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Full title:FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, APPELLEE, v. BRITISH OXYGEN COMPANY, LTD., ET…
Court:United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Date published: Jan 21, 1976
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Argued May 13, 1975. Reargued en banc November 4, 1975.
Decided January 21, 1976.
Lewis A. Kaplan, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison, New York City, for appellants.
Shearman Sterling, New York City, R. Franklin Balotti, Richards, Layton Finger, Wilmington, Del., for Airco, Inc.
Potter, Anderson Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for British Oxygen Co., Ltd., BOC Financial Corp., BOC Holdings, Ltd. and British Oxygen Investments, Ltd.
Calvin J. Collier, Gerald Harwood, Karl H. Buschmann, William A. Cerillo, Washington, D.C., and Bruce Thall, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Before ADAMS, ROSENN and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.
Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and VAN DUSEN, ALDISERT, ADAMS, GIBBONS, ROSENN, HUNTER, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.
Argued May 13, 1975.
Reargued en banc Nov. 4, 1975.
JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:
In 1973, Congress enacted § 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b). The statute gives the Federal Trade Commission power to seek preliminary injunctions in the district court, pending the outcome of administrative cease and desist proceedings, in certain cases where there is reason to believe that a law, the enforcement of which has been delegated to the Commission, is being violated or is about to be violated. The district court in the present case enjoined appellants Airco, Inc. and British Oxygen Company, Ltd., from engaging in a variety of activities, including disposing of any of Airco's assets (except in the ordinary course of business) without prior approval of the Commission.
15 U.S.C. § 53(b)
(b) Whenever the Commission has reason to believe —
(1) that any person, partnership or corporation is violating or is about to violate, any provision of law enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, and
(2) that the enjoining thereof pending the issuance of a complaint by the Commission and until such complaint is dismissed by the Commission or set aside by the court on review, or until the order of the Commission made thereon has become final, would be in the interest of the public —
the Commission by any of its attorneys designated by it for such purpose may bring suit in a district court of the United States to enjoin any such act or practice. Upon a proper showing that, weighing the equities and considering the Commission's likelihood of ultimate success, such action would be in the public interest, and after notice to the defendant, a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction may be granted without bond . . . .
We vacate that portion of the injunction from which Airco has appealed, as it applies to Airco, and remand the matter to the district court for further proceedings.
Appellant Airco has expressly limited its attack on the injunction to Paragraph B. Before the panel hearing of this case, counsel for appellant BOC informed the court and all counsel by letter that BOC "do[es] not intend to file a brief or otherwise prosecute this appeal."
On February 26, 1974, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) simultaneously commenced administrative proceedings and applied for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against British Oxygen Company, Ltd., and three of its subsidiaries (BOC) and against Airco. In substance the administrative complaint and application for injunction charged Airco with violation of § 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45, and BOC with violations both of § 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act and of § 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18. The asserted violations arose from BOC's acquisition, through public tender offer, of 35% of Airco's common stock. In the Commission's view, the acquisition was likely to lessen actual competition in the inhalation anesthetic equipment and inhalation therapy equipment markets and likely to lessen potential competition in the industrial gas market and in the medical pipeline market. Evidence of the asserted violations appeared in the July 25, 1975 agreement between BOC and Airco. The parties agreed to exchange any confidential information, including technical data and know-how, necessary to evaluate the desirability of the proposed tender offer. As a result of this exchange of business data, Airco in a December 10, 1973 memorandum consented to BOC's proposed tender offer and to BOC's representation on the Airco board.
§ 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1) provides:
(a)(1) Unfair methods of competition in commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts of practices in commerce, are declared unlawful.
§ 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18, in relevant part prohibits a corporation engaged in interstate commerce from acquiring "any part of the [stock] or assets of another corporation engaged also in commerce, where in any line of commerce in any section of the country, the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly."
The Commission's § 5 complaint against Airco was based on Airco's cooperation and facilitation of an allegedly illegal stock acquisition by BOC.
BOC is a large international corporation, the second largest world producer of industrial gas, an 8% holder of the domestic inhalation anesthetic equipment market and a significant European manufacturer and distributor of therapy equipment and medical pipeline systems. In two of these fields, inhalation therapy and inhalation anesthetic equipment, BOC or a subsidiary is an actual competitor of Airco. In the other markets, the Commission characterized BOC as a potential entrant. BOC is allegedly one of the few corporations with sufficient financial resources to enter the United States industrial gas or medical pipeline markets despite significant domestic concentration and high entry barriers.
Appellant Airco is a highly diversified corporation. It is the second largest domestic industrial gas producer with a 17% market share, and therefore, a potential competitor of any BOC venture in the United States industrial gas market. Prior to the tender offer, Airco was the largest domestic producer in inhalation anesthetic equipment with a 35% market share and the second largest producer of inhalation therapy equipment with an 11% market share. Since BOC, through subsidiaries, had already entered into these domestic markets, Airco and BOC were direct competitors. Airco, in turn, had a 50% share of the domestic medical pipeline market, making it the leading firm in that market. BOC, with substantial European sales, was a potential entrant in the medical pipeline market.
Despite the fact that Airco engaged in lines of commerce identical to those of BOC, Airco alleges, and the FTC does not disagree, that only a portion of its assets are devoted to these endeavors. Sixty-four percent of Airco's assets are devoted to lines of commerce which are not competitive, either actually or potentially, with those of BOC.
Airco's other divisions include the following: Cryogenic Division, Alloys Division, Speer Carbon-Graphite-Division, Speer Electronics Division, Temescal Division, Vacuum Metals Division and Viking Division (Appellant's Brief at 11).
On the basis of a probable anti-trust violation, the district court, after a hearing, issued a preliminary injunction under § 13(b) on March 8, 1974. BOC and Airco were ordered to maintain Airco as a separate entity, to refrain from confidential communications, to refrain from influencing Airco's independent judgment, and in all ways to hold separate the two companies.
The district court preliminarily enjoined BOC and its subsidiaries, Airco and all directors, employees, agents, successors of the two companies to:
A. Maintain Airco as a viable separate and independent company and to make no changes in its operations likely to hinder a future divestiture of Airco, including a merger, consolidation or acquisition of any equity interest.
B. Preserve and protect all assets of Airco and refrain from disposing of or encumbering such assets, except in the ordinary course of business, and refrain from commingling them with any other assets of BOC or its subsidiaries, without prior approval of the Commission.
C. Refrain from taking any steps to implement any provision of the agreements between Airco and BOC, dated July 25, 1973, and December 10, 1973, respectively, except for Paragraph 4 of the December 10th agreement.
D. Refrain from making available or communicating to each other any confidential or proprietary information, including customer lists, trade secrets, formulas, know-how or manufacturing processes of each party, except this injunction shall not prohibit Airco and BOC from operating under any license agreements between them which were outstanding prior to July 1, 1973 or prohibit them from engaging in normal sales and purchase activities with each other in a volume not in excess of that which existed prior to July 1, 1973.
E. Retain separate and unencumbered all shares of Airco which BOC may own, acquire or control.
F. Refrain from attempting to influence or interfere with Airco's independent judgment on any matter so as adversely to effect [sic] the competitive position of Airco vis-a-vis BOC or any of its subsidiaries.
G. Refrain from transferring any shares of stock or other securities of Airco from BOC Financial to BOC or any other entity or person unless such transferee shall subject itself to the jurisdiction of this Court.
For purposes of this appeal, our focus is directed solely on the application to Airco of Paragraph B of the injunction, which ordered both BOC and Airco to:
See footnote 2, supra.
B. Preserve and protect all assets of Airco and refrain from disposing of or encumbering such assets except in the ordinary course of business, and refrain from commingling with any other assets of BOC or its subsidiaries, without prior approval of the Commission. (Emphasis added.)
The Commission, by a later order of the district court, was ordered to approve or disapprove any proposed disposition of assets by Airco within fifteen days.
§ 13(b) requires that the Commission show the district court that it has "reason to believe" a violation has occurred or will occur and that, upon "weighing the equities and considering the Commission's likelihood of ultimate success," a preliminary injunction is "in the public interest."
The fundamental dispute between the parties concerns the scope of activities which can be enjoined if the required showing is made. The Commission's position has been that in an acquisition case, an injunctive provision like Paragraph B can be justified by a showing that the Commission would otherwise be unable to secure complete relief via a subsequent divestiture order. Airco, on the other hand, argues that § 13(b) can only be invoked to prohibit actions which are themselves violative of a statute enforced by the Commission. We find it unnecessary to resolve this dispute, since in our opinion Paragraph B cannot be justified on the record here under either view.
We first consider Airco's allegation that the district court's fact findings do not satisfy Rule 52(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., which provides that:
. . . in granting or refusing interlocutory injunctions, the court shall similarly set forth the findings of fact and conclusions of law which constitute the grounds of its action.
The district court's findings were so limited as to be inadequate under Rule 52(a). Only one of the district court's four limited factual findings makes any reference to Airco. In that finding, the district court states:
3. That the Commission has made a "proper showing" of a "likelihood of ultimate success" under § 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act that BOC's acquisition of Airco's stock may be found to be in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, at the conclusion of its administrative proceedings now pending before it. (Appendix at 195-196.)
We deem the lone finding insufficient to support the broad injunction issued against appellant Airco under either theory of the scope of § 13(b). Finding of fact number three does not connect Airco with any violation of the antitrust laws, nor does it demonstrate a need for all of Airco's assets to be preserved to guarantee that the Commission would be able to achieve whatever relief it may be shown to be entitled to. Secondly, there is no means for the reviewing court to determine what evidence served as the basis for the injunction. For this reason alone, a remand would be appropriate. O'Neill v. United States, 411 F.2d 139 (3d Cir. 1969); Fehringer v. Bluebeard's Castle, 395 F.2d 851 (3d Cir. 1968).
Airco further alleges that the district court's fact findings are verbatim copies of those prepared by the Federal Trade Commission. In view of our determination that the findings are, at any rate, inadequate under 52(a), we find it unnecessary to discuss this contention.
But our concern with the proceedings in the district court goes beyond the failure to present adequate findings of fact. While it is not the proper role of this court to make findings of fact in the first instance, we have reviewed the record.
Our examination raises serious doubts as to whether there was sufficient evidence from which findings justifying the relief granted could have been made. Since these doubts persist even under the more expansive reading of § 13(b) urged by the Commission, we once again emphasize that we do not decide the statutory interpretation question.
For the foregoing reasons, Paragraph B of the injunction against appellant Airco will be vacated and the case will be remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
[22] ROSENN, Circuit Judge (concurring).
In enacting section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), Congress empowered the Trade Commission to seek a preliminary injunction pending the outcome of administrative cease and desist proceedings "whenever the Commission has reason to believe" that a law enforced by the Commission is about to be violated or is being violated, and upon a showing that injunctive relief is in the public interest. Unfortunately, the district court's findings do not satisfy Rule 52(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., and do not establish that Airco has committed a violation of section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1). We may look to a court's opinion to supplement its findings, see Hooper's Estate v. Gov't of the Virgin Islands, 427 F.2d 45, 48 (3d Cir. 1970), but the opinion written when the district court denied Airco's motion to modify the disputed restraint offers little aid in this respect. I therefore concur with the holding of the majority that we must vacate and remand.
I am constrained to disagree with part IV of the majority opinion, however, because I do not share their reservations as to whether there is sufficient evidence on this record from which findings justifying the relief granted could have been made. In any event, I would defer an analysis of the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the grant of the preliminary injunction until the district court has made the required findings on remand.
Chief Judge SEITZ joins in this concurring opinion.


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Discografia formației rock irlandeze U2 constă din douăsprezece albume de studio, șapte albume live, cinci compilații, cincizeci și opt single-uri, și șapte discuri EP. Formația este compusă din Bono (voce și chitară), The Edge (chitară, claviaturi și voce), Adam Clayton (chitară bas) și Larry Mullen, Jr. (baterie și instrumente de percuție); ea s-a format în 1976 într-o vreme când membrii ei erau la vârsta adolescenței și aveau aptitudini muzicale limitate.

Succesul U2 în concertele live a rămas mai mare decât cel al albumelor până la lansarea albumului The Joshua Tree din 1987, care a contribuit la ridicarea formației de la statutul "de eroi la cel de supervedete". U2 a răspuns revoluțiilor dance și a rockului alternativ, și conștiința stagnării lor i-a determinat să se reinventeze odată cu albumul din 1991 intitulat Achtung Baby și cu turneul ce a urmat, Zoo TV Tour. Alte experimente similare au continuat în anii 1990. După 2000, U2 a urmat o linie sonoră mai tradițională, păstrând și influența explorărilor anterioare.

U2 a câștigat primele Premii Grammy pentru The Joshua Tree în 1988, și au câștigat 22 de astfel de premii în total de atunci, fiind la egalitate cu Stevie Wonder în postura de artiști contemporani cu cele mai multe premii Grammy. Printre aceste premii se numără cel pentru cel mai bun duo sau grup rock, pentru albumul anului, discul anului, cântecul anului și cel mai bun album rock. British Phonographic Industry a acordat U2 șapte Premii BRIT, dintre care cinci pentru cel mai bun grup internațional. În Irlanda, U2 a câștigat 14 Premii Meteor de la începerea decernării acestora în 2001. Printre alte premii primite, se numără un AMA, patru MTV Video Music Awards, zece premii Q, două premii Juno, trei premii NME, și un Glob de Aur. Formația a fost introdusă în Rock and Roll Hall of Fame la începutul lui 2005. U2 a vândut peste 140 de milioane de albume în toată lumea.

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On Mars, Doodling in the Dunes!
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has crossed a dune that stands across a gateway to a southwestward route favored by the rover team for driving to future science destinations.
After reaching the west side of the 3-foot-tall (1-meter-tall) dune,… the rover looked back at its tracks down the western slope. The dune sits between low scarps at a site called "Dingo Gap" inside Mars' Gale Crater.
Now that Curiosity has passed through the gap, engineers and scientists plan to direct the mobile laboratory toward a location of interest where different rock types intersect. That is a candidate site for next use of the rover's drill.
Beyond that, the drive will continue toward the mission's long-term science destination on lower slopes of Mount Sharp, in the middle of the crater. This image is a raw image of the rover's tracks over the dune. It was taken by Rear Hazcam: Left B (RHAZ_LEFT_B) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 535.


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Review of the Shereshevsky Method
byPatriarchFan
Apr 8, 2018 -edited
Two Soviet Classics Reimagined as One, and Then Some.
As mentioned in my earlier review for The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Volume 2 I am a pretty serious enthusiast for the Soviet School of Chess.
So when I received a copy of Mikhail Shereshevsky's new book The Shereshevky Method to Improve in Chess I was delighted. Of course I was aware of this book (I am a relatively serious collector after all) as well of the books which form the genesis of this project.
This book, presented in three parts, is mostly a compendium of two earlier works, The Soviet Chess Conveyer, and Endgame Strategy, both by the same author.
Part One is formed by one segment of The Soviet Chess Conveyor. The section on how to construct an opening repertoire.
Part Two consists of Shereshevsky's seminal work on the endgame, Endgame Strategy.
Both of those sections have been reworked as well as analyzed with engines.
So if you owned the earlier two volumes and that was all there was to this book then I'd likely tell you to pass on buying this one since there aren't enough reasons in and of themselves to justify owning a reissue like this except for perhaps the most serious collectors and improvers amongst us.
Of course I know that most people don't own the Soviet Chess Conveyor as it is not so easy to find a reasonably priced copy these days, so I think that most would still wind up wanting to pick up this book anyways.
Yet none of that matters for one simple reason. That reason is Part Three.
Part Three is called "From the 20th Century to the 21st, and it has an awful lot of absolute gems contained within. This section details the changes in chess over the past 25 years since his first works were published.
First the author starts with a segment about the current status of chess players and trainers. He speaks about the state of Russian chess and hearkens back to the former days of Soviet chess to bridge the gap. He also talks about the propriety of referring to the "Chinese School of Chess" due to the rise of starts such as Ding Liren and Wei Yi.
From there he goes on to write essays on chess books, citing works by other authors covering topics such as how to properly calculate variations, the perils of laziness at the board, the Dorfman method, and many others.
This book winds up hitting the mark on two levels. The first is that it will still function as an excellent endgame work as Part Two is an updated version of an all time classic. The second is that reading part three can inspire you to dig into the works of other authors based on the recommendations given by Shereshevsky.
Certainly worth picking up and reading. If I was to give it a start rating I'd give it four out of five stars.
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Social media in the NHS debated on Twitter
NHS Salford has devised an innovative knowledge sharing chat via Twitter to discuss the use of social media within the NHS.
Known as #NHSsm, the chat is open to anyone interested in the use of social media within the NHS to discuss best practice and highlight case studies.
Run by communications manager Alex Talbott, the #NHSsm community meets every Monday lunchtime between 12 and 1pm.
Questions are submitted to @nhssm and then discussed with input from individuals inside and outside of the NHS.
Alex Talbott said: "Our work shows social media needn't be expensive or complex to work. We would very much like NHS staff to join in.
"By using Twitter as a platform to explore what the NHS is doing with social media, we hope to enable the NHS to utilise social media's fantastic potential."
HSJ and sister publication Nursing Times will be interviewing NHS Salford's chief executive, Dr Mike Burrows, on Wednesday 4th August at 2pm.
If you have a question you'd like to ask please send it via twitter to @HSJnews or @NursingTimes using the hashtag #NHSsm or comment below.
Click here for details of how to get involved and previous transcripts
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PCTs 'missing out' on Twitter power
Primary care trusts in England are failing to capitalise on the power of social media websites such as Facebook to reach out to their local community, a survey has suggested.
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Romano Louis Mazzoli (* 2. November 1932 in Louisville, Kentucky; † 1. November 2022 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker (Demokratische Partei). Zwischen 1971 und 1995 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Kentucky im US-Repräsentantenhaus.

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Romano Mazzoli genoss zunächst eine private Schulausbildung in seiner Heimatstadt Louisville. Danach studierte er bis 1954 an der University of Notre Dame in South Bend (Indiana). Zwischen 1954 und 1956 diente er als Soldat in der United States Army. Nach einem anschließenden Jurastudium an der University of Louisville und seiner 1960 erfolgten Zulassung als Rechtsanwalt begann er in Louisville in diesem Beruf zu arbeiten. Zwischen 1963 und 1967 hielt er Vorlesungen über das Geschäftsrecht am Bellamine College.

Politisch schloss sich Mazzoli der Demokratischen Partei an. Zwischen 1968 und 1970 saß er im Senat von Kentucky. Bei den Kongresswahlen des Jahres 1970 wurde er im dritten Wahlbezirk seines Staates in das US-Repräsentantenhaus in Washington, D.C. gewählt, wo er am 3. Januar 1971 die Nachfolge des Republikaners William O. Cowger antrat. Nach elf Wiederwahlen konnte er bis zum 3. Januar 1995 zwölf zusammenhängende Legislaturperioden im Kongress absolvieren. Dort war er zusammen mit Senator Alan K. Simpson aus Wyoming die treibende Kraft hinter einer Reform der Einwanderungsbestimmungen, die als Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 bekannt wurde. 1986 war Mazzoli an der Durchführung des Amtsenthebungsverfahrens gegen Bundesrichter Harry E. Claiborne beteiligt.

Während seiner Zeit im US-Repräsentantenhaus endete der Vietnamkrieg. 1974 überschattete die Watergate-Affäre das politische Leben in den Vereinigten Staaten. In den Jahren 1971 und 1992 wurden der 26. und der 27. Verfassungszusatz ratifiziert. 1994 verzichtete Mazzoli auf eine erneute Kandidatur. Nach seiner Zeit im Kongress lehrte er an verschiedenen Universitäten Jura. Im Jahr 2002 war er an der politischen Fakultät der Harvard University, der Harvard Kennedy School, tätig. 2006 war er Mitverfasser eines Artikels in der Washington Post, der sich mit den von ihm 1986 mitverfassten Einbürgerungsgesetz in der heutigen Zeit befasste.

Mazzoli starb Anfang November 2022, einen Tag vor seinem 90. Geburtstag.

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Cabin Fever 2 is the eleventh mixtape by American rapper Wiz Khalifa, it was released on October 16, The mixtape features guest appearances from. Check out Cabin Fever 2 (Hosted by DJ Holiday), a new mixtape from Wiz Khalifa that saw the light of day on Tuesday, October 16th, Wiz Khalifa's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Cabin Fever 2 (Hosted by DJ Holiday) has further strengthened that fact. Wiz Khalifa has a serious case of cabin fever. 'Cabin Fever' is the latest offering from Wiz Khalifa, dropped on Wednesday, February 17th, MIXTAPES.
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Wiz Khalifa drops the sequel to his very popular and dope as f**k Cabin Fever mixtape. Coming just a head of his new album O.N.I.F.C. With "Cabin Fever 1 & 2" still on repeat on the iPhone, Wiz Khalifa continues the " Cabin Fever" series with "Cabin Fever 3." Laced with 11 tracks.


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If you decide that you want to get a business management degree, then you might want to consider attending one of the 2 business management schools in Asheville, North Carolina. With an overall population of 68,889 and a student population of 11,736, approximately 11,439 of Asheville students attend one of Asheville's schools that offer business management programs.
Of the 2 business management schools in Asheville, the largest business management school, by student population, is Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Approximately 10 students graduated in 2010 from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College with credentials in business management.
In 2010, 14 students graduated with a business management degree from one of Asheville's business management schools. If you decide to join their ranks, you can expect to pay an average of $14,970 per year in tuition if you are eligible for instate tuition. Out of state tuition for all Asheville business management schools was an average of $26,687 per year in 2009.
In addition to tuition costs, plan on spending an average of $965 for business management related books and supplies each year. And if you live on campus at one of the Asheville-based business management schools, you will have an added expense of $6,890 per year, on average, for room and board. Students who live at home can cut this cost down to approximately $9,918.
Business Management Salaries and Career Outlook in Asheville
If you plan on staying in Asheville after graduating from business management school, you should know that job prospects for general managers in Asheville, which is the most popular business management profession, are average. In 2010, 1 out of every 50 general managers in North Carolina were working in the greater Asheville area. The government projects that the number of general managers in Asheville will increase by 8% by the year 2018. This anticipated change is faster than the projected nationwide trend for general managers.
The average salary you can expect to earn as a general manager in Asheville is $88,780 per year. This is lower than the state-wide average salary for general managers.
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Inspired by the mechanical typewriter, Monoela interprets its characteristics in a contemporary way — whether in body text or emphasis. Despite being a non-proportional typeface, Monoela guarantees good legibility, both for man an machine. Matter-of-factly and rational at first sight, Monoela's character becomes visible in striking shapes and unexpected proportions.


Thomas Gibault was born in Paris and studied illustration in Strasbourg, France, before moving to Canada.
His passion for travel, adventure and mysteries led him to invent his own stories. He now lives in Montreal, Quebec, where he spends his time creating illustrations and characters for children's books and interactive shows. Diversity and discovery are what make him want to write and draw every day.
Don't tell anyone, but he and his cats are part of a secret society that fights huge monsters and ancient ghosts. Sometimes they also make friends with creatures from other dimensions; it turns out we have a lot to learn from them.


Similar to Latigo, this is an excellent way to get down the mountain without much effort; although, this trail offers a bit more rolling terrain and fun GS gradient terrain.
Fewer crowds will also keep the trail conditions a bit fresher and workable.
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Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) is no wallflower, and on tonight's all-new episode of Scandal she'll command attention through her bold new wardrobe choices as well as her actions. Wearing a graphic Escada blouse that is a strong departure from her usually subdued, solid color palate, Pope will face some serious consequences for her mistakes, both personally and professionally. "As Olivia's life becomes more and more complicated, we are adding elements that are less in the neutral world and fabrics that have texture and print," Scandal costume designer Lyn Paolo revealed exclusively to InStyle.com. "This is evidenced in choosing this blouse, which is perhaps the boldest pattern we have ever used on her." We're loving the sophisticated black and white print, paired with simple gold accessories and sleek, straight hair, even if it does signify trouble at Pope and Associates! Tune in to Scandal tonight at 10/9c on ABC to see what happens as things continue to heat up with Olivia and Jake (Scott Foley).
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Остра () — гірська річка в Польщі, у Дембицькому повіті Підкарпатського воєводства. Права притока Вислоки, (басейн Балтійського моря).

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Бере початок на південно-західній околиці села Ґрудна-Ґурній. Тече переважно на північний захід через Ґрудна-Дольну, Ґлобікову, Брацейову, Ґумниську, Лятошин і на південно-західній околиці міста Демби́ця впадає у річку Вислоку, праву притоку Вісли.

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Is Long Term Insurance Worth the Cost?
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Buying long-term care insurance could do you more retirement planning harm than good, says actuary Anna Rappaport, chair of the Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risk for the Society of Actuaries and key author of a new study on retirement security.
Long-term care insurance is expensive, and the likelihood you'll need it for a significant period of time is relatively low. Rappaport says that in the case of couples who made an average income before retirement — about $60,000 a year — and who retire with less than $100,000 in savings, buying long-term care insurance could reduce their standard of living and leave them vulnerable to minor financial shocks — a leaky roof or a damaged car. And it could increase the likelihood they will outlive their money.
On the other side of the slate are couples whose incomes before retirement were greater than $150,000 a year and who retired with more than $500,000 in savings. These couples can afford to purchase long-term care insurance without seriously reducing their standard of living — but the purchase, Rappaport believes, may not add sufficient financial stability over the long run to be worth the money. In a pinch, they could pay the bill without the help of insurance.
The people most likely to benefit from the purchase of long-term care insurance are those in the middle — $105,000 a year in salary before retirement and about $250,000 in savings. But even in those cases, she recommends that couples consider insuring only the wives. Research suggests that while women live longer than men, those extra years are unlikely to be healthy ones, she says. Buying long-term care insurance for this woman who will probably be widowed and is likely to have health care needs makes good sense in many cases.
"It's not a perfect solution — there isn't a perfect solution. You have to make trade-offs. But insuring the wife may be a very good trade-off," Rappaport says.


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FAST Act highway bill: What trucking measures made it, what didn't
James Jaillet
The final version of a long-term highway bill produced this week by a joint Congressional committee includes the industry-hoped-for removal from public view major components of the DOT's Compliance, Safety, Accountability carrier scoring and ranking program.
The bill, dubbed the FAST Act, also requires FMCSA to fix the program prior to making the scores public again, just as the original drafts passed by each chamber of Congress earlier this year dictated.
CSA reform is one of the bill's major highlights for the trucking industry, either a close first or second to Congress simply producing the bill and giving itself the chance to pass the longest highway bill in more than a decade. Both chambers of Congress signaled after the bill's introduction they plan to vote this week on the bill in hopes of getting it to the White House by Monday.
Here's a look at what else changed in the updated version of the bill, which now spans about 1,300 pages:
CSA reform: As noted above, the bill removes from public view the bulk of the Compliance, Safety, Accountability system's Safety Measurement System, the heart of the CSA program. The legislation removes carriers' percentile rankings in the seven SMS BASICs and requires FMCSA and the Government Accountability Office to identify the program's faults, develop a plan to fix them and then implement those fixes before the system can go live again. (Some elements, such as inspection and violation data, underlying the analytical percentiles and alerts, however, are stipulated to remain in view.)
Congress in the bill directs FMCSA to study issues like carriers' crash risk and its correlation to CSA scores, CSA's rankings methodology, accuracy of the CSA data, incorporating crash fault accountability and how the public uses CSA scores in making business decisions or overall safety determinations of carriers. The bill requires the report to be produced within 18 months of the bill becoming law.
Lawmakers also included language to bar FMCSA from continuing to use the system and its data to make safety determinations about carriers, the object of the often-talked-about Safety Fitness Determination rule, which as recently as last month was still expected to be issued this year. Until FMCSA can implement a so-called "corrective action plan," the CSA program will remain dormant.
The FAST Act includes changes to driver drug testing protocol.
Driver drug testing reform: The bill allows carriers to test drivers via hair test in lieu of a urine test, but not until the federal Department of Health and Human Services establishes guidelines for hair testing. The bill requires DHHS to produce the guidelines within a year of the bill's enactment.
Detention time study: The bill requires FMCSA to study and produce a report on how truck driver detention at shippers and receivers impacts drivers, their schedules, their pay and impedance of flow of U.S. freight.
Insurance rule study: Likewise, Congress directs FMCSA to further study carrier liability insurance minimums and before initiating any rule to raise them. The provision essentially adds another hurdle to FMCSA's potential work to increase the amount of liability insurance required to be held by motor carriers, currently at $750,000 for general freight haulers.
Changes to FMCSA rulemaking process: In producing new regulations, FMCSA must now also include a "regulatory impact analysis," as the bill calls it, for each rule, based on things like effects on carriers of different sizes and applications. It must also use data "representative of commercial motor vehicle operators or motor carriers, or both, that will be impacted by the final rule" and to "formulate its estimates and findings based on the best available science."
Military veterans in the trucking industry: The bill requires FMCSA to change rules governing CDL issuance to allow military veterans with experience operating equipment comparable to a heavy-duty truck to more easily obtain a civilian truck operator job. The changes would let military driving experience count toward skills tests. It also would allow military vets to receive their medical certification from Veterans Affairs doctors rather than those in FMCSA's National Registry of Medical Examiners.
Windshield-mounted tech: The bill makes a small change to federal regulations on windshield-mounted devices, coming in response to growing interest among carriers and drivers in windshielded-mounted cameras and more.
What's your view of the bill? If you're reading on a smartphone, tap the image to call and leave us a message to weigh in. We'll round up responses in a special mailbag podcast. Alternately, drop a comment below. If you're on a desktop, call 530-408-6423. Make sure to tell us your name and state of residence.
Under-21 truckers: Though both the preliminary House and Senate bills brought to the bicameral conference committee included measures to let states to enter into compacts with one another to allow 18-21-year-old CDL holders to cross state lines, the final version of the bill does not. It instead sets up a controlled study, to be performed by FMCSA, that will collect data on under-21 truckers who are former members of the military or reserves. The agency will study the "benefits and safety impacts," per the bill, of allowing such truckers to drive in interstate commerce.
Size/weight reform: No measures to change truck size and weight standards in the U.S. made it in the bill. Some lawmakers and lobbying groups pushed for raising federal weight limits to 91,000 and increasing maximum-allowed length of tandem trailers to 33 feet from the current 28-foot max.
Owner-operators scored a victory in the highway bill's final version with the removal of the carrier "hiring standards" provision originally included in the House version of a long-term highway bill.
'Carrier hiring standards': The House highway bill sought to put in place criteria that brokers, shippers and others would have been encouraged to use when making carrier hiring decisions. One of the criteria — which called for shippers and brokers to hire only carriers with "Satisfactory" safety ratings to obtain protection from negligence lawsuits — could have notably chilled business opportunity for small carriers and owner-operators, said opponents of the measure. Many small trucking companies are "Unrated" by FMCSA, more than 400,000, per data from RigDig Business Intelligence. The final version of the highway bill, however, does not include the "hiring standards" provision.
Rebutting court ruling on state labor laws for drivers: An amendment brought from the House would have "clarified Congressional intent," according to its sponsor Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), of a 1994 federal transportation act governing movement of the country's freight.
The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act forbid states from enacting laws that interfered with prices, routes or service of motor carriers. But a court decision made by a federal appellate court last year said that a California law mandating meal and rest breaks for workers in the state superseded FAAAA. The Denham amendment would have more directly spelled out that states cannot regulate truckers who fall under federal hours-of-service regulations. Opponents of the amendment, however, said it could have derailed efforts by unions and other trucker advocacy groups to reform things like driver pay and excessive detention time.
Tolling changes: Portions of the Senate's original bill would have allowed tolling on existing Interstate lanes and use of some toll monies for use outside of the U.S. Interstate system, currently a closed loop. The FAST Act, however, killed that provision.
Report recommends sweeping changes to CSA scoring system
TCA to Congress: Keep 80,000-pound truck-weight limit in place
Now, not later: Group wants FMCSA to allow drug testing of truckers via hair sample
DOT's study on truck size and weight contains little fresh news
Cummins new for 2023.
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South Jersey's selection of fall festivals is so vast, it can be overwhelming — kind of like that leaf pile on your lawn.
The best approach might be to jump right in (the festivals, not the leaves).
We'll help you plan for autumn weekends with a guide on where and when to find events, and what activities to expect at each one.
Most of the local fests will last just a day or weekend, but Johnson's Corner Farm will hold its Fall Harvest Festival every Saturday and Sunday through the end of October. The Medford farm also offers its festival on Columbus Day — Monday, Oct. 8 — when many kids are off from school.
Chatsworth Cranberry Festival: Oct. 20 and 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This rural Burlington County town is the cranberry capital of South Jersey, and the annual festival is a perfect time to discover the hidden gem. Select from the offerings of 150 juried craft vendors and 15 food vendors. Cranberry baked goods, jams and jellies will be set up in front of the White Horse Inn. Sunday's events also will include a car show. Proceeds benefit the White Horse Inn, an 1860-era historic landmark. Route 563 and Main Street; 609-726-0006.
Batsto Village Country Living Fair: Oct. 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. An old-fashioned vibe is in the air as Batsto Village showcases its history. See old steam engines and cars, and village relics such as farm equipment. There will be pony rides for kids, artisans and other vendors, food, performers and more. Wharton State Forest, 31 Batsto Road, Hammonton, 609-561-0024.
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What Is Family Based Immigration?What Is Family Based Immigration?
Family based immigration is when a U.S. family member is the petitioner who wants to bring a foreign national family member in to the country.
What Constitutes Family When It Comes To A Family Based Immigration Visa?
A family based immigration visa has multiple categories. First, immediate relatives, which would be your spouse, parents, or a child under the age of 21.
The family based immigrant categories generally encompasses your entire family. No family member who is an extended family member can be petitioned for directly, however, which excludes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Who Is Eligible To Apply For A Family Based Immigration Visa?
In family based immigration, you have a petitioner and a beneficiary. Generally, the U.S. citizen or the lawful permanent resident of the United States is asking for their relative to come into the country. That's the first step in the immigration process. Any U.S. citizen or permanent resident is eligible to request an immigrant visa on behalf of their parent, spouse, child, or sibling.
A U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder) is eligible to be a sponsor.
A fiancé visa is when a U.S. citizen wants to bring a fiancé, who's a foreign national and not a citizen or permanent resident of United States, into the country. They can bring that person on a fiancé visa, pre-marriage, and then the fiancé can come to the United States and must marry the U.S. citizen within 90 days of arrival. They also must file an application for adjustment of status after the marriage.
What Process Does Someone Need To Go Through In Obtaining A Family Based Immigration Visa?
If I'm a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident and I want to petition for someone who is not in the United States, the first step is to process an immigrant visa, which is call a Petition for Alien Relative. Once the petition is filed and approved, that approval notice is sent out to the State Department. Then, the State Department processes the case for an immigrant visa. The foreign national will go to the US consulate abroad and apply for an immigrant visa.
If approved, they will obtain an immigrant visa and are able to enter the United States, where they obtain their green card. If the relative is already in the United States and they're eligible, they can file the Petition for Alien Relative along with an Adjustment of Status from within the United States.
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Is there any way to upload a partial case analyzer csv, or at least the formulas used to derive the time constants and case usb charge fields?
You can get pretty close. You're trying to derive a steady state offset (degrees above ambient when the charger is on, but there's no charge current) and then the temperature rise per amp.
If you know the room temperature, the first one is just what the device cooled to before it started. The second you can get from the steady state values at the three test charge rates.
The time constants are a little trickier, but you could do a regression in excel to get them. Or just figure out how long it took to rise to 63% of the final steady state value.
Thanks, John. Actually I assumed it was only the two test states, first setting base temperature and then charging. You say there are 3 charge states, the roughly two hours of data wouldn't be enough. Time to run this on a stand alone pc outside of our network environment!
Nope, it takes four to six hours to get through the whole cycle.
Maybe overkill, but we figure people only need to do it once per mod design. We just let it run overnight.