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670103-Retail Sales Associate
Perform sales duties which include greeting the guest, showing merchandise through suggestive selling, ringing and closing the sale. Support Director of Retail, Retail Operations Manager, Retail Cost Controller, and Retail Supervisors in every aspect of the business.
Essential Duties and Responsibilitiesinclude the following. Other duties may be assigned
- Stocks shelves, counters, or tables with merchandise in an appealing presentation
- Sets up displays or arranges merchandise on counters or tables to promote sales
- Ensures that merchandise is priced appropriately
- Assists guest with selection of merchandise
- Engages the guest in conversation that is both welcoming and informative to enhance their retail experience
- Presents the merchandise to guest according to retail department standards
- Maintains all housekeeping standards within the shop
- Follows retail department closing procedures and handles closing reports effectively
- Uses the tools provided by retail administration to include daily journal, store paperwork and communication book to effectively perform job duties
- Additional duties designated by Supervisor/Buyer/Director of Retail/Retail Cost
Control/Retail Operations Manager
- Ships out merchandise in a Five Star manner, ensuring the package is packed effectively to avoid breakage during shipping
- Processes new merchandise to include checking against receiver, appropriately tagged and presented in an appealing manner
- Protects the assets of the hotel by following proper security procedures and handling cash, gift cards, room charges and credit card transactions with accuracy
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Language Ability:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Math Ability:
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills:
Order processing, Inventory
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the environment is moderate.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to lift up to 10 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 25 pounds and up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
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The United Nations Refugee Agency has reached the northern Syrian town of Azaz, Al-Jazeera reported Friday (February 1st).
"This is an area that the UN has not been able to physically reach ever since the beginning of the conflict," said Yacoub el-Hillo, director of the agency's Middle East and North Africa bureau.
While other aid agencies have been active in the Azaz region before now, el-Hillo said UN convoys found an estimated 45,000 displaced people living "in appalling conditions" in the area, where temperatures are now sub-zero.
The refugee agency said eight trucks delivered 15,000 blankets and at least 2,000 tents to more than 10,000 people this week.
حامد الشبراوى
How did things get so bad in Syria? Isn't there supposed to be a dialogue in which all countries participate, in order to be able to solve the Syrian crisis? We know that the United Nations organization is doing its best and is trying to help the Syrian people; actually, they deliver assistance and basic needs everywhere. Even the village Azaz got this aid for the first time, because this village was in the control of the opposition, so it experiences severe clashes. What matters is that the UN actually managed to deliver the aid to the village, but you know that the problems are not decreasing; to the contrary, they are increasing, and they are exceeding the limits. It is normal that these needs will end, or they might have other needs. But it is not logical that the Syrians should keep setting up tents and using blankets to cover themselves and keep warm, as if that is all they need. What about food and drink, clothes and work, and all that? If the UN could provide these needs, they can't do this forever. Of course not; there should be a solution that would enable us to solve the Syrian crisis, because the Syrian people surely need a solution; they cannot depend on aids forever. The solution may be within their hands, but they do not want it or they don't want to see it; to the contrary, had the officials of the regime known that they would achieve anything through dialogue or come to an understanding between the people on one hand and the forces of the regime on the other, then they would find a solution, because the solution is surely there. It may not be just one solution; there may be many solutions. I don't want the Syrians to abandon their cause; to the contrary, they must defend it to the last moment in life.
حبيب نايف
I wish I could get up one day very soon and see the problem in Syria solved, because we are tired of what is happening there. All the regions there are exposed to attacks and fights, as well as the crisis they face. Thank God the aids reached the village of Azaz for the first time, because there were tough battles in this place, and thank God it is much better now.
أحمد ماجـد
I can never deny that food is one of the basic needs, and we all must share in providing it to the Syrians, because there are many places that are in the control of the opposition; therefore, they can't take food there, because there are many complex fights between the opposition and the Syrian regime. In the end, the Syrians are starving, because if they don't die as a result of Bashar's injustice, they die of hunger and thirst, because they can't get their basic needs met. May God protect the Syrians from this pain; the pain has become too great to be endured. Even the Syrians sometimes wish for death, because it is better than humiliation and degradation. We wonder that the basic needs of water and food can't reach them. Praise God, truly God is with the Syrian people, because nobody can bear this injustice they face. It is enough to hear about their horrible treatment at the hands of the Syrian regime. That is why the UN is helping; we all know how much effort it exerts to deliver all the basic needs to the Syrian people, who really need these supplements. We must help deliver these supplies to the Syrians. Why? Because we have to know that all the help needs to get to the Syrian people. If each one of us saved one pound and wanted to deliver it to the Syrians, it would be delivered, because the UN delivers all supplies to remote areas, even to places that are impossible to reach. But thank God, God is helping the Syrian people and supporting them so they can get through the crisis and stand again. God willing, this will happen soon.
May the Lord help and may this batch be enough for the needy, because the conditions there are hard. It may anger the enemy and may not be enough for the loved ones. Blankets and camps, even though they are a trivial thing, will still help a lot of people, because the winter, the storms and the cold air are difficult to deal with, and they have made a lot of people and refugees in Syria and in different places in the Arab countries feel as if they are dying from the cold weather. And they are seeking anything they can get to protect them from the cold weather and winter. May God protect them from rockets and bullets. As for the winter and storms, they will be protected by blankets and tents, but what about the bullets, the missiles and the bombs? What can they do to hide from them? The United Nations should make homes out of lead, or out of steel for them to hide in, as long as it is not capable of stopping Bashar, the dog, and what he is doing to the Syrians. I do not mean to mock, but I am tired of what I see, and I wish the whole world would unite against Bashar and make Syria as it was before. If it is for the presidency, it is not that important, Bashar. Get out of Syria safely and do not kill all of those people. From my point of view, if the United Nations and the Security Council stood up against Bashar, there would be something different, which would benefit the Syrians. But what do you expect from someone who has killed his people and no one asks him what he is doing? For sure he will continue killing them. Whoever seeks refuge, let him go, and whoever dies, let him die. The most important thing for Bashar is his own interest and his failed plan to be the president forever, but unfortunately, a president over the bodies of dead Syrians. God doesn't accept this, nor does anyone else, and God will take revenge on him and on whoever supports him.
حامد فوزي
I swear by God, dear – or not dear – they all need help. I wish everybody in the Arab world would provide assistance to the Syrians, not just the United Nations, as we are in the Arab world and we are Muslims; also, we have ALMS. I beg the governors to collect them in the right way, a way that God will be pleased with, and to send it to the Syrian human rights organizations, to be distributed under their physical supervision, or to give material assistance, because they actually deserve more than anyone else, especially at the moment. And the UK doesn't think that it can do any good or anything. If it honestly wants to help, it can stand up to Iran, Russia and China, and provide safety to the Syrians. Anything else is nonsense.
احمد سويدان
At last the aids have arrived to the city of Aazaz in Syria. Every time aids are sent to Syria no one even thinks about going to look after the people in Aazaz. I know that it's difficult to get in there, because there is no hope there, and the political situation there is very sad, but through what the UN has done this has been possible, as the latter is doing everything it can in order to send these aids and assistance to every inch of the Syrian territory.
ادم السرجانى
I honestly do know what to say about the UN and its officials, who did more than what is required from them. I think that the situation in Syrian must be handled and bloodshed must stop. We are very sorry for the pains of the Syrian people because a city like Azaz was isolated from the outside world and even the aid did not reach it.
حازم مؤيد
Thank god that these Syrians have received good help from the UN and we hope that they will remain safe from the attacks and brutality of the tyrannous Bashar and his army. Thank god also that the UN aid has arrived at Ezaz refugee camp despite that the official in charge of the area stated that it is difficult to access the area and it could have been easily dropped off the list. But the UN insisted on bringing aid and relief to that area, and thus the UN is indeed commendable for this matter. We really want more help and aid going the Syrian refugees' way although 15,000 blankets will have a positive effect on the refugees at Ezaz since the weather is very cold and is below the freezing point. There are over 10,000 refugees in refugee camps who are enduring this harsh weather. Therefore, we would like to send a message to the UN. Our message is: now that you've helped Syrians in Ezaz, what if Bashar wages air strikes against them or if his soldiers set off explosions in Ezaz? This is will be catastrophic and this tyrant would not hesitate to hit helpless Syrians. The Syrian children are terrified to death and no one in the world could endure what they are enduring. I hope my message will be heard. I'm able to send this message thanks to this respectable website and I swear that I'm not being hypocrite. This website is a vital source of news in the Arab world and in our beloved Syria. I wish all the best for everyone.
غاده عبد الرازق
Of course the delay in relief and aid is due to the prevailing unfavorable conditions, strikes and attacks. I wonder whether or not the UN feels that the children and people who are living inside Syria are lacking security and thus the UN must do something about Bashar. Will the UN settle for sending relief and aid to the Syrians? Anyway, thank god that the relief has arrived and that people in E'zaz can now warm themselves against the cold weather that is prevailing in the entire nation. Bashar, may god take vengeance on you for causing this to your people and making them endure these conditions.
جميلة العدان
So it is a matter of some blankets and some tents, and the matter is over for the United Nations, and they let it go in Syria. There needs to be a response to the mean Bashaar El Assad, and the problem is limited to some blankets and tents. When they saw Russia and China agree to what the dog Bashaar is doing, and they used the veto, these blankets are the price of the Syrian blood. God damn the international politics, evil politics! I feel that these people are truly as cold as ice; they kill and then they walk in the funeral. If the Arab countries that are members of the UN keep silent, this will be a plot against Syria. He killed children and raped women, and the people fled from their country; all this happened and the UN just sent some blankets and said that they were unable to get to the needy places in Syria. Is it Bashaar's bombing that prevented them from reaching these villages? O alas! The whole world is turning its back on the Muslims! It is even more abusive when the Arab countries keep signing on with the UN! I hope all those who witnessed the Syrian crisis and did not do anything will be burned, because they just sent blankets. It is as if they are telling the Syrians to stay warm till it is their turn to be killed by Bashaar. God is our supporter and best helper!
بشرى الحربى
Each spot in Syria needs more care and aid. Azaz and other places are a big catastrophe, and this is the outcome of Bashar's actions. The United Nations and other countries of the world must offer financial as well as political support against Bashar the madman. Syria looks as if it is dying and no one from the entire international community cares.
أنور مراد
The Syrians are the only oppressed people in the entire world; therefore they need all possible help from other peoples of the world, because the situation there is really critical and requires wise thinking in order to find a solution that will help the Syrians get through this crisis. I believe that the Syrians have called for democracy, and they wanted to get rid of Bashar's tyranny; but Bashar didn't understand this demand very well, so he tried to dominate and control the country even more, and therefore he started killing the people. The people are in hard conditions because they are being slaughtered and killed; the families of those who were murdered are supposed to bury them, but what happened in the village of Azaz in Syria was due to the many fights between the Syrian regime and the opposition. There are many Syrians who need help and aid which does not get to them, so the United Nations tried hard to reach this village, and thank God, financial aid and blankets reached the village. The people there were in dire need of this aid because of the severe cold. We are in our homes and we are very cold; so what about the people there in Azaz, who can't get tents that would shelter them from the rain and the cold? We must care about the Syrians and we must not be less helpful than the United Nations, which tried to offer help to the Syrian people.
ميريهان مجدى
May God help the Syrians and reward them! Despite all the commodities and the aid, the situation is painful and no one knows who will live today and who will die tomorrow because of the bombings and the torture they face at hands of Bashaar! Generally, if the United Nations sent these supplies and stated that they were unable to reach them before, I ask them to help the other areas, because they need many more things!
سعيد حساسين
I feel very sorry for the poor Syrians who are still living in their country. They are really suffering from the injustice with the grief. None seems to care for their nation. The Syrians are currently exposed to bitter cold. The poor people are totally helpless. I would like to extend my appreciation to the United Nations which managed to reach Azaz town in Syria to deliver the humanitarian aid such as blankets and tents. Those products could save them from dying from the cold.
صلاح رسلان
We are very sad for what is happening everywhere in Syria, especially Azaz city, which was in need of these material aids, because this city was isolated and unreachable since the eruption of the conflict between the Syrian people and the Syrian regime. All that we can do is to supplicate to God to make this period pass peacefully and that its results would be in favor of the Syrians. However, it seems that the Syrians have been broken because of the fall of thousands of victims everyday. Certainly, this will cause severe psychological shocks that would prevent the families of the martyrs from completing the journey towards the final victory. I was very happy when I heard about sending the first UN aid to Azaz city in Syria, because it really needs help. Of course, we do not mean food, water and like, but these aids also included tents that protect them from the and first aid materials, that the Syrians need to survive the current crisis in their country. I think this is one of the most difficult crises in the Arab world. The aids also included thousands of the blankets, which protect them from the cold weather in the winter. We do not seek to achieve any interest from helping Syria, but we only want to help them in all the possible ways. We also need to protect Syria from he disagreements that may arise, because Bashar has spread the corruption in his country. I mean that he spread the political corruption in all Syrian governorates. Hence, we need more Syrian aid in all the Syrian regions that did not receive aid until now. We also thank the UN for its great efforts to help the Syrians.
مازن احمد
Where were we before and what is our current position? The UN must be thanked because it is concerned with the Syrian case and does all what is needed to help the Syrians without any malicious intentions. Quite the contrary, the UN sends as much aids as needed to the Syrian people. Hence, I thank the UN for sending aids to the city of Azaz in Syria, which was in urgent need for help.
حمزة قاسم
The situation of the Syrians in Syria has become very difficult because of the direct oppression practiced against them! The United Nations is urgently required to do something to help the Syrians at once, because it is not logical at all for us to stay in our warm houses and not feel the chilling cold around us, while the Syrians suffer and can't even find blankets to cover themselves and their children, who can't get the proper care. They face humiliation and degradation there in Syria. Even the children seek death to rid themselves of this life, where they wait for destiny to send them help and aid to save their lives, although the situation in Syria is about to reach a solution. The world must help the Syrians to overcome their crisis. My heart is broken for these children, because other children of the world are being taken care of by their countries, and all the governments around the world do their best to help their children live in a cozy atmosphere, to raise them and educate them among families, which helps them grow and advance. But what is happening in Syria is quite the contrary, so I urge the human rights organizations all over the world to offer help to the Syrian people so that they can get through this crisis, away from any more conflicts that may result in thousands of additional victims. I appeal to God to protect the Syrian children and to protect Syria from the tyranny of Bashar al-Assad.
عمار المنفلوطى
The weather in the Arab world is bitter cold. Indeed, the cold has reached its peak these days in the region. We thank the United Nations for sending such a quantum of aid to the Syrian people. The UN has fulfilled its duties towards this dear people. Thankfully, the humanitarian aids arrived on the right time because the winter is very cold this year. According to the news, the aids include blankets and tents, which will provide a shelter to the refugees from the chilly weather. The latter are living outdoors because their houses are subject to bombing. Indeed, the oppressive Bashar al-Assad has destroyed many housing units. Frankly speaking, I am still expecting the UN to increase its efforts in view of its great possibilities to influence the world as a whole. This institution must do something to help the Syrian people to support them in their fight against the crimes of their unjust ruler Bashar al-Assad. I hope that the UN meetings will deal with the Syrian crisis in a serious way in order to reach a binding resolution against Bashar. The latter would be obliged to comply with such resolution. In so doing, the UN would serve the Syrian people, which is really more important than the provision of such aids as blankets and tents. This is my personal point of view. Indeed, we are really grateful for such aids. However, we expect much more support from the United Nations which is a great institution. We want to see Syria restore stability and peace so that the Syrian people would pray for the souls of their dead and go back to their country where they could lead a decent and safe life. Indeed, the Syrians deserve a brighter future. In fact, we frequently hear the UN officials confirm that they are seeking to restore safety in the region. The discussions, conferences and meetings of the United Nations are dealing with such issues. In addition, the UN representatives usually support such objectives. Thus, they must be committed towards the Syrian people in their plans for the Arab region. On the other hand, the Arabs may represent a lobby in the UN. In this respect, the Arabs must come together in the United Nations to expose the Syrian issue. In so doing, the Syrian people could ensure a better future.
فتحى عثمان قطايه من مصر
I think that the mutual understating would have been better no matter how long it took. They come with aids, which are followed by the targets and bombs.

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Enter the UltraRope, a new kind of lift cable developed by Finnish elevator company Kone. Eschewing woven steel cable in favour of carbon fibre, the UltraRope is described as "lift-hoisting technology" [...]. Strong and lightweight, the UltraRope will supposedly allow lifts to travel up to 1km in a single run, double what's currently possible with a steel cable. The UltraRope is 90% lighter than the equivalent steel cable, thereby reducing the load and enabling far taller continuous runs. — theguardian.com
Microsoft researchers have enabled elevators in a company building to detect the likelihood that a person walking by will want to board it. The camera in a Microsoft Kinect — positioned in the ceiling — tracked for months the behaviors of people who got on the elevators vs. those who bypassed the elevators on their way to a nearby cafeteria. That data fed an artificial intelligence system, which taught itself to identify the behaviors indicating who wanted to board an elevator and who didn't. — washingtonpost.com
The Intempo 47-story skyscraper builders forgot to design working elevators above the lower floors. It's a blunder of astounding proportions for the troubled luxury project with a lovely beach view in Benidorm, Spain.
The problem has existed for some time. However, the scandal exploded into public view late last month in Spanish news source El País when it was revealed that the upper flights of the Intempo building lacked adequate elevator access above 20 stories. — inquisitr.com
Lootah said the project is a complete glass, transparent structure resembling a huge window frame intended to highlight the attractions of the city so visitors can view the skyscrapers on Shaikh Zayed Road from one side — symbolising modern Dubai — while the other side of the frame will show the old Dubai landmarks of Deira, Umm Hurair and Karama.
"The electrical panoramic elevators will help visitors move through its facilities as if they are moving in the sky inside the glass frame," — khaleejtimes.com
As some of you may remember, when the winner of the ThyssenKrupp Elevator Award was announced 3 years ago, there was quite a bit of controversy surrounding the selected winner. The winning entry, "Dubai Frame" by Fernando Donis of the Netherlands, was a 150m tall structure designed as a literal... View full entry »
The United Technologies Corp. unit has to go beyond the braking mechanism Elisha Otis demonstrated with a rope and saber at the 1854 World's Fair. It's working on systems able to stop 16 metric tons (35,274 pounds) of elevator and cable falling from the top of a kilometer-tall tower -- equal to a half-full tractor trailer driven off a cliff. — bloomberg.com
As a mathematician steeped in the theories of vertical transportation at Otis Elevator Co., Ms. Christy, 55, has spent a quarter-century developing systems that make elevators run as perfectly as possible—which means getting most riders into a car in less than 20 seconds. "Traditionally, the wait time is the most important factor," she says. "The thing people hate the most is waiting." — online.wsj.com
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
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I made this as my assessment piece for my first C&G course in 2005. The background is made from black/white hexagons - all hand stitched - and my favourite flowers the poppies are in 3d on top of it. Size is approximately 45"x30". I really should measure it again. Since I made this quilt it has been hanging in my bedroom so the first thing I see every morning is this beauty.
13 comments:
- Zonnah said...
I love poppies.. and the quilt looks beautiful.
- 23 April 2009 19:26
- Oddbjørg said...
A beautiful quilt!
- 23 April 2009 20:20
- Quilt Rat said...
This is a fabulous piece, I think
I 'd have to be wearing my white gloves to see this one cause I am quite sure I'd just have to touch it.
- 23 April 2009 20:50
- Serena said...
This quilt is beautiful...love the 3d effect...great work!
- 23 April 2009 20:51
- Ruth Anne Olson said...
the poppies are beautiful, and so are your other quilts and dyed fabrics. As someone who dyes, paints, discharges, and sometimes marbles fabric, I love to see what others are doing. I like the way you cut up the pieces and rearranged them. You've inspired me to try something new.
- 23 April 2009 21:14
- Quilt+Bitch said...
Oh my! A 3-D quilt. Love the hexagons as the background. Beautiful flowers! Ugh, I wish I had the patience you do. :)
- 23 April 2009 21:55
- scrappy quilter said...
I love how the poppies just seem to pop out of the quilt. Beautiful work.
- 24 April 2009 02:19
- Happy Cottage Quilter said...
Amazing quilt. So vibrant. What a wonderful thing to look at every morning.
- 24 April 2009 05:13
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- mia de vos said...
De quilt is mooi en blijft ook mooi inspirerend.
- 24 April 2009 13:14
Een heel mooi quiltje, vooral door het contrast van zwart -wit met de rode poppy's!
- 24 April 2009 19:15
- Amy @ Park City Girl said...
Wow - I love this quilt! I would love to wake up to it too :) Thanks for sharing
- 24 April 2009 22:26
- stitchinpenny said...
Your poppie quilt is beautiful.
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Erin Hamilton, IDSA is a design research senior associate at Lextant in Columbus, Ohio. Her background in industrial design helps her to customize techniques and processes for understanding users' desires, dreams and aspirations and apply them to solutions. Her proficiency in building and utilizing complex database systems help to facilitate more efficient handling of data for analysis and synthesis. While working at Lextant, she has had the opportunity to travel globally conducting contextual research in places like hospitals, surgery centers and in participant homes. Erin has also served the IDSA association at the chapter level - first as Secretary/Treasurer (2007-2009) and more recently as Chapter Chair (2009 – 2011) for the Central Ohio Chapter. She has also served the Mideast District since 2006 by actively participating in the planning of conferences and events.
Before joining Lextant in 2006, she worked as an intern at Aerosport Modeling and Design, and gained experience in design research by working at Rocket Surgery. She gained valuable experience working at Chardon Laboratories where she learned how to build and manage information databases.
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My favorite non-Tiger media moment of the weekend:
During a Mets game, WFAN's Wayne Hagin spoke at length about his lifelong love of air shows, and of once riding upside down with the Blue Angels.
While this was going on, Howie Rose said little or nothing, and even in his silence I sensed what he was thinking: "What do I know from air shows? I'm a kid out of Cardozo High in Bayside!"
Sure enough, Howie finally chimed in thusly: "I flew a kite once."
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SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A spokesman for the Humane Society of the United States says indictments against a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer and three other men are symptomatic of widespread soring of horses.
Referring to the charge against Jackie McConnell of Collierville, society equine protection director Keith Dane said the trainer has a "chronic history of violating the Horse Protection Act," according to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette.
A telephone message was left for McConnell Wednesday, offering an opportunity for comment.
McConnell, John Mays and Jeff Dockery -- all from Collierville -- and Joseph R. Abernathy of Olive Branch, Miss., were charged last week in a 52-count indictment with conspiring to violate the act.
The horse breed is known for its unique gait and advocates say some trainers abuse the animals to exaggerate it.
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Blackhawks winger Marian Hossa was enjoying an overdue offseason full of rest, relaxation and additional training. He definitely needed it after playing in three consecutive Stanley Cup finals.
There were good things on the horizon, too. He and his wife, Jana, eagerly awaited the birth of their first child, and he felt healthy and in amazing shape as Hawks training camp approached.
Then a tragedy that will continue to affect the hockey world for some time hit close to home.
On Sept. 7, Hossa's good friend and former NHL player Pavol Demitra died in a plane crash that claimed the lives of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of Russia's Kontinental Hockey League.
''He was an excellent guy,''
Hossa said. ''He was a great father. He has two little kids. It's such a tragedy that happened to a great guy like him. And not just him, but the whole team of Lokomotiv.''
Two days after the crash,
Hossa's wife gave birth to a daughter, Mia. Being able to come home and see and hold his daughter eased some of the heartache Hossa was experiencing.
''It was a tough week,'' Hossa said. ''First, the tragic accident that happened. It was terrible. There were a couple of people on that plane I knew really well and one really close one. It was tough to deal with that.
''After the next couple of days, my daughter was born. From death to [birth], it was really
upside down. It was a really tough time. At the end of it, it was the best day of my life.''
Hossa arrived from Slovakia late Tuesday and joined the Hawks on the ice Wednesday. His teammates were more than happy to see him, and Hossa definitely seemed happy to be with them, cracking a smile when winger Patrick Kane joked with him in the locker room.
Coach Joel Quenneville said Hossa looked game-ready during some drills.
''Boy, do you ever notice him out on the ice when the practice picks up [and] the pace,'' Quenneville said. ''He looked like he was in midseason form out there and didn't miss a beat. We're certainly happy to have him back.
''We appreciate what he's gone through and where's he's at. I think playing some hockey will help him. It's a trying time for him, and I commend him for how he's handled it.''
Still, it's difficult for his teammates to wrap their minds around what one of their leaders is going through right now — from the loss of a close friend to the birth of a child — as the Hawks prepare for the season.
''It's hard for anyone to come to training camp and think about that instead of your daughter or your newborn son,'' captain Jonathan Toews said.
''We're all a band of brothers in this league, and we stick together,'' center Dave Bolland said. ''It's sad to see [the plane crash] happen. You never want to see that happen.''
Hossa remained in Slovakia to attend services and a memorial for Demitra, so he missed the start of camp. He also needed time to be with his wife and daughter, who he said might arrive in Chicago in six weeks.
Hossa said he plans to honor Demitra this season, whether it's by writing his number in his gloves or something more noticeable. He also was close with Lokomotiv coach Brad McCrimmon from their time with the Detroit Red Wings.
Right now, though, focusing on hockey seems to help.
''It's just a sad time,'' Hossa said. ''On the other side, I love to be here and think about something positive. It's good to be here.''


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The Orange football team has not gotten out to the start it had hoped for, but if you need an explanation, look no further than the Hornets' schedule. Each of their first four opponents reached the state playoffs last year, and that stretch will conclude with Monticello in their district opener on Friday.
Orange enters with a 1-2 record. The Hornets fell at Chancellor to open up their season, but came back to beat Culpeper. Orange held its home opener last Friday, falling to defending state champion James Monroe, 14-0. The 1-2 start is not something John Kayajanian and the Hornets had envisioned, but feel the competition will make them better in the long run, beginning this Friday.
Monticello has won the last seven games in this series, including last year's 44-14 win on the Mustangs' home field. Orange also does not fare very well against their district rivals on its own field. Monticello holds a 4-1 advantage all-time at Porterfield Park.
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Hi having read the post of holes in leaves i have a serious problem in which all my foliage on my climbers (honeysuckle and jasmine) along with my cherry and dwarf plum patio plants and i just cannot find anything on the leaves. i have included some pics and would appreciate any help you may give.thank youchad
It could be earwigs.
i must admit ive seen earwigs in my garden but just never thought about them .
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If your plants are in pots they might be hiding underneath them. They will come out at night. It could be a whole load of other things too!
ive set a lot of traps and will await the outcome hopefully i will find a lot drowned in oil.
thx again and yes they are all in planters and pots as my yard is concrete
I fully agree with "waterbutts" idea i think it will be earwigs too, i had this trouble in the nursery and as soon as i moved the pots it felt like an army of earwigs tried to take over! Hope you find the problem, can be such a pain!
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PAT HICKEY, The GazettePublished: Wednesday, May 23 2012
You can't walk through the streets of this city without seeing Michael Bournival's picture.
Bournival is quite literally the poster boy for the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup. The official poster for the event shows Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur walking alongside Bournival with his arm on the 19-year-old's back.
The symbolism is obvious - local favourite Bournival following the trail blazed by Lafleur, who guided the Quebec Remparts to the Memorial Cup title in 1971,
Cataractes' Michael Bournival celebrates his goal against the London Knights during Memorial Cup game on Sunday.
It's the type of comparison that carries with it a certain degree of pressure, but Bournival said he never thought about it in those terms.
"It's an honour for me just to be beside Guy Lafleur," he said before the start of the tournament. "He's one of the best players of all time. My father loves him, Lafleur is his favourite player. When they said I need to do that poster with Guy Lafleur, I was proud of that. I couldn't say no."
Shawinigan head coach Éric Veilleux said there may have been some concern when the posters first appeared last month, but "that was a while ago and we've had time to talk about it. A lot of things were said or were written. I don't think it bothers him anymore. He's over it. I honestly believe he's more than ready for the tournament."
Bournival said his focus is on the Memorial Cup, to the point where he is reluctant to talk about what lies ahead when his junior career is over.
He has signed an entrylevel contract with the Canadiens and will attend the first of the team's two development camps, June 13-16 in Brossard.
But he said that he's taking his career one day at a time and that means concentrating on Wednesday's showdown with Quebec Major Junior Hockey League rival, the Saint John Sea Dogs. Each team has a 1-1 record and the winner will be guaranteed at least a berth in Friday's semifinal game or possibly a bye to Sunday's final. The loser is destined for a tiebreaker Thursday against Edmonton to decide a semifinal spot.
Saint John and Shawinigan finished 1-2 in the QMJHL regular-season standings and they split their four head-tohead meetings. Shawinigan was tripped up by Chicoutimi in the second round of the playoffs, but it's here as the host team.
"It's a second chance," said Bournival, who may have been talking about himself as much as the team. He had only one goal in 11 playoff games after scoring 30 in 41 regular-season games. His season was shortened by a shoulder injury and an appearance at the world junior championships. He's had numerous chances in his two games here and was credited with a goal in a 6-2 win over London Monday. While his speed is one of his prime assets, he scored this one by standing in front of the net and deflecting a shot. The Cataractes were supposed to be rusty after a month-long layoff, but they took Edmonton to the wire before losing 4-3 in the opening game of the tournament.
While Bournival won't speculate on his future, Veilleux said he is certain the Shawinigan native is bound for the NHL. But he's not sure what role the youngster will play.


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But it`s doubtful it will grow from the experience.
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It is critical that in the application of the doctrine of equivalents, even to an individual element, such element is not
eliminated in its entirety.Thus, for a patentee who has claimed an invention narrowly, there may not be infringement under
the doctrine of equivalents in many cases, even though the patentee might have been able to claim more broadly. If it were
otherwise, then claims would be reduced to functional abstracts, devoid of meaningful structural limitations on which the
public relies.7
A finding of equivalence is a determination of fact. Proof can be made in any form: through testimony of experts or others
versed in the technology; by documents, including texts and treatises; and, of course, by the disclosures of the prior art.
As with any other issue of fact, final determination requires a balancing of credibility, persuasiveness, and weight of evidence.
In addition, once it is determined the doctrine of equivalents is applicable, a finding of infringement does not necessarily
follow. The doctrine of equivalents is subject to several types of limitations that may prevent a finding of infringement,
preventing the patentee from recapturing through equivalence certain coverage given up during prosecution; estopel, based
on the prosecution history of the patent; and invalidity of the claims according to the proposed construction in view of the
prior art.
For purposes of this article, let's assume that none of the aforementioned limitations apply. That leaves the critical question
of whether the substitution of a methyl group for a hydrogen atom is an equivalent. If the answer is "yes," and no estoppel
arguments can be advanced, and the patent is still in effect (which we are assuming for our purposes here), then you as inventor
would be required to take a license from the patent owner, namely Bayer, in order to practice your new, improved invention.
However, if the answer is "no," then you are free to practice your new invention without the need of a license.
The issue of whether the patent protects you really depends on whether your patent attorney wrote and negotiated a "good"
patent, i.e., did the attorney do it correctly? This question typically arises when a competitor starts selling a variation
on your new product, such as phenyl aspirin. Let's explore your options in such a situation.
First, what do you compare? Is it an issue of your commercial product against the competitor's? That comparison does not look
promising, even under the doctrine of equivalents, as pretty good arguments can be advanced that saturated alkyl groups are
not the equivalent of unsaturated phenyl rings. However, you are, at least initially, in luck because that is not the comparison
that is made. Instead, you must compare the claims of your issued patent against the allegedly infringing product. For purposes
of this article, let's assume that at least one claim in your issued patent has the characteristics that are listed here,
with quite a few liberties taken in the syntax (as will be quickly noted by any patent attorney).
Your first thoughts may include an observation that your patent attorney made a mistake, or worse, went off the deep end,
because you can recall no atoms from chemistry class called R1 or R2. The credit or the blame for this dates back to 1925
when a chemical applicant named Markush sought to protect an entire class of compounds rather than just the present commercial
embodiment.8 Therefore, the key is to determine if within one of the permissible classes of chemical moieties, the phenyl group can be
found within the definition of R1 and the methyl group can be found within the definition of R2.
Fortunately, it can. The aromatic phenyl ring is a six-membered ring that is considered to be a C6 aryl compound. Within the
definition of R1 are C5-18 aryls, of which C6 is a member. Performing the same analysis for the methyl group — a C1 alkyl
moiety — it can be seen that the methyl group falls at the beginning of the C1-6 alkyl class of compounds that are covered
under the definition of R2. Therefore, your patent attorney has covered not only your commercial methyl aspirin, but a good
number of additional compounds, as well. One of these, phenyl aspirin, is protected under your patent.


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DENVER (AP) - Carlos Gonzalez is out of the Colorado Rockies' lineup for Saturday night's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Manager Jim Tracy said Gonzalez's consecutive 0-4 performances showed his slugger needed a break after a career-best 16-game hitting streak. The speedy outfielder emerged as a Triple Crown candidate while leading the Rockies back into the thick of the NL West race.
Tracy said Gonzalez "bruised his (right) hand up a little bit" taking an awkward swing Thursday night, but he held him out mostly just to give him a breather.
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Viking Dublin Comes to Life
Viking Dublin was the foremost port of the Norse world, 'filled with the wealth of barbarians' according to a contemporary writer. But although it was one of Europe's leading slave and trading centres dealing with incoming silks from Byzantium, wine from France, amber from the Baltic, pottery from England and exporting fleeces, hides and, in its early days, slaves from Irish monasteries, it was a dirty place, smelly and crammed into a space about the size of a modern supermarket parking lot.
The Viking Adventure, which started drawing crowds from the day it opened, is a realistic recreation of part of this tenth-century town. It is an imaginative spin-off from the excavations carried out at Dublin's Wood Quay between 1974 and 1981. This dig, the largest urban excavation in northern Europe and one which yielded over two million artefacts and fragments and thousands of environmental and bone samples, is the most important of its kind because of the picture it gave of tenth-century town layout.
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National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day
During the 2013 Point-in-Time (PIT) estimate, over 610,000 people were homeless in the U.S. Over a third (215,344) of the homeless persons identified during the PIT were living unsheltered.1 Almost one-fourth (23%) of the homeless were children younger than 18 years of age and 65% were living in emergency shelters or in transitional housing programs.1 Despite the economic challenges of recent years, homelessness has declined by 9% since 2007, with the great proportion of change occurring among unsheltered homeless (23% decline).1 The collective work of diverse volunteers, advocates, organizations,1 and governmental agencies1-2 have contributed to the declines in homelessness. However, these efforts, and those that provide direct assistance to people and families affected by homelessness, need ongoing support.
People who are homeless are at greater risk of infectious and chronic illness, poor mental health, and substance abuse, as well as being victims of violence, compared to the general population. In addition, the mortality rate for those experiencing chronic homelessness is four to nine times higher than for the general population. In one literature review, the life expectancy for people who are homeless was reported to be approximately 45 years.3
Since 1990, during the longest night of the year, the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH), National Consumer Advisory Board (NCAB), and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) co-sponsored National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day. Events coordinated around this annual memoriam raises awareness of the tragic nature of homelessness, and its impact on communities, as well as people whose deaths were attributed to homelessness.4
The lack of stable housing and access to supportive services are at the core of homelessness. The challenges that precipitate and often worsen during the course of homelessness can affect anyone. Addressing the public health needs of the homeless population requires collaborative and integrated efforts with partners and communities. Federal agencies are working to identify ways we can improve [PDF - 3.2MB] the lives of people affected by homelessness. CDC contributes by working to improve the spectrum of factors and environments that determine available choices for healthy living for everyone. There is much that we can do to improve the health of homeless individuals and families.
This is the time of year when people reflect, and share thoughts and deeds of gratitude. On December 21, 2013, as we approach the close and the beginning of another year, support and join others in acknowledging the lives of those who were lost, and consider how else we all can contribute to ending homelessness. We also hope you will take time to learn more about this public health concern. Please check out the links below for more information.
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Cole Hamels (12-11, 3.06) returns to the place where he made his Major League debut tonight when the Phillies try to clinch their third-straight trip to the NLCS. Game time is now 8:07 p.m. on TBS.
Notes: Because of the Yankees' sweep of the Twins, the game was pushed back from 7:07 on TNT to 8:07 on TBS, which will force Philadelphia viewers to deal with a total overlap of the Eagles-49ers game on NBC Sunday Night Football, beginning at 8:20. ... The reeling Reds could be without the services of their starting shortstop Orlando Cabrera, who told reporters that he's 50-50 to start Game 3 because of an injury to his left side. Reds utilityman Paul Janish would start if Cabrara can't go. Third baseman Scott Rolen, who his hitless this series, is also playing through back and shoulder stiffness. Cincinnati's hopes of staying alive rest on the right arm of Jonny Cueto (12-7, 3.64), who pitched the Phillies very tough in two starts this season. ... On the Phillies' front, Carlos Ruiz told reporters that he's 100 percent for tonight's game after taking a pitch off his left kneecap Friday. Ben Francisco, who took a glancing pitch off the brim of his helmet, is also OK. Hamels looked sharp in a two-inning tune-up last Sunday against the Braves. The revived left-hander was a disappointment last October, going 1-2 with a 7.58 ERA. He never made it out of the 6th inning in any of his four starts.


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• What: Sundy Best with Rob Baird
• When: 9 p.m. today, Sept. 26
• Where: Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St.
• Admission: $7
• Phone: 423-267-4644
• Website: www.sundybest.net
When it comes to musical philosophies, singers/songwriters Kris Bentley and Nick Jamerson are very much in favor of "what you see is what you get."
"We write what is most honest to ourselves and what means the most," Bentley says. "When you do that, the rest can take care of itself.
"We always say that we play what we know and sing what we write."
Together, Bentley and Jamerson comprise country duo Sundy Best. When the pair stepped out three years ago onto the music scene of Lexington, Ky., they assumed all artists shared their views about writing and singing their own material.
Sundy Best's songs tend to be drawn from the duo's personal experiences growing up together in Prestonsburg, a small town in the hills of Eastern Kentucky. The excitement and passion they have for their music -- which in turn amps up their live shows -- is a direct result of that personal connection, Bentley says.
"We've lived each and every one of these songs, and they each hold a special place for us," he says.
Bentley says he and Jamerson came to their musical worldview as a consequence of being raised on a diet of artists such as Tom Petty, Bob Seger and The Allman Brothers Band, all of whose notoriety was built up around music they wrote themselves.
"There's something special about that approach," Bentley says. "For us, that's the only way we'll be able to do it. There's so much more passion to it, and it's so much more genuine."
The commitment to honest songwriting borne of personal experience is starting to earn dividends for Sundy Best. The debut of the music video for the song "Home" off their self-recorded first album, "Door Without a Screen" made Sundy Best the No. 1 trending band on Country Music Television in April. A second video, for the song "Lily," debuted in August and also has helped the band gain traction on the network.
Riding the momentum of that publicity, Sundy Best has been expanding its touring circuit this year, but Jamerson and Bentley are no strangers to Chattanooga. They made their debut here at The Honest Pint and returned on Aug. 30 to open up for alt-country artist Corey Smith at Track 29. Tonight, they'll headline a show at Rhythm & Brews.
The small-town values and Southern references in Sundy Best's music should resonate with Chattanooga listeners, and even if listeners here can't relate to the specifics, Bentley says, the songs' deeper truths should be universal.
"When you ... are completely honest with yourselves and with each other, hopefully people will relate to [the music]," he says. "If not, at least they'll bob their head to it."
Contact Casey Phillips at email@example.com or 423-757-6205. Follow him on Twitter at @PhillipsCTFP.
Casey Phillips has worked as a features reporter in the Life department since May 2007. He writes about entertainment, consumer technology, animals and news of the weird. Casey hails from Knoxville and earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism and a bachelor of arts in German from Middle Tennessee State University, where he worked as the features editor for the student newspaper, Sidelines. Casey's writing has earned numerous accolades, including first and second place ...


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Our Insignia
History of The United Methodist
Cross and Flame Symbol
An Insignia Known the World Over
Think about the products that you use, see or hear about every day - food, clothes, home appliances and automobiles. Brand names, jingles and trademarks seem engraved on your memory. That's no coincidence. Industries are zealous in the protection of their brand names, jingles and trademarks. Each is valued highly.
The United Methodist church also has its insignia. Each time you see the cross and flame emblem, you are looking at United Methodism's official symbol.
Known informally as the cross and flame logo but formally as the denomination's insignia, it has been in use nearly two decades. It is seen in cities, towns and rural areas at every point of the compass.
The insignia identifies church buildings. Road signs bearing its insignia direct worshipers to local churches. It may grace a church altar as a freestanding symbol or may be seen behind the altar as a wall hanging. It is displayed on banners; imprinted on bulletins; and embossed on business cards, certificates and stationery.
United Methodism's cross and flame has been fashioned in wood and metals; preserved on film; reproduced in stained glass, stone and Native American beadwork. Is has been cut from felt, embossed on parchment, silk-screened on Plexiglas, embroidered on linen, encased in Lucite and etched in silver and gold.
A local church may own a United Methodist flag on which the insignia is imprinted. Cross and flame decals may be affixed to the church's glass doors. The church may give a formal note to its documents by using a corporate seal press, which reproduces the insignia.
United Methodists recognize the emblem on the cover of The Book of Discipline. In the pews, congregations use The Book of Hymns and The Book of Worship. The insignia is stamped on the cover and the spine of both volumes.
United Methodists frequently wear jewelry that displays the insignia. United Methodist Women have taken the insignia and created their own stylized version to remind them of the opportunities and obligations of discipleship. The Women's Program Division's reproduction of the insignia always appears within a teardrop-shaped outline.
On an automobile, you might spot the familiar cross and flame on a license plate frame or a bumper sticker. And, perhaps, young people piling into that car may be wearing T-shirts and caps that display the insignia.
In short, the insignia has been used in as many ways as creative minds can imagine. It has traveled as far as United Methodists can carry it. Now, the cross and flame is seen on every continent except Antarctica.
Its History
Creation of the United Methodist insignia began in 1968. The Uniting Conference directed the Division of Interpretation of the former Program Council to "design and supervise the use of an official insignia."
Edward J. Mikula, the division's art director, was assigned to create the insignia. Working with him - in research on symbolic aspects - was Edwin H. Maynard, then editorial director. Both men were determined that, whatever the insignia's form, some expression of warmth would be conveyed - a warmth such as John Wesley had experienced on a long-ago spring evening in Aldersgate Street.
Following some two dozen conceptualizations, a traditional symbol - the cross - was linked with a dual flame. The insignia thereby relates our church to God by way of the second and third persons of the Trinity, the Christ (cross) and the Holy Spirit (flame).
Apart from Wesleyan Trinitarian theology and warmth, the flame has two other connotations. The flame suggests Pentecost when witnesses saw "tongues as of fire." The duality of the flame was meant to represent the merger in 1968 of two denominations: the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
The insignia was formally adopted, one design with lettering (The United Methodist Church) and one without. In 1971, the insignia was registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a service insignia and collective membership insignia. That registration - officially No. 917,433 - remains in effect.
Since 1972, the Division of Program and Benevolence Interpretation, United Methodist Communications, has assumed custody of the emblem.
Its Integrity
Because the cross and flame is an official insignia, any reproduction must be faithful to the original design. For that reason, reproduction proofs are available. A set of two such proofs for letterpress and offset printing contain examples of the insignia with and without the words "The United Methodist Church." Insets bearing insignia in varying sizes are available on a single mimeo stencil. Spanish and Korean versions are available as well.
It is not hard to recognize an unauthorized or poor reproduction of the insignia. The persons who supervise the insignia's use scrutinize three areas in particular. The base of the flame should be lower than that of the cross. The tip of the left portion of the flame must align with the left arm of the cross. And - this is more difficult to detect - the space between the flame and the upright of the cross is wider at the top of the design than it is at the bottom.
Observing these and other criteria enables the user to make a faithful copy. General Conference has authorized use of the insignia under the following circumstances: The insignia may be used by any official agency of the Church, including local churches, to identify the work, program, and materials of The United Methodist Church. Any commercial use of the design must be explicitly authorized by an appropriate officer of this agency." (Discipline, Par. 1906.16)
For this consent, a letter of inquiry should be directed to the Division of Program and Benevolence Interpretation, United Methodist Communications, P. O. Box 320, Nashville, TN 37202-0320
In printing the emblem, avoid using odd two-color combinations. United Methodist Communications recommends that if more than one color is used, the flame be a specified shade of red known to printers as "PMS Warm Red." Ordinarily, when only one color is used, the entire design appears in a solid color. But it may be printed with the flame screened (shaded), thereby creating a contrast between it and the cross. If the cross and flame are printed in a solid single color, there should be a line of space all around the arm of the cross that lies against the flame. Otherwise, the arm will not be visible.
The words accompanying the design - The United Methodist Church - are as much a part of the insignia as are the cross and flame. Their positioning - both as horizontal and as vertical elements - should not be altered. The words always should appear in capital letters.
Perhaps someone might construe registration of our insignia as intent to prohibit or decrease its use. Actually, "Device No. 917,433" was registered to shield the integrity of its design and to encourage the use of an insignia known the world over.


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Ready for the Future
Remarks By Robert J. Stevens
Chairman And Chief Executive Officer,
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Arlington, Va. 06/19/2012
Thank you, and let me say good morning and welcome. I know many of you had to rearrange your schedules to be here with us today for our Third Annual Media Day. We're grateful that you found time in your schedule to join us.
This year we mark a very significant event for our company and that is our 100th anniversary – our centennial year.
A century ago this August, 26 year-old Glenn Martin started the Martin Company in Los Angeles, California. He was encouraged by another young aviation pioneer named Orville Wright to assemble a very innovative biplane. And he did this in the only rented space that he could afford that would fit the prototype, which turned out to be a church. So our first factory floor was, in fact, a church.
We've often thought, with the huge amount of technology in the company, it's always good to have a little faith. And we've never forgotten that.
Unfortunately, this prototype was slightly too big to fit through the doorway of the church. So the wall had to be taken down to get the airplane out.
Because Mr. Martin was a man of honor, he made a commitment to the pastor of the church to not only repair the wall that was taken down but to re-establish the vestibule of the church in very fine form, which he did, setting a tone of integrity across our company that we work hard to uphold to this very day.
While Glenn was at work in Los Angeles, 400 miles away in San Francisco two truly talented engineers, named Allan and Malcolm Lockheed, established the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company, which was soon known as the Lockheed Aircraft Company.
They operated their facility out of a garage. During their days they repaired automobiles and on nights and weekends they built seaplanes that would go on to set speed and distance records.
Conditions for our founding namesakes were really never easy. But the dream of creating something new, meeting some great challenges, and doing important work fueled their inspiration and sustained them. And it inspires and sustains us to this day.
Allan Lockheed once confidently told a group of friends that he was absolutely certain that airplanes were going to be the safest, the cheapest and the fastest means of transportation, achieving speeds of 40 to 60 miles an hour.
It turns out he was right. The SR-71 Blackbird, built almost 50 years ago and retired in the 1990s, remains the fastest and highest flying manned aircraft of all time. The Blackbird flew from Los Angeles, California, to Washington, D.C., in 67 minutes. We've done some calculus here and realized that's a fraction of the time it would take for you to get from this Global Vision Center to Dulles Airport during rush hour.
Experience through our first 100 years has informed us in many ways and shaped who we are, our ideals, and our culture. The ability to drive the cutting edge of advanced technology has always been a central focus for us. But we are reminded daily of the great privilege that we have of supporting those who serve our nation … and the critical role played by ethics and integrity, leadership and professionalism, in all that we do.
We're grateful to those who came before us who set and achieved very high standards. And we believe it is these lessons that prepare us well for the future.
I've spoken to you all many times before about the reality in which we operate, a global security environment characterized by increasing volatility combined with enormous economic uncertainties here in the United States and abroad.
Put simply, the demands on our customers are only going up and the resources available to meet those demands are only declining. The Department of Defense has committed to reduce spending by $487 billion over the next decade with $47 billion of that reduction occurring in Fiscal 2013.
We have been responding to this challenge by reducing our overheads, cutting capital expenses, curtailing research and development, consolidating facilities, and engaging in very painful but necessary reductions in force across our company.
We understand the need to address our nation's fiscal challenges and we are very much doing our part. Over the past few years, we have reduced costs by billions of dollars. We've removed a million and a half square feet from our facilities' footprint and we will reduce another 2.9 million square feet before the end of 2014.
Today our workforce is 18 percent smaller than it was just three years ago and the pace of our hiring has slowed considerably.
And in each of our programs, we know that program execution is critical to delivering affordable products and services to our customers … and we stay focused on that priority every day.
But the single greatest challenge faced by our company and by our industry, for which we have no good response, is sequestration. Despite increasingly urgent expressions of concern by industry and Government, sequestration remains the law.
In January, both Defense and non-Defense accounts will be cut by about a half a trillion dollars each. For defense, that's an additional half a trillion dollars beyond the Budget Control Act commitments already in place.
Our Secretary of Defense has described the sequestration process as a meat axe. It is. There is no strategy or force structure or concept of operations for our nation that is supported by these reductions. From an industry perspective, the near-term horizon is completely obscured by a fog of uncertainty.
With only 196 days remaining, we have no insight as to how sequestration, this law, will be implemented … which programs will be curtailed; which sites will be closed; which technologies will be discontinued; which contracts will be reformed; which suppliers—particularly our small business participants, who are so vital to our supply chain—will be impacted; and certainly most tragically, how many people are going to be affected. How many dedicated employees are going to lose their jobs? How many families are going to be disrupted?
I suspect that on one level it might be flattering to believe that our industry is so robust, so durable, so as to absorb the impact of sequestration without breaking stride. But this is a fiction.
With the widespread disruption associated with across-the-board cuts and significant layoffs, I fear our industry will suffer a loss of learning, a depletion of talent, and an erosion in quality. And I again ask our nation's leaders to address sequestration without delay.
Let me offer a word about the leadership transition that we announced last April. On January 1, 2013, Chris Kubasik will assume all responsibilities as our company's chief executive officer and Marillyn Hewson will become our next president and chief operating officer.
I'm so very proud of these two executives. I've had the opportunity to work with them for many years. They are outstanding, as is the balance of our executive leadership, who are here in the room today, and many others who could not be here whom we have the great privilege of representing.
They have worked well together, they have had an enormous number of successes in their professional careers and we expect many more successes to come.
Working together—Marillyn, Chris, myself and others in the room—we've built an excellent portfolio of highly relevant global capabilities.
We have refined a highly integrated strategy across our corporation. We've made smart investments. We've ensured that we have financial capacity and flexibility, and we have extraordinary talent and dedicated leadership at all levels of our organization. We are very much ready for future challenges.
As for me, it has been and it remains a tremendous privilege to be part of such an outstanding group of mission-driven women and men who serve our customers, who deliver value for our shareholders, and who help safeguard our nation's freedom.
It's also been a great personal pleasure of mine to know and work with all of you. I will miss you, and you might think that sounds like an exaggeration, but it is not even in the slightest. And I will tell you why.
We've spent a lot of time together over the years and you have made me and our executive team much better informed about how the world looks through your eyes. You've done it in ways you might not have fully appreciated.
In the way you formulate your ideas, in the way you ask your questions, in the way you prioritize the issues that you think are important that you want to ask of us. And in every one of those exchanges I've certainly been a better executive for it.
But I will tell you there's much more. I am absolutely certain that our company plays a vital role in the functioning of our nation, assuring that we have the means to defend ourselves, assuring that we equip friends and allies who share our values, and in assuring that our civil government agencies have the kind of capabilities that enable those who serve our citizens to provide high quality, efficient and effective services.
I am also absolutely certain that our democracy fails without a free and energetic press. Yours is a mission as vital as any that we might undertake here. You know, honestly I'm certain that we enjoy you most when you're exercising all that freedom and all that energy focusing on others, rather than on us—we love what you write about other companies.
But we do thank you very much for the service that you render to all our citizens. You have treated me and my colleagues with respect and decency and fairness and we think that reflects enormously well on each of you, especially in a world that seems to be progressively lacking in some of these graces.
So I personally thank you for that. I'm very grateful for all that you've done with us. And with that, I think we should open the floor for discussion.


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Jeff Branscome writes about Spotsylvania County.
Managing Spotsy's farmers market
Supervisors last night approved creating a part-time position to manage the farmers market. Virginia Cooperative Extension Agent John Howe told the board that 4,500 area residents shop at the local farmers markets in Fredericksburg, King George and Spotsylvania each week. And 2,500 shop at Spotsylvania's market each week.
The person in the new position should help market the market, find new vendors, expand to more locations and more days, and help things run smoothly, Howe said.
The position will cost $16,000 and was already included in the county budget.
Supervisor Hap Connors suggested the county do more than expand the farmers market and suggested a community garden at Lick Run, a place where residents could learn more about farming and healthy eating.
The whole discussion made me more interested in the farmers market and its role in the Spotsylvania community. Do you use the farmers market? If so, how often do you shop there? And why?
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