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FreightCar America Posts Wider-than-expected Q1 Loss - Quick Facts

FreightCar America, Inc. (RAIL: Quote), a manufacturer of railroad freight cars, reported late Friday a first-quarter net loss of 6.9 million or $0.58 per share, wider than prior year’s net loss of $2.6 million, or $0.22 per share.

On average, analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected loss of $0.05 per share for the quarter. Analysts’ estimates typically exclude special items.

Revenues of $56.1 million declined from last year’s $87.6 million. Analysts expected revenues of $87.68 million.

The company delivered 753 railcars in the quarter, including 363 new and 390 rebuilt railcars. This is compared to 1,073 railcars delivered last year, including 448 new cars and 625 rebuilt cars.

Total manufacturing backlog was 7,727 units at March 31, 2014, compared to 2,082 units at March 31, 2013.

Joe McNeely, Chief Executive Officer, said, “The severe winter weather experienced across much of the country had a significant negative impact on our business, causing supply disruptions and production inefficiencies. These interruptions, along with production line changeovers, resulted in railcar deliveries 30 percent lower than we had planned for the first quarter.”

Looking ahead, the company continues to expect to deliver approximately 7,000 cars in 2014, despite the first quarter’s disruptions.

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Judges display healthy skepticism of juice maker's health claims

WASHINGTON – Appellate judges Friday taste-tested a pomegranate juice maker’s health claims.

In an intriguing case about science, truth and advertising, judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit repeatedly pressed the attorney for California-based Pom Wonderful. Judicial skepticism abounded about some of the company’s health-based ads.

“I don’t understand how you can regard that as not misleading,” Chief Judge Merrick Garland told Pom Wonderful’s attorney, citing a particular advertisement’s wording.

But while some of Pom Wonderful’s ads raised eyebrows, some proposed solutions raised questions. In particular, the Federal Trade Commission’s requirement that future Pom Wonderful health claims be supported by two “randomized and controlled” clinical trials could effectively suppress free speech, Judge Douglas Ginsburg suggested.

Pom Wonderful says the required studies would be exorbitantly expensive.

“This is an exceptionally strong remedial measure,” said Pom Wonderful’s appellate attorney, Thomas Goldstein, adding that it would be “essentially saying you can’t make any health-related claims.”

Another potential solution is to require disclaimers to offset health claims, though Goldstein said these, too, might amount to “speech restrictions.”

A lot is at stake for Pom Wonderful and, potentially, for other companies regulated by the FTC. Perhaps because of this, the fifth-floor courtroom was packed Friday morning and the oral argument went more than twice as long as planned.

From 2002 to 2010, sales for Pom Wonderful juice and POMx pills, described by the company as a pomegranate supplement, totaled close to $250 million, according to the FTC. The privately held company prides itself on having grown the pomegranate market, with the roughly 32,000 acres of pomegranates planted in California a tenfold increase over the planted acreage in 1976.

Health claims have anchored the company’s aggressive marketing.

Running in magazines from Playboy to Men’s Health, Pom Wonderful ads have included vivid language such as “Cheat Death” and “Drink to Prostate Health,” as well as myriad references to scientific studies.

One ad, for instance, declared that “a clinical pilot study” showed that a daily 8-ounce glass of Pom Wonderful reduces plaque in the arteries up to 30 percent. The FTC countered that the study was “tiny and methodologically flawed.” Much larger, double-blind studies “showed no significant plaque-reducing benefits at all,” according to the trade commission.

In another ad that regulators said was based on “unreliable science,” Pom Wonderful claimed that men who consumed the pomegranate products “reported a 50 percent greater likelihood of improved erections,” compared with those who took a placebo.

‘“I’m out to save prostates,’” Garland read from one Pom Wonderful ad, before asking, “Save them from what?”

After a trial whose transcript spanned some 3,300 pages, an FTC administrative trial judge previously found that 19 Pom Wonderful claims were false or misleading. In January 2013, the full Federal Trade Commission went further, concluding that 36 ads or promotional materials were false or misleading.

“We’re talking about a pattern and practice that occurred over seven years,” FTC General Counsel Jonathan E. Nuechterlein told the three-judge panel Friday morning. “This company has a record of distorting scientific results.”

Goldstein countered that the company’s ads have matured.

“The ads that are so concerning haven’t run for nine years,” Goldstein said.

Several judges noted Friday that the First Amendment protects commercial speech, as well as the political speech that people often think of first. In a crucial 1980 Supreme Court decision that involved a New York state utility company’s advertising, justices stressed that the protected commercial speech must not be misleading.

“The whole game in advertising, obviously, is to sell products,” Nuechterlein said, “but you have to be forthright about it.”

The case Friday is different from the one the U.S. Supreme Court heard last month, in which Pom Wonderful wants a green light to sue Coca-Cola for false advertising. In that case, Pom Wonderful officials complain, the Coca-Cola brand of a drink labeled “Pomegranate-Blueberry” juice contains less than 1 percent pomegranate juice

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British Motorcycle Ace Guy Martin Coming To Pikes Peak

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – One of Great Britain’s most accomplished motorcycle speed stars has entered The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and his goal as a rookie is simple – set a new motorcycle speed record on America’s Mountain on Sunday, June 29.

He’s set a very lofty goal for himself, indeed. Only two bikes have ever broken the ten-minute mark on the Peak, and they came back-to-back in 2012.

The Peak motorcycle record was set in 2012 by Carlin Dunne in the 1205 Pro Division with a clocking of 9:52.819 on a Ducati. Greg Tracy, also on a Ducati, became the second racer to break the ten-minute mark with a blistering 9:58.262 moments later.
Dunne had the fastest motorcycle clocking last year with a 10:00.694 in the Exhbition Powersports field.

Guy Martin will be entered in the Pikes Peak Challenge – UTV/Exhibition Division, racing on a 2014 Martek Custom bike that he’s building for himself.

The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is the second oldest motorsports race in America behind the Indianapolis 500 and a long-standing tradition in Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Region. It began in 1916, and this year marks the 92nd running of the world’s most famous and demanding hill climb.

The race is run on a 12.42 mile course with 156 turns that begins at 9,390 feet and finishes at the 14,115 foot summit of America’s Mountain. As the drivers climb toward the summit, the thin air slows reflexes and saps muscle strength. The thin air also robs engines of 30% of their power at the summit. Competitors, vehicles and motorcycles must be in top shape simply to finish, let alone win!

Martin is a famous British motorcycle racer, television presenter, truck mechanic and hands-on engineer. The 32-year-old racer has his own television show, “Speed With Guy Martin,” and has a new book out titled “Guy Martin- My Autobiography.”

He is probably best known for his successful motorcycle road racing career, most notably for grabbing the headlines in the Isle of Man TT races, a 38-mile road race, but more recently his career has taken off in a different direction when he began to appear on TV, presenting the popular series “The Boat that Guy Built” on BBC 1 which was followed by the 2012 Channel 4 series ‘How Britain Worked’ and, most recently (2013) the Channel 4 series Speed.

Guy undertook a series of speed-based challenges, exploring the boundaries of physics and learning about the science of speed. During the series Guy broke the British record for outright speed on a bicycle, hitting an amazing 122.4 mph and smashed the world gravity-powered sledge speed record.

Known to have been called “The fastest man never to win the TT”, Martin’s motorcycle racing career began when he moved to Ireland and in his debut year won the ‘Cock o’ the North’ and International Gold Cup races at Scarborough as well as the Irish 750cc Support Championship. He came 7th in his first Senior TT race, setting the fastest lap by a newcomer. In 2005 he was the only rider to finish all five of his TT races inside the top six.

He has raced for several teams including AIM Yamaha (2006) Hydrex Honda (2007-9) and Wilson Craig Honda (2010) when he went to the Isle of Man looking to achieve his first TT victory. But in the final race, the Senior TT, Guy he had a bad crash on the third lap, having led the race just before the first pit stop. He was airlifted to hospital with chest injuries, suffering bruising to both lungs and minor fractures to his upper spine. He made an amazing recovery thanks on part to his amiable and irrepressible personality and his determination to get back to the sport he loves.

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Motorcycle Power Tour Coming Through Springfield

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More Interstate Construction Planned Around Springfield

Local Mayors Rally at Capitol for Pension Reform

Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce Selects New CEO

Quinn Pushes for MAP Scholarship Increase at Rally

SIU Cancer Trial Brings New Hope to Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Annual Memorial to Honor Fallen Police Officers

Lincoln Woman Killed in Crash

Altamont Man Charged with Drug-Induced Homicide

Former State Rep. Facing Child Porn Charges Out on Bail

Rauner Makes Campaign Stop in Springfield

Making the Grade Conference Continues at Lanphier

Goodwill Now Offering Electronics Recycling

Quinn Investigation Providing Ammunition for Opponents

House Committee Approves $100 Million for Obama Library

Illinois GOP: Democrats Using Scare Tactics About Tax Increase

Northern Illinois Baby Born in Rush Hour Traffic

Chicago Bans E-Cigarettes In Public Places

Attorney Asks Court to Overturn DeRyke Sentence

Frerichs Presents “Employee Bill of Rights” Plan for Treasurer’s Office

Honor Flight Veterans Return to Springfield

Taylorville Man Charged with DUI in Friday Crash

Taylorville Couple Found Guilty of Wire Fraud

IEMA Begins First Ever Prepare-A-Thon

New Ward Map Vote Coming Soon

Double Digit Shootings in One Week

Owner of Violation-Prone Group Home Defends Mission

Springfield High Art Department Gets $10,000 Grant

Fuel Tax Increase Supporters Send Letter to Lawmakers

Healthcare Company Adding Dozens of Jobs in Springfield

Time Running Out for “Fair Tax” Amendment

Shots Fired into House on 13th Street

Macon County Man Sentenced in 2012 Murder

Shootings Put Springfield Neighborhood On Edge

State Offers No Help, Local Colleges Pick Up Veterans Tuition Tab

Harristown Students Ask Quinn the Tough Questions

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High School Graduation Rates Rise Nationwide and Locally

Early Childhood Funding Advocates Rally at Capitol

32 Percent of Corn Crop Planted

High Winds Cause Trial Derailment in Western Illinois

Quinn Given Deadline to Respond to Investigation Request

Police Investigating Two Overnight Shootings

63 Area Hospitals Join Regional Health Exchange

Discussions Continue Over Future of Eagle Creek

Former Illinois Lawmaker Facing Child Porn Charges

Springfield Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges

Local Veterans Leave on 26th Honor Flight

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Springfield Police, Fire Unions Wary of “Pension Reform”

Springfield, Effingham Honor Flights Merge

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Amtrak Considering Allowing Pets on Trains

Hy-Vee Announces Opening Date

Mumps Cases Reported at U of I

I-55 Reopened After Fire Truck Rollover

Public Invited to Comment on Springfield Ward Map

Additional Immunizations will Soon be Required for Illinois Students

Illinois Volunteers Honored at Governor’s Mansion

Soda Tax Proposal Fizzles at Statehouse

Two Injured in Car vs. Pedestrian Accident

Paprocki Attends Canonization of Two Popes

Jacksonville Committee Gives Tours of Underground Railroad Sites

Autism Walk Raises Awareness for Disorder

Ameren Seeking 8 Percent Rate Increase

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March for Babies Held at State Fairgrounds

Volunteers Help Out on Comcast Cares Day

Documents Released in IDOT Hiring Lawsuit

UIS Students Take Back the Night

Robbery Suspect’s Body Found Near Litchfield

DeRyke’s Attorney Files Motion to Have Sentence Reconsidered

More Dogs Infected by Tick-Borne Diseases

Health Fair Closes Out Minority Health Month

Park Built in Memory of Willow Long

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UPDATE: Springfield Shootings Spill into Weekend

Bill to Reduce Tax on Craft Beer Excites Local Breweries

Family of Five Murdered One Year Ago

Authorities Warn Drivers to Watch Out for Farm Equipment on Road

Springfield Clinic Donates to Elizabeth Ann Seton Program

Garage Sale Safely

Suicide Prevention Seminar Kicks Off Mental Health Awareness Month

Measles Outbreak Spreads to Illinois

Volunteers Helping Out for Day of Action

Pipeline Construction Bringing Temporary Jobs to Taylorville

Organizers Discuss Plans for Lincoln Funeral Commemoration

Second Suspect Pleads Guilty in Maroa Murder

Labor Union Says SIU Illegally Removed Job Titles From Union Contract

Preschoolers Plant Tree for Arbor Day

Final Phase of Shelbyville Bike Trail Funded

Northwestern Athletes Vote on Union

Coroner Releases Findings from Lincoln Bar Shooting

Robbery Reported at Auburn Bank

Police Seeking Suspect in Decatur Shooting

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Apartment Raided Over Twitter Account in Peoria

Man Dies After Being Hit by Amtrak Train

Teen Shot in Leg in Springfield

Decatur Fire Department Demonstrates Sprinkler Effectiveness

Ohio Couple Charged with Effingham Currency Forgery

Quietest Start to Tornado Season Since 1915

City Pours Money into Sparsely Used Springfield Beach House

Bill Would Pay $17 Million in Back Wages

Ameren Awards “Most Progressive City”

Flood Insurance Rates Going Up

Road Construction on Springfield’s West Side Impacting Businesses

Dentists Warn About Flouride-Free Toothpaste, Water

Connected Shootings Highlight Violence in Capital City

Beardstown IGA Closure Cuts 27 Jobs

Sub Shop Donates Needed Equipment to Wapella Fire Department

Hospital Association Supports Income Tax Extension

Springfield Feline Wins Grumpy Cat Contest

Settlement Reached in Lincoln Excessive Force Lawsuit

Police: Recent Springfield Shootings May be Related

Female Gun Instructors in High Demand

Police Investigating Two Springfield Shootings

Sangamon County Volunteers Honored at UIS

Clinton Lake Marina Cited for not Complying with ADA Standards

Officials Hold Midwest Inland Port Meeting

Republican Leaders Introduce Term Limits Proposal

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“Buy American” Measure Concern for Decatur Police Car Dealer

Efforts to Prevent Fly Dumping Cause Hassle for Some Homeowners

America’s PrepareAthon Promotes Severe Weather Preparedness

Witnesses Detail Officer-Involved Shooting in Lincoln

Springfield Officials Absent from Open Government Talk

Coroners, Morticians Train for Mass Death Disaster

Workforce Readiness Expo Held in Lincoln

Infectious TB Patient Jailed in East Central Illinois

Drug Take Back Day Coming Up

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EIU Opening Energy Center

Madigan: Obama Library Vote was “Misunderstanding”

Lawsuit Seeks Investigation Into Hiring Under Quinn

District 186 Adopting New Learning Standards

Illinois Audit: Police Training Money Misspent

South Jacksonville Man Sentenced for Sex Abuse

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Springfield Man Shot in Foot

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Keeping Kids Safe: Teens At Risk

Decatur Unions, City Officials Clash Over Dredging Labor

Decatur City Council Adds Storm Water Fee

Springfield Residents Concerned About Abandoned Buildings

Battle Between Aereo, Broadcasters Reaches Supreme Court

Feds Reverse Decision to Approve Powdered Alcohol

Fewer Illinois Homes Sold in March

More State Fair Grandstand Acts Announced

Chatham Library Offers Late Fee Forgiveness to Kids

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Decatur Man Arrested for Sexual Assault

WIC Turns 40

GenHkids Recieves Donation from County Market

UIS Students Celebrate Earth Week

Antibiotics Expert Speaks at SIU

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Effingham Man Sentenced for Making Meth

20 Pounds of Pot Found in Decatur Man’s Car

Springfield Building Damaged by SUV

Jacksonville Set to Begin Million Dollar Infrastructure Projects

GOP Leaders Discussing Immigration Reform

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Police Seeking Suspects in Cahokia Murder

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Scam Artists Targeting Ameren and CWLP Customers

Mayors Encourage Lawmakers to Change Pensions

Thieves Target Car Parts

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Local Motorcyclists Deliver Easter Baskets

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Just what is Mental Health: Trick Concepts in Mental Health

Meaning

Mental health and wellness is determined as a state or problem on which an individual really feels a feeling of wellness. This gives him or her the capability to live life in gratification of what he or she intends to accomplish in accordance to the readily available sources. This health condition also supplies a specific the capacity to be resistant to the pressures he meets and to reply to these challenges without needing to risk his well- being. This additionally makes him efficient and worthwhile for himself and his area.

Mental wellness could possibly also be defined as the lack of psychological problems or problems. Individuals that do absent diagnosable behaviors that could possibly qualify as a mental illness are viewed as psychologically healthy. As an example, someone that has a fixation on points might not always have a mental disorder like fascination. Hence he is mentioned to have psychological wellness. Yet when this obsession is integrated with relentless obsession to do the object of fascination, the individual may currently be diagnosed with a mental illness called Obsessive-compulsive Problem or OCD.

It could additionally be considereded as a favorable aspect in a person’s character makings it feasible to improve mental health despite a diagnosable mental illness. This definition covers a person’s ability to “live life to the fullest”, to respond well to his environment with the conscious or subconscious usage of dealing systems and to be able to balance psychological along with emotional health in connection with steady circulation of experiences.

Mental Health Across Culture

The Globe Health Organization believes that there is no single interpretation for psychological health because of differences in culture. What might be psychologically healthy (or appropriate behavior) in one culture might introduce something also eccentric in another. For instance, cannibalistic habits in some people living in remote locations is strongly considereded as a religious practice nonetheless, most of urbanized globe this could be considereded as barbaric or insane.

Disruption in Mental Wellness

Problems in psychological health and wellness could lead to a number of troubles with different representations. Some folks with psychological illnesses have hostile actions while others are taken out and lack social interest. Each kind of condition has its own signs and signs as a result; diagnosis in addition to therapy differ depending upon the attributes of the mental health issue.

There are a number of elements that interrupt psychological wellness including: atmosphere or upbringing, biological make-up of an individual, pre-programmed instructions in the genes, health care problems, terrible experiences such as loss and abuse and substance abuse. While one aspect could be leading compared to the other, all of these are factors to the advancement of most of mental health disorders. In many cases, a solitary element may be sufficient to activate the disorder but the majority of problems require a build-up of experience that continuously challenge the wellness of a person.

Exactly what protects mental health and wellness?

The preservation of mental wellness is highly depending on the ability of the person to a) blend in his setting and manage its pressures, b) accomplish a good inner balance in his character that is sufficient to offer a secure personality and c) make a good point of view that would restrict the problems of negative experiences. For some people a great support system such as a considerate family members or a solid social team could function well to safeguard mental wellness.

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GM's top designer has always been career driven

AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – Though no one knew it at the time, the decision by Edward T. Welburn Jr.’s parents to take him to a local auto show in Philadelphia around the time he was learning his multiplication tables would shape the rest of his life.

“I’ve been drawing cars since I was 2 ½ ,” he told a small group of journalists over breakfast here. “At age 8, my parents took me to the Philadelphia Auto Show and I walked in and there was this concept car and I pointed at it and said, ‘When I grow up, I want to be a car designer for that company.’”

At 63 years old, Welburn has had plenty of time to grow up. And not only is he the top designer for General Motors, the company that designed the Cadillac Cyclone, the car that he fell in love with at the ripe age of 8, he is the company’s vice president for global design, responsible for the entire GM brand.

Welburn is the sixth person to head GM’s design team in the company’s 106-year history and the first appointed to supervise all 10 design studios around the world instead of just North America. He is the highest-ranking African American in the automobile industry.

General Motors Global Vice President Design Ed Welburn with the all-new 2014 Corvette Stingray at the 2013 Amelia Island Concours Friday, March 8, 2013 on Amelia Island, Florida. (Photo by Paul Figura for Chevrolet)

At the time, he was first dreaming of designing cars, a period when his playmates were aspiring to become cops or fire fighters, no one told young Welburn that there were no African Americans working as designers for GM or any other car manufacturer at that time. Even if they had, it is doubtful that they would have persuaded him to alter his plans.

“My parents knew there were no Blacks designing cars, that it would be a challenge to get into the field and I was on a mission,” Welburn recalled, chuckling. “They thought, ‘Well, maybe he should be a mechanic or something. No, he wants to be a car designer.’ So they did everything to help me realize that dream,” Welburn recalled several hours before speaking at the 50th anniversary summit of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, where GM served as the lead sponsor.

His father, Edward, Sr., who owned his own auto mechanic shop, encouraged his son to work on his car designs; his mother, Evelyn, made sure young Ed never strayed academically.

“As a kid, I was a slow reader,” Welburn remembered. “I didn’t like reading at all. My mother sent me to all kinds of special programs every weekend. Then, she discovered how I loved reading car magazines. I was age 10 when I got subscriptions to Hot Rod, Motor Trends, all of these. I would read these magazines cover-to-cover.”

When he was 11 years old, Welburn wrote a letter to General Motors asking for advice on how to become a car designer. To his surprise, he got a detailed reply, including a recommendation to get a college education.

Welburn did that at Howard University, graduating in 1972 from its College of Fine Arts, where he studied sculpture and product design. While enrolled as a student at Howard, he interned at General Motors.

He started his career at GM in 1972 as an associate designer in the Advanced Design Studios. The next year, he joined the Buick Exterior Studio, working on the Buick Riviera and Park Avenue. In 1975, he joined the Oldsmobile Exterior. In 1989, he was promoted to chief designer of the Oldsmobile Studio. In 1996, Welburn accepted a 2-year assignment with Saturn, working mostly out of its Russelsheim, Germany studio.

He became director of GM’s Advanced Design studio in Warren, Mich. After several key assignments, he was named vice president of GM Design North America in 2003 and two years later was selected to fill the newly-created position of vice president for Global Design.

Welburn has repeatedly demonstrated that he knows how to connect with GM’s customers, having had a hand in the design of such best-sellers as the Cadillac Escalade, Hummer H2, Chevrolet Avalanche and the SSR, a retro hot-rod pickup.

Even with a heavy work load that requires him to be in the office from 6 am to 6 pm to communicate with designers living in different time zones, Welburn devotes personal time and money to encourage other African Americans to pursue design careers.  He serves on the board of Detroit’s College of Creative Studies and serves as GM’s liaison to Howard University, his alma mater. He also interacts with other top design schools, always letting them know in his understated manner that they need to do more to improve diversity in the industry.

And he is not unaware that he is the ultimate diversity story.

“It’s interesting because it’s something I don’t celebrate because to celebrate it means there are so many years it didn’t occur,” he said in an interview with Ward’s Auto World. “…But I know it is very important. It can’t be ignored. I know it isn’t ignored, and I know there are a lot of people in the African-American community that really, really consider this something very significant, so I don’t take it lightly. If it has an effect on young people, then I think that’s great.”

It’s great that the basement of his design studio headquarters in Warrensville, Mich. has become a favorite hangout for Detroit-area high school students who dream of following  in Welburn’s footsteps. GM designers volunteer time at the center, hoping to encourage a new generation of artists.

“There’s one kid who’s really good,” said Welburn. “His church has set up a system where each week, somebody from the church goes and get him. They make sure he gets there.”

Getting to the top of his craft, means that Welburn has to be on the road a lot, traveling to 10 design studios in the United States and six other countries: Germany, Korea, China, Australia, Brazil and India.

Back home in Michigan, he has become a recognizable public figure, even by children who dream, just as he did, of becoming a car designer.

He recalled, “I was in this restaurant one night and this little kid [motioning to the height of a dinner table] came up with a piece of paper and he said he had an idea for a car. And he just stood there at the end of the table and he drew the car and gave it to me.”

Welburn graciously accepted the drawing. And that’s not the only public interaction that he enjoys.

“It’s kind of interesting to sit in traffic and see a family in one of your latest products and see how happy they are. That feels very good,” he said.

Welburn said it also feels very good to see the joy in the eyes of designers when he accepts one of their ideas.

“When a young designer’s design is picked and I say, ‘That’s the design we’re going with,’ it just…”Welburn’s smile completes the unfinished sentence. “And it doesn’t matter  if they’re 20 years old nor 50 years old – it’s like they are 14.”

When asked the about the most difficult part of his job, Welburn is succinct: “”Managing 2,500 creative individuals in a corporate world.”

Judging by the awards, he has managed well.

In 2008, the Chevrolet Malibu was named North American Car of the Year. In 2010, the Chevrolet Camaro was picked the 2010 World Car Design of the Year and in 2011, the Chevrolet Volt, a revolutionary electric car, was selected North American Car of the Year.

But the most significant recognition GM received was the trust Presidents Bush and Obama – and the American people – gave it in 2008 and 2009 with a federal bailout. The Treasury Department extended a loan of $49.5 billion, secured by 912 million shares of GM stock, or a 60.8 percent stake. After it sold its last share of stocks, the federal government lost $10.5 billion on the GM deal.

According to the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich., if the government hadn’t intervened and GM went out of business, nearly 1.9 million jobs would have been lost in 2009 and 2010, resulting in a loss of $394 billion in tax revenues and payments for unemployment benefits and food stamps.

Although it lost money on GM, the federal government said it made a profit on the $421.8 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). After being paid back from banks and other financial institutions, the Treasury Department said it made a $11 billion profit on TARP.

The significance of Welburn’s contributions to the turnaround at GM was underscored last year at the Washington Auto Show when he and President Obama sat alone in a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu. The most powerful leader in the world was sitting next to the highest-ranking African American in the automobile industry.

“He just let me know how proud he was with the work that I do, and I was just like ‘Wow,’” Welburn told reporters. “At the very last vehicle, he did ask me, he just remarked that the design of GM cars have gotten so much better in the past few years.”

And the president would know. His official limousine, sometimes dubbed Cadillac One or Limo One, was built on the Cadillac DTS model.

Though Welburn’s dream of becoming a car designer never extended to meeting the first Black president of the United States, he is as exuberant about his career choice now as he was when his parents took him to that memorable auto show in Philadelphia.

“I have so much fun doing what I do –I really do,” he said. “It’s not easy and there are significant challenges every day. But it’s soooo much fun.”

GM"s top designer has always been career driven