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Advanced Micro Devices is rumoured to be planning to start production of code-named Southern Islands graphics processing units (GPUs) using 28nm process technology at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company already in the second quarter of 2011.
According to China Economic News Service web-site, which most probably cites Commercial Times news-paper in Chinese, AMD "plans to exclusively contract TSMC to build its 28nm Southern Islands chip in the second quarter of 2012". The source of the information does not elaborate any details about the volumes that AMD wants to get and which of the three 28nm process technology does it plan to utilize.
In Q1 2011 the world's largest contract maker of semiconductors reportedly plans to supply five thousand wafers a month with chips for Altera and Xilinx made using 28LP process technology that relies on poly gate and silicon oxide nitrate, not more advanced high-k metal gate technology. It is generally unclear whether TSMC will be ready with its more advanced versions of 28nm fabrication processes that rely on HKMG in Q2 2011.
Not a lot is generally known about the Southern Islands (SI) family of graphics chips in general. Many believe that the SI resembles Northern Islands (NI, ATI Radeon HD 6000) in terms of architecture and feature-set, which means that the chips will support DirectX 11, ATI's latest universal video decoder (UVD) 3.0 engine and other enhancements. The first chip in the family is likely to be produced using 28HP or 28HPL process technology and will likely be used as a "pipe cleaner" that will allow AMD to learn maximum about volume manufacturing using the new fabrication process.
Given that TSMC expects wafers produced at various 28nm nodes to account for 2% - 3% of its revenue in the fourth quarter of the year, shipments of Southern Islands GPUs in Q2 - Q3 2011 will hardly be mass.
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May 15, 2013, Kiruna, Sweden - The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna has presented the "Arctic Biodiversity Assessment" to the Foreign Ministers of the Arctic Council countries at the Arctic Council Ministerial.
The Arctic is home to over 21,000 species, including many globally significant populations of unique and highly cold-adapted mammals, birds, fish, invertebrates, plants, fungi and microorganisms, some found nowhere else on Earth. In addition to its intrinsic worth, Arctic biodiversity provides innumerable services and values to people. More than a tenth of the world's fish catches by weight come from Arctic and sub-Arctic seas. The Arctic is the breeding ground for millions of migratory birds that fly to every continent, connecting the region with the rest of the world and contributing to global biodiversity.
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The ABA, involving over 260 scientists has been produced by some of the world's leading experts and was presented to the Foreign Ministers of the Arctic Council countries at the Arctic Council Ministerial on May 15. This major circumpolar effort provides a much needed description of the state of biodiversity in the Arctic and:
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GlobalFoundries on Monday announced that its board of directors has appointed Ajit Manocha, who had served as interim chief executive officer since June, as the company's chief executive officer on a permanent basis.
"The board worked diligently to review and interview a number of outstanding candidates who had excellent qualifications to become our CEO. We were excited to see the caliber of individuals who were eager to lead this company. In the end, we decided the best candidate is in-house and we're extremely pleased that Ajit has accepted our offer to become our permanent CEO," said Jim Norling, chairman of the GlobalFoundries board of directors.
Ajit Manocha is a veteran semiconductor industry executive with more than 30 years of global expertise in operations, general management, and manufacturing. Mr. Manocha previously served as executive vice president of worldwide operations at Spansion. Prior to Spansion, he served as executive vice president and chief manufacturing officer at NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors), where he was responsible for worldwide IC manufacturing, supply chain management and purchasing for the semiconductor division.
As interim CEO, Manocha has played a critical role in strengthening GlobalFoundries, focusing on improving operations, increasing customer engagement, and laying the groundwork for technology leadership in the future. The board of directors believed that the management was responsible for failure to deliver 32nm SOI/HKMG chips on time to Advanced Micro Devices as well as for their low yields.
In a very short time, Mr. Manocha has overseen the company's focused effort to achieve operational excellence, boost customer satisfaction and accelerate leading-edge capacity expansion plans. GlobalFoundries is manufacturing the foundry industry's first high-k metal gate (HKMG) product, and is expected to ship more HKMG volume in 2011 than all other foundries combined. The company also is in the midst of capacity build-outs at its fabs in Germany, New York and Singapore.
"I am looking forward to accelerating the momentum our 12 000 employees have created the last four months. I have been a part of the vision of this organization since its inception three years ago and am eager to continue to drive the company forward. Given the demand from our customers, our strong global assets and our committed investor with its long-term perspective, we'll strive for market leadership in the semiconductor foundry industry," said Mr. Manocha.
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In a bid to popularize its Blu-ray disc (BD) format among mainstream end-users, Sony Corp. has unveiled a thin and light laptop featuring BD optical disc drive (ODD). But while the notebook does boast ability to display high-definition video, the question is whether consumers actually need HD movies on a 11.1" screen.
"This engineering marvel packs the power of HD technology into an ultra-light, ultra-portable notebook," said Mike Abary, senior vice president of Vaio product marketing at Sony Electronics.
The new Sony Vaio TT-series notebooks come with 11.1" LED-backlit display with 1366x768 resolution and weigh only about 1.3 kilograms (2.86 lbs), yet, they feature Blu-ray optical disc drive, an unprecedented feature of a laptop of that size. In fact, Asustek Computer also has a 11.1" notebook with an ODD, but that drive is only compatible with DVD, but not Blu-ray.
The world's lightest mobile computer comes with Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor and Intel GS45 core-logic with Intel Graphics and Media Accelerator 4500 (Intel GMA 4500). The system can be equipped with up to 4GB of DDR2 memory as well as 256GB solid-state drive, but there are more affordable options with less memory, hard disk drive and without Blu-ray disc drive. If demanded, the system can be equipped with a WiMAX controller as well.
The Sony Vaio TT model starts at $2000. The BD version will go for about $2700, while the SSD model (128GB) for around $2750. It is available in a premium carbon black, silk black, champagne gold and crimson red.


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Pacific Coast Adds ADS-B to Citation V Cockpit
Pacific Coast Avionics has completed a panel upgrade that added ADS-B "In" and "Out" functions to a completely redesigned cockpit on a Citation V business jet operated by Westwood Development Corp.
(Citation V upgraded panel. Photo, courtesy of Pacific Coast Avionics.)
The upgrade was "predominantly a Garmin upgrade," according to Dewey Conroy, vice president of Pacific Coast Avionics. The avionics supplier also added the Garmin G-600 EFIS/MFD, dual GTN-750 touchscreen GPS/NAV/COMS and dual GTX-33/ES Mode S Transponders to the cockpit.
Upon completing the upgrade, Pacific Coast achieved a new Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) for the Citation V.
"This new avionics package provides capabilities not found in most legacy Citation series aircraft such as WAAS GPS approaches, multiple multi-function displays, touchscreen flight management systems, multiple in-flight weather capabilities and displays, and full ADS-B 'In' and 'Out' functions," said Conroy.
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"Time is our most precious commodity, and there are conveniences that wealth brings to essentially get you more time. —retired Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, explaining why he commutes via private jet from his Seattle home to watch games of the Los Angeles Clippers, the basketball team he bought last year for $2 billion. "
The perfect airplane
Like other lawsuits, most of the ones involving business jets are settled out of court. Every once in a while, though, a corporate jet case will not only reach a judge but produce a decision that shines a spotlight into some dark corner of business aviation. One such case is JDI Holdings, LLC v. Jet Management, Inc., et al., 732 F. Supp. 2d 1205 (2010), which concerns a buyer's desire for a perfect airplane.
As reported in the court's decision, the buyer, who was looking to acquire his first business jet, approached a broker about an aircraft he represented for sale. Although the buyer didn't purchase that aircraft, he did ask the broker to help him find another suitable jet. It didn't take long for the broker both to identify a certain 1984 Cessna Citation III and to inform the seller of the buyer's interest.
Having introduced buyer and seller, the broker then separately asked both of them for a sales commission, claiming a "customary" 5 percent fee (or $160,000 on a $3.2 million sale price). The buyer's lawyer balked at paying a commission of this size, but the seller eventually agreed to pay the broker $150,000, less whatever it cost the seller to fix discrepancies on the aircraft following the prebuy inspection. As the court put it, the broker's fee arrangement "undoubtedly gave him a strong incentive to ensure that the cost of the airworthy repairs remained as low as possible."
Indeed, the broker advised the buyer's attorney that–because a Phase 1-5 inspection had recently been completed–the prebuy inspection need consist only of logbook review. The buyer, however, decided he "didn't mind paying a bit more to know the jet is perfect" and opted for a prebuy survey of the aircraft by a service center.
As the cost to fix discrepancies grew (finally totaling $79,000), the broker became distressed about his shrinking fee, so he took another swing at getting the buyer to pay him a commission, this time asking for 2 to 4 percent. The buyer knew nothing about the broker's fee arrangement with the seller and agreed in the end to pay a $70,000 commission (about 2 percent). So, despite the lack of a written fee arrangement with either buyer or seller, both of them paid the broker a commission in connection with the sale…or was it the purchase?
What eventually got the buyer especially steamed up, however, was that not all discrepancies identified in the inspection were repaired. The purchase agreement gave the buyer the right to reject the aircraft following the inspection, but if he accepted it instead, the seller was obligated to fix only "airworthy" discrepancies.
It's interesting to see the court, the parties involved and their expert witnesses struggling with this notoriously controversial term. As noted, the aircraft had recently undergone a Phase 1-5 inspection, followed by the prebuy survey. Then, after the buyer took delivery and discovered that the airplane wasn't perfect, there was another Phase 1-5, this time paid for by him. Seasoned aircraft transaction folks won't be surprised to hear that each of these shop visits uncovered numerous airworthy (and other) discrepancies.
Things might have worked out for the buyer if he had realized the seller had no obligation to fix non-airworthy discrepancies. But in a classic case of miscommunication, misunderstanding and probably wishful thinking, the buyer signed an acceptance of the aircraft without realizing this. Later, when he came to own the imperfect aircraft, he sued the seller, the broker, the service center that originally accomplished the Phase 1-5 and others, presenting the court with a laundry list of causes of action. The buyer lost on them all.
The case is instructive in several ways. First, the perfect airplane doesn't exist. Turn maintenance technicians loose on any aircraft and they will uncover discrepancies, many no doubt affecting airworthiness. Brokers are fond of reminding buyers that a preowned aircraft isn't brand new, but even factory-fresh airplanes routinely begin the delivery process with many–sometimes hundreds–of discrepancies of various levels of seriousness. Maintenance standards in aviation are extremely high, and few airplanes can survive detailed scrutiny without discovery of potential items to be addressed.
Second, the search process, or lack of one, was inherently flawed by the buyer's apparent failure to conduct adequate market research–or any research at all. Thus, even assuming the Citation III was the right jet for him, he apparently made no attempt to analyze the market for that model to determine the best value or how this particular serial number stacked up against other available airplanes. Currently, as many as 47 Citation IIIs are listed for sale, including a dozen that date from 1984. As this case demonstrates, asking a broker who tried to sell you an airplane to simply find you a "suitable" one can be a prescription for disaster.
Third, if a buyer has the discretion to reject an aircraft following a prebuy inspection, he should be able to accept it subject to, basically, anything–as long as the seller is obligated only to fill reasonable requests for repairs. Though he didn't realize it, the buyer's contract didn't give him the option of accepting the aircraft subject to all discrepancies being cured. Of course, no seller is likely to agree in a contract to fix every discrepancy of every description. But if it had been open to the buyer to make his acceptance subject to the cure of all discrepancies, at least buyer and seller could have had a dialogue about what was reasonable to fix. The nose tire, for example, was bald, but the service center either didn't look at it or thought it had some life remaining, so under the contract the buyer couldn't condition his acceptance on replacing the nose tire, which the buyer was forced to change after closing.
Most important, the case underscores why buyers need to get unbiased advice throughout the acquisition process from maintenance technicians, consultants, attorneys and other professionals representing their interests. (The seller certainly understood this in structuring his brokerage fee arrangement.) A prime example is the buyer's failure to hire his own technical representative to advise him about what should be included in the prebuy inspection, monitor the inspection and review and discuss discrepancies. Instead, the buyer relied on a broker being paid a commission by the seller who directly benefited to the extent that the seller spent less to fix the aircraft. No wonder this jet acquisition ended in a lawsuit.
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Skip to comments.Mourning in America - Here's Those Layoffs We Voted For Last Night(Sobering)
Posted on 11/07/2012 7:26:25 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
Last night's victory for the President marks the first time since its inception that Obamacare is no longer a what-if; it is the future of health care in America.
It also means a near immediate impact on the economy. With 20 or so new or higher taxes set to be implemented, ranging from a $123 billion surtax on investment income, through the $20 billion medical device tax, all the way down to the $600 million executive compensation limit, Obamacare will be a nearly unbearable tax burden on the economy.
Who will pay? The middle-class workforce, of course.
So with another four years for President Obama to look forward to, and the obvious inevitability of Obamacare that this entails, let's examine the very real jobs that will be lost, and the very real lives that will be affected.
Welch Allyn
Welch Allyn, a company that manufactures medical diagnostic equipment in central New York, announced in September that they would be laying off 275 employees, or roughly 10% of their workforce over the next three years. One of the major reasons discussed for the layoffs was a proactive response to the Medical Device Tax mandated by the new healthcare law.
Dana Holding Corp.
As recently as a week ago, a global auto parts manufacturing company in Ohio known as Dana Holding Corp., warned their employees of potential layoffs, citing "$24 million over the next six years in additional U.S. health care expenses". After laying off several white collar staffers, company insiders have hinted at more to come. The company will have to cover the additional $24 million cost somehow, which will likely equate to numerous cuts in their current workforce of 25,500 worldwide.
One of the biggest medical device manufacturers in the world, Stryker will close their facility in Orchard Park, New York, eliminating 96 jobs in December. Worse, they plan on countering the medical device tax in Obamacare by slashing 5% of their global workforce - an estimated 1,170 positions.
Boston Scientific
In October of 2009, Boston Scientific CEO Ray Elliott, warned that proposed taxes in the health care reform bill could "lead to significant job losses" for his company. Nearly two years later, Elliott announced that the company would be cutting anywhere between 1,200 and 1,400 jobs, while simultaneously shifting investments and workers overseas - to China.
In March of 2010, medical device maker Medtronic warned that Obamacare taxes could result in a reduction of precisely 1,000 jobs. That plan became reality when the company cut 500 positions over the summer, with another 500 set for the end of 2013.
A short list of other companies facing future layoffs at the hands of Obamacare:
Smith & Nephew - 770 layoffs Abbott Labs - 700 layoffs Covidien - 595 layoffs Kinetic Concepts - 427 layoffs St. Jude Medical - 300 layoffs Hill Rom - 200 layoffs
Beyond the complete elimination of a significant number of American jobs is another looming problem created by the health care law - a shift from full-time to part-time workers.
Sean Hackbarth of Free Enterprise explains:
A JP Morgan economist "points out that 8.3 million people are working in part-time jobs even though they'd prefer full-time work. Unfortunately, because of President Obamas health care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), workers in the hotel, restaurant, and retail industries could be pushed into part-time jobs working less than 30 hours per week."
"Under the health care law, if a company has more than 50 full time equivalent workers, a combination of full and part-time employees, but doesnt offer affordable coverage that meets the governments minimum value standard, the company will have to pay a penalty. This penalty is determined by the number of full-time employees minus 30 full-time employees. So to reiterate a very important point: part-time workers are not part of the penalty formula. The health care law creates a perverse incentive to hire part-time versus full-time workers."
Tangible examples of Obamacare causing a reduction in full-time workers:
Darden Restaurants
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Darden Restaurants, a casual dining chain best known for their Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants, is "experimenting with limiting the hours of some of its workers to avoid health care requirements under the Affordable Care Act when they take effect in 2014".
JANCOA Janitorial Services
The CEO of JANCOA, Mary Miller, testified to Congress that Obamacare was a "dream killer", adding that one option she had to consider "is reducing the majority of my team members to part-time employment in order to reduce the amount that I will be penalized."
The American retailer in Cincinnati, Ohio recently was reported to be planning a significant slashing of their hourly workers. Doug Ross writes:
Operative Faith (a mid-level manager with the company) reveals that Kroger will soon join the ranks of Darden Restaurants and slash the hours of its non-exempt (hourly) workers to avoid millions in Obamacare penalties.
According to the source, Obamacare could result in tens of thousands of Kroger employees being limited to working 28 hours per week.
This is by no means, meant to be an exhaustive list. But it is meant to provide examples of real companies, real jobs, and real names, soon to be added to the growing list of employment casualties provided by the inevitable implementation of Obamacare.
Last night, America voted for four more years of President Obama and his destructive economic and health care policies. By extension, America last night voted their approval of the aforementioned layoffs and overall work reduction.
Now we must accept the inevitable. Welcome to mourning in America.
Sorry you lost your jobs so that Sandra Fluke can have her birth control and abortions.
Brookshire's Grocery Stores also announced they will be keeping the majority of their clerks and non-managerial staff at 29 hours and under as well.
and the CEO of Darden is a big 0bama supporter and got a waiver from 0bamaCare
What about Lockheed? Didn't 0bama extort them so they wouldn't do their layoffs prior to the election resulting in bad press for 0bama that wouldn't be reported anyway?
Thanks democrats, the economy is improving and only rich people are being affected (those dirty SOB's). 4 MORE YEARS! God I feel sick
Moslems and Congress are EXEMPT, so presumably
any company run by CongressCHEATERS or Moslems
is exempt from the taxes, too.
Equal under the Law ? -— NOT ANYMORE.
Moochelle: "And with four more years of lavish vacations and fancy dinners my azz will be THIS big!"
One of the first things to hit me when the news started looking bad last night was that the companies who were waiting until after the election to make hiring decisions were not going to be hiring because of Obama winning. They know they're in a holding pattern for another 4 years. They have no idea whether Obama is going to put them out of business through regulation and taxes.
If I owned a business that allowed moving, there's no way I would stay in the Divided States of America; I'd move my business to someplace that valued business and then if I wasn't totally disgusted with this country altogether I'd decide whether I could afford to still live in the Divided States of America.
The article doesn't cover the 2.5 million Defense Contractor jobs that will be lost due to Sequestration. One of those jobs will likely be mine. When this happens I will have been laid off 3 time in the last 4 years.
Not True: Whole new branches of law firms will employe millions of lawyers in the field of obamacare law.
Rush will have new advertisers. Instead of dealing with the IRS on back taxes, lawyers will be needed for every phase of dealings with Obamacare.
Being denied that heart transplant? Our law firm will get you a heart from the IRS.
Your company being closed by IRS without any reason whatsoever? You need lawyers to sue the IRS.
Millions and millions of lawyers will make millions and millions of dollars thanks to obamacare.
Northrop Grumman should be added - they sent out an advanced letter a month ago due to the inevitable sequestration.
Heck, just go ahead and add most of the defense contractors in the country to this list.
Red Lobster???...not a bad place to avoid.....awful place...
ThFor the Dems this is a win-win.
Think about it.
Millions of part time workers who need ...what?
Health Insurance...
But cannot afford it....
So One Payer National Health care
Just like Britain...
Praying for these people....One of them is my son. Broke my heart talking to him today. He is worried about his family. He gets to live that #ObamaEconomy
Yeah. I can sympathize with you. While my husband hasn't been laid off like you have been recently, he told me earlier today that the business he works for may need to close its doors before the end of the year due to being unable to keep up with the increased tax burden coming in January. The initial plan was for the company to begin a gradual transition out of business to be completed by Janurt 2014 when the Obamacare taxes kick in.
Not sure what we will do if he is out of work by the end of the year. Roll with the punches, I guess.
Today my husband's employer called everyone for a meeting. They will let them know in a few weeks if they are closing the coal fired plant where he works. The company was holding off hoping Romney but now it's full steam ahead on the war on coal.
Good news is that those liberal pukes will suffer the brown outs and increase cost of electricity. I hope it's a cold winter and they freeze to death.
anyone who didn't know this is a sucker and I could careless
Some 0bama vagina will demand an abortion at a Catholic Hospital, and a Leftist court will force them to do so or close down. I'll bet that this will come up and many Catholic Hospitals, 25% of the total, will close.
So many stories similar or this. It makes me wonder just how many companies are going to lay off large numbers of workers or just close up entirely by the end of the year. Very hard to think about. Very scary.
The election is over not the defence contractors can issue their layoff notices?
Did Romney's Johnny One Note Campaign ever make mention of those 2013 tax increases that would take effect if Obama was retained ?
"So with another four years for President Obama.."
There's another issue not being culled out.
If a company has x hours of work required to complete a set of tasks and has to cut the hours of some number of workers, they still have x hours of work to be done. That means more part-time workers must be hired and trained to complete the x hours of work.
That then requires additional supervisors because of the inefficiencies introduced by the additional workers, more people to hire, train, supervise, fire, etc.
This translates to higher costs which must be passed along in cost of goods, so the ultimate "beneficiary" of Obama's policies is the consumer paying higher prices for the same stuff.
I wish there was a morning after pill that I could take and abort last night's election. America is on life support..I am in serious mourning.
VA stands to lose about 200K in jobs because of layoffs from gov't contracting.
Obama got the contractors to refrain from sending out layoff notices in October [in violation of the FEAR Act] so that he could win VA in the election. He said that the gov't would pay any fines levied on the contractors due to the violation ...
Can't wait for the weenies that voted for O to get their layoff notices that will now be forthcoming !!!
Praying for your son and his family. I was one of those people a year ago.
The stunning consequences haven't begun to be understood by those who chose wilfull ignorance. I hope they enjoy their foodstamps and Obamaphones.
I've read down to comment #30, and people just keep adding more real world anecdotes.
That then requires additional supervisors because of the inefficiencies introduced by the additional workers, more people to hire, train, supervise, fire, etc.
This translates to higher costs which must be passed along in cost of goods, so the ultimate beneficiary of Obamas policies is the consumer paying higher prices for the same stuff."
It also translates into "new jobs" for BO to claim.
I think that's a great idea - seriously. And I don't think there is any law against it.
Companies that do so could advertise they have a "Live Your Vote" Policy.
Company's forced to layoff could announce they have to Obamasize their workforce...
Some cars in my general neighborhood have been sporting "I love Obamacare" bumper stickers.
Every voter knew what was coming when they voted for obama. They could see the high gas prices everytime they filled up their cars. Apparently they don't care. Or they just don't believe it. Now they will be getting an education in business 101 and a dose of reality.
The guy who owns the pizza shop. He buys boxes to put the pizzas in. He buys ingredients. He rents a building. His taxes go up and he can't afford to pay for insurance or the fine so he goes out of business.
So the obama voter goes down the street to the other pizza joint and is shocked to see the pizzas now cost more. There are fewer companies buying boxes and ingredients so the costs went up and the pizza shop had to add the higher costs to his pizzas. Now the obama voter's take own pay has dropped so he has to stop buying pizzas. Then the second pizza shop closes. Now all these laid off employees are looking for jobs and they'll work for less money. So one of them takes the obama voter's job. Welcome to reality, obamaboy.
Obama voters don't care. They will still be blaming Bush because you never allow the poor black man who "cares" take the responsibility. Republicans will not hit this man hard out of fear of looking mean to the black "caring" president and will allow Bush to take the heat as absurd as it is.
When Obama leaves office in 2016 the media will do glowing stories on the first black president who passed the much desired and high effective healthcare bill that that helped poor uninsured people have coverage for the breast cancer. They'll write stories on how he cared and tried to turn around the Bush legacy during his 8 years but fell short, if only he had another 8 years.
The republicans better pick a strong leader nationally who can lay this bastard out hard in the media and just deal with the media slings and arrows or else they're asses will be the blame for all the layoffs. Yea I know magical messiah is the leader of the country and his party runs the senate but the media will still be covering for this flop of a president because they WILL NOT as fat lazy white liberals allow the first black prez to get the blame.
Conservatives better make sure they tie all these job loses to the healthcare bill or else they're gonna be blamed and big mean business will be blamed.
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it's 5am :)
Corning Glass Works laid off 225 ppl today.
CEO is a big Obama fan.
Obamacare is no longer a what-if; it is the future of health care in America. It also means a near immediate impact on the economy. With 20 or so new or higher taxes set to be implemented, ranging from a $123 billion surtax on investment income, through the $20 billion medical device tax, all the way down to the $600 million executive compensation limit, Obamacare will be a nearly unbearable tax burden on the economy. Who will pay? The middle-class workforce, of course.Great, those huge budget deficits will make a great wedge issues in a couple of years. NOT.
The husband of a friend of ours was laid off yesterday, along with about 100 of his coworkers. They were told directly that the action was necessary because of Obama's reelection and Obamacare.
My wife, who runs the food bank at our church, had to run over to meet his wife at the food bank to give them food. Another Obama success story!
Worse - he told Lockheed and the other big defense contractors NOT to issue the advance notice of pending layoffs required by the WARN Act. He said the taxpayers would pay the contractors' legal fees when the fired employees sued the contractors for violating the WARN Act.
Executive Order #138.......... Thou shalt not lay off any body
You missed a few.
Boeing Announces Big Layoffs in Defense Division
Cut 30 percent of management jobs
Rocketdyne lays off 100 mostly in San Fernando Valley
As a current member of the heath care work force, I have scanned the landscape and the vista looks rather bleak. On the one hand, in 14 months, ObamaCare goes live and 30 million newly "insured" individuals will flood the system.
It will be all hands on deck. So if there are hospitals and clinics, drug stores etc that don't want to play...well they will be assimilated into GHC (GovHealthCare) ala GM.
Us workers who remain will be highly underutilized but sought after by the ever Obama friendly SEIU.
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Los Angeles Unified built 131 new schools in the last decade to end overcrowding. Elementary students who moved into new schools made strong achievement gains equal to another 35 days of schooling, according to a Berkeley study. But high school students improved only a bit in English Language Arts and not at all in math when they moved from a crowded building to a new facility.
"How new elementary schools are lifting achievement remains somewhat of a mystery," said William Welsh, the UC Berkeley Ph.D. student who carried out the statistical analysis. "New schools in LA Unified are much smaller than older schools, perhaps offering warmer, personal settings that are more conducive to kids' learning."
. . . Achievement gains were even stronger for elementary students escaping the most severely overcrowded schools and landing at a new campus – gains equivalent to lengthening the school year by up to 65 days, said the report.
LA Unified spent just under $15,000 per pupil, on average, for the new schools. "We found no evidence suggesting that more expensive school facilities yield stronger achievement," Berkeley Professor Bruce Fuller said.


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Bourne's Journal: Dame Marian And The Queen
August 22, 2013. Posted by Michael Bourne.Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, Marian McPartland, michael bourne, RIP
WBGO's celebration of Marian McPartland continues with these memories shared by host Michael Bourne:
Marian McPartland ought to have been honored as Dame Marian by the Queen. She was instead in 2010 appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. O.B.E. -- one step above Ringo.
She was certainly a great player, a great broadcaster, a great lady, and a great Dame to all of us in the jazz world. Smart, sweet, witty, with two of the most open ears in the jazz world, always curious, always swinging, never suffered fools, said what she meant, always with that enchanting voice and accent, and always with a twinkle -- no, a sparkle -- no, a bright star of light flashing in her eyes.
I knew Marian ever since she called me decades ago. 3:30AM, it was. "Hi," she said. "This is Marian McPartland," she said -- which I already knew immediately when she said hello. "I met a friend of yours," she said with that voice, that accent. "He said you play my records. He said you were up all night and I should call you."
I remembered that call every time Marian called me when I was jocking on WBGO. She was always listening. "Who is that?" she'd ask, and she'd tell me what was remarkable about the musician. "I should have (whoever-it-was) on the show."
One talk with Marian I'll never forget ...
I was working on a feature for DownBeat when Marian was being honored for all her extraordinary work in jazz education. I'd included her birth date, but Marian didn't want the date included. She didn't want anyone to know how old she was -- turning 70 around then. When she celebrated her 75th birthday with a concert at Town Hall, I remembered when she didn't want anyone to know her age. "I didn't," she said, "but now that I'm 75, the hell with it."
When we were talking for the DownBeat story, from something she said I realized that, after living so many decades in America, Marian was nonetheless a citizen of Great Britain. She'd met and married cornetist Jimmy McPartland when they were playing for soldiers around Europe at the end of WWII. Together, they settled first in Chicago, then in New York.
"You didn't become an American when you married Jimmy?" I asked.
And she said the most wonderful thing I've ever heard anyone say about a loved one.
"I didn't marry Jimmy to become an American," she said. "I married Jimmy for love."
I was dumbstruck by the passion in her voice. I could only think to ask about children.
"No," she said. "We didn't have children."
"No," said Marian. "We only had bass players and drummers."
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Like a flash of lightning, the blue-green streak of a wooden bat lines a ball into the outfield. The crowd, rising to its collective feet, lets out a cheer. All eyes are on the player as he rounds first base, with the exception of a solitary set. Josh Jacobs looks on, like a concerned parent, watching the player's bat as it carelessly rolls in the dirt.
Most observers wouldn't think twice about the health of an inanimate wooden stick, but the St. Cloud State junior has a special interest in the baseball bat. It's his. Well, it was his.
Since high school, Jacobs has been crafting custom bats for players on his hometown Bird Island Bullfrogs, a Minnesota amateur baseball team. He got the notion to make bats on his parents' lathe after watching a bat-making program on PBS with his father Tom.
"I said, 'I can do that,'" Jacobs recalled. "So my dad and I started trying to make a bat."
"First, we tried to glue together a few boards with different types of wood," the Olivia, Minn., native said.
"By word of mouth, people started to take interest and wanted to know if I could make them a bat."
Soon, JJ Bats was born.
"He asked if he could make me some bats," said Mike Nagel, a local optometrist, who helped found the Olivia Pilots (now Bird Island Bullfrogs) in 1990. "He used me as a guinea pig. I told him what we wanted, and we have bought one- or two-dozen bats since."
Jacobs said the first incarnations of his bats were pretty durable, until one broke in its first few plate appearances.
"It broke on like the second swing," Jacobs remembered.
"I felt really bad and gave the guy his money back."
After that, Jacobs researched how larger companies make professional grade bats. Instead of gluing together Ash wood boards with Gorilla Glue, he crafts the bat from a single log of Pennsylvania maplewood. He orders the wooden cylinders online from Max Bats, a bat-making company that lists Major League Baseball players on its client list. Jacobs inspects every piece of wood to make sure there are no knots or other defects that will weaken the wood. On his father's farm, he hand lathes every bat. Now, the bats are almost too durable.
"I've hurt business by making bats that last too long," Jacobs joked.
Traditionally using wood bats in amateur baseball is part of the aura and appeal, but a team can break four or five bats in a single game. For amateur ball players, who pay for their own bats, durability of wood is a greatly appreciated commodity.
"It's tough when guys have to blow about a day's paycheck on a bat," said Nagel, who doubles as a player-coach. "The nice thing about his bats is they last longer than anything we've used."
A custom-made bat is designed to specific weight, length and handle. It can include as much or little detail as the client desires. Many request their name burned into the Young entrepreneur Josh Jacobs creates a baseball bat on a lathe. wood and some want a custom paint job. For that, Jacobs gets help from his mother Sheila, a local Olivia artist whose main medium is stained glass.
Nagel said Jacobs has inherited a lot of his mom's artistic talent and readily applies it to his craft. "Some of the guys like the natural look and some like to paint the team's color. Josh will do whatever you want, and he wants them to be absolutely perfect."
Josh and his mom teamed up for his biggest job: A 10-foot bat built for the 2010 Minnesota Amateur Baseball Tournament at Lion's Memorial Park, Bird Island's stadium. The bat still casts a shadow outside of the park, despite a recent storm that flattened the park's west dugout.
"He was nice enough to build this big bat, which is a cool nuance to our field," Nagel said.
Jacobs is studying business management at St. Cloud State and is learning how to expand the presence of JJ Bats.
"I'm trying to figure out if I want to try to make this into a full-time business," Jacobs said.
Regardless of whether or not Jacobs tries to make custom bats a major league hit, there are some hometown heroes who will stay loyal to Jacobs' bats.
"We'll probably order six more 32 or 33 ounce bats for next season," Nagel said. "Hopefully, with JJ Bats we'll be on our way to making it back to the state tourney."


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Spaghetti and Meatballs
- Meatballs:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 8 ounces ground pork
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus more for garnish
- 1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
- 1/3 cup fresh breadcrumbs (made from stale bread)
- 1/3 cup chicken stock, preferable homemade or low-sodium store bought
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for forming meatballs
- Gravy:
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 2 medium yellow onions, chopped
- 1 large carrot, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- One 28-ounce can chopped San Marzano tomatoes
- 3 quarts chicken stock, preferable homemade or low-sodium store bought
- 2 or 3 sprigs fresh thyme, tied together with cotton string
- 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 1 pound spaghetti
- Salt
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
For the meatballs: In a large bowl, using your hands mix together the beef, pork, Parmesan, parsley, breadcrumbs, stock, salt, cayenne, eggs, garlic and onions until evenly combined. Be careful not to overwork the mixture; you don't want to compact the meat too much or the meatballs will be tough. Put a little oil on your hands and form loosely into golf ball size meatballs. You should have about 25.
Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Gently add the meatballs and brown thoroughly on all sides; this will take about 15 minutes. Transfer the meatballs to a plate, and refrigerate until you are ready to cook them in the sugo.
For the gravy: In the same pan you used to cook the meatballs, heat the olive oil over medium heat and add the celery, onions and carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and bay leaves and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. Push the veggies to one side and add the tomato paste, toasting it on the bottom of the pan for 1 minute. Stir into the vegetables.
Add the tomatoes, chicken stock and thyme, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer very gently, partially covered, until thick and significantly reduced, about an hour.
Carefully add the meatballs, a few at a time, and simmer, stirring very gently now and then - don't break-a-ya bawls! - until cooked through, 40 minutes. Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Add most of the basil and stir, reserving a little to sprinkle over the top for serving.
Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in a pot of salted boiling water until al dente, about 8 minutes.
To serve, put the pasta into a large serving bowl. Immediately ladle sauce on top and then the meatballs. Garnish with chopped fresh basil and freshly grated Parmesan. Plate the remaining sauce and meatballs in a separate bowl.
Recipe courtesy of Ted Allen
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The guy is a legendary chef.
What oven would make a pizza in 90 seconds? I have a G3 Ferrari Napoli pizza oven, but still takes about 7 minutes to make a good pizza.
No offense, but I disagree. He's a 'famous' chef, but, by no means 'legendary.'
If you do a search in the forum, the G3 can be modded for faster, Neapolitan-ish bake times. The most tried and true oven for sub 90 second bakes is the wood fired oven (WFO). An electric home oven that reaches 550 F. should be able to do 90 second bakes with the right kind of stone, although the weight of the stone will require special reinforcement for the oven shelf and, right now, until someone tries it, it's only theoretical. There's also the LBE, an outdoor BBQ that's modified with an extra powerful propane burner, but LBE's are especially difficult to get fast bake times from.


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This is the machine that sells food items.
The key things you need to know how to do are:
How to Open it
You'll need the key. It's a special key, there's currently only one, and it was abused so it's a little twisted. You need to insert the key and carefully turn clockwise. After about 90 deg of turn, you'll feel it hang up. You need to jiggle it until it turns another 90 deg and the handle pops out. At this point, turn the key back, take it out, and put it in your pocket so you don't accidentally leave it inside the machine. Turn the handle counter-clockwise to unlatch the door.
How to set prices
Press the Set Price button in the upper set of buttons on the controller board. Then use the 11 and 13 buttons to increase decrease the price. Once you've got the price you want to set, just press the bin number whose price you want to change. You can set several bins to that price by entering them one after another.
How to Open the Drawers
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When you're done
You don't need to do anything special to put the machine into "Run" mode. Just close and latch the door. There is an interlock button that's actuated by the door. It switches from whatever mode it was in when open into vending mode.
Closing the Door
The door tends to hang up on the coin chute when you close it, so first, make sure that the coin chute is in place. The chute is mounted using screws and slots. There's currently no locking screw so it sometimes shifts into the position where you can pull it out. Close the door carefully and if you hear or feel it hang up on the chute, jiggle it a little until it closes easily. The door usually does not seat all the way, so you may need to work it into place. Once closed, check that the key is in your pocket, and then simply turn the handle clockwise and press it in place.
Contact Roger S if you have questions.
Maintenance Info
Where's the key? Ask Roger S Where does the money go? Into the Pop Fund What if something I want isn't in there? Ask Roger S
- Make a new key. There's only one company that supplies keys (Baton) and they don't seem very easy to deal with, partly because they try to ensure the security of these machines by not giving out keys to just anyone.
- Add lighting
- Customize it! (See Dustin's post on this)


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Skip to comments.CHICK-FIL-A SHOULD GIVE ALL FRIDAY PROFITS TO THE CHARITY OF THEIR CHOICE!
Posted on 08/01/2012 5:27:46 PM PDT by ealgeone
Chick-Fil-A should donate all proceeds from Friday's sales to their favorite family focused charity.
Yeah. Let's boycott 'em if they don't.
Stop giving away other people's money. That's a liberal idea/value.
They should keep every damn penny they earned and pay their routine taxes. That'll be a far better contribution to American society than making them give it up.
Since when do liberal companies give up their profits to "charities"?
Bingo, Drango.
They already have a charity.
You a libtard or sumthin?
Where do you get this stuff.
Chick-Fil-A should spend their money however they please
The Cathy family has a foundation that runs half a dozen different organizations . I don't remember them all, but they include a foster child program, and a camp program and, I think, some kind of educational program.
They should do whatever they please with it. It's theirs.
Give it away to charity? I say BS to that! They earned it fair and square and they should keep it.
From what I've seen today, while their sales may be very high, the profit margin may not be as high. They had to bring in extra staff, are going through a lot more inventory, and at least in the one close to my office, were renting tents and such to help workers outside keep the line moving. They were also giving away drinks to people waiting in line- eating into the profit.
I think you should donate all your income to me.
I think your sentiments are well-intentioned. But I must agree with the others — CFA is a business, and the point of a business is to make a profit. If a bunch of politically-correct queers want to help CFA make a profit, I say let 'em.
I hope they try and build a couple of stores in Chicago and Boston!
It's better if they keep the profits, that would really piss the left off.
But let's have a re-run of this. :D
(every month maybe)
hey fellow freepers....you're missing the point of the thread.
if the kiss in crowd that is planning on showing up on friday knows the procedes from friday sales will go to chick-fil-a's favorite family charity maybe they won't go there!
i'm very pro-chick-fil-a and i agree they can do whatever they want with their money. think we have a misunderstanding here.
my apologies for the confusion.
What are you talking about? They have a business, they pay taxes, in essence giving back to the community. They have payroll to make. Let them do what THEY want with their profits. None of any ones damn business how their profits are spent. And, I'm a business owner.
thank you...my thought as well
Gee! You've gone silent. What did you do, donate your keyboard to a charity?
I'm a St. Jude fan. Danny Thomas left behind a wonderful legacy.
Absolutely not. They should reward their stockholders with a big "See what you get when you don't let the liberal whackos win?" dividend check.
Baloney. I went there to enrich them!! This is free enterprise. Let obama print some more money and give it your cause. The costumers don't want any money to go to charity. They can pick out their own charity. I pray that the "other side" is requested to leave and is arrested for lewd and lascivious conduct (which of course they will do) and trespass which is available if they set foot on the property after bad conduct!!! Like today. police will be every where so bring on the abomination to God.
You really ought to have this removed its embarrassing as hell
You can't appease libtards by tossing money their way (or any way)...
You have a disconnect usually associated with sleeper cells.
[ Chick-Fil-A should donate all proceeds from Friday's sales to their favorite family focused charity. ]
And fire a couple of sissy gays for the kids sake...
Oh, there you are. Thanks for explaining what you meant. It at least approaches sensibility now. It's still their call, but I see your point. Freep on.
I was about to jump on you, but I see you DID INDEED specify Friday's sales, so now I see your point.
Damned EVIL RICH people. They should be ashamed to make money and create jobs.
I hope Proud Yank isn't up there in Alaska raping the land and making lots of money, that would just be EVIL.
BullCow Shiite!
Saw that headline and thought we may have an interloper.
Love the way 'these' people like to spend other peoples money.
Of course the real thanks should go to those young people who were hit in the butt with a crowd and from all reports, stood up to the challenge with professionalism and politeness, which, of course, is what they are supposed to do. My Granddaughter worked for them in Jr and Sr year of HS. Apparently enough of me 'rubbed off' on my daughter and SIL as when cars etc come into the picture, start up help is given but it is up to the kids to maintain, tag and insure.
The very things my daughters 'hated' me for....hmmmm
This is what a 'start up' job is supposed to do, build character and prepare one for the real ups and downs that life will thrust upon them.
Whatcha got in YOUR wallet?
How 'bout showin' up, en masse, just like today....2% of the population will not tell me what I must accept.
Good on ye!
If Chickfila WANTS to then they can do whatever they want with THEIR money. Don't they already give 10% of their revenues?
Just my personal opinion, but the so-called non-profits should try to be self sustainable and not expect handouts. It is not popular to say this, but there is a lot of waste in these non-profits (beggars) who use pity and feed on emotions, rather than ingenuity and entrepreneurship.
eagleone is not an eagle me thinks he's a sparrow, like all left wing nuts.
Liberal bull chips!
Can a get me a huntin license heah?
I'll make sure... all those proceeds gets delivered to the right place--
Okay, let's get these proceesa... home-- eh, to the right place, I mean!
I agree. Why should they give it away?,,Let the charities raise their own damn funds.
Well, of course they should...after all, the Cathey's didn't build that...somebody else made that happen!!!
Chickfila is privately owned, so no stockholders or dividends. They could, however, reward their president by giving him bonus and publicly announcing it, thus driving liberals nuts.
I know for a fact all the liberal RICH people don't give money to their causes. How dare CFA get richer on the backs of the poor disaadvantaged, disenfranchized gays.
Have you noticed the gays, in their protests, can't just have a protest, they have to have an in-your-face let's kiss and make out in public in front of kids event. That is what is pissing people off, I don't care what they do in bed (private), but their "In your face, you WILL accept and embrace my lifestyle" BS is getting old.
If nothing else, they have gotten plenty of free publicity. You are right, though, about the problems in a day like this.
"...eating into the profit."
Lots of good observations. But I'm sure their profits will STILL be WAY higher than normal.
Although I think that Mr. Cathy, and it sounds like most of the franchise owners are like-minded, are probably not so concerned about the profits they are making today as they are about the statement that so many Americans are making today.
And I did see the post where the OP says to donate FRIDAY's profits (as a way to mess with the protestor's heads). Although I'm not sure how much, if any, the kissing protestors will actually be buying.
I know for a fact all the liberal RICH people don't give money to their causes. How dare CFA get richer on the backs of the poor disaadvantaged, disenfranchized gays.
Have you noticed the gays, in their protests, can't just have a protest, they have to have an in-your-face let's kiss and make out in public in front of kids event. That is what is pissing people off, I don't care what they do in bed (private), but their "In your face, you WILL accept and embrace my lifestyle" BS is getting old.
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At the 10th Session of the Islamic Summit
Putrajaya, Malaysia
16 October 2003
Prayers and salutations be upon our Lord Mohammad, and on His household and Apostles.
Your Excellency President Mahathir Mohammad,
Your Majesties, Highnesses, Excellencies,
Peace be upon you, God's mercy and His blessings.
It is with pleasure that I extend our congratulations to His Excellence President Mahathir Mohammad on his presidency to this organisation for the three forthcoming years. I wish His Excellence success and accomplishment. It is my pleasure also to extend deep thanks and appreciation to His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifeh Al Thani on his commendable efforts during his term of presidency to this organisation for the past three years.
This conference convenes in exceptionally complex international circumstances. The world has witnessed in the last few years many events and developments, which form major challenges for our peoples and this organisation.
The first of these challenges is globalisation, and the communication and information technology revolution that came with it as well as the removing of barriers amongst states and peoples. Despite the numerous opportunities of globalisation, many peoples, the Islamic peoples included, still deal with this new reality with suspicion and fear that it might threaten their cultural identity and civilisation, as well as their national independence. In fact, this fear is no justification for withdrawal or seclusion. Islamic civilisation has interacted through the ages with many cultures and civilisations and it had the strength and originality to impact other cultures and to influence them more than it was influenced by them.
The real challenge facing us today is to articulate a common vision on how to deal with this new reality, and how to benefit from available opportunity in such a way that makes our peoples partners in benefiting from the fruits of globalisation, rather than mere passive followers who suffer its consequences.
The more serious challenge however, facing our Muslim peoples is the unjust accusations that Islam and Muslims are being subjected to and the continuous efforts to link Islam and Muslims with terrorism. This is happening due to others' ignorance of the principles of Islam, and their malpractices that have no relation to Islam. It is one of our holiest duties as Muslims to portray Islam to others in its real form, that of a religion of tolerance, moderation, rational and logical dialogue that shuns all forms of fanaticism and terrorism.
The time has come for us Muslims to tell the world that we are ourselves victims of terrorism, that we are targeted like them, and even more. In fact, distorting the image of Islam and provoking the World's animosity against it, and placing us in a pre-convicted circle, is in itself, the most hideous form of terrorism.
Your Majesties, Highnesses, Excellencies,
Some of our Muslim peoples are still under occupation. Some of them still lack security and stability, the confiscation of their liberties, and disrespect for their human rights. The Palestinian cause remains at a standstill. Jerusalem – Al Quds Al Sharif, for which this organisation has been formed, remains under occupation. Our duty as Muslims prompts us all to stand with and by the Palestinian people and to support them with all possible means until they re-gain their rights, establish their independent state on their national soil, with Jerusalem as its capital.
As for Iraq, it is not enough to only talk about the Iraqi people's right to control their own wealth and natural resources and to select their leadership and future. We are required to take a clear political stance that would enable the Iraqi people to achieve their legitimate national ambitions, and to reinstate Iraq to its real role in the international community.
Your Majesties, Highnesses, Excellencies,
Poverty, ignorance, absence of social justice, and disrespect respect for human rights, form a fertile environment for extremism and violence. It becomes thus imperative that we cooperate amongst ourselves to achieve development and social prosperity that would enable our peoples to live in climates of freedom, justice, and respect for human rights. Let us seize the opportunity and send a message to the world, to support the aspirations of our peoples for a dignified life that guarantees security and stability, not only in our countries, but throughout the world.
Brothers, it is time for us to strengthen ties of cooperation and coordination liaison amongst our countries and our peoples; and to work for revitalising the role of this organisation for a better Muslim future, one that bridges the gap between us and the developed countries, one that reinstates to our Islamic nation the status that its heritage, and its great civilised humane role deserves.
Once again I salute you, and pray to the Almighty, to crown our efforts with success, and to direct us all to the path of goodness, He is the Lord and the Proponent.
Peace be upon you, God's mercy and His blessings.


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It is a unique privilege to serve as a diplomat at the Vatican. From last week's announcement of 'habemus papam,' which proclaimed to the world that a new pope had been selected by the conclave of cardinals -- to his first appearance on the balcony in St. Peter's square -- to yesterday's mass of accession -- the election of Pope Francis has been a highlight of my time at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See. Early yesterday morning, our embassy staff met inside Vatican City to wait for Vice President Biden and the Congressional delegation to arrive, watching as motorcades dropped off heads of state, princes, and kings from all over the world. There, behind the scenes, the stage was being set for a historic event, an inauguration following the first papal resignation in 600 years.
Diplomats to the Holy See attend papal masses regularly, but yesterday was a truly special moment. As Pope Francis passed right alongside the diplomatic section you could sense the excitement in the air. This was the first time anyone from our embassy had seen the pope ride open-air through the square and it was moving to see him connect with thousands of people as he made his way up to the altar.
We generally sit to the right of the altar in St. Peter's Square, but for this mass the world leaders had our usual seats, so we sat close in facing the front. In this section, diplomats wear their national dress, or formal attire. The national dress may include ornate hats, ceremonial swords, medals, or colorful robes. Americans dress either in full tuxedo with tails and white ties, or full-length black dresses with head coverings for women. The Vatican's protocol office dictates how we are expected to dress, and it fits neatly into their long tradition of formal events. Although the United States is less than a year from celebrating its 30th anniversary of official, diplomatic relations with the Holy See, the Holy See has the oldest diplomatic corps in the world, dating from the mid-15th Century.
The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is small, but unique, and yesterday we knew that we were in the middle of history in the making. As Pope Francis takes on the sacred role of leading the Catholic Church, we renew our commitment to working closely with the Holy See to advance our shared belief in peace and humanity.
Nadege E. in Haiti writes:
I find the POPE FRANCISCO really DOWN TO EARTH. Thant is ENCOURAGING!
Ben M. in Washington writes:
Great writing Phil. I could visualize the event as I read it. Proud to know you're there!
Nguyen Ngoc T. in Vietnam writes:
I love Francis.
Maria G. in Argentina writes:
In the name of Jesus my God bless to our new argentina Pope Francis I. I'm very happy . Yes.
MarÃa Gladys Castillo-politic block. "Values to my country"
President: Cynthia Hotton-Church of Argentina: Claudio Freidzon "Rey de Reyes" Bs.As. and Church of Argentina: "Catedral de la Fé" of Carnival Osvaldo.
Sons and Daughters' together in chasity are able as believer's to prepare the spiritual way for many new works of our harvesting fatherlord.
In these act's.. There is no end to becoming deathless children who can live in the light of freedom forevermore.
Georgia M. in Tennessee writes:
So happy to read your message that Molly sent me. We feel your excitement and awe of the occasion. Next time we visit Molly and Alvaro we will come to Rome one more time. Have a great Easter weekend in Barcelona. Molly's mom, Georgia
Reba L. in Nevada writes:
Pope Francis,
I am writing to you with hope you can assist me with a bill called "The Healthy Workplace Bill" It addresses workplace bullying that 45% of American workers are facing and has many victims, and I am one. I don't think we should be ashamed to speak up of things that are wrong, and I know you feel the same way. Would you contact me and/or help me to make bullys accountable for their actions and their employers that allow this behavior to continue? The bill's language is listed under Mass.HB1766 and gives the best and well laid out plan to bring an end to the abuse we face even worldwide, but it has to start somewhere, right?
Respectfully and Sincerely,


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Debates of April 18th, 1997
House of Commons Hansard #159 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was taxes.
- Privilege
- Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996
- Small Business
- Manitoba Flood
- Infrastructure Program
- Vistajet
- Infrastructure Program
- Fisheries
- Government Expenditures
- Quebec Maple Syrup Industry
- Progressive Conservative Party
- Lester B. Pearson
- Deputy Premier Of Quebec
- Senator Pietro Rizzuto
- National Volunteer Week
- Banff National Park
- Newspapers
- National Unity
- Member For Surrey North
- Ottawa Youth Orchestra
- Member For Calgary Centre
- Linguistic School Boards
- Immigration
- Tobacco
- Pay Equity
- Government Expenditures
- Satellite Dishes
- Taxation
- Canadian Cultural Institutions
- Interest Rates
- Agriculture
- Culture
- Taxation
- Peacekeeping
- Taxation
- The Liberals
- Poverty
- Infrastructure
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996
- Criminal Code
Canadian Cultural Institutions
Oral Question Period
11:45 a.m.
Marcel Massé President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure
Mr. Speaker, when we are putting more than $1 billion annually into supporting our cultural institutions, there is no doubt that our government is showing that it wants to give effect to the principles of which we spoke and to continue to defend our cultural institutions.
As for the privatization of Bon Matin , I would like to remind the hon. member that the CBC is an autonomous agency in which we do not interfere. It is precisely because we do not want there to be any political interference that we are allowing the CBC to take decisions such as the one it may eventually take regarding Bon Matin . Opposition members would be the first to complain if there were any political interference. In this case, we are not interfering, so how can they complain?
Interest Rates
Oral Question Period
11:45 a.m.
John O'Reilly Victoria—Haliburton, ON
Mr. Speaker, financial institutions are charging 17 per cent interest on their major credit cards. Department stores are charging up to 28 per cent interest on their cards.
Is there any progress by the government on reducing credit card interest rates?
Interest Rates
Oral Question Period
11:45 a.m.
Ottawa South
John Manley Minister of Industry
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for his work together with other members of the House from all parties, especially the parliamentary secretary to the House leader, for their work in raising the awareness of Canadians on this issue.
What we have seen since they began to raise this issue is that consumer awareness in Canada has increased significantly of the fact that low rate cards are available, as well as new low rate cards that have come into existence; five new ones in the last few months. Now consumer awareness of these cards has increased from 30 per cent to 60 per cent, a very important contribution to the ability of consumers to make the choices that are in their best interests.
In addition, Industry Canada continues on a monthly basis to make available to the public full disclosure of information on the comparative rates and other costs associated with credit cards. As well, we have recently instituted on our web site, Strategis, the ability for consumers to use a credit card calculator. Inputting their own consumer practices, we can calculate for them which credit card is the best one for them to use.
Oral Question Period
April 18th, 1997 / 11:45 a.m.
Jake Hoeppner Lisgar—Marquette, MB
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister of agriculture.
In the last three and a half years this government has messed up every agriculture policy it has touched. It killed the Crow subsidy without having a competitive and efficient grain transportation system in place and as a result farmers have bins full of grain that cannot be moved.
Full grain bins and empty pockets have been Liberal and Tory policy for the past 130 years. How does this government expect farmers without cash to put in this year's crops?
Oral Question Period
11:45 a.m.
Jerry Pickard Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Mr. Speaker, over the last several weeks we have been asked by many people to work on this situation and to put out a committee to look at it.
We feel that is not the direction to take. We feel the minister is working with the rail companies, with the product groups in the west trying to move this question forward as quickly as possible.
There is no question that grain has moved very slowly off the prairies this year. There was an avalanche which slowed things down for a week. We understand there was a major wash-out of rail lines a week ago which caused another huge slow down.
We sympathize with all the producers in the west. There is no question we want to see this move forward as quickly as possible. We are involving all the stakeholders and we are working with them to make certain these problems are clarified and sped up.
Oral Question Period
11:45 a.m.
Jake Hoeppner Lisgar—Marquette, MB
Mr. Speaker, this government has to realize if farmers had been given a marketing choice, as the Western Grain Marketing Panel recom-
mended, they would already have resolved the transportation problems.
But because the minister arrogantly refused the recommendations of his own panel, the whole exercise was a waste of millions of taxpayer dollars.
How do the minister and the government plan to compensate farmers for his arrogance and negligence?
Oral Question Period
11:50 a.m.
Jerry Pickard Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Mr. Speaker, the premise of the member's question is totally wrong. In absolutely no way has the minister, in any of the judgments made, done anything to cause delays in the transportation of grain on the prairies.
The member knows very well that the cause is due to problems within the rail companies. We are working with the industry and everyone in the industry knows we have been working with them to resolve the problem.
You don't have a good-
Oral Question Period
11:50 a.m.
The Speaker
I know you are going to catch me the next time around.
The hon. member for Anjou-Rivière-des-Prairies.
Oral Question Period
11:50 a.m.
Roger Pomerleau Anjou—Rivière-Des-Prairies, QC
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
On February 28, in response to a letter from Quebec Minister of Cultural Affairs Louise Beaudoin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that there was no question of Quebec artists being excluded from funding programs on political grounds.
If this is so, will the minister confirm that he has altered the objectives of his financial assistance program for touring companies by withdrawing the criteria linking departmental subsidies to the promotion of Canadian unity?
Oral Question Period
11:50 a.m.
Winnipeg South Centre
Lloyd Axworthy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, with regard to the new policies, we made it clear that decisions on individual artists would be based on each person's artistic merits. There is, therefore, no change.
Oral Question Period
11:50 a.m.
Roger Pomerleau Anjou—Rivière-Des-Prairies, QC
Mr. Speaker, that is not an answer to the question. I have asked the minister whether he had changed the criteria in the law, rather than in promises. We all know what happens to promises. We were promised that the GST would be scrapped, and it was not.
If the Minister of Foreign Affairs has not changed the criteria of his program, how then can he write Minister Beaudoin saying that the political opinions of Quebec artists will not be taken into account when his department awards funding to artists?
Oral Question Period
11:50 a.m.
Winnipeg South Centre
Lloyd Axworthy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I wrote to Madam Beaudoin to ensure we cleared up the total misinformation that was put forward by members of that party suggesting that political views would be taken into account. Never at any time was that the case. It was only in the minds of the Bloc Quebecois members. They attempted to exploit it as a way of trying to drive a wedge. Never was it part of our guidelines.
All we said was that we wanted to ensure that when we promote the opportunity for Canadian artists to go abroad that it be the widest possible range of artists, young people, aboriginal people, people representing the various cultural groups. Never were political beliefs taken into account.
The Bloc Quebecois must apologize to the Canadian public for creating that kind of perception.
Oral Question Period
11:50 a.m.
Dale Johnston Wetaskiwin, AB
Mr. Speaker, just days before a needless federal election call the Liberals are spreading money around the way farmers would spread fertilizer. They obviously did not learn from the fact that Trudeau's 1984 patronage binge cost them the election. What a flip-flop from the days in opposition when they criticized the Tories for their pork-barrelling.
While it still has time, will the government commit to cutting taxes so that real jobs can be created?
Oral Question Period
11:50 a.m.
Paul Martin Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, in the last budget we brought in over $2 billion worth of selective tax cuts, which will take effect over the next three years, for Canadians with disabilities, for students and for low income families. We brought in a series of targeted tax cuts directed where the impact will be the greatest.
Given that the government has reasonably restricted financial resources, that is the option which any reasonable government would take. The alternative recommended by the Reform Party is to bring in a broad based tax cut which would benefit the wealthy of this country. It would be paid for by cutting services which low and middle income Canadians desperately need.
Oral Question Period
11:50 a.m.
Dale Johnston Wetaskiwin, AB
Mr. Speaker, the minister is up to his old tricks of misquoting the Reform Party's policies.
For the last 78 months the unemployment rate has been high in this country. At no other time has it been this high except during the Great Depression.
If, as he claims, they are creating jobs, how is the minister prepared to explain to the 1.4 million unemployed Canadians that his policies are working?


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Despite losing arm, retired Army Sgt. Thorton still on target at Warrior Games
An avid archer as a child, retired Army Sgt. Lance Thorton competed in archery at the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – When Lance Thorton lost his arm while serving in Iraq, he knew exactly what kind of prosthetic he wanted.
"An arm to shoot my bow," retired Army Sgt. Thorton said. "After I got released from the hospital, I started shooing my bow on my convalescent leave."
Archery, along with fishing, has been one of Thorton's first loves. His dad got him into the sport, and when Thorton turned 7, he used his birthday money to buy his first bow.
He's been shooting since then. Even when his right arm was amputated in 2007 – when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle – he didn't stop doing what he loved most.
"You look at it one or two ways; you can roll over and die and let it take over you," Thorton said. "Or you can just drive on. I look at it as these are the cards I was dealt, and I'm just going to play these hands."
He entered Wednesday's archery event in the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte as the No. 2 seed in the compound category.
To his disappointment, he was upset by No. 7 seed Marine Corp. Matthew Benack in the elimination round.
"We went into the elimination round, and I just, to put it in words, I just fell apart," Thorton said. "I didn't shoot my game."
After his elimination, he called his wife back in Missouri, who was expected to deliver their second child.
"He gave up so much family time to be here," his mother, Teri Cunningham said.
His parents helped chip in, but when his arm was amputated, his mom was worried for him, especially when it was his right arm.
"I was afraid he wasn't going to be able to do the things he loved because he's right-handed," Cunningham said. "For him to pick up a rifle and a bow, and to come into this (as a top) seed, it's amazing."
She remembered her son coming home a few months after his amputation and trying to shoot his bow with his new prosthetic.
"At that time, he didn't have a really good prosthetic, and when he would shoot, his arm would come off," Cunningham said. "But he would shrug it off and put his arm back on."
Previously, he'd use his right had to pull back and release the arrow.
Now, he uses the hook in his prosthetic and his mouth to release.
In addition to getting back into archery, Thorton also built a home for his family in Stotts City, Mo.
He credited his wife for not letting him give up on himself.
On Thursday, he will miss the Closing Ceremony, but wants to make sure he's back home in time to welcome their new baby boy.
"My wife was probably the biggest influence, and she wouldn't let me give up," Thorton said. "I can do the same things, just do them differently. Just got to take the time and figure it out, and don't quit. Never quit."
For more on the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte, visit teamusa.org/warriorgames/.


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Hogan/McElroy win Bronze at 2013 Sprint World Cup #1
What: 2013 ICF Sprint World Cup No. 1
When: May 10-12, 2013
Where: Szeged, Hungary
Who: 4 of the top US sprint paddlers
Results: http://results.digicorp.hu/competition/16777283/races
Video: http://eurovision.digotel.com/icf/index.html to watch -Demand footage of the Finals
On Saturday, Maggie Hogan (San Diego, Calif.) and Kaitlyn McElroy (Oklahoma City, Okla.) won the Bronze medal in the women's K2 1000m race. They finished in 3:54.966, 1.008 seconds behind the first place finisher. Two local Hungarian boats finished 1st and 2nd.
This is the third World Cup medal in as many competitions for the Oklahoma City Boathouse District training partners. They won a Bonze and Silver in the 1000m distance during the 2012 World Cup series.
Hogan and McElroy also finished 2nd in the K2 500m B Final with a time of 1:51.766 (+0.330 seconds behind 1st). They finished 3rd in their heat and 4th in their semifinal en route to the 500m B Final.
Kaitlyn McElroy, Women's Kayak: "I think it was a solid start to our season. We were able to make positive changes for each successive race, which is what we want to be able to do. We had a good race in the 1000m. We were able to stay in touch with the leaders throughout the race and so when we kicked it in at the end we were able to put ourselves on the podium. Unfortunately we started our kick a few meters to late to catch the two Hungarian crews but the finish was something we had gone into the race wanting to improve and we did. The 500m races were solid. There are a few technical things we can work on to improve boat run but overall it was a good start to the season. We will start implementing the things we learned this coming week in training."
2012 Olympian Tim Hornsby (Atlanta, Ga.) finished 6th in the men's K1 200m B Final. He crossed the line in 37.089, 1.470 seconds behind the race's first place finisher. Hornsby finished 6th in his heat and 4th in his semifinal to reach the B Final.
Kayaker Ryan Dolan (Kailua, Hawaii) placed 6th in the 200m C Final with a time of 37.719. Dolan finished 4th in his heat and 6th in his semifinal to reach the C Final.
Dolan also finished 6th in the K1 500m B Final with a time of 1:43.542, which was 2.568 seconds behind the race's first place finisher. He finished 4th in his 2nd in his heat and 4th in his semifinal to reach the 500m B Final.
The four paddlers were selected based on their performance at the 2013 U.S. Sprint Team Trials in Oklahoma City, Okla, April 26-27. The 2013 World Championships Team will be named after the World Cups.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, USA Canoe/Kayak is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Canoe Federation. It governs the Olympic disciplines of Flatwater Sprint, Whitewater Slalom, the Paralympic discipline of Paracanoe and sanctions Freestyle, Marathon, Outrigger, Wildwater, Stand Up Paddle Board, Kayak Polo, Dragon Boat and Canoe Sailing in the United States. For more information about USA Canoe/Kayak, please visit us on the web at www.usack.org, on Twitter at @usacanoekayak and Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/USACanoeKayak.


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We don't just make history...WE BUILD IT!
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER (CIVIL)The California Department of Transportation has immediate openings for Transportation Engineer (Civil) throughout the state. Simply follow the four step process.
the online Training and Experience Evaluation/Exam
https://exams.spb.ca.gov/exams/ctc/. Select "Take or schedule an exam."
|Select "Transportation Engineer (Civil)"
Upon successful completion of the exam, refer to the state map below to determine where you want to work.
|Contact the appropriate Caltrans representative for job opportunities. You may also search for Caltrans vacancies at the State Personnel Board (SPB) website at http://jobs.spb.ca.gov/wvpos/search_p.cfm?dept=transportation
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