Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Body Shop chain to cut 275 jobs
Zale jeweler to close 115 stores, wow.....a year ago, the share price is around 20 bucks, now, 1.39!
NFL Sports league cuts up to 169 jobs; commissioner says he will forego up to 25% of salary, accept pay freeze next year.
UK Standard Life cuts 195 sales jobs
Chemical bother prompts BASF loss, wow.....
UK Carphone says 450 jobs 'at risk'
UK Rail firm, National Express hints at more job cuts
UK Insurance giant, Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) axes 1,200 jobs
$27,000 to watch a Bears game?!? watch out for AT & T scammer!
Geologists dispute Jindal's volcano comments; he is an idiot.
Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant Contractor Bechtel Announces Layoffs, about 80 people; ChE????
COO Peter Chernin to depart News Corp. in June
Computer Chip maker Micron Tech to cut up to 2,000 more jobs in Idaho
Flash memory maker Spansion cuts 3,000 employees, 35 pct of workforce
Zale jeweler to close 115 stores, wow.....a year ago, the share price is around 20 bucks, now, 1.39!
NFL Sports league cuts up to 169 jobs; commissioner says he will forego up to 25% of salary, accept pay freeze next year.
UK Standard Life cuts 195 sales jobs
Chemical bother prompts BASF loss, wow.....
UK Carphone says 450 jobs 'at risk'
UK Rail firm, National Express hints at more job cuts
UK Insurance giant, Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) axes 1,200 jobs
$27,000 to watch a Bears game?!? watch out for AT & T scammer!
Geologists dispute Jindal's volcano comments; he is an idiot.
Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant Contractor Bechtel Announces Layoffs, about 80 people; ChE????
COO Peter Chernin to depart News Corp. in June
Computer Chip maker Micron Tech to cut up to 2,000 more jobs in Idaho
Flash memory maker Spansion cuts 3,000 employees, 35 pct of workforce
NEWSPRINT IN OUTRIGHT FREEFALL
It's the name of an article that I read this morning (I can't post it here because of copyright) ......We are diving down quick...
Catalyst idles Elk Falls paper mill and Crofton pulp mill indefinitely, so who else is making paper besides mill-town?
Plastic Newspaper, DAMN PLASTIC!
How Many Homes Do We Need Anyway?, I guess IT IS NONE at the moment.
S&P cuts Weyerhaeuser rating on poor market conditions
Plastic Newspaper, DAMN PLASTIC!
How Many Homes Do We Need Anyway?, I guess IT IS NONE at the moment.
S&P cuts Weyerhaeuser rating on poor market conditions
I am so proud, can you tell?
Here's the transcript of his remarks, courtesy of the White House Press Secretary:
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AND
COMMERCE SECRETARY NOMINEE GARY LOCKE
Indian Treaty Room
11:08 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Last night, I outlined my vision for our common future -- one in which we accept the responsibility to act boldly and wisely to confront the extraordinary challenges of our times, put people back to work doing the work America needs done, and lay a new foundation for America's growth and prosperity.
Today, I'm pleased to announce that I'm filling out my economic team with a man who shares that vision, and who will play a key role in carrying it out as my Secretary of Commerce: Governor Gary Locke.
Now, I'm sure it's not lost on anyone that we've tried this a couple of times, but I'm a big believer in keeping at something until you get it right. And Gary is the right man for this job.
Sometimes the American story can be told in the span of a single mile. More than 100 years ago, Gary's grandfather left China on a steamship bound for America. He had no family here. He spoke no English. He found work as a servant, and purpose in a dream. He raised a son -- Gary's father -- who would go on to fight in World War II, return home and open a grocery store, and later raise a family of his own.
Gary didn't learn English until he was five, but he earned the rank of Eagle Scout, worked his way through Yale University with the help of scholarships and student loans, and got a law degree. He returned to Washington state and served as a prosecutor, a state representative, chief executive of one of the most populous counties in the United States, and finally as governor -- in the State Capitol building not one mile from the home where his grandfather worked as a servant all those years ago.
So Gary knows the American Dream. He's lived it. And that's why he shares my commitment to do whatever it takes to keep it alive in our time.
Because somewhere in America, another small business owner is hard at work on the next big idea and dreaming big dreams for his grandchild. A scientist is on the cusp of the next breakthrough discovery. An entrepreneur is sketching designs for the startup that will revolutionize an industry. Our economic crisis has put these plans at risk, but it has not dimmed the dreams that inspired them.
That's why we've put a recovery plan into action that will save or create 3.5 million jobs over the next two years. That's why the vast majority of these jobs -- 90 percent -- will be created in the private sector, because we know that business, not government, is the engine of growth in this country.
It is entrepreneurship and industry that are the wellsprings of an economy that has been the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history. It is America's workers and businesses that employ them that will determine our economic destiny. It is the task of the Department of Commerce to help create conditions in which our workers can prosper, our businesses can thrive, and our economy can grow.
That's what Gary did in Washington state, convincing businesses to set up shop and create the jobs of the 21st century -- jobs in science and technology; agriculture and energy -- jobs that pay well and can't be shipped overseas. That's what he did by establishing favorable markets abroad where Washington state's businesses could sell their products. That's what he did by unleashing powerful partnerships between state and local governments, between labor and business -- all with an eye toward prosperity and progress for all those in his state who had dreams of their own.
So Gary will be a trusted voice in my Cabinet, a tireless advocate for our economic competitiveness, and an influential ambassador for American industry who will help us do everything we can -- especially now -- to promote our industry around the world. I'm grateful he's agreed to leave one Washington for another. I'm looking forward to having him on my team as we continue the work of turning our economy around and bringing about a stronger, more prosperous future for all Americans.
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to introduce to you an outstanding public servant, somebody I'm certain will be a great Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke. (Applause.)
GOVERNOR LOCKE: Thank you very much, Mr. President. I'm truly humbled and honored to be asked to join your economic team and to serve as Secretary of Commerce.
As I flew across the country yesterday from Seattle, I saw the cities and farmlands of America below me. And I thought of all those businesses, small and large, that are struggling -- struggling to meet payroll; struggling to provide benefits to their employees; wondering about their future and viability as companies. Most of all, I thought about all those families in those communities who are hurting and worried about their future.
Mr. President, I know you hear their concerns. The American people and I fully support you and have confidence in your bold strategies to turn our economy around, to rejuvenate the health of American businesses, to preserve and create good family wage jobs, to restore our country to an era of lasting prosperity.
You eloquently outlined your strategies last night on how America will rebuild, recover and emerge stronger than ever before. Working with the professionals at the Department of Commerce, I'm committed to making the Department an active and integral partner in advancing your economic policies and restoring the American Dream to all Americans.
Our nation's economic success is tied directly to America continuing to lead in technology and innovation, and in exporting those products, services and ideas to nations around the globe. The Department of Commerce plays a critical role in nurturing innovation, expanding global markets, protecting and managing our ocean fisheries, and fostering economic growth. The Department of Commerce can and will help create the jobs and the economic vitality our nation needs.
When I was first sworn in as governor of the great state of Washington, I told the story of how a hundred years ago, my grandfather came from China as a teenager and worked for a family as a houseboy in exchange for English lessons -- just one mile from the Governor's Mansion. It took our family 100 years to move that one mile, a journey possible only in America.
And during World War II, my father served in the United States Army as a staff sergeant and landed on the shores of Normandy. As a kid I lived in public housing, and my mom and dad worked very hard in the neighborhood grocery store that they owned.
We grew up on the values of get a good education, work hard, and take care of each other. It was a struggle, but thanks to their sacrifices, I received the best education America offered. And here I am today, proud to have the opportunity to serve all the people of our great nation.
My family's story is America's story. Our story is just one of hundreds of millions since the birth of our nation, of people coming from every part of the world in pursuit of the American Dream of freedom, hope and opportunity. In hard times, Americans have rallied together, sacrificed and even given their lives for our country, because they believe in the essential goodness and promise of America.
Americans are prepared to do the same today. They believe in your leadership, Mr. President, and want you to succeed because they want America to succeed. They want a better future for themselves and their children.
We will harness the resources and the talent of the Department of Commerce to help you fulfill your commitment to the American people to build a stronger and more prosperous nation. I embrace this opportunity to serve you and the American people.
And finally I want to thank my family -- my parents and brother and sisters and the extended Locke clan, but especially my beautiful and truly gifted and loving wife, Mona, and the joys of our lives, Emily, Dylan and Madeline. Today would not have been possible without their love, support and sacrifices. And thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity.
THE PRESIDENT: Congratulations. You'll be great.
GOVERNOR LOCKE: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: All right, thank you everybody.
END 11:17 A.M. EST
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AND
COMMERCE SECRETARY NOMINEE GARY LOCKE
Indian Treaty Room
11:08 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Last night, I outlined my vision for our common future -- one in which we accept the responsibility to act boldly and wisely to confront the extraordinary challenges of our times, put people back to work doing the work America needs done, and lay a new foundation for America's growth and prosperity.
Today, I'm pleased to announce that I'm filling out my economic team with a man who shares that vision, and who will play a key role in carrying it out as my Secretary of Commerce: Governor Gary Locke.
Now, I'm sure it's not lost on anyone that we've tried this a couple of times, but I'm a big believer in keeping at something until you get it right. And Gary is the right man for this job.
Sometimes the American story can be told in the span of a single mile. More than 100 years ago, Gary's grandfather left China on a steamship bound for America. He had no family here. He spoke no English. He found work as a servant, and purpose in a dream. He raised a son -- Gary's father -- who would go on to fight in World War II, return home and open a grocery store, and later raise a family of his own.
Gary didn't learn English until he was five, but he earned the rank of Eagle Scout, worked his way through Yale University with the help of scholarships and student loans, and got a law degree. He returned to Washington state and served as a prosecutor, a state representative, chief executive of one of the most populous counties in the United States, and finally as governor -- in the State Capitol building not one mile from the home where his grandfather worked as a servant all those years ago.
So Gary knows the American Dream. He's lived it. And that's why he shares my commitment to do whatever it takes to keep it alive in our time.
Because somewhere in America, another small business owner is hard at work on the next big idea and dreaming big dreams for his grandchild. A scientist is on the cusp of the next breakthrough discovery. An entrepreneur is sketching designs for the startup that will revolutionize an industry. Our economic crisis has put these plans at risk, but it has not dimmed the dreams that inspired them.
That's why we've put a recovery plan into action that will save or create 3.5 million jobs over the next two years. That's why the vast majority of these jobs -- 90 percent -- will be created in the private sector, because we know that business, not government, is the engine of growth in this country.
It is entrepreneurship and industry that are the wellsprings of an economy that has been the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history. It is America's workers and businesses that employ them that will determine our economic destiny. It is the task of the Department of Commerce to help create conditions in which our workers can prosper, our businesses can thrive, and our economy can grow.
That's what Gary did in Washington state, convincing businesses to set up shop and create the jobs of the 21st century -- jobs in science and technology; agriculture and energy -- jobs that pay well and can't be shipped overseas. That's what he did by establishing favorable markets abroad where Washington state's businesses could sell their products. That's what he did by unleashing powerful partnerships between state and local governments, between labor and business -- all with an eye toward prosperity and progress for all those in his state who had dreams of their own.
So Gary will be a trusted voice in my Cabinet, a tireless advocate for our economic competitiveness, and an influential ambassador for American industry who will help us do everything we can -- especially now -- to promote our industry around the world. I'm grateful he's agreed to leave one Washington for another. I'm looking forward to having him on my team as we continue the work of turning our economy around and bringing about a stronger, more prosperous future for all Americans.
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to introduce to you an outstanding public servant, somebody I'm certain will be a great Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke. (Applause.)
GOVERNOR LOCKE: Thank you very much, Mr. President. I'm truly humbled and honored to be asked to join your economic team and to serve as Secretary of Commerce.
As I flew across the country yesterday from Seattle, I saw the cities and farmlands of America below me. And I thought of all those businesses, small and large, that are struggling -- struggling to meet payroll; struggling to provide benefits to their employees; wondering about their future and viability as companies. Most of all, I thought about all those families in those communities who are hurting and worried about their future.
Mr. President, I know you hear their concerns. The American people and I fully support you and have confidence in your bold strategies to turn our economy around, to rejuvenate the health of American businesses, to preserve and create good family wage jobs, to restore our country to an era of lasting prosperity.
You eloquently outlined your strategies last night on how America will rebuild, recover and emerge stronger than ever before. Working with the professionals at the Department of Commerce, I'm committed to making the Department an active and integral partner in advancing your economic policies and restoring the American Dream to all Americans.
Our nation's economic success is tied directly to America continuing to lead in technology and innovation, and in exporting those products, services and ideas to nations around the globe. The Department of Commerce plays a critical role in nurturing innovation, expanding global markets, protecting and managing our ocean fisheries, and fostering economic growth. The Department of Commerce can and will help create the jobs and the economic vitality our nation needs.
When I was first sworn in as governor of the great state of Washington, I told the story of how a hundred years ago, my grandfather came from China as a teenager and worked for a family as a houseboy in exchange for English lessons -- just one mile from the Governor's Mansion. It took our family 100 years to move that one mile, a journey possible only in America.
And during World War II, my father served in the United States Army as a staff sergeant and landed on the shores of Normandy. As a kid I lived in public housing, and my mom and dad worked very hard in the neighborhood grocery store that they owned.
We grew up on the values of get a good education, work hard, and take care of each other. It was a struggle, but thanks to their sacrifices, I received the best education America offered. And here I am today, proud to have the opportunity to serve all the people of our great nation.
My family's story is America's story. Our story is just one of hundreds of millions since the birth of our nation, of people coming from every part of the world in pursuit of the American Dream of freedom, hope and opportunity. In hard times, Americans have rallied together, sacrificed and even given their lives for our country, because they believe in the essential goodness and promise of America.
Americans are prepared to do the same today. They believe in your leadership, Mr. President, and want you to succeed because they want America to succeed. They want a better future for themselves and their children.
We will harness the resources and the talent of the Department of Commerce to help you fulfill your commitment to the American people to build a stronger and more prosperous nation. I embrace this opportunity to serve you and the American people.
And finally I want to thank my family -- my parents and brother and sisters and the extended Locke clan, but especially my beautiful and truly gifted and loving wife, Mona, and the joys of our lives, Emily, Dylan and Madeline. Today would not have been possible without their love, support and sacrifices. And thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity.
THE PRESIDENT: Congratulations. You'll be great.
GOVERNOR LOCKE: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: All right, thank you everybody.
END 11:17 A.M. EST
So sweet, so cute!
ET said:
"dearest fiona,
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襯哂你哋兩個啦,甜到漏...仲有,幸福爆燈!
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"dearest fiona,
送比妳一首我自己超級喜歡嘅歌,
襯哂你哋兩個啦,甜到漏...仲有,幸福爆燈!
fiona:一定要幸福啊! 賢賢:靠哂你喇!要聽哂佢話,唔準反抗! =) "
Bobby Jindal, EPIC FAIL
Governor Jindal, Rising G.O.P. Star, Plummets After Speech; “it was a flop.”!
February 22: Different Cultures, Different Selves, missed it!
Obama's Address To Congress, must listen!
A Defining Moment For Jindal — And GOP's Future?
White House Dog Coming In April, First Lady Says
Obama Pledges: 'We Will Rebuild, We Will Recover'
Journalism Students Uneasy About Job Prospects
Obama Tries Again, Picks Locke For Commerce Seat
Governor Jindal, Rising G.O.P. Star, Plummets After Speech; “it was a flop.”!
February 22: Different Cultures, Different Selves, missed it!
Obama's Address To Congress, must listen!
A Defining Moment For Jindal — And GOP's Future?
White House Dog Coming In April, First Lady Says
Obama Pledges: 'We Will Rebuild, We Will Recover'
Journalism Students Uneasy About Job Prospects
Obama Tries Again, Picks Locke For Commerce Seat
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Obama Names Locke As Commerce Secretary, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uk Insurance firm L&G plans to cut up to 450 jobs
10 Reasons Why We Love Making Lists, do you make list in i.e. myspace, facebook?
Are you changing your eating out habit? Consumers Spurn Dining Out For Prepared Foods
Missouri College Embraces E-Textbooks, this is awful. People needs to read books.
Wow, giving money away to undesirable customers, that's a first. American Express Offers $300 To Close Accounts
Troubled San Francisco Chronicle paper in danger of closing, yikes, we sell them paper.
Philly news execs skip raises in bankruptcy case
Laid-off Microsoft workers get to keep extra severance money
Boeing CEO says bonuses a must to attract top workers
Jaguar asks staff for pay freeze
UK's largest independent coach-building firm, Wrightbus proposes 235 job cuts
Vodafone announces 500 job cuts
Weyerhaeuser to Continue Operating N.C. Pulp Mill
Governor offers to cut own pay, asks teachers to work for free, well will you work for free?
Why I hate Facebook
Regulators close Oregon's Silver Falls Bank
Oregon county opens Dog Food Bank, doggies need food too!
Seeking Ageless Wisdom? Ask the Aged
New Degree Creates Doctor Nurses — And Confusion
Thanks that Bobby Jindal does not run the Bonneville Power Administration, funny commentary.
Uk Insurance firm L&G plans to cut up to 450 jobs
10 Reasons Why We Love Making Lists, do you make list in i.e. myspace, facebook?
Are you changing your eating out habit? Consumers Spurn Dining Out For Prepared Foods
Missouri College Embraces E-Textbooks, this is awful. People needs to read books.
Wow, giving money away to undesirable customers, that's a first. American Express Offers $300 To Close Accounts
Troubled San Francisco Chronicle paper in danger of closing, yikes, we sell them paper.
Philly news execs skip raises in bankruptcy case
Laid-off Microsoft workers get to keep extra severance money
Boeing CEO says bonuses a must to attract top workers
Jaguar asks staff for pay freeze
UK's largest independent coach-building firm, Wrightbus proposes 235 job cuts
Vodafone announces 500 job cuts
Weyerhaeuser to Continue Operating N.C. Pulp Mill
Governor offers to cut own pay, asks teachers to work for free, well will you work for free?
Why I hate Facebook
Regulators close Oregon's Silver Falls Bank
Oregon county opens Dog Food Bank, doggies need food too!
Seeking Ageless Wisdom? Ask the Aged
New Degree Creates Doctor Nurses — And Confusion
Thanks that Bobby Jindal does not run the Bonneville Power Administration, funny commentary.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
A crane accident kills International Paper employee earlier this month.
Philly newspaper owner files for Chapter 11; that includes the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News. Ouch.
Journal Register Co. Latest Newspaper Casualty; the Journal Register owns 20 daily and 159 non-daily newspapers, serving greater Philadelphia, Michigan, Connecticut, the greater Cleveland area and parts of New York state.
The Chicago-based Tribune Co., which owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Sun of Baltimore, The Hartford Courant and other dailies, as well as 23 TV stations, sought bankruptcy protection in December. The Star Tribune of Minneapolis followed suit in Jan. And now...
Philly newspaper owner files for Chapter 11; that includes the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News. Ouch.
Journal Register Co. Latest Newspaper Casualty; the Journal Register owns 20 daily and 159 non-daily newspapers, serving greater Philadelphia, Michigan, Connecticut, the greater Cleveland area and parts of New York state.
The Chicago-based Tribune Co., which owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Sun of Baltimore, The Hartford Courant and other dailies, as well as 23 TV stations, sought bankruptcy protection in December. The Star Tribune of Minneapolis followed suit in Jan. And now...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Mining Co. Anglo American to cut 9,000 jobs
Saab aims to survive without GM, why and when did they become part of GM?
Is it selfish to have more than two children?
Alien life 'may exist among us'
Study: Proximity to fast-food restaurants linked to stroke risk
Brazil aircraft Embraer laying off 20 percent of work force
UK's JJB Sports firms shed 438 staff
UK's Shoe shop chain cuts 2,500 jobs
Finds At L.A. Tar Pits Provide Glimpse Into Past(radio); Major cache of fossils unearthed in L.A.
Newspaper publishers seek tax cut from state; including Seattle Times and Vancouver Columbian.
Pride and Predator; starring Ms. Bennett and Alien.
Saab aims to survive without GM, why and when did they become part of GM?
Is it selfish to have more than two children?
Alien life 'may exist among us'
Study: Proximity to fast-food restaurants linked to stroke risk
Brazil aircraft Embraer laying off 20 percent of work force
UK's JJB Sports firms shed 438 staff
UK's Shoe shop chain cuts 2,500 jobs
Finds At L.A. Tar Pits Provide Glimpse Into Past(radio); Major cache of fossils unearthed in L.A.
Newspaper publishers seek tax cut from state; including Seattle Times and Vancouver Columbian.
Pride and Predator; starring Ms. Bennett and Alien.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
PDX 3 CHORD CLUB
Feb. 21, PDX 3 CHORD CLUB, hosted by, Jim D'Ville, Scott Gillespie: Rockin' Oldies & Blues By Ear
Noon to 1:30 pm Artichoke Music $5. Drop-ins are welcome.
Noon to 1:30 pm Artichoke Music $5. Drop-ins are welcome.
Somewhere Out There; how do you find each other in 6 and a half billion people in this world?
Nuclear Northwest, do you want OR to have a mni-sized nuclear reactor to generate power?
California Prepares To Eliminate 10,000 Jobs Today
Hummer out, PT Cruiser done, Saab dead?
Tire manufacturer Goodyear to slash 5,000 jobs
Pork producer Smithfield to restructure, cut 1,800 jobs
Obama's Canadian family says president is like 'son', right on!
Nepalese brothers plan 24 hours atop Everest
Engineering group GKN to cut 564 UK jobs
'Spiderman' scales HK skyscraper
Japan finance minister steps down, check out the video.
Big storm moves into S. Calif.; snow closes I-5
The CEO's New Reading List, should we read those books too?
World top 10 tallest cities, HK is No 2.
BMW to cut 850 jobs at Oxford Mini plant, with an hour notice, this is terrible.
Taxing times for US tax payers..
KFC to create 9,000 new UK jobs..cheap and fried "CY" food are striving....
MBA schools face up to crisis..
Weyerhaeuser drops tax beef with county..
Battle over beer tax brewing in Oregon..
香港難免衰3年 出口金融受創 猶如雙親失業..
Nuclear Northwest, do you want OR to have a mni-sized nuclear reactor to generate power?
California Prepares To Eliminate 10,000 Jobs Today
Hummer out, PT Cruiser done, Saab dead?
Tire manufacturer Goodyear to slash 5,000 jobs
Pork producer Smithfield to restructure, cut 1,800 jobs
Obama's Canadian family says president is like 'son', right on!
Nepalese brothers plan 24 hours atop Everest
Engineering group GKN to cut 564 UK jobs
'Spiderman' scales HK skyscraper
Japan finance minister steps down, check out the video.
Big storm moves into S. Calif.; snow closes I-5
The CEO's New Reading List, should we read those books too?
World top 10 tallest cities, HK is No 2.
BMW to cut 850 jobs at Oxford Mini plant, with an hour notice, this is terrible.
Taxing times for US tax payers..
KFC to create 9,000 new UK jobs..cheap and fried "CY" food are striving....
MBA schools face up to crisis..
Weyerhaeuser drops tax beef with county..
Battle over beer tax brewing in Oregon..
香港難免衰3年 出口金融受創 猶如雙親失業..
Catalyst moves forward with Powell River mill restructuring, cut 127 positions
SP Newsprint Schedules Downtime at Oregon Mill
Olympics in Continuum - Guangzhou Paper
Tembec takes downtime to adjust to market conditions; Tembec implements a series of initiatives to reduce costs
International Paper to Close Inverurie, Scotland, Mill. The closure removes 250,000 tonnes of uncoated freesheet capacity from International Paper's European output. BBC's Hundreds lose jobs as IP's mill closes
SP Newsprint Schedules Downtime at Oregon Mill
Olympics in Continuum - Guangzhou Paper
Tembec takes downtime to adjust to market conditions; Tembec implements a series of initiatives to reduce costs
International Paper to Close Inverurie, Scotland, Mill. The closure removes 250,000 tonnes of uncoated freesheet capacity from International Paper's European output. BBC's Hundreds lose jobs as IP's mill closes
What a freak!
HK woman's airport hysterics an online hit
AAM: "I would love to know why or where she was going that was so urgent to warrant such a dramatic display of insanity. I'm going to try that at the airline counter the next time they refuse me a seat upgrade." I second that !!
AAM: "I would love to know why or where she was going that was so urgent to warrant such a dramatic display of insanity. I'm going to try that at the airline counter the next time they refuse me a seat upgrade." I second that !!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
25 Random things about pulp and paper
By Justin Toland, Editor, PPI magazine
BRUSSELS, Feb. 10, 2009 - THOSE OF YOU who are members of the social networking website Facebook may have received a message from a friend recently detailing '25 random things' about that person. The objective of the exercise is to send a list of random things - some trivial, some profound - to 25 of your friends, each of whom is encouraged to write his or her own list and send it to 25 friends, with the proviso that one of the recipients should be the person who sent them the list in the first place.
This set me thinking, what would I say if I had to write 25 random things about pulp and paper? Here's what I came up with:
1. Cai Lun invented paper in 105 AD in China.
2. The main grade of paper used for Origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, is called Washi. It is commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (Edgeworthia papyrifera), or the paper mulberry, but also can be made using bamboo, hemp, rice, and wheat.
3. Japanese scientists are planning to release a flotilla of paper planes from the International Space Station in 2009 to test if they can survive re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere.
4. The Fourdrinier brothers spent more than £60,000 developing their continuous papermaking machine. That is equivalent to $5 billion in today's money. Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier were declared bankrupt in 1810.
5. Stora Enso is the world's oldest limited company that has operated without interruption since it was founded. Stora Kopparberg's mines in Falun, Sweden, were first mentioned in documentary sources in 1288.
6. International Paper directly employs more people than Burger King.
7. Germany is the largest paper producer in Europe, followed by Finland, Sweden, Italy and France.
8. 1993 was the first year more paper in the US was recycled than went to landfill. In 2007, the recovery rate for the country was 56%.
9. Benjamin Franklin was the first paper merchant in the US. One of his many quotations is: "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." A wise man.
10. The Nokia Corporation started life as a woodpulp mill, established by Knut Fredrik Idestam in Tampere in 1865. It was the first mechanical pulp mill in Finland.
11. Aracruz Celulose started up its first mill in September 1978. Today the company is capable of producing more than 3.2 million tonnes/yr of bleached eucalyptus pulp.
12. When blues legend Muddy Waters moved to Chicago, he got a job in a paper mill to pay the bills.
13. The founding assembly of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) took place in Toronto in October 1993. As of April 2008, more than 100 million ha of forest in 79 countries was certified to FSC standards.
14. The first Bible printed on FSC-certified stock was published in November 2007. Domtar supplied the paper.
15. The Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) was founded in Paris in June 1999. There are more than 200 million ha of PEFC certified forests in 35 countries.
16. Dissolving pulp is sold in either bales or reels. Most European customers want bales and most US customers want reels. The rest of the world goes for a mix of the two. Sappi Saiccor mill in South Africa is the world's largest dissolving pulp facility.
17. To circumnavigate the globe with paper at the equator, you would need to lay 134,936,027 sheets of A4 end-to-end.
18. The Paper Industry International Hall of Fame is located at the Paper Discovery Center in Appleton, Wis., US. To date, 89 men and women have been inducted into the hall of fame.
19. Mondi Richards Bay is the largest mill in Africa. It produces 720,000 tonnes/yr of pulp and 280,000 tonnes/yr of linerboard.
20. Ten years ago, Carter Holt Harvey Mataura in New Zealand was the world's southernmost mill and Stora Enso Kemijärvi in Finland was the northernmost. Both are now closed.
21. Kimberly-Clark launched the first facial tissue in 1924. The material Kleenex was made from was originally known as 'Cellucotton'.
22. German chemist Carl F. Dahl invented the kraft pulping process in 1879.
23. A typical pulp bleaching sequence from the 1950s was C-E-H-E-H.
24. The first paper mill I visited was Sappi Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The most recent mill I visited was Sofidel Intertissue in the UK.
25. Print out this article and mail it to a friend.
Link
BRUSSELS, Feb. 10, 2009 - THOSE OF YOU who are members of the social networking website Facebook may have received a message from a friend recently detailing '25 random things' about that person. The objective of the exercise is to send a list of random things - some trivial, some profound - to 25 of your friends, each of whom is encouraged to write his or her own list and send it to 25 friends, with the proviso that one of the recipients should be the person who sent them the list in the first place.
This set me thinking, what would I say if I had to write 25 random things about pulp and paper? Here's what I came up with:
1. Cai Lun invented paper in 105 AD in China.
2. The main grade of paper used for Origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, is called Washi. It is commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (Edgeworthia papyrifera), or the paper mulberry, but also can be made using bamboo, hemp, rice, and wheat.
3. Japanese scientists are planning to release a flotilla of paper planes from the International Space Station in 2009 to test if they can survive re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere.
4. The Fourdrinier brothers spent more than £60,000 developing their continuous papermaking machine. That is equivalent to $5 billion in today's money. Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier were declared bankrupt in 1810.
5. Stora Enso is the world's oldest limited company that has operated without interruption since it was founded. Stora Kopparberg's mines in Falun, Sweden, were first mentioned in documentary sources in 1288.
6. International Paper directly employs more people than Burger King.
7. Germany is the largest paper producer in Europe, followed by Finland, Sweden, Italy and France.
8. 1993 was the first year more paper in the US was recycled than went to landfill. In 2007, the recovery rate for the country was 56%.
9. Benjamin Franklin was the first paper merchant in the US. One of his many quotations is: "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." A wise man.
10. The Nokia Corporation started life as a woodpulp mill, established by Knut Fredrik Idestam in Tampere in 1865. It was the first mechanical pulp mill in Finland.
11. Aracruz Celulose started up its first mill in September 1978. Today the company is capable of producing more than 3.2 million tonnes/yr of bleached eucalyptus pulp.
12. When blues legend Muddy Waters moved to Chicago, he got a job in a paper mill to pay the bills.
13. The founding assembly of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) took place in Toronto in October 1993. As of April 2008, more than 100 million ha of forest in 79 countries was certified to FSC standards.
14. The first Bible printed on FSC-certified stock was published in November 2007. Domtar supplied the paper.
15. The Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) was founded in Paris in June 1999. There are more than 200 million ha of PEFC certified forests in 35 countries.
16. Dissolving pulp is sold in either bales or reels. Most European customers want bales and most US customers want reels. The rest of the world goes for a mix of the two. Sappi Saiccor mill in South Africa is the world's largest dissolving pulp facility.
17. To circumnavigate the globe with paper at the equator, you would need to lay 134,936,027 sheets of A4 end-to-end.
18. The Paper Industry International Hall of Fame is located at the Paper Discovery Center in Appleton, Wis., US. To date, 89 men and women have been inducted into the hall of fame.
19. Mondi Richards Bay is the largest mill in Africa. It produces 720,000 tonnes/yr of pulp and 280,000 tonnes/yr of linerboard.
20. Ten years ago, Carter Holt Harvey Mataura in New Zealand was the world's southernmost mill and Stora Enso Kemijärvi in Finland was the northernmost. Both are now closed.
21. Kimberly-Clark launched the first facial tissue in 1924. The material Kleenex was made from was originally known as 'Cellucotton'.
22. German chemist Carl F. Dahl invented the kraft pulping process in 1879.
23. A typical pulp bleaching sequence from the 1950s was C-E-H-E-H.
24. The first paper mill I visited was Sappi Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The most recent mill I visited was Sofidel Intertissue in the UK.
25. Print out this article and mail it to a friend.
Link
Monday, February 16, 2009
3 FireS in 1 week...
One of the the fire made it into a headline. Small fires delay work at Norpac plant
Best Countries For Women. Dang, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands Lativa, Germany, UK, Switzerland, France and Spain; good to be a woman in European, esp. in any Scandinavian regions.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Ukes in Feb
Ukulele action in the Gorge, Uke Camp and the Langely Uke Ensemble Link
Langley Ukulele Ensemble in Concert
Friday, February 27, 2008 - 7pm
Langley Ukulele Ensemble in Concert
Friday, February 27, 2008 - 7pm
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Media revolution: title fight
華仔愛情細水長流
Ryanair cuts flights and 200 jobs
Virgin Atlantic eyes 600 job cuts
Dutch MP refused entry to Britain
Is a Tall Geeky White Man My Ideal Mate?
63% - Reject Darwin's Theory of Evolution, unacceptable!
Japan's Pioneer to cut 10,000 jobs globally
Nebel named chief operating officer at Fibre; no new details on McShane's departure, the plot thickens....with Mr. Scary!
REI cuts 61 full-time jobs as profit plunges
Starbucks pink slips going out today to HQ workers, assistant store managers
NZ dog awarded posthumous honour, oh doggie.
Peugeot Citroen cuts 11,000 jobs
What is a global recession?
交祖父母湊 幼兒學習差 易有行為問題 難與人相處, was that me?
Washington porn tax would fund social program, $$$ for social programs!
Frank McShane's tenure as Longview Fibre president comes to an end, interesting.. it will be the topic in town for sure.
Housing slump cuts state's timber sales, I heart wood.
Nike may cut up to 1,400 jobs, the news is a blow in Oregon, Nike looks to cut 4 percent of work force. (
Boeing sends 668 layoff notices, first wave is coming....
UW braces for 600 layoffs; deeper state cuts could mean 800 lost jobs
Employees Take To Cyberspace To Vent
Intel CEO On Plan To Invest $7B In U.S.; which includes $1.5 billion for Oregon, the rest of the money will go to Arizona and New Mexico. Intel Investment Shows Commitment To Oregon
Historic Jewish Haven In Shanghai Faces Demolition
Brewery Business Hopping Despite Tanking Economy
California farms, vineyards in peril from warming, U.S. energy secretary warns
California's Tough-Guy Controller; CA is broke.
Wal-Mart cutting 700-800 jobs at headquarters; evil.
Kruger to curtail coated and supercalendered paper production temporarily at its Trois-Rivières mill and Wayagamack Mill in Quebec
Domtar to permanently reduce paper manufacturing capacity at its Plymouth, North Carolina mill, cutting 185 jobs. Hm...I had a phone interview at this place in 2005 for a process engineer position in the fine paper division.
Weyerhaeuser Announces iLevel® veneer and lumber mills Closures at Pine Hill, AL
Unions call for "Buy Canadian" policy
Slumping Alberta economy drives gangsters home
Taiwan's ex-first lady pleads guilty
Are you feeling sorry?
Anglo Platinum to cut 10,000 jobs
RBS planning up to 2,300 job cuts
Weyerhaeuser Waits For Storm To Pass
China's car industry overtakes US
GM cuts 10,000 salaried jobs, trims employees' pay
Oregon RV maker files bankruptcy petition, never a fan of RV.
Buena Vista Social Club bassist Lopez dead at 76
Media Revolution: Stop Press?
Kermit Bale, they are the perfect pair.
65,000 gallons of oil sludge spills near Chicago, oh no, they didn't.
Nissan to slash 20,000 jobs and sees annual loss
華仔愛情細水長流
Ryanair cuts flights and 200 jobs
Virgin Atlantic eyes 600 job cuts
Dutch MP refused entry to Britain
Is a Tall Geeky White Man My Ideal Mate?
63% - Reject Darwin's Theory of Evolution, unacceptable!
Japan's Pioneer to cut 10,000 jobs globally
Nebel named chief operating officer at Fibre; no new details on McShane's departure, the plot thickens....with Mr. Scary!
REI cuts 61 full-time jobs as profit plunges
Starbucks pink slips going out today to HQ workers, assistant store managers
NZ dog awarded posthumous honour, oh doggie.
Peugeot Citroen cuts 11,000 jobs
What is a global recession?
交祖父母湊 幼兒學習差 易有行為問題 難與人相處, was that me?
Washington porn tax would fund social program, $$$ for social programs!
Frank McShane's tenure as Longview Fibre president comes to an end, interesting.. it will be the topic in town for sure.
Housing slump cuts state's timber sales, I heart wood.
Nike may cut up to 1,400 jobs, the news is a blow in Oregon, Nike looks to cut 4 percent of work force. (
Boeing sends 668 layoff notices, first wave is coming....
UW braces for 600 layoffs; deeper state cuts could mean 800 lost jobs
Employees Take To Cyberspace To Vent
Intel CEO On Plan To Invest $7B In U.S.; which includes $1.5 billion for Oregon, the rest of the money will go to Arizona and New Mexico. Intel Investment Shows Commitment To Oregon
Historic Jewish Haven In Shanghai Faces Demolition
Brewery Business Hopping Despite Tanking Economy
California farms, vineyards in peril from warming, U.S. energy secretary warns
California's Tough-Guy Controller; CA is broke.
Wal-Mart cutting 700-800 jobs at headquarters; evil.
Kruger to curtail coated and supercalendered paper production temporarily at its Trois-Rivières mill and Wayagamack Mill in Quebec
Domtar to permanently reduce paper manufacturing capacity at its Plymouth, North Carolina mill, cutting 185 jobs. Hm...I had a phone interview at this place in 2005 for a process engineer position in the fine paper division.
Weyerhaeuser Announces iLevel® veneer and lumber mills Closures at Pine Hill, AL
Unions call for "Buy Canadian" policy
Slumping Alberta economy drives gangsters home
Taiwan's ex-first lady pleads guilty
Are you feeling sorry?
Anglo Platinum to cut 10,000 jobs
RBS planning up to 2,300 job cuts
Weyerhaeuser Waits For Storm To Pass
China's car industry overtakes US
GM cuts 10,000 salaried jobs, trims employees' pay
Oregon RV maker files bankruptcy petition, never a fan of RV.
Buena Vista Social Club bassist Lopez dead at 76
Media Revolution: Stop Press?
Kermit Bale, they are the perfect pair.
65,000 gallons of oil sludge spills near Chicago, oh no, they didn't.
Nissan to slash 20,000 jobs and sees annual loss
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
"All things considered" is wonderful.
At Westminster, Old Dog Crowned Top Dog; "Uno" is replaced with "Stump"!
Husbands Behaving Badly
Clever dog uses snow bank to climb up on roof
Darwin Finds Some Followers In The Pulpits; wonderful news about religion and science.
The End Of Offline In Flight? Say It Ain't So
Congress Can Probe Bush Administration, my sense is: they should, but they won't.
Three Books Explore Lincoln's Complex Genius, was he a hero?
Battle Brewing Over Electronic Books, this is really bad news for us at L town.
Husbands Behaving Badly
Clever dog uses snow bank to climb up on roof
Darwin Finds Some Followers In The Pulpits; wonderful news about religion and science.
The End Of Offline In Flight? Say It Ain't So
Congress Can Probe Bush Administration, my sense is: they should, but they won't.
Three Books Explore Lincoln's Complex Genius, was he a hero?
Battle Brewing Over Electronic Books, this is really bad news for us at L town.
Courtside BBall
with OK city, RipCity rocks and old SuperSonic... hm...
Oden and Durant meet again in Blazers' win
Seattle fans make trip to see the Thunder, "Clay Bennett Ruined My Childhood."; I saw the sign.
Oden and Durant meet again in Blazers' win
Seattle fans make trip to see the Thunder, "Clay Bennett Ruined My Childhood."; I saw the sign.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Kylie is 4.5 and she is a PC. Cute kid.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Notorious MSG
No good muthabitch
Dim Sum Girls
The Notorious MSG, they are so funny and maybe you will learn a few things about Chinatown in SchoolHousin'.
Warning: this is for 18 and older.
Dim Sum Girls
The Notorious MSG, they are so funny and maybe you will learn a few things about Chinatown in SchoolHousin'.
Warning: this is for 18 and older.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
CL's rant in LA
You: Asian, young(ish), cute, petite, left-of-center, cosmopolitan.
Me: The Asian guy you would never dream of giving a second glance.
Hi! I’m so sad that you were offended by my very presence at your favorite boutique coffee shop. Seriously, I was just there to do some work and maybe a bit of reading – I didn’t mean to draw attention to the fact that you too, are also Asian. I was just looking for a quiet place to sit, and the seat by you just happened to be open. It’s not like peed all over you, put my arm around your shoulder, and screamed to all the other patrons in a heavy Chinese accent, “She mine! You all stay away!”
After I sat down and pulled out Said’s Orientalism (no joke), you, in all of your ignorant glory, proceeded to loudly flirt with the nearest non-Asian man with a pulse to dissuade any romantic overtures from me. Lady, I already know you only date white guys; you don’t even have to open your mouth.
Ever since Chad took you out back in high school and made you the envy of all homecoming, you’ve understood the magical power of white boys. Your parents balked until they saw how well Chet treated you and made you so so so happy. You tell yourself you don’t see color lines, and that you’re ending racism by only dating white guys – and you give yourself a little pat on the back every night before dreaming of waking up with beautiful blonde hair. You’ve even thrown in a black guy or two, just to get back at daddy. Asian guys? Like, gag me with a spoon!
Hey, I applaud you. You’re totally progressive. Never mind all that bukakke stuff Jeremy keeps wanting to do (I wonder where he gets these ideas?). No need to worry about Scotty’s browser history pointing to asianteensluts.com. Totally normal! What red-blooded American man doesn’t want to bang a Japanese high school girl?
Honestly, if I were in your stilettos, I’d do the same thing. If white girls were all over me ‘cause of my nice, smooth skin, my mad computer skills and wispy peach fuzz, I’d ride that white stallion to all glory.
But since I’m 6’2”, 200 lbs. with 4% body fat and a PhD, I guess I’ll have to settle for one of our more racist Asian sistahs.
link
Me: The Asian guy you would never dream of giving a second glance.
Hi! I’m so sad that you were offended by my very presence at your favorite boutique coffee shop. Seriously, I was just there to do some work and maybe a bit of reading – I didn’t mean to draw attention to the fact that you too, are also Asian. I was just looking for a quiet place to sit, and the seat by you just happened to be open. It’s not like peed all over you, put my arm around your shoulder, and screamed to all the other patrons in a heavy Chinese accent, “She mine! You all stay away!”
After I sat down and pulled out Said’s Orientalism (no joke), you, in all of your ignorant glory, proceeded to loudly flirt with the nearest non-Asian man with a pulse to dissuade any romantic overtures from me. Lady, I already know you only date white guys; you don’t even have to open your mouth.
Ever since Chad took you out back in high school and made you the envy of all homecoming, you’ve understood the magical power of white boys. Your parents balked until they saw how well Chet treated you and made you so so so happy. You tell yourself you don’t see color lines, and that you’re ending racism by only dating white guys – and you give yourself a little pat on the back every night before dreaming of waking up with beautiful blonde hair. You’ve even thrown in a black guy or two, just to get back at daddy. Asian guys? Like, gag me with a spoon!
Hey, I applaud you. You’re totally progressive. Never mind all that bukakke stuff Jeremy keeps wanting to do (I wonder where he gets these ideas?). No need to worry about Scotty’s browser history pointing to asianteensluts.com. Totally normal! What red-blooded American man doesn’t want to bang a Japanese high school girl?
Honestly, if I were in your stilettos, I’d do the same thing. If white girls were all over me ‘cause of my nice, smooth skin, my mad computer skills and wispy peach fuzz, I’d ride that white stallion to all glory.
But since I’m 6’2”, 200 lbs. with 4% body fat and a PhD, I guess I’ll have to settle for one of our more racist Asian sistahs.
link
Stem cell, cloning expert Jerry Yang dead at 49
Legions facing layoffs turn to parties, Internet
Rupert Murdoch's tarnished trophy
More co-worker couples losing both incomes at once
Uno of a kind
Mixed couples divorce in droves
10 Most Ticketed Cars; Toyota Matrix and Subaru Outback, really??????
IBM to laid-off: Want a job in India?
Sharp to cut 1,500 jobs, forecasts annual loss
Car giant Ford to cut 850 workers
Zavvi to close another 17 stores
Mariners manager wants to set example for other Asian-Americans in sports, he is the buzz in town! Go Mariners!
US Airways to charge $7 for pillows and blankets, everyone bundles up!
The Peel 50, the world's smallest road-legal car link
Facebook is five
No kissing please, we are Indians
Parched Perth embarks on water rescue
Fortunoff files for bankruptcy, the regional jeweler in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Bill Gates playfully frees swarm of mosquitoes
Group: community effort needed to save Seattle P-I, please save PI!
Burgerville officials applied for a beer and wine license at the new Salmon Creek restaurant in Vancouver, beer in Burgerville, I rather have the Hazelnut chocolate milkshake, yum!
Salazar scraps sale of oil-and-gas leases in Utah
微創割甲狀腺瘤傷口細
去年逾萬四貓狗遭人道毀滅, stop them, when you want to get a pet, go to the shelter first.
Panasonic to slash 15,000 jobs, shut 27 plants
Legions facing layoffs turn to parties, Internet
Rupert Murdoch's tarnished trophy
More co-worker couples losing both incomes at once
Uno of a kind
Mixed couples divorce in droves
10 Most Ticketed Cars; Toyota Matrix and Subaru Outback, really??????
IBM to laid-off: Want a job in India?
Sharp to cut 1,500 jobs, forecasts annual loss
Car giant Ford to cut 850 workers
Zavvi to close another 17 stores
Mariners manager wants to set example for other Asian-Americans in sports, he is the buzz in town! Go Mariners!
US Airways to charge $7 for pillows and blankets, everyone bundles up!
The Peel 50, the world's smallest road-legal car link
Facebook is five
No kissing please, we are Indians
Parched Perth embarks on water rescue
Fortunoff files for bankruptcy, the regional jeweler in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Bill Gates playfully frees swarm of mosquitoes
Group: community effort needed to save Seattle P-I, please save PI!
Burgerville officials applied for a beer and wine license at the new Salmon Creek restaurant in Vancouver, beer in Burgerville, I rather have the Hazelnut chocolate milkshake, yum!
Salazar scraps sale of oil-and-gas leases in Utah
微創割甲狀腺瘤傷口細
去年逾萬四貓狗遭人道毀滅, stop them, when you want to get a pet, go to the shelter first.
Panasonic to slash 15,000 jobs, shut 27 plants
Almost bought the book...
Stephen has plenty to say as The New Yorker’s James Surowiecki and Jonah Lehrer, author of “How We Decide,” both visit the Report.
Wish I have a miracle too.
Bonney Lake dog found after missing 6 months in Montana
A 7-year-old golden retriever named Buck, startled by a train whistle last summer and lost for six months in north-central Montana, is back home in Washington state thanks to the efforts of several Chester residents.
By AMY BETH HANSON
The Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. — A 7-year-old golden retriever named Buck, startled by a train whistle last summer and lost for six months in north-central Montana, is back home in Washington state thanks to the efforts of several Chester residents.
"I've never had a miracle happen to me, so I don't really know what to think," said Kim Halter of Bonney Lake.
Halter said she, her husband and two of their sons were on a family trip to Montana in August when they stopped at a rest stop along U.S. Highway 2 in the small town of Chester.
"The dog was normally never on a leash. Big mistake," Halter said Thursday. "But he was always next to my son. He never left his side, so we never really had a problem.
"We were under the trestle when the horn blew. When Buck heard the whistle, he took off like a shot. None of us even saw him."
Halter said Maxine Woods, who lives across the highway, was waving her arms and trying to tell them that their dog ran away.
"He just basically disappeared," Woods said Friday. "He was just going faster than any dog I've seen run."
Woods joined the search for the dog.
"She got in her car and then she started calling people and before you knew it everybody around there was looking for our dog," Halter said. After two days of unsuccessful searching, the Halters, brokenhearted, resumed their travels.
"We went to the library and the librarian in Chester made us posters and wouldn't charge us a dime for them," Halter said. The family put up posters in banks and post offices in the small towns around the area.
"That was about all we could do," she said.
After a few false sightings, the family didn't hear anything for six months.
As fall turned into winter, heavy snow fell in the Chester area and temperatures occasionally fell into the 20-below-zero range.
"Every time we'd hear about the weather we would just cringe," Halter said. "I would just cry even harder, thinking 'Where is my Buck?' And of course I couldn't let my son (17-year-old Jason) know. I never let him see me cry because he kept the faith and kept the hope.
"He would tell me all the time that Buck's coming home," she said of her son, who had had the dog since it was a puppy. "He actually thought he was going to walk home like in (the movie) 'Homeward Bound.' "
It was about 27 degrees below zero early on Jan. 25, the day Jason Wanken spotted a stray dog on his family farm just north of Chester.
"We spotted this dog out here on the farm, just on and off, going through the creek and whatnot," Wanken said. "We just never had a prime opportunity to go over and get him."
Later in the week, Wanken used a snowmobile to bring some food to the dog, which had taken up residence under a collapsed building.
Wanken's mother had remembered the name of the golden retriever that had gone missing last summer and told Wanken to see if the dog would answer to the name Buck.
"The next day, I took the boys out with me and I had a full bag of food with me and I just rattled that bag," he said. "I started to feed it and could actually pet it then."
Wanken and his wife were able to use food to lure the dog into a kennel.
They took the dog to Woods' house.
"I thought it couldn't be this dog, though, it's been too long," Wanken said.
Woods called Halter on Saturday, Jan. 31.
"She e-mailed me three pictures and when I was on the phone with her I received the pictures, and we both started crying and I said that was him," Halter said.
Confirmation that the dog had an underbite sent the Halters on a 750-mile trip. "We drove all night," she said, arriving in Chester Sunday afternoon.
"When we got to the Wankens, he ran right up to us and it was absolutely without a doubt him," Halter said. "It was a miracle. He looked at us, and we looked at him and we were all crying. It was beyond amazing."
No one seems to know where Buck had been between Aug. 13 and Jan. 25.
"From the time he left us until the time Jason Wanken found him, there is no clue where he's been or what he's done," Halter said. "Only he knows. I almost feel like taking him to a pet psychic to see if they could tell me. Only he knows his secret and he's keeping it to himself.
"I tell ya one thing, he hasn't stopped smiling since he got home and neither have we." link
A 7-year-old golden retriever named Buck, startled by a train whistle last summer and lost for six months in north-central Montana, is back home in Washington state thanks to the efforts of several Chester residents.
By AMY BETH HANSON
The Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. — A 7-year-old golden retriever named Buck, startled by a train whistle last summer and lost for six months in north-central Montana, is back home in Washington state thanks to the efforts of several Chester residents.
"I've never had a miracle happen to me, so I don't really know what to think," said Kim Halter of Bonney Lake.
Halter said she, her husband and two of their sons were on a family trip to Montana in August when they stopped at a rest stop along U.S. Highway 2 in the small town of Chester.
"The dog was normally never on a leash. Big mistake," Halter said Thursday. "But he was always next to my son. He never left his side, so we never really had a problem.
"We were under the trestle when the horn blew. When Buck heard the whistle, he took off like a shot. None of us even saw him."
Halter said Maxine Woods, who lives across the highway, was waving her arms and trying to tell them that their dog ran away.
"He just basically disappeared," Woods said Friday. "He was just going faster than any dog I've seen run."
Woods joined the search for the dog.
"She got in her car and then she started calling people and before you knew it everybody around there was looking for our dog," Halter said. After two days of unsuccessful searching, the Halters, brokenhearted, resumed their travels.
"We went to the library and the librarian in Chester made us posters and wouldn't charge us a dime for them," Halter said. The family put up posters in banks and post offices in the small towns around the area.
"That was about all we could do," she said.
After a few false sightings, the family didn't hear anything for six months.
As fall turned into winter, heavy snow fell in the Chester area and temperatures occasionally fell into the 20-below-zero range.
"Every time we'd hear about the weather we would just cringe," Halter said. "I would just cry even harder, thinking 'Where is my Buck?' And of course I couldn't let my son (17-year-old Jason) know. I never let him see me cry because he kept the faith and kept the hope.
"He would tell me all the time that Buck's coming home," she said of her son, who had had the dog since it was a puppy. "He actually thought he was going to walk home like in (the movie) 'Homeward Bound.' "
It was about 27 degrees below zero early on Jan. 25, the day Jason Wanken spotted a stray dog on his family farm just north of Chester.
"We spotted this dog out here on the farm, just on and off, going through the creek and whatnot," Wanken said. "We just never had a prime opportunity to go over and get him."
Later in the week, Wanken used a snowmobile to bring some food to the dog, which had taken up residence under a collapsed building.
Wanken's mother had remembered the name of the golden retriever that had gone missing last summer and told Wanken to see if the dog would answer to the name Buck.
"The next day, I took the boys out with me and I had a full bag of food with me and I just rattled that bag," he said. "I started to feed it and could actually pet it then."
Wanken and his wife were able to use food to lure the dog into a kennel.
They took the dog to Woods' house.
"I thought it couldn't be this dog, though, it's been too long," Wanken said.
Woods called Halter on Saturday, Jan. 31.
"She e-mailed me three pictures and when I was on the phone with her I received the pictures, and we both started crying and I said that was him," Halter said.
Confirmation that the dog had an underbite sent the Halters on a 750-mile trip. "We drove all night," she said, arriving in Chester Sunday afternoon.
"When we got to the Wankens, he ran right up to us and it was absolutely without a doubt him," Halter said. "It was a miracle. He looked at us, and we looked at him and we were all crying. It was beyond amazing."
No one seems to know where Buck had been between Aug. 13 and Jan. 25.
"From the time he left us until the time Jason Wanken found him, there is no clue where he's been or what he's done," Halter said. "Only he knows. I almost feel like taking him to a pet psychic to see if they could tell me. Only he knows his secret and he's keeping it to himself.
"I tell ya one thing, he hasn't stopped smiling since he got home and neither have we." link
Friday, February 06, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
25 G-rated random, semi-personal things about me.
1. I weighed approximately 3 pounds when I was born, 3 months premature and had to live in an oxygen incubator for about 45 days.
2. My nick name from my family is Ah Meow, such a tiny little thing. (see 1)
3. I break out in hives if I get too cold or sit in the middle of a grass field.
4. I love chocolate in all forms, except coated insects.
5. I don't have all my teeth. (see 4)
6. I am an only child.
7. I prefer Coca- Cola Classic over Pepsi.
8. It was 1996 when I last ate at Denny's.
9. I was in a school play once, "My Fair Lady" and I can't even sing.
10. My first (and only) car is a silver ’99 Honda Civic.
11. I can't drive a stick-shift.
12. I have never been to a school prom or a school dance.
13. I am a Rogue Nation member.
14. My favorite pizza has shrimp, spinach, linguica, mushroom, onion and roasted garlic.
15. I try to eat healthy.. but sometimes it doesn't work out.
16. I am goofy when it comes to snowboarding.
17. I love to dance but I don't have rythum. (see 18)
18. When it comes to spelling, I don't care how to spell, no one can really understand my notes anyway. Grammatically they don't even make sense.
19. I miss my first dog Coffee everyday, and June 21 2005 will always be a very sad day for me.
20. I can count 1 to 10 in 5 languages. Chinese, English, Japanese, Spanish and Thai.
21. I did not go to any beavers football game when I was a student there. Since then, including away games, I have been to 5.
22. I have never smoked, not a joint or a cigarette or a cigar or a salmon.
23. Bugs and birds are like my kryptonite.
24. Do you know how far it is from North Bend to Bend in Oregon? I didn't .
25. I've never had a broken bone, ever. This better not jinx it.
2. My nick name from my family is Ah Meow, such a tiny little thing. (see 1)
3. I break out in hives if I get too cold or sit in the middle of a grass field.
4. I love chocolate in all forms, except coated insects.
5. I don't have all my teeth. (see 4)
6. I am an only child.
7. I prefer Coca- Cola Classic over Pepsi.
8. It was 1996 when I last ate at Denny's.
9. I was in a school play once, "My Fair Lady" and I can't even sing.
10. My first (and only) car is a silver ’99 Honda Civic.
11. I can't drive a stick-shift.
12. I have never been to a school prom or a school dance.
13. I am a Rogue Nation member.
14. My favorite pizza has shrimp, spinach, linguica, mushroom, onion and roasted garlic.
15. I try to eat healthy.. but sometimes it doesn't work out.
16. I am goofy when it comes to snowboarding.
17. I love to dance but I don't have rythum. (see 18)
18. When it comes to spelling, I don't care how to spell, no one can really understand my notes anyway. Grammatically they don't even make sense.
19. I miss my first dog Coffee everyday, and June 21 2005 will always be a very sad day for me.
20. I can count 1 to 10 in 5 languages. Chinese, English, Japanese, Spanish and Thai.
21. I did not go to any beavers football game when I was a student there. Since then, including away games, I have been to 5.
22. I have never smoked, not a joint or a cigarette or a cigar or a salmon.
23. Bugs and birds are like my kryptonite.
24. Do you know how far it is from North Bend to Bend in Oregon? I didn't .
25. I've never had a broken bone, ever. This better not jinx it.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
URGENT - STILL NEED A HOME FOR CHOMPS AND KEEDA
KEEDA
CHOMPS
Due to economic struggles the owners have to move this weekend on the 7th and they need to find the dogs a home by Thursday or else they will be forced to take them to the shelter. If you know anyone who would like to adopt one or both of these beautiful kids, please contact Christina at 360-513-8943 or Banfield (see bottom of this message)
Chomps is a Black Lab/Golden Retreiver mix- he is all mostly black with some brindle and is about 75 pounds. He thinks he is a lap dog. He is fixed and inside/outside dog. While we are at work, he is outside. Love kids of all ages! Chomps is about 4 years old. We got him December 2005 as a puppy. Chomps will like the room to run, but he is the lazy one. He likes to lay in the sun/shade, sleep at the foot of your bed. He does love to fetch rocks! Yes, rocks! He finds them all over the yard and will play with them on our deck.
Keeda is a Lab/Aussie Shepard Mix - she is fixed as well. Blue eyes and about 45 -50 pounds. She needs room to run or a dog run. She does well with older kids - Not so much with little kids. She tends to have to know where all her "people" are when she is in the house - this would be the shepard in her! She is tan and white. Keeda is about 6 years old. She was given to us, so I am not positive on her age. Keeda is the one that really needs the room to run. She is a TOTAL watch dog as well! She will let you know if someone is around! However, she does not bite.
Contact Christina at 360-513-8943
Dianna Gray
Executive Assistant to Richard Norris, Charlie Patton, Karen Johnson, and Dan Carhill
Medical Resources, Facilities, Safety & Environmental Services, and Client Advocate Teams
Banfield, The Pet Hospital
p: 503-922-5209
f: 503-922-6209
dianna.gray@Banfield.net
www.banfield.net
To reach your nearest Banfield call 800-768-8858
CHOMPS
Due to economic struggles the owners have to move this weekend on the 7th and they need to find the dogs a home by Thursday or else they will be forced to take them to the shelter. If you know anyone who would like to adopt one or both of these beautiful kids, please contact Christina at 360-513-8943 or Banfield (see bottom of this message)
Chomps is a Black Lab/Golden Retreiver mix- he is all mostly black with some brindle and is about 75 pounds. He thinks he is a lap dog. He is fixed and inside/outside dog. While we are at work, he is outside. Love kids of all ages! Chomps is about 4 years old. We got him December 2005 as a puppy. Chomps will like the room to run, but he is the lazy one. He likes to lay in the sun/shade, sleep at the foot of your bed. He does love to fetch rocks! Yes, rocks! He finds them all over the yard and will play with them on our deck.
Keeda is a Lab/Aussie Shepard Mix - she is fixed as well. Blue eyes and about 45 -50 pounds. She needs room to run or a dog run. She does well with older kids - Not so much with little kids. She tends to have to know where all her "people" are when she is in the house - this would be the shepard in her! She is tan and white. Keeda is about 6 years old. She was given to us, so I am not positive on her age. Keeda is the one that really needs the room to run. She is a TOTAL watch dog as well! She will let you know if someone is around! However, she does not bite.
Contact Christina at 360-513-8943
Dianna Gray
Executive Assistant to Richard Norris, Charlie Patton, Karen Johnson, and Dan Carhill
Medical Resources, Facilities, Safety & Environmental Services, and Client Advocate Teams
Banfield, The Pet Hospital
p: 503-922-5209
f: 503-922-6209
dianna.gray@Banfield.net
www.banfield.net
To reach your nearest Banfield call 800-768-8858
A new way to look at a very functional toilet
Thanks babe, so "KIND" of you to think of me. 馬桶
I can't bring myself to post the pic from u.
I can't bring myself to post the pic from u.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
A bit of everything...
TV show: In New Show, Couples Will Have Arranged Marriages, this is a crappy show. Are they for real? Please stop this.
Music: Andrew Bird Live In Concert With Loney, Dear, he is coming to Portland.
Book: Examining The Fiery Legacy Of Andrew Jackson, may be I will get it in the library after my read to John Adams and 1776.
Movie: Soderbergh's 'Che': A Big Life, In Small Moments, this sounds really good
Music: Andrew Bird Live In Concert With Loney, Dear, he is coming to Portland.
Book: Examining The Fiery Legacy Of Andrew Jackson, may be I will get it in the library after my read to John Adams and 1776.
Movie: Soderbergh's 'Che': A Big Life, In Small Moments, this sounds really good
Heart CT Scans May Pose Risk
迪士尼逆市加價18%, will you stop going to HK Disney land? Let's do boycott, wait a min., I haven't been! Nah. Boringfish, get behind the pick up line.
Greenest & Meanest
Swedish truck maker Scania is to cut 2,000 jobs
Scandinavian airline SAS is to axe 3,000 jobs
PNC bank, based in Pittsburgh -5,800; Liz Claiborne -725; airplane maker Hawker Beechcraft Corp. -2,300; aerospace company Rockwell Collins, based in Cedar Rapis, Iowa, -600; Huntington Bank, based in Ohio -500, King Pharmaceticals, based in Bristol, TN, -520. link
How Can Mathematicians Have Best Job In U.S.?
Why Is Lehman Brothers Still Hiring?
Are Outsourced Jobs Coming Back?
Don't go to work if you're sick -- please!
迪士尼逆市加價18%, will you stop going to HK Disney land? Let's do boycott, wait a min., I haven't been! Nah. Boringfish, get behind the pick up line.
Greenest & Meanest
Swedish truck maker Scania is to cut 2,000 jobs
Scandinavian airline SAS is to axe 3,000 jobs
PNC bank, based in Pittsburgh -5,800; Liz Claiborne -725; airplane maker Hawker Beechcraft Corp. -2,300; aerospace company Rockwell Collins, based in Cedar Rapis, Iowa, -600; Huntington Bank, based in Ohio -500, King Pharmaceticals, based in Bristol, TN, -520. link
How Can Mathematicians Have Best Job In U.S.?
Why Is Lehman Brothers Still Hiring?
Are Outsourced Jobs Coming Back?
Don't go to work if you're sick -- please!
Canadian folks are not smiling either, this is not funny, we are all operating in surviving mode, some are better than others.
Catalyst to curtail newsprint and market pulp production; Crofton and Elk Falls mills in British Columbia as well as its Snowflake, Arizona mill, 55,000 tonnes of newsprint from production in the first quarterof 2009.
Tembec takes downtime to adjust to market conditions, 1 newsprint mill in Pine Falls, Manitoba.
In Dec 08, Fraser Papers Announces Downtime on Two Paper Machines for about 1 month and took out 5100 tons of capacity, now they are selling paper to Brookfield Paper. Fraser Papers Announces Sale of Specialty Printing, Packaging and Groundwood Papers, very interesting
MWV Announces Plans to Close its Washington Court House, Ohio, Primary Plastics Packaging Facility, here we go, they are going to Mexico.
MeadWestvaco to Close Envelope Facility in Connecticut, what we don't use envelope? Oh I forgot, people don't mail shit no way, it's all electronic... oh. did I say shit, I meant sheet!
Tembec takes downtime to adjust to market conditions, 1 newsprint mill in Pine Falls, Manitoba.
In Dec 08, Fraser Papers Announces Downtime on Two Paper Machines for about 1 month and took out 5100 tons of capacity, now they are selling paper to Brookfield Paper. Fraser Papers Announces Sale of Specialty Printing, Packaging and Groundwood Papers, very interesting
MWV Announces Plans to Close its Washington Court House, Ohio, Primary Plastics Packaging Facility, here we go, they are going to Mexico.
MeadWestvaco to Close Envelope Facility in Connecticut, what we don't use envelope? Oh I forgot, people don't mail shit no way, it's all electronic... oh. did I say shit, I meant sheet!
We need more free food from time to time?
Denny's gives away free Grand Slam breakfasts, did you get your free Grandslam this morning?
Morgan Stanley plans to cut 1,880 jobs
Porsche scales back worker hours
Hitachi to cut up to 7,000 jobs
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is set to announce 6000 of job cuts
Honda's four-month break begins at its UK plant in Swindon
WSJ Lies About Network Neutrality
Macy's cutting 7,000 jobs
Why Costco investors are smiling?
Why We Need Stronger Unions, and How to Get Them
彭定康﹕誰可在以巴的黑暗中 點燃燭光？
港擁30摩廈 全球第二, the most # of skyscrapers in the city, NYC ranks 1st, HK ranks 2nd..not bad.! Burj Tower is even taller than Tapei 101! The wiki list.
老牛不顧而去 小牛困坑; baby cow is running wild too.
貴婦狗跳下水道 消防營救; another doggie is running wild.
貼身護唇法寶, I gonns take care of my "pouty" lip.. :P
Save vs. Spend
Five Strategies For Putting Postal Service Back In The Black
Otterly Adorable, But Born To Be Wild, adorable, give me a break?
Business School Tests Its Own Philosophy, BGI?
Your Family May Once Have Been A Different Color
'Slumdog' Actor Dev Patel On 'Living The Dream'
Senate moves stimulus package with $13 million in OSU projects
Hard times give government jobs greater allure
Porsche scales back worker hours
Hitachi to cut up to 7,000 jobs
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is set to announce 6000 of job cuts
Honda's four-month break begins at its UK plant in Swindon
WSJ Lies About Network Neutrality
Macy's cutting 7,000 jobs
Why Costco investors are smiling?
Why We Need Stronger Unions, and How to Get Them
彭定康﹕誰可在以巴的黑暗中 點燃燭光？
港擁30摩廈 全球第二, the most # of skyscrapers in the city, NYC ranks 1st, HK ranks 2nd..not bad.! Burj Tower is even taller than Tapei 101! The wiki list.
老牛不顧而去 小牛困坑; baby cow is running wild too.
貴婦狗跳下水道 消防營救; another doggie is running wild.
貼身護唇法寶, I gonns take care of my "pouty" lip.. :P
Save vs. Spend
Five Strategies For Putting Postal Service Back In The Black
Otterly Adorable, But Born To Be Wild, adorable, give me a break?
Business School Tests Its Own Philosophy, BGI?
Your Family May Once Have Been A Different Color
'Slumdog' Actor Dev Patel On 'Living The Dream'
Senate moves stimulus package with $13 million in OSU projects
Hard times give government jobs greater allure
Monday, February 02, 2009
Can't find shoe throwing segment yet...
Thu, Jan 29, 2009
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Throwing pies is a nation sport, I endorsed it. Go pie!
Throwing shoes are overrated and overheated, forget about the shoes in the Middle east and Cambridge, UK. Get a pie and set the bar high!
Charge over Chinese PM shoe demo Chinese Premier's response to shoe thrower
Wow: What Shoe Throwing Taught Me About America, Mr.Bush should have gotten a grand -american- apple - pie!
Migrant row minister hit by pie in UK in Oct 2008
Thomas Friedman took a pie in the face at Brown University on Earth day 2008, (with video); Haven’t we all wanted to throw a pie at the New York Times?
American Beat: Pie-Faced, we are behind in times, this is 2005.
04, Ralph Klein, cream pies and the limits of political protes, my fellow Canadian, please keep the traditions alive
In 98, Bill Gates hit with cream pie; the movie; Gates gets creamed
Charge over Chinese PM shoe demo Chinese Premier's response to shoe thrower
Wow: What Shoe Throwing Taught Me About America, Mr.Bush should have gotten a grand -american- apple - pie!
Migrant row minister hit by pie in UK in Oct 2008
Thomas Friedman took a pie in the face at Brown University on Earth day 2008, (with video); Haven’t we all wanted to throw a pie at the New York Times?
American Beat: Pie-Faced, we are behind in times, this is 2005.
04, Ralph Klein, cream pies and the limits of political protes, my fellow Canadian, please keep the traditions alive
In 98, Bill Gates hit with cream pie; the movie; Gates gets creamed
Can you see me in the picture?
Newspaper woes send Longview plant seeking new customers
Sunday, February 1, 2009 12:14 AM PST
By Erik Olson @ TDN
The struggles of the newspaper industry are cutting into the core business at Longview’s Norpac newsprint plant, but the company is trying to “book” other business to compensate.
U.S. demand for newsprint — the paper newspapers are printed on — dropped 20.2 percent in October from the previous year, which was down 10.7 percent from 2006, according to the Pulp and Paper Products Council.
In response to declining revenues, many newspapers, including this one, are printing fewer pages and narrowing down “the web,” or width, of the paper.
“Narrower webs, reduced paper basis weights and fewer printed pages per newspaper all contribute to the current drop in demand for newsprint. The recent drop in advertising expenditures is also a major contributor to decreased paper demand,” Anthony Chavez, a Weyerhaeuser Co. spokesman, said Friday.
Norpac, also known as North Pacific Paper Co., opened in 1979 as a joint venture between Weyerhaeuser Co. and Japan-based Nippon Paper Products.
Weyerhaeuser initially controlled 80 percent the mill, but now the two companies have equal shares. Some of Norpac’s paper is sold in Japan, but figures were not available.
The mill, which employs about 500, is the largest newsprint manufacturer on the West Coast. Customers include the Seattle Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Gannett newspaper chain and Lee Enterprises, which owns The Daily News. The company’s average production is about 2,900 metric tons of paper per day, with a maximum production of 4,000 tons per day.
About half of its output is newsprint, and the other half is paper products used to produces paperback books, comic books and publication-grade paper, Chavez said.
The company’s foray into producing book paper five years ago has been growing, especially when it stumbles on a hit, Chavez said. Paper for the paperback copies of the “Twilight” novel series — a teen vampire thriller that got a boost from a movie last summer — was manufactured at Norpac, Chavez said.
“Breaking Dawn,” the third book in the trilogy, sold 1.3 million copies on its first day out last summer, and an additional 3 million copies have been ordered.
It’s a stable product line for Norpac, said Paul Latta, a forest-products industry analyst with Seattle-based McAdams Wright Ragen brokerage.
“It doesn’t seem like books are going to disappear soon,” Latta said.
However, the success of Norpac still is linked closely to the newspaper industry, which is struggling against the recession and Internet competition. Two Norpac-supplied metro daily newspapers — the “Seattle Post-Intelligencer” and the “Tucson Citizen” — are expected to close this spring unless an unlikely buyer emerges.
Nationwide, daily newspaper circulation fell 4.6 percent from March to September last year, and the rate is growing, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which releases figures every six months.
Reducing news space, eliminating sections and cutting the number of pages of newspapers is becoming an industrywide trend, said Rick Edmonds, a media business analyst for The Poynter Institute, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based journalism think tank.
“That all adds up to a fairly abrupt fall of demand,” Edmonds said.
Lee Enterprises, which owns 52 other daily newspapers in addition to The Daily News, cut its newsprint consumption 24 percent. Norpac produces newsprint for nine of those papers.
The cuts in production costs save newspaper companies money, but they can’t continue indefinitely or else readers will be turned off by the lessened value of the product, he said.
“My sense is that the industry itself realizes that (newspapers are getting) dangerously small,” Edmonds said.
Businesses are cutting their advertising budgets during the recession, which has hurt newspapers, Latta added.
“To the extent that the economy recovers, I suspect we’ll see a stabilization,” Latta said. “The newspaper industry is in a structural change because of the Internet.”
Readers are moving away from the printed newspaper, but they might come back, Latta said. After the VCR was invented in the early 1970s, movie theaters suffered a severe decline but rebounded as people rediscovered the joy of seeing films on the big screen, he said.
“Maybe the newsprint industry is in a similar sort of hit,” Latta said. Readers could grow tired of looking at computer screens all day in a decade, he added.
Newsprint demand isn’t slumping everywhere. Internet service is less prevalent in South and Central American countries and more regulated in Asia, leaving more people relying on the printed product for news, said Martin Hamel, vice president of the Pulp and Paper Products Council, a trade group based in Montreal.
“Long-term, the prospects are (in Asia and Latin America) better,” Hamel said. link, I am not in the picture.
Winter Classes for Men at THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER
REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED by Frida y, January 30th, 2009
NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM
Class 1
How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays--Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.
Class 2
The Toilet Paper Roll--Does It Change Itself?
Round Table Discussion.
Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.
Class 3
Is It Possible To Urinate Using The Technique Of Lifting The Seat and Avoiding The Floor, Walls and Nearby Bathtub?--Group Practice.
Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours.
Class 4
Fundamental Differences Between The Laundry Hamper and The Floor--Pictures and Explanatory Graphics.
Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks.
Class 5
Dinner Dishes--Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Kitchen Sink?
Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning
at 7:00 PM
Class 6
Loss Of Identity--Losing The Remote To Your Significant Other.
Help Line Support and Support Groups.
Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM
Class 7
Learning How To Find Things--Starting With Looking In The Right Places And Not Turning The House Upside Down While Ranting.
Open Forum
Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours.
Class 8
Health Watch--Bringing Her Flowers Is Not Harmful To Your Health.
Graphics and Audio Tapes.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.
Class 9
Real Men Ask For Directions When Lost--Real Life Testimonials.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined
Class 10
Is It Genetically Impossible To Sit Quietly While She Parallel Parks?
Driving Simulations.
4 weeks, Saturday's noon, 2 hours.
Class 11
Learning to Live--Basic Differences Between Mother and Wife.
Online Classes and role-playing
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined
Class 12
How to be the Ideal Shopping Companion
Relaxation Exercises, Meditation and Breathing Techniques.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.
Class 13
How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy--Remembering Birthdays, Anniversaries and Other Important Dates and Calling When You're Going To Be Late.
Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.
Class 14
The Stove/Oven-- What It Is and How It Is Used.
Live Demonstration.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM, location to be determined.
Upon completion of any of the above courses, diplomas will be issued to the survivors.
REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED by Frida y, January 30th, 2009
NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM
Class 1
How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays--Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.
Class 2
The Toilet Paper Roll--Does It Change Itself?
Round Table Discussion.
Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.
Class 3
Is It Possible To Urinate Using The Technique Of Lifting The Seat and Avoiding The Floor, Walls and Nearby Bathtub?--Group Practice.
Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours.
Class 4
Fundamental Differences Between The Laundry Hamper and The Floor--Pictures and Explanatory Graphics.
Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks.
Class 5
Dinner Dishes--Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Kitchen Sink?
Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning
at 7:00 PM
Class 6
Loss Of Identity--Losing The Remote To Your Significant Other.
Help Line Support and Support Groups.
Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM
Class 7
Learning How To Find Things--Starting With Looking In The Right Places And Not Turning The House Upside Down While Ranting.
Open Forum
Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours.
Class 8
Health Watch--Bringing Her Flowers Is Not Harmful To Your Health.
Graphics and Audio Tapes.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.
Class 9
Real Men Ask For Directions When Lost--Real Life Testimonials.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined
Class 10
Is It Genetically Impossible To Sit Quietly While She Parallel Parks?
Driving Simulations.
4 weeks, Saturday's noon, 2 hours.
Class 11
Learning to Live--Basic Differences Between Mother and Wife.
Online Classes and role-playing
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined
Class 12
How to be the Ideal Shopping Companion
Relaxation Exercises, Meditation and Breathing Techniques.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.
Class 13
How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy--Remembering Birthdays, Anniversaries and Other Important Dates and Calling When You're Going To Be Late.
Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.
Class 14
The Stove/Oven-- What It Is and How It Is Used.
Live Demonstration.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM, location to be determined.
Upon completion of any of the above courses, diplomas will be issued to the survivors.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
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