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Gone are the days when quilting was only a cottage industry!
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"Quilting is certainly an art — an art, a craft, a hobby, a pastime, an outlet for creativity, even a form of therapy. But in today's world it is also an industry..."
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This project offers three stuffed letter pillows with optional piping or fringes. This project could be used as a wall hanging as well. Perfect for a little girls room! The project download is offered by Butterick.
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My own holiday sewing this year has been a complete flop. Even though I see so much online and off (especially while shopping) that inspires me and I know darn well how easy some of it really is to sew together. I wanted to round up some sewing projects for this Christmas and New Years for the kitchen.
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Okay, it's Saturday, and that summer beach bonfire is not going to happen unless you can find something besides fleece and rubber boots to wear. Sound familiar?
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Dramaturgie im zeitgenössischen Tanz ist ? positiv gemeint ? ein heißes Eisen. Idealerweise sind Dramaturginnen und Dramaturgen während der Erarbeitung eines Stücks die besten Freunde der Choreografen. more
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The New Yorker, 31.07.2006 (USA)
In a very amusing and detailed essay, Stacy Schiff describes the struggle between Wikipedia and expertise, and comes to the conclusion: "Wikipedia remains a lumpy work in progress... What can be said for an encyclopedia that is sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and sometimes illiterate? " People have had enough of mainstream media and authorities, they don't just want to be fed any more, but to be answered. That is evident in Wikipedia's description of its authors: "There are Aspergian Wikipedians (seventy-two), bipolar Wikipedians, vegetarian Wikipedians, antivegetarian Wikipedians, existential Wikipedians, pro-Luxembourg Wikipedians, and Wikipedians who donât like to be categorized. According to a page on the site, an avid interest in Wikipedia has been known to afflict 'computer programmers, academics, graduate students, game-show contestants, news junkies, the unemployed, the soon-to-be unemployed and, in general, people with multiple interests and good memories.' You may travel in more exalted circles, but this covers pretty much everyone I know."
Other articles: David Remnick comments on the "bewildering" reactions of the west to the recent conflict in the Middle East: Only Jacques Chirac has delivered a clear explanation. And John Updike provides a portrait of the Kenyan writer, dramatist, journalist and scholar Ngugi wa Thiong'o and presents his book, "Wizard of the Crow," newly translated from the Gikuyu language into English; in it, Ngugi wa Thiong'o describes the imaginary Free Republic of Aburiria, in which disastrously demonic forces as well as good magic and witchery play a role.
Al Ahram Weekly, 20.07.2006 (Egypt)
For years, Ramzy Baroud, editor in chief of the American-Palestinian Online news magazine Palestine Chronicle, has been aggravated over the "one-sidedness" with which mainstream media such as the BBC report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He calls for citizen journalism: "It can be a very useful tool in confronting authority, revealing atrocities and holding those in power to account for their deeds. If citizen journalism, using the Internet and other media, succeeds in penetrating the monopoly of the corporate media on news, and thus narratives and discourses, participatory democracy, which has long been circumvented by media deception and official propaganda, might finally recover some of its quality. To achieve that, citizen journalism must thoroughly analyse what is going wrong in today's mainstream media and remain focused on what the priorities are, what counts and what truly matters."
Le point, 24.07.2006 (France)
Sophie Coignard describes the increasing formation of a network of black French citizens. The reason is the first black TV moderator, Harry Roselmack, who presented a prime-time broadcast last Monday, at 8 PM, on TF1 - a spot that "would have been unimaginable ten years ago." In the meantime a wide variety of clubs and scenes have sprung up that are reserved exclusively for blacks. "The most discreet of these clubs is the one founded by Calixthe Beyala. He was baptised as one of the 'Elite' and set an entrance limitation: A maximum of 60 members must fulfil four criteria: Peronal success; readiness to support others; sufficient income so as to avoid susceptibility to corruption; and recognition of republican values. The minimum membership fee is 600 euros, but if one does not want to be considered stingy, one ought to give more. A football player already has made out a check for more than 100,000 euros."
Also in this issue: A talk with Noam Chomsky, whom Le Point describes as the "most controversial polemicist in the world." The bitter Bush opponent expresses himself on, among other topics, the Iraq war and the permanent fear in the USA of a "destruction from within."
Le Nouvel Observateur, 20.07.2006 (France)
An entire dossier this week celebrates a new generation of younger, french chefs and their hospitable, inventive and at times even revolutionary cuisine: Sometimes they are absolutely on a par with the all-star chefs, and occasionally even surpass them. Among those presented are Jean-Marie Baudic, whose favorite word is "Youpala," meaning: Cooking with feeling, jazz, instinct and spontaneity. In his Youpala Bistrot in Saint-Brieuc there is no menu and all dishes have one price. His credo: "Products and herbs are tones, an entire palette of color and taste. It's no fun to cook the same thing every day. I prefer not to know in the morning what I will cook in the evening; I simply let myself drift. If I pick up a product, then I see what I will do with it. When one is invited to friends for dinner, one never knows what will be served. It's the same with me."
Gazeta Wyborcza, 22.07.2006 (Poland)
Writer Michal Witkowski created a literary and social sensation with his 2005 novel "Lubiewo," Poland's first homosexual novel. In conversation with Anna Dziewit and Agnieszka Drotkiewicz, he discusses the disappearance of sexual differences in Europe: "There are cultural circles in which the men are unshaven, meaty-faced boors and the women are all like princesses from "A Thousand and One Nights." Even the many transsexuals are more feminine than European women. No wonder Europe is afraid of them!" Everything imperfect, unforeseeable is erased in the western world, thus "literature begins in the moment in which we arrive where we don't want to go, and meet someone who appears suspicious. Literature transcends all norms â that is why the west is so boring and non-epic." Witkowski outs himself as a lover of the dirty, of the decadent and... of Albania. Somewhat reminiscent of Stasiuk...
"Euro-imperialism" (whether this exists or not remains a moot question) is encountering resistance not only in Central Europe. Even British philosopher Roger Scruton defends the national state as the best invention of the West: "A veritable tragedy hangs over our continent: a wonderful and successful social model may be tossed out, with precious little discussion about what the alternative should be: the EU!". Scruton believes Europe is facing a crisis of identity which will lead it to rediscover its cultural roots â above all, Christianity.
Nepszabadsag, 22.07.2006 (Hungary)
Have the dreams of 1989 dissipated forever? The young author Eszter Babarczy compares the disillusionment after 1968 in Western Europe with Hungarians' attitude today. "The democratic opposition movement of the 1980s fought in the name of civilian society, the Helsinki human rights convention and social solidarity. Its legacy was a heap of beautiful illusions. Amidst the euphoria after the fall of communism, historians and political scientists talked of the new liberalism which would infect politicians with the anti-policies of the likes of Vaclav Havel. Today it's difficult to imagine that prominent intellectuals seriously thought at the time that free civil society could govern itself."
The Spectator, 22.07.2006 (UK)
This week's magazine has just one thing on its mind: the fighting in Lebanon. Michael Young reports on people's attitudes to Hizbullah: "Of course the people here are angry and anxious about the possibility of a widening of the Israeli attacks, but their rage, as they see the country being taken apart, is often directed against Hizbullah. The Lebanese people have watched as Hizbullah has built up a heavily armed state-within-a-state that has now carried the country into a devastating conflict it cannot win and many are fed up. Sunni Muslims, Christians and the Druze have no desire to pay for the martial vanity of the Hizbullah leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Nor will they take kindly to his transforming the devastation into a political victory."
Philosopher David Selbourne takes a more Apocalyptic view. For him, the fighting in Lebanon is just further proof that "we" are threatened with losing the war with "Islam". Because instead of taking up the fight, Europe's governments and even the USA are bent on negotiation! "The battlefront in the Levant is merely one front, and a minor front at that, in the wider conflict between the Islamic and the non-Muslim worlds. Moreover, the time for serious diplomacy and dialogue between the Muslim and the kafir has not yet come. Indeed, it may never come until one or other of the forces in this war of the worlds â a war now being fought, with differing degrees of intensity and in different ways, from Afghanistan to the Horn of Africa, from the Caucasus to Kashmir, from Nigeria to Xinjiang, and from the Levant to South-East Asia â has finally been vanquished."
Further articles: Douglas Davis explains why Hizbullah is so important for Iran. Richard Beeston thinks back wistfully to the Paris of the Middle East which Beirut once was, pinning his hopes on its residents: "The Lebanese remain the most hospitable, amusing and smartest people in the Middle East, constantly able to pick themselves up and start over again â characteristics which should help them overcome their latest disaster."
Elet es Irodalom, 21.07.2006 (Hungary)
Budapest is saying goodbye to its nostalgic old streetcars (photos here and here). But there's a catch: the modern tramway structure was too much for the old Margaret Bridge, and the pylons supporting the electric wires fell onto the tracks. This pretty city has neither responsible politicians, nor competent experts who can prevent such accidents, comments Gusztav Megyesi cynically: "When you walk on the bridge in the summer wind in the shadow of pylons, you don't have to be a construction engineer to see that in this country â which is supposedly full of unrecognised geniuses and frustrated inventors â the culture of honest work is being lost. Budapest strikes one as the capital of a country that doesn't know how to solve the simplest of tasks. Dilapidation, slovenliness and irresponsibility are present at every level. It won't help if we find out who's responsible for the accident. The head of the Budapest public transport network or the mayor himself will be replaced by others who aren't one iota better. And the pylons of the Margaret Bridge lie there like a collective symbol for our society: we could worship them like idols."
New York Times, 25.07.06 (USA)
David Margolick has read "Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz" (extract) by Jan T. Gross (more) and agrees with Polish diplomat Jan Karski's conclusion of 1940, according to which the Nazi policies toward the Jews formed "a sort of narrow bridge where the Germans and a large part of Polish society meet in harmony." So how is it that Polish anti-Semitism lived on unbroken after the war? Gross "argues that Poles were feeling guilty: so implicated were they in the Jewish tragedy, aiding and abetting and expropriating, that the mere sight of those wraiths returning from the camps or exile or hiding, people who knew the Poles' dirty secrets and held title to their property, was too much to bear. So they murdered Jews or chased them away." The theory is debatable, suggests Margolick, but to him, ultimately, what is far more important than the "why" of this story is the "that": that a civilized nation could have descended so low, and that such behaviour must be documented, remembered, discussed. This Gross does, intelligently and exhaustively.

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LED History
- summary of light emitting diode, LED history, detailing how it was discovered and finally developed into a product that is now being widely used.
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LED history dates back many more years than many people imagine. LED history dates back to the beginnings of radio and electronics.
While LEDs have now been available since the 1960s, the LED history extends many years before this. The LED took many years to develop for a number of reasons - the first discoveries were well ahead of their time, other discoveries were lost. It was only when the technology was sufficiently mature that the LED could be fully developed and marketed. Even after the first devices appeared, LED history was not finished - new developments have been made and LEDs are addressing new markets, never really envisaged before.
Early LED history
The first recorded effects of the light emitting diode effect were noticed back at the beginning of the twentieth century. A British engineer named H J Round working for Marconi was undertaking some experiments using crystal detectors. At the time radio detectors were one of the major limiting factors within the early wireless of radio sets.
The early detectors were often made by using a small piece of material - we would now know them as forms of semiconductor - and placing a small wire onto the surface. These were called "Cat's Whiskers" for obvious reasons. In trying to investigate the effects and improve their performance, Round had passed a current through some of his detectors. He noted that one of them emitted light when a current was passed through it. Although he did not understand the mechanism for the effect, he published his findings in 1907 in a magazine of the day named Electrical World.
LEDs investigated by Losov
The idea lay dormant for some years before it was observed again by a Russian engineer named Oleg Vladimirovich Losov. He was the son of a Russian Imperial Army Office - born into a noble family. This would have counted against him in the post revolution Russia era.
Losov has attended a number of university lectures but never undertook any formal university education, but instead was a technical at the Leningrad Medical Institute.
Losov made some major advances and is a key person in the LED history. He undertook a considerable amount of work investigating light emission from Cat's Whisker style detectors. He observed and investigated the light emission from zinc oxide and silicon carbide crystal rectifiers.
As a result of his observations and investigations, Losov published a number of papers in the technical press of the day between 1924 and 1930. His first paper was entitled: "Luminous carborundum detector and detection crystals" which was published in a Russian journal. Soon he published his findings in other British and German. Losov detailed a variety of aspects of these diodes including the spectra of their light emission as well as many other aspects of their operation. In one article published in the Philosophical Magazine in 1928 he detailed the I-V characteristics of a carborundum diode along with the onset of light emission. This formed part of his work on investigating the nature of the diode emission - recognising it was not a thermal effect, but arising from the semiconductor action.
In further work, Losov investigated the temperature relationships of the effect, cooling the semiconductors down to very low temperatures. He also modulated the LED to see the effects of frequency of any current applied to the diode.
Losov went on to investigate further ideas associated with diode and what would alter be called semiconductor technology. Sadly though, he lived in Leningrad and he was killed during the siege of Leningrad during the Second World War. He had published a total of four patents between 1927 and 1942, but all this work was lost as records were destroyed in Leningrad.
Semiconductor technology advances
During the Second World War, radar was seen as a major enabler. Accordingly a large amount of development of practical devices was initiated. This utilised much of the materials science work that had been undertaken in the 1920s and 1930s.
As a result of the work new point contact diodes were developed. These were able to provide better performance than thermionc valve / vacuum tube diodes. As a result of the research into semiconductor diodes, the idea for the light emitting diode re-surfaced in 1951. This time work was to be more successful, although it took some years to reach completion. One research team was lead by Kurt Lehovec. He applied for a patent in 1952 for Silicon carbide diodes that emitted light. However this was only the first phase of the work that was needed.
Following the work by Kurt Lehovec, others also started to work on LED technology. The work took many years and involved a number of companies and researchers. Even Shockley became involved.
Although LEDs did not become commercially available for a number of years, several people made some significant discoveries and improvements. Lehovac himself investigated introducing different impurities to change the colour of the light making blue, green/yellow, and pale yellow from different combinations.
Also researchers working at RCA patented a green LED in 1958. All of these LED developments added more to LED technology, furthering the technology within the overall LED history.
Commercial LED history
The first commercially available LEDs started to appear in the late/mid 1960s. These LEDs early LEDs used a semiconductor made using gallium, arsenic and phosphorus - GaAsP. This produced a red light, and although the efficiency of the devices was low (typically around 1 - 10 mcd at 20mA) they started to be widely used as indicators on equipment.
One of the first companies to manufacture LEDs on any scale was Monsanto. Monsanto was actually a company supplying the raw semiconductor materials. They had aimed at working with Hewlett Packard - then a test equipment company - with Monsanto supplying the semiconductor and Hewlett Packard manufacturing the diodes. However the relationship did not work out and Monsanto ended up developing the LEDs themselves. [The name of Monsanto is not seen today. The business was sold in 1979 to General Instrument.]
With the original GaAsP devices being manufactured, the next development saw gallium phosphide devices developed. GaP devices were not widely used because the light they produced was at the far end of the red spectrum where the sensitivity of the human eye is low, and even though they produced a high output, the human perception was of a dim light.
High output LED lamps
As LEDs were developed, the light levels increased to the extent that they could be considered for applications outside simple indicator lamps. By 1987 the Hewlett Packard AlGaAs (aluminium gallium arsenide) diodes being produced were bright enough for the first applications within lighting. The first applications for these diodes was within the automotive industry where red LEDs were used for vehicle brake lights, and also for traffic lights. Here the use of LEDs was of particular interest because of their increased reliability over the incandescent lights that had been previously used.
A year after the first AlGaAs LEDs were introduced another variant, AlInGaP (aluminium Indium Gallium Phosphide) were manufactured. These LEDs gave a significant improvement over the previous AlGaAs diodes by doubling the light output.
Later, in 1993 HP started to use GaP (gallium phosphide) to provide high output green LEDs. Also further developments of this technology allowed the production of high output orange lamps. These were ideal for use as car direction indicators - again their reliability in being turned on and off as well as their efficiency proved to be a major improvement.
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Now you can win a GIANT burger USB flash drive
Popular fast-food restaurant chain Lotteria is known in the Land of the Rising Sun for the exotic and ridiculously large promotional items on its menu. This month, Lotteria Japan is commemorating the 7th anniversary of its line of "zeppin" (superior) burgers by giving away life-sized burger USB flash drives to two lucky winners via Twitter. No joke!
It's been a few years since the Japanese locations rolled out the two special burger towers that you see below—the five-patty zeppin "Super Cheese Day" burger, and the five-patty "Super Fryday" shrimp tree burger. (These are just babies, mind you, compared to the TEN-patty monsters that they've also produced.) The flash drives in their likeness will contain 4GB of storage memory and look steaming delicious, though they're NOT edible.
The real burgers.
Watch Park Si Yeon navigate single motherhood and modern romance in Greatest Marriage
The memory stick burgers!
As I mentioned, these puppies are full-sized. The shrimp tree burger flash drive is all of 18.5 centimeters (over seven inches) tall. They won't be going in anybody's pocket. I dare say they'll be for home use unless the winners won't mind carrying them around in backpacks and whatnot.
Lotteria is a subsidiary of LOTTE and has franchises in Japan, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Taiwan. The locations in Japan also have chicken, fresh sandwiches, and desserts like crepes and apple pie.
Looks like this giveaway is over on October 22.
I wish that these weren't only promotional items. Depending on the price, it would be cooler than school to buy one and park it on your desk or coffee table to catch visitors off guard. Talk about a conversation starter!
Sources: Japan Realm, Kotaku.com, Lotteria Japan
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DES PLAINES, Ill.- Four people were killed and three were injured in a three-vehicle crash in northwest suburban Des Plaines.
According to Des Plaines Police, a Mercedes-Benz was traveling at a high rate of speed on westbound Northwest Highway Thursday night shortly before 9 p.m.
It hit a Chevy Impala that was turning into a parking lot from eastbound Northwest Highway. The force of the impact sent the Impala into a third car, a Toyota Highlander, that was traveling eastbound on Northwest Highway.
Three people inside the Impala and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz died of their injuries.
A passenger in the Mercedes-Benz was critically injured. Two people in the Highlander were treated at the scene for their injuries.
Police say the victims in the Impala were all family members. No identifications have been released.
The reconstruction of the accident has forced the closure of Northwest Highway between State and Mt. Prospect, possibly through the morning rush.
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Someone brought a new-ish ad campaign to my attention. This series of ads were put up by Amnesty International, luckily for me, they appear to only be in Switzerland, where the group is based.
I will not share the pictures for the simple fact of why I am upset about the campaign:
These photos were done in a wonderful way to be realistic. Which means they are violent and graphic. And many of them depict things that are meant to show war crimes happening around the world. And while I understand the desire to create an intense emotional response from people to further your cause, I have to wonder why no one seems to be concerned about the well being of those who might see them.
Luckily, they don't seem to be anywhere else in the world, for instance, in the US. If they were, there would be a significantly larger outcry I'm sure. I saw them being shared on FB, and when my friend attempted to voice her concerned about people like my husband, who suffer from PTSD, and how these images are sure to trigger Vets due to the violence, she was met with a few who backed her. Sadly, more people were adamant that the images were necessary and that not using such violence to sell the point was the problem with the world. These people accused her of being apathetic and said that she needed to "wake up."
It was sad to me. She was simply trying to point out that those images could cause harm. And while I'm sure there are many who supported her (I am one), it is a shame to me that people seemed so wholly unconcerned with the well being of those who might see the ads and their families who will be the ones who pick up the pieces when an unsuspecting husband or brother goes to catch the bus one morning and is triggered by the violent image of a POW camp, a child who appears to be being carried to safety after a massive trauma, and someone else being beaten with a bag over their head by a guard.
These are images that can and will easily trigger PTSD issues. And with Facebook's recent decision to change it's policy on violent and graphic images, it is something I am seeing happen, and hearing is happening, more and more.
So many groups are out there to remind people on September 11th, on Memorial Day, and many other days of rememberance that PTSD sufferers are trigger by images so please think about what you are posting. But what about on a random Wednesday? Who is there to remind the public that today, a day that has no special meaning, their photo in support of Amnesty Internationals shock campaign triggered someone's husband and she is now talking him down?
And when a voice of reason, simply asking, "isn't there a better way to make a point?" is met with harsh criticism, I am disheartened.
I didn't show the pictures to my husband, but I told him about it. I told him about the campaign and how upset I was for the Vets and children who might be affected. For the first time in a long time, I saw him get sad. He grew quiet. Then he looked at me and said:
"Those aren't images for small children. Children should never have to see that. There are people in this world, who do what they do, who go through what they go through, so that the children and people of this nation DON'T HAVE TO SEE THAT. We do what we do, to protect our nation from the horrors we see. We see them and can't unsee them, so that our nation can live in peace, never burdened with that knowledge."
He talked to me about how horrible he thinks it is that no one seems to think that it's important to protect children from images like that. He discussed the issues related to children who suffer from PTSD due to the war torn nations they grew up in. He asked me what would happen to them when they grow up and are managing the best they can, only to have to sit next to a picture of the most horrific part of their life just to catch the bus to work.
It broke my heart to have his ask me. It made me angry to think that he sees what he does that way. He sees his job as a means of protecting our nation and specifically our nations children from images like that. He sees what he has been through and what he lives with as an acceptable sacrifice.
I get what Amnesty International is trying to do. I understand that it is easy for people to go about their life and not think about the tragedies that are happening all around the world. We wake up, drink our coffee and go to work never thinking much about some of the places in this world where people never feel safe. But people who live with someone who has PTSD don't have that problem.
We know what the aftermath looks like. We know what the fight looks like. We live it everyday.
And I don't think it's too much to ask to simply think before you post something. I don't think it was unreasonable for my friend, who knows what I live everyday, to speak up on behalf of those who might be deeply affected by these images.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Dear Amnesty International: Images Can Trigger PTSD
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- Valerie Nemeth said...
I have a question I wondered what about the AMBASSADORS and CONSULS who go through what they go through overseas to hopefully guard anyone who happened to be "locked up abroad," sometimes justifiably and sometimes unjustifiably against any FIRST HAND experience of a horror such as TORTURE???????????????????????
- March 18, 2014 at 8:43 PM
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TOY FAIR: Bluefin Star Wars Booth
Toy Fair starts tomorrow, but some lucky people are already inside, getting a look at 2017 Star Wars products. Are first look comes from ToyArk, with their coverage of the Bluefin booth. There are quite a few models on display, but check out the complete list of items on display below.
Movie Realization
- Darth Vader
- Royal Guard
- Sandtrooper
- Assorted Stormtroopers
Movie Realization Art Gallery
- Boba Fett
- Darth Maul
- Padme Amidala
- Gamorrean Guard
- Shadow Trooper
- Jango Fett
Large Scale Figures
Model Kits – Vehicles
- X-Wing
- Millennium Falcon
- TIE fighter
- A-Wing
- TIE Intercepter
- U-Wing
- TIE Striker
- Y-Wing
- TIE Advanced
- Snowspeeder
- Slave I
Head on over to ToyArk for more detailed photos of each item below.
Hasbro Admits Mistakes with The Last Jedi Toy Releases
Hasbro Chief Executive Officer Brian Goldner was recently interviewed by Bloomberg (courtesy of MSN), and talked about some of the failures of Star Wars: The Last Jedi toy sales. In the interview, Goldner admitted that releasing the product to far in advance of the film's release, may have played a major part in slow sales. Check out a snippet from the article below.
"The fact that we began to merchandise the film in September and the film came out in December was just too long a period of time to sustain retail interest," Goldner, 54, said in an interview. It didn't help that lots of other toys were hitting around the same time, he said, "with an array of entertainment initiatives coming to market."
With The Last Jedi rollout, Hasbro and Walt Disney Co. had hoped to duplicate the success of 2015's The Force Awakens. In both cases, they debuted toys in September — about three months before the movie reached theaters.
But when The Force Awakens came out, there was pent-up demand for all things Star Wars. It was the first film in a new trilogy, and fans lined up at midnight to snag action figures and lightsabers.
That strategy backfired in 2017 for The Last Jedi, the eighth episode in the saga. Hardcore fans still came out in September, but the momentum quickly faded. Sales ofStar Wars toys unexpectedly declined last year.
Hasbro's overall revenue fell 2 percent in the fourth quarter, and its shares have lost 7.8 percent of their value this year.
Hasbro isn't the only company that had a tough holiday season. Mattel Inc. saw sales plummet 12 percent in the fourth quarter — with girls' toys, other than Barbie, performing especially badly.
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Bandai Hobby Star Wars 1/144 Death Star Attack Model Kit Coming Soon
Bandai is set to release an all new model kit in July based on the iconic Death Star trench scene from Star Wars: A New Hope. The upcoming model kit will cost you $39.99 when it hits stores, thanks to Bluefin distribution. Check out the details, along with several promotional photos of the upcoming kit below.
Recreate the iconic Death Star trench run from Star Wars: A New Hope!
This 1/144 model set comes with a partial cut away section of the Death Star Trench including one X-Wing which has marking options for Red 5, Red 3, and Red 2.
Product Features
- X-Wing is 3.4 inches (8.6cm)
- Trench is 9 inches (22.9cm)
- 1/144 scale
- From Star Wars: A New Hope
- Includes different marking options
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Bandai has become the leading toy company of Japan. The company holds many popular toy licenses in Japan, including Godzilla, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, the Super Sentai series (which they took part in creating), Gundam, and many others. Bandai America is the manufacturer and master toy licensee of some of the most popular brands in children's toys and entertainment today, including Power Rangers, Ben 10, Dragon Ball Z, Digimon, Tamagotchi, and Girlz Connect.
GALLERY – LEGO Brickheadz – Captain Phasma (41486)
This LEGO® BrickHeadz construction character featuring Captain Phasma™ is fun to build using colorful LEGO bricks that recreate all of her iconic details from the blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie, including Stormtrooper armor, helmet and a buildable cape. She also has a detachable blaster pistol and stands on a buildable collector's baseplate with BrickHeadz icon for easy display in your home, office or anywhere you like.
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Manufacturer: LEGO
Set: 41486
Pieces: 127
Year: 2017
Original Retail: $9.99
Item: 6215561
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Build Instructions: PDF
The buildable LEGO® BrickHeadz construction character featuring Captain Phasma™ has authentic details from the blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie, including iconic First Order Stormtrooper armor and helmet, buildable cape and a detachable blaster pistol.
Each LEGO® BrickHeadz construction character comes with its own buildable collector's baseplate.
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"Are you OK?" I asked when I finally reached my relative, holed away in a city largely shut down. Like everyone else in Boston last night, he was reeling from the devastation and the chaos of the two evil-spewing bombs that killed 3 people so far (one only 8 years old) and injured more than 144, leaving countless spectators with mangled legs and feet, after preparing for what was to be one of the greatest events of their lives.
"It's just surreal," said Martyn Shorten, who is my step-uncle technically and attended the marathon for his work as a managing partner at BioMechanica, which applies biomechanical research to sports products. "Just think about the fact that every single one of those people in the marathon has a story that brought them there. And now, they all have the same story of tragedy."
Martyn, who is based in Portland, Oregon, was actually planning to leave the day before, but decided to stay to capture high-speed video of the marathon for a project he was working on.
"I've been coming to the Boston Marathon for four years, and this is the most celebratory days the city has," Martyn said. "If you've never been, it's unlike any other marathon in the country. The love and the excitement and the enthusiasm. This is Patriot's Day. Everyone in the city has the day off. It is pure celebration and happiness and accomplishment, even for the person who comes in last. Strangers talk to one another and cheer each other on. The marathon community is a very close-knit, friendly one. There are really very few people doing this to actually try to 'win' the race, but the rest of the people are here trying to achieve their goals and just make themselves better, push themselves harder."
People setting out to achieve their goals. That was the phrase that struck me. That was the phrase that gave me shivers.
"I just don't even understand how people found out what was going on," I said. "The news is pure chaos. Did someone call you? Did you see it on social media? How did you even find out what was happening? That this wasn't a lightning strike?"
"We knew right after," he said somberly. "Word traveled quickly that a bomb had gone off, and immediately the runners were diverted. There were tears and screams, but the policemen were extraordinary, truly heroic in keeping everything calm and controlled."
I imagined a nightmarish game of Telephone traveling down the marathon line.
"I can't tell you how surreal this all feels," he repeated. "What was one of the happiest moods a city can be in is now just one of shellshock horror."
"I can't even begin to fathom. Did you call your family right away? What exactly did you do when you found out?" I asked.
"I had a few friends down at the finish line so I called them to make sure they were okay, and then I called my family to assure them I was all right," he said. "It took a while to reach my friends down near the end, but thankfully they were unhurt. But before I could actually reach my friends, I called home, and that's when I finally found myself breaking down on the telephone."
"I'm so sorry," I said, as my TV flickered images in the background as I typed as he spoke. "The photos are just devastating. I'm reeling, and I'm all the way in New York. I can't imagine actually being there."
"It's hard to believe I am," he said. "I don't think I'll ever forget what I saw -- and I hardly saw anything. But the sobbing and the screaming and the terror were enough to make your blood run cold."
My blood ran cold as I was talking to him. In the background on my TV, the bomb going off kept playing on repeat on MSNBC.
The runner fell down. The bomb exploded. Again and again and again.
"You know someone reminded me today of this old Mr. Rogers story," Martyn said, as the TV showed the police and emergency personnel descending on the scene. "It was so striking to me, as the events turned into a multi-casualty trauma situation. I thought of it, as everyone began to help one another, quite heroically. The quote was about the importance of making sure to concentrate on the helpers in a disaster situation."
When I found the full quote he was referring to on Google, that's about when I started to break down.
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. To this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers -- so many caring people in this world." -- Mr. Rogers
"It's comforting for me to hear from someone who is there," I said. "To talk to someone. But, I mean...do you think you'll ever go back for another marathon?"
I asked this, but then immediately wished I could take the words back.
I already knew the answer.
"I absolutely will," he said. "Without a doubt. This Boston Marathon has survived a hundred years and two World Wars, and this cannot break us. This is a great city. A strong city."
"It's a community," I said of the runners he described and the thousands there to cheer them on. "It sounds like a community of people all fighting for their goals. To make a better life. To make themselves better people."
"Exactly," he said. "These are people who are resilient. They are running on behalf of loved ones. They are running for charity. The last leg of the marathon was in honor of the children killed in Newtown. They love one another even when they don't know one another. These are people determined -- unlike any other group of people you will ever meet in your life. Runners do not stop. They do not give up."
And neither does Boston.
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Super Turtle. Waffles might not be as fast as a speeding bullet, but he's certainly cuter.
If he needs a nemesis, he can always fight the Bowser turtle.
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Barlow Nurseries
Based near Newport in Shropshire, and selling to both retail and trade customers, our nursery offers an extensive selection of fruit and ornamental trees, hedging, shrubs and a huge selection of hardy herbaceous perennials, the vast majority of which we propagate and grow ourselves.
We do not sell on the net, but hope this site will encourage you to visit us, and keep you up to date with what we are doing.
From here you can see what we grow and view pictures of us and the nursery in the photo gallery. You can also get advice on how to plant, and what to plant in some difficult situations. If you'd like help remodelling your garden, in whole or part, check out our free border design service.
If you are thinking of adding a tree to your garden, we can help you choose—let us guide you through the tree buying maze!
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|Hotels and Bungalows on Phi Phi
A few upmarket hotels, but many more smaller, cheaper bungalows
on the two Phi Phi Islands is limited to the larger of the pair, the northern
Phi Phi Don. It's more rugged sister, a couple of kilometres to the south, has
no man-made structures on it whatever, save a rickety boat landing leading to
the mouth of the huge and famous cave there. There is virtually no flat land on
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CNN president Jonathan Klein exits
Ken Jautz to run CNN; primetime ratings in focusLongtime CNN U.S. president Jonathan Klein is stepping down, and the new man in charge is charged with boosting CNN's domestic primetime ratings.
After six years running the network, CNN worldwide president Jim Walton announced Klein's departure in an email sent to the network's staff this morning.
Walton also said that two executives would take new leadership roles at CNN and HLN.
Ken Jautz is moving from HLN to CNN to run the network as executive vp.
Also, CNN Worldwide marketing executive Scot Safon, who has been directly reporting to Walton and been involved in strategic decision, will take the role of executive vp at HLN.
With the exception of Klein, all executives reporting to Walton have held executive vp titles.
In a conference call with reporters, Walton would not discuss whether Klein was fired or decided to leave himself, although he hinted at the answer by making clear he was not totally happy with CNN's performance.
"CNN is not broken," he said about the news network, saying it is "thriving as a business" and it will bring in its seventh consecutive year of profit growth this year.
But he did acknowledge that CNN domestic primetime ratings are too weak. Walton emphasized that he is "not satisfied" with them. "They clearly need to get better." He also told reporters that he makes changes because he likes to win.
While CNN remains committed to serious and independent news coverage, the traditional newscast format may not work in primetime anymore, Walton said, adding the network has to be "more interesting, more entertaining." He argued: "I don't think entertaining is a bad word" when attached to news as long as it's quality news.
Why was the management reshuffle announced ahead of next month's primetime changes at CNN and net year's arrival of Piers Morgan who will take over for Larry King? Walton said he didn't want any disruptions after the changes or risk suggestions that executive changes were due to problems with the changes.
CNN is now also looking for an executive vp/managing editor to guide editorial across all platforms. Walton said the network will consider several inside candidates, as well as outside candidates. For the latter, the broadcast network news divisions could be a hunting ground, sources said.
"Ken is a rarity -- a working journalist who is an even better news executive," Walton wrote in his memo about Jautz. "The reinvention of HLN is the latest in a string of successes he has led at CNN ... To his new assignment he brings deep experience as a reporter, both overseas and in the US; a CNN-wide perspective; and relationships from multiple positions within Turner. Most importantly, he has a demonstrated ability to collaborate and lead strong teams, and a track-record of programming successes."
Jautz previously ran HLN and CNNfn and ran a German news network for CNN. Before that, he covered the first Gulf War, among other things, as a journalist.
Walton also discussed Safon's move in more detail. While his background is in marketing, Walton told reporters Friday that he has been closely involved with major decisions across CNN already, including with editorial issues. And he can surround himself with experts as needed, he added.
"He is an expert in audience targeting and development; HLN's audience is young, engaged and growing," Walton wrote about Safon in his memo. "And he is a charismatic leader who is passionate about journalism, storytelling and our brand."
CNN ratings have been on a downward trajectory the last several years, losing ground to Fox News and MSNBC. Spin-off HLN (previously called Headline News) has been one of the U.S. division's bright spots, sometimes rivaling the CNN flagship.
Phil Kent, chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting System, lauded Walton for being "a world-class leader," but didn't mention Klein. "I believe these changes will position CNN/U.S. and HLN for future growth and success," he said.


text: Instow and Westleigh are two holiday villages full of charm and character. It was the Victorians who first discovered Instow and turned it into a holiday destination. Alongside Instows natural charms is a host of modern attractions, not least water sports. Here is the home of the North Devon Yacht Club which holds regular events around the estuary. There are also commercial operations skippers will take visitors on trips, while experienced yachtsmen and women can charter vessels to skipper themselves. A regular ferry to Appledore on the opposite side of the estuary operates from here and tickets for Tarka Cruises trips are available from alongside Marine Parade. Water skiing, sailboarding, jet skiing and fishing are other popular pastimes.Those who prefer to remain spectators can view the colourful sails and bobbing boats from Instows long promenade. The Commodore is one of North Devons most prestigious hotels, overlooking the beach and estuary and is worth a stay.


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This is a 16" X 20" print on paper of my painting 'Fish Party'
Printed on Epson enhanced matte Heavyweight Paper – 10 mil thickness
The Original is sold, but I can paint you something similar.
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Why do the stars come out at night?
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How could you survive a landslide?
These are the kinds of questions students will be answering, while reaching the goals set forth in the 4th grade science standards.
Mystery Science is integrated into our Math rotations, and will tie in with math in interesting ways. For example: adding and subtracting time, angles and measurement. and plotting on a graph are just some math standards integrated into Mystery Science.
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Leon Durham and his wife, Angela, went out to celebrate Friday night in Durham`s hometown of Cincinnati.
The Cubs` first baseman said he had reason to celebrate, having signed a three-year contract worth an estimated $3.4 million.
``I was hoping to get a contract worked out, because it was no fun going through arbitration last winter,`` said Durham, who lost his arbitration case last February. He asked for $1.1 million and wound up playing for $800,000 in 1985.


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Jona Xiao Joins the Cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming. The diverse cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming keeps on growing as Sony and Marvel has added actress Jona Xiao in the upcoming film. The actress' role is currently unknown, but it has peaked our interest a bit.
Variety first reported that Joan Xiao has been cast in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, but like every other bit of casting news, her role has been kept under wraps. The film is currently in production in Atlanta and will continue until September. Xiao has her work cut out for her as she will be appearing in the new season of Halt and Catch Fire and also in the films Keeping Up With The Joneses and Gifted.
Any theories on who she will be playing?
Leave your thoughts on Jona Xiao being cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming in the comments section below. For more Spider-Man: Homecoming news and developments, visit our Spider-Man: Homecoming Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ or "like" us on Facebook. Spider-Man: Homecoming is scheduled to release on July 7, 2017.


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Here you will find:
Information on the POTTS surname and it's variations.
Information on the Potts Family arms and crest. (Currently NOT available, I'm working on it, slowly.)
A searchable relational database containing over 31,400 POTTS surnamed individuals (plus their 16,000+ spouses) who lived in the 16th to early 20th centuries throughout the world. Boolean (logical) searching is incorporated, with up to eleven search criteria being allowed.
A separate method to display Potts known to have been born in the U. K. (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland). These individuals are also listed in the regular Potts Surname Database, but the separate record files will be much smaller (about 500 to 6,000 idividuals) and provide faster scrolling searches. Search results will provide the same information found in the larger Potts Surname Database.
An alternate seach capability, FreeFind, which allows you to search the entire website for any information.
A spreadsheet listing over 120 ancestral lines (called bushes here since they are not yet trees) assigned to about a third of the individuals in the database, with information to help you find your bush.
Information on over thirty publications and other printed sources of POTTS genealogical data, some of which are downloadable from this site.
A list of some sources of POTTS information available on the Internet.
A listing of all the inquirers/researchers (over 1,000), and their email addresses (if known), who have contacted me for help, indexed by the Potts individual or surname line they are working on.
A section on genealogical DNA usage and how you can be tested and then compare your DNA with others on available web sites in order to find ancestral origin and perhaps kin.
A Guest Book that you can sign if you choose, that is shared with site visitors. Tell visitors who or what family you are researching. This feature is not going to be supported after an unknown date.
A Feedback Form to provide me with information regarding any difficulties you encountered on the site or, perhaps a brief summary of your success. This feature is not going to be supported after an unknown date. :-(
Recent updates to the Potts Surname Database Web Site:
April 25, 2015 - corrections and additions update.
February 25, 2014 - corrections and additions update.
Note: All updates include modifications and corrections to existing informaton and elimination of duplicate information when found.
This web site is dedicated to my wife, Betty, who makes me whole.
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January 31, 2017
Officials launch campaign aimed at increasing patient safety awareness
By Center for Patient Safety
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The campaign from the Center for Patient Safety highlights the 10 safety topics that will move "EMS Forward" in 2017. The EMS safety campaign was launched Jan. 23 in conjunction with the annual National Association of EMS Physicians conference in New Orleans.
"Patient safety rests with the attitudes, beliefs and perceptions of everyone across the health care continuum," Lee Varner, Patient Safety Director for EMS services at CPS, said. "This year's campaign is about making the culture connection and identifying the importance of organizational culture when it comes to safety."
The 10 patient and provider safety topics are projected to be of greatest concern in EMS in 2017 and include areas such as bariatrics, pediatrics and airway management. The campaign is not an all-inclusive list of safety concerns, but rather a mechanism to drive awareness, support open dialogue and promote improvement activities.
Each topic is delivered in a real-life scenario and concludes with a question to encourage deeper reflection on the reader's own organizational culture. As the campaign unfolds throughout the year, CPS will provide support and resources about the topics.
"The EMS community is largely committed to improving safety, and CPS is positioned to support them," Alex Christgen, CPS Executive Director, said. "The EMS Forward campaign is one way to focus our combined efforts. Together, we'll make an impact in a new and profound way."
In collaboration with its EMS PSO participants, CPS developed a data system specifically for capturing the details of medical errors that occur in EMS care environments. The data from the PSO provides supporting evidence for the topic selections in the report.


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(PRWEB) January 03, 2014
FastCare, a Miami Beach Urgent Care center, is now offering preoperative physicals for patients with upcoming surgeries.
The purpose of a preoperative assessment is to determine if a surgical procedure poses any threats to a patient's well-being and, if so, make necessary safety preparations to improve the patient's chances for a successful surgical outcome.
Depending on the type of surgery scheduled, Fastcare's doctors will determine the type of tests which need to be performed. Two specific areas tested are cardiac and respiratory.
Many preoperative physicals involve reviewing a patient's medical background such as; if they are allergic to anything and if they have had any past operations.
The type of surgery determines when a preoperative physical needs to be completed. Some examinations need to be scheduled weeks in advance while others can be done the day before the patient is scheduled for surgery.
When a patient has a preoperative physical, the urgent care Miami staff ensures the patient is also mentally prepared for their operation.
During an examination, patients are welcome to ask questions regarding the procedure. Before the examination is finished, patients should be well aware of what their procedure will entail, how much pain they may feel, how to manage pain, and have an estimated recovery time-frame.
Patients and families who are prepared psychologically tend to feel more confident going into surgery.
About FastCare Emergency Walk-in Clinc:
Since 2004, FastCare Urgent Care in Aventura has been serving local communities within the Miami area.
When injuries happen, it is imperative all wounds receive immediate treatment in order to prevent any further damage.
The urgent care medical facility is an excellent alternative for non life threatening injuries verses waiting in an emergency room behind a long line of patients, or scheduling an appointment with a family physician who may not be immediately available until the next business day.
Open 365 days a year, with no required scheduled appointments, being seen by a physician is easier and quicker then ever!
In addition to fast, urgent care treatment; Fastcare offers a variety of preventive services in terms of vaccines and basic physicals to ensure patients maintain their health.
FastCare Miami Urgent Care Center is the area's employer preferred medical facility for employee physicals, drug screenings, and treating workplace injuries.
Known for employing the best doctors that Miami Beach has to offer, FastCare medical staff is able to diagnose and handle injuries, illnesses or other physical complications within a timely manner.
The walk in clinic facility accepts most private insurances and contracted with all Workers' Compensation Insurance Companies. Therefore, patient's first visits to the FastCare small emergency medical clinics could save them money as a result of lower co pays and charges.
For more information, contact FastCare directly by calling 1-786-923-4000 or visit myfastcare.com.


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Friday night, Chicago band Kill Hannah was in Des Moines to perform at the Vaudeville Mews. Saturday night, the alternative rockers had a gig scheduled in Minneapolis. By Tuesday, they'll be blasting their sound in Denver.
But don't think of Kill Hannah as a band, think of it as a small business, one that is watching its precious profit slip away with every mile traveled in its van. Because gasoline is about $3 per gallon, the group is spending an average of $225 a day to haul its 5,000-pound trailer. Three years ago, it cost $100. That means profits at the end of a grueling tour are likely to be skimpy.


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American Express unveiled a new mobile feature Wednesday that allows customers to make small installment payments on individual purchases.
The Pay It Plan It feature, available on the Amex app, gives customers the option of paying off individual purchases as they would with a personal loan.
Through the new feature, customers can select purchases of over $100, and then create a monthly payment plan that ranges from three to 24 months. The plans carry a fixed fee and no interest. For purchases of under $100, meanwhile, customers can choose to pay off the transaction in full.
"We are excited to serve our card members by giving them new payment options that they can adjust to fit their financial needs and goals," Kartik Mani, head of global consumer lending at the New York credit card company, said in a press release.
Mani said the feature is targeted at customers who prefer to make multiple monthly payments, or who are looking for more transparent repayment terms.
Pay It Plan It is available on several consumer credit and cobranded cards issued before June 1. Cards issued after June 1 will have the feature added in early 2018, according to the release.
The new Amex feature comes as personal loans have become more popular among millennials. About 4% of millennials ages 21 to 34 took out unsecured personal loans in 2015, according to a recent analysis by TransUnion. That's nearly twice the rate of their Generation X predecessors when they were that age.
While the personal loan market is dominated by fintech lenders, traditional banks have begun making moves. Goldman Sachs recently began offering fixed-rate, unsecured consumer loans. TD Bank, Fifth Third Bancorp and SunTrust Banks offer personal loans as well.
If Pay It Plan It proves popular with young adults, it's likely more companies will enter the market, according to Matt Schultz, a senior analyst with Creditcards.com.
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Congratulations on your election to office – we look forward to working with you. Job creation will undoubtedly be a top priority on your list in the coming year, and it's a top priority for our industry. As our recent economic impact report shows (done in collaboration with the Economist Intelligence Unit) the software industry contributes more than $1 trillion to the US GDP, nearly 10 million jobs, and $52 billion in R&D, with significant effects in each of the 50 states. As you begin your work, we'd like to draw your attention to software industry priorities that directly impact jobs in the US.
It's predicted that by 2020, the number of new computing jobs in the US will rise to 1.4 million, but we'll have just 400,000 computer science students with the skills to apply for them. Congress can and must make investments in STEM education. With the proper training, thousands more Americans will be prepared to take those great-paying jobs.
To help increase jobs in the US, Congress can maintain a firm stance on international data policy. Companies of all sizes across all industries rely on the ability to transfer data around the world to provide essential services. Recently, other governments have pushed to keep data within the confines of their borders. This would have serious effects on the ability of businesses in the US to offer services abroad, and thus threaten American jobs. Congress can help businesses in all 50 states grow by supporting a strong data policy agenda.
The software industry also hopes to see Congress work on polices to properly protect intellectual property. These policies will in turn foster jobs because they encourage the research and development that drives innovation. Patent reform can reduce frivolous litigation and free up resources for greater investment. Congress should look to enable the jobs of the future as software continues to develop a range of cutting-edge technologies that greatly improve lives and help solve intractable problems.
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OSHA released the Top 10 OSHA Violations for 2011 at the National Safety Council's annual conference. Taking first place this year is Fall Protection, replacing the scaffolding as the number one violation for the past several years. Here is the list...
Fall Protection (Construction); 7,139 violations
Scaffolding (Construction); 7,069 violations
Hazard Communication; 6,538 violations
Respiratory Protection; 3,944 violations
Lockout/Tagout; 3,639 violations
Electrical (Wiring); 3,584 violations
Powered Industrial Trucks; 3,432 violations
Ladders (Construction); 3,244 violations
Electrical; 2,863 violations
Machine Guarding; 2,556 violations
Insurance will cover your business after a loss and bring you back to where you were financially at the time of a loss, that's why we buy insurance – peace of mind. However, in addition to preventing insurance claims, investing in safety is a direct tie in to your bottom line not only in premium dollars, but in prevention of potential OSHA fines.
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As you review the Top 10 list above, consider taking the time to update your safety manual and training requirements. Contact your local Westfield Loss Control representative for service or request access to our Westfield Safety Library to find resources tailored to preventing the Top 10 OSHA violations.
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The Wooster Youth Hockey Association's (WYHA) mission is to introduce the youth of our area to the great game of ice hockey, such that every child, through their participation in the program, can enjoy a positive, character building sports experience while creating a passion for the game.
Emphasis will always be placed upon individual skill development, personal development, teamwork, and sportsmanship. The individual conduct of WYHA directors, coaches, players, and parents will be maintained to ensure a positive culture in which all can honor the sport, and exemplify an organization in which to be proud of.
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