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Anger at university principals’£142,000 pay raise
University principals in Scotland have been awarded salary increases of more than twice the rate of inflation despite the tight financial climate facing the sector. A survey by The Herald reveals that in 2006-07 university principals received an average salary of £162,000, a rise of 5.2% on the previous year. The increase represents an additional £142,000 taken out of the sector's annual budget. The highest paid principals are Professor Duncan Rice, from Aberdeen University, and Professor Timothy O'Shea, from Edinburgh University, who get paid £209,000. Sir Alan Langlands, from Dundee, is paid £206,000. Lecturers' representatives have criticised the rises, following a 3.5% deal for academic staff. .
Tim Goodman
The Writers Guild of America may find out very soon that even if its members "won," they also lost. And even viewers who have managed to get through the writers strike with a minimum of entertainment interruptus will likely feel the fallout as well. Why? Because change is coming. And for the next year, it probably won't be good for writers or viewers. Even with Writers Guild of America members starting to return to work today the landscape for both this season and next is irrevocably altered. Sources within the industry say there's no rule book on how networks will get back to business - nothing that can be predicted accurately because studios and networks will make decisions independent of each other and strategies for series will vary. But here's what's likely: -- Several writers will probably get pink slips.
These couples fell in love while training for marathons
That was the first of more than a dozen marathons for Mr. Sobol, 45, whose training and social life now revolve around the organization. He's made lifelong friends and guided newcomers through positive, life-altering changes. Recently, he met and married Becky, a Team In Training runner. According to the Leukemia Society's North Texas office, many romances blossom in Team In Training, or TNT, the world's largest endurance sports training program. Team members bond as they share the agony of long training runs and the joy of achieving dreams. TNT is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Since 1988, the program has guided 340,000 people such as Mr. Sobol to the completion of an endurance event, and participants have raised more than $800 million for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
A better us
With so many New Orleanians having been blown to the four corners of the nation, families can no longer take for granted the ties that bind us together and serve as safety nets for individuals. Many New Orleanians are still unable to return to the city. Some that have returned have found themselves living in communities where they have never resided or living next to complete strangers. While these new living arrangements present some challenges, they are also an opportunity for residents to create a better "us." If we are going to return to having supportive, vibrant communities in which families support and look out for one another, we must first rebuild ourselves. That means doing whatever is necessary to uplift ourselves one person, one family and one neighborhood at a time.
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