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If your cat seems bored with its food, offer a wet food with a different texture and flavor. Experiment by placing a few different types side by side to see which one your cat likes best.
San Francisco is a self-described "pet-crazy town." It's impossible to walk down its hilly streets without seeing happy dogs on leashes and cats warming themselves in windows. Cats are so loved in the City by the Bay that this year the organization CATalyst Council named San Francisco one of the "top ten cat-friendly cities in the nation."
But a debate on cat declawing has the city's fur flying, with concern spreading throughout the state of California, the country and even abroad. At immediate issue is a California bill, SB 762, which becomes law on Jan. 1, 2010. The law prevents California cities from restricting procedures performed by veterinarians. As a result, animal rights activists across the state are scrambling to ban cat declawing.
Proponents of the BanSan Francisco's Animal Welfare Commission crafted the city's proposal to ban cat declawing. Member Sally Stephens says, "It comes down to animal cruelty and mutilating an animal for the convenience of its guardian." Armaiti May, DVM, a veterinarian in Santa Monica, Calif., is supporting a similar proposal in her city. She echoes Stephens' view. "Declawing is a completely unnecessary procedure," says Dr. May. "It causes pain, complications and behavioral problems like litter box aversion."
What Exactly Is Cat Declawing?Santa Monica City Council member Kevin McKeown says that cat declawing is a misnomer. "We are not talking about a pampering manicure for cats," he says, explaining that the procedure involves amputation of the last bone in each of the cat's toes.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) supports McKeown's assessment. A fact sheet concerning declawing that was issued by the society mentions that if the procedure was performed on humans, it would be comparable to cutting off each finger at the last knuckle.
Three Methods of DeclawingAt present, there are three primary declawing procedures.
Tenectomy supporters have claimed it results in less pain for cats, but studies suggest otherwise. Sylvie Cloutier, a research assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University and her colleagues examined cats that underwent either of the two procedures. They found no evidence to support the view that tenectomy is less painful than onychectomy. In fact, both cat groups experienced "peak pain" after the surgeries.
Opponents of the Cat Declawing BanMany San Francisco residents were surprised when the city's SPCA did not support the proposed ban on declawing. The SPCA's position statement says, in part: "Our mission is to save animals' lives, and we understand that, in some instances, this procedure may be the only way to prevent abandonment, relinquishment or euthanasia." It continues: "We are cognizant of the fact that, unlike the SF/SPCA, a number of animal welfare agencies do not have the resources to address behavioral problems in shelter cats and the cat-owning public, thus making euthanasia an unavoidable option."
Alternatives to Cat DeclawingUnless a cat is suffering from an underlying health condition, such as a cancerous nail bed tumor that would warrant declawing of a paw, my hope is that if you are considering cat declawing, you will seek out what Lindsay Pollard-Post of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals calls the "many humane and effective ways" to prevent cats from damaging furniture or causing scratches.
The single most important thing you can do is to regularly trim your cat's nails. This simple task will allow you to examine your pet's paws for cuts, infections and other abnormalities.
PETA recommends these additional alternatives:
Jennifer Viegas is the managing editor of The Daily Cat. She is a journalist for Discovery News, the news service for the Discovery Channel, and has written more than 20 books on animals, health and other science-related topics.
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Isabel says: I thought I read smhewoere that you could have a more expensive surgery where they actually just remove the claw instead of taking off the whole toe tip.Just to let you know My husband and I are huge animal lovers. When we closed on our 1st house, we went out and got Yuri (male malamute/German shepard mix BEST DOG EVAH! We miss him.) from the shelter that day before furniture. We got Stella (female longhair tortie cat) later that week. We had lived in an apt. that didn't allow pets for a year the longest either of us had gone without furry companions.Fast Forward to now: Yuri passed last year. Stella passed this Thanksgiving. About 3 yrs. ago Chupa (short for Chupacabra a female bengal cat mix) adopted us. She was the only pet we had left.We have a 2.5 yr. old son and our daughter who's living with us (finally!) is due with our grandchild any day (I'm 40 my son was my first, my daughter's actually my bonus daughter, but she's been mine since she was 4).Now Chupa's a good cat too talkative (crazy making actually but we encouraged it early on), but she wasn't getting the attention she used to before my son was born. She has her claws and was always good with them. Our son is really good with her but we ended up banning her to the basement when he wasn't up asleep in his room because she would let him pet her and then sit back, fake him out then go to smack him with the claws.We are going through some really challenging times right now (just like the rest of the country) SO we decided that Chupa needed to live smhewoere else, where she would get the attention she was used to. So we have a more peaceful home (at least in that respect), she's happier and we are no longer suckers because in my old, grumpy, stressed opinion I have now decided that cats were designed to void themselves outside, and that the inventor of the cat box is laughing at all of us.Just an example of a former pet loving couple who could never imagine life without pets WE HAVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO ONLY DEAL WITH HUMANS (and human poo, and hair, and puke). Just sayin'.
ana says: I can't believe people are even considering this inhumane practice. Wake up! We're in the 21st century! Might as well take their teeth out (in case they bite you) and remove fur (stops fluff on your precious carpet). Or perhaps these people shouldn't keep cats in the first place.
Stephanie says: I have 4 cats - all of them have their claws intact. I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't want to put them through any unnecessary pain. Yes, sometimes they claw the furniture, but it's usually the kitten and she is still learning. I only have one cat that I have to trim her nails on a regular basis because she is bad digging her claws into you when you hold her. I feel that it is unnecessary to declaw your cat unless there is some medical reason behind it. YOU can train your cat to not claw the furniture or you. It's not difficult and it's way cheaper that cutting off their toes.
Jan says: I was worried about my furniture when I got my cat, but I happened to get a sofa made of microfibre fabric when I got my cat and she can't scratch it - she has never even tried. She has scratched up an old chair made with regular fabric so she is a normal cat, but I would highly recommend getting microfibre furniture to prevent the whole problem in the first place. I would never declaw my cat - how would you like it if someone pulled out your fingernails!
hraft says: I have 2 cats and would never declaw them. However, I don't judge others. My grandmother has a cat she loves very much. She had her declawed both front and back. She did this not to torture her Precious baby but because she is diabetic. A small scratch could result in loss of limb or death. She has to go to doctor to have her owns nails cut. Her choice was to either get rid of Baby or get her declawed. Baby loves my grandmother. To be so judgemental is sad. My Grandmother is 88years old has out lived 2 husbands whom she was married to each for 25years. All her sibling are dead and 2 of her 3 children. I don't think she should be denied her kitty. Again I personally would never declaw either of my cats for any reason unless it was medically necessary. Don't be so judgemental. Being that close minded shows your ignorance as a human. All living things are precious.
Zebulon T.C. says: If it's medically necessary as in your granny's case, I say then have them declawed. But 99.9% is for the owners convenience. They'd rather mutilate their cats than buy them scratching posts of some kind. Our two cats use the scratchers we provide and have never damaged the furniture.
scott says: why cant people just get soft paws. just take your cat and your self so you both can pick a color you
" BOTH " agrea on. its easy and painless!
JIMA says: I've always disliked the convenience declawing that seems to happen all too often. Thanks to hraft though for the insight, as I was not aware that there were medical necessities that would require it. I'll try to keep it in mind before I judge, but I do see it happen waaaay to often that people like to shape nature to convenience their decour. I can never understand why people think that their humanity and precious furniture gives them the right to mutilate something so wonderful and unique as a cat. My cat is a responsible claw-owner and while we do have discussions about the couch clawing occassionally, she never uses them on people, and heck, she doesn't even unleash them on dog noses! (great website btw)
Agnes COOK says: Really interesting post u got here. I'd like to read more concerning this matter. Thanks for sharing such material.
Brian says: The final straw that led to our cat getting declawed was when she lodged herself under the car seat when my wife and I were on a trip to see my parents and it took half an hour to get her out. Leaving her there until she came out on her own was not a option, or she would have overheated and died. Indoor cats don't need claws, and now that we have a baby in the house, I'm even more glad we had them removed. Kiki didn't even notice, she still tries to claw at things, it just doesn't do any damage anymore. Declawing is far less invasive and painful than spaying a female cat, and in most cases no more unnecessary, since most people keep their cats locked up inside. I still think that having your animals fixed is a good idea, and well worth the week or so of pain that it causes them, and getting a cat declawed is worth the two days of pain it causes.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - jANUARY 29, 2013 --A central Pennsylvania school district has decided to have an armed, part-time school resource officer conduct patrols at its three middle schools.
The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports the Central Dauphin School Board voted on the matter Monday without any discussion. Superintendent Carol Johnson says the action stems from an offer extended by the Lower Paxton Township Police Department last fall.
Under the idea approved by the board, the officer will visit Central Dauphin Middle School, Central Dauphin East Middle School and Linglestown Middle School at unannounced times twice a week.
Johnson says the decision is not related to last month's school shooting in Newtown, Conn. She also says the district has not discussed the idea of arming school staff.

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It's a publicity stunt, but we're willing to play the part.
Recreational marijuana company (who knew there was such a thing?) Prohibition Brands will attempt to construct a 1,000 gram marijuana cigarette at Hempfest this year, according to company President Brian Laoruangroch. That would be big enough to set what's proven to be an elusive world record, given anti-marijuana laws across the world.
According to the Seattle-based company, other attempts at the record have been thwarted by buzz-killing police:
The earliest documentation of a world record was in 2005-2006- Brett Stone in Los Angeles attempted 112 grams on New Years Eve. In 2006, a dutch group attempted a 500 gram joint, but cancelled after police intervention. Most recently this year, students in Santa Cruz on 420 unveiled a two pound marijuana joint which was confiscated by the police.
It's also not clear yet whether Guinness is up for certifying the record, but Prohibition isn't letting that stop them:
"Laoruangroch contacted Guinness to have the record certified and is awaiting reply. If Guinness should choose not to recognize the record, the company still plans to claim the record, and will documented with witnesses present to support our claim."
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Section 200 of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A –133 (Circular A –133) states that when an auditee expends federal awards under only one federal program (excluding research and development) and the federal program's laws, regulations, or grant agreements do not require a financial statement audit of the auditee, the auditee may elect to have a program-specific audit performed in accordance with section 235 of Circular A –133 . Therefore, the auditor should determine whether there is a financial statement audit requirement before performing a program-specific audit. A program-specific audit may not be elected for research and development unless all federal awards expended were received from the same federal agency (or the same federal agency and the same pass-through entity) and that federal agency (or pass-through entity, in the case of a subrecipient) approves a program-specific audit in advance.
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Purpose, definitions, audit requirements, basis for determining the federal awards expended, subrecipient and vendor determinations, and relation to other audit requirements (sections 100 through 215(b))
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Last week, the Galaxy's Bruce Arena — who has earned the job as head coach for the 2010 MLS All-Star Game — selected Houston's Dominic Kinnear to be his assistant when the MLS All-Stars face Manchester United at Reliant Stadium on July 28 (All-Star Game ticket packages)
Because the Galaxy are scheduled to play a CONCACACF Champions League match the day before the game, Kinnear will be tasked with running training sessions during the building up to the summer classic. Kinnear sat down with MLSSoccer.com and talked about his previous experiences with the All-Star Game and what the MLS All-Stars will have to do to get a victory against Manchester United.
MLSsoccer.com: Talk about the honor of being selected to be an assistant coach at the MLS All-Star Game.
Kinnear: I think it helps that I'm local, but for Bruce to think of me that way, I was quite surprised by it. After speaking with Bruce, I came away from that conversation very content. We had a good conversation, and he is a nice guy, and his record speaks for itself. For him to have those feelings for me as a coach, I can't help be anything but happy about that.
MLSsoccer.com: Does the U.S. run at the World Cup put extra pressure at a big event like the All-Star Game to try to capitalize on that momentum?
Kinnear: Maybe so, but you can't look at it like that, because it's MLS as opposed to America, and there will be other nationalities represented by the All-Star team. Every player has their own personal pressure. There is pressure from the coaches, media, and fans that they picked these guys and that they live up to the adoration and the votes that have been given to them. I do think there is no bigger test than Manchester United, and these players know that they aren't here for a good time, but a competitive game, and they will treat it that way.
MLSsoccer.com: What can you tell us about your previous All-Star game experiences?
Kinnear: I have only been involved once, which was last year. It was great, and I loved it. Being around the guys and the buzz around the game and the atmosphere during and after the game was excellent. It's an honor that when your team plays well. … I went once as a fan with family and friends, and that was fun also, but closer to the action is better.
MLSsoccer.com: What does the All-Star team have to do to defeat Manchester United?
Kinnear: You have to see what's going on with them. You have to see what their squad is going to be like. Obviously it's preseason for them, and they have a deep squad with many wonderful international players. It will be a tough match, because these guys, whenever they step on the field, they're professionals for a reason, and they take everything that they do seriously. It will be a difficult night for us.
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Evolving Systems of Knowledge
The enterprise of developing knowledge-based systems is currently witnessing great growth in popularity. The central unity of many such programs is that they interpret knowledge that is explicitly encoded as rules. While rule-based programming comes with certain clear pay-offs, further fundamental advances in research are needed to extend the scope of tasks that can be adequately represented in this fashion. This article is a statement of personal perspective by a researcher interested in fundamental issues in the symbolic representation and organization ok knowledge.
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Our definition of the financial services sector includes private and public
institutions that offer insurance, disaster preparedness/ recovery, banking,
and asset management services. Analysis of the financial services sector provides
a unique opportunity to quantify the potential socioeconomic impacts of climate
change and offers a barometer of effects on other sectors (including the government
sector). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment
Report (TAR) highlights insurance and other components of the financial services
sector because they represent a risk-spreading mechanism through which the costs
of weather-related events are distributed among other sectors and throughout
society. The sector also is among the world's largest and is captured less
effectively in other parts of the TAR. The financial services sector also stands
to play a central part in adaptation and mitigation activities and is a major
source of global and regional data on the costs of weather-related events (Mills,
1996; Changnon et al., 2000; Kunreuther, 2000).
This chapter is about the impact of climate change on the financial services
sector, as well as the way this sector can adapt and help society to adapt to
climate change. Still, little can be said about the total financial cost of
adapting to climate change. Short-term effects are likely to be felt most through
changing frequencies and intensities of ordinary and catastrophic weather events.
The Second Assessment Report (SAR) chapter on financial services concluded
that "within financial services the property insurance industry is most likely
to be directly affected by climate change, since it is already vulnerable to
variability in extreme weather events" (Dlugolecki et al., 1996). Experience
and analyses over the past 5 years has confirmed the trend of growing weather-related
damage costs since the 1950s (see Section 8.2).
The vulnerability of and challenges for the insurance sector, private and public,
are addressed in Section 8.3. Section
8.4 discusses the implications for other financial services, such as corporate,
retail, and investment banking. There is evidence that the banking and insurance
industries have become more aware of opportunities and threats with regard to
climate change since the SAR. However, little information is available on climate
change impact and adaptation implications for the banking sector.
Climate change impacts are expected to be greatest in the developing world.
There is only limited penetration of or access to insurance in these regions.
This situation makes these regions more vulnerable and will impair their ability
to adapt. Over the past few years, several multilateral organizations and banks
have taken initiatives to develop new financial schemes for coping with natural
disasters in developing countries (see Section 8.5).
Issues regarding funding for adaptation are addressed in Section
8.6. Although knowledge about the financial services sector, private and
public, generally has increased since the SAR, major questions remain. Research
could help explore the potential roles of the sector in helping society respond
to the challenge of climate change (see Section 8.7).
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At an undisclosed location in the southern edge of the High Peak of Derbyshire, a nurse is conducting a week's vigil to save the county's badgers from potentially culling.
Debbie Bailey will be camping out on a Derbyshire Wildlife Trust site as volunteers install traps and then vaccinate those animals captured, with a serum to halt the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
The 46-year-old, of Furness Vale, said: "Ideally we would like to see cattle vaccinated against this devastating disease but our plan is the best, and some say only, humane alternative to the failed inhumane cull of badgers by shooting, that is continuing in the South West of England."
The intention is that badger setts throughout a targeted fire-wall around the county will prevent the spread of TB from cattle herds to wildlife and reduce the potential spread to farms by the incidence of cross infection.
The thirty volunteers from the three Derbyshire Groups were shown the correct procedure to capture the badgers and the humane requirements for their vaccination and release in a week long operation at each of the counties hundreds of setts.
She added: "Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and its supporters have done an amazing job to raise the £50,000 to start this operation. In this county we are leading the way for the country.
"The partner agencies, the National Farmers Union in the north, Natural England, The National Trust, Derbyshire County Council and many other well wishers have all made this possible."
On Monday, Badger Trust chief executive Dominic Dyer met with High Peak MP Andrew Bingham, who voted against a roll out of the cull following the damning report into the culling trials.
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Global Report: Advertising that Travels
As a result, new markets around the globe have presented pharmaceutical marketers with an ever-increasing web of local cultures, unmet needs and regulatory frameworks, not to mention the growing number of physicians and patients within that web who are keen to learn about disease states and the medicines available to treat them.
Before launching a brand into a new market, there are a two major things to keep in mind, says Michael Parisi, president of Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide. "It's important to think about the brand first and foremost, its attributes and value proposition," says Parisi. The noise of the local market—its language and culture—can be "really distracting to a brand team." Paradoxically, the second major consideration for launching in a new market is that precise cultural context, how a given disease is understood within the population, and what sort of psychological barriers may exist. "You have to focus on the brand first, and then understand the [cultural] context on a regional and local level," says Parisi.Amar Urhekar, McCann Healthcare's EVP for Japan and Asia Pacific, adds that stakeholder influence patterns, regulatory details and a picture of the satisfaction levels with respect to current therapies are also key considerations before launching a new product.
In the case of Sprycel (dasatinib), a Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), Parisi says the science, at least on the professional side, was transferable across global markets. Launched in 2006, Sprycel went to markets where Novartis' Glivec (imatinib), called Gleevec in the US, is sold. Sprycel is currently indicated as a second-line treatment, for patients previously treated with Glivec or who can't tolerate Glivec (Sprycel sales were $131 million for 1Q 2010, according to a BMS report)."We did this advertorial [for Sprycel], which explained the science and mechanism of the disease, and when we translated it for different geographies, it literally translated almost exactly the same [across countries]," says Parisi. "The visual image was the same because it was grounded in the scientific image. The campaign started from a scientific platform and presentation, and literally went out to 80 countries almost identical across the board."
BMS is currently seeking approval for Sprycel as a first-line treatment, although Novartis' Tasigna, a second generation CML drug, got the jump on Sprycel in the US when it landed a first-line thumbs up with FDA in June. But the approval race continues globally for a piece of what analysts estimate to be a $3 billion CML market, and growing. Novartis has already begun to face patent challenges on Glivec/Gleevec, which was approved in 2001.A doctor is a doctor
Global marketing, that is to say, marketing outside of the US, tends to focus most heavily on physicians. Despite numerous cultural differences and regulations, a few trends witnessed in the United States regarding professional communications hold true for global markets, one being a decline in person-to-person access to physicians. In the United Kingdom, for example, sampling has become "much more rigorously monitored," says June Dawson, managing director at Digitas Health Europe, in London.
Dawson points to a recent European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry and Associates (EFPIA) mandate that caps the amount of samples to be given to any one doctor at four sample packets per year, per doctor, for no more than two years after a drug is approved. GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty, who is the incoming EFPIA president, vowed to uphold the ceiling.In Asia and other Eastern markets, access to physicians can be difficult for different reasons. In China, for example, "there's a shortage of physicians, and there's a tremendous demand for patient care," says Parisi, adding that shorter, mini-symposia, are the way to go, since "physicians just don't have the time to spare."
Citing a recent "big channel assessment," Parisi says physician targeting is more similar than dissimilar across geographic boundaries. Docs everywhere respond well to "peer-to-peer support, [medical] society-level information exchanges, and seeing reps with information related specifically to a product or a reimbursement service, or a patient program."For doctors, technology changes the meaning of Kinison's go-where-the-resources-are joshing. Multi-topic physician portals like Merck's UK-based Univadis and Doctissimo in France, are gaining in popularity. Of the physicians surveyed in a recent Kantar Health/Digitas Health study, 70% of UK physicians report using health portals for the information they need. Dawson says there are three fundamental areas that pharmaceutical marketers need to focus on over the next 12 months: better measurement, collapsing the divide between content and media, and a lack of personal relationships between doctors and reps. "Non-personal selling is here to stay," says Dawson. "[Marketers] need to provide much better experiences for physicians who want to engage with brands online." Currently, online media in support of pharmaceutical brands in the UK is "underwhelming," says Dawson, due to a "lack of skills or knowledge."
In Japan, the second-largest pharmaceutical market in terms of media spend (see Fig. 1), Urhekar says promotional direct mail to doctors "is not considered acceptable," and key opinion leaders (KOLs) are uncomfortable with "being seen as advocating any one particular product, or even one particular class of drugs."
On the other hand, physicians respond well to CME programs, and pharmaceutical companies are investing heavily in those activities, says Urhekar, adding that marketers in Asia-Pacific markets, especially China, Taiwan, Korea and India, still put a lot into pure relationship building."Many activities are conducted merely to make a doctor happy, without necessarily linking to product or marketing goals," he says. "I don't think this is necessarily considered effective, but I think the fear exists that stopping this kind of activity could be detrimental."
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What about patient marketing? It's well known (and often quoted) that DTC is illegal everywhere but the United States and New Zealand, but what exactly does that mean? After all, can't patients view branded messages and video online?
"It's funny what's allowable and what's actually happening," says Parisi. "YouTube is gigantic (globally), and I don't want to call [YouTube] an advertising or promotional vehicle, but it is consumer-facing." By way of example, Parisi says Cancer Care, a nonprofit where he's a board member, recently hosted a telephone conference on lung cancer."There were people from Afghanistan, China, Egypt and several other countries dialing in for the call," he says. "We didn't promote [the conference] in any of those markets."
With respect to DTC regulations, Parisi draws a line between "broad-channel push media" and "on-demand" content. "If it's up on the web and being pulled down locally, you really can't control that," he says. "The challenge for marketers is planning for it. Can we create branded programs that live in those channels [online], and what regulations are we following?" says Parisi, adding that regulatory bodies are "going to have some real issues" with the fact that branded information is being requested online in global markets.Echoing Parisi, Dawson says "the irony of the regulatory framework is that typing in a pharma brand name on Google in the UK often leads you directly to a plethora of sites which are not controlled in the UK. You can't get away from online discussions of brands which can often be overt advertising." Dawson says she doesn't think prohibition of "above-the-line" broadcast DTC advertising in the UK has had an adverse effect on patients. However, she does feel that pharmas ought to "be able to actively provide factual, unbiased content online about their brands, in a way that is simple and easy to consume.
For the most part, however, unsolicited consumer marketing takes the form of unbranded, disease awareness and educational campaigns. Although campaigns in Europe and Asia differ superficially from unbranded campaigns in the US—a game on Abbott's "Flush it" site for Crohn's disease in Denmark (www.flush-it.com) pits animated Crohn's sufferers against each other in volleyball, with players having to make frequent, unexpected sojourns to beachside toilets—they are similar in terms of the content they provide.In Australia, pharmaceutical companies run "information to patient," or "ITP" disease awareness campaigns, says Urhekar. The call to action for disease awareness campaigns—"talk to your doctor"—is essentially the same no matter which country one lives in. "In reality, patients go online to get the information they are seeking," says Urhekar. "Patients are armed with information when they visit their doctor, but the doctor still has the power."
There are many factors—efficacy, indication, therapeutic class—that can be attributed to the success of Pfizer's Lipitor, the best-selling drug ever, but what about the product's name? According to Scott Piergrossi, VP, creative development at the Brand Institute (a brand identity consultancy that helped develop the name Lipitor) a drug's name, along with well-defined positioning and a consistent brand strategy, can make a big, global difference.
The name Lipitor is a hybrid "connoting the drug's lipid-regulating effects, combined with elements of the drug's generic name, atorvastatin," says Piergrossi. "The name works globally because the word-parts are easily understood in multiple languages," and is suggestive of the functional attributes of the product, he says. Using a hybrid name "creates a tangibility that may not be achieved by a more contrived or meaningless name," or a name that doesn't reflect actual drug properties, says Piergrossi.Additionally, the name Lipitor is free of any inappropriate, pejorative or misleading messages across geographic lines, says Piergrossi.
"Pfizer has the infrastructure and reach to deliver tailored messaging to markets that require special branding efforts, based on certain sensitivities, regional needs or regulatory requirements. These messages may diverge slightly from the overarching global brand positioning, but they are vigilantly crafted to stay consistent and true to the brand's core values," says Piergrossi.


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Jane Healey Fluharty was only 2 years old in 1968 when she, her parents and three older siblings moved into their new home on Apple Tree Hill.
High above the main streets of Fitchburg, the colonial-style home brought together all of her father's passions: family, land, the world of the past and the future of Fitchburg, the city he loved.
More than 40 years later, it is here that she and her husband, Timothy (T.J.) Fluharty, are raising their own four children, watching them sled in the backyard and hang Christmas stockings on the same chimney where Santa came when she was a child.
Last year, the Fluhartys' decision to open their home for the Fitchburg Historical Society's Holiday Tour was based, in part, on the opportunity to talk about the man who created it and the difference he made in the Fitchburg landscape.
Edward Charles John Healey, known as Ed or Eddie, loved working in the family hardware store, Greuner Hardware on Main Street. Turning to real estate as an adult, he bought Foster Real Estate in the 1970s to form Foster-Healey Real Estate, now run by his son, Rick Healey, who also lives on Apple Tree Hill with his family. (Jane and Rick's sister lives in Pennsylvania; another brother died last year in Ireland.)
An inveterate booster, Ed Healey tirelessly promoted his hometown, frequently giving slideshow tours at the Rotary Club about "what to do on a full tank of gas from Fitchburg," Jane Fluharty recalls. He served on the committee to make Fitchburg an All-American City and set a powerful example for other merchants, sweeping the sidewalk in front of his business every morning.
For advertising, he loved to pass out a card printed with the word "smile" in capital letters and a quotation proclaiming that "a SMILE costs nothing, but gives much," and urging, "Give them one of yours, as none needs a SMILE so much as he who has no more to give."
"He left a smile wherever he went," says Mrs. Fluharty. "I could always see where he had been, all over town, because they were taped to many cash registers around the city, and I'm sure many other places he went."
In 1982, Ed Healey died of a heart attack at the young age of 54. But his legacy remains.
When he wanted a colonial-style home in a colonial neighborhood and couldn't find one, "he built it himself," says his daughter.
Indeed, he built the whole neighborhood, buying much of the area that had been known as Apple Tree Hill in the 1700s and re-establishing the name. He also developed a large part of the adjacent road, Mount Vernon Street.
On Apple Tree Hill, he set deed restrictions on the lots he owned that still define the style and quality of homes that can be built there. (After his death, his widow, Elizabeth McBreen Healey, continued to approve plans for new construction.) Though the neighborhood has grown up, colonial touches clearly indicate the homes that he authorized.
And he made sure that every facet of his own home, the first built, was just as he wanted it.
"My father always said, 'Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess,' " says Mrs. Fluharty, reflecting on the love and labor that went into this major project.
Designed by architect James Britton, who created much of Old Sturbridge Village, the house incorporates even the smallest detail necessary to make it an accurate reflection of the Colonial period. Philip Baker, who had been involved with the renovations of Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, N.H., took on the finish work.
Small panes of bull's-eye glass, with its telltale center distortion, enhance the front and side doors of the 4,000-square-foot house, which sits on 15 acres at the top of the hill.
Bull's-eye was common in the Colonial era because it was inexpensive. "You were only charged for glass you could see through," says Mrs. Fluharty, "and so these panes would have been thrown out."
Indeed, her father's commitment to historical accuracy means that there is an abundance of glass throughout the home. Tall, black shuttered windows, each half divided into 12 panes separated by solid wood mullions, grace the white, two-story fa�ade of the main house as well as the adjacent wing for the family room.
Ed Healey used to joke that "if you washed one pane every day for a year, you'd finish the whole house," his daughter recalls.
In the kitchen, part of a wall is finished with original King's pine, so called because it was once available only to the King and used to make ships' masts.
"If you were caught with it, you were hanged," she says.
The floors are crafted of variable width wood flooring, and Ed Healey insisted on getting exactly the right size. When he received 6 by 8 boards instead of 8 by 10, he shipped them back and asked for the correct order, a delay that he always said set the construction schedule back considerably.
When they did arrive, each of the boards had to be hand-planed to give the wood a colonial cast. The Healey sons hammered each nail three times to get the old look. Crown moldings throughout the house are historically representative in style.
When it came to designing the chimney, Healey had it repointed to satisfy two mutually exclusive goals: He wanted both a center chimney and a hallway that ran through the center of the house. The home has two fireplaces, one in the book-lined library, joining the living room behind it, and an immense hearth in the family room.
Not long ago, T.J. Fluharty, who works at Polar Beverages, ran into one of the masons who had worked on the chimney as a young apprentice. "Even now he is amazed by what was involved," says Mr. Fluharty.
Outside, the granite doorstep by the front door was salvaged from the old Fitchburg train station. Every week, Elizabeth McBreen, soon to be Healey, stepped down onto the platform when she took the train from Concord for classes at Fitchburg State Teachers College. The Healeys first met at the college.
When he built their home, Mr. Healey brought home the piece of granite to preserve the memory of the place where she had stepped from the train.
And when the doorstep could not be seen from the road, he raised the road.
An indefatigable collector, Healey also built a 40- by 60-foot barn next to and in the same style as the main house to put his antiques.
An authentic train bell hangs high above the barn's wide door, a rope dangling within easy reach. Determined to find one, he went to auction after auction with $100 in his pocket until he finally got his price.
This is the bell that called his children home from across the neighborhood for dinner or for homework.
It is a different time now, and the Fluharty children, Maille, Declan, Liam and Shelagh, ages 4 to 13, don't roam as far afield as their parents and aunts and uncles did in the 1960s and 1970s. But they are nonetheless growing up in the footprint of their family's history.
"I have a good time watching my kids do some of the same things I did as a child," says Mrs. Fluharty. "They're exploring in the woods, or sledding out back. I remember ice skating on the neighbor's pond, hanging out at a big rock on someone else's property in the woods. I never came home until my mother rang the bell."
The decision to move into the family home came in 1995, two years after the Fluhartys had married and Jane's mother was thinking about downsizing.
"We asked her, 'If we moved in, would you stay here?' " Jane recalls. "And she said, 'That's exactly what I wanted to hear and I didn't want to ask.' "
It was an ideal arrangement that lasted 16 years, until Mrs. Healey, who had Alzheimer's disease, went into hospice in February 2011 and died this past winter.
"(Our living here) added at least 10 years to her life," says Jane Fluharty.
That kind of continuity is exactly what her father hoped for — for his family, his neighborhood and his community.
With that in mind, the Fluhartys were happy to say yes when neighbors involved with the Fitchburg Historical Society asked them to be part of last year's Holiday Tour.
Though they used the Dec. 3 deadline to finish a few projects — T. J. polished every brass doorknob — the only change they made in their usual Christmas decorating was to put everything up right before rather than right after Thanksgiving.
Glowing with candlelight, every window wore an elegant green wreath, more than 30 distributed throughout the home. Garlands festooned the door and wound around the lamppost outside. Twinkling white lights were everywhere. A child's Christmas tree, decorated with unbreakable ornaments, stood in the corner of the family room, while the more formal tree waited for Santa in the living room.
About 360 people participated in the 10-house tour, the largest ever.
"Everyone was very nice, very appreciative," says Jane Fluharty. "It was very positive, a tribute to my dad. I talked about him all day long."
The children, dressed in their Christmas best, opened the door for visitors, while T.J. held court in the family room, "putting a positive spin on Fitchburg." Here, a roaring fire crackled in the huge hearth, outlined by thick beams Ed Healey had rescued from a demolished barn in Ashby.
"The tour was so big for the city," T.J. Fluharty says. "You always see the houses in Princeton, Groton and Sterling, but there are some real gems in Fitchburg."
Certainly, Ed Healey would have approved, and a recent find among his papers has reminded his family just how important Apple Tree Hill was to him.
In a note detailing the lineage of Apple Tree Hill's ownership since before 1764, scrawled in all capital letters, he wrote that he was "prompted to buy for my own home, ready to buy one lot."
But a developer identified only as "Mr. Haynes" asked him "Why don't you buy it all?"
And with that, concluded Ed Healey, "Mr. Haynes changed my life."


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More than 60 percent of grain bin engulfment cases occur in facilities that are exempt from Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations.
That's mostly family on-farm storage units.
Only 30 percent of engulfment cases come from OSHA non-exempt facilities. Another 9 percent are of unknown exemption status.
A significant number of those exempt cases involve children and the fatality rate of children involved in grain engulfment is staggering, 70 percent.
More instances and more fatalities occur from engulfment than from grain bin explosions.
A Purdue University study that examined grain bin accidents from 1964 through 2010 found 600 cases of explosions and 250 deaths, a 20-percent fatality rate. During that same time, engulfment cases totaled 900 with 550 deaths and a 62-percent fatality rate.
The frequency of grain bin engulfment has increased by 7 cases per decade with a spike in 2011 following bumper crops of grain in the Midwest, according to the study.
Those sobering statistics underscore the importance of developing and following, meticulously, grain bin safety procedures on commercial and privately-owned grain storage facilities.
David Smith, Texas AgriLife Extension specialist, says training employees and making safety a priority are keys to protecting workers from what could be a horrific tragedy.
Smith, speaking at the recent Coastal Bend Grain Storage and Handlers Safety Conference in Sinton, Texas, noted several recent cases from the Midwest in which poor safety procedures resulted in multiple deaths from grain engulfment. At least one of those cases involved teen-aged workers.
Tragedy hits quickly
Engulfment happens within seconds, typically when workers are inside the grain bin while augers or vacuums are in operation and creating "flowing grain.
Grain flows rapidly from a 10-inch auger," he said. "Flow rate may be 68 bushels per minute. That means a person who is 6-feet-tall and 165 pounds will be entrapped within five seconds to the point that he cannot free himself. Within 25 seconds, he will be completely engulfed."
The key for survival in that short window is to stop the grain from flowing as quickly as possible. Persons trapped in grain, even if they are not completely covered, may die of suffocation from the pressure exerted by the grain. "One foot of grain over an individual's entire body weighs about 300 pounds." With that much pressure, extracting the worker without causing serious injury is difficult.
Smith said unloading operations offer significant risks. Also, grain bridges, surfaces that have crusted over leaving cavities underneath, may collapse and trap workers. Grain masses adhering to side walls also pose hazards of breaking away and engulfing workers inside the grain bin.
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Poorly conditioned grain is a contributing factor. Grain put up too wet may begin crusting and create those bridges or adhere to walls. When the grain is unloaded, those structures have to be broken up to allow the grain to flow. In many cases, that means workers enter the bins to "walk down the grain," to keep it flowing. "That's when workers become engulfed."
The ideal solution to bridges and other in-bin grain problems is to use tools to break up the grain. With someone inside a bin, augers and vacuums should be shut down and proper communication established with an observer at the bin entrance and with someone on the ground.
"With augers or vacuums in operation, the equipment operator outside often cannot hear cries for help," Smith said.
Risk factors
Risk factors inside a grain bin are numerous and include the speed of the flowing grain, the force of the grain on a body and presence of dangerous gases. "Molds, fungi and bacteria may create problems," Smith said. "Also, gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and others may build up in grain bins.
"Time and pressure are important. When a worker becomes trapped to his knees he can't escape without assistance. And movement may cause him to sink deeper and deeper. As grain keeps moving it quickly forms a cone of depression."
A person weighing 165 pounds will require 900 pounds of force to lift him out of the grain if he is fully submerged. "Extraction often is necessary from awkward positions and may result in serious injury. Training and safety equipment are necessary."
Most engulfment cases — 68 percent — occur in corrugated metal grain bins. Transportation may result in engulfment and usually involves grain wagons. Some cases occur in semi-trailers and rail cars.
Excess moisture in the grain is a prime contributing factor to grain engulfment, Smith said. Other factors include excess fines and foreign material in the grain, out-of-condition grain, engaged unloading equipment (with workers inside the bin), entering a grain bin, unsupervised children in exempt workplaces, increased on-farm storage, unfamiliarity with extraction procedures, lack of safety features in older storage structures and an inability to install proper safety equipment — harnesses — in older facilities.
Smith said prevention is essential. "Signs are not enough. Owners and managers must make safety a priority. No shortcuts should be allowed."
The No. 1 key to preventing grain engulfment is not to enter a grain container. "Keep grain in good condition," he notes. "Do not walk down the grain to make it flow. Prevent unauthorized entry, especially for children and untrained personnel."
He added that placing more emphasis on OSHA-exempt facilities is important. "Almost 70 percent of incidents happen there," he said.
Having a rescue plan in place is crucial. "Management and workers should practice it. Invest in personal safety equipment and know how to use it. Make certain it will hold up and that the facility will support it.
"Also, work with first responders in training activities. Involve them with employees."
Smith said OSHA is taking a harder line on grain engulfment incidents. "After an August, 2010 fatal incident, an OSHA letter stated that the agency 'will not tolerate non-compliance with the Grain Handling Facility Standard.'"
OSHA also noted that the "potential for criminal prosecution," exists with grain bin incidents. "Enforcement has increased and the number of fines has gone up," Smith said.
"The number of grain entrapment cases are increasing as are the number of high profile incidents — those involving more than one person. Consequently, OSHA is ramping up enforcement."
As grain production has increased across the country, the number of entrapment incidents has also risen. More grain also spurred growth of on-farm storage facilities, increasing the number of exempt facilities and the opportunities for accidents.
Most cases occur in the Midwest, where more grain is grown. During that 1964 to 2010 survey period, Texas had 26 incidents.
Prevention, Smith said, must be the paramount goal. "Training is expanding," he said, "but the need is growing."
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Weber Human Services is looking for people who can help Northern Utah nonprofits.
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• The Ogden Nature Center is looking for a volunteer who has knowledge of gardening. The nature center also needs someone to coordinate its summer volunteer program, which runs 10 weeks.
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• Brigham City Community Hospital is looking for volunteers 18 and older to help with the front desk and other activities. Your commitment is four hours per week for at least six months. Volunteers must pass a background check and have a flu shot and TB test. Training is provided.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah is seeking retirees to mentor children ages 6-18 who are facing adversity. As little as six to eight hours per month can help kids avoid risky behaviors, do better in school and have positive relationships with family and peers. All mentors undergo background screenings, and must be able to volunteer six to eight hours per month for one year.
• The Washington Terrace Senior Center is in need of a teacher who can pour and fire ceramics. A volunteer is also needed twice a week for two hours to help serve lunch and wash dishes
• Peery's Egyptian Theater is looking for volunteer ushers to assist with afternoon and evening events.
• Volunteer food servers are needed in Davis and Weber County Senior Centers. Meals are served daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers can serve every day or once a week.
• The Weber County Animal Shelter needs individuals to assist with kennel cleaning, cat socialization, dog walking and general cleaning.
• The Union Station Museum is looking for volunteers to provide a visitor-friendly learning experience. Volunteers will be placed at the ticket counter or serve as guides to answer questions and monitor displays. Shifts are 3.5 hours.
• Court Appointed Special Advocates needs volunteers. CASA allows people to help neglected and abused children in the community. Volunteers must be at least 21, pass a background check, and be willing to serve five to 10 hours a month. Training is provided.
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• A Center for Grieving Children is in need of volunteers of all ages. This is a non-profit organization that works with children, teens and their family's experiencing a loss because of death, divorce or separation. The center trains all new volunteers.
• The Tremonton Food Pantry needs help Monday and Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Volunteers must be able to lift 25 pounds.
• Drivers 55 and older are needed in Davis and Weber counties to transport isolated senior citizens to grocery stores and doctor's appointments. You must pass an FBI fingerprint check through the RSVP program. Mileage reimbursement is available.
• The Senior Companion Program is looking for individuals 55 and older who are living on moderate to low incomes to serve as companions and friends to homebound individuals in the community. Mileage, training and a small stipend are available.
• Davis RSVP is looking for veterans to partner with them in an effort to recruit other veterans for volunteer service in the community.
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• Elder Abuse Prevention Volunteer Educators are needed in Davis County. Individuals will assist with distributing information regarding prevention in the community at events such as senior centers, fairs, and support groups. Training will be provided. Must pass FBI check and drug screening.
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