The mission of the Siemens Foundation is based on a culture of innovation,research and educational support dedicated to supporting today’s outstandingstudents and recognizing the teachers and schools that inspire excellence. To attend the upcoming Siemens Bring Daughters and Sons to Work Day or to havea similar Siemens educational event hosted at a school in your city, pleasecontact Jason Enriquez at Connect Public Relations at (415) 222-9691 Press photography and video are welcomed at this event. About Siemens HealthcareThe Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world’s largest suppliers to thehealthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions provider withcore competence and innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutictechnologies as well as in knowledge engineering, including informationtechnology and system integration. With its laboratory diagnosticsacquisitions, Siemens Healthcare is the first integrated healthcare company,bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy, and healthcareinformation technology solutions, supplemented by consulting and supportservices. Siemens Healthcare delivers solutions across the entire continuum ofcare – from prevention and early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care.Additionally, Siemens Healthcare is the global market leader in innovativehearing instruments.

The company employs around 49,000 people worldwide andoperates in 130 countries In the fiscal year 2008 (Sept. 30), SiemensHealthcare reported sales ofeuro 11.2 billion, orders of euro 11.8 billion,and Sector profit of euro 1.2 billion. Further information can be found byvisiting http:// Enriquez Tina Cecere-HunterConnect Public Relations Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc.(415) 222-9691 (732) /PRNewswire — April 22/SOURCESiemens Hearing Instruments, Inc.. Boy, isn’t Cliff Fletcher all business these days with the likes of Bryan McCabe? The message he has sent through the media and his agent is a blatantly clear: “We Don’t Want You Here!”Unfortunately for Fletcher, its all bark and no bite, having been de-fanged by JFJ’s contract stupidity.So its up to Bryan McCabe now to succumb to the trade that he stated and now  doesn’t want. It seems unlikely that Fletcher would go so far as to not play Bryan and risk that a grievance be filed by the NHLPA, and we all know the buyout is a non-starter. So its a classic showdown Or is it? All Fletcher can do is ask.

Contractually speaking, he is in no place to make demands.And what if McCabe refuses to go?Could it be a chance for him to show that he is as tough as his contract says he should be?To hold out in the face of Fletcher’s blatant pressure tactics, in the face of the majority of fan sentiment that is siding with the GM, is tough stuff indeed. To insist on playing for an organization and for fans that say they don’t want you, I think, takes massive, massive,cojones.McCabe always seemed to have fragile confidence. Could this off season provide the training his head has long needed: to find the ability to fight through negativity and adversity and believe in himself?If McCabe takes the ice in a Leafs uniform in September I will be impressed with the man It will tell me he is not a quitter That he has more belief in himself than most of us thought. Could it mean the difference in his play on the ice? It just might. At the end of the day, McCabe may slink out of town I’d be more than happy to see that. But part of me hopes that he sticks around and proves everyone wrong.