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FMLA Intermittent Leave
5 guidelines on managing intermittent leave and curbing leave abuse under the new FMLA regulations
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One of the biggest employer complaints about the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is the productivity problems caused by employees' use—and abuse—of FMLA intermittent leave.
The problem: Employees with chronic health problems often take FMLA leave in short increments of an hour or less.
The Department of Labor (DOL) took a big step to help minimize workplace disruptions due to unscheduled FMLA absences in its revised regulations, which took effect in 2009. The DOL says that, in most cases now, employees who take FMLA intermittent leave must follow their employers' call-in procedures for reporting an absence, unless there are unusual circumstances.
Business Management Daily, publisher of The HR Specialist, has designed this report to help you ensure that you're properly tracking FMLA intermittent leave, and your organization's policies and employee handbook are up to date.
Revised FMLA regulations: 4 changes you must comply with
Since 1993, complying with the FMLA had always been complex, but at least the law (once you figured it out) stayed the same. But that all changed on Jan. 16, 2009, when the first major overhaul of the act took effect. The regulation update came after two years, during which the DOL received more than 20,000 suggestions on changes from employers and employee groups.
Here are the most important changes in the updated FMLA regulations:
- Military caregiver leave. Employees are allowed to take up to 26 weeks of unpaid FMLA leave in each 12-month period to care for family members who suffered a serious injury or illness while on active military duty.
- Leave for families of National Guard and Reserve members. Families of National Guard and Reserve personnel on active duty are allowed to take up to 12 weeks of job-protected FMLA leave per year to manage their affairs.
- Revised definition of a "serious condition." The updated regulations tinker with the definition of an FMLA-qualifying "serious health condition." The law says a serious condition must involve more than three full, consecutive calendar days of incapacity plus "two visits to a health care provider." The rules clarify that those two visits must occur within 30 days of the period of incapacity.
- Direct contact with doctor allowed. Good news: The regulations allow employers to directly contact an employee's health care provider to seek clarification about information on an employee's FMLA certification form.
Learn how the updated regulations affect employer notice obligations, leeway for employees' notice, the settlement of FMLA claims, light duty under FMLA leave and perfect-attendance awards in FMLA Intermittent Leave.
Strategy tips: Tracking FMLA intermittent leave
Even though managing FMLA intermittent leave can be vexing, the law does give employers some tools to combat leave abuse.
As with leave taken in one block, employees requesting FMLA intermittent leave must provide you notice. Employees must give at least 30 days' notice when their need for FMLA leave is foreseeable. When it's not, they must notify you "as soon as practicable."
Certify and schedule the leave
Don't accept FMLA requests at face value. The law gives employers the right to demand certification from the employee's doctor of his or her need for leave. You can request new medical certification from the employee at the start of each FMLA year. The law also entitles you to ask for a second or third opinion, if necessary, before granting leave.
When employees have chronic conditions and their certifications call for FMLA intermittent leave, you should attempt to work out leave schedules as far in advance as possible. It's legal to try to schedule FMLA-related absences, but you can't deny them.
Tip: It's important to immediately nail down the expected frequency and duration of FMLA intermittent leave. You can insist on a medical provider's estimate of how often the employee will need time off. You also can wait until the provider gives you that estimate to approve intermittent leave.
The best approach: Use the DOL's official certification form—WH-380e: Certification of Health Care Provider for Employee's Serious Health Condition. Then review the form to make sure it's complete before you approve intermittent leave.
Here are four tips on certifying FMLA intermittent leave requests:
- Ask about the specific condition. Medical certification must relate only to the serious health condition that is causing the leave. You can't ask about the employee's general health or other conditions.
- Give 15 days to respond. After you request certification, give employees at least 15 calendar days to submit the paperwork. If the employee's medical certification is incomplete or insufficient, specify in writing what information is lacking and allow the employee seven days to cure the deficiency.
- If you doubt the need for leave, investigate the certification. Under the updated FMLA regulations, your organization can contact the employee's physician directly to clarify the medical certification. Your contact person can be a health care provider, a human resources professional, a leave administrator (including third-party administrators) or a management official, but not the employee's direct supervisor.
- If you're still not convinced, require (and pay for) a second opinion. Use an independent doctor who you select, not a doctor who works for your organization. If the two opinions conflict, you can pay for a third and final, binding medical opinion.
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Curb FMLA abuse: A step-by-step plan for handling suspicious requests
Use of the medical certification process is the biggest weapon employers have in combating FMLA abuse. It gives you the right to obtain information from the employee's physician about the ailment and, at least for the first certification, to obtain a second or third opinion from an independent physician.
The following steps are important parts of an effective anti-fraud program:
- Obtain a medical certification for each request for leave due to a serious health condition. It's important that your sick leave or attendance policy requires a doctor's certification for all absences of three or more days for the leave to be excused. If there's no such requirement and you intend to require paid leave to run concurrent with FMLA leave, you might not be able to require a medical certification, which is the first step in an anti-fraud program.
- Enforce a policy denying the leave request if an employee fails to submit certification within 15 days. In each instance, assess any appropriate penalties for failure to be at work.
- Examine the certification closely to ensure it's been properly and fully completed. Many doctors will complete the form in a hurried fashion. In some cases, they'll intentionally leave some sections incomplete in order to remain "truthful" while accommodating the desires of the patient/employee for leave.
- Require a second opinion if the circumstances are even slightly suspicious and it's an original certification.
- Once the certification is approved, make a limited inquiry each time the employee requests more leave, particularly in the case of intermittent leave. The goal is to determine whether the leave is for the same qualifying reason.
- Watch the schedule of absences closely in cases of intermittent leave to determine whether a suspicious pattern develops (e.g., immediately before and after weekends or days off) or whether there's a change in the frequency or timing. Such actions could suggest a change in condition that enables you to request a recertification.
Get more detailed advice on how to set up your FMLA anti-fraud program with FMLA Intermittent Leave.
Use the calendar-year method to tame the FMLA intermittent-leave beast
Employees who take FMLA intermittent leave can wreak havoc with work schedules. Because their conditions can flare up at any time, their absences are by nature unpredictable. But there are ways you can legally curtail intermittent leave.
One way is to use the calendar-year method to set FMLA leave eligibility.
Here's how it works. Sometime during the calendar year, an employee submits medical documentation showing she will need intermittent leave for a chronic condition. If she is eligible for leave at that time, she can take up to 12 weeks of intermittent leave until the end of the calendar year.
Then the process starts again.
If, on Jan. 1, she hasn't worked 1,250 hours in the preceding 12 months, she's no longer eligible—and won't be eligible again until she hits 1,250 hours.
Final note: Employees who are approved for FMLA intermittent leave can take that time off as needed. But that doesn't mean you aren't entitled to some supporting documentation for each absence. You can ask for proof that the absence was for the chronic condition—but a simple doctor's note to that effect should suffice. No new formal certification is required.
Wait until the end of your FMLA leave year to get the new intermittent-leave certification.
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Readers' questions on administering FMLA intermittent leave
Here's a sampling of questions on managing FMLA intermittent leave, submitted by readers of Business Management Daily and answered by employment law attorneys.
Can we look deeper into dubious FMLA intermittent leave?
Q. If an employee calls off intermittently for migraine headaches, how can we verify the real reason for the leave? Can we ask for information each time the employee is absent?
A. You're certainly not the only employer to complain about employees taking advantage of intermittent leave. Many employers have struggled with employees whose conditions seem to flare up on Fridays and Mondays. There's no way to stamp out this type of abuse altogether. However, you can minimize it by making sure that you promptly designate all time off—including intermittent leave—to help you exhaust the 12-week FMLA clock as quickly as possible.
Also, don't accept FMLA certification forms that include blanket statements, such as "intermittent leave recommended." You have the right to demand more specific information. If you have reason to be suspicious of a certification, you can send the employee to a company-selected physician for a second opinion.
Have your questions on FMLA intermittent leave answered by our expert Human Resources editors and Employment Law attorneys in FMLA Intermittent Leave.
Can we require certification every time an employee takes FMLA intermittent leave?
Q. We have an employee with a chronic condition. We granted her intermittent FMLA leave provided she gives us a certification each time she takes time off for the condition. We have to constantly remind her to turn in the form. She also won't call HR when she's sick but leaves a message with the front desk. This makes it hard to track her usage. Can we terminate her for refusing to follow the instructions laid out on the FMLA approval form?
A. It sounds like you are treading on thin ice. For chronic conditions, employers can request recertification no more often than every 30 days, and only in connection with an employee's absence (unless you receive information that casts doubt on the employee's stated reason for the absence).
Note: The DOL has said that an employee's pattern of absences (e.g., taking Mondays and Fridays off for FMLA leave) may, by itself, cast doubt on the employee's stated reason.
What can we do if FMLA intermittent leave goes beyond the doctor's estimate?
Q. An employee with asthma obtained medical certification for her intermittent FMLA leave. It said her expected absence frequency was three to five times per month. This month, she took six days off. Must we count the last day as intermittent leave, or can we rely on the upper estimate from her doctor?
A. If the employee is taking time off in excess of the estimated time, you should confirm with the employee why she is actually taking time off (i.e., her illness versus another reason). However, as long as the employee is taking time off for her FMLA-qualifying illness, you always should count the actual time without regard to any prior estimates by the physician or the employee.
The actual time off (not the doctor's estimate) is what determines how much time the employee has left under the FMLA or other leave laws or policies. That said, if the employee's requests for time off begin to significantly exceed the time stated on her original FMLA certification, you should ask for a new certification from her physician.
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We rank the most important stories of this year and beyond
Each year, there are big important stories, and few would argue with our picks for 2009.
But we highlight these particular stories not only for the immediate impact they had but also for the lasting influence they continue to exercise.
In essence, these stories aren't over. They will keep people talking and make headlines in 2010 and beyond.
— Nick Wakeman1. Obama sets sights on procurement reform The economy and Iraq were at the top of the agenda when the Obama administration took over the White House Jan. 20. But when the Office of Management and Budget released memos outlining the administration's procurement goals, it was obvious that contracting also was very much a priority.
The memos and guidance that followed have set forth goals that affect outsourcing, picking which type of contract to use, categorizing work as inherently governmental and determining conflicts of interest.
Although industry experts at organizations such as the Professional Services Council have said that the direction coming from the White House is reasonable and reflects good procurement principles, the jury is still out on how individual agencies will apply those principles. 2. Beware of government poachers The rising number of contractor employees being recruited to work at government agencies has sparked complaints from industry.
There have been reports of agencies having lists of contractor employees they want to hire. In some cases, agencies have used job pitches that incorporate economic fears, such as claiming that there are plans to cancel contracts, leaving the contract employee without a job.
Questions also have been raised about the ethics of hiring contractor employees. The government should follow the same rules industry does when it hires a government person, some say. 3. M&A continues to remake the market Two major hardware players — Dell Inc. and Xerox — made large deals that involve services companies with significant government business. Dell acquired Perot Systems, picking up an outsourcing and systems integration business. Xerox went after Affiliated Computer Services Inc.
Dell said it already had a large services business that supports its products, but Perot will bring higher-end work in areas such as education and health care.
For Xerox, ACS brings business process outsourcing capabilities on programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. ACS also will gain a broader international footprint.
The third big deal of the year was Northrop Grumman's decision to sell TASC. They were forced into the deal because of tougher organizational conflict-of-interest rules.
TASC is being bought by equity groups General Atlantic and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. Because of its size, which limits potential buyers, TASC could be headed toward an initial public offering in the coming years. It could become a long-term independent player in the market. 4. GSA under a leadership vacuum This was one of the sadder chapters of the past year. Martha Johnson, who sailed through the confirmation process at the committee level, now sits and waits.
Using the Senate's arcane rules to his advantage, Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) has put a hold on a full Senate vote on Johnson's nomination. He wants assurances that a federal office building will be built in downtown Kansas City.
The timing is poor because Johnson's nomination was hailed by many inside and outside GSA as just what the agency needed to continue its comeback as an efficient contracting partner for the rest of government.
In a time when the highest levels of government are pushing a variety of procurement initiatives, the lack of an administrator at GSA works against the best interests of the government. 5. Growing acceptance of cloud computing As vendors address security concerns, it has become harder for agencies to deny the benefits of cloud computing, such as trimming costs, adding new services and increasing capacity.
No one expects an agency to put everything on the cloud, and a public cloud might not be the answer for many agencies. But the tide has turned in favor of cloud computing.
A big reason is the high-level support of White House officials such as Vivek Kundra, who, with the General Services Administration, opened a cloud computing storefront for agencies to easily purchase cloud services.
Many of the large systems integrators also have begun embracing the cloud as a line of business. 6. Contract protests During the past few years, contract protests on losing bids have moved from being an unfavorable tactic to a common business tactic.
The huge Alliant contract was delayed nearly a year because of protests. GSA's solution eventually was to award nearly all bidders a spot on the multiple-award contract.
The current poster child for protests is the Transportation Security Administration's Information Technology Infrastructure Program. It was hit by protests at the downselect stage, and TSA let all bidders back in. More protests followed when TSA awarded the contract to Computer Sciences Corp.
Work on ITIP is on hold until the dispute is resolved.
One factor that breeds more protests, industry observers say, is that companies face little to no consequences for protesting. So why not protest? 7. Leadership changes Two of the largest government contractors in the market will see leadership transitions in the coming year.
At General Dynamics Corp., Nicholas Chabraja turned over the chief executive title to Jay Johnson July 1. In May 2010, he will relinquish the chairman's title.
Ken Dahlberg is following a similar path at Science Applications International Corp. Walter Havenstein became CEO in September, and in June 2010, Dahlberg will turn over the chairman's role.
Both companies have planned transitions, but new leadership will undoubtedly bring new initiatives and goals for the companies. 8. Farewell, EDS Hewlett-Packard erased one of the most storied names in the government and commercial markets this year when it dropped the EDS brand in favor of HP Enterprise Services.
EDS, known originally as Electronic Data Systems, was one of the creators of the market for outsourced IT services, particularly data centers. The name survived for 47 years, including a stint of ownership by General Motors.
But there are a lot of reasons for the change, such as creating a single company culture and presenting a single face to the market.
Dropping the name EDS also signaled that integration of the acquisition was over. It's now time for the billions spent to start paying off.
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The region of Castile-León is home to some simply outstanding natural attractions: a national park, 12 nature reserves, five designated nature areas… Here are a few suggestions for different and original ways to enjoy them: from a hot air balloon, in one of the adventure parks, and by listening to music in the heart of nature… This is a new way to experience tourism.
Hot air balloon flights Going up in a balloon is one of the most thrilling experiences you can have. And it's even better if you have the opportunity to fly over the nature spaces in Castile-León. On weekends between April and October, you can sign up for this adventure and see from up above places such as the Sierra de Francia mountains – Campo Charro (Salamanca), the mountains of Guadarrama – Ayllón (Segovia), the Sabinares del Arlanza juniper forests – La Yecla (Burgos), Sabinar de Calatañazor – La Fuentona (Soria), Montaña Palentina – Las Tuerces (Palencia), Las Omañas – Luna river (León), city walls and mountains of Avila (Avila), Riberas de Castronuño (Valladolid) and Arribes del Duero (Salamanca/Zamora). The flight lasts about an hour and usually begins at dawn. One of the added attractions is the chance to take part in the process of unfolding and folding up the balloon. Let the wind be your guide to the landscape.
Adventure forests Tibetan bridges, zip wires, balancing tree trunks, Tarzan creepers, climbing nets… these just a few of the attractions (using only the natural support of the trees) awaiting you in the treetop adventure parks in Castile-León. You'll find them in Navaleno (Soria), Guisando (Avila), Hoyos del Espino (Ávila), Cervera de Pisuerga (Palencia) and La Alberca (Salamanca). This is an option that's recommended for the whole family. Dare to take the challenge in complete and total contact with nature! Musicians in nature This open-air festival has been held since 2006 in the privileged setting of the Regional Park of the Sierra de Gredos mountains (Avila). It has welcomed artists of the likes of Sting, Pet Shop Boys, Los Ronaldos, Dolores O'Riordan, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler… Nature and great music rolled into one event. What more could you ask? You'll find more information on these activities at the official website of the Fundación Patrimonio Natural de Castilla y León .


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Want to grow a fruit tree, but can't decide which one? Wouldn't it be great to have more than one type of fruit on a single tree? It's possible to have this "fruit salad" effect in your backyard with the amazing technique of grafting.
Grafting is the process of splicing a branch or bud from one tree onto another tree. Grafting deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves in winter) is done in winter when the trees are dormant, or leafless.… Read more >>


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Remote Desktop
Shell is a command line interface to an operating system. Most shell providers offer a simple text only interface via ssh, telnet, or rlogin. With some of these providers it may be possible to execute X commands and redirect them to your display. While this allows you to use graphical commands, it is a tedious process.
While Eskimo North does provide traditional shell access, we go much further offering full remote desktop access with sound. This is like having a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers plugged right into our servers and it is available from anywhere in the world. With a reasonably decent broadband connection, full motion video and high quality audio is possible.
Four popular remote desktop protocols are supported. All of these are tunnelled through ssh to provide encryption to protect your sensitive data and to prevent snooping on your activities or intercepting your login authentication credentials.
- Guacamole Web Based Access
- On our website under Web Apps, Desktop or Terminal Access, or by going directly to https://www.eskimo.com/guacamole/, login with public for the login and password. Then choose the server and whether you want a terminal or desktop and then login with your login and password. This allows you to access a terminal session or full remote desktop session from any HTML5 compliant web browser.
- X2Go
- X2Go is by far the preferable protocol to use. There are two clients that work with X2Go, the X2Go client, and PyHoca, a python client. The X2Go client is easy to configure with a simple graphical configuration interface. It tunnels all data through an SSH connection by default so there is little chance of accidentally establishing an unencrypted session and exposing critical data. It is the only remote desktop that supports sound well. It does an excellent job of eliminating X round-trip delays and it also compresses data very efficiently. It is the only remote desktop protocol that is sufficiently robust and efficient to make full motion video and audio work reasonably well over a cable modem connection. X2Go is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS/X based computers. For linux computers, it is usually included with your distribution. Try yum install x2go-client or apt-get install x2go-client.
- NX is a protocol developed by No Machine. They produce commercial servers and clients. They made the libraries for their earlier version, 3.5, available Open Source, and as a result there are open source servers and clients available for it. When they came out with version 4.0, they did not make the libraries open source. As a result, there are many open source NX clients such as OpenNX, FreeNX, and Remmina, for the 3.5 version of the servers, and several 3.5 open source servers. Of these, FreeNX server is the most complete and that is what we use to provide NX here. The original NoMachine 3.5 client is no longer available and the 4.0 client is only marginally compatible. You can connect here with the 4.0 player but it typically takes several attempts.
- VNC is an old X-forwarding protocol. The VNC servers we have here are configured to tunnel through ssh in order to provide a secure encrypted session. Consequently, you will either need a client that provides ssh tunnelling such as Chicken VNC (not to be confused with Chicken of the VNC which does not provide this functionality) or you will need to setup an ssh tunnel manually. VNC does not do such a good job of eliminating X round-trip delays nor does it compress as effeciently as X2Go or NX. However, VNC is available for more platforms and if you have an older computer this may be the best option.
- RDP or Remote Desktop Protocol is the protocol used by Windows for remote desktop access. If you have a Windows machine, you most likely already have RDP built in so it is a quick way to get a remote desktop up and running. The performance of RDP is really not adequate for full motion video and it also lacks audio and remote printing.


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No business owner likes the thought of higher interest rates. But rate hikes and inflation are not something to be ignored – and both are a very real threat that I see looming on the horizon for dairy operations and all businesses.
At the pace that the Federal Reserve is printing money – more so than at any other time in history, the likelihood of having higher interest rates down the road is really high.
Surprisingly, in my conversations with dairy producers who have expansion plans, many have not really thought about the impact or risk of higher rates that are likely to be present 10 years from now when those loans come up for renewal. This is something to pay close attention to and plan for, especially if you're considering expansion plans any time in the next 10 years.
During my visits with dairy producers at the beginning of the year, I noted that about a quarter of them had no expansion plans; a quarter of them planned to update facilities but not expand; a quarter of them planned to expand moderately by adding a few hundred cows; and the rest of them had significant expansion plans.
This is drastically different from five years ago when 80% of the dairy operations I visited had plans to double or triple their herd sizes within a couple of years.
Whatever stage you are in with regard to expansion, just be very cognizant that rates are low now and are likely going up.
Consider this scenario: A dairy producer takes out a 10-year, $3 million expansion loan with a 20-year amortization. It has a fixed rate and a balloon after 10 years.
What happens when the loan comes due 10 years from now if there's still $1-2 million in principle due on the loan and interest rates are at 8% instead of 3%?
Well, all of a sudden the dairy operation that's been doing well the last 10 years and looked like it was totally profitable finds itself completely incapable of servicing its debt and could be out of business in a blink.
That said, you would be wise to analyze your expansion plans for the next 10 to 20 years. You might consider coming up with several different "what if" scenarios; at Stewart-Peterson we call this Market Scenario Planningsm. Brainstorming in this manner gives you a chance to evaluate and strategize how your operation might prepare for the future – especially if interest rates start to climb.
Plan ahead and make sure you are not in a position where you need to borrow money when the rates are high – because if you have to borrow expensive money, you may end up out of business. My advice is to borrow all the money you want at cheap rates and absolutely have that money paid off at the end of the fixed term.
Scott Stewart is CEO of Stewart-Peterson, a commodity marketing consulting firm based in West Bend, Wis. You may reach Scott at 800-334-9779, email him at [email protected]
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Here's Podcast No. 8. This podcast contains only minor bad language. Sorry. It's shorter than usual, only about 45 minutes, but don't be fooled. That doesn't mean it's funnier or better quality. We were out and about for this one sitting outside Ev near Waterloo. Why? Because it was my birthday and me and Trev and his wife Cath had been romping around the West End, seeing Scarface and drinking alcohol. A few friends turn up during the podcast. And a few strangers.
You can listen to/download it here- Trev and Simon Podcast no. 8
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- Happy birthday Simon!
- Outside broadcast
- Introducing Kath
- Scarface
- Businessmen and their bags
- Simon opens a card
- Punk vs jazz
- Who would Trev and Simon like to work with?
- The colour of Trev's pants
- Andy Crane (and Tommy Steele)
- Signifcant years
- Dave Morley
- Trev swears!! Or does he?
- Why 47 is better than 50
- Carlito's Way
- The fourth plinth
- Beggars and buskers
- The pot monkey sketch
- Pickling Jeff
- Which animals do Trev and Simon trust the least?
- Irish stew and Oobidoo
- Pia arrives
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Accounting for Intangible Drilling and Development Costs of Oil and Gas Wells
Prepared for the National Association of Cost Accountants, Tulsa Chapter — December, 1955
The drilling of oil and gas wells gives rise to an interesting series
of accounting problems for which petroleum accountants have been called upon to devise solutions. A discussion of these problems should be of interest to cost accountants generally. Large numbers of persons
have invested in securities of oil companies or in oil and gas ventures.
An understanding of the alternative methods of accounting for intangible drilling and development costs is essential to the understanding
of financial statements issued by oil companies as well as to the understanding of the methods by which taxable income from oil and gas properties is determined.
Intangible drilling and development costs, which are more commonly
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The Z1000 is now in production and is slated to be the first 1KW power supply available to end-users with the 80 Plus Gold rating, claimed OCZ. In addition to the 1000W configuration, two Silver 80 Plus rated power supplies are included in the series-the Z550 and Z650, the company noted.
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Quake divides China
On Saturday, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province and in the process, also struck a fault between the people and the government in China. While state-run media rushed to the epicenter of the quake to report the devastation, they also praised the authorities' fast response compared with the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan's Wenchuan County. However, the public thinks the opposite.
After the crisis occurred, most media extolled the merits of the government. The China Daily said "the nation has clearly been better prepared this time. The rescue efforts work better and social participation widens."
Television channels broadcast footage of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (李克強) meeting with local government officials and rescue teams, and even clambering over the rubble to evaluate the destruction and help search for the victims. The media put emphasis on the massive relief efforts made by the government, such as in the distribution of aid and tents. However, this is only part of the real story.
The other part of the story is that some survivors in Lushan County are still in need of supplies. In order to attract attention, they held cardboard signs saying: "Lack of water and food." Unsurprisingly, the state media ignored them. The Red Cross Society of China, China's largest state-sanctioned humanitarian organization, is having a hard time collecting funds from donors due to its poor credibility and transparency. Some soldiers and rescue groups were reportedly not willing to start rescue operations or begin distributing goods until the press had come. Roads are still congested and many outlying villages are still out of reach.
As the days go by, information from the epicenter of the earthquake has gradually been put online and been dissemenated quickly. With 1.35 billion Internet users in China, the public can see a stark contrast between what is protrayed on the news and the real situation, creating a gap between the Chinese and their government. This fault is ready to be triggered by another crisis, so the question is: Can the Chinese government withstand the magnitude of it?
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Nuclear energy goes sci-fi
Imagine if someday in the future, a headline was to appear in a newspaper in Taiwan which read: "Underwater nuclear power stations being planned for Taiwan coast." Sounds implausible, but amid issues surrounding wind power, nuclear energy and the need to generate electrical power to power the engines of Taiwan, I just found out the other day that France — which is a big proponent of nuclear power — has plans to build underwater nuclear power reactors around the coast of France. I wish I was making this up, but any quick Google search will show that it is true.
If France succeeds with such a plan, could the rest of the world see a boom in the uptake of this kind technology?
Of course, there are some serious questions about the costs and waste disposal of underwater nuclear reactors that remain unanswered.
There are now about 58 nuclear reactors in France which provide nearly 80 percent of the country's electricity. In a bid to bring dependable energy to remote coastal communities, the French government has decided to give the green light to a different kind of nuclear power program: smaller nuclear reactors based on the ocean floor.
Could future headlines in Taiwan speak of the central government giving the green light to small nuclear reactors on the seabed off the coast of Taipei, Hsinchu and Kenting? It sounds like science fiction, but what if these things do come to pass?
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by Jim Stiles
(In this episode: Ashley Korenblat's Dream Scheme)
NOTE: In this section of the story we frequently quote Ms. Ashley Korenblat of the 'Utah Outdoor Business Network' during a presentation to the San Juan County Commission on June 10, 2013. We transcribed verbatim an audio recording of that meeting and provide several direct quotes here. The complete audio can be heard at the San Juan County online archives
In some ways, conservative Westerners are their own worst enemies. They have always been torn by two very conflicting, incompatible philosophies. On the one hand, Old Westerners, especially in Utah, have resented us 'newcomers.' They have never wanted our advice or felt they needed it. We are as alien to them as a Martian landing on the White House lawn.
"We don't need you to tell us how to manage our lands." It's a refrain repeated again and again. You'd think nothing could shake that resolve. But something can. Those same independent Westerners, who loathe the sight of an Outsider are simultaneously dyed-in-the-wool capitalists right up to their eyeballs. They never see a money-making project they don't like. They cannot resist a good deal and, too often, it's the short-term profit that blinds them to the bigger picture.
San Juan County has danced around the edges of a tourist economy for years. Twenty-five years ago, I would never have dreamed that someday Blanding, Utah would call itself, "Your Base Camp to Adventure" and stick that logo on their "Welcome to Blanding" road signs. I wonder what the late Cal Black might think of that. Still the changes are in their infancy. A few shops have popped up here and there, eager to embrace the Borg. But for the most part, San Juan County has held its enthusiasm for a full-blown tourist/amenities economy in check.
In 2014, the "green business community" of Southeast Utah, with headquarters firmly rooted in the Moab success story---the people I call "enviropreneurs"---are ready to sell San Juan County a bill of goods that, if successful, will leave today's San Juan County residents as bewildered in 20 years as Moab's residents of 1993 are now. It can happen fast. Faster than you can imagine. The refrain in Monticello today is, "We don't want to be another Moab." Someday you could be asking, "How did we become Moab?" It's not as unimaginable as you might think.
Last summer, representatives from an organization called the Utah Outdoor Business Network (UOBN) appeared before the San Juan County Commission to make their case for a dramatically expanded tourist economy and to discuss a letter they had sent to Congressmen Bishop about wilderness designation in eastern Utah. Ashley Korenblat, Jason Keith, Vaughn Hadenfield and Jeff Barrett, all enthusiastic recreation boosters with decades-long vested roots in tourism, shared their unbridled enthusiasm.
Korenblat, the chief spokesperson, made a pitch to those capitalist instincts when she told the commissioners, "...one thing that I want to make clear is that we're not the conservation community...Our viewpoint, our interest, really derives from recreation and the businesses associated with that right now. We may share some interests with the conservation community on conservation in certain areas. But we just want to make sure it's clear that we are coming from our own specific position and the businesses that signed on to this letter really are...um, their interest is economic."
She added, "All we're doing right now is trying to stake a claim, or at least articulate the places that matter to outdoor recreation.......a reflection of their interest in optimizing the landscape and trying to protect the assets that these businesses rely on."
Korenblat offered examples of ways San Juan County is missing out on tourism dollars. She noted:
"When recreation is not managed, and it kind of happens haphazardly and evolves over time, you end up with issues like the fact that Indian Creek (which) is a world class climbing area, but the way it works, and the way people visit, there's nowhere for them to... they don't spend their money in San Juan County. They either load up their car in Colorado or... And this is same way with motorized recreation and lots of other types of recreation, where the people are relatively independent. The question becomes, if San Juan County starts to move in the direction of developing the recreation economy here, that's one of the things that needs to be addressed is you want to make sure that the recreation assets are placed in such a way."
And there's the problem the way Korenblat and company see it; there are plenty of natural "assets" for recreationists to enjoy, but not the business infrastructure to take advantage of it.
Korenblat explained, "You've got to advertise to get people to come and to encourage people to start the businesses, but unless the business is there. (sic) Unless the restaurants and grocery stores and hotels are there, then you don't really see the revenue. It's hard to see the benefit of the advertising. So it's sort of this thing that has to evolve... Like, it's just pure entrepreneurship. Like, people that want to start businesses, and want to bring people here. And what we're seeing is, there are a bunch of entrepreneurs in San Juan County that are working on it. That are starting different outfitting businesses and restaurants and really look at, gee, this is a beautiful place. Lots of people want to come here. I want to live here. How can I make a living here. so there's a whole bunch of dots. Its' definitely not a linear process."
Korenblat proposed one way to cash in on the popular climbing destination in Indian Creek... "The problem," she explained, "is San Juan County is seeing the impacts but it's not capturing any of those dollars down there, that drive right through your county and use your world class landscapes. I think that's a big challenge. If there were some incentive for them to stop here in Monticello and buy their groceries...You ought to open a convenience store there at Church Rock. I think he would seasonally, make it hand over fist."
The county commissioners asked the group if they supported a proposal to create Greater Canyonlands National Monument." Korenblat answered, "No."
But then she dissembled:
"The outdoor industry, nationally, is concerned about this area. Part of it is, every product that those companies make can be found around here being used, pretty much everyday. So they have an interest in the area and the way that they usually function with regard to public land has been to just do whatever the conservation community says. So as a business person you're doing your job,...the conservation community says hey, did you know there was a threat to the landscape? You're like, no, what's going on? They say, well, you've got to sign this letter, or go to this meeting, or write a check, or whatever. And you're pretty much like, ok... you haven't had time to research it. So the purpose of the Utah Outdoor Business Network is to make it possible for business owners to know what's going on, and for the businesses to speak with their own voice. There may be overlap with the conservation community. There may be overlap with other groups. But that voice, of the pure business voice, hasn't really been there."
A couple months later, in an interview with Greg Hanscom for a story in 'High Country News' called 'Stakeholders,' Korenblat stated, "Wilderness is a good tool for protecting that land in its natural state."
None of us can have it both ways. And her support for Greater Canyonlands was enough to generate a rebuttal from Grand County Council commissioner Lynn Jackson. In the HCN story Korenblat explained, "Folks in the rural West see kids in Grand Junction driving trucks for Halliburton making $80,000 a year. They see these jobs as good jobs, but they aren't going to last. (Utah Republican Rep. Jason) Chaffetz has said, 'We wouldn't want to do anything now that would prevent us from getting high-paid extraction jobs in the future.' Actually, you might. Look at the loads of people leaving Salt Lake City to move to Moab."
(A Rebuttal to the OIA / Ashley Korenblat Statement on the Proposed Greater Canyonlands NM.
At the end of the day and regardless of the contradictions or the artful dodging, Korenblat and her friends are clear about one thing. As she said, "It's just pure entrepreneurship."
What does that mean for San Juan County? All you have to do is look 55 miles north. Because what Korenblat and others are proposing is straight out of the New Moab playbook. Those "loads of people" moving to Moab that she refers to have been making the pilgrimage for 20 years. And hardly any of them had or has an interest in the town before they got there.
Moab didn't become the town it is today because the people who lived and worked there decades ago wanted it this way. Few in Moab had the capital and the resources to transform the community so drastically in such a relatively short time. Money (and the power that goes with it) came from elsewhere. From Park City and Telluride and from California. From just about everywhere but itself...Moab's future was decided while most of its residents sat on the sidelines and watched.
Whether Monticello and San Juan County face a similar fate is anybody's guess. But at least this time around, you should know what might be coming...
(Jim Stiles is publisher of the "Canyon Country Zephyr – Planet Earth Edition" now exclusively online. He is also the author of "Brave New West." Both can be found at www.canyoncountryzephyr.com. Stiles can be reached at email@example.com.)
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Low back pain is one of the most common health problems in the US. It is often caused by regular stresses on the low back such as high-impact activities, long periods of standing, poor posture, poor lifting techniques, and weak muscles. Foot orthoses like shoe inserts have become a convenient and common tool to combat back pain because they are believed to reduce impact and improve alignment of lower body and spine.
Researchers from Australia wanted to determine if shoe insoles or foot orthoses were actually effective in the prevention and treatment of low back pain. The study, published in BMC Journal of Musculoskeletal Disorders, found that there is not enough evidence to support the use of insoles or orthoses.
About the Study
The systematic review included 11 studies: 5 randomized trials looked at treatment and 6 randomized trials looked at prevention of low back pain with shoe insoles or foot orthoses. Only published reports of randomized controlled trials or crossover trials that compared orthoses or insoles with no treatment or placebo were included in the review.
After the review, the study concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the use of shoe insoles or foot orthoses as either a treatment for low back pain or in the prevention of low back pain.
How Does this Affect You?
A systematic review is considered a reliable form of research because it combines several smaller studies. The higher the number of participants the more reliable the results may be. However, the systematic review is only as reliable as the studies that were included. In this case, all of the included trials had some quality issue which may affect the reliability of outcomes. This review does match other study outcomes that failed to find a benefit of shoe insoles for back pain.
Low back pain can be caused by a variety of problems which may explain why some have pain relief with shoe inserts but studies have failed to find benefits in large groups. Work with your doctor to help manage back pain. Staying active, yoga, acupuncture, and massage have been shown to be helpful for some to manage back pain. Experiment with different techniques to find what works best for you and avoid activities or habits that may make your back worse such as long periods of sitting or standing, smoking, poor posture, and sedentary behavior.
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When Pigs Fly - Racing The 24 Hours Of LeMons
Second In A Two-Part SeriesIn the last issue of Circle Track, we announced our plans to compete in the 24 Hours of LeMons race event at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, SC, and outlined the process of building our race car. This month we get to the fun part-racing.
If you remember, the 24 Hours of LeMons series of racing events is designed to minimize the cost of racing while maximizing the fun. Just about any car or light pickup is eligible to race, as long as it's valued as $500 or less. After finding a suitable clunker, you can upgrade it however you like with what's left of your $500 budget. Safety components-such as a rollcage, five point harness, fuel cell, and even wheels and brakes-aren't included in the $500 limit.
Our team is made up mostly of a longtime Dirt Late Model racer and his volunteer crew. Racer Chris Hargett declined to drive, instead opting to lead the way with the build and offer seat time to some of the guys who volunteer on his DLM team as a way of saying thanks. Hargett also found our car, a '91 Honda Accord that was in an impound yard and on its way to the crusher. The transformation from four-door grocery getter to race car took approximately four weeks and is detailed in the article "Can You Really Make a Race Car Out of a Honda?" in the previous issue of the magazine.
Most LeMons events follow a similar format and take place over the course of a weekend. Inspections must be completed on a Friday afternoon, followed by several hours of racing on Saturday and Sunday. Since it's an endurance event, each team is required to have at least four drivers. Still, even sharing driving duties, this is one of the cheapest ways to get a serious amount of seat time.
The thrash to complete our Honda lasted right up until 2 a.m. on Friday morning before we needed to load up and head to the track. We never had an opportunity to shake down the car, but thankfully, Carolina Motorsports Park offered an open track day that Friday, of which we decided to take advantage. We wanted some laps to not only make sure there were no surprises with the car, but also because we were all circle track racers-and none of us had any experience on a road course.
At the track, our Honda-named "Poor Man's Derrike Cope" in honor of our circle track heritage-performed well during the shakedown laps before we stopped to roll through the tech line at noon. The 24 Hours of LeMons actually has two tech inspections. The first, and most serious, is safety tech. Inspectors checked every car from front to back and top to bottom to make sure no team would be putting its drivers-and other competitors-unnecessarily at risk. Most rules are pretty standard with what you are used to seeing at your local racetrack, but you can get the complete rulebook at the series' website.
The second tech station is like nothing else you'll see anywhere besides the 24 Hours of LeMons. This is the land of the B.S. Factor (figure the first two letters out yourself). Judges complete with black robes and white wigs go over your race car to determine if you actually did stay below the $500 limit. Bribes are gladly accepted, but the fiver we offered up didn't make much difference when the judges raised the hood to find a VTEC engine equipped with a cold-air intake and stainless headers. Honda's high-revving VTEC was never a factory option on the Accord, but that's what we found when we saved this car from the crusher. We suspect the car was a street racer (which is why it was impounded) but the powerful four-banger bumped us well outside of LeMon's junker range, and the B.S. judges docked us a painful 75 laps.
We weren't the only team to start the race on Saturday with a penalty, but only three cars out of the starting field of 94 entries began the race more laps in the hole. One car, a spec-Miata racer, actually got hit with a 200-lap penalty, but the sting of the punishment was replaced by grins once the green flag flew.
The Carolina Motorsports Park track has several configurations, and the LeMons race ran the 1.1 mile short course. With 94 cars, there was always somebody nearby to race, and everyone seemed to have his own line around the course.
One luxury we definitely were thankful for once the action started was an in-car radio system by Racing Electronics. Some teams tried to get by with communicating through a pit board, but having a radio system that allowed communication between the driver and crew chief was a huge benefit, and many teams used radios of their own. With 90-plus cars on the track, having someone looking out for trouble and caution flags allows the driver to concentrate on the car in front of him and definitely helps remove a lot of the stress that can cause mental fatigue by the end of a one-hour driving stint.
Once the racing starts, the judges are nearly as busy as they were during the tech process. After the green flag drops they switch to handing out penalties for unsafe driving. At 24 Hours of LeMons races, penalties are handed out for infractions such as passing under yellow, contact with other cars, hitting cones or other track markers, or getting all four wheels off the race course. (Carolina Motorsports Park has no walls except for the pit road barrier on the front stretch.)
Of course, the penalties are anything but normal. For example, if two racers made contact (rubbing is OK, but anything hard enough to rumple sheetmetal will get you black flagged) they had their legs taped together and were required to walk to the nearest food vendor to get a snack for a track worker. The "official" reason is to foster a sense of teamwork and togetherness, but everyone knows it's all about embarrassing the offenders and making them waste time before they are able to get back on the track.
Other penalties include putting on a striped shirt, white face paint and "miming" your offense, writing lines (on your race car), and mimicking a photo out of some beefcake calendar the judges had picked up somewhere.
As you can imagine, the $500 limit means the cars on the racetrack are not only cheap, they're usually also quite old and also in various states of disrepair. There's even an award-called the Index of Effluency-given to the team that makes the most laps with the worst car. So after the first hour or so, a good portion of the field is off the track and in the pits making repairs. A stroll through the pits after a couple hours of racing will greet you with the aromas of overheated engines, burnt transmissions and rearends, and cooked brakes. So the top finishers in these races aren't necessarily the fastest cars, but the teams that can keep their vehicles in one piece and out of the penalty box for two days of racing.
Unfortunately, we were only 30 minutes into the race when we were hit with our first penalty. The brakes faded and Eddie Hargett, our lead driver, went off the track with all four tires at the end of the front stretch. After getting the black flag, Hargett entered the penalty box area of the pits and the judges handed out our penalty: A sheetmetal pig was welded onto the roof of our race car by a lady wearing wings and a white welder's helmet. She was the "Arc Angel" in charge of welding metal animals on the cars of miscreants, which was cool except her welding skills were marginal at best. We didn't mind the pig-in fact we even renamed our Honda "The Pig Rig"-but she put way too much heat into the weld and warped the roof of our Honda big time.
It turns out that staying on the track was one of our biggest problems for the weekend. We had already talked to some of the helpful staff at Carolina Motorsports Park, and they told us that taking care of the brakes would be our biggest issue on the track, and they were right. I took the second shift behind the wheel after the Arc Angel finished welding the pig on the roof. I didn't notice a brake problem at first because while the car was sitting in impound they apparently had time to cool, but after 30 minutes on the track the brake pedal went all the way to the floor at the end of the front stretch and I went off the track too. Fifteen minutes in the pit area to bleed the brakes helped a bit, but break wear was a problem throughout the day. We ended up changing the pads twice before Saturday's race action ended trying to keep ahead of the problem.
Still, despite those problems, we were slowly gaining positions. After starting the race 90th out of 94 cars, by the time racing ended for Saturday, we were somewhere in the low 60s. Many of the more ragged cars spent most of the day in the pits, while some of the more ragged drivers caused their teams to spend most of the day in the penalty box. The winning strategy is to keep your car out of trouble and on the track making laps. And it wasn't hard to tell who was doing things right-by the end of the day the leaders had managed to put almost 50 laps on our effort.
Saturday evening we finally had a chance to take a closer look at the car to determine a possible fix. We guessed that the fronts were wearing out way too quickly because they were doing all the work. The Accord is outfitted with drums in the rear, and to be honest, we really hadn't given them much attention during the build. So while we sent one member of the team to buy all the front pads for the Honda to be found in Kershaw, SC, we went to work on the rear brakes. A new seat of rear drum pads and a few adjustments later, we hoped the problem would at least be improved.
Sunday morning we guess only around 75 cars out of the original 94 took to the track for the second day of racing. Fortunately, the Honda managed to keep all four wheels on asphalt for the duration of Sunday's action. Part of that came from working on the braking system, but we have to admit that part of it also came from learning how to drive it better without taxing the brakes quite so much. Slowly, we were able to tick off more positions and by the time the checkered flag flew on Sunday afternoon, The Pig Rig had advanced all the way to 41st.
But honestly, nobody on our team really cared about a mid-pack finish. We'd had too much fun. The winner, the Dorifto Dogs team running a BMW, completed 595 laps with a best lap of 1:04.366. Meanwhile, we completed 504 laps (429 if you subtract out the 75 lap penalty). Not counting the penalty laps, the winning Dogs lapped us 91 times by managing to stay out on the track almost the entire time. Still, our best lap was a respectable 1:05.964. The still functioning odometer on the car said we had raced more than 550 miles, and all four of our drivers got at least three hours of track time, which is an entire season's worth of racing in most Saturday night classes where the feature may be only 30 to 50 laps.
Honestly, even though this isn't the type of racing usually covered in the pages of Circle Track, everyone involved with the effort said this was some of the best fun they had enjoyed in a very long time. Somehow, even though the cars are slow, the equipment is minimal, and the drivers in the field inexperienced, the action turned out to be fantastic. If you ever get the chance to try the 24 Hours of LeMons yourself, we'd recommend it wholeheartedly.


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It is perhaps not surprising that MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER Dick Vitale would have trouble using basic cellular technology, but it is surprising that Vitale might actually say something off-camera that could be construed as "controversial." Or, for that matter, that he would say anything; we always assumed they just pushed a button on the back of his neck once the camera light came on.
Anyway, Vitale was doing a radio interview yesterday and was talking to someone in the room and forgot he was on the air. He ends up trashing Joakim Noah a bit and telling some off-record Billy Donovan info that we doubt the intense Florida coach would particularly enjoy.
The best thing is that this happens twice; we imagine Vitale just trying to figure out where the "SEND TELEGRAM" button on his phone is. For some big fun, you can hear the audio here and here.
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Our site requires a re-design emphasizing our 25th (Silver) Anniversary.
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Please use a professional easy to use layout, as people from all ages visit this site for all kinds of information, from events to entry forms, to just viewing pictures.
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A tribute to Greenpeace co-founder Bob Hunter who passed away in May 2005. The images show the early years of Greenpeace when Hunter was an inspirational figure. In later years he remained close to the organisation and was named as one of Time magazines environmental heroes of the 20th Century.
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Maben chose to do, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," again. You can see where we have done this theme before here.
The character pumpkins are something our school district challenges the families to do. Each pumpkin gets put on display for a week in the library at school. It was a lot of fun and I foresee us doing this every year. If you want to do it, it's easy. Let your child pick out a book or character, then paint your pumpkin up with what was chosen. Everyone in the family has to help!
Maben and I did the majority of the painting. I drew out the shapes in pencil, then gave Maben (and a few times Colton) a loaded up paint brush and showed them where to paint. I came in and did the detail work. My husband painted one small spot, he's not so artsy and didn't want to ruin it.
Have you ever painted a character pumpkin? If so, I would love to hear/see what you have done.
I hope you all have a safe and wonderful Halloween.


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Jigsaw99 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 33 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Easy to brand logo required for Home Turf Media. We are a new blog network of city-based blogs. It is our goal to form communities and share information relevant to people living in each city in our network. Using the web to let neighbors get to know each other.
Logo to be used on HomeTurfMedia.com and all sites on the network and on business cards.
Visit http://www.hometurfmedia.com to get a taste of what we're about.
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I am open to any concept. The current logo on HomeTurfMedia.com was just a quick one I did myself to get us up and running.
I think it looks unprofessional, but I do like the way the words kind of look like buildings but I'm not attached to this idea at all.
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The structure of the UK's virtual print fee remains highly unsatisfactory for many of the territory's distributors. Andreas Wiseman reports on new efforts to improve it.
Digital cinemas now account for 87% of all screens in the UK and digitisation has brought a number of advantages. Distributors, for example, now benefit from a reduction in delivery costs, cleaner prints and supposed programming flexibility.
However, the virtual print fee (VPF), the subsidy paid by distributors towards the purchase of digital projection equipment, has long been controversial among smaller independents, and single-screen exhibitors. They point to a lack of consultation during the subsidy's creation, the overtaxing payment structure and the difficulty negotiating with the four separate integrators — Arts Alliance Media, DCinex, DDL and Sony — which administer the fee on behalf of the exhibitors.
While the integrators offer different models from which distributors can choose, under the current model a film booking generally attracts a VPF fee comparable to, and often higher than, the cost of producing a 35mm print for the same film. In addition, the fee is multiplied when a film moves across exhibition circuits whose equipment is managed by different integrators.
A VPF can cost up to $800 (£500), with additional payments in subsequent play weeks; 35mm prints range from $480 (£300) to $3,200 (£2,000), but UK independent films are often priced between $480 and $800. Digital flexibility has also meant films are not guaranteed multiple showings and can be pulled for blockbusters.
"The model was developed for the multiplex-type release model," says David Kerr, the former vice-president of international servicing for UIP, now working for the UK's Film Distributors' Association (FDA) as a broker between the integrators and the independents. "It works well with that machine. The issue is that it doesn't cater as well for the smaller members of the business."
"The VPF served a purpose when no-one could come up with a better model to finance the digital roll-out," adds Alex Stolz, senior executive, distribution and exhibition at the BFI. "But it is clunky and bureaucratic. The effect on independents wasn't properly thought out and while this wasn't done maliciously, it has left them in a difficult spot."
One UK distributor describes the model as "potentially crippling" to its business. The distributor claims a leading exhibitor has threatened not to play its films as the company has not signed the VPF contract issued by the integrator.
Even one executive at a studio admits "in hindsight you wish the model had been structured in a different way".
The studios move first
Fiona Deans, COO of Arts Alliance Media, admits the consultation period did favour the bigger companies but the smaller distributors must bear some responsibility for this.
"We signed some of the studios first in 2007 after beginning discussions with them in 2005," she explains. "We also went to see some independents in 2005 but I don't think it was a priority for them at that point. We didn't go to the 40 or so independents in the UK, we consulted with about 10.
"Some of them clearly feel they weren't consulted but it's a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation because until there was something in place they didn't want to prioritise a hypothetical scheme. The studios are able to plan for the longer term."
In March 2011, the European Commission dropped an antitrust investigation into the fairness of the UK's VPF contracts after the US studio distributors agreed to revise the 'most favoured nation' clauses which required each studio distributor to be offered the most favourable terms agreed by integrators with any film distributor.
A number of independent distributors have since complained they have not seen sufficient benefits from the integrators' freedom to offer them better terms. But at least one of the integrators insists the contracts have been modified: "I would say we have acted on the changes proposed by the majors," says DCinex's David Pope.
The UK government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) waded into the complex market issue earlier this year. According to recommendation 13 of the DCMS-commissioned Film Policy Review, published in January 2012, the current mechanism, "if unchecked, [will] have a continuing and detrimental impact on independent distributors and smaller exhibition venues. It is already having a negative impact on their capacity to make available British and specialised films to audiences across the UK."
The review's independent panel called on "studios, third-party consolidators and exhibitors to find a new virtual print fee model that puts the independent distributor in an economic position which is as good as or better than the 35mm model."
One distributor adds: "We need recommendation 13 to be given the full endorsement of the culture secretary, and we need to hear back from exhibition and the integrators on what steps they plan to take to comply with it."
However, Deans for one, contests the suggestion AAM does not offer such models: "We have structures in our deals that mimic 35mm. I don't think all the VPF mechanisms have that but we've had ours in place for some years, realising it could be an issue."
She does, however, recognise there could be some revision of the mechanism regarding the fee incurred between circuits. "It is a priority for us to sort this out," says Deans, "but it's not a process we can drive ourselves due to competition regulations. It's not something one VPF entity can resolve on its own. Maybe there are a few tweaks for certain distributors but at the end of the day there are significant advantages that they're getting from the current system. We're aware the FDA is chairing a meeting on this matter."
That meeting is being brokered by Kerr. He is trying to bring the four integrators together, possibly with distributors, and a competition lawyer, to discuss potential tweaks to the mechanism: "I wrote to the integrators in spring 2012 and since the summer we've been trying to work out how that solution can be engineered," Kerr explains. "It is a bit of a minefield and there has been some resistance but there has also been communication on the issue and I am hopeful of a resolution."
"We have been contributing to the process of getting people together," says Pope of DCinex. "It won't be long getting us together but there are quite a few ideas around how we arrive at the flat fee [to replace a film's repeat fee as it moves between integrators]. It could be weeks, it could be months. But I'm optimistic we can arrive at a solution."


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Nearly 50% of high school seniors in the U.S. can't even guess how much money they will need to pay for college, and even greater numbers appear unable to understand the basic terms of a student loan, according to CUNA's first annual High School Student Borrowing Survey.
The CUNA survey also found that 70% of students are confident they will receive a high-paying job upon graduation, suggesting that students are willing to pay the cost of college tuition even while not understanding how their associated borrowing will affect their financial futures.
The Student Borrowing Survey polled 847 high school students nationally (ages 17 to 18) about their strategies for paying for college. Of those surveyed, a large majority knew neither the rates (83%) nor the duration (77%) of their expected or existing college loans.
The poll was conducted by CUNA in conjunction with Financial Literacy Month, which is observed each April.
"These troubling findings suggest not just a lack of awareness of college costs or how debt works, but also a lack of basic financial knowledge," says Paul Gentile, executive vice president for CUNA. "The results suggest that some students could be challenged in managing basic expenses or using such payment tools as credit cards in a consistently responsible manner as they enter adulthood."
Gentile added that even if students relied on their parents to arrange financing, it's still important for students to have a basic understanding of the level and type of college debt they are taking on.
He noted that the survey's findings are also of particular concern because 74% of aspiring college attendees say they will need a combination of federal and private loans, family money and jobs to support their tuition.
Only 20% of respondents reported that family will pay their tuition outright and even smaller percentages expected to get by with federal loans and grants alone (5.8%) or private loans and grants (2%).
Nearly twice as many respondents (25%) anticipate taking out two or more student loans rather than a single loan (13%), while the majority (60%) reported that they didn't know how many loans they would need to graduate.
It's time to extend student loan terms
Given the new reality of more loans at larger amounts for most borrowers, CUNA is lobbying the government to allow student loans of longer duration than the current standard, which is 15 years.
"The 15-year standard student loan made sense in years past when the total debt taken out was much lower," Gentile says. "College is a lifetime investment. The value of a longer term is you can better structure the loan to allow for smaller payments in the early work years. That is typically when most borrowers struggle as their careers are just beginning. Once their careers pick up, they are better able to manage the debt. So a longer term helps marry up those two realities."
Of the respondents who do have an idea of how much money they will owe when they graduate, 22% say they will owe $11,000 to $50,000. Fifteen-percent expect debt of $10,000 or less, and 13% of respondents expect to have more than $50,000 in debt at graduation.
One-third of the respondents (33%) reported family income of less than $25,000; 11%, less than $50,000; 19.5%, less than $100,000; 15.5%, less than $150,000; and 21%, more than $150,000.
Sixty-six percent of respondents were % female, mirroring the gender gap in college applications.
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The Phase I study focused on the potential of administering the drug midostaurin (PK412) with high doses of the chemotherapy drug cytarabine in AML patients whose disease has been driven into remission by cytarabine and another chemotherapy agent, daunorubicin.
Midostaurin is a kinase inhibitor, blocking a key class of enzymes — kinases — that often spur cancer cell growth. It works by targeting the FLT3 cell receptor, which is overactive in the white blood cells of many AML patients as a result of genetic mutation.
On its own, midostaurin reduces the number of circulating leukemia cells in AML patients, but rarely produces complete remissions. Preclinical studies have shown that FLT3 inhibitors like midostaurin work synergistically with chemotherapy agents, reinforcing each other's effect against cancer.
In the new study, researchers led by Richard Stone, MD, of Dana-Farber treated 40 newly diagnosed AML patients under age 61 with daunorubicin and cytarabine to induce remission, followed by high-dose cytarabine and oral midostaurin in twice-daily doses of either 100 mg or 50 mg.
The higher dose level often produced nausea and vomiting, but patients at the lower dosage tolerated the therapy well.
Of the 40 patients who completed the therapy, 32 (or 80 percent of the group) had a complete response, in which circulating AML cells were reduced to undetectable levels.
Complete responses occurred in 74 percent of the patients whose cells had normal FLT3, and in 92 percent of those with mutated FLT3 — significantly better than had been achieved with midostaurin alone.
Eighty-five percent of the group with mutated FLT3 were alive one year after treatment, and 62 percent were alive two years after. These results were comparable to those of the normal FLT3 group (81 percent one-year survival, and 62 percent two-year survival).
Although the study involved a relatively small number of patients, "the results suggest that a combination of an FLT3 inhibitor and chemotherapy might be effective enough to reduce the need for donor stem cell transplantation in AML patients with mutated FLT3 who have entered first remission," Stone says.
"These findings also support the value of ongoing phase III studies of the potential benefits of midostaurin during various phases of AML treatment."
The study's senior author is Frank Giles, MD, of the Institute for Drug Development, in San Antonio, Texas.
Co-authors include Thomas Fisher, MD, of University Hospital, in Magdeburg, Germany; Ronald Paquette, MD, of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center; Gary Schiller, MD, of UCLA School of Medicine; Charles Schiffer, MD, of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center, in Detroit; Gerhard Ehninger, MD, of University Hospital, in Dresden, Germany; Jorge Cortes, MD, and Hagop Kantarjian, MD, of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Daniel DeAngelo, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber; and Alice Huntsman-Labed, Catherine Dutreix, MD, and Sumita Rai, MD, of Novartis Oncology.
The authors are supported by research funding from Novartis AG, Cephalon, Inc., Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Genzyme Corp., Vion Corp. Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc., Eli Lilly and Co., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer Inc., Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Celgene Corp., and Merck & Co.
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El Hierro – an island of only 269 km2 and around 10,000 inhabitants in the Canaries archipelago, an autonomous region of Spain and an EU outermost region situated in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The island hopes to become one of the first entirely energy self-sufficient islands in the world.
More than 10 years ago the island started to look for alternative renewable energy sources to replace the power station, which uses fuel and provides most of the island's electricity. The exploitation of a single resource would render energy production uncertain. Therefore the island looked for a combination of different energy sources to make the complete self-sufficient energy system viable in the long-term.
With the approval of Plan de Sostenibilidad de El Hierro (El Hierro Sustainability Plan), the island started a complete reorganization of the island's energy production concept. Most of the energy would come from a hydro-wind power station. A wind farm would produce the energy and a system of two connected water reservoirs would be the power storage battery (or accumulator) and would provide a supplementary source of energy. This wind-water system should produce up to 80% of the island's energy requirements. The sun, through the solar farms, should provide the rest.
At present, the civil construction work is nearing completion. A wind farm and other mechanical components, hydraulic pumps and hydraulic turbines, are being installed and in the end of 2012 operational testing of the system will begin.
The whole island is a Biosphere Reserve and 59% of its territory is comprised of natural protected areas, but the spot where the project is developed is specifically located outside of them.
The Government of the Canary Islands, an IUCN Member, works on this project together with a number of other partners.
For more information:
Jorge Juan Bonnet Fernandez-Trujillo, Government of the Canary Islands
Gonzalo Piernavieja Izquierdo, ITC-Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias


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To mark the 500th birth anniversary of the Great Saint of Sikh Community, Guru Nanak Devji, the college was established and managed by the The Guru Nanak Educational society (Regd), Chennai, with late Lt.Col G.S.Gill, C.I.E, O.B.E., M.B., Ch.B(Edin), I.M.S as its founder President and late Padmashree P.N.Dhawan as general secretary, established a first grade college in the city of Chennai, Tamilnadu in 1971. The Government of Tamilnadu made a generous gift of twenty acres of land near Raj Bhavan, Guindy. The college was incerted with a sole motive of spreading the ideals of universal brotherhood, Oneness of god, Communal harmony and welfare to all communities. The college in being run as a minority college within the meaning of article 29 and 30 of the constitution of India.
The college is situated on the Velachery, Tambaram Road, providing a quiet and ideal environment for the intellectual pursuits of the younger generation. The college has an excellent infrastructure with dedicated and well-qualified faculty striving their best to inculcate in the minds of the students, the qualities of leadership and service mindedness.


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Free Summer Concert Series Begins
Bringing a little brightness to a dreary weather day, The Sunshine String Band opened the second annual summer concert series on Thursday, June 9. The Arenac Heritage Route Authority, who hosts the concert series, was pleased to welcome the Michigan bluegrass hall of fame group back to the Standish Depot. The Sunshine String Band is no stranger to the county, having performed at Depot Days as well as the summer concert series in 2010. "We love playing anything outside. This is one of our favorite gigs," bass player Dave Maul said. Heads were bobbing and feet were tapping as the band played old favorites like Hey Good Lookin' and Yes Sir, That's My Baby. The concert series will continue throughout the summer, with performances taking place rain or shine. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit out and enjoy each evening event.
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