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The city of Los Angeles is taking its sanctuary title more seriously than most by ordering police officers to stop enforcing a state public safety law because it creates an "unfair burden" for illegal immigrants.
A few weeks ago the mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, directed the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to stop impounding the vehicles of unlicensed drivers for 30 days as per state law. The measure is intended to keep potentially reckless drivers off the road and therefore protect the public. It applies to unlicensed drivers as well as those who have had their license revoked or suspended.
Under the law illegal immigrants make up the majority of the drivers who have their cars impounded because they can't get licenses in California or most states. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck told the local newspaper that this presents an "unfair burden" and "disproportionate blow" for illegal aliens, who he refers to as a "valuable asset to our community."
So the chief has ordered his officers to give unlicensed drivers a chance to avoid having their vehicles impounded by calling someone with a license who would then be allowed to drive the car. The chief says it's a "fairness issue" because there is a "vast difference between someone driving without a license because they cannot legally be issued one and someone driving after having their license revoked."
The city's police union is outraged and is charging the mayor with putting politics above public safety. "This new policy will result in innocent people being injured and killed," the union said in a statement posted on its website. "It is a sad day for Los Angeles residents because the Mayor is directing the LAPD to purposely not enforce a state law designed to protect public safety."
The union further points out that the new policy exposes officers and the city to potential legal liabilities stemming from any damage or injury caused by an unlicensed driver's continued operation of a vehicle that should have been impounded under state law. It also "substantially reduces the disincentives against the unlicensed and unlawful operation of a vehicle."
The LAPD has a decades-old policy (Special Order 40) that prohibits officers from initiating police action with the objective of discovering the alien status of a person. This prevents officers from inquiring about the immigration status of an individual and from contacting federal officials about an individual's immigration status. In 2006 Judicial Watch filed a taxpayer lawsuit in the Superior Court of the State of California asking the court to prohibit the LAPD from expending taxpayer funds to enforce and maintain Special Order 40, which violates both federal immigration laws and California law while placing American citizens at risk.
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The police refuse to enforce most laws. What is new? Cars are stolen they refuse to investigate it. Heck most cops do not even use turn signals. Or enforce most traffic laws. Then they wonder why there are so many accidents. So sad to see a once proud profession degraded to the point where it now stands.
Since when does a city or county government have the legal authority to determine which state or federal laws it will or will not enforce? An "illegal alien" is in this country illegally, and should definitely be treated as an illegal interloper and sent South on the first available garbage scow.
My opinion on this is.. wth is Antonio thinking?? How can he call this public safety!! Its enough that some of them don't pay taxes and are on a free ride..
This is a fine kettle of fish. Police being directed to not enforce the law because it is "unfair". "Those the gods would destroy, they first make mad."
Where's the USDOJ? Has the definition of treason changed like natural born citizen, to fit the application? Why isn't Holder in jail? Gun running isn't a "dumb mistake", it's a felony. Breaking the law to enforce the law aint how it's supposed to work


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I owe a lot to anime. Through joint love of the medium, I have forged friendships and experienced more variety of storytelling that I could ever have imagined. But the day Japanese animation changed my life for good was a bright spring afternoon when I first encountered a tale about a teenage messiah exorcising the evil from our world with his great sword of justice. Many people may dismiss Tite Kubo as little more than a derivative punk, doling out sub-par shounen every week. Such heretics however, should be ignored, for Kubo offers up far more than entertainment, he gives us the gift of salvation in the form of his epic fable, Bleach.
The fictitious Karakura Town runs rife with sin, with delinquents resorting to frequent acts of vandalism and bullying. While it seems that there is little hope for humanity, one orange-haired boy named Ichigo Kurosaki stands up to the immorality of the world, forcibly extracting apologies and repentance from the worst of the sinners. One day, he meets a shinigami (death god) called Rukia who reveals a hidden world of malevolent beings known as Hollows who consume innocent souls to satiate their own rampant hunger. When Ichigo finds his family under attack, Rukia lends him her power and awakens him to his true identity: the saviour of mankind. With new powers, the teen begins to fight against the hollows and purify them in order to rid the world of evil.
In the midst of its awe-inspiring fights depicting Ichigo's divine retribution upon each wrongdoer, Bleach helps to assure us of how we should live and what awaits us in the future. Soul Society offers up solid proof that there is an afterlife, while the ghosts that linger in the human world teach us not to fear taking the next step on this journey. Likewise that the series still carries on to this day after a definitive conclusion, only gives more evidence to the fact that there is something more beyond the seeming finality of death. By ending the central story yet continuing the narrative, we simple men and women can clutch onto the knowledge that our human lives are but a chapter in a novel, and our souls shall continue to endure for many years to come, defying the laws of both mortality and plausibility at every turn.
There are several moralistic parables aside from the main story. While many heathens often refer to this as pointless filler, these hellions are indisputably wrong. Bleach's side stories are integral to the series' teachings, and guides its followers on the correct path. The cleverly scattered fables train us not to lose our tempers, but to have patience and faith that accepting the mundane or the downright terrible will ultimately make us appreciate the greatness all the more. After all, if we can endure episodes of the cast playing football for no logical reason, then we can certainly control ourselves when faced with rude individuals, bankruptcy or bereavement.
Likewise odd recurring jokes give us further guidance on the path to enlightenment. For example, one of the series' most pitiful characters is that of Kon. That this pathetic being not only lacks a physical body of his own, but also fails to succeed in any of his endeavours proves that his depravity towards the female form – and particularly their ample bosoms – is not admirable, but deplorable. From this we learn that such infatuations will only lead to our downfall and utter ruin.
Bleach's divine artwork is a thing of beauty. In terms of animation, the series excels. From showers of shimmering sakura petals and billowing clouds of dust amidst a heated clash to Ichigo speeding across the screen, each slash of a zanpakutou effectively pierces our apathetic hides and enlightens us to the show's teachings.
Meanwhile, the variety of different character designs from the attractive to the downright ridiculous pertains to the diversity of society and that we should accept everyone no matter how they look. While the natural reaction to meeting someone like Kurotsuchi in a dark alley may be to run for the hills, we should look past his bizarre appearance and instead give him a great big hug. After all, he is just as deserving and in need of love as the next person.
With any long series, a large number of opening and ending themes is to be expected. What I had not anticipated was that each and every one of these harmonious melodies would resound within my heart like a heavenly angelic chorus. Whoever doesn't find their soul uplifted by the enthusiastic yell of "HEART HEART" from the show's twenty-third ending theme, Stay Beautiful by Diggy-Mo', must have very little humanity left in their hollow shell of a body.
Ichigo is a true inspiration. His single-minded motivation to uphold good, bring justice to wrongdoers and protect those he cares for shines like a guiding light for all the lost souls scrabbling about in the dark. Likewise, his mass appeal to those around him shows the strength of his leadership as well as the truth of his actions. From taming the reformed delinquent Chad and earning the respect of haughty Ishida to charming the saintly Orihime, Ichigo gathers his disciples from all walks of life and does not discriminate between anyone, instead accepting everyone's strengths, weaknesses and abilities.
As if Ichigo's beacon of goodness were not enough, Kubo gives us another gift in the form of Orihime. This pure maiden's heart is thrice as large as her sizeable bosom and twice as warm. Her unflappable belief that there is good in each and every being and that with a little love no soul is beyond redemption teaches us to have faith in each other no matter the situation. Perhaps, should we rule with our hearts, we might one day lead as fulfilling a life as this flame-haired goddess and stand side by side with the saviour crying "KUROSAKI-KUUUUUN!" in exaltation.
On the other side of the hollow mask Kubo urges us away from the path of darkness and demonstrates what will happen should one stray from the path of the righteous. While the hollows themselves explicitly show how lingering hatred, regret and despair can consume a soul, the true danger of our sins lies with the series' primary antagonist. With a true fallen angel leading the charge against goodness, Bleach warns us not to be seduced by power and selfish desires lest we rip an irreparable hole in the core of our very beings.
More than simple entertainment, Bleach is nothing less than this generation's holy text, and should be used as a guideline to living a wholesome, pure and righteous life. We all strive to walk the correct path, and Tite Kubo shows us the way in the most entertaining and engaging approach possible. That I can only rate such a work of true importance and purity on such a small scale is simply offensive; can one's salvation really only be worth ten points?
Fifteen-year-old Ichigo Kurosaki is a typical teen with fighting skills, two caring sisters and a special trait: he can see ghosts. However, when Ichigo and his family find themselves under attack by a huge beast, Ichigo discovers that there's more to the supernatural world than the everyday specter. Vengeful spirits known as Hollows roam the world in search of devouring souls, and Shinigami – soul reapers – work tirelessly to defeat them and guide normal ghosts into a place called Soul Society. Ichigo valiantly fights the Hollow that threatens his sisters, but on the verge of defeat a Shinigami named Rukia gives him her powers, turning him into a Shinigami himself. Ichigo must now adjust to his new life of both vanquishing and saving souls for the sake of Soul Society.
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I agree full-heartedly with your reveiw. It is one of the BEST animes I have ever seen and my first,ignore the other comments saying bleach sucks because bleach is Great
I agree full-heartedly with your reveiw. It is one of the BEST animes I have ever seen!
No matter the haters, Bleach is one of the best animes I ever saw, and my most favorite. Haters can hate but they are just missing out on a good piece of work!! Kubo really created something special, and too bad not everyone can see it. I got in to this anime so much that I couod not take my eyes off it! This anime deserves this score!
Well, you almost destroyed my faith in humankind, by giving Bleach top score xP Good that you wasn't serious - nice joke in retrospect ;)
@Missy - 8? Rather 6 - 6,5 ;]
I don't think that Bleach should get a 10 but maybe an 8? I mean the anime was awesome but there were some things that bothered me in my opinion.


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The Asheville Community Resource Center continues its Cult/Trash movie series with this Canadian oddity from filmmaker Lee Demarbre, who made his mark (such as it is) by cooking up a trailer for a nonexistent movie called Harry Knuckles, which paved the way for a short film, Harry Knuckles and the Treasure of the Aztec Mummy. That short led to this deliberately cheesy and provocative feature, using most of the same sort of, umm, talent from the Harry Knuckles movies.
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter a bit like a Troma film (Toxic Avenger, Sgt. Kabukiman) in its sometimes strained attempts to deliberately recreate the realm of what might be called Le Cinema Mal -- a toffee-nosed Cahiers du Cinema-sounding term for movies that are "so bad they're good." The question arises, of course, whether it's quite the same making a movie that sets out to be bad as it is making one that got that way by accident. There's certainly something a little bogus about it.
However, in the case of Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, I'm compelled to believe that the makers of the movie -- for all their trash-movie savvy -- probably couldn't have made a film any better than this. Watching Dembarbre's film, I was reminded of a remark by one of Ed Wood's cohorts: "If Ed had had a million dollars, Plan 9 would still have been a piece of sh*t." So there's a certain degree of genuine ineptitude at work here, giving the film a Cinema Mal legitimacy.
The plot is undeniably more consciously strange than anything by Ed Wood: Jesus Christ (Phil Caracas) is a kickboxing vampire killer who likes to sing. He's out to defeat a gang of vampires who can walk in the daylight and fixate on attacking lesbians. (And Wood would only have come up with character names like Maxine Schreck, Mary Magnum and Gloria Oddbottom by accident, though he might well have written a masked Mexican wrestler into his films had he been aware of their existence.)
The results are uneven and occasionally mind-bogglingly bad (which is partly the point), but they're never what you'd call dull. There's certainly no film that's quite like it.
-- reviewed by Ken Hanke
[Jesus Christ Vampire Killer will be shown at 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 23 at the Asheville Community Resource Center, 16 Carolina Lane, downtown. Admission is $3-5 (what you can afford) -- and costumes are encouraged.]
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Don Marx is a very busy man for a guy who is "retired." But as Chair of Construction on the Habitat for Humanity Buffalo Board, he manages as many as 12 whole-house renovations and 4 new homes a year. That's supervising 8,000 volunteer labor hours for each renovation and 4,000 hours for each new home. And all of Don's hours are in that total; he is a volunteer himself.
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La Paz, Bolivia - On February 14, over 350 inmates at La Granja penitentiary in Comayagua, Honduras perished in a fire - the latest in a series of obstacles to existence among the Honduran prison population, which has over the years been subjected to various incinerations and massacres as well as to floodwaters from Hurricane Mitch.
On February 17, the prominent Honduran newspaper El Heraldo, mouthpiece of the elite and champion of the 2009 coup d'état against President Manuel Zelaya, announced that there were innumerable hypotheses as to the origins of the blaze, among them conspiracy theories and material worthy of "crime novels". After reviewing such possibilities as that the "delinquents" had set the fire to facilitate a prison break or to register their distaste with a new law permitting the extradition of persons affiliated with organised crime, the author of the article observed:
"Meanwhile, extremist persons have dared to accuse the government of being behind events like Comayagua, with the aim of 'eliminating' 'undesirable' gang members. This group of people is referring to [the circumstances of] two prison fires in 2003 and 2004". [quotation marks in original]
Such is the fascinating art of Honduran journalism, which permits its purveyors to - in the very same paragraph - acknowledge the state's role in previous fire-based elimination efforts while condemning as "extremist" anyone who might detect continuity in government aims.
Among said extremists is Maria Luisa Borjas, former chief of internal affairs for the Honduran police force, who personally confirmed to me that approximately 3,000 young people were extrajudicially eliminated during the administration of President Ricardo Maduro (2002-06) via a broad application of the term "gang member".
Oscar Alvarez, Maduro's Security Minister, was invited to reprise his security role in the illegitimate post-coup government of Pepe Lobo. By this time, the "undesirable" category in Honduras had expanded to include anyone concerned that military coups were not democratic.
As the indefatigable Dana Frank noted in a recent piece for The Nation:
"Over 300 people have been killed by state security forces since President Lobo came to power… At least forty-three campesino activists have been killed by police, members of the military, and private security guards."
American University anthropologist Dr. Adrienne Pine has meanwhile stressed that it was Lobo himself who, as President of the Congress in 2003, promoted the Anti-Gang law criminalising things like the possession of tattoos and resulting in the severe overcrowding of prisons.
US fights fire with flashlights
The prevailing view in Honduras regarding the dispensability of certain segments of the country's human population was nicely summed up in the first comment appearing below the Heraldo article on the Comayagua fire, submitted by someone identified as "wwwwwwwwwwwwwwww".
The submitter expressed disgust that there was any public dismay whatsoever over the mass incineration of the "dregs of society", and exhorted readers to instead celebrate the resulting reduction in the number of domestic "assassins" and "delinquents".
As notoriously extremist media outlets like msnbc.com have pointed out, however, the majority of the Comayagua inmates were not entitled to such descriptions:
"Most of the prisoners burned alive by a fire at the Comayagua prison in Honduras that claimed 358 lives had never been charged or convicted, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. More than half of the 856 inmates… were either awaiting trial or being held as suspected gang members, according to a report sent by the Honduran government this month to the United Nations. ...
"Prisoners only needed to bear a simple tattoo to be incarcerated under the strict Honduran anti-gang laws, the report said. The U.N. condemns the practice as a violation of international law".
Other kinds of violations of international law have also occurred in the vicinity of Comayagua. For example, the US waged its covert contra war against Nicaragua in the 1980s from what is now known as Soto Cano Air Base, located 15 minutes away from the jail. Despite being currently equipped with vast firefighting capabilities and personnel, US forces at Soto Cano did not manage to traverse the short distance required to aid in extinguishing the recent fire - though Joint Task Force Bravo did manage to send flashlights, Glowsticks, and other items immensely useful in situations characterised by large blazes.
Who benefits?
"The violence currently plaguing Central America is due in no small part to the legacy of US-directed regional militarisation."
Adrienne Pine has reported on Israel's effort, in the midst of the Comayagua tragedy, to profit from the incarceration business by trying to sell Honduras a fire-proof prison.
The demonisation of various strata of the Honduran populace as violent, godless beasts - a portrayal reinforced by the media's predilection for gruesome homicide photographs - meanwhile directly benefits contemporary US policy in the region, which includes the costly expansion of Soto Cano and the militarisation of the Honduran police force.
Of course, as Christian Parenti points out in his latest book Tropic of Chaos, the violence currently plaguing Central America is due in no small part to the legacy of US-directed regional militarisation.
And, as Dana Frank notes in an op-ed inexplicably published by The New York Times despite its utter truthfulness, the skyrocketing levels of violence and impunity in post-coup Honduras have much to do with the US refusal to cut off military and police aid even in the face of grave human rights abuses. The list of abuses has now been fortified thanks to police detention for half an hour of firefighters endeavoring to enter the Comayagua prison, and to police administration of bullets and tear gas to inmates' family members gathered outside the complex.
As for additional excuses for militarisation provided by the war on drugs, it is worth recalling that, during the contra war, SETCO - the airline belonging to Honduran drug lord Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros - was known as the "CIA airline" and was used to transport both contra supplies and cocaine. The surge in drug trafficking in Honduras in the aftermath of the coup meanwhile suggests that narcotraffickers are just as impressed with the Lobo regime's "democratic" achievements as are Barack Obama and the US State Department.
The violence vaccine
I was incidentally making notes for this article in a writing tablet for schoolchildren that I bought at a supermarket in Tegucigalpa in 2009. At the back of the notebook is a page with measurement conversions and helpful slogans such as "Education is a vaccine against violence".
A version of this philosophy was expressed to me last year by Gustavo Blanco, director of the state-owned Radio Honduras, who declared that the anti-coup National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP) was composed largely of violent thugs and uneducated poor people who didn't even understand why they were against the coup.
This pronouncement happened to occur in the context of a discussion about the March death of 59-year-old Honduran teacher Ilse Velasquez, whose employment in the pedagogical field had curiously not averted her violent demise at a peaceful protest against the privatisation of public education in Honduras and the post-coup government confiscation of teacher pension funds.
According to Blanco, it was Velasquez' own fault that she was struck in the face by a police-fired tear gas canister and then promptly run over and killed by a press vehicle, as she should have realised that her percentage of body fat was not compatible with street protests.
It seems to me that, when the Honduran government interprets "education" to mean acceptance of the notion that the lives of citizens who are poor, tattooed, or employed in the teaching profession are entirely expendable, the result is not a vaccine against violence but rather an anesthetic administered to distract from the societal destructiveness of state violence.
Belen Fernandez is the author of The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, released by Verso in Nov. 2011. She is an editor at PULSE Media, and her articles have appeared in the London Review of Books blog, CounterPunch, Guernica Magazine, and many other publications.
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Despite being stalled in committee, state Sen. Rich Alloway said he will reintroduce legislation so students can drive their tractors to school during special annual events.
Alloway, R-Franklin/Adams/York, introduced Senate Bill 1521 after Pennsylvania State Police put the brakes on James Buchanan High School's annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day last February.
School officials were informed by police, at the time of the event, that the practice of driving tractors on the roadways for nonfarming purposes violated several state driving codes.
Alloway's legislation would allow students to drive their truck or truck tractor between the farm and a secondary school during an annual event such as Drive Your Tractor to School Day.
In May, the bill was referred to the Transportation Committee, and the bill didn't move out of that committee, according to Alloway's office.
Not willing to give up the fight, Alloway said he'll fight to change the law.
"As a strong proponent of agriculture, I am reintroducing this important legislation," Alloway said. "This agricultural based program is a way for students to participate in a local Future Farmers of America tradition that encourages them to continue to celebrate history and train for the future."
For the past five years, driving their tractors to school has been a tradition for some James Buchanan High School students to celebrate agriculture during National Future Farmers of America Week.
School Board President Clifford Smith, Jr. applauded Alloway's commitment.
"He's doing the right thing," Smith said. "I'm glad to see Senator Alloway is reintroducing this bill to help kids all over the commonwealth to celebrate Ag Week with Drive Your Tractor to School Day."
Next year's National FFA Week is Feb. 16-23. But Smith said students will break with tradition and not drive their tractors to school.
The district isn't going to break the law, he said.
"I was disappointed in the state — with the large agricultural area we are in — that they would not recognize the importance of celebrating that heritage with Drive Your Tractor to School Day," Smith said.
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The power outlet where I charge my iPad is more than 16 ft away. I noticed there are two type of USB extension you can get, a regular one and a repeater/extender. Do I need a repeater/extender if I am just using this to charge my iPad and not for data?
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Practice Makes Perfect, Gainesville Doctor Honored
GAINESVILLE - Practice makes perfect, especially the medical practice of one Gainesville doctor who has been honored with a prestigious national award.
North Central Florida's distinguished medical community has been recognized again. Dr. Latha Ganti Stead has earned the "Doctor William Beaumont Award" by the American Medical Association. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions as a physician, researcher and educator.
Dr. Ganti stead says she's not doing anything different than her colleagues, she's just truly passionate about what she does. Dr. Ganti Stead says, "I come to work everyday and i love what i do because you just never know what's going to happen. The emergency department is really exciting."
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No uniformity in changeover demands
Looking at it another way some 49% of all participants in this survey report line changeovers ranging from once each week to once each day. As we'll see in the second part of this report there are some unique differences when we look at answers from the large plants versus the smaller ones.
Change times vary too
Just as the frequency varies the length of time required for packaging line changeovers covers a very broad range. Somewhat surprising to PW editors however is that more than one in five respondents report that some lines can be changed over in 10 minutes or less (Chart 2). At the same time over 10% acknowledge that their plants have line changeovers that will take more than eight hours! This totals nearly one-third of responses at the two extremes of the time scale.
Somewhat more comforting is that 51% of all responses said that changeover times run from 10 minutes to two hours. In fact the most frequent response (26.5%) was 10 to 30 minutes. That was closely followed by those in the half-hour to two-hour range (24.5%). Even within that range most answers fell in the time period of 45 to 60 minutes.
Naturally a large number of respondents said that changeover times vary. Many participants in the survey identified changeover times for more than one line. When pressed the respondents often said that times would vary between two different ranges. Interviewers did not try to quantify the numbers of lines at each location that would fall in each time range.
Workers also vary
Given the disparate nature of the packaging lines it's not unexpected that there's little uniformity in the number of workers that are involved in making changeovers to a packaging line. This will be even more important when we look at responses in large versus smaller plants.
Two workers is the median number involved in all line changeovers say 35.4% of all respondents (Chart 3). By adding lines that are changed over with three workers we find that one-half of all respondents claim two or three workers are responsible.
Still some 27.1% of all responses said a single worker was responsible for line changeover. At the other extreme nearly a quarter 22.9% said their changeover crew numbered four or more. That answer masks a wide range too. Some respondents explained that their crews ranged up to 11 workers.
Identifying the crews
Based on these first three responses the results give a general idea of how long line changeovers take how frequently they're required and how many workers are involved. To follow up on that last question the survey asked which types of workers made up the changeover crews (Chart 4).
Of the six selections packaging machine operators were the clear winners at 54.7% of all responses. In second place general mechanics were cited by 26.4% of all respondents and packaging mechanics by 9.4%.
The other three titles were rarely mentioned. Line supervisors was the title listed by 5.7% of the respondents while maintenance supervisors and packaging engineers were mentioned by less than 2% each. What the results don't tell is whether the respondents could easily convert each company's worker titles to correspond to those we included as answers.
While machine operators were the most often mentioned title for changeover some of the respondents told interviewers they were just beginning to train operators to be able to handle changeover. The director of production for an over-the-counter drug manufacturer told us "The day is coming when we'll be training the machine operators to do more of the changeover. But for us that's still in the future."
An automotive parts manufacturer's industrial engineer says its operator training is already underway. "Our set-up has to be as fast and accurate as possible. We're training our operators to do it. They need to have the tools ready not to rely on set-up crews."
Holding the operators accountable is the answer at another company. The vice president for manufacturing at a cosmetics company says "Our changeover is becoming shorter because we've worked on accountability with the operators. And" he adds "we've modified some of our older equipment to make it easier to change over and adjust."
New machines are answer
The answer to improving changeover for some companies has been equipment replacement or in some cases extra equipment that permits presetting before being rolled into position on a line.
The package engineering manager for a major appliance manufacturer sees new equipment as the answer in his Midwest plant. "Our current equipment has been in place for about five years so it's to the point where it's not efficient for us to keep working at fine-tuning and adjusting" he reports. "Instead we're evaluating replacement equipment and we're looking for machines that can be adjusted more quickly."
That's been the experience of a major food processor says its project engineer. "Our changeovers are shorter because our operators are more comfortable with the equipment. It's less than a year old and the operators have been well trained." The same concept is echoed from a maker of OTC medicines. "Changeover is shorter because we have a new machine that makes it easier" says the production manager. "It's not a big advance basically just a change from one manual [changeover] process to another shorter process."
A contract packager is reaping the value of redundant equipment. "We're using extra equipment" the maintenance engineer reports "so that some machines can be preset for the next product before we're ready to run it."
And sometimes even extra spare parts can be a help. "We're reducing changeover times because a change in company management has meant more money available for parts and repairs. And we've improved our procedures" says the maintenance manager for a meat processor.
The operations manager for a beverage packer is even more specific. "We've purchased new equipment that lets us use bulk bottles. That way we don't have to make adjustments to the depalletizers" he says.
How many machines?
The survey asked participants how many machines in the line require attention in an average changeover (Chart 5).
Over half of all responses (57.7%) indicated that from one to four machines were involved in an average line changeover. Two to four machines was the most frequent answer. However more than a third of the responses (33.4%) indicated that from five to ten machines required attention in an average changeover.
Looking at the numbers in another way nearly one in four participants (24.4%) answered that an average changeover required attention to eight or more machines. When you realize that about one-half of the participants came from modest plant sizes (50 to 100 employees) those numbers seem quite high.
However when you realize that even in some manual packaging operations a case sealer and coder might need attention when a product packaging change is made adjustments to the sealer and a roll-on coder would create an answer in the two to four machines category.
Finally the survey asked about plant trends in changeover times. When asked to compare changeover times vs a year ago not one respondent in any size plant indicated that changeover took longer. Of all respondents 53.7% said the time was shorter. In the large plants half of all respondents indicated shorter changeover time the other half reported the time was about the same. Among responses from smaller plants 57.1% reported shorter change times 42.9% said it was about the same.
As strongly as any other results these trends suggest that virtually every type of packaging operation-large or small mass production or custom output-is paying special attention to changeover time. To help these production workers this special changeover section also includes a sizable number of machines that specifically address the reduction in changeover times. And in our second part of this special survey report we'll not only examine some of the differences between large and small plants we'll also cover the skills that are important to changeover the importance of quick-change to machinery purchases and the growing importance of tool-less changeover to today's plants.


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Naked in the Cosmos
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If a single contemporary recording were recommended as cliff notes for an impatient student eager to get a feel for smooth jazz, atmospheric new age elevator music, the angular contortions of Sam Rivers' big band compositions, polyphony in current jazz, Weather Report, Ellington's late suites, Wayne Shorter's '60s music arranged (very nicely) for big band, ancient Coleman Hawkins ballads, Miles and Coltrane's '50s modal inventions and more, then Kenny Werner's Naked in the Cosmos might be that recording. Werner is a fine pianist and shows his skill as an arranger and bandleader here. However, there's nothing really new in Naked. Some passages sound cribbed straight from '70s Miles and Weather Report.
Naked leaves one wondering what Werner's mind looks like disrobed. Under the lovely facade of the spotless arrangements and virtuosic musicianship, lies an infrastructure of disjointed ideas, none of which seem to have originated with Werner. This dynamic is most on display in the title track, a 12 minute romp through an assortment of styles.
Naked is notable perhaps for the use of the little known Brussels Jazz Orchestra. It's old news that those who listen to jazz with their ears and not their race consciousness are compelled to admit that quite a few Euro players have "got that swing" and it would be interesting if more composers availed themselves of ensembles like this one. Perhaps Werner's record will help usher in a new era of American collaborations with these sorts of international bands.
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On the heels of Naked comes Peace , a live recording from April 2003. Here again is the Miles Davis/Wayne Shorter influence on vivid display, as the disc opens with a nimble medley of Shorter's "Pinnochio" and "Fall." Peace is further evidence of Werner's dexterity with the music of others. His delivery of classics like "Stella by Starlight," Monk's old showstopper "Evidence" and the title track (by Horace Silver) are not only immaculate, but fresh enough to warrant a listen even from those of us who feel we've heard these tunes enough. Werner's three originals on this outing once again betray a dearth of originality. In fact, I thought my CD player was on the fritz when I heard the opening line of his "All Things Are You" (even the title of which is derivative), which sounds like a slightly free adaptation of "Evidence."
With Peace , Werner is trying to make new jazz while staying too carefully within the lines drawn fifty years ago. Naked in the Cosmos attempts a similar thing, but from two decades later. 2004, for him, must lie far in the future.
Naked in the Cosmos
Tracks: 1. Naked in the Cosmos (12:03); 2. Use Me (13:15); 3. All That (7:30); 4. Portrait of Jenny (7:26); 5. Sasumi (19:44).
Personnel: Olivier Bodson: Trumpet, Flugelhorn; Jan De Backer: Trombone; Bart Defoort: Soprano and Tenor Sax; Marc Godfroid: Trombone; Laurent Hendrick: Bass Trombone; Gino Lattuca: Trumpet, Flugelhorn; Dieter Limbourg: Clarinet, Flute, Alto and Soprano Sax; Jos Matchell: Double Bass; Carlo Mertens: Bass Trombone; Lode Mertens: Trombone; Michel Paré: Trumpet, Flugelhorn; Jacques Pirroton: Electric Guitar; Serge Plume: Trumpet, Flugelhorn; Nico Schepers: Trumpet, Flugelhorn; Frank Vaganee: Flute, Alto and Soprano Sax; Bo Van Der Werf: Bass Clarinet, Baritone Sax; Kurt Van Herck: Clarinet, Flute, Soprano and Tenor Sax; Martijn Vink: Drums; Kenny Werner Synthesizer, Piano.
Tracks: 1. Pinocchio/Fall (12:52); 2. All Things Are You (6:35); 3. Jabali (8:53); 4. Peace (9:44); 5. Stella By Starlight (6:03); 6. Evidence (8:56); 7. Chach (5:42).
Personnel: Ari Hoenig: Drums; Kenny Werner: Piano.


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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The worst annual result in eight years at Brazil's state-led oil company Petrobras prompted it to cut the common-share dividend as it sought to preserve cash to maintain investments as fuel and refining losses mount, executives said on Tuesday.
Common shares of Petroleo Brasileiro SA slumped as much as 8.8 percent on Tuesday in Sao Paulo, reaching their lowest level since late 2005.
Petrobras saved about 3.5 billion reais ($1.77 billion) with the common share dividend cut, Chief Financial Officer Almir Barbassa said, cash needed to keep its planned $237 billion five-year investment plan on track.
"The amount saved is about what it costs for an oil platform that can produce about 150,000 barrels of oil a day," Chief Executive Maria das Graças Foster told investors on a conference call from Rio de Janeiro. "Not making the investment would cause losses, hurt future cash flow."
Previously Petrobras had paid equal dividends to common and preferred shareholders, though that is not required under the law or the company's by-laws.
Petrobras cash generation has been squeezed in recent years as the government, which owns a majority of voting shares, prevented the company from raising fuel prices in line with world prices.
Rising demand at home and refineries working near full capacity forced the company, the only refiner in the world's sixth largest economy, to import fuel at world prices and sell it at home at a loss.
Despite gasoline and diesel price hikes in June, July and on Jan. 30 Foster said a gap still remains between domestic and international prices.
"(2012) was an extremely difficult year," Foster said on a conference call with investors. "The year 2013 will be even more difficult, especially in the first half," she said.
Brazil's domestic fuel prices are effectively set by the government, which owns a majority of Petrobras common, voting shares. The government has held prices in check to help limit inflation. Its refining unit lost 22.9 billion reais in 2012, an amount larger than its entire 21.2 billion full year profit.
The refining losses helped the company post its worst annual result since 2004.
Foster blamed a weaker real for the lingering difference in fuel prices in comments at a press conference regarding fourth-quarter earnings released late on Monday.
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Petrobras' debt rose to 2.77 times adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), above the company's own internal limit of 2.5 times EBITDA.
"Debt rose because of difficulties, declining production," Chief Financial Officer Almir Barbassa said.
Debt is likely to remain near that level or go higher in 2013, Foster said adding that she does not think it will cause ratings agencies to cut the company's "investment-grade" debt rating.
Petrobras is seeking to shed some of its assets to raise cash. Foster said the company had received offers and hoped to conclude deals by April.
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