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Good times, good times…

EarthLink, Inc. today announced a corporate restructuring plan. This plan will reduce operating costs across the company. The restructuring will begin immediately and be completed by the end of the year…

Approximately 900 jobs will be eliminated and the company will close its Orlando, FL; Knoxville, TN; Harrisburg, PA and San Francisco, CA offices and substantially reduce its presence in Pasadena, CA, and Atlanta, GA. EarthLink expects to record facility exit and restructuring costs of $60 - $70 million associated with the plan. These costs include $30 - $35 million for certain employee-related costs, $10 - $15 million for lease termination costs, $8 - $10 million for other costs to streamline operations and $8 - $10 million non- cash asset write-offs. EarthLink expects that these facility exit and restructuring costs will be recognized primarily in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2007.

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The 20/20 special report Stupid In America should be yet another wake-up call to the US educational system. China and the EU are going to eat our lunch in the next 25 years. As former teachers, my wife and I got out of teaching because the system isn’t just failing, it’s completely broken….

The Atlanta Chapter of the GGDA is meeting at the American InterContinental Univeristy, Buckhead Campus (conveniently located right by the Buckhead MARTA station). I assume that anyone is invited because the email I got has a link to tell a friend. The synopsis reads:

Join us for snacks, networking, and quick journey through one of today’s industry-leading game-building kits. Get plugged in, tweaked out, and powered up as Mr. O’Gorman goes on a rampage through the Torgue Game Builder and demonstrates exactly how to jumpstart your next game project.

Date: August 14, 2007 (Tuesday)
Time: doors open at 6:30PM

After having a great time at the Atlanta Game Developers Meetup last month, I decided to join the Georgia Game Developers Association:

GGDA is a non-profit trade association of businesses and professionals of the video and electronic game manufacturing industry of Georgia. GGDA is committed to the growth and development of this industry and the success of its members as they compete internationally.

- http://www.ggda.org/