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June 24, 2011
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FORT MCCOY, Wis. -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command announced the winners of the 2011 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition today at the American Legion Post in Sparta, Wis.
The 2011 Army Reserve Best Warrior (Non-Commissioned Officer category) is Sgt. Christopher R. Couchot, a senior transmission systems operator-maintainer whose hometown is Sidney, Ohio. Couchot represented the 335th Signal Command in the competition.
The 2011 Army Reserve Best Warrior (Soldier category) is Spc. Ryan J. Barger, a military policeman whose hometown is Orleans, Mich. Barger, who resides in Allendale, Mich., represented the 200th Military Police Command in the competition.
"I feel absolutely honored to be able to come out here and compete with all the competitors," said Barger. "It's truly the best of the best in the Army Reserve. Honestly this is the best of the best. Anyone could have taken it. I was fortunate to be the one."
Couchot and Barger will go on to represent the Army Reserve in the Department of the Army (DA) Best Warrior Competition in October at Fort Lee, Va.
"We're gonna take it to the DA and I promise I will represent you well," Couchot said. "It will be interesting to see what the competition will be like at DA, because I thought it was stiff"the competition out here, and it will be interesting to see what the active duty side has to offer."
Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, Chief of the Army Reserve, who was at the awards banquet, offered his words of congratulations to the competitors, and he said that their accomplishments get people's attention.
"When I get out and talk about Soldiers that I've been out and visited and saw what they've done and how they performed, people in Congress, people in the American public start to listen," Stultz said.
Other honors at the awards banquet were as follows:
Best Warrior runner-up (Non-Commissioned Officer category): Staff Sgt. Conrad H. Nazar Jr., 88th Regional Support Command. Hometown: Lorain, Ohio; currently resides in Tomah, Wis.
Best Warrior runner-up (Soldier category): Spc. Wade J. Saunders, 335th Signal Command. Hometown: Pickens, S.C.
Highest Army Physical Fitness Score: Spec. Wade J. Saunders, 335th Signal Command. Hometown: Pickens, S.C.
Highest Weapons Qualification: Staff Sgt. Janine M. Smeltz, 377th Theater Sustainment Command. Hometown: Herndon, Pa., currently resides in Lykens, Pa.
Heavyweight Combatives: Spc. Aurelio O. Hernandez, 412th Theater Engineer Command. Hometown: Hollister, Calif.
Lightweight Combatives: Sgt. Gustavo Negrete, Jr., 79th Sustainment Support Command. Hometown: La Puente, Calif., currently resides in Los Alamitos, Calif.
The 43 Soldiers competing in this week's Best Warrior Competition represented 205,000 Soldiers in the U.S. Army Reserve.
The competitors spent the week on a variety of Army challenges that tried their mettle in tests of skill such as weapons qualification, a ruck march, land navigation, Army combatives, first aid, and weapons assembly.
Their military backgrounds and experience represent the entire spectrum of the Army Reserve. Many have deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. Their career fields include military police, healthcare, mechanics, human resources, intelligence, chaplain assistant and engineering. They represent a wide cross-section of America, hailing from various states across the United States.


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As the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, the Founder Institute looks to help solve problems for entrepreneurs that threaten innovation.
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There are pitfalls for both candidates. Still, this may be the most stressful thing Mitt Romney has ever done.
The arrival of the first debate means one thing: the end of the debate expectations game. It's not a game so much as a chore. When aides to presidential candidates are forced to downplay their boss' debating skills, it's an embarrassment for everyone concerned: the candidate being dressed in short pants and the press corps who has to treat the game like it's news. It's particularly sad for the campaign official who plays this charade knowing that the moment the debate ends he will switch immediately to boasting about his boss' superhuman performance. When the candidates themselves engage in the expectations-management game, as they both have, it does not instill confidence.
The expectations game is a sham, which is too bad because the debates are already pretty full of nonsense. The answers are typically thin and after they are traded, aides from both parties engage in a furious round of spinning not connected to reality. Nominally the exercise is related to the debate that just transpired, but the script is already written. After each debate, the campaigns will be making the same arguments that they have been making for months. It's just up to the candidates to produce material during the 90 minutes that helps their handlers make the case. For Mitt Romney, the task is to present his policies in a way that is appealing and specific enough that voters can imagine their lives getting better. President Obama has to reiterate the message that he has been offering for months: He's working hard and the recovery, while slow, will pick up as long as the country doesn't flirt with embracing the GOP again.
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Here's where the political situation stands going into the first debate. The Realclearpolitics national average of polls show Obama with a 3.2 point lead over Romney. The average of polls in some battleground states shows the president with a slightly larger lead. (5.5 in Ohio; 5.2 in Nevada) Romney has been on the defensive for the last few weeks. Not only has he been battling to regain his message from his spotty response to the Libya attacks and the release of a secretly recorded video in which he disparaged Obama voters, but he's also battling to figure out what his message is. Is he going to focus just on the economy? Or does he have an opening on foreign policy issues? Monday night in Denver he was in many places at once, talking about all of those things, plus union ballots and Solyndra.
In a sense, Romney's team won the expectations-management game: The public thinks Obama will win the debate. According to a Pew Research survey, 51 percent to 29 percent think Obama will fare better on Wednesday night. The people, once again, are wise. Of course, Obama should be expected to do better. He is well-schooled in high-pressure, high-stress performances. He's not a great debater, but he's done many more stressful things during his time as president. For Mitt Romney, on the other hand, this is arguably the most stressful thing he has ever done in his life. People find the president more likable, according to the polls, so the audience is more likely to be on his side. And, he is ahead in the polls. If it's a tie, Obama wins.
What Romney has learned in the course of the general election is that this election is not simply going to be a referendum on Obama. If it were, Obama would be losing. In a strange way, because of Romney's comments about the 47 percent who won't vote for him, the race has become a referendum on Romney. Obama won't simply crumble if he is asked about the economy and just repeats his talking points. That means Romney has two jobs: He has to prove that change is necessary and that he's the guy who can bring that change.
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The Flyers on Friday announced Ray Emery is day to day with a lower-body injury and goalie Cal Heeter was recalled from the Phantoms on an emergency basis.
Emery suffered the injury in Thursday's 7-3 loss to the Sharks. The 31-year-old replaced Steve Mason in the second period before exiting in the third.
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Heeter was also suspended three games for his part in a line brawl between the Phantoms and Portland Pirates on Feb. 17. That suspension expired with the Phantoms' game vs. the Utica Comets Friday night.
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text: Nasa announce new Mars rover to launch in 2020 Technology 05 December 12 by Adam Mann Nasa Nasa's Curiosity rover is getting a younger brother. A new robotic probe made mostly out of Curiosity's spare parts and systems will be launched to Mars in 2020 and begin exploring the planet."The new science rover builds off the tremendous success from Curiosity and will have new instruments," said Nasa associate administrator of science John Grunsfeld during a completely packed Nasa Town Hall lecture here at the 2012 American Geophysical Union conference on 4 December. He added that the agency has budgeted $1.5 billion (£930 million) for the mission over the years leading up to launch, though the figure is pending congressional approval.In the coming months, Nasa will place a call for new instrument ideas from the scientific community. One possibility that Grunsfeld mentioned was to have the new rover collect and store samples that a later mission could retrieve and return to Earth for scientists to inspect here. Such a sample-return mission has long been a dream of the planetary science community since it would allow them to conduct experiments that would be impossible on Mars."We are ready to cache samples," said astronomer Steve Squyres of Cornell University, who leads the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers team and chaired the planetary science decadal, which outlined which missions scientists would like Nasa to conduct over the next 10 years.But there are already concerns within the planetary science community about the cost of such a mission and whether or not Nasa could better spend its money elsewhere. Curiosity famously ran over budget and was delayed two years, eventually costing $2.5 billion (£1.5 billion). Furthermore, there are other planets in the solar system that could be explored. Scientists who study places like Saturn or the icy moons of Jupiter seemed particularly stunned by the news."Nasa doesn't apparently value anything besides Mars. I just. I don't. I have nothing," tweeted planetary scientist Sarah Horst from the University of Colorado, who studies the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.Considering Nasa's current budget woes, which have hit planetary science particularly hard, there are worries that any cost overruns on this new Mars mission might affect Discovery or New Horizons missions, which have often funded spacecraft to asteroids, moons, and other bodies in the solar system. At least at the AGU Town Hall meeting, Nasa seemed particularly Mars focused, mentioning several Red Planet missions it would launch or participate in with international partners, such as the InSight drilling probe, but addressing no other new missions. Source: Wired.com Edited by David Cornish Latest on wired.co.uk


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New CryoSat Data: 3,000km³ loss between latest Winters
Good timing: Between a storm that took one million km² within one week from extent and the next record low the UCL finally releases long awaited concrete numbers from the CryoSat 2 Mission. The take away message is the trend strongly indicates an ice free Arctic around 2020. That fits nicely to the PIOMAS trend in this chart. The broader picture is within one generation (30y) we will have removed more than 6 million km² from Earth's reflecting September ice shield.
Here's an interesting BBC Radio interview with Seymour Laxon of the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9744000/9744378.stm
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Rail users are experiencing delays after a boat hit a railway bridge between Norwich and Brundall. Engineers from Network Rail are on the way to inspect the damage.
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Five railway signal boxes in our region are being listed by English Heritage to protect them from closure.
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Well, the MP3 player got a heck of a workout today.
After a four hour plus drive to Syracuse this morning I arrived in town only to take an extra lap around Carrier Circle after getting off Interstate 90. Talk about confusing. Finally figured out which road to squeeze off of the Waterford Speedbowl like traffic oval to find my hotel.
Haven't seen much of Syracuse besides the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, which I experienced tonight with a few other members of the traveling media horde. Definitely worth the wait. A dive no doubt, but an outstanding dive to say the least.
Got up bright and early this morning and made the drive to Syracuse in just a little over four hours. Quite a trip, a lot of nothing to see.
But it turned out to be a bit of trip down memory lane for me.
I've never been to Syracuse, but there was a time when the trip down Interstate 90 through New York was a pretty regular occurrence for me. Driving it today definitely brought back the memories and proved to be a huge wake up for me as far as how fast time goes by.
OK, so here is where the Wonder Years meets Larry The Cable Guy.
I used to spend many fall weekends in the town of Richfield Springs, N.Y. Right at the KOA Campground to be exact. Yeah, the address might say Cooperstown, but it's really in Richfield Springs.
When I was growing up a lot of my time revolved around archery and hunting deer. Countless weekends were spent in the woods of Richfield Springs during deer season in the fall. The memories flooded back this morning driving the route dad used to drive us so many times.
And then it hit me. I was 14 years old when I shot my first deer. When I did it it felt like a lifetime of waiting was over.
I started shooting a bow when I was about 6 years old and I wouldn't even want to begin counting the hours I spent practicing in the backyard. Hours and hours on end, arrow after arrow. I started competing in tournaments before I was 10. There was a group of us that did it nearly every weekend. My father, my younger brother and my father's buddy and his two sons. Throughout the year we raided tournaments everywhere, us four kids taking all the trophies on a weekly basis. When I was 12 years old I didn't understand why other kids were so upset when we showed up at tournaments. I figured out later it was because they knew the only competition in the youth divisions would be between the four us. We practiced so much and became so good that they made us shoot from adult ranges and from there we were beating most of the men that showed up. I loved shooting and all I thought about was the day I could go hunting with my dad.
Never did I think about what a climactic and yet eventually deflating occurrence it would be. I was 14 when my dad finally let me go by myself. I had spent enough years accompanying him that I was ready to do it myself. On the last night of my first weekend of actually hunting it happened. Perched from the apple tree my dad had scoped out and set me up in - the one that I had spent every morning and evening of that weekend patiently waiting in - I shot my first deer. A four point buck that fell less than 100 yards from the tree. I had waited so long to do it and the emotion was indescribable. My father had been hunting most of his life and for years had prepared me to do the same.
It was the only deer I ever shot. It took me a couple more years until I realized that I enjoyed shooting, but I didn't so much enjoy hunting. I never had the patience for sitting in a tree for three or four hours in the cold.
And it hit me today, I was 14 years old that October when I shot that deer, twenty years ago. Twenty years ago. Man time goes by so fast.
Shawn Courchesne, 9:15 p.m.


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Now, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, 'This contemplative is our teacher.' When you know for yourselves that, 'These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted and carried out, lead to welfare and to happiness'—then you should enter and remain in them.
—Buddha, Kalama sutta
In the Kalama sutta, the Buddha is approached by a group of villagers called the Kalams, who ask him a very simple question: "All of these preachers pass through here praising their own doctrines and criticizing the doctrines of others. How can we sort out the truth?" It is much the same question implied by Harvard's moto, veritas, and in the Divinity School's self-description as "an academic community characterized by…investigation of truth." Indeed, it is much the same question that western intellectuals have been dealing with in one way or another ever since the Enlightenment shook our belief in received knowledge to the core: "How can we sort out the truth?"
This is why the Kalam sutta has become so popular among westerners familiar with Buddhism. They see its skepticism of tradition as an endorsement of rationalism and the scientific method; and they see the Buddha as a sort of fifth century B.C., Indian Bertrand Russel. Buddhism itself describes the Buddha not as a great rationalist, but as the Great Physician. St. Gregory the Great similarly described ministers as "physicians of the soul." And while the pressures of medical school often encourage physicians-in-training to neglect their physical health, the pressures of divinity school—let's be honest—often encourage us ministers-in-training to neglect our spiritual health. Looking at our bookshelves and our volunteer work, it's obvious that we're studying to be ministers; but looking at our prayer lives, or our meditation practices, or our contemplations of scripture, you'd hardly know it.
St. Maximos the Confessor said, "Theology without practice is the theology of demons." It seems that even within the walls of the academy we've fallen prey to the the demonic notion—brought about by consumer capitalism—that a person's worth is measured not by their compassion or their wisdom, but instead by how much they can produce and consume. Wendell Berry points out that all of this has spoiled our education. He writes, "To in-form is to form from within. Information, in this sense, refers to teaching and learning, to the formation of a person's mind or character." We are all, no doubt, in formation; but, how certain are we of what we are actually being formed into?
Reading the Kalama sutta, I can't help seeing the Buddha seated before us, addressing us just as he addressed the Kalamas over 2,500 years ago. "Now, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture." We all nod our agreement, heirs as we are to the reformation and the enlightenment; but, that part wasn't meant for us. The Buddha goes on, "Don't go by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability," or even—sorry professors—by the words of a teacher. What, then, are we left with?
In Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon a priest, a woodcutter, and a commoner take shelter from a storm in a ruined gatehouse. As the priest and woodcutter tell the commoner about a court case, the movie flashes back through four mutually exclusive, eye-witness accounts of the rape and apparent murder. Everyone seems to by lying—even the dead man himself, through a court medium. Suddenly, the stories are interrupted by the sound of a crying baby whose family has abandoned it. The priest's faith in humanity is almost entirely shaken by the deception and selfishness he's witnessed; but, resolution doesn't come in hearing what really happened. Instead, it comes in a selfless display of compassion. The woodcutter picks up the crying baby and takes it home to raise as his own.
Brothers and sisters, we are trying to give others what we ourselves do not have. We cannot gain it no matter how many books we read; no matter how many sermons we preach; no matter even how many wars we stop or children we feed. If we are to become "physicians of the soul," as St. Gregory entreats us, then we also have to take medicine. If we are to "acquaint men at first hand with Deity," as Emerson entreated us from this very pulpit, then we ourselves cannot be unacquainted with the ineffable; and, if we actually believe that we are more than just embodied intellects, then this acquaintance and this medicine cannot just be intellectual.
"How can we sort out the truth?" Look at our great moral exemplars. It isn't as if they eschewed education, or spent their lives praying in a cave far away from the world; but, their education and activism are not what made them who they were. When Christ hung on the cross and said, "Forgive them, father, for they know not what they do," that didn't come from a book. When the first word on Gandhi's lips after he was fatally shot was the name of God, that didn't come from a book. When Buddhist monastics in Tibet were tortured with electric cattle prods and then said that the only time they were ever in danger is when they almost lost their compassion for the Chinese, that did not come from a book.
Don't get me wrong. Academics has its place, but Rashomon shows that our rational minds alone cannot take us down the spiritual path. The Buddha didn't say that we should "enter and remain in" skillful actions or ideas, but skillful qualities. Virtues. Wisdom. Veritas. The crying of a child in an abandoned gatehouse.
Note: A version of this sermon was preached by Joshua Eaton during the 2009 Billings Preaching Prize competition and Billing Preaching Prize finals, both at Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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February 02, 2012 at 08:00 AM EST
Tenneco Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2011 Financial Results
Tenneco Inc (NYSE: TEN) reported record net income of $30 million, or 49-cents per diluted share, compared with a loss of $18 million, or 31-cents per diluted share, in the fourth quarter 2010. On an adjusted basis, net income also increased to $32 million, or 53-cents per diluted share, versus $19 million, or 31-cents per diluted share, a year ago. The tables in the press release reconcile GAAP results to non-GAAP results.
"The double-digit increases in revenues and earnings demonstrate the balance in our growth strategy and set new performance benchmarks for Tenneco," stated Gregg Sherrill, chairman and CEO. "Our strong position on light vehicle platforms globally, higher aftermarket sales, and technology-driven growth in the commercial vehicle segment, drove the significant revenue gain and delivered earnings growth, EBIT margin improvement, and a stronger financial position."
Total revenue in the quarter was $1.784 billion, up 13% from 2010, representing the company's highest-ever fourth quarter revenue. Revenue excluding substrate sales and currency was $1.374 billion, a 13% year-over-year increase versus $1.215 billion. Higher OE light vehicle production volumes, incremental revenue from commercial vehicle launches and higher global aftermarket sales all contributed to strong revenue growth in the quarter. Revenue includes a $10 million unfavorable currency impact.
EBIT and EBIT Margin
EBIT (earnings before interest, taxes, and non-controlling interests) increased to $88 million from $62 million in fourth quarter 2010. Adjusted EBIT improved to $89 million, up 31% versus $68 million a year ago. EBIT was driven by stronger OE light vehicle production volumes, the launch and ramp up of new commercial vehicle programs and reduced SG&A costs (related to lower stock-indexed compensation). Partially offsetting these improvements were $9 million in higher year-over-year operational costs in the North American ride control business and $4 million in planned costs associated with expanding manufacturing capabilities and supporting new programs in China. Currency had a $2 million unfavorable impact on EBIT in the fourth quarter.
EBIT as a percent of revenue and EBIT as a percent of value-add revenue (revenue excluding substrate sales) improved year-over-year as noted below.
EBIT margin in North America improved on stronger OE production volumes and the benefit from commercial vehicle emission control business. In Europe, EBIT margin also continued to improve, driven by stronger production on light vehicle platforms that Tenneco supplies. In the Asia Pacific segment, volume strength in China was more than offset by planned investments in China and lower OE production in Thailand, resulting in a lower EBIT margin in the fourth quarter.
Fourth quarter 2011 adjustments:
Fourth quarter 2010 adjustments:
Cash generated by operations in the quarter was $201 million, up from $180 million a year ago, driven by higher year-over-year earnings and effective working capital management.
Capital expenditures in the quarter were $80 million, bringing total 2011 spending to $218 million, or 3% of total revenue, in line with the company's historical range for capital spending. The fourth quarter increase, versus $63 million in 2010, included investments in programs for light and commercial vehicle customers and to expand manufacturing and engineering capabilities in emerging markets.
Tenneco reported annual revenue of $7.205 billion, up 21% from $5.937 billion in 2010. Excluding substrate sales and the impact of currency, revenue increased 15% to $ 5.364 billion, versus $4.653 billion the prior year. Increased light vehicle production globally, particularly in North America, South America, and China, stronger global aftermarket sales, and OE revenue from commercial vehicle programs all contributed to Tenneco's record revenues for the year. Commercial and specialty vehicle OE revenue increased to $660 million in 2011.
The company reported net income of $157 million, or $2.55 per diluted share, up from $39 million or 63-cents per diluted share in 2010. Adjusted for the items below, net income rose to a record high of $163 million, or $2.66 per diluted share, versus $96 million, or $1.57 per diluted share a year ago.
For the year, Tenneco reported a record high EBIT of $379 million, compared with $281 million in 2010. Adjusted for the items below, EBIT increased to $398 million, versus $306 million a year ago.
For the full year, Tenneco delivered EBIT margin improvement as noted below.
For full-year 2011, even with a greater demand on working capital to support higher revenues, the company generated $245 million in cash from operations, compared with $244 million in 2010.
During the year, Tenneco returned value to shareholders by completing the repurchase of 400,000 shares of the company's outstanding common stock at a cost of $16 million to offset dilution from shares awarded to employees in 2011. As previously announced, for 2012 the board of directors has authorized a repurchase program of up to 600,000 shares.
At December 31, 2011, Tenneco's debt net of cash was $1.01 billion, compared with $990 million at the end of 2010. The company's earnings improvement and cash generation resulted in an all-time low leverage ratio (net debt to adjusted EBITDA including noncontrolling interests) of 1.7x at December 31, 2011, continued improvement from the leverage ratio of 1.9x at December 31, 2010.
Tenneco's OE revenue growth will be driven by leveraging higher production volumes, the company's strong position on top-selling platforms, introducing technology on new and existing platforms, and continuing to launch and ramp up significant commercial vehicle emission control programs. In addition to OE growth, the company expects continued solid performance from the company's aftermarket business on the strength of its market-leading brands.
The company projects the following OE revenues for 2012 and 2013. Compared to estimates provided a year ago for 2012, the following projections account for lower industry light vehicle production forecasts in Europe, a slower ramp-up of commercial vehicle emission control business in China and lower euro exchange rates.
Tenneco expects its global original equipment revenue will increase to between $10.0 billion and $11.5 billion by 2016, of which 30% to 35% is expected to be commercial vehicle revenue. Substrate sales are expected to be 32% of OE revenue by 2016.
"While we are mindful of global economic and market conditions, especially production forecasts for Europe, our confidence in driving growth and improving profitability remains unchanged," said Sherrill. "We continue to benefit from the balance across our operations with a strong presence globally including in fast-growing markets, and across vehicle and market segments. In addition, we are at the beginning of the ramp-up of our commercial vehicle emission control business, which will significantly increase over the next five years."
For on and off-road commercial vehicles, Tenneco offers a comprehensive suite of diesel aftertreatment technologies, giving customers options in meeting increasingly stringent emissions standards, particularly NOx regulations, which are coming into effect for diesel applications around the world.
"Launch execution, operational performance and effectively converting our top-line growth to steady margin improvement remain priorities for Tenneco. In addition to capitalizing on increasing light vehicle production, margin benefit from our commercial vehicle business will accelerate as these programs continue to ramp up," added Sherrill. "Across our operations, we are working to deliver greater profitability by leveraging our Tenneco Manufacturing System, taking actions to optimize our footprint globally and staying focused on continuous improvement and process excellence."
Revenue estimates in this release are based on OE manufacturers' programs that have been formally awarded to the company; programs where Tenneco is highly confident that it will be awarded business based on informal customer indications consistent with past practices; Tenneco's status as supplier for the existing program and its relationship with the customer; and the actual original equipment revenues achieved by the company for each of the last several years compared to the amount of those revenues that the company estimated it would generate at the beginning of each year. These revenue estimates are also based on anticipated vehicle production levels and pricing, including precious metals pricing and the impact of material cost changes. The revenue estimates assume that foreign currency exchange rates will remain constant over the entire period. For a chart showing Tenneco's revenue estimates, including certain of the assumptions upon which these estimates are based, see the slides accompanying the February 2, 2012 conference call, which will be available on the financial section of the Tenneco website at www.tenneco.com.
The company will host a conference call on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The dial-in number is 800-369-3344 (domestic) or 312-470-7049 (international). The passcode is TENNECO. The call and accompanying slides will be available on the financial section of the Tenneco web site at www.tenneco.com. A recording of the call will be available one hour following completion of the call on February 2, 2012 through March 1, 2012. To access this recording, dial 800-839-3416 (domestic) or 402-998-1103 (international). The purpose of the call is to discuss the company's operations for the quarter, as well as other matters that may impact the company's outlook. A copy of the press release is available on the financial and news sections of the Tenneco web site.
The Tenneco Board of Directors has scheduled the corporation's annual meeting of shareholders for Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. CT. The meeting will be held at the corporate headquarters, 500 North Field Drive, Lake Forest, Illinois. The record date for shareholders eligible to vote at the meeting is March 19, 2012.
Tenneco is a $7.2 billion global manufacturing company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 24,000 employees worldwide. Tenneco is one of the world's largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of emission control and ride control products and systems for automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment markets and the aftermarket. Tenneco markets its products principally under the Monroe®, Walker®, Gillet™ and Clevite®Elastomer brand names.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Words such as "may," "expects," "anticipate," "projects," "will," and "outlook" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the company (including its subsidiaries). Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, the company's plans, actions and actual results could differ materially. Among the factors that could cause these plans, actions and results to differ materially from current expectations are:
(i) general economic, business and market conditions;
(ii) the company's ability to source and procure needed materials, components and other products and services in accordance with customer demand and at competitive prices;
(iii) changes in capital availability or costs, including increases in the company's costs of borrowing (i.e., interest rate increases), the amount of the company's debt, the ability of the company to access capital markets at favorable rates, and the credit ratings of the company's debt;
(iv) changes in consumer demand, prices and our ability to have our products included on top selling vehicles, including any shifts in consumer preferences to other lower margin vehicles, for which we may or may not have supply contracts;
(v) changes in automotive manufacturers' production rates and their actual and forecasted requirements for the company's products such as the significant production cuts during recent years by automotive manufacturers in response to difficult economic conditions;
(vi) the overall highly competitive nature of the automobile and commercial vehicle parts industries, and any resultant inability to realize the sales represented by the company's awarded book of business which is based on anticipated pricing for the applicable program over its life;
(vii) the loss of any of our large original equipment manufacturer ("OEM") customers (on whom we depend for a substantial portion of our revenues), or the loss of market shares by these customers if we are unable to achieve increased sales to other OEMs;
(viii) workforce factors such as strikes or labor interruptions;
(ix) increases in the costs of raw materials, including the company's ability to successfully reduce the impact of any such cost increases through materials substitutions, cost reduction initiatives, customer recovery and other methods;
(x) the negative impact of higher fuel prices on transportation and logistics costs, raw material costs and discretionary purchases of vehicles or aftermarket products;
(xi) the cyclical nature of the global vehicular industry, including the performance of the global aftermarket sector and longer product lives of automobile parts;
(xii) the company's continued success in cost reduction and cash management programs and its ability to execute restructuring and other cost reduction plans and to realize anticipated benefits from these plans;
(xiii) product warranty costs;
(xiv) the cost and outcome of existing and any future legal proceedings, and the impact of changes in and compliance with laws and regulations, including environmental laws and regulations and the adoption of the current mandated timelines for worldwide emissions regulations;
(xv) economic, exchange rate and political conditions in the countries where we operate or sell our products;
(xvi) the company's ability to develop and profitably commercialize new products and technologies, and the acceptance of such new products and technologies by the company's customers and the market;
(xvii) changes by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting regulatory bodies to authoritative generally accepted accounting principles or policies;
(xviii) changes in accounting estimates and assumptions, including changes based on additional information;
(xix) governmental actions, including the ability to receive regulatory approvals and the timing of such approvals, as well as the impact of changes to and compliance with laws and regulations pertaining to environmental concerns, pensions or other regulated activities;
(xx) natural disasters, acts of war and/or terrorism and the impact of these occurrences or acts on economic, financial, industrial and social condition, including, without limitation, with respect to supply chains and customer demand in the countries where the company operates; and
(xxi) the timing and occurrence (or non-occurrence) of transactions and events which may be subject to circumstances beyond the control of the company and its subsidiaries.
The company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release. Additional information regarding these risk factors and uncertainties is detailed from time to time in the company's SEC filings, including but not limited to its report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
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Im 14 weeks and my baby's heart rate is 152 is that good?
I'm still spotting and i may have a little bleeding but my baby is very active and heart rate is 152.
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Sounds perfectly normal. My doctor said it was more abnormal that I had no spotting at all during my 1st 2 pregnancies, and the fact that I am spotting in my 3rd is more the norm. And heart rate is great. I am 13 weeks and it is 160, doc said couldn't be better. Good luck :)posted 12/30/2010 by BEnright77
a normal heart rate is 120-160 according to my doctor and some spotting is normal to but if it gets heavier then that talk to your doctorposted 12/29/2010 by Jcflower
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In 2012, Thomas was NAR president-elect, and he was NAR first vice president in 2011. Thomas has been in the business for more than 35 years, and is broker/owner of Evergreen Realty in Villa Park, Calif. He served as the 2009 NAR vice president and liaison to government affairs, and in 2004 Thomas was NAR regional vice president for Region XIII; he has served on NAR's Board of Directors since 1995. In 2001 Thomas was president of the California Association of REALTORS® and was named "REALTOR® of the Year" that same year.
Steve Brown, a REALTOR® from Dayton, Ohio, is the 2013 president-elect. A REALTOR® for more than 30 years, Brown is co-owner of Irongate, Inc. REALTORS®. He was NAR first vice president in 2012, NAR vice president of committees in 2009 and served as the public policy national liaison in 2008.
Chris Polychron, a REALTOR® from Hot Springs, Ark., is the 2013 NAR first vice president. A Realtor® for 25 years, he is an executive broker with ERA Rushing McAdams Polychron in Hot Springs. Polychron has served on NAR's Board of Directors since 2002, and was 2005 regional vice president for Region IX.
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It's time to re-embrace beer-drinking
I think I mentioned this the other day in a post either here or on my own site, but I'm much more of a beer and wine person than a regular drinker of hard alcohol.
Which is not to say that I haven't accomplished my share of truly heroic feats of hard alcohol consumption. Because I have. But as far as my (damn near) everyday routine is concerned, that's not really my thing.
Maybe when I'm older.
In the past few years, it's been suggested that the precipitous decline in hip-hop album sales, which can't possibly just be due to file-sharing alone, has had to do with the increasing focus on materialism and misogyny, which a lot of people find off-putting. Probably because they're poor and ugly.
But is that really the case? I'm not sure. Defender of free speech that I am, of course my tendency is to want to say that it isn't. One thing I will say though, is that I'd feel a lot more connected to hip-hop if there was
a permanent moratorium on southern rap more of an emphasis on beer-drinking.
For whatever reason, these days you hardly ever hear about a rapper tilting back a 40, a tall can, or my own personal ignorance delivery method of choice, the longneck bottle. (Which never was particularly popular in hip-hop, probably because it costs a little bit more per case. And who's got the money for an entire case in the first place?)
Today, whenever you hear about a rapper being associated with some sort of alcoholic beverage – which might actually be reaching heights unparalleled since the days of St. Ides malt liquor – it's usually either vodka, or some other hard alcohol-based beverage that's somehow even fruitier than vodka. Or motherfucking champagne.
Meanwhile, when's the last time you saw a rapper pictured with… like, a draft beer? Probably never.
Which is a shame, really, because I'm sure I'm not the only one here who appreciates the sheer joy of pouring Budweiser down your throat until you have to piss somewhere that's not actually a restroom.
Part of the problem is that beer-drinking gets a bad rap. These days, I think it's generally thought of as something primarily enjoyed by cracka-ass crackas in flyover states, but it used to be the case that black dudes in America's ghettos drank beer – especially malt liquor, which provides a bit more ignorance per liquid ounce – like it was going out of style.
Remember back when bums used to stand out on the corner with a paper bag, with some bum wine or some Colt 45 in it? I can't help but feel like I missed out on those days. I would drink outdoors every once in a while when I was in college, but I don't even know if you could pull some shit like that around here. There's all of these laws now against that sort of thing.
The thing is, I'm at a loss for what purpose those laws really serve. A lot of them were passed in the late '80s, at the height of the crack era, and I'm pretty sure it was crack that was the problem. It's not like all of those people who got shot got shot by winos. Sure the presence of a bum is somewhat of a blight in itself, but making them go inside strikes me as a attacking a symptom rather than the root cause.
If the TIs don't want these bums standing outside drinking, why don't they focus on finding something better for these bums to do than stand outside and drink? Otherwise, I'm not sure why they shouldn't be able to. After all, it is their neighborhood. If anything, the strategic deployment of winos might help cut down on the ridonkulous level of gentrification going on in some of these areas.
Speaking of which, student of history that I am, I suppose I should've known it would only be a matter of time before cracka-ass crackas tried to steal public drunkenness from old black men the same way they did rock and roll.
And wouldn't you know, just now I came across a story in AdvertisingAge about how Pabst Brewing Co., makers of the hipster favorite Pabst Blue Ribbon, are attempting to bring Colt 45 back and market it towards white people. In order to make the 40 oz. trendy again, they've introduced specially-designed brown paper bags with illustrations depicting scenes of public drunkenness.
Wow what's next, a TV spot with two crackety-cracks 40-tipping? (I'd describe what that is, but it would almost certainly violate this site's acceptable use policy.)
Probably not, but still. It's a damn shame that this kind of drunken foolishness was ripped out from under the black community in the first place. We ought to focus on bringing it back, before it becomes almost entirely the domain of cracka-ass crackas. Like good rap music.


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