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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 10, 2008 NATO and Afghanistan are now intertwined, and the experience holds many lessons for the alliance's near- and long-term strategy, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
NATO's effort in Afghanistan shows not only how far the alliance has come from its original mission of confronting the Cold War era's Soviet threat, but also how far it has to go to become a force for the 21st century, the secretary said at the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy.
"There is little doubt that the mission in Afghanistan is unprecedented," Gates said. "It is, in fact, NATO's first ground war, and it is dramatically different than anything NATO has done before. However, on a conceptual level, I believe it falls squarely within the traditional bounds of the alliance's core purpose: to defend the security interests and values of the trans-Atlantic community."
With the fall of the Soviet Union, Western planners tried to imagine what the threats of the future would look like, the secretary said. "Afghanistan was, in reality, becoming exactly what we were discussing in theory," he said.
The threats to the world have profoundly changed, Gates said, and Afghanistan demonstrates them all. Instability and conflict abroad do threaten people thousands of miles away. Terrorists and criminals take advantage of the latest technologies to spread their hate or sell their goods. Economic, social and humanitarian problems know no borders. Drug traffickers find common ground with terrorists increasing the resources available to extremists in the region, while increasing the drug flow to European streets. Safe havens, combined with a lack of development and governance, "allow Islamic extremists to turn a poisonous ideology into a global movement," Gates said.
After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, NATO nations set out to transform the alliance. Leaders decided NATO needed an expeditionary force capable of dealing with threats of this type – capable of helping other nations help themselves to avoid Afghanistan's fate.
"At the time, I imagine many were unsure of what, exactly, this would look like – what new structures, training, funding, mindsets, and manpower would be needed," Gates said. "Since then, however, we have applied our vision on the ground in Afghanistan."
Today, 43,250 troops from some 40 allies and partner nations serve under NATO command, thousands of miles from the alliance's geographic borders. Growing numbers of reconstruction and security training teams are making a difference in the lives of the Afghan people. NATO's offensive and counterinsurgency operations in the South have dislodged the Taliban from their strongholds and reduced their ability to launch large-scale or coordinated attacks.
"Due to NATO's efforts, … Afghanistan has made substantial progress in health care, education, and the economy – bettering the lives of millions of its citizens," Gates said. "Through the Afghan mission, we have developed a much more sophisticated understanding of what capabilities we need as an alliance and what shortcomings must be addressed."
Since NATO's November 2006 summit in Riga, Latvia, Gates noted, there has been much focus on whether all allies are meeting their commitments and carrying their share of the burden.
"I have had a few things to say about that myself," he said. "In truth, virtually all allies are fulfilling the individual commitments they have made. The problem is that the alliance as a whole has not fulfilled its broader commitment from Riga to meet the force requirements of the commander in the field."
Gates said he wants the allies and associated nations to look at the requirements and try to find creative ways to fill them, and by doing so ensure all NATO countries contribute. "But we must not – we cannot – become a two-tiered alliance of those who are willing to fight and those who are not," he said. "Such a development, with all its implications for collective security, would effectively destroy the alliance."
NATO officials are working on a strategic vision document to assess the achievements the alliance and its partners have made in Afghanistan and produce a set of realistic goals and a roadmap to meet them over the next three to five years.
"We continue urgently to need a senior civilian – a European in my view – to coordinate all nonmilitary international assistance to the Afghan government and people," he said. "The lack of such coordination is seriously hampering our efforts to help the Afghans build a free and secure country. The really hard question the alliance faces is whether the whole of our effort is adding up to less than the sum of its parts, and, if that is the case, what we should do to reverse that equation."
The alliance must be willing to discard bureaucratic hurdles that have accumulated over the years and hinder progress in Afghanistan, Gates said.
"This means more willingness to think and act differently -- and quickly -- to pass initiatives such as the NATO Commander's Emergency Response Fund," he said. "This tool has proven itself elsewhere, but will, for NATO, require a more flexible approach to budgeting and funding."
NATO also needs a common set of training standards for everyone going to Afghanistan, he added, whether they are combat troops conducting counterinsurgency operations, civilians working in provincial reconstruction teams, or members of operational mentoring and liaison training teams.
"Unless we are all on the same page – unless our efforts are tied together and unified by similar tactics, training and goals – then the whole of our efforts will indeed be less than the sum of the parts," he said.
The secretary also said he's worried about a governmental theology "about a clear-cut division of labor between civilian and military matters – one that sometimes plays out in debates over the respective roles of the European Union and NATO, and even among the NATO allies." The argument echoes the same discussion in the United States that seeks to use all elements of national power against an enemy or ideology.
"For the United States, the lessons we have learned these past six years – and in many cases re-learned – have not been easy ones," Gates said. "We have stumbled along the way, and we are still learning. Now, in Iraq, we are applying a comprehensive strategy that emphasizes the security of the local population – those who will ultimately take control of their own security – and brings to bear in the same place and often at the same time civilian resources for economic and political development."
U.S. servicemembers have learned that war in the 21st century does not have stark divisions between civilian and military components, but a continuous scale that slides from combat operations to economic development, governance and reconstruction – frequently all at the same time, the secretary said.
"The alliance must put aside any theology that attempts clearly to divide civilian and military operations," he said. "It is unrealistic. We must live in the real world. As we noted as far back as 1991, in the real world, security has economic, political, and social dimensions, and vice versa.
"In the future, the EU and NATO will have to find ways to work together better, to share certain roles – neither excluding NATO from civilian-military operations nor barring the EU from purely military missions," he said. Gates added he fully agrees with comments yesterday by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and French Defense Minister Herve Morin that NATO and the EU must have a complementary relationship.
"At the same time, in NATO, some allies ought not to have the luxury of opting only for stability and civilian operations, thus forcing other allies to bear a disproportionate share of the fighting and the dying," Gates said.
The last few years have seen a dramatic evolution in NATO's thinking and in its posture, Gates said. "With all the new capabilities we have forged in the heat of battle – and with new attitudes – we are seeing what it means to be expeditionary," he said. "We must now commit ourselves to institutionalize what we have learned and to complete our transformation."
Gates said the alliance must find the resolve to work together through a new set of challenges "so that, many years from now, our children and their children will look back on this period as a time when we recommitted ourselves to the common ideals that bind us together -- a time when we again faced a threat to peace and to our liberty squarely and courageously, a time when we again shed blood and helped war devastated people nourish the seeds of freedom and foster peaceful, productive societies."
"That mission drew us together in 1948 and keeps us together today," he said.
Related Sites:Speech TranscriptNATONATO International Security Assistance ForceMunich Conference on Security Policy DoD Web Special: Travels With Gates
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SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko picked up wins in seven events to down Northfield, Manchester and Lakeland Christian in a four-way boys' home track meet Tuesday night.
Whitko's boys picked up 98.5 points to top Northfield, who scored 85.5. Manchester was third with 58 points, and Lakeland Christian fourth with 1 point.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko's baseball team handled Triton 12-1 in five innings Tuesday night behind a 10-run explosion from its offense in the fourth inning.
After the first inning ended with a scoreless tie, the game remained close after three with a 2-1 Wildcat lead. The Triton Trojans struggled to contain Whitko batters in the fourth, allowing 10 runs before ending the Wildcat rally.
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City's girls placed second in a three-way meet with Northeast Hoosier Conference foes New Haven and East Noble. East Noble scored 74 points to Columbia City's 54, with New Haven finishing third with 38 points.
The Lady Eagles started the meet with a win in the 3,200-meter relay. The team of Morgan Von Seggern, Samina Qureshi, Lauren Keller and Hannah Wappes finished in 10:46 for the win. Wappes also picked up a win in the 800-meter run.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Monday night in South Whitley, Whitko's Haley Yohe smacked a double in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead Whitko to a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Oak Hill.
COLUMBIA CITY — Columbia City's girls tennis team played host to Whitko High School Monday night at DeVol Field.
The Lady Eagles took wins in all matches but one, winning by a 4-1 score.
CHURUBUSCO — Churubusco's Eagle baseball team used an outstanding pitching performance by Jacob Howe and just enough offense to send the Hamilton Marines down to a 5-0 defeat in the opening game of the the 2015 Northeast Corner Conference baseball tournament Monday night at Churubusco.
Howe faced only 23 batters, two over the minimum, while pitching a one-hit shutout of the Marines. Howe also recorded 13 strikeouts in the seven innings.
GOSHEN —Columbia City's boys' track team competed in a cold and rainy Goshen Relays Saturday. The Eagles competed in the small school division placing 14th out of 20 schools with a score of 41.5 points.
The Eagles were paced by two first-place finishes. In the sprint medley relay, the Columbia City team of Heath Atkins, Noah Judd, Tim Hearld and Andrew McFarland took the win in a time of 1:39.5.
LIGONIER — Churubusco's baseball team took a 13-9 win over the host West Noble Chargers Friday evening.
The Eagles used a strong offense, highlighted by two four-run innings to down the Chargers.
West Noble broke on top, getting a single run in the bottom of the first inning. Churubusco came back to put up four runs in the top of the second to go up 4-1.
FORT WAYNE — No. 16-ranked Columbia City took third at Saturday's Concordia Golf Invitational at the Foster Park golf course.
The Eagles shot 312, placing behind Leo and Bishop Dwenger, who both scored 301. When the tie couldn't be broken on the fifth golfer's score, the top five for Leo and Dwenger went out for a one-hole playoff to decide the winner.
CHURUBUSCO — Churubusco's girls track team hosted the Turtle Town Classic invitational Saturday, despite blowing rain and cool temperatures.
The host team placed fifth in the Black division, comprised of smaller schools.


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Adopted from the pristine shape of an alabaster box, this house features all the clean lines and a contemporary design. As you can see this house is compared to a blank canvas that is ready to brush with the paint. However, its design is simple and has a silhouette shape. But it is proud of its pale monotone paint that makes it stands out from the others.
This minimalist house is situated in Zaragoza Spain which also called as the Moliner House. It has two focal points in the building. The library in this house is considered to have a highest point. It has a high wall light propagates through a large translucent glass. On the other hand, there is a bedroom that seems to be located in the cave because it considered being the lowest point.
Besides it has a garden space with a large translucent wall that connects the inside and the outside room. It has a park outside which covered by a concrete wall. According to the designer, this house is inspired and intended for the poet. They build this house for dreaming, living and dying. So let's see the pictures of the different areas of this Moliner house below.
The architects also create an interior world. They dug into the ground just to plant leafy trees. It seems like a box floating in the center surrounded with translucent lights of the north. They presented three levels here, the highest level is for dreaming, the garden is for living and the deepest level is for sleeping. Then we can say that this is the ideal house for a poet.
This minimalist Moliner House was designed by the Alberto Campo Baeza. Exclusively it is intended for the mood of the poet. The architects were able to invent a house design where the poet can find his inspiration to write and read his favorite book as well. Indeed for a lover of arts this home is truly a perfect place for dreaming, living and dying.


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God's Unmistaken CreationDecember 27, 2011
Author: By Kristal Dahlager
No single person possesses every skill or talent imaginable. To say that limitation equals weakness would mean that each person is weak. We are all created uniquely; thus, each person is necessary and valuable. If we existed without limitations, we would be self-sufficient and, therefore, no one would have value.
Our world would be a very different place if existence was measured by limitations. Our lives would be drastically void of what is often considered the very finest talent. For example, doctors advised the parents of singing sensation Susan Boyle to abort her because "they feared physical complications."1 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow's devotion to God and his football success would be nonexistent if his parents took the doctor's advice to abort him.2 Further, we would not be blessed by renowned opera singer Andrea Bocelli's beautiful voice if his parents aborted him due to his possible disability.3
If a sliding scale of limitation measurement existed, I may not have the opportunity to share this story with you. On March 17, 1987, my mother went into labor with me. Due to complications, she was flown to a hospital better suited for my delivery. Upon arrival, the doctors performed several tests and determined I had heart problems, a mineral deficiency, my brains were in a mass at the base of my neck along with my spinal cord, and I had no arms or legs. If birthed naturally, my skull would be crushed due to the mineral deficiency, resulting in death. If the doctors performed a Cesarean section, I could live. Although highly discouraged bythe doctors, my mother chose the Cesarean. On March 18, 1987, I entered the world, and the doctors were wrong. My heart, brain, and spinal cord were intact. I also had arms and legs, but with limited range of motion. The doctors saw this abnormality as weakness. They recommended that my mother and father leave me in an institution. In the doctors' opinions, I would never amount to anything. Again, they were wrong. I walked with the use of leg braces and arm crutches and continued on to earn a bachelor of science in statistics and actuarial science. By the grace of God, I currently attend Liberty University School of Law with hopes of becoming a business lawyer.
Contrary to popular belief, the term "disability" is not interchangeable with the term "weakness." As misconceptions concerning disabilities spread throughout society, unborn children with disabilities become victims of targeted abortions. This article proposes that legislation be implemented to put an end to these targeted abortions.
For centuries, society has viewed persons with disabilities as less valuable than able-bodied persons. There is a misconception that they cannot economically contribute to society and they cause an undue burden on those who care for them. For example, Dr. Foster Kennedy's4 thoughts on the life of a disabled person are as follows:
So the place for euthanasia, I believe, is for the completely hopeless defective: nature's mistake: something we hustle out of sight, which should never have been seen at all. These should be relieved of the burden of living, because for them the burden of living at no time can produce any good thing at all … For us to allow them to continue such a living is sheer sentimentality, and cruel too; we deny them as much solace as we give our stricken horse. Here we may most kindly kill, and have no fear of error.5
Doctors with beliefs like Kennedy ignore the opportunities to invest in the lives of those with disabilities.
It is the recognition of our Holy God's unmistaken creation that beckons individuals to entrust their future to Him and choose life. My parents chose life. They changed to a different hospital soon after I was born. At the new hospital, I was under the care of a doctor who believed in my potential and because of his work with me, I am here today with a high level of functionality.
My initial doctors were neither willing to invest the time in, nor saw the value in saving and cultivating my life. Fortunately, my parents and my new doctor fought for me. What about those who do not have caring parents or the ability to change doctors? Who believes in and fights for them? In law, even the most indigent person has the right to representation through a public defender. One could commit the worst crime and still have representation. The law fights for the criminal, why not make the law fight for the innocent life targeted for abortion based on disability? One human being should not be given the right to determine whether a human life is more or less valuable than another. If doctors do not regard these lives as significant, then legislation needs to protect those unborn lives.
Fortunately, people are beginning to notice a need for protecting unborn children with disabilities. Kansas House committee passed a bill February 18, 2011, that restricts abortions after twenty-two weeks due to fetuses' ability to experience pain.6 Nevertheless, efforts were made to amend the bill by suggesting a provision that allowed women to abort after twenty-two weeks when there is a fetal defect. Thankfully, Republicans on the committee did not allow this exception, attempting to protect unborn children with disabilities. Every individual, irrespective of talent, has purpose from the Lord. Someone else's limitations may in fact be the very gift that blesses your life in a manner that makes your life complete.
1 Peter J. Smith, Susan Boyle: Docs Told Mum to Abort Me, LIFESITENEWS.COM (Oct. 15, 2010, 11:15 AM), http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2010/oct/10101512.
2 Doctors Told Tim Tebow's Mom to Abort Tim Tebow, MARY'S ANAWIM (Aug. 2, 2009, 9:15 AM), http://marysanawim.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/doctor-told-tim-tebows-mom-to-abort-tim-tebow.
3 John Hooper, Tenor's Story Acclaimed by Anti-Abortion Campaigners: Andrea Boccelli Recounts How His Mother Decided Not to Terminate the Pregnancy and then He was Born, THE GUARDIAN (June 10, 2010), http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/10/andrea-bocelli-abortion-italy.
4 See generally Robert Foster Kennedy, The Problem of Social Control of the Congenital Defective: Education, Sterilization, Euthanasia, 99 AM. J. PSYCHIATRY 13 (1942).
5 Carol J. Gill, Health Professionals, Disability, and Assisted Suicide: An Examination of Relevant Empirical Evidence and Reply to Batavia, 6 PHYCHOL. PUB. POL'Y & L. 526, 531 (2003).
6 Deb Gruver, House Panel OKs Abortion Bill, WICHITA EAGLE (Feb. 19, 2011), http://www.kansas.com/2011/02/19/1727347/house-panel-oks-abortion-bill.html#ixzz1GJ7N6nnP.


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Jan. 30, 2010
Riverside, Calif. - It was indeed a good weekend for the Cal State Northridge women's water polo team.
The Matadors finished the two-day Cal Baptist tournament with two wins on Saturday including a 10-9 victory over Cal Baptist, and a 13-2 decision over Fresno Pacific.
In the first game of the day, Chelsea Curran scored what proved to be the game-winning goal with 7:06 seconds to play in the fourth period to give unbeaten Cal State Northridge a 10-9 decision over Cal Baptist.
The Matadors led 9-6 after three periods and Curran added an insurance goal early in the fourth period to give CSUN a 10-6 lead. But Cal Baptist scored three straight goals in the final four minutes in the final period to make the game close.
Whitney Delgado and Sydney Sonoda each scored three goals. Delgado scored all three of her goals in the first period.
Jillian Stapf collected seven saves in goal.
In the second game of the day, it was no contest as Cal State Northridge raced to a 4-1 first period lead, 5-2 at halftime, and 10-2 after three quarters.
Bethany Scamara scored a career-high three goals (all in the third period) to lead the Matadors to victory. Eight different Matadors scored at least one goal in the win.
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The Lady Cavs rushed the ball up the floor after the Lady Bear three-pointer and Kalkhof drained a spot-up jumper from a stride beyond the right wing.
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The Lady Cavs had the last run in a game of runs and finally put the Lady Bears away, which was a chore.
Gray's Creek opened the game taking an 11-5 lead. Kylee William hit two jumpers for five points and forward Kristel Black scored four points inside.
Southern Lee trailed 13-12 after a quarter and edged ahead 17-15 at halftime.
The Lady Cavs scored the first seven points of the third quarter, only for Gray's Creek to hold the Cavs to two points in the last five-plus minutes of the quarter and chip Southern Lee's lead down to 26-22 with a quarter to go.
Southern Lee got a hoop from Ashley Owens, as she got the ball at the high post and drove down the lane for a lay-up, to score first in the fourth period. Erin Pickens made a three-point play in the paint to take the Lady Cavalier lead to 31-22. Southern Lee led 33-24 before the Lady Bears came back to tie the game.
Kalkhof's six straight points spurred the Lady Cavs back to a nine-point lead. The Lady Cavs left a bunch of free throws on the foul line down the stretch, allowing Gray's Creek to get back as close as five points, 43-38, but no closer.
Kalkhof led the Lady Cavs with 13 points. Owens had 11 points and seven rebounds. Point guard Brianna Taylor had eight points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Pickens finished with eight points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists.
Black led Gray's Creek with 10 points and 15 rebounds. William, Jayln Tayor and Taylor Williams scored eight points each.
The Lady Cavaliers begin the second half of their Cape Fear Valley slate on Friday, hosting Western Harnett at 6:30 p.m. Southern Lee beat Western Harnett 32-26 back on Dec. 11.


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It all began quite innocently enough. I was in the lobby of the Bowling Green Post Office, stamping my wife's newsletters. A man, crusty in both appearance and spirit, leaned next to me to complain about the postal service. From there he moved onto other topics, weaving them together in such a way as to suggest the imminent demise of our great nation. I kept quiet, stamping the newsletters.
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When I told him it was my country too, he left, telling me as he walked away, "no it isn't, you do not belong here."
I walked into Panera Bread for my daily dose of caffeine. An aspiring writer and I began to talk. The discussion went all over the place, from drug addiction to tattooing to existentialism to writing. Though she made some observations that were a bit unsettling to a person in my line of work, I was struck by her enthusiasm and intellect; it was my second adventure in 30 minutes.
About an half an hour later a man stopped by my office. He called himself "the Peacewalker." He has walked 5,000 miles in non-violent protest to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. We sat in my office and talked. He shared some stories and then he wished me God's blessing as he left; it was adventure No. 3.
I can't say every Tuesday morning is like this. The muses were obviously working overtime. What a range of opinion, expression and daring. I wonder how do we do it? How do we keep this diverse and pluralistic nation of ours from coming apart at the seams? I once heard a historian suggest that America was a nation born with two distinct visions. The Hamiltonian vision (Alexander Hamilton) was focused on the market place, the individual, and an established leadership class. The other, the Jeffersonian vision (Thomas Jefferson), was centered on the community and an informed and educated citizenry that becomes the seedbed for leadership. Over time the Hamiltonians morphed into the libertarians and the GOP, the Jeffersonians into the progressives and the DEMS.
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Then, there is that crusty soul who wants to invalidate my citizenship because I am "a liberal" whatever that means. Even though his opinions were so extreme they were easily dismissible, I must confess it was unsettling to hear that I did not belong in the land of my birth. For the first time I had a taste, just a small one, of what those who have been and are marginalized in our society must know on a daily basis.
What do we do with those who seem incapable of holding these two foundational visions in a creative and healthy tension with each other? What do we do with the intolerant?
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The intense pace of job destruction finally moderated in May as U.S. nonfarm payrolls declined by 345,000 — the fewest jobs lost in eight months, the Labor Department reported Friday.
This headline raised hopes in some quarters that job creation might begin to improve before the real estate sector. We beg to differ, since real estate is already showing recovery signs, as existing and new-home sales have essentially stabilized, though prices are still falling in some areas.
In fact the unemployment rate rose to 9.4 percent, a 26-year high, as more workers flooded into the market looking for work. So the May jobs picture was a mixed result, especially since Barron's pointed out that the Labor Department's so-called 'birth-death' rate added an additional 220,000 jobs. These are jobs attributed to natural population growth that hasn't been confirmed. Those jobs may or may not be there, in other words, and so subject to revision.
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The village of Leesville has filed a petition in Carroll County Common Pleas Court to acquire real estate by eminent domain to construct a sanitary sewer system.
The petition was filed in Carroll County Common Pleas Court against Joe Nign of 8141 Deacon Rd. SW, Bowerston, whom, with his wife, Catherine, own three parcels of land containing approximately 21.43 acres near the village limits. The village would like to purchase between one and two acres to construct a sanitary sewer system collection and processing plant and another acre for an easement.
Leesville Solicitor Jason Jackson said the village is entitled to the land because it is for public use, but the question of compensation is what the village is asking the court to decide.
"We checked property values in the Carroll County Auditors office and feel fair market value is about $1,000 per acre for the easement and $2,000 per acre for the land," he said. "We actually only need about one acre to build the plant."
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The Litchurch Lane firm is due to achieve the feat on Wednesday.
Bombardier's partnership with Southern dates back to July, 2002. Since then it has delivered several new fleets to the train operator.
In recent years it has secured three orders, which have helped the firm to remain busy after losing out on the £1.6 billion Thameslink to German firm Siemens in 2011.
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The orders include 130 carriages, which helped Southern deliver much-needed extra capacity on some of its busiest Metro routes.
Bombardier is currently building 40 vehicles, which will operate on Southern's busy West London Line.
Chris Burchell, managing director of Southern, said: "It is timely that this milestone has been reached in the year that marks the 175th anniversary of the rail industry in Derby.
"The great contribution made by Derby engineers to rail travel in Britain continues and there are millions of Southern passengers who are, and who will continue to benefit, from the trains they produce."
Dr Francis Paonessa, UK managing director of Bombardier, said: "This milestone demonstrates the enduring and highly successful partnership with our customers, Southern and Porterbrook, who have shown great confidence in our Electrostar trains – a fleet that has continuously evolved in line with passengers' requirements for comfort and shorter journey times."
Financing for the Southern trains has come from Derby-based Porterbrook Leasing.
Managing director Paul Francis said: "Over the last 11 years, we have procured a total of 1,006 new vehicles for the operator, making them our largest customer.
"This demonstrates Porterbrook's commitment to continued growth of the rail industry and shows the importance of these new trains, built in Derby, in achieving this 175-year milestone."
The relationship is set to continue as Bombardier is due to start making 116 more carriages, which Southern is buying on behalf of the Department for Transport. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "I want to congratulate Bombardier on building the 1,000th carriage for Southern.
"This work has helped secure the future of the company and is another success story for the city of Derby and the UK's train building industry."
Meanwhile, a £1 billion carriages deal secured by Bombardier's Derby site has helped boost overall sales at the firm.
In its financial results covering the first three months of this year, Canadian-based Bombardier Transportation achieved global sales of $2.3 billion, which is £200 million more than the same period last year
In total, the company secured $8 billion of new orders – including the Crossrail contract, which was awarded to the firm's Litchurch Lane factory in February by Transport for London. The deal, which is for 65 carriages, secures the future of the Derby site for a number of years.


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Defense finally showing some fire, eh?
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Defense finally showing some fire, eh?
nice three n out, at least kill some clock here
Eat this clock and pound the rock.
Is Rice in the dog house?
Gotta wonder how much time the NFLN people put in on that Faulk-Rice montage there.
8 men in the box....we're going to see that the rest of this game.
Jacoby Jones.
torrey smith limped off
Doss has to catch that.
Show the damn replay!
Horrible job by special teams
This was what we didn't need....
Specials just gave the Brownies a shot
ugly ugly game just want to get out of this with a w
Damn, dodged a bullet--Benjamin can fly.
Why do we always play like poo vs. the Browns?
It'd be nice if our offense could pick up a couple first downs and just run the damn clock out.
Why can't wrs get open when joe has time?


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Fisker to Receive Additional $85M in VC Funds for Plug-In Hybrid Cars Development
Future plans include a lower priced vehicle
Fisker has announced that they have secured an additional $85 million dollars in venture capital funding for the development and manufacturing of the Karma plug-in hybrid.
The new financing comes from several sources including New York-based Eco-Drive Partners, an unnamed European-American investment consortium, as well as California-based venture capitol firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. According to Fisker CEO, Henrik Fisker, "This investment is a strong endorsement of our business model and future product offerings in a challenging business environment." While the deal isn't official as of yet, the company expects everything to be completed by the end of the month.
Fisker's Karma plug-in hybrid sedan will go into production later this year with a hefty $87,900 price tag (before tax credits). The four-seater features the ability to travel up to 50 miles (80 km) on electricity alone before a GM-sourced 260 horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine kicks in to recharge the Lithium-ion batteries. Thanks to the use of the gasoline engine, the Karma will have a range of up to 300 miles (480 km) and a stellar estimated fuel economy rating of 100 mpg (2.35L/100km).
The company also hinted that the additional funding will enable them to produce a "lower cost vehicle" which should help them compete with the upcoming $50,000 Tesla Model S.
Fisker Automotive to Receive Additional $85M for Development of Plug-In Hybrid Cars
Fisker Automotive, Inc., a leading producer of advanced green technology automobiles, announced today it has entered into definitive agreements to receive an additional $85 million in venture capital funding for the development and manufacturing of its Karma plug-in hybrid automobiles. The financing is expected to be completed this month and will be the fourth and largest investment round since the company's inception in August 2007.
New York-based Eco-Drive (Capital) Partners LLC, a European-American investment consortium, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, an early investor in Fisker, have together agreed to provide the capital.
"The investment by Eco-Drive and Kleiner Perkins validates our vision of joining together the advances in technology for plug-in hybrid powertrains with the ecochic beauty and eco-conscious comfort of the Fisker Karma. We are proud to have Eco-Drive behind us, and to see Kleiner Perkins reaffirm its confidence in our future direction," said Henrik Fisker, Fisker Automotive CEO. "This investment is a strong endorsement of our business model and future product offerings in a challenging business environment."
Fisker Automotive's debut model, the 2010 Fisker Karma, is expected to be the first plug-in hybrid car to market when early production vehicles come off the assembly line late this year. The 2010 Karma, planned to retail for $87,900 before tax credits, is designed to travel approximately 50 miles emission-free, powered by a Lithium-ion battery that can be charged in a few hours from any 110- or 240-volt household outlet. After 50 miles, a 2.0 liter gasoline engine runs a generator that can power the car's electric motors for another 250 miles before refueling.
The company recently announced a nationwide network of more than 30 prestigious retailers that are expected to market and service the vehicles. Future plans include a lower cost vehicle.