one indiana metal factory has lost more than 7% of its workforce in the last two weeks and the ceo who is joining us right now j.d. brown is the ceo of bci solution. j.b., the reason people are leaving is because they can t afford the gas. that s one of the reasons, steve, good morning and happy wednesday. you know, a year ago we were at $2.70 a gallon. a.a.a. standards for south bend, yeand indiana, that s increased to $4.26. just a month ago we were at 3.34. a 22% increase in prices in gas. in 2008 we learned a valuable lesson. we were rocking and doing great job. we had a great economy doing things and gas got above $4 a gallon. and when it got to be $4 a gallon, you know, we started losing employees and we were wondering why. they said it was too far to drive. right now in our county in mark county in breeman, indiana we