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Fr Patrick Peyton Centre, Attymass, County Mayo
This picture was given to Father Peyton as a birthday present from Mother Teresa. On the back of the picture Mother Theresa has written her birthday wish to Father Peyton and signed it.
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CBC has recently aired a truly great series called "8th Fire". Many of the comments and tweets surrounding it have shared the same sentiment: A series that every Canadian should watch. 8th Fire has finished airing on TV but you can watch the full episodes online at http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/8thfire//2011/11/tv-series-8th-fire.html.
It is about the Aboriginal population of Canada and their relationship with the Non-aboriginal community. Creator and host of the series Wab Kinew gives a few facts, a few perspectives that many of us will not be familiar with, and a few ideas about how we can all improve the way we get along.
I know what you are going to say. You don't need to be preached at and blamed for something you had no hand in. But the 8th Fire isn't like that. It is a gentle, entertaining exploration of these ideas that is quite humorous. And you might learn something you didn't know before you're done that changes the way you think about Aboriginal and Non-aboriginal relations. I did.
If that thought scares you, ask yourself what you are afraid of? Surely you are not so insecure about your opinion being changed by exposure to a new idea that you have to run around with your hands covering your ears, calling out "LA LA LA, I'M NOT LISTENING!" If the ideas in 8th Fire are wrong, the only way to tell people how they are wrong is to listen to them first.
As for my own revelation, my high school years were spent growing up close to the Musqueam Reserve in Vancouver. Two or three times this white boy heard other teenagers telling me, "Go back where you came from!"
It was certainly an understandable sentiment and I never took it personally. Some of my ancestors stole the land from some of their ancestors. Obviously what those people in the past did wasn't right but I didn't see what anyone could do about it now.
The demand did make me wonder, though. Where was I supposed to go? Obviously not back to where I was born since that was Vancouver. So it could only be back to the land of my ancestors. But which one? I am one half Scottish, one quarter Icelandic, and the rest English and Irish.
The largest part is Scottish. Trouble is Scotland isn't an option because my ancestors had been kicked off their land by the people who stole it from them during the Highland Clearances. Where England had taken hundreds of years to convert its common land into estates owned by the lords and gentry, a ten year period saw as many as 2,000 families shown off their land a day. It is one of the reasons for the diaspora of the Scottish today. They ended up across the colonies, including Canada and beyond.
The drastic change was due to the massive loss Scotland suffered at the Battle of Culloden to the English. Many of the Highland Lords lost their lands to English ones. Others were "encouraged" to send their sons to be educated in English schools so that they would understand the "correct" way to treat their tenants. This was a form of cultural absorption. Before, a clan chieftain would act in the interests of his tenants who were also his clan and shared in common ownership of the land. A process called enclosure changed all that and took away common ownership. Tenants who stayed worked the land for little pay and lived off the scraps left behind after the harvest, but there wasn't enough work or food for everyone so most left rather than starve.
Scotland is out. How else to pick where I should go? Close my eyes, and... Ireland. Hmm. Another case of conquest from England resulting in mass migration of a native population.
You are familiar with the story, of course. The potato being the major food source for Irish peasants, a potato blight causes the potato to rot resulting in mass starvation. Everyone with the means to do so heads out to one of the colonies in the hopes they can live to eat another day.
So what has that to do with the English? The English landlords used the conquered Irish land to grow cash crops. The native workers were expected to grow enough food of their own on a small patch of ground around their houses. The discovery that potatoes produced far more protein per plot of land meant it wasn't long before all the tenants relied on potatoes to survive. Unfortunately for everyone involved only one of the 4,000 types of potato was used. We know about the dangers of monoculture now but back then the idea that a single variety of plant could be wiped out by a disease was an unknown concept.
As the potatoes rotted over winter the tenants asked the landlord for some of the fruits of their labour to keep the wolf of starvation from the door. The landlord looked at the "cash" in cash crops and decided that there was something more important to him than his tenants surviving.
It is all even more complicated, actually, because the Scoti indigenous people identified with Scotland originally came from Ireland, just as there is evidence that some Scottish tribes invaded Ireland among many others. Not all the tribe would go, of course, just the ones that listened to their elders advice to "Go south-west young man". Or north-east depending where you lived. The rest stayed home where I'm sure many mixed marriages caused strife among families.
England seems to be conquering everyone. Hail the conquering heroes, right? Only they've been conquered too. Heck, they've been conquered all over the place.
The most recent is William the Conqueror and the Normans. That means I have to add France to the list of places I need to go back to. Only the Normans weren't really French. They were Norse men, Vikings who had been given land in France so they wouldn't keep raping and pillaging everything.
Add Norway to the list. Actually, Norse means Norway or Sweden or Denmark. Or Iceland. Oh good, I already have that one. I really should have included the Vikings earlier because they conquered parts of Scotland, Ireland and England. Part of my Scottish roots are in Stornaway, the town that Stornaway House is named after. It is in the Outer Hebrides which were often and frequently raided and conquered by Vikings. They even still have a slight Norse accent in that part of Scotland. Ireland saw its share of Vikings, too. Dublin was founded by Vikings which is why a Viking Ship monument is a favored meeting spot in town. As for England, Vikings controlled all of East Anglia and traces of their Danelaw can still be found in both UK and Canadian law.
East Anglia brings to mind Saxony and the Anglo-Saxon-ness of England. It isn't just a name for those good visceral words, but reflects another conquest. The Germanic tribes the Angles and the Saxons had a mass migration to England in the 5th century which adds Germany and the Netherlands to my list.
The reason they could conquer the land so easily leads me to my last example of conquest and theft of land, the Roman invasion of England by the Emperor Claudius. Yes that Claudius, the Derek Jacobi stutterer and twitcher. The Romans not only conquered Britain but culturally absorbed it by having three classes of citizens. Top rung were the actual Romans from Rome, second class were those Britons who were romanized, and bottom of the barrel were the Celtic tribes who clung to their indigenous roots. After the collapse of the Roman Empire there was no one organized enough to fight off the arrival of the Angles and the Saxons.
My conclusion from considering all of this was that if someone wanted to ship me back where I came from, in order to get enough pieces they would need a hand grenade. Which is, after all, basically how people have been moving other people off land they wanted since someone picked up a stick and thought maybe it could be something more.
People have been conquering other people and stealing their land for a long time and the world is as it is because of it. We can't turn back the clock. We just have to make the best of the world as we have inherited it. Our forefathers conquered the forefathers of the Aboriginal Nations and stole their land, and those guys just needed to get over it. Or so I thought.
Only it turns out I was wrong. I'm sure it was on their ToDo List but as the 8th Fire made me understand, the Non-aboriginal Canadian Forefathers never actually got around to conquering the Aboriginal Canadian Forefathers.
OK, that's not strictly true. They conquered some of them. The Beothuk, for example. Hmm. "Conquered" isn't the right word, but I'd have to use the word "successful" next to the word "genocide" and something in my hindbrain prevents me from doing that.
Then there are the Huron aka Wyandot, they of the Christmas Carol. They had the unfortunate luck to have land that other Iroquois nations wanted. Those other nations eventually became the Six Nations of the Mohawk. The Mohawk allied with some of the white folk that were showing up and the Hurons allied with another group. The two groups of white people wanted to steal the land held by the other, and since the aboriginal groups wanted to do exactly the same thing it seemed a match made in heaven. Smallpox and measles tipped the scales against the Huron and the rest is history.
Getting back to what the 8th Fire had to say, all the other Aboriginal nations that were not conquered were dealt with in essentially two ways: either treaties were made or they were told that everything would be worked out once we all got moved in and things settled down.
Treaties are easy to understand. It is essentially a contract between governing bodies that affect all the people covered by them. One government is bound by the terms of the contract to treat the people in the other group according to the terms. In this case, the Aboriginal Nations were required to give control of the land over to either the British or Canadian government in return for which they would be guaranteed things like health care, education, and some of those things that set Non-aboriginal Canadian's teeth on edge like having a small amount of tax burden lifted in some circumstances or crossing the border without waiting in line.
The cry of "treat all Canadians the same" is hard to understand given the existence of treaties. Don't you have the right to make sure the other side lives up to its side of a contract? If you sold your house by offering a mortgage and the other guy moved in and started defaulting on the payments, wouldn't you be annoyed? Maybe take him to court? And the treaties signed by the British and Canadian governments didn't include a date when the payments would be finished. Payments last in perpetuity. Were they idiots? No. As we shall see, they had a cunning plan.
If you really think the treaties were such a bad deal there is a simple solution. Dissolve the contract. Give the land back. I'm sure nobody would sue for breech of contract.
Anyway, the other Aboriginal Nations were waiting to get treaties signed but the federal government dragged its heels to buy time. The reason is that the real plan was to do an equivalent of romanization of the Aboriginal population. Culturally absorb them, what the government called "aggressive assimilation" but that we now call "cultural genocide".
That's why the government created Residential Schools, of course. "Within a generation or two there will be no native population." Expanding on what had worked so well with the children of the clan chieftains in Scotland, all native children would be educated to act and behave as white people. Native populations would disappear, existing treaties would no longer apply and could be eliminated, and the outstanding land claims would evaporate. Poof.
Only it didn't work out that way even though the program was applied with such vigor that the government had to apologize for the abuses and deaths of children (mortality was as high as 30 to 60%) and for the human rights violations that remain some of the worst in our history. Turns out that aboriginal people are as stubborn as Jewish people in keeping their culture alive against all odds. So now the government actually has to deal with those outstanding land claims.
And that is what the 8th Fire taught me. This is not some conflict that has been settled long ago. There is some unfinished business to deal with here. And for the good of Canada and all Canadians, it would be helpful if we could all know a little bit more about what these issues are.
I recommend watching the entire series of 8th Fire, but if you are only willing to give it a chance by watching one I suggest the second episode "It's Time", which is the one that taught me I didn't know as much as I thought I did.


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Vernon Eugene Lipsey
June 3, 1986 - September 4, 2004
You can visit her website for her son Rob here ~ Rob Northrop's Site.
Remember me in quiet days
While raindrops whisper on your pane.
But in your memories have no grief,
Let just the joy we knew remain.
Remember me when evening stars
Look down on you with steadfast eyes.
Remember if once you wake
To catch a glimpse of red sunrise.
And when your thoughts do turn to me,
Know that I would not have you cry.
But live for me and laugh for me,
When you are happy, so am I.
Remember an old joke we shared;
Remember me when spring walks by.
Think once of me when you are glad
And while you live, I shall not die.
*~Author Unknown~*
Parents Dennis and Patsy Lipsey, brother Jason, sisters Tracy and Stacy.
Today is a special, birthday.
Make them understand that
The memories don't go away.
Bless them, with ears to hear and hearts that care.
Enable them to listen while I share.
Shelter them that they may never know my pain.
Help them to help me know that my child's life
was not in vain.
Help them to remember, Lord that I wish
That my child was here
So we could still celebrate.
To understand that I still
Feel the nearness of my child.
To see beyond my smile and the Words, "I'm okay."
Please God, just let one remember today
Is a special birthday!
Today is my birthday
Celebrate my life with you
And remember the good times
Not the bad and do not be sad;
Look up towards the sun
And catch every ray of light upon your cheek
For I am there with you.
Be happy for me
I lived a short but full, happy life
I had the pleasure of love
And the joy of my family
Do not be sad
Look up towards the stars
And catch each twinkle in your heart.
For I am there with you.
My legacy is not wealth or mighty belongings,
My legacy is you and your life.
Spend it wisely and carefully
Guard it always
Do not be sad
Feel the wind on your face and in your hair
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For I am there with you, in your laughter
And in your hearts.
Learn to live again without me
Take my strength with you
For you are not alone.
Do not be sad
Feel the rain on your face
Feel all life's treasures and
Know that you are alive!
At each step of the way
I will help you
For I am with you always
Until we meet again.
Author Unknown
We do not need a special day
To bring you to our minds
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find
Each morning when we awake
We know that you are gone
And no one knows the heartache
As we try to carry on
Our hearts still ache with sadness
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know
Our thoughts are always with you
Your place no one can fill
In life we loved you dearly
In death we love you still
There will always be a heartache
And often a silent tear
But always a precious memory
Of the days when you were here
If tears could build a staircase
And heartaches make a lane
We'd walk the path to Heaven
And bring you home again
We hold you close, within our hearts
And there you will remain
To walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again
Our family chain is broken now
And nothing seems the same
But as God calls us one by one
The chain will link again.
Written by Connie Dyer
And I will light a candle for you
to shadow all the darkness and bless the times we knew
Like a beacon in the night the flame will burn bright
and guide us on our way
Oh today I light a candle for you.
Seasons come and go and I'm weary from the change
Keep on moving on -- you know it's not the same
And when I'm walking all alone
Do you hear me call your name?
Do you hear me sing the songs we used to sing?
And I will light a candle for you...
You filled my life with wonder -- touched me with surprise
Always saw that something special deep within your eyes
And through the good times and the bad
We carried on with pride
I hold on to the love and life we knew
And I will light a candle for you...
Oh today I light a candle for you.
This webpage is created
Maria's Tribute to Christopher


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Working alongside cellist Kate Shortt and pianist Liam Noble, Penny Rimbaud has been presenting Owen's 'War Poems' throughout the centenary years of the euphemistic 'Great War'. In doing so he hopes 'to honour the great gift that Owen gave us through his life, his works and his untimely death' adding, 'through his opposition to the obscenity of war, Owen was looking to a place of peace and love which, I believe, is our birthright'.
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halted by agreement
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The public workers on the Moín and Limón docks have agreed to return to work.
The news came in a joint press release from the Ministerio de la Presidencia shortly before midnight Thursday. The deal had been reached about two hours earlier.
Government officials, headed by Lineth Saborío, first vice president and minister of the Presidencia, and dock worker union reps had been meeting much of the day. The talks were designed to head off the work slowdowns that have cost fruit producers millions in lost shipments.
The government sent more than 100 police officers to the docks Wednesday night to protect workers for private firms that were loading produce onto ships.
The public employees work for the Administración Portuaria y de Desarrollo Económico de la Vertiente Atlántica. They are members of the Sindicato de Trabajadores de Japdeva.
The agreement appears to address most of the concerns of the workers.
The Ministerio de Trabajo agrees to push a new collective bargaining agreement for the union by calling the Comision Negociadora de Convenciones Colective el el Sector Público into session Monday. The ministry also agreed to try to have the agreement signed Tuesday.
This was a big complaint of the union that the new contract had not been ratified.
The union workers also wanted a lot more money, but the government only agreed to begin a salary study.
The government also said it would study the legality of certain rules that had irked union members.
Fresh produce like melons, bananas and pineapples do not fare well when crane operators and others on the dock stage slowdowns. The most recent has been going on for more than a week, so much so that the dock administration called for police help Wednesday.
Queen's Birthday event
is Saturday in Escazú
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
One of the top social events of the year takes place Saturday in Escazú as the local British community celebrates the Queen's Birthday.
The charity event raises thousands for schools in need. Last year the event raised $13,000, and organizers hope to beat that amount this year. And that is done with the sale of food, some professionally prepared by restaurants that donate their time, staff and equipment.
Visitors who are of age have been known to drink alcohol, too, which is available in exchange for a donation.
But there also are many events for children. In fact this year, the theme is taken from "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
The location is the British Ambassador's residence in Los Laureles, Escazú, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In Costa Rican terms, the address is: On the old road from Escazú to Santa Ana, 20 meters. West from San Gildar Hotel, and 75 meters north.
There is a minimal entry fee, which also goes to charity.
Bird flu expert from U.S.
to exchange views here
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Agricultural officials are bringing in a U.S. expert to provide information and training on bird flu today.
The event is at the Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura in Coronado. The expert is Cristóbal Zepeda of the Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Zepeda, born in México, is a veterinarian.
The session, which has been described as a chat, is for professional bird producers and others in the industry. The session starts at 2 p.m.
Although health officials have concerns that the bird flu virus might result in a human epidemic, the biggest concern now is that the virus might be brought into the country by migratory birds and cause huge losses in the poultry industry.
Mayor of Nicoya loses job
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Bernardo Vargas Quirós has been removed as mayor of Municipalidad de Nicoya after a lengthy process involving the Contraloria de la República and the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones.
The Contraloria, the fiscal watchdog, claimed that the mayor entered into some contracts that were on the margin of the law and that he failed to get review of the Contraloria for some deals.
Vargas Quirós. a member of the Partido Liberación Nacional, was declared mayor Dec. 20, 2002, after an election, the tribunal said. A deputy mayor, Jennifer Lyn Flores Stoviak, was named to serve in his place, said a tribunal decision released Thursday.
Chirripó park to be closed
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Parque Nacional Chirripó is being closed as of May 15 for maintenance work, according to the Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía.
The park has overnight capacity for just 30 persons at the Centro Ambientalista El Páramo which is near the nation's highest point, Cerro Chirripó.
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|San José,
Costa Rica, Friday, April 21, 2006, Vol. 6, No. 79
|Here's something to talk to yourself about
|The city got back to normal
this week. The streets are jammed with cars again, and the smell
of gasoline fumes is in the air. There are people everywhere, half of
them talking on their cell phones. And the stores and offices are
open. The noise level is back up a few decibels. After
about 10 minutes of waiting for the bus to take me to Plaza Mayor, I
realized that I could catch any Pavas bus in the opposite direction
which would take me to a Central Avenue market.
What I really wanted to buy, was fruit, lots of fruit, and the downtown market is the best place for that. So I crossed the street and waited in the bus stop there. "That was good thinking, Jo," I said aloud to myself.
Along with talking back to the TV and to my plants, I have a tendency to talk to myself. Sometimes there is someone else nearby who will ask me what it was I just said. I answer, "Oh, I'm just muttering."
Now I find I am not alone, I am like 26 percent of Ticos, who, according to a recent survey reported in La Nación, say they frequently talk to themselves. Those of us who talk to ourselves do so mostly at home (64.1 percent), but we also talk to ourselves at work, while walking. We let out our mutterings in the bus (I find this most embarrassing when I realize I have just said something out loud).
More than 12 percent talk to themselves in the bathroom — probably at their reflections. Not as many do so while driving (9.2 percent). I am sure they talk — in a very loud voice — to other drivers more. A few talk to themselves in the kitchen, of course! I always talk to the food I am cooking. And even fewer Ticos talk to their plants.
I don't think talking to your plants qualifies as talking to yourself. Right now I am talking to three orchid plants that Alexis left with me (I think she was
desperate because I am notorious for my bad luck with plants), and I am not just talking to them — I am pleading with them to stay alive and well until she returns. And everybody talks to their pets. It
Unlocking the door to the apartment,
"I did it!" escaped from my lips.
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|San José,
Costa Rica, Friday, April 21, 2006, Vol. 6, No. 79
Democratic transformation is positive sign, she says
Secretary Rice says Latin America has come a long way
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
Latin America's embrace of democracy represents a profound shift in political culture that bodes well for the region's future, despite the serious challenges ahead, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Speaking at a media roundtable Wednesday in Chicago, the secretary noted that since the 1980s, the Western Hemisphere has transformed itself from a region prone to military coups into a community of democratic nations, excepting only Cuba.
"I think we have to start by recognizing that this is a region that has come a long way from the period of the '80s, when it was wracked with civil wars and juntas and when nobody thought about democracy," she told reporters.
Asked to comment on tensions between the United States and Venezuela in the wake of an anti-U.S. stance by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, Rice argued that the inflammatory actions and remarks of Venezuela's controversial leader should not stoke fears that Latin America is being overtaken by populist demagogues.
Rather, she said, the hemisphere's achievement in adopting democratic systems of governance offers a much more balanced picture of the region than periodic provocations by Chávez.
"There are 34 democracies in Latin America — a fact that speaks for itself," Rice said. Those democracies are worth defending, she said, especially since some of them are still fragile and must resist the encroachments of would-be autocrats from both the left and the right of the political spectrum.
Contrary to what some may believe, the United States does not oppose the emergence of left-of-center governments in the hemisphere, said Rice, adding that the United States has strong alliances with many such governments.
"We have very good relations with Chile," she said. "We have excellent relations with Brazil. We have good relations with Argentina. Governments of the left, as long as they govern democratically and are committed to prosperity for their people through free trade and increasingly open economies, [are] not a problem."
However, difficulties arise when leaders — of whatever political persuasion — resort to autocratic measures and abandon government transparency and accountability in favor of corruption and intimidation, Rice said. "Governments that come to power and don't govern democratically, and that put pressure on civil society or on the church or on free-trade unions, some of which is happening in Venezuela, or [that] meddle in the affairs of
State Department file photo by Michael GrossSecretary Rice met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in February.
neighbors: that's a problem," she said. "And it's not just a problem for the United States. It's a problem for the region."
Under President Bush, the United States has doubled official development assistance to Latin America, Rice said. Also, the United States has "an increasing number of free-trade agreements that are going to improve prosperity for people in the region — the Central American Free Trade Agreement, free-trade agreements with several countries in the Andean region — and I think you will see more of that."
She also cited the administration's Millennium Challenge Account program, which rewards countries that govern democratically and justly, and provides governments with incentives for investing in the health care and education of citizens. Under the Millennium program, "we have made common cause with well-governed countries that are trying to deliver for their people," said Rice.
In the Western Hemisphere, the United States now has Millennium compacts with Honduras and Nicaragua and El Salvador, she said, adding that the approach stipulates that foreign assistance should go to countries that are "really determined" to meet the needs of their people and to fight corruption.
Overall, "we have a very active and, I think, ultimately very successful policy in Latin America, but yes, there are some pressures from populism of the Latin American variety, feeding on the fact that it's been hard for some of these young democracies to deliver for their people," said Rice. "But the way to go at that is to help the young democracies deliver for their people."
|Castro and Cuba celebrate defeat of invadors at Bay of Pigs
in 1961
By the A.M. Costa Rica wires services
Cuba has celebrated the 45th anniversary of the defeat of a CIA-backed invasion force at the Bay of Pigs.
Cuban President Fidel Castro attended an event in Havana Wednesday to salute veterans of the fighting. He was quoted as saying Cuba faced up to the strongest superpower on Earth and is still on its feet.
On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles landed on Cuba's southern coast in hopes of
| sparking an
uprising to force President
Castro from power. Castro was warned of the pending invasion and
ample time to prepare his forces.
Then U.S.-President John F. Kennedy declined to provide promised air support to the exiles, who were defeated in three days.
Cuba's celebrations were held two days after former members of the invading force, known as Brigade 2506, gathered at the Bay of Pigs Memorial in Miami's Little Havana area to recite the names of the 150 Cuban exiles killed during the ill-fated landing.
|Suspected child stealers executed by mob in remote
Guatemalan town
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
Police in Guatemala say an angry mob seized a man and woman accused of stealing children and burned the couple to death on the streets of a Mayan town.
Authorities say the two Guatemalan citizens were snatched from a jail earlier Thursday in Sumpango, about 35 kms ( 22 miles) from Guatemala City, where they were being held on suspicion of kidnapping children.
|Officials say the crowd
of about 800 people beat the two people until
they were unconscious, and then burned them to death with
Police did not intervene, and it is not immediately clear if any arrests have been made.
Crowds frequently take justice into their own hands in remote parts of Guatemala. Officials estimate that more than 300 people, including several foreigners, have been killed by lynch mobs in the last decade.
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Employment Agreement - Aastrom Biosciences Inc. and R. Douglas Armstrong
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT This Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of August 27, 2004, by and between AASTROM BIOSCIENCES, INC., a Michigan corporation ("Employer"), and R. DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG, PH.D. ("Employee"). RECITALS A. Employer and Employee are parties to certain written employment and/or benefits-related agreements as follows: (i) Employee Retention and Severance Agreement dated February 9, 1999; (ii) Pay to Stay Severance Agreement dated as of October 15, 1999; and (iii) Agreement Regarding Pay-To-Stay dated as of April 28, 2000 (collectively, the "Written Agreements"). B. Employer is also entitled to certain employee benefits as have been approved by Employer's Board of Directors from time to time during the course of Employee's employment (collectively, the "Additional Benefits"). C. Employer and Employee desire to incorporate into a single document the terms and conditions of the Written Agreements and the Additional Benefits as set forth herein. D. Employer and Employee intend that this Agreement shall supersede in their entirety the Written Agreements and the Additional Benefits, which Written Agreements and Additional Benefits, and any other written or oral employment and/or benefits-related agreement, are, by this Agreement, hereby terminated in their entirety. AGREEMENTS 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: "Accountants" shall be defined as set forth in Section 6.3. "Acquiring Corporation" shall be as defined as set forth in Section 9.2. "Cash Severance Payment" shall be defined as set forth in Section 6.3. "Cause" means the occurrence of any of the following events, as determined by the Board of Directors of Employer, in good faith: (i) Employee's theft, material act of dishonesty or fraud, or intentional falsification of any records of Employer; (ii) Employee's breach of the Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. Restated Employee Proprietary Information and Invention Agreement or any other agreement with the Employer covering the use or disclosure of confidential or proprietary information of Employer, the ownership of intellectual property or restrictions on competition; <PAGE> (iii) Employee's gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of Employee's assigned duties (but not mere unsatisfactory performance); or (iv) Employee's conviction (including any plea of guilty or nolo contendere) of a crime causing material harm to the reputation or standing of Employer or which materially impairs Employee's ability to perform his duties for Employer. "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities of Employer under an employee benefit plan of Employer, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Employer representing 50% or more of (A) the outstanding shares of common stock of Employer or (B) the combined voting power of Employer's then-outstanding securities; (ii) Employer is party to a merger or consolidation which results in the holders of voting securities of Employer outstanding immediately prior thereto failing to continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of Employer or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; (iii) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of Employer's assets (or consummation of any transaction having similar effect); (iv) a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of Employer within a three-year period as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder. "Disability" means that: (i) Employee has been incapacitated by bodily injury, illness or disease so as to be prevented thereby from effectively performing Employee's duties; (ii) Such incapacity shall have continued for a period of six (6) consecutive months; and (iii) Such incapacity will, in the opinion of a qualified physician, be long-term, which shall mean a period exceeding twelve (12) months. "Employer" means Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and, following a Change in Control, any Successor that agrees to assume all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, or a Successor which otherwise becomes bound by operation of law to this Agreement. 2 <PAGE> "Incumbent Director" means a director who either (i) is a director of Employer as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, or (ii) is elected, or nominated for election, to the Board of Directors with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination. "Successor" means Employer and any successor or assign to substantially all of its business and/or assets. "Termination Upon Change in Control" means the occurrence of either of the following events: (i) termination by Employer of Employee's employment for any reason other than Cause during the period commencing thirty (30) days prior to the date that Employer first considered conducting negotiations leading to the Change in Control event, and ending on the date which is twelve (12) months after the Change in Control; or (ii) any resignation by the Employee from all capacities in which Employee is then rendering service to Employer within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control; provided, however, that Termination Upon Change in Control shall not include any termination of Employee's employment which is (1) for Cause, or (2) a result of Employee's death or Disability. 2. EMPLOYMENT. Employer hereby engages Employee, and Employee hereby accepts such engagement, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. 3. DUTIES. Employee is engaged as President and Chief Executive Officer. Employee shall perform faithfully and diligently the duties customarily performed by persons in the position for which employee is engaged, together with such other reasonable and appropriate duties as Employer shall designate from time to time. Employee shall devote Employee's full business time and efforts to the rendition of such services and to the performance of such duties. As a full-time employee of Employer, Employee shall not be entitled to provide consulting services or other business or scientific services to any other party, without the prior written consent of Employer. 4. COMPENSATION AND FRINGE BENEFITS. 4.1 BASE SALARY. During the term of this Agreement, as compensation for the proper and satisfactory performance of all duties to be performed by Employee hereunder, Employer shall pay to Employee a salary of Three Hundred Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Two and 00/100 Dollars ($316,572.00) per year, payable in arrears in equal bi-weekly installments, less required deductions for state and federal withholding tax, Social Security and all other employee taxes and payroll deductions. The base salary shall be subject to review and adjustment on an annual basis at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company or committee of the Board of Directors, with the first such review being July 1, 2005. 4.2 CUSTOMARY FRINGE BENEFITS. Employee shall be entitled to such fringe benefits as Employer customarily makes available to employees of Employer engaged in the same or similar 3 <PAGE> position as Employee ("Fringe Benefits"). Such Fringe Benefits may include vacation leave, sick leave, and health insurance coverage. Employer reserves the right to change the Fringe Benefits on a prospective basis, at any time, effective upon delivery of written notice to Employee. 4.3 DISABILITY COVERAGE. Employee shall be entitled to long-term disability insurance coverage to the greatest extent available for purchase by the Employer, up to an annual benefit not greater than the Employee's then current base salary. 4.4 VACATION. Employee is entitled to twenty (20) days of vacation in each calendar year. 4.5 ACCUMULATION. Employee shall earn and accumulate unused vacation and sick leave in accordance with the Company's policy in effect from time to time. Further, Employee shall not be entitled to receive payments in lieu of Fringe Benefits, other than for unused vacation leave earned and accumulated at the time the employment relationship terminates. 5. TERM. 5.1 COMMENCEMENT. The employment relationship pursuant to this Agreement shall commence on the date as of which this Agreement was executed as set forth above. 5.2 TERMINATION AT WILL. Employer and Employee acknowledge and agree that Employer's employment currently is "at will" and that their employment relationship may be terminated by either party at any time, with or without Cause. 6. PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION. 6.1 PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION UPON TERMINATION. Upon termination of Employee's employment with the Company, Employee shall be entitled to be paid his base salary through the effective date of such termination, as full compensation for any and all claims of Employee under this Agreement or otherwise, except as set forth in Section 6.2, 6.3 and 7. 6.2 PAYMENT OF SEVERANCE UPON TERMINATION. 6.2.1 SEVERANCE. In the event Employee's employment is terminated by Employer without Cause, then Employer shall pay to Employee a lump sum severance payment equal to eighteen (18) months of Employee's then current salary rate, less customary payroll deductions, unless Employee is also entitled to a payment of severance under Section 6.3, in which case no severance shall be payable under this Section 6.2.1. 6.2.2 RELOCATION COSTS. In the event Employee's employment is terminated by Employer without Cause, or the Employee, at the request of the Company, relocates his principal place of employment more than 50 miles from Ann Arbor, Michigan, then Employer shall reimburse Employee for the costs for Employee to relocate his principal place of employment to another city in the United States, up to an aggregate of $50,000 of relocation costs, including closing costs on the sale of Employee's Michigan residence, payable upon forwarding of standard relocation receipts that are not being reimbursed by another third party or provided as a 4 <PAGE> relocation allowance associated with a new position, to the extent said relocation costs are incurred within one year following the termination of employment. Any tax payable with respect to said relocation cost reimbursement shall be the responsibility of Employee. 6.2.3 CONTINUED MEDICAL COVERAGE. In the event Employee's employment is terminated, then Employee shall be entitled to elect continued medical insurance coverage in accordance with applicable provisions of the Consolidated Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ("COBRA"). 6.3 PAYMENT OF SEVERANCE UPON TERMINATION UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL. In the event of Employee's Termination Upon Change in Control, in addition to all compensation and benefits earned by Employee through the date of Employee's termination of employment, Employee shall be paid a lump sum payment (the "Cash Severance Payment") equal to the maximum whole dollar amount which, when added to all other compensation and benefits treated as parachute payments, if any, under Section 280G of the Code, does not result in any compensation or benefit pursuant to this Agreement becoming subject to an excise tax pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code. Unless Employer and Employee otherwise agree in writing, within thirty (30) days after the date of the Employee's termination of employment, the amount of the Cash Severance Payment shall be determined and reported in writing to Employer and Employee by independent public accountants agreed to by Employer and Employee (the "Accountants"). Such determination by the Accountants shall be conclusive and binding upon Employer and Employee for all purposes. For the purposes of such determination, the Accountants may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code. Employer and Employee shall furnish to the Accountants such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make their required determination. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses the Accountants may reasonably charge in connection with their services contemplated by this Section 6.3. Employer shall pay the Cash Severance Payment to the Employee within ten (10) days after the date of the Accountants' report of their determination. 6.4 RIGHT TO TERMINATE. Employer retains and reserves the right to terminate the employment of Employee at any time, with or without Cause. For avoidance of doubt, said severance payment shall not be owed if Employee's termination is for Cause, or if Employee voluntarily terminates employment for reasons other than as specified in Section 6.3 hereof. 6.5 NO LIABILITY. No director, officer or shareholder of Employer shall have any personal liability for the payment of any severance to Employee. 6.6 RESIGNATION. Employee's entitlement to any compensation or benefits under this Section 6 (other than compensation and benefits earned by Employee through the date of Employee's termination of employment) is conditioned upon Employee's resignation from all capacities in which Employee is then rendering services to Employer, including from the Board of Directors and any committees thereof on which Employee serves. 6.7 EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. The parties acknowledge and agree that the payments specified in this Agreement constitute Employee's sole and exclusive remedy for any alleged injury or other damages arising out of a termination of Employee's employment under 5 <PAGE> circumstances described herein. Accordingly, as a condition to receipt of said payments, Employee shall sign a customary and reasonable release form, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to which Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee has no claims against Employer or any director, officer, shareholder or agent of Employer, or any successor in interest to Employer, with respect to any employment matters or termination of employment (excepting only for accrued salary, accrued vacation leave and reimbursement of customary business expenses incurred on behalf of Employer, all in the ordinary course of business, or any incentive sale bonus or relocation bonus to which Employee may be entitled, if any). 7. INCENTIVE SALE BONUS. 7.1 GENERAL. In the event of a Change in Control described in subsection (ii) or (iii) of the definition of Change in Control, then Employee shall be entitled to participate in an incentive sale bonus pool (the "Bonus Pool"). 7.2 FUNDING OF BONUS POOL. The Bonus Pool shall be funded by a portion of the net proceeds realized by Employer from a Change in Control described in subsection (ii) or (iii) of the definition of Change in Control, after all liabilities of Employer are satisfied. Said net proceeds may consist of cash, stock or other consideration when and as paid by the acquirer. The Bonus Pool shall be funded in increments consisting of 30% of the first million of net proceeds, 25% of the second million of net proceeds, 15% of the third million of net proceeds, and 10% of all additional net proceeds up to an aggregate of $25 million of net proceeds. 7.3 EMPLOYEE SHARE OF BONUS POOL. Employee shall be entitled to a 50.0% share of the Bonus Pool. 7.4 VOLUNTARY TERMINATION BY EMPLOYEE. In the event that Employee voluntarily terminates employment with Employer prior to the completion of a Change in Control described in subsection (ii) or (iii) of the definition of Change in Control, then Employee shall not be entitled to any share of the Bonus Pool. Alternatively, if Employer decides to terminate Employee for reasons other than "Cause", then Employee shall be entitled to receive Employee's designated share of the Bonus Pool when it becomes payable. 8. RELOCATION BONUS. In the event that Employer requests Employee to relocate his principal place of employment more than 50 miles from Ann Arbor, Michigan and Employee stays employed with Employer for one (1) year after such relocation, then the Employer shall pay to Employee a relocation bonus equal to six (6) months of Employee's then current salary rate, less customary payroll deductions, to be paid immediately upon completion of the one year of employment. Further, if the Company terminates Employee's employment without Cause during said one (1) year period after a relocation, then this relocation bonus shall nevertheless still be payable in full even though the employment did not continue for the one (1) year period. 9. STOCK OPTIONS; REPURCHASE RIGHT. 9.1 VESTING. The parties agree that the following unvested stock options granted by Employer to Employee prior to April 30, 2000 were accelerated and immediately vested as of such date: 6 <PAGE> OPTIONS EXERCISE ------------------------------- DATE OF GRANT PRICE QUALIFIED NON-QUALIFIED ------------- ----- --------- ------------- 12/15/99 $0.8438 118,518 - 12/15/99 $0.8438 - 198,482 9.2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING STOCK OPTIONS. Except as set forth in Section 9.1, this Agreement shall not be deemed to modify the provisions of any stock options granted by Employer to Employee on or before the date hereof. 10. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 10.1 ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event of any dispute or breach arising with respect to this Agreement, the party prevailing in any negotiations or proceedings for the resolution or enforcement thereof shall be entitled to recover from the losing party reasonable expenses, attorneys' fees and costs incurred therein. 10.2 AMENDMENT. No amendment or modification of the terms or conditions of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and signed by both parties hereto. There shall be no implied-in-fact contracts modifying the terms of this Agreement. However, the noncumulation of benefits provision of Section 10.6 shall apply to any subsequent agreement, unless (i) such provision is explicitly disclaimed in the subsequent agreement, and (ii) the subsequent agreement has been authorized by the Board or a committee thereof. 10.3 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the employment of Employee, other than relating to the Employer's stock option grants to Employee, the Employer's inventions, trade secrets, and proprietary and confidential information, competition with the Employer and solicitation of the Employer's employees. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and representation with respect to the employment relationship, including, without limitation, the Written Agreements and the Additional Benefits, each of which is hereby terminated in its entirety. This Agreement is not intended to and shall not affect, limit or terminate any plans, programs, or arrangements of Employer that are regularly made available to a significant number of employees or officers of the Employer. 10.4 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. 10.4.1 Successors of Employer. Employer shall require any Successor, expressly, absolutely and unconditionally to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession or assignment had taken place. Failure of Employer to obtain such agreement shall be a material breach of this Agreement. 10.4.2 Acknowledgment by Company. If, after a Change in Control, Employer (or any Successor) fails to reasonably confirm that it has performed the obligation described in Section 10.4.1 within ten (10) days after written notice from Employee, Employee shall be entitled to terminate Employee's employment with Employer, and to receive the benefits provided under this Agreement in the event of Termination Upon Change in Control. 7 <PAGE> 10.4.3 Heirs and Representatives of Employee. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Employee's personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devises and legatees. 10.5 NO LIMITATION OF REGULAR BENEFIT PLANS. This Agreement is not intended to and shall not affect, limit or terminate any plans, programs, or arrangements of Employer that are regularly made available to a significant number of employees or officers of Employer, including without limitation Employer's stock option plans. 10.6 NONCUMULATION OF BENEFITS. Employee may not cumulate cash severance payments under both this Agreement and another agreement. If Employee has any other binding written agreement with Employer which provides that, upon a Change in Control or termination of employment, Employee shall receive one or more of the benefits described in Section 6 of this Agreement (i.e., the payment of cash compensation), then with respect to those benefits the aggregate amounts payable under this Agreement shall be reduced by the amounts paid or payable under such other agreements. 10.7 NO ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS. The rights of any person to payments or benefits under this Agreement shall not be made subject to option or assignment, either by voluntary or involuntary assignment or by operation of law, including (without limitation) bankruptcy, garnishment, attachment or other creditors process, and any action in violation of this Section 10.7 shall be void. 10.8 NOTICES. 10.8.1 General. Notices and all other communications contemplated by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered, when mailed, if mailed by U.S. registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, or when shipped, if shipped by nationally known reputable overnight delivery service and shipping charges prepaid. In the case of Employee, notices shall be addressed to Employee at the home address which he most recently communicated to the Employer, in writing. In the case of the Employer, notices shall be addressed to its corporate headquarters, and all notices shall be directed to the attention of its Secretary. 10.8.2 Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Employer of Employee's employment for Cause or by Employee as a result of a voluntary resignation shall be communicated by a notice of termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Subsection 10.8.1. Such notice shall indicate the specific termination provisions in this Agreement relied upon, shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination under the provision so indicated, and shall specify the termination date. 10.9 NO DUTY TO MITIGATE. Employee shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment contemplated by this Agreement (whether by seeking employment with a new employer or in any other manner), nor shall any such payment be reduced by any earnings that Employee may receive from any other source except as otherwise provided herein. 8 <PAGE> 10.10 NO REPRESENTATIONS. Employee acknowledges that in entering into this Agreement Employee is not relying and has not relied on any promise, representation or statement made by or on behalf of the Employer which is not set forth in this Agreement. 10.11 CHOICE OF LAW. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to its choice of law rules. 10.12 WAIVER. Either party's failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not in any way be construed as a waiver of any such provision, or prevent that party thereafter from enforcing each and every other provision of this Agreement. 10.13 SEVERABLE PROVISIONS. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any one or more provisions may be determined to be judicially unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be binding and enforceable. 10.14 TAX WITHHOLDING. The payments to be made pursuant to this Agreement will be subject to customary withholding of applicable income and employment taxes. 10.15 CONSULTATION. Employee acknowledges that this Agreement confers significant legal rights on Employee, and also involves Employee waiving other potential rights he might have under other agreements and laws. Employee acknowledges that Employer has encouraged Employee to consult with Employee's own legal, tax, and financial advisers before signing the Agreement; and that Employee has had adequate time to do so before signing this Agreement. 10.16 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 10.17 EXCESS PARACHUTE PAYMENT. In the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by Employee pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise would subject Employee to any excise tax pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code due to the characterization of such payment or benefit as an excess parachute payment under Section 280G of the Code, Employee may elect in his sole discretion to reduce the amounts of any payments or benefits otherwise called for under this Agreement in order to avoid such characterization. 10.18 CLAIMS PROCEDURE FOR SEVERANCE PAYMENTS. 10.18.1 Administrator. The administrator for purposes of the severance payments provided by Section 6.2 of this Agreement shall be the Employer ("Administrator"), whose address is 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr., P.O. Box 376, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106, and whose telephone number is 734-930-5555. The "Named Fiduciary" as defined in Section 402(a)(2) of ERISA, also shall be the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to designate one or more employees as the Administrator and the Named Fiduciary at any time, and to change the address and telephone number of the same. The Employer shall give the Employee written notice of any change in the Administrator and Named Fiduciary, or in the address or telephone number of the same. 9 <PAGE> 10.18.2 Claims. The Administrator shall make all determinations as to the right of any person to receive benefits under this Agreement. Any denial by the Administrator of a claim for benefits by the Employee ("the claimant") shall be stated in writing by the Administrator and delivered or mailed to the claimant within ten (10) days after receipt of the claim, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim. If such an extension is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant prior to the termination of the initial 10-day period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of ten (10) days from the end of the initial period. Any notice of denial shall set forth the specific reasons for the denial, specific reference to pertinent provisions of this Agreement upon which the denial is based, a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim, with an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and any explanation of claim review procedures, and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the claimant's right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) after exhausting all levels of appeal provided herein, written to the best of the Administrator's ability in a manner that may be understood without legal or actuarial counsel. 10.18.3 Review of Claim Denial. A claimant whose claim for benefits has been wholly or partially denied by the Administrator may request, within sixty (60) days following the date of such denial, in a writing addressed to the Administrator, a review of such denial. The claimant shall be entitled to submit such issues or comments in writing or otherwise, as the claimant shall consider relevant to a determination of the claim, and the claimant may include a request for a hearing in person before the Administrator. Prior to submitting the request, the claimant shall be entitled to review such documents as are relevant to the claim. The claimant may, at all stages of review, be represented by counsel, legal or otherwise, of the claimant's choice. All requests for review shall be promptly resolved. The Administrator's decision with respect to any such review shall be set forth in writing and shall be mailed to the claimant not later than ten (10) days following receipt by the Administrator of the claimant's request unless special circumstances, such as the need to hold a hearing, require an extension of time for processing, in which case the Administrator's decision shall be so mailed not later than twenty (20) days after receipt of such request. 10.18.4 Arbitration. A claimant who has followed the procedure in paragraphs 10.18.2 and 10.18.3 of this Section, but who has not obtained full relief on the claim for benefits, may, within sixty (60) days following the claimant's receipt of the Administrator's written decision on review, apply in writing to the Administrator for arbitration of the claim as provided in Section 10.19. 10.19 ARBITRATION. (a) Either party to this Agreement, after complying with the requirements of Section 10.18, to the extent applicable, may submit any dispute under this Agreement for binding arbitration of the dispute before an arbitrator mutually acceptable to both parties, the arbitration to be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, as then in effect, and the rights of claimant under Section 10.18. If the parties are unable to mutually agree upon an arbitrator, then the arbitration proceedings shall be held before three arbitrators, one of which shall be designated by the Employer, one of which 10 <PAGE> shall be designated by the claimant and the third of which shall be designated mutually by the first two arbitrators in accordance with the arbitration rules referenced above. The arbitrator(s) sole authority shall be to interpret and apply the provisions of this Agreement; the arbitrator(s) shall not change, add to, or subtract from, any of the Agreement's provisions. The arbitrator(s) shall have the power to compel attendance of witnesses at the hearing. Any court having jurisdiction may enter a judgment based upon such arbitration. Except as set forth in Section 10.18, the decision of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding on the parties to this Agreement and without appeal to any court. Except as set forth in Section 10.18, upon execution of this Agreement, the Employee shall be deemed to have waived any right to commence litigation proceedings regarding this Agreement outside of arbitration without the express written consent of the Employer. (b) In the case of a dispute relating to severance payments provided by Section 6.2, the decision of the arbitrator(s) shall be delivered or mailed to the claimant within sixty (60) days of the claimant's initial request for review of the denied clam under Section 10.18, unless special circumstances require an extension of time. If an extension is needed the arbitrator(s) shall, before the end of the sixty (60) day period, give to the claimant written notice of the special circumstances requiring the extension and the date by which the arbitrator(s) expect(s) to render a decision. The extension of time shall not exceed sixty (60) days from the end of the initial sixty (60) day period. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.19(b), in the case of a dispute relating to severance payments provided by Section 6.2, the claimant shall not be precluded from challenging the arbitrator's decision under Section 502(a) of ERISA. 10.20 ERISA. The severance compensation provided by Section 6.2 of this Agreement constitutes an unfunded compensation arrangement for a member of a select group of the Employer's management and any exemptions under ERISA, as applicable to such an arrangement, shall be applicable to this Agreement. Section 10.18 through this Section 10.20 apply to the severance compensation provided by Section 6.2 of this Agreement. 10.21 REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE. The Employer, from time to time, shall provide government agencies with such reports concerning this Agreement as may be required by law, and the Employer shall provide the Employee with such disclosure concerning this Agreement as may be required by law or as the Employer may deem appropriate. 11. EMPLOYEE'S REPRESENTATIONS. Employee represents and warrants that Employee (i) is free to enter into this Agreement and to perform each of the terms and covenants contained herein, (ii) is not restricted or prohibited, contractually or otherwise, from entering into and performing this Agreement, and (iii) will not be in violation or breach of any other agreement by reason of Employee's execution and performance of this Agreement. 11 <PAGE> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above. EMPLOYER: Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. By: ___________________________________ Joseph Taylor Chairman, Compensation Committee Board of Directors EMPLOYEE: _______________________________________ R. Douglas Armstrong, Ph.D. Address: 5330 Falkirk Court Superior, MI 48198 12 <PAGE> EXHIBIT A TO AASTROM BIOSCIENCES, INC. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT RELEASE AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made by and between _____________________ ("Executive") and Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (the "Company"). RECITALS A. Executive has terminated employment as an executive officer of Company, effective __________, ______________. B. Executive has been given the opportunity to review this Agreement, to consult with legal counsel, and to ascertain his rights and remedies. C. Executive and Company, without any admission of liability, desire to settle with finality, compromise, dispose of, and release any and all claims and demands asserted or which could be asserted arising out of Executive's employment at and separation from Company. In consideration of the foregoing and of the promises and mutual covenants contained herein, it is hereby agreed between Executive and Company as follows: AGREEMENT 1. In exchange for the good and valuable consideration set forth in that certain Employment Agreement, made as of ______________________, between the Company and Executive (the "Employment Agreement"), Executive hereby releases, waives and discharges any and all manner of action, causes of action, claims, rights, charges, suits, damages, debts, demands, obligations, attorneys fees, and any and all other liabilities or claims of whatsoever nature, whether in law or in equity, known or unknown, including, but not limited to, age discrimination under The Age Discrimination In Employment Act of 1967 (as amended), employment discrimination prohibited by other federal, state or local laws, and any other claims, which Executive has claimed or may claim or could claim in any local, state or federal or other forum, against Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, successors and assigns as a result of or relating to Executive's employment at and separation from Company and as an officer of Company as a result of any acts or omissions by Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, successors or assigns ("Covered Acts or Omissions") which occurred prior to the date of this Agreement; excluding only (i) those to compel the payment of amounts due to Executive as provided in the Employment Agreement, (ii) enforcement of any rights of Executive under any stock option agreements with the Company or (iii) those for indemnification under the Company's articles of incorporation, bylaws or applicable law by reason of his service as an officer or director of the Company. 13 <PAGE> 2. Executive agrees to immediately return to Company all property, assets, manuals, materials, information, notes, reports, agreements, memoranda, customer lists, formulae, data, know-how, inventions, trade secrets, processes, techniques, and all other assets, materials and information of any kind or nature, belonging or pertaining to Company ("Company Information and Property"), including, but not limited to, computer programs and diskettes or other media for electronic storage of information containing Company Information and Property, in Executive's possession, and Executive shall not retain copies of any such Company Information and Property. Executive further agrees that from and after the date hereof he will not remove from Company's offices any Company Information and Property, nor retain possession or copies of any Company Information and Property. 3. Executive agrees that he shall never make any statement that negatively affects the goodwill or good reputation of the Company, or any officer or director of Company, except as required by law, and except that such statements may be made to members of the Board of Directors of the Company. 4. Executive covenants and agrees that he shall never commence or prosecute, or knowingly encourage, promote, assist or participate in any way, except as required by law, in the commencement or prosecution, of any claim, demand, action, cause of action or suit of any nature whatsoever against Company or any officer, director, employee or agent of Company ("Covered Litigation") that is based upon any claim, demand, action, cause of action or suit released pursuant to this Agreement or involving or based upon the Covered Acts and Omissions. 5. Executive further agrees that he has read this Agreement carefully and understands all of its terms. 6. Executive understands and agrees that he was advised to consult with an attorney and did so prior to executing this Agreement. 7. Executive understands and agrees that he has been given twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Agreement. 8. Executive understands and agrees that he may revoke this Agreement for a period of seven (7) calendar days following the execution of this Agreement (the "Revocation Period"). This Agreement is not effective until this revocation period has expired. Executive understands that any revocation, to be effective, must be in writing and either (a) postmarked within seven (7) days of execution of this Agreement and addressed to Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., 24 Frank Lloyd Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 or (b) hand delivered within seven (7) days of execution of this Agreement to Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., 24 Frank Lloyd Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105. Executive understands that if revocation is made by mail, mailing by certified mail, return receipt requested, is recommended to show proof of mailing. 9. In agreeing to sign this Agreement and separate from Company, Executive is doing so completely voluntarily and of his own free-will and without any encouragement or pressure from Company and agrees that in doing so he has not relied on any oral statements or explanations made by Company or its representatives. 14 <PAGE> 10. Both parties agree not to disclose the terms of this Agreement to any third party, except as is required by law, or as is necessary for purposes of securing counsel from either parties' attorneys or accountants. 11. This Agreement shall not be construed as an admission of wrongdoing by Company. 12. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between Executive and Company regarding the matters set forth herein. Any modification of this Agreement must be made in writing and signed by Executive and each of the entities constituting the Company. 13. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan. 14. In the event any provision of this Agreement or portion thereof is found to be wholly or partially invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any judicial proceeding, then such provision shall be deemed to be modified or restricted to the extent and in the manner necessary to render the same valid and enforceable, or shall be deemed excised from this Agreement, as the case may require, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, as if such provision had been originally incorporated herein as so modified or restricted, or as if such provision had not been originally incorporated herein, as the case may be. 15. If there is a breach or threatened breach of the provisions of this Agreement, Company may, in addition to other available rights and remedies, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violation of, any of the provisions of this Agreement. 16. In the event that Executive violates the terms of this Agreement, in addition to other available rights and remedies, the Company shall be released of all of its remaining obligations under the Severance Agreement. 15 <PAGE> The parties hereto have entered into this Agreement as of this __________ day of ___________, ______. AASTROM BIOSCIENCES, INC. By: ________________________________ EXECUTIVE ____________________________________ By: R. Douglas Armstrong, Ph.D. 16


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What year did "W.H. Thomas Oil" start?
What was its original name?
Standard Oil Co., Agent
How much on-site Bulk Storage do you have?
We have 324,000 gal on site
How much "Package goods" storage do you have?
We have our 11,000 sq ft warehouse full of product!
What year did the Decatur site open?
Our Decatur plant opened in 1992
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Not including our walk in customers, we supply 2000+ customers with all of their Lubrication/Fuel needs, and we are growing!


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Just in case you think all I did in New Zealand was eat....Here are some selected photos from the various sights and activities we fit in during our extended weekend visit. (Although as you'll see we did manage to cram a fair bit of food in there...no pun intended.)
And one final word: go.
Exploring food and other details of daily life on three (and counting) continents
Friday, July 10, 2009
NZ images
2 comments:
- Christie's Corner said...
I loved New Zealand. I'd go back in a heart beat. The food was amazing -- even small pubs had excellent, fresh fare. And the supermarkets? We were gobsmacked!
Don't get me started on the wine. Oh, the wine...
Your photos brought back great memories.
- July 12, 2009 at 4:05 PM
- Roving Lemon said...
I very enthusiastically second all of those statements. (In fact, I'm already plotting my next visit.) Glad you enjoyed reminiscing with the photos.
- July 12, 2009 at 5:12 PM
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THE ORGANISERS OF one of the most-popular sporting events in the country have entered a new commercial partnership in a bid to further develop and grow in Ireland.
Vhi Healthcare have become the presenting partner of parkrun Ireland on a five-year deal, in a 'groundbreaking' agreement which both parties hope will encourage family-centered physical activity.
The parkrun event — a free 5km run every Saturday morning — has experienced explosive growth since it arrived in Ireland back in November 2012 and now takes place at more than 55 venues around the country.
It's estimated that 5,000 people of every age and ability take part each week while more than 600 volunteers do unheralded work to ensure it all runs smoothly.
This partnership reinforces Vhi's longstanding association with Irish running having been title sponsor of the Women's Mini Marathon for the last number of years.
With increased funds now available, organisers hope to support existing parkrun events but also add more in other areas around the country, including the development of junior parkrun for 4-14 year olds.
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Talks Getting Serious For Adding Second BART Transbay Tube: Like Caltrain, BART is experiencing record ridership growth, a development that is significantly taxing its system. To alleviate some of the congestion, the agency is considering adding a second Transbay tube to connect the East Bay with San Francisco and points south. While the ambitious project is still in its infancy—it may be "30 to 50 years off", according to BART planners—it does have the backing of several major players in the Bay Area, most notably San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. He said he's committed to exploring funding options for the second tube, which will gain further importance once high-speed rail is introduced to the region.
Public Transportation Was Made for Events Like This: The fourth annual Bay Area Brew Festival will take place this Saturday at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Patrons who want to enjoy the dozens of international and domestic beers (and a vast array of food trucks) can do so without worrying about the drive home. Caltrain can get event-goers to downtown San Francisco, where they can connect with Muni for public transit service to the festival. That transit combination makes for hassle-free, reliable and safe option for festival-goers.
Meet Officials From the California State Transportation Agency: As part of Governor Jerry Brown's restructuring initiative, the California State Transportation Agency was formed on July 1, 2013. Branded CalSTA, the new agency oversees entities like Caltrans, the California Highway Patrol, and the California High Speed Rail Authority. On Friday, SPUR—a public policy think-tank located in San Francisco—will host a forum featuring members from CalSTA, who will describe how the state have reinvented its transportation agency. The meeting is at 12:30, at SPUR's headquarters on Mission Street, which is easily accessible from Muni and BART.
In Case You Missed This: Eclipse, a black lab-mastiff mix who lives in Seattle, has mastered the city's public transportation system. Every day, she boards the bus outside of her owner's apartment, licks a few seat covers, roams the aisle a bit and then gets off at her regular stop, which is, of course, a dog park. A longtime patron of public transit, Eclipse and her owner, Jeff Young, use the bus system to navigate through Seattle. One afternoon, Eclipse got a little antsy and hopped on the bus while Young was having a cigarette break. Despite flying solo, Eclipse knew exactly where to get off, and reconciled with Young at the park. Since then, she's had carte blanche access to the bus system.


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Better security possible with Citrix hosted desktop or hosted Windows desktop
Buying a hosted desktop is easy what with so many providers available to offer the best packages at very attractive prices. One of the main mistakes that organizations make when opting for hosted desktop solutions is that they consider the cost element most seriously. However, when it comes to the best solutions it is the best service providers that are able to match the expectations of their clients. For Citrix hosted desktop or hosted Windows desktop one has to look for those partners that have the experience in handling the complexities of managing hosted desktops.
Citrix and Microsoft are two of the most well known software companies in the world. Millions of users use their software solutions worldwide for personal as well as professional purposes. Needless to say when there is so much data being handles through the applications provided by both these companies there are many that are interested to access the data.
So how does it help when someone opts for Citrix hosted desktop or hosted Windows desktop? In many ways if you should ask me. When an organization opts for virtual desktops they are able to take security up by more just a few degrees. How does this happen? This happens because the management of the desktop, work applications and data is given to a third party vendor. The example below should help you understand.
When an employee uses the LAN cable in their office they are connected to the main server. The internet is accessed through the server and any work done and saved on the hard drive of the employee's workstations is also saved on the server. In many organizations the server is a physical machine that resides in the server room. If the server gets damaged or destroyed due to any reason all the data could be lost. If someone is able to hack into the server all the data could be compromised. Using Citrix hosted desktop or hosted Windows desktop organizations are able to take care of these issues.
In Citrix hosted desktop or hosted Windows desktop the server is housed in the data centre of the vendor. So, there is no way one can hack into it. Today the number of physical servers is lessening because cloud servers are becoming more prominent. In hosted desktop environments there are additional security features built in. The workstations don't have any OS or work related applications. An employee accesses the OS and the work apps by logging onto the server over the internet. So, there is nothing that the employee can save on their workstation hard drive. Moreover, any data saved is saved on the server and not in individual workstations. This adds another measure of security.
There is cost involved in Citrix hosted desktop or hosted Windows desktop but the cost is nothing compared to the solutions provided. It is expected that virtual desktops are going to take over 40% of physical desktops by next year. And the ones that provide these services are going to add immense value.
By opting for Citrix hosted desktop or hosted Windows desktop organizations are able to manage data and system security like never before.
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