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How Custom Tables, Chairs and Stools Combine Comfort, Style and Marketing
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Any business owner knows the importance of building their brand. There are many ways to build your brand through graphic design, marketing, customer relations and the aesthetic you create within your business space or storefront. All of these things comes together to send a message to consumers about the kind of business you run, the reliability of your services and the worthiness of your products for purchase. When customers visit your office, store, restaurant or venue they will immediately get an impression of your business just by looking around. Before they receive any services or make any purchases, what they see and experience will begin to inform them about your business. First impressions really do matter! For this reason, it is important for any business to custom design tables, stools or chairs.
When decorating your business you could certainly go to a local commercial furniture store and buy some generic durable furniture for your business. But, unfortunately, what you will likely end up with is furniture that could be found in any office space, store, restaurant or venue. The tone it will set and the impression it will give to anyone who visits will be just that – generic. It will look like a "chain" that could be seen just about anywhere. That impression will not wow customers or make them feel special. It will not send a message that your business is unique or that it has been creatively marketed. Custom designed tables, chairs and stools can be created to blend seamlessly with any decor and project the image that you want for your business. Do you have a cutting edge, trend setting or technology driven business? The last thing you want is decor that looks rustic or traditional. Design furniture that will enhance the existing aesthetic within your business and promote the business atmosphere that you want so that everyone knows exactly what your business is all about. Additionally, when you custom design your tables, chairs and stools for your business you can design them for the space you have, allowing you to choose dimensions and shapes that will work best with and maximize your existing space. Lastly, when you custom design the furniture for your business you add intrinsic value. Customers, vendors and employees will see custom tables, chairs and stools and know that your business has been invested in and is worth patronizing. The most successful venues and businesses are the ones that people want to keep coming back to and with the right furniture to enhance the atmosphere, you will create a business that does just that. When purchasing tables, chairs and stools for your business, skip the generic ones and opt to custom design them, your business is worth it.
3 Reasons Why Custom DJ Booths Are Ideal for Personal Use/Private Parties
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A custom DJ booth can be very beneficial to those working in the entertainment industry. A good DJ is crucial to pulling off an event that is a verified success, whether one is attending a wedding or a more informal gathering. While great music is key during any social get-together, a DJ's base of operation is equally important. That's why it's such a good idea for DJs to secure the right booth to make certain that all performances go off without a hitch.
The following are three great reasons for all DJs to invest in custom-made booths. A specially designed booth can take what might be a lackluster performance and bring it to a whole new level. This can be exceedingly important for entertaining a large group of people, as well as attracting prospective clients that may be interested in enlisting your services in the future. The better the presentation, the more likely you are to impress all who attend a particular event.
Get Your Name Out There
Building up clients is often a huge priority to those working as DJs. This can be a difficult undertaking in some cases, which is why many DJs prefer to utilize branding to boost name recognition among prospective clients. A branded booth can include pertinent info such as company logos, contact information, and even things like links to websites or social media pages. This can make it easy for future clients to find you in the event they should require your services.
While business cards and websites can work well in this capacity, a branded DJ booth is a great method of increasing awareness among guests. It's common for party-goers to approach the DJ booth with requests and other questions. This serves as a prime opportunity to increase one's name recognition, which can be difficult to pull off at more lively events. By branding one's booth with contact information, you can rest assured that guests will remember you long after the party is over.
Showcase Your Unique Sense of Style
Many DJs utilize their own personal sense of style during performances in order to guarantee the best experience for all party-goers. This is certainly true for more well-known DJs, and those with less name recognition would be wise to follow suit. In this respect, a customized booth is a great way to showcase your individual style while entertaining guests.
A DJ booth doesn't have to be a boring, solely functional affair. There are many great stylistic choices available that allow both well-established and burgeoning DJs to garner attention to their craft. From color options to physical design, you can specify the exact look of your booth in order to better showcase your unique sense of style.
Create Functional Space to Entertain Guests
While appearance is a concern when designing a DJ booth, functionality is just as important to ensuring a successful event. This entails a design that allows ample space for appropriate equipment, such as turntables, speakers, mixing boards, etc. A DJ booth must also contain room for additional supplies, as well as being spacious enough to facilitate freedom of movement, which can be crucial for successfully performing your DJ duties.
Being a DJ is a bit like participating in other musical acts, in the sense that the way integral equipment is laid out can make all the difference to a performance. For this reason, many DJs may have rigid specifications for the layout of their DJ booths. By custom-designing one's booth, a DJ can ensure it meets the requirements that will guarantee a strong performance. Things like shelving and space are a concern, and ready-made booths may prove less than desirable to a number of DJs. By customiz
Get the Party Starteding one's performance area, giving guests a night they won't soon forget will be a far easier task to accomplish.
As a DJ, you are tasked with making sure all attendees have the time of their lives. With the right DJ booth, you can easily ensure a good time is had by all, while also offering possible clients practical means of making contact for future events. The best DJs offer party-goers and unbridled good time, in addition to aesthetic appeal and professionalism. By investing in a custom-designed booth, you can satisfy all three requirements with ease, as well as creating an ideal work space that allows your best assets to shine.
How Can Custom Metal Tables, Stools and Benches Promote Your Brand and Increase Revenue?
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Running a bar, nightclub, or lounge can be exceptionally profitable, but these are also difficult businesses to establish and maintain successfully. Often, these ventures close their doors just a few years after opening. There are a number of reasons this can happen, many of them having to do with interior design and furniture choices that conflict with the basic goals of customer comfort, visual appeal, and overall practicality. Sometimes these issues can be resolved by using furniture that is tailored to the aesthetic and practical needs of your establishment. Here are some ways in which custom metal tables, stools, and benches can help realize your bar ornightclub's full potential.
Many nightclub and bar owners will invest thousands of dollars in the construction of their establishments' bars, but will skimp on basic elements of design and interior architecture. Good contractors are excellent at setting up spaces that look fantastic and add to the overall aesthetic, but only if they are given the proper guidance. While some business owners may consider employing interior architects a luxury, it is actually a prudent investment when viewed in the long term, because they can help you select custom metal tables, stools, and benches that achieve your desired visual appeal without sacrificing an area's flow. This efficiency applies not only to the space slated for your customers, but also for your bartenders, hosts, and wait staff. If you make the bar an area that works for both your employees as well as your customers, it will become a comfortable place for everyone. Taking the time to really research your visual themes and hiring the right people to execute them will definitely pay off for you in the end.
Once you have decided on your aesthetic and have assembled a good design and construction team, it is time to make some determinations about what type of furniture you want. At this stage, it is a good idea to let practicality be a priority. For example, furniture made of metal is great for bars and nightclubs. Not only is it sleek and visually appealing, but it is also exceptionally easy to clean and maintain. For many nightclub owners, custom metal tables and stools are the way to go, because they will last for years without needing to be replaced.
After you have decided what materials to use, it is time to look into what kind of furniture you want. This will likely be dictated by the space's strategic layout. Many club owners want to have a variety of custom metal tables and benches because they can be used to direct the flow of people. Backless benches, for example, can be great for use in the center of a room because they provide your customers with flexibility of use and your wait staff will have an easier time navigating around them. Your interior design team can help you select the right assortment of furniture for a visually appealing layout that still serves the wants and needs of your customers and staff.
Choosing to purchase custom metal tables, stools, and benches, also offers you the ability to visibly display your brand. This can be a great marketing tactic, because it will pair you establishment's atmosphere and excellent service with your brand image—a powerful association in the mind of your customers. If this type of advertising is of interest to you, try looking for table, stool, and bench suppliers who are experienced at incorporating logos into their furniture.
It is easy to see how much the right choices in furniture can impact a bar or nightclub's success. With the right design team to help you select your custom metal tables, stools, and benches, you can see firsthand how building your brand can help you increase your profitability and ensure your business' longevity.
Importance of Promotional Bar Products
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It is extremely important in business to create a brand and promote it well. Every event night at a club, restaurant or bar is an opportunity for exposure of your business to the masses. You cannot overlook even one night or event as a great opportunity to promote your business or product. By using a bar product, whether it be bottle service, drink carrier or beverage cart as a branded promotional item you keep your business in th epresence of the customers and consumers without being intrusive. It is a classy and subtle way to effectively market your business and subtly send the message that your brand is important, high end and desirable. With a well designed logo printed on any bar product you can place that image in your customer's mind and help create recall when your customer goes to make another purchase. Crearting recall in your customer's mind is an invaluable technique that will keep customers coming back to your product in the future.
By using well made custom designed promotional bar products you can guarantee additional positive exposure for your business or product but that is not the only benefit. They are also a cost effective, long lasting form of advertisement. They are not a one time use, throw away product. These products are made of quality materials that will last and continue to promote your business without putting in any additional money. The return on this investment cannot be measured.
Another great use for some of the promotional bar products could be as a giveaway at a trade show event. Not only will such a giveaway generate interest in and of itself, but it will drive traffic to your booth, again creating additional exposure for your business. Face to face time with potential customers is invaluable. By offering promotional bar products as additional incentives for business or as giveaways, you can create business contacts that will be loyal patrons and sustain your business financially. Another great reason to use promotional bar products at trade shows is to introduce a new product for your business. Custom bar products can be the perfect way for your new product to be introduced to the market and create great exposure.
Promotional bar products that have been custom designed with your logo will put your business right in front of potential customers and will generate interest. By using a well designed logo and expertly made bar product that interest will turn to profit for your company. Using such products not only help your business gain exposure to customers but it allows you to make invaluable contacts with vendors who will also be more eager to promote your brand and spread the word about your products. Promotional bar products offer great return on a one time investment and can make a huge difference in your business bottom line.
Back from the show – orders galore
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Nightclub & Bar 2012!
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Fry Fabrications will be at the NC&B show 2012 at the Las Vegas Convention Center March 13 14! We'll be showcasing an array of products such as Bottle Service Sets, tables, bars, a DJ Booth, and much more!
Fry Media on Full-Fry-Blast
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2011 – Done Deal
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Lots has been going on at Fry Fabrications to close out the year.
First, we've made some locking bottle displays and back bar bottle displays for both Crown Royal and Patron. What makes these locking bottle displays and back bar displays unique is that they both illuminate the bottle via LED lighting and flourescent lighting to promote the bottle branding as much as possible. These locking bottle displays allow for quick easy access and for the server to lock to prevent the customer from pouring their own glass (a growing law). We've also been busy with the bottle service trays and bottle service sets, as well as locking bottle service trays and locking bottle service sets for various NYE parties around the globe.
We also closed out the year with some bottle display units for Galliano Wine – these bottle displays are designed with tiered shelving to and will look promoting the product in stores along the east coast. Also closing out some bottle service trays, bottle service sets, and drink carts to Russian Standard, ABSOLUT, and SKYY Vodka. Furthermore, we put some more carts in production from a company called "Rebelcart" who will be having us manufacture these beefy auto-detail carts.
2011 has been a record year for Fry Fabrications. Very much looking forward to what's in store for 2012!
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As I write this blog I am relaxing…why? Well, Fry Fabrications has just completed and shipped one of our most complex items every! No, not a bottle service set, not a portable bar, drink cart, table, or kiosk. This was a Rickshaw cart for Bombay Sapphire bound to be displayed in New York's JFK airport. What did this cart entail? Wooden wheels, bamboo weaving, bamboo shoots, custom handles with jewels, canopy, real bamboo countertop, shelving, locking door and yards of print media. Photos can be seen at www.facebook.com/fryfab. All of this was made in about 2 weeks! It was a stressful 2 weeks for sure, but we're very happy with the results and can rest easy that this will deliver.
In other news we've been making a few custom bars for Diaego in Canada, a bowling alley in Michigan, and a local club here in Tempe, AZ called Fat Tuesdays. Also on deck are some pistol shaped bottle service sets for a Las Vegas club called "Revolver" as well as some custom bottle service trays for a new club in Hollywood, California called "Agency." A custom folding bar was also created for Sobieski Vodka and a custom kisok with locking doors was made for "The Interior Shop" in Phoenix, AZ – this kiosk turned out extra special as the customer added some hot rod style pinstriping to the bar and it looks amazing. We have a few more projects potentially in the works as we begin to wind down 2011. Also in the coming weeks it'll be time to prepare once again for the Nightclub and Bar Expo in Las Vegas where Fry Fabrications will be displaying our coolest products to date.
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Here at Fry Fabrications, its been busy, yet productive since our last blog posting. We've produced and shipped some trade show pedestals that hold assorted electronic devices, we've done some bottle service pieces for Tequila Ambhar which have the most intricate laser work we've done to date – we've done lots of retail work for assorted outlets. With all of this, it seems that many of the jobs that we've been requested – bottle service, drink carts, tables, portable bars, custom work have all been with tight deadlines. I certainly can understand deadlines and why they're there – yet they can also be scary (afterall it is Halloween today). If all the pieces of the puzzle don't align perfectly, the deadline can easily be compromised. For example: We must first have the design in place, then the CAD drawings created, then the steel must be cut, fabrication labor performed (without any delay). Then there's the finish sanding, powder coating, accessories, boxing/packaging, and finally shipping. One hiccup on any of these elements and those promises that were made go down the tubes. The deadlines also continue to get shorter and shorter adding more pressure…yet there are the times where I have to say "no" when our capabilities even at 150% cannot make that deadline possible. Experience has certainly played the most important role when it comes to giving the customer that promise of making that deadline – and knowing when to say we cannot comes from experience. Furthermore, even if a project is profitable, when a very tight deadline is given the potential for that profit is certainly at risk. Honesty is always the best policy.


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Capstone and mortar: Notes on the creation of UNSCR 1540
When the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540) on April 28, 2004, it created both a capstone and the mortar to unite several disparate international regimes aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their means of delivery. As a resolution taken under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, it sits atop all other forms of international law. As a means of closing gaps within and between the international nonproliferation regimes covering nuclear, chemical, biological weapons and their means of delivery, UNSCR 1540 creates a more formidable obstacle to those seeking such weapons.
With UNSCR 1540, the Security Council took a very innovative action. UNSCR 1540 created new, legally binding obligations within many of the old nonproliferation regimes, such as requiring prohibitions against proliferation activities by nonstate actors, obliging states to secure sensitive materials, and requiring states to adopt export controls on such items. As such, it became only the second UNSCR adopted under Chapter VII not to address narrowly defined security challenges or conduct2. It also established wholly new fields, such as combating the financing of proliferation and illicit brokering, and, to this day, it remains the only legally binding international instrument covering the proliferation of means of delivery of WMD and their related materials.
Ten years on, we have many examples of the considerable impact UNSCR 1540 has had. Dozens of states, as well as the European Union, have changed their laws, regulations, policies, and programs to mesh with the more than two hundred individual obligations the resolution establishes. Many international, regional, and subregional organizations have incorporated elements of the resolution into their mandates and work programs. A number of civil-society organizations have projects to help further implementation of the resolution (including publishing this very journal). UNSCR 1540 has become a foundation for the practical business of nonproliferation.
Most observers rightly point to President Bush's address to the UN General Assembly in September 2003 as a catalyst for action on nonproliferation by the Security Council.3 However, French president Chirac and Russian president Putin, as well as U.K. foreign minister Straw, also called on the Security Council to take action against proliferation in their speeches to the same Assembly.4 As we shall see, a far broader recognition of the threat posed by proliferation of WMD and their means of delivery to nonstate actors existed in the international community before these speeches.
No definitive work on the origins of UNSCR 1540 exists, yet understanding how and why this uniquely powerful and comprehensive tool to combat proliferation came to exist holds more than just historical interest. The Security Council clearly understood that compliance with the resolution would pose many long-term challenges, a point it recognizes repeatedly in subsequent UNSCRs extending the mandate of the 1540 Committee, the body it established to monitor and foster implementation of the resolution. A better sense of the history of the resolution can help identify where key legal, technical, and political boundaries exist and where changes in the current environment might create opportunities to strengthen international efforts to combat proliferation.
A complete answer to how and why UNSCR 1540 came to be goes well beyond the scope of this article. Tackling those questions requires interviewing the many participants in this creation story and seeing the documents they saw, many of which remain classified. Instead, using open-source material, this article attempts to establish a pattern of creation, a timeline that students of UNSCR 1540 might find useful as a benchmark.
Precursors to UNSCR 1540
Beginning with UNSCR 8 (1946), the Security Council sporadically dealt with WMD, ranging from proposals to investigate the alleged use of biological weapons. to the work of the Disarmament Commission, to sanctions against the South African nuclear program, to nuclear security assurances tied to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The Council began to quicken its focus on WMD proliferation with the onset of the first Gulf War and its adoption of UNSCR 687 (1991), which linked the lifting of sanctions on Iraq to the removal of WMD programs.
The acme of this period took place on April 3, 1992, with the first-ever Council meeting at the level of heads of state and government. The unprecedented meeting explored questions regarding the responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security, reflecting renewed optimism that the Security Council could shrug off of its Cold War shackles. The resulting presidential statement (PRST) covered several security matters, including declaring, for the first time, that "[t]he proliferation of all weapons of mass destruction constitutes a threat to international peace and security."5 While the PRST paved the way for further action by the Council, its work on WMD in the 1990s continued to emphasize national WMD programs, particularly those of Iraq, North Korea, India, and Pakistan.
The events of September 11, 2001, firmly established that at least some terrorists would readily cause mass civilian casualties. Soon after these attacks, several international bodies outside of the Security Council issued new calls for the international community to address the nexus of WMD proliferation and terrorism. In its sessions in 2002, for example, the UN Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters began addressing the WMD terrorist threat, concluding that the threat posed a real and serious danger to the international community, and proposing that the newly created UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee "coordinate all international efforts to prevent possible terrorist acquisition or development of weapons of mass destruction."6 It also urged states to use the review process in existing nonproliferation mechanisms "to take all necessary measures to prevent unauthorized persons from obtaining" WMD and materials and technologies used to manufacture them.
The first UN General Assembly resolution on this topic was introduced by India and specifically acknowledged the considerations by the Advisory Board.7 The resolution, subsequently adopted by the General Assembly in January 2003, urged all UN member states to implement and strengthen both international and national measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring WMD and related materials. The Advisory Board also requested the UN secretary-general to compile a report to present at the 58th session of the General Assembly on measures to address this threat. This represented a step toward monitoring that would become an important element of UNSCR 1540.
Arguably, the G-8 issued the document with the greatest impact on the development of UNSCR 1540, namely the "Principles to prevent terrorists, or those that harbour them, from gaining access to weapons or materials of mass destruction." The principles, more commonly known as the Kananaskis Principles, appeared in June 2002.8 UNSCR 1540 repeats text, in whole or in part, from the first five of these six principles. Table 1 compares elements of the five principles with relevant paragraphs in the resolution, and clearly demonstrates their close connection. Additionally, Principles 2-5 each call for the provision to states of assistance necessary for their implementation. UNSCR 1540 consolidates these calls for assistance in its Operative Paragraph (OP) 7, but further clarifies who should provide assistance (states in a position to offer assistance) to whom (states lacking the legal and regulatory infrastructure, implementation experience, or resources) and under what circumstances (in response to specific requests).
Diplomats often see previously agreed language as a safe harbor. As a text on which France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States had agreed already, the Kananaskis Principles created a pool of language and concepts on which those four permanent members of the Security Council could draw in drafting the resolution. There is considerable overlap between the two texts. Yet UNSCR 1540 strips away some of the concepts entirely (e.g., catch-all controls, minimizing or eliminating stocks of dangerous materials), makes others into recommendations rather than core obligations (e.g., developing and maintaining national control lists), or relegates them to footnotes (e.g., multilateral control lists, missiles, and related materials, equipment and technology), hinting at some of the more divisive issues in negotiating the resolution.
But what of the concepts in UNSCR 1540 not found in the Kananaskis Principles, namely nonstate actors (OPs 1 and 2), financing (OPs 2 and 3d), outreach to industry and the public (OP 8d), the call not to reinterpret treaties or alter rights (OP 5), collaborative action to prevent illicit trafficking (OP 10), and the creation of a subsidiary body of the Security Council to monitor implementation (OP 4)? In some cases, the genesis seems clear. In its efforts to combat terrorism, for example, the Security Council had already identified financial measures as an important tool in UNSCR 1373. UNSCR 1540 certainly reflects that development. UNSCR 1373 created a Security Council subsidiary body, i.e., the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC), to monitor implementation of the resolution. Several states referred to it in later Security Council sessions on the resolution. However, the Council circumscribed the powers of the subsidiary body for UNSCR 1540 compared to the CTC, particularly on reporting requirements and on assessing national implementation efforts. This suggests some division among Security Council members. Similarly, OP 10 of UNSCR 1540 has its roots in the Proliferation Security Initiative, but, as we shall see, adapted to the divergent views among Council members regarding the initiative.
Although one may not point directly to a specific UNSCR or nonproliferation initiative, outreach to the public and industry nonetheless comprised an important part of national and international efforts to implement domestic nonproliferation measures. From accounting for materials in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) regimes to controlling exports of proliferation-sensitive materials, many states clearly saw such outreach as an important prerequisite for effective implementation of many nonproliferation measures.
More than a year before the speeches of September 2003, therefore, key Security Council members had expressed and supported several basic concepts that would eventually appear in UNSCR 1540. Notably, these basic concepts, including those on preventing illicit transactions, also emerged many months before the public unravelling of the A. Q. Khan network in late 2003 and early 2004.9 It seems likely that those revelations, and the deadly Madrid bombings in March 2004, did have an impact, but more in gathering a broad base of support for the adoption of the resolution than in forming its roots.
Developing the Resolution
Despite its highly unusual nature, the evidence does not suggest that the initial process for developing UNSCR 1540 veered from that of more typical resolutions adopted under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. In October 2003, the United Kingdom reportedly shared an informal paper and Russia an informal draft resolution, while the United States continued to work on its draft.10 Allegedly, the permanent five members exchanged drafts as often as every few days during these early discussions.11
By mid-November, members had achieved enough progress on the resolution that it began circulating among other Council members. Differences among the permanent members, however, took more months to resolve and then build a consensus among the other members of the Council.12 Datan, for example, speculates on the reasons for changes in drafts circulated on December 16 and 19, 2003, and then again in January 2004, on the application of Chapter VII to parts or all of the resolution, and to the definition of items related to WMD and means of delivery. Oosthuizen and Wilmshurst note that these definitions caused difficulty in the negotiations, with regard to both their content and how to include them in the resolution. In its statement in support of the resolution, China also noted that through these negotiations, the drafters had deleted a reference to interdiction at China's request.13
Meanwhile, outside pressures on the Security Council members to take action on WMD nonproliferation continued to mount. As early as August, the United States apparently began giving information to Pakistan regarding the activities of A. Q. Khan, which it continued to supply as autumn turned to winter. In October, with Libya, the United States, and the United Kingdom in the midst of discussions aimed at ending Libyan WMD programs, German and Italian authorities intercepted the BBC China, bound for Libya with containers holding pieces for sophisticated centrifuges disingenuously labeled as machine parts.14 Confronted with this and other evidence, President Gadhafi agreed to renounce the Libyan nuclear- and chemical-weapons programs, and the evidence of the links to the Khan network became more widely known. In December and January, Pakistan brought in 26 individuals for questioning regarding alleged proliferation activities, including three Khan Research Laboratory directors. Eventually Pakistan placed A. Q. Khan under house arrest on January 31, 2004, and he made a public confession on February 4, 2004. These revelations likely added public pressure on negotiators to reach an agreement and produce a resolution.
By early spring, the last major unresolved issue seemingly involved the mechanism to monitor the implementation of the resolution. According to Datan, the establishment of a subsidiary committee of the Security Council does not appear until a March 28 draft, whereas prior drafts had required states to report on implementation to the president of the Council or the UN secretary-general. The new body could call on other expertise as appropriate.
As a decision taken under Chapter VII, the draft resolution meant that all states would need to take many significant domestic measures to implement their obligations. This unprecedented, expansive expression of Security Council authority, although within its mandate under the UN Charter, generated a realization that the Council might face a "legitimacy" gap among the whole of the UN membership. This prompted the drafters to address these more general concerns by engaging the international community more broadly than usual. Consequently, when the permanent members officially shared a draft resolution with the ten elected members of the Council on March 24, it appears that these other members of the Security Council, non-Council members, NGOs, and the press already knew something of the negotiations and sought a voice.15
Accordingly, the permanent members held consultations not just with the elected members of the Security Council, but with the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Malaysia, representing the NAM members, noted its appreciation of the very useful informal consultations with the sponsors that took on April 6.16 In response to such consultations, Brazil, an elected Council member at the time, circulated a non-paper on April 8 offering some alternative views, and on April 20 circulated a few amendments expressing its concerns with the near-final version of the resolution.17
According to Datan, several NGOs had acquired early drafts of the resolution and began organizing a campaign by civil-society organizations to demand an open debate by the Security Council through contact with national ministries of foreign affairs and the Security Council. Eventually this included submitting draft language to the Council members, distributing a media advisory, and issuing press statements during March 2004. Datan claims that these consultations produced some changes that went into an April 15 draft text.
This unusual outreach effort by the permanent members indeed culminated in an open session of the Council on April 22, where more than 30 UN member states made statements. Three overriding themes emerged from the debate arguing for adoption of the draft resolution. First, the speakers almost universally pointed to the nexus of proliferation of WMD and illicit activities by nonstate actors as a serious threat to international peace and security. Second, most speakers agreed that gaps existed in the existing international instruments for nonproliferation regarding such threats. Third, many participants expressed a sense of urgency behind the calls for action by the Security Council. The statement by Jordan captures this impact of this last theme on many:
In spite of our belief that the best approach we can adopt to address this matter is to exert efforts to engage in an intensive multilateral negotiation process aimed at developing an international instrument that regulates and addresses this problem, we still feel that, owing to the urgency of the threat that the current gap poses, a measured intervention by the Security Council would be both necessary and appropriate.
Most speakers focused on one or more concerns, most notably: the Security Council acting as a legislature and the use of Chapter VII of the UN Charter; disarmament; the relationship with other international nonproliferation instruments and bodies; the mandate of the proposed Committee; enforcement and coercion; and inadequate definitions. In the absence of earlier drafts of the resolution, it remains difficult to determine exactly what the sponsors did in response to concerns raised from late March through the open session on April 22. Nonetheless, in its final form the resolution speaks directly to most of these concerns expressed in the open session.
Perhaps the most frequently mentioned recommendation involved the need to limit the invocation of Chapter VII. For example, Algeria, Brazil, and Chile—all then elected members of the Security Council—suggested narrowing its application to part but not all of the resolution, such as the first three OPs.18 India took another approach and argued against including any sanctions or authorizing any specific enforcement action if the Council adopted the resolution under Chapter VII. To these ends, the Council does not use the word "decides" in several OPs. Many states interpret this omission as circumscribing the obligatory nature of those paragraphs. Notably, in line with the Brazilian statement, the Council does use "decides" in OPs 1-3, which outline the core prohibitions and domestic controls that states need to undertake. In addition, several sponsoring and supporting states made assurances that the resolution would not precipitate coercive action to ensure its implementation.19
Similarly, the language of OP 5 certainly reflects the deep-seated concerns expressed in the open session that action by the Security Council should not undo actions taken by the larger international community in the realm of nonproliferation and disarmament. This included concerns about interfering with "the right to possess nuclear materials and facilities for peaceful purposes" under the NPT. Most notably, the Council again uses the word "decides" in OP 5 to articulate the obligation of all states not to reinterpret existing rights and responsibilities in existing nonproliferation and disarmament instruments and bodies. The Council further underscores this point in its call to cooperate within the framework of the IAEA and OPCW in OP 8(c). Concomitantly, in OP 8(a) the Council only "calls upon" all states to promote universal adoption and national implementation of nonproliferation treaties, and, according to Boese, specifically modified the text to apply to current treaty parties to reflect an issue raised by Pakistan.
In OP 4, the resolution addresses several of the concerns raised by speakers in the open session regarding the proposed Committee. In particular it extends the mandate of the Committee to two years from the six-month period that appears in earlier drafts, reflecting the concern that six months did not allow adequate time for reporting. It also responds to the perceived "[e]xcessive and exhaustive reporting obligations" under the CTC and al Qaeda/Taliban monitoring regimes, as expressed by India, by merely calling for but not requiring states to submit an initial report in six months.
Regarding disarmament, France specifically mentioned supporting the incorporation of a reference to disarmament obligations in the preamble in its remarks during the open session. The reference appears as Preambular Paragraph (PP) 13, which reflects the compromise. As German UN ambassador Gunther Pleuger, whose country then held the presidency of the Security Council, stated after the adoption of the resolution, "We would have preferred, however, to see it highlighted in the operative section as well." Another compromise appears regarding the issue of using the resolution to hamper international cooperation for use of materials, equipment, and technology for peaceful purposes. This point was raised during the open session, including by India and Iran. In the end, the resolution specifically affirms this norm, but couples it with an admonition that the "goals of peaceful utilization should not be used as a cover for proliferation."
The Council did not address every concern that emerged in the open session. As a non-permanent member of the Council, Algeria (in line with the official NAM statement) called for the resolution to affirm the value of efforts to create WMD-free zones. This does not appear in the final text. Peru, also an elected Council member, complained about the lack of specificity in the definitions (e.g., the lists of control items, means of delivery), a point others raised as well, to no avail. This may reflect a reluctance to change text that had proven difficult to resolve among the drafters months earlier.20
Perhaps the most important result of these consultations was the notable shift in views expressed by Pakistan. During the open session on April 22, Pakistan issued a statement asserting, along with other concerns, that "there is no justification for adopting this resolution under Chapter VII of the Charter." Yet on April 28, in its position as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, Pakistan voted in favor of the resolution. In the remarks at the April 28 meeting of the Security Council, Pakistan's Ambassador Munir Akram, after referring to the statement of its concerns at the open session, said:
We appreciate the serious efforts made by the sponsors of the draft resolution to accommodate our major concerns and those of other States. The draft resolution was revised three times. That enabled Pakistan to support the resolution.21
He then referred to assurances to the Council by the sponsors that the resolution addressed a gap in international law and does not seek to prescribe specific legislation. OP 2 of the resolution specifically leaves this question to national discretion. Ambassador Akram also noted that the "legally binding obligations under Chapter VII arise only in respect of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, which start with the word "decides" and which, at our request, have been grouped together for presentational purposes."
He also mentioned changes by the sponsors to "clarify that there is no intention to oblige States to join treaties or arrangements to which they are not parties." These changes appeared in PPs 5 and 11 and OP 8 (c), and through the insertion of the word "henceforth" in PP 15 to make it explicit that the resolution did not apply retroactively.
UNSCR 1540 has had a profound impact on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery since its adoption in 2004, as the 1540 Committee reports amply demonstrate. Although far from fully implemented by all states, many states have modified or adopted laws and policies to conform with the obligations of the resolution, while dozens of international and regional organizations have incorporated the objectives of the resolution into their mandates and programs. Given its impact, a better understanding of the origins of the resolution may help us see why it has proven so effective.
The evidence shows that despite its unique character for a Security Council resolution, UNSCR 1540 stems directly from several earlier efforts to address emerging nonproliferation threats, particularly the Kananaskis Principles. Security Council members also purposefully set the resolution and the 1540 Committee within the existing nonproliferation instruments and bodies, rather than seeking to modify them. While Chapter VII resolutions rest above all other forms of international law, the Council both circumscribed the impact of the resolution on these nonproliferation instruments and sought to fill gaps in their mandates. That only served to bolster their effectiveness.
The timeline also points toward the importance of several heads of government reaching the same conclusion independently and nearly simultaneously—in this case that the Security Council needed to take action against proliferation of WMD—before the international community could take such bold steps. While often seen as a surprising embrace of multilateralism by the Bush administration, arguably several other national leaders can also claim credit in calling for Security Council action in the very same General Assembly session. This confluence of interest from the highest levels—not only at the Assembly but through the G-8 summit process—gave those negotiating the initial draft of the resolution considerable leeway for boldness.
Having agreed language on core elements of a resolution clearly permits drafters to focus on resolving a relatively narrow range of issues, both technical and political. When coupled with expressions of the need for urgent action from the very highest reaches of those governments that exercise the most control over the institution tasked with taking action (i.e., the permanent members of the Security Council), perhaps this makes a bold outcome likely rather than merely possible.
A bold approach, however, required the sponsors to take unusual measures to build a consensus among the remaining members of the Council and, as importantly, among the larger community of states that would need to implement the resolution. The extensive consultations with non-Council members, including in an open session, and with nongovernmental organizations, went far toward allaying concerns that the Council had overstepped its bounds. Although the Council and the 1540 Committee would take additional action to address perceptions of a gap in the legitimacy of the resolution after 2004, the consultations—and the responsiveness of the drafters—during the months prior to the adoption of the resolution created a strong foundation for acceptance of the obligations of the resolution by all states.
Hopefully, this brief attempt to establish a timeline for the formation of the resolution and link the resolution to other international nonproliferation documents developed in the early years of this millennium will increase our understanding of the resolution. The timeline, for example, suggests that while the revelations of the A. Q. Khan network could have sparked greater support for the resolution from the wider UN body, they occurred after the initial movement toward crafting the resolution. Disentangling the web of circumstances and actions, I hope, will give rise to research that will more fully address how and why this remarkable resolution came into being, and discern the implications that understanding holds for our continued efforts to reduce the vulnerabilities we face in combating the proliferation of WMD and their means of delivery.
- The author served as an Expert for the 1540 Committee from February 2005 through March 2012, including its Coordinator from August 2010 through March 2012.
- The first resolution was UNSCR 1373 (2001) on counter terrorism and establishment of the Counter Terrorism Committee.
- United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), 2003, A/58/P.7, "Address by Mr. George W. Bush, President of the United States of America," pp. 8-12.
- UNGA, 2003, A/58/P.7, "Address by Mr. Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic," pp. 14-17; UNGA, 2003, "Address by His Excellency Mr. Vladimir V. Putin, President of the Russian Federation," A/58/PV.11, pp. 4-6; and, UNGA, 2003, Remarks by Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, A/58/PV.11, pp. 30-32.
- UNSC, "Note by the President of the Security Council," S/23500, 31 January 1992.
- UNGA, "Work of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters: Report of the Secretary-General," A/57/335, 22 August 2002, pp 4-5.
- UNGA, 57/83, "Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction," Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the report of the First Committee (A/57/510), 9 January 2003.
- Group of 8, "Statement by G8 Leaders: The G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction," Kananaskis, Canada, June 27, 2002.
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), "Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan and the rise of proliferation networks, a net assessment," London: IISS, 2007, p. 97.
- Gabriel H. Oosthuizen and Elizabeth Wilmshurst, "Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540," Briefing Paper, BP 04/01, International Law Programme, Chatham House, September 2004, p. 3.
- Merav Datan, "Security Council Resolution 1540: WMD and non-State trafficking," Disarmament Diplomacy (April / May 2005, no. 79), http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/dd79/79md.htm.
- Wade Boese, "Security Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution on Denying Terrorists WMD," Arms Control Today, 34 (May 2004), https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2004_5/UN.
- UNSC, "Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction," S/PV.4956, 28 April 2004, p 6.
- Administration of George W. Bush, 2004, "Remarks at the National Defense University, February 11, 2004," Washington, DC: USGPO, pp. 200-205.
- Lars Olberg, "Reporting to the 1540 Committee – A Snapshot," Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, New York, November 2005, http://lcnp.org/disarmament/1540-olberg.htm.
- UNSC, S/PV.4950 (Resumption 1), 22 April 2004, p 3.
- UNSC, S/PV.4950, 22 April 2004, p 4.
- UNSC, S/PV.4950, pp. 4-5 and 11.
- See, for example, the open session remarks by France, Spain, and the United Kingdom during the open session, UNSC, S/PV.4950, op cit, pp. 7-9 and 12 and the remarks by the Philippines in voting for the resolution on April 28, UNSC, S/PV.4956, 28 April 2004, p. 9.
- See, for example the remarks by Peru, South Africa, and Malaysia on behalf of the NAM in UNSC, S/PV.4950, pp. 20 and 22-23 and UNSC, S/PV.4950 (Resumption 1), p. 4, respectively.
- UNSC, S/PV.4956, op cit, p 3.

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Pinellas County commissioners voted on Tuesday to make the East Lake Community Library self-funding, ending a years-long situation in which residents paid more in library taxes than their library got back.
Under the new ordinance, the library will be funded by a local taxing district, using the boundaries of the East Lake Tarpon Special Fire Control District. Instead of paying the nearly half mill countywide library tax, residents within that district will see their taxes fall to a quarter mill, or 25 cents for every $1,000 of assessed, nonexempt property value.
"It's been a long time coming," said Commissioner Susan Latvala, who has advocated for years for the library's independence. "I feel like I'm birthing a baby. I'm very, very happy that we're at this point."
Up until now, East Lake has relied on the county's library cooperative for funding. Each year, its residents have paid nearly a million dollars in library taxes and received about $400,000 back.
As a result, the library has had to reduce hours, staff and programs, said East Lake resident Barbara Schultz. "The distribution of libraries taxes wasn't fair," she said.
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The change gives East Lake a similar funding structure to Palm Harbor's library, which is paid for by a taxing district there and also charges residents a quarter mill for library services.
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Karen Mattie – MSPT, Director
Karen is the Director of In-Patient and Outpatient Rehabilitation Services at BMC. Utilizing her extensive clinical and managerial experience, she has been instrumental in developing numerous improvements in patient care and increasing the capacity of BMCs rehabilitation services. A 2002 Northeastern University graduate, Karen is also a certified clinical instructor and certified in the Graston Technique . In addition to her duties as Director, Karen is an active clinician with particular interest in patients with orthopedic injuries.
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Jane graduated from Simmons College in 1987 and has been with BMC for over 25 years. She is an expert in many therapies including, but not limited to, process acupuncture, fascial release, lymph drainage massage and Biosynchronistics. Jane loves gardening and being active in community politics and serving as a volunteer leader in the Alternatives to Violence program in the prison systems.
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United sold the defender to Stoke for £1million back in 2008 and it believed that the Potters would have given his former club first refusal on the England International should he ever become available as part of that deal.
It is thought that the centre back has been drawing attention for several of the Premier League's top sides including Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham.
Pulis admits that if one of the top 4 comes calling that it would be difficult to keep the star at the club, acknowledging the player's ambition to play at the very highest level.
"If a top-three, top-four club came in, and they paid the money, there is no way in a million years we would be able to prevent Ryan from going," he said.
"It is a natural progression for every sportsman to play at the top level, but what we want to do is ensure we have him for the rest of his career because we're really happy with him." Pulis told the Daily Star.
This does not mean that the Welshman is keen to see his star defender leave and revealed that he has offered the 25 year old a fresh new deal at the Britannia stadium.
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Thank you for inviting me to address the conference.
A conservative and internationalist approach to foreign policy is consistent. For example, during the Cold War Ronald Reagan worked not just to contain communism but to expand democracy. NATO expansion is a contemporary example where conservatives believe the U.S. should remain involved internationally to promote democracy, free markets, and to hedge against a revival of communism. A successful internationalist policy requires that you have firm clear national goals and the means and will to achieve them strategically.
The Clinton Administration pursues a foreign policy without clear goals or the will to act decisively and is squandering the national security means left to it by a dozen years of Republican presidency. It emphasizes hope over reality and reliance on arms control agreements like the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) over a stronger defense. And political benefit over national security, as in its decisions to cave in to the concerns of some in industry in irresponsibly relaxing export controls on key items like encryption technology and supercomputers.
Today's debate is similar to that which took place during the Cold War between those who favored detente and arms treaties and those who believed in a rational, tough policy of peace through strength. During the Cold War, the proponents of detente argued that the U.S. should overlook violations of promises and arms control agreements because of our tense relations with the Soviet Union and China. Today, the supporters of `engagement' say we should overlook violations of such treaties because of our improved relations with Russia and China. The result is the same--a muddled, confused foreign policy. But it hasn't stopped the Administration from proposing even more treaties, even as existing treaties are continually violated by all but the U.S.
I want to focus on how conservatives in the West believe we should deal with the threat posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles, which is the key national security challenge facing us today.
As with so many other areas, the Clinton Administration's efforts to address this issue have been long on rhetoric and short on action. In 1994, President Clinton issued Executive Order 12938 declaring that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of
delivering them constitutes `an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,' and that he had, therefore, decided to `declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.' The President reaffirmed this Executive Order in 1995 and 1996. But since issuing this order, the Administration has primarily focused on concluding arms control agreements and sending diplomatic protest notes to combat this growing threat.
Rogue nations that are hostile to the United States are the primary proliferation threat, though the Russian arsenal remains the largest potential threat. Iran is of particular concern. Tehran is aggressively pursuing the development of nuclear weapons. On January 19, 1995, the Washington Times reported that Western intelligence agencies believe Iran is using its civilian nuclear power program as a cover for acquiring the technology and expertise to build nuclear weapons. According to the Times, the CIA estimates Iran is about 5-7 years away from building nuclear weapons, but could shorten that timetable if it received foreign assistance.
Iran's chemical and biological weapons programs began in the early 1980's and are now capable of producing a variety of highly lethal agents. Iran currently has Scud-B and Scud-C missiles also working to develop the ability to domestically produce longer-range missiles. On September 10, 1997, the Washington Times disclosed that Russia is assisting Iran with the development of two ballistic missiles that could be fielded in as little as three years. One of the missiles will reportedly have sufficient range to allow Tehran to strike targets as far away as Germany. In addition, other rogue states like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and North Korea are also aggressively pursuing ballistic missile and nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs.
We need an integrated strategy combining three elements: (1) responsible export controls, (2) firm economic and diplomatic actions to create incentives and disincentives to prevent the spread of missiles and weapons of mass destruction, and, (3) ultimately, robust defenses to deter and respond to attacks.
The Clinton Administration has irresponsibly relaxed U.S. export controls on key technologies like encryption, machine tools, and supercomputers. For example, in 1994, the Administration approved the sale of machine tools to China that were intended to be used to produce McDonnell Douglas civilian airliners. Just sic months after the export licenses were approved, the company discovered the machine tools had been diverted to a facility where cruise missiles and fighter aircraft are produced for the Chinese military. In addition, China has purchased 47 supercomputers form the U.S. and one of Russia's premier nuclear weapons facilities has bought four supercomputers from a U.S. firm as well.
Multilateral control regimes like the Australia Group, restricting chemical trade, the
Missile Technology Control Regime, and the Nuclear Supplier Group can limit the spread of sensitive technology. But as we learned through our experience with COCOM during the Cold War, even the best controls only slow the spread of the technology because determined nations find ways to circumvent the controls or eventually develop the technology themselves. We also must guard against a reliance on arms control agreements like the CWC and the CTBT that are not global or verifiable, and therefore not effective or useful.
We should make it unprofitable for countries to supply missiles and weapons of mass destruction technology to rogue regimes. For example, the annual foreign aid bill recently passed by the Senate conditions U.S. aid to Russia on a halt to nuclear and missile cooperation with Iran. Western nations can also impose economic sanctions on supplier countries and companies to provide disincentives for them to continue this dangerous trade. In addition, we should use convert action to raise the costs to countries that are suppliers of this sensitive technology.
Ultimately, we need to maintain strong defense capabilities to deter and respond to attacks involving weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. By maintaining a robust, credible nuclear weapons capability, the U.S. can deter rogue nations from using weapons of mass destruction against U.S. forces or our allies. The U.S. should also improve our chemical and biological defenses. As we learned during the recent Senate debate over the Chemical Weapons Convention, the U.S. military's chemical and biological defense programs are underfunded and are inadequate to meet the current and projected threat.
The West is nearly defenseless against the expanding missile threat we face. Space-based systems offer a promising long-term solution and should be pursued. Sea-based missile defenses based on the Navy's AEGIS class ships, however, have the potential to provide near-term, flexible, and affordable protection for U.S. forces and our allies abroad. Sea-based systems would allow for ascent phase intercept of missiles armed with chemical or biological warheads.
Sea-based systems are more affordable because the U.S. has already invested $50 billion in the AEGIS fleet. Development of a sea-based theater missile defense could be completed in five years and deployment of 650 interceptors on 22 ships could cost as little as $5 billion. This system could then evolve into a national missile defense system, whose development, production, and deployment could be completed in 6-10 years for $12-17 billion, according to preliminary CBO estimates.
There are two points of view on how to address this threat. We can either talk tough, and even in the face of incontrovertible evidence, overlook arms control violations for fear of damaging our relations with other nations. Or we can follow the path of peace through strength.
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National Institute on Aging; Amended Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the National Institute on Aging Special Emphasis Panel, October 17, 2013, 12:00 p.m. to October 17, 2013, 05:00 p.m., National Institute on Aging, Gateway Building, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2C212, Bethesda, MD 20892, which was published in the Federal Register on September 17, 2013, 78 FR 57167.
Meeting will be held on November 26, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the National Institute on Aging, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2C212, Bethesda, MD 20892. The meeting is closed to the public.
Dated: October 31, 2013.
Melanie J. Gray,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-26441 Filed 11-4-13; 8:45 am]


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Police investigate motive behind stabbing
Afternoon stabbing sends man to jail; Victim expected to survive
POSTED: 11:41 AM PST Feb 01, 2013 UPDATED: 02:59 PM PST Feb 01, 2013
A Santa Maria man is behind bars for allegedly stabbing another man.
Santa Maria police said Joseph Moreno stabbed a man in his 50s while he was taking out his trash.
The stabbing took place just before 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon on the 500 block of West Orange Street.
Police are still trying to figure out why Moreno allegedly stabbed the man.
The victim was treated at Marian Regional Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the Santa Maria Police Department at 805-928-3781, ext. 277.
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Kris Henry
Challengers make it back on top in softball
Winning the Southern Cascade League title seemed like a pretty bold goal this spring considering the recent history of the Cascade Christian...
Franny Gomez is becoming an offensive force for the South Medford girls soccer team.
Gomez, South's second leading scorer, provided the game-winning goal for the Panthers in a 2-1 overtime victory over Grants Pass at South Medford High Tuesday.
It is the second time this season South (8-3, 4-1 SOH) has defeated the Cavers (1-5-1, 1-4) in overtime.
The sophomore Gomez scored her ninth goal of the season in the first minute of the second 10-minute overtime period on a left-footed shot deposited high inside the near post from about eight yards out. Montana Logue set up the score by dribbling into the box from the outside and found an open Gomez.
"(Gomez) was busy all game," said South Medford coach Chris Hollejwin. "She made her presence felt. She kept her cool on the game-winning goal."
Grants Pass took the initial lead on Hope Frye's goal in the 11th minute off an assist from Jessi Witherington.
South Medford tied the match 1-all just two minutes before halftime when Erin Riley connected on a looping shot near the far post. Sara Smith served the pass to Riley on the left side.
"It squirted through to Erin, who took one touch and then shot it," said Hollejwin. "It was a nice shot that curled over the goalie's head."
Haylie Durant, a junior midfielder, did a good job creating opportunities for South Medford.
"She continually put pressure on them and tried to make things happen," said Hollejwin.
Grants Pass had a 9-7 edge in shots on goal.
"I was happy with the determination our girls showed to get the result," said Hollejwin. "We kept plugging away and finally we got the breakthrough in overtime."
ROSEBURG 3, CRATER 1 — At Central Point, Crater held Roseburg to one goal for all but the final 10 minutes of the Southern Oregon Hybrid match.
The Indians' Kara Krnacik tallied early in the match, but Roseburg didn't score again until late (Krnacik in the 70th and Mahala Norris two minutes later). With her team trailing 3-0 and about 30 seconds remaining, Crater's McKinsey Scharf sent over a corner kick, which bounced off a defender and returned to her. Scharf rebounded the ball and sent in a perfectly curled shot into the upper right corner.
Goalkeeper Alycea Jones made several difficult saves while facing 15 shots on goal for the Comets (0-8, 0-5 SOH), who lost, 8-0, to the Indians (5-3-1, 4-1 SOH) earlier in the year.
Skyline Conference
HENLEY 5, PHOENIX 1 — At Talent, Phoenix struck first with a goal by Facie Graham in the 13th minute before Henley pulled away in Skyline Conference action at Hagler-James Field.
Graham used an assist from defender Sara Saurman to score from 12 yards out for the Pirates (3-6, 0-5 Sky).
Phoenix sweeper Jordan Stevens played strong against Henley (6-2-1, 4-2 Sky).
NORTH VALLEY 4, HIDDEN VALLEY 0 — At Merlin, Venessa D'Arpino recorded a hat trick in North Valley's Skyline Conference win.
Kerissa D'Arpino added a goal for the Knights (6-2-1, 4-1 Sky).
Hidden Valley dropped to 1-8 overall and 1-4 in league.
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Edwin Johnson, 'Godfather' of 401(k) Retirement Plan, Dies at 82
Edwin T. Johnson, who led the employee-benefits consulting firm often credited with creating the first 401(k) plan, the workplace-based savings program that today accounts for $3.4 trillion in retirement savings, has died. He was 82.
He died on Aug. 23 at his home in Newtown, Pennsylvania, according to a death notice from Swartz/Givnish Funeral Home in Newtown. The cause was prostate cancer, which he battled for 22 years.
Johnson was founder and chief executive officer of the Johnson Cos., a benefits consulting firm in Newtown that played a key, early role in refashioning retirement savings in the 1980s when defined-benefit pension plans declined in popularity. While an employee of his, Ted Benna, became known as the father of the 401(k), Johnson "was its godfather," the trade publication Pensions & Investments wrote in a 2001 profile.
"Ed was an inspirational, dynamic leader," Benna said yesterday in an interview.
He was also "a hell of a promoter and salesman," his son Tom said in an interview. Describing the partnership between his father and Benna that led to their breakthrough -- a tax-deferred retirement account funded by an employee's deferred salary contribution and an employer match -- he said, "It was a very, very special combination."
The Johnson firm's work on its pioneering plan started with a request from the Cheltenham National Bank in Philadelphia about how it could do away with end-of-year cash bonuses while still competing for top executive talent.
'Aha' Moment
Benna, who was then an executive vice president at Johnson Cos., had what he called an "aha" moment while digging into section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, which had been added in 1978. That portion, covering deferred pension, profit-sharing and stock bonus plans, had taken effect at the start of 1980. His notion was an individual investment account, offered to all employees, that would combine a portion of their compensation with an employer contribution on a tax-deferred basis.
Johnson helped Benna pitch the idea to U.S. Treasury Department regulators, who were writing the rules that would put the 1978 tax-code changes in effect. Johnson had political connections, having served as co-chairman of Drew Lewis's 1974 campaign for governor of Pennsylvania. Though Lewis had lost that race, he had just started working in January 1981 as transportation secretary under President Ronald Reagan.
'Great Idea'
"I called Drew and told him that I had a great idea," Johnson told Pensions & Investments. "We made up some slides and went in to see him."
During the meeting, Lewis made a phone call to Donald Regan, Reagan's first Treasury secretary, Benna recalled. That call paved the way for Benna to work directly with the Treasury regulator who was drafting the proposed 401(k) regulations.
Two top Treasury officials later passed the news to Johnson that his firm's 401(k) interpretation would pass muster.
As it turned out, Cheltenham National Bank declined to enact the idea. So Johnson put it in place at his own company, which at the time had a profit-sharing plan but no pension. The program offered to the company's 80 employees, called Cash-Op, enabled them to buy company stock, with an employer match, in tax-deferred accounts.
Pioneering Work
Benna and Johnson weren't alone on the 401(k) frontier. Other benefits executives were fleshing out similar possibilities around 1979 and 1980, including Herbert A. Whitehouse at Johnson & Johnson, who, in a 2003 paper, took issue with the notion that Benna or anybody else could accurately be called "the father" of the 401(k).
Since their start in the 1980s, 401(k)s have become the fastest-growing retirement-savings option for U.S. workers. Americans held $3.4 trillion in the plans as of March 31, according to the Washington-based Investment Company Institute, a trade group for the mutual fund industry. That compares with $2.5 trillion in private-sector defined-benefit pension plans.
Edwin Thomas Johnson was born on Jan. 31, 1930, and was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, growing up on family farms. Following his 1951 graduation from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, he worked at Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Philadelphia. Later, he got a job at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Gettysburg Trustee
The Johnson Cos. was acquired in 1990 by Croyden, U.K.- based Noble Lowndes Group Ltd., which today is part of Marsh & McLennan Cos.' Mercer unit. One of the divisions, Johnson Kendall & Johnson Inc., remains a provider of insurance brokerage and risk management services.
Johnson served on the Gettysburg College board of trustees and helped administer the school's annual Lincoln Prize, awarded to authors of new books about the Civil War era.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Cynthia S. Johnson, and children, E. Thomas Johnson Jr. and Rebecca J. Kerchner, according to the death notice.


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