1.   As parting gifts, Eckersley received a Red Sox uniform and the apparent promise of a spot in the organization, if he is interested.

2.   Afterward, jerseys, footballs and pens are used as parting gifts.

3.   Schroeder says anyone who is out of work should contact EDD immediately, no matter what kind of parting gifts they received.

4.   Severance has become a sore point for shareholders of media companies as Time Warner and others have spent millions on parting gifts to their executives.

5.   So to mark the occasion of his official retirement announcement Sunday, Barkley dropped off parting gifts before beginning the end of his career.