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"They're just going to go to the salary they wanted to do in the first place," said Alan Johnson, a financial compensation expert who runs the consulting firm Johnson & Associates. "The only reason you would change it because of the tax law is because you never believed in bonuses." |
One of Netflix's shareholders is now suing the company, alleging the cash bonuses were improperly doled out. |
The City of Birmingham Relief and Retirement System filed a lawsuit earlier this month claiming that Netflix "rigged the compensation process, guaranteeing Netflix officers huge cash payments while misleading investors into believing that these payments were justified by attainment of real performance goals." |
Netflix did not immediately respond to request for comment on the suit. |
Netflix is one of the only companies to make the bonus change in the aftermath of the tax overhaul, said Dan Marcec, director of content at Equilar, an executive data firm. |
Marcec doesn't expect many companies to eliminate performance bonuses either since they're a tool to reward executives for creating shareholder value. |
In 2016, the median performance-based executive compensation package was more than five times the median salary for S&P 500 companies, according to Equilar. |
Police have launched an appeal after a violent attack on a homeless man in Norwich. |
A vicious attack in Norwich where a homeless man had to be taken to hospital after he was kicked in the head has been condemned by police, charities and city leaders. |
The 60-year-old victim, described by police as “vulnerable and defenceless”, was set upon while he was sat in his sleeping bag underneath a bridge in the early hours of the morning. |
The man had to be taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital with head injuries after the attack, which Norfolk police said was totally unprovoked. |
Police said the attack happened underneath the south side of the Novi Sad Friendship bridge, which connects King Street to Riverside. |
It happened at around 1.30am on Wednesday and police are appealing for witnesses to get in touch. |
Pc Keith Oldmeadow, of Norfolk police, said; “This appears to have been a totally unprovoked attack on a vulnerable, defenceless homeless man, resulting in him needing hospital treatment. |
The attack was condemned by charities which work with the homeless and by the city councillor working to help keep people off the streets. |
“But this sort of attack is unacceptable. We need to remind people that they are only ever a couple of steps away from becoming homeless themselves; it’s something which can happen very easily. |
“This sort of attack should be condemned and I certainly hope the wider community will help the police to bring those responsible to justice, so they can be made an example of. |
Mr Sweeting said the fear of attack is one of the biggest worries for the people who sleep rough on the city’s streets. |
Brenda Arthur, Norwich City Council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for housing, also condemned the attack. |
She said: “It’s appalling. I do not understand what brings people to do this kind of thing. It’s hard enough for people living on the streets without this happening. |
“This is someone who has found somewhere quiet to bed down, not making any trouble, and for someone to decide to beat them up is shocking. |
It is not the first time that homeless people have been attacked in Norwich. |
Last Christmas Eve, a 28-year-old Good Samaritan stepped in to stop two men who were assaulting a homeless man close to the Job Centre Plus in Pottergate and was himself assaulted. |
And in January 2002, Big Issue seller Keith Swan, 32, was repeatedly punched and kicked by at the corner of Brazengate and Queen’s Road in Norwich. |
He died from head injuries at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, two days after the attack and two men were jailed after they admitted manslaughter. |
Anyone who has information about the attack at the Friendship Bridge should call PC Keith Oldmeadow at Norfolk police on 0845 456 4567 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. |
SNEAK PEEK … THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK: Monday: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and First Lady Melania Trump will participate in the delivery of the White House Christmas tree. The president and vice president will have lunch. Tuesday: TRUMP will participate in the presentation of the National Thanksgiving Turkey and then he will fl... |
SUNDAY BEST … PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP sat down with CHRIS WALLACE on “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” … He gave himself an A+ when Wallace asked him how he measures up with presidents like FDR, Abe Lincoln, George Washington and Ronald Reagan. |
TRUMP: “It’s very light, it’s fake news, it’s disgusting fake news. I read a front page story in the Washington Post, they never even called me, nobody ever calls me. You know, they hear – I don’t even think they have sources I think they just make it up like it’s fiction. And I will tell you I’m extremely upbeat, the ... |
-- REP.-ELECT JOE NEGUSE (D-COLO.) tells CBS’ MARGARET BRENNAN on “FACE THE NATION” that he will support NANCY PELOSI: “Look I -- it’s fascinating to me that it’s the question that we got most often, at least the Democrats did, here during orientation, which is particularly interesting since there’s no other candidate ... |
REP.-ELECT CHRISSY HOULAHAN (D-PA.) also told Brennan she'd support Pelosi: "Right now she's the only person who's running so it would appear as though that's where my vote would go. And right now I believe that she's an effective person in that job. ... I believe right now it looks as though it's heading in the direct... |
-- PELOSI has to be feeling good. People keep coming out in support of her, while the "rebel" letter is nowhere to be found. |
MAKING FRIENDS … ALEX THOMPSON: “Ocasio-Cortez backs campaign to primary fellow Democrats”: “Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday threw her weight behind a new national campaign to mount primaries against incumbent Democrats deemed to be ideologically and demographically out of step with their districts. |
-- IT WILL BE INTERESTING to see if AOC will pay DCCC dues. |
-- SABRINA RODRIGUEZ: “Trump’s Mexico-Canada deal hits trouble in Congress”: “Democrats, whose votes Trump needs to pass the deal in the House, say they want to see stronger protections against pollution and climate change, improved labor standards in Mexico and certainty that the U.S. will regain jobs lost to Mexico. ... |
“Meanwhile, a group of 40 Republicans is protesting new protections for LGBT workers that Canada insisted on, potentially imperiling some GOP support. |
-- KYLE CHENEY: “Republicans battle to defend Trump from threat of impeachment”: “The audition to become President Donald Trump’s most visible defender in Congress — and lead the fight against any impeachment proceedings — is in full swing. |
MARK MAZZETTI and MAGGIE HABERMAN SCOOP on NYT A25: “Top White House Official Involved in Saudi Sanctions Resigns”: “A top White House official responsible for American policy toward Saudi Arabia resigned on Friday evening, a move that may suggest fractures inside the Trump administration over the response to the bruta... |
-- MORE RYAN-WORLD WEDDING NEWS … JENNA SAKWA and JAKE KASTAN got married yesterday at Franklin Hills Country Club in Franklin, Mich. Jake is Ryan’s political director, and Jenna is director of media affairs. Dan Senor led the hora in his New York Jets kippah. |
SPOTTED: Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer, Liz Kenigsberg, Adam Hodge, Max Gleischman and Rachel Racusen, Brent Colburn, Max Lesko, Allison Zellman, Dan Kanninen, Cody Keenan, Kristen Bartoloni, Buffy Wicks, Paulette Aniskoff, Diana Doukas, Jeremy Bird, Betsy Hoover, Tom Reynolds, Kip Wainscott and Amy Dudley, Dan and Meg Reil... |
CARLA MARINUCCI in LOS ANGELES, “RIP, California GOP: Republicans lash out after midterm election debacle: ‘There is no message. There is no messenger. There is no money. And there is no infrastructure,’ says one top Republican”: “In the wake of a near-political annihilation in California that has left even longtime co... |
WRAPPING UP ... “Abrams plans suit to seek cure to problems in Georgia’s voting process,” by Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Tia Mitchell and Greg Bluestein: “Her campaign for governor may be over, but Stacey Abrams is not going away. She told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution she’s not ruling out a run for another publi... |
-- “The Price of Cool: A Teenager, a Juul and Nicotine Addiction,” by NYT’s Jan Hoffman in Reading, Mass.: “E-cigarettes may help tobacco smokers quit. But the alluring devices can swiftly induce a nicotine habit in teenagers who never smoked. This is the tale of one person’s struggle.” NYT … NYT’s companion piece, “Sh... |
In 2016, approximately 64,000 people died of drug overdoses. That’s more than the number of people that would fit into Milan Puskar Stadium. Of those deaths, close to 50,000 were caused by opioids. West Virginia has been the hardest hit state in this national epidemic, with a death rate of 52 people per 100,000. |
These are heartbreaking numbers, but they are also so large that they tend to dehumanize the crisis. Those impacted by this epidemic are more than numbers — they are daughters, sons, mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers. We must never stop fighting this tragedy and as a Republican and a physician, I’m proud of what ... |
In 2018, we passed SB 401, which removes a significant financial burden from families by requiring private health insurers to cover six months of inpatient substance abuse treatment immediately upon diagnosis without needing prior authorization. West Virginia is the second state to pass this law. |
We have also increased access to opioid antagonists, which can reverse potentially fatal overdoses. Now, health care providers have increased access to these life-saving medications, as do pharmacists and school nurses. This will save West Virginia lives. |
The Republican-led legislature has also directed $22 million to establish additional substance abuse treatment facilities across the state and $10 million to the Office of Drug Control Policy to help combat substance abuse. |
Yet, as important as treatment is, the way to roll back this crisis is through prevention and enforcement. Opioids are so addicting, that treatment often fails, and we must stop addiction before it has a chance to take hold. |
That’s why, in 2017, we passed HB 2195, which requires a comprehensive drug awareness and prevention program to be implemented by the upcoming school year. We have also worked to slow the flow of drugs into our state by outlawing the deadly drug fentanyl and increasing the penalties for those who traffic this and other... |
Let me add an important, but less often discussed, indirect factor that has a positive impact on the drug epidemic in our state. Under Republican control, West Virginia has climbed out of the biggest economic hole in the history of our great state. It stems from a responsible scrutiny of the budget, reining in big gove... |
Reducing unemployment is another important factor helping combat the drug epidemic. Employment provides a sense of self-worth, a feeling of contribution and pride. It can remove feelings of helplessness and feelings of despair. This does help and will continue to help prevent many from turning to drugs and developing a... |
But the opioid crisis is not limited to West Virginia — it is a national crisis fueled by international drug trafficking organizations, with drugs coming from China in the mail and from Mexico via a weak, porous border. That is why it is so important to have strong federal support in this fight. |
Despite that need to stay ahead of a morphing drug crisis with multiple international sources, the Obama Administration decided to de-prioritize drug enforcement to reduce prison populations. As a result, the United States witnessed a sharp decrease in federal prosecutions — from 2011 to the end of 2016, federal drug p... |
Fortunately, President Trump has taken the opposite approach and, while remaining focused on treatment, is also focused on prevention and enforcement. The Trump Department of Justice rescinded Obama’s misguided policy on prosecuting drug traffickers and has instead instituted several actions to help cut off the supply ... |
In fact, many of the president’s initiatives have been aimed to benefit West Virginia. Under President Trump, the Drug Enforcement Administration opened a new field division to cover West Virginia and other states in Appalachia hit hardest by the drug epidemic. The Trump Justice Department assigned a special prosecutor... |
These actions by the Trump Administrations are already having results. Just this summer, Mike Stuart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, indicted a doctor for illegal distribution of opioids leading to the death of a patient. |
The drug crisis devastating West Virginia requires a coordinated effort between the state and federal governments. It requires funding for treatment, increased awareness and prevention, and stricter enforcement to keep the drugs from coming into our communities, whether from doctors or street dealers. The Republican-le... |
Senator Mike Maroney, M.D., R-Marshall, represents the Second Senatorial District, which includes Wetzel, Tyler, Doddridge, Ritchie, and Calhoun counties and parts of Marshall, Monongalia, Marion, and Gilmer counties. Since 2003, he has been with Radiology Associates Inc., which provides imaging services to eight hospi... |
A council's £1bn agreement with a Chinese firm has been criticised as "a candy floss deal" by a former leader. |
Lord Scriven claimed public money had been wasted "chasing false promises" and accused two Sheffield councillors of acting like "Del Boys". |
The city signed a 60-year agreement in 2016 with the Sichuan Guodong Group. |
The Labour-run council said there had been "benefits and achievements" for Sheffield from the deal and it would benefit "for years to come". |
Lord Scriven, who is a serving Liberal Democrat councillor, said: "It is clear council leader Julie Dore and cabinet member for business and investment Mazher Iqbal have become the Del Boys of economic development." |
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, he added: "This is a candy floss deal. |
"When you touch it, it disintegrates into nothing and leaves you feeling rather sick...The only thing being spent is taxpayers' money." |
Speaking at the time of the signing of the deal in 2016, Labour leader Ms Dore described it as the biggest Chinese investment deal outside of London and "a massive vote of confidence in Sheffield". |
One of the first proposals was a plan to transform the city's central library into a five star hotel. |
However, work has not started on the project and the council has said it is "unlikely to go ahead". |
Edward Highfield, director of city growth at the council, said in a statement: "We have hosted a number of high-profile delegations from China and other countries. |
"This has been a well-established and supported economic development strategy which has increased the city's profile immeasurably on the global stage and promoted investment opportunities. |
"We believe that the city will experience benefits from our relationship with China for many years to come." |
The BBC has approached Ms Dore and Mr Iqbal for comment. |
Sheffield Central Library hotel plan "unlikely to go ahead" |
Video What's behind the huge Chinese investment in Sheffield? |
The Models of Marvel's Models, Inc. |
Marvel’s latest round of solicitations offered a look at new project centering on a different kind of super group. We’re talking supermodels, and they’ve been kicking around the Marvel Universe for much longer than you might expect. They’ll be congregating in Models Inc. (no relation to the third series in the 90210 fr... |
So who are the models that populate the Marvel Universe that will be calling Models Inc. home in February? Here’s a brief look at the careers of Marvel’s cover girls in both history and continuity. |
Mary Jane Watson: Mentioned by name but remaining unseen in Amazing Spider-Man #15 (Volume 1), and partially appearing in ASM #25 before her famous first full appearance in ASM #42 in 1966, Mary Jane Watson is one of the most well-known ladies in all of comics. MJ’s modeling career began in her teens, and she later par... |
Patsy Walker: Patsy, believe it or not, has a lengthier pedigree in the Marvel Universe. Debuting in Timely’s Miss America Magazine in 1944, Patsy began fictional life as a teen humor character. Patsy and her friends rotated through many magazines in this fashion from ’44 to 1967. When Patsy started appearing in the ma... |
Patsy takes a big turn in Amazing Adventures #13 in 1973. By this point, she’s decided that she wants to be a super-heroine, and falls into adventure with the Avengers. Acquiring one of “The Cat” costumes originally worn by Greer Grant (Tigra), Patsy becomes Hellcat. The estranged Buzz would become the villain Mad Dog,... |
Millicent “Millie the Model” Collins, Chili Storm, and Jill Jerold: The remaining three-fifths of the main cast come from the long-running Millie the Model franchise. Franchise, you ask? Yessir. Running from 1945 to 1973 (that’s 207 issues, kids), Millie the Model holds the distinction of being Timely/Marvel’s longest-... |
Essentially, the story followed “the blonde bombshell” Millie (model for the Hanover Agency) and the craziness that surrounded her life. Chili was her red-headed “frenemy” and fellow model, while Jill Jerold was a black model from Britain that came along to Hanover in the late ‘60s. Millie actually made it to the mains... |
Interesting side note: an older Millie appeared as the head of her own agency in the Star Comics series Misty (the Model) in the mid-‘80s. As the Star books have never been in Marvel continuity, this presents no conflict with the transition of any of the cast to the 616 reality code. |
So what does the new project have in store? From the solicitation copy, it sounds a bit more like that “romantic adventure” and mystery that the Millie titles phased into during the ‘60s. It’s obviously something that’s outside the mainstream as it exists at the moment. Then again, there were many, many years where the... |
Most of the hurricanes that strike the United States are born off the coast of West Africa, and nursed on tropical waters. As air warmed over the Atlantic surges up to meet the cool atmosphere, its heat turns into kinetic energy, creating a violent twist of wind and rain. The bigger the temperature difference between t... |
Climate scientists, aided by ever-more-powerful computer models, are investigating whether it’s possible to choke these storms slowly, during their long drift west. They want to attack big hurricanes from above or below, sapping the storms’ strength by either heating up their chilly tops or chilling their hot underbell... |
An atmospheric-science team from Israel and Colorado, led by Daniel Rosenfeld, has proposed seeding a hurricane’s lower reaches with tiny particles, such as microscopic bits of salt. According to Bill Woodley, one of the team members, the storm’s water vapor would condense on the particles, forming droplets too small t... |
Both teams of researchers would dump their particles out of large cargo planes, some of which can carry 125 tons or more. In Hoffman and Alamaro’s scenario, the planes would disgorge the soot above the hurricane’s eye and the storm would disperse it outward. In the other group’s plan, planes would disperse the salt par... |
That’s the theory. In practice, previous efforts to subdue the weather have proven humbling. Hopes for cloud seeding once ran so high that Congress considered literally legislating the weather: The Weather Modification Act of 1951, had it passed, would have aimed for “equitable distribution of precipitation among the s... |
Many meteorologists scoff at the new anti-hurricane efforts, but the idea’s advocates, including a number of highly distinguished atmospheric scientists, are not daunted. They point out that their own promises are relatively modest: Rather than trying to change the weather decisively at a precise location—squeezing rai... |
Still, few scientists believe these new ideas will be tried outside the computer lab anytime soon. The problem isn’t the science. It’s the lawyers. Modifying hurricanes entails big risks: Changing a hurricane’s environment is likely to also change its path. Indeed, some hurricane researchers, including Hoffman and Alam... |
American courts have been ruling on weather modification since at least the late 1800s, when a judge decided that a preacher who had prayed for rain wasn’t liable for the thunderbolt that razed his neighbor’s barn in the ensuing storm. (The preacher had prayed only for rain, said the court, not for lightning.) In the m... |
Past attempts to mitigate hurricanes have resulted in both legal and diplomatic headaches. In one early experiment, Hosler says, lawyers for General Electric (which was part of Project Cirrus at the time) counseled the company to keep silent about its cloud-seeding activities, after a storm with which it had been tink... |
In both cases, the experiments almost certainly did nothing to alter any hurricane’s course—their methods, science now shows, were likely hopeless. But that’s scant comfort to hurricane researchers today, some of whom may seek legal protection before field-testing their ideas. In a 2006 paper, for example, Alamaro and ... |
Ultimately, whether lawmakers expand protections and financial support for weather modifiers will likely depend on the weather. “If there were another hurricane like Katrina,” says Alamaro, “the legislature might initiate laws to help with these issues.” Some evidence suggests that hurricanes in the North Atlantic have... |
Even hurricane-modification advocates admit their cause is risky and expensive. But the defensive crouch that we’re in now is expensive, too, and is hardly guaranteed to work: The Army Corps of Engineers has estimated it may need more than $2.5 billion—several times what the hurricane modifiers think they’d need over t... |
These attempts continue to flood the mail server - we have to be lucky all the time, they only have to be lucky once. I now have a list of "banned attachments" a yard long. If the authorities put the same effort into tracing and finding these criminals that they have put into inspecting presidential candidates email us... |
Tracing and finding them is only part of the equation. The rest of it is coming up with a suitably deterrent punishment. Like publicly skinning them alive one square centimetre at a time over the course of a week or two. |
> coming up with a suitably deterrent punishment. Like publicly skinning them alive one square centimetre at a time over the course of a week or two. |
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