AGENDA Rockingham County Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting - February 14, 2012 - 6 : 30 pm 371 NC HWY 65, Wentworth, NC 27375 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN MABE 2. INVOCATION (1:24) 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (2:34) 4. APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 14, 2012, 6 : 30 PM AGENDAD (2:55) 5. RECOGNITION - Rockingham County Justice Center Achieves LEED Gold Plaque Presented by John Nichols and Steve Nally, Moseley Architects (4:18) 6. CONSENT AGENDA (a) Approval of Minutes - January 10, 19, 23, 2012 (b) Budget Revisions (1) Finaance - Approval of Various Budget Amendments (2) Emergengy Services - Acceptance of $13716 Emergency Management Pewrformance Grant Supplement to be used to Maintain & Enhance Emergency Management Program (3) Sheriff's Department - $21600 Federal Forfeiture Funds to Purchase Miscellaneous Equipment and Weapons for Day-to-Day Operations (10:56) 7. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (15:00) 8. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS (59:51) 9. PATRICIA GALLOWAY, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR - Funding options for Rockingham County High School Pool Envelope Replacement Project and Pool Depth Adjustment Project (1:09:29) 9B. BILL HOLCOMB, Associate Supertendient Rockingham County Schools, Consider Approval of request to apply for Qualified School Construction Bond Monies for the State of North Carolina for use in the Rockingham County School Pool Envelope and Depth Adjustment Project (1:43:25) 10. LANCE METZLER, COUNTY MANAGER (a) Consider Proposal From Waste Management - Solid Waste and <b>...</b>
Pan Am's Capt. Darrow Guest on Radio Talk Show
www.PanAmAcademy.com Denver Pan Am International Flight Academy's Senior Director of Sales, Capt. Gregory Darrow will be a featured guest on the radio talk show segment "Connect & Collaborate" this Wednesday morning 11 am to noon MST on AM 560 KLZ Radio, Denver, broadcasting to the Denver market and 17 surrounding states. Connect & Collaborate is a weekly program hosted by ICOSA Magazine, CAP Worldwide, and the US Commercial Service. The program's mission is to foster the innovation and collaboration of businesses, communities, government or organizations to help promote growth and change. Thursday's segment focuses on the aviation industry, its current challenges nationally and globally, and what the future holds in safety, training, and uniform standards worldwide. With the current expansion of the Asian Airlines, and US and European carriers operating as lean as possible, the landscape is changing and evolving. Capt. Darrow, a 25-year plus veteran commercial pilot and executive of Pan Am International Flight Academy, one of the world's leading aviation and airline training companies, will share his insights with the audience. Pan Am was recently awarded the Export Achievement Certificate by the Denver office of the US Commercial Services Division, a branch of the US Department of Commerce, for increased international sales of flight training services. Connect & Collaborate's aviation segment may be heard on AM 560 KLZ Radio, Denver, or steaming live on the web.
Council of the Americas hosted a discussion on the Western Hemisphere view of the TPP, and how each country can benefit from this emerging free trade pact while securing their own national trade interests. At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii in November 2011, Mexico and Canada expressed interest in participating in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), joining nine other countries currently negotiating the TPP including the United States, Chile, and Peru. With the participation of Mexico and Canada, TPP negotiations would take on even greater economic weight, while creating added momentum for the Western Hemisphere trade agenda. Speakers, in order of appearance: - Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank (opening remarks) - Arturo Fermandois, Ambassador of Chile to the US - Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico to the US - Francisco Sánchez, Under Secretary for International Trade, US Department of Commerce
#Anon #NewZ GMO Foods - YOUR MONSANTO KILLER FOOD Pushed by USA GOV. Anonymous released personal information and documents stolen from agricultural chemical and biotechnology company Monsanto as the Senate discusses a committee to address cyber-security issues. The hacking group Anonymous has struck again, this time releasing documents it said it stole from the network of giant biotechnology and agricultural seed company Monsanto in retribution for alleged corporate misconduct. The hacking collective posted information it stole last month on 2500 Monsanto employees and associates, the group announced July 13. Anonymous also launched a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monsanto's international Websites, forcing the company to shut down the sites for approximately three days. The group claimed it spent two months attacking the Monsanto network to access hundreds of pages of documents that it contends reveal "Monsanto's corrupt, unethical, and downright evil business practices." In the process, the group accessed three mail servers and released sensitive personal information, including full names, addresses, phone numbers "and exactly where they work," Anonymous wrote on text-sharing site Pastebin. The list also included contact details for media outlets as well as other agricultural companies. The group also promised to post a wiki providing all the information, including articles and emails, "in a more centralized and stable environment," similar to what it did with <b>...</b>
The Florida Chamber's Bottom Line - February 8, 2012
The latest edition of The Florida Chamber's Bottom Line features Francisco Sanchez, US Under Secretary for International Trade with the US Department of Commerce. Secretary Sanchez, along with Florida Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Mark Wilson, discuss doubling Florida-origin and national exports in the next five years, the importance of the recently ratified free trade agreements with Columbia, Panama and South Korea, and the vital role manufacturing plays in diversifying Florida's exports. Secretary Sanchez served as a keynote speaker during the 2012 International Days taking place February 7-8 in Tallahassee. The Florida Chamber's Bottom Line is a weekly web-based program featuring key figures from Florida and the nation's corridors of power. Serving as host is Alia Faraj-Johnson.
Anonymous released personal information and documents stolen from agricultural chemical and biotechnology company Monsanto as the Senate discusses a committee to address cyber-security issues. Last Anonymous Mass Attack Recorded Dec 2011 Just One Of Many More Too Come. The hacking group Anonymous has struck again, this time releasing documents it said it stole from the network of giant biotechnology and agricultural seed company Monsanto in retribution for alleged corporate misconduct. The hacking collective posted information it stole last month on 2500 Monsanto employees and associates, the group announced July 13. Anonymous also launched a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monsanto's international Websites, forcing the company to shut down the sites for approximately three days. The group claimed it spent two months attacking the Monsanto network to access hundreds of pages of documents that it contends reveal "Monsanto's corrupt, unethical, and downright evil business practices." In the process, the group accessed three mail servers and released sensitive personal information, including full names, addresses, phone numbers "and exactly where they work," Anonymous wrote on text-sharing site Pastebin. The list also included contact details for media outlets as well as other agricultural companies. The group also promised to post a wiki providing all the information, including articles <b>...</b>
At the legislature today, human trafficking isn't an issue in West Virginia yet. These lawmakers are working on a bill to make sure it never becomes one. These students are headed to college free of charge and will work in West Virginia once they've completed their education. We'll explain in this half hour. And the Department of Commerce uses this video to show off the state's business climate. We'll see it tonight on The Legislature Today.
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Keith Curtis, Senior Energy Advisor at the Department of Commerce discusses the benefit of bringing the private and public sector together to overcome environmental challenges.
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Keith Curtis, Senior Energy Advisor at the Department of Commerce tells us why he thinks technology is the most exciting part of the DC Greening Embassies Forum partnership.
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Kevin Curtis, Senior Energy Advisor at the Department of Commerce, discusses sustainability initiatives being undertaken by the United States government. He is a proponent of "Walking the Talk" - changing embassies and products to make them more efficient and showing people how these measures can be implemented.
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Transcript: Hello, everybody. This is our first Cabinet meeting after my State of the Union address, and it gives me an opportunity to share my ideas and initiatives with my Cabinet, but also to get some feedback from them. One of the top priorities that I mentioned during the State of the Union was the need for us to promote small business. And I?m very pleased that we?ve got Karen Mills here, who has participated in our meetings before, but is now an official member of the Cabinet. It is a symbol of how important it is for us to spur entrepreneurship, to help startups, to move aggressively so that we can assure more companies that create the most jobs in our economy are getting a leg up from the various programs that we have in our government. I mentioned at the State of the Union that there have been discussions, bipartisan discussions between Republicans and Democrats, about a whole set of measures that can accelerate financing to startup companies; can provide tax breaks to startups and small businesses that are interested in either hiring more workers or increasing their wages; that looks at innovative ways for them to raise capital. And my expectation and hope is, is that they will get a bill together quickly, that they will pass it and get it on my desk. I will sign it right away, and I would like to see that bill signed this year. In addition, we?ve got all the Cabinet agencies, who are here represented. They are <b>...</b>
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The launch of the Department of Commerce Consumer Protection division's iShopWA smartphone app on Today Tonight, 7 Perth, 21 December 2011.
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www.powernomics.com PowerNomics analyzes the complex web of racial monopolies and Black America's inappropriate behavior patterns that are driving it into a permanent underclass status. Dr. Anderson proposes new concepts that teach Blacks new ways to see, think, and behave in race matters. His new education, political and economic action steps are designed to make Black America self-sufficient and competitive. Dr. Claud Anderson, is president of PowerNomics Corporation of America, a corporation that is involved in major business development, primarily in inner cities, across the country. The word PowerNomics® represents a social-political-economic package of principles and strategies developed by Dr. Anderson to help make Black America a more self-sufficient and competitive group. His latest book, PowerNomics®: The National Plan to Empower Black America sets forth a five year national plan in education, economics, politics and outlines a new role for Black religious organizations. His ideas have begun to ignite a national movement of reform among blacks. Dr. Anderson has drawn the nation's attention to the advantages of redeveloping and industrializing black communities. Dr. Anderson has begun a seafood factory project aimed at urban locations in the United States. Widely recognized as one of America's most influential intellectuals and authors, Dr. Anderson has popularized Black history. His book, Black Labor, White Wealth: A Search for Power and Economic Justice, is the <b>...</b>
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www.powernomics.com PowerNomics analyzes the complex web of racial monopolies and Black America's inappropriate behavior patterns that are driving it into a permanent underclass status. Dr. Anderson proposes new concepts that teach Blacks new ways to see, think, and behave in race matters. His new education, political and economic action steps are designed to make Black America self-sufficient and competitive. Dr. Claud Anderson, is president of PowerNomics Corporation of America, a corporation that is involved in major business development, primarily in inner cities, across the country. The word PowerNomics® represents a social-political-economic package of principles and strategies developed by Dr. Anderson to help make Black America a more self-sufficient and competitive group. His latest book, PowerNomics®: The National Plan to Empower Black America sets forth a five year national plan in education, economics, politics and outlines a new role for Black religious organizations. His ideas have begun to ignite a national movement of reform among blacks. Dr. Anderson has drawn the nation's attention to the advantages of redeveloping and industrializing black communities. Dr. Anderson has begun a seafood factory project aimed at urban locations in the United States. Widely recognized as one of America's most influential intellectuals and authors, Dr. Anderson has popularized Black history. His book, Black Labor, White Wealth: A Search for Power and Economic Justice, is the <b>...</b>
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Campaigning in Florida, Newt Gingrich called for the creation of the "Department of Jobs" by merging Department of Commerce and Department of Labor.
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Dr. Simon Szykman was named Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Commerce in May 2010. As the Department's CIO, Dr. Szykman is responsible for providing leadership, establishing policy, and maintaining oversight for the information technology investments that support the diverse portfolio of programs across the Commerce Department's dozen bureaus. Dr. Szykman most recently served over three years as the CIO of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology, where he began his professional career as part of the agency's technical staff. Prior to his work at Commerce, Dr. Szykman served as the Director of the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD), where he was responsible for the coordination of planning, budget, and assessment activities for the Federal NITRD Program. In this role, Dr. Szykman reported directly to the National Science and Technology Council and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy--where he also worked temporarily as a Senior Policy Analyst, focusing on technology-related issues including cyber security and high-end computing. Dr. Szykman has also worked at the Department of Homeland Security as the Department's first Director of Cyber Security R&D. There he led the development of cyber security R&D plans, programs, and budgets in support of the Department's mission, as well as the development of the Government's first interagency Federal Plan <b>...</b>
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Youtube/Google are providing MASS deception right in the open: ::innapropriate as determined by the "video uploader"... Riiight, like I determine my own videos as inappropriate.. Even more funny, this is what it said before: innapropriate as determined by the "youtube community".. Wow ,WOW WOW!! -Youtube has a button to flag videos as: Deceptive title, yet Google/Youtube are allowed to pollute their own deception all over the place!?! Unbelievable!! So between 1000-2000 views a day, nearly all being youtube account holders, and only 1-6 comments a day.. Unless of course, I reach out further by going onto other peoples videos and telling them to check out mine. I wouldn't do this if my channel wasn't so isolated from the outside. -Since it is,I will continue to reach out. Again, those people I reach out to, can only be people with youtube accounts, otherwise, they will have to create an account in order to view my channel page. We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public as required or permitted by law. Google complies with the US-EU <b>...</b>
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Terry Watson, Director of Workforce Solutions said that "FCM hit a home run in putting together all of our accomplishments and future goals into a compelling story that was easily understood and communicated. The annual report, executive summary, and various campaign brochures that they developed ensure that our stakeholders understand the sense of urgency around our mission of workforce and economic development, and the need to be involved in our Grow Oklahoma campaign. I'd highly recommend FCM to any organization interested in creating and telling a compelling story that builds public interest and support for your organization's mission."
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Volunteer abroad. Start here: www.ubelong.org Alex Huang is a very bright student in International Studies and Spanish at the University of Michigan (UoM). He was part of a group of seven UoM students who volunteered on the "elementary school teaching" Cusco project in May 2011. Last summer we interviewed Alex in Washington, DC, where he was interning for the Department of Commerce. In this video interview he shares valuable insights on his volunteer experience with the UBELONG community.
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The US Department of Commerce's Economic Development Agency recently awarded an "extremely competitive" $647748 grant to be matched by the school and used to further their biofuels research. The grant will allow Northern to help other researchers or entrepreneurs interested in renewable fuels in testing and releasing their products. Here, in Chancellor Jim Limbaugh's office on the morning of Jan. 24, Limbaugh meets with College of Technical Sciences Dean Greg Kegel, Northern's Director of University Outreach and Economic Development Tony Preite and Bear Paw Development Corp's Executive Director all talk about what the grant means for Northern and the Hi-Line.
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