Union investors demand resignation of McKesson compensation committee chairman

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hhiOEokyDI8" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />A union investment group affiliated with the Teamsters says the $159 million pension given to McKesson’s CEO is cause for the compensation committee chairman to resign.<br /><br />The Teamsters represent 1,500 McKesson warehouse workers across the U.S. and in Canada. But in Lakeland, Fla., where many McKesson distribution workers cannot afford to pay for their health insurance or contribute to their 401(k) plan, McKesson has hired union-busting firms and retaliated against workers who support the union. After nearly two years as Teamsters, the workers are still fighting for a fair first contract. <br /><br />Now, the Change to Win Investment Group is demanding the resignation of McKesson director and compensation committee chairman Alton Irby. It also asked for the renegotiation and reduction of CEO John Hammergren’s $159 million pension benefit “as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the company’s compensation structure.” <br /><br />Steve Vairma, Teamsters international vice president, said Hammergren’s compensation is an insult to the company’s front-line workers. <br /><br />“Hammergren’s staggering $159 million pension and $50 million/year total compensation is a slap in the face to so many McKesson workers who have no pension at all and cannot even afford to contribute to their 401 (k) plan or pay for health care coverage for their families,” said Vairma, who is also director of the IBT Warehouse division, which represents some 1,500 McKesson workers across the U.S. and Canada. <br /><br />Chris Rauber at the <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/07/mckesson-shareholders-re-elect-all.html" rel="nofollow">San Francisco Business Times</a> has the story about CtW Investment Group’s demands:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Both demands were made in an Aug. 5 letter from CtW's Executive Director <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/search/results?q=Dieter%20Waizenegger" rel="nofollow">Dieter Waizenegger</a> to <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/search/results?q=Edward%20Mueller" rel="nofollow">Edward Mueller</a>, McKesson's lead independent director, a role created after an earlier round of pressure on the San Francisco-based drug distribution and health care IT giant. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/07/mckesson-shareholders-re-elect-all.html" rel="nofollow">CtW said last week's vote</a> by shareholders at McKesson's annual meeting showed that "shareholders rejected the board's work in extraordinarily strong numbers." It said 78 percent voted against management's position on executive pay, 53 percent supported strengthening the company's policies to "clawback" executive compensation in the wake of executive misdeeds, and 40 percent voted against Irby's re-election to the board. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Last week, <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/search/results?q=Scott%20Zdrazil" rel="nofollow">Scott Zdrazil</a>, director of corporate governance for <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/profiles/company/us/dc/washington/amalgamated_bank/3290173" rel="nofollow">Amalgamated Bank</a>, a union-owned institution that oversees a fund that owns a significant chunk of McKesson stock, said the July 31 shareholders' vote "may be the first clawback proposal to ever receive majority support" from a company's investors. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">The Aug. 5 letter to McKesson's lead independent director said Hammergren's huge pension was the driving force behind what CtW called "a clear referendum" last week against flaws in executive compensation policies at the company, adding that the benefit "provides no clear alignment with the interests of shareholders."</blockquote>

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World of Warcraft: Connected Realms

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91ARSyLk_v205ZXKsGr46pEjiAhiY-9geIm9EaYVM4nIFXu1vWiDYnFc6q3rGizf2SPmZNJXkzpNFWXQbD1j_fk_fWh4qDwRr3xwLdL9EKqtRB5dBIuKDSTyrE8QIHe5MqkP2Jwgn6YFm/s1600/NJKJW53FJA3G1372445749288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91ARSyLk_v205ZXKsGr46pEjiAhiY-9geIm9EaYVM4nIFXu1vWiDYnFc6q3rGizf2SPmZNJXkzpNFWXQbD1j_fk_fWh4qDwRr3xwLdL9EKqtRB5dBIuKDSTyrE8QIHe5MqkP2Jwgn6YFm/s640/NJKJW53FJA3G1372445749288.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Do your characters reside on an dead server, dead raiding community, or have an auction house that is sparse? <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/10551009/Patch_54_Feature_Preview_Connected_Realms-8_5_2013" target="_blank"> Relief</a> is coming sometime after Patch 5.4 lands.<br /><br />Blizzard is connecting struggling realms together into one large shared space. Your server won't be going away and there won't be the possibility of name conflicts arising. Instead, like servers which are under-populated will be linked together to share guilds, raiding, auction houses, etc. The goal is that this will help alleviate the concerns players have regarding dead servers and the constant forum pleas for server mergers.

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Third World state: Wisconsin

(NOTE: The following is a cross post from <a href="http://teamsterslocal320.org/index.cfm?zone=%2Funionactive%2Fview_article.cfm&HomeID=298841&page=Brian27s20Blog#.UgBQ3Tj6R_8.twitter" rel="nofollow">Brian's Blog</a>, written by Brian Aldes, secretary-treasurer of Teamster Local 320 in Minnesota)<br /><br />In the past few weeks some alarming news has developed within Wisconsin. It appears that Governor Scott Walker, famous for busting public employee unions, now wants to go after police and firefighter unions. In 2011 Walker pushed for and signed “ACT 10” making it impossible for public sector unions to negotiate over issues such as working conditions, overtime, health insurance, sick leave and vacation. Moreover unions can now only seek raises that are no greater than the rate of inflation as determined by the employer!<br /><br /> Police and firefighter unions were exempted from most aspects of ACT 10; however, many law enforcement and firefighter units lost their right over the past two years to bargain over health insurance and other health care related issues. Just last week, Walker has signaled his intent to place Wisconsin police and firefighter units under the full application of ACT 10.<br /><br /> According to the <em><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-opens-door-to-limiting-police-firefighter-unions-b9964953z1-217588071.html" rel="nofollow">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</a></em> Walker said the following:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> "I think now for those areas, having seen that the world didn't come to an end for all the municipal employees and county employees, there might be a greater opening going forward because they'd say, 'Hey things worked out'" [...] </div>Pardon my bluntness, but things did not work out for Wisconsin public employees under ACT 10 and Walker has proven himself not only to be a union-buster, but a bold-faced liar!<br /><br /> In last week’s article for <em><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/08/02/new_labor_movement_emerges_in_scott_walkers_wisconsin/" rel="nofollow">Salon</a> “New labor movement emerges in Scott Walker’s Wisconsin,”</em> Marty Beil, the director of the Wisconsin State Employees Union, said things have not worked out for the majority of state workers. He says, “work sites have become hell holes. Every day there’s a new set of rules that people have to understand. Act 10 prohibits union members from bargaining or filing grievances over day-to-day working conditions: shop-floor rules, scheduling, performance evaluations or even discrimination. Workers have responded with petitions of no confidence against their supervisors, confrontational appearances at administrative offices, and more” [...]<br /><br />Meanwhile in Minnesota the top three candidates vying to unseat Governor Mark Dayton, Republican Sen. Dave Thompson, Rep. Kurt Zellers and businessman Scott Honour, have all advocated for policies similar to ACT 10. Sen. Thompson told <em><a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/06/26/state-sen-thompson-enters-gop-race-for-governor" rel="nofollow">MPR</a></em> that he is willing to revisit the contentious right-to-work <strong>FOR LESS</strong> (emphasis added) issue that put him at odds with Minnesota’s labor unions and triggered loud protests in 2012.<br /><br /> Teamsters Local 320 stands in solidarity with its Union Brothers and Sisters of Wisconsin against Gov. Walker’s oppression. We also ask Minnesota Teamsters to remain vigilant against Walker clones here at home.

Third World state: Wisconsin

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President George W. Bush recovering after artery blockage surgery

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik80vxKWC9sl9uR2KDUbfdY1sOMzd6Y_U_jSsebJU2lxYmRaWu9h3Nl9Elil_meRMZ1hHlj68kPn2yBNrD8YanVoSjMQIPTmQlXBsW2NvnIFutTd6ndBbfDPJXPxfz4GgtD3GK7xVs1Wxa/s1600/George+W.+Bush+34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik80vxKWC9sl9uR2KDUbfdY1sOMzd6Y_U_jSsebJU2lxYmRaWu9h3Nl9Elil_meRMZ1hHlj68kPn2yBNrD8YanVoSjMQIPTmQlXBsW2NvnIFutTd6ndBbfDPJXPxfz4GgtD3GK7xVs1Wxa/s320/George+W.+Bush+34.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br />President George W. Bush, 66, underwent successful surgery for a <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/06/george-w-bush-undergoes-surgery-for-stent-after-blockage-discovered/">blocked artery</a> on Tuesday morning and is resting comfortable, according to a Bush family press release:<br /><blockquote>During President George W. Bush’s annual physical examination at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas yesterday, a blockage was discovered in an artery in his heart. At the recommendation of his doctors, President Bush agreed to have a stent placed to open the blockage. The procedure was performed successfully this morning, without complication, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. President Bush is in high spirits, eager to return home tomorrow and resume his normal schedule on Thursday. He is grateful to the skilled medical professionals who have cared for him. He thanks his family, friends, and fellow citizens for their prayers and well wishes. And he encourages us all to get our regular check-ups.</blockquote>Prayers and best wishes to President Bush and his family.

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A great way to appreciate teachers for #backtoschool

<p> I'm drafting this on Monday night after our first day of preplanning at school. Today at lunch, our PTO had the nicest "teacher appreciation" luncheon. It was so nice. I snapped quite a few photos and thought I'd share with you what they did and what I liked about it.</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2c3EbGP1fhEXgJLuu3d0FfNIxMPqRRm-VfcH88KviKOTUYmLo2PRlh_ENuehw73_fOPG3u8Mu2IolpJridYV7M_ArefFNBbak_rgoBO1yxKzD6mSljTYesau3XO9g9Jueawei2Zb2oJO/s1024/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A07%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img alt="" class="alignnone" height="373" id="blogsy-1375754700183.2673" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2c3EbGP1fhEXgJLuu3d0FfNIxMPqRRm-VfcH88KviKOTUYmLo2PRlh_ENuehw73_fOPG3u8Mu2IolpJridYV7M_ArefFNBbak_rgoBO1yxKzD6mSljTYesau3XO9g9Jueawei2Zb2oJO/s500/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A07%252520PM.jpg" width="500"></a></div> <h3> Motivational Quotes</h3> <p>We all need to be reminded. The PTO had large watering cans with zinnias and flowers from the yards of the PTO members. Orange and white are our school colors so the green was accented with white and orange. It was gorgeous. Their quote was perfect:</p> <blockquote><p>"A teacher's like a gardener and this is so you'll know we surely do appreciate how you help the children grow. Thanks for all you do." </p></blockquote> <p> That was on a wooden stick inside the watering can with the flowers.</p> <h3>Teacher Wish Lists and Likes </h3> <p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTn06RKmCXCtsJ9c0oOFW3IjcMjUgb-rPlHsIJUI3VJx51tDbYJKGjFMt1N0_IF6htIPpGjJLoJGhaBWvtukHKQrkbNxXpOTYB1b9LUIJGiGg1QwLj2R6AeM2bdfkgNvi_EZXUKOetFcL8/s1024/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A07%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><img alt="" class="alignnone" height="373" id="blogsy-1375754700209.821" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTn06RKmCXCtsJ9c0oOFW3IjcMjUgb-rPlHsIJUI3VJx51tDbYJKGjFMt1N0_IF6htIPpGjJLoJGhaBWvtukHKQrkbNxXpOTYB1b9LUIJGiGg1QwLj2R6AeM2bdfkgNvi_EZXUKOetFcL8/s500/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A07%252520PM.jpg" width="500"></a></p> <p> Underneath our boxed lunches we had a piece of paper for our wish lists and likes. This list is one that PTO puts in a binder in the office. Things like "what is your favorite soda" and "what is your favorite snack" or "what is one simple thing you do to pamper yourself." We wrote this with the pen beside it which had our name "Westwood Wildcats" emblazoned on the side.</p> <p>On our birthdays, a person on the PTO is responsible to make a basket of our "likes." Because each one is personal, it makes us feel so loved. (The PTO even had a blizzard day and had students help them deliver each teacher's favorite DQ blizzard back in the spring. WE LOVED IT.)</p> <h3>The Theme of the Year</h3> <p>Our Board of Directors has adopted a vision statement for the year: "Moving Forward." They want all of us to set goals for how we want to move forward this year. What are a few goals we can set for improvements we want to make. The board is making goals and we will too. Imagine if everyone at a school tries to level up?</p> <p>Above our plates you can see a rolled up Tshirt with the theme on it tied in raffia. The Tshirt has the theme and our vision verse for the year. Scattered around were small circles with "We appreciate teachers" on them.</p> <h3>Little Messages</h3> <p>You can see the water bottles with the words "Teacher appreciation luncheon 2013" which were made with the sticker paper that you print off the printer. </p> <h3>Helping New Teachers Find a Place and Feel Included</h3> <p>Also notice that each teacher had a namecard and a place. I liked how they mixed us up. I got to sit by people and no one was left alone. New teachers were mixed among the tables. They thought seriously about placement. It really made it fun. Co teachers were seated together.</p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCFeNeHM-gGkB1MmDiyyFBHVAVJyQGUPUA5gBJKrLh5b5I8SIMoukt5ZkobQfcdkoKmcm3Vjk2nAWDA37UbtBCHO-X9TeTv1nxezGfKjpvb5PLYQMKc9NOWbIj5mhofl8yKPF6LLCeLsR/s1024/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A18%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank" style="text-align: center; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="373" id="blogsy-1375754700160.6055" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCFeNeHM-gGkB1MmDiyyFBHVAVJyQGUPUA5gBJKrLh5b5I8SIMoukt5ZkobQfcdkoKmcm3Vjk2nAWDA37UbtBCHO-X9TeTv1nxezGfKjpvb5PLYQMKc9NOWbIj5mhofl8yKPF6LLCeLsR/s500/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A18%252520PM.jpg" width="500"></a><h3> Something for everyone</h3> <p> Inside the boxes were an assortment of salads: pasta salad, broccoli salad, chicken salad, fruit salad and a croissant. They were in different sized containers (which helped the PTO volunteers get it done more easily.)</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWyiUd0QzDw0fczkbWHgRka7Jz2ZXMW29XjQMK5Bwy4GpaqI_qrqA1UbxB47vY8zbmbtwFKPniPaW97Hyov6z1LpI2cm19jftQx3MOWBhu4wQj_mcHdzKlVYKYxGau_7njfLRM04ZlqbZ/s1024/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A22%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img alt="" class="alignnone" height="373" id="blogsy-1375754700175.5244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWyiUd0QzDw0fczkbWHgRka7Jz2ZXMW29XjQMK5Bwy4GpaqI_qrqA1UbxB47vY8zbmbtwFKPniPaW97Hyov6z1LpI2cm19jftQx3MOWBhu4wQj_mcHdzKlVYKYxGau_7njfLRM04ZlqbZ/s500/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A22%252520PM.jpg" width="500"></a></div> <p> </p> <p>The fork was actually a disposable fork but looked like metal which made it look classy. They had orange and white and dots repeated. And it was DELICIOUS. This was my meal today.</p> <h3>We ate together at the same time</h3> <p>This was so nice because after we prayed everyone was able to open their boxes and eat right then. When you have long lines sometimes the first in the line are done before the last in the line. We actually enjoyed it and laughed so much. I wondered why I couldn't remember really eating with colleagues and I realized -- it was the line. The boxed lunch really facilitated it.</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSaP1lANz9Qq_by45ettr46pG6KwL0RWOgOQCF5O88r0Vc7Yy1yn4onAvrB3l2Et_42JODEniJDmCeZd9IuPCAU_LT2hCD3AwA-sLigI_caP2gb1BevT8KSjnm2ZZEC5qygVweXF0FeIv/s1024/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A18%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img alt="" class="alignnone" height="373" id="blogsy-1375754700191.9077" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSaP1lANz9Qq_by45ettr46pG6KwL0RWOgOQCF5O88r0Vc7Yy1yn4onAvrB3l2Et_42JODEniJDmCeZd9IuPCAU_LT2hCD3AwA-sLigI_caP2gb1BevT8KSjnm2ZZEC5qygVweXF0FeIv/s500/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A18%252520PM.jpg" width="500"></a></div> <blockquote><blockquote><h3> </h3><h3>Messages everywhere</h3></blockquote> </blockquote><p> We had stickers on quite a few things to help us remember what we do. They fit with the gardening theme.</p> <blockquote><p> "A teacher helps a child bloom."</p></blockquote> <p> was the quote on the brownie bag.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtt1uz2eGuB065g8ZKDnSEVp9XSpQEI0-YRVwmXts9UNXbpMB3v_L-VdT5UPBC8cze6K_NHVw3DSPGp6R1iGr8soq68fsY20PfTcYTAEt6kezEURbA7CHH_FF8ccM12vP4qD_Eg-E4L6CH/s1024/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A22%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><img alt="" class="alignnone" height="373" id="blogsy-1375754700141.667" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtt1uz2eGuB065g8ZKDnSEVp9XSpQEI0-YRVwmXts9UNXbpMB3v_L-VdT5UPBC8cze6K_NHVw3DSPGp6R1iGr8soq68fsY20PfTcYTAEt6kezEURbA7CHH_FF8ccM12vP4qD_Eg-E4L6CH/s500/Photo%252520Aug%2525205%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A22%252520PM.jpg" width="500"></a> </p> <blockquote><p> "A teacher helps a child flourish"</p></blockquote> <p> was on the croissant.</p> <p>You can also see the motivational bookmark beside our place as well.</p> <h3> Taking Time to Be Kind Goes a Long Way</h3> <p> Little things make a big difference in the classroom. Right now I'm shopping for fabric, purchasing colorful duct tape which I use on my walls. I'm running here and there working on those small details.</p> <p>The fact that someone would consider the details of a luncheon for us. I was almost in tears when I got done and realized the time that meal took. We had tablecloths and round tables. They thought of everything.</p> <p>Some of you would say this time was better spent on the kids. But I'm saying as a teacher, I'll remember this meal all year. The time and tenderness and attention to detail made me feel loved. It made me feel appreciated. </p> <p>I know it was a sacrifice. It meant so much more because it was a sacrifice. </p> <h3>But you don't have time!</h3> <p>Well, the people who did this meal include a doctor and the manager of an alligator farm. They have kids starting Thursday too. They took hours. </p> <p>This meal meant so much to me because it cost them so much -- not in money but in time and attention. They really cared.</p> <h3>What can you do?</h3> <p>I hope amidst these details that you'll glimpse and see a few nuggets of ideas.</p> <h3>What if you don't have a PTO like this?</h3> <p>There are times you won't have a PTO this incredible. I'm starting my 12th year. In those down years, we teachers got together and appreciated ourselves. We had potlucks and did things to appreciate each other. Sometimes a person would bring flavored coffee and other times we would plan something fun. </p> <p>Appreciate each other. That is a start. If you show each other respect, you'll see others start joining in.</p> <h3>Appreciate your students</h3> <p>What will it mean to your students when they see your attention to detail? What happens when they see you've thought of everything? What happens when they see your sacrifice and how much time it took you to plan?</p> <p>If teachers crave appreciation -- as grown adults -- how much more so does a young child need it?</p> <h3>Appreciation rolls forward</h3> <p>I will love my students no matter how people treat me. </p> <p>But I will love my school more and feel more deep loyalty as I feel love from people surrounding the school.</p> <p>Some people might just take words as meaning 'I care" but for me, show me. Students feel the same way.</p> <p>This has me thinking about the tiny details for my students. It has me thinking about how I can show more appreciation for my students. I'm so grateful for the experience that I want to pay it forward to others. Somehow sacrifice and appreciation multiplies itself greatly. These PTO representatives are blessing students through blessing us. All of us teachers felt the same way: cared for. People lingered and talked. We had a great time.</p> <p>These are the things that make a fine school into a family.</p> <p>I hope you will share pictures of great things that people do to appreciate teachers so that there are a lot of Back to School ideas floating around.</p> <p>Have a great start of your school year. I know many of you won't have one as nice as mine but in all my years of teaching, nothing has been like this! Thank you Westwood PTO! Now, let's move Forward!</p> <p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Written by Vicki Davis, author - Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds - Posted with Blogsy from my iPad" height="20" src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" />Written by Vicki Davis, author - Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds - Posted with Blogsy from my iPad</a></div>

EDUCATION Inspiration Teaching A great way to appreciate teachers for #backtoschool

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Today's Teamster News 08.06.13

<a href="http://www.record-bee.com/cars/ci_23787121/teamsters-strikers-call-community" rel="nofollow">Teamsters, strikers call on Lake Transit, county leaders to take action</a>  Lake County Record-Bee   ...Teamsters, Paratransit employees and members of the community gathered Friday at noon in front of Lake County’s City Hall to picket, address the media and call on county leaders and Lake Transit to take action on the public transportation issue...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/waste-workers-win-card-check-recognition-new-hampshire" rel="nofollow">New Hampshire Waste Workers Win Card-Check Recognition to Become Teamsters</a>  IBT   ...Waste workers with Casella Waste Systems in Brentwood, N.H., will now be represented by the Teamsters Union, after Local 633 in Manchester, N.H., secured a card-check agreement. The workers overwhelmingly signed up to become Teamster members... <br /><a href="http://www.ivpressonline.com/community/ivp-photo-galleries-gold-cross-strike-continues-20130804,0,3449113.photogallery" rel="nofollow">Gold Cross Strike Continues for EMTs, Paramedics</a>  Imperial Valley Press...Friends, families, and supporters of Teamsters Local 542 picket in front of Gold Cross Ambulance on Sunday afternoon in El Centro. Check out this photo gallery...<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323681904578644610607143772" rel="nofollow">U.S. Trustee Objects to AMR Chief's $20 Million Severance, Again</a>  Wall Street Journal   ...Justice Department officials monitoring the American Airlines bankruptcy case again objected to a proposed $20 million severance package for Tom Horton, AMR's current chief executive, according to a court filing made late Friday...<br /><a href="http://www.joc.com/regulation-policy/transportation-regulations/us-transportation-regulations/us-issues-new-rail-safety-rules-after-quebec-disaster_20130803.html" rel="nofollow">U.S. Issues New Rail Safety Rules After Quebec Disaster</a>  Journal of Commerce   ...The Federal Railroad Administration on Friday issued <a href="http://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L04719">an emergency order</a> aimed at making the hauling of hazardous materials safer, following last month's deadly Quebec fuel train accident...<br /><a href="http://rabble.ca/news/2013/08/politicians-must-step-and-make-rail-safety-top-priority" rel="nofollow">Politicians must step up and make rail safety a top priority</a> (opinion)   Rabble   ...Transport Canada's emergency safety directive issued following the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy is welcome but more can be done...<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-louisiana-train-accident-20130805,0,3187072.story" rel="nofollow">100 homes evacuated in southern Louisiana after train derails</a>  Los Angeles Times   ...About 100 homes remained evacuated on Monday as officials worked to clean up the area around the derailment of a train carrying chemicals near the town of Lawtell, Louisiana. The accident took place Sunday and derailed 27 cars of a Union Pacific train...<br /><a href="http://michaelsnyder.mensnewsdaily.com/2013/08/40-percent-of-u-s-workers-make-less-than-what-a-full-time-minimum-wage-worker-made-in-1968/" rel="nofollow">40 Percent Of U.S. Workers Make Less Than What A Full-Time Minimum Wage Worker Made In 1968</a>  Men's News Daily   ...Are American workers paid enough? Back in 1968, the minimum wage in the United States was $1.60 an hour. Using the inflation calculator <a href="http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm" rel="nofollow">that the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides</a>, $1.60 in 1968 is equivalent to $10.74 today...<br /><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/03/bernie-sanders-walmart-familys-obscene-wealth-subsidized-by-taxpayers/" rel="nofollow">Bernie Sanders: Walmart family’s ‘obscene’ wealth subsidized by taxpayers</a>  Raw Story   ...Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Saturday and scoffed at the idea that major corporations like Walmart can’t afford to pay their workers a living wage and that to raise the U.S. minimum wage would be bad for the economy...<br /><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/100935856" rel="nofollow">The rich are saving cash at a record pace</a>  CNBC   ...Since the financial crisis, the wealthy have become the nation's top cash hoarders, filling up deposit accounts and money markets at a rapid clip...<br /><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/further/2013/08/02">Massive Toxic Black Cloud, Brought To You by the Koch Bros, Blows Over Detroit</a>  Common Dreams   ...Mind-boggling video of a billowing, high-carbon, high-sulfur cloud from the mountain of petroleum coke - waste from Canadian tar sands shipped from Alberta to Detroit, and the dirtiest potential energy source ever - illegally stored by the Koch Brothers along the Detroit River...<br /><a href="http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18126-eight-ways-privatization-has-failed-america" rel="nofollow">Eight Ways Privatization Has Failed America</a> (opinion)  Truth-Out   ...Some of America's leading news analysts are beginning to recognize the fallacy of the "free market." They're right. A little analysis reveals that privatization doesn't seem to work in any of the areas vital to the American public...<br /><a href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/15355/special_report_the_alec_fueled_race_to_the_bottom_in_wages_and_workers_righ/" rel="nofollow">The Force Behind Bills To Lower Wages and Suppress Workers’ Rights? You Guessed It: ALEC</a>  In These Times   ...As working Americans speak out for higher wages, better benefits and respect in the workplace, a coordinated, nationwide campaign to silence them is mounting—and ALEC is at the heart of it...<br /><a href="http://www.journal-advocate.com/sterling-local_news/ci_23786016/report-state-workers-need-raise-match-private-sector" rel="nofollow">Report: State workers need raise to match private sector</a>  Denver Post   ...Colorado's roughly 32,000 state workers need a 3.8 percent raise to catch up to their counterparts in the private sector, the state Department of Personnel and Administration said...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story_1.html" rel="nofollow">Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon</a>  Washington Post   ...Ultimately, the paper’s financial challenges prompted the company’s board to consider a sale, a step once regarded as unthinkable by insiders and the Graham family...<br /><a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/viewart/20130804/NEWS02/308040048/Indiana-senator-push-municipal-bankruptcy-law" rel="nofollow">Indiana senator to push for municipal bankruptcy law</a>  Associated Press   ...A northwestern Indiana lawmaker says he will push a measure next year that would change state law to allow local governments to file for bankruptcy like Detroit did in July...<br /><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Judge-to-open-documents-in-Idaho-prison-lawsuit-4707081.php" rel="nofollow">Judge to open documents in Idaho prison lawsuit</a>  Associated Press   ...A federal judge has ordered that several documents be unsealed in a lawsuit between Idaho inmates and Corrections Corporation of America just days before a hearing is set over whether the private prison company should be held in contempt of court...<br /><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/2013/08/04/2749781/union-bus-strike-in-parts-of-metro.html" rel="nofollow">Four-day bus strike in suburbs east of Phoenix ends</a>  Associated Press   ...First Transit bus drivers in the Phoenix suburbs tentatively reached an agreement Sunday with a national bus company to end a four-day strike by the drivers that would let bus service resume in time for Monday morning's commute...<br /><a href="http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_23795522/bart-strike-averted-governor-orders-inquiry" rel="nofollow">BART strike averted as Governor orders inquiry</a>  Associated Press   ...Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay area commuters got at least a temporary reprieve from a massive transit strike today when Gov. Jerry Brown ordered an inquiry into a labor contract dispute...

Today's Teamster News 08.06.13

Teamsters, strikers call on Lake Transit, county leaders to take action   Lake County Record-Bee   ...Teamsters, Paratransit employees and m...

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Firefox OS has been Announced by Mozilla with HTML based and Open Source Feature

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Mozilla has been announced its first Operating System named Firefox OS, which is HTML based and open source, for smartphones and tablet computers. It is totally based on web technology and community based system for mobile devices, using HTML 5, CSS, and C++ etc. These products will be available in Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela etc.<br /><br />Mobile operating systems (Mobile OS), is the OS that operates a mobile, tablet or digital mobile devices. Modern mobile operating systems are coming in to the market with the features of touchscreen, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, camera, voice recorder, maps and etc. Most common mobile OS are Android, Blackberry, iOS, Asha, Windows Phone etc.<br /><br />The new Firefox OS, which is HTML based and open source mobile OS, should be an alternative OS to others like some of entry-level smartphones. Mozilla announces its smartphones with the latest Firefox OS on Monday: Alcatel One Touch Fire and ZTE Open. Both devices will be available soon in Telefonica and Deutsche telecom.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMdNcI2BF6wrNd_7Pc6BPQx_kdhS9_2cKoIPgY_3_mrcoFMikiJ8EK45eKQopvMvC-Gr1GNsdablKCVakW0g_EtFfW84NDV7ylKgPr2iNwmXOtD6JUo_vaAb05do_rKKp3zixB-ZHP2E/s1600/Firefox+OS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Firefox OS Announced by Mozilla with HTML based and Open source Features" border="0" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMdNcI2BF6wrNd_7Pc6BPQx_kdhS9_2cKoIPgY_3_mrcoFMikiJ8EK45eKQopvMvC-Gr1GNsdablKCVakW0g_EtFfW84NDV7ylKgPr2iNwmXOtD6JUo_vaAb05do_rKKp3zixB-ZHP2E/s1600/Firefox+OS.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source: daily.bhaskar</td></tr></tbody></table><br />“<i>We are proud to work with partners like Telefonica which see the potential to deliver an experience for first time smartphone users which will delight them and really put the power of the web in everyone’s hands</i>”: by Chief Operating Officer of Mozilla.<br /><br />Telefonica has tweeted that ZTE open (cheapest developer unit), consist of Qualcomm Snapdragon processor of 1 GHz, 256 MB Ram and all the common features including some special ones. Alcatel One Touch Fire have same specification as ZTE Open. Both smartphones have all the common features like camera, micsoSD card slot, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and many more.<br /><br />Telefonica has also announced that they will soon bring the Sony and Huawei products with Firefox OS in to the market.</div>

Firefox OS gadgets smart phone Firefox OS has been Announced by Mozilla with HTML based and Open Source Feature

Mozilla has been announced its first Operating System named Firefox OS, which is HTML based and open source, for smartphones and tablet comp...

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Samsung Galaxy Folder- Android Flip Phone (Dual Screen Spotted)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3LiwKa7R8vrQTdxdsuBp5RJjSRD2LqZlVwJUXypn5UyRGvfwc02o7NbGGtD1H1IQa1P_coy5zRK9_9LDmGJ0BNDf5YiqIOD36p2qTW4ZnKd3oAkgXQ_nWSj8lhEtFzFYxcYHWTPJrzh7/s1600/samsung-flip-phone-02-635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="android flip phone" border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3LiwKa7R8vrQTdxdsuBp5RJjSRD2LqZlVwJUXypn5UyRGvfwc02o7NbGGtD1H1IQa1P_coy5zRK9_9LDmGJ0BNDf5YiqIOD36p2qTW4ZnKd3oAkgXQ_nWSj8lhEtFzFYxcYHWTPJrzh7/s1600/samsung-flip-phone-02-635.jpg" title="android flip phone" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source : ndtv.com</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Samsung's Android based Flip smartphone named Galaxy Folder has been making waves nowadays. It has been spotted with dual-screen setup in the flip smartphone.<br /><br />At start of this month on surfing online, posts suggests that Samsung Flip Phone is codenamed "Hennessy" with model number Samsung SCH-W789, which was different from model number SHV-E400S/SHV-E400K that leaked previously.<br /><br />Technology site "Techkiddy" that Samsung Galaxy Folder include a 3.7-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 480X800 pixels. It is powered by a 1.7 GHz snapdragon 400 processor with 2 GB of RAM. It runs on Android 4.2.2 and include 1820mAh battery.<br /><br />Now, Samsung has beeen in news with rumour of its next Note phablet. Last week some of its images has been surfaced online. The back panel image revealed a slot for the stylus while the front panel showed a stretched physical Home button like other Galaxy device such as in Note II, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S III.</div>

Samsung Galaxy Folder- Android Flip Phone (Dual Screen Spotted)

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Sean Hannity Interviews Sydney Leathers. The Porn Was a Flyin'!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgBqOJeTKf5_kmjralc_CeQB5eTAMb078biICSxk2nhri6wDtCx7w9qtL8XmSn9jjAAfnoRtwQ6USWfZlLKnccpf1__US7mJv86fnbuCfz3RjolaE6mL6KH-Tutor-Gbbd87ApxT_p6zf/s1600/sean-hannity+radio+show+sydney+leathers+asshole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgBqOJeTKf5_kmjralc_CeQB5eTAMb078biICSxk2nhri6wDtCx7w9qtL8XmSn9jjAAfnoRtwQ6USWfZlLKnccpf1__US7mJv86fnbuCfz3RjolaE6mL6KH-Tutor-Gbbd87ApxT_p6zf/s400/sean-hannity+radio+show+sydney+leathers+asshole.jpg" width="307" /></a>Cheeeeeeers and Happy Anniversary to two of the greatest people that I have, or ever will know.<br /><br />My mom and dad.<br /><br />That’s right.<br /><br />On August 6, 1945...my future mom and dad, got married.<br /><br />While hundreds of thousands of Japanese were being spontaneously turned into yellowish, irradiated Cream of Corn soup by the inaugural A-Bomb, Jack and Mary Anne Mahoney were whooping it up, and by night fall, were already working on the first of nine beautiful babies.<br /><br />So, although they both have been half-lifed up to that great, plutonium-type silo in the sky, here’s wishing Jack and Mary Anne a wonderful 68th wedding anniversary!!<br /><br />Typically, I am not big on anniversaries.  I think anniversaries are somewhat silly, because I tend to remember a happy event, or one that causes myself or the collective us to pause in a sad sense throughout the year randomly and spontaneously.<br /><br />Birthdays, Arbor Day, 4th of July, and the day that Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot, are all observed as anniversaries and/or holidays, and yet…<br /><br />While I may rejoice, and/or reflect for a moment on said days like those, I really don’t, nor never have observed holidays…until now…<br /><br />You see?<br /><br />In addition to today being my mom and dad’s wedding anniversary, August 6, 2013 is the fifth day anniversary of Sean Hannity interviewing, soothing, feeling sorry for, and broadcasting his admiration for, Weinergate temptress Sydney Leathers, during the 4 PM hour of his August 1st edition of his radio show.<br /><br />I will mark this anniversary down as the one of the greatest moments in comedic history.<br /><br />It seems as though fate would have it, today it was revealed that one, brow beaten, victimized by Anthony Weiner, Sydney Leathers…is less than intimidated by getting naked for the camera!!<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="338" scrolling="no" src="http://www.pornhub.com/embed/834379571" width="608"><a href="http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=834379571">Sydney Leathers - Weinergate</a> brought to you by <a href="http://www.pornhub.com/">PornHub</a></iframe><br /><br />I know!!  I was in disbelief myself, right!!?<br /><br />I was in disbelief for two reasons…First, she seemed like such a stand-up girl who was sadly coerced into having an online love affair with Anthony Weiner, so I wondered…why would she exploit such a sad affair?<br /><br />Secondly?<br /><br />Why would any chick with smaller tits than Phil Mickelson and bigger thighs than Tony Siragusa allow herself to be filmed in the buff!?<br /><br />Uuch!!  Makes no sense.  No sense at all.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSDvebF9q8vir_eJ7FCB7VFTdilo1YhLmGXszNfMQzG77jxQezing3xuznRuazsSJ6gFOfsLyPJLODtta6VlsQFEMqgqE0fJnbPJYwZ3IUR9C_3v1noD7MonrixwTzk3dTKtmzi5nqBjk/s1600/Sean+Hannity+Work+From+Home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSDvebF9q8vir_eJ7FCB7VFTdilo1YhLmGXszNfMQzG77jxQezing3xuznRuazsSJ6gFOfsLyPJLODtta6VlsQFEMqgqE0fJnbPJYwZ3IUR9C_3v1noD7MonrixwTzk3dTKtmzi5nqBjk/s1600/Sean+Hannity+Work+From+Home.jpg" /></a></div><br />Anyhoo…<br /><br />Last Thursday, Sean <i>“I’m a Devout Catholic Who Refuses to Wear His Wedding Ring”</i> Hannity had her on his radio show, and he was feigning OUTRAGE by the behavior of Anthony Weiner all the while cooing, cajoling, and sympathizing with the “victim”, one Ms. Leathers.<br /><br />Ha…Sean is such a dick.<br /><br />But that’s okay, because a dick such as Sean Hannity interviewing a victimized soft porn star like Sydney Leathers makes perfect sense.<br /><br />Got to hand it to Hannity…He knows good radio!!<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

Sean Hannity Interviews Sydney Leathers. The Porn Was a Flyin'!!

Cheeeeeeers and Happy Anniversary to two of the greatest people that I have, or ever will know. My mom and dad. That’s right. On August 6, 1...

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Staff mechanical design Engineer ( opto-mechanical design | precision mechanism design) (#109652)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Staff mechanical design Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The senior level mechanical engineer position is responsible for development of the next generation metrology tool as well as continuing improvement (CIP) of the current tools. The candidate will be responsible for key mechanical engineering tasks, from requirement specification, top level mechanical analysis, conceptual and detail design, prototype integration, testing and handoff to manufacturing. The detail design activities include system-level layout, opto-mechanical design, precision mechanism design and alignment tooling design, using Pro/E as the design tool.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The candidate must participate in the design process in cross-discipline teams including System Engineers, Optics Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering and other groups within K-T worldwide organization. He/she needs to exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and Perform analysis as needed to verify new designs. The candidate is also expected to champion his/her designs throughout the release process and generate all required engineering documentation until they are fully released to manufacturing. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Require BSME or MSME (preferred) with at least 8+ years of concentration in mechanical design and engineering.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Must have experience in opto-mechanical design, and/or precision mechanism design.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Must have good understand in physics and mechanics. The candidate must be able to generate system-level concept with all-around consideration and perform high-level mechanical design, testing and troubleshooting.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Familiar with mechanical manufacturing processes including machining, sheetmetal fabrication, welding and castings.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Good communication and team working skills are required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Experience in structure/vibration analysis, thermal analysis is desirable.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Must be proficient in 3D solid modeling CAD. Strongly prefer ProEngineer/Wildfire  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 8 years of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">OR <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">OR <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10 plus years of related experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div></div></div>

Staff mechanical design Engineer ( opto-mechanical design | precision mechanism design) (#109652)

Job Title: Staff mechanical design Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: Responsibilities: The senior level...

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Principal System Design Engineer ( CMOS/CCD sensors and camera system design) (# 109697)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Principal System Design Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">KLA-Tencor seeks an expert level technologist/engineer to lead the development of a high bandwidth, low noise camera system. The candidate will be part of a team of scientists and engineers developing market leading, next generation wafer inspection and metrology systems. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The candidate will be responsible for generating solid-state sensor and camera requirements, defining sensor and camera architecture including device design and interfaces, driving the cooperation of manufacturing partners, integrating the camera system, and verifying sensor and camera performance and reliability.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The successful candidate will have an extensive camera hardware design experience with a demonstrated record of innovation and implementation of leading-generation CMOS/CCD sensors and camera systems, from requirements through design, production and release.  The candidate will also have the abilities to quantify and articulate the merits of sensor and camera technology and roadmaps, and thrive as a part of a team.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5+ years of a leading role in high-speed camera design. Hands-on experience with high speed low noise mixed signal hardware design, signal integrity simulations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Understanding of camera architecture, imaging pipeline, FPGA/DSP programming.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Practical knowledge of solid-state sensor physics.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Experience and knowledge of state-of-the-art CMOS/CCD sensor manufacturing, packaging, and testing processes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 7 years of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">OR <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Master's Level Degree with at least 8 years of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">OR <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</span></b></div></div></div>

Principal System Design Engineer ( CMOS/CCD sensors and camera system design) (# 109697)

Job Title: Principal System Design Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: Responsibilities: KLA-Tencor seeks...

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Die Bank tritt in OSTEUROPA auf die Bremse und schließt nicht aus, dass sie neues Kapital aufnehmen wird. Vor allem UNGARN und SLOWENIEN machen Raiffeisen zu schaffen. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">DIE MÄCHTIGSTE BANK ÖSTERREICHS GERÄT IN DEN STRUDEL DER INTERNATIONALEN BANKEN-KRISE</span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnarYjAOkCuZq2nl-dcTSfvhzgHHzZT_29rvB0s9zq4MIqiHohWZtljYKZZxaprDW71CMm4Jrreg1YoPwKIG2gvwozJwTFpbcG__refaFD27qPEMOk1T6rJZ-oxR8YvM7K7oE2V_LmD_UR/s1600/190x109_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnarYjAOkCuZq2nl-dcTSfvhzgHHzZT_29rvB0s9zq4MIqiHohWZtljYKZZxaprDW71CMm4Jrreg1YoPwKIG2gvwozJwTFpbcG__refaFD27qPEMOk1T6rJZ-oxR8YvM7K7oE2V_LmD_UR/s320/190x109_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Raiffeisen Bank International zieht sich überraschend aus mehreren mittel- und osteuropäische Länder zurück. Zunächst will die Bank dort nur das Wachstum drosseln – aber das bedeutet in der Regel meistens, dass ein vollständiger Rückzug sehr wahrscheinlich ist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Erst im Juni gab es bei der Raiffeisen einen Vorstandswechsel. Der langjährige Chef Herbert Stepic musste gehen, nachdem er mit Spekulationsgeschäften in die Kritik geraten war. Ihm folgte Karl Sevelda, der das Engagement der Bank in Osteuropa nun verringern will. In insgesamt 17 Ländern in Mittel- und Osteuropa ist die Raiffeisenbank vertreten – was sie zum <b>drittgrößten Kreditgeber in dieser Region</b> macht. Aber das soll sich nun ändern. Sevelda kündigte an, die Wachstumspläne nun nur noch auf <b>sechs Länder fokussieren</b> zu wollen: RUSSLAND, POLEN, TSCHECHIEN, SLOWAKEI, RUMÄNIEN und ÖSTERREICH.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">„In den anderen Märkten, vor allem in SÜDOST-EUROPA, werden wir unser Wachstum verlangsamen“, sagte Sevelda der FT. In einigen Ländern wolle man <b>sogar schrumpfen</b>. „Dies gilt insbesondere für SLOWENIEN, aber angesichts der aktuelle Entwicklungen in UNGARN, sind wir auch nicht begierig danach, dort zu wachsen“, so Sevelda.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SORGEN BEREITET RAIFFEISEN AUCH DIE EIGENKAPITALQUOTE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dass sich Raiffeisen ausgerechnet in SLOWENIEN und UNGARN verkleinern will, war abzusehen. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">SLOWENIEN</span> kämpft noch immer mit einem <b>maroden Bankensektor</b> und rettet sich von Monat zu Monat aus der Notwendigkeit eines Bailouts. Aber auch in <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">UNGARN</span> steht die Raiffeisen schon jetzt vor großen Herausforderungen. Z<b>ehntausende Familien können hier ihre Hypothekenschulden nicht begleichen</b>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8icI7qKwzTqy8C4vVnWXmy6lduR2CaVa-WwIgcQm3pJgmjLfHZ8_z-MnVmnqrElOyQmB8iWWpMdbE5d0I-m_g09_Z5UJdgbKpvDX4lwQq5ElgUMSXLuX69SN4QSwINm1C31cQPgwqBdz/s1600/1144744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8icI7qKwzTqy8C4vVnWXmy6lduR2CaVa-WwIgcQm3pJgmjLfHZ8_z-MnVmnqrElOyQmB8iWWpMdbE5d0I-m_g09_Z5UJdgbKpvDX4lwQq5ElgUMSXLuX69SN4QSwINm1C31cQPgwqBdz/s400/1144744.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Viele der Immobilienkredite waren in Fremdwährungen aufgenommen worden. Die starken Kursschwankungen haben zu einem immensen Wachstum der Schulden geführt. Die Ausfallquote bei Immobilienkrediten beträgt bereits 25 Prozent. Insgesamt geht es um einen Betrag von zehn Milliarden Euro. Durch die Kursschwankungen haben sich bei den UNGARN Schulden von etwa 3,3 Milliarden Euro angesammelt. Dieser Fehlbetrag soll zu gleichen Teilen von Banken, Regierung und Bankkunden getilgt werden. Die österreichischen Banken, vornehmlich die Raiffeisen International und Erste Bank, müssen die Hauptlast tragen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Darüber hinaus musste die Bank im ersten Quartal einen herben <b>Gewinneinbruch hinnehmen: um 71 Prozent</b>. So lag der Konzern-Periodenüberschuss nur noch bei 157 Millionen Euro – 541 Millionen Euro waren es im Vorjahresquartal, wie der Finanzbericht der Bank  zeigt. Entsprechend große Sorgen bereitet dem Geldinstitut auch die Eigenkapitalquote. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diese wird Ende dieses Jahres erst bei 7,2 Prozent liegen. Frisches Kapital in Höhe von 1,5 Milliarden Euro benötigt Raffeisen International, um das Ziel von 9 Prozent zu erreichen. Aus diesem Grund sucht man bereits nach Investoren. Interesse besteht Sevelda zufolge derzeit bei Fonds aus dem Nahen Osten.</span></div>

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KRISE: ÖSTERREICHS RAIFFEISEN INTERNATIONAL ZIEHT SICH AUS OSTEUROPA ZURÜCK  Via Deutsche Mittelstands Nachrichten  Die Raiffeisen Internat...

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Marquez Brothers now stalling in attempt to sabotage union

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teamster workers </span><a href="http://m.hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/contract-negotiations-stall-at-hanford-cheese-plant/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are continuing to run up against the despicable actions of management at Marquez Brothers</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> cheese plant in Hanford, Calif., which is trying to undermine the union’s attempt to agree to a contract. The company, which </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/04/employers-brutal-union-busting-tactics.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has gone so far as to send union-busting attorneys to trail workers testifying before the Legislature</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, is now using stall tactics to demoralize employees.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chester Suniga, secretary-treasurer at Teamsters Local 517, said the two sides last met July 2 to discuss terms of a deal, and no new negotiations are currently scheduled. The company told workers they were going to get back to them on a last, final offer on wages, but have not contacted union representatives in over a month. And now Marquez Brothers is telling lies, Suniga said:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The company is spreading a rumor that a strike is going on, that the Teamsters are going on strike. We wouldn’t do that, it’s up to the employees. The company is getting them real nervous.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Suniga stated the union is currently seeking a minimum wage of $11.50 an hour for packers at the facility, several dollars less than even some similar non-union jobs pay in the area. But Marquez Brothers has barely moved beyond the initial $9-an-hour wage it set.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The </span><a href="http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/contract-negotiations-stall-at-hanford-cheese-plant/article_ca49d0aa-fb9a-11e2-abd6-0019bb2963f4.html" rel="nofollow" target=""><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hanford Sentinel</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> reported the Teamsters are increasing the pressure on Marquez Brothers:</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">…the union has stepped up local protests. People representing the Teamsters have been passing out flyers at Cost Less and Grocery Outlet in Hanford asking people not to shop there because the stores carry El Mexicano products manufactured by Marquez.<o:p></o:p></span></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> From the get-go, the cheese producer has done everything in its power to try to intimidate workers. </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2012/08/woo-hoo-another-teamster-organizing.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the more than 200 employees agreed to unionize a year ago</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, management told the factory’s mostly Latino staff that federal immigration officials would be visiting the plant to check their legal status. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Later, they had two high-priced anti-union lawyers follow a worker who appeared before a House committee in an attempt to stop her from speaking out against the company. When that didn’t work, Marquez Brothers fired her.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/05/calif-bills-putting-squeeze-on-anti.html">Legislation currently before the Legislature</a> would prevent employers from intimidating workers going forward. The House approved the bill, AB 263, but it has yet to be taken up by the Senate.</span>

Marquez Brothers now stalling in attempt to sabotage union

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TPP would only worsen service industry wages

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Low-wage workers across the U.S. </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/low-wage-workers-in-Chicago-Milwaukee-Seattle-walk-off-jobs.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stood up last week to restaurant and retail giants</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to demand better pay and the right to organize. But the problem would only get worse if Congress approves the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBepGvaY0IG9L7TDlMZnb4Bz_AEPnvdqgodxIglB84gabLeBdduTxqsbLt1eTKXFIAFndGh0GUCGF4gmPRYXrXhdMyKQ2mWDi6LTs8Nf-8Nb8DcfhbRXWqU0FOj-ZAB_Y9d1NQB99i-UaE/s1600/tpp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBepGvaY0IG9L7TDlMZnb4Bz_AEPnvdqgodxIglB84gabLeBdduTxqsbLt1eTKXFIAFndGh0GUCGF4gmPRYXrXhdMyKQ2mWDi6LTs8Nf-8Nb8DcfhbRXWqU0FOj-ZAB_Y9d1NQB99i-UaE/s1600/tpp.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So-called “free trade” deals like the TPP have devastated the American workforce. In the wake of NAFTA and other job-killing trade deals, </span><a href="http://www.mintpressnews.com/where-did-the-good-jobs-go-globalization-free-trade-and-the-demise-of-americas-middle-class/166167/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">multinational corporations have increasingly taken what were once good-paying jobs overseas</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. NAFTA alone has </span><a href="http://www.epi.org/publication/trade-pacts-korus-trans-pacific-partnership/" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">eliminated nearly 700,000 U.S. jobs</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> since it took effect in 1994. In all, U.S.-based multinational corporations cut 3.3 million American workers from their rolls between 1989 and 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Those jobs were replaced by lower-paying service industry jobs in the fast food and retail industries. These, of course, are jobs that can’t be moved overseas. But companies have taken advantage of their employees by paying them as little as possible, often with no guarantee of set hours or benefits. These are not entry-level jobs for teenagers, as more and more fast-food employees are college-educated adults trying to raise families:</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the evidence is seen in an aging service-sector workforce. Data shows that the workforce at McDonald’s and other chains is attracting more middle-age employees, supplanting the youth workforce that once made up the bulk of the fast food jobs. Using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, NBC News reports that only 16 percent of fast food jobs now go to teens, down from 25 percent a decade ago.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">… Many of the older fast food workers are well-educated, with 42 percent of employees over the age of 25 having at least some college education, including 753,000 with a bachelor’s degree or higher.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The real fear, however, is that workers will continue to slide into economic oblivion due to U.S. trade policy. The U.S. is one of 12 nations currently negotiating TPP and it could be the most dangerous trade deal to date due to its shear size. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part of the problem is that Congress has ignored how trade agreements hurt U.S. the workforce. Celeste Drake, a trade and globalization policy specialist with the AFL-CIO, </span><a href="http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20130801/101233/HHRG-113-FA18-Wstate-DrakeC-20130801.pdf" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">told House lawmakers</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Aug. 1 that needs to change:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If working families’ preferences play little or no role in shaping trade and globalization agreements, then it should surprise no one that such agreements harm instead of benefitting workers and their families.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first step to protecting U.S. jobs<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>is to make sure Capitol Hill doesn’t approve “fast-track” authority. That would allow the TPP to come before lawmakers for just a quick up-or-down vote, with no amendments and limited debate. You can sign onto a petition that demands </span><a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12263" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Congress fulfill its constitutionally mandated duty to review trade deals here</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p>It's time to stop letting big corporations ship American jobs overseas and dump good wages and benefits overboard!</o:p></span></div>

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Low-wage workers across the U.S. stood up last week to restaurant and retail giants to demand better pay and the right to organize. But t...

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Software QA Engineer ( SQC | OCD metrology | .NET, C#, VB, VBS ) (# 109835)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Position:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Software QA Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This position is a mid-level SQC position with a focus on developing tests for new software features. The position is within an algorithm and modeling software group for Optical Critical Dimension (OCD) metrology. OCD is used to measure key transistor dimensions during the semiconductor device fabrication processes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1.>5 years hands-on experience with software development and testing processes. Must be familiar with CMM.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2.Experience with testing applications written on .NET and must be able to develop/update test scripts in C#, VB, VBS, AutoIt, .bat/.cmd<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">3.Strong communication skills (written and verbal).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">4.Ability to design, develop and execute effective acceptance, comprehensive, performance, usability tests.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">5.Ability to design effective tests without requirements specification.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">6.Ability to make clear and concise description of found issues illustrated by screenshots.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">7.Experience of working with Rational Team Concert defect tracking system.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">8.Proficient in Windows OS (XP/7/Server2003/2008): ability to perform basic administrative tasks / troubleshoot issues related to files system, registry, processes, services, user accounts, permissions, installer, applications: MS SQL, IIS.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Desired:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1.Software Configuration Management experience<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2.Software Installer Development experience<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">3.Experience with project planning and task estimation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">4.Knowledge of semiconductor fabrication and associated metrology<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Basic Qualification:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">OR <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">OR <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Doctorate (Academic)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Kindly send your resume to <b><a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a> <o:p> </o:p></b></span></div></div></div>

Software QA Engineer ( SQC | OCD metrology | .NET, C#, VB, VBS ) (# 109835)

Position: Software QA Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job Description: The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) D...

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Software Engineer QA ( C++ | SQC | SDLC | SQA ) (# 109346)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Position:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Software Engineer QA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Position goal:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- The successful candidate will assume the responsibilities of Software testing in individual contributor role<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- As a Software SQC, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of challenging projects in a multi discipline Engineering and Quality Control Team for a Semi-Conductor Equipment company<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Develop and execute software Test Plan, Procedures, and Execute Automated Test Scripts<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Participate in all phases of software development life cycle<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Review Requirement Document and translate them to detailed test plans, test cases, scripts, test reports, etc<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Work with Multi Discipline Team (USA and India) to develop and execute test strategies and scripts<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Maintain well documented test case library and version control system for all testing materials and resources<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains standards for quality methods, processes, systems and procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Analyzes test results to ensure existing functionality and recommends corrective action<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining test results.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Should be willing to travel to customer sites as well as work on flexible hours on a rotational basis.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Preferred Qualifications</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1) 5+ years of software test experience testing multiple software projects <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2) Software quality control experience using CMM<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">3) Good communication, inter personnel skills and team co-ordination skills are required<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">4) Candidate should be creative, result-oriented, disciplined, highly motivated, and able to work well individually and as part of a team and understand all phases of software testing and quality control<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Basic Qualification</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Master's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Kindly send your resume to <b><a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a></b>  <o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>

Software Engineer QA ( C++ | SQC | SDLC | SQA ) (# 109346)

Position: Software Engineer QA Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job Description: The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) D...

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