Monday, August 5, 2013

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

From soybeans to baseball, Henry has had success

BOSTON (AP) -- John W. Henry took a backward ballclub in a dilapidated park and transformed it into a two-time World Series champion that is one of baseball's model franchises.

As the owner of The Boston Globe, he will try to turn around a newspaper that - like many other major metro dailies - is shedding staff, subscribers and advertisers as it makes the transition into the Internet age.

Henry agreed to buy the Globe along with the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and the Boston Metro for $70 million, a fraction of the $1.1 billion The New York Times Co. paid 20 years ago. Henry apparently made this deal without his Red Sox partners, though he said in a statement that more information will soon be available "concerning those joining me in this community commitment and effort."

The son of southern Illinois soybean farmers now worth an estimated $1.5 billion, Henry was a minority owner of the New York Yankees and the sole owner of the Florida Marlins when he led a group that bought the Red Sox for $660 million in 2002. (The original group included The New York Times, which sold the last of its 17.5 percent ownership last year.)

They soon set out to preserve Fenway Park while taking a wrecking ball to most everything else that had mired the franchise in failure for more than eight decades.

Henry, who made his money by taking a mathematical approach to the commodities markets, brought a similar method to the baseball diamond, hiring the statistically savvy Theo Epstein, then 28 years-old, as the youngest general manager in baseball history. They hired statistical pioneer Bill James as a consultant, putting the Red Sox at the forefront of the revolution that had just begun to take hold in front offices long dominated by old-time and hidebound scouting types.

But, perhaps more importantly, the new owners turned what had long been a stagnant family business into a revenue spigot.

They took NESN, which had been almost exclusively an outlet for Red Sox and Boston Bruins games, into a full-fledged sports network. (Not every effort - like the sports-themed dating show "Sox Appeal" - was a success.) And they spent more than $285 million turning the once-doomed Fenway Park into a modern - well, as modern as a 100-year-old ballpark can be, anyway - sporting venue.

With seats above the Green Monster and a roof deck in right field, a high-tech scoreboard and new concourses and concessions, Fenway sold out 820 consecutive games - by official count, anyway - the longest such streak in professional sports history. Thousands more file through the turnstiles 12 months a year, paying up to $16 just to see the park when it is empty.

Though fans sometimes chafed at the team's new businesslike approach, the initiatives helped pay for a player payroll that grew from $75.5 million in 2000 to more than $130 million by 2004. That year, the Red Sox won the World Series for the first time in 86 years, ending one of the longest title droughts in sports.

They won again three years later.

Henry was also a different kind of owner than Bostonians had grown accustomed to.

While most owners of the local franchises had treated their teams like family fiefdoms or corporate cash registers - or both - Henry engaged with fans, chatting with them on Internet message boards (he would also became an early adopter on Twitter). He spent less time in his luxury box and more in his dugout-side seats, and was once seen running the bases on the Fenway diamond with the woman who is now his wife.

And Henry kept looking beyond baseball.

Through a sister company, the Red Sox owners bought into NASCAR as co-owners of Roush Fenway Racing; soccer, by purchasing the Liverpool FC of the English Premier League; and basketball, through a sponsorship deal with LeBron James. Their business offshoot, known as New England Sports Ventures, has also dabbled in marketing for college sports and professional golf.

In buying a newspaper, Henry enters an industry in turmoil and joins a progression of publishers who have tried to figure out how to balance the free-flowing information of the internet with the costs of quality journalism.

While providing no clues, Henry vowed to try.

"The Boston Globe's award-winning journalism as well as its rich history and tradition of excellence have established it as one of the most well-respected media companies in the country," he said in his statement. "This is a thriving, dynamic region that needs a strong, sustainable Boston Globe playing an integral role in the community's long-term future."

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

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Friday, August 2, 2013

US economy plods along at 162,000 new jobs in July; unemployment dips

The unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent in July, the lowest level since Obama took office. But job growth was tepid, at best. The numbers mean the Fed is unlikely to interrupt its stimulus measures anytime soon, analysts say.

By Harry Bruinius,?Staff writer / August 2, 2013

A woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt., July 15, 2013. The US economy continues to move forward adding 162,000 new jobs in July.

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The US economy continues to hobble forward at a cumbersome pace as job growth failed to meet most analysts' expectations, adding 162,000 new jobs in July ? the lowest number since January.

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At the same time, however, the unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent, slightly beating expectations and representing the lowest rate of joblessness since President Obama took office.

The weaker-than-expected jobs numbers, reported Friday morning, reveal a slight change in what had been a steady trend: The US economy had posted job gains averaging roughly 195,000 a month during the past few quarters, and most analysts had expected July job growth to continue this tepid but steady trend.

But the Labor Department revised downward the number of jobs created in June, dropping it from 195,000 to 188,000. It also revised May?s number, dropping its previous estimate by 19,000 for a new total of 176,000 jobs created.

The spiritless numbers were anticipated by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, perhaps, when it downgraded its economic outlook and said the economy was expanding at a "modest" pace, rather than the "moderate" pace seen in June. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) also said it planned to continue current monetary policy, including its stimulus program of quantitative easing, an $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program.

"The report is disappointing, with weaker job growth in July compared to the first half of 2013," PNC senior economist Stuart Hoffman told ABC News.?"Despite the drop in the unemployment rate, the softer job growth in July, combined with the downward revisions to May and June, makes the Federal Reserve slightly less likely to reduce its purchases of long-term assets when it next meets in mid-September."

Indeed, analysts had been wondering whether the Fed would begin to ?taper? the program after Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that the central bank would slowly ease back from this stimulus policy, if the employment rate were closer to 7 percent. He also said the Fed would maintain its 0 percent interest-rate policy "at least as long" as the jobless rate stayed above 6.5 percent.

Friday?s report makes it unlikely the FOMC will decide to taper the program in its September meeting.

Worrying many analysts, too, is the fact that the new jobs data show continued increases in the weakest sectors of the economy. Much of the growth is stemming from new positions taken in retail trade and the leisure and hospitality industry ? sectors with the lowest-paying jobs and fewest working hours.

Leisure and hospitality added 38,000 new jobs in July, down from 75,000 workers in June. Retail trade added 47,000 new jobs. Those two sectors account for more than half of the new jobs created in July. ?

Employers' use of part-time and temporary workers, meanwhile, has been surging. The number of involuntary part-time workers held steady at 8.25 million, after jumping by 322,000 to 8.23 million in June. Those individuals marginally attached to the labor force held steady at 1.2 million workers.

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ANTIQUES ? TOOLS OF THE TRADE ? Carolina HeartStrings

Many of my antique collections have come from my father?s side of the family since his sister saved everything.? However, this is one collection that I get to thank my British mom for saving and shipping to the United States.?? Her father, grandfather AND great-grandfather were builders.?? I have some fond early memories of my grandfather, Fred Chick.? I remember the smell of his tools in his small, brick, detached garage (which he pronounced ?gar-ridge?).? I remember nailing scraps of wood together and making unrecognizable, unusable objects that he praised highly.

Here he is, pipe in hand, enjoying himself at his local pub in the early 1960s.

His father, George Chick, built these homes in the Leckhampton area of Cheltenham, England.

These simple homes would be called duplexes in America but are called ?semi-detached? in England.

My mom had her father?s tool box refinished for me as a Christmas gift one year.? It held this panoramic view of homes that he built in the 1940?s close to the Cotswold village of Stow-on-the-Wold.

The old box also held a few of the tools that I love so much.? Mom actually shipped over many more and for now they are stored in totes.

This large plane is being measured by one of his folding rulers.?? An early version of our current ?retractable? measuring tapes?

My favorites are the planes with varying profiles used for molding and trim.? His mother, Emily, had 14 children and not only did his father build homes to support them but also made cabinetry and coffins.?? His mother, by the way, also ran a laundry out of their home.?? I suppose they had lots of little hands to help!

Tool loss and theft was probably as much of an issue back then as it is now.? Men had metal stamps made with their names so that they could mark their tools. ?This plane bears his name and what I believe is a cancelling stamp made over the name of a previous owner.

Size marks such as this ?1 IN? ?were also stamped into a tool.

I also enjoy handling these metal tools, some of which were made by Edward Preston & Sons, Ltd. in Birmingham.

It is not surprising that my mom went on and married a builder ? an American, though.? I know that my dad and his father-in-law had lots to talk about regarding the history of the trade and the differences between both sides of the pond.? In fact, a business that I have in addition to my auto repair shop is a modular home business here in the Lowcountry, Headwater Homes.? I only wish my father and grandfather were around to talk with.? ?Mom has some memories but it?s not like firsthand experience.? ?However, I am so very grateful that she saved these ?tools of the trade?.

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Energy Drink Marketing Scrutinized In Senate

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/31/2013 6:36:51 PM

Energy drink manufacturers took some tough questions from a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday on the marketing of energy drinks to children - which the witnesses said they did not do - both online and in other media.

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A clip from an ad featuring an animated zebra - shades of Joe Camel - and photos of children with cans of the product and in sports settings (skateboarders, for example) were on display to counter claims that the beverages were not aimed at children.

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Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) did not leave the Joe Camel association unstated, pointing out that cigarette manufacturers target the next generation of smokers - those manufacturers always argued their marketing was about brand switching, not recruitment. He advised the energy drink companies to "focus on safety not semantics."

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Representatives of Red Bull, Monster and Rockstar, to varying degrees, promised to take steps to prevent underage consumption of their beverage, which they suggested would be by children 12 and under, but all insisted they do not market to the younger demographic. Asked whether they thought an ad featuring a teenager would appeal to a child, Monster CEO Rodney Sacks said no.

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Academics on the witness panel begged to differ.?

Witness Dr. Jennifer Harris, director of marketing initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale, said that marketing featuring 16 year olds "are really appealing to younger kids."

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The energy drink execs said they were not targeting teens, though they also said teens would not be harmed by drinking their product, citing numerous studies.

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They also said that if the government is going to limit caffeine marketing, it needs to look beyond their product to sodas, teas and coffee.?

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"We remain open to discussing changes for the entire beverage industry, and believe that any comprehensive effort regarding child and teen nutrition must include all sugar - and caffeine containing beverages," said Amy Taylor, VP and general manager of Red Bull North America.

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Cullman County School District in Alabama Is the Site of Even More Violations of Church/State Separation

Just the other day, I posted about a ?prayer caravan? organized by Cullman County Schools (Alabama) Superintendent Billy Coleman. The idea was that he would lead a group of people to all the schools in the district and pray? becauseI guess that raises test scores in Alabama or something. They?ve been doing this for a few years running.

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We also learned from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (PDF) that the caravan wasn?t the school?s only violation of the law:

We were also informed that schools in the Cullman County system recite the Lord?s Prayer over the loudspeaker each morning. We understand that an attempt to mask this illegal practice is made by giving students ?the option? to participate.

So why bring this all up again?

Because FFRF has learned that they?ve only hit the tip of the iceberg when it comes to violations of church/state separation in the district:

FFRF has received reports from at least seven local families about additional violations in area schools, mostly regarding unconstitutional prayers. FFRF has been informed the district schools lead recitations of the Lord?s prayer during the school day including over the loudspeaker system, have teacher-led prayer before lunch, at graduation ceremonies and according to one student ?every school event? starts with a prayer.?

Cullman Country Schools often hold school events in churches rather than schools themselves. Coleman frequently schedules a student investment dinner and school meetings at various churches around the area.

The most disturbing information FFRF received regards West Point Elementary School. Every Tuesday, according to a complainant a preacher visits to proselytize. Teachers reportedly have told student their teachers ?would be disappointed? if students chose not to listen to the preacher.

Now that people are learning that FFRF is looking at the district, they?re starting to come forward with even more damning pieces of information.

There?s no lawsuit yet, because that?s always a last resort. First, FFRF has requested a response from Coleman by next week. I can?t wait to hear how he tries to explain and get out of all this shit he?s dragged the district into?

Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/07/31/cullman-county-school-district-in-alabama-is-the-site-of-even-more-violations-of-churchstate-separation/

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