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Maine (ACTEM) wanted to provide Maine's schools with namebrand
audio books.
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reading, particularly by 3rd grade," says Gary Lanoie, executive director
at ACTEM.
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Challenge: Oakland USD
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math, and the percentage of students in grades 2-5 performing
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school in Colorado, did not have an
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text: Beyond Theory is a crazy, insane, high energy, in your face kind of metal band! Don Bossart formed the band with Joe Aird in november 2008. we then added James Forhan a previous bass player of don and joes old band Psychosis and was later replaced by Frank Wicklander,the former bass player from Timing Chain that don was also a member of, then we added Mike Kapsiak a former bass player from dons old band Blood Ritual to play lead guitar,mike was later replaced by Sebastian Kochman from Poland ,we had found a vocalist named James Poe and we were about set to start doing some shows ,when mr poe had to leave back to his state of Philadelphia ,the search was on again and we weren't settling on just anyone, we hired Koli Bolden former vocals for Drown Mary and Under The Red Door. its now 2011 and we are set to annihilate.

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The fighter: Former BYU, NFL quarterback Jim McMahon aims to win the toughest challenge of his life
"Yeah, I did," McMahon said of his own suicidal thoughts. "Heck, it hurt so bad I'm like, 'Hey, I don't want to keep doing this every day.' ... You don't know what to do when your brain starts messing with you. And if they're getting the same kind of pain that I was having, I understand why these guys do that."
"There are no knives, no guns, no nothing in the house," Navon said.
Thankfully, McMahon's innovative treatment is giving them hope for the future.
"It can't cure the dementia," Navon said, "but it can help with all the symptoms that he was having, which were really bad, and hopefully slow down the progression of the dementia.
"I've seen huge improvement in him. After Dr. Rosa did that treatment on Mac, I looked at Jim and he looked at me, and all of a sudden, crazy as it may sound, he had color his face, his eyes looked clearer and Dr. (Raymond) Damadian (who invented the MRI) said he could tell an immediate difference in his speech. Mac said he felt like a toilet bowl had been flushed in his head and everything came out.
"It's definitely made a huge difference," she said. "He's not so ornery. His mood swings were crazy; he was high and he was low. ... We went back and Dr. Damadian did the same exact scans again and he thinks all that fluid that was in his brain is now flowing up and back, up and back the way it should in all of us."
"I thought she was the cause of most of the headaches," McMahon said sarcastically of Navon, admitting that, upon further review, maybe she was responsible for "only about half of them."
Navon has noticed some recent signs, though, that the time has come for McMahon to receive more treatment. He has sent some of his former teammates to the doctors who treated him and he, too, admits that things are started to get "a little fuzzy" for him again.
"I mean, I saw a change in Mac probably like three or four months ago," she said. "He definitely needs to go back. One of the first signs is a change in moods, which he has. He gets irritated easily, cursing, yelling for no reason.
"So I know now and I see him rubbing his head too much. I know his memory is slipping, and he needs to go back."
Settling with the NFL
McMahon was part of a lawsuit that was filed against the NFL in 2011, seeking compensation for former players who had suffered concussion-related brain damage, which they accused the league of concealing, misdiagnosing or flat-out ignoring.
NFL teams used to rush concussed players back on the field by simply holding a couple of fingers in front of their face and asking them how many they could see, or waiving a finger back and forth and making sure they could follow it. Back in the day, smelling salts were used to clear a player's foggy head before sending him back into a game.
Those days are long gone now, and the NFL settled the lawsuit in August when it agreed to pay a tentative sum of $765 million, which will be divided among the more than 4,500 players who have sustained irreversible brain damage.
McMahon will receive a portion of that settlement — how much, he has no idea yet — and is just glad that the league decided to do the right thing after decades of seemingly looking the other way when it came to players' injuries.
"I think it's a victory for the guys that are hurting bad right now, because these guys are in desperate need of help, either financially or paying doctor bills, stuff like that," he said.
"It's just a shame that some of these guys that have built this brand over the years are now, you know, they're destitute. They've got nowhere to go and they don't know who to trust. And they don't remember half the people in their lives.
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Doug Zawisza, also known as the Black Knight, was a Polish knight and nobleman. He served as a soldier and diplomat under the Polish king Wladyslaw II and Hungarian-Bohemian king Sigismund of Luxembourg. During his life, he was regarded as a model of knightly virtues and was renowned for winning multiple tournaments. His nickname is due to his black hair and his custom-made, black armor, which is kept at the Jasna Góra Monastery.
After his death, he was praised by the Polish historian Jan Dlugosz, the poet and Canon of Gniezno Adam Swinka, and by King Sigismund of Luxembourg. Zawisza became a folk hero in Poland, famed for reliability, and loyalty. The Polish Scouts oath reads partly: "...polegac na nim jak na Zawiszy" ('[you can] rely on [a boyscout] as on Zawisza'). A monument to Zawisza at Golubac fortress, Serbia, bears the inscription: "In Golubac, his life was taken by the Turks, the famous Polish knight, the symbol of courage and honor, Zawisza the Black. Glory to the hero!" Several Polish football clubs and other sports teams were named after him, including, Zawisza Bydgoszcz.
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"I've watched gods walk the Earth. I refuse to believe balancing a budget is impossible."
"Yeah, and if it's a war you want, then let's have the ass kicking start right here!"
"One of the things they do is turn any Victor von Dooms they encounter on any world into vegetables."
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Upgrade Shows Fernandez Paying Bond Premium: Argentina Credit
Argentina's second credit-rating increase in the past two months means its bonds are now trading at a 2.5 percentage point discount to its new peers.
Argentina bonds yield about 250 basis points, or 2.50 percentage points, more than the average borrowing costs on dollar debt from Ghana, Lebanon, Dominican Republic and Belize, according to JPMorgan Chase& Co. indexes. Standard & Poor's boosted Argentina's credit rating one level to B yesterday, putting it on a par with those countries.
While the South American nation's bonds will likely rally today after the rating increase, the debt will continue to yield more than its peers as increasing government spending and accelerating inflation may cause the economy to overheat, said Jim Craige, who helps manage $12 billion of emerging-market assets at Stone Harbor Investment Partners in New York.
"Argentina does deserve to have a premium and that's not going to change anytime soon," Craige said. "This is a country with still very high inflation. You've also seen rapid growth in fiscal spending."
S&P raised the South American nation's foreign and local debt ratings one level to B, five steps below investment grade, saying the country's "strong" economic expansion is helping it make debt payments. The increase matches a move made by Fitch Ratings in July, one month after President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner restructured $12.9 billion of bonds remaining from the country's default in 2001.
"The combination of a strong economic recovery in 2010 supported by favorable external conditions that are expected to persist over the medium term should ease rollover risk," S&P, which predicts growth of 7 percent this year and 4.5 percent in 2011, said in a statement. The government "has been able to reduce debt levels in terms of GDP and improve its debt maturity profile in recent years," S&P said.
The central bank forecasts Argentina's economy will grow as much as 9.5 percent in 2010, the most since 1992, amid surging commodity exports.
"Argentina is in a very sweet spot," said Edgardo Sternberg, an emerging-market debt strategist at Boston-based Loomis Sayles & Co., which manages about $140 billion in assets. "It's exporting commodities like crazy and there's a lot of demand for that. Prices are very high and that market is very, very attractive."
Government spending in July rose 36 percent in the past year to 36.6 billion pesos, according to the most recent data from the Economy Ministry. The government reported last month that annual inflation rose to 11.2 percent during July, less than half the 25 percent estimate from Fausto Spotorno, an economist at research firm Orlando Ferreres & Asociados SA.
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Economists and government officials including Vice President Julio Cobos have questioned the accuracy of the consumer price index, saying officials have underreported price increases since January 2007, when former President Nestor Kirchner made personnel changes at the statistics agency.
The extra yield investors demand to own Argentina dollar instead of U.S. Treasuries shrank 22 basis points to 695 at 5:20 p.m. New York time, according to JPMorgan's EMBI Global index.
The yield on benchmark 7 percent due in 2015 fell 29 basis points to 10.46 percent, according to Bloomberg market average pricing.
The cost of protecting Argentine debt against non-payment for five years with credit-default swaps slid 36 basis points to 814, according to data compiled by CMA DataVision. Credit-default swaps pay the buyer face value in exchange for the underlying securities or the cash equivalent should a government or company fail to adhere to debt agreements.
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Warrants linked to growth in South America's second-biggest economy rose 0.2 cent to 11.20 cents, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The peso was little changed at 3.9455 per dollar.
S&P and Fitch rate Argentine foreign debt one level above the equivalent B3 rating that Moody's Investors Service assigns to the securities. Moody's hasn't changed the rating since 2005, when the country reached an initial restructuring settlement following the 2001 default on $95 billion of bonds.
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Q'ero communities live in the very remote regions of the Andes Mountains of Peru. Because they lie at the highest habitable regions in the mountains (12,600 – 15,000 ft .) all they can grow are potatoes and tubers. There are no stores or income sources to allow the people to purchase food. Our organization has been raising funds to supply the materials for every family to have a greenhouse. They build the walls with local materials, and we supply the plastic, hardware, and tools. To date 49 greenhouses have been built, and 39 families are in line and ready for funding. We are thrilled to see that the children are integrally involved and love the taste of every vegetable – foods they never saw or tasted before. It is evident that they are growing taller and stronger, have better health, and are more alert in the classroom. Renee's Garden donated a substantial number of seed packets to make this program such a success. Penelope Eicher, Executive Director
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These three words capture the heart of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. With over 900 dedicated employees working at 75+ locations in Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Marion and Lane Counties, we serve more than 15,000 individuals each living with mental health challenges, addiction and homelessness.
We are one of the largest nonprofit healthcare providers in Oregon with focuses on mental health and addiction treatment services. We understand a home assures a sense of comfort and security. Here at Cascadia, we help provide supportive and permanent homes for more than 600 individuals. We've learned that families are an important part of people's lives and offer services unique to children, families, adults and older adults.
The most effective way to help people solve their problems is to give them a home and guide them through the healing process.
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We are beyond questioning whether bias related unreasonable use of force by some in law enforcement is an issue; it IS an issue. How can we diminish its impact on our world and how can we support efforts toward accountability to ensure justice?
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This past weekend, many of us learned the news of the tragic event that happened at a gay night club called Pulse in Orlando, Florida. News sources say that the lone gunman left at least [...]
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Welcome from all of us at Leather & Luggage Depot. We are so delighted that you have found us. Our retail store, open since 1992, is in the heart of the Chattahoochee Outlet Area, off Interstate I-75 and Howell Mill Road, minutes from downtown Atlanta and Buckhead.
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- Alesia, le reve d'un roi nu (2011) Played by Yann Trégouët (as Vercingetorix)
- "Battles BC"
- Caesar: Super Siege (2009) TV episode, Played by Brian Danner (as Vercingetorix)
- "Rome"
- Triumph (2005) TV episode, Played by Giovanni Calcagno (as Vercingetorix)
- The Stolen Eagle (2005) TV episode, Played by Giovanni Calcagno (as Vercingetorix)
- Caesar (2002) (TV) Played by Heino Ferch (as Vercingetorix)
... aka "Julius Caesar" - USA (original title)
- The Gaul (2001) Played by Christopher Lambert
... aka "Vercingétorix" - France (original title)
... aka "Druids" - Canada (English title), USA (imdb display title)
... aka "Great Warriors" - Japan (English title) (video title)
- Caesar the Conqueror (1962) Played by Rik Battaglia (as Vercingetorix)
... aka "Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie" - Italy (original title)
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From Caesar the Conqueror (1962)
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I'll admit that I really don't understand independents very well. I can understand priorities changing over the course of a life and switching from one party to another. I can even understand considering yourself a part of a 3rd party and therefore being independent when it comes to the national elections because your party isn't in the final running. However, even 3rd parties are generally more closely related to one major party or the other and I still wouldn't consider that person independent - just one that doesn't get to vote for their preferred party in the end.
I don't agree with all of any one party, but to me they are so drastically different I don't understand how a person could go back and forth over the years.
I would really appreciate it if some of you would come out to educate me and broaden my understanding on your thought processes. What issues to you normally vote on - or do your voting priorities change over the course of elections depending on what's happening. Could you tell me who you've voted for in presidential elections, why you voted for them and if your choice was elected if you were happy with it or if you wish you could change it. If you weren't - did that push you to vote for the other party the next year?
And maybe there are even more important questions that I'm failing to ask simply because of my ignorance of the position - so feel free to add anything else that might shed some light.


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Tim Duncan turned 40 on Monday. If you're a Magic fan and forgot to send a gift, don't worry. He already sent one to you.
It was actually postmarked July 11, 2000. After all these years, it still hurts to open.
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We'll cut the tape there. Duncan announced he was turning down Orlando to stay in San Antonio. That was eight coaches, 672 losses and one Gordan Giricek ago for the Magic, but Duncan's message has current applications.
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Skydiver injured trying spin move
ERDA, Tooele County — A skydiver practicing near the Tooele Valley Airport accidentally crashed to the ground and suffered critical injuries Monday.
About 1:30 p.m. some skydivers were doing some maneuvers in which they spin and at the last minute level the parachute out, Tooele County sheriff's deputy Keith Borders said.
"He was spinning and did not quite level out and hit the ground going about 15 to 20 miles per hour," he said.
The man, 47, landed on his back and suffered pelvic and spinal injuries.
"He was conscious but in a lot of pain," Borders said.
The man was flown to Intermountain Medical Center in critical condition, according to Borders.
The man had a flight camera on his helmet and appeared to be an experienced skydiver.
— Ethan Thomas
S.L. County settles excessive force suit
Salt Lake County will pay $60,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged sheriff's deputies used excessive force during the 2007 investigation of a noise complaint at a home.
Deputies went to the home to check on a 16-year-old boy who complained over the phone to a friend that his parents and their guests were so loud he couldn't sleep. The friend called police.
Five adults in the home were drinking alcohol while working on a video presentation for work.
The boy's father, Stephen M. Perry, refused to let police inside without a warrant. Deputies used pepper spray to subdue Perry and guests, John Gitlin and Marika Barber, who are married. Officers also used a Taser on Gitlin and Barber.
All three were charged with disorderly conduct, interfering with an arrest and assault on police, but were acquitted by a jury.
The three sued six deputies, contending they used excessive force and that their warrantless search was unlawful.
Gitlin said he didn't pursue the lawsuit for money.
"I just hope the next time the police show up somewhere and operate outside the source of their jobs, there will be some policy to remedy that," he said.
Salt Lake County Sheriff's Lt. Don Hutson said an internal affairs investigation found no violation of policies by the officers.
An attorney for the county said settling the lawsuit is not an admission of guilt or liability by the county or the officers.
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How can I make my sidebar scroll down with the page? I am using responsive theme. Also can someone tell me if spiders are good or bad and if I should delete them or let them crawl?
How can I make my sidebar scroll down with the page? I am using responsive theme. Also can someone tell me if spiders are good or bad and if I should delete them or let them crawl?
Please see Responsive's dedicated support forum at http://themeid.com/help/
There is no open discussion for this problem in that page and it won't let me open a discussion because of my location.
Really, wow, okay, then can you post a link to your site - I'll be happy to look at it for you.
thank you!
Hmm, it looks like this may be a bit complicated - because of the responsive nature of the theme - setting fixed positioning on the sidebar will make it not work right on smaller devices. However, Emil (the theme developer) knows more about how this theme works, so he may have a solution for you - and he does check these forums - so I'll tag this thread so he'll see it.
If you want to try this and see how it works, under Appearances >> Theme Options >> Custom CSS Styles, try adding this:
#widgets {
position: fixed;
width: 26%;
But like I said, I think this won't work on smaller devices :( .
No, that won't work. It only messes up the home page.
Spiders, assuming that you're referring to Search Engines are good, unless you don't want people visit your site. If so, let them be :)
For the slider I would recommend Meteor Slides, rather than what you currently have.
ThemeID does not restrict countries, so you're good there. We do however use Akisment and StopForumSpam as well.
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Thanks Emil
my pleasure :)
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The University of Florida has suspended
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Florida records show the university's 18-member chapter of Sigma
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Last Modified: Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 10:06 p.m.
Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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Darryl Favors, 18, 815 Narrow St., Thibodaux, 156 simple burglary
Devonte Dejean, 17, 217 N. 10th St., Thibodaux, 55 counts simple burglary.
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Darren Smith, 20, 2813 W. Park Ave., Houma, 50 counts simple burglary, fugitive of Terrebonne.
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Jody Legendre, 28, 2827 La. 1, Labadieville, second offense DWI, resisting, open container.
Calvin Price Jr., 20, 347 Ayo St., Raceland, principle to distribution of crack cocaine.
Craig Blanchard, 35, 214 Paxton St., Houma, indecent behavior with a juvenile.
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Juawana Thomas, 24, 1121 Henderson St., Thibodaux, domestic abuse battery, two counts illegal discharge of firearm, attempted second degree murder.
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Gil Mousseau, 54, 318 Lafourche St., Lockport, possession of stolen property.
Carlton Wagner, 22, 1203 St. Bernard St., Thibodaux, simple criminal damage to property.
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, Volume 4, Issue 3, pp 183-202
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Methane emissions along a salt marsh salinity gradient
- Karen B. BartlettAffiliated withDepartment of Biology, The College of William and Mary
- , David S. BartlettAffiliated withAtmospheric Sciences Division, NASA Langley Research Center
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The seasonal flux of methane to the atmosphere was measured at three salt marsh sites along a tidal creek. Average soil salinities at the sites ranged from 5 to 17 ppt and fluxes ranged from below detection limits (less than 0.3 mgCH4 m-2 d-1) to 259 mgCH4 m-2 d-1. Annual flux to the atmosphere was 5.6 gCH4 m-2 from the most saline site, 22.4 gCH4 m-2 from the intermediate site, and 18.2 gCH4 m-2 from the freshest of the three sites. Regression of the amount of methane in the soil with flux indicates that changes in this soil methane can account for 64% of the observed variation in flux. Data on pore water distributions of sulfate suggests that the activity of sulfate reducing bacteria is a primary control on methane flux in these transitional environments. Results indicate that relatively high emissions of methane from salt marshes can occur at soil salinities up to approximately 13 ppt. When these data are combined with other tidal marsh studies, annual CH4 flux to the atmosphere shows a strong negative correlation with the long term average soil salinity over a range from essentially fresh water to 26 ppt.
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Video: SEIU activists try to set ObamaCare opponents straight
posted at 2:55 pm on August 7, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
After the President himself talked about getting in people's faces when they oppose his policies and setting up snitch lines at the White House, the only shocker in this video is that it took so long for townhalls to turn violent. The SEIU showed up in t-shirted uniform to a townhall meeting for Rep. Russ Carnahan in St. Louis, apparently intent on demonstrating union tactics in organizing elections if Congress passes Card Check. The video below shows the immediate aftermath of the attack, including the arrest of one of the SEIU's thugs:
His excuse? After being berated by a member of the crowd for attacking a black conservative for opposing ObamaCare, the union thug replied, "He attacked America!" The same goon made a threatening motion to the vocal witness, but perhaps thought better of it when he saw the camera. Police eventually responded and started arresting a number of people, including one reporter on the scene:
Kenneth Gladney, a 38-year-old conservative activist from St. Louis, said he was attacked by some of those arrested as he handed out yellow flags with "Don't tread on me" printed on them. He spoke to the Post-Dispatch from the emergency room of the St. John's Mercy Medical Center, where he said he was waiting to be treated for injuries to his knee, back, elbow, shoulder and face that he suffered in the attack. Gladney, who is black, said one of his attackers, also a black man, used a racial slur against him before the attack started.
"It just seems there's no freedom of speech without being attacked," he said.
Pay attention, America. This is a glimpse into the next three years of the Obama administration, at least using the same logic by which the Left accuses health-care reform opponents of "astroturfing". If its policies get organized opposition, especially at events designed to allow for public debate, purple-shirted thugs will appear to crack heads and scare off the opposition.
And if nothing else, it's a great look at how the unions will act once the secret ballot gets eliminated from organizing elections.
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The President of the United States says the protesters against his policies are illegitimate, and encourages his supporters to physically intimidate them to shut them up and get them out of the way. Within hours SEIU thugs disrupt several public events, resulting in intimidation, injuries, and arrests.
The press says… nothing. The MSM says… nothing. The talking heads on network news say… nothing. The President of the United States asks for and provokes violent responses to citizen protests based on the fact that they disagree with him, and does so in public, on-record… and nobody in the media says anything about it, asks him anything about it, or reports on the inevitable outcome of it.
Yesterday the Seattle Times reorted as fact that the protests are "astroturfed"… reported that Obama talking point as fact, on the front page!
And today, after union thugs tried to do what the President of the United States urged them to do, break the law and commit assault for political purposes… today that joke of a newspaper had absolutely zero coverage of these events!
This is what happens when the press works for one party.
This is what happens when Community Organizing is practiced by the President of the United States… who as of this moment is guilty of incitement to criminal activity, and who in my mind is a disgrace.
drunyan8315 on August 7, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Why is no Republican demanding impeachment of the Inciter-in-Chief?
drunyan8315 on August 7, 2009 at 3:44 PM


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Published November 18, 2008
As the federal government injects billions into financial institutions and indicates its intent to continue down this path, the focus now shifts to the health of the domestic automobile industry. Many are asking whether we should step in and keep them from failing, much as was done for the airline industry after 9/11.
But the question about helping the Big Three is not 'if' but 'how'. The Center for Automotive Research conducted a study on "The Impact on the U.S. Economy of a Major Contraction of the Detroit Three Automakers" (pdf) and determined that--though not the oft-cited statistic by supporters of 1-in-10 jobs--the impact of a contraction in Detroit could result in the loss of up to 3 million jobs in 2009. Furthermore, no more than half of those projected losses would be recoverable through the arrival and expansion of manufacturing by foreign automakers in the U.S.
There is justifiable, wide-spread disillusionment with the unimaginative management of GM and others: they have continued to produce gas guzzlers and resist increases in fuel efficiency while Honda and Toyota have been churning out highly desirable hybrid vehicles for years. Any federal support extended to automakers will and should include stipulations for bringing their production strategies in line with future trends: dictating expansion of hybrid technology implementation and stipulating increases in fuel efficiency.
We cannot afford to let the automakers collapse any more than the financial sector. After all, as has been pointed out, the biggest threat to our economy is consumer confidence. If help for automakers is not issued at all or is issued in a way that lacks accountability for future performance, the crisis of confidence will only deepen.
Some argue that these kinds of rescues merely create a rainbow signal in the sky for other industries to follow to its pot of gold. Fine. Let them come and prove their need in terms of impact to the economy. As for domestic automobile manufacturing, the defense can rest.
Thanks for the comments, Eric. Your educated and thoughtful insights are always appreciated!
I almost agree with your position. If the big three can be re-engineered into more productive, meaningful, and relevant businesses, I would say "yes with stringent conditions." If not (and that is a possibility), I say let that industry go where people can manufacture decent vehicles at a profit.
I think everyone should question the cries of warning about how many jobs would be affected. Auto industry studies are hardly an independent source! More important is the cost, productivity, and quality of labor. When the big three have to pay nearly double the labor costs of other competitors, someone needs to ask why and what are they getting for their money. Here in the Valley, we need only look back at the steel industry and local hospitals to see what we have lost for the same reasons. Not far away in Akron, look at how this issue cost our region the tire industry jobs.
A meaningful solution involves an entirely new business model - not just labor reform. They need to completely restructure their entire distribution system, which is one of the oldest, most inefficient still around. What value does the current dealer network really add? Other than a sales process that most people distrust and dislike, a service role that is overpriced and horrible quality/reliability, I can't think of anything. Has anyone considered direct sales and/or service?
What about limiting the product offerings? Do we really need the array of brands and models... especially when most of us know that many are the same?
I, like you hope we can not save, but rebuild, a quality auto industry... one with completely new management, new products, new realistic (not entitlement) labor costs and attitudes. We have too many people who want to work! Saving the old, failed industry does nothing but waste money. Forgetting the mistakes of the past and building something new would be worth the investment.
commoncents, Innovative rethinking like you're laying out will undoubtedly be essential to finding a new way forward for the industry.
Commonscents you are so right. I'm torn on this whole issue. As a marketer who has been a brand manager, I do not feel sorry that the U.S. car industry hasn't done the proper brand management or reduction of brands based on consumer or sales trends. It isn't new that consumers want fuel efficient, smaller cars/SUV/CRV. I feel like I'm watching the decline of the U.S. steel industry all over again (the worker being punished for bad management). Also, why is top management paid so well for poor performance? There definitely needs to be stringent oversight for this industry (as well as banking now) since they cannot police themselves. I have never worked in a company or for a brand where I receive a bonus if my company or category doesn't perform well. You don't need an MBA to understand that a CEO or CFO or board of directors should not be rewarded if the company is not performing up to expectations. Why do they keep producing trucks or large gas guzzling autos that the consumer is not requesting (this is not new but a good 20 year old trend)? When I moved back to Ohio, I asked around to friends and family about what type of new car to purchase. I hadn't ever purchased one before having lived in NYC and not needing a car. No one said to buy American. All I heard was to buy a Toyota or Honda because, as a woman who can't fix her own car and a mother who needs something safe and reliable, I couldn't go wrong with those dependable brands. This from people that live in Youngstown (GM country). It doesn't take a genius to see that there are core problems to the product produced by Detroit as well as image problems regarding their quality. On the other hand, I don't want to see the entire industry wiped out and people lose their jobs which can result in a plethora of problems. I remember too well the strains (emotional and financial) on my friends' families in the 70's when fathers lost jobs or had to go south to look for a new job. I also have to say that I see a definite need for an ethics class in undergraduate and graduate business programs. Hmm, maybe all upper management should be required to have a class on ethics like the Harvard business training classes that are always offered to executives.
They need to have less dealerships, less factories, less wages and benefits for the unions and executives, less models, and more oversight in order to get taxpayer money.
It sounds like we're finding a consensus on how to move this forward. Let's hope Washington can do the same.
Actually, part of the consensus is that Detroit needs to analyze their brands and reduce the amount of brands, overhead and overhaul their objectives & strategies for the next 5 years.
We cannot continue to bailout these terribly mismanaged companies! I am 100% against a bailout. I'd much rather support them going into bankruptcy so they can change their vision and rewrite their future.
The labor costs totaling $73 per hour for UAW Employees is ridiculous as well. The cost is $47 for Toyota employees, which is where it should be. Cut wages to $50-55 per hour and these problems will not happen.
Them flying in their private jets to DC is even more ridiculous.
Does giving these mismanaged more money to drain everyday really fix the problem? The only thing that will fix it is them going into bankruptcy so we can tell the bums at the top, no more private jets and no more overpaid workers!
I'm worried without a doubt and I am torn on this issue as well. B