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If we focus too much on Chelsea it won't help usThis is as big of a game as you can imagineThis series of redemptions will collectively total 250This article is also featured on The Daily StacheDo you followAt any rate those who ignore soccer in the UItrsquos about eight consecutive nights of surpriseThursday's quake was initially measured at 6Owner Bob McNairEnergy investmentsTeam Worth 1Dude has questionable accuracy even when not pressuredIt hurts the Heisman chances of any of their playersPlus, wouldnt it be fun to see Mangino pull a Larry Munson and break chairs in the booth However, we all know the biggest obstacle in Coach Mark Richt hiring Mangino, would be his less-than-Christian methods. The success of Norm Chow is well documented. His arrival in Athens could mean an instant boost in production and recruiting. The only concern with Chow is that he has not been as productive at UCLA. However, it appears that injuries to the quarterback position are responsible for the Bruins' lack of production. 
I believe that Chow realizes that to get back to the level of success he is accustomed to, he will need to coach at a college that has the athletes. UGAs most productive offensive players are currently freshmen and sophomores and they have two highly recruited quarterbacks who will be redshirt freshmen next season. If UGA wants an offensive coordinator who is proven in the SEC, they should immediately interview Al Borges. Auburn University had a record of 33-5 while Borges was the offensive coordinator, including an undefeated season.He coached two quarterbacks, Cade McNown and Jason Campbell, who both became first-round draft picks. Regardless of their lack of success in the NFL, he made them look good enough to become first-round draft picks. Borges usually has a well-balanced offense, and no time would be better for his arrival then in 2010. With the running attack of Washaun Ealey and Caleb King returning next season, he could implement a system similar to the one he had with Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown..
NEW YORK(Business Wire)Tri-Continental Corporation (the "Corporation") (NYSE: TY) today announcedchanges to its distribution policy and stock repurchase program. Effectivetoday, the Corporation has eliminated its level rate distribution policy, whichcalled for quarterly distributions to holders of Common Stock ("Stockholders")equal to 2.75 of the net asset value (NAV) attributable to the CorporationsCommon Stock at the end of the prior calendar quarter (or approximately 11annually), consisting of distributions of income, and one or both of netrealized capital gains and returns of capital (the "Level Distribution Policy").The Corporations commitment to continue the Level Distribution Policy expiredon December 31, 2008. Effective today, the Corporation has adopted an earneddistribution policy, meaning that the Corporation intends to make distributionsto Stockholders that are approximately equal to all distributions received bythe Corporation from its underlying portfolio investments, less theCorporations expenses and dividends payable on the Corporations PreferredStock. The change being implemented by the Corporation is driven largely bymarket factors and is consistent with the experience of other closed-end funds,many of which have reduced or are expected to reduce distributions to theirstockholders.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation held today (the"Meeting"), the Board determined that the Level Distribution Policy should notbe continued in light of current market conditions and other factors. The Boardconsidered that the 11 annual distribution rate under the Level DistributionPolicy was not dependent upon the amount of the Corporations earned income orrealized capital gains, and resulted in over half of the 2008 distributions toStockholders being deemed a return of capital. The Board also took into accountthat the Corporation, prior to the Level Distribution Policy, had a long historyof paying dividends based upon distributions received by the Corporation fromits portfolio investments. The Board of Directors also considered potentialadverse tax consequences associated with maintaining the Level DistributionPolicy. In certain situations, returns of capital could be taxable for federalincome tax purposes, and all or a portion of the Corporations capital losscarryforwards from prior years could effectively be forfeited. Also at the Meeting, the Board renewed a modified version of the Corporationsstock repurchase program.
