| Stayaway Reebok fans: What's the answer?
We have had a lot of home games in a short space of time. But we can't get complacent. What will bring people back to the Reebok is good football and winning games. "We can slash prices - as we did for the first European game (against Rabotnicki) when we only charged £5 - but even that didn't fill the stadium." The Boro gate - more than 10,000 down on the Reebok's capacity - came just three days after 4,000 Wanderers fans cheered the team's dramatic 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup. But Wanderers acknowledged that many of those who travelled to Germany had taken a financial hammering. "There were a lot of positives to take from that, which might have suggested there'd be an attendance bounce," Moores said, "but, on the other hand, a lot of people spent an awful lot of money going to Munich and there are, clearly, more attractive fixtures than Bolton-Middlesbrough.
The semiconductor industry's shattered supply chain must be ...
With the complexity and quantity of automotive electronics steadily increasing, designers are turning to better EDA tools and programmable solutions. Military Seeks Systematic Approach to IC DesignThe EDA community is focusing on point solutions while system-level development continues to evolve. Virtual Prototypes Form ESL BridgeSometimes, the best way to understand an abstract phrase like ESL is to focus on understanding the constituent processes. Analog-RF IP Integration Challenges SoC DesignersAs market forces continue to push more analog and RF functionality into digital SoCs, designers face a host of development issues. Latest Challenges & Trends in Chip VerificationThe sophistication of verification tools and techniques has increased with design complexity.
RICH RODRIGUEZ'S U-M CONTRACT: $2.5 million a year; buyout is $4 ...
His base salary is $300,000, and the rest of his compensation comes from outside sources, such as radio and TV deals and an apparel contract. The package is a significant increase from the $1.7 million he was believed to make last season with West Virginia (plus the $287,000 in bonuses he was paid Friday). Lloyd Carr, his predecessor at U-M, was slated to make more than $1.6 million in his final year before retirement. Rodriguez's buyout clause at U-M remains the same as it was at West Virginia: $4 million. The Mountaineers are suing him to collect $4 million for breaking his WVU contract, but Rodriguez's agent countered that the clause was invalid because WVU did not fulfill certain promises. Rodriguez's response to the school's lawsuit is expected to be filed in federal court this week.
'Charlie Wilson's War' a crisp satire with star power
Charlie Wilson's War," a crisp, biting satire that confidently mixes sex and politics, glides along so smartly and smoothly, it makes you wonder how it's possible that director Mike Nichols and writer Aaron Sorkin have never teamed up before.
Based on the true story of a congressman (Tom Hanks), a Houston socialite (Julia Roberts) and a CIA operative (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who conspired to arm Afghanistan's mujahedeen against Soviet invaders in the early 1980s, "Charlie Wilson's War" represents comfortable territory for both men, despite the complexity of its subject matter. (Sorkin's script is based on the book by George Crile, who profiled Wilson as a producer on "60 Minutes.")
We are talking, after all, about the director of "Catch-22" and "Primary Colors" and the writer of "A Few Good Men" and TV's "The West Wing." Everyone is so glamorous and witty and intriguing, they make you wish government could be this much fun all the time - except it's not, which we would already know without Sorkin self-righteously beating us over the head at the end.
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