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Wood Products Manufacturing: Compliance Resources
Information for small-business owners operating wood products industries.
- Industry-Specific Permits by Rule and Sawmill Standard Permit for Wood Products Manufacturing
- De Minimis–Determine if your site is covered under the De Minimis rule.
- Water: What is My Source?
- Permitting a Septic System You must check with your local permitting authority, and you can use a septic system for toilet and kitchen wastewater only. Process water is prohibited.
- If you are connected to a sewer system, contact your local Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) before discharging to their system.
- If you are not connected to a POTW, you may containerize your wastewater for disposal, apply for an industrial re-use authorization, or apply for an individual permit.
- Instructions and Application to Use Industrial Reclaimed Water
- Industrial Wastewater Discharges: The Permit Process
- Assistance Tools for Industrial Stormwater General Permit
- Industrial and Hazardous Waste Registration and Reporting: Am I Regulated?
- Industrial and Hazardous Waste Rules and Regulations for Small-Quantity Generators (RG-234)
- How to Classify Hazardous and Industrial Waste
- Common Questions on Empty Waste Containers (RG-480)
- Waste Designation Decision Matrix
- Managing Paint and Paint-Related Waste Under the Universal Waste Rule (RG-370)
- Hazardous Waste: There IS an Easier Way
- RENEW Information
- Creosote: What Is It? What Are the Risks? (GI-285)
Compliance Overview Tools
- Wood Products Manufacturing Checklist – Use this checklist to determine which rules may apply to wood products manufacturing.
- Tier II, TRI and 112(r): A Comparison
- Delinquent Fees
Where can I find more information and assistance?
The TCEQ's Small Business and Local Government Assistance Section offers free, confidential help to small businesses and local governments working to comply with state environmental regulations. Call us at 800-447-2827 or visit our Web page at TexasEnviroHelp.org.


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Beyonce's Tumblr Photo Album Revealed!
Beyonce shows off her bikini body and snorkel gear in just one of dozens of intimate photographs posted on her newly launched website, Beyonce.com.
"Hey World, It's B!" the 30-year-old entertainer tweeted. "I'm so excited to invite you to my new http://beyonce.com – we've been working hard, and it's finally ready for you XO"
Check out the video below of pregnant Beyonce vacationing in Croatia last September. "We woke up this morning, took a nice little walk, passed by this beautiful blue tree," Beyonce shared. "I think it's Blue Ivy, which would be quite appropriate!" (Bey and Jay-Z welcomed daughter Blue Ivy Carter on January 7.)
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The once-revolutionary videocassette recorder is headed for the technological cemetery, 40 years after it first hit markets.
Funai Electric, a Japanese consumer electronics company, released a statement Thursday that it will stop making VHS recorders at the end of the month, the Japanese Newspaper Nikkei reported.
The company, the only VCR manufacturer in the world, cited a lack of demand and difficulty acquiring parts.
While the company said it sold 15 million VCR units a year at its peak, only 750,000 were sold worldwide in 2015, the New York Times reported.
The VCR first awed the country in the 1950s, then costing around $50,000 each.
The recording device became increasingly popular in the 1980s, with VCRs in around 15 million homes by the end of 1984 and prices dropping to between $600 and $1,200.
However, the DVD quickly began to surpass videocassette sales after its introduction in 1995. Both hardware devices have increasingly declined since video streaming has taken hold.


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Shabbat and Trees
January 17, 2014
Every week, Jody Hirsh, the JCC's Judaic Education Director, provides a Judaic message that is featured at the top of the JCC's weekly email newsletter. Below is the Shabbat message for Friday, January 17, 2014.
Shabbat and Trees
Yesterday was Tu Bishvat… The New Year of the Trees! This day, the 15th day of the winter month of Shevat has been a semi holiday which has evolved over the millennia. Originally, it was a kind of tax day calculating the age of trees and the beginning of the forming of fruit in Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel (Click here to learn more about that from my January 3rd Shabbat Message) Over the years, however, it branched out (so to speak) and developed so many symbolic activities. It is a day on which the "seven species" of produce mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:8 are eaten from "a land of wheat and barley, of vines, figs and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey (date honey). Almonds too figure in the menu, since almond trees are the first trees to blossom in Eretz Yisrael.
In the Sixteenth Century, the Kabbalists of Safed attached great mystical significance to this day. An enigmatic passage in Deuteronomy 20:19 tells us: "For a human is like the tree of the field." Humans are like trees. And... perhaps the very idea of the "Tree of Life" created for the Garden of Eden, and which, according to the mystics, reaches from earth to heaven (some say the roots are in heaven and the branches on earth) is the source of Godly energy flowing into our world. In fact, the Jews of Safed developed a Tu Bishvat Seder, modeled after the Passover Seder. There are four cups of wine, representing four mystical stages of creation, and fruits that grow in Eretz Yisrael are eaten.
How great that this Tu Bishvat is a day away from Shabbos! Since tradition demands that we eat special food on Shabbat, and food with fruit is a special tradition of Tu Bishvat, try to make this Shabbat Dinner, on the Shabbat following Tu Bishvat, full of fruit, bridging the Shabbat and the Season.
Shabbat Shalom... and a belated Tu Bishvat!


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Scottemojo wrote:I like Tavon. I just don't want him. I see him as a final piece kid of thing, and we simply aren't there yet.
pehawk wrote:Scottemojo wrote:I like Tavon. I just don't want him. I see him as a final piece kid of thing, and we simply aren't there yet.
The offense is at the final piece phase. So far along it could carry the team to a Lombardi, IMO.
pehawk wrote:It sounds like we're thinking the same thing on offense, but via different positions. Because you're a size queen, you want the offense to grow via TE/H-Back, me via the "waterbug" (assist to kobebryant) position.
I look at the Saints as the model here. They find big pass-catchers under beads or after hurricane clean-ups. They're apparently not difficult to find. What they covet and invest in is the waterbug (assist to kobebryant) position...Bush/Sproles. That position spreads things out for Brees a bit, and Wilson needs that, if the offense is to advance appropriately.
Long? Yeah, not happening.
theENGLISHseahawk wrote:Got to agree with Scotte here. PC has clearly been looking for a big, dynamic target (Marshall, Jackson, BMW... even trying T.O. and Edwards). It's still a missing feature on the offense.
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Alexander Skarsgard carries his young co-star on the set of their new movie, What Maisie Knew, on Tuesday (August 30) in New York City.
The 35-year-old actor also grabbed a cup of coffee in Tribeca while taking a break from work.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Alexander Skarsgard
Alex, who covers the current issue of BlackBook, told the mag why he refuses to bite True Blood fans.
"That's one thing I'll never really understand. But the main reason I don't ever do it is because if I do it just once, every single person will be like, 'Bite me! Bite me! Bite me!'" he explained.


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Judge Hall finds Carter guilty of theft from Starke Tourism
KNOX — Jennie Carter was found guilty of theft, a Class D felony, in Starke County Circuit Court Monday, Feb. 25. The charge stemmed from a $7,748.60 check Carter wrote in 2011 on the Starke County Tourism account and used the funds for personal expenses. Sentencing is scheduled at 10 a.m. March 25.
Judge Kim Hall announced the verdict following final comments from Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas Bourff and Carter's attorney, Bryan Truitt, of Bertig and Associates in Valparaiso. Case law references had been provided to Judge Hall earlier in the day. The trial was continued to Monday after all testimony had been heard Feb. 20; and it became a question of whether the charge was theft, a felony, or conversion, a misdemeanor. Both charges address "unauthorized control over property." The trial, originally slated as a jury trial, was changed to a bench trial during pretrial motions Feb. 19.
At the start of the trial, Bourff outlined events that led up to Carter's arrest for theft. Truitt questioned the charge, suggesting it might be conversion based upon lack of criminal intent. Prior to opening comments, Truitt presented a document to Judge Hall stating that Carter admits to using the funds, but the money has been returned.
He opened the defense by explaining the reasons for Carter's actions, saying she is a single mother supporting two daughters and a long-time resident of the area. She is employed by Drug and Tobacco Free Starke County at a salary of $19 per hour. DTFSC grant money was delayed in 2011, and Carter wasn't getting paid.
Carter also had served on the Tourism tourism board (a volunteer position) and was treasurer in addition to her position as a coordinator with DTFSC. She was asked to leave the Tourism position in January 2012, but was still employed by DTFSC when the trial started.
The first witness for the prosecution was Indiana State Police Detective Chris Campione, who outlined the results of his investigation. On March 8, 2012 he interviewed Carter; the video and audio recording of that interview was played for the Court.
The second prosecution witness was Debbie Mix, executive director of Starke County Tourism and the Chamber of Commerce. Mix outlined the investigative steps taken by Tourism.
The charge is based on a check dated June 2, 2011, for $7748.60 supposedly written to the Indiana Department of Revenue. Carter had requested the funds to pay taxes. She stated during her testimony that she saw 12 letters from the State requesting payment that she believed to be authentic, and that she didn't alter or produce any letters. However, Mix said that originally, Carter had said there were only three bills, not the 12 she stated in court Feb. 20.
Carter requested three signed checks on the Tourism account saying she wasn't sure if the State would accept one check or exactly how the State might want the payment. The Tourism Council recognized the need to pay the taxes, and Mix signed the three blank Tourism checks because she had no reason to doubt the validity of the request.
One of the checks was made payable to a name similar to Indiana Department of Revenue for $7,748.60. Tourism stopped payment on the other two checks.
Carter then deposited the check in an account at Chase Bank in Valparaiso. Questions were raised about why the bank would accept a check to the State, however the name on the check was not specifically to the Indiana Department of Revenue. Carter said she could not recall the name she used to set the account up.
Carter and Truitt said that she didn't initially intend to use the funds for personal expenses, however, with DTFSC grant funds delayed, she wasn't getting paid, plus her ex-husband had stopped paying support as he was unemployed. When friends and relatives could no longer help, she experienced "serious financial hardship," and used the money from the Tourism tax payment to pay bills.
"I was in jeopardy of losing my apartment and car. I knew I would eventually get paid from DTFSC," she said.
Mix first noticed the check in July while reviewing the Tourism bank statement and started asking Carter for documentation on the payment. When asked repeatedly for information at the August and September board meetings, Carter said, "I'm getting it. I've been on the phone with them, and they will be reimbursing us."
By October, tourism board members started increasing pressure for answers. After Thanksgiving, an unexplained deposit for $2,113.80 was made to the Tourism account at the First National Bank of Monterey. Mix asked for a copy of the deposit slip, and upon investigation, the bank's video showed Carter making the deposit in cash. In the meantime, the treasurer of Tourism called the state and was told they hadn't sent any bills or received any payments, and knew nothing about a reimbursement.
During the Tourism board meeting Jan. 10, 2012, Carter was requested to meet outside the meeting with board members Wieczorek and John Hensler. When they returned to the meeting, the board decided to write a letter of demand for $5,706.20, the $7748.60 plus the $71.40 from a previous transaction between Tourism and DTFSC, less the $2113.80 already received.
Carter has since paid back $5,708; however, the Tourism attorney and all its board members agreed that the matter should be referred to the Starke County Prosecuting Attorney.
The only witness called by the defense was Carter, who admitted writing the check for personal use, but intended to pay it back.
Campione and Mix both explained circumstances surrounding a previous questionable transaction for $7,140 between Tourism and DTFSC — however, that issue is not part of the theft charges.
Carter's employment by both Tourism and DTFSC and being in a position allowing her control of funds for both agencies presented other concerns. Prior to the check involved in the theft charge, Carter was involved in other activities that, while maybe not illegal, were questionable. One was writing checks from one agency to the other, another was using the debit card of one agency to pay for items for the other agency.
In March 2011, Carter mistakenly wrote a check from Tourism to DTFSC for $7,140, which should only have been $71.40 for reimbursement of payroll taxes. Mix questioned the amount while checking Tourism's May 2011 bank statement. To correct the error, Carter wrote a check from DTFSC back to Tourism for $7,068.60 ($7,140 less $71.40). There were no indications of any funds missing as a result of these transactions. When ask if this was typical, Mix replied, "The concept is not out of the ordinary when an employee's salary is paid by more than one agency."
Judge Hall questioned some of these activities, asking, "Who is overseeing the veracity (of Tourism and DTFSC transactions)? Has anyone at Drug-Free questioned what happened or investigated anything she's done with them? Are there other red flags?" He also questioned why the checks were signed without them being filled out.
Judge Hall asked Carter, "Do you think it's OK that you're still employed by DTFSC with what you've admitted to doing – using their debit card for Tourism, writing checks between Tourism and DTFSC?" Carter did not reply.
The answer may lie in not questioning the actions of a long-term employee.
Truitt responded to some of these questions in closing arguments, "She has a past reputation for honesty, integrity and trust."
Mix had commented earlier, "I had always trusted Jennie."
It should be noted that Tourism and DTFSC have since implemented procedures to safeguard funds in the future. The Starke County Council and Commission also have addressed the issues by establishing a separate board to oversee distribution of the innkeeper's tax and other funds to ensure they are properly used.


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In part two of our interview with "World of Warcraft" lead systems designer Greg Street, he discusses what it takes to be a game designer and what we can expect from "WoW's" latest expansion pack, as well as MMO games in general. If you missed part one of Game Cache's Q&A with street, you can find it here.
The fourth "World of Warcraft" expansion pack, "Mists of Panadaria," just went into beta testing. How is that going so far?
This is a really fun time in the project for me. Once we get something in beta, there's enough stuff in there that players can try it out and there's still time to make changes. We get to find out are they having fun? Is the new stuff easy to understand? Are the dungeons interesting and fun? Is there anything in there that's redundant? So we have time to react and do things about it. It's different once we've gone live. We can still make changes, but changing things on players in a live environment is like pulling the rug out from under them. It is a fast, iterative process though and I think both the players and developers are bought into that.
Do you find time to play the game just for fun? Does it always feel like work to you?
I still play "WoW" all the time. It feels so different when you're playing as a player versus a developer. As a developer I can jump in and cheat and fly around and give myself any gear I want, but as a player it feels really different. There's such a sense of accomplishment when you advance in the game as a player. It would be hard for anyone who worked on the game not to play a fair amount. You'd just start to lose touch with the players and not see what needs to be improved.
Is there any anxiety about going back to your alma mater and getting on stage?
Unfortunately, it's been so long since I went there, even the professors I had at the time have moved on. It's not like I get to see them. It's a whole different place, it even looks vastly different. But it's not hard for me. The first time I got on stage at BlizzCon, someone pulled me aside right beforehand and said "there are 16,000 people out there." Once you do that it's hard to have stage fright ever again. I think it's mostly going to be a Q and A thing, so the toughest thing is that there will probably very hardcore "WoW" players there asking questions, and there will be a few people who only have a vague concept of what a videogame is.
What would you tell someone who wants to be a game designer like yourself? What steps would you take if you were just starting out right now?
There's two or three different routes I'd go. One is to get together with a buddy who can code a little and make an iPhone game. It doesn't need to set the world on fire, but it shows that you can make decisions and see a project to completion. So many amateurs start working, then get bored or distracted. Seeing someone finish a project is huge. I would also become super active in the gaming community online. We've hired people who ran fan sites, and they've become spokespeople for our games in their own right, by corralling peoples' attention just through being a superuser. Blizzard in particular promotes a lot from within.
We have had people people in quality assurance or customer service who get a chance to get a promotion in game design. So just getting in somewhere and not necessarily working in design when you get there is another way to go. Increasingly, there are college systems to teach game design, but that wasn't really around when I was coming up. There are all these new possibilities in education where a professor and group of students have an outlet to easily design a game for a mobile device.
So having those tools readily accessible makes the entry point a lot easier for budding game designers, but maybe harder to rise above the crowd?
Yeah, but it's also made it easier to show how good you are. We used to have to say, "send in this dungeon you made from Dungeons and Dragons," or "send us this short story you wrote" or even a board game they designed. The tools just weren't there for people. Nowadays you can make a Machinima video, create a mod or a UI add-on, or import your own textures into "Skyrim." It's a lot easier to show people how competent you are.
What traits does a good game designer need, what should people be honing if they want to get into game design?
Creativity is the easy part. Players assume that it's 100 percent creativity when really it's more like 20 percent. We like to say that good ideas are cheap, but getting them to completion is the hard part. It's really easy for other people to shoot holes in your idea if you haven't thought through to the all the ramifications. Senior designers poke holes in own ideas.
What other skills should future game professionals be honing?
Communication is huge. I'm not a programmer or an artist. I don't know how to write C++, but I know how to talk to programmers and artists, and explain what I'm looking for in an end product. You have to know how to ask for something without telling them how to do their job.
It's also important to be thinking like a designer instead of a player. A lot of the stuff we get is just people basically campaigning to have their player be more powerful. They don't think about the long-term about how that's bad for the game. All of the things they want to work on are for their selfish desires as a player. You also have to be a huge consumer of games. Anyone we've interview, we ask them what games are you playing now, what are your favorite games of all time and why? What flaws have you found in them?
I'd ask the same of you if you don't mind.
Sure. Recently I've played a lot of "Mass Effect 3," the latest "Assassin's Creed" game, "Kingdoms of Amalur," I think I mentioned "Skyrim," too. "Arkham City" was really great as well. I play a lot of the console games just to keep up with what's going on. All-time I really love "X-COM," "Civilization," "Doom" was great, too. Obviously "StarCraft" and "Diablo."
Everyone there must be excited for "Diablo III."
Oh yeah, I've been playing it for a while now, but I'm excited for it to feel real. For everything to stay around and not wonder if stuff will be in the next build. I'm worried we're not going get a lot of work done on "Mists of Pandaria" once "Diablo" ships!
What do you think is next for the lifecycle of MMOs? Gaming in general seems to be more and more about connecting to other people, and MMOs are obviously well-suited for that.
I think the social thing is obviously huge. Players are really used to being connected to all their friends, all the time. When I first had email, I'd check it once a day, just how we treat regular mail. With Facebook and things like that you could check in on what's happen every second, so now we're dealing that level of connectedness. We haven't been great at keeping "WoW" outside of the game itself. We're a little behind the ball and there's a lot of room to grow in terms of using social mobile to enhance the game experience.
The truth is that most of the MMOs that come out now, basically trying to do what "World of Warcraft" did. These games costs so much money and time to make, so publishers are scared of doing anything besides what's been proven to succeed. These games have to be smash hits. All those games unfairly get compared to ours, which is an eight year-old game. If I was at another company I wouldn't be trying to compete with "Wow," I'd be trying to figure out what the next thing is going to be. It'd be scary, and a big risk, but once that happens, whoever does it, it will be super exciting.


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NGC places first at Championships
Nassau Gymnastics Center in North Bellmore, competed in the 2007 U.S.A.I.G.C. - N.Y. State Gymnastic Championships on May 5 and held in Florida. There were over 200 gymnasts represented throughout New York State.
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After nine tantalizing seasons, Steve Bisciotti finally stood exactly where he wanted to be, encircled by jubilant Ravens players and cradling the hollow silver football that said his team was on its way to the Super Bowl.
Bisciotti had just accepted the trophy from former player O.J. Brigance, whose fight against ALS has inspired the Ravens organization. As the king whose army had conquered the enemy's field, he could have basked in a nation's gaze.
Instead, as is the Ravens owner's wont, he exited the stage quickly.
Bisciotti thanked Brigance and Bob Kraft, owner of the vanquished Patriots, then said: "I'm just speechless. I'm going to let [coach] John [Harbaugh] talk about these players. It's just special."
And that was that.
"The public Steve is so consistent with the private Steve," says Bisciotti's friend and adviser Ron Shapiro. "He's always talking about others. As excited as he is, I have heard him use the word 'I' so infrequently in the last few weeks."
There's little question that Bisciotti, 52, is relishing his first run to the Super Bowl as the Ravens' principal owner, say friends and team executives. It's the culmination of so much that he's done, from signing long-term deals with the team's key players to selecting the unsung Harbaugh as his coach. The ride is even sweeter because of the ending it will give the retiring Ray Lewis, to whom the owner has grown close.
In his 13 years as minority and then majority owner of the Ravens, he has rarely granted more than a few interviews a year. As the media glare turns toward him in the days leading up to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, those who know him say they would be shocked if the bright lights brought out a flashier, more self-aggrandizing Bisciotti.
"I've seen that man change less as his star has risen than almost any other figure I've been around," says Shapiro, a longtime Baltimore sports agent who has worked with Cal Ripken and other Hall-of-Famers.
Bisciotti, with a net worth of $1.6 billion according to Forbes, built his fortune in near anonymity, never leaving his hometown of Severna Park. He has filled his box at M&T Bank Stadium with family and close friends rather than starlets and tycoons, and he regularly asks television producers not to train their cameras on him during games.
He is often described as one of the best owners in the NFL in large part because he doesn't assert his personality or opinions over those of Harbaugh or general manager Ozzie Newsome.
"No. 1, he is a very humble person," Newsome says. "He's not afraid to challenge the issues, but he's a very good listener. … He enjoys it, but he also believes one thing — that he hires people to do their job. Let them do their job."
With the seconds ticking down on the Ravens' win over the Patriots, Bisciotti really did seem as happy for Harbaugh and Newsome as for himself, says team president Dick Cass, who has run the organization's business side since 2004.
"He just appreciates how hard they work and how hard it is to win even one game in the NFL," says Cass, who sat beside Bisciotti during the AFC championship. "But he's enjoying this tremendously. It's really a validation of how he's run the team."
'The right way'
Bisciotti is a local guy through and through. As kids, he and his siblings collected autographs from Baltimore Colts players at the team's training camp in Westminster. He graduated from Severna Park High School and what is now Salisbury University, a C student who nonetheless learned a work ethic from his mother, a young widow raising a family of four.
He and his cousin, Jim Davis, started their company, Aerotek, from the basement of an Annapolis townhouse and built it into one of the world's largest private staffing firms.
Though Bisciotti was a low-key success story, barely written about even in local publications, he was thrilled when his wealth allowed him to buy a 49-percent stake in the Ravens, one of the area's most cherished public institutions. He began a four-year apprenticeship under the late Art Modell, one of the league's most experienced owners. And Bisciotti consciously remained in the background as the Ravens delivered Modell his first and only Super Bowl victory in 2001.
"He said, 'I will not take any part of the stage from Art,' " Shapiro recalls. "So he was really restraining himself at a time of great excitement."
Bisciotti took the reins before the 2004 season and kept Modell's football brain trust, led by Newsome, in place.
"I've had a chance to watch him grow," Newsome says. "I talk to a lot of the other GMs in our business, and they always say that Steve had it done the right way. He was able to come in to be a minority owner to learn and watch and then become an owner. Some of these other guys aren't having the opportunity, so therefore they make a lot of mistakes."
Bisciotti took his biggest on-paper risk after the 2007 season, when he fired coach Brian Billick and replaced him with Harbaugh, a largely anonymous special teams coordinator from the Philadelphia Eagles. Bisciotti said he fell back on his hiring instincts from Aerotek, trusting his sense of what the career assistant could become.
In five seasons, Harbaugh has never failed to steer the Ravens to at least one playoff win. He did his best work this year, holding the team together through waves of injuries and a dispiriting late-season losing streak.
Shapiro, who often sits with Bisciotti during games, says it wasn't easy to watch the owner quietly agonize his way through losses. But he says Bisciotti never stopped looking for the bright side and that he could not be prouder of Harbaugh's performance.
"He takes gigantic pride in it," Shapiro says. "I remember talking with him after he first met John. And Steve had been down because [Cowboys coach] Jason Garrett was spinning away from him. But he said about John, 'I just walked in and talked to this guy, and wow!' "
So close
With Harbaugh in place and Newsome continuing to stock the roster with talent, Bisciotti's Ravens came within a game of the Super Bowl in 2009 and again last year. But as injuries struck down star after star and a once-promising playoff position slipped away, few believed this year's team could repeat that success.
Some have wondered if Bisciotti, fed up with the losing streak, was behind Harbaugh's decision to fire beleaguered offensive coordinator Cam Cameron late in the season.
But Harbaugh has said the call was his, and Newsome reiterated that last week. "No, no, no, no, no," he said when asked if the firing was taken out of Harbaugh's hands. "That wouldn't be fair to John. John has to stand before his coaching staff and his players, and if at any one point do they ever think that he's overly influenced by Steve or I, then he loses his staff and his players."
The season took on even greater urgency for Bisciotti when Lewis announced his impending retirement before the playoffs. The owner makes no secret of his affection for the linebacker, who has been with the franchise since its first game. And the feeling is mutual. Lewis often alludes to the depth of his friendship with Bisciotti.
Bisciotti became unusually quiet as he watched the Ravens seize a commanding advantage in their home playoff opener against the Indianapolis Colts. "It was because of his feelings and his connection with Ray," Shapiro says. "He was really feeling the emotion of watching Ray play in Baltimore for the last time."
A bad case of flu kept Bisciotti from traveling to the next game in Denver. But as he watched his team trade huge plays with the favored Broncos in a playoff classic, Bisciotti texted Harbaugh to say that win or lose, he had never been prouder. Harbaugh shared the message with his players after they won in a second overtime.
The coach did not have to serve as a proxy in Foxborough.
"I think the words 'I love you,' came out of his mouth to a lot of different people," Harbaugh says in describing Bisciotti post-game. "That's kind of who he is, the type of leader he is. He's the kind of guy that he wants you to know that he cares about you. He's proud of us. Like any boss … They put their arm around you and tell you good job — that means a lot."
Steve Bisciotti
Age: 52 (April 10, 1960)
Years with Ravens: 13
High school: Severna Park
College: Salisbury State (1982)
Family: Wife, Renée (Foote); two sons, Jason and Jack.
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Isidoire Gold has been the head equipment manager for Cal State Northridge Athletics since 2001.
Previous to his current appointment, he served as the assistant equipment manager for two years (1999-01).
Isidore is responsible for laundering, issuing, collection, maintenance and inventory for all of Cal State Northridge 18 sports, including team uniforms and practice gear.
He has been a certified athletic equipment manager since 2004 and has been a member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association since 1995.
Isidore was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Cal State Northridge where he was a Kinesiology major.
Izzy's Incidentals
Favorite Food: Pizza
Least Favorite Food: Veggies
Favorite Movie: Grease
Favorite TV Show: Emergency
Favorite Actor: George Clooney
Favorite Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Would most like to meet: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson
Enjoys listening to the music of: Midnight Star
What actor would play the lead if a movie was made of my life: Leonardo Dicaprio
Hobbies: Listening to music and playing sports
Greatest Heroes: My second grade teacher, Dora Bellemo and my former boss Ruben Avila
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These proud papas show off one-of-a-kind tattoo designs inspired by their kids.
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"Our daughter Adriana at age 2 is on her daddy's left shoulder. Her face is wrapped in angel wings because she is his angel. The baby on his shoulder is our son Lorenzo. My husband has yet to get his tattoo. He is waiting for the perfect picture."
-Slyvia Fajardo-Berrio and Danny Berrio from East Elmhurst, NY
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"When my husband was thinking about what tattoo to get to symbolize the birth of our first daughter, I suggested he base it on her first Christmas ornament."
-Lora Andersen from Colorado Springs, CO
"Our son's name is tattooed on my arm. The design is big and boisterous just like our son, because when you name your son Wilder, you better expect nothing less."
-Clint Alford from Bowie, TX
"I got our daughter's first and middle name inked on my chest."
-James Mejia from Encinitas, CA
"I wanted something special, and there's nothing more special to me than my kids. They mean the world to me. I'll also never forget their birthdays."
-Dominick Cognata from New York, NY
"Our daughter was three months old in this picture. Her daddy's tattoo is an anagram. In the photo you can read our daughter's name, Marley, and when you look at it upside down it reads my name, Sarah."
-Sarah Wallace from Corpus Christi, TX
"I have various tattoos of my children. The one with the hands on her hips is Molly (now 4 but the picture is from age 2.5), the arm portrait is Katie (now 5 but the picture is from around 20 months) and the other portrait is Erin Leigh (now age 2.5 but the picture is from about 22 months)."
-Cory Kilsdonk from Milwaukee, WI
"My husband, Daniel, did this just a couple months ago for our daughters, ages 2 and 4. He already tatted both their names when they were born, but this was special, because his first deployment since the girls have been born is coming up in a month. He knows his girls love him, and his girls know he loves them more than anything."
-Olivia Jimenez from Seal Beach, CA
"These are my husband's tattoos for our two daughters. The red and black bear is for our ten-month-old Claire; we call her Claire Bear. Her initials are inside the bear. The other is an ambigram for Grace, who is three, with her initials, G.L.R."
-Erin Remillard from Wales, MA
"There was a strong storm on the night of our daughter's birth. We decided to name our daughter Maekalah after the goddess of rain and lighting. Three years later, we named our son Zakarin after the king of gods. I later found a book of Lao Buddhist art and in that book was a drawing of Zakra and Maekalah together. The picture below is my tattoo in its second phase."
-Saengmany Ratsabout from Brooklyn Park, MN
"This simple tattoo is of both of my kids' initials with their birth dates underneath. The D is for my older child Devin, and the J is for my youngest Jaiden."
-Raj Gosain from Mississauga, ON, Canada
"We lost a son, Mason, two years before we had Rylan. I had this done to honor the belief that Rylan had in a way risen from the ashes of our first son."
-Dean Liddle from Sunderland, United Kingdom
"My tattoo is a custom piece that the artist drew by hand. It is of my daughter's footprints from birth, and a big pumpkin for my baby girl who was born on Halloween!
-Lucas Lowe from Tucson, AZ
"This tattoo is of my son's nickname, which has been very fitting for Britton so far."
-Rick Rieman from Greenhills, OH
"Our boy-girl twins' names and their date of birth tattooed on my husband's calf."
-Ashley and Wesley Thomason from Phoenix, AZ
"The phrase 'Family first' is drawn above a bleeding heart that represents sacrifice. The two purple roses on each side are for my daughters with their names, Vivian and Abigail, drawn below."
-Chris Dieterich from Bethlehem, PA
"I got my daughter Autumn Marie Holt's initials on my neck; she was born 9/10/10."
-Butch Holt from Panama City, FL
"My husband's tattoo represents our four children. It was his first tattoo and we were done having kids, so he wanted something meaningful. It's a compass with the first initial of each child at the points. The compass represents the direction he gives them in life."
-Michele and Chad Wetzel, TK
"My tattoo is inspired by my little girl Isabella. At about three months old, she started thumping her leg on the ground like a rabbit when we held her, so I started calling her Daddy's little thumper. Her middle name, Joy, is also included in the design."
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Ascent of Youngs Mountain on 2011-08-26
Dave Dunham
Friday, August 26, 2011
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Youngs Mountain
USA-North Carolina
1090 ft / 332 m
Ascent Trip Report
For the third consecutive year I headed down to Laurel Springs NC to act as the USATF liaison at the trail 10km national championships. I try to make the most of these trips, so this time I plotted out five County high points I could bag the day before the race (I was also planning on running in the championships).
My 5am flight out of Boston had me arriving in Charlotte at 7am, giving me the entire day to drive north into the mountains. My first stop was Youngs Mountain, the highest point in Rowan County (1,090'). I parked at the base of the mountain in the Morning Star Baptist church parking lot and ran up the access road in 6:20 and back down in 4:47. I added on another 13 minutes to get a nice three mile run to start the day.
Next up was the highest point in Davie County, at 1,010' it was actually a nice scenic farm with a bit of a view despite the low overcast. This high point was a "drive-up" and I just spent a couple of minutes at the two most promising highest points to ensure I reached to top. Then I was off to Forsyth County which was another drive up at 1,100' in the town of Tobaccoville. This wasn't very scenic, just someone's backyard, which only meant a couple of minutes ensuring I'd hit the highest point before heading off.
My fourth stop of the day was the nicest, the very scenic Hanging Rock State park. Moores Knob at 2,579' is the highest point in Stokes County. This was the run I was looking forward to! The parking lot at the beach was at 1,690 feet so I'd be getting a nice 900' of climbing to loosen up prior to the big race. I plotted out a 5 mile loop that had me on the summit in 1.5 miles by climbing up the Moore's Wall loop trail which had a lot of stone steps. I enjoyed the climb despite the heat (high 80's) and humidity and was on top in 22:44. I spent 3 minutes on top checking out the view from the observation tower and finding the benchmark. The downhill was a bit rocky but all in all a nice loop. It took me 33:21 to run the downhill 3.5 miles. I took it pretty easy, hoping to avoid beating up my quads. Total time for the very scenic run was 58:54. I stopped in the visitors center and got a few postcards and a refreshing ice cold Coca-Cola before heading off for my final point of the day.
I reached the Alleghany County high point (Catherine Knob-4,175') around 3 pm and checked out the possible route off of Cheek Mountain road. There was a vehicle parked at the track that leads to the top, so I decided to continue on to Doughton Mountain road and parked in the saddle (3,520'). It was still a good three mile run with over 600' of climb and descent. I took it pretty easy and tagged the summit in 16 minutes and was back down in 12 minutes for a total time of 28:08. I checked out the family cemetery that was located just above the road and then called it a day and headed off to Laurel Springs.
I had a good race the next day, taking 14th overall and top 45-49 for a gold medal in the national champs.
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littlemexico needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 81 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
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We are a startup business that aims to provide a distinguised range of Mexican Art focussing on the UK market. Through littlemexico.co.uk the launch of a line in various styles of eco-t-shirts is planned with printed designs based on different deities, myths and symbols of the Mayan, Aztec Cultures and in ther future: the folk art of the Huichol people.
Our garments will all be ethically produced and made with machinery powered by wind & solar power. Everything will be hand-printed using environmentally safe inks.
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- Please review the attached graphic assets. I'm looking for you to design 1 x t-shirt print. From 1 to a maximum of 4 colours.
- As you will discover from the assets provided on the word doc (little mexico ref_02), I'm looking to simplify the details and I'd like you to add your own unique design flavour.
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- Winning design must be submitted at the actual size of the required print up to a maximum of 280mm x 380mm. The print position is open for you to play with but all prints will be at the front side of the t-shirt. Please have a look at the original t-shirt sizes provided, so then the design will be placed and sized accurately.
- Raster art in Photoshop layered PSD at a minimum resolution of 300 pixels/inch at the actual print size. Other file formats accepted: EPS. The design must contain no more than four different colours.These should be spot colours, (solid blocks of colour) created in RGB (or CMYK for critical colour matching). Lines should be no finer than .75 point.
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Transportation commissioner dies
Northern District Transportation Commissioner Bill Minor, an official credited with helping to make advances in the region's transportation systems, died Monday of a heart attack. He was 68.
Minor was attending an annual meeting of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi.
He collapsed in his hotel room and was taken to Biloxi Regional Medical Center about 8 a.m., then was pronounced dead of a heart attack shortly after 9 a.m., said Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove.
Minor, a Democrat, was first elected as one of three transportation commissioners in November 2003. He represented 33 north Mississippi counties, including Oktibbeha County and the surrounding counties of Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Webster and Winston.
Before being elected to the commission, Minor served 20 years in the Mississippi Senate, representing Marshall, Benton and DeSoto counties.
He was in the Senate from 1980 to 1988, then from 1992 until he was sworn in as transportation commissioner in January 2004.
Former Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck, who presided over the Senate during Minor's final term, said he was loyal and trustworthy.
"He was recognized as a leader of impeccable character, and he earned the respect of those on both sides of the aisle," Tuck said.
"Being a businessman, his heart was in economic development and job creation."
Local visits and impact
Minor commented on the economic development aspects of improved transportation on two occasions related to the 2006 opening of the Highway 25 four-lane between Starkville and Jackson.
"Four-lane roads cause economic development," said Minor.
Businesses look for routes to bring raw materials in and finished products out, he said. Plus, such companies as convenience stores tend to crop up along the new routes, bringing even more employment to the area.
"If the roads are not there, they're not coming," MInor said of prospective businesses.
District 37 State Rep. Gary Chism,
R-Columbus, said: "Bill Minor has been a good and fair highway commissioner. He has taken care of Lowndes ounty. He will be sorely missed."
Chism says Minor had already announced during a groundbreaking on a bridge project near Columbus he was seeking re-election. "I feel like he would have been a shoe-in," Chism said.
Minor was instrumental in the funding for the bypass around Starkville in working to get the old C&G rail line between West Point and Greenwood reactivated.
He also was very instrumental for getting funding for the Severstal and Crossroads industrial sites as well as the Golden Triangle Aerospace Park, Chism said.
Minor was also in the area for the dedication of the completed four-lane of Airport Road in Lowndes County in July 2008. He helped secure funding for the project, Chism said Monday.
"It is amazing when you look up here. ... When I became commissioner, the only thing up here was the airport," said Minor, soon running down the list of businesses now in place around GTRA.
"Commissioner Bill Minor was instrumental and played a key part in the successful industrial growth in the Golden Triangle. He was a champion for the multi-modal infrastructure that supports our key industries. Without the improved road, rail, and airport funding he helped provide we wouldn't have seen the boom we're experiencing," GTRA Executive Director Mike Hainsey said.
Chism's first term in office from 2000 to 2004 was Minor's last in the Senate, where he served as Finance Committee chair.
"He would listen to both sides and was a fair chairman, and that's not a compliment that a lot of chairmen get," Chism said.
State Sen. Gary Jackson, R-French Camp said his interactions with Minor included several occasions to address safety issues, including the lighting of the interchange between Highway 9 and U.S. Highway 82 in Eupora.
"It was a great improvement. He helped us get those there in a time of a tight budget crunch as well as several individual items. He was always available and always accommodating when he could be," Jackson said. "We're going to miss Bill Minor."
State Rep. Dannie Reed, R-Ackerman, said: "I thought he was a very good commissioner. He pushed forward a lot of our newer programs. ... My condolences to the family."
Reed says he's noticed improvements in road maintenance. Speaking of transportation employees, Reed says "They've had great morale and the supplies and equipment to do a great job and I think it's a leadership factor that they do a great job." Reed says he thinks Minor worked with the other commissioners to "improve the Highway Department and the service we receive."
Reed also said he thinks Minor was "very capable especially because of his experience in the legislature in being able" to gain support for the highway system.
'Very strong willed'
Funeral arrangements were pending in Minor's hometown of Holly Springs, said Mississippi Department of Transportation spokeswoman Carrie Adams. His body was being flown there Monday.
Dick Hall, the central district transportation commissioner, had been at the conference in Biloxi but left before Minor died. Hall, a Republican, said he considered Minor a friend even though "we had our political differences." The two served together in the state Senate, and Hall said Minor was a serious legislator and commissioner.
"He a very strong-willed individual," Hall said. "Once he made up his mind, he was a bulldog."
While he was in the Senate, Minor served as vice chairman and then chairman of the Highway Committee and helped pass the 1987 Four-Lane Highway Program that's credited with improving roads throughout the state.
Minor later served as chairman of the powerful Finance Committee, which handles bills for taxes and bonds, and on the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, which outlines state spending priorities.
Minor often voted across party lines when he was in the Senate. During debates, he was known for his loud, impassioned and extensive explanations of bills. Still, in 2002, he gave one of the most succinct, all-purpose summations when he told his colleagues: "The bill does what the bill does."
The current chairman of the House Transportation Committee, Democrat Warner McBride of Courtland, said Monday he was stunned to learn of Minor's death. McBride said Minor was a man of integrity who kept his word.
"He really knew how government works and was always interested in getting results," McBride said. "He was interested in making things happen that would help Mississippians."
Minor was born and reared in Benton County, graduated from Hickory Flat High School and attended Northwest Mississippi Community College. He and his brothers formed a plumbing company that grew into a chain of hardware stores in northern Mississippi, according to his MDOT biography.
Gov. Haley Barbour issued a statement saying Minor had a "long and distinguished" career. Barbour said he and his wife, Marsha, are praying for Minor's family.
Hall said Minor will be missed on the political scene.
"He was going to tell you what was on his mind, whether you liked it or not," Hall said. "I admire that in anybody."
Plans to fill vacancy
On Monday, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann issued a statement on the procedure by which Minor's Transportation Commission seat will be filled.
The governor has 15 from the date the vacancy happens to announce a special election, which is to take place within 60 days after the election's announcement. The governor also has the discretion to set a candidate qualifying deadline.
"Our office has recommended to the Governor's office that the qualifying deadline for candidates for Northern District Transportation Commissioner be at least 45 days prior to election day, to give elections officials the time needed to prepare ballots," Hosemann said in the statement.
This places voting in January. The winner of the election will serve almost the final year of Minor's four-year term.
Hosemann commented in a separate, earlier statement Monday on Minor's death.
"I regret to learn of the passing of long-time state senator and Northern District Transportation Commissioner Bill Minor. Bill gave much of his life to serve our state. Many Mississippians will drive to the polls tomorrow on highways which are the fruits of his labor."
Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant also issued a statement on Minor's passing.
"Deborah and I were saddened to hear of the untimely death of Northern District Transportation Commissioner Bill Minor. I have known Bill since his days in the state Senate as a dedicated public servant and a man of traditional honor. All those who knew Bill will miss him. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this difficult time."
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The whole point is that *old people are going to die* with probability 1. So let's take those evil capitalists out of the question, and assume for now that no innovative entrepreneur could figure out something win/win for his own grandpa. ...
We are in the realm of social justice. Sounds so nice, until we answer the question: how much of your children's money do you want to spend on futile care for 83 year old Emma in Ohio? For 74 year old Bill in Texas? For countless, endless, unnamed others?
Because you can spend ALL of your money on futile care [or, by extension, the government can spend it for you]. Literally every last penny.Worth reading in full.
Abstractly, the strong appeal of liberty--potentially even stronger than that of equality in the much of the public's mind--is why, despite actual policy disagreements on crucial issues like immigration, I'm still excited by the rise of guys like Rand Paul.
Anyway, Heartiste first brought the above to my attention. Speaking of the galactic overlord, he gently censured his occasionally inimical dux for insinuating that the Game approach to classifying males has it backwards due to the tendency of betas to outbreed alphas (which should mean even more cleaning up by the remaining alphas!). At the risk of getting lost in semantic weeds, I'm fine granting the Manosphere its preferred terms and consequent definitions and then making empirical observations free of normative judgments from within this framework. Hopefully it's illuminating or at least interesting. All the better if it keeps our hero's skills at their sharpest.
To the extent that I'm grated at all by Heartiste, it's in his seeming celebration of what amounts to an ennui-inducing mix of realized hedonism and nihilism. His meaning is often as nuanced as his tongue is silver, and I suspect that beneath all the veils lies a volition more inclined towards using sexual conquest as a means to an end rather than an end to indulge in for it's own sake, despite protestations to the contrary. Oh yes he doth protest, but I don't buy it, which is why I'm compelled to play the role of affectionate gadfly rather than whiny hater.
This isn't all merely a philosophical rehashing of Stoic vs. Epicurean, either. You might not care about propagation, but propagation cares about you. It's plausible to imagine that in the not-so-distant future pleasure surpassing that coming to a "Super Alpha" on an A-game night will be made available to all on demand without any real life human interaction being required at all. Just as the reproductive edge has shifted away from alphas and towards betas over at least the last half century, so another seismic shifting in fecundity may be just around the bend. I want kindred souls to be ready for it.
Finally, a post like this wouldn't be complete without an added wrinkle or two. The data are a couple of decades old, but the GSS queried respondents in 1994 on whether or not they'd watched any pornography in the preceding year. Cross-referencing this with reported sex frequency, we find that men who had sex less than once a month over the same period of time were considerably less likely to have viewed pornographic material than men who had sex more frequently than that were to have viewed any (18.2% and 38.1%, respectively, N = 183). For more contemporary, if proxied, relevance, using male respondent data from 2000 onward, we find that men who report not having sex at all in the last year are more than twice as likely as men who enjoy it 4+ times per week to support an outright ban on pornographic material (36.9% and 16.5%, respectively, with a sizeable chunk of that 16.5% of 4+ times per week group presumably being comprised of social and religious conservatives). Pornography, at least from this angle, appears to be more of a supplement to real life carnality than a substitute for it.
Undoubtedly there are a lot of frustrated betas out there who would love to possess an alpha prowess with women, but there are also a lot of them who just aren't that interested in recreational sex (and I suspect the latter has been and continues to increase as a proportion of the total male population). This probably goes some way in explaining why the unending comment threads Heartiste generates are mostly populated by alphas echoing the taunts and diminutions of the beta no shows, who, while constituting a majority of the population, are far less likely to be found than sheer numbers would suggest. How much attention is this Silent Majority paying?
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BFenix wrote:Guys, I'm extremely happy to share with you that I joined the Visual Arts class. After being invited by a college of mine that is in the same situation as I (Engineering Course with interest in Arts) I went to the VA teacher today and she said it would be totally fine! I'll be starting next week with basic color works. I wanted to share my joy with you all, there can be a place for art in my life after all
I'm so happy for you BFenix. Is the educational system in Portugal good?


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Consumer group warns of unsafe toys
ConnPIRG issues annual holiday report detailing list of hazardous toys
HARTFORD -- When you think of the biggest dangers to your children, balloons, robot action figures and toy guitars might not be the first things that come to mind. But they, and other seemingly fun and harmless products, can pose a major hazard, according to a report released Tuesday by the Public Interest Research Group, a national consumer organization.
Abe Scarr, executive director of the Connecticut branch of PIRG, was at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford on Tuesday, along with several health experts and child advocates, to present the research group's annual Trouble in Toyland report. The report includes a list of dangerous toys found on store shelves throughout the country, including those that contain dangerous levels of lead and other chemicals, pose choking hazards or contain powerful magnets that can be hazardous if swallowed.
"Our message today is loud and clear -- we need to protect our littlest consumers from unsafe toys," Scarr said.
He cited a number of strides in improving toy safety, including the enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. However, Scarr said, many problem playthings are still on the market.
Scarr brought several examples of unsafe toys with him, including a popular robot action figure called Morphobot, manufactured by GreenBrier International Inc. The toy contains 180 parts per million of lead, nearly double the 100 parts per million that is the standard limit for lead, Scarr said.
More InformationTroubling toys and problem playthings Some toys that appear in the 2012 Trouble in Toyland report: Morphobot: Manufactured by Greenbrier International, Inc.; contains high levels of lead Snake Eggs: Manufactured by Greenbrier International, Inc.; contains powerful magnets Baby's 1st Birthday Balloons; Baby's 2nd Birthday Balloons: Manufactured by Unique Industries Inc.; report says balloons shouldn't be marketed to children younger than 8 due to choking concerns. Dora the Explorer toy guitar: Manufactured by Fisher-Price; creates noise of more than 85 decibels, which may harm hearing
Exposure to high levels of lead can spur a variety of problems, including learning disabilities and behavioral issues.
Young children are at particular risk for lead poisoning because they frequently put their hands -- and, often, other objects -- in their mouths.
Yet despite the high presence of a potentially dangerous chemical, Morphobot seemed to be an alarmingly popular toy. Scarr said he and his colleagues tried to find the toy at stores in Hartford, but it had sold out. They had to go to a New Haven store to find the toy and, even there, found there were just a few Morphobots remaining.
Other examples of dangerous toys included Snake Eggs, a pair of powerful magnets (also produced by Greenbrier International) that are small enough to swallow. Scarr said swallowed magnets can stick together across the intestines, which can cause serious infections and death.
Even a product featuring beloved children's TV icon Dora the Explorer could pose a threat to your kids, according to the report. Scarr showed off a Dora guitar, made by Fisher-Price, that played at louder than 85 decibels (less than 80 decibels is the recommended noise levels). Loud toys can cause hearing problems, Scarr said.
Toys mentioned in the report also included balloons, which can be choking hazards, and a car key set that makes loud noises.
Now in its 27th year, the Trouble in Toyland report has led to at least 150 recalls. However, not all are fans of the report.
The Toy Industry Association, a not-for-profit trade organization representing more than 580 businesses in the toy industry, issued a statement calling the report "needlessly frightening. Its headlines cry for caution, but the fine print clarifies that most of the products on their list actually comply with the strict toy safety standards that are already in place in the United States."
Indeed, Scarr said many of the toys on PIRG's list technically comply with regulations. For instance, some of the toys pegged as choking hazards are slightly too big to fit into a plastic "choking tube" used to determine whether something is a danger.
But, Scarr and others said, they're still small enough for a child to choke on. Scarr said PIRG and others have been working for some time to increase the standard for what is deemed a choking hazard. In the meantime, Scarr said, if a toy fits in an everyday toilet paper tube, parents should assume it's small enough for a child to swallow or choke on.
Dr. Scott Schoem, director of otolraryngology (also known as ear, nose and throat) at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, also spoke at Tuesday's event and said choking is a particular worry in his line of work.
"The sad reality is, one child dies every five days from choking," Schoem said.
Thus, he worries about the presence of toys such as cars with tiny, detachable wheels that can be easily swallowed, as well as those tiny "button batteries" that are used in everything from wristwatches to musical cards.
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Innovar : Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales
Print version ISSN 0121-5051
Innovar vol.1 no.se Bogotá 2008
A turnover perception model of the general working population in the Mexican cross-border assembly (maquiladora) industry
Un modelo de percepción de la rotación laboral en la población de trabajadores de la industria maquiladora mexicana
Un modèle de perception du turnover parmi les travailleurs de l'industrie maquiladora au Mexique
Um modelo de percepção da rotativida de no trabalho na população comum de trabalhadores da indústria maquiador a Mexicana
Blanca Rosa García RiveraI; Luis Arturo Rivas TovarII
IDoctora en Ciencias de la Administración del Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Profesora de tiempo completo en la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Facultad de Ingeniería. Correo electrónico firstname.lastname@example.com
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Replicated from Innovar, Gogotá, vol.17 n.29, p.107-114, Jan./June 2007.
In this study, we analyze the correlation between employee turnover vs. employee profile and employee perceptions to motivation, leadership, opportunities, remuneration, adaptability and equity. The purpose of this study was to determine if the variables have a significant influence in the employee's intention to leave the company. A 57-question questionnaire with Likert-type scale was used for collecting data in this study which was applied in 16 assembly companies in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Data were collected to a total of 857 employees of 16 different companies in Ensenada. The research revealed a significant influence between the variables of job perception and leadership style with employee turnover. The main findings in this research reveal that turnover as perceived by the employees is directly related to fairness (equity) in the application of leadership, adaptability and relations. Even thought employee profile had a negative correlation, age and gender have a significant influence in turnover. Further subjects for future research exist as well.
Key words: job turnover, the city of Ensenada, Mexico, employee turnover model, cross-border assembly industry (in this case, foreign assembly-plant industry outside the USA)
En este estudio, analizamos la correlación entre la rotación laboral versus el perfil del empleado y sus percepciones sobre relaciones, liderazgo, oportunidades, remuneración, adaptabilidad y equidad. El propósito de este estudio fue determinar si estas variables representaban una influencia significativa sobre la intención del empleado de abandonar la empresa. El instrumento empleado en la recolección de información fue un cuestionario de 57 preguntas con escala tipo Likert. La información se obtuvo de un total de 857 empleados entrevistados en 16 diferentes compañías de Ensenada, México. La investigación reveló que las variables de percepción sobre el trabajo y sobre el ejercicio del liderazgo tienen una influencia significativa en la rotación laboral. Los principales hallazgos de esta investigación revelaron que los trabajadores perciben la rotación como un resultado directo de la justicia (equidad) en el ejercicio del liderazgo, la adaptabilidad y las relaciones. A pesar de que el perfil del empleado arrojó una correlación negativa, la edad y el sexo tuvieron un impacto significativo en la rotación. El estudio sugiere otros aspectos para futuras investigaciones.
Palabras clave: rotación laboral, Ensenada, México, modelo de rotación laboral, industria maquiladora.
Nous analysons dans cette étude la corrélation entre le turnover, d'une part, et le profil de l'employé et ses perceptions sur les relations, le leadership, les opportunités, la rémunération, l'adaptabilité et l'équité, d'autre part. L'objet de l'étude est de déterminer si ces variables ont une influence significative sur l'intention de l'employé de quitter l'entreprise. Nous avons utilisé comme outil pour la collecte de l'information un questionnaire comportant 57 questions à échelle type Likert, lequel a été proposé à une population de 857 employés appartenant à 16 entreprises différentes d'Ensenada, Mexique. La recherche a révélé que les variables de perception sur le travail et sur l'exercice du leadership ont une influence significative sur le turnover. En particulier, la recherche a révélé que les travailleurs perçoivent le turnover comme un résultat direct de la justice (équité) dans l'exercice du leadership, l'adaptabilité et les relations. La corrélation à partir du profil de l'employé a été négative, mais l'âge et le sexe ont eu un impact significatif sur le turnover. L'étude suggère d'autres aspects pour des recherches futures.
Mots clé: turnover ; Ensenada, Mexique ; modèle de turnover ; entreprises maquiladoras.
Neste estudo, analisamos a correlação entre a rotatividade no trabalho versus o perfil do empregado e suas percepções sobre relações, liderança, oportunidades, remuneração, adaptabilidade e eqüidade. O propósito deste estudo foi determinar se estas variáveis representavam uma influência significativa sobre a intenção do empregado de abandonar a empresa. O instrumento empregado na coleta de informação foi um questionário de 57 perguntas com escala tipo Likert. A informação foi obtida de um total de 857 empregados, entrevistados em 16 diferentes companhias de Ensenada, México. A investigação revelou que as variáveis sobre o trabalho e sobre o exercício da liderança, têm uma influência significativa na rotatividade no trabalho. As principais descobertas desta investigação revelaram que os trabalhadores pensam na rotatividade como um resultado direto da justiça (eqüidade) no exercício da liderança, da adaptabilidade e das relações. Apesar de que o perfil do empregado emitiu uma correlação negativa, a idade e o sexo tiveram um impacto significativo na rotatividade. O estudo sugere outros aspectos para futuras investigações.
Palavras chave: rotatividade no trabalho, Ensenada, México, modelo de rotatividade no trabalho, indústria maquiadora.
Little research is available regarding turnover and human resource management in the maquiladora (crossborder assembly) industry. Academic researchers have not analysed this problem from the workers' point of view. Various models designed to analyse human resource management have been developed for explaining reasons behind turnover. These models have been widely accepted in the USA but applying them in other countries is under speculation (March & Simon, 1958).
There is no appropriate turnover model for maquiladora countries outside the USA and its absence is clearly manifested by the lack of knowledge in applying a suitable turnover model. Arrioja (1993) partially proved that these foreign models could be used in maquiladora countries, even though, his research was very limited and more than 10 years have passed since he validated his hypothesis. Other modern researchers, such as Peña (2000), have stated that conditions in the maquiladora industry are different, which has led to the emergence of new hypotheses refuting the old ones.
English, Williams & Ibarreche (1989) found that Mexican workers perceive personal and working conditions in a very different way than US workers do. McEvoy & Cascio (1985) have mentioned more than 1,000 publications on turnover and Rosse (1991) has mentioned 2,000 articles concerning turnover.
Arrioja states that up to the middle of the 1960s, most research found regarding turnover was bivariated, emphasising the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover (Rosse, 1991). Porter and Steers' (1974) article reviews previous research and classifies factors related to turnover. Porter has mentioned the organisational factors regarding job setting, job content and personal matters as being the main causes for turnover (Arrioja, 1993). Other researchers like English, Williams & Ibarreche (1989, p. 89) have found a strong relationship between personality variables and job continuation and point out that Mexican workers perceive personal variables and job ambience in a very different way to US workers (Carrillo & Santibáñez, 2001).
English, Williams & Ibarreche (1989, p. 72) mention that even though turnover rates are high, maquiladora companies have done very little about it as their jobs are simple and there is no lack of available labour. Rodríguez (1988) has also pointed out that turnover does not affect these companies' productivity due to the abundant labour available searching for jobs (Carrillo & Santibáñez, 2000).
Carrillo & Santibáñez (2001) have emphasised the need for managing turnover in the maquiladora sector due to the multiple factors contributing towards an individual's decision to leave a particular job and to the major problem to which it lead. For them, the problem of turnover is practically impossible to resolve without affecting the plants' location and goes beyond the possibilities of managerial policy. Ahr & Ahr (2000) have mentioned that since March & Simon's findings, researchers have focused on finding out how job availability and job dissatisfaction interact to affect turnover behaviour. Ahr & Ahr have pointed out that, in certain circumstances, the availability of different job opportunities stimulates job dissatisfaction in workers by creating expectations which are not met in the present job.
Researchers have also mentioned that some findings concerning turnover have shown that employees who leave their jobs without having a new job to go to may suggest that job dissatisfaction is more important than job availability in determining whether an employee will leave his/her job. Ahr & Ahr have also mentioned important research findings about why an employee stays in an organisation. According to them, some employees stay due to loyalty to the company (normative commitment) while others stay due to the fact that the cost of leaving their actual job is higher than what they are willing to pay (continuity commitment). Those employees presenting attitudes and habits which are more desirable to management tend to be the ones who stay because they want to do so (affective commitment) (Ahr & Ahr, 2000, pp. 33-35).
Regarding organisational practices, these represent a potential threat to efficiency and organisational effectiveness in the maquiladora industry for Kacmar, Bozeman, Carlson & Anthony (1999) due to the centralisation of power characterising this kind of company. The degree of centralisation is very high in the maquiladora industry due to the fact that most top executives having the decision-taking responsibility in their hands are foreigners.
When organisational practice affects decision-making, the resulting decisions can be unfavourable if a single person takes such decisions, which is unlikely when more objective and functional decision-making is resorted to (Kacmar et al.).
Such moderating influence determines the degree to which an individual perceives organisational practices as being an opportunity or a threat. When perception of these is high and understanding is low, then organisational practices are generally seen as a threat, which can cause negative feedback such as anxiety and a greater turnover index. Also, when perception of these is high and understanding is also high, organisational practices will be perceived as being an opportunity and the reactions will be less negative. How a worker perceives applying organisational practices is influenced by personal factors and the surroundings, which also affect an individual's reaction towards the organisation which causes resentment, anxiety or commitment and satisfaction. According to Kacmar, the perception of organisational practices is affected by activities such as favouritism, suppression of organisation competition and manipulation of internal policy, according to how an individual perceives them (Kacmar et al.).
Workers in a particular plant in the maquiladora industry do not perceive organisational policy as being just and its application as being impartial, which is why interchange between supervisors and workers does not invite respect where an individual may become involved in organisational decision-making and perceive that opportunities, forms of remuneration and relationships occur in an atmosphere of impartiality.
Some research has been done on the assembly plant industry approaching several problems such as managerial aspects, labour, recruitment, training, wages and benefits. Nevertheless, research is needed which analyses the effects of external organisational and demographic factors on managing human resources in the assembly plant industry since this is related to efficiency, effectiveness and quality. A lack of knowledge of Mexican culture, its labour, its laws and the prevailing business atmosphere could disturb the advantages of low cost labour when additional expense is required on recruitment, selection and training, as well as in lost productivity whenever an experienced worker leaves the company (Cascio, 1991).
The voluntary exit of a worker from a company is understood as personnel turnover. Turnover in the assembly plant industry says much about assembly plant workers' voluntary need for change to go to another economic sector or to engage in non-economic activities (Carrillo & Santibáñez, 2001).
Job satisfaction plays a very important role in a worker's decision to remain in an organisation for Cotton and Tuttle, whereas tasks and work contentment are of greater importance for Porter and Steers.
Sample characteristics
The data used in the present study was collected as part of PhD research focusing on turnover. The questionnaire was applied to 857 employees from 16 different companies in the maquiladora industry in Ensenada. The correlative quantitative study analysed the relationship between employee turnover and employee profile and employee perceptions of leadership, opportunities, adaptability, remuneration and equity. This study was aimed at determining whether the variables had a significant influence on employees' intention to quit. A 57-question questionnaire with Likert- type scale was used for collecting data in this study. Study participants were employed at the 16 different companies as general workers, performing different activities such as assembly, manufacturing or manual jobs assigned by the plant manager. An employee survey was used for collecting information on key study variables, relationships and demographics. Employees were asked to fill out the questionnaire anonymously to protect their jobs from supervisor retaliation if their answers were negative towards a particular supervisor's performance. The general manager gave consent for the survey to be filled out during the employees' working hours. 1,200 surveys were distributed and 887 were returned; 30 of these surveys could not be used owing to either the employees' missing answers or confused replies.
There were no differences between usable and unusable survey groups regarding tenure, gender, race or education. Human resource personnel helped to apply the survey. 45% of the 857 respondents were men, average age being 21.43. 54.5% were locals from Ensenada.
The following methodology was used for this research:
Predictor variables. Two survey formats were used: (1) Likert-type scales ranging from 1, "strongly disagree" to 10 "strongly agree" and (2) demographic questions. Employees self-reported data on all variables except for organisation characteristics for which human resource personnel provided data.
Control variables. Organisational characteristics and demographics were controlled as both have been found to correlate with turnover (Griffeth et al., 2000). Gender was coded as "male" 0 and "female" 1.
The questionnaire with Likert-type scale was the measuring instrument used and applied to the 16 companies which participated from the 31 companies in the sample.
Control variables
Relationships. Good relationships are shown when there are positive interactions with companions and a low turnover rate (Cotton & Tuttle, 1986). The degree of support which a new employee receives (or does not receive) from experienced workers is associated with his commitment towards the organisation (Allen & Meyer, 1990). Employee perception of socialisation is positively related to his/her commitment to an organisation (Ashford, Lee & Bobko, 1989).
Equity. Perceiving fairness is a critical prerequisite for employee satisfaction and organisational commitment.
The category of fairness represents the general importance placed on perceiving justice applied in the work that employees have and the recognition that they give to it as far as how money, opportunities, relationships, adaptability and leadership are handled there.
The perception of fairness regarding organisational policies and employee treatment promote organisational commitment to a greater degree than personal entrance (Folger & Konovsky, 1989).
Adaptability. In an atmosphere where change is the only constant, employees and organisations must be flexible, adaptable and able to tolerate differences; they must be able to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty. An employee must be able to successfully accept differences and handle reactions to change. It is good for an organisation that these abilities are fomented between its employees. Stress in the job predicts turnover (Hom & Griffeth, 1995).
Employee ability to control role conflict (for example, husband, father, employee) is important to be able to successfully perform her/his tasks (Hom & Griffeth, 1995).
A realistic image of the job reduces turnover when it reflects the negative and positive features of the job and allows the candidate to adapt to the position (McEvoy & Cascio, 1985).
Differences with heterogeneous groups at work make an employee quit faster. (O'Reilly, Cadwell & Barnett, 1989). Demographic variability at the job speeds up turnover (Jackson, et al. 1991).
Leadership. Good organisations are distinguished for having outstanding leaders in the higher positions. Leaders bring their personal vision and their values to an organisation, which promote and support behaviour and performance standards and lead activities.
Employees who perceive interdependence with their superiors and subordinates (leader-member exchange) reinforce affective commitment to the organisation and extend the position's importance (Dansereau, Graen & Haga, 1975).
Poor leader-member exchange promotes turnover (Graen & Scandura, 1986). Leaders who express consideration for their employees promote affective commitment to an organisation.
Age. Carrillo & Santibáñez have stated that age is a conditioning variable for turnover. There is more tendency to leave a job at a younger age (Graen & Scandura, 1986).
Gender. Research by Peña in Chihuahua's maquiladora industry found that immigrant women stayed longer in their jobs than men (Peña, 1994).(Figure 2)
Data was analysed using the SPSS program with Pearson correlations. The methods described by Carrillo & Santibáñez (2000) in their turnover research were used for the variable regarding intention to quit the job.
Findings about employee demographics were as follows:
- Most employees working in the maquiladora industry were young (ranging from 18 to 35 years old).
- Regarding educational level, most workers had studied until the 9th grade.
- The group that presented high-turnover represented 49.7% of the sample and the low-turnover group represented 41.7% (8.6% non-responders). Average seniority was 18 months in the job.
- Employees who stayed longer than 18 months in the job were older than 26 and younger than 35 years old.
- Married women represented most of the low-turnover employees.
- Women born in Ensenada who worked in mediumsized assembly companies (30 to 100 employees) represented most of the low-turnover employees.
- Employees who work for large companies with more than 500 employees in electronic activities represented the greatest high-turnover group.
Regarding organisational practice, the Pearson correlations obtained for such research are shown in Figure 3 below.
This study's main finding indicated that turnover as perceived by employees was related to fairness in applying leadership to adaptability, good relationships and the employees' demographic profile, particularly with age/gender.(Figure 4)
Turnover literature has been dominated by research on how work attitudes (especially job satisfaction) lead to turnover. Although this line of research has contributed much to the literature, there has been increased interest in the role that less traditional variables (e.g. adaptability) play in job quitting. The present study represents an initial attempt to determine whether relational variables (specifically, employee profile, organisation characteristics, perceived leadership, adaptability, equity, remuneration and opportunities) can contribute towards this.
Both opportunities and adaptability were significantly related to turnover in this study and their effects went above and beyond the effects of salary remuneration perception. It shows clearly that how individuals perceive these variables affect their leaving or staying in the organisation.
Research limitations
When applying the questionnaire it was observed that the results of perception could have biased the result since it was detected that worker feared retaliation from the organisation in many cases when responding to the questionnaire (although the responses were anonymous and there were boxes for so replying). It was also observed that many workers copied their companions' answers, or answered as a group without analysing what they replied at great length. Another problem lay in the fact that many companies refused to apply the questionnaire for fear of creating false expectations in their workers or for fear of creating a tense organisational climate. The greatest problem observed was that the only large company which allowed the questionnaire to be applied returned more than 400 answered questionnaires, its information prevailing over the rest of the sample where the questionnaire was applied.
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