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How to comply with California's new safer product regulations
How to comply with California's new safer product regulations
The trend away from toxic chemicals is clear: Growing market demand and government regulations are pushing companies to move away from chemicals of high concern to human health or the environment.
Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Walmart and Target are among the companies that recently have announced policies to eliminate chemicals of high concern from their products and supply chains.
Are the alternatives safer?
Chemical alternatives assessment is an emerging field of practice that works to substitute chemicals of high concern with safer alternatives. Embedded into the new California Safer Consumer Product Regulations, which went into effect Oct. 1, alternatives assessment holds the promise of rapidly phasing out chemicals of high concern by replacing them with safer alternatives or avoiding their need in the first place.
California is embarking on a process of identifying chemicals of concern in products, evaluating safer alternatives to those chemical-product combinations, based on assessments done by businesses, and implementing regulations when needed to reduce exposure to hazardous chemical-product combinations. The Safer Consumer Product Regulations establish a two-stage alternatives analysis process that guides companies through steps to evaluate alternatives. The goal is safer alternatives and no regrettable substitutions.
How will companies comply with the California Safer Consumer Products regulations? What does an alternatives analysis that complies with the law look like? BizNGO, a collaboration of business and nonprofits, set out to answer this question.
We selected chemical-product combinations that could be of interest to the State of California: nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) in all-purpose cleaners and decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) in external computer housings.
Both these assessments have the advantage of drawing from abundant information on alternatives, including hazard assessments on the alternative chemistries. Below we detail our draft assessments, recently released for public comment.
Toxic cleaning chemicals
NPE in all-purpose cleaners are of concern because of toxicity to aquatic organisms. When the chemical enters waterways, it is slow to degrade and toxic to water life. BizNGO's preliminary assessment on NPE alternatives for all-purpose cleaners finds that functionally equivalent, cost-competitive and safer alternatives are widely available to NPE. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for example, lists four NPE alternatives on its Safer Chemical Ingredients List. Our preliminary NPE assessment also indicates the challenges of comprehensive alternatives assessments.
On the hazard assessment side (Stage 1 of the California Regulations), we found many data gaps for the NPE alternatives, which mirrors the reality that very few chemicals have comprehensive toxicological data sets. On the life cycle impacts side (Stage 2 of the California regulations), the NPE assessment did not identify any new hot spot issues for NPE alternatives, beyond known existing concerns for NPE. While we found some life cycle inventory data for NPE alternatives, we did not find life cycle data that directly would plug into meeting the California requirements for multimedia life cycle impacts.
Safer alternatives to toxic flame retardants in computers
The second chemical we evaluated was decaBDE in external computer housings. It is a chemical of concern because of exposure to residents of houses and offices, and due to the release of toxic breakdown products if the computer housings are burned at the end of their life.
BizNGO's preliminary assessment on decaBDE alternatives in external computer housings finds that functionally equivalent, cost-competitive and safer alternatives are widely available as well. On the hazard assessment side (Stage 1 of California regulations), the BizNGO decaBDE assessment finds many safer alternatives. These findings are consistent with the U.S. EPA's recent decaBDE alternatives assessment report. On the life cycle impacts side (Stage 2 of the California regulations), the decaBDE assessment identified raw materials extraction as a potential increased impact due to the relative ease of extracting bromine — a core feedstock of decaBDE — from the Earth.
Yet, in terms of the overall product profile, flame retardant choice has a minuscule impact on a computer's life cycle profile. Similar to the NPE assessment, no perfect plug in life cycle data were found for decaBDE in computer housings.
The power of alternatives assessment
The BizNGO assessments found economically viable alternatives to be clearly available to both NPE in all-purpose cleaners and decaBDE in computer housings. But BizNGO struggled with finding data that would comply with the California economic impact analysis requirements of assessing both public health costs and costs to government agencies related to the alternatives. In general, we did not anticipate any additional costs associated with alternatives, but lacked definitive data to support that.
The BizNGO chemical alternative assessments indicate both the challenges with and power of alternatives assessment. A key challenge is that the sheer scope of data requirements can lead to "paralysis by analysis" because there are no perfect data sets or alternatives that are better on every attribute than the existing chemical of concern. Alternatives assessment could lead to a situation where the perfect is the enemy of the good. On the upside, chemical alternatives assessment, especially hazard assessments, can identify alternatives clearly preferable to human health and the environment that also meet cost and performance requirements.
BizNGO welcomes feedback on the NPE and decaBDE assessments (go to bizngo.org). In seeking comments, BizNGO wants to know how others see the process of alternatives assessment. Is BizNGO's interpretation of alternatives assessment in general and the regulations in particular consistent with how others approach alternatives assessment? BizNGO believes that alternatives assessments, if done correctly, will lead society away from chemicals of concern to human health or the environment to safer alternatives.
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BERLIN (AP) -- German pharmaceutical company Merck KgaA says a late stage trial of a new lung cancer drug has failed to meet expectations.
The company, based in Darmstadt, says the drug Stimuvax did not improve the overall survival of patients in the phase III study.
Merck shares fell 3.1 percent to €98.20 ($129.41) after the announcement early Wednesday.
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PC download chart deal brokered for UK
Looks like the UK will finally get a games download chart thanks to the deal wrangling skills of the ELSPA and Chart-Track.
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UK hardware sales drop 32% in first half of 2010
Hardware sales in the UK are down a heavy 32 percent so far this year.
ELSPA: 32% percent of UK population now gamers
UK trade organisation ELSPA's claimed that 32 percent of the UK population now play games.
ELSPA changes name to UK Interactive Entertainment Association
The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) has announced that it's to change its name to UK Interactive Entertainment Association.
UK boxed product sales down 18% in 2009
Boxed UK game sales took a major hit in 2009, according to Chart-Track, with overall numbers down 18 percent for the year.
6.7 million games consoles sold in UK last year
According to figures by ELSPA today, over 6.7 million games consoles were sold in the UK last year.
Xbox 360 overtakes Wii as top UK software format
ELSPA's announced that Xbox 360 overtook Wii as the biggest software format by revenue in the UK last year.
UK games revenue down 18% to £3.311 billion in 2009
ELSPA just confirmed 2009 as the second largest year on record for games in the UK, with revenue coming in at £3.311 billion, down from £4.034 billion the previous year. The figure respresents a drop of 17.9%, year-on-year.
MW2 gets diamond sales award from ELSPA
ELSPA has awarded Modern Warfare 2 the highest sales award possible with a diamond sales award. Obviously, as you know, the game sold over 1.7 million units in it's launch week, with over a million on the 360 alone. Infinity Ward's shooter is only the sixteenth game to get a diamond award, which is only […]
London Games Conference to "tackle biggest issues facing publishers and developers today"
Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and the Shadow Minister for Culture have each been announced to speak at the London Games Conference on October 27 at BAFTA. According to the press release, the conference "will tackle the biggest issues facing publishers and developers today: How to strengthen relationships with their playing customers and how to sell products […]
UK Government to create videogames committee
The UK Government has decided to create a cross-departmental committee to examine issues affecting the videogame industry. ELSPA's first meeting with Minister for Creative Industries Siôn Simon last week was the catalyst for the formation. "The news was indeed upbeat," said ELSPA director general Michael Rawlinson. "The Minister assured us that the Government is confident […]
Rawlinson makes ELSPA director general
ELSPA's promoted MD Michael Rawlinson to director general, the trade body announced this morning. Paul Jackson, who currently holds the position, will move into an "advisory role". Press release after the link.
LittleBigPlanet sold over 200,000 copies in the UK
The ELSPA has awarded Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet Gold Status meaning the Sony flagship title has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK. As Edge points out, the game is still selling steadily even though it dropped out of the UK Top Ten just one week after its fourth place début. Sony has labelled the game […]
ELSPA: Video games are "bringing families together"
ELSPA managing director Michael Rawlinson has proclaimed that family titles are responsible for the huge upturn in UK games revenue, and that games themselves are "bringing families together." "It is encouraging to see that the popularity of video games continues to grow year-on-year," he said. "More than ever, video gaming is increasingly bringing families together […]
UK games market worth £4.03bn in 2008 whilst Wii software rises 112%
ELSPA data shows that UK consumers spent £4.03 billion on videogame products in 2008 with Nintendo's Wii system accounting for almost a quarter of all software sold. Wii sold over 20 million games last year which is an increase of 112 percent over 2007. Software sales as a whole were up 23% over last year, […]
PEGI traffic light ratings to go live in Europe this spring
According to this GI story, PEGI's traffic light symbols are to go live in Europe this spring. The ratings body will tweak it's original design after the BBFC said it would take legal advise over the fact it all looked a bit "similar" to its own symbols. "PEGI has agreed those changes and they will […]
BBFC may sue over ELSPA traffic light symbols
According to this Edge piece, the BBFC is taking legal advice over ELSPA's newly announced traffic light ratings symbols. "Our classification symbols have been colour-coded since 1982. They're very widely recognised, and in fact they are trademark and copyright protected," said a rep. "We're happy for ELSPA to make sensible improvements, but not if they […]
Charitable handouts a complete pile of toss, says Wedgwood
Speaking with GI at Develop last week, Paul Wedgwood, the man behind Splash Damage, said that the idea of the UK games industry receiving tax breaks is "a complete pile of toss." "I absolutely love game development in the UK," he said. "I just don't like all this rubbish about us needing charitable handouts to […]
31.3 million games sold in the UK in first six months of 2008
ELSPA just issued a press release saying the first six months of 2008 are a record for the UK in terms of games sales, with 31.3 million games sold generating a revenue of £738 million. "Games are now one of the most popular pastimes of the British – hence these remarkable figures. Our gamers are […]
Jackson: Children won't be protected by BBFC
ELSPA head Paul Jackson just responded to yesterday's Government comment saying tax breaks for UK developers are now being assessed, welcoming in the move but saying putting age ratings onto the BBFC in the UK will fail in its aim to protect children. "We appreciate comments from Government about its support and the work being […]
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Former couple Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold reignited their bitter feud on Sunday after a back-and-forth argument on Twitter.
The pair, who were married from 1990 to 1994, appeared to have put 18 years of public bickering behind them when Arnold showed up at a TV roast of his ex last year, but it now seems the renewed friendship was short-lived.
Their latest spat began when new dad Arnold tweeted about cleaning out his garage and getting rid of old wedding videos. Barr became upset when she thought the footage was from their wedding.
The "Undercover Blues" star wrote, "Cleaned out garage and dropped boxes at Goodwill. Hope someone really needs 47 remote controls, 65 phone chargers and my old wedding videos."
"The Roseanne" star responded, "Of me? bc (because) if they are, I would like that footage since it has my kids in it – it's not really your choice 2 (to) destroy."
The former couple went back and forth trading insults, until Arnold, who has been married three times since his divorce from Barr, revealed the videos were from other nuptials.
He continued, "I've got old wedding videos from several women. Why you think it's all about YOU?…"
She replied, "So then your answer is: no, they are not of me or my kids? That's all u (you) really have to say."
The pair eventually made up and even exchanged some compliments – after Barr complained about being sick, Arnold wished her well and told her he would make sure none of the videos he is giving away feature her. She ended the conversation by congratulating him on his new baby – the actor became a first-time dad in April when his fourth wife, Ashley Groussman, gave birth to son Jax Copeland Arnold.
Cleaned out garage and dropped boxes at Goodwill. Hope someone really needs 47 remote controls, 65 phone chargers and my old wedding videos.
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When I was driving through Dunkeld this week, I spotted a man in his 50s standing beside a rather snazzy looking yellow and black motorbike. The bike was loaded up with a whole lot of gear, and the man beside it was munching on a sandwich as he basked in the late-autumn sunshine. I decided I'd ask him what his story was, and found he was happy to chat.
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Daryl Marshall is a minister from Benalla.
"My motorcycle's an FZ1 Yamaha, 2005 model," he says.
"This is just my way of getting away for two or three days, freshening up, refocusing and just having a bit of a relax."
Daryl says he manages to hit the road two or three times a year, and says it's great for de-stressing when things are getting a bit too chaotic with work.
"Sometimes I might have a destination and just see how we go about getting there, other times I just think, 'well, I'll go this way and see where I end up."
This time, Daryl says he's spent a night camping in the bush at St Arnaud and is heading south towards Apollo Bay where he'll camp for the night before returning home in time for Mothers' Day.
He says there's something special about riding a motorbike that helps free up his mind.
"I think there's just a freedom about being out on the road. You can smell the surrounds better than in a car, you can feel the wind, and the heat affects you - you're not in a climate controlled space. You seem to be free."
Daryl grew up on a farm in Kyabram, and says he prefers camping to staying at a pub.
"I just like roughing it, being out under the stars in a swag."
He says there's also a spiritual aspect to 'getting away from it all'.
"It's just a reconnecting time for me, where I haven't got office, phones, emails, just two or three quiet days where I can reconnect."
Along with his sleeping bag, swag, wet weather gear and food essentials, he takes his iPad wherever he goes.
"One of the reasons is my bible's on it. There's several bibles on it and a lot of my work, I always like to have those with me.
"I can't see well enough without glasses to read a bible, but with big font, no worries. So, that's my bible," he says with a grin.
Daryl says he's always ridden a motorbike, and his elderly father still hasn't come to terms with it.
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The mountaintop of Monte Belle, in the Cupertino area of the Santa Cruz Mountains, has a long history with winemakers and vineyards. As far back as the late 1800s, city dwellers wandered south to retreat and make wine. Today, Ridge is redrawing these historical vineyard lines and producing wines from these sub plots, to see the original vineyard lines in liquid form. These wines were made from select parcels from Ridge's vineyards, retracing the original boundaries of the historical properties. Harvested in small sub-parcels, Ridge is trying to recreate the original vineyard properties and make wine with fruit harvested in small micro climates.
Since these properties had unique boundaries in the original property, the resulting wines are quite different than the current releases. The tiniest move to a row or tow over creates a micro climate different that can have subtle and amazing impact on the wine.
The first historical property was Torre. The Torre property was the first winery on the site of Ridge Monte Bello. Now, it's the middle vineyard, at about 2300 feet elevation. In 1903, hte first winery was built here, but Prohibition shut them down. In the 1940s, more vineyards were planted by William Short, and Ridge bought the land in 1959. That purchase was the inspiration to start Ridge Vineyards, built from a restored Torre winery. The Torre Merlot is dark and dusty, with blue fruit, and dense cherries. There were some meaty notes and it was a bolder muscular wine.
The next wine comes from what is now the Jimsomare vineyard. This property was origianlly purchased in 1888 by Pierre Klein, a bay area restaurateur with a fondness for wine. The Klein family founded Mirra Valle winery, another victim of Prohibition. In 1936, San Francisco's Schwabacher family purchased the property, naming it Jimsomare. Today, it's part of the lower Monte Bello Vineyard, at about 1400-2000 feet. The Klein Cab Sav had great acid, with notes of blackberries and spicy white pepper. This one is a baby but is still enjoyable.
Finally we look at the Perrone property. The Perrone winery was the second winery on the property, above the existing winery. The original 180 acres were at about 2600 feet, and gave birth to the Monte Bello Winery way back in 1892. In the 40s, with the winery abandoned, William Short bought the property and vineyards below it. Now, this is the "middle" vineyard. The Perrone Cab Franc was one of my favorite wines of the day. With smoked blueberries, cinnamon, allspice and blackberry, there were black pepper and candied ginger flavors.
The best part of these historical wines is that using the old vineyard maps, Ridge is able to recreate the lots and go back in time to see what the terroir of the original property lines is. It's a fascinating look at the micro terroir of the Monte Bello area, and great fun.
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Tiger Woods limped off the golf course and into a future that is murkier than ever when he withdrew with leg injuries after his worst nine holes at The Players Championship on Thursday.
"I'm having a hard time walking," he said.
Woods shot a 42 on the front nine of the TPC Sawgrass, including a triple bogey on the fourth hole when he didn't clear a water hazard 30 yards in front of him. He constantly walked some 20 yards behind his playing partners, holding his golf club for support, and limping noticeably after each hole.
After taking a bogey on the par-5 ninth, he handed his scorecard to U.S. PGA champion Martin Kaymer, then walked back to inform Matt Kuchar that he was leaving early from The Players for the second straight year.
It was his first competition since the Masters, where Woods said he hurt his left knee and Achilles while hitting from the pine straw beneath Eisenhower tree on the 17th hole in the third round. Woods was briefly tied for the lead the next day and finished tied for fourth.
He described it as a "minor injury" when he skipped last week to give his leg time to heal, and said he was "surprised" that it acted up on him at The Players.
"The treatment's been good," he said. "It's been getting better. But it just wasn't enough."
From the opening tee shot, he looked as bad as he ever has.
"The knee acted up and then the Achilles followed after that, and then the calf started cramping up," Woods said. "Everything started getting tight, so it's just a whole chain reaction."
The first hole could not have gone any worse for Woods.
He pulled his opening tee shot into the pine trees, leaving him a stance in the pine straw. Then he came up short of the green, his ball perched at the bottom of a steep bank that force another awkward stance.
"The pine straw didn't help because my foot slipped, my left foot slipped," Woods said. "It obviously would have probably felt better if it would have held."
The rest of his nine holes was not much better, especially at No. 4. He said his knee "grabbed me" on a tee shot that sailed well left into the mounds, and he put his approach into the water. Then came a shocker of a shot — after taking a drop, his short pitch to a back pin hit the bulkhead and went back into the water. He had to make a 20-foot putt for triple bogey.
Even more remarkable — Woods didn't hit a single green from his five tee shots that found the fairway.
"Nobody really knows how much pain he was in," Kaymer said. "Of course, we hope that he gets well soon, that he gets out here again. It would have been nice to play another 27 with him. And he shot 6 over, but hopefully he can recover soon so he can play great golf again."
The 42 was three shots higher than his previous worst 9-hole score at the TPC Sawgrass. His worst 9-hole score on the U.S. PGA Tour was a 43 on four occasions, the most recent on the back nine at Quail Hollow last year when he missed the cut.
This is the second straight year Woods has withdrawn in the middle of the round at The Players. He stopped on the seventh hole of the final round last year with what turned out to be a neck injury.
Woods was 35 and already has had four operations on his left knee. He said doctors told him he could play this week. He said he practiced for the first time since the Masters on Monday, and played golf for the first time on Tuesday — nine holes on Tuesday and Wednesday.
"The more rest I get, the better it would be, obviously," Woods said. "It's a big event. I wanted to come back for it and play, and unfortunately I wasn't able to finish."
Woods said the two shots into the water on the fourth was more related to a bad swing than his leg, although the rest of the round it was clear something was wrong.
Woods got into his white Mercedes and left the TPC Sawgrass, not knowing what his next move would be.
That pursuit of the 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus looks further away with each setback. Woods remains at 14 from his U.S. Open title at Torrey Pines in 2008, which he won before having reconstructive surgery on his left knee.
Asked if he had any worries, Woods replied, "I know I have, but it's just a matter of what we're going to do about it."


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In 1976, Jo Freeman published an essay in Ms. Magazine titled, "Trashing: The Dark Side of Sisterhood," which described how groups of women within the feminist movement attacked and ostracized those seen as too visible or ambitious.
"To do something significant, to be recognized, to achieve, is to imply that one is 'making it off other women's oppression' or that one thinks oneself better than other women," she wrote. The piece struck a chord, receiving more letters in response than anything else the magazine had printed.
As various over-the-top denunciations of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, the avowedly feminist author of "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead," suggest, it remains depressingly relevant decades later.
Not all the critiques of "Lean In" have been unfair or unduly personal, but there has been enough viciousness directed toward Sandberg to indicate that a lot of women, some self-described feminists among them, still have a problem with female power.
With trademark alliteration, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called Sandberg a "PowerPoint Pied Piper in Prada ankle boots." A USA Today column accused her of waging a "war on moms," and Melissa Gira Grant, writing in the Washington Post, went after her for relying on a staff "to help keep house, raise her children and throw her women's leadership dinners."
Unconsciously echoing Freeman's essay, Grant wrote that there is "simply no way for women to lean in without leaning on the backs of other women." This was especially ironic because Grant, who writes frequently about sex work, often argues that it's wrong to assume that prostitutes are exploited, because that denies their agency. Apparently men who hire hookers aren't taking advantage of them, but women who hire nannies are.
Why are women so much harder on other women than they are on men? Part of it seems to be because they expect so much more. The assumption that women should be altruistic and self-effacing pervades both mainstream society and some precincts of the feminist movement. It's OK if women advocate on behalf of the collective, but not if they champion themselves. As Freeman wrote, "Among women there are two roles perceived as permissible: the 'helper' and the 'helped.'"
This creates difficulties for women from both above and below. As Sandberg writes in "Lean In," women seeking raises and promotions can't simply use the same techniques as their male peers, because they'll be judged far more harshly; instead, she recommends that women smile a lot and speak in terms of "we" instead of "I." She doesn't dwell as much on how powerful women are regarded by those with less power, but the reception of her book has demonstrated that part of what's tricky about women's attempts to lead is getting others to follow.
This isn't just about Sheryl Sandberg. Polls pretty consistently show that women and men prefer male bosses over female ones, although the margin has been narrowing. Interestingly, according to a 2011 Gallup Poll, those who have female bosses are more likely to say they'd rather work for a woman. The aversion to female leadership, then, comes from prejudice rather than negative experience with actual women, and can dissipate as more women attain positions of authority. Their quests for more authority, however, will continue to inspire disproportionate hostility.
This doesn't mean that Sandberg or any other woman deserves support simply for her gender. It does mean they shouldn't be held to a higher standard than men.
Consider, for example, the very different way the activism of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has been received. Hughes, like Sandberg, is extremely, even obscenely rich, and he and his husband have used part of their wealth to become major champions of same-sex marriage. Maybe someone somewhere has argued that their work for gay rights means little because it stems from self-interest, or that they shouldn't be focusing on a bourgeois issue like marriage that does little for, say, homeless gay teenagers. If such critics are out there, though, they're certainly not on the pages of our major newspapers.
When women have the temerity to marshal power on their own behalf, the response is much more negative, and one can't always tell the difference between those who resent women and those who resent power.
As Freeman wrote about "trashing," it was often "clothed in the rhetoric of revolution and feminism. But underneath are some very traditional ideas about women's proper roles."


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Asked by Dianne, San Jose, California
I've been working really hard at losing weight since April, and I'm concerned about all the food temptation over the Fourth of July weekend. Any suggestions?
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Hi Dianne! This is a terrific question as I find that many of my weight-loss patients get really off track on weekends over the summer, especially three-day holiday weekends that often involve numerous eating occasions.
In my opinion, one of the most important components of long-term, successful weight loss is lowering the energy density of your diet. Energy density, which I prefer to call calorie density, is simply the calories per gram (weight) of the foods that you eat.
Water and fiber decrease the calorie density of foods and fat increases the calorie density of foods. By lowering the calorie density of your diet, you cut calories without cutting portions. Studies show that people eat fewer calories, lose weight and maintain weight loss by lowering the energy density of their diet.
With that in mind, here are several ways to lower the calorie density of your diet this Fourth of July (and the rest of the summer) for successful weight loss or maintenance.
1. Slim down your sides
Chips and dip are a regular fixture at barbecues. Mix equal parts salsa or pico de gallo with your guacamole to cut calories almost in half without cutting your portion size. You can also make dips with low fat dairy (low fat dairy is lower in energy density because of its high water content) instead of full fat dairy products.
Serve with baked or popped chips instead of fried and you can enjoy in moderation without guilt. Skip the potato salad and opt for pasta salad (bonus for using whole wheat pasta) made with a light vinaigrette and loaded with veggies to reduce the calorie density.
2. Build a better burger
Mix equal parts lean ground beef or turkey with ground mushrooms to again cut calories in half while still enjoying this BBQ staple. Just make sure not to add cheese or mayo, which brings the calorie density right back to where you started.
Top with spicy mustard or chipotle sauce to add flavor without increasing calorie density significantly. Serve on a whole-wheat bun (high fiber) and top with romaine lettuce instead of iceberg for an extra nutritional boost.
3. Dilute your drinks
Unsweetened, calorie free beverages are best, but if you really want lemonade, juice or white wine, mix with equal parts sparkling water to make a spritzer and save calories without feeling as if you are missing out.
4. Lower your dessert density
Sure you could just eat fruit (high-water, low-calorie density) for dessert, but sometimes that just doesn't cut it. Rather than trying to limit yourself to a tiny brownie or half a cookie, bake your own low energy density dessert. Try adding canned pumpkin to baked good recipes instead of oil to keep calories down without having to eat tiny bird-like portions. Pumpkin also boosts the fiber content and is a very good source of vitamin A, C and K. Check out this amazing peanut butter brownie recipe from low-calorie cooking guru Lisa Lillien (aka Hungry Girl).
I hope this helps you stay on track this summer. I also tell my patients to plan extra exercise to balance out calories and eat a protein and fiber snack (yogurt with high fiber cereal, turkey slice on high fiber tortilla, apple and string cheese) before heading out so they don't arrive at BBQ and parties famished.
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BOSTON -- Some managers thrive on their people skills. Others rely more on their meticulous preparation and tactical knowledge.
Then, there are the special leaders who don't have one prominent trait, but rely on all of them equally to form an unquestioned brand of leadership.
BOSTON -- Some managers thrive on their people skills. Others rely more on their meticulous preparation and tactical knowledge.
Then, there are the special leaders who don't have one prominent trait, but rely on all of them equally to form an unquestioned brand of leadership.
Meet John Farrell, who came back to Boston with big ambitions in his first year as the manager of the Red Sox and fulfilled all of them.
On Monday, Farrell could get the type of ultimate recognition that he never seeks, when the American League's Manager of the Year Award is announced. The two other finalists are Indians manager Terry Francona, who Farrell worked under as Boston's pitching coach for four years, and Athletics manager Bob Melvin.
All three skippers did a fine job this season. But what Farrell did in helping to restore a franchise that had won 69 games last year and seemed to have lost its way might end up earning him the first Manager of the Year Award in Boston since Jimy Williams in 1999.
Go back to that day Farrell was hired a year ago and remember all the things he said.
There was talk of tunnel-vision focus on each game. There was a vow to improve the running game. There was determination to get back to the relentless type of offense the Red Sox had been known for during their best years. And there was Farrell's confidence that the pitching staff -- once his domain -- would get back to excellence.
It all happened, and the Red Sox finished the season as World Series champions.
"He said we're going to be as well, or better prepared than anyone," said general manager Ben Cherington. "He made it about the players, held them to a high standard but empowering them at the same time. And those are easy things to say in the winter, but it's hard to pull off when you're going through a six or eight-month season and a grind. It's hard to pull it off, and sure enough, he did. It's a great credit to him, the people around him. They made it about exactly what he said it was going to be."
While some managers are set in their ways, part of the beauty of Farrell was his willingness to adapt and admit mistakes. In Game 3 of the AL Division Series vs. the Rays at Tropicana Field, Farrell chose not to let Xander Bogaerts pinch-hit for the slumping Stephen Drew against lefty Jake McGee, and the Red Sox lost.
The next night, faced with the same situation, Farrell called on Bogaerts and watched him work a walk that proved critical to the series-clinching rally.
"Well, I reserve the right to change my mind," quipped Farrell.
In Game 3 of the World Series vs. the Cardinals, Farrell allowed pitcher Brandon Workman to hit in the ninth inning of a tie game. The Red Sox lost.
Instead of trying to talk his way out of a poor decision, Farrell admitted that he messed up an opportunity to double-switch with Workman earlier in the game. The Red Sox lost that game on the obstruction call at third base on Will Middlebrooks.
The next night, Farrell and the Red Sox recovered and ran the table for the final three games of the World Series.
Jonny Gomes hit four pinch-hit homers during the regular season. But on one occasion for a September game at Tampa Bay, Farrell had Mike Carp hit for Gomes. The result? A game-breaking grand slam by Carp.
All season, it seemed Farrell had a knack for making the right move at the right time. He stuck with Middlebrooks for the first eight games of the postseason. But in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series vs. the Tigers, Farrell turned the position over to Bogaerts, who thrived the rest of the way.
And the one thing the Red Sox, to a man, raved about, was how well their manager and coaching staff prepared them.
"Guys were focused all year and focused on the right areas and wanting to win for each other since Day One," said second baseman Dustin Pedroia. "We had our meeting and in the first practice we were doing bunt plays, full speed. You do stuff like that, you know you have a good team."
Not to mention a good manager.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.


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The trend for kids online is sharing more, not less. Today's kids consciously and unconsciously share so many aspects of their life using Facebook, Skype or even newer tech tools like Snapchat. But, as educators, we hold ourselves to a much higher legal and professional standard for protecting the information of these very same students. We've all heard about the laws—FERPA, HIPAA, COPPA— that set the standards for privacy of student records and personally identifiable information, but what do the laws mean in the context of delivering speech-language therapy online?
HIPAA: Protecting Individually Identifiable Health Information
Created by the Department of Health and Human Services in 1996, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that protects patient medical records. HIPAA specifically protects "individually identifiable health information," which includes:
- the individual's name, address, birth date and Social Security number.
- the individual's past, present or future physical or mental health or condition.
- the provision of health care to the individual.
- the past, present or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual.
HIPAA gives patients a variety of rights regarding individually identifiable health information. With consent, HIPAA permits the disclosure of health information needed for patient care, such as speech therapy.
FERPA: Protecting Education Records
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects student education records. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records until they turn 18 or transfer to a school higher than the high school level, thus making them "eligible students." The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. Under FERPA, parents or eligible students have the right to:
- Inspect and review the student's education records.
- Request a school to correct records they believe to be inaccurate or misleading.
- Prevent a school from releasing information from the student's education record without written permission (with some exceptions).
COPPA: Protecting Children's Personal Information
The Federal Trade Commission instituted COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) in April, 2000 to protect children's personal information on websites and applications that target children under the age of 13. Under the legislation, websites and apps that collect this information must notify parents directly and get their approval prior to the collection, use or disclosure of a child's personal information. The FTC describes personal information as:
- A child's name, contact information (address, phone number or email address.
- A child's physical whereabouts.
- Photos, videos and audio recordings of the child.
- A child's "persistent identifiers," like IP addresses, that can be used to track a child's activities over time and across different websites and online services.
Recommendations for Online Therapy
Clinicians and educators often focus on the capabilities of individual pieces of technology, and, indeed, a secure therapy platform is highly recommended both to ensure the privacy of sessions as well as student data. However, it is the information, and the sharing of that information by the adults responsible for the care of each child, that these laws focus on. So educators need to focus on a systems approach that considers the end-to-end process of handling and securing student data.
While clinicians are trained in student identity protection, non-disclosure methods and the maintenance of student record confidentiality, it is ultimately the school's responsibility to ensure agreements they have in place with online therapy service providers support them in protecting student privacy. So what are the practical considerations in this end-to-end approach to protecting the privacy of students receiving online therapy?
- Ask what type of security is in place. Solutions with bank-level security offer the strongest protection of data. This includes 256-bit encryption using TLS 1.0, restricted physical access to the servers on which data is stored, and 24/7 on-site security personnel.
- Use a secure platform for therapy. Secure platforms use an invite-only, encrypted, secure connection. In this model, only the online clinician and the student assigned to that particular appointment time are permitted to enter the password-protected "therapy room." Parents may also view a session with a prior written request.
- Use a secure server to store data. Make sure all student files containing individually identifiable health information and education records are stored on a secure server using industry-leading security.
- Restrict access. Only online clinicians, authorized school administrators and parents should have access to this password-protected information, thus further protecting student privacy.
This "big picture" thinking will let educators take advantage of new online delivery models for therapy services AND stay compliant with privacy laws. And leave Snapchat to the students.
Melissa Jakubowitz, MA, CCC-SLP, is the vice president of speech-language pathology clinical services at PresenceLearning. She is a Board Recognized Specialist in Child Language with more than with more than 20 years of clinical and managerial experience. She is the past-president of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is active in ASHA, serving as a Legislative Counselor for 12 years.


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The ECHR laid down the sensible and logical decisions under the circumstances.
That Nadia Eweida was discriminated against. There is no logical reason why she should have been barred from wearing an item of jewellry in the first place.
That the other three were not discriminated against. And this is important because it balances the religious beliefs against the reasonable expectations of the public meeting them in the workplace. The private beliefs of Lillian Ladele in particular are all and well. In private.
As a Registrar, she has a job to do which includes performing Civil Partnership ceremonies. If she wants a job where there is no conflict between her beliefs and her duties, then she certainly was in the wrong job.
The wrong job in the same way that a vegetarian taking a job in a butchers would also be in the wrong job.


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Instead of a countdown to New Year's Day, we now have a countdown on CNBC giving the days, hours, and minutes until the U.S. goes over the so-called fiscal cliff. News sources report that the White House and Congress are deadlocked. I say bring on the fiscal cliff.
Now, I don't advocate for widespread tax increases nor do I wish to see some people losing benefits. However, if Congress is going to continue playing a game of chicken, then by all means let's get to Dec. 31, so we can all take the plunge together. Indeed, my sentiment reflects what Adam Smith affectionately referred to as self-interest. I won't sell any stock out of fear of the fiscal cliff; I only sell when my price target is met, the underlying business suffers a permanent weakening in earnings power, or I discover I've made an error in analysis.
But I love to buy when declining stock prices are attached to solid business. So I secretly don't mind if we all take the plunge. I will be waiting trying to catch names like Potash (POT), Deere (DE), Tecumseh (TECUA), and many others as I feel attractively priced equities are best store of value in today's over stimulated economy.
More importantly, I'm really not worried if no solution is reached by Jan. 1, because in the end we will have a solution and it will occur in short order after Jan. 1. Remember the TARP bill, the $700 billion infusion by the U.S. Treasury? It vehemently opposed and when it was put to its first vote, it failed to pass the House of Representatives. The next day, Sept. 29, 2008, the Dow Jones fell by 777 in response. The Dow would proceed to drop below 10,000 in following days. Remember the debt ceiling debate and Congressional stalemate that led to breaching the debt ceiling in August 2011? The Dow dropped by over 1,000 past in a few short days and fell below 11,000. Today the Dow sits at just above 13,000.
We've seen deadlocks before and we will see them again. Perhaps the participants will resolve the fiscal year; perhaps they won't and the market will take a nose dive. Those who view the fiscal cliff threat as a catalyst to sell should remember the saying: "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." It has never been a productive exercise to predict the direction of the stock market. And as we've seen over past several years, it's even more foolish to try and predict political policy. Valuable time wasted spent on trying to decipher what's going to happen by Dec. 31 is time that could be spent on fine tuning your list of investment ideas and preparing to take advantage of any opportunities that may arise.
If it's not the fiscal cliff it will be something else -- for example, the debt ceiling issue again. In fact, one can chart out a list of potential cliffs that the U.S. will deal with over the next few years: fiscal cliff, debt ceiling cliff, interest rate cliff, quantitative easing (QE) cliff -- you name it, we will deal with it. But the U.S. has dealt with all of this before and we have always picked up the pieces and moved higher. Capitalism has hiccups. Some are more painful and longer that others, but in the end it works. Look at the U.S. today vs. Europe or China. Our free market system is what sets us apart.
I hope rational minds prevail and they do resolve this fiscal mess tomorrow. A sense of credibility is lost when politics turns into a struggle for the playground sandbox. But if we don't, it's business as usual over here: Buy when prices are attractive, buy more if prices get better, and sell when the calm returns.


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Imagine you are a burglar with one thing on your mind: breaking into a home. Imagine you approach that home only to see a clearly visible security decal announcing that the home is protected by a continuously monitored security system. Would you think twice about trying to break in? You bet. Security decals are an inexpensive investment compared to the cost of more expensive home security monitoring systems, but remember that only a monitored security system will alert authorities in the event of a break-in. Not all burglars will be deterred by a sticker. The best solution is to invest in your peace of mind and the protection of your home and your family by installing a hardwired or wireless system; use home security Surveillance Signs and decals to decrease the chances of that system ever being tested.


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Thursday, December 27, 2012
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Old Yella
Hair: Surf Co - Del Mar
Skin: *MY UGLYDOROTHY -Dorothy
Earmuffs: *League* Earmuffs -Vintage Reindeer (@ The Arcade Gatcha Event)
Scarf: FATEwear Scarf - Granger (@ The Arcade Gatcha Event)
Dress: The Secret Store & NYU - Camille Dress
Tights: Mon Tissu - Favorite Wool Tights
Moccasins: Surf Co - Saturday Moccasins
Bag: The Secret Store - Tiny Satchel (@ The Arcade Gatcha Event)
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Dreamy Quartz
Hair: Clawtooth - Take your Time (@Collabor88)
Headband: Noodles - Celestual Headband Gold/Rose Quartz (@Collabor88)
Skin: Tres Blah - Blessa
Necklace: Noodles - Celestual Necklace Gold/Rose Quartz (@Collabor88)
Sweater: Fashionably Dead - Baggy Knit Sweater (@Collabor88)
Dress: Fashionably Dead - Collar Dress (@Collabor88)
Tights: tulip. Printed Hose
Socks: Fashionably Dead - Knee High Mesh Socks (@Collabor88)
Flats: Ingenue :: Ariane
(Decor//Loveseat - Trompe Loeil @ Collabor88//Lamp - LISP Bazaar//Print - LISP Bazaar//Table - Trompe Loeil - Wood and Metal Endtable @ Collabor88)
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Artwork: Nylon Outfitters
Gumball Machine: Floorplan
Chair: Art Dummy
Snowglobe: A.D.D Andel!
Mouse: Intrigue Co.
Octopus: The Arcade - Tako
Doll: Schadenfreude - vouboo: archie
Work bench: Zigana workbench.blue
Narwal: .Olive.
Books: Flowey
Pet Rock: .Olive.
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Quiet Retreats
Hair: LeLutka - Nook Hair
Skin: Izzie's - Fuyu Skin
Scarf: Izzie's - Knit Scarf
Nose Ring: Sugar Heart - Mesh Nose Ring
Necklace: Magic Nook- Vintage Watch Necklace
Sweatshirt: tulip. Baggy Sweatshirt (@ The Arcade - $50 per play)
Shorts: Whippet & Buck - Jessica Knit Shorts
Tights: Izzie's - Sheer Tights
Socks: NYU - Toe Socks (@ The Arcade - $50 per play)
Books with poses: flowey/ 'arcade tales' (@ The Arcade - $25 per play)
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December 1 - December 31
(Decor: Bed//LISP Bazaar; Prints//LISP Bazaar; Clock//North West; Shelves//Cheeky Pea; Stool//LISP Bazaar; Records//LISP Bazaar; Speaker//LISP Bazaar)
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Pastries by Tres Blah: $50L per play at The Arcade Gatcha Event
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December 1 - December 31st
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Hair: Fashionably Dead - Pebbles
Head: Fashionably Dead - Neutral Shiny (@ The Arcade--December Round)
Head with Eyes Closed: Fashionably Dead - Eyes Closed Sweet (@ The Arcade -- December Round)
Headdress: World's End Garden - Le jardin de la fille hair wreath (free-group gift)
Shirt: Whippet & Buck - Claven Blouse
Dress: Tee*fy - Baby doll dress
Tights: Izzie's - Sheer Tights
Flats: [monso] My Fancy Flat Shoes - Sheep (@ The Arcade--December Round)
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Eventual is one of the three primary reference states, along with near and broken. An eventual reference is one on which the eventual send operation can be used, but not the immediate call.
If an eventual reference is resolved, then it is known as a far reference; otherwise it is a promise.
A typical eventual reference is either a promise or to an object which is not in the same vat (or perhaps even thread, process, or computer) as the holder of the reference.
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Marketers Should Be Wary of Forbes' Sponsored Blog Model
Gary McCormick
Recent fracturing and upheaval within the media industry have been a boon in many ways for marketers looking to create new opportunities to expand their brand's reputation within a specific market or audience sector. Unfortunately for consumers and conscientious advertisers and marketers, numerous gray areas of ambiguity and potentially unethical practices lurk within and must be considered.
Forbes' website has taken this evolution to an unfortunately nefarious state with the recent debut of its much-hyped AdVoice paid sponsor blog platform.
Acting as a quasi-advertorial blog residing alongside Forbes.com's journalists and bloggers, AdVoice has elicited howls of concern and derision (rightly so) throughout the publishing community about ethical implications that arise when paid advertiser content is placed within an online format that looks, feels and reads eerily similar to a publication's editorial content.
In the case of AdVoice, Forbes has not gone far enough in clearly making the distinction between sponsored and editorial content. Despite flags aimed at helping readers understand that distinction (e.g., an AdVoice label at the top of each sponsor's blog; a note about connecting marketers with Forbes' audience; a "What's This?" link for more explanation; and a box providing a bio for the marketer, not a Forbes staffer), AdVoice still looks and feels too much like objective editorial content consumers have come to know as free of bias and advertisers' self-motivated interests.
The model represents a disturbing trend in how information in the digital age is produced and presented to consumers.
As the foremost organization representing public relations professionals -- many of whom will be called upon to help write paid posts or advise executives about them -- the Public Relations Society of America, also known as PRSA, has an obligation to ensure that public relations professionals, working on behalf of clients and employers, fully informs the public of any motivations or biases behind the messaging they receive in every medium. Transparent public relations is productive and will continue to advance our profession's value, while public relations practices that might confuse or mislead consumers will sow distrust.
Print editions of magazines have provided sponsored advertiser content for years, but it has traditionally been labeled "Advertising" to delineate it for the reader. That distinction doesn't denigrate the content's value, but clearly outlines the genesis of the material and its potential bias.
We should be as transparent and supportive of readers' rights to know the motivations and biases behind content in the digital world as we are in print.
Before engaging in one of these new sponsored content models, advertising and communications professionals should consider the following:
- How much involvement will the media outlet's ad team have in helping companies develop and place content?
- How will the sponsored blog content be differentiated from editorial posts?
- Where will the sponsored content reside? Will it be completely separate from editorial posts, or like AdVoice content, contain links that direct a reader back to editorial content?
An AdVoice blog from business software marketer SAP is housed within the same layout and design format as standard Forbes.com blog content, even going so far as hosting links directing a reader to Forbes' editorial blogs. For the average reader, this reads like an endorsement from Forbes for one of its advertisers, rather than cleverly devised messaging from a sponsor.
Professional communicators, advertisers and marketers have a responsibility to provide the public with pertinent information regarding the motivations and sponsorship of content they create. PRSA's Code of Ethics states that professionals have the obligation to "reveal the sponsors for causes and interests represented," and that, "open communication fosters informed decision making in a democratic society."
In both regards, AdVoice and many other digital sponsored content platforms fail.
Paid blogging platforms such as AdVoice no doubt present intriguing opportunities for marketers looking to expand their brand's influence and reach in the company of vaunted editorial partners. But the model still has a long way to go in addressing numerous ethical dilemmas before fully delivering on its promise.
Gary McCormick is chairman and CEO of the Public Relations Society of America.


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July 2, 2007
Contact: Gene Fadness (208) 334-0339, 890-2712
Website: www.puc.idaho.gov
Utilities propose steps to resolve wind development issues
Idaho's three large regulated electric utilities are proposing a possible settlement with wind developers that could resolve cost issues that have slowed development of small-wind projects in the state for nearly two years.
In the summer of 2005, Idaho Power Co., asked the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to place a moratorium on rapidly increasing wind development within its territory. The moratorium was requested to allow Idaho Power time to study how much it costs the utility to accept wind and to provide for back-up generation when wind output is less than projected. The commission denied the company's request to suspend wind development entirely, but did agree to lower the size of wind projects that can qualify for the commission posted rates that utilities must pay generators of small renewable power projects. The commission lowered the size of wind projects that could qualify for the posted rates from 10 megawatts to 100 kilowatts.
Since then, Idaho Power Co., Avista Corporation and PacifiCorp have completed studies to determine wind integration costs and are now proposing that the published rate for wind be discounted to allow for wind's intermittency and that the size limit of projects that can qualify for the rate be brought back up to 10 MW.
Under the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), regulated utilities must buy power from generators of renewable energy at a rate that is set by state utility commissions. That rate, currently about $64 per megawatt-hour, is called the avoided-cost rate. The rate is based on the cost the utility avoids when it buys from a PURPA project and thus does not have to generate the power itself or buy it from another source. However, Idaho's utilities have questioned whether the current PURPA rate is truly based on avoided-cost since it does not take into account the costs the utilities incur when they have to use more expensive back-up generation when wind output is less than projected.
The three utilities differ on exactly how much the discount for wind integration should be, but the proposals are in the $5 to $7.50 per MW range.
The utilities are also proposing that wind developers reimburse them for the cost of state-of-the-art wind forecasting services and that they be allowed to require guarantees from developers that their wind generation projects are mechanically capable to generate at full output during 85 percent of the hours during a month.
If the developers agree to these provisions, the utilities would agree to support removal of the "90/110 performance band" now required in wind contracts. That requirement stipulated that when output was less than 90 percent of projections or more than 110 percent of projections, that Idaho Power could pay developers a lesser market-based rate rather than the PURPA rate.
The commission is inviting wind developers and other interested parties to intervene in the case for the purpose of presenting evidence, cross-examining witnesses and participating in settlement or negotiation conferences. The deadline to intervene is July 18.
Commission staff will sponsor a joint settlement workshop to explore whether parties can agree to a common generic wind integration adjustment to published rates. Participants must have been a party or record in one or more of the previous dockets related to this case. The workshop is scheduled for July 31 at 9 a.m. in the East Conference Room of the J.R. Williams Building, 700 W. State St. in Boise.
July 2, 2007
Case Numbers AVU-E-07-02, PAC-E-07-07
In a related docket, the commission is taking public comment on a petition by Avista and PacifiCorp to prohibit wind projects under common ownership from reconfiguring themselves into multiple projects of a smaller size to qualify for the PURPA rate. Some developers disaggregate their projects to make them smaller, give them different names and build them within a few miles of each other so that they can qualify for the PURPA rate.
Idaho Power Co. filed a similar petition earlier this year. All three utilities contend the disaggregating should not be allowed.
The commission is taking comments on the Avista and PacifiCorp petitions through July 27. Comments are accepted via e-mail by accessing the commission's homepage at www.puc.idaho.gov and clicking on "Comments & Questions." Fill in the case number (AVU-E-07-02 for Avista and PAC-E-07-07 for PacifiCorp) and enter your comments. Comments can also be mailed to P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0074 or faxed to (208) 334-3762.


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Moris necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 291 diseños de 59 diseñadores freelance.
Build a logo to convey our company message and make sure it appeals to our audience.
We sell video games and electronics only through our web site eXuby.com. We are making shopping easy and convenient for consumers by providing customer service and product support through all communication channels including text SMS, Facebook, Twitter etc. Our ability to provide this kind of support is our edge and that is what you need to communicate with the logo. Our company slogan is "We got your back"
Our audience is 18 to 35 male. Our customers' characteristics are; masculine, aggressive, playfull, adventurous, like to be challenged and active. The colors most appealing to our audience are black, red and dark charcoal. To get more ideas on the colors see; gamestop.com and fxnetworks.com. You don't have to use all colors.
• Font has to be boxy, squarey and just like the FX logo's font (fxnetworks.com)
• Stay away from any images or design related to games or accessories. Instead focus on getting our message across which is "supporting you through every possible channel" or "We got your back"
• Logo MUST be built in vector format
• Must be versatile (logo will be used on websites, business cards, letter heads, posters etc)
To give you more idea here is our marketing strategy:
We are making shopping easy and convenient for consumers. We do that by providing customer service through all communication channels including text SMS Facebook, Twitter etc.
Marketing purpose statement:
We want to be known in the market as the web site that provides customer support through all unconventional and conventional channels.
Talking logo:
Supporting you through every possible channel or our slogan "We got your back"
Bottom line; Build a logo to convey our slogan and make sure they appeal to our audience.
Here is an idea we are leaning towards and see if you guys can create it. We like the logo to have a human factor. Emphasize on the letter "U" which represents our customers. Make the remaining letters, which represents us support the letter "U".
For the logo to appear masculine make sure the fonts are squary, boxy and thick. The logo needs to convey our message "we got your back".
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GibbsCAM dramatically illustrates the "R3-Refocus, Rediscover and Reinvent" Theme
GibbsCAM dramatically illustrates the "R3-Refocus, Rediscover and Reinvent" Theme
Gibbs and Associates (or "Gibbs"), developer of GibbsCAM® software for maximizing programming efficiency of CNC machine tools and a Cimatron company, announced today that it will demonstrate its complete GibbsCAM MTM (multi-task machining) solutions at the upcoming Mazak R3 Event, held at Mazak's Northeast Technology Center in Windsor Locks, Connecticut on May 25-26, 2010. During the event, demonstrations of GibbsCAM will highlight the focus of the event – "Learn how multi-tasking can make you more competitive in the 21st century".
"Gibbs partnership with Mazak ensures that GibbsCAM fully supports Mazak's complete product line of machine tools, especially their multi-tasking models, which clearly provide competitiveness realized through advanced manufacturing technologies," stated Roger Ablett, Gibbs' General Manager of the Strategic Partner Program, who is responsible for Gibbs' relationship with Mazak worldwide. "It is a real pleasure for us to continue supporting Mazak during this R3 progressive learning opportunity."
The latest version of GibbsCAM will be demonstrated at the Mazak R3 Event, including GibbsCAM MTM (Multi-Task Machining) and Machine Simulation modules which have been specifically configured for Mazak machine tools. For many years, Gibbs and Associates has provided CNC programming support as new Mazak machine models and variations are developed, so that Mazak customers can swiftly put their machines into production. Gibbs regularly receives specifications and guidance from Mazak, and Gibbs engineers work closely with Mazak engineers at Mazak Technology Centers worldwide. This helps to validate and refine GibbsCAM post processors for the unique configuration and capabilities of Mazak CNC machines, including Mazak's broad line of complex multi-axis, multi-tasking machines. As a result, Gibbs offers one of the widest ranges of post processors for Mazak machines available from any CAM vendor.
GibbsCAM MTM provides a powerful, yet easy to use means to program advance multi-tasking machine tools, such as Mazak Integrex line, allowing the user to focus on developing the most optimal program for their machine. GibbsCAM Machine Simulation provides a virtual environment, which can be used to prove-out machine setup, thereby saving setup time on the machine tool, and a simulation of the machine tool's motions, thus allowing potential crashes and inefficiencies to be identified and corrected before running the program on the shop floor. GibbsCAM's factory-supplied post processors for Mazak machine tools ensure that G-code can be run without hand editing.
For more information about GibbsCAM and GibbsCAM's MTM capabilities, visit www.GibbsCAM.com, call 1-800-654-9399, or email [email protected]


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A former NBN Tasmania board member believes the National Broadband Network (NBN) will make Tasmania less isolated from the rest of Australia and may even entice mainland residents to relocate to the state.
Mark Kelleher, secretary of the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts in Tasmania, says the state has long suffered from the "tyranny of distance" with residents feeling cut off from the rest of Australia.
However, with the introduction of the NBN, Kelleher says several opportunities are opening up for businesses in Tasmania as it will be the first state in Australia to be fully connected to the NBN by the end of 2015.
"Obviously, [from] the telecommunications side of things, you can't send potatoes down the telephone line, but more and more the sorts of services and things people are interested in can be and are being accessed online," he says.
"That's a good opportunity to promote the fact that if you would like to live somewhere that has all the liveability aspects of Tasmania and you will still be very connected with the world, then why wouldn't you come and live in Tasmania?
"If you've got a business that provides services that effectively are delivered via telecommunications, which more and more are, then why wouldn't you establish and run that business from Tasmania?" he adds.
Kelleher has had a long involvement in business and telecommunications in Tasmania. He previously held financial and strategic roles at Telstra and worked as a project manager on the Basslink project to run an undersea fibre cable between Tasmania and Melbourne.
He was also a board member of NBN Tasmania, a subsidiary of NBN Co.
"The initial NBN Tasmania board was established to oversee the connection of the first three pilot towns of Scottsdale, Midway Point and Smithton," he says. "Having completed that piece, I then moved off the [board]."
While the NBN Tasmanian board originally comprised three Tasmanian residents on the board, there is now just one remaining Tasmanian resident – Darren Alexander.
NBN marketing in Tasmania criticised
NBN Co has been criticised for a lack of marketing about the network in Tasmania. Andrew Connor, spokesperson for Digital Tasmania, says while there is some awareness of the network in the state, there is still some scepticism about the NBN due to the federal opposition spreading "misinformation" about the cost of the network and delays.
"Overwhelmingly we do support the NBN, but obviously the sales jobs can be improved and at times Digital Tasmania feels like it's doing the sales job for the NBN down here. It feels like we're doing the job of promoting the NBN in Tasmania or setting the record straight," Connor says.
Kelleher says marketing the network is a matter of timing and promoting the NBN when there is no physical product that consumers can sign up for will not provide results.
"There's no point going out and marketing something and creating a demand for something of which you can't get a service yet," he says.
"I think there could be more done, but again, it's probably better to have that marketing activity going out when it's a call to action and people can actually [get it], whereas going too early will probably just create some over expectations as to timing to getting connections."
The Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts has taken on part of an NBN marketing role and is actively promoting the network and its benefits.
The department has a Digital Futures Strategy with four objectives, including developing the ICT sector in the state by engaging with businesses to develop NBN-capable applications and services and taking advantage of the early rollout of the network in Tasmania.
"So there's a series of elements of that strategy where we're running digital coach programs for small business to help them get online … for how they run their businesses, whether it be having websites, marketing approaches [or] e-commerce facilities at the small business end," Kelleher says.
"As part of that strategy it then links into [an] investment attraction for promoting the opportunities there are for us in Tasmania."
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You might be a woodworker if...
This is my last blog post for Rockler, so for fun I thought I'd try asking our Twitter and Facebook followers to help me write it by completing the Jeff-Foxworthy-esque sentence, "You might be a woodworker if..." Here's a compilation of what our fans came up with! You might be a woodworker if... ...you store turning stock under your bed. ...there is sawdust in your belly button. ...you can count fractions on your fingers. ...instead of saying "2 inches" you say "eight quarters". Chris Nilluka ...you are more concerned about dust collection than about the 50 extremely sharp chisels and saws hiding under that pile of shavings. @SplinteredBoard ...there is more sawdust than lint in the lint screen in your dryer. @CustomMadecom ...you use sawdust as body powder ...you think your dandruff is sawdust ...you think the movie Saw was a woodworking video. pspsteve ...you wash your hair and sawdust clogs the drain. ...you stop to pick up a pallet on the side of the road for the white oak scrap. (yes, I have) ...you've picked through the dumpster at a custom cabinet shop for exotic wood scraps. (yes, I have) ...you give your wife Eau de Oak perfume for Christmas. (looked, but can't find any) ...you leave your $30,000 car in the driveway so you don't scratch your new tablesaw in the garage. Steve Hartman ...you've bought $3000 worth of tools to make $300 worth of furniture. Jeff Coyne ...your children's sandbox is filled with sawdust! Wayne Gregory ...you look at the sky and see a section that you think looks "curly"! Lance McNulty
...you know how to pronounce "ipe", and its country of origin.
...you know hollow ground has nothing to do with coffee
...someone says burl and your first thought isn't Ives
...someone says birdseye and your first thought isn't frozen vegetables
...you've ever asked yourself,"What would Norm do?" Steve Hartman (again!)
...you have sawdust in your bra (or underwear for the guys)
...you have a tape measure in your purse
...you go to the hardware store to calm your colicky baby
...you can't wait til nap time so you can build! Christin McCool
...you won't buy a piece of furniture because you know you could make it better and/or cheaper yourself (even though you know you probably won't). Nancy Barvick
...when you [blow] your nose part of your last project comes out. Craig Brown
...you can identify bubinga by smell. Michael Stadtler
...you've never uttered the phrase "You know, I think I've got enough clamps." Steve Hartman (again!)
...your key chain has a small tape measure on it. vermontsenior
...your check register has more Rockler entries than Walmart entries. Wayne Williams
...the only fiber you get is the sawdust floating in your coffee cup! @LagunaTools
...you run your hand over a piece of wooden furniture rather than just looking at it. @lackriver
...blowing your nose generates enough wood to build a child's toy. John Vallario
...you're short half a finger and you haven't actually bought Christmas gifts in 10 years. @mmfww
And... you might be a wood TURNER if...
...you buy a bandsaw that costs more than your lathe... for the sole purpose of rounding out bowl blanks.
...you feel this unexplainable emptiness every time you throw a piece of wood in the fire
...you have a hard time finding a pen around the house that isn't made of wood... and you give your wife and kids nasty looks any time they pick up a plastic pen.
...your wife doesn't bother to call around looking for you any more. She just goes out to the shop when she needs you for anything.
...you nearly caused a car accident because you thought you saw some logs on the side of the road...
...golf clubs? Yeah... they're around here somewhere.
...you name your kids "Chuck" and "Burl"
...you name your dogs "Banjo", "Jet", "Oliver", or "Spalty"
...at your spouse's suggestion, you put a telephone, TV, and refrigerator in your shop... so you don't have to "carry sawdust into the house all day."
...you really - honestly - whole-heartedly - are torn between taking that vacation in Hawaii and buying that new big lathe with the 24" swing.
...you think that any household item can - and should - be replaced by something you make... from table legs to the toilet paper roll holder.
...you've walked around your neighborhood ? checking your neighbors' trees for burls.
...Heat on in the shop? Absolutely. Heat on in the house? "Go put on a sweater."
Steven Marlow
For more signs that you might be a woodworker, click over to Kari Hultman's blog, The Village Carpenter. After I asked our followers for ideas, I found out Kari had done an almost identical post a few years ago called "You know you're a woodworker when..."! Her post has ALL different responses, so be sure to pop over and take a look.
Do you know even more signs that you might be a woodworker? Leave them in the comments!
Thank you all for being Buzz Saw readers. Rockler is a fabulous place, and I will miss it, and miss writing for you. Keep Creating with Confidence! -Kim


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The San Diego Bankruptcy Attorneys at the Law Firm of the Golden State Law Group Have a Web Site That Is Located at the URL of http://www.goldenstatelawgroup.com; This Web Site Provides Free Information to Those Who May Be Struggling With Their Finances; The Firm Provides Information Regarding Student Loan Debt on That Web Site, and the Attorneys at the Firm Hereby Announce That They Are Offering a Free Initial Consultation to Consumers Who May Be Struggling With Student Loan Debt in the Wake of a Troubling Report Issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 17, 2012) - The San Diego bankruptcy attorneys at the Golden State Law Group help business owners and consumers work through their extreme financial difficulties such that they can obtain a fresh financial start. The attorneys at the firm work with people who are suffering from the stress of many different kinds of debt, and one of the most common is student loan debt. In response to a recent quarterly report issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the firm is offering a free initial consultation to potential clients who cannot manage their finances based on their own student loans.
Specifically, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued its quarterly report titled, "Decrease in Overall Debt Balance Continues Despite Rise in Non-Real Estate Debt" that detailed the overall state of debt in the United States as of the end of the third quarter in 2012. The report was released to the public on November 27, 2012.
In the report, the bank stated that the student loan delinquency rate rose to 11 percent, meaning that 11 percent of all outstanding student loans were at least 90 days past due on their last payments. In addition, the report stated that overall student loan debt increased by 4.6 percent in the third quarter as compared to the previous quarter. This represents a jump of nearly 20 percent when extrapolated out over an entire year. Finally, the report stated that the overall amount owed on student loans in the United States stood at approximately $956 billion.
Unfortunately for many people, student loan debt cannot be discharged in a bankruptcy case. However, the San Diego bankruptcy lawyers at the Golden State Law Group are offering a free initial consultation to those who may be struggling with their finances because of the presence of this debt so that their overall financial situations can be analyzed and strategies can be pursued that would reduce the overall burden of debt in general, thereby making it easier to pay down those student loans.
About the Golden State Law Group
The Golden State Law Group is a law firm in San Diego, California that's comprised of a team of San Diego bankruptcy attorneys who provide legal help to consumers and businesses. Specifically, the attorneys at the firm provide help to consumers in the legal areas of student loan debt problems, medical bill issues, consumer bankruptcy, business bankruptcy, tax debt issues and personal injury cases.
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David G. Weil
Golden State Law Group