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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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versión impresa ISSN 0256-9574
SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.99 no.6 Cape Town jun. 2009
Off-label drug use
The off-label use of pharmaceutical products is widely practised by medical practitioners. The term 'off-label' means that the medicine is used in another way or for an indication other than those specified in the conditions of registration of the medicine and as reflected on its labelling. Two papers1,2 and an accompanying editorial3 in this journal address clinical, legal and ethical implications arising from the use of such products.
In one example dinoprostone is registered for use in South Africa for the induction of labour, yet is commonly used in South Africa for the emergency maintenance of ductal patency in newborn babies.1 The temporary lack of dinoprostone due to logistical problems at the pharmaceutical company led to difficulties in managing a small infant with pulmonary atresia. The authors plead for information to be provided concerning the shortage of any drug, including those for off-label use, in order to plan effectively.
The other paper2 considers the implications of the intra-ocular (off-label) use of bevacizumab (Avastin), which is registered for treating metastatic colorectal and breast cancer. Avastin blocks vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), thus preventing further growth of blood vessels. It is effective in the treatment of age-related 'wet' macular degeneration. Its off-label use has been controversial mainly because two other anti-VEGF drugs are on the market, but at very much higher prices that would put them out of reach of poorer patients. The South African Vitreoretinal Society has developed protocols endorsed by the Ophthalmological Society for administering Avastin and other intra-ocular medication intravitreally.
In the guidelines on thromboembolism published in this journal4 it is noted that there are no drugs registered for prophylaxis in pregnancy and that their recommendations are also off-label.
The off-label use of any medication carries a higher risk for the patient and the medical practitioner than its registered use. From a legal/ethical point of view the off-label use of medication represents a delicate balance between the statutory regulation of medication to safeguard patients against unsafe and ineffective medications, and the prerogative of a physician to prescribe medication that, in his or her opinion, will benefit the patient.
Venous thromboembolism: Prophylactic and therapeutic guideline
In the absence of anticoagulation, the risk of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) in medically ill patients is comparable to that observed in moderate-risk surgical patients: 10 - 20%. Pulmonary embolism is the most common preventable cause of death in hospital patients, accounting for 10% of all hospital deaths. Pharmacological prophylactic anticoagulation in many countries, including South Africa, is under-prescribed resulting in unacceptable morbidity and mortality in substantial numbers of patients. A concise, practical guideline for thrombo-prophylaxis and treatment in medical and surgical patients, endorsed by several major specialist societies, has therefore been produced for South African conditions.4
Prophylaxis is not required for patients who are mobile. In patients at high risk of bleeding, the use of mechanical prophylaxis such as graduated compression stockings or intermittent pneumatic compression devices should be considered as an alternative if the thrombosis risk is high.
In surgical patients both patient-related and procedure-related factors should be considered when assessing an individual's risk of developing venous thomboembolism. Details for anticoagulation therapy are provided including the use of low-molecular-weight heparin and warfarin as well as the management of patients with bleeding.
Predicting fetal weight in labour at term
Clinicians frequently estimate fetal weight when examining women in labour at term. This may help in predicting cephalopelvic disproportion when labour progress is poor or give early warning of possible shoulder dystocia. Eckart Buchmann and Karabo Tlale report on their derivation and validation of a simple formula for birth weight based on symphysis-fundal height (SFH) measurement during labour and determining a useful SFH cut-off value for prediction of birth weight.5 They conclude that this formula may be useful for intrapartum use in term pregnancies.
Aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss
South Africa's TB epidemic and the threat to TB control posed by the emergence of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug- resistant TB strains put patients at risk of hearing loss because of the necessity of prolonged chemotherapy. Drug-related adverse effects of aminoglycosides include ototoxicity that is permanent. In their editorial on the topic,6 Bardien, De Jong and colleagues explore ways of dealing with this potential problem, including the proposal to introduce genetic testing for patients at risk of aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss.
1. De Decker R, Gordon-Graham E, Seller N, Lawrenson. Surprises of off-label drug use where had all the Prostin gone? S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 432-434. [ Links ]
2. Jansen R-M, Gouws C. Clinical, legal and ethical implications of the intra-ocular (off-label) use of bevacizumab (Avastin) a South African perspective. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 446-449. [ Links ]
3. Jansen R-M. The off-label use of medication in South Africa what about some information for medical practitioners? S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 438-439. [ Links ]
4. Jacobson BF, Louw S, Mer M, et al. Venous thromboembolism prophylactic and therapeutic practice guideline. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 467-473. [ Links ]
5. Buchmann E, Tlale K. A simple clinical formula for predicting fetal weight in labour at term derivation and validation. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 457-460. [ Links ]
6. Bardien S, de Jong G, Schaaf HS, Harris T, Fagan J, Petersen L. Aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss: South Africans at risk. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 440-441. [ Links ]


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Owners of tourism-related businesses say an administrative delay and a sudden rule change in Washington have disrupted their operations at the worst possible time of year.
Every summer, thousands of hotels, restaurants and other small tourism firms around the country apply for a special set of visas, known as H-2Bs, that allow them to temporarily hire foreign workers to supplement their workforce during the busiest months.
In March, however, the departments of Labor and Homeland Security suspended processing all H-2B visa applications because of concerns regarding wage requirements for the program. The dispute took more than a month to sort out, leading to a backlog of applications and leaving many firms without the extra help they need.
"I am now analyzing what services I may not be able to offer this season, as I will not have the staff to do it all," Sarah Diment, owner of the Beachmere Inn on the southern coast of Maine, said during a congressional hearing Wednesday on H-2B visas. "Staff removed from one area to help in another means we will not be able to offer all programs."
Immigration laws are in the spotlight on Capitol Hill as the Senate pushes forward on a comprehensive reform proposal, parts of which are intended to boost the economy by bringing in more high-skilled and low-skilled workers to fill gaps in the labor force.
Jane Nichols Bishop, president of Peak Season Workforce on Cape Cod, Mass., helps small firms navigate the application process for seasonal workers. She told lawmakers that dozens of her clients are still waiting for H-2B approvals, and already, many of them have been forced to scale back their operations; some are closing restaurants one day per week, and others are taking available hotel rooms off the market.
The delay was only the first of two setbacks for H-2B employers this year.
Application processing resumed only after the government issued a new rule on the prevailing wages H-2B employers are required to pay their workers. On average, the rate is now about 30 percent higher, and that new minimum for H-2B employers applies to all their employees, not just their foreign workers in the visa program.
The ruling came down on April 24, effective immediately. Officials elected to skip the typical 30-day commenting period to avoid further processing delays.
Business owners who had already set summer prices had no time to adjust for the spike in operating costs.
"We determine room rates by December," Diment said. "We cannot change the rates to accommodate a wage increase in the largest department in our inn."
Critics of the H-2B program have argued that it takes jobs away from Americans and drives down wages. William Spriggs, chief economist for the AFL-CIO, applauded the Labor Department for raising the wage minimums for the H-2B program, which are now set at the average compensation for every occupation.
He said paying below-average wages to foreign workers drives down compensation for Americans in those same positions, and it encourage employers to seek non-native employees even if U.S. citizens are available.
"Demand for these jobs has seasonal variation, but to young people looking for entry-level positions, these are good steps," Spriggs said.
Diment agreed that her company had once been well suited for college students seeking summer employment, but increasing pressures on students to take internships and shorter summer breaks have made recruiting on campuses nearly impossible in recent years.
"Housekeeping is no longer a job that is valued nor sought by college students," she said.
If it were, Diment said, she would happily staff her hotel through the summer with American workers. She pays more than $3,000 in agency fees and $17,000 more to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to hire foreign workers through the H-2B program.
She said the hotel has always paid equal wages to native-born and non-native workers and at a higher rate — between $9 and $10 per hour — than the $7.50-per-hour minimum wage in Maine. The new wage formula used by the Labor Department has pushed her firm's minimum wage even higher.
"This is a complicated and expensive program to use, but it's one that has been able to fulfill our seasonal needs and support our American workers," she said.

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Scientists usually worry that animal diseases could spill over into humans. But "spillback" of Zika virus into monkeys in South America could be just as dangerous.
Working independently, Likens and Scheffer have, says the jury, contributed to understanding and finding solutions for "gradual, abrupt and potentially irreversible ecosystem change" in response to pollution and other ecological threats. Together, the two scientists "have transformed our understanding of how human activities are changing the structure and function of natural ecosystems, and provided tools to inform ecosystem management."
Despite a steady rise in the manufacture and release of synthetic chemicals, research on the ecological effects of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals is severely lacking. This blind spot undermines efforts to address global change and achieve sustainability goals.
Protecting the environment is usually easier to the extent we can link it to human health concerns. The tough federal Clean Air Act, for example, has been driving the Chesapeake Bay cleanup, but the real impetus for the law is the Environmental Protection Agency's estimate that it's saving more than 160,000 human lives each year.
Researchers have developed a new warning system that can effectively foresee a toxic algal bloom in a body of water and in turn help resource managers to avert its development well in advance.
Toxic algae blooms in lakes and reservoirs are highly destructive, resulting in fish kills and toxicity risks to wildlife, livestock – and even humans. But their development is difficult to predict.
Early this year, researchers will head to a giant outdoor laboratory in New Hampshire armed with warm clothing, helmets and high-pressure firefighting pumps
Tis the season when many Americans welcome trees into their homes. For millions of us, fresh-cut evergreens are at the heart of Christmas celebrations – a symbol of hope and joy. Sadly, the situation facing America's trees is neither hopeful nor joyous.
The scourge of forest pests is expected to put almost two thirds of America's forests at risk by 2027, costing several billion dollars every year for dead tree removal and jeopardizing longstanding U.S. industries that rely on timber.
Scientists say bugs such as the hemlock woolly adelgid and emerald ash borer, both native to Asia, are driving some tree species toward extinction and are causing billions of dollars a year in damage.
In a towering forest of centuries-old eastern hemlocks, it's easy to miss one of the tree's nemeses. No larger than a speck of pepper, the Hemlock woolly adelgid spends its life on the underside of needles sucking sap, eventually killing the tree.
The Cary Institute has received $158,549 from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation's Hudson River Estuary Grant Program. Funding will support the Hudson Data Jam, an annual competition that melds science, data, and creative expression – with the goal of increasing environmental awareness among students and the community.
While deer are often associated with ticks that carry Lyme disease, the ruminants don't transmit the infection. Mice do, and when they flourish, the disease will proliferate.
Preserving the environment is often seen as a battle of development versus nature. But in America today, roughly three-fourths of us live in metropolitan areas. To preserve our health and the planet's health, we need to create something new: A sustainable city.
The White Mountains of New Hampshire contain an unusual patch of woods known as the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Hubbard Brook has been home to some of the past half-century's biggest discoveries in forest science, particularly around acid rain and clear-cutting.
A surprising computer-based study highlights Nebraska and Kansas as possible "hotspots" for mammals carrying viruses with the potential to infect human populations.
Eco-warriors could soon get a sci-fi boost in the form of a handheld device for spotting rogue genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
When we think of nature in cities, we often think about major green expanses, places like Central Park in New York City or Griffith Park in Los Angeles. But in these cities and others, little patches of greenery — sometimes forgotten, often overlooked — can be very important for the local environment.
Dutchess County Chapter awarded its Conservation Award to Dr. Stuart E.G. Findlay, aquatic ecologist at New York's Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Friends turned out for the Ned Ames Honorary Reception and Lecture on June 24. This year's speaker, President Emeritus Dr. Gene E. Likens, spoke about lessons learned from 50 years of research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
The Cary Institute has embarked on an ambitious study that will test environmental interventions with the potential to reduce tick-borne disease in neighborhoods. The goal: to lower Lyme disease rates and protect public health.
Understanding the ecology of infectious diseases is critical to protecting public health. In the U.S., tick-borne diseases are becoming more prevalent thanks, in part, to climate change.
When asked 'what's the greatest threat facing U.S. trees,' common answers are climate change and development.
West Baltimore residents contend with more mosquitoes than people living in more affluent parts of the city, putting them at increased risk for mosquito-borne diseases.
Since the 1960s, scientists have converged on the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire to explore how forest ecosystems work.
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FAFSA Changes for 2019-2020
Students will now be able to file the FAFSA beginning October 1, 2017 and use earlier income information (also referred to as prior-prior year, or PPY).
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Research Your Financing Options
Students rely on funding from a number of sources to help finance their educations:
- Scholarships and grants are a type of gift aid awarded by the University based upon academic merit, special ability, or financial need. Scholarships and grants do not need to be repaid.
- Loans are funding options that come from an outside source. Loans must be repaid after graduation.
- Whatever financing options you choose, be mindful of the varying terms and conditions associated with the various awards and loans described on this and other websites from which you may obtain information.
- For new first-year, full-time, undergraduate students, Stevenson's Net Price Calculator is a great resource for helping families plan ahead. You can use it to estimate the cost of an SU education and the aid for which you may be eligible.
Determine if You Are an Independent or Dependent Student
An independent student is one of the following: at least 24 years old, married, a graduate or professional student, a veteran, a member of the armed forces, an orphan, a ward of the court, or someone with legal dependents other than a spouse.
Dependent students must include their parents'/guardians' information when filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). If you've never filed a FAFSA before and would like an estimate of your expected family contribution, visit the federal government's FAFSA Forecaster.
FAFSA Deadlines
New freshmen entering fall term You can start filing the FAFSA on October 1 for the following academic year. February 15 is Stevenson's deadline to submit the FAFSA for maximum consideration for funding from all sources. New transfer students entering fall term October 15 New undergraduates entering winter, spring, or summer terms July 1 until your Admission Application Deadline Current undergraduate students Renew annually beginning October 1 for the next academic year New graduate students entering fall term October 1 - March 1 Current graduate students Renew annually beginning October 1 for the next academic year
Apply for Your Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID)
Apply for your Federal Student Aid ID, if you don't already have one. You will need your FSA ID to sign your FAFSA electronically. If you cannot remember your FSA ID or need to get a FSA ID, you may do so at https://fsaid.ed.gov/. Parents should also have a FSA ID if you meet the dependent student definition as described on the FAFSA.
SU requires students to file the FAFSA. The FAFSA uses tax information from the student's family to determine what each family can contribute to the student's education. The FAFSA is a critical tool in the financial aid process, and we encourage all applicants and current students, regardless of means, to submit the FAFSA.
Step 2
How to Apply for Financial Aid
File your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at fafsa.ed.gov as early as October 1 prior to the academic year in which you plan to enroll. For example, if you plan to enroll in the fall 2017, you can submit your FAFSA starting October 1, 2016 using income tax information from your 2015 Federal Income Tax Return.
- Stevenson University's school code is 002107. If you previously attended another college or university, remember to update your school code.
FAFSA Filing Deadlines
- Complete the FAFSA between October 1 and February 15 to maximize your chances of consideration of funds from all sources. If you miss the February 15th priority deadline, still apply for available funds.
- Transfer Students: Transfer applicants for fall enrollment should file the FAFSA by February 15th. Spring transfer applicants should file by October 15th.
- FAFSA applications are processed on a rolling basis; however, you must allow five to six weeks after your FAFSA has been completed to receive any aid for which you are eligible.
- If you file after the priority deadline, some types of aid may no longer be available to you, but we will process financial aid awards through the start of the semester and offer you any aid for which you are eligible.
IRS Data Retrieval Process
The IRS Data Retrieval Tool allows students and parents to access the IRS tax return information needed to complete the FAFSA. Students and parents may transfer the data directly into their FAFSA.
Please note that although most people can use IRS Data Retrieval you may not be able to access IRS Data Retrieval tool if one of the following occur:
- Tax filing status is Married Filing Separately or Head of Household
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If you are eligible to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, we highly recommend using the tool for several reasons:
- It's the easiest way to provide your tax data.
- It's the best way of ensuring that your FAFSA has accurate tax information.
- You won't need to provide a copy of your or your parents' tax returns to your college.
If you do not use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to provide tax information and your college requests a copy of your tax document or your parents' tax document, you may be required to obtain an official tax transcript from the IRS.
- If you file electronically you have access to the IRS data retrieval approximately 2 weeks after filing.
- Paper filers will have access to the IRS data retrieval 6 to 8 weeks after filing.
Students and parents are encouraged to file taxes early; however, we know that many will not have their federal tax returns completed by the priority application deadline. You should use "estimated income" information on the initial FAFSA. Then you will be able to use the data retrieval process approximately 2 weeks after electronically filing or 6-8 weeks after paper filing.
After completing the federal tax return and waiting the appropriate amount of time, go to "Make FAFSA Corrections" on the FAFSA website fafsa.gov to transfer tax data using the IRS data retrieval process. You will need to use your FSA ID to log into the web site.
How do I use the IRS Data Retrieval Process?
You must actively choose to utilize the data retrieval tool. If you choose to do so, you will be transferred to the Internal Revenue Service web site.
- Applicants will need to authenticate their identity before any person information is displayed. Tax data will be presented and the applicant will have the option to "Transfer" the tax information to the FAFSA.
- Your tax information for the prior-prior year will be used beginning for the 2017-2018 FAFSA. For example, if you plan to enroll in the fall 2017, you can submit your FAFSA starting October 1, 2016 using income tax information from your 2015 Federal Income Tax Return.
- Applicants can also choose NOT to transfer the data to the FAFSA; however, you may be at higher risk of being selected for verification.
What is verification and what do I need to do if selected?
Your FAFSA may be selected for verification by the Department of Education. According to the federal government, this means we must make sure the information you reported on your FAFSA is accurate. If selected, we will ask for specific information to support or clarify your application. Submit your information promptly to avoid delay of your financial aid award. Please do not send us income documents unless we request you to do so.
- If you choose not to complete the data retrieval or if you make changes to the items transferred, you will then need to request a Tax Transcript from the IRS. Requests can be made online at www.irs.gov, by phone 1-800-908-9946 or by completing 4506 T-EZ. IRS processing time will depend on how you filed taxes and by which method you request the IRS Tax Transcript.
Failure to complete the IRS data retrieval process may result in your having to request the IRS Tax Transcript which will delay your finalized financial aid award. You may request the tax transcript online here.
Complete the Verification Process (If Selected)
Your FAFSA may be selected for verification by the Department of Education. According to the federal government, this means we must make sure the information you reported on your FAFSA is accurate. If selected, we will mail you a letter asking for specific information to support or clarify your application. Submit your information promptly to avoid delay of your financial aid award. Please do not send us income documents unless we request you to do so. If you are asked to complete any special forms the forms can be found on this website at the Forms Page.
Step 3
After You Apply for Financial Aid
Review your Student Aid Report
Your Student Aid Report (SAR) is a report that summarizes the information you submit on your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). It contains the expected family contribution (EFC) that you or your family is considered capable of contributing to educational expenses. Your SAR includes important information about the status of your application (such as missing information and/or missing signatures) that must be completed.
- You should receive your SAR three to five days after filing your FAFSA electronically.
- If you find any mistakes or information that needs to be updated, follow the instructions on your SAR to make corrections. Corrections can be made at fafsa.gov
Review Your Award Letter and Your Financial Aid Award Guide from Stevenson University
Review your award letter and Financial Aid Award Guide when you receive them. There are several factors that are weighed when creating financial aid awards. Learn more.
- New Students: Accepted students will be notified by mail beginning in mid March.
- Current Students: Email notifications directing students to WebXpress will begin in June (after Spring grades are posted).
- You may also view financial aid awards online in WebXpress.
- Be sure to keep your financial aid award letter (and any revised award letters) for your own records. You should also keep a copy of all documents that you submit to the Financial Aid Office.
- Advise the Financial Aid Office immediately if you receive a financial aid award from any other source. A change in your resources may affect your financial aid package.
If you or your family have unusual circumstances that might affect your need for student aid, submit the Special Conditions form to the Financial Aid Office for consideration. Be sure to include your name and SU ID or social security number in your request.
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If you were not offered work-study but are interested, please submit a written request for consideration to the Financial Aid Office.
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How to Keep Your Financial Aid Award for Future Semesters
Any kind of aid you receive includes certain requirements to remain eligible and to continue to receive the funds you have been awarded. You should review the information on the Financial Aid website, in the Financial Aid Handbook, and on your award letter to be sure you understand the requirements for your specific award(s) and any consequences should you not meet those requirements.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Six world powers and Iran made a "good start" in talks in Vienna towards reaching a final settlement in the decade-old stand-off over Tehran's nuclear program, but conceded their plan to get a deal in the coming months was very ambitious.
By late July, Western governments hope to hammer out an accord that would lay to rest their suspicions that Iran is seeking the capability to make a nuclear bomb, an aim it denies, while Tehran wants a lifting of economic sanctions.
Wide differences remain on how this could be achieved, although the two sides said on Thursday they agreed during meetings this week in the Austrian capital on what to discuss and a preliminary timetable for the talks on such an accord.
"We have had three very productive days during which we have identified all of the issues we need to address in reaching a comprehensive and final agreement," European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told reporters.
"There is a lot to do. It won't be easy but we have made a good start," said Ashton, who speaks on behalf of the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany.
Senior diplomats from the six nations, as well as Ashton and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, will meet again on March 17, also in Vienna, and have a series of further discussions ahead of the July deadline.
Tehran denies that its nuclear program has any latent military purposes and has signaled repeatedly it would resist dismantling its nuclear installations as part of any deal.
"I can assure you that no one had, and will have, the opportunity to impose anything on Iran during the talks," Zarif told reporters.
A senior U.S. official who asked not to identified cautioned that the exchanges with Iran would be "difficult" but the sides were committed to reaching a deal soon.
"This will be a complicated, difficult and lengthy process. We will take the time required to do it right," the official said. "We will continue to work in a deliberate and concentrated manner to see if we can get that job done."
As part of the diplomatic process, Ashton will go to Tehran on March 9-10.
A diplomatic source clarified that the two sides did not produce a text of an agreed framework for future negotiations or detailed agenda for upcoming meetings, rather only agreeing a broad range of subjects to be addressed in coming months.
While modest in scope, the arrangement is an early step forward in the elusive search for a settlement that could ward off the danger of a wider war in the Middle East, reshape the regional power balance and open up big new trade opportunities with Iran, an oil-producing market of 76 million people.
For Iran, a halt to sanctions imposed by the United States, European governments and the United Nations, would end years of isolation and lift its battered economy.
The six powers' overarching goal is to extend the time Iran would need to make enough fissile material and assemble equipment for a nuclear bomb, and to make such a move easier to detect before it became a fait accompli.
They will want to cap uranium enrichment at a low fissile concentration, limit research and development of new nuclear equipment, decommission a substantial portion of Iran's centrifuges used to refine uranium and allow more intrusive U.N. non-proliferation inspections.
The Vienna talks followed a ground-breaking interim accord between Iran and the six powers in November under which Tehran suspended higher-level enrichment until late July in return for limited relief from sanctions.
That deal was made possible by the election of relative moderate President Hassan Rouhani, replacing bellicose hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, last year on a platform of rebuilding the OPEC member state's foreign relations.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog, which has a critical role in monitoring the agreement's implementation, issued an update on Thursday showing Iran was living up to its commitments.
Its report said Iran's most sensitive nuclear stockpile - uranium refined to a fissile concentration of 20 percent, a relatively short technical step away from potential weapons-grade material - had declined significantly for the first time in four years and was now well below the amount needed for one bomb, if processed to a high degree.
Since halting this enrichment under last year's deal, Iran has diluted some of the material to lower-level uranium and converted some into a less proliferation-sensitive oxide form.
But many difficult hurdles remain to be settled.
Iran's unfinished heavy water Arak reactor, which could yield plutonium for bombs, and its underground Fordow uranium enrichment site will be among key sticking points in the talks.
"We have begun to see some areas of agreement as well as areas in which we will have to work though very difficult issues," the senior U.S. official said.
The official declined to respond specifically to Iran's suggestions that its ballistic missile program, which the West worries could be a way to deliver an atomic bomb to its target, would not be up for negotiation.
"All of the issues of concern to the international community regarding Iran's nuclear program are on the table," the official said. "And all of our concerns must be met in order to get a comprehensive agreement ... Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed."
Iranian ballistic missile work is banned under U.N. Security Council sanctions targeting the nuclear program.
Zarif said, according to the official IRNA news agency: "Nothing except Iran's nuclear activities will be discussed in the talks with the (six powers), and we have agreed on it".
A U.S. delegation will be visiting Israel and Saudi Arabia shortly to discuss the negotiations with Iran, the U.S. official. Both countries are upset about signs of a possible Western rapprochement with their common adversary.
Additional reporting by Parisa Hafezi and Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Mark Heinrich


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It's been a big week for subscriptions. First, Adobe announced that its Creative Suite software would be entirely replaced by the subscription-only Creative Cloud service. Now a report from AppleInsider claims that Apple will be replacing or augmenting its AppleCare and AppleCare+ extended warranty plans this fall with a new subscription offering referred to as "One Apple." The new plan would support all of the Apple devices a subscriber owns rather than individual devices paired with individual plans.
Tara Bunch, an Apple vice president formerly of HP, reportedly broke the news during one of Apple's internal town hall-style meetings. AppleCare and AppleCare+ plans are currently sold on a per-device basis. These options extend free telephone tech support and hardware repair coverage from 90 days and one year (respectively) to two years (for iOS devices) or three years (for Macs). Under the new plan, the complimentary phone support period would be increased from the current 90 days to one year.
The exact terms, pricing, and length of coverage available under the alleged subscription plan are unknown at this point. The report suggests that the plan's perks include in-store training similar to Apple's current One to One offering, as well as possible 24/7 phone support.
Apple will also reportedly change the way that iOS devices are repaired. Currently, devices that break under warranty are swapped out for new ones, and the damaged units are sent to Apple presumably to be refurbished and re-sold. Under the new system, common hardware issues (problems with the speakers, receivers, home buttons, vibrator motors, and batteries) will actually be fixable in-store, and customers will have their device repaired and returned to them rather than replaced outright. More advanced repairs (displays, cameras, power buttons, and logic boards) will become possible in-store during the summer. Apple reportedly hopes to save nearly $1 billion a year under the new repair policy. This change will apparently begin to roll out in the United States before it affects international markets.


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New and used car sales in Monroe County last month continued to improve on 2011 sales, the Rochester Automobile Dealers' Association Inc. reported.
Some 3,156 new vehicles were sold in Monroe County in November, compared with 2,888 a year ago. Sales were down from 3,159 in October. Area dealers sold 1,752 used vehicles in November, relatively flat with 1,781 a year ago. Sales were down nearly 13 percent from 2,012 in October.
New and used car sales typically fall from October to November, RADA historical data show.
Monroe County auto dealers sold 4,908 new and used cars and trucks in November, compared with 4,669 a year ago and 5,171 in October. Some 60,151 vehicles have been sold here since January, up 5 percent from 57,282 a year ago.
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Hearing considers RBA scandal cover up
A parliamentary committee today heard from RBA Governor Glenn Stevens in response to allegations the bank knew about bribery allegations involving its subsidiary companies.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Did the Reserve Bank cover up a corruption scandal? That was the question before a federal parliamentary committee today.
The RBA is accused of hiding corruption within its subsidiary companies over bribes allegedly paid to foreign officials, and today, Governor Glenn Stevens faced a grilling from MPs.
The hearing was called after 7.30 revealed fresh evidence last month that the bank knew of the scandal, but didn't call the police until after it was revealed in the media.
Nick McKenzie has this report.
NICK MCKENZIE, REPORTER: This morning, Australia's most powerful bankers arrived at a specially convened parliamentary committee hearing. It's a safe bet to say that Glenn Stevens or his recently retired deputy Ric Battellino never expected to be dealing with allegations of bribery and corruption when they became Reserve Bank chiefs. But that was the focus their appearance before the House Economics Committee today.
SCOTT BUCHHOLZ, LIBERAL MP: ... at any stage through this process that you've been derelict in your duties?
GLENN STEVENS, RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR: Let's get right to it.
(Laughter from committee)
No, I do not.
NICK MCKENZIE: The central question is: what did the RBA know about the scandal involving its subsidiaries Note Printing Australia and Securency allegedly bribing foreign officials to win bank note contracts? And if it knew about corruption allegations, did it do enough to deal with them?
TONY SMITH, LIBERAL MP: What regrets do you have or lessons have been learned generally?
GLENN STEVENS: There should have been more scepticism and more questioning of the managements of both companies earlier.
NICK MCKENZIE: The corruption scandal was exposed in 2009 by The Age newspaper and later by Four Corners.
ANWAR IBRAHIM, MALAYSIAN POLITICIAN (Four Corners, 2010): ... is part of a system, a corrupt system.
(Four Corners, 2010): Markets will start saying Australian companies bribe, so don't touch them.
NICK MCKENZIE: The media expose prompted the Reserve Bank to immediately call in the Federal Police.
The scandal has also led Glenn Stevens to be repeatedly grilled about what the RBA knew about corruption prior to the 2009 media expose. Stevens has previously said the media allegations came as a shock and the RBA knew nothing about Securency's alleged links to corrupt behaviour before they hit the press.
GLENN STEVENS (Feb. 2011): No-one in the Reserve Bank or on our board had ever had put to us those allegations before that time.
NICK MCKENZIE: But over the last few months the RBA's handling of the affair has faced serious scrutiny with revelations by a whistleblower, former bank note executive Brian Hood, who is now a star witness in the AFP's prosecution of former currency executives. In 2007, Hood uncovered alleged corruption in both NPA where he worked and also inside Securency. Hood's evidence has been explosive, especially revelations that he told the Deputy Governor of the RBA Ric Battellino in June 2007 about his corruption concerns, only to be later victimised and forced out of his job.
Today the RBA chiefs responded to Brian Hood's claims.
RIC BATTELLINO, FORMER DEPUTY GOVERNOR, RBA: He was seen as a whistleblower and he was offered every protection as a whistleblower.
NICK MCKENZIE: Mr Battellino took credit for getting Mr Hood to put in writing his corruption concerns and he denied Mr Hood's claim that after being made redundant, Mr Battellino had told Mr Hood to never raise them again.
RIC BATTELINO: It would've been an absolute pointless thing to say, because it was Mr Hood that had insisted on the secrecy around this. And in fact if I have one regret about all this is the fact that the bank or myself put his interests ahead of our own.
NICK MCKENZIE: The question pressed by several committee members was why the RBA did not call in the Federal Police immediately after Mr Hood had relayed to the bank his detailed corruption concerns instead of waiting until similar allegations were aired in the media.
COMMITTEE MEMBER: Wouldn't a lesson of the Australian Wheat Board scandal have been to call in the Australian Federal Police at that time?
GLENN STEVENS: Oh well I must say that that wasn't a lesson that I myself had drawn or no-one had drawn it for me.
NICK MCKENZIE: Instead of going to the police, the RBA relied on the advice of a corporate law firm, Freehills, which found no direct evidence of bribery.
ADAM BANDT, GREENS MP: A law firm doesn't have investigative powers, whereas when the Federal Police or some similar body comes and asks you questions, a different set of arrangements kick in altogether.
FRANK CAMPBELL, ASST GOVERNOR FOR CORPORATE SERVICES, RBA: I accept that the Australian Federal Police have more extensive powers than - clearly than a legal firm.
NICK MCKENZIE: Another question was why, when the RBA finally called police in 2009, they did not give them Hood's written corruption briefing.
TONY SMITH: You can't recall whether you disclosed the fact that you'd met with the manager from Note Printing Australia and asked for him to put his concerns in writing and conveyed those to (inaudible)?
RIC BATTELLINO: I can't recall whether I said that, 'cause again, keep in mind that from our perspective, that document came at the tail end. That was ...
TONY SMITH: Yeah, no, you've said that.
RIC BATTELLINO: ... me following up.
TONY SMITH: You've said that.
RIC BATTELLINO: That's at mentality we had at the bank. That was ...
TONY SMITH: So the likelihood is you didn't mention it, I suppose?
RIC BATTELINO: I'm not sure. I can't recall what was in that conversation.
NICK MCKENZIE: Mr Battellino also defended not telling the committee in earlier hearings about the extent of the corruption briefings he'd received from Mr Hood.
RIC BATTELLINO: If you're asking me do I recall, you know, six years after the event or whenever, everything that was in the audit report, I had a very ...
TONY SMITH: Well I gotta tell ya, I mean, I think if you look back at the media coverage in the lead-up that prompted the questions, I would've thought that if you hadn't have recalled, you'd reminded yourself.
RIC BATTELINO: Look, the - my understanding was - the broad understanding that I had at that point was that the audit report had made all these allegations about business practices and raised some suspicions.
NICK MCKENZIE: Glenn Stevens revealed to the committee that in 2007, when Mr Hood dropped his corruption bombshell, the governor did not think to advise the then Treasurer Peter Costello that an RBA subsidiary was facing serious allegations.
GLENN STEVENS: It didn't cross my mind to go to the Treasurer.
NICK MCKENZIE: As for Prime Minister Julia Gillard, she apparently has never sought to ask Mr Stevens about Australia's worst corporate corruption scandal.
COMMITTEE MEMBER II: You've never had a conversation with the current Prime Minister about this issue?
GLENN STEVENS: No.
NICK MCKENZIE: The three bank chiefs grilled today all insisted they had acted with diligence and in good faith, but Mr Stevens also conceded that with the benefit of hindsight, the police should have been called in far earlier.
GLENN STEVENS: Were we to see that set of circumstances again, older and more scarred and wiser now, I think it might be prudent to still do that whole process, but to, at the end, say to the police, "We've done this, this is our conclusion and we're not proposing further action, but we're advising you, just in case something comes up one day."
LEIGH SALES: Nick McKenzie reporting.
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Reminder: IAESB-UNCTAD Accountancy Education Forum: Building Human Capacity and Professional Accounting Education for High-Quality Corporate Reporting
Implementation of International Education Standards and Capacity-Building for High-Quality Corporate Reporting
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To address the requirements and public interest benefits of developing a professional accountancy education program, international accountancy and education leaders will meet March 8 at the United Nations in Geneva for the Accountancy Education Forum, a full-day event jointly hosted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB). To register for the event, please click here: UNCTAD-IAESB Forum Registration by Friday, February 18.
The Accountancy Education Forum will feature expert speakers and participants from North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. The agenda includes panel discussions and interactive sessions that aim to share best practices, provide support tools, and answer questions, with a focus on the implementation of the International Education Standards set by the IAESB, and the UNCTAD-ISAR Accounting Model Curriculum. The questions include: What are the considerations and requirements for developing a professional accountancy education program? What are some of the critical capacity-building needs in the area of accounting education? What assistance exists to develop professional accountancy education programs and implement the requirements? How can progress towards implementing these requirements be assessed? How do these programs impact the global economy?
"Efficient capital markets depend on the work of the accountancy profession to ensure that accounting and auditing professionals demonstrate a high standard of competence," said Mark Allison, chairman of the IAESB. "The critical link in ensuring competence is developing human capacity, which relies on professional accountancy organizations to develop and deliver effective professional accountancy education programs. It is a natural fit for the IAESB and UNCTAD to partner on this topic and share best practices with the international accountancy profession."
The twenty-seventh session of UNCTAD's Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) considered a capacity-building framework for high-quality corporate reporting. Human capacity-building is an essential component of this framework. The twenty-eighth session of ISAR, which will take place in Geneva from October 12-14, 2011, will further consider these issues.
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The Best Places to Explore New Zealand by Horseback
Exploring New Zealand on horseback is a magical way to feel in harmony with the country's dramatic landscapes. Here's our pick of the top places to ride.
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On horseback, New Zealand's wide, open spaces and beautifully rugged landscapes inspire a true feel of the old days. During those times, settlers camped under the stars, panning for gold and digging for Kauri gum – getting around with the help of their trusty horses. Trekking on horseback, just like the early settlers did, offers a slower, more relaxed pace of exploring; it's the perfect way to venture into the pristine New Zealand wilderness.
Internationally recognised, New Zealand's equestrian industry extends to breeding horses ideal for trekking – horses that are friendly, reliable and easy to ride, no matter your level of riding experience.
There's a myriad of horse trekking experiences on offer throughout the country. From half or full day treks to multi-day riding adventures staying in high country stations, there's something for everyone. Inspired to saddle up and ride into the horizon? Here's our top picks for an unforgettably scenic New Zealand horse riding experience.
Home to New Zealand's sunniest climate, Nelson is known for its beautiful beaches and coastline that's bordered by dramatic mountain ranges. It's an outdoor paradise home to a diverse range of horse trails and experiences. The Farwell Spit and Wharariki Beach Ride is one-of-a-kind; you'll discover huge sand dunes, cliffs and turbulent waves on this wild, windswept coastline. Nearby Kahurangi National Park is home to untamed backcountry and towering mountains that are perfect to explore on horseback.
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On the West Coast, horses were a key part of early settlers' daily lives, helping with farming, transport and gold mining. It's the perfect place to take a step back in time to explore on horseback just like the early settlers; and the endless beaches and ancient forests make for an awesome adventure. Hear the roar of the ocean, ride under huge limestone bluffs and observe native birds like the colourful pukeko or the noisy Paradise duck.
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We've saved the best for last. When you go horse riding in the Mackenzie country, you could be forgiven for thinking you've stumbled into the American West – and you're not wrong! The Mackenzie country has been used as a location for a number of Hollywood westerns. Home to miles and miles of golden tussock, turquoise lakes and the mighty Southern Alps, the Mackenzie district is all the more spectacular when explored on horseback. There are many different types of horse riding experiences available here, but highly recommended is 'The Overnighter'. On this adventure you'll sleep in a tent next to an old shepherd's camp, sleep rough under the stars, watch the sun rise above Mount Cook and cook over an open fire. It's backcountry New Zealand adventure at its best.
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The Harbaugh family is planning a little preseason get-together.
This edition of Brother-to-Brother will take place prior to the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers facing off in their Week 1 preseason meeting on Aug. 7.
The Sacramento Bee's Matt Barrows reported Friday that Jim Harbaugh's 49ers are planning to travel to Maryland to practice and scrimmage with John Harbaugh's Ravens before the preseason edition of the Harbowl.
It's not unusual during the preseason for teams to work together and scrimmage prior to their meaningless matchups. However, it's just more interesting when it's the Harbaugh brothers going at each other.
In the latest edition of the "Around The League Podcast," the guys discuss Chris Johnson's impact on the Jets, then break down the state of the AFC North.


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Archive for Thursday, December 24, 2009
Work force quality, availability concerns prompt economic developers' discussion
December 24, 2009
With the start of a new year around the corner, the Leavenworth County Development Corporation is focusing on existing industry expansion and work force improvement.
At an industry report meeting Tuesday, LCDC economic development coordinator Victoria Rowley provided those in attendance with a summary of the organization's efforts from October 2008 to December 2009 and gave them a glimpse of 2010.
Throughout the year, Rowley has been communicating with 85 businesses in Leavenworth County to gather information about these businesses' characteristics, reactions to the economy and thoughts about the county.
"It's really been a relationship building year for me," Rowley said. "It's been about talking to businesses, visiting businesses, earning their trust. It's important to meet with as many people in the community as we can and get as much information as we can, but we're also trying to assist these businesses in any way we can."
The majority of the companies LCDC met with were small, privately-owned businesses with less than 50 employees, Rowley said, with the majority being manufacturing or finance and insurance companies.
Despite the tough economy, 75 percent of these companies reported stable or increasing sales throughout 2008, Rowley said.
"Based on the economy, these are good numbers," she said.
In 2008, 20 of the businesses expanded, 66 employees were added and six companies reported $6,676,532 in capital investment, mostly for facility expansion. However, Rowley said, 174 jobs were eliminated.
Of the 85 businesses' markets, 49 percent are local, 16 percent are national, and 11 percent are international. Rowley said the presence of exportation was quite beneficial to Leavenworth County.
"We don't have a lot of manufacturing businesses in Leavenworth County, but the ones we have, it's great to see they're exporting," she said. "It's great for us as a community because we're capturing those dollars from outside the county and bringing them in."
One of the purposes for Rowley's meetings with these companies was to get a feel for the employers' and employees' perceptions of conducting business in Leavenworth County.
"This knowledge is very valuable for us because it's something we can take directly from our businesses," Rowley said.
Rowley found many businesses saw the county's location, school districts, customer base and available land as strengths. Some of the county's reported weaknesses included lack of planning and zoning, lack of retail, high property taxes and poor road conditions.
Each of the businesses also rated the county's work force availability and work force quality on a scale of 1 to 5. From this exercise, Rowley concluded the companies reported a 3.95 average on availability and a 3.64 average on quality.
"What concerns me about this is the quality rating for manufacturing companies and defense (and information technology) companies," Rowley said. "These companies are where it's at. Those are growing businesses, and they bring lots of money into the community. They're saying they have lots of people coming in, lots of applicants, but the quality of the work force is not so high."
This concern has prompted one of LCDC's goals for 2010: improving the work force in the county.
"We're going to be working on educating people who are already in the county and bringing in new people," Rowley said.
In addition, Rowley said LCDC would be setting its sights on expanding such manufacturing and information technology companies and providing existing businesses with details on assistance programs because that was key in making the county a growing success.
"In the next year, I really, really want to stress the importance of assistance programs that are out there," Rowley said. "We will continue gathering information and sharing resources. This has been exciting for us, and like I've said, knowledge is power."
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The Baltimore police crime lab technician put on white latex gloves and carefully opened a yellow envelope, letting a box-cutter fall into his hand. Testifying at a murder trial Friday, he held up it up and paraded it in front of the jury.
"You can see there's still some blood on the blade," the technician, Franklin Saunders, said as he walked jurors through a gruesome crime scene, showing them evidence and photographs of a bloody room and a body of a teenager crumpled in the fetal position in his bedroom closet.
It the was second day of testimony in the first-degree murder trial of Dante Parrish, charged with suffocating and cutting the throat of 15-year-old Jason Mattison Jr. in an upstairs room of an East Baltimore rowhouse in November 2009.
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Jurors also heard from a friend of the family that lived in the house and who was among the first to trace a trail of blood that started on a staircase banister and led to the back bedroom where Jason's body was found.
Assistant State's Attorney Jennifer Hastings, in her opening statement on Wednesday, described a horrific series of events that she said included a careful plot by the suspect to cover his crime and stage a burglary.
Hastings displayed the crime scene pictures and a map of the apartment on a large screen, and with the lights dimmed in the court room, Saunders described every item — an oval pattern of blood spatter on a bedroom wall, on a banister, on the front door, on the sheets, on the pillowcases, on the mattress and on the box spring.
Saunders said he found cigarette butts in an ashtray near the body, and one butt, along with saliva, in a toilet where prosecutors said the suspect cleaned up. Another picture showed Jason at the floor of the closet, behind a pile of clothes, with his head curled up under his feet and out of view.
Jason, a standout high school student, had gone to stay with his great-aunt because he was not welcome in his mother's and grandmother's house because he was gay. But Hastings described the house on Llewellyn Avenue as a drug den with transient traffic, and she said on the day Jason was attacked both his great-aunt and her brother had passed out from heroin and could not hear his screams for help.
The suspect, Parrish, had came to the house just after getting out of prison after winning a new trial on a conviction for murder in 1999. Prosecutors said Jason was suffocated with a pillowcase, and cut 15 times on the head, neck and face, three times so deep that it cut the artery in neck in three different places.
Hastings said that on the night of Nov. 9, 2009, Anthony Dealy, 27, and two women who lived at the house went to a party in Cherry Hill. They returned about 3 a.m. on Nov. 10 and found the lights in the house off, a single candle burning and the living room television set missing. He said the great-aunt was asleep and her brother had passed out in a chair in the living room.
Dealy testified that one person called police as he went downstairs to the basement to find that someone had turned off all the breaker switches. He turned them on, and power returned. He then went upstairs and found a ceiling light still off in the back bedroom.
He testified that he stood on the bed and reached up to unscrew the bulb, but saw it was loose. He said the light came on when he tightened it. But Dealy said he did not look at the room closely, and did not see the blood-stained mattress and box spring, or the blood smeared on the wall. He went to the front bedroom and fell asleep, without knowing Jason's body was in a closet.
Hastings said in her opening statement that the police officer who took the report on the stolen television did not look around and also failed to notice blood on the front door and banister. The officer left, and it was hours later that Dealy said he awoke to screams.
"They were hollering about blood," he testified. He got up and traced the blood trail to the back bedroom, where he had fixed the light, and said he saw the blood-stained mattress, which had been turned over, bloody sheets piled on a canister, and the box cutter.
Dealy said that the victim's great-aunt picked up the bloody cox cutter, and that he swatted it from her hand and placed it on top of the sheets. "Call the police," Dealy said he told her. Police came and found Jason's body in the closet.
Parrish's attorney, Bridget Shepherd of the public defender's office, questioned how Dealy could've missed the blood in the room and noted that he gave homicide detectives an alias, Anthony Taylor, when they questioned him at police headquarters.
Dealy said he had an open arrest warrant charging him with first-degree assault stemming from an altercation that occurred in 2003. He said he later gave police what he called "my government name." Shepherd asked him whether police arrested him.
"I went home," Dealy testified. He said he surrendered a few days later and was jailed until his trial in District Court in December, where he pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was spared a jail term. He denied that he got special treatment in exchange for his testimony in court.
Testimony in the case is expected to resume next week with police officers, homicide detectives and others inside the house, including the victim's great aunt.
The Baltimore police crime lab technician put on white latex gloves and carefully opened a yellow envelope, letting a box-cutter fall into his hand. Testifying at a murder trial Friday, he held up it up and paraded it in front of the jury.


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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The FAA has proposed an Airworthiness Directive (AD) to limit the allowable time-in-service of more than 30,000 TITAN brand 520- and 550-series cylinder assemblies installed on about 6,000 Continental IO-520, TSIO-520, IO-550 and IOF-550 engines. The proposed AD would require that these cylinders be removed from service at 1,000 hours time-in-service. In addition, about half the affected cylinders would be required to be removed from service within 25 hours if their time-in-service is less than 500 hours. Cylinders permitted to continue in service would be subject to repetitive 50-hour inspections until they are retired. The FAA estimates cost of compliance to be $82,620,000.
Officials at Engine Components International (ECi) say they believe that the FAA's proposed AD is unwarranted, inappropriate, and unnecessarily punitive for owners.
The FAA's action was prompted by 30 instances (out of 30,000 installed) of head-to-barrel junction failures in TITAN cylinders, but none of these failures resulted in an accident or injury, ECi officials noted.
Such failures result in a loss of 20% of engine power, leaving ample power to make a safe landing, which is exactly what happened in every case, officials said. In fact, FAA regulation requires that engines must be designed to operate safely with one cylinder not functioning, officials add.
"A substantial number of the failures occurred in twin-engine aircraft, where the safety consequences were even less significant," ECi officials said in a released statement. "In fact, there have been more than 1,200 similar head-to-barrel failures in 520/550 cylinders manufactured by other Production Approval Holders for which the FAA has taken no action."
Airmotive Engineering Corp (AEC), sister company of ECi and the Production Approval Holder for the TITAN cylinder, provided the FAA with a detailed analysis of such failures from the FAA's own Service Difficulty Report (SDR) database showing that the failure rate of TITAN cylinders is the lowest in the industry.
The FAA's action arose out of a February 2012 safety recommendation by the NTSB (A-12-7). However, in a move that is almost unprecedented, the FAA's proposed AD goes far beyond what the NTSB recommended, ECi officials said.
The NTSB's recommendation was to remove the cylinders from service when they reached Continental's recommended engine TBO (typically 1,600 to 2,200 hours), but the FAA is proposing to remove them from service at 1,000 hours, and in addition to remove a substantial number of under 500-hour cylinders immediately.
On February 14, 2013 executives of AEC met with representatives of the FAA and NTSB to present results of extensive research performed by the company — including test-cell runs, torture testing of head-to-barrel junctions, and mathematical finite-element modeling — which demonstrated that the head-to-barrel junctions in these cylinders would not fail if the cylinder was operated within its design temperature limits, according to company officials.
According to the company's statement, AEC explained to the FAA and NTSB that the few separations suffered were due to operation of the cylinders with CHTs well above the maximum allowable operating limit of 460⁰F. In some cases, the failures were caused by improper leaning and powerplant management by the pilot; in other cases, they were caused by abnormal combustion events such as heavy detonation and pre-ignition that can cause thermal runaway and rapidly increase CHT to temperatures of 650⁰F or more. No cylinder assembly from any manufacturer can survive such temperatures for more than a few minutes.
"There is no empirical or theoretical evidence that life-limiting the cylinders will reduce the incidence of head-to-barrel separations. To the contrary, industry experience demonstrates that the FAA's proposed AD would actually degrade safety rather than improve it," the statement reads.
The FAA's action would result in thousands of premature "top overhauls" where all six cylinders are removed and replaced in hundreds of general maintenance shops by A&P mechanics who are not engine specialists, ECi officials said.
"Industry experience shows that there is a substantial risk of catastrophic engine failure following such top overhauls. All eight through-bolts that clamp the crankcase halves together are un-torqued, opening the door for main bearing displacement and other potentially catastrophic issues. In addition, the replacement cylinders are then broken in "in the field" rather than on the test stand in an engine shop, which often leads to improper break-in and excessive blow-by that can overheat and compromise the integrity of the head-to-barrel junction of the replaced cylinder," according to the statement.
Owners of these cylinders, and the organizations that represent their interests (AOPA, EAA, American Bonanza Society, Cessna Pilots Association, Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association, Twin Cessna Flyer, Malibu/Mirage Owners and Pilots Association, etc.), have 60 days to submit their comments to the proposed AD, which is Docket No. FAA-2012-0002. Submission deadline is Oct, 11, 2013.
Detailed instructions for submitting docket comments can be found on the ECi website, together with the NPRM itself, the research results and data AEC presented to the FAA and NTSB, and copies of correspondence with the FAA and NTSB.


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== User Experience ==
== User Experience ==
If configured, users should be able to continue using their system that normally authenticates against a network server as if they had authentication done by local files.
== Dependencies ==
== Dependencies ==
Revision as of 00:06, 6 August 2008
Disconnected operation
Allow caching of credentials (LDAP, Kerberos etc.) so that disconnected operation is possible and seamless.
- Name: BojanSmojver
Current status
- Targeted release: N/A
- Last updated: (2008-03-26)
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
Anaconda provides no mechanisms to activate cached credentials and network information, neither in the GUI nor in kickstart files. Fedora ships with pam_ccreds and nscd, which are supposed to take care just of that. The pam_ccred module does a good job of caching credentials, but nscd was not designed to cache network information during extended periods of disconnection. As such, even if existing solutions were integrated well, they still leave much room for improvement.
There has been some discussion on the FreeIPA mailing list about solving this problem.
Benefit to Fedora
It's extremely useful for server-based authentication, especially for mobile users. It would allow people that authenticated against LDAP, Kerberos etc. to disconnect their machine from the network and still be able to login or authenticate against GNOME screensaver and similar. It can also be useful if authentication server goes down.
A comprehensive solution needs to be developed and Anaconda must support configuring it. Authconfig needs to become aware of it too.
Test Plan
- Configure lots of notebooks out there by hand first and test with Kerberos and LDAP.
- Take best experiences and build them into anaconda/authconfig.
User Experience
- If configured, users should be able to continue using their system that normally authenticates against a network server as if they had authentication done by local files.
- pam_ccreds and nscd (already there)
- required anaconda changes
- required authconfig changes
- the mysterious FreeIPA's BlueBox?
Contingency Plan
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=145044
- http://www.flyn.org/laptopldap/laptopldap.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-devel/2008-February/msg00233.html
- http://freeipa.org/


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