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LAFAYETTE, La. -- Show us the money: That's the response of U.S. cotton growers to complaints by international buyers about fiber quality.
While foreign buyers say they want higher fiber quality, Bill Meredith, cotton geneticist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service at Stoneville, Miss., says the cold, hard economic reality is that the grower can get more money by shooting for high yield than by striving for higher quality.
"Last year, the very worst penalty a grower could get was 55 points and the very best premium was 55 points," he told the Delta Council's Ginning and Cotton Quality Improvement Committee in a joint meeting with the Southern Cotton Ginners Association.
Using market loan value figures, he says, yield "is going to completely overshadow" the 55-point penalty for quality.
He says 2001 studies, based on loan value of the variety being tested, showed 85 percent of the total variability in cotton value per acre for early-maturing varieties was in yield.
"Yield is very important in how much the total value of the crop is going to be.
"If we switch and ask how much quality is worth, based on the loan, it's zero. Everybody knows this and consequently, from year to year growers concentrate on yield more than fiber quality."
For late-maturing varieties, it's much the same story, Meredith says, with 92 percent of the total variability in cotton value being due to yield, not fiber quality.
"There is no relationship, when you put the loan value into the equation, insofar as total income to the grower. There is a side issue, in that the loan price isn't necessarily what you're going to get — it's a guideline. If you have an organization or a contract that specifies a certain type of cotton, you can get points above the loan, which would change the picture. But you've got to have a contract in advance to expect this — you don't just grow it and then try to bargain for extra points."
Why don't breeders solve these problems?
Well, they could, says Meredith. "These traits are heritable; they're easy to work with. But there's a negative genetic association between everything the textile industry runs and yield.
"You make a change of 1/100 of an inch in fiber length, you lose about 3 pounds in yield. For one unit of uniformity, you lose about 13 pounds. For one unit of HVI strength, you lose about 14 pounds. Increase micronaire one unit, you gain 9 pounds (and that's why it has been going up — micronaire is associated with higher yields)."
From a practical standpoint, based on what mills say they want, meeting their quality specs would cost a total of 190 pounds on average, Meredith says.
"Breeders can develop varieties that do better than average, but even so, the grower would still be losing about 100 pounds of lint, and right now it's not worth it economically."
The industry currently is focusing primarily on what's taking place with fiber quality, "but the negative associations of good fiber traits and yield are a major problem we've not solved in my career. It's hard to get increases in yield and fiber quality at the same time."
The bottom line, Meredith says: "At present, the grower can make more money based on yield. In the long run, I think survival in the international market is going to depend on our dedication to producing a quality product. We have the best technology in the world and we have the capability and the organizational structure — if we can just meet this yield/quality challenge."
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text: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 No Date Set for PECOS Requirement, Says CMS Last year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) delayed the implementation of a requirement that all physicians who ordered or referred services for Medicare beneficiaries to be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) because many physicians were unaware of the obligation. This requirement has been particularly problematic for physical therapists who furnish durable medical equipment in home health settings because claims for services ordered by a provider who is not enrolled in PECOS would be denied. Under this requirement, the ordering/referring providers will not see claims denials. Instead, the claims of providers who provide services under the order of a physician, including physical therapists, will be denied under this new requirement. This week, CMS announced that there was an editorial oversight in a federal report that stated that the agency will implement the PECOS requirement July 5. This is incorrect. CMS has not yet determined when it will begin to apply the ordering/referring provider claim edit to ordering/referring providers who do not have a record in PECOS. CMS has stated that it will give providers ample notice before the ordering/referring provider claim edit is applied. Recent revisions to Change Requests #6417 and #6421 require Medicare Administrative Contractors to delay rejecting claims until they receive further direction from CMS. Comments I work in a state that requires physician referral in this situation the physician must be enrolled in PECOS and not the physical therapist, is that correct? But if you are a PT working in a state with Direct Access then the PT is the referring provider and the PT must be enrolled in PECOS. Is this correct? Posted by kevin lacey on 3/27/2011 11:10 AM It is wise for all PTs to enroll in the PECOS system. Regardless of the state, direct access or not, the Medicare plan of care still has to be certified and re-certified by the physician. Also, for home health and durable medical equipment under Medicare, the physician order is needed regardless of whether the state has direct access to physical therapy services. Posted by News Now Staff on 3/29/2011 9:20 AM Do PT's need to be registed in the PECOS system? Posted by George Herbig on 7/3/2013 5:27 PM


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A replication agreement is a set of parameters on a supplier that configures and controls how updates are sent to a given consumer. The replication agreement must be created on the supplier replicated suffix that is sending updates to its consumer. You must create a replication agreement on the supplier for every consumer that you want updated.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
If you use DSCC to create a new replication agreement, you can choose to copy some or all replication agreement configuration settings from an existing replication agreement.
From your master server, create a replication agreement for each consumer that you want to replicate to.
$ dsconf create-repl-agmt -h host -p port suffix-DN consumer-host:consumer-port\ [consumer-host:consumer-port]
For example:
$ dsconf create-repl-agmt -h host1 -p 1389 dc=example,dc=com host2:1389
To list existing replication agreements by using the command line, use the dsconf list-repl-agmts command.
If you change the port number on a master when replication is running, you do not need to reinitialize the servers. However, the old replication agreement that pointed to the old address (host:old-port) is no longer useful. If you want replication to continue as it did before the port number was changed, you must create a new agreement with the new address (host:new-port).
Check that the replication agreement has been created correctly.
$ dsconf show-repl-agmt-status -h host -p port suffix-DN consumer-host:consumer-port
If the authentication status is not OK, run the dsconf accord-repl-agmt command.
Only use the command dsconf accord-repl-agmt if you are using the default replication manager. If you have created a new replication manager, do not use this command because it overwrites some required settings.
The dsconf accord-repl-agmt command ensures that both the supplier and destination servers share the same replication authentication settings.
$ dsconf accord-repl-agmt -h host -p port suffix-DN consumer-host:consumer-port
For example:
$ dsconf accord-repl-agmt -h host2 -p 1389 dc=example,dc=com host1:1389
This procedure changes the remote replica pointed to by an existing replication agreement. The suffix DN and configuration of the existing agreement remain the same.


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Salisbury, MD (11/3/2012) – The Utica College football team saw its four game winning streak come to a close on Saturday after a 63-23 loss to host and nationally-ranked No. 21/16 Salisbury University. The Sea Gulls (7-2, 5-1 Empire 8) triple option attacked lived up its billing, compiling 559 yards on 69 carries to keep the Pioneers at bay. Utica fell into an early hole and could not muster the comeback as it dropped to 6-3 overall (ties school-record for wins) and 4-2 (school-record for conference wins) in the Empire 8. UC will host St. John Fisher College back at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium on Saturday in the regular season finale for both teams.
"Salisbury proved today why they are one of the top teams in the country," said Head Coach Blaise Faggiano. "The triple
The Sea Gulls rushing attack featured five players that posted at least 50 yards on the ground including Joe Benedetti (153), quarterback Dan Griffin (137), Ross Flanigan (76), Isaiah Taylor (70) and Lonnie Liggins (54). Salisbury's nine touchdowns were all rushing, five of which came from the legs of Griffin. Benedetti chipped in with two scores, while Taylor and Liggins each added one.
UC's Jeremy Meier continued his tremendous season, catching nine balls for 112 yards en route breaking the school's all-time receptions record. He now has 69 career catches. Meier also became the first receiver in school-history to catch for over 1,000 yards in a single season. Senior quarterback Andrew Benkwitt completed 26-of-37 passes for 225 yards and he also threw one touchdown to junior Joe Gerbino early in the second quarter.
UC was able to mount a small third quarter comeback after junior runningback Jesse Baldassare scampered for a 22 yard touchdown run and sophomore safety James Lenahan picked up a fumble and returned it 15 yards for a score, but UC still trailed 56-23 late in the third. Baldassare finished the day with 68 rushing yards on 17 carries.
Dan Griffin punched in an insurance touchdown early in the fourth quarter to close out the scoring on the day with the Sea Gulls on tope by 40.
Sophomore quarterback Connor Butkiewicz completed 9-of-13 passes for 107 yards for UC in relief of Benkwitt in the second half.
Senior safety Luke Manolescu led the Pioneer defense with 15 tackles. He was one of five Pioneers to post ten or more tackles in the contest, while Lenahan picked up two fumble recoveries. Dana Chritofferson totaled 14 tackles, while Genaro Scampone, Brandon Burnham and Jon Treen each added ten tackles. It was a career-high effort for Burnham and Scampone moved into ninth place on the College's career tackles list.
Senior tight end Matt Dunn caught five balls for 55 yards and moved into fifth place on the College's all-time receiving yards list. Jamie Murphy caught seven passes for 44 yards, while freshman Alex DeRusso caught three balls for 42 yards. Freshman kicker Thomas Woodburn knocked down one field goal from 20 yards out for UC in the first quarter, moving him one field goal closer to second place on the College's single season field goals list.
Salisbury's defense was led by Greg Stanton, who posted seven tackles and added one interception, while Paul Moore and Andre Carter each registered three pass break ups.
Salisbury closes out its regular season on the road Saturday at Empire 8 Conference foe Frostburg State when it takes on the Bobcats in the Regents Cup at 1 p.m.
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'Goon': A Wrecking Ball With A Heart Of Gold
- Director: Michael Dowse
- Genre: Sport Comedy
- Running Time: 128 minutes
Rated R for brutal violence, nonstop language, some strong sexual content and drug use
With: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel and Alison Pill
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A brief history of Sean William Scott characters: He was the sidekick to the guy who uttered the immortal phrase, "Dude, where's my car?"
As Stifler in American Pie, he suffered the twin humiliations of ingesting beer tainted with bodily fluids and witnessing his oversexed mother deflowering a teenage virgin.
Of the pair of energy drink salesmen in Role Models, he's the one tasked with dancing around in a furry minotaur outfit.
He was the lesser Duke brother in The Dukes of Hazzard, twice played second banana to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and was cast as the title character in a straight-to-DVD raunch comedy called Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach.
In other words, Scott has made an art — or at least a career — out of playing the affable dimwit. And with Goon, a salty Canadian comedy about the rise of a minor league hockey enforcer, Scott finally has his Hamlet, a role that calls for every blank, uncomprehending look in his toolbox while accessing the cuddly puppy within.
Whenever the film threatens to get too puerile on one end or too sentimental on the other, Scott steadies it with a performance that's open and innocent, and blessed with crack comic timing. Years of typecasting have made him the master of a very narrow craft.
Written by Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg, whose resumes are burnished by frequent work with Judd Apatow — Baruchel was the lead actor in the short-lived/much-loved sitcom Undeclared and a supporting player in Knocked Up; Goldberg served as Seth Rogen's writing partner on Superbad and Pineapple Express — Goon belongs to the rough-and-tumble tradition of '70s sports comedies like Slap Shot and The Longest Yard, though it's softer in the belly.
For inspiration, Baruchel and Goldberg have turned to the autobiography of Doug Smith, a professional ruffian who spent the '80s slugging his way through the NHL and the minors, despite not learning to skate until he was 19 years old.
Playing a man with a head of stone and a heart of gold, Scott stars as Doug Glatt, a Massachusetts bouncer who takes sheepishly to the task of pummeling drunken miscreants and tossing them out the door. One night, his obnoxious hockey buddy (Baruchel) takes him to a local club game; a fight breaks out in the stands and Doug's gift for delivering bloody beatings is discovered.
He soon lands a spot on the Halifax Highlanders, a Scottish-themed minor-league team that hires Doug as protection for its prima donna star Xavier Laflamme (Marc-Andre Grondin), who has never mentally recovered from a concussion he sustained at the hands of notorious enforcer Ross Rhea (Liev Schrieber, all mustache). This sets up a climactic confrontation between Doug and the soon-to-be-retired Rhea, who wants to get his licks in before skating out of the spotlight.
Baruchel and Goldberg add an obligatory love interest in Eva (Alison Pill), a promiscuous hockey groupie who tries and fails to resist Doug's earnest charms, but Goon could do just fine without it: The best scenes are inside the locker room and on the rink, where Doug and a team of has-beens, never-wases and never-will-bes trade more devastating insults and blows among themselves than against their opponents.
Things turn around, of course, but throughout it all, Doug stands out as the serene center of team and movie, aroused from a Zen-like state only when called upon to defend his buddies — and even then, Scott plays him like a man protecting the peace more than a thug committing violence.
Though it comes along at a curious time in the sport's history, when concussions are the biggest story in the NHL and several former enforcers have committed suicide owing to the long-term effects, Goon has a throwback quality that willfully casts all that ugliness aside.
It's made with affection both for the ritual of hockey fights and the strain of sports movies that care more about wisecracks and pranks than winning the big game. The film is a hockey fan's affectionate nod to a two-fisted, no-holds-barred culture that's currently pinned to the boards.


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Jeez, would it have killed you to give him ONE line of dialogue?
Seriously, that was pretty funny. I'm not sure MacCreagle is one of the world's greatest fighter, but his metal claw-hand (which you did not draw, shame on you!) might count for something.
I didn't know he was going to figure in a big Yahtzee crossover though. I would probably have vetoed that right away, since Yahtzee is one of Mythocorp's main obstacles in our quest for total multiversal domination.
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I was watching a television show late last night via my DirecTV account. The show I was watching has previously been recorded on my DVR and at the time two other shows were recording. When the show I was watching was over I attempted to delete it which it appeared to do but then it locked up one of the shows I was currently recording. Once locked up I was unable to use my DirecTV HD DVR HR21-700 remote to do anything. I waited for about 15 minutes to make sure it wasn't recover since I had never had one of my DirecTV HD receivers do this before. After waiting that initial time period I decided to go ahead and reboot the receiver which I did by unplugging the power, waiting 15 seconds, and then watching it reboot through its normal cycle. The receiver appeared to be starting as it typically does until it got to the last two steps and after a couple seconds at the final step 1 of 2 the receiver got a blue screen with the message "A problem has been detected in the storage device" message as shown below.


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The Texas Monthly already said that it stands behind the reporting in its profile of Jane Aldridge — "in Jimmy Choo stiletto heels" — but the writer of the piece, Jason Sheeler, has a more detailed explanation of some of the disputed quotes and facts at the magazine's blog. To wit, how that "Why should I go to college?" quote that the Sea of Shoes blogger recently said was "blatantly made up" happened:
When we'd last seen each other, Jane had mentioned wanting to apply to art and design schools. So now I asked her about this as she sipped champagne. She told me she had decided against studying fashion. Then, she said it.
"Why should I go to college? I'm already doing what I want."
These words are printed in large, ombré type on page 121 in the April issue of TEXAS MONTHLY, in a profile I wrote about Jane for the magazine that has become the grounds for an online he-typed-she-typed. Jane now contends, via a post on her blog, that this quote (and other facts in my piece) were "blatantly" made up.
Sheeler also reiterates the fact that neither Jane Aldridge nor her mother Judy disputed any of the facts in the piece for over a week after its publication.
Until yesterday, neither Jane nor Judy disputed any fact or quote since the story hit newsstands on March 21. I have spoken and texted with both Jane and Judy many times since then, and I received a text from Judy that she sent immediately after reading the feature. "Hey there, I really liked the article," she wrote. "It was very well done!"
I Really Do Like Jane Aldridge [TM Daily]
Earlier: Jane Aldridge's Parents Gave Her 'Several Hundred Thousand Dollars' To Spend On Shoes


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Nat Howell: Ambassador in disaster
There's one question W. Nathaniel Howell is always asked: "What's going to happen in Iraq?" Howell, who was ambassador to Kuwait when Iraq invaded in 1990, has plenty of personal experience in that part of the world.
For instance, he has the experience of being stuck in the U.S. Embassy for nearly four months after the invasion. Even as Iraq threatened the embassy's diplomatic status, "Our policy was to let any American in," says Howell, noting that as many as 75 took refuge there.
The worst physical hardship from being trapped in the embassy with no electricity or running water? "The heat," he says without hesitation. "It was 140 degrees and 100 percent humidity. We couldn't do much during the day, and we camped around the swimming pool."
How did a lad from Portsmouth end up under siege in Kuwait? (Siege is also the name of Howell's book about the experience.)
"I decided I was going into the Foreign Service when I was 10 years old," replies Howell. "I even chose to use my initial and Nathaniel because that sounded more ambassadorial."
Upon retirement, Howell returned to Charlottesville, where he'd met his future wife, and where the couple used to make sure another Portsmouth native, young John Casteen, occasionally got a home-cooked meal.
Howell runs UVA's Institute for Global Policy Research and can't really complain about the heat or humidity in town– although he does wish there were more options for Middle Eastern dining.
As for what's going to happen in Iraq, Howell wonders that himself. "I can't believe," he says, "they didn't plan for this occupation any better."
Age: 64
What brought you here? I first came in 1957 to attend the university and met my future wife, Margie. We were married in University Chapel, and our two sons were born here. I received my PhD in 1965 and joined the Foreign Service. When our sons entered UVA, we bought a house in the early '80s. We are both native Virginians, but Albemarle County is home for us now.
What's worst about living here? Traffic. The increased traffic is still using the same road network we had in simpler times. And I'm intrigued about why so many local drivers at stoplights hit the brake when the light turns green.
Favorite hangout? Our home at Crofton Hill near Proffit.
Most overrated virtue? It's probably impossible for genuine virtues to be overrated, but I think there are some unfortunate attitudes that masquerade as virtues. Some people won't make judgments about anythingthat's a copout.
What would people be surprised to know about you? I'm a lot more soft-hearted than I appear.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I have a drive toward perfectionism in myself and others. I'm working on being more relaxed.
What accomplishment are you proudest of? Maintaining my personal and intellectual integrity
What do people find most annoying about you? I'll have to let you ask others about that.
Whom do you admire? A high school English teacher who gave me the confidence to become a public speaker; university mentors who nourished my curiosity and ambition; an assistant secretary of state who gave me an opportunity to show what I could do and taught me the importance of developing subordinates
Favorite book? Most of my serious reading is in the social sciences. For fun, I like sea stories from the Napoleonic period and Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series.
What subject causes you to rant? Willful ignorance!
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? Instant communications and access to information
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? That many minds are as closed today as they were in the Middle Ages
What do you drive? A 1994 Chevrolet S-10 pickup
What's in your car CD player right now? I've recently discovered the wonders of XM radio and generally leave it tuned to the Broadway show channel.
What's your next journey? My next scheduled trip to the Middle East is February.
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? Probably being Ambassador in Kuwait when Saddam Hussein invaded that country
What do you regret? Oh, many things, but the only one that really bothers me is the loss of our younger son, Edward, in 1996.
Favorite comfort food? Peanuts in all forms; Virginia country ham
What's always in your refrigerator? Cheeses
Must-see TV? None, really. I follow the news reports on cable, and watch the History Channel for recreation.
Favorite cartoon? My favorites are the old, hand-drawn classics like Bambi and Snow White.
Describe a perfect day. Any day when I finish the tasks I have set and can look from the rear of my home at the sunset over the Blue Ridge with a pipe and our faithful Doberwoman, Ameera.
Walter Mitty fantasy? I grew up in the big-band era and played alto sax in several dance orchestras through high school and beyond. There are few things I ever experienced that are more exhilarating that being in a good sax section with a driving beat behind you. I used to dream of doing that for a living, but I wasn't at the professional level.
Who'd play you in the movie? When we were surrounded by the Iraqi army in 1990, some of the embassy staff began casting the film they were sure would be made. The slot opposite the ambassador remained blank for some time. One day I noticed that it had been filled in and took a look. Someone had written in Charlton Heston's name. I was flattered and when I found the young officer who had done it, I asked him what it was about me that made him think of Heston. He replied that Heston had played Moses in a film and Moses "got his people out safely." I guess I could live with that.
Most embarrassing moment? If others don't remember it, I'm certainly not going to remind them.
Best advice you ever got? Be true to yourself.
Favorite bumper sticker? "If you can read this, you're too d–– close."
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Come and see Alteria Art at Mutiplied Fair, the only UK fair devoted exclusively to contemporary art in editions.
Hosted annually by Christie's South Kensington it takes place during Frieze week and offers a rich programme of talks and workshops for art lovers and connoisseurs alike. Alteria Art will present The Human Body series alongside new prints by Henry Hudson, Christian Newby and Pietro Ruffo, but also a wall display of Tamsin Relly monoprints and etchings.
Visit the fair:
Oct 17, 9am – 7pm
Oct 18, 11am – 7pm
Oct 19, 11am – 6pm
Oct 20, 9am – 5pm
Visit at Tamsin' studio and selection of prints for our stall at Mutiplied Christie's this October!
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- Joe Rizzo, Hillier Architecture
As a result of participation in Transformation Track programs, libraries will:
- Choose high impact services that and exceed the expectations of their customers.
- Implement the staff changes, technology, environment and culture to support these services.
- Position and market these services in a way that resonates with potential users.
- Deliver these services in a flexible, responsive and intelligent manner.
- Maximize the results of their efforts.
Environment matters. What can you do to re-imagine your library space to make it more flexible, comfortable and customer-friendly? What are the expectations of today's library customers?
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For those of us with hayfever it's going to be a tough couple of days as the Met Office is forecasting 'very high' pollen levels in our region.
The Met Office has issued the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday and is reminding people that drinking alcohol can make your symptoms worse as it contains histamine, the chemical that sets off allergy symptoms in the body.
One in five people in the UK suffer from hayfever and 95 per cent of those sufferers are allergic to grass pollen rather than tree or weed pollen.


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LONG BEACH – The Long Beach Unified Board of Education has set a date to consider a controversial decision to start all high schools an hour later next school year.
High schools in the Long Beach Unified School District currently start the day between 7:45 and 8 a.m. The proposal would push back the start time to 8:45 to 9 a.m. and school would then end an hour later at about 3:45 p.m.
The board will discuss the proposal in its regular meeting on Jan. 29 and is set to make a final decision on the matter in February.
For now, the LBUSD is asking parents for their feedback by filling out an online survey available through Jan. 11 on the district's website.
The district also is considering smaller schedule changes at some elementary, K-8 and middle schools to better coordinate bus transportation.
District officials first discussed the idea in November due to research that suggests teens perform better academically when they start school later. To access the online survey go to the district website, lbschools.net or http://tinyurl.com/ccfghl6.
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More paintings of snow: Watercolour and mixed media
Winter snow and frozen puddles, watercolour and mixed media
I just treated myself to a wickedly expensive brush and I'm busy test driving it. It holds so much water! that's something to adapt to. It's a size 18 filbert that comes to a nice point.
There is also a little Tombow pen drawing in there in a cool grey and a little of the ochre tinted charcoal from Derwent in the hedges.
I did a couple of others that I'll show another day.
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Comparable Walking Gait Performance During Executive and Non-Executive Cognitive Dual-Tasks in Chronic Stroke: A Pilot Study." Gait Posture. 2019;71:181-185."
Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Pattern of Risk in Young Novice Drivers." Academic Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatology. 2018;6(5)."
Executive Function Capacities, Negative Driving Behaviour and Crashes in Young Drivers." Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017;14(11):1314."


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Organising an Auckland Conference - Auckland Conventions and Events
The success of any event depends on hard work and excellent planning. Here are a few tips to make sure that your Auckland conference planning goes smoothly
The success of any event depends on hard work and excellent planning. Here are a few tips to make sure that your Auckland conference planning goes smoothly and that your event is a resounding success.
Begin planning as early as possible, ideally a year before the conference date. The more time you have the easier it will be to consider all the aspects which need to be prepared to make your Auckland conference a memorable event. Remember that there are periods throughout the year where the greatest number of conferences and events take place, so booking early is essential if you wish to secure the right Auckland venue to host your event.
There are three key things to consider when planning an event; the date, the budget and most important of all, the venue. As soon as you have a rough idea of how many attendees you need to accommodate, a basic conference plan, a date timeframe and a top figure for your budget you need to find that perfect Auckland venue. Looking on the internet for the right Auckland function venue to hire can be overwhelming with so many different options available. Whether you are looking to accommodate a large number of participants in a modern setting in the city centre or close to the harbour, or if you wish to impress your colleagues in an iconic heritage building, Auckland has a venue to suit your needs.
Organizing a large event for over 200 participants will require a team of people to cover all the requirements, and careful groundwork is essential to the success of your event. Dividing and delegating the different organizational aspects will ensure that each area is adequately covered and effective liaisons within the team means that nothing will be left to chance.
Participants, speakers and guests all need to be identified, located, invited and confirmed. Consider how many are coming from out of town and need somewhere to stay. If you are looking to provide meals our event coordinator can connect you with the best catering services or if you are only planning on offering drinks and snacks she can help you plan the best way to present them. Remember to offer options for participants with special dietary needs.
Make sure you liaise thoroughly with your conference venues staff to ensure that the room layouts and floor plans make the best use of the space available. Making sure that all technology such as projectors, microphones, lighting and computers are working perfectly before the event is essential and our event coordinator can make those final checks for you to ensure that your Auckland conference runs smoothly. Be sure to check with all your speakers as to exactly what each one will need. The security and orientation of your participants is another very important factor so you will need to ensure that your venue can organise trained staff on hand to guarantee the comfort and ease of all your Auckland conference participants.
On the day of the conference, the registration process should be fast and the name tags efficiently distributed. Your participants should all receive a clear conference plan, and make sure that basic essentials like paper, pens, staples, scissors and tape are abundant and easily locatable.
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Legal References: OSHA Blood-Borne Pathogens Standard, 29 CFP 1910.1030
Universal precautions will be observed at the College to prevent contact with blood or other potentially infectious agents/materials. All blood or potentially infectious materials will be treated as infectious regardless of the perceived status of the individual/circumstance.
Appropriate work practices, as described in the Implementation Procedures, will be used by those employees who potentially may be exposed to blood-borne or other infectious pathogens in the routine execution of their assignments. Exposure determination is found in the Blood-Borne Pathogens Procedures.
Employees and students are to contact a Building Maintenance Supervisor should an emergency situation require immediate containment and prevention measures. All Maintenance employees should know where the necessary protective equipment is stored, and Personal Protection Equipment Procedures to be used, in the event that a Building Maintenance Supervisor is not available.
Approved: April 10, 1997 Reviewed: December 28, 2010; October 23, 2013Revised: February 15, 2000; June 30, 2004
702 - Communicable Disease (Prevention of Exposure)
The College encourages employees and students suffering with an airborne communicable disease (other than the common cold) to take preventive measures to limit exposure of others. Until such time as overt symptoms have subsided or appropriate prophylaxis has been administered, students should not attend classes and employees should not report to work.
703 - Drug-Free Campus
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Controlled Substances Act (21. U.S.C. 812):Schedules I through V of Section 202Regulation 21 CFR 1300.11 through 1300.15
The College is committed to the maintenance of drug-free campuses. Students and employees are prohibited from the unlawful manufacture, distribution, giving out, possession, or use of any narcotic drug, amphetamine, barbiturate, marijuana, alcohol, or any controlled substance while on campus or in any work place that is under the jurisdiction of the College. In addition, the College has in place a detailed and comprehensive Student Code of Conduct policy which includes the prohibition of the possession, use, sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages on college property or at college-sponsored events on or off campus. The Drug-Free policy is annually distributed to all MSC-ST students via the college's student handbook, college catalog, the college website and via student e-mail. The Student Code of Conduct is annually distributed to all MSC-ST students via the college's student handbook, college catalog and via the college website. Information on the dangers of the misuse of alcohol and/or drugs is made available to students through the use of informational brochures placed in the student commons. The college's Student Senates on occasion sponsor activities for students that emphasize drug/alcohol-related topics such as the dangers of drinking and driving.
Approved: August 15, 1997Reviewed: December 28, 2010; October 23, 2013Revised: February 15, 2000; June 30, 2004; October 9, 2007; September 29, 2008
704 - Emergency Evacuation
Each Campus has an emergency evacuation plan located by the door in main offices and classrooms. The evacuation plan addresses fire and weather-related emergencies. Each Campus Administrator or his/her designee shall be responsible for initiating actions in accordance with the evacuation plan. Campus Administrators are the VP for Academic Affairs for Winona, and the Chief Human Resources Officer for Red Wing.
Approved: April 28, 1997 Reviewed: October 23, 2013 Revised: February 15, 2000; June 30, 2004; September 29, 2008; December 28, 2010
705 - Ergonomics: Prevention of Musculo-Skeletal Disorders
The College will implement a preventative program on the identification and reduction of risk factors that can contribute to the probability of Musculo-Skeletal Disorders (MSD's) of employees and students. Specific prevention methodologies, data collection requirements and responsibilities of supervisors and employees are outlined in the Ergonomics Procedures.
Approved: February 20, 2003 Reviewed: December 28, 2010; October 23, 2013Revised: June 30, 2004
706 - Tobacco-Free Campuses
The College provides a tobacco-free environment in all buildings and college vehicles. Use of tobacco products, including E-cigarettes, is not permitted within 75 feet of buildings except in designated areas. Violators of the policy will be subject to disciplinary action. (Students: see Policy No. 113 Student Code of Conduct)
"Smoking" is
defined as inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated
cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or other product
intended for inhalation, in any manner or in any form. Smoking also includes
the use of an e-cigarette which creates a vapor, in any manner or any form, or
the use of any oral device for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of
smoking in this Policy.
means any
electronic oral device, such as one composed of a heating element, battery,
and/or electronic circuit, which provides a vapor of nicotine or any other
substances for inhalation. The term shall include any such device, whether
manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar,
e-pipe, or under any other product name or descriptor, but does not include any
product specifically approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use
in medical treatment, such as an asthma inhaler.
Approved: August 15, 1997 Reviewed: December 28, 2010; October 23, 2013Revised: February 15, 2000; June 30, 2004; September 29, 2008; October 23, 2013
707 - Weapons Prohibited
Legal References: Minnesota State Board Policy 5.21
The use of any dangerous weapon, including firearms, in any building or other grounds/yard under the jurisdiction of the College, is prohibited. College personnel are prohibited to possess any dangerous weapon, including any firearm, while on official duty. Knives that are to be used as a teaching instrument may be exempted from this policy upon the approval of the President or the Vice-President of Academic Affairs.
Approved: August 15, 1997 Reviewed: December 28, 2010; October 23, 2013Revised: February 15, 2000; June 30, 2004; September 29, 2008
708 – Weather/Emergency Conditions
Legal Reference: Minnesota State Policy 4.4
The College, due to inclement weather or other emergency conditions may close or delay the opening of one or all of its Campuses; or it may cancel classes and other activities. The Vice President or his/her designee is responsible for this decision.
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To request a Teacher Pack, please fill out the form below or call us at (920) 832-6187. You will receive a confirmation email notifying you that your request has been received and another email when your pack is ready for pickup. Teacher Packs will be held at the Children's Services Desk for up to seven days.
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WASHINGTON — Tesla Motors was in trouble in North Carolina. Prohibited from opening showrooms there, it was on the way to being unable to sell cars at all when the state Senate voted unanimously to block online auto sales.
Then Tesla turned out a lobbying weapon that, in the home state of stock-car racing's hall of fame, spoke louder than money: It parked a Model S at the Capitol and invited lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory, R, to take it for a spin.
"When you accelerate it, it was the same sort of feeling I got when I test-drove a Mustang Boss back when I was probably 23 years old," Republican House Speaker Thomas Tillis, 53, told the Raleigh News & Observer.
So ended the anti-Tesla legislation. Tillis's chamber never voted on it.
Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's strategy of selling his $70,000-and-up electric car directly to customers through the Internet or company galleries has pitted him in at least seven states against franchised dealers who view Tesla's marketing and sales models as threats to their existence.
Tesla delivered about 5,500 Model S in the third quarter, more than twice as many as it did in all of last year. It said Nov. 6 it plans to deliver "slightly under 6,000"³ this quarter with Musk saying demand exceeds supply. Its sales depend on access to customers, which it reaches through showrooms modeled on those of tech companies.
The fight with dealers isn't the company's sole challenge. Tesla also faces a threat in Washington, where its Model S is under U.S. investigation following three battery fires, and three workers were injured Nov. 13 at its only assembly plant in an industrial accident.
At both the state and federal level, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is running a risk Microsoft faced in the 1990s, when it found itself in the midst of a government antitrust action without an experienced advocacy team to shepherd it through the system and build allies for the future.
Musk is putting his star power against one of the best connected and most experienced U.S. lobbies, which has outspent Tesla by multitudes in state capitols and often has some of their own serving as legislators.
Dealers spent $86.8 million on state election races across the U.S. between 2003, when Musk created Tesla, and last year, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics, a nonprofit in Helena, Mont. They've also pumped $53.7 million into federal campaigns, the Center for Responsive Politics found.
Tesla's investment in state and federal politics was less than $500,000, those same sources show.
"The challenge we face, of course, is that the auto dealers are very strong and very influential at the state level, among the legislatures," Musk told shareholders in June. Dealers, he said, are "making it harder to get things done."
James Chen, Tesla's vice president for regulatory affairs, didn't respond to a phone call and e-mail seeking comment for this story. Diarmuid O'Connell, vice president for business development, didn't provide comment when reached by e-mail. Liz Jarvis-Shean, a spokeswoman, didn't respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
New York's Assembly this year scrapped a bill that would've stopped Tesla sales in that state. Virginia granted Tesla one showroom license after initially turning it down amid threats from auto dealers to sue.
The showmanship that worked in North Carolina failed in Texas, where dealers spent nine times more than the company on 2012 elections and lobbying. Employees at Tesla's Texas galleries can't sell cars, offer test drives or discuss prices after legislation to repeal those restrictions failed to come to votes this year.
"The only people who are opposed to Tesla are the dealers," said Massachusetts state Rep. David Linsky, D, whose district includes the company's only gallery in the state. "Every legislator has auto dealers in their district, and they're out in force."
Tesla's strategy hinges on its sales model, said Colin Rusch, a senior analyst with Northland Capital Markets.
"They have direct control over their brand and their consumer relationships," said Rusch, who's based in New York and rates Tesla shares "buy." "They're able to put their products in the best light and there aren't competing interests."
Dealers counter their model is better for consumers, by giving them a consistent place to go for service, and for automakers, by taking sales costs off their balance sheets.
"With factory-owned stores, if the factory goes out of business, so does the store," said Tim Jackson, chief executive officer of the Colorado Auto Dealers Association, citing the examples of General Motors Co. brands that ended when the company was restructured in bankruptcy.
"If and when Tesla falls on hard times and shuts down, all of the service centers shut down at the same time because they are all factory-owned," he said.
Jackson, who once got his picture with Musk at a Boulder, Colo., reception, credited the 42-year-old with having a "degree of star-quality" to what he calls the dog-and-pony show he puts on for legislators.
Tesla brought that show to the National Conference of State Legislatures annual summit in August in Atlanta. It made a Model S available for test drives and sponsored a panel with legislators from states including Colorado, Texas and Virginia.
In North Carolina, the anti-Tesla bill was sponsored by state Sen. Thomas Apodaca, R, one of three lawmakers to receive the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association top gift of $8,000 in 2012. That year, the group spent $152,000 in campaign contributions, mostly to Republicans who control both chambers of the legislature, campaign records show.
On March 14, Apodaca filed legislation to block all automakers from selling cars over the Internet. The bill sailed through committee hearings and hit the Senate floor May 13, where it passed unanimously.
Within a week, Tesla added three North Carolina lobbyists, including former Raleigh Mayor Tom Fetzer, the state Republican chairman in 2010 when the party for the first time in 100 years won control of both chambers of the state house.
The company loaned a car to Leilani Munter, a self- described "vegetarian hippie chick" who races cars on developmental circuits for the Nascar and IndyCar leagues.
She wrote a Huffington Post essay May 23 calling the state's legislation an encroachment "on the fundamental right of every American to choose what they want to drive," and talked up Tesla to lawmakers during a capitol visit.
The Model S, recipient of this year's highest performance ratings from Consumer Reports and top crash-test scores from U.S. regulators, then took the starring role.
Tillis, another recipient of an $8,000 check from the dealers, gave the Model S a solid review, as did Rep. Tim Moore, R, who described himself in an interview as "a car guy."
"There were people here who didn't even know there was such a vehicle as this," Moore said.
His colleagues didn't act on the Senate bill because "we just realized we needed to have more of a conversation about what was best for consumers," he said.
In Texas, Musk flew in to testify for the pro-Tesla bill. As in North Carolina, the company brought in a Model S for legislators to drive, and included the state in a Tesla- sponsored electric charging network that skips most of the middle of the U.S.
State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D, who was impressed after driving a Tesla Roadster a couple years ago, sponsored the bill to let Tesla to sell in Texas.
"It was a risky proposition," he said in a phone interview. "The auto dealers are a pretty powerful lobby here. I generally support dealers and they generally support me. I think it's a really great product and I want to give them a shot with the economic model they have in place."
Rodriguez said he plans to introduce a compromise in the legislature's next session that would allow Tesla to sell directly to consumers until it reaches 5,000 annual sales in Texas. After that, it would have to adopt a dealership model.
In Washington, where seven members of Congress are auto dealers, Tesla has spent almost nothing on federal lobbying in the past two years while the National Automobile Dealers Association has an annual lobbying budget of about $3 million, disclosure reports show.
Tesla's presence on Washington's K Street is a showroom, not a lobbying shop. The company has one registered lobbyist, Daniel Witt, a former aide to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
The company is trying to avoid a U.S. recall as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigates two battery fires that started after Model S cars ran over road debris. A third fire occurred in Mexico, beyond the government's oversight jurisdiction.
"For a situation like this, they really need to be staffed up in Washington," said Howard Marlowe, a lobbyist for 35 years and past president of the American League of Lobbyists.
"They need to be protecting their interests with the safety board, and with investors, by showing they're doing everything they can in Washington to maintain goodwill with key people in Congress," he said.
What Tesla lacks in lobbyists it makes up for in star power, said Bill Allison, director of the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit money tracker in Washington.
Musk is "one of the few green success stories because he actually has a marketable product," Allison said. "That kind of goodwill with an administration interested in environmental energy is more important than any other kind of lobbying."


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New Nokia Lumia 620 WP8 Device Revealed at LeWeb 2012
New Nokia Lumia 620 WP8 Device Revealed at LeWeb 2012
Rumors of a WP7.8 successor to the affordable Nokia Lumia 610 have been floating on the internet since early-Sept this year, and the Finnish company has put an end to the rumors just today at the LeWeb 2012 event. The Nokia Lumia 620 will be a Windows Phone 8 device, and stands alongside its siblings, the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820, as an affordable offering. The device will be offered in seven colors (lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white and black) with exchangeable shells, boasting of bodies that showcase a new dual-shot color technique that deliver "striking color and texture effects". The Nokia Lumia 620 will include:
- 3.8-inch TFT WVGA ClearBlack display / 800x480 pixels
- Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core 1GHZ S4 processor
- 8GB mass memory (Micro SD support up to 64GB) + 7GB free Microsoft SkyDrive storage
- 5-megapixel / autofocus, LED flash, VGA (front-facing)
- 1300mAh
Estimated at USD 249, excluding taxes and subsidies, the Nokia Lumia 620 will begin selling in January 2013 in Asia, followed closely by Europe and the Middle East before expanding further.
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Dental industry news: ITC terminates Invisalign's enforcement case against ClearCorrect
ClearCorrect announced it received notice that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has terminated an investigation brought by Invisalign maker Align Technology, Inc.
HOUSTON — On Jan. 4, the Commission issued notice that it had terminated the March 2012 enforcement complaint filed by Align against ClearCorrect Operating, LLC, ("ClearCorrect USA") and ClearCorrect Pakistan (Private), Ltd., ("ClearCorrect Pakistan").
Align's enforcement complaint sought to bind ClearCorrect USA and ClearCorrect Pakistan to the terms of a 2006 Consent Order between Align and former competitor OrthoClear, because certain employees of ClearCorrect Pakistan once worked for OrthoClear. The ITC, however, found that there has been "no violation of the consent order" by ClearCorrect USA or ClearCorrect Pakistan and terminated the case.
"We're very happy with this decision from the ITC," said Jarrett Pumphrey, ClearCorrect's CEO. "We think the decision validates what we've been saying all along: we're not OrthoClear."
Still on the table is the patent infringement complaint Align also filed with the ITC. Bolstered by its victory in the enforcement case, ClearCorrect is as confident as ever that it does not infringe any valid intellectual property, and in fact, looks forward to invalidating the overly-broad patent claims Align has served up.
"ClearCorrect's recent victory does not end its pursuit of judicial findings that Align's patent claims are invalid because they merely claim what orthodontists have been doing for decades," said Mike Myers, ClearCorrect's legal counsel. "The validity of Align's patent claims was last tested in its litigation against Ormco Corporation when the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit invalidated every Align patent claim it reviewed."
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The large bags are a generous 16" wide by 15-3/4" high. The woodworking-print bag has a pair of handles about 17" long, while the gardening-print bag has two sets of handles (one pair is about 14" and the other is about 22") to carry by hand or over a shoulder.
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Prepare to get your drink on.
Beer will flow as San Clemente's Micro-Brew Fest is back for its third year and will feature more than 32 beer selections from 16 area breweries. More than 750 people are expected to turn out Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at Left Coast Brewery at 1245 Puerta Del Sol.
"Ever since I came into the company, I've always wanted to put on a beer fest," said Left Coast's General Manager Tommy Hadjis.
This year's festival is expected to draw more beer lovers than the previous years because Left Coast Brewery and the fest itself are becoming more popular, Hadjis said.
Several other area breweries, including San Clemente microbrewery and restaurant Pizza Port, will participate in the microbrew fest. Pizza Port is preparing some of its special brews named after San Clemente, such as its El Camino IPA and SC Chronic beers. It might be out-of-towners' first taste of these beers, which are exclusive to Pizza Port and aren't sold in stores.
Casey Hendrix, Pizza Port's bar manager, said the beers finish brewing just a day or so before the festival.
"When we take that beer to the festival it will be the freshest there," Hendrix said.
Fourteen microbreweries not located in San Clemente will also take part in the beer celebration including several from Orange County and a few from San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties.
The money raised by the festival will benefit military welcome-home events, according to Lynn Wood, chief executive of the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce, which is helping coordinate the event.
Last year the event raised about $11,000, and Hadjis said with the expected increase in attendance, organizers hope to raise $15,000.
While the event starts at noon, only VIPs will be admitted before 1 p.m. But Hadjis said getting to the festival early is smart.
"I would recommend you buy VIP tickets because you get a chance to tour our brewer and try the VIP beers," he said. But, he added, festivalgoers can arrive "around noon to wait in line to get in first to hit up breweries you really want to try."
While there are only two San Clemente breweries participating, Hadjis and Hendrix say San Clemente's microbrew scene is catching on and the brew fest, as well as Pizza Port's Hoptober fest in October, are big reasons for the beer buzz in the city.
"(Brew Fest) educates south Orange County on how good beer is being brewed right here," Hadjis said.
There will be security at the event, but organizers say they have never had problems with the crowd becoming too rowdy because most people are there to try all of the beers and have a good time.
Taxis will be available outside the parking lot during and after the event.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Everett Golson threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score to help No. 20 Notre Dame beat No. 10 Michigan State 20-3 Saturday night.
The Fighting Irish (3-0) snapped a six-game losing streak against ranked teams and beat a top-10 opponent for the first time in seven years to give Brian Kelly a signature win in his third season.
The Spartans (2-1) had won 15 straight at home. The streak included a win over the Irish in 2010 on a fake field goal in overtime that preceded coach Mark Dantonio having a heart attack.
Notre Dame is off to its best start since 2002 when Tyrone Willingham won his first eight games as its coach. The Irish opened 0-2 last year and 1-3 the season before in Kelly's debut before bouncing back to finish with eight wins.


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What's really in Glade, Windex and Pledge? SC Johnson will finally tell you
The dirty little secrets of Glade, Pledge and Windex are all coming clean courtesy of venerable consumer products company SC Johnson. The Racine, Wis. outfit said last week it had launched a new website that lists the ingredients of more than 200 of its products. The WhatsInsideSCJohnson site represents the most significant disclosure to date of the ingredients found in household cleaning products.
Lack of disclosure has been a key complaint of green activists who have often alleged that many household cleaners contain toxic ingredients. Equally important, these environmental do-gooders have charged that some supposedly green products contain ingredients that are either unsafe or suspected of having strong health effects on people.
Consumers can learn from the SC Johnson site, for example, that Pledge contains Disodium Ethanoldiglycinate, a compound used for cleaning hard surfaces and hard-to remove substances. The compound can be a skin, eye and nose irritant and is mildly toxic. Or that Windex contains Propylene Glycol, a controversial compound commonly used in glass cleaners but also in toothpaste and cosmetics. It is considered safe by the U.S. FDA and the World Health Organization. But environmentalists point to studies showing it can cause skin irritation as well as liver and kidney damage.
A Green Gun Pointed at Companies' Heads
All offer product lines specifically targeting the green market. And all will have to come clean, pronto. Call it the Wal-Mart Effect (WMT). The country's largest retailer announced July 15 it will institute a new policy requiring all of its product suppliers to calculate the environmental costs of their products. These costs will then be tabulated into an easy-to-understand green rating. Wal-Mart plans to post these ratings next to the price tags on products.
This policy change amounted to a green gun pointed at the head of consumer products companies that had, until now, refused to disclose ingredients. While Wal-Mart did not explicity say it would publish ingredients, such a disclosure would be an inevitable outcome of the green-rating process and a way to differentiate products.
Current U.S. laws do not mandate full transparency on ingredients of cleaning products. Manufacturers have long claimed that revealing ingredients would release key trade secrets and make it easy to ascertain chemical formulas for these products. Environmental groups have long claims that this exclusion for products that are used in so many homes has allowed cleaning and beauty products companies, in particular, to foist unhealthy products on unsuspecting Americans.
The SC Johnson site is certainly comprehensive. A search for Fantastik reveals two types of the cleaning product. A click on the "More Detail" tab reveals that Fantastik "Orange Action" contains two cleaning ingredients; alkyl polyglycoside and ethoxylated alcohol.
Up to Consumers to Do Their Research
The SC Johnson site does not address what health risks these two products might pose to users and their families. But it does give them the exact chemical names. This allows for specific research that can conducted either by individuals or advocacy groups. To be sure, such research remains difficult as the chemical names listed still do not give sufficient information into the exact formulation of the chemicals, something that can have a great impact on toxicity. But it establishes a baseline of disclosure and can allow consumers or researchers to begin to ask the right questions regarding the hazards around ingredients in cleaning and household products.
The move is designed to build trust bewteen SCJ and its customers. "Today's families want to know what's in the products they use in their homes," SCJ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fisk Johnson said in a press release. "For us, it's about living up to the trust our consumers put in us."
That could be a wise move in an era where a single tweet gone viral can ruin a brand's reputation in a matter of hours and create a permanent online trail of caustic comments.
SCJ lists not only cleaning agents but also dyes, chelators and pH adjusters. Two holes remain in the new policy. SCJ will list preservative and fragrance ingredients by January 2012. Aside from online availability, SCJ will allow consumers to access the new information via product labels and a toll-free number (800-558-5252), as well.
SCJ is one of the largest privately held companies in the country, with annual revenues of $8 billion and a lineup of highly recognizable brand names. The founding family still runs the company and it shows with bold moves like this. Even product companies catering specifically to the green market have not gone as far in terms of disclosure.
So one thing is for sure. The green bar for cleaning products has just been raised quite a bit higher. Let's see how long it takes for others to follow suit.
Alex Salkever is Senior Writer at AOL Daily Finance covering technology and greentech. Follow him on twitter @alexsalkever, read his articles, or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Abused puppies rescued from rail tracks
ALBANY — Three injured pit bull puppies found by Albany railroad workers may have been intentionally nailed to the tracks in a "heartless" act of animal cruelty, according to the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society.
The three-week-old pups were found Saturday by workers on the tracks at North Pearl Street just north of the Ida Yarborough Apartments. All three had apparently deliberate injuries to their back left paws and had been stranded there for up to two days without food or water, the Menands shelter's executive director said.
"It's very clear that it's a cruelty case," said Brad Shear. "This is someone who intentionally did really serious harm to these puppies. Someone that can do is a very scary person. To do this you have to be heartless."
The rail workers told shelter officials they found two pups — one missing a paw, the other without its middle two toes — and then a third puppy, which had a hole in one of its paws and was unable to move.
All three dogs were dehydrated, malnourished, hypoglycemic and suffering from infection when they arrived at the shelter, said veterinarian Sarah Madaio. Two are recovering, but the third died Tuesday afternoon after being kept on an IV and given CPR.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, "pit bull-type dogs" are among the most commonly abused animals. In 2000-01, pit bulls accounted for 13 percent of reported dog-abuse cases. By 2007, the most recent year for which figures are available, the number had climbed to 25 percent.
Last month, Colonie police Detective Michelle Crowley, who specializes in animal cruelty cases, investigated the deaths of two pit bulls that were dumped in trash bags outside Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, their heads bashed in.
"If we see an animal that's significantly abused, often times it's a pit bull," said Madaio, the veterinarian who also examined those dogs.
Such severe neglect is rare, although the Times Union has recently reported on several local cases of dog abuse.
In February, a dog bound with duct tape was left to die on the side of an Argyle road. Last week, its owner was sentenced to 60 days in jail. In January, a 10-month-old great dane was tied to a tree behind Schenectady County Community College in freezing temperatures. Both dogs survived.
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
It came on the evening of Wednesday, April 10, at the annual Leadership and Awards Banquet.
Jessica Berberich, an English major from Olathe, Kan., and Austin Osborn, a biology major from Carl Junction, Mo., learned they had been selected the Pittsburg State University Outstanding Senior Woman and Man for 2013. Both said they were excited and proud to receive the honor.
However, both were also a little nervous, as the recognition comes with an important task: a commencement address.
"We found out that we won on a Wednesday, and I starting putting together my speech that weekend," Osborn said. "It's a big responsibility to stand up there in front of so many people and represent the senior class. I wanted to make sure I gave myself the proper time to do it right."
Both said they view their addresses as opportunities to reflect on their time at PSU and to inspire their fellow graduates to succeed in the future.
"I really wanted to use my address to talk about the challenges our generation faces and how our time at PSU has prepared us to take on those challenges," Berberich said. "It's kind of that old cliché of seeing this as a beginning rather than an ending."
Berberich's address features the poem "Lost Generation" by Jonathan Reed, which she said is her way of encouraging the graduates to take advantage of the opportunities before them.
"Every generation has the potential to overcome challenges and make the world a better place," she said. "I want to tell the graduates that it's now our turn to take on those responsibilities and not let them slide by. It's our turn to face them and not lose that chance to do great things."
Osborn said he pulled from a lot of his own experiences at PSU while preparing his speech.
"I wanted to reflect a lot upon my time here and use those memories to help me get my message across," he said. "This is so much different than any speech or paper I've ever written because of the variety of people who will be there listening. You can't just tailor it to one particular group of people. My time at PSU has involved so many different people, and I want to make sure my speech reflects that."
While both admit to being somewhat nervous about giving their speeches, they are also excited for the opportunity.
"It's surreal, to be honest," Berberich said. "It's graduation, and so many important people are going to be there. It's also a huge honor to stand up there and represent such a great class of students. I'm very excited about it."
Osborn said he's tried to envision the view from the podium, but he knows his imagination is nothing like the real thing.
"It's not going to hit me until we're out there in that moment," he said. "I've tried to picture standing in front of that many people, but it's just something you have to experience."
Commencement exercises for students in the College of Business as well as students in the College of Arts and Sciences from the departments of Art; Communication; History, Philosophy and Social Sciences; and General Studies, will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10. The second ceremony, for students from the remaining departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, will begin at 8 p.m.
On Saturday, May 11, commencement exercises for students in the College of Technology will begin at 9 a.m. The final ceremony, for students in the College of Education, will begin at 11 a.m.