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Afghan President Karzai to boycott talks with Taliban
The Afghan government will not take part in peace talks with the Taliban unless the process is ?Afghan-led?, President Hamid Karzai has said.
The Afghan puppet President Karzai do not want to smoke ?peace pipes? with Norwegian PM Stoltenberg and the Taliban.
The statement came a day after the US said it would talk to the Taliban, who opened a political office in Qatar.
Mr Karzai earlier suspended talks with the US on its military presence in Afghanistan after Nato leaves in 2014.
Source: The BBC
My comment:
One of the most deceptive and deceitful nations in the World, is the Kingdom of Norway.
Now, Norway has initiated secret ?peace talks? in Oslo,? where Obama and the Taliban have found common ground.
Not only did Norway do considerable damage to Israel, by working as the agent for the PLO and Radical Islam.? The Oslo ?peace process? quickly became the ?Oslo war process?. Now Norway is supporting the Taliban, and doing considerable harm to the future of a possible democratic state in Afghanistan.
In the state controlled and loyal Norwegian media yesterday, the Norwegian Government were presented as ?great peace makers? helping the Afghan people.
After the Afghan Government announced that they will boycott the ?peace talks? arranged by Oslo, this message is censored.
Amazingly, people still think about Norway as a free and democratic nation.
Do not be deceived. Norway is the largest sponsor of Islamic terrorism outside the Islamic World.? Do not trust the present Government of Noway. Not even for a second.
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10 Things to Know for Friday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
1. KEY IMMIGRATION COMPROMISE REACHED
The Senate agreed on a military-style surge to secure the U.S.-Mexican border, boosting momentum for passage of the overhaul.
2. DOW SHEDS 350 POINTS
Among Wall Street's fears are a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing and reports of a credit squeeze there.
3. FRESH REASON FOR HOPE IN HAILEY, IDAHO
The hometown of Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan since 2009, is buoyed by word that the Taliban are willing to release him in a prisoner exchange.
4. BATTLE OVER NEXT-DAY BIRTH CONTROL ENDS
The FDA, heeding a judge's order, approves unrestricted sales of the morning-after pill, lifting all age limits on the emergency contraceptive.
5. GAUGING A GLOBAL THREAT TO WOMEN
Around the world, about 1 in 3 women have been physically or sexually abused by a partner, the World Health Organization reports.
6. WHO WILL DECIDE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S FATE
Most of the six women picked for the jury in the racially charged murder trial are white.
7. SECURITY FIRM FACING SCRUTINY
The company that conducted the background check on NSA leaker Edward Snowden is now under investigation itself, a government watchdog says.
8. REARVIEW CAMERAS: NOT AS CLOSE AS THEY MIGHT APPEAR
The White House is again delaying regulations that would require the cameras on new cars and trucks. Automakers say mandating them would cost too much.
9. GANDOLFINI'S LEGACY
In his portrayal of Tony Soprano, the actor blazed a path for the antihero.
10. CHAMPIONS AGAIN
LeBron James' 37 points led the Heat to a 95-88 Game 7 win over San Antonio and Miami's second straight championship.
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Shambaugh & Son Expanding In Fort Wayne: 110 New Jobs By 2016 (VIDEO)
June 19, 2013 Updated Jun 19, 2013 at 12:18 PM EDT
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) - Shambaugh & Son, LP, the third largest specialty contractor in the country, announced plans Wednesday to expand its headquarters in Fort Wayne, creating up to 110 new jobs by 2016.
The homegrown-Hoosier company, which is a subsidiary of EMCOR Group (NYSE: EME), will invest $4.37 million to lease, expand and equip two facilities in Fort Wayne, bringing its total footprint in the community to 36.3 acres. The company will expand its existing facility to 140,000 square feet to house its administrative and engineering functions. In addition, Shambaugh will lease a 70,000 square-foot fabrication shop approximately 2.5 miles from its main campus. Both facilities are expected to be operational by September.
"With roots dating back 87 years in the Hoosier State, Shambaugh knows firsthand the benefits of operating in Indiana," said Governor Mike Pence. "Our low tax rates, centralized location and skilled workforce make Indiana ideal for companies looking to exercise a competitive advantage and help us offer long-lasting value as a state that works for business."
Shambaugh, which currently employs 528 full-time associates in Fort Wayne, 1,195 across Indiana and more than 1,800 nationally, has already begun hiring additional mechanical, process and refrigeration engineers, pipefitters and metal trades associates.
"We're delighted to be expanding in Indiana, where we can access a skilled workforce that allows us to provide exceptional service to our customers," said Mark Shambaugh, P.E., chief executive officer of Shambaugh. "We are very proud that our roots are here in Fort Wayne and look forward to continuing our longstanding commitment to the community."
Founded in 1926, Shambaugh is the largest process, mechanical, electrical and plumbing construction services contractor in Indiana, with additional Indiana offices in Indianapolis, Lafayette and South Bend. The company, which operates in 44 states, serves clients in the industrial, food processing, commercial and healthcare industries. The company was the main builder and designer of the world's largest, one million square-foot yogurt plant in Twin Falls, Idaho. The project was completed in 10 months, earning Shambaugh's facility the designation 2013 Food Plant of the Year from Food Engineering magazine.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Shambaugh & Son, LP up to $1,000,000 in conditional tax credits and up to $100,000 in training grants based on the company's job creation plans. These tax credits are performance-based, meaning until Hoosiers are hired, the company is not eligible to claim incentives. The city of Fort Wayne will consider additional tax abatement at the request of the Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance.
"Companies like Shambaugh are helping Fort Wayne continue to see job growth and positive momentum," said Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry. "Shambaugh has a long history of sustainability here in our community. We're appreciative of their commitment to our city."
Homegrown-Hoosier companies like Shambaugh continue to invest in northeast Indiana, growing the region's economy and creating jobs. Just last week, Pence joined executives at Brunswick Fort Wayne Operations to cut the ribbon on its new 360,000 square-foot facility. The company, which has manufactured recreational boats in the community for more than 50 years, announced plans in December to expand in Fort Wayne, adding up to 200 new jobs by 2016.
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Congress Considers Nixing NASA Asteroid Mission
WASHINGTON ? A draft authorization bill from the House Science space subcommittee would cap NASA spending at about $16.87 billion for the next two years, prohibit a proposed asteroid retrieval mission, overhaul the agency?s management structure and raise the spending cap for Commercial Crew activities while increasing congressional oversight of the program.
The bill, as Republican lawmakers have been hinting during House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearings all year, also aims to steer the nation?s human spaceflight program back to the moon and provide more money for robotic exploration of the solar system at the expense of NASA?s Earth observation program.
These and other changes were detailed in a copy of the bill, the NASA Authorization Act of 2013, obtained by SpaceNews on June 14. The bill holds NASA to spending levels established by the Budget Control Act of 2011, rather than assuming that Congress and the White House will eliminate sequestration?s across-the-board spending cuts any time soon. [NASA's Asteroid-Capture Mission in Pictures]
The House Science space subcommittee will discuss the bill in a hearing on Wednesday (June 19). The Senate Commerce Committee, meanwhile, is ?not too far behind? its House counterpart in finishing its own version of the next NASA Authorization bill, Ann Zulkowsky, a senior aide in the Democrat-controlled Senate, said June 14 at the Aerospace 2013 conference in Arlington, Va., organized by Women in Aerospace.
Industry sources said the Senate version of the bill does not hold NASA to the sequestered spending limits. One of these sources said the Senate was expected to unveil its authorization bill, which sets policy and spending guidelines for five years rather than two, this week.
Moon versus asteroid?
The House Science space subcommittee?s bill includes many prescriptions for NASA?s human spaceflight program and would codify that Mars, by way of the lunar surface, is a priority destination for human explorers.?
"It is the policy of the United States that the development of capabilities and technologies necessary for human missions to lunar orbit, the surface of the moon, the surface of Mars?and beyond shall be the goals of the Administration?s human spaceflight program," the bill states.
An asteroid retrieval mission, proposed by NASA in April as part of the White House?s 2014 budget request, has no place in that framework, according to the draft bill.?
"The Administrator shall not fund the development of an asteroid retrieval mission to send a robotic spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid for rendezvous, retrieval and redirection of that asteroid to lunar orbit for exploration by astronauts," the bill states.
There has been a notable lack of enthusiasm for the asteroid?mission among some of the Republicans who hold key NASA oversight roles in the House ? including House Science Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) ? since the mission was proposed.
The mission would require development of a robotic spacecraft with solar-electric propulsion, and the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket NASA is developing. [Space Launch System Rocket for Deep-Space Flights (Images)]
There is no funding authorized for a crewed planetary lander or deep-space astronaut habitat in the bill.
Another provision of the draft authorization bill that originated with House Republicans is an overhaul of NASA?s leadership structure. The proposed changes would give Congress greater influence over the selection of the NASA administrator, and give the administrator a six-year term. The NASA administrator is currently a political appointee who serves at the president?s pleasure.?
House Republicans led by Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) included these changes in their Space Leadership Preservation Act (H.R. 823), which was introduced in February and has lingered in committee ever since. That bill was itself a rehash of a similar proposal introduced back in September 2012.?
Funding for private spaceships
Also on the human spaceflight front, the draft authorization act the House Science Committee has produced authorizes up to $700 million a year for the Commercial Crew Program, which under the 2010 NASA Authorization Act was cleared for up to $500 million in annual funding.?
A signature Obama administration effort, the Commercial Crew Program seeks to get at least one privately developed crew transportation system ready to launch astronauts to the International Space Station by the end of 2017.
NASA in August split $1.1 billion among Boeing Space Exploration of Houston, Sierra Nevada Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to mature competing designs. NASA expects a follow-on award next summer after another funding competition now scheduled to begin around July.?[The Top 10 Private Spaceships]
The White House has consistently sought more funding for the Commercial Crew Program than Congress has been willing to give. In 2013, the administration asked for more than $800 million and wound up with $525 million. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has said repeatedly that Congress must meet the request, or the 2017 flight date will slip.
The House Science Committee?s draft bill calls on NASA to make sure that does not happen. The bill would require the space agency to evaluate the Commercial Crew Program?s prospects for making the 2017 deadline under annual funding levels ranging from $500 million to $800 million. The bill also establishes strict reporting requirements for the Commercial Crew Program, requiring NASA to brief Congress on the effort every 90 days, beginning 180 days after the bill becomes law.?
In a related provision, the bill places a $50 million cap ? to be exceeded only with permission from Congress ? on Space Act Agreements, an alternative procurement mechanism NASA uses routinely. The current round of the Commercial Crew Program is funded with $1.1 billion worth of Space Act Agreements. However, NASA has already said it does not plan to use Space Act Agreements for the program?s next development phase.?
An administration official panned the House proposal, calling it a "non-starter." The official asked for anonymity to speak candidly. Particularly objectionable, this person said, was the proposal to cut Earth Science and kill the asteroid retrieval mission.
The House subcommittee?s bill would authorize about $1.2 billion for Earth Science in 2014 and 2015 ? about 30 percent less than the division?s budget in 2013 and 2012. The main beneficiary from this rebalancing would be the Planetary Science Division, which runs NASA?s robotic solar system exploration program.?
Conversely, the bill would authorize planetary science for $1.5 billion in funding in 2014 and 2015, the same level the division received for 2012. NASA has proposed reducing planetary science spending for 2013, funding it at about $1.2 billion even though Congress provided a larger appropriation in the The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013 (H.R. 933), which became law March 26.
Budget proposal rundown
?Rounded to the nearest million, authorized spending levels for major NASA spending accounts in 2014 and 2015 under the House Science space subcommittee?s proposal are:
? Top Line: $16.865 billion, about even with NASA?s 2013 appropriation and roughly 5.1 percent less than what NASA got in 2012 in its last unsequestered spending bill.
? Exploration Systems: $4.007 billion, 8.9 percent more than what NASA has proposed spending in 2013 under an operating plan it delivered to Congress in May, and 8.1 percent more than in 2012.?
? Space Operations: $3.818 billion, 2.5 percent more than the NASA-adjusted level for 2013 and 8.8 percent less than in 2012.?
? Science Mission Directorate: $4.627 billion, 3.2 percent more than in 2013 and 8.8 percent less than in 2012.
? Cross-Agency Support: $2.6 billion, 4.1 percent less than 2013 and 13.2 percent lower than in 2012.?
? Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate: $566 million, 6.8 percent more than in 2013 and 0.6 percent less than 2012.?
? Space Technology Mission Directorate: $500 million, 21.9 percent lower than in 2013 and 12.9 percent lower than in 2012. The bill would transfer some of the human spaceflight research and development funding now managed by this directorate back to the Exploration Systems account.
? Education Mission Directorate: $125 million, 7.8 percent more than in 2013 and 8.2 percent less than in 2012.??
? Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration: $587 million, 9.3 percent less than 2013 appropriation and 18.7 percent more than in 2012.?
? Inspector General: $35 million, about flat compared with 2013 and 8.6 percent lower than 2012.?
?Proposed authorized funding for SLS and Orion in 2014 and 2015 under the House subcommittee?s bill are:
? SLS: $1.772 billion, of which $1.454 billion would be for rocket development and support work, and $318 million would be for SLS ground systems. That puts vehicle development and support about 6.1 percent higher than in the 2013 operating plan and 2.9 percent lower than in 2012. Ground systems, meanwhile, would be authorized for 15.2 percent less than in 2013 and 4.4 percent more than in 2012.
? Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: $1.2 billion, 7.7 percent more than in 2013 and even with 2012.?
? The James Webb Space Telescope, meanwhile, would be authorized for $658 million in funding in 2014 and 2015, which are peak development years for the long-delayed, overbudget astrophysics flagship. The proposed authorized level is 4.9 percent more than 2013 and 26.9 percent more than in 2012.
This story was provided by?Space News, dedicated to covering all aspects of the space industry. Article on?SPACE.com.
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Sony chief says time needed to study proposal
TOKYO (AP) ? Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, the chief executive told shareholders Thursday.
Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai was speaking to a Tokyo hall packed with thousands of investors for an annual general shareholders' meeting, where the proposal from Third Point hedge fund, led by activist investor and billionaire Daniel Loeb, was high on people's minds. It was the first question from the floor.
Hirai reiterated his position that Sony takes the proposal seriously, and it will be discussed by the company board. But he ruled out a quick decision.
"This is an important proposal that will influence the future of Sony," he said. "This will take time, and we are not going to come to a conclusion for the sake of coming to a conclusion."
Loeb has proposed selling up to a 20 percent stake in Sony's relatively healthy movie, TV and music business.
Third Point, one of Sony's top shareholders, said this week it has raised its stake to 6.9 percent from the 6.5 percent Loeb had said the fund owned, when it first made the proposal last month.
Loeb is best known for instigating a mass shake-up at Yahoo Inc.
He is proposing the money raised from selling a part of Sony's entertainment division be used to strengthen its troubled electronics operations.
His proposal was not up for a vote at the nearly two-hour shareholders' meeting, which approved new board members and a proposal on stock options. Sony said more than 10,000 people took part in the meeting.
Some analysts have been advocating changes at Sony, similar to what Loeb has suggested.
Takao Miyake, a retired shareholder who had attended the meeting, agreed.
"I think Sony is caught up in their own ways," he said. "Working with the hedge fund is the only way to survive."
Others were unsure. Takeshi Kawamata, 56, a businessman who owns 100 Sony shares, hadn't heard about the hedge fund proposal before.
"How should we know if we can trust the hedge fund or not?" he said.
Tokyo-based Sony has run into hard times in recent years despite a glorious nearly seven-decade history of having pioneered products, such as the Walkman portable player.
Sony, which also makes the PlayStation 3 game machine and Bravia flat-panel TVs, has fallen behind rivals such as Apple Inc. of the U.S. and South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co.
It was also battered by natural disasters in Japan in 2011, as well as an unfavorable currency rate, although that disadvantage has lessened with the yen cheapening in recent months.
The company barely turned a profit for the fiscal year ended March 31, its first in five years.
Hirai, who took office last year, promised a revival at Sony, focusing on smartphones, digital imaging and games, as well as turning around its money-losing TV operations. Sony is also trying to move into new fields such as medical equipment, having set up a joint venture with Olympus Corp.
He said Sony has undergone drastic restructuring under his helm over the last year, an effort that he called unprecedented in company history. He said he was talking frequently with Sony engineers to prevent any brain drain and boost morale. He said he was determined to make sure all products were "fitting of putting S-O-N-Y on them."
"We want people to say that a world without Sony would be no fun at all," he said.
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Azusa Uchikura contributed to this report. Follow Yuri Kageyama on Twitter at www.twitter.com/yurikageyama
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Iceland: 'informal talks' about Snowden asylum
A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview, and called them transparent - even though they are authorized in secret. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview, and called them transparent - even though they are authorized in secret. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview, and called them transparent - even though they are authorized in secret. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
STOCKHOLM (AP) ? A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker applying for asylum in the Nordic country, officials there said Wednesday.
Johannes Skulason, an Icelandic government official, told The Associated Press that WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson had held informal talks with assistants at the Interior Ministry and the prime minister's office.
Skulason said Hrafnsson "presented his case that he was in contact with Snowden and wanted to see what the legal framework was like."
Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson earlier Wednesday told reporters in Sweden that there had been no formal discussions on the matter. To apply for asylum, Snowden must be on Icelandic soil.
Hrafnsson told the AP he had talked to an intermediary that he was "100 percent sure represents Mr. Snowden," but declined to identify the intermediary.
Hrafnsson said he had met with people at the Icelandic ministries and reported back to his contact, but couldn't give any more details about when or how Snowden would possibly travel to Iceland.
In an interview published shortly after he outed himself as the source behind stories about the U.S. spy agency's online surveillance programs, Snowden floated the idea of heading to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. He told the Guardian newspaper that he was inclined to seek asylum in a country that shared his values ? and "the nation that most encompasses this is Iceland."
Snowden, who used to live in Hawaii, initially fled to Hong Kong and is now in hiding.
It's not clear whether Iceland could protect a leaker like Snowden from American demands for his return. Iceland has a longstanding extradition treaty with the U.S., though it has never been used to deport an American citizen.
Instead, the small island nation has a tradition of providing a haven for the outspoken and the outcast, and has previously welcomed eccentric chess master Bobby Fischer and WikiLeaks secret-spiller Julian Assange.
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