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By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG — Amidst his second run for governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe is spending time and other people's money outside the state trying to kickstart his sputtering electric "cars."
McAuliffe, who touts himself as a "businessman" first and former head of the Democratic National Committee second, is chairman of GreenTech Automotive, which is beginning to build "Neighborhood Electric Vehicles" in Mississippi.
GreenTech touts its "MyCar" — top speed of 45 mph and a price tag around $10,000 — as the future of urban transportation. Roadside skeptics say the NEV looks like Solyndra on wheels, a disparaging reference to the heavily subsidized solar company that went bankrupt two years ago.
In a 2010 interview, McAuliffe predicted that his company's first-generation NEV would go on sale mid-2011. GreenTech initially pledged to hire thousands workers to assemble tens of thousands of vehicles a year at its new Tunica, Miss., plant by the end of 2012.
None of those projections has come close to fruition. The Tunica plant is still under construction, and the payroll barely tops 100 workers.
"They talk of a big assembly line. They had six cars," said Michael Sheffield, who has covered the northern Mississippi project for the Memphis Business Journal.
Working out of a temporary facility in Horn Lake, Miss., 15 miles north of Tunica, GreenTech has been as quiet as its electric vehicles. Following a visit by Bill Clinton in July, the company didn't post another announcement until this month, when it showcased a handful of NEVs to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar.
International connections
As McAuliffe vows that GreenTech "will help save American manufacturing, create thousands of middle-class jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil," the New York native has cultivated close connections to China.
Charles Wang, president and CEO of GreenTech, brought a background in car dealership networks and auto parts manufactures in China. He also served as secretariat general of China Financial Policy Research Center of Peking University.
In 2011, GreenTech reportedly began construction of a production site in Inner Mongolia and formed a joint venture in China with Shengyang Zhongrui Investment Co. BusinessWeek said core components for MyCar would be built by GreenTech in Mississippi, and GreenTech vehicles would be sold in China. That information has been scrubbed from the GreenTech website.
Sheffield told Watchdog.org that nearly all of the early assembly parts came from China.
Lyn Arnold, president of the Tunica Chamber of Commerce, agreed that was the case … until recently. "It's changed in the past year. Now they are sourcing most of their parts from the U.S."
But, Arnold added, no suppliers have located to Mississippi to feed GreenTech.
Investment for the electric-vehicle project is sketchy, and, like production, behind schedule.
GreenTech, which has no filings listed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, says vaguely that it relies on "private financing."
At one point, the company used the controversial federal EB-5 program, which grants green cards to foreign nationals and their families in exchange for investments that create 10 or more jobs in the United States.
But with only about 100 employees currently in Mississippi, GreenTech's EB-5s gambit has not been much of a fundraiser or job generator.
"There's a lot of criticism of (EB-5s) being basically immigration scams," said John O'Dell, a senior editor who has written about GreenTech for Edmunds automotive research.
O'Dell said NEVs, such as those already built by GEM-Polaris, "make a lot of sense in closed-campus environments like factories because they're incredibly cheap to run" and have a range up to 70 miles.
"The question is, 'How much money can GreenTech afford to lose until they get traction?'" O'Dell asked. "There's an enormous amount of money involved in building vehicles and maintaining inventory. It's not like building a computer."
Mississippi gamble
McAuliffe & Co. have not received federal "green energy" subsidies like the ones that fueled Solyndra, but GreenTech did get a multimillion-dollar assistance package from the state of Mississippi and Tunica, an economically depressed area desperate for new business.
Public loans and grants to the company total more than $8 million, with millions more in tax exemptions and rebates.
Sheffield said Tunica officials were particularly eager to do the deal.
"They'll stay with this until the wheels fall off," he predicted.
Though Tunica County is home to several riverboat casinos, the winnings haven't trickled down to the hardscrabble community in northwest Mississippi.
"The city doesn't even have a Wal-Mart — just a Waffle House and a Dollar General," Sheffield said.
Mississippi's Economic Development Authority says the taxpayer subsidies are contingent on GreenTech raising $60 million by Dec. 31, 2014. If GreenTech fails to meet the capital requirement and hire 350 full-time workers, local and state authorities can "claw back" their investments.
Skeptics wonder if those provisions will be worth the paper they're written on if the GreenTech goes under.
McAuliffe, whose salary is unknown, has not disclosed his financial backers, saying only that they are "strategic investors active in the green technology area." But by all accounts, the totals raised so far are dwarfed by the sums GreenTech needs to ramp up promised production.
Why not Virginia?
GreenTech, headquartered in McLean, Va., landed in Mississippi because Gov. Haley Barbour offered the company a better deal than the Old Dominion.
Virginia officials said the GreenTech project was brought to Virginia Economic Development Partnership in 2009, during then-Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine's administration. But VEDP was never able to get a concrete business plan with financing from the company.
No formal proposal was brought to either Kaine or his Republican successor, Gov. Bob McDonnell.
The failure to pursue a Virginia venue mystifies officials in the Southside region, where unemployment is in double digits, vacant manufacturing facilities abound, and land remains dirt cheap.
"My knowledge is that (GreenTech officials) visited once in Virginia," said Jeremy Stratton, head of the Danville Office of Economic Development.
"Southern Virginia would be very competitive with Mississippi in terms of manufacturing infrastructure and operating costs," he said.
State Delegate. Don Merricks, R-Pittsylvania, agreed.
Merricks said the economically depressed Danville and Martinsville regions are "well positioned" for new businesses.
"Manufacturing is down, but it's coming back. We have fiber optics in and a low cost of doing business," the delegate told Watchdog.org last week.
Though he was elected in 2007, two years before GreenTech locked onto Mississippi, Merricks said he "never heard" of GreenTech.
Early on, McAuliffe's company narrowed its search to right-to-work states, south of the Mason-Dixon Line. That strategy flew in the face of the pro-union positions McAuliffe held while heading the DNC and chairing Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
Jeannemarie Davis, a former Northern Virginia legislator currently running for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor, assessed McAuliffe's game plan bluntly.
"That he would go to the best deal, speaks volumes about where his heart is at," she said.
Blending business and politics
When viewers of the GreenTech website click on Chairman Terry McAuliffe's name, they're taken to the "McAuliffe for Governor" campaign page that seeks donors and volunteers.
The presumptive Democratic nominee's cyber linkage doesn't necessarily connect with Virginia voters, however.
McAuliffe's corporate profile on social media is all but invisible. GreenTech's year-old Facebook page has a grand total of 12 "likes" and its Twitter account (@MyCarWMGTA) has just 26 followers on Twitter, including President Obama's Organizing for America, and McAuliffe himself.
"The biggest criticism people had when (McAuliffe) ran (for the Democrat's gubernatorial nomination) in the (2009) primary was that a lot of political people didn't even know he lived here because he didn't get involved locally," Mame Reiley told Bloomberg News.
Reiley managed Brian Moran's Democratic gubernatorial bid four years ago, a primary won by state Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville.
Though McAuliffe, a prodigious fundraiser, spent $8 million on his campaign — more than twice as much as his opponents — he garnered just 26 percent of the vote in his party's primary.
After the 2009 election, but before Mississippi Gov. Barbour left office, McAuliffe and Wang worked with officials in Jackson and Tunica to cobble together the multimillion-dollar incentive package that landed GreenTech in the Magnolia State.
While Barbour hailed his "Mississippi Blueprint" for economic development, some analysts question its effectiveness.
Matt Mitchell, senior research fellow at the free market-oriented Mercatus Center at George Mason University, saud, "There are two ways states compete for business — either straight up with good public policy, or with an acknowledgement that 'We're terrible, but are willing to suspend the usual rules to attract companies.'"
Mercatus' "Economic Freedom" index of states ranks Mississippi a lowly No. 30 and places Virginia fifth overall.
On "Regulatory Policy," Mercatus again lists Mississippi in 30th place while Virginia is No. 4.
A New York Times survey found that Mississippi gave "at least" $416 million in incentives, grants and tax breaks to companies, not counting GreenTech. Virginia, a far larger and wealthier state, allocated $1.3 billion, but that represented a slightly smaller share of the state budget, the report found.
Not surprisingly, McAuliffe, whose office did not respond to Watchdog.org's repeated requests for an interview, applauded Barbour's efforts.
"Thanks are due to Governor Barbour for being so receptive to our strategy to create manufacturing jobs in the United States," McAuliffe said last July on GreenTech's website.
Taking a global perspective, the gubernatorial hopeful declared this month, "We have a responsibility to our customers and to our planet to conserve our precious natural resources and to leave this world a better place for future generations. Green jobs are jobs of the 21st century. We've gotta be in the future."
Contact Kenric Ward at [email protected] or at (571) 319-9824.
— Edited by Kelly Carson, [email protected]
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The Language of God, Chapter 4
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The last part of this chapter is a brief but pretty thorough overview of DNA and how it works. He gives a short background going through genetics (Mendel and Garrod), the discovery of DNA (Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty), and the discovery of DNA's structure (Watson and Crick). He then goes through several pages describing how DNA works.
He ends this chapter with a brief section he calls "Biological Truth and Its Consequences." He points out how people who subscribe to the "argument from design as a compelling demonstration of God's role in creating life" might find the content he describes in this chapter unnerving. Such an unsettled reader might protest: "Enough! Your naturalistic explanations are taking all the divine mystery out of the world!" (p.108). To this, Collins replies that there is plenty of divine mystery left, citing how "many people who have considered all the scientific and spiritual evidence still see God's creative and guiding hand at work" (p.108). Collins concludes that evolution can and must be true, and he adds that evolution doesn't say anything about the nature of its author. Science gives believers even more to be in awe about.
I found this concluding section problematic, despite being well-pleased with Collins' primer on DNA. Collins' reply to the unsettled reader left me with two questions. First, what exactly is the "spiritual evidence" that people have considered to be God's hand at work? I'm not talking about abiogenesis, the seemingly fine-tuned universe, or even the empty tomb – those appear to me to be all physical phenomena. I'm not even sure how one would go about validating such "spiritual evidence," or even being able to attribute it to any God rather than, say, an advanced space-faring race. Sounds to me like anyone subjecting their "spiritual evidence" to the Outsider Test for Faith would fail.
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On January 8, I penned an article that detailed the efforts of Roumell Asset Management to shake things up at Tecumseh (TECUA). In that article I explained that Roumell, which owns about 20% of Tecumseh, had hired a consulting firm with a 50-year history in analyzing manufacturing businesses, to conduct a deep review of the company's assets, operations and competitive position in the industry. That analysis concluded that the company had a liquidation value of between $237 and $334 million. Tecumseh's market cap is ~$98 million.
Roumell thinks even more value can be realized by only selling off part of the company. You can read about his plan here.
On January 14, Roumell filed another 13D, which reveals recent events that Tecumseh's BOD cannot ignore.
According to the filing, Roumell was approached in late 2012 by a representative of a "large Brazilian company" who expressed a strong desire of this firm to purchase Tecumseh's Brazilian assets and suggested a potential market value between $50 million and $125 million. Roumell says it referred the individual to the company's outside counsel. During the week of January 6, Roumell was again contacted by the same individual who indicated that he did in fact meet with the company on two occasions but feels his proposal is being "effectively ignored."
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In a separate instance, we were approached by a highly-regarded private investor interested in investing in Tecumseh on a preferred stock basis, with a proposed dividend rate below the company's current cost of debt capital and with interest payments potentially being deferred and at a strike price significantly above the company's current share price, so long as he could have a significant voice on, but not control of, the Board. We referred this investor to the company and were not a party to any negotiations between this investor and the company. This investor expressed a view similar to ours in that he believed the company possessed a strong set of assets, a legacy brand and on a restructured basis could shelter its earnings given its $400 million loss carry forwards. This investor, and his partner, have blue chip investment backgrounds and have a recognizable and identifiable track record of successfully turning around companies. We referred this investor to the company's outside counsel because we believe this individual's long-term capital commitment, background and vision would all increase the likelihood of a successful Tecumseh turnaround.
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Summary Report for:
17-2161.00 - Nuclear Engineers
Conduct research on nuclear engineering projects or apply principles and theory of nuclear science to problems concerned with release, control, and use of nuclear energy and nuclear waste disposal.
Sample of reported job titles: Criticality Safety Engineer, Engineer, Generation Engineer, Nuclear Design Engineer, Nuclear Engineer, Nuclear Licensing Engineer, Nuclear Reactor Engineer, Resident Inspector, Scientist, System Engineer
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Initiate corrective actions or order plant shutdowns in emergency situations.
- Direct operating or maintenance activities of operational nuclear power plants to ensure efficiency and conformity to safety standards.
- Monitor nuclear facility operations to identify any design, construction, or operation practices that violate safety regulations and laws or that could jeopardize the safety of operations.
- Examine accidents to obtain data that can be used to design preventive measures.
- Design or develop nuclear equipment, such as reactor cores, radiation shielding, or associated instrumentation or control mechanisms.
- Write operational instructions to be used in nuclear plant operation or nuclear fuel or waste handling and disposal.
- Prepare construction project proposals that include cost estimates, and discuss proposals with interested parties such as vendors, contractors, and nuclear facility review boards.
- Perform experiments that will provide information about acceptable methods of nuclear material usage, nuclear fuel reclamation, or waste disposal.
- Conduct tests of nuclear fuel behavior and cycles or performance of nuclear machinery and equipment to optimize performance of existing plants.
- Keep abreast of developments and changes in the nuclear field by reading technical journals or by independent study and research.
- Design and direct nuclear research projects to discover facts, to test or modify theoretical models, or to develop new theoretical models or new uses for current models.
- Recommend preventive measures to be taken in the handling of nuclear technology, based on data obtained from operations monitoring or from evaluation of test results.
- Synthesize analyses of test results, and use the results to prepare technical reports of findings and recommendations.
- Design or oversee construction or operation of nuclear reactors or power plants or nuclear fuels reprocessing and reclamation systems.
- Analyze available data and consult with other scientists to determine parameters of experimentation and suitability of analytical models.
- Conduct environmental studies related to topics such as nuclear power generation, nuclear waste disposal, or nuclear weapon deployment.
- Design fuel cycle models or processes to reduce the quantity of radioactive waste generated from nuclear activities.
- Develop or contribute to the development of plans to remediate or restore environments affected by nuclear radiation, such as waste disposal sites.
- Direct environmental compliance activities associated with nuclear plant operations or maintenance.
- Prepare environmental impact statements, reports, or presentations for regulatory or other agencies.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software — Maplesoft Maple; Monte Carlo simulation software; SAS ; The MathWorks MATLAB (see all 18 examples)
- Computer aided design CAD software — Mathsoft Mathcad
- Data base user interface and query software — Data entry software ; Relational database software
- Desktop publishing software
- Development environment software — FOLLOW code; Formula translation/translator FORTRAN; INCORE code; TOTE code
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Graphics software
- Object or component oriented development software — C++
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Operating system software — UNIX
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Work Activities
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Detailed Work Activities
- Resolve operational performance problems.
- Direct energy production or management activities.
- Direct equipment maintenance or repair activities.
- Monitor processes for compliance with standards.
- Investigate safety of work environment.
- Design energy production or management equipment or systems.
- Prepare procedural documents.
- Communicate technical information to suppliers, contractors, or regulatory agencies.
- Prepare proposal documents.
- Research energy production, use, or conservation.
- Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
- Advise others on health and safety issues.
- Analyze test or validation data.
- Document design or operational test results.
- Update technical knowledge.
- Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.
- Coordinate safety or regulatory compliance activities.
- Develop operational methods or processes that use green materials or emphasize sustainability.
- Investigate the environmental impact of projects.
- Prepare detailed work plans.
- Prepare technical or operational reports.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 100% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 95% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 68% responded "Every day."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 82% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 68% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 55% responded "Very important."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 50% responded "Extremely important."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 50% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Spend Time Sitting — 73% responded "More than half the time."
- Contact With Others — 50% responded "Contact with others most of the time."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 50% responded "Some freedom."
- Letters and Memos — 45% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 41% responded "High responsibility."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 45% responded "Some freedom."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 64% responded "Important results."
- Time Pressure — 41% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Exposed to Radiation — 41% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 50% responded "Very important."
- Consequence of Error — 32% responded "Extremely serious."
- Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 32% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 27% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Level of Competition — 45% responded "Moderately competitive."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
Interest code: IRC
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
Work Values
- Recognition — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2016)
|$49.14 hourly, $102,220 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2014)
|17,000 employees
|Projected growth (2014-2024)
|Decline (-2% or lower)
|Projected job openings (2014-2024)
|State trends
|Top industries (2014)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2016 wage data and 2014-2024 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2014-2024). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- Nuclear engineers . Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2016-17 Edition.


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The British Connection
28th May, 2012
With the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee this summer, the eyes of the world are on Britain. What better time to highlight the best that UK cinema has to offer? We've got together a list of some of the best British films from the past sixty years. Are your favourites included?Read more
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17th May, 2012
Teachers and students around the country are getting involved in a consultation about the future of British film.Read more
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A CASE involving a Canberra orthopaedic surgeon accused of making mistakes on patients has been delayed, even though the ACT Medical Board has been investigating his latest controversial surgery for seven months.
Richard Hocking is taking legal action against the ACT Medical Board, which is trying to impose a tough set of restrictions on him because it claims he poses a ''serious risk''.
The ACT Supreme Court lifted the conditions from Dr Hocking while he challenged the board's decision in the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Dr Hocking's defence argued the surgeon was not given a fair opportunity to respond to the latest allegation about surgical errors.
The tribunal had set aside last Thursday and Friday to hear the case.
Dr Hocking submitted an 18-page statement, plus about 130 pages of supporting documents, just before the close of business on Wednesday afternoon.
At the hearing on Thursday the board's barrister, Ken Archer, argued he and his team had not had enough time to analyse the contents of the documents.
''There's still no explanation given as to why that [document] has been served 12 hours before this hearing,'' Mr Archer said.
''There was no indication given to this tribunal that it was the intention of the applicant [Dr Hocking] to file more documents.''
Dr Hocking's senior counsel, Kylie Nomchong, argued the case should proceed.
She said information in the statement should not have surprised the board, particularly because it related to a surgery under investigation by the board for the past seven months.
The fresh allegations against Dr Hocking relate to claims made by Sydney surgeon Michael Solomon.
He alleged a surgery by Dr Hocking - which involved an arthroscopy followed by a periacetabular osteotomy (a form of hip dysplasia treatment) - was contrary to accepted medical practice.
Ms Nomchong said statements from witnesses in the case would show opinion differed about what was accepted practice.
She said the restrictions placed on Dr Hocking were a ''thinly veiled attempt'' to stop the surgeon practising.
If the restrictions were imposed they would force Dr Hocking to have another surgeon in the theatre with him from ''gloves on to gloves off''.
She said the continuing case was causing significant stress and anxiety for Dr Hocking and his family, and that he posed no threat.
Dr Hocking had learnt from past mistakes and was willing to take part in mentoring.
As The Canberra Times reported in August, to protect the public Dr Hocking had been stopped from doing certain surgeries unsupervised - including trauma surgery involving major pelvic injuries.
He was also told by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to do at least a year of retraining.


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EGRP News Flash - March 26, 2012
New Deadline Set for Requesting Consortia Meeting Support, Guidelines Revised
Due to new budget constraints, the leadership of NCI's Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP) has changed the deadline for applying for cancer epidemiology consortia (CEC) meeting support and revised the guidelines for the period July 2012 through July 2013.
The new deadline for submission of requests for meeting support is May 31, 2012 for both established and emerging consortia. Requests will be reviewed in early June 2012, and a response will be provided after approval is received from the NCI Executive Officer. Approval could take up to two to three months.
Established Consortia
To request meeting support for established consortia, provide the following information to your assigned Consortia Liaison by the May 31 deadline:
- Name of meeting.
- Meeting location. If the meeting will be held outside the NIH Campus, provide the rationale for the location, especially if it is to be held outside the United States.
- Meeting date(s).
- Expected number of attendees.
- Number of international and domestic travelers for whom support is requested and why it is necessary for EGRP to support travel costs for these individuals to attend.
- Number of years the CEC has received meeting support from EGRP.
- Any cost-saving measures taken - suggestions below.
- Proposed meeting agenda.
In addition, provide a brief update on the consortia's activities since its last meeting, progress, publications, scientific rationale for the meeting, its relevance to EGRP and NCI scientific and public health priorities, and a description of the anticipated scientific outcomes.
Emerging Consortia
If meeting support is being sought for an emerging consortium (defined as CECs that have a lifetime of fewer than two years), provide the above information - Nos. 1-8 - to the EGRP Scientific Consortia Coordinator: Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H.
In addition to providing the information on the Task Initiation Request Form, supply information on the:
- Scientific rationale and justification of need for a consortium and identification of the scientific questions that only the consortium can uniquely address.
- Outline of proposed initial internal leadership and organizational structure (i.e., steering committee, secretariat).
- Statement of commitment to sharing of data and specimen resources and developing written publication policies.
- Roster of proposed consortium members/participants.
Alternative, Complementary Support
NCI encourages CECs to seek alternative and complementary sources of support for their meetings (e.g., grants, non-profit organizations). Priority will be given to new and emerging CECs, and to existing consortia that have received EGRP meeting support for fewer than two years. Little funding is available for consortia that have been funded for more than two years.
Suggested Cost Savings
Suggested cost-saving measures to consider:
- Has your consortium considered using NIH meeting space? Priority will be given to meetings that use NIH space. Justification for not using NIH space should be provided with the meeting support request.
- Has your consortium considered hosting webinars/virtual meetings instead of in-person meetings? See more about NIH services and rates.
- Has your consortium considered holding meetings in conjunction with other, larger scientific meetings?
- Has your consortium explored funding from other sources? Some examples include foundations, non-profit associations and/or coalitions, other federal agencies, and NIH Institutes and Centers. Additionally, it is expected that successful CECs will build meeting support funds into collaborative research grants.
Beside the above suggestions, CECs are encouraged to consult with EGRP Consortia Liaisons or the EGRP Scientific Consortia Coordinator for additional advice regarding cost-saving measures.
Contact: Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H., Scientific Consortia Coordinator


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Wait Til Next Year: History Suggests Big 2012 for Stocks. If History Is Any Guide.
At last check, the S&P 500 was UNCH on the day, a fitting end to a dismal year in which the big-cap stock index has gained a whopping 0.4%, behaving more like a (unusually terrifying) checking or savings account than an investment.
But wash years like 2011 are typically followed by big gains in the following year, Jason Goepfert of Sundial Capital Research writes.
The median market move following a year in which the S&P gains or loses less than 3% is a 12.3% gain, according to his research, and the market is positive 78% of the time.
The latest such episode was in 1994, when the market fell 1.5% for the year, followed by a hair-burning 34.1% gain the following year, according to Goepfert.
We've attached the entire list, going back to 1929.
One thing that jumps out immediately is that there have been only 10 such episodes since 1929, including this year, so the sample size is way, way too small to draw any conclusions.
But, hey, it's better than having all the data point in the opposite direction.


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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2: Where is Ty Pennington when you need him?
The Extreme Home Makeover host would gladly be welcomed to help fix up Bermuda's cricket facilities.
Tony Hemming, head ICC Curator at the Dubai Sports City and ICC Global Cricket Academy, estimates $200,000 per ground would do wonders to enhance the cricket experience in Bermuda.
He designed the Cricket Academy in Dubai, which included the outfields, wickets and practice facilities.
Hemming was in Bermuda to conduct a curator's course at the National Sports Centre this weekend and examine the various grounds.
He said about 20 people took part in Saturday's session and 15 showed up for Sunday's programme.
"It was a pretty good turnout."
"Scientifically, we try to get rid of a lot of the myths. The problem is there is not a lot of documentation by the top groundsmen.
"They are worried about their peers criticizing them.
"We're all working on different soils in different parts of the world. Characteristically, from one ground to another you might find different pitch behaviours, but that's the beauty of the game."
Hemming said because most of the grounds are used for both cricket and football, that had to be taken into consideration.
"For the majority of the surfaces, it's time for a reconstruction."
He said most of the cricket pitches in Bermuda are about 40 years old, where the life expectancy of a high-class pitch — such as the Melbourne Cricket Club — would normally be from eight to 15 years.
He said that would obviously affect the play of the game.
"You get a pitch that's hard enough to start with, and there's good bounce and carry, but over a period of time there is an organic layer of soil that builds up on top. That causes a bit of sponge on the surface. You might have a groundsman who is very, very gifted and might be able to get enough out of that, but when you get to the 40-year mark, it's probably a little bit late to try and get more out of it."
He said the cost of setting up a new pitch would be around $9,000, depending on whether soil had to be imported; however, most venues would need other work done.
"In discussions with the curators, a rough ballpark estimate might be a couple hundred thousand per venue to improve the outfield, the wicket table.
"That might be the case of doing one field or two fields to start with and each year taking one field out of play and renewing every field for the future."
When asked which of Bermuda's grounds were the best, Hemming said: "If I look at the standard at Dubai Sports City or the Melbourne Cricket Club or Lord's, then there's only one — The National Cricket Stadium. Everything else is not anywhere near that standard.
He said the National Sports Centre had a "good sized ground. There was plenty of room to bring in temporary seating. You can make a really good carnival out of that having a venue for one day cricket, no worries."
Hemming said the best of a bad lot of grounds was the Somerset Cricket Club.
"It had a really great look. The outfield looked reasonably flat and it looked to have a reasonable grass cover."


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The original Ski Safari has long been one of the most-played games on my iPad.
While I enjoy the complexity and depth of titles like XCOM Enemy Unknown and Infinity Blade, this addictive little endless runner - or should that be endless skier? - made by Brisbane-based Defiant Development keeps me coming back again and again when I have a few minutes spare.
Its simplicity is a major part of why it works. You play as a skier, hurtling down an endless, randomly-generated mountainside only seconds ahead of a bone-crushing avalanche. It will catch up with you eventually, but a high score is achieved by outrunning your inevitable fate for as long as possible.
Using a simple touch-to-jump control scheme, you will need to hop over rocks, safely navigate caves, and get huge air off the steep hilltops and sheer cliffs. You are assisted by an odd assortment of animals - penguins, eagles, wolves, and even yetis - who will carry you to (relative) safety and gain you precious seconds.
Last month, in my interview with Defiant creative director Morgan Jaffitt, it was revealed that they were working on a new version of Ski Safari, based around the cult cartoon series Adventure Time. Shortly before Christmas, this new edition arrived on my iPad, and I was addicted all over again.
The core gameplay is pretty much unchanged, which is a good thing. Instead of an anonymous skier, you control the show's hero, Finn. Input is the same: tap the screen to jump, and hold to attempt a backflip (which must be landed safely to avoid a crash).
As for the companions you meet in your rush down the mountain, only one has stayed on from the original: the penguins. Finn's weird yellow dog Jake is the most common helper that will give Finn a lift down the mountain, but you can also hitch a ride with the Lumpy Space Princess, the Ice King, Lady Rainicorn, and more.
Rather than a boring old snowy mountain, the scenery has also changed. The default level is set in Candyland, and the avalanche you are fleeing is made of bright pink fairy floss. In one of the game's many cute details, Jake the dog eats the fairy floss as he slides along it. However, picking up coins as you play will eventually unlock two new levels: Ice Kingdom and Mysterious Mountain. These coins can also be used to unlock characters, costumes, and other bonus items.
It's the production values that really make this game special. The attention to detail is phenomenal, especially the character animation, and there are so many little jokes and easter eggs for fans of the show that it's impossible to list them all. What sounds like the entire voice cast of the cartoon is featured in the game, spouting endless quotable one-liners, and the music is also lifted straight from the show.
This is a licensed mobile game done right. Defiant are clearly fans of the show, and have taken the time and worked closely with the cartoon's creators to craft something that other fans will adore. Add in the perfectly-tuned Ski Safari gameplay and you have something fun, funny, and very hard to put down.
For just 99 cents on the iOS App Store and Android Play, it's a bargain. You can spend extra money through in-app purchases to unlock game content more quickly, but patient players will be able to unlock everything without spending anything on top of the initial purchase. That said, parents will want to make sure in-app purchases are password-locked before letting their kids play.
- James "DexX" Dominguez
Screen Play is on Twitter: @jamesjdominguez


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Dear Tax Talk,
In Bankrate's article titled "7 Steps to a 2010 Roth IRA Conversion," it says that under IRS rules, you have to consider the entire value of all your IRAs when converting and figuring taxes on the Roth conversions.
Do you have to consider 401(k)s? I have one IRA and money in a 401(k). Eighty percent of the IRA has already been taxed, and none of the 401(k) has been taxed. Some people tell me you have to roll all accounts; some say it just pertains to IRAs. Thank you.
-- Steve
Dear Steve,
I'm not a fan of Roth individual retirement account, or IRA, conversions. I figure, why pay now when you don't know what the future holds? Conversions could become a better deal down the road, or you could lose value in your account, eliminating the gain you paid taxes on. In fact, you have until Oct. 17 to recharacterize any Roth IRA conversion you made last year. If your account has decreased in value, you may want to take advantage of this opportunity and try reconverting again for this year while recognizing less income and paying less in taxes.
Generally when you convert an IRA to a Roth IRA, you only consider the values in your IRA accounts in determining the taxable income resulting from the conversion. That is, in Amy Buttell's example in step four of her article, you would only consider your IRA balances in determining the pro rata part of any possible basis you have. If you don't have nondeductible IRAs, then the total converted amount is includible in income. Remember that for 2010 conversions, you're not recognizing the conversion income until your 2011 and 2012 tax returns (part 3 of Form 8606).
Remember also that you may be able to convert your 401(k) and 403(b) employer retirement plans to a Roth account. In 2011, Section 457(b) plans become eligible for rollover. Your employer's plan has to permit the rollover to an employer Roth account. You also have to be willing to shell out the tax money from other sources such as savings or income.
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*Service at the Group Level Each Al-Anon group has a number of service positions which usually include Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Literature, Group Representative and Alternate Group Representative. Some groups also have a Program Chair who arranges for speakers to speak at each meeting. All positions other than GR can be filled by dual members, Al-Anon members who are also members of AA.
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*Al-Anon Information Service (AIS) Committee
AIS maintains this website, answers emails and updates the meeting list for Westchester and Putnam. We also do quarterly mailings of announcements, meeting lists, coordinate with public outreach, organize workshops and more. Without AIS, there would be no way for the newcomer to find a meeting. If Al-Anon has helped improve your life, please consider taking this next step in your recovery and help ensure that Al-Anon will be here for the next person! Positions still open for 2014 include Liaison to Assembly, Secretary and Mailing Coordinator. Meetings are on 7:30 PM Monday 3/24, 6/23, 9/22 and 12/8/14 at the First Baptist Church, 456 North Street, Wilson Hall, White Plains (Bryant & North Street.) All are welcome although the Alternate GR is the voting representative for each Group.
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Montreal (Sep. 26)
The provincial government of Quebec has aunounced the signing of an agreement by the government, the Protestant school authorities in the Outremont suburb of Montreal and the Jewish community in the area for the education of Jewish children in Protestant schools.
An earlier accord for the same purpose expired on July 1 and the Protestant authorities refused to accept Jewish children. Since all schools in Outremont are denominational and the Jews do not have a school of their own, it was feared that the Jewish children would not attend school this fall. The Protestant and Catholic schools receive government subsidies and function in place of public schools.
Under the new five-year agreement the Protestant schools will accept all Jewish children living in in the suburb, the children will receive the same treatment as the Protestant children except that they will not be forced to attend Protestant religious study classes or ceremonies and will be excused on specific Jewish holidays.
Michael Garber, chairman of the Jewish School Commission, which fought for the preservation of the right of Jewish children to attend the Outrement institutions, said that three important provisions which the Jews had proposed were not included in the agreement. They were: that Jewish children not be segregated; that Jewish teachers be eligible for appointment and promotion in the school system; and that ten more holidays than granted under the agreement be guaranteed the Jewish children. However, Garber stated that the Jews "were given to understand" that no sogregation would be practiced.


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ITAC can re-image Texas State-owned (tagged) computers that meet the current minimum hardware configuration specifications. Qualified computers will be re-imaged with the Standard Software Image.
1. Complete the IT Work Order Form.
2. E-mail the work order form to email@example.com, and contact ITAC to make pick-up arrangements (deliver fees are outlined in the work order form).
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Swarm Exclusive: Athens Radio Station Switches To All-Obama Format; Mix Of Obama's iPod, Hawaiian Music & Speeches...
Yesterday at 6:00 p.m. 101.1 FM Bulldog radio in Athens, Georgia introduced a new radio format to the public airwaves: All-Obama. The station switched from rock to Obama radio, a mix of Obama's IPOD, Hawaiian music and clips from the President's speeches.
"Some people think the government's done such a great job with everything from banking to the auto industry, maybe they want to give the government a shot at radio," said Steve Sinicropi, a VP at Cox Radio.
When The Daily Swarm tuned-in we heard an eclectic mx of '70s funk songs like "Play That Funky Music," by Wild Cherry, "Keep On Trucking" by Eddie Kendricks, "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield as well as commercial radio rock/pop staples like "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba and "Steppin Out" by Joe Jackson. The radio station's promo tag line, "Athens Georgia, the new home of Obama Government-Controlled Radio" seems crafted to provoke both liberal Obama supporters and conservative conspiracy theorists alike and may point towards the format change simply being a publicity stunt.
WPUP's receptionist Jan, who answered our call, said she is having a rough day. "You better believe it," she said, "there's some mean people out there and they're not very happy. This is a college town and they want their rock station. I had a guy call who said 'Where's my Motley Crue?!'"
Hear the all-Obama format for yourself here.