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Both Rotherham United’s Ladies firsts and Development team recorded victories to see them at the summit of their respective leagues.
United’s firsts hosted Steel City Wanderers in the FA Women’s Premier League Midlands Division One on Sunday at Parkgate’s Roundwood Ground.
Rotherham won 6-3 when they played their division’s nearest neighbours at the end of September and another pulsating encounter saw Rotherham prevail 3-2 with Steels again only on level terms until the opening goal.
This came after just seven minutes when Megan Wylde, registered in midweek, netted at a corner.
Steels hit back forcefully, Charlie Whiteley making a fine save to her left to deny Paris Wagstaff and a few ensuing corners kept the pressure firmly on the home goal.
Steels keeper Ellie Sharpe then produced a couple of fine saves to deny Amy Pollock and Nat Shaw, but barely had Rotherham almost doubled the lead than Steels came close to yet again negating it with Jade Rabjohn clearing off the line.
Rotherham doubled their lead with a goal out of the blue midway through the second half. Receiving the ball from a throw-in on the right midway inside the Steels half, Kat Clarke hit a first-time dipper into the far corner giving Sharpe no chance.
An injury to Hayley Sloan added to Rotherham’s already lengthy casualty list and her industriousness was missed in midfield. Steels pulled one back after Whiteley, who otherwise had a fine game making some key saves, failed to hold a free kick and the ball ping-ponging off Maria Burns, Rabjohn and then Burns whose header forced the ball home on 75 minutes.
Rotherham’s response was near-instant. Sharpe’s ball out from a back pass went straight to Shaw, the only home player anywhere in a dangerous position, and she was unerring with a low-placed shot a minute later.
Zoe Beresford reduced the arrears to 3-2 on 83 minutes but, although the visitors pressed for the equaliser, the United defence held firm.
Manager Simon Walker was pleased with the display and another three points which, with other games being postponed, meant Rotherham regained top spot in the table. However, the injury to Sloan added to a list which includes Sarah Saxon, Charlotte Spencer, Bradie Wild and Grace Birchall.
Rotherham’s Development team enjoyed a 3-0 home victory over AFC Unity with whom they had drawn 1-1 a week earlier in Sheffield & Hallam County Three.
Chelsea Fletcher opened the scoring after seven minutes with Michaela Atkinson adding the second midway through the first half. Lily-Ann Revill’s goal in the last ten minutes wrapped up a victory which lifted Rotherham into top spot, two points ahead of Beighton Magpies who have three games in hand.
While Beighton seem the most likely to finish champions, Rotherham’s win boosted their chances of a top two finish as they are now four points clear of third place Unity who have played a game fewer, but with a significantly inferior goal difference.
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20 days of Electronic Music Production
The Huddersfield Go Compose electronic music production summer schools have run for two years over the summer in 2018 and 2019. The workshops were delivered by arts leaders from across the UK: Supriya Nagarajan, Jess Aslan, Vicky Clarke, Caro C, Angel Lee, Aiwan Obinyan, Mark Mynett, Ryoko Akama and Eleanor Cully, and they were designed to offer hands-on opportunities to explore a wide range of music practices. Group sizes were small (8-11 participants), supported by undergraduates and recently graduated music technology specialists Jo Kennedy, Ching Wu, Emma Varley and Caitlin White from The University of Huddersfield.
In 2018 participants explored:
– field recording,
– computer based music composition,
– electronics for controlling sound with light,
– Indian vocal music,
– music analysis,
– and music composition practices inspired by Delia Derbyshire and the Radiophonic Workshop.
The 2019 summer school included:
– studio-based music production,
– individual composition,
– sound design,
– sonic art (soldering contact microphones, computer coding and working with sound in space)
– and electronics.
The 87 places were taken by 55 girls aged 11-16 years across the project. The project also included a collaboration with SELFA Girls Rock School; a Skipton-based charity set up to support young people living in challenging circumstances.
Yorkshire Sound Women Network is also delivering outreach workshops across 20 schools and community groups around Yorkshire, and creating two new music technology clubs for girls as part of its WIRED project, funded by Youth Music, ISME and Music for all.
Go Compose was generously supported by The University of Huddersfield which has provided access to equipment, space and technical support throughout the project. This type of project is highly dependent on supportive institutions that are willing to open up such facilities during the quieter summer months.
It’s made me think about getting into DJing more seriously, even finding a mentor for the music industry in general – DJing with Angel Lee
I now would like to take A level Music Technology! (Also Angel Lee)
Now I know what I want to do when I grow up! – Electronic India
Research has demonstrated that most people working in specifically music and audio production are men :
– Georgina Born and Kyle Divine’s analysis of UCAS applications over 10 years showed that while there was an increase of 1400% in applications to music tech courses, 90% of them were from boys;
– A recent Annenberg report shows that only around 2% of producers are women
– female:pressure stats show that 75.4% of platformed artists are male and just 5% of Audio Engineering Society members are female
– The same situation is captured in the Classical scene through Ashley Fure’s work
– The Yorkshire Sound Women Network describe the regional situation in this film and flyer from the Yorkshire Sound Women Network.
Some of this data reflects the international situation, though it is a predominantly western perspective, and there is much still to learn about the global situation. Also various publications discuss the layered discriminations of race, sexuality and gender. This work includes Eckhardt and De Graeve’s publication Second Sound: Conversations on Gender and Music
The UK Creative Industries are comprised of many professions with an overall economic value of £101.5 billion in 2018 . Music and audio professionals work in computer games, cinema, television, popular music, advertising, theatre, and software development (think about your smart phone), as well as less visible sectors that include audio systems development for medical treatment, science, education and engineering. We believe that social assumptions about masculinity and technology generally encourage more boys into these areas, that girls benefit from additional support, and fundamentally that they should have as much opportunity to imagine, invent, explore and develop our future.
All of those careers begin with skills and ideas that formed the basis of our Go Compose Electronic Music Production summer schools. Under the banner of music composition and performance we have been fostering new curiosity in: sound physics, audio electronics, computer coding, sound recording, studio based practices, soldering, as well as the various stages of music production, from DJing and arranging existing music on iPads, to building original material, then using industry standard digital audio software.
Usually when you promote a music technology activity there is a lot of interest from boys, and the level of female participation is not only low, but when they attend girls and women suddenly become a minority, and this places additional pressure on them as individuals. By establishing this series of workshops, we have provided 55 girls with an experience of music technology in 2019 alone. As this was a stand-alone project, that is 55 more than before, a 100% increase in music technology engagement.
Few things are more gratifying than the delighted, confident announcement ‘I know what I want to do now when I grow up!’ We have no specific expectations, but ultimately, we know how empowering and potentially life-changing these workshops can be. If you still need to be convinced just take a moment to watch this short film from a workshop we delivered in 2016.
Looking ahead and seeking further support.
The bigger challenge is around how to support the girls’ interest in music after the project is over. All too often young people return to a vacuum, particularly due to cuts in primary and secondary music education. Yorkshire Sound Women Network would be delighted to hear from anyone motivated to fund a tutor/space/equipment, or to offer in kind support: email firstname.lastname@example.org
Who are these Yorkshire Sound Women?
Yorkshire Sound Women Network (YSWN) was set up in 2015, to address this gender imbalance in audio and music technology professions. After sharing experiences of discrimination in professional, and informal spaces, as well as online, a core working group set about fundraising to secure a future for YSWN. Following an initial ACE grant application YSWN has developed a business plan with three core strands focusing on education, networking and professional support, and advocacy to industry. In 2018 YSWN became a Community Interest Company with three directors, appointing a Development Manager, and following subsequent funding, a Co-ordinator. YSWN is now delivering a large portfolio of projects, including:
– WIRED music tech clubs for girls in Leeds with Leeds Beckett University and Doncaster with Doncaster College
– A tour of outreach workshops delivered across 20 schools and community settings in Yorkshire to promote music technology and visibility of female pioneers delivered by Pam Hulme, also part of the WIRED project
– Three day-long Level Up! events supporting women across Yorkshire: including Level Up! in Music Production, Level Up! in Sound for Media, and Level Up! in Sound Engineering
– Establishing paid traineeships for women to get hands-on work experience with local music industry organisations
– Deliver YSWN Amplify, funded by an Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant, supporting three unique artistic projects to spread the reach of YSWN-affiliated groups across Yorkshire. These projects are enabling members of groups in Calderdale, Huddersfield and Sheffield to increase their music technology skills and develop artistically, while engaging new local participants and audiences.
For more information about YSWN projects you can read the 2018-19 report here
To receive news about YSWN projects and activities you can join our mailing list here.
If you would like to support YSWN’s activities, offer a workshop, find out about joining our pool of paid associates, or simply send a cheery ‘high five’ to let us know you support our work, please email email@example.com
The University of Huddersfield was a key supporter in the start-up of YSWN, and has continued to provide access to rooms and facilities, and some human resources. Projects like this one need strong relationships with supportive organisations that do considerably more to foster inclusion and diversity.
The University has a large suite of professional standard audio facilities, excellent industry contacts and professional work placements, and it is home to a large community of postgraduate composers, coders, producers, engineers, musicologists and performers (see the Centre for Research in New Music , the Centre for Music, Culture and Identity , and the Fluid Corpus Manipulation Project). Music at Huddersfield has a well established international reputation for contemporary music which earned the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2015
Degree courses offered at Huddersfield include Popular Music, Music and Sound for Image, Creative Music Production, Music Technology and Audio Systems, Sound Engineering and Music Production, as well as Popular Music and the original degree in Music. Visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/inspire/musictechnology/ to find out more about Music Technology at Huddersfield and https://www.hud.ac.uk/inspire/mhm/music/ to find out more about the Music department and available courses.
The Go Compose Huddersfield Team
Dr Liz Dobson
This Electronic Music Production summer school was curated and managed overall by Dr Liz Dobson. Liz delivers undergraduate modules in computer music production, sonic arts, and sound design for media. She is also one of the founders and a director of the Yorkshire Sound Women Network, and her research is guided by her (education) PhD on the social psychology of collaborative creativity within music technology. You can contact Liz directly here: firstname.lastname@example.org
Arts education specialist, artist and project manager Alexandra Richardson has provided a significant contribution to the delivery and success of this project. She previously worked as a Learning & Participation Officer building the music education programme for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. She is also a musician, DJ and radio producer under the moniker Alexa Kruger and performs regularly as one half of the duo Whirldfuzzz.

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Malik Ghulam Muhammad
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|Malik Ghulam Muhammad
ملک غلام محمد
|3rd Governor-General of Pakistan|
17 October 1951 – 7 August 1955
|Prime Minister||Khawaja Nazimuddin
Muhammad Ali Bogra
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
|Preceded by||Khawaja Nazimuddin|
|Succeeded by||Iskander Mirza|
|Minister of Finance|
15 August 1947 – 19 October 1951
|Prime Minister||Liaquat Ali Khan
|Preceded by||Position established|
|Succeeded by||Chaudhry Muhammad Ali|
20 April 1895|
Lahore, British Raj
|Died||12 September 1956
|Alma mater||Aligarh Muslim University|
Malik Ghulam Muhammad (Urdu: ملک غلام محمد; Bengali: মালিক গোলাম মাহমুদ; 20 April 1895 – 12 September 1956) commonly known as Ghulam Muhammad, was a notable Chartered Accountant who served as the third Governor-General of Pakistan from October 1951 until being dismissed in August 1955. Prior to that, Ghulam Muhammad was also as well as the first Finance minister of Pakistan from 15 August 1947 until being elevated as Governor-General on 17 October 1951.
Born and hailing from Lahore, British-controlled Punjab Province (now part of modern Pakistan), Ghulam Muhammad educated and graduated from the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), and started his professional career in accountancy from Mahindra and Mahindra Limited. In 1947, Ghulam Muhammad joined the Indian Railway Services and initially worked as a financial auditor at the Indian Ministry of Finance. Prior to independence of Pakistan, Ghulam Muhammad settled back to his native city, and subsequently elevated as country's first Finance minister. As Finance minister, he is credited for drafting and formulating the Soviet-style high centralised plans for the national economy, and presented the First Five-Years Plans in 1948.
Prior to the assassination of Prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan, Ghulam Muhammad was appointed as third Governor-General by Prime minister Khwaja Nazimuddin, who was dismissed by Ghulam Muhammad in matter of two months. He is held responsible for launching anti-communist campaigns in East-Pakistan and brought forward the role of the Pakistan Armed Forces in national politics. He notably dissolved the Parliament after concluding that his powers were being threatened and keenly devalued democratic norms in the country. Ghulam Muhammad left the office in extremely poor health in 1955 and died in his native city the following year.
Ghulam Muhammad is considered a negative figure in Pakistan's history, giving rise to political intrigue, undermining civilian control of the military by declaring martial law, and devaluing democratic norms by sacking parliament.
Family and education
Malik Ghulam Muhammad was born near Mochi Gate to an old upper-class family, on 20 April 1895. He belonged to the Kakazai tribe of Pashtuns, and was related to another early Pakistani bureacurat of note, Dr. Nazir Ahmed OBE. Much of his childhood was spent in the walled city of Lahore, and thus the impact of pure Lahore culture was very much visible on his personality. After graduating from a local high school, Ghulam Muhammad enrolled in the prestigious university of subcontinent, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He studied Economics and Accountancy at the AMU and gained Bachelor of Accountancy from AMU.
His maternal grandson Yousuf Salahuddin is related to renowned poet and philosopher Allama Iqbal, and is nephew of Allama Iqbals son Javid Iqbal. He was also related closely to the famous Lahore family of later Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
Career in finance and accountancy
After graduating from Aligarh Muslim University, he co-foundded the Mahindra and Mohamed Steel Company in India along with Mahindra brothers JC Mahindra and KC Mahindra. Two years later after, India won its independence, Ghulam Mohammed left the company to become Pakistan’s first finance minister. The company later started manufacture Willys jeeps in Mumbai under Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd name. in 1945. Subsequently, he helped establishing the accounts and financial revenue of the company and served its founding accountant of the company. However, this was short lived when Ghulam Muhammad went on to join the Indian Railway Accounts Service after being offered a prestigious opportunity there. Initially, he served in the Indian railway board before working as the Controller of General Supplies and Purchase.
After the World war II, Ghulam Muhammad represented the Nawab of Bhawalpur during the Round Table Conferences, and during it was this time, when he developed relations with Liaquat Ali Khan. He later served as financier and advisor to the Nizam of Hyderabad, but left to join the Ministry of Finance in 1946. When Liaquat Ali Khan became first Finance Minister of India in 1946, Ghulam Muhammad helped Ali Khan in advising the financial and economics affairs whilst assisted Ali Khan in drafting and preparing India's first budget which later culminated as "poor man's budget".
On 14 August 1947, Ghulam Muhammad migrated and settled in his native city of Lahore, and opted for Pakistan. He had been a credited and one of the top economist in the country by virtue of his performance, and countries such as Singapore and Thailand had long consulted him on driving their economic policies.
He won the favours of Prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan, and was appointed as newly established country's first Finance minister. He was appointed minister of the Finance ministry during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and the starting of the Cold war between Soviet Union and the United States. Initially, Ghulam Muhammad visioned for the highly centralised and planned economy, although with capital principles. In 1948, he submitted the draft of the First Five-Year Plans, and gained confidence of Prime minister Ali Khan on his formulated planned economy. However, due to inadequate studies and staffing, the plans did not materialised and the programme collapsed in matter of months after being launched. During this time, he made an effort to restart his programme and his conditions of health deteriorated. In 1949, Ghulam Muhammad invited and delegated leaders of the Muslim world to Pakistan, after first organising the International Islamic Economics Organization (IIEC), where he emphasised on the idea of an economic block of Muslim world.
He repeatedly suffered from bad health and his conditions worsened as time passes. By the 1951, he often seen sick during his office hours and often coughed up loudly while giving presentation to the government officials. Judging his condition and economical distress, Liaquat Ali Khan became highly convinced and almost came close enough to signed papers of his relieve, but the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan gave a new chance to increase his influence and power in the national politics.
One of Ghulam Muhammad's major first duties was to represent Pakistan as Governor General at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II held in London in 1953. Ghulam Muhammad was present in Westminster Abbey alongside the other major Dominion Governors-General from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Ceylon.
In 1954, the Assembly of Pakistan tried to change the constitution to establish checks on the Governor-General's powers. In response, Ghulam Muhammad dismissed the Assembly, an action that was challenged in the Supreme Court. Ghulam Muhammad emerged victorious when the Court upheld the dismissal in a split decision, despite dissenting opinion written by Justice (later Chief Justice) A. R. Cornelius and protests from the members of the Assembly. This action is now seen as the beginning of "viceregal" politics in Pakistan, in which the military and civil bureaucracy, not elected officials, govern the country and maintain substantial influence over society and the provinces.
Dismissal and death
Ghulam Muhammad's health deteriorated, and he took a leave of absence in 1955. The acting Governor-General, Iskander Mirza, dismissed him, and Ghulam Muhammad died the next year in 1956.
- Om Gupta (1 April 2006). Encyclopaedia of India Pakistan & Bangladesh. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 791–. ISBN 978-81-8205-389-2. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- Ghulam Muhammad – Story of Pakistan
- Ex-Governor General Ghulam Mohammad’s anniversary today
- Chaudhry, Mohammad Ashraf (20 July 2010). "The Two Wheel Spinners: Shaukat Aziz and Manmohan Singh". Pakistan (GOOGLE BOOKDS). AuthorHouse Publishers. pp. 218–220. ISBN 978-1-4389-3800-4. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- Gupta, Om (2006). "Economic Minister Ghulam Muhammad". Encyclopedia of India and Pakistan (GOOGLE BOOKS). New Delhi, India: Isha Books. p. 791. ISBN 81-8205-389-7.
- PAKISTAN: The New Dictatorship, TIME Magazine, 8 November 1954
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Finance is a multifaceted subject. It cuts across various aspects of human life and at certain times knocks the wind right out of us. For instance, today as I met with a client, we considered how to calculate liquid net worth. Yeah, I know liquid net worth doesn’t garner the attention that net worth alone does. However, both calculations have their place in your finances. So I’m going to share a little about why liquid net worth matters and how you can figure yours out. If you’ve never heard the term liquid net worth, then perhaps you are wondering what the difference between the two is anyway. The difference is probably simpler than you think. Liquid net worth is more in depth than just net worth. With so many of us struggling to keep up with money as it is, let me explain in a little more detail. Imagine you walk into a bank, and the teller asks, “ What is your liquid net worth ?” Perhaps you look at the teller like a calf looks at a new gate?! (a little farming humor) You’ve never took the time to figure it all up because you know liquid net worth is […]
An Epic Financial Battle Hey, guys! It’s Justin Goodbread with Financially Simple. I’m in the conference room today and we’re going to have an epic financial battle. Dave Ramsey vs. Robert Kiyosaki. Dave Ramsey is famous for his Financial Peace series and Robert Kiyosaki is known for his book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.” Which strategy is right for you? Is one right and the other wrong? Not necessarily. They’re just different. Let’s look at the differences in how they approach finances! They have completely opposing views when it comes to some aspects of finances. We’re going to take their top seven strategies and dissect them. How closely should you follow either plan? Will either plan make you rich? What exactly do they offer that you can incorporate into your own financial strategy? Many consider both well known financial “experts” that offer advice to move your finances in the right direction. After we break down both trains of thought, I’ll tell you exactly where I stand when it comes to both of camps. The answer may surprise you! Always remember, no system or financial planning strategy can guarantee future results. Therefore, no current or prospective client should assume that future performance or any specific […]
Debt reduction isn’t just something the Federal Government needs to wok on. We all wonder if we’ll ever pay off the debt we amass and if we do how can we do it quickly? If you’re looking for the fastest way to get out of debt too, here’s a short video. Justin Goodbread, CFP®, Financial Advisor and Wealth Manager with HeritageInvestor.com and FinanciallySimple.com offers some tips to simplify the process. Debt Reduction: Fastest way to get out of debt?
So this article is about a very interesting question and which is Should I pay off my mortgage or invest? Let’s find out. Recently, I was having coffee at Starbucks with a client when I asked him this question, “Should I pay off my mortgage or invest?” I told him that I personally was struggling with planning in this matter (YES!! Even a planner questions their decisions occasionally!!). After generically discussing the subject, I decided to research the topic in greater detail to see if I could come up with a definitive answer to the age-old question: Should excess funds within my budget pay off my mortgage or go toward investments? Should I pay off my mortgage or invest? You’ll find an array of answers on this matter from a variety of financial gurus; with some of the top names in the industry disagreeing! Professionals and laypeople alike all weigh in with their opinions. Forbes, The Fool, and even Clark Howard have all chimed in recently. So is there really a conclusive answer? Here’s what I came up with after much research. I boiled the answer to this conundrum down to two main points. One is a black and white answer, while […]

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Living Wisdom of the Far North: Tales and Legends from Chukotka and Alaska compiles several traditional oral stories of the aboriginal peoples of the Russian and North American Far North and includes two new literary stories created in the spirit of those traditions. In this edition, each story is set out in both Russian and English, not only to make the story available to Russian readers, but also for the purpose of providing a comparative study of the effects of each language's writing conventions on the oral narratives. As is evident from the linguistic variations found in the side-by-side English and Russian versions printed in this volume, different punctuation and other grammatical rules influence each written rendition of the old oral narrative, which, in turn, influences the voice in which the reader "hears" the story told. This volume is designed with four groups of readers in mind: first, young children who like an engaging picture story; second, young adult readers interested in deepening their intercultural understanding of circumpolar traditions and Far North lifestyles; third, English-speaking students of the Russian language and Russian-speaking students of the English language; and, finally, ethnographers, academicians, and others seeking to engage with the oral folk creations of the Far North in order to learn more about not only that area's geography and geographic origins, its cultures, and its historical events, but also some of the issues surrounding the recording and modern day written presentation of its indigenous tales. The stories of the aboriginal peoples of the Chukchi Peninsula and Alaska provide a window through which one can glimpse, across time, not only the ideology, customs, and beliefs of the Siberian Yupik and Chukchi peoples, but also geological and historical events and the particulars of everyday life that shaped their economy and core values, which in turn shaped their cultural traditions.

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CNN IN THE MONEY
Significance Of Layoffs; Green Business Good For Profits; Drug Side Affects; Marketers Appeal To Young Adults During Spring Break; Apple Corps Sues Apple Computer
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SOPHIA CHOI, CNN ANCHOR: Former hostage Jill Carroll heading home two days after being set free in Iraq. The freelance journalist flew into Germany this morning and she is expected to arrive in Boston sometime tomorrow. She was abducted nearly three months ago.
The destruction in central Indiana says it all. An overnight storm might have produced as many as three tornadoes. At least 20 homes were damaged and several people suffered minor injuries.
New York's Hispanic community is rallying against proposed new laws that would crack down on illegal immigration. They're marching across the Brooklyn Bridge by the thousands right now. Organizers call it the great walk of solidarity with immigrants.
Well it is time to spring forward most of the country is switching to daylight saving time that officially begins at 2:00 a.m. Eastern tomorrow. It magically goes to 3:00 a.m., so don't forget to push your clocks ahead before going to bed tonight. That is your warning, of course that means you'll lose an hour of sleep too.
We'll bring you more top stories in about 30 minutes. "IN THE MONEY" begins right now.
ANNOUNCER: From New York City, America's financial capital, this is IN THE MONEY.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to the program. I'm Jack Cafferty. Coming up on today's edition of IN THE MONEY. Fire away. These days companies treat layoffs like they're business as usual. It wasn't always that way. Find out why a pink slip could hit you and the place that hands it to you harder than you think.
Plus, going green to get the -- whole climate change thing is hotter than a July afternoon without an ozone layer. See how turning eco-friendly can pay off for business.
Plus a little something on the side. Today's top drugs come with a short list of benefits and a long list of side effects. See if the fix is worth all the nausea, dizziness and fatigue.
Joining me today, a couple of IN THE MONEY veterans: "Headline News" correspondent Jennifer Westhoven, and "Fortune" Magazine editor at large Andy Serwer.
How ironic our that our beloved elected representatives are debating immigration reform in the nations capital. We have somewhere between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants, indicating we haven't done much about controlling this problem since when 1986 when they gave out amnesty. A lot of people say this is much ado about nothing and at the end the bill will arrive on President Bush's desk. What do you think?
ANDY SEWER, EDITOR AT LARGE, "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE: Well you know what gets to me is that no one wants illegal aliens sneaking in the country. I think there's a certain amount of hysteria going on right now. I mean critics are saying they are driving up health care costs. Where's the evidence? They say they're taking jobs away from Americans. Where's the evidence? Unemployment rate is low. They say they are keeping wages low. Where's the evidence? Let's keep it real here, I think.
JENNIFER WESTHOVEN, "HEADLINE NEWS" CORRESPONDENT: I think there's been plenty of evidence in studies on terms of how much public benefits that illegal immigrants end up using. We've got this argument that we have lower labor costs but then there is also the strain on the taxpayer system. I think is really interesting about this, what are these kids doing in Los Angeles? Do they really care about this or do they just getting a free day off of school?
CAFFERTY: Well, I'm sure it's probably a little of each. I will tell you one thing on "THE SITUATION ROOM" which I appear on during the regular weekday, a lot of e-mail about all these Mexican flags being flown on the streets of America by people who may or may not be in this country legally.
There's an argument to be made. Our buddy Lou Dobbs makes it regularly. You either have borders that mean something or you don't. We have made no significant effort to enforce the borders of this nation. And now we're paying a price of it.
SERWER: I agree with that. I just think you got to have your facts lined up. I'm not sure that sometimes the truth is getting a little bit twisted right now. It's interesting how these issues come and go.
CAFFERTY: Plus there was some idiot school principal in Houston that actually raised the Mexican flag over the school building which got himself into a whole lot of trouble.
WESTHOVEN: Mexico, they don't want us there but they want us to allow everyone here. There is a lot of double standards when it comes to the Mexican government.
CAFFERTY: A bunch of nonsense.
The big corporate layoff was born as the last-ditch move in hard times, but it's become a great American tradition in the last 20 years. This week, General Motors announced it's wiping out 2,500 jobs this coming year. About 500 of those employees had to take a walk on Tuesday. Of course layoffs is much a part of working life in this country now as boring conversations in the office elevator. And the layoffs are a lot more harmful. Our next guest has been looking at their impact and it's now insignificant in a number of ways. Louis Uchitelle is an economics writer with the "The New York Times" and the author of the book "The Disposable American, Layoffs and Their Consequences." Lou, nice to have you back on the program.
LOUIS UCHITELLE, AUTHOR, "THE DISPOSABLE AMERICAN": Nice to be back.
CAFFERTY: How did layoffs become a regular part of the corporate landscape? There was a time in this country and it wasn't that long ago that there was some corporate loyalty to their employees and layoffs were kind of the court of last resort for companies that were one step out of bankruptcy. It's not that way anymore. How come?
UCHITELLE: No it isn't. In fact, management had a big hand in building job security in this country and then of course the global economy intervened, competition from other companies, and we began to deal with it with layoffs. And those layoffs essentially got out of hand. We took down the barriers. And what we -- and then we -- we lost sight of the costs. And, as I did this book, I came to realize the chief cost is you get laid off and you blame yourself. And there's a psychological damage there.
And our system reinforces that. We tell people, look, get yourself educated and retrained and there are good jobs out there at better pay, or good pay. That isn't the case. The supply of skilled workers in this country is greater than the demand for them.
WESTHOVEN: Do we have any areas on that where we know how to measure that kind of toll? I was talking about this with a colleague before the show. He said, this is the ultimate moment when you have just lost control of your life and you try to tell yourself this is good, that things can get better, but you're angry, you're really upset, and there's this huge human toll here that you've been talking about. Are there anyway right now that we have to try to measure that? All we hear is companies saying this is good. We don't hear about what it does to humans.
UCHITELLE: Well, as I was doing my reporting I found myself getting to know people who had been laid off, and I am not talking about poor people, I'm talking about the cream of the blue collar workforce, aviation mechanics, and white collar people earning high five and six-figure salaries. And in every case, I found myself in interviews that would last a couple of hours as people went back over and over again why they had been laid off, why it was their bad luck, what they had done wrong.
And I went to psychiatrist about it. And they said yes, we're running into this all the time. The American Psychiatric Association but they don't put a warning label on it like we put on cigarettes. It would be helpful if the major Psychiatric Associations -- and I -- they acknowledge they don't. If they said, look, you have to engage in layoffs for economic reasons, but please be aware of the human cost, the mental illness. We are undermining public health. SERWER: Lou, let me ask you, I mean, aren't we at a period of time where there's structural changes that actually mandate, require, if you will, that there are layoffs like this? I mean, you're talking about huge technological change, you are talking about competition from China and India that we've never had before. Maybe the executives at General Motors didn't have the foresight to see that but aren't these kinds of layoffs inevitable when you have this sort of sea change in economics?
UCHITELLE: There's no question that there's a sea change. There's no question that our companies are being affected by it. And there's no question that layoffs are inevitable. But I think many of them are just -- you're laying off ten people when three are enough.
I've run across any number of situations where a company comes to its employees and says -- not any number, but this happened at Boeing back in the mid-'90s. The company said, we have to get rid of "x" amount of labor costs before we get into layoffs. You find ways. You, the workers, find ways to cut those costs. A lot of them did. They found ways to move more quickly, use fewer materials, whatever.
CAFFERTY: Let me ask you about the decline of what we used to call the American dream. There's a school of thought that says the generation that will follow us will be the first one in our history that will have to endure a lower standard of living than any generation before it. One of the great things about this country has always been we've made it better for the people who have come after.
And that now, according to some economists, has simply become impossibility. Is that too harsh a reality for people who are looking at layoffs and globalization to have to come face-to-face with?
UCHITELLE: Well, this argument has come up, of course, before. It came up in the '80s when we had the shock of the rust belt. And now it's coming up again. I think it's sad. It's not harsh, it's sad. And it indicates that we aren't able to afford everything as we once did. One of the problems is unequal distribution of income. If we decide that we have $100 instead of $500 -- or, let me put it, $100 instead of $150, and we are still a very rich country, maybe we should start thinking about how to distribute that income better.
CAFFERTY: All right, we're going to have to leave it there, Lou. I appreciate you being on the program. Thank you for joining us again.
UCHITELLE: Thank you, I enjoyed being here.
CAFFERTY: Louis Uchitelle wrote "The Disposable American Layoffs and Their Consequences."
When we come back on IN THE MONEY, green change equals green cash. We'll look at why going eco-friendly isn't the big sacrifice some companies think it is.
Plus, hard to swallow. Find out whether all those drug side effects are a bigger deal than the benefits. And hot to trot, with that we find who is desperate to hook up at spring break. Oh this is getting seedy. See why they're chasing a bunch of poor college kids around the beaches. Back in a moment.
WESTHOVEN: Northern California's been sloshing around in record rainfall territory this week. It's not exactly dry in the southern part of the state either. These days, that's the kind of crazy weather that gets people talking about global warming and as more people start to think about it, companies are suddenly making a big deal about going green. But here's the hopeful idea we'll be talking about next. What's good for the planet can also be good for profits.
Joining us to talk about that, David Gardiner, a senior adviser to CERES, a network of investment funds, environmental groups and public interest groups. Thank you for joining us. I've got a big question here. Why the change? Are these companies really just doing it to be fashionable, to get in with the green crowd or is this really serious? Is this driving profits at this point?
DAVID GARDINER, SR ADVISOR, CERES: I think it's all about profits. We looked at a 100 companies recently in the U.S. and Europe. The companies that I think are the leaders in this area are the ones that see this as a tremendous business opportunity. We are going to deal with climate change in the coming years and decades. And it's going to mean that new technologies, clean technologies in particular, are huge business opportunity.
Let's just take a look, for example, at the top scoring U.S. Company, Dupont. This is a company that in the last ten or 15 years has reduced its emissions by 72 percent. While saving $2 billion at the same time. They've cut their energy use and they cut their pollution.
At the same time, they're also looking ahead for the future, for these new products that they think they're going to sell. New products like things like their Tyvek home wrap, which you see on buildings being built all over the place. They've got a new version that is 13 percent more energy efficient.
It saves 15 tons of carbon dioxide for every house it gets wrapped in. I think Dupont sees this as a gigantic business opportunity. They think, as the world demands cleaner energy technologies to deal with climate change, that they'll be making money using these new technologies.
SERWER: David, I want to take a step back. Excuse me for jumping in here. And talk about this issue. Because obviously global warming, the issue has been around for quite a while now. Is the debate over? Does everyone now acknowledge that global warming exists except for, say, lunatic fringe elements out there?
GARDINER: Well, I think there's a scientific consensus that global warming exists today and is going to worsen in the future if we don't find ways to use and produce energy much more cleanly than we do now. About 75 to 85 percent of the pollution that causes global warming comes from the use of energy.
So in order to tackle this problem, we need to make pretty dramatic changes in how we use and produce energy in the next 10 to 50 years. And that's going to create business opportunities for companies that are smart about it. General Electric has started up a significant new effort to market these technologies. They think by 2010, they're going to be selling $20 billion a year in climate- friendly technologies. These are engines that are more efficient, pollution control equipment and other kinds of technologies that are the kinds of things that we need to put in place in order to solve this problem.
CAFFERTY: You know it occurs to me, we had a similar conversation 30 years ago during the first oil embargo. We've got to do something about oil and carbon fuel consumption. We've got to cut back. We've got to come up with alternative energy sources.
And 30 years later, we're still burning more oil than ever and with the political and lobbying muscle that the big energy companies have in Washington and with the sympathetic ear that exists, at least today, to some of their arguments about all of this, why is the debate any different now than it was 30 years ago? It seems to me all we do is talk about this stuff, we haven't made much progress.
GARDINER: Well, I think it's different in the sense that global warming is a relatively new problem. And it's beginning to drive governments around the world to act, to begin to reduce emissions. In Europe last year, the instituted a new emissions trading program to reduce emissions and clean companies sold $5 billion worth of air pollution credits to dirtier companies. We see California adopting new emission standards for automobiles. The northeast has done the same for power plants.
These are new rules that are being put in place that businesses are going to have to comply with and smart companies are anticipating that already. They're designing strategies to try to figure out how to deal with it. And they're developing the new technologies that the world is going to be demanding as we address climate change and energy issues going into the future.
WESTHOVEN: OK, I couldn't help but notice, I'll be quick about this, that there are a lot of investment groups like mutual funds that are behind your group. How important is that, if you want to be -- if you're someone out there and want to do more than just recycle, how much power do these kinds of groups have, socially responsible funds, vis-a-vis, the environment, when it comes to dealing with these companies and telling them to change their act?
GARDINER: I think investors have been remarkably effective in the last few years in raising climate change as a critical strategic business issue for companies. They've been filing shareholder resolutions, writing to companies, meeting with companies, and engaging companies, saying, this is a critical business issue and you've got to develop a strategy for going forward with it.
I think there's many ways in which investors can be active and move companies in a good direction and that's been positive in the last couple of years.
CAFFERTY: David Gardiner, thank you for joining us. Nice to have you on the program.
GARDINER: Thank you.
CAFFERTY: Senior advisor to CERES.
Time now for this week's look ahead on Monday, the Congress department releases March auto sales and truck sales. Industry watchers taking a close look at those numbers to gauge consumer demand. The March employment report, a monthly big number out next Friday morning from the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Wall Street always watches closely the employment report. And also on Friday, spring break on Capitol Hill. Mercifully, they're going away. Congress starts its recess. They will all be out of town, therefore, unable to do further damage to our Republic until April the 24th.
CAFFERTY: Have a real nice time, yes bye-bye.
Coming up after the break as we continue, storm warning. Carnival cut its earning outlook after a major fire on one of its big ships. See if the company is cruising for a bruising.
And gigs versus gigabytes. Find out why the Beatles and Apple computer are in a nasty court showdown.
A whopper is no longer just a sandwich. We'll tell you about some tall tales of fast food as IN THE MONEY rolls on.
SERWER: It hasn't exactly been smooth sailing for Carnival Corporation this year. The cruise line owner announced Tuesday that a recent fire on its star princess ship will hurt the company's second quarter earnings. The stock sank about 5 percent on the news. Carnival shares are about 10 percent down already this year.
Just last week, the company reported a weak first quarter and a bleak outlook for earnings going forward. For bookings going forward, I should say. I guess you're supposed to buy stocks when they're down and cheap. This one is. You know this is a business that this is actually fared pretty well since 9/11 because of the downturn in the airline business. And it actually is a growing business where they're building bigger ships and more and more people are going on. So, you know, I think it's worth looking at.
WESTHOVEN: I can't figure out how much growth they can get if oil prices stay high. We got baby boomer, they're going to get old, want to go on ships. It's a nice quiet retirement. But how do you charge them and how do you get your margins up? CAFFERTY: The fire isn't t the only kind of head wind they're facing. They had this honeymoon couple, the guy disappeared over the side, and nobody knows what happened to him. And then all these ships trying to come back into port, everybody had those strange diseases ...
SERWER: Strange diseases.
CAFFERTY: Might make me think twice about jumping on one of these ships for extended period out there in the ocean with 3,000 people I don't know anything about.
SERWER: Some people like them and they got more and more stuff on them. Tennis courts, swimming pools, all kinds of stuff. Obviously way beyond that. There are two big players here; you know there is Carnival and Royal Caribbean. They're both out of Miami. If you look over the past five years, they're both up about 70 to 100 percent almost double.
So there's something there. You know, one is bigger. Carnival's bigger than Royal Caribbean. Carnival's bigger by about a factor of four. So -- but the smaller one, Royal Caribbean, is growing faster. I don't know, though. I mean, is this the kind of stock you would buy?
CAFFERTY: Got those pirates out there, too, remember, pirate ships attacking some cruises.
SERWER: So lets review here, pirates, strange diseases, fires, sexual assaults ...
CAFFERTY: Missing passengers, guy's going over the side, leaving little blood stains. I don't know.
SERWER: I think I'll buy an airline stock and I swore I'd never do that.
CAFFERTY: There you go.
SERWER: We will leave at that.
OK, coming up on IN THE MONEY, snooze control. We'll look at what Americans want from their drugs and what their drugs are actually delivering.
Plus, cheap dates. Kids in college are famous for being broke. See why marketers are chasing them anyway.
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CAFFERTY: Well, if you believe those annoying ads we see on television all the time, there's a lot of drugs out there that can fix all your problems and a few you don't even have yet. What you might miss while those commercial characters are dancing through a field of flowers is the verbal fine print. That would be the side effects that these drugs can cause.
Doctor John Abramson is a clinic instructor at Harvard Medical School, and he is also author of "Overdosed America, the Broken Promise of American Medicine." Doc, nice to have you with us. Good to have you on IN THE MONEY.
DR. JOHN ABRAMSON, AUTHOR, "OVERDOSED AMERICA:" Great to be with you, Jack.
CAFFERTY: Is it that there are more bad side effects or is it that we're just more aware of the potential bad side effects because of these annoying TV commercials?
ABRAMSON: I think it's both, Jack. Drugs, really, they're being sold like widgets and what's driving so much of the drug use, it be sleeping pills or ADD drugs is marketing that's going on to the people, not documented medical necessity.
CAFFERTY: But the doctors are the court of last resort on this. If I go running in based on some TV commercial, say, you got to give me a box full of these watch a ma calls its, isn't it up to him to say, you don't need that, take two aspirin and come back tomorrow?
ABRAMSON: The doctor writes the prescriptions that are for sure. But we know that when a patient comes in and requests a specific prescription, they get it 45 to 80 percent of the time, so doctors can't put up much of a fight. The real problem Jack is that the best information that is available to the doctors is coming from the drug companies, and it is coming mostly through their most respected journals, through the research that the drug companies have sponsored.
SERWER: But wait a minute John; I mean forget about the journals. Isn't this really an FDA problem? They're not picking up side effects of drugs, and then what is their whole testing program all about?
ABRAMSON: That's a good question, Andy. The FDA is supposed to pick up side effects when they approve new drugs and after drugs are marketed. The problem is that the FDA is structurally incapable of doing that now because more than half of the budget of the division of the FDA that does those two functions is now paid for directly by the drug companies.
WESTHOVEN: John, I was just really surprised by one of the examples that I saw that you have, which is about the National Sleep Foundation. Purporting to give doctors and patients all this information about sleep, what's best used. You essentially say this is a pill-pushing machine that's 70 percent funded by the pharmaceutical company. How pervasive is that?
ABRAMSON: That's enormously pervasive, Jennifer. We see so many of the nonprofit organizations that advertise as -- or present their information as if they're there to benefit the public. Really, funded by the drug and medical industries. And their real function is to represent the economic interests of their main contributors.
CAFFERTY: But whose fault is that that they are taking advantage of the rules that govern the playing field that they're on? I mean these policies originate in the nations capital and the permissiveness for medical companies to drive prescription drug information and oil companies to make energy policy, that's all set in Washington, D.C., you can't blame the corporations for just playing by the rules they're given, can you?
ABRAMSON: Jack, I agree with you 100 percent. I think the drug companies are magnificent at fulfilling their primary responsibility, which is to maximize the return on investment to their shareholders. And they do it very well, sometimes there's fraud, sometimes they cross the line. I agree with you 100 percent that it's the regulatory environment that they conduct their activities in that's the problem.
Teddy Roosevelt dealt with this a 100 years ago when he stood up to the railroad, coal and steel industries when they had amassed so much wealth and power that they could distort markets and make money without providing social value. Now we're at the same problem with the drug and medical industries.
SERWER: All right, Doctor what if I made you America's drug czar? What exactly would you do right now?
ABRAMSON: There's one thing we could do that would really help to straighten things out. If we simply had -- when research was done, commercially sponsored research, drug company sponsored research was done, before an article was accepted by a medical journal, if we simply had the results audited by independent statisticians and researchers who could go over all the data.
Because right now peer review doesn't work because the peer reviewers and the editors in the medical journals don't get to see all the data. The authors of the articles, the authors who write those articles, even our best journals, often don't get to see their own data.
CAFFERTY: We talked about one of these side effects here in the studio a few moments ago. Can you really take one of these sleeping pills and get up in the middle of the night and eat a roast beef sandwich and some potato salad and have a glass of Pepsi and go back to bed and wake up the next day and not have any idea you've done that? Is that a real deal?
ABRAMSON: Evidently, Jack, you can do that and you can drive down to the corner store, buy it and eat it down there and come back. I think those are rare side effects.
CAFFERTY: Let's hope so.
ABRAMSON: I think the real issue here is the economic side effects. So the best data is that we're wasting about $600 billion a year on health care that's either unnecessary or harmful to Americans' health, $600 billion that is an enormous amount. That's what the defense department spends each year.
CAFFERTY: I was just going to say, we've got midterm elections coming up in a few months. If the public watching this program is serious about wanting to change the status quo, there's a chance to do it. Why do I think nothing will be any different the day after the election than it is right now? I guess it is the way we are.
ABRAMSON: Yes because there's so much commercial money in the electoral process. What we need is for the American public to stand up for their rights. Democracy isn't given to us; it's got to be earned. If the American people start to educate themselves about how our medical care is commercially driven, then I think candidates will emerge that really represent the American people's interest and not just the medical industry's interest.
CAFFERTY: Oh that would be nice. Overdosed America, the broken promise of American medicine. Dr. John Abramson of the Harvard Medical School. Thank you, nice to have you with us.
ABRAMSON: It's a pleasure to be with you, thanks so much.
CAFFERTY: All right. Plenty more ahead here on IN THE MONEY, coming up next looking for love. Some big companies are trying to win over the spring break crowd. See why marketing the college kids can mean reaching the rest of us as well.
And the guy who says he's living the life you want. Find out how he got it, on our "Life After Work" segment.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) SERWER: If you think spring break is all about tequila shots and wet T-shirt contests -- and I know you do -- guess again. For marketers, it's about cashing in on the most desired demographic around: young adults. For more on this, let's talk to Sharon Lee, co-founder of Look-Look, a youth culture research and marketing firm. Welcome to the program. Can you tell us exactly how Madison Avenue is reaching out to these young folks?
SHARON LEE, CO-FOUNDER, LOOK-LOOK: Well, they're reaching out in a number of different ways. Let's talk about the sheer body count. There are over 80 million twenty to thirty something's in the United States.
So this is a huge population that is bigger than the entire general population of the U.K. They're reaching out in every way they can. Spring break happens to be one of those times when they want to get all of them. They think they can get all them in one place. So there's an onslaught of marketing.
CAFFERTY: There are a lot of people in China and India, too, but they don't have any money. There's a conventional wisdom that college kids are terminally busted, scraping around on day-old pizza and warm beer and not doing the laundry until they can find change for a dollar. Now, why is Madison Avenue intent on chasing kids who the conventional wisdom has it are borderline poverty cases?
LEE: Well, I think that that conventional wisdom might be a little off because they do have quite a bit of spending power and not only their own dollars, but they have quite a bit of influence over what their parents spend, as well as, I think, the culture at large is influenced by what young people are buying. So young people are influencing really young teenagers, as well as baby boomers are looking to youth culture to get cues on what to buy.
WESTHOVEN: And do you think that's a shift in our culture? What's going on with that? We just had a big cover story in a New York magazine recently that said people up until their 40s now are trying to act like they're young, they are listening to young bands, they are dressing like their young. What happened here?
CAFFERTY: Look at Andy.
SERWER: Oh, yes, baby.
LEE: Well I think the baby boomers are the first generation that was schooled by the same media culture that young people are. So we all watch the same movies, watch the TV shows, are interested in the same brands. And I think it's the first adult generation that's really saying, hey, you know what, I may be getting older, but I really love this music and really interested in this fashion. And I want to hang on to that.
SERWER: But, Sharon, the way that advertisers are going to get these people, though, is very different, isn't it? I mean, the strategies. There's these viral marketing campaigns. I love that phrase, what does that mean, viral marketing campaigns? Internet with these little video clips, they send people into bars to drink things and pretend like they're just innocent college students, if you can imagine. Can you talk about how marketing is changing?
LEE: Marketing has changed quite a bit. It's because there has been kind of a decline of relevance of traditional media. You don't have the audience kind of captured with three networks and a handful of ...
CAFFERTY: Are you talk about us here?
SERWER: Not cable TV.
LEE: Not cable, you're part of what they're into.
LEE: Yes, but no, so there is -- media's very fractured. And because the Internet is so empowering for young people, they really don't have to listen to a couple of sources.
CAFFERTY: How are they making this big push for spring break specifically? What are they doing to snare all those scantily clad kids on the beaches?
LEE: Well, I think marketers look at spring break as kind of this big boon opportunity. They think, a-ha, I've got them all in one place at the same time and I want to, you know, just get as many messages out there as I can.
Now, that's not just one marketer. There are thousands of marketers who have that same idea. And so, you know it just creates a lot of noise for the consumers and I would say more than, you know, 80 percent of the marketing done at spring break is not meaningful marketing. I mean, it's essentially a one-night stand with the consumer. You're ...
SERWER: So to speak.
LEE: Yes so you show up, you're not invited, you know, you're free and easy. So will they respect you in the morning? I don't think so.
SERWER: Such a metaphor here.
CAFFERTY: Maybe they'll lose your number if you're lucky and they won't bother you anymore.
WESTHOVEN: All right. Sharon Lee, co-founder of Look-Look, thank you so much.
Switching gears, Tom Patty says he lives on the island side of life. The retired ad executive spends most of his time biking, sailing, playing music. He also helps others live the good life. He's a small business counselor for the Orange County Service Corps of Retired Executives. His story is this week's "Life after Work" segment.
TOM PATTY: Living on the island side of life.
WESTHOVEN (voice-over): Tom Patty is living his dream. Retired in southern California.
PATTY: It's a place where I feel so alive.
I was never one of these people who lived to work and I always had a great time every weekend and I figured if every day can be a weekend that would be a good life.
WESTHOVEN: Tom used to be an ad agency president. But he was always actively planning to just bike, sail, and play his guitar in retirement.
PATTY: Once I stopped working, I got more into music and somebody taught me how to write a song. I liked that. It was really neat. I wrote 15 or so songs. Whittled it down to 10 and decided they weren't awful and then I got a guy from the Beach Boys to help me produce a CD. It was a wonderful experience, it was really terrific.
WESTHOVEN: Tom's album didn't hit the charts but he got to do something that he loves, writing songs that capture his laid back lifestyle.
PATTY: It's a place where I feel so alive
WESTHOVEN: Living in the O.C., Tom proves life after work can be one long weekend.
PATTY: This is my 2,365th day of being on retirement. Very good friend of mine had a great idea, start a journey when you retire and I've done it every day. At the end of every day, I write, another great day in Dana Point.
This is where I belong living on the island side of life
WESTHOVEN: Coming up on IN THE MONEY, Apple jacked. Why two global brands went to court over a little old logo. "Brainstorm" is just ahead.
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SERWER: It was a tale of two apples in London this week as the legends of the music world went head to head with the legends of the computer world. Apple Corps, owned by the Beatles, is suing Apple Computer over its iTunes service. Two previous suits led to Apple Computer making promises to steer clear of certain parts of the music business. The Beatles say iTunes violates that agreement. Jim Boulden sorts it all out for us.
JIM BOULDEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It has been a long and winding road for Apple Corps and Apple Computers. The two have been in and out of court for a quarter of a century. Fighting over the use of the Apple name and hashing out agreements on how each Apple could use its trademark.
In a London court Wednesday, the Beatles' record label alleged Apple Computer has become a de facto music company, via its iTunes service. And says using the Apple brand on iTunes is in direct violation of a 1991 agreements.
DAVID ROSE, S.J. BERWIN: What we now have, because of technological advance, is we have this clash that was not clearly contemplated in the early 1990s when the early settlement was done.
BOULDEN: iTunes has boasted 1 billion songs downloads, some 75 percent of all legal downloads. So increasingly, its grip on the market has annoyed music makers. Some say the judge who admits to owning an iPod should side with the Beatles, who use the Apple name to sell music long before Apple Computer was born.
MARK STEPHENS, FINER STEPHENS INNOCENT: I think this should be a slam-dunk case for Apple Corp, the Beatles company. The Apple Computer Company seemed to have strayed beyond the bounds of where they should be. They should be in the bounds of selling computers.
BOULDEN: But others say the Beatles brand cannot be heard by iTunes.
HUGH DAVIES: It used to be all you need is love in 1967 and now it's purely money. Which is a shame.
BOULDEN: But Apple Computer and its supporters say it isn't in the business of making music.
JONNY EVANS, MACWORLD: You can buy music and you can listen to muse being but they're not saying this is music we have made. Neither is they saying that these are things publishing somebody else's music. They're distributing music for other distributors.
BOULDEN: The star witness for the Beatles is the group's former road manager and now the head of Apple Corp, Neil Aspenwall. His company is asking for unspecified amount of money for damages from Apple Computer, Apple Computer has already paid more than $26 million to the Beatles to settle the previous trademark suits.
If the judge sides with the Beatles and Apple Corp, then Apple Computer could be forced to remove the Apple brand from all iTunes services. Or, indeed, it could be forced to spin iTunes off completely from Apple.
Jim Boulden, CNN, London.
SERWER: Coming up next on IN THE MONEY, look back in laughter. Allen Wastler of Money.com is going to remind us how much fun Google used to be before it got all serious on us.
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CAFFERTY: A lot of workers across the country may have missed out on some office pranks being that April Fools' Day fell over the weekend this year. But don't worry we can still laugh at others expense; Allen Wastler is here with some of the biggest corporate pranks in history. In this weeks "Inside Out."
ALLEN WASTLER, MONEY.COM: You know, April fools', we have the weekend going. Actually there have been some pretty clever things, corporations have done. The latest thing has been Google. In 2002, they did a press release; remember this one, saying that they were going to reveal the secret behind their searching technology. Pigeons specially trained.
Then the next year they followed it up, they put out a jobs want ad for people to land their new lunar station. And then the next year they had a for real announcement on April fools' about their new mail service but nobody believed it because it was on April fools day.
WESTHOVEN: I bet they thought that was funny.
WASTLER: Some are still trying. Loaduscars (ph) is going to come out this weekend with its new pickup truck version.
SERWER: $180,000 truck.
WASTLER: But we went and looked at some of the greatest ones that were around. I sort of voted for Burger King when they took out a full-page ad and they came out with the left-handed whopper. Same as the original whopper, but just -- they put condiment on 180 degrees.
SERWER: Oh, yes.
WASTLER: And then Taco Bell saying that it bought the rights to the Liberty Bell and from now on it would be the Taco Liberty Bell.
That's a good one.
It's always the media that comes up with the best one. And the grand daddy of them, there was "Sports Illustrated" ...
SERWER: Yes, loved that. WASTLER: But BBC began. Got to tip the hat to BBC, in 1957, when they came out and they did a package on the great Swiss spaghetti harvest.
CAFFERTY: A 1,000 years ago, I was the news director at a television station at Des Moines, Iowa. I also did the 6:00 and 10:00 news. This was a legitimate idea that I tried to get sold to the -- there were three stations in the market. My idea for April Fools' Day was to switch all the anchor crews but never say a word. Have the Channel 4 guys show up on Channel 8, Channel 8 guys show up -- of two the three stations agreed to do it and the one I was working for was the humorless outfit that canceled the whole thing. It might be kind of fun.
WASTLER: It would be tremendous. Oh, well.
CAFFERTY: What is the "Fun Site of the Week?"
WASTLER: We found an interesting little site. It's a little complicated. But you upload your photo and it will do an analysis, run it through a database and tell you what celebrity your facial structure represents. I was Bruce Willis. I was also Rosanna Arquette.
I happen to keep photos of all of you handy. We ran you through. You actually are similar to Jennifer Anniston, Cameron Diaz. Also Andy Warhol.
WASTLER: So. Andy ...
WESTHOVEN: That's not bad.
WASTLER: We uploaded you, too, dude.
SERWER: Oh, no.
WASTLER: Neil diamond.
WESTHOVEN: Yes, I am, I said.
WASTLER: Patrick Swayze, you dog, you. And also Yogi Bear.
SERWER: I think, therefore I'm not.
WASTLER: And of course Jack. We ran you through. Actually, Bill Clinton. John Goodman.
CAFFERTY: Oh, no.
WASTLER: And of course that's the best one, John Wayne, baby.
CAFFERTY: There you go.
WASTLER: Anyway, it's lots of fun. CAFFERTY: Plenty of fun. All right, time now to read your answers to our question of the week about what ordinary American consumers can do to help win the war on terror.
Jeff wrote this, "I think ordinary Americans can do a lot to help by keeping our eyes and ears open for suspicious activity in public places. The trouble is, most of us don't know what to look for. CNN should do more stories that inform the public about this." Get real.
Patricia in South Carolina wrote, "We can buy products that help reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources. We can also put pressure on our politicians to create more sound foreign policies." That won't work because they don't -- they're not capable.
CAFFERTY: And Aaron wrote, "There's really nothing we can do. But I do suggest that we all hire a skilled mental health expert to help us realize that the mass media is really feeding us false hope over ever winning this war."
Here is next week's e-mail question of the week, "How can the U.S. government inspire American corporations to hire more American workers?" Send your answers to firstname.lastname@example.org. You should also visit our show page at CNN.com/inthemoney, which is where you will find the address of our "Fun Site of the Week."
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As discussions continue on closing bars, and their owners' responsibility to stop people from congregating outside, Allan Campbell, owner of the Carat Shed bar in Marabella, is urging government to rethink its policy.
Campbell said with covid19 cases rising daily and the lack of enough vaccines to attain herd immunity anytime soon, bars cannot remain open with no customers indefinitely.
“We cannot afford an indefinite covid19 lockdown,” he said in an interview with Newsday.
Campbell said he sympathised with the call of Satesh Moonasar, president of the Barkeepers and Owners Association (BOATT), for a ban on alcohol consumption in public and an open-container policy to prevent congregating outside bars – but he totally disagrees.
“If you ban alcohol consumption in public, it means that people can only consume alcohol in private spaces, like a residence. What sense would it make for a customer to come to a bar to buy a drink if he or she cannot consume it on the premises or outside, but has to go home to do so?
“Let’s be practical. Supermarkets sell the same products cheaper than the bars. So you want to tell me our customers are so loyal they would come to the bar, pay a higher price and take it home?”
Campbell said there are approximately 6,000 bars which employ at least 21,000 people, some of whom have been out of work for the past year, and that must be taken into consideration.
He said before restrictions are applied, consideration must also be given to the fact that Trinidadians are not a disciplined people.
“Tobagonians may be a little more disciplined, but we are a happy-go-lucky people. We like to fete. We fete at birth, we fete at funerals and we fete in between. So don’t try to change our culture.
“You give a Trini an inch and they would take a yard. Bar owners have no power to control customers within the parameters of the bar, and I don’t expect we should put that additional workload on the police.
“Covid19 is not going to leave us anytime soon. We have to learn to live with the covid. The narrative has to change, we have to discuss and find ways to live with it.
"Trying to change the culture of citizens overnight is not the answer," Campbell insisted.


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Just Find It is a game whose title tells you just what you are letting yourself in for with its gaming activity. Using a variety of modes you will be asked to find appropriate items within different situations and various locations. Developed by Tiny Little Lion, this puzzle Hidden Object game comes with a Collector's Edition designation. However unlike most other C.E. branded titles, Just Find It limits its bonus items to just Soundtracks and Wallpaper features.
Just Find It divides its Hidden Object content into four different types of game play action. These modes are entitled Difference, Swap, Match and Detail with each one requiring a different type of action in order to proceed. Depending upon your choice of action you could be asked to look for differences in images, swap elements, find matches and search for details. You can either view a choice of all the four formats or target a specific one for your game playing activity.
In my case I opted to start with Difference mode. This particular one offered the largest choice of available location with 50 from which to make a selection. Included in the choices are a Fish Market, Zoo Map, Pickled Cucumber and American Dolls which gives some idea as to range of locations on offer.
Usually when tackling a Spot the Difference type puzzle, you expect to be shown a pair of similar scenes but Just Find It can sometimes offer three or even more scenes from which you need to spot 14 differences. These differences could be found in any of the displayed scenes. In some instances you may be asked to find five items of a specific type such as a button, pumpkin, snail or corgi dog.
Moving from Difference, Swap mode will give you a choice of 12 locations. This time you get to select scenes designated as Statues in London or German villages amongst others. Rather than limiting the swap process to a single scene, you could find yourself needing to move various pieces between two different scenes in order to complete the puzzle. No limit is imposed on the number of required swaps and progress will be indicated by a percentage score.
Match mode also features a choice of 12 locations which are based on topics such as sliced bread, socks and chocolate featured among them. In each location you will need to find 24 pairs of items. Some of the required items may well be concealed underneath other items which will need to be moved aside.
The 4th mode, entitled Detail, is made up of 16 locations. Included amongst these scenes are those identified as mugs, doughnuts, stamps and vegan cuisine. Each location is made up a main scene plus 12 small images representing an area from the main scene. You need to find the area representing the smaller images.
When playing the various Difference and Swap location, you will have access to tools made up of Settings, Home, Instructions and Hint. When playing the Match and Detail locations then this list of tools will be added to with a Zoom tool to help aid any necessary searches.
I feel this game is best suited to short playing sessions as you set about completing one of the locations for a particular mode. I downloaded my copy of the game from Gamehouse.com where it is priced at $19.99. It is also available from Big Fish Games priced at £15.86. The game requires a 2.0 GHz processor with 4096MB of RAM and 1.01GB of hard disk space running Windows 7 and later.
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Liberty is more than freedom. Liberty is freedom with responsibility. It means that you are free to pursue your dreams and keep the fruit of your labor, and to pass that fruit on to your children. Above this however, it means governing yourself. It is self-responsibility and self-governance, and the freedom to pursue your dreams is your reward. Liberty doesn't mean anarchy. Liberty isn't the freedom from work or duty. Liberty doesn't mean you don't have a responsibility to take care of yourself. Liberty is the single most precious gift you can give another person. It is the freedom to succeed, and the freedom to fail and learn, and to try again. The reason so many people try to immigrate to America is because we give them the gift of liberty.
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Oral Surgery Cypress, CA
Oral surgery can address several different dental issues that have persisted over time. This solution may be able to address any jaw, bone, or teeth irregularities. If you have chronic dental problems that have not responded to non-invasive treatment, oral surgery may be right for you.
Oral surgery is available at Premier Smiles Dentistry in Cypress and the surrounding area. For many patients, oral surgery is the solution they need after other dental treatments have failed. Call us today at (714) 503-8044 to learn more and schedule an appointment.
Understanding Oral Surgery
As recognized by the American Dental Association, oral and maxillofacial surgery deals with diagnosing and treating diseases, injuries, and defects involving the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. "Oral" refers to the mouth, and "maxillofacial" refers to the jaw and face. Since the field may address both aesthetic and functional areas of these regions, there are many different types of oral and maxillofacial surgeries. Oral surgery is a long-established and well-researched area of study that is safe when conducted by a qualified professional.
“Because the field may address both aesthetic and functional areas of these regions, there are many different types of oral and maxillofacial surgeries.”
Reasons for Oral Surgery
Oral surgery may help with several conditions. Some of the most common include:
- Tooth Loss. Losing natural teeth can erode the jawbone over time, making deterioration an inevitability. Dental implants can prevent this from happening by anchoring the false teeth to the jawbone and stabilizing them.
- Impacted Teeth. Teeth are "impacted" when they become trapped between the jawbone and the gum tissue. Usually, this happens because the tooth has not emerged in proper alignment or entirely through the gumline. Generally, dentists will recommend patients have these removed.
- Orthodontics. Oral surgery is sometimes necessary when braces are not enough to correct malocclusion (a misaligned bite). In such cases, a dental professional works with a surgeon to build a personalized treatment plan for the patient's orthognathic surgery (corrective jaw surgery).
It is important to remember that the above list is not exhaustive. Patients should consult with a professional to ensure which treatment option is right for them.
“Oral surgery may help with several conditions.”
Preparing for Oral Surgery
Oral surgery can be a complicated process. Taking a few easy steps can help simplify the process. Patients should maintain open and honest channels of communication with their dental professional at all times. There is no shame in asking questions. Being informed about what is going to happen and why can do a great deal to assuage any fears.
Those who will undergo sedation should not eat or drink anything, including water, after midnight the evening before surgery. Fasting prevents the chances of aspiration, a rare complication of anesthesia in which the lungs fill with the contents of the stomach. However, a small sip of water to take medication during the fast is permissible.
“There is no shame in asking questions. Being informed about what is going to happen and why can do a great deal to assuage any fears.”
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What to Expect from Oral Surgery
Many patients find it benefits them to arrive at least 20 minutes early on the day of the surgery, allowing them to complete any paperwork and relax. Additionally, patients with removable dental devices should come with a container to store them in during surgery.
Patients who will be undergoing sedation should arrive wearing loose, short-sleeved clothing to assist staff in taking vital signs and administering the IV. It may also be necessary for nurses to put blood pressure cuffs on the patient to monitor them during the procedure.
“Many patients find it benefits them to arrive at least 20 minutes early on the day of the surgery, allowing them to complete any paperwork and relax.”
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Recovering from Oral Surgery
Patients should plan to spend the day resting after oral surgery. The drowsiness of the sedative will likely last all day, making it important for patients to avoid doing anything that requires concentration. Patients should also refrain from straining to avoid dislodging any blood clots and causing bleeding. They should also keep their heads elevated whenever they are lying down.
Above all, it is crucial to follow the dentist's instructions for your individualized treatment plan. If you contract a fever, develop pus, or notice your swelling and bruising getting worse after three days, call our office right away.
“Patients should plan to spend the rest of the day resting after oral surgery.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How long will my face swelling last after oral surgery?
A. Facial swelling is likely in the first 24 hours following oral surgery. Typically, this lasts for five to seven days, with varying degrees of intensity. Once the swelling has subsided, you will probably notice some bruising. This should fade considerably by the 10-day mark.
Q. When can I return to my normal diet after oral surgery?
A. Most patients can return to their regular diet about a week after oral surgery. This is a gradual change, and you should avoid any spicy or acidic foods until then. You will need to stick to liquids and soft foods for the first two days following surgery. You can start incorporating low-chew foods on day three.
Q. What causes a "dry socket" after oral surgery?
A. "Dry sockets," or alveolar osteitis, are blood clots that appear in extraction sites and break down prematurely. These usually result from overexertion, smoking, and poor oral hygiene during the postoperative period. Sometimes, they happen without a clear cause. Symptoms include bad breath, foul odor and taste, and increased pain. If you suspect you have developed a "dry socket," contact our office immediately.
Q. Is oral surgery painful?
A. Patients are under anesthesia during oral surgery, meaning you will not feel any pain during the procedure. However, you will likely feel some pain and discomfort after surgery once the anesthetic has worn off. Our team can give you recommendations or prescribe appropriate medication to help manage this pain.
Q. Can I drive myself to and from my oral surgery?
A. No. Patients should make plans for someone they trust to drive them to and from the procedure. Anesthetics and sedatives can negatively affect one's ability to drive, making it dangerous to be on the road.
Oral Surgery Terminology
- Crown Lengthening
- Crown lengthening is the procedure in which a professional removes an overgrowth of gum tissue from the teeth to make the teeth appear longer.
- Facial Trauma
- Facial trauma can occur when someone is hit in the face by a ball or accidental elbow, along with smashing the face into objects such as a wall or steering wheel.
- Impacted Wisdom Teeth Extraction
- Removing an impacted wisdom tooth is crucial for the patient’s health and well-being since an impacted wisdom tooth will continue to grow in a crooked direction, causing pain. This surgery involves
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition in which the individual has difficulty breathing during sleep and experiences a variety of symptoms due to it, including loud snoring.
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Reconstructive surgery involves multiple procedures to rebuild or correct the structure of the mouth, teeth and jaw.
- Rubber Dam
- A rubber dam is a dental tool that separates the individual tooth from the rest of the mouth during the surgery to prevent anything from spilling into the mouth.
- Unequal Jaw Growth Surgery
- Unequal jaw growth surgery will involve moving all or part of the upper/lower jaw to a more-balanced position that promotes health and better functionality.
Learn More Today
Sometimes, only oral surgery can adequately address your dental issues. We at Premier Smiles Dentistry may be able to help. Call us today at 714-503-8044 to learn more and schedule an appointment.
Helpful Related Links
- American Dental Association (ADA). Glossary of Dental Clinical Terms. 2023
- American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry® (AACD). Home Page. 2023
- WebMD. WebMD’s Oral Care Guide. 2023
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