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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Boston Red Sox prospect Steven Wright knew he was taking a risk when he converted to a knuckleball pitcher a year and a half ago.
In a league filled with hard-throwing hurlers, mastering a slower, more unpredictable pitch seemed difficult to justify.
But R.A. Dickey's Cy Young-winning season with the 2012 New York Mets has boosted Wright's confidence.
"There was so much uncertainty to it before, but with R.A. doing what he did last year, he solidified the fact that you can be very effective at it, and very consistent with it," Wright said.
The 38-year-old Dickey was 20-6 with New York last year before he was traded in the off-season to the Toronto Blue Jays.
"With the knuckleball you just don't know," Wright said. "It could be great, it could be not great. But last year, R.A. proved that with the knuckleball, he can be just as effective as (Justin) Verlander, (Stephen) Strasburg, and the velocity that comes with those guys."
Tim Wakefield, who spent 17 seasons as a knuckleballer for the Red Sox, agrees that Dickey has been invaluable to the cause.
In Fort Myers for three days helping Wright make "minor adjustments" to his pitch, Wakefield stood on the mound with the 28-year-old during Wednesday's bullpen session, monitoring his delivery and giving pointers between each pitch as Red Sox manager John Farrell watched intently.
As someone who knows first hand the complexities of the knuckleball, Wakefield was delighted to see Dickey's success last year.
"He validated the knuckleball and made it popular," the retired right-hander said. "There were so few of us that actually threw the pitch for a living — guys like Wilbur Wood, Phil Niekro, Charlie Hough, Tom Candiotti, myself and now R.A. — it's a close-knit fraternity, so I was very proud."
Though the knuckleball brotherhood may be small, Wakefield believes its members have a responsibility to ensure their breed doesn't die out.
By helping Wright this week, Wakefield is doing his part, just as he did for Dickey in 2008 when the then-struggling Seattle Mariner approached him for advice.
"I'm very open when it comes to helping other knuckleballers," Wakefield said. "It's always nice to be able to bounce ideas off somebody that is walking in the shoes that you walked in for so long."
Dickey is also doing his part.
Wright and Dickey speak on the phone and exchange text messages frequently. Just having a knuckleballer in the game while Wright is attempting to hone his craft has also done wonders for the up-and-comer. He went 10-7 with a 2.54 ERA in double-A and triple-A last season.
"It's great for me because I'm still new to it," Wright said. "Not only can I talk to him (Dickey) but I can see him pitch. I watched every one of his games and could see why he had good outings and when he had a bad outing, I could see what the difference was and could use that for myself.
"Watching him and what he's been able to do with the knuckleball, it gives me that confidence. If he can do it, why can't I?"
On Monday, Wright was able to see Dickey pitch up close when the Red Sox visited Dunedin for a spring training game. Wright and Dickey faced off against each other in a rare all-knuckleball matchup. Wakefield was also in the house, watching from the stands.
While Dickey gave up two runs on four hits, Wright pitched two scoreless innings in the Red Sox 4-2 win.
"The fact that I was going up against him with Wakefield there, it was awesome," Wright said with a smile. "For a knuckleballer, it was like Christmas. It was exciting for me."
After Monday's game, Dickey told reporters that division rival or not, he hopes Wright does well this season.
"For R.A. to know who I am, to root for me, and to help me out if I have a question, I feel so blessed," said Wright. "I'm rooting for the Red Sox, but I'm rooting for him too. Its kind of a grey area, but I really want to see him do well."
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UNDATED (WSAU) -- Fireworks can be fun, but also very dangerous. How dangerous? In 2011, emergency rooms in the United States treated 9,600 fireworks related injuries. Over half of those injuries were burns. About 23% were contusions and lacerations.
Tod Pritchard from Wisconsin Emergency Management says many of the injuries affect kids. "It's so tragic. So many of those injuries, about a quarter of those are children, folks that are under the age of fifteen." Pritchard says that fireworks you can buy locally may not be as big and dangerous as the professional shows, but they are still capable of causing severe injuries. "We think, well, we bought the fireworks from a store, they're safe, they're approved, they're not illegal, they're totally fine to use, but even legal fireworks can be very, very dangerous and lead to a lot of injuries."
Many people let young children play with sparklers, but Pritchard says that's where many of the burn injuries come from. "I don't think many of us really realize that those sparklers are giving off at some point about twelve hundred degrees of heat."
If you want to keep your family safer, Pritchard recommends going to the bigger, professionally run community fireworks shows and, instead of getting fireworks for the kids, there is another option. "Go out and get those glow sticks. Kids love them, they love running around with them, they love throwing them around, obviously there's no heat involved, there's no chemicals, nothing. You just crack the stick, it starts glowing, and the kids have fun. I'd rather point folks in that direction than the sparklers and those kind of things."
If you do get fireworks, Pritchard urges parents not to let their kids try to light them, and the adults should wear eye protection when lighting them.
Human injury is not the only problem with fireworks. In 2011, there were 17,800 structure fires started by fireworks resulting in 32 million dollars worth of property damage.

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At Wacken Open Air, we had a hotel really far from the festival site and we got back there at 4/5 in the morning. I think most of our guys had already disappeared but I was with some guys from Moonsorrow, and we ended up at the sauna department. We ended up being 4 guys naked in the same regular size small bath tub, drinking beer.
It was a really nice department in the hotel with palm trees and shit like that, and they had these bath tubs where you could get tokens from the reception to pay and you would get bubble baths.
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Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, appears on CTV to discuss Obama's call for a united front against Russia in response to instability in Ukraine.
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Kate Meyers: My daughter Emmy decided she wanted to have a bunch of girlfriends over for a last hurrah before they all go their separate ways for the summer. I nixed the sleepover idea because I hate them and nothing good happens when a group of girls gets tired and cranky. So I agreed to a 6:30 to 10:30 party. Em gave me a list of food: Twizzlers, Doritos, pizza, lemonade and make-your-own sundaes. I did the shopping.
Em invited ten girls and told them to come in their pajamas. They gave each other manicures in the basement, listened to music, gabbed, laughed and sang. Each one brought her favorite film and they voted on which one to watch.
After the movie, they came upstairs for sundaes and there was big excitement when the whipped-cream canister fell and I tried to put the top back on. Whipped-cream shower!
There was much photo documentation (between cell phones and digital cameras, these kids are the most well-documented generation of all time). No one wanted to leave -- which in my opinion is the best way to end a party.
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On February 28, 2006, the Supreme Court issued its decision in the cases of Scheidler et al. v. National Organization for Women et al. and Operation Rescue et al. v. National Organization for Women et al., a ruling that could add to the increasing difficulty women face in obtaining reproductive health services. If the Court's 8-0 decision ushers in a return to clinic violence in the United States, NOW stands ready to fight in every jurisdiction. Read the statement of NOW President Kim Gandy on the ruling.
These cases related to stopping illegal violence directed against women's health clinics, abortion providers and their patients. NOW initiated this case nearly 20 years ago in an effort to stop anti-abortion extremists from continuing to plan and organize violence at women's health clinics. The self-described "pro-life Mafia" planned to end abortion by closing every clinic that provided abortion services. Over the past 19 years, the violence has included invasions, violent blockades, arson, chemical attacks and bombings of women's health care clinics, assaults on patients, death threats and shootings of health care workers and administrators, including the murder of eight abortion providers.
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- A Protest from NOW: Letter to the Chicago Sun-Times Editor (7/02)
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A diagnosis of heart failure may seem ominous. But it is treatable, thanks to the expertise and skills of physicians like Mark Drazner, M.D., who specialize in the care of patients suffering from advanced heart disease.
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If you're being treated for heart failure, and you're not improving, consider a cardiologist who specializes in patients with advanced heart failure."
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When you spend more than 24 years at the same job, it's obvious you enjoy your work. That's the case with Elba Elementary School first grade teacher Brenda Skinner. "My grandma taught and I would go to school with her," Skinner said. "I always wanted to be a teacher."
Her principal nominated her for the "Class Act" award saying she has a way to make learning fun and ensure all of her students excel to their maximum potential.
For Mrs. Skinner, the best part of her day is watching her little ones learn to read. "They just come in learning the sounds, and then they put the sounds together and blend the words. And then it's great watching their face light up when the understand the story and start loving books."
She brings a passion for learning and high energy to the classroom everyday. Mrs. Brenda Skinner from Elba Elementary School, this week's Class Act.
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aluminum foil (optional)
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1 1/2 cups fish-shaped cheese crackers
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1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 egg
1 1/2 pounds chicken tenderloins
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line baking sheet with foil (for ease of cleanup) and coat with cooking spray. Place crackers in zip-top bag and crush; add cheese and shake to mix.
2. Whisk egg, in large bowl, until blended; add chicken, using tongs, and toss to coat. Transfer chicken from egg mixture to zip-top bag; use tongs and allow excess egg to drip off. Seal bag tightly and shake (or use fingertips) to evenly coat chicken.
3. Use tongs to arrange chicken in single layer on baking sheet. Bake 12–15 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 170°F. Use a meat thermometer to accurately ensure doneness. (Thread 2–3 tenderloins onto probe, if too small for reading temperature.) Serve.
CALORIES (per 1/4 recipe) 330kcal; FAT 10g; CHOL 165mg; SODIUM 310mg; CARB 13g; FIBER 1g; PROTEIN 45g; VIT A 4%; VIT C 4%; CALC 8%; IRON 15%
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2 tablespoons butter
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2. Stir pasta shells into boiling water, reduce to medium-high and cook, uncovered, 6 minutes.
3. Stir in broccoli; cover and cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Stir in milk and seasoning packet (from pasta). Cover, reduce to low and cook 3–5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pasta is tender. Serve. CALORIES (per 1/4 recipe) 250kcal; FAT 10g; CHOL 20mg; SODIUM 560mg; CARB 33g; FIBER 3g; PROTEIN 8g; VIT A 40%; VIT C 80%; CALC 10%; IRON 8%
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College of Humanities and Social Sciences Mission and Vision Statements:
The mission of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences is to support students, faculty and the staff in the pursuit of programs that utilize their inquisitive and insightful minds and their appreciation for a rich cultural understanding of the world in which they live. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences will ensure that all programs are reviewed systematically and are consistent with the mission of the university. The curriculum and delivery will meet the highest levels of thought processed and intellectual capabilities of the teacher- scholar model with education that imparts knowledge and skills that give more to a student's life. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences provides leadership in the liberal arts education of all KeanUniversity students.
Graduates from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, within the fields of Communication, English, History, Economics, Political Science, Sociology and Psychology emerge from Kean University as well-rounded, intellectually strong job candidates who are highly competitive in today's job market. The majors available in the College promote three elements essential for success in the job market: creativity, critical thinking and communication.
Our Vision and Goals for 2012-2020
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences will assess all programs annually to assure that the curriculum is forward thinking and rigorous with appropriate professional development for faculty and staff. Faculty will be evaluated annually based on teacher-scholar model consistent with university mission and the requirements of professional and academic programs. Inherent in the elements of our outcomes described below are the fundamentals of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences plan for achieving our vision by the end of the decade.
Through its schools/ departments, this college will ensure that:
1. All degree-granting programs meet its learning outcomes.
2. Faculty are continually engaged in research, pedagogy improvement and provides adequate student academic support.
3. All units assess their programs, curricula and learning support outcomes annually.
4. University instructional resources (classrooms, labs libraries, etc.) are used effectively and efficiently.
5. Adequate staff and instructional resources are allocated to the division.
KU Student Outcomes (KU): Kean University graduates should be able to:
1. Think critically, creatively and globally;
2. Adapt to changing social, economic, and technological environments;
3. Serve as active and contributing members of their communities; and
4. Advance their knowledge in the traditional disciplines (GE) and enhance their skills in professional areas
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(K1) applying the scientific method to comprehend natural concepts and processes;
(K2) evaluating major theories and concepts in social sciences;
(K3) relating historical references to literature; and
(K4) evaluating major theories and concepts in the fine arts.
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(S1) write to communicate and clarify learning;
(S2) communicate effectively through speech;
(S3) solve problems using quantitative reasoning;
(S4) think critically about concepts in multiple disciplines; and
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The DoSomething.org "Call of Fame" program asks young people to go online and send their friends a call from Justin Long, encouraging them to vote and to use DoSomething.org's poll locator.
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Text VSPOT to 38383 to find out where yours is or go to DoSomething.org/vote
DoSomething.org, one of the largest US organizations that helps teens act on causes they care about, launched a new membership model Thursday, with the help of some hot star power.
Justin Long and Harry Shum, Jr. surprised two unsuspecting (and very lucky) high school students to volunteer for the day.
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"He's Just Not That Into You" co-stars Justin Long and newly single Scarlett Johansson attended an Iron & Wine concert Wednesday at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Read the full story at JustJared.net
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Drew Barrymore and Justin Long are keeping us guessing about their on-again/off-again relationship.
"We came separately... we don't have to do everything alike," Barrymore jokingly told "Extra's" Terri Seymour at the red carpet premiere of their romantic comedy, "Going the Distance," to which Long replied, "That's true."
On-again, off-again lovebirds Drew Barrymore and Justin Long had a blast making their romantic comedy "Going the Distance."
"I mean, we were just laughing all the time on this movie," Barrymore told "Extra," saying her boyfriend has "the sharpest wit of any person I've ever met."
Drew Barrymore is on and off with actor Justin Long and she says rumors of an engagement are completely false.
Rumors were swirling about Barrymore changing her facebook status to "engaged" but the actress-turned-director tells MomLogic.com she's "never been on Facebook!"
She adds, "There are worse things they could be saying."
Barrymore refuses to feed into tabloids and celebrity gossip.
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"New Moon" isn't the only movie opening in theaters this week. Justin Long and Jessica Biel's animated film "Planet 51" is released Friday as well! Justin sat down with "Extra's" Lauren Sanchez and joked about voice-acting opposite Jessica Biel.
Actress-turned-director Drew Barrymore tells Parade she's in no rush to fall in love.
"Sexual love is secondary to me right now," Drew dished to the mag. "I've spent a lot of time in my life dedicating myself to love or the pursuit of love or the understanding of love. But for the last few years, my life just hasn't been about that for me."
"It's just not about the mother baggage. It's not about the boy. It's about something completely different, and it's very refreshing. I'm trying to understand it and relish it," the "Whip It" star confessed.
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Dogs and Their Outstanding Noses
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Submitted by Lisa | September 30 2009 | Permalink
I don't have a story that good, but I witness on a regular basis how sensitive and amazing my dog's noses and olfactory senses are.
For example, I was walking my two-year-old Shar Pei, Sophie this morning, and she slowed down and started sniffing. She circled and sniffed a large area of my neighbour's lawn for about five full minutes, gradually zooming in on the scent that had stopped her. It was a small spot on the grass about eight feet from where we were walking on the pavement, but somehow she had detected it.
During the winter, my beagle mix, Faith, has amazed me by her powers to detect mice and voles beneath six inches of frozen snow. She stops, sniffs the snow and starts digging. Sure enough, a few minutes and several inches of snow later, a bedraggled poor little mouse pokes his bewildered little face out of the hole.
Faith also knows if there is a beef marrow bone in the room. It can be somewhere out of reach, out of sight, but she will sit at the spot where it is and stare in its general direction until I give her the bone.
Imagine being so sensitive that you can smell things that are several feet away!
I've often thought that the reason dogs are not as smart as humans is because their brains have to process about 100 times more sensory information than we do, plus their noses are much closer to the ground. Given the smells (and sounds) flooding their brains, it's amazing that they are as social, smart and affectionate as they have shown themselves to be.
It would drive me nuts, to be walking along the sidewalk and be able to smell everything on the grass, even if it's ten feet away!
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How have the abilities of your dog's nose astounded you?
We used to take our dogs to the beach and throw balls for them to retrieve -- sometimes into the shallow surf.
One day when my German Shepherd couldn't see the ball she began 'scenting' for it -- IN the surf!! At first I thought she was being silly, but then realised when I watched her closely that she could not only scent the ball in the water, but know whether the ball was go in or out on the surf -- and make adjustment for rips :-)
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Policy Date: 10/30/2012
Policy Number: 20124
Related APHA Policy StatementsAPHA Policy Statement 20119 – Reducing PVC in Facilities With Vulnerable PopulationsAPHA Policy Statement 20106 – Occupational Injury, Illness, and Fatality Prevention Through Design (PtD)APHA Policy Statement 2004-11 – Threats to Public Health Science APHA Policy Statement 20036 – Ensuring the Scientific Credibility of Government Public Health Advisory CommitteesAPHA Policy Statement 20019 – Protection of Child and Adolescent WorkersAPHA Policy Statement 200714 – A Call to Action on Breastfeeding: A Fundamental Public Health IssueAPHA Policy Statement 200018 – Public Health Impacts of Job StressAPHA Policy Statement 9606 – The Precautionary Principle and Chemical Exposure Standards for the WorkplaceAPHA Policy Statement 9503 – Worker Notification and Institutional Review for Privately Funded Research in Occupational HealthAbstract The manufacture and use of electrical and electronic products has increased dramatically over the past several decades and includes rapid growth in contract manufacturing, which takes place through a complicated chain of subcontractors, often located in Asia. The rapid growth of the industry has been accompanied by increased use of toxic chemical substances and a variety of adverse health outcomes have been observed, including in Asian manufacturing facilities located in China, Korea, and Malaysia. Compounding issues include weak occupational exposure limits (if any); lack of uniform protective exposure standards for workers, including the presence of child laborers; lack of information about the hazardous substances used in and released from electrical and electronic products; use of tactics by special interests to delay protective action; lack of advisory panels on occupational health policies that provide diverse perspectives with clear conflict of interest policies; and often the complete absence of tracking and reporting of patterns of disease associated with the electronics sector. Recommendations include development of precautionary, health-based exposure limits; age limits for employment and specific work activities based on hazards; provision of information; implementation of green design and substitution; promoting the formation of expert advisory panels whose members represent a diversity of policy perspectives; and tracking and reporting of diseases associated with the electronics sector in electronics-producing countries. Problem Statement The manufacture and use of electrical and electronic products has increased dramatically over the past several decades, and contract manufacturing for the global supply chain takes place through a complicated web of subcontractors, often located in Asia.[1–8] The global consumption of electronic chemicals and materials, particularly in developing countries, is projected to increase between 5% and 12.6% annually from 2010 to 2015, and a significant proportion of chemicals used in the production of integrated circuits and printed circuit boards currently originate from Asia.[9,10] The manufacture of electrical and electronic products relies on and uses more than a thousand chemicals and other materials, many of which are known to be hazardous and lack comprehensive toxicological health and safety information due to weak regulatory policies.[11,12] These substances include solvents, metals, persistent organic pollutants, such as certain flame retardants, and known carcinogens, mutagens, reproductive and developmental toxicants, and endocrine-disrupting compounds.[4,13] A variety of adverse health outcomes are associated with chemicals used in the electronics sector, and these outcomes—including cancer, lung disease, reproductive disorders, congenital anomalies in offspring, and musculoskeletal problems arising from repetitive motion—have been identified in manufacturing facilities located in China, Korea, Malaysia, and elsewhere.[14–22] Female workers in the semiconductor and electronics industry may also be at increased risk for spontaneous abortion and subfertility.[23–25] Some evidence even suggests that environmental exposure to chemicals while working in the electronics industry may lead to intergenerational adverse health outcomes.[26] However, progress toward reducing the risks experienced by women and children may have been slowed either by industry efforts to block publication of reports that identify causal links between exposures and outcomes or by industry-sponsored research that questions such causal links.[27–30] This suggests that women in their reproductive years, lactating women, and children may be particularly vulnerable populations in this context. Children have also been found to be working in these same hazardous work environments.[31–33] According to International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 138, the minimum age for youth to be employed is 15 years,[34] and ILO Convention 182 was adopted to protect youth from the worst forms of child labor, including working in and around hazardous conditions and exposures.[35] Communities located in electronics manufacturing areas can also be adversely affected due to pollution from the manufacturing facilities. For example, there are 29 Superfund sites in Silicon Valley, the most concentrated number of Superfund sites in the United States. Most of these sites were contaminated by high-tech firms in the manufacturing of computer chips and other components.[36] However, the extent of community exposures requires further evaluation. It is understood that while the electronics industry provides valuable jobs, attention is nonetheless needed to identify greener and safer alternatives and controls. In 2009, more than 100 governments agreed under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) that hazardous substances within the life cycle of electrical and electronic products are an emerging global policy issue requiring action.[37]The occupational health and safety problems in the modern-day electronics sector are compounded by several factors. First, many occupational exposure limits (if they exist at all) are substantially less protective than community exposure limits. Moreover, they fail to account for the risks of long-term serious or irreversible damage among men, women, and children, such as cancers, adverse reproductive and developmental health, and other illnesses.[38,39] Second, a uniform set of protective standards for workers in the electronics sector does not exist, despite documented evidence of adverse health effects by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization, various government agencies, and individual scientists.[40] Third, the lack of information about the hazardous substances used in and released from electrical and electronic products, including during their extraction, production, and disposal, prevents workers and communities from knowing to what they are being exposed.[4,41] Fourth, special interests, in particular those with an economic stake in the electronic industry, exploit the nature of science, specifically scientific uncertainty, to delay protective legal and/or regulatory action. Under the guise of a call for "sound science," these interests sponsor and promote changes in policy that weaken and continue to threaten public health protections.[42–44] Fifth, vested corporate economic interests may influence government decision making on issues related to environmental and occupational health protections if procedures are not in place to manage conflicts of interest and include a diversity of perspectives.[45] As a result, public health protections can be seriously undermined.Proposed Recommendations Statement Key strategies to strengthen occupational and environmental health in the global electronics industry include right-to-know laws, an emphasis on substitution of safer substances and processes, and occupational health surveillance. These strategies must be undertaken by electronics manufacturers (e.g., Acer, Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, Dell, AU Optronics, Hewlett Packard, Hon Hai [Foxconn], HTC, Intel, Lenovo, LG, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Young Fast Optoelectronics) and overseen by relevant government agencies in the affected countries, as well as the industry's trade associations (e.g., Consumer Electronics Association, IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries, SEMI, Semiconductor Industry Association, Telecommunications Industry Association).Right-to-know is a key chemical safety principle.[46] Workers have a need and right to know about the identities and hazards of chemicals they are exposed to when working.[47] Community residents have a right to know about chemicals they may be exposed to from manufacturing facilities, water, food, products, and wastes.[48] There is broad recognition in the public health community that the effectiveness of environmental and occupational safety protections depends on open access to information and opportunities for meaningful participation of community residents and workers in decision making.[49]The most effective point at which to address the use of hazardous chemicals in manufacturing electronic products is in the design and material selection phases. This prevention through design approach includes identifying hazardous chemicals in processes and products, implementing programs to identify alternatives, and selecting safer chemical and nonchemical alternatives.[50,51] Resistance to these measures is usually stated in terms of cost, but if the true cost is calculated, failure to address these issues results in a detrimental status quo or regrettable substitution with substances that turn out to be toxic. An example of how this approach works in practice is in the state of Massachusetts, where, in collaboration with the Toxics Use Reduction Institute, companies have reduced toxic chemical use by 40%, chemical by-products by 71%, and onsite releases of toxic chemicals by 91%.[52] In September 2012, more than 120 governments, UN agencies, and representatives of the private sector and public interest nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) ratified a pair of consensus decisions on hazardous chemicals in the life cycle of electrical and electronic products at the Third International Conference on Chemicals Management convened by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Health Organization.[53] Delegates agreed to develop a set of best practice resources on electronics, including tools that reduce and eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals and practices for tracking and disclosing the presence of hazardous chemicals in electronics manufacturing and other parts of the life cycle. Delegates also added measures to address hazardous chemicals in the electronics life cycle to the Global Plan of Action of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management. Measures for action on electronics manufacturing include compiling lists of chemicals of concern, implementing green design, and developing policy instruments that support hazardous chemical reduction, elimination, and substitution.Finally, health surveillance is recommended by WHO and ILO as a key part of public health prevention. Effective surveillance related to the work environment includes data collection on injuries, illnesses, hazards, and exposures, followed by analysis and dissemination within a comprehensive occupational health program.[54,55] Moreover, workers must be given access to exposure monitoring protocols and results and to medical records prepared and/or maintained by the manufacturers or their contractors. Such rights are consistent with those assured by government agency legislation such as the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Employee Access to Medical and Exposure Records (29 CFR 1910.1020) and the United Kingdom's Access to Medical Reports Act of 1988. Opposing Arguments/Evidence Electronics industry executives assert that clean rooms for chip manufacturing are thousands of times more sanitary than any hospital operating room.[56] US companies that operate contract supply chains declare that suppliers provide safe working conditions and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes.[1] Contract electronics manufacturers in other countries insist that companies provide a "positive working environment."[57] Companies assert that worker safety is assured and that rigorous management systems are in place to ensure that workers are not exposed to carcinogens, radiation, or other harmful substances.[58] The evidence cited above contradicts this viewpoint.Action StepsTherefore, APHA recommends the following: • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and other research organizations should direct attention and resources toward studies that will provide more quantitative data to improve knowledge and understanding about the true scope of this problem, as well as primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies for individual workers, family members, and the community at large. • NIOSH and other research organizations should conduct further research into the health risks for women and children working in the electronics industry.• The public health community should promote and disseminate independent research on the risks associated with the electronics industry.• Manufacturers of electronics should provide workers and surrounding communities with information on their use and release of chemicals and other potential sources of exposures, consistent with the fundamental public health principle of right-to-know. • Manufacturers of electronics should provide workers with access to exposure monitoring protocols and results, as well as medical records prepared and/or maintained by the manufacturers or their contractors.• Manufacturers of electronics and local governments should adhere to ILO Conventions 138 and 182 on the minimum age and appropriate working conditions for youth employment.• Government agencies in electronics-producing countries should promote the formation of expert advisory panels whose members represent a diversity of policy perspectives (i.e., industry, health care professionals, trade unions, workers, health-affected groups, public interest NGOs, and other relevant stakeholders), and there should be procedures for members to disclose and avoid potential financial conflicts of interest and recuse themselves if conflicts of interest exist.• WHO should collaborate with relevant government agencies from electronics-producing countries to formulate, promote, and implement precautionary, health-based exposure limits for chemicals used in the manufacture of electronic products that are protective of the most vulnerable exposed populations, including children and pregnant and lactating women.• Health professionals, regulators, and manufacturers should include women in their reproductive years, lactating women, and children in the category of vulnerable populations in terms of exposure to hazardous or harmful materials used in the electronics industry.• Manufacturers of electronics should reduce the use of toxic substances by implementing designs to eliminate or substitute the most hazardous compounds and production processes with safer chemical and nonchemical alternatives that reduce the potential for harm to human health and the environment. • Manufacturers of electronics should ensure that subcontractors have the capacity to protect workers and the surrounding communities before transferring technologies and manufacturing processes to them and continue to monitor subcontractors during manufacturing to ensure protection of worker and community health.• WHO and ILO should intensify coordination with ministries of health and labor in electronics-producing countries, as well as worker representatives, to conduct health surveillance among workers employed in and residents living near electronics-producing facilities.References 1. 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Luxion KeyShot 2.2 with Improved Import Functions
Luxion KeyShot, one of the offshoots of HyperShot, is now in its second incarnation. To be exact, it's in Version 2.2, with incremental upgrades sprinkled over the past few months to bring it to where it is now. A major improvement in the latest version is the smoother, faster import function. Now, when you import a CAD assembly, you'll see a model tree with the same assembly structure inside KeyShot. During import, the program gives you options to place the model at the center of the scene (or not), snap the model to the ground (or not), and orient the model by a certain axis (X up, Y up, or Z up). This eliminates the work you would otherwise need to do to position and align the model in the scene before applying aesthetic treatments.
KeyShot continues its tradition, dating back to its origin as a rendering program for those with little or no experience. With robust support for common CAD file formats, KeyShot remains one of the most accessible rendering packages for those who regularly work with mechanical modeling programs.
The program retains its drag-and-drop simplicity, allowing you to apply materials, environment, backdrops, then render the visible scene in the program window into a photo-realistic image. No need to understand ray-tracing, Gama adjustment, and other technical setups. The simple slider bars and real-time feedback let you work intuitively by experimentation to compose the scene with the right brightness, camera angle, and materials.
In Version 2.2, the hierarchical assembly structure imported along with the model gives you a simpler way to sort, identify, and apply attributes to different parts of your model. Furthermore, items selected in the model tree are encircled by a yellow outline in the program window, which makes isolating them much easier. If you often deal with complex assemblies and you're used to identifying items by name (part number, for instance), you'll find this enhancement a huge help.
In Version 2.2, you'll find that the Move and Scale commands are much more responsive. You'll also notice some interface improvements: among them, an easy to way to select standard camera views (Front, Left, Right, Top, Back, and so on) from a drop-down menu; and a single-click button to center your geometry.
Though not highly publicized, it's worth noting that KeyShot gives you the option to select a small region for test-rendering. Under Render > Render Settings > Region, if you place a checkmark in the Enable box, you'll be able to drag a selection window to define the region you want to render. If you're concerned about the details in a certain region in your scene, and you don't want to wait till the entire scene has been rendered to inspect the area, the regional rendering option works well as a way to test-render the chosen area.
Previously, to project a 2D image on the model's 3D surface, you had to load the image as a texture in the material editing window. Though it gave you the result you wanted, the method also left you without a way to apply texture once the slot was occupied by the projected 2D image. In Version 2.2, KeyShot gives you the ability to apply labels — more than one, if you want — to your material. Not only is the operation simpler, it also gives you the option to apply texture to your material in addition to labels.
Since both Luxion KeyShot and its main rival Bunkspeed SHOT claim to be descendants of HyperShot, you'll inevitable wonder: how do I decide which one to go with? The primary distinction may be the choice of hardware. KeyShot relies primarily on CPU; SHOT uses both CPU and GPU. Rendering a model using CPU and rendering it using GPU appear to produce identical results; however, if the software code is designed for parallel processing, it tends to render at a greater speed on special GPUs designed to accommodate multi-threading (for example, professional-class NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA). The performance gap between multi-core CPUs and GPUs may also become narrower as Intel works to add on-board HD graphics to its upcoming CPUs. Therefore, your hardware configuration and preference may offer better clues on which package to go with.
For more about the history of Luxion KeyShot and Bunkspeed SHOT, read "One Scene, Two Shots," July 2010.
For more on Bunkspeed SHOT, read a recent review by Mark Clarkson, published in January 2011.
For more on KeyShot 2.2, watch the video report below.
6 Responses to Luxion KeyShot 2.2 with Improved Import Functions
I got to know the Keyshot product and (more importantly, the visceral response to it by customers seeing it for the first time) over the last year. It is so bone simple to use, even I can drive it and create compelling images that would be appropriate for sales & marketing usage.
Intriguing positing in the marketplace. I believe it can deliver at least 80% of the quality of the high end rendering tools used by full time specialists. (Which is damn well good enough in my opinion.)
In practice, however, I found that most casual users generally created very simple renderings. It seems that many CAD tools are including the ability to create equivalent renderings on that low end with little or no incremental price increase.
First, am I wrong about what's being offered in CAD tools for rendering? (Not my field, I certainly could be wrong.) Second, if I'm right- doesn't that destroy the market for both SHOT and Keyshot in a few years as CAD customers upgrade to newer versions?
Inclusion of rendering functions in CAD packages has been done since the mid 90's and has failed miserably. It is mostly the complexity of the UI that gets in the way, plus the ancient rendering engines that are being used.
A correction:
– KeyShot is HyperShot – it is the same rendering engine, much improved of course. So no, KeyShot is not an "offspring", it is the continuation of HyperShot.
To just state that the GPU is faster than the CPU is also a very general statement. It may apply to certain processes, but it should not be derived from this statement that rendering on the GPU is faster.
You also make it sound like any GPU will do. The fact is that you need a special, CUDA based NVIDIA graphics card. And you have to make sure that it is a beefy one to get any half-decent performance.
I hope this helps.
Another question: What is a high-end rendering package? Is KeySot not high-end because it doesn't have in thousands of buttons and doesn't require a specialist to drive it?
In the end it is all about the results that you can achieve. And that's where KeyShot is high-end.