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Russia Today
May 23, 2010
Security levels at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics will be sky high – literally. Unmanned drones are keeping a bird’s eye view of the proceedings. It’s all part of the elaborate security system designed to protect the Black Sea resort from any threat.
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David Gutierrez
Natural News
May 23, 2010
The United States Senate recently rejected two separate proposals that would have allowed the importation of cheaper medication from other countries, apparently in order to preserve a deal between the pharmaceutical industry and the White House.
The proposals were part of a wider effort to reform the U.S. healthcare system, in large part by cutting unnecessary costs.
Drug importation was first proposed by Sen. Byron Dorgan, a Democrat from North Dakota, in an amendment to the healthcare bill. The amendment would have allowed U.S. wholesale and retail drug distributors, including pharmacies, to import products from Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan or New Zealand, where price controls keep drug costs much lower than in the United States. The amendment eventually gained more than 24 sponsors from both major parties.
“This issue isn’t rocket science,” Dorgan said. “The American people are charged the highest prices in the world. They want Congress to stand up for their interests and do something about it.”
According to Dorgan and co-sponsor Sen. John McCain, a Republican from Arizona and former presidential candidate, drug importation could cut $80 billion off the country’s health spending over the next decade.
The United States spends $2.5 trillion on health care every year.
A vote on Dorgan’s proposal was blocked on December 10 by fellow Democratic Sen. Thomas R. Carper of Delaware, who expressed concerns over the safety of imported medications. Like the FDA and the White House, Carper objected that the quality of imported drugs could not be assured.
“Senator Dorgan’s amendment could potentially allow unsafe, counterfeited drugs into the United States, contaminating our drug supply,” Carper said. “This is a complicated issue that affects people’s lives. We should make sure that the FDA says it’s safe before we reimport drugs from other countries.”
“My amendment includes strong safeguards to prohibit drug counterfeiting and other practices that would put the consumer at risk,” Dorgan replied. “It applies only to FDA-approved prescription drugs produced in FDA-approved plants from countries with comparable safety standards.”
Other Senators charged that the real motive behind the claim of safety concerns was to preserve a recent deal between the White House and the pharmaceutical industry, in which the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) agreed to fund $80 billion worth of health care reform by accepting higher taxes and price agreements. According to a number of congressional staffers and pharmaceutical industry lobbyists, the deal included a verbal promise by President Obama to not support drug importation.
“There’s great dissension in the Democrat caucus over Senator Dorgan’s amendment,” McCain said. “If it passes, as it should, it breaks the agreement that the White House made with PhRMA. So the White House, as well as PhRMA, has been over here lobbying furiously.”
PhRMA denied that it had made any such deal, but the group and the White House both made statements earlier in the year saying that drug importation will not be necessary if Congress approves a healthcare bill implementing lower prices on U.S.-made drugs.
The $315 billion pharmaceutical industry has been the biggest healthcare-related industry to support the White House’s healthcare reform effort. It is also one of the most influential lobbies in the country.
“People are walking on eggshells,” Dorgan said. “If we pass legislation allowing people freedom to import drugs, the pharmaceutical industry might not support the health care amendment.”
In the end, Dorgan’s proposal, which needed 60 votes to be incorporated into the healthcare bill, failed 51-48. A separate amendment that would have allowed the importation of drugs specifically approved by the FDA also failed, 56-43.
“The drug industry has a lot of clout in this town, and they demonstrated that tonight,” Dorgan said after the vote. “This is not over.”
Article Tags: Dennis T. Avery, Don Easterbrook
“Global warming is over—at least for a few decades,” geologist Don Easterbrook, professor emeritus from Western Washington University told the Heartland Institute’s Fourth International Conference on Climate Change on May 19. He warned, however, us not to rejoice. Colder winters kill twice as many people as hot weather while crop production suffers from shorter growing seasons and weather-disrupted harvests.
Dan Miller, climate expert with the Roda Group and ardent believer in Anthropogenic Global Warming, responded to Easterbrook at Fox News: “It’s absurd to talk about global cooling when global heating is with us and accelerating.” But Miller is referring to the current temperature spike from an El Nino in the Pacific Ocean—a short-term climate event already ending, according to Pacific sea surface temperatures. The key question now is where the temperatures will go after the El Nino fades.
Easterbrook offered geological evidence that the earth has had ten big “recent” warmings that dwarf the 0.7 degree temperature increase estimated for the 20th century. Over the past 15,000 years, those temperature shifts drove the earth’s temperatures radically up or down by 9–15 degrees C within a single century. He also noted 60 sharp-but-smaller temperature changes in the past 5,000 years. All of these occurred before 1945, when the post-war Industrial Boom began to ramp up human-emitted CO2 levels.
Source: canadafreepress.com
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Jonathan Leake
London Times
May 23, 2010
CLIMATE scientists have warned that 2010 could turn out to be the warmest year in recorded history.
They have collated global surface temperature measurements showing that the world has experienced near-record highs between January and April.
Researchers working independently at the Met Office and Nasa are soon to publish data that reveal the trend is likely to continue for the rest of the year.
James Hansen, director of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (Giss), a world centre for climate monitoring, said: “Global temperatures, averaged over the past 12 months, were the warmest for 130 years.
[…]
Research suggests that the warming is also strongly linked to a temporary shift in Pacific currents, known as El Niño, which has caused the ocean to release large amounts of heat into the atmosphere.
Kevin Trenberth, head of climate analysis at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, said: “We have seen rapid warming recently, but it is an example of natural variation that is associated with changes in the Pacific rather than climate change.
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Louise Gray
London Telegraph
May 23, 2010
Beekeepers lost one in six hives last winter due to disease and cold weather, according to the latest statistics.
The losses are much higher than the natural rate of up to 10 per cent and reflect growing concerns that bee numbers are falling in Britain.
However, beekeepers are optimistic that colonies are in better shape than previous years, especially after such a harsh winter.
In 2008/09 one in five hives were lost over the winter and a third died out the year before.
The British Beekeepers’ Association (BBKA) said it was good news that 80 per cent of honey bee colonies made it through the coldest winter in 31 years. The highest losses of 26 per cent were recorded in the north of England, and lowest losses of 12.8 per cent were recorded in the south west of England.
Sunday morning update…..Ma’arivis reporting that Emanuel and his entourage traveled from Eilat to Jordan, en route to Petra.
WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is in Israel to celebrate the bar mitzvah of his son and a nephew. While there, he might meet with Israeli government officials, the White House told me Saturday night.
His brothers, Ezekiel, a White house health policy advisor, and Ari, a Hollywood superagent, will also be in Israel for the ceremony. Ezekiel Emanuel told me the trip was a “family affair.”
Tommy Vietor, an assistant press secretary, said Emanuel “is in Israel for his son’s bar mitzvah. He may have some meetings with Israeli government officials.”
YDNet news, an Israeli outlet, said Rahm Emanuel arrived over the weekend and traveled to Eilat, a city in a popular resort area. YDNet also said he could meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The bar mitzvah for Zach Emanuel — which the Jerusalem Post said would likely be at the Western Wall — has been tracked by the Israeli press because of Emanuel’s prominence and his Israeli background: His father, Benjamin, who lives in Wilmette, was born in Israel. There is also ongoing speculation about his exact role in shaping President Obama’s policy toward Israel.
U.S.-Israeli relations have been strained at times. The Israelis object to White House pressure over Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Tensions increased in March when Vice President Joe Biden was in Israel and was confronted with a surprise announcement about building new housing in Jerusalem. George Mitchell, Obama’s Mideast envoy was just in the region for a round of “indirect” peace talks; Mitchell met with Netanyahu last week.
The Jerusalem Post last week recalled that Emanuel, during an appearance last Nov. 10 at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America told the group “This Memorial break, I am taking my son, my nephew Noah with Ari my brother, so they can have their bar mitzva in Israel.”
Could this be another preemptive strike from Sony against Microsoft? Project Natal still has a confused October/November 2010 release window, but according to BT Games, the PlayStation Move will be making an early move by July.
Talks of games soon being download-only, and so leading to the demise of retail stores has got Wedbush Morgan analyst Michale Pachter vehemently shaking his head in disagreement. “No chance in hell,” he said.
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life, that began last Saturday night, had raised just over $400,000 to help fight cancer. Usually, the Hillcrest hosts the relay at the football stadium, but the threat of rain prompted the organizers to conduct the said event to the Ozark Empire Fairgound E-Plex.
Just before the Relay for Life had started a junior student name Darla Vance had cut her hair down her back. In an instant, the other participants also made up a decision to change their hairstyles. The hair that they had cut off is to be donated for it to be a wig for somebody who had lost its hair due to cancer.
The students in the six teams of Hillcrest fields raised of about $9,000 in pledges, while the students in the 83-member group that had participated in the relay were asked to try to raise pledges of $100 each. Also, about $1,500 was raised by the students through a talent show and pie contest that ended with a school administrator taking one in the face.
The pledges for the Relay for Life were at $417,000 during this week and the final tally was scheduled in two weeks.
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MobileCrunch has been sent this flyer from BestBuy, where the LG Fathom is expected to show up on the 27/5/2010. The 1Ghz handset will be priced at $99.99 with a two year contract, and $499.99 with no commitment.
Of course the device will run Windows Mobile 6.5, but if one appreciates a multi-tasking operating system with free access to software and the underlying file system, and full control over your experience, this may be no hardship at all.
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Chances are you already know about Google’s decision to roll out Froyo only days after they said they’d be rolling it out in a “few weeks.” But if you own a Nexus One (the first device slated to receive the update) and have yet to receive your update, there’s a reason for that. Apparently this roll-out will be “slow” and “staggered,” which means that while it will eventually make its way to all N1s it may not happen right away. According to TechCrunch, it appears that members of the press who received N1s at the Nexus One launch event may be receiving updates first, but one thing is for certain, Google has officially confirmed “The roll out to Nexus One devices has begun!”
Now, you don’t think we’d leave those of you who haven’t received the update without a solution do you? Thanks to the folks over at Phandroid, we’ve got instructions on how you can manually update your N1 to Android 2.2. Of course, these directions come with the obvious warnings such as: install this update at your own risk, and please (for the love of G-d!) make sure you backup your device first. Also, according to AndroidandMe this update is only confirmed as working on T-Mobile N1s, and if your N1 is currently rooted you need to get it back to stock. Alright, enough of the formalities, go get your Froyo on!
Here are the directions (courtesy of Phandroid):
For those of you who plan to wait it out (and I can’t blame you if you do) here’s a walkthrough thanks to the folks at AndroidCentral, to give you a taste of what you can expect to receive, in time.
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If you decide to manually update, let us know how it goes. If you don’t, let us know about that too!
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Article Tags: Climate Protest, YouTube
Former television weather meteorologist and KSFO morning man Brian Sussman led a delegation of about 100 to Monterey last week to give a “Climate-gate hello” to the “warming guru” Al Gore. (Sussman’s book, “Climate-gate” is a New York Times best-seller and “the” expose of the 20-year fraud of global warming.)
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In India, diesel engines are becoming more popular as more carmakers penetrate the market and bring new technologies. Currently, petrol models dominate the Indian car market, which rose by 25% to 1.9m vehicles last year.
In fact, petrol cars represent 75% of the cars that India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki sells. Historically, diesels sales have been pulled down by high maintenance and premium pricing. Nonetheless, the proportion of diesel sales has been rising steadily from 15% in 2006 to 25% in 2009, due to improved technology and fuel efficiency.
India’s top two carmakers, Maruti Suzuki (with 54% market share) and Hyundai (18%) said that they intend to invest more on building and marketing diesel cars to cope with demand. Meanwhile, Honda and Toyota plan to develop diesel engines for their passenger cars. Honda, which offers only petrol-powered vehicles in India, will soon have a small diesel engine for the market.
Toyota will soon roll out a diesel version of Corolla Altis – which would be its first diesel-driven passenger car in India. Honda Siel’s marketing chief, Jnaneswar Sen, told India’s Economic Times that there’s a need to come up with a diesel engine.
The company has yet to settle on a timeline for its launch. Toyota disclosed that 90% of its sales are diesels, but that these are not in passenger cars but rather, in utility vehicles and SUVs.
Production of diesel cars has been ramped up by Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata, General Motors and Ford. They intend to take advantage of a rising demand for diesel cars, which consumers consider to be more fuel efficient and environment friendly than petrol-driven cars.
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Road test drive comparing the Mercedes-Benz GL 420 CDI, Audi Q7 3.0 TDI, and Range Rover 3.6 V8 diesel! Please check this interesting road comparation:
Pac-Man 30th Anniversary can’t stop Pacman game lovers to keep searching and browsing the net concerning the 30-year old game. Google Pacman logo is still online and is still playable. On its third day, Google keeps on commemorating the Pac-Man 30th Anniversary! Now, Google Pacman logo has made itself a viral game as many internet surfers can’t help but playing this game whenever they visited the Google site. From the “insert coin” method to playing pacman free online… this just proves that Pacman game really rocks. Pacman game has proven its appeal to the public as Pac-Man 30th Anniversary is being celebrated.
Know more about Pacman game in the celebration of it’s 30th year:
Pacman game is an arcade game released by Namco. It was first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Pacman game was widely distributed in the United States from its original release to the present day, Pacman game is considered to be one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of the 1980s popular culture… from insert coin method to playing Pacman free online!
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A diferencia de su compañera Kia, que no tuvo ninguna rueda de prensa ni novedades ecológicas importantes, Hyundai ha llenado su stand en Madrid con sus modelos “verdes” que saldrán a corto y también a largo plazo al mercado. La conferencia del jueves corrió a cargo de su director general en España, Diego Gutiérrez, quien explicó los planes de la marca sobre su objetivo compartido por otros fabricantes de cero emisiones contaminantes.
El discurso comenzó por los proyectos experimentales de Hyundai, como el Elantra LPi Hybrid que combina un motor que funciona con GLP con otro eléctrico, u otro más reciente, el ix35 FCEV, presentado en Ginebra en marzo. Esta variante del nuevo SUV compacto utiliza una pila de combustible alimentada por hidrógeno que a su vez proporciona energía al motor eléctrico y sus baterías. No tiene ningún tipo de emisión contaminante y el único residuo que genera es vapor de agua. Diego Gutiérrez anunció que Hyundai prevé comenzar a fabricarlo a partir de 2012 y entregarlo a empresas coreanas para que lo prueben.
Después comentó las soluciones ecológicas que Hyundai ofrece en la actualidad y que se traducen en su gama Blue Drive. Como es el caso de etiquetas análogas de la competencia, consiste en una serie de modificaciones aplicadas a diversos motores y a los coches que los equipan para rebajar sus consumos y emisiones de CO2.
Entre esas mejoras está el uso de aceite de motor de baja fricción para optimizar la combustión y la relación de marchas en la transmisión, obteniendo prestaciones más eficientes. También se ha equipado el tradicional sistema Start&Stop de arranque y parada automáticos del motor, y Hyundai ha instalado además un sistema de control del alternador para una mejor recuperación de energía y respuesta instantánea en la ignición. Otros cambios son la cobertura de los bajos de la carrocería para mejorar la aerodinámica, una menor altura de la suspensión y el uso de neumáticos de baja resistencia o lubricantes más fluidos.
El modelo más pequeño de la gama de Hyundai, el i10, se beneficia de todo lo anterior al montar el bloque Kappa 1.0 de 69 CV y 94 Nm de par máximo, con el que pasa a llamarse i10 blue. Su transmisión es una CVVT con sistema de doble ajuste variable continuo de las válvulas y sus emisiones de CO2 se reducen a 99 gramos por kilómetro. Estará disponible en el mercado desde finales de este año.
El i20 blue, por su parte, saldrá el año que viene y utilizará el motor diésel U2 1.4 de 75 CV y 220 Nm de par máximo. Está unido a una caja manual de seis relaciones y emite 98 gramos de CO2 por kilómetro. Luego vendrán los i30 e i30 CW blue, ambos equipados con el motor diésel U2 de 1.6 litros. Este bloque genera 90 CV y 240 Nm de par, con una transmisión manual de seis velocidades de última generación. En el caso del cinco puertas, el CO2 que emite se cifra en 98 gramos de CO2 por kilómetro, y el familiar tan solo un gramo más.
Por último está el ix35, del que Hyundai puede estar particularmente orgullosa porque con el motor diésel U2 de 1.7 litros de 115 CV y 240 Nm de par, posee unas emisiones récord en el segmento de 135 gramos de CO2 por kilómetro. Su transmisión es la misma manual de seis marchas y empezará a comercializarse también a finales de este año.
Ya como colofón final de la rueda de prensa, Gutiérrez habló del prototipo que tenían tapado bajo un manto, que no era nada más y nada menos que el i-Flow Concept presentado en el pasado Salón de Ginebra. Esta imponente berlina de aspecto muy futurista marcará la tendencia estética que se podrá ver en el sustituto del Sonata para Europa, el i40, y que se venderá a partir de marzo del 2011. Esto daría muchas posibilidades a que el modelo definitivo se vea en París este año.
El i-Flow Concept es el primer híbrido diésel de Hyundai, la cual lo considera como un “banco de pruebas” para probar sus últimos avances ecológicos. Su tecnología se ha desarrollado en cooperación con la alemana BASF y logra un consumo medio de 3 litros de combustible a los 100 kilómetros y unas emisiones de CO2 de 85 gramos por kilómetro.
Esas cifras se logran con una serie de sistemas novedosos. Uno de ellos es el generador termoeléctrico situado en los colectores de escape, que transforma el calor disipado por ellos en energía eléctrica para los aparatos auxiliares. También cuenta con un panel solar flexible en el techo, así como indicador de cambio de marcha, o modalidad de conducción “ECO” para optimizar la eficiencia del motor diésel U2 de 1.7 litros.
No obstante, tanto en el exterior como en el habitáculo del coche se pueden hallar más soluciones para reducir la huella contaminante. Así, las esculturales formas de la carrocería sirven para alcanzar un excelente nivel de resistencia al aire además de una apariencia futurista y deportiva. Y en el interior, BASF aportó materiales propios que aligeran el peso total y una distribución simple que elimina los elementos innnecesarios.
Ya solo queda ver qué heredará el futuro i40, pero si solamente recibiera la mitad de esa tecnología, seguramente ya tendría garantizado el calificativo de la berlina de representación más ecológica a la venta en Europa. Os dejamos con las fotos y un vídeo de la revelación del i-Flow Concept:
Fotos y vídeo | HighMotor
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) made public the study about public pools, they checked plenty of public pools across the country and the results are quite bad. They found that 12,5% of pools are totally unsafe to use.
This information comes handy as summer comes and more people are in danger. We alweays knew that pools are a bit unsafe but people usually dismiss this fact. This time CDC already took action and closed 12% of public pools already. The biggest problem was in kids pools where chlorination was improper and in water fecal traces was found, this is highly unsafe as kids drinks from that water many times. Chlorine
levels are low as urine is lowering chlorine as it contains nitrogen what lowers it. Chlorine is very important when it comes to infections, it kills bacteria and have other important role in keeping pools safe.
CDC is taking action, as this is very important and pools causes 90% of summer infections. If you want to stay safe choose expensive places as they have better pools and highly monitored pools.
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Foi disputado ontem, sábado (22), o Pole-Day, o treino que definiu as oito primeiras filas do grid para as 500 milhas de Indianápolis que acontecem no domingo (30). Após uma tarde inteira de disputas, o pole-position foi do piloto brasileiro Hélio Castroneves da equipe Penske com o tempo de suas quatro voltas rápidas de 2min37s9154. Hélio já havia sido o mais rápido na primeira parte do Pole-Day quando foram definidos os 24 pilotos que garantiram suas vagas para as 500 milhas. Esta foi a quarta pole-position do brasileiro no Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Na segunda colocação sai o companheiro de Castroneves na Penske, o australiano Will Power, atual líder do campeonato da Fórmula Indy. Fechando a primeira fila do grid, larga o escocês Dario Franchitti da equipe Chip Ganassi, que já venceu as 500 milhas em 2007.
Abrindo a segunda fila, aparece mais um carro da equipe Penske, o australiano Ryan Briscoe na quarta colocação. A novata e surpreendente equipe FAZZT Race Team, aparece na quinta colocação com o canadense Alex Tagliani. O vencedor da Indy500 de 2008, Scott Dixon sai em sexto lugar. Na sétima colocação larga o norte-americano Graham Rahal da equipe Rahal Letterman Racing, seguido de seu compatriota Ed Carpenter da Vision/Panther e do japonês Hideki Mutoh.
Os brasileiros Tony Kanaan e Mario Romancini voltam à pista neste domingo (23) para buscarem suas vagas para a corrida, já que ontem, o piloto baiano teve um acidente em sua tentativa de qualificação e não voltou à pista nesta tarde, enquanto o paulista Mario Romancini não conseguiu fazer um tempo que o qualificasse entre os 24 primeiros.
O Pole Day teve cerca de oito horas de competição entre os 35 pilotos que entraram na pista neste sábado, sendo que alguns deles abortaram suas voltas e buscarão se classificar amanhã no Bump Day que será realizado a partir das 13h00.
Além de largar na primeira colocação, Hélio Castroneves faturou 175 mil dólares, valor equivalente a 310 mil reais e mais quinze pontos no campeonato.
Confira as oito primeiras filas do grid de Indianápolis:
P. Piloto Equipe Tempo
1º Hélio Castroneves (BRA) Penske 2m37s9154
2º Will Power (AUS) Penske 2m38s1876
3º Dario Franchitti (ESC) Chip Ganassi 2m38s5970
4º Ryan Briscoe (AUS) Penske 2m38s9027
5º Alex Tagliani (CAN) FAZZT Race Team 2m39s0177
6º Scott Dixon (NZL) Chip Ganassi 2m39s1277
7º Graham Rahal (EUA) Rahal Letterman Racing 2m39s6319
8º Ed Carpenter (EUA) Vision/Panther Racing 2m40s3514
9º Hideki Mutoh (JAP) Newman Haas Racing 2m41s0831
10º Townsend Bell (EUA) Sam Schmidt Motorsports 2m39s9312
11º Justin Wilson (ING) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 2m39s9646
12º Raphael Matos (BRA) De Ferran Dragon Racing 2m39s9798
13º Mario Moraes (BRA) KV Racing Technology 2m40s0793
14º Davey Hamilton (EUA) De Ferran Dragon Racing 2m40s1053
15º Mike Conway (ING) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 2m40s2968
16º Marco Andretti (EUA) Andretti Autosport 2m40s3030
17º Ryan Hunter-Reay (EUA) Andretti Autosport 2m40s3227
18º Dan Wheldon (ING) Panther Racing 2m40s3821
19º EJ Viso (VEN) KV Racing Technology 2m40s4423
20º Tomas Scheckter (AFS) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 2m40s5269
21º Ana Beatriz (BRA) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 2m40s5402
22º Simona de Silvestro (SUI) HVM Racing 2m40s5510
23º Danica Patrick (EUA) Andretti Autosport 2m40s5584
24º Bertrand Baguette (BEL) Conquest Racing 2m40s5784
Fonte: MP Team
From being Infiniti marketing boss, John Brancheau is now the vice president of marketing for Nissan Division. Nissan North America appointed Brancheau after Joel Ewanick left the division to work as the marketing chief of General Motors Co. Ewanick was with Nissan only six weeks after his stint in Hyundai. Brancheau had actually worked in GM as director of media operations before he was recruited to Infiniti in 2008. At Infiniti, he had served as director of global marketing communication and media, where he was responsible for the strategic development of Infiniti’s brand communications. As Nissan Division’s vice president of marketing, Brancheau will manage marketing, pricing and product management.
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