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Epidural anesthesia is the injection of a numbing medicine into
the space around the spinal nerves in the lower back. The medicine numbs the
body below the point of injection, but the person may remain awake and may have
some control of the numbed area.
The skin where the needle will be inserted is first numbed with a
local anesthetic. A guide needle is inserted and then removed, and a catheter
remains in place. The anesthetic is then injected through the catheter.
Medicine that makes the person sleepy also may be used by injecting it into a
vein, depending on the procedure being done.
Epidural anesthesia may be used for certain types of surgery on the
lower body or to control pain during childbirth. When a woman has an epidural
anesthetic during childbirth, she will feel little or no pain from her
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To implement and support programs that perpetuate and enhance the Performance, Values and Community of Princeton Athletics and University, and thereby contribute to "Education Through Athletics."
The Princeton Varsity Club (PVC) recognizes the long tradition of athletic, academic and alumni success at Princeton University. It also recognizes that current varsity athletes, varsity alumni letter winners and friends and supporters of Princeton Athletics represent a strong community built upon shared values and experiences.
The PVC supports the notion that athletics are an integral part of the educational mission of the University and that Princeton Athletics should aspire to be a model for collegiate athletics both in the Ivy League and in the NCAA at large. The PVC also supports the ongoing role athletics and the student athlete play within the University community.
The PVC acts in concert with the greater community of friends that support the values and ideals of Princeton Athletics.
While Membership is open to all alumni varsity letter winners and members of the Princeton Athletics Friends Groups, it is also open to all alumni and supporters of Princeton University who are interested in helping further the mission of the Princeton Varsity Club.
Performance, Values and Community
Your contributions fund initiatives that support the three main tenets of the Princeton Varsity Club:
PERFORMANCE – enhancing the athletic, educational, and post-graduate experience of our varsity student-athletes.
- Initiatives include: the PVC Awards Banquet, the Freshman-Sophomore Barbeque and the PVC Weight Room at Jadwin Gymnasium.
VALUES – acting as stewards who encourage, perpetuate and demonstrate the values derived from intercollegiate competition and the importance of maintaining both academic and athletic standards of excellence.
- The Jake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series, Tigers in the Community outreach programs and Princeton Academic-Athletic Fellows (PAAF) program aim to strengthen these values.
COMMUNITY – building a spirited collegiality among current and former Princeton varsity athletes & other supporters of Princeton Athletics as part of the long tradition of athletic excellence within Princeton University.
- Mentor and career service programs, alumni and team recognition events, seasonal PVC Coaches Luncheons, "On the Road" events, and Friends Group initiatives each serve to strengthen the sense of community around Princeton Athletics and the University.

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As 1,000-year-old vampire Eric Northman on HBO's True Blood, Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård always comes off as consummately evil in black leather jackets and a toothy smirk. He's never looked sharper, though, than in director Lars von Trier's arty end-of-the-world flick Melancholia, in which he plays a forlorn Kirsten Dunst's pitiful groom in their awkward pre-apocalypse wedding.
For today's costume idea, we'd like to add the bad attitude (and incisors) of the former to the dapper tux from the latter. Accessorize with incandescent fangs (because who wants regular ones once you've seen these suckers?) and some fake blood for dramatic effect. We might recommend a light spattering, rather than the full-on blood-soaked chin above—less likely to rub off on your date's cheek at the end of the night.
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True Blood Season 5 just concluded, but you can catch up on HBO GO.
Melancholia is available on Netflix.
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The owners of the Palladium have been successful in getting some relief from the 229 percent increase in the assessed valuation of the downtown entertainment venue. The dramatic increase in the assessed valuation prompted the owners to consider razing the building.
The owners of the Palladium have been successful in getting some relief from the 229 percent increase in the assessed valuation of the downtown entertainment venue.
Acting on an abatement application filed by the owners,the city has reduced the assessed valuation of the property from $2.26 million to $1.65 million, according to City Assessor William J. Ford.
In terms of dollars and cents, the $613,100 reduction in the theater's property assessment will reduce its annual real estate tax burden by $17,823, or more than 25 percent, based on the commercial tax rate or $29.07 per $1,000 valuation for fiscal year 2012.
Under its initial assessed valuation for fiscal 2012, the annual property taxes on the Palladium were $65,887. But with the reduced valuation, the annual real estate taxes for the property have fallen to $48,064.
That is still more than double than the $23,863 the owners of the Palladium paid in real estate taxes the previous fiscal year, when the theater's assessed valuation was only $688,700.
John C. Fisher and John L. Sousa are the co-owners of the Palladium.
They had previously made no secret about their unhappiness over the dramatic increase in the Palladium's assessed valuation.
They said the dramatic increase in the assessed valuation of their property made it extremely difficult to financially operate the theater, so much so that they petitioned the Historical Commission in July for a waiver to the city's demolition-delay ordinance for the Palladium based on an economic hardship.
The waiver would have allowed them to avoid having to wait one year before being able to proceed with demolition.
The city's demolition delay ordinance sets an automatic one-year delay for the demolition of historic structures so owners can have time to look into alternative uses.
The Palladium is not on the National Register of Historic Places, but it is on a list compiled by the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System of structures considered to be historically and architecturally significant.
The Historical Commission ended up denying the petition for the waiver to the ordinance, saying the owners failed to prove their economic hardship. Members of the commission have called the Palladium a structure of cultural and historical importance.
The assessed valuation of the .42-acre parcel the Palladium sits on at 255 Main St. remains unchanged at $198,800. Assessors, however, did lower the valuation of the four-story building, which has 52,873 square feet of space in it,from $2.067 million to $1.454 million.
The theater opened in November 1928 as the Plymouth Theatre and operated as a movie house and a performance venue for vaudeville acts and musicians.
The building was renamed the E.M.Loew Center for the Performing Arts in 1980and Mr. Fischer and Mr. Sousa purchased the building in 1990. The Palladium has operated for many years as an all-ages performance venue.
The building also has office space on all four floors,but there are currently no other tenants. It also used to have a bowling alley in the basement.


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Slash and Perla Ferrar are headed back toward paradise city.
The ex-Guns N' Roses axman filed to dismiss his divorce petition in L.A. County Superior Court, TMZ reported on Monday.
"They reconciled," Kristen Foster, a rep for the long-haired guitarist, explained to E! News.
Foster was mum on details of what brought about the couple's change of heart, telling E! they worked out their differences in private.
Slash, whose real name is Saul Hudson, had cited irreconcilable differences in filing to bail on his wife of nine years.
In court documents, Slash listed July 15 as the date of the couple's separation and sought joint physical and legal custody of their children, London, 8, and Cash, 4, People reported.
After leaving Guns N' Roses in 1996 amid a dispute with singer Axl Rose, the rocker went on to form Slash's Snakepit and co-found Velvet Revolver.
The musician's solo album, Slash, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard album charts this past March, MTV News reported.
Slash was previously married to model Renee Suran.
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'Universal' ID Card Part Of Federal Security Upgrades
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2006 - New identification cards to be issued to Defense Department employees beginning next month will help standardize workforce identification and security access systems across the government, a senior Defense Department official said here Sept. 15.
The new common access card eventually will be issued to all federal employees and is part of a standardized, secure credentialing system that was mandated after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Mary Dixon, deputy director of the Defense Manpower Data Center in Arlington, Va., said Sept. 15 during a joint interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel.
Starting Oct. 27, the new "super CAC" ID cards will be issued to employees over the next three years as the old cards reach their expiration dates, she said.
The new cards interface with a secure, encrypted credentialing database and are interoperable for personal identification as well as access to federal buildings and facilities, she said.
However, each facility will still determine who is authorized access, Dixon pointed out. Information embedded on the cards is quickly referenced and compared to centrally stored personnel security clearance data, she said.
"It is an effort to try to improve the security in the federal government," Dixon explained. The new cards also help employees secure their computer networks, she said, as well as providing improved security for federal buildings, military installations and campuses.
"So, I can use this card, not just in the Department of Defense, but it can be read in other agencies," Dixon said. "If they choose to give me access, they can then read my card," she said.
The new card features the user's photograph, like other cards now in circulation, Dixon said. But its computer chip also will contain two encrypted fingerprints, as well as a unique personal identification number.
The new card can be read, either by swiping it or by waving it near a special card reader, she said.
Issuance of the new card has the potential of reducing the number of agency security badges, Dixon said, because federal agencies will refer to a standardized credentialing system. However, agency security administrators still have the authority to approve or deny access.
"The card, on its own, does not entitle you to any access to anything," Dixon explained. "It is an authentication token."
"Every time you use the card, it is authenticated, meaning somebody checks to make sure that that card is a 'good' card issued in the Department of Defense to you, and that it is still valid," Dixon said.
As always, employees who believe their government-issued ID card has been lost or stolen are required to notify security administrators, Dixon said, who then deactivate the card.
This ensures that cards reported stolen or missing can't be used in DoD, she said.
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Concurrency demos
From HaskellWiki
This page collects examples of concurrent and parallel programming in Haskell.
- Riemann's Zeta function approximation
- Signal that you want to gracefully exit another thread
- Passing messages across a single chan to two readers
- Chat server - using a single channel for a variable number of readers
- Passing IO events lazily from a producer to a consumer thread
More examples
A large range of small demonstration programs for using concurrent and
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Vets deal up the aces
A PACK of 140 motorcyclists rode 200km to play a single hand of poker yesterday.
In the past four years, the annual Vietnam Veterans' Poker Run has steadily increased in size and attracted riders from as far south as Woolgoolga and north to Brisbane.
Yesterday, riders embarked from Lismore train station and headed for Casino.
Eventually they ended up in Wollongbar where the winner of the poker run was decided.
"What happens is, there's five stops and every place you stop, you draw a card," Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club Northern NSW Chapter president Ray Hahn explained
"At the end of the run, whoever has the best hand wins $400."
The rider with the worst hand also received $100.
While Vietnam Veterans MC organised the event, any motorbike rider could take part.
Several veterans who served in Middle-Eastern conflicts participated yesterday.
"Even though it's organised by the Vietnam vets, we're all veterans and we've all pretty much done the same stuff," Mr Hahn said.
"People come for the camaraderie and it's about just having a good time."
Riders sold raffle tickets during yesterday's poker run to raise money for Legacy, an organisation which assists families of Australian servicemen and women who have died or been incapacitated by war.
A portion of money raised may also be given directly to war veterans currently in hospital.
"Some of them have been in there for indefinite periods," Vietnam Veterans MC Northern NSW Chapter vice-president Bruce Lynch said.
"We can buy things for them and make their lives a little bit more pleasurable."
Yesterday's poker run had 11 more participants than in 2011, and Mr Lynch predicted the event would keep getting bigger.
"You can see everyone standing around talking and gibbering about motor bikes and comparing sizes. That's what it's all about - camaraderie."


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On Saturday night against the Kansas City Wizards, Luis Landin and Dominic Oduro did just that, combining for one goal and three assists as the Dynamo eased to a 3-0 victory.
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"I thought [the play of Landín and Oduro] was good," Houston head coach Dominic Kinnear said. "I thought Dominic was good all night. His speed, his decision making was excellent. Luis was a good body in there that held the ball up well and combined at times, and I thought both those guys played well tonight."
The Wizards entered the night having only conceded one goal in their first four games. However, in the 24th minute Landín notched the first goal of the game from Oduro's assist. It was Landín's second career MLS goal, and both have come against the Wizards.
"We kind of really needed him to step up for this game," Oduro said. "After he scored, he just proved to us that we needed him and he was right there. That was good for us going forward."
The early goal, the Texas humidity and a somewhat harsh red card to Wizards midfielder Davy Arnaud allowed Houston to pressure the visitors throughout, which led to two more goals and numerous other opportunities.
"I thought the early goal definitely helped; it took the wind from their sails," Houston midfielder Corey Ashe said. "The red card definitely didn't help them, but we took advantage of that, adjusted well and we kept pushing the pace. It could have easily been five or six to nothing."
Landín also notched a turnover and quickly fed Brian Mullan for the team's second goal and Mullan's first MLS goal since August 31, 2008. Landín later exited the game in the 71st minute after taking a kick to the back of the leg. However, both the forward and Kinnear said the injury isn't serious.
"I think it just hurt," Kinnear said. "Hopefully it's not something too serious as he walked off the field and into the locker room. Fingers crossed that he's OK."
However, Landín's exit allowed rookie midfielder Sammy Appiah to make his debut. The midfielder took full advantage of his fist MLS minutes by scoring his first professional goal after Oduro set the rookie up.
After coming off a disappointing performance last week against the Fire, Houston were happy to rebound. But there was perhaps no happier player in the locker room than Landín, who enjoyed a long-overdue breakout performance.
"It was very important for the team to win after coming from a loss," Landín said. "I think I need the whole team, and I think they need me."


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If the history of video games from the Atari 2600 to the Super Nintendo were turned into a musical, this would be its soundtrack.
Remix artist Norg crafted this musical tribute to the history of video games for the MAGfest 8 Dwelling of Duels at VGmix. The video was played at the MAGfest listening party, and one can easily imagine that there wasn't a dry eye in the house once it was all over. Norg came in fourth place. Norg was obviously robbed.
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The last time England got this far was Italia 90, when Margaret Thatcher was still in power, Jeremy Corbyn was in court for not paying the poll tax and England fans in Turin had to phone long distance from a call-box to have any idea what was going on back home.
Should they get past Croatia Southgate's players will return to Moscow on Sunday for what would be England's first world Cup final since 1966 and all that: an event so jealously seared into popular culture – the Empire Stadium, Nobby dancing, Bobby Moore wiping his hands before shaking the Queen's white glove – it seems almost an act of heresy to think about matching it.
Win or lose the most remarkable part of England's run in Russia is the sense of shared public affection. Through four weeks in Russia, from Volgograd to Samara, the players have emerged as a hugely likeable crew and a flattering reflection of the country at large – clever, diligent, funny, and agreeably diverse in their backgrounds.Plus of course there is Southgate, who in the last few weeks has seemed at times like the only person http://www.authenticcelticstore.com/authentic-7-jaylen-brown-jersey.html left in charge of anything who looks like he actually knows what he's doing.
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Eiropas Padomes 2019. gada budžets ir € 437 180 100eiro.
Since 2012 the Council of Europe has adopted a biennial Programme and Budget.
Europe today faces a heady combination of challenges. The unprecedented number of migrants and refugees who continue to arrive, the on-going threat of terrorism in our member States - and the rise of populism which too often feeds on these factors. This, in turn, can degrade trust in our political institutions. Tackling these challenges will be our priority over the next biennium.
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Secretary General
Where does the money come from?
The Budget is mainly funded by member States' contributions. National contributions are based on a formula which takes into account population and Gross Domestic Product. The major contributors (France, Germany, Italy, Russian Federation and United Kingdom) all pay the same rate for the ordinary budget.
States may also make voluntary contributions to support the Council of Europe's programme of work.
Joint programmes with the European Union allow the Organisation to enhance its impact and its operational capacity.
What is the money used for?
The money is used to implement the Programme, which is structured around three thematic pillars: Human Rights (including the European Court of Human Rights), Rule of Law and Democracy, with an additional support pillar covering governing bodies, general services and other common expenditure lines. The Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 comprises 26 operational programmes, covering the intergovernmental sector, the institutions, the partial agreements and the independent mechanisms.
How is the programme and budget adopted?
The Programme and Budget is proposed by the Secretary General and approved by the Committee of Ministers. The programme is approved for two years (with a second year budget on a provisional basis).
Share of funding
Ordinary Budget by Pillar
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€ 60 million
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The Organisation's accounts and financial management undergo independent auditing by an external auditor (2008-2013: Cour des comptes, France – 2014-2019: NIK, Poland). The Financial Statements are IPSAS compliant and have received an unqualified opinion since 2007.
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After two weeks of relatively light winds, the well known Luderitz wind machine is working again and produced a new kitespeed world record yesterday. Alex Caizergues set the bar to 50.98 knots, followed by Rob Douglas at 50.95. That is a difference of approximately 20 cm over the 500m distance.
Event Founder Sebastien Cattelan was just shy of 50 knots with a 49.51 knot run - one year ago this would have been the absolute speedsailing world record.
On the womens side, Charlotte Consorti and Sjoukje Bredenkamp are close to their top speeds from last year, but did not do better yet.
With strong winds forecasted for today as well, there is hope to see more records go, and probably also the absolute speed record, currently held by the multi-million dollar hydrofoif catamaran "Hydroptere" at 51.36 knots.


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Hand clapped several times in succession then edited into individual hits for programming. The same pair of hands, same place same time. recorded with Sure SM57 microphone placed over conga drum. Ringing can be heard of drum and room. natural sound.
Suggested uses, rotate claps in succession for a feely rhythm or perhaps play two at once or more for effect, de-tune some etc.
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Quarry Bank Mill
Quarry Bank Mill, on the River Bollin in the village of Styal, was founded by Samuel Greg in 1784 for the spinning of cotton and, by the time of his retirement in 1832, it was the largest cotton spinning business in the UK. The mill was originally powered by a water wheel. During the 19th century, this was supplemented by steam engines as the water supply from the Bollin was inconsistent during the summer months.
In 1939, Quarry Bank Mill and the surrounding estate were donated to the National Trust and are open to the public. The mill is one of the best preserved textile mills of the Industrial Revolution period and now serves as a museum of the cotton industry. Commercial production at the mill continued until 1959.
Quarry Bank Mill has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.
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MARTINEZ, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) recently announced its Softball All-Academic Team, with Georgia College taking three of the 20 spots on the squad.
Senior Bailey Thompson (Vidalia, Ga.) joined juniors Caitlin Duvall (Douglasville, Ga.) and Anna Parker (Columbus, Ga.) on the academic-minded team. All three student-athletes make their first appearance on the PBC All-Academic Teams. In the three years of the program, Bobcat softball has put seven players on this list.
Thompson owns the top GPA for a student-athlete at Georgia College at 4.00 in athletic training. She spent the 2011 season as the team's top pinch-runner, scoring five runs.
Duvall has a 3.75 in political science. 2011 was the first season that saw the pitcher get playing time in the field, both at second base and in the outfield. She recorded 10 hits, driving in three and scoring four times. In the circle, she made 11 appearances with a 1-3 record and a 4.38 ERA.
An All-PBC pick for the second time this season, Parker hit .328 with seven home runs and 38 RBI. The junior catcher slugged .584 and scored 25 runs as well. Parker has a 3.42 GPA in psychology.
The teams are part of a season-long program recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes in the classroom as well as on the field. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team's events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution. The PBC Sports Information Directors oversee and select the teams.
The Bobcats had a strong finish to a sub-par season in 2011, winning three of their last four to get into the PBC playoffs, then upsetting No. 3-seed Columbus State University in the first round. The 'Cats had three All-PBC honorees, including Daktronics All-Southeast Region designated player Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.).
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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WASHINGTON - The National Retail Federation today urged Congress to review and revise controversial rules on the importation of wood products and plant material that retailers fear could lead to unfair government seizure of merchandise ranging from furniture to musical instruments.
"Retailers recognize the need for environmental conservation but the current law leaves them guessing on which products are legal and which aren't," NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. "Congress needs to carefully review the Lacey Act to ensure that the goal of eliminating illegal logging is its primary objective, not penalizing businesses that are doing their best to comply with an unworkable law."
Shay commented as a subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee prepares to hold a hearing this afternoon on legislation that would reform portions of the law. Laurie Everill, regional customs compliance and operations manager for NRF member IKEA-North America, is scheduled to testify to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs on the challenges facing companies seeking to comply with the law, and changes sought by NRF to address those challenges, improve enforcement and compliance with the law, and support its goal to end illegal logging.
At issue is the Lacey Act, a century-old environmental law originally directed at illicit trade in threatened and endangered animals. Congress expanded the law in 2008 to ban trade in products containing illegally harvested wood or plant material. Those changes also require importers to document the genus, species and country of harvest of any wood or plant material contained in an imported product.
The Justice Department considers merchandise containing illegally harvested wood or plant products to be contraband, possession of which can result in fines, imprisonment, and seizure and forfeiture of the goods.
NRF has argued that the scope of foreign laws and regulations that could result in a violation is too vague, and it can be virtually impossible to trace all the wood and plant content in many manufactured products, making effective compliance and enforcement of the law extremely challenging.
"It is impossible from looking at or testing wood to determine whether it was illegally harvested," Everill said in remarks prepared for today's hearing. "This exposes companies potentially to millions of dollars in losses through no fault of their own."
The requirement to file declaration forms on the wood content of merchandise is "costly and administratively burdensome for both importers and the U.S. government while achieving little to prevent illegal logging," she said. For products made from composite wood such as particle board and fiberboard -- itself made from sawdust, wood scraps and other remnants that would otherwise be discarded rather than recycled -- determining the wood's origin is "virtually impossible."
The subcommittee hearing today will address two measures intended to address the controversy -- H.R. 3210, the Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act, or RELIEF Act, sponsored by Representative Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., and H.R. 4171, the Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act, or FOCUS Act, sponsored by Representative Paul Broun, R-Ga.
While the two measures have raised awareness of the issue, NRF believes a different legislative approach is needed to address the concerns of retailers more effectively.
NRF is working with the Natural Resources Committee to develop a new bill that would provide due process to importers who have done proper due diligence to ensure their products contain no illegally harvested wood or plant material that would allow them to petition a court for return of any merchandise seized under the law. The new measure would also specify that products made with wood or plant material harvested before 2008 are exempt under the law, clarify the scope of foreign laws covered to those directed at the conservation and preservation of trees and plants, and address fundamental problems with the import declaration requirement.
As the world's largest retail trade association and the voice of retail worldwide, NRF represents retailers of all types and sizes, including chain restaurants and industry partners, from the United States and more than 45 countries abroad. Retailers operate more than 3.6 million U.S. establishments that support one in four U.S. jobs -- 42 million working Americans. Contributing $2.5 trillion to annual GDP, retail is a daily barometer for the nation's economy. NRF's Retail Means Jobs campaign emphasizes the economic importance of retail and encourages policymakers to support a Jobs, Innovation and Consumer Value Agenda aimed at boosting economic growth and job creation. www.nrf.com
Source: National Retail Federation (NRF)
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