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NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Special Committee (the "Special Committee") of the Board of Directors of CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH) ("CNH") today announced that it views favorably the latest enhanced offer (the "Offer") from Fiat Industrial S.p.A. ("FI") regarding the proposed strategic combination between CNH and FI (the "Transaction"). The enhanced terms of the Offer resulted from a robust and constructive exchange with FI over the course of the past several months. The Special Committee has directed its advisors to work with FI to negotiate definitive documentation based on the Offer.
Pursuant to the Offer, each of CNH and FI would merge into a newly-formed company organized in the Netherlands ("NewCo"), and in the mergers CNH shareholders would receive 3.828 NewCo shares for each CNH share and FI shareholders would receive one NewCo share for each FI share. CNH shareholders would also be paid a $10 cash dividend per CNH share before the merger and, if practicable, prior to the end of this year, with receipt by FI of the dividend on its 88% of CNH shares to be deferred.
No contract, agreement or obligation will arise with respect to the Transaction until definitive documentation is negotiated and executed by the appropriate parties.
At this time, no action by CNH's shareholders is required. Further announcements will be made by the Special Committee when and as appropriate.The Special Committee has engaged Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. and Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, as its legal advisors, and J.P. Morgan and Lazard, as its financial advisors, to assist it in its work. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This communication contains forward-looking statements relating to CNH and the proposed business combination with FI. All statements included in this communication concerning activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, but not limited to, the following: uncertainties as to whether the proposed business combination will be consummated, uncertainties as to the timing of the proposed business combination, uncertainties as to how many of CNH's shareholders will participate in the proposed business combination, the risk that the announcement of the proposed business combination may make it more difficult for CNH to establish or maintain relationships with its employees, suppliers and other business partners, the risk that CNH's business will be adversely impacted during the pendency of the proposed business combination; the risk that the operations of CNH and FI will not be integrated successfully, the risk that the expected cost savings and other synergies from the proposed business combination may not be fully realized, realized at all or take longer to realize than anticipated, and other economic, business and competitive factors affecting the businesses of CNH generally, including those set forth in its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed by CNH with the SEC on February 29, 2012. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this communication and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events and developments or otherwise, except as required by law. For more information contact: Burson-Marsteller Jason Schechter / Jennifer Friedman212-614-5257 SOURCE Special Committee of CNH Global
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"roys old and tired and still makes this book sing"
martin has created a series in which even the most marginal characters are compelling , however much you love the starks you will hate the lannisters frays and boltons more , this series is unique in that the ones you want to win NEVER do but you still root for them.
brienne hanging
arya kills someone
I cant overstate the improvement of roy dotrice over john lee . lees narration was hard to folow and over acted while roy feels like an old friend
"It's good but I really didn't like the guy"
It's like Stephen king and his silly rock band
Ellison clearly fancies himself an ACTOR
And he ain't but he is a very talented and unique writer . I get the feeling he's the kind of guy who would demand a narrator be fired for this performance .... If the narrator wasn't He.
"I liked it"
In my humble opinion this book was over edited the catalyst to the only super natural aspect of the book felt underdeveloped , I liked it a bunch and it reminded me a lot of 11 22 63
"First ever post finish review 1/2 thru"
If you criticize the writing you are an a $$
This book gives exactly what I want more westeros more Roy dotrice , if you don't get goosebumps when young bariston Selmy rescues Aries
And you don't chuckle when Roy nails the voice of pycell , then move on to the next twilight
You have to respect martins grasp of politics if nothing else.
This is my favorite of the series so far because it fleshes out all the other books
In my opinion they should start referring to Tolkien as the 20th century Martin
I loved the LOTR but Got is full of real people.
"very good time travel story"
this is my favorite simmons story so far less snobby than hyperion and more fun its worth it just to hear Achilles throwing f bombs and what red blooded nerd boy hasn't wanted to fight in the Trojan war?
"amature hour"
some of these authors have impressed me in the past but there is nothing good here or anything original really the mechanical man story is the best of a bad lot , the narration is really bad especially the super intense whispering guy and the woman who reads like shes late for something.save your credit.
"okay, just"
martin and Abercrombie are predictably good, and Rothfuss is predictably mediocre I really don't get why he is so popular.
its a treat to hear roy dotrice read anything ,(neal gaiman should be read by him exclusively imo) and there is thankfully only a little scott brick you can get through it but really the only great story is martins .
as always please help stop scott brick and john lee ruining good stories by reading them aloud.
"Remember the golden child?"
It's the golden child set in plague riddled England with Eddie Murphy played by Russell Crowe
"It's a tale not three books"
On par with 1984 or lord of the flies it's what the passage and hunger games wish they were, the narration in the first book is horrible but the last two are fine.
I first read the Gunslinger when I was fourteen and I loved it then , I am now thirty eight and Iove it as much now as ever roland is a hero and he lets the world be the anti hero he spends very little time whinning about how he doesnt want to be what he is stephen king wrote a very simple beginning to a very complex story , I adore this book.
roland burning circles into his fingertips as he fought the people of tulll.
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yes many times
if you dont like it then you are a dope
"Its total bs I love it"
no the narrator isnt that good
no this is a very very dot to dot plot
yes but just good
people have written that the book is a little technical term heavy , that is a gross understatement, while listening to it I thought of many alternate titles , my to favorites were,
Gadgets and weapons I like and situations I have Imagined using them in, and, I cant wait to commit mass murder and this is the situation that would make it ok.
this book is very entertaining , it starts out kinda extremist god gun anti society and around three quarters thru it takes a sharp turn to the right.
one quote that stuck in my head was "our children will grow up in a free god fearing country"
the author is so backward thinking , that the book becomes entertaining
apparently one jew and two blacks will survive the fall. and the two blacks dont appear until the last frame deffinate I am not racist tacked on chapter.
this book came off like a parody to me I loved it
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Jul 9, 2013
SALEM — A truck with bins of chickens on its bed rolled in downtown Salem Tuesday morning, spilling birds onto the street.
Police Lt. Dave Okada said officers estimated roughly that a thousand chickens were aboard and called for help from the local Humane Society.
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There was no immediate estimate of the number of chickens killed.
The driver was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
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I'm trying to get PHP to send email messages using Swift Mailer 3.0.0. This library can use three transport methods: SMTP, sendmail and PHP mail() function.
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Summary of DHS Actions to Better Manage Its Chemical Security Program
GAO-12-1044T: Published: Sep 20, 2012. Publicly Released: Sep 20, 2012.
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What GAO Found
The November 2011 memorandum that discussed the management of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program was prepared based primarily on the observations of the former Director of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD), a division of the Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) within the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD). The memorandum was intended to highlight various challenges that have hindered ISCD efforts to implement the CFATS program. According to the former Director, the challenges facing ISCD included not having a fully developed direction and plan for implementing the program, hiring staff without establishing need, and inconsistent ISCD leadership--factors that the Director believed place the CFATS program at risk. These challenges centered on three main areas: (1) human capital issues, including problems hiring, training, and managing ISCD staff; (2) mission issues, including problems reviewing facility plans to mitigate security vulnerabilities; and (3) administrative issues, including concerns about NPPD and IP not supporting ISCD's management and administrative functions.
ISCD has begun to take various actions intended to address the issues identified in the ISCD memorandum and has developed a 94-item action plan to track its progress. According to ISCD managers, the plan appears to be a catalyst for addressing some of the long-standing issues the memorandum identified. As of June 2012, ISCD reported that 40 percent (38 of 94) of the items in the plan had been completed. These include requiring ISCD managers to meet with staff to involve them in addressing challenges, clarifying priorities, and changing ISCD's culture; and developing a proposal to establish a quality control function over compliance activities. The remaining 60 percent (56 of 94) that were in progress include those requiring longer-term efforts--i.e., streamlining the process for reviewing facility security plans and developing facility inspection processes; those requiring completion of other items in the plan; or those awaiting action by others, such as approvals by ISCD leadership. ISCD appears to be heading in the right direction, but it is too early to tell if individual items are having their desired effect because ISCD is in the early stages of implementing them and has not yet established performance measures to assess results.
According to ISCD officials, almost half of the action items included in the June 2012 action plan require ISCD collaboration with or action by NPPD and IP. The ISCD memorandum stated that IP and NPPD did not provide the support needed to manage the CFATS program when the program was first under development. ISCD, IP, and NPPD officials confirmed that IP and NPPD are now providing needed support and stated that the action plan prompted them to work together to address the various human capital and administrative issues identified.
Why GAO Did This Study
The events of September 11, 2001, triggered a national re-examination of the security of facilities that use or store hazardous chemicals in quantities that, in the event of a terrorist attack, could put large numbers of Americans at risk of serious injury or death. As required by statute, DHS issued regulations that establish standards for the security of high-risk chemical facilities. DHS established the CFATS program to assess the risk posed by these facilities and inspect them to ensure compliance with DHS standards. ISCD, a division of IP, manages the program. A November 2011 internal ISCD memorandum, prepared by ISCD senior managers, expressed concerns about the management of the program. This statement addresses (1) how the memorandum was developed and any challenges identified, (2) what actions are being taken in response to any challenges identified, and (3) the extent to which ISCD's proposed solutions require collaboration with NPPD or IP. GAO's comments are based on recently completed work analyzing the memorandum and related actions. GAO reviewed laws, regulations, DHS's internal memorandum and action plans, and related documents, and interviewed DHS officials.
In a July 2012 report, GAO recommended that ISCD explore opportunities to develop measures, where practical, to determine where actual performance deviates from expected results. ISCD concurred and has taken action to address the recommendation.
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Anthrax:Agency Approaches to Validation and Statistical Analyses Could Be ImprovedGAO-15-80: Published: Dec 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 19, 2014.
Emergency Preparedness:Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Interagency Assessments and Accountability for Closing Capability GapsGAO-15-20: Published: Dec 4, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 19, 2014.
Dec 17, 2014
Department of Homeland Security:Continued Action Needed to Strengthen Management of Administratively Uncontrollable OvertimeGAO-15-95: Published: Dec 17, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 17, 2014.
Nov 6, 2014
Information Sharing:DHS Is Assessing Fusion Center Capabilities and Results, but Needs to More Accurately Account for Federal Funding Provided to CentersGAO-15-155: Published: Nov 4, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 6, 2014.
Oct 14, 2014
Combating Nuclear Smuggling:Risk-Informed Covert Assessments and Oversight of Corrective Actions Could Strengthen Capabilities at the BorderGAO-14-826: Published: Sep 22, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 14, 2014.
Sep 30, 2014
Unmanned Aerial Systems:Department of Homeland Security's Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Use and Compliance with Privacy and Civil Liberty Laws and StandardsGAO-14-849R: Published: Sep 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2014.
Sep 24, 2014
Inspectors General:DHS OIG's Structure, Policies, and Procedures Are Consistent with Standards, but Areas for Improvement ExistGAO-14-726: Published: Sep 24, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 24, 2014.
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Secure Flight:Additional Actions Needed to Determine Program Effectiveness and Strengthen Privacy Oversight MechanismsGAO-14-796T: Published: Sep 18, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 18, 2014.
Secure Flight:TSA Could Take Additional Steps to Strengthen Privacy Oversight MechanismsGAO-14-647: Published: Sep 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 18, 2014.
Secure Flight:TSA Should Take Additional Steps to Determine Program EffectivenessGAO-14-531: Published: Sep 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 18, 2014.
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California Governor Candidate Wants to Put Pedophiles on an Island, Sounds Oddly Familiar
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Opening Plenary: Connecting Our Shared Past in PreservationSpeaker: Ned Kaufman Student Life Center – Navesink Room
Within the context of NJ celebrating its 350th anniversary, Dr. Ned Kaufman will discuss the role that historic preservation has played in our society and challenge us to rethink the future of the movement. A variety of influences will shape how we approach issues to come – climate change, technological advancements, and heightened awareness of social impacts. Participants will be encouraged to think about preserving our heritage in a more global way that connects us with our shared past.
Why is history – both knowledge of the past and the practice of preserving, researching and interpreting evidence of the past – important to people, their communities, the nation, and the world? Is history crucially important to our future, or simply a pleasant pastime? Those who practice history are quick to assert its importance. For most Americans, history plays a relatively minor role in comparison to other concerns and recreational activities.
Dr. John W. Durel will discuss the founding, progress and future of the History Relevance Campaign. With direction from public historians, the campaign's intent is to articulate and demonstrate the relevance of history in the lives of individuals, communities and the nation in a way that resonates with both the general public and potential history funders.
Although historic integrity is an essential element of preservation practice, opinions vary as to how much damage destroys it, and how best to preserve it while retrofitting buildings to be more resilient. This panel will explore issues of integrity, mitigation and rehabilitation of historic buildings. Attendees will learn about the integrity criteria used by the National Park Service's National Register program, examining specific applications of these criteria and how they can vary. The question posed is whether historic preservation professionals need to seek greater consensus on what constitutes "sufficient integrity" in advance of disaster responses. Panelists will discuss the effects of elevating buildings – a major form of flood mitigation – and its design challenges to historic buildings. Finally, two speakers will present a case study of the historic Bay Head Yacht Club, which required rehabilitation after Superstorm Sandy, and discuss how a new elevation, retention and recreation of features, and historic context are reconciled.
Laura Mandala, Mandala Research
Michael Mariano, Sr Economist & Director of Geospatial Analytics, Oxford Economics
Heritage tourism accounts for 8% of New Jersey's income generated by overall tourism yet efforts to augment our historic destinations and make them even more profitable are lagging. This session will present the findings of two recently completed studies that document the impact that heritage travelers have on the national and statewide economy, with insight into what we can expect for the near future. Participants will learn hands-on application for how to incorporate statistical data into marketing and promotion, and how local orgnaizations can use the state-wide heritage tourism Master Plan as a framework for their tourism efforts.
Lisa Ginther, Senior Associate, MBI-GluckShaw
John Hatch, AIA, Architect, Clarke Caton Hintz
Mark Texel, Director, Division of Parks and Forestry, NJ Department of Environmental Protection
As we celebrate our state's 350th anniversary in 2014, we should aim to leave an influential legacy that will positively affect the fields of history and historic preservation into the future. This session will present four current legislative initiatives, discuss their potential impact, and suggest efective ways to realize their passage. The legislative pieces are the Historic Property Reinvestment Act, sustainable funding for the Garden State Preservation Trust, Leasing Program of State Owned Historic Properties and restoring to 2005 levels the annual appropriations from the hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues that fund historical, arts, cultural, and tourism-related projects. Presenters will show successful examples from other states, including creating collaborative coalitions.
Courtenay Mercer, PP, AICP, Principal, Mercer Planning Associates
Robert Melvin, PP, AICP, Principal, Group Melvin Design
Glenn Ceponis, Principal Historic Preservation Specialist, New Jersey Historic Trust
In August 2013, the Governor signed a revision to the municipal land use law that improved local communities' ability to encourage the preservation of farmland, open space and historic sites by combining growth potential from two or more noncontiguous properties. While similar to the existing transfer of development rights, this new and improved tool simplifies the process and permanently protects designated parcels and historic sites through conservation and preservation easements. Through case studies, participants will learn how to implement this tool in their own communities and to protect properties in perpetuity with the use of deed restriction.
Richard Geffken, Historian, Living History NJ
Gerard P. Scharfenberger, Ph.D., Archaeologist, Middletown Township
Some of Monmouth County's history leaders will introduce participants to the rich history of local communities, resources (both above and below ground), and collaborative efforts of private nonprofits and municipalities to save regional treasures. The presentations will include discussions of early maritime history, the founding of a local historical museum and resources in the Middletown Village Historic District.
Sara R. Cureton, Director, New Jersey Historical Commission
Arlene Gardner, President, New Jersey Council for the Social Studies, Rutgers, The State University of NJ
Michelle McDonald Ph.D, Associate Professor of Historical Studies, Richard Stockton College
Participants will learn about two exciting curriculum development projects in New Jersey history that are planned to coordinate with the state's 350th anniversary, touch on broad themes of US History, and are tied to the Common Core Curriculum Standards. The "It Happened Here" series of digital episodes will be available on public television and online and offers resources for elementary and secondary level teachers to bring to the classroom. A compelling set of curriculum materials has been developed in coordination with the 350th anniversary that can be used by educators at museums or historic sites as well as for pre- or post-visit lessons for school groups. Panelists will explore how these new materials will help students connect with New Jersey's rich and exciting history well beyond this anniversary year.
Marlana Moore, Community Network Coordinator, The Collaborative, Rutgers University
Michele Racioppi, Program Assistant, NJ Historic Trust
While New Jersey may be regarded as the Cradle of the Revolution, it also thrived during the era of Modernism. A range of nationally and internationally recognized architects contributed to the state's built environment and left a legacy of interesting projects and built works. With the help of interns from Rutgers University's Art History department who are working with DOCOMOMO (International Working Party for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement), this session will present Modernism in Bergen County, Mies van der Rohe's Colonnade Apartments in Newark, and the coverage of Modern New Jersey in Progressive Architecture at mid-century.
Tina Fiske, Chair, Donor Development Committee, Barrow Mansion
Barbara Frake, Chair of Vestry, St Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington
The NJ Heritage Tourism Master Plan notes that of 1,834 historic/cultural sites that have the potential to become tourism venues, only 333 are considered partially "visitor ready," and only a third of that total who are full participants in the heritage tourism industry. Without big budgets and paid staff, many historic sites are managed by volunteers, and some are making great strides to be open more often and provide new means of interpreting their stories to the public. In this session, participants will learn about volunteer efforts at three historic sites to develop public outreach, promote visitation through web sites and electonic communication, expand programming, improve interpretation and open more hours for public events.
Daniel P. Barr, Principal, Dan Barr Consulting
Jeanette Lloyd, Chair, Beach Haven Historic Preservation Committee
Gerry Scharfenberger, Ph.D., Director, Office for Planning Advocacy, New Jersey Department of State
Chairs of several local historic preservation commissions will provide useful, practical information for commission members and a forum for lively discussion on topics relevant to good practice. No matter if their commissions are advisory or regulatory, participants will learn valuable lessons about good record keeping, meeting protocal, conflict of interest, community relations, and using the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation in decision making. The panel will also explore commission related issues that have resulted from Superstorm Sandy and leave ample time for audience participation.
This session will fulfill continuing education requirements for the Certified Local Government program.
Cheryl Sams O'Neill, Historical Landscape Architect and GIS Coordinator
David Uschold, Historical Landscape Architect and Regional Section 106 Coordinator, National Park Service
Jamie McGuane, Work Leader, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, National Park Service
Traditional historic preservation approaches must be augmented with fresh thinking and new strategies for dealing with the escalating impacts of climate change. The National Park Service, aware that devastating storms and rising seas are rapidly becoming the new normal, is looking critically at its cultural resource management approaches. Using a cultural landscape lens, the session's presentations will illuminate some of the disaster planning concepts, strategies, and decisions at work in the National Park Service.
Fred Pachman, MLS, CAPES Coordinator, NJ Caucus, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
Laura M. Poll, Librarian/Archivist, Monmouth County Historical Association
Nicholas J. Wood, Vice President, NJ Association of Museums
For a quarter-century, the Caucus Archival Projects Evaluation Service (CAPES) has provided small- to mid-size institutions holding archival records with free professional archival consultants to begin assessing their preservation and collection management needs, and to recommend practical solutions. Many such repositories keep valuable manuscripts, books, photographs, film, video and sound recordings under conditions that endanger their survival, frequently within historic buildings. Moreover, the same institutions also face similar management and preservation challenges in caring for museum artifact collections.
This session will review the past impact of CAPES, and explore how archivists, museum curators, and historic preservationists may take an interdisciplinary approach to assessing the needs of institutions that care for archival, library and artifact collections simultaneously.
Leslie Bensley, Executive Director, Morris County Tourism Bureau
Adam Perle, Vice President, Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce
This panel will present example-based approaches to Heritage Tourism that encourage historic and cultural sites to work outside their four walls and develop partnerships. Representatives from state, county and regional entities will discuss how historic sites in New Jersey engage the arts, cultural, and business communities in their efforts to increase participation and visitorship, and to improve the visitor experience. Participants will learn about the available tools to promote engagements between organizations and with sites' targeted audiences while also reaching a broader audience. At the end of the presentations, an interactive conversation with the audience will explore where Heritage Tourism will go into the future.
Jaime Bustos-DeHaro, CHABA intern
Rev. David Rivera, CHABA intern
Rosemary DeQuinzio, Chair, City of Bridgeton Historic District Commission
Kevin Rabago, Director of Development & Planning, City of Bridgeton
Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Using Bridgeton Historic District as its focus, this panel session will discussion different perspectives on historic preservation's role in creating a sustainable community that is capable of only surviving social changes and economic downturns and reinventing itself for a new generation of residents and community partners. Presenters will introduce the Center of Historic American Building Arts (CHABA), an educational organization that reaches out to the immigrant population that occupies majority of Bridgeton's historic housing stock through the bilingual "HomeFronts" workshops program.
Participants will gain knowledge of the impacts of new immigration on urban culture in New Jersey and learn new strategies to reach out to multicultural and low-income communities.
Robert Newell, Principal, Robert Newell Lighting Design
Attila Uysal, LC, Principal, SBLD studio
Lighting is an important feature of any historic building and requries specific decisions about purpose and design, which should be balanced with choice of hardware and new technologies. Participants will learn about the history of lighting, basic design ideas, examples and rules of thumb for lighting the interior and exterior of historic buildings, and on the latest lighting advancements of an ever-changing industry. There will be project examples of appropriate lighting for historic buildings including a variety of venues including historic train stations, barns, theaters and historic house museums. The information will be accessible to architects, owners and designers.
Siobhan R. Fitzpatrick, Curator, Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
Sarah Hagarty, Curator, New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation
Bernadette M. Rogoff, Curator, Monmouth County Historical Association
Do the objects of our affection, our beloved collections, prevent us from running successful institutions? The answer may have more to do with what an institution chooses to collect. Join the NJ Association of Museums for four case studies of collecting and presenting intuitions: a museum that utilizes an existing collection and collects rarely, one that relies on partnerships to manage its collection, and institutions that balance these models. Panelists will discuss the prerequisites for collaborative collecting efforts that may create more viable and sustainable institutions for the future.
Carlos Rodrigues, PP, AICP, Independent Consultant
The rebuilding process in communities afflicted by Superstorm Sandy and other flooding events poses particular challenges for historic preservation efforts. Requirements for elevating residential structures and flood-proofing commercial buildings may dramatically transform the look and function of older neighborhoods and historic districts. Historic integrity may be compromised when the spatial relationship between the structure, the parcel and the street are fundamentally altered.
This field workshop will visit selected Monmouth County communities affected by Sandy. A stop in Sea Bright, the site of devastated commercial and residential areas, will offer a discussion of both the opportunity to remedy long-standing planning mistakes and the deep concern for maintaining historic community character.
This is a bus and walking tour. Please wear comfortable footwear and dress for the weather.
Sophia Jones, Associate AIA, LEED AP O+M, Associate, Project Manager, Historic Building Architects, LLC
Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner, AIA, RIBA, LEED AP, NCARB, Firm Principal, Historic Building Architects, LLC
Graham Calfisch, Intern Architect, Historic Building Architects, LLC
The Camp Evans Historic District is a National Historic Landmark comprised of over 57 structures within a 37- acre campus, now preserved under the stewardship of a nonprofit organization. Its earliest buildings were constructed in 1914 for the Marconi Wireless Communication Company. During World War II, the U.S. Army Signal Corps acquired the site, and its confidential research played a key role in the development of radar. Radar and electronics study during the Cold War resulted in additional innovations and practical applications, such as satellite hurricane tracking. Army base operations were closed after 2005.
This field workshop will present Camp Evans in two parts. Following an overall tour and historic overview, participants will choose between:
- A walking tour that focuses on the site's history and technological advancements; or
- A hands-on tour presenting the complexities and methodologies of preparing of a preservation master plan for this unique site.
This is a walking tour. Please wear comfortable footwear and dress for the weather.
This important work of architecture was designed in 1957-1962 by the renowned architectural firm of Eero Saarinen and Associates. Sasaki, Walker & Associates, designed the complimentary 472-acre landscape. For more than four decades the two-million-square-foot complex housed nearly 6,000 scientists and staff including multiple Nobel Prize laureates. Saarinen's innovative design, in turn, fostered the many notable inventions of Bell Labs. The site is the birthplace of numerous technology advancements in telecommunications, some of these include data transmission over voice lines (otherwise known as the fax machine) and all of the necessary components that made the cell phone possible.
Now closed due to redevelopment, this tour provides a rare opportunity to visit the public areas and interior workspaces at Bell Labs. Research spaces and office design emphasized flexible layouts with a variety of contemplative and collaborative spaces. The session will include presentations of its unique architecture and landscape, company history and the multi-year effort to preserve the complex and site. The discussion will invite Somerset Development, the current owner and developer who acquired the property from Alcatel-Lucent less than a year ago, to map the site's future mixed-use redevelopment.
This is a bus and walking tour. Please wear comfortable footwear and dress for the weather.
Brock A. Giordano, RPA, Archaeologist, Dewberry
Morgan MacKenzie, MA, RPA, Maritime Archaeologist, Dewberry
Katherine Marcopul, Supervising Historic Preservation Specialist, Historic Preservation Office
Nicole (Nikki) Cooper Minnichbach, Cultural Resource Specialist and Tribal Liaison, US Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
Christopher P. Morris, MSc, Lead Maritime Archaeologist, Dewberry
Lynn Rakos, MA, RPA, Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Raymond E. Tubby Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc. (SEARCH) North Gulf Coast Office
Post Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts provided new information about the maritime and shoreline archaeological heritage of New Jersey. Beach replenishment and debris and sediment removal activities had the potential to impact significant historic and archaeological sites in and immediately adjacent to waterways. The archaeological work included historical research, side scan sonar and bathometry analysis, and archaeological monitoring/reconnaissance, to identify known and potential historic resources. Decisions were made about the best ways to protect these resources and guide disaster recovery teams. During this session, maritime and terrestrial archaeologists will provide examples and anecdotes about efforts to locate historic resources (such as shipwrecks), monitor missions, and identify unanticipated discoveries.
In order to understand, contextualize, and preserve historic buildings, recording structures by measured drawings is a valuable and necessary tool. In spite of new digital techniques, this low-tech approach is practical, affordable and effective. Hand-drawn scaled field notes can stand as a final record of a building. This workshop will give participants a hands-on experience in the methodology of measuring buildings and creating scaled field notes as a means of preservation treatment. The presentation will cover the purposes and uses of measuring drawings, a history of the method, principles of measuring, and use of measuring tools.
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Although they may be unprepared psychologically, they are certainly fortitled demographically to notice the problems their elders now face—isolation, loneliness, lack of respect, and above all, virtual disenfranchisement from the society they built. The number of people reaching the increasingly mythic retirement age of 65 has zoomed from about seven and a half million in the 1930s (when Social Security legislation decreed 65 as the age of obsolescence) to 34 million today. By the turn of the century, that figure will be 61.4 million.


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AG Holder Accused of Lying About Medical Marijuana Crackdown
by Phillip Smith
US Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday and defended his Justice Department's crackdown on medical marijuana cultivation and distribution.
Holder told committee members
the agency was only targeting only those medical marijuana businesses that were "acting out of conformity… with state law."
That had medical marijuana defenders up in arms at what they called his falsehoods. Advocates pointed to numerous dispensaries and other medical marijuana-related enterprises that were operating in compliance with state laws and with the support of local elected officials that have been raided by the DEA or subjected to other federal enforcement actions.
Holder's comments came in response to questioning from Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who pointed out that during his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama had promised that he wouldn't use "Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue."
Holder agreed that the Justice Department had broken with Bush administration policy and promised not to go after people operating in compliance with state laws. But large-scale growers and dispensaries have "come up with ways in which they are taking advantage of these state laws and going beyond that which the states have authorized," Holder added. "Those are the only cases we've being going after."
Nadler pointed out that since 2009, the DEA and federal prosecutors have raided almost 200 dispensaries and growers and indicted more than 60 medical marijuana providers on federal drug charges and again asked Holder to clarify.
Holder responded that the Justice Department is only going after "those individuals (and) organizations that are acting out of conformity... with state laws."
Holder added, however, that in some cases, mainly in Colorado, the department was also targeting dispensaries located "too close" to schools. Those enforcement actions were taken not because the dispensaries were violating state laws, but because they were inside the 1,000-foot range specified by an enhanced federal sentencing statute.
Holder "lied to the House Judiciary Committee" in saying the Justice Department was only going after dispensaries and growers that were not in compliance with state laws,"
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"What he said to our congressional representatives should be alarming not only to medical cannabis patients, but also to policymakers and the general public, because, based on all of the available information we have, it surely must be a lie," she wrote on the
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"The problem with Holder's statements is that the federal government's determination of compliance with state law is still fairly ambiguous, even arbitrary," MPP spokesman Morgan Fox told the Chronicle. "This makes it difficult for medical marijuana providers to know if they are safe, creating a chilling effect on the entire industry and resulting in pain, suffering, and potential danger for patients forced to resort to the illicit market."
The states should decide whether a dispensary is violating state law, he added.
"At the end of the day, it should be state authorities who determine if operators are in compliance with state law, not federal prosecutors who view the entire industry through a filter of illegality," Fox said. "Beyond that, using any federal resources to interfere with medical marijuana in states where it is legal is an inexcusable waste when there are far more serious problems that need attention."
CANORML was quick to point to a long list of California medical marijuana facilities that had been raided, threatened, or driven out of business by federal enforcers despite having sterling reputations, local official support, and complying with state laws and local regulations. Among them are many well-known and -respected operations including the Berkeley Patients Group, the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana, Richard Lee's Oaksterdam University and Blue Sky Coffee Shop, Mendocino County's Northstone Organics, and at least five San Francisco dispensaries, including the Vapor Room, Hope Net, Divinity Tree, Shambhala, and Medithrive.
CANORML noted that in all of those cases, local officials denounced the Justice Department enforcement actions, "but US Attorneys have insolently disregarded community sentiment."
And that's just in Northern California. US Attorneys in other parts of the state have been equally -- if not more -- active in going after medical marijuana providers. Just one day before Holder addressed the committee, federal prosecutors in Southern California announced
a crackdown on Los Angeles County dispensaries
, with the DEA raiding two dispensaries and federal prosecutors sending threat letters to 34 more.
The statewide crackdown has been ongoing since last October, when the state's four US Attorneys jointly announced their campaign to rein in the industry. According to ASA, the federal actions have forced more than 300 medical marijuana operations to shut down.
"It's simply not believable that all of these taxpaying businesses were operating in violation of state law," Sherer noted, before asking a series of pointed questions. "If they were, why didn't the state take part in the raids? Why didn't the state or local authorities issue arrest warrants? Why would state and local politicians stand up for businesses breaking state and local laws?"
And stand up they have. Local elected officials, state representatives, state officials, even California Attorney General Kamala Harris have all urged the feds to butt out.
Harris wrote to all four US Attorneys in December
, telling them the federal government was "ill-equipped" to interpret and enforce state medical marijuana laws.
The fight continues. On Wednesday, the same day the feds announced a new phase of their offensive in Southern California and the same day President Obama visited the Bay Area on a fundraising trip, three San Francisco supervisors wrote an
asking him to "keep the commitment he made to stop the federal government's attacks on medical cannabis."
For medical marijuana advocates, listening to Attorney General Holder saying he is only targeting operations in violation of state laws is bringing back memories of that old country and western music song: "Who are You Gonna Believe? Me or Your Lying Eyes?"
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Eric Holder is a worthless schill and a culpable criminal and any shit that comes spewing out of his pie hole does not reflect any thing remotley affiliated with WE the fucking People. He is a fuctard from the word go and should be in front of a judge who would see through his self rightous B.S. as to have the wimpy puke shackled and taken to jail, the worthless bitch. Wont' and can't do the job he is relagated to do but has time to make up shit and avoid giving answers on matters he should be damn awares of. Wothless lying fck knob. Why do we even have and Atty Gen? what are the qualifications? Being a maroon I suppose.
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I met Max Perelman, the project's research director, at a café. He was off to China to do a research project, talking to government officials and top developers to find out what was going on with China's green-building industry. He was going to produce a PDF for the Monterey Institute of International Studies that nobody was going to read. This is a subject that a lot of people have questions about, and there's very little out there. I said, "Let's make a film about it." Three weeks later, we were on a plane.
There were two: Architects, consultants, and green-building professionals in the USA, people who are asking, "Is it time for my technology or service in China?" The other was the more policy-related, in the States and in China, who are trying to understand how best to accelerate that industry by hearing what business leaders are talking about and the barriers that they're facing.
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As a small player, if you're foreign, it's going to be very difficult for you to find an edge in the China market. You will be copied if you have a successful product, and Chinese developers work with foreigners that are established and big. Because there are a flood of small entrepreneurial companies who have fantastic products that have a place in China, they're starting to form consortium groups where they join forces under one name, they have a series of products represented by one agent, and they sell group products rather than individual products.
There are optimists across China who really believe this is possible. China is set up in a very different way than we're used to. A common misconception is that the Chinese government can snap their fingers and make anything happen because it's a one-party state. There is a lot of disconnect between the central government and what the local governments do. It's not just about going green; it's about saving a huge amount of infrastructure costs. They're spending $35 billion a year on infrastructure costs for new second- and third-tier residential developments, and if they can save by building off the grid, then it gives them a huge incentive.
Jason Hu, deputy general manager of China Merchant Property Development Co., is a visionary developer. He is in touch with true sustainability. It's not just about using the latest technologies; it's about reconnecting with a cyclical philosophy, something that they have lost in the last 20 years or so. The majority of the Chinese people still live in a very low-tech way. Traditional Chinese architecture is in tune with its environment, from ventilation to the type of clay that they use in the roof for heat exchange. It minimizes resources. China has a great thing on its side— the fact that they have such a strong and ancient culture rooted in that type of philosophy.
We hope so. We have a distributor selling the film internationally, and we sent several copies to CCTV and Phoenix TV in China. If we did broadcast it in China, we have to cut a few sections that have any negative reference to the government because they're very sensitive to that.
China's committed to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent of GDP by 2010. The local governments have to prove they're meeting certain goals. There is a mandatory course that every mayor in China has to attend. A group working with the Central Party School to form the sustainability curriculum has asked us to produce a series of films to understand some of the pioneering projects in China and in other countries.
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Amtech, the market leading developer of software for the Building Services Industry, has broadened its long-standing partnership with Irish software specialist Xetec. Under this new agreement, Xetec will be the preferred reseller of all Amtech products in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Xetec has been selling Amtech's ProDesign, FastTest and Protect software to electrical designers and installers for over 15 years. The company will now include additional products for the mechanical and electrical sectors in its portfolio. These include Estimating, Job Costing, Accounts and Specification Writing software, as well as Luckins product and pricing data services.
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NEW YORK -- Grammy Award-winning singer Mariah Carey late Thursday christened the second new Disney cruise ship to debut in a year, the Disney Fantasy, in a star-studded ceremony at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal.
Standing alongside Disney CEO Bob Iger, Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Tom Staggs and a sailor-suited Mickey Mouse in the 2,500-passenger vessel's soaring atrium, Carey led an audience of hundreds of invited guests in a countdown that triggered a six-foot-tall faux champagne bottle to erupt in confetti.
"May God bless this ship and all who sail on it," Carey shouted as her husband, entertainer Nick Cannon, and Minnie Mouse were seen on screen breaking a real bottle of champagne against the side of the ship.
Earlier Carey got a cheer from the crowd as she sang the line "I'm a native New Yorker," adding that she was "going to love bringing my new babies here." Her twins were born less than a year ago.
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The upbeat ceremony followed an hour-long show in the ship's main theater headlined by actor Neil Patrick Harris, comedian Jerry Seinfeld and singer Heather Headley that included a cameo from New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Celebrities in the audience, most with Disney ties, included ESPN host Erin Andrews, Tim Gunn of Project Runway fame and television personality Ty Pennington.
In a nod to Disney's cross-promotional tendencies, Harris kicked off the evening by leading the Disney Fantasy's production cast in a tongue-in-cheek performance of the signature Mary Poppins song SuperCalifragilisticexpialidocious in which the word was replaced with "super splashy synergistic glitzy celebration."
Harris then introduced Seinfeld, who launched into a 15-minute monologue by marveling at his presence there. "Oh my god, I'm on a boat," Seinfeld joked. "Finally, I get to see what the end of my career will be like."
Completed last month, the Disney Fantasy arrived in New York on Tuesday after a 3,800-mile journey across the Atlantic from Germany, where is was built. It sets sail Friday for Port Canaveral, Fla., where it will be based year-round.
The Disney Fantasy is a sister to the much-heralded Disney Dream, which debuted last year, and it is debuting as Disney gears up for a major expansion that includes its first cruises out of New York, Seattle and Galveston, Texas. The two new ships are Disney's first in more than a decade and together are more than doubling the company's cruise capacity. See photos of the Disney Dream's most innovative features.
Scheduled to sail on its maiden voyage on March 31, the 1,250-cabin Disney Fantasy will operate alternating, seven-night sailings out of Port Canaveral to the Eastern and Western Caribbean.
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Maine's cheese makers opened their doors Sunday for the annual Open Creamery Day.
The event is sponsored by the Maine Cheese Guild.
Cheese makers like Tyler Renaud from Silvery Moon Creamery in Westbrook said the cheese industry in Maine has come a long way.
"The cheese industry in Maine is fairly young. In that respect, the consumer base has a lot to learn, but they seem like they're willing to learn and they seem very receptive to it."
Visitors to the creameries learned the stories and methods behind some of the state's 150 artisan cheeses. Creameries also opened their shops and brought out their sheep and cows.
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Schools in the Middle East have an opportunity to enter the Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity 2015 through the FP7 School Print Competition. Entries close on 11 December 2014...
18 Nov 2014 10:38
LONDON, UK: Social media sites have become "the command-and-control networks of choice for terrorists", the new head of Britain's electronic spying agency GCHQ says...
5 Nov 2014 11:06
DAMASCUS, SYRIA: Syria's official SANA news agency has launched a new service to reach Hebrew speakers despite officially being at war with Israel, the agency's director-general said on Monday.
4 Nov 2014 12:48
DAMASCUS, SYRIA: Residents of Syria's capital have set up a Facebook page to track near-daily mortar rounds fired by rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
6 Oct 2014 09:52
DAMASCUS, SYRIA: A pro-government Syria newspaper accused UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Thursday of encouraging "terrorism" and plotting the "destruction and dismantling of the Middle East."
4 Apr 2014 09:32
Syria, Iraq, Egypt most deadly nations for journalists. In South Africa, as and when the contraversial POIB becomes law, journalists could face very stiff penalties.
31 Dec 2013 06:44
NEW YORK CITY, US: The number of journalists killed and imprisoned fell in 2013 but it was still the second worst year on record for reporters in prison, a US-based watchdog said yesterday.
19 Dec 2013 09:47
Due to the complex political situation and ongoing conflict in Syria, new 'Nigerian' scams have become apparent.
31 Oct 2013 07:26
NEW YORK CITY, USA: The popular New York Times website returned to service on Wednesday, 28 August, after hackers forced it down for nearly a day, with a group backing Syria's government claiming responsibility.
29 Aug 2013 09:09
PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: On-going armed conflicts and insurgency make Syria and Somalia the world's most dangerous places for journalists, according to the annual figures on journalist deaths compiled by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
1 Feb 2013 09:47
PARIS, FRANCE, DARMSTADT, GERMANY: Newspaper executives from Libya and Egypt are participating in a new training programme from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA): the Media Professionals Programme, an innovative initiative to equip media executives with the tools to advance their careers and contribute to the growth of strong local media enterprises.
23 Oct 2012 12:55
DERAA, SYRIA: Reporters Without Borders has released a statement in which it expresses its shock on the news of the death sentence passed on Friday on the citizen journalist Mohammed Abdelmawla al-Hariri for "high treason and contacts with foreign parties". He was arrested on 16 April just after giving an interview to the television station Al-Jazeera about the situation in his hometown of Deraa.
21 May 2012 08:56
DAMASCAS, SYRIA: Authorities threaten foreign media, continue to arrest Syrian journalists and bloggers. The information ministry has threatened Arab and foreign media that are "illegally" in Syria, while Syrian journalists and bloggers continue to be arrested.
14 Mar 2012 08:42
DUBAI, UAE: The emerging Levant makes up a significant 10.1% of MENA Internet population according to research by Effective Measure, a leading provider of digital media planning solutions in emerging markets.
14 Mar 2012 08:34
DUBAI, UAE: The 6th Dubai Lynx Awards, one of the premier awards celebrating creative excellence in MENA's advertising and communications industry, has received a total of 2037 entries from 17 countries.
5 Mar 2012 08:33
NEW YORK, US: Global online consumer confidence fell for the seventh consecutive quarter as confidence in 31 of 56 global markets measured declined, according to from Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy.
9 Nov 2011 09:36
LONDON, UK: Record numbers of households across the Middle East and Africa are signing up for pay TV, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media.
2 Nov 2011 11:35
NEW YORK, US: Global advertising rose 8.8% year-on-year in Q1 to total US$118 billion* based on published rate cards, as advertisers spent more on television and continued to invest in booming consumer Asian and Latin American markets.
11 Jul 2011 12:07
OXFORD, UK: A leading expert on Islamic brands is highlighting the untapped potential in Islamic markets which most companies are failing to exploit.
29 Jun 2011 12:15
DERAA, SYRIA: Agence France-Presse has issued a statement to the effect that it was the only international media organisation to be able to get in to Deraa after a 10-day siege by Syrian security forces.
9 May 2011 08:18
PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The unparalleled recent events in the Middle East have offered newspapers an opportunity to make use of their youth pages and supplements to explain a complex situation. The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) have gathered some examples from around the world.
9 Mar 2011 06:02
DUBAI, UAE: Under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Chamber's Printing and Publishing Group (PPG), has announced the award winners of the fifth 'Dubai International Print Award 2011' during a gala dinner held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Dubai.
8 Feb 2011 08:32
NEW YORK, US: Consumer confidence fell in 25 out of 52 countries in Q4 2010 as hope for a global economic recovery evaporated at the end of last year, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index, which tracks consumer confidence, major concerns and spending intentions among online consumers.
27 Jan 2011 11:00
DUBAI, UAE: The number of mobile subscriptions in the Middle East crossed the 200 million mark in 3Q10 to reach 202 million at end-September, according to research by Informa Telecoms & Media. Driven by growth in the less-developed markets like Iran and Iraq, the region's mobile market is still growing strongly, with the number of mobile subscriptions in the region increasing by almost 20% over the year to end-September.
2 Dec 2010 09:31
LONDON, UK: Family firms around the world are confident about their future prospects, but many aren't doing enough to prepare themselves for the years ahead, says PwC. Nearly half still don't have a succession plan and of those that do, only 50% have decided who will take over the top job.
26 Nov 2010 08:06
DUBAI, UAE: The Dubai International Advertising Festival in 2011 will take place over two and a half days, 27- 29 March and the Dubai Lynx Awards, honouring North Africa and the Middle East's best work in advertising and creative communications, will be held on 30 March. Both events will take place for the first time at the Arabian coast resort, the Madinat Jumeirah, in Dubai.
12 Nov 2010 06:53
NUREMBERG, GERMANY: The global photo market is once again experiencing growth, after some regions recorded a decline in the previous year. For 2010, GfK Retail and Technology is forecasting sales of 141 million digital cameras, which even represents an increase on the high levels seen in 2008. These findings have been recorded in view of the upcoming photokina trade fair in Cologne.
20 Sep 2010 10:32
ATLANTA, US: CNN has announced the launch of a new initiative for journalism students, called CNN iReport University, linked to iReport, the network's user-generated news community.
16 Sep 2010 10:35