Teamster victory! Waste workers ratify contract, win long battle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8l930CpSGL2AKGok6-GogY_cKooswz-jhmFSmGBnJLamxEZ_S_dddNnYjmrEXdOzt34CHyR6QbmhzLgh4NtNdHjdnvkq51ilJqfNST9YhMuSJwnl93njREjs1zQeHyyyXqByV_IFzKj6/s1600/victory.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8l930CpSGL2AKGok6-GogY_cKooswz-jhmFSmGBnJLamxEZ_S_dddNnYjmrEXdOzt34CHyR6QbmhzLgh4NtNdHjdnvkq51ilJqfNST9YhMuSJwnl93njREjs1zQeHyyyXqByV_IFzKj6/s200/victory.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div>Eighty of our brothers and sisters in Evansville, Ind., scored a major Teamster <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/after-long-battle-waste-workers-evansville-indiana-ratify-contract" rel="nofollow">victory Monday</a> when they ratified a contract with Republic Waste/Allied Services that raises their wages and preserves their retirement security.<br /><br />The contract, which runs until April 1, 2016, raises wages by $1 per hour the first year and by 50 cents per hour in the second and third years.<br /><br />The contract also protects the workers’ solid retirement security. Said Chuck Whobrey, president of Local 215 in Evansville:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The members will remain in a Teamsters pension fund, so when they retire they will still have a defined benefit pension plan.</blockquote>It's an especially sweet Teamster victory as the Evansville waste workers were locked out of their jobs on May 8, 2011. Short, sudden sympathy strikes sprang up across the country at Republic waste/Allied Services facilities. In a remarkable show of <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2012/06/solidarity-more-ca-teamsters-honor.html" rel="nofollow">solidarity, thousands of Teamsters refused to cross picket lines</a>. The Evansville workers were back on the job six weeks after they were locked out.<br /><br />Whobrey credited his brothers and sisters for the Teamster victory:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">While it was a long battle, we would not have been successful without the strong support of our members and the strong support of the International Union and multiple local unions that got involved in this fight.</blockquote>Bob Morales, director of the <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/solid-waste" rel="nofollow">Solid Waste, Recycling and Related Industries division</a>, said solidarity was essential to the Teamster victory:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Our members nationwide stood united with the workers in Evansville. Our members also supported the other strikes that occurred across the country. The strong solidarity is helping us today, and this Evansville contract is an example of that.</blockquote>Importantly, the contract maintains workers’ rights to honor primary picket lines. Whobrey said the company wanted a 10-day notice, which was totally unacceptable. Not one sentence was changed to protect their existing right to honor picket lines.<br /><br />The contract also gives workers the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday off. All the other city workers in Evansville have that day off as well, said Whobrey. But, he said:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">It is also significant because of Dr. King’s strong support of working people and waste workers.</blockquote>King was assassinated while supporting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Sanitation_Strike">striking sanitation workers in Memphis in 1968</a>. Teamsters who picketed Republic Services/Allied Waste carried signs with the same message on the signs carried by Memphis sanitation workers that year: "I Am A Man."<br /><br />Finally, the contract also improves the discipline and discharge procedures and bereavement leave, and increases the workers’ boot allowance.

Teamster victory! Waste workers ratify contract, win long battle

Eighty of our brothers and sisters in Evansville, Ind., scored a major Teamster  victory Monday when they ratified a contract with Republic...

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Anti-worker agenda advances in North Carolina

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Extremists in North Carolina, ignoring the turmoil caused by their anti-worker agenda, pushed forward yesterday with <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/politics&id=9183110&pt=print" rel="nofollow">bills to empower corporations and savage the middle class</a>. The House and Senate approved a budget that raises taxes on middle-class families and slashes public education funding, while the Senate approved a voter suppression bill that targets minorities, low-income residents, senior citizens and the disabled.</span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ4BGZX4b2fGzxXeVHk8yNuwyl3JGytbGkqvzzO6geafFC-sCVSN2Svn03mcdE30K_sSlT2gNInXS3r2wGF1We9cLre1ASREYZlqLB098BUc1xioXDGueeumep0UsfD6LY2TZ2KvVEf5u/s1600/7-25NCprotest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="This is a photo of demonstrators who were protesting voter suppression legislation in the office of N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis." border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ4BGZX4b2fGzxXeVHk8yNuwyl3JGytbGkqvzzO6geafFC-sCVSN2Svn03mcdE30K_sSlT2gNInXS3r2wGF1We9cLre1ASREYZlqLB098BUc1xioXDGueeumep0UsfD6LY2TZ2KvVEf5u/s320/7-25NCprotest.jpg" title="Protest in N.C. House Speaker's office" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Protesters gather in Speaker Tillis' office.<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Legislature is set to adjourn today with its anti-worker agenda likely to pass. The voter suppression bill and the budget will head to Gov. Pat McCrory’s desk, and he is expected to sign both. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> They are fulfilling the anti-worker agenda pushed by </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/02/heres-billionaire-trying-to-destroy.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">greedy billionaire Art Pope</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, an </span><a href="http://www.alecexposed.org/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ALEC</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> disciple and </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/10/bombshell-kochs-sold-oil-equipment-to.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strike>Benedict Arnold</strike></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Koch brothers buddy who got himself appointed state budget director after financing a number of radical politicians’ campaigns. <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;">The Legislature’s ALEC-inspired attacks on workers inspired a popular uprising that takes the form of weekly Moral Monday protests at the Statehouse. The demonstrations have resulted in 925 arrests for civil disobedience over the last 12 weeks. </span><a href="http://www.ncae.org/whats-new/moral-monday-protest-walk-join-us/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Organizers of the Moral Monday rallies</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> are already promising to make their voices heard on Monday, during the next planned protest of the Legislature’s extreme anti-worker agenda. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The budget bill cuts $260 million from North Carolina’s public education budget, hampering teachers who are already among the nation’s lowest paid. It also ends tenure and will lead to more crowded classrooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The Raleigh News-Observer </span><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/23/3051929/teachers-take-another-hit-in-state.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">took the GOP to task</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for the cuts in an editorial, saying its own leaders don’t even understand the implications:</span><br /><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Take Phil Berger, Republican senator from Eden and that chamber’s president pro-tem. When pressed for the reasons he has crusaded for ending teacher tenure in North Carolina’s public schools, Berger just says he heard about a lot of incompetent teachers hanging on thanks to tenure.</blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq">… Teachers are the heart of the most noble thing this state and this nation do: provide an education to all. And yet Berger and other Republicans speak of public schools as if they were more a nuisance than a monument to enlightenment. They also seem to believe they can continue to make teachers a target of petty criticism, pay them poorly, offer them few benefits and still maintain a quality school system.</blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.storyofamerica.org/voting_fan" rel="nofollow">Six opponents of a voter suppression bill were arrested</a> after entering the office of House Speaker Thom Tillis last night. They refused to leave until they spoke with him and he agreed to halt the legislation. They may have hope: The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/us/holder-wants-texas-to-clear-voting-changes-with-the-us.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">U.S. Justice Department could challenge</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> North Carolina’s voter law, as it announced today it will take new restrictive state measures to court.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>

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Gov. Bob McDonnell visits American troops in Afghanistan

<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="alignleft" height="170" src="http://www.governor.virginia.gov/utility/media/DSC_1493.JPG" width="257" /> <img alt="" class="alignleft" height="170" src="http://www.governor.virginia.gov/utility/media/DSC_1601.JPG" width="257" /></div><br />Virginia's Governor Bob McDonnell is a 21-year <a href="http://vapolitics.us/2013/07/the-mcdonnell-affair-context-and-perspective/">U.S. Army veteran</a> who retired in 1997 as a Lieutenant Colonel. This week he is part of a U.S. State Department trip to Kuwait and Afghanistan to visit with American troops.<br /><br />On Tuesday the Governor wrote about his mission:<br /><blockquote>As you read this email I'm currently visiting with our troops in Afghanistan.<br /><br />This trip began at the start of the week, but due to security requirements we weren't able to make it public until today.<br /><br />On Monday I joined Montana Governor Steve Bullock for a briefing at the Pentagon, followed by a very moving experience meeting with wounded warriors at Walter Reed National Medical Center. I cannot say enough about the bravery and the courage shown by these great American patriots who have given so much so that we may be free.<br /><br />Yesterday we arrived at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and traveled to Udairi Army Air Field where I got to hold a town hall with Virginians serving there. The first thing I did was thank them, on behalf of all Virginians, for their service. After breakfast this morning with the troops we were back in the air, arriving here in Kabul a while ago.<br /><br />We will remain in Afghanistan today and tomorrow, and continue meeting with Virginia soldiers and military leaders. Friday we will travel to Germany and visit a military medical facility to again meet with men and women who have been wounded in the service of our country. Part of that visit will be a little bit of a homecoming for me. I served in the Army in Germany in the late 70's as a platoon leader with the 2nd Armored Division, including running a medical clinic for our post. It will be nice to be back. <br /><br />As Virginians, we have a close and historic relationship with the American military. This great Commonwealth can rightly be called the "home of America's Armed Services." From the Pentagon to Langley to Fort Lee to Naval Station Norfolk, the military defines our communities, employs our loved ones, and is an integral part of the fabric of life in this great state. I know that like myself, our daughter Jeanine who served in the Army in Iraq, and both my father and my father-in-law, so many of you have served our nation with honor and valor. Thank you for your service. And I also know that many of you who are reading this have loved ones in harm's way at this very moment. Our prayers and our deep appreciation are with you and your family.<br /><br />This is a trip I've looked forward to for a long time. Freedom is not free. Everyday we wake up safe and secure because our neighbors, co-workers, family members and friends have volunteered to leave the peace of home for the danger and uncertainty of our world's most volatile locations. On this trip, I'm telling them, on behalf of all of us, thank you. The people of Virginia will never forget their service, their courage, their sacrifice.<br /><br />God Bless Our Troops.</blockquote>

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A big Ooooooops

I forgot to post yesterday.  Yesterday was a very busy day at work and then I went to dinner with a friend.  I TOTALLY forgot about you guys - ooooops sorry.<br /><br />Anyway, yesterday I sort of cheated, but Belviq would not let me cheat much.  For Dinner, I ordered a salad with steak and my friend ordered a 1/2 order of a blooming onion as an appetizer.  Now, if you don't know Outback Steakhouse and what a Blooming onion is, it's an onion creatively sliced (but not separated) and coated in a batter and deep fried.  You tear off pieces and dip in a sauce.  We ordered the smaller size - which is called pedals, and it is all separated because it's not a full onion.  That was my cheat.  HA!  But with Belviq, I wasn't able to eat much at all.  So, I got to taste a little "fun" fried food but not gorge myself.<br /><br />As fun as that was, it was WAY to rich for me.  I had a very ugly tummy all night!!  My tummy said, "Hey, that's a no go".  So, I probably won't do that again.  I like that though because it is reminding me that I want good foods.  <br /><br />This goes to say that Belviq is not for those who do not intend to have a complete lifestyle change in the way they eat.  For some, that little amount probably wouldn't have hurt, but because I have been so committed and not cheated even once since starting, my body is completely against all of that "ugly" food.  Yes, it went from fun food to ugly food really fast HA!<br /><br />Tomorrow night is our company's happy hour.  I do not intend on drinking at all.  I am sure that if my tummy can't handle a little fried food, that it will balk at the fact of having alcohol ha!  I don't plan on staying long at all!!!<br /><br />Anyway, Happy Thursday!<br /><br />xoxox<br />Ellie<br /><br />follow me on twitter @ewenker<br /><br />

A big Ooooooops

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Ideas In Looking For The Best Personal Trainer Palo Alto

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Michael Petry</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Palo Alto is the home base of some of the largest technological companies all over the world. Among these are Facebook, Google, PayPal as well as Apple, Inc. Throughout the city, you will find lots of busy professionals who are successful in their own field of careers. But regardless of how busy the people in this place are, they still would find time to work out because they know that this is their key to good health.<br /> <br /> So if you're from Palo Alto and are looking for a trainer to hire, then you'll be happy to know that there are lots of choices available. To help you in looking for the best personal trainer Palo Alto, here are some tips for you.<br /> <br /> What To Look For<br /> <br /> There are a lot of ways to look for a trainer in Palo Alto to hire. You can check with a local gym or some fitness centers that are spread out all over the city. They usually have trainers who would be willing to train you privately. You can choose to have your workout training done in the gym or right in the comfort of your home.<br /> <br /> Where To Find One<br /> <br /> What To Look For<br /> <br /> One of the most important things to consider before hiring a trainer is his or her credentials. The trainer must be certified by a reputable organization or institution. You can check out the website of the American Council on Exercise for more information on this. Furthermore, the website of the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America has published some names of a reputable personal trainer Palo Alto that you can hire.<br /> <br /> What To Ask<br /> <br /> Once you found a potential trainer to hire, your next step is to contact them over the phone or to meet them personally for an interview. On your first meeting, you should be able to ask questions like what experiences they've got when it comes to fitness training. You should also ask for their credentials, availability, method of training and of course, the price that they'll charge you for the entire duration of the training.<br /> <br /> During your interview with the personal trainer Palo Alto, ask yourself if you are comfortable with the person you're talking to. If you're not, then perhaps you should search for another one to employ.<br /> <br /> So these are the 3 tips to keep in mind with regards to looking for the best personal trainer Palo Alto to hire.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting in good condition with the assistance of <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-palo-alto/">Personal Trainer Moraga</a> not only boosts your own physique but also your well being too. The huge benefits that one can get from <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-moraga/">Personal Trainer Palo Alto</a> are limitless.</div><br /> </div><br />

Ideas In Looking For The Best Personal Trainer Palo Alto

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This Article Can Help You Make Far Better Consuming Alternatives

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Scharlotte McHandsen</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Nutrition is often a standard element of everyone's life. Every person has it. We either have solid nutritional habits, or we usually do not. Do not worry--it's surely probable to begin adopting healthier eating habits irrespective of exactly where you are starting from, and also you can do it with or without salad!<br /> <br /> Opt for a eating plan that is definitely wealthy in healthful entire grains. Whole grains are a healthier selection each time, and will serve the body effectively when consumed instead of refined white breads. Try to find labels that do not include the word "refined", and rather say that the item contains 100% entire wheat. Make this a staple in your every single day diet program. 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You are going to uncover the meals just as tasty too!<br /> <br /> Suitable nutrition indicates eating foods which might be higher in calcium. High-calcium selections can consist of dairy merchandise, kale, spinach, sardines, and some beans. Calcium is needed so that you can have bones and teeth that are healthier. After you do not get adequate calcium, you are in danger of building osteoporosis, which weakens the bones. It's a debilitating disorder which progressively softens your bones and makes them brittle.<br /> <br /> Diabetics have plenty of challenging nutrition demands. Eat routinely, mainly because this will likely preserve your blood sugar at a manageable level. A lot of fresh produce, whole grains and low-fat dairy solutions are perfect for this goal. Eating at a distinct hour on a daily basis is crucial for them.<br /> <br /> When cutting back on sugar, remember to cut back on corn syrup also because it is also sugar. 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If flavor is your main purpose for cooking with fats, attempt rather to add fresh herbs or spices to whatever meal that you are cooking as this can be a more nutritional way to get some flavor into your dish.<br /> <br /> Moderating your meals and eating 4-6 occasions for the duration of the day can help you feel superior and healthier. It is going to be less difficult for your stomach to digest smaller sized amounts of food and also you will get power all through your day as an alternative of getting to snack. Give it a shot!<br /> <br /> Deprivation is not fun. Nutrition isn't about deprivation, it really is about eating the appropriate issues additional typically and eating the bad items in moderation. 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The Governor apologizes to his 'beloved Virginia'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4Y_AWizh7QcuslFRPhSceew5wtXy6uY8dBusf28h0E98EV5dGuCnikHwwj3e1aBXL4-Nt-K8fWX0Fj0dLkeFM65bR2t8fP9RO95x4YW8KBUaV_jdFIvJltU7bzk7ByBj1iCYSCdJfL7b/s1600/Bob+McDonnell+Bill+Bolling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4Y_AWizh7QcuslFRPhSceew5wtXy6uY8dBusf28h0E98EV5dGuCnikHwwj3e1aBXL4-Nt-K8fWX0Fj0dLkeFM65bR2t8fP9RO95x4YW8KBUaV_jdFIvJltU7bzk7ByBj1iCYSCdJfL7b/s400/Bob+McDonnell+Bill+Bolling.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Governor Bob McDonnell and Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling<br />Executive Mansion, January 2011</div><br /><i>"Being Governor of Virginia is the highest honor of my 37 years in public service. I am deeply sorry for the embarrassment certain members of my family and I brought upon my beloved Virginia and her citizens. I want you to know that I broke no laws and that I am committed to regaining your sacred trust and confidence. I hope today's action is another step toward that end. </i><br /><br /><i>"Virginia has never been stronger and I plan to focus on creating even more jobs and facilitating greater opportunity during the last five months of my term as your Governor. Our work together on education, transportation, pension reform, voting rights, and economic expansion has produced great results for Virginia." </i>--Governor Bob McDonnell (July 23, 2013)<br /><br />Cross-posted at <a href="http://vapoliticalpineapple.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-governor-apologizes-to-his-beloved.html">Va Political Pineapple</a><br /><br />Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />January 2011 

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U.S. House schedule for Thursday, July 25, 2013

<i>From Majority Leader Eric Cantor....</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>THURSDAY, JULY 25TH </b></u><br /> On Thursday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. <br /> First and last votes expected: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>One Minute Speeches</b><br /><br /> <a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=351064-6846703" target="_blank"><b>H.R. 2218</b></a> - Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013 (Structured Rule) <i>(Sponsored by Rep. David McKinley / Energy and Commerce Committee)</i><br /> <blockquote> The Rule provides for one hour of general debate and makes in order the following amendments:<br /> </blockquote><blockquote><blockquote> <b>Rep. Gerry Connolly Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)<br /> <b>Rep. Henry Waxman Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)<br /> <b>Rep. Paul Tonko Amendment</b> (10 minutes of debate)<br /> </blockquote></blockquote><b>Special Order Speeches</b><br /><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>COMMITTEE ACTIVITY OF THE DAY </b></u><br /> Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Energy hearing on ”<a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=351065-6846703" target="_blank">The Future of Coal: Utilizing America’s Abundant Energy Resources</a>” (Thursday, July 25th, at 9:30 a.m.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=351066-6846703" target="_blank">Printable PDF</a>

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/></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE NEW GREAT GAME: EUROPE LOOKS WITHIN FOR ROOTS OF RENEWAL</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The term “the Great Game” referred to the strategic rivalry between the BRITISH and RUSSIAN empires in CENTRAL ASIA. Today’s Great Game is the battle for economic survival in a world of low economic growth. In such a world economic nationalism reasserts itself, reducing free trade in goods and services and free movement of capital. Escalating sovereign debt and banking sector problems will favour EUROPEAN introspection.</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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Individual EUROPEAN economies are modest in size relative to the US. But as a single entity the EUROPEAN UNION, including the 17-member EUROZONE, accounts for more than 25 per cent of global GDP, making it the world’s largest economic unit.</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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The EU is a more open economy, being the world’s largest exporter and importer of good and services. But around 75 per cent of its trade is within member nations, aided by removal of trade barriers and the common currency. For example, GERMANY, the EU’s largest economy and one of the world’s largest exporters, sells more than 60 per cent of its products within the EU, much of it to other EUROZONE members.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The union is largely self-sufficient in food, thanks in part – as in the US – to subsidies, minimum price schemes and trade restrictions which favour farmers. The EU is a net energy importer, although mutually beneficial strategic agreements with RUSSIA and other neighbouring countries rich in energy can provide security of supply. Significant potential natural gas finds in the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN may emerge as a source of energy for EUROPE.</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 style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">ENERGY HOTSPOT: EASTERN MED</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">COULD IT BE THAT THE TROIKA IN REALITY FOCUSES ON TAKING CONTROL OF CYPRUS’S PROCLAIMED HYDROCARBON FINDINGS? </span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/cypruss-financial-crisis-and-its.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/cypruss-financial-crisis-and-its.html</a></span></div></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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">EUROPE has many of the requirements of a closed economy. The need for greater integration to deal with its debt problems may be the catalyst for the shift to autarchy.</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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a unit, the EUROZONE’S current account is nearly balanced, its trade account has a small surplus, the overall fiscal deficit is modest and the aggregate level of public debt, while high, is manageable. But individual members of the EUROZONE vary widely in terms of income, public finances, external account and debt levels. Greater integration would help resolve some of these variations.</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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, it would necessitate a net wealth transfer from richer to weaker members. Stronger, more creditworthy members would also have to underwrite the borrowings of weaker nations – something that net lenders such as GERMANY, FINLAND and NETHERLANDS are opposed to.</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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But even without agreement on EUROZONE bonds, de facto mutualisation of debt will take place. As more financing for weaker nations moves to official institutions such as the EUROPEAN Central Bank and bailout funds, the commitment of stronger countries, especially GERMANY and FRANCE, increases. They implicitly assume the liabilities of weaker members of the EUROZONE.</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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If the EUROZONE fragments, it will morph into a smaller version of itself, probably consisting of stronger core nations and some smaller entities. Nursing large losses and a significant diminution of wealth, survivors are likely to favour autarchical policies to restore economic health.</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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Economic difficulties are driving secessionist movements within EUROPE. While ethnic and political identity is the primary driver, an emerging factor is financial. Catalan nationalists argue that the region is financially burdened by being part of SPAIN – which they say absorbs 8 per cent of Catalonia’s GDP, or about €16bn (£14bn) – and would be better off as an independent entity. As SPAIN implements a harsh austerity program, Catalans, facing sharp cutbacks in public services such as health and education, are convinced that independence would restore their economic fortunes.</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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Separatist movements are also active in many other EUROPEAN nations. The pressures for secession complicate international economic relationships and the reshaping of the global trading system, forcing a narrow domestic focus.</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="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Irrespective of its policy choices, EUROPE faces a prolonged period of economic stagnation as it works off its debt burden and undertakes major structural changes to correct imbalances. During this transition, EUROPE will be forced to focus internally, husbanding savings and wealth needed to absorb the large debt write-offs required. Explicit or implicit capital controls and trade restrictions are natural policy measures to assist in this adjustment, marking a shift to a more closed economy.</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;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/the-new-great-game-europe-looks-within-for-roots-of-renewal-8727209.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Source: UK Independent</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

EUROPE

THE NEW GREAT GAME: EUROPE LOOKS WITHIN FOR ROOTS OF RENEWAL The term “the Great Game” referred to the strategic rivalry between the BRITIS...

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Today's Teamster News 07.25.13

<a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/labor-and-human-rights-coalition-call-suspension-trade-discussion-vietnam" rel="nofollow">Labor and Human Rights Coalition, including Teamsters, Call for Suspension of Trade Discussion with Vietnam</a>  IBT   ...Yesterday, a coalition of labor and human rights leaders called on negotiations with Vietnam around the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to be suspended until the country can prove it has met basic labor, environmental and human right standards...<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Ty0ByUYFE&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow">SCI is a Bad Neighbor, Forcing Teamsters Out on Strike</a>   IBT   ...SCI, a $3.5 billion corporation which operates 16 funeral homes in the Chicagoland area, forced its Local 727 Teamsters out on an unfair labor practices strike on July 2. Visit <a href="http://www.integrityinillinois.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.integrityinillinois.com/</a> for updates on their fight for fairness. View the video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Ty0ByUYFE&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow">here</a>...<br /><a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1202139/media-advisory-the-teamsters-donate-40-000-to-the-victims-of-lac-megantic" rel="nofollow">The Teamsters donate $40,000 to the victims of Lac-Mégantic</a>  Canada Newswire   ...Teamsters Canada has collected $40,000 from its locals throughout the country and it will be donated to help out the victims of the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy...<br /><a href="http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-ecrmc-nurse-staff-in-contract-negotiations-with-hospital-20130724,0,7002688.story" rel="nofollow">Teamster nursing staff at ECRMC in contract negotiations with hospital</a>  Imperial Valley Press   ...El Centro Regional Medical Center’s nursing staff has presented the hospital with a financial proposal as part of its first contract with the hospital as an organized labor group, a representative from Teamsters Local 542 confirmed...<br /><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Union-wants-feds-to-mandate-2-member-train-crews-4683735.php" rel="nofollow">BLET wants feds to mandate 2-member train crews</a>  Associated Press   ...Most railroads in the U.S. use at least two crew members to operate freight trains. But there's no federal rule to prevent them from using one employee as did a Maine-based railroad whose train, while unattended, careened into a Canadian town, causing an explosion and fire that killed 47 people…<br /><a href="http://www.chestertontribune.com/Town%20of%20Chesterton/some_cpd_officers_seek_to_join_t.htm" rel="nofollow">Some CPD officers seek to join Teamsters Local 142</a>   Chesterton Tribune   ...Within the next 30 to 60 days, full-time employees of the Chesterton (Indiana) Police Department -- both sworn officers and civilians -- could put unionization to the vote...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/GCC_letter_to_Schumer.pdf" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Support Vance-Cooks for U.S. Public Printer</a>  IBT   ...George Tedeschi, on behalf of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has written Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) in support of the nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks as U.S. Public Printer...<br /><a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/174964/fired-walmart-workers-arrested-protest-yahoo-headquarters#" rel="nofollow">Fired Walmart Workers Arrested in Protest at Yahoo Headquarters</a>  The Nation   ...Five activists were arrested at Yahoo! headquarters Monday afternoon in a protest over the firing of eleven Walmart employees who this month went on strike...<br /><a href="http://www.mintpressnews.com/wal-mart-workers-strikes-retaliation/165364/" rel="nofollow">Wal-Mart Workers Launch Surprise Strike Over Safety Issues</a>  Mint Press News   ...At least 30 non-union Wal-Mart warehouse workers in California launched a surprise two-day strike this morning to protest alleged retaliation for exposing safety risks...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/wisconsin-capitol-protest-arrests_n_3647623.html" rel="nofollow">Wisconsin Capitol Protest Leads To Two Dozen Arrests As Police Crack Down On Anti-GOP Demonstration</a>  Huffington Post   ...Police made numerous arrests inside the Wisconsin's Capitol building on Wednesday, more than two years after tens of thousands of Wisconsinites filled the rotunda in Madison to protest Gov. Scott Walker's (R) budget...<br /><a href="http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/15347/cps_teachers_protest_layoffs_chanting_emanuel_has_got_to_go/" rel="nofollow">Chicago Teachers Protest Layoffs, Chanting ‘Emanuel Has Got To Go!’</a>  In These Times   ...Bravo and Johnson were among several hundred teachers, parents and community members marching outside the Chicago Board of Education Wednesday morning, protesting the layoffs of more than 2,100 teachers and staff in the past week and other public school cuts...<br /><a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130724/METRO01/307240071" rel="nofollow">Detroit firefighters protest outside of bankruptcy hearing</a>  Detroit News   ...A group of about 40 Detroit firefighters joined protesters gathered outside the downtown federal courthouse Wednesday, to fight against expected cuts to pensions and the potential loss of public safety positions, as lawyers gathered inside for the first hearing in the historic bankruptcy case...<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-24/congress-tells-detroit-to-forget-financial-bailout.html" rel="nofollow">Congress Tells Detroit to Forget Financial Bailout</a>  Bloomberg   ...Lawmakers in Congress are dismissing the possibility of a federal bailout for Detroit, the largest U.S. city to declare bankruptcy....<br /><a href="http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/hundreds-protest-pittsburghs-most-notorious-low-wa/nY2zf/" rel="nofollow">Hundreds protest Pittsburgh’s most notorious low-wage employers</a>  WPXI-TV   ...Hundreds of protestors joined together Wednesday to call on Pittsburgh’s most notorious low wage employers...<br /><a href="http://www.politicususa.com/2013/07/23/north-carolina-senate-passes-draconian-voter-suppression-bill.html" rel="nofollow">North Carolina Senate Passes the Most Draconian Voter Suppression Bill Ever </a> Politicususa   ...This bill makes registering hard and voting harder – with the added bonus of longer voting lines.  To add insult to the pretense that this is about preserving election integrity, they are making it easier for thugs like True the Vote and the Voter Integrity Project to intimidate voters and for outside groups to help Art Pope buy the government...<br /><a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainmxreports/2013-07-24/osha-require-flight-department-hazmat-training" rel="nofollow">OSHA To Require Flight Department Hazmat Training</a>  Aviation International News   ...New regulations from the OSHA mandate the training of thousands of airline workers by December 1 to educate them on how to identify and protect themselves from hazardous chemicals used in the workplace...<br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/events/archive/2013/07/are-shrinking-unions-making-workers-poorer/278048/" rel="nofollow">Are Shrinking Unions Making Workers Poorer?</a>  The Atlantic   ...Here's what we know: Union membership has been nearly <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf" rel="nofollow">cut in half</a> over the past thirty years. During that time, income inequality grew, with the top one percent of wealthiest Americans seeing <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/publication/42729" rel="nofollow">especially big gains</a> in their pre- and post-tax income. And although the economy has grown, wages have not…<br /><a href="http://news.gnom.es/news/worker-centers-offer-a-backdoor-approach-to-union-organizing" rel="nofollow">Worker Centers Offer a Backdoor Approach to Union Organizing</a>  Wall Street Journal   ...Juan Campis was sweating in the 90-plus degree heat as he whipped a white towel across a gleaming black Chevy TrailBlazer at a carwash here in Bronx, N.Y.—one of six in the city that was unionized in recent months with help from two nonprofit community groups…<br /><a href="http://www.mintpressnews.com/3-months-after-texas-fertilizer-explosion-workplace-safety-still-ignored/165892/" rel="nofollow">3 Months After Texas Fertilizer Explosion, Workplace Safety Still Ignored</a>   Mint Press News ...Long after the explosion of a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, killed 15 people, workplace safety violations continue to plague workers across the U.S...<br /><a href="http://www.wrex.com/story/22912044/2013/07/23/new-illinois-law-to-fight-misclassification-of-workers" rel="nofollow">New Illinois law to fight misclassification of workers</a>  WREX13   ...A bill addressing the misclassification of construction workers as independent contractors has been signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn., meant to fight employers who missclassify their workers in an attempt to avoid paying state employment taxes, unemployment insurance, worker's compensation, and overtime...<br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/senate-student-loan-interest-rate-compromise-94715.html">Senate passes student loan interest rate compromise</a>  Politico   ...A hard fought deal to keep student loan interest rates down cleared the Senate Wednesday on a 81-18 vote, despite strong opposition from liberal Democrats who believe it would make skyrocketing student debt even worse in the long run...<br /><br />

Today's Teamster News 07.25.13

Labor and Human Rights Coalition, including Teamsters, Call for Suspension of Trade Discussion with Vietnam   IBT   ...Yesterday, a coalit...

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Application Development Engineer

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">Job Title:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> <o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;">Application Development Engineer</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Location</b>:Flexible*</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Duration:</b> Full time</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Note* :</b> The location of this position is flexible; ho</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wever, the engineer must be able to travel 50% of the time to various KLA-Tencor offices.</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Job Description</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Optical Metrology Division products are used for optical overlay metrology. The portfolio of products includes unique solution packages which are based on hardware and software systems to enhance yield and effectiveness. As a world leader in its field of expertise, the division's products are the most advanced in performance (measurement accuracy of nanometers and below), reliability, ease of use and compatibility with other KLA-Tencor's products.  KLA-Tencor (Israel) controls over 80% of the world market sales in its field, and its products are used by every major semiconductor manufacturer around the world.  KLA-Tencor Israel is located in the Migdal Haemek Industrial Park.  </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marketing support for the development and dealing with complex products, such as operating systems and capital equipment. Makes technical presentations regarding all aspects of OMD products. Assists sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications.  Provides follow-up support in disseminating technical information on specific applications to service personnel, company sales representatives, and customer's employees.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Responsible for developing advanced applications and algorithms for state of the art Optical Metrology systems. Overall responsibility starts at project inception and ends at the first implementation at the customer’s site.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The job includes modeling and simulation of interaction between semiconductors and light. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At least B.Sc degree in Physics, Optical Science/Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowledge of at least one of the following is required: optical systems, Semiconductor processing, Algorithm development and implementation in Matlab.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience in the semi-conductor industry, mainly in the lithography process.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Familiar with YieldStar equipment  is highly preferred.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The location of this position is flexible; however, the engineer must be able to travel 50% of the time to various KLA-Tencor offices. </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doctorate (Academic) OR Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience. OR Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">                           Kindly forward your resumes to <b>vicky.palatnik@kla-tencor.com</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Application Development Engineer

Job Title:   Application Development Engineer Location :Flexible* Duration:  Full time Note* : The location of this position is flexible; h...

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Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, and Sydney Leathers Sexting Scandal...Collateral Damage

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UHDtcBTP18wRe2zM9SEvo_B66Z0-gW_S6nrbkKh1dri_2SPgcQcymCyMb4OHMPvGPI03-GJfxT9EIUnwO3i0ioUGmPHBoTgQNzesBDDqrJz8PnjGSoC7pNzkI6GkjJK48zLGBTn5bhY/s1600/Anthony+Weiner+Huma+Abedin+Sexting+Scandal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UHDtcBTP18wRe2zM9SEvo_B66Z0-gW_S6nrbkKh1dri_2SPgcQcymCyMb4OHMPvGPI03-GJfxT9EIUnwO3i0ioUGmPHBoTgQNzesBDDqrJz8PnjGSoC7pNzkI6GkjJK48zLGBTn5bhY/s400/Anthony+Weiner+Huma+Abedin+Sexting+Scandal.jpg" width="400" /></a>Greetings my friends and thank you for reading, for this may be the most important thing I have ever written, and thankfully Jay and Matt have opened the IWS Radio website up for my own personal news ticker as it were, today.<br /><br />The last day and a half, many news outlets have been reporting on the burgeoning and continuing sexting scandal of former NY Congressman and NYC Mayoral candidate, Anthony Weiner.<br /><br />Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin were on television Tuesday afternoon holding a press conference in response to various news outlets discovering Weiner’s continued sexting habits with among others, one Sydney Leathers.<br /><br />Huma Abedin gave an emotional outcry to the press, the public, and to you and I, to leave them alone.<br /><br />She caterwauled that it’s a private matter….respect their privacy, and let our marital and familial wounds heal, as the Mayor’s race heats up.  Both Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin say that they will deal with, and overcome the hurt in a private manner.<br /><br />Well…<br /><br />That’s just fine for those two, and their kid Jordan, but what about me?<br /><br />Who the hell am I you ask?<br /><br />I am THE Carlos Danger™, and that Weiner jerk has not only hurt his wife, his child, and his career, but he has destroyed the sexting, cyber sex, and chat room reputation that took me years to develop and hone.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZfymKNab9o7C2bFrJrGN_UWVwwPFcyJGRyPm51IrX1iaapGF9pGKzYGIv0XtxqOuPJRgsJzfAu6fG_2dnJJb5XVJN5XSQ2w-kXcm2OrU1dUxEM7lZ9vq8pIh02URaNh6xWLf9hALi04/s1600/Sydney+Leathers+Anthony+Weiner+Sexy+Sexting.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZfymKNab9o7C2bFrJrGN_UWVwwPFcyJGRyPm51IrX1iaapGF9pGKzYGIv0XtxqOuPJRgsJzfAu6fG_2dnJJb5XVJN5XSQ2w-kXcm2OrU1dUxEM7lZ9vq8pIh02URaNh6xWLf9hALi04/s320/Sydney+Leathers+Anthony+Weiner+Sexy+Sexting.jpeg" width="312" /></a>Evidently after the first discovery of his sexting capers and his subsequent apology, he still felt the need for speed of internet love yet again, and assumed my online name, Carlos Danger™.<br /><br />When he was getting his virtual dork on with Sydney Leathers couldn’t he have used a more representative moniker like Hebrewlicious64, or Big Maccabee, or simply, Big Apple Tony?<br /><br />Noooooo…He had to assume the phony yet belonging to me name of, Carlos Danger™.<br /><br />That skinny assed hymie has some real chutzpah!!  What the hell right does he have to assume my online pseudonym?  None, and I tell you what…<br /><br />Ever since this story broke, I have received emails from Babs69, Trollin’For Daddy, and MakeMeYour Widow telling me that I am no longer to contact them as my name, Carlos Danger™ is too high profile, and their husbands may find out that they are playin’!!<br /><br />Oy Vey!!<br /><br />Why does Weiner need to be such a shiksa hunter?  Why can’t he enjoy sexting with his own kind?  I know why…because Jewish girls would charge him for it, and at the end of the chat, he would hear and/or read…<br /><br /><i>“That was most unsatisfying; could you send me to Palm Beach to make up for it?”</i><br /><br />Jesus Christ (who your guys killed by the way), could you just man up, state your name, and have online sex? Hell use your real name, because no one with whom you were to screw with online would assume that your real name is Anthony WEINER!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCdm7r-SRzKePSLiEw47t0Ly-uM9SF9wjxGpDdC34ow_xUVWKCTO7xjJzW2imumyWwQ8pkvoQkRkvWcr-WxPcQ_UC_SXhE9VSqRLeycgdGSIpM6jEn8rmxxbp2OqQgdghDv8szbs0w9E/s1600/Carlos+Danger+Anthony+Weiner+Sexting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCdm7r-SRzKePSLiEw47t0Ly-uM9SF9wjxGpDdC34ow_xUVWKCTO7xjJzW2imumyWwQ8pkvoQkRkvWcr-WxPcQ_UC_SXhE9VSqRLeycgdGSIpM6jEn8rmxxbp2OqQgdghDv8szbs0w9E/s400/Carlos+Danger+Anthony+Weiner+Sexting.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Hell, if you want to live in a virtual world of perversion, have a couple of daughters, go into a chat room called <i>Sodom and Gomorrah</i>, and send sexy tweets to your daughters.<br /><br />Just leave me, and my good name, Carlos Danger™ alone from now on.<br /><br />Thanks Weiner-Mobile, and tell your wife to, “hit me up.”<br /><br /><i>Carlos Danger™</i><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 /><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank">Matt’s Facebook Page</a></u></span></div>

Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, and Sydney Leathers Sexting Scandal...Collateral Damage

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Speed and power to spare: Google Nexus 4 new latest smart phone from Google

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I know that everyone loves Google so it is the Greatest news for Google lovers. Different types of applications are brought to you by Google Nexus 4. It contains latest Android 4.2 jelly bean operating system to operate your phone, 2100 mAh battery capacity, to talk for a long time. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For outer structure it has 1280 x 768 pixel resolution display screen, 139g light weight, rounded edge corner and full touch screen phone with hybrid technology means you feel like you're touching every pixel. Put your world under your fingerprint.</div><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/AVvXsEjhPRukc7hx739MgdcPES9mMO298ZypK05qTXO8XHNz1rdDW_-L69sskhRzy2EVY0IZa4lVfjZ_Sv5MUDOsH8iegdHOeZ9J22rIphIurzHCjZ3vpgo3MGeElaJOizHsXfMRm30uqT1cGEQ/s1600/nexus4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Speed and power to spare: Google Nexus 4 new latest smart phone from Google" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPRukc7hx739MgdcPES9mMO298ZypK05qTXO8XHNz1rdDW_-L69sskhRzy2EVY0IZa4lVfjZ_Sv5MUDOsH8iegdHOeZ9J22rIphIurzHCjZ3vpgo3MGeElaJOizHsXfMRm30uqT1cGEQ/s1600/nexus4.jpg" title="Speed and power to spare: Google Nexus 4 new latest smart phone from Google" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source: google</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can now store your friend photos or family pictures in nexus in-built storage. It has 8 GB internal storage and 2 GB RAM.</div><blockquote class="tr_bq">Google said that The first phone with 360° Panoramas.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">It’s like no camera you've ever seen. Up down and all around you, with Nexus 4 it’s more than panoramic, it’s like you’re actually there. </blockquote>Nexus provide 8 MP rear camera and 1.3 MP front camera for your high quality pics.<br />Nexus 4 provide Google map apps for giving right information at right time such as Weather, latest scores, traffic information, transit schedules etc.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Best Buy from </b></span><br /><br /><a href="https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_8gb&feature=microsite&hl=en">https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_8gb&feature=microsite&hl=en</a></div> <div style="border: thin solid #000000; background-color: #CCCCCC"> <table style="width: 100%;"> <tr> <td class="auto-style1" rowspan="2"> <img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwq1TqeWf9-Gy7S135LTaOHSIQHvbajeZZw0nOINVBSyjn5XxCZOxJlgJcxESBAi5LDZZe-4FMuo_r2K4dEB8ndM79BG_fG7-tGVQ1xr4ZBHzXaUtpCslKV8sXGXVd3GGBvk8Hdh2MHuU/s200/jacob.jpg" style="height: 69px; width: 59px" /></td> <td>About the author : <a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author" >Jacob </a>        <a href="http://pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in/search/label/jacob">View All post by Jacob</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;">He is the co-founder and Chief Editor of pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in. He is well known among his circle for his incredible attraction towards smartphones and tablets.Jacob is a DOTNET programmer and also a part-time Android App developer</span></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div>

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Grove Park Inn on Sunset Mountain in Asheville

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUWmP_hTCj5SrXF2Gp0Ac1J-KRiCWEztZJtzvj4ecbtulWjGdi2lRsC076DtokcXyiSI2mjj5uMmwgopZxqVTKYa_SzgufC_4hQQaMWJOC18bH1-Y8h5Nxp0eLVHMjQA5tIWLUyotEIIW/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUWmP_hTCj5SrXF2Gp0Ac1J-KRiCWEztZJtzvj4ecbtulWjGdi2lRsC076DtokcXyiSI2mjj5uMmwgopZxqVTKYa_SzgufC_4hQQaMWJOC18bH1-Y8h5Nxp0eLVHMjQA5tIWLUyotEIIW/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The historic <a href="http://www.groveparkinn.com/">Grove Park Inn</a> on Sunset Mountain in Asheville, NC, is celebrating its 100th year anniversary.<br /><br />It was during the 1880s that Edwin W. Grove, owner and founder of Grove’s Pharmacy and Paris Medicine Company of St. Louis, Missouri, began spending his summers in Asheville. A frequent sufferer of bronchitis, Grove’s doctor had advised that the mountain climate might prove soothing and beneficial. He came to love the area after spending more and more of his time in Asheville and became quite involved in the growth and development of the small city.<br /><br />Grove dreamed of building a resort hotel as early as 1909, but it wasn’t until 1912 that his dream began to take shape. Workers from all over the South converged on a grassy mountain slope overlooking the city and the construction of The Grove Park Inn was under way. Hundreds of mules, wagons, pulleys and ropes were used to move the massive granite stones mined from Sunset Mountain, some weighing as much as 10,000 pounds, into place. In an engineering marvel, it only took eleven months and 29 days to complete. <br /><br />Since that time, thousands of visitors have passed through the resort’s majestic lobby, drawing inspiration from the numerous quotes by authors, famous and unknown, that adorn its distinctive stone architecture. <br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7r2h-geP2ZrInE25ddNv_5rkjNDfXGAP-K8DWtu_v1LIhB_dyITy2g76evMjqt5P479V6aQqthrc8givuVEzvyrd6SvM2bGuErJCHy8s_o1L_8rwAMxh5hVTvYD-f8k0nTHGWFHJ_r5C/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7r2h-geP2ZrInE25ddNv_5rkjNDfXGAP-K8DWtu_v1LIhB_dyITy2g76evMjqt5P479V6aQqthrc8givuVEzvyrd6SvM2bGuErJCHy8s_o1L_8rwAMxh5hVTvYD-f8k0nTHGWFHJ_r5C/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Majestic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains from the front terrace.<br /><br />With its distinctive undulating red clay tile roof and original Roycroft furnishings and fixtures, The Grove Park Inn captures the essence of the Arts and Crafts movement. Throughout its massive lobby, words of inspiration from noted authors and anonymous sources are etched in stone.<br /><br />The pure mountain air, impeccable service, and unparalleled cuisine have attracted visitors by the score. At the end of the 20th century, The Grove Park Inn underwent a major renovation, adding a 40,000-square foot spa and expanding its outstanding sports complex.<br /><br />The grand opening of the Grove Park Inn in 1913 featured a keynote address by well-known orator William Jennings Bryan.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8X2aVu5NHASrCl0nWWdA6EUR0ee2uvqyGrpiGqez9_ac9ZU1et1jYRHZ_y-Cvl01h7NekiARY1mLIGmRESZ9NDqzFJYa3AkuQ7GfUmxeLca4Cs8FOLsA2Phpn_iqrOAWc3mIfgvuVuxSp/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8X2aVu5NHASrCl0nWWdA6EUR0ee2uvqyGrpiGqez9_ac9ZU1et1jYRHZ_y-Cvl01h7NekiARY1mLIGmRESZ9NDqzFJYa3AkuQ7GfUmxeLca4Cs8FOLsA2Phpn_iqrOAWc3mIfgvuVuxSp/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Ten U.S. presidents have stayed at the hotel: Calvin Coolidge, Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCaAxHXMrIV5P8wHjVZ1KaJwR-q1xEKBqhMTlqt_8h67TDgQKIuv5EoORbC8BJHfbj-wMuLehHIHgj0g_33Edas75M6VSq9-skdUbj_wQmX04bQ1godoeJWY36M8LH3k6ehrS5G94hCHg/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCaAxHXMrIV5P8wHjVZ1KaJwR-q1xEKBqhMTlqt_8h67TDgQKIuv5EoORbC8BJHfbj-wMuLehHIHgj0g_33Edas75M6VSq9-skdUbj_wQmX04bQ1godoeJWY36M8LH3k6ehrS5G94hCHg/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Exiled Philippine government leaders were housed in a guest cottage on the property during World War II.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVC3xq-DBRX5_XVW70vObYxaPHh4w3uffAHafHpEb4J6haBD6FgkIy7Mw2HVGcT0YWVdOupLn5I4AhUtsNfDioccJVzNzlyjEIJNxzbwcUwoRJ6XYB2E0z5eAfw8Zc2o7Bwk1zGKe2PkWr/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVC3xq-DBRX5_XVW70vObYxaPHh4w3uffAHafHpEb4J6haBD6FgkIy7Mw2HVGcT0YWVdOupLn5I4AhUtsNfDioccJVzNzlyjEIJNxzbwcUwoRJ6XYB2E0z5eAfw8Zc2o7Bwk1zGKe2PkWr/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">SWAC Daughter taking a picture of me taking a picture of her.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhupUWFRmntzLEA6PlYZquQaaHq_olidwRdMzPmWGuq2jk4vbN8NLRgEMyxSkFzEGfxFNaBdaoF74WrYCTa3jJ1rSgADNW_Xe-I2TxShWdn7fex1CHJQSQHtCtpiUbrekGvdhgwMp3SG2/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhupUWFRmntzLEA6PlYZquQaaHq_olidwRdMzPmWGuq2jk4vbN8NLRgEMyxSkFzEGfxFNaBdaoF74WrYCTa3jJ1rSgADNW_Xe-I2TxShWdn7fex1CHJQSQHtCtpiUbrekGvdhgwMp3SG2/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Asheville's skyline</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSL6mq_CdE7G63UITyyXl0TZ18Xj4hxAQfNLEaimDANJdZbLPmW1akbaLEnldQL1iUPN_DGePZtq_hqZCpBe0zMkOiKxEKoVSYI23_jtC36174JKRZfUoA3MaECAuqCIHviaEECisrH2QY/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSL6mq_CdE7G63UITyyXl0TZ18Xj4hxAQfNLEaimDANJdZbLPmW1akbaLEnldQL1iUPN_DGePZtq_hqZCpBe0zMkOiKxEKoVSYI23_jtC36174JKRZfUoA3MaECAuqCIHviaEECisrH2QY/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Spa at the Grove Park Inn</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWxiKJ6bJF_Rcsm81Q3VSSEz7UyVP2BdxWPiW2Wn4NPrThSNBGCCQF_tVs6PDCIwJ8OWjufKAn4PEGcGAEKuYvwP_2HKLPbTd6kuEPG7hvbPq3WnBBSIAiFNzPqTcVccvuNiX8Zr1QmEb/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Rockefeller, Gen. John J. Pershing, Dean Smith, Jerry Seinfeld, John Waters, David & Amy Sedaris, Mischa Barton, Mike Huckabee, former NC Governor Bev Perdue, Sanjay Gupta, Trey Anastasio, Charles Schwab, Enrico Caruso, Harry Houdini, Al Jolson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bobby Jones, Wiley Post, Will Rogers, Bill Tilden, Billy Graham, William Shatner, Don Cheadle, Vijay Kansupada, and many others.<br /><br />F. Scott Fitzgerald stayed at the hotel for two years to write while his wife was in an asylum in Asheville. The rooms in which he stayed, Suites 441 to 443, are available for guests. One is furnished exactly as it was during his stay in the 1930s. Rooms in which famous people stayed are marked by plaques on the door saying who stayed there and when.<br /><br />On February 3, 1930, William Howard Taft resigned from the US Supreme Court in the Great Hall Lobby.<br /><br />In 1999, gospel artist Bill Gaither recorded "Mountain Homecoming" in his series of Gaither Homecoming videos and CDs in the Great Hall lobby, including artists Gloria Gaither, Mark Lowry, Larry Gatlin, the Bishops, Stephen Hill, Joy Gardner, and Ben Isaacs.</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />Grove Park Inn<br />July 24, 2013

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The historic Grove Park Inn on Sunset Mountain in Asheville, NC, is celebrating its 100th year anniversary. It was during the 1880s that Ed...

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX8wYJ407sarcpr-cdro58HRRZQAtEXBfsNGlJxdxNeZkcyY-gPoRsfFn0NupeCsdu-Wggcqggee6pMRkaZmI3vXdRyWtPXi7G9K9Ns_APO7TMYeqGWH7oLkbsEXxwZLe09kE_C5fCAyT/s1600/George+H.W.+Bush+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX8wYJ407sarcpr-cdro58HRRZQAtEXBfsNGlJxdxNeZkcyY-gPoRsfFn0NupeCsdu-Wggcqggee6pMRkaZmI3vXdRyWtPXi7G9K9Ns_APO7TMYeqGWH7oLkbsEXxwZLe09kE_C5fCAyT/s640/George+H.W.+Bush+1.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="userContent">President George H.W. Bush, 89, and his entire security detail shaved their heads in solidarity with the two-year-old son of one of his security guys. That's loyalty, class, and love all rolled into one....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2dpgSQWg3o_7qOmgRh7kCX6SA5J25O6RExlvqLkyNZ1UpOw2YT7fEDhzHU6yl8a4fw1_wSc500hiG798dttmbOadA4nDGffAUn9k5aSny-StkWyWUvIms99hO9xq15AzUClnoIeYuyvl/s1600/George+H.W.+Bush+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2dpgSQWg3o_7qOmgRh7kCX6SA5J25O6RExlvqLkyNZ1UpOw2YT7fEDhzHU6yl8a4fw1_wSc500hiG798dttmbOadA4nDGffAUn9k5aSny-StkWyWUvIms99hO9xq15AzUClnoIeYuyvl/s400/George+H.W.+Bush+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> <span class="text_exposed_show">KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE -- President George H. W. Bush this week joined members of his Secret Service detail in shaving his head to show his support for the two year-old son of a detail member who is being treated for leukemia and started losing his hair.<br /> <br /> The 89 year-old commander-in-chief took the unusual step earlier this week after learning, and seeing, that many members of his security detail had already gone under the razor to show their support for young Patrick, whose father Jon is a member of the Bush Protective Division (BPD). (Surname being withheld per family's request.)<br /> <br /> BPD members have also launched a website at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patrickspals.org&h=kAQHXkGjx&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.patrickspals.org</a> to assist with Patrick's medical bills, and organized the Inaugural Patrick's Pals Motorcycle Benefit Run on August 10th in Kennebunkport -- a 50-mile motorcycle ride through the Maine countryside followed by a lunch and silent auction to raise funds for Patrick's treatments.<br /> <br /> Once President and Mrs. Bush learned of this "Patrick's Pals" effort, they made a donation and President Bush volunteered to shave his head as well. The Bushes lost their second child, Robin, to leukemia 60 years ago this October at the age of four.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show"><i>Photos from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/georgebushfoundation">George Bush Presidential Library</a></i> </span></span></span>

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  President George H.W. Bush, 89, and his entire security detail shaved their heads in solidarity with the two-year-old son of one of his ...

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