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Museum honors early car designer with ties to Bradley and central Illinois
Reprinted with permission of the Journal Star, Peoria, IL.
For doodling car designs, he was once expelled from his chemistry class at Bradley University. But GORDON BUEHRIG '26, a native of the central Illinois community of Mason City, later became known around the world for his legendary designs, including the 1936 Cord 810, the 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster and the Duesenberg Model J luxury car.
His sleek creations are now being honored in Auburn, Ind., at the new Gordon Buehrig Gallery of Design at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, a National Historic Landmark that is housed in the building where Buehrig worked in the late 1930s. The 1,400-square-foot gallery, which opened Memorial Day weekend, is billed as the museum's most colorful and technologically advanced gallery. A touch-screen display allows visitors to hear Buehrig speak on automotive-related topics in his own voice. And a professional computer animation video created by Buehrig's grandson, Jordan Orlando, details the creation of the 1936 Cord 810 from clay to conception and animates the car as it goes through the design stages. Many of Buehrig's designs are on display, as well as some individual project cars Buehrig was involved with such as the Tasco and the Buehrig.
"It brings his whole story together, from original sketches at General Motors for the Cord all the way to the finished product," says Matthew Short, the museum's executive vice president, who says he "just missed" getting to know Buehrig before his death in January 1990. "The Buehrig and Orlando family gave us unprecedented access to Gordon's library, personal diaries and effects," he says of the gallery. "We were able to paint a more complete and personal picture of this legendary designer. The more I read his papers while researching this gallery, the more I came to appreciate not only his design genius, but what a genuine person he was."
Barbara Buehrig Orlando, Gordon Buehrig's daughter, calls the exhibit "a fantastic gallery, and beyond anything my father would have imagined in his career."
"The Cord and the Speedster were way ahead of their time," she says of her father's designs. "He was always geared to the future." She's also proud of the work her son, Jordan, did for the gallery, saying he shares his grandfather's talent for being able to visualize a design in his head in three dimensions.
As master designer for E.L. Cord, who built classic cars in the northeastern Indiana town of Auburn, Gordon Buehrig set new standards with the racy, sophisticated Cord automobiles of the 1930s and his sleek Duesenbergs and Auburns that led some to call the cars "rolling sculptures." Many of his innovative designs and features, so revolutionary at the time, still thrive today. His original design for the 810 Cord caused the public to take notice at the 1935 New York Auto Show. "The Cord stopped the show," said one writer. "People reportedly stood on surrounding cars just to get a glimpse of the beautiful Cord with its exciting design." Its features included disappearing headlights, front-wheel drive, step-down entry and a modern style that won a place in history for its designer. The vehicle later was recognized by New York's Museum of Modern Art as one of the outstanding auto designs of all time.
On a visit to Peoria in 1965 to see his former Bradley roommate, E.B. Risser, Buehrig described other features of the Cord. His super-charged Cord 810 — and the later 812 — was a full foot lower than most cars on the road. It also had a horn ring, concealed door hinges, no running boards and a concealed radiator body.
Buehrig was born in 1904 in Mason City and attended Bradley from 1922 to 1924 before starting his long career. Although he didn't receive a degree from Bradley, he received the school's Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1981 and was named to its Centurion Society in 1993. He received an honorary degree from Aurora University in 1986.
Buehrig got his first job in the automotive industry when he was 20 years old and was hired by the Godfredson Body Co. as its chief engineer. During the next five years, he gained experience at Dietrich Inc., Packard, General Motors and Stutz. By the time he was 25, he was named chief body designer for the most prestigious car company in the United States — Duesenberg Inc. He became a close friend of the Duesenberg brothers and designed a series of cars for them, also designing the famous "Duesenbird" radiator ornament.
In 1934, the Auburn Automobile Co. asked Buehrig to redesign its cars, leading to the 1935 Auburn Speedster. Less successful was the Tasco, a failed attempt to design a European-style sports car that Buehrig later called his personal Edsel. Nonetheless, he came up with a styling innovation in the design: a removable T-top, which later became popular.
He later worked for Ford Motor Co. from 1949 until his retirement in 1965, where his projects included the 1951 Ford Victoria, the 1952 Ford all-metal station wagon and the Continental Mark II. Buehrig was selected in 1981 by the Society of Automotive Historians as one of the industry's 30 most significant people internationally and named a fellow by the Society of Automotive Engineers. He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1989. "He was modest, and he wasn't really famous," Barbara Orlando says of her father. "The arc of his career began in the 1920s, but because of the Depression, that time of design and a small team of automakers came to an end."
Buehrig took his math skills into the aircraft industry during World War II, with Goodyear in Akron, Ohio, and Consolidated Airlines in San Diego. "Then, afterwards, at Ford, it was a different world," Orlando says.
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Buehrigs offer treasure trove of memories
Reprinted with permission of the Journal Star, Peoria, IL.
When the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Festival's Parade of Classics takes place each year the Saturday before Labor Day, Kay Buehrig is there, riding in "our Cord." "I gave it to the museum, with the understanding that when I'm there, I get to ride in it," says Buehrig, 94, the widow of automobile designer Gordon Buehrig.
This year's parade of more than 300 Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs motoring through the streets of Auburn was Aug. 30.
Pictures of that maroon Cord are included in Gordon Buehrig's book "Rolling Sculpture," first published in 1975. With the opening of the new Buehrig gallery at the Auburn Cord Dusenberg Museum, the book has been re-released and is available through the museum. When the book originally came out, Kay Buehrig recalls, "he gave them away to friends and relatives. We even had a signing party." Recently, she found some of the original books in her attic and took three of them to an auction at the Meadow Brook car show in Michigan, where she lives.
"A man from Texas, who had bought a Duesenberg — you know they all go for over a million — paid $1,000 for a copy. I suppose if you can afford to buy a Duesenberg, you can afford the book," she says, adding the other two volumes went for $700 apiece.
Kay Buehrig says her husband, after attending Bradley University for two years in the 1920s, went to Chicago, where "he became a taxi driver because he wanted to get behind wheels, and he couldn't afford a car and his father didn't have a car." He designed cars for other automakers before going on to Duesenberg Inc. and then the Auburn Automobile Co. "Gordon had this idea for the Cord. He left General Motors and went from designing for Duesenberg with its catch phrase "It's a Duesy!" to designing the Cord for Mr. Cord, who had the Auburn factory," Kay Buehrig says. "It was very revolutionary."
Errett Lobban Cord, who had been a racing car mechanic and driver, became president of the Auburn Automobile Co. in 1924. Cord acquired Fred and August Duesenberg's Indianapolis company in 1926. Buehrig designed the streamlined Cord Model 810 in 1935 and Model 812 in 1937. Manufacture of the Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs ceased in 1937 after Cord's financial empire collapsed during the Great Depression.
Kay Buehrig says seeing their first Cord automobile has been a memorable experience for many people. "They remember someone in their town owning one and saying 'Oh my God!' and they don't forget that car," she says.
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If you go to The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum
Getting there: The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum is at 1600 S. Wayne St. in Auburn, Ind. Auburn is located in northeast Indiana at the intersection of Interstate 69 and Indiana State Road 8, 20 miles north of Fort Wayne and 35 miles south of the Indiana Toll Road (Interstates 80/90). From Peoria, take Interstate 74 to Indianapolis, then I-69 north to Auburn.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Admission: $8/adults; $5/students. Family and group rates available.
More information: Call (260) 925-1444 or visit www.acdmuseum.org.
Book: "Rolling Sculpture: A Designer and His Work" by Gordon M. Buehrig with William S. Jackson, originally published in 1975, has been re-released in conjunction with the opening of the museum's Buehrig Gallery of Design. It is available for $49.95, or $44.95 for museum members, and $5 shipping per book. Additional "Rolling Sculpture" products also are available, including posters, shirts and hats. Call the museum to purchase the book, or send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival The highlight is the Parade of Classics, which features more than 300 Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs motoring through the streets of historic Auburn. ACD Club members park their cars around the courthouse square after the parade. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.acdfestival.org, or call (260) 925-3600 for more information.
Also in Auburn: The National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States, with an emphasis on post-World War II cars and trucks, (260) 925-9100 or www.natmus.org, and the Hoosier Air Museum, dedicated to the preservation of aviation history, (260) 927-0443 or www.hoosierairmuseum.org.
More information about Auburn: www.ci.auburn.in.us.
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An inmate convicted of participating in a deadly prison riot in Mississippi has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.
U.S. District Judge David Bramlette sentenced Pedro Gonzalez De Los Reyes in U.S. District Court in Natchez Thursday. The pleaded guilty in June.
One guard was killed and 20 people were injured in the May 20, 2012, riot at the privately-run Adams County Correctional Facility.
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19 October 2010 – Eni has been ranked as the best company in the world in 2010 for the online communication of its corporate social responsibility initiatives ("CSR") and activities, according to the 2010 Global Leaders, an annual study published by strategic communications consultancy Lundquist.
Eni retained its position as the top company for the second year running by achieving a score of 75.5 points out of 100 which was significantly above the average score of 47.6 achieved by other companies.
The study conducted by strategic communications consultancy Lundquist examines the 91 companies listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, the most prestigious international index for the evaluation of CSR, in which Eni ha been included since 2007.
The study outlines some of the major strengths of Eni's online communication on social responsibility and sustainability. According to the study, Eni's success is due to the vast and detailed sustainability section on its website, through which the company provides a wealth of information on its performance and targets, case studies, news and videos.
Lundquist evaluates how corporate websites are used as a platform for CSR communication and stakeholder engagement. The research has been carried out on the basis of 77 evaluation criteria, drafted from a survey carried out by professionals in 30 countries.
By taking first place in the CSR Online Awards "Global Leaders' ranking for the second year running, Eni confirms its strong and continued commitment to pursuing progress in sustainability throughout every field of its activity, from its relationships with producing countries, where the company is establishing new cooperation models to support their development, to the promotion of human rights and environmental protection. A commitment which has enabled Eni to enter the most important stock exchange indices in the world for the evaluation of companies' sustainability.
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Zabaleta wants Messi to join him at Man City
Manchester City midfielder Pablo Zabaleta is reportedly desperate for his Argentine teammate Lionel Messi to join him at the Etihad on a permanent basis.
Zabaleta will be tasked with halting the Barcelona star when City faces the Spanish champions in the Champions League on Feb 18.
According to the Mirror, however, Zabaleta dreams that one day Messi will decide to bring his brilliance to City to swap the Mediterranean for Mancunian way, and he said that he has spoken to his old friend about City.
Stating that Messi has asked him about the experience of playing in City, Zabaleta also said that he would like to show Messi around Manchester and take him out to dinner on his 'favourite' fish and chips.
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Gates: Efficiencies remain, but aren't sufficient to meet cost cutting goals
As he prepared to leave government service, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there remain efficiencies to be had from departmental organization and overhead.
Gates launches an efficiency drive in 2010 that sought to redirect $100 billion of overhead costs spread over 5 years to higher-priority warfighting needs. In a May 24 speech at the American Enterprise Institute--an address Gates characterized as his "last major policy speech in Washington"--Gates said the military services found nearly that amount in efficiencies through facility closures and other measures. A freeze on civilian pay, an elimination or downgrading of more than 350 high-level positions and the closure of the Joint Forces Command produced another $54 billion in efficiencies, he added.
But, "there are still too many headquarters, offices and agencies employing too many high ranking personnel and contractors, consuming too many resources relative to real military missions and measurable results," Gates said.
Gates also criticized DoD financial management, calling the current apparatus for managing people and money across the department "woefully inadequate."
"The agencies, field activities, joint headquarters and support staff functions of the department operate as a semi-feudal system--an amalgam of fiefdoms without centralized mechanisms to allocate resources, track expenditures and measure results relative to the department's overall priorities," he added.
Efficiencies by themselves will not add up to the additional $400 billion over 12 years that President Barack Obama has said he wants trimmed from the Defense budget, Gates said. The $400 billion is not a dramatic cut since, spread out over a decade, it would keep the Defense budget just slightly lower than increases to match inflation, he said.
"Nonetheless, meeting this savings target will require real cuts given the escalating costs of so many parts of the defense budget, and as a result, real choices," Gates said. To that end, the Pentagon has launched a review that will examine health costs, retirement, force structure, and the long-standing war planning assumption that the United States must be able to fight two major regional wars at the same time.
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I can sort by subject, percent complete, status and due date; but not priority. I was using ZCS 6.0.5 and just upgraded to 7.0.0. Both versions have this behavior. I thought it must've been an oversight in 6.x that would be fixed in 7.x but my guess was wrong.
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"Bunheads," the wonderfully weird dramedy about ballerinas, spontaneous Vegas marriages and quirky California small town life from "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, has, sadly, been canceled. ABC Family announced the news this afternoon, releasing the following statement:
'Bunheads' is a wonderful series that we are very proud to have aired. The series had amazing storytelling, the most talented cast and a passionate and loyal fan base. Recognizing all of this, we took extra time to try and find ways to bring the series back for another season, but in the end it simply wasn't possible. We wish the cast and crew the best in their future endeavors
The series featured Broadway star Sutton Foster as Michelle Simms, a former professional Broadway dancer turned aging showgirl who impulsively marries an admirer (Alan Ruck) one drunken night, only to find herself widowed shortly after and in possession of the house and dance studio still run by his mother Fanny (Kelly Bishop).
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The now final episode of the 18 in the "Bunheads" run aired back in February -- ABC Family left the show's fate undecided for an unusual amount of time while it waited to see how other new series would fare. At least it ended on a bittersweet but hopeful note, with Michelle going to an audition for the first time in ages, and reminding herself both of the brutal process that is showbiz and of her own talent.


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On Wednesday, September 14, 2011, the Lady Bombers Varsity Tennis Team earned The Chagrin Valley Conference Title in a three way tie with Hawken and Chagrin Falls. The Conference tournament was hosted at the Kenston courts from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and included Kenston, Chagrin Falls, Hawken, Orange, and Beachwood High School.
Kenston's team has the best of both worlds this season - a team with experience and talented younger players. The Lady Bombers started off the season strong winning the Rock River Invitational. Coach Greg Aten describes the team, "Leading the team in first singles is junior Mandy Marchant, freshman Natasha Birze plays second singles, senior Shea Marks plays third singles, senior Keirstan Kure and sophomore Kathleen Swanson play first doubles, and sophomores Miranda Kyle and Kendall Althans play second doubles."
Coach Greg Aten stated, "We have depth all the way through our lineup and that gives us a shot at winning every match we are in. Marchant, a top ranked USTA player made two straight trips to the state tournament. Birze is also a top ranked USTA player, and Marks and Kure all bring talent and leadership to the team. Swanson, Kyle, and Althans add talent and dedication as well."
As a division one team, Kenston plays a schedual highlighted by some of the toughest teams in the area. It's only September 15, and the team has already played 13 matches, as they play anywhere from 3-5 matches a week. There is no time limit on tennis matches and some of the matches fun over 3 1/2 to 4 hours long. Senior co-captain, Shea Marks said, "It has been very difficult and challenging, but yet very rewarding especially when we pull out a win after already playing 4 matches that week! The team is very close and we have a lot of fun too!"


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The fifth edition of the Summer Oxford Art Fair dates are Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th June 2016 at the beautiful gardens of the Fishes, North Hinksey, Oxford.
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Because of such results, the percentage of companies using broad-based stock-option plans—plans that allow everyone to participate regardless of their position on the corporate ladder—increased from 13 percent in 1995 to 31 percent in 1998, according to a salary-increase survey from Lincolnshire, Illinois-based Hewitt Associates.
In this era of downsizing and rightsizing, outsourcing and reengineering, proponents of employee stock ownership boast of an environment in which workers and managers alike think and act like owners. A share of stock, after all, represents a legal right to share in a company's future earnings—if a company does well, the stock is worth more and vice versa. Though employees in an "ownership culture" place a portion of their future earnings at risk, there's less emphasis on the frangible connection between job and salary, and more on the sort of benefits that can help reward and retain key employees—something all HR managers seek to achieve.
"It gives people something to be excited about," says Susan H. Marcille, partner in Ernst & Young Human Resources Consulting Group of Atlanta, Georgia. "They're motivated to work harder because they're sharing in the eventual success of the business."
Employee ownership is increasing.
Companies use a variety of employee-ownership programs. Employee stock-ownership plans (ESOPs) use tax-deductible, company contributions to accumulate stock, which is then granted to individual participants. Employee stock-option plans allow employees to purchase a set amount of shares at a fixed price. And 401(k) plans encourage employees to set aside money for retirement; many companies now match the employee contribution with company stock.
Of the 15,000 or so U.S. companies offering employees broad ownership rights, roughly 9,500 choose ESOPs. Another 2,000 companies allow employees to purchase stock through a 401(k) plan, while 3,000 offer broad stock-option plans.
When the Fort Worth, Texas-based Union Pacific Resources Group (UPR) departed from its parent company, Union Pacific Corp., it needed to encourage its employees to help it succeed. The solution it sought was to create an ownership culture among employees by rewarding 1,600 nonagreement petrotechs, drillers and all administrative staff with restricted shares of stock.
UPR grouped employees by salary and responsibility level, then assigned an appropriate number of shares—50 to hourly and nonexempt employees, 100 to mid-level staff, 150 to senior management. Dividends began immediately, although employees who left the company within a year couldn't take the stock with them. At the same time, UPR engaged in an ESOP purchase of 3.7 million shares for $107 million.
"We felt that if employees had a share of the company, no matter how small, they would be more focused on the business results and in helping the business succeed," says Karen Wresinski, director of compensation and staffing for Union Pacific Resources Group. In the past two years, she says, each group of employees has received stock options to increase the ownership focus. "The company believes the long-term focus of ownership is a benefit not only to our own employees but to our external shareholders because everyone's aligned with the company goals."
Because of the recent downturn in the oil and gas industry, however, UPR may not have enjoyed the financial gain from the program that other companies in other industries may have experienced. "I think people are focused overall on the company results," says Wresinski, "but they also recognize that we're in a difficult time right now."
That's often the problem with early research that trumpets one business philosophy over another—it doesn't always take into account an organization's industry and historical performance.
Another example is Medicalodges, a Coffeyville, Kansas-based chain of 40 nursing homes and assisted living centers. When the owner of the company decided to retire last year, roughly 1,000 employees banded together and, through a $20 million-plus ESOP transaction, acquired 100 percent ownership to "put the future of the company in our own hands," says Harry Denman, the company's vice president.
Since the transaction, Denman has noticed a new and higher level of employee-owner commitment in caring for the company's residents, but not necessarily an increase in the company's top line. "And in our business, if we're not providing quality care, we're out of business," Denman says. "We're hoping the new ownership culture will benefit all of us in future salary adjustments and investment in the company over the long haul."
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Several years ago, the management consulting firm Hewitt Associates caught on to the trend of ownership cultures, and in 1995 trademarked a group of its consultants as The Ownership Network. Network leader Judy Lindquist maintains that there's enormous interest in building ownership cultures. "It's one way to get employees more engaged to the business results," she explains.
Hewitt Associates has identified three key elements that constitute an ownership culture: a compensation structure that offers stock, an informational structure that educates employees about the stock-ownership plan and the company's direction, and an influence structure that convinces employees that each person's contribution has an impact on how the group performs as a whole.
HR managers should note that it's not necessary to make tsunami-size changes in a company's structure to present employees with an ownership culture, but the deal does have to be financially significant. A token amount of ownership won't encourage employees to think and act like owners. You need to carefully consider and adopt the right kind of ownership strategy. How much ownership should be placed in the hands of your employees? How much will the ownership be worth?
There also remains the belief that simply by issuing stock, a company will more directly connect employees to a business. But granting a financial stake is only one of several factors required to create psychological ownership, says Christopher Mackin, president of Ownership Associates Inc., an ownership-consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mackin identifies four additional types of "challenges" that are presented when building an ownership culture:
- Technical—making sure everybody understands the rules of the road. How does the plan work, how do employees cash out, what does the plan mean in the employees' total compensation package?
- Psychological—overcoming resistance to change. Large chunks of employee ownership will generally require not only changes involving employees in decision making, but additional shifts that often echo throughout the entire company structure.
- Ideological—working with differing perceptions of the meaning of ownership. Although "ownership" is one of the more culturally accessible concepts in the English language, people have varying theories regarding what it actually means. These theories must be reconciled.
- Structural—determining methods of including employee opinion and participation in managing the company. Companies must devise new structures to accommodate the employee voice, as well as clearly delineate the limits of employee participation.
"Although many employee-ownership companies have the unique potential to build an entrepreneurial culture, few human resources professionals truly understand the difference between legal ownership and psychological ownership," says Mackin. "Legal ownership is represented by documents that reside in a file cabinet. It alone doesn't necessarily change the way an employee acts. Psychological ownership requires a set of values, beliefs and abilities."
To achieve psychological ownership, HR professionals can make use of the various kinds of training programs that engage employees about the meaning of employee ownership.
At United Airlines a few years ago, William Byrne, then director of culture and corporate education, designed a series of training events called "Mission United" that brought together pilots, mechanics and flight attendants to learn more about the company's strategy and competitive position.
It was a corporate-led initiative to make sure HR "mirrored an employee-owned culture with regards to compensation, recruiting and development strategies," says Byrne.
"It's up to HR to teach employees about the business and to train them to be owners. If the training is consistent, they'll notice this and rise to the challenge. The biggest failure any company can make is to tell people they're owners and then fail to do anything to support their ownership."
Other strategies that have been adopted at employee-owned companies include conventional small-group training and interactive role playing. A carefully designed employee survey may be the best tool to help HR gauge how well employees understand the concept of an employee-owned company.
Warnings must precede rewards.
Oakland, California-based National Center for Employee Ownership found that over a 10-year period, companies with significant worker ownership grew 40 to 60 percent faster than they would have without worker ownership. "When you combine a significant amount of employee ownership with quality ownership-culture management, you get a company that, according to research, will grow faster than other companies," says Corey Rosen, the center's executive director.
"The commitment to this direction needs to start at the top of the organization," advises Ed Bixler, president of Benefit Capital Companies of Irvine, California, a specialty investment banking and financial advisory firm. "CEOs and HR managers need to use their positions as bully pulpits to continually reinforce the value of each employee and ultimately the value in their companies."
To make sure employees understand what it means to own a piece of the rock, and how worker performance affects their stock holdings, you should be ready to discuss the nature of ownership beyond the legal definition. Also, cultivating a broad sense of shared values—pooling information with employees about the business, the industry and the competition, and giving people the opportunity to influence the company's top line—will make people feel good about the company and its products or services.
Still, employee-ownership cultures can work against you if they create unrealistic expectations. Loyalty suffers when HR managers promise employees fattened personal financial portfolios and retirement pots, then fail to deliver. Even the most financially robust company should always inform employees of the manifold risks associated with these programs.
"The last thing you want to do is start making representations as to the extent of benefits a stock-based plan could bring to your employees," warns Kenneth Anker, a partner in the New York office of Smith & Downey, a law firm concentrating in employee benefits law. "That's when you open yourself up to a claim of breach of fiduciary duties in the case of 401(k) plans and ESOPs, or a possible contract action in the case of stock-option plans and similar equity-oriented programs."
Jeff Gates, president and founder of the Atlanta-based Shared Capitalism Institute, a nonprofit organization advocating the merits of broad-based ownership, says employees who own a piece of the company are more motivated to bring information into the organization.
But, in the United States, most people haven't been educated to be owners. Therefore, companies can't simply put a plan in place and then walk away, expecting it to work out on its own. "It helps if you have senior management committed to the ownership culture," says Gates, who authored The Ownership Solution: Toward a Shared Capitalism for the 21st Century (Addison Wesley, 1998). "But often the stumbling block is mid-level managers because they have a problem of letting go of the 'my way or the highway' methodology."
If you want to lead a workforce that's constantly adapting, employees don't only need motivation to learn and upgrade their skills, but they need an environment where they can own a piece of the company and learn to be owners, adds Gates. "The workforce of the future will be one in which shareholder value is up close and personal, and one in which employees are rightly regarded as among the firm's most natural owners."
Workforce, February 1999, Vol. 78, No. 2, pp. 60-64.


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The importance of learning using digital technologies in non-formal settings
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Non-formal settings are those where groups of learners work together on a single interest area or topic. They might be organised as an out-of-school activity (such as a club or society), or they might be organised by a youth centre or community centre or sports club, for example.
These settings allow learners to work together on a single topic or interest area, but collectively and collaboratively, concerned more with team working and co-operative endeavour, sharing strengths for a common aim or goal. Some important examples of learning arising in these settings have now been demonstrated, and it is clear that they are vitally important for enabling learning to happen in context, in real and authentic situations, leading to outcomes that go beyond a narrow range of skills.
A key report, by Don Passey and Julia Gillen, that highlights the wide range of skills arising in this context is: BBC News School Report 2008/2009: Independent Evaluation.
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Stipends, Taxes & Grants
Each graduate student in OEB is guaranteed full support of tuition and stipend through June of his/her sixth year. Some of this support comes from teaching fellowships and for some students stipend support comes from outside grants such as the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
The current level of stipend support for OEB grad students in AY12-13 is $,2718 per month, or $32,616 annually.When someone earns over $2,718/month, either through teaching in any FAS class (not just OEB) or through outside Fellowship, OEB does not provide supplemental funds from our endowments. This is done to ensure equity in financial support for all students.
Taxable Income
Basically, any money which passes through your hands is taxable. To quote the IRS:
"Amounts received as a scholarship granted after August 16, 1986, for room and board or travel and any other amounts received for expenses other than tuition and course related expenses (see Publication 520) are taxable."
"Amounts received as a scholarship that are payment for teaching, research, or other services even if the services were required to get the grant are taxable."
The "tuition and course related expenses" referred to in the first paragraph covers the tuition grants made by OEB, NSF, and others which go directly to Harvard. These do not count as personal income. Anything which the IRS deems taxable income is also taxable at a flat 5% rate in Massachusetts. Deductions in Massachusetts are a bit different and newcomers in particular should note that half of your rent is usually deductible.
Students should also note that since no tax is deducted from stipend checks (when the stipend is in the form of a grant), you will most likely need to pay quarterly estimated income tax for both the state of Massachusetts and the IRS. Remember: all OEB Student Research funds are taxable and may be deductible if receipts are accounted for!
Tax Matters for Foreign Students:
All the publications mentioned are available through the International Office or they can tell you how to get them. Keep all your pay slips, get the appropriate tax forms early, and go to the GSAS seminar in late February. Note that the filing deadline is April 15th. Be aware that tax liabilities are the responsibility of the students.
The amount of tax you pay depends on what type of tax treaty your country has with the U.S. The US has signed tax treaties with some countries which may exempt certain individuals from taxes. You must obtain a US Social Security number in order to be exempt. For details, you should obtain IRS publication #901. See also the "Table of Exemptions from the United States' Income Tax for Nonresident Alien Students under Tax Treaties". Helpful tax info and some of these forms are available in the OEB financial office or the International Office in Holyoke Center 858 (495-2789). Foreign students must file forms with the tax office in the Payroll office at Holyoke Center.
There are 2 types of tax--Federal and State, and the rules differ in terms of what is deemed taxable income. None of us pay FICA deductions. Another bright point is that Harvard automatically withholds tax on TF and RA payments made to foreigners so you have probably already paid most of your taxes. If your stipend is in the form of a Harvard Grant, the Payroll Office will not deduct tax directly from your stipend, but will request this from you on a term bill itemized as "Federal Withholding."
Federal Tax
You will probably need a 1040 NR form and the matching set of "Instructions for Form 1040NR" from GSAS or the International Office. (Don't bet on finding them in a bank or Post Office). Your total earnings for the tax year are summarized on your W-2 Wage and Tax Statement issued to you by Harvard early in the year. Tuition, fees, books and expenses for courses are tax exempt, but note that if you have to earn the money for tuition and fees, and receive the money directly as opposed to the department applying it automatically, then you pay tax on that money. Stipends are taxable at a withholding rate of approximately 15% beyond the personal allowance. This includes scholarships that originate in the U.S. Rules vary with a different country of origin.
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Fill out the federal tax return first, then the state form, as it requires a figure from the federal form. Note that you may be eligible for deducting 50% of your rent. Check with the Mass. Department of Revenue. If your income is less than $8,000 in that year, you don't need to file a State tax return. Use a form 1-NR "Massachusetts Nonresident Income Tax Return", which comes with a matching set of instructions.
"The 300 Account": Each year, each student receives $400 to spend on books, office supplies, and other materials. See your lab's administrative assistant about how to charge purchases to this account.
Graduate Student Research Funds:
OEB provides each graduate student with the following research money:
$2,000 at the beginning of their G1 year
$3,000 after passing their qualifying exam
$3,000 after participation in the G4 mini-symposium
Each student is free to make their own decisions regarding expenditures for travel, courses, page charges, equipment and supplies with the following conditions:
(1) Single item expenses greater than $700 require a written justification to the Graduate Committee for approval.
2) Equipment bought using these funds, including computer and/or camera equipment, remains the property of OEB after a student graduates.
Ernst Mayr Grants:
For systematists who need to make short visits to museums in order to undertake research needed for the completion of taxonomic revisions and monographs. Preference will be given to studies that use the MCZ collections, although applications to work at other museums will also be considered. Applications are due 15 October and 15 April via the application form on this website: http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/grants_and_funding/ernst-mayr-travel.html
Putnam and Goelet Research Grants:
Students of professors associated with the MCZ can apply for funding to travel to collect specimens for their thesis work. Applications are reviewed biannually, and should consist of a short proposal and budget. Application deadlines will be announced at the beginning of each semester. The Goelet grant is given only once to an individual during their time at OEB, but the Putnam can be granted more than once to the same student. More information is available on this website: http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/grants_and_funding/putnam-expedition.html
Deland Award, Arnold Arboretum:
The Deland Award from the Arnold Arboretume provides research grants to graduate and advanced undergraduate students working on the comparative biology of woody plants. Research may include developmental biology, physiology, genetics, reproductive biology, or ecology. There is no specific application deadline for this research grant. For more information see: http://arboretum.harvard.edu/research/fellowships/deland-award/
HARVARD GRANTS and GRANT RESOURCES:
GSAS Conference and Summer Research Grants
The Graduate Student Council offers grants for conference attendance and summer research on a competitive basis to GSAS students who are enrolled full-time in a degree-granting program or who are GSAS Special Students, who are members of the Council and whose department has been represented at GSC monthly meetings. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~gsc/funding_01_conf_grants.php
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Grants:
DRCLAS awards grants to both Harvard undergraduate and Harvard graduate/professional school students for research requiring travel to Latin America or the Caribbean and research sites within the United States.
GSAS Fellowships Office
One of the best resources on campuses for finding fellowships and other support opportunities is the GSAS Fellowships Office. A very helpful contact person at this office is Dr. Cynthia Verba (617-495-1814, firstname.lastname@example.com), Director of Fellowships. For more information about the services provided by this office, visit the following website: http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/fellowships_office.php
GSAS Graduate Guide to Grants:
An online searchable database with information on many grants available to GSAS Students: http://gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/graduate_guide_to_grants.php
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships:
These fellowships are intended for students at or near the beginning of their graduate study. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, and must not have completed more than 20 semester hours, 30 quarter hours, or equivalent after completion of B.S. degree. http://www.nsfgrfp.org/
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG):
Grants are awarded for support of doctoral dissertation research in the social, behavioral, economic and biological sciences to improve the overall quality of dissertation research and allow doctoral candidates opportunities for greater creativity in gathering and analyzing data. http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf11569&org=NSF
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences:
Graduate fellowship for research in biogeochemical cycles, radiation and physical climate interactions, the hydrological cycle, biology, chemistry, and ecosystem dynamics, and soil science. http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf11569&org=NSF
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG):
Offers 150 three-year fellowships in a variety of specialties, among them "biosciences" and oceanography. http://www.asee.org/ndseg/
Sigma-Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Program:
Research awards are made to support scientific investigation in any field. The research money (usually $1000) is for travel expenses to and from a research site or for the purchase of laboratory equipment. See the Sigma-Xi website for more information: http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml
Smithsonian Institution - Fellowships & Grants:
These grants provide support for independent research in residence at the Smithsonian, in association with its staff, using its collections, laboratories and other facilities. Fields of study within the biological sciences include, tropical biology, ecology, systematics, natural history, evolutionary biology, animal behavior and pathology, paleobiology, marine biology and environmental studies. See the Smithsonian Fellowships website for more information: http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm
American Museum of Natural History Grants:
Various grants are available for study of collections and field sites relating to the objectives of the AMNH. See their grants and fellowships website for more details: http://research.amnh.org/grants
Exploration Fund of the Explorers Club:
Grants are made in support of exploration and field research "to increase knowledge of the world". Grants are made in amounts typically not more than $1,000. Applications are usually due in mid January. See the Explorers Club Website for more details: http://www.explorers.org/index.php/expeditions/funding/funding
National Geographic Society Research Grants:
Supports research projects all over the world which are relevant to the field of geography as interpreted broadly (this includes biology, ecology and zoology), provided the projects depend on exploration. Grants are normally made only for field research. Investigators who hold earned doctor's degrees and are associated with institutions of higher learning are eligible to apply. Occasionally, grants are awarded to exceptionally well-qualified graduate students. Citizens of any country are eligible. For more details see the National Geographic Society Website: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) Fellowships:
Awards are given to graduate students to support thesis-related field research in tropical biology and similar fields. Awards are for up to $3,000. Preference given to research centered at one of the OTS field stations. http://www.ots.duke.edu/en/research/fellowships_ots.shtml
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Easter knits in Melksham raise £552 for special needs scheme (From This Is Wiltshire)
Easter knits in Melksham raise £552 for special needs scheme
11:00am Sunday 4th May 2014 in
The Get a Knit On project at Sainsbury's in Melksham has now finished and the store is delighted with the result.
They would like to say a huge thank you to everybody who knitted Easter chicks and eggs – customers, friends, family and colleagues and a special thank you to Corsham Knitting and Crochet Club which made over 200 items.
The project raised £552.98 for the West Wilts Special Needs Activity Scheme.
Diana Malling said: "It is so heartwarming to have so many people in the local community getting involved. Customers have been coming in asking for patterns so they can help out as well.
"All this work would have been in vain if it were not for all the lovely people who also came into store and bought the items. Having had such a great response and raised so much money it is definitely something we will be doing again."
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General Questions
1) What is your budget?
Below 2000$
2) What size notebook would you prefer?
a. Ultraportable; 12" screen or less <--------------NO
b. Thin and Light; 13" - 14" screen <--------------NO
c. Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen <--------------YES
d. Desktop Replacement; 17"+ screen <------------YES
3) What country (and state) are you buying this in?
4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
I dont like(hate actually) the asus G73-74
5) What tasks will you be performing with the notebook?
I will be using this as my secondary computer(primary is a maxed out desktop) which i will occasionally carry around to college or on some trips for example. I will use it mainly for gaming, but also for programs like office or web surfing.
6) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places or leaving it on your desk?
Different places, but not too often.
7) Will you be playing games on it; if so, which games?
Latest games, im not planning to go under medium settings.
8) How many hours of battery life do you need?
3 non gaming hours.
9) Do you mind buying online without seeing the notebook in person?
Well this is tricky. Most important thing in this laptop is DESIGN. I want it to be a cool laptop, not like the asus G74.
10) Which OS do you prefer?
Screen Specifics
11) From the choices below, what screen resolutions would you prefer? (more details below)
d. WXGA or WXGA+ - 1280x768/800 or 1440x900; Wider viewing version of XGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.
e. WSXGA+ - 1680x1050; Wider viewing version of SXGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.
f. WUXGA - 1920x1080; Wider viewing version of UXGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.
12) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non glossy screen?
I dont care. Glossy would be cool tho, but matte is ok too.
Build Quality and Design
13) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
ABSOLUTELY. This goes even above performance.
14) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last?
I will be buying it in late may, beginning of June.
Notebook Components
15) How much hard drive space do you want; 250GB, 320GB, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB, or 1.5TB?
No less than 320GB.
16) Would you prefer a SSD Hard Drive? How much space do you want?
Yea that would be nice. I dont need much space, cuz i got an external HDD 2TB
17) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a CDRW/DVD-ROM, CD/DVD Burner or Blu-Ray drive?
Bluray would be nice, but its the last thing to add. I dont really need it.
18) What speed CPU/Processor would you like? Dual core or Quad Core CPU?
Intel quad core
19) Do you use wireless, or do you plan on using it? Do you use Bluetooth, or do you plan on using it?
Yes, wireless, bluetooth, they are all important in a laptop.
I will be using this laptop for watching movies, gaming and for university. I was inclined to buy an alienware m17x, but I think i will leave it for last if i dont find something better for less money.
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Citizenship Bias Under Supreme Court Review
Note that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not protect employees from discrimination on the basis of citizenship. Only one federal law, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), prohibits citizenship discrimination in employment.
There are striking differences between IRCA and Section 1981:
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
Section 1981
Over 17.6 million documented aliens were living in the United States in 1990, plus an estimated additional 5 million undocumented aliens.
Facts of the case under review
Linden Anderson immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in 1968 and began working for the carpenters' union in 1973. In 1992 he was elected to the position of business representative of Local 17. At that time, the union's constitution required that union officials be citizens of the country in which their local is located.
In 1994, Anderson was removed from his position after being told that he was ineligible to serve as business representative because of his lack of US citizenship. He sued, claiming alienage discrimination in violation of Section 1981. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in his favor, finding that Section 1981 prohibits private alienage discrimination.
Arguments that Section 1981 applies to citizenship
According to the Second Circuit, private alienage discrimination has been outlawed by Section 1981 since 1991, at least. The Civil Rights Act of 1991 amended Section 1981 by adding language that explicitly extended the law to private parties.
The court looked at the juxtaposition of the words "persons" and "citizens" in Section 1981 to determine that the law proscribes alienage discrimination. The law states that:
All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right ... to make and enforce contracts ... as is enjoyed by white citizens ...
Arguments that Section 1981 does not apply to citizenship
The union argues that the Second Circuit's decision "ushered in a broad national policy prohibiting employers, and all other private contracting parties, from distinguishing between citizens and non-citizens—a distinction which Congress itself now draws" by requiring that federal civil service employees be US citizens.
It is doubtful that Section 1981 has ever prohibited alienage discrimination of any sort, asserts the union, pointing out a legion of cases holding that Section 1981 prohibits solely racial discrimination. The law does not expressly prohibit alienage discrimination.
Because Congress has declined to protect aliens under Title VII for the 35 years since its enactment, it seems clear that Congress would not protect aliens with the even broader remedies available under Section 1981, the union reasons. Moreover, protecting aliens under Section 1981 would conflict with IRCA's comprehensive approach to the entire field of immigration control, notes the union. IRCA proscribes the hiring of illegal aliens.
The Supreme Court's decision is expected during the Court's 1999-2000 term.
Cite: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. Anderson, USSCt Dkt No. 98-958, cert granted April 26, 1999. Reviewing Anderson v. Conboy (2dCir 1998) 74 EPD 45, 552, 156 F3d 167.


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Restaurants in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico, searchable by cuisine and location, with ratings and reviews. Get educated before you eat!
Rio Grande Tacos y Salsas
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Albuquerque NM
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Cuisine: Mexican
Full review: Don't fear the tripitas (2/25/2010)
Rio Grande Tacos y SalsasAlthough "Salsa" is part of its name, the menu at Rio Grande Tacos y Salsas doesn't once mention that word. Yet the salsa flows, starting with your welcome basket of chips and continuing throughout your meal with as many refills you ask for. The small restaurant, situated in a grocery mercado parking lot where Goff and Arenal meet Isleta, serves Mexican delicacies like trays of clean, bacony tripitas de leche and fajita-like platters of alambre. To drink, there are fresh-squeezed juices of every stripe, housemade horchata and hot champurrado. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
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A magistrate, who had recorded the confession of 26/11 Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, on Wednesday denied before the Pakistani Judicial Commission that she had recorded a false statement of the gunman to fix LeT leader Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.
The 8-member Pakistani commission is here to cross examine four Indian witnesses to carry forward the prosecution of seven suspects, including Lakhvi, facing the 26/11 trial in a court of the neighbouring country.
The evidence of Indian witnesses is being recorded by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate P Y Ladekar. Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam represents the Government of India.
"It is not true that I recorded false statement of Ajmal Kasab when he was produced before me for giving confession", said R V Sawant-Waghule in reply to a question put by Lakhvi's lawyer who is a member of the commission.
To another question by Lakhvi's lawyer whether Kasab's confession was recorded immediately after he was produced, the magistrate said first his (Kasab's) police remand was changed to judicial remand and then he was given time to retrospect once again whether he wanted to confess.
"It is only after sufficient time was given to Kasab to think about giving a confession that his statement was recorded", said the magistrate during cross-examination.
In another development, the 26/11 investigating officer Ramesh Mahale identified before court the mobile phones, Global Positioning System (GPS) and a dinghy used by the ten terrorists who came from Pakistan on November 26, 2008 to carry out terror attacks.
Mahale also identified in the court the Yamaha engine fitted to the dinghy. The terrorists had carried with them a dinghy when they travelled in a boat from Karachi enroute to Mumbai. When they were close to the Mumbai coast, they used the dinghy to reach the shores.
Mahale said GPS showed marking of Karachi-Mumbai route and also locations in Mumbai such as Leopold Cafe and Badhwar Park. While Leopold Cafe was a target of terrorists, Badhwar Park was the place where they landed by boat from Pakistan, he told the Commission.
Meanwhile, Lakhvi's lawyer strongly objected to the assistance rendered by Ujjwal Nikam to the Pakistani prosecution in the court during the cross examination of Indian witnesses.
Lakhvi's lawyer said proceedings in the 26/11 case were pending before a Pakistani court and hence Nikam should not help the Pakistani prosecution in the recording of evidence.
However, Nikam argued that he was representing the Government of India. The accused, facing trial in Pakistan, were


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The nameplate is 1"W x 4"L and has a matte silver finish. The tag has a non-removable sticky backing that can be placed to your choosing on the trunk.
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I ordered the engraved nameplate for my brother's black steel box that I ordered here at the same time. Initially I got the box and didn't see the nameplate with the shipment, so I thought maybe it had been missed. However, I got an envelope in the mail the next day with the nameplate and clear instructions from the seller; boy does it look slick! I wasn't expecting it to look as nice as it did, so it was definitely worth getting. The nameplate has a stick on back, so it can be placed anywhere you like which is a nice option.
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In the high school soccer playoffs Tuesday the Squalicum boys advanced to the bi-district championship game beating Cedarcrest 3-0. The Storm plays Anacortes for the title Saturday at 1:00 in Sedro-Woolley.
Also in 2A the Sehome boys stayed alive in the consolation bracket beating Lakewood 3-0. The Mariners now host Sedro-Woolley Thursday night at 7:00 at Civic Stadium.
In 1A tri-districts the Blaine boys stayed alive beating Vashon Island 2-1. The Borderites next play South Whidbey Thursday night at 6:00 at Interlake High School in Bellevue.
And the Mount Baker boys got knocked out by Seattle Academy 3-0.
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Employment Law Questions? Ask an Employment Lawyer.
The question arose in a a hearing in NY to determine whether I was an employee or cousultant. I have lots of documents which show I was acting as an employee from 1995 right through till 2010. Counsel for my employer has declared the period from 95 - 06 "irrelevant".
Thank you, XXXXX XXXXX helps.
Yes, the attorney is correct in this case. Your "base period" eligibility is what matters. In order to be eligible for unemployment benefits, the NY DOL looks at the last five calendar quarters that you were employed, and uses the first 4 only. So if you filed your claim in June of 2012, for example, your base period would be January of 2011 through March of 2012 (only an example).
I don't know why years after 2006 would be relevant to this attorney, unless the claim was filed in 2007 or 2008, or unless there was a change in your employment status at that time.
See here: http://www.labor.ny.gov/ui/claimantinfo/beforeyouapplyfaq.shtm
That said, if you were an employee then, and no change was made in your status, years prior to 2006 could be relevant-- but not for earnings, just to show that nothing changed. You would not need many years to show that though.
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The 2009 edition of Eni North Africa Sustainability Report is on-line. The Report has been conceived as a strategic tool to communicate company's core activities and performance, as well as commitments for the sustainable development of the local community.
In addition, the Report celebrates the 50 years of Eni's presence in Libya (1959 -2009): it was 1959, in fact, when the Company obtained first exploration rights in the Sirt Desert; since then, Eni's activities expanded significantly and, at present, the Company conducts exploration and production activities from the remote areas of Murzuq and Kufrah Basins to the western coastline of Libya, to the offshore installations of Bouri and Bahr Essalam fields. Recently, Eni North Africa obtained ISO 14001 and OHSAS 14001 certifications.
Beside the industrial aspect, over the years has successfully developed durable partnerships and pro-active synergies with the local community. Today, the Company is more than ever committed to sustainability, as proved by its ambitious social investments program initiated in 2006, after the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Gaddafi Development Foundation with the sponsorship of the Libyan National Oil Corporation.
Out of the Memorandum of Understanding experience, and in order to systematize and standardize the management of its social investment program, the Company has developed a public standard SIM 01: 2009 to contribute providing the private sector with guidelines and requirements for the management of Social Investment programs developed in the framework of Corporate Social Responsibility.
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Japanese Stock Futures Rise on Greece Optimism, Yen's Decline
Japanese stock futures rose as optimism Greece will commit to austerity measures and the yen's drop to a three-month low against the dollar boosted the earnings outlook for the nation's exporters. Australian equities gained.
American depositary receipts of Toyota Motor Corp., Asia's biggest carmaker, rose 0.6 percent from the closing share price in Tokyo after the Bank of Japan boosted its asset purchase program yesterday, pushing down the yen. Those of Advantest Corp., a maker of memory-chip testers, added 1.4 percent after the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, which tracks the performance of 30 industry stocks, gained. Santos Ltd., Australia's third-largest oil and gas producer, slid 0.6 percent after crude prices fell.
Futures on Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average expiring in March closed at 9,100 in Chicago yesterday, up from 9,060 in Osaka, Japan. They were bid in the pre-market at 9,100 in Osaka at 8:05 a.m. local time. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.1 percent. New Zealand's NZX 50 Index dropped 0.6 percent in Wellington.
"Expectations are mounting that another bailout for Greece will be executed soon," said Hiroichi Nishi, an equities manager in Tokyo at SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. "The yen is retreating and the world is moving toward more monetary easing as shown by the BOJ, supporting equities."
Greece Bailout
Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index were little changed today. The index lost 0.1 percent in New York yesterday, paring an earlier decline of as much as 0.8 percent, after Reuters reported that Greece's conservative party leader will deliver a commitment to lenders today, citing a government source.
Equities fell earlier as U.S. retail sales missed estimates and European finance ministers canceled a meeting scheduled for today. Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said he has yet to receive political assurances from Greek lawmakers about austerity measures required for a 130 billion euros ($171 billion) bailout.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained 9.8 percent this year through yesterday, compared with a 7.4 percent advance by the S&P 500 and a 7.4 percent increase by the Stoxx Europe 600 Index. Stocks in the Asian benchmark are valued at 14.1 times estimated earnings on average, compared with 12.9 times for the S&P 500 and 10.9 times for the Stoxx 600.
AsiaInfo-Linkage Inc. dropped the most in two months in New York on concern quickening inflation will continue to erode the telecommunications software provider's profitability. The Bloomberg China-US 55 Index of the most-traded Chinese shares in the U.S. slid 0.2 percent to 106.54.
The yen touched 78.54 per dollar yesterday, the lowest since Nov. 1. Oil for March delivery dropped 17 cents to settle at $100.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


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At the end of a recent luncheon honoring USC College Dean Howard Gillman, leaders from the Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) joined Gillman around a table to put pen to paper.
Dafer Dakhil, president of the Omar Foundation, and Steven Windmueller, dean of HUC-JIR's Los Angeles campus, pledged their institutions' support to a unique partnership housed in the College's Center for Religion and Civic Culture.
The signing of a memorandum of understanding formally establishing the Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement — a collaboration between the three organizations — served as the culmination of the event. The July 31 luncheon was hosted by the Omar Foundation in its headquarters, a mosque and cultural center just across Vermont Avenue from the University Park campus.
The Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement aims to promote dialogue, understanding and grassroots, congregational and academic partnerships among Jewish and Muslim communities.
The center's initiatives to-date include events promoting interfaith engagement, as well as partnerships to bring Judaic studies to universities in Muslim nations. Future plans call for expanded grassroots collaborations and the online dissemination of scholarly work on the Abrahamic faiths.
Established in 1982, the Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation is dedicated to providing Islamic religious and education services to Muslims and promoting awareness of Islamic social and cultural values. The foundation serves the Los Angeles community, both Muslims and non-Muslims alike, by creating educational, religious and cultural programs.
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education, with campuses in Cincinnati, New York, Los Angeles and Jerusalem. HUC-JIR's Los Angeles campus, located across Jefferson Boulevard from the University Park campus, is an active participant in Jewish life at USC, working with the USC Office of Religious Life, USC Hillel, the College's Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life and the Center for Religion and Civic Culture.
The Center for Religion and Civic Culture — founded in 1996 with a grant from the James Irvine Foundation — is a research unit of the USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. CRCC investigates the civic role of religion and collaborates with congregations, scholars, funders and faith-based organizations. CRCC is a catalyst for interdisciplinary research and innovative partnerships in the community and at the University of Southern California.