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Jean Philippe Lansard died last week of what is called a "long and painful illness."

This is all the more painful for those who surrounded the characteristic of this disease is that it offers respite even more cruel, they precede a relapse sudden and unexpected dashing all hopes that it was pleased to believe.

Jean Philippe helped us in our daily actions including taking care of members, a task not easily attached it to fill with smiles and kindness. He came to the General Assembly to testify to his volunteer work.
I remember our meetings where we talked about the future of the planet and especially this day in April, Montreuil sur mer, where he was resting. He asked me to come and do two lectures before an audience of young people and a local defense of nature, he was fine and told me about his plans.

The disease is unfair especially when it hits nice people and I already miss Jean Philippe.

To all those who are loved and who lack so much, we send our deepest sympathy affectionate.

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Yes, he's there! For the third consecutive year Regi blows the roof of the Ethias Arena. Expect the ultimate 90's records and the hottest retro in the mix. Buy your tickets now ... before it is too late.

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As we approach what certainly feels like the most important qualifier, scratch that, qualifiers of my life, I must admit I am torn. You see, I love the national team with all my being. If I had to pick one team in any sport to follow and never watch another team again, it would be them, my red white and blue that I bleed somewhere deep near my soul. However, it is my vow to at least cover them relatively objectively, and to be quite frank, I am scared for them. For myself. I plan on attending the World Cup next summer but without the US in it, I do not think I really could make that trip. It would make my heart break, me attending the game's biggest stage while my team sits at home. Now this certainly seems pessimistic, but it is not to be that way, but more to show the passion and what I have riding on these games. I have dreamed of World Cup 2010 since my senior year of high school, and yet I would give it all up if I cannot proudly fly the flag of the Red White and Blue. So Chamo, time to start cheering for the land of the free and the home of the brave unless you plan on being as soul crushed next summer as I would be if they do not qualify.

Chamo's note: Biggy is attending the World Cup next summer whether they qualify or not, he's just whining.

Certainly I do not think that this team is not capable, but three major obstacles face them. Two were unforeseeable, one has loomed in the background for months. This looming obstacle, the question, the one thought early in qualification was that the US did not want to leave qualification to the final two matches, especially possibly needing a win in Honduras, the unfriendly confines of San Pedro Sula. This was mentioned by fans and pundits in March, that leaving this as a must win might mean that the US might not get there. Now the other games can render this useless, if Costa Rica loses, the deal is done. If Mexico does, the road becomes easier. Yet the task ahead is monumental. Our friends at TSG tweeted earlier: shinguardian Everytime I hear about LSU's home field adv. on Saturday night, I'm going to chuckle as the US is security escorted even to the bathroom. For some reason this rang so true as I thought about this game. The atmosphere, with the economic and political turmoil combined with the fact that if Honduras wins they are headed to the World Cup, could be one of the most intense the US has ever played in. American sports are so big on home field advantage, but really this just boils down to playing in a stadium that is primarily pro your team, and likely somewhat loud. The national team will be in a crowd of extremely politically charged and insanely hyped soccer fans that will see the biggest game of their lives. Combine this with an extremely talented and motivated Honduras team with the likes of Palacios and Suazo, that has been incredibly efficient and effective at home and is easily playing the most important game of their lives for a country that they look to unite via soccer, and you have a game that is less matchup in Honduras and more cauldron in Honduras. This game means so much to everyone in Honduras and with an entire nation backing them, the US will play a game away at the most insane place they have ever played. Jozy Altidore, the brilliant young American striker tweeted this earlier. JozyAltidore17 This place is locked down heavy!!! Every time i peak my head out the door security is right there lol This is def a first for me. Jozy has been to Azteca, to Saprissa, to South Africa, and yet this tweet shows the insanity of the current environment TWO DAYS before the game. Two days. This intensity may throw something at some of the American players that they have never dealt with before. A game that is not a game, but a battle for a country in turmoil, an opportunity to provide people with hope. The US just happens to be on the wrong end of this equation.

To add to this turmoil, the US lineup faces two major holes based on injury. First is the centerback who emerged this summer as the missing piece to a defense that was missing a part. Jay DeMerit got his opportunity to step in at centerback at the Confederations Cup and to say that he made the most of his opportunity would be quite an understatement. The Donatello Onyewu - Jay DeMerit partnership helped shut down Egypt and Spain, and looked like the United States had found a back line that could lock up any potent offense like never before. Unfortunately, since then DeMerit has gone back to being the missing piece, as he has dealt with a leg injury and now eye surgery. This leaves the center of defense likely in the capable hands of Onyewu and the much sketchier hands of Bocanegra, resulting in the need to fill his hole at left back, where comforting options are far and few between. To compound that, Onyewu has not seen much of the field lately. At all. More problems arose when Clint Dempsey was declared unable to go in Honduras due to a shoulder sprain. This happened this past weekend in the EPL, and the least Clint could have done was get me some fantasy points to make up for this problem. Now Clint often underperfoms at the national team level, but I feel not all of that is his fault, and as he showed this summer, he generally is the most dangerous player on the field. He can score goals from anywhere, especially late game. Benny Stu and Jose, Chamo and Biggy's next drink concoction and the sure replacements for Demps will have to step up. In a major way. Major like you just saw some dude steal your Mom's purse with your World Cup tickets in it, and he has a half a block head start. The word we want is overdrive. After thinking this over, I would like to see Stu start on the right wing, go balls to the wall for sixty, then bring in Benny or Jose, or both depending on the score situation. That's way Saturday truly is a cometh the moment cometh the man situation for the USMNT. Will the man come? Can the US not leave themselves a do or die next Wednesday versus Costa Rica at the house DC United built?

The unexpected twist outside the injuries is the fact that the US isn't helped that much by the draw. One point only guarantees the team a spot if Costa Rica ties or loses, so will Bob play for the win? Will he risk his yellow carded players in what are certainly not favorable conditions? How will the US midfield hold up? Can the deal with Palacios and company? The answer is yes. Team America's mettle shines through in a 2-1 victory that sends me into a frenzy. Unfortunately, I will not be watching the game for three reasons, first, because my stomach cannot handle watching two elimination games (possibly) for the US. Worst comes to worst, I watch Wednesday. Secondly, the game is not nationally broadcast, only here and here and here. Finally, a cute girl asked me to Law School Prom and I obliged quite willingly. If nothing else, what are text message updates for?
Biggy's note: Chamo will be providing text message updates on this game via feed or live update, if you want them, please send an email to Chamo@constantlyoffside.com with a nice note that will convince him to text you. He likes bribes.

What will be the result of the critical US-Honduras qualifier

• US win
  69%
• Draw
  15%
• Honduras win
  15%

Closed

Total Votes: 13

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In the second half of last year, the Superior Council of Magistracy, to invoke the constitutional principles laid down in Articles. 25, 97, 101, 107 and 112 of the Constitution (pre-constituted court, impartial public action, subjugation of the judiciary only to the law, diffusion of power among all judges including prosecutors and mandatory prosecution in respect of all ), had issued a resolution (1519/FT/2006) with which regulated aspects of detail on the new set-order structure of the offices of attorney.
By virtue of the Decree issued by the Government on the law of the European Parliament delegation, is in fact greatly increased the hierarchical principle that already, but to a lesser extent, characterized the prosecuting magistrates.The hierarchy, pushed to extremes, determines the concentration of the most important decisions in the hands of few individuals, and therefore affect the characteristic of diffuse power of the prosecutor.It was therefore necessary to lay down some guidelines to ensure that the concrete implementation of the reform of the public prosecutor's offices operate in harmony with the Constitution, since the constitutional rules always override the ordinary law Having to interpret and apply this last - before the conflict hypothesize with these principles - in consonance with the fundamental values ​​of society.
To this end, the said C.S.M. ruled that if a prosecutor had withdrawn the delegation of the inquiries already given to a prosecutor, as permitted by the rules to him, should clarify the reasons in writing so they could then be assessed by the body for self-government where the contrast between the head and deputy had come to his attention.It should be clarified that any criticism of the MSM with respect to a revocation of the delegation of investigation does not affect in any case the single process in which a deficiency is recorded, but would operate only on disciplinary or on the evaluation of professional interpreters of the prosecutor that too "literally" the principle of hierarchy.
It must be said that the withdrawal of the delegation of investigation does not result in any displacement of responsibility since it is the same office to deal with, even if it changes the magistrate inquiring.That directive was sent to all prosecutors in Italy, including the attorney general, the first hierarchically higher-order, so we have stuck.
The Superior Council of clarifying intervention seemed appropriate because the law did not pre-determined carefully the circumstances in which the prosecutor could waive the investigation has already been assigned to a deputy.Unlike the revocation of the delegation of investigation, the call-back is allowed in cases exhaustively pre-determined by law and was therefore useless for the CSM considered in the aforementioned resolution.
The call-back, institute rare employment constitutes an event even more traumatic than mere withdrawal of the delegation because of an investigation determines the shift from one office to another, by the Public Prosecutor at the Court of the Court of the Attorney General ' Appeals.One of the last (and very few) cases where a call back that the judicial record recorded work has seen a prosecutor at the Court of Appeals that called him a survey conducted by a Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Court and the latter complain to the Attorney General of the Supreme Court (the top of the hierarchy of proxies).
Just the hierarchy of offices of attorney, accentuated after the entry into force of the new judicial system, has prompted the Attorney General of the Supreme Court to believe that it is not for the prosecutor to complain about being deprived of an investigation whose ownership - it is now attributable to the office of the prosecutor's office and not to the individual judge to whom delegated in practice it turns out - can be claimed only by the head of that office.A reader devoid of specific legal knowledge would have sufficient reasons to be puzzled, since on the one hand the CSM refers to compliance with the constitutional requirements that must inspire the effective exercise of the powers conferred by law and, secondly, the Attorney General of the Supreme Court has declared inadmissible the complaint of the prosecutor, namely that the substance of the issue (if ' call-back was correct or not) has not even been examined, nor the rule of law providing for the confiscation has been brought to the attention of the Constitutional Court.
That player then has lender for an explanation.In order for a law received the attention of the Constitutional Court (the only body that can cancel it) requires that a judge must apply for and ask when deciding a case, the Attorney General of the Supreme Court, however, despite being a magistrate, does not carry out judicial functions and therefore can not apply to the Constitutional Court.The same player again, it might suggest that the rule (or rules) that relate to the organizational powers of attorney of the republic can be put into question when, after investigation, the judge comes into play to decide the case, unfortunately this possibility is excluded because the court can not review the legitimacy of the PM in front of him except in a purely formal basis of the facts that qualify the endowment (or head of delegation, in fact, call back from the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal).
As you can see, then, is very difficult to induce the constitutionality of regulations concerning the organization of the prosecution.Difficult does not mean impossible.If, for example, the Attorney General of the Court of Cassation, which is also the owner of the disciplinary action against judges, however, being forced to exercise, seeing in the act to call back on which you are not able to deliver due to ineligibility the complaint, an abnormality severe enough to let configure a disciplinary offense (such as undue interference in the activity of another judicial magistrate, or the adoption of a measure for the macroscopic failure) could initiate its process in which the judge ( the disciplinary section of the CSM), doubting of one or more of the provisions under discussion, would eventually cause the scrutiny of constitutionality.
Leaving aside the consequences of a disciplinary nature, which still does not solve the problem, because the investigation did not revert to the substitute which has been removed, it must be observed that the order goes into crisis when it is theoretically possible that the exercise of power, allowed by law, can in practice be implemented in a manner configgenti with the reasons for which it was given and no remedy is expected to correct this anomaly hypothetical.Nicholas Saracino(*) Magistrate

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Case Synopsis

This teaching module is unlike the others available on the Portal for North America website. It consists of a single image of a component of an automobile - a rear suspension assembly produced by Martinrea International Inc., a Canadian based Tier 1 automotive supplier and supplier to other industrial sectors. This rear suspension assembly was produced at Martinrea's plant in London Ontario for just in time (JIT) delivery to General Motor's Cami plant in Ingersoll Ontario where it was used in the Chevy Equinox and Pontiac Torrent models. (Until December 2009, Cami Automotive was a General Motors-Suzuki joint venture. GM then purchased the Suzuki share.) This single image opens the way to the consideration of emerging trends and patterns in the North American and global automotive industry and, from there, into discussions of many key dimensions of our economies, government policy and social systems.

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Educational Objectives

The objective would be to have students dissect this single image and ask, "What does it tell us and what questions does it force us to consider?"  This exercise encourages students to explore the auto sector's impact on the North American economy, transportation infrastructure, and the environment. With a little imagination, this single image can serve as the foundation for discussions concerning trade, extended production systems, outsourcing, logistics, transportation, and climate change, as well as Canada-US and North American relations.
One would probably begin by focusing on the system of suppliers of parts for this assembly. First, who are they and where are the located? From this, a wide array of questions will emerge dealing with topics from logistics management to transportation and to how JIT systems affect climate change.

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Teaching Plan

The first cut at the image shows clearly the depth of the North American auto production system.  The auto sector in North America is characterized by "deep" integration: "We don't sell cars to each other. We make them together." (This idea is developed in greater detail in another Teaching Module, The North American Free Trade Agreement and North America.)
The North American automotive sector is structured by supply chains that cross national borders and link specialized production facilities spread widely through the three NAFTA nations. To build this one component of the final automobile, parts are brought together from thirteen different suppliers - three in Canada and ten in the US - located in Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Ontario. This leads into many important and interesting themes.
Trade policy issues can be considered here. The North American auto industry began with the Auto Pact of 1965 which created an integrated Canada-US production and marketing system. Mexican involvement increased as its parts industry developed. The 1988 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) formalized the new system that had emerged since 1965. This led to the creation of larger, more efficient production units and encouraged national specializations. In 1994 the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) further extended the system - particularly Mexico's involvement - but the NAFTA agreements implied national companies trading at arm's length, not transnational companies trading as a function of joint production within their corporate systems.
The three national governments have continued to emphasize that NAFTA is a classic free trade agreement among sovereign nations. To address this issue, students might consider: how does trade theory cope with the reality of deeply integrated, cross border production systems? How might NAFTA be reshaped to better recognize and support these arrangements? What has emerged in North America is not just a free trade agreement among three autonomous nations. What is it?
The enormous change that has taken place in the structure of auto production reveals a great deal about trends in manufacturing strategy. In the traditional "Ford" model of auto production, the entire value chain was "internalized" under one management, with one owner and in one location.  Today, this model has been replaced by a much more decentralized system.  The auto industry is now characterized by de-integration - "outsourcing" - along much of the value chain.  For courses in international business, management, strategy and IPE, the North American auto industry is a remarkable example of dramatic changes in organizational structure and strategy that have taken place throughout our economy in the past few decades. The module provides an excellent opportunity to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this new model of corporate organization.
If we peer more deeply into this image, we see the incredible complexity of the North American auto supply chain system. As noted, Martinrea's rear suspension assembly combines elements from thirteen Canadian and US suppliers. Several of these suppliers are wholly owned by Martinrea, several are independent companies.  Some of them provide similar components to several different auto makers.
It would be interesting for students to investigate each of these suppliers in detail. For example, some of the components supplied to Martinrea's plant in London are themselves assemblies with their own array of suppliers. The rear differential is supplied by Getrag, a German-owned company, from its plant in North Carolina. It assembles this component with parts shipped from a network of other plants.
Another key issue is how all of these components arrive at their destinations on time - that is, the critical role logistics plays in these highly extended production systems. The Martinrea assembly depends on trucks streaming into and out from each of these supplier plants, crossing the Canada-US border on strict JIT schedules and reaching the loading dock in London on time.  This is the same for every component that eventually makes up the finished automobile.

This can lead into discussions about factors that impede the system including congestion, the lack of maintenance, the failure of the NAFTA governments to harmonize many key transport regulations, the impact of post-9-11 security measures and the "thickening" of the border.  We can also examine ways to improve the flow (intelligent transportation systems for example).  Security and border management and corporate strategy overlap with logistics and supply chain management as this point.
This image shows clearly the impact of globalization on the North American auto system. One dimension of globalization in the auto sector has been the expanding role of foreign companies. Foreign vehicles are exported to North America and produced here ("transplants") as well.  In turn, the US Big Three firms also own foreign brands and produce vehicles overseas for both local and North American markets.
Under the name plate, foreign and North American elements are much mixed. Foreign companies supply parts and components for Big Three vehicles, often from operations in North America.  Of the nine non-Canadian suppliers, three are American, one Chinese, one Japanese, one Korean, one German, one Swedish and one Mexican. Some of the foreign firms involved in the North American auto industry are well known - Toyota and Honda - while others are not. (For more details on Martinrea's supplier companies, see the Appendix below.)
Some of the suppliers - Martinrea, Getrag and Rassini - are themselves major international players in the auto industry.  It no longer makes sense to speak of the North American auto industry in terms of the Detroit Big Three or even the Big Three plus foreign makers. The industry is obviously much more complex than this, with many more players located along the entire supply chain.  A very interesting project would be for students to identify some of these new international automotive suppliers and to examine their business strategies.

Students should also consider which public policy issues are raised by building a tri-national manufacturing platform across three sovereign countries. Is a "national treatment" based agreement an adequate framework for managing the economic space jointly?
A recent but very important question is how climate change issues - particularly CO2 emissions-will affect freight transportation systems and JIT programs in particular.  Even when governments share common interests and objectives in cleaner vehicles, differences in Canadian and US auto industry regulatory and border administration regimes continue to undermine deeper integration and greater efficiency. "Sustainable freight transportation" is much discussed now as are proposals to emphasize "local production" and to compress supply chains. On the other hand, new transportation technology and communications will enable even more extended supply chains in the near future! Considering ways in which companies are endeavouring to "green" the auto industry and the potential barriers to doing so could be another facet worthy of exploration.
Finally, how will the financial crisis of 2008 affect the North American auto industry? It might be interesting to examine the impact of the financial crisis on the Big Three, on foreign producers and on key automotive suppliers. With North America's population pushing toward 550 million, one cannot envisage supplying the auto market with imports. There will be a large domestic auto industry, and when it revives, it will do so quickly, one could assume, because of the impact of delayed purchasing over the past years.  The interesting questions are how much - and what - will be produced domestically and, perhaps most interesting of all, who will be the most important players in the industry.

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Questions for Discussion

These discussions can lead on to key unanswered questions about the future of the North American auto industry:

• Can we still think in terms of a North American auto industry?

• Was the level of integration reached in the1990s the high point of integration and will it decline now?

• We saw major shifts in the location of the North American auto industry-- away from the traditional auto center in the rust belt. Will we see a further shift out of the traditional areas and towards, for example, Mexico?

• How will production systems/supply chains evolve over the next years? Further dis-integration, new integration, more globalization?
• One might ask, as well, who has benefited more - and less - from the emergence of this continentally integrated industry.

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Relevant Courses

This module would serve well in a wide range of courses. It would be useful in courses dealing with International Business as a clear example of the impact of cross border production systems on international trade practice and policy. The module explores one of the industries that constitute the largest segment of North American trade and, in many ways, defines how the North American system operates. The Martinrea module provides important insight into recent changes in Corporate Organization and the impact of outsourcing. In this, it would make an excellent topic for courses in Management - and International Management in particular.  Logistics is the key to the North American automotive system and the module would open the door for discussions of factors that affect movement along the supply chain. This is an excellent module for discussions on the success and failure of North American economic integration and would be useful in courses in International Politics and IPE. It would provide as well a good opening into the impact of the financial crisis on manufacturing and on the role governments might (or should not) play in rescuing firms in distress.

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Useful Links from PNA

• The North American Auto Industry
• Washington in the Driver's Seat: Restructuring the Auto Industry
• PNA Experts: Automotive Industry
• Improving Cross-Border Integration and Regulation of the Automotive Industry
• 2010: Consumer Optimism's Return to America?
• Report Highlight: Freight Trucks and Climate Change Policy: Mitigating CO2 Emissions
• The Detroit Three... Two? or One?

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Suggested Bibliography

I. Background on the North American Auto Industry
Gary Hufbauer and Jeffrey Schott, Chapter 6 "The Automobile Sector" in NAFTA Revisited; Achievements and Challenges, (Institute for International Economics, 2005) This is an excellent but now slightly dated overview of the industry.
II. On the Auto Pact
The Auto Pact: En Route to Free Trade; CBC Digital Archives
http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_business/trade_agreements/topics/326-1713/
Maureen Appel Molot, ed., Driving Continentally: National Policies and the North American Auto Industry (Carleton University Press, 1993)
Dimitry Anastakis, Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971 (University of Toronto Press, 2005)
III. Changing Structure of the Auto Industry
Alfred Chandler, The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977)
James M. Rubenstein and Thomas Klier, "Restructuring of the Auto Industry: Geographic Implications of Outsourcing" (Industry Studies Association, Annual Conference 2009) http://www.industrystudies.pitt.edu/chicago09/docs/Rubenstein%202.2.pdf
IV. Logistics and freight transportation in North America
Stephen Blank and Barry Prentice, Canada-US Transportation and Corridor Policies, in  Monica Gattinger and Geoffrey Hale, eds, Borders and Bridges; Canada's Policy Relations in North America (Oxford University Press, 2010)
ICF Consulting, 2010 and Beyond: A Vision of America's Transportation Future; 21^st Century Freight Mobility NCHRP Project 20-24(33) A, Final Report, August 2004, Prepared for: The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
Guy Stanley, "Review of Recent Reports on North American Transportation Infrastructure", North American Transportation Competitiveness Research Council Working Papers, No. 2 (September 2007)
Cambridge Systematics Inc, "Moving Cooler, "An Analysis of Transportation Strategies for Reducing GHG Emissions", Prepared for Moving Cooler Steering Committee (July 2009)
The Rocky Mountain Institute, "Transformational Trucking Initiative Report (June 2009) http://move.rmi.org/files/capabilities/transformationaltrucking/RMI_TTruckingInitiativeReport_090622_v1.pdf
Michael Hart, "Potholes and Paperwork: Improving Cross-Border Integration and Regulation of the Automotive Industry," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary: Border Papers, No. 286 (April 2009)
V. Climate Change and Freight Trucks
Jason Mark and Candace Morey, Rolling Smokestacks; Cleaning Up America's Trucks and Buses (Union of Concerned Scientists, October 2000) http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/clean_vehicles/rolling_smokestacks.pdf
National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education, "Transport and Logistics Found to Be Chief Contributors to Greenhouse Gas Emissions" http://uwcfire.ning.com/notes/Transportation_&_Logistics_Make_Up_Most_of_Carbon_Footprint_for_Many_Businesses
Stephen Blank, Freight Trucks and Climate Change Policy; Mitigating CO2 Emissions (The Conference Board of Canada, Briefing, February 2010)
VI. Globalization of the Auto Industry
Timothy J. Sturgeon and Richard Florida, Globalization and Jobs in the Automotive Industry, Working Paper Series, Industrial Performance Center, MIT (MIT-IPC-00-012, November 2000) http://web.mit.edu/ipc/publications/pdf/00-012.pdf

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The many participants at the extraordinary general meeting unanimously agreed to take over the runway
The members said yes!

So ready and excited about is the message Mensalgård Golf Club's website after an extraordinary general meeting where there was agreement to take over the track after the previous owners had thrown in the towel in August.

According dinby.dk was greeted 95 members up to the EGM. With him, the 15 proxies and all 110 ended up voting for the club's takeover of the court.

Mensalgård rates continue to be the country's best golf course. Therefore, they plan to put down quota for next year. How much reduction will be at yet.

- The budget is difficult to identify because the former owners' accounts are almost impossible to grasp, but the club believe in it can go with the help of some volunteers and know that there will be many pay and play players, says club secretary Stig Andersen to dinby.dk.

The club holds its Annual General Meeting on Sunday. Members must, among other things consider the audited accounts and budget - including the fixing of quotas and deposits.

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Lodz in central Poland is the city where the prices of flats have fallen the most. File photo: polennu.dk
LODZ: Since peaking in 2008, prices lejlighder in the biggest cities in Poland fell by up to 28 percent.
By: Bjarne Jensen
6:01 - October 24, 2011

The last three years, prices of apartments in the Polish city of Lodz dropped by 28 percent.

Alone in September this year was the fall in prices in Lodz, Poznan and Katowice to 1.2 percent, writes the British financial newspaper, Financial Times, based on figures from estate agency Ober-Haus.

Smaller decreases in Warsaw

In the capital, Warsaw has dropped since the economic crisis began in 2008 was around 10 percent.

Fear of further falls have scared many potential buyers away. According to property mæglerfirmaet Rea's sales fell by 10 percent in the third quarter this year.

The building continues

Project makers are in turn not scared. They continue to build new apartments.

The number of completed new flats rose by 23 percent in the third quarter compared to same period last year.

48,000 flats are for sale on the Polish market, and it's record, writes the Financial Times.

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First and foremost I want to thank all the many ansøgninger. I hope that all oils, which have not sent a ansøgning endnu, gør it soon and indene ansøgningsfristen d. 11 February 2011. We have fået some Questions by email, and here I will Attempt to answer the most prosperous.

Innovation keeps coming to arbejde from Post Denmark headquarters in Copenhagen, all at the central station.

We have Opsata a række ambitious goals for Innovation farming. The first main goal is to implement systematic innovation methods in Post Denmark's organization with a Høj degree af customer involvement. Andet main goal is that udvikle specific innovation initiatives in samarbejde with the rest af Post Danmark, to be realized in 2011 and 2012.

All task solved with reference to the newly hired chef for Innovation farming, the undersigned and the two responsible for products, sales and services in Post Denmark.

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The bedste greetings

Kjeld Vognsen 

Chef for Business IT and Project management