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Abalone is in high demand, but rules are toughBy: George deVilbiss/Special to Gold Country News Service
Abalone is, without question, one of the most prized shellfish anybody could hope to obtain.
They're a slow-growing shellfish and don't reach maturity, the age they can be retained by the fishing public, until they're 10 years old.
They don't reproduce a large swarm of baby abalone. Surveys have shown few juvenile abalone off the north coast. There is no known reason for the seeming lack of reproduction. Over the long term, that can have disastrous effects on those hoping to limit on abalone.
If you find abalone on a restaurant menu, you almost have to take out a loan to order it. Those who pursue abalone in the ocean will attest they're far from the easiest critter to obtain.
Ocean water is cold, which necessitates a diver having a wet suit. Goggles or a face mask and, generally, a set of fins are necessary. No air-providing device, such as SCUBA, is allowed in Northern California water.
Some people who pursue abalone simply wait for a big minus tide, wade into the shallows and pry them from exposed rocks. This method is called rock picking.
The only other necessary equipment would be a bar to pry the suction foot from the rocks and a measuring device.
Abalone is in high demand, by humans and other sea critters, such as otter and even the lowly starfish. At one time, they were heavily sought commercially, which put their numbers in jeopardy.
There are numerous subspecies of abalone: the black abalone, pink, red. The only abalone that may be retained by authority of a sportfishing license is the red abalone. All others are at such low numbers, none may be retained, so shell identification is mandatory.
During the fishing year, from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, you're allowed 24 abalone. During any one trip, you're allowed no more than three of these shellfish at one time.
The minimum size for a keeper ab is seven inches, measured at its widest point. Any abalone measuring fewer than seven inches is required to be reattached to the rocks. Flipping it into the water, as you might release a fin fish, won't cut it.
One requirement is being in possession of abalone tags. If you're diving from a boat or tube, each person must have a separate bag to hold their catch, and each shellfish must be tagged by the time you step foot on shore.
Some divers have found that to be a problem. Abalone shells have "eyes." Some are open and some closed. What do you do if there is no opening in the shell in which to hang the tag?
You can do one of two things: Punch a hole in the shell at one of the eyes and
attach the tag, or punch a hole in the foot of the abalone.
Another lesser-known requirement is that you aren't to remove the abalone from its shell until you prepare it for eating.
Wardens watch the popular abalone diving regions closely. If they see something questionable, they'll approach you. If your abalone isn't properly tagged or is out of its shell, they'll write you a ticket.
Current fishing
As a reminder, this Saturday, Sept. 8, is the second of two free fishing days in the state, beginning at midnight Friday and ending at midnight Saturday.
One primary restriction is the use of rods. You're allowed one rod without having a fishing license in possession. If you want to use two rods, you must have a two-rod stamp, and that will mean purchasing a license. You must have the license and stamp in possession.
Lake Almanor: The Chips fire is contained, though smoke still rises from unburned fuels inside the containment perimeter. That smoke is expected to continue until snow smothers it. On a recent trip to the lake, the air was considerably cleaner than it was before the fire was contained.
And the fishing has turned to very good. Trollers are nailing rainbows, many running 3-3½ pounds. Areas around the mouth of Big Springs and the big cove around A Frame are producing. Five colors of lead core will reach them early in the morning, but you'll need to drop with downriggers as the sun rises. Hauling a crawler — even a rubber worm — behind blades works well. Lures such as a Speedy Shiner or Rainbow Runner also attract.
Local salmon: More salmon are showing up, and those working the American River are finding more success. While it's not great, it's improving. As fish move in and through, various points along the Sacramento River have seen decent rod-bending action. The mouth of the Feather River has been popular to catch the school. Just below Discovery Park also is a good area to catch the school before they turn into the American River or continue up the Sacramento River.
Ice House: The hot summer temperatures meant warm water and lousy fishing. But now that the nights are cooling down, so is the water temperature, and the fishing slowly is picking up. You can get down to 40 feet with downriggers and find a bite, but you're still going to have to put in a considerable amount of time to limit. It's just getting better.
Saltwater: More big salmon are caught than any other this time of year. The good thing is San Francisco Bay Fleet boats don't have to range far outside the Golden Gate Bridge, as schools of fish move closer, readying for their run up the rivers. When the boats get into a school, there's a flurry of action. Bodega has been tough with clear water, but the water is turning and the bite is improving again. If it's salmon you want, go now, as the season won't last much longer.
The rock cod bite has been phenomenal up and down the coast, and big numbers of the preferred ling cod have been the rule. Any of the many varieties of bottom fish, properly prepared, is some of the finest table fare you can get.
Go get a limit of rock cod and cook them. They're wonderful. If you want my recipe, e-mail me.
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Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Omar Infante finished with three hits,
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inflammation) exited Friday's game with injuries. Jose Bautista and Brett
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portion of a four-game series at Target Field. Wilkin Ramirez, Pedro Florimon
and Brian Dozier each knocked in a run for the Twins, who ended a three-game
losing streak. Pedro Hernandez (1-0) tossed five innings of five-hit,
scoreless ball to post his first career victory. Mitch Moreland hit a two-run
double in the ninth for the Rangers, who had won three in a row prior to
Saturday. Derek Holland (1-2) lasted seven full frames, but was charged in
defeat with five hits and four runs -- three earned -- with six strikeouts.
Final Score: Tampa Bay 10, Chicago 4
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Ben Zobrist hit a two-run homer, and Desmond
Jennings clubbed a solo shot as the Tampa Bay Rays downed the Chicago White
Sox, 10-4, in the third tilt of a four-game set at U.S. Cellular Field. Kelly
Johnson and James Loney each drove in a pair, while Jose Lobaton added one RBI
for the Rays, who had dropped the first two games of the series. Matt Moore
(5-0) dazzled Chicago hitters over six frames, giving up just one run -- an
Adam Dunn homer in the fourth -- one three hits while striking out nine.
Alexei Ramirez, Conor Gillaspie and Jordan Danks had one RBI apiece for the
White Sox, who had won three straight entering the contest. Gavin Floyd (0-4)
lasted just 2 2/3 innings before exiting with a right elbow flexor muscle
strain. He allowed two hits, including Zobrist's two-run blast.
Final Score: Boston 8, Houston 4
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Felix Doubront pitched into the seventh inning
and David Ortiz continued his prolific start to the season at the plate by
driving in three runs, as the Boston Red Sox downed the Houston Astros, 8-4,
at Fenway Park. Dubront (3-0) gave up four hits and three runs over 6 2/3
innings. The Venezuelan lefty also walked four batters and had eight
strikeouts. Ortiz, who went 2-for-3, has a 19-game hitting streak going back
to last season. That is tied for his career-best (July 17 - Aug. 6, 2002 with
Minnesota). Ortiz, who was sidelined at the start of this season due to a
right Achilles injury, is hitting .519 so far in 2013. Jacoby Ellsbury hit a
two-run single as the Red Sox won their fourth in a row and moved to the brink
of sweeping this four-game series. Brad Peacock (1-3) allowed six hits and
five runs over 3 1/3 innings. He also walked five batters.
Final Score: Kansas City 3, Cleveland 2
Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Eric Hosmer walked with the bases loaded in
the seventh to force in the eventual game-winning run, as the Kansas City
Royals held off the Cleveland Indians, 3-2. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer
for the Royals, who started a 10-game homestand on Saturday. Kansas City
starter Ervin Santana (3-1) tossed seven scoreless innings to pick up the win.
The right-hander gave up six hits while striking out five. Scott Kazmir (0-1)
allowed two runs on five hits over five innings for the Indians, who have lost
two straight since a three-game winning streak. He had four strikeouts to
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I just have to share this experience because I found it irritating.
I went thought the Carl's Jr. drive through on a Friday at 2 in the afternoon, placed my order and drove to the window. I paid my $6.92 total with a five and a pair of ones. The girl at the window hands me a nickel and states "I am out of pennies and owe you three cents." OK so at this point I think she will go to another register to get the pennies. She goes and hands me my shake and then goes to get my burger and fires, and pennies I assume. AS I am waiting I get the feeling that I for some reason get to pay 3 more cents then everyone else so I reach into my change stash in my car and get 2 pennies. She comes back with my burger and no pennies and asks if I want ketchup. I say yes. She comes back with some ketchup and I now assume that she is not going to go out of her way to get me my 3 cents. I hand her the two pennies and she just stares at me for a second then says..... "no, I owe you 3 cents." My reply.... "I know, I will give you these two pennies, then you will owe me 5 cents, or a nickel. It takes her about 5 seconds and I swear I can here the gears grinding as she processes this information. (must have gone to a LAUSD public school) Needless to say I got my nickel.
Now I know some of you are thinking "dude, its only 3 cents". Most of the time I would agree with you but the total lack of effort to find 3 pennies and I wasn't even asked it if was OK if I didn't get the pennies. Her assumption that I didn't care was off putting to say the least. That and what store runs out of pennies at 2 in the afternoon? That and was the store out of pennies or just her register?
I will admit to being a stickler about customer service and have noticed a decline in the past few years at least locally. (Southern California) I have worked in the food service industry and other service industries so its not like I don't see things from the other side. Now I admit my standards for Carl's Jr are not high at all, hell I am happy when my order is correct considering I had a friend get a burger missing the patty once, but this irritated me.
Does anyone else have wonderful customer service stories?
This thread could be interesting, I'm grabbing some popcorn.
Originally Posted by CyBer
This thread could be interesting, I'm grabbing some popcorn.
Beer and Doritos for me.
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Originally Posted by VikesFan4Ever28
You have almost 5 crap tons.
i will bite......its 3 cents dude. Is writing a post that long even worth 3 cents? This reminds me of the people who would bring a bag of coins to any coin drinks in college
How much did you tip her?
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That would tick me off too.
Originally Posted by CyBer
This thread could be interesting, I'm grabbing some popcorn.
This... its three cents. C'mon man, take a chill pill.
When Prepared, Fear No One.
Originally Posted by kcclones
i will bite......its 3 cents dude. Is writing a post that long even worth 3 cents? This reminds me of the people who would bring a bag of coins to any coin drinks in college
I fail to see what is wrong with this.
Was she hot?
Clearly you have no sense
Pics or it didn't happen...
Sounds to me like you are a huge donkey for caring about this in the first place, let alone start a thread about it. 98% of the people who read this agree with me.
Originally Posted by CyCrazy
I fail to see what is wrong with this.
Because even though it says a coin will buy it, you are supposed to act like you aren't cheap and give them a dollar!
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½ cup oil
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Mix, and add your own special touches. Try 1 cup of chocolate or peanut butter chips, or a cup of pecans- or some of each!
Drop by rounded tablespoons on an ungreased cookie sheet. Press mound down a bit to encourage the nice round shape you want. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.
Gently slide off cookie sheet and cool, then freeze.
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* Chocolate-Pecan Ice Cream Sandwiches from Good Housekeeping June 2005
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), cut up
1 bag (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
2 cups pecans, chopped
1 cup all-purpose flour (I used 1 ¼ cups flour)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 pints favorite ice cream
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Cleanup continues in Palm Coast as tornado victims seek return to normalcy
Published: Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 8:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 10:34 p.m.
PALM COAST — The streets of the Indian Trails neighborhood were quiet Sunday morning, in a stark contrast to one week ago when stunned residents awoke to a full view of the havoc wreaked by a tornado which struck the night before.
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Fewer residents were walking the streets and checking on their neighbors. Deputies from the Flagler County Sheriff's Office weren't closing off debris-strewn streets. The bulk of the debris had been cleared in the days since the storm, which sent an EF-1 tornado with winds of 86 mph to 110 mph through several Palm Coast neighborhoods on Dec. 14.
Only a handful of homeowners were out in the morning sun making repairs to their homes. Some had gone off to church services, as on any other Sunday. Those with the hardest-hit homes haven't been living in the area for the past week, their neighbors said.
Mario Alvarez and his son were cleaning up what they could at their Barring Place home.
"Instead of hiring somebody, I try to take care of the little things by myself," he said. "It is good. It keeps me busy."
His house was only moderately damaged and his family has been able to stay in their home, he said. An insurance adjuster came out earlier in the week and gave him the go-ahead to start sprucing up his corner lot. The tornado, spawned by a storm system moving through the area, touched down near Espanola in unincorporated Flagler County at about 7 p.m. on Dec. 14 and tore through the city's B section, also known as Indian Trails, before moving across Interstate 95 into the older C and F sections of the city. City officials estimated the twister did $5.6 million in damage. However, no injuries were reported.
In total, at least 180 homes were affected. Seven were completely destroyed, 22 experienced moderate damage and 151 had light damage.
A damage assessment team from the U.S. Small Business Administration toured the damaged areas Thursday morning.
Just across the street from the Alvarez home, Suzanne and John Bispo were replanting trees and shrubs torn out by the twister. From the street, their home looks deceivingly intact; in the back, however, it's a different story.
"We're okay. The house isn't," said Suzanne Bispo. "We have four holes in the roof."
She said an adjuster from the family's insurance company estimated there was more than $100,000 in damage to the home. Among other things, the tornado caused a transformer near their home to malfunction, which caused an electrical surge that destroyed most of their appliances, including their refrigerator.
The family is waiting and hoping that their insurance company will approve their first claim in about 20 years, she said. In the meantime, as Christmas approaches, the family is still living in the home, with a tarp covering parts of their roof and their refrigerated foodstuffs safely stored at a neighbor's house. "It's going to be a long process," Bispo said with a sigh.
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I was going through my photobucket account today, and ran across this picture I pulled from the DMR a few years ago. Thought it would be a good one to caption.
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Not sure you're going to get many people to bite on this one.
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Admit it, you find it kind of funny.
What's more telling to me is that you found this so valuable that you kept in in your "virtual sock drawer" for how long?
Originally Posted by isucyfan
What's more telling to me is that you found this so valuable that you kept in in your "virtual sock drawer" for how long?
2 years.
For the record, I didn't post this to take a shot at ISU. I just thought it was a slightly amusing photo that was published in the paper.
The only significant win of my career.
Let's not forget Paulson recovered to win a national championship.
Not sure of the details of the photo, but it appears that the Iowa ****** is throwing out a front double bicep pose in celebration. If so, my caption would be "Act like you've been there before"
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CG. No one knows what you're talking about.
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I still remember when the Paulson's were sophomores and on TV Gable kept commenting on how much he admired their lower bodies and hips... Quite amusing.
FYI I beat Travis in wrestling when we were like 5 or 6... pat on back.
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In the baseline dyno one. That was our first pull . Head only . With TPS adjustments. No PC-V. AFR's were pretty much dead on the line. That was a fourth gear pull , with stock gearing. You can hear and see it hitting the limiter pretty quick. Gearing changes had to be made. And as predicted by ScooterBob, There is significant loses through the props , between fouth and Fifth.
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You guys have built a great looking cafe racer out of C5!!...Wonderful job!!...Cant take my eyes out of the pictures!What is the gauge for and is this still EFI? what are the engine mods that has been done?Great work again guys!
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Lieutenant Nyota Uhura was a Starfleet communications officer serving in the 23rd century. Captain Christopher Pike had Uhura relieve the chief communications officer of the USS Enterprise during the destruction of Vulcan. She served under Captain Christopher Pike, acting captain Spock and then her classmate at Starfleet Academy, Captain James T. Kirk.
Early LifeEdit
In 2255, while at the bar near the Riverside Shipyard in Iowa, Uhura met an inebriated Jim Kirk, who began flirting with her. Although annoyed by Kirk's advances, Uhura was surprised that Kirk knew what was involved in the study of xenolinguistics. This exchange led to a bar fight as four male cadets were displeased at the attention Kirk was giving Uhura.
Starfleet AcademyEdit
During her time at Starfleet Academy, Uhura specialized in xenolinguistics with tracking toward a communications officer. Commander Spock served as one of Cadet Uhura's instructors and judged her performance to be consistently exemplary.
In 2258, Uhura was able to detect and translate a message from within Klingon territory indicating that a fleet of 47 Klingon vessels around the Klingon prison planet were engaged and destroyed by an unknown Romulan ship. She returned home early that night, interrupting her roommate, at the time an Orion cadet named Gaila, and Kirk, who had been under the bed when she shared the information with Gaila.
At Kirk's request, Uhura was present as communications officer during Kirk's third re-take of the Kobayashi Maru test scenario the following day. After Kirk corrects her, she calls him Captain sarcastically. At the subsequent hearing on Kirk's actions, seated in the row that Commander Spock, the programmer of the Kobayashi Maru test, had vacated and two seats over from an upset Gaila, Uhura was in attendance in the Academy assembly hall when Kirk was accused of cheating.
Spock was in charge of the starship deployment assignments for the cadets of Uhura's graduating class, and had initially assigned Lieutenant Uhura to the USS Farragut, in spite of Uhura's stated desire to serve aboard the USS Enterprise, the new flagship, in order to avoid any appearance of favoritism. Uhura confronted him about this choice, noting that she was more than qualified to serve aboard the Enterprise and that it was unfair to deny her an opportunity she would have gained had they not been romantically involved. Spock relented and assigned her to the Enterprise.
Aboard the USS EnterpriseEdit
Aboard the Enterprise, Uhura was approached by Kirk, who had deduced the attack on Vulcan was Romulan in nature, following Pavel Chekov's description of an anomaly described as a "lightning storm in space" that preceded the attack on the day of his birth. She accompanied Kirk to the bridge, where she verified his claims by mentioning that she was the one who translated and intercepted the report of a similar Romulan vessel in Klingon space.
Captain Christopher Pike promoted Uhura to communications officer because Lieutenant Hawkins, the ship's prior communications officer, was not certain that he could distinguish transmissions in Romulan from transmissions in Vulcan. Uhura, by contrast, was fluent in all three Romulan dialects.
After Vulcan's destruction, the personal relationship between Uhura and Spock is revealed when she privately comforts Spock in the turbolift.
In an attempt to gain control of the Enterprise to implement his plan to defeat Nero, Kirk emotionally compromises Spock, causing him to relinquish command. After he leaves, Nyota steps to Kirk and tells him that she hopes he knows what he is doing. Again she calls him Captain, this time, she was hurt, but hopeful.Before Kirk and Spock beamed to Nero's ship, Spock shared a tender goodbye kiss with Uhura, calling her by her first name, and revealing their relationship in the presence of Kirk and Montgomery Scott. Kirk, who had repeatedly attempted to learn Uhura's first name to no avail throughout the years, asked Spock if "Nyota" was her first name. Spock responded "I have no comment on the matter."
Although keeping her distance, she came to respect Kirk as captain of the Enterprise. After he gives her a command on the bridge, she turns to him smiling and answered "Aye, Captain". This time she called him captain sincerely. (Star Trek)
A year later, Uhura accompanied Spock to Nibiru before he was rappelled from a shuttle into a volcano, to prevent it from wiping out the Nibirans. The ash damaged the shuttle and snapped the wire, forcing Uhura and Sulu to leave him. Uhura swam back to the Enterprise, which was hidden underwater. She was distraught to learn ash from the volcano would prevent the Enterprise from transporting Spock back aboard, and to hear Spock explain he would prefer to die activating the cold fusion device than violate the Prime Directive. Kirk rose the Enterprise from the sea to beam him up, violating the Prime Directive but saving his life.
Later, when the Enterprise was tasked with hunting down terrorist John Harrison, Uhura expressed to Kirk in the turbolift that she and Spock were having relationship troubles. While on a shuttle to Qo'noS where Harrison was hiding, Uhura and Spock got into an argument, where she accused of him of being too ready to sacrifice himself for a mission and not caring how she would feel if he died. Spock acknowledged that since his mother's death, he had been closing himself to such thoughts about how she would feel since he had experienced those feelings, specifically because he did care.
Suddenly the ship was attacked by Klingons. Kirk tried to lose them but they were surrounded and forced to land. Uhura counseled Captain Kirk that she be allowed to perform her role as communications officer, rather than try to fight their way out of an situation they could not win. She went out to negotiate in Klingonese, requesting their aid in finding Harrison. The Klingon she spoke to grabbed her by the throat, and pulled out a knife, prompting Spock and Kirk to go on the offensive. Uhura grabbed the Klingons knife and stabbed him with it, causing him to drop her after Harrison showed up causing a distraction. After Harrison dispatched the Klingons, surrendered himself into Kirk's custody, and was escorted to the brig, Spock and Uhura share a reconciliatory kiss.
After Harrison revealed he was Khan Noonien Singh, Spock asked Uhura to contact his older parallel universe counterpart on New Vulcan for information. Uhura managed to make contact although the ship was outside of normal range of communication with his location.
As the old Spock warned, Khan betrayed them. When the damaged Enterprise fell to Earth, Kirk reactivated the warp core to prevent it crashing, at the cost of radiation poisoning himself. Uhura came and she, Spock and Scott wept.
Uhura encouraged Spock to beam down to execute Khan, who had crashed the Vengeance into San Francisco. However, Doctor Leonard McCoy discovered a blood transfusion from Khan could heal Kirk, so Uhura beamed down and fired several shots to stun Khan, saving Spock from having his head crushed by Khan. Spock used the opportunity to gain the advantage in the fight and was set to kill him. Uhura was able to stop Spock by informing him they need Khan alive to save Kirk. Spock then knocked him out instead and took him to sickbay.
When Kirk awoke to his friends Spock and McCoy in the hospital, he acknowledged Spock saving him whereupon McCoy reminded Kirk that he and Uhura had also helped. Almost a year later, Uhura attended a memorial service for the victims of the conspiracy, which was presided over by a perfectly healthy Kirk. She continued serving on the repaired Enterprise as it embarked on a five-year mission. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
Romantic relationshipsEdit
Nyota Uhura and Spock had a romantic relationship that was established prior the start of their careers on board the Enterprise [1] . Spock was an instructor at Starfleet Academy, and Uhura was one of his students and at some point the Academy aide for his Advanced Phonology class. [2] The circumstances of the beginning of their relationship is unknown.
The true nature of their relationship is revealed slowly through their interactions with each other, although the first hint that Uhura and Spock know each other comes when he stands as Kirk's accuser in the hearing. She and Gaila are both sitting on the row that Spock gets up from and Uhura's reactions to Spock's accusations are shown. When she is assigned to the Farragut, she finds Spock and presents him with a logical argument for her placement, further evidence that she is familiar with him. He then admits to trying to avoid the appearance of favoritism. Someone knows about their relationship, and he doesn't want anyone to get the idea that it is the reason for her posting on the flagship.
Once aboard the ship, Spock quickly supports and extols Uhura's abilities before Captain Pike. Uhura called him by name and not by rank when he was about to beam himself to the Vulcan surface to rescue his parents and the Vulcan High Council. Ignoring Chekov when he asked Spock where he was going, he stopped to answer Uhura and offered further explanation. Uhura is also visibly upset that he is going. When Spock gets up from the Captain's chair to leave the bridge, Uhura followed Spock into the turbolift. Alone in the lift, she comforted him with a shared embrace and kisses after Vulcan was destroyed and his mother killed.
After losing control and attacking Kirk, Spock looked to Uhura ashamed of what he'd done. He shared another look with her as he walked off the bridge after giving up command. After his discussion with his father, where Sarek confesses his love for Amanda, Spock informs the crew that Earth was the only home he had left, looking at Uhura.
When he was ready to beam onto Nero's ship he and Uhura kissed on the transporter pad and shared a heartfelt goodbye with promises offered to one another. During their professional interactions, he calls her Lieutenant Uhura, at this moment however, Spock calls Uhura by her first name, Nyota.
When they return to the Enterprise after it has been repaired, Uhura lights up when Spock strides onto the bridge. They share a look as he passes behind her station to reach his own and she smiles. (Star Trek)
On a mission to Nibiru, Uhura helps Spock get into his suit. She kisses his helmet and encourages him. Later, when it is time to release him into the volcano, we see that she is actually upset, however she does not try to dissuade him from his duty. When his line is broken and he falls into the volcano, Sulu apologizes to her, and tells her they will have to try something else.
When she makes it back to the bridge she is visibly upset when Spock states that he will have to remain behind to die, although it does not stop her from responding to Kirk's command.
After the mission to Nibiru, It is revealed that Uhura is upset with Spock, although she seems to be giving Spock the silent treatment. When Kirk later asks if Uhura can speak Klingon and assigns her to the mission, Spock looks at Kirk as if he is not pleased with that decision. Kirk then asks if they can work the mission together, she says they can, Spock watched her return to her station and responds that he is unsure.
She later reveals on a mission that she believes his behavior on missions is too risky and it is distressing that he is willing to sacrifice himself with caring about how it would effect her if she lost him. Spock confided that because he had experienced such profound grief and despair following the loss of Vulcan and the death of his mother, that he closed himself off to the thought of those he cared for experiencing such emotions; this revealed that his problem was not a lack of caring, rather quite the opposite.
Later during the mission, you see that Spock is upset that Uhura is volunteering to face the Klingons alone, although he does not try to stop her. He keeps vigilant watch while she interacts with them and later protects her and Captain Kirk. After taking Harrison into custody, they reconciled with a kiss.
When the Admiral first tells them tells them he is going to kill them, Spock leaves his station to go to Uhura's side. When the admiral catches up to them and they are sure they are going to die, and it seems hopeless, Uhura walks to Spock and he holds her hand.
When Spock wanted to speak with his older counterpart, he spoke privately to Uhura at her station, not telling her who he wanted, but she knew anyway.
Later, when Spock wants to go after Khan, he looks to Uhura out of consideration. While Spock chases after Khan, Uhura remains on the Enterprise. When things start to get rough, and Dr. McCoy informs the bridge that Khan is needed alive to possibly save Kirk, both Spock and Khan are moving to quickly to get a transporter lock. However, someone can beam down, so Uhura offers and beams down onto an unstable surface, phaser in hand, to help Spock bring Khan to the Enterprise without killing him. She is shown to have a lot of influence on him; even in his rage at Khan for killing Kirk, she was able to calm him down enough to beam up to the ship.
At the memorial service, Uhura and Spock are seated together. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
James T. KirkEdit
Uhura and Kirk's relationship began when he hit on her in a bar in Iowa. She rejected his advances, giving him only the name Uhura, although she did flirt with him a bit. Later, at the Academy, Kirk continues to try to discover her first name. While hiding under her roommate's bed after Uhura had interrupted them, he overhears her talking to Gaila. Kirk tells Uhura that he's interested in the information she learned in the long range sensor lab that she'd shared. She put him out of their room, his clothes in hand.
Kirk asks Uhura to be the communication's officer for his third attempt at the Kobayashi Maru test, though she only sarcastically calls him Captain as he is not taking the test seriously. While attending Kirk's hearing for his solution to the Kobayashi Maru, Uhura appears to be disappointed in him. Later, while on the mission to Vulcan, Uhura confirms that Romulans attacked a Klingon fleet and backs Kirk up when he tries to convince Captain Pike of the possibility of a trap.
Accompanying Kirk results in her being promoted to the Enterprise's communications officer and Kirk is proved to be right, causing Uhura to have helped save the ship. When Kirk provokes Spock, Uhura is upset, but doesn't intervene and is furious with the way that Kirk becomes acting captain. She is the first to refer to Kirk as Captain on the Enterprise, though with obvious reservations. Kirk finally learns her first name when Spock calls her by it, but continues to call her Uhura afterwards. After Kirk's actions save Earth, Uhura officially becomes his Communications Officer on the Enterprise and happily calls him Captain, having grown to respect him. (Star Trek)
In the following year after the Narada attack, Kirk and Uhura seem to have grown closer and developed a close friendship. When Kirk is upset with Spock, he confides in Uhura. She also confides to him that he is not alone in his anger towards Spock and talks to him about her romantic problems with Spock. When Uhura and Spock later argue, they do so in front of Kirk with Uhura telling Spock that Kirk is on her side of the disagreement, a fact which Kirk later confirms. Uhura is able to convince Kirk to allow her to try negotiating with the Klingons when fighting will not work, despite it putting her in mortal danger. While respecting her wishes, when she is in danger, Kirk doesn't hesitate to rush to her rescue. When they discover that they are going to die and Kirk apologizes, Uhura comforts him with a squeeze to the shoulder. When Kirk dies after sacrificing himself to save the ship, Uhura witnesses it and breaks down crying over the death of her friend. Later, Uhura, still tearful, tells Spock to go get Khan, furious about Kirk's death. She also helps save Kirk's life when she stops Spock from killing Khan. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
Memorable quotesEdit
"For a moment I thought you were just a dumb hick who only had sex with farm animals."
"Well, not only."
- - Nyota Uhura and James Kirk (Star Trek)
"An alternate reality?"
"Precisely. Whatever our lives might have been, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed."
- - Nyota Uhura and Spock (Star Trek)
"I sure hope you know what you're doing...Captain."
"So do I."
- - Nyota Uhura and James Kirk after he takes the Captain's chair. (Star Trek)
"We're outnumbered, outgunned. There's no way we survive if we attack first. You brought me here because I speak Klingon. Then let me speak Klingon."
- - Nyota Uhura to James Kirk (Star Trek Into Darkness)
"I am here to help you. With respect, there is a criminal hiding in these ruins. He has killed many of our people."
"Why should I care about a Human killing humans?"
"Because you care about honor. And this man has none."
- - Nyota Uhura speaking in Klingon, to the Klingon commander on Kronos. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
"Go get him."
- - Nyota Uhura to Spock before he beams down to San Francisco to pursue Khan (Star Trek Into Darkness)
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Apocrypha Edit
According to her biography on the Star Trek movie app, Uhura was born in 2233 to Alhamisi and M'Umbha Uhura. She has two siblings: a sister, Makena and a brother Kamau. She graduated with honors from the Institute for Advanced Mathematics in 2255 where she then enrolled in Starfleet Academy. She also spent two academic quarters serving aboard the USS Ahriman as a junior communications cadet.
Uhura is pictured on cards #54 "Cadet N. Uhura" and #99 "Communications Officer N. Uhura" of the virtual collectible card battle game Star Trek: Rivals.
External linksEdit
- Nyota Uhura (alternate reality) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Uhura at Wikipedia


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Every once in awhile the coffee department decides it's time to clean out the drawers where we keep green coffee samples. In each drawer, which represents a month, there are various and sundry sample baggies – small ones, large ones, thick ones, thin ones, and even the occasional cloth one! I suppose many places and many employees would quickly reject these as waste. Here at Counter Culture, however, the conversations about what to do with stray bags occur pretty much weekly.
Here are just a few things I'm looking forward to doing with those bags:
- take them to the farmer's market for fruits and veggies
- bring them to the co-op for my favorite trail mixes
- store herbs in them for herbal summer water!
I asked a few co-workers, and here's what they would do:
- use them as trash can liners for smaller bathroom trash cans
- take them to the grocery store to be recycled
- store stray buttons and broken jewelry for rainy day mending projects
- transporting vitamins
Really, the opportunities are endless. So, it's a little quaint, maybe. But, the realness of landfill diversion and the commitment to not purchasing plastic bags that take a ridiculous amount of energy to create isn't just a drop in the bucket. Tim's words, "All right you guys, have at it!" as he set the bags on the counter, are still ringing in my ears!
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Part of what we love most about summer is the time we get to relax outdoors, slow down from life's hectic pace, and reflect on the months gone by. This August we invite you to put that relaxed, reflective mood to good use by making small, positive changes to your everyday habits, and living a little greener before the leaves turn brown.
Each week throughout August, via a Sustainable Summer Facebook group, we'll offer suggestions for little things we can all do to challenge climate change and preserve our natural resources. By tackling habits in the areas of Home, Work, Leisure, Transportation, and Food, we'll see firsthand how big an impact even small actions can make.
Participants will have the chance to enter raffles for great prizes (including coffee, tea, and chocolate) as a reward for green deeds done well; together, we'll end the month by celebrating sustainability with organic snacks, lively conversation, and a panel discussion about climate change and the future. (Of course, there will also be plenty of coffee.)
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Thanks to coffee producer Aida Batlle's persistent quality focus, meticulous picking and sorting, and expert processing, Finca Mauritania from Santa Ana, El Salvador, continues to be among our all-time favorites. We offer this year's harvest of Finca Mauritania with pride, respect, and gratitude. And, we hope that you enjoy Finca Mauritania as much as we do with its perfect balance of sweetness and brightness, notes of sweet pastry, and a hint of fruit over a light and creamy body. And, again, this year's harvest arrived earlier than ever before!
Buying coffee from the Productores Indígenas de la Sierra Chiapaneca (PROISCH) cooperative in 2010 allowed us to realize our long-held desire to explore the coffees from small-scale producers in Chiapas, Mexico. Farmhouse and Apollo benefited greatly that first year from PROISCH's quality and provided the perfect showcase for this coffee. Since then, we visited the co-op for the first time and worked on quality initiatives – and then visited the co-op again. Having overcome some challenges along the way, we're finally able to offer caffeinated coffee from PROISCH as a single-origin coffee called Las Milpas. We hope that you'll agree that this harvest's notes of vanilla, fig, and nougat were worth the wait.
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You may recall what a big hit our carbon footprint reduction project in Honduras was at the end of 2012. Not only were we excited about the offsets, but the excitement sparked a good deal of interest within producer communities, as well. For us, this is the ideal way for good work to get done: groups recognize a timely, valuable, well-organized project and non-governmental organization (NGO) when they see one and want to be a part of it all without us saying a word!
For weeks, after Roberto Salazar—a member of the cooperative COCAFELOL, which has provided us with delicious Honduran coffees in years past – heard about the clean cookstove project that we did with the COMSA cooperative in Marcala, he was emailing us asking how he could get in on the fun. We put Salazar's cooperative in touch with the contact at COMSA and with Trees, Water, and People—the NGO responsible for training on the construction of the stoves—and let the magic happen from there.
We recently received news from Roberto Salazar that they successfully made a partnership with Trees, Water, and People to build clean cookstoves. June 18 marked their first day of construction on 85 stoves with members of their cooperative.
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The rush of new arrivals continues with a wide range of flavors. This week, we welcome back the berry-heavy Kilenso Mokonisa Natural Sundried, sweetly crisp Haru, brightly complex Karatu Peaberry, and spicy-sweet Atu Lintang.
Kilenso Mokonisa Natural Sundried, from Aklilu Kassa's washing station in Kilenso Mokonisa in southern Ethiopia, showcases what natural sundried processed Ethiopian coffee is all about. Big flavors of blueberry and blackberry are accentuated by a juicy body.
This year, we worked with Haru and the Yirgacheffe Farmers Cooperative Union in Ethiopia to recreate the immaculate coffee we bought last year. Better cherry selection and better processing resulted in another lot exclusively for Counter Culture that hits the hallmarks of a great Yirgacheffe coffee. Bright, crisp flavors of lime, jasmine, and sweet honey.
The Gitwe Farmers cooperative – near the eastern slope of the Aberdare mountain range in Kenya – impressed us with an amazing coffee two years ago. This tiny, few-hundred pound Karatu Peaberry lot proves that was not just a fluke. Complex tropical fruit, hibiscus, and citrus notes.
Atu Lintang grew out of a conversation about improving quality at the Jagong mill in Sumatra a few years back. Weather and mitigating circumstances prevented us from accessing it again for a few years, and we feel fortunate to have revived this project and excited to feature a coffee from Sumatra that reflects our commitment to quality there as everywhere else we work. Look for notes of bell pepper, green grape and spice.
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Monday, June 10, 2013 - 7:28pm
We received news a few weeks back from La Voz que Clama en el Desierto, the cooperative in Guatemala from which we purchase coffee that brings delicious flavors to Farmhouse part of the year. The cooperative manager, Andres, wrote to let us know that they started their project with Seeds funding in earnest. As a quick reminder, they were one of two projects selected for this funding cycle,, and their goal was to offer training to coffee producers on how to prevent and combat leaf rust with organic methods.
So, far they have contracted the appropriate agronomist to lead the trainings, and they have already held eight days of workshops with the producers. The topics included at the workshops have covered methods for effective pruning and renovation of coffee plants. They have also started discussing fertilizers and effective treatments to protect plants from leaf rust.
In the coming months, they will continue the series and touch on more specific application of the techniques, as well as a broader discussion of how to strengthen the cooperative associations as a whole through these types of efforts.
Coffee from La Voz arrived and will be available as Farmhouse starting Tuesday.
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Friday, June 7, 2013 - 8:01pm
Congratulations to Krystal Jackson of Asheville's High Five Coffee Bar. Krystal was the overall top finisher in last night's Cup Tasters Challenge event. Participants at each Training Center tasted four sets of three cups each and tried to identify which was different from the other two in each set. Krystal identified all four flights correctly in 52.5 seconds!
The Cup Tasters Challenge title belt will be heading to Asheville because the top 5 participants there got the most right of any of our Training Centers. Way to go, Asheville.
Thanks to everyone who competed and special thanks for gracious help from prize sponsors Baratza grinders and Espresso Supply!
Hope you can make it to the next one,
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Located at the southwest corner of Washtenaw Ave. and Platt Rd.
Two Entrances: One off of Platt Rd. and one off of Medford Rd.
Open Hours: 8:00 AM - Dusk (holidays included) all year
Phone: (734) 971-6337
County Farm Park History
County Farm Park is located on the east side of the City of Ann Arbor. This 141 acres of county land was bought from Claudius Britton in 1836 for $1200. A poor house and insane asylum was built in 1837 and used until 1917 when a brick hospital was constructed and named the Washtenaw Infirmary. The infirmary stood until 1967 when it was ordered to be closed or modernized. In 1972, the infirmary was vacated (and eventually razed) and Project Grow began using 8 acres of land for their gardens. The Parcour exercise trail was constructed in 1976 (the fitness equipment was replaced in 2001). In 1991, the Meri Lou Murray Recreation Center opened in the northeastern corner of County Farm Park, where the infirmary stood years ago. The park was formally renamed "Nelson Meade County Farm Park" in 2013 to honor the lifelong contributions of Commissioner Meade upon his retirement.
Britton Woods Nature Area
This 18-acre woodlot, named after the last private farmer to own County Farm Park, is an interesting mixture of upland and floodplain tree species. Oaks, hickories, and cherry reflect the upland nature of this wooded knoll, while maple, ash, ironwood, and hornbeam reflect the floodplain soils deposited by a glacial water course. Together with trillium and other wild flowers, Britton Woods is a reflection of the Ann Arbor landscape in presettled times.
County Farm Nature Area
County Farm was primarily used as agricultural land, it has since renaturalized with lush fields, dense hedgerows, and brushy cover. In this renewed habitat, known as "Old Field Succession", rabbits, pheasant, woodchucks, and skunks, as well as numerous bird species, are to be found. There is even a rare sighting of fox and deer some years. As with all WCPARC parks, the plants, animals, fruits, and flowers of County Farm Park are protected against picking and collecting.
Park Rules and Information
- All dogs must be on a 6 foot leash
- Two Pavilion/Shelters available on a first-come, first-serve basis and may not be reserved
- Perennial Garden
- walking/jogging/biking trails
- Motorcycles prohibited in County Farm Park
- Bicycles prohibited in Britton Woods Nature Area
- Project Grow plots of land available for rent: phone (734) 996-3196
- Parking available off of Platt and Medford Roads
- Picking wildflowers and plants is prohibited anywhere in the park
- Edible nuts and berries may be sampled, but may not be collected in bulk and removed from the park
- WCPARC Facilities located at County Farm Park include:
- Meri Lou Murray Recreation Center - 2960 Washtenaw Ave., (734) 971-6355
- Administrative Offices - 2230 Platt Rd., (734) 971-6337
- Field Operations Building - 2210 Platt Rd., (734) 971-6337


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It's a workforce planning theme for 2013: "Made in America."
Employers and labor-market experts say the pendulum is swinging away from offshore labor strategies and toward a more home-grown approach. That is, U.S. employers are recognizing the limits of shipping work abroad and looking to beef up operations domestically. The reasons include skill sets largely specific to the U.S., increased costs of overseas operations and a desire by U.S. employers for a more stable workforce, even when using contingent labor.
Among the signs of "re-shoring" was Apple Inc.'s recent announcement that it would manufacture some of its computers in the United States—a break from the iconic company's longstanding practice of making products in China.
The results of the trend include a U.S. labor market that is heating up for some skills. And there's a renewed push to bring foreign labor here.
Microsoft Corp., for example, recently proposed raising the annual cap on H-1B visas, which let skilled foreign workers enter the country. That effort has drawn fire from critics who say the visas are mostly used to undercut U.S. wages and fuel age discrimination.
Virtually all observers agree, though, that a shift is under way to locate more work in America.
Ravin Jesuthasan, global practice leader for talent management at consulting firm Towers Watson & Co., says organizations in some cases rushed to send work overseas and didn't recognize the downsides. Offshoring human resources processes could lead to a lower-quality employee experience and potentially reduce productivity as U.S. workers and managers seeking HR support are not served well by foreign call centers, he says. Now there's growing interest in bringing some operations back to America's shores.
We're "reaching a point of balance with offshoring," Jesuthasan says.
For several decades, U.S. employers have looked to send work abroad. The trend began in the 1970s and '80s with manufacturing moving to lower-wage nations. In the past decade or so, a growing number of services have been shipped to China, India and the Philippines.
To be sure, the practice continues. A 2012 study by research firm Oxford Economics and co-sponsored by Towers Watson & Co. projects that during the next five to 10 years in developing Asian countries, demand for industrial talent will rise 37.7 percent and demand for business services workers will grow 40 percent.
More companies are global in their scope, and they increasingly scour the planet when seeking to fulfill leadership positions. What's more, teleconferencing technologies along with collaboration software enable geographically distributed teams to be productive.
The nascent shift of work back to U.S. shores does not spell the end of offshoring, says Gad Levanon, an economist with The Conference Board research firm. "It's going to be a gradual thing," he says. "It will be more rare to see companies actually shut down existing, functioning operations in emerging countries."
At the same time, there's an emerging consensus that the virtual workplace has its weaknesses, global collaboration has its limits and offshoring may have gone too far. In 2011, for example, The Boston Consulting Group published a report titled Made in America, Again: Why Manufacturing Will Return to the U.S. It concluded that China's manufacturing cost advantage over the U.S. is shrinking fast and that within five years the gap will virtually close for many goods consumed in North America because of factors including rising Chinese wages, higher U.S. productivity and shipping costs.
"Wage and benefit increases of 15 to 20 percent per year at the average Chinese factory will slash China's labor-cost advantage over low-cost states in the U.S., from 55 percent today to 39 percent in 2015, when adjusted for the higher productivity of U.S. workers," the consulting firm wrote. "Because labor accounts for a small portion of a product's manufacturing costs, the savings gained from outsourcing to China will drop to single digits for many products."
Apple made a splash last December when it announced it would shift the manufacturing of one of its Macintosh computer products from China to the United States. Apple CEO Tim Cook said his company would invest $100 million to bring the manufacturing back to the U.S. this year.
Concern about its reputation may have played some role in Apple's decision. The company has come under fire in recent years amid reports that its outsourced labor force in China works under harsh, unsafe conditions in making hot-selling products such as the iPad. In addition, Apple's runaway success amid a still-tepid U.S. economic recovery has led observers including President Barack Obama to question whether it could locate operations in America.
"I don't think we have a responsibility to create a certain kind of job," Cook told Bloomberg Businessweek in announcing the manufacturing shift. "But I think we do have a responsibility to create jobs."
A sense of responsibility to U.S. communities also helps explain why India-based technology services company HCL Technologies is hiring in America. HCL Technologies is among the India-based firms that have touted the benefits of offshoring work over the past decade or so. But HCL, whose U.S. operations are based in Sunnyvale, California, is now highlighting its efforts to beef up its U.S. workforce.
"We are committed to expanding local talent pools in the communities where we operate to ensure we staff the right skills, in the right place, at the right time, for the right cost," says Prithvi Shergill, HCL's chief human resources officer, in an email. "By investing in education and training, and collaborating with universities, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, we've created a more sustainable and socially responsible business model for fulfilling talent needs."
HCL has about 8,600 employees in the United States, 40 percent of whom are local hires. Last year, HCL said it planned to hire 10,000 local employees in the U.S. and Europe.
More than just labor savings and social responsibility are behind the re-shoring trend. Companies are recognizing the value of physical proximity when it comes to their teams. InterContinental Hotels Group requires key people on its Web development team to work out of its regional headquarters in Atlanta, says Keith Credendino, vice president for global e-commerce technology. The hotel chain still sends some technology work, such as software testing, overseas to countries including India and Russia. But for strategic tasks such as rebuilding the InterContinental website, it is important for developers to be co-located with company business partners, Credendino says.
What's more, Credendino's team uses a highly interactive software delivery method called "Scrum." That's not an acronym, but rather a reference to actual rugby scrums where players bind together as they square off against an opponent. Software development as scrum does not work nearly as well if team members are scattered across the globe. "Think about rugby," Credendino says. "You move together. You work together as one team."
Then there are skills particular to the United States. Credendino says that the talent needed to develop mobile device applications tends to be American. That is, U.S. coders rather than their overseas counterparts are more likely to be familiar with writing apps for the iOS or Android platforms. "It's very hard to find people outside the U.S. who have experience in 'native mobile apps' development," he says.
Greater interest in workforce stability also is spurring more work to be done in America, says Wade Hughes, managing partner at consulting and staffing firm The Intersect Group. He says clients are requiring their staffing providers to complete assignments with workers who are "W-2" employees rather than contractors or employees at a subcontracting firm. Clients seem to be imposing the W-2 requirement to ensure that their technology projects and other assignments are staffed with a reliable set of workers, Hughes says. "They want continuity."
The made-in-America shift is contributing to labor market tightness in a number of fields. The nation's overall unemployment rate for 2012 was 8.1 percent, according to the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. But the unemployment rate for computer and mathematical occupations in 2012 was 3.6 percent for 2012—below the 4 percent threshold that some observers consider the rate corresponding to "full employment" in the overall economy. Another job area in relatively high demand is for accountants and auditors, who experienced an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in 2012.
And marketing and sales managers enjoyed an unemployment rate of just 1.4 percent.
Food and facilities services provider Sodexo USA is among the employers wrestling with a tighter talent market. Information technology and sales professionals can be hard to find, says Arie Ball, vice president of talent acquisition for Sodexo. And Sodexo's hiring needs are picking up. Over a recent six-week period, the number of open positions was up 25 percent compared with the same period a year ago, Ball says.
One of the running debates about the labor market is whether employers have been too picky in their hiring. It's a conversation playing out at Sodexo, as well. "For some of our jobs, do we need a four-year degree or is a two-year degree acceptable? Those are the questions we need to be asking," Ball says. "It's not always necessary."
With respect to jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics—the STEM skills—some U.S. employers say they can't get the talent they need in the United States. That complaint has refocused attention on the H-1B visa program, which allows skilled foreign professionals to work in the United States for a limited period. The number of visas that can be given out in a given year currently is capped at 65,000, subject to some exceptions.
In September, Microsoft suggested adding 20,000 H-1B visas annually for STEM skills that are in short supply. The recommendation came as part of a broader Microsoft proposal to improve the talent pool in science and technology, including broader access to computer science in high school and 20,000 new permanent residency cards—or green cards—for workers with STEM skills.
Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel and executive vice president for legal and corporate affairs, said his company had more than 6,000 open jobs in the country, an increase of 15 percent over the past year.
"Our nation faces the paradox of a crisis in unemployment at the same time that many companies cannot fill the jobs they have to offer," Smith said in a blog post. "In addition to the short-term consequences for businesses and individuals, we risk these jobs migrating from the U.S., creating even bigger challenges for our long-term competitiveness and economic growth."
More recently, 20 organizations backed Microsoft's proposal, including the National Science Teachers Association.
But Norm Matloff, a professor of computer science at the University of California at Davis and longtime critic of the H-1B visa program, says Microsoft's proposal amounts to a quest for cheap labor and an attempt to avoid hiring older workers. He cites a study by the Economic Policy Institute think tank finding that, from 2000 to 2011, the average hourly wage for workers possessing at least a bachelor's degree in computer and math occupations rose less than half a percent per year—not the kind of increase you'd expect to see from a severe dearth of talent.
"The data just don't indicate a shortage," Matloff says. "The age issue is still very much with us."
Despite the warning from Smith that U.S. jobs will move overseas in the absence of more H-1B visas, the purpose of the visas is to fill jobs in the United States. In other words, the push to expand the visa program is another indication that—at least for now—re-shoring is under way.
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Maker's Mark claims that the red wax seal used on Jose Cuervo Reserva de la Familia tequila is a trademark infringement and it's suing.
The bourbon company says that the wax coating atop the Cuervo product deliberately resembles the Maker's Mark seal and is likely to cause confusion among consumers.
This is the second such suit, and some changes to the Cuervo seal were already made. Cuervo aims to get the suit dismissed.
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