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WTF? Roland Emmerich To Remake ‘Stargate’ (His Own Film) And Shoot Back to Back ‘Independence Day’ Sequels
In today’s news that is sure to make you do a double take, MGM and Warner Bros. revealed Roland Emmerich will direct a remake of his own 1994 film Stargate. Yeah, you read that right, the director of the original Stargate movie… IS REMAKING HIS OWN MOVIE! As if that’s not shocking enough, Emmerich is also planned to shoot Independence Day 2 and Independence Day 3 back to back. Is this what it feels like to be in The Twilight Zone, ’cause it sure feels like it.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, together with Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, are partnering to launch a new feature film trilogy that reimagines the 1994 film Stargate. The announcement was made today by Gary Barber, MGM’s Chairman and CEO. Emmerich, who directed and co-wrote the original film with Devlin, is confirmed to direct and Devlin will produce.
Barber said, “We couldn’t be more excited to once again partner with Roland and Dean, the world-class creators of the originalStargate, to bring their reinvigorated vision of this wildly popular property to audiences of multiple generations.” He added, “Stargate is one of the biggest titles in MGM’s vast library, and we look forward to adding this great franchise to our slate.”
“The Stargate universe is one that we missed terribly, and we cannot wait to get going on imagining new adventures and situations for the trilogy. This story is very close to our hearts, and getting the chance to revisit this world is in many ways like a long lost child that has found its way back home,” said Emmerich and Devlin.
MGM will be running production on Stargate, with Jonathan Glickman, President, Motion Picture Group overseeing the project on behalf of MGM and Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, overseeing for Warner Bros. Pictures. Worldwide distribution will be handled by Warner Bros. Pictures, with select international territories to be handled by MGM.
Glickman said, “For us at MGM, there was no version of us further developing the Stargate franchise without Roland and Dean at the creative helm. This is their baby, and we cannot wait to bring their reenergized universe to the legions of fans around the world.”
Silverman said, “Stargate created an expansive cinematic universe that has engaged fans for two decades.” He added, “Under the guidance of Roland and Dean, these new films will build upon the creativity and popularity of the first film, while delivering an original film-going experience for fans and those new to the franchise.”
The sci-fi film Stargate launched a worldwide phenomenon. At the time of its release, the film set the record for the highest-grossing opening weekend in October and went on to gross nearly $200 million worldwide at the box office.
Emmerich is currently shooting Stonewall, a drama about a young man’s political awakening amid the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York, which sparked a fight for equality and paved the way for the modern gay rights movement. He is also in pre-production on ID Forever Part I and Part II, back-to-back sequels to his hit film, Independence Day.
Devlin is currently in pre-production on Geostorm, his feature directorial debut, which he co-wrote with Paul Guyot and is producing for Warner Bros. with Skydance Pictures’ David Ellison and Dana Goldberg and his Electric Entertainment team of Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan.
While the announcement is shocking, it’s only semi-schocking, as word of a reboot of the 1994 film first broke last year when Emmerich said that he and creative partner Dean Devlin approached MGM about building a reboot trilogy.
I dunno what I’m more concerned with – how old this makes me feel (I still think the 90s was like 10 years ago) or that Emmerich has finally realized Stargate was his only decent film, and instead of recognizing his cinematic nonsensical impulses, is now determined to match it to the rest of his filmography. It’s not every day a film maker gets to go and take another stab at their work, but look at George Lucas. While Star Wars Episodes 1, 2, and 3 were their own movies, Lucas got to do things the second time around that he wanted but never could do the first time. Look at well how that turned out. Speaking of making a Lucas Star Wars/Stargate comparison – will this remake undo canon much like Disney did with the Star Wars Expanded Universe? Will the much loved Stargate television series be washed from continuity and just exist in its own alternative universe? I hope not. Rebooting seems completely unnecessary. I’d be less pissy if they just called it “The Second Stargate” or whatever, and kept going with established universe and characters.
This is how it all starts folks. Here come all the Kurt Russell remakes!
As far as Independence Day goes… apparently that’s coming first. It already has a 2016 release date. This press release says he’s making Independence Day 3 immediately following that. So I dunno where the hell he’s gonna find the time to make another Stargate movie.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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PAC welcomes the Auditor-General (AG) report of 2015-16 which was released recently. While many people are making unnecessary noise about ABSA paying back a mere R1 Billion which is recommended by the office of Public Protector.
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WCC Councillor Fleur Fitzsimons writes:
Last week, the Wellington City Council released an external review into its communications and engagement functions. The review found that the council needed a “refreshed corporate identity” as if the council is a corporation with something to sell, like a sneakers brand or insurance company.
The council does not operate in a competitive marketplace, and there is no share price to protect. The council exists for simple reasons, to make Wellington function properly as a city that residents can live well in. The council has enough challenges living up to that basic expectation.
The council exists to address the reality that for residents and businesses, it is better if we collectively build pipes, transport and recreation infrastructure. It is better if together we plan for housing, shopping and hospitality and it is better if we as a city provide the support needed for residents who are struggling.
Ultimately, the council’s reputation rests on whether we meet the needs and expectations of residents, and their assessment is made via democratic elections. It’s nice to have an appealing logo, and essential we communicate with residents with clarity and honesty. But we are not a “brand” in any meaningful sense of the word, and nor should we aspire to behave like one.
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Housing in major metropolitan areas is moving beyond the means of many, with renters, especially, burdened by rising rents and standstill wages. Affordability has become so strained, according to a recent analysis by Zillow, that even cheap rentals are out of reach for the very segment they’re priced for.
Researchers at Zillow assessed income data from the U.S. Census Bureau against rents, discovering that low-income renters in the 25 largest metropolitan areas are spending much more than what is recommended on rent, even in locations where rentals are priced inexpensively for the market.
The consequence, the research shows, is a lapse in savings that could be disastrous for renters already severely financially strapped. (In a separate analysis, Zillow projected homeless populations in metropolitan areas should rents rise 5 percent in 2017, with stark repercussions.) Roughly 70 percent of renters have not saved three months’ worth of living expenses.
Renters in the lowest income tier in Los Angeles and New York are spending over 100 percent of the areas’ median incomes in the tier on rent, the research shows; renters in San Francisco are spending 99.9 percent, and renters in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale are spending 98.2 percent.
“Any renter can tell you how difficult it is to save up extra cash while spending an increasing portion of their income on rent, but it’s much worse for those who make the least,” says Dr. Svenja Gudell, chief economist at Zillow. “Income inequality is growing in the United States, and this shows how high housing costs contribute to preventing people from moving up the ladder. There are several factors at play here, including wage growth dampened by the recession and increased demand on the rental market. Without a long-term solution to affordable housing, the gap between the haves and have-nots will continue to widen.”
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Bayer exploring options to offload plastics unit: report
Bayer AG, Germany-based pharmaceutical to chemicals group, is reportedly mulling a plan to sell its $10 billion plastics unit so that it could save time and resources to expand its health business.
People with direct knowledge of the matter said Bayer is mulling the options for plastics unit Bayer Material Science after rival chemicals firm Evonik Industries AG expressed potential interest in the unit months back.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, they added that a decision had yet to be taken by the German group, and that the Evonik considerations had failed to gain traction.
Fabian Wenner, an analyst with Zurich-based Kepler Cheuvreux, estimated that the sale of the plastics unit may fetch Bayer more than 7.8 billion euros (US$10.8 billion) including net debt.
Demand for Bayer's polycarbonates, a type of transparent plastic, in on the decline as lower-cost competitors like Sabic have built new sites and increased supply of the material in the global market.
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Background & Aims: Chronic hepatitis B (HBV) or C (HCV) virus infection has been associated with increased risk of death, particularly from liver- and drug-related causes. We examined specific causes of death among a population-based cohort of people infected with HBV or HCV to identify areas of excess risk and examine trends in mortality.
Methods: HBV and HCV cases notified to the New South Wales (NSW) Health Department between 1992 and 2006 were linked to cause of death data and HIV/AIDS notifications. Mortality rates and standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated using person time methodology, with NSW population rates used as a comparison.
Results: The study cohort comprised 42,480 individuals with HBV mono-infection and 82,034 with HCV mono-infection. HIV co-infection increased the overall mortality rate three to 10-fold compared to mono-infected groups. Liver-related deaths were associated with high excess risk of mortality in both HBV and HCV groups (SMR 10.0, 95% CI 9.0-11.1: 15.8, 95% CI 14.8-16.8). Drug-related deaths among the HCV group also represented an elevated excess risk (SMR 15.4, 95% CI 14.5-16.3). Rates of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-related death remained steady in both groups. A decrease in non-HCC liver-related deaths was seen in the HBV group between 1997 and 2006, but not in the HCV group. After a sharp decrease between 1999 and 2002, drug-related mortality rates in the HCV group have been stable.
Conclusions: Improvements in HBV treatment and uptake have most likely reduced non-HCC liver-related mortality. Encouragingly, HCV drug-related mortality remained low compared to pre-2002 levels, likely due to changes in opiate supply, and maintenance or improvement in harm reduction strategies.
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The visibility of public recharging may, however, be an important psychological factor in encouraging existing drivers of combustion cars to switch to electric alternatives, especially those who don’t own a garage or forecourt parking space.
In Norway, the world’s most mature EV market, the share of drivers relying on public slow charging on a daily basis dropped from almost 10% in 2014 to just 2% in 2017 – only about 15% of drivers use it on a weekly basis. Fast charging along main road corridors is the only charging type that has increased in use in the country. Plausible explanations include an increase in driving range and improved charging network coverage.
At present there are about five EVs on the road for every public charging point, comfortably within the recommendation of 10. With growth in both vehicle and charger numbers there should be about 220,000 chargers in urban areas by 2020 and good coverage of fast chargers along the European motorway network with about 5,000 fast charging sites planned. This translates into one charging point every 34 km along the strategic road network.
Greg Archer, Clean Vehicles Director with Transport & Environment (T&E), said: “Carmakers are creating a smokescreen claiming there is insufficient recharging points in major markets. The truth is the chicken or the egg problem is fixed in northern and western Europe, where three in four new EVs are sold. The primary bottleneck in increasing sales of electric cars is the lack of cars to plug-in.”
The analysis estimates the initial need for private and public investment in recharging infrastructure will gradually reduce and in the period 2018-2030 the cumulative cost of public charging for leading EV markets is estimated at €12 billion, a small fraction of the 100€ billion invested by the EU every year in transport infrastructure.
Recharging is not being rolled out uniformly across Europe – but neither are sales. The EU’s 11 northern and western countries are clear market leaders. These countries are expected to represent about 80% of EVs and public charging infrastructure in 2020 and accounted for over two-thirds (10 million) of the 15 million new cars sold in the EU in 2017. Already in 2017, 91% of the registered EVs were sold in these countries, representing a 1.9% market share. Sales in southern, central and eastern Europe are expected to lag by five to 10 years providing time for the build up of recharging points in these places later.
For these countries, the draft European Commission budget for 2020-7 has committed at least 60% of the EU’s cross-border infrastructure fund to finance schemes that help the fight against climate change, including EV infrastructure.
Greg Archer added: “There is time and funds available to build the recharging and grid infrastructure that will be needed as the market for electric cars expands. The question is whether carmakers will be pushed to supply electric cars through ambitious CO2 reduction targets for new cars in 2025 and 2030. The status quo is a Europe that continues to be a dirty diesel island in a world increasingly dominated by electric cars. Decisions in the European Parliament and Council in the next month will set the future trajectory and whether Europe is a leader or laggard in the shift to electromobility.”


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The ECOWAS Commission organized a training for 30 Core Drug Prevention Professionals on Evidence-Based Prevention of Drug Use/Substance Abuse in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin from the 17th to the 21st of October 2023
The main objective of the training of trainers was to build the capacity of drug prevention professionals to improve their practices through the use evidence-based interventions to prevent children and adolescents from starting to use psychoactive substances.
The training hosted under auspices of the Drug Prevention and Control Programme of the ECOWAS Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs is driven by information and data on treatment of drug addiction generated in 2020-2022 by the West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) which revealed that regionally, the data on treatment of drug addiction has a notable rise in the prevalence of drug usage among young individuals when contrasted with the broader population.
The West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) is a sentinel surveillance system with a public health orientation for the collection and dissemination of comparable data on drug abuse and related problems in the region and aimed at improving the information base for policymakers of the ECOWAS Member states to address the social, health, and economic consequences of alcohol and drug use.
At the Opening Ceremony of the training on the 17th of October 2023, the remarks of the Resident Representative of the President of the ECOWAS Commission in the Republic of Benin was delivered by the Political Adviser – Mr. Mamadou Konate and he recalled the commitment of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to address Illicit drug Trafficking, Drug Abuse and Organized Crime with the adoption of the Political Declaration and Action Plan. The Director, Humanitarian and Social Affairs, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Sintiki Tarfa Ugbe in her remarks extended the Commission’s appreciation to the Government of the Republic of Benin for the strong commitment demonstrated in working with the Department to address the problems of substance abuse. She stated that the cohort ages of the onset of substance abuse by young people was a major source of concern and decried the dire consequences for our young people. In conclusion, she stressed the need for greater investment in the implementation of drug prevention interventions as being cheaper and effective than treatment.
The Minister of Interior and Public Security, ably represented by the Director of Cabinet – ABASSE Olossoumare at the Opening Ceremony recognised the ECOWAS Commission’s multi-faceted support in the fight against drugs in the Republic of Benin. He highlighted the important roles of the participants in shaping the lives of the young people and enjoined them to make the very best of the training. He further underscored the commitment of the Government of the Republic of Benin’s zero tolerance to drug use in the country and its emphasis on and support for drug use prevention strategies. He reassured the ECOWAS Commission of the continued support and cooperation of the Government of the Republic of Benin in tackling the menace of drugs.
The Permanent Secretary, Secrétariat Permanent Du Comité Interministériel De Lutte Contre L’abus Des Stupéfiants Et Des Substances Psychotropes (SP-CILAS) – Mr. SIMON SANI Yacoubou in his remarks at the Opening Ceremony expressed his deep gratitude to the Commission and reiterated the commitment of the CILAS to work with the Department of Human Development and Social Affairs.
All participants were fully enthusiastic and engaged throughout the training and at the conclusion of their training and assessment they will be issued Certificates.


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Prague, 27 August - The shooting of a new Slovenian feature film began in the Czech capital on Friday. "L... Like Love" is a story about love, friendship and the mafia is directed by Janja Glogovac and produced by Fabula, a Ljubljana-based company for culture.
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Two needle pine with an irregular pyramidal growth habit, often with spreading branches, the lower soon dying. Very picturesque in old age. Average height is 30-60 feet tall. Upper portion of the trunk has orange bark that is thin and smooth, peeling off in papery flakes. The lower portion of the trunk is thicker, gray or reddish brown, fissured into irregular, longitudinal, scaly plates. Needles persist for 2-4 years are variable in length, twisted, stiff, 1-3" long, short pointed, margins minutely toothed and blue green in color. Cones are mostly solitary or 2 or 3 together, short-stalked, ovoid-conic, 1 1/2-3" long, gray or dull brown. Cones fall at maturity. Scotch pine is mostly valued for its picturesque character. It is a very popular Christmas tree.
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Buds are oblong-ovate, .25 to .5 inches long, pointed, with lanceolate, fringed scales, the upper ones free at the tips, brown, resinous, reddish brown.
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'Watereri' - A slow-growing, densely pyramidal to flat-topped form with steel-blue needles; usually about 10 feet high.

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The software group SAP has opened a new Innovation Center in Potsdam on the site of the historic barracks on Jungfernsee (Maidens’ Lake). The new center for computer technologies is to house up to 150 employees. The research teams will be developing innovative software applications based on SAP’s “Hana” database platform. One main focus will be on IT applications in the medical field.
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We report on a stretched-pulse additive-pulse mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser pumped by a master-oscillator/power- amplifier diode at 980 nm. This laser operates at 1.55 μm and puts out as much as 90 mW of average power at 40 MHz with pulse widths that are prism compensated to less than 90 fs. Amplitude jitter is less than 0.1%.
© 1995 Optical Society of America
Original Manuscript: March 9, 1995
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G. Lenz, K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, "All-solid-state femtosecond source at 1.55 μm," Opt. Lett. 20, 1289-1291 (1995)

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Astronomers have discovered a "super-earth" near our solar system among more than 100 new planets.
In total 114 new planets have been discovered, 60 of which are said to be situated in what is called our immediate solar neighbourhood.
The super-earth is named Gliese 411b and is in the fourth-closest star system to our own sun, The Huffington Post reported.
The planet is hot and rocky, and scientists say this discovery is important as it shows most of the nearest stars to the sun have planets orbiting them, and they could be like earth.
Dr Mikko Tuomi, part of the international group which discovered the planets, said: "It is fascinating to think that when we look at the nearest stars, all of them appear to have planets orbiting them.
"This is something astronomers were not convinced about, even as little as five years ago."
Researchers believe some of the planets they have discovered could support life, The Independent said.
The team made the discovery after information about 20 years of observations and stars were made publicly available, facilitated by the Lick-Carnegie Exoplanet Survey.
It included almost 61,000 individual observations of 1,600 stars from US astronomers, using the Keck-I telescope based in Hawaii.
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Noah Masterson, a web marketing manager in Austin, Tex., is like the Marie Kondo of Twitter. He keeps it tidy. “I just unfollowed about 20 people to get down to an even 400,” he said. “It felt really good.”
For Mr. Masterson, 43, the value of social media is that it brings together all sorts of voices and opinions that he may not otherwise hear. But if he decides one voice is too shrill, too self-promotional or too dull, he will declutter. “It’s a party, and I get to select the guests,” he said. “I can just eject someone if they’re not being a good guest.”
…But there are so many awkward dynamics that can arise, because rarely is the severing of these social ties a stealth act. Those who have landed on your cutting-room floor can learn of the shunning in any number of ways. That’s why the subtler function of muting someone, offered by Facebook and Twitter, is popular: Mutees have no way of knowing they’ve been tuned out. The posters keep posting and posting, having no idea that they are trees falling in the forest without anyone there to hear the thud.
…“You feel like you’re breaking this fake friendship, and that can be really awkward because on Twitter especially, people really do become friendly,” Ms. Notopoulos said. “A social contract develops, kind of like, if someone invites you to their wedding, you have to invite them to yours even if you don’t like them that much. It’s easy to start wondering, ‘Am I being a jerk for unfollowing them?’ In those cases, I find the mute button a godsend.”


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Morning departure to travel to Hayling Island and Lakeside Coastal Village Resort to enjoy a Christmas lunch with old friends and new, before being entertained by the Warners team. Followed by social dancing and then the Grand Charity Raffle.
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Cornelius Prouten, one of 200 convicts transported on the Albion, 17 May 1823
Name, Aliases & Gender
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life span was 57 years*
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17th May, 1823
21st October, 1823
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Travelled with 199 other convicts
||Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 57 (30)
||This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.
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Vicki on 16th March, 2012 wrote:
Cornelius Prouten old brother Francis Prouten was also a convict onboard the Albion
Maureen Withey on 6th September, 2019 wrote:
Tas Record CON23-1-3, Image P299 to 327, for Cornelius and his brother Francis.
No. 313. Cornelius Prouten, 5 ft 9 ½ . Age 20, l. brown hair, blue eyes, Fisherman, convicted 14 Jan 1822, Native place, Paggham, various tatoos, F.C. 37/152, 29 Jan 1829.
No. 314. Francis Prouten, 5 ft 7. Age 24, brown hair, blue eyes, Fisherman, convicted 14 Jan 1822, Native place, Paggham, various tatoos, F.C. 38/153, 29 Jan 1829.
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Which of course makes this a trick ripe for subversion. Train your players to think all planets are single-biome planets, and then just when they’re comfortable throw them a major curveball. A planet which has multiple terrain types, in a majorly plot-relevant way that is actively dangerous if they assume otherwise. (Details left as an exercise for the reader. We’re sure you’re smart enough to think of something.)


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NEW YORK (AP) — At a University of Maryland lab, people infected with the new coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting their faces into the big end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for a half hour. Sometimes they cough.
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La Mar by GastÃ³n Acurio at Mandarin Oriental, Miami will be bringing a slice of Peru to Brickellâ€™s dining scene in celebration of Peruâ€™s Independence Day on July 28 & 29, 2014. Guests will be transported on a culinary journey with an exceptional dinner menu inspired by the cooking of Andean ancestors and centuries of Peruâ€™s culinary fusion. The restaurant will be decorated with festive Peruvian accents and nightly live entertainment by local Peruvian musicians will fill the air. Menu will be available during dining service from 5:30pm to 11:00pm.


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Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed Tuesday after months of speculation that the automaker plans to move production of a Jeep SUV to Toluca, Mexico, from Belvidere, Ill., and move production of Ram pickups to Sterling Heights, Mich. from Warren, Mich.
The moves are part of a massive plan to shift production of smaller vehicles to Mexico while concentrating on the production of more profitable Jeep SUVs and Ram pickups in the U.S.
Marchionne said there would be no net loss of U.S. jobs even though there will be some painful layoffs, a discontinuation of two passenger cars made in the U.S. and the movement of a Jeep to Mexico.
“We have had obviously intense dialogue with our counterparts at the UAW about the implications on head count,” Marchionne said. “I confirm now, as we have done with them, that the realignment of the footprint in NAFTA is actually going to yield an increase in manpower.”
While most of the plans confirmed by Marchionne today have previously been reported by various media organizations, they had not been verified by the company, leading to anxiety among thousands of workers at the automaker’s U.S. plants over the past eight months.
Marchionne said today that the overriding principle that guided the transformation of production was preserving the ability to make any Ram or Jeep vehicle as the company transitions to a new or redesigned model.
“I will give you a perfect example. The Warren Truck Plant, which is historically one of the oldest plants we have in the fold of the old Chrysler and now FCA, is a plant that would have had to go through incredible surgery in order for it to accept the new Ram truck,” Marchionne said. â??So the realignment of the Sterling Heights plant to accept the new Ram … allowed us to effectively re-lay out the whole manufacturing footprint by not losing one unit.”
FCA shocked workers and automotive analysts in January when it announced plans to eventually discontinue production of the Chrysler 200 in Sterling Heights and the Dodge Dart in Belvidere, Ill. Since then, workers in Sterling Heights have spent most of the year on layoff as sales of the Chrysler 200 dropped by more than 60%. Earlier this month, FCA said it would permanently eliminate a shift in July.
Charles Bell, president of UAW Local 1700, said Tuesday that thousands of workers at Sterling Heights will be relieved as word gets around.
“Today’s news is indeed great news for the men and women of Sterling Heights Assembly Plant and those plants that support products built there,” Bell said.
He said the UAW will now work closely with its members, the state of Michigan and the company as the plant works through the layoffs. The plant is not scheduled to begin building Ram pickups until late 2017 or 2018.
Meanwhile, Marchionne said Warren Truck will eventually build the Jeep Wagoneer and the Jeep Grand Wagoneer. Until today, Marchionne has not specifically or clearly discussed plans for two different Wagoneer large SUVs but he has previously referenced “a family of Wagoneers.” The Wagoneer is expected to be a full-size SUV that could be offered in several trim levels.
Marchionne also said today that FCA will build the replacement for the Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot at its plant in Toluca, Mexico. Production of that Jeep SUV is to begin during the second half of this year. Built in 1968, that plant employs about 2,900 workers who produce the Dodge Journey, Fiat 500 and Fiat Freemont.
FCA has said the Patriot and Compass will be replaced with a single model but has not revealed the name of the new vehicle. The automaker is also preparing to begin production of the Jeep Compass/Patriot replacement at its plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, as it seeks to boost Jeep sales in South America.
Currently, the Compass and Patriot are built in Belvidere, Ill. Marchionne did not discuss the future of that plant. The Free Press has previously reported that the Jeep Cherokee, currently made in Toledo, will be moved to Belvidere.
That will give the automaker the ability to boost production capacity of the Jeep Wrangler and build a Jeep pickup in Toledo so it can meet demand for the Wrangler in the U.S. and export a higher volume.
The new production plan has roots in the company’s troublesome transition from the Jeep Liberty in 2012 to the Jeep Cherokee in 2013.
In 2012, when FCA discontinued the Jeep Liberty, it lost almost a year of production volume and profits as it retooled the plant to make the new Jeep Cherokee.
Marchionne vowed that FCA would never repeat the mistake.
“The realignment of the NAFTA footprint was driven by two conditions,” Marchionne said Tuesday. “We ran the optimization exercise with a very clear view of not losing one unit of sales for Ram and not losing one unit of sales for Jeep.”
Marchionne’s plan is also driven by the need for FCA to be a more competitive automaker in North America. FCA’s North American profit margin’s have lagged far behind the lofty 10% or so that Ford and General Motors have cleared with ease in recent years.
Eventually, Marchionne came to the conclusion that FCA is at a disadvantage because Ford and GM sell a higher volume of SUVs and pickups, and he set out to fix that problem. On Tuesday, Marchionne said the company’s financial results prove the plan is already showing results.
FCA’s pre-tax profit margin for the first quarter in North America was 7.2%, up from 3.7% for the same period last year.
The automaker’s total pre-tax profits topped $1.38 billion in North America, about double the $678 million for the same period a year ago.
Marchionne said the improvement is directly related to the decision to cut production of the Chrysler 200 and Dodge Dart. The competitive landscape for passenger cars has become far more fierce over the past two or three years as consumers have migrated to crossovers and SUVs and automakers have had to resort to bigger incentives to sell cars.
“I think the call that we made to exit those businesses as a producer in the United States, in hindsight, was probably one of the best calls weâ??ve made,” Marchionne said. “Unfortunately, that information was not available to us back in ’09 and ’10. Had we known this I think we would have refrained from the investment cycle that we went through.”


Five students who helped rescue an injured woman stranded on a remote hillside have made the shortlist for a national lifesavers' award.
Berwick-upon-Tweed Community School pupils Murray MacPherson, Iain Parkin, Martin Gray, Darren Weatherburn and Michael Brown, all 16, have made the final 50 of the annual Vodafone Life Savers Awards.
The five boys nominated for this award were training for their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards in a remote part of the Cheviots when they came across an injured woman.
Sheila Nicol, from Harrogate, had fallen 10 feet down a waterfall, breaking her elbow and dislocating her arm. When the boys found her she was in severe pain and quite disorientated.
Murray MacPherson dashed up the hill to get a signal on his mobile and called the air ambulance. The others stayed with Sheila, made tea and reassured her.
Later, they helped paramedics carry the woman over a series of stiles to reach the waiting helicopter.


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This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.
Caroline Hogg has worked in publishing for almost ten years, at Little, Brown Book Group and more recently at Avon, HarperCollins. She's currently at Pan Macmillan as Senior Commissioning Editor for Commercial Women's Fiction. She knows her stuff!
Today's question comes from a Novelicious reader who asks:
What do you predict to be the next trends in Women’s Fiction?
Caroline says: I wish I could predict the Next Big Thing. I’d buy twelve books in that area and then retire to Devon and eat cream teas morning, noon and night. But although I don’t think it’s possible to try and pinpoint what the next major trends will be (or necessarily wise – you risk putting all your eggs in one basket), I do think it’s safe to put my head above the parapet and say: women’s fiction is better than ever.
There have been so many comments and articles over the last few years that have trumpeted the death of women’s fiction but I think the truth is that the readers of these books haven’t disappeared and the books themselves are still of the highest quality. Women’s fiction readers are discerning and I think they look for good books regardless of genre – so they may pick up a crime novel that’s getting lots of critical acclaim, or try erotica for the first time, but that doesn’t mean they’ll abandon their favourite women’s fiction authors or never try a new author in the genre.
It’s true that publishing commercial fiction has never been so competitive as market conditions get tougher, but the readers are out there and for our part, publishers need to select and publish the best books to keep those readers engaged and happy. And crucially, coming back to read more!


Today started early – a 5am alarm call to be picked up at 6am. The three of us heading off unaccompanied into early-morning Hanoi in a silver people carrier with a driver who didn’t speak any English was a little disconcerting, but we soon stopped to collect Tram (once she’d found somewhere to park her scooter) and Dung. We joined the motorway south of Hanoi, destination Nam Dinh Province about two hours’ drive away.
The less said about some of the driving we saw around us on the road the better, but by eight o’clock we had reached Nam Dinh, a small leafy green city with a visibly slower pace of life than Hanoi. There we met the rest of the group, who had arrived in two other cars ahead of us and had already parked themselves at a roadside cafe. Squatting on the little red plastic stools one sees all over Vietnam, we enjoyed a morning coffee of the hot variety with condensed milk, and – for those who had not had breakfast – egg rolls.
It was then a short walk to the first interview stop of the day, the Nam Dinh Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development offices. Now most interviews I have done have involved two or three people, six at most. Today we had almost twenty. Five representatives of DARD, led by their Director-General, had arranged to be available – and from our side there were the twelve IHGeo researchers plus ‘Team RGU’. In case you are wondering what a twenty-person interview looks like, it goes something like this. The various team members give us an overview of their policy frameworks and activities for climate change adaptation and socio-economic development. We than ask questions in a rather haphazard manner, picking up on things that interest us and chipping in by using the desk mic that is at each of our seats. The relevant team member then provides an answer, which is translated back to us. In Japanese social science research I have heard different words used for different types of interviews, and this was definitely closer to what would be called a ‘hearing’. Still, the data we got was useful, and when we debrief tomorrow and Friday we will talk about the importance of being able to make-do, adapt and think on one’s feet when in the field.
This process continued for nearly two hours until our time is up, but it was good natured with healthy discussion emerging the more we spoke. What was clear is that climate change is a very serious issue for Nam Dinh Province, which is low-lying and right on the coast. Sea level rise, deposits of salt in soil and increased storms are all posing a serious risk to the region, and there is a real awareness at municipal government level of the problems. This is supported with attempts to respond to the challenges via adaptation planning at provincial level, and also training and skill-building among government officials.
The morning ‘interview’ was followed with a typically extensive and sociable lunch (including the delicacy of snails) before we loaded back in the cars and moved onwards to Xuan Thuy National Park, a further hour and a half away from Nam Dinh. The Deputy Director and his team took our questions, during which it became apparent that climate change is a major risk to both biodiversity and people’s livelihoods, and that finding ways to conserve biodiversity in the face of climate change is crucial for continued social and economic development. All of this was conveyed without anyone one using the term ‘ecosystem services,’ for which I was rather grateful.
Then came the rewarding part. We broke into three groups, each with one RGU researcher and 2-3 of our IHGeo counterparts, and spent an hour interviewing local residents whose lives had been affected by climate change. ‘My’ group had come with their interview schedule prepared and translated into Vietnamese (bearing in mind that at the end of the workshop yesterday we had some bullet points on flipcharts in English). Our IHGeo colleagues led the interview, and a full hour’s discussion followed with only minimal translation and input from me. The three groups heard – in different ways – how climate change was having negative effects on people’s lives in Nam Dinh right now, contrary to the discourse of ‘far away’ climate change we often get in the UK. Having to work longer to catch seafood, needed to change the type of produce farmed or caught, suffering stress and similar health effects.
Last stop of the day, after loading up on honey from the Xuan Thuy National Park office shop, was the coast of the park itself for a bit of field observation. Some of us climbed the crumbly and rather rickety concrete observation tower to look at the encircling rain, others stayed around to watch a boat unexpectedly coming in and landing a catch of oysters. Much shouting among the IHGeo contingent, followed by the production of plastic bags. About half the group had decided to buy some oysters and take them back Hanoi. 10,000 Dong for a kilogram. That’s about 40p for a kilo of freshly-landed seafood.
The three cars set off, first under a sun making a good effort to put on a glorious sunset behind the passing rainstorm and then under deepening darkness, back towards Hanoi. We stopped off again in Nam Dinh to hunt for tea, a process that caused much frustration as it transpired the three team members from Nam Dinh knew nothing about their hometown. Tomorrow we will work towards techniques for drawing themes out from our initial reflections on the fieldwork (plus from IHGeo’s findings in Nam Dinh to date), and in the afternoon the RGU researchers will be giving a seminar on their own latest research.
Our activities in Vietnam are supported by the British Academy International Partnership and Mobility Scheme.


Above 1951 and painted black
Above 1962, 10 years after being pulled from the junkyard
1929 Model J Duesenberg Kirchhoff Convertible Berline Sedan, J186-2208 was first purchased by the grandson of the president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
He purchased it when his Stutz steering locked up, and later when he saw a Kirchhoff, (former foreman for Murphy's coachbuilding company) convertible sedan he had one built for his Duesy.
It was sold in the mid 40's, went through several owners, and in 1951 threw a rod through the block and was sold to a junkyard in LA.
Gil Curtright was a car enthusiast who frequently looked through the neighborhood junkyards for car parts and had actually admired the Duesy at a 1946 hot rod show, and was friends with a guy who had taken a photo of the Duesy earlier that year at a car show, and may have tipped him off to the Duesy's whereabouts, but definitely helped him haul it from the junkyard and cost him 500 dollars. It was one of 2 Duesenbergs pulled from the junkyard that day, the other was restored in a short time and was in the Elvis movie "Spin out"
in 1998, all the chassis parts were moved to a shop to begin the restoration. In the spring of 2006 the body was transported and has since been painted and installed on the frame. In 2008, the car was moved to a new shop, where the restoration continues.
I learned about this car yesterday, and it's possible that I might get to take photos of it when circumstances allow. The full story can be found at http://www.curtright.us/F4146E38-271E-4b39-87A2-1EE2B16FEC4B/Duesenberg.htm


Nice and solid 1987 Buick Turbo T, rare and very fast car. VIN# 1G4GM1176HP432370
Garaged all of its life, it is completely rust free.
Very well maintained throughout history with 165,155 original miles on the car.
Painted bright red almost 20 years ago so there are some minor nicks and dings from rocks and parking lots, look closely at pictures for extent. Never wrecked or rust repaired, all original steel and glass…front to back.
New seal kit for car included and in packages still, including roof seals(2), door seal(2), trunk Seal(1)
GNX front undercar braces are included, just need to be bolted into existing stock holes.
Nice professional Stereo system, Alpine HD Radio/CD player, center channel, all upgraded speakers and amps.
Sherwood Alarm system with remote door locks and power trunk release.
Replacement NOS Door sill plates, above door chrome, Perfect Steering wheel center cap/horn piece, etc.
Spare Computer and chips to tune to your desire.
Flowmaster exhaust with big downpipe, Weld Super Single wheels…etc
Everything worked perfect including power trunk release, power steering, air, cruise, power windows, all electrics unmolested.
Very low owner car, I have owned it for 11 years and know the history for the life of car.
I had many nice weather cars when I lived here and this was my favorite one to drive. Great gas mileage and all the power you could EVER want in a street car. The trim package in this is very comfortable on long trips and a thrill to drive and hear the air pushed in as you are pushed into the seat!
The bad: I broke the crank under boost and snapped a cap. I had new caps installed and lined bored, then moved out of the country. The engine is no longer owned by me, but can be purchased after car is sold to buyer only for $1000.
NEEDS: Power Antennae, Short Block 3.8 V-6; The original ready to go block with new turbo pistons and crank installed is available separately from third party for $1000 only to buyer of car. I can arrange to pick up with the car.
Headliner is out of car and needs the “soft” cover replaced onto the hard shell.
All motor parts and accessories included and put in boxes when shop removed them.
Tires are old and should be replaced, as it has been in storage for 8 years.
Minor interior defects, minor paint defects (see Pics)
Thanks for looking….very low reserve. I am going back home and time to get this out of storage and back on the road....under another's control


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The jobs of TEMCO workers could be saved with the Bell Bay smelter attracting interest from potential buyers.
Unions say employees are buoyed after briefings from South32 management and optimistic for the future.
Treasurer Peter Gutwein described an announcement by the smelter's owners that a decision had not yet been made on TEMCO's future as "both bitter and sweet".
However, like the unions he was pleased that South32, which has postponed a decision on its future until next year, was considering divesting its Tasmanian operations.
The Australian Workers Union and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union say workers were told at briefings on Thursday that there were a number of potential buyers interested in the smelter
AWU assistant secretary Robert Flanagan was "very positive" about the smelter's future.
"The workers are really encouraged and happy to receive the news of potential buyers," Mr Flanagan said.
"At the very least it means that employees are guaranteed five months' work and that was not what we had expected.
"The tone of the language before had been that no-one had any confidence that Temco had a long term future.
"This is really encouraging and has been well received."
In a statement, South32 confirmed it was still reviewing options for manganese alloys smelters at TEMCO and Gauteng in South Africa.
It said it was still looking at options including "divestment, care and maintenance, or closure".
South32 says it will make a decision on TEMCO's future by March next year.
"We are assessing divestment options for both Metalloys and TEMCO and we have not yet made a decision on the way forward," the company said.
"We continue to engage with our employees, governments and all other stakeholders and we will provide a further update in the first quarter of next calendar year."
Mr Flanagan said he interpreted the announcement as the company working with governments on a sale.
"We don't know who tho interested parties are but we are pleased that there is hope," he said.
AMWU state organiser Jacob Batt also was pleased with South32's announcement.
"Absolutely, and hopefully there will be a positive outcome," Mr Batt said.
"We will have to wait until the first quarter of next year but at least there will be a few more months work."
Mr Gutwein said it was clear all options were being considered.
"The announcement by TEMCO is both bitter and sweet," he said.
"Whilst staff will go through a period of uncertainty, it was very clear from the announcement that TEMCO is looking at all options, divestment and looking for another owner is clearly on the table.
"Whilst it will be a difficult period obviously for both management and staff, it's certainly good news in that they continue to go through the process and the option of TEMCO continuing remains alive."
Labor MHA for Braddon Dr Shane Broad said the TEMCO announcement was a "mixed blessing".
"TEMCO is a massive employer for George Town and the government needs to look at other employment options for the region such as renewable hydrogen," he said.
Greens MHA Dr Rosalie Woodruff said she was concerned for workers who faced an "anxious situation".
Infrastructure Minister Michael Ferguson said the government had "left the company is no doubt that the business is supported".
"The Government's door is always open and we have expressed our strong support for the operation and the jobs and investment it supports," he said. "We appreciate South32's further advice that until any decision is made, the plant will continue operating."


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Andrew Tan-led Megaworld Corp. reported a net income of P6.03 billion in the first half of the year, up 11 percent year-on-year.
The growth was driven by the expansion of its township developments not only in Metro Manila but also in the provinces.
Megaworld treasurer Francis Canuto said the government’s thrust to expand economic opportunities to the regions is parallel to the company’s direction in expanding its developments outside of Metro Manila where the company is already strong.
“The beauty behind our diversification story is that it is intrinsically part of our drive toward nation building— we bring growth where we are headed,” he said.
Rental income from offices, malls and commercial centers remained the primary contributor to the sharp growth in first half earnings, contributing P4.84 billion or an increase of 15 percent from the year earlier.
From now until 2020, the company is set to deliver around 150,000 square meters of office spaces and around 75,000 sqm of commercial spaces annually.
The company is also on track to hit its goal of breaching the one million sqm mark in terms of total leasable space this year, and expects to double that by the end of 2020.
Megaworld earlier announced it was mapping out the so-called “Visayas BPO Triangle” by strengthening its office developments in the key cities of Iloilo, Cebu and Bacolod.
By 2020, the property firm expects to have eight new office towers in Iloilo Business Park, The Mactan Newtown and The Upper East in Bacolod which will boost its total office portfolio to roughly 200,000 square meters in the Visayas BPO Triangle.
The so-called Visayas BPO Triangle is seen to generate around 50,000 direct jobs in the BPO sector.
Revenues of the Megaworld Group, which includes subsidiary brands Global-Estate Resorts Inc. (GERI), Empire East Land Holdings Inc. and Suntrust Properties amounted to P23.03 billion during the period, five percent higher than the year ago.

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There is absolutely nothing to do in this pack other than unwrap the parts and keep them nearby in preparation for building the next packs.
This image includes the parts for the entire issue. However, the parts included with this pack are:
- Left Calliper (yes, they spelled caliper this way)
- Inner Wheel
Materials: The Left Caliper is metal, but the Inner Wheel is chromed plastic.
The instructions included with this pack cannot be completed until Pack 18, so I will do this step then. Just keep the part nearby for now.
Same thing, but we can use this part in the next pack. Just keep it nearby.
This was just a pack of parts we can’t do anything with. Put them aside and move on to the next pack.
Pack 17 – Outer Wheel Rim (Front), Wheel Rim Ring (Front)


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Photo courtesy of Great Falls Montana Development Authority.
“Our new production line will move 4,850 pounds of pasta per hour, and operate 24 hours each day, enabling us to continue to grow our staff,” said Randy Gilbertson, chief operating officer of Pasta Montana.
“Japanese ownership strengthens our commitment to quality,” Gilbertson said. “We benefit from having the strong financial backing of a solid, established, publicly-traded Japanese company.”
Miharu Kobayashi, chief executive officer of Pasta Montana, and Hiroshi Sawada, CEO of Nippon, joined Japanese representatives for the consul general of Japan and U.S. relations at the Great Falls facility on Aug. 21.
“We are appreciative of the great nature and nice people from the state of Montana,” Sawada said. “We are happy with the success of our business in Great Falls.”
Collin Watters, executive vice-president of the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee, added, “Pasta Montana’s success proves that agri-processing operations are thriving in the Great Falls region. From locally owned Montana Specialty Mills and Timeless Seeds to major global companies such as General Mills, Grain Craft and Malteurop, companies worldwide are turning to our region for our robust agriculture and agri-processing industry.”
Pasta Montana manufactures more than 70 dry pasta shapes, including petite shells, orzo and fettuccine. With multiple long goods and short goods pasta lines.