17/02/2007 by info.

Harley Davidson has reached a tentative agreement with the union in the strike at the York, PA plant. Voting on the agreement will take place next week. The strike has already had a ripple effect with 440 HD employees laid off in Milwaukee, plus a number of suppliers have laid off workers in plants in the U.S. and Canada.

Harley-Davidson reported today that it has reached a tentative labor agreement with representatives of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 175 in York. The agreement is subject to membership ratification and a vote is expected to occur the week of Feb. 19. If approved, the agreement would end a strike by Harley-Davidson’s 2,800 unionized employees in York that began February 2.

The Company has not disclosed terms of the proposed agreement or the timing of a possible resumption of motorcycle production in York.

Link: Harley Davidson press release
Link: York Daily Record

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17/02/2007 by info.

Disorder in the court

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
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ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July 18th.
ATTORNEY: What year?  WITNESS: Every year.
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ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget?  Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
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ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can’t remember which.
ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?  WITNESS: Forty-five years.
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ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, “Where am I, Cathy?” ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan.
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ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?  WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he’s twenty-one.
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ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?
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ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August
8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Duh………….
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ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?  WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
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ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
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ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.  ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
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ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?

WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?  WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
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ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK?  What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.  ______________________________________
ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr.  Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!
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ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh?
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And the best for last ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.  ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?  WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

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17/02/2007 by info.

CUSTOMBIKE, the Hungarian custom magazine, has announced details of its first international show.

The event will be held over the weekend of 19th - 20th May in conjunction with the Classic American Car & Hot Rod Show, in the SYMA Programme Centre, Budapest, Hungary.

The show is expected to attract 60-70 bikes from Hungarian builders, alongside maachines from other European builders.

The show will be divided into three prize categories; Hungarian bike (voted for by a panel of industry expert), bike from outside Hungary (voted by the public) and an overall best of show public vote.

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMBIKE SHOW
Budapest, Hungary
E-mail: attila@custombike.hu
www.custombike.hu

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17/02/2007 by info.

Custom Chrome® Continues to Evolve and Drive Growth

As Custom Chrome continues towards its goal of regaining aftermarket leadership position, organizational and operational changes deliver results.

Morgan Hill, CA— coming off a very successful weekend at the V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati where Custom Chrome debuted its all new 2007 catalog, introduced several new key hires including the promotion of industry veteran Ed Martin, Custom Chrome is still not slowing down proving that gaining back industry leading share is the focus in 2007 and beyond.

“As we drive toward our goal of providing industry leading aftermarket parts for Harley-Davidson motorcycles we continue to exam our core competencies and area’s of expertise” explained Custom Chrome President, Holger Mohr. “We have built our company on brands like RevTech, Santee and most recently Jammer. We are good at designing, sourcing and distributing innovative parts and accessories for our dealers. With that said, we have made a strategic decision to close our Valencia facility” said Mohr.

The Santee brand is manufactured at the Valencia facility. Santee and its legacy are important elements of the Custom Chrome product portfolio and will continue to be. “Custom Chrome can better serve its dealers needs by working with outsourced manufacturing partners to produce Santee products” added Mohr.

In anticipation of the transition, Custom Chrome has begun to work with partners to expand the Santee line under the new outsourcing structure. Custom Chrome will invest in research and development for future Santee product launches.

With 2007 barely underway, Custom Chrome has continued forging forward with aggressive, strategic change all of which allows the brand the ability to refocus both its human and financial resources toward powerful growth initiatives.

Global Motorsport Group, Inc., designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes aftermarket motorcycle parts and accessories and does business as Custom Chrome, Santee, Custom Chrome Europe and Motorcycle Stuff. The company is the largest independent supplier of aftermarket parts and accessories for Harley-Davidson motorcycles and commands significant market share in the broader motorcycle industry. With over 50,000 unique product offerings, Global Motorsport Group anticipates and fulfills the aftermarket needs of the entire motorcycle industry through a network of independent dealers throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. To learn more please visit: www.customchrome.com

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