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Credentialing is a smart way to increase your chances of landing a civilian job without having to repeat coursework that's equivalent to your military training. Whether you're an active-duty service member or a veteran, it's time to familiarize yourself with the credentialing process.
"A credential will qualify your military training, and you need a credential to go to work," says James Hubbard, special projects manager at the US Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service.
Hubbard, who served in the Army for six years during the Vietnam War, has devoted his career to working on behalf of veterans, focusing on vets' employment issues. He predicts: "Out of more than 200,000 military personnel who separate from the services each year, about 38 percent will need a credential."
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- A license, issued by a political entity such as the local, state or federal government, that allows an individual to practice a specified occupation.
- A certificate, issued by private organizations that maintain skill-set standards, that documents an individual's capabilities.
Credentialing covers a broad range of enlisted jobs. For example, a license is needed to operate a commercial vehicle or to work in a nuclear power plant's control room. Computer technology companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco Systems offer vendor-specific IT certification. Healthcare jobs, such as radiology tech and dental assistant, require certification, and nurses must meet state licensing requirements. Aircraft maintenance and repair occupations, like an aircraft body repairer or flight engineer, both require federal certification.
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You've spent four years on active duty and have been trained as a medical technician. To work as a medical technician after you leave the service will involve getting a license from the state in which you wish to work. To obtain a license, you must meet certain criteria, which differs from state to state. Depending on where you're located, you may have to take more courses. You may have to get a degree if you don't have one, and you may have to get a certificate from American Medical Technologists, the association that sets basic practice standards for medical technicians. That certificate may qualify you to take the test for the state license. Keep in mind that depending on when your military training took place, you may need to engage in some additional coursework to receive a credential.
To transition your military skills into a civilian career:
- Identify whether you need credentials.
- Determine where and how you can earn them.
- Plan how you will complete the credentialing process.
"The process can appear complex," Hubbard says. "There are 53 states and territories with more than 3,000 organizations issuing credentials, and the procedure is different for each state and each of the 105 military-transferable occupations." Since requirements vary by state, Hubbard advises checking with the state licensing board to find out more about specific requirements, and then obtaining the proper application form. In some cases, federal licensing is required.
Find Help on the Web
To learn more about how to meet specific credentialing requirements, Hubbard suggests visiting the Army's Credentialing Opportunities On-Line site.
"You can click on an occupational specialty code, which will direct you to that occupation, instruct you on what else you need to do to get a certificate and locate where you can get it," Hubbard says.
"Most people have been through a credentialing process, as most Americans have a driver's license," Hubbard says. "Transitioning out of the military and earning a credential is a similar process. You have to learn a skill and then take a test before you can practice your skill."
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A WOMAN has been killed in a crash on a stretch of road near Didcot where there have been a series of fatal accidents.
The 68-year-old woman from Wallingford was pronounced dead at the scene, on the A4130 at Hadden Hill, yesterday morning.
It was the fourth fatal accident on the stretch of road since 2005 and the eighth accident in 12 months.
In May 2012, Jack Varney, 19, and Rhys Roberts, 21, both from Didcot, died when the car they were in crashed into a wall.
The car is taken away
At the start of last year, following campaigning by county councillor Patrick Greene, 40mph roundels were painted on the road between the Long Wittenham crossroads and the Tesco roundabout to remind drivers of the speed limit.
It is not known what caused the crash yesterday, which involved two cars at about 7.10am.
The woman was driving a red Suzuki Baleno from Wallingford towards Didcot and collided with a black Renault Traffic travelling in the opposite direction.
The road was closed for more than five hours while an investigation was carried out.
A man in his 20s was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital with minor injuries but the woman, who has not yet been named, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The van involved in the crash
Mr Greene, who represents the Moreton division, said there was a high volume of traffic on the road at present because of a road closure at Fulscot Bridge.
He said: "There is a diversion in place which means more drivers are turning into South Moreton.
"It is an unusual set of circumstances and it is going to go on for a month or so.
"We can tell people it is 40mph as much as we can, but people still have to drive safely.
"If people do not keep to the speed limit, especially around there where the vision isn't great, then it is more dangerous."
After the deaths of Mr Varney and Mr Roberts, friend Clifford Oakes, who leads charity group the Thong Rangers, organised a fundraiser in their memory.
Speaking yesterday, he said: "They have restricted the speed limit but it is down to the drivers themselves to abide by it.
"It is a dangerous road and it has taken a lot of lives.
"They should have speed cameras there – there are so many blind spots."
Police are asking for witnesses to call them on 101.
Pc Sandra Terry, of Thames Valley Police roads policing team, said: "I would like to speak to anyone who may have been in the area and witnessed the collision, or seen either of the vehicles involved prior to the incident."
In the past 11 years there have been 44 accidents, Oxfordshire County Council figures show.
The statistics include three fatal accidents, in 2005, 2006 and 2012.
The speed limit was reduced for 50mph to 40mph after Shane Vaughan, 19, died in a crash on Christmas Day 2006.
In 1992, Gary Jennings, 19, from Didcot, died in a crash near the entrance to Hadden Hill Golf Club, after an Austin Metro carrying eight people overturned.


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I want to let the community of Monticello know that I am stepping down from the New River Medical Center District Board, including leaving my positions as Chairperson of the Quality Committee, and Chairperson of the newly created 501c3 board. My term began in January 2009, when I was elected by the City of Monticello. I had planned to finish my four-year term and continue on with the new 501c3 board in January, but recent events have made me decide to change course. By representing New River Medical Center and also being a physician of Monticello Clinic, I felt I was in an ideal position to help the two entities work their issues out. Instead, my position on the New River Medical Center Board has been marginalized. Citing conflict of interest, the rest of the board has kept me out of many of their recent closed meetings, and therefore I have not been informed of the hospital's strategic planning, including potential hospital affiliation strategies. In addition, when I do state my disagreements about the hospital's direction at the public meetings, other board members comment that my opinions are representing the Monticello Clinic and not the hospital's or community's best interest. I have always worked to keep what's right for the hospital and community at the forefront. While I wish it was otherwise, I am no longer able to be an effective voice for the city of Monticello in terms of New River Medical Center's future. The city of Monticello deserves to have a voice that is heard. Because elections are not held until November, with my stepping down, the board will seek to appoint a Monticello Citizen who is interested in filling the opening after an interview process. Please contact the board if you are interested.
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Raleigh, N.C. — The state House has approved a bill that would both direct the governor to pursue an offshore drilling compact with other states and make changes to the state's gas drilling laws.
Senators are scheduled to give final legislative approval to the bill Tuesday.
Environmental watchdogs say the measure steps back from provisions that would have hastened on-shore natural gas drilling. However, coastal lawmakers worry that provisions that promote offshore drilling risk billions of tourism dollars for uncertain returns on oil and gas production.
"I hardly see how that revenue sharing can really offset that type of risk to our economy," Rep. Paul Tine, D-Dare, said.
Tine pointed out that current federal law provides no way for North Carolina to share in the revenue from drilling.
"It will literally take an act of Congress," he said.
But backers of the bill say the coast can be protected
As for revenue sharing, Rep. Mike Hager, R-Rutherford, "That's down the road. We have to take these steps to get down the road."
The measure, which was a conference report that bridged differences between the House and Senate, passed 70-40. The bill must also pass the Senate before moving on to Gov. Pat McCrory for his signature or veto.
Also Monday, the House rejected changes to a separate "regulatory reform" bill that deals with dozens of different provisions. One of those provisions covers what drilling companies will have to tell the state about chemicals they use in the process of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." The drilling method calls for forcing a mix of chemicals, water and sand into wells to crack apart shale rock and release trapped natural gas.
"We're still working on that," Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Buncombe, said of the fracking provision. There are also differences between the House and Senate as to other provisions the two chambers want to include in the bill, he said.


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Slow down atoms enough and they begin to behave like light waves rather than particles. Working with atoms in this sluggish condition, physicists have fashioned the first solid mirror that can reflect atoms much as a normal mirror reflects light. A physicist reports in the 5 February issue of Physical Review Letters that he achieved this effect with a slow-moving beam of neon atoms and a silicon reflector. Scientists hope to use the technique to develop new atomic optical devices--tools that make use of atoms behaving like light waves.
The phenomenon, called quantum reflection, happens this way: As atoms slowly approach a solid surface, they feel an attractive force called the van der Waals-Casimir potential. Sometimes, the atoms rebound in the same way light reflects off a nearly transparent pool of water. Scientists observed the quantum reflection of hydrogen and helium atoms off a liquid helium surface in the early 1990s, but they had never achieved the slow speeds needed to reflect an atom from a solid surface. "It is hard to do this on Earth because of gravity," says physicist Fujio Shimizu of the Institute for Laser Science at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo. "Even if you stop the atom completely at some point, it will be accelerated again."
So Shimizu used a trick. After cooling a gas of neon atoms to a near standstill, he dropped the cold neon atoms so that they grazed a nearly vertical silicon plate. The sleight of hand is that even though the atoms were whizzing downward at about 3 meters per second, they were approaching the silicon plate much more slowly. (Imagine parachuting onto a steep mountainside. As you look horizontally, the mountain appears to be slowly getting closer to you). Traveling at a few millimeters per second, almost 30% of the atoms reflected, enough to form a perfect image of the neon source on a detector.
"This is important because now we can direct these ultracold atom beams wherever we want them to go," says chemical engineer Carlos Carraro of the University of California, Berkeley. And that is just what Shimizu hopes to do. His team plans to use solid reflection in vital components of atom optics such as mirrors, beam splitters, gratings, and holograms that work just like their familiar light-reflecting counterparts.
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Vulnerable groups are disproportionately affected by infectious diseases in every European Union (EU) Member State [1]. The level and distribution of wealth within a society plays a significant role in determining vulnerabilities to communicable diseases. A clear association between social welfare spending and mortality across EU countries has been reported [2]. The current measles outbreak in Bulgaria is a stark reminder of the urgency to act on social determinants of infectious diseases in Europe [3]. Since the onset of the outbreak in April 2009, over 23,429 measles cases and 24 deaths have been reported, 90% of which have been in the Roma ethnic community [4]. The majority of cases (>60%) were younger than 15 years and one third (30%) had not received the full course of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination (Mira Kojouharova, personal communication June 2010). A number of factors converged to precipitate this epidemic: virus importation from Germany, socio-economic and health system reform, social marginalisation, crowded living conditions and a high degree of mobility among Roma communities (Mira Kojouharova, personal communication June 2010). Such socio-economic conditions could be fertile ground for outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases (e.g. diphtheria, polio), if the agents were to be introduced into these or similar communities. Indeed, social determinants of infectious diseases are a significant public health issue throughout Europe. For instance, tuberculosis (TB) prevalence in EU Member States is inversely correlated with wealth and its distribution at an ecological level (Figure): with increasing socio-economic equality, TB rates drop [5].
Figure. Wealth inequality and tuberculosis prevalence rates in the European Uniona, 2006
Thus, addressing social determinants of infectious diseases in Europe becomes a public health priority. It is not purely an issue of solidarity and social justice. Elevated infectious disease incidence/prevalence rates in vulnerable populations pose a health threat not only to them, but also to society at large: for example, high TB rates in prisons in the former Soviet Union served as a reservoir that inoculated the overall resurgence of TB in the general population [6].
The vast majority (89%) of Europeans demand from their governments urgent actions against poverty, according to a Eurobarometer survey from 2009 [7]. The EU and its Member States have in fact committed to tackling poverty and social exclusion, yet 79 million people – 16% of Europe's population – continue to live below the poverty line (set at 60% of their country's median income) [8]. Since socio-economic inequalities lead to differential health outcomes, the strategic objectives laid down in the European Commission White Paper 'Together for health: A strategic approach for the EU 2008-2013' promote solutions to inequities in health that are linked to social, economic and environmental factors [9]; these issues are closely linked to the European Commission's overall strategic objective of Solidarity. The World Health Organization has also laid out a plan of action to tackle social determinants of health in 2008 [10]. The Portuguese EU Presidency focused on migrant health issues and, more recently, the Spanish EU Presidency embedded health inequalities in the political agenda and discussed monitoring social determinants of health, assessed progress and suggested areas of research [11]. The Belgian EU Presidency will now follow up on these initiatives with a conference on 8 and 9 November 2010, entitled 'Reducing Health Inequalities from a Regional Perspective'. The focus of the conference will be: 'What works and what does not'.
Eurosurveillance has dedicated this special issue to social determinants of infectious diseases to address some of these challenges. One paper in this issue presents different intervention strategies to reduce inequalities in infectious diseases and discusses 'what works and what does not' [12]. Two papers provide new insights about the social determinants of listeriosis [13,14]. While the incidence is relatively low, Europe has experienced a steady increase in incidence over the years [15]. Listeriosis is a potentially serious infection caused by consumption of food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Food products can be contaminated with Listeria during processing or preparation, and most cases are domestically acquired. L. monocytogenes is capable of multiplying in a refrigerator at +4°C and as little as 100 cfu/g is considered a health risk for healthy adults, however main risk groups for listeriosis are young children, pregnant women, immunocompromised and elderly people [16,17]. While appropriate food storage is nonetheless important, especially in the home, preventing the initial food contamination is even more important.
Gillespie et al. demonstrate that human listeriosis in England is associated with neighbourhood deprivation [13]. They rank geographic areas in England according to an index of multiple deprivation (IMD) by taking into account a number of socio-economic factors: income, employment, health deprivation and disability, barriers to housing and services, living environment, crime and disorder, and education, skills and training. Listeria incidence increased with rising IMD (least to most deprived). The authors suggest that health education tailored to vulnerable groups should be intensified. Unfortunately, vulnerable groups tend not to respond well to health promotion interventions [12]. The resilience of L. monocytogenes to propagate even under refrigeration suggests that governments should enforce regulations for food hygiene during processing, packaging and sales to prevent contamination at the source.
The paper by Mook et al. specifically addresses pregnancy-related listeriosis among ethnic minorities in England and Wales between 2001 and 2008 [14]. The authors take advantage of a number of data sets to assess the listeriosis risk and document a significant incidence increase among ethnic minorities in recent years [14]. While ethnicity is not inevitably linked to vulnerability, ethnic minorities tended to reside more in deprived areas [18]. In light of shifting migration patterns in Europe this apparent incidence increase has an epidemic potential that should be closely monitored.
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is nowadays preventable through vaccination but nevertheless has experienced an upsurge in Europe in recent years, with cases reported from new areas, including Norway and some parts of Germany that had not previously reported TBE [19,20]. Previous studies have shown that factors such as climate variations that directly or indirectly influence the transmission of the virus, the vector, the vertebrate wildlife, or people's behaviour, are correlated with variations of TBE incidence over time [21]. An article by Randolph et al. in this issue of Eurosurveillance proposes that during periods of rapid political change, socio-economic factors will play a prominent role in changing disease risk [22]. In the early 1990s, following political independence from the former Soviet Union, TBE rates surged in most central and eastern European (CEE) countries.
The studies summarised in Randolph et al. suggest strong correlations across eight CEE countries between TBE rates and the percentage of household expenditure on food. Randolph suggests mushroom picking as an alternative source of income in times of high unemployment as a driver of these rates. In Latvia, higher TBE rates were observed after forest cutting activities (probably through exposure of forest workers), at times of low economic activity (in a national level analysis), or in populations with low education levels (in a regional level analysis). Weather patterns are also described to play a role in determining human exposure to ticks, whether related to mushroom foraging or to recreational activities. These intriguing suggestions call for epidemiologic case control studies to account for potential confounders. Such studies would truly advance the field. For example, Randolph points out, in line with previous studies, that under more stable socio-economic conditions, TBE emergence may rather be the consequence of enhanced zoonotic cycles.
Today, in the wake of the financial crisis, rising unemployment and public debt in many EU countries lend further weight to the notion emphasised in all papers in this issue: socio-economic determinants of infectious diseases are a public health priority, perhaps even more urgently now than in recent times.
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For no immediately obvious reason, Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has a long article today, which says that GM is running out of patience fast with its money-hemorrhaging Opel unit. The paper predicts new negotiations (read firings and plant closures) with the unions – "or worse." (Read good riddance Opel.) The sound of rattling sabers is all over the article.
Departing union boss, works council chief and deputy chairman of the Opel supervisory board Klaus Franz insists that there is a contract between GM and the IG Metall union. In return for foregoing raises of €264 million annually, and approving the drawdown of thousands of jobs, the union had received assurances that there will be no more firings or plant closures through 2014.
However, the paper found (probably not without a guiding hand) an escape clause in the contract:
"In the event of material changes to the general economic conditions (significant rise of inflation rate, breakdown of demand in the automotive market) or to the assumptions which build the basis of this agreement, both parties will, in friendly consultations, find solutions for additional measures."
The paper declares that "there is no doubt that all these events have already been triggered, and that there is "legal basis for GM to put all agreements under review."
Letting more people go will not translate into immediate savings. As mentioned here repeatedly, a reduction in force costs a lot of money in Germany. FAZ says that "the reduction of 8,000 of the 48,000 jobs at Opel did cost GM nearly a billion Euro."
That, dear reader, is $168,000 per chopped head.
You can let people go without payment if the company goes bankrupt. This option has been specifically left open. In an SEC filing, GM had warned that a failed restructuring of Opel could prompt a local bankruptcy.
Selling Opel is another option, but to whom? And what would be sold? More than 5,000 engineers develop technology in Rüsselsheim, but the licenses are banked somewhere in Delaware. Basically, the buyer would get a huge Saab, with GM holding the technology reins.
All in all, the article in the usually well-informed FAZ looks like a warning shot, aimed at the unions to cow them into submission.
On the day Stephen Girsky was named Chairman of Opel's supervisory board, Girsky's former employer Morgan Stanley issued a scathing research note. The bank figures that Opel is worth "minus $7.6 billion," and that getting rid of it one way or the other would cost between $5 and 6 billion, a solution the bank recommends.
The analysts figure that selling Chevrolets in Europe would yield a profitable share of 3 percent of the European market, much better than an 8 percent share that only makes losses.
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JCraigDecember 8th, 2011 at 10:15 am
Seems like it would make sense to just shut it down and sell Chevy's. Keep the engineers that are responsible for the huge improvement in GM's offerings.
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GS650GDecember 8th, 2011 at 10:17 am
Bundle Opel with SAAB and sell it to the Russian bankers. Then move production to Greece, should be a good situation.
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dejal1December 8th, 2011 at 10:48 am
I hear there's an outfit in Greenwich CT called North Street Capital that real hot to own a car company.
Funny thing, their web page is blank. Oh well, must be my PC.
I'm assuming that a lot of the parts that go into Saabs are Opel parts. What would happen if Saab for some unknown reason actually survives? If Opel is gone or no longer part of GM, who supplies parts? I would assume GM would be responsible. What if Opel folds completely? Saab gets parts directly from the suppliers?
But that's crazy talk. Saab isn't going to survive.
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December 8th, 2011 at 10:22 am
Veddy veddy interesting. I predicted Girsky was going to get tough quickly, but for some reason I thought "quickly" was more likely to be January or February.
Also, you meant "$5 or 6 billion" to dump Opel, not million, a price that's looking better by the day…
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December 8th, 2011 at 10:52 am
Fixed. Danke.
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cmoibenleproDecember 8th, 2011 at 10:23 am
I don't understand why VW is thriving while Opel is always a money pit.
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JellodyneDecember 8th, 2011 at 10:30 am
VW doesn't have GM management.
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NNDecember 8th, 2011 at 10:38 am
VW is multitudes larger than Opel in Europe. Opel has basically no global presence outside of Europe, whereas VW is huge in China and South America.
The only value in Opel is the engineering, so if GM can save that portion of the firm and shut everything else down, then it's probably for the best. Opel does make some competent cars themselves however they can be sold under other GM brands, and the world won't shed too many tears over Opel's demise.
GM would have to seriously improve the Chevrolet offerings in Europe, however, as they are still GM Daewoo offerings, and are much, much cheaper and lower end than Opel. Opel competes with Ford, whereas Chevrolet in Europe used to compete with Kia and Hyundai but not really anymore as Kia and Hyundai are better. They're now at the bottom of the barrel with Dacia (maybe). Maybe worse…maybe Proton/Perodua or the other obscure Asian makes.
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GS650GDecember 8th, 2011 at 10:49 am
A German once told me Germans no way would buy cars labeled as Chevys or other GM brands, despite Opels largely being Chevys or other GM brands. He was a little nationalistic (not to the point of arm bands) but I saw his point.
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MrWhopeeDecember 8th, 2011 at 11:10 am
GM didn't even want to see Saab sold, how likely is it to sell Opel, given that it has all the latest platforms, platforms which is used by many of its U.S. products as well? Whoever wants and can afford to buy Opel, GM won't want to sell to them!
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TrollDecember 8th, 2011 at 11:54 am
If they threat to shut it down, Angela Merkel will open the wallet again and everyone are happy another year.
GM will not sell and Germany will not allow to shut down.
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getacargetacheckDecember 8th, 2011 at 11:58 am
Probably best to close the plants and the brand but keep the engineers. Three reasons: 1)Opel has little pricing power coupled with high manufacturing costs 2)no growth on the horizon for Western Europe, its primary market 3)little benefit for GM to promote yet another brand in China
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allusterDecember 8th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
I wish GM were more patient with Opel and its EU Operations. EU losses have already been cut in half. A loss of 580 Million so far in 2011 vs 1196 Million in 2010. Of which there was a one time impairment charge of 395 Million in Q1. Excluding that, the losses are only 200 Million for 9 Months. Opel did have a profitable quarter in Q2 when it made 100 Million. Sales are up 83,000 Units to 1.32 Million. If they could do this in a year with so much turmoil in Europe, they are well set to rake in profits when things turn around.
IMO Dan and Company are frustrated and impatient they couldn't break even in Europe this year. That or they are using the market turmoil to their advantage and cutting costs further.
Opel provides a lot of value to GM not to mention 1.7 Million sales a year in Europe. Opel is leveraged very well outside Europe too. The Regal based off the Insignia sells around 120,000 Units a year in China and US. The Buick Excelle sells around 25,000 Units a Month in China and could do around 4000 Units a month in the US as the Verano, both based off the Astra. China is the most important market now and opels products badged as Buick are growing at dramatic levels.
The Chevy Captiva based off the Opel Antara is the top selling car for GM in South East Asia, one place where GM is up 60% so far this year and is on track to increase market share to 10% by 2013 from 1.3% in 2010. Opel specializing in small cars can do very well in these regions, rebadged as Chevy.
Toyota is losing 5 Billion Dollars a year on their Domestic operations, the strong yen in addition has shrunk profits on exports. You don't see them selling off their businesses in Japan and moving all operating elsewhere.
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allusterDecember 8th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
The Buick Excelle, a rebadged Astra sold 304,000 Units in 2010, and is up 15% this year. That's pretty much how many Camrys are sold in the US. Include the 50,000 Veranos that will be sold in the US every year and you will understand how important Opel is to GM.
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DiewaldoDecember 8th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
You are correct, alluster!
Opel is recovering, if you take into account that the layoff of the Opel workers did cost roughly a billion, it is clear that it Opel is already making an operating profit.
Also you are correct in another matter: US managements are known for the shortsightedness. A Japanese manager would never sell off a company that loses money in the short term, when in long term the company could prove profitable.
That is why Toyota could climb to the top and why GM had nothing to show execept cutting down costs and even more costs until there was no substance left.
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RobbieDecember 9th, 2011 at 12:03 am
The central question here is if and how the profits on the rebadged Insignias, Astras and Antaras are taken into account in Opel's numbers. Without Opel, none of the profits on those rebadged vehicles could have existed. In that light, I cannot see GM kill off Opel anytime soon.
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marjanmmDecember 8th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Opel is very unlucky. They have perhaps the most stylish model lineup in Europe at the moment and the cars are actually well screwed together. The problem is of course the economic climate in Europe despite which they have increased the market share a bit beating the rivals from France and Italy but unfortunately that is somehow not enough with GM's cost structure.
Chevys will sell in Europe but nowhere near Opel numbers. Chevrolet in Europe is just another name for Daewoo and Opel still has some brand cachet left.
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ZnorkDecember 8th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Bertels Volkswagen past is shining through in his eagerness to put Opel out of business.
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TstagDecember 8th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Someone would buy Opel. My bet would be Fiat. The lack of IPR wouldn't matter to them Fiat could rapidly switch to it's own platforms. It would leave the rest of GM exposed though as they wouldn't have the economies of scale in Europe that the IPR then demands.
If not Fiat then how about Tata or Geeley. Tata knows how to turn failed US run businesses round quickly. Look at JLRs profits for guidance…..
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LorenzoDecember 8th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Fiat won't buy into high cost manufacturing in Europe when Sergio is in the process of moving out of Italy, establishing Fiat-Chrysler as a western hemisphere automaker. Chrysler/Dodge in North America, Fiat in South America/Asia, and Jeep worldwide is the obvious business plan. The Polish Fiat plants are enough for the European market, and the cheap (and cheapening) dollar probably can make importing American-made Alfas and Lancias into Europe very profitable. The probable demise of the UAW holds far better prospects here than dealing with the Italian and German unions.
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NormSV650December 8th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Won't sell as it would have been sold under old GM during BK.
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Pch101December 8th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Liquidating the German company, and slapping the Opel marque onto Korean-made cars, doesn't seem to be out of the question. It's not as if assembling them in Germany provides GM with much benefit.
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December 8th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Opel is a massive source of engineering for GM right now. All sorts of vehicles from Saabs to current Buicks to the upcoming Chevrolet Malibu all have a substantial amount of Opel in them.
It's a similar deal with Saab, why not just keep the engineers and liquidate everything else? That seems to be the smartest thing to do. Selling it off like they did with Saab would likely be much more trouble than it's worth.
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DiewaldoDecember 8th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
Liquidating a company is (thank God) not so easy over here in Germany. GM would have to pay a hefty compansation to that. The five billion number might even be too small for that.
If they try to play smart however and try to let Opel go bankrupt GM will lose even more. You might want to take a look here:
"And above all the court can appoint a temporary administrator. […] the temporary administrator has the full right to manage and to transfer the debtor's assets (so-called "strong" tempo-ary administrator). This means that he can take possession of the debtor' s assets, continue the debtor' s business and – within certain limits – sell the debtor' s goods and collect the claims the debtor has against others."
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Pch101December 8th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
"And above all the court can appoint a temporary administrator. […] the temporary administrator has the full right to manage and to transfer the debtor's assets (so-called "strong" temporary administrator). This means that he can take possession of the debtor' s assets, continue the debtor' s business and – within certain limits – sell the debtor' s goods and collect the claims the debtor has against others."
This is a normal part of bankruptcy. In the US, the administrator is called a "trustee", but it's essentially the same job.
I don't see how the equivalent of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy of Opel could cost substantially more than the value of Opel's assets. If the company doesn't have the money to pay all of the claims, then it doesn't have it. The assets get liquidated, and the proceeds are handed out to those who have a claim.
If GM is smart, then Opel will have been structured so that it holds no assets of any real importance. If GM wishes to stop production in Germany, then nobody at GM should care if the bankrupt entity owns the manufacturing plant, as it probably has no real value, anyway.
Assuming that this has been planned for, I don't see what would prevent GM from starting a completely different R&D entity that hires those few workers that it wants to keep. At the end of the day, Opel is just a badge.
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Jasper2December 8th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
OPELSUNITED will not take this lying down by God. We plan convoys with all signing the theme song from Les Miserables. Perhaps a Facebook campaign. We all know how efective that is with General Morons
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saabista63December 8th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
After GM got rid of the overcapacities in Trollhättan, which unfortunately didn't lead to the desired result of cleaning out the European car market, a bigger sacrifice will be necessary.
I can only congratulate GM strategists on the solution they are deliberating: VW will absolutely love it. Hyundai will go crazy. And Chevrolet will not even fill 20% of the market shares a closure of Opel will make available.
Giving up Opel means to abandon the European market. Considering the demographics of Europe, this may be a wise decision – decades ahead of anyone else.
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BuckshotDecember 8th, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Kill it. Opel used to be a budget car "Made in West-Germany". Now they are pretty expensive but still low quality.
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threeerDecember 8th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
"Low quality?" Based on what are you stating this? When was the last Opel you drove? And budget only in that they filled the same target as did Chevy over here…mainstream, middle-class.
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A 27-year-old Elk River man is facing two felony charges from two separate incidents in Ramsey.
Justin Paul McClellan was arraigned in Anoka County District Court Feb. 29 with felony theft of a motor vehicle and fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance.
On Dec. 18, 2011, McClellan was staying with a 84-year-old relative who lives in Ramsey and allegedly took the victim's 2008 Dodge Durango without permission, despite repeated warnings not to use the vehicle.
The vehicle was returned without license plates and damage to the front bumper.
McClellan had been stopped by Coon Rapids Police Dec. 18, 2011, and arrested for driving after license cancelation and the license plates were removed.
The vehicle was returned to the owner by McClellan's passenger.
Ramsey police were called by the victim Feb. 28 for a domestic disturbance and asked police remove McClellan from his home, according to the complaint.
During the call, one of the officers allegedly noticed a short straw poking out of McClellan's shirt pocket.
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Dear CSULB Students, Faculty, and Staff:
Governor Schwarzenegger released the May Revision of the state budget on May 14, 2010 as expected. The good news is that the May Revision continues to prioritize higher education above many other areas by proposing to restore to the CSU $305 million that had been reduced in recent budgets. Additionally, the May Revision contains increased funding of an additional $60.6 million to support enrollment growth for the CSU. An important development is that in the Governor's January budget proposal, this additional enrollment funding was contingent upon the state receiving a certain amount of federal funds for other state programs. The May Revision removes this contingency language.
If the CSU ultimately receives this funding, it would represent a year-to-year increase in overall CSU resources from 2009-10. This would be welcomed news coming on the heels of the devastating reductions we suffered during the last two years. While this funding is not sufficient to offset all recent budget cuts, it would lessen the amount of the budget reduction currently contained in CSULB's plans for 2010-11. This funding would allow us to increase our enrollment target and retain some of the course sections that may have been targeted to be cut next semester. This would, of course, be good news for our university community.
Despite these positive indications, it is important to remember that this is still a budget proposal, not a final budget. California remains in the midst of extremely challenging fiscal circumstances and many of the Governor's proposals for deep reductions and program eliminations are controversial. As proposed, this state budget will likely face a very difficult reception in the Legislature and may not be finalized until late summer or early fall.
I realize the difficulty this uncertainty causes for all of you involved with enrollment planning, course scheduling, faculty hiring, and general planning for the fall semester. Unfortunately, this kind of state budgetary practice has become far too commonplace in California, where more than 30 percent of our overall CSU budget is left undetermined well into the new fiscal year.
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Today, Bethesda Game Studios - the developer behind Fallout 3 and the Elder Scrolls franchise - Tweeted some interesting news. Notably that the studio is "close on new Skyrim content for PS3 and PC." It is, of course, the proclamation of being close to a solution to its notorious PS3 DLC issues that's of real interest here.
Skyrim's problems on PS3 are, a year out from its initial launch, notorious. And while those problems haven't plagued everyone who played Skyrim on PlayStation 3, the issues were serious enough that it's stopped any of the game's much-anticipated DLC from coming to Sony's console.
So far, two DLC packs have been released for other platforms. However, both Dawnguard and Hearthfire have yet to come to PlayStation 3, with no word on if or when they would. The third piece of DLC, Dragonborn, was recently revealed.
Unfortunately, the vague nature of the Tweet from Bethesda Game Studios doesn't indicate much, except that we should likely expect more news sometime in the near future. In the meantime, let's keep our fingers crossed that PS3 gamers will finally get in on the DLC their Xbox 360 and PC-playing brethren have already experienced.
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Manama, Bahrain - Lewis Hamilton picked up where he left off by leading Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes one-two in first practice for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix on Friday.
The 2008 world champion, winner in steamy Malaysia last weekend ahead of championship leader Rosberg, completed 14 laps and was fastest around the Sakhir circuit with a best time of 1m37.502.
Rosberg's time, on an day where the track temperature hovered around 33 degrees on a bright and breezy afternoon, was 0.231sec slower.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was third fastest ahead of Nico Hulkenberg for Force India and McLaren's Jenson Button, the 2009 world champion who will be starting his 250th race on Sunday.
The timesheets reinforced Mercedes' early-season superiority, with four cars powered by their engines in the top five.
Red Bull's quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel was 10th fastest, with Australian team mate Daniel Ricciardo languishing in 14th, more than a second back.
Alonso, who has finished fourth in both races so far this season, provided some amusement when Ferrari accidentally sent him out with one soft tyre and three mediums on his car. The Spaniard stopped in the pit lane and was pushed back.
Three reserve drivers made debut appearances for the season, with Brazilian Felipe Nasr given track time at Williams, Dutchman Giedo van der Garde at Sauber and compatriot Robin Frijns at Caterham.
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2 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes - 1:37.733
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16 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus - 1:40.793
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18 Giedo van der Garde (Netherlands) Sauber - 1:40.913
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The call to legalize marijuana has come from a variety of sources claiming a variety of arguments, valid or otherwise.
One Heartland woman hopes she can be the voice of reason, and help to legalize marijuana for the right reasons.
Marie Smallow of Fairfield is paralyzed from the neck down due to a degenerative disease. She has been on pain killers for over 20 years, and she says she is tired of taking pills.
"It's needed... for people that are sick like me," she said. "What can I do? I'm in pain, in discomfort. I don't want to take Oxycontin. I don't want to become a drug addict, I have no alternative. I don't want to become a drunk, by drinking. There's no drug available that would be suitable for me."
Smallow said that representatives and legislators in the capital are too concerned with teenagers and youths. She stressed that she is not a "pothead" and wouldn't abuse the drug. She just wants peace of mind.
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I have been walking around with the dumbest smile on my face for the past three days. Dumb, dumb, dumb. It's like I still can't believe what has happened this week, or that I get to be happy for once.
I stayed at Josh's for Christmas Eve dinner and had the greatest time. His family was amazing — funny and open and so welcoming — and the wine was flowing and everyone was having a wonderful time.
There were about thirty-five people there total, but Josh put me next to Donna at dinnertime — Donna who taught at Jackson's school, and who was lovely. She was from Hawaii originally, and was absolutely gorgeous, with long, dark hair and pretty eyes, and she was very funny and sweet and promised to take extra-special care of Jackson.
Needless to say, I liked her right away.
"I'll get him put in my homeroom," she said. "He'll love the school. It's gong to be great."
"You're making my Christmas Eve!" I said.
And then there was Josh. He was so sweet to me. And while he was careful not to act too much like a boyfriend, he was always checking on me, smiling at me from across the room, mouthing, "Are you doing okay?"
I would nod and smile back. I was more than okay. I was so happy.
"So," Donna whispered to me, toward the end of dinner, refilling my wineglass. "What is happening here? Josh never talks about anyone, not since his ex-wife, and that actress last year for about five minutes, but, my point is, your name keeps coming up."
I smiled. "Really?"
She smiled back. "Really."
"I'm not sure. He's my boss. Or my boss's boss. It's complicated."
She gave me a kind look. "Maybe it doesn't have to be," she said. "He's a good one, Liz."
It felt like the night had gone too quickly when it was time for Josh to take me the airport. I don't know how he got me on a flight, but he did, and he drove me himself to get there — no limo, no driver. Just him and me.
As much as we both wanted to talk, we were silent most of the way there, and I knew why. He was thinking about asking me to stay. And believe me — I wanted him to, I wanted to stay — but I was already moving into deep and dangerous water, and I really wanted to be careful.
This time.
When we got to the airport, Josh turned off the ignition. "So…" he said.
"So," I said.
"I'm not saying it, you know, what I want to say."
I nodded. "I know. And it's nicer than if you did. It's enough tonight to know that you want to."
He smiled at me and reached over, rubbing the back of his hand against my cheek. I felt a chill run down my spine.
"I had a wonderful time tonight," I said. "Thank you."
"Merry Christmas, Liz."
"Merry Christmas, Josh," I said.
And I got out of the car.


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OP, my concern is really in your post where you describe the picture your dd drew to answer the question. I am a teacher, and while I try my best to avoid asking unclear questions, I am also human and make mistakes, and sometimes I'm required to have students answer certain questions, even if I see that they're horribly constructed. BUT- the picture you describe very clearly shows why your dd answered "all." If I were the teacher, I would have looked at the picture, laughed, marked it correct, and written a comment like, "that's an interesting way of looking at things." Maybe not for your kindergarten dd to actually read, but definitely for the parent or just for myself, as a reminder if I looked at the paper later. If I had the time I would have taken it to your dd and asked, "how many ducks are in the water right now?" just to make sure she got the concept (5-2=3) that the question was supposed to be checking for.
Point being, the one thing I would not have done is mark it incorrect and show it to the parent as a sign that their child could be "stumped." I'm concerned about the quality of those teachers. That sucks, especially since you put her in private school for the very purpose of having better teachers.
kap728: Yes, it concerns me, too. I would caution that a child like mine would have no trouble reading your comment, but the response you suggested when talking to her IS what I would have expected. I'm frustrated because I don't know what to do about it but wait and see if anything else comes to my attention.
To top it off, her progress report came home with all skills marked "mastered" in reading, writing, and math EXCEPT subtraction. So then I was REALLY wondering if they thought she couldn't subtract. So, I let some time go by and found a fun activity sheet for dd to do with subtraction on it and she told me "I can't do subtraction." Yikes! I totally expect bumps in the road and ups and downs with confidence, but I thought that response was really sad. My plan is to give her some time and throw some things in there for play. She excitedly plays at addition with her little sister. She can absolutely do the single-digit subtraction they're doing in school (annd more). She's been playing with it for years. I KNOW she gets it. I worry that she was wounded by her teachers' comments. She won't tell me what they said to her, but she clearly seemed sensitive about the topic and I haven't wanted to bring it up with her again (I only talked to her about it that one time).
I was trying to figure out what is expected of 1st graders, and I ran across these word problems on a math worksheet:
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I was trying to figure out what is expected of 1st graders, and I ran across these word problems on a math worksheet:
"Sam ate 7 cookies and Jane ate 2 cookies. How many more candy canes did Sam eat than Jane?"
"You have to share you 8 candies with your sister. How many will each of you get?"
For the first one of course the answer is how the heck should I know. For the second I'm thinking 7 for me and 1 for my sister. This was 2 question out of 5 that had no "right" answer.
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Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama's long-time Chicago crony and current White House special advisor, may have just struck out with her ill advice for the president's IOC blunder in Copenhagen.
As LA Examiner's Kelli Kobor noted yesterday:
It is unlikely that the Obamas will eject a close and trusted friend from their inner circle over a relatively minor (as these things go) political embarrassment. But it is an open question whether Jarrett can withstand a steady string of scandals, of which her handling of the Olympics is only the most recent. Just two months ago she was wounded by her association with "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones, who had to resign when it was revealed that he had signed more than one petition accusing George W. Bush's White House of complicity in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Ms. Kobor wisely notes strikes 1 & 3.
But let us not lose sight of Ms. Jarrett's strike #2: The NEA conference calls and meetings, for which Ms. Jarrett may have authorized her deputies Buffy Wicks, Tina Tchen et al. to participate in order to incompetently (unlawfully?) promote the president's legislative agenda.
California Rep. Darrell Issa, Ranking Minority Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent Ms. Jarrett a letter September 22, requesting:
In order to assist the Committee with its investigation of this matter [NEA call], please provide the following information by close of business on Friday, October 2, 2009:
1. A full and complete list of all participants on the August 10, 2009 conference call.
2. A full and complete explanation of how invitees to the August 10,2009 conference call were selected.
3. A full and complete description of any consultation of, or opinion provided by, the Office of the White House Counsel or any other advisor regarding the legal implications of the August 10, 2009 conference call specifically and/or the relationship between the White House and NEA generally.
4. A full and complete description of how the August 10,2009 conference call was arranged, including which White House staff initiated contact with, or were contacted by, NEA staff, the role of the White House Office of Public Engagement, and the role of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
5. A full and complete explanation of the White House's expectations for call participants in response to the August 10, 2009 conference call.
6. A full and complete list of, any material produced by call participants in response to the August I0, 2009 conference call.
Whether Ms. Jarrett complied with the Oct. 2 deadline remains to be seen.
Likewise, whether her reply will satisfactorily answer Rep. Issa's questions remains to be seen.
However, what is clear in terms of Valerie Jarrett's political 'at-bat':
Van Jones: wheelhouse-take — strike 1.
NEA: foul to left — strike 2.
Olympian Fail: lurching pratfall swing at a knuckler in dirt — steee-rike 3, Yer Out!
Time will tell, but Ms. Kobor's insight "The fallout from last Friday's drama in Copenhagen may be just beginning" looks like a Home Run.
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Thanks for the reply, but my question is for documenting the carry forward amount remaining; Seems I am still missing something.
From what you are saying, the $2200 remaining NOL carryover to 2013 is NOT DOCUMENTED anywhere on my 2012 Form 1041?
If so, this means that the full ($7000) 2012 NOL from Schedule E, line 26 is transferred to the Trust 1041 line 5, carried down with other deductions, and then just stops at line 22, Taxable Income.
The (modified) NOL deduction is then used on Form 1045 to figure carry back amounts, and the remaining $2200 just...stops at line 10 on the 1045 after the 2011 tax year. This is what seems so odd; why is this not then documented elswhere? And how will the IRS know where my 2013 NOL carry forward amount of $2200 came from when I file for taxes next year?
Lord this is a pita. Thanks for your answer sir.


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Teaching American History Grants Awarded
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of $115.3 million to 124 school districts to improve the quality of teaching American history in our nation's schools.
The Teaching American History grant program aims to enhance teachers' understanding of American history through intensive professional development, including study trips to historic sites and mentoring with professional historians and other experts. Projects are required to partner with organizations that have broad knowledge of American history, such as libraries, museums, nonprofit historical or humanities organizations, and higher education institutions.
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