Saturday, March 31, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
If you have any doubts about your deserving prosperity in any area of life, pls tune into the wisdom of @Randy_Gage
RT@dave_carpenter If you have any doubts about your deserving prosperity in any area of life, pls tune into the wisdom of @Randy_Gage
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
DPZ (Domino's Pizza) To Pay $3 per share special dividend
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Domino's Pizza Inc.'s shares jumped in after-hours trading Friday after it announced that it completed its recapitalization plan and is issuing a $3-per-share special dividend.
Domino's recapitalization plan included the placement of a $1.675 billion securitized debt facility, which replaces an earlier higher-interest debt facility. That lowered its interest payments and gave it a fixed interest rate for the next seven years. It also includes an available revolver, which gives the company more financial flexibility.
The private placement deal includes $1.575 billion of senior fixed notes and $100 million of variable funding senior notes. The company will use the proceeds to repay outstanding notes and accrued interest. The remainder will be used for the dividend.
The special dividend will be paid April 2 to shareholders of record as of March 26.
Domino's also said that it may buy back more of its shares. It has $82.3 million remaining under an existing $200 million repurchase program.
Shares of Domino's, which operates nearly 10,000 stores around the globe, rose $1.45, or 3.6 percent, to $41.41 in after-hours trading.
Friday, March 16, 2012
How Not to Attract Tourists
How Not to Attract Tourists
"Finally, when travelers actually disembark, they are too often subjected to inaccurate lessons in American manners and common sense. Americans may be surprised by the conclusions of a 2006 survey by the U.S. Travel Association, which found that foreign travelers were more afraid of United States immigration officials than of terrorism or crime. They rated America’s borders by far the least welcoming in the world. Two-thirds feared being detained for “minor mistakes or misstatements.”
Since then, according to Geoff Freeman, the travel association’s chief operating officer, the border experience for visitors “remains a significant issue.” Partly, Mr. Freeman said, that’s because border staff members are overwhelmed by the volume of travelers; but the larger problem is a mind-set that sees “security and customer service as mutually exclusive.”
This security mind-set occasionally veers into the absurd. Recently, two young European tourists were detained at Los Angeles International Airport for tweeting loose banter about plans to “destroy” America (an apparent reference to partying) and to disinter Marilyn Monroe. Vigilant border personnel reportedly searched their luggage for shovels, then deported them. Overseas commentators reacted with eye-rolling weariness but little surprise."
I see a "No" as an opportunity to learn, to dissect and to decipher how we can become better, how we can grow ~Nido Qubein (via @GoforNo)
I see a "No" as an opportunity to learn, to dissect and to decipher how we can become better, how we can grow ~Nido Qubein (via@GoforNo)
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
RT @gitomer Take more chances than you dare. You'll make more sales than you expect. That's the formula. #gitomer #sales #success
RT @sussmanHaving inferiority complexes about not attending sxsw. Does this Ham radio make my alpha-geekness look fat?
Joseph Kony resolution introduced in House
Joseph Kony resolution introduced in House
"Two House lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a resolution supporting efforts to counter the Lord's Resistance Army, hoping to build on the momentum created by a viral YouTube video spotlighting the atrocities of LRA leader Joseph Kony."
"Two House lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a resolution supporting efforts to counter the Lord's Resistance Army, hoping to build on the momentum created by a viral YouTube video spotlighting the atrocities of LRA leader Joseph Kony."
RT @dens Every year, good or bad, I pick @SyracuseU to win the whole thing... this Melo-out-3-days-before thing is kind of breaking me down tho
RT @dens Every year, good or bad, I pick @SyracuseU to win the whole thing... this Melo-out-3-days-before thing is kind of breaking me down tho
Monday, March 12, 2012
RT @vincin1 "OVERCOMING" The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger,Amen. Job 17:9
RT @vincin1 "OVERCOMING" The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger,Amen. Job 17:9
If I had cancer I'd want @MikeGillie14 to be my doctor. Doesn't matter if he had no medical experience, we'd beat it.
RT @cjuk33 If I had cancer I'd want @MikeGillie14 to be my doctor. Doesn't matter if he had no medical experience, we'd beat it.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
"Continuous effort not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential." - Winston Churchill
"Continuous effort not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential." - Winston Churchill
RT@jsteeleeditor @kgrandis wins for best #pycon talk title: Militarizing Your Backyard with Python: Computer Vision and the Squirrel Hordes
RT @gpshead startup idea: a twitter client or service that blocks the f'ing spammers. twitter fails to do this. #pycon
RT @kumar303 How badass is the #pycon AV team? This is how badass:http://pyvideo.org/category/17/pycon-us-2012 Videos of all talks are getting posted within 24hrs
RT @kumar303 How badass is the #pycon AV team? This is how badass:http://pyvideo.org/category/17/pycon-us-2012 Videos of all talks are getting posted within 24hrs
RT @phubbard My visual scanning of phones at #pycon leads me to conclude that iPhones are less than 50% here. Eeenteresting. Lotsa Android.
RT @phubbard My visual scanning of phones at #pycon leads me to conclude that iPhones are less than 50% here. Eeenteresting. Lotsa Android.
Friday, March 9, 2012
RT @32000days " #pycon is like #swsx but for people who actually produce cool things instead of just talking about it. " via @brian_dailey #fb
RT @32000days " #pycon is like #swsx but for people who actually produce cool things instead of just talking about it. " via @brian_dailey #fb
RT @timfernando "Did you know that Youtube was originally a dating site?" - Mike Solomon #pycon
RT @timfernando "Did you know that Youtube was originally a dating site?" - Mike Solomon #pycon
RT @holdenweb Amazing opening to #pycon: dancing robots Powered by Python, then Stormy Peters and Paul Graham. Better book early next year!
RT @holdenweb Amazing opening to #pycon: dancing robots Powered by Python, then Stormy Peters and Paul Graham. Better book early next year!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
RT @phubbard Taxi driver last night was MSEE ex chip designer for Intel. Silicon Valley is surreal.
RT @phubbard Taxi driver last night was MSEE ex chip designer for Intel. Silicon Valley is surreal.
RT@drewfisher314 At PyCon and I think I have heard the word "dunder" eleventy hobillion times. dunder. #pycon
RT@drewfisher314 At PyCon and I think I have heard the word "dunder" eleventy hobillion times. dunder. #pycon
RT New life has me heading to Santa Clara for #pycon instead of Austin for #sxsw this weekend. I grew a beard for the occasion.
RT @joshklein New life has me heading to Santa Clara for #pycon instead of Austin for #sxsw this weekend. I grew a beard for the occasion.
"Brute force is highly underrated." - Ken Thompson, quoted in the parallelism and concurrency tutorial at #pycon
"Brute force is highly underrated." - Ken Thompson, quoted in the parallelism and concurrency tutorial at #pycon
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