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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Ford expects some Europe market recovery in 2013

GENEVA (AP) ? Ford Europe CEO Stephen Odell says the uncertain Italian election results "possibly didn't help" the European car market but he still expects some recovery this year.

Europe's recession has caused auto deliveries to plunge from 18 million in 2007 in Ford's key 19 markets to around 13 million expected this year. Odell said Tuesday at the Geneva Motor Show that Ford sees signs of recovery in recent surveys of purchasing managers and supplier order books.

Odell says Ford Europe was sticking to its target to break even in 2015. Ford will have a lineup with 40 percent new products this year, and it will cut production capacity by a steep 18 percent, or 355,000 units, by the end of 2014.

"We are in for a slow recovery curve," Odell said.

Associated Press

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Computer glitch hits Mars rover

4 March 2013 Last updated at 06:05 ET

Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover has been put into "safe mode" after a computer glitch caused by corrupted files.

The robot, which is analysing rock samples on the Red Planet, is now running from a back-up computer.

Nasa engineers are looking into possible causes for the files on the robot's flash memory being damaged.

The fault means the rover's work has been put on temporary hold while the back-up computer is reconfigured so it can take full control.

"We're still early on in the process," said project manager Richard Cook, in an interview with Space.com.

"We have probably several days, maybe a week, of activities to get everything back and reconfigured."

The rover has been running on the back-up computer since Thursday.

"We switched computers to get to a standard state from which to begin restoring routine operations," Mr Cook said.

On the robot's Twitter feed, Nasa wrote: "Don't flip out: I just flipped over to my B-side computer while the team looks into an A-side memory issue."

The corrupted files may have been caused by stray cosmic rays.

Speaking to Space.com, Mr Cook said: "The hardware that we fly is radiation-tolerant, but there's a limit to how hardened it can be.

"You can still get high-energy particles that can cause the memory to be corrupted. It certainly is a possibility and that's what we're looking into."

The timing of the glitch would frustrate Nasa as Curiosity had just begun analysing rock samples, the BBC's science correspondent, Jonathan Amos, said.

Samples from Mars' surface had been ingested into the rover's on-board laboratories last month.

Our correspondent added that the back-up computer on the rover had previously been used to test software updates before they were installed on the main machine.

Due to capacity limitations on the craft, the rover launched with only the software needed to land. Once on the planet, new software had to then be installed remotely.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21654308#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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EIC Announces New Global Vice President, Sales and Business ...

EIC ANNOUNCES NEW GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT, SALES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Ebara International Corporation is happy to announce the recent appointment of Edward Garcia to the position of Global Vice President of Sales & Business Development.

Ed joins Ebara with over 12 years of experience in business development, strategic marketing, commercial leadership and 9 years experience in LNG & Cryogenics. Ed has broad experience and success in driving, managing and executing global-scale energy and industrial projects involving renewables, emerging technologies and highly engineered products, making Ed a perfect addition to our Cryodynamics Division.

?EIC is very excited to bring Ed in to lead our Sales and Business Development team.? Says CEO, Joel Madison.? ?His previous experience and personality will help drive a more intense focus on developing solutions for our customers. We expect this to provide benefits in terms of more diverse product offerings and a higher level of customer satisfaction throughout the project cycle.?

?EIC is keen to further penetrate new geographic markets and product segments with new technologies, providing a significant and exciting opportunity for both the company and myself. I am very pleased to be part of the EIC family.?? Said Ed Garcia.

Before joining EIC, Ed most recently led Strategy and Business Development efforts for Hanwha, a Korean conglomerate and a successful new entrant to the North American solar industry. Ed has also worked with such companies as Taylor-Wharton, a mid-market, private equity held global manufacturer and the Linde Group, a public German company. At Taylor-Wharton Ed drove the company?s business development and marketing groups, leading global strategic marketing reviews and driving growth from new and existing opportunities and at Linde he held a variety of positions including Head of LNG Business Development and VP of Business Development where he held full P&L responsibilities and was directly responsible for new products and market entries. Prior to Linde, Ed held direct P&L responsibility for an Asia conglomerate and has broad international business experience ? living and working in various countries ? including North Asia, South East Asia, Australasia, the Americas, and the Middle East.

Edward is a graduate of Darden School of Business with an MBA and Rutgers University with an Economics degree, Ed leads our commercial efforts including Sales, Marketing, and Business Development on a global basis.

Source: http://www.ebaraintl.com/news/eic-announces-new-global-vice-president-sales-and-business-development/

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Accused Scottish cardinal admits sexual failings

LONDON (AP) ? The cardinal who until recently served as Britain's highest-ranking Catholic leader on Sunday acknowledged having engaged in unspecified sexual misbehavior and promised to play "no further part" in the public life of the church, a statement that comes at an awkward time for the Vatican.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigned Monday from his position as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh after a newspaper published unnamed priests' accounts of unspecified inappropriate behavior.

O'Brien initially rejected the claims, saying he was resigning because he did not want to distract from the upcoming conclave of cardinals that is due to pick a successor to Benedict XVI, who resigned the papacy Thursday. O'Brien also said he would not attend the conclave.

But on Sunday, the Catholic church in Scotland issued a statement quoting O'Brien as saying that there had been times "that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal."

"To those I have offended, I apologize and ask forgiveness," the statement continued. "To the Catholic church and people of Scotland, I also apologize. I will now spend the rest of my life in retirement. I will play no further part in the public life of the Catholic church in Scotland."

O'Brien gave no clue as to what exactly his sexual misbehavior consisted of, but his statement is nonetheless another reminder of the church's struggle shake off a litany of sex scandals, including those involving pedophile priests.

The claims against O'Brien were first reported by The Observer newspaper.

In its Feb. 24 edition, the British newspaper reported that O'Brien was alleged to have made what it described as "an inappropriate approach" to a seminarian after night prayers.

The paper also said another priest had reported "inappropriate contact" with O'Brien following a visit to his parish, a second priest had reported "unwanted behavior" by the archbishop following a late-night drinking session, and that a third had reported being taken advantage of when he went to the archbishop for counseling.

All four, the paper said, had sent letter of complaint to nuncio Antonio Mennini, the Vatican's ambassador to Britain, early last month.

The paper did not cite a source for its reporting last week, but in this Sunday's edition it quoted the still-unnamed former seminarian as saying that the church had failed to respond quickly and appropriately to his complaint.

O'Brien has at times had a rocky tenure as a cardinal.

In 2003, as a condition of assuming that rank, he was forced to issue a public pledge to defend church teaching on homosexuality, celibacy and contraception. He was pressured to make the pledge after he had called for a "full and open discussion" on such matters.

At the time, O'Brien said he had been misunderstood and wanted to clarify his position. But statements made last week, before the scandal over his behavior broke, suggested he never really changed his mind.

In an interview with the BBC, O'Brien said celibacy should be reconsidered because it's not based on doctrine but rather church tradition and "is not of divine origin."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/accused-scottish-cardinal-admits-sexual-failings-175431595.html

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

PFT: Flacco's sixth year was steal for Ravens

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Though there?s a chance Joe Flacco may now be able to buy Disneyworld, the key details regarding his agreement in principle ? signing bonus, guarantees, structure, etc. ? still aren?t known.? But one league insider with extensive experience negotiating major contracts says that one known fact puts a check mark in the team?s win column.

The sixth year.

Though Flacco has satisfied his objective of clearing the bar (barely) set by Drew Brees at $20 million with a $20.1 million average, the sixth year of the $120.6 million contract was critical to the Ravens.

A five-year deal with a $20.1 million average would have put Flacco and the Ravens back in this same situation, at a time when he has only 10 years of experience.? As we pointed out last weekend, low cap numbers in the early years of a five-year deal means big cap numbers later (like in the Brees contract) ? which also means a franchise tag that would be through the roof in the first year after the deal expires.

That franchise tag then becomes the starting point for the next contract.

Per the source, the Ravens likely will pay out significant cash in the first 12 months, and likewise in the first three years.? That?s the precedent they set in contracts given to players like running back Ray Rice, linebacker Terrell Suggs, and defensive lineman Haloti Ngata.

Regardless of the money paid on the front end, the Ravens most likely will have insisted on a sixth year with a cap number that translates to a franchise tender (based on the provision guaranteeing the franchise player a 20-percent raise) that the Ravens would be able to fit under the cap, come 2019.

By then, Flacco will have 11 years in the league ? and he?ll be 34 years old.? Considering that plenty of today?s franchise quarterbacks are in that same chronological ballpark, Flacco could ultimately be in position to sign another deal that barely clears whatever the high-water mark for quarterbacks is at the time.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/getting-sixth-year-on-flacco-deal-was-a-win-for-ravens/

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Samsung's $1B bill in Apple case reduced by $450M

This undated image provided by Samsung on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 shows the Samsung GALAXY Note 8 with a stylus. Samsung Electronics is beefing up its tablet range with a competitor to Apple?s iPad Mini that sports a pen for writing on the screen. The Korean company announced on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain that the Galaxy Note 8.0 will have an 8-inch screen, putting it very close in size to the Apple?s tablet. (AP Photo/Samsung)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? The two biggest ? and bitterest ? rivals in the smartphone market will have to endure another bruising trial after a federal judge ruled that jurors miscalculated nearly half the $1 billion in damages it found Samsung Electronics owed Apple Inc. for patent infringement.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh wiped out $450 million from the verdict and ordered a new trial to reconsider damages related to 14 Samsung products including some products in its hot-selling Galaxy lineup jurors in August found were using Apple's technology without permission. Koh said jurors in three-week trial had not properly followed her instruction in calculating some of the damages.

She also concluded that mistakes had been made in determining when Apple had first notified Samsung about the alleged violations of patents for its trend-setting iPhone and IPad.

"We are pleased that the court decided to strike $450,514,650 from the jury's award," Samsung spokeswoman Lauren Restuccia said.

Koh didn't toss out the jurors underlying finding that two dozen Samsung products infringed patents Apple used to develop its iPad and iPhone products. The new jury will be tasked with only determining what Samsung owes Apple.

Apple declined to comment on the Koh's ruling, which still did leave Samsung with a bill to just under $599 million. The judge said the tab will probably increase after the appeals of both companies are resolved.

Apple is seeking more damages and Samsung a complete dismissal of the case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Washington, D.C.-based court that handles all patent appeals. The new trial to recalculate the damages could also increase the award.

Still, the ruling was the second significant setback in Koh's courtroom since the headline grabbing verdict was announced.

In December, Koh refused to order a sales ban on the products the jury found infringed Apple's patents. She said Apple failed to prove the purloined technology is what drove consumers to buy a Samsung product instead of an Apple iPhone or iPad. Samsung says that it is continues to sell only three of the two dozen products found to have infringed Apple's patents.

After a three-week trial closely followed in Silicon Valley, the jury decided that Samsung ripped off the trailblazing technology and sleek designs used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad. Jurors ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion.

Apple filed another lawsuit last year accusing Samsung's newer line of products of continuing to use technology controlled by Apple. Koh has scheduled trial in that case for early next year. She has implored both companies on several occasions to settle their difference with little success.

Apple filed its patent infringement lawsuit in April 2011 and engaged legions of the country's highest-paid patent lawyers to demand $2.5 billion from its top smartphone competitor. Samsung Electronics Co. fired back with its own lawsuit seeking $399 million.

The jury found that several Samsung products illegally used such Apple creations as the "bounce-back" feature when a user scrolls to an end image, and the ability to zoom text with a tap of a finger.

Samsung has mounted an aggressive post-trial attack on the verdict, raising a number of legal issues that allege the South Korean company was treated unfairly in a federal courtroom a dozen miles from Apple's Cupertino headquarters. Samsung alleges that some of Apple's patents shouldn't have been awarded in the first place and that the jury made mistakes in calculating the damage award.

Samsung has emerged as one of Apple's biggest rivals and has overtaken it as the leading smartphone maker. Samsung's Galaxy line of phones run on Android, a mobile operating system that Google Inc. has given out for free to Samsung and other phone makers.

Apple and Samsung have filed similar lawsuits in eight other countries, including South Korea, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Britain, France and Australia.