As a longtime Steve Cropper fan (well, I'm 43 and don't remember life
before "Dock of the Bay"), I am always amazed by the hidden jewels that
keep turning up, but I just discovered this CD, and it's G-O-L-D, I tell
ya! Unlike most collections, it sounds like a cohesive 60 minute
album, with the best band on the planet letting Ruby Johnson shine, by
playing in their restrained and perfect style.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
"He's Not a Good Fit"
That's what she said. Ba-dump!
“Handshakes, pats on the back, congratulations all around,” Johnson said.
Minutes before the 4:30 p.m. board meeting, Rogers came to Johnson’s office and the two chatted before Rogers said, “We can’t be late for your election.”
The board met by conference call for 20 minutes and approved its new officials, with Johnson and Rogers listening in the same room.
The board then went into executive session, excusing Rogers and Johnson, who prepared to head back to Raleigh.
Several minutes later Johnson got an email from Duke’s lead director, Ann Maynard Gray, telling him to stay. During the executive session Gray introduced a motion: Johnson is not a good fit for Duke, should be removed, and replaced by Rogers, who had been Duke CEO since 2006.
Gray said she knew this would be a shock and expressed her apologies, McKee said. The five former Progress board members began enumerating Johnson’s attributes and qualifications and asked the board to reconsider, McKee said. For one hour, McKee said, Gray kept repeating: He’s not a good fit.
None of the other nine legacy Duke board members spoke.
“There were no answers,” McKee said. “It felt like a lifetime.”
The vote was 10 to 5, with the Duke members siding against the ex-Progress members."
http://www.midtownraleighnews.com/2012/07/21/14553/johnson-duke-board-had-change.html
UPDATE: More info and shenanigans over here.
“Handshakes, pats on the back, congratulations all around,” Johnson said.
Minutes before the 4:30 p.m. board meeting, Rogers came to Johnson’s office and the two chatted before Rogers said, “We can’t be late for your election.”
The board met by conference call for 20 minutes and approved its new officials, with Johnson and Rogers listening in the same room.
The board then went into executive session, excusing Rogers and Johnson, who prepared to head back to Raleigh.
Several minutes later Johnson got an email from Duke’s lead director, Ann Maynard Gray, telling him to stay. During the executive session Gray introduced a motion: Johnson is not a good fit for Duke, should be removed, and replaced by Rogers, who had been Duke CEO since 2006.
Gray said she knew this would be a shock and expressed her apologies, McKee said. The five former Progress board members began enumerating Johnson’s attributes and qualifications and asked the board to reconsider, McKee said. For one hour, McKee said, Gray kept repeating: He’s not a good fit.
None of the other nine legacy Duke board members spoke.
“There were no answers,” McKee said. “It felt like a lifetime.”
The vote was 10 to 5, with the Duke members siding against the ex-Progress members."
http://www.midtownraleighnews.com/2012/07/21/14553/johnson-duke-board-had-change.html
UPDATE: More info and shenanigans over here.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
The Biggest Balls of Them All...
...Belong to Ann Maynard Gray.
She gets nailed on the Churchill quote, but by the end she seems to be daring the commission to regulate Duke.
I thought you might be interested in this story: Duke directors: Johnson raised doubts from the outset, http://m.newsobserver.com/observer/db_111683/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=9eudnIey
Update: Though Finley nails Gray on the Churchill quote, and they mentioned it in the N & O, but stories on Forbes and the Chicago Tribune leave out the damning retort, and act like Gray made a legitimate point.
"Gray revealed that concerns about Johnson arose the first time Duke’s corporate board met Johnson in November 2010, two months before the merger was announced.
“He did describe himself as an individual who liked to learn but not be taught,” Maynard said, who joined Duke’s board in 1997. “That comment stayed with me and I saw some reflections of that going forward.
“It was the first flag,” she said.
Finley pounced on Gray and demanded to know if Gray was aware that the comment she attributed to Johnson is a direct quote from Winston Churchill, one of the most admired leaders of the 20th century.
“No, I did not,” Gray replied softly.
Still, Gray warned the commission that the investigation will make it harder to integrate the two workforces.
“Are you implying,” Finley retorted, “that we need to bug out and get out of the way and let you get on with your business?”
Gray replied: “When it’s over it will be very constructive.”
She gets nailed on the Churchill quote, but by the end she seems to be daring the commission to regulate Duke.
I thought you might be interested in this story: Duke directors: Johnson raised doubts from the outset, http://m.newsobserver.com/observer/db_111683/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=9eudnIey
Update: Though Finley nails Gray on the Churchill quote, and they mentioned it in the N & O, but stories on Forbes and the Chicago Tribune leave out the damning retort, and act like Gray made a legitimate point.
"Gray revealed that concerns about Johnson arose the first time Duke’s corporate board met Johnson in November 2010, two months before the merger was announced.
“He did describe himself as an individual who liked to learn but not be taught,” Maynard said, who joined Duke’s board in 1997. “That comment stayed with me and I saw some reflections of that going forward.
“It was the first flag,” she said.
Finley pounced on Gray and demanded to know if Gray was aware that the comment she attributed to Johnson is a direct quote from Winston Churchill, one of the most admired leaders of the 20th century.
“No, I did not,” Gray replied softly.
Still, Gray warned the commission that the investigation will make it harder to integrate the two workforces.
“Are you implying,” Finley retorted, “that we need to bug out and get out of the way and let you get on with your business?”
Gray replied: “When it’s over it will be very constructive.”
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Lotto Fever!
Ah, the sweet lottery is so good to us, what could go wrong? Looks like this Kangaroo cashier gamed the system and had his wife win a cool $1 Million Dollars! My favorite part,
"The lottery is seeking recovery of the prize money paid to Fields."
Nice work. The lottery pays off again!
"The lottery is seeking recovery of the prize money paid to Fields."
Nice work. The lottery pays off again!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Power Problems
And the Duke Energy/Progress Energy merger of monopolies is off to a roaring start.
NC attorney general, utilities commission to investigate Duke Energy, http://m.newsobserver.com/observer/db_111683/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=qXCQzoDd
Who would have thought they were playing hardball?
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
How High the Cliff?
Fed reports how much recession shrank US wealth
That economic cliff we fell off at the end of the Bush Administration? The average household lost 40% of its net worth. Wonder how the top 1% did? Maybe we should do something to save the middle class?
Monday, June 11, 2012
Massive Synch Test
Using 2 remote flashes and 2 cameras, I successfully synched several gadgets to pull this one off. This method is hit or miss, as the flash always is for 3D photography with the Canon SD1000s. Without remote flashes, I use both camera flashes when flash is necessary. I found the trick to getting the remotes to synch correctly is to turn off one of the camera flashes and set the shutters manually using SDM. I still can't stop the Canon auto-flash feature. It does set off the remote flashes, so I wait for them to recharge before hitting the shutter button the 2nd time.
MonoMonopoly: Abuse of Power
Federal regulators approve Duke-Progress merger with minor conditions
I can't choose which company I get my power from now, yet they have found a way to give me fewer choices. Is this capitalism? Why on Earth would we allow 2 monopolies to become 1 even bigger monopoly? I wonder how much power companies donate to political campaigns. Maybe that has something to do with this. Shouldn't we have more competition, not less? Why aren't Tea Partiers marching in the streets over this? Why isn't everybody against this?
I can't choose which company I get my power from now, yet they have found a way to give me fewer choices. Is this capitalism? Why on Earth would we allow 2 monopolies to become 1 even bigger monopoly? I wonder how much power companies donate to political campaigns. Maybe that has something to do with this. Shouldn't we have more competition, not less? Why aren't Tea Partiers marching in the streets over this? Why isn't everybody against this?
Let's Get Back to the Good Ol' Days
Ugh, not again!
Christensen: Good ol' days? Let's review
This kind of rhetoric, lauding the past through rose colored glasses, is one of the more asinine Republican talking points this time around. As many good points as this article makes, it falls short of calling this what it is, at its heart: veiled racism. Everything was not so great 'back then', and most of the improvements in society can be traced in part to government programs that improved education, roads, access to health care, social security, etc.
It's almost enough to make the 'Forward' slogan worthy.
Christensen: Good ol' days? Let's review
This kind of rhetoric, lauding the past through rose colored glasses, is one of the more asinine Republican talking points this time around. As many good points as this article makes, it falls short of calling this what it is, at its heart: veiled racism. Everything was not so great 'back then', and most of the improvements in society can be traced in part to government programs that improved education, roads, access to health care, social security, etc.
It's almost enough to make the 'Forward' slogan worthy.
Holding Court
Reason for criminal charges in Edwards case remains unclear
It was always about the politics. Why would Kay Hagan do what she did in the last paragraph? Sometimes I think most NC elected Democrats are closet Republicans, or just damn fools.
It was always about the politics. Why would Kay Hagan do what she did in the last paragraph? Sometimes I think most NC elected Democrats are closet Republicans, or just damn fools.
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