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How Crystal Culbertson finds a way to help her clients every time at Crystal Clear Technologies
Crystal Culbertson
Crystal Clear Technologies
Crystal Culbertson had launched a successful business, but there was something missing that would make Crystal Clear Technologies even better. Culbertson decided she needed to begin performing the services that she was selling in order to bring the consulting firm to its full potential.
So she and her husband, who was also the company's president, brought services in house. It wasn't easy and the Culbertsons had to raise some of the money for the firm by borrowing against their own property. But the risk paid off, despite a lot of sleepless nights.
CCT provides IT services to the military and government and advises companies seeking help through federal procurement policies. As you might expect when doing business in the government sector, there can be a lot of obstacles to work through. But Culbertson, the company's CEO, has proven to be effective at making sense of it all and helping her business stay ahead of the curve.
She's even shown a willingness to take a loss to help her customers when they really need it. It was March 2010 when CCT sent eight employees to Japan to install a secure broadband network at Kadena Air Base. The company had $1 million of supplies en route just as a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the island country.
Shipping delays ensued and additional time was needed to locate supplies. But word of the cooperation and willingness of her people to find a way to make it all work spread quickly to others and opened the doors to new projects opportunities for CCT.
The drive and determination Culbertson showed to be there for her clients when they needed her most have been key factors in the company's success. The company continues to grow and has reached a point where potential buyers have approached Culbertson. But the strong commitment she has for her people has kept her from seriously considering any of these offers.
How to reach: Crystal Clear Technologies, www.crystalcleartec.com
Evolve or Die: Evolution of Manufacturing 2013
All you need to do is look around to realize that the world is changing at a pace faster than anyone could have imagined. Every day, competition increases and the rules of engagement are rewritten. Keeping up with the Joneses is no longer enough to ensure survival.
Those manufacturers that understand how to remain in a state of constant adaptation have learned that this may be the only true key to thriving in the new economic realities of the global economy.
In the links below, we highlight 17 manufacturers that have taken steps to get ahead of change and forge their own paths. These award winners, honorable mentions and panelists for the 2013 Evolution of Manufacturing Conference, presented by Cuyahoga Community College, are truly setting the pace for others in this region. And we even identified a handful of companies that were engaged in initiatives "of note" to tell you about.
The conference is designed to recognize and showcase manufacturers and technology companies that have adapted to competition in a global economy through improved operations, new technologies, products or services. The 2013 program focuses on the continued evolution to advanced manufacturing with a focus on breakthrough concepts, transforming old-line manufacturers into high-tech manufacturers and what it takes to remain competitive and relevant in a new manufacturing age.
This year marks the 14th year of this annual event. This year's honorees are culled from an extensive nomination and selection process which began in early fall and ended in early December.
Congratulations to the honorees and honorable mentions.
Click the links below to read the individual profiles for all of this year's honorees.
2013 Evolution of Manufacturing - Panalists
Tom Salpietra, president and COO, EYE Lighting International
Eric Lofquist, president and CEO, Magnus International Group
Suzy Remer, owner and CEO, Midwest Box Co.
2013 Evolution of Manufacturing - Winners
- ArtiFlex Manufacturing LLC
- R.W. Beckett Corp.
- H.C. Starck Inc.
- RBB Systems
- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
- Superior Products LLC
- Visual Marking Systems Inc.
- Vitamix
- Voss Industries Inc.
2013 Evolution of Manufacturing - Honorable Mentions
2013 Evolution of Manufacturing - Manufactures "Of Note"
2013 Evolution of Manufacturing - Sponsors
Manufacturing evolution
In a swiftly changing world, these three manufacturers have learned the art of adaptation.
Later this month, these three regional executives will participate in a panel discussion at the 2013 Evolution of Manufacturing Conference, presented by Cuyahoga Community College. They will address a topic every manufacturer faces: adapting to the 21st century manufacturing world.
Smart Business asked each panelist to share his or her thoughts in advance on what's changed and how he or she has addressed it.
president and COO,
EYE Lighting International
Q: What is the most significant challenge EYE Lighting has faced over the past few years?
A: Solid-state lighting, made up of LEDs or light-emitting diodes, was developed more than 50 years ago. However, it has only been within the last year or two that SSL technology has made its way into general illumination in the home and in commercial and industrial applications. The price premium in adopting SSL is still somewhat controversial, but in time, it will become a more affordable option. In the meantime, customers are demanding other energy-saving solutions in the form of traditional types of lighting.
EYE Lighting's business strategy has been in the roadway, commercial and industrial markets. Over the last two years, we have been shifting our focus away from the older forms of bluish and yellowish lighting to 'white' ceramic technology and to solid-state lighting. We continue to make investments in R&D and manufacturing so that we can maintain our lead in providing high-quality, value-added lighting solutions for our customers.
Q: How has this better positioned you for long-term operational sustainability?
A. We manufacture more than 70 percent of our volume in Northeast Ohio with a dedicated and experienced labor force. Over the last couple of years, we have engineered new products and developed more efficient processes, retraining our employees to meet the needs of our changing environment. Our ability to make these changes and still sustain our company culture lies in our passion for continuing to subscribe to lean manufacturing and operate under our various ISO certifications. We are proud of our rigorous approach to ISO 9000-Business, IS0 14000-Environment, and OHSAS 18000-Health and Safety.
Q: With all these changes, how do you continue to adapt?
A. We must continue to expand our offering of various products and services, rethinking our strategy every couple of years: Are we on the right track? How can we enhance our competence? Should it be organically or through an acquisition? What other kind of improved business model can we develop? How will e-commerce and social media affect our go-to-market tactics?
These are the questions we continually challenge ourselves with on a continuing basis. Sometimes just by self-examination, the answers are fairly clear. At other times, we need to venture outside into other industries and businesses to know how they are handling their changing environment. In the end, we allow ourselves to learn and improve upon the experiences of others.
Q: So what big initiatives is EYE Lighting undertaking this year and next?
A. Our strategic initiatives over the next couple years encompass significant investments in ceramic HID and LED technology. We know our customers want energy-savings solutions, yet they want to maintain a high level of quality and performance across all their lighting needs. We will expand our sales personnel and our marketing campaigns, including our activities in e-commerce and social media. We are very excited about the contributions EYE Lighting can make to the marketplace, and we owe much of our success to our employees and our dedicated customer base.
president and CEO,
Magnus International Group
Q: How has Magnus evolved over the past few years to meet growing demands in your industry?
A: Founded in 2007, Magnus initially focused on transforming petroleum-based co-products into liquid fuels and other carbon-rich materials. Eventually, we moved from traditional petroleum-based products to processing vegetable oils and naturally derived emulsions into natural waxes for items such as fire logs and candles.
The company's most notable innovation came in 2010, when we vertically integrated our operation to convert discarded food industry co-products into unique, natural animal feed ingredients. Since then, Magnus has grown substantially by turning leftover raw materials — like restaurant fats, oils and greases, and sweets from food manufacturers — into healthier, tastier feed for the dairy, cattle, poultry and swine industries.
Q: How has this better positioned you for long-term growth?
A: Today, 90 percent of our product development is now on the animal nutrition side of the business. This sector is more predictable, profitable and stable than other industries in which we've worked, and there is less overall market pressure.
Our production facility is as diverse and as flexible as ever. Magnus' ability to come to market quickly with one-of-a-kind, high-value animal feed ingredients has been critical to our success and the success of our partners.
The opportunities to collaborate with the world's leading food companies, both as suppliers and customers, have been incredible. Magnus' complete transparency and unique profit-sharing structure creates a difficult-to-duplicate business model that clients find attractive on several fronts. I think we offer the best product-price balance, boutique processing ability and special production techniques.
Q: So with all these changes, how do you continue to adapt?
A: Moving from petroleum-based inputs to sustainable global products has focused us even more on product quality. We recently became ISO/FSSC 22000-certified, which is the leading worldwide standard for food safety management. Achieving and maintaining that standard means we're operating at a higher level of detail and quality systemwide. Now, all employees individually commit to a plant quality and safety pledge as a minimum requirement for being part of our work community. The net result has been increased product quality, enhanced customer and end-user satisfaction and measurable, award-winning growth in customer-shared revenue.
Q: As you look to the future, what significant initiatives is Magnus looking at for this year and next?
A: Our goal is to produce one new branded, natural product per quarter from prime and secondary co-products. Many of these will be exclusive animal feed ingredients. At any given time, we could have three to five different products under development. Some won't make it past the lab stage — we have a strict, rigorous testing process — and some might not survive the market. But one or more will gain traction, and we've learned for that to happen, we need to always have a selective stable of products under consideration.
Why? Our future growth depends on constant innovation and remanufacturing. We need to be nimble to respond to unanticipated opportunities and have short uptime on new processes and products … all the while maintaining the superior product quality and service for which we've become known. We will stay 'lean' and 'kaizen' in our production strategies and continue to find groundbreaking ways to rescue landfill-bound feedstocks and convert them into renewable products.
owner and CEO,
Midwest Box Co.
Q: What have been some of the most significant challenges you've faced recently with Midwest Box Co.?
A: I became sole owner in August, and business has bounced back to almost pre-recession levels. But with our customers skeptical about their future business, ordering has changed. We now see very exacting 'just-in-time' ordering.
For our noninventory customers — those who do not use our warehousing program — we now need to be able to manufacture and ship product based on shorter lead times. For our inventory program, we find more customers are choosing this option to take advantage of price breaks and instant availability of their product.
Customer service is another area where change is happening quickly. It is more important than ever to be able to respond to a customer's needs immediately. Many customers seem to wait until the very last minute to order and require us to fulfill their needs quickly. This has taught us how to be more flexible and responsive to our customers' needs. We have inventory notifications that help our customers manage their ordering. We have developed delivery ability that allows us customer access in a more timely and efficient way.
We also acquired the Walford Industrial Park. We had been tenants here for more than 30 years. As owners of the park we can now expand to meet any future growth without moving.
Q: How has the economy played a role in changes you've made?
A: Pricing had become quite a challenge. In the past, we could develop a relationship with a customer based on our quality, service and competitive pricing. Staying true to our commitment of quality and service has worked well for us. But today, we find customers who leave us due to perceived cost savings and then return after discovering that the quality and service of the company they left us for are not the same.
That's something we're addressing this year, so the biggest initiative for us now will be cost reductions. Margins have been squeezed. We are trying to be as aggressive with our vendors as our customers are with us.
Q: Let's look back in time a bit. Midwest Box Co. has a rich history in this region, correct?
A: Yes. It was founded in 1964 by my father, Marvin Hecht. We started as a short-run supplier and have grown to become Cleveland's oldest and largest sheet plant. As I mentioned, I became sole owner last year but came on board with my dad and sister in 2002. Before that, I was involved in high-end retail. I didn't really grow up in the business like many other second-generation owners have.
Around the time I joined my dad and sister, my father decided to purchase the industrial park where we were located, Walford Industrial Park. It has been put up for auction, and he thought it made sense. After my dad purchased it, he turned to me as we were leaving the auction and said, 'Suzy, do something with this.' So I ended up spending a lot of my time getting the park filled with tenants who needed industrial space. It wasn't easy, so I decided to think differently and become a bit more innovative. Today, we have an eclectic mix of tenants, including Ray's Mountain Bike Club. And these days, I spent all my time managing our real estate and running the company.
Click the links below to read the individual profiles for all of this year's honorees.
2013 Evolution of Manufacturing - Winners
- ArtiFlex Manufacturing LLC
- R.W. Beckett Corp.
- H.C. Starck Inc.
- RBB Systems
- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
- Superior Products LLC
- Visual Marking Systems Inc.
- Vitamix
- Voss Industries Inc.
2013 Evolution of Manufacturing - Honorable Mentions
2013 Evolution of Manufacturing - Manufactures "Of Note"
2013 Evolution of Manufacturing - Sponsors
Evolution of Manufacturing - Manufacturers "Of Note" 2013
Each year, Smart Business recognizes more than a dozen regional manufacturers for their ability to adapt to a global economy through its Evolution of Manufacturing Awards. But those organizations aren't the only ones in the midst of significant transformation. As part of this year's program, we have also identified 14 manufacturers on which we've kept our collective journalistic eye. Each of these organizations is making its own impact.
Alloy Bellows & Precision Welding Inc.
Alloy Bellows was founded in 1935 as a welding, brazing and soldering company that assembled critical industrial bellows and other products. In the decades since then, Alloy Bellows has evolved to include custom engineering and manufacturing of a growing array of hydro-formed, mechanically formed, and edge-welded metallic bellows and bellows assemblies for industries as diverse as power generation, aerospace, semi-conductor, and oil and gas industries. By adapting its systems to meet its product offerings, Alloy in recent years has been able to improve margins by almost 50 percent, make product flow through the plant more efficient, and eliminate wasted time and motion. Today, what was once a cluttered operation is now an open, clean and easy-to-move-in operation with ample room for future expansion. Learn more at www.alloybellows.com.
The American Road Machinery Co.
The American Road Machinery Co. is an original equipment manufacturer that designs, builds and sells vacuum tank trucks and winch trucks for the oil field industry, as well as vacuum leaf collection machines, vacuum catch basin cleaning equipment, snow plows, asphalt and aggregate spreaders for contractors. In late 2011, the company entered the oil and gas industry to take advantage of its location in the heart of the Utica and Marcellus shale drilling space. In addition to new oil field products, American Road Machinery designed and built three new municipal snowplows. This year, the company plans to continue developing new products, with a wing snowplow set to begin production and a complete redesign of its vacuum leaf collector line. Learn more at www.americanroadmachinery.com.
Cobra Plastics Inc.
Rather than hunker down during the recession, in 2008, Cobra Plastics Inc. designed a new building that allowed it to completely transform its production processes, revamp its management system and built a culture that fully embraced lean manufacturing. Cobra averages one kaizen event each month, and from those events have come the creation of numerous innovation, including a "crash cart" similar to what is used in hospitals. In 2011, the company developed a new "supermarket" system, which has become integral to Cobra's pull replenishment system. In it, each item has a designated address, is reordered at a predetermined trigger point and is organized in "aisles" marked by cards and sorted according to product. Cobra's "supermarket" has reduced lead time for customers from two weeks to three days. Learn more at www.cobraplastics.com.
The manufacturer of themed terrariums, sprouting and science kits implemented a piecework pay system over the past few years that was to bring down assembly labor costs. Not only did the move rein in costs, it quadrupled productivity on the factory floor. DuneCraft added coaching, mentoring and management training to enhance its employees' opportunities for promotion and growth in the warehouse. And it supplemented this with a ticketing system that held everyone accountable by reducing errors and improving quality. Combined, these moves shortened production lead-time, reduced backorders and allowed for better capacity so that DuneCraft could expand its private-label products. Today, employees make more money and enjoy a better working environment. Learn more at www.dunecraft.com.
DVUV Holdings LLC
In 2010, DVUV Holdings LLC President Michael Knoblauch saw an opportunity to expand his company because of a need in the marketplace. He founded DVUVSystems LLC as an add-on venture to complement DVUV, which manufactures UV-cured powder coating systems. Building on the company's commitment to provide "better, faster and cheaper" solutions, DVUVSystems solved an increasing demand for powder coatings in the application technology area by working with companies that wanted to build in-house capacity to apply other products from the DVUV family. DVUVSystems designs, engineers, sells and supports UV-cured powder coating application systems for firms in the U.S. and China. Over the past eight years, DVUV's sales have increased by more than sevenfold, and the company is now better positioned than ever to continue its global expansion. Learn more at www.dvuv.com.
Kent Displays
A pioneer in the liquid crystal display industry, Kent Displays has transformed itself from a research-based organization into a business-to-consumer company. Its plastic LCDs, manufactured under the trade name Reflex, are used in a variety of applications in growing markets such as writing tablets, electronics skins and credit card displays. Among Kent Display's products is a line of e-writers — the Boogie Board tablets — which were introduced in 2010 by Improv Electronics, Kent Displays' consumer product subsidiary. In its first year in production, Boogie Board tablet sales exceeded forecast by 10 times because of their successful entry to the Chinese marketplace. By 2011, Boogie Boards were being sold in India. Today, the company is exploring other global markets for expansion. Learn more at www.kentdisplays.com.
Mom's Gourmet
Founded in the kitchen by Pat Hurley during the global recession, Mom's Gourmet has carved out a viable niche for itself as the manufacturer and distributor of healthy, hand-crafted, artisan seasoning brands. Using a small-batch creation process, eye-catching packages and interesting names like Black Dog Belly Rub, Mom's Gourmet products are gaining consumers' attention. Sales more than doubled in the company's second year, tripled the third, and by the first quarter of 2012, sales had equaled all of the company's 2011 sales. Mom's Gourmet products are today sold at numerous locations nationwide, including Whole Foods, The Fresh Market, Orvis Co., Earth Fare, Cleveland Clinic's 365 Wellness Center and Heinen's. Learn more at www.momsgourmet.net.
Morgan Engineering
Morgan Engineering is best known as the leading designer of overhead electric traveling cranes for other manufacturers, but the company also develops transfer cars, ladles, scrap buckets, presses and manipulators. To improve efficiency and competitiveness, Morgan recently invested in upgraded machine tool technology. It has also introduced new automation techniques to manage the man-to-machine interface of overhead cranes and is applying 3-D vision systems to overhead cranes to offer customers tools for automatically picking up and loading produces safely onto rail cars and trucks. During the recession, Morgan's ingenuity allowed it to maintain full staffing, full shifts and full pay scales and has a record sales year in 2010. As a result, the company invested nearly $20 million to bolster its capabilities, enhance subcontractor partnerships and better position itself for future growth. Learn more at www.morganengineering.com.
PurUS Health LLC (dba Good Greens)
Doing business as Good Greens, PurUS Health has gone to market with two core products that underscore its motto "eat good, feel good, do good." The first product is Good Greens Z52 Superfood: Greens and Red Formula, which is composed of 52 different superfoods and offers a tasty, healthy supplemental powder. The other product is the company's Good Greens bar, which includes one serving of PurUS Health's superfood powder in every bar. In less than two years, Good Greens bars have caught on with consumers and the company is in the midst of a both a physical expansion and national product expansion. Learn more at www.goodgreens.com.
Shearer's Foods Inc.
During the past five years, Shearer's has doubled its production, sales, facilities, product offerings and associates. As the largest manufacturer of kettle-cooked snack foods and a leading private-label snack manufacturer, Shearer's nearly 2,000 associates each year produce more than 230 million pounds of snacks. Three years ago, the company acquired private-label snack producer Snack Alliance Inc., which immediately positioned Shearer's to distribute products nationwide. In 2011, Shearer's completed the final development phase of its Millennium Manufacturing Facility — the first LEED platinum snack-food manufacturing plant in the world. Last year, Shearer's was acquired by Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm, which has further positioned the company for its ongoing expansion. Learn more at www.shearers.com.
State Industrial Products
For more than 100 years, State Industrial Products has forged a reputation as a leading manufacturer and distributor of specialty chemical products, systems and programs for cleaning and maintenance markets. In recent years, the company has evolved — adding more green products and focusing on service as a competitive advantage. State Industrial's most recent green product line is the Ecolution odor remover. It produces a clean, subtle scent and has shown through lab tests to remove a higher percentage of malodors than other brands of odor neutralizers on the market. Because of its commitment to "green," State Industrial has been recognized as a "Champion in the Use and Encouragement of Safer Surfactants" by the Environmental Protection Agency. Learn more at www.stateindustrial.com.
Talan Products Inc.
When Talan Products Inc. focused on overhauling its operations structure and product offerings at the end of 2009, impact of its transformation was nearly immediate. First, Talan, a contract manufacturer of high-volume metal stamping and aluminum extrusions supply, expanded into the solar industry. Then, it analyzed production lines and established new processes for each of them. This allowed the company to focus on quicker and more consistent set-ups and better performance predictability. By doing so, the company's safety has increased, quality has increased, and delivery time has become the best in the company's history. Additionally, Talan was able to add new employees, promote many existing ones and has experienced a series of record profits over the last few years — even with lower overall sales revenue. Learn more at www.talanproducts.com.
Tower Industries Ltd.
As the demand for better shower floors, bases, walls and kitchen surfaces has grown, so has Tower Industries Ltd. The company manufactures multiple surfacing materials, including granite, quartz and cultured marble, for use in the kitchen and bath. Over the past decade, Tower has expanded significantly — sales grew by 50 percent in 2010, alone — and the company saw additional growth in 2011 and 2012. As part of Tower's 2010 capital investment to satisfy customer demand, the company expanded its solid surface manufacturing operations by acquiring a continuous casting line, which provided the ability to manufacture its Meridian sinks and related items at the rate of one per minute.
It also allowed Tower to expand its leadership position in the area of sanitary, institutional shower products. Learn more at www.towersurfaces.com.
TowLift Inc.
As part of its continual quest for manufacturing excellence, TowLift in recent years has partnered with its global suppliers, educational facilities and industry experts to embrace lean Six Sigma processes and improve its operations. TowLift, which manages materials handling and manufactures storage concepts, has incorporated lean tools to improve information flow, eliminate defects, reduce waste, increase efficiency and provide just-in-time delivery of parts and services for its clients. This has allowed TowLift to better dispatch its 100-plus service technicians throughout its Ohio and Michigan footprint with the latest technology and the correct part in the least amount of time so that clients are able to manufacture better products for their own customers. Learn more at www.towlift.com.
Tom Kinisky is keeping 50-year old Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics innovative for customers
For Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, 2012 marked a year of great celebration — and not just because it marked the company's 50th anniversary as a manufacturer of Tygon plastic tubing, a family of flexible tubing used in markets such as food and beverage, chemical processing, industrial, laboratory, medical, pharmaceutical and semiconductor processing. It's also because Saint-Gobain's Akron facility — the worldwide headquarters of Tygon tubing — drove another year of 25 percent sales growth, thanks to the productivity improvement efforts of the plant and its employees.
In 2012, Akron's extrusion department took new steps to improve efficiency and productivity. Under the guidance of President Tom Kinisky, the plant successfully launched a manufacturing execution system (MES), which provides paperless visibility, implemented a new scheduling system and greenlit the automation and equipment integration of an extrusion line, continuing to position the company as a leading producer of engineered high-performance polymer products.
Innovation and new product development have also contributed to the success of Saint-Gobain's Akron facility. The plant recently introduced a new family of Tygon products, Tygon S3, which addresses rising safety concerns about phthalates as well as worldwide regulatory pressure for environmentally friendly design. Environmental responsibility has continued to be a core driver in Saint-Gobain's innovation efforts. In 2012, the company demonstrated its commitment to the planet by investing $900,000 to implement a closed-loop water system in Akron. While the financial benefit to the company was small, the system has reduced the plant's discharged process water by 98 percent.
How to reach: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, www.plastics.saint-gobain.com
Precision Polymer Casting helps its customers be more efficient
Precision Polymer Casting LLC works hard to produce machine base castings that help their customers improve efficiency on the shop floor. But the products that come out of this growing company, which does business as Castinite, do a lot more than that.
The castings are produced at room temperature, which allows hydraulic lines, electrical wiring and pneumatic lines to be cast internally. This eliminates the need to run wires, hoses and lines that surround the base or have to be attached to it.
Assembly becomes a simple connection of supply lines, which in addition to saving hours of assembly produces a much better appearance.
That attractive appearance is also a result of the materials used to manufacture the machine base castings. The company uses synthetic quartz technology and castings can be produced to finished tolerances, eliminating the need to ship machine castings around for secondary processing.
The technology replaces cast iron and steel-welded machine bases and consumes 85 percent less energy to produce a similar cast iron base. No painting is required as the product will never rust or corrode under normal circumstances. If a little color is desired, it can be cast in color. The company uses the highest quality mineral aggregates found in the industry.
Another feature that helps the product is the vibration dampening, which substantially improves performance and the life of the machines. The end result is a product that helps customers be more competitive in their respective markets.
How to reach: Precision Polymer Casting LLC, (440) 205-1900 or www.castinite.com
How a new grandchild inspired the launch of Naturepedic
A new grandparent would go to the ends of the earth to do the right thing for the first grandchild, and Barry Cik was no different. When he began searching for a suitable mattress for his first grandchild's crib, he was startled to discover some of the materials used to make baby mattresses.
As a board-certified environmental engineer, Cik was determined to provide a safe place for the new arrival to sleep. It was a mission that presented plenty of challenges.
Cik learned that so-called "organic" mattresses contained potentially allergenic latex and were not waterproof. Anyone who has had a baby knows that this would be a big problem.
So together with his two sons, Jeffrey and Jason, Cik did more than just look for the right mattress. Cik founded a business, Naturepedic, which would strive to develop truly organic and nontoxic baby and children's mattresses. This was all about his grandchild and his sons as Cik took the title of vice president and technical director rather than president and CEO.
Through hard work and research, Naturepedic has developed and marketed the first and only waterproof organic baby mattress. They contain no harmful chemicals and are manufactured in Northeast Ohio. Per the company's policy, virtually all the components of the mattresses are made in the United States.
Today, they are sold in 300 retail stores and via 200 websites. More than 150 hospitals across the U.S. use them.
How to reach: Naturepedic, (800) 917-3342 or www.naturepedic.com
Country Pure Foods helps kids eat their vegetables
You were probably told at one point early in your life that you had to eat your vegetables in order to grow up big and strong, whether you liked them or not. That's the beginning of the story.
With the passage of federal legislation in 2010, Country Pure Foods Inc. needed to find a way to incorporate vegetables into the products it sold through its school foodservice business.
Country Pure supplies hundreds of millions of portion juices to schools across the United States from locations in four states. Now, it needed to come up with a product where a vegetable juice was the first ingredient.
Raymond Lee, the company's CEO, gathered his teams from manufacturing, marketing and quality assurance and charged them with being the first to market with a product that would qualify under federal guidelines. While there were fruit and vegetable juices on the market, none had a vegetable listed as the first ingredient.
Lee took the lead on many of the meetings and led discussions on how to market products that would qualify and would taste good so the children would want to drink it.
The result was two products with the fun names, Dragon Punch and Wango Mango. They were designed with colorful graphics, met the nutritional guidelines and perhaps most importantly for the children, they tasted good. Being the first products of their kind on the market, they also positioned Country Pure for future growth.
How to reach: Country Pure Foods Inc., (330) 753-2293 or www.juice4u.com
Evolution of Manufacturing 2013 Sponsors
Cuyahoga Community College
In October 2012, Tri-C opened its beautiful and spacious 50,000-square-foot Advanced Technology Training Center (ATTC), featuring high-bay labs, multipurpose training areas and an energy-efficient and naturally lighted environment for learning. The ATTC links workforce education to the latest technology, and combined with the college's Unified Technologies Center (UTC), it is the largest technology training complex in Ohio. The ATTC was designed and constructed to achieve LEED Gold Certification. It provides students with education, hands-on training and employment preparation skills for well-paying jobs.
Many of the programs offered take between 10 and 18 weeks to complete, providing employers with a constant feeder system of job-ready candidates for the in-demand high-tech industry. Among the programs offered are advanced metals joining, the Advanced Technology Academy, alternative energy and sustainability, the Cisco Technical Training Institute, construction engineering and construction technology, information technology, power distribution, solar photovoltaic technology and solar thermal technology, as well as wind energy and the Youth Technology Academy. Learn more about Cuyahoga Community College's Advanced Technology Training Center at www.tri-c.edu or call (800) 954-8742.
Meaden & Moore
Meaden & Moore provides a wide variety of accounting and financial management services for the manufacturing industry. The firm's Manufacturing Services Group is focused on understanding topical issues that affect manufacturers and helping them develop solutions that reduce costs, adapt and implement innovative management systems, and re-engineer business processes.
Among the services that Meaden & Moore offers for manufacturers are cost accounting design, analysis and interpretation, product line profitability studies, internal financial reporting, critical performance measures, rate of return and capital expenditure analysis, strategic planning, pricing techniques and strategies, budgeting, cash flow analysis, lease versus buy analysis, and financial transactions.
For 90-plus years, the firm has focused its expertise and resources on providing the highest quality assurance, tax and business consulting services to organizations throughout the country. It recognizes that hard work and dedication translate into building trusted business relationships. With almost 200 professionals, we extend integrity and competence to each of our long-standing client partnerships.
For more information, contact Meaden & Moore at (216) 241-3272 or visit www.meadenmoore.com.
Key Bank
Key Bank has worked as the primary financial provider for manufacturing businesses for nearly a century, establishing strong client relationships with advisers who understand the industry, where manufacturers have been and where they are going.
At Key, you'll work with an adviser who is acutely aware of your market, your competition, your industry's history and the latest trends. Drawing on a team of product specialists, your adviser will leverage deep expertise and resources, resulting in value-added ideas, insights and solutions in a wide range of fields, including commercial financing, treasury management services, equipment lease financing, foreign exchange, international trade services, interest rate risk management, syndicated finance, investment banking, asset management, private banking and wealth management.
For more information, contact Key Bank at (800) 600-2680 or visit www.Key.com/commercialbanking.
Ohio.net is a full-service Internet technology provider with one of the largest service areas in Ohio and product offerings that range from high-speed access products to security and firewall-related services. With an extensive history in communications, Ohio.net has developed its network with a high level of adaptability and growth for an ever-changing Internet market. The firm has a history that extends longer than 100 years. Owned by Doylestown Communications Inc., Ohio.net is part of a communications consortium including local phone service companies, a cable television company and other Internet providers. Ohio.net has leveraged this background and experience to stay ahead of the technology curve and make development decisions that form steady growth.
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Roetzel & Andress
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With the addition of the Ducks, the 2013 football season will mark the first time the Cavaliers have hosted eight home games in the history of Scott Stadium.
"I'm looking forward to playing eight home games next season," Virginia head coach Mike London said in a school-issued release on Monday. "We want our players to be able to compete against great teams. Bringing BYU and Oregon to Scott Stadium to start the season will be a tremendous challenge, but one our team is preparing for now and is very excited to take on."
The Ducks are coming off a 12-1 season in 2012, that ended with a 35-17 win against Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl. Oregon finished the season ranked No. 2 in both polls, and also finished second in the country in scoring averaging, putting up 49.6 points-per-game.
Oregon replaces Penn State on the Virginia schedule. The Cavaliers were supposed to travel to Happy Valley on September 14, but that game was dropped from the schedule. Virginia executive associate athletics director Jon Oliver said in Monday's release that UVa hopes to reschedule its trip to Penn State.
Oregon joins BYU (August 31), VMI (September 21), and Ball State (October 5) on Virginia's non-conference schedule for 2013. The Cavaliers will also host ACC opponents Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech, with dates for those games expected to be announced next month.
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Lou Romig, MD
2004 EMSC Provider Leadership Award
Lou Romig, MD is an emergency department attending physician at Miami Children's Hospital; the medical advisor to the Miami Dade Fire Rescue Department; the medical director for the South Florida Regional Disaster Medical Assistance Team; and the medical director for the Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, and Fort Jefferson.
Dr. Romig is a nationally-recognized speaker and author, specializing in Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) issues and pediatric aspects of disaster medicine. She is the owner/director of Team Life Support Inc., a company dedicated to serving the needs of children and EMS professionals in the out-of-hospital environment.
In 1995, Dr. Romig gave to the EMS community one of its most important training programs to emerge in the last decade, the JumpSTART triage tool. JumpSTART aims to save pediatric lives during a multiple casualty incident. The tool parallels the START system, developed by the Newport Beach Fire and Marine Department and Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, CA, but utilizes decision points appropriate to the wide variations of normal physiology within the pediatric age group.
JumpSTART is now in widespread use throughout the U.S. and Canada and actively advancing around the world. French, Spanish, and Japanese translations of the algorithms are available for download from the JumpSTART web site. It is published in Brady's new "Prehospital Emergency Care" and the newly revised Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) course developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Dr. Romig is a health care provider, an educator, and a proven leader. In his nomination letter, Lieutenant Eddy Ballester described Dr. Romig as, "the type of person and physician for which a template should be formed to assure that others follow her lead."
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"Not All Child Safety Seats Are Created Equal: The Potential Dangers of Shield Booster Seats."
Elizabeth Edgerton, MD's study provides information about the increased risk of injury associated with shield booster seats when compared with forward-facing child safety seats. Previous studies indicated that children are often transitioned to shield booster seats before reaching the 40-pound weight limit for their forward-facing safety seat.
This study hopes to reverse this dangerous trend. It found that children in shield booster sheets had nearly eight times the odds of being seriously injured compared with children in forward facing safety seats. Hospital stays and acute care charges tended to be much higher among children in shield booster seats. Furthermore, children in shield booster shields had five times the odds of being admitted to the intensive care unit and 16 times the odds of being hospitalized for more than two days. Children in shield boosters also had four times the odds of sustaining a head injury and 29 times the odds of sustaining a chest injury.
Dr. Edgerton's study was published in the March 2004 issue of Pediatrics. It, in addition to the 20 articles and book chapters Dr. Edgerton has in publication, led to her recent selection as director of the Department of Health and Human Services' U.S. Prevention Task Force.
Dr. Edgerton received her medical degree from Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit, MI, completed her pediatric residency at HARBOR-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA, and received a Master's in Public Health from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Since 1993, Cyndy Wright-Johnson has served as the program director for the EMSC program at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) in Baltimore, MD. She is recognized at both state and national levels as an expert in the EMS delivery of pediatric emergency care. Since 1993, Ms. Wright-Johnson has been awarded more than $1.2 million in grants on which she served as the project director or principal investigator. In 2001, under her leadership, the state of Maryland's EMSC program received the "EMSC State Achievement Award."
Cyndy has built and continuously supports a network of EMSC programs, one in each of Maryland's five regions. In addition, she has provided guidance and leadership to the eight states of the Mid-Atlantic EMSC Region. Under her initiative, MIEMSS has formally recognized the Pediatric Emergency Medical Advisory Committee, which consults with the agency on all pediatric issues.
Hundreds of EMS providers in Maryland have benefited from the continuing education programs she has organized and instructed through the EMSC program. More than half of these programs have occurred in the evenings or on weekends.
Petra Menzel
2004 EMSC Project Coordinator of Distinction Award
Since 1999, Petra Menzel has made a huge and positive difference in Virginia's EMSC program, first serving as its program coordinator and then as its program director. Under her leadership, she has secured more than $1 million in grant funds. She is the EMSC liaison with the Virginia Office of EMS and Virginia's eleven regional EMS councils. She is a member of the state's EMS Symposium Planning Committee, the Virginia Disaster Response Committee, and the KIDS Count in Virginia Advisory Committee.
As a member of the School Nurse Institute Partnership, Petra has enhanced school health by helping the Partnership to conduct "Managing School Emergencies" training programs. These programs have reached an estimated 500 school nurses. She also has surveyed all public schools to determine their emergency and disaster preparedness levels and identified areas needing improvement. These survey results were distributed to legislators during the 2002 Virginia General Assembly to justify funding support for enhanced emergency preparedness.
Petra has mentored masters of public health students and with them created a web-based data report that identifies top causes of pediatric morbidity and mortality in each of Virginia's EMS regions. In addition, she collaborated with the Virginia Office of EMS on three EMS satellite training videos regarding children's injuries. In 2003, Petra was recognized by then-Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore with the "Governor's Award for Outstanding Contributions to EMS for Children."
Cynthiana Lightfoot
2004 EMSC Family Member Volunteer of the Year
Cynthiana Lightfoot has served as the parent representative for the District of Columbia's EMSC State Partnership Grant since its inception in 1998. The former elementary school teacher began her volunteer work at Children's National Medical Center in 1990, and continues to devote time to the pediatric patients currently staying in that facility.
During the last 14 years, however, Ms. Lightfoot has significantly expanded her role in regards to sick and injured children. She is currently a registered paramedic who rides with DC Fire and EMS; an instructor for EMT-Basic and EMT-Intermediate courses at Children's National; and a certified teacher for some of the most sought after programs in pediatric pre-hospital education, including Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Pediatric Education for Pre-hospital Professionals, and Special Children's Outreach and Pre-hospital Education.
Cynthiana also is a respected child health care advocate. She has attended several EMSC grantee meetings and the most recent National Congress on Childhood Emergencies. She is the chair of the Community Advisory Board for the Chesapeake Applied Research Network for EMSC, a member of the Center for Pre-hospital Pediatrics' Healthcare Disparities Committee, and a representative of the City Council where she is currently advocating for the development of a trauma plan.
She is relentless and successful in her endeavors to fund and sustain the DC's EMSC efforts. She has lobbied the DC government for appropriate funding to properly train DC Fire and EMS providers in pediatric care, and helped pushed for legislation regarding Do Not Resuscitate orders and the availability of and education for automatic external defibrillators.
Her passion for pediatric care goes beyond being a healthcare provider, educator, and advocate. Cynthiana also aids the DC community directly through her work as a child car seat technician, educating families in the proper installation of car seats.
EMSC Technical Advisory Committee, Sacramento, CA
2004 EMSC Community Partnership Award
The EMSC Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) was established in 1991 when the California EMS Authority received its first EMSC Targeted Issues Grant. At the time, its primary purpose was to help the EMS Authority develop a comprehensive set of guidelines to help local EMS medical directors and administrators implement pediatric-specific components within local and regional EMS systems. Thanks to their vision, knowledge, and organizational skills, TAC members succeeded in developing the "EMSC Model" in only two years and released the guidelines to the public in April 1995. In 1996, as part of a second EMSC grant, TAC members assisted the California EMS Authority by providing consultation visits to counties and regions, encouraging them to implement the EMSC Model guidelines. TAC members also organized and chaired workshops, secured speakers, and presented the latest pediatric information at meetings and symposiums throughout the state. Through their tireless efforts, the EMSC Model is now available nationwide to assist other states in developing EMSC systems.
The committee continues to meet quarterly and provides technical assistance to local EMS agencies, develops and distributes guidance documents, coordinates the Annual EMSC Conference, provides expert testimony to state officials, urges legislators to retain EMSC funding, and furthers the goals and objectives of the EMSC Program through educational and outreach activities.
TAC is composed of a variety of professionals in the pediatric field, including physicians specializing in emergency medicine, critical care, surgery, and anesthesiology; emergency and critical care nurses; EMS administrators and medical directors; pre-hospital personnel; and a family advocate. Members each have their own very busy schedules but have volunteered an estimated 15,000 hours to advance EMSC issues throughout the state.
Thanks to the tireless work of TAC members, EMSC was formally recognized with the enactment of the California Emergency Medical Services for Children Act in 1996. TAC is now a standing subcommittee of the California EMS Commission and is recognized in the Commission bylaw. TAC is also credited with institutionalizing EMSC in 47 of the 58 California counties.


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Thunder's Russell Westbrook undergoes third surgery on knee
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"Russell has been playing pain free, but recently had experienced increased swelling," Thunder president Sam Presti said in a statement. "After consultation and consideration by his surgeon in Los Angeles, a plan was established to monitor the swelling that included a series of scheduled MRIs. On the most recent MRI it was determined by the surgeon that there was an area of concern that had not previously existed, nor was detectable in the previous procedures, and it was necessary to evaluate Russell further. The consulting physician determined that arthroscopic surgery was necessary to address the swelling that was taking place. We know that Russell's work ethic and commitment will help him return to the level of play that we have all come to appreciate."
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The Oklahoman first reported news of Westbrooks's surgery.
Yet another example of how guaranteed contracts are ruining the NBA. Too many superstars are collecting max contracts, yet are not playing. These deals are crippling to a team. The players are rushed back and then get hurt again.
Too me the Thunder Russell Westbrook is finish. He has had too many surgeries. He needs to start planning his retirement. The games for the coming year are cool. http://t.co/Sze2jvjprI
The NBA's image has changed a lot and for the better and that young man's attitude is one of the best of the bunch; fun, upbeat, lighthearted and humble! Luv watching him play hard, attack the basket, play defense. He seems to enjoy and respect the game. He'll be back...
Mr. Glass.
Oh this sucks. The league is bleeding stars. And he was healthy until Beverly pulled that stunt.
How he left the ball at his feet after the whistle blew is awesome. He has taken this guy out twice. Beverly is like the terminator and westbrook is sarah conner
Ok, P. Beverly didn't do us any favors, so we''ll just ignore his existence. 3 knee surgeries is getting up there though, and that's normally about the most a knee will take before it begins to break down. Still, Westbrook is young, and should have a solid career. Lets hope for a good recovery and a strong late season.
Westbrook is the heart of the OKC Thunder. We've seen how exposed the thunder are w/o him. KD can't be a point-forward like LBJ. We saw this against houston and memphis last postseason, KD kept getting frustrated and not creating shots for his teammates.
The scary thing about drafting a guard like D Rose or R Westbrook...is the knees. The articles are about this are sure to come. If I were a GM, I wouldn't drive a guard like either of them.
When you need three knee surgeries...it is time to retire.
This is reason # 4 to hate the punkass Beverley. Hope his hand heals... never.
@ToddBennett Blaming Beverly for that fluky injury is silly.
@Delusional Oh come on, KD is younger than Lebron, and he has never had to develop the skill because of Westbrook. Lebron was all by himself til he got Wade. You really think OKC would be better sans KD but with Westbrook? That's just insane ...


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What is Loan Consolidation?
Loan consolidation is a procedure by which all of your existing loans are combined into one. The repayment of all of the existing loans is consolidated to one monthly or quarterly repayment. The Annual Percentage Rate (APR) on the interest is also calculated and a single APR is allotted. Keep in mind that the loan consolidation is applicable on both secured and unsecured debts. A majority of people will consolidate unsecured loans more often: such as credit cards, student loans, personal loans, etc.
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Most of the students and families in the U.S. are facing immense trouble paying off all of their student loans. A large number of students have multiple student loans and remembering each monthly payment due date can be a hassle. Missing the due date may result in a significant increase in the APR along with much more stringent policies. This has caused many students to stress out on how to make these payments and could cause the student to fall into a bad financial situation and hurt their credit score. College Loan Consolidation provides a solution and acts as a lifeline in such troubling situations.
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Consolidating school loans offers students the opportunity to reduce all of their existing loans of one type (meaning federal or private) into one composite loan. This means you only have to make one monthly payment at one interest rate instead of a number of payments at different dates. Students can also bargain for a lowered interest rate and monthly amount which they can pay off in a longer time span. However, you cannot consolidate federal loans with private loans, or vice versa.
What are some of the disadvantages of college student loan consolidation?
Depending on your lender, it is highly possible that the consolidated student loan rate will be higher than the interest rates on your other loans. Furthermore, If you have already paid off a significant amount of your student loans, consolidation at this point may no longer be worth it.
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ECO Green Equipment
ECO Green Equipment is an emerging leader in the design and construction of cost effective turnkey tire recycling systems. Our focus is to provide custom designed tire recycling systems that deliver optimum production for a variety of applications such as TDF (Tire Derived Fuel), wire-free rubber mulch, crumb rubber, and rubber powder. We have manufactured and installed ...
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Since its incorporation over 10 years ago, EOS Remediation has earned and maintained industry-leading status. With worldwide sales at over 2000 sites, our extensively researched patented bioremediation products and our internationally recognized leadership provide science-driven solutions to polluted sites. We have the `experience that you can rely on; products that you ...
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Kurz Instruments has maintained a reputation for designing and manufacturing Thermal Mass Flow Transmitters for industrial gas flow measurement. Our engineers, product development specialists and management have developed flow metering products capable of operating in the harshest of environments. For more than 35 years our team has successfully provided solutions to our ...
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Advanced Geosciences, Inc (AGI) is a high-tech manufacturer of geophysical instruments, resistivity and IP imaging systems and resistivity meters. AGI boasts the leading developer and manufacturer of both hardware and software for electrical resistivity and IP imaging in the world. AGI instruments and modeling software are delivered to all continents.
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Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc.
Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc.`s mission is to serve our customers worldwide and be our customers` single source for their water resource equipment needs. Stevens designs, manufactures and supports a broad range of instruments and accessories that provide water level, water quality, ground water, soil moisture, and weather information. These products are easy to ...
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Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. Different portions of the uterus, as well as other organs, may be removed at the same time.
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Friday November 16, 2012
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Swearing-In Ceremony for the Superior Court (officiated by Judge Cynthia J. Becker, the Court of Appeals of Georgia (officiated by Chief Judge John J. Ellington, and/or the Supreme Court of Geogia (officiated by Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein.
DEADLINE: Applications for admission to the Superior Court, the Court of Appeals of Georgia and/or the Supreme Court of Georgia will be accepted through 5 p.m. on Friday, November 2. Please note that there will be NO applications accepted after the deadline date.
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Dog Loving Divas will delight in the new book by Kelly Carter, founder of The Jet Set Pets, a website offering advice and travel resources for pampered pets on the go…and their owners. Carter is no stranger to the challenges of a travel diva with dog in tow. For the last decade, she has circled […]
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There are hundreds of arts and crafts shows out there. No question, the American Craft Council Show is exquisite, one of the best, always beautifully produced and curated. When the ACC show landed in San Francisco I was able to see a diverse and inspiring collection of 200 plus artists. PREVIEW PARTY: Room and Board […]
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On both the boys and girls side of the Division I North, the Rail City's cross-town rivals Reed and Spanish Springs are set for a clash in their season finales with a lot on the line for each team's playoff hopes.
The first game of the Friday slate at Spanish Springs High pits the Lady Cougars against Reed. While SSHS is locked into the High Desert League's third seed, setting up a rematch of last year's first-round 41-36 road loss versus Carson, the course for the Raiders to defend their 2011-2012 state championship can take a detour depending on Friday night's outcome.
A win by the Raiders would ensure RHS the HDL's top seed, setting up a matchup at home against the No. 4 team out of the Sierra League (currently Wooster, with Damonte Ranch and Galena still alive). However, a loss by the Raiders and a win by Reno at home against McQueen would drop RHS into a tie with the Huskies. In that case, Reno would own the tiebreaker with a pair of victories over Spanish Springs, the next best common opponent in the HDL, thus making Reno No. 1 and Reed No. 2.
"For the playoffs, we definitely want the No. 1 seed," Reed coach Sara Schopper-Ramirez said. "If we get the No. 1 seed, then we'll play either Carson or Spanish Springs, if we make it to the second round. That puts us in the opposite bracket of Manogue, which has gotten a lot stronger toward the end of the year. They're playing with a lot of confidence and so is Reno, so hopefully we can make it to the final game and let Manogue and Reno beat up on each other before then. If that happens, anything is possible.
"If we have to go through Manogue first, their confidence is so high right now because they beat Reno and the last time we played them we had Gabby Williams, I think they'd be really pumped to play us. Of course anyone would want the top seed, but that is definitely the best scenario for us. We can't look too far ahead though."
While the Reed girls are hoping to lock up a No. 1 seed, the Raider boys will be shooting for the HDL's second slot against Spanish Springs. The No. 2 seed would grant RHS a home game against the SL's third squad. The Cougars could also grab the second slot with a victory. Spanish Springs is still in with a loss, but would enter as the four seed.
Should the Cougars come out victorious over Reed, a Reno victory against McQueen would force a three-way tie. Based on the head-to-head competition between the trio of squads, SSHS would take No. 2 with a sweep of Reno and a split with Reed. From there, Reno would seize the third seed due to its sweep of the Raiders, putting Reed into a road contest at Sierra No. 1 Douglas. A Reed loss and McQueen win would lock the Raiders at No. 3.
"I think everybody would prefer to play at home as opposed to playing on the road," Reed coach Dustin Hall said. "We put ourselves in a position where we control our own destiny and we have an opportunity to get a win and get home-court advantage for the first round. It's not life or death though. You're going to have to beat good teams no matter where you play them or when you play them. We obviously would prefer to be the two seed just to get the home playoff game, but it's not like we're putting all of our eggs in that basket and if we don't get that it's a failure.
For the SSHS boys, they will either be No. 2 or No. 4. A loss combined with a Lancers win over Reno would create a three-way knot. In this case, McQueen would take third and the Cougs would fall to No. 4. A Cougars' loss combined with a Reno win would also leave Spanish Springs with the No. 4 seed.
At Sparks High, although the Lady Railroaders are out of the running for the postseason, the boys will be vying for the Division I-A North's No. 3 or No. 4 spot at South Tahoe Friday.
If the Railroaders top the Vikings Friday and do not slip up in their regular season finale against Incline Saturday, Sparks will grab the third seed. A loss at South Tahoe though would slide SHS into fourth.
"Regardless of the three or four spot, either way we're going to play two good teams in Lowry and Elko," Sparks coach Dan Schreiber said. "The game plan is obviously a little different for each, but I think we can play with both teams. It's just a matter of how it plays out the next two games.
"I think it's been kind of a culminating thing from way back when. We're going into it with a 10-game win streak and there's a lot of momentum going in. We've really come a long way since the beginning of the year. I'm kind of looking forward to seeing how it all plays out."


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Looks like it swallowed my previous comment. Well, anyway, it's all taxable in Kansas - at 8.3% - NOT cheap. And they rescinded the food sales tax rebate for low-income earners this year. THAT'S hurting the poor. I so miss California.
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Not so long ago, a San Francisco tax lawyer and habitual hot chocolate drinker named William Weissman was puzzled as to why he paid sales tax at some Starbucks, but not others. So, he did what habitual hot chocolate-drinking tax lawyers do, and penned an article titled "Why Is Buying Hot Chocolate So Confusing?" for the niche periodical State Tax Notes.
A few months later, Weissman was surprised to receive an unsolicited response to his article from the California Board of Equalization addressing his "concern that the application of sales tax is unexplainably inconsistent." The "explanation" stretched to nearly 2,000 words over four pages and liberally referenced half a dozen enclosed government tax publications and regulations. A key point was broken down into six subsections, the last of which contained a sub-subsection.
Can you eat a sales tax-free meal "to go" in SF?
Click above to view the hi-res flowchart and find out.
One thing the explanation did not include, however, was an explanation. "It is not clear why sales tax was collected by Starbucks on the sale of hot chocolate," the letter concludes. It is clear, however, that California's rules governing food taxation are demonically complicated and cluttered with reams of arcane and arbitrary regulations. This could, of course, describe any number of government programs — but, in the realm of taxes relating to food, matters quickly veer into the surreal.
Like 30 other states, California exempts "food for home consumption" from sales tax. Giving consumers a daily tax break has been an easy sell politically — 25 states have ceased taxing food in the past 40 years. In addition to leaving many billions of dollars on the table, states now find themselves plunged into the bizarre role of defining exactly what constitutes "home consumption" — and, more basically, "food."
As a result, California's government has spent vast amounts of time and effort determining that sales tax is due on a sandwich a convenience store clerk warms in a microwave for a customer, but not on a sandwich a customer warms in the store's microwave — a price difference of 8.5 percent in San Francisco and up to 9.75 percent in other California counties.
Among many hundreds of rulings, California's Board of Equalization has decreed that, specifically, a product called "Dr. Chen's Secret Sauce" is food (as are "Tom and Jerry Eggnog Batter" and communion wafers), and therefore exempt from tax; aloe vera juice is a dietary "adjunct" and therefore taxable; and honeybees' royal jelly could be either, depending on the description on its packaging, and may or may not be taxable.
Carbonated water and most carbonated juice drinks are taxable; carbonated 100-percent juice is not taxable; but carbonated alcohol-free wine is. The lengthy rulings behind these decisions eerily resemble voluminous dispensations within the Talmud regarding the finer points of consuming milk and meat. Hearings before the Board of Equalization determining that the sale of the very same batch of carrots would or would not require collection of sales tax if the buyer is a homeless shelter (no), a racetrack (yes), an ostrich farm (no), or a zoo (maybe) take on the absurd specter of medieval trials in which animals were accused of human crimes such as fraud or theft.
"It could be viewed as comical in a lot of contexts," says San Francisco tax attorney Robert Wood, who has argued cases before the BOE. "But not if you're the one paying." Debates over how to ring up cake decorations or seltzer lose their humor for retailers facing the Scylla of a government audit if they under-collect on sales taxes and the Charybdis of a class-action lawsuit if they over-collect.
Apart from the obvious political boon of giving taxpayers a break on one of life's daily necessities, the state entered this administrative quandary with, ostensibly, the best of intentions. California's base sales tax rate of 7.25 percent — the highest in the nation — is collected whether the buyer is Joe Six-Pack or Joe Millionaire. Poorer people, not surprisingly, spend a higher percentage of their money on food than richer people do. A flat sales tax is "regressive;" that is, forking over a static percentage of one's money is harder on the poor than the wealthy. Exempting purchases of food for home consumption is meant to somewhat ameliorate this. This it does — but in perhaps the most wasteful and inefficient manner possible. In order to provide limited relief to its poorest residents, the state allows every last person to benefit, even the wealthiest of the wealthy, buying caviar-stuffed lobster tails from exclusive upper-class markets that make Andronico's look like Grocery Outlet. Breaks aimed at aiding the underprivileged are being snapped up by the well-to-do. Research by Indiana University's professor John Mikesell, one of the nation's foremost sales tax scholars, indicates a full 45.5 percent of the tax relief provided by food exemptions benefits households earning upward of $70,000. (In a reality check for San Franciscans — who enjoy a median income a shade higher than this — the nationwide median household income is around $49,900).
The consequences of food tax exemptions are hardly peanuts — California and its 30 like-minded states forgo 20 to 25 percent of their potential sales tax revenue. In 2009-10, California collected $42.2 billion in sales tax. In the current year, California's Department of Finance estimates revenue losses from exempting food and bottled (non-carbonated) water to be nearly $10 billion — with much of this money staying in the pockets of people who would be difficult to categorize as requiring "tax relief." This comes at a time when programs aiding the needy — the very people California aims to benefit by limiting food taxes — are being systematically dismantled due to lack of funds. Other states have implemented intriguing — and lucrative — solutions to this conundrum. But California continues to give up billions, while still grappling with applying exemptions based on whether foods are hot or cold, carbonated or flat, or served to a human, cat, or wildebeest.
Looks like it swallowed my previous comment. Well, anyway, it's all taxable in Kansas - at 8.3% - NOT cheap. And they rescinded the food sales tax rebate for low-income earners this year. THAT'S hurting the poor. I so miss California.
"There's class warfare, all right, Mr. (Warren) Buffett said, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning"
"My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress." - Billionaire Warren Buffett, in a New York Times op-ed on Aug. 15.
There has been class warfare going on," Buffett, 81, said in a Sept. 30 interview with Charlie Rose on PBS. It's just that my class is winning. And my class isn't just winning, I mean we're killing them."
Obey your ruling-class commoners and corporate USA, etc. you vile scum commoners.
One really has to read the fine print, especially when it concerns the law and taxes. I never knew that food taxes are this complicated. Though, I guess in a way the less fortunate can have a little respite with food stamps?
For the TLDR crowd:
Hot, prepared food is taxed. Food you take home or cold food prepared in advance is not. As anyone would expect, life is not simple and there are gray areas between these categories. Many cases need to be considered and decided on their own, often in a less-than-perfect way.
Actually, I don't mean to hate so much. It's an interesting piece. But the "penalizes the poor and benefits the rich" subhed? Meh. That's a stretch, dude.
Look up the phrase "food desert" and you'll see why this system penalizes the poor. When all you have nearby is convenience stores and restaurants, nearly everything you buy is taxed.
I fail to see why we can't tax food, even at a lower rate, and specifically require that EFTPOS (food stamp) purchases be exempt.
Dave --
Thanks for reading and an erudite comment.
Food stamp purchases are already tax-free, even in states that tax food.


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Educational Seminars
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You can learn more about unemployment insurance (UI) through our Speakers Bureau. The Division of Employment Security can provide seminars and training for your business on the following topics:
- How to protest a claim for UI benefits
- Observe a mock appeals hearing
- How to file your Quarterly Contribution and Wage Report through USTAR
- General information on unemployment contributions (taxes)
For more information or to schedule a speaker, please call 573-751-8086.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has developed workshops to specifically address the needs of small business owners in Missouri. Each workshop is tailored to assist small business owners in understanding and complying with tax laws and other requirements.
For more information on locations, times and fees, call the IRS Taxpayer Education and Communications Service at 636-940-6304, or visit the IRS website, listing the Missouri employment workshops.
Or, try visiting the IRS' Small Business Video and Audio Presentations web page.
Or, call the IRS at 1-800-829-3676 and ask for Publication 1066C.


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2011 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes, Domaine François Mikulski(6x75cl)
An outstanding Meursault with a deep straw colour, an amazingly complex nose of gun smoke and flint and toasted nuts. The palate is wonderfully rich and complex with elements of cream toasted nuts and more flint and smoke. The finish is wonderfully, long complex and impressive.
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Concentrated, ripe and intriguingly complex on the nose. It releases a cocktail of tropical fruits among its toasted hazelnut and fresh bready aromas. It's full bodied too, filling the mouth with bags of melon and pineapple fruit with hints of bananas all underpinned with a stylish grapefruity acidity and a sumptuously silky finish.
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