And pays out 60 of it earnings through difficult depds and has bought back stock on what people think are attractive prices. This does not sound like a company that need your help. Its a Great Company and a great business and the stock has done great for a long period of time the issue for shareholders is not how well the company has done over the past and how well it will do in the future bottom line is adp has underperformed relative to potential. Youre judged relative to your potential, not relative to fat issus quo and this is a company with huge opportunities to improve its profitability. Its not an efficient business, and in fact many things you mentioned explain the reap why are the company has underperformed when you have no debt and have a really profitable business and dominant market share. Those are companies over time that get less efficient because they dont have to be as efficient, and that lack of efficiency becomes an issue for the business Going Forward and becomes a
Mr. Venhuizen pierre is a pretty small town as far as capitals go. About 13,000 people. Fort pierre is another 2500 people. Between the two, probably 15,000 people. Not only is it small, but it is pretty remote. It was selected as the state capital because it is in the middle of the state. But it is really a two or two and a half hour drive from any other sizable town in the state. That presents challenges. People have to drive quite a distance for meetings or two participate in the process. They can also be a challenge to attract people to the city to work for state government. Pierre is very much a company town. The state is by far the largest employer and it really dominates the economy here. When dakota territory was created in 1862, the original territorial capital was in yankton, in the far southeast corner of the territory. The territory was both north and south dakota. As the territory was settled, three distinct geographic areas emerged. There was yankton near sioux falls. You
Spoke to us at the American Historical Association in january. This is about 20 minutes. Bill we are joined by randolph roth, history professor at ohio state university, here to talk to us about Mass Violence and Domestic Violence. Mass violence has a certain connotation today. How would it have been different in the 1850s . Prof. Roth it was very different, because in our past, mass killings were very common. But it was a group activity. You just did not have the technology for an individual to kill as many people as you do today. When you are talking about violence done with knives or swords or muzzleloading firearms, you know, it takes a while to reload. Even if you are skilled, it takes 30 seconds to reload one of those things. By the time you pour in the powder, put on the percussion cap, and get ready, the person you are trying to kill should be half a mile away. It is very difficult. These were mass murderers where a lot of people got together to do these things. We can get exam
He says he flies private in a thoughtful way with a tax in mind. He also discussed his proposal to provide government subsidies to coal and Nuclear Industries and federal governments efforts to restore electricity to puerto rico. I ask our guests to take their seats, please. The subcommittee on energy and power will now come to order and the chair will recognize himself for five minutes for an opening statement. First of all, welcome, mr. Secretary. Its great to have you here. And todays hearing is going to examine the department of energys management and Mission Priorities under the leadership of secretary rick perry. Im very pleased to welcome this morning for his first appearance before the subcommittee. It performs essential Nuclear Security and National Security missions. It plays a central role in ensuring the nations Domestic Energy security and sorting americas Strategic Interests in the international markets. It performs challenging cleanup operations to address its vast envir
In American History with 23,000 casualties between two size and ended in the unions strategic victory. This 40 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices and the entire field. Ien i first met kevin pollack thought, this is one of those guys that is going to be a rock star. I hear when i travel across the country, we have to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child for getting young folks and involved with the civil war, kevin pollak is it. He is getting married in just a couple weeks. As you know, that will be a major life shift for him. Kevin is the license battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. He is coauthor of an upcoming book or the emerging civil war. About the maryland campaign. Us aboutng to talk to what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at 8 p. M. It is my pleasure to introduce kevin pollak. [applause] kevin good morni