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Iconic American designer Betsey Johnson filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday, saying she would close most of her boutiques and focus on her more affordable Macy's line.
Johnson got her start hanging out with Andy Warhol and editing a fashion magazine. Since starting her own fashion label, Johnson has outfitted celebrities including Rihanna, Katy Perry and Reese Witherspoon.
But Johnson's whimsical $400 dresses just weren't hitting a sweet spot with customers and siphoned cash from her company.
Betsey Johnson was born in Connecticut in 1942. As a child, she took many dance classes, which she says inspired her love of wild fashions.
information via fashionmodeldirectory.com.
Betsey moved to New York after graduation and became a guest editor at Mademoiselle. In her free time, she started sewing together designs.
information via fashionmodeldirectory.com.
In the 1960s, Johnson was part of a group of artists mentored by Andy Warhol. The bright colors he used continue to be reflected in her designs today.
information via Vogue.
In 1978, Betsey Johnson formed her own label and opened boutiques in New York and Los Angeles to rave reviews. The store count eventually expanded to 65.
information via betseyjohnson.com.
By 2003, Betsey began expanding her brand to include handbags and lingerie. She's since added jewelry, shoes, swimwear and perfume.
information via betseyjohnson.com.


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Yosemite Pines RV Resort
RV Parkwrite a review 20450 Old Highway 120 Groveland, CA 95321 209-962-7690 Official Website
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VincentWA 38' 2016 Thor Challenger GT 2017 Honda Fit Manual EX
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Vincent would stay here again
"Nice RV Park close to NP"
Reviewed Apr 06, 2018
Nice park, close to Yosemite NP. About 44 miles to the Valley. Level site, grass and gravel, no dirt. Bathrooms were average. Kid friendly with a petting zoo. Really nice diversity of flora. Don't expect to buy any supplies here. Pretty long and steep ascent into Groveland (8 miles of non-stop 6-7% grade) but the road is in excellent c... more
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"Nice campground, no amenities"
Reviewed Nov 17, 2017
Campground was very nice, felt like we were really out in nature. It's about 2-1/2 hrs to Yosemite Village. No hot water in showers. We were there in Nov.
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borah22Austin, TX 31' Jayco Greyhawk
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"I felt like this location was not customer service oriented in anyway and takes advantage of the fact that they are close to Yosemite. "
Reviewed Jul 12, 2017
Check-in was a very slow process even though we came in with a pre-paid reservation. We stayed in an RV lot and upon arrival someone was in our site with tents and the they could not move us to another spot so we had to wait until the person round up the people to move. Originally the employee was going to leave us alone there and w... more
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Jeff-n-DebDewey, AZ 24' Forest River NOBO Ford F250
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"Great stay for this time of year"
Reviewed Mar 30, 2017
We booked a week here near the end of March 2017. We travel to places like this off season and get the benefits of uncrowded conditions. There is no rig within 100 feet of us. It is quiet and a great location for us to enjoy exploring the area. We don't mind parking on gravel and there is actual grass at this time of year. Ther... more
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4airstreamersChandler, AZ 25' 2006 Airstream Safari FB 2010 Toyota Sequoia
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"Living Social Bargain outside of Yosemite"
Reviewed Jul 05, 2016
We tacked on two nights here after our Sequoia/Kings Canyon trip because Living Social emailed me an offer I couldn't refuse. Two nights with full hook-ups for $49 at a place about an hour outside Yosemite? We would be a mere 3.5 hours away, so I took a chance and jumped on it. The ride up New Priest Grade to get to Groveland was a lot... more
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SweetcamperAZ 8' Loadmaster Cargo Trailer 2011 Nissan Pathfinder
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"Family friendly peaceful campground "
Reviewed Jun 08, 2016
Easy access off Hwy 120. Groveland nearby with restaurants, grocery store, gas and more. Cell reception mostly zero in the park. The advertised WiFi was not working our first two days, then extremely slow once we were able to log on. Cell phone signal for my Verizon phone was extremely weak, not able to make calls. Laid back atmosphe... more
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Nathan @ Wand'rlyFord E-350
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"Family friendly and close enough to Groveland and Yosemite"
Reviewed May 05, 2015
The national park was, how do you say, all booked up for big ol' 31 foot Airstreams like we roll in. It was disappointing to not be able to bathe directly under the heavenly glow of the valley which apparently fills up 36% of my Instagram feed daily, regardless of how many years ago it was that any given person actually visited the... more
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Reviewed Jul 27, 2018
We made reservations months ago and when we arrived we were given a site too small for our RV, we were NOT next to our other party as requested with our reservation. The staff was rude, we orig were told Nothing we can do" no other sites avail. After I raised heck what do you know... sites were open! The pool was too warm and unclean. ... more
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My Little Batch of Sky: Yosemite National Park
While I was planning this trip, I knew we'd be able to spend about four days maximum at a place without hook-ups. I mean comfortably. We might be able to go longer, but we'd be worried about it. Anyw...
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- 20 Amp
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- dry camping
- sewer
- Full Hookups
- cable tv
- wifi: yes
- horseshoes
- picnic area
- playground
- rec hall
- recreation trail
- swimming pool: onsite
- volleyball
Site Amenities:
- big rig
- fire ring
- picnic table
- pull thru
- cabins
- dump station
- general store
- laundry
- propane
- restrooms: flush
- showers
- swimming pool: onsite
- trash
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- Escapees
- Good Sam
- Military Discounts
- Senior Discounts
- pets
Owners, contact us to update your listing.
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Groveland, CA
The Pines CampgroundNational Forest
Groveland, CA
Ye' Ole Yosemite CampgroundRV Park
Coulterville, CA
Yosemite Ridge ResortRV Park
Groveland, CA
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Jamestown, CA
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Coulterville, CA
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Groveland, CA

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I came into this world on February 1st, 1998. I had 6 brothersĀ and sistersĀ. In 7 days, I opened my eyes and I saw mother for the first time. She is beautiful, she ia a newfoundland and boy is she big! Dad lived next door. He is a huskyĀ, he does not come to see us much. Oh well on with my story. When we were 6 weeks old, the human who lives here, put us all in a box and into a thing call a car. Did not like that much. They took us to the local Wal Mart. There were a lot of those things called cars and a lot of humans. They would pick us up, coo and ahhh at us. Pretty soon one of my sisters went with a human. Then 3 more of us. It was getting lonely, then this human picked me and said I was cute, then she put me back in the box. I reallyĀ thought she would take me. She was nice, she smelled good too, and had a nice red car . Oh well I think I will go to sleep. snore zzzzz Oh what happened! There's that red car and that nice lady! Oh boy, she is talking to the man in theĀ car. Maybe if i kiss her and wag my tail, she will takeĀ meĀ. Yuper, she got me! In the red car I go, she is holding me and loving me. ThisĀ is nice, oh we are stoppingĀ! There is a house and a biggggggggggggggg yard!! In the house we goĀ, boy a lot of rooms. Oh my, what is that with all the fur? My human tells me it's a cat. What in the world is a cat? Let me go, I got to see this cat; spitĀ, spit, growl, hair on her back stood upĀ, so big, then she slapped meĀ! She got nails in that paw and they hurt! I will get you for that, cat!!! Oh oh, human tells me, no, no; to leave baby alone! Thought baby was nice. Well, when no one is looking at me, I will get that baby, right in the old wa zoo!!! hee tee hee .
Well I am 10 weeks old now. I am trying to please my human but don't think I am doing to good. Like the day she got me a swimming pool. It is very hot here in Mississippi. Well anyway, she got the hose and was trying to fill the pool, when I grabbed the hose and ran with it!! She was funny running after me and yelling Lobo (that is the name she gave me), she is a bit on the heavy side. Ok, a lot on the heavy side! She looked so funny running and waving her hands and armsĀ at me! I stopped, but when I sat down, a funny thing happened. The hose was aimed at herĀ!!! lololo and she got all wet! Hold it a minute, there's that cat. Wonder if I can put this hose on her. tee tee No I can't! The human just took it away from me! I told that cat, some day I will get you *#$hold_dollar@*!!!
Ok, let me tell you about Mother's Day. Wolfgirl was not to pleased withĀ me that day! First, it was the next Sunday, the man human had to work on Mother's Day. Well, she cooked or roasted, what ever you call it, a big chunk of beef. I think they said it comes from a cow, all I know is it smells oh so good! Then she set the table, whatever that is. She said it looked pretty. Then she called the man human and was ready to sit down to eat. Now is my chance, to look real sad and do a thing call begging. I do thatĀ most of the time. She was ready to light the candles when someone came into the driveway. They went out to talk to them and left me all alone with that great smelling meat! I waitedĀ and waitedĀ, but they don't come back. So I take hold of the table cloth and give it a jerk and it all fell on the floor!!! Well, seeing it was there I started on the meat! Oh so good! Then I see the mashed potatoes, they were good too. I found the things they callĀ veggies, yuck!? Not so goodĀ. Oh, these must be the candles, let's try them. No, no, never try them. They taste terrible!! Yuckey, made me a little sick. Oh oh, here the humans areĀ coming back! I will just sit here with a s....t eaten grin on my face. I know they willĀ thankĀ me, for not letting the food getĀ cold. WRONG!!!! Boy, were they mad at me and sent me to my room! I don't care, it was worth it!!!
Well I am now 6 monthsĀ old. Life sure has been fun. I eat, sleep, get in my pool and get in to trouble. Like the time Wolfgirl bought 24 rolls of toilet paper and left me all a lone with it. What was I suppose to do? Just sit there and look at itĀ! WRONGĀ!! I know that it was there for me to decorateĀ the bath room and our bedroom (I shareĀ with Wolfgirl). So I didĀ!! Over the bed, on top of it, in the shower, in my water dish, around and round I did go!!! Then I ate some.It Was ok, But the one in my dish was baddddddddddd, but as usual, when she got home, she was mad at me. Don't know why! I think the rooms look real good! Oh well, some times there is no pleasing some people no matter what you do. Just like the day I put a turtle in bed with her. She did not like that either! See what I mean. What's a body to doĀ, I ask you.
She did get my picture at long last I'm the cute one you see here on this page! Aren't I lovable? like I say to know me is to love me. Well that's it for now she wants to put this up on her web pageĀ, but I will be adding things to it.
bye for now loveĀ you all and here is a kiss for you !
slurp slurp .,, Oh one more thing, some of you think I'm a boy, WRONG, I am a girl. I Know I act like a boy but I'm a girl!
Also, about my nameĀ, It should be EL LOBO that is the native
way to say it, it means lone one or outlaw but Wolfgirl dropped the el in it, and she just calls me loboĀ. Well that's it till we add more,ĀĀ love ya .............Lobo


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Your home is likely the most valuable asset you own, and having the right homeowners insurance can help you keep the value of that asset. In today's blog, we are going to discuss what homeowners insurance usually covers and what it usually does not.
Not all home insurance policies are alike. Keep in mind that as we go over different types of coverage in this blog post that you may not have this coverage in your policy. The best way to know what your policy covers is to speak with your Allstate agent. Whether you are thinking about switching to Allstate or currently have a policy and you are unsure what it covers, just give us a call and we'd be happy to go over this all with you. The team at J. Thomas & Associates are well-versed in insurance policies and can help you identify gaps in your coverage. The first step in protecting your home and family is to have insurance coverage — the second step is to understand that coverage and ensure there are no gaps. Your Houston and Sugar Land homeowners insurance agent can help with all of this!
What Most Homeowners Insurance Policies Cover
There are usually four main areas of standard home insurance that cover and protect you against different scenarios. We will go over each one of these and what is usually covered within that section below. As usual, your policy coverage may be different than what is explained below.
Dwelling Insurance
This type of coverage is what most people think of when they hear "homeowners insurance" and covers your home and any attached structures such as a garage. Dwelling coverage protects you from perils, which typically include fire and smoke damage, lightning, windstorms, falling objects, hail, theft, explosions, vandalism, and damage from a car or aircraft.
Other Structures Coverage
A policy that includes protection for "other structures" often covers sheds, detached garages, fences, and other unattached structures. This coverage will usually protect you against the same perils listed above.
Personal Property Coverage
While your physical home is most likely more valuable than all of your belongings inside of it, it is still important to have personal property coverage. This can reimburse you for items like furniture, appliances, electronics, and clothing after a covered loss. While a fire destroying your home and belongings is unlikely, remember that theft is often also covered by your homeowners insurance. That means if someone breaks in and steals your electronics, you will want to ensure that your policy includes personal property coverage,
Liability Protection
This type of coverage can protect you if someone is injured on your property and decides to file a lawsuit against you. It can cover everything from your legal expenses to the medical bills of the injured person. With some policies, this can even protect you if you cause damage to someone else's home, such as accidentally throwing a baseball through their window.
What Standard Homeowners Insurance Does NOT Cover
Most standard homeowners insurance, no matter which insurance company you go through, does not cover floods, sewer backups, or earthquakes. There is also typically a limit to how much insurance will repay you if expensive jewelry or artwork is destroyed or stolen. So, if you have something of equivalent value to the Crown Jewels or the Mona Lisa in your home, we suggest getting extra coverage to protect these items. Talk to your insurance agent about these concerns and they will be able to find the right coverage for you.
Renting Out Your Property? You Still Need Coverage
If you are renting your home out to tenants, you should ensure that they have renters insurance to cover their own assets. However, keep in mind that renters insurance will not cover damage done to your home's structure, and you should have home insurance on all residential properties that you own.
Other Things To Consider
- If you are having renovations or maintenance done on your house, be sure to only work with contractors who are licensed and insured. This will help protect you if they damage your property.
- Be aware that certain items, like pools and trampolines, are considered high liability risks and may require additional liability insurance should someone get injured.
- It is generally not a good idea to store large amounts of cash in your home. If this is burned up in a fire, it can be hard to prove it was there in the first place. It is safer to keep this in a bank account.
- All policies have a coverage limit and a deductible. Make sure to speak with your Allstate agent to understand how much coverage you have, how much your deductible is, and adjust your policy as your needs change.
- Consider investing in an umbrella insurance policy to cover any gaps in your other policies.
Make Sure You Are covered with Allstate Homeowners Insurance
When you purchase homeowners insurance through Allstate or any insurance company, it is important to understand what you are protected against and what you are not. Especially in our area, things like floods are not uncommon, and yet many homeowners unknowingly do not have coverage for this. Your Allstate agent at J. Thomas & Associates is happy to go over your current insurance policy and help you understand where you can cut back and where you may need additional coverage. We hope you never have to use your insurance, but we want you to have it just in case the unimaginable happens. You can receive a free homeowners insurance quote online, or feel free to get in touch with us by phone to ask about bundling your policies with Allstate to save money. Protect your home and family with homeowners insurance today!


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How does Lookiero work?
Lookiero offers you the most comfortable and personalised method of buying clothes without even leaving your house.
- 1. Fill in your style profile with information about your size, tastes and preferences. It'll only take you 5 minutes and will allow your Personal Shopper to choose the items that suit you best.
- 2. Order your Lookiero. After filling in the quiz and signing up on the web, click on "Order my Lookiero now" and enter the delivery and payment details. Once the order is confirmed, you'll be charged a £10 Personal Shopper service fee. That £10 will be credited toward any items you purchase.
- 3. On the date selected in the calendar you'll receive five items especially selected by your personal shopper.
- 4. You'll have 5 days to choose what you love and return the rest. After trying everything on, check out by logging into your Lookiero account and indicate what items you're keeping and which ones you're returning. If you were charged the £10 Personal Shopper fee, that will be applied as a credit toward any items you purchase. If you buy all five items, we'll give you 25% off the entire purchase. It's very important that you add information about the reasons for returning them as that will allow us to learn more about your tastes and thus be able to advise you better in your next Lookiero.
- 5. In the box with your order you'll find a bag with a prepaid return label in which you can package the items you wish to return. After checking out, follow the on-screen instructions to manage the return with the carrier. You'll also receive these instructions by email. All this without any delivery or return expenses!
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INTERNET-DRAFT Expiration Date 6 January 1999 R. Garbrick Data I/O Corp. 30 June 1998 Content-Specific Hypertext Transfer Protocol Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet- Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." To view the entire list of current Internet-Drafts, please check the "1id-abstracts.txt" listing contained in the Internet-Drafts Shadow Directories on ftp.is.co.za (Africa), ftp.nordu.net (Northern Europe), ftp.nis.garr.it (Southern Europe), munnari.oz.au (Pacific Rim), ftp.ietf.org (US East Coast), or ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast). Abstract This document describes HTTPX, a protocol for providing access to materials that may be objectionable or that have age or locale-based restrictions, while providing a simple method to filter such content where required. HTTPX uses the protocol HTTP 1.1 ([RFC 2068]), with the single exception of designating a separate range of TCP and UDP port numbers that are allocated to a specific content type. 1. Rationale and Scope The problem of unintentional distribution of adult-oriented materials to minors via the internet has become an increasing problem. URL filtering schemes have proven either ineffective or too restrictive. Age verification schemes have proven cumbersome Garbrick INTERNET-DRAFT [Page 1]
INTERNET-DRAFT HTTPX/1.0 30 June 1998 and expensive. In addition, these methods place full responsibility for restricting access on the end user and places no responsibility on the distributor, where most such restrictions, such as access to alcohol, cigarettes and explicit magazines, have historically been placed. Currently available protocols provide no reasonable means for the distributor to pro-actively apply effective protocol-based controls on content. HTTPX is intended to provide a simple, effective means to filter content by using a standard protocol, HTTP 1.1 ([RFC 2068]), over a specially designated port number. This simple change will allow the creation of a separate, adult network. Such entities as schools, libraries and businesses that have a requirement for filtering content, will be able to do so with minimal expense, using existing routers, proxy servers or firewalls by disabling those ports. Browser software can be modified to require a password lock to receive data on those ports. Distributors of adult content could still provide opening screens And advertisements on the existing port 80, and with minimal expense, provide the adult content on the newly designated ports. Governments and Internet Service Providers might provide some incentive for adult content distributors to move their content to the designated ports via service agreements or minor legislation. Moving content to the new ports, might even reduce liability for the distributors. 2. HTTPX Protocol The HTTPX protocol uses the HTTP 1.1 ([RFC 2068]) protocol unchanged, with the exception of designating special TCP and UDP port numbers. 2.1 Proposed TCP and UDP Port Numbers Proposed additions to RFC 1700; www-httpx 880/tcp World Wide Web HTTPX for Graphic Sexual content www-httpx 880/udp World Wide Web HTTPX for Graphic Sexual content www-httpx 881/tcp World Wide Web HTTPX for Full Nudity www-httpx 881/udp World Wide Web HTTPX for Full Nudity 3. References [RFC2068] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2068, Garbrick INTERNET-DRAFT [Page 2]
INTERNET-DRAFT HTTPX/1.0 30 June 1998 January 1997. [RFC1700] J. Reynolds and J. Postel, "ASSIGNED NUMBERS", RFC 1700, October 1994 4. Author's Address Randy Garbrick Data I/O Corp. 10525 Willows Rd. NE P.O. Box 97046 Redmond, WA 98073-9746 EMail: firstname.lastname@example.com Expiration Date 11 November 1998 Garbrick INTERNET-DRAFT [Page 3]


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A number of financial companies are reporting Q3 earnings
today. We wanted to take a closer look at Citigroup (C 68.90, +0.53, +0.77%).
Citigroup is a global diversified financial services company. Its businesses provide a broad catalog of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, trade and securities services, and wealth management, to clients ranging from consumers to corporations, governments, and institutions. Citi has approximately 200 mln customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions.
Citigroup has two primary business segments: Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG), with remaining operations classed as Corporate/Other. Its GCB segment consists of retail banking and wealth management, including small business and commercial banking, residential real estate, and asset management in Latin America. It also includes Citi-branded credit cards and Citi retail services. Its ICG segment includes other aspects of banking, such as investment banking, corporate lending, and private banks as well as treasury and trade solutions, and markets and securities services. Its Corporate/Other segment includes treasury, operations and technology, and some legacy non-core assets (consumer loans/portfolios, etc.).
Turning to the Q3 results, EPS rose 22% year/year to $1.73, which was better than market expectations. Revenue fell 0.2% year/year to $18.39 bln, which was slightly below expectations. Revenues were largely unchanged; however, if you back out a couple of gain on sale items, revenue grew 4% driven by growth in the Institutional Clients Group.
Results this quarter showed solid year/year revenue growth across many of Citi's businesses, including fixed income, treasury and trade solutions, securities services, private banking, and its consumer franchise in Mexico. Citi also grew loans and deposits while continuing to manage risk, as demonstrated by the stability of its credit portfolio.
Breaking it down by segment, GCB revenue of $8.7 bln increased 2% on a reported basis and 3% in constant dollars, driven primarily by strength in Latin America GCB, as well as the previously mentioned gain on sale. North America GCB revenues of $5.1 bln decreased 1%, as higher revenues in Citi retail services were more than offset by lower revenues in Citi-branded cards and retail banking.
ICG revenue of $9.2 bln decreased 2%. Excluding the previously mentioned gain on sale in the prior-year period, revenues grew 4%, driven by growth in markets and securities services as well as banking. Banking revenue of $4.8 bln increased 1% as continued growth across businesses more than offset a decline in investment banking. Corporate / Other revenue of $494 mln decreased 5%, driven by the wind-down of legacy assets.
In sum, with the stock trading modestly higher in the pre-market and into the morning session, it seems that investors are happy with Citigroup's Q3 earnings report. The EPS upside in Q3 was quite good, and Citi has now posted strong EPS upside for seven consecutive quarters. The revenue upside has been more muted. Overall, the Q3 results were pretty good.
Citi has also actively been returning cash to shareholders. Specifically, $6.4 bln of capital has been returned through buybacks and dividends. And over the past twelve months, Citi has reduced its common shares outstanding by over 200 mln, or 8%. This has helped Citi post that strong EPS growth. The stock has been pretty much trading sideways since mid-March and has been weak in recent days alongside with the overall weakness in the market. Investors are likely pleased to see some modest gains this morning.


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NASA has flown a large, remotely piloted aircraft equipped with detect-and-avoid technologies through the national airspace system for the first time without a safety chase plane following it. NASA says Tuesday's flight over California moves the U.S. closer to normalizing unmanned aircraft operations in airspace used
Author: Editorial Staff
FAA Expands Drone Detection Pathfinder Initiative
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding the part of its Pathfinder Program that focuses on detecting and identifying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying too close to airports. Today the FAA signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRDAs) with Gryphon Sensors, Liteye Systems Inc. and Sensofusion.


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--- I'm not sure what the difference is between the architect and the scribe version. Could you elaborate please?
This Architect level will be locked down if/when the campaign reaches the funding goal.
At that point, you would need to pledge at the Scribe level to get the Deluxe edition.
If/When the game is improved during the campaign, the Scribe level will also be locked down. You would need to pledge at another, higher-cost pledge level to receive the Deluxe edition.
Yes! It will have both types.
Don't see the answer to your question? Ask the project creator directly.


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Kramer introduced its newest ProScale Presentation Digital Scaler/Switcher at InfoComm 2015. Dubbed the Kramer VP-444, it features 12 inputs (with fade-thru-black switching), 10 HDMI inputs and two analog inputs. The VP-444 offers unbalanced stereo inputs for each video input and embedded audio for its HDMI inputs. Level control is available for the outputs as well as for each individual input. It scales the video, embeds the audio, and outputs the signal to two HDMI outputs (up to 1080p). The product includes 22 output resolutions.
Integrated with two microphone inputs for mixing, switching or talkover, the VP-444 also has two audio outputs with balanced stereo audio on a terminal block connector and S/PDIF on an RCA connector. The unit features last-connected auto input switching, offering users plug-and-display functionality.
The VP-444 features control via RS-232 and IR remote with on-screen display (OSD) and easy-to-use, built-in web pages via Ethernet. The unit also features powerful audio DSP functions for digital audio signal processing, including audio equalization, mixing, delay, etc.
The VP-444 is housed in a standard 19" 1U rack-mountable enclosure with rack ears and all the details are here.


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This week's Indie Ink challenge came from Grace and was a link: http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/post/9660178280/ambedo. Check out the dictionary; it's fascinating! For the challenge, I added to the final paragraph of my antagonist description.
I looked at Grandpa sitting silently across the small table from me. "Do you want some more eggs?" I asked him.
"More juice?"
"No. I'm fine."
I considered him for a few moments. Grandpa's eyes were hidden under his large, bushy, gray eyebrows. His wiry gray hair stuck out here and there; it was time for another haircut. His old brown sweater consumed him. Grandpa looked at me and smiled faintly, but I could tell this was one of his more difficult days. Grandpa was still adjusting to the changes the past year had brought him: a physical decline which necessitated the use of a wheelchair and kept him from going out of the house as often as he liked. Driving had been especially hard for him to give up. I understood completely. I treasured my independence as much as Grandpa valued his, and the thought of losing so much of it horrified me. While Grandpa and I were thankful that he had not declined much mentally, it sometimes seemed like a cruel joke of fate. He knew exactly how much he was missing out on, and on his bad days this knowledge seemed to mock him just as his thick head of hair did in the mirror, sitting atop that thin, wasted body.
Grandpa caught me staring and jerked into action, picking up his plate and rolling himself to the sink. After putting his plate in the sink he went into the living room and switched on the television. As he moved I watched the wheels of his chair spinning…spinning…in my mind's eye the wheels continued to turn, like custom rims...flashing sunlight…abruptly reflecting, turning the light away…gathering shadows…going nowhere…circling…was this really the best situation for Grandpa? Would he be better off in a place with more people and activities to interact with? He fights adamantly against the idea of moving out of his home, the home he shared with Grandma for 37 years and in which she passed away. I'm sure he wants to die here, too. But what if he's already dead?
Notes from the quirky life of a practicing contemplative (emphasis on "practicing"), teacher, learner, auntie, weirdo, and dog mama. Title quote from "Aurora Leigh" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Monday, September 5, 2011
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I liked it. It was sad, but it is a powerful thing for a writer to evoke emotion in a reader. I was waiting for a vuvuzela though!ReplyDelete
Good job! You caught the sad half of the prompt, but I would also like the element of surprise and fun implied by the joke about the vuvuzela in the original definition. Thanks for your response! See you next week.ReplyDelete
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Japan: TEPCO worried over high radiation levels
TEPCO said higher radiation near Fukushima N-plant may have been related to rain in the area.
TEPCO said higher radiation near Fukushima N-plant may have been related to rain in the area.
New York: The reconnection of power at the earthquake-damaged reactors in Japan is a big step in managing the nuclear crisis, experts said on Monday, but concerns about radiation in the air, seawater and food showed the dangers are far from over.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) on Monday said radiation at much higher levels than normal was found in the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which may have been related to rain in the area and the hosing of the reactors with seawater.
Some nuclear experts however questioned whether TEPCO might be dumping some of the seawater used to cool the Daiichi reactor cores and spent fuel pools back into the Pacific.
"Where does all the seawater go?" said Najmedin Meshkati, a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California.
"Some of the seawater is escaping as radioactive steam but we don't know what TEPCO is doing with the rest of it," Meshkati added, noting he was very disappointed international nuclear organizations like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not said much about what was happening with the seawater.
Officials at the IAEA said they did not know what TEPCO was doing with the seawater but were asking Japanese authorities and would issue an update as soon as they had any information.
In the United States, meanwhile, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the crisis at the Daiichi plant appeared to be close to stabilizing. The crisis started on March 11 when a massive earthquake and tsunami left the plant with no power to cool uranium fuel in the reactor cores and spent fuel pools.
"I would say optimistically that things appear to be on the verge of stabilizing," said Bill Borchardt, chief of operations at the NRC.
Power to plant
Engineers have rigged power cables to all six reactors at the Fukushima complex.
But TEPCO temporarily postponed efforts to cool the Unit 3 reactor this morning following a brief release of grey smoke from the building. Unit 3 is the only reactor using a small amount of highly radioactive plutonium fuel.
Robin Grimes, head of the centre for nuclear engineering at Imperial College in London, said the smoke did not seem to be accompanied by a spike in radiation readings.
"There is more than a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel," he said.
Others also said they saw improvement.
"Things are beginning to trend in the right direction. TEPCO will need to get electrical power back on line to all six reactors and they will have to make sure that components are working," Mark Prelas, Director of Research for the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute at the University of Missouri.
"For those not working they will need to bring in parts. The hope is that no major components will need to be replaced. This would be time consuming since the workers might have to take shifts in elevated radiation areas."
Food and water
Away from the plant, mounting evidence of radiation in vegetables, water and milk spread jitters among Japanese and abroad despite official assurances levels were not dangerous.
Radioactive iodine in the sea samples was 126.7 times the allowed limit, while cesium was 24.8 times above the limit, Kyodo news agency reported.
That still posed no immediate danger, TEPCO said.
"It would have to be drunk for a whole year in order to accumulate to one millisievert," a TEPCO official said, referring to the standard radiation measurement unit.
People are generally exposed to about 1 to 10 millisieverts each year from background radiation caused by substances in the air and soil.
The World Health Organization said radiation detected in food - such as vegetables and milk - was worse than previously thought. Most toxic has been radioactive iodine and indications of radio-cesium.
"The few measurements of radiation reported in food so far are much lower than around Chernobyl in 1986, but the full picture is still emerging," said Malcolm Crick, Secretary of the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, referring to the world's worst nuclear power accident at Chernobyl in the Ukraine.
Jim Smith, a leading expert on Chernobyl at Britain's Portsmouth University, said that the measurements from food and water were important because they helped confirm that "there has been a very serious release of radioactivity" at Fukushima.
"This doesn't mean that consumption of these products is necessarily an immediate threat, as limits are set so that foodstuffs can be safely consumed over a fairly long period of time," he said.
The situation "remains very serious," Yukiya Amano, head of the UN atomic agency, said, adding, "I have no doubt that this crisis will be effectively overcome."
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This post title would be cuter with an apostrophe-S, but FYI, it's "Lyme," not "Lyme's."
This is one of many facts I've learned about the disease since discovering that I have it.
The best we can tell, I contracted it three years ago. I wasn't aware of the tick bite until I woke up with a large, hot circle on my thigh, which grew to a diameter of eight inches in a week's time.
By the time I saw a doctor, it was fading, but he prescribed low-dose, mild antibiotics, "just to be safe, rather than sorry."
Feeling Green
This was the first in a series of "sorry" mistakes and misunderstandings (both mine and my doctors') that allowed my Lyme to progress from Stage 1 to Stage 2, and Stage 2 to Stage 3 — a.k.a. late-stage Lyme Disease. In most cases, late-stage equals chronic.
Over the last three years my overall physical health has gone from decent to sub-par. Sometime last year I started complaining to Tim that "I just never feel good anymore." I couldn't put my finger on any one malady, but I also knew this was not about hypochondria. My body just wasn't my friend. I went from one discomfort to another, and each week I seemed to have less energy than the week before.
By spring 2015, I was living in enemy territory. My body was an obstacle I needed to overcome, rather than a tool used to live life. Fatigue, migraines, joint pain and swelling, brain fog, numb extremities, and night sweats had become routine, but not acceptable. I'd had enough.
Making Lymeade
Up until then I'd taken my doctors' word that I didn't have Lyme, but a friend urged me to dig deeper. One night I did a little research, just to rule it out. It didn't take long to realize neither of the doctors I'd seen were Lyme-literate.
There is, in fact, an International Lyme and Associated Disease Society for this very reason, and through them I was able to find a Lyme-literate MD. I also discovered that treatment for chronic Lyme is tricky and highly controversial. Some say it's incurable. Some say it can only be cured with long-term, high-dose antibiotics. Some say it has to be attacked on a cellular level, through nutrient-dense foods and homeopathic remedies.
Most Lyme-literate MDs utilize a combination of heavy antibiotics and supplements, but the antibiotics scared me. I'm uber sensitive to all medications. If it has a side effect, I'll experience it. Even amoxicillin destroys my stomach. How would I respond, especially in my weakened state, to multiple orals and weekly IV antibiotics for six months?
After careful research, and weighing every option, I opted to see a naturopathic doctor with an impressive history of successful Lyme treatment. After various tests and a comprehensive review of my health and symptoms, she confirmed my Lyme and added a diagnosis of two tick-borne co-infections, likely from the same bite.
Fighting Green with Greens
Her regimen is entirely food- and plant-based. One element is supplementation to combat the Lyme and help repair damaged organs (mainly thyroid and liver). The other is elimination of inflammation-causing foods, and heavy consumption of healing foods. That means my diet includes:
- NO sugar or sweeteners
- NO grains
- NO corn
- NO processed dairy
- NO nightshade plants
- LOADS of leafy greens
I won't say it's been fun, but there's no denying the short-term effects. My energy, while not high, is consistent again. I've had minimal joint swelling, only one headache (a record this year!), no night sweats, and even my rosacea has cooled down.
For the first time in too long, I have hope that healing is possible. Only time will tell, and that time will likely stretch to many months, but I'm better than I was yesterday, and there was a time I didn't believe that was possible.
Have you suffered Lyme, or been close to someone who has? How did they seek healing? Did it work?


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After years of development we are excited to tell you that our fantastic range of products are finding their way into fishing tackle shops all over the UK.
We believe that after all the hard work from everyone here at Old Ghost UK you will soon be enjoying using these top quality products that are sure to put more fish in your net this season. We've got the truly versatile and devastating range of X-Attractive groundbaits dedicated to certain species which require the minimum amount of fuss to mix. 1kg bags from just £3.99 to include, Bream, Green Alga and F1 Match. The other 3 groundbaits, Specimen Carp, Match Carp & Krill form the rest of the range with unique attractants and textures which can only be described simply as awesome. Will Raison has been catching plenty of fish on this range along with some of the natural attractants, namely Maggot Meal!
We then have the amazing Hookbait Sausages which come in 4 unique flavours of Sweetcorn, Squid, Snail and Bloodworm. We cannot stress how effective these baits are and the beauty of them is their versatility. You can punch them, cut them, tear them and even mould them and at £1 per stick what are you waiting for? Get some in your bait bags. Perfect for hair rigging and also directly on the hook when fishing the pole.
We could go on about the rest of the range but this website aims to do just that and give you the required information on the products. There will be regularly updated news columns, competitions, tips and tactics and also the "Method of the Month" where we will tell you just what and how we have been catching. The gallery will be running so send in your catch shots to us and we will show them off to everyone, just let us know where, what method and which Old Ghost product you used.
Other than that, thank you for visiting us and if you see us on the bank come and say hello!
The Asian bait explosion continues to dazzle the UK bait market with their innovative twists on conventional baits. Up and coming stars OLD GHOST have not been shy in coming forward in 2013, with the release of numerous products that have already started to build a big following nationwide.
We spoke to the UK management team at this years Tackle & Gun show to find out what they had up there sleeves for the coming year. One little surprise they have shown the UKMA team are their first dive into the UK boilie market, read on to find out exactly what these original twists on an established baits has to offer you the angler.
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The KEEP FRESH HOOKBAIT SAUSAGES offer a totally unique texture that is of a slightly softer texture to other meat products used in angling like luncheon meat and colony.
It is basically a medium to stiff meat paste texture that has enough durability for casting on a method feeder or lead rig meaning it can be used in many various presentation formats. You can hair rig it, mould it around a paste stop, punch it, cut it or tear it, the choice is yours.
Another option for the river barbel and chub specialist anglers is when using gripper leads with hollow centres, fill the centre with HOOKBAIT SAUSAGES and squeeze it in like a paste to release a flavour trail over your hookbaits in fast flowing waters.. . . . read more by clicking on headline title.
UKMA can let you in on a little secret; the X ATTRACTIVE MATCH CARP is the groundbait that is already taking southern match angling Mecca Gold Valley apart, with OLD GHOST consultant and England International Will Raison having huge success since he started using it.
The X ATTRACTIVE MATCH CARP is a light brown in colour with numerous small food particles to stimulate feeding. It contains puffed soybean, wheat gluten, maize alcohol lees, blended shrimp meal, krill meal, wild snail, mussel extract, krill concentrate, fish oil, fish protein hydrolyzed, silk work chrysalis, marine alga and amino acids.
This is specifically developed for out and out commercial fishery work when targeting F1's and bigger carp but match sized bream and tench have also been proven easy quarry whilst using this fish flavoured groundbait.. . . Read more by clicking on the headline link
The MUSSEL CONCENTRATE is the concentrated liquid extract of ocean mussel which has been steamed and boiled. The KRILL CONCENTRATE is the liquid extract of krill that has gone through fat separation and enzyme treatment.
Both liquids have been describe by the manufacturer as being "rich in proteins and amino acids" which as we all know are tried and tested feeding triggers that produce the goods when targeting the majority of fresh water species.
Both of these liquids can be used as an additive to all grounbaits, hookbaits including neat, expander pellet, feed pellets, spod, plus stick and bag mixes can all benefit from the additions of these aromatic liquids as they are 100% PVA friendly.
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Powdered attractants are nothing new in the angling world, but with more and more anglers realising that natural attractants made from actual bait sources are becoming more and more popular. Old Ghost have not forgotten about the anglers that want natural attraction within their groundbaits or stick mixes, and have released four of the most effective natural attractors made up of the actual bait that they are named after.
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Will Raison won yesterdays round of the Gold Valley Rushmoor League, with a massive 98-10-0 net of carp. The result cements his place at the top of the popular Southern series – and banked him a tidy £1,100 in winnings.
He explained: "I drew peg 81 on Middle Lake – and really fancied it for a big net of carp on the pole. First put in, I caught a 6lb fish on some prototype Old Ghost expander pellets – but then as if from nowhere the wind got up, and I was unable to hold my pole. I changed to a pellet cone, fishing an 8mm piece of Old Ghost Bloodworm sausage on the hook – and caught steadily for the rest of the match. There were obviously a lot of fish in front of me and the lad next to me who finished second – but that's winter carp fishing I suppose.
I fished an 8mm punch of meat, below a size 12 Drennan Hair Rigger Power, matched to a 0.22mm Super G Line hooklength. Mainline was 10lb Daiwa ST. I ended up with a total of 17 fish for my 98-10-0 total. I am obviously chuffed to be leading the league – as it always attracts a high quality field. I just hope my run of form continues for the rest of the series!"
It is understood that Raison has agreed a three year deal with the Chinese bait giants in a move which represents his first bait sponsorship change in some 18 years, although his long-standing tackle deal with manufacturer Daiwa will continue.
John Watson, Old Ghost's UK Sales Manager, had talked of major signings when the company started to move into the UK market – and they don't get much bigger than Will Raison!
John commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Will on board; he is one of the best anglers in the world, and a dream signing – what is more, Will approached us as he was already a fan of our products. Being a 'new kid on the block' in terms of UK bait firms, gaining the trust of anglers is massively important to us and having Will using the baits will be a great way of demonstrating their effectiveness."
Will said:
These are very exciting times and it's is great to be getting involved with a relatively new company in the UK market; Old Ghost is a company that is going places!
I have always said that I would never change sponsorship for financial reasons alone and I 'm joining Old Ghost because they have a range of products I 'm keen to use. They are amongst the biggest bait companies in the world and their scientific approach to manufacture makes it easy to see why, and products such as the maggot groundbait and bloodworm boilies are already proving to be extremely successful in the UK.
The consultancy part of my role will see me help to refine existing products and to develop new ones, so you can expect to see a lot more from the Old Ghost stable over the next few months."


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Politics and Partisans
Can Occupational Health
Science Overcome the Limits of Public Policy?
Washington, D.C., proved to be more than just setting for this year's AIHA Fall Conference. The educational program as a whole, and the general sessions in particular, explored the ramifications of politics on issues of vital interest to industrial hygienists. ALL CONFLICT, NO COMPROMISE Ron Elving, a senior editor and on-air political analyst for National Public Radio, shared his deep familiarity with the ways of Washington during the opening general session on Monday, Oct. 20. Elving's presentation contrasted the bitter partisan divide in contemporary U.S. politics with a bygone era of bipartisan cooperation.
By design the federal government requires compromise in order to function, but, Elving asserted, the centrists necessary for achieving consensus have vanished from the political scene.
In Elving's estimation, the growing importance of primary elections has helped drive moderates from U.S. politics: since primaries cater to the most partisan voters in both major parties, those voters have more influence than in the past, and elected officials beholden to them are less likely to work together. Elving lamented the absence of political odd couples such as Orrin Hatch and the late Ted Kennedy, whose personal friendship during their time in the Senate fostered a culture conducive to compromise. No similar cross-party relationships exist among current senators, Elving said.
Elving also argued that the media have contributed to the demise of bipartisanship. The rise of 24-hour news coverage and the splintering of audiences along ideological and political lines have meant that media must cater to extreme positions in order to survive. "It pays to be partisan," Elving said. THE I2P2 DIVIDE Partisans of a different sort took center stage later on Monday. Attendees were treated to a presidential-style debate between supporters and opponents of an OSHA rule that would require employers to implement an injury and illness prevention program (I2P2). The supporters were James Thornton, CIH, CSP, director of Health, Safety and Environment at Northrop Grumman in Newport News, Va., and Charles F. Redinger, PhD, CIH, of Redinger 360, Inc.
Arrayed against them were I2P2 opponents David G. Sarvadi, JD, attorney at law with Keller & Heckman, LLP, and Thomas W. Lawrence, Jr., CSP, PE, of Safety and Compliance Management.
Moderator Dave Johnson of ISHN began by asking participants to explain the meaning of "I2P2": is it a program, or a system? The question highlighted the difficulty of articulating the components of a rule that has not yet been proposed.
In the supporters' view, OSHA's version of I2P2 would be more of a program than a system, with components that include management commitment and employee engagement, hazard assessment and abatement programs, and program evaluation. Opponents Sarvadi and Lawrence answered that whether I2P2 is a program or a system, an I2P2 rule would be onerous for small businesses.
I2P2 is "an appropriate way for management in large organizations to structure the operation and to keep track of things" but is unnecessary for organizations with fewer than 200 employees, Sarvadi said.
Thornton and Redinger responded that small employers are the ones who need I2P2 the most, and that OSHA could structure the rule based on employer size and demographics.
"I have faith that we can work with the agency to develop a program or standard that works for everyone," Thornton said. "I believe the promulgation of an I2P2 standard does give a fresh approach. Small employers are the very ones who need this."
"Small workplaces are hungry for new tools—for an approach like this that helps them think systematically about workplace safety and health," Redinger added.
Sarvadi countered that small businesses are not looking for programmatic approaches; they want specific guidance on what OSHA requires of them. He and Lawrence also highlighted research that suggests the downward trend in injury and illness rates over the last 60 years pre-dates the agency.
"It doesn't appear that there's been any impact by OSHA on injury and illness rates because the slope of the curve hasn't changed," Sarvadi explained. "Do we need this kind of a standard to have an impact on those rates?"
Lawrence further argued that OSHA should not be involved in any regulation that is not specifically hazard-based. He explained that the agency has made some impact with permissible exposure limits (PELs), but contended that OSHA would have a difficult time fairly enforcing a "variable" standard like I2P2.
Supporters Redinger and Thornton pointed to OSHA's difficulty in passing hazard-based standards.
"If OSHA had promulgated an I2P2 standard at the get-go, would we need these archaic substance-by-substance ways of regulating in the workplace?" Thornton asked.
Both sides in the debate defended their positions enthusiastically, but it will be a while before either is proved right. I2P2 is listed as a long-term action on OSHA's most recent regulatory agenda, and a proposal is not expected anytime soon. OSHA'S TO-DO LIST One possible reason for the delay is that OSHA has one of the smallest budgets among federal agencies and only 2,500 inspectors. In a special luncheon discussion on Oct. 20, OSHA chief David Michaels, PhD, MPH, explained that the agency has to use numerous strategies to fulfill its mission of protecting workers at more than eight million workplaces.
"Our agency covers everything from nail guns to nail salons, and we are now even doing it in many different languages," Michaels said.
According to Michaels, OSHA is currently focusing on the following worker health and safety issues:
Temporary workers. Michaels underscored the fact that new workers are at increased risk of injury because host employers don't have the same commitment to temporary employees as they do to permanent ones. The agency is currently increasing its outreach and education on the temporary worker issue through its alliance with the American Staffing Association. In August, OSHA also partnered with NIOSH to release a publication detailing recommended practices for staffing agencies and host employers to better protect temporary workers from hazards on the job.
Severe injury reporting rule. In September, OSHA announced a final rule that would revise the requirements for reporting work-related fatality, injury, and illness information. The rule retains the current requirement to report work-related fatalities within eight hours but adds the requirement to report in-patient hospitalizations of one or more employees, amputations, and eye losses within four hours. The changes go into effect Jan. 1, 2015, in states under the jurisdiction of federal OSHA.
Recordkeeping rule. This rule updates the list of industries that, due to their relatively low rates of occupational injuries and illnesses, are exempt from the requirement to routinely keep OSHA injury and illness records. The previous list of exempt industries was based on the old Standard Industrial Classification system, while the new list is based on the North American Industry Classification System. Establishments located in states under federal OSHA jurisdiction must begin to comply with the new requirements on Jan. 1, 2015.
Exposure to respirable crystalline silica. According to Michaels, OSHA is looking to finalize this rule within the next two years. The proposed rule would establish a new permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for all industry sectors. OSHA estimates that the rule would improve protections for 2.2 million workers, save nearly 700 lives, prevent 1,600 cases of silicosis annually once full effects are realized, and provide average net benefits of $2.8 to $4.7 billion annually over the next 60 years.
Protecting workers from hazardous chemicals. Michaels stated, "Our PELs are not at a safe level," citing the fact that the vast majority of existing PELs have not been updated since 1971 and current scientific data suggest that many of the outdated PELs are not sufficiently protective. OSHA released a request for information (RFI) on Oct. 10, seeking recommendations on how the agency might update its PELs for hundreds of chemicals.
AN EDUCATION IN RISK In the annual Henry F. Smyth, Jr., Award Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 21, Fred Boelter, CIH, PE, BCEE, shared lessons from his thirty-year consulting career and reflected on the role of industrial hygienists in educating laypeople about risk. Boelter, who is Principal at Chicago-based ENVIRON, used his experiences as a consultant to illustrate the challenges IHs face when they try to explain technical information to employers, employees, and the general public.
Boelter recounted a discussion with one of his clients, who told him that professionals with technical backgrounds tend to be poor service providers because they are more comfortable with data and equations than with people.
"It's hard to consult without understanding people," Boelter said.
A common difficulty for IHs, Boelter said, is that laypeople tend to view risks and rewards as dichotomies—in their minds, either something is safe or it's not. This mindset can be especially challenging when IHs talk to employers, who never want to pay for their services and are often not receptive to their recommendations, Boelter said.
"Sometimes our professional missions are like coaxing a feral cat out of a drain pipe," Boelter said. "Sometimes you're going to get hissed at, and sometimes you're going to get scratched."
For their part, IHs must understand that their job isn't to impose their ideas of value on their clients. "We must create value, but only the client decides what's valuable," Boelter said. "What we think about cost and benefit doesn't matter."
But IHs must also learn how to handle situations where the client's idea of value could lead to ethical problems. "Not all clients are right for you, and you are not right for all clients," Boelter said. "Learn how to say 'no.' You must walk away from anyone who is going to get you in trouble or make you face a choice between getting paid and your integrity."
Key long-term challenges for the profession, Boelter said, are to educate the general public on the difference between scientific understanding and opinion, and to get the public to care as much about protecting workers as they do about protecting the environment.
"If risk is a core competency [of industrial hygiene], we have an important role to play in helping the public sort through data," Boelter said.
Presented by the Academy of Industrial Hygiene, the Smyth Award honors individuals who have contributed to the public welfare by recognizing and fulfilling the needs of the industrial hygiene profession.
NEW DIALOGUE During a general session on Oct. 21, William Perry, CIH, Director of the OSHA Directorate of Standards and Guidance, encouraged attendees to engage with OSHA in a national dialogue to improve the management of chemical risks in the workplace. Perry discussed details of the agency's recent RFI regarding current practices and future methods for updating its PELs and new strategies for protecting workers from chemical exposures.
Perry clarified the type of information that OSHA is seeking to an audience of stakeholders well aware that many of OSHA's PELs are outdated and are not sufficiently protective of the nation's workers. For AIHA members, updating the PELs has been the number-one public policy issue since 1994.
"We talk about updating the PELs, [but] our intent here is to go beyond that, looking at ways to help employers improve the management of chemical risks in the workplace," Perry said.
PELs exist for only about five percent of industrially important chemicals, Perry noted, reminding attendees that OSHA has issued comprehensive chemical standards for only a small percentage of the approximately 8,000 chemicals in commerce. "It's obvious that we aren't going to get there by going down the road we've been traveling all this time," Perry said.
Perry stressed that the agency has to operate within a fairly strict statutory framework. For example, Section 3(8) of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act—the crux of the 1980 benzene decision—provides that all OSHA standards must be "reasonably necessary or appropriate." And Section 6(b)(5) requires the agency to set standards that reduce or eliminate significant risk to the extent it is feasible to do so.
"We want stakeholders to keep these principles in mind when they're thinking about new or different approaches," Perry said.
One broad focus of the RFI, Perry said, is to identify possible approaches for streamlining OSHA's risk assessment and feasibility analyses, which take a lot of time—sometimes years—and resources to complete. For risk assessment, the RFI indicates that OSHA is considering whether it must conduct dose-response modeling in situations where empirical evidence indicates a significant risk or where case studies identify certain measures that significantly reduce risk.
Another focus of the RFI is to help stakeholders think more broadly about chemical risk management in the workplace and potential alternatives to establishing PELs, Perry said. For example, the agency requests comments on the kind of information and guidance it can provide about chemical substitution. Perry also invited suggestions for how employers could use hazard banding, control banding, and occupational exposure banding.
Perry closed his presentation by urging attendees to get involved in the conversation, and to even comment more than once as the discussion evolves.
"This really is the longest RFI OSHA's ever published," he said, "And we look forward to everyone's participation."
Stakeholders have until April 8, 2015, to comment on OSHA's RFI. For more information, visit osha.gov/chemicalmanagement.SAVE THE DATE Next year's fall conference will be held Oct. 24–28 in Orlando, Fla. For more information, visit www.aihafallconference.org. KAY BECHTOLD is assistant editor for The Synergist. She can be reached at (703) 846-0737 or firstname.lastname@example.com. NICOLE RACADAG is AIHA's public relations specialist. She can be reached at (703) 846-0700 or firstname.lastname@example.com. ED RUTKOWSKI is editor in chief of The Synergist. He can be reached at (703) 846-0734 or email@example.com.


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Member News
South West companies set for nuclear boost
09 July 2018
England's South West is ideally placed to capitalise on economic opportunities worth £50bn to the UK economy, according to research into the impact of the region's nuclear sector.
The research, commissioned by Nuclear South West, highlights huge opportunities in the region for specialist suppliers and companies not connected with the supply chain. It states that South West-based SMEs, large companies and training providers could supply £15bn worth of work to the nuclear sector.
Projects include the construction of a new tranche of power stations, decommissioning four existing sites and the development of new reactor designs. In addition, skills could be transferred to support the UK's nuclear submarine programme at Devonport in Plymouth and across the South West.
Matt Burley, Nuclear South West's chairman, said:
"The size and scope of the South West's nuclear sector presents opportunities for employers from a huge range of sectors. We want to work with employers from across these sectors, to enable them to benefit from these opportunities and support the region's success. It's vitally important that we put measures in place to build on the significant progress made to date, so that the South West can capitalise on the opportunities available to the region."
The research from Fraser Nash makes key recommendations to enable the industry to capitalise on these opportunities. These include:
- Continue work to ensure that major projects have the skilled workforce they need. This will build on the progress being made across the region's extensive network of schools, colleges and skills programmes, which are delivering training opportunities for thousands of people.
- Promote innovative skills in the South West to meet demand for the development of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset and improve local links to supply future projects.
- Produce a guide to the nuclear supply chain in the South West, to help potential suppliers find out more about how to win work and where to get help and support. This would build on the work of the Hinkley Supply Chain, which has had thousands of registrations, to include opportunities from across the region ranging from new build to decommissioning and defence.
- Support South West companies to connect their skills with new build-reactors at Bradwell B in Essex and Sizewell C in Suffolk. Potential areas of involvement include engineering, project management, planning, logistics and IT.
- Develop proposals to boost cross-sector skills by combining the South West's defence and civil nuclear supply chains.
Tim Bowles, Mayor of West of England Combined Authority, said:
"Our region is providing thousands of people with the skills and experience they need to access opportunities within the industry. These facilities are rewriting the training manual and will deliver training for more than 7,000 people by 2020. We have the capability to deliver an important part of the government's growth ambitions, which will unlock huge opportunities for the entire region."
Steve Hindley, chair, Heart of the South West LEP said:
"The South West's nuclear sector has the capacity and the capability to service all the industry's needs. It has an unparalleled body of expertise and track record of delivery across all aspects of new build, decommissioning and defence activity.
"The south west region is poised to take up £50bn worth of opportunities in the nuclear sector over the 10 ten years, and the Heart of the South West LEP, along with other LEP partners and the industry itself, are at the ready to realise this transformation in our local economy."
Dr Diane Savory, Chair of Gloucestershire's GFirst LEP, said:
"Gloucestershire has an important part to play in supporting the significant planned expansion of the nuclear cluster in the South West. To support this will require investment in training and skills, which we are working closely with partners to deliver to ensure that we can capitalise on the opportunities available."
Mr Burley added:
"The South West is an unparalleled destination for businesses and staff because of its combination of opportunity for growth, access to talent, professional development opportunities and quality of life.
"The South West's nuclear industry is dynamic, highly skilled and diverse. We are determined to build on the region's success to build a bright future for the industry in the South West."
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Nuclear South West is a partnership of industry, academic and public sector, set up to champion the South West nuclear industry as the premier destination for investment, innovation and growth.
It is established and supported by the Heart of the South West, West of England and GFirst LEPs, with involvement from public sector and strategic organisations.
Research has shown that there are £50bn worth of opportunities in the nuclear industry within 75 miles of the South West region. The region has the expertise, ambition and vision – as well as a critical mass of thriving businesses – to act as a catalyst to drive economic productivity within the nuclear sector.
Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear power station in the UK for a generation, will create 25,000 job opportunities, 1,000 apprenticeships and will pump £100m/year in to the regional economy. The South West is also home to the Oldbury nuclear reactors in Gloucestershire, the South West Nuclear Research Hub – a partnership between Bristol and Oxford Universities, the National College for Nuclear, the Somerset Energy Innovation Centre and the Berkeley Green University Technical College.
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No, Dear comes out each fall and spring, accompanied by issue release readings for the featured poets.
SUBMISSIONS OPEN July 4 - August 15, 2019!
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*Send up to 3 pages of poems as a docx to firstname.lastname@example.com (If you have formatting needs that require a pdf, please send a pdf & a docx)
*We encourage poets for whom this will be your first publication to submit
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Chapbook Submissions
We publish chapbooks in collaboration with Small Anchor Press, as ND/SA.
Chapbook submissions are currently open only to poets who have previously published with No, Dear, or their nominees.
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Submissions open through December 15, 2018
Submit manuscripts that draw on your personal archive or New York City archives.
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Beside all the famous points of interest in Budapest, and there aren't few to check, please take your time to create a specific personal memory by visiting Budapest's Hospital in the Rock museums, that offers a fascinating walk through the dark tunnels of a 1930s hospital. It's carved beneath the famous Buda Castle and was built in preparation for the Second World War. It's no longer in use, but human wax figures and fully-equipped operating theaters help lend a creepy edge to this unusual museum.
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The Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum (Sziklakórház Atombunker Múzeum) is part of an approximately 6-mile (10-km) stretch of interconnected caves and cellars beneath Buda Castle Hill. This museum is dedicated to a former secret emergency hospital and nuclear bunker.
The history of the emergency hospital goes back to World War II, when Castle District was part of the Government Quarter. The caves and tunnels were connected and fortified and used as an air raid shelter. On the orders of the Mayor of Budapest an emergency surgical hospital was also built within the caves beneath Buda Castle Hill. The hospital was actively used during WW II until July 1945 and then during the 1956 Revolution to treat wounded civilians and soldiers. Between 1958 and 1962 it was expanded to withstand potential chemical and nuclear attacks during the Cold War. The "Hospital in the Rock – Secret Emergency Hospital and Nuclear Bunker" opened to the public in 2008.
One-hour guided tours, available in Hungarian and English, depart every hour. Other parts of the Castle Hill cave system can be toured at the Labyrinth.
Getting to the Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum: The museum's entrance is on Lovas utca just beneath the Tóth Árpád sétány at Szentháromság utca. The closest bus stop is at Szentháromság tér. Take bus 16, 16A or 116, also called Várbusz, from Széll Kálmán tér (formerly Moszkva tér), Deák tér or Dísz tér.
Opening hours:
Monday – Sunday: 10 am to 8 pm (the last tour starts at 7 pm)
Entrance fees:
Full fare: HUF 4,000
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