real jobs. Customer service has become a sadly inadequate, excessively automated, cost-saving, half-hearted, insincere attempt, which all too often, is totally frustrating. Social service in our nation is difficult to navigate, poorly coordinated, increasing hard to sustain, and locked into a client/provider paradigm that assaults the dignity of those who use it. We can and must do better. There is a global awakening that many of our societal institutions are simply no longer serving us well.

My hope to address our urgent need for boldness and creativity lies not with those in positions of power, but with those who can find no place or no longer desire a place in the power structures of our culture. I stand in solidarity with my brother and sister outsiders. I have an unshakable belief that many of these people who have been shut or who have opted of the power structures and conventions of our society are visionaries who will become entrepreneurs who will help the rest of us find our way. It was probably the trauma of finding themselves on the outside that forced them into their new desire to forget what they left behind and to dream about and fight for what could and should be.

My role is to encourage and equip them however I can. What keeps me going is seeing the need, knowing that this vision flows out of my true identity, and more than anything else, knowing that others believe in me and in this vision. These things reinforce my hope.

I invite you to join me in becoming actively hopeful.

[This post is part of the Synchroblog on Hope.  For a full list of participants and posts, go here.]
  1. I believe that’s the most hopeful, clear-headed rant I’ve ever seen online!

  2. I agree Adam. This piece is a rant because it has long paragraphs that leave no stone unturned, and should be read aloud in a voice that is half shouting.

    • Wayne – I wrote the “ranty” paragraph a few weeks ago in an effort to to both summarize my observations and clarify the need for improvement in a few areas. I wish it weren’t all true, but I know that we can do better. That’s my hope. I hope that I can be as “loud” in dealing with solutions and improvements, as I was in describing the problems.

  3. Adam,

    That’s very kind. Part of the post is a rant, but it is really stuff we all know. We get so used to “living with it” that seeing it in written form can seem both blunt and undeniably truthful at the same time. I’m glad that you found it hopeful!

  4. Glenn – I love the idea of being actively hopeful because I often think of hoping as a passive thing.

    • Liz – It was something that I needed to say to encourage myself, though I stand my it. We can be actively hopeful!

  5. Hope Activist, I like it too. I wonder if that gets you on a list somewhere 😉

    It really bothers me that hope and wish are synonymous. I like the idea that hope is grounded in belief. Wishing is for lotteries and good looks, hope is despite reality.

    • Thanks Wayne! I am sure that I must be on some lists somewhere, but they are most likely “naught”y lists.

  6. I love it Glenn. Well vented!!

  7. Articulate so much of what I have felt in my own life in different seasons.

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Herbicides Linked to Depression in FarmersFarmers who use herbicides are almost two-and-a-half times more likely to seek treatment for depression compared to farmers who do not use herbicides, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Furthermore, the greater the length of time that a farmer is exposed to herbicides, the stronger the risk for depression.  These findings raise more concerns regarding the damage that farming chemicals can inflict on mental health.

For the study, researchers surveyed 567 farmers from France, questioning them on the frequency of their use of fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides, to determine how pesticide exposures were linked to the risk of developing clinical depression.

Lead researchers and associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, Marc Weisskopf, Ph.D., said while the results are unclear, they “suggest we should not be ignoring herbicides just because they’re targeting plants.”

Earlier studies have already shown that pesticides, particularly organophosphates, cause a variety of serious neurological health problems, including Parkinson’s disease.

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The findings revealed that among 567 farmers, 83 self-reported treatment or hospitalization for depression — nearly 15 percent. After adjusting for age and health factors, the researchers found that farmers who use herbicides were more than twice as likely to have been treated for depression.

Also, those farmers who were exposed to herbicides for a longer period of time — either more hours of exposure or for a greater number of years — were more likely to be treated for depression than those with less exposure.

Interestingly, the study found no connection between depression and farmers who had used fungicides or insecticides compared to those who had not. Weisskopf suggested that this may be because farmers are more aware of the harm fungicides and insecticides have on human health.

“If (herbicides) are considered in general safer and people take less precautions because people think they’re not as bad, then that poses a problem,” he said.

Although the research shows a strong link between herbicides and mental health, it does not definitively prove cause and effect. Researchers accounted for age and cigarette smoking in their correlation; however, there may be still be other unknown health conditions or external circumstances that affected work conditions or made the farmers more susceptible to depression.

“This still has to be considered a relatively first, small study. There’s more work to do, but it raises concerns that need to be looked into more fully,” said Weisskopf.

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Pathology (from Greek pathos, feeling, pain, suffering; and logos, study of; see also -ology) is the study of the processes underlying disease and other forms of illness, harmful abnormality, or dysfunction. Within biology but also a branch of medicine, it means specifically the study and diagnosis of the structural and functional changes in molecules, cells, tissues and organs that underlie disease. Pathology as a field of knowledge hence forms the basis of the scientific reasoning behind the practice of medicine.

Scope of pathologyEdit

The primary goal of pathology is the study of the four main aspects of a disease:

Pathologists' work Edit

Because the public rarely meets pathologists, their work is not well understood. Pathology is a large and diverse field that allows a pathologist to participate in multiple areas of the field or focus their scope to a specific area. Essential to everyday surgeries, pathologists are responsible for processing and reporting on all specimens generated during surgery. Tissue samples are taken from the submitted specimens, stained, and processed for microscopic evaluation. Microscopic examination searches for disease of any type and this information is returned to the surgeon via a pathology report. They, along with Pathologists' Assistants and Medical Technologists, process specimens at medical laboratories for interpretations. In other words, when a doctor refers to a "laboratory result", they are not referring to a number generated by a black box; instead, it is the interpretation of a value by a pathologist or a technologist. It is also important to understand that a different laboratory might produce a different value on the same specimen. Pathologists are also called upon to perform autopsies; they are usually assisted by Dieners. Autopsies represent less than 5% of the workload of a typical modern pathologist. There exists a subspecialty in pathology that allows for the training of medical examiners who wish to pursue forensics.

Pathologists usually do not see patients, but do on occasion such as when performing bone marrow biopsies and aspirates or fine needle aspirations of superficial nodules. Thus, it is best considered a form of diagnostic medicine. In addition to the diagnosis of disease, including cancer, and the administration of medical laboratories, pathologists often participate in the teaching of medical students (pathology is a core course in the medical curriculum). Pathologists express their opinion as a pathology report addressed to the doctor requesting it. Since pathologists most often communicate with other doctors, they are sometimes nicknamed "the doctor's doctor." Pathology is often considered the most scientific branch of medicine because of the available avenues of research involving human material. Finally, the circulation of laboratory data is a central issue in medical informatics and the current tendency towards electronic medical records.

Tools of pathologyEdit

The techniques used most often in the study of the disease process and hence diagnosis are:

  • Gross pathology: the recognition of disease based on macroscopic examination of surgical specimens generated at the time of surgery or at autopsy.
  • Histology: the microscopic study of tissues. Histopathology is the science of diagnosing diseases on the basis of the histological aspect of the diseased tissues.
  • Cytology: the study of detached cells. Cytopathology is the science of diagnosing diseases on the basis of the cytological aspects of detached cells. The most common application of this technique is the Pap smear.
  • Clinical chemistry: the gathering, detection, and reporting of an incredible array of chemical measures found by the analysis of collected body samples.
  • Immunology: the use of specific immune markers and antibodies to aid in the diagnosis of disease.
  • Flow cytometry: analysis of a process that allows for the identification of specific cells.
  • Molecular Biology techniques, like PCR and FISH are increasingly useful to diagnose diseases, especially microbiological and cancer diagnoses.

Branches of pathologyEdit

In the United States, pathologists are medical doctors (MD) or doctors of osteopathic medicine (DO), that have completed a four year undergraduate program, four years of medical school training, and four to five years of postgraduate training in the form of a pathology residency. Training may be within two primary specialties, as recognized by the American Board of Pathology:

Most pathologists seek a broad based training in both fields and thus require four years of postgraduate training known as residency. Board certification examination is required. Boarding requirements are set by the American Board of Pathology. Following the general training, many pathologists continue on to more specialized training within specific fields of pathology. This speciality training is termed a fellowship. Multiple fellowship opportunities are available within both Anatomical and Clinical Pathology. Examples of fellowhips include General Surgical Pathology, Gastrointestinal Pathology, Genitourinary pathology, Hematopathology, Dermatopathology, Microbiology, and Clinical Chemistry. These are but a few of the numerous fields within pathology. Some of the speciality areas of pathology are board certified while others are not. Pathologists, like all other medical doctors, require a medical license from the State they are working in to practice their field. This entails meeting continuing medical education requirements to maintain licensure.

Experimental pathology Edit

Experimental pathology (or investigative pathology), is the study of disease mechanisms and pathophysiology.

Most of the work of investigative pathologists is carried out in the laboratory. Tissue culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), ELISA, western blot, southern blot, northern blot and many other biotechnological methods are required to identify differences between normal and disease states in different cell types with regards to DNA, RNA, and protein as well as determining the influence of these differences on the organism as a whole.

Related sciencesEdit

  • Anatomy, either gross or microscopic (histology)
  • Nosology: the science of classifying, or naming, diseases
  • Epidemiology: the science of associating diseases with risk factors, regardless of known pathological relationships. An epidemiological association is often the first step in establishing an etiological (causal) relationship between a risk factor and a disease.

Other uses of "pathology"Edit

Pathological is used to describe a person's actions in such a way as to credit the action to a disease process, e.g. pathological purchasing or pathological consumption, pathological narcissism, pathological liar, pathological gambling, pathological jealousy. Pathological is also used casually, to signify an abnormal state, e.g. a "pathological attitude" or a "pathological woman hater".

Pathological is also used in mathematics, physics, and statistics to describe an exceptionally (or awkwardly, or inconveniently) atypical example or set of data, often one which does not abide by rules or succumb to treatment that other similar cases usually do:

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Schizophrenogenic mothers were thought to be particularly responsible for developing conditions in which the mother child relationship was a factor in the cause of childhood schizophrenia or the occurence of the condition in later life. This was thought to be mediated, in part. by a particular failure in communication known as double bind interaction

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Title: Validation of a Horizontal Standard for the Determination of Mercury in Aqua Regia and Nitric Acid digests by Cold Vapour Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (CV AAS) in a European Intercomparison Exercise
Publisher: OPOCE
Publication Year: 2007
JRC N°: JRC40198
ISBN: 978-92-79-07409-7
ISSN: 1018-5593
Other Identifiers: EUR 23009 EN
URI: http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC40198
DOI: 10.2788/47643
Type: EUR - Scientific and Technical Research Reports
Abstract: Project HORIZONTAL is interdisciplinary aiming at a harmonisation and horizontal standardisation of test procedures, in particular for sludge, soils and biowastes. In the context of this standardization project, a series of draft technical specification were designed upon an extensive desk study, fine-tuned after expert consultations and finally validated in international intercomparisons exercise. This report summarises the work performed within the validation study of the draft standard for the determination of mercury in aqua regia and nitric acid digests in soils, sludge and treated bio-waste using by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CV AAS). It further explains the underlying statistical concept for the calculation of reproducibility and repeatability from intercomparisons data. In addition all single values, results of the statistical evaluation as well as background information on the validation materials used are described and explained.
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Originally published on March 4, 2013 1:02 pm

NPR's business news starts with ExxonMobil's defense.

Exxon Mobil is on trial in New Hampshire. The state says a gasoline additive contaminated drinking water and New Hampshire says that Exxon and other companies knew it would happen. The irony here is that the additive blamed for pollution was supposed to be a anti-pollutant. And that is part of Exxon's defense, which it begins presenting today. Exxon says the chemical MTBE has not harmed anyone and was a requirement of a federal law to help reduce air pollution. Other oil companies have already settled with the state. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Scientists at the University of Arkansas say they are developing an activated carbon that could lead to cleaner, safer drinking water in Tulsa.

The school's Water Research Laboratory will spend the next two years working on the fix.

Scientists say the goal of the project is to improve Tulsa's drinking water by decreasing the formation of regulated disinfectant byproducts. Those chemicals are formed as an unintended consequence when drinking water is disinfected.

For example, organic matter present in source waters reacts with disinfectants such as free chlorine or chloramine to form the disinfectant byproducts.

Since the 1970s, scientists have identified more than 600 of these byproducts, many of them suspected carcinogens.


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The Army Corps of Engineers closes Applegate Cove’s campground, but its marina at Kerr Lake remains open.

Owner of the marina Jeff Voyles says the campground closing will affect vacationers.

He acknowledged, “You need to make cuts when there are budget cuts … recreation kind of falls to the bottom of the list.”

“We’re in the process of trying to take over Applegate Cove campground," he said, "and incorporate it with the marina so we can get the gates open to the public as fast as we can. It really depends on the budget.”

He says the Army Corps is doing everything it can to get the campgrounds open again.

Kerr Lake as well as several boat ramps remain open to the public.


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Tulsa, OK – Senate panel OKs death penalty for child rapists

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma Legislature is pushing forward a bill to allow the death penalty for child rapists, despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that such a penalty is unconstitutional.

A Senate committee on Wednesday passed a bill already approved in the House that authorizes the death penalty for anyone convicted of a second offense of raping a child age 6 or younger.

Senate author Anthony Sykes says he hopes the law might be upheld since the court makeup has changed since its 2008 ruling that a similar law in Louisiana was unconstitutional.

In that 5-4 decision, the court ruled the death penalty is restricted to murder and crimes against the state, like espionage and treason.

Legal scholars say it's unlikely the Oklahoma law would be upheld.

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"The Horse Lover: A Cowboy's Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs" (Encore presentation.)

Jul 23, 2014

On this edition of ST, we listen back to a fine interview that first aired in March of this year with H. Alan Day, who's the younger brother of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Day tells us about his then-recent memoir, "The Horse Lover," which is a moving and perceptive account of how he established a sanctuary for unadoptable wild horses previously warehoused by the Bureau of Land Management. Mustang Meadows Ranch, as the facility was called, began in the late 1980s; it was the first-ever government-sponsored wild horse sanctuary established in the United States. Yet Day's volume -- which Booklist, in a starred review, called "an instant classic" -- is more than a chronicle of the joys, surprises, trials, and frustrations that went into establishing and operating Mustang Meadows. The book is also, of course, a sincere meditation on humanity's deep connections with animals as well as landscapes -- and with horses especially. You can hear a complete, on-demand audio stream of this interview here.


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Phenolic promiscuity in the cell nucleus – epigallocatechingallate (EGCG) and theaflavin-3,3′-digallate from green and black tea bind to model cell nuclear structures including histone proteins, double stranded DNA and telomeric quadruplex DNA

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North Carolina Medical Society helps consumers prevail in U.S. Supreme Court case

In August I blogged about the North Carolina Medical Society filing a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Wyeth v. Levine.

The case stemmed from an incident in 2000 when a professional guitarist in Vermont named Diane Levine got a shot of migraine headache medicine and ended up having her arm amputated after the onset of gangrene.

A jury found that the drug company Wyeth had faulty labeling on its medicine that did not sufficiently warn doctors about the possible dangers of incorrectly injecting the drug Phenergan. Wyeth argued that if the label was good enough for the FDA it should be good enough for Vermont.

The NCMS filed a brief on the side of Levine. Docs were worried that if patients were barred from suing drug companies then people might sue physicians instead.

Yesterday the Supreme Court decided in favor of Levine and the NCMS, which means that states can require drug companies and medical device makers to meet stricter standards than those set by the FDA. It’s great that the NCMS was on the right side of the issue regardless of motivation.

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This extension introduces named vertex array objects which encapsulate vertex array state on the client side. These objects allow applications to rapidly switch between large sets of array state. In addition, layered libraries can return to the default array state by simply creating and binding a new vertex array object.
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Game #15: Bobcats vs. Celtics Preview

Who: Charlotte Bobcats vs Boston Celtics

What: NBA Basketball – Bobcats Home Game

When: 7:00 PM ET

Where: Live at Time Warner Cable Arena

The Matchup:

Record Offensive
Charlotte 7-7 94.2 (27) 97.6 (6) 94.5 (28)
Boston 5-10 94.7 (26) 101.6 (14) 97.2 (13)

Previous Meetings:
11/13/2013 – Bobcats 89-83. Recap

Boston: Kelly Olynyk

Starting Lineups

Bobcats Celtics
PG Kemba Walker Avery Bradley
SG Gerald Henderson Jordan Crawford
SF Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Jeff Green
PF Josh McRoberts Brandon Bass
C Al Jefferson Jared Sullinger
6th Man Ramon Sessions Gerald Wallace

Game Notes:

  • This has the potential to be quite an ugly game offensesively. Charlotte and Bobcats both rank in the bottom-5 of offenses in the league. The Celtics and 27th in offensive efficiency while the Bobcats are one spot worse.
  • A lineup that fields Avery Bradley and Jordan Crawford as a starting backcourt will struggle to take care of the basketball and that’s exactly what’s going on right now in Boston – 17.1% of the Celtics total offensive possessions are ending in a turnover so far this season. That ranks 28th in the league. Houston is the only team that turns it over more. If the Bobcats can exploit this weakness and turn turnovers into easy baskets, they can certainly take pressure off of their struggling offense.
  • Seize the opportunity. The Bobcats have gotten out of the gates pretty nicely through 14 games. Although the team already has 7 wins, only 3 have come at home. Tonight presents another chance for Charlotte to get above .500 at home + against an inferior  opponent. I’ve heard the word ‘playoffs’ being thrown around a little bit as of late – got to win the games at home that you’re favored in to accomplish that. Tonight.


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Like his father before him, Senator Lincoln Chafee has been the kind of Republican whom this Democratic state could embrace: a supporter of abortion rights, a champion of the environment.

His trouble now is his own party. One of the most liberal Republicans in the Senate, Mr. Chafee finds himself in a tight primary against Stephen Laffey, a populist Republican who is backed by a national conservative group and is traveling the state in a bright yellow RV proclaiming himself the ''Rhody Reformer.''

The Rhode Island primary is the flip side of the battle between Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and Ned Lamont just across the state line, in Connecticut. Mr. Chafee is fighting for his survival because he voted against the Iraq war -- the only Republican to do so -- and has distanced himself from President Bush so much that he declined to vote for him in 2004, declaring that he would write in the first President Bush as a symbolic protest.

Both campaigns show how a far flank of the party can shape a race, even in a place like Rhode Island, where Republicans are a minority; the record in a Republican primary here is about 45,000 voters, and most people expect short of that on Sept. 12. They also indicate the peril of being a moderate in a polarized year.

In a race that Mr. Chafee's supporters fear may be a bellwether, Representative Joe Schwarz of Michigan, a moderate Republican, lost a primary challenge to an opponent supported by the Club for Growth, the conservative group backing Mr. Chafee's opponent.

But the stakes are far higher here for the party in power. Polls show that if Mr. Laffey wins the primary, he will lose the general election, handing the Democrats a seat from a blue state that has been held by Republicans since 1976.

Even if Mr. Chafee wins the primary, recent polls show him struggling to win the general election; this year, no matter how much Democrats like Mr. Chafee, they may care more about the letter after his name.

''This is one of those election years that's going to come down to R versus D, and people want the real thing, not someone who votes with the Democrats 70 or 80 percent of the time,'' said Darrell West, a political scientist at Brown. ''They want the Classic Coke, not the New Coke.''

Republican leaders, worried more about losing a seat than about party loyalty, have rushed to help Mr. Chafee, forcing him to buddy up with the conservatives whose agenda he declines to embrace. Senators Bill Frist of Tennessee, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky have held fund-raisers for him, and Laura Bush has traveled to the state on his behalf.

On the other side, Steve Forbes, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000, has written letters and held a fund-raiser for Mr. Laffey. And national Democrats, after defaulting the seat to Republicans for years, are putting money behind their candidate, Sheldon Whitehouse. All told, more than 80 percent of campaign money has come from outside the state.

A scion of one of Rhode Island's ''five families,'' Mr. Chafee, a Brown graduate who worked for a time shoeing horses, went on to become mayor of Warwick. When his father, John Chafee, died in office near the end of his fourth Senate term in 1999, Lincoln Chafee was appointed his replacement and won the seat with 57 percent of the vote a year later.

Mr. Chafee angered Republicans by opposing many proposed tax cuts, saying a country with such a big deficit could not afford them, and voted against an energy bill because it included subsidies for oil companies. He cast the sole Republican vote against the confirmation of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.

So while in the last election Mr. Chafee advertised how often he had voted against Republicans, his latest ad emphasizes the anger he has drawn from both parties, the amount of money he has brought home, and his desire to restore ''a climate of civility, decency and hope'' to politics.

''There has to be a place for moderates in our politics,'' Mr. Chafee said, campaigning at a recent parade. ''The American public wants to see us work better together.''

His campaign slogan is ''Keep Chafee.'' It is resurrected, he said, from his father's successful campaign for governor in 1964 -- another tough year because Barry Goldwater, unpopular here, was at the top of the Republican presidential ticket.

Compared with many colleagues in the Senate, Mr. Chafee, 53, keeps a low profile, and campaigning does not seem second nature to him. Stopping to buy lemonade from a truck, he asks the attendant about the book she is reading. Only after tipping her and turning away does he toss over his shoulder, ''Vote Chafee!''

''He's very approachable, human, sincere,'' said Ana Morgan, a supporter at the parade. ''In New England we are a different breed of Republican, more moderate, more liberal. At a time when both parties are going to extremes, we need someone who can work with both.''

Others are put off by Mr. Chafee's often public agonizing about his struggle between voting with the party and voting his conscience.

''I'm not sure where Chafee's coming from half the time,'' said Eleanor Acton of North Kingston, an independent. ''He wants to be a liberal, but he can't because he's a Republican, and he's a Republican because his dad was a Republican.''

Internal Democratic polls show that he is less popular among Republicans than the Democrat, Mr. Whitehouse. While the state party supports him, local Republican committees, including the one in Exeter, where Mr. Chafee lives with his wife and three children, endorsed Mr. Laffey.

''Whatever conscience he's voting, it's not the conscience of the Republican Party,'' said Robert J. Manning, the national committeeman for the state Republican Party and a Laffey supporter.

Mr. Laffey, the 44-year-old mayor of Cranston, embraces campaigning. On ''blitzes'' of neighborhoods in the RV, an aide uses a bullhorn to announce his presence, and Mr. Laffey darts across gardens and up grassy embankments to shake any willing hand. His wife and their children, ages 1 to 17, tag along, as do friends.

He boasts of rescuing Cranston from near bankruptcy; in his most publicized act, he fired crossing guards who earned, including benefits, about $120 an hour. ''Reagan had his air-traffic controllers, I have the crossing guards,'' he said, a line he repeats often in campaign appearances and interviews.

But his personality has alienated many people. Some in Cranston say that he is a showboater and that the crossing guards worked just two hours a day, accounting for only a small part of the city budget. They have complained that property tax increases put into effect while he was mayor -- 12.8 percent in 2003 -- priced many people out of their homes. He has defended them as necessary to turn the city around.

''Everything he does is to make a name for himself,'' said Jack Cassidy, a Cranston resident. ''I think he's looking for big publicity.''

An independent, Mr. Cassidy will vote in a Republican primary for the first time to, as the slogan says, ''Keep Chafee.'' Mr. Chafee's hopes, analysts say, lie in other independents doing the same, and the campaign has urged Democrats to switch to ''unaffiliated'' so they can vote in the primary. About 14,000 did.

At the recent parade, young couples waved as they saw the ''Keep Chafee'' banner. ''Good luck!'' one man hollered.

''Luck helps,'' Mr. Chafee replied quietly.

Photos: Stephen Laffey, left, who has mounted a strong challenge to Mr. Chafee, embraces campaigning and often takes his children along.; Senator Lincoln Chafee, a Republican in the generally Democratic state of Rhode Island, campaigned last weekend at a parade in Providence. (Photographs by Robert Spencer for The New York Times)


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Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts Talk ‘Larry Crowne,’ Friendship And MTV

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‘I miss VJs,’ stars tell MTV News.
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Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts’ new movie, “Larry Crowne,” is, in a nutshell, about a middle-aged man who, after constantly being looked over for managerial promotions at work due to his lack of college degree, enrolls himself in his local community college, where he finds himself being taught by and falling in love with the lovely Mercedes Tainot (Roberts).

When MTV News caught up with Hanks and Roberts at the press day for the film, we attempted to discuss Hanks’ return to the director’s chair after a 15-year hiatus (the last film he helmed was 1996′s “That Thing You Do!”), but first the two superstars took a moment to talk about us.

“I miss VJs,” Roberts lamented of MTV’s onetime team of on-camera personalities.

“I miss VJs, too,” Hanks agreed. “I miss, you know, ‘The Rock Hour!’ ”
he added, likely meaning “120 Minutes,” hosted by Matt Pinfield, which has been resurrected over at MTV2.

“What’s on MTV now?” Roberts asked.

“Pregnant teenagers,” quipped Hanks.

Hanks and Roberts then briefly discussed MTV’s current slate of programs, citing “The Real World,” “Jersey Shore” and “16 and Pregnant,” but admitted only to hearing stories about them, not to having watched any of those shows themselves.

Once we were able to bring the focus to the topic at hand, we asked Hanks about his return to the director’s chair, and what inspired him to take on so many roles for this film — he directed, acted in, co-wrote and produced “Crowne.”

“Somewhere I think in 2009 a switch just goes off in my head that goes, ‘I really want to direct this,’ ” he recalled, equating his passion for the project to a fever he had to have cooked out of him. “It takes you out of the marketplace for a long time, which is fine. I have a lot of things going on, but it ends up being like this personal letter that you’re writing to your mom where you want it to be right, you want it to be authentic, you want it to actually reflect who you are and where you are at this point, and so that’s why you end up directing a movie and being in it.”

For Roberts, signing on to the film was mostly about working with her good friend. She and Hanks worked together once before in “Charlie Wilson’s War,” which, according to Roberts, cemented their friendship for life.

“I knew I had a friend for the rest of my life,” she said, recalling one specific day on the “Wilson’s War” set that involved Hanks, Roberts and some joke with a little box. “He [makes] me want to live a longer life,” she gushed.

“What a great answer!” Hanks said with a big smile.

“It’s true, I love Tom. It’s kind of retarded for us sitting here trying to be professionals because we’re friends,” she said. “I love his wife, I love his kids.”

“This is what we’d be doing if we were sitting around or having lunch,”
Hanks added, speaking to the pair’s easy rapport. “We’ll laugh for three hours together.”

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Resort wear ... photos of the blue linen shirt.

Photos of the blue linen shirt 06-2011-104 - previously blogged about here.

I had the photos taken when I was getting photos of my pants.  I hadn't really thought it through, so I haven't got the best bra on for this top, so please excuse the bra shadow you can see. :)

In this back view I had a top underneath so no bra shadow...phew!

Oh! and a tip, when you button this top, don't button the decorative upper buttons as you look like a doofas with bad pull lines ...

Review is here for those interested.

Ciao!  Next post a pair of shorts..

  1. Linen, you just have to love it with wrinkles or not, loveliest summer fabric and your shirt is great, perfect match of fabric, color and pattern.

  2. Now THAT is a shirt to smile about. Perfect colour for you and the style is gorgeous. It looks great with your new pants, too. Excellent!

  3. Great top - perfect length for that shirt. I love the look of it. Must try linen - I am a little scared of it as I don't like to iron!!

  4. What a pretty shade of blue and it looks lovely on you. Now I'm heading home to the subtropics I need to make more tops like this. It would be perfect over a bikini getting to and from the beach, too. Thanks for the inspiration!

  5. I thought you had your swimmers on :) Love this top and it will be perfect for your holiday and goes so well with with your pants.

  6. Lovely shirt love the neckline. The colour looks really nice on you too.

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  8. This is a fabulous colour on you! I love the shirt but the choice of fabric is really, really great. Tell me that you are fabulously rich and have all the time in the world to sew and that is why you always post so many amazing projects! I'll feel less guilty for not using my down-time to sew more - wait, what down time?

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