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Sunday's season finale lacks the buzz last year's final game packed, for this season the Patriots have already clinched a playoff spot with one game remaining on their schedule.
Last year, with Matt Cassel at the helm, the Patriots needed to win and get some help from around the league to sneak into the postseason. They held up their end of the bargain, but the rest of the NFL did not cooperate, so the Patriots sat at home for the playoffs for the first time in five years.
The fact this year's team has already punched its ticket to the playoffs speaks volumes about being good enough to control your own destiny. While this season was far from perfect, the Patriots did finish 8-0 at home, which somewhat gets overshadowed by the fact they're only 2-5 on the road heading into Sunday's finale at Houston.
By defending their home turf all season, the Patriots made their road woes somewhat tolerable. The 8-0 record at Gillette, coupled with an inferior field in the AFC East, allowed the Patriots to essentially cruise to the division title without much resistance. The Dolphins and Jets stayed on their heels for most of the season, but never appeared to be a serious threat to usurp the Patriots.
So, with what amounts to a meaningless game against the Texans on deck this weekend, the Patriots can spend parts of this week scouting the competition in the AFC as they await their first-round playoff opponent.
The only thing up for grabs is seeding; the Patriots will either be No. 3 or 4 in the AFC. The Cincinnati Bengals will claim whichever seed New England doesn't get, therefore those two teams won't play one another in the opening round. The likely opponent for New England will be either Baltimore or the New York Jets. Both teams can wrap up wild-card spots with victories on Sunday. The Broncos are still on the bubble, but they need a lot of help to get in.
The Patriots beat both the Ravens and Jets this year at home, which is where this assumed wild-card rematch will take place. The threat of getting bounced in the opening round really isn't a concern; Patriots fans are more worried about the team travelling to either Indianapolis or San Diego in the divisional round.
For now, though, the only thing the Patriots can worry about is emerging from Sunday's finale with their health intact. They might have to sit some of their starters to do so, which might not be a bad idea since they don't have a first-round bye in the playoffs this season.
In the past, the Patriots have played their starters through Week 17 with the playoffs on the horizon, mainly because they knew they had an extra week's worth of rest and they didn't want their key players getting rusty between the finale and the opening playoff game.
Teams with a first-round bye have come out flat in the divisional round in years' past, namely the 2005 Colts, who began resting starters in Week 16 with home-field advantage locked up early and subsequently lost their playoff opener to Pittsburgh at home.
Given head coach Bill Belichick's experience in these situations, it's unlikely the Patriots will drop the ball in terms of preparation. All that's left now is to watch and wait as the playoff scenarios unfold Sunday afternoon. Thanks to their ability to control their own destiny, the Patriots can enjoy a relatively stress-free weekend.
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I've tried to practice this as a leader. That's why I encourage attending conferences when possible. I pass along blogs and podcasts. We often read books together as a staff.
As long as people are allowed to dream—and the leader doesn't have to control everything—when the team is introduced to new ideas, ideas produce energy and momentum. As team members attempt something new, change happens ... quickly.
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Like Immanuel, they are an older established church, but they have figured out some things we are still learning. We toured the church and then each staff member at Immanuel met with their counterpart staff member at Biltmore. We asked questions and explored their story. It was insightful.
It is an experiment. Honestly, I'm not sure how it will work yet, but I'm sure of one thing. It exposed us to some new ideas. We have some immediate changes we are considering. Our team bonded. And, there is new energy and momentum developing. That has to produce some good.
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While at Kirby's, we've been getting a real taste of the friendliness of the local people which Sierra and Danny rave about, and of the small town life that I've never known. People here just walk into each other's houses; doors are always unlocked. A sign in the police station announces that there will be no officer around until later that evening, the implication being could we all please try and behave ourselves until then? Calling into tourist information, the lovely lady who recommended we do the walk around Woolly Lake abandoned the office to drive us up there.
Beachport is set just off a sandbar, on a beautiful stretch of coast. There are several lakes between the sandbar and the mainland, although much of the water has seeped away, leaving only a dry crust of salt. Many people in the town are either retired or are fishermen. The latter start work at 3am and are finished by noon, and we met many of them that afternoon in the pub (the definite articles being most appropriate in this case; there is only one pub). Within minutes of settling on a bar stool and ordering a Guinness to celebrate St Patrick's Day, we had already received several invitations from locals; Ralph, whose wife runs Tourist Information, offered to take us snorkelling for abalone. Another man told us that tomorrow was pizza night at his place and we must come down. I asked him where his place was, assuming there must be another restaurant in town we hadn't visited yet, but actually, he was just inviting us to his house for dinner.
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In this report:
- Overview & Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- The Nature and Magnitude of the Problem
- Escalating Hate Violence Against Immigrants
- White Supremacist Groups Growing
- Exploiting the Internet to Promote Hatred
- Hate Knows No Borders
- The Human Face of Hate Crimes
- Pending Federal Legislation
- Recommendations
- Selected Resources on Hate Crime Response and Counteraction
- Selected Resources on Hate Groups and Extremism
- Acknowledgements
The State of Hate: Escalating Hate Violence Against Immigrants
The increase in hate crimes directed against Hispanics for the fourth consecutive year is particularly noteworthy and worrisome because the number of hate crimes committed against other racial, ethnic, and religious groups has over the same period shown either no increase or a decrease.
Anti-Hispanic Hate Crime Incidents
Source: FBI data
The increase in violence against Hispanics correlates closely with the increasingly heated debate over Comprehensive Immigration Reform and an escalation in the level of anti-immigrant vitriol on radio, television, and the Internet. While reasonable people can and will disagree about the parameters of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, in some instances, the commentary about immigration reform has not been reasonable; it has been inflammatory. Warned an April 2009 assessment from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), "in some cases, anti-Immigration or strident pro-enforcement fervor has been directed against specific groups and has the potential to turn violent."
This toxic environment, in which hateful rhetoric targets immigrants while the number of hate crimes against Hispanics and others perceived to be immigrants steadily increases, has caused a heightened sense of fear in communities around the country.
The Role of Extremist Anti-Immigration Groups
Some groups opposing immigration reform, such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and NumbersUSA, have portrayed immigrants as responsible for numerous societal ills, often using stereotypes and outright bigotry. While these groups, and other similar organizations, have strived to position themselves as legitimate, mainstream advocates against illegal immigration in America, a closer look at the public record reveals that some of these organizations have disturbing links to or relationships with extremists in the anti-Immigration movement. These seemingly "legitimate" advocates against illegal immigration are frequently quoted in the mainstream media, have been called to testify before Congress, and often hold meetings with lawmakers and other public figures. This is one of the most disturbing developments of the past few years: the legitimization and mainstreaming of virulently anti-immigrant rhetoric that veers dangerously close to — and too often crosses the line beyond civil discourse over contentious immigration policy issues.
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Anti-Defamation League, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) have become increasingly concerned about the virulent anti-immigrant and anti-Latino rhetoric employed by a handful of groups and coalitions that have tried to position themselves as legitimate, mainstream advocates against illegal immigration in America. Recently, SPLC published The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance4 , which investigated three of these groups and found:
Three Washington, D.C.-based immigration-restriction organizations stand at the nexus of the American nativist movement: the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and NumbersUSA. Although on the surface they appear quite different — the first, the country's best-known anti-immigrant lobbying group; the second, an "independent" think tank; and the third, a powerful grassroots organizer — they are fruits of the same poisonous tree.
FAIR, CIS and NumbersUSA are all part of a network of restrictionist organizations conceived and created by John Tanton, the "puppeteer" of the nativist movement and a man with deep racist roots. Tanton has for decades been at the heart of the white nationalist scene. He has met with leading white supremacists, promoted anti-Semitic ideas, and associated closely with the leaders of a eugenicist foundation once described by a leading newspaper as a "neo-Nazi organization." He has made a series of racist statements about Latinos and worried that they were out-breeding whites. At one point, he wrote candidly that to maintain American culture, "a European-American majority" is required.
FAIR, which Tanton founded and where he remains on the board, has been listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Among the reasons are its acceptance of $1.2 million from the Pioneer Fund, a group founded to promote the genes of white colonials that funds studies of race, intelligence and genetics. FAIR has also hired as key officials men who also joined white supremacist groups. It has board members who regularly write for hate publications. It promotes racist conspiracy theories about Latinos. And it has produced television programming featuring white nationalists.
CIS was conceived by Tanton and began life as a program of FAIR. CIS presents itself as a scholarly think tank that produces serious immigration studies meant to serve "the broad national interest." But the reality is that CIS has never found any aspect of immigration that it liked, and it has frequently manipulated data to achieve the results it seeks. Its executive director last fall posted an item on the conservative National Review Online website about Washington Mutual, a bank that had earlier issued a press release about its inclusion on a list of "Business Diversity Elites" compiled by Hispanic Business magazine. Over a copy of the bank's press release, the CIS leader posted a headline — "Cause and Effect?" — that suggested a link between the bank's opening its ranks to Latinos and its subsequent collapse.
Like CIS, NumbersUSA bills itself as an organization that operates on its own and rejects racism completely. In fact, NumbersUSA was for the first five years of its existence a program of U.S. Inc., a foundation run by Tanton to fund numerous nativist groups, and its leader was an employee of that foundation for a decade. He helped edit Tanton's racist journal, The Social Contract, and was personally introduced by Tanton to a leader of the Pioneer Fund. He also edited a book by Tanton and another Tanton employee that was banned by Canadian border officials as hate literature and on one occasion spoke to the Council of Conservative Citizens, a hate group which has called blacks "a retrograde species of humanity."
Together, FAIR, CIS and NumbersUSA form the core of the nativist lobby in America. In 2007, they were key players in derailing bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform that had been expected by many observers to pass. Today, these organizations are frequently treated as if they were legitimate, mainstream commentators on immigration. But the truth is that they were all conceived and birthed by a man who sees America under threat by nonwhite immigrants. And they have never strayed far from their roots.5
The Infiltration of Mainstream Media
The increasing number of shrill anti-Immigration reform commentaries from high profile national media personalities, including CNN's Lou Dobbs and Talk Show Network's The Savage Nation host Michael Savage, correlates closely with the increase in hate crimes against Hispanics. There is a direct connection between the tenor of this rhetoric and the daily lives of immigrants, and many fear that the unintended consequence of media celebrities vilifying immigrants will be an atmosphere in which some people will act on these demonizing screeds, violently targeting immigrants and those perceived to be immigrants.
The frequent appearance of extremist groups such as FAIR on mainstream media programs and even at Congressional hearings is extremely worrisome. After reviewing FAIR's virulent rhetoric, SPLC found:
None of this — or any other material evidencing the bigotry and racism that courses through the group — seems to have affected FAIR's media standing. In 2008, the group was quoted in mainstream media outlets nearly 500 times. FAIR staff have been featured several times on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight," along with countless appearances on other television news shows. Dobbs even ran his radio program from a FAIR event in Washington, D.C. this past September. And, perhaps most remarkably of all, FAIR has been taken seriously by Congress, claiming on its home page that it has been asked to testify on immigration bills "more than any other organization in America."6
As Alex Nogales, President and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) has noted, "We are very respectful of the First Amendment and free speech, but the hateful rhetoric, particularly against the immigrant minority communities, espoused by irresponsible TV and radio talk show hosts on American airwaves needs to be addressed." NHMC has undertaken a study to quantify hate speech in commercial radio, petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to open an inquiry into hate speech on the nation's airwaves, and requested that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) update its 1993 report, The Role of Telecommunications in Hate Crime.7 In that report, NTIA found "deeply troubling" examples where "telecommunications has been used to advocate or encourage the commission of hate crimes." But the report concluded that "the extent to which such messages (of hate) actually lead to the commission of crimes is unclear."8
On July 5, 2007, Michael Savage suggested America would be a better place if students staging a hunger strike in the hope of securing immigration reform legislation starved to death:
SAVAGE: Then there's the story of college students who are fasting out here in the Bay Area. They're illegal aliens and they want green cards simply because they're students. I don't understand what — how this two and two adds up. I would say, let them fast until they starve to death, then that solves the problem. Because then we won't have a problem about giving them green cards because they're illegal aliens; they don't belong here to begin with. They broke into the country; they're criminals.9
Like Savage, Lou Dobbs has also stated on his CNN show, Lou Dobbs Tonight, "illegal aliens are criminals." (Lou Dobbs Tonight transcript, 4/6/05). As NCLR has pointed out, illegal immigrants are not considered criminals under current U.S. law. NCLR has chronicled many of Lou Dobbs's other comments made on CNN about immigrants and immigration reform:
- Dobbs has used the term "anchor babies" to refer to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants, suggesting inaccurately that having a U.S. citizen child is a means of acquiring legal immigration status or being protected from deportation. (Lou Dobbs Tonight transcript, 3/31/05).
- Dobbs refers frequently to illegal aliens from Mexico into the United States as the "invasion" and as an "army of invaders" (Lou Dobbs Tonight transcript, 3/31/06). One of his reporters referred to a visit from Mexico's then-President Vicente Fox as a "Mexican military incursion."
- Dobbs linked illegal aliens to a host of diseases including tuberculosis, malaria, and leprosy. In 2005, a reporter on the show claimed that there had been 7,000 new cases of leprosy in the previous three years (Lou Dobbs Tonight transcript, 4/14/05). This claim has been disputed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.10 To date, and despite protests to the contrary, Dobbs has never acknowledged the error on his show.
- Dobbs has featured several stories on Lou Dobbs Tonight concerning the "reconquest" of the American Southwest. In one 2005 segment, a map purportedly showing "Aztlan" was provided to the show by the Council of Conservative Citizens, a prominent White supremacist organization (Lou Dobbs Tonight transcript, 5/23/06).
- Dobbs has also been a cheerleader for the Minuteman Project. He devoted extensive coverage to the Minuteman's first action in 2005, calling the group a "remarkable success." Minuteman leaders were frequent guests on Lou Dobbs Tonight, and on one occasion Dobbs wished one "all the success in the world."11
- Dobbs featured on Lou Dobbs Tonight the late Madeline Cosman as a "medical expert" in a discussion of the diseases that illegal aliens are bringing into the country. Ms. Cosman was not a medical doctor, but a prominent anti-immigrant activist who stated that Mexican immigrants were prone to molesting children (Lou Dobbs Tonight transcript, 6/8/05).
- As noted above, the Council of Conservative Citizens, one of the most well-known White supremacist groups in the country, was featured as a "source" in a 2006 segment on the show.12
On May 2, 2007, Dobbs held a special "Broken Borders" town hall meeting edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight in Hazleton, Pennsylvania to spotlight that town's passage of its "Illegal Immigrant Relief Act." This town ordinance sought to suspend the business permits and licenses of employers who hired "unlawful workers" or landlords who rented to illegal aliens. During the show, Dobbs praised the town: "Hazleton, the community, is leading the battle against illegal immigration, stepping in where the federal government has simply failed to perform its duty." The website of the Lou Dobbs Tonight show solicited contributions for the town's "legal defense fund" after a lawsuit filed by MALDEF and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) prevented the law from taking effect.13
Fourteen months later, 20 miles from Hazleton in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Luis Ramirez, a 25 year-old Mexican and father of two, was murdered because of his ethnicity in a brutal beating allegedly by four current and former high school football players. The teenagers reportedly yelled, "This is Shenandoah, this is America, go back to Mexico," as well as ethnic slurs. They then repeatedly punched Ramirez, knocking him to the ground, and then kicked him multiple times in the head. As Ramirez lay unconscious, convulsing and foaming at the mouth, one of the assailants reportedly yelled "Tell your fucking Mexican friends to get the fuck out of Shenandoah or you'll be fucking laying next to them."
On May 1, 2009, a jury convicted two teens of simple assault, a misdemeanor, acquitting them of the most serious charges brought against them, including murder, aggravated assault, and ethnic intimidation. A third teen faces counts of aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation in juvenile court, while a fourth pleaded guilty in federal court to violating Ramirez's civil rights in exchange for charges of third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and related counts against him being dropped.
Shenandoah had been considering an ordinance similar to Hazelton's but held off after the ACLU and MALDEF lawsuit blocked it from taking effect. Still, the Hazelton ordinance caused considerable tension between the town's Hispanic and white communities, which had formerly enjoyed peaceful relations. "They (the Hispanic community) just didn't feel comfortable then," said Flor Gomez, whose family runs a Mexican restaurant in Shenandoah. As The New York Times reported, "Many people believe the debate fueled by Hazleton's actions helped create the environment that led to Mr. Ramirez's death."
"Clearly there were a lot of factors here," said Gladys Limón, a lawyer for MALDEF. "But I do believe that the inflammatory rhetoric in the immigration debate does have a correlation with increased violence against Latinos."14
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4. Heidi Beirich, The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance (pdf), ed. Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center, February 2009.
5. Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center website, "The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance," February 2009.
6. Beirich, The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance, 9.
7. Summary: FCC Petition for Inquiry on Hate Speech in Media (pdf).
8. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, The Role of Telecommunications in Hate Crime, December 1993, i.
9. County Fair Blog, Media Matters for America, "Savage on Immigrant Students' Hunger Strike..." July 6, 2007. [Boldface added].
10. New U.S. Reported Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Cases by Year, 19762006, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Service Administration.
11. Additional information on the Minuteman Project.
12. WeCanStopTheHate.org, National Council of La Raza, "Journalists as Anti-immigrant Activists," n.d..
13. County Fair Blog, Media Matters for America, "Hosting Segment From Hazleton, Pa., Dobbs Did Not Acknowledge Fundraising for the Embattled Town," May 9, 2007.
14. Sean D. Hamill, "Mexican's Death Bares a Town's Ethnic Tension," New York Times, August 5, 2008, . John J. Moser, "1st-, 2nd-Degree Murder Charges Tossed in Death of Ramirez, The Morning Call, August 19, 2008. Endnotes


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Part of the wider food sector, the world fruit and vegetable market is expected to exceed $735 billion by 2015, representing 25% growth over five years, reports MarketLine. By 2015, the market is predicted to reach over 690 million tons in volume, up 5% compared with 2010. Exports of fruit and vegetables generate around $45 billion, reports the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The global fruit and vegetable market is concentrated, with the 50 top companies accounting for 70% of revenue. The industry includes goods under various forms like canned, frozen, concentrated and dehydrated products. Fruit and vegetables are processed to make juices, jams, chutneys, pickles and jellies. Vegetables represent almost 65% of the overall market, according to research from MarketLine.
Fruits & Vegetables Key Segment
The world fruit and vegetable juice market is predicted to near 65 billion liters by 2015, according to Global Industry Analysts. The market is driven by increasing awareness surrounding health and nutrition. Juices provide stiff competition in the face of Ready to Drink beverages, bottled water and sports/energy drinks.
Following a lull due to the global financial crisis, the juice market is expected to rebound, led by natural juices and fortified juices. Natural beverages are leading the market, with growing demand for beverages made from organic ingredients. In more recent trends, juice manufacturers are using ingredients such as fibers, probiotics and plant sterols in their drinks. Consumers are opting for drinks with these ingredients in a bid to boost healthy digestion and lower cholesterol. Drinks are also being fortified with additional minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. Juices has been receiving bad press due to their high-fructose corn syrup content, and consequently juice manufacturers are offering juices without high-fructose corn syrup.
Another promising category is that of diet drinks, as increasing cases of obesity and diabetes see a general trend toward diet products. Similarly, sugar-free fruit-flavored drinks are enjoying rising demand.
Demand for fruit-flavored juices is proving a preference over fruit juices in regions such as Latin America and Asia. Drinks manufacturers are targeting developing economies like India and China through aggressive marketing campaigns and by localizing products to appeal to regional consumer bases.
Vegetable and Fruit Regional Market Share
The US, the EU and China are leading exporters and importers of processed fruits and vegetable. A large amount of imports come from Brazil, Thailand, China, Canada and Mexico.
The EU is the single-largest regional market, followed by the US. Asia-Pacific is expected to show the fastest growth moving forward, at an annual rate of over 4.5%.
The US fruit and vegetable processing market spans around 1,300 firms, generating almost $65 billion in yearly revenue. Key players include Ocean Spray, Del Monte, Heinz and JR. Divisions of food companies including General Mills and ConAgra are also important within the industry.
Asia-Pacific represents more than 45% of the world fruit and vegetables market, according to MarketLine.


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The internet connection provided to us by skybeam was great at first! Then for the past year it has been unpredictable at best. At times it doesn't work at all, other times its comparable to dial-up with horrible latency, and for brief periods of one week its fine. I have made countless calls to technical support(I'd guess 30). Its always the same thing, they check my network, my radio, and confirm everything is fine on my end. When they figure out that it is, and the problem is still not fixed, they will always say "well we are going to move this to a tier 2 ticket, and tier 2 tech support will look into it at which time we will call you back". 90% of the time they don't even call back. We have also had a technician come to the house on three seperate occasions. The first was indifferent, the second didn't do much, the third replaced all of our equipment and confirmed that everything on our end was working fine including our home network.
So now, after countless service interruptions and horrible latency, I speak to a manager(again) and he finally tells me...."Yes we are aware of an issue with the tower that feeds your tower, and have been aware for a year. blah blah getting equipment together blah blah finding time to fix it." So basically, their tech support have been completely unaware of an obvious issue on THEIR end, and the people who matter haven't done anything to fix it for over a year now.
I truly believe they have no intention of fixing this problem any time soon. Aside from the fact that their tech support is completely ignorant of what is going on, their upper management is indifferent to the concerns of customers and the quality of their service.
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New Boss, New Plan
It didn't take long for C. Michael Armstrong to demonstrate that old-style thinking won't cut it at AT&T anymore. In mid-November, President John D. Zeglis and Vice-President Harry Bennett were explaining how AT&T had been trying to crack the crucial, $80 billion local-phone market by reselling service it bought from the Baby Bells. But Armstrong, who had joined AT&T less than three weeks earlier, wasn't buying it. AT&T had spent more than $3 billion on the local-market drive, yet its resulting revenues were a piddling $65 million. "We're not a nonprofit organization," he reminded his lieutenants--and promptly pulled the plug on what had been the centerpiece of the company's post-deregulation strategy.
Clearly Armstrong, the first outsider to head AT&T in nearly 80 years, is bringing fresh thinking to a company that desperately needs it. On Jan. 26, the blunt-spoken, Harley-riding former CEO of Hughes Electronics is scheduled to lay out his fix-it plan for what ails AT&T before a gathering of Wall Street analysts. While much of Armstrong's strategy revolves around fine-tuning AT&T's chief businesses--from making its wireless operation more profitable to beefing up its international operations--it also calls for bold measures.
Most startling is a wrenching cost-cutting that will leave no piece of the company untouched. Armstrong vows to shrink AT&T's overhead from a bloated 29% of revenues to an industry average 22% in just two years--a $3 billion to $3.5 billion reduction in annual costs that analysts have said would take five years. "We'll either get there, or the market will punish us for every month that we don't get there," says Armstrong in an exclusive BUSINESS WEEK interview. "I haven't seen a cost structure like this since IBM in the days of the mainframe."
Just as gutsy is Armstrong's plan to reverse course and back out of the costly local residential market--at least for now. That move flies in the face of prevailing wisdom: With AT&T losing share in its core long-distance market, most observers expected the company to spend heavily to enter new turf. But the high price tag for reselling service from the Baby Bells makes the effort "a fool's errand," Armstrong insists. That doesn't mean that he's about to give up on the market. Armstrong says he can't see an economical path in the immediate future. He does plan to offer phone service to local customers over whizzy new digital cable and wireless networks, but those could be several years away. More immediately, Armstrong is focusing the company's guns on the $20 billion local business market.
What's more, Armstrong is preparing AT&T, long thought to be a telecom dinosaur, for the Digital Age. He wants to push aggressively into the explosive Internet and digital-wireless markets by improving the company's Internet-access business and bundling the new technologies with the company's basic long-distance service. Insiders also say Armstrong may announce that AT&T will take an equity stake in Silicon Valley startup @Home, which offers high-speed Internet access over the cable network.
ENCOURAGING SIGNS. For all this, though, the key aspect of Armstrong's revival plan may rest on his continuing what he has already started--busting up AT&T's bureaucracy and placing greater emphasis on execution. He's streamlining the duties of his top brass, tying 75% of their bonuses to quantitative goals, and stepping up pressure to better analyze markets and make decisions fast. "I am demanding," he says. "If we're going to think through something, then get on with it. Don't study it to death. We'll never know everything we need to know. But we do know that if we don't make a decision in a timely way, we're in trouble."
Are these steps enough to pull AT&T out of the danger zone? Investors will be pleased with Armstrong's jihad to cut costs--and especially his willingness to commit to a deadline for accomplishing the task. "I would be surprised--encouraged, but surprised--if they said they could go to 22% in two years," says analyst Stephanie G. Comfort of Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co. That should help meet the sky-high expectations Armstrong has raised: In the three months since he was named CEO, the stock has jumped 44%, to 65.
But the rest of Armstrong's tactics may not get the same applause. After all, the new chief still doesn't have an answer to AT&T's fundamental problem: It's back to being almost completely dependent on its core long-distance business just as the Baby Bells are poised to enter that market, grab market share, and cause margins to plummet. And he still has only the vaguest of plans for beefing up the company's international presence.
What's more, with the exception of stepping up cost-cutting and pulling out of the local market, Armstrong's agenda is not dramatically different from that of his predecessor. Former CEO Robert E. Allen also pledged to cut costs, expand overseas, and do away with AT&T's bloated bureaucracy. "Everything that I've heard has been tried before," says Michael Adamian, a retired AT&T manager. Even Armstrong's local approach is sure to raise a key question: whether he's sacrificing future revenue growth for a quick fix on the bottom line.
Armstrong insists this time will be different. To make the cost-cutting work, he's putting a freeze on hiring for new positions and says layoffs are in the offing. Analysts estimate that some 12,500 people could lose their jobs--10% of AT&T's workforce. What's more, say AT&T execs, Armstrong is proving to be a can-do CEO. They marvel, for example, at how the company acquired Teleport Communications Group on Jan. 8, just nine weeks after Armstrong arrived. AT&T had been in merger talks with the competitive local phone provider for several years. "Everything we do takes about a third the time it used to take," says Zeglis, who lost out to Armstrong for the CEO job but is now one of his biggest supporters.
There's no time to waste. For years, the telecom titan has been badly adrift. Under ex-CEO Allen, AT&T suffered market-share losses, boardroom blunders, and failed acquisitions. One of the biggest missteps was the 1991 purchase of computer maker NCR for $7.4 billion. After losing close to $4 billion, AT&T exited the business by spinning NCR off in 1997. The stock, one of the most widely held in the country, has been on a long trip to nowhere. During the four years prior to Armstrong's appointment, average annual return was 5.2%, vs. the 22.7% of the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index.
MUSICAL CHAIRS. Meanwhile, AT&T's executive suite has had more intrigue than a John Le Carre novel. Allen, who had been the company's golden boy since becoming CEO in 1988, turned reclusive in the face of media and Wall Street criticism. His first designated successor, Alex J. Mandl, grew impatient and left for a tiny wireless startup less than a year after being named chief operating officer. Allen then tapped John R. Walter, CEO of R.R. Donnelley & Sons. But Allen criticized his hand-picked heir apparent to the board, and last July, it decided to deny Walter the CEO title. Walter resigned--with AT&T paying him $26 million for less than nine months' work.
That set the stage for Armstrong's arrival. The 59-year-old executive left a 30-year career at IBM after then-CEO John F. Akers made it clear he wouldn't recommend him for the top job. Armstrong was "bitterly disappointed," according to a friend. He then sparked a remarkable turnaround at Hughes by taking many of the steps he's planning for AT&T--cutting costs 30% across the board, streamlining management, pushing pay for performance, and plunging into new, booming markets, including the satellite-TV business. Now, AT&T gives Armstrong a chance to prove himself at one of the great names in Corporate America. He clearly relishes the opportunity. "The favorite part of my week is Monday morning," he says.
Early Monday morning, that is. Armstrong radiates a sense of urgency. During a visit to the Seattle headquarters of AT&T Wireless Services, President Daniel Hesse told Armstrong he wanted to do three trials of a new wireless technology that could be used to skip over the Baby Bell networks. "He was so excited about it, he just said, `Go do it,"' says Hesse. It was Armstrong's second day on the job. He also opted to sell off AT&T's underperforming paging unit after just two months at the helm.
Now, Armstrong is trying to get AT&T to match his decision-making speed. In one telling case, he found that three committees were involved in similar top-level strategic decisions on everything from marketing to the local strategy--but even he couldn't figure out which one had the final say. So he pared them down to one group that will meet every Monday to discuss the company's top priorities. In some ways, Armstrong's approach is reminiscent of Lou Gerstner's when he joined IBM in 1993. On Jan. 23, for example, Armstrong will tell his senior staff he wants to make 120 top executives responsible for relationships with at least two large clients each. "When we make decisions, it won't be abstract," he says. "We'll have specific customers in the back of our minds."
He's also pushing pay for performance. At its December meeting, the board approved a new compensation structure in which 75% of most employees' bonuses will be tied to quantitative goals, including sales, profits, and costs. In the past, only 25% of the bonus was hitched to such results. And top executives will have stock-ownership targets so that their interests will be aligned with those of shareholders. Executive vice-presidents, for example, will be expected to own stock worth three-and-a-half times their annual salary. The much-criticized board also is on the hook: They set themselves a goal of owning close to $500,000 worth of stock each within five years.
Armstrong's early efforts have already eased one of AT&T's most persistent problems of late: morale. With a generous helping of positive press and a newly pumped-up stock price, Armstrong has convinced many employees that the company finally has a strong hand at the rudder. "We've been adrift for too long," says Lee Wheeler, a manager at the company's Mesa (Ariz.) facility. Still, others caution that Armstrong needs to take advantage of the honeymoon. "This euphoria will only last so long," says industry consultant Jeffrey Kagan.
Armstrong is guarding against that. Over the past three months, the new CEO has been trying to build support within the company's senior ranks. While Allen's style was likened to a judge presiding over a courtroom, Armstrong is said to be more like a coach. He asks questions, suggests alternatives, and then tries to reach a consensus. "The process is designed to allow the team to rally behind an idea," says Gail J. McGovern, executive vice-president for consumer markets. He has become particularly close to Zeglis, the former general counsel much valued by the board for his regulatory expertise. Armstrong converted Allen's old conference room into an office for Zeglis so the two could work next door to each other.
SUIT OPTIONAL. Armstrong also has stripped AT&T's executive suite of much of the formality it had under the reserved and aloof Allen. The new chief often wears slacks and sweaters to the office. And he's known for his humor. When CFO Somers told him he was going to New York for a few days, Armstrong leaned over to Zeglis and, according to Somers, said: "Dan's going to New York for the rest of the week--now we can spend money." He also encourages execs to stop by his office whenever they want to chat instead of scheduling meetings, as Allen preferred. "People don't book [an appointment] three days in advance," says Zeglis. "You just stick your head in and say, `Hey, Mike."'
Other changes are coming to the executive suite as well. Armstrong is planning to streamline the duties of his top lieutenants to improve accountability. That will include the hiring of a chief marketing officer, who will have companywide responsibility for promoting the AT&T brand. Today, that's handled by the head of each operating unit, with the biggest chunk in the hands of consumer-markets chief McGovern. Armstrong also says CFO Somers will give up international responsibility. Mark Baker was recently promoted to executive vice-president for international operations to give that market more attention.
Even with such streamlining of duties, Armstrong's employees are working harder than they have in years. No detail appears to be too small for his scrutiny. In mid-December, when long-distance execs were discussing a plan to send free calling cards to U.S. troops in Bosnia, they originally figured that 10 free minutes to be used by the end of the year would be a nice gesture. Armstrong's reaction? "Well, that seems kind of cheap," according to one executive at the meeting. The cards were upped to 60 free minutes, to be used anytime. "I'd like to say that he sets goals and leaves you alone, but he doesn't," says Jack Kuehler, a retired IBM executive who worked with Armstrong at Big Blue. "He sets goals and checks back frequently to make sure you're meeting them."
AT&T's ranks are finding that out the hard way. In all-day meetings that the new CEO calls "deep dives," his grilling is relentless. "He can home in on the critical issue like a heat-seeking missile," says Frank Ianna, general manager of AT&T's network. Indeed, when AT&T's Wheeler was boasting that his customer-service phone center won back customers who had defected to other carriers, Armstrong asked an incisive question: How long did these customers stay? Wheeler didn't know and tried to continue. "I got about four or five words out, and he held his hand up," says Wheeler. Armstrong stopped the meeting until he got the answer. Execs now realize that a 90-minute meeting scheduled by Armstrong can wind up lasting six hours. The result: Work days have stretched from 10 hours to 14.
Bu then, AT&T execs have a boatload of work to do. After asset sales and spin-offs, the long-distance business now accounts for a huge 90% of the company's revenues. That would be fine except that prices are sliding and AT&T is bleeding market share--down to 50%, from 67% in 1990.
That's certain to fall more. A recent Wichita Falls (Tex.) court decision could allow the Bells into the long-distance business in a matter of months. Although the decision may be held up in appeals, the Bells will enter within the next two years. Those rivals vow to break up what has been a cozy, lucrative relationship among the Big Three long-distance players. "[The Bells'] entry into long distance is clearly a strategic problem for them, because AT&T, MCI, and Sprint have been an industry cartel that has moved prices in lockstep," says James G. Cullen, president and CEO of Bell Atlantic Corp.'s Telecom Group.
Those are more than fighting words. Once the Bells get into long distance, they could swipe as much as 10% of the U.S. market each year for the next three years, analysts estimate. That could mean revenue losses of $1 billion annually in AT&T's core business. Margins also are headed for a fall.
U S West says that if the Bells get into AT&T's home court, average prices would decline 15% to 25% within a year. "All hell is going to break loose," says Brian Adamik, vice-president at market researcher Yankee Group Inc.
Armstrong may have unintentionally sped up that process. Buying Teleport will make it easier for the Bells to argue that AT&T is already in the local business--so under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, they should be allowed into long distance. That would give AT&T full-blown competition in its core business, while it only is pushing into the local business market--some 20% of the local market. And that could be optimistic. With Teleport's base of less than $500 million in 1997 revenues, it will take years before it has much impact on the company's overall revenues--an estimated $51.6 billion in 1997. "I think that may be a strategic blunder," says analyst Blake Bath of Lehman Brothers Inc.
At the same time, AT&T is facing scrappy new competitors who are providing cut-rate long-distance service using Internet technology. So Armstrong will have to scramble for growth opportunities. "The challenge is to change the airplane's engines at 30,000 feet," says H. Brian Thompson, chief executive officer of long-distance competitor LCI International Inc.
GLOBAL SEARCH. To swing that maneuver, Armstrong will try to expand in international markets--a $400 billion prize. The new chief executive, who spent three years in Paris when he was working for IBM, point outs that some of AT&T's current partnerships are failures--just last year, Spain's Telefonica left the AT&T fold to join British Telecommunications. The patchwork that remains is producing poor service for corporate customers. "What [customers] don't appreciate is compromise," he says.
Instead, he thinks AT&T needs to own its networks overseas--and that means building some facilities and probably making an acquisition or two. Britain's Cable & Wireless PLC is a logical candidate--and a company with which Allen discussed a merger. Armstrong says he hasn't talked to Cable & Wireless and that he needs time to study all the international carriers. Given that most of the big foreign players are former monopolies with partial government ownership, an acquisition won't be easy to pull off. In the meantime, even BellSouth and SBC Communications have scored big with deals in Brazil and South Africa.
The wireless operation also is a work in progress. Armstrong wants better performance out of the business, now No.1 in terms of subscribers in the U.S.--but not the most profitable. Armstrong thinks many wireless companies are unwisely chasing customers with low monthly bills, high turnover, and risky credit. So he and Hesse have sketched out a more conservative strategy of sacrificing growth in exchange for profits. Hesse won't have to match industry growth rates for revenues, now averaging about 20% annually. But he will have to push up operating profits, now 10% of revenues, into the top quartile of similar companies, about 15%. He's got a good chance of making it if he can keep rapidly converting AT&T subscribers to the lower-cost, higher-margin digital service. AT&T has already converted 2.1 million of its 8 million customers.
But the real value in owning the nation's largest wireless operation lies in combining it with the rest of the company to allow AT&T to offer bundled service that no competitor can match. AT&T has tried--and failed--to integrate the Seattle-based wireless unit ever since its purchase from Craig McCaw in 1994. "They might have worked extra hard to assure their independence and self-sufficiency," concedes Armstrong. He has charged McGovern and Hesse with figuring out ways for them to work together. One plus: Hesse, who took the helm of the wireless unit last year, is the first AT&T executive to head the group.
Armstrong wants a similar overhaul of AT&T's Internet operations. Its WorldNet Internet service was launched in 1995, and it has since grown to 1.1 million subscribers. But WorldNet's growth is slowing in the $6.5 billion Internet-access market that is jammed with giants and scrappy startups alike, from Microsoft and America Online to Netcom and EarthLink. Worse, Armstrong admits he's not sure how a company can make money in that market by selling $20-a-month access.
The rescue plan? If AT&T takes an equity stake in @Home, that would make it possible for the telecom giant to offer high-speed service at a premium price--and a profit. @Home could also manage the AT&T accounts so that the startup would bear the costs of providing the service while AT&T could bundle Net access with its other offerings. "We're not making money today," says Armstrong. "If you can't make money, why are you doing it?"
And making money is Armstrong's No.1 priority. He plans to lop off expenses through big and small measures, from layoffs to halving the $80 million the company spends each year on consultants. He has even stopped executives from using the company's chauffeured limos to get from home to the office. "Now, I can ride my Harley to work in the summer," Armstrong says. Jokes aside, the results could be profound. With lower costs, AT&T could afford to drop its long-distance rates and stem its market-share slide.
He does see one new opportunity to generate cash: corporate outsourcing of communications. Armstrong thinks phone systems are becoming increasingly complex and important to corporations, just as computers did 20 years ago. When they look for outside help, he wants them to turn to AT&T. "If there's one thing AT&T knows how to do, it's manage communications," he says. Landing customers won't be easy, though. Rivals MCI and WorldCom, in particular, already offer similar services.
Armstrong has plenty of time to find a solution. He says persistent rumors that he has only a three-year contract are false. "It's a six-year contract, and I'll retire at 65," he says. "Can you imagine trying to turn AT&T around in three years?" Maybe not. But for three months, he's off to a good start.


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text: 2003 5.3 1500LT 'burb. a year gao we came back from holiday and the car would not start - it turned over and tried to start (some ignition but would not pick up to an idle). Replaced the fuel filter - no avail, then added 2 gallons of fuel and it started. Recently the car has started to stall while driving - especially if accelerating. The car acts like its being starved of fuel. Today it let me down 4 times (!) with a loss of power while driving. Pulled up at the side of the road, starting would give a very lumpy idle at well below normal idle RPM and then it just dies. After 5 to 10 minutes the car starts normally and I pull away. The scan tool says P0336B (crankshaft position sensor) and P0706 (gear selector range error). I'm pretty sure in my mind the P0706 is not related as I'm in D when driving - so a slight misalignment would result in N or 3 - neither of which would lead to a stall. Has anyone had a similar problem please. Reading the forums it could be either a fault building in the cranksahft position sensor (forgot to mention even when the engine loses power while driving the tachometer is reading the weirdly low RPM) or a fuel pump problem (either internal or it could be problems with a corroded connector). Any thoughts how i can narrow down the fault. i do have access to a range of scanners/diagnotics but they only helpso far..


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The Doughdish is a fiberglass reproduction of the original Herreshoff 12 1/2 footer. It is constructed in foam sandwich fiberglass with teak trim. It is built to the exact hull dimensions and rig of the sloops designed by N. G. Herreshoff in 1914. As a result they are able to compete against the wooden boats in class races and regattas.
It is a comfortable and easy daysailer, and a wonderful boat for teaching someone to sail.
Doughdish No. 400 was built by Edey and Duff in 1998 and has been well maintained by Ballentine's Boat Shop. She remains in great condition with all her yearly work already completed. She has also been upgraded with the bronze hardware option.
The sale includes sails in serviceable condition, mooring covers, and a trailer. The trailer is only usable for very short travel and a new trailer would be recommended.
She is currently in storage and can be view by appointment only. Contact us for more information.
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Donald J. Johnson
My beloved husband, Donald J. Johnson, born 7/21/35, went to join our Lord on 11/13/12. He was the beloved husband of 17 years to Diane M. Johnson, the father of four lovely children, Gary Johnson, Dawn Churchill, Donna Johnson and Dena Johnson, deceased. Grandfather of four, Lucas and Cherish Johnson, Amber Prone and Evan Clanin, also great-grandfather of three.
His hobby was lobstering and antique cars. Lived in the Keys for 25 years and state of Florida 50 years, also had a residence in Inverness, Fla.
He cherished JESUS, as his First Love and witnessed to many till three days of his passing. He was always joyful in doing God's work. He was a Christian man of Great Faith. He will be missed by many. His favorite words, "I'm just peachy," will always be remembered. He never claimed sickness. When in the Keys, he worshipped at Keys Vineyard and B.P. Baptist Church. His love of learning and fellowship was always there.
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New materials are crucial to building a clean energy economy—for everything from batteries to photovoltaics to lighter weight vehicles—but today the development cycle is too slow: around 18 years from conception to commercialization. To speed up this process, a team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) teamed up to develop a new tool, called the Materials Project, which launches this month.
"Our vision is for this tool to become a dynamic 'Google' of material properties, which continually grows and changes as more users come on board to analyze the results, verify against experiments and increase their knowledge," says Kristin Persson, a Berkeley Lab chemist and one of the founding scientists behind the Materials Project. "So many scientists can benefit from this type of screening. Considering the demand for innovative clean energy technology we needed most of these materials yesterday."


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Archive for December, 2011
Public expectations and media standardsWednesday, December 14th, 2011
The Law Commission suggests that its proposed independent media regulator consult with the public to establish what their expectations are of journalistic standards, so that these can be reflected in the structures and ethics codes it draws up (see paras 5.93 and 6.95).
Is this really the right question? I rather doubt it. If you're asking […]
Law Commission's new media paperMonday, December 12th, 2011
The Law Commission has issued an issues paper on reform of news media and new media regulation. This isn't a final report; they're looking for feedback on their proposals.
I think it's a thougthful and well-researched paper. It's very much alive to the problems of online regulation and the importance of free speech and the media. […]


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"Ben Swann: Full Disclosure" conducts a one-on-one interview with Dr. Jim Garrow, who claims the Obama administration is weeding out top military brass who are unwilling to fire upon Americans. Ben talks with Dr. Garrow and asks him viewers' questions.
Video: Military Brass Required By Obama To Fire On American Citizens?
What has been forgotten is the brass can make any command they wish, it's the personnel that decide if they will fire upon citizens or not.
This is true but a man like Gen Dempsey who fought with Gen U.S.Grant during the civil war you would think he'd no better.
He's star struck like the rest of them.
i call for a coup to remove this m-fkr from office NOW !!!!!!! how the hell can any republican not be drawing up impeachment and prison papers to execute this muslim prick right now !!!!!!! .. fire on americans !!!! that my friends is WAR !!!!!! billions of rounds of ammo for d.h.s. when it starts i will start in wash d.c. cut the head off the snake.. fckng politicians
pres Ojigaboo is thinning the military brass so he can have his yes men in there.When the people finally see through this bozo hewill need somebody to protect his black ass besides Calypso Louie and the panthers.
Hopefully those who are weeded out will join ranks with the American people to remove all those traitors who are killing America and its people.
This well know source should come forward and tell the American people what Obama is doing.
Two of my son's friends, one in the Army and the other in the Marines, say that they know for sure, the top military brass are indeed being weeded out. They talk about it frequently.
I personally, don't think that the majority of our troops will follow that order. I made a career of the military and was in combat two years in southeast Asia back in the 60's. I know if given that order, I would not follow it. Now if the order was given to fire on some of the top ranking politicians, that might be a different story. lol
I wonder how many Czarist soldiers had sworn loyalty to the Czar and then backed Trotsky. Or, as I recall, the German Army has sworn allegiance to the German Republic before they swore personal allegiance to Adolph Hitler.
I have heard that if the top four layers of the chain of command back a revolution, everyone else will fall in line or die.
Beware of wishful thinking.
I'll give you evidence just ask yourself why Homeland Security is hoarding all that recent Ammo?
One correction, WE ARE NOT OBAMA'S PEOPLE!!!!


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2. Make it bite-size: The key here is to break big goals into manageable steps. For example, saying, "I want to save an extra $5,000 by the end of the year" seems more daunting than "I want to save $2,500 by June." Better yet, do the division and start with: "I want to save an extra $416 a month." Then it's a matter of making choices with your money to find more room in your budget. Setting milestones along the way will also make your resolution more manageable, so if you hit your $416 savings goal three months in a row, reward yourself.
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In addition to my prior message about using xi3 by itself, it appears that you can also use:
xi3: version 10: svy: ologit ...
Which will reset the version number for running the svy: ologit. (At least it worked when I used version 9 for my version 9 Stata).
Michael Blasnik
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I'm running models in Stata 9 using xi3, svy and ologit. This combination seems to produce very large standard errors, and these don't occur when I use xi instead of xi3. An example is pasted below (using a binary outcome as an example). Has anyone else encountered similar problems? Any help or comments appreciated!
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Boardwalk Rebuild Begins
It's been a long way back to the beach. With one year, five months and 23 days separating it from the storm that largely destroyed it, the Rockaway boardwalk is officially on its way back.
In October, 2012, Hurricane Sandy ripped up and carried away large sections of the boardwalk, leaving whole segments scattered along storm-hit streets.
Workers for Skanska, a worldwide project development and construction group, began phase one of the Rockaway Boardwalk Reconstruction Project on Monday, April 21.
The boardwalk rebuild is a joint project by the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Economic Development Corporation and is considered a line of defense against future storms.
"The new Rockaway boardwalk is being constructed to respond to sea level rise and future storms, and is integrated into a multi-layered system of coastal protection," First Deputy Parks Commissioner Liam Kavanagh said.
The rebuild will be done in phases. Phase 1 is now underway with work being done between Beach 86th Street and Beach 97th Street. Demolition of some of the old pilings will occur and heavy equipment can now be seen along Shore Front Parkway.
According to Parks and Recreation "nearly five miles of the boardwalk, running from Beach 20th Street to Beach 126th Street, will be rebuilt as part of this project. The new boardwalk will be constructed with steel-reinforced concrete and elevated above the 100-year flood plain. A baffle wall will be incorporated into the design and the structure will be bolstered by sand berms planted with native grasses."
The first phase of the project, which began this week, will, Parks says, include "fence post installation and general site prep work. In the weeks following, selected demolition and removal of the old boardwalk piles begins."
In many places those wide concrete supports, described by many as a "Rockaway Stonehenge," were all that was left after the hurricane.
In May the next step of construction will begin. This will involve driving new steel piles which will form the superstructure of the new boardwalk. Once that is done, concrete sand retaining walls will be installed and concrete caps will be placed on the piles.
Conduits for utilities, including electric and plumbing will be installed and sand will be backfilled in. Access stairs and ramps will also be put in. Benches, railings, lighting, water fountains and foot showers will be installed later.
One of the major features of the new project will be the replacement of the old wooden boardwalk with concrete 'planks'.
Over the past several months, Parks previewed various colors and designs for these decorative installations at a series of public meetings and requested communi- ty input.
No beach closures are expected while the boardwalk is being rebuilt. As was done last year, specific access points will be set up where visitors can get through to the beach.
As of now, Phase 1 is expected to be completed by Memorial Day, 2015.
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So, following our visit to Al di La, we felt that the service left something to be desired (see post from Dec 1), my sister and I decided to head out to J Paulz for dinner.
It is difficult to compare the food between the two restaurants (one is Italian, one is tapas and sushi), so I will not attempt that. this is just a comment on service.
Upon arriving at J Paulz, we were seated promptly, and our waitress was there to take our drink order almost immediately. Being indecisive, we were not ready - not a problem, and the waitress gave us time to peruse the menu. In the end, we had a white wine from Spain (not up on my white wines, so I don't know what it was, but an excellent choice!). We proceeded to order three dishes - one sushi roll and two of the tapas dishes. The food came out in a timely fashion, in direct contrast with our dining experience at Al di La. Yes, we know there is a difference in preparation styles between the two restaurants, however, we were impressed with the time of delivery.
The icing on the cake - when the waitress brought the bill, she stated "No hurry, ladies." How nice to know that we can still go to dinner and not be asked to leave as soon as the bill is paid. I'd like to thank J Paulz for an enjoyable Monday night dinner, and for giving us respectful and friendly service.
As an aside, the food was very good - we had a Red Dragon roll, hummus with pita triangles, and shrimp flatbread - all tasty, served at the right temperature, and large enough portions to share. great atmosphere - would be fun for a crowd!


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So you found a rescue coral – now what? The majority of rescuing a dying coral is similar to just caring for a healthy one with good water parameters.
Preparing the Coral
When the coral arrives home, you'll want to acclimate it first. I find that with rescue corals, a 15 minute temperature acclimation is ideal (no more, no less). These corals are often damaged from poor water conditions at the store, so it is best to remove them from the cause as quickly as possible. If they were damaged from other conditions (high light, stinging, etc.) then this short acclimation is not as important. After acclimation I dip the coral in CoralRx (or some other coral dip).
After the dip I remove almost all dead skeleton and base rock. I find this especially critical with rescue corals. In my experience, corals have an easier time growing new skeleton than growing over old skeleton, especially if the old skeleton has sharp edges. If the coral is in strong flow, the coral's tissue could catch on a sharp edge of its old skeleton and rip. For example, removing the dead skeleton of the scolymia below could severely damage the coral, so I trimmed down the sharp points and left it alone.


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The boy says he was 'a little scared' when two men jumped in the car
Watch out, within five years 7,500 drones may be plying American airspace
Jimmy Valvano is a name not widely known this side of the Atlantic. In America, he is revered as an extraordinary inspiration.
In recent decades, New Jersey has turned from presidential swing state into a Democratic stronghold
Lon Snowden expresses gratitude to Russia and Putin for providing safe haven to the NSA whistleblower
Space agency says it will share with its followers the 'most engaging images on and off the planet'
LADEE probe takes off successfully in latest US mission to the Moon
A military jury as unanimously condemned Nidal Malik Hasan to death by legal injection for killing 13 people in a shooting spree at the Fort Hood military base in 2009. This sentence will make Hasan the first member of the US armed forces to be executed by the US military for over 50 years. But who was the last?
The R&B singer violated probation for assaulting Rihanna after being accused of falsifying records
The woman and her pilot have been named as Jane Wicker and Charles Schwenker
On a day when the defeat of Agnieszka Radwanska, the world No 5 and last year's Wimbledon runner-up, demonstrated the difficulties that grass-court tennis offers even to the very best, the current British No 1 and one of her predecessors proved the value of experience on the sport's most challenging surface.
Injury rules the Ireland prop out of the rest of the tour, with Scotland's Ryan Grant called up as his replacement
Tropical Storm Andrea took aim at Florida's northern Gulf Coast today and was forecast to cut across Georgia and up the US Atlantic coast, the US National Hurricane Center said.
The US Senate has voted against new legislation to expand background checks for gun purchasers, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama's hopes of gun control reform after the school shootings at Sandy Hook in December.
As he briefed reporters in Boston on Tuesday afternoon, FBI special agent Richard DesLauriers detailed some of the physical clues the authorities had found during their investigation into Monday's bomb attacks: "Pieces of black nylon, which could be from a backpack, fragments of BBs [ball bearings] and nails, possibly contained in a pressure cooker device."
Judy Murray names squad for play-off away to Argentina
Police in Virginia have charged a woman with arson as part of an investigation into a spate of suspicious fires that have ravaged a remote corner of the US state in recent months.


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Funeral services for Dennis L. Zapalac, Sr., 62, of Frydek were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Frydek with the Rev. Bernard Snock celebrating the funeral mass and rite of committal. Interment followed at St. Mary's Cemetery. The K.J.T. rosary was recited at 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 24, at St. Mary's Catholic Church followed by the parish vigil wake service and rosary. Pallbearers for the service were Dennis Zapalac, Woodrow Duve, John Moreida, Dale Ratcliff and Timothy Ratcliff. Dennis Louis Zapalac, Sr., was born to parents Wille R. and Mary Jurek Zapalac in Sealy. He was raised in Frydek and attended Frydek Public School. Dennis married the former Miss Mary Ruter Svinky at St. Mary's on February 27, 1965 and was a carpenter building homes in the Sealy area. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Frydek K.J.T. Society. He died Sunday, May 23, 2004 in Houston. Survivors include his wife, Mary Svinky Zapalac of Sealy; children and spouses, Dennis Zapalac, Jr., of Sealy, Sandra Moreida and husband John of Beasley, Cynthia Duve and husband Woodrow of New Ulm and Steven Zapalac of Sealy; grandson, Vincent Moreida of Beasley; brothers and spouses, Lawrence Zapalac and wife Frances of Sealy, Sylvester Zapalac and wife Emilie of Sealy, George Zapalac of Brenham and Willie Zapalac of Sealy; sister and spouse, Margie Dirba and husband Henry of Sealy; sister and brother-in-law, Patsy and Dale Ratcliff; nephew Timothy Ratcliff; niece Malinda Ratcliff; and a number of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents Willie R. and Mary Zapalac, brothers, Felix and Milton Zapalac; and granddaughter, Leslie Morieda. Funeral services were held under the direction of the Knesek Family Funeral Chapel of Sealy.
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2000 BMW 323Ci Part out & TRADE EXTERIOR FOR FREE
Hey guys, I need to get rid of this car FAST. Which means one thing, I need to get rid of IT and all its parts in a hurry. That being said; I want to return the exterior to stock form. So for exterior pictures.
Parts List
M3 Sideskirts Replica ABS Plastic Unpainted - $50
Damaged CSL Front Bumper for coupes, painted jet black; missing splitter $100
OEM M-Tech front bumper - Missing one Foglight. Jet Black
Authentic Hamann SideSkirts
Authentic Hamann Rear Addon Molded
Authentic Gruppe-M Carbon Fiber Intake
Replica AC Schnitzer Front Strut Bar $75
Replica AC Schnitzer Carbon Fiber E-Brake $15
Replica AC Schnitzer Shift Knob
Magna-Flow Exhaust $180
OEM M3 Hood (Require Jet Black OEM Hood) $280 with Trade. (+ help installing)
OEM M3 Mirrors (Require Jet Black OEM Mirrors) $200 with Trade (+ help installing)
Kenwood DDX 8017 + Custom made OEM Quality E46 Bezel. $700
H&R Sport Springs $90
H&K Subwoofer with amp $70 (m3 fitment)
OEM Clear tails Coupe - $50
Matte Black Kidneys & Grills - Make offer
OEM black headlight insert - $10
OEM Console $30
I also have an authentic AC Schnitzer Shift Knob & E-Brake.. I'll let them both go for $150
As the thread goes on i'll need to get more of the parts pictures so I'll add them as I go tomorrow. For the Hamann Rear Addon, Hamann Side Skirts & Mtech Front I'll let them go free if someone can trade me their stock coupe components and get it fitted for me. Jet black. In good condition please. Located in the Diamond Bar area.
I'd also be taking trades + cash for the M3 Hood & Mirrors painted in Jet black. Let me know if anyone is interested.
Thanks for your time everyone! Hopefully we can wrap up this partout thread, quickly cause I want to move this stuff.
Local buyers have priority as I'd much rather prefer to do pickup instead of having to ship stuff. Although it can definitely be arranged.
If you could email me instead that would help me much more. As I'm not always on the forums anymore.
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