As part of a complex restructuring of major Italian defense assets, Leonardo S.p.A. (formerly Finmeccanica) has moved to demerger the Italian assets of MBDA from the corporation.
Leonardo S.p.A. will reacquire or retain the following assets:
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Headquarters and offices in Rome
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Facilities in La Spezia
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Facilities in Fusaro
The group will be rolled back into Alenia Marconi Systems, and join the portfolio of nationalized Italian contractors, including: AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, Selex ES, OTO Melara and WASS.
However, the Italian Ministry of Technology, which holds a majority share in Leonardo, has directed the company to remain a minority partner of MBDA, and this move is simply to secure national priority in case of need. All Italian assets in MBDA will continue to function as needed within the consortium.
Leonardo has valued the demerger at $9.1 billion, to be distributed as fit among Airbus and BAE holders. The Italian government has contributed $5 billion.
A heads up for anyone who uses the credit card/atm terminals at 7/11 on Marconi and Walnut. about four or five days ago I walked into that 7/11 as a customer pulled off a skimmer attached to the Ingenico? terminal. It clearly was a skimmer, with button press through rods, a battery and a small circuit board.
It was on the register closest to the door. The other register was clean. You should assume that your pin or credit card info has been stolen if you used that terminal recently.
Remember that it never hurts to give a good tug on terminal faces and exposed trim, whether ATM's, gas pumps or POS terminals. If you don't feel comfortable doing so in a store, just pretend that you are trying to pull it closer to you to read it or for privacy. Skimmers are cheap and easy to obtain. They are far more common than people think.
Sorry to bother but here is some rant about Marconi Express. I've been living in Bologna for 6 months and I had to travel or pick up my guests quite often. So I took Marconi express for at least 10 times.
During this time:
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One wagon was always broken. It has been like that from July, maybe even before. Never fixed. So working only half capacity.
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Twice there was an malfunction so I had to take a replacement bus instead.
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Since the capacity is not enough they often stop you at the entrance and let you wait for one or two roundtrips.
Punctuality is really crucial since its an airport commute and they don't seem to give a shit at all. It is just insane that there was no improvement all this time whatsoever and nobody is reacting to that. I really would like to complain about it but don't know where to.
I don't know if anyone share these feelings or is there a way to get some information for instace when they will finally use the other half of the damn train.😡
- such a joke. Sorry for the typo.
#Season Full of Surprises so Far
**It would have been impossible to predict the events that have defined the 2000 season. CART.com's man in the pits comments on the ridiculous and the sublime88
Robin Miller Column
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We're eight races into the 2000 CART FedEx Championship Series season and there's only one word to describe it. Wacky.
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A 41-year-old veteran with no wins and very little hair is leading the points.
“I am a happy boy again,” said Roberto “Pupo” Moreno after finishing 2nd at Portland and taking the lead heading to Cleveland. “I am not ‘Super Sub,’ I'm a full-time driver for the first time in seven years and it feels great.”
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The season’s most dominant driver has only one victory. “It's just one of those years so far,” said defending champ Juan Montoya, who's led 541 of the 1,187 laps in his Target Lola/Toyota but has five DNFs.
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Honda was supposed to be the third-strongest engine, yet it owns four wins. “We made the right move, Honda is still the best,” said Roger Penske, whose team already has three triumphs after going winless in 1998 and 1999.
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Team KOOL Green's potent 1-2 punch has been on the mat more than knocking people out. “We're just having a spell of bad luck right now,” said Paul Tracy, who started out 3rd-1st-3rd but has gone 10th-15th-20th-18th the last four shows and gone from 1st to 3rd in the standings.
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“We've got to get this thing turned around,” said Dario Franchitti, last year's CART runner-up whose best results are a 2nd and a 4th in eight starts. Franchitti ranks 10th.
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Toyota finally made it to victory lane at Milwaukee with Montoya and makes as much horsepower as Ford. The fifth-year engine maker is only 20 points out of the Manufacturer's lead. “With a little luck we'd have at least three more wins, but we've obviously turned the corner,” said Jim Aust, Toyota's vice president of motorsports.
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The rookie crop of Alex Tagliani, Oriol Servia, Shinji Nakano, Takuya Kurosawa, Norberto Fontana and Kenny Brack have all had some shining moments. “It's my first year and my goal is to be competitive with the other guys and I have been so far,” said Tagliani, who captured the pole at Brazil and came within a few laps of scoring the win there.
“I'm tied for 6th in the points and I'm starting to get back in the rhythm of road racing,” said Brack, the 1998 Indy Racing League champion who ran only ovals for three years before joining Team Rahal.
“I feel like I learn a lot in every race,” said Servia, who finishe
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Residence on Marconi like myself have witnessed multiple car collisions involving 1+ fatalities this month. No one can locate the reports, and have not heard from the SacPD investigation regarding 12/7/21 around 6pm involving a pedestrian vs. multiple vehicles and then left in the street for 3hours. Calling 911 and the conversation that took place rendered me almost speechless and needless to say; we need to do better. How can me and my neighbors go about bringing awareness to the speeding on our street and the deaths rising from this “drag strip” I’ve never done anything like this before and just moved here this summer. Plz, I have a 3yo child and don’t feel safe walking on the sidewalks do you these recent accidents. (Photos/videos captured each incident.) also I’m a bit upset so apologies for any grammatical errors, tones etc. I am just feeling convicted to bring safety awareness for my family and community. Thank you
14 MHz band, Morse code http://www.arrl.org/news/clubs-in-newfoundland-and-england-to-re-enact-marconi-s-1901-experiment
